The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-15 00:00:00

ARCHERY MATCH, Open to all England, for an ELEGANT SILVER CUP.—Archers intending to take part in this Match at the CRYSTAL PALAC E on the 20th inst., should Immediately apply by letter, as below, for particulars of terms of entry, &c., as no names will be enrolled after the 18th inst., f the list is then filled. The Cup may be seen at Messrs. Savory and Sons, 11 and 12, Corn bill. JOHN LILWALL, Hon. Sec. Offices of the Early Closing Associatien, 35, Ludgate-hill. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ender the Management of Mr. CsAzusa KrAN. Tfltß EVENING, MUSIC H kTII CHARMS. After whin, I'm ARRO. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN 11017 R THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under he Management of Mr. Blackstone. THIS EVEIUNG, THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM. Followed by EL G thiBUSINO. After which, CHARLES THE SECOND. To conzlude with THE SPANISH SERJEANT ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the management of Mr. Charles Dillon, THIS EVENING, BELPHEGOR. • Belphegor, Mr. Chas. 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THIS EVENING, Seventh Week ! Shakspere's RICHARD THE THIRD, with the introductioh of horses. The equestrian Illustrations imeginei by Mr. W. Cooke. Death of White Surrey. (Vide " lillustrated News," of Saturday, 6th. }tattle of Bosworth Field, &c. After which, ,The EQUESTRIAN GEMS in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a number of other Entertainments. Boa-oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. N.B. Vide " Illustrated News of Sept. 6th for the Death of White Surrey. HIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tills DAT—Morn. 8 min. aft. 82 —Evening 29 min. aft. 2 Ta-YORROw--Mon2. 48 min. aft. 2—Evening 9 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 15. THERMOMETER, IN TRH SHADE. 62 —highest since noon yesterday. 60 —lowest this morning and during the night. 67 —this day at noon. BABoarrm, 30.23. WIND. S.W. — Rather fresh, with dull weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN. " The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to oibserve that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The ,Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. • ,„,, Ann LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1356. The Free-soilers have yielded to their more energetic opponents. lune .tlousin .r tveq has, by an infinitesimal majority, abandoned the• Kansas rider to the Army Appropriation Bill, and the Senate has completely triumphed. FRANKLIN PIERCE will now be enabled to have it all his own way during the few remaining months of his tenure of office. The time is fortunately very short ; but he may, even within that brief interval, be enabled to turn the scale, so as to render Kansas permanently a Slave State ; that is to say, with as much permanency as can belong to a syStem in every respect so iniquitous. We confess that we had hoped better things from the Northern Legislators. We did not be lieve that anything could have persuaded them to have abdicated their functions, and to have tamely surrendered the rights and privileges which few members of the English House of Commons would have abandoned, even at the cost of their lives. But the plague-spot of Slavery tainted the entire mass. Every possible inducement was brought into ope ration. Nothing was spared. Money was forthcoming to any amount to satisfy the cupidity of the venal, while intimidation was also freely resorted to in order to terrify the timid. The Southorns had set their lives and fortunes on the cast, and, with " cogged dice," succeeded, after a severe struggle. The last division, which sealed the disgrace of Congress, was carried by a majority of 3 ; there being 101 votes for capitu- ' lation, while 98 sturdy Republicans still "nailed their colours to the mast," and remained faithful to the last. It is said, and with much appearance of truth, that it was the summary dismissal of the Govern ment workmen' and employes, not holding com missions directly from the PRESIDENT, which led to the disgraceful surrender. The irritation that must inevitably have followed the loss of employ ment by a large number of persons terrified a few timid men ; and the change of opinion, or even the absence of two or three men, turned the scale, where the parties had previously been so cloiely balanced. We shall look with much curiosity for a history of the transactions at Wash ington during the crisis. We fancy that it will disclose an organised system of bribery, corrup tion, and intimidation unparalleled since the time of the passing of the Union with Ireland. It is said that Mr. PIERCE has solemnly pro mised to act henceforward with perfect impartiality so far as Kansas is concerned ; that he has pledged himself to prevent any invasion of the debatable, no matter from what quarter it might proceed, and that the bona file settlers shall have a fair election, so far as the federal authorities can en sure it. His acts do not, however, keep pace with his professions. lie is still resolved to enforce the territorial laws that have been so loudly and justly complained of. He also refuses to afford' any protection to bona,fi , le emigrants en, route to Kansas. He can give a shrewd guess at the means by which the Missourian ruffians will retard the journeys from the north, while they can pour in their own bands without impediment or inter- ruption. And this is what Mr. FRANKLIN PIERCE I is facetiously pleased to term showing fair play to both sides. But although the outwork has been deserted the game is by no means lost. The con test, hitherto, has been comparatively but an affair of outposts. The picquets only have been engaged. The Presidential Bl oc _ tion will be . the grand "champ de battaille"— thefield that must decide the future fate of the Republic 1 " Fremont and Liberty" is an inspiring cry, and if it prove successful all will be well. The Southerns have hitherto generally succeeded by art, not by their intrinsic strength. It would bo ridiculous to suppose that 300,000 Yankees, burdened with ten times their number of slaves, could conquer 25,000,000 of freemen. But they have studied the maxim divide ct impera— they have contrived to sow dissension amongst their adversaries, and by alternately casting their weights into different scales have succeeded in obtaining doubtful majorities, or the single point in which they were chiefly interested. The American Nestor, QUINCEY, has lifted the veil, and clearly explained the devices by which they have achieved their triumphs. Like the English Protectionists, the interests of the many were made subservient to the ag grandisement of the few. The million yielded to the ten thousand. But it will not always be so ; the course of truth and justice must eventually prevail, more especially when sustained by an overwhelming superiority in phy sical force. The slave drivers have triumphed for the moment, but another such victory will prove their ruin. They cannot long hold their ground ; and should it produce the threatened separation they will themselves be the parties to mourn the result in sackcloth and ashes. The North can do without the South. It will be far better off after the dissolution of the unholy alliance. But how will it be with the other side ? What will the coloured population say or do? When they find that the power of the Free-soilers can no longer, under the federal laws, be