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. s, M. Bonnisse.,u, Ali Ben Sou-alle, and Mr. Santley (fo r a few nights only), This Evening - . The Faust Selection. Oroliestra of One Hundred Performers, Ind the Band of :he Colds tream Guards. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promeoade, Amphitheatre Stalls , and Amphitheatre, One Shill , ng ; Dress Circle, 2s. Ed. ; Private Boxes, s. and 10s. ed. On Thursday next, a SPOIIR NIGHT, when will be per formed the Symphony, "The Power of Sound." Mr. Santley W I sing one of Spohr's t avourite Compositions. On Friday next, a MEYERBEER NIGHT. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining% Tiffs EVENIN(I, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy 0' Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Atter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. vorrc , tcr. 11. Melon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Ba.-nett, and Miss 1' nny Gwynne. N - EA l'ltE-1 - t0 YAL, ADELPI3I.- dote ProoriAtor and ltanacrer, Mr. B. Webster. TILES EVENING, MY WIFE'S MAID. Messrs. J. L. Tolie, P. Bedford, R Philips, And Miss Wiol2;ar. ONE TOITCFI OF NA CURE. Messrs. Webster, Billing,- ton, Ebu-ne, C. J. Smith, and Miss H. Sims. A WOMAN OF BUSISESS. Messrs. J. L. Toole and THE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bed ford, R. }Omer, Philli d s, and Mrs. A. Mellon.. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JA MES'S THEATRE. Manager, Ir. Benjamin Webster. EMIN NjN T TALENT AND COMEDY. This popular Theatre (sec OPEN for the Winter Se ASOU THIS EVENING, with ond time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's •successful and original . CJmedy of HOW WILL THEY" Crii; r OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUEIIITE. To conclude with UNDE it THE ROSE. Those cele brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged. 31r, Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin non, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Jon f a o ne, Mr. H. Montague, Miss Cotterel , Miss Fanny ioseph a , 3Liss Patti Josephs, Atc. &c. Scenic Artists, Mr. Gates and his pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinioch. Musical Con ductor, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr, F. Webster. k el OUNTR Y and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a var .lety of WASHING SILK DRESSES, sultatle for the country and seaside, and at the c:earing-out price of only £llll, 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 240, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r sen 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a tar greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, 1 ivite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock %,hey have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour covlee the but the same qualities will naturilly to, more s tly as price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217,249, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. ,Marquls'. 23s. per ton. Double.. 2os. per ton. Top 225. „ I De.p Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De- Pts, %Vestbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, addington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. nest Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole :gent. TE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Cast be had Every Evening of G. EL GLif.NIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUET' supplied, as soon as published every Evening by , 1-1;;;NRY BROOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. SIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT.—Morning, 10d. 20m.—Afternoon, 11h. sm. ro.moaßoiv.-Morning, 11h. 40m.—Afternoon, h. m. : Air • It Zigt pri m , .0 - . 1 0 444144 - - - LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 12, 1864. Now that the first sensation created by the Bank in raising itC 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 pa.3sed to keep the money market in a healthy con dition, and yet there is as much fluctuation as ever? Surely there must be something wrong in the act itself, else why should the evil which it was ins tended to cure be as frcq'ient 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 as ever, while the bank makes more profit as the public interests are 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 cit• cumstances of the ease, or other matters 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 b o ikg poorer and their confidence rather shaken in their monetary physician, whoso wisdom is appa rently magnified by the mystery of his doings. In creasing inquiries are put off with serious looks and a hint that any explanation at this particular juncture es ould be very prejudicial to public credit, and people had better suspend their misgivings a iit,'l© while longer to see the course of events. The 13anl: 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. What with reserves of notes on one hand, and gold 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 /Milts the finger of suspicion one way or the other, and the funds go up or down just as the barometer is inflaenced by the weather, and so the rate of discount varies as the amount of gold or bullion increases or diminishe s in the coffers of the Bank. But the true cause of disturbance is the fiction of making a fixed standard for the price of gold, while every °tiler commodity rises or falls according to the de mand. Wh y should the value of £3 17.4. 