The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-02 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced Prises, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19, with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Oiuglini, Violetti, Rossi, Beneventano, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA anal IL DON GIOVANNI, PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair.. 22 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 Three Pair Pit Stalls OlO 6 Pit Gallery Stalls 0..• 3 6 Gallery 0 2 0 THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee —Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NUS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, &e., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the _ . . . evening), ds. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — ITALIAN OPERAS, at the usual PRINCESS THEATRE PRICES. FOUR NIGHTS ONLY. Last appearance of Mario, Grisi, and Formes, in IL BARBIERE, To-night; Thursday, last night but one of IL TROVATORE, Grisi, Alboni, Mario, Dragone; Friday, positively the last appearance of Madame Gassier, in LA SONNAMBUL ; and Saturday, positively the last night of Grisi, Alboni, Mario, Dragone, and all the eminent artistes, in IL TROVATORE. Prices :-Is., 25., 45., ss. R OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be performed IL BARBIERE. Rossina, Madame Gassier; Marceline., ?Adria. Gramaglia ; Bartolo, Sig. Baillon ; Fiorello, Sig. flabussi ; Figaro, Signor Dragone ; Capitano, Sig. Kinni ; Almaviva, Herr Reichardt; Basilio, Herr Formes. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste. Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, asd Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brongh, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob. eon, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. _ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. After which, will be performed THE SURPRISE, in which Messrs. W. Smith, T. Robertson, Butler, and Miss E. Webster, will appear. With other attractive novelties. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. . 131 - Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand Oriental Spectacle of EL HYDER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest ing and thrilling Equestrian and Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec- tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish• went, including Madlle. Mililos. To conclude with Shakspear's KATHARINE AND PETRITCHIO, with Equestrian Illustrations. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s ' • Private Boxes, f rom 21 s . no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of -selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, <Ste., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, %nes Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jongbmans P H. Grover, T. Far rant, S. loom J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor An tonio, E. L. Hime, and Nfr. St. Albyn ; Master Corti; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. eianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Willi ; Director, Herr F. Jonglanuns Commence at Seven o'clock pre-dsely. Sap pers, dm., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY—Morn., 28 min. aft. 12 -Even., 53 min aft. 12 To-Ifoßßow—Morn., 15 min. aft. 1 - Even., 36 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and daring the night. 65 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.68—falling. W7r.rr, 'rariable and squally, from N.W. to N.E. ; fresh, with frequent heavy showers, with intermediate glimpses of sunshine. 1.2 K 4 tley = LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1857. It cannot be otherwise than profoundly inte resting to recall at this moment to popular re membrance—by rapidly epitomising them in a few words—the principal Facts connected with the Rise and Progress, the creation and development of the British Empire in Hindoatan. Exactly one century has elapsed since the date of its founda tion. It was on the 231 of June, 1 1 757, that Clay; with scarcely three thousand men, routed the enormous forces of SURAJAH DOWLAiI at Plassey, thereby inscribing the name of the First Victory upon that historic scrull afterwards em blazoned with so many glorious achievements. It was on the 231 June, 1857, that the tenth Reg:- merit of Native Infantry mutinied at Futteghur, thereby completing the fatal disaster begun hardly three months previously at B trrackpore. A hundred years to the very day, we repeat ; separate from each other those two remarkable occurrences. In the memorable conquest of Plassey, our gigantic rule in Asia may be said to have originated. By the contemptible mutiny of that single regiment at Futteghur, the revolt of an entire army, the great army of Bengal, may be described as having been virtually consum mated. It behoves every reflective mind amongst us to consider in this imminent juncture in our His t4rY--What it was that Lord OLIVE'S Victory really inaugurated ? What it is that this terrible and disastrous mutiny of the Bengal Army is threatenin g with destruction ? Literally, it is nothing less than an Oriental Empire—extending in geographical dimensions over nearly 1,000,000 square miles, and coin prising within its limits considerably more than 100,000,000 of human bein gs a, it le aggregate of its population. Otherwise to ex press it, the Prize now at stake is an emp i r e yielding a net reven ue very little short of 30,000,0001, annua lly, lt is a dominion spreading, directly or indirectly, over the chief portion of that vast peninsula stretching north and south from Cape Comari n to the great range of the Him alayas, east and west from the Dal ta of the Indus to the source of the Burhampooter. A stupendous region, computed to embrace an area, in round numbers, very nearly ten times that of France, and having a total boundary, by land and by water, of more than 11,000 miles-4,500 of which constitute one continuous line of sea board. It is a country, moreover, inhabited by no less than a quarter of a hundred different na tions—twenty-five nations different in race, in religion, and in language ! A heterogeneous mu!- titude, already vaguely spoken of in generalities as numbering considerablymore thanloo,ooo,ooo To; in the aggregate,—but really subjecting to the sway of the sceptre wielded by Queen VICTORIA'S Go vernment, 161,000,000 altogether ! Namely, 41,000,000 under the category of the protected or tributary States, and 120,000,000 (now that Oude is absorbed into our actual territorial pos sessions by what is termed incorporation) 120,000,000 of the human family—there, in India alone—under the heel of British domination, During one entire century, therefore—i. e., from 1757 to 1857—this enormous Asiatic Em pire of ours has been in existence. During that century it has been steadily, rapidly, appreciably expanding and expanding 1 It has during this hundred years been spreading itself far and wide in all directions, so steadily, so rapidly, so appre ciably, that it has ultimately reached the magni tude we have here particularised—whether in re gard to its superficial dimensions, to its financial resources, or to its numerical population. But— scarcely has this first century of its existence been completed, when the whole huge and complex fabric is suddenly threatened with destruction. Immediately 'prior to the Battle of Plessey, viz., in January, 1757, the first battalion of Ben gal Sepoys ever heard of, was raised and officered by CLIVE, out of a detachment he had just then brought with him from Madras to Calcutta. THENCE that enormous Native Army of Bengal, which has recently revolted' (we