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

10 6 liNnt-Jet-s a.m.' Lagan rota' ouT-Flot-sa.m.**=' N. Wall- (mur e m-24 March —f 29 Sept.—ErraJaCio no THE ASTRAL PERIGEE' AN PHILOSOPHY. CINQUE-PORTAL, Wit-in-G" moot-court.—ln B. a DieN-Cinq'kent--50. N. .Pilot-soar arch'n-ccel "by i 3 astre-ge6graph fisc to ( l over's s Arrow . • • : : off and-on, Diepp's-Rouen to Lizard-Pt. o'er Ind. Quadra,-, culmination zodiac wend t'wrd minord's Langue G'ock 40e N. Its state-rope Anchor flag-tow's pres-by Tyre 'round the fixt earth, as of Titus Vespasian's meter, yr 79 on 1824-35 Act in Dacca Conchea'd. The Boteoigne 'd illegal mixt Comffn Regatta fete of the 27-Bth, Augnst'en A.D 1861—as eve sham'd on " the com bar-n'head'ng night of Ihon papte'r—issued on the 13th, Old Lammass-day from the " Mandato office (of Grand master of Malta's College, St. James's-st.", on U. S. c. 33, s. 7, 1800-2-as of Amiens treaty-Nap), in duplex welkin Pau/ the capson-scholastic, by Goal LEWES' Ship ' way sear of iparis, on kirk 'Earth-moving' error. *•:) N . viz. This aftermath Bamfin , out-ifot;m,_,exchange as Corn hill-st. mr-ck-aTd4.—i G.G. G.-father CowPER (1712) like G.G.G.t chiId=PAI,HERSTON 1861] as of H. J. Temple —cites the charter of Bristol by L. P. 9 Anne, 24 July for its backwarn'ng to six, five, or four." comber- (on's in Lath'm Span'sh Cabotage) curvature a Latrinity-Hs.. Yer the sunk port, Q. inn Jek'm land wad-set's prior to Pope Nic.'s tax 1291-97-Doge 11.G,'s 9th, at Shore-Ham , .Bright-helm -stone meridian of Loudon Lsd, now resumed for " Carthage-mud port-Coe hon, Edict Comffn., of Review in Egypt's 1828," by 9-10 W. 3d, c. 1.5, for undersigned's tole E-truscan " Arbitrat'm „Irate • tra. Pontificum—EmSra tor" in u-log Os, 'twixt Turkish AL - 1, and Codrington, who didn't— " Scorn arbitration as a stain 9th] To ninth and tenth of William's reign." [no 10th. No '• 1.581's Earthrolling-bull," with a 'Fiat earth Lan 14DPG'ei '=.* O'er Jet'famen'ys astral.—So Ist, See I Edw. VI., c. re-enacted in. 1832, by 2-3 Will. IV., cap. 92, sec. 4,—entitled, The Submission of the Clergy Restraint o f A ppea l s — a s yet pending to Potnbal's Brazil-9, in None intervention, 25 Henry 8, cap. 19, viz., Whereas divers life-titled noblemen and spiritual persons have sent out civil-summons, in their owR names, as in the ti m e of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, con trary to the common l a w, touching writs iu lay cau ses of correction, de lure patronatus, and probates of testaments Be it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other officars on behalf of the King's High ness, do boar the State 'fiscustom'ary endorsement, as well as the official Common -clerk's name placed under the citor's name, and after the registered seal, in " Die Kaaren Jet; M" TEST to wit. 0 Peveßsey : : Rofa. transit mane in Antooc right o'er N.Z—Waitangi's treaty. (0. S. 20. E. Az°rs). Thus — Lvganum-ztotalorum's of Kent, under aubsyderal lathe epochs for P. audits to Bow towns fspreflx 51to N., its L'ond'on-wave over a) Wall-in-ford bye --sfeirencester Seven hundreds' in 34-HY. Alnothus to 1 4 Hen. I's hogshead of wine " Exchange-ex —." as of Bristol's "'' leva langu6' in alt'mare Conic-meet, of Fresh And salt water Admiral's Court." 2lly. Whence, by 1 Fhilip & Mary, c. 7, "No man shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator of the Water bailiff's Silver-oar, of July, 1521, 81—now Utrecht's Indian-paddle Treaty of 1713-63, as of Mexico's Philipine isled Bohun inspector of all ,fiscal-Meter-Crts. who, like WOLSEY, shall take on himself the power 'to direct and serve his own precept.' Wherefore this Negative ; since (by Russn-Dutch loan on America's double-hdd-eagle KOPECK, in Mingan trust-acts of 1832), pension'd Church-Queen's "ince- of a, by civil list, —tho' in 6'er"Left facts"—have ceased to be the head of Malcolm G.G G-son monetary Trust, in prbsbytera'l 4f:estate, and at your peril disobey this law —for one and all'—as based on Agricola's ,`'cot and 'lot hand-up ceremonial,'—typic on Caesar's silver coinage for electing yearly the Ex'change shat, en 29th Sept., or Simicall - nieze--*mag,istrates, in union with the 24th March one—, 27, Aug. 31, 1861 [unpaid-jan.ter martyr 19 yrs], London, PETER BASQUET, t The flag-union Jac, Ist Fruit a.tn M p m. Pacca-corn hill'd Tribune, of Income 1Q tax, Antipodoc Colonr a/ Chief freeman Bute. of 1842, as the Criminal Law's Extradi -3 Temple. tion Act. Constable of the Sea Shores, 4: Lab uchere. bearing Kanterica's paddle of Admiral's F 4 (2 March, '4l] Court,latt into Canterbury's(N-Guizote H. M. Perley. settlement for New Zealand's Probate 3 Sept, '4l. Crt., its Qial st'poy Stil'lordWarden tho' cruelly set up as a shelled " Paccariaa gentis imagines." CHARLES H. ACKERLEY, J.P. of Carib-ally'd EnGland, elected 29th August, 182.5 (by Ad miral G. Ilamond, Stuart do Rothsay's Sec- Crown retary ; Marcus HiII—SANDTS, Presbyter, egu, on The holy alliance abolition,' of King- A clubs), its Standard meter-bearer 1837—Lt. R.N. pay'd double-oathii'd victim—supporter Si of poor indian PETER 10 yrs, by Indian female Peu Qu' sponsorship 1820—thro' Quebec Hamilton Rien Dalhousie, in Elder's duty—for his Own's instant State-b;rth provision, as the Mon- Troor tague Subsidy first-fruit loan 1814'20's, Major trove. Cartwright's sitccossorial Ombra-hommo t of S.P. Q.R. 1322'99, " Quadra Manfreedum de Peccaria," Conche'd in 1-2 W. 4, N.. 54, naming Act. To all metre-rodod Councils General' in nature's Year-law, uncles 1835's Murttcipal and Reform Acts to Mayor's local supremacy (against New" Conlin 'Grippe-Jesus' Christian Clubs, 11 Geo. 111, c. 55," in prevention, astt Dover and Cinque Ports 1772's on the resignation aver-bull'srun of Clement 14's Jesuit priest Abolition ' for Earth Lay resumption for all allotn'ents of land) over the yearly Poor-law Guardians as are for the time being on 1603's church Canon in vestry'red lettered functional succession —a forethought of Q. Elizabeth's. P,c., men, for oaths of office. 4. Vide The papal Tribune'rs of the Ex-change old Style Fixt-earth's Pierean philosophy to 1582, in COOPER Units= " Chiliarchw'r" of St. Michael's. T. Foreign Quarterly Review, Nov., 1829, p. 303 ; and Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1861, p. 1051. Survey Arbitrations.—By 9 10 W. us, c. 15, it is enacted, " That merchants, traders—(and all persons antipode'an to the whorlo-, as those under Turkish, 1819-Dardanell's Padilla treaty,' 1811)—desiring to end their controversies by arbitration, nay agree that their submission of their suit to an Award or umpirege (as of Africa's 1828 trust on ' Thony Monthermer' ACXERLEY, Flag-Lt. of Ocean 74),—0f any person, should be made "on Captain Cook's mana rule in tribal right M.s.ouic T " of his Majesty's Admiralty courts of Record • and in case of disobedience to such award or Umpirage, the parties neglecting or refusing (F. Q. Review, Nov. 1829),—t0 perform the same, shall be subject to the Penalties of Contemnino , a Rule of Court, as apper taining to the Anglo-Saxon M ' exi-Spanish trust, as Cuba- Philipne'd on 1763-4-State Grants, reset 31 Jan. 1842-3, on the Carib-Micmac'd for the whorle's head Inn-fan- Gee and Out-fan.G.—sustentation " Locatelli's." A LFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. LAS I' WEEK BUT TWO. THE VOLUNTEER NIGHT. The Programme this evening will consist of Vocal and In strumental Musle.