The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-05 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWA Y.- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on MONDAY, the Bth September, the Branch Line of the Great Western Railway be tween West DRAY TON and UXBRIDGE wll be opened for the conveyance of Passoners, and Parcels. For particulars of trains see the Company's Time Bht, to be ob tained at the Paddington station and at the booking on es. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretory. Paddington, Sept. 5,1856. ROYAL PRIRCEM'S THEATRE. Under the management of Mr. CHARLES KLAN. THIS EVENING, MUSIC H k.TH CHARMS. After whicn, PIZ ARRO. Rona, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclade.with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckatons. THIS EVENING, SECOND LOVE. After which, The Spanish Dancers. Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. To conzlude with THIC SPANISH SERJEANT. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPIII. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT I. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with IRISH ASSUR k.NCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. STR ND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. THIS EVENING, CH kRLES THE TWELFTH. The Pas d e s Sabots by ladles. Christine and Agnes. Followed by TWO PRECIOUS SCOMsTDRELg. Les Jeux Icartennes by Mons. PilLts and Family. After which, M 1 SC HIEF MAKING. Alliance Dance byMdles. Christine and Agnes. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGIIT. Commence at 7. Etall; U.—Boxes, 23.-114 Is.—Gallery, 4ct. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING THE QREEN-EYED MONSTER. After which. MEDEA. To conclude with THE WELSH GIRL. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITEIRATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Win. Cooke. Shakepeare's Richard the Third illustrated. THIS EVENING, The brilliant gem of London, Shakspeare's RICTIARD THE TIIIRD, with equestrian ilhistration by Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained horses. White Surrey slat i under his royal master, wounded, dying, and dead horses in the Rattle of Bosworth Field, Sc. After which, The EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the CIRCLE. To conclude with a Risible Farce . Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. if. Cooke, jun. HIGH. WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEIIS DAT—Morn. 1 min. aft. s—Evening 13 min. aft. 5 Ta-Moßnow—Morn.2B min. aft. s—Evening 48 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER-SuN OFFIOE, SEPTEMiIit 5. THERUOMETBR, IN THR SHADE. 60 —highest since noon yesterday. 59 —lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. BA 301NETS11, 30.0—falling. WIND, S.E.—Light, with fine, clear, sunshiny weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sum Office, 112, Strand. ..__ i___,,, - 4 ,-- -q , :-.,:::-,,., -1, m o b , t , f Ac. ,,, ,N,,,,,,,.,,e-,,t•A-1. Iln ‘,, ,-.T.„-„,., tt -........-...0.---4, # , r , n .,„ . ,:,..,,,,!...,,t-..,- ~ - t W... 40" 4 ..1 , 4 4 . , :,--1,--', . ' "" ' .... A; '• '• LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1851 The Extraordinary Session of Congress has commenced at Washington, but there is scarcely any prospect of an amicable arrangement of the difference between the co-ordinate branches of the Legislature. The House of Representatives firmly abide by their privileges, and have apparently nailed their colours to the mast, and adopted "No surrender 1" as their motto. On the other hand, FRANKLIN PIERCH and his well-selected Senate seem equally determined. The President has published a whining Message, pointing out the dangerous consequences of re fusing the supplies, and uttering a variety of platitudes respecting the possible results thereof, But he has not suggested the obvious coars3 of abandoning his own position. He does not give the slightest hint of adopting the just and equi table rider attached to the Appropriation Bill. He sticks to his own opinion with an obstinate per versity that might be looked for from a BoMBA, but which is totally unbecoming the President of a free Republic. If the Senate adhere to their original resolution, a c-illision must ensue that may lead to serious difficulties, and results of the most formidable character. • But which of the opposing parties should yield? • As in England, the House of Representatives is the constitutional guardian of the public purse. They should not lightly stop the supplies ; but if theirlegitimate remonstrances are disregarded— if a line of policy injurious to the best interests of the Republic is steadily persevered in by one whosetenure of office is rapidly drawing to a con clusion, and who no longer receives the confidence of the people, it would be a base abdication of their functions if they now surrendered. Never was there a crisis at which unbendinf, firmness was more required. The political t s (Lus of the Federal State depends on their resolution. They must make up their minds to a d espot i sm if they abandon a single point. There have been many points i n E nglish his tory resembling that now exhibited at the other side of the Atlantic. But the Democratic element has universally prevailed. The possession of th e sinews of war, the hold on the national purse, m given the victory to the popular side. Our House of Lords would not dare to drive the other and more powerful estate of the realm to extremities. To cite one of many instances, it yielded at the time of the modern Charter of British Liberty, and the Reform Bill was carried notwithstanding the opposition of the Upper House. Should the Rouse of Representatives prove inadequate to the exigencies of their position there may be a Des potism or an Oligarchy, but there will be no longer a Republic, according to the legitimate in terpretation of the term. On the forthcoming election hangs the fortune of the Federal Govetnment. If FREMONT be elected, all will be well ; if not, there must be internal commotion and disturbance. At present civil war i n Kansas —citizen there is literally a is opposed to citizen ; and even an Austrian occu be a blessing, The een pcoompuplaarredrwepirteh. pation would existing circumstances. sentatives desire to stop this untoward state o f affairs, General Faucz t recklessly following ' up the insane and injudicious course on which he entered, knowing that, in a few months, he will be restored to a private sphere, for which he is much better calculated. But it is therefore even more essential that the House of Representa tives should maintain their ground. There will speedily be a new election ; the voice of public opinion will make itself heard at Washington, and one whose views are more in accordance with those of the People will occupy " The White House." Let that event be patiently awaited, and the would-be despot taught, by a painful, but salutary process, that the representatives of the People are true to their Anglo-Saxon origin, and that they will never abandon a cause in which truth, and justice, and the sympathies of the civilised world are on their side. States have their idiosyncracy like individuals ; and as we often find the extreme of baseness asso ciated with the extreme of ruffianism, so in Aus tria we have the extreme of ruffianism associated with the extreme of baseness. The butcher of Hungary, and the ruffian of the Principalities —the cowardly woman-beater, and the murderer of inoffensive youth -- the gaoler and hangman of Lombardy and the Lega tions—is the apologist of King BOMBA and the traducer of England 1 We don't quarrel with the fact, but say, with Philosopher Square, it is in accordance with the natural atness of tbinga.. She would not be Austria if she was not either at bloody or dirty work. It may be urged on her behalf, that, though the apologist of tyranny like that at Naples is presumptively the basest of man kind, there is this peculiarity in her case, that her own tyranny exceeds that of King BomEA, and that in defending him she but obeys the natural law of self-defence. The plea must be taken for what it is worth ; for our part it seems to lay open a deeper depth, and, if