The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-02 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. MTLTVARY COLONISATION. (Prom the Times.) What if we were suddenly called upon to vote another million; sterling for another Caffre war ? What if again ( 3very mail from the Cape were to bring us intelligence of the sacrifice of valuable lives in a seri es of miserable bush fights with a pack of wretc bed savages ? This view of Cape Politics is not a pleasant one ; but we must, ere long, make up our minds to it, unless we adopt some precautionary measures for our own security. The Caffre snake is scotched, not killed. So it must ever be with ravage warfare. Border fora - 4, philanthropy, regular warfare—we have trim all these plans, and not with any very brilliant, mwess. We are now about, to enter upon a four6h epoch of our dealings with, the Caffre tribes. - Military colo nisation is the new idea—although it is an old enough one in the history of the world. The Ro mans of old ipersevered for so long a time in this system that, even in the absence of direct testi mony, we mi ist presume it t o h ave answered its in tent. There, are ruins enough still above ground on the English and Scottish. border to show that our first con querors found their account in guard ing their frontier by the agency of military herds men. This system, we say, is now to be tried at the Cape by-transporting there the British German Legion, or :As many of their number as may be wil ling to accept the terms offered by the British Go vernment to them in thecharacter of military settlers, in place of claiming the fulfilment of the articles of capitulation under which they entered the British service. Now, we are n o t particularly in love with Germany or things a German. We are perfectly that an outcry may be raised against this proposition a s one peculiarly emanating from the Court ; but, on the whole, we think it is for the public advantage that it should be carried out. The first question we must ask ourselves is, on the whole is this system of military colonisation the best one we can adopt to guard against the re currence of friture wars ? It certainly recommends itself a priori to our favourable attention as a reasonable scheme, and in the next place well nigh every other intelligible plan has been tried and has failed. If this be .granted, our next inquiry must be, who are the most proper persons that can be selected as subjects for the experiment ? Certainly, but for one consideration, which we will presently mention, Englishmen, if they are to be had. Where, however, at the existing rate of wages in this country, can we lay our hands on a sufficient number of Englishmen, trained to the use of arms, accustomed to act together, and of good character, who will be content to expatriate themselves to Africa for 6d. a-day, even with collateral advan tages When they are told that they must bind themselves to serve the British Government for seven years in the manner stated in a document which we published in our impression of Monday under the head of " Military Colonisation," can we reasonably suppose that we could obtain a suf ficient number of trained men for onr purpose ? Common sense will answer " No !"—whether pre judice may whisper to the contrary. It must be remembered, besides, on examining the condi tions offered to the German Legionaries, that un der any circumstances we are bound to fulfil strictly with them the terms under which they enlisted in the British service. If they refuse, as they have a erfect right, the present propositions of the War office, they must be paid to the last shilling, and this would make a heavy deduction from the advan tages of any counter-proposition which might seem more advantageous at the first glance. The terms offered are favourable, no doubt—most favourable —and, when we consider the rate of wages in Ger many and the disagreeable incidents of serfdom in any of the German kingdoms, we are of opinion that the Legionaries will be very silly fellows if they lose so fair an opportunity of fortune. In the first place, they will go out in a body—that is to say, each man will have with him his relatives and friends, his wife, his children—even his sweetheart, for even to this point does the benevolence of the British Government extend. Their wives and children and affianced brides, we say, are to have a free Passage to Africa from Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, or Ostend. Thus, in Africa they will find all the ties of home, even if they are compelled to tear themselves from the familiar lime trees and chemical waters of their fatherland. It would be superfluous for us to recapitulate here the terms of the engagement, as they will be found in our im pression of Monday last. The onlyobjection applicable to this project which can be a ccepted as ofany force is, that there might be danger to British auP remacy from the presence of so many a rme d settlers of the same nation at the same point i a distant colony. At least there is little fear_ that they will meditate treason against the British Government in favour of any of the so - rereigns from whose clutches they have escaped. The only danger—if danger there be—must, then, be that they would aim at independence on their own account. The persons who make this sugges tion can scarcely have reflected that the presence of these Legionaries will maintain tranquillity in the province, and that tranquillity will allure hosts of British settlers, that the sons and daughters of either nation will in due time intermarry, and that then --why, then the colony must take its chance. We have little pretension to look half a century into the future, and as little wish to retain the allegi aace of any colony against its will. The negotia tion, we trust, will run on smoothly for it is one calculat e d to promote the interests of both parties. If the thing is to be done at all, Lord Panmure is q u ite right in acting with liberality and generosity tow a f , a r-s our future military colonists. They must will ee t contented with their new position, and they certainly be v very unreasonable fellows if they find fa ulth ands° with the offers of the War-office.. So I ne) indeed are these terms, that, if they are coalied but ar, out in , practice, we think it would ba act of justice if Lord Panmure gave an op- P°rtu:Qit Y to a v British officer who has served in any Of the auxiliaryli • shari ng . legions during the late war of in the advantages "Platieall if they hold out. We say, id ea. 4 , 18 7, the terms are adhered to, for an that ,d edu T i abroad among the German LegiDnaries from, the ho cn under various pretexts will made to accept the offers mo ney, &c., if they once resolve This opinion wasoffers of the British Government. expressed pretty loudly on Tues day last, when the British German Legion was re viewd at Colchester, preparatory to its being dis banded, disco nteuted e h r e a cean' it app3ars, have been greatly 6/. which we re tise 31. were deducted from the offered.e. to them on enlistment for the purchase of fined d k.its. Besides this, they have been heavily uring their stay in England for which"b atchkeydantartages"—that is, not for wilful damage ay have done, but for the inevitable wear and tear of such structures, thatuctures. This F.ystem is the a vile one, even and we are not surappriPisede it hasßritish soldier, excited great discontent and disgust among ma our foreign recruits. The German Legionaries easily satisfy them selves, before accepting the teyroffered that they will be carried out without der ot. of any kind. Unless this be so they will be perfectlytiouriht to reject the proposition offered by the British Government, an d to push their fortunes elsewhere, o f Naples, the French, and the Area The Ki ng are said to be anxious to secure theilru:ePr'eviPcuesbliief th e y decline to accept our offer of military colonis ation in South Africa. THE RI7SSI AN CIRCULAR DESP AT CH, (From the Morni ng Po s t.) on friendly "It is the Emperor's wish tHo His t aj tO stY cli t s i s l it s • terms with all Governments. that the best means of doing so is S n late his views upon any of the questions connected with European international°ll3, 'which are law . , compact union of those who for m an y y rhe years tamped with ua the principles to which - Eur o p e, for more than a quarter of a century, was indebted f or peace, no longer exists in its former integrity. "The will of our august master was a stranger to this result. Circumstances have restored to u full freedom of action. The Emperor is resolved our to devote his care, in preference, to the welfare of hi s su bjects, and to concentrate upon the develop. meat of the internal resources of the country an activity which will only take an external direction whe n the positive interests of Russia absolutely dem an d A. , ' Such are the words used by Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the cir oular d ea Patch addressed by him to every Russian Minister at foreign courts , e nouncin g the forei g n policy Of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg , and pro testing agai nst French, a na l the the occupation of Greece by the threatened demonstration against Naples by th e in a tone more befitting one who had just e Alliei4 i..riunaphant out of a desperate and glorious conflict, ' than one who had recently suc cumbed from helnle hopeless exhaustion in a wrongful war. The d ij o s c a u l i t of the