—Keethoven's Battle Piece, performed by the Orchestra, and the Bands of the Victoria Rifles and the City of London Rifle Brigade.—Grand Volunteer March and Part Soma, "A. sound was heard on England's shores," a copy of which will be presented to each visitor on entering the theatre. Vocalists : —Mdlle. PAREPA. :Mlle. LANCIA, Mdme. LAURA BAXTER, Miss RODEN, Mr. WEISS, Mr. R. SEYMOUR, and Mr. VEa.NON RIGBY. Commence at 8. Promenade, Is. Con Cuctor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. On Monday next Mendelssohn's Oratorio, ELIJAH, will be Oven. Voealists—Mdlle. Parepa, Miss Julia Bleiden, Miss M. Bradshaw, Madame Laura Baxter, Mr. V. Rigby, Mr. R. Seymour, Mr. Gadsby, Mr. Smythson, and Mr. Lewis Thomas. gii - . I HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 0111111111.11110iimaig, 7h. 26m.—Afternoon, Bh. 6m. Co-momiow.-Morning, Bh. 50m.—Afternoon, 9h. 36m. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 28, 166 THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 59—this day at noon. _ BAROMETER-29.90. WIND—Southerly; rather fresh, with dull weather. 4 - - ‘44 , i. F c. 5 . 7e4 • •r. k' • It t- - - s*3 • eRD THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 28, 1861. October is not quite come yet, and American news hardly reaches to the middle of September. We must, therefore, patiently wait for another fortnight before even the time fixed by the North for the great advance arrives, and when it has arrived, we must still look for the demand of a few days' grace. Indeed, the two great actors seem to look on each other like any other two combatants fighting with weapons which will give the victory not to the first mover, but rather to the second; and most certainly to him who does not expose himself while attacking his opponent. APCLELLAN, we read, has made a reconnaissance, at the cost of two lives; BEAUIEGARD is shifting aboat a little to his left—why, is not known, unless it be to draw out his antagonist. For the rest small battles in Western Virginia and in Mis souri, and successes almost entirely on the side of the Federalists, bat of no military value, or of very little, sum up the military news. Re membering how long we had frequently to wait during the Crimean war for any achievements of a striking kind, we must certainly not complain of the doings or not-doings on the Potomac. Both armies have indeed more than enough to do in con verting men into soldiers, and soldiers into an army. Missouri, and in some respects Kentucky, attract most observation now. From the latter a recon naissance by means of two gunboats was made down the Mississippi from Cairo. A battery of sixteen guns was found not a great way down on the Mis souri side. It was silenced and a rebel gunboat disabled. The latter escaped capture, because sup ported, we suppose by artillery, from Columbus, ' where 15,000 rebels were said to be encamped. And thus from Fort Munroe, where they are fitting out fresh expeditions to follow the suc cessful precedent of that to Cape Hatteras, to the Mississippi, considerable bodies of troops are at work, on either side of the grand armies. The large State of Kentucky, on account of its peculiar position, both politically and Geo graphically, is just now the object of special attention, By the Census of 1860 it had a population of 930,223 whites and of 225,490 slaves. Dr. Rus- SELL compares it in importance with several small European kingdoms ; but it is more to the purpose to notice that it is inferior in white population to Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, of the Northern States. Virginia alone surpasses it in white population among the Slave States proper, and Virginia is now split into free and slave. And Missouri has only about half the number of slaves, while she has 1,058,352 whites. Missouri and Kentucky, therefore, have but a comparatively small vested interest in slavery. The former is the fierce battle ground of FREMONT and the Secessionists, anxious to keep so large a State for the South ; but the latter has up to the present time managed to preserve neutrality. This, however, must now come to an end. The Gover ❑or, MACGOFFIN, is a hot Southerner, and even vetoed a Militia Bill o❑ behalf of the South. His Legislature repassed it once over his head, and made it felony to aid the rebels by levying troops. He has been obliged to order the Confederate troops out of the State, who however refuse to leave, while the Federals are allowed to fortify their fortresses at leisure. It will be remembered that the PRESIDENT was fearful chiefly about losing Kentucky when required to give his assent to the bill confiscating rebels' slaves. And now we are told that he has written to General FREMONT, requiring him to tone down his proclamation to the Act of Congress. Whether he will do this remains to be seen. The first proceeding under it is worthy of notice. It occurred on the 13th. Two slaves, of one THOMAS A. SMEAD, of St. Louis, were regularly manumitted, it having been proved that their master has taken treason able action against the Government. May the incident be the first of a series of similar ones, which shall be multiplied by the ten thousand and the hundred thousand, till they reach four millions. The historian of Europe has said (chap. xxv. sec. 8.) it is in general safe to intrust arms to the people when their national feelings are roused ; it is al ways perilous to do so when their social passions are excited, and they see their real or supposed enemies in a particular class in their own country. " The italics are Sir ARCHIBALD'S own. And in thus emphasising the antithesis of his dictum, ALI SON made reference more particularly to the con trast visible between the national rising in England during the wars of the Great NAPOLEON and the popular rising in France upon the downfall of Louis PHILIPPE'S monarchy at the concussion of the Revolution of February. The remark is eminently philosophic and just. And like every remark bear ing that character it admits of very general ap plication. The accuracy may be illustrated from almost any nation's history. It is demonstrable in a remarkable manner, upon one hand, from all the re volutionary outbreaks in France, and upon the other from the memorable incidents of the Volunteer movements in the United Kingdom. Among our neighbours, in each of the three great risings of the people, the cry " To Arms" was essentially one pro voked by the "social passions" of the multitude. It was—in variousdegrees of course—alike in 1789, in 1830 and in 1848. Nay, it is only necessary to bear in mind the immediate cause for the summons to arms upon the very last occasion (that of February) in order to understand at once that the population rose there because they saw their real or supposed enemies in a particular class in their own country." The Reform Banquets were prohibited by the Government. Several of the people were struck down and wounded by a .Niintdischargeofiserfor Foreign musketry Affairs, ffar i n front s, of the Hotel of the M. GUIZOT, the King's Prime Minister. The " social passions" of the mob were excit e d . And the people rose and armed— with the muttered cry " no mi s t a k e th I S t i me. " It was again s t no foreign enemy that or 18 years previously a t is nui they fought the st reosofpal.7 is during that during the three (so called) " glorious" days of June. And as t o the source of the popular arming at the outburst of the First Revolution, the