The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-24 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1864. We are glad to find the question of long leases is being brought under general discussion. It has, of course, been never left entirely in abeyance, but of late it has as frequently come up in speeches, addresses, and meetings of an agricultural cha. racter, that it is evident it is occupying the minds o" farmers and landowners to a great es tent. Atwhich a hon. Worcestershire meeting the other day, at Sir JOHN PAKESGTON presided, the right baronet sp)ke at some length on the suhjcct, and urged wrangly upon his hearers the advantages et the long lease system. It was the only means he declared of giving farmers that security to which they were entitled before expending a large amount of capital on their farms. This view at once approves itself to common sense, and to all the principles on which the business of every day lift is carried on. No rational man expends his capital in pushing a trade or carrying out a speculation without some security that he will have, at least, a share in the profits, but the farmer is expected to make his outlay without any such guarantee. commercial life, the man who so acted would be called a rash and improvident speculator, whereat, a farmer who does not do his best to improve his land, is stigmatised as neglectful of his business and of the interests of his landlord. Farming, like other trades or professions, usually demands a con siderably outlay, before much return can be ex pected, and the larger the farm the greater the capital required. Agriculture, too, pays slowly, but surely. Its low rate of interest being, as Mr DISRAELI said the other day in Buckinghamshire, compensated for its security. But the security of a farmer on a short lease is a very different thing from that of the occupier of his own farm, or of a tenant who holds his ground a long term of years. In speaking on this subject, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON remarked that tenants often objected to long leases on the ground that they had confidence in their landlords, while landlords disliked them becauae they were anxious to retain their power over the land. Sir JOHN, with his plain English sense and straightforwardness, soon disposed of both these objections. Tenants, he said, ought to treat the matter as any other commercial transaction would be treated, and to put their trust in written documents, Certainly the man who undertook any other costly business on the mere faith of another man's word would be looked upon as sufficiently simple; and although tenant farmers generally know something of their landlords personally, and are therefore less Quixotic in trusting to their pro mises, the principle on which they do so is not sound. Without any intention to deceive or over reach on either side, casual words may be relied upon, or meanings misinterpreted, while shortness of memory and a dozen other chances combine to render verbal arrangements a fruitful source of dis sension even amongst well-intentioned persons. On the principle of the proverb—'' Short accounts make long friende"—it is wiser and better to have written evidence of every business transaction, and we sea no reason why farmers should not have the same protection against mistakes and forgetfulness that it is usual to have in other dealings. The influence of the landlord is an awkward matter, but Sir JOHN faced it boldly. He said that landowners wished to keep their power over the land, but if that power referred to game, he thought that any man man who kept an exces3ive quantity of game ought to pay for it—an opinion which the non-sp,)rting community will readily admit the truth of. As to politics, the right hon. baronet very justly said, the exercise of such power was a mistake, and support so obtained would not long keep any party in power. Farther, he offered evidence of the correctness of his views by quoting statistics which showed that in the north farmers had offered much higher rents for farms on 21 years' leases than for the same farms on 15 years, which proves that tenants, at least, are awakening to the advantages we have been dilating on. Also, it appears from the same evidence that farms let for long terms are much more productive than those let on short leases, a fact clearly Mi. eating that tenants are naturally reluctant to make the necessary outlay for the best possible cultivation of their farms, while uncertain how far other men are to reap the profit of their labours, The new steam implements, admirable as they are in their effects, are very costly, so that the man who is unable or unwilling to expend much capital on his farm, will soon' be left behind by his more specula tive and adventurous rivals. It is clearly the duty of tenants to make the most of their land, but it is manifest incumbent on landowners to offer them every facility for doing so. We hope before long to see this system generally recognised, and that the landowners may show that fairness and kindli ness in his dealings with his tenant and the farmer with his labourers, without which the condition of the agricultural interest can never be sound or flourishing. Lord BRGUGHAM'S address at the National Asso ciation for the Promotion of Social Science is one of great interest. It is certain to delight many by its perusal, and apart from its excellence of purport, eloquence of language, and philosophy of ideas, there remains the reflection that he who uttered it is of an age that makes his achievement really remarkable. It is a very satisfactory sight see a man thus pass a long life in the prosecution of all that makes existence honourable and distin guished, and devote the evening of his days to the calm pursuits of science. The noble lord's address was most encouraging, and he was at great pains to do away with the impression that much had not been done since the Congress last assembled. He showed how all progress must be slow to be sure, and how nothing really effective can be done in vehement haste. His remark may prove of service to many well•meanicg persons who are always de. feating their own objects, by pushing on in despe• rate speed, thus confusing others and bewildering themselves. To these the warnings of one who has been one of the greatest reformers of r.is day are very appropriately addressed. It seems strange to hear one who mixed personally in some of the most exciting scenes of political strife now commenting upon the absence of party in our public life. " The voice of party has been for the most part still," he says, and adds that this circumstance tends to show that improvement has been made, and public opinion become more enlightened. It is not surprising that Lord BROUGIIAM should dwell at length upon the subject of education, and the great efforts that have been made in that direction of late ; he himself presented more than cne hundred and twenty petitions to the Lords upon the subject, and was, doubtless, mainly instrumental in bringing about the salutary change that has been wrought. The noble lord's strictures on the very great carelessness that is displayed in the choice of persons who are to be teachers were most admirable, and it would bo well if they could have due weight among those to whom they apply, for the incapacity and want of knowledge displayed is most astounding, The noble lord said that Each gross negligence was not suffered to exist in other ersthverdoenps shallartmen ts " Care i s t a k en t h at no unfit Practise medicine or surgery; provision is made for the education of lawyers : is it less important to see that fit persons shall be in trusted with the mental and moral health of the community than with its bodily health or its pro perty ?" This simple statement exactly expresses the leading features of the case, and represents the very faulty notions entertained on the subject ? Thus he goes on to add that it has now become a saying, if any one fails in everything else, " let him keep a school," or " let her be a schoolmistress." If inspectors are appointed, it is almost certain that the greater part of the schools will submit to the examinations for the sake of gaining the cer tificates, and thus a great advantage will be SCCllied to the community. Lord BROUGHAM considered the reform that has taken place at the Post-office to have been of great benefit in th e way of education. Enabling poor per sons to send to their friend s at a cheap held out great induce rate of postage has meats to them to learn to write, and the cheap conveyance by post is a great advantage to literary and other members of the community. Lord BROUGHAM adverted to the superiority of great over ordinary men in the history of the changes in the Post Office. Thus we hear that "Mr PITT stood by Mr PALMER in his introduction of mail coaches when all the authorities of the Post Office were against him, and that the Dak.: of WELLING, TON almost alone perceived the merits of Sir R. HILL'S plan when others, Sir R. PEEL included, either opposed or coldly supported him." This proves the importance of master minds being en trusted with the affairs of the nation, and demon strates how much perspicacity and foresight may accomplish in the way of invention and improve■ went, when mediocrity is altogether at fault and meaner capacities are quite incapable of grasping at the idea suggested to them, and are only alive to the impracticability of its execution. It is another advantage of a man of Lord BROUGHAM'S age presiding over such an assembly that he is stored with the treasures of experience, and memory carries him back to a tame almost remote to the minds of some of his hearers. He brings names out of the buried depths of the long silent past, and makes them again capable of instructing and in forming his hearers. He compares the present with a period which sonie of us can dimly remember and others have just heard of, but which he can people with statesmen, sages, and philosophers ; so we can put the various links together by his aid that join the different states of the then and the now. During the lifetime of the noble lord the changes have been so numerous and so rapid that have taken place in the conduct of daily life that it must be a strange and startling thing for him to take a glimpse of the days that are o'er, and recall what took place around him when he entered upon the stirring scenes of life in which he played so distin guished a part. Lord BROUGHAM'S remarks upon foreign nations and our connection with them, im mediate or remote, are of course very suggestive just at present. He does not enter so much into a discussion of the political excitement of the hour, as he discusses the general principles which should guide the course of nations and rule the conduct of their affairs either as relates to interference or non intervention. These doctrines are sound enough to all appearance, and fe w will hesitate to concur in the statement that " the greatest crime in modern ages was the partition of Poland ;" also that the wars and intrigues of peace, after the revolution, had a pernicious influence, seems a point that admits of no denial ; but it must seem that when the noble lord comes to the really engrossing topic of our day, he fails to apply the moral he has taught us by his earlier deductions. Thus he denounces Prussia in no measured terms, and declares that "from all her profligate aggression Prussia has gained not the shadow of glory, though she has grasped the sub stance of plunder." This is true enough, but it is mortifying to find Lord BROUGHAM join the ranks of those who declare that it is the misfortune and not the fault of England that she has done nothing to help the gallant Danes. The rule that is laid down for us Lord BROUGHAM does not apply to the French, and he considers that the interference of the French at an early period of the war could have been very effectual. This may or may not be true, but it ill becomes us to pass an opinion, and still less to utter a censure upon the short• comings of others when our own deficiencies are so plainly apparent. It must have been with feelings of great interest that the noble lord referred to the question of the slave trade, and the measures taken of late for its suppression. With one excep tion, the repeal of the Aberdeen Act, the noble lord does not seem to see that any immediate change is required. Concerning extradition treaties—he de nounced the insidtious attempt of Prussia to make a treaty by which persons tried in their absence must be surrendered. Truly did the noble lord declare that " No extradition of persons charged with po litical offences can ever be thought of, and yet such offences might be the ground of sentence in absence." No one better than the veteran speaker could tell how contrary was such an act from the spirit of the laws of England; and indeed, with all their effrontery, it seems strange that the Prussians should have attempted to put such an affront upon us. The absurd notion that some have put forward of late as to the propriety of our giving up our colonies to avoid expense, was treated in a fitting manner by the noble lord ; but he added that wise and temperate measures might be adopted, so that in the event of a separation hereafter becoming inevitable, the change might be brought about by no angry feelings on either side. It seems almost incredible that one of the years of the noble lord should thus grasp at the topics of the day, small and great, political, social, foreign and domestic, and take all in turn, with no difference as to the ability with which he treats them, nor the compre hensiveness with which he discusses them. His discourse is a mirror of the times, in which he sets forth the chief points