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the 10th, and Falmouth the 26th of March. The Intel ligence, from Sunderland to Madras, spoke the bark General Wiltshire, from Liverpool for Coquimbo, April 27, long. 18.40 W., lat. 4.4. N. April 19, signalised the bark Alice, from Glasgow, for Sunda Straits, lat. 6 N., long. 20 W. May 27, signalised the Bode, home• ward bound, lat. 37 S., long. 20 E. 14, brig Kadree, from Acheen June 12, and Nagore July 13. Departures.—July 11, the ship Disden, to the Mau ritius ; July 12, the Sardinian ship Gange, to Calcutta ; the French brig Louis Amedee, to Bandicherry and Bordeaux. CHINA SHIP NEWS. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong Kong.—July 7, the W. S. Lindsay, from London ; 8, General Miehiels (Dutch), from Hartle pool ; 12, Deutchland (Bremen), from Newport ; 12, Chrysolite, from Liverpool ; 19, Granite City, fiom London ; 19, Maestroorn, from Swansea ; 21, Aden, from Liverpool. At Shanghae.—June 27, the Ashmore, from Liver pool ; 29, John Bunyan, from London ; July 1, Monarch, from Liverpool ; 1, Lancastrian, from Lon don ; 2, Countess of Seafield, from London ; 8, Cambalu, from Liverpool ; 8, Cherokee, from London. DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN. From Hong Kong.—July 10, the Flying Childers, to Liverpool. . _ From Whampoa.—July 4, the Sea Queen, to Lon don ; 5. William Connal, to Liverpool ; 13, Challenge (American), to London ; 15, Stornoway, to London ; 15, St. Abbs, to London ; 16, Patna, to Liverpool. From Woosang.—July 5, the Eliza Moore, to London. VESSELS UNDER DISPATCH FOR GREAT BRITAIN. At Whampoa.—The Hannibal, Monarch, Coromandel, John Bright, Alipore, and Cairngorm, for London ; John o'Gaunt and Chrysolite, for Liverpool. At Shanghae.—The Challenger and Nightingale, for London. LOSS OF THE HONOURABLE COMPANY'S STEAM FRIGATE MOZUFFER. We regret to announce the total loss of the Hon. Company's steam-frigate Mozuffer, one of the finest vessels belonging to the Indian navy. She had ou board a portion of the Arracan Light Bat talion, which she was to convey from Akyab to Rangoon, and which has had a very providential escape. The following are the particulars of the loss, by a correspondent who was on board at the time of the wreck. His letter is dated Rangoon, the 22d July " After leaving the Sandheads we crossed the bay all right, and ev er ythi ng was go i ng on pretty 11 exception of th e wea th er , which was thick and down from e , with the foul. We first touched a t Khy o uk Phyoo, n there the pilot, who was well and d ua t inted with the Arracan coast, in the navigation of which the cap tain and officers of the ship were inexperienced. We had remained nearly two days at Khyouk Phyoo, where we were joined by the Zenobia, and the two ships embarked tie Arracan Battalion for Rangoon. On leaving the port and getting to sea, we soon left our consort hull down, and held on down the Arracan Coast at a rapid pace. The first night it blew half a gale, and we must have been going at a very high rate of speed, but I believe that the ship was only allowed nine knots an hour in the dead reckoning and the log. The next day and night were so foul and overcast that no observation could be taken, and the consequence was that on the third day the captain was necessarily igno rant of the ship's position, and no one else on board was better informed. On the fourth day land was seen, but as it presented no known peculiarity, and everything was murky and indistinct, we kept off and on, endea vouring to make out where we were, until at length approaching too close, the ship took the ground. At low water we were high and dry on a fine firm sand bank, the people from the vessel walking about and tak ing a full and leisurely view of the poor Mozuffer, from her keel up to her hammock-nettings. But her fatal hour had not yet arrived, for that night at high water she floated, we hacked off the bank and anchored in safe water. Next morning we got up our anchor and set off again on a voyage of discovery, and had not made much run when the leadsman sang out 41 fathoms from the chains. At this mo men t th captain was busily intent in catching with his glass the Palmyra trees at the mouth of the Rangoon river, and did not hear the cry of the leadsman, who presently gave 31 fathoms, and almost immediately after 21 fathoms—and we were aground. There was a kind of Veluti-voiced boy to pass on the soundings from , the leadsman to the place where the captain was, and I suppose that the squealing of this fellow could not have been heard, or we should never have been allowed to shoal in this rapid and fatal manner. In all probability this fine ship would have been saved had a broad-chested, full-voiced fellow been the medium of communication. The Palmyra trees were made out just at the moment we took the ground, and it was then obvious that we had overrun our esti mated course and the mouth of the river considerably, by the great speed at which she had been going after leaving Khyouk Phyoo on Monday, the 11th. This time Friday, the 15th, the ship had taken up a fatal position on the Sheeing quicksands, 11 miles to the eastward of the Rangoon river, with all the fore part of the vessel, from the engine-room forward to her bow, on the bank, but a considerable depth of water astern. At night she was nearly off, nay, I believe was actually afloat again ; but the backing of the engines was, as it would seem, stopped too soon, and the tide immediately drove her on the bank again never more to float. At the time she was actually backing off, there was such infernal noise and confusion on board that the captain could not hear the announcement that she was going astern and the water abaft deepening, and so her only chance of escape was lost. She now began to evince unequivocal symptoms of dissolution, for on Saturday morning one of her boilers was forced up and the steam pipes destroyed in consequence, and at the same time it was obvious that her bottom under the machinery was seriously injured, and as the engines began to evince strong symptoms of a desire to part company, and there were ten feet of water in the ship, the orlop deck where the passengers' baggage was stowed being by this time under water. This day, Saturday, we started off the ship's gig to Rangoon, some 45 miles or so distant, to give the authorities there intel ligence of what had happened, and of our position and condition, and fortunately the boat made that place the same night in safety. On Sunday morning we had the pleasure of hearing our guns answered, and before long the Pluto and Zenobia hove in sight, and it being high water, the former ran alongside of us, the Zenobia an choring at a sho r t d is t ance from the wreck. We were not long in shifting everything we could save and our precious seives on board the two steamers, and we reached this place (Rangoon) on Sunday night; fatigued, harassed, and dirty, as you may easily imagine. Had Saturday night been blowy, there is no knowing what might have occurred to us all ; but the weather favoured our escape. They were busy after we left in getting everything they could out of the Mozuffer, and for a short time entertained the idea of endeavouring to float her by means of empty casks, but the futility of such an attempt soon became obvious, for she began to settle in the quicksand on which she grounded, and is now aban doned and I believe invisible." Such is the account furnished of the loss of this fine ship. Space does not now permit of our making any remarks upon the catastrophe, and as the whole affair will necessarily come under the investigation of a marine court, we are not anxious to say anything about it at present. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 9. The city exhibits for the moment a peculiar dearth of news, either l political or commercial. The former is steam-frigate to the arrival of her Ma j_e.cstY,-..'s . a Firebrand from the coast r i l de oC ridellc along which, in consequence of the denomination's to offer insult to Christians of all the commande , r. i . t has been thought necessary by he dispatched. isniicehief that a steam frigate should will proceed to re' . takes pratique to-morrow, and sika the same evening. the British squadron at Be- The Austrian fnein7g. Bellona arrived from Sudo, on the 3d, and left yesterday. The Peninsular an n Company's steam- s hi p E i c x ?ntal Steam Navigation ii gland after a fine passage, a t da er average out exceede,C ilighte arrived f rom E I on the 2d instant. half a knot per hour. She has contract speed by arrival of the Precursor ( •steaan-:hel waiting the company), whose arrival at Suez has been the same known by horse express. The mails,' been made and cargo are expected early to-morrow, Euxine will be enabled to get away d' and the during the day. The inhabitants of this city and those of Cairo were at the latter end of las t month interested at the sight of a comet of some magnitude. His Highness the Pacha quitted Don El Bieyd a yesterday for the palace erecting for him at Mount Sinai. By the last French steam-ship, two Italian surgeons of eminence arrived for the purpose o performing an operation upon his Highness for fis tula. These professional gentlemen are, it is re ported, retained for the period of six months at a salary of 3,000 dollars each per month. The Government of his Highness has, at the re quest of the American Consul General, decided upon appointing an agent to visit the Grand Exhi bition of New York. The party selected for this office is Rouchdy Bey, who having received a very liberal education in the French capital, and posses sing European ideas, is looked upon as an excellent choice. The feast of the Courban Beirarn, in commemo ration of the sacrifice of the ram by Abraham, com mences on the 13th. A French engineer having, on the sth instant, invited a few f r i en d s t o di ne w ith hi m at Coulomb's Hotel, Cairo, was unfortunately sitting astride the balcony of his apartment, when he lost his balance, and was killed by the fall. Produce is still expected (spite of the present calm) to reach high er pr i ces, upon the arrival of next mail. The Exchange on London at three months' date i s 981 piasters pound. MALTA. MALTA, SEPT. 14 The overland ma il has brou g ht dates from Co.n- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1853. stantinople to the sth, from Smyrna to the 7th, and from Besika Bay to the 4th September. From Besika Bay we learn that, on the 29th of August, the French steamer Chaptal arrived from Toulon, bringing Rear-Admiral Barbier de Tinan to relieve Rear-Admiral Des Fosses, promoted, who left on the same afternoon, under the custom ary salutes from both fleets, in the Caton, for Smyrna, whence, after being joined by his family, residing thereat, he embarked on board the postal steamer the Hellespont, which passed Malta for Marseilles on the 12th September. The Jena, 90 guns, line-of-battle ship, from Toulon, joined the French fleet, in lieu of the Friedland, still under repair at Constantinople, on the Ist idem. Vice- Admiral Dundas availed of the departure, on the 29th of August, of the Caradoc, to coal at Chenah Kalessi, within the Dardanelles, to pay a visit to the Ottoman civil and military authorities thereat, returning on the same evening in the Britannia's launch. The Caradoc rejoined the flag on the afternoon of the Ist September, and on the follow ing day the Ardent steamer from Malta, for which port she left again with several invalids, Szc. Cap tain Richards, R.M., promoted, arrived on the Bth September, and left once more for Besika Bay on the 13th, with the dispatches and mails to hand on the same day by the Indus from Southampton and Valetta from Marseilles. Cases of intermit tent fever continued to manifest themselves in the crews of both fleets, but scarcely any prove fatal among the English, though the French are known to have lost several men, which the y bury during the night, as if unwilling that the fact or number should be 'known. A misunderstanding is said to have arisen be tween the C o mmander-in -Chief and Captain Lord George Paulett, commanding the Bellerophon, on the occa,sion of her being dispatched, by reason of the sickly s t a te . of her crew, to Tenedos, where upon his lordship hoisted a quarantine flag, lest the French might suppose he had been detached for some other cause. This led to a correspondence which, on the part of his lordship, carr i e d w ith i t something of the nature of a remonstrance against the orders received, and subsequently two surgeons, junior in the service to the one on bo ar d the-Belle rophon, having been sent to report upon the sickness existing among the crew, gave rise to a further com munication from his lordship, which, on a refusal on his part to withdraw, has necessitated a refer ence of the matter to the Lords of the Admiralty, who may very possibly order a formal investigation. The French admiral is making arrangements for wintering at Vourlah Bay, in the Gulf of Smyrna, but no positive determination seems to have been come to in this respect as regards the English fleet. Port Paradise in the north, or Port St. Antonio in the south of the Island of Lemnos, Port Olivier on the south side of Myt e li n , th e losco islands at the north of the Mytelin, at the entrance of the ' Gulf of Adramytti, and Salamis, are severally mentioned ; but, judging from the fact of the rear admiral superintendent having, besides the ship ments recently made by the Peninsular and Orien tal Company's steamers Rajah and Douro, char tered the Maltese barque San Paolo and the Eng lish brig Zephyr, to convey stores and provisions to Besika Bay, calling at Salamis, with faculty to discharge at the latter, it seems the most likely to be selected. The possibility of the British fleets entering the Dardanelles, and even going further, is not, how ever, abandoned ; for, as late as the 3d September, Black Sea charts were furnished and provided to each of the vessels. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The royal mail steamship Arabia, Commander Judkins, with advices from New York to the 7th inst., arrived in the Mersey to-night. In addition to the usual mails from the United States, &c., the Arabia brought 96 passengers, and 210,529 dollars in specie. The Arabia passed the royal mail ship Asia from hence on the morning of the Bth inst. The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, West, from hence, arrived at New York on the evening of the 3d inst. There is little or no intel ligence of importance by this arrival. The Washington correspondent of the New York Hei ald, of the 6th, states that the administration has accepted the resignation of the Hon. R. J. Walker, as commissioner to China, and that his successor will probably be appointed before the close of the week. It is also thought that the mis sion to France will be filled in a few days. Secre tary Davis having returned from the Blue Moun tains, the cabinet is again full, and we shall doubt less soon ascertain whether we are to be repre sented by a hard or a soft shell, or either, at the court of Napoleon 111. Deaths at New Orleans are over 100 daily. Still, though the pestilence appears to be on the decrease, most probably on account of the decreased number of unacclimated persons in the city, of whom there were only supposed, at last account, to be about 6,000 to 7,000: at Mobile the fever was increasing; deaths nearly thirty daily. Two slaves, who suddenly disappeared from Portsmouth , Va., were found secreted on board the British ship Samuel, which was overhauled in Hampton roads. A young marine, who had de serted from the United States ship Pennsylvania, was also arrested on board the Samuel. The fugi tives, together with Captain Morris, of the Samuel, who is believed to have taken no part in aiding the negroes to escape, were taken back to Ports mouth. The captain was committed for exami nation. I letter from Boston, dated the 3rd, says : The barque Cuba, Captain Howe, from Palermo, ar rived at this port yesterday afternoon, having on board, in irons, John Dudley, one of the crew of the ship France, Captain Teal, charged, with three others, with making a murderous attack upon Captain Teal, on the 26th July last, on board said ship. The France belongs to Philadelphia, and is now on her trip from Pernambuco, bound for New York, with three of her crew in irons, jointly charged with Dudley. During the melee Captain Teal was struck with an axe, and severely wounded. The second mate, James Knights, was shot with a pistol, the ball lodging in his shoulder, from whence it was subsequently extracted, and at last accounts Knights was doing well. Dudley has been com mitted to gaol for examination. On the 27th August, the United States ship De catur fell in with the British ship Cleopatra, 24 days from Liverpool, for Quebec, with four feet of water in her hold. A crew was put on board from the Decatur, and endeavours were made to take the Cleopatra into Sydney ; but on the 28th she was on her beam ends and on fire, and all on board were taken off by the Decatur, which arrived at Nova Scotia. The brig Maria Aldrich, of and from Bristol for Havannah, is reported ashore on the north-east end of Beaver Tail, near the lighthouse, and has bilged. Letters have been received at Boston stating that the captain and crew of the brig Rodolph were massacred by the natives of one of the King's Mill Group, in December, 1851, and the vessel de stroyed by fire. The Rodolph was owned by Capt. Alfred R. Fisher, now at San Francisco. rrHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. - JIL Les3ee, Mr. E. T. SMITII.