The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

tIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. Engagement of MDLLE. JETTY TREFFZ. PROGRAMME THIS EVENING k Thursday), Nov. 5. PAar I.—Overture, "Ruy Blas"—Mendelssehn. Quadrille, "English Lancers," Jullien—Solos by MM. Lavigne, Grolier, Pratten, De Folley, Sonnenberg . , Phillips, and Hughes. Symphony, Andante from the Symphony in C minor—Bee thoven. Aria, " Vedrai Carino" (Do n Juan), Mdlle. Jetty Treffz—Mozart. Polka, "Mazonrka "—Jullien (for the 6th time in England). Cornet Obligato, Mr. Phillips —Jullien. Solo, Oboe, M. Lavigno Lavigne. Qua drille, " The British Army " (Jullien) Solos by Mr. Lavigno, Mr. Collinet, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Pratten, Mr. De Polley, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Phillips, and Herr Kcenig. PART ll.—New Operatic Selection from Mozart's Opera Opera, " Don Juan," arranged expressly for the present sea son of M. Jullien's concerts at her Majesty's Theatre, with Solos by MM. Lavigne, Hardy, Hughes, and Phillips, G erm an Lied, " The Young . Recruit," M , demoisell e J e tt; Treffz Kucken. Polka, "My Mary Anne "—Julli en . Solo, Violincello (G. Co l lins) -- Mr. G. Collins. Galop, " Pens sier"—D'Albert. t !ices of Admission—Promenade, Is ; Upper Boxes, ls. ; Gallery, ls. ; Dress Circle, 2s, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. a i nd upwards. Prospectascs, with full particulars, may bo had at the Box °face of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. JL Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con stance, Mies A. Sedgwick. After which, BOX AND COX. Bo; Mr. Buckstone ; Cox, Mr. Compton. Followed by MAKE YOUR WILLS. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d.' Second prico. a. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pt.... Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-prioo to Upper Gallery. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. LAST FOUR WE'IIKS OF THE TEMPEST. THIS EVENING, will be performed Slak3pere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI, Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the popular drama of raE GREEN BUSFIE3, in which Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and MadatthiCeleste will perform. After which, an original Apropos Sketch, eutit ed THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India ? Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Mary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe formed Balfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF C STILLE. Characters by Miss Lou sa Pyne, Mias Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prevott, Mr. Weiss, Mr. A. St. Albyn • Mr. G. Honey, \I r. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, M-. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with (first time) a new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey an I Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 24., and El Ils. 6d. ; 6s. ; Dross Circ'e, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, is.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, tinder the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. MIS EVENING, will be performed HEADS OR TAILS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston and Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers) Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper ; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Wyndham and Swanborough. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cres wick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION: or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Voltaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Delmore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Ehurne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN TILE WORLD. To conclude with AVARICE. CANTERBURY HALL, Westmin3ter-road.-- OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow nz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of g.shetioss from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES DUETS, dic., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, %fin Brit nell, and Madame Marietta ; ilcrr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Far .aut, S. To -lee, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An'onio. E. L. Rime, and Mr St. Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 'I. Crltchield, and. E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil tii,ks; harmonium, Mater 'Williams; DiTector, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, eze., until twelve o'clock. SIGH WATER AT LONDON" BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morn., 37 min. aft. 3 -Evan., 1 min aft. 4 To-Moßnow—Morn., 23 min. aft. 1 -Even., 49 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER-SuN OFFICE, NOVEHBER 5. T11233103f0Tg3, IN Tag SELIDg. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during tho night. 