The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-15 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. (From the Times.) Another wrinkle on the face of old Europe. After mutations and combinations as many as in a kaleidoscope, Spain has taken one more step to pure absolutism. She has gone back with a re bound, and in a day finds herself little else than the inheritance of Isabella and the dowry of Chris tina. The junction of the two Queens was omi nous, and O'Donnell must have felt the reins day by day slipping from his hands. As it was easy to see, he was only a provisional arrangement, a posi tion tolerable to those whose aims are neither dis tant nor high, and who are content with one har vest if they are not allowed two. Narvaes has now stepped into the place prepared for him. Spain has returned to him again and again, one cannot say how often without being sensible of lost time in coming round and round to the same man at last. To say that he is precisely the man for Spain would be too much praise, not only to him, but to Spain herself; for it would argue some unity and con sistency in that country. But, no doubt, he is the man for the present mood and the existing situa tion ; and perhaps nobody else would represent Spain nearly so long and so fully. Taught by ex perience, we are happily not engaged for or against any Minister that may happen to carry the day at Madrid. If the Spanish are satisfied, so are we. We fear it is not quite so with our Imperial neigh bour. He has invested his affections--some say even more—in O'Donnell, and the investment is a failure. The Britiih public is altogether blunted and reckless about S pain. Owing to soma unfortu nate incidents in our history, we had not much affection for the people till about 50 years ago, though we admired their pride and overrated their power. They now scarcely occupy any measurable space in our minds. We know something of the Spain of 400 years ago, but nothing of Spain present ; we read stories of the Cid ; we model the Moorish palaces ; we amuse ourselves with "Than Quixote ;" thanks to Mr. Ford, we have now taken up the Gipsies of Spain, and we read with just pride the exploits of our armies in that peninsula ; but the people them selves have worn out our interest. There is so great an interval of character between them and us that sympathy only exerts itself to be baffled in the end. It may b a said of them, as of many indivi duals, that they s( !em born to excite hope and then to disappoint it ; 1 nit even this must now be said in the past tense, for we can hope no more of Spain. The " antecedents" of the new Ministry con trast oddly with those of a British Cabinet. The difference may not be wholly and absolutely in our favour—indeed, it certainly is not—but there is on the Spanish side an utter want of some elements that we here deem Essential to stability. A British Cabinet must couta in men known as the authors of useful and successful laws ; the well tried chiefs of party, or holders of a definite policy ; men of terri torial consequence, the heads of great and still powerful families. In order to be strong it must be made of strong materials ; and the strength must be somethinw more than that of personal character, or ability, or eloquence. Of the Duke of Valencia's eight colleagues four are lawyers and four soldiers, the foi . mer being men who have really made their fortune* at the bar, and the latter in the civil wars of t'n eir own country. In our pre sent Cabinet there , is one soldier who has never seen a gun fired, exqapt at a review, and who early gave up his profess ion for civilian's work ; a law yer who, at'er a rn ist unpolitical and unobtrusive career, is now at the head of his profession ; and one more lawyer, also remarkable for avoiding politics when he caza All the rest are simply noble • men and gentlemen of fortune. Of the legal moiety of the Spanish Cabinet one is described as an ardent partisan of Maria 'Christina and an avowed hater of Lord Palmersto. He was made a Marquis, we are told, for his support to the " Spanish mar riages." Of the your soldiers, the first was once a general officer in the atrlist army, and deserted; he was implicated in the O'Donnell pk)t in 1841, and shortly afterwards was more successfully en gaged in getting up the insurrection that over threw Espartero. The second is to be a gallant soldier, and nothing more ; but, among other in cidents, he assisted in preparing a coup d'etat, and was implicated in an insurrection, the olject of which was to carry off the Queen to France or the Basque provinces. Ia this country nine sueh men would hardly carry the day at a meeting of coun ty magistrates, or iu the vestry of a metropolitan parish. In Parliament they might just gain the ear of the house for any measure on which they might choose to concentrate their strength, but they would scarc3ly venture on a division. Itmust be said, however, that even in Spain these men are not supposed to make a strong Cabinet. They are to serve their purpose, and at the proper mo ment Narvaez is to make way for a still purer Ab solutist. As for O'Donnell, it is suggested that he may have fore seen his fate and made terms. For the quiet surrender of a Government once the proudest in Europe he may possibly find some com pensation in the mysterious riches of Cuba. We have compared the new Cabinet with our own, or any that world be possible in this coun try. But there is probably not one country in Europe where such a Cabinet would stand for a day. There is not one where the Sovereign is so absolute, and at the same time so wanton in his absolutism, as to govern by means of men with so slight a stake and standing. For aught we know these nine men may be personally as powerful as any other nine in Spain ; but it must only be in the same sense that the individuals composing the Cabinet of the United States might be powerful— viz., for their reputation and talents as success ful soldiers or lawyers, or simply as the repre sentatives of certain strong ()pinions. So far a Spanish Cabinet might find a parallel in an American. How such a thing is possible in Spain is an interesting problem net very difficult of solution. With a diffused, poverty-struck, and degenerate aristocracy, wi than impoverished clergy, with little trade, with a backward agriculture, and all its natural resources more or less neglected, Spain has no powerful class, no basis for the public institutions, no natural stay against the violence of factions, the tyranny of the Crown, or the ascen dancy of anybody who may usurp the helm of affairs. In this country the men to govern us must command the respect of numerous classes of noblemen, country gentlemen, and wealthy mer chants, as well as soldiers and lawyers, who are the mere hands and tongues of society. The Mini ster here represents not only an opinion or a party ; he directly represents a vast solid embodi ment of men, traditions, property, and power, be sides the acquiescence and respect of the rest, who may not agree with him, but accept him in the spirit of generosity and fair play. But the most powerful statesman that ever governed thi s coun try never omitted to xesociate with himself the strongest men that agreement or toleration . placed at his disposal. Whatever the natural genius of a politician or the merits of his cause, even if he have the talent of the house on his side, still he must also have colleagues that represent the great inte rests of the country, otherwise he must take his place in the common rank of senators. Whether this is right, and whether we are likely to improve very rapidly when the very motive power of the State machine is so heavily encumbered is anoth er question. The fa c t i s as we describe.' It is evi dently otherwise in Sp a i n . Th ere it is sufficient at least for the turn, th a t th e Mi n i ster should be a bold, skilful, and unscrupulous soldier, a man for a coup d'etat, an insurrection, a Royal abduction, or some such achievement, and that his colleagues should be either of the same sort or popular law yers squally ready for a bold game. That may answer the present purpose, but it affords no secu rity, either in Spain or anywhere else, against insurgents or conspirators, or any of the enemi es that a weak Government is sure to provoke. (Frain the Morning Advertiser.) In what we yesterday said respecting the con templated. alliance between th is countr y and Aus -I_lla. more was meant than me t the e y e. We di d n " say all we knew, nor will we now, because, though we speak advisedly when w e sa y that the idea has been entertained in quarters in which we shonld hav e suppose d it would have been scouted at onoe,—.. we Palmerston cannot ' and will not, believe that Lord to any coul dsuch proposition. bring himself to listen ser iousl y 1 3 2 roposition. Diplomatic ingen uit y could not hit the souls of Er 1 3 1 :13 an idea more calculated to st i r If it were b e lievee'cliBhmen to their lowes t de p ths. country and the n that an alliance between this °use of Hapsburg were aprobable contingency, a feeling bosom which would sweep fs indignation would be evoked in the national away, as chaff befor e the , that could be a consenti n g wind, any Government people ~o i pa rty to such a scheme. Much a 3 the mistakes still. We Engla n d h a t e R uss ia, p th re e h ir eu h l t ß re u a ss e ia f . AuNsotri:nies com es her character. i She herself is hardly at pains -to conceal at nceal it. Sh , un a bold, audacious, haughty p c ,,, er e i is 1 carries versal dominion, and. altogether to the means by which she cart." unscrupulous out her views, as Austria provided only she can achiev e success. But is a despicable, hollow , p erfidious Power, impress of cunning, selfishness, and treachery th e Y with e bly impressed on her visage. The characterrwilit e ih w - she bears is traditional. It has been what 1- ; have described it sine() the days of our - own Kin g John, and which S hakspere has so forcibly and felicitously portrayed, when ho makes one of his interlocutors in the play in question thus speak of the Austria of the period referred to : " 0 Austria! Thou dost shame That bloody spoil: Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward, Thou little valiant, great in villany ! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side ! Thou fortune's champion, that does never fight But when her humourous ladyship is by To teach thee safety ! Thou are perjured, too, And sooth'st up greatness. What a fool thou art— A ramping fool ; to brag, and stamp, and swear, Upon my party ! Thou cold-blooded slave, Hast thou not spoke like thunder on my side ? Been sworn my soldier? Bidding me depend Upon the stars, thy fortune, and thy strength ? And dost thou now fall over to my foes ? Thou wear a lion's bide ! Doff it for shame, And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs." - - Any man describing the Austria of 1856 could not do it more truthfully than it was done more than two centuries ago, by the greatest of earthly poets, when he thus held up to the scorn and in dignation of the world the Austria of the four teenth century. And yet it has been—we say again, we speak advisedly,—seriously proposed that a " close alli ance" should be formed between that country and ours. The Governments of the two countries might possibly have some sort of alliance together for a brief period, but the nations never. Austrian and English principles are at irreconcileable vari ance. They are as opposed as light is to darkness. There never can be any concord between them. It were well that this fact should be dinned into Ger man ears about our own Court, as well as at the Court of Vienna. We need not say that the unna tural notion is of Garman, not of English, origin. The great danger to be apprehended is, lest Lord Palmerston should, in any measure, yield to the Coburg pressure to which, in this case, as in so many others, he is subjected. And yet we can hardly think he will. Burnt children, we are told, dread the fire. Lord Palmerston, of all men in the world, ought to be on his guard against the wiles and perfidies of Austria, on the principle that— " He best can paint them who has felt them most." The Noble Lord's experience of Austria ought not to be lost upon him. He knowsthat for years, when in the Foreign Office, he was regarded with an implacable hatred by the Court of Vienna, and that all the schemes which Austrian ingenuity could suggest were resorted to, with the view of eject ing him from office, and destroying him for ever as a public man. He knows, moreover—and the world also knows—that, aided and abetted by Ger manism at the Court of St. James, he eventually became the victim of Austrian intrigues. Nor can the Noble Lord be ignorant of the fact that what he is now, he is in virtue of the power of public opinion —of that popularity which he has with the people—in defiance equally of Hapsburg and Co burg hostility. The very idea, therefore, of an Austrian alliance under the auspices of Lord Pal merston seems so utter an impossibility, even in idea, that did not our information come to us from sources which leave no doubt whatever as to the fact of the notion being entertained we could not for a moment give the slightest credence to it. It is not in England alone that the idea of an alliance between this country and Austria would evoke emotions of the most intense concern. It would inspire alarm and indignation throughout the whole of the Continent. It would be regarded as sounding, at least for a season, the death-knell of hope in the bosoms of oppressed nationalities. It would be treason on the part of this country to Sardinia. It would be to the sovereign and people of Piedmont an act of treachery of the grossest kind,—one to which there would be few parallels in the page of history. With the sacrifice of Sar dinia to the " perjured House of Hapsburg " there would be the consigning over to the tender mercies of Francis Joseph, Ferdinand of Naples, and the Pontifical tyrant at Rome, all the patriots of Italy, and with them the Italian cause, so dear to the heart of every friend of freedom throughout the world. But we repeat, the thing cannot be. No matter what Governments may do, or mean to do,—their will is not law. There is a power immeasurably above them. There is the power of the people. The latter power is omnipotent. The King of Sardinia and his subjects may rely with confidence on the people of England. They will not desert the cause of Piedmont and of Italy. They will be true to their implied. if not expressed, engagements to Victor Emmanuel and his Government. And any Minister, he he who he may, who will lend himself to any scheme whose tendency is to betray the cause of Sardinia,—which is synonymous with the cause cf Italy,—will be unceremoniously hurled from his high eminence by the breath of public indignation. H.I3,:eLTH OF LONDON DURING Tlig WEEK. (lrcni tic Report of tie licyistrar-General,) The leturn far the week that ended on Saturday exhi bits a lore rate of mortality. The deaths, which in the previous six weeks have been oa an average 1035, de clined last week to 939. In the corresponding weeks of ten years 1846.55 the average number was 1103, and if this is raised by a tenth part for increase of population it becomes 1203, compared with which the present return shows a reduction el 164. Ot the total number 434 were deaths of males, 455 those of females. Deaths from the zymotic or epidemic class of diseases, which in the previous week were 256, were last weep only 234. Of these 14 were from small pox, 25 from measles, 28 from hoopicg-coul 4 h, 42 from typhus, 46 from searlatiun. The deaths from diarrhoea have now fallen to 45. No fatal case of cholera is re corded. There were 11 of erysipelas, 4of syphilis, and 2of pureura, Seven of the deaths from typhus occurred in Pae.:•tas ; 5 in Shrreditcb. The medical a:- tendant of a woman who died at 63, Drummnond-street, Somers -town, of maiignar 4 t typha.., reports certain unieances in the rear of the house, and states that the whole of this neighbourhoed is more or less affected with low fever ; the drainage (tie adde) is everywhere de fective. A. girl died of tetanus apparently idiopathic ; and a child ot erysipelas and abscesses consequent (it is said) on purulent infection of the blood after vaccination. Two persons died ot carbuncle. Four person s died at the age of 90 years or upwards ; two women who were 90 years old, a Greenwich pen sioner who was 91 ; and a gardener's labourer who died in the Wyndham-road, Camberwell, at the age of 94 years. Last week the births of 782 boys and 757 girls, in all 1,539 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1846 53 the average number was 1,351. At the Reyal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean heighA of the barometer in the week was 20.881 in. On Thursday and Friday the mean daily reading was above 30 in., and on the latter day the highest reading in toe week occurred, which was 30.12 in. The mean tempera ture was 54.3 deg., which is 2.5 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years as determined by Mr, Glai sher.oThe mean temperature was above the average on every day. The highest temperature occurred on Fri day, and was 61.8 deg. ; the lowest 49, on Saturday. The mean dew-point temperature was 52.4 deg. ; and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 1.9 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 56.3 deg. The wind, which was in the south-west and east in the beginning of the week, was in the nurth-east towards the end. Rain fell to the amount of 0.:0 in., the greater part of which fell on Wednesday and Saturday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS, NUIIIEER OF DEATHS raou ALL CAUSES REGISTERED LN THE WEEK ET.TDING SATURDAY, OCT. 11 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Btood-vessels 32 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration l5l Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin ; &e. Malformations .3 Premature Birth and Debility 23 Atrophy .... 36 Old Age .. 37 . Sudden V iolence, Privation Cold, and Intemperance 3 26 Causes not specified DEATHS TROX ALL CAUSES 939 Population Deaths in corn- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1851. of 1855. Week. West Districts ...... 3 76,427 North Districts ...... 4 90,396 Central Districts..... 393,256 .. 154 .... East Districts 485,522 ...... 161 South Districts - ..... 205 Totals- Males. ...................................... 484 F:nales ................................... 455 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Ma1e5....................................... 782 Fema1e5.................................... 