The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-13 00:00:00

OINQUE-PORTAL, Wit-in-G" moot-court.—ln ‘J B. c. Diez-Cinc'kent- 50 * N.—Pflot-soar arch'y6 by /3 Astrageograph of Dov . er's •no .•• : : off-and-en, Diepp's-Rouen to Lizßrd s o'er Ind. Quadra.,euimina.. tion-- Z odiac wend I.' rd Mmorca's Langne ock4o 9 :N. st a t e rope " Anchor flag-tow" round the fixed earth. A Botaloigne circular—for illegal co-j-negata fete on the 27-Bth, Auguseen A.D. 1861, as eve of the eem b ar . 3' heading day of Ihon Bapte'st"—issued on the 13th, Old Lam'mass-day - from the " Mandato office of the Grand Master (of Malta's," St. James's-st., on 11. S. c. 33, s. 7 1800-2, as of the 1802 Amiens Treaty-Nap 0, in du pe-lei plea-scholastic by BeilLzwzs' Ship way seal' of Paris, on an Earth 'moving teach-error.' * This lon g' sigißamffie, out-floti'm„circular in mask proverb, "like 0.0.0.-father COWPER (1712) like 0r.0.G. - + child PALMERSTON (1861), as H. J. Temple]—cites the foisted Charter of Bristol by a 9 Anne, 24 July for its baelevrarn'ng to six, five, or four," combar-(oes in Wer- Spanish Cabotage) curvature a Latrinity-us., D'er the Bunk -port " Q. inn jet f lrx as land set's" prior to Pope /tic; s tax 1291-97 Doge ¶.(.'s 9th, at Shore sera, pavillion,' .Bright-heim-stone meridian of London sd, now resumed for " Carthage-mud port-Cothon, edict Comifn-, of Review,s i in Egypt's 1828," on 9-10 W. 3d, c. 15, for undersigned's sole arbitration, 't w i x t T ur ki s h ALI, and Codrington , w didn't— " Scorn arbitration as a stain — To ninth and tenth of William's reign." On the aforesaid illegal mixture with, a Fiat earth Lan gueGof o'er Jet','amen'ys as tral :-Ist, See act I Edw. ' VI. cap. 2--re-enacted i n 1832, Will. IV., cap . t 9 2, . Submissionsec.4,—entitletia cier The of Rrant et pen ding to Porobal s Brazil-9, in Nene inter-vention, 25 Hon of appeals —as 8 , ca p 19 , viz ., Whereas divers • lif e - t itl e d no blemen and spiritual persons have sent out c ivi l- summons , 1 summon s, in their own names, as in the time of the usurped powers of the Bishop of Rome, contrary to the common law, touching writs in lay causes of correction, de ore patronatus, and probates of testaments Be it enacted, that all such citations or other processes by advocates or other officers o n behalf of the King's High ness, for validity sake do bear the State endorsement, as we ll as the official Common-clerk's name placed under the citor's name, and after the registered seal, in Die Barren Jetim TEST to wit.— 'a Pevensey' lade. tran sit x Antoxite o'er Waitango's 3-ty. Thus—Legg'nd of Kent, under Nature's subsyderal lathe dpochs for P. L. audits for /3ow town's prefix 5110 N., its L'ond'on wave over Wall-in-ford bye .-Nfirencester seven hundreds (1-4 H. IV), as of Bristol's PouVvrd constabulary meet, of the Fresh and salt water Admiral's Court." 2dly. Whence, by 1 Philip and Mary, cap. 7, "No shall exercise the office of Justice Conservator of the Water's Silver-oar or Indian-paddle of the Pilot's Lode-mb.nage ment of difscal-Crts. who, likeWoLszT, shall take on himself the power 'to direct and serve his own precept.' Where fore this Negative; since (by Russ-Dutch loan on America's trust-act 1832), pensiou'd Church Queen's ce's, " by civil list," —tho' in £ s. d. 'acts"—have ceased to be the head of the monetary Realm of England's Lay presbytera'l estate, and at your peril disobey this law one and all'--as based on Agricola's E . ,"cot and lot hand-up ceremonial,'—typic on Caesar ' s silver coinage. 27 Augt3l, 1861 [unpaid-,jan'ter martyr 19 yrs], London, PETER BASQUET, [,, Si Pets Qu' Rien9l L. S. England's Antip o d a l Chief Inncome-tax v freeman of 1842, as the Criminal Law's e k Bale. Extradition Act, Constable of the Temple. Sea, bearing America's paddle of the Lalmichere. Admiral's Court, late in Canterbury's [2 March, '4l] a6-Guizote settlement for New Zea- H. M. Perley. land's Probate Court, it's Stil'lord Warden r at POT—. Crown-egu CHARLES H. ACKERLEY,* J.P . of Carib-ally' d A England, elected 29th August, 1825 (by Ad miral G. Hamond, Stuart de Rothsay's Sec- S C retl; Marcus HiII—SANDYS, Presbyter, 0 on e Holy Alliance of King's abolition, Tresor club), its Standard meter-bearer 1837—Lt. trove. R.N. pay'd double oath'd victim—supporter S.P. Q.R. of poor mdian PETER. 10 yrs. To all metre-rod " Councils General" innatural law, under and of 1835 Municipal and Reform Acts to Mayor's local supremacy, against New Commission Christian Clubs, by 11 Geo. 111, c. 55, in prevention, as at Dover and Cinque Ports in 1772's the resignation cause of Clement RlV's. Jesuit-priest Abolition. *Vide Foreign Quarterly Review, Nov., 1829, p. 303; and Maritime Register, 17th Aug., 1861, p. 1051. Arbitrations.—By the 9 10 W. HI, c. 15, it is enacted, " That merchants, traders, (and all persons antipodean to the whorle, as those under the Turkish, 1809-Dardannell's Padift(s. treaty, &c.), desiring to end their controversies by arbitration, may agree that their submission of their suit to the Award or Umpirage of any person (in this 1828 instance by C. H. ACKERLEY, Flag-lieu-tenant of Ocean 74), — should be made a rule of any of her Majesty's " Admiralty courts" of Record ; and in case of disobedience to such award or Umpirage, the parties neglecting or refusing (F. Q. Review, Nov. 1829), to perform the same, shall be subject to the Penalties of Contemning a Rule of Court. A LFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Mdlle. FLORKNCE LANCIA, Mme. LA RA BAXTER, • and Herr FORMES, every Evening. THIS EVENING (Friday), a WEBER NIGHT. On Saturday (TO-MORROW) a VOLUNTEER NIGHT. Commence at •8. Promenade, is. ; Amphitheatre Stalls, ls. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, .£1 Is., and !Os. 6d. Commuck r, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. AEA Tit . ;. THIS EVENEN.TO, the performances will comm.nan with THE SUN AND THE WIND. Miss Fanny Wright, the Lectereqs, Atter which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, Kr. Compton, Mr. &Villiers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, Ac. To conclude with PAUL PRY. Mr. C. Mathews. Commence a 7 YA HAYMat.,4.I( ET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Eaukstone. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ➢tanager--Mr. Edmund Falconer. EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'clock, the new and suc cessful comedy, WOMAN; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray, and Miss Lydia Thomson. Preceded by, each evening, the new and original farce entitled THE FETCHES ; or, The Onconvanience of Single Lite. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer; Mary O'Brady, Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manamer, Mr. B. Webster. This Theatre will RE-OPEN on MONDAY, September 23. when Mr. and Mr.. Dion Boucicault will re-appear in THE COLLEEN BAWN. This Drama will be played for a limited number of nights during the preparation of the new American Drama, by Mr. D. Rouetomtit, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA. Box-office open on Thursday, Sept. 19. C kNTERBURY H ALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Mr. SAM COWELL every Evening at Nine and a quarter to El.ven.—Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, TRAVEATA, NORMA, MARTHA, Arc., by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley. and a powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises Messrs. Harvey and French, "The Nerves " Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son - and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ts. T H E O X F O R D, 8, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Hoc canezra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by Mis Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, Morley, and Herbert ; also from Verd i ' s " Macbeth " b y Madam e Enderssohn and the entire Comoany. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonzhmans. Varied Comic entertain ments by Messrs. M. P. Foster, Sam Collins, Harvey and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, sixpenee; sialcony and Stalls, one shilling% Private Boxes, 108. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 14m.—Afternoon B h. 59 m. To-moußow.-Mqvainz, 9h. 43m.—,Afternoon. 10h. 36m. THE WEATHER. -.SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 13, 1861, THERMOMETER; IN THE SHA.DB. CS —highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BA ROM ItTER--30.09. 'WIND—South-Westerly—fresh ; with rainy weather. • ;43fe • - - >so FT-4 4; , - k • _ r . • yi I t <4. THE SUN LONDON, FRIDAY: EVENIN G , SEPTEMBER 13, 1861 THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1861. We are at last distinctly informed by a corre spondent from America, on whos e ca t egor i cal state ments we are accustomed to rely, that the mysteri ous naval armament which left Fort Monroe a short time ago is destined to perfect the blockade and to put down privateering on the North Carolina coast. If our readers, who may not have noticed the fact before, will glance at any map of the United States of sufficient size—Mr. WYLD'S , g Military Map of the United States," published to illustrate the present state of things, is a good one —they will see that along the greater part of the eastern coast, and also along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, there are curious lines of sandbanks, with lagunes between them and the shore, contain ing frequently water deep enough for coast navi gation, and with numerous outlets to the ocean. These sandbanks are generally sufficiently high to form long narrow islands, and they now are an admirable shelter for the privateers of the Southern States, and for vessels which are watching to run the blockade of the principal ports. On e line of i l ia ft n h as echief of these is the long narrow : below sandbanks which extend from about 50 mile along the coast of the bay o f Ch esa p e ake all No rth Carolina. In one part they inclose almost a inland sea, called Pamlico Sound, within w h ich 811 are numerous rivers and creeks, adapted well for inland traffic, and in one part connected with a railway, which branches out through all the principal seceding States to New Orleans itself, and also " down South" ;to Georgia. A considerable number of vessels have run the blockade accordingly through the great facilities afforded by several entrances, and the privateers have safely lain in wait there to pounce on their prey, and as easily returned to dispose of their prizes. The naval expedition is intended, Mr. RUSSELL tells us, to put an end to all this. Pamblico Sound is a suitable watching place for the trade of New York itself, to say nothing of Pennsylvania ; but the expedition is to stop up the entrances large enough for ships to enter, by sinking in them vessels loaded with stones. It is also to destroy the forts erected along the coasts by the rebels in de fence of the privateering, and when the work is completed at Pamlico Sound it is to perform similar operations on the coast of the same character fur ther south. It is intended thus, not only to check privateer ing, but to distress the rebels by cutting them off from the sea. Nor is the sea only to be closed to them, but it would seem that General SCOTT'S ori ginal plan is to be completed by taking possession of the Mississippi down to New Orleans. General FREMONT has charge of this task. He is now, as our readers may remember, on that river, having the defence of St. Louis and of Cairo under his care, and also a rapidly increasing army. It is highly probable that all the great North-Western States will join cordially in strengthening his army, as the Mississippi is their chief high road to the ocean ; and they :have shown themselves most strongly opposed to secession, because they would never consent that the South should command their route to the sea. They would then be in nearly the same position as England would, if France could at once command our over land and our Cape of Good Hope routes to India. It is said that he is to have a powerful flotilla of steam gunboats on the river, with an army to march by land; that the naval and land force is to be sufficient to sweep the shores of forts or earthworks, and that another force is at the same time to ascend the Mississippi. If the Government can find sol diers and ships of war during this autumn, suffi cient for such a comprehensive scheme as this, they will doubtless much distress the Southern States. They will be able neither to buy nor sell abroad, and their strength will be almost cut asunder by the Mississippi expedition. All the accounts speak of great vigour at Wash ington and in the departments generally. The President seems to be quietly looking to every thing, and encouraging all. M'CL ELLAN has quite changed the face of things at Washington, and even the volunteers, when they have been accustomed to the necessary discipline for awhile, feel and acknowledge its advantage. The army is being weeded of the discontented among the privates who enlisted when they thought that to go a soldiering was little more than to " have a spree at the public expense ;" and the incompetent civilian officers are also got rid of as rapidly as possible. The numbers on both sides are still re ported to be large; the North know that they will probably have little if at all under 400,000 men, while th'y themselves estimate their anta gonists at 300,000. There may be exag geration or not, but though the North knows next to nothing of what is going on twenty miles or even ten miles south of the Potomac, the probability is that they c6re not far wrong in their guesses. At the last moment it is not in the power of the North to divine whether North or South will be the first to attack on the great scale. There still seems to be some 'apprehension that the South meditates an attempt, on Washington, and is con centrating a large force with that view on the west side of the city; of course as yet on the south side of the Potomac. In civil matters the Government is acting with great energy. That at least is the name given in America to acting without law; to seizing and extinguishing hostile newspapers, and arresting without legal formalities all suspected persons. The PRESIDENT and the republic seem to be imi tating, as closely as they can, the vigour of Louis I NAPOLEON immediately after the coup d'etat. The mob, of course, does not choose to see itself outdone by the regular authorities, and therefore takes into its own hands the suppression of some of the ob noxious papers. Any law, it seems, may be trampled on, but the laws which trample on the first rights of the negro. It is a generally acknowledged fact that we live in an age of reform, that old prejudices are ignored, and common sense and justice take the place of antiquated foibles. Many important alterations have of late years taken place both in the civil and criminal statutes. The new Divorce Court settles matrimonal matters, t.ni enables the poor, as well as the rich, to dissolve an uncongenial union. The County Courts enable a tradesman to recover money from unwilling debtors without the delay and the expense of a suit at Westminster Hall. Our metropolitan stipendiary magistrates and those in our principal provincial towns perform their duties so ably that on more than one