The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

THE sus, LONDON), MONDAY EVENLY ( THE FASTEST SHIP IN' THE WORLD IN THE THAMES. • and skill for which he is so eminently dis tinguished. The continued holding out of Delhi up to the unknown period when the in telligence was sent off need not cause any very serious apprehensions as to the ultimate triumph of our arms. Every attack had been repulsed. The British superiority was clearly manifested on every occasion when our soldiers came in con tact with the mutineers, and we can scarcely doubt that similar results will follow when the grand attack is hazarded. The death of Sir HENRY LAWRENtE is a very serious event. He had proved himself to be an officer and-administrator of extraordinary ability. In the centre of Oude he had maintained his position with a very small force. His very name was worth at least a thousand fighting men. He has fallen nobly from wounds received in a sortie against the rebels ; and deeply as we must deplore his loss, we may reasonably hope that his example may-inspire others to supply, so far as practicable, the place of the departed hero. That the native troops in Oude should all have joined in the insurrection, might well have been ex pected. It is fortunate that we have the ex-King in safe quarters. He will serve as a valuable hostage during the contest ; and if his complicity can be clearly established, will bitterly expiate his offexces. His ill-deserved pension, 1500001 par annum, will go some way in meeting the expenses occasioned by the revolt. The so-called King of Delhi has also a similar annuity ; and if the Rajah of Moorshadabad is also implicated, there will be a fund produced equivalent to at least eight millions, or with British guarantee, at 3i per cent. per annum, to twelve millions sterling. the celebrated "Black Ball" clipper s - ) I G H T N I N G,' Belonging to Messrs. JAMES BAINES and co., of Liverpool, and sister ship to the " JAMES BAINES" I Od the " CHAMPION OF THE SEAS," recently inspected and so 1 ighly eulogised by her !lajesty the Queen and Court at Vortsmouth, is expected to arrive in the Thames, to embark tfroapa for India, on or about the 21st instant. While lying off Gravesend, the " LIGHTNING" will be thrown open to public inspection for a few days, and a charge of one Mill iing admission will be made, the receipts to be given to the wives and families of the soldiers who sail in her. The " LIGHTNING" is 2,41.03 tons register, 3,500 tons burthen, 243 feet long and 44 feet wide, She is T.-1E FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD, !twin , / made the passage from Melbourne to Ltierpool in 63 dqya, glen her speed during the w h o welb y ,,,--, (round Cape Born), ,distance of 15,000 miles airthe crow flies ' averaged 10 miles an hour. On the 27th of Februanpo 1855, she ran 19 m i es per hour for 24 consecutive hours, and from the 28th June to the 4 th July, 1656, her hourly consecutive speed overawed 15 miles. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced Trice; on Frida7, September 18, and Saturday, September 19. with Piccolo, mini, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Violetti, Rossi, Beneventaco, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVA'ATA and IL DON GIOVANNI. PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit l'ier, and One Pair.. £2 2 0 Two Pair ... 1 1 0 Three Pair .. 0 15 0 Pit Stalls Pit Gallery StalL4 .-- 0 3 6 Gallery ~ ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, LA TRA,VIATA. Violetta, Madame Casiier ; Annetta, Mdlle. Baillo u ; Flora, Mile. Gramaglia; Cermont, Signor Dragone, his first appearance in England ; "Barone, Sig. Piccini ; Marchese, ,Sig. Kinui • Medico, Signor ; Gaston°, Sig. Annoni ; Clinseppe, Sig. Gabussi ; aid Alfredo Sig, Mario. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rnis EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled Vunn Ms in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, die., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUS IN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Followed. by ACTRF (W ALL WORK, in which Miss Anna Maria Quinn (from the principal theatres in Australia) will sustain six characters. There is a like confusion respecting the intelli gence from Cawnpore. It is stated that the news given by the Bombay Times, of the 14th July, respecting its capture and the massacre of the Europeans, is confirmed ; but still dates are wanting, and we may easily conceive thab it is only the confirmation of that which has already been communicated. The original intelligence, which announces the defeat of the rebels on three several occasions, the capture of guns between Allahabad and Cawnpore, and the re-capture of the latter station from NANA. Sams, with the fact that General HAVELOCK is following him up the Bithoor, is really satisfactory. That truculent ruffian—one of our well-paid pensioners—had taken advantage of the opportunity to massacre, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, every European that fell into his hands during their flight from the city. He did not, however, succeed in taking possession of the Fort, and his triumph was very short lived, thanks to the gallant HAVELOCK and the faithful troops under his command. He has most probably already bitterly expiated his treachery and sanguinary outrages. The mutiny of the Gwalior Contingent was already known. It was stated that HOLKAB, had re mained firm, and would adopt the most energetic steps to punish the insurgents. tHe had also given very sterling evidence of his fidelity by transmitting his treasure to the English station at Mhow. The last despatch practically announces nothing respecting him that was not already known. The same may be said of SCINDIA. I Their troops bad mutinied, but each had given the strongest professions of good-will to the English Government. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. 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 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lt*wer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. 9rIHEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, tdame Celeste. Fel owed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c. To conclude with SLASHER .AND CRASHER. QTRAND THEXTRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. ►•7 —THIS EVENING will be performed HOW IS IT TO BE DONE. Followed by CLARI, THE MAID OF MILAN. Miss Harriet Gordon and' Mr. Denvil. To conclude with AN IRISH ENGAGENIENT. Mr. and Mrs. Foster. Commence at half-past Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit. ls. ; Gallery, 6d. pA)O Y OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. RolPon 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, aad Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, 'Sze. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past !Seven. ),.?OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed EXTREMELY PECULIAR. Mr. Shepherd. After which, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. With other attractive novelties. The most extraordinary part ofthe entire mes sage is that relating to the Transit. That the ill-fated vessel should be totally lost is by no means surprising. It was the fate generally pre dicted, and it is something to know that the crew and troops have not also been lost. But we cannot understand how they could have got into the straits of Sunda, or .from thence to Suez. It must have been to Sinoapore, not far distant. There must clearly be some mistake there, which time only can clear up. We can only hope for the best ; but surely sufficient has transpired to induce the Government to adopt still more energetic mea sureg, and to delay the prorogation of Parliament at all events until full information has been re ceived as to the present state of affairs in India. The blundering message has only enhanced the public curiosity, without in any degree appeasing the very natural anxiety prevailing on the subject. ASTL - EY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under tho patronage of fler Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand (Mental Spectacle of EL HYDER, Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest in; and thrilling Equestrian aad Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippoclrama abounds have been nightly received with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments s ill commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec. tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GIIAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained I lenses. A fter 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. men t, including Madlle. Mililos. To conclude with Shakspear's KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO, with Equestrian Illustrations. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; G a ll ery, l s. ; U pper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. 11 Jx•otlice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, *- W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. In what way can the system of purchase of commissions in the army be got rid of F Certainly not by the means indicated by the Royal Com missioners ! As we have already stated, they seem to have begun at the wrong and ; and there is something like a breach of faith to those officers who, having purchased up every previous step to that of major, may find themselves de barred from achieving the legitimate object of their ambition, even at the eleventh hour. It is true that this consideration should not retard a great national improvement, one on which the efficiency of our armies so greatly depends. But it they be regarded as a make-weight, which should in some degree incline the scale in the direction above suggested. It is calculated that the buying up of every commission would cost no less than seven millions sterling to the country. This is a large sum unquestionably, but even it would be well applied to achieve so vast an amelioration. But this money would not be required all at once. Under judicious arrangements the amount could only be called for by moderate instalments, spread over a very considerable period ; and those who entered the army under the new and improved system could have no future claim or cause of complaint. Our plan, then, which appears simple enough, is to let every first step be given free of expense, either as the premium for the best answers at competitive examination, or for the possession of such other qualifications as may render the candi dates likely to become efficient and valuable offi - The telegraphic intelligence from India which cars. Let the nation pay the regulation price to appeared in our impression of Saturday is all " a those who may be entitled to demand it, and in uk?tldle." But that it was sent to the Govern- whose place they may be appointed. The parties tnent by confidential officials, we might imagine who would be entitled to receive back the pur that it had been prepared merely to influence the chase money they had actually paid would be gra- St iek Exchange. It was not only scanty in its dually reduced in number. Those will entered the : i ' t ''utraits, b u t th ere was a con f us i on runn i ng army on the improved system would have nothiug to le e qh the wh o l e th a t ma d e i t worse th an use - do with purchase at any stage of their career. The : B*. lO aates were given, although under the men who wished to retire would not be injures, ei re unlat aamca they were all-important ; and, for, so long as they received the money to which strange t o Say, the min At ion Beeataa.—an appropriate done- they were entitled , it sig nified nothin g b y w hom would uot wait for more certain tidings. But for The sad a ccount o f t h e d eath of it was paid. Existing officers might continue to Sir TIENRY BA.RISTAi tb tr _ em dysentery we night purchase on according to the existing system, but dJubtful whether the it should be thoroughly understood that they news Le from Delhi should not henceforward become entitled to claim was much later than that which had any recompense fur steps procured after this date pre viouslij come to hand. W e had h ear d without purchase. up to tire 27th of June. At that time a Strong This seems a simple and straightforward course. force', consisting of from 7,000 to 8,000 Europeans There may be some slight difficul'ies in arranging ary,l 5,000 Natives we re encamped before D e lhi , the details, but they would easily be surmounted. hnd reinforcetnents were daily expected, whi c h There would be nothing that could be tortured wou!ti enable him t 3 risk an assault on the rebel into a bleach of faith towards any officer now in stronghold. General BARNARD was an experienced the'se rv i ce , whilp, as we have stated, those who °ffieer. He had been chief of the stiff in the enter under a aitferent regulation will thoroughly Cri., nea un d er G eneral SIMPSON, an d had therefore undeistandtheria esand principles by which future il'oeildant opportunities of seeing h ar d fighting• promotion willheobtained . They should attain the It ia imposs ib le higher grades under the • • to say what he might have mixed system of seniority accom and merit plished h a d hi s lif e b een spare d . It i s more thatweho pe maybe adopted. The present than probable that his lamented death may post- class will still go on purchasin g or not, according Roue active operations until the arrival of Sir to the present plan, but as each retires ]from the ('OLIN CAMPBELL, who ought to have arrived service, the number of purchasers will be gradually at the scene of action lo ng • even tually extinguished. will since, and who reduced and lose no time- in displaying The chief objection to this seems to be that it the energy ANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— ‘---/ OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow lug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of ! 4 el ,, letions from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Cli‘tes, Duets, dtc., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, %Use Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, P., (Prover, T. Far rant, S. Tonon, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An. tonic., E. L. !Time, and Kr. St. Albyn ; Master Corti; Messrs. Sam, Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sup pers, &c., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY— Morn., 37 min. aft. 4—Even., 51 min. aft. 4 TO-Alonnow—Morn., 7 min. aft. 5 —Even., 22 min aft. 5 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75—highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 79 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.93. NlPTistr, • •E 8 E • fine breeze, and splendid summer wea. ther. • AtrGrisr 24. 79 h'ghtst since noon yesterday. 67 - sweat this morning and during the night. 79 -tbla day at noon. I BenomE rzn, 29.83. WIND, ; light, with fine weather. 49 ,74 z , 4Nt.a.. v-1 (t•-•; . - 11,11, ~ , LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1857. will delay for a considerable period the f ull `l7 l :fect of the improved regulations. But it prevent any very serious demand on the B:chequer dur ing a single year, and it will leave no ground for grumbling to any person whatsoever. On the whole, it seem to ns to combinci the most judicious and eligible principles without allowing any per son whatsoever a reasonable ground of complaint, and we should, therefore, gladly, witness its adop tion by the executive. All future appointments without purchase might also be made liable to such conditions as Parliament may, at any future time, be pleased to impose. The parties should not be deemed to have any vested interest to de lay required reforms, or to entitle them to demand compensation for any future changes that may be deemed expedient. LATEST NEWS. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Pays of this evening says Sir Colin Camp bell has received orders to take command of the forces before Delhi. Sir Colin is sure to b 3 found where his services are most required. Let us hope that his health will support his determined courage and devotion. The Paris papers, while giving, some of them in a prominent manner, Lord Palmerston's remarks of Thursday night as to the propriety of keeping our steam fleet at home for the defence of British shores, and the maintenance of British dignity, abstains from all comment. The liebats merely observes that the noble lord's observations have, under present circumstances, a certain political in terest. Tn noticing the unpleasant news received from India the tone of the Paris press generally is friendly and considerate. . By the Emperor's special command, the Minister of Marine has issued an order to all captains of ships of war to give every aid to English vessels conveying troops to India, and to take them in tow wheb. becalmed. A telegraphic despatch from the French consul at Cadiz announces the arrival there, on the 15th inst. of the English fleet, under th e command of Admiral Lyons, whose flag was flying on board th e Royal Albert. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has published the conditions to 'be fulfilled by foreigners claiming the bronze medal lately granted by the Emperor to the old soldiers of the empire. They are to apply through their embacsa , lors. It has been said that 100,000 medals will be required, but it is scarcely credible that, after the lapse of 42 years there can be so many survivors of those celebrated cam paigns. The day approaches when the suspended Assembles Nationals will be allowed to re-appear, but under a new name. What that name is t.) be has been the subject of au amount of talk quite disproportioned to the importance of the topic. It is confidently affirmed that the SpectAteur wi ll be the new title. The Bank is busy preparing the 50 franc notes which, according to its last treaty, it is bound to issue, and which will shortlybe put into circulation. It has been very confidently stated that tha Shah of Persia is not only maintaining his army at its late strength, but actually increasing it. Some of the papers repeat the report that Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge will visit the camp of ChalonS, and.add that great preparations are being made at Rheims for th it reception. The Moniteur de la Flotte informs us that the English ship Abeona entered the port of Algiers on the 10th inst., hoving on board 1,035 off:ers and soldiers for India. This ship having damaged her screw, the Briti s h C onsu l-G enera l had requested Marshal Randon, Governor-General of Algeria, to afford a steamer to tow the Abeona to Gibraltar. Marshal Randon having gnauted the request, the steam-frigate Cacique, expected from Dcllys, would on her arrival tow the Abeona to Gibraltar. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received " MARSEILLES, Aug, 22,—M. de Reyneval has ar rived. The fall of 2f, the hectolitre on wheat is caused by the fall which took place in Algeria. All other qua lities are equaily fallieg." " BERLIN, Aug. 21.—The Chinese have not permitted Admiral Pontialioe and his taisbion to enter by Kiakhta. lie will consequently descend the Amour, and will pre sent himself at Shanghai." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUGUST 20. The organs of the English and continental press are full of contradictory repo! t 8 as to the issue of the Osborne Conferences, and it may therefore ba well to communicate some little authentic informa tion on the subject. Mutual concessions were made. England consented to' the repetition of the Molda vian elections, and Franca promised no longer " to urge" the union of the Danubian Principalities. My informant was either unable or unwilling to in form me how the question of the Union was t) be disposed of, but tie h'nted that the Moldavian and Wallachian elections were now matters of in ferior importance. Although the foregoing intelligence is bir: scanty, it will serve to show that a morning contemporary was in error when it affirmed that the British Cabinet had yielded to France in the matter of the union, " notwith standing the stealfast oppositio:i of Lord Palmer ston." It is related that this Cabinet wcs extremely incensed when it first learnt that England had agreed to the rejection of the Moldavian elections, and the report is cer tainly correct, for some of those. German papers which are in connexion with the Austrian Government inveigh bitterly against British stlt , amen, and accuse them of " weakness" and " faithlessness." It way be considered certain that the Emperor of Russia will he at Berlin again in the course of the next month, but it is by no means proba,lde that the Emperor of the French will go there to meet him. The Krem Zeitany has barned that the two monarchs are likely to have an interview "at some place in the south-west of Germany," but it is evi dent that it has no great contideuce in the source from which the intelligence was derived. ment Stock, on the contrary, is unusually firm. Within the last 48 hoursßaßankshares, at 20011. per share, have fallen 1811. (11. 165.) Govern- TURKEY. Telegraphic despatches from Constantinople an nounce the receipt, by the British and Austrian Ambassadors, of the fresh instructions from their respective Governments . , by which they are ordered to demand of the Porte?, conjointly with the repre sentatives of the other four Powers, that the Moldavian election should be annulled. It is added that, before obeying these orders, the two Ambassadors thought it their duty to nuke a fresh representation to their Courts. There appears not tile least doubt of the satisfactory arrangement of the affair, the Sultan having declared his willing ness to conform to the di.cision of the six Powers so soon as that should be unanimous. It seems pre•ty certain that Kaprisli Pacha will be Vizier. This bias is decidedly French. The French Go vernment's latest instructions to M. Thouvenel are to be as conciliatory as possible i n hi s manner of transacting business, and carefully to sparo the susceptibilities of Lord Stratton and Baron ProkeEch. A telegraphic despatch in the Nord, dated Vienna, the 21st inst., says : " The Turkish Ambassador has received a de spatch from his Government, which he ha s corn municated announcest t that oC t Count and in whi c h the Porte t is willing to resume nego ti a ti ons on the basis of the arrangements made at Osborne." ITALY. The Monitore Toscano of the 18th gives a full account of the arrival of the Pope on. the Tuscan territory on the 17th : " On reaching Filigare, the first Tuscan frontier village, His Holiness was complimented, in the name of the Grand Duke, by the Hereditary Prince and the Archduke Charl€s, accompanied by Lieu tenants Medici and Silvatici. The Apostolical Nuncio and the Superintendent of the Post-office were also present. The Pope was then conducted by the Princes to the Villa delle Marchere, be longing to the Marquis Carlo Gerini, one of the . Grand Duke's officers. There the Pope found. the Gram' Duke and Grand Duchess, the Dowager Grand Duchess Maria Ferdinanda, the Archduchess Anna, the Count and Countess of Trapiui, Prince Ferdinand° Strezzi, and other dis tinguished personages belonging to the Court. His Holiees was conducted to . the chapel, where the hymn of Ram-novo was chanted. A number of the population of the environs having assembled bJora the villa, the Pope gave them his benediction from the terrace. A certain nutuberof persons belonging to the Marquis's establishment were then a dmitted to kiss the Pope's slipper. lie illness dined with the Grand Duke, there b dng 3G guests at table. The Grand Duke and the Princes then left for Florence, at 6.1- p.m. In the evening tho Pope again blessed the people front one of the highest points of the park, which wassplendidlyilluminntedat nightfall." Ttie Pope sot oat for.the Villa Guieciardnia. della, Pictra on the following morning. ton, on view of the Indy of a male SUSPECTED SUICIDE IN THE NEW RIVER AT HORNSBY — INQUEST.