The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-12 00:00:00

MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING, at Fight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. GRAND VOLUNTEER NIGHT. Mdlle. C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs ; Mr. Levy, M. Arban, Mr. Hughes, M. Boncisselu, Ali Ben Sou-alle, and Mr. Santley (for a few nights only), This Evening. The Faust Selection. Orchestra of One Hundred Performers, Ind the Band of the Coldstream Guards. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One Shilling ; Dress Circle, 2s. Ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 ls. and los. Ed. On Thursday next, a SPOHR NIGHT, when will be per formed the Symphony, "The Power of Sound." Mr. Santley w. 1 sing one of Spohr's favourite Compositions. On Friday next, a MEYERBEER NIGHT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. - Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'ltafferiy, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE bTRELTS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre'.ter. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Maiston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Mss F .nuy Gwynne. THE A. RE-KO YAL, ADEL') Hi.— Proorl.tor and Manazar, 117. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S MAID. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, R Philips, A nd Miss Wiolgar. oNE Tout a OF NA PURE. Messrs. Webster, Billing ton, Ebu ne, C. J. Smith, and Miss H. Sims. A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs. J. L. Toole and Bi ilington. 17 it E ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, IL. Romer, R. and Mrs. A. Mellon. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENF TALEN C AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre wi 1 OPEN for the Winter Season TILLS EVENING, with seccnd time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's highly-successful and original Camedy of HOW WILL aliE 1r GET OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Busnand's Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUERITE. To conclude with UNDER THE ROS ho E. Tse cele b:atect artists M r . and Mrs. Char.es Mathews arc re-engaged. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin son, 31r. .A. Bliley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamber l a in, Mr . Joan stone, Mr. Ft Montague, Miss Cottorel , Miss Fanny Joseph Miss L'atti Josephs, Acc. &a. Scenic Artists, Mr. Gates ana his pupil. ting Manager, Mr. J. Kinloch. Musical Con ductor, Mr. Ac W a llenstiene. Stage Director, Mr. F. Webster. c iOUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. .) Messrs. JAY, of IZegent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHING SILK DftEISES, suitatle for the country and seaside, and at the c:earing-out price of only .z 1 Its. Bd. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 23k, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r sen 15 per cent., and it will soon resell a far erecter per-tentage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, 21 - ivite their numerJus patrons to take advantage of the stock they have ou hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturAlly b., more costly at the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217,219, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLES HAL G COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 23s. pdr ton. I Double 20s. per ton. Top 225. „ Deip 2ls. „ ice,ll screened and delivered within five miles of their De pot.q, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, fathiington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JUAN SCOTT, sole l_g2nt. aliiE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. it. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, llyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of c.THE SUN' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by IiENRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T Las DAY.—Morning, 10d. 20m.—Afternoon, 11h. sm. 0-molutow .-Morning, 11h. 40m.—Afternocn, h. m. - MT . tiff 4'l'4 LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 12, 1864.- Now that the first sensation created by the Bank in raising it rate of discount to nine per cent. is somewhat moderated, people have time to wonder what can be the cause of that rise. There is no war, no panic, nor any apparent reason for one ; then why is money so dear ? Was not the Act of 1844 passed to keep the money market in a healthy con dition, and yet there is as much fluctuation as ever? Surely there must be som:thing wrong in the act itself, else why should the evil which it was ins tended to cure be as frequent as before its enact ment, while we hear no cause assigned, but that the Bank must take care of itself. That may ap pear to be sound doctrine, but the Act of 1844 was intended to take care of the public, yet the public are as much at the mercy of circumstances es ever, while the bank makes more profit as the public interests arc sacrificed to increase that profit. Now, if the doctor is to pocket more fees as the patient suffers more, and yet fails to prescribe a cure, either from ignorance of the disease or from a reluctance to risk his character for knowledge, while his fees are being largely increased, should not more or better advice be called in to ascertain the disease or to propose a remedy ? That is the usual course in private life, and whatever is sound in the individual case cannot be far wrong in the general. The public is composed of individuals, and as the unit makes up the many, what is considered good for the one cannot be bad for the whole. such reasoning is often met by evasion, for what cannot be fairly answered may be met with doubts as to its expediency as to the time and the peculiar cire cumstancea of the ease, or other meters best known to those whose interest it is that nobody should know, for though the knowledge of a disease is half its cure, the knowledge in the present case would, we are told, be fraught with great public danger. And SO inquiry is baffled, and the disease allowed to run its course on the assurance that the patient will come round by degrees, for. his constitution is sound, and all will be as it was before. Just so. The public are none the wiser save in their pockets Fein g poorer and their confidence rather shaken in their monetary physician, whose wisdom is appa rently magnified by the mystery of his doings. In creasing inquiries ere put off with serious looks and a hint that any explanation at this particular juncture would be very prfjudicial to public credit, and people had better suspend their misgivings a little while longer to see the coarse of events. The Bank Act of 1844 was thought to be so framed as to meet all contingencies, being founded on the ex perience of the past, and able to provide for the future. But since it has been in operation, it has not realised expectation nor satisfied public opinion. "Wnet with reserves of notes on one hand, and g eld in the issue department on the other, the pub lic Are kept in doubt as to the real position of affairs. Matters look better or worse just as rumour points the finger of suspicion