The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-16 00:00:00

4.,',""4 ti) t 7, zip , §wAy _ „mot* 4wo ...----._ ....... 'MUSICAL and LUNATIC LAYS, by the LITTLE SAINT LEGER, 31st COUSIN to the GREAT ST. LEGER ; Or, The London Season of 1853, will be published on SATUB.DAY, September 17, at William R. Sams's Subscription Library, 1, St. James's•treet. To be had at Mitchell's, Old Bond-street ; Ryan's, ditto; Robert OUivier's, ditto ; and all the opera agents and music shops. SHREWSBURY and. BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, 12, Buckingham-street, Adelphi, London, Sept. 16, 1853. The Committee of Independent Shareholders do Hereby Notify, that Proxies have this day been forwarded to the Proprietors, with Et view to obtain their support in favour of the undermenti ned gen tlemen, who will un d er take to support an agreement with the Great Western Railway Company, to secure N per cent. and half surplus profits, and to propose six new and independent Shareholders to fill the vacancies which will be created at the ensuing Half-yearly Meet -ling, namely : E. K. DIMMACK, of Dunstan Hill, Wolverhampton. JAMES CULVERWELL, Esq., of No 50, Wine-street, Bristol. A. R. BAKER, Esq., of Longford House, Cheltenham. 'These Proxies will be used at the Meetings to be holden as fol lows --Sept. 21, 1853. at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, at 12 o'clock precisely ; ' Sept. 3 1853, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at 1 o'cloc precisely. Shareholders are earnestly solicited to transmit their Proxies, 'without delay, to the Secretary of the Company at Wolverhampton. By order of the Committee, GEORGE IVOOLCOTT, Secretary. Committ , e sit dai'y at the London Tavern, Bishops gale-street, where blank Proxies and every iutormation may be obtained. SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY —Shareholders who have omitted to transmit their Proxies, in respect of the business of the Special Meeting holden at the London Tavern on Tuesday, the 1 ith instant, or were absent from that Ilfeeting, are here: iy informed that they can, nevertheless, record their votes in favour of the amended offer made by the Grew Western Railway Company, viz., to 'pay al per unt. guarantetd O.:Aden& with half of the surplus profits of the said line from the Ist& January, 1854. The Secretary of the Company will be in attendance at the Lon don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, between the hours of 1 , , and 4, daily, until Monday, the 19th instant, for the purpose of re ,ceiving votes, after which day the poll will be declared. By Order of the SharekoGEOßG E lders' Independent Committee. WOOLCOTT, Secretary. Committee Room, London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, September, 15, 1853. SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, 12, Buckingham-street, Adelphi, London, September 15, 1853. The Committee of Independent Shareholders have to announce that Shareholders desirous of accepting the Great Western offer of 31 per cent. and halt surplus pro fi ts , and who have entrusted their Caring oxies to Messrs. Geach and Scott, may revo ke the same by addra letter, in the following form, to the Secretary of the Company To Thos. Hall, Esq., Secretary, Shrewsbury and Birmingham RailwaY, minster. 28, Great George-street, West Sir,—l beg to Withdraw, and request that you will cancel my Inlay or proxies in favour of Messrs. Geach and Scott, for the Meeting of the Colisnailv,--11A-I—Q` Alto 14th of September, or any adjournment thereof, at e for the Meeting to be holden at Shrews bury on the list of September, being desirous of accepting the offer $0 made by the Great Western H aawa onom any. I am, sir. our o bedient servant, Signature of shay re h o lder .. •• • ..... ........... By order, GEORGE WOOLCOTT, Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPUI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. TIiIS EVENING, SEPT. 16, Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS AND GUARDIAN'S. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBRAM. To conclude with WHAT NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 16, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. Farren, J. Johnstone, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Sarah Lyons and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK ; or, THE MERCHANT OF " VENICE PRE SERVED." THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Sixth Night of the long-promised Classical Burlesque, introducing the whole of the Company, and in compliance with a general wish expressed by the Patrons of this most Popular Establish ment, the Grand National Spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo at half-price, which has reached Its 83d night, forming a Phalanx of Attraction never before witnessed within the Walls of the Amphi theatre. The Feats in the Circle applauded to the very echo. 111iss Emily Coolie's triumphal career continues undiminished ; her graceful and daring Performance is nightly hailed with demon strations of delight, N B.—Miss KATE COOKE will appear on MONDAY, Sep tember 19th. THIS EVENING, SEPT. PI, And daring the week, will be presented (the 6th time) a New Classical Burlesque, written by Mr. W. Suter (front the Royal Lyceum), who is expressly engaged to aid its representation, and entitled JUPITER'S DECREE:, AND THE FALL OF PiIiETON ; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, in which that matchless wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear on er rapid Courser and Marvellous Flight throu,h 16 Balloons. Concluding with (83d time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 16, Brilliant Routine of Entertainments—Panorama of C HUSKS, Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive, in nye urge Glass 9•anlcs. The Siollusea, Zoophytes, and Crustacea prozured expressly by P. H. 0029 e, I.:Sq., the eminent Naturalist. Vocal a•:d Instrumental CONIEEZT. Dllss Poole, the papular English Vocalist, Two favourite songs by The whole concludin4 . with the womlerfql Tableaux of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant Igar:WORKS, and EXPLO SION of CHINESE JUNKS. Admission, Is. DAILY TVEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following laces at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. PORTSMOUTH—S.E., strong breeze—scud. SOUTHAMPTON S.E., gentle breeze—overcast. FOLKESTONE—S.E., gentle breeze—rain. TUNBRIDGE—S.E., calm—overcast. GREENWlCH—Calm—overcast. STROOD—S., calm—foggy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—SE., calm—cloudless. MuL UNGAR— N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. BIRMINGHAM—W., gentle breeze- partially cloudy. CREWE—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—S. by W., strong breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHITBY—S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. DARLINGTON—S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless—frost. SNAP—S.E., calm—principally clear. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam Dar —Morning 2 min. after 1 ( Evening 27 min.aft. 1 73-Mammy—Morning 48 m i n . a ft er 1 / Evening 7 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—SuN OPTIC'', Ssrr. 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'05. WIND, N.