valid, to demonstrate that of all execrable tyrannies that of Austria is the worst. The press of Austria, i.e., the Government of Austria—for where you have a government at all approximating to the government of that coun try, we say it to the honour of letters, you never find a free press—is greatly annoyed by the sym pathy expressed in this country for the oppre3sed Neapolitans, and sons of Italy under Aus trian sway. What have we to do with the alleged grievances of people who don't belong to us We had better look at home—at Ireland, for instance. Haven't we kept that country in subjugation by force Haven't we perpetrated cruelties on its inhabitants, and :withheld from them what we choose to call the just rights of a a people f Why then should we be the first to meddle with those who but imitate our example ? Silence and self-reform would best become us. Such may be said to be the gist of the Austrian defence. What have we to say in reply ? Simply this : Whatever truth there may have been in these allegations, they don't apply at the present time. Ireland, doubtless, was in past times misgoverned, though never as Austria misgoverns at the present day. Those times are past, and the responsibility for them rests with the rulers of those times who but too closely re flected their spirit, and not with us, who have never been actuated by that spirit, but have marched in the van of civilisation. The reproach does not attach to us, and Austria knows it. We don't keep Ireland in subjugation by brute force. We don't practise cruelties upon her. We don't deny her her just rights. We hold. her by a surer bond, and govern her on more righteous principles, and, instead of dreaming of' repression, have only been too glad to hail her advance to a perfect equality with ourselves. Iu all Austria, I in all Italy, in all Europe, excluding the British " Isles, where is there a country so free f With an unshackled press, the rights of conscience pro tected, the franchise open to all, a voice in the Imperial Legislature, and a fair share of Admini strative responsibility and official distinction allotted to her sons, she has no more reason to c)mplain of her Government than Englishmen of theirs. We do look at Ireland, and, looking at Ireland, we smile at the audacity that asks us to do so, and revert our gaze to oppressed Italy. We don't recall the olden perjuries, treacheries, oppressive cruelties, and wanton blood-spilling of the House of Hapsburg or of the Bourbons-- ,he horrors of their histories are enough to appal the stoutest. The sympathy of Englishmen is with the oppressed Italians of the present day— their indignation against the Hapsburg and the Bourbon now on the throne. The people of Naples, Sicily, Lombardy, and the Legations " groan, being burdened," with the most heartless and op pressive tyranny. What is the response of FRANCIS Joszra and King BomnA ? A yet heavier yoke—a yet more bitter and inhuman oppression. When Ireland murmured, with not half the right, she was met by concession. Why re not the groans of Italy respondc 1 to in like fashion ? Look at Ireland. Well, look At her ; and if the blush of shame can rise to the cheek of a Hapsburg, of which we have grave doubts, FRANCIS JOSEPH may well blush at the comparison. It is not in Ireland the best and noblest are to be found in prison. It is not there the spy is to be met with at every step, and secret accusations are followed by mock trials, and confessions enforced by torture lead to the scaffold. Lord and Lady Palmerston left town yesterday, for St. Leonard's, Hastings, where the noble Premier will remain some days. The Minister for War, Lord Panmnre, has arrived in London, for the purpose of making the necessary arrange ments in re:ard to the ultimate destination of Pied montese troops under the command of British officers. FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.—A little before five o'clock yesterday (Thursday) morning thepremises of Mr. Bacon, a paint, colour, and oil manufacturer, Dublin-street, not far from the Liverpool Docks, were disc vered to be on fire. The fire brigade, the West of England engine, and other means for subduing the flames were very soon on the spot, and the fire was got under in 1 ttle more than half an hour. The damage sustained by Mr. Bacon is estimated at 4,0001., of which 3,0001. is covered by insurance in the Leeds and Yorkshire office. Mr. Jack, engineer, whose premises adjoin, has suffered to the extent of 50/. —but he is also insured for a large sum in the Royal. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. Wm. Baker held an inquest at the Crown Tavern, Upper East Smith fie'd, respecting the death of John Jeaves, a carman, aged 31 years. It appeared from the evidence that the de ceased was in the service of the Great Northern Railway Company, and on Friday afternoon he proceed ed with a lad in a van to the "F" warehouse of St. Ka therine's Dock, to procure goods which were to be sent into the country. The deceased placed the forve hehitcle under th e l oop -h o l es i n f ron t o f th e b u ildi ng, purpose of receiving some bags of sugar, each about three cwt. There wore several men standing on the fourth floor who had suspended two bags by the tackle, and whil e i n the act of lowering them the rope suddenly became liberated, whereby the bags and their uPsohnockthinegd m ec a ea n s n e e d r ,. w i h i a he w d a e s e c ea rt se ish d, ed w a h n e d n contents rnntilated fellin a extricated, raised his right h an d and exclaimed to the boy who was with him, " Good bye," when he imme diately expired. Verdict—" Accidental death." A SINGULAR EPISCOPAL DECREE.—The Exeter papers stare that the Rev. J. Corfe, rector of St. Petrock, has resigned his living in consequenc e of the Bishop of Exeter having prohibited his curate, he being a lite rate, from preaching. The decision of the Bishop of Exeter is somewhat remarkable, as it has been for many years past the practice for the bishops to admit literates (that is, persons without a university degree) into holy orders, and to grant them the usual privilege of preaching. Some very eminent living clergymen were literates when they were ordained. Among them may be mentioned the present Bishop of Sierra Leone, Dr. Bowers, Dean of Manchester, the Rev. T. Hartwell Horne, the author of the Introduction to the Scriptures ; the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Mr. Bayley, the Rector of Bloomsbury, and Professor Nioolay, of Ring's College. J 71 H 1 S tfi O'N Is, LATEST IN E THE RISING IN SWITZERLAND., CARLSRIITHE, SEPT. 4. Intelligence from Neufchatel states that the federal troops have retaken the town, and the in surgent leader, Count Pourtalis, has been ar- s FRIDA EVP, AMERICA, SOI/THAMPTON, SEPT. 4. the United States' mail steam-ship Arago, Captain Line s , which ar r i ve d o ff C owes this morn ing with the French and English mails, ea route to Havre, we have dates from New York to the 23d ult. The Arago brings 123 passengers, and on freight 363,000 dols, in specie, 500 barrels of flour, and 6,000 bushels of wheat. The Arago, on the 24th alt , in lat. 40.38, long. 68.45, exchanged signals with the Bremen ship Schener ' bound west. O n t h e 31st, i n lat. 48.30, long. 25.25, spoke the English bark Caroline , from Sheppy island, bound west. On the Ist inst. , in lat. 48•53, long. 21.05, fell in with the ship Amoy, of Glocester, with her hatches off, full of water, and abandoned. The Royal mail steamer Africa, from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the afternoon of the 20th ult. From Washington we learn that the extra session of Congress had commenced, in accordance with the proclamation of the President. After the prelimi nary business a message from the President was re ceived and read. The House was unusually bare, 182 members only beingpresent out of 230 of which the House consists. Of the 48 absentees 19 are Republicans, four North Americans of anti-Re publican tendencies, six Northern Democrats in the service of the Administration, and 20 Southern Democrats. Those, therefore, who were in favour of the suppression of ruffian violence in Kansas had an advantage of id members in consequence of