one way or the other, and the funds go up or down just as the barometer is iefiwnced by the weather, and so the rate of discount varies as the amount of gold or bullion increases or diminishes in the coffers of the Bank. But the true cause of disturbance is the fiction of making a fi xt:d standard for the price of gold, while every other commodity rises or falls according to the de mand. Wh y should the value of gold be fixed at .C 3 17s. 1(11 the ounce when its real commercial value is worth ur 16—frequently much more ? We talk of freedom of trade—its immenss benefits and the expansion of trade resulting therefrom, and yet we withhold that freedom from the very so u l o f all—the pivot on which commerce, trade, and p u blic credit turn. It ci..Tnfi a moeircry of fri a fors. Teen, again, the amount of the circulation is far ton limited for the public wants. W e are cha i ned down to the extent of our commerce in 1844, while it h:ls increased more than threefold, and is still expanding. Why not en l arge the medium of value accordingly ? But this does not rest with the Bank directors; it is the duty of Government, and Government will not move unless pressed by public opinion. There is another item which seems to hamper the action of the Bank with regard to the circulation. The Govern ment owe it a debt of fifteen millions, which is set down as public security, and fetters the Bank, while it paralyses the freedom of the Government. It were far better to pay off that debt and leave both partiee free and independent agents, which they are not at present, nor ever will be while the Act of 1841 remains unrepealed. Indeed, its operation has been suspended on two or three occasions by the pressure of circumstances, and the Government appealed to for aid. Surely such necessity ought not to occur if the law were sound and competent to meet the requirements for which it was made. Mr GLADSTONE is a great advocate for free trade, and deserves well of the public for his exertions in that direction, but his labours avail little while he leaves money fettered. He has a glorious field now open for his ambition. Free trade in money will do more to raise the cha racter of this country, and to increase its resources than all he has yet achieved by his commercial treaties, and we trust he will boldly take up the subject. By the operation of the Act now in force the public are made to pay twice as much for discount as they would otherwise, and the Bank profits just in the same pro. portion. The Bank issues notes of five pounds and upwards for the convenience of commerce—why not paper of a smaller amount for the benefit of trade ? Scotland has been converted from a wil derness into a garden by the agency of one-pound notes. Why should England be debarred from the use of a medium which has so greatly benefited a sister country ? We have gold as the currency, and whenever the amount becomes low the Bank raises its value, in order to check its circulation, and this paralyses track. We do not blame the Bank directors, it i 3 the system we condemn. The authorities of the Bank are placed in a very unenviable position by the very necessities of their responsibility, but it is the public who suffer. Lot us hope that the Chan cellor of the Exchequer will not allow another session to pass without an endeavour to remedy so great an evil. It will doubtless be a matter of no surprise to many readers to learn that the Government has de clined to interfere in the case of the Georgia. It is only in keeping with the rest of their conduct throughout the whole course of the American War, but still it is most irritating to reflect how much England is robbed of her prestige by the pusillani mous conduct of her officials in high places. The fact is that do what they may, the Federals go on unchecked, and every principle of justice and every notion of honour are sacrificed to their cause, and then our Ministers have the assurance to go about prating of their successful management of the affair, and laud and magnify their preservation of a strict neutrality. The Government at Washington would indeed be hard to please if they murmured at the treatment they have received at our hands, and as for the Confederates, their complaints have been frequent at the inconsistency of the policy of our Cabinet. Their murmurs, not loud but deep, have never been attended to ; and in the face nf all comments, in spite of all remonstrances at home, Earl RUSSELL has gone on his way until he evi dently thinks that he can do as he pleases and say what he likes. They who take a clear and compre hensive view of the matter will, however, pass a very different judgment upon his actions, and their criticisms will certainly not conduce to his credit or redound to his praise. The decided step taken in the affair of the Trent was a striking contrast to subsequent proceedings. It was the exception that has proved the rule—" the first, the last, the best" effort made in the cause of the rights of others, and cur own national honcur. It is dis graceful that the Georgia should be abandoned to its fate in this sneaking fashion, and great incon sistency has been observable throughcut the pro tress of this affair. If tha vessel were not legally ours, it ought not to have been registered as the property of an Englishman ; but that being dote, it was:.the bounden duty of the Government to affard protection to its owner. The fact' mast' be that no such attempt was apprehended on the part of the Federals as to make her a capture, but that having taken place, it is now decreed that there is nothing to be done but to submit to the doctrine of chances. The owners must sustain the injury, and the country endure the insult, while our Foreign Secretary conjures us to "rest and be thankful" for the happy and glorious consequences of perfect neutrality. There are some things which are estimable in hemsolves, but, carried on by unscrupulous people, become positive nuisances. The theory and prac- ice of Benefit Societies often do not correspond, and .he results of such failures are most lamentable. There are few ways of losing money more vexatious and annoying than to be deprived of it by fraud, and it is indeed deplorable when the working man's savings are taken from him, and he loses the stock on which he had hoped to fallback in times of trial. It is constantly cccurring that some delinquent is brought up on the charge of misappropriating sums intended for useful purposes. The worst of it is that the sufferers do not recover their money, for the law can only inflict a penalty that visits the crime apon the offender, but does not possess the means of restitution. Too much care and caution cannot be taken to guard against the frauds of these un principled speculators, and it is a very bad praotice to join those societies which are started, by publi. cans—they are often failures, and the matter ie arranged for the purpose of speculation. Large sums are made by the contributions of poor widows and inexperienced persons. It.is most despicable thus to trade upon the earnings of the working classes, and, if , any feature of a crime can be more degrading -than another, and more hateful in the sight of Heaven, it