produced to rivet their chains, ten men will no longer be tyrannised over by a single despot. We need say no more on this point to prove that the Southerns must at any sacrifice avoid a disso lution, which would be the signal for their total and irremediable ruin. The decision of the Poor-Law Board on the woman-flogging at Marylebone Workhouse cannot be said to be characterised by any degree of harshness so far as the three culprits are concerned. Indeed, considered without reference to the guar dians, their position and antecedents, it must be regarded as falling short of what the public had a right to look for. It was not too much to ex pect that the directors and guardians should be required to dismiss the Master of the Workhouse with ignominy, instead of calling upon him to re sign, and further to give instructions for a criminal prosecution against the workhouse HAYNALI and his brutal subordinates. The Board, however, would seem to have refrained from doing so under the influence of colourable, if not of adequate, motives. The chief offenders, apparently, in its estimation, are the Directors and Guardians them selves ; who, if they did not approve of woman flogging, are at least responsible for that wretched mismanagement which yielded the temptation to which the women-floggers succumbed. Under this impression it has doubtless seemed invidious to the Board to require the well-merited punish ment of the three subordinates at the hands of their official superiors, when the latter, though responsible for their conduct, must escape compa ratively scot free. We cannot admit the validity of such reasoning, but feel indisposed to comment on it with any degree of asperity. The Directors and Guardians have certainly incurred an unenviable responsibility, and ought not to be surprised if the public endorse the ver dict of the Poor-Law Board against them, as couched in the following terms :—" The Board cannot but observe, with great regret, the amount of disorder and turbulence which the evidence taken by their inspector discloses as existed in the Marylebone Workhouse. They aro quite prepared to admit that it is a task of no little J.- --:-L-1_ sub ordination amongst a number of persons of the unlasippy class to which these inmates belong. T o d so with any success requires not only great tempa r, firmness, and judgment on the part of the officers, particularly of the chief one, to whose control they are subjected, but also such well devised arrangements of the building in which they are re tained, and such regulations for the classification,. discipline, and treatment of the inmates themselves, that every impediment is presented to the outbreak of disorder, and every facility at hand for its immediate suppres- The Board lament to find that in an establishment of the extent and import ance of the Marylebone Workhouse there appears to be an entire absence of these con ditions of its successful management. They are therefore not surprised at the occurrences which have formed the subject of inquiry, or to find a state of things existing in the work house such as is described in their inspector's report ;" on this follow an approval of the acceptance, by the Directors and Guardians, of the resignation of the two porters —a request, prefaced by appropriate comment, that the Master be called upon to resign, and an enunciation of the intention of the Board "to issue to the parish of Marylebone forthwith simi lar rules and regulations for the management of the workhouses in England and Wales." The reception, met with by this (singularly ill-worded) document lends force, we are sorry 'to say, to the justice of the rebuke. Not a statement in it was impugned, yet a majority of the Directors saw fit, without a single expression of contrition, or hold ing out the most remote prospect of amendment, to rescilve " That the Poor-Law Commissioners be informed that this Board have fully inquired into the subject of their communication of the 11th inst., and having already decided upon admonishing the master and the parties, respectfully decline to open thecase." In other words this precious majority resolved to keep the master, who has disgraced the name.of Englishman and outraged the privileges of womanhood, in his place, and that place sur rounded by those influences which offered the only semblance of palliation of his unmanly mis conduct, in utter defiance of public opinion and the Poor-Law Board." The matter cannot end here. The supporters of the resolution have not only the Poor-Law Board, but the public also to deal with. They have grievously betrayed their trust by neglect, and shamelessly countenanced a dastardly and inhuman practice by the extreme lenity they have shown to the HAYNAII in chief. By their negligence they have provoked a collision with the Poor-Law Board, and by their subsequent con ducthave armed that B)ard with a power it would not otherwise have possessed. Let them cry out against centralisation as they will. No worse enemies of the principle of local self-government than them- sion. se l ve s and individuals of their stamp can be f oun d, and they must make up their minds to be regarded accordingly by the ratepayers. Public rights are not safe in such hands, and we look with confidence to a• decided expression of this opinion by the body whose unworthy representa- tives they are. Nothing short of their resigna- tion ought to suffice, and we trust this will be peremptorily demanded, and, as far as possible, enforced. Down with the woman-floggers, and all who support them ! They can have no claim to interfere in the direction of Marylebono or any other workhouse, and should forthwith be " booked" to their respective homes, if not " through " to Austria. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 13. The Mersey brings news from Constantinople of the 4th inst. The corn trade was very active. The Ministry was consolidated in consequence of a sudden change in the attitude of Lord Redeliffe. It was said that the enthusiastic reception given by the Moldo-Wallachians to Baron de Talleyrand had cooled the ambassador's ardour in favour of the union of the Principalities, and that he was ready to abandon that project on condition that the Sultan should refuse to sanction the con struction of a ship canal through the isthmus of Suez, and grant the English the railway to the Persian Gulf. The establishment of the Con- stantinople Bank met with fresh difficulties. The Sultan had given audiences to Baron Prokesch and to Messrs. Thouvenel and Talleyrand. Rear- Admiral Stewart had left for Malta. Admiral Lyons would, it was said, shortly return to Eng land. The Turkish soldiers who have undergone amputation are to receive an annual pension of 2,400 piastres. Several engagements had taken place on the frontier of Larissa, between the Turks and the irregular Albanians. Accounts from Smyrna of the 6th announce the arrival of the Austrian squadron in that port. Slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Broussa, and a violent ishock was experienced in the Caucasus. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 14. Count Orloff has been gazetted as Prince ; Ge neral Berg as Governor of Finland ; Prince Woronzoff a Field Marshal ; General Baratynski Governor of Caucasia. The resignation of Gene ral Duhelt, Commandant of the Gendarmerie, bas been accepted. According to the latest advices from the Danu bian Principalities, which are up to the 3d inst., the composition of the new Wallachian Ministry seems to give satisfaction, the more so that in forming it, the Prince Kaimakan is known to have had no regard to any foreign influence. One or two of its members are not very agreeable to the Liberals, but, on the other hand, these are pleased with the depar ture from the exclusive system 'under which high offices in the State have hitherto been bestowed solely upon great Boyards. In Moldavia the public feeling with respect to the Government is far less favourable. The Kaimakan and the whole of his Ministers are known partisans of Russia or Austria. Intense disgust seems to have been excited in Moldavia and Wallachia, and especially in the latter province, by the bestowal on Prince Stirbey of the Medjidie of the first class—an honour usually confined to crowned heads, or at any rate to persons of very great distinction, and who have rendered the highest services, FRANCE. It is believed that the Court will leave Biarritz on the 27th or 28th instant for St. Cloud, and will stop for two days at Bordeaux on its way north wards. There is a report that King Otho of Greece is coming to Paris next month. M. de Persigny is still here, but his departure is daily ex p ec t e d. Count de orny is not likely to return until the new year. It was said that a squadron of five men-of-war was to go to Cronstadt to fetch him. As yet no preparations are making for the Con gress to be held at Paris this winter, and which is to consist of the second representatives who as sisted at the Congress last spring. But there ap pears no doubt that such a meeting will be held, with a view to settle, with the least delay possible, questions arising out of the treaty of Paris. The following is an exact list of the military troDhies of the French arms which now decorat ,, rronc or me I.llVallUVb i—k.lll the castew side of the gateway, an immense Algerian mortar ; an eight pounder gun, on which are the words nec pluribus impar ; a Russian cannon, weighing 2,770 kilo grammes, cast in 1793 ; a cannon taken at Con stantine in 1837 ; a piece of Russian siege artil lery, cast in 1793 ; three superb Russian cannon ; two Austrian, one Dutch ; four small Russian field-pieces ; two pieces of siege artillery from Antwerp ; and eight heavy siege guns from Algiers. On the western side of the gateway, eight siege guns from Algiers ; four small Russian field-pieces and two mortars, cast respectively in 18C7, 1821, 1831, 1837, 1844, and 1847 ; an Austrian culverin, being a masterpiece in the art of cannon-casting ; a Dutch siege gun ; a Russian mortar, cast in one piece with its platform in bronze ; four Austrian siege guns ; a heavy gun from Antwerp ; a Russian siege gun, weighing 2,665 kilogrammes; a field piece, bearing the name of Louis Charles de Bour bon, Count d'Eu and Duke d'Anff 6 ouleme ; a very large Russian siege gun, completely mutilated by the French cannon-balls ; and a large Algerian mortar, weighing 1,272 kilogrammes. All these guns are in bronze, and many of them of admirable workmanship. The Russian guns are ill-formed. The Minister of War has received the following report, dated the 6th, from the governor-general of Algiers, giving details of the late outbreak of the Kabyles, of which we have already gives a brief account " Monsieur le Marechal—For some time past the agi ' tation of the tribes of the circle of Dra el Mizan has been gradually increasing, and threatened to become general, under the active influence of the marabout Si el Adja mar. I was therefore compelled to order a concentra tion of troops in that direction. I have the more reason to congratulate myself on having adopted that measure, that the insurrectional movement began to extend be yond the circle of Dre el Mizan, and might have endan gered the security of that post. The rapid appearance of our first troop, however, even before the union of the columns, soon produced the useful effect which I antic;. pated from it, and the success obtained on the 2d inst. in a first encounter with the hostile contingents has already changed the state of things round Dra el Mizan. Chef de Bataillon Beaupretre, who command rthe circle, had received information that the Marabout El Hadj Amar, followed by numerous contingents, had put him self in movement on Dra el Mizan, openly announcing his intention of burning the village and the hay ricks round the house of the commanding officer. The post had, during the night of the let, received a reinforcement of six companies of the 45th regi ment of the line, and a squadron of the Ist African chas seize. At daybreak on the 2d the advance of the enemy was announced, and Commandant Beaupretre immediately made his arrangements to receive them. A line of videttes were placed in front of the village and the establishments of Dra el M zan, and the goums under the orders of Lieut. Neirtin were posted on the small hill of Tachentirt. The goums had received or ders to retire from their positions in succession as the enemy advanced, so as not to impede the action of the troops who were posted out of view of the enemy. The Kabyle contingents, in number from 6,000 to 7,000, ' rushed on our gowns on the hill of Tachentirt, and then confidently descended towards the house of the commandant. At this moment a charge was sounded, the battalien of the 45th, gallantly led by its com mander, M. Rocheim. rushed forward and attacked the enemy at the point of the bayonet, and established itself on the hill, while the squadron of chasseurs, commanded by Captain Guyot, dashed into the midst of the Kabyle masses. During this time, General Gastu, whom I had ordered from Medean to take the command of the troops, advanced with a column towards Dra el Mizan. Hearing the sound of musketry, he hastened bis ad vance, and soon arrived with his cavalry on the scene of action. The enemy being surprised, and doubt less thinking that they had to do with a much more numerous body, fled in all directions without at temp'ing any resistance, and were pursued beyond Tachentirt, leaving in our hands 40 killed, 32 prisoners, and 200 muskets. On our side, thanke to the admirable arrangements made by Commandant Beaupretre, and so fortunately completed by the sudden arrival of General Gastu, we have only had a few wounded. This success is of real importance in a political point of view ; it has punished the insolence of the enemy, and replies in a favourable manner to the falsehoods of the Marabout El Hadj Amar, who bad impressed the Kabyles with the belief that we had not a sufficient force to repel their attacks. I have this moment received the following telegraphic despatch, dated Aumale, sth, 11 a.m. : Yesterday, the insurgents wero completely beaten by the garrison of Dra el Mizan. General Gastu had gone to make a reconnaissance towards Bordj Boghni, when the Kabyles, thinking that there were no troops at Dra el Mizan, made the attack. The loss of the insurgents is very considerable.' This despatch records a fresh victory gained by our troops.—Accept, &c. ,"RANDON." The Messager of Bayonne of Thursday says : " Baron de Wedlang, Bavarian Ambassador at Paris, has arrived here to provide apartments for Prince and Princess Adalbert, who are to arrive here to-day. It is believed that they will pay a hort visit to Biarritz, the bride being an old friend of the Empress." BOURSE, Sept:l3 - .The'foliov4ng ivereOst quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4} per Cents (ad) 92 50 —f. —O. 3 per Cents 7O 75 70 80 ' , Tow Loan — Bank Shares 4,150 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,677 50 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) . 