of interest and importance, and no one can fail to glean knowledge from the stores of such a treasure-house, nor to derive great benefit from the vast experiences set forth with so much wit and wisdom. The great number of preventible accidents that are continually occurring among us seem to indicate great want of proper caution. We are constantly hearing of death and injury resulting from heedless m get in or out o f ra il way trains, to cross the tt e lines, t ° &" 3., both on the part of p assengers an d of persons em a ployed on the line. Last week an intel ligent lad, who was employed on one of the Glas gow lines as telegraph clerk , lost his life th roug h incautiously jumpin g on to a train in mot i on on a wet day, which rendered the carriage slippery, and scarcely a week passes without some similar acci dent. But there is one class of accidents becoming so very common that it is quite time that greater care and caution were observed, or the list of casualties will grow to something frightful. We allude to those accidents which result from the careless use or carriage of fire-arms, and of com bustible materials generally. The heedless use of guns has led to so many fatal disasters that one would think people had learned something by ex perience, but the news of almost every day proves the contrary. A few days ago, a little child lost his life by his uncle's gun, the uncle having foolishly allowed him to fire, and forgetting it had been borrowed by a neighbour, who had re turned it loaded. The common trick of pointing a gun at another party for a joke is so extremely silly and dangerous, that it is really almost in credible that it should still be so frequently played. To increase the poignancy of the regret, which must be felt by the unfortunate originators of such catastrophes, their victim is usually some near and dear relative, who is killed or maimed for life by one of the most absurd and perilous and practical jokes. Iu these days of volunteering it is necessary to impress caution, for rifles are in so many housts, end, indeed, in the heat of circumstances so often placed in inexperi enced hands, that accidents are likely to became frequent. The fact of so many learning to use the rifle is not of itself likely to create danger, since it is almost always the ignorant who are the mischief makers. Boys, servants, and children are commonly the originators, and firearms should, if possible, be kept out of their reach. Especially they should never be used to amuse children, nor should chil dren be suffered to handle them. A due precaution on the part of every one who uses a gun would be to see that it is properly unloaded before it is out of his own hands, and it is not too much to expect every non-professional marksman to do this while bringing his gun into the reach of idlers. The careless use or übuse of combustible materials is MITE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION -it Our Own Correspondent out for a Holiday— The Voice pl America, in FUN this Week. One Penny. Also, now ready, the Sixth Half-yearly Volume of FUN, kagenta cloth, price 4s. 6d.; post free, Cs. 80, Fleet-street. MR. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING, at Fight. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDE.T. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. GRAND VOLUNTEER NIGIIT. V oca li s ts—Mdlle. C. Patti and Mada me ParePa; Pianoforte, Mdlle. Krebs ; assoon, Mr. J. 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An inquest was held at the beginning of the week on a little boy who had obtained some rock powder from some miners, and who went into a blacksmith's shop with it in his pocket. A spark ignited the powder with a fatal result. We are glad to find the magistrates are obdurate in imposing the full penalty in cases of sending combustible materials by rail improperly guarded. In such cases we must not look to the intention of the sender, who is probably innocent, but to the frightful risk incurred. Want of thought in instances like this may result i❑ such direful calamities that no mercy should be shown to the heedless offender. If all persons in authority would enforce a strict observance of a few practical cautions on these below them, we should hear of fewer houses being desolated by alarming and fatal catastrophes. Canterbury Hall. The optical illusion of " Prince Blossom," after a triumphant career of eight months, has been withdrawn, in order to give place to a new sketch by the same author, Mr Vandervell, entitled " Perfume and Fair Bouquet," and which was produced last evening with decided success. It opens with a storm at sea and shipwreck. This is managed by the aid of Prefessor Pepper's well-ktrown ghost illusion, and the.sinking of the vessel is a perfect sensation. We feel quite certain that Professor Pepper a twelvemonth ago could never have contemplated his invention would ever have been brought to such a state of perfection. Prince Perfume is washed on shore, and tells us in a medley song that he has come to rescue the Fair Bouquet from the power of a bad fairy, called Nettle, who has stolen her when a child. Fair Bouquet (Miss Hayes) sings from her tower " I wish I had something to love me" 83 sweetly that Per fume is enraptured, and is about to climb the tower, when he is met by Howley Cub, a demon with three heads, who engages him in a phantom fight. This combat is very cleverly managed. The passing of the sword through the demon and the decapitation drew down thunders of applause. As a matter of course, the Prince conquers the Demon and rescues Fair Bouquet; but as true love never does run smooth (so the playwriters will have it), the fairy Nettle once more gets them in her power, and had it not been for fairy Fragrance, who takes them under her protection, we should not have been invited to her Roseate Bowers, and have witnessed the bal clamant° she gives in honour of their nuptials. This is one of the grandest effects ever produced. Numerous fairies appear and perform a ballet de fieures through les eaux nterveilleuses,and ultimately ascend through a shower of coloured fire to the "Realms of Love." Mrs Randall enacted the part of Prince Perfume with a degree of naive which made it very amusing, and in a duet with Fair Perfume danced right merrily, The overture and incidental music, by Willem Vandervell, is capitally arranged, and the sketch itself is very smartly . written. If we may judge from the applause bestowed upon it last evening, we think this skolch is destined to have as long a run as its predecessor. The other entertainments comprised the " Tercentenary," in which Mr Randall is still received with roars of laughter; the " Anthropophaginiare," illus trated by Mr Hilton; a variety of comic singing by Mr Stracey, &c.; and a grand selection from the opera of " Ernani," c .nducted by Mr J3nghmans, and in which the prima donna, Miss