occa sion the grand jury have declared their office a sinecure, and requested to be discharged. Why then, when the system of paid magistrates is found to be so a dvantagetus in cities, should not the same practice be carried out in the country ? Why should not the same justice be meted to the agriculturist which is vouchsafed to the mechanic ? Why should thy; one be under the dominion of an ignorant conceited landlord, who from his very position entertains a biassed opinion, and whose only ideas of law are derived from his clerk, who will distort to the utmost any legal enactments, to snit the views of his superior, and the other be dealt with according to law and justice by a barrister of known talent and probity. Cases of ignorance and illegality so often occur among our county magistrates that it is almost needless to cite any particular instances, but two have lately come under our notice which will de monstrate the necessity of a complete reform in this too long tolerated absurdity. We quote from the South Eastern Gazette " A poor shabbily-dressed widow, named Julia Garra way, who had her child, about six years of age, with her, was charged before the county magistrates at Rochester (the Rev. J. J. Marsham and Mr. Day) with having stolen four small turnips, worth less than one penny, from a field belonging to Mr. R. Tassel!, Snarridge Farm. The poor woman admitted that she took up the turnips, which were lying on the ground, with the intention of eating them ; two of them were so filled with insects that she threw them away. Just as she was about to eat the other two she was pounced upon by one of the farm men, who, by direction of the prosecutor, had her removed to the station-house, where she and her child were kept in custody the whole day and all night. The two turnips found on her were produced, and were very small. The prisoner pleaded hard to bo for given, as she took them to satisfy her hunger, having just come from London. The magistrate, however, ordered her to pay a penalty, including costs, of 7s. 2d., and in default committed her for seven days' hard labour. As the priso ner had no money, the magistrates desired her to pay the fine and costs on her return from hop-picking, which she vehemently promised to do." In this case the woman only did what hundreds of others would have done, although not actuated by hunger. We have a precedent in Scripture to justify eating corn in passing through ? rougli a fi e turnips more sacred tha n ea Th erewl d' Are turnips s evi re deutly an animus in the prosecution, and any sen sible magistrate would have inflicted a nominal fine, and thrown the costs on the prosecutor, but the Rochester Justices have their own way of doing business ; the woroan is condemned to pay a penalty, including costs, of 7s. 2d., and as the costs would fall on the prosecutor if she went to prison she is told to pay the fine when she can. Is not such conduct enough to make EDWARD THE FIRST (the English Justinian) arise from his grave and impeach the Ministry. This case is bad enough, but let our readers reserve their indignation for the following extemporary juris diction of the magistrates of the St. Augustine petty sessions at Whitstable : " James Parker, 13 years of age, employed as herd boy, in the service of Mr. John Saddletoa, of Whitstable, was charged at the St. Augustine's' petty sessions, on Saturday last, with having stolen 20 apples, value 6d., the property of his master, who stated that the defendant and other boys were continually stealing the fruit out of his orchard on the Sunday. Defendant said he was guilty of stealing the apples, and he was very sorry for what he had done. The bench or dered him to pay a fine of 6d., the value of the apples, and Bs. costa, or to be imprisoned for three days. The clerk po nted out that the three days' imprisonment would expire on Monday morning at seven o'clock, and therefore it would be very little punishment. The chairman thought it would be quite equal to the offence. He, for one, was of opinion that boys of the defendant's age got more harm than good in prison. The defendant was then asked if he would autho rise his master to pay the money, to which he replied in the negative, saying he would prefer going to prison for three days. It then transpired that in the event of the defendant going to gaol the master would have to pay the costs of the hearing, whereupon the bench inquired if they had power to alter their decision. The clerk said he apprehended they could, prbvided they did so before the court rose. The magistrates then altered the term of imprisonment from three to seven days. This term had its effect on the boy, who at once elected to pay the fine and costs, and empow•• ered his master to advance it out of the wages then due." No comment is required on this case; unless the prisoner misconduct himself in court the bench has no power to extend the term of im prisonment or to augment the fine after sentence has once been passed. In a criminal court, if the accused be not represented by counsel, the Judge either requests some member of the Bar to watch the case on his behalf, or himself cross examines the witnesses in favour of the prisoner. Our Cumberland worthies, however, have their own views of legislation. The magistrates after consulting their clerk, who has about as much knowledge of law as his prejudiced superior, violate one of the most important prerogatives of the people. It is in the power of the Crown to pardon, but not to convict. A magistrate can mitigate a sentence, but not augment it unless there be an aggravation of the offence, and cer tainly not to save the prosecutor from liability. We express indignation at the way in which the continental police execute the requirements of despotic sovereigns, but overlook entirely the injustice daily perpetrated in our own land of Constitutional Government. We do not wish to destroy our county magistracy at one fell swoop; there are many clever and use ful men to be found amongst their number. But if it be necessary for a letter carrier to pass an exami nation, before the Post-office authorities will trust him with the delivery of letters, should not the individual who has the liberties of the inhabitants of an extensive district, to a certain extent, under his control be obliged to pass an examination as to his knowledge of law and his general education, so that the examiners might determine whether Mr. VAST ACRES was a competent man to see justice done to all coroers,or was, as is too often the case, a preju diced game preserving uneducated nobody, who, as in the cases referred to above, has to consult the clerk as to what is legal and what is not. What is required to remove this injustice is the appointment of local stipendiary magistrates, not requiring that they should of necessity be bar risters, but, if not, that they should pass an exami nation; and the only bar to an individual writing J.P. after his name should be that he was in holy orders, for no clergyman should ev6r sit on the magisterial bench. For not only are clergymen unfitted, both from education and habits, from understanding the true bearing of legal com plexities, but, if sharp enough to enter upon them, they must neglect the duties which at their ordi nation they have sworn to fulfil. The American Slavery question has come under warm discussion in a place where we should hardly have thought it would be more than a matter of casual conversation—in tho old city of CALVIN— Geneva. It seems that Sir CULLING EARDLEY'S Society, the Evangelical Alliance, has been holding a meeting in the town—and that many English men and some American clergymen and Doctors of