ab senteeism. The Committee of Ways and Means brought in the Army Bill lost at the late session, with the proviso for securing the right of freedom in Kansas, and it was understood that no other business would be brought before the present meet ing of Congress. The first test vote gave the Re publicans 16 majority, which was a good margin for a long contest. Th e f o ll ow i ng i s a copy o f th e President's message : " Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Repre sentatives,—ln consequence ef the failure of Congress at its recent session to make provision for the support of the army, it became imperatively incumbent upon me to exercise the power which the Constitution confers on the Executive for extraordinary occasions, and promptly to convene the two houses, in order to afford them an op portunity of reconsidering a subject of such vital inte rest to the peace and welfare of the Union. With the exception of a partial authority vested by law in the Secretary of War to contract for a supply clothing and subsistence, the army is wholly dependent on the ap propriations annually made by congress. The omission of Congress to act in this respect before the termination of the fiscal year had already caused embarrassments to the service, which were overcome only in expecta-i tion of appropriations before the close of the present month. It the requisite funds be not speedily provided, the Executive will no longer be able to furnish for trans portation the equipments and munitions which are essential to the effectiveness of a military force in the field. With no provision for the pay of the troops, the contract, of enlistment would be broken, and the army mu-4 in effect be disbanded, the consequences of which would be so disastrous as to demand all possible efforts to avert the calamity. It is not merely that the officers and enlisted men of the army are to be thus deprived of the pay and emoluments to which they are entitled by standing laws, but that the construction of arms at the public armouries, the repair and construction of ordnance at the arsenals, and the manufacture of rnilDary clothing and camp equipage must be discontinued, and the persons connected with this branch of the public service thus be deprived suddenly of the employment essential to their subsistence. Nor is it merely the waste consequent on the forced abandonment of the seaboard fortifications and of the interior military posts and other establishments, and the enormous expense of recruiting and reorganising the army and again distributing it over the vast regions which it now occupies. These are evils which may, it is true, be repaired by taxes imposed on the country, but ether evils are involved, which no expenditure, however lavish, could remedy, in comparison with which local and per sonal injuries or interests sink into insignificance. A great part of the army is situate on the remote frontier or in the deserts and mountains of the interior. To dis charge large bodies of men in such places, without the means of regaining their homes, and where few, if any could obtain subsistence by honest industry, would be to subject them to suffering and temptation, with disregard of justice and right most derogatory to the Government. In the territories of Washington and Oregon numerous bands of Indians are in arms, and are waging a war of extermination against the white inhabitants ; and, al though our troops are actively carrying on the campaign, we have no intelligence as yet of a successful result. On the western plains, notwithstanding the imposing display of military force recently made there, and the chastise ment inflicted on the rebellious tribes, others, far from being dismayed, have manifested hostile intentions, and been guilty of outrages which, if not designed to provoke a conflict, serve to show that the apprehension of it is insufficient wholly to restrain the vicious propensities. A strong force in the State of Texas has produced the temporary suspension of hostilities there, but in New Mexicd incessant exertions on the part of the troops are required to keep in check the marauding tribes which intest that territory. The hostile Indians have not been removed from the State of Florida, and the withdrawal of the trove therefrom, leaving that object unaccom pli.Aied, would be most injurious to the inhabitants and a breach of the positive engagement of the general Go vernment. "To refuse supplies to the army, therefore, is to com pel the complete cessation of all its operations, and prac tical disbandment, and thus to invite hordes of predatory savages from the western plains and Rocky Mountains to spread devastation along a frontier of more than 4,000 miles in extent, and to deliver up the sparie population of a vast tract of country to rapine and murder. Such, in substance, would be the direct and immediate effects of the refusal of Congress, for the first time in the hi-tory of the Government, to grant supplies—the inevitable waste of millions of public treasure—the infliction of ex treme wrong upon all persons connected with the mili tary establishment by service, employment, or contracts —the recall of our forces from the field—the fearful sacri fice of life, and incalculable destruction of property on the remote frontiers —the striking of our national flag on the battlements of the fortresses which defend our maritime cities against foreign invasion—the violation of the public honour and good faith, and the discredit of the United States in the eyes of the civilised world. "I confidently trust that these considerations, and others appertaining to the domestic peace of the country, which cannot fail to suggest themselves to every patriotic mind, will, on reflection, be fully appreciated by both Houses of Congress, and induce the enactment of the requisite provisions of law for tke support of the army of the United States. " FRANKLIN PIERCE. Washington, Aug. 21." The Washington correspondent of the Nets York Herald, under date Au4.L2 , says : " The prospect for the passage of the Army Appro priation Bill is now regarded as hopeless, the Republi cans having exhibited to-day a stubborn determination to defeat it at all hazards. There was no discussion in the house, but the debate in the Senate was highly in structive and impressive. While Senators Bell, Hun ter, Cass, and others deplored the consequences, but thought it better to lose the appropriation and disband the army than to permit the House of Representatives to assume all the legislative powers of the Governinei t, by forcing upon the Senate independent legislation e'en trary to their judgment and constitutional right=, sena tors on the other side of the Chamber applauded the House and urged them to persist in their action, whe ther it were revolutionary or not. It now remains with the Senate to determine what shall be done. If they suspend Hunter's motion to adhere, both Houses will adjourn ; if not, then the Senate will not agree to ad journ, and thereupon tke House will be compelled to go on with tte regular order of business, as there is a strong disposition to do on all sides. " Gen. Cass gave it as his deliberate opinion that the days of the Republic were numbered. Mr. Wade, of Ohio, defended the action of the House, and was very abusive of the Executive. The Senate was much divided on a proposition to adjourn again sine die. The House re fused to entertain the proposition." The amount of the appropriations made at the last session of Congress is estimated at $68,604,000. If to this sum is added the $14,000,000 deferred ap propriation for the support of the army, an autho rised total expenditure is exhibited during the ses sion of $82,604,000. Of this aggregate $4,200,000 was to meet deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending with June last. The estimates of Secretary Guthrie for this fiscal year submitted last December were as follows : Receipts, $71,500,000 ; expenditure, $57,451,365 ; excess of receipts over expenditure, $14,048,635. But according to ap propriations already made there will be expended at least $80,000,000. Excess of expenditure over estimates, $22,548,635. The news from Kansas is exciting. There were reports