must be that class which sucks in the mites of the poor, and appropriates the dearly prix:d and hardly earned products of their toil. It seems strange that more trouble is not taken to inquire into the character of the affair before joining the society, but if there were no simple persons to be duped the knaves would not be able to reap their present prolific harvest,. Mr. GLADSTONE'S new act is certainly called for, and it is earnestly to ba trusted that it will be carried into effect, so that the working dupes who are provident to put by for an evil day may not incur the risk of being plundered of their treasures. In no case can they lose by the regulations of this act, and thus all fear of swindling secretaries and crafty treasurers will be avoided. After the many painful experiences which have taken place, it will be the fault of the insurers themselves if they willingly incur the same risks that have proved eo fatal to others. Let them wait to see the wockiug of the new act before they venture up..m these private attempts ) or, at all events, be more t ar dy i n their acquiescence to the demands of those who go about to got members fnr a society that rill benefit them nominally, but practically, it is to be feared, seeking whom they may devour. It is a true saying that forewarned is forearmed; end since so many serious cases have occurred that too clearly demon strate the frauds practised by many f these mis nomers entitled benefit societies, it I ehoves those whose money depends upon their own health and strength to look to their earnings, nd not suffer them to be swept into the coffers of greedy and grasping speculators, but turn a deaf ear to the flattering tales so prodigally vouchsafed, and ponder the matter over before making the venture. One sows that another may reap, and surely sufficient sufferers have trod the way to point out its dangers to those who, from ignorance and inexperience, may wish to become their successors. The risk is too great to permit the experiment to be carelessly made. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. No 111. Its Vast and Symmetrical Proportions. Familiar though many may imagine themselves to be with the magnitude and the harmony of the proportions upon which this Aladdin's Palace of modern civilization has been constructed, we ioubt very much indeed whether to this day either the vastness or the symmetry of those proportions have (saving by a very few) been mo:o thin proximately appreciated. It may be even that the very fact of the visitor's familiarity with the edifice may of itself be foremost among the many reasons why he has hitherto failed to realize either the scope of its dimensions, or the concordant effect produced by their geometrical arrangement. Symmetry, for one thing —as experience has often demonstrated—tends very apßreciab:y to conceal vastness. Hance, Byron in his wonderful description of the first impression produced upon his imagina• tion upon passing under the great porch of St. Peter's, at Rome, exclaims in a sort of ameze ment— "Enter—its grandeur overwhelms you not ! ' Accounting for this, immediately afterwards, by the suggestion that your own capability of appreciation must needs have been affected by " the genius of the spot," must have in a man ner, upon crossing the threshold, "grown colossal." Again—size of itself is a something purely relative. To an animalcule a flea is a behemoth. Compared with the Sun "the great Globe" itself is but as a currant to a melon. And so—the mere cir• cumstance that the Palace and the Gardens have been, respectively end together, contrived through out (as they have been) with an espccial regard to the exquiAte balance or symmetry of their propor tions, may account, in a great measure, for the fact of the vastness of many of those proportions, certainly of the whole resulting from them having as yet been no more than just partially appreciated or realised. We would here, however, simply with a view to the better realisation, at last, of the size of The Crystal Palace itself and of the Gardens surrounding it—we would here, we say, purely to that end, set forth with he statement—that the Grounds embrace within them upwards of Two Hundred Acres, and that,in the shape of the Crystal Palace itself, one continuous length of very nearly Three-Quirters-of-a-mile, has been covered over with a transparent framework of iron•and-glass ! Moro than Two Hundred Acres, the Gardens and Park ! Nearly three quarters of a mile, the Palace itself, with its wings and its colon- mule ! Remembering, however, that sin is in itself, as already remarked, a something purely relative, we may yet further realise to the general apprehension the size of both Gardens and Edifice, but more espe. cially the size of the latter, by the enumeration of a few particulars, or, still better, by one or two carefully selected comparisons. 1 _ Everyone who knows anything about either, knows perfectly well that St. Paul's Cathedral, of London, could, so far as the size of it goes, very readily indeed stand within St. Peter's Cathedral at Rome. In the same way, it might be said, not only that the Glass Fane, of 1821—that then world wonder of The Crystal Palace at Hyde Park—might easily, so far as its size went, stand within the Crystal Palace at Sy denharn, but that, really and truly, the fact of the matter stands thus, that the greater part cf the one is, in a manner, the lesser part of the othert! In other words, the Nave of the Crystal Palace As It Is—is the exact height of the Centre Transept (in reality the one only Transept) of the Crystal Palace As It `Vas. Here, in effect., precisely as, according to Wordsworth, " the child is father to the man," the acorn has grown to be the oak, the stripling has expanded into the Colossus. The whole of the materials of the original Cry stal Palace having been employed in the construc tion of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham—the lovely original has, by that simple arrangement, been ef fectually preserved ani perpetuated. But, together with those historical materials, how much more ma• terial of the like kind, glass and iron for the most part, has been employed in the carrying out of this magnificent labour of development —a labour at once Cyclopean and Fairylike ! Consisting, as the Palace does, of a main building 1,608 feet in length, supplemented by wings stretching forth 574 feet additional, the southern wing being connected, moreover, with a colonnade extending down, by a slope of 720 feet, to tbo plat form of the local railway station—the extreme length of the edifice is, as already remarked, as nearly as possible throe quarters of a mile —or, to be precise, exactly 3,746 feet—three-quarters of a mile of that beautiful transparent order of archi tecture henceforth to be known, for want of a better title, as Modern English! As to the scsle upon which the materials of the Crystal Palace have been put together, let this be illustrated, here, very briefly, by a few impressive calculations. It has been cstimated, then, to begin with, that the mere superficial qua n tit y o f g l ass may be set down at',Twenty•flve Acres! Th a t, d la i y st i a n n g ce th o e f pa n n e