9l 50 Home Debt 40i1. RAILWAYS —PCB CASH. fr. c. fr. C. (means ......... 1,360 We5tern......... ...... 940 Northern .1,005 Strasburg Lyons ...... 1,345 New Ditto liediterranesn l,BOO Grand Central Lyons Geneva 785 Tests Cette 738 75 Austrian C0rn....... 876 25 ITALY. The Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 11th inst' quotes a letter from Alessandria of the 10th, stating that the works of the now fortifications had com menced, and that the contractors intended to carry them on with the greatest activity. General La Marmora, the Minister of War, arrived at Ales sandria r2ll that day, and proceeded immediately to visit the works which the sappers are executing on the bastions in the direction of Marengo. Af er visiting the ground on which the other fortifications are to be erected, the General reviewed the garri son drawn up under arms in the citadel, and re turned in the evening to Turin. The Cologne Gazette states that the new collec tive note which the western powers intend sending to the King. of Naples, and which it is even said, has already been forwarded, dwells on the neces sity of carrying out the following four points Ist. Suppression of the arbitrary authority of the police and of punishments arbitrarily inflicted by that body. 2d. An amelioration in the political administration, and a modification in the exercise of justice in what relates to judicial proceedings previously to trial. 3d. The creation of credit establishments, so as to give an impetus to com merce and manufactures. 4th. Permission to all emigrants, and • exiles .to return to their country and their restoration to their civil rights and former positions,'provided they sign an act of submission. SWITZERLAND• The Baden Gazette states that officers have been gent on extraordinary missions to the different courts of Europe to notify the late grand ducal change. Baron de Gimminger, orderly officer to the Grand Duke, has been sent to Biarritz for the purpose. According to accounts from Berne of the 10th,, the inquiry into the affair of Neufchatel is being carried on with great activity by MM. Amiet and Duplan. It appears that the Federal Council is desirous of bringing the affair to a termination as promptly as possible, and it is probable that the Court of Assizes will have accomplished its task before the end of October. The greatest readiness is evinced to set the prisoners at liberty the mo ment it is proved that they have taken no direct part in the late affair. The examining magistrate has already released M. do Perregaux, ex-council lor of State, MM. de Chambrier (father and son), Ferrisse, Bovet, Lardz (an advocate), Philippe, and others. A special service has been celebrated in the church of the Castle for the 500 prisoners. They are allowed to Balk in squads by turns on the terrace. Among them are two ecclesiastics, MM. Guillebert and Sauvain. The prisoners are well treated, and a sanitary bulletin is published every day for the satisfaction of their families. Political news are communicated to them, and they are thus, it is said, becoming convinced of the folly of their attempt. Many royalists have fled. The follow ing is the text of the note, under date of the sth, by the Prussian envoy, Count de Sidow, to the Swiss Confederation, on the occasion of the late outbreak at Neufchatel :—" The undersigned, privy councillor, and envoy of his Majesty the King of Prussia to the Swiss Confederation, being informed of the late events of which the duchy of Neufchatel has been the theatre, renews, whilst maintaining for his Government the faculty. of taking an ulterior decision in the most solemn and positive manner, the legal reserves which he had already made on the 2d and 3d March, 1848, as likewise later, on the occasion of the revolution of Neufchatel. These reserves refer to the ancient and recent violation of the rightslof the King of Prussia as sovereign duke of Neufchatel and. of Valengin, without any distinction in respect to the sources from which these violations have pro ceeded." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, SEPT. 11.—To-day, the 11th instant, a whole week since the news of the ill-advised at tempt at revolution in Neufchatel reached here, the Preussische Correspondenz, the quasi-offiOal organ of the Ministry, publiShes an article on 'the :i 21 ; ': 11 - 1 - Co connected the - affair, i—s" 1 ' at confines itself to the historical statement of the relation which the Principality bore to the King of Prussia up to 1848, and the steps taken by the King's Govern ment ever since then to reserve his rights. These I have already laid before you. It mentions, how ever, that Herr von Sydow, who is accredited by Prussia to the Swiss Confederation, but who re sides at Sigmaringen, in the Hohenzollern princi pality, took an opportunity as early as the sth inst. to send in to the Swiss Federal Council a formal re servation of the King's rights, and a protestagainat their being prejudiced in any way by the incidents that have just taken place at Neufchatel. The article in the Preussische Corresponden in no way touches upon the subject of complicity or privity on the part of the King or his advisers, doubtless on the principle that qui s'excuse s'ac cuse . At present, I imagine, it does not occur to anybody to impute anything of the kind to the King, to whose, principles and engagements this att em pt e d/ coup d e main by force of arm cannot fail of being very un welcome, more particularly as having been unsuc cessful ; but there can be still less doubt that per sons of this Court, zealous servants of the King, have been in close and earnest correspondence with the Royalist party in the principality or canton, and can hardly have been ignorant that some attempt of the kind would shortly be made. Count Frederic Pourtales, whose name figures so promi nently in the affair, is not a Prussian but a Swiss —aNeufchatelois, and probably the richest man in Switzerland, as he possesses a fortune estimated at 30,000,000 f. He is connected by birth and by marriage with all the patrician families of Berne, and from his benevolent character and widely spread charities he was beloved and looked up to in a very extensive circle. There are numbers of this Pourtales family to be found at this Court and also at that of Paris, but they all originate in Neufchatel, where the family was founded by a millionnaire merchant of that name. A letter from Berlin, in the Nuremberg Corre spondent, says :—"lt was first intended to appoint Leipsic for the place of meeting of the commission which is to draw up a commercial code for all Ger many, but Berlin has now been chosen. The com mission will not be a numerous one, in order to hasten its decisions ; the great states only will send jurisconsults, to whom will be added a certain num ber of practical men." A letter from Berlin of the 10th, in the Consti firtionnel, says :—" The Darmstadt bank, which has taken the initiative of a general congress of the German banking establishments, has just addressed an invitation to its colleagues to send delegates to it. The object of this congress is to come to an understanding on the general principles of circula tion, as to form of drafts, the conditions of the reciprocal acceptance of bank receipts, a common monetary unity, d;c. This idea has been very favourably received, and will probably be realised in a short time." The same letter says : " A fete is to be given to-morrow for the benefit of the sailors who were wounded in the affair of the Riff pirates. This affair being the first