— Light airs, with thick, hazy weather, and drizzling rain, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1853. It is generally underst ood that, on the 23d instant, a t o hay % ) the an Emperor s o f R uss i a a n d Austria a re to conference. interview a n d a s ole mn Occorrilin.g: this incident will d o , at the most critical buture in the negotiations regarding Turkey, it g cann o t extraor dinary influence, we may canieetxercise ure designs of the CZAR, and,, upon th e gene therefore, upon the destinies of efarisPeaking, The circumstance of the intended meet • stencl " i • nig hav i n g been arranged at this particular moment by the AU'TOCRAT would appear to indicate, on the - part of that ambitious potentate, a continuity o f Pur pose admirably in keeping with that suprem o and implicit self-reliance which is about the most re markable among his distinguishing characteristics. Throughout the whole course of the recent pro ceedings in respect to the Turkish Government the Emperor NICHOLAS has contrived to strengthen his position by unbending consistency, unyield ing determination, and unflagging perseverance. Fair-play requires that this much, at least, in his regard, should be admitted. To this extent, whatever our views as to the lawlessness of his policy, he cannot but be admitted to have ex torted from us our unwilling admiration. Ab horring though we do the criniina:ity of his de- Signs for the augmentation of his power and the 1 extension of his dominion, we are compelled, llttvertheless, to acknowledge the ~B , as .a tactician, the masterly skill of his adroitness as a diplo matist, a n d hi s consummate genius in weaving the w e b of intrigue andth h e av w e wiles s een of rendered chicane. Undoubt e dl y these merits more apparent o f late in the conduct of the Russian AUTOCRAT 1, -3 , the deplo ra bl e presented by the blunderin g , and contrast hesitati on inconsistency of his numerous antagonists., and Let us compare, for a moment, the course Pursued there by the avowed enemy, and here by the nominal friends, of the Sultan ABD UL-MEDJID —there by the known assailants, and here by the so-called supporters, of the Otto man Empire—there by the one foe, and here by the four allies, of Turkey. Let us examine into the labour of the opposing forces, and then answer which of the two has yet, up to this instant, ob tained the advantage—the Cabinet of St. Peters burg, or the Conference brought about at Vienna between the Representatives of the British, French, Austrian, and Prussian Governments. Examine, we say, and then answer which of the two has yet obtained the advantage? Why—so have matters been conducted between Russia and the allies of Turkey, that the cause of the CZAR has, for the time, assumed the appearance of right, of reason, and of justice. The Emperor NICHO LAS has so preserved his own consistency in the midst of the flagrant and notorious inconsistency of the Four great opposing Powers of Christendom, that his position from having been the worse, has become actually and unmistakeably the better, more solid, more defined, and mere tenable. Argue the matter as you may, this fact, unhap pily, is just now beyond the reach of contra diction. In a military point of view Russi a h as o bt a i ne d the advantage—'because, if the T ur k s h ave b een arming, an d if the Egyptia ns h ave f urn i s h ed their con ti ng ent, the Cossack f orces, un d er Pr i nce G ORTZCIIAKOFF, have long since crossed the boundary line of the Pruth, and formally taken possession of the Danubian Principalities. In a maritime point of view, no less than in a military, Russia has again obtained the advan tage—because the advance of the seasons have brought about the security of her fleets in the Baltic, and the adroit application of her energies have marvellously developed her warlike resources in the Euxine—in her stores at Odessa, and her dockyards at Sebastopol—while the Turkish line of-battle ships have been idly manceuvring in the Bosphorus, and the united fleets of France and England have been more idly anchored in Besika Bay, instead of being long since conducted to the waters of Constantinople, through the channel of the Dardanelles. Finally, in a diplomatic point of view, yet more than in a military or a maritime, Russia has indisputably up to this moment obtained the ad vantage over her antagonists. Because—if the original Note presented to the Divan by Prince M_ENSCHIKOFF was refused by the Turkish Govern ment—if the Sened was refused, and then the ultimatum, and then the ultimatissimum—the proposal suggested by the Four Powers through their representatives at Vienna, the proposal submitted by England, France, Austria, and Prussia, first, to the Government of St. Petersburg, and then to the Government of Constantinople, the Proposal accepted by Russia and rejected by Turkey, has been so drawn up by the allies of the SULTAN, that it secures to the Emperor NICHOLAS more than his arrogant ministers through their insolent emissary had, even in the haughtiest moment of their pride, ventured to demand from the Turkish Government. Therefore, we repeat—Russia has in a military point of view, in a maritime point of view, and in a diplomatic point of view, obtained, as yet, unquestionable advantages over her antagonists. Military advantages in the lengthened occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia ! Maritime advan tages in the simultaneous strengthening of the fleets of the Baltic and of the Euxine, as well as in the concentration and accumulation of the ma terials of war for the army at Odessa, and for the navy at Sebastopol t Diplomatic advanta g es in so persisting in the CZAR'S first lawless demands upon the SULTAN that the Four Powers are in duced at last to propose a compromise (!) grant ing more to Russia than was ever demanded by the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh ! The real tendency of the Note emanating from the conference at Vienna of the British, French, Austrian, and Prussian Representatives, might, if in nothing else, be perceived clearly enough from the diametrically opposite manner in which it was at once received at St. Petersburgh and at Constantinople. We have seen that it was forth with accepted by the Russian Government—ac cepted eagerly and unconditionally. Added to this, we have observed that it was rejected without delay by the Divan—rejected respectfully, it is true, but positively and unmistakeably. Now, we ask any man of common sense if these two facts, taken together, are not in every way signifi cant as to the bearing of the Note forwarded from Vienna to St. Petersburgh and Constantinople ? We ask any impartial observer to decide whether those facts do or do not imply that the proposal is degrading to Turkey and truckling to Russia, advantageous to the CZAR, and disadvan tageous to the SULTAN ? Of this, of course, the Note itself is the clearest attestation ; but the prompt acceptance of it by Russia, and the reso lute rejection of it by Turkey come in, we con ceive, as crowning corroboration. Russia having thus so far succeeded, the young Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH is about, on the 23d instant, to be lured into the perils of a personal interview at Olmiltz with his Majesty the Russian AUTOCRAT, of all living potentates perhaps the most wily, astute, and experienced. Everything, in fact, bodes mournfully at this moment for the insecurity of the peace of Christendom—our doubts as to the future being none the less gloomy from a knowledge that the Earl of ABER DEEN still continues, unfortunately, at the head of her Majesty's Government. The touring season is at itslheight, and the public mind is greatly agitated on 'what is for the time being a question of considerable importance, in which the would-be traveller feels deeper inte rest than on the various complications of the Eastern difficulty. " What shall I do with myself during the week or month that, according to ex isting arrangements, is placed at my own disposal, in which I am totally free from the cares of busi ness and can do as I think p ro p er , w ith o ut being subjected to any control whatsoever ? Whither shall I go and how shall I turn the funds available most for th e tr l y , that i s to ' he s to the best advantage, so as to see all een in the selected districts on the whichmanyreasonabled terms?" . These are interrogatories question and are still ur - themselves, and of course the during the past month have asked, prominently of askingtravelling and hotel charges are brought fares forward instituted between travorivard' Comparisons are and in this country, i ande img-bills on the Continent sPirit