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

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on MONDAY, the Bth September, the Branch Line of the Great Western Railway be tween West DRAYTON and UXBRIDGE wit. be opened for the conveyance of Passengers, and Parcels. For particulars of trains see the Company's Time Bill, to be ob tained at the Paddington station and at the booking offices. CIIAS, A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington. Sept. 5,1856. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza DUN. THIS EVENING, MUSIC H iTH CHARMS. After whin, PIZARRO. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckatona. THIS EVENING, SECOND LOVE. After which, The Spanish Dancers. Followed by PRESENTED AT COURT. To conclude with THE SPANISH SEtTE,INT. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT 13. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with IRISH ASSURANCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. STR IND TPIEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. THIS EVENING, CHARLES THE TWELFTH. The Pas des Sabots by Mdles. Christine and Agnes. Follocrel by TWO PRECIOUS SCOUNDRELS. Lea Jeux Icarienne3 by mons. Flllls and Family. After which, 311 SC [IMF 3f IKING. All'ance Dance by ]ldles. Christine and Agnes. To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAZGEIT. Commence at 7. Stalls, 39.—Boxes, 2s.—Plt, Is —Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLY M ?IC THEATRE. Leasee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. After which, MEDEA. To conclude with TIIE WELSH GIRL. ASTLEY'3 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Shakspeare's Richard the Third illustrated. THIS EVENING, The brilliant g m of London, Shaltspnre's RIC'T.MT) THFI THIRD, with equestrian il'uitration by Mr. W. Cooke's stud .of trained horses. White Surrey slai 1 under his royal mailer, w3nitlect, dyins, and dead hors.:s in the V.attle of Bosworth Field, &z. After Which, The EQUESPRIAN AC C. in the CIRCLE. TJ colcinee with a Risible Farcl . Box-office open fr E!er, n tid Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. We't. F.qaestrian Director, gr. W. Coke, tits 'i cvATEa A.T LONDON' 311i1Y T tt9 DAY—Morn. 1 , ti!.n. aft. 5 —Evening 15 nia. aft. 5 T -VilsatOgt-310rn.23 min. aft. 5 —Evaning 46 tutu: aft. 5 LIE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 5 THEIV.IOJiaaa. Ig TUE 3:IA.DA. fxl alma& norm vesterfily. TO -lowest this morning and dnrinf the night. 66 -this day it noon. F A v)m&-vitv, 30 . 0—falling. WIND. S.E.—Light, with fina, elaa.r, sunshiny weather. STAMPED EDITION OF "MIS SUN." Tio LAte3t E litioa Uf T3L , 3 S tnb, Staln po 1, in time for P.)lt, !nay alwayi be liA , l fro n elf- past; 5 till 1 7 oinloek every evening. Subacrib3rs in the Country will please observe that the heailing " TEIIR'D EDITION" is always to be Fe3l on the ptmars containing the latest new. If any dilaralLy be experien3el in obtainin4 that E I irion, a communication to The San Offica will remedy it. Sun °aka, 112, Strand. .(7- 1 r 6. 1 iflLle LONION, Fttl SEPTEVIBER 5, 1358 The Extraordinary Session of Cmgress has commenced at Washin4ton, but there is sc tr;,•3;y 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 !" as their motto. On the o` her hand, FRANKLIN" PIERC3 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 coursl 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 tho Senate adhere to their original resolution, a e.,llision 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 R9presentatives is the constitutional guardian of the public purse. They should not lightly stop the supplies ; but if theirlegitimate re nonstrances 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 unbending firmness was more required. The political status of the Federal State depends on their resolution. They must make up their minds to a despotism if they abandon a► single point. There have been many poWs in Raglish his tory resembling that now exhibited at the other side of the Atlantic. But the Democratic element has univershily prevailed. The possession of the ,- t sinews of %Is the hold on the national purse, has • given the viebory to the popular side. Our House of Lords would not dare to drive the other and more,vierful estate of the realm to extremities. To Gib one of many instances, it yielded at the time of the modern Charter of British Liberty, a_11(1 the Reform Bill was carried notwithstanding the opposition of the Upper House. Should the Ek tisa.of Representatives prove inadequate to the exigencies of their position there may be a DJS po,tigna or an Oligarchy, but there will be no longer a Republic, acc3rdine , to the le g itimate in terpretation of the term. On the forthcoming election hangs the fortune of the Federal Government. If FREMONT be elected, all will b 3 well ; if not, th ere must b e internal commotion an d disturban ce. At present there is literally a civil war in Kansas- ; ; --c.t. isaTposed to citizen ; and even an Austrian occu pation would be a blessing, when compared w ith existing circumstances. The popular repre sentatives desire to stop this untoward state of affairs. General PLERCE, recklessly following up the insane and injudicious course on which ho 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 BOICIA and the traducer of England We don't quarrel with the fact, but say, with Philosopher Square, it is in accordance with the natural fitness of things. 