in which the Prussian navy has been called on to fight, pre parations are being made to give to the fete the I character of a grand patriotic demonstration." SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 9th contains a circular from the Minister of the Interior to the governors of provinces, transmitting a royal decree which enacts that they should commence their duties within a fortnight, and that then the powers given to military commanders of dissolving or replacing municipalities should cease. The decree also sets forth in some detail the measures which they are to adopt for the reorganisation of municipalities. The Epoca says It is rumoured that the Go vernment has de c id e d th a t the interest of the State debt shall be paid from the Ist January in each year, without any previous announcement, and on the presentation of coupons, as is done in France and other countries. This is a proof that the Mi nister of Finance is convinced that he can next year completely re-establish the equilibrium be tween the expenses and receipts, which is the verit able basis of national credit." The same journal says that, the receipts of the public treasury in Aragon have exceeded the hopes of the Govern ment. It was stated the other day that the In fanta Dona Isabel had, like one of her sisters, and her brother Don Henry, been ordered for " private reasons" to reside in a small provincial town ; it is now announced that her husband, Count de Guroski, has left for Russia. Accounts from Cuba and Porto Rico to the 12th, received by the Go vernment, represent that tranquillity prevailed in both islands, and that in the former the sanitary condition was improving, whilst in the latter it was satisfactory. TAE TRADE OP gOtTNI STAPPOBD- SHIRE. liiitlntaitANt, Saturday EVcning,---The general trade of this town during the past week has been on the whole very satisfactory, and prices conse quently are being well sustained. It is cheering o read the travellers' letters from the agricultural districts, in which they describe the abundant har vest prospects around them, and the increased ani mation amongst the large trading communities, particularly of the north. The home trade is re viving in all directions, and the demand for general [lard ware and some fancy goods is considerable. In the home trade may be included of course the Irish market, which is now really reviving, and evi dently indicating an improvement, which the most ianguine could not have anticipated a few years Igo. The orders from Ireland are not as formerly (ionfined to mere necessaries, but include many of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life, and the accounts are well met. We have also on the books some brisk continental, American, and Canadian orders for general hardware goods and jewellery, and the advices are of an encourag ing character as to the future. From South America we have a good share of orders for superior jewel lery, and the Spanish travellers are sending home useful order-sheets. The last advices from Sydney and Melbourne received here are encouraging, and we lave now at the refiners large quantities of gold preparing for the manufacturers. The quality of the gold is reported infinitely better than it was, and the yield much greater. Relative to the iron trade there is little to report. By some it is said that the demand is increasing, and that prices will be maintained at the forth coming meeting, whilst others contend that it is injustice to the respectable houses to require them to adhere to prices which will not be maintained by the small makers. The demand for pig iron is not so great as it was a few weeks ago, and prices fluctuate according to the requirements of the maker. In the quantity made there has latterly been a considerable reduction, and it is only by diminishing the stocks prices can be upheld. The difficulty which the iron trade now has to contend with arises from the fact of our immense powers of production being greater than the demand. Dur ing the last few years an enormous amount of capital, real and artificial, has been spent in mining operations in this district, and anything like ordi nary demand is not equal to our production. Mr. Bessemer's discovery still occupies a good deal of public attention, and many able papers have been written for and against it. The general opinion seems to be, that it is impracticable in its present state, whatever benefit may ultimately arise from -it. NEW AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT COM. PANY. A meeting was held at Glasgow last week of the com pany-engaged in the new Australian mail contract. At its first formation it bore the inappropriate title of the European and Columbian Steam Navigation Company, and its capital was 410,0001. It is now styled the Euro pean and Australian Royal Mail Company, and the capital is to be 500,0001., with power to borrow to the extent of one-fourth. This increase of capital has been deemed expedient in consequence of the company having acceded to a request of the Government to provide a steamer to carry the mails between Malta and Mar seilles, while they have also resolved to increase the capacity of the vessels intended for the service between Southampton and Alexandria from 1,600 tons and 350- horse power, as originally proposed, to 2,300 tons mid 500-horse power. They likewise contemplate having five steamers instead of four to perform the work be. tween Suez and Sydney. Under these circumstances their ultimate outlay is estimated as follows : Two steamers, European, 2,380 tons, and Colum bian, 2,300 tons £130,000 One steamer, Oneida, 2,320 tons 60,000 One steamer, arranging for with Messrs. J. and G. Thomson, of 2,860 tons, builder's measure ment, and 650-horse power, Clyde measurement 86,750 One steamer, arranging for with Messrs. Scott and. Co., of 2,320 tons, 500-horse power, Clyde mea surement, One steamer,_arranging_ with Messrs. Lawrence Hill and Co., of tons, 500-horse power, Clyde measurement 70,000 One steamer, for service between Malta and Mar- _ seines, say , 25,000 Expense of refitting three steamers 20,000 • Expense of ' furnishing three new steamers, say 10,000 Six barges for coaling at Aden 477,750 If the fifth steamer is built for outside service .... 70,000 Supposed amount £547,750 The contract is for five years, at 185,000 per annum, and the continuous monthly service between Sydney and England is to commence in January next. The outward passage from Suez to Melbourne is performed in 39 days, and the homeward in 35, under penalties of 501. for a delay of one day, 1001. for two days, and a progressive increase of 501. for every additional day ; ^ 4 re -"hip , however. being limited in the aggreErte to the amount of subsidy apphcablo to the individual voyage. The offer of the Peninsular and Oriental Company was to perform the service for 140,0001., but under certain stipulations, which were deemed inadmis sible. Upon the refusal of their terms the latter company protested that the Government had thrown aivay 45,0001. per annum, since the company would be unable to maintain the promised speed, and had under taken the contract only because the extra 45,0001. per annum would cover an amount of fines such as to enable them to be several days behind time on each voyage, ' and yet receive more than the Peninsular and • Oriental Company had demanded. I❑ reply to these assumptions the new company have addressed a letter to their shareholders, denying the right of the Peninsular and Oriental Company to make a charge against toeir