59 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 23.89. WIND. the wind went round to North yesterday even ing—it is now E.S.E. ; rather fresh, with dull weather, and slight rain. dk *nu. e:11 , f7rl r- • '''.,;4=-.7";••• -7 7. - LONDON, THURSDA.V, NOV. 5, 1857. The honours yesterday conferred on the Duke of CAMBRIDGE by the Corporation of the City of London, were not the mere common-place compli ments so frequently bestowed by municipalities on men of high rank and station. They had been well and nobly earned, not only by the gtll"nt exploits of His Royal Highness ou th 3 tented field, where he fully participated iu the perils and dangers of the sanguinary strife, and as freely ex posed himself as any private soldier under his command, but also by the anxious desire to effect useful reforms in the military department, over which he now so worthily presides. It was a tribute of esteem and respect to the Royal Duke, and, In his person, to the entire army under his control and direction. He justly regarded it in this point of view, and felt doubly gratified in consequence ; and the public will not the less highly estimate his deserts, because helmodestly professed to hate only discharged his duty, and to bestow the honours on those by whom, irrespective of rank or influence, he was elevated to so high a position in the hearts of his fellow-citizens that his ap pointment to the highest military rank was hailed with universal satisfaction. The Civic authorities made a happy selection in Sir JOHN KEY to act as their orator on the inte resting occasion. He spoke well and clearly, while pointing out how nobly the Doke had earned the gift of a soldier's weapon, and how pleasing it must be to a man, even of his exalted rank, to find. his name inscribed on the same roll with those of CHATHAM and of PITT, of NELSON and of WELLINGTON. It was hestasved on him not merely as a Prince of the blood, but as a valuable public servant, as "the humblest soldier's friend,!aa one who had shared the dangers of the campaign in the Crimea, cheering his men on the victorious heights of Alma, and in the thick of the murderous fire at Inkerman, with more than half of his noble Guards lying dead or wounded around him, and his gallant steed, struck by the bullet aimed at its rider. There was, in addition to these claims, the active, vigilant, pains taking interest, in other institutions which have made the British nation as prominent for moral achievements, as she is unrivalled for the glory o f her arms. He was honoured alike as the sol philanthropist, the defe n d er o f our dier and the liberties and the benenctor of our homes." His Royal Flighness res p onded in a Ei milar spi r it. He spoke in a straightforward, manly tone, both - at the meeting, and at the banquet that followed, and added to the high estimation in which he had previously been held. He also alluded to the Indian R e b e lli on, an d r epeated the sentiments which he had previously urged at Snefliel I, and for which he received such well-merited eulogy. There was another speaker who did not carry with him the feeling of his audience. L)rd GRAN viax, iu returning thanks L,r the toast of her MAJESTY'S Ministers, entered on an clabo rate vindication of Lord CANNING, a vindication which was listened to with ill-disguised im patience by the assembled party. His text was "fair play." He demanded that we should hear before we condemn, and strove to remove some of the impressions prejudicial to the Go vernor-General. This is all very well for a per son in a private position, but where the destinies of India are placed in the hands of an individual, it is not sufficient that his inefficiency should be clearly established. He should be beyond sus picion —capable of turning passing events to the best account, and of co-operating with the mili• tarp authorities, on whom the burden must mainly rest. But in place of so doing, there is a vexa tious system of interference—a strict attention to routine and red-tapism—the proclamation cast ing censure on the military authorities, and breathing a maudlin philanthropy towards rebels, could not be explained away. Mr. J. P. GRANT might have been sent merely as locum tensns for the Governor of the North-Western Provinces, who, being confined in the fort of Agra, was unable to discharge his duties. But this view of the case has never before been presented to the public, nor is it borne out by the conduct of Mr. GRANT. The pardon of 150 rebels at Cawnpore—the spot desecrated by the murder and violation of our countrywomen and their helpless children —stamped a character on the proceeding which all the eloquence and astuteness of Earl GRANVILLE cannot get rid of. We are glad to learn, on competent authority, that the rumours of estrangement and differences between the Governor-General and the Commander in-Chief are without adequate foundation. But there are other matters that cannot be contra dicted. It is palpable that Lord CANNING, although an amiable man, who might make a re spectable Governor on ordinary occasions, is not qualified to meet the present emergency. The universal feeling of all the non-official English in habitants of Calcutta sufficiently indicates his de ficiencies ; and really we cannot afford to wait until India is lost to the British nation, and this, one of the brightest gems, is abstracted from