may say it, alas I without exaggeration) to a man ! An army—as such— no longer in existence. Henceforth nothing more nor less than a lawless horde of robbers and cut. throats—bloodstained and infamous from their atrocities—hid away for a while in their great ruffian den at Delhi. There, in truth, they are now brought to bay collectively. After a course of absolutely unparalleled and some of them almost unimaginable crimes —murder, and arson, and rape, and torture, perpetrated under circum stances of even devillish inhumanity—these miscre ants may be said to have—there in Delhi—ga thered themselves together for the unintended purpose of an aggregate expiation! For an invo luntary submission to a collective vengeance— affording to ourselves a battu of Justice—the certainty of a hecatomb of victims, victims sternly and imperatively demanded to be thus sacrificed I The storming and capture of Delhi will assur edly, of course, mark " The End " of the late sanguinary catastrophe. But that END will only then have its beginning I It will be an End, not accomplished in a day—any more than that epoch marked in the annals of Old Rome by the caba listic initials, the U. c., meaning simply and lite rally the Urbs Condita. Delhi fallen—the last batch of the Ruffian Mutineers exterminated— What will then remain to be done ? Rather, what will not then have to be accomplished t "A terrible wreck," as Maga has aptly phrased it, will be the residue—a wreck the responsibility of repairing which will then devolve upon us in stantly. From that moment must date the reor ganisation and the reconsolidation of our empire in Hindostan. First of all the work of vengeance —and then the work of reconstruction. The evil destroyed—the good will then haveto be discovered. Then—witt a due display of vigour and sagacity on his part—Lord CANNIV:i may win for himself (what we all wish him, so won) his earldom ! Then—throwing aside at last the plumed bonnet that has fluttered already in the van of so many glorious battles, Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, in his turn, also may find his knightly hand closing at last upon the bauble of a car onet—accepttble at least as a symbol of repose and as an evidence of ap preciation. So confident are we of the inevitable certainty of the ulterior triumph of the good cause at issue, a cause in which Might and Right are united—that even now we are fain, as will tie seen, to anticipate in each instance the probable award of the in fallible recompense. Consoled as we are at heart through all the horrors of the present bloodshed and uncertainty, by a profound conviction that events will evolve sooner or later the final recon quest of the revolted Presidency 1 And that from the day when that reconquest shall have been definitively accomplished, will date a new era for British-India, an epoch of peace and pro sperity—the fruits of good government. There is a time-honourel proverb that illus trates the danger of relying on two distinot sup ports. The man who rests on double stools Las no very safe reliance. England is at present in that position with respect to the rival schemes for telegraphic communication with India. Two valuable projects are put forward, either of which would be very acceptable if carried into execution promptly and efficiently. But unfortunately the advocates and promoters of the different routes are at daggers drawn. They seem even more in tent on damaging their rivals than in advancing their own interests. It is a rehearsal, on a small scale, of the celebratsel "Battle of the Guages," and ,here seems t) be but too much reason to fear that during the struggle the nation may lose the chance of obtaining the invaluable aid of a tele graph to India within the present year, which might easily be accomplished in either case, so as to enable us t.) receive unnmunications. The conflicting projects are those via the Euphrates and the Persian Gulf, on the one side, and on the other by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. The English Government ap proved of the former, and gave it what may be regarded as the indispensable encouragement of a national guarantee of 6 per cent. Unfortunately, however, political difficulties intervened, and the SULTAN'S firman could not be obtained. It is true that a little gentle pressure might yet get rid of this impediment. But there was still an other very serious objection. There was to be a land journey from Bagdad to Constantinople of no less than 1,200 miles. This, it was calcu lated, might be accomplished in little over 6 days by couriers, until a land telegraph could be com pleted across the intervening distance. It is ob vious that this c3mmunication might, at any moment, be cut off, or that the telegraph, if opened would be liable to constant destruction at the hands of the wandering Arabs. These are serious objections. It is obvious that they may come intooperation at the most pressing emergency, and England may find that through Russian or other intrigues, or even in consequence of mere wanton mischief, the instrument may fail in dis charging its all-important functions. It was under such circumstances that the Red Sea Telegraph Company was projected. They had previously secured the necessary concessions from the Turkish and Egyptian Governments, so that t here was no political impediment to delay the Proceedings even for a single hour ; and when once the tank of layinc , down the cables from Suez to Aden, a n d eventually ' to Kurrachee, the point n at urally selected in both instances, was completed, there would be but little danger to be apprehended f ro m any human obst ac l e . The land portion of the work would only be 240 mile s f rom Ale Alexandria to i l Suez, and that through the Red Sea and Indian Ocean would be virtually under our own con trol. At all events we should have on l y natural difficulties to encounter, and these are far less formidable than what might ari se from the maokinations of our enemies. The cost to bring India within a week of England by the Euphrates line is estimated at 400,0001., by the Red Sea to Aden at 300,0001. The com pletion in the former would, however, be far less expensive than in the latter case, which would cost the further sum of 400,0001. to complete the com munication to Kurrachee. In such a case, however, a hundred thousand pounds, more or less, is of comparatively trivial importance ; and were we compelled to choose be tween the conflicting schemes, we should have no hesitation in awarding the preference to that by the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. But we have no difficulty in sayi ng th a t b o th s h ou ld b e f u lly and fairly carried out. We might thus " make as surance doubly sure," and be almost certain that one or the other would always be available. We can fully appreciate the advantages arising from having one line to Trieste and another to Mar seilles ; and surely it would be infinitely more important to have a double line of communication with India, particularly under the existing cir cumstances of that country, and the struggle that must be maintained for years to come. It would seem, then, to be sound policy to proceed with each line simultaneously, and let them enter into fair competition the one with the other, ensuring the shareholders in both instances a fair, remunerative dividend for their outlay by the guarantee either of the English Government or of the East India Company, which will speedily for all practical purposes become synonymous. "Both, then, are best," and it will, as we ., have said, be sound policy to let both proceed. Should hostile tribes or nations intervene, we shall have the Red Sea line to fall