Russell, sang most charmingly. The Battle of Balaclava, Mr W. 11. Russell, in a letter to the Times, says " With reference to the statement which appears in the Times of Ang. 16 from Mr Hedworth Joliffe, late Lieute nant of the 4th Light Dragoons, I have two remarks to make-Ist, that the brilliant charge of the Chasseurs d'Afrique on the Russian guns on our left was not made, as Gen. de Tcdleben writes, and as Mr Joliffe seems to be lieve, to alleviate the retreat' of our Light Cavalry on the day of Balaclava, but was an independent charge to which the Chasseurs advanced (as could be seen by all who were on the ground above the scene) almost simultaneously with the advance of our leading squadrons, The battery which the Chasseurs charged was on rising ground on the right of the Russians, and some distance from the guns attacked by the Light Brigade, and it is no doubt true that the 4th Light Dragoons, who diverged rather to the left as they advanced, were ma terially benefited when, they retired by the results of the charge, as the gunners had not recovered the effects of it as the remnants of our horse were falling back; but a little attention to time and position (which it is no discredit to Mr Joliffe not to have been able to bestow on the situation at the time) might have satisfied the writer of the letter that the denial of De Todleben's statement that the Chas seurs charged after the English were obliged to retire was correct. The second point in his letter which I desire to notice is Mr Joliffe's assertion that ' this charge has been ignored by our historians.' The contrary is the care; at least I am not acquainted with any account in print of the Light Cavalry combat of Balaclava which does not mention in terms of praiso, if it does not do full justice to the gal lant onslaught of the Chasseurs d'Afrique on the Russian guns." The Nile Sources. Richard F, Barton, F.R.G.S., in a letter to the Times, says : "Sir,—ln your leader of the 19th of September there is an allusion to the discovery of the Nile sources, on which, perhaps, you will allow me to remark. " The sad event to which your excellent article refers must seal my mouth concerning many things. But without dis respect to the memory of Captain Spoke I may say that the popular version of the discovery cf Lake Nyanza and of the settlement of the Nile sources' is in advance of fact. " On our return to Kazeh I was prepar.ng a march upon the Nyassa Lake, since laid down by our great African, Dr Livingstone. My journals were also to be written up. For these reasons I despatched my second in command, Captain Speke, to x rospect a water— ' the Nyanza'—of which dubi ous tales had bean reported by Arabs and Africans, This most energetic explorer returned with a conviction that he had discovered in it the sources of the Nilo. Now, the sources of rivers are not in lakes ? " After his return to England Captain Speke was enabled by the recommendation of the Royal Geographical Society and the liberality of her Majesty's Government to organiso another expedition for the purpose of deriving the Nile from the Lake Nyanza. My project was to set out from Mombas and march to the N.E,, but two explorations at the same time were not considered necessary. Captain Speke succeeded in striking the N.E. shoulder Of a water which many geographers think is a broadening of the Kitangulo river, not his original Nyanza. Oa the other hand, the Assua affiaen.t, coming from the S.E , is accord ing to most foreign geographers the true Nile. Again, Dts. Livingtone and Kirk, after visiting the Nyassa lake, and finding no affluent faom the Tanganyika, compel us to believe that the latter drains into the " Luta Nzige," and is thus the western loko reservoir of Ptolemy—Nyanza being the eastern. Being about to publish a pamphlet upon this subject, I will trespass no more upon your valuable space. You will, however, perceive that in recounting the last brilliant episode of Captain Speke's brief but useful and eventful life the discovery of the Nile sources can hardly be held a thing settled in all future time. RICHARD WHITTINGTON.—But no exaggeration was needed in dealing with the merits of so remark able a man, When his story is stripped of every extraneous ornament, and reduced from its romantic aspect to the sim plicity of truth, it will be impossible to withhold from him a liberal meed of praise. The example of his successful career, and of the admirable uses to which he dedicated his great wealth, must oft en h ave s ti mu l a ted or confirmed young citizens in zealous industry or christian benevolence. The tale of " Whitti ng t on an d hi s C a t," almost rivalling in interest the stirring legends of the nursery, must have fre quently fixed many an apprentice's fancy on the possibility of a prosperous future, m.ty have filled troubled and desponding hearts with the echoes of distant joy-bells, promising a happy and honourable life. The value of such wise histories can scarcely be overrated. He who muses over the stone at Highgate, or in the College garden adjoining, and in his poverty (if it be not criminal) comforts himself with a hope that, like the despised Richard Whittington, he may one day conquer fortune and position, should not be laughed at as a mere dreamer. Within our own memory several chief magistrates of London have reached that dignity from the humblest ranks- One rod e in the gilded ci t y co ach, over roads he had once assisted i n paving ; a second, who became a singularly astute and fortunate merchant, was for years a tide-waiter at the Custom-house i and a third handled the trowel, a working bricklayer, almost within sight of the Mansion-house, where, in middle life, he was to pre side as Lord Mayor. It is especially the glury of London that such unlooked for events in the annals of commerce are of everyday occurrence. No clerk, no warehouseman, no apprentice, need suppose he must always be doomed to an interior post. Hog - firth, in his graphic delineation of the career of two poor boys—the idle and industrious ap•. prentiees—tells us iu the indelible symbols of art, governed by the hand of genius, that the highest rewards belong as of right to the all-achieving force of integrity and perse. verance, and that pov er t y can ne ver be a disgrace or an ultimate injury, unless it be associated with sloth sod. iru naorality.—City Press, OPENING OF AUTON HALL AND PARK.