characteristic ntitself bears the impress It is the European of Russian diplo macy.nnterpart to the Asiatic 1 glorification of the coronation, tempos eceiasice of the Russian atien ae • the nullam i Whatever temporary reverse s 8 -- er i d t o i t s al autocracy. I lity of Russia's supremacy rem ains, ever revives in full force. The map come, the vita-' represents the Hydra of mythology,ouble and the pressure headed eagle myth itself. but it is no himthat beca use F The argument, insidious as it • t to d o r l event and England refused to permit ill ' Turkey, therefore he is entitld moro n in would h o ard r ight in Greece and Naples, our doin g n C a mbridge. It undoubtedly will at Berlin . ? paBB muster at 3. ,„f o rthern Germany have been too long Central and accuet a t loo k upon the words of the successor of Pe te r °, t herine as oracular, and his force as irresile,l434lbe Ca dispo sed to criticise, still less to demur, To the learned pundits of Norlern Germany the Neva is the Ganges, not without Juggernaut. T o I tal i an d espo t s th e despatch will -cm " as glad tidings of deliverance, and the presence of a Russia:a squadron in the Bay of Naples will seem the guarantee of their tottering th cues—in deed, a Feaser .a bl e chance of escape from their subjects, if anything' 13 articula r s h ou ld h appen , is not to be de spised. Th ere i s an amazing hardihood in the position manifesto. But a year ago the smoke still rose / roes the smouldering taken by R uss i a i ;this —French, Es gitab, and Sardinian sentinels relieved one .. ruins of Sebastopol another o- • s the holy soil of Russia — the banners that threats i aed Constantinople were trampled in the dust set blood and flame—the fleet rotted under the eaters of the harbours it never ventured to leave—the holocaust of the late Emperor's ambition was estimated at a quarter of a million of gallant soldiers ; but as time passed, and more accurate statements leaked out, that estimate was doubled, and now well-informed persons do not hesitate to treble it ; and besides this horrible carnage the foreign trade of the empire was all but annihilated. Some merchandise, indeed, found its way through Prussia, with much labour and expense, and little profit, but the ordinary channels of commerce were blocked. Not a ship could put to sea that was not captured or destroyed, whilst the people, oppressed with fresh taxes and forced loans, failed to satisfy the d - mands of the State ; and the productive power of the country was reduced to inaction by the incessant demand for men to supply the ever-accumulating losses before Sebastopol, or the still more ghastly array of those who perished in the forced marches by which it was attempt el to relieve the deossed fortress. The terrible exhaus tion to which Russia was reduced was showfi by the terms she accepted; and every day since peace opened her frontier to strangers, more and more has been ascer tained of the extent of the ruin and misery she under went before her proud spirit bent; and, since the peace, events have shown how seve re th e bl ow was , and how disabling it was likely to prove for some time. It can have been with no ordi nary f ee li ngs o f mor tification and humiliation that an Autocrat of All the Russias could have brought himself to forego, if it were but for a time, the traditional policy of his ance-tern of keeping a large army always on foot to overawe Germany, to threaten Turkey, and to se i ze every occas i on for extending Rus sian dominion and Russian influence, either in Europe or in Asia. The remission of the 3,500,0001. of taxes on the express ground that certain classes had been so diminished by the war, and the privations and epidemics consequent upon it, and that the adjustment had so be come unequal, is an admission of awful' significance. Everywhere the signs of weakness and exhaustion are visible, and yet the tone of the despatch which Prince Gortschakoff has just issued would have been suitable to the year 1814, when the first Alexander was in Paris, the acknowledged liberator of Europe, and ar biter of its destinies ; and it is not a little remarkable the rapidity with which it has been circulated, for it only bears date Sept. 2 ; that is, according to our calen dar, Sept. 14, and already it has received the publicity of the press. Its effects will not be felt now. The Rus sian squadron in the Bay of Naples will not fight ; it will expend its superfluous energies in civilities to French officers ; nor is the Russian Empire in a state to com mence a fresh war, and no men alive know that better than the confidential advisers of the Czar ; but in after days the subtle diplomacy of Russia will turn to account the Roman firmness with which Russia, at the hour of her greatest suffering, still claimed her high place in Europe, and abated not one jot of the pretensions she will know so well how to renew when the hour arrives that she can support them by her colossal resources, called once more into life and power. That that hour may the more speedily arrive, we fully believe that the second Alexander will most earnestly and energetically, in his own words, "devote his care, in preference, to the welfare of his subjects, and concentrate on the develop ment of the internal resources of the country an activity" that we hope most sincerely will not be stimulated and supported by English money, which, from what we see going on in certain quarters, we are very much inclined to fear is likely to be the case. We have every regard for the Russians, and wish them every success in their undertakings, if they can afford to pay for them them selves, but they have cost us a great deal of money lately, and we cannot afford to build a wall to run our own heads against. THE " DURABLE AND HONOURABLE PEACE." (From the Morning Herald of this day.) Six months ago it was intimated to us "on the best possible information" that we were to have immediately a " durable and honourable peace." The fact of a peace being likely we could not gainsay, because we knew that Russia required it, and that it was convenient to France to conclude the war when her own prestige was at the highest point, and that of England at the lowest ebb. Another year might have reversed all this ; but when have the interests of England been allowed to interfere with Russian projects, even If our Ministers could have resisted the compulsion of France ? What we did deny, and what we still persist in deny ing, was, that the peace would be " honourable or durable ; and our reason was, that a peace honourable to us must be humiliating to the Czar, and such a peace would not be worth the parchment on which it was written one hour longer than the time when the Cabi net of St. Petersburg might find it safe and convenient to break it. We fancy that at the present moment the hardiest swearers by Lord Palmerston's immaculate honour and far-seeing statesmanship will not venture to assert that the peace has been honourable ; and as for its durability events will speak for themselves, but certainly the poli tical horizon "grows dark while we are speaking" and writing. We shall enumerate a few of the symptoms of the times, but first we shall call attentiom to some facts stated by the able correspondent of the Examiner as to the condition of opinion in the East with regard to re cent events, and, as the world is now pretty generally influenced and guided by opinion, the admissions become matters of importance. The first point is, that there is not a Greek in the whole Levant who does not believe that the peace —so called by courtesy—is merely a truce, and that the war will wake up again with redoubled fury. In the first part of this we fully concur, but if the latter . part of it mean th a t R uss i a w ill provoke another war, in which ehe is to be a principal party, we deny it. Russia has gained her end, in the movements of the last three years, by introducing an element of disruption into the Turkish Empire, by means of the hatti-humayoun, which all parties now perceive to be, as we told them years ago, incapable of execution without provoking the most grievous resistance. The Turks, therefore, are placed in the position of choosing between universal discontent among their own subjects, or of breaking their pledged faith with their allies. Now if this be not a gain, and a great gain, to Russia, we are much mistaken. The second admission of the Examiner is that the Turks do not consider the execution of the hatti-huma yowl practicable. We fancy, however, that the states men of the Porte will prove—as they have frequently shown themselves within the iast few years—abler and wi , er men than either Russian or Western diplomatists, and that they will find some remedy for tl.e evil. It would appear also that public opinion in Constan tinople declares that the objects of the war have not been gained, and even goes so far as to say that the defence of Kars, of which we have heard so much, was a griev ous blunder, and that it ended in the destruction of Turkish reputation in the East, and the sacrifice of an and rmy of 16,000 men. • _ , - The men of the East are of opinion that shutting up the army in an almost indefensible fortress, instead of joining Selim at Er zeroum, and making head against the Russians, who would have had enough to do to hold their own, was au error for which they were not respon sible. We mention these things to prove that, whether rightly or wrongly, the interference of the allies has not produced