competitors of a deliberate inten tion to break faith, and pointing out that the penalties in question were not assented to until after the Govern ment had been urged to adopt in preference the usual test hitherto practised of ascertaining the speed of the vessels to be employed before admitting them to the service. " Haying agreed to them after vain attempts to substitute the speed test for them, the company," it is remarked, " cannot be expected to submit to the latter also." Under all the circumstances, and es pecially taking into consideration the advantages to be ' hoped from the line being independent, and, through a part of the route, competitive, there is reason to believe that the Government have made the best choice in their power. This admission, however, must not be held to affect the argument against the unsound ness of the contract system generally. A strong opinion prevails that if the Government had declared from the first that it would ieave the ocean conveyance of letters as open to competition as that of other articles, allowing shipowners to charge whatever the merchants and others might think warranted by their relative speed, fleets both for passengers and mails would have rapidly grown up in proportion to the demand; and the disgrace of all the delays of the past four or five years would have been avoided. But it was now too late to revert to the experi ment, and souse arrangement like that just concluded was unavoidable. The route vitt the Cape, however, is at present free from contract boats of any kind, and there are experienced persons who predict that, if the Government will but issue a notification that it shall remain so, private enterprise will soon achieve results, as far at least as the passenger traffic is concerned, far more satisfactory than any that have yet been contem plated.—Times City Article. SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC WORKS IN INDIA. The following is a despatch from C. H. Lushington, Esq., Secretary. to the Government of India, to T. Pycroft, E , q., Chief Secretary to the Government of Fort St. George, dated 3d May, 1856, No. 1875. " In acknowledging receipt of your letter No. 157, dated 14th ult. with its enclosures on the subject of the financial condition of the Madras Presidency, in which it is stated that it is likely, if the present rate of expen diture is continued, that 30 lace of rupees will be required from Calcutta to meet the disbursements of the Madras Government, I am desired to inform you, in reply, that it has been resolved, pending the orders of the honourab e court, to abstain from undertaking t any public works throughout India which have not yet been commenced, except, works of a very urgent nature.' It is hoped that this measure will go far towards relieving the Madras Government from the expected necessity of dra wing upon Calcutta. A further communication will be addressed to you hereafter • from the Public Works Department, in regard,to the stoppage of the works." The nature of the further communication referred to in the concluding paragraph of the above extract may be gathered from the following official correspondence taken from the Agra Government Gazette:— " From Lieut.-Colonel W. E. Raker, Secretary to the Government of India, to W. Muir, Esq., Secretary to the Government of the N.W. Provinces. Dated May 6, 1856. " Public Works Department. " Sir,—ln fOrwarding for your guidance the following extract from the proceedings of the Government of India, in the FinanCial Department, I am directed to state that the prohibition to undertake new works therein conveyed must be held to apply to every work of which the estimated cost is above Rs. 10,000, not yet com menced upon, whether it has or has not been sanctioned by the Hon. the Court of Directors, the government of India, or the local government. Any work of a really emergent nature will of course be considered as excep tional." Extract from the proceedings of the Right Hon. the Governor. ftmeral of India in Council in the Financial Department, under the date Gth May, 185 G. Read a despatch addressed to the honourable the Court of Directors from this department, No. 79, dated 3d inst., giving cover to the financial review for the year 1855Z6. Order. —Ordered that the Public Works Department be requested to abstain, pending the orders of the Hon ourable Court, from undertaking any public works not yet commenced upon, except works of an urgent nature. (A true extract.) (Signed) C. R. LIISHINGTON Sec. to the Government of India Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S—SATURDAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Saraband (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Pantomime (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Vandal (taken and offered) CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 2to 1 agst Lannbourne (taken) ST. LEGER. 11 to Bon Ellington (offered, 6to 4 laid once) 12 to 1 agst Brother to Bird•on the• Wing (taken to 251.) 100 to 6 agst Warlock (offered) PORTLAND HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Bold Buccleugh 20 to 1 agst Dipthong colt 20 to 1 agst La Victime CESAREWITCH STAKES. 500 to 15 agst Alice Wentworth (taken) 50 to 1 agst Gortsohakoff (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Polmoodie (taken) LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 1 ag•t Pantomime (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Saraband (offered) 12 to 1 agst Hungerford (taken) CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 50 to 20 agst Goldfinch (taken) ST LEGER. 6to 4on Ellington (offered) 10 to 1 agst Victoria (taken) 11 to 1 agst Br to Bird-on-the-Wing 100 to 8 agst Bonnie Scotland (taken) 14 to 1 agst Artillery (take 20 to 1) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Bird-in-the-Hand (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Athletic (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sharpshooter (taken) 40 to 1 agst Comedian (taken) 2000 to 30 agst Laird Duff LATEST CITY BETTING THIS DAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Saraband (offered) 11 to 2 agst Pantomime (taken) 6 to 1 agst Vandal (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken) 12 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 20 to 1 agst Stork (taken) ST. LEGER. 6to 4on Ellington (offered) 9 to 1 agst Victoria (taken) 9to 1 agst Bonnie Scotland (taken) 50 to 1 agst Br to Bird•on-the-Wing (offered) ARRIVALS AT DONCASTER. DONCASTER, Monday. Fandango, Ignoramus, Zeta, Tyrius, Skirmisher, Sara band, Strawberry, Yellow Jack, Goldfinch, Chevalier d'lndustrie, Martinet, Manganese, Alfred, Impostor (2 yrs), Courtenay, Vanity, Lance, Fisherman, Impos ture, King of the Forest, Lambourne, Anton, Dutch man's Daughter, Sister to Nancy, Huntingdon, Hun gerford, Stork, Pantomime, Welham, Prince of Orange, Miss Harkaway, Excitement, Itogerthorpe, Black Tommy, King of Argos, Jack Sheppard, Aleppo, Mince pie, Typhon, Bucksfoot, Tinwald, Tournament, Mary, and Duet. MIDDLEHAM.—EIIington, Lady Tattoo, Yorkshire Grey, Glede Hawk, Hopeful f, Remedy, Saunterer, Augury, Sprig of Shillelagh, Wardersinarke, Red, White, and Blue, Gaudy, Preston, Panmure, Janet, Ellermire, West Langton, Byrsa, Heir of Linne, Brother to B rd on-the Wing, Barbara c, Clarissa c, Norton, Biron, &c., are expected to leave to-day for Doncaster. MALTON.