that half a dozen sanguinary conflicts had taken place, in which the Free-state men appear to have gained some advantage. The town of Le cofnpton was captured on the 20th ult., and Go vernor Robinson and the other State prisoners rescued. The following telegraphic correspondence in reference to the affair is published in the New York journals :-- "On the 21st ult., about 400 Free-state men, includ ing 100 from Lane's party, attacked the ruffians' camp at Washington Creek, but they ran away. They wore strongly fortified. They left their provisions, and we burnt their fort. We took two prisoners near by, who say they had about 60 men at two o'clock this morning. Our men marched towards Lecompton, and at this mo ment I can distinctly hear the booming of cannon. A large company of Missourians are there, but victory is sure. " Governor Robinson and the other Free-state pri soners have been rescued. Shannon and the citizens of Lecompton have fled. Shannon refuses to call out the troops. Nothing has been heard of Smith's movements. "It is reported that at the fight near Oaawatomie the Free-gate men were repulsed, with 14 killed and 16 wounded. Lecompton will be destroyed. "From St. Louis we learn that a party of Southern ere, who left t wo wee k s ago f or Kansas, were a tt ac k e d while on their way from Kansas city to Lecompton, by a large body of Free-soilers, when a desperate conflict ensued. Many were killed and wounded on b.)th sides. The Southerners were finally compelled to yield, and were driven from the field. "The Leavenworth. City (Kansas) Journal, of the 17th ult., contain au account of another outbreak which cc. rested. PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING. A despatch has just arrived from Neufchatel, which says the canton is again tranquil. ST. PETEItSBURG, SEPT. 1. The Minister of Finance has been authorised to issue three new series of paper-money, amounting to nine millions uf silver roubles. MADRID, SEPT. 3. The Gazette publishes a decree dissolving the Constituent Cortes. Another royal decree accepts the resignation of M. Corradi, Minister of Spain at Lisbon. FRANCE. 1 ' The Emperor," says the Courrier du Havre, " intends, it is thought, to be in Paris by the 15th inst., as several of the ministers now absent on leave have received notice to return to the capital by the 14th." Prince Jerome embarked yesterday on board the Ariel steamer at Havre, and ran out to sea. The steamer steered at first in the direction of Tour ville, and then stood out into the offing. After a cruise of about two hours, his Imperial Highness, who appeared in the enjoyment of excellent health, landed and returned to the hotel Frascati. A Paris letter, in the Presse Beige, says :—" The rumour that a naval review is to be passed by the Emperor at Toulon, in presence oZ several foreign sovereigns, g ains credit. It i s even sa id t h at the review will take place some weeks sooner than was originally intended, in order to avoid the risk of bad weather. The Imperial family is afterwards to come to Paris for the winter. A letter from Constantinople of the 24th ult., in the Simaphor of Maraeille; says :—" Captain de Marolles, of the French navy, who lately went to Sebastopol in the Chaptal steamer for the purpose of bringing back to France for interment the body of his brother, General de M aro ll es, w h o fell in the attack on Cie Malakkoff, returned a few days since, having fulfilled his melancholy mission. Captain de Marolles and the commanding officer of the Chaptal bath speak in the warmest terms of the courtesy shown to them by the Russian Rear- Admiral, now governor of Sebastopol, who ren dered every facility to them in their search ; and when the body was found and embarked had caused the usual military honours to be paid by the Rus sian troops. Twenty-six English engineers and land surveyors have just arrived here. They are to proceed immediately to Syria, to continue the surveys for the railway in the valley of the Euphrates." BOURSE, Sept. 4.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. s. 4i per Cents 95 End °Month. —f. —O. 70 75 3per Cents 7O 55 New Loan — Bank Shares 4,125 Roman C.:edit Mobilier 1,635 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes ..... . Fiedmontese (5) — Home Debt „„..., - --. RAILWAYS—PGR CABS. fr. e. fr. 43. Orleans ......... 1,350 Western... 935 —.. Northern 1,012 50 Strasburg Lyons «...1,342 50 New Ditto Mediterranean 1,740 Grand Central 660 Lyons Geneva — Teste — Cette 750 Austrian Com. ...... 873 75 AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 29th ult. in the Debats says :—" The late war was a golden age for Austria, for during that time three-fifths of the trade in the Levant has been carried on by Aus trian subjects. Now that peace has been restored competition has again arisen in the markets which for the last two years have been in our exclusive possession, and many of our manufactured articles have consequently fallen in price. We are also threatened with a formidable competition in the navigation of the Danube. This was formerly con centrated in our hands, but the monopoly is about be wrested from us by the opening of that river and its tributaries to European commerce. The future therefore under these circumstances appears rather discouraging for our manufacturers, and it is not therefore surprising that the Government should be every day receiving petitions for aid and protec tion against foreign competition. A letter from Vienna of the 30th ult. says : " Formerly the Austrian Government had ob jected to the landing of Turkish troops on the shores of the Adriatic ; the Ottoman forces, in order to reach Montenegro, were compelled to pass over a long extent of country where the roads were frequently icnpracticab' e. Now that we are as much interested as Turkey in putting down revolt in that country, the Turkish troops have been in formed that every facility will be granted to them, and that they will receive every assistance from the Austrian commanders." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Sept. 3.—On Monday last, the im peachment of the Danish Minister for Holstein, Herr von Scheele, wts brought to an unexpected end, to the Holsteiners an unwelcome conclusion, by the High Court of Appeal iu Kiel declaring it self incompetent to pronounce judgment in the case. The trial itself took place on the 25th ult., and has for a kng time past been looked f orwar d to with great anxi e ty an d expectation by numerous circles both in Denmark and Germany ; and the result of this decision of the Court is, that there is now no bar or hindrance left to prevent the Danish Government from ruling Holstein according to their bon plaisir. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(rhis Day.) LONDON, Sept. s.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light airs and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 4.--Wind S.E. to E.S.E.—Sailer —H.M.S. Vulcan, for Sheerness. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 4. —Wind S. B.—Arrived—lMed way, from London, for Sydney, N.S.Vir.. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Teign mouth, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope and In dia; H.M.S. Nautilus, Plymouth. Off the port—Vic toria, from Mobile. CARDIFF, Sept. 3.—Arrived—Lady Bloney, from Que bec ; Helvellyn, Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, Sept. 4.--Wind S.S.E., fresh.—Arrived— Zola", from Havana. (PER ELICOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived- -Purveyor, from Swanage; Waters, Grippers, and George, Sunderland; Propontis steamer, London. Sailed—Matthew Thompson, Cardiff._ . , LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived—Antarctic and Dreadnought, from New York; St. Louis, New Orleans; James McHenry, Quebec; Cor nelia, Portland. Sailed—Helena, for Reckjavak ; Arab, Narva ; Wan derer, Barbados; Persian, Aden; New World, New York; Tinto, Valparaiso. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 3. Wind N.W. Arrived—Veritas, from New York; John King, An tigua ; Broderine, Miramichi. DUBLIN, Sept. 4. Wind S. _ ATri;nci—Lucifer, from Dantsic ; Due Fratres, Ancona, (BY SU/MARIN/1 AND BRITISH TELZGRAPH.; GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.30 a.m. Wind E ' tide 3.1 hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, Sept. 5.