a very thankful state of feeling amongst the Turks, who are stupid and obstinate enough to look to facts and results instead of being deluded by promises and theories. Having gained her objec', as we have shown, Russia now simply declines to execute the terms of the treaty, and bides her time till disagreements take place in the West, when she will, as she did in the matter of the Goolistan guarantee, refuse to be bound by them at all. Russia, we believe, will trust to a waiting game, and let events play her cards for her ; and certainly her hand, if we may judge from the present complications of Europe, appears to be a strong one. Let us recapitulate some of the points at present loom leg in the horizon : withstanding our humiliating submission to the dismissal of our ambassador, and the surrender of our rights to Honduras, under American dictation. We have the Neapolitan difficulty. We have the Spanish difficulty. We have the Sardinian and Austrian difficulty. We have the Romish States occupation difficulty. We have the Neuchatel difficulty. We have the Greek difficulty. We have the Montenegrin difficulty. And last, not least, we have the difficulty of the Aus trian occupation of the Principalities. This list we submit—which might be still further ex tended—shows a very pretty state of confusion ; and we fancy it will go hard with Russia if out of all these com plications she does not contrive to raise a commotion in Europe which will give the West eo much,to do that a clear field of operations will be left for her in the East. Another year of the war which we have concluded by a " durable and honourable peace," would have ren dered her incapable of profiting by the state of things we have described, and therefore we cannot be surprised that the war did not continue. We cannot conclude without remarking that Prince Gortschakoff's circular, however boldly worded, does not induce us to change our opinion that Russia will not take an active part in the coming disturbances in Italy. She may, as the Times asserts, send a fleet to Naples, but it will not be to come into collision with the fleets of England and France ; it will be to embroil the rela tions of, and break up the alliance between, the Western Powers, that the efforts of Russia will be directed ; and in the confusion and disturbances of an Italian insurrec tion, it can hardly be doubted that her efforts, with the practised aid of our own Premier, will be crowned with success. That this course is that which Russia will pursue we can have no doubt. The late Czar never would have entered on the original war had he not believed that an alliance between France and England was impossible. As soon as that alliance is broken up we may look to active operations on the part of Russia. Until then she will work her purposes by intrigue and sowing divisions among the states of Europe, by the services of her agents, who are unhappily to be found in most, if not in all, the Western Cabinets. 1. Russia has demolished the Danubian fortresses, which she was bound—we say it advisedly—by all for mer precedents, to give up untouched ; and no compen sation has been demanded by the allies. 2. She refuses to let the boundary line pass north of Bolgrad, which would remove her effectually from the Danube—the great point which we are said to have gained—and claims a boundary which permits her to have full communication with that river. 3. She insists upon referring the question of the Isle of Serpents to the wise men of Gotham, at the Paris conferences. The posses ion of the island would give her the command of the Sulina mouth of the Danube. 4. She is urging on the union of the Principalities, contrary to the wish of the Porte and the obvious inte• rests of the Sultan. Upon all these poin • ts it has been announced that France wil l pursue a "reserved policy." So that if England stands up against Russian domination the sharp allies, and the w e d ge is evidently inserted between the and may, in conjunction with other differences of opinion, break up the entente cordiale. With regard to her (Russia's) future policy and its indications,twe may observe, that, according to the con tinental journals supposed to be in her pay, site has de manded permission of the Porte to allow 10 vessels of war to pass the Bosphorus, en route from the Baltic, in order to meet the exigencies of the Circassian war ; while it is also asserted that the gun-boats from the Sea of Azof have been transported by the route of the Don, the Junction Canal, and the `Volga, to the Caspian Sea ; while information has arrived atl St. Petersburg that the whole line of water communication has been com pleted between that capital and the Sea of Okotsk, opposite Japan. Wiseacres may consider these things as unimpor tant ; we confess we do not consider them so, more especially as we learn from other quarters that Spain and Sardinia are to be cajoled into permitting the Russian men of war into their Atlanticand Mediterranean ports. We consider all these things as unmistakeable indica tionsewgelebbaer.e again spreading their overm es h e e s v o er i - yt hpart p i e d f er t ' h s that the g h re e a l t d Transatlantic friends call them, which are Turning our eyes to the West, we find a few " difficul ties," as our very li kely to produce that troubled state of the waters in which Russia is so skilful a fisher. asettled not.' We have the Nicaraguan diffiuulty still u , rwE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 2, 1 56 Sporting Intelligence. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. THE Cl:P.—Betting-6 to 1 on Fandango, Homily led to the Duke's Stand, where Fandango passed her and gallopped in the winner by 40 lengths. Both were very leg weary. THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM AT NIGHT. The room was very thinly attended, and only the fol lowing bets were made : CESAREWITCH STAKES. 14 to 1 agst Fulbeck 1000 to 30 agst Mary CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 500 to 30 agst Lance 25 to 1 agst Hungerford DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee 500 on Saunterer agst Latvbourn. WEDNESDAY. The St. L-ger Stakes of 25 sovs each, for three-year olds—colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, 83t 31b ; certain penalties and allowances. DJ., 2 miles 119 yards. 14 subs. Captain White's Ulysses, by Annandale,_Bst 7th distance was from the Dreadnought, at Greenwich, to Blackwall and back, three times round. What little wind there was was S.W., light and variable. At a quarter to one they started wall together, the Leander having a slight lead, and thus they continued to the Folly House, where the Leader left her opponents, the Eliza following her closely. There was no other altera- tion till coming back at Greenwich the first time, when the Hand-in-Hand became third, and the Amy fourth, and they remained so all the way, coming in as above. Towards the end the match became exciting, as there was Only a few minutes between each. SOUTHWARK, BLACKFRIARS, AND LAM- BETH ANNUAL REGETTA. (Flatman) 1 Mr. Barnes' colt by Pyrrhus the First—dam by Hamp ton, Bst 71b (E. Sharp) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Ulysses, who made all the running, and won by 50 lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 10 ft. , ' for two year-olds. T.Y.C. 5 furlongs, 140 yards. 4 subs. Duke of Bedford's Spinet, by Orlando, 7st 41b (Charlton) 1 Mr. F. Fisher's England's Beauty, 75t...(D. Hughes) 2 Mr. W. Robinson's Dusty Miller, Bst 71b (Sly) 3 Mr. W. Robinson's Lady Malcolm, 7st 61b (Quinton) 4 Betting—Even on Spinet, and 3 to 1 each agst Eng land's Beauty and Dusty Miller. Spinet made all the running, and won by five lengths; three lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth. Lady Malcolm hung all the way, bolted to the left, and went on the wrong side of two posts. England's Beauty was in consequence nearly driven out of the course. Second Year of the Eighth Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr-olds—colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; the second to receive a sum equal to 10 per cent. upon the whole stake, and the third a sum equal to 5 per cent. A.F., 1 mile 2 fur. 73 yards. Lord Clifden's Melissa, by Orlando, Bst 41b(J. Marson) 1 Mr. Coombe's Pitapat, Bst 71b ... (J. Mann) 2 Captain White's Aleppo, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3 Duke of Bedford's Alastor, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 4 Betting-5 to 2on Melissa, and 7to 2 aget Pitapat. Alastor led to the bushes, where Melissa came to the front and galloped in the winner by four lengths ; bad third ; Alastor was beaten off. Fifty Pounds—for 3-yr-olds, 7st 51b ; four, Bst 81b ; five, Bst 131 b ; six and aged 9st. D. 1., 2 miles 119 yde. Lord Zetland's Fandango, by Barton, 4 yrs (J. Marson) 1 Mr. S. Walker's Winkfield, 5 yrs (J. Mann) 2 Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 3 yrs (Bnllands) 3 Betttng-5 to 2on Fandango. Fandango lay off un til reaching the Duke's Stand, where he took the lead, held it to the end, and won by 12 lengths. Tame Deer was beaten off. The Granby Stakes of 30 sous each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds not named in the Rutland Stakes—colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b; certain whansr3 extra. From the turn of the lands in, 5 fur. 127 yards. 