e a s rl s y ide fi b ft y y smidiele' they w ou ld extend a s —say f rom L ondon to Oxford ! That put end to end they would reach nearly two hundred and fifty say from the Thames to the Tees. A calculation no less inge nious has been made again that the iron columns alone would, if laid end to end, cover a distance of sixteen miles and a quarter—that the weight of iron is nearly 10,000 tons—that the nails alone weigh over a hundred tons and the bolts and rivets nearly two hundred ! Illustrating the bite of the building, how. ever, by comparisons rather than by parti■ culars such as the foregoing—the two compari sons here immediately after subjoined will be accepted, we should imagine, as of themselves sufficiently suggestive. First of all, that the height from the centre of the arch of the middle transep t to the flooring of the Palace is more (by six feet) than the height of the Monument on Fish-street.hill And, secondly, that the diameter of the Orchestra erected within the building, under the span of the western extremity of that same Central Transept, is exactly double the diameter of the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral ! As for the geometrical symmetry of the propor tions, alike of the Palace and of the Gardens, that is in truth as readily explicable as it is in itself at onee simple and beautiful. Taking eight feet as " the" UNIT regulating the whole of the meataare raents of the buildings, and gardens, and fountains, and gravel-walks, and flower. beds, horizontally—you have, upon the instant, within your grasp, the clue through all the apparently elaborate meet's of this seemingly most intricate labyrinth ! For example—bearing in mind al revs that a multiple or submultip!e of eight feet is there in every horizontal measurement, alike in the Gardens and in the Palece—you find, for instance, that the wings are four times eight feet wide, or thirty-two! That the colonnade is twice eight, or sixtreen ! Chat the nave is nine times eight or seventy two! That the Centre 'Transept is fifteen times eight, or one hundred and twenty I Outside the Palace, along the terraces, among the parterre, down the gravel paths, in the midst of the fish ponds and the fountains and the rosarice—every where, regulating the proportion of each horizaztal measurement, there is the same mystical unit of eight —as the primary figure, as the germ of the various multiples and submultiples. The effect con. sequent upon en adherence to this one marvellously simple arrangement being, that the vastness of the proportions is in a manner lost eight of in the geometrical symmetry by which those proportions are regulated. Viewing the surrounding landscape from the summit of one . of the gigantic Water Towers—an altitude attainable by an ascent of ten floors, up a spiral staircase of four hundred steps--six counties are brought within the field of vision, the eye turning at pleasure here to the Nore Light, or to Harwich Lighthouse, there to Epsom Dawns or Windsor Castle, yonder to the metropolis of three millions, yonder, in the exactly opposite direction, to the solitary landmark of the Knockholt beeches far away among the Kentish corn-fields and hop gardens. _ _ Viewing the Palace from within, and that, too, from the highest coign of 'vantage that can anywhere be :here attained to that simple end— the loftiest gallery in the Centre Transept—the gal lery upon a level with which Irofidin, in Liis . time, went through more perilous feats than any samphire picker that ever lived—that loftiest galtPry of the Centre Transept effords the most curious peep of all into the interior of our Palace of Glass. The most curious, beyond any doubt, but not by any means the most magnificent. That is aline obtainable from the top gallery at either ex tremity of the Nave—pro,senting to view at a single glance the whole of that exquisitely beautiful vista of fountains— " Shaking their loosened silver in the sun I" of clambering verdure and unnumbered flowers, of statuary glimpsing hither and thither among the abounding vegetation, of everything calculated to charm the eye in form and in colour, down the whole of that wonderful perspec tive in which art and nature seem for once mingled harmoniously together ! A perspective arched over and walled on either hand by the delicate tracery of the iron frame work of an elifice crystalline with those 25 acres of glass already referred to among the mar vellous items particularized in the foregoing statistics. Vibrating as the air was on Saturday when we gani along the won derful perspective of that glorious nave from the topmost of its southern galleries, vibrating as the air within the Palace was with the sounds of the grand organ rolling to us from the Centre Transept, from the back of the Handel Orchestra, vision and hearing seemed to be, if not satiated, at least fully and simultaneously filled with an ex quisite sense of satisfaction. Canada—Arrival of the North American. LIVERPOOL, Saturday. The Canadian aerew steamer, North American, Capain Kerr, which sailed from Quebec on the 27th ult., arrived at a late hour last evening. The Quebec Mornzng Chronicle publishes an edi torial on the proposed Federation of the British North American provinces. It says—" The Even• ing Globe of St. John, N. 8., conceives that those English newspapers which have discussed the Fe deration movement in Canada assume that its suc cess must result in separation from the mother cone. ' try. We really don't perceive how our New Bruns wick contemporary has fallen into this error. The most we have yet seen in the English journals has been a sketching of the prospective destiny towards which they believe Confederation is a preliminary step. There is nothing either novel or alarming in this. No one for a moment supposes that the Canadas will for ever remain a dependency ; but it is not, therefore, a consequence that the abruption of our Bz itish connection is at hand. Indeed, judging from the policy of the Imperial government, and from the doctrine of that school of politicians which it has affinities with,it appears far more probable that se- 'melon will be forced upon us than that we should hastily seek it. And, supposing, for the sake of argument, that the home government, adopting the converse of its policy towards the old American provinces, should give us notice to quit, would it not be well that we should be somewhat provided to assume our new position: Would it not be well that the infant had found its legs before the leading strings were withdrawn ? This necessary self•reliance would bs found in the c3nsoions strength, which a Confederation of thewhole North American provinces would afford. The position would be greatly improved under either aspect, and immensely so when that event shall arrive which every one acknowledges is only a question of time. Oar confrere says that one of the first steps of the confederate colonies would be to secure for themselves the right to make commercial treaties with other countries.' It is probable that the attempt would be made, but it is much more certain that it would be disallowed. "Our contemporary thinks that when the.right to make commercial treaties is secured, the other