—Last Twelve Nights of Mr. GU , 'T.A.VUS V. BROOKE. —First Representation of a New Play, in live acts, by G. H. Baker, Esq., entitled THE 13ETKOITIAL, in which Mr. G. V. Brooke, supported by Messrs. Davenport. Belton, Edgar, Evans, Mesdames Anderton, Featherstone, Belton, &c., will appear. To conclude with THE FOUNTAIN OF BEAUTY, in which Miss Featherstone will appear. Reduced prices as usual. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 19, 'Will be performed the Com ic Drama entitl ed TO PARENTS ford, and a C: id UA K I I eDIy A ; N :rs. Keeley,iCharac and Characters by Mes,rs. Alfred Wiga n , C u ll en . miss Mary Keeley, After which, will be presented SARDANAPALITS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT 1 NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. For the BENEFIT of Mrs. A. PHILLIPS. THIS EVENING, SErr. 19, Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SC 'NDAL. Characters by Messrs. Farren, F. Robson, W. Farren, Mrs. A. Phillips, Miss AnsteY, &c. To be followed by (never acted) MY HUSBAND'S WILL. With SHYLOCK; or, THE MERCHANT OF " VENICE PRE SERVED." ASTLEY'S ROYAL ..IMPHITIMATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The unanimous voice of the public Press has pronounced the New Classical Burlesque to have reached the acme of perfection. No spectacle produced at the amphitheatre has ever created so great a sensation. The Dresses and appointments have met with un qualified approbation, while the Classical Groupings and Grand Ballet are nightly received with demonstrations of delight from fashionab;e and crowded audiences. Mr. Cooke will (by desire) introduce his highly-trained Barb steed, whose matchless per formance is pronounced perfect. Miss Emily Cooke will continue her elegant Equestrian Act on a rapid limed, concluding with her wonderful Feat of Leaping through 16 Balloons. Continuation of the Battle of Waterloo. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 19, And daring the week, will be presented (the Bth time) the New Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FALL OF PILETON; or, THE FIERY COURAERS OF THE SUN, with its magnificent Tableaux, military evolutions, and grand ballet. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, in which that matchless wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear on her rapid Courser and Marvellous Flight throu,h 16 Balloons.' Concluding with (80th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. LIST WEEK OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 19, The Brilliant Routine of Entertainments on this occasion will include the Panorama of CHUSAN, splendid MENAGERIE. First Exhibition of the rare Baboon, "Hamadryas," Promenading capa risoned Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish in large Glass Tanks. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by Miss Poole, the popular English Vocalist. The whole concluding with THE " FEAST OF LANTERNS," brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE WAR JUNKS. Concert at Six. Fireworks at Nine. Admission, Is. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following laces at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. SOUTHAMPTON - N., gentle breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N., calm—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze—overcast. STROOD—N.W., calm—partially cloudy. SWINDON—N., light breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLTHEAD--S.W., gentle breeze—very fine. LANCASTER—W., calm—foggy. DARLINGTON—S., gentle breeze, overcast—foggy. SHAP—E., calm—principally clear. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—S., strong breeze—overcast. 3IuLDINGAR—S.E., strong breeze—rain. FOLKESTONE—N., gentle breeze—overcast. LANCASTER—W., calm—partially cloudy. SNAP—E., calm—overcast. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim. DAT —Morning 1 min. after 3 Evening 18 min.aft. 3 T i-Moanow —Morning 34 min. after 3 1 Evening 50 min.aft. 3 THE WEATHER.--Sus OFFICB, SEPT. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 67—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'28. WIND, W.S.W. - Fine clear weather. , -*wow, who have the hardihood to originate or ' to support such propositions. Let us just consider the present state and con dition of the affair. It is admitted on every side that Russia is the aggressor, and that without any adequate provocation. Even the organ of the Coalition acknowledges that " the policy of the Conference is unsatisfactory to the State ag grieved, and unduly deferential to the State in fault," that "there is no wrong on the side of Turkey," and that " there is all the wrong on the side of Russia," and that to decide that Russia should be requested to evacuate at her convenience a territory which she had nefariously invaded, and that Turkey should be recommended to con sider a cessation of the outrage as redress and compensation in full, is to arrange terms of very little equity between parties thus situated. But it still defends the course by adding,—" It may be so, but the result is due to the very nature of the problem before the world." There can be no doubt, then, as to the side which gave the provo cation. The SULTAN (on the advice of his faithful allies of France and England) rejected the humi liating propositions of the CZAR. The consequence was, the invasion and occupation of the Danubian Provinces, and the encouragement afforded to the local authorities to withhold their tribute. This, although an unequivocal declaration of war, was borne by the SULTAN with unparalleled mode ration. He contented himself with preparing to repel further aggression, and collecting his re sources for a final effort, if a war to the knife—a contest for existence—was forced upon him ; in the meantime trusting to the good offices of the other Powers for protection and redress. A pro position was then framed by the representatives of England, France, Austria, and Prussia, which gave the AUTOCRAT all, aye, and more than he had demanded in the first instance, through Prince MENSCHIKOFF. This was transmitted to St. Petersburgh, before even being submitted to any Turkish diplomatist. It was freely accepted by NICHOLAS, for it gave all he wanted. It was ac cepted, with some slight modifications, by the Divan—modifications which were considered as mere matters of form by the Conference, but con tumaciously rejected by NICHOLAS, because, for sooth, they had emanated from Turkey, to whom he would allow no latitude whatever. But, if this was the case, they were adopted by the Conference, and thus practically became the proposition not of Turkey, but of, the collective body, and that before the proposition was submitted to the CZAR. The excuse, therefore, even setting aside its audacious insolence, is utterly untenable. The parties to the Conference are insulted as well as Turkey, and yet we are to truckle to the strong bully, and assist in forcing the bitter pill down the throat of the injured party because he is weak and cannot help himself. Is this English conduct or manly behaviour ? Is it befitting our ancient reputa tion, or calculated to maintain our prestige or in fluence in the Council of Nations ? We await the answer patiently. When we consider the unanimous reprobation that awaited two English labourers, for driving away a poor suffering woman, whose husband was assaulting her with brutal ferocity, lest the assailant might turn upon them—when we peruse the indignant philippic pronounced by the Times against " the gallant Englishman who skulked away for fear of per sonal consequences"—we ask ourselves, with as tonishment, can it be the same journal that is recommending to the nation a course similar to that which it thought so disgraceful to humble indi viduals, and for which it invokes the indignation of all persons on their devoted heads? How easily it perceives the