6 subs. Count Batthyany's Media Noce, by Weatherbit, Bst 31b A very well-rowed match was contested yesterday by five watermen's apprentices serving between Gravesend and Richmond, for three separate freedoms of the Waterman's Company, and othe prizes. It was a four heat wager, and well managed by Mr. R. Larkin, and some hundreds of persons witnessed it. The following were the results : (Sl 1 Mr. E. Day's Banno c kb urn , Bat 7lb (A. D a y) 2 Sir R. Pigott's f by Melbourne Birthday, Bst 31b _ (E. Sharp) 3 Betting-2 and 3tol on Bannockburn. Won by two lengths; bad third. BETTING 13P TO SIX O'CLOCK. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 14 to 1 aget Cotswold (taken) 14 to 1 apt Fulbeck (taken) 100 to 6 agst Quince (offered) 20 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Alice Wentworth (taken) 25 to 1 aget Mary CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES. 15 to 1 agst Lance (taken) 100 to 6 agst Poacher (taken) 20 to 1 agst Hungerford (taken) Entries for the Queen's Plate—Homily, 4 yrs ; Me- lissa, 3 yrs ; Fandango, 4 yrs ; Winkfield, 5 yrs ; West minster, 4 yrs ; and Tyre, 3 yrs. NEW MATCHES. —Mr. Payne's mare Van Tromp, out of Queen :flab, 5 yrs, Bst 81b, agst Sir J. Hawley's Sister to Hesse Cassel, 3 yrs, Bst 51b. 150. Last half of Abingdon mile. Sir J. Hawley's Sister to Hesse Cassel, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, agat Duke of Bedford's Palm, 2 yrs, 7st 51b. 150. Lest half of Abingdon mile. ILLEGAL INTERMENT IN A CONTENT. A question of local and general importance came before the Derby Burial Board on Monday last. One of the sisters of a oonvent situate in the town had died, and was buried in a piece of ground at the back of the premises. The interment being in direct violation of the order of council, dated October 18, 1854, it was reported to the clerk of the board, and a special meeting was called on the day mentioned, to consider what proceedings should be taken in conse quence. The inquiry caused much interest, which was heightened by its being known that two nuns had pre viously been buried without their deaths being regis tered. The fact of the interment was admitted by Mr.. Fearn. surgeon, who had attended the convent on be half of the Lady Superior, who, however, pleaded ig norance of the law, and relied upon an implied consent which she supposed had been given by Dr. Sutherland, the government inspector, that funerals might take place at the back of the convent, though not in the ground at the front of it, which had been previously used for that purpose. The medical attendant also stated that there had been no attempt at concealment, the fu neral taking place in open day, and that, as a piece of ground was about being purchased as a burial-ground for Roman Catholics, the senior priest would undertake that the body should be removed within six months. To this it was answered, that copies of the order of council had been served upon the priests, and likewise posted upon the premises at the convent ; that no interments of any kind had been sanctioned there by the Government inspector ; on the contrary, he having decidedly stated that they could not be allowed ; that even if the lady superior were ignorant of the law, the junior priest who officiated at the funeral could not make such an excuse ; and that as the law had been admissibly infringed in three instances, it was reason able to suppose it had in others, which had not come to the knowledge of the public, in a similar manner. At the close of a long discussion it was decided by a majo rity of ten :—" That the clerk be directed to communi cate to the Secretary of State the fact that an interment has taken place in the Roman Catholic convent burial ground, Nottingham-road, contrary to the order in council dated the 18th October, 1854, and that the Secretary of State be required to institute an inquiry into the circumstances of the case." The fol lowing amendment was rejected by a large majority : " That the parties having been guilty of a breach of the law by interring a body in the Roman Catholic con vent burial ground, be required to remove the body from such burial ground within five months from this date. Notice of the time such removal is to take place to be given to the clerk of the board." FRENCH SATINGS BANKS. TL. Moniteur contains a report from the Mini ster of Commerce and Agriculture to the Emperor, from which we are able to take some further parti culars : " On the 31st December in that year the number of savings banks authorised in all France was 386, five of which obtillned authorisation in the course of the year ; but 15 of them did not commence business, and three which brought their operations to a close in 1848 did not resume them ; so that the number actually existing was 368. Of these the Government obtained returns of their proceedings from 365, the remaining three not having complied with its repeated requests to send in theirs. The number of accounts (livret,s) existing in the said 365 banks, on the Ist of January, 1855, was 865,952 ; the new accounts opened in the year was 154,201 ; and there were received by transfer 7,575; so that the total was 1,027,728. Of that amount 133,978 became closed by reimbursaments to depositors ; so that the number existing on the 31st December last was 893,750, showing an increase in the course of the year of 27,798. That augmentation was 9,250, or 6 per cent. more than that which took place in 1854 ; and the ac counts paid Off were 10,119, or 7 per cent. less. Divid ing the total number of accounts among the whole po• pulation, it appears that there was 1 for every 40 souls ; whereas in 1854 the proportion was 1 for every 41. The total amount which the 365 savings banks owed to their 893,750 depositors was 401,265,154 f. ; and of that they employed, partly in purchasing Rectes for them, partly in making reimbursements to them, 129,082,611 f. 25c. ; they consequently owed on the 31st of De cember last 272,182,542 f. 48c. In the former item, the deposits made during the year are 9,255,2431. 56c.; and in the latter, the reim bursements, for 119,624,151 f. 66c. The former was 8,020, 241 f. 40c., or about 7 per cent. more than in 1854 ; and the latter 9,308,810 f. 33c., or about 7 per cent, ' less. The total number of accounts, 893,750, and that of the sum to depositors due, 272,182,542 f. 48c., were thus divided :-673.775 of 500 f. and under, amounting to the sum of 89,461,854 f 85c. ; 105,726 of from 501 f. to 800 f., amounting to 65,545,348 f. 24c. ; 67,413 of from 801 f. to 1,000 f., amounting to 60,989,2811. 71c. ; 37,213 of I,oolf. and upwards, liable to reducti.m within three months, amounting to 33,363,617 f. 87c. ; and 9,623 of I,oolf. and upwards, exempted from reduction, amounting to 17,822,439 f. 90c. Dividing the two great totals, it appears that there were due on an average to each depositor 304 f. 54c. Of the 154,201 new accounts stated to have been opened in the course of the year, 48,808 were by workmen, 28,418 by domestics, 7,675 by employes, 13,179 by soldiers and sailors, 32,928 by persons of various occupations, 22,923 by miners, and 270 by mutual benefit societies. Lastly, the private revenue of the banks for capital, interest thereon, dona• Lions, legacies, subventions, Sze., was 8,443,107 f. 190., and the expenses of administration 1,148,039 f 17c." RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTETtit RATLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Se, t. 27, 1856 £25,721 12 5 Corresponding week last year 25,938 0 9 Decrease in 1856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 27, 1856 Corresponding week last year 18,339 15 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 244,587 6 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 231,640 18 9 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 21, 1856 £25,960 18 9 Corresponding week last year 23,931 12 2 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTRRN RAILWAY.—Tra(Ii o return for the week ending Sept. 28, 1856-26 549 0 0 0 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 28, 1856 £7,572 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6,493 0 0 Increase in 1856 £1,079 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Traffio re turn for the week ending Sept. 28, 1856 £24,192 8 6 Corresponding week last year. 21,478 6 5 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for t a n din e week week lasteekend year 6,505 27,1856 £6,773 11 1 6,505 15 I Increase in 1856 CORK A.ND:BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week enciing Sept. 27, 1856 £2o7 0 1 Corresponding week last year 219 11 11 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 28, 1856 £836 13 1 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Tra.ific re turns fur the week ending Sept. 27, 1856 £10,060 0 "SUNDAY TII I ES. " —NOTICE.—Mr. E. T. Smith begs to announce that, on and after the 3a of October (Friday) an edition of the Sunday Times will be published early enough for transiuision to the country by Friday's post, containing foreign and do mes ti c i n t e lli ge nc e up t o th e early part of th afternoon of that day. This edition will reach persona living in the country on Saturday morning. It will be, in all respects, equal to the lat.er editions., and will anticipate the morning papers of Satur day. Another edition will be published, as now, at four o'clock on Saturday morning, including all the news of the preceding day ; and at two o'clock on the afternoon of Saturday a third edition will be published, containing everything of interest that may be received from abroad or transpire at home after the issue of the early morning edition. The fourth edition, containing the whole of the week's news, with all the domestic and foreign intelli gence of Saturday, will be published, as usual, at four o'clock on Sunday morning. It is particularly requested that precise orders may be given for the edition which any person may desire to be supplied with, and that any may be notified to th e pu bli s her. irregularity Advertisers desirous sup o p fhaving their advertisements in all the editions should send them to the office not later than twelve o'clock on Friday morning. CHESTERFIELD RACES.