privileges or rights that pertain to sovereignty will follow. Yes, we believe so too; but we well know that this particular order will not obtain. If ever we get the first it will be after the latter is con ceded to us, and when we shall not have occasion to seek it. The Evening Globe assumes the Eng lish view of a Confederation, and asks whether wt are sufficiently advanced to walk alone, whether we can do without the tutelage of England, whether we are willing to do without it, whether a closer connection with Canada will compensate for untying the bonds that unite us to England. Who, for example, thinks of separation from England in connection with Confederation ? Not Canada or Cl - certainly. There would be as few amongst us here as there would be in New Brunswick to answer in the affirmative; there would, we can as sure our friend, be as few persons in Canada who would be willing to give up our British connection for one with his province as would be found there to make a similar sacrifice towards Canada. The proposition is absurd, but because absurd and wholly imaginary not the less dangerous. It is one of those extraneous issues calculated to do much harm witt.- out the possibility of rendering the slightest ser 111 - vice, the one being in no wise dependent on the other. There is, however, a much graver question for the lower provinces as well as the upper, than that put by the Globe, and which when the • Federation matter is fairly presented to the provinces' should form a part of the whole. The question of absorption by the American Repub lic—whether that be accomplished by annexati on or by u surpation. To de f ea t th e C on f e d era tion of the provi nces i s to endanger th e i r B r i t i s h co nnection by Ameri can i ntervent i on , i n a very f ar gr eater de gree than any tendency supposed to exist in their projected un i on. It is impossible to ga insay the fact that th e separate colon i es are more a ssailable in their isolat e d condition than they wou ld be if welded together i n C onfederation. It ought no t, moreover, to be forgotte n that the retention of t he lower pro vinces would be impeosible if Canada were Ameri can; and n o greater service could b e rendered the United St a t es i n any designs upon th e se provinces, for a general than by reje c ti ng the overtures w hich the Cana dians are now makin g Confederacy. In such a uni on We believe to ex ist the integrity of the empi re , and the best future o f B r itish North Americas In a Confeder C o n of the provinces we nationality, obtained stren g th, a and the elements of a brilliant career. Isolated, our socJPlPljsal* will make us easy prey to t an t h e of our neighbours." The Seizure of the Georgi a, Mr. Bates, the owner ot the Georgia, the following c ommunication :"-- " Foreign-office, Sept. 9. "Sir,—l Am di rected by Earl Russel l to inform you, with ref erence to your letter o f the 27th ult., that her Alaj esty ' b Government arc o f o pinion that tic CABO of t h e G eorgia must g o before the prize court in the U n i ted Statte, and t h a t y o u must b e prepared to d e f en d your interest there i n . " I am, si r , your most obedient, hum ble servant, "11. IlAmmas D. `` Edward 13 :t t en, F „ q., Liverpool." has received Prince Imperial, Prince N': , THE PRINCE Imp ERIAL. ...—The ' Emperor and Ilumbe.rt of Italy are surely hewed at St. Cloud. The Im- Itopprial Prince rope after dinner at the eArn p, and actirr mg the 0,19nel of the 97th said " Mon colonel, I come to report myself. I have orders to join y, ur regiment. Shall Napoleon, and Prince I fall in at once ?" His Imperial Highness g gave them— also " added to the harmony o f t h e ovenin by volu n teer:ng a song. He " 'Ficus, void ma pip©, voila mon briquet; Et (viand La Tulipe' fait to noir trajet , (4 , 1 0 to soil la seute duos IE3 16ginient Avec la br a l e - gueulo du touc h er ainant,,, with great a ppl ause . It " ent er i n g young" Napoleon IV, sh o uld b e worthy of his greatmakes a soldier, historic name. —.Paris Later in the .Daily rev, 01A. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) A M E It I C A. (From the Times' Correspondent ) (Per the Asia, vice Cape C!ear, Sept. 12.) NEW YORK, Aug. 30. On Thursday last the Confederates made repeated assaults upon Hancock's corps near Reames, on the Weldon Railroad, without important advantage until 5 p.m., when, by a furious onslaught, they broke hid lines, scattered the troops in all directions, capturing 'many prisoners and cannon, and recover ing possession of all but four miles of the railway. Shortly afterwards Ward's' s:h Corps came to the rescue, when the battle ceased. The losses in killed and wounded were estimated at 5,t►00 on tither side. Oa the 28th General Sheridan advanced to Charleston and discovered that the Confederates had disappeared from his front. They are reported to have retired towards Martinsburg. Generals Grant and Sherman have transmitted to Washington extracts from Richmond and Mobile journals of the 27th which report the occupation of Fort Morgan by the Federals, without stating whether it had been surrendered, blown up, or cap tured. The National Democratic Convention for the nomination of President and Vice-President as sembled at Chicago yesterday. To-day Governor Seymour was elected Chairman by acclamation, and made a long speech in favour of peace, reconciliation, and a return to the prin.. ciples of the Constitution. No nomination is expected before to-morrow. The certificate necessary to obtain the Govern ment warrant for the extradition of Muller has been sent to Washington. Gold market very irregular and lower, owing partly t) the Chicago Convention, the anticipation by tho Treasury of the interest on the Gold Bonds and various other causes. Yesterday it declined to 235 and rallied to 239; to-day it fell to 231;, but dosed 234. Sixes, It'gistered 1831, 1084 ; Five-twenties, Coupons, 1104 ; Seven-thirties, 1114 ; New York Centrals, 128; Eries, 1084; Illinois Centrals, 1074. Caton, 1852. Produce market generally unset tled, in sympathy with gold. (Via Halifax.) September 1. The Chicago Cmvantion on Tuesday adopted a platform which resolved upon the preservation of the Union and Constitution by conciliation and compromise, and demanded an immediate negotia tion for the armistice and Canvention of the States. It also resolved to resist by force any interference by the military at the approaching elections. YeEterday General AVMellen was nominated for President and the Hon. G. Pendleton for Vice- President by acclamation. Mr. Stanton announce E—first, that there have been no late operations at Petersburg, that Sheri dan is still at Charleston, and that the Confederate Generals Forrest, Wheeler, and Morgan have joined forces, and' are operating upon Sherman's aommu nica'ions. September 3. The evacuation of Atlanta by Hood, and the occupation of the city by Sherman, were yesterday officially, anoounced ; also a battle between Hood and Sherman at Eist Point, with a heavy loss to both sides.' No details given. Hood is believed to have retired to Macon. Gold, 2C-1. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 11. Great interest was excited here to-day by the rumour that Muller would arrive by the Asia, which came this evening. Crowds assembled on the quay to catch the first intelligence of the fact, but were disappointed by his non-arrival. He was formally surrendered to the British authorities in New York on the 28th ult., and will arrive in the 'steamship Erns, which is duo in this port on Tues• day evening next. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Boston on the 31st ult., and Halifax on the 2d inst., arrived at Queenstown on the 11th inst. at 5 25 p.m. She brings 86 passengers and 21,892 dols. in specie ; landed all the mails and seven passengers, and pro ceeded immediately. All well. NEW YORK, Aug. 27, Evening. Another severe battle has been fought on the vireldon Railroad. The result was indecisive. Gold, 24Si. Aug. 29, Evening. In the severe engagement which took place on the Weldon Railroad, the Federals lost four miles, but still retain possession of three miles of the line. The losses on both sides were heavy. Admiral Farragut has captured Fort Morgan, Mobile, with the garrison. The nomination of Gen. M'Clellan by the Chicago Convention, on the platform of an armistice and a convention of the States for the adoption of peace measures is considered certain. The Circuit Court of Now York has surrendered Muller to the British authorities. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 238. Excha n g e on London, Bankers Bills, 258. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 1281 ; Illi nois Shams, 1281; Eric, IC9I. ; Uuited States' Five. twenty Bonds, 110 a. Cotton, middling upland,lB6c. Breadstuffs heavy Petroleum, crude, 52c ; rained, 85c. Aug. 30, morning. A panic has taken place in the money market, gold hal i ig d:ol,n, d to 2331. Evening. Oa Thursday the Confederates attacked Hancock at the south of Reames Station, on the Weldon Railroad. A severe engagement ensued, in which the Fdderals were forced to relinquish four miles of the railroad. Their loss is estimated at 2,000 men and nine guni, while that of the Confederates is said to be 5,000 men. Atlanta papers announce that Fort Morgan and the garrison, including Gen. Paige, with all the guns and ammunitioa, had surrendered to Farragut. Farragut has obtained the services of the men who were engaged by the Confederates in setting the torpedoes, and is now occupied in raising them. Sherman is moving his army to a position on the Macoa (Georgia) Railroad, in the rear of Hood's form. It is reported that Gen. Sherman has occupied Hood's lines of supplies. Col. Kilpatrick has de stroyed 14 miles of the Macon Railroad. Gen. Early has withdrawn from Sheridan's front, retreating towards Richmond. Gen. Sheridan is in pursuit. It is reported that Gen. Butler will supersede Gen. D - ritorri- Rumours are still current that the Administra-. tion is making efforts for peace. It is reported from Washington that proposals have been received from Germany for a loan of 1,000,000,000 dots., for 75 years, at 3 per cent; 20 per cent of the loan is to be paid in coin, 10 per cent in currency, and the balance in outstanding United States' obligations. The destruction of 22 fishing vessels by the Tails.. home is denied. The Edinburgh and New York have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 2351. Storks dull. New Y ork Centrals, 1281 ; Illinois, 127 ; Erie, 1081 ; United States Five-twenty Wthds, 110 k, SEPT. 1 (Evening). The platform adopted by the Chicago Convention is fidelity to the Union, and that public welfare demands the institution of immediate efforts to bring ehnut a cessation of hostilities with a view of summoning► a convention of the States, or employ ing other pacific means to restore peace to the country on the basis of the Union. Direct military interfvrence at the approaching elections to be re• garded as revolutionary, and resisted accordingly. General Early is reported to be still in Sheridan's front. The Fct?orc►ls have 4,000 men on trio mainland at Grant'a Pass, Mobile. The Secretary of the Treasury has advertised for bids for 3 1,000,000 dols., the balance of the 6 per cent, loan of 1881. The Democrats have enthusiastically celebrated the nomination of McClellan. It is officially announced that the peace mission of Jacques and Gilmore to Richmond was not authorised by the Administration. Juarez is reported to have arrived at New Orleans. The Tallahassee has safely entered Wilmington. Gold declined yesterday at 236, but has SiIIC3 recovered, and is now quoted 2471. NEW YORK, Sept. 1, Evocing. The Chicago Convention has nominated General M'Clellan for the Presidency, and Pendleton, of Ohio, for the Vice-Presidency, on the Union and peace platform. A severe engagement has taken place on the Weldon railroad, tte roault of which was undecisive. Fort Morgan, Mobile, has surrendered. Muller has been surrendered to the British authorities. (Per the Asia, via Crookhaven.) Sept. 3, Morning, Secretary Stanton reports that a corps of Genera Sherman's army had occupied Atlanta. Sherman's main army had a severe engagement on the Macon road, in which he is reported to have been successful. ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIA. (Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 2 (Evening). The Confederate cavalry are actively operating in Sherman's rear. 10,000 Confederates with 12 guns are reported to be within 17 miles of Nashville on the Murfrees boro'-road. Inspector Tanner has received permission from Washington for the extradition of Muller, The Heola, Jura, and Europe have arrived out. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE HUMBERT OF ITALY, SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 12. The Imperial steam yacht Jerome Napoleon, Priucess Clotilde, and Prince Humbert on board, arrived here this morning. The Royal party landed at the docks, when Prince Humbert left by special train for London, and the Princs and Princen embarked in the steam barge for the Jerome Napoleon. The Bombay and Mauritius Mails. SOUTHAMPTON, Sunday. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ceylon, Captain Brooks, with the heavy por• tion of the above mails, arrived this morning. She brings 60 passengers, 4 packages specie (value not stated), 82 packages ivory, and 116 packages gene ral merchandise. The Ceylon experienced during her passage from Trafalgar to Cape Finiaterre, heed winds and heavj seas; across the Bay of Biscay light winds, hazy, with rain ; and up the Channel westerly winds and dull weather. On the Ist inst. she spoke the steamer Syria, bound for Alexandria, and the steamer Kslivur, steering south by east, On the sth ship Victoria, steering north, and the barque Skopman, standing south. On the 6th her Ma. jestys ship Warrior, eastward, for Gibraltar. OD the Bth, steamship Melbourne, steering south for Odessa, and the steamer Cadiz standing for Gib raltar. Oa the 3d inst., in lat. 37 39 N, long. 8 06 E, the Ceylon passed a large war ship, supposed to be her Majesty's ship Meanee. An Egyptian frigate, from Constantinople, with the Sultan's mother on board, arrived at Alexandria on the 27th, and sailed again on the 28th ult. Her Mjesty's ships Marlborough, Gibraltar, Royal Oak, Resistance, Orlando, Supply, and Psyche, were , at Malta ; and at Gibraltar the Pro cris and Redpole. GIBRALTAR, Sept. 6. The Spanish screw frigates Villa de Madrid and Carmen, after five days' cruise to try their speed under sail and steam in the Straits and off the coast of Barbary, returned to Cadiz on the 30th ult. Orders had been received in Cadiz from the Mini ster of Marine to despatch the Villa de Madrid to the waters of Peru to reinforce the squadron already there under the command of Admiral Pinzon. The frigate would take its departure im mediately after receiving the sum of 55,000 from the Treasury. The following ships have arrived here since the departure of the last mail :—The steamer Syrian, seven days from Liverpool ; the schooner Tripoli, 6f, days from Cardiff; the schooner Confidence, 19 days from Cardiff; the schooner Galatea, 20 days from Liverpool ; the brig Sarah Ann, 23 days from Swansea ; the steamer Stromboli, seven days from Liverpool ; the schooner Catherine, 18 days from Cardiff; the steamer Gibraltar, 7,1 days from Lon don ; the schooner Arab, 24 days from Cardiff; the brig Ocean, 19 days from Swansea; the brigantine Volant, 19 days from Newport; the schooner Me lodia, 13 days from Cardiff; the steamer Delhi, fout days from Southampton. The British barque Princess of Wales arrived on the 4th in 17 days, from Cardiff; on the 28th she lost foretopwast yards, also two men lost overboard. The British brig, James Bales, f rom N ewcast l e, arrived on the 4th ; on the Ist she lost foretopmaet yards, &o. The Chronicle of the 29th ult. says :—" The cc centrk practice in which the Tarifa batteries have occasionally indulged of firing directly into mer. chant ships without any warning gun when the national colours have not been displayed, has, it seems, been brought under the notice of the Madrid government by the ministers of various powers whose ships or seamen have E ustained injury b) shots from Tarifa. To prevent future irregularities the Spanish Government, es appears by a letter from Signor Pacheco to the British ambassador at Madrid, has ordered through the Captain General of Andalusia, that the following rule is to be ob served at Tarifa, in the case of vessels passing the island without showing their national colours:— " First, a blank cartridge is to be fired; 10 minutes afterwards, if this signal is disregarded, a shot is to be sent across the vessel's bows ; and if she die regards this warning a shot is to be fired at the rigging." The West Coast of Africa. LIVERPOOL, Sept, 11. The West African steamship Athenian arrived in the river at 6 o'clock last evening. She brings ad• vices from Benin to July 26 ; Fernando Po, July 31; Cameroons, Aug. 1 ; Old Calabar, Aug. 2; Brass River, Aug. 4; Bonny, Aug. 7; Lagos, Ang 10 ; Cape Coast Castle, Aug. 11; Sierra Leone, Aug. 22 ; Bathurst, Aug. 26 ; Teneriffe, Aug. 21 ; and Madeira, Sept. 2. She brings 676 ounces of gold dust. Very little trade was doing at Benin, and the river was healthy. The Commodore of the Eng lish fleet on the - West Coast was expected daily to blockade the river, for the purpose of enforcing pay ment of the tine imposed upon the natives sometime ago by the Governor of Lagos, for the outrage upon Dr. Henry's establishment. Trade was very dull at Fernando Po, and the small-pox was prevalent among 11* natives, al though the Europeans were healthy. At Catneroous trade was still stopped, but ther( was a prospect of its being shortly re-opened. Trade at Old Calabar had been stopped for 15 days, in consequence of a native trader refusing to meet a debt that he had agreed to compromise. The Brass River was healthy, and trade prz.lll3 brisk. At Bonny trado was lively, the price of palm oil re° !crate, and the river hetithy. In the interior, at Lagos, the war among the na tives was still raging, and likely to continue. The colony was tolerably healthy, but trade very dull. On the 29:h of July the hired transport Wow bytz sailed from Cape Coast CAstle for the West Indiol, with 3SO troop. SCOg 7 7) " VS , (art in t jallg WI,- HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Sax e Coburg and Princess Helena, drove yesterday t 0 Braemar and the Lynn of D,!e. Sept. 1 0 . The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Coburg n.nd the royal family, drove and walked yesterday' PRINCE HUMBERT, THE CROWN PRINCE - ITALY.—Hie Excellency the Marquis d'Az . g liol the Italian Mi n i s t er , accompan i ed by the mem bers of t h Legation, left town on Seturday in order to receive hiefi Royal Highness Prince Humbert at Southampton. Humbert, who is a tt en d e d by a numerous suite, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon from Havre, in the Yse .4 of his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon. It was eye peeled that hi s R oyal Highness would have arr ived a , th residence of the Italian Minister in Grosvenorstrcet last evening, for which every preparation had been made, but later telegram announced that his Royal Highnes s an retinue would pass the night at tho Dolphin Hotel, South ampton, together with th e I talian Minister an d the pers on. nel of the Legation. Prince Humbert, accompanie d by 11! Marquis d'Az eg li o , w ill arrive early in the forenoo n to ' at tet the Italian Legation, where his Royal Highness W 1111.; II side during hi s so j ourn i n London. In the even in g ' I A Royal Highness i s engaged to dine with Viscount an Viscountess Palmerston. On Tuesday his Royal Iligh lie . s* with the Italian Minister and all the members of his 13°4 leave for the Doncaster race meeting. hf His Excellency C o unt d e F arre t, accomPanie" A Count Pereshello and Viscount Balsemao, has arrived Maurigy's Hotel from Lisbon. ;1h tier The Duchess of Marlborough is staying With at mother, Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry' Carron Tower, in the North of Scotland. The Earl Vane l e ft Pl y mou:l i some days ago f or a cruise in his yacht. The countess and family are stay at her ladyship's seat in Wales. Viscount Hamilton, MT., left Scotland on Fri dt l: to join the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn at 13aron Court, county Tyrone. The noble viscount had been 0 4 'r ( ing with their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princ e :: Wales at Abergeldie C as tl e un til th e i r d e parture fo r mark, 11.• MR. SANTLEY IN THE ITALIAN OPERA A. ---A „ s CELONA,—The Orchestra announces that Mr. Italian was rumoured some weeks ago, is engaged toeing in ')pera at Barcelona during the winter. Ectra- A MONUMENTAL BUST FOR THE oth° r ! tiEHNEs —A committee, comprising, amongst Messrs. J. 11. Foley, F. Y. Hurlstone, and SentleY9.e_ has been formed for the purpose of placing a suitable ran n . e , • merit over the tomb of William Behnes, and of presen ) Thee° e l a y , a bust of the deceased sculptor to the country. • modals are assuredly not more than are duo to a man °f ` VO a happy life, but of original and productive genius. oci CHANTRY'S CIIEF.D'CEUTRE, THE 6 .- -tr „d CHILDREN.