The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-17 00:00:00

TOYA, T. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- u Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING. JEANETTE'S WEDDING. Miss M. Harris and Mr. H. Widdicomb. After whieh, a new and original comedy, in five acts, writ ten byJohn Brougham, entitled PLAYING WITH FIRE ; characters by Mr. John Bromham (his 17th appearance), Mr. Ryder, Mr. 13. Widdicombe, Mr. G. Jordan (of the principal theatres of the 'United States, his 17th appearance in Eng lind), Miss C. Leloiercq, and Mrs. Weston. To conclude with LOVE AND MURDER. Mr. John Br °wham. 'EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Messrs. D. Fisher. Romer, Warde, Misses K. Kelly and Laidlaw. Alter which (253 d time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr D. tionelcault, D. Fisher, Billington, S. Emery, Stephenson, C. 3. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boueicanit, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. H. Lewis. 'fooonclude with LOVE AND HUNGER. Messrs. Fisher, Emery, C. J. Smith, Mrs. H. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. Doan open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. (iANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. 3i r. SAM COWELL every evening at Nine and a quarter to .Eleven. Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, TICAVIATA, NORMA, MARTHA, &c., By Miss Russell. Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli Mr. Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprise% Messrs. Harvey and French. " The Nerves "—Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son—and Miss 'Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, M.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. T H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. SELECTIONS from Auber's New Comic Opera, "LA CIRCASSIENNE," by Miss Ernst, Messrs. Greene, H. Herbert, and the Company. And from Verdi's new Grand opera, "Simon Boooancgra," by Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Geville, Morley, Greene, and the Company. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Varied Comic Entertainments by Mr. and Master Wood, Harvey and French (The Nerves), Mr. E. Marshall, and Mr.W. Randall. Hall, ed. ; Balcony and Stalls, Is ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 68m.—Afternoon, lh. 18m. To-mon.n.ow.-Morsing, lh. 34m.—Afternoon, lh. 50m. THE WEATHER.—SuN Oman, OCTOBER 17, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. sG—this day at noon. BA.Romatsß-30.36. WlND—Northerly—light; with fine autumnal weather. . c pkt c, • ,44';'-litjg 1%4 ; ---'"";.:SL?al•- •." " TOE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 17, 1861. Russia must have enough on her hands at pre sent. At least three distinct discontents are troubling her peace at the same time. The serfs, from all that can be learned, do not accept peace fully and gratefully their new position. It was no easy task to communicate safely the proposals of the EMPEROR to a population so ignorant, so few of whom could even read, and amongst whom there was in consequence a strong tendency to be lieve that more was given by the CZAR than their masters were prepared to concede. In many districts the military hare been obliged to interfere to preserve order ; but the estates, more like counties many of them, are too large, and the villages too scattered for military action, and hundreds of the nobles will, it is said, be beggared by the refusal of their for mer serfs to fulfil the duties of tenants, and to pay their rents either in money or in labour. It must in all probability be long ere the serfs and their late proprietors settle down into amicable relations, and again before the proprietors and the Government are thoroughly friendly with each other. Thousands of impoverished nobles and land lords will long regard the CZAR and his Court as the cause of their ruin. Poland seems to be quite unmanageable. Not that there is any apprehension of armed insurrec tion. The Poles, like the Hungarians, have found out a more effectual way. Their case has not indeed all the advantages of the Hungarian one, but it has still many'. It has the fundamental one that the kingdom of Poland has not been dealt with accord ing to the stipulations of the treaty of Vienna, and that its treaty rights are grossly outraged, but above all that there is a vast population under the dominion of Russia, flanked by portions of the same kingdom in the hands of the other two thieves, Austria and Prussia, which speaks Polish dialects, and is animated by a strong feeling of common na tionality. Th e Russian portion is now declared to be .in a state of siege, or martial law. The reason being that the inhabitants refuse to commit any kind of disorder, but also refuse to cease asking the the Government for very moderate Con cess i ons o f clear rights which all tend to strengthen the national principle, and to pre . Tent the Russian Tartars from absorbing and amalgamating with themselves the more civilised descendants of the ancient Sanaa tians. The Government, now a military one, is obliged to descend to the most petty tyranny,' to interfere with the dress of the people, an d with their songs and hymns, in order if possible to prevent exhibitions of nationality, such as putting on mourning and singing the national hymn. Yet, do what they will, the inhabitants can always baffle the authorities by fresh devices. At Cracow, so infamously seized by Austria in clear deffance of a solemn treaty, the Poles yesterday, it being KosciusKo's anniversary, would close their shops and the Bourse, although the authorities required them to be opened. The military Bur rounded the churches and made numerous arrests, but itould not hinder the passive manifestation of public feeling. At Warsaw the same things were done ; boy ° • he soldiers prevent it. We expect to hear that Russianttaili Poland will long continue this passive rebelli on And all of us will ardently hope that they may continue it till that nationality and freedom shall be conceded by the CZAR. He ought, indeed, like his brother at -Vienna, to be only too thankful that a nation, superior to his own, will accept his sovereignty, if it be but governed consti tutionally. To these two sources of disquietude the Russian authorities have added a third. They have quar relled with the undergraduates, and, in a measure, the profissors too of their Universities. The pro fessors lectured on economical and political sub jects, and the students held meetings for discussion, and, most heinous of all, actually appointed a chair man and passed resolutions. It is hard for an Eng lishman to refrain from smiling, indeed from laugh ter, to think of a debating meeting of lads being thought dangerous to the Government, and being put down by violence. What would the mayors even of our University towns care if the whole body of students met and resolved that either absolutism or republicanism were better than mixed govern ment. In Russia, however, public meetings are illegal. However orderly and peaceful, they would never do in Czardom, so even lads playing at public meetings must be put down at once, lest the future educated leaders of society should acquire the habit of judging for themselves, and influencing the judgment of others. Hitherto the instruction has been given at the Universities by a well appointed staff of professors, gratis; this has attracted large numbers, and in a country in which education was so much needed, was probably a wise measure. When it was found, however, that education made the less wealthy classes who thus obtained it too intelligent and liberal, it became an object to restrict it as much as possible