1091. th e oun,a when itsgold be fixed at real commercial value is wbrth £5 er £6—froqueutly m uc h more ? We talk of freedom of trade—its immense benefits and the expansion of trade resulting therefrom, and yet we withhold that freedom from the very soul of all—the pivot on which commerce, trade, and public credit turn. It seems a m oc k ery o f f rf e l em. Thep, again, the amount of the circulation is far too limited for the public wants. W e aro chained down to the extent of our commerce in 1844 while it has increased more than th reefold, and is still expanding. Why not enlarge the medium of value accordiugly ? But this does not rest with the Bank directors; it is the duty of the Government, and Government will not move unless pressed by public opinion. There is another item which seems to 'aamper the action of the Bank with regard to ',le 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 parties free and independent agents, which they are not at present, nor ever will be while the Act of 1844 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. Sorely such necessity ought not to occur if the law were sound and competent to meet the requirements for which it was made. Alt. 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• ratter 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 13ank raises its value, in order to check its circulation, and this paralyses trade. We do not blame the Bank directors, it is 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. Let 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 rob' ed 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 of 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 ho 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. Tae decided step taken in the affair of the Trent was a striking contrast to subsequent proceedings. It was the excep!ion that has proved the rule—" the first, the last, the best" effort made in the cause of the rights of others, and cur o wn 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 gress of this affair. If the 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 must 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 conseauences of perfect neutrality. There are some things which are estimable in themselves, bat, carried on by unscrupulous people, become positive nuisances. The theory and prac tice of Benefit Societies often do not correspond, and the 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 ho had hoped to fallback in times of trial. It is constantly occurring 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 upon 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 practice to jAn those societies which are started by publie cans—they are often failures, and the matter is arranged for the purpose of speculation. Large sums are made by the contributions of poor widows 1 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 prized and hardly earned products of their toil. It seems strange that more trouble is not taken to inquire into the character of the 1 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 harvests. Mr. GLADSTONE'S new act is certainly called for, and it is earnestly to be 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 b e the fault of the insurers themselves if they willingly incur the same ri s k s th a t h ave proved so fatal to others. Let them wait to see the working of the lICCV ) their aegn i e scence r te a t t l act Lefore they venture u p on t h ese private attempts, 0 all events , ha mo re t ar d y i n the demands of those wh o go about t o get mem b e rs for a society that will benefit them nominally, but practically, it is to bo feared, seeking whom they may devour. It is a true saying that forewarned is forearmed ; and 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, ncl 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 SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1864. 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 thi s Al a ddi n ' s Palace of modern ciation has been constructed, we loubt very muoWdeed whether to this du either the vastness or the symmetry of those proportions have (saving by a very few) been mo:e 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 appreciab!y to conceal vastness. Hence, Byron in his wonderful description of the first impression produced upon his imagine. tion upon passing under the great porch of St. Peter's, at Rome, exclaims in a sort of amaze ment— "Enter—its grandeur overwhelms you not I" 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 especial regard to ttie exqniiite balance or symmetry of their proper• 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 siz3 of The Crystal Palace itself