The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-11 00:00:00

ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Didlle. FLORENCE LANCTA, Mme. LA RA BAXTER, and Herr FORMES, every Evening. TO-MORROW (Thursday), 4n ITALIAN NIGHT. First appearance of Mdlle. VASCHETTI (from La Scala, Milan, and other Continental Theatres). On Friday next, a WE 3ER NIGHT. On Saturday next, a VOLUNTEER NIGHT. Commerce at 8. Promenade, Is. ; Amphitheatre Stalls, Is. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, £1 is., and tos. 6d. Con uuc Ur, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. I'RE-ito YAL, HAYMA KR F.T. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Btiastone. T - FITS EVENING, the nertormanoes will oommeno" with THE SUN AND THE WIND. Mis s Fanny Wright, the Leelereqs, tire After which, a new Comedy , entitled THE SOFT SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Bnckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. E.Villiers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wins, Ste. Toconclude with PAUL PRY. Mr. C. Mathews. Commence a 7 ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. E yEity 'EVENING, at Eight o'clock, the new and suc cessful comedy, ROMAN; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Addison, Herman Vezin, rs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, J. Robins, Di and Miss Lydia Thomson. 'Preceded by, each evening, the new and original farce entitled 1' HE FETCHES; or, The Onconvanience of Single Life. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer ; Mary O'Brady, Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL -11 Sole Proprietor and Menem. Mr. B. Webster. This Theatre will RE-OPEN on MONDAY, September 23, when Air. and Mr.. Dion Bonoicault will re-appear in THE COLLEEN HAWN. , This Drama will be played for a limited number of nights during the preparation of the new American Drama, by Mr. D. Boucicauit, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA. Box-office open on Thursday, Sept. 19. C4NI'ERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Mr. SAM COWELL every Evening at Nine and a quarter to Eleven.—Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, TRAVIATA, NORMA, MARTHA, by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoii, Mr. Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises Messrs. Harvey and French, "The Nerves " Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son - and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is, H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selects nn from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Roc canegra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, Morley, and Herbert ; also from Verdi's " Macbeth " by Madame Enderssohn and the entii e Company. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Varied Comic entertain ments by Messrs. M. P. Foster, Sam Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. RandalL sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, los. Bd. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. rEllt4 DAL—Morning, 6h. sm.—Afternoon, 6h. 30m, TO-MORROW.-Morning, 6h. 59m.—Afternoon. M. 34w GEORGE HOBSON respectfully invites the attention of Gentlemen to his new Autumnal Coatings, Trowserings, and Waistcoatings. The new Shooting. Suits, £2 ISS. to .38. The superfine West of England Woaded Black Cloths for E Beauf'ort and Frock C ats, £2lss, to £3 3s. xcellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, LomBARD-STREET. THE WEATHER.-SuN Orrin, SEPTEMBER 11, IS6I. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 64—highest since noon yesterday. 47—Lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.0. WlND—South-East—light; with fine weather. The wind was North and East this morning. 4;7 it , 4 iT.; 1 7s) 7.' 4 •"" , • —I: .3km Na' THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11, 1861. The Emperor of AUSTRIA may have his affair of " the Seven Bishops." In his case, indeed, it is but one, but then he is an Archbishop, a Prince Primate, a Lord-Lientenant of the county,President in that capacity of the county committee—a kind of local parliament which manages the local business of each county in Hungary ; and, to add to all, a Catholic and a Prelate looked up to by the Catholics of Hungary with a reverence not inferior to that felt for the Pope himself. He is also in very ad vanced age—in fact, tottering on the brink of the grave. He was always regarded as friendly to the Court of Vienna hitherto, and at least as a man of mild and yielding temperament. And this is the man whom the SCHMERLINGS and the RECHBERGS have driven to Hungarian Radicalism—or rather we should say to join them, at the side of M. DEAK, in the interests of Hungarian Conservatism both civil and ecclesiastical. What will Mr. ROEBUCK say to this? What would he say at home if Queen VICTORIA could, by the advice, of whom shall we say—of Mr. ROEBUCK himself—so boldly assail all the old institutions of the country, as not merely to arouse the resistance of JOHN BRIGHT, Mr. GLADSTONE, and the House of Lords, but to induce the quiet and aged Archbishop of CANTERBURY— who is not very unlike in temper and years to his brother of Gran—to deliver a public protest against the illegal doings of his Sovereign. It is really nothing less than this which the Emperor of AUSTRIA has done. The Prince-Primate of Hungary, " with one foot in the grave," with nothing to hope or fear from man, has, after five months' absence by attendance at the Pesth Diet—thoroughly in formed therefore in all the details of the controversy —returned home to the County Committee of which he is the President, and in opening the Committee of his County of Gran has made a completely national speech, endorsing with his venerable name the acts and policy of his country's Diet. He firmly took its ground of historical rights, declared that the Hungarians honoured their consti tution of a thousand years like a "holy relic"—and that, though the Diet had failed to attain the end it had in view, its labours would remain indelibly engraved in the records of their fatherland_ Hun gary, he said, could not renounce her independence ; powerful voices had been uplifted for it in the Reichsrath itself, to which they could not send representatives; but, though none were to step for ward to their aid, " the holiness of the right and of the truth sufficed for a confident anticipation, that sooner or later a happy solution of the question would, be arrived at." lie declared his belief that Hnngary's old hereditary constitution could not succumb so long as the nation itself did not with sinful h an d destroy it ; and he believed that on that basis a reconciliation with the throne must be at last obtained. If England needed anything to assure her that Hungary was right and the EMPEROR a n d hi s ambitions Germans were wholly wrong, we know no fact which could do it more certainly than what we, have now mentioned. The movement must be a national one which unites every Magyar peasant with the highest nobles and ecclesiastics in the land. Tae Emperor has taken the course not only of entire illegality, but of extreme unpopu larity. No classes in. Hungary stand by him. hays alit Inated all that is best in t he country. The report now is that he is intending to try the elec. 3rding to the nnrevised laws prior to those of 1848. These laws are, however, tion of Et Diet acc " longer laws, and it the elections aro, ordered the l i.on,Tarians can., if they cholse, refuse to , hority of elect, °' refaso t o ac k n owledge, the aut tose whom a few creatures of the Emperor, Bach as can