to the better-off classes, property being found the best guarantee generally for the sub missiveness of its possessors. Hence a compara tively low charge was made—fifty roubles—about £8 sterling for matriculation. The professors and the students were both opposed to this. Liad the real object been to make the University self-sup porting it would not probably have been so much objected to, but it was well known that the inten tion was to render the students a more select class ; and this was made pretty plain, by the rejection of a plan of paying the amount, adapted to the cir cumstances of the poorer students. Price Sixpence or Post Free for Seven Stamps. INDIAN RAILWAY AND INDUS FLOTILLA GUARANTEES, examined and found to be delusive, with extracts from the Official Contracts. SeCond Edition, with an enquiry into the validity of Debentures. By Jmv:73 Pti.u.ts, London : Mann Nephews, 39, Comhill RO-YAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. meta of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wm. Under the manage Harrison, Sole Lessees. Will OPEN for the Sixth Operatic Season on MONDAY, ' Oct. 21, 1 861, w hen will be produced (first time) an entirely New Grand Opera, in Four Acts, by Howard Glover, to be entitled RUY B LAS. The Company :—Sopranos: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirl wall, and Madame Gnerrabella (her first appearance on the Enelish stage). Contraltos : Was Susan Pyne, Miss Topharn, and Miss Jessie M'Lean (her first appearance on the English stage). Baritones and Basses : Mr. Santley, Mr. Henry Corri, Mr. Patey, Mr. T. Dietin, Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. T. Wal iworth, and Mr. George Honey. Tenors : Mr. Henry Haigh, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. C. Lyall, and Mr. W. }Tanis= Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. PEINCTPAL DANCER, MADEMOISELLE LAisioritEux. PRICES OP A MIMIC'S : —Private Bpsea, from 10s. 6d. to £4 Stallß, Seven Shillings; Dress Circle. Five Shillings ; Upper Circle. Four Shillings ; Pit, Two Shillings and Six pence ; Amphitheatre Stalls, Two Shillings ; Amphitheatre, One Shilling. The Box-office veal be open from Ten to Five on, and each day after, Thursday, October 17. No Harechage fo ra r booking, nor tees to Box-keepers. Doors open at Sl x. Commence at Seven o'clock. Stage-Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting-Manager, Mr. Edward Murray. ROYAL LYC EUM THEATRE. Manager---Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING, MY AUNT'S FITTSBAND. Alter which, at Eight o'clock, the new and success nl comedy of WOMAN ; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robles, Mrs. h TChomson. arles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss M urray, an d Miss Lydia To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in which mi ss Lydia Thompson will danee a New Volunteer Quick Step. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 8, to commence at 7. .130 x-office open daily from 11 till 5. T 't-{EA'rRE•ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. B ("anon r. j IC VENIN(, the nerformances will commence with THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shy'ock, Mr. Edwin Booth ; Launcelot Gobbo, Mr. Buckstone ; Portia, Mrs. Charles Young. Atter which, FITZSMYTHE OF FITZSMYTHE HALL . Mr. Buckstone and Mrs. Wilkins. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Commence a' 7. Hence the whole affair was dealt with almost like a mob rising, or a mutiny. Soldiers were called out; the military commandant of the city interfered ; the Chief Superintendent of the Police galloped three horses out of breath, for what pur pose the public could not divine, for all was ended by Count PIITIATIN, the Minister of Public In struction, meeting the young men in the lecture room, scolding them well, and sending them home. Some of the proceedings seem to have been very disgraceful. At the request of General PHILIP • SON, the curator, the students appointed a depu tation to confer with him on the re opening of the University. It will hardly be credited that the three young men chosen were actually arrested, and with twenty-five others sent to prison ! The object evidently was to entrap the leaders. But what can be thought of a Government which can practice such tricks as these on young men, even if it thinks they are a little less manage able than it wishes. The EMPEROR all this time was on his trawls in the South. When he returns he will hear tales of a University insurrection, not at War saw, but at St. Peterburg itself. The horse killing police superintendent will, of course, have an awful tale to tell him of what would have been done, had he not scoured the streets like a hunts man. IGNATIEFF and all the Generals seem, however, to have been convincedthat it was no case for military intervention at all, and Count PUTIATIN was able to quell it with words only. It seems likely, however, that the Minister of Public Instruction will find himself without any means of public instruction left him, the universities having been all shut up. Two of the most remarkable tributes yet paid to the Volunteer movement are those which have been recently proffered to it by Mr. ROEBUCK and Miss NIGHTINGALE. Of the two, we hardly know which is the more striking. In obedience to the old courtly instinct which cries Place aux dames, we turn first of all to the consideration of the hearten ing words lately addressed to the Riflemen of Eng land by our Great English Sister of Charity—with a name as beautiful as her reputation—FLOßENCE NIGHTINGALE! The commendation uttered by the member for Sheffield is—according to the wont of that distinguished Tribune of the People—uttered vigorously and effectively by word of mouth. The occasion afforded to Mr. ROEBUCK being a Rifle Corps Demonstration down at Newport. What is said, on the contrary, about her armed compatriots by the gentle-hearted Nurse and Comforter of the British Soldier is said through the more womanly medium of writing. Miss NIGHTINGALE addresses herself to the still rapidly multiplying ranks of the Volunteers, pen in hand, from her desk at Hampstead. But the words that fell from that pen of hers upon the paper are not one iota less effective or less vigorous than those articulated by the lips of Mr. ROEBUCK at Newport—eliciting though those words of the hon. and learned gentleman did from his auditors round after round of earnestly responsive acclama tions. Both the letter of Miss NIGHTINGALE and the speech of Mr. ROEBUCK have greeted the Volun teers of England during this present month of October ; the speech being delivered, as we have intimated, at Newport, and the letter penned at Hampstead. Miss NIGHTINGALE se, s forth in her epistle (which by the way is addressed indirectly to our Riflemen, through the medium of her cor respondent, Sir HARRY VERNEY) with a naturally exultant reference to the fact that, at the very commencement of the present year (and we are now rapidly approaching the close of it !), the number of Volunteers had even then attained an aggregate of 150,000 men ! By this time, after the lapse ( i f more than three quarters of another twelvemonth, that aggregate must have been enhanced to a grand total but very little short indeed of-200,000 Rifle men! And as Miss NIGHTINGALE takes occasion at once to remark, "These Volunteers are of the same race with the handful of men who defended th" trenches at Sevastopol, as the Greeks held the posi tion of Thermopylze, and who, when dying of slow torture in hospital, drew their blankets over their o h l a d v . e nToht a t n o k u G n o d D er i g " o sh th e e e e x e c e l l a o i w ms a , g heads, and di e t w i thout a word, like the heroes of t u h n e t