—© special train (14 boxes ordered) leaves here about 2 p.m. for Doncaster. NE*MARKEL—Gortschakoff is the only horse leaving here for Doncaster. SPORTING NOTES. SELLS FOR THE " SELLINGER." The backers of Ellington for the St. Leger harden in confidence. They know that onl) an accident can pre vent the fulfilment of their hopes, and the possibility of a defeat seems scarcely dreamt of in their philosophy. The old fable of the milkmaid who counted her chickens before they were hatched, and who, in consequence, upset her " pot," evidently conveys to them no warning moral. The proverbial glorious uncertainty of the turf teaches them no lesson, and already in Wel' eye do they . 60 Ellin g ton galloping home alone. Their confidence, it must he confessed, is well founded, for now that Fly by-Night and Fazzoletto have bean removed where can a champion be found capable of vanquishing the Derby victor? By many persons Ellington's Epsom running is disparaged, and they still cling to the belief that his success was mainly attributable to the heavy ground. They take heart, too, in the strong probability which exists that the course at Doncaster will be in good run ning order, and receive additional hope from the remem• brance of Ellington's two defeats at York and Chester. They do not, however, attach much importance to the fact of Ellington's conceding 6 lbs. to Fisherman at York, and being beaten by a head only—a performance which, taken into consideration with Fisherman's subsequent running, does not appear very inglorious. Those persons, too, who adhere to the opinion that Ellington will not be able to " act " over a course not fetlock deep in mud, must have lost the remembrance of his two-years-old achievement for the Champagne over ground as hard as bricks. It would be folly therefore to ignore Ellington's true titles to support ; still I do not deem his preten sions so vast as to preclude the possibility of a defeat. Victoria, Rogerthorpe, Bonnie Scotland, and Artillery possess a chance,—a remote one, perhaps,—still they possess a chance. Any one, who had last year, prior to the race, hinted at the possibility of so utter an outsider as Saucebox being capable of de feating Rifleman would have been deemed demented. In my opinion Ellington is not so good a horse as Rifleman, who, lame as he was, could always defeat Fandango ; and amongst the outsiders this year an animal may be found as fit, and perhaps as good, as Saucebox. John Scott has indeed been unfortunate with his favourites this season; the casualty which attended Fly by-Night prior to the Two Thousand was somewhat com pensated by the success of Fazzoletto. The Derby, how ever, showed that both those horses were not exactly right, and at Ascot Fly•by•Night broke down, and at a time when he seemed to have recovered his form. John Scott's ill-luck was not limited to his Derby and Leger horses, for Vandal, who was much fancied for the Good wood Stakes, was amongst the horses that fell in the race for that event. There is an old saying about a long lane that has no turning, and the St. Leger may prove that the long lane of John Scott's ill luck is not a cld de sac. On the disappearance of Fazzoletto a powerful de monstration, which was not sustained with much spittt, was made in favour of Warlock. Victoria, who has since the Derby been repeatedly nibbled at, also came into in creased favour, although she did not display any remark able steadiness in the betting. The latest movements at the West End, however, show that her star is again in the ascendant. Of the two, Warlock and Victoria, I have no hesitation in making my choice in favour of the mare. At York she seemed in capital fettle, and did not make any of those signs of fidgetiness and fractious. ness which she displayed at Goodwood. Warlock, I be- lieve, to be a useful handicap horse, but The Wizard of the North shall not frighten me with such a " bogie" for the St. Leger. Rogerthorpe was sent to Weymouth last week to run - for a Queen's Plate, for which he was beaten by Fisher man by a neck. Will a parallel case be furnished with that of Ellington and Fisherman at York ? lie would be a bold man .and a sanguine one, too, who dare an swer, without reservation, " Yes." Rogerthorpe is a game little horse, a certain starter, and is sure to run well. People argue, however, from his performance with Aleppo at York that his chance is very remote, but I deem that performance no insignificant one, taking into consideration the weight the little horse carried, and the fact of his making the running at a very strong pace. Ile ran well enough in the De rby for a certai n distance, and at one time really looked f ormidable. After all, the St'. Leger may be a great day for the Days of Danebury, and one of those /Ms that horse flesh is heir to may cause the Elliogtonites to wish themselves " over the kills and far away. Artillery has so disappointed me that I an disinclined to trust him. Still lam induced not utterly to desert my gold loves" and shall parhapi for the sake of " auld acquaintance," and the yellow j ac k e t an d wh i te cap, be inclined to take a long shot with Artillery, for after all it must be confessed that the field, with the exception of Ellington, will be composed of a "ragged lot," and the chances of the outsiders seem pretty evenly balanced. Bonnie Scotland is much fancied, but I am informed that he is an infirm horse. If he was really " wanted " a t York, his performance there was not sufficiently good to justify the placing of faith in his pretensions. Brother to Bird - on-the-Wing deserves notice, because be belongs to a ripe and true sportsman, about whose intentions there cannot exist a shadow of doubt. T horse ran forward for the Two Th ousand ; and. Aldcrof ti his rider maintain?, that if he had not been " shut out' he would have won, At York ho was easily beaten by Fazzoletto,—a circumstance which would seemingly con firm the correctness of the Newmarket running. Still It must be admitted that Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing 's not of the shape and build to get through heavy ground. Lord Gla.igow's pluck and ill-luck would be well rewarded by a St. Leger victory. Since writing the above, I have learned that the Bird has been completely kno,lized out of the betting. At present I do not know " wh at's up." No purpose would be ans?, 'end by extending my re marks to the other animals lii . zely to comprise the field. The starters will be selected frem the following :—Ar tillery, Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing, Alfred, Ellington, Tyrius, Victoria, Warlock, Bonnie Scotland, Roger thorpe, Mary Copp, Merlin, Lundyfoot, Polmoodie, British Lion, Gortschakoff, and Aleppo. So great a certainty is the success of Ellington deemed that even to hint at the possibility of his overthrow is considered presumption and absurd. Still experience on the turf teaches me not to place implicit faith in certainties. I shall not, therefore, "go" with the money, but shall boldly make my election in favour of VICTORIA AND ROGERTHORPE. Artillery and Ellington will, J fancy, occupy the third and fourth positions. Saraband and Pantomime are nearly head and head in the betting on the Great Yorkshire Handicap. I consider that the former has nou only the worst of the weights, but that he will be out of his distance. I shall, therefore stand on HUNGERFORD and PANTOMIME. The Champagne will occasion a most interesting race between Goldfinch and Lambourn t, and I shall expect to see Mr. Howard's colours borne in triumph on the back of the former. Blink Bonny will win the Filly Stakes, and Ignoramus the Glasgow Stakes. For the Doncaster Plate rn7 fancy points to Grmculus Esuriens, Lord