tory to England s excited highly deprecia in favour of the foreig n e verything decided ro own countrymen are unsPparfnrielY tors, censured our un equivocally condemned. Hotel C h e i d and pub lished with notes and comments, bills are . , by no flattering to the proprietors' attendants of th"-ails British Hostelries, whi le no all owance is inade e f se the peculiar circamstauces in which they are placed, and the difficulties which must be entountered satisfy their over fastidious guests. Nor do we often hear of the very moderate charges for comfortable accommodation that may, we believe, be found i n the great majority of cases, and which, consider ing the enormous duties on wine, spirits and malt liquors —the expenses of licenses, and other • charges to which the Englishmen is subjected, while the foreigner is exempted, might challenge comparison with the best-regulated establishments of the Continent. That there are extreme cases in England—that great abuses may be discoverep —and. that great extortion prevails in some estab lishments is unfortunately but too certain, but these form the exceptions, and not the rules. And we believe that taking the general body of pro prietors throughout the entire country, it would be difficult to find a more energetic and hard working body, or one more desirous of meriting the public patronage, by a strict attention to their business, and an earnest desire to combine reason able charges with good accommodation, so as to gain fair remuneration for themselves (and who will take trouble, and encounter the risk of loss without such a prospect ?), and . 0 give satisfaction to their visitors. Let us strip the question of the prejudices by which it is surrounded, let us take a fair and unbiassed view of the subject, and we will find that even in the worst cases there are faults on both sides, and that the exhibition of less pretension on the part of the traveller, and a disposition to be more easily contented, would be met with a corresponding movement on the part of the hotel proprietors, who, we are convinced, would wil lingly meet any reasonable suggestions on the part of the community. In the first place, before lending ourselves to the clamour that has been excited, and joining in the outcry against a respectable and hardworking body of men, let us consider the conditions under which they are bound to carry on their business, the time during which they are enabled to realise handsome returns, and the general balance of profit and loss on the entire year in proportion to the capital embarked, the risks encountered, and , the labour that must be bestowed on the efficient management of the concern. If we find that, taking the twelve months one with another, the Hotel-keeper does not obtain undue remuneration when all these matters are taken into account, that his occupation is not less troublesome or more profitable than others in which he may embark, we find that the loud complaints as to extortionate charges fall to the ground, and that the supposed extortioner is, generally speaking, a fair-dealing, well-disposed man, quite contented if he can make both ends meet, and set aside a moderate provi sion for a rainy day, to provide for the time when old age, or failing health, or even a change of fashion, may render himself and family dependent on the savings of more auspicious seasons for com petent support. A slight examination will show us that, as a class, the Hotel and Innkeepers have sustained perhaps heavier losses than any other— that families once moving in respectable spheres, and enjoying every reasonable comfort befitting their positions, have been reduced, without any faults on their parts, by causes wholly beyond their own control, to poverty and destitution from comparative affluence—a simple fact, that should induce them to enter on a dispassionate investiga tion of the subject, in order to ascertain if any where the fault really lies. Placing aside, then, the differences of rent and taxes to which the Continental and English Hotel keepers are subjected, but which will alone be sufficient to account for very material alterations in the charges to customers, we must make allow• antes for the brief harvest which the English pro prietor is enabled to reap. The person maintain ing a handsome establishment at a fashionable watering-place, or in a district in which he can only look to have his house filled during a brief season, knows to his cost that it is only for two or three months of the year that he can antici pate anything in the way of profit. For the remainder of his time, at least nine months out of the twelve, he will consider him self exceedingly fortunate if he can pay his way ; if, in fact, his establishment meets its own ex penses. The interest for his capital, and remu neration for his labour, rent, taxes, and other outgoings, must all be provided within the busy time when he is reaping the fruit of what he had previously sown. He would gladly hand over his concern for the nine months to any person who could give him sufficient security that the character of his house would not be depreciated, or his property injured during the time. No reasonable traveller, then, will complain if, during the Hotel-keeper's harvest, he himself should be charged is. for a chop sold by the butcher for 4d., or Os. for a bottle of sherry, supplied by the merchant for 3s. He will take into his consi deration the supply of what is too frequently a perishable commodity, that must be kept in hand. If he pays in Calais, Boulogne, or Ostend, or, in fact, at any of the hotels of France or Belgium, 2-..1 or 3 francs for a bottle of Bordeaux, costing the proprietor from 12 to 20 sous, why should he complain at paying from 2s. 6d. to 3s. for a pint of sherry, or port, costing the English proprietor is. Gd. The cheap and moderate foreigner makes from 200 to 300 per cent. profit ; the extortionate Englishman from 70 to 100 per cent. Yet one is praised because lie can purchase his liquids and viands cheaply, the other censured because he is obliged to pay dearly for inferior commodities. But which is it, the system of indirect taxation, or the landlord, that is to be censured ? If we consent to retain an iniquitous fiscal system, we must not complain of those who are obliged to suit their dealings to existing circumstances. The Frenchman, in his private dwelling-house, has an excellent bottle of light claret for a franc. He pays three francs at a table cl'hote for the same. The Englishman, in his private house, pays 3s. for a bottle of bad sherry. He gets the same at a hotel for 6s. The advance to the Frenchman is 200 per cent., to the Englishman 100 per cent. Which has the greatest reason of complaint ? It is a fair way of putting the question, and the answer will go far to decide the controversy. But there is another point that must not be lost sight of. The English traveller, while on the road, is far more exigante than the Continental. He requires an exhibition of plate and gorgeous furniture that the other never thinks of obtaining, and which he himself is not accustomed to at home. He grumbles and complains without just cause, and is then surprised if "it is all put in the bill." In truth, he desires to pass for a much greater man than he really is. He will not per mit his lady friend to go into the public room, and grumbles at being charged for a private apartment. He'll ask, perhaps, for " Moselle" at a provincial hotel, for the purpose of impress ing the waiters and attendants with the notion that he is a very important personage, and then complains if they should be deceived, and esti mate him according to his pretensions rather than to the actual state of the case. Let JOHN BULL be less exacting on the road, and he will be better and more moderately served ; and if matters should turn out differently, and he should be handed a heavy bill for bad accommodation, let him, before he blames the hotel-keeper, consider how far he is himself responsible for the objec tionable items. EXPECTED BREVET.