e e de sr agonies s r V i l fence of their country. But I for one (and I speak notwithstanding an ex • penence of the horrors of war which no man has had), was not at all sorry to see the spirit of war brought home to , our people's lives in the glerious risi • • ng of the Volunteers." Miss NIGHTINGALE hastens to ex- Plain herself : " A country," she writes, needs re-tempering sometimes. England, from her grand mercantile and commercial successes, has been called sordid. GOD knows she is not ! The simple eon ring patience, the good se nse , t h e rag e, the enduring s t re ngth to su ffer in silence—' hat nation shows m ore of this in war than is shown by her com monest soldier . P " Has she not her own wonderful ex p er iences in this way to refer to ?, Nay—oh p, elm refer to them, to some of them at least, and in this wise. " I have seen men dying of dysentery," she writes, " but scorning to report themselves sick lest they should thereby throw more labour on their comrades, go down to the trenches and make the trenches their death-bed. There is nothing in his tory to compare with it. Other nations may do it for glory, but we for duty, as the Duke of WEL LINGTON said. I say no one has seen the horrors of war as I have, yet I was glad to see the spirit of war arising in •ur Volunteers. The declaration will possibly shock the sensibilities of Mr. BRIGHT and his Peace-at-any-price sympathisers—more parti cularly seeing that it is a declaration falling from the lips, or rather from the pen, of a woman ! But, what, in truth, is the meaning of it ? Is it not manifestly that Miss NIGHTINGALE exults in this outbreak of warlike feeling in England purely and simply, wholely and solely, because she has such a mortal loathing of the horrors of war I And be cause, in a grand warlike rising like that of our Rifle Volunteers, this gentle but dauntless woman recognises the best security against it Gladly would we pause awhile over FLORENCE NIGHT INGALE'S affecting tribute to the memory of her " dear chief," as she calls him—the late SIDNEY HERBERT! But we must hasten on to afford our selves one momentary glance at Mr. ROEBUCK'S no less heart-stirring tribute to the Volunteers. The member for Sheffield in his recent speech at Newport has hardly uttered the name of the Rifle Volunteers before he goes on at once directly to the point in their regard. " Why," he asks, "do I look with complacency upon the appearance of the Volunteers of England !) It is this that makes me look so. Some years ago I felt—l knew—that there was a feeling abroad that England was defenceless; that she could be assailed; and that there 'were people ready to assail her. But, as if from the teeth of CADMUS, there has arisen this body of Volunteers, and that feeling that said it would dare to invade England has faded away, and gone to the shoes of those who held it. They do not now talk of any invasion of England. We are, as your honourable chairman has said, England defending itself. The Volunteers of this country have done that for us which no army could do. And why ? Foreign armies are com pelled to appear, and an army is supposed to be here what it is there. None of them have any Volunteers, and they knew that when you rose up it was England speaking, and you were confident against the world in arms." That is really and truly the whole secret. There is now an end of the Alarmists. And so long as the Rifle Corps throughout the land are kept up there will remain an end of them. They can only be recalled to life by the disbandment of our Volunteers. THEi SON, LONDON, TITURSD A.Y E VENI NG, OCTOBER 1861. The new organ set up in the parish church of St. Paul, Southwark, near the London-road, will be used at the next Sunday's services, when sermons will be preached on behalf of the organ fund by Revds. Wm. Cur ling and McConnel Irnssey. The instrument, from the factory of Hunter and 'Webb, organ builders, of Lambeth, was " opened" on Sun day last. The neighbourhood is far from a wealthy one, but a good deal of interest has been shewn by the inhabitants, who must hope for assistance from their richer neighbours to fully carry out the com pletion of this desirable assistance to divine service. NOTICE FOR A GENERAL MOURNING.—Great Chamberlain's-office.---In consequence of,,the demise of his Imperial Majesty Hien Fung, Emperor of China, all persons who have charge of the tea-pot are invited to show their feelings by putting a decent black tea into the said pot, and a decent quantity of it, until further notice from those who have hitherto had to complain of an opposite line of conduct. —(Signed) PUNCH VERESBY. A WARLIKE CARGO.—The Greenock Advertiser says :—The screw-steamer Fingal, which cleared at this port last week for Madeira and the West Coast of Africa, had on board 11,341 vifles, 60 pistols, 24,1001 b. gunpowder, 409,000 cartridges, 555,000 percussion -caps, 600 sabres, a quantity of wrought leather belts, 4 cannon, 11 tons of lead shot, 7 tons of shell, 220 swords, a quantity of wearing ap parel, and 9,982 yards of blankets. The cargo is valued at £49,000. SAILING OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Com pany's screw steamer City of Baltimore sailed yesterday from Liverpool for New York. She took out about 50 cabin passengers, and had £56,200 in gold on freight ; she had also on board 300 bales of wool and 800 bags of rice. The Grand Jury have returned a true bill against Mr. Tulin, the projector of the street tramways and 12 members of the vestry of Lambeth parish, for a nuisance by obstructing the Bennington-road and the Westminster bridge-road, by placing the tramway upon these roads, and thereby preventing the public from passing along them. THE 'GOVERNORSHIP OF WHITE CROSS-STREET PRISON.-At the Court of Aldermen, held yesterday, the resignation of Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks was accepted. 11l health and the duties of the gallant officer as Commandant of the London Rifle Brigade are the causes of the resigna tion of tho office. The rumours to which certain recent publications have given rise have attracted the attention of the French Government, who will take into consideration what mea sures to adopt against anonymous pamphlets. It is stated that the French contingent to the land forces to be employed in the expedition to Mexico is to con sist of four battalions, with a battery of artillery, which agrees with the information of the Monde, which puts the whole expeditionary force at 6,000, half French and half Spaniards. Persons who are curious in Scottish stories of wit and humour, speak much of the sayings of a certain "Laird of Logan," who was a well known character of the west of Scotland. This same laird of Logan was at a meeting of the heritors of Cumnock, where a proposal was made to erect a new churchyard wall. He met the proposition with the dry remark, "I never big dykes till the tenants com plain." The laird sold a horse to an Englishman, saying, " You buy him as you see him ; but he's an honest beast." The purchaser took him home. In a few days he stumbled and fell, to the damage of his own knees and his rider's head. On this the angry purchaser remonstrated with the laird, whose reply was, " Well, sir, 1 told you he was an honest beast ; many a time has he threatened to come down with me, and I keened he would keep his word some day." —.Reminiscences of Scottish _Life and ghal aeter. MIDDLE TEMPLE LIBRARY.—The day for the inauguration of this magnificent structure by the Prince of Wales has now been fixed. On the last day of the month his Royal Highness will proceed to the Temple and inau gurate its new library. The members who intend to be present will do well to notify their intention to the Under- Treasurer without loss of time. AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN'S " CORRECTION" OF HIS CREW.