the Imperial diadem, to decide whether Lord CANNING has merited all the censure which, justly or unjuetly, has been cast upon him. As a private individual he would have an unquestionable right to demand that public opinion should remain suspended until he had an opportunity of being heard in his own defence ; but, as Governor- General, occupying the most arduous and im portant position in the gift of the Crown, at the present moment, the case is very different. We want the right man .in the right place, and suffi cient has transpired to prove beyond the pro bability of doubt that Lird CANNING is not that man. There have been sufficient indiscre tions to warrant his recal a dozen times over, and, if Ministers and Directors neglect to adopt that obvious course, they will have t) answer for all his future mistakes and shortcomings. The:e are matters that must, for the time being, rest with the Cabinet, but they may be assured that they w►ll have to render a stringent account for themselves, as well as for Lord CANNING. We fully concur in what fell from the noble Earl in reference to Lards ELGIN and ELPIIIN STONEL They have deserved tho thanks ana gratitude of their country. But surely their zeal and activity contrasts strongly with the apathy, indifference, and red-tipism of Lord CANNING, and places his conduct in the worst light. Lord GRANVILLE did what be could for his friend, but we deeply 'egret the palpable bias, respecting a matter on which he may be called to pronounce a judgment in a few days. Certain it is that he did not carry with him his auditors or the community at large, is the defence which he put forward on behalf of L)rd CAN.NING. The Massacre at Vellore in 1808 was but the faint prototype, fifty years previously, of this recent and more hideous Massacre at Cawnpore. During the half century that elapsed between those two frightful occurrences, however, the posi tion of the Bengal Sepoy had been wonderfully advanced. So that in direct proportion to the improvement of his social status has been the height of his atrocity and the depth of his ingra titude. In testimony of this, for example, it should be remembered that tile pay of the infantry Sepoy, amounting to some seven rupees, otherwise fourteen shillings per month—surpassing in value the wages of our agricultural labourers—ensured to him at the same time a pension after a certain number of years had elapsed, at a period of life when he might be considered to be (for military purposes) sup3rannnated. This apparently mode rate pay, moreover, was in truth—taking into account Vie average rate of wages and the ordinary price of provisions in Hindostan—ample in itself; and its receipt, as a matter of course, was marked by the utmost possible punctuality. Neverthe less, with a knowledge that their present income would cease and their future pension be rendered impossible when once they should have perversely thrown off the yoke of our protective Govern ment, the Bengal Sepoys—with such a stake in their allegiance—revolted, as we have seen, from British rule, and revolted, t )o, beyond the possi bility of redemption. Signalising their mutiny by crimes of such flagrant and heinous atrocity as to preclude them altogether from the chance of quarter or from the hope of reconciliation. Notwithstanding the almost simultaneous out break of 100,000 armed aad disciplined soldiers —scattered over such wide territories—and evi dencing something very like concert in the mere time and manner of their rebellious rising—no one has yet succeeded anywhere iu discovering the faintest clue to anything at all bearing the semblance of a conspiracy. This is at once ono of the most remarkable and one of the most undeniable characteristics of the late extraordinary movement in the Bengal Presidency. Never, per haps, was there a more curiously appropriate illustra tion of that happy phrase of the First Consul, about the pear being ripe ! The pear was, in very truth, ripe all over those ill-fated provinces. The mere breath of a rumour was enough to shake the fruit down at once in all directions. It so happened, moreover, that the rumour in question, though to all appearance ridiculously frivolous in itselr, affected, in a peculiar manner, the fiercer preju dices of the two great divisions of the Indian population. The seemingly tzivial report that the new outritlf . ;es were siturated with animal grease, bore directly upon the veneration with which one animal (the cow) was regarded by tho Hindu°, and upon the abhorrence with which another animal (the pig) was regarded by tLo Mussulman. It was conceived by the latter that degradation.heirltution, and by the former that their was intended through the imputed lubrication of the cartridge on the one hand with the fat of swine, and on the other with the fat of oxen. The preposterous scandal got bruited abroad ; and, ono alter another, the native regi ments revolted. There can be very litt'e doubt, by this ta ne however, that the plea of the cartridore% const: ' tuted, in reality, only a superficial excuse to the tilutineee. The eircutualnc:: that as early z.s the 3d May an infiatual 4 !ory appeal addressed to the men of