-TIIESDAY. The Revival Stake; (Handicap) of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 40 added, for two-year-olds ; winners after the weights were published slb extra ; the second to save his stake. About three•quarters of a mile. 15 subs. Mr. J. Tittenson's Duchess of Sutherland, by Faugh a-Ballagh, 7st (Hendley) 1 Mr. Chilton's Norton, 7st 121 b (Bearpark) 2 Mr. Watson's Sulpitia, Tat 41b (Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—M.D., colt by The Cure, The Impostor, Jack Spring, and Zanoni. Betting-6 to 4 agst M.D., 3to 1 agst colt by The Cure, It to 1 agst Norton, and 4 to 1 agst any other. Won easily by half a length ; a length between the second and third ; the others were beaten off. The Chatsworth Stakes of 50 sous, added to a Handicap Stake of 5 sovs each, 3 ft; winners extra. Once round and a distance. 12 subs. Captai❑ Skipworth's Elastic, by the Ungly Back, _4 yrs, 7it 12Ib - (Bearpst k) 1 Mr. Thorpe's Pantomime, 6 yrs, Bst (Ducker) 2 The following also ran :—Cardsharper, Fanny Gray, Surgeon General, Gathercole, Black Tiffany, and Van Dunck. Betting-5 to 4 agst Elastic, 3to 1 agst Pantomime, 5 to 1 agst Black. Tiffany, 7 to 1 agst Van Dunck. Won cleverly by half a length ; Surgen General was third, not placed ; the rest were scattered. The Cavendish Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a Sweep- stakes of 3 sovs each—for two and 3-yr-olds ; allow ances and penalties. About half a mile. 6 subs. Mr. Rich's Odd Trick, 2 yrs, 7st 31b (Thorpe) 1 Mr. W. 11. Brook's Thelmpostor, 2 yrs, 7st (Challoner) 2 Mr. Sidney's Polly, 2 yrs, 7st 31b (Withington) 3 Chatteress and Jack in the Box also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Odd Trick, and 2to 1 agst any other. Won by a neck ; same distance between the second and third. The Scarsdale Stakes of 25 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya eacb, for all ages ; winners extra ; the win ner to be sold for 200 soya. if demanded, &c. ; the second to save his stake. Ona mile. 5 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's De Ginkel, 3 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Bearpark) 1 Mr. Sidney's Victory, aged, gat 4lb (Moat) 2 Mr. Flintoff's Blossom, 5 yrs, 9st 41b...(W. Flintoff) 3 Sluggard and Tiff also ran. Betting-6 to 4on De Ginkel, 2to 1 agst Blossom, and 3to 1 each asst Victory and Tiff. Won by half a length ; three-quarters of a length between the second and third. THE BRIGHTON HARRIERS.—This favourite pack of harriers, which has for so many years afforded such ex• cellent sport to our visitors and the residents of the town and neighbourhood, commences the season on the Bth inst., the first meet being, as usual, at the racecourse. We are gratified to learn that hares are plentiful in all parts of the Brighton hunt country, and there is every prospect of a most successful season. There is no doubt that the harriers cause many gentlemen to make Brigh ton their winter reside nce , w h o ot h erw i se wou ld, with their families, reside elsewhere ; and we therefore hope that the committee will be met in a liberal spirit by the tradesmen of the town.—Brighton Gazette. CESAREIVITCH AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE STASES.— YOUATT WM. GRAY'S advice for the above events is now ready. Lance for the Portland Stake•, at Doncas ter, and eleven other winners is something extraordinary, but the advice on the above races will astonish all, as 1,000 to 1 can be obtained about the double event. I am positive one, if both, does not come of. Recollect, I named Mr. Sykes and Crown Pigeon last year (first and second). Apply early, or the long price will be lost. Terms : —To the Cambridgeshire, 78. 6d. ; one week, ss. ; single race, 2s. 6d. ; to the end of the season, 10s. 6d.—Address, 15, Charing-cross. AQUATICS. SAILING MATCH WITH SKIFFS. A very good and exciting match took place on Tues day, between the renowned Quickstep, belonging to Mr. Rowe, of Greenwich, 3 tons, and Mr. Pearce's Hiram, 4 tons. The race was for 251. a•side, and was attended by a large number of persons, the distance being from Coal House P o i n t t o W oo l w ich, and back to Gravesend. What betting th ere was w as level; as it was thought, and very wis e ly, that what the Quickst e p g a ined in tacking up sh e wou ld l ose in running down, and this conjecture was not far from right. They started about 11 o'clock, the wind being W.N.W., therefore causing them to make a fresh board every few minutes ; and this being just the thing for the Quickstep, she went away with the lead, and gradually increased the distance be tween herself and her opponent, so that by the time she rounded at Greenwich she was first by 18 or 19 minutes. After they had turned, however, the wind being fair right away down, the Hiram began to mend her posi tion and the race became very exciting. The Quick step, however, regained her lead, although the other came very near her, and won the race by fia minutes. Both boats were handled in a most excellent manner, and their sailing captains deserve credit. GREENWICH WATERMEN'S ANNUAL SKIFF MATC H. The annual match among sailing skiffs, belonging to free watermen at Greenwch came off yesterday, under the able management of Commodore Samuel Weeks, 800. The race was for three suits of sails and a pair of sculls, and was under the patronage of Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Peter Role, the members for the bo rough ; but it was unfortunately spoilt, owing to there being so little wind. The following were the results : Skiffs, Captains. Result. Leader Eliaa G. Brown ~.. 2 Hand•in-Hand C. Colgate Amy . E. Harvey 4 Rebecca and Ann J. Webber Yellow Jack P. Brown .. 0 Henry and Rebecca...T. Webber 0 Thirteen others had been entered, but, owing to the absence of wind, their captains refused to sail them. The FIRST HEAT. T. White (Yellow) 1 J. T. Steers Brock well .. (Red) 0 The distance was from Blaokfriars-bridge to Hunger ford, down round the lower roads at Bankside, and up through Blackfriat s bridge. It was a very good race. Yellow took the lead and kept it thronghont, winning by two lengths. Green and Red had a neck-and-neck race nearly all the way, Green being second by a length or two. SECOND HEAT. J. Abbott (Dark Blue) 1 T. Parker (Tricolour) 2 Distance as before. Blue took the lead, and maintained it throughout, Tricolour considerably shortening his,lead towards the end. Won by a length and a-half. THIRD HEAT. By the losing men. Tricolour.. Green Red.... Distance as before. The winner took the load, kept it, and won by three or four lengths. Green and Red rowed abreast to Hungerford-bridge, when Green drew himself two or three yards in front. Thus they re mained to near the finish, when Green got two lengths in advance of the third man. GRAND HEAT. Yellow Dark Bins Green 1 Tricolour . Distance from Waterloo-bridge to Bankside, thence to Ilungerford, and back to Blackfriars. Yellow took the lead, and won by two lengths. Dark Blue second, close all the way. Parker led Stears by a length to within 200 yards of home, when Parker unfortunately broke a scull. Stears won the third freedom. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. PURIFICATION OF THE THAMES. Mr. Nicholay, pursuant to notice, brought under the notice of the board the following memorial of Mr. J. R. M'Clean, on the means proposed by him for the purifi cation of the Thames. The memorial was read by Mr. Woolrych, the clerk, and was as under : " 17, Great George-street, Westminster, Aug. 8, 1856. " TO TIM CHAIRMAN OF THE METROPOLITAN MARI) OF WORKS. " Mr. Chairman,—lt is understood that at your peat meeting the position of the outfalls for the sewage of the metropolis is to be finally decided, and it has occurred to me that the present is a proper time for directing your attention to another system of outfalls, by means of whioh the two great conditions demanded by the pub lic wilt be complied with, namely, the purification of the Thames, and the utilisation of the sewage as manure. " I therefore take the liberty of submitting for your consideration the accompanying plan, Elbowing the direc• tion of the new outfall sewer. "My proposition is to do away with the main drainage sewers and reservoirs on both aides of the Thames, and to construct a conduit capable of conveying the whole sewage of the metropolis from the pumping station at West Ham, passing through the rich agricultural dis tricts of Essex, to a point on the sea shore between the estuaries of the Crouch and the Blackwater Rivers. This conduit to be made available for the purposes of sewage irrigation throughout the entire length, until it reaches the German Ocean. "From Wed Ham to a place called Battle Bridge, over the River Crouch, the conduit would pass through the uplands of Essex, and would be constructed as a tunnel or covered canal. From this place to its mouth it would run through the marshes