mote in THOMAS TAYLOR'S eye, while serenely unconscious of the beam with which its own vision is obstructed. At all events, it cannot lead public opinion in this respect, or de grade England as a nation, to a participation in such infamous and cowardly truckling to the bullying of the Northern Despot. Colonel JEBB'S Report to Lord PALMERSTON 011 the Discipline and Management of Convict Pri sons, &c., which we have given at length in The Sun (Aug. 29, Sept. 5,7, and 9th), contains a multitude of facts of the greatest value to all who take an interest in the great subject of crime, its prevention, and punishment. In the opinion of some politicians, the sole province of Govern ment is negative, for the protection of life, liberty, and property to which they would restrict it, is simply to be able to say with effect to the violent and the fraudulent, " Thou shalt not." Such po liticians ought to give their chief attention to per fecting our system of criminal legislation and ad ministration. Prisons, compulsory labour, and disposing of those who have completed their term of punishment, these things being in their view the ultima ratio of Government, ought to engross their chief attention. But all considerate persons, whatever their abstract theory of Government, will feel that these painful subjects are amongst the most important of which it should be master. Happily, the question of disposing of the best of our criminals has been made only to the smallest possible extent, a party question. The Leaders on all sides have felt that the penal sufferings of their unfortunate fellow citizens were not the field for political warfare. There have been, indeed, no lack of kind-hearted and well-meaning theorists on the subject of se condary punishments, and they have been zealous enough in defence of their crotchets or their really excellent plans, but the names of our great political parties have not yet been heard in the discussion. We trust they never will, and that the spirit of Sir BALDWIN WALKER will preside over every appointment in a "service" inferior in importance to none. We have already noticed Colonel JEBB'S Report generally, in the terms of consideration it so well deserves ; there are, however, one or two points to which we shall advert specifically. We think it goes very far to justify the expectation of Lord PALMERSTON, that the cessation of transportation will not, in all probability, be felt painfully in this country. Our reason for thinking so is, the little addition, if any, which will be made to the number of convicted criminals, whose liberty, after undergoing punishment, is dangerous to the community. it may even appear that, if our whole system be harmoniously and judiciously modified, we shall gain rather than lose in the evils to be ap prehended from criminals who have finished their terms of imprisonment. The small proportion which will be added to the class just mentioned, by re taining our convicts at home, is one consideration. Only about one in fourteen on an average of those brought to trial have been actually transported, about 2,000 out of 27,960 in 1851. And it does not seem likely that when the entire 2,000 are retained at home (at present a part of them are to go to West Australia), the addition of one fourteenth to the amount of that part of our population which has been convicted of crime can be perceptibly felt. It may be thought that those who are sentenced to transportation must be of a class far less likely to be reclaimed and to amalgamate usefully again with society than those sentenced to briefer punishments at home. We must agree with Lord PALMERSTON, perhaps as advised by Col. JEBB, that the inference is by no means correct. T t l h io e ug l h ega te remark l h prefessi en,waswe upwardsat the sentences to sev en have been passed y n think e ° a t s e t r l a i l n s s pl p . ee o re r fe t a ei cv t te i l dy o nt the uy n e d t upon criminals, whose offences vary in almost every degree, in those circumst ances at least whic h affect the hope and probability o f their reforma tion. Many years ago, a gentleman, well known for his actual success in recl aimin g convicts of whom he had the charge awing their voy a g e to Now South fissured us that the key to his success Wi,z; a frail belief that the "men' under his charge (lie would allow no one on board to call them convicts) were no worse than those they had left on the land. The practical result of his creed was, that the majority of those under his care were on their arrival in New South Wales, not only worthy of any liberty which the convict regulations per mitted, but their conduct and deportment actually drew tears of pleasure from the eyes of the Go vernor. This, however, brings us to the next reason for apprehending no injury to England from doing justice to Australia. Colonel JEBB pro poses for all a reformatory system which has been proved to be successful in the vast majority of cases in which it has been tried. The separate system, judiciously carried out during the first year of long sentences, combined with associated labour, under strict regulations, during the latter part of it, has not disappointed his hopes. At Portland, the results of employing the convicts on the formation of the breakwater, an invaluable national work, must be considered, the Colonel says, to be " highly satisfactory ;" not merely in the lower pecuniary sense of the convicts almost paying their own cost to the country, but in the far higher one of their decided moral improve ment. The Chaplain speaks on this subject in the most decided terms, and the small amount of the punishment inflicted in Portland Prison, and the willingness and cheerfulness with which the men work, though under the strictest discipline, cor roborate his testimony. Their industry is such that the five-sixths actually employed do work of a value nearly equal to the cost of the establish ment. The tone of feeling amongst the men is such, that while some persons feared lest a body of 6,000 men at such a place might prove dan gerous in case of an invasion, Col. JEBB, after ad ditional experience, re-asserts an opinion he had formerly expressed, that of " the 6,000 who, were there under sentence, 4,000 could be produced who might be relied on to go wherever they were ordered, and to be as serviceable in the field as others who had had an equal time for drill and exercise." Indeed, Colo nel JEBB proposes, amongst other modes of em ployment, that when the men become eligible for a ticket of leave, such of them as were of suitable trades and occupations should be formed into a kind of military corps like the Sappers and Miners, and thinks they would be invaluable in such an auxiliary character in those colonies where labour is dear. It is at least abundantly evident that the Pen tonvil:e discipline of separate confinement, followed by the Portland one of associated labour, has produced, as the result of the three or four years' discipline, a class of men very much more safe to restore again to society than the vastly greater numbers annually poured forth upon it from our own prisons. It remains to provide the best means for enabling the discharged and reformed criminal to find again self-supporting occupation. The fact of reformation becoming the rule, and the con trary the exception, the care which Governors and Chaplains will exercise in not giving good characters unless they feel safe in doing so, the openings which Government itself can make for the labour of " good-conduct" men who on their discharge cannot promptly obtain employment, the assistance which friends will render when hopeful that it will not be in vain, the facilities afforded by emigration to escape from painful associations, the endeavours of generous indivi duals like Mr. WRIGHT, of Manchester, and of Refuge Societies—endeavours which Government most judiciously encourage—are all in the view of Colonel JEBB, and surely, with good reason, so many grounds to hope that the great majority of those who have gone through the course of dis cipline will be no burden to the community. We shall return to the Report. MOVEMENTS OF MINISTERS.—The Earl of Aberdeen and the Earl of Clarendon are the only members of the Cabinet at present in London. The two earls were closeted together several hours during the past week. The Premier was engaged until a late hour on Saturday evening at the Treasury. His Excellency the Russian Minister had a long interview with the Earl of Aberdeen on Friday last. THE LONDON STREET BLOCICADE.