the 48th Regiment by the men of the 7th Oude Irregular Cavalry, was intercepted, and thereupon brought to Sir H. LAWRENCE at Lucknow, was of itself sufficiently significant ; particularly when, in addition to this fact, it is remembered that Oude itself was only as recently as the early part of last year annexed to our Oriental possessions—thereby absorbing into the Company's Territories the soh remaining Mahom medan State in Upper Hindostan. The poignancy of this latest blow administered to Asiatic pride was felt elsewhere than simply in the modern and ancient capitals of Oude—viz , at Lucknow and Fyzabad. It affected the whole of the Asiatic race more or lees acutely ; but it influenced, in a peculiar degree, the great mass of the army of the Bengalees. For—it is a very remarkable and noticeable truth, that Oude alone is under derstood to have furnished the Company's forces with besides many thousands of troopers —actually no less than three fourths of the Bengal Infantry. Bearing in mind the sus picious manner in which this frightful military revolt followed hard upon the annexation of Oude, we regard the curious fact here italicised as (to say the very least of it) singularly significant. However this may be, we now know but too distinctly that the vast military revolt here spoken of really took place thus suddenly and suspi ciously —a gigantic mutiny, in round numbers, of 100,000 disciplined fighting men—the lawless rising, in point of fact, of the whole regular native army of Bengal, an army consisting at the moment of— Seventy-four Regiments of Infantry. Ten Regiments of Cavalry. Nine Battalions of Foot, and Three Brigades of Horse Artillery. It was the revolutionary outbreak, in point of fact, of a hundred thousand skilled veterans — the Bengal Sepoys—the men, the very men whc, under the banners of Poiws, contended, now two thousand years ago, with the warriors of ALEXANDER. It is M. DE VA LBEZEN who speaks—" Ce soot les hommes," he exclaims (in his ingenious work 'Les Anglais et l'lnde,' p. 98), " les memes hommes, qui sous les drapeaux du Roi Porus, combattaient it y a deux mile ans, les guerriers d'Alexacdre." The same men—but how degenerated How not merely degenerated how utterly brutalised and degraded. Not in all the terrible records of crime and barbarity em blazoned in the p3.gos of ARRIAN or of CIIRTMS - can anywhere be detected narratives comparable in tte smallest degree with the fearful annsli already inscribed upon the tablets of Anglo-In dian History, in bloody, and indelible, and damn ing characters. Damning to the perpetrators of these new and hitherto inconceivable horrors —the ruffians, above all, of Delhi and Cawnpore. Well may the Edinburgh declare of Jack St pop, in spite of all his superficial " tincture of mili tary discipline and his disguise of civilisation"— that his character was still after all " overshaded by low animal propensities, by the beastial super stitions of the worst form of heathenism, and by the impenetrable cunning of a feeble race !" That cunning is already transparent. That feeble race we have now alone to deal with ; we have to crush out its insurrection, to punish its - atrocities, to brand its ingratitude, and to systematise, as speedily as possible, its; permanent re-organisation. ANOTHER ADVANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The directors of the Bank of England, at their meeting to-day, raised the rate of discount to the unprecedented point of 9 per cent. ! This proves that the establishment must be in a very straitened condition, and it is supposed that the balance-sheet for the present week will be quite as unfavourat)l o as any proeented in 1847. It is impossible that this rate can be maintained, and measures will, no doubt, be concerted forthwith to relieve the mer cantile public ; otherwise they will be unab'e to pass through the ordeal, already too severe, with out serious distress. An impression prevails that unless some arrangement can be made to prevent it the rate will soon be advanced to 10 per cent. THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. TLe Liverpool Borough Bank is partially open to day for tho payment of deposit)rs under 2001., in accordance with tho arrangement mentioned in Me Sun of yesterday. THE SUN, LO,NDON, THURSD2AY E I VENING NOVEMBER 5, 1857. HER MAJESTY'S BUCKHOUNDS.—The regular hunting season with her Majesty's buckhounds commenced en Tuesday. The meet was as usual at Salt-hill . ; and at the time the stag was uncarted there were between two and three hundred horsemen present. The gaiety of the scene was enhanced by the presence of many ladies on horseback and in carriages, and the road was covered with vehicles of every description, from the dog-cart and tandem to the smart drag of the Royal Blues. The stag was uncarted on the farm of Mr. Cantrell, at Stoke, and went away towards Maidenhead, crossed the Thames by Monkey Island to Bray and Hollyport, and on to Haines-hill, thence to Wokingham, where most of the Lunt were knocked off, the field having dwindled down to about six, owing to the heaviness of the country. The stag was ultimately taken about five miles beyond Wokingham, after