Great Revolution—has not that been, so to speak, eternized in the refrain of the Marseillaise ? Aux armes, eitoyens formez vos battalions I Marehons qu'un sang impur abreve nos eillons :" A shriek of imprecation, directed more against the foes within than against the foreign legions banded together under the standard of the Duke of BRUNS WICK. In startling contrast to which perilous risings and armings of a population, excited in its social passions against internal enemies—there are our three great volunteer movements here in England. The two provoked by the successive armies for in vasion gathered together upon the opposite coasts of the Channel under the standards of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. And this last, and we trust final, (because, let us hope, permanent) volunteer move ment, provoked by the recognition of the people of these islands of their comparative defenceless , nessif suddenly and treacherously attacked. In each of these three renowned instances of popular arm ings we have seen, history has related how com pletely and how profoundly the " national feelings" have been aroused. Upon the occasion of the FIRST Volunteer Movement the Ministers of the time co-operated with the multitude in calling the Volun teers together to resist the then imminent peril of invasion. "Let us provide," said Mr. DUNDAS from his place in the House of Commons, " Let us pro vide for the safety of the infirm, the aged, the women, the children, and put arms into the hands of the people." Within a few weeks from that time 150,000 Volunteers were in arms in Great Britain. That was in 1798 —when General BONA PARTE, the young Conqueror of Italy, was hesitat ing whether to conduct his army across the Channel to the conquest of England, or across the Mediter ranean to the conquest of Egypt and Asia Minor. ' Five years later came the SECOND Volunteer Movement. NAPOLEON, then about to as sume the imperial purple, assembled a yet grander army for the invasion of England upon the heights of Boulogne. Whereupon King GEORGE 111. (em powered so to do by an Act of Parliament passed for that purpose) called for the levy en masse to repel the invasion of the foe. At that summons— compulsory conscription came to an end, and within an interval of a very few weeks 300,000 Volunteers were enrolled, and armed, and rapidly disciplined. The movement began in the July of 1803. In the October of that year the KING reviewed 27,000 of the Volunteers in Hyde Park. The capital alone furnished a contingent of 46,000 to the whole body of the new defenders of the nation. Historical re collections like these bring us down to our time. And remembering that no positive t hreat of invasion whatever has given rise to this THIRD Volunteer movement in England, but that it has originated simply and solely from the general recognition of the possibility of danger to our national indepen dence—it must certainly be allowed that there is visible no falling off whatever in the patriotic ardour of the multitude at large. Enough in proof of this when we can say that, with no enemy arrayed against us, we possess at this - moment in a time of profound peace, in addition to our Noble Army, in addition to our Heroic Navy, a disciplined force of very nearly 200,000 Rifle Volunteers. That soli tary fact alone is sufficient as a " Counter Blast" to NI. LEDRU ltommes ungrateful and ungracious diatribe, entitled—in a tone of sinister prophecy, that Englishmen can now afford to laugh utterly to scorn—La Decadence de l' Angleterre. Mr. LUNG told the Manchester gentlemen that he Government of India was willing to do its utmost in regard to the public works, roads, and canals especially required to make the produce of the cotton districts available for Manchester, but that financial considerations hindred them from pro ceeding as fast as they wished. Now there does appear to be one mode of raising money which the Indian Government has overlooked, though it would seem to be the most direct and effective of all—we mean the sale of waste lands, and the redemption of the land tax. When we say that it has overlooked this resource, we use probably too charitable an expression. It has rather refused to look at it It interferes so with the routine of Indian taxation, that it is not easy to force the old Indians to depart so much fl om their habits. There appears to be every probability that heavy as the rent is, now paid to the Government, the fee simple of the land might, to a large extent, be sold at a profit. By this we mean that it would be sold at a price which would relieve the Government of more interest on the Indian debt than the tax arising from the land sold would pay. To some extent, till the redemption of the land tax is offered for sale, calculation must be conjectural ; at present, how ever, the best independent authorities are of opi nion that a considerable surplus of this kind might be realised. All the civil service nearly would cry out against it; but Mr. LAING will not, we trust, be imposed upon by them. In India, as elsewhere, the ruling desire is to have the land as freehold; let that desire be fairly appealed to, and from all we hear we are disposed to think that the Government might by the sale cancel a large amount of debt, and obtaia a considerable surplus capital to apply to public works. The proposal is at least well worth putting to the test. The Go vernment could always refuse to sell below a cer tain minimum, and also to sell too quickly for the demand. Mr. LAING tells us, indeed, that in regard to the waste lands, they lie so far from the population which should cultivate them, at the mouths of rivers or the hills, that nothing can be realised from them. This seems incredible after the representa tions we have heard. There is now before the coun- Itry a public document, " The memorial of the Landholders and Commercial Association of British India," on the subject both of the redemption of the land-tax, and placing the proprietorship of the land in fee simple, and on that of the sale of waste lands. The Association would be satisfied to grant the fee simple to the natives or to any one, on the extinction of a corresponding portion of the debt ; trusting to the rapid improvement of the agriculture of the country for the increase of native wealth and al•ility to contribute to the general taxation. But as to the waste lands, the whole amount realized from land sales would go to increase the revenue from what does not now produce a penny. They propose that the upset Government price should be the same as in America and Canada, five shillings an acre, making allowance for absolutely unculti- Table land included in the land sold. They accom- pang their memorial with a series of rules, which seem carefully devised to secure to the Government the full value of any lots more valuable than others, and to simplify the purchase and conveyance. It is certainly disgraceful to the Indian Govern ment that the• despatch of Lord STANLEY should not sooner have b.ocn acted oi. So long back as his Indian Ministry has this very simple business been hung up at Calcutta. And while it is clear that the question of land tenure lies at the bottom of all permanent improvement in India, the stupid hatred of "interlopers"—that is, of intelligent al id independent wealth creators, seems to be as strong as it was half a century back. S o slow are all protected bodies to upon their eyes to the