—On Saturday the whole of the roadway in Fleet-street, from Fetter-lane to Farringdon-street, was closed ; all vehicles eoming westward to the City were compelled to proceed by Chancery-lane and Holborn, returning by Fetter-lane. On the same morning a number of workmen were em ployed in taking up the pavement on the south side of Strand, near St. Clement's, preparatory to repair, and all traffic on that side Ii ith@ roadway, was stopped for vehicles. • COMMAND OF THE RovAL ARTILLEXY AT GIBRALTAR. —Colonel H. W. Gorda, formerly in command of the Royal Artillery at Corfu and the lonian Islands, where he superintended the inounting of upwards of 700 large pieces of ordnance, and was subsequently superintendent of the carriage department of the Royal Arsenal, was recently appointed to the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar, in the room of Colonel C. C. Danseg, C. 8., deceased, and will embark at Southampton on the 6th of next month for a passage to that important station. 1 THE WELLESLEY ESTATES.—The whale of the estates of the Earl of Morninzton, which are situate in six of the Irish midland counties, are advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The sale has been ordered on the petition of Lord Wellesley, son to the present holder of the title. The encumbrances on this estate are of an enormous character. The Dangan estate has long since passed out of the family. STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON FOR THE EAST INDIA-HOUSE.—The East India directors have just commissioned Mr. Noble, of Burton-street, to exe cute a statue of the late Duke of Wellington in the finest marble. The figure of the hero will be repre sented, we understand, in a military costume, and to represent him about the period of the battle of Waterloo. The statue will be rather above six feet in height, and placed o❑ an appropriate pedestal. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICA FOR LIVERPOOL.—The British and North Americans Royal Mail steam-ship America, Leitch, commander, sailed on Saturday for Boston at 11.30 with a full cargo, the usual mails, and 150 passengers, among whom was Mr. W. Chambers, of Edinburgh, who is about to make a tour in the United States. MEMOIRS OF HAYNAU.—A publisher at Gratz, in Syria, has given to the world a biography of the late Marshal Haynau, that "immortal hero," as he is called in the advertisement. The author is said to be a general of high reputation in the Austrian service, and the pub lisher affirms that the popularity of the work made a new edition necessary on the second day of sale. POOR RELIEF AND HOUSES.—A return was published on Saturday of the amount of property assessed to the relief of the poor within the Metropolitan Police, with the number of houses. The rateable value of property assessed to the poor-rate in the year ended Lady-day last was 10,663,0331. within the Metropolitan Police. The amount of rental on which the police rate was assessed in 1852 was 10,546,8741. The population in 1851 was 2,541,410 ; the number of houses in 1851 was 372,942; and the number of houses assessed to the relief of the poor in 1839 was 268,295. DEATH OF SIR H. ONSLOW, BART. —We have to record the demise of this member of the baronetcy, who died a few days since at an advanced age. He was son of the first holder of the title, and was directly descended from Speaker Onslow, who was raised to the peerage. The deceased was for several years connected with the Royal Artillery. CHILD MURDER.— On Saturday morning, a young woman, named Eliza Moon Davies, aged 22 years, was seen to enter the Victoria-park, Bonner's-fields, Bethnal green, and while she was proceeding along the gravel walk, by the ornamental water, she was suddenly seized with illness, and fell to the ground. Several persons ran to her assistance, and carried her to one of the seats close by, where she seemed to be suffering extreme pain. She was conveyed to the workhouse of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, where she asked permission to go into the yard, which was acceded to. After she had remained a considerable time, one of the nurses went to the closet, and found her in a state of great exhaustion. Immediate suspicion was aroused that she had given birth to a ehild. She was accordingly removed to the infirmary, where she was seen by Mr. Smart, a surgeon, who or dered her to be placed in bed, as she had been confined. Search was subsequently made by the workhouse ser vants, and in the soil of the closet they discovered the body of a newly-born male child, quite warm ; but there were several cuts or scratches upon the face and neck, and bruises on the head. Mr. Smart was of opinion that the child was horn alive, and flied either from stran gulation or from suffocation, by falling into the soil. An inquest will be held on the body tomorrow. DONCASTER RACES.—ACOIDENT TO THE EXPRESS TRAIN.—An accident happened on Friday to the express train which leaves Doncaster for London at 4.30 p.m., about half a mile from the Doncaster Station. The fore wheels of the engine got off the line at a point where there is a sharp curve, and five of the foremost carriages were dragged entirely off the rails. Fortunately the train was stopped quickly, and with no further injury to the passengers than a shaking more or less severe. The train contained a great many gentlemen returning from Doncaster Races. Amongst themwas Sir R. Peel, Bart., who occupied a seat in the carriage next to those that were thrown off the rails. The terrified passengers rushed out of the carriages as quickly as possible on one side of the train, the doors on the other side being locked. A train of empty carriages was brought from Doncaster, by which the passengers, after a delay of about . half an ho ur, were forwarded, and arrived on the !neap line of . the Midl an d C ompany at Masborougli just in time to job l the express up-train. THE LATE ACCIDENT TN TUE STR,.'!. ADJOURNED INQUEST (THIS DAY) This morning, Mr. Langham, deputy coroner for Westminster, resumed at St. Clement Danes Vestry room the inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of Robert Thompson, Sarah Thompson, George Dunn, and George Rowe, who, it will be remembered, were killed by the falling of a house (No. 184), in the Strand, on Thursday, the Bth ins t. _ _ Mr. Bodkin appeared for the Messrs. Lucas, builderF, Mr. Few for the Duke of Norfolk, Mr. Aldrige and Mr Ballantine for Mr. Abrahams, the surveyor, and Mr. Hawkins for the relatives of the deceased. The Coroner said, that he bad received the report of the three surveyors appointed by him to examine tht ruins, but he thought it advisable not to have it read until the evidence bearing most immediately upon the deaths of the unfortunate persons was adduced. The Jury then, at the request of the Coroner, pr,- ceeded to view the ground, which had been cleared away since the former day's proceedings, to enable the sui - veyors to pursue their investigation. Mr. Stevens, the surveyor, deposed that, pursuant t, the Coroner's instructions, he had examined the pr, - mises. He had eight feet cleared away, and he found that the flooring had fallen about a foot and a half. The witness then went into a scientific explanation (4 his drawing of the premises. The workmen had gone below the original footing in excavations one foot six inches. John Fordham Stanford, 9, Arundel-street, Strand, architect and surveyor—Saw the premises on the Tues day before the occurrence. He considered that the workmen had sunk the earthwork too low, and en dangered the party-wall, and he called on Mr. Phillips, Mr. Abrahams' clerk, and informed him of it. He no ticed on the Tuesday that the wall was out from 9 to 18 inches. The wall was supported by several shores, but he considered that no shoring could render that wall safe. Had the flooring been shored up it would not have been safe, as the joists of the wall ran into the rooms, and with the excavations then going on the wall must have brought down the floors. By the Jury:-Had the wall been underpined before the commencement of the excavations, it might have rendered it safe. By Mr. Ballantine—On his oath be did not see any jack-shores. He recommended that the excavations should be done by piecemeal. William Shripnell—A jack-shore is a short shore un der the raking-shore. It takes the wall lower than the raking shore, and there were five feet of them, and al put up by himself. There were five double shores, Vire,- single, and five short or