about three hours capital fox-hunting speed. The master of the buck hounds, frcm some unavoidable cause, was absent. _ RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—As the th roug h tra i n from Manchester to L)ndoit, by the Great Northern route, which left Manchester at 9.55 a.m., reached the Mot tram viaduct on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Li o ln shire Railway, on Tuesday morning, several of the carriages, becoming disconnected from the rest i,f the train, ran off the rails against the parapet of the bridge. The sides of the carriages were much shattered, but happily little if any per onal injury was sustained either by the passengers or by the officers in charge of the train. "Europe will shortly learn," says a letter from St. Petersburg, in the WVander•er of Vienna, "that four Mongol tribes who have been hitherto subjects of China have recognised the sovereignty of Russia, which has granted them an exemption from taxation for several years. In order to prevent the displeasure which China may feel at this fact, the Russians are establishing a line of fortresses along the Chinese frontier. Colonies are also being founded under very advantageous conditions, and the new tribes are being converted into a well organi-ed frontier militia. The estallishneent of two new towns in Siberia is also said to be in contem plation." ROYAL BRITISH FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM, D2VON poRT.—The committee of this admirable institution have unanimously adopted the following resolution :—" The members of this committee, deeply sympathising with their unfortunate countrymen and countrywomen, who have been exposed to such extreme atrocities in India, are desirous of alleviating the sufferings of the survi vors by every means in their power : Resolved, there fore, that ten nominations to this asylum, for the orphans of soldiers, or, others connected with her Ma jesty's service, who have lost their lives by the mu tiny of the Sepoys, be placed at the disposal of the Lord Mayor and the Central Committee, for the relief of the sufferers. COMMITTAL O➢' A PUBLICAN FOR MURDER.—Yester day (Wednesday), an inquest was held at Woolton, near Liverpool, upon the body of Mrs. Martha Molyneux, an elderly widow, who was strangled in her own house on Sunday afternoon. The person accused of the crime is Andrew O'Brien, a publican, of Hanover-street, Liverpool, and deceased's son-in-law. The facts of the case have been detailed in the evident a given before the county magistrates on Monday. The inquest terminated in a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the accused. O'Brien was then committed for trial at the Liverpool winter assizes, and removed to Kirkdaie gatl. We are glad to learn that, upon the repre sentation of several distinguished noblemen and. gentlemen connected with Scotland, her Majesty has bean graciously pleased to command that two pic tures, which were removed from Stirling Castle to Hampton Court very many years ago, shall be reetored to Scotland. The pictures are supposed to have been painted by Jan de Mabuse, and they represent "James the Fourth of Scotland, his brother Alexander, and Saint Ardrew," and "The Qeeen of James the Fourth, with Saint George;" they were sent from Hampton Court with several other pictures to the Manchester Art-Treasures Exhibition, where they were much ad mired; ant', in consequence of the representation already mentioned, they will be forwarded from Manchester to Hilyrood Palece, and be exhibited to the public in the apartment known as Lord Darnley's dining-room.— Scotsman. SALES AT THE EDINBURGH CROSS.—There is nothing, to our mind, so painful as aSale at the Cross. It almost implies blood from a stone, or at any rate it is certain to represent money filtered from the veriest dregs of poverty. Who that could afford it would allow their little odds and ends of goods to be carried away to the Cross ? We are sure that none but the very poor sub mit to such an alternalise. In fact, the kind of furniture brought to this place indicates this truth. It is indeed of the plainest de•cription, and often enough represents by its fashion that it has been covered by a roof for a long series of years, and that at last—perhaps after a mighty although ungitnesse struggle— it is borne away amid the tears of those who have cherished it, and disposed of for a few shillings at this stony auction place. We hear that some of our taxing boards are particularly active at present in carrying off and selling in this way, although in many instances the parties are totally unable to pay the tax distrained for.