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 BOACZA, 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. LATEST NEWS. THE RISING IN SWITZERLAND. CARLSRUHE, SEPT. 4. Intelligence from Neufchatel states that the federal troops have retaken the town, and the in surgent leader, Count Pourtalis, has been ar- rested. PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING. A despatch has just arrived from Neufchatel, which says the canton is again tranquil. ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 1. The Minister of Finance has been authorised to issue three new series of paper-money, amounting to nine millions of 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. 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 oppressed 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 people ? 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 allegation , , 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 close!y 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 sul t j igation 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 rincip:es, and, insto td of dreaming of repression, have only been too glad to hail her advance to perfect equality with ourselves. In all Austria, in all Italy, in all Europe, excluding the British Lies, where is there a country so free ? 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 ()flied distinction allotted to her sons, she has no more reason to o )mplain of her Government than Englislinim of theirs. We do look at Ireland, and, looking at Ireland, we smile at the audacity that asks as 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— the 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 " 6 roen, being burdened," with the most heartless and op pressive tyranny. What is the response of FRANCIS Joszrm and King Memel ? A yet heavier yok - e—a yet more bitter and inhuman oppression. When Ireland murmured, P ith not half the right, she was met by concession. Why are not the groans of Italy responded 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 Josersr may well blush at the comparison. It is not in Ireland the bes':, and noblest aro 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. AMERICA, SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 4. By the United States' mail steam-ship Arago, Captain Lines, which arrived off Cowes this morn ing with the French and English mails, en 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 ult., in lat. 40.38, long. 68.45, exchanged signals with the Bremen ship Scheller, bound west. On the 31st, in 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 11 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. The following is a copy of the President's message : " Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Repre sentatives,—ln consequence •f 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 of 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 tion of appropriations before the close of the present month. If 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 contracts of enlistment would be broken, and the army must 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 military 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 c - msequent 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 %e hich 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 exp.nditure, however lavish, could remedy, in comparison wilt which local and per sonal injuriis or interests sink into insignificance. A great part of the army is sitinte 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 ' sulject them to suffering an,l temptation, with di,regard 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. Oo the western plains, notwithstanding the impoAng display of military force recently made there, and the chastise ment icflicted 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 Mexico incessant exertions on the part of the troops are required to keep in check the infirauding tribe 3 which in(cst that territory. Thu hostile Indians have not been removed from the Sate of Florida, and the withdrawal of the troops therefrom, leaving that object unaccom pli:h:d, wont.' be most injurious t , ) the inhabitants and a breach of the positive engagement of the general Go vernment. " Tu refuse supplies to the army, therefore, is to com pel the complete cessation of all its operations, and past tieal disbandment, and thus to invite hordes of preda'ory eavages from the western p!ains and h,cky Mountains to spread devastation along a frontier of more than 4,000 miles in extent, and to deliver up the sparse ppulation of a vast tract of country to rapine and murder. Such, in substance, would he 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 rt call of our forces from the field—the fearful sacri fice of life, and incalculable destruction of property on the remote frontiers—the striking of cur 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 the support of the army of the United States. " FRANKLIN PIERCE. " Washington, Aug. 