---John Bull, steamer, frogs Hamburg Seine, steamer, Boulogne ; Empire, steamer, Trebizonde Surprise, Cronstadt ; Advance, Caen. DEAL, Friday, 10.21 a.m. _ . Wind S.E. by E.; moderate. Passed, Sept. 4.—H. M.S. Yule:A, from westward, for River; Possidon, for Naples; Ocean Queen, Lisbon ; Annie Scott, Newport ; E lon Castle, Mauritius Kath leen, from Bermuda ; Irrawaddy ship, for Glasgow—all for London. Passed—Laturaergeir. from St. Stephen's, for London, since taken ground about a mile southerly of the Burr head Bank of the Goodwin. VSSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Heniy Moore, Liverpool to Calcutta, lat. 5 N, long. 23 W. The Jane M'Donald, New York to Queenstown, Aug. 8, lat. 40 N, long. 57 W. The Theresa, New York to London, Aug. 17, lat. 44 N, long. 47 W. The Edwin (brig), from Whitehaven, Aug. 22, lat. 46 N, long. 38 W. The Glenburn (ship), of Richmond, from New York, Aug. 24. lat. 41 N, long. 33 W. The Hero of Aberdeen, of Newcastle, from St. John's, Aug. 8, lat. 43 N, long. 58 W. The Memento, St. John's, Newfoundland, to London, Au. 2'), lat. 56N, long. 16 W. The bionics, Aug. 25, 48 miles SE of Cape St. Vincent; Providence, Swansea to Malta, same day. The Thomasin, Liverpool to Lisbon, Aug. 26, off Cape St,Roak. The Eliza (ship), of Plymouth, from Limerick, Aug. 27, lat. 49 N, long. 10 W. The Lawson, New Orleans to Liverpool, Aug. 27, lat, 27 N, long. 79 W. PI f r T ER I 8 st, curred in Kansas. Mr. Brown, at the head of 300 F ree - seilere, attacked and drove into Missouri a colony of Georgians, who were near Ossawatomie, burning houses and destroying property. "On the 15th the Tread well settlement in Douglas county, numbering 36 men, wt's attacked by 400 Free- Boilers, armed and mounted, under Messrs. Brown and Walker. The Treadwell party were on foot, and they sent to Governor Shannon for aid. He called on the United States' troops to go to their assistance, but they refused to do so. The anti-slavery men are driving, as -fast as they can, all the pro-slavery men out of Douglas county. "A fight occurred on the 14th, near Ossawatomie, between 200 Free-soilere and 12 pro-slavery men. The latter were in the fort. Fourteen Free-soilers were killed and six wounded. "On the morning of the 16th Lecompton was attacked and taken by 800 of General Lane's men. The United States' troops, having in charge Me , firs. Robinson, Brown, and others, surrendered without firing a gun. Colonel Titus was absent at the time, having gone to the assist ance of the pro-slavery party in Tread well. His house, about a mile from Lecompton, was burnt. Mr. Clowes, the editor of the Southern Advocate, and Mr. S . ) saore were killed. "A large body of men were organising in the border counties of Missouri, for the purpose of entering Kansas. " It is reported that it is the purpose of the pro slavery party to burn Lawrence on the 30th, for which p'aco a large force had left Leavenworth. " The St. Louis Democrat of the 20th ult. contains a letter, dated Kansas, the 14.6, concerning the affair at Franklin. It appears that a largecompany of Missourians and Carolinians, encamped at Washington Creek, had been committing depredations upon the farms of the Free state settlers in the vicinity, when they sent for assist ance to Lawrence. The people from there sent Mr. Hoyt, formerly of Mas , -achusetts, to the camp of the Missou rians and Carolinians, to ascertain the reason of their de predations. Mr. Hoyt went to their camp unarmed, and on the next day (the 12th) was taken prisoner by them and shot. The Lawrence men, immediately on hearing of this horrible and murderous outrage upon a peaceable and unarmed man, proceeded to att ac k th e f or tifi ca ti on of Franklin, for the purpose of securing arms to drive the encamped force out of the territory, but, sustaining con siderable loss in killed and wounded in the attack on the fort, they were obliged to return to Lawrence without at tacking the camp of the Missourians and Carolinians." A letter to the Republican, dated the 19th ult., states as follows : "Governor Shannon and nearly all the citizens of Le compton have left town. Secretary Woodson has been taken prisoner and his house burned. Sheriff Jones has also been taken prisoner. The house of General Clark, Indian agent, was burned. He and his family had escaped to Leavenworth. Couriers are riding through the river and border counties enlisting forces and raising supplies. Everywhere preparations are making for war, and a most bloody conflict is anticipated. General Richardson has gone to Fort Leavenworth to ascertain if General Smith acts by authority, and if not, he (Richardson) in teads calling his militia into the field. The steamer Polar Star came down last night with six companies of volun teers ready for the field. Three companies of cavalry and one of artillery intended leaving Leavenworth city on the 194 h." • The New York journals continue to publish ad • ditional accounts of the disasters by the late severe storm in the south, together with an account of a terrible catastrophe at Last Island, whereby 116 lives were sacrificed. One account says that the number of the victims are estimated at over 200 at least, 182 having been Already counted. Horses, cattle, and even fish lay strewn dead about the island. It was believed that many bodies were washed out into the Gulf. The following is ex tracted from a letter, dated the 4th ult., and written by one of the survivors At about 4 o'clock the bay and Gulf currents met and the sea waved over the island. Those who were so fortu nate as to find some object to cling to were seen floating in all directions. Many of them, however, were separated from the straw to which they clung for life, and launched into eternity ; the others were washed away by the rapid current, and drowned before they could roach their point of destination. Many were drowned from being stunned by scattered fragments of the buildings, which had been blown asunder by the storm ; others were crushed by the floating timbers and logs, which were removed from the beach and met them on their journey. To attempt a de scription of this sad event would be useless. No words can depict the awful scene which occurred on the nights of the 11th and 12th inst. It was not until the next morning, the 12th, that we could 'ascertain the extent of the disaster. Upon my return, after having drifted for about 20 hours, I found the steamer Star, which had arrived the day be fore, and was lying at anchor, a perfect wreck, nothing but her hull and boilers, and a portion of her machinery remain ing. Upon this wreck the lives of a large number were saved. Towards her each one directed his path as he was recovered from the deep, and was welcomed with tears by his fellow sufferers who had been so fortunate as to escape. The scene was heart-rending ; the good fortune of many a poor indi vidual, in being saved, was blighted by the news of the loss of a father, brother, sister, wife, or some near relative. Not a single building withstood the storm. The loss of property is immense, amounting to at least $lOO,OOO, The loss of baggige belonging to the visitors on the island at the time, which is complete, amounts to at least 55,00, besides about $10,003 in money on those who were drowned, which was nearly all recovered by a set of pirates who inhabit the island; the bodies of those who were recovered had been invariably robbed by these men. It was an awful scene to see the avidity of these heartless beings to pillage the dead." Many railroads had been much injured by the heavy rains. A joint resolution had been introduced in the Texas 'Mouse of Assembly, which requires the Governor to convene a special L-gisla,ture on or before the let of January, 1857, should the anti slavery candidate for the Presidency be elected ; and further, that the Governor forward a copy of: these resolutions to the Governor of each slave holding State. The resolution was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. It was said that Governor Wise, of Vir g inia, in tended to declare