everywhere be found, may choose. The paiallel ,would he for our Queen to summon a Parlismernt aud, issue her writs as they, were issued b el°P 3 the Reform Bill, in which AI:IST-MA: Wouldfind no diffi-. case the Emperor of ulty in purchasing- a seat for his advocate. The Hungarians do not, however, believe that even by the laws of 184'7, which would throw the elections more into the hands of the nobles, the Diet could be Austrianized. It is a significant fact that the Archbishop's speech was ordered to be entered on the archives, and to be printed and circulated throughout the country; and that a vote of thanks was accorded to M. SMOLKA, the Polish representative, who made such an effective speech for the Hungarians in the Reichsrath. That speech was also ordered to be printed for general circula tion. With the addresses of the Diet, and the Archbishop and M. SMOLEA'S speeches circu lating through all the country, enough has been done to fix in the Hungarian mind the national principles they naturally cherish so warmly; and we cannot doubt that Austria, though backed by our own Germanized Court, will fight in vain against a whole nation conscious of a noble and a holy cause. It serves to show bow completely the EMPEROR is resolved to set aside all law by his arbitrary will, that he has actually to a large extent sub stituted perfectly illegal Imperial Commissioners for the lawful authorities of the country, investing them with the most absolute powers, and yet put ting the most hypocritical cant into their mouths respecting old constitutional institutions, Let our readers ponder carefully the following outline of the work assigned to these agents of pure despotism —it is contained in a letter from Pesth not spe cially hostile to Austria, and needs no comment : " Each commissioner is furnished with authority to exact obedience under pain of legal punishment. This order will be addressed to the jurisdictions, where these have not been suppressed ; elsewhere to the principal functionaries, who, on their responsibility, will be held bound to make known the contents of the requisition to the employes. The commissioners are enjoined to act energetically and without regard to per sonal considerations, but in such a way as to give no offence to the sentiment of equity in the public mind, and to gain over reasonable men who desire the re-establishment of legal order. They are to avoid all superfluous rigour. On the other hand, the commissioners are strictly bound to main tain the respect due to their king and the full authority of his majesty. When it becomes the duty of the commissioner to institute criminal pro ceedings in any case, he is to cite before him the persons accused and the witnesses. He dis charges disobedient functionaries, includes them in the indictment, and if necessary replaces them by other appointments. In case of need he may assume the administrative direction of the Comitat. If the persons accused or the witnesses refuse to appear he may employ force, but only in case of necessity. The eighth article of these instructions justifies the measures laid down in those that/ pre cede. In it we read :—‘ The commissioner of the King will declare on each occasion that his Apos tolic MAJESTY has no intention of abolishing the constitutional institution or of aiming a blow at the autonomy of Hungary in the administration and the government.' " That the juries and coroners have done their duty impartially, patiently, and carefully, no one will deny. Nor, on the evidence 'furnished, can it be doubted that acting, be it observed, only as a grand jury, they were right in sending to trial in a superior court the persons whom they found guilty of manslaughter. There was legal presumptive evidence against LEGG, the station-master at Brighton, that he had contributed materially to the fatal accident by starting the trains within such a very short time of each otter. The vacillating evidence of the lad RAYNER, in the Hampstead case, compared with the uniform and consistent evidence of other witnesses, furnished also a reasonable presumption that he had failed in his duty in regard to the danger signal. The company is much blamed for employing so young a person at the post ; but the public, who have not personal knowledge of him, must suspend their judgment on that point, many a lad at nine teen being more intelligent and trustworthy than many men of double age. With the finding of the Coroners' juries justice pauses a little i❑ its, demands, and takes time to consider. At the two trials more will come out in the defence of the witnesses, showing how far the regulations of the companies may or may not be faulty. Counsel for the accused will even go further, and inquire whether, if the rules were violated, the violation was not known, and endorsed by habitual 'sufferance on the part of the superior authorities. Tne actual blame attributable to the servants of the company, perhaps the legal culpability too, will be decided not only by the rules and the departure from them, but by the extent to which departure had been so far sanctioned, as to seem to place much discretion in the hands of the servants. Servants cannot of course be allowed to act at their discre tion at one time, and rebuked for so doing at another. To us outsiders considerations of safety would certainly appear to forbid any discretion as to the minimum interval of time between successive trains. If five minutes be the least time sufficient, nothing should interfere with retaining that time on every occasion. _ Pending the final trials, it is as well to refrain from any minute examination of evidence which must all be gone over again and sifted with every advantage. But, meantime, will it not be well for the railway managers to consider the whole ques tion of excursion trains. On the present scales of railway charges they are a social necessity. The poor ought to have them. That is, they ought to have the advantage of being carried about the country as cheaply as they can be carried, and that is very cheap indeed. We remember in earlier railway? days the decided opinion of Mr. BAXEN DALE that passengers ought to be carried as cheaply as any goods according to the speed and cost of the vehicles they used. Third class passengers, he used to observe, make less demand on us than any other articles we carry, because they load and unload themselves. Luggage not retained in their own care must be dealt with accordingly; but the passenger who with his bag only takes a ticket, walks into the carriage and walks out again, is certainly the smallest conceiv able trouble to the company, and entails the least possible expense upon them. It was Mr. BAXEN DALE also who strenuously objected to making every effort to drive all respectably-dressed persons into the higher -priced carriages. He truly enough observed th a t i n t h ese days it was utterly impos sible to tell a man's means from his coat. And who of us has not knowledge of many persons, perhaps painful knowledge of their circumstances, which corroborates the truth of Mr. BAXENDALL'S observation ? The question suggested by the repeated accidents to excursion trains is—are excursion trains neces sary ? Sitting aside the express trains, might not every train be an excursion train ? Are not the numbers of the working classes who would like to travel ten times where - they now travel once, and of those just above them, equally poor in regard to what they can spare for travelling—are rilt their numbers so great, that cheap carriages to any ordi nary train might profitably supplant the excursion train. If Mr. BAXENDALE be right, and