21." The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, under date Aug. 22, says : " The prospect for the passage of the Army Appro priation Bill is now regarded as hopeless, the Republi cans having exhibited to-day z 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 Government, by forcing upon the Senate independent legislation con trary to their judgment and constitutional rights, sena tors on the other side of the Chamber applauded the House and urged them to persist in their action, whe ther it were revolution )ry 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 tie House will be compelled to go on with tt• 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 compton 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 were strongly fortified. They left their provisions, and we Lurnt their fort. We took two prisoners near by, who say they had about 60 men at two o'clock this mornii.g. Our men marched towards Lecompcon, 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 03eawatomie the Free•state men were repulsed, with 14 killed and 16 wounded. Lecompton will be destroyed. "From St, Louis we learn ti at a party of Southern ers, who left two weeks ago for Kansas, were attacked while on their way from Kansas city to Lecompton, by a large body of Tree•soilere, when a desperate conflict ensued. Many were killed and wounded on both sides. The Southerners were finally compelled to yield, and were driven from the field. "The Leavenworth City (Kansas) Journal, of the 17th nit., contains an account of another outbreak which cc- 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 Panmure, has arrived in London, for the purpose of making the necessary arrange• nients in retard to the ultimate destination of Pied mentos° troops under the command of British officers. FIRE AT LIVERPOOL—A little before five o'clock yesterday (Thursday) morning the premises of Mr. Bacon, a paint, colour, and oil manufacturer, Dublin-street, not far from the Liverpool Docks, were discovered 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 l•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 th e Leeds and Yorkshire office. Mr. Jack, engineer, whose premises adjoin, has suffered to the extent of 601. —bat he is also insured fur a largo sum in the Royal. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday Mr. Wm. Baker held an inquest at the Crown Tavern, Upper East Smith field, respeoting the death of John Jeavee, a carman, aged 31 years. It appeared from the evidence that the de ceased was in the service of the Groat Northern Railway Company, and on Friday afternoon he proosed 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 vehicle under the loop-holes in front of the building, for the purpose of receiving some bags of sugar, each about three cwt. There were several men standing on the fourth floor who had anspended two bags by the tackle, and while in the act of lowering them the rope suddenly became liberated, whereby the bags and their contents fell upon the deceased, who was crushed and mutilated in a shocking manner. The deceased, when extricated, raised Lis right hand 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 state that the Rev. J. Corle,e!ector of St. Petrock, has resigned his living in consequence of the Bishop of Exeter having prohibited his curate, ho 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 dogri e) 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 mey be mentioned the present Bishop of Slerre. Leone, Dr. Bowers Dean of Manchester, the Rev. T. Hartwell Horne, the author of the Introduction to 1 the Sc r ipt ures ; th e R ev. D r. W or thington, Mr. Bayley , the Recto r of Bloomsbury, and Professor Nioolay, of King's College. THE SUN, .LOW DON; FRIDAY ET EREN et; SEPTEMBER 5, 1855, curred in Kansas. Mr. Brown, at the head of 300 Free- Boilers, attacked and drove into Missouri a colony of Georgians, who were near Ossawatomie, burying houses and destroying property. "On the 15th the Treadwell settlement in Douglas county, numbering 30 men, was attacked by 400 Free soilers, 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 co city. "A. fight occurred on the 14th, near 03sawatomie, between 200 Free-soilers 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 Messrs. 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 Treadwell. His house, about a mile from Lecompton, was burnt. Mr. Clowes, the editor of the Southern Advocate, and Mr. Systaore 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 place a large force had left Leavenworth. "The St. Louis Democrat of the 20th ult. contains a letter, dated Kansas, the 14th, concerning the affair at Franklin. It appears that a large company 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 Massachusetts, 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 attack the fortification 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 I?epublican, 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 bas 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 moat 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 rea ly for the field. Three companies of cavalry and one of artillery intended leaving Leavenworth city on the 196 h." The New York journals continuo 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 