757 Total 1,539 An edition of the Dispatch will henceforth be p u t 3 iibiled every Friday, cootaining particulars of iinpertant even's, and price of the markets , funds, &c., u p t o the mimebt of going to press , an d ma y he r eceived at the most distant parts of Scotland and Ireland on the Satur dly. The pages of the Dispatch wili be so extended as to allow the introduction of nearly six additional colum ns in quantity, and the principal articles will be set in a new clear type that will not fatigue the eyesight. Ad vertisers, to insure the insertion of their advertisements in each of the four editions, should forward them on Thursday, or at fates', before 10 o'clock on Friday morn 'ng--Dispatch, Office, 139, Fleet-street. Naval and Military Intelligence. A letter from Bombay, Sept. 12, to a Portsmouth correspondent, gives the following details of the prepara tions making by Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Leeke (Com mander-in-Chief) to supply the naval contngent of the expedition to Persia :- " With this you will receive the account of the expe dition now getting ready for the Persian Gulf :-5,050 men, besides seamen and marines, who will amount to 1,000 more; 14 steamers, six of them carrying from ten to four 68-pounders ; 10 heavily-armed gunboats, four schooners, and other craft for landing troops ; about 20 or 24 transports ; it will be very complete ; the Island of Karrack will be taken first, for the purpose of getting water, but we think of taking both together. We trust that Sir Henry Leeke will command the fleet in person, and take the places with the seamen. If he does he will hoist his flag or pendant on the Assaye or Punjab, heavy steam frigates tsister ships), carrying each ten 68-pounders and 240 men. All are hard at work getting the expedition ready." Letters from the Royal Albert, bearing the flag of Admiral Lord Lyons, to as late a date as the 2d of October, announce that she was making preparations to winter above the South-bridge within the Golden Horn, and that, in consequence of the non-execution of the treaty of Paris by Russia, her Majesty's steam frigate Magicienne, the Lynx, steam corvette, and the Weser, steam gunboat, had re-entered the Black Sea, to be fol lowed forthwith by the Vulture steam frigate. The following circular letter was yesterday aidressed to the commanding *Mem of the 4th and sth Dragoon Guards; I,t and 2d Dragoons ; 4 h and 6th Light Dra goons ; Bth, 10th, and 11th Mussars • 12th Lancers, 13th Light Dragoons, 17th Lancers, Grenadier Guards, Seitz Fusilier Guards ; lst Foot, Ist and 2d Battalions ; 3d, 4th, 7th, 9th, 14th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 23d, 28,b, 30th, 33d, 34th, 38th, 39th, 41st, 42d, 44th, 446th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 55th, 57th, 62d, 63d, 68th, 72d, 77th, 79th, 88th, 89:h, 90th, 93d, 95th, and 97th ; Rifle Brigade, Ist and 2d Battalion. "Horse tluards, Oct. 4, " Sir,—His Majesty the King of Sardinia having been graciously pleased to confer a proportion of the silver medals destined for distribution among the Sar dinian troops lately returned from the Crimea upon such officers and soldiers of the British army as distinguished themselves by personal acts of valour in the late war, I have the honour, by desire of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, to request you will with. out delay transmit a nominal return of officers and non commissioned officers and privates of the regiment under year command whom you may conceive worthy of the decoration in question. " The officers are to be selected from among those whose rank up to the 9th of September, 1855, was not higher than brevet-major. "You will be careful to recommend no individual except for distinguished services against the enemy under fire, and the special services on which the recom mendation is founded are to be fully detailed. "If there are any whose claims cf distinction are equal to those who have already received the French Legion of Honour, the French military war medal, or the English medal for distinguished conduct in the field, but whom it has been hitherto impossible to reward, you will give them the preference in this instance, ex plaining at the same time your reasons for doing so. "The claims of officers of higher rank than those pointed out in the preceding will be shortly taken into consideration. "I have, &c., " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." Major-General the Earl of Cardigan, Inspecting- General of Cavalry, arrived at Newbridge on Tbursday Ibnd on the following day made a very minute in specti ,n of the Ist Royal Dragoons and the 2d North 13ritido Dragoons (Scots Greys), and expressed himself h;goly pleased at the fine appearance and discipline of these gaLant Crimean heroes, who so bravely distir.- guisaed themselves throughout the campaign. A great number of the invalids and unfit were selected for dis charge. On Monday both corps, together with a troop of the Royal Horse Artillery, were reviewed on the Cur ragb, and went through a variety of manoeuvres, which were admirably performed. His lordship and staff occupy quarters at the camp with Lieutenant-General Sir R. England. Lieutenant-General Sir Cohn Campbell, G.C.8., Inspector General of Infantry, accompanif:d by Major- Genera; Sir G. A. Wether.dl, K.O B , Adjutant- General t) the Force, paid a❑ unexpected official visit to Chatham garrison yesterday for the purpose of making an inspection of the Provisional Battalion. fi)a their arrival at the Provisional Battalion Sir Colin Campbell and the Adjutant-General were received by Colonel W. H. Eden, in command of the garrison ; Colonel 11. .Tervis, commanding the Provisional Battalion ; and Brigade-Major C. S. S. E. Gordon. After witnessing the troops parade, the visitors proceeded to the offices of the Provisional Battalion for the purpose of making an inspection of the battalion books and accounts, in which trey were engaged several hours. It was expected that an inspection of the troops would have been made in the afternom, but, owing to the length of time occupied in the examination of the books, this did not take place, and it is expected that the inspection will be made this day. The non-commissioned officers and men belonging to the several depots at the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, are making considerable progress in their instruction in the use of the Enfield rifle, under Captain W. Mott and Lieut. A. AVLeed. Firing parties are marched down from the barracks every m.rning to the marshes near St. Mary's creek, where they are practi,:ed in firing at the iron targets, at distances raLging from 300 to 800 yards. The trJops belonging to the Royal Sapper. and Miners, and those of be Riyal Marine Light Infantry, at Caat ham, are also undergoing a cnirse of rid.: instruction. Tne MArines be:trugiug to her Majesty's ship Power- Jul, 84, were paid off at Chatham yesterday by Captain G. ilookey, paymaster to the Ciataath division. Atter being paid, each man was granted !cave of absenc4 for periods varyingfrom one month to six weeks. .thr Majesty's ship Melamps, 42, Captain Borlase, arrived at Spithe'id on Monday night from the Crimea. Thy: following vessels were spoker with en her voyage between the 25 h of August and October :—August 25, 3 p.m., the English vessel Nelsons ; September 9, Eng lish barque, name unknown ; September 13, the brig Bristol ; September 21, the English barque Cairo ; Oct. 8, a barque, supposed to be English, waterlogged and abandoned. She was found in charge of a Prussian barque. Left Constantinople August 21 ; Malta, Sep tember 5 ; Gibraltar, Sept. 22. Messrs. Wigrar's ship Sussex, from London for Mel bourn,, put into St. Helen's Roads yesterday morning, and, after communicating with the shore, proceeded on her voyage with a fine, favourable breeza. TheEspiegle, 12, Commander Lambert, sailed yes terday morning from Portsmouth to Sheerness to be paid off. The Colessug, 34, Captain Thompson, was inspected yesterday by Vice-Adinit al Sir G. &ymour. The C,ar, 2, gunboat, Lieutenant Villiers, sailed from Spithead on Monday evening for Plymouth and the East Indies. Tne Czar, 91, CaptAin RJhb, was paid wades yester day.. The following appointments wen, made yesterday at the Admiralty :—T. IV. Simeon, mate, to the Surprise; R. 11. Thompson, mate, to the CJratorant ; Mr. A. S. Hare, mate, to the James Watt ; H. J. Codrington, midshipman, to the, Sparrowhawk ; G. T. Med:l, mid shipman, to the Dr:vt.r ; L. M. Mallett, midshipman, to the Dragon ; W. H. Purve, master's assistant, to the Calcutta; James Ribertson, toaster's assistant, to the Satellite ; E. Westaway, to the Calcutta ; H, ii - 71ight, clerk, to the Satellite. FRIVITFUL DEATH BY A LION. (From a Cape of Good Hope paper,) On Friday morning, the 13th of June, several wag gons, forming part of the second division of the com mando, left Mooi River Dorp for the lager at Mariko. They rode the first evening as far as Riet Spruit, a noted Waco for lion'. Mr. Philip va❑ Coller and his brother wishing to proceed, inspanned their waggons about midnight, although they were strongly advised by their companions not to ride before morning. They had scarcely ridden an hour when the oxen were suddenly frightened. Philip van Coller jumped off his waggon and endeavoured to turn them, but not succeeding if; doing so, sprang upon the waggon trap, from whim he mutt have been immediately dragged by a large lion with such force as to break one of the trap-riems. He was heard to cry out twice for help, but in the confusion of the moment was not missed, his brother Adolphe being busy at the time on horseback, endeavouring to stop the oxen, which were going at a fearful rate through the veld. With much difficulty he succeeded in doing so, and then returned to look for his missing t rother, whose body he found about daybreak, and the lion couching about 12 yards from it. With a feeling of denperation he levelled his gun and fired at the animal. The aim was good, and as the ball paiieed right through its head, it fell down on the spot. On coming nearer to his bro ther's body the poor man was sadly shocked at its muti lated cond*ion, the lion having carried it a long distance, and then devoured the greater portion. The remains were hastily ecn.reyed to town, and upwards of 80 perons attended the funeral. Poor Philip van Coller loaves a widow stud several children to deplore their loss, and his melancholy end. We have since learnt that previous to the oxen becom ing frightened, the lion first attacked, without any pro- Aocation, Adolphe va❑ Coller, and three other men, who were riding on horseback some distance in front of the waggon. Having no guns with them, they jumped on their horses, aed stood between them and the lion. The lion, however, appeared to be more anxious to at tack them than their horsee, on which they shouted, and throw their bats at him, and afterwards fired the gra,s, whet; he left them and went to the waggon. The surrounding country being all occupied, the lions ap pear to have cmecentrat:d themselves at this spot, where they are extremely bold. ICE or GOLD.