Divinity were there too. The latter have taken it somewhat in dudgeon that the English people should be so " wanting in sympathy," as the phrase is, with the North in its great diffi culty, and they try hard to show that they have claims on our sympathy. Let us hear them. The correspondent of a contemporary gives the representations of one American D.D. thus :—" Dr. BAIRD eulogised the past forbearance and present activity of the Washington Cabinet, and in vindication of its policy in not declaring against slavery, said that, in addition to its being contrary to the Constitution, such a step would cut of all hope of regaining the eleven 'Southern States that had seceded; would risk the loss of the four frontier States, whose influence on the South might be brought to bear hereafter; and would, moreover, lead to the danger of a servile war on the pin of the slaves. It was for these reasons that the Government refrained from declaring the abolition of slavery. They did, however, take one step in that direc tion, by receiving fugitive slaves within the lines of the United States army, and emancipating those belonging to disloyal citizens. It would be hard war, and if they could not regain the Southern States they must make peace and do the best they could with them. But they wanted English sympathy and English prayers, and to be left free from interference by European Governments. In concluding Dr. BAIRD complained that the articles in the Times had done infinite mischief in Ame rica, and he also complained of observations made at the Cheever meeting in London, from which it would be inferred that the North was not sincere in its hostility to slavery. We acknowledge the difficulty in which the North is placed ; but the words we have italicised justify our want of sympathy. In what possible way can it appeal to that deep feeling on the sub ject of slavery which is cherished by every Eng lishman, that the North should prefer to regain the eleven States as Slave States. We think such a desire the disgrace of the North. Sympathy with it is impossible. Lest we should not do full justice to these claimants on our sympathy, we add the re marks of another clergyman :—" An address was read by the Rev. Mr. PRIEST, from New Jersey, who, after complaining of the cold ness manifested by the mother country towards her daughter at the hour of trouble, pro ceeded to argue that the question of slavery was at the root of the American war. The Federal Go vernment, however, had no political right to de clare the entire abolition of slavery in the diffe rent States, which were to a great extent independent of each other; and if it was contended that it ought to fall back upon the moral right, the argument would apply to England as much as to the American Government itself; and Great Britain would be bound by force of arms to suppress slavery in the Southern States. He desired no sympathy from Great Britain in regard to the politicalaspect of the question, but he confidently asked for her sympathy and her prayers in respect to its moral aspect as involving the great question of human freedom." What moral law requires us to go to war with any Government on account of its bad institutions Mr. PRIEST has not even suggested. We submit that, when, if he be right, an immoral institution has generated a civil war, those who are respon sible for the peace of the country both have a poli tical right, and lie under a moral obligation to up root the evil. The moral obligation is that of doing equal justice to all men under the government, and the political position gives them a political right to enforce observance of the moral duty. We re peat what we have said before, that England cannot sympathise with a people who defy her commerce by a hostile tariff, and her conscience by an incur able proclivity to slaveholders. • The Americans were told somewhat sensibly by Sir Cu LLIN G EARDLEY that if it could only be shown that the question of slavery was identified with the North, in spite of the Times or any other portions of the periodical press, the sympathies of England would be at its back. But there must be good grounds for the belief. If any act could be done by the Northern Government to commit it against slavery, as far as it could constitutionally go t it would greatly strengthen the hands of their friends in England. He should be glad to hear that every slave coming within the boundaries cf the Northern States was de clared ipso facto a free man. This, however, would be far too great a step for our freedom-loving American friends, and a gentle man in the meeting stated that such was not the declared intention of the American Go vernment ; and that the " compensation" pro mised to loyal owners of fugitive slaves referred only to the time for which the latter might be de tained." This is correct. Mr. LINCOLN has been scrupu lously careful to avoid the possibility of its being thought that the liberation of his coloured fellow- Americans from bondage was any part of his patriotic projects. FESTIVAL OF THE THREE CHOIRS. HEREFORD, THURSDAY. The second miscellaneous concert last night showed a growing accession of numbers in the audience, but no im provement in their punctuality. The number of tickets shown at the doors of the concert-room was 411, among whom were members of most of the fashionable and county families, to say nothing of the unknown visitors. As there are no second price seats at these concerts (except on the occasion of the first concert on Tuesday evening) the return must have been satisfactory. The programme included numerous old favourites, which, although well worn, are always revived with a welcome from a mixed audience. The weather was again delightful to-day, and carriages began to roll in at an early hour. The morning service at the cathedral was well attended ; the service was Croft in A, and the anthem, " We will rejoice," from the same pen. Mr. Done, of Worcester, took the organ this morning, as he has at each of the early morning services ; Mr. Amott, of Gloucester, taking the instrument for the oratorio. The programme for this morning was a varied one—a portion of Haydn's " Seasons" (spring), with Mozart's " Requiem," and Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise." Mdlle. Titiens sang this morning in the " Requiem," and this no doubt tended to draw an accession of visitors, for the cathedral was completely filled. We believe the lady (who is only engaged professionally for the evening concerts) gave her services gratuitously this morning. The cathedral was crowded. The returns show that the number present reached 1,240, against 661 yesterday, and the amount collected for the charity was £221 10s. 5d., being also a considerable increase on yesterday's receipts. To-night nearly every seat is taken foi the concert. Bene dict's cantata of " Undine" is the principal musical attrac tion. The " Messiah," as usual, follows to-morrow morn ing, and that also will, without doubt, fill the cathedral, so that the success of the meeting is certain. CHESS MAP& BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The consultation game by Lord Lyttelton, Capt. H. A. Kennedy, and Mr. J. Lowenthal, at the Bristol Athenaeum, on the one part, and Mr. A. Mongredien and two leading members of the London Chess Club, on the other, which was appointed to take place last evening at Ries's Divan, in the Strand, came off, as announced, but with a modifi cation of the arrangements, caused by the illness of Lord Lyttelton, whose place at Bristol was supplied by Sir John Blunden. The wires of the Telegraph Company were placed in requisition for this and for six other games, which were carried on