—It is the general impression in naval and military circles that a brevet will shortly take place. The 9th of Noyember is a day anxiously looked for by many gallant officers of both services, that day being the anniversary of the Prince of Wales's birth, and the day on which it is expected the brevet will be issued. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY.—Lord Elphinstone, the newly appointed Governor and Commander -in-Chief at Bombay, will proceed to that Presidency with the benefit of previous local residence. The noble lord is well acquainted with the general resources of the East. For many years he filled the office of Governor of Ma dras. Lord Elphinstone is now in his 46th year. Lat terly ho has filled the office of Lord-in -Waiting to the Queen. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. —Among the acts Cof the last session was one for making sundry provisions with respect to municipal corporations in England. Town councillors are no longer exempted or disqualified from serving on grand juries. Power is now given to mayors of boroughs to appoint deputies to act for them. Set on RISE IN THE PRICE OF COMHODITIES.—Yesterday another rise in the pricc2 of bread took place throughout the west-end of the metropolis, the 41b loaf now selling at Bd. Coals have also risen in price within the last few days 10 th t o h f e n l e a x r t ge m su e m s of 4d. per cwt. Butter, meat, and For a license toonith, Poorer classes feel this advance most severely, as labour .wo carriages 12/ t THEhe present time is very scarce. new NEW DUTIES ON HORSES LET TO HIRE.—The or fifteen carriages hors let to hire will take effect from the every additional ' when the present duties will cease. 71. i e o t out one horse or one carriage, the 4 duty will be 8 1:0 per annum, and for two horses or s ; , h a e n u d th so e d o u n ty up w t i o ll t b w e en d t o y l. hor F s o e r s se authorises. tenstaeheorses, 101. The act is not to ex tend to licensed f r er hackley carriages. A penalty of . 1001. is to be levied a beater horses for hire without AeLumber of horses or car riages alicentseh,anorthkeeeipicineng MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 to 6,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed very flat with prices of all kinds per lb. lower. The sales include 130 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to Bd., 80 Bahia at cid. to 6 d., 200 Egyptian at 64d. to 74d., and 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 3/d. per lb. The Railway Share Market opened flat, but closed with a better tone. Colonial produce was taken steadily for con sumption in the early part of the week, but since the apprehension of a further increase in the Bank rate of discount, neither exporters nor the home trade have been very willing to buy, and conse quently some heaviness has been apparent. With the exception of one or two articles, such as tallow and iron, there has been very little specula tion lately, and the latter has materially declined. Sugar has been rather cheaper, coffee firm, salt petre and ruinin demand, cotton steady, hemp and flax rather tending upwards, and tea quiet. The advantage of a new means of communica tion between Ireland and Great Britain has just been practically tested by the running of a steamer on an experimental trip between Belfast and Scot land. The point of departure was Lough Ryan. The voyage was accomplished in three hours, and will probably . be made hereafter in two. A corres pondent writing to us from Belfast, upon this sub ject, remarks : " Your paper has always looked closely into the mail service. With two such natural harbours placed, as it were, vis-a-vis to each other, and with boats built suit able for the station, the distance may be run in less than two hours with regularity ; and then, it must be also borne in mind that the sea-passage would be in that case less than an hour ; in fact, with the shelter of the Copeland Islands, placed as it were by nature to act as the most perfect series of breakwaters, it would be a misnomer if called a passage ; it would rather be a mere steam ferry. " At present the mail is brought round by Dublin, and the time allowed for its conveyance from London is 18 hours. It will be done by the new route in 11 hours, and if a short line of 20 miles were made to Girvan on the Glasgow and Ayr line, it could be taken round via Ayr in 12 hours." The advices by the Overland Mail, according to the telegraph via Trieste, will be satisfactory in re spect to the extent of the business doing in imports, although prices do not seem to have improved. The Indigo crop is estimated at 116,000 maunds. The progress of the war in China is apparently still in favour of the revolutionists. The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England was not advanced at an hour sufficiently early to enable us to do more than record the fact. Some thought the measure would be postponed for another week, and the fact of a longer discussion than usual having taken place in the Bank parlour, shows that it was not considered immediately urgent. Moreover it was the impression that there would be an immediate jump to 5 instead of 4 per cent., and it would be advisable that all parties should at once make their calculations to meet such a con tingency. Once up to 5 per cent., there will be every prospect of permanency, unless something very adverse occurs, and at last the foreign ex changes will get more in our favour, and loans and other schemes be repressed. Our opinion has already been expressed as to the Bank having for merly discounted too low, because when unable to get more than 2 per cent. on Bills, it might in vest its surplus in Consols. Now, however, if the bullion cannot be kept in the country, these rapid advances are inevitable. _ The English stock market has been without any particular change, and with less doing. The wet weather causes a dull tone to prevail, otherwise the inclination would probably have been favourable. Consols have been 95 to g for transfer, and 951 to for account. East India Stock has been quoted 253. Exchequer Bills have fallen to Gs. to Bs. dis count, and India Bonds to 2s. discount to 4s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been rather firmer. Mexi can have improved to 241 Sardinian Bonds have realised 93 to 94. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have been at 42i to 43. Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been done at 97. The Spanish Deferred Stock has been at 22k, and the Committee's Cer tificate is at 51. Dutch 21 per Cents. have been at 631. Railway Shares have been generally lower, and to the extent of 1 to 1 per cent., North-Western, Midland, South-Eastern, and Caledonian. French shares have been duller, but not much lower. The Gold Mines are steady, and the Australian Banks lower. The Land Companies' shares are higher. _ _ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great Western.. North Western South Western.. Brighton Midland 1853. 1852. £26,067 £20,624 58,025 52,725 14,720 13,427 South Eastern. 14,474 14,474 26,759 25,129 21,716 19,580 Caledonian and Edin. and Glasgow.. 16,154 14,266 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 20,704 19,038 York and North Midland, Newcastle and Berwick, and Leeds Northern 30,132 28,010 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Front the Oficial List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9si 5 a N ew 34 per Cent. Annuities shut 97i India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO . . . 2d 4 p Ditto, under £lOOO 5 p Consols for Account 13th October Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 2,500 — Small 1 d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Grenada Bonds, Deferred - B Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. 