—The quctation of gold at Parie is aboot 0 per mills premium, and the short exchange on Londo;?le 2.5 . 22! 1 per 11. sterling. Oo comparing these rates wii. l l the En g iish Mint pr;.ce of 3/. 17s. 1011. per ounce for E - tandard gold, it appears that gold is neary 4 10. is per cent, dearer Li Paris timn in Lon- Con. 13y a:lv:T.l-x. from Ham burg the price of gold is 424 pc r mark, and t. le short exchange on Lond on is 13.2 aper 1/. ste r li n g. Slo,ndard gold, at the English Mint price, is therefore ;.bout 9-10Vi 8 per cent, dearer i n H am b urg than in London. Tie course of exchange at New York °o London to: bil;e at GO days' sight is mit per cent., wllieh, when compared with the Mint par between the tot.) countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour o f E ng l an d ; an d, after making all owance f o r charges of t rans p or t and difference of interest, th e pre sent rate leaves a mall profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE SUN, LO ;DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBAR 15, 1856, 1 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. A gen Oral meeting of shareholders in this company was held yes terday at the London Tavern—Mr. R. Gill in tho chair. Mr. flarryit, the secretary, read the minutes of the last two me(3tinge, which were confirmed. The report of the Canadia n directors, an abstract of which has appeared in The Su a, was taken as read. The capital account showed that 4,7 75,922/. currency had been received, and 4,682,110/ 1 expends al, leaving a balance of 93,8121. currency. The revenue account for the half year ending the 31st of July last showe:d that 355,751/. had been received, and 209,745/. expended, including 6,504/. lost on steamboats, and 5,625/. rent of :suspension bridge, leaving a balance of 146,006/. To this sum was added 3661. from preceding half year, 35,065/. received for premiums on shares, making together 181,437?. From this was deducted 50,0441. interest on loans, and 14,052/. for sinking fund, to provide for the liquidai ;ion of the Government loan at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, leaving 117,340/. net for general dividend. The proposed dividend at 3 per cent, per annum would ab sorb 109,2841., and leave 8,053/. for the next account. The CHAIRUAIT said he felt some little difficulty in ad dressing them on that occasion, and would rather they should consider them (the board) as shareholders than direc tors. The Canadian board had stated that they (the English board) were merely the London agency. He was exceedingly dissatis fled with the report, statement of#ccounts, and other matters ; but at the same time he thought it better not to go into any details respecting personal matters. It appeared to him that, with so great an increase in their traffic as 100,000?., they ought to have had a much better dividend. The eillpienses had been very heavy. The shareholders had suffereda second loss of 20,0001. in respect of the steamboats notwithstanding what had been expressed on that subject at the former meeting to discontinue them. They had been re quested by the Candian board to allow the boats to run for one month, but the one month was extended to more than two months, and the result had been as he had stated —a loss of 20,000/. They were determined that those expe riments should not be repeated, and orders had been given to sell the boats. With regard to the cost of maintenance of way the charges were excessive, and the revenue was made to bear expenses under that head which clearly be longed to capital. The fact was, the permanent way was not finished when they commenced to run upon it ; the rails were laid on the bare sleepers, and the ballasting was not half completed. This was afterwards completed at the ex pense of revenue, instead of being charged to capital. One of the arrangements that had been recently entered into would be advantageous to them; it related to the exten sion of tho Detroit and Milwaukee Railway, with the con struction of which the Great Western of Canada had no thing to do but to receive the traffic. His friend Mr. Beat tie and himself had put themselves in the position of trus tees to take all the receipts from the Detroit and Milwau kee traffic, and hold them to meet the interest on the bonds which were given. He would not trust himself to state what the amount of traffic would be from that source, but he believed it would be very remunerative. They had made friendly arrangements with other companies for an interchange of traffic, and also with the Buffalo and Huron. Arrangements were under consideration in respect to an interchange of traffic with the Grand Trunk Railway Com pany. It was hoped that a considerable traffic would pass to and fro over their line at Toronto to the Grand Trunk Railway on to Montreal, and thence to Portland. It was probable that by the establishment of friendly arrange ments for the interchange of traffic much benefit would be conferred on both companies. He might state that the measure of the traffic on their lino would depend entirely on their ability to carry it. They had sent out a locomotive superintendent from Manchester, and also a number of engines from that place and Bristol, by which they ex pected to effect large savings in that department. With regard to their position in Canada he thought they should be considered as first-class colonists —they had sent out their money to make railways, and he thought their locomotives were the most effective emigrants they could send. The Canadian Government had lent them 700,000., but they had charged them the usurious interest of 9 per cent. for it. They paid 6 per cent. interest and 3 per cent. for the sinking fund, but it was so arranged that when they paid off 500,00:d. of the money they would still have to pay 6 per cent. interest on the whole amount of 700,000/. during 20 years, being equivalent to 9 per cent. per annum, which were certainly not favourable terms. They had had a visit from four gentlemen from Canada, who had presented them with a project for a southern line to compete for the traffic of the Great Western, but he was convinced that unless the English people gave them the mousy they could not mako it, as the Canadians could em ploy their money much mare profitably than in making railways. Of course he (the chairman) and his colleague, Mr. Beattie, told the gentlemen from Canada that they would have nothing to do with the competing scheme, for they knew perfectly well it could not be carried out unless the money was obtained in England. He thought it right to call the attention of the meeting to the fact that 11,578,000/. of English capital had already been expended on the Grand Trunk, the Great Western, the Ontario, Simcoe, and Lake Huron, and two other railways in Canada. Out of those five railways the only ono paying a dividend was the Great Western of Canada. These were facts, and ho would leave them to do as they liked with respect to otherschernes. lie did not think the Canadian interest was with them ; they only looked to the increased value of their land at the cost of others. The Canadians could not afford to make railways with their own money, as they could do mach better with it. Ho thought, therefore, they should allow those who found the money to have the management of their property in Canada. He, for one, would not be responsible for the management of their property unless the head direction were established in England. It was very unpleasant for him to allude to an endeavour of the Canadian Board to commit the company to an expenditure of 50,0001. in the shape of bills for a com peting line. They had opposed the wishes of the English shareholders, and they had disregarded the proxies sent them for that purpose. He would be happy to answer any questions, and concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the report bo received, that the accounts be prepared in future accordin g to a specified form, and that the dividend be paid on the 21st inst. Mr. A. BEATTIE, a director, seconded the resolution. Ho said they could not adopt the report, as there were some very unsatisfactory items in it. The London board had en. deavoured to obtain explanations from Canada, but the time had not been sufficient to admit of a reply. He thought, if the executive in Canada had been at peace among themselves and devoted their attention to the