—On Thursday afternoon the formal transfer of the property to the municipal body was celebrated by a banquet given by the mayor in the great gallery in the hall—a fine old man sion of the Elizabethan era, in excellent repair. The guests numbered about 2,000 persons, and included the members of dhe council, several of the county gentry, the borough officials, and some of the leading inhabitants of Birmingham. This is the third public park which has been dedicated to the use and recreation of the people of the town within the last few years. The hall, it is understood, will be fitted up and furnished as judges' lodgings, in the event of the Go vernment authorities granting the prayer of the memorial of the corporation to constitute Birmingham an assize town LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 23, Evening. The Obendpost (the evening edition of the Wiener Zeitung) of to-day says :—"lt was owing to the relations of Austria, both at home and abroad, that she has hitherto failed in concluding a loan. Now, however, the position has changed. Instead of an absence of producers, and an importation exceed. ing the exports, producers are now numerous, and our exports are considerable, trade, commerce, and shipping being thereby favourably influenced, Taxes are most regularly paid. A speedy conclu sion of peace will clue the extraordinary war ex penses to cease, and the outlay already incurred will be returned by Denmark. We may therefore hope that the moment is favourable to the negotia tion of a loan, if not abroad, at least at home." FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 23, Morning: The Constitutionnel of to.day, in an article exa mining the Franco-Italian Treaty, shows that " the Imperial Government has been faithful to its Ml 2. sion. Ever convinced that the temporal power of the Pope was not opposed to the liberty and inde• pendence of Italy, it was sufficient for the Govern ment to know bow to await the proper moment to effect a solution which should at one and the same time put an end to the retrograde tendencies of the Holy See, and the revolutionary tendencies of Italy. We ought to congratulate ourselves that time has rendered possible the combinations which will accomplish this double result so necessary to the tranquillity of Europe." ITALY. LOCARNO, SEPT. 24. Adviess from Turin to the 221 inst. says :—" The mob, after repeatedly insulting the soldiers at the Hutel do Villo,were at last fired upon by the troops several times, and numbers were wounded. Several arrests were made. Among those wounded and arrested, several were found armed with daggers and revolvers. Tranquillity was restored at 11 o'clock at night. THE BOMBAY MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SErT. 24. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-. ship Ellora, with the above mails, arrived here this morning. She brings 33 passengers and a general cargo, including 720 bales of raw silk, to the value of £60,000 sterling. The Admiralty steam yacht Enchantress, with Rear-Admiral Robinson, Comptroller of the Navy, arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th from Portsmouth. The Ellora spoke the following steamers—on the 14th the Massilia, on the 15th the Euxine, on the 19th the Brazilian, and on the 22d the Poonah. At Gibraltar—Exchange on London, at 90 days, 501 501 ; on Paris, 5.29 ; on Marseilles, 5.30. Freights unchanged. THE CAPE MAILS. SOU [HAMPTON, SErT. 24. A telegram received here from Madeira via Lisbon says: -- The Union Company's steamer Roman, Captain Strntt, from Table Bay, with the Cape mails, put in here to coal, and sailed on the 20th instant for Southampton via Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 24. The Union Company's steamer Roman, with the above mails, has arrived here. She left Table Bay on the 20th nit., SF. Helena on the 29th, and Ascension on the Ist inst. She brings 60 passengers. The Briton arrived out on the 11th August, and the Cape Parliament Wa3 prorouged on the 26th July, The Legislative Cauncil had passed a resolution for the annexation of British Ka'raria. The Ksffrarians had petitioned her Maj s'y to withhold her consent to the measure. The Gov3rnor was in Kaffraria, and about to proceed to the Free State. A clerk in the General Post-office at Cape Town had been committed on a charge of robbing the Government of £1,700. The Hon. Richard Southey had been appointed Colonial Secretary in the room of the Hon. Rawason Rawson, pending her Majesty's approval. The prospect of a good harvest in the colony continued. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS, MALTA, SIFT. 23. The Euxine will leave with the above mails for Marseilles at 8 p.m. to-day. The Victoria Cross. (From the Gazette of Friday,) WAR OFFICE, Sept. 22. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officers and drummer of her Majesty's army, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by them in New Zealand, as stated against their names, viz : Assistant-Surgeon William George Nicholas Manley, Royal Artillery, for his conduct during the assault on the rebel pah near Tauranga, New Zealand, on the 29th April last, in most nobly risking his own life, according to the testimony of Commodore Sir William Wiseman, C. 8., in his endeavour to save that of the late Commander Hay, of the Royal Navy, and others. Having volunteered to accom pany the storming party into the pah, he attended on that officer when he was carried away mortally wounded, and then volunteered to return in order to see if he could find any more wounded. It is stated that he was one of the last officers to leave tke pah. Assistant Surgeon William Temple and Lieut. Arthur Fredk. Pickard, Royal Artillery, for gallant conduct during the assault on the enemy's pasition, at Rangiriri, in New Zealand, on the 20th November last, in exposing their lives to imminent danger in crossing the entrance of the Maori keep, at a point upon which the enemy had concentrated their fire, with a view to render assistance to the wounded, and more especially to the late Captain Mercer, of the Royal Artille y. Lieut. Pickard, it is stated, crossed and recrossed the parapet, to procure water for the wounded, when none of the men could be induced to perform this service, the space over which he traversed being exposed to a cross fire; and testimony is borne to the calm ness displayed by him and Assistant Surgeon Temple under the trying circumstances in which they were placed. Ensign John Thornton Down and Drummer Dudley Stagpoole, 57th Regiment, fur their conduct at Pontoko, on the 2d of October, iu rescuing a wounded comrade from the rebel Maorics. They succeeded in bringing in tho wounded man, who was lying at about 50 yards from the bush, al though the enemy kept up a very heavy fire from the bush at short range, and also from behind fallen logs close at hand. The man had been wounded during an engagement with the rebel nitives, and Ensign Down and Drummer Stagpoole responded to the call t f the officer commanding the detachment of the regiment for volunteers to bring him in. The medal for distinguished conduct in the field has already been conferred on Drummer Stagpoole for the energy and devotion which he displayed on the,,2sth of September, 18G3, at the affair near Kaipakopako, in having, though wounde 1 in the head, twice volunteered and brought in wounded men. REPRESENTATION OF HASIINGS.