—North _Briton. DEATH WHILST PRAYING —A. startling instance of sullen death occurred at Bath on Monday evening. Mr. R. P. Lemon, wine merchant of that city, who was one of the deacons at Argyle Chapel, was at the weekly prayer meeting of the congregation, and had engaged in prayer. A hymn was given out, when it was observed that Mr. Lemon still remained leaning upon the table in the communion pew, at which he had knelt whilst pray ing. As he did not rise, some of those near him touched h m, but as this had no effect, an effort was made tai rouse him, when it was found that he was dear'. As may be supptsed, the tm st intense excitement was coca s oned by this discovery, Mr. Lemon having been for many years a most active member of the chapel. Tie painful news soon spread throughout the city, in es hich Mr. Lemon was well known and highly respected, both as a tradesman and a member of the town pouncil, to which he had been re-elected for the ward of St. James the same day. The deceased gentleman was 56 years of age. His body was at once removed to his residence on the North Parade, where it was received by his sur prised and sorrowing wife and family. The cause of death is supposed to have been disease of the heatt. THE LATE BRIGADIER-GENERAL ITANDSCO3IB, BENGAL ARMY.—Brigadier-General Isaac Healy Ha.nescomb, of the 22d Bengal Na'ive Infantry, and commander of the Saugor district, whose death is recently reperted from India, was born in 1805, recommended by the late Right Hon. C. Bathurst, at that tinse President of the India B )ard, and arrived in India as a cadet in Sep., 1822. He served in Arsacan in 1825 (for which be had re ceived a medal), and commanded a regiment of infantry in Shah Shoojah's force at the assault and capture of Gbuznee, in 1839. He went through the Affghan cam paign, with the force under General Sir G. Pollock, and was present at the forcing of Khyber, Jugdul luck, Tezeen, and Huft Kotul Passes, and at the taking of Istaliff, and at the attack on Matnmoo Khail : on this latter occasion he was spoken of in the highest terms of praise. He served also in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-46, including the battles of Moodkee, Fersz, shah, and Sobraon, for which he received the thanks of Lord Gough, and was recommend e d f or spee d y prow h e was promote d by a prow o rank of li eu t enan t- co l one l , an d re st i p o e n ci a F b r o e r v t e h t e t o S u t t h l e s j oeived the medal and clasps ; he attained the regimental rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1850, and became a lieu tet.aneeolonel in the Company's army in 1854. We should add that in 1852.53 he served with distinction in Burenab, for which he received the medal. He was ap pointed a brigadier-_eneral of the first-class in command of field forge in March, 1856, PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A PRIZE-FIGHTER.—At the Rochester County Court, held yester Jay (Wednesda3) , an ao ion was brought by agentletuan named Buck burst against Benjamin Caunt, the well-known prize-fighter, to recover the sum of 10/. 10s. for damage committed t the plaintiff's grounds on the occasion of a ptiz..-6ght , taking place between bim and another fighter named Lanif,ham. Caunt himself appeared to defend the action. The plaintiff's solicitor, Mr. Stephenson, said that ou the 22d of September last a s t eam b o at filled with about 700 or 800 people, arrived a t B ur ntwich Island, a re tired spot oa the banks of th e M e dway, where the plain tiff resides, when the whole party immediately landed. Caunt and Laegham commenced fighting, and were so engaged for some time, although warned away by the plaintiff .and his men. The snob amused them selves by committing sundry depredations about the grounds ; among otter things they destroyed some of the fencing, and carried off several bushels of mushrooms, which grog in great quantities there. The plaintiff was constantly being annoyed by having prize-fights occur ring on hi s l an d , as from i ts c onvenient and retired situation it was peculiarly adap t e d for those disgraceful scenes, and as no notice was ever taken by the mob of his orders to remove from the grcnnd, he was compelled to bring an act i on auainst t h e principals concerned. Durin g th e progress of the tr i a l t h e d e fendant made an offer to the plaintiff-'s solicitor to pay the plaintiff a sum d g u ge order e d costs to be given the plaintiff on the of mo ney, which being acc eded to, the trial was sto pp ed . The J the highest scale, remarking that it was a monstrous thing for a number of ruffiians to land on a gentleman's private property and commit what d ama g e the y p leased. An action was also brought by the plaintiff against Lang seances. haw, which was withdrawn under similar circuin Capt. m itu Powell ll.us. left t o o - d o a Peninsular and Oriental Gon TuE ILtILS, &a.—S -ouTRAMPToN, Wednesday.—Tbe Scc., value 959,7191., viz : pally's fitearn-ship Ripon, andria, with the India Yand China mails, 90 first-visas papengers, a fu!l cargo, and 3,609 box 3s of specie, jewel for Gibraltar, ISla , ta, and A.!ex lery, Gold. Silver. ... Bombay ..... 66; 13 .. £350,329 1) ... Ceylon. ..... 5,175 0 .... Madral ...... 3 58 , i 10 Caleu:ta.... 1:8.)5 0 ••• Penang... - ••• Singap o e.. -- ..• Hong R°131,.; 400 0 • Shanghai... - •• Jowellbry: £1 (1 727 0 . 105 14 24, 1 93 8 ... 1,022 9 473,240 8 ... 217 18 1,010 0 23,831 13 ... 240 0 63,295 11 ... 303 10 3,410 0 ... 