adjoining the River Crouch, a district almost devoid of population, but ex tremely rich in agricultural produce, and where upwards of half a million acres of land may receive the benefit of the sewage of the metropolis. For this latter portion of its length it would be sufficient to construct the con duit generally as an open canal, following the course of the river until it arrives within two miles of Burn ham, from whence it would be diverted in a north easterly direction to the sea. " The sewage of the whole of the southern district may be collected at a pumping station near Southwark Bridge, and be carried, by means of pipes, over the river to the Aldgate sewer, through which it would flow to the proposed main conduit. "The expenditure for this work would not exceed 1,600,0001., a sum not greater than the cost of the works required for discharging the sewage into the Thames, even at the distance already contemplated, together with an amount representing the increased annual expendi ture for pumping to the outfalls, and for the deodorise tion of the sewage, but which would be unnecessary if the proposed scheme is adopted. "In order to prove their confidence in the system now proposed, responsible parties are prepared to execute the new outfall sewer to receive the whole sewage of Lon don, within a period of four years from the commence ment of the work, either for the sum of 1,600,0001., to be certified by your engineer as the work proceeds, or for an annual rent equal to 4 per cent. of that amount, to commence after the work it ready for use.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) "J. R. M'CLEAN." Mr. NIIIIOLAY moved that the memorial be received, and said he believed that a resolution would be carried which should say that it was the wish of this board that the outfall for the sewage should be at sea. (No, no.) At any rate public opinion was aroused, and they would no longer permit the Thames to be polluted. As to the plan of their engineer for carrying the sewage from the south side of the river to the north, by means of a tunnel under the Thames, below Greenwich, even by the report of the engineer himself it appeared that the bor , iugs which bad been made along the line of the river on the south side were more or less favourable ; and with the experiment of the Thames Tunnel before them they should be careful how they engaged in such costly works, for they might bring disgrace on themselves, and they would be wanting in their duty to the ratepayers, who would have to pay for them. Still, although the cost might be great, he thought the ratepayers ought not to bear it all, b u t b e i n g a great metropolitant andscbemthe that it ought to he met by the Government, country should pay its share to wards it. He e 13% , 1 before him the report of the metropolitan commissioners of sewers on the plans sent into them for the drainage of London in 1850, and that re4rortwassgned by Sir J. Burgoyne, Captain t W ha a t i r s e h iort th Mendel, anal Mr. R. Stephenson, and in they spoke of the plan o f Mr. M'Clean as c , ret ainin g in it the principles of a sound system of drainage. He would detain the board no longer, but would at once introduce Mr. M'Clean to the board. The CHAIRMAN inquired if Mr. M'Clean had any ob servations to offer beyond those contained in his memo rial. Mr. M'CLEAN said' he bad, but to save the time of the board he had reduced them to writing. Mr. WOOLRYCH then read the following document : " The proposed outfall sewer will commence by a junction with the one proposed by your engineer, near the pumping station at West Ham, at a point where the high level intercepting sewage and the high level sewage pumped up flow through the same channel. " The level of the top water at the junction will be 16 feet above Trinity datum, as shown on the plan of your engineer. The conduit will pass over the North Woolwich Railway by means of an iron aqueduct, and under the Til bury Railway near its junction with the Eastern Counties Railway. The railway will be raised two feet, for the purpose of allowing the water to be maintained at a level of 14 feet 6 inches above Trinity datum in the conduit at the time of its maximum discharge. After passiog under the Tilbury line, it will proceed to Ilford, crossing Bark ing-creek above the navigable part of the river, and thence, without interfering with the level of any road, to the marsh land near Battle-bridge, in the valley of the Crouch, to which place the tide at present flows. The conduit will be a covered sewer, 24 feet diameter, as far as the marshes, from whence, with the exception of a length of about two miles covered near Burnham, it will be :tn open sewer until it reached the German Ocean. The fall will vary between 5 and 6 inches per mile, and the velocity between 2 and 3 feet per second, or between 1 and 1i miles per hour, and there will be an uninterrupted die charge at all times of the tide. "ice pumping will b e required between West Ham and the German Ocean. The,conduit will be capable •f die charging 52,000 cubic feet per minute, which is the maxi mum sewage and rain-fall estimated by your engineer to flow through the sewers of the northern, southern and western districts of the m e t ro p o li s ." , Several members put questions to Mr. M'Clean, as to various parts of his plan, which he explained, but stated that he had proposed it, not in opposition to the plan of the engineer, but as a means of couspletely carrying away the sewage through the agricultural districts, with an ultimate outfall into the German Ocea n. Thanks were voted to Mr. M'Clean for his sugges tions, and the board adjourned soon after four o'clock. DARTMOUTH PACKET STATION.—it is reported that Capt. Craigie, the present chairman of the Transport Board, is to have the appointment of Superintendent of packets at Dartmouth. An edition of the Dispatch will henceforth be pub lished every Friday, containing particulars of important events, and price of the markets, funds, &c., up to the moment of going to press, and may be received at the most distant parts of Scotland and Ireland on the Satur day. The pages of the Dispatch, will be so extended as to allow the introduction of Dearly six additional columns in quantity, and the principal articles will be set in a new clear type that will not fatigue the eyesight. Adver tisers, to insure the insertion of their advertisements in each of the four editions, should forward them on Thursday, or at latest before 10 o'clock on Friday morning. Dispata Office, 139, Floetitreet. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 1. MANSION HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor—Before proceeding with business I wish to call the attention of the acting inspector (tlr. Fosberry) to the fact that for some time past the practice has prevailed of allowing a double line of omnibuses in front of the Mansion-house. No one would wish to interfere with so useful a mods of conveyance as that by omnibuses, but really they are becoming so ❑umerous that it is impossible to cross the street here without very considerable inconvenience and danger. Instead of proceeding, as they formerly did, in one line, they swell across the road and make a second line. That I shall not suffer ; and I hope the police will direct their attention to the matter. The omnibuses for the most part are now in the hands of one large com pany, who have, as it were, a monopoly ; and while perhaps it is desirable to do what we can to favour a respectable company that do their work well, they can not be allowed to do that which we should not permit private individuals to do. You (Nir. Fosberry) had better therefore at once tail the attention of the company or of its representatives to the matter. I also wish par ticularly to call the attention of the police to the reckless and dangerous manner in which passengers are set down in the middle of crowded thoroughfares. This is an offence under the Hackney Carriages Act. I do not particularly allude to the street facing the Mansion house. I do not think that more sacred ground than any other part of the metropolis. I only speak on behalf of the public, who incur very considerable risk and inconvenience from the existing practice. Some of the constables will tell you that a second line of omni buses is now being made, which I think is very obstruc tive, because it crosses the line of thoroughfare going to King William-street and Lpmbard•street. Mr. Fosberry—l will mention what your lordship has stated to Mr. Hodgson, the superintendent of police. Daniel John King was placed at the bar, charged with having robbed a lady of her purse, on Curnhtll, during the passing of the civic procession from Webt minster to the Loudon Tavern. T. Hayton, constable, No. 588, said—About four o'clock yesterday afternoon I was on Cornhill observing the procession, when I saw the prisoner and two other suspicious-looking men standing by the side of some ladies. I had previously seen them attempting to pick pockets in St. Paul's Churchyard. As soon as the prisoner noticed I was watching him he suddenly ran away. I noticed a purse in his hand, and pursued him. In attempting to overtake him the pole of one of the sheriff's carriages ran against me, and knocked me down. The Lord Mayor—l suppose you mean that in your anxiety to secure the prisoner you ran against the pole of the carriage, and not the pole of the carriage against you Constable—Exactly so, my lord. The prisoner was seized by