we do not remember his evidence was ever dis- THE SIM LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1861, proved, it is more than possible, it is quite pro bable, that an amount of travelling wholly un- ' known at present might be elicited by constant cheap trains. It would be a revolution, it is true, much such a one as the penny postage, but a most advantageous one for the whole country. We would not advocate such a change for a moment if the commercial results would be unsatisfactory. Railway shareholders have a right to the most profitable use they can make of their line. We should, like, however, to see some railway ROWLAND HILL come for ward and change the whole system—dispensing with excursion trains by dividing their travellers amongst the daily trains. At present it seems like a dream ; and but for the suggestions of the eminently practical gentle man referred to, we might have thought so. Per haps some practical light may come to us from a distant quarter. In India it was found that the numerous and lowest class of the population, who could subsist on three halfpence a day, walked or went by boat on the Ganges, though the railway would take them at third-class fares very cheap indeed. It was resolved, there , fore, to carry them at a price which should make the food consumed on the slower journey more mediate. e costly dia than te. A thefou fourth - 1 a a s y s w fare. as h T r h o n e g e e ff d e ; e t a a w s a t e s im was forgotten, and these cheapest fares proved the most remunerative of all. At the meeting of the British Association at Manchester last Saturday, Sir It. I. MURCHISON stated that " the Government had been pleased to accede to the application of the Royal Geographical Society, who had requested that a sufficient sum of money should be granted to Mr. FRANK GREGORY, to enable that gentleman to complete his expedi tion through North-Western Australia." The civil war in America has roused our manufacturers ; self-interest is a more potent agent than philan thropy. The Manchester cotton-spinner might subscribe to the missionary societies to convert the cannibals in Central Africa or to establish a despotic government, under the cloak of religion, in the islands of the Pacific, bat while the Southern States of America could supply them with cotton at a cheaper rate by slave labour than they could ob tain it elsewhere, what cared they for the sufferings of the negro ; 'in fact, they resolved to believe him a contented and happy individual. Why should they risk capital in endeavouring to produce an article in our own colonies which could be obtained at a cheaper rate from the other side of the Atlantic P Now, however, we are likely to feel the injurious results which must accrue from such short sighted policy, for not only are the Southern States unable to produce the usual supply, but threaten to prohibit the exportation of cotton to any nation which acknowledges the Federal blockade. The consequence of all this is, that now, at the eleventh hour, great efforts are being made to pro• duce cotton in our various colonies. Private indi viduals have, on several occasions, tried the experi ment in Australia, but have received no encourage. ment from the local Government. Not long since, before Moreton Bay became a separate colony, certain parties proposed to the authorities in Sydney to try and raise cotton on a large scale, provided that they received a grant of land for that purpose; but that short-sighted and indifferent body declined the proposition. Now, however, the new colony of Queensland, a young and energetic community, just emancipated from leading strings, is endeavouring to develope the resources of the country, and we have no doubt that in a short time cotton will form one of its staple productions. The Home Government are likewise in earnest, the fact that money has been granted for the purpose of exploring the North-West of Australia proves that the Colonial-office feels the necessity of inves tigating the resources of Great Britain, and of endeavouring to place her, through the agency of her dependencies, in a position that will render her independent of foreign nations. It is proposed in the present exploration to go northward (starting, we presume, from Swan River, or Western Aus tralia), turn the north-western corner of Australia, and proceed eastward as far as possible towards Cambridge Gulf, which is situated about 15 deg south Ist., and 128 deg east long. Provided the supply of water be adequate and the soil fertile, this ought to be a region favourable to the produc tion of cotton, but be the success of the expedition what it may, the Government deserves credit for the energy it has displayed ; the more so for having granted the money to enable a gentleman who is well known as an explorer to prosecute the expedition. The great mistake made by the Aus tralian colonies has generally been in giving the command of such expeditions to men who, however clever in other matters, have too often been quite unfitted for such enterprises. In fact, until very recently the tracts of country explored by Govern- • ment expeditions had already been traversed by private individuals. The equipment of most of these expeditions has been faulty, and a wrong class of men chosen to accompany them. The object in a first exploration of an unknown region ought to be simply a superficial survey of the country, which does not require a botanist, mineralogist, or engineer to understand, the main point being to determine whether there be water and pasturage, the sine qua non of colonisation. If these requi sites be found, it is easy to complete the survey at leisure. But in these expeditions time is every thing. Therefore, independent of the drays or waggons which carry the stores, each man should have two horses—the led horse to carry water and provisions; and by occasionally changing the saddle from the one to the other, a much greater distance can be performed than when the party are de pendent each on a single horse. Again, it has been the custom to choose one man as blacksmith, gun smith, and armourer, and one man for each parti cular branch of trade which may possibly be re quired. This is wrong. Each man who joins such expedition should not only be accustomed to the use of his arms and tools, but should be able to repair them. He ought to be, in fact, a thorough Bushman, or, as the Yankees have it—a back woodsman; and, combined with this, education enough to enable him to take observations and I give correct descriptions of what he may observe. With a small party thus constituted, an able and energetic leader would find no difficulty :a crossing any part of Australia, provided he were adequately supported by the Government. Hs would only have to leave stations or pickets at available points, and before advancing his drays, explore from two to three hundred miles on horseback, and fix the advance station before leaving the last. As regards the natives, there is nothing to fear. A few reso lute men, entrenched by their waggons, can always resist any number of aborigines, who after a short time will always be glad to make friends of the whites, for whom they have a great respect. The majority of murders committed by the blacks has been owing to the breach of faith and the cowardice of the Europeans : kind treatment and honesty will always secure a reciprocation of good feeling. Australia cannot long be even two months distant from England. The magnetic telegraph is extending its arms steadily but surely over the whole gobe ; nor can our anti. podes much longer remail isolated. The gradual advance of colonisation up its eastern coast will necessitate the layilg down of telegraphic wires. It were of court absurd to attempt to set up a telegraph through uncivilised regions, or where the authority cc' the white man is not respected; but there will )e no difficulty in carry ing the telegraphic line Lang the coast and via the Yolk Peninsula, across Torres Strait to New Guinea, and so through the Indian Archipelago to India. The communication once opened, a stimulus would be give' to Australian industry and commerce, almost ecual to that which it re ceived from the discovery of its auriferous wealth, and which is now begnning to flag. Capital would be invested in cdonial enterprise, and the resources of unquestiond)ly our richest and most extensive colony be fully developed. THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.