—At the Arbroath police-court oz Monday, Samuel Colson, master of the American brig Amos M. Roberts, was charged before Bailie Trail with committing an assault on his second mate, John Smith, on board the vessel in har. bour. The mate had been left in charge during the absence of the captain, who, on his return, found the man drunk reprimanded him in the American vein )f strong impreca tion, and ordered him below. Instead of going, the mate threatened to " whip" the master, whenupon the latter seized a barrel stave and knocked Smith down by a smart blow on the head, repeating the stroke tvo or three times. The mate appeared in court without bearing any mark of blows. The master's defence was that le struck the man in self-defence, and that he had a right to administer " correction" to his men to maintain discipline. The case was found proved, and the magistrate remarked that if any man in this country had struck a horse severely with such a weapon as he had used to his mate, he would have been punished for cruelty to animals. Colson was tined five guineas. The Amos M. Roberts is the first vessel under the "stars and stripes" that ever entered this harbour, and the system of discipline this case indicates has not favour ably prepossessed seamen in this quarter towards the Ame rican merchant service.—North British Daily Mail. ALARMING OCCURRENCE AT THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY STATION.—With the view of facilitating the conduct of the enormous traffic and improving the public accommodation at this place, the directors of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway some time since de cided upon enlarging their station to a considerable extent on the left hand, or London arrival side: The works have been carried on with great vigour, and they began to assume an appearance approaching completion. Large iron girders had been laid for the foundation of the new lines, and the roof, forming a space of 58 feet, had been partially raised. This was constructed of a large number of iron bars fastened into new brickwork of a massive character on one side, and joined to the existing top of the station on the other. Yesterday morning, about half-past five o'clock, the inhabitants residing in the vicinity of the station were alarmed by hearing a loud crash, and many persons as soon as possible dressed themselves and made their way to the terminus, when they found that about 50 yards of the iron roof had fallen from its elevated position on to the road be neath. The force with which the roof descended must have been very great, inasmuch as some of the iron bars were broken, twisted, and bent in a variety of shapes, while a railing formed of ordinary scaffold poles, erected to pro tect the workmen, was in many places shattered into splin ters. The scene of the accident being some distance re moved from the rails the business of the line is in no way whatever impeded. CHAPLAINCY OF READING GAOL.—The appoint bunt of a chaplain to Reading gaol took place on Monday at the Michaelmas Sessions for Berkshire, held at the Bride well-hall, Abingdon, the post having been vacated some time since by the Rev. R. Mant, formerly chaplain at Taun - ton gaol. Among the magistrates present were Lord Over stone, the Right Hon. J. R. Mowbray, M.P., the Hon. P. Bouverie, M.P., Mr. R. Benyon, M.P., Sir R. Throckmor ton, Bart., Sir P. Hunter, Bart., &c. There were 24 cot didate,, three of whom withdrew. After several divisions the contest remained between the Rev. J. B. Colvill (chap lain, Royal Berks Hospital), and the Rev. H. 0. Crawley (chaplain, Abingdon gaol), and, on the votes being taken, Mr. Colvill was elected by a majority of five. LOVE AT FIRST Swim—Not many weeks since as two young ladies were taking their evening's airing on the platform at the St. Austell station, the last down train arrived, a gentleman stepped out and espied the fair ones by the "light of the moon." One of them particularly struck his fancy; to use the words of a novelist, "a strange sen sation suddenly took possession of him. Love entered his soul." After some civilities, he asked her if she would have him, but she laughingly told him she was already married ; being incredulous, he pressed here to tell where she lived, but she di•l not gratify him ; he however persevered, and followed her to her father's house. Within doors, his im pertinence did not dese7t him ; preliminaries were arranged, and last Sunday they were married in St. Austell Church. She is one of several daughters of a worthy baker at Ply.. mouth, and the bridegroom is said to be a Prussian, who was for 12 years a steward on board one of her Majesty's ships, but retired from service on his father's dying and leaving him a large fortune. He now resides in Wales, where he has bought a large hotel.—Stafordshire Adver tiser. SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER AT DROYLSDEN.— It will be recollected that in consequence of the exhuma tion of a male child at Droylsden, near Manchester, on Thursday morning, the 3d instant, and a subsequent post mortem examination by Dr. Lees, of Ashton-under-Lyne, a warrant was granted for the apprehension of Nancy Armsfield, the mother, on a charge of wilful murder. Since then, Mr. Ludlam, of the Lancashire county constabulary, stationed near Ashton, in whose hands the warrant was placed, has been making active and anxious inquiries to ascertain the whereabouts of the suspected murderess, and he has received many communications from various parts of the country. On Monday the search proved successful, Armsfield having been brought from Scotland, and delivered up at the Wilshaw Station, Oldham-road, near Ashton. Mr. Superintendent Everett, in whose custody the woman was, stated she was apprehended about one o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, at the cutting of a railway tuhnal at Hawick, Roxburgh, Scotland ; it is supposed she was co habiting with one of the navvies there. As Mr. Ludlam, the superintendent of police, was away on business, the woman was taken to Droylsden, yesterday morning, for identification, where she was brought up before one of the county magistrates and remanded till this morning, when she will be brought before the magistrates at Ashton, and the serious charge of murdering her child preferred against her. Armsfield criminates the putative father of the child, charging him with having thrown it into the canal; and she makes other statements with reference to its death which it is not at present advisable to publish. John Clerk's translation of the motto of the Celtic viz.:—" Oli m m a r te nunc ar t s; ' “Form C er lu ly b r is capital, rubbers snon thieves.,, (N.B.