general interests of a country. There is one consideration which is of the highest irnprtanu—ane which ought to arouse the attention of our Parliament to the necessity of action. Indian Railways, and the Indian debt are, practically, a responsibility of this country's. If India be silvered from England, the dividends of both would, in all probability, fall on our E=Leciusr, Thine is but one way of Band and Chorus of 200 performers, T HEATRE•ItOYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bwkstent. THIS EVEN.INa, the rertormanees will commence with THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. After which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. E.Villiers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. With TIIE PRACTICAL MAN. Mr. C. Mathews. Tooonehide with the Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Conimence a 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- I sssee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris. This theatre will open TO-NIGHT, Set. 28, with a new and original comedy, in live acts, written b y . John Brougham. entitled PLA.TINU WITH FIRE • characters by Mr. John Brotqham (his fir s t appearance at 'this theatre), Mr, Ryder Mr. H. Widdicombe, Mr. CI cores Jordan (of the principal theatres of the 'United States, his first appearance in Eng land), Miss C. Lelotercq, and rs. Weston. With other En tertainments. In active preparatipn, Shakespeare's tragedy of 0 ['HELLO, with new scenery, dresses and appointments. Othello, Mr. Pechter. The box-office will open on Wednes day, Sept. 25. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manazer- Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING}, the new and original farce, entitled THE FETCHES; or, The Onconvanienoe of a Single Life. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer; Mary O'Brady, MISS Lydia Thompson. Aster which, at Eight o'clock, the new and success ful comedy of WOMAN; or, Love against the World. c"aracters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, "%Ins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Westan, Miss Mtirran and Miss Lydia Thomson. T whic o h coliniclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in Quick gte'pl. l -Ydia Thompson will danee a New Volunteer Prices a,s 7 Box-ofil ee 7`• Doors open at half-past 8, to commence at P e n daily from I t till 5. NEW THEATRE -ROYAL, ADEL.— Solo Proprietor and Manacrer, Mr. B. Webster. PHl °Pen for the Winter Season. TA's EVENING, Masi YINTII CHARMS. Messrs. D. Fisher, Romer, Warde, Xtes.. it . Kelly and La i diaw. After which (237th time), TUE COLLEEN RAWN. Mr. D. lloucicattlt, D. Wisher, iiillinzton, S. Emery, Stephenson, Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boueicault, Miss Wool;zar, Mrs. Billineton, and Mrs. R. L ewis. To conclude with LOVE AND guNGER, Nre ' ears. Ft," her J. smith, Mrs. R. Manton, and Miss K. Kelly. Emery, C. at half past a—c onainence at 7. Doors open 1 f ‘..NITRBURY HALL ‘ , AND FINE ARTS GALLEItYN.O CO R ussell, -RTs, . Mr. SA n COWELL every Evening. at Nine and n „.„, to EP ven.—Also, Grand Selectimts - from TROV n i --- ‘er TRAVIATA, NORMA., MARTHA, aka, by mi s , -- ZOR, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley, powerful Chorus. The Comic department com p rises Messrs. a Harvey and French, "The Nerves " Mr. Marshall-1 1 Wood and l at a l en ted Son and Miss Harriet Coveney. ' Nev Opera by Auber LA CIRCASSIENNE.—A Grand Selection, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans, from Mt; Opera was produced, FOR 111 E FIRST TIME IN THIS COUNTRY, on Monday, 23d Inst., and will be performed every evening. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, and ,Signor Tivoli. - 3lttaical Director, Mr. Jong-llamas. finVesion —Hall, etl. ; Stalls and Balcony, 1/1 0 X F 0 I t 1) 8, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selecti , ,ti from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Doc -tap; " 1. '1," (now produced for the first time in this country), by ..111weii, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, II orley, "lnd_,lierbeyt rtlso from Verdi's " Macbeth " by Madame rrcfl pondciuristolm and the ntire Company. Full band and chorus. ta c t 74 r. Jonglimans. Varied Comic entertain ilarvoli y and French (the Nerves), Wood and his Bald W. RE.nda'.l. Hall, ed. ; Balcony And Is. "1- ^"Vi!te IC4I. _ T H E THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, S EPTE VIBE R 1861. throwing off this responsibility —that of getting rid of the debt, and purchasing the railways out of Indian funds. If no other benefit arose from extin guishing the debt by the sale of the land-tax than that of relieving this country from any liability whatever for it, this, in the eyes of a statesman, ought to decide. No one can doubt that, however Parliament may refuse now to acknowledge liability for the Indian debt, if the day of trial come, it would be impossible to resist the demands of the Indian creditors. Happily the state of things in America is arousing the attention of a class who will not let the Indian Government at home, and the adminis tration at Calcutta, sleep on, We are compelled to think now of Indian improvement by the fearful prospect of a famishing little kingdom in the North. It is a Cotton Rot, which is threatening to repeat in Lancashire the dire work of the potato rot in Ireland. Much distress will almost inevitably be occasioned this year, but a second year of a short supply would be intolerable. We only fear that the difficulty of the case, unless India can be opened by the next season, may drive us to acknowledge prematurely the independence of the Cotton States, and induco our statesmen to insist, whether the North be willing or not, on access to our old sources of supply. Then, farewell to emancipation for the negro, and to the enrichment of our Indian Empire by the most profitable of our commerce. While an this subject, we may commend to the notice of our readers an admirable pamphlet, pub lished by SMITH and ELDER, and written by R. BENSON, Esq., entitled "Indian Resources Ap plied to the Development of Indi I." It will repay the perusal of all who are interested in our Indian financial policy, and in cotton cultivation in con nection with it. FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. TEN PERSONS SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED. It is our melancholy duty to record a fearful calamity which took place on Thursday at the South Mostyn Col liery, by which it is feared that ten human lives have been sacrificed. From particulars which we gathered at the scene of the 'disaster, we learn that the accident was occasioned by an explosion which it is supposed took place through the fan on the surface which is used for ventilating the mine, as the shed and buildings belonging thereto were destroyed. At the time of the accident (five o'clock in the morning) the night men only were in the shaft, and from all appear ances were on the eve of finishing their work and coming up on the surface. Had the explosion taken place in the day time the consequences would have been much more serious. Ihe explosion was heard at a considerable distance from the colliery, and in the immediate neighbourhood the shock was particularly perceptible. On Thursday afternoon (when our parcel left) five of the un fortunate sufferers only hail been rescued, and the scene at the colliery pit can be better imagined