deve lopment of the traffic and reduction of working expenses, the company would now be in a very different position. Steps would immediately be taken to prevent such proceed ings in future. The ruling power should be in England. The gentlemen in Canada were fully aware of the resolu tion of tile shareholders not to expend any more money on extensions; they had disregarded that expression of opinion and brought forward the southern competing scheme, which they endeavoured to fix upon the company. They had kept tip a constant rivalry, which had proved so destructive to railway property in England, although it had been proved over and over again that satisfactory arrangements between railway companies were better for all parties than rivalry of any kind. An arrangement with the Grand Turk Com pany was under consideration, and when it was matured the matter would be submitted to the shareholders for their sanction at a meeting specially convened for the purpose. He then adverted to a letter written by Mr. Bridges, their managing director, who had ridden over the greater part of the proposed southern line, and given it as his opinion that the traffic would not do much more than pay working expenses, the receipts being estimated at 10/. per miletthh the seex p hi e es t ri we neg:al k, si n thee. and pr t r that Part of i po it af l was th n e places route, w al er ve forais a a l rbel distance c I ty servedon teor of 18 by y 8 miles, consisted of a marsh, from which nothing in the pshroapmeootefrtsrwaffierecc landowners,ol could be were, Some of of course,the principal anxious to have railway c o mmunication to their estates at the eompany'e expense. The Hon. Mr. CAMERON, a member of the Canadian Legislature, said they had not sent out their money to Canada with a view to help the Canadians, but to get a remunerative dividend. It was true, the Canadians were poor, but they had no reason to be ashamed of their poverty, because they would get rich as soon as they could. The Legislature had given the company power to manage their property by means of proxies, but it appeared to him that the diffi4lty in managing their affairs had arisen from disputes between Mr. Radcliff and Mr. Bridges, the English directors at the Canadian board, and not from tho Cana dian directors. With regard to the terms of tho Govein. ment loan the company had gladly accepted them, and had realised a profit from the transaction. The great evil was that Mr. Radcliff, the vice-president, was pulling one way and Mr. Bridges the other. The reason the boats had not paid was that they were not allowed to touch at Tor onto. The best thing they could do with the Sarnia branch would be to hand it over to the Grand Trunk Com pany, or construct it on joint account. It would be a filly to make two lines to Sarnia, as the traffic on that branch would be about 13/. per mile per week, or the same as on the Galt branch. They had a magnificent property, but in order to preserve it they should avoid making branch lines. Mr. BEATTIE explained that the difficulties at the board in Canada had arisen from gentlemen connected with Hamilton, the Mayor of Hamilton, and tho Warden of Middlesex. Ha believed their charter did not give them power to manage the affairs of the company in Rigland. Titz Rev. A. CREEK thought the meeting should endea vour to represent to the Legislature of Canada the evils of competition, with a view to induce them to adopt some uniform system, so as to avoid sanctioning competing schemes. Mr. S. HEREPATH stated that a private meeting of influ ential shat °holders was held the day before, and they h.mi adopted certain resolutions which he would submit. He then read the resolutions, which wore to the effect that, as Mr. Radcliff, the vice-president of the Canadian board, had endeavoured to commit the company to making a line of railway between Amherstburgh and St. Thomas before sub mitting the matter to the shareholders, tho meeting had no confidence in him, and they requested him to resign his duties and salary. The other resolutions were to the effect that, as 39-40ths of the shares wore held in England the management should be exercised by the board in Lon don ; requesting the advurse members of the Canadian board to resign. He also intended to propose that no por tion of the 444,0004. estimated to complete the undertaking should be expended in Canada without the assent of the London board, and that proxies be obtained and a special meeting be held in Canada to carry out those resolutions. The half-yearly meeting in London, to be held prior to those in Canada, so that the resolutions might be carried there in accordance with the wishes of the majority of the shareholders. Mr. HOYES had prepared a resolution which he would submit. The only power given them to manage their affairs in Canada was by proxy. He thought they were greatly indebted to Mr. Bridges for the course he had adopted at the Canadian board. He was sorry that Mr. Smith, their late chairman, should have resigned on the question of the southern line. The resolution proposed by the chairman was then car ried. unanimously. The Secretary read minutes of the proceedings of the board in Canada and of the board in London, showing that those of the former were totally opposed to those of the latter, and that Mr. Bridges, at the Canadian board, was in a minority in his endeavours to carry out the reso lutions of the London board, the majority voting against him. The Canadian board went so far to declare the re solutions of the London board null and void, after they had failed in an effort to obtain the acceptance by the Lon don board of three bills of 20,0001. each for the alleged purchase of the southern scheme. Mr. S. HEREPATH thought they should express their want of confidence in the whole of the Canadian directors. The CIIAIRMAS said, with regard to the observations 3f Mr. Creok, as to getting some pledge from the Government not to sanction competing schemes, he (the chairman) had no faith in Governments. In cases where 33 per cent. was taken off charges on railways to meet the views of Go vernment competing lines were granted in the following session. Mr. BEA.TTIE said he had received a letter from Canada, stating that Mr. Radcliff had resigned, but it was not an official communication. On the motion of Mr. S. HERAPATH, seconded by Mr. HOYES, a resolution was unanimously passed to the effect that the conduct of the vice,president, Mr. Radcliff, as disclosed in the proceedings of that day, in attempting to commit the company to the construction of a line of rail way between Amherstburgh and St. Thomas, before sub mitting so important a step to the consideration of the shareholders, deprived the meeting of all confidence in his fidelity to fulfil pledges given by the English board at general meetings of the company held in England on the 2d of November and the 9th of April, last; and that the continuance in office of Mr. W. Harris, president, and of Mr. J. S. Radcliff, vice-president of the Canadian board of the Great Western Railway of Canada, was incompatible with the interests of the company, and that they be re quested forthwith to resign their seats in the direction. On the motion of Mr. HOICKS, seconded by Mr. CAR PENTEU, the best thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Bridges, the managing director in Canada, for the zeal, integrity, and judgment which he had uniformly displayed iu conducting the business of the company. On the motion of Mr. S. HEEErAnt, seconded by Mr. BENNETT, it was resolved that no part of the 444,000/. mentioned in the report should be expended without the necessity for so doing being demonstrated to the satisfac tion of the London board. Mr. GOVAN, a director, at the request of Mr. S. HER PATH, stated his opinion of the undertaking. He repre_ seated the Glasgow shareholders, and had studied the con cern in every way; the increase of traffic on the line was very satisfactory, 17,009 head of cattle ware conveyed during the half-year ending Jan. 31, 1855, and for the half-year ending Jan. 31, 1856, the number convoyed was 178,000. With regard to the traffic for the current half year ending the 31st of January next, he was of opinion that it would amount to 409,000/, He estimated the workiug expenses at 50 per cent., or 205,000/., the interest charges at 50,0001., and the sinking fund at 14,0091., to gether 269,0001., which would leave 145,0031. for dividend on a capital of 2,766,0001., which surplus would admit Of a dividend at the rate of 10 par cant. pm' annum, and leave 1.1,0001.; bat, as about 5,0001. would be required to be a dividend at the same rate on the money to be called and paid on the new shares, a surplus of 5,0031. would remain over to the next account. The working expenses were too high, and' he believed they could be reduced to 45 per cent. of the receipts. (Hear.) A vote of thauks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. PERNAIIBITCO. In reference to the account of the proceedings at the meet ing of this company, Mr. E. de Mornay states that the sum agreed tobe paid to his brother and himself as concessionaires of the line to cover expenses incurred in obtaining in 1852, the Imperial decrees Nos. GTO and 1,030; in 1853 the Im perial decrees Nos. 725, 1,2.15, and 1,245 ; in 1855 the Im perial decree No. 1,629, and the two provincial concessions, and for exploring and making a plan of the country through which the line would pass, showing all the plantations, and for the payment of the staff employed in the prelimi nary surveys, the law and