—On Saturday, Mr. NV. Baker held an in• quest at the Manor-•:icarsre, Green-lanes, Stoke Newing ton,had. been dead many person unknown . The decease) Lours, and wa dreaael in a canna ; -jaeket, black-cloth trmrers and ves , , Blucher boots, white cotton s:rcke, and shirt. Ile we, fbetween 35 and 40 years of age, stout-built, and full aced. In his F.ocket was found a pawnbroker's dupli cate relating to a puir o f b 00 t,,,, piedged in the name of George ThDin,,on, on the 13th of August, 1857. Notice , had been posted round the nietrepolitan district, but the decexzed had not been identified. The jury returned an open verdict of "Pound dead in the New River without marks cf violence." _ FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL WAY,—On Saturd a y an i nques t way;hold at the Railway Tavern, Colueyll -Itch, before Mr. of Mr. Georgo Wal , .ley, on the body Co; aged 62, bookseller, at No. 2 7 thd• ford-street, Covent- . 4arden, and superintendent of the Society fur PrJtu o ti ng C hr i st i an Knowledge, who wet with his death at the Giney-hatch station of the Great Northern Railway, on Thursday evening last. The pro ceedings were adjourned until Thursday nrxt, for the attendance of the Hatfield station Waster. THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION. The Court will remain at Osborne until after Wednes day next, the 26th of August, where her Majesty has constantly celebrated the birthday of the Prince Con sort. The usual rural fetes will take place which the Queen has been accustomed to give to the tenantry and the workpeople on the royal estates, and the crews of the royal yachts. The Court is expected to arrive at Balmoral on the 29th inst., the day originally fixed. The Earl of Clarendon will accompany her Majesty to Scotland as the Secretary of State in attendance. Had it been possible to finish the session yesterday (Saturday, 22d), the day expected, it was her Majesty's intention to have prorogued Parliament in person ; but the delays—still more the uncertainty—of the proceed ings on the Divorce Bill have altered all the anticipated arrangements. At this moment it la uncertain whether Parliament will be prorogued on Wednesday or Thursday next. The Privy Council, to settle the Queen's Speech, which was fixed for Monday, was yesterday postponed to the fol lowing day, and it will be further postponed on Wednes day, unless the public business shall proceed on Monday, in the Lords, sufficiently to allow of the Council being held at Osborne, on Tuesday. Until the fate of important measures be known on Monday, it is obviously impos sible for Ministers to make final arrangements fur the breaking up of the session. We believe that somo elevations to the peerage of the United Kingdom will be announced in due course at the end of the session. His Excellency Count d'Apponyi left the Austrian Legation on Saturday evening, for Holland, on tern porary leave of absence. During the conge of his Excel. lency, the Count Chotek will act as charge de affaires. The Duke of Devonshire arrived at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire, last week, from Chatsworth. His Grace is entertaining a select circle of friends, who have had ex cellent shooting over the moors in the vicinity of the Abbey. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn arrived at Strathconon, last week, where the Earl and Countess of Lichfield have also arrived. We learn that the Ea►l of Lichfield has been slightly indisposed since his arrival, but by the last letters he was better. The Earl and Countess Nelson and family are among the fashionable residents at Sandown, Isle of Wight. The Earl of Lonsdale is surrounded by a select party at Lowther Castle, Cumberland. Lady Fred. Bentinek, and Mr. H. Lowther, M.P., and Mrs. Lowther, have joined the circle. Lord Brougham has been among the noble earl's visitors. The Earl and Countess of Harrington have left town for Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained at dinner, on Saturday e%ening, at Cambridge House, Pic cadilly, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl Granville, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Lady Victoria Ashley, Viscountess Jocelyn, Vis count Castlerosse, M.P., Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley, Lord Panmure, Lord John Hay, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lady William Russell, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper; M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, and Mr. Norman Macdonald. After dinner her ladyship received a select circle. It is confidently asserted, in certain quarters which profess to be well informed, that Lord R. Grosvenor, Lord Harry Vane, and Mr. Compton Cavendish, ara to be immediately raised to the peerage ; an 1 that the writs for Middlesex, South Durham, and Bucks will be issued before the prorogation. LORD JOHN RussELL.—We have reason to believe that the citizens of London will before long be called on to select a successor to Lord J. Russell as one of their representatives in the House of Commons. We learn on unquestionable authority that her Majesty, at tt:• suggestion of the noble viscount at the head of the Go vernment, is about to elevate Lord John Russell to the House of Lords by creating him a Peer of the United Kingdom. Considering Lord John Russell's political career in the House of Common., extending over a pe riod of 44 years and the great public mea,ures of re form which hit name is identified with, we think no member of that popular branch of the Legislature more deserving of the honour. DEATH OF ADMIRAL THOMAS.—Admiral Mahal() Thomas died on the 21st instant at his residence in Lower Durnford-street, Stonehouse, in the 81st year of his age. He entered the navy on , the 26th May, 1790, on board the Cumberland, 74, Captain John M'Bride, and sailed in the course of the same year with a squadro under Rear-Admiral Cornish, for the West Indite, where he removed, as A. 8., on his arrival, to the Blanche, Captain Robert Murray. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-110 admirers of Piccolo mini and Giuglini will have another opportunity of hearing these delightul artistes, in the ensuing month, when "La Traviata" and "Don Giovanni" will be per formed, with the same unprecedented cast as represented during the season of the opera. DRURY LANE THEATRE.—This theatre is to re-open for dramatic performances on the 7th of September, when Mr. Roberts, an American tragedian, of whom fame speaks favourably, will make his first appearance before a London audience. Mdlle. Rachel, whom some of the theatrical papers have sent to the south, is still in Paria, but there are nu hopes of her glorious talent being added to the attrac tions of the Francais this winter. Mr. T. P. Cooke, it is said, finds himself so regene rated by his performances at the Haymarket, that he has consented to play at the Adelpbi, on the termination of his present engagement. Miss Reynolds has obtained a cong6 for a few weeks from Mr. Buckstone, during which she intends recruiting her health by travelling in Germany. SURREY THEATRE.- 2 :The opera company having left this theatre, the management have engaged the cele brated Christy Minstrels, who will give their exceedingly ' clever entertainments every evening during the week. The favourite dramatic piece of " Extremely Peculiar," will be introduced between the American performances. SADLER'S WELLS —This theatre will re-open, under the management of Messrs. Phelps and Greenwood, early in the month of September. OLYMPIC.—Mr. Tom Taylor is writing a drama for Vie Olympic. flAt Astley's the grand Oriental spectacle of "El Hyder" will be repeated, with the Scenes in the Circle. NEW ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—Up to the present time only 54 public acts have been passed. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Aug 22.—The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Company's steamer Asia, Capt. E. G. Lott, left the Mersey for New York this morning at 11.45, with the usual mails, a fall cargo, and 106 passengers. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION FETE.