—At this establish ment, where much care anc attention is bestowed on the musical selections which ae nightly given to very full audiences, the latest noveltyis one for which some credit is to be taken. It consists of an arrangement or portions of Verdi's last opera, " Simon loccanegra," the name of which has not been heard as yet it any shape in this country. 'A numerous body of vocal exeiutants, accompanied by a band, deliver several solos, concerted pieces, and choruses, in a manner which, perhaps, th; general public might suppose was not within the compass of an institution of this kind. There are singers far abov3 the average, and the training of every department has been evidently carefully attended to by a conductor of no smell musical skill and knowledge, rend the performance is in every sense satisfactory. This operatic selection is only a =all part of the entertainment, which extends over every species of popular song, comic, sentimental, and serious ; aid everything that is produced is dully appreciated by those who are present, who enter keenly into the enjoyment of the evening. CREMORNE GARDEAS.—Under the management of Mr. E. T. Smith the Chelsea gardens are quite as attrac tive as in the days of his predecessor. A race between three Mammoth balloons for a prize to be awarded to the aeronaut who makes a safe descent and returns first to the gardens, is a new feature in the entertainments. On Mon day one of these races was contested by the Prince of Wales, the Garibaldi, and the Normandy, which severally alighted at Acton, Cauberwell, and Peckham. The prize was gained by Mr. Lythgoe, who had the charge of Nor mauby, but was closely contested by Mr. Adams, the aero naut of Garibaldi. A similar race is announced for Mon day next. DEPARTURE OF THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT EASTERN FOR NORTH AMERICA.—The steam-ship Great Eastern sailed from Liverpool yesterday afternoon for New York with about 400 passengers and a general cargo. Though this was the second departure of the " big ship" from the Mersey, and she did not, as on the previous occa sion, take any troops, her sailing was witnessed by. thou sands of spectators, who lined the piers and landing stages on both sides of the Mersey. Numerous densely crowded steamers followed in her wake, and as she passed several of the large Atlantic steamers, they saluted her at intervals, compliments which were promptly and noisily replied to. Mr. Yates, the secretary, Mr. Dixon, the local agent, and many directors of the company sailed in the Great Eastern as far as the Bell Buoy. Bankruptcies are increasing fearfully in France. According to official returns there were only 3,540 bank ruptcies declared throughout France in the year 1855. They increased to 3,717 in 1856. The following year there were 3,975 bankrupts gazetted, and in the year 1858 they rose to 4,330, The official returns for the years 1859 and 1860 have not yet been received. Oscar Becker's claim to be tried on the charge of high treason against the German Confederacy has been re jected by the Court of Appeal, and the trial for murderous attempt will consequently be proceeded with. The sentence cannot, according to the existing law, exceed imprisonment for 20 years. According to accounts from New York by the last mail, it seems likely that a Federal force will be landed at some Mexican port to attack the Texan Secessionists on their Southern frontier. Mr. Corwin is alleged to have negotiated a treaty in Mexico to enable this object to be effected. The wheat crop of lowa, in the United States, is abundant this season. It is estimated that the surplus will be 20 million bushels. SEVERE SENTENCE FOR STEALING Two TURNIPS. —A poor shabbily-dressed widow, named Julia Garraway, who had her child, about six years of age, with her, was charged before the county magistrates at Rochester (the Rev. J. J. Marsham and Mr. Day) with having stolen four small turnips, worth less than one penny, from a field be longing to Mr. R. Tassell, Snarridge Farm. The poor woman admitted that she took up the turnips, which were lying on the ground, with the intention of eating them, two of them were so filled with insects that she threw them away. Just as she was about to eat the other two she was pounced upon by one of the farm men, who, by direction of the prosecutor, had her removed to the station-house, where she and her child were kept in custody the whole day and all night. The two turnips found on her were produced, and were very small. The prisoner pleaded hard to be for given, as she took them to satisfy her hunger, having just come from London. The magistrate, however, ordered her to pay a penalty, including costs, of 7s. 2d., and in default committed her for seven days' hard labour. As the pri soner had no money, the magistrates desired her to pay the fine and costs on her return from hop-picking, which she vehemently promised to do.—South Eastern Gazette. PENALTY FOR APPLE STEALING.--James Parker, 13 years of age, employed as herd boy, in the service of Mr. John Saddleton, of Whitstable, was charged at the St. Augustine's petty sessions, on Saturday last, with having stolen 20 apples, value 6d., the property of his master, who stated that the defendant and other boys were continually stealing the fruit out of his orchard on the Sunday. Defen dant said he was guilty of stealing the apples, and he was very sorry for what he had done. The bench ordered him to pay a fine of Gd., the value of the apples, and Bs. costs, or to be imprisoned for three days. The clerk pointed out that the three days' imprisonment would expire on Monday morning at seven o'clock, and therefore it would be very little punishment. The chairman thought it would be quite equal to the offence. He, for one, was of opinion that boys of the defendant's age got more harm than good in prison. The defendant was then asked if he would autho rise his master to pay the money, to which he replied in the negative, saying he would prefer going to prison for three days. It then transpired that in the event of the defendant going to gaol the master would have to pay the costs of the hearing, whereupon the bench inquired if they had power to alter their decision. T he clerk said he apprehended they could, provided they did so before the court rose. The magiStrates then altered the term of imprisonment from three to seven days. This term had its effect on the boy, who at once elected to pay the fine and costs, and empow ered his master to advance it out of the wages then due.— South Eastern Gazette. FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT BY A RAILWAY CLERK.