simultaneously. The Bristol players in the single-handed matches were Messrs. Medley, Fedder, Kling, Horwitz, Pullen, and Waight. On the part of London the Rev. G. A. Macdonnell, Capt. J. Cunningham, Mr. Burdon, Mr. Heeley, Mr. G. H. Mackenzie, and Mr. Warmald, entered the lists. The umpire at Ries's Divan was Mr. SeHe, the police-magistrate ; while the correspond ing post at Bristol was filed by Mr. S. S. Boden. In the consultation game the time was limited, each side being allowed two hours for 24 moves. In the single-handed matches no limit of time was laid down, but every player was requested to make all his moves as promptly as pos sible. Of course all the fixed rules of the game were ob served, as if the contents had been carried on over the board in the ordinary manner. The play was to have opened generally at seven o'clock ; but the telegraph did not get fairly into action until half-past, when the first move in the consultation game was flash©d from London to Bristol. It soon became apparent that the game between Messrs Burdon and Kling would be exceedingly interesting. The rapid development of each game, too, was most gratifying, two moves a minute being the average rate at which the telegraph worked. The characteristics of each game can only be briefly indicated here. At the opening Mr. Burden offered the gambit, which his opponent declined ; Mr. Warmald opened against Mr. Waight, with a" Ruy Lopez Knight's game." In the match between Messrs. Cunning ham and Fedder, Bristol began in the usual way, and was met by the Sicilian defence. The game between Messrs. Heeley andillorwitz opened irregularly, and that between Messrs. Macdonnell and Medley was a Scotch gambit. Messrs. Mackenzie and Pullen's game opened with the centre gambit ; and the consultation match was distin guished by the Petroff defence, in reply to London's open ing with the King's Knight's attack. Up to a very late hour but one result was attained, Mr. Mackenzie having checkmated Mr. Pullen. The consultation match seemed farthest of all from a conclusion. The majority of the games were going str• , ngly in favour of London. Mr. Cunning ham also won on behalf of London. The other single • banded games were drawn. The consultation game was drawn, on a proposition from London. A GIIOST STORY.—Among the friends of my family was a young Swiss lady, who, with an only brother, had been left an orphan in her childhood. She was brought up, as well as her brother, by an aunt; and the children, thus thrown very much upon each other, became very strongly attached. At the age of 22 the youth got some appointment in Tndia, and the terrible day drew near whm they must part. I need not describe the agony of per sons so circumstanced. But the mode in which these two sought to mitigate the anguish of separation was singular. They agreed that if either should die before the young man's return, the dead should appear to the living. The youth departed. The young lady by-and-by mar ried a Scotch gentleman, and quitted her home to be the light and ornament of his. She was a devoted wife, but she never forgot her brother. She corres ponded with him regularly, and her brightest days in all the year were those which brought letters from India. One cold winter's day, two or three years after her marriage, she was seated at work near a large bright fire, in her own bedroom upstairs. It was about mid-day, and the room was full of light. She was very busy, when some strange impulse caused her to raise her head and look around. The door was slightly open, and near the large antique bed stood a figure, which she, at a glance, recognised as that of her brother. 'With a cry of delight she started up, and ran forward to meet him, exclaiming, " Oh, Henry ! How could you surprise me so You never told me you were coming !" But he waved his hand sadly, in a way that forbade approach, and she remained rooted to the spot. He advanced a step - towards her, and said, in a low soft voice, "Do you remember our agreement! I have come to fulfil it ;" and approaching nearer he laid his hand on her wrist. It was icy cold, and the touch made her shiver. Her brother smiled, a faint sad smile, and, again wav ing his hand, turned and left the room. When the lady reco vered from a long swoon there was a mark on her wrist, which never left it to her dying day. The next mail from India brought a letter, informing her that her brother had died on the very day, and at the very hour, when he pre sented himself to her in her room,—Dickens's " the Year Bound," L !t• - • A A I-, 1 • f 4.4 . • PARIS, SEPT. 13. The Moniteur of to-day publishes the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following resulis, as compared with the August return : DECREASE. Cash in hand .. . . Bills discounted, not yet due Bank-notes .. Treasury balance Current accounts Advances .. .. 9 millions. .. 41 1.6 millions. million. . 16 1-6 millions, .. 36 1-3 millions. .. 4-5 million. The Moniteur, also, in its bulletin of to-day, in contradiction to the assertions of the Vienna jour nals, affirms that no extraordinary credit has been opened for naval armaments and the bnilding of ships, which it says are this year continued on the usual scale, and within the limits of the normal budget. PESTH, SEPT. 13. It is asserted that the visit of the Cardinal Primate of Hungary to Vienna will result in the early convocation of the Hungarian Diet on the same electoral basis as hitherto. The Government, it is said, will take the diploma of October last as the basis of future negotiations with Hungary. TURIN, SEPT. 12. The Italian troops are now endeavouring to pre vent the retreat of Chiavone's band into Roman territory. NAPLES, SEPT. 11. Chiavone having received reinforcements from Rome, yesterday attacked Castelluccio, near Sara, with 200 men. He was, however, repulsed with great loss, and retreated into Roman territory. Christen, whose arrest has already been announced, was provided with a false English passport. WARSAW, SEPT. 18. An official statement declares that the distur bances which occurred at Kalisch on the anniversary of the Emperor's coronation have been exaggerated, and says : " The troops who interfered on account of the people smashing the windows of illuminated houses were without arms. " Only 18 persons were arrested, 12 of whom were released on the following day. No citizen was maltreated." SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ellora, with the heavy portion of the above mail , has arrived. She brings' 60 passengers, £1,696 in specie, pearls, value 22,500 rupees, and 2,210 packages of cargo, The Ceylon arrived at Gibraltar on the Bth inst. The British barque Phoebus, bound for Constanti nople, 42 days out, was spoken off Cape Spartel, all well. Two hundred persons sentenced to banishment for having taken part in the late insurrection at Loja had left Grenada for the penal settlement on the coast of Africa. GIBRALTAR, SEPT. 8. Exchange on London, 90 days, 50 ; Paris, 529 Marseilles, 532 ; Madrid, par ; Cadiz, 8 dis. ; Bar. celona, 4 premium. Freights unaltered. FRANCE. The correspondence of Le Nord states that the I English intervention in the differennem hPtwocu the Governments of Spain and Morocco has failed, but that the Emperor has proposed some new terms of settlement to the Spanish Minister. As it appears both sides are desirous to avoid a renewal of the war, it is expected that some arrangement of the present difficulties will shortly be made. In any case there is so little prospect of immediate hos tilities that the French Charge d'Affaires has ob tained permission to leave Tangiers. The same journal states that the territory of Lagos, on the African coast, has been ceded to Eng land by the King of Badabo, and that a commer cial treaty favourable both to France and England has been negotiated with that native potentate. The Cacique steam-frigate arrived at Toulon the day before yesterday from Civita Vecchia, and landed 605 men belonging to the 25th Regiment of the Line, and 519 of the 40th, all of whom have been discharged, their time of service being com pleted at Rome. When those men left, the 25th and 40th Regiments had received orders to proceed shortly to Algeria, and were to be replaced by the 29th and 69th from France. The Louqsor steam• packet has also arrived at Marseilles from Civita Vecchia, with 552 soldiers belonging to different regiments. Lieut.