397 0 The -United --- ---- T0ta1...412153 3 9- 1 -4,6 13 10 £ 3,022 il States' mail steamer Ariel , C a p tain Lodi w, arrived her e last night front Havre, and sailed to-,clay for New York. She took, out, besi des the mails, 143 i passmzers from Brem e n and Havre, 41 from Soutbanap , on, $240,000 i n specie from H avre , 56,0001. from South ampton, and a, general cargo. The two steamers left about the same time, and afforded a very p leasin g oppor tunity for a sort of impromptu exchange of irit;rnational courtesies. she passed the Ariel the passengers and crews cheered tation of dippi ng each other most lustily, the band on board the Kpm The Ripon went mit of dock first, and as played "Yankee Doodle," and the complimentary Salu tation 11,, ships. TLe Admiralty steam yacht Fire Queen, Cum colours was exchanged between the two hi, which had come up fi om Pertsmoutb, also steamed out of dock a few minutes previouely on her i return. PARLIAMENT PUI?THER PROROGUED. (From a Supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday.) At the Court at Windsor, the 4th of November, 1857, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, it is this day ordered by her Majt3ty in Council that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Friday, the 6th day of November instant, be further prorogued to Thurs day, the 17th day of December next. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. The Queen rode in the riding-houso this morning, attended by the Hon. Horatia Stopford. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock this afternoon. Present—His Rlyal highness the Pi ince Consort, Earl Granville, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Ernest Bruce. At the C Parliament was crdered to be further prorogued from Friday flex., the 6.h inst., until Thurs- day, the 17th of December. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Henry EArl Ducie to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Gloucester, his lordship was sworn into office. The Right lion. William Bathurst was Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Clarendon and Earl Granville. Lord Cremorne and the Hon M. Sackville West were the Lord and Groom in waiting, The Lord Chancellor, Lords Clarendon, Granville, Ducie, and Ernest Bruce, and the Hon. Wiliam Bathurst travelied from London yesterday afternoon, by a special train on the Great Western Railway, to attend the Queen's Privy Council held at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Clarendon, and the other nobemen present at the Council returned by a special train to Paddington in the evening. The heir apparent is beginning to be gradually in itiated into Court life. The Prince is occasionally pre. sent at the Queen's dinner tal.de twice or thrice a week. The Marchioness of Londonderry is staying on a visit with the Earl of Roden, at Tullyrnore-park. The noble marquis is at Mount Stewart, Downshire. The Earl Forte cue and Viscount and Viscountess Ebriegton are passing the season at Castle Hill, sur rounded by a family circle. • The Earl of Dartmouth is expected in town to-mor row, from Patshull, Shropshire. Tae C,untess of Gainsborough has taken a suite of rooms in the west wing of the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, where the Countess of It )den and Lady Maria F rester aro sojourning. The Right Hon B. Disraeli and Mrs, Disraeli have left Hnizhenden Manor for Torquay. The National Bank of Genoa has raised its rate of discount from 7 to 7i per cent. The Oficial Gazette of Vienna publishes a decree rela tive to the direct taxation for the year 1858. The amount remains unchanged. A supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday night, issued yesterday, contains copies of nine new statutes recently ;rained by the University of Oxford for the application of certain gifts or endowments belonging to the Univer sity, under the 30. h section of the Act of the 17th and I p B :t h it li ie - u iet l:- r e a : a loooffr that c b ,a ; c d tth i: e‘ s ysi c tt r ahti p un a t r eo s sn o : n o s ri a r ; nh t mentioned t this i t n h e t r h ep e ot ift. 3 e t h a t e e o t t o ) : e l- i : y and notice is given that it is lawful wny of in Council against the approbation LATEST NEWS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States steamer Vanderbilt was tele graphed from Hurst at 9 a.m. She brings New York dates, we believe, t) the 24th ult. THE CRISIS IN BELGIUM. The Independence Beige of yesterday, says : " The Ministerial crisis has undergone no change. M. Charles Rogier is expected this evening at Brur sels from Paris. It appears that M. de Brouckere has actually undertaken the task of forming a Ministry. It is said this will be purely a working Ministry,' and intended merely to carry on Govern ment in the interval to the elections, which will take place in June, 1858. The names of the future Cabinet are also given. They are—M. 11. de Brouckere, Foreign Affairs ; Liedts, Interior ; Faider, Justice ; Quoilin, Finance ; Renard, War." According to letters from Constanqnople, M. Thouvenel appeared determined to abstain from personal relations with the new Grand Vizier, though still continuing his good understanding with ARE Pacha, the Minister for Foreign Affairs." FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. M. Thllault, Minister of the Interior, has by Imperial decree been charged with the ad interim administration