—He had a strong hatred of the race.) Very dry an d p i t h y too was hi s l egal opinion given to a claimant of th e A nnan d a l e peerage, w h o, when pressing the employment of some obvious forgeries, was warned, that if he persevered, nae Boot he might be a peer, but it would be a peer o' anther tree I—Reminiscences) of doltish Zile and character. TILE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. Mr, and Mrs. German Reed, in conjunction with their accomplished associate, Mr. John Parry, have resumed their pleasant performances at the Gallery of Illustration. The favour with which the enter tainment produced at Easter was received in the first instance having continued without the least diminution till the close of the season, it has not been deemed necessary to change the programme ; and the lively dramatic sketches, entitled " Our Card Basket," and " The Rival Composers," the former by Mr. Shirley Brooks, and the latter by Mr. W. Brough, were performed last night with as much spirit and success as ever. The only alter ation cf any importance that has been made in the representation consists in the introduction of a new character, Miss Dolly Chickabiddy, a full grown and ambitions young woman, whom her jealous mother will insist on treating as a child, and banishing to the nursery. This amusing part is played in effective style by Mrs. German Reed, who details her grievances with ludicrous pathos, and sings a new song absurdly descriptive of the sorrows of a young lady who longs for conquests, yet will not be allowed to "come out." Mr. Reed gives with capital effect his musical recitation of "The Hunt in Scamperdown•park ;" and the quaint, quiet humour of Mr. Parry is as usual displayed to excellent advantage in the characters of " Mr. Babbleton" and " Miss Rhadamantha Pry." It were to be wished, however, that he would favour the audience with some of his famous comic songs. THE GERMAN FLEET. (TO A LITTLE IPATHERLAND LIMBER.) And did the little German cry I want to have a fleet ? A navy in his little eye ? 0, what a grand conceit I Well ; if he'll promise to be good, His wish he shall enjoy; See, here's a ship cut out of woed— A proper German toy. The prettiest fleet that ere was seen Shall be at his command ; This is the type of that marine That best fits Fatherland. 'Twill crown his aspirations fond, And realise his dream ; 'Twill crest the waves of every pond, And ride each rippling stream. But then his Fatherland's extent His navy must confine, And his ambition must be pent Within its bounding line. To covet Schleswig he must cease, Holstein no more desire; And not disturb his neighbour's peace, To play at sword and fire. To man his ships there needs no crew Of highly seasoned tars ; That's well where Neptune's sons are few; He wants but eons of Mars, In Fatherland to hold his own, And keep the foeman's feet From off that stroam whose banks alone Demand a German fleet.—.Punelt. The Prince of Wales arrived at Clumber last night, on a visit to the Duke of Newcastie. His Royal Highness reached Crewe, from Scotland, on Tuesday, and passed the night at the Crewe Arms Hotel. Yesterday morning, he made an excursion to Shrewsbury and Ludlow —his object in visiting the latter town being, it is reported, to inspect a mansion in that neighbourhood, of which he is about to become the purchaser. In the evening, he left Crewe for Clumber. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, accompanied by General Sir Edward Bowater, will leave Buckingham Palace on Saturday next, for Cannes, for the winter. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by a numerous staff, lunched at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, after the review at Shomcliffe on Tues day last. Viscount Palmerston arrived at his residence in Piccadilly yesterday from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. His lordship returns to Broadlands this afternoon. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Cetto have returned to town from Brighton. The Duke of Wellington left Apsley House on Monday, to join the duchess, who is on a tour of visits in Scotland, The Earl Russell arrived in town on Tuesday evening, to attend the Cabinet Council held yesterday. The Earl of Harrowby left Grosvenor-square on Monday for Burghley Hall, Stamford, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter. The Earl and Countess of Lincoln left town on Tuesday for Clumber Park, where they will remain during the visit of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The Countess of Longford and Lady Louisa Pakenham have returned to town from Folkestone. Lord Stanley, M.P., is expected to leave St. James's-square to-morrow, for the Earl of Derby's seat, Knowsley Park, Lancashire. The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin who was lately accidentally wounded by the discharge of a gun whilst out shooting, is now convalescent. His Highness has forbidden any investigation respecting the accident to be made, and has refused even to hear the name of the per son who caused it. Thanksgivings for the recovery of the Sovereign have been offered up in all the churches of the Grand Duchy. IRON-CASED BATTERIES.—The _Mare de la Loire, of Nantes, says :—" The construction of eight iron-cased batteries has recently been confided to private builders in our different ports—viz., four at Bordeaux, two at Nantes, and two at Havre. We have been informed that two or more are expected to be ordered at our port." L A rf #4l I IN WSf CRACOW, OCT. 16. Yesterday being the day appointed for the cele bration of the Kosciusko anniversary in Warsaw, the Bourse and all the shops were closed in that city, notwithstanding the severe prohibition of the authorities. Military surrounded the churches, 'which were ,hronged by the inhabitants. Numerous arrests were made, without distinction as to age or sex. Great agitation prevails. WARSAW, OCT. 15. Notwithstanding the prohibition of the authori ties and the proclamation of a state of siege, the projectecklemonstration took place here to-day. Numerous arrests were made in consequence, and the crowds of people were dispersed by a charge of cavalry, without, however, any bloodshed. PARIS, OcT. 16. Signor Rattazzi has arrived in Paris. The Presse and the Pays of this evening state that the King and Queen of Prussia will be present at the fete to be given by the Duke of Magenta, representative of the Emperor of the French at the coronation, and that their Majesties have declined to accept any other invitations from the extra ordinary Ambassadors. The Patric of this evening publishes a despatch from Rome, dated the 14th inst., announcing that the French military authorities at Rome have con tracted for the supply of provisions to the French garrison for another year. PESTH, OCT. 16. The magistrates of Pesth have resolved en send ing an address to the Emperor, stating that they intend to set aside several recent illegal ordinances, and, in case the execution of the same should be persisted in by the Government, to tender their resignation en masse. M. Nappy, who had been appointed Obergespan of the Comitat of Pesth, and had already taken the oath of allegiance, has tendered his resignation, stating as a reason the impossibility of carrying on the administration under present circumstances. The functionaries forming the Assembly of the Comitat of Arad, lately dissolved, will remain in office until the Ist of November next, in order to prevent anarchy. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 16.—The market has been firm, and prices well maintained. Threes, for the Ac count, are now at 67f. 95c. Railways also firm. The following are the last quotations :- 44 per per Cents ... 95 45 Credit Foncier 1170 Do. end month.... 95 501 Belgian 4f lO2 25 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 85 Roman Bank Shares 2900 Austrian Credit ➢lobilier.. „ 692 50 Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 693 75 i Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1330 .. 1331 25 Northern New ditto 9OO Lyons and Mediterranean 1016 25 .. 1018 75 Geneva 335 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard 521 25 .. 522 25 AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 16. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia screw steamship City of New York, previously reported at Queenstown, arrived here this morning, with advices from New York to the sth inst. The most important item bearing upon the war news is a startling report which had been received at New Orleans, by letter from St. Louis, announc ing that 70 Federal vessels were going up the Balize to capture that place. The date of the letter was not given. The New York Times, without vouching for the truth of the report, says : " It is well known that the Government has for some time been purchasing and fitting out steamers for special service, and that a numerous body of sailors have been re cruited; and it is equally certain that these steamers and sailors have not been retained in the Northern ports. The comparatively defenceless position of New Orleans, and its importance as a commercial port, have quite likely induced the Government to plan its capture, as the most effectual blow which could be struck against the rebels at the present time. It will be recollected, also, that Dr. Russell, in one of his recent letters to the London Times, has made mention of such an expedition, intended to proceed up the Missis sippi river to meet Gen. Fremont on his progress down." On the 3d a battle is reported to have taken place in Western Virginia between Gen. Reynolds' Bri gade and the Confederates under Lee. The Federal troops, numbering 5,000, had made a reconnaissance in front of the enemy's position on Greenbrier river, and report having severely punished the Con federates. The Federal forces are stated to have had a most brilliant success in the Kanawha Valley, killing 60 of the Confederates and taking 70 prisoners. In their escaping they were also intercepted by Col. Hiatt, and experienced a still further loss of 40, and had a large number taken prisoners. The report of the removal of Gen. Fremont from his command in Missouri is stated to have created considerable excitement in St. Louis. A recruiting rendezvous of an Irish regiment was closed on the reception of the news ; a meeting for the formation of a Home Guard adjourned without action, and a mass meeting called to express an opinion. The excitement, however, was calmed on the reception of a despatch from Secretary Seward, stating that General Fremont bad not been ordered to Washing ton, nor from the field, and that no court-martial had been ordered for his trial. On the forth the Confederate forces made their appearance in the vicinity of Falls Church, but made no hostile demonstration. Munson's-hill has been strongly fortified, the 37th New York Regi ment having thrown up intrenchments. The evacuation of Lexington by the Confederate forces under Price is left without doubt, intelligence having reached Jefferson City that the whole Con federate force had left on the 30th ult., General Sturgis, who is reported to have made his appear ance on the opposite side of the Missouri just in time to shell the rear-guard of the retiring army, being in possession. The intelligence had been con • veyed by Major Baker, of the Home Guards, he having escaped from the Confederates after being taken prisoner. The Major confirmed the report that Price's command numbers 40,000 men. When heard from last he was moving towards Indepen dence, in order to avoid General Siegel, who was in pursuit of him. Kentucky advices from Bowling-green state that Buckner had gone with a portion of his men through Hopkinsville, Greenville, and other places, seizing arms wherever he could find them. It was reported that he intended soon to attack Spotsville. A body of Confederate troops had taken possession of Hop kinsville, a small body of Federal troops stationed there falling back to Henderson. The Confederate troops at Bowling-green, it is stated, believe that their numbers can be reinforced by 30,000 at a day's notice. Along the Upper Potomac all was re ported quiet. The New York Times says : " Private information has recently been received from the rebel army which renders it probable that their strongest position is about a mile and a quarter in the rear of Manas sas Junction, where the entire available reserves of the South are being collected. This information comes from a person who has recently, in the interest of the Government, visited all the principal points from Richmond to . Lees burgh. He fully confirms previous reports of the &sag's faction and demoralization which exist in the rebel army, increased to a great extent by the recent national victory at Hatteras and by the ill success of Floyd, Wise, and Lee in Western Virginia. The appointment of Gustavus W, Smith, formerly Superintendent of Streets in the city of New York, to a generalship in the Confederate army has been confirmed. He was a graduate at West Point, in the same class as Gen. M'Clellan. Secretary Se ward had declined to release Robert Elliot, from Maine, a prisoner in Fort Lafayette, complimenting the Governor for his efficient service in ferreting out the treason. The privateer Sumter is reported to be still at large. The latest advices from Surinam report her crew to have become much reduced by desertion and other causes. General M'Clellan had issued some important orders. Among others is one referring to the late depredations committed by the Union troops at the village of Fall's Church. These excesses he de nounces as atrocious, and feels convinced that they have been the work of a few bad men, and that the officers and soldiers of the army generally will unite in the suppression of practices which disgrace the whole army. He orders that in future the penalty of death shall be enforced upon all parties con victed of such outrages. In another order General M'Clellan designates all the forts and works in the vicinity of Washing ton, to the number of 32, by special names, by which they shall be known hereafter. The Secretary of the Treasury was making arrangements to place 2,000,000 dole. to the credit of the United States Government in London, for the purchase of the ships used in the Crimean war for the purposes of transportation. Owing to some alleged differences which had arisen upon points of military etiquette between Gen. Anderson and Gen. Mitchell, it would appear that Gen. M'Cook, of Ohio, had recently laid before the President and Cabinet a statement of the case, and a request that a new commander be appointed to the department of Kentucky. Gen. Anderson was said to be in very bad health, and the proposi tion of Gen. M'Cook received the approbation of both Gen. Anderson and Gen. Mitchell. The result had been the appointment of Gen. M'Cook to the department of Kentucky ; and it was understood that the Kentuckians in Washington were highly pleased at this arrangement. JAPAN. We are in receipt of advices from Japan which throw some more light upon the recent attack upon the British Legation at Jeddo. The number of assailants killed and wounded on the premises is stated as 24, and the whole affair appears, from the subjoined document which was found in the pocket of one of the wounded, to have originated in the spon taneous desire of a band of men to " do the State some service," and so to render themselves famous whether they perished or survived. The idea, it will be admitted, is quite consistent with the state of Japan and the character of its people. Here is a translation of the document itself : " I, although aperson of low degree, have taken the earnest resolution to perform a great deed to the honour of the Sove reign, and to expel the foreigner, as it is intolerable to stand by and see the sacred empire violated by the barbarian. But, properly, the performance of such a deed as shall cause the might of the empire to sparkle in foreign regions is dif ficult for the power of a person of low standing. Yet, lam simple of opinion, with a desire to combine a very little sin cerity and a very limited force, whereby partly to shower a thousand benefits upon the empire. Should this also tend by and by to expel the foreigner, and if I could tranquilise re spectfully the Imperial minds, it would indeed redound to my greatest honour, though but a person of low degree. I have thus taken the resolution regardless of my own life. " ARINGA. HANYA. " YAZAWA KINOSKE. " OKAMI TOMESIRO. " WATANABE Go-ozo. " MAIEKI SIMPACHIRO. "FURUKAWA SHIMENOSKE. " MORI HANZO. " YAMAZAKI SINNOSKE. " SAKAKI ETZABRO. " NAKAMOORA TEISKE. " KIMOORA Ko- oNosxE, " KOBOEI TORAKICHI. " ISHIKAW KINSHIRO. " KOORASAWA GORO." We take the following Japan news from the .North China Herald of August 10: "At Jeddo, the Japanese seemed to expect another attack, as, besides the usual guard, they had the retainers of two Damios as an extra protection, and the precautions to meet it were daily increasing. The guards were going about in full armour day and night, lamps were stuck up at save./ Lou .”