another constable, at whose feet he dropped a purse, which I produce. The Lord Mayor is the person to whom the purse be longs in attendance ? Constable—Yes, my lord. From a memorandum inside of it, I found its owner, who re sides at Norwood. The Lord Mayor—How long have you been in the police force 1 Constable—Six years, my lord. The Lord Mayor —Are you only an ordinary con stable I Constable—Yes, my lord. The Lord Mayor--I think you deserve promotion. James Knapp, a timekeeper, stationed at the top of King William-street, said, I heard the cry of " Stop thief," and seized the prisoner, who was running away as hard as he could. I immediately found something touch my foot, and, upon looking down I saw the purse, which must have been dropped by the prisoner. Prisoner (impudently)—Do you mean to swear that I was running when you stopped me I' Witness—Yes. Prisoner—Was I not standing.still ? Witness—Yes, directly I got hold of your collar. Prisoner—lt's all false, my lord; I assure you I never ran at all. Mrs. Elizabeth Frowen, a lady living at Tudor House, Upper Norwood, identified the purse, which contained a sovereign, some silver, and a Crystal Palace return ticket, as her property, and stated tha t she recollected having seen the prisoner standing by her side in Cornhill, whilst she was looking at the procession. The Lord Mayor a'iked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the charge Prisoner—l will plead guilty if you will sentence me at once. The Lord Mayor—You must be remanded for a day or two, and perhaps we may learn something about you in the interim. LAMBETH.—Mrs. Elizabeth Rawlings, the wife of a captain of a merchant ship, was brought before Mr. Elliott. A gentleman from a solicitor's office, accompanied by a clergyman, attended, and said that the object of these proceedings against the defendant was to protect the lives of her three children, and remove th e m from her, as her conduct had rendered her wholly unfit to have the care of them. Her husband had been allowing her a sum adequate to support herself and her children ; but it having recently come to his knowledge and that of her friends that she indulged in drink, and that she had been brought to this court on a charge of robbing her furnished lodgings, they, in order to get the children away from her, sent up from the neighbourhood of Bath a trustworthy servant of her family, and that person called on her, when the defendant made use of language in reference to her children which proved it to be unsafe to leave them longer in her charge, and also uttered violent threats against the person who had called on her. The three children were all under the age of ten years. Mrs. Elizabeth Elson, a middle-aged female, said that in consequence of a letter received from Mr. Rawlings, and by the desire of the friends of Mrs. Rawlings, she came up from Bath to take her children. She found Mrs. Rawlings at a house in the Waterloo•road, and on telling her for what purpose she had come to town, she replied that unless she got her money, as she was in the habit of doing, from her husband, she should poison the children and herself. This threat she repeated, and was in a violent passion. _ Joseph Coster, one of the summoning officers, said that a warrant had been placed in his hands to apprehend Mrs. Rawlings, and he found her walking in Waterloo• road. He told her he had a warrant for her apprehension, on a charge of threatening to murder her children, She replied that she did not consider what she said in the nature of a threat. What she said was that if she did not get her money she should take her children to the top of the house and fling them out of the window, and then jump out hers h e i l l f.ti n w het e h r e e. then askedHedhildmstoo, andg oto th t a h t e house where her children house was a common brothel. Mrs. Rawlings, whose tone, manner, and language stamped her as a person of superior so er h io a r n e d du m ca e t , im s l v but showedwho whose t c h o e un b t l e o n a a te n d ee ; and soddenevidently appearance produced by excessive drink, said that she was not aware of the character of the house when she took lodgings there, as it was not in every place that a mother with three children could get a lodging. She admitted that she had got into a passion on hearing a threat from the man servant of her family to take away her children, leaving her destitute and unprovided for, and with that feeling she had used expressions which she did not mean. She declared she had no intention of leaving her children. Mr. Elliott observed that it was quite clear the pri soner was not a proper person to have care of her chil dren, but respecting their removal from her he should give no opinion. He should merely call on ber to find bail, herself in 401. and two sureties in 20/, each, to be of pod behaviour for one month. The defendant not being able to procure bail was sant to Horsemonger-lane gaol, , and her children were removed by their friends. THAMES.--Mrs. Hopkinson, the wife of a chemist and druggist, in Cock-hill, Ratcliff, was brought ham) Mr. Yardley, charged with attempting to commit self destruction by swallowing a large quantity of tincture of opium, sufficient to destroy ten persons. It appeared that the prisoner's husband was a person addicted to drinking, that he was frequently from home, and tbat he left his wife to administer drugs to his cus tomers, although she was not acquainted with their pro perties. On Monday week she obtained an ounce and six drachms of very strong tincture of opium from Mr. Carson, a surgeon, Cock-hill, who was in the habit of supplying her husband with drugs occasionally. On the same day she had a quarrel with her husband, and swal lowed the deadly poison. Mr. Carson was immediately called upon to attend her, and found her in a comatose state. He threw cold water over her, obtained the as sistance of another surgeon, took her into the yard, where large quantities of cold water were thrown upon her face, the stomach pump was applied, and an ounce of tincture of opium extracted. The stomach pump was out of order, and Mr. Carson called a cab and accom panied her to the London Hospital, where more of the deadly poison was dislodged from her stomach. She had been under medical treatment, and in a state of great suffering, ever since ; and that morn' ing, when the magistrate took his seat on the bench, she was arraigned on the charge of at tempting her life, when Mr. Carson and Mr. Burch, house-surgeon of the London Hospital, were examined, and detailed th e a b ove facts; Mr. C arson added that on asking the prisoner the reason of her c ommitting the awful act, she firit said an old man was the cause of it, without further explanation. She afterwards declared she swallowed the poison to frighten ber husband. The prisoner expressed her s orrow for what she bad done, and promised not to repeat the act. Mr. Hopkinson said he was a good deal from home, chiefly in Derbyshire, and admitted that he drank to excess, and that he left the business in charge of his wife, but did not allow her to sell poisons. Mr. Yardley, in a lengthened address, denounced, i n the strongest possible terms, the conduct of the husband. He hoped no person would have the hardihood to go to Mr. Hopkinson's drug-shop on Cock-hill for medicine any more. He discharged the prisoner only in consi deration of the sufferings she had undergone. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills supremely efficaci.us in curing Wounds. —Mm Elizabeth Belson, of Snettishani, near Lynn, had suffered for 20 weeks from a dreadful wound in her leg, occasioned by falling upon an iron scraper. Remedies innumerable and diversified were applied, but, all failing, she supposed she would have been a cripple for life, when she was ad vised to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills. After err -1 d sia few boxes of both th e wound assumed a healt h y the leg sub sequently became perfectly sound, n now quite w e ll.--S old by all medicine ven d ors throughout the world ; a t P rofessor Holloway ' s E s t a • a ppearance, Yg e i s blibhments, 244, Strand London, and 80, Maiden-lane, N e w York ; byA. Sta mpa, Constantinople ; A, Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. Or A SON. On the Ist inst., at Porehester-terrace, Bayswater , Louisa, the wife of Captain Appleyard, Royal Fusilier.:„. On the 30th ult., at 143, N ew Bond-street, Alm T. o' Savory. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 29th ult., at Maidstone, the wife of Capt. Hon. Charles Powys, 9th Lancers. On the Ist inst. P. Millard. ) at Bruce G rove , T o tt e nham, Mrs. C. PARRIED. On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's, Barnes, Surrey, by the Rev. R. E. C oppleston, M.A., John Stephens Storr, Esq., son of W. B. Storr, Esq., of Mill Farm, Barnes, and King' street, Cov e nt-garden, to Amy Giovanna, only daughter of Thomas Allom, Esq., of the Lonsdale-road, Barnes, a nd St. Bfarti n ' s- l ane. On the let inst. , at St. Margaret's, Westminster, John Charles Hall, Esq., of Streamstown-liouee, county Galway, to Joanna Maria, the fourth daughter of Robert Baxter, Esq., of Ilighfield, Doncaster, and Park-street, W es t.. minter. theh a latepa r m G k, re Kent,gGeorge Lacy t o D Harriett indi Grace, onlyOtithe 30th ult., at St. Bartholomew's, Henry J o bs Baddeley, daughter,Esq., of off e Esq., of Glocester-terrace. Country Markez, EDINBURC4R HAY AND STRAW MARKET SEPT. 30. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 16t: Od to 16s Od per kemple of 16 stonsT) tron; wheat do., llis Oc! to 14s Od; barley do., 10i 01. to 13s 0(1. Hay from 9d to 11d. EDINBURGH MEAL—SEPT. 30. There were in the market to-day 14 eacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 503. DALKEITH 3gAL :ARKET-SHrT. 29. There were in the market to-day 13 bags of oatmeal, 0 of barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od : --3 Oa Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od —s Od Pot-barley, new, per ditto -s Od s Od —8 Od DUBLIN, SEPT. 26. There was a large supply of corn to-day, a considerable portion of it in but indifferent condition. We do not alter our quotations of Friday for any article, but the market closed heavily for inforior qualities of everything, and a good many samples rentalled unsold. Nothing doing in Indian corn. The weather his been calm and dry since Sunday night. White wheat, 32s to 33s 6d ; red ditto, 303 Od to 32s Od ; ditto now, —s ; barley, new, 223 Od to 21s Od ; oats, old, 13s to 14a 6d ; ditto, new, —s Oct to bere, new, 18s to 193 0.1; rapese , d, 303 Od to 32s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 12s Od to .154 01; bakers' flour, 21s 6d to 279 , Od per cwt; Indian corn, 303 Oct to 34s Od per 480 lbt. BRISTOL SUGAR-OCT. 1. Everything remaining in first hands has been sold at very full rates, and we are now completely dependent on other ports for supply. Manufactured goods command better prices. No rums offering. COAL MAR Prices of Coal per ton at s. d. Grey's West Hartley ....17 0 5. Arallsend, ate. South Hetton 18 9 Wharneliffe l7 0 iCelloe . .is Framwellgate lB 0, Lambton Hetton 19 (1 3outh Hartlepool lB 6 Tees l9 Hartlepool l% 3 KET.—OcT. 1. the close of the market. Wl"llaend, &c. Ships at market,.. t :9 I Sold LOCAL SHARE MAREBTS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 1. STOOK EXCHANGE. - This market opened quietly to day, but subsequently improved, and price's closed steadily' at about yesterday's rates. Eastern Counties, 9—South Eastern, 2 4 i—Caledonian, 2714 z d.—Midlands, 75i —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 32—London an North Westerns, 101 1 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 96 5 —Great Western, 64i 54—North British, 9.6.3.—Ea5t Lancashire, 214—Blackburn, 6 per cent., 20—Chester m Holyhead, 1 O si. MANCHESTER, OCT. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been active, and prices improved, but gave way a little towards the dose"' Midlands, 7 6- Matlock, 2i—South Eastern and Dover* 201—GreatWestern, 64i—Sheffields ' 32—Ditto, 10/. pref.§ 12—London and M a n c h es ter Glass, 2 p—Manchester Fite Assurance, 9i p.—Leeds, 95i —Shrewsbury and Binning' ham, pref., 10A. --- BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 1. STOCK EXCHANGII7.—The transactions in every down; tion of stock were heavy this morning. Prices advanced during the day and closed firm. Crystal Palace share!, were done at 2—Great Western, Birmingham Guarantee ( ' Stack, offered at 72i—Shropshire Canals, 101. 81ABORNE MAILS. (1( signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-cfnci ey the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made "p i in General Poet- Office. London.* From whit Per[ Dlspatche . when die 10 Englind•J Livorpool ... iWeeklf iSouthanipten !Weekly I Liverpool ... Twise DO Liverpool .. Dover ti Plymouth .. Dover ...... Southern pt., Southern ptor Dover .... Sonthamptoi, South am at, n Various ports Cfncert 6th or 2d t 191 P.. '4 t2l nr Y 16th Ir.th. 16th Uncerts W 16th of lb lo 2 9 °14 : 4th & 31 ' fu.Tti.sj o ' I and I°. 4 and 37 2 And 19 / and 3. rivicedt gil Twined ° 6,7, 10° and S. Gai , ) !at of 1 ally liouthunpton Sonthamr on Southamp of Dover ...... (Dover 'Dover OD • • •• Dover •• • • Southampton jSouthampton 'London I Southampkcn Dover Southampton Plymouth .. I Dover ......j Dover .... Holyhead... "Southampton ! Southampton Liverpool 16tli and 2 1 :1 lb & : 1 6 And 16 IDoTor f 4. 1 5 11, ith sa d 51 1 lit 'Southamor,. Dover .......- Southamptoi Various port• Dover ...... lot and 16 weer. l l Sou thasiptor Bouthamptor Various port , Dever ...... Dover .... let 11910 l'weekw 1 iouthamp tor 1&1 61 mon:ill ll and I --, ISonthompeo. COUNTIiIER.I America(byllrit.pack)N America (by United Eits. l packet) .. America (by U. States packet) ..........N Australia (via Liver pool) • • • • •• Ditto (via Marseilles) N, Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) Africa (West Coast) .. N Ale mandria ..........N Bahamas Belgium ~..........N Brasil Buenos Ayres Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cite° do Verde ......N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon Channel Isles China .... . Constantinople ......N Constantinople ........ Cont. of Europe LS & N Egypt (see Inlia) France & N Gibraltar Greece (see India) Iroytown ....M Hamburgh ....N Havannah Holland Honduras ........ India (viaSoutb amp t.. India (via Marseilles) N lonian Isles (see Indict) Ireland & eladeira 9ladeira Malta (see India) Malta N Mauritius (see India) __ • Mauritius •• •• •• •• •• N Mexico Naples • • •• •• •• ••N New Granada ......1 4 New Zealand.... •• • • Papal States • .1 ,, Peninsula •• ...• •• •• Peru •• •••••• •••• Port Natal •• •• •• •• • •N Sicily •• •• •• •• .• .• N Tuscany • •• o• •.N Venezuela Van Dleraen's L..ud (see Australia) .... West Indies every Friday .... !Every Tuesday .. 14th and 19th .... •• 113 d of the month , 10th & 26th of n o. 4th &Ann df mon. l 17th of the month' 9th of the month.. 9th nt' the month.. Uncertain 9th of th- month 110th and 26th.... 4th and 20th .... Mori., Weu.,,eGfrl.4. l 2d lk 17th of month j 4th and 10th .... 1 10th and 26th.... 4th it 20th of mon. Twice daily !Twice daily.— ..1 i4,7,17,20,27efat.1 12nd & 17th of mon Daily 2nd of the month' Daily.... . 17tri of the month., 4th 20th of mon. , 10th&26th of moth; Twice daily 12d of To.. 9th of month... ,23d of month 4, 10, 20, and 26.. l'Oth of the month' qd of the month.. D,z11y............ 2d & ;.7 th of month Twice a month .. y.......• Id & 27th of mon. ay pKvate ship... Every Saturday.. Da Id et. kith oft.nonth, ith of mon. .... s I t 0. in.) n When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will b 0 ,5 41 spatched on the following day, with the exception o f the India tAii luthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be d espa t c hed ir preceding day. [ADVERTISEMENT.] The most inveterate liver el; plaint and diarrhoea, which had res i s t e d a ll medieloo for years, yielded to Du Barry's delicious Reval o ' Arabica. Food, which removes indigestion (dyspepsi M , flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver II plaints, cough, asthma, consu mp ti on, an d d e bilit y. Our , friend the great Indian traveller, Major Edie, wo , as follows :—" London, 20th March, 1852.—Dear 0 —Having suffered fearf u lly f or t wo years f rom an enlargealep of the liver and an inveterate diarrhoea, brought on in In and China, and having tried the advice of the most elniLw:4 prokssional men in China, India, and at home, without n other result than gradual decay, I wa.:,; on the brink of to t grave—unable to lift my arms from perfect exhausti on , vi e d Capt. Wraughton, of the Hon. E. I. C. Service, reconamen d me to try Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food, as to discard the drugs I was then taking. The result of oath this delicious Food is the perfect rest ora ti on of my health within a month ; and I take a peculiarpleasnre in recommending all sufferers to follow my example. I shall be happy to ane r _ A 7 any inquiries. I am, &c. ,W. E DIE , M a j or, H.M.S. Unattach7l Supported by testimonials from th e celebrated H.M.S., , Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Male; Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingran" Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castl e :, Stuart; Major-Gen. Th omas King, and many other respeetab": persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all otllal means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates ; with full instru c ti ons. In canisters. 11 b ., 2 s. 9d . ; 21b., 4s. 51bs., 11s. ; 1 21b5., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., ss. I 2th s ., 110.# Regent-street, London ; 51bs., 225. ; 1 01bs., 335. The 101bs. and 121bs. ca rr i ag e fve° o M at as° 6o n ,' G a rae nd on receipt of post-of/Ice order. Barry du Barry and Co., 1 2 to her Majesty, Piccadilly; 33J and 451, Strand; Corn= 49 BishoPt gate-street; 55, Charing - cross ; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 4, Cheapside ; OP. and 150, Oxford-street. e C e . 1; r P c h u r - 81 r e ee l 7; Fortnanmlso, DI ED. On the 30th ult., at Keythorpe Hall, Leicestershire, the Right lion. the Lady Berners, aged 56. On the 30th ult., George Bowes, of Homerton, Middle sex, and late of Old Broad.street, London, aged 64. On the 30th ult., Ann Ellen, wife of the Rev, Robert B. Gibson, rector of St. Mary Abchurch, aged 35. On the 30th ult., at Fairfield, Biggleswade, Beds, Robt. Lindsell, Esq., aged 66. On the 29th ult., at 141, Cheapside, Henry Townes, E sq ., aged 55 On the 27th ult., at 25, Crane-grove, Highbury, Mr. J. Stroud, aged 77. On the 27th ult., at Broadwinsor, Dorset, John Studio', Esq., aged 70. On the 25th ult., at Forest-hill, William Roper, Esq., aged 46. LONDON : Printed and Pnbliqhed by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27te Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, October 2,1856.