back upon ; but if, on the other hand, storms or tempos's should injure the submerged cable, we'shall not be left in the lurch so long as the communications between Bagdad and Constantinople remain open. As to the mere X. s. D. phase of the question, it is not to be considered for a single mo ment. Free and instantaneous communication with the most important parts of India will be wor th more than the aggregate cost of both, although it were quadrupled. In place of 700,000/. it would have been worth ten times the sum to have received the melancholy intelligence that arrived on the 27th June, a month sooner, and to have anticipated the subsequent tidings in a similar manner. The news of the inflexible resolution of the British nation to maintain its position in India, and to fully avenge the atrocities per petrated on English women and children might have prevented the spread of the mutiny, and averted many of the heartrending narratives that now horrify the nation, and excite a demand for vengeance throughout the length and breadth of the land.. The Marquis of Dalhonsie, accompanied by the Ladies Ramsay, purposes to leave this country early in the en. suing month for Malta, in order to pass the approaching winter in that island. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have taken Eastington House Bournemouth, f ur some wee k s, f or the purpose of sea-bathing. The Earl Granville left town yesterday. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town yes terday for Broekett Hall, Herts. DEATH OF VISCOUNT BALGONIE.—We regret to learn that Viscount Balgonie, eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Leven and Melville, died on Saturday last, after a protracted illness, incurred while doing service with, his regiment in the Crimea. DEATH OF VISCOUNT lIINTON.—We have to record the death of Vi count Hinton, second and eldest sur viving son of the Earl and Countess Poulett, which occurred on Saturday last, at Hinton St. George, Somerset. The True Brit on, now 80 days on her voyage from Melbourne to London, has 30,400 sovereigns on freight, in addition to the 61,803 oz. of gold previously men tioned. The 123,0001. in gold announced last week by the In domitable, from Australia, reached London yesterday afternoon. A portion will, perhaps, be sold to the Bank. About 50,0001. worth of silver has reached London within the la-t day or two from Boulogne and Antwerp, per the steamers Rhine, Panther, and Clarence. The imports of the metal from the Continent, however, are now upon a more moderate scale. The Suisse of Bern says reliable accounts received from Prussia state that the health of the king inspires serious uneasiness. He had an attack of apoplexy some time ago at Pilnitz, and a second one only a few days since at Potsdam. THE JOHN AND LUCY EMIGRANT SHIP.—The Jahn and Lucy (part of the Black Bell line) arrived safely at Sydney in the beginning of May, with 400 passengers on board, all in a healthy state. - MILITARY SAVINGS-BANKS.—The number of deposi • tors in these banks on the 31st of March, 1855, was 9,880, and the balance due by the public 146,5241. The total amount of the fund from these banks up to the date of the account (August 1857) was 177,8411. IMPALEMENT OF A YOUTlL—Yesterday morning as William Cross, aged 14 years, residing in Kent street, B >rough, was endeavouring to scale a wall, he accident ally slipped, and fell a considerable depth on some iron spikes, which entered' his body. He was conveyed to Guy's Hospital in a dangerous state. A MAN KILLED AT THE IMPERIAL GAS WORKS.— YeAerday, a man named John Finch; aged 42, who was engaged at the Imperial Gas Works in arranging the tackle for lifting some iron-work intended for a gasome ter, was struckon the head by so me part of the machinery. He was taken to the London hospital, where he died in a few hours from concussion of the brain. We understand (says the Edinburgh, Courant) the Ad miralty is about to make a survey of Lochlomond at an early date. Those well acquainted with this beautiful expanse know that sunken rocks rise up near the surface during the dry season at many points, but the exact position or the exact number of these hidden dangers have never been properly ascertained or duly marked off. The letters from Paris mention that M. Auguste Thurneyssen, the well-known banker, and one of the directors of the Credit Mobilier, hasbeen declared by the Tribunal of Commerce liable for the debts of his nephew, Mr. Charles Thurneyssen, who failed for more than 600,0001. and absconded in May last. The judg ment produced an unfavourable effect on the price of Credit Mobilier shares. SOUTHWARK ELECTION EXPENSES.—Yesterday Mr. R. A. Pritchard, returning officer for the borough of Southwark, puhiished his statement of the expenses in curred by the candidates at the election in March last. From this document it appears that Mr. John Locke, M.P., expended 3,880/. 7. 7d. ; Sir Charles Napier, M.P., 1,2191. 14s. ld. ; and Mr. Apaley Pellatt, who , was unseated, 6481. 3s. lid. The document concludes by stating that Mr. Mayhew has declined to furnish art abstrect of his ( lection expenses. REMRESENTATION OF GREEWICH.—A circular has been distributed amongst the supporters of Mr. J. Townsend, convening a private meeting, to take into consideration the present position of the borough in connexion with recent events in the Court of Bankruptcy. A. meeting of the friends of Mr. Montagu Chambers was held last evening, and it was unanimously resolved to request that gentleman to become a candidate in the event of a vaeancy. Mr. Alderman Salomons is already in the field, and two other candidates are spoken of. TAVISTOCK ELECTION.—O wing to Mr. Byng having accepted the Chiltren Hundreds, prior to his becoming a candidate for the county of Middlesex, a vacancy has been occasioned in the representation of this borough. Mr. Arthur Russell—a scion of the house of Bedford— at once entered the field as a candidate. He addressed a meeting of the electors on Saturday evening, but did not by any means come up to the Tavistock standard. A second meeting was held on Monday, at which a resolu tion was passed appointing a deputation to wait on Mr. Russell, inviting him to a public meeting of the electors, and to withdraw from the contest, should he be so re quested by the majority of el ectors then and there asiem bled. A requisition to Sir W. Clay is in course of signa• tore, requesting him to allow- himself to be put in norm. nation. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY TICKET-OF-LEAVE CON• vier.—Yesterday forenoon a man named John Rich mond, aged 49 years, residirsa in Poplar New-town, was taken to the London Ho- pital with a severe incised wound in his throat. He its a ticket-of-leave convict, who had been transported for 14 year for an attempt to murder his wife by cutting 'her throat. She recovered, and he was tried and con victed for the offence, and sometime since he returned to England, but he was un able to obtain employment, -which preyed heavily on his mind, and in a moment of despondency he obtained a clasp knife and inflicted thto injury on his throat. The wound is serious and his recovery is doubtful. Toe wife of Richmond is in poss e ssion of an independency. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mills premium,, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per 1/ st,erling. On comparing these rates with the English Min.t price of 3/. 