jack-shores. Mr. Rowe, ont of the deceased, acted as clerk of the works, and Mr. Phillips and Mr. Abrahams came frequently. By the Jury—Did not think there were three cart loads of earth in the slip from the angle of the wait. Does not exactly know how much earth w s removed, but did not think it could have been more than a cart load. On a former day he called it a small bit of earth, and that he meant to apply to about a cart load. Ther, were about 26 feet, or two top floors above the top of the shores, and that extent had no support. The Jury decided that Mr. Abrahams should not be present. The witness Shripnell, cross-examined by Mr. Hawk ins—He had sworn to the correctness of the plans, though he had not gone into the details of the drawing. He spoke to their correctness from a bird's-eye view. Mr. Tatetnan, dealer in building materials—His at tention was called to the buildings at two o'clock, the day before the accident. He was then laying a lead flat on a house, about fifteen feet from the building. Hr was so struck with the appear.tnce of the building at half-past two o'clock, that he went into the excavations. He saw the place where the made earth had given way. The workmen appeared to him to be cutting a part out of the wall, and upon looking more closely it appeared to him that they were digging below the foot ing of the shores somewhere about two feet. The shores were not high enough for the house, as they did not gc up more than half the elevation. There were no jack shores ; there were slanting shores, but no jack-sbores. He did nut communicate with Rowe, bec tuse he did not see him. Was positive that he saw no jack-shores. By Mr. Ballantine—How is it that you did not speak of your fears of danger before the accide it ? Witness—lt is a very delicate thing to interfere with other persons' work, and they would not thank him foi doing so, as he was not a builder. As the shores stood they were not long enough. The short shores were not jack-shores, because jack-shores must be upright, and the short ones were slanting. The inquiry was proceeding when we went to press. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 16. Yesterday afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princes Helena, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, drove to Braemar Castle, and hon oured the Braemar gathering with their presence. Her Majesty was received by the Laird of Invercauld, at the head of the Farquharson Highlanders, Mr. James Duff and the Duff Highlanders, and Sir Charles Forbes with the Forbes Highlanders, from Strathdon. In at tendance upon the royal party were the Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Earl Granville, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. In the evening her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorf, and Lady Augustus Bruce, joined the Royal dinner party. September 17. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and Count Alexander Mensdorff, drove yesterday to Corriemulzie Cottage, to see the encampment of the Forbes Highlanders. Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff received her Majesty and the Prince at the Cottage, and conducted them to the encampment, where Sir Charles Forbes had drawn up his men. Her Majesty walked down the line, and in spected the men's tents. The Hon. Mary Bulteel was in attendance upon her Majesty. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff, the Hon. Mrs. Gordon and Sir George and Lady Cowper. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Business at New York was brisk, the fall trade having fairly opened. The money market, though slightly im proved, still continued tight, and money, even on the best paper, is reported scarce. Stocks steady, and in fair demand. Breadstuffs—The market for breadstuffs was in a very excited state, consequent on the news per Atlantic and Europa, of great deficiency in the continental crops. Prices had advanced very greatly, and further advices were most anxiously looked for. The following are the quotations :—Western Canal flour, per barrel, $6 37/c. to $6 50e., and very firm ; Southern wheat, $1 36c. to $1 38c.• ' Indian corn, Northern red and yellow, per bushel, 76c. to 78c., and very firm ; ditto Southern S white, 76 c . t o 78 c.; corn mea l, J erse y y e ll ow , $3 75 c . to 3 87/e. per barrel. Cotton —The market was quiet, and business to only fair t n o' a moderate extent has been done ; prices, however, were iquite steady. The following are the quotations --Gulf I.:aid. fair to fair, 121 c. to 13c.; Uplands, mid. Freight s p revis l i r o , n l s lic. to 121 c. ~ , v- e . r e in fair demand, and prices were firm. the wners were demanding increased rates ----cd u 0 of freights, , per barrel, to bushel, to ditto,latestLiN quotation being as follows :—Flour, i e o rpool, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d.; grain, per Exchange on London w 3-13 d. to id, d. to 1 2d.; cotton, per lb., to ditto, 36 to 361 ; Bremen, Paris, 5.13:i to 5.174 ; Hamburg,as dull, at 1091 to 1091 ; 79 to 79}. T HE MAYNOOTH COMMISSION.Iot the stated th a t t h e oner ous a ppointment of secretary t inquiry into the state of Maynooth j c ommission for offered to Mr. Henry West, Q.C. It College ha s been certain whether the l e arned gentleman v - ot, h owever, will undertake the office. THE POTATO CROP IN IRELAND.—The last accounts of the condition of the p otato cro p , although not asat' ftetcry as could be desired, do not , up on th e whole, fur nish substantial grounds for the gloomy prediction s indulged in by the alarmists during the earlier part o f the week. From Kilkenny, Carlow, and perry the reports speak of the rapid progress of the distemper ; while from Sligo, where a few days since it was stated that the blight had committed fearful rava g es, it is now said that the statement was put forward as a "mere supposition, and not from any practical examination of the grounds for such a conclusion." Altogether, the belief continues to prevail that, awing to the great abun dance of the produce, some loss can be safely sustained, and still nearly an average crop preserved for consump tion. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1853. It has recently been the fashion in certain quarters to endeavour to cast at least a consider able portion of the responsibility of the present gloomy and lowering aspect of the political hori zon on the SULTAN and his advisers. Plausible arguments are adduced to show that the moment Turkey displays a bold and independent spirit, she is to be not merely deserted by those who have betrayed her into the trap set by the AUTO CRAT, but that the arms of the Western Powers are to be turned against their ancient ally, and that she is to be coerced into every concession demanded by the insolence or cupidity f: of the invader of her territories. This would, indeed, constitute a degree of infamy on the part of the Governments that participated in a transaction in every respect so nefarious, that we cannot yet be lieve in such incredible baseness on the part of any public man, or body of men. Our foreign policy has been unfortunately disgraceful to our country, and it is difficult to say whether the honour or the interests of the United Kingdom has been most seriously compromised under the vacillating and timid conduct of the excellent ABERDEEN and his colleagues of the Joint- Stock Administration. But there is "in the lowest depths, a deeper still," and al though it is scarcely possible that even the " Coalition" would dare to let England sink into that bottomless pit, and her name to become a bye word and reproach among nations, it is still right to be prepared for the worst when we find such significant hints, such palpable feelers, put for ward by the organ of the Ministry as appeared in the leading article of the Times on Saturday last. What can be the meaning or object of asserting that " the question of European peace rests mainly at this moment with the Government of the Sul, TAN," followed, too, by the statement, that " the obligations of the crisis are manifestly reciprocal ;" that " if Europe has its duties towards Turkey, Turkey has its duties towards Europe. If Europe owes protection to the Ottoman Empire, that Empire owes consideration to the peace of Europe!" For what purpose is it that intimations are given of the wrongs and injuries already inflicted on Turkey—that we are reminded that long since she has been stripped of considerable portions of her dominions which no longer owe