Parliamentary expenses, was 16,000/., and not 27,000/. lie was prepared to give every information regarding the whole amount that had been paid to the conees3iouaires. The amount they had re ceived was quite inadequate to cover the expanses and liabilities incurred during five years of unremitting exer tion in making the plans and obtaining concessions. Reck oning the time occupied by them in the enterprise at the rate paid to a surveyor sent out from England it would amount to a larger sum than they had received, and this left entirely unprovided for nil the Parliamentary, law, and printing expenses, and the staff and labour employed on the surveys. EAST KENT. The committee of the directors of the Bast Kent Rail way, who last week inspected the works between Strood and Sittingbourne, have concluded their inspection byvisiting the works between Sittingbuurne and Canterbury. They first visited the great cutting near Rhode Farm, at Ensden, in the parishof Selling. This spot is on that p art of the main line leading from Faversham to Canterbury, &bout five miles from the former. The immediate object of the present works, generally, is to complete the railway from Strood, through Sittingbeurne, to Faversham, in order that it may be open for tratlio in September next. But as the Eusdea cutting and tnnnei are the heaviest portions of the work between Favershana and Canterbury, it has been thought desirable to begin them at once, in order thatthere may be as little delay as possible in the opening through to Canterbu r y. Th e wor k is making rapi d progress , an d i already show s the effect of so many men and horses en gaged up on it. Aft er l eav i ng E n sden the 4 cutting committeeand viewed the O s pri nge e mbankment and Synd,.. embankment, and thence proceeded along the lino to next by Tong Barrow-green embankment and cutting, and bourne. mill to the heavy cutting and ombank mout nearer Sitting- The committee, we understand, were much gratified with the progress in general. We learn that Mr. Cubitt is engaged at Dover superin tending the commencement of the works at that place. The shaft in the cliff, on Friday last, was upwards of 60 feat deep. It is intended forthwith to make the tunnel at Shepherdswell, carrying out the principle adopted else where along the line—of commencing first at those parts where the greatest time will be consumed in the operations. BOYDELL'S ENDLESS RAILWAY ENGINE. A trial of Mr. Boydell's patent endless railway traction engine was made yesterday in Woolwich marshes in the presence of a number of gentlemen. Messrs. J. and G. Booker, bankers of Liverpool, Mr. P. N. Bernard, Mr. Piccioni, Mr. Blasini, Mr. Totentes, cotton planters in Porto Rico and Trinidad, and Mr. Mechi, were present. Colonel Tulloch, Royal Artillery, directed the experiments on behalf of Government. One of the heaviest guns, a 68- pounder, weighing 113 cwt. 141 b., having been mounted on a waggon to which were attached 18 artillery horses. was con veyed to the Plumstead-marshes. The traction engine having picked up a gun of equal calibre, which, together with the engine and carriages, weighed 20 tons 5 owt., fol lowed and proceeded steadily for some distance, wh en from the soft state of the roads, and the small power of the engine, being only of 8-horse power, the expeni ment could not be completed. It was, however, con sidered that the object of the experiment had been sufficiently realised. The difficlilty had been con siderably increased by the passage of the preceding wag. gon, drawn by 18, and occasionally 24 horses. This was a ccompanied by a number of labourer s carrying handspikes with which they assisted in lifting the wheels. It was stated that the Russian Government were prepared to enter into a contract with the patentee to supply them with a large number of those engines. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-BASTERIT RAI LWAY. —Traffic re- Corr es turn for the ng we week la ek ending Oct. 11, 1856 £23,606 2 2 pondit year .................... 24,557 18 11 Decrease in 1856 £95116 9 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 11,, 1856 ........... £16,833 11. 9 Corresponding week last year ........ . 16,559 2 6 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 280.738 15 0 fotal of the b.alf-year to this date, 1855 266,218 16 2 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAl LWAY.—Traffin re t .irn for the week ending Oct. 11, 1856 ......... 27,495 6 2 'corresponding week last year 6,059 19 8 Increase in 1856 21,435 6 GREAT LUXEMBOU RG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for tho week ending Oct. 12, 1856 £B2B 5 0 LIVERPOOL, Oct. 14.—During the quarter ended ti e 30th of September, 1856, 707 British ships, with cargoes valued at 9 ,961,180/., c l eare d ou t war d s from the port of Liverpool. During the same time 54 foreign vessels cleared, with c argoes wort h 4 ,863,149/. Total, 1,247 ve B 3els ; value of cargoes, 14,824,339/. TIE CITY GA,II WORKS. Yesterday, after the ordinary business of the City Commission of Sewers had been disposed of a committee of the whole court met for the purpose of bearing addi. tonal evidence respecting the alleged nuisance arising from the City Gas Works. At the last meeting of the committee the witnesses on this head were policemen who had been in the habit of patrolling the immediate neighbourhood of the works. The evidence brought for= ward yesterday was given by residents in the locality. Among those examined were Mr. Saward, of Bridge street'; Mr. Holtb, Chatham-place ; Mr. Bryant, Paper buildings, Temple ; Mr. Clark, Chatham-place ; Mrs, Wells, Mr. Priestly, Tudor-street ; Mr. Poynter, Bride well Hospital ; Mr. Bertha!), &c. The smell from the gas works was described by all the witnesses as being very bad and o ff ens i ve, part i cular l y at n i g h t, and pro ductive of headache, depression of spirits, nausea, and in some cases actual vomiting. Some of the witnesses bad had to send their families out of town, on account of the injury to their health. One of the witnesses being asked by Mr. Deputy Lott whether he could distinguish be. tween the smell of the gas works and that of the Fleet Ditch, said that be could, and that he preferred the latter. (Laughter.) Mr. Hardy, surgeon, of Earl-street said that, personally, he had suffered very great incon venience, but his wife and children bad suffered more. The eluvium produced a sense of suffocation and head ache, and persons we r e continually making complaints to him of the smell arising from the works. Mr. Saward said that, about a year ago, a formidable explosion took place at the works through the bursting of a pipe, 15 inches in diameter, and a piece 'of pipe about 4 inches long, 3 wide, and an inch thick, was blown over the tops of the houses into Chatham-place. This concluded the evidence against the company, who will be heard in reply on Friday next. • From the London Gazette of Last Night. ADMIRALTY, Oar. 14. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have re ceived a communication from the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, concerning a despatch addressed to his Lordship by the Comte de Persigny, Ambassador at this Court from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, to the effect that a certain number of Stoats, bearing inscriptions to denote the place of their immersion, were thrown overboard during the recent expedition of his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon to the North Sea, in the French frigate La Reine Hortenso, with a view to ascertain the direction of the currents in the sea. His Excellency desires that, in the event of any of these floats being cast upon the shores of Great Britain the same may be transmitted to him, without loss of time, at the French Emb ass y i n L on d on. The Lords of the Admiralty, in making known the con tents of this despatch, request all persons finding any of the floats referred to, to forward them with a statement of the time and place of their discovery to his Excellency the Comte de Persigny, Albert-gate-house, London. WHITEHALL, OCT. 11. The Queen' has been pleased to order a oonge d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chap ter of the cathedral church of St. Paul, London, to elect a Bishop of that See, the same betbg void by the resignation of the Rightßeverend Father in God Doctor Charles James Blomfield, late Bishop thereof; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Very Reverend Archibald Campbell Tait, D.C.L., now Dean of Carlisle, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of London. WHITEHALL, 00T. 13. The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Durham to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the resignation of the Right Reverend Father in God Doctor Edward Maltby, late Bishop thereof; and her Majesty has also bean pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Right Reverend Father in God Doctor Charles Thomas Longley, now Bishop of Ripon, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Durham. WHITEHALL Om. 14. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Rev. Richard Chevenix Trench, 8.D., to be Dean of the collegiate church of St. Peter, Westminster, void by the death of Dr. William Buckland, late Dean 'thereof. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 10. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr, John Samuel as Consul-General in England for the Republic of Guatemala. WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, Om. 14. 