17s. 104 d, per ounce for standard gold, i t -appears that gold is nearly 4 lOths per cent. dearer in Faris than in London. By advice from Hamburg Ile price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on Londonis 13.31 per 11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is nearly 1-10th per cent. Nearer in Hamburg than in London. The course cif exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 da ye' sight is 1091 per cent. which, when compared with the Mint par between the two gold i c r ou ona ntr u i a s i , j shows .,l that the the exchange is slightly chargesin vo u rateor oftransporte n e g a a n d and ; a trifling n d : ff s px , f re t eonfirct e oonf the making allowance importation interest, th the pre. p for oe sent rate tat N, L N N WF a IYN 14] S IT) 1( .5 241 v ,„, -011 , Lsf kf i d P T .' E R 2, LATEST NE W AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's steamer City of Baltimore• 'has arrived from New York, with one day's later advices, and 60,000 dole. in specie. The Britiih and North . American Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, hence, had arrived at New . York. The New York Herald's correspondence from Washington states, on authority, " That the Nicaragua Minister had received by the Tennes see advices that Nicaragua does not approve the contract of Costa Rica with Webster for the transit route, hut ignores it." At New York the want of money was so light as to create no trouble among the weaker houses. There had been a further decline in New York Central, Erie, Reading, Michigan, La Crosse, Milwankie, and Mississippi. Cotton was rather easier, although quotations were nominally unchanged. •• Wheat was lower, and unsettled. Flour was dull. Freights unchanged. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTQN, WEDNESDAY MORNING• The Sultan steamer, Capt. Cook, has arrived with the Peninsular mails. She left Gibraltar Aug. 26, Cadiz 27, Lisbon 29, Oporto and Vigo 30. She brings 64 passengers, 29 women and chit• dren of the 47th Regt., 2,3661. in specie, 3371 c'hests lemons, 123 bags orchella weed, and 101 packages general merchandise. At 1.20 p.m. on the 30th, 30 miles south of Cape Finisterre, She passed the Tagus : all well. At Gibraltar H.M. ships Royal Albert, Princess Royal, Vulture, Ariel, Curlew, Vigilant. The fleet were to proceed to Algiers and Mantas in a day or two. The Dauntless and floating battery Terror sailed from Lisbon for Bermuda on the 29th. They put into Lisbon to repair trifling damage of the Ter ror's engine. The screw steamer Count Cavour from the Brazils, arrived at Lisbon on the 28th ; and the Petropolis from Southampton, on the 29th. The steam ship Colombo, from Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 25th, and proceeded the same morning for Alexandria. Gibraltar exchanges, on the 22c1, were quoted --London, 514 ; Paris, sf. 38c. ; Marseilles, sf. 39c. ; G3noa, sf. 40c. Lisbon exchanges on the 29th : —London, 54, with trifles done at 53i ; Hamburg, 54 ; Paris, - 528 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; Genoa, 526. Slight improvements in stocks, Three per Cents. being at 47i to ; Registered Coupons, 46g to 47 ; mad Deferred, 281 to 29. Sir Morton Peto has returned from Portugal by this packet, having concluded and signed with the Government the definitive contract for the Lisbon and Oporto Railway. Re has six months to get up the company, but is said to have made such arrangements before leaving England as will enable him to commence the works without delay. The young King of Portugal actively promoted the contract, and Sir Morton Peto had the honour of a conference with his Majesty the night before the packet left. CIRCASSIA. Reliable advices have been received from Tiflis, the Russian seat of Government in the Caucasus, that Schamyl still holds 11 out of the 12 block houses which he took from the Russians at the be ginning of the month of June. General Aghalar be.siegedthe blockhouse Ciokalesi for a fortnight, but his troops were attacked one dark night by a strong detachment of mountaineers under the command of the Naib (Lieutenant or Stadtholder), Hadji Aukar and completely routed. The Naib took nine guns and 200 prisoners. General Aghalar was severely wounded. Another Russian detachment, which had been sent to besiege d'Arli (Darli ?), was at tacked in the rear by Daniel Sultan (Schamyl's principal Naib), and defeated. The Tschetscherius made 400 prisoners. The successes of Schamyl have created an unpleasant sensation at TAUS, and 210,000 troop of the line are about to be sent a.i4 a reinforcement to the Russian army of opera- Eon. It is said that the Governor-General intends tc take the command of the next expedition against Sehamyl. FRANC. PARIS, TUESDAY EvENINa. The French squadron has sailed from the coast of Corsica to Tunis. The measures taken by the 1 Bey of Tunis against the authors of the late out rages .] are considered nsufficien t, and other guaran ; tees have been demanded. The Moniteur contains a list of the different French vessels of war employed either for fighting or for the conveyance of troops in the Baltic and the Black Sea, and the officers and crews of which vessels are e ntitled to receive the English medals awarded for the said services. ' The Bulletin des Lois publig:hes a decree promul gating the treaty for markin g out the frontiers between France and Spain, concluded on the 2d of December last. It also contains a decree an nouncing the reception, under the ordinary re serves, of the brief given at Rome on the 31st March last by Pope Pius IX., and authorising at the request of the Emperor, the canonical insti tution of his grand alcnonry. The brief is pub• I lished in Latin and in French after the decree, and occupies not less than seven pages. The yacht of the Queen of England, the Victoria and Albert, left Havre yesterday with the morning tide for Portsmouth. She is to return, it is affirmed, towards ell 3 end of September, having en board Prince Albert and some of the young princes on their way to visit the Camp at Chalons. The Debate contains the following reflections on the hesitation displayed by the Persian Govern ment in evacuating Herat : "From the opinion of persons . who are acquainted with the enterprising and audacious character of the Serdar Murad Mirza, it isltot impossible that this prince has absolutely refused to obey the Persian Government, and to evacuate Herat. It is not surprising that th e Serdar should see in the present stale of India and in the embarrassments of England an tmcauragernent to kis ambitious projects. In the event. of the Persian Go vernment, whose good faith and h earty goodwill we do not suspect, being unable to overt:omo the obstinacy of Murad Miiza, a fresh conflict w(nald doubtless arise he. tween England and Persia after the pacification of India. It is the interest of the Persian . Government to avoid that dangerous extremity by giving . satisfaction to _England ; that is, by cotapelimg Prune Murad to evacuate Herat without delay. The Constitutionnet concludes a summary of In dian intelligence with the following p assage : " Although the English are in a very d ifficult position they have e , nifiience in their energy and resources ; and . should they be even compelled to reconquer a great part of India, and to rt-establish their autlic rity on a fresh basis, it is not doubtful they will rise , superior to the -:risig. The events taking place in Indds, are of immense importance in a financial as in a politi.aal point of view, and we easily conceive the impatienco - with which all the -commercial cities of Europe await ir, to lligence from Cal .catta and Bombay. Not only the in to rests of England, but also those of Europe, are at stake before the walls of Delhi." BOURSE, Sept. 1. —The follow it were the last quotations : Cash. fr. o. XT Aof Month. 4j per Cents 3 per Cents 66 80 • t 6 90 Bank Shares 2,775 Credit. 