—The thous an d s who have a d it in Lichfield Cathedral will regret to learn that the tnarbla gives signs of premature decay. A ires" filet figures are pierced in v ar i ous parts with small h oles sire r. to those made by worms in old wood. The first aPP e 2; O3 antes which attracted attention were small purely ire, spots which in a short time fall into holes. The disfigdiliby went of so splendid a work of art must be regret'', , he 11 who can appreciate its beauties and the genius et ""- ~ c ulptor. TREMENDOUS HAUL OF FISH,-0.18 e•-n ittg ast week the seine of T agumm ina was sho t, a nd d 30 great was the number and weight of shad en c `se r e ir herein that all the men i n th e neighbourhood, who collected for the purp o s e , cou ld not d raw in the net. Tbbeat efforts were continu e d f or th ree days and three n i g hts ' without success. In the meantime, h oweve r, four boa tloads were taken out of it by me a ns of baskets and other eettne trivances, and is the end they bad to cut the net, on„1, third day the fish began to die in great numbers , to ell're in extent that the air for some distance along wheel.), they have been cast by the action cf the wave s is y beir ' disagreeably impregnated with the odour arising from t is lecompoeing bodies. Had the fishermen su cceeded drawing in the seine, it is thought that 40 boats could n°, bays held all the fish it contained. All along t h e coast la quantities of shad have been seen within the past Wee k ' Sktbbereen Eagle. NET AND ROD FISHING.—The Scotsman ear ' " Although the net fishing on the Tay and it. g i tributaries, which came under the operati on o f the l'° c- t Fisheries Act, 1858, closed on the 26th of August last , Y el the proprietors and tacksmen of salmon fishing on the sea coast, comprehended in the Tay district by the SAO: Fisheries Act, 1862, are to conti n u e t o fi s h un til the net. This state of matters has arisen from the fact of the eye-law of the commissioners fixing the annual close-ti of the Tay district not havi ng b een c o n f orma ble to Act ol • Parliament, There is much difference of opinion likewise existing as to when the rod fishing in the Tay distni o should cease. Most anglers hold that it does not ceaae till the 10th of October, the period fixed by the by-law ° , l , the commissioners, On the other hand, it is contende' that, as the by-laws of the Salmon Commissioners have n° l been =A.: mod by Parliament, therefore the rod fishing must cease, in terms of the Tay Fisheries Act, 1858, on the •30th September. We understand that the latter view is likely to be adopted by the Tay District Board, which is to bold a meeting shortly. With regard to the rod fishing it may be stated that, with the rains of last week and 000 18 of Monday, the Tay was considerably swollen on Tuesday maybe . gro l u n n f d a s c , t, so a n t g h l a e t r s a d g u o r o i n cl g r o t d h - e fi i s ) h a :n a g e : r e d s and t nd h salmon in large numb ers were procee di ng up t h e Floe save got well-filled baskets." SOLITARY CONFINEMENT BEFORE TRIAL*" I , 4f t Justice Shea was occupied on Tuesday and Friday the Judges Chambers, in the case of "The Queen v• Cheetharn," in which an appli ca ti on was w ade O r wa s ii i: Ehe defendants had been comm i t t e d at Manchester wounding, with intent to do some b o dily h ar m, a maan alile e Wild. They were briclemakers, and a strike had taki place. Mr Torr and Mr Chinnery were heard in suPP nrt e the application, and it was stated that unless the men we bailed they would be kept for three months in solitary CO r e dnement before the winter assizes, Mr Sleigh oppose d i e ßr application, Mr Justice Shea refused the application. Chinnery repeated that the men would be three month longer in solitary confinement. His lordship said he d, nothing to do with the prison regulations. file must rein° the applicati_n for bail, Despatches were received on Saturday at tb° - Colonial office from the Guvernor of Canada. Despatch ( were scut to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Uey lout long-Kong, and Labuan. SNUBBING A GOVERNOR.—The Duke of Nel l ; ca stle has recently been snubbing the Governor °` Bermuda for soma opinions he expressed respecting b lo h c p a l <I de running in the early part of this year. The portion of the last letter from the Duke on this subj ect i i : as follows :—" Whatever opinions y ou ma y individ aa „" entertain on the points to which you advert, wha t pected of you is that you will n o t, w ith ou t urgent co cos ts, o or without authority, express opinions affecting the rela ti° her Majesty's Government with foreign geverialeau and countries, and that you will abstain from adePtil3,gof c.one and spirit, in alluding to invasions of th e rlgh'iir, blockade, which, even as construed and explained 747 ! 1 :1,1e, self, is, in an officer occupying your position, unjustiotio_o ani cannot but be injurious to this country i n its rel y with the United Status. That the opinions oflicitillYeato pressed by you should have given rise to angry coLatuir ' are In the United etates, which, even if they be "Tflitlltall4 i not on that account much less mischievous, is, yoU tO a ut ici• what ordinary forethought would have led pate. -I have, &e., NEWCASTLE," SUDDEN DEATH IN A THEATRE. Oa T lllll.l3ati c! night witnessing a young woman who was the perforine- 61) a in the Pavilion Theatre suddenly rose from 13°1 A t % 1 ! tell backwards, exclaiming, " Oh, my h ea rt I inedical assistance arrive she was found to be clev`i' -11 from tedoctor was of opinion that the deceased h ad died ho - us se of the heart. The body was conveyed tothe °s disease eof the London Hospital, where an inquest Will o held, -- 11 115 IHE UNITED KINGDOM RAILWAY a" - IC ha lf AND SERVANTS ASSOCIATION.—The fifth - cia ; yearly meeting was held on Faday last, a t the 14°33 Bridge House Hotel; H. B. Sheridan, Eeq, ALP./ i t , t i t, chair. The secretary, Mr. T. Alfred ' Burr, read the , f r o ti t ' lja which showed the receipts had been £1,403 1 80 3 ', j sati six months, and that after payments for accidoute, c'e'sunl exp:nses, the balance in hand amounted to X 417. I:liediair of £1,400 had been paid for deaths of members ov a ; Ic a wivessinco the R a il w a y Provid ent Society, which sc;,} ini t' a• connexion with the as:ociation,was established' • 0 0 0 6 vial meeting was afterwards hold, wheu some altar 6000 wore made in the rules. I)4utations attended fr°lll of the country districts. b e b e at OA! CAPTAIN FISIIBOURNE.—We regret t Cm., ha O s coo's; j 4 Captain Gardiner Fishbourne, 11. N , hint to reek a temporary change of scene' an d air, ev d we d, at this moment in Switzerland. This, Nve ar einf l e r adi t)s will account for the suspensinn of his lett ers to .° fie. journal on guns and ships.- -Army and Xat':/ $1, 155 EVIL NEWS FOP. MRS. DODD IN READE S " HARD CAUL' Tbe " 6 1 ang Piet i,, ' ;Pr er or the Vulgar Words, S tree t Phrases, aad `Fes t; 10° dens of High and Lew Socie t y ,'' will be issued l a - to 111 0 aaYs• It is said that wavy years have been devote, 10,000 formation of this work, and th at it will contain abv v a l es of wordy and phrases in constant use tranongst all el 7 • : .00 society, but which ate given in no rcg ular dictiona their tip title furthersays " that many of the words have melogy and a few their history traced." THE SUN, tiONDOI`x, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1864.