—Yesterday Fitzwilliam Goldsmith, a telegraph clerk to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, stationed at Havant, was brought before Sir L. Curtis and Colonel Le Blanc, at Havant, charged with stealing a par cel containing 145., and with embezzling several sums re ceived for telegrams. It appeared that a parcel had been made up by Mr. Mark Wenham, the Havant station- master, containing half-a-sovereign and 4s. in silver, to be sent to the Gipsey-hill station, Norwood, and this he placed in the despatch box. He went out for five minutes, leaving pri - soner alone in the station, and on his return the money was gone. The prisoner denied having taken it, and Mr. Wen ham knowing no other person had been in the office, went for a policeman. On his return he met prisoner coming from the water-closet, and on removing the seat, half-a • sovereign and half-a-crown were concealed there, Prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge. The company did not press the charges of embezzlement; but the fraud, it seems, was effected by giving in smaller sums than those actually re ceived for telegrams in the abstracts furnished by him to the station-master. On the thefts being detected, these abstracts and the forms furnished to prisoner were compared, and the result was that deficiencies were at once detected. In con sideration of his youth, his being an orphan, and a good character given him by his uncle, Mr. Bray, of Horley, who sentenced to to s seemed e hardks' uch labour.affected by his position, h T e h was eie, DEATH OF THE KING OF THE GIPS IES has lately been great grief in the gipsy community at Yetholm and throughout the district on account of their venerable king, whose death took place on the 19th ult. It is not right that one exalted so high above his kindred should be laid in the dust without a word of farewell over his grave, especially when his reign was of a peaceable and not predatory character. I . :alike some of his contemporary monarchs, his rule was so mild that his subjects not only maintained a loyal deference, but were tenderly attached to him ; while his exemplary habit of abstaining from interfe rence or aggression on the empire of others procured him much of the goodwill and respect of other powers. While his regal character and conduct were thus exemplary, his personal demeanour gained him the respect of those not acknowledging his sway. His palace had been a house of call for many a tourist, and the conversation of the old king was generally much relished. His most noticeable habits were those of reading the Scriptures and chewing tobacco, of which he frequently received considerable quantities from his visitors. The deceased king bore the designation of Charles 1., being at least the first of that name of his family who occupied the throne, and had attained the vene rable age of 86. A large company followed his remains to their last resting place in Yethohn churchyard. He leaves no one to succeed to the crown; but as the monarchy is an elective one it is likely his successor will be chosen and crowned without an appeal to arms on the part of any pre tender.--.Kelso Chronicle. T Fg t_ tiy Despatches confirm the statement already made of General Cialdini having adopted strategical measures near the confines of the Roman States. He has, in fact, caused all the southern frontier of the Pontifical States to be surrounded by Italian troops, and has thereby stopped all the roads by which the brigands were accustomed to seek refuge on the Roman territory. TURIN, SEPT. 10. Several battalions of the National Guard have been mobilised, in order to relieve the garrisons of various places. The Opinione of to-day replies to the recent articles in the Constitutionnel and the Giornale di Roma, on the allegations of Baron Ricasoli, and promises to publish to-morrow a document proving the organisation of a central Bourbon committee at Rome. The Opinione adds that Bavarians, Spaniards, and Irishmen are among the brigands in Naples. The same paper publishes another article, refuting the assertions of the Patrie, in regard to the atti tude of France in Italy. It says :—" An indepen dent policy is a necessity for France and Italy, and will be a guarantee of their alliance. Italy wishes to possess Rome, but it is not necessary to increase the garrison of Rome in order to prevent us from going there. A strong garrison can only be necessary to defend the Pope against his own subjects." MADRID, SEPT. 9. The Correspo;zdencia Autografa of to-day says: —" Spain, in conjunction with England and France, will intervene in Mexico by sending troops into that country from Cuba." The Government has decided upon challenging ample discussion in the Cortes on home and foreign questions, and will modify the law on stamped paper. FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 10. The Patric of this evening contains a despatch from Ragusa announcing that the Turkish troops have crossed the Montenegrin frontier. The Pays denies the existence of any note of Earl Russell, promising Italy the support of Eng land in case of a disagreement with France. The same paper declares the rumour which it mentioned yesterday, that a marriage had been arranged between the Prince of Wales and a Danish Princess, to be without any foundation. BOURSE.—The market continues heavy, with a slight decline on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f 95p. Railways also heavy. The following are the last quotations per per Cents ... 96 70 Credit Fonder ll7O Do end month.... 96 65 Belgian 4f 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 95 , Roman Bank Shares 2930 j Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 755 —; Spanish Threes 49 25 Do. Account 756 25 ; Home Debt .. 47 50 B. AILWAYB. Cash. Account. Orleans 1415 1417 50 Northern 985 .. 987 50 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1018 75 .. 1020 Geneva 350 .. 351 25 Southern 652 50 655 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard . 543 75 .. 545 PRUSSIA. The German journals state that the coronation of the King of Prussia, at Konigsberg, will in its cere monial forms follow exactly the precedent of the coronation of the first King of Prussia in 1701. The , atrePts and gpiareg of the oity will be decorated, and a general distribution of provisions will be made to the poor. The King of Prussia's health has been much improved by sea bathing at Ostend. RUSSIA. The Patrie states, on the authority of a private leaer fLom St. Petersburg, that the Empress of Russia, on leaving Odessa, will make a journey to Jerusalem. Prince Labanoff, the Russian Ambas sador at Constantinople, has received instructions to make arrangements with the Turkish Government as to the stations and escorts on the route her Majesty will take. The Empress will be accom panied by a numerous suite. POLAND. The Gazette des Postes of Posen says that nearly 200 ladies of the upper and middle classes have left that city, in one party, to walk on foot, as pilgrims, to Czenstochau, near Warsaw, there to implore the intercession of the Virgin in favour of Poland. The place is more than 60 leagues distant from Posen; and many of the lady pilgrims had obtained eccle siastical permission to be followed by their carriages, to be used if their strength should fail. Several priests were to have accompanied the procession, but the Archbishop would not give his sanction to the proposal. Although the ladies are furnished with passports, it is very possible they will not be allowed to cross the frontier into the kingdom of Poland, as the Russian Government may consider the demonstration more of a political than religious character. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. The supply of English wheat fresh up to this morning's market was small, and the total number of samples on the stands was very moderate. For both red and white quali ties there was a fair demand, at the advance in the quota tions reported on Monday of is to 2s per quarter. With foreign wheat we were only moderately supplied, and the trade ruled firm, at fully previous currencies. French buyers operated to a fair extent. Floating cargoes of grain were readily disposed of, at ex• treme rates. Barley was very firm, and in some instances prices had • an upward tendency. All good and flue samples of malt supported previous rates ; but inferior parcels were a dull inquiry. The oat trade was firm, and fine qualities—the supply of which was much restricted—were rather dearer. Both beans and peas were in short supply and realised former prices. All kinds of flour were in steady request, at extreme rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Whett. Barley. Malt. Oats. Fl our. English ........ 420 ' ; 1,470 ' 10 i 650 Irish.... .. 10 , P o-n orei , • ..-- •• —.. 4,060 1,710 : —1 15,3:0; . sack 19,950 brie. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the demand rules steady, as follows :-- Beef from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, ;'s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is very moderate. New hops are selling at from £8 to £l2 per cwt. Yearling and old qualities at about former prices. Duty, £135,000. RACES AT BADEN-BADEN.—In the second day's races at Baden-Baden the Landwehr prize was won by Violette, belonging to Count de Morny ; the Lichtenthal by Count de Lagrange's Compiegne; the Ladies' Prize, gen tlemen riders, by Baron de Niviere's Goelettt, ridden by the Duke de Gramont -Cadrousse ; the Prix d e Avenir, by Count de Morny's Partisan; with Union second, and Jack, belonging to King Victor Emmanuel, third. Th e Town Prize was gained by M. Tessiere's Phare ; and the Surprise by Mr. Barber's Doncaster. A COTTAGE ORACLE.—Death has just removed a well-known character in Foulness, who was not unknown on the mainland—" old Mrs. Carter," a Cottage oracle, who, from the difficulty of obtaining a medical man in that loca lity, was often called to act in cases of midwifery. She died on the 28th ult., in her 80th , year. She was the mother of 19 children, of whom at present ten are alive, six sons and four daughters. The eldest is in her 60th year, and the youngest in his 3Gth. There are 49 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, numbering in all 82. Thirty-two of her descendants followed her tc. the grave, the fourth gene ration being amongst the number. She lived in a house known. by the name of " Dove. Cote" 40 years, and then re moved to the east end: of " timake. Hall," and lived there 38 years.—. Essex .I:Jerald. RAILWAYS IN INDIA. There is a probability that in the next Session of Parliament it will be found necessary to take a com prehensive review of the Indian railroad question. The money wasted and the interests injured by the system under which these works have hitherto baen promoted would prove upon examination to be of most serious extent. Indeed, among experienced observers there is a strong conviction that the waste may be set down at least at 25 per cent., which, on the £55,000,000, actually and prospectively gua ranteed, would amount to £13,750,000. The evil lies in the absence of any central responsibility and the consequent action of a number of semi-inde pendent bodies, without the slightest regard to the manner in which their respective operations may affect each other. Thus, we now see that guaran tees which were originally intended to have been within £30,000,000 have swollen to £55,000,000, with no certainty against a further increase ; that the great trunk lines, which might have been com pleted rapidly and have been in use at the time of the mutiny, have been obstructed by a number of subordinate schemes which should never have been entertained until the main experimentshad been finished; that the Government have been driven into inconsistencies which have thrown the finan cial world into confusion, at one time insisting upon a stoppage of works and at another promising even to raise a loan rather than that such stoppage should take place; that each different district in which a line has not yet been sanctioned is fur nished with cause of complaint, and that disputes are rife between the home Government, the local authorities, and the rail way boards as to which are the parties respectively answerable for the mis calculations, disappointments, and inconveniences that arise. In these things, however, we find but a part of the mischief. In consequence bf the various lines being at all times in the market for iron, freight, and all the various railway requisites, as well as for skilled and other labour in India, with out concert or consideration as to whether they are bidding against each other, the most preposterous prices are sometimes paid, and a general tendency to inflation is created. In the London Stock- Exchange a similar effect is produced, and when the market is in a state in whieh it could satisfac torily absorb about a million of debentures, four or five times that amount may be offered through each line being eager to get the start of its brother applicants. Hence securities which, if issued with proper regard to the existing demand, woud steadily increase in favour, are brought into diminished re- pute, and the evil at the same time exends to the direct loans contracted by the Government. Any thing more unbusinesslike or more damaging to sound trade, healthy money-markets, or public credit has perhaps rarely been witnessed, and it is certain that unless a strong hand be applied the mischief will yet assume larger dimensions. At the same time, there are none to blame except the India Council for permitting it to continue after the ex perience that has been gained. The directors of the several companies are nearly all connected wih India, and openly profess their desire to obtain as much capital as possible for that country. It is not their business, but that of the English public and the English Government, to restrict the drain within convenient limits. Each body of directors desire, moreover, to absorb as much as possible for the particular localities with- which they may happen to be connected. Bengal, Bombay, Madras, and the Punjab are alike clamorous. There is a plea sure and grandeur in the rivalry of large schemes, and it is agreeable also to have the patronage of heavy purchases of rails, freights, rolling stock, &c. The engineers in India, of course, like to signalise themselves by great works and fine stations, and the whole affair from beginning to end is, in short, a struggle to see which set can get power to spend the most. Now that it has been found that the plea of having advanced so far with certain lines that they must be carried on in order to prevent the capital already expended from lying waste is suffi cient to terrify the Government into compliance with each extended demand, we may be sure that the discovery will be made the most of. It is urged, therefore, that all who are interested in the stability of the London money-market, in the rational pro secution of home enterprises, under the belief that England is really worthy of some consideration as well as India, in the prevention of a constant dilu tion and deterioration of Indian securities, and in the progress of Indian cultivation, now too often checked by reckless advances in wages, should give attention to this question for the future, and insist upon a remedy being enforced. - 2IIE INJURED AERONAUTS A 2 BUXTON. Mr. Coxwell, the