and of the Gardens surrounding it—we would here, we say, purely to that end, set forth with the statement—that the Grouuds 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-Quarters-ot-a-mile, has been covered over with a transparent framework of iron.and-glass ! More than Two Hundred Acres, the Gardens and Park ! Nearly three quarters of a mile, the Palace itself, with its wings and its colon. nade ! Remembering, however, that size 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 espes cially the size of the latter, by the enumeration of a few particulars, or, still better, by one or two carefully selected comparisons. Everyone who knows anything about either, knows perfectly well that St. Paul's Cathedral, of London, could, so far as the size of it gees, 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 Sydenham, but that, really and truly, the fact of the matter stands thus, that the greater part of 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 IV as. Here, in cffict, 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 ant perpetuated. But, together with those historical materials, how much more ma terial of the like kind, glass and iron for ihe 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 the plat form of the local railway station—the extreme length of the edifice is, as already remarked, as nearly as possible three-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 scale upon which the materials of the Crystal Palaee have been put together, let this be illustrated, here, very briefly, by a few impressive calculations. It has been estimated, then, to begin with, that the mere superficial quantity of glass by fty aide, they they would ex t en d a may be set down atTwenty five A cres ! Th at, from London to Oxford ! That put end to end they w ou ld reac h distance laying th o e f p anneeasr sidel 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 size 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 once simple and beautiful. Taking eight feet as " the" UNIT regulating the whole of the measure ments 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 mazes of this seemingly most intricate labyrinth ! Fur example—bearing in mind al says that a multiple or submultiple of eight feet is there in every horizontal measurement, alike in the Gardens and in the Palec3—you find, for instance, that the wings are four times eight feet wide, or thirty-two! Chat thq colonnade is twice eight, or sixteeen ! chat the nave is nine times eight or seventy two! That the Centre Transept is fifteen times eight, or one hundred and twenty 1 Outside the Palace, along the terraces, among the parterre, flown the gravel paths, in the midst of the fish ponds and the fountains and the rosaries—every where, regulating the proportion of each horizmtal measurement, there is the same mystical unit of eight —as the primary figure, as the germ of the various multiples and submultiples. Tne effect con. sequent upon an adherence to this one marvellously simple arrangement being, that the vastness of the proportions is in a manner lost sight of in the geometrical symmetry by which these 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 Downs or Windsor Castle, yonder to the metropolis of three millions, yonder, in the exactly opposite direction, to the solitary landmark of the Kocckholt 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 there attained to that simple end— the loftiest gallery in the Centre Transept—the gal lery upon a level with which Blondin, in his time, went through more perilous feats than any samphire picker that ever lived—that loftiest gallery of the Centre Transept affords 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 al ne obtainable from the top gallery at either ex tremity of the Nave—presenting 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 edifice 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 gazed 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 screw steamer, North American, Captain Kerr, which sailed from Quebec on the 27th ult., arrived at a late hour last evening. The Quebec 11fornIng 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 coup. try. We really on 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 British 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 paration 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 ❑ot 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 stringewere withdrawn ? This necessary self-reliance would ba found in the conscious strecgth, which a Confederation of the whole 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, tut 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 Evenang Globe assumes the Eog lish view of a Confederation, and asks whether we 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 Eogland. Who, for example, thinks of separation from England in connection with Confederation P Not Canada or Ca oßdians, certainly. There would be as few amongst es here as there would be in Naw Brunswick to answer in the affirmative; there would, we can as sure our friend, be as few persons i n 