7Foncier 555 -- Credit Mobilier 950 Roma 31 1 — Do. Account 951 25 Ansti is .n Belgian 44 Piedmontose (5) 9O Hom to Debt RAILWAYS—FOR OASEI. tr. c. ft c. Orleans 1,455,7,— Wes um 725 -- Northern Lyons and Mod 895 New , Ditto - New Ditto — Grs xi 1 Central Geneva ,.. —,— Sardii dan - Ilia - i ian Com. ....„ 650 ' . ...... REPRESENTATION OP MIDDLESEX. Yesterday evening the lion. G. Byng, the can didate for the representation of Middlesex, ad dressed a meeting of the electors in the large room of the Belvidere Tavern, Pentonville. Mr. COOKE EVANS was called to the chair. He said Mr. Byng solicited their suffrages as a member of the great Liberal party. He had sat five years in Parliament, and by his votes had given proof of his earnestness as a reformer. He voted against the Government in support of Sir W. Clay's bill for the abolition of church rates, and in favour of Mr. L. King's motion for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the property qualification of members of Parliament. These two votes showed that he was inclined to be an independent member, which was what Middlesex wanted. Mr. BYrrot , then came forward to address the meeting, and was received with cheers. He said he wished to lay before them a statement of his political views and sentiments, and he would begin with that great subject which now so painfully en grossed the public attention—the state of India. He was afraid that our government had been fore warned and not forearmed. Those who were best acquainted with India had for years warned the government of the volcano on which they were sit ting. History told us that at all times the English people were ready to support the executive when the executive did their best. The question now was, had they done their best ? He thought they had, when he found that from the Ist of July to the present time 25,000 soldiers had been despatched from these shores to India, and when he found that that this ministry, instead of leaving London as the cabinet of Lord Aberdeen did when the war with Russia was waging, remained in town and were holding cabinet councils weekly. He should say with regard to India that they should take the best men they could find, irrespective of rank and influence, and when they were out they should support them to the best of their power both in public and in private. He thought that for government to send men out and then to see them attacked in the press and other wise, and neither to defend them nor to recal them, was cowardly and unjust. He did not mean to say that he was sufficiently acquainted with Indian affairs to bold that the government should be at once transferred from the East India Company tl the Imperial Government, but he thought that if the government of that- country was in the hands of men directly responsible to parliament, it would be much better for the people. Then with regard to our other foreign relat ons, he was in favour of a spirited policy, not in words but in deeds. • The hon. gentleman thenreferred to questions of domestic ' policy, avowing himself in favour of an extension of the suffrage, desirous of destroying the anoma lies at present existing in the representation, so that Tavistock should not return as mapy mem bers as Middlesex, or Thetford as many as Birmingham. The First Minister of the Crown had promised to bring in a comprehensive measure of reform, and he thoughthe would do it. He should vote, as he had heretofore done, in favour of the ballot, for the abolition of the property qualifica tion of members of Parliament, and for the aboli tion of church rates. He did not think there was a shred of an argument in favour of the exclusion of the Jews from Parliament. He thought the Com mons should pass another bill for th-fr admission, which the Lords would probably agree to ; but if they threw it out again, the Commons should seat Baron Rothschild by resolution. In conclusion, the hon. gentleman announced his readiness to answer any question which might be put to him on matters on which he had omitted to express himself. Mr. J. COVE said he was a foundling, and bad been brought up at the Foundling Hospital. It was believed there were some abuses connected with that establishment, and he wished to know if the hon. gentleman would support a motion for a select committee to inquire into them ? He also asked if he would support the Crowded Dwellings Bill, which was a sort of extension of the Common Lodging-Houses Act, which had been productive of incalculable good to the lower classes ? Mr. BYNG said he was sorry that the Crowded Dwellings Bill was withdrawn. He trusted it would be le-introduced, and if it were he should support it. With regard to the Foundling Hospital, he was not aware that there were any abuses in the management of it ; but if a motion were made for inquiry, and good reasons adduced for it, he should move for an inquiry ; but if he thought the reasons were not sufficient, he should vote against it. _ _ Mr. D'IFFANGER said that there was an observa tion of Mr. Byng's that he did not agree with. He did not think that the minister would bring in a comprehensive measure of reform. It would only be a half-and-half measure unless the people exel ted themselves. He moved, "That this meeting having heard the political explanations of the Hon. G. Byng, are of opinion that he is a fit and proper person to represent the county of Middlesex. in Parliament.' Mr. PARIS seconded. An ELECTOR —ln the event of the troubles in India continuing, and an attempt being made to raise a foreign le;zion, the hon. gentleman op pose such an attempt ? Mr. BYNG said he certainly should. He thought that no greater haro had been done to England in the last war than in the raising of the German legion. Mr. W. TORRENS M 4 CULLAGH ' who was in the room, being called for, then. came forward. He said it gave him great pleasure, as as elector, to express his confidence in Mr. Byrd. He had had an opior tunity of watching his acts and of co-operating with him in the House of Commons, and he assured them that Mr. Byiig was a man of his - Word, and had much understated what he would do as their member. He hoped every man in that room who was an elector expected their member to be a working man. He would have a great deal of hard work to do, and they owed it to themselves to see that he did it. And he would have a gi eat deal more weight if it was understood that. he . had a great constituency who would not be satisfied if he did not do their work. He remembered a critic in a leading journal making the observat:oa that there were no young whigs—but here was one Moro them. Mr. Byng had put in his address all tlt they wanted, and his being a member of the whir aristocracy was all the better. They would have all the more pleasure in electing him; coming as he did distinguished by name and by lineage, to asert their rights, without which they would not be satisfied. He did not agtee with all that the hon. gentleman had said. He never saw a minister yet whom he would trust on the ques tion of reform. Unless the people of this country bestirred themselves and sho wed their de terminat oh they might whistle for reform. The minister had to play with the pipes they gave him, and he wanted them to make him play to their own music. Lord Palmerston might bring in a bill to suit the house, but no minister would be able to satisfy the house with a bill that would satisfy the country. If his hon. friend would vote f.,r the best hill that was produced that was all they could expect of him. He (Mr. M'Cullagh) had voted in two accidental majorities for the ballot, but they seemed to be as far off the ballot as ever. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the ballot was a mode of voting which the best and wisest of them would not have recourse to ; but what the ballot was wanted for 'was to prevent intimidation—to rescue voters from the screw. The members of the House of Commons did not know what the screw was. (Laughter, and a cry of " Don't they.") He was mistaken ; they knew, but they had hold of the blunt end of the screw. He was satisfied that many would vote for his hon. friend, thinking that they were voting for old George Byng, not as the peasants of Normandy voted for the present Emperor of France, thinking that Napoleon had returned to life, but because they saw the spirit of old George Byng in a young and vigorous frame, ready to do his work over again. The resolution was then put and unanimously agreed to, and atter a vote of thanks to the chair man, and three cheers-for Mr. Byng, the meeting separated. GROSTENOR CANAL RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The editor of the Times having declined to publish the enclosed letter, which has reference to the statement in that journal of the 27th inst. relative to the proposal fora railway in place of the present Grosvenor Canal, I beg you will be pleased to give the same a place in your paper. I feel assured this plan will greatly increase the va!ue of property iu Westminster and Pimlico, and provide also a remedy for the deficiency in railway acc,m modation, which the most competent judges con sidered heretofore hopeless:—l am, &c Aug. 29. WM. POTTINGER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—l think it only fair to in►orm you that the plan of turning the Grosvenor Canal (Pimlico) into a railway originated with me, and that I was the first person to perceive, and point out twice to the managers of the Crystal Palace, the extraordinary advantages which this canal presented for this undertaking. I also called their attention to the very important fact, and which is so highly recommendatory of the plan, that all those purposes for which the canal was designed would be even more conveniently gained by a railway, and all the evils to the neighbourhood from dampness ac exhalation entirely removed.—l am, &c , W. P. Aug. 28. 12SUICIDE IN THE BMA LEA.—Ybestenifty Mr. Baker heir au ii,quc.st at the Five 13,11 s public-house, Bromlty, on the body of Ellen Kenny, aged 48, who was found fl , )ating in the new cut of the River 14 , 2 a on Saturday last. The deeeal ed has been missino , for a few days, and it was supposed that she threw herself into the water in c.insequenee of extreme distress. Verdict, " Found drowned." SUICIDE OP PRINCE GREGORY GHIICA. The Courrier de Paris publishes the following letter, addressed to it by M. Vaillant : Chateau du Mee, Aug. 29. As your estimable journal was the first to an nounce the sad end of Prince G. Ghika, I venture to beg of you to publish the entire document en closed, which explains its causes .. , and gives the de tails. J. A. VAILLANT. "As a witness of the frightful misfortune that has just taken place at the Castle of the Mee, I feel it my duty to transmit to you the facts, and to point out to you the ca uses th a t d rove his Highness Prince Gregory Ghika, ex-Hospodar of Moldavia, to this act of despair. " As being the soul of the national party that demands the union and a foreign prince, Prince Gregory Ghika had all honest men for his friends, and for his enemies those few ambitious persons in high and low life who contend for power and the favours of fortune. As these latter persons bad succeeded him in power, it was natural for them to persecute him in his property and honour. " A committee had already been appointed by the Kaimacan Balche, to demand from him an ac count of the public money. The proceeding caused him the more pain, because, owing to the inade quacy of the state revenues to supply the charities Of every kind which he took pleasure in distributing throughout Moldavia, he had added to them 2-3ds of his private fortune, and because in contradiction to all his predecessors for the last 150 years, instead of enriching, he had impoverished himself • he therefore easily, by the interventi on o f Recichid Pacha, backed by .51. de Thouvenel, procured the dissolution of this committee, and the cessation of all proceedings against him. " Some time after this, a libel appeared which dragged to the bar of public opinion Prince Ghika, for having touched the arrears of the civil list, not in virtue of the authorisation that reached him later, but of the quasi official letter in which he was authorised previously, by his agent at Constanti nople, Prince Vogoiides, father of the present Kaimacan of Moldavia. " This perfidious libel, added to the deep wounds he had already received within less than a year, in flicted the deaih-blowupon t te prince. He couldnot conceive how a man whom he had loaded with bene fits, whose sisters he had pensioned, and whose bro ther he had raised to the bishopric of Houithe—how Istrati, the author of the libel, could have been cap able of carrying to such a length his ingratitude to wards the benefactor of his family. "In the evening, about 9 o'c!ock, having by pro longing my conversation with the prince missed the train that started at forty minutes past eight, I returned and sat down with him in the drawing room, where the princess, exhausted with fatigue, was reclining on a couch. The prince having made a movement as if about to retire, the princess sird to him, 'My dear, M. Valliant is going to leave, I hear his carriage ; remain a moment longer with us, and we will go upstairs together.' "Notwithstanding these words the prince rose, went up stairs, kissed his children, and a minute after the report of some fire-arms was heard. The servants rushed bewildered to the spot ; I ascended and found only his dead body in an arm-chair de luged with blood—Prince Ghika had blown out his brains. He had taken the precaut ion to detach from his neck and hang upon the crucifix of his oratory his gold cross, which he was unwilling to profane, and he had wished me to be there in order that she whom he was about to make a widow might not be left alone.—Accept, "Saturday, Aug. 26. "J. A. VAILLANT." I extract from his will two documents by which it is prefaced : " Chateau du Mee, Aug. 24, 1857. " I am the victim of an abominable plot, and cannot live, innocent though I be. The truth will one day appear. I await my enemies before the tri bunal of God. (Signed) "G. GHTKA." " Chateau du Mee, Aug. 24, 1857. " Dearly beloved wife, whom I adore,—Kiss my little angels for me. You know what I have suffered during my reign ; and, even wh-n I thought to live happily in the bosom of my family, my enemies followed we, and would not let me have peace. The monsters would make me a forger and dishon ourable ! God will some day unravel the vile plot, and the wretches will be unmasked. (Signed) "G. GIIIKA. " These document., which are written in a clear and firm baud, on the same sheet of paper, evince great presence of mind and calmness on the part of the place. THE ALLEGED SUICIDE THROUGH REFUSAL OF RELIEF IN ST. PANCRAS. MEETING OF THE GUARDIANS, & CHARGE AGAINST TtiE CORONER. Yesterday, at the meetinotif the directors of the poor of St, Pancras, Mr. Wright in the chair, Mr. COOK, the vestry clerk and soliciLor of the parish, presented the verdict of the coroner's jury iu the case of the sailor who was found drowned in a pond in the Agar Town-Bells, after being refuted admission at the gate of St. Pancras workhouse, and in which the jury expressed their opinion that the deceased had committed suicide through such refusal of relief, and calling upon the autho rities in future to adopt better regulations fur relieving the wants of the casual poor, in order to prevent