cx- traeted from a letter, dated the 4th ult., and written by one of the survivors : "At about 4 o'cicck the bay and Gulf currents met and the sea waved over the island. Those who ware so fortu nate as to find some object to cling to were seen floating in all directions. Many of them, however, were separated from thu 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 reach 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 ou 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 Wite 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 th, 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. Udon 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 weleomsd with tears by his fellow suffsrers who had been so fortunate as to escape. The scene was heart-rending ; the good fortune of many a poor indi- victual, in being saved, was blighted by the news ... of the loss of a father, brother, sister, wife, or sonic near relative. Not P. single building withstood the storm. The loss of property is immense, amounting to at least $lOO,OOO. The loss of b.tg,g ige belonging to the visitors on the island at the time, which is complete, amounts to at least $5,000, besides about 310,000 iu money on those who were drowned, which was nearly ail recovered by a sot 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 533 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 ! House of Assembly, which requires the Governor to convene a special Legislature on or before the Ist 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 Virginia, in tended to declare any one who permitted his name to go ou a Fremont electoral ticket guilty of con templated treason to the Sate. The famous "-Charter Oak" at Flirtford, 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 $50,000 from the State treasury to carry emi grants thither and support them there for three mouths. The New York money-market exhibited more favourable symptoms. Foreign exchanges ruled heavy, and, in cow equence, no large shipments of coin to Europe were made. Foreign bills met with a slow sale at the following rates for bankers' signa tures—viz., London, 109 to 1031 ; Paris, 5 ITh to 5•161 ; Antwerp, 5 . 161 ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411; Hamburg, 361 to 36!,-, Bremen, 79 ; Frankfort, 41t to 41$ ; Berlin, Leipsic, and Cologne, 72 to 72f. The demand for money was not increasing, and. the supply was rather larger than at the opening of the week. Leading brokers quoted 7 par cent, for call loans, 8 to 9 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 wore 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 $1 66, and red ditto sold at $1 50 to $1 55. Old wheat continued dull, and Canadian white sold at $1 40. Western red, as in quality, sold at $1 20 to $145. 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 19 371 c. Sugars were active, but the market closed at about -ie. de cline from the previous highest rates, with sales of about 1,800 hhds. An auction sale of Rio coffee drew together a good company, and the whole cargo of 9,226 bags was sold at 100. to 11c., making an average of 10.69 c. The sale was con sidered satisfactory. Freights were steady, and about 50,000 bushels of wheat were engaged for Liverpool at 7d. in ships' bags, with flour at ls. 6d. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW ORLEASS, 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, 9a. • PROPOSED ORATORIO AT YORK.—Arrangements are being made for a grand oratorial performance in the Festival Cincert-room, York. The entertainment is to take place i❑ the fir,t or second week in October, and to continue for not less than three days. A powerful organ is to he immediately erected for the occasion. Rov.tt, FREE HOSPITAL.—The Managing Board 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 officcra at the seat of war. THE LATE EARL OF SHREWSBURY.—Yesterday, in accordance with a public notification in all the Roman Catholic chapel:3 and churches throughout the rantropo lis laAt Sunday, a solemn dirge and requiem service was performed in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Farra•etreet, May-fair, for th,3 repose of the soul of Ber tram, late Earl of t4tivewsbury, FRANCE. "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 villa, 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 of several foreign sovereigns, gains credit. It is even said that 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 Semaphor of Marseilles, 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 Marolles, who fell in the attack on the Malakihr)ff, returned a few days since, having fulfilled his melancholy mission. Captain do Marolles and the commanding officer of the Chaptal both speak in the warmest terms of the courtesy shown to them by the Russian Rear- Admiral, now governor of Sebastopol, who ren dered overy 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 iu tho valley of the Euphrates." BOURSE, Sept. 4.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4!s par Cents 95 —f. —e. 3 per Cents 7J 55 70 75 N'escr Loan — Bank Shares 4,125 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,635 Austrian ..._ . . Belgian Fivoß — Spanish Three , eindmontesc(s) — floina Debt 40; RAILWAT3-7GII CASH. ______ __ ___ fr. c. fr. a. Or!osina ...... 