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 with out the possibility of i rendering the slightest ser vice, the one being n 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 annexation or by usurpation. To defeat the Confederation of the provinces is to endanger their British connection by American intervention, in a very far greater de gree than any tendency supposed to exis t in their projected un i on . It is i m possible to gainsay the fact that the separate colonies are more assailable in their isolated condition than they would be if welded together in Confederation. It ought not, moreover, y to be f orgo tt en t h at t h e retention of the lower pro vinces would be impsosible if Canada w ere Ameri can; and no greater service could be rende r ed the United St ates i n an deeig ns upon these provinces, than by rejecting the o vertures which the Cana dians are no w ma ki ng for a general C o nfederacy. In such a un i on we b e li e ve to exist the integrity of the empire, and the best future of British North America, Ina Confederation of the provinces we obtained strength, a nationality, and the elements of a brilliant career. Isolated, our sectionalism will make us an easy prey to the cupidity of our neighbours." - _ The Seizure of the Georgia, Mr. Bates, the owner ot the Georgia, has received ,he following eom mun icAtion Foreign-office, Sept. 9. "Sir,—l Am directed by EArl Russell to inform you, with reference to your letter of the 27th ult., that her Majesty's Government ars of opinion that t'..to else of the Georgia must go before the prize court in the United Statte, and that you must be prepared to defend your interest therein. "I am, sir, your most obedient, bumble servant, "11. fiAmmortb. " Edward Bates, E:q•, Liverpool." THE PRINCE I➢IPERIAL._ThO Emperor and Prince Imperial, Prince Napoleon, and Prince II umbert of Italy are safely housed at St. Cloud. The Im- Imperial Prince rose after dinner at the camp, and address ing the colonel of the 97th said, " Mon colonel, I come to report myself. I have orders to join ycur regiment. Shall I fall in at once ?" His Imperial Highness also " added to the harmony of the evening by volunteering a song. Ile gave them—. " Tiens, voiei ma pipe, voila mon briquet; Et quand La Tulipe fait le noir trajut, Q ie to acne la settle dome lo ligiment Avee la brule-guoule du tou chef-aurally with great applause. It " entering young" makes a soldier, Napoleon IV. should be worthy of his great historic name. Litter in tkeD,sihy Telegraph, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (From the Times' Correspondent ) (Per the Asia, via Cape Clear, 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 his 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 511 Corps came to the rescue, when the battle ceased. The losses in killed and wounded were estimated at 5,000 on either 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 to the Chicago Convention, the anticipation by the 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 closed 234. Sixes, Registered 1831, 1081; Five-twenties, Coupons, 1101 ; Seven-thirties, 1111 ; New York Centrals, 128; Eries, 1081; Illinois Centrals, 1071. Cotton, 185. Produce market generally unset tled, in sympathy with gold. ( Via Halifax.) September 1. The Chicago Convention 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 Convention of the States. It also resolved to resist by force any interference by the military at the approaching elections. Yecterday General M'Clellan was nominated for President and the Hon. G. Pendleton for Vice- President by acclamation. Mr. Stanton announcer—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 commu nicwions. September 3. The evacuation of Atlanta by Hood, and the occupation of the city by Sherman, were yesterday officially announced; also a battle between Hood and Sherman at East Point, with a heavy loss to both sides. No details given. Hood is believed to have retired to Macon. Gold, 2412. 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 intelligenre 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 Rua, which is due in this port on Tues day evening next. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Boston on the 31it 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 Weldon Railroad. The result was indecisive. • Gold, 2431. 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 Ne•ry York has surrendered Muller to the British authorities. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 238. Exchange on London, Bankers Bills, 258. Stocks steady. New York Centrals, 128 k; Illi nois Shares, 1281; Eric, 1.09,1 ; United States'Five. twenty Bonds, no a. Cotton,middling upland,lB6c. Breadstuffs heavy Petroleum, crude, 52c ; refined, 85c. Aug. 30, morning. A panic has taken place in the money market, gold haNi]g dt orn( el to 2337,. Evening. Oa Thursday the Confederates attacked Hancock at the south of Reames Station, on the Weldon Railroad. A severe engagement ensued, in which the Federals were forced to relinquish four miles of the railroad. Their loss is estimated at 2,000 men and nine guns, 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 ammunition, had surrendered to Farragut. Farragut has obtained the services of 6ie 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 Macon (Georgia) Railroad, in the rear of Hood's forces. 