75 x d Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 94 3 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46A Spanish New Deterred, 3 per Cent. 22 Ditto for the Account 2214 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun si p c Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian .q per Cent. Dutch exchange, 2i pe r Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates _ 97.1 HALF•PAST TWO. Consols 9si a Ditto October A ccount 95 THE LATE SIR C. J. NAPIER. 15th Sept., 1853. The Editor of The Sun is entreated to give in sertion to the following letter, as showing the gene rous temper of the British soldier. Royal Marine Barracks, Gosport, 12th September, 1853. My dear General,—On Saturday I placed in gar rison and divisional orders your request to make known to the troops the sentiments which you have been pleased so warmly to express. The funeral of your late distinguished and much lamented brother, Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.8., excited the deepest interest, not only in the troop s , by whom he was so justly beloved and revered, but by all classes of society, as was appa rent to you on that melancholy occasion. From an early hour in the morning the roads were covered, all hastening to the spot, and Ports mouth presented a dense mass of people, not less than sixty thousand. The moment the time was communicated to the troops, they, as it were, with one voice, expressed a wish to attend ; and I found it necessary to direct the 42c1. Royal Highlanders to cross from Gosport by one bridge, and the Royal Marines by another, as sufficient accommodation could not be afforded by one and the same. What a proud scene to contemplate. History does not present a parallel : the whole of an ex tensive garrison, the finest troops in the world, turning out with one accord to do homage to, and crowding round his honoured remains. What prodigies of valour have been, and would have been again accomplished, had an all-wise Providence so ordained it, under such a leader, whose name and heroic deeds must ever adorn the brightest pages of History. The Garrison Chapel was hung with black yes terday, allusion was made to the melancholy event, and myself and all officers appeared with crape rouud the left arm. I beg to return you, on my own part, and that of the corps to which I belong, our most sincere and heartfelt acknowledgments for the gratifying note embodying your lamented brothers' opinion as to its services, and which I have felt it my duty to submit to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that so honourable and truly valu able a testimony should be communicated to the corps at large. With sentiments of the most profound respect, allow me to subscribe myself your faithful and obe dient servant, CHAS. MENZIES, Colonel Commandant Royal Marines, nrimanding S. W. District. DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DON STAKES. Cineas Orestes Four ran. Won in a canter. PARK HILL STAKES. Mayfair Boarding School Miss Eight ran. Fine race. Won by a head Rataplan scratched for Cup. DONCASTER STAKES. Balrownie Sittingbourne Won easy. DONCASTER CUP Hungerford 1 THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, SEPT. 15. The steamer Calcutta arrived here this morning, at 6 a.m., in 109 hours from Alexandria. The Indian Mail bas arrived at Alexandria with dates from Calcutta of the sth August ; Hong Kong, 23d July ; Bombay, 30th July. There is a great famine in Burmah. The East India Company's steam-frigate Mozuffar was lost off Rangoon river. Cholera is committing great ravages in the upper provinces of India. The indigo crops are not good. The market for cotton piece goods has improved. Exchange 2s. ld., steady. In China the Patriot army retains its position. The Tartars had attempted to retake Amoy, but without success. Trade dull and inactive. Exchange, ss. 3d. Our dates from Alexandria are to Sept. 10. * Another dispatch from Trieste states that no lives were lost. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1853. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 14. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove yesterday towards Invercauld. In the evening her Majesty and his Royal Highness, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, were pre sent at a ball given by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent to the servants at Abergeldie. Dr. Southwood Smith and Mr. Chadwick had an in terview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the Leicester County Coal will open the commission at Leicester on Monday next. The French Ambassador transacted business yester day at the Foreign-office. Mr. F. Lucas, M.P., had an interview with Viscount Palmerston at the Home-office yesterday. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the Governor of Gibraltar. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) EXTENSIVE MINING FAILURE.-IN RE COLLETT. This bankrupt was described as of Size-lane, London, and Bridge-house, Hendon, dealer in stores,t&c., and to day was appointed for consideration of his certificate. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Harding and Pullein, Guildhall-chambers, extending from February, 1845, to May, 1853, shows a capital at the former date of 10,2611. 15s. Bd. Debtor to creditors, 16,1581. 7s. 6d. ; to ditto holding security, 19,587/. 12s. 9d. ; liabilities, 3,5561. ; profits, 1,3531. Bs. ; profits of farm at Wood ford, 6491. ; received as managing director of the British Alkali Company, 3,2901. ; creditors' liabilities, as per contra, 2,5561. ; trade expenses, 3101. 13s. ; interest, 1,2731. 12s. ; discount, 5931. 17s. 3d. ; law, 6711. ; per sonal, 6,1681. 3s. ; property in the hands of creditors, 11,2571. is. 7d. ; losses, 30,1681. 6s. 10d. There was no opposition on the part of the assignees. Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, urged that the bankruptcy arose from the depreciation in the value of the mines--that the bankrupt took the shares as a pri vate gentleman, and had lost a large fortune. His Honour took time to consider his decision. A FANCY TRADE.-IN RE MAY. This bankrupt was described as of Edgeware-road, straw-plait manufacturer, and to-day was appointed for his last examination. The accounts, prepared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, show debts to the amount of 1,9051. ; trade expenses, 1,4401. ss. 4d. ; losses, 9381. 17s. 7d. ; pro perty given up, 2751.; domestic expenses, 1,2031.105. 7d. The heavy loss was attributed to the change of fa shions, and bankrupt had opened several establishments in the country, as the London trade fell off, in order to get rid of the surplus stock. The bankrupt passed his last examination. SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before M. M. Ryland, Esq.) AN IMPORTANT CASE-WHATLEY V. GEORGE. The plaintiff in this action is a tailor, and defendant is a licensed victualler, keeping the Falcon Tavern, Gough square, city, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 21., for goods supplied under the following circumstances. The plaintiff deposed that he received an order for some clothes for defendant's grandchild, who was re siding with him at the time. He received the order from the child's father, with instructions to leave them at defendant's house, which he did, and defendant promised to pay. Mr. W. B. Davies contended that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, inasmuch as, under the statute of Frauds, a verbal agreement to pay the debt of another is not binding, and it ought to have been reduced into writing. The learned Deputy Judge held that a verbal promise to pay was sufficient. Defendant was examined, and denied having given the order or making any promise to pay. His Honour said the plaintiff swore positively, and therefore an order for payment must be made. Judgment for the plaintiff. ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, SEPT. 15. —A fatal accident occurred yesterday in the garrison here to a gun ner and driver, named Mooney, of Captain Edward Price's company, 7th battalion B field battery. The deceased was in the act of harnessing his horses to go out for exercise, when one of them made a fling with his leg, and struck the gunner on the short ribs immediately above the right hip joint, and injured him very severely. He was placed at once on a stretcher, and conveyed to the Ordnance-hospital, where the surgeons promptly at tended his case, but the accident was of so serious a nature that he died in the course of the afternoon. The autho rities lose no time in getting rid of horses when they become viciously inclined, the horse belonging to the reserve battery, and the cause of the death of a gunner recently at the Royal Arsenal, by kicking him on the head, having been sold in London last week. THE PASSENGERS ACT.—On the 20th ult. an act was passed to amend the Passengers Act of 1852, so far as relates to the passages of natives of Asia or Africa, and also passages between the Island of Ceylon and certain parts of the East Indies. By the Passengers Act it is provided that no ship shall convey a greater number of passengers than after the rate of one passenger to every 15 superficial feet of the passenger deck, if such ship be intended to pass within the tropics. The object of this act is to alter the provision referred to with regard to the natives of Asia or Africa. The governors of her Majesty's possessions abroad are empowered to alter the rate for the conveyance of such passengers. The act exempts from the operation of the Passengers Act, vessels carrying passengers between Ceylon and certain parts of the East Indies. MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday a melancholy accident happened on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, which resulted in the death of Mr. Hugh Edwin Strickland, a gentleman of some literary and scientific attainments, son of Mr. Henry Eustatius Strickland, and grandson of Sir George Strickland, of Boynton, Yorkshire. Mr. Strickland ar rived at East Retford on Wednesday morning from Hull, having attended the recent meeting there of the British Association, of which he was a member, and which closed its sittings on Monday night. Mr. Strickland was at tached to the geological section of the association, and, in pursuance of his practical investigations in that science, he proceeded on Wednesday afternoon to exa mine the strata of the deep cuttings on each side of the Clarbrough tunnel, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire line, about four miles distant from Retford. A little after 4 o'clock a boyat work in the fields observed him standing between the two lines of rails, near the mouth of the tunnel on the Gainsborough side, with a pocket-book in his hand, apparently engaged in making notes. At this time a coal train was approaching on the down line, to avoid which he stepped off the " six feet" on to the up-line, but, unhappily, he did so just at the moment the Great Northern passenger train was issuing from the tunnel, and the approach of which he does not seem to have perceived. The train dashed upon him, and the next instant he lay a shattered and shape less corpse. Information of the disaster was at once conveyed to the Paetford station, whence an engine and tender were dispatched for the unfortunate gentleman's remains. At first these could not be identified, but ultimately the body was recognised by Mr. J. S. Piercy as that of Mr. H. E. Strickland, whom Mr. Piercy had formerly known. His pocket-book contained a pencil sketch of the strata of the Clarbrough hills, and a me morandum as follows :—" Waterstone, at Clarhrough cutting, between Retford and Gainsborough ; also at Gainsborough ; also, between Gainsborough and Bly ton." The glass and face of his gold watch were broken, and the hands had stopped at 29 minutes past 4, which was no doubt the exact time when the acci dent took place. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. It was reported on Wednesday evening and yes terday in Paris, that the Emperor of hussia, while rejecting the modifications, has at the same time declared that if the Porte even now accept the Vienna note he will give orders to his troops to evacuate the Principalities. The Paris correspon dent of the Times remarking upon this, in a letter published in a second edition of that journal, this day, says—" If the Emperor has really said so, it is perhaps because he is convinced that the Sultan dare not accept the note on these conditions, and that compliance would very probably be followed by a demonstration on the part of the army and the population that would place his crown, if not his life, in danger. The war party has cer tainly the upper hand for the present, and what ever may be the Sultan's personal wishes, he is powerless before them." It was confidently stated yesterday that orders had been dispatched to the commanders of the cor vette the Serieuse and the brig the Mercure to proceed to the Levant to reinforce the squadron there. The greatest activity prevails at present through out the marine department, and through the un remitting exertions of M. Ducos, the present Minister of Marine, France will, when the orders already given are executed, possess a more formid able navy than at any other period of her history. She will have afloat before a year, according to present arrangements, 50 ships of the line and as many frigates, of which 15 are of the first class, and most of them fitted with screws. The Emperor received, on Wednesday, a letter from Duke George of Saxe-Altenburg, notifying the marriage of Prince Ernest of Saxe-Altenburg with the Princes Agnes of Anhault-Dessau-Cothen ; also a letter from Duke Ernest of Sax-Altenburg, announcing the decease of Duke George of Saxe- Altenburg, his father. In consequence of this death the Emperor has decided to wear mourning for two days. Prince Jerome has taken up his residence at Meudon. Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan, cousin of the King of Sardinia, has arrived in Paris. It appears that the approaching journey of the Emperor and Empress will not be a private one, like that of Dieppe. In all the towns which their Majesties will visit, the most extensive prepara tions are making to do honour to the illustrious visitors. The Moniteur promulgates the convention en tered into on the 23d February, 1853, between France and the United States, to regulate the rights, privileges, and immunities of consular agents in the two countries. An imperial decree in the Moniteur orders that for the present, until a different decision shall have been come to, the import duties on cattle and fresh and salt meat shall be fixed as follows per head Oxen and bulls, 3f. ; cows and heifers, If. ; calves, sheep, pigs, and goats, 25c. ; lambs, kids, and sucking-pigs, 10c.—Meat (per 100 kilogrammes) fresh, 50c. ; salt, 10f. The return of Admiral Romain Desfosses to France is the result of the change in the command of the French squadron stationed in the Archipe lago, which was announced some weeks since. M. Desfosses, who has been promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, has been replaced by M. le Barbier de Tinan, and will return in the steamer which carries out his successor. The Municipal Council of the Seine decreed in its sittings of Wednesday that the measure which fixes the price of bread for Paris at 40c. per kilogramme shall likewise apply to the communes of the department of the Seine. The Prefect is authorized to make to the bakers of Paris and of the communes around it the advances necessary to cover the difference between the cost price and the price of 40 centimes per kilogramme. This arrangement is to hold good from the Ist of September. When the Prefect of Police ordered that the price of bread should be continued as for the last fortnight in August, although, according to the price of flour in the Paris market, there should be an increase in the assize, the bakers were informed that they would be indemnified for the loss that they would sustain by this order. It was supposed at the time that