1,3°0 -- Virestarn.. . f.'3s : - NTorthorn - Lyons - ... 1,342 50 Nov Ditto !tieJiterranesn 1,740 Grand Cen4al 660 • Lyons Geneva — Testo Cette AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 29th ult. in the Debuts 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 cr hands, but the nr)nrinly 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 impracticably. 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, was brought to an unexpected end, to the Holsteiners an unwelcome conclusion, by the High Court of Appeal in Kiel declaring it self incompetent to pronounce judgment in the case. The trial itself took place on the 25th ult., and has for a long time past been looked forward to with '' ()Teat anxiety and expectation by numerous circles both in Denmark and Germany ; and the result of this decision of the Court is, that there is 110 'V no bar or hindrance left to prevent the Danish Government from ruling Holstein according to their bon plaisir. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, Sept. s.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light airs and fino. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 4.—Wind S.E. to E.S.E.—Sailed —H.M.S. Vulcan, for Sheerness. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Medway, from London, for Sydney, N.S.W.. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrired—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 Qae bec ; Helvellyn, Rio Janeiro. FarmOUTII, Sept. 4.---Wind S.S.E., fresb.—Arrived— aEoltvi, from Havana. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOTJTGAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived —Purveyor, from Swanage ; Waters, Grippers, and George, Sunderland ; Propontis steamer, London. Sailed—Mutthew 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; Now World, Now 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. Arrived—Lucifer, from Dantsic ; Due Fratres, Ancona. (BY FitIBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.30 a.m. Wind E , tide 3 home' ebb ; fine. Arrived, Sept. s.—John Bull, steamer, from Hamburg ; Seine, steamer, Boulogne ; Empire, steamer, Trebizonde ; Surprise, Cr on stadt ; Advance, Caen DEAL, Friday, 10.21 a.m. Wind S.E. by E. ; moderate. Passed, Sept. 4.—H.M.S. Vulcan, from westward, for River; Possidon, for Naples; Ocean Queen, Lisbon ; Annie Scott, Newport ; Ellon Castle, Mauritius Kath ken, from Bermuda ; Irrawaddy ship, for Glasgow—all for London. Passed—Lammergeir. 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 Hemy Moore, Liverpool to Calcutta, lat. 5 N, long. 23 W. The Jane M`Donald, New York to Queenstown, Aug. 8, let. 40 N, long. 57 W. Tho Theresa, New York to London, Aug. 17, lat. 44 N, long. 47 W. The Edwin (brig), from Whitehaven , Aug. 22, lat. 46 N, long. 33 W. The Glenburn (ship), of Richmond, from Now 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, Aug. 2), lat. 56 N, long. 16 W. The Monica, 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 . WEST COAST OF AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Retriever, Commander A. M'lntosh, ar rived to-day. Her homeward dates are Bonny, July 24 ; Old Calabar, 25th ; Caineroons, 27th ; Fernando Po, 30th ; Lagos, Aug. 2; Accra, 4th ; Cape Coast, 6th 2 • Liberia, 10th ; Sierra Leone, 13th ; althurst, 17th; Qoree, 18th ; Teneriffe, 25 . th ; and Madeira, 27th. She brings 2,020 oz. of gold dust, and her cargo includes 206 casks of palm oil, 113 pieces and 2 cases of ivory, 5d bags of cochineal, wax, tobacco, wine, &c. The rains at Sierra Leone have been unprece 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, owing to the unwillingness of the natives to receive the 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 vailed. The Government of Gorse continues unpopular, and trading vessels proceeded on to the Dutch set tlements to discharge. The ship Elvina 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 at Bathurst. 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 population 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 overnor, 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 steam sloop 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 Edward 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 Zelo 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 29th August. Several losses of mer chant shipping have occurred on the coast. The barque Brisk, of London, was wrecked off Gland Btssa on the 13th of July ; crew sated, except Joseph Ballantyne. Tile British schooner Teazel was wrecked off Tradetown on the sth of July ; crew saved ; and the French ship Cepholide was wrecked at Mellicouri River on the sth of August; master and part of the crow 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 and the shipping are in a healthy con dition. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF CAATBRIDGE TO FONT. G.EOIZOE. die Commander-in-Chief, as our readers are aware, is at present staying at Gordon Castle. On Monday last, accompanied by the Duke of Richmond, and Prince Edward of Sage 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 immediately cancelled the order, to the great delight of the 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 be can. AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Sept. 4.