—The Speaker has issued his writ for the election of a member for the borough of Hastings, the representation of which became vacant through the elevation of Lord Harry Vane to the House of Peers. ----- EXTRAORDINARY DEATII.—A IeNV days since Mr H. Leggatt, of the firm of Hayward and Leggatt, of Cornhill, inadvertently swallowed a small iron nail which had by accident got mixed with the food he was eating. Mr Leggatt expired yesterday morning from the accident, after tuadergoing intenee euffaing: STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Sept. 23.—Shipping yarns still keep de pressed, and to effect sales lower prices must be taken. Even at a decline from the low rates of yesterday, very little business is offering. Among sellers for export there is an impression that prices must now have nearly reached the bottom. The fall in this class ef yarns since this day week may be stated at fully 2d per lb. In home trade yarns there is no abatement in the depression which has now so long prevailed, and the decline is fully ld to 2d per lb. since Tuesday. Some reports stated the fall in prices on Tuesday as lid to 2d per lb. as compared with last Friday, and pro • bably some accounts will give the decline since Tuesday in excess of what it is here stated at ; but, in fact, the market is very irregular at a time like the present, and values partake too mun of a ncminal character to average the decline very accurately. In the cloth market the long continued decline has a tendency to make buyers rather timid, and to-day we have had a me re depressed market than even that of Tuesday. On Tuesday the holders of cloth began to recognise the great decline necessitate 1 by a falling cotton market more fully than they had hitherto done, The consequence was that they manifested a more general desire to realise than before, and offered goods more freely. This continued on Wednesday and yesterday, and has led to a not inconsider able business. Tc day there seems to be an almost universal desire to sell, and consequently goods are offered at very low prices. This pressure to sell seems to have had the effect of increasing the timidity above referred to on the part of buyers. Depressel as prices are, but few of the purchases have been large, only a few of the larger operators being in a position to effect purchases, owing to money tightness and other causes. The actual business of the day has probably not been so large:as it otherwise would from this cause; at all events it has not been large. BRADFORD, Sept. 22,--There was great dulness in the market to-day, and it was manifested in every branch of the trade. The suspension of tho Leeds Banking Company ap pears to be creating more uneasiness than was at first appa rent. The report as to the enormous quantity of paper afloat filled many with apprehension, and every one was asking his neighbour, " Who has discounted with this b Ink ?" The quantity of wool which changed hands was exceedingly small, and purchased for immediate consump tion, The prices of wool were fully 3d per lb. below the extreme rates current at the early part of the season. Still, those who can hold their stocks did so with great determi nation to make no concession, believing that the downward tendency will be only temporary. In worsted yarns there was an entire suspension of bus:ness. The foreign houses made inquiry as to prices, but more with a view to test them than to operate, The demand on the part of home houses had dwindled considerably, manufacturers having received no fresh orders from merchants. The same inactivity ruled in the piece-market. Neither home nor foreign merchants did business. Quotations generally were lower. Alpaca lustres, which continued in good demand, were an excep tion to this, The concessions amounted to 5i to 7 per cent. Many looms are standing, and short time is being resorted to. CARDIFF, 22d.—There is a large business doing in the steam coal trade, and the activity which has characterised it for some weeks is fully maintained. The quantity sent inland is increasing, owing in a great measure to the re quirements of the Staffordshire works consequent upon the strike there. The continental inquiry is also active, and prices are as a rule well maintained, there being hardly any complaints of underselling. House qualities command a brisk sale, and buyers are now purchasing largely against the winter months. Coke shows no material change, and patent fuel is in demand for exportation. The ironmasters have many orders on their books, and they are well placed for some time to come. Quotations are about the same as last week. the tendency of the market during the last few days being rather in favour of makers. Rails are quoted £7 to £7 19s free on board, and bars £7 to £7 ss. Lord Kinuaird's Quarrel with a Lady. (From the Scotsman.) Lord Kinnaird's arbitrary conduct in preventing, not many days ago, a match at cricket between the Inchmartine and Rossie Clubs, which was to be played upon his pro perty, on the ground that mischief was apt or likely to come of the too free use of spirituous liquors attending the matches of the Inchmartine Club, has aroused a consi derable amount of feeling among the members of the Inchmartine Cricket and Carling Clubs, His lordship refused, when applied to by the office-bearers of the clubs, to give any further explanation of his conduct than that to be derived from a study of the " specific reasons" alleged in his original note forbidding the match, In consequence, a joint meeting of the clubs was called, at which a letter addressed by the secretaries to Lord Kinnaird was read, defying his lordship to substantiate his charges against the clubs, and demanding a public with drawal of, and apology for, those charges; in default of which his lordship could not appear on either the Inchmartine curling pond or cricket-field, while the clubs would take no part in any match in which Lori Kinnaird was engaged. Strongly-worded resolutions, generally to the same effect as the letter, were agreed to— the only difference of opinion in the meeting being as to whether even stronger language should not be used,—Mr Sine stated that, as Mrs Far gusson Blair, of Inchmartine, was the principal person implicated (she having behaved with kind hospitality when ever a match took place), he thought that she cught to be informed of the resolutions they had come to. He would therefore move that Mrs Fergusson Blair be invited to attend the meeting to hear the resolutions read. This was unanimously agreed to. On receiving the invitation, Mrs Blair said she would be happy to comply with the wishes of the clubs. On entering the hall of meeting, Mrs Fergusson Blair was received with the most marked respect by all present. TI - e course of the proceedings having been explained, and the resolutions read to her by the Secretary, Mrs Fergusson Blair