-General de Cardova, the Spanish Minister, also came passenger by her. The Quirinal has left Marseilles for Civita Vecchia, with 250 soldiers on board for the army at Rome. BOURSE, Sept. 12.—There has been an evident improvement in the tone of the market, although there has been no further advance on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes, for the Account, remain firm at 69f 15c. The Railway Share Market has also shown great firmness. The following are the last quotations : 41 per per Cents 96 40 Do. end month— 96 50 3 per Cents Do. end month _ _69 15 Credit Fancier ll6O Belgian 41 lOl Piedmontese Fives 7l 20 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes — Home Debt Bank Shares 2925 Credit Mobilier 765 Do. Account 767 50 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto 912 50 .. 915 Lyons and Mediterranean 1025 .. 1023 75 Geneva 350 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard .. 547 50 .. 648 75 ITALY. A letter from Turin of the 9th says :—" There is reason to believe that the recognition of the king dom of Italy by Prussia will not be long delayed. Count Pepoli, who is now at a chateau in Switzer land where Prince de Hohenzollern, President of the Council of King William, and brother of the Countess Pepoli, resides, writes word that the Court of Berlin is as favourably disposed as possible, and that it is, on that point, in complete accord with public opinion. The result of the recognition of Prussia will be to completely paralyse Austria, and put an end to the reports which are periodically spread of the hostile intentions' of that Power. The President of the Council went to-dav to visit the Camp of St. Maurizio, where the old Neapolitan sol diers are assembled. It appears that those men fall very readily into their new regime. The Pied montese officers had been represented to them in the blackest colours, but all the exaggerations by the help of which they had been led away,now pro duce, by a natural reaction, an effect completely the reverse. The discipline of, the old Piedmontese army, now in force in the Italian army, is in reality severe, but there_is nothing excessive in it." ROME. - - - - -- - A letter from Rome of the 7th, in the Solut Public of Lyons, says--“ It is stated that a servant of Gen. Zappi has absconded, carrying away with him a great number of papers belonging to his mas ter. This domestic) was a Swiss soldier, in whom the General placed great confidence. A few days since, the latter, on returning home, found that his servant was absent, and he waited in vain for his return. On going into his library he discovered that his desk had been opened, and the most important of his papers abstracted. A sum of money which was lying in the same drawer was not touched. The soldier has left Rome and taken refuge in the kingdom of Italy. It appears that the documents which he has carried off are really of a certain im portance. The day before yesterday 11 mounted Pontifical gendarmes who were patrolling at Fras cati deserted with their horses and equipments, and went over to the Piedmontese. They were com manded by a sergeant named Palma, who had been always regarded as devoted to the Pontifical Go vernment. COCHIN CHINA. Accounts from Segon, in Cochin China, to the 12th July, say :—" The Emperor, being deprived of the resources which he formerly obtained from Cambodia, which is now occupied by the French, has imposed an extraordinary tax on other parts of the empire. That measure has created general dis content, and the Viceroy of Tonkin has, it is said, made known to the Government that the Western provinces have risen in insurrection; that the in surgents are masters of Tuyen Quang, an important town of the Son-ray; and that if they were not at tacked they would soon be able to assume the offen sive and to march on Kecho, the town on which that high functionary resides. It is not known what the Court of Hue has decided on ; but if these in surrectional movements should become consolidated and should spread they may cause great embarass ments, as on several occasions the rebels of Tonkin have placed in peril the safety of the Emperor. Intelligence has likewise been received at Hue that the chiefs of the province of Laos refuse the tribute which they have paid for nearly a century. This refusal can only be ascribed to the fact that they know the difficulties in which the Emperor is placed. Bad as is the situation of the Court of Hue, it cannot fail to become worse, owing to the close blockade observed by the French. The capital has no other resources than those which it derives from Cambodia ; and when the reserves collected there shall have been ex hausted, it will be exposed to a positive famine. The Annamites had believed that the French occu pation would only be temporary; but they now see that the French, from the measures they have taken, mean to remain definitively, and to found a great colony. That circumstance has caused them to modify their conduct." The war budget of Bavaria has been laid before the Chamber of Deputies. It amounts to 12 mil lions of florins. The reporter proposed a diminu tion of 800,000 florins, which, after some remarks from the Minister, was reduced to 600,000 florins. The question of abolishing the lottery has not yet come under discussion in the Chamber. The re porter, M. Decan Vogel, has not completed his re port, the conclusions of which will depend on certain provisions of the general budget. 2HE GARIBALDI FETES AT NAPLES, A letter from Naples dated Sept. 7, says :—A brilliant morning rose upon us, and, as if to wel come it, the fleet now in harbour dressed out gaily, and at midday salutes were fired and returned. Private houses were everywhere decorated with flags, but beyond this there was little ornament. The stations of the National Guard and most of the public buildings are dressed out simply and gracefully. At the Marine barraAs an inscrip tion tells of the " unspeakable joy" with which Southern Italy welcomes this auspicious day. San Francisco Popolo is elegantly dressed with tri coloured hangings, forming curtains, as it were, be tween each pillar. _ - The fagade of the Palazzo Angri, the earliest re sidence of the Liberator, is more carefully decorated than any other building. There are scaffoldings for music erected in the various squares and be yond this art has done little more. It is a people's fete, and they are to celebrate it after their own way, spontaneously and inexpensively. The fete, indeed, began last night with " Garibaldi's Hymn," which was sung at San Carlo, Cialdini being pre .o.t. As u guni, it was rooeived with enthusiasm but the feature of the evening was the vociferous manner in which the whole audience shouted out continually " a Roma !" Shortly before 9 o'clock a deputation from the 11 7 Grkmen's Society went to the railway to meet the sick and wounded Garibaldini who are in hospital in Sorento, and who have been invited over here for