—The entertain ments at the Crystal Palace on Saturday, on behalf of the Esrly Closing Association, attracted a greater ntm• ber to Sydenham than have been there since the last day of the Handel Festival. The morning entertainments consisted of the sports of running in sacks, of running blindfold after a man c,rrying jingling bell'', and wheel barrow races blindfold, each cf which produced a vast neal of amusement. The Scottish games of throwing hammer, " tossing the caber," of " putting the stone," broadsword exercises, the sword dance, and other sports and exercises, kept the spectators outside fully enter tained till du:k ' • and inside the Palace there was a con cert, with voca l as well as instrumental performers. Two displays of the upper fountains added to the day's enjoyment. The performances will be repeated this dad. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF A CRIMINAL LUNATIC FROM BEDLAM.—No little sensation has been crewed amongst the officials of Bethlem Hospital, i n en . sequence of the escape of a criminal lunatic under circumstances that apprc.x•mate the daring txploi's of the•renowned Jack Sheppard. From the particular:, obtained it appears that a man named Joseph King had been liberated on a tickst of leave, ee having b en convicted far felony. Since that he had been again ap pretended forfelony, tried at Exeter Assizes in Dee. 185 r, and sentenced to fifteen pars' transportation. After befng incarcerated in Mi lbank prison some time, he a a pronounced to be insane, and was in consequence removed to Betbelem Hospital. On Friday, upon going to the man's dormitory the keeper was astonished at finding that the prisoner W:l3 non est, and a large held made in the wail, which it was quite clear had been made by the prisoner—tl:rough which be had got out. A she and a blanket had been tied together, and by t ose means he succeeded in sliding down into the street, a distance of considerably over 20 feel, and then got clear off. The authorities aro of opinion that it must have taken the man neatly a week to have bored the hole in the wall, and how he hail suc ceeded in accomplishing his object without ohi.ervatien appears a perfect miracle. Th_ following is a description of the person :—About thirty years of age, five feet ten inles high, sallow cmplexion, dark hair and eyes, thin visgae, spare figure, and pas dressed, when he left the institution, in an Oxford mixture cloth jacket marked inside Bethlehem Hospital, corduroy trousers, and is supposed to have on his head a cloth cap. He is also described as having a peculiar manner of helding his head on one side while speaking. The police have been actively engaged the whoie of Saturday in looking after the accused, but he had not been apprehended up to an early hour last evening. NG ATJG!USr 24; 185 7. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, MA.Y 21. The Simla arrived on the 14th with the Febru ary and March mails. It was at first intended so send her back at once with our May mail, but that plan has been abandoned, and the letters will go by the Great Britain. This I think wise r as it will tend to pre,yent any further derangement of the ma;l service. The Simla, therefore, will start on her assigned day of departure with the June mail. This will make all regular, except that the South ampton June mail will have to remain at Suez, and will be brought by the Simla with the July mail. This liability to derangement can only be obviated by an extra VesSel ready at all times to take the place of any one of the line which may meet with an accident. The question is raised here whether the Home Government will enforce the contract as to the for feiture for delay. The daily forfeiture goes on in creasing, at the rate of 501. per diem. That is, it amounts to 501. for the first 24 hours, 1001. for the second, 1501. for the third, and so on ; and such penalties, says the contract, shall in no case be re linquished. But it is not to exceed in one voyage the sum of 7,708/. 6s. Bd. The penalty for 17 days' delay amounts to 7,6501., which was incurred by the non-delivery of the February mail. The penalty for the nine days' delay of the March mail is 2,2501., and it seems probable that there will be one more penalty to the full amount. If it be taken both ways the account will stand thus : £ s. d. Non-delivery of the Oneida' home mall ... 7,708 6 8 Non-delivery of the Oneida s outward mail 7,708 6 8 Nine days' delay in the March outward mail 2,250 0 0 No May mail from Australia ... 7,708 6 8 June , mail from Southampton proba,bly de layed to July... ... 7,708 6 8 33,083 6 8 It would have been much more econonomical had the contractors provided a fifth vessel to be' sta tioned here in readiness to remedy accidents and consequent delay. The news by the March mail has given firmness to the markets generally. Some time since there existed a good deal of alarm least the, consignments of goods from England should proceed' too rapidly for cmsumption,ancl should produce a glut. Most of the mercantile advices state that goods are being sparingly shipped. This naturally has a good effect on the markets. There is also a groat abundance of money, which, perhaps, is only another mode of stating that there is a general state of confidence in the borrowers' securities. Everybody will trust everybody ; but I cannot team that this has given rise to any unwholesome state of commercial specu lation. 'lt has, however, told upon the prices of securities, such as Government Debentures and Shares, and also on the price of land. Our Go vernment 5 per Cent. Debentures cannot be had at 1011. ; South Australia 6 per Cents. sell at 104/. ; New South Wales Bank shares, 201., sell for 511. making the interest, with all the risk of a falling off in the dividend, only 8 per cent.; Hobson's Bay Railway shares of 501., paying 10 per cent., sell at 851. in face of the progressing Williamstown Rail way, which will divert a large portion of its goods traffic. The Colonial Bank of Australia, which has only just declared its fi rs t di v id en d o f 5 per cent., with a reserve rather exceeding the dividend, has disposed of all its disposable shares, the last price being 20 per cent. premium. If the money market continues in its present state it would not surprise me were the shares of this new bank, 31. paid up, to be worth 4/. before the end of the year. Now, I see that in seine instances the London prices of Australian securities are lower than, colonial prices. This indicates an advancing rate of interest in Eng land, the natural result of the great stimulus to ma nufacturing industry imparted by the gold of Cali fornia and Australia. If our Government is to raise 1,500,0001. next year by debentures, if the present relative state of the money markets continues, it can only be done .by offering a higher rate of inte rest, or, what amounts to the same thing, , selling at a lower. price. Judging from the large amount of bank deposits here, and the quantity of coin in the banks, I believe 1,500,0001. of Debentures could be absorbed here, finding their way to Eng land as remittance when the relative state of the markets should permit it. I think there are some indications of over specu lation in land and houses. Land in the outskirts of Melbourne and in the surrounding townships, as St. Kilda, Hawthorne, drc., has been selling at about double the price it sold for 18 months ago. There is nothing to warrant this in the present state of the consumptive demand and supply, and I believe it to arise entirely from the large amount of accumulated money capital seeking investment with no great choice of securities. This is certainly the case with town lands. I have before pointed out that by the removal of the single storey hovels in which retail business is carried on, and replacing them with handsome two and three storey houses, thw.ro will be room in Melbourne for three times the population. This grand improvement is rapidly going on, so that I cannot see that there need be any effective demand for town land, and yet it sells fOr enormous