Albemarle, and Berezina. For the Revival Plate I shall select Fisherman. The Portland Plate is a puzzle, and I dare scarcely venture at a guess at the probable winner. The follow — jog are "well in"—Fisherman, Grascalus. Esuriens, Alembic, Tyrius, Forbidden Fruit, Welham, Furiosci, Kestrel, Red•Wbite•and•Blue, and Tinwald. TF,e reader must make his own choice as to the best animal to stand on. Jack Sheppard seems to me to have * good deal the best of the weights for the Corporation Plate. An encounter of considerable interest likely to be afforded for the Eglinton Stakes, and coul d I calculate with certainty upon the starting of Gemma di Vergy, I should be inclined to let him repro' sent my interest. In his default, however, Tourname , nt will confirm th© good opinion which he created at Epso and Hampton. Gemma di Vergy is also engaged in th 10 Sovs. Sweepstakes on Thursday. He will have to re . ceive 31bs from Blink Bonny, and should these two re • nowned youngsters meet therace will be most importan I and interesting. I shall perhaps be inclined to prefe' the mare. Ellermire, or the best of Mr. Jackson's, vii ii win the Cleveland Handicap. I shall not touch upon the minor events. I will ea• deavour to send some rough notes about Friday's me; egg for publication on Thursday, and a few remarks aS 0 how the Leger was run. Sept. 15. A FRESII MA.N. CRIMINAL COURT.--(This Day). The September session of the court commenced this morning at the Old Bailey, before the Right Hoe. the Lord Mayor, Alderman Farebrot'aer, Alderman k'srr P combo, the Hon. Stewart Wortley - , M.P., recorder, Al' derman Wire, Alderman and Sheriff Kennedy, Sheri ff Rose, and Under• Sheriffs Stone and Rose. The calendar contains the names of 82 prisoners for trial. On the calling of the grand jury, Mr. Charles Nish a Quaker, declined to serve on the ground of suffering fr° l9 ' an internal disease, and from a e onscientious objection to take part in proceedings affecti l ng capital punishmen t ' He was, however, informed that the latter was not * valid objection, and unless he was! suffering from illness to an extent that prevented him :From taking part in the proceedings of the court he must serve. Mr. May said he could discharge his usual business avocations, and he was in consequ once ordered to serve• The Recorder, after the grand jury had been sworn, proceeded to address them ; in the first place pointing out to them the duties they had t o perform, and hot' , they should discharge them. He aft erwards referred to the calendar, which he said contained. the usual a mount of offences, and of the ordinary cha.^acter, and, with reference to the charge against Mr. S nape, the medical superintendent of the Wandsworth Luz ado Asylum, for having caused the death of one of the l unatics, said the point on which they had to decide was, whether he bad shown such gross and culpable negligence as made him liable to a criminal charge. His lordship, after alluding to other cases in the calendar, informed the grand jury that the Secretary of State for the Home Department bad licensed Red•hill school, at Reigate, as a reformatory for the reception of juvenile prisoners from thel court. The charge against Mr. Snape is expected to come on on Wednesday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SOUTHWARK. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Oltarles Greene' wood, a middle aged man, was brought before Mr' Seeker, charged with stealing a large quantity of tear at various times, the property of his employer, M r ' John Cleggatt, wholesale tea-dealer, 334, High-street , Southwark. Inspector Wm. Moore, M division, stated that " received information from the prosecutor that he 05 " petted the pris oner ro bbi ng hi m f or some ti me past consequently witness watched him, and on Friday even . ing, about 6 o'clock, he saw him leave the warehouse, and proceed towards London-bridge, with something very bulky in his pockets. He stopped him and A sked him what he had about him, when he replied " Only f ' little tea that he had purchased." He had also a Mr quantity of tea loose in a handkerchief, which be also emd he had purchased, but the paper broke in which it vial wrapped, and he put it in his handkerchief. Witness asked him where he purchased it, but he made no an' saver. He then took him to the Stone's-end Police• station, and on searching him found two pounds of tea in his pockets, and a packet of coffee. After that be telegraphed to the prosecutor, who was at Dover, and received instructions to detain the prisoner until he came up by the railway. On searching his house, he found two tea chests full of different kinds of tea, packed 111 ) in small parcels, which he took away to the station• house. Mr. Cleggatt said that the prisoner had been in their employ rather more than ten years, and great conk' dence had always been reposed in him. He was en• gaged as the mixer of teas, and had access to all the warehouses. For some time past witness had missed considerable quantities of tea, but h was not until lately that he had reason to suspect the prisoner. He men tioned his suspicion to Inspector Moore, with directions to watch him. He had se tge tea found on the pri• Boner and identified it as his property, and he believed that the tea discovered in his house belonged to him. He had reason to believe that the prisoner bad robbed him to an alarming extent, and that he had been guilty • fraud. Sergeant Gardiner, M division, said that he accom panied Inspector Moore and found the tea in the pri• soner's house. Witness had ascertained that the prisoner had for a long time past supplied customers with small quantities of tea, and that the packets were ready for delivery on Saturday. He asked his Worship for remand to enable him to obtain further evidence The prisoner, who made no answer to the char% brought against him, was remanded by Mr. Seeker nett Saturday next. Mme. Medori has been for some days in Paris. Among the operas in preparation for her is Verdes "Ernani," which has not yet been given at the Grand Opera, where she is engaged. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—War Department.—Mr.' E. Duley, Clerk of Works, Royal Engineer Department at Leeds, has been appointed to the Mauritius. Customs —Mr. A. MTherson bas beet► appointed a searcher in London ; Mr. B. Wright has been appointed an extra clerk in London ; Mr. A. C. Horne has been appointed an extra clerk at Southampton. Coast Guard—A va cancy in the post of chief officer of Kinsale has be come vacant by tho death of Mr. W. Daish. Ireland —There is a vacancy for a sub-inspector of constabulary, to be selected by Sir D. M‘Gregor from the best men in the I ju►ce, without examination. East Indies—Lieut. E. G. Campbell has been appointed an assistant com missioner of the third class in the Punjaub ; Mr. D. G. Nioolson, first assistant to the commissioner of the Ten asserim and Martaban provinces, has been appointe postmaster of Moulmein, in addition to his presen t duties ; Mr. W. C. Wood has been promoted from the third to the second grade of extra assistant in the Pun s jaub ; Capt. A. B. Keniball, officiating political agent i Turkish Arabia, has been appointed permanently to tba office ; Mr. H. V. Bayley has been appointed to officiate as civil and sessions judge of the twenty-four Pergun' nabs, Sierra Leone.—The office of Queen's advocate bas become vacant by the death of Mr. Barlow—Civil Service acczate. ,1 J THE SUN, i,t3ND)#';=, MONDAY EV PNINGi SEPTEMBER 15, 1-ksol. a t a 01 ~c A CO re te ch ha th %0 94 F.