this indemnity would be made as was done on a similar intervention many years ago by keeping up the assize when the price of flour would permit a reduction until the loss of the bakers, by selling under cost, should be covered. The Debats men tions a report in the corn market that this course will not be adopted, and that the government has made known its intention of paying the bakers in a direct way the difference between the price of flour and the price of bread as fixed by the order of the Perfect. The Constitutionnel states that at the sitting of the Municipal Council yesterday a credit was voted to supply the funds necessary for delivering bread tickets at a reduced price to the poorer classes. A meeting of the principal sugar manufacturers of the department du Nord is to take place shortly at Lille, for the purpose of drawing up an address to the Emperor praying for the removal, or at least, the reduction of the duties on the manufacture of home sugar. A Geneva journal states that MM. Perrier and Delley, who had been condemned to banishment in consequence of the outbreak at Friburgh, but who had been detained in prison in order to give evi dence in the affairs at Bulle, have since been con ducted to the French frontier under escort of the gendarmerie. The Bourse was firm yesterday. A report pre vailed, which was credited by the speculators, to the effect that the Emperor of Russia, whilst re fusing to accept the modifications of the Porte, added that, if the Sultan would accept the Vienna, Note purely and simply, he would forthwith eva cuate the Principalities. This fact, if true, would leave the question still in the hands of the Confe• rence at Vienna. The Three per Cents.opeued at 77f., fell to 76f. 75c., rose again to 77f. 15 c., and closed at 77f. for the end of the month. The Four and-a-Half per Cents, closed at 101 f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,222 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,050 f. ; Havre, 505 f. ; Great Northern, 867 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 915 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 920 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 762 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 730 f. ; Bordeaux aud Cette, 612 f. 50c ; Great Central, 525 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 780 f. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following is the latest telegraphic dis patch : " TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. U. " The Lloyd steamer has just arrived, with news from Constantinople to the sth Sept. " No change has taken place in the position of affairs. " The armaments are actively continued. " A portion of the Eyptian troops have left for Varna. Great mortality had prevailed among them. " Admiral Desfosses has returned to France. " Sickness prevailed among the seamen of the two fleets. " The English admiral has concluded contracts for supplies of coal. " Some brawls had taken place between French sailors and the Turks. The fanaticism of the latter was increasing." From Kalisch, Sept. 7, we learn, Poland is per fectly tranquil. Large bodies of troops are being concentrated on the Moldavian frontier. This fact is not considered alarming, since Turkey continues her armaments, and since the Ottoman army on the Danube is superior, in point of numbers, to the Russian army in the Principalities. The German Journal of Frankfort has the fol lowing from Smyrna, 31st ult. :—" Almost all the troops coming from Asia, from 60,000 to 80,000 in number, have passed through this city ; they are filled with the most warlike enthusiasm. As to the inhabitants, they are at this moment animated with such a spirit that the Sultan would lose his life and his throne if he were to accept humiliating conditions. The fleets in Besika Bay are constantly receiving reinforcements, and at the same time accounts from the Danubian Principalities state that the Russians are making preparations for win tering ther e . Ismael Paela, our governor, is using every p oss ibl e e ff or t t o re - es t a bli s h public tranquillity, w hi c h h as un f or t una t e ly been l a tely than much disturbed. It i s re p or t e d that m ore 1,500 m u sk e t s h ave b een f oun d c oncealed or in the Greek hospital." i hte 3, 7l A letter from St. Petersburg, dated Steinpot.s6t,ht Sat St. ina yesterday's Hamburger Nachrie ir n z l a e n Mahomed the Persian Ambassador, d Khan, who so lately arrived a has recently had valuable i orders has on him by the Emperor in an presented autograph letter, has been recalled, andletn s 4h letters nst recall at pe t e t r o h o the . Emperor on Sund a y , th The pers?nale of the Embassy have p aid their entirefareell visits to the members of the Imperial family. The cau s e of this recall is not mentioned, nor is anything said of a successor. SPAIN. The Heraldo of Madrid of the 10th states that the Queen has expressed a desire that the daily pay of the :2oldiers shall be increased, in order that they may be more comfortable, and have something to take home with them on retiring from the service. This measure it says, is to be carried into effect, and all the grades of the army are to receive a pro portional increase. The Herald() adds, howeve, that the augmentation will not add to the budge,_ . as it will be made up by savings in different d e ' partmeuts. The same journal announces tn ., death of Baron Picolet d'Hermillon, the Sardinitui minister at Madrid, from inflammation in the 111. tes tines. The Three per Cents. were done at 44 i ' ,the New Three per Cents., at 231 ; the Debt at of the First Class, at 10i ; and that of the Second, 51. GERMANY. The law lately voted at Frankfort, gran -in ... s e w immunities to the Jews and the inhabitants e' h rural communes, has just been promulgate d 4 the Senate. A protest having been lately sent to the Mini ster . ..„, of Commerce of Prussia against some mealn adopted by the police against the non-authorr7f brokers, the Minister has signified his apPr°"',„ B the said measures and has announced that sti. new regulations will shortly appear on the subr red Several of the German Governments have ope t 7 a . 0 negotiations with the Cabinet of Berlin t o °b permission for young men intended for office, the army to enter the military schools of Pron A convention to that effect has already been enter'''. into with the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg. ~e The Swiss post-office has been authorise d by the Federal Council to conclude a convention from Prussia for the transmission of letters to an d Geneva by France and Belgium. PRUSSIA the In addition to those specially invited bY ar e King to witness the milita r y manoeuvres, there the about 60 foreign officers alto g ether at Berl inv ,; an ce English are the most n umerous , being 11 ; L it• sends three • Hanover sends five officer s '- tendance on Lieutenant-General Von Decksn' HOLLAND. t ionea It is said that the Ki ng h as a lready ssli c re lr the law recently voted by the States-Genera l ft tive to the surveillance of the religious ec' il e• nities by the State. If this be the case, it a r mulgation will take place without delay. CREMORNE GARDENS. The subjects of amusement exhibited at this p0P, 4 1 place of metropolitan recreation and resort, ye s el afternoon and evening, were more than ordinal* or and interesting. Music, the ballet, pyrotechnic s, ego. trian performances, clairvoyance, ethnology, an d li l e tiors were all summoned t o th e a id o f th e spirited prop r A to in his endeavours to provide an exhibition calculav—tbe excite and amuse his numero us p a t r ons. The we t s h for in the evening was unfo r tu na t e ly unpropitious W._ the pyrotechnic display and for the promenade W ", grounds, which were illumi na t e d w ith s ingular br ',., o 0 6 and taste ; but the nume rous com p an y were in o f disappointed, the recreations within doors b ,eingool ch racter amply to comp ensa t e th em f or any