than we can describe. There, friends and relatives were to be witnessed in the deepest agony, awaiting the recovery of the lifeless forms of those dear to them, and in one or two instances the scenes were particularly heartrending. All that human aid could render to ameliorate the suf. ferings of the survivors was considerately performed by Mr. Eyton, who, with his agent, Mr. John Williams, and assistants from the other collieries, were indefatigable in their exertions to extricate those remaining in the pit, and carefully providing due and proper attention to the unfor• tunate sufferers as they were brought to the surface. The names of the bodies brought up from the pit when we left were :—Hugh Rowland, Mostyn Square, unmar ried ; William Parry, Mostyn, wife and child ; John Roberts, Tai Trevor, wife and large family ; Thos. Jones, Penybryn, wife and three children; Henry Roberts, Mostyn, wife and one child. The following are still in the pit :—John Williams, Gwebnant, wife and five children; Moses Dennis, Mostyn Square, wife and six children; Kendrick Roberts, wife and family; Edward Hughes, Mostyn •square, unmarried ; Edward Twist, Mostyn, wife and seven children. The bodies of the poor fellows we have named above were not in the least • burnt or disfigured, and evidently must have been suffocated by choke-damp. The real cause of the accident is as yet not known, but an inquest was opened on Thursday afternoon. Several attempts were made to recover the five remaining men, but the noxious gases would not admit of it. The last body found was at least 350 yards along the level from the bot tom of the pit, the four others being much nearer. It is supposed that the remaining five must be in the extreme end of the level, and it was doubtful when their bodies could be had. The fan in which it is supposed the explosion took place, and which is about 100 yards from the mouth of the work ing pit, had only recently been erected as a substitute to what was considered the dangerous process of ventilating by a furnace. An appeal has been already made to a sympathising public on behalf of the widows and orphans now left desti tute. THE EARL OF DERBY.—We are gratified to say that the noble earl has recovered from his cold, coupled with the gout. His lordship will entertain a large circle of friends at Knowsley, where there is a prospect of excellent shooting. The Marquis and Marchioness Cholmondeley arrived in town yesterday from Houghton Hall, Norfolk, on their way to Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire. THE BISHOP OF RIPON.—We are sorry to Bay that the right rev, prelate is not in the health his friends cou'd desire ; but there are strong hopes of his ultimate re storation. Count Lansdorff hds left Claridge's Hotel for Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are enter taining a select circle of friends at Dunrobin Castle. Count and Countess Schouvaloff have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Torquay. The Earl of Clarendon, who is appoinfed Ambas sador Extraordinary at the coronation of the King of Prussia on the part of her Majesty, will leave town next week, accompanied by his staff, for Konigsberg. It is with much regret that we hear of the serious illness of the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.8., Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Few officers now alive have seen such long and varied active service as Sir Edward, dating so far back as the capture of the West Indian Islands in 1796.--Army and Navy Gazette, Two good•service pensions of £lOO a-year each have been placed at the disposal of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief by the death of Gen, Dennis Tlerbert,—Arnty and Navy Gazette. Lord and Lady Stuart de Decies have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Dromana, county Waterford. We announced last week the resignation of Colonel M'Dougall as Commandant of the Stpff College. His successor in that office will be Colonel W. C. E. Napier, now Superintendent of the Cadet's College, who will, in turn, be replaced by Colonel T. E. Lacy, late Assistant Adjutant-General at Gibraltar,-,eirmy and Navy Gazette. Ernest Tilley Ward, who was convicted, on Thursday, of stealing the sum of £509 from his masters, Messrs. Hennant and others, was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. PLYMOUTH ELE CTION.—Friday, 10 p.m.—The Hon. William Wells, Addington, of Venn Ottery, eldest son of Viscount Sidinouth, arrived this evening as the can didate in the Conservative interest, in opposition to Mr, Walter Morrison. WRECK AND Loss OF 800 MEN.—" The Russian navy;" says the Pays, "has sustained a severe loss on the coast of Japan—that of the Swellana, line-of-battle ship, 100 guns and 800 men. All the crew are said to have perished." The first manumission of slaves under the recent frGeeenbeerlsolngFirnegmtoon,ti,ltoomokasplLaco. s o m n ea th4 o l f 3t s h t: t p L h r o u e u c s i l l s a a . m v e a s t i n a de of The Union prisoners in Richmond now number nearly 1,400, and are confined in five tobacco warehouses. Newspapers are denied them, and the supply of coffee and sugar cut off. Extracts from official reports in Richmond show that 75 guns aro mounted at Fort Macon, near Beau fort. LAUNCH OF THE CELESTIAL—Messrs. T. A. Gibb and Co.'s new paddlewheel steamer, the Celestial, was suc cessfully launched on Wednesday, the 25th inst , from the shipbuilding-yard of Mr. Charles Lungley, at Deptford ; and from her handsome appearance and fine lines, will no doubt prove a favourite in China. The machinery is ready to be put on board, -so that she will bo ready to leave for Hong-Kong by the Ist of Dec?mber. She has only been three months under construction, and is a proof of how Much can be done in iron shipbuilding in a short time, as she is a vessel of 800 tons and 200 horse-power, and has been built to meet the requirements of Lloyds' rules. The movement of the Bank of France to 51 per cent. is attributed partly to a rather rapid loss of bullion since the publication of th e la st mont hl y return ( t h e va l ue of the foreign wheat purchased since the results of the har vest became known being estimated at about £11,000,000), and partly to an expectation that this ellux of specie is likely to be further stimulated by importations of general goods that may take place after the Ist of October, when all the provisions of the Coracaorciel Treaty ;MAO into force. , L 17.4 ;.,:1 N PWs, TUBLIN, SEPT. 28. The Opinione of to-day says France having interposed her good offices to prevent a rupture between Italy and Spain, our Government has suspended all fur ther discussions in reference to the recall of its mpresentatives at Madrid." BOLOGNA, SEPT. 27. Disturbances arising from the d earaess of provi sions, similar to those which recen tl y occurred in this city from the same cause, have t aken place at Ra venna and Lugo. PAJtIS, SEPT. 27. The Pays of this evening says: —"A despatch from Vienna announces that General Klapka, M. Kossuth, and General Turr will have a conference with M. Deak and other Hungarian is relative to the affairs of Hungary. Last night, at 11 o'clock, a terrible accident occurred on the Northern Railwa.y, near the Paris station. Five passengers were killed, three were wounded, and four received conicusions. The Patrze publishes the following details respect ing the accident on the Northern Railway : " The express train from