distinguished aeronaut, and the Messrs. Pearson, jun., of Lawton-hall, near Congleton, are now progressing, we are harpy to say, towards complete recovery. It will be re• membered that on August 19 a descent took place during a violent wind, on the stone walled mid rocky locality near Brierlow tollgate, about two and a half miles from Buxton. A valley favour able for alighting had been missed, owing to the force of the wind, and the car not being over stocked with ballast, the voyagers found them selves skimming over the " backbone of England,' the wild rugged surface of which is in every way objectionable for a balloon. Mr. Coxweil, seeing no possible mode of evading a rough landing, prepared for the worst, and placed his passengers in the safest possible posi tion, viz., at the bottom of either side of the basket, where hand ropes are placed by whi c h to h old i n emergencies like this. As the grapnel (a large powerful instrument, 421 b.) trailed along the ground it glided over the soil and tore down stone walls as if there were no holding grou n d or material for it to take effect in. The consequenc e was t h a t t h e i car was brought down n contact with the walls, the remedy was to exhaust the gas as quickly as possible, and lessen the numb er o f concussions. I t was here manifest that the experienced aeronaut was equal to the occasio n , as h e peremptorily kept his companions well down in the basket, and told them that if they attempted to move or get out they would be killed on the spot. Fortunately, Messrs. Pearson are remarkably en d owed with what is styled pluck, and they stuck to the ship and obeyed Mr. Coxwell's orders to the letter. It was now the critical moment—two or three severe bumps were inevitable, the wind blowing in angry gusts, and the car dashed through one wa ll of about 18 inches i n thickness, making a clear breach, and hurling the stones forward as if they had been pounded by the largest Armstrong missile at present in use. Mr. Cox well was in full strain o n th e upper valve, wh i ch i s 30 inches in diameter, but still the mass bore onward, and a second clean breach was repeated in the next wall. .Awayagain with r enewe d v i gour, an d d own for the third time, and once again through another wall, and now the cry was raised by astounded lookers-on that two fields further lay the deep dale or gorge, which would surely prove fatal. Happily, the fourth wall having been dashed down, and a considerable quantity of gas lost, the balloon itself caught some of the stones, and tore from bottom to top. Several countrymen, especially the sons of the tollbar-keeper, now rushed to the rescue. Mr. Coxwell and Messrs. T. and A. Pearson were at the bottom of the car covered with stones. All three voyagers presented a sorry aspect ; their faces were covered with blood ; but the aeronaut himself' retained his senses, and directed that they might be taken out of the basket and placed on the grass, and furnished with water. This done, Mr. Coxwell inquired if there was any house near, and, finding th it the tollbar was close at hand, directions were given for them to be carried there. Mr. Coxwell then despatched a messenger for a conveyance to take them to the Royal Hotel at Buxton, where they arrived in due time and received the best medical attention that could be procured. The injuries sus tained were—Mr. T. Pearson, fracture of the skull ; Mr. A. Pearson, injury to the head and broken forearm ; and Mr. Coxwell cut from head to foot, with a bad contused wound on the right thigh. The injuries Mr. Coxwell had met with were not considered at first dangerous ; but those sustained by the other gentlemen extremely so. Dr Bennett, of Buxton, in conjunction with Dr. Bullock, an eminent practitioner of Congleton, took the cases in hand, and have succeeded in setting the arm of Mr. A. Pearson, and in reducing the skull fracture of his brother. Mr. Coxwell's case presented symp toms which showed deeper injuries than were suspected to exist; the thigh was so bruised and lacerated by an immense stone that the medical gentlemen could scarcely comprehend how the bone escaped fracture ; erysipelas set in, and the case as sumed dangerous appearances , but the healing pro cess is now rapidly progressing, and all the suf ferers are doing well, and able to leave their beds. This we believe is the first personal accident that has ever befallen Mr. Caxwell out of nearly 400 ascensions. It is only an act of justice, supported i by the concurrent testimony of the nvands, to speak of the unremitting attention of Mr. and Mrs. B a t es, jun., to the balloon party ever since they ca me to the Royal Hotel. It is gratify.ng also to observe the general interest taken in behalf of the Messrs. Pearson and Mr. Coxwell, and of the widely ex. tended sympathy which has been felt for the un fortunate occurrence.—Buxton Advert i ser, PA SECRET AGREEMENT.—The Press of Saturday publishes " an important revelation, which has been, com municated to us from an authoritative source," to the effect that a secret agreement has been came to between the King of Sweden and the Emperor Napoleon; by which the Finns are to be encouraged to reunite their country to Sweden, the Emperor Napoleon undertaking to assist them, if neces sary, as he assisted Italy. CHARGE OF AT E PIING To I) P. IRAUD THE WEST MIDLA.AD RAILWAY. At the Dudley Police-court, on Monday, a man named William Dainton, by trade a gardener, was charged with attempting to obtain, by fraudulent means, from the West Midland Railway Company a sum of £6 10s. 6d. Mr. Maltby appeared for the company, and Mr. G. B. Lowe defended the accused. Mr. Maltby, in opening the case, said that he should not be in a position to complete the case that day ; but he proposed to call evidence that would warrant the bench in remanding the prisoner. He should show that on the 10th August last the prisoner was travelling from Birmingham to Kidderminster, where he had a situation under Dr. Thompson, of Woodfield House, as gardener, and that upon arriv ing at Kidderminster he complained to the station master that he had lost a box. He afterwards made a similar complaint to the station-master at Dudley, and wrote to Mr. Roberts, traffic superin tendent. On the 25th August he sent in a claim for £6 10s 6d, together with a list of articles, which he said the box had contained. From inquiries made and information received, they resisted the claim, and caused an investigation to be made, which ultimately resulted in the present charge. Mr. Maltby then called Mr. Osborne, station-master at the West Midland station, Dudley, who d e p ose d : —On the 24th or 25th of last month I saw the prisoner at the Dudley Station. He said, " Have you found my box P" I said that every possible inquiry had been made, but without success. Prisoner said, " It is very strange ; the box must have been stolen," He further said that the contents were valuable, and that if the box was not forth coming in a few days he should charge the company with it. I afterwards received information which induced me to visit the prisoner at Mr. Hudson's, Birmingham. I there asked him to describe the box. He said it was an old deal box, about a foot deep by 18 inches wide, and he could tell by word of mouth what it contained. He pulled out a list, which he read, and which I copied in his presence. The list was as follows :—One working tweed coat, £1 108 ; one pair of tweed trousers, 15s ; one pair of black trousers, ; one black vest, 15s ; two shirts, lOs ; one scarf and two neckties, 7s 6d; one pair of woman's boots, 9s 6d ; one pair of slippers, 4s 6d ; razor strap, &c., 