—The Postmaster-General has refused the appli cation of Messrs. James Baines and Co. to detain the Memo Polo till Sunday in order that she might take out replies to the Kent's advices. The Marco Polo and an other vessel, the Acadia, will consequently sail for Mel bourne about 'noon to-morrow (Friday). On Saturday the Cunard mail-steamer Asia will rail with the mails to New York. Letters will be received at the Liverpool post•offiee on Saturday morning till 11 a.tn., with late fees to 12 at coon, and on the landing stage at 1 p.m. To-day (Thursday) the Arabia, a supplemental stauier, sailed for Halifax and Boston with the mails and 113 pa sengers. THE3TAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 4.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Indus, Capt. Brooks, sailed this afternoon for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexan dria, with the India, Qhina, and Meilterraneao 120 passengers, 838,117/. in specie, of which 818,117/. is for India and China, and the remainder for Alma): dria, and a full general cargo. Among the passengers are Dcputy Commissary-General Lawrence, Celmancler Jolliffe, Major Vaughan, Captains Burton, 9.lDunster 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 a ppointed to leav e on th e 1 0th 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 LAIR 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 mining regions of Lek() 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 thiekiy 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 n ap e, the soil being a sandy loam of good quality, in some places a little stony, but free from rock and wel adapted for farming purposes. The height o /the summit is about 400 er 509 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 dry, 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 thr e other principal streams and several small ones. Lake 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 seine cases being slightly covered with water. Of these, the largest is 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 a lotion during storms, from Mud Lake. The surface of the island generally consists of 4 red sandy loam, or clay and rand mixed with mould, There is, however, to be found white sand, as well as brown or red clay.—Cana - Oinn NOM THE FAILURE OF T.IIF ROYAL BRITISH ' Such further light as has been thrown upon the affairs of the Royal British Bank to-day is ex tremely discouraging, and, although all the credi tors must be paid in full, there is reason to believe that 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. It transpired this morning that all negotiations with 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 to wait six months, and would recommend their fel low claimants to do the same if any security could be given that the shareholders would supply suffi cient funds to re-open the establishment and. to in sure payment at the end of that period. such 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 to make every effort to preserve the interests of all parties. Meanwhile, Mr. Coleman, the accountant, has been called in and a statement of affairs is to be immediately prepared, which will be submitted to a general meeting on the 20th inst. According to their charter, upon one-fourth of the capital being lost the directors were bound to call a meet ing, the bank being then liable to dissolution, un less shareholders to the amount of two-thirds should agree to carry it on and to pay off all dis sentients. That an arrangement of the latter de scription can be effected seems hardly probable, notwithstanding the desire expressed on all sides to mitigate the disaster. It appears that the amount sunk in the Cefn iron and coal works, in Glamor ganshire, exceeds 100,0001. (the original loss hav ing been 25,000/0 ; that advances have been made to former directors and to the late manager which will probably involve deficiencies of more than 50,0001.; and that bills of Mr. Edward Oliver, of Liverpool, and bonds of the Westminster im provement Commission, are still among the assets. If this bo the case, already more than the whole paid-up capital will be seen to have been swept away without reckoning future law expenses, or such ordinary losses as invariably arise in the wind ieg-up of an estate. These losses will, perhaps, prove less than was feared yesterday, since tle cash credits are stated to be limited to abott 150,0001., instead of 250,0001., but together witl the bills discounted they involve such a multitude of small amounts as to shut out even under the most favolarable circumstances the prospect of at easy settlement. The best assets have doubtless been disposed of to meet the recent run, as it is hi lieved that more than 200,0001. was paid away during its continuance, thus reducing the liabilities of the bank from 810,0001. to about 600,0001. The item of 23,6801. for " property in buildings," which appeared in the last balance-sheet among the asses ; is represented merely by the Strand branch and othaz branches, the South Sea-house having only been rented although about 10,0001., or 15,0001., is sum posed to have been lately expended in movir; thither. With