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. E.__rly has withdrawn from Sheridan's front, retreating towards Richmond. Gen. Sheridan is in pursuit. It is reported that Gen. Butler will supersede Gen. Dixon. 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 dols., 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 Talla. haseee is denied. The Edinburgh and New York have arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 2358. Stocks dull. New Y . 'irk Contrals, 128,1 ; IllinoiB, 1272-; Et k, 1083 ; Uaited States Five-twenty Bonds, 1104, SI PT. 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 about a cessation of hostilities with a view of summoning a convention of the Statcs, or employ ing other pacific means to restore peace to th, country on the basis of the Union. Direct military interference 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 Federals have 4,000 men on the mainland at Grant's Pass, Mobile. The Steretary of the Treasury has advertised for bids for 31,000,000 dole., the balance of the 6 per cent. loan of 1881. The Democrats have enthusiastically celebrated the nomination of M'Clellan. It is officially announced that the peace mission of Jacques and Gilmore to Richmold 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 since recovered, and is now quoted 247 i. NEW YORK, Sept. 1, Evening. The Chicago Convention has nominated General 111'Gellan for the Presidency, and Pendleton, of Ohio, for the Vice-Presidency, on the Union and peace platform. A severe engagement has taken pl&ce on the Weldon railroad, t:le result 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 General 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 Hecla, Jura, and Europe have arrived out. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE HUMBERT OF ITALY, SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 12. The Imperial steam yacht Jerome Napoleon, Princess 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 Prince and Prince3s 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 50 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, head winds and heavy seas; across the Bay,of Biscay light winds, hazy, with rain ; and up the Channel westerly winds and dull weather. Oa the Ist inst. she spoke the steamer Syria, bound for Alexandria, and the steamer Kalivur, steering south by east. On the sth ship Victoria, steering nth, and the barque Skopman, standing south. On the 6th her M. jestys ship Warrior, eastward, for Gibraltar. On the Bth, steamship Melbourne, steering south for Odessa, and the steamer Cadiz standing for Gib raltar. On the 3d inst., in lat. 37 39 N, long. 8 06 E, the Ceylon passed a large war ship, supposed to be her Msjesty'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 Mtijesty'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 Pera 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 cast mail :—The steamer Syrian, seven days from Liverpool ; the schooner Tripoli, 5i days from Cardiff; the schooner Confidence, 19 d a ys 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, 71 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, four days from Southampton. The British barque Princess of %Vales arrived on the 4th in 17 days, from Cardiff; on the 28th she lost forctopmast yards, also two men lost overboard. Tie British brig, James Bales, from Newcastle, arrived on the 4th ; on the Ist she lost foretopmast yards, &o. The Chronicle of the 29th ult. says :—" The ec• centric 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 undor the notice of the Madrid government by the ministers of various powers whose ships or seamen have sustained injury by shots from Tarifa. To prevent future irregularities the Spanish Government, as 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 nation,.l 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 dis 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. ; Sierra Leone, Aug. 22; Bathurst, Aug. 25; 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, fur the outrage upon Dr. Henry's establishment. Trade was very dull at Fernando Po, and the small-pox was prevalent among the natives, al though the Europeans were healthy. At Cameroons trade was still stopped, bat there 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 reluaing to meet a debt that he had oareed to compromise. The Brass River was healthy, and trade pretty brisk. At Bonny trade was lively, the price of palm oil moderate, and the river healthy. In the interior, at Ligos, the war among the na tives was still raging, and likely to continue. The colony was tolerably healthy, but trade very dull. On the 29W of July the hired truut3port Woo. bycz sailed from (jape Coast GAstle for the Wcat ludic?3, with 380 troop 3, 5 HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 9 . , Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by tbe lt Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Sai r Coburg and Princess Helena, drove yesterday t ° Braemar and the Lynn of Dce. Sept. 10 ' - -g The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Cobo►b and the royal family, drove and walked yesterd* - - - PRINCE HUMBERT, THE CROWN PRINCE ° I ITALY.