allegiance to the SULTAN—that Algiers, Egypt, Greece, the Archipelago, and Bessarabia have been transferred to other rulers—and that in every instance of in tervention "the interposing States have enforced conclusions theoretically irreconcileable with the rights of an independent monarchy ?" Surely these insidious suggestions have not been put for ward without a deliberate design ; and if so, what can be their meaning but that we should partici pate in another act of grievous injustice, if not of spoliation—that we should join in an unhol y alliance with the Northern Despot for the p ur p ose of completing the humiliation, and destro y in g even the semblance of independence , on the p art of the PoßTE—that we should participate in forcing her to accept propositions more degrading to her honour, and pregnant with more perilous consequences to her future safety than those we long since counselled her to reject, and before she had incurred the enormous cost of preparing to repel further aggressions by her own unassisted force. We cannot suppose, as we have already stated, that a Ministry which numbers PALMER STON amon g it s l ea di ng mem b ers coul d assen t t o such a course ; but the notion has been ventilated, and it is in cumbent on every t rue -h ear t e d Briton to repudi a t e i t with which it merits --to sthhoe d w inisgzet clearest d res in t indignation a m ti o o s n t unequivocal manner what will b e i ts reception, I ' and what the retrib u ti on that will await those 1 FIRE AT BALMORAL. On Friday afternoon one of the cottages occupied by the masons engaged at the new palace at Balmoral was discovered to be on fire, and, being contiguous to the Royal residence, the utmost alarm for a time prevailed. In a short time a number of men were on the spot, the Royal family being not only present, but actively en gaged in efforts to extinguish the flames. "We are assured by a spectator," says the Aberdeen Herald, " that when a line of men was formed to convey water to the burning pile from the river, Prince Albert at once took a position, and continued working steadily throughout shoulder to shoulder with a sturdy Highland man. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred were al o actively engaged while her Majesty stood by the whole time and gave such directions as she thought would tend to assuage the fire, and deeply interested by the efforts of the men to save their clothes' chests in which many of them had considerable sums of money." The fire is supposed to have originated by a spark getting among some brushwood in one of the cottages were a woman was baking, and as they were all five composed of timber, the flames were speedily beyond the power of control. No damage has been done to the new buildings. Ma. PETO, M.P. --This enterprising gentleman, who is one of the representatives of his native city, Norwich, in Parliament, has taken a 14 years' lease of the old castle and grounds of Murthly, Perthshire, from Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart., at an annual rental of 8001. Mr. Peto will enter into occupancy of this de lightful residence in the course of next year. It is be lieved that, consequent upon his location in that county, there is every probability of a Baptist chapel being erected in Dunkeld, the member for Norwich being one of the wealthiest and most liberal laymen belonging to that body. THE LATE COL. HIITCHINSON.—A mural monument, in beautiful white marble, has just been executed in memory of this officer, and it is said will be erected in Trinity Church, Cheltenham. THE MAILS.- SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, Sept. 17. The Royal mail steam-ship Magdalena, Captain George Abbott, sailed this afternoon, with the usual British and foreign West India mails, and the mails for the Pacific, Central America, and California, in charge of Lieut. Brydges, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Magdalena takes out 120 passengers, among whom are Major Wynne, Lieutenant Dennison, Assistant Staff-surgeon Shiell, &c. ; also a large cargo, and specie value 84,0001. ster ling. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Tagus, Captain J. K. Joy, left at two p.m. to-day, with the mails for Vigo. Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 47 passengers, a cargo of general merchandise, and specie value 25,2051., for Lisbon. The Ripon, Captain R. Moresby, will leave on Tuesday, the 20th inst., for Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople, taking out the heavy portion of the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails. A NEW COMET.—On the night of the 11th of the present month Mr. C. Bruhns, of the Observatory at Berlin, discovered a pretty large nebulosity in the con stellation Lynx, near the stars /,7 and G of Ursa Major, which was ascertained to he a new comet by its motion. At 1 hour 12 minutes after midnight its right ascen ion was 126 deg. 59 min., and its declination 44 deg. 52 min. north ; the former was increasing at the daily rate of 1 deg. 27 min., and the latter was diminishing about half a degree. This object was easily seen with the " comet-seeker." THE LAST OF THE BETTING-OFFICES.—Within the last few days, owing to the Doncaster Races, the betting offices have revived. and probably next month, on ac count of Newmarket, they will show symptoms of vitality before their extinction. By the Ist of December they must cease to exist. In England and Ireland, such places must not be kept or used, urde, stringent penal ties or imprisonment. They are declared by the new act to be a common nuisance, and contrary to law. Scotland is exempted from the operation of the new law, and it is open to persons who have not been cured of the mania to resort thither. Imr .iL COZ-r.T. ~-~~ y (THIS DAY.) OLD COU RT. The September sessions of the Central Criminal Court, Bing the eleventh of the present mayoralty were opened t iis morning before the Ri g ht H on . the Lord Mayor the Recorder, Aldermen Farncomb, Sidney, Wire, and Carden, attended by the sheriffs of London and Middle sex and other civic functionaries. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 74 prisoners, being 21 from London, 3S from Middlesex, 1 from the Admiralty, 4 from Kent, and 10 from Surrey. file case from the Admiralty is that of Henry Bianchett, iescribed as a labolrer, who stands charged with steal' mg 580 ozs. weight of gold upon the high seas. The grand jury having been sworn and enipannelled,d The RECORDREt proceeded to charge them. He sal at this season of the year, when the husbandary We e. tions connected with the harvest afforded a gr eeter amount of employment to the industrious population tian usual, they generally found the calendar comPere. aveiy light, and he was happy to congratuh,t3 there upon this fact, that the present calendar was no weep' tion to that rule. On ti e ,:ontrary, he found, on bolting over the calendar, that the number and character of t he offences were of a light description as compared with former years, and the l a b ours o f th e gran d jury Wo uld therefore not occupy any lengthened period of time. There was one circumstance connected with this calew dar which he could refer to with particular satisfaction, and that was this. It w as genera ll y suppose d, that W hile the increased prosperity o f th e coun t ry h a d diminis he d crimes against property, it had increased those of violence and cruelty, but the records of this court went to 011e gt that such an impression was f oun d e d i n erro r, for wh ile ' e, it was undoubtedly true, that offences against proP e ,„ rtr had decr ea s e d, it was equa ll y c l ear, t h at so far Be thee metropolis at least wa s concerne d, cr i mes against te, person had diminish e d i n a correspon di ng d egr ee. 11° `i of the cases in the present calendar called for rove r but one single exception ; and that was the case of parson named Mobbs, who was chargz.d upon the rat° of the coroner's inquisition with the murder of his wife. There had been no preliminary investigatio n fore a police magistrate ; but, nevertheless, if the e V. dente at all bore out the statement in the deposition° taken before the coroner, the grand jury would hav e 11° difficulty in returning a true bill against the prisoner', Much attait:on had been lately called t o c ases wh ere ssaults had been committed by a husband an d : wife, both by the Legi s l a t ure an d th e P uhl. press, and an impression prevailed that sti uses were greatly on the incre a s e ; b u t