the day. I went to meet them towards the Carmine, and found, as I have represented several times before, that the people acted as though they had been viewing a spectacle got up for their amuse ment, not as though they formed a part of it in interest. Foremost bf the band wers a number of the lowest class operatives, carrying flags with the inscription of " A Roma" upon them, and at the corners of the streets, by the by, were large placards with the same words on them. A woman dressed in Garibaldi uniform followed, carrying a banner with a cross at the top and the following inscription : " 1.N.R.1. lOSEPHUS NICEANUS, RE DE MPTOR 'TALI 2E." However blasphemous the comparison insinuated, it awakened great enthusiasm, for Garibaldi is here worshipped as no mortal man. Then came the Garibaldini sick, and lame, and maimed—about 40 in all—some on foot, others in carriages, armless, or with their crutches by their side. The various trades followed with their respec tive banners, and each had " A Roma " upon it. It was the beginning of a pilgrimage to the Holy City. As the Garibaldini entered the Teatro del Fondo they were received with shouts of applause and sympathy by the crowds in the pit and boxes. But "Garibaldi" and "A Roma" were the cries repeated continually—" A Roma con Garibaldi !' but I heard not once, or scarcely once, the name of the Re Galantuomo shouted. Who in the south knows the King of the Alps P His Majesty must come here and make himself personally known, brave, and generous, and honest as he is. As the procession entered the band struck up the " Hymn of Garibaldi," and drove the people, as usual, nearly frantic. There is a depth in the heartfelt enthusiasm of an Englishman when he listens to " God save the Queen" which I would not exchange for the mac:iciest demonstrations I ever witnessed in Naples; but Garibaldi's Hymn seems to deprive the people of their wits. One would think they had been bitten by the tarantula; and time after time it was called for with the same enthusiastic shouts. At length the curtain drew up and displayed the back of the stage tastefully hung with banners, with the white cross of Savoy, and a table, in the shape of a half moon, with the principal members of the committee of the Association of United Italy seated at it. The chair having been taken, Signor Alberella, an advocate, and a gentleman who is taking an active part in evangelising the Neapolitans, came forward and addressed the meeting with great eloquence as follows : " Citizen Workmen, and Gentlemen and Ladies,—Viva Garibaldi 1 viva Garibaldi I Yes, viva Garibaldi I for that name involves a recollection and a hope. After 70 years of tears and blood, on the 7th of September, 1860, Garibaldi gave us our liberty, and if we shout his name it is because he personifies our actual wants. The Neapolitans are not a people to be despised, they have in past ages been famous in the arts, in science, and in arms, and have struggled often against despotism. They wish now for an united Italy under Victor Emmanuel, because so Garibaldi has decided. This is the recollection ; now for the hope. " A Roma con Garibaldi 1" Yes, with Garibaldi, for he is a pure fountain in the midst of corrupt waters ; he has liberated us from oppression; ho is the only disinterested man of the day, and with him we will struggle for Rome for our capital, ant Victor Emmanuel for our King, if he will be the King not of a party, but of the people. The association is consti tuted, and let no man leave this room without giving his assent to the motion that Rome must be ours." I do not interpolate the speech with the enthu siastic cheers with which it was received. I can only give you an outline of it, but it was worthy the reputation of the orator. A protest against the continued occupation of Rome by the French was announced, signed first by Garibaldi. Some verses were then well recited, which were received with immense applause, and Signor Minervini made the first motion to the effect that Roma was the pro perty of the Italians :—" France had declared it, Cavour and Ricasoli had declared it, and they knew it to be their right." As soon as he had concluded, a long speech, which was considered a fiasco because it spoke so much of the French, a gentleman in the next box to me improvised some verses, which were well received, and then Albarella proposed a vote in favour of an united Italy, with Rome for the capital, under Victor Emmanuel, which was carried of coursa by acclamation ; and so ended the meeting of the Operation Society, or of the party of action. The procession reformed outside the theatre, and many ladies joined in it, and in this way they pro ceeded through the principal streets to the Garibaldi Palace, and afterwards to the hotel where the Gari baldini are to be feasted. Here I leave them, or I shall miss the post. I must tell you, however, of an important arrest—De Cristen, who has cut such an important figure in the border war. He was arrested last night in an hotel, without a passport, and came here, of course, for sinister reasons. Pro bably he has followers here. CALEDONIAN RAIL WA Y. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held at Glasgow on Tuesday last—Mr. T. Sal keld, chairman of the company, presiding. The CHAIRMAN said—At a period when many railway companies are declaring a smaller dividend than before, owing to the deficient harvest of last year, which caused a very large exportation of gold—and also on account of the civil war it, America, which has injuriously affected many branches of trade in this country—it is gratifying to your directors to meet you on this occasion, and to be able to re commend a dividend at the rate of five per cent. on the ordinary stock of the company. (Applause.) Not withstanding the disturbing causes to which I have referred, our receipts have been £16,000 more than during the corresponding period of last year, and although our expenses have increased by £7,300, we are still enabled to offer you what I am sure you must consider a very fair dividend. (Applause.) Our expenses have, no doubt, been increased to some degree by the great severity of the past winter, but considering the high and exposed ground over which we pass, we have not suffered so much as might have been expectel, or even as other railways seem to have done, though situated in less exposed localities than ours. I attribute this circumstance in a great measure to the care that has been paid in late years to the permanent ways, and to the great attention and care which our officers have bestowed in selecting for ballast material that imbibes a less amount of moisture, and which is consequently less disturbed by atmospheric variations than a softer or more porous material would be. Ten or eleven years ago the ordinary stock of this company was telling in the market in Glasgow at £l4. (A Voice : " From £l2 to £13.") Well, from £l2 to £l3. Now the • same stock is selling at £lO7 or £lOB, a gratifying proof of the vitality of the railway, and of the vast resources of the district through which it passes, and which resources, I am happy to say, are capable of still further development. With the exception of the Amalgamation Bill, all the bills for which we applied to Parliament last session have been obtained; and when the works authorised by these bill have been executed, I feel confident that the value of the property of this company will be greatly increased. I re gret exceedingly the loss of the Amalgamation Bill, be cause the more I study that question, the more I feel con vinced of the advantages that would result from it, not only to the three companies interested in it, but also to