any one who permitted his name to go on a Fremont electoral ticket guilty of con templated treaon to the State. The famous " Charter Oak" at Hartford, Con necticut, fell on the 21st ult., with a tremendous crash, leaving only about six feet of the stump. This tree was far past its prime when the charter was concealed in it on the 9th of May, 1689, and was probably an old tree when Columbus disco vered the New World. The Legislature of Texas, in order to do its part towards extending slavery in Kansas, has appropri ated $50,000 from the State treasury to carry emi grants thither and support them there for three months. The New York money-market exhibited more favourable symptoms. Foreign exchanges ruled heavy, and, in consequence, no large shipments of coin to Europe were made. Foreign bills met with a slow sale at the following rates for bankers' signa tures—viz., London, 109.8 to 1081 ; Paris, 5 17i to 5.161 ; Antwerp, 5.161 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411; Hamburg, 361 to 36a : Bremen, 79 ; Frankfort, 411 to 41$ ; Berlin, Leipsic, and Cologne, 72 to 721. The demand for money was not increasing, and the supply was rather larger than at the opening of the week. Leading brokers quoted 7 per cent. for call loans, 8 to fl per cent. for first-class and 10 to 12 per cent. for second-class paperfor 60 to 90 days. The stock-market was firm and buoyant and trans actions in State stocks extensive. The importations of foreign dry goo is were still very heavy, and the result was that the balance of foreign trade was de cidedly against the market, although the enlarged exports of cotton to Europe furnished ample re turns for the silk and cotton goods which were re quired for the market. During the week there was a much larger quantity than usual warehoused, thereby indicating a scarcity of money which did not prevail earlier in the season. Woollen goods formed one-third of the total on the market. The sales of cotton on the 22d ult. embraced about 500 to 600 bales. The market closed steady and with out change of moment in prices. Owing to a break in the canal, produced by the late rain storm, com mon to good and medium extra brands of State and Western flour improved about 5 cents per barrel. Prime to choice new white Southern and Western wheat again advanced, and sales were made at $1 65 to $166, and red ditto sold at $1 50 toil 55. Old wheat continued dull, and Canadian white sold at $1 40. Western red, as in quality, sold at $1 20 to $1 45. Corn was firmer, with sales of sound Western mixed at 621 c. to 64c. Pork was dull, with sales of mess at $l9 311 c. to 19 374 c. Sugars were active, but the market closed at about 2c. de• cline from the previous highest rates, with sales of about 1,800 hhds. An auci,ion sale of Rio coffee drew together a '' (rood company, and the whole cargo of 9 , 22 G bags was sold at 10c. to 11Ic., making an average of 10•69 c. The sale was con- side,red satisfactory. Freights were steady, and about 50,000 bushels of wheat were engaged for Liverpool at 7d. in ships' bags, with flour at is. 6d. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 22. Cotton unchanged. Sales today, 350 bales ; sales for the week 2,300. Receipts, new cotton, 209 bales, against 4, 750 last year. Freights dull. Sterling exchange, 9i. PROPOSED ORATORIO AT YORK.—Arrangements are being made for a grand oratorial performance in the Festival C incert-room, York. The entertainment is to take place in the first or second week in October, and to continue for not less than three days. A powerful organ is to be immediately erected for the occasion. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—The Minaging Bard of Governors of the Royal Free Hospital have elected Dr. O'Connor, of Upper Montague-street, Montague-square, one of the medical staff of this Hospital, as a mark of their appreciation of his professional services whilst per forming the duties of physician to the hospital during the absence of one of the medical officers at the seat of war. THE LATE EARL OF SHREWSBURY.—Yesterday, in accordance with a public notification in all the Roman Catholic chapels and churches throughout the metropo lis last Sunday, a solemn dirge and requiem service was performed in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Farm-street, May-fair, for the repose of the soul of Ber tram late Earl of Shrewsbury . WEST COAST OF AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Retriever, Commander A. M'intosh, ar rived to-day. Her homeward dates are Bonny, July 24 ; Old Calabar, 25th ; Cameroons, 27th ; Fernando Po, 30th ; Lagos, Aug. 2; Accra, 4th ; Cape Coast, 6th ; Liberia, 10t1i; Sierra Leone, 13th ; Bathurst, 17th ; Goree, 18th ; Teneriffe, 25th; and Madeira, 27th. She brings 2,090 oz. of gold dust, and her cargo iucludes 206 casks of palm oil, 113 pieces and 2 cases of ivory, 54 bags of cochineal, wax, tobacco, wine, &c. The rains at Sierra Leone have been unpreco dentedly heavy, and have had a depressing effect on trade. Mr. Barlow, Queen's Advocate, died there on the 13th of August. The Spanish mission is doing well at Fernando Po. Trade is brisk at Cameroons and dull at Old Calabar. It is partially stopped at Bonny, owinc , to the unwillingness of the na ti ves t o rece i ve t he price of oil ; a quantity lying on the beach at Lagos could not be got off in consequence of the surf. The continuance of the drought at Accra would, it was feared, cause great scarcity of provisions. Since the abolition of the poll-tax peace had pre- Tailed. The Government of Goree continues unpopular, and trading vessels proceeded on to the Dutch set tlements to discharge. The ship Eivina Owens arrived at Liberia on the 10th of Aug. with 300 emigrants. On the passage from Savannah 20 died from various causes. The natives are peaceable atßaura. In consequence of the recent disturbances in Spain. the Militia at Teneriffe are disbanded--a pro ceeding highly satisfactory to the men. The cholera is disappearing. from Madeira. 5,000 have fallen victims in a p o p u l a tion of 16,000. At Funchal the cases have been reduced lately to five or six daily. It is severe at Porto Santo, to which place the Retriever, at the request of the Governor, towed a schooner laden with medical stores. The paddlewheel steam sloop Alecto, 5, Com mander James Hunt, left Fernando Po on July 26 for St. Paul de Loando. Commodore Adams, in the paddlewheel steam ship Scourge, 6, with the brig Childer, 12, Commodore Victor G. Hick ley, and the screw steam gun vessel Teazer, 2, Commodore Walter J. H. Grubb, and the brigan tine Dolphin, 3, Commodore Edmund Webber, were on the South coast. At Lagos, on Aug. 2, were the ste am s l oo p Plumper, 12, Commodore William H. Haswell ; the paddlewheel steam sloop Prometheus, 5, Com modore Charles W. Hope, sailed July 22, for the Windward coast. Off Accra the Retriever passed two steamers, supposed to be the Hecla and the Prometheus ; the paddlewheel steam vessel Blood hound, Lieut. Commander George B. Williams, had recently returned to Sierra Leone from a cruise off the Rio Pongas, where the paddle steam vessel Myrmidon, 8, Commodore Edwa:d. Shaw, had burnt a large slave schooner, 19th of May, and destroyed a barracoon capable of holding 600 slaves. The paddlewheel steam vessel Firefly, 4, Commo dore George F. Day, and the Bloodhound were at Sierra Leone on the 13th Aug. The paddlewheel steam vessel Merlin, 6, Commodore Cecil W. Buck ley, sailed same day for Rio Pongas to relieve the Myrmidon, which was to proceed to Fernando Po. The French war steamer Zele was at Goree, and the United States frigate Jamestown at Teneriffe. The African mail steamer Candace arrived at Sierra Leone on the 12th August. A steamer, supposed to be the Niger, was noticed off Madeira on the night of the 29tIi August. Several losses of mer chant shipping have occurred on the coast. The barque Brisk, of London, was wrecked off Grand Bassa on the 13th of July ; crew sated, except Joseph Ballantyne. The British schooner Teazel was wrecked off Tradetown on the sth of July ; crew saved ' and the French ship C e ph o lid e was wrecked at Mellicouri River on the sth of August; master and part of the crew saved ; portion of the remainder unknown. Some fishing-vessels and boats, with several lives, have been lost near Sierra Leone in consequence of the severe weather. The coast anti the shipping are in a healthy con dition. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO FORT. GEORGE. The Commander-in-Chief, as our readers are aware, is at present s t ayin g a t Gordon Castl e . On onday last, accompanied by the Duke of Richmond, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, he drove over from the castle and paid an unex pected but most welcome visit to Fort George. A most minute inspection of the place was made, and his Royal Highness expressed his determination to have various improvements made for the comfort and convenience of the troops. The barracks are immediately to undergo re pairs, and be made available to contain a battalion consisting of four Highland depots. At present the 92d depot occupy a portion of the barrack, and a company of the 79th, the latter consisting of three officers and under 100 rank and file. The 72d, 79th, and 91st are expected shortly to aug ment the present small garrison. His Royal High ness found an order existed which prevented the officers or men from playing cricket or quoits on the grass in front of the barracks, and with a re freshing absence of red tapeism he i mme di a t e ly cancelled the order, to the great delight of th e officers present. He also made a searching in quiry into the number of quarters occupied by clerks and other officials about the buildings, who never hesitate to appropriate roomy and large quarters for themselves, and very frequently leave but one room for a military officer to exist in as he can. AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Sept. 4.—The Postmaster-General has refused tLe appli cation of Messrs. James Baines and Co. to detai❑ the M:,rco Polo till Sunday in order that she might take out replies to the Kent's advices. The Marco Polo and an other ves , el, the Acadia, will consequently sail for Mel. bourne about ',noon to-morrow (Friday). On Saturday the Cunard mail -steamer Asia will sa,ll with the mails to New York. Let ters will be received at the Liverpool post-office on Saturday morning till 11 a.m., with late fees to 12 at noon, and on the landing stage at 1 p.m. To-day (Tnur,day) the Arabia, a supplemental steamer, sailed for fla!ifax and Boston with the mails and 113 pasengers. - THE MAILS. —SOUTHAMPrON, Sept. 4.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Indus, Capt. Brooks, sailed this afternoon for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexan di is, with the India, China, and Moc.iterranean mails, 120 passengers, 838,1171. in specie, of which 818,1171. is for India and China, and the remainder for Alexan dria, and a full general cargo. Among the passengers .ire Dsputy Commissary-General Lawrence, Commander Joliiffe, Major Vaughan, Captains Burton, Dunstef. helm, and Haste, and Lieuts. Harris and Craster. The Sultan, Capt. Cooke, is preparing to convey the next outward Peninsular mails on the 7th inst. The Aden, Captain Weeks, with the next mails from the Peninsular ports, is expected about the 13th inst. The Alhambra, Captain J. K. Joy, i s appointed to leave on the 10th inst. for Malta and Alexandria, for the purpose of con veying the surplus cargo remaining from the regular mail packets. We understand that it is the intention of the Peninsular and Oriental Company to despatch an extra boat regularly every month. The Royal mail steam-ship Avon, Captain Revett, will convey the next Brazilian and River Plate mails on the 9th inst. LANDS ON LAKE HURON.—Part of the northern and southern portions of the island of St. Joseph, in Lake Huron, will be offered for sale by. the Government in this city, on the 15th of September. The upset price will be 2s. 6d. currency an acre ; one-fifth of the purchase money to be paid down, and the remainder in as many annual instalments. The purchaser will have the option of paying the whole amount at any time and receiving their patent. The island lies in the course of the steamers proceeding to and coming from the Sault Ste. Marie; and will find in the raining reg*ons of Lake Superior a market for its produce. The extreme length of the island is about 17 miles, and the extreme width about 12. The surface along the south and south-west ern shores is generally flat and swampy, being in many places very thickly timbered. The north and north eastern shores, on the contaary, rise with a gentle in clination from the water. The interior has a rolling sur face, and the large level areas of their summits on the hills are covered with hard wood. The flats and valleys, often so low as to be swampy, are thickly timbered with cedar, spruce; balsam, and turmeric. At the summit of the island there is an area of 5,000 acres of slightly un dulating table-land, covered with beech and maple ; the soil being a sandy loam of good quality, in some places a little stony, but free from rock and we 1 adapted for farming purposes. The height o the summit is abcut 400 er 500 feet above the lake, if the estimate of the engineer who surveyed the island can be relied on, for he had no opportunity of taking its altitude. Besides the swamps along the coast, already mentioned, there are several of considerable dimensions in the interior ; some of which are, however, nearly d ry, and will some day be fit for settlement. Except one spot near the centre, the island is generally well watered. There are several small lakes in the interior, of which the principal is Lake Hilton, in which the most considerable stream in the island has its source. Besides this, there are the e other principal streams and several small ones. Lek e Hilton, situated a little west to the centre of the island, is of considerable depth ; it has a sandy bottom and gently rising banks. From some of the smaller lakes no outlet has been observed ; but the surveyor of the island is of opinion that they have an underground con nection with the streams that rise near them. There are some prairies on the island, growing long grass, and in some cases being slightly covered with water. Of these, the largest ist near the extreme southern point of the island ; it is composed of sandy mud, and covered with long glass and reeds ; having, in the opinion of the surveyor, been formed of a deposit, carried in s Motion during storms, from Mud Lake. The surface soil of the island generally consists of a red sandy loam, or clay and sand mixed with mould. There is, however, to be found white sand, as well as brown or red clay.—Cants -4444 Nom THE FAILURE OF THE ROYAL BRITISH BA AK. Such further light as has been thrown upon the affairs of the Royal British Bank to-day is "" tremely discouraging, and, although all the credi tors must be paid in full, there is reason to believe ghat this will not be effected without a further heavy call upon the proprietors, in addition to the loss of the entire capital at present paid up. I t transpired this morning that all negotiations vvitt l the hope of inducing any other establishment to interpose had come to an end. A large number of depositors and shareholders who had met at the bank without concert then endeavoured, with the aid of the directors, to ascertain their real position, and it was agreed among some of the principal de' positors that they would themselves consent t° wait six mouths, and would recommend their fel' low claimants to do the same if any security could be given that4he shareholders would supply sup' cient funds to re-open the establishment and to in,: sure payment at the end of that period. suc h shareholders as were present were, of course, un able to decide upon the practicability of this plan in the absence of a full balance-sheet to the latest date, but a general willingness was manifested tg make every effort to preserve the interests of a!". parties. Meanwhile, Mr. Coleman, the accountan t, has been called in and a statement of affairs is V; be immediately prepared, which will be submitted to a general meeting on the 20th inst. According, o thcir charter, upon on e -f our th o f tieeeP ita being lost the directors w ere b oun d t o ca ll a me' ,,t. ~ ing, the bank being then li