prices ; for instance, 2181. per foot frontage in not the best part of Collins-street, without a house upon •it worth more than old materials. Shop rents of 8001., 1,0001., and 1,200!. a year in the best put of the best streets are not uncommon. Any depressed state of trade will render the payment of such enormous prices impossible. The buildings now in course of erection in Mel bourne are really on a very splendid scale. The English and Scottish Bauk has completed a very tasteful banking-house in Elizabeth-street. Tho hall in, which the money business is transaeted—l he "shop," as the successors of the goldsmiths in Lom bard-street, with "pride that apes humility," call it—is a most magnificent chamber. The Bank of New South Wales is building a very magnificent banking-house, with columns surmountingcolumus, in Collins-street. The Oriental Banking Company is building a large but plain and tasteful house of cut stone in Queen-street ; the Bank of Australasia is about to enlarge and beautify ; the Union Bank, which used to be the pride of Melbourne, which people flocked to see, will be the meanest of the whole—except the local banks of Victoria and the " Colonial," which are content to dispense good dividends from a more humble threshold. I took a new plan of Melbourne the other day, and marked with a pen the Melbourne as I recollect it of 1853—just before building commenced after the commencement of tho new era ; it was not one fourth of its present size. At the back of the curt-house and gaol you then came upon the "bush"—parklike land through which the pas senger threaded his . way among bush tracks be tween trees ; one has now to go beyond that before even the centre of the town is reached. This is the Me all round. The bulk of the Melbomme population is now located in parts of the town which were open land four years ago. The suburb of Emerald-hill, south of the Yarra, which is now a flourishing municipality, had no existence four and a-half yeirs ago. The first laud sale took place only in October, 1852. Where I think there is overbuilding . is in the suburban townships St. Kilda, South Yarra, Haw thorne, Lt c. In St. Kilda, especi illy, inhabited to a great extent by wealthy tradesmen, rows of houses, terraces, detached and semi-detached houses, are going up everywhere. At present theyare taken as soon as finished at 250/. to 3001. and more per annum. They are of a class to let for about a fourth or a fifth of the rent in England, in the suburbs of London. The occupiers of these houses ara aban doning houses of an inferior class, wbich will fall into decay or be removed. All this indicates a height of prosperity. St. Kilda is run upon more than other parts, in consequence of the opening of the ralway. The distance is three miles • 'the ti Gins go every half-hour, and th e c h arge i s only 30 , . per month, or 121. 12a. a-year. In January, 1855, the 'buses charged 2s. Gd. each way. Except in the matter of rent and wages the colony is in other re spects " settling down," as the colonial expression is, into a reasonable condition. Some . hints have begin thrown out by news paper writers'disposed to take a glu.orny view, that the production of gold is falling off. The escort returns and the shipments have rather diminished, but still I have no doubt that the fields are prac tically inexhaustitde—at least, for many, many years to come. But a revolution is going on in the mode of production, the results of which have yet to be developed. At first. gold was picked up in abundance• near the , sulfa,ce wi , h• out any material aid from capital. Surface and shallow digging is now carried on to a very limited extenl . . It is, however, not quite exhausted, for only last week a nugget was found on the surface weighing 1501 b., with very little quartz in it, and another near it, only a few feet under the surface, of more than 100 lb. But the mining of Ballarat and Bendigo has entirely changed its chat acter— both requiring large capital and extensive co-ope ration. Companies of from 24 to upwards of 70 unite together, " amalgamate" their claims, pur chase steam engines, and sink shafts to a depth of sumo 250 feet before they reach what they call the gutters, whore they are pretty certain to have their outlay and labour rewarled. When they have "bottomed" their shafts they drive in the direction they expect to find the lowett part of the "gutters," and in this they are guided by science and experience. I have known parties proceed iu ,this way unprofitably for 12 monthS, feeling, how ever, confident in the principle upon which they were working. Now, there is a great deal of this deep sinking near known " leads,' which has been commenced within six months, and cannot be pro ductive for some time to come. This present sa crifice fora future result is no doubt affecting the present weekly yield. At Bendigo there is also a union of labour and capital, but in another way —namely, in quartz-crushing. This is compara tively in its infancy. But th© miners are conti nually improvin€ their methods, and I have no doubt the result will be satisfactory. Still, our population of 400,000 only share by the inter change of-commerce about the same amount of gold that less than 200,000 shared three years ago. THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Indus, Capt. Evans, reached Southampton this day, at nine o'clock, with the heavy portion of the East India and China mails, and 110 passengers. Her dates of sailing were— Alexandria Aug. 7 ; Malta, 11th ; Gibraltar, 16th. The freight of the Indus consists of 1,438 bales and cases of silk, 17 barrels of gum, 23 packages of elephants' teeth, 1 package of pearls, 6 packages of tobacco, and 260 packages of sundries. On the 14th . inst., at 3 a.m., off Algiers, the Indus came into collision with the screw steam-ship Florence Nightingale, from Sunderland to Constan tinople. The Florence Nightingale struck the In dus on the starboard fore sponson, carried away her bowsprit, and also stove in her bows. As the Flor ence Nightingale leaked the Indus took her in tow to Algiers and left her close to that port. The Indus received no damage. The night was fine and moon iight. The Florence Nightingale had masthead but no side lights. Her Majesty's screw ship Desperate and paddle steamers Tartarus and7Caradoc were at Alexandria. The Hibernia and Centaur were at Malta; and the Vulture and Ariel at Gibraltar. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Capt. Leitch, which Failed from Boston on the 12th instant, and touched at Halifax, N.S., during the night of the 13th, arrived in the Mersey at three o'clock this morning. She brings 50 passengers and $BOO,OOO in specie, $500,000 of which are for Liverpool, and $300;000 for Havre. A Washington despatch says that Lord Napier had informally sounded the administration with regard 'to the re-appointment of Consul Barclay. A letter from the late Vice-Consul Schedel had been filed, Ahich goes to show that there was false testiniony, as to Mr. Barclay's participation in the recruiting business. The Government replied that it could not take the initiative in restoring Mr. Barclay to the position which he has lost. A dispatch from Mr. Mason states that the French Government signed a convention with . Honduras on the Bth of July, Which guarantees neutrality with regard to the railroad routes. Captain Armstrong reports that an apology had been made by Sir William Hosts, commanding H. B. A.l. ship Spartan, for the insult offered the American government by pulling down the Ame rican colours on board the American barque Hen rietta Maria. , The injury is yet a matter for con sideration by the two governments.' General Herran had spent another day with Secretary Cass, and had had rather a boisterous discussion of the details of settlement of the Panama difficulties. The Indian outrages in Minnesota territory are reported to have ceased. - Advices from Kansas state that Governor Walker evacuated Lawrence on the 3d inst.. The vote in Lawrence in favour of the Topeka constitution was 652, only two votes were cast against it. The Free State ticket for minor offices was elected. The Boston Traveller of the 12th says : " Governor Walker is reported to have marched back to Lawrence with his troops—Fort Riley not being in so much danger from the Indians as he ex pected, feared, or hoped. Probably he has got the laugh upon him from both ends of the route." The various election returns are still favourable to the Democrats. ARRIVAL OF THE CIRCASSIAN. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The screw steam-ship Circassian, C. Powell, commander, belonging to the North Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, arrived in the Mersey last night. She left Portland August 6th, Halifax 11th, and Newfoundland 14th inst. The news from Portland and Halifax has been anticipated, and that from Newfoundland is unimportant. She has brought fifty passengers. There is no commercial news. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental CoMpany's steam ship Euxine, Capt. Weeks, arrived this day, with the usual Peuin.sults. mail, 40 pa,mengerb, 2,0901. in specie, 14 boxes of eggs, 2 casks of wine, 274 half chests of lemons, 5 baskets of onions, 110 boxes of tomatoes, 15 packages of drugs, and 7 packages of sundries. The latest dates wee—Gibraltar, Aug. 15 ; Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Oport9, 20 ; Vigo, 21. She reports the usual Portuguese squadron at Lisbon, also three Dutch frigates and a corvette. The Euxine spoke the. Sultan with the outward mails. THE LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S TROOP STEAM-SIZIP TRANSIT. It will be seen by the telegraphic message from India, received by the Earl of Clarendon on Fri day evening, that her Majesty's screw (troop) steam shill Transit, Commander Chambers, has been totally lost in the Straits of Sunda, while on her way to China with troops. Probably there never wee; a vessel in her Majesty's navy that had as quired such an unenviable notoriety as this un lucky ship, and it is not a little singular that the forebodings which had been so often expressed in the House of Commons as to her probable fate should have been so completely realised. The Transit was an iron built vessel of 2,000 tons burden, sister vessel to the Perseverance, another unlucky vessel, which capsized iu Woolwich Dock yard. She was constructed by Mr. Mare, of Black wall, and was purchased by the Government to be used as a troop ship and transport steamer.. One of her first mishaps, which got her into bad re pute, was ;the occasion of the last great naval review at Spithead. She was appropriated to the use of her Majesty's, peers, but, owing to a defi ciency of steam or some other defect she did not get out to the fleet until the review was nearly over, and on returning to port it was discovered that she had sprung a leak ; and en the appointment being noticed in the House of Lords, it was remarked by Lord Campbell that but for a bishop and one of his learned brothers (the late Baron Alderson) lending a hand at the pumps the most deplorable conse quences might have occurred to them all. It was stated in the house that she was unfit for Govern ment service. However, the Admiralty thought different, and in the course of last spring she was appointed to take our troops to Hong Kong for service in China. She underwent a thorough overhaul, and all her old imperfect ions were considered to be overceme. She shipped on board about 800 officers and m-n belonging to the 59th and 90th Regiments, and left Spithead on the 7th of April. On the following day she put back in 'a sinking state. It appeared that after leaving Spithead she encountered a dense fog, and brought up at anchor near Hurst •Castle, in five fathoms. The troops turned iu and all seemed comfort tble, but at daylight it was reported the ship was making water last, and that five feet was already in her hold. On her anchor being weighed it came up with half the stock off, and it then became ap parent that the ship had been driven on her own anchor, and had knocked a hole in her bottom. After some days delay in repairing her, she again started on the voyage. It was stated that she had put into Carunna, and some mention was made of the report in the House of Commons. The next that is heard of her, as st ,tecl in the message, is her total loss in the Straits of Sunda, but that all her troops, which bad been countermanded for service in India, and her crew were saved. Her loSs will involve a loss of upwards of 100,0001. She was about four years old. A SHOPKEEPER STABBED IN THE HAMPSTEAD ROAD. —Yesterday morning a costerrnonger named Ambrose, with his wife and one or two other persons, entered a ginger-beer shop, 117, Hampstead-road, in which a ycung Frenchman, named Galaud, was serving. After partaking of some cakes and ginger -beer, Ambrose fed asleep in the shop, and upon Galaud's waking him, as it was time to close the shop, he refused to leave. Galand then pushed him out of the shop, and a minute after wards appeared at the door, when Ambrose stabbed him in the abdomen with a long knife. Galaud was taken to University Codege Hospital, where he lies iu a dangerous state. This morning the prisoner was placed at the bar of the Marylebone police-court, and a certi ficate having been handed in, which stated that the wounded man was unable to leave the hospital, he was remanded for a week. SAVINGS-BINKS.—On the 20% of November, 1856, there were 1,341,054 depositors in savings-banks, of whom 1,317,444 were individual ones to the amount of 34,934,854/. The amount of pr i nc i pa l money received from and interest paid and credite d to the trustees of savings-banks and friendly societies, including the inte rest due on the 20th of November, was 74,801,6121,, and the amount of principal and interest paid to the trusties 37,729,6911. The amount due to the trustees by the commissioners on the said 20th of November was 37,071,921/., and the value of the securities held by the commissioners was 82, 750,6344 THE MOORS AND FORESTS. We are now in a position, says the Inverness Courier of Thursday, to speak more definitely of the state of the moors in the Highlands. 'The re ports are very contradictory, but in a great many cases the shootings have turned out so unmistake ably bad that it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that on such grounds, the birds ought to have a ju bilee. We do not remember a season in which so many shootings have been summarily abandoned, and in which there have been so many demands for a reduction of rent. But it would be quite, unfair to say that all the moors, or even a large proportion of them, are barren of game. On the contrary, the failures are the exception, and in the majority of cases birds are reasonably abundant, and never were in better condition. Last year was a most disastrous one for the young broods, and birth were left so weak and sickly that great execution was done among them, not by sportsmen only, but also by vermin and disease. This left the breeding steel; short all over the north, but where the winter and spring were favourable, they have recovered in a very remarkable manner, the young broods being large and healthy. It was probably this circum stance that in spring gave rise to such favourable reports of the prospects of the season, for nests of 10 or 12 healthy birds, or even 14, as they were sometimes found, gave the best assurance we could have looked for of a good season. When the early months of the year were unfavourable, on the high shootings and exposed districts, the birds have not turned out well, and there is an extraordinary deficiency in their number, which can be remedied only by calling off the sportsmen for a season or two. Those who have been so fortunate as to se- cure well-stocked moors are now enjoying good sport. The weather, with the exception of two days at the end of last week, has been propitious, though rather hot. Notwithstanding the complaints natu rally made by those who have been disappointed in their moors, there is still a demand -for shootings, and we