regard to the management of tb Bank from its commencement seven years ap, and the character of the advances made to forms± directors, a belief prevails that any disclosure which may be made will be of the most unsati factory kind. The present directors are sail to be wholly free from the charge of having obtained a single advance from the Bank, and, although they must have been guilty of a to:al want of vigilance, foresight, and firmness, they sr' alleged to have struggled hard lately to bring tie establishment into a better state, and to have ben deluded into the hope that its position migit yet be retrieved by the gradual increase in tie number of its customers and by effecting an tr rangernent, which at one moment seemed practi cable, for the disposal of their iron and coal mines. Three of the number—namely, Messrs. Butt, Gl lott, and Hurst joined the Board only last montf, and the accession of some of the others was alio recent. Those who are mainly acccountable for the ruin appear to have retired, but the whole hs tory of the Bank comprises so short a period that there can be little difficulty on the part of the cr ditors and shareholders in dragging forth all leading facts, and this they are bound to do for the satisfaction and safety of the public. After the dissolution of the Bank on the 20th inst. the winding-up may be conducted by the Board, or it may be thrown, upon the petition of any share holders, into the Court of Chancery, by whom a receiver will be appointed. The Bank being a cor poration creditors must in the first instance look to the general assets, but upon these being ex hausted they can proceed against individual share holders they may think proper to select. An attempt to bring the Bank under bankruptcy pears to have been made this afternoon, but thi scope of the proceeding is not at present under stood. It is certain that it will be for the interest of all concerned to avoid law proceedings as mute as possible, except against those who may be shown to have been deliberate participators in the delin quencies committed. It was mentioned to-day that the difficulties of the shareholders in obtaining a clear view of the accounts of the Royal British Bank were increased by Mr. Craufurd, the manager lately appointed to succeed Mr. Cameron, having been attacked with sudden illness. At the Court of Bankruptcy to-day a petition was filed for an adjudication of Bankruptcy against the Royal British Bank, the petitioning creditor being Mr. Walter Morisse, of Jewin-crescent,Crip plegate ; and the solicitor, Mr. Chidley.—Times City Article. The excitement consequent upon the stoppage of this Bank continued unabated during the whole of yesterday. From a very early hour in the morning hundreds of persons surrounded the chief office in Threadneedle -street, vainly endeavouring to get an. interview with some person connected with the, bank. Finding they could not succeed, they took up their positions opposite the dcors, and detailed to each other their several losses, and the conse quences which were likely to arise therefrom. Many of the details were of a very distressing cha racter, and more than one person, on leaving the place threatened to put an end to himself. Several ladies, who had money in the bank bearing deposit informed the reporter that they had lost every farthing they possessed. One peculiarly hard case was a licensed victualler who was about to take 'a large tavern at the West end of London. He had paid a deposit of 5001., and was to complete the purchase this day, for which purpose he came to town yesterday morninc , to draw out the required sum, 2,0001., when liefound the bank closed. He has,therefore, not only lost his 2,0001., but the 5001. deposit money for not completing the purchase. Another publican, who recently kept a house in Bride-lane, Fleet-street, has lost between 5001. and 6001. It appears that from the facilities of fend by the bank a large number of tavern-keepers are sufferers. Great as the losses may be amongst the deposi tors at tho chief office, we are enabled to state that they will bo more severely felt in the neighbour hood of the suburban branches, where the deposi tors were chiefly small tradesfolk, who only kept the money in the bank until such time as they had 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 large crowds of persons had assembled early in the morning, and did not leave till dark last evening. At the Sheriff's Court, Rod Lion-square, on Wednesday evening, two extents from the Crown were executed against the Royal British Bank. Mr. Hall, the assessor, and a jury was speedily ob 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 5001. The law on the subject was explained, and the proceedings were necessary to obtain payment in 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 Cur.--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. Frcret—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 bis Imperial Majesty. On one side of the pedestal on which the statuettes stand is a bas-relief representing the meeting of Queen Victoria with the Emperor, and on the other sides are the arms of Eng land and France, and the name and date of the race, 4c. 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