‘", kept v.n all night at a distance of from 40 to 50 paces, so that it was impossible any one could get into the grounds of the Legation unob served. They are said to disapprove of the Marines being on guard, as, in case of an attack, they would be unable to distinguish between assailants and defenders, and would fire on both indiscriminately: "Mr. Oliphant's wounds were not dangerous, but it was desirable that he should have the first surgical assistance, and he will, therefore, return to England before long." The following quotation from the North China Herald, however, contains the following plausible account of the late outrage : " Some curious revelations, we understand, have reached our Minister as to the real instigator df the attack on the Legation ; and most curious of all, while it is traced to one of the great feudatory and semi-independent Princes, the provocation seems not to have come from us at all, but from the Russians I A collision, of which many of the details are in circulation among the people, appears to have taken place at the island of Tsassima, in the Straits of Corea, early in June, during which it is said the Prime's palace was bombarded, one of his villages and forts taken, and many of his followers killed and wounded. To avenge this outrage and defeat, hearing a great foreign chief was at Nagasaki on his way to Jeddo overland, he instantly despatched one of his emissaries to follow him; and if he could not be slain on the way, to find the fitting instruments among the Loonins—never far to seek in Jeddo—attack the Legation, and bring his head, after massacring everybody in it. This is the popular verson, and implicitly believed by many well-informed Japanese. That there was a collision at Tsassima with the Russians is certain. That the Prince was ill-disposed to foreigners before any such provocation is also known. That he should take this indiscriminate and wholesale way of avenging himself is only too much in keeping with their usual habits of thought and action—too much so, at all events, to be discarded as improbable." Nor is the alarm confined to Jeddo; the accounts from Yokuhama state that the consulate at Kana , gawa is turned into a regular stockade, with a double palisade and numerous guard-houses all round it, the entrance being guarded by armed Yacunins. THE ISLAND 01 SARDINIA. Yl\ The following letters have been exchanged be tween Mr. Cobden:and M. Minghetti, who at the date of Mr. Cobden's letter was Minister of the In terior for the Italian Kingdom : MR. COBDEN TO M. MARCO MINGHETTI. " Midhurst, Aug. 26, 1861. " My dear Sir,—You may have seen a statement made by Mr. Roebuck that an engagement had been entered into between the Governments of France and Italy for the cession of the island of Sardinia as the condition of the evacuation of Rome by the French troops. Would you have any objection to answer the question whether any such arrangement was ever entered into or contemplated on the part of the Government of Turin ? At the same time, let me add, that if you prefer not to reply to this letter, I shall consider that you have good public grounds for your silence, and it will not diminish the present esteem with which I regard you. I need hardly assure you with what friendly interest I have witnessed the great services you have ren dered to your country. My sympathies will always accompany you and your fellow-countrymen in your struggle for the independence of Italy.—Believe me, yours truly, (Signed) "RICHARD COBDEN. "M. Marco Minghetti, Minister of the Interior, Turin." M. MARCO MINGHETTI TO MR. COBDEN. " Turin, Sept. 2, 1861. "My dear Sir, —I thank you for your letter of the 26th August, and for its expressions, so cour teous towards myself and so kind for the Italian cause. " After the note inserted in the Monzteur, it Were perhaps superfluous for me to answer your inquiry. However, truth will always bear repetition. " I can, then, positively assure you that the Italian Government never had any agreement, and never entered into any negotiation, for the cession of Sardinia or any other part of the national terri tory. I can confirm this, not only from having myself occupied a post in the Government, but also from the intimate confidence / enjoyed with the lamented Count Cavour, and I am certain he Would have spurned any project of the kind if it had been submitted to him.—Accept the assurance of • my sin cere esteem. - - (Signed) " MARCO MINGHETTT." An old lady who lived not far from Abbotsford, and from whom the " Great Unknown" had derived many an ancient tale, was waited upon one day by the author of " Waverley." On endeavouring to give the authorship the go-by, the old dame protested, " D'ye think, sir, I dinna ken my ain groats in ither folk's trail ?"—Reminis cences of &Wish Life and Character. AN IMPERIAL STAG-HUNT AT COM- PlEfrY IV E. A correspondent writing from Compiegne, yes terday morning, says ; " A grand hunt took place in the forest on Mon day, and was favoured by the most beautiful weather. From an early hour in the morning all the principal avenues were lined with carriages and filled with numerous bodies of people on foot, not less than 10,000 having assembled. Vast numbers arrived in the morning from Paris by the railway. At eleven o'clock their Majesties and the Court sat down to breakfast, and at a quarter before one en tered the chars a-bancs to proceed to the forest, where the hounds and the horses awaited them. The meet took place at the Puits du Roi, about three miles to the south-east of Compiegne, and almost in the centre of the forest. The Prince Im perial set out a short time before the long cortege of the Court, and his appearance was hailed with loud acclamations. He wore the regular hunting costume—green gold-laced coat, white breeches, and high boots—with the three-cornered cocked hat of Louis XV. trimmed with white feathers, which the Emperor and Empress alone are privileged to wear. The Prince had that morning been presented by Marshal Vaillant with the button which entitles the possessor to wear the Imperial hunting cos tume, and the number of which is limited to 90. His Imperial Highness rode a small Sardinian pony, which showed so much fire that M. Bachon, equerry to the Prince, was obliged to keep as close as possible to it, fearing that the noise of the hounds might make the spirited little animal start off, and even cautioned the Prince to pay great attention to his horse. ' But Bachon,'. replied the young horse man, ' you have always told me not to be afraid of anything.' Their Majesties soon after arrived. The Empress, in a hunting costume, green, ornamented with gold lace, was the first to alight from the char a bane and run and kiss her son, who 'without alight ing from his horse graciously saluted on all sides. The Emperor, also in hunting costume, came and kissed the young huntsman, caressed the pony, and examined all the details of the girths, bridle, &c. The Princess Mathilde and Prince Joachim Murat soon joined their Majesties. The Emperor afterwards conversed for a few minutes with Lord