—His Excellency the Marquis d'Az 'o °l the Italian Minister, accompanied by the members of tb t , / , Legation, left town on S a t ur d ay i n cr d er to rece ive 111 ' Royal Highness Prince Humbert at Southampton. Prim Humbert, who i s a tt en d e d b y a numerous su i te, arr ived Southampton yesterday afternoon from Havre, in theP cb of his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon. It was efe petted that his Royal Highness would have arrived at ( " I residence of the Italian Minister in Grosvenor-strcet 181 , evening, for whi c h every preparat i on h ad been ma d e , W I later telegram announced that his Royal Highness Eh retinue would pass the night at the Dolphin Hotel, SOW ampton, together with th e I ta li an Mi n i ster an d the Pers°, ll „; szel of the Legation. P r i nce H um b ert, accompan i e d by Marquis d'Azeglio, will arrive early in the forenoon to-cl5l at the Italian Legation, where his Royal Highness wil l side during his sojourn in London. In the evening Royal Highness is engaged to dine with Viscount e Al l Viscountess Palmerston. On Tuesday his Royal with the Italian Minister and all the members of his suite leave for the Doleaster race meeting. • His Excellency Count d o F erre t, accompanied b 11 Count Pereshello and Visccunt Balsemao, has arriVe d. Maurigy's Hotel from Lisbon. . I The Duchess of Marlborough is staying with mother, Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry , Carron Tower, in the North of Scotland. The Earl Vane left Plymou•h some days ag° l : a cruise in his yacht. The countess and family are stal l w at her ladyship's seat in Wales. Viscount Hamilton, ISLP., left Scotland on PO; to join the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn at 33 41.°11 , Court, county Tyrone. The nobl e v i scoun t h a d been s ts ', ing with their Royal Ilighnesses the Frince and Priuct Wales at Abergeldie Castle until th e i r d e p ar tdre fur '— mark, 1 MR. SANTLEY IN THE ITALIAN OPERA AT n --I‘, CELONA.—The Orchestra announces that Mr. SautiTi o was rumoured some weeks ago, i s engage d t o s i n g in It opera at Barcelona during the winter. - A MONUMENTAL BUST FOR THE ECtailCjd BEIINES —A committee, comprising, am ongst o t t e Messrs. J. H. Foley, F. Y. Hurlstone, and J. ll l°°- 0 has been formed for the purpose of placing a suitable OH; went over the tomb of William Behnes, and of preen; a bust of the deceased s culpt or t o th e country. Tile°{oo worlds are assuredly no t more th an are d ue t o a nl9ll°- happy life, but of original and productive genius. v oa CHANTRY'S CHEF-D'CEUVRE, THE SIO" ; ;1 CHILDREN.—The thousands who have 1 1 °51 it in Lichfield Cathed ra l w ill regre t t o l ear n tha t marble gives signs of premature decay. Ahead , ' rat figures are pierced in various parts with small holes sit to those made by worms in old wood. The first sPPosi antes which attracted attention were small pur ely to r spots which in a short tim e f a ll i n t o h o l es . The d isU dlst went of so splendid a work o f ar t mus t be regret te g o all who can appreciate its beauties and the genies ef sculptor. TREMENDOUS HAUL OF FISH. One e v-13 :0 fast week the seine of Tagummina was ell ot ' lo - oe 4 so great was the numbe r an d we i g ht o f s h a d ea o ltes s therein that all the men in the neighbourhood, wh e osif collected for the purpose, could not draw in the net. b pi efforts were continued for three days and three nig hte l, without success. In the meantime, ho wev er, four he a- c stl i were taken out of it by means of baskets and other et/ trivances, and in the end they had to cut the net, °ll . o cl l third day the fish began to die in great numbers, to lots an extent that the air for some distance along earl they have been cast by the action cf the waves r e oitt disagreeably impregnated with the odour arising frotaa decomposing bodies. Had the fishermen s uccee d !, 0 1 drawing in the seine, it is thought that 40 boats couluid, have held all the fish it contained. All along the e o a 6t e i,/ quantities of shad have been seen within the past We- Skabbereol Eagle. a ce NaT AND ROD FISIIING.