5s ; pair of gloves, 2s ; three pairs of stockings, 6s ; two flannels, ss. He told me that the day he lost the box (10th Aug.) he came from the Coach and Horses, Broad-street, Birmingham, kept by Mr. Bayliss, and went to Kidderminster. He told me that he took the box from Mr. Bayliss's to the New-street station. I asked him if he took it into the carriage with him, or gave it in charge to the guard. He said he gave it in charge of the guard. I then asked him what he did with the box when he came to Dudley, and he said he took it up the gallery, and some gen tleman proffered to assist him round with the box. I then asked for that gentleman's name and address. He said he did not know him, he dropped on him very " promiscuously," and he appeared to be a com mercial traveller. Mr. Hudson was present while this conversation took place. Mr. Lowe said he should not cross-examine on this occasion. An opportunity would be afforded him at the adjourned hearing. This having been agreed to Mr. Maltby called John George Bayliss, landlord of the Coach and Horses, Pinfold-street, New-street, Birming ham, who said—l know the prisoner. He came to my house on the 10th of August. He left between six and seven o'clock in the evening. I had no con versation with him about a situation that day, and I did not see him leave. One of my waitresses came to the bar for a parcel that I had of his. The par cel contained a pair of slippers wrapped in brown paper. I objected to let the parcel go, as the pri soner owed me 3s 6d. I lent him 3s 6d about a week before. He said he had got a situation at Kidderminster. I never sa w any box whilst he was at my house. He left a hamper at my house on the 10th of August, but I cannot say what the contents were, except by hearsay. I sent the ham per and slippers to Kidderminster when the 3s. 6d. I had lent him had been paid. I put the address on the box that the prisoner had sent me, hut I cannot remember that address, If the prisoner had been in possession of a box I should have known it. The letters bearing the dates of August 22, 25 (with list enclosed), and 29, and one, not dated, on the back of a company's letter dated Sept. 2, I believe to be in the prisoner's handwriting, John Henry Roberts, traffic superintendent of a division on the West Midland Railway, said—l received the letter now produced, dated Aug. 25, by post. It contains a claim for £6 10s 6d. The case was at thisistage adjourned till Monday next, the bench agreeing to take two sureties in £2O, and prisoner'sown in £4O for his appearance. MASTERS 4ND SERV.4NTS. (From Punch.) The plain English of the matter is that servants are as a class what masters and missusses have made them. It is true, that as one black sheep will scab a flock, so one rogue in livery will taint the whole servants' hall, but the virus, in nine cases out of ten, comes from upstairs. Think, my worthy Sir Apricius de Tabley—when you are blowing up your stately twelve feet of powder, white choker, canary cloth, cotton lace, and orange plush, because they turn up their noses at cold mutton and find even the " plain jiuts" of the second table monotonous—of the dinner served up to you every day, and the fuss you make about it. Think of the position M. Bechamel, your unequalled chef, holds in your household, your affections, and your wages -account Think of the conversation, the guests, the " walks and ways" at your own table, and then honestly ask yourself whether, when master is doing such daily devotion to Saint Belly, you have any right to scold John Thomas for bowing before the same altar, and making his humble offering in the servants' hall. to the saint whom his master is on his knees to two good hours daily, in the costly rites of the dining room ? And you, Most Noble Grace of Fitz-Plantagenet, who stand aghast at the insolence of that creature, your maid, Minnikin ! Can't you guess where she got that trickof carryin g h er nose so high ? Do you suppose her perquisites are confined to your grace's cast-off gowns and laces --that she can wear these without catching, in a second-hand way, the ailments of the original proprietor? If you look on yourselves as the Sevres of society, what right have you to be savage when she assumes to be its Worcesters or best Staffordshire stoneware ? If she isn't the rose she has lived too near to the rose rot to catch a faint reflection of its superfine scent and aristocratic colour. You ought to know that sneering is as contagious as small pox, and that scornf u l ness an d self-love can no more bekept to oneself than scald-head. Instead of discharging their vials of wrath against the servants' hall, suppose p eop l e set to work diligently to disinfect their dining and drawing rooms ? How, ask, is Jeames to respect the dig nity of labour, when my Lord Lollington, behind whose chariot he clings with his twin colossus, shaking awfully as to calves, glories in being the laziest of human beings ? When young Cibber wright is groaning over the crumpled roseleaf which that abandoned housemaid has left in his mattrees, has he any right to lift his eyebrows because young Cibberwright's own man is indignant at being put into a bed without curtains ? which ich y m ou at s ce up u n v o r s e e ro th u o n s d e d g i l n o n ti e 'o r u t s a a b r l m es i c e a s n of be fl t u r nk aine y el to stop their ears as easily as they can to keep down their grins and guffaws—that they don't hear and ponder what the people whose plates they are changing praise and believe in, and laugh at, and are interested about, Remember that master and inissus think nothing of being seen en deshabille by the butler or the housekeeper. As man, and woman too, is an imitative animal, can we wonder that the face should be occasionally mimicked instead of the mask—the real master or missus instead of the company one? Remember, too, that Mr, Butler or Mrs. Housekeeper is bound to you by no legal tie but wages. If there is to be any other bond between upstairs and do wn, i t must be one of master's or naissus's making. The sum and substance of the matter, in Mr. Punch's notion, comes to this--Tell me what the masters are, and I will give a shrewd guess at the servants. Show me a picture of the drawing-room and I will find you a faithful reflection of it in the servants' hall—mutatis mutandis, of course, but with the balance of light and shade very,vaerradeym, uete the same. Wh en luxuriousness, show, p pre tension, selfishness, worldliness, and veneer, in all fashions, rule above stairs, what right have we to expect that frugality, diligence, simplicity, humi lity, faithfulness, and "the genuine article," should be the staple commodities of the area level. THE SCREW STEAMER ARMENIAN.—The Seere utasrythwrites to inform the African mail, pub lished in our yesterday's impression, that the Company's o a ft the the statement African Steam contained Shi Companyin steamer Armenian had been on Lagos Bar, is entirely with out foundation. The Armenian arrived at Liverpool yes terAay, two days before the contract time, in perfect order. CAPTURE OF COINERS.—Two men engaged in making counterfeit coin were apprehended in a house in the Leylands, Leeds, yesterday morning. Some base coin, two mou ld s (one for half-crowns and tho other for florins), a quantity of plaster of Paris, a galvanic battery, and other materials used in the manufacture of spurious coin, were found in the house, together with a quantity of molten metal. The prisoners were taken before the magistrates and remanded. The Countess , of Carnarvon has arrived at the Queen's Rotel, Upper Norwood. of bi Pe th Al ail foi Tt ne of 70