the re currence of such a lamentable case. Mr. Cook stated that the coroner went out of his way to examine wit nesses, and induce evidence to be given which was wholly and entirely irrelevant to the object for which the jury had been sworn, and tending to lead away the jury from the right course. He allowed letters to be read from H. J. Stowell and other paupers, who had lived for years upon the ratepayers ; and because he (Ur. Cook) complained of the coroner's course, and in the jury relying on such evidence, or upon that of the woman Hewitt, from Mary lebone, whose evidence was completely refuted by Mr. Tubbs, the relieving officer of that pariah, he was personally attacked by the coroner. Indeed, the coroner throughout showed his animus against the authorities of the parish, and made his remarks for the purpose of gaining popular ap plause, which he received from Mr. Brien, the leader of the " Ineperativese" and others in the court. As to his personalities to him, he (Mr. Cook) treated them with contempt. Mr. PRATT—Then it was the verdict of the coroner, and not of the jury ? _ Mr. COOK oons.i - fiered the course taken by the coroner tended to make it so. Mr. CAMERON admitted that there was evidence to chow that this poor sailor had been refused relief, and that he was destitute, but there was no evidence to prove that he committed euici , le from such refusal of relief. It appeared that the night porter delegated his duties to a pauper called a watchman, who took upon himself to refuge admis,ion. He considered it necessary that an inquiry should take place, and he moved that it be re ferred to the Officers' Duties Committee to report whether the rules and regulations for the management ~ 1 the workhouse were duly observed ; and also whether the prescribed duties of the various officers werei.roperly performed ; and whether Any, and what, alterations should be made in the printed rules or duties ; and par ticularly to inquire and report whether the duties of the night porter, with reference to the admission cf appli. cants to the workhouse, are observed ; and also to report whether destitution is acted upon and considered a ground for admission. Mr. STOCKTON seconded the resolution. During this inquest the directors heard, for the first time, that there was a pauper who acted as night watchman at the gate, receiving is. 6d. per week, while the night porter was in the snuggery, and he took upon himself to refuse appli• cants ,:or Mr, CLARKE thought it better that the committee should report on this specific cae at once, as to go into the whole question would take three mouths. Mr. Oatt condemned the conduct of the gate porters, and said that in nine cases out of ten the workhouse gate was opened by a pauper. Mr. TURNER considered the vestry clerk had no right to go to the inquest to defend the board or officers against the poor. An honest balance ought to be drawn, and he contended that the third rule for the guidance of the porter at the gate left the man no di,,cretionary Power for the admission of destitute persons, and that the board, in whom the responsibility rested, had no right to shift that responsibility on to the shoulders of the officers. Mr. YOUNG could not allow it to go forth that no destitute persons could find admission at the doors of St. Pancras workhouse. It was the duty of the porter to send for the master or matron, and they had autho rity to admit persons at once. into the separation wards. After a few observations from Mr. Fisher, Mr. CAMERON, in reply, said he wanted a perfect and comprehensive inquiry. Tiie resolution was then carriel ; and the board, after some other business, separated. INLAND NAVIGATION OF INDIA.—An influential meeting of merchants and others was held yesterday afternoon, in the Manchester Town Hall, to receive in formation in re&rence to the intended operations of the newly formed Oriental Inland Steam Company. The meeting was addressed by Mr. J. A. Turner, who presided, and by Captain Hall (of the Nemesis), Mr. Bourne, and Lieutenant Wood, of the Indian navy ; these three gentlemen being a deputation from the com pany. It was stated the cumpany were about to com mence the steam navigation of the Indus, by means of flat-bottomed boats of 24 inches draught, tra ins of which would be towed by steamboats of 200 horse power ; and under terms of a concession from the East India Cum pany which was tantamount to a guarantee of 10 per cent. on the outlay. Manchester enterprise wasinvited to co-operate for the extension of the scheme to the Go. davery and other rivers, with the view of increasing th e supply of cotton. Several gentlemen expressed their conviction of the importance of extending th e i nland navigation of India, and t he chairman commented em phatically on the urgency of the c,tton su p p l y question and the apparent neg lect of it by a large portion of the trade. Resolutions were pa,:sed unannwomiy nafl recognising iueti. th e importance of the scheine,aud appoin ting a ti a l committee for the diffusion of infor ma ti on on t h e subject, and aiding the London board i n th e promp t execu tion of the enterprise, LAW INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque was the commissioner of the day, bat there was no cause before the Court during the morning except for audit meetings. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) THE rtorAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY V. THOMAS. This was an action to recover the sum of 421:25. 2 d• on a bond. It appeared that the defendant, Mr. Thomas, became a co-surety for a Mr. Langton for the due per' formance of his duty as a purser in the company's eer vice, but on the balancing of the accounts Mr, Langton was debited with a sum of 841. which, it was alleged, was due to the company. A. person named Fenwiek, who was co-surety, had paid 10s. in the pound, the moiety, but the defendant repudiated the payment en tirely, and disputed the accuracy of the account, The case had been several times before the Court, and it was adjourned to this day that a witness might be called from Southampton. The main defence was that a sum of 341. received by Mi. Langton had not been paid over to the company. It appeared that whilst one of the company's vessels was at Bahia that sum was paid ; a party took passage for England and paid the pas' sage money, but on a consultation with the our geou the party was pronounced to be a lw vatic, and the captain refused to bring biro over, and Langton returned the money, but as four years had since elapsed he was not certain whe' ther he returned it to the agent of the company or to the friends of the party, but the company had allowed i t in the agent's account.—Captain Revett being now called, was positive that Langton had returned the money, although he had not altered the list of passengers and fares received. There were other disputed items which the defendant insisted he had a right to challenge, as the plaintiffs had not only sued on the bond, but on an ac' count stated.—Mr. Thomas said that he defended the action to vindicate the character of Mr. Langton. whom he had known from boyhood, and claimed . to set off the salary due to him at the time of his discharge. The solicitor to the company said he had scrupulously abstained from imputing any dishonourable intention on the part of Mr. Langton, and he now fully exonerated him from anything of the scat Mr. Thomas contended that there was a balance due to Langton. flis Honour ultimately held that the defendant was bound to pay under the bond, and he' could net set off the salary, which must be sued for by Langton. Judg' client must therefore be for the company for 81, The solicitor said he would not press the judgment until Langton had had an opportunity of trying the question as to salary, and he would not ask for costs in the pre' sent case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE.—Richard Morris WO charged betore the Lord Mayor with assaulting Polio. Constable Hitchcock, 1V o. 644. The case was remanded from yesterday, when the evi' dente given was to the effect that whilst the constable was on duty, in Bsihopsgate-street, the previous even" ing, he saw some disorderly persons at the corner, ono of them being the prisoner. He requested them t° separate and leave, on which the prisoner struck him violent blow in the eye, which closed it, and knockei him down. The prisoner yesterday denied the charge, and it wag adjourned till to-day to allow him t o produce evidenen to contradict the policeman's statement. He called John Smith, a porter, who stated that he heard arise of murder, and on going t 3 the spot he found the police' man lying on the ground, and a man kneeling on bi g chest ; but he could not identify the prisoner as that man or as one of the party. Mrs. M'Manus, another witness, itated that she We g with the prisoner and his wife at the time of the allege; assault ; and she swore that although the policeman used the most blasphemous and insulting language to th e prisoner's wile, yet he never touched the policeman? but that he was struck on the eye by a gentleman wb ° , was passing at the time. The policem an was intoxicated at the time. The prisoner stated that his wife had been g rossly insulted by the policeman, and that, upon his going to toe station-house to prefer a charge against him, th e policeman, who had been knocked down by somebocii else, charged him with the assault. The Lord Mayor sent for the inspector on duty, wb" • stated in answer to a question from his Lordship, that the policeman was perfectly sober at the time. His Lordship, in consequence of the conflicting testi mony, discharged she prisoner. GUILDIIALL. Mr. Alderman Hales was this morning occupied a considerable period in hearing a summons preferred against the National Savings Bank Association (Limited) , of 50, King William-street, City, by Mr. Shuttlewortb Bryant, " for having held your ordinary general meet ing on the 16th day of July, you did, in this city, Wl' lawfully neglect to forwari the list of names and such' wary of the capital and shares of the said aa' sociation to the Registrar of Joint Stock Coal" panics, within the time limited by the Act of Pa r' iiament, whereby you have incurred a penalti not exceeding 51. for every day during which such da: fault continues against the statute." Th e p ena lti e s sough" to be recovered amounted to about 2001. ad It appeared from the eviden c e th a t M r . B r yant b t been le the service of the association as manager, b a „ in consequence of their disch arg i ng hi m h e b a d brought an action against them for breach of contract. Fo s ' cution had been stayed in connection with that actiol, to allow of an application next term for a new trial, and it was interred that the proceedings before the alde r ' man had been taken with a view to the productio n of certain books and documents which could only be 17 ,... obtained by a u applic a ti on t o a court o f equity. 1:'," association was formed in the beginning of July, 1 8 " and the first meeting of shareholders was called for tba. 16th of July, but there not being sufficient me mber ° present, according to the rules of the company, t o fort° a meeting, it was adjourned to the following day, wb e f /3 being in the same predicament, th e s h are h o ld ers 11" t without a day being fixed for their next meeting, or 0 meeting having been held as required by the act. A legal difficulty arose on this point, and the alder' man had no alternative but to dismiss the summoae• Summons dismissed accordingly. SOUTH NARK. DARING ROBBERY.—Three females, named Margare t Robberts, Jane Charming, and Ann Langton, We il charged before Mr. Seeker with picking the pocket of lady named Walker, of the Elms, Stamford-hill, aid stealing from her person a purse c o n t a i n i ng 71. i n go' and some silver. , The prosecutrix said that yesterday arternoon she out of an omnibus at Newington-causeway, the throe prisoners having been riding in the same v e hi c l e . After walking a few yards a police i ns p ector stopPe'A her an asked her it she bad not lost anything. IJP ° . ; feeling in her pocket she missed h er purse, wh i c h co"" safe wtten she got oat of the omnibus. In answer to questions from the prisoners, the proW cutrix stated that she did not know which of the pr t• got in first, but th ey a ll ro d e i n the vehic l e --°°" sat opposite to her, one at her side, and another a little way from her. The prisoners were remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MORE PICKPOOKETS.—James Shelley, a young 1 0 1 was charged before Mr. Beado n with pi c ki ng th e pocice of Frederick Beal, No. 25, Adam-street East. The prosecutor stated that about seven o'clock 0 0 morning he was going towards St. George's Barrack when he saw several persons standing together among whom was the prisoner. He went up to them wile ° the prisoner came in front of him. He afterward° passed him. Shortly after he felt the prisoner's hani in his pocket, and gradually he fou n d hi s h an dk er chi° being removed from his pocket. He observed to 100 3 ; "My friend, you have t a k en m y p oc k e t h an dk erc hief. He denied that he had. Toe prosecutor, however, 90° positive that he had, and seized hold of him. A poli e ; constable came up who happened to be present, and u gave the prisoner into custody. or The prisoner was sent to the House o f C orrec tion t three months. TH A NIES. ASSAULT ON A DOCK OFFICER.—Charles Ince painter, and well known chief, was brought before D'l t r i ' Yardley, charged with assaul ing Mr. John Shep P ar au officer belcoling to the East and West India D oc Compar,y's own police. Mr. Sheppard stated that some time ago the prison er , was convicted and sentenced to two m ont h s i m pri Bclii f nient and hard labour, for stealing tw o fil es o f c oppe = r weigning 33ibs., wt ich he was bunging out o f the dve „ "' Oa that occasion a knife was taken from the prisoner,,' and be retained possession of it, an d a t tac h e d a l a bel. t . it. Last night the prisoner came t o t h e police-office' i the dock, and demand e d h is knife, which was given -° him, and he then said th e t ic k et o f; t watch was taken fr o ' - him, him,and which the p r i soner asserted was still in h i s (Sher; herd' s•) possession. He denied having anything of tba kind in hie possession. The prisoner immediately brO; out into a viol en t pass i on, and persisted over an d o ve ; again th a t th e d uplicate relating to a watch was tabu from him. He begged of the prisoner to leave toe officer on which he declared that he would bring an ale against the Dock Company and go to au attorney. , • told the prisoner to go to the d—, and he then uo.c e disturbance. Witness then showed him out of the o fficer and the prisoner turned rou n d upon hi m , struck bio l the breast and cheek, and put him to considerable P 5 and inconvenience. The prisoner still persisted that a pawnbroker's dpp id cate, relating to a watch, was taken from him, and r to Mr. Sheppard was a pretty kind of a fuperior (Ace tell him to go the devil. r Y ea a t r e d a l e e d y— him ßut wi n t o n t u an nti until you maa andt r l; ill-conditioned fellow, and your two months' attorney. meat has had very little effect upon you. I Neaten°. you to pay a fine of 40 5. , or be imprisenad 14 d a y s. 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