Amtiens to Paris ran into another train coming from tiammartin, at the junction of the two lines. Fivo carriages of the )i)ammartin train were overturned. The driver was blown into the air by the explosion of the engine boiler, and fell on the rail without sustaining any serious injury. The Amiens train was not much damaged by the collision. " Some of the wounded pass mgers were brought to Paris, others were taken to the Lariboissiere Hospital, and the remainder returned to their own homes. " At present the number of the dead does not exceed five, but the reports of the surgeons give reason to fear that this number will bi augmented. "A judicial inquiry has been opened." NAPLES, SEPT. 27. A band of twenty Spaniards and Bavarians has disembarked near Agropoli, in the Principato- Ultra. Another band of brigands, commanded by Mit tiga, endeavoured to penetrate into the province of Catanzas, but was attacked and repulsed by the Italian troops. The Nazionale of to day publishes a proclamation issued by Borghese, addressed to the Calabrians and Neapolitans, urging them to expel the " foreigners" in the name of religion and Francis 11. VIENNA, SEPT. 27. The Royal rescript relative to the convocation of the Transylvanian Diet has been despatched to Klausenburg, where it will be published to-morrow, The Diet is to assemble at Karlsburg on the 4th of November. PESTH, SEPT. 27. Numerous arrests have been made in consequence of the disturbances which took place here yesterday. Among the cries raised by the people who endea voured to prevent the removal of the confiscated to bacco was " Eljen Garibaldi!" or " Long live Garibaldi !" RAGUSA, SEPT. 27. The insurgents have attacked Gatzkow, and have burnt three villages. They killed 17 Turks and carried away five pieces of Artillery. Omar Pasha has marched against them. MADRID, SEPT. 26. The Iberia of this evening says : "A rumour is current that Baron Tecco, the Italian Minister, is on the point of breaking off diplomatic relations with the Spanish Government, and leaving Madrid." The Moorish Envoy has arrived at Madrid, ac companied by a suite of 30 persons. MADRID, SEPT. 28. To-morrow a Council will be held at the Escurial, under the presidency of the Queen, who will sign a decree convening the Cortes for the 30th October. Muley Abbas has arrived at Valencia. THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 28. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, with the heavy portion of the above mail, has arrived in dock. She brings 25 passengers, 1,740 dols. in specie, precious stones, value 5,000 rupees, pearls valued at 33,000 rupees, and 1,780 packages of cargo, including raw silk of the value of £llO,OOO. She spoke the steamer Rebecca, of Glasgow, on ,he 23d inst., bound south. The British schooner Superior, of Liverpool, was wrecked on the 15th inst., three miles north of Arzilla. The crew were saved. The Dutch schooner Robert, from London, bound. to Syria, foundered on the Bth inst , in conse quence of a collision with the Spanish steamer Veneedor de Africa. The British brig Distin, from Hartlepool, bound for Genoa, struck on the rocks off Apes Hill on the 16th inst., and was abandoned by the crew. The Spanish papers say that 1',500 troops, destined for Cuba, will be ready by the 15th of October. Business at Malaga was more brisk for the United Kingdom and the North, but continued dull for the United States. Thirty-two vessels had entered the port since the 6th inst. to load fruit. Freights were unaltered. GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 22. Exchange on London, 90 days, 49 to 491 ; Paris, 5,29; Marseilles, 5,30; Madrid par. Freights unaltered. PRUSSIA. The following is the text of the declaration pro &lced at Becker's trial written by the King of Prussia immediately after the attempt upon his Majesty's life:— " BADEN, July 14, 11 a.m. " Whilst I was this day, at half•past eight in the morn ing, walking in the alley of Lichtenthal, a young man aged about 20 years passed near me, corning from behind, and saluted me in a particularly amicable, almost cordial, man ner; taking off his hat and bowing with it several times. As shortly after he slackened his pace I passed near him, and he saluted me again. These two incidents took place a few steps before and a few steps after the house for merly occupied by Bayer, the painter. At the suspension bridge I mot my envoy, Count Flemming, and from that moment he accompanied me. At about 150 paces from the shepherd's house a firearm was discharged at me from behind, and so close that I immediately felt pain in the left side of my neck, and a sort of humming noise in all my head. I immediately placed my left hand on the in jured part, and exclaimed ' Good Heaven I What is that ?' Count Flemming turned round as I:also did, and I saw the young man, described above, standing very quietly at three paces behind us. Count Flemming, addressing him, said, Who firod-..was it, you ?' The young man answered with great calm, ' I fired at the King Count Flemming seized him firmly by the collar, saying at the same time, Withwhat did you fire P' He pointed to an umbrella which he had thrown on the grass, but at a few steps from it was a pistol both barrels of which had been discharged, As immediately a gentleman, who it is said, is a solicitor, named Supfle de Gernsbach, and another, the referendary Schell d'Achern, hastened up and had thrown the young man to the ground, crying out, This is a disgrace to Baden: the people must avenge it l' Count 11°19474i had time to pick up the umbrella and the pistol. Meantime the hotel-keeper Brandt, of Berlin, had come up, and these three persons placed the individual in a carriage which was passing at the moment. I begged the gentlemen not to do him any harm, and I decided that they should convey him, under the superintendence of Count Flemming, to the police director of the town, M. Konz. A fourth gentleman, M. Blanquet, a merchant of Paris, said to me in French that the collar of my coat had been torn by a ball, and that even my cravat was damaged. I took off my coat and perceived that what he said was cor rect. The contusion on the neck did not bleed, but caused me some slight pain, accompanied by a burning sensation. I was consequently able to continue my walk towards Lich tenthal, and I returned from that place on foot with the Queen. " WILLIAM." FRANCE. PARIS. SEPT. 27 _ • • The Correspondance Bullier confirms the news received by private telegraph of the Pope's illness. It states that he has attacks of fever, and is suffering still from erysipelas. His state is said to be aggra vated by his unwillingness to obey tire injunctions of the medical men. " He wishes to forget that he is 70 years of age," says the letter from which this in formation is derived. According to the Patrie, when the news of the late events in Japan reached China, the men-of-war of the squadron stationed there were sent to Jeddo. A second line of submarine telegraph from France to Algeria, by Port Vendres and the island of Minorca, has been laid down successfully by the Brandon. A first attempt failed some time ago. The line does not touch the island of Minorca, but comes up to its vicinity in shallow water, so that this line passes through no foreign territory. BOURSE, Sept. 27.--The market has been heavy to-day, and, as offers were numerous, prices under went a further decline from the quotations of yes terday. Threes aro now at 68f 950 c. --- The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 96 30 Credit Foncier 1220 Do end month.... 