on l oo king epe e ,he records of this court he did not find the sligh tes t . evidence of any increase of that d escr ipti on . On t" - contrary, there was reason to believe— an d this Was not his own opinion only, but the opi n i on o f a ll the ofte e '" , ~ f the court— that the great improvement which had contly taken place amongst the classes where thev outrages upon the wife w ere genera lly found, be tended materially to reduce this character of offen ce : de was rather disposed to attribute the increase 'lit' &lad taken place in the number of cases brought beie' l i the public, not to any actual increase in the crime it se ; but to the readiness which th e press a ff or ded le ; giving publicity to them, coupled with the facilitie which were now given to the injured parties for bring. tug the offenders to justice. On that account, there. fore, he did not think it would be necessary or wise let call upon the Legislat ure t o magn if y t h e punislinl eet which attached to these cases, Ls that would only crease the indisposition of the wife or her friends to pro' secute. It would be much safer and more pruden t - let the law remain as i t was , an d h e wa s eat':, tied that, combined with the po w e r w hi c h p u blic opin i ° - exercised over the minds of persons who we re predi r posed to resort to acts of violence against their Wi yell i ' t it would be found sufficient to meet all emergencies' was unnecessary for him to detain them with any tom' limas upon the nature of their duties, and therefore, with these observations, he would at once request the w -- to retire to their room, wh e r e th ere were cases 'veal be brought before them The grand jury then withdrew, and in a short tittle several true bills having been found, the trials wer e mediately proceeded with. 111ARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(TIIIS D A A DISHONEST SERVANT.—Mary Regan was brougb_..! before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a purse taming some silver and copper coin, the property of Wm. John Sanders, landlord of the Three Tubs, B e wick-street. Prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been 1 0 , 11 i: service as cook for about a f or t n i g ht, d ur i ng w hi c h time he had been constantly missing money f rom t h e OP; Not being able to det e ct th e thi e f, h e communicated with the police, and Serjeant Godfrey, a detective office r , of the C division, advised hi m t o mar k some silver and copper money, and place it in the till, which he did co Saturday night. On Sunday morning Godfrey called upon him, and in his presence he examined the contev ° of the till, when he missed ss. 6d. in silver and eleven' pence halfpenny in copper, all of which he had previously marked in the presence of the officer. Godfrey deposed that h e wen t on S un d ay morning to prosecutor's prosecutor's house, where h e saw th e p r i soner , and l a . the presence of the prosecutor asked her what she bas done with the money she had taken out of her maste r ,,, till. At first she denied d o i ng so , b u t a ft erwa rds °' admitted that she had taken eleven once halfpenny' which she had in her b ox u p s t airs. H e t h en w ent 14. stairs to her room, and in a wor k b ox h e f oun d the pa! ,, . produc e d, containing s s . 6d . i n s il ver and e l e venpa'":, halfpenny in copp e r, a d o f w hi c h prosecutor id en tifier belonging to him. Witness then took her into custewl . The prisoner was remanded for a week. DEATH OF THE EARL BROWNLOW.- This nobletoati died on Thursday last, at his seat Belton House, n ear Grantham, Lincolnshire, in th e 75th year o f his ag e ,' The noble lord was the father of th e l a t e L or d Ali bi "' whore heir has ju t tstablished his claim to the estate• left by the last Earl of Bridgewater. His lordship ' 11 : well known for his munificence in furthering the desied, and extending the influence o f th e Ch urc h o f Engist 4 in various parts of the country, and was always am ° l ' 6 "„ the first to assist any scheme whi c h me t w ith the sr; proval of the bishop of the diocese in which the gre ates o . portion of his large e s t a t es are situate ; and in Lo nd i many churches of recent e re cti on owe much to his 11? P , irticular mention may be made of the distrise, church of St. Bar n ab as , Pimlico, the foundation s i4/1 of which he laid. DEATH OF COL. COLQUHOUN, R.A.—Col. James Sii c het Colquhoun, of the Royal Artillery, and Inspect or the Carriage Depart men t a t th e R oya l Arsenal, W 0 wich, since April, 1852, di e d on S a t ur d ay t h e 17th at his quarters in the east wing of Woolwich-barr ac w of disease of the lu ngs . Th e d ecease d was o f ve ry a cti t a habits, and introduced many Yalu: , ble improvemen ts la w the department under his superintendence. lie ti lls spared no exertion in secur n g th e means o f ren' e— die the naval, garrison, and field guns as e ffi c ient as " r nature of the duty they were constructed for would P e ti t mit them to be made, and spent many an anxious bb with the workmen in inst ruc ti ng th em as to the beto manner in which they could ca rr y ou t his nuin e l A plans and suggestions ; the m en , k now i ng they ht competent judge of th e i r wor k w h en it w as finl a " d e ' e e entered cheerfully into his views, and the carriage O 0 partment is now i n a hi g h s t a t e o f or d er ; an d about a r hands being employed in it, is able, by the aid of rp or I chinery, to complet e or repa i r an incredible quo titY c li the stores required by the services which had previt l- i i i been supplid by contract. Colonel Colquhoun ser v r t ,oci Spain from 1812 to the close of the war. He was eniPi ° J., ; under Lord John Hay during the civil war in Q S A IT I 4I• and he served also at the Syrian campaign of I° ,,et, The deceased entered the service as second lieu te T June 1, 1808 ; was promoted to first lieutenant SeP ber 8, 1810 ; Captain, Nov. 6, 1827 ; brevet rasio r ' ra bor cember 2, 1836 ; brevet lieutenant-colonel, N °ve ot 10, 1840 ; regimental colonel, Nov. 9, 1846 ; an d br c colonel, Nov. 11, 1851. DEATH OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 130 5? We regret to announce that her Majesty's steamer en i zard, which arrived at Port Royal on Saturday ev e inte 11 ,4 4 ,10 last from Hendura , , brought the melancholy of the death of B. E. Woodhouse, Esq., her MaJ e asT r o g superintendent of that place. The Buzzard not ha her brought letters or papers, we are unable to give A , Sr particulars of the lamented gentleman's demise. pears, however, to have died after a very short ill"" Jamaica Paper. , c astP; FIRE IN 11.1ARK-LANE.—:Yesterd ty (Sunday ) cdr y at a few minutes before seven o'clock, a fire of a e of alarming character, broke mit in a spacious laug premises, num?iered 12, in Mark-lane, City. Viers, perty in question was tenanted by several merch"aolo offices, amonied the owners were Mr. Brodock, a real merchant ; Messrs. Crawley and Masters, merchants, &c. The fire was discovered by one of City police, whose attention was attracted to the P r e raises by a strong smell of burning wood. The :ne o e, belonging to her Majesty for the protection of th tom-house, two of the parr-h, that of the West of r: land Company, and six of the London Brigadeer;: speedily on the spot, and a plentiful supply of wat obtained, the fire for a considerable period defied the ertions of the brigade. The flames were not sub" o f until Mr. Brodock's premises, together with tho s e ao , Messrs. Crawley and Masters, vrdre damaged by fire in water. The counting-house of Mr. Lane, another. 4 chant, was also severely injured by fire and watetrrn _ , : a was impossible to learn whether the property des Y was insured, as no one slept on the premises. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF WHISKY. —The Cork tillers ha ve a d vance d t h e p r ice of whisky threepence' F2r gallon. ort P ine REPRESENTATION OF GALWAY. The rep n i . round t n a the va e c v a e r o ic i y t,i i k n i, to a colonial situation of Mr. Anthony O'Flah t he field.Aar. Redington, candidates for the seat :—Sir Thomas webs ,/ following persons are said to I.e already in Henry Grattan, Mr, A. Kirwan. g 'il l e ) la r c e e Pr b e ; e t n he ta a t p i i rt oinotfna rrh -tehve : John Reynolds, and DI 4•••• ••••••••••. ~7 The favoura PI Snow& tridesn The Je' By I.i) OP] The to-day the fol ,s ; ‘, Fr and 1 been derts river Ti the i TI pleti muc crea plet , divi cent ma) red( rep( upo stat ger Me: whi art bui inc