a bl e t o di sso l u tion, u m: less shareholders to the a moun t o f two.thira'' ' should agree to carry it on and to pay off all die' sentients. That an arrangement of the latter IR" scription can be effected seems hardly probahlff notwithstanding the desire e x p res s e d on all sides ' l° , mitigate the disaster. It a pp ears th a t the amoul o sunk in the Cefn iron and coal. works, in Glamor' ganshire, exceeds 100,0001. (th e original loss has' ing been 25,000/0 ; that advances have been mad e to formfr directors and to the late manage r which will probably involve deficiencies of mor e than 50,0001.; and that bills of Mr. Edward Oliver, of Liverpool, and bonds of the Westminster Iry prove,nent Commission, are still among the assets. If this be the case, already more than the Vil l°l l paid-up capital will be seen t o h ave b een swep t away without reckoning f u t ure l aw ex p e nses, such ordinary losses as i nvar i a bly ar i se i n the wine" ing-up of . an estate. These losses will, perhaPsf prove less than was feared yesterday, since th e t cash credits are s t a t e d t o b e li m it e d t o alv 11 „, 150,0001., instead o f 250,0001., b u t t oge ther with the bills discounted th e y i nvo l ve suc h a m ultitude of small amounts as to shut out even under th e most favourable circumstances the prospect of an easy settlement. The best assets have doubtless been disposed of to meet the recent run, as it is he lieved that more than 200,0001. was paid awe , ' during its continuance, thus reducing the liabilities of the bank from 810,0001. to about 600,001/. ' ll , ll h ° item of 23,680/. for " property in buildi ng s," whic h appeared in the la s t bal ance - s h ee t among th e asset s' is represented merely by the Strand branch and other branches, the South Sea-house having only been rented although about 10,0001., or 15,0001., is Or posed to have been lately expended in moving thither. With regard to the management of the Bank from its commencement seven years abef and the character of the advances made to former directors, a belief prevails that any disclosur es which may be made will be of the most unsati.si factory kind. The present directors are e.e l , to be wholly free from th e c h arge o f having obtained a single advance from the Bank, a nd ; although they must hav e b een gu ilty o f a tota l want of vigilance, foresight, and firmness, they art alleged to have stru g gled hard lately to brill° . the establishment into abetter state, and to have be en deluded into the hope that its position mig ht yet be retrieved by the gradual increase in the number of its custo ners and by effecting an Ltr' tangement, which at one moment seemed practi cable, for the dispo - al of their iron and coal mines,' Three of the numb 3r—na me ly, M essrs . Butt, ai" lott, and Hurst joined th e B oar d on l y l as t montn9 and the accession of some of the others was also recent. Those who are mainly acccountable for the ruin appear to have retired, but the whole his: tory of the Bank comprises ro short a period that there can be little difficulty on the part of the ere ditors and shareholders in dragging forth all i ts leading facts, and this they are bound to do for the satisfaction and safety of the public. After th e dissolution of the Bank on the 20th inst. thet winding-up may be conducted by th e B oar d, or may be thrown, upon the petition of any share ♦ holders, into the Court of Chancery, by whota receiver will be appointed. The Bank beings cor poration creditors must in the first instance look to the general assets, but upon these being hausted they can proceed against individual share' holders they may think proper to select. An attempt to bring the Bank under bankruptcy er pears to have been made this afcernc3n, but the scope of the proceeding is rot at present under: stood. It is certain that it will be for the interest of all concerned to avoid law proceedings as muc h as possible, except against those who may be shown to have been deliberate participators in the dear' quencie3 committed. It was mentioned to-day that the difficulties ef the shareholders in obtaining a clear view o f the accounts of the Royal British Bank were increasra by Mr. Craufurd, the manager lately appointed t t . ) succeed Mr. Cameron, havi ng b een a tt ac k e d with sudden illness. At the Court of Bankrupt: , 7 to-day a petition t was filed for an adj u di ca ti on o f I San k rup t c y agao s the Royal British B an k, th e pe titi on i ng creditor being Mr. Walter Morisse, of Jewin-crescent, grip plegate ; and tho solicitor, Mr. Chidley.—'L'n e3 City Article. f o The excitem en t consequen t u p on th e s t o ppage - r this Bank c on ti nue d una b a t e d d ur i ng th e whole o f yesterday. From a very early hour in the morning hundreds of persons surrounded the chief office i° Threadneedle -street, vainly endeavouring to got an interview with some person connected with the bank. Finding they could not succeed, they i 00k ,,, up their positions opposite the doors, and detail=' to each other their several losses, and the consc quences which were likely to arise therefrocc l. Many of the details were of a very distressing cha racter, and more than one peison, on leaving th e , place threatened to put an end to himself. Severa l ladies, who had money in the bank bc.),ring deposit informed the reporter that they had lost every farthing they pc-sewed. One pculiarly hard cag e was a licensed victualler who was about to take urge tavern at the West end of London. He had paid a deposit of SC)/., and was tl complete the purchase this day, for which purpc-e he came to town yesterday morning to draw out the require sum, 2,0001., wh en h e f oun d th e b an k c l ose d. has,therefore, not only lost his 2,0001., but the 500/. deposit money for not completing the purchase . Another publican, who rerantly kept a house ill Bride-lane, Fleet-street, hes lost between W l ' and 6C91. It appears that from the facilities of fered by the bank a large numb3r of tavern-keeper s are sufferers. Great as the losses may be amongst the deposi' tors at the chief offic; we are enabled to state that they will be more severely felt in the neighbour hood of the suburban branches, where the deposi )rs were chiefly small trade-4'olk, who only kept the money in the bank until such time 's they bad accumulated sufficient to pay their different trade collectors. At the Islington branch it was stated that nearly the whole of the tradesmen in the district were sufferers, as well as a number of retired shopkeeP" ers who reside in the immediate neighbourhood. The Borough branch had a very large number Of customers, including the parochial collectors, the parish funds, and the numerous charities in con nection with the borough of Southwark. Lambeth was similarly situated, and in both in stances many little shopkeepers have lost all their ready money. At every branch largo crowds of persons had assembled early in the morning, and did not leave till dark last evening. At the Sheriff's Court, R3(.1 Lion-square, 03 Wednesday evening, two extents from the Crown were executed against the Royal British Bank. Mr. Hall, the assessor, and a jury was speedily 0 1 ) - tained, and evidence given showing that a collector for stage carriage duties had paid about 3801. into the bank, and an income tax collector about G 031• The law on the subject was explained, and the proceedings were necessary to obtain payment 1.0 full of about 9001, the Crown being the creditors, to take the whole amount. The preliminary steps were taken to enforce payment. _. _.. A meeting of persons interested in the London and Paris Bank is called for Tuesday next at the London Tavern. THE DONCASTER CIIP.—The piece of plate, valued a 300 guineas, which is the principal prize at Doncaster Races, consists of a statuette equestrian figura of the Emperor Louis Napoleon, manufactured in silver by Mr• Hancock, of Bruton-street, after a model executed by Mr. M'Carthy and M. Freret—the horse by the first named artist, and the Emperor by the last. This group was suggested by the authorities of the racecourse as a compliment to his Imperial Majesty. 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