96 40; Belgian 4} — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 85 : Roman Bank Shares — —1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 737 50 : Spanish Threes — Do. Account 760 ' Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1415 .. 1417 50 Northern . . New ditto ... 915 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 1032 50 .. 1035 Geneva 345 .. 345 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lowbard INDIA. The Governor-General was about to proceed to Rangoon. On the 26th August, Prince Albert's birthday, a levee was to be held for the purpose of investing Sir Hugh Rose with the order of the Star of India. The Governor-General has offered three prizes for two years of Rs. 10,000 each for the best Indian cotton, to be competed for at each of the three pre sidencies ; the prizes to be awarded by the Clambers of Commerce. The _Hurkaru states that, consequent on the re commendation of the Chamber of Commerce, the government of Bengal had given instructions to prepare and introduce into the Legislative Council a bill to empower the government to exercise a supervision over the mercantile steam navy of the port of Calcutta, and, to this end, to appoint a surveyor to make a half yearly inspection. The rains all over India, writes the Hurkaru of the 15th ult., have been so heavy and have done so much damage to the roads and railways, that the post for the Bombay steamer leaves this one day earlier than it would otherwise have done, indeed, it was only the other day that we were informed that the weather had so far cleared up as to render it safe not to despatch it earlier, as had been in tended. From every part of the country we hear of great damage being done by the floods. In Tir hoot the country was so flooded that the planters were carrying their cattle into the factories in boats to prevent their being drowned on the plains. The Punjaub correspondent of the Englishman, under date the 10th ult., writes :—" The season for sowing cotton has passed, and more cotton has been sown now than in any former year." CHINA. We have received our letters and pai:ers from Hong Kong to the 12th August, and from Shanghai to the 3d August. We take the following sum mary from the Overland ( hina Mail : At Pekin matters remain as when we last wrote. The Prussian minister had not got a treaty. It is said that the point in dispute was the date of his beginning to reside in Pekin, thegovernment wish ing to defer that event as long as they could. This looks bad. From the three norther n ports (Tien-tsin, New chwang, and Tang-chow), we havo no very encou raging news to report. At Tien-tsin, the heat has been excessive, and the rate of mortality in conse quence has' been about 10 per diem. From New chwang we learn that the brig Emma has been lost ; all hand sated. From Canton there are reports of the neighbour ing country having been flooded, and many popu lous districts almost entirely submerged. The affair of the magistrate sentenced to be imprisoned for using torture has not created so much stir among tlaeChinese of his district as at first appeared likely. From Macao we have no news. We have had a remarkably mild summer as yet, mild?r than previous years, and still more improved by pleasant breezes. This is all the more striking when we consider the present condition of other parts of China in regard to emperature. At Tien tsin, which was so long ice bound last winter, the thermometer is now at 112 degrees in the shade, and the mortality, as mentioned above, is from 10 to 12 per diem ; at Shanghai the number of deaths has been large, and the heat excessive ; at Fuhchau it is 97 in the shade ; at Saigon the French are dying at the rate of 8 or 9 diem ; while in Hong Kong the weather has been quite pleasant, and the mortality not in excess of ordinary times. It would thus appear that Hong Kong is at present the Sanita rium of China. CAPE 01 GOOD HOPE MAIL. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27. The Union Company's steamer Dane arrived here to-night and anchored in the Sound. A severe gale was blowing from the S.W., which caused her to lose one of her anchors inside Drake's Island. She afterwards dragged another, and was finally compelled to take refuge in the Great Wes tern Docks. She left Table Bay on the 21st, St. Helena on the 31st, and Ascension on the 15th instant. She brings 15 passengers and a small cargo. Sir George Grey left for New Zealand on the 15th August. A disturbance among the Zulu Kaffirs about the succession to their Government has nearly in volved the colony in a frontier war with the natives. The Zulus had planned an inroad on a large scale into Natal, in order to seize two young Zulu chiefs who had taken refuge there. Timely information, however, reached the colonial authorities, and the troops at Cape 'Fown were at once sent up. This movement intimidated the natives, who now say that an inroad was never intended. The volunteer corps did garrison duty in Cape Town during the absence of the regular troops. Parliament was prorogued on the 14th August. A proposed vote of LlO,OOO towards the support o the troops had been rejected by the Legislative Council. An indignation meeting had been held in consequence, at which resolutions were passed ex, pressing the desire of the colony to make some con tribution towards its defences. An act had been passed for the establishment of a telegraph between Cape Town and the frontier, to be subsidised by the Government. The Assembly had unanimously decided in favour of a fortnightly m a il v i a Mauritius. The occupation of No Mar.'s Land by Adam kokit had been the subject of debates in Parliament. Nothing definite, however, resulted from the de bate; And the question is set e,siti9 for the present. This was considered very injurious to the interests of the country. The drought had terminated and copious rains had fallen. The prospects of the season were good. Business at the Cape was very dull. SWEARING IN OF THE NEW SHERIFFS. This morning at 11 o'clock a Court of Alderman and Livery in Common Hall was held on the hustings, at Guildhall, for the purpose of swear ing in the new Sheriffs. The oaths of allegiance and supremacy and also for the due performance of their office as Sheriffs having been administered by the City Remembrancer, and subscribed by the senior Sheriff, Mr. Cockerell, and his Under sheriff, they were duly invested with the insignia of their office, and were subsequently sworn in before the Court of Aldermen, and received from the late Sheriffs the report of the whole of the se veral prisons under the jurisdiction of the City, the several governors of which delivered up their keys, which is a mere matter of form, the Sheriffs being by law supposed to be the custodians of all prisoners, which were returned to them. The new Sheriffs commenced their first act of official duties by presiding at the election of the Lord Mayor. ELECTION OF THE LORD MAYOR. After attending divine service at St. Lawrence, Jewry, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and other City officers proceeded in procession to Guild hall, for the election of the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The hall was quite full, and on the appearance of the inocession there welt) loud cheers on Sir Henry Muggeridge being recognised. The Lord