said—Gentlemen, it is unusual for a female to take part in meetings of this nature, but mine is at all times an unusual and anomalous position, Sole guardian of my son, and manage' and trustee of his large property, I am often called upon to assume duties quite foreign to my feminine nature. But on this occasion I felt it not only my du y but my pleasure to appear amongst you at your request. I wish to express viva rose my opinion or Lord Kinnaird's most unwarrant able and ungentlemanlike attack upon the members of the Inchmartine Curling and Cricket Clubs. Nothing emanat ing from that quarter could injure you or me in the estima tion of our neighbours ; but unfortunately this accusation, through the medium of the public prints, has gone over the length and breadth of the land; and his lordship has thus shown the will to do us harm, though he lacks the power. Who but Lord Kinnaird would have tried to cast a slur upon the actions of a lady—alone—without a protector save her son, a boy I Time was when he (Lord Kinnaird) would not have dared to breathe my name but in terms of deepest respect ; and it will not add to the small modicum of good-will borne towards him that ho now tries to insult a lady in my unprotected state. I can, however, boldly face his lordship, and, armed with the breastplate of truth, can deny his accusations made to cover his dis appointment on another subject. Lord Kinnaird's politi cal views have been long known to me, but only lately has he been enlightened as to mine. You will all agree with me that my son is much too young to have any political bias whatever, and I fondly trust that he will never follow in Lord Kinnaird's footsteps. None of you will blame me for refusing to allow my boy to become a tool in his hands. 3 / 4 „can well afford to dispense with friendship only to be re tained on such terms. I speak strongly, for I feel strongly that this paltry accusation was trumped up to cover far deeper schemes than a mere game of cricket, and to this may be attributed this sudden burst of teetotal virtue. Lord Kinnaird's antecedents should have prevented his trying to throw doubt upon the re spectability and honour of men in all respects of uaim peachable character. He has, as I said before, done you no harm—the only one he has injured is the poor young man he alludes to (who belongs to himself, not to us) whose name he has brought forward so prominently in this matter, and who may well now say, " Save me from my friends." had Lord Kinnaird acted like a Christian-- which he professes to be—and as a gentleman—which he ought to be—he would have written to me in a friendly manner, stating his own peculiar views; for we have always been on the most intimate terms till now, when he has chosen to take umbrage at my doing what was only my duty. This clearly shows the animus which has prompted this insult. —(The delivery of this speech was greeted with loud and frequent cheering.)—The meeting shortly after broke up, An official circular haring been recently issued from Pall mall, announcing the desire of Government to receive tenders and propositions for converting the Enfold rifle into a breach-loading arm, it was yesterday announced at Wool• wich that no fewer than 34 different methods had been sub jected to the War Department by British and foreign gun makers and others, the whole of which aro now under the cohsideration of a committee of officers of great experience. The time allowed to inventors having expired, no other propositions will be received. . . Col. 11. D. Harness, C,B , director of the Royal Engineer establiehmmt, Chatham, has received a lengthened leave of absence from the Horse, Guards prior to his relinquishing the command of the Engineer establishment, and his retirement' from the service with the honorary rank of major-general. Among the offleer3 mentioned as being likely to succeed Col. Harness aro Col. J. W. Gordon, C. 8., commanding Royal Engineers at Portsmouth, and Col. J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., attached to the Staff at Aldershot Camp. Pending the appointment of a successor to Col. Harness, the command of the Royal Engineer establishment devolves on Lieut.- Col. T. B. Collinson. Messrs. Higgy and Co. having terminated their building contract with the War Department for the present term, Mr Thomas Seward, their agent in Woolwich Arsenal, has been presented with an elegant silver goblet by the men ix , his employ, as a token of their esteem and regard. PLUNDERING A FOUNDATION STONE.—A young man named Sowden has just been arrested at Bodmin, Cornwall, on suspicion of being concerned in a novel specks of robbery. It appears that on Tuesday the foundation stone of some new national schools now being built in Bod min was removed and the bottle containing coins and other articles, deposited in the stone at the time the ceremony was performed, stolen. .r• - 41" _ . row*. 61113 ,c.• Di t, HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Sept. 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helens, walked in the grounds of the Castle yesterdaY morning. In the afternoon her 11jesty, with Princess Helena, Prince Alfred, and Prince Elimar of Orden• burg, drove to the Lynn of Dee. Her Royal Highness Princes] Louise, attended by the Hon. Harriett Phipps, went out riding. PRINCE HUMBERT OF ITALY.—At midday yes• terday his Royal Highness, accompanied by his Excellenc9 the Italian Minister and suite, left the legation to visit St* Paul's, the Bank of England, Barclay and Perkins:o Brewery at Southwark, &e. Early in the evening 111° Royal Highness honoured Madame Tussaud's with his pre• sence. Later in the evening the members of the suite and the members of the Legation had the honour of dining with the Prince. A number of the Orleenist ex-Royal family 0 f France are stopping at the Hotel d'Angleterre, Constants' nople. They consist of the Prince and Princess de Join' vill, the Due and Duchess d'Auwale, and two sons of the latter, bearing the names of the Prince de Conde and the . Duke de Guise, with several attendant members of their suite, Their Royal Highnesses are on a tour to Egypt and the Holy Land. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan left Portman' square yesterday for Deane Parke, Northampton. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and the Ladies Ashley are expected in town shortly from the Conti' nent, on their way to St Giles's, Doreetshire, where the,' intend to receive a succession of visitors. The Marquis of Exeter has left town for Leanl 4 ington fora few weeks. Vltcount and Viscountess Palmerston have red turned to Broadlands from Wilton. The British Association at Stonehenge. About 300 members of the British Association went by excursion train on Thursday from Bath t° Salisbury. The company did not include many of the most eminent men of the association, but with Captain Burton as the lion, and with a fair coin' plement of the belles of Bath, the excursion party was such as to maintain the high prestige of the past meetings of the association. Queen's weft' ther was the order of the day, and the beautiful vales of Somerset and Wilts, seen under the mellow light of an autumn sun, glistened in all their richness and verdure. The great White Horse, standing out from the dark background of a big brown hill, was scanned en passant , while many a neat white homestead, with cottage warmly thatched and orchards resplendent with ripe fruit, flew by as the train sped along to the station at Sarum. There, carriages well horsed and equipped awaited the passengers, and conveyed them through the streets of the metropolis of Wilts to the far-famed cathedral which adorns this citf. Every one has heard of the great height of Sails' bury spire, and many tourists have lingered with delight on a survey of the noble proportions of this magnificent pile, and have lamented, perchance, the architectural defects which have marred and en dangered the work. Of these, and of the beauties of spire, towers, and windows, of nave, cloister , chapter-house, and library, Mr Davis, in 0 very able paper, gave to the party a great deal of well-digested information, rendered all the more interesting from the illustration s afforded by the objects treated upon. From the cathedral about 200 of the excursionists drove to the Council Chamber in Salisbury, where luncheon was provided by the mayor (Mr J. Waters). His worship presided, and near him were Captain and Mrs Burton, the mayoress, the Very Rev. the Dean of Salisbury, and several members of the magistrael and corporation of the city. After luncheon the mayor proposed success to the British Association , and gave them a hearty welcome to that ancient city. Mr Davis and Captain Burton responded. Leaving Salisbury about half-past 1 o'clock the excursionists drove to the Roman earthworks at Old Sarum, where Mr Swayne, as cicerone, IV rated the history, legends, and topography of the interesting objects around. An hour was most pleasantly spent on those breezy heights, where sce are bound, as faithful chroniclers, to say the votaries of science, satiated with the lore of the week, were prone to romp, and to act as schoolboys released for a holiday. In truth, a very Samson of science must have had sufficient of papers, and must have been delighted to Wee an airing in the field, away from all the cares of his ordinary labours. Defiling down the old Roman heights the party found their carriages awaiting them in a charmingly rural lane, along which they drove to Salisbury Plain, and to the great, gaunt temple at Stone' henge. Here a great number of the excursionist s had arrived beforehand, and, having taken lunch with that zest the air of these. downs does give , they were assembled within the mystic circle, lie' tening most intently to the address of the Rev. Pre` bendary Scarth, who, like some modern Druid, Wa s instructing his flock from the summit of a gigantic) stone. He believed the temple was of British origin, and suggested a date of two centuries 1 3 C . as the probable time of their formation. He was doubtful of the nationality of the letters that had been discovered on ens of the stones, but believed they were of great antiquity. Some discussion toolc place on this point, and a vote of thanks was the' ) given to the rev. gentleman for his paper. As eveo ing came on the excursionists went off and left this stupendous monument of a remote past alone in its simple grandeur. Another change yet awaited the excursionist s, and on arriving at the village of Wilton they were admitted into the new church built ther e by the late Lord (then Mr Sidney) Herbert' the lavish and most tasteful decoration of th is palatial church is beautiful beyond description, se e ' when it derives a peculiar and Arcadian charm from the twining floral festoons of the harvest feast, as it appeared in the dim religious light last evening, the church presents an aspect truly celestial. An easy drive to the Wilton Railway Station! and a pleasant journey in the special train provided . by the Great Western Railway Company, broug ht the excursionists to Bath, and the excursion to an end, at eight o'clock. GEORGE SAND has issued a volume of plc** which have been written and performed at Nohant. WRECK ON THE Inisci COAST.—ARKLOW, LAND, Sept. 21.—About six o'clock last evening 46 large vessel was observed on Arklow.lormk, throwing vi ) rocket and firing guns as signals of distress. The wind was blowing strong at the time, and there was a very /life ; sea running on the bank. The lifeboat of the National Life' boat Institution was immediately manned and launched, an d reached the vessel in about two hours. The crew of the lifeboat boarded her, and found her to be the iron 'A il' Edinburgh Castle, 650 tons, bound from Glasgow to sine' pore with a general cargo. The ship fixated off the ban / ; about 11 o'clo ek, but making se much water that the cap tain requested t due lifeboat to accompany the vessel for soya° time, and a portiln of the crew to assist at working ti t° pumps. This was' bone, and after proceeding ten roi l !! outside Arklow bank. with the ship, the lifeboat ultiniateti left her, pumped dry, and returned to her station. . gratitudo for the services, rendered on the occasion by feboat, the captain of the . shi p s p ontaneousl y g ave his not for for £4O to the crew of the be at. A BOY KILLED BY ;I:Vi io SCHOOLFELLOWS.--'M the village of Kilmacrena n there is a parish soh oci a t au ght by aMr Craig. One day last week a little boy 0°36,, Di ve r, about 11 years of age, 6, , mplained of two of 11' schoolmates, named Diver and Gr. ' gg, for attempting t° beat him. The teachers punished th, , lads for the offe nce ' but, unfortunately, the matter did not end there- I V be : going home from school on the same day the two bo y s, ern to their threats, commenced beating the lad Diver, 1:130', ing him sown and kicking him severely. The boy, on reaci ing home, which was hard by, complained to his parent s the treatment ho had received, and, on examining his Pe.,°l they found him blackened all along one side. Th e poor .!'OO. took to bed, lingered a few days in great pain , and died igo the 19L.h inst. The two lade who have taken away his were instantly arrested,—Dublin Express. c r FRIGELTFUL ACCIDENT FROM AN EXPLOST,,— NAPHTHA—. OR Thursday while three children belongingeet, Mr George Kent, engineer, residing in Southan3pton-loio, Camberwell, were trimming a naphtha lam p an eIP 'OO took place, which enveloped the whole three in flat3ie s ',, v d father immediately ran to their assistance, and exting.„o:oo. the il , mes, but not without seriously burning hi° h ourl y Two cf the children ware so injured that their death ls . : . : e0 „, to expected ; the third, girl of seven years of age, is It' recover.