45th Regiment of Foot—General Thomas Brabazon Aylmer to be Colonel, vice General Sir Colin Halkett, G.C.8., deceased. _ _ sith Regiment of Foot -- Major-General Sir Jag. Fred. Love, K.C13., to be Colonel, vice Fi e ld-M ars h a l Vi scount Hardinge, G.C.13 , deceased. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, OCT. 18. 2.1 Regiment of Life Guards —Alex. Charles Hector Stewart, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Lord Ernest M`D. Vane Tempest, appointed to the 4th Light Dragoons. sth ,Dragoon Guards—Cornet Frederick Drummond Hibbert has been permitted to resign his commission. 12th Light Dragoons—Brevet-Colonel Frederick Charles Griffiths, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant- Colonel. 2d Foot—Captain William Campbell, from the 71st Foot, to be Captain, vice Rooke, who exchanges. 35th Foot—Captain Robert Crosse Stewart, from half pay of the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice 0. N. Chat terton, who exchanges. 40th Foot—Lieut. William Gibson, from the 43th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Osborne, who exchanges. ' 48th Foot—Lieut. Francis W. Osborne, from the 40th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gibson, who exchanges. 49th Foot—Lieut. William Benjamin Croft Goodison, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to bo Lieutenant, vice Crossman, who exchanges. 71st Foot—Captain James Harwood Rooke, from the 2d Foot, to be Captain, v i ce William Campbell, who ex changes. MI Foot—Lieutenant James Henry Linton, from the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice 0 Malley, who exchanges. 82d Foot—Lieutenant William BoydO'Malley, from the 76th Foot, to ba Lieutenant, vice Linton, who exchanges. 2d West India Regiment—Thomas Bolton Ogden, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pugh, promoted. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant Edmund Douglas Crosstnan, from the 99th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Goodison, who exchanges. St. Helena Regiment—Lieutenant Edmund Charles Barnes to bo Adjutant, vice Cowell, who resigns the Ad jutancy only. _ LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. Quartermaster George Blake has been superseded fcr being absent without leave. BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION. Ist Regiment—Dr. Francesco Depraz to bo Surgeon. DEPOT BATTALIONS. ' Lieut.-Colonel Richard T. Farren, C. 8., from the 47th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Major John Lawrie, from half-pay, unattached, to be Major; Captain Henry James Buchanan, from the 47th Foot, to be Adjutant. For Quartermaster John Thomp3on, from the Cavalry Depot, to bo Quartermaster, &c., which appeared in the Gazette of the 3d inst., read, Quartermaster John Thomp son, from half-pay of the Consolidated Cavalry Depot, to be Quartermaster, Aso. HOSPITAL STAFF. The undermentioned Acting Assistant-Surgeons have ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for their services : John Shoolbraid, Archibald Hamilton Hilson, and Geo. Edward Whitton. BRETET. Quartermaster Daniel Doherty, retired upon half-pay of a Depot Battalion, to have the h onorary rank of Gap tain, under the Royal Warrant of Dac. 17, 1855, COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Middlesex—To be D e p u ty LioutenaLts —Abel Bayley, Esq., Henry'Richard C ox , Esq.L.Tohn Ebenezer Davis, Esq., Augustin Robinson, Esq., Lieut.-Col. John Scriven, Denzil lbbotson Thomson, Esq.,lt a vth ew Esq., and George Fleming Franco, Esq. North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry—Robert noskin Boodle, Gent., to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Brace, resiomed. BANKRUPTS. ' John Durant, tailor, Wormwood-street, City, to sur render, Oct. 23 and No v . 18, at twelve, a t t h e Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, 13asinghall-street; Richardson and Sadler, Old Jewry-chambers. John Long, boarding-house keeper, Be dford -street, ford-square, Oct. 23 and Nov. 27 at two, at the Court of Bed- Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, B asinghall-street ; • Houghton and Jameson, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn. Henry Leyte, silk manufacturer, Church -court, Old Jewry, Oct. 28, at twelve, and Dec. 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers; Hodgkinson and Frend, Tower-street, City. Henry Gander, licensed _victualler Hstreet, rough,Bo rou Oct. 22, Bankru at half-past one, andiDec. 1, at one, at Courthall of street ; ptcy. Ni c h olson, official assignee, Basin- Seale, jun. Trafalgar.squave• Thomas Rawso n , tailor, Ila:lifax, Oct. 28 and Nov. 21, at eleve n , a t th e L e eds District Cou signee, Leeds ; B ars t ow and Son net. Ho p e, official as wick, Leeds. , Ihtlifax; Bond and Bar- Archibald Hurst, manu re w Oct. 27, at one, and Dec. 1, a'. half-past one, at the Court Gnildhall of Bankruptcy. Pennell.. official assignee, chambers ; Cox and SonP., Size-lane. Richard Duncan., Oct. 22, anufacturer, Rotherhithe, ti toy. at two, and De c 2, at one, at the Court of Bank a r P viand, Nicholson, o Jial assignee, Basinghall.street ; W Basinghal:-B*.reet. Size-lane. merchant, Lime-street, Henry Nov. 22, at ten, Joseph Smith, coal master and drain pipes and chimney pots, Oct. 25, and official assignee,' st the Leeds District Court. Brewin, Sheffield ; Ryas, Sheffield. to steel converters, manufacturer of Henry Howgate and George Howga ton, p at the Leeds Die. Sheffield, Oct. 25 and Nov. 22, trict rJourt. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield Sherifield. Sheffield ;, Smith, Henry H on half-past ten, at the Bi r . ley, horse dealer, 'wick, O c t. 2 9 and Nov. Icl, at . stie, official assign ee , Bir mingham Priors, War wick, Di str i ct Court.ci Ar e o ll r r ri i • s , Warwick ; Motteram mingham ; Ne w sam a n and ?Knight, en, Birmingham;' Samuel Woods , bulde WeY bridge, Oct. 28, at one, and :Dec. 2, a t e l ev t Court of Bankrupt cy. Pon _ iat b e c, Fonchurch- s t ree t . 'William Gilroy, i nell, o ffi c i a l ass i gnee , Gaildhall-chamb ers , Basinghall . , street ; Hillyer and Fe n n ni vri ei oaiger, Birmingh am, O ct. 24, and Nov.. 15, a t h a lf-past elev an, at the Birmingham District 1 assignee, offici A Birmingha m ; S mith, Cow .t. Bittl e ston, Birmingham. SCOT CH cyEQUESTRATIONS. , erchr. at, Glasg ow . John Dodds, rn Peter M.ackenzie an .d Co., pri n t ers, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YZSTERDAY. Arnett , rdx •••••• • "- •• 11 1 6% Gibr a l tar .............. -- DIV,:o, t un hr eo months.. 11 19 Leghorn .. •• . ..... .... 29 62% ....... •• o• e• •• . Botts rdam ... ................. : ..... ..15,1 2543 , 1 1 : ii ,t G ,.7. a a i l o cu a e.. . ::::::::::::: .... 4-25 AntN%•erP •• •• •• •• •• •• • 43 , 4 Ham Brussels s gh ............ 13 8% 'N a pi„ ....... . Alto as aa ..............•• , Palermo ........• •—•• I I 114 Pariv..... •• .• ~ •• •• .• •• 25 32% Afes s i na . . ... 6 „. 1304 Ditl o, three months .. 25 82% Li s b on .. • • t,2 , Manse Wes ............. 25 82% 1 0 I p to ort ja o n . e . h .. 0 . .. .. .. .. ... :::::: 1 1 34 Bourd, eaux •• •• •••" • : 1;4 I Buenos Ayres.. •••• • • •• H•o n 2 a, •• • ..- New York,6o days' sight Frank: fo . r . t . -0 . n .. -11 .. a . in .. e . .. -- TViers; ra................ 10 48 Philadelphia • • ries te•••••••••••••••• 10 50 . pumas or BULLION, PEE OZ _ peter eburg •• •••••• •• •• 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £0 0 0 Madr ..Ai id • • • •• •• •• •"*** 49% Portngal Gold Coin • • 0 0 !), Cirrare.zel.ol.‘•...: .............::: ....50 Mexican Dollars .'. •• 00 u EeVIPI)...•••• .... •••••• ...... 1 , s a v New eri n D b o a l Dollars .. ... ... .: : 0 0 0 0 u 9. Country fLiarketz. LIVERPOOL—Oor. 14. There was a fair attendance of the trade today, but as there was little prime wheat offering and such was held for extreme prices, only a small business resulted, buyers pre ferring to wait for supplies . Flour continues very scar", and really prime brings long prices, whilst inferior are not dearer. Oats b e i ng in smal supply were held for ld per 451 b adiance, which checked sales. Oatmeal, however , was more plentiful, and obtainable at Is per load more money. Barley, beans, and peas in moderate request, and 2d per 9 01 b and is per qr. dearer. There was little Indian corn offering, and as the demand was more active, an ad" vance of fully is per qr. was established, prime yell"' bringing 34s to 34s 6d, mixed 33s 6d to 345, and white 34$ to 35s 6d per qr. HIILL—OcT. 14. We had to-day a small show of new wheat, almost every sample in wretched , condition, and only saleable .at lot prices. A good sale for old foreign, every local miller re quiring some, and a Scotch demand has also set in. Bar ley is dearer, and in general request. Old oats scarce and much inquired for. Beans is to 2s dearer. Indian corn is dearer. Linseed firm. A steady consumptive sale for cakes, both linseed and rape. s 13 I 14 ° Wheat, English, re d 63 t o 75' eas, grey and black to Ditto white 7O t o 78 Linseed, Black Sea... 58 to 6,0. Dantzic and Koni g s- Ditto Petersburgh ... 50 to 50 berg 72 to 78 Ditto Rigaand Arch- PomeranianandHam- an ge l burgh Danish, Holstein, and Memel 44 to 5 0 Friesland 6O to 65 p 2 r Tea* Russian and Odessa 58 to 65 Lins.c., Hull —/ Os to 10 15 s °d i , ' Oats; English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 29 to 31 Rape cakes .