Mayor (Alderman Cubitt) was also very cordially received by his friends. The Recorder came forward and said the citi zens were met to exercise their high privilege of electing a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, and order that their c h o i ce m i g h t not be influenced the Aldermen would leave The hall that they might make their selection uninfluenced. The Aldermen then quitted the platform, when The Common Serjeant came forward to announce the names of the Aldermen who had not passed the chair. The first name announced was Sir H. Muggeridge, which was received with loud cheers and waving of hats. The next name called was Alderman Rose, which was met by cries of "Next year, next year." Alderman Hale's name. was re ceived with mingled cheers and hisses, and the rest of the names were received without remark. Mr. JONES proceeded to address the citizens, and after a very flattering eulogium, he proposed the present Lord Mayor, Alderman Cubitt, to the as semblage for election. The moment the name was announced the greatest uproar commenced, and his further remarks were drowned in cries of " Oh, oh, time, time." Mr. Jones nothing daunted by the demonstration made against him continued his speech for some time, when he conclude I by formally proposing that Alderman Cubitt be Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. Mr. KEARNS, of Thames-street, seconded the proposition. Mr. MEDWIN nominated Sir Peter Laurie amidst great confusion. Mr. J. YOUNG seconded it. Mr. Sheriff COCKERILL said it now became his duty to read a document which had been received from Sir Peter Laurie that morning. He then read the letter announcing that Sir P. Laurie had not sanctioned his nomination, and that in the event of his being returned by the Court of Aldermen he would not serve the office. The reading of the communication was received with loud cheers and cries of " Bravo." The show of hands was then taken, The first name was Alderman Cubitt, for whom there appeared to be about one-fifth. For Sir Peter Laurie there were about 50 or 60 ; but on Sir H. Muggeridge's name being announced, nearly the whole of the assemblage raised their hands amidst tremendouscheering. The names of the remaining aldermen eligible for the office having been called amidst great confusion, The Common Sergeant came forward and said the Sheriffs were of opinion that the choice of the citizens had fallen on Sir IL Muggeridge— (tremendous cheering)—and the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. Sheriff Cockerill then announced that a poll had been demanded on the part of the Lord Mayor and Sir Peter Laurie, which would accordingly be opened this afternoon at three o'clock. According to ancient custom, the poll will con tinue open for the whole of the ensuing week. The Livery have the right to return two names to the Court of Aldermen for selection, but as three have :been returned the candidates must be reduced to two before the Court of Aldermen can make their selection. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day) OLD COURT. (Before Mr, Commissioner Kerr.) In the case of John Allen and Richard Pitts, indicted for burglariously entering the premises of Edmund Woodford, in Southwark, and stealing a quantity of property, Mr. Ilorry applied, on the part of the prisoners, for a postponement of the trial on account of the absence of a material witness for the defence. Mr. Dick ie, on the part nitheprosecution, did not oppose the application. The learned Judge ordered the case to stand over till next sessions, the prisoners being in custody. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) THE FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT. In the case of John Dales, the fraudulent bankrupt, who was indicted yesterday for obtaining a quantity of goods under false pretences, as stated in our paper, but adjourned last night, was again resumed this morning, when the case on the part of the prosecution was closed. Mr. Taylor, who appeared for tl4 prisoner, having ad dressed the jury, The learned judge then summed up the evidence. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to twelvemonth's imprisonment. The members of the Iron-Plate Committee are about to superintend some trials at Shoeburyness of some heavy guns against a target which is to represent the side of the Warrior. This target has been constructed by the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, but has not yet been delivered up to the authorities.—Ar►ny and Navy Gazette. THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY AND HER TENANTRY,—The annual dinner given to her tenantry by the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry took place yes terday, in the Town-hall, Cernlough, near Belfast. The health of her ladyship, proposed by one of the tenantry, was drank with great enthusiasm, and was responded to by the marchioness in an eloquent and practical speech, in the course of which she expressed that anxiety for their welfare, the existence of which has been so substantially proved. During the evening prizes were distributed to the most im proving tenants, and several toasts appropriate to the occa sion were drunk. THE COLLISION OFF ERITH.—The inquiry before Mr. C. J. Carttar, the coroner for West Rent, into the cir cumstances attending the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, of Bloomsbury, by drowning, off Eeith, adjourned from Thurs day last, was concluded late on Thursday night. It appeared from the evidence of the witnesses examined that the de ceased were passengers on board the Ipswich steam-vessel Metis, going down the Thames, when she came into collision with the brig Bertha, of Guernsey, sailing up the tiver, and that they were thrown overboard from her deck and drowned. B e f ore the accident happened they were sitting on the side of the vessel. Wm. Humkin, the captain of the Bertha, was of opinion that the collision would have been avoided if the steamer had starboarded her helm, which would have been the proper way to navigate the vessel under the regulations. The vessel, he asserted, was in the strength of the tide, which was running very hard at the time. John N. Carter, the pilot on board the Bertha, made statements to the same effect. Mr. Henry Forss, on the other hand, the captain of the Metis, asserted that the ac cident would have been much more serious if he had star boarded the helm. He maintained that he was not in the run of the tide. His mate gave evidence to the same effect, He added that a gentleman had been in conversation with the captain of the steamer before, but not at the moment when the collision took place. Views of the most conflict ing kind regarding the cause of the ac c id en t were taken by various other witnesses examined. Towards the conclusion of the inquiry, however, several pilots well acquainted with the navigation of the river, asserted that the blame lay with the steamer. The jury accordingly, after a long consulta tion and much division of opinion, returned a verdict, to the effect " That the deceased were drowned in the Thames by a collision between the steamer and the brig; that the accident arose from the want of a proper lookout on the part of the steamer ; and that neglect, although not amounting to criminality, is attributable to Henry Forss, captain of the Metis." The coroner was instructed to request the Board of Trade to institute an inquiry into the whole Mel