-..The Scotsman - A - 01 " Although the net fi s hi ng on t h e T a y an .Vl/ tributaries, which came under the operation o f the Fisheries Act, 1858, closed on the 26th of August lit 00 the proprietors and tacksm en o f sa l mon f i sh i ng on t o o 4 coast, comprehended in the Tay district by Lb° 0 1) Fisheries Act, 1862, are to conti nue t o fi s h until t be nst. This state of matters has arisen from the fa t (1 0 0 bye-law or the commissioners fixing the annual close-otoi of the Tay district not having been conformable to A vi v, Parliament, There is much difference of opinion hi!ettiot existing as to when the rod fishing in the Tay al°ooo/ should cease. Most anglers hold that it does not .11 till the 10th of October, the period fixed by the brjenasi t h e c ommissioners, On the other hand, it is conte'pot t hat, as the by-laws of the Salmon Commissioners Wiejj been confirmed by Parliament, therefore the rod tbt • must cease, in terms of the Tay Fisheries Act, 1855, oe jl 30th September. We understand that the latter viel jop likely to be adopted by the Tay District Board, whieh o is g hold a meeting shortly. With regard to th e rod fisbl e may be stated that, with the rains of last week and tallesdaft of Monday, tae Tay was considerably swollen 00 rivet and salmon in large numbers were proceeding g 00 6( 1 to the spawning grounds, so that a good rod-0 1113 0 w dal " may be expected. In fact, anglers during the P ali" have got well-filled baskets." I sr n tk o SOLITARY CONFINEMENT BEFORE j ot, Justice Shea was occupied on Tuesday and Fri daY v .o 6 .ll . l . lB the Judges' Chambers, in the case of " The Qee d ezi e fotfr and Cheatham," in which an application was mad meter The defendants had been committed at Ala ac- ,0 111 wounding, with intent to do some bodily harm, a 33 , 1 . 3- 4 is Oi Wild. They were brickmakers, and a strike l' itt n po o 4 place. Mr Torr and Mr Chinnery were heard in 012 : 0 i ver , the application, and it was stated that unless the m art' bailed they would be kept for three months ins ° lit o ged t v y tinement before the winter assizes. Mr Sleig Ol : u p application, Mr Justice Shea refused the apPite ati -A Chinnery repeated that the men would be th r t he / t o o longer in solitary confinement. His lordshiP ea"' t r ef nothing to do with the prison regulations. Ile rl5 the application for bail, Despatches were received on Saturde° 11:01111 Colonial office from the Governor of Canada. e o? were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta' Hong-Kong, and Labuan. k a , of d i SNUBBING A GOVERNOR.—The Da- - a po , A r castle has recently been snubbing the 61°T ; : g Dl r ll 4 , Bermuda for some opinions he expressed respeet'i.jo ado running in the early part of this yea r% g okib lil li portion of the last letter from tho Duko on this ".,,icld o r as follows :—" Whatever opinions you rosy to hat °Jot entertain on the points to which you advert, -oce,r) pected of you is that you will not, without urge rtt r Is ti j or without authority, express opinions affecting th e e paiLS of her Majesty's Government with foreign g e ,, lf a c o r ro i and countries, and that you will abstain rrorn r e t o , tone and spirit, in alluding to invasions of the e l p blockade, which, even as construed and explaitl e T ai till!" self, is, in an cfficer occupying your position, tl a r - r ele P l and cannot but be injurious to this country fn rt with the United States. That the o pi n ions ° P ; 1 0 0 "0 1 pressed by you should have give n r i se to ang r iflei . ,9l in the United States, which, ev en if they be -11 1 w t ? not on that account much less mischievous, i 4 to 0 0 what ordinary forethought wou ld h ave led yotit - 10 1 pate. -I have, &c., NEWCASTLE," tp SUDDEN DEATH IN A THEATRE.---1 9 / 1 night a young woman who was w it ness ing the P er- o sa ii l in the Pavilion Th ea t re su dd en ly rose from il er ,•, V 1 1 • 04 fell backwards, ex c l a i m i ng , " Oh, my heart I aee6P, medical assistance arrivec, she was found to he Arad the doctor was of opini o n that the deceased b ad ifie d ° disease of the heart. The body was conveye d to house of the London Hospital, where an Wi ttelio 1, 0 held, 0 16 h Il i `IIIE UNITED KINGDOM RAILWAY . ) (1 0 AND SERVANTS ASSOCIATION.—The t' ftb P its od yearly meeting was held on Friday last, at Bridge House Hotel; H. B. Sheridan, Beg. , Itt ; t he ° r e . , chair. The secretary, Mr. I'. Allred Burr, ! Ta o 3a 0, which showed the receipts had been £1,403 l ee Seo'fi six months, and that after payments for aceicionte,os.hy expenses, the balance in hand amounted to £ 4l7 * o d of £1,400 had been paid for deaths of mem bers id g i f t ", wives since the Railway Provident Society, w h ' c „d, iu connexion with the as,ociation,was establieh'ote 0 0 1 (dal meeting was afterwards held, when fo lue 40 0 were made in the rules, Dqutations attend ed n-e 1 01 ~1 of the country districts. f CAPTAIN FISIIBOUP.NE.—We regret ovor, Captain Gardiner Fishbourne, Cill ot a c e : o4 ; him to seek a temporary change of scene and 3 f ; ;of° t tillP at this moment in Sw:tzerland. This, we ears will account for the suspension of his letters te a , i4,5 0 . 0 , journal on guns and ships.--Army and NO coA S or fo .EVIL NEWS FOR MRS. DODD IN. tlict iOt i KEADE'S " HARD CASII; • —The " Slang , 110 1 or the Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and `l' bu s e d i4 to d si a7s s . of lt h i l s ig sa h id a t il h d at L mln S y u y c e i a et r y s ' h " a w ve illbeen b " e s " tot motion of this work, and that it will coutaisa.. eloslb words and phrases in constant use amongatc, all ark ,, et i" society, but which are given in no regular di 41 , a r ei ui tit i e ug fu y rt a h u e a r a Ways iew " t n v i i i r t hraisatroiyiyuftrtahcoadw;:rde ha s e