believe we speak within' bounds when" we . say that not one in ten of the applicants have been able to procure grounds in the Highlands. We continue the result of the shootings, derived in almost every instance from the best authority : —At Hohne ' Mr. Dunbar b agge d 25 b race o f grouse. At Knockie, • Col. Adair , and Mr. Hugh Adair, M.P., shot 20 brace of grouse and 4 hares on the 12th, and 10 brace of grouse, 9 hares, and 2 ducks on the 13th. The party hero found the birds large and very strong, wild for the 12th August, and not a cheeper" seen all day. Mr. Murray, at Garve, 18 brace • Col. Ingli s , o f Ki ngsm i lls, an d Mr. W. Inglis, at linnean, 12 brace ; Mr. W. Mor ris, Mr. N. Morris, and Mr. W. Fry, at Moy Beg, 64 brace on the 12th and 61 on the 13the At Cawdor Lord Etniern shot 14 brace ; at Elgin Dr. M'Lean and ,Captain Dunbar, 481 brace ; at Culloden, Sir H. Vane, Mr. Trafford, and Mr. Eden, shot 30 brace ; at Lanes and Inverenie, Mr. J. B. Baillie, 13 brace; at • Tulchen, Mr. R. W. Williams, 25 brace on the 12th, and 35 brace on the 17th. Mr. Williams re ports the birds scarce in his distiict. " The moors require rest and a jubilee after last year's severe epidemic." At Rosehall, Mr. R. S. Holford, and the Hon. E. Jervis, bagged 494 brace ' • at Brae more, Dunbeath, Mr. Birkbe c k an d p ar t y (4 guns) shot 85 brace ; Mr. Blake, at Nairnside, 10 brace ; Mr. Wood, at Banchor; 11 brace ; Mr. Shaw, at Newhall, 13 brace ; a t Gl en t ru i m , M a j or C. Ren ton bagged 211 brace grouse and 4 hares ; and Mr. Gillon, 35 brace and 4 bares. Covies were scarce but good—" a wonderful falling off since 1853." Mr. Ruxton, at Aldourie, 10 brace; at Erchless Cas tle, on thel2th, Mr. G. Smyth and friendsbagged 20 brace grouse, 6 hares; on 13th the Hon. Mr. Irby shot a stag ; on the 14th Mr. Smyth and friends shot 30 brace of grouse. The Earl of Seafield shot 13 brace of grouse'at Balmacaan, and on the 17th one of the piety shot a fine stag. On the 18th Captain Murray shot a stag, the first of the season, in the forest of Torrechilty ; the stag weighed up wards of 20 stones, and was very fat. At Foyers, on the 19th, Mr. G. Watt and friends shot 17 brace of grouse in four hours. Mr. Alexander and Mr. White killed, at Eskdale, 121 brace on the 17th, and 15i brace on the 18th ; Mr. Mills and a friend, at Invereshie , on the 12 t h, 30 b race ; Mr. Newell, at Glenlivet, 21 brace, and Mr. Callwell, 471 brace. Grouse quite healthy and pretty nume rous. On the Achalibeter moors Messrs. A. IL Smith and H. W. P. Smith, Olney, bagged 45 brace of grouse on the 12th, and 26t in about four hours of the 13th. On the Glensheiro moors Mr. Edwards bagged 10 brace ; Sir L. PilkingtOn, 8 brace. On the moors of Drumochter, Mr. Fenton, ' sen., 15 brace ; Mr. Fenton, jun., 42 brace. The Laird of Glentrium and Master Gordon Macpher son, of Cluny, bagged 151 brace in a- few hours. On Kingussie moors, Mr. Allaopp and Mr. Boult bee bagged 214 brace grouse, 3 plovers, and 4 hares. On the Dulnan moors, Mr. Barton, Kinrara, bag ged 151 brace in five hours, Mr. Anne, S brace. On the moors of the Doune, Lord A. Russell and two, gentlemen bagged 30 brace. The party at Carr bridge are said to have had comparatively poor sport. We cannot vouch for the numbers, but we hear that Mr. Bass, M.P., killed 25 brace of grouse and 3 hares on the 12th ; 242 brace, 1 hare, and 1 plover on the 13th. Lord Scarsdale on the 12th had 19 brace grouse, 2 hares, and 2 ducks, and on the 13th 141 brace grouse. dr. Hall bagged on the 12th 15/ brace grouse, 41. brace snipes, 4 brace ducks, and 1 brace curlews ; on the 18th he had 101 brace grouse. Mr. Lloyd bagged 16i brace grouse and a hare on the 12th. On the'Rothes hills Dr. Maclean, Hythehill, Elgin, and Captain Dunbar, yr., of Pit gaveney, bagged 52 brace of grouse and 8 hares on the afternoon of the 12th. Mr. W. Brown, Link wood, bagged 12i brace grouse and a hare in three hours, on the Doncturcas moors. General Sir Geo. Brown and Major Godfrey Massy, Grant Lodge, Elgin, were out on the Birnie moors, on the 12th, and had very good sport. On Achinroath, Mr. J. Gran, of Glen-Grant, was out for an hour and a half, bagging 4i brace. Angling has been comparatively at a stand-still. The rain on Friday and Saturday swelled the river only to a trifling degree, as the wind was easterly, and rain does not seem to have fallen heavily on the west. The dry weather since has given a check to angling, but a few fish are still landed by the rod every day. Mr. Lowe has taken several grilse with the par tail—a somewhat uncommon circum stance on the Ness. Sir James_ Elphinstone, of Logie Elphinstone, we understand, had some good sport on Tuesday afternoon, and landed several grilse and two heavy salmon. The Stirling Journal reports —The sport during the week has been most excellent, and greatly above an average. Mr. Forbes, of Callender, and a party, including Lord Dunmore, shot about 40 brace, near Falkirk, while Mr. Home, of Argaty, killed, on the . l2th, 12 brace. Mr. Bennet had 12 brace on , Buttergask, While on the Leckie and Gargonnock moors the bags have been very good indeed. On all the grounds in this neighbourhood the birds are comparatively plentiful and in excellent condition. The Carlisle Patriot says :—We learn that grouse are plentiful on the southern and eastern moors of . this country, and along the Scotch border. The birds have never, on the whole, been in finer condition. LLOYD'S SLTIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Aug. 24.—Wind this day at noon, E • light breeze and fine. FALMOUTH, Aug. 20.—Wind calm. Sailed—Hobo, for Rio Janeiro. SCILLY, Aug. 21. —Wind S. E.—Sailed—Florence Night ingale, for Cape of Good Hope. CARDIFF, Aug. 22.—Wind N.E.--Sailed— Margaretta, for Calcutta; Hope, Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind E. S. E. —Arrived—Ma tibia Atheling, from London for Botob QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 22.—Wind N.—Arlivad—South a mpton, from London for Bombay. Sailed—Bona Den, for Rio Janeiro. SHIELDS, Aug. 23.—Wind E.—Sailed—Victoria Reed, for New York. SWANSEA, Aug. 23.—Wind S.S. W.—Sailed—Roebuck, for Caldera ; Sophie Elizabeth, Rio Janeiro; Staines Castle, Cuba; Devonport, Quebec. DUBLIN, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Ganges, from Mira micbi. BELFAST, Aug. 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—John Baring, for Quebec. HARTLEPOOL, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Equity, from Mira miohi. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 20.—The Yarborough (s.), from Hull for Cronstadt, struck the ground, and has broken her screw, and makes no water. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Month y, 10 a.m. Wind S.S.E. ; fine. Arrived—Argyll, steamer, from Carenton ; v enus, Gottenburg ; Eliza Goren, Cardiff; Anne, Newport. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. E. f rom Barhadoes •; Ellen, Antwerp; Arrived—Anna , Rotterdam ; Middleton, St. John's, New Brunswick , Peiican, • t Jago, and Corunna. ste•amWeri'lliani Thomas, Montego Bay ; City, Point Cheshire Put Back—Corinthian steamer, having been in colli sion. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 22. Wind E. Arrived—Elizabeth Blown, from Taganrog; Southamp ton, London for Bombay. Paused—Celeste, from Liverpool for Quebec. Wind E.S E. WATERFORD, Aug. 22. Arrived— Johanna, from Ismail. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.30 a.m. Wind E., tide last hour's ebb ' • weather filie. Arrived , 23d- —A n a giena, from Amsterdam ; SP] ing Rico Dunkirk ; Canton, Rotterdam. Arrived, 24th—Henry Gillisuie; from Gaucher Bay. . Sailed, 231—Harrow by for Hobart Tows. Sailed, 24th—Lawerzeo, for Buenos Ayres. DEAL, Monday, 9 a.m. Wind E.S.E. ; moderate. _ Pissed in tow.—llemitope, French ship, from westward, for London. Passed—George Canning, from London; for Otago, lv 0 t~~!> ~ACCOII ni ala r k et, Narance, The sales Were- - ' take' 4 atket et W ag trans,. 1131 141 81 6 1 4 .4vr w e Der . 144 14 4 ,84,41; . ki Of tt tj o , 4 Ce; li p t