—s Od to 1350 0 a Barley, malting Ditto grinding 36 to 40 Ditto foreign Beans Ditto foreign , 1 Peas, white and yel. 40 to 42 Flour, p er b i t 3s. 385 LEEDS—Our. 14. The weather has been fine fur the last few days. are fairly supplied with wheat, the best d samples being held at last wee k' s rates, but trade inactive — all inferlo sorts a slow sal e , and rather gave way in price. Ba l l fully as dear. Beans and oats do not vary in value, 511 other articles as before. Avers; e price of g r ai n —Wh ea t , 67 5 3 d ; barley,' 48g 7d ; oats, 303 ld ; beans, 48s 2d ; peas, 445. Oci* rye, —s. Od. LOCAL SSA RE M A RIKB TB. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 14. STOON EXCHANGE. —ln the mar k e t th ere was a q uiet business to-day, and prices were steady. The followilg are the transactions :—Caledonian, 26k x d.—Edinburgl Poith, and D un d ee, 74—Midlands, 756 i—London sn South Westerns, 1021 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, vlo —Manchester, Sheffields, and Lincoln, 31k Brighton, and South Coast, 1044—Eastern Counties, —South Eastern, 201 a—Dutch Rhenish, h Pr enl c Great Western of Canada, new, 1 pm.—North Britis 9—London and North Western, 1004—East Lancashi re ' 19k—Great Western, 64. MANCHESTER, OCT. 3.1 STOCZ EXCHANGE.—The market opened dull today' and prices were easier at the close. Leeds, 94}—Midlan d, 75a—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 343 -Pi tt° l 6/. pref., a p.—Ditto, 101. pia., 12—South Eastern 9 4 1 Dovers, 204—Great West er n, 644—E as t L ancas hire, 1 —District Bank, 10i prem. 1' BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 14. API STOGIE EXOHANGE.—The market was flat to-day, prices were a shade lower. Midlands, 75i Counties, 9—London and North Westerns, 100 4 ." London and South Westerns, 103. BBABORNE WAILS. as evil LI oil that the mail. are sent from the General y the night—and AI by the morning —,despatch.) postc , °" - « -, ........---..-• Jay when made 4 From What ' 11 111 • AO ILAlliiTlitgri, in Uur,c-a, ?net- rer I - tl. -.-• ..110_....• Office, London.* Dispatches. ...'n- ,e - is ~------ Lmer.l.-..a(byllrit.pack)l l ":very Frida*, ~.. Liverpool... Week° America: (by United Ste packet) ..........N Every Tuesday .. Southampton Weed , Lmerica (by U. Statia packet) .......... N ...... ~.• Liverpoo - ... Australia (via Liver ;‘, lito pool) ............N 4th and 18th .... Liverpool .. Tv& Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Goo •til i • Hope) •• .. •• •• ..••1 4 1 ••• Ones • Africa (West Coast) .."11'IRd of tn, mono A1emandria...........8' 10th Sc 26th of n o Dover ...... ,id si*l ,, "- Alexandria ...........N itil & 3uth of mon 6outham,-0, ,4 &IDA Bahamas ...........N 17th of the month 3outhamotyr 116th Belgium ............I9 °ally—. ... Brazil ..............54 9th of the month Sonthampun “ th. EnralOSAyres........M 9th of ell.) ''llOit , ' ' _,... Cape of Good Hope ..N sth of the month uncoils' . Cape of Good• Hope ..N Uncertain Cap° do Verds .. „1 , . 4t , • .. .. ••....;,, 4ohtnitinotto 16th o. ( O f Ceylon (sco India) 10th and 26th ' 15 ~,z .2901 Ceylon,. •• •• •• ......N 4th and 20th Charrool Isles ........h .11W,., W 6...8,k - r 1 .1 3otithamp:sn r u .rn.r , a , Chili-- ............N 1,1 Sr 17th or month Southamp or, 1 and, 16 China .... . C;sustautinoplc ......1\ i Oth and 26th.... Dover -• .... 2 and ;!4 Constantinople Cont. cf Europald & r twice daily ~, .... Dover ...... Twicedaw Egypt (lee India) ,_, l Ol France .......• lk.r. fo .N Twice daily.— - Dover ...... rw'''96 Gibraltar .........1h 4,7,17, 20, 27 ofm. Southampton 6,7, 2 '' 7 ' - Greece (see India) • ...,.A- 1 16 Groytown ..........11 2nd Sc 17th of mon, .. Southgrapton Ist liambargh ...........N Daily asraimah .......... Al, Ind of th e mon th Southampton Ist of pi- Etollancl- ..r.«.......111 Datly..... ... Dover ... „ „„ Daily fronduras ........... Ai 17th of the month. Southampton 16th ~ indiS(vlaSonthampt.)ls4 4th it 20th of mon. 4 and 2 1 ..• India (via Marseilles)lll, 10thEz 26th of moth Dover ...... lb Bo 2 9 ° lonian Islas (sec India) .... .... , Dover...... Ireland ...,, .... AI & N nylon daily..." Holyhead,,, Li5ben..............N 2d or .* 0... Madoira .............51 ~rh of mom t floathampion!6 and 16 tfadeirts ............N 93d of month eblal4: (sea India) ,„ ~ali4 4 . L d lo o , f 2 t o h , e an m d on 2 t 6 h DOM -'A 15 211 ••1 4....... • • Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 20 ch of the month Southampton Mexico ist tiraples......• •0 •., • • ••: , -v• Daily , . Kew Granada ......N 2d Er Z7t1;o • I ; ... • • • Dover .....- ' d ilf ffow Zesland... re e• •• • • 4th and 19 Mon, hiSoutharopton let an Papal States ...•• •• ••N Daosy ill ninthi Various port: 4th and ° 17th or mon. souther:lvor Ist sir , Poninsula •.• ea •• ea s• 24 .• • . •' •. • • 'Dover •• •• •• 4 weetil Pert Natal ..........-.1'5.11i ve l a ly zn; . 2 ... • . .. ....... ..)4 12;:t month aturd.a.!...... D VSa o u v il e oh r r ia l: P i t c : .: We etlYl67 s P : o c rn e ••eos . o . :a a .• • • "...• 31: , i 7 : 01 . 8 ........ .N Ds i1y....... • • L o: Tuscany , Van Diemen'oLan 7th nfra°nth S'nitila""li, I 3' 16 'le' Allstralia) .. ... ( th and 18th of m (.1 ., 5 , 0 ,, c i Wost Indies • . Imon--lilY ----"------ 14t73. and 18th of n 2.1 I ild& Atm cn*entharnotan Imontlili' 41 and 16 Vran any of thes e d ates fall on a Sunday, the mails will d• spatehed on the followinz d ay, with the exception of the inch , ' gonthatnpton), and the ' , Salta, both of whi c h w i ll b® despa tChed preceding day. [ADVS:anstmexr.j—The following are some out of z oa ,„, P thousF,nd ex t raordinary cures without medicine effected i_ Du Barry's d e li c i ous Health-Restoring Revalenta Arab i a' Food of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipatio n ' ervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthm a '' Consumption, and Debility : —Cure No. 41,617.—Wincheste r ' Dec. 3, 1 847.—Gentlemen,—I am happy to be able to inform, you that the pe rson f or w h om your Revalenta was procure has derived very great benefit from its use ; distressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation o f 11 standing have been removed, an d a f eel i ng of restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the abole c i mentioned case, I can with con fid ence recommend it, an shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever an opportn i ; nity offers, &c.,&c.—James Sh orland, late Surgeon, 96t. Regiment. Cure No. 52 , 42 2.—Bridgehouse, Frimley, Al ,l l l 3, 1854.—Thirty-three ye ars di seased lungs, spitting of bloo d, liver 4erangement, deafness, singing in the ears, constipation: debility, shortness of b reath and cough, have been meal by your Revalenta Arabica. My lungs, liver, stomach, head an ears are all right, my h ear i ng perfect, and my recovery is a 0351 ., vel to all myacquai n t ances.—James Roberts, wood merchan Supported by te s ti mon i als from the celebrated Professors °, Chemistry Dr. Andrew Uro ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvel Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingra ol ' Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectab le persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all 00 0 means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climate'', with full instructions. In canisters, lib., 2s. 9d. ; 2113. 4s. 6 °'; slbs., 11s. ; 121b5., 225.; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21bs., 11 0 '' Whs., 225.; 101bs., 335. The 101hs. and 121bs. carriage free' on receipt of post-oface order. Barry du Barry and Co., 71 ; Regent-street, London ; Fortnu m , Mason, and Co., Purvey-O'P to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechnrch-street 333 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 6S, Cornhill ; 49, Bishoe; gate-street; 55, Charing- cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; and 150, Oxfcrd-street. 2:3 IR T HS. OF A 6011. 1 Oa the 13th i nst., at Brighton, the Marchioness of Abercorn. On the 13th inst., at 35. Chepstow•pl ace , K ens i ngton , the wife o f George Barton Kent, Esq. Or A DAUGHTER. On the 13th i nst., at 13,,Taviton-street, Gordon-sparh the wife of George Orme, jun., Esq. On the 12th inst., at the Manor House, Little Shelfora the wife of the Rev. J. E. Law. .AtIARRI - EDI On the 14th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square, the Rev. Walter Sneyd, second son of the late W. Sneydf Esq., of Keefe, Staffordshire, to Henrietta Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Richard Malone Sneyd, Esq. On the 7th inst., at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Malta, Lieut.-Col. John M. My ; ea, Royal Artillery, oldest to Mary Cordelia,daughter o f R ear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford, K.C.B. DIED. On the 13th inst., at Grove-lane, Camberwell, Mr. Jas. Vanhouse, formerly of Mincing-lane, aged 89. On the 13th inst., at Peckham, Thomas E. Mos s , l a t e of Little Tower-street, aged 27 . On the 13th inst., at Duke-street, Manchester-square, Mr. Farzington Beachitn, aged 26. On the 12th inst , at Weymouth, Dorsetshire, Penelope, wife of Lieut.-Colonel Robert Vandeleur On the 12th inst., at Kentish-town, Miss Miller, late of Caton, near Lancaster. On the 12th inst., Mr. Joseph Wellman, late of Clap Muni) vu the Uth inst., at Alvescot, Oxfordshire, the Rev° Thomas Neato, aged 81. On the 10th inst., at Eastway House, Morwenstow, Cornwall, the Rev. Ezekiel A. Rouse, aged 43. On the llth inst., at Oaklands, Yardlv, near Birming ham, Charles Brewin, aged 63. LoNDON: Printed and Pabliqhed by KURD° YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun .otlice, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the collar of kliddlessx, Wedneslay, October 15, 1855. 1