the trade and the general public. The directors were also satisfied that the more the question was ventilated the sooner the Amalgamation Bill would be obtained. The directors of this company, however, did not at first feel themselves justified in incurring the expense of a re newed agitation during last session of Parliament; but the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, being of opinion that the expense in connection with the bill need not exceed £3,000, if the bill was prose cuted immediately, when all the briefs were still ready, and much of the evidence was prepared, undertook to pay the whole expenditure which might exceed £3,000. This offer was considered so good by the directors of the Caledo nian Railway Company that it was acceded to. We felt that if we failed in getting the bill a great step would be gained in advance, and our expenses have during last ses sion been limited to our proportion of the £3,000. Though we failed in obtaining the bill, yet we know that great pro gress has been made in this matter, and that the inhabitants of Edinburgh and Glasgow are becoming aware, that when the Amalgamation Bill is carried, the fares between these cities will be greatly reduced, as then the companies will be enabled to make those reductions in the expense of working by which they could afford to reduce the fares to an eaten t they otherwise would be unable to do. In 1860 nearly every trader on the line was opposed to the amalgamation ; but in the last session of Parliament there was scarcely a trader on the line but was in favour of it, or at least wasnot an active opponent. lathe last sessionof Parliament a bill waspassed chiefly through the exertions of Lord Binnaird, which ren ders railway debentures transferable by simple endorse ment. I believe, when that question is better understood, it will be rn the oxivtunsge of railways, as these endorsements will become favourable iuvestments. In the last paragraph of the report the directors take upon themselves to ask you to erect a school and schoolmaster's house at Carstairs, for the benefit of the children of the workmen at the railway. Most of you who travel on the line will be aware that Car stairs is the point where the Edinburgh and Glasgow branches meet, and where the various trains are arranged previous to going south. It is therefore necessary to main tain a large staff of workmen at Carstairs. A great many children belonging to the workmen have very inadequate means for obtaining for themselves the advantages of an elementary education ; and I believe it is both for the bene fit of ourselves and of society to afford some means of giving an elementary education to the children of those in our employment. (Applause.) I am very glad to hear this suggestion seems to meet with your approval. The directors, however, ware prepared to withdraw that para graph, if there was any reluctance to agree to it, and to introduce it in the shape of a substantive resolution, or post pone it to a future period. (Hear.) Mr. Salkeld concluded by moving the adoption of the first resolution. . Mr. MEIRLEM asked why the same reduced fares for re turn journeys were not allowed to parties travelling from Scotland to London that were granted to those who travelled north from London ? He said the company were infringing the Divine law in not granting to their workmen the entire rest, of the Sabbath ; and referred to the evils which, he said, resulted in England from employing railway servants on that day. He also made some remarks regarding the proposed schools. Mr. Coss asked if it was the case that a 30 years' agree ment had been entered into between the three companies for the working of their lines ? The CHAIRMAN said no such agreement had been com pleted, but it was the anxious desire of their directors, and he believed of the other companies, that such an agreement should be completed, and negotiations for this object were in train. With respect to the Sabbath question, he had repeatedly replied that they did not do any work upon Sabbath that could be possibly avoided. (Applause,) With regard to providing elementary instruction for the children of their workmen, when he said that in no part of her Ma jesty's dominions were the advantages of education more appreciated than in Scotland, he did not require to say more on the subject. (Applause.) He was reminded that they only intended to erect the building ; the parents would be required to pay for the education of the children themselves. With respect to the return tickets, if the inhabitants of Glasgow and Edinburgh had the same inducements to go south which the English had in coming to see the beautiful scenery of this country, probably the same reduced rates would be adopted. It was the object of the directors to divert the English from going to the Continent by holding out an inducement to them to come to Scotland. But there was no netessity for lowering the fares between this and London, because there was not the same attraction to travel there as to travel from London to Scotland. For this reason the fares were cheaper from London to here. '1 he report was unanimously adopted. The three retiring directors—Mr. Daniel Ainslie, Mr. John Ross, jun., and Mr. Robert Towers —were re-elected . The board were authorised to re-borrow upon mortgage, on the security of their undertaking, the sum of £20,000, borrowed on the special security of the Lestnahagow branches, when and so often as that sum was paid oft. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.—A speaial meeting of the Master Builders' Association Was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's inn fields, for the purpose of taking into consideration the position of the trade, in consequence of the recent move ment of the operative masons in calling off all their men from the country works of the Londoa hour employers. There were not more than twelve members present out of the twenty-five London firms who pay by the hour, amongst whom the principal were—Mr. Myers, sen., Mr. J. Myers, Mr. G. Smith, Mr. J. Lucas, and Mr. J. Troliope, The Press were excluded, and the Secretary, Mr. Wales, on application being made to him to furnish the result of the meeting, stated that it was a private one, and that he was not permitted to give any information of its proceedings. The meeting lasted about two hours, and ,t may be pre sumed, from information being refused, its decision, if any was come to, was not of a,cionciliahte moryenna, in the ture,or m on ea e n i t i i k m el e y , to put an en d t o the strugp.e. The are rapidly leaving the country jobs, nearly all of which are now at a standstill. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A QUARRY.—On Tuesday morning, as Mr. D. Evans, agent for Andrews' cattle food, was walking along the road at the top of Rownham-hill, near Bristol, he was suddenly struck on the head and ren dered insensible. Upon being found in that state some time afterwards, it was discovered that he had received a fracture of the skull. At first it was supposed that he had been as saulted by some person for the purpose of plundering him ; but it appears that a number of men were engaged blasting for road metal, and it is supposed that just at the moment when the blast was fired the unfortunate man had been gcing along the road, ind a stone striking him in the fore head had caused the injuries which he received. There can be little doubt that had the poor man not been seen soon after the accident, and had medical aid not been speedily rendered, he would, in all probability, have lost his life by the occurrence,— Western .Daily Press. ha £1 bu thl Sv .£1 be 1" al Si Pi 3 , 3