dinow op tti they may have suffered in their enjoyment in th e • air during a sullen mood of our capricious climate' gr. In addition to the usual incentives to gai,.e t i n 'ity of Simpson presented his patrons with an opperi u ' ot ou inspecting the four greatest phenomena of the 01 0 which have severally attracted multitudes of the in the metropolis -the Aztecs, the Earthmen, tu e d Kafirs, and the Suffolk prodigies. These object s erect, terest, of whom the first and last mentioned werelTsee, into the grounds in a " gran d e th no l og i c al eavt A 0 04, to the vast delectation of the beholders, were 1 31 7, •so° on the stage at differe n t periods of the even some apposite observati ons concern i ng them at l u be sti to the crowded audience by Mr. Buckingham ivern os with great interest and atten lion. The perforraL brit• the circus went off with exceeding spirit ; and the R P Rant achievements of the incomparable Italian '",nir and of the very clever Ethair family received the / I est applaus. In the fo -e ite ballet of the Barbell Cadiztgeh; ..te favourite ballet of the ;arber of . cellent dancing of M. Milano and the Mdlles. v" - : t eg elicited the admiration which these excellent al; of never fail to command. The fete was altogetkeT.„os the most successful developments of Mr. 13 _,Iu'r e or managerial energy and skill, an d one of the mo d tbo prehensive caterings to th e p u bli c entertaingleu has been anywhere presented in a single evening. MISS ROMER'S BENEFIT. To-morrow evening this popular artiste has Oe lectetl ialtr for her annual benefit, at the Surrey Theatre. i: ag eori, sion to this the following passage has been int r o by the "Little Saint" in his rollicking lays—` and Lunatic :" " I cannot accept your kind invite For Saturday, Gem of the Gore' I go to the Surrey, sweet creature, There's 'Love in. a Village,' asthore. ' " Miss Romer has fixed on that evening, To summon to boxes and pit Her friends ; but the public in thousands Will rush to her sole benefit." 0 ° It is to be hoped that " thousands" will fo110: 4 0 advice of the merry cr iti c o f th e season —th i r ty' cousin of the Great St. Leger. -- TRIAL TRIP OF A NEW STEAM-TI 4 tts t i T he launch or trial t r ip o f a steam - tug is not 0 , —:OP that the gene ra ' p u bli c t a k e muc h interest / 11 , a „ . tbe i f, of this descriptio n se ld om or ever administering n pi9 aquatic pleas ures , b u t it i s o th erw i se w ith the sh i p community, whose interests are very closely CO with this species of cra ft ; an d so it prove d Yes ' l3 O, when this one, of which we write, started frot ti , po t ., wall, from the many persons said to have e°,'", - A6 4.0r, posely to see her. She left that pier with the ow ) A sl; of the Ship Owners' Towing Company (her ovin e . A . o l.° their friends on board, at half-past twelve, sn d ,rose e l off Gravesend at t wo o ' c l oc k, accomp li s hi n g the "" o f 1: 21 miles, in an hou r an d a h a lf, b e i ng a t the rate.a miles an hour, and thi s t oo w ith th e eng i n es W Ol.l / l e 4 half-speed for a quarter of an hour of that tioto caution prudently ob serve d t o preven t their„g b e Del over-heated, which not u n f requen tly h a ppens In" on t he machinery. The ves se l was b u ilt a t Sp e ymoutb , tbo property of the Duke of Richmond, in ScoW to be t cognomen of whose predecessors has been givenh is 118: in compliment—•' Cock o' the North" (for stic o olin!, ; ' name). Her model was m a d e by M r . Duncan ' - '„ l o ,horr, of London and ber machinery, which is of power, with a four-foot stroke, making 32 ree d ater ix a minute, was manufactured in the Clyde' a' ti s i c idoL l ' wards adjusted by the company's engineer, gr . nv orw" Rotherhithe. She is a very h an d som e and Ps' s , tog" vessel, and the extraordinary rate at which ibt,, the boat she travelled yesterday, must convin;pari initiated in such matters that she is of n ° s pok e° 01,1 capacity, and her qualities as a sea-boat ar e i of in the highest terms by Captain Lef is ' o „sbil who brought her round from Glasgow. J aer fore and aft, are large and commodious', taming a great many sleeping berths, vi -gs n ' P el l : separate apartment for ladies, fitted so for tfieiPtc, assists, or crew of any vessel that she meets w ho cbs s i assists, in distress, while on her passage down t . lly t nel—a service which she has already providentitaot auspiciously rendered to a passenger steamer o t 0: aground in th e F r ith o f Clyde. A cold reP so - v , , tb tio served below, und er th e p res id enc y of Mr. 14 a s ot ri°,,, deputy-chairman of the company, at sal e " 00 0 toasts were pledged, not forgetting one of St i,ol the ' Cock o' the North,' " after which the coraP turned to town. FRAUDS ON TRADESMEN. -------v.--- - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ad " SlR,—Having read in yesterday's morning 000 11 1 tiser a letter, which emanated from Messrs. 33111c rion e ' and Burl, printers, Holborn, in which they ce'',,ibe the public against the clever trick of a swin dl u er 'let had endeavoured to obtain goods from their wol e g IP stationers in a manner characteristic of the r ° ,,,,vioel f ', A London, and of the 19th century. Now, sir , ' — wow" through the medium of your valuable colunnAie upon l l also put the unsuspecting part of our trades-pe°P ~ tOo their guard against parties of this class. One youth , o it l3 (about 24 years of age, the same party, n° doubt, d e l whom Messrs. Blackburn and Burl were to he l . s tre° business) called upon me at my office, St. J° 11 , 11 ; ,, - ; bill B i Smithfield, and ordered 500 double-crown Pnsi`Zirse,°,." saying he would send the paper for them je th e , c ",.,it I °_ . ; an hour, at the same time paying me ss. as a O .°P" v i c low his good faith. Liking the appearance and the na to i td• with which this young man conversed, I ga' ve hi whic h i vice with regard to the cheapest paper warehollelo otio he innocently wished to know (for his oval e l ' 8 1 ; j it gave him one of my own cards wherewith to Pr ler my stationer as a recommendation. Well, sir, in than half-an-hour after the above interviewneeti wheeled by a boy, stopped in front of my -- tlere *P Cheapside, and this self-same well-dressed genideniiP walked in, presented an order for 8/. worth °' ger , written upon the back of my card, received the P and then walked off with his booty a t lt° Hoping you will be so kind as to . insert this a i n 0 t or be the means of preventing frauds being practis'el° set, suspecting tradesmen, I remain, sir, bumble your vant, .g ' W . ',LIAM R. F---ii?. IL. St John's-street Smithfield, Sept. 14, 1 853 ' ____----- FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT A SOAP MANUFACT°}3I:I DEPTFORD.—This morning, between 8 and n'li frightful accident occurred to Jas. Welch, a paps 113 ..„j o at e of Sun-street, Deptford, which is likely to teri - 6 , 0 13t eWofheaen, vat Doefpbtofourid:sroeaepk,lees, fatally. The unfortunate man was in the emPl°,Ypg to o of r! l‘thieesserdsg. when, wisi'wl,ll;:e4 make a cut across to a pump, very imprudentlY ~ f o ot slipped, and he fell in head-foremost. An a larin whe ll instantly raised, and medical assistance sent for, ovio g the unfortunate sufferer was extricated, but on r .r vi a s his clothing the flesh pealed off in flakes. A litter t. made in one of the firm's carts and conveyed_Lo ia Thomas's Hosital where the medical staff w o f the when his woo prompt . attendance, but from the severe n i . ituf:e., st be injuries not the slightest hopes are entertained mu ch can live the day out. The unfortunate man via° respected, and was a steady and sober rnan_ 0 B y e ti. Guy's HOSPITAL. —At a general Court heldc.en is t be nesday, the 14th, at this hospital, the vac the s m surgical staff, consequent upon the death of n l a e t :ts — o rf Bransby Cooper, were filled up by the app.:) , _ 1 1 . .' 00r Mr. John Birkett, as surgeon, way, an assistant surgeon. and D/Ir. Thouvw _ ~ ~ A gen the ever Be: She Cm Pig