of the department of justice during the absence of M. Abbatucci. The Bourse has been verb► unsettled, and specu latore still continue under apprehensions about the measures which the Banks of England and France may adopt in order to protect their bullion. It has been report: d that 80 millions of fraucs in English bills, and 40 millions i❑ French bills on the United States have been returned protested. A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels says : "A Papal bull, giving a canonical institution to the Faculty of Theology of Paris, to the Sor bonne, and to eight other Faculties in France, will, it is said, be shortly promulgated. A non-official copy of this document has been sent to the French Go- vernment, in order that it may be aware of its contents. Among the cinditions laid down for the institution of these faculties of theology is that of the renunciation by France of the four articles of 1682. Ido not think that the French Government will ever consent to accept the bull with such a clause. There must be a particular ne gotiation on that point, or the Sovereign Pontiff will be requested to suppress a condition which is humiliating for the Church of France." BOURSE, Nov. 4.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 6'.i 95 67 15 Bank Shares 2930 Credit Foncier 520 Credit Mobilier 775 Roman - Do. Account 777 50 Austrian BoMan 44 (xd)... .. 97 Spanish Threes - Fiearaontese(s) 9O Home Debt - RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. IT. C. IT C. Orleans 4 — Northern - - Strasburg Lyons and Med 832 New Ditto ...... ...... 657A — New Ditto... Geneva Midi ... 1,22 ?1— Austrian Com. ..... GREECE. It bas been announced by telegraph that King Otho bad subscribed 10,000£ out of his privy purse to the Indian Relief Fund, and directed the various functionaries to follow his example. The following is the text of the Royal decree issued on the occa- sion : "The unheard of misfortunes which have lately fallen upon the Christians of British India having come to our knowledge, and observing also the general sympathy which those misfortunes have produced among the inha bitants of the kingdom, who are not only moved by a spirit of philanthropy and Christian charity, but also by that feeling of profound gratitude which they enter , Lain towards England for the noble aid she gave them d lririg the war of independent', we, at the proposition of our Minister of the Interior, have decid, d that the Notrarchs be ordered to open subscription lists through wit the country in favour of the victims of this barbar -o'l9 mutiny, and after having coil-Tted the amount, they will forward the sum to the office of the Home Depart ment. Our Minister of the Interior is charged cvith the execution and the publication of the present ordinance. "OTUO." SWEDEN. The Svenska Tidning of Stockholm, the semi official organ of the Swedish Government, con tainß, in its number of the 28th ult., an article which warmly defends the Danish Government against the two great German Powers, and which declares that it is necessary to unite closely the effortsof the three Scandinavian kingdoms, in order to resist energetically the intervention of the Ger• manic Confederation in the internal affairs of a country which is subjected to the sceptre of an in dependent kingdom. " This article," says a letter from Stockholm, " has caused a great sensation, as the belief is that it has ben approved of by the Government, and that it expresses the views of the Prince Regent with regard to the relations of the United Kingdoms with Germany." MONTENEGRO. The Dalmatian, Gazette of Ragusa confirms the late accounts of the preda'ory disposition mani fested by the Montenegrins, and asserts that serious representations have been made to the Austrian Government on the subject. The Pacha of Tre bigne, whose districts hive lately been invaded by a band of Prince Danilo's followers, has ap plied to Constantinople for relief and instruction-. Another band, 1,800 strong, which had marched on a village on Austrian territory, was d;spersed by a single discharge of artillery. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 31st ult. state that rumours of a Ministerial crisis had already begun to be circulated, and were credited in certain quar ters. The crisis, according to some persons, was caused by the determination of M. Martinez de la Rosa and M. Bermudez de Castro to resign the portfolios of Foreign Affairs and of the Interior ; according to others, by the refu.al of the Queen o sign decrees nominating General Joaquin Armen) Director-General of Cavalry, General E.thagiv, Capitaiii-General of Granada ; Oeneral R's do Olano, Director of Artillery ; and General Mira sol, Director of Infantry. Others, again, state that it was occasioned by dissensions amongst the Ministers about questions of finance. The Espana, a semi official organ, declares, however, that "for the present the rumours possess no importance," and that "it oaly mentions them to sati4 l the cu riostty of its readers." The Clamor Publico had been seized. The Queen, having entered the last month of her pregnancy, had commenced a soh ies of visits to nine churches