Cowley and the Prince de Rouss, and then mounted his horse and gave the signal for the sport to commence. The King of Holland, who was dressed in plain clothes, remained in the char a bane, and followed the horsemen at a short distance, as did also the ladies and other guests at the Palace. The Empress, who had mounted a magnificent horse, followed the hounds for some time, and then, fearing the young Prince might become fatigued, took him with her in a caleche which was in waiting. A fine stag was started at the Grand Marais, and after a run of two hours was killed at the Mare-aux-Planchettes. All the Court soon after assembled at this spot, where refresh ments were served at the foot of a majestic oak. The Empress and the young Prince, who had for a time lost themselves in the intricacies of the forest, drove up soon after, and the Emperor led the prince to the spot where the animal was lying, his Imperial High ness expressing great regret that he had not been able to follow the hunt. At half-past four the Em peror, the Empress, the Prince Imperial, and the King of Holland returned to the Palace. At seven o'clock there was a dinner of 70 covers. At nine o'clock the curee took place as usual by torchlight, their Majesties standing on the balcony to witness the animated scene. After the curee there was a soiree at the Palace and dancing. COMPLETION OF THE MALTA AND ALEXANDRIA TELEGRAPH. • We are happy to announce the successful submergence of the last section of the Malta and Alexandria electric cable. The whole line is now laid and working admirably between these two ports. We have been able to collect the following particulars of this interesting and important undertaking, which has just been brought to such a suc cessful termination : It is already known that her Majesty's gunboat Mohawk, Commander lierrara, loft Malta on the 12th Septewber for Pert nardiah, on the north coast of Africa, about midway between Alexandria and Bengazi. She was followed on the 15th by her Majesty's surveying vessel Medina, Captain Spratt, C. 8., and a telegraph steamer Rangoon for the same place. At five p.m. on Thursday, the 19th ult., the end of the Alexandria section of the cable, lying off the en trance of Port Bardiah, was picked up, and the three ves sels proceeded on towards Bengazi. The Medina led the way, under the direction of Captain Spratt, and the Ran goon followed, paying out the cable, while the Mohawk kept close at hand to render any assistance, should it be neceesary. On the morning of Friday, the 20th, they sighted Ras-et-Teen, to which place her Majesty's gun boat Assurance, Lieut.-Commanding Luard, had been despatched on the 16th from Malta, to join the telegraph squadron on its passing that point. The four steamers then all proceeded in company till nightfall, when they anchored off the picturesque town of Derna for the night. Early on the following morning, the 21st, the squadron continued their course towards Ben gazi, skirting the interesting coast of Cyrenaica, and passing by the ruins at Marsa Sousa, Tolemeita, &c., and arrived at Bengazi, on the morning of the 23d, without a single interruption, the weather up to this time being very favourable. The Rangoon anchored about six miles from the shore, and having spliced the shore cable to the deep sea cable, steamed in as far as practicable, when she again came to an anchor, and the remainder of the shore end was landed by the boats, the crews of her Majesty's ships assist ing in the operation; thus completing the section from Alexandria to Bengazi. The other telegraph steamer Malacca, having on board the portion of cable to finish the Tripoli and Bengazi section, was at Bengazi, awaiting the arrival of the Rangoon, having left Malta on the 19th for this purpose. The whole of Messrs. Glasse, Elliott, and Co.'s electric and engineering staff, and the Government staff, except some electricians who were left at Bengazi to carry on the necessary testings, having passed over to her from the Rangoon, which returned to Malta, the Malacca, followed by the Medina, Mohawk, and Assurance started on the 24th, at 6 p.m., for the buoy in the Gulf of Syrtis. This buoy was attached to the end of the Tripoli portion of the Tripoli and Bengazi section,which, it will be remembered, was laid down in the beginning of last June. The Malacca reached the spot early next morn ing, the 25th. Ca the Medina coming up some hours after wards she pointed out the exact position of the buoy, but owing to there being a heavy sea on at the time, and a strong breeze blowing, the cable was not hooked and the end brought on board until the afternoon of the following day, the 24th, when the weather moderated. The splice being made, the Malacca commenced paying out—the Me dina, under the able directions of Captain Spratt, again act ing as pioneer, the other ships of war closely following as before. In the evening of the 27th one of the ships was sent on to the Garah rocks, and took up position near them, showing night signals, for the guidance of the squadron in passing those rocks by night. Next morning, the 28th, Bangazi was sighted ; and at 11 o'clock a.m. the Malacca anchored at a buoy that had been placed there beforehand to mark the spot for the junction of the deep-sea line to the shore cable. As the Malacca was steaming in with the shore end, the moment became one of great excitement. Captain Spratt signalled from the Medina—" Fortune fa vours the enterprise. I congratulate you on your success." The end was then landed, and carried into the same cable house into which the end of the Alexandria section had been as successfully brought a few days before. The final opera tion was performed in the presence of a crowd of astonished natives, under a salute of 19 guns, and amidst the enthusi astic cheering of all parties engaged. The whole line of cable between Alexandria and Malta is found to answer most admirably; its electric condition is perfect, and mes sages are despatched and received through its entire length with the greatest ease. There can be no doubt that it is the best laid and most perfect submarine cable in existence. Great care, foresight, and skill have been bestowed both on its manufacture and laying it down, and the reward has been the most complete and unprecedented success. THE MALTA AND CORFU AND MALTA AND CAGLIARI TELEGRAPH LINES.—The screw steamer Berwick, belong ing to Messrs. Glasse, Elliott, and Co., which has been engaged for some time past laying several submarine cables between France and the Coast of Africa for the French Go • vernment, has arrived at Malta, from Algiers, and proceeded to Corfu, for the purpose of attempting the repair of the Malta and Cortu cable, or, if this be found impracticable, to recover as much of it as possible. After this she will try to repair or recover the Malta and Cagliari cable. We trust that the enterprising firm, who have just brought to such a happy termination the grand undertaking of the Malta and Alexandria telegraph cable, will meet with all the suc cess their perseverance and skill so richly deserve. DEATH OF MAJOR PRINGLE —The death of Major John Watson Pringle, of the Royal Engineers, oc curred a t Bathwick - hills Villa, Bath, on the 12th i ns t. Th e deceased officer, who was in his 70th year, entered the above corps on the 23d August, 1809, and served in the Peninsula from January, 1810, to the end of the war in 1814, includ ing the battles of the Nivelle and Nive, in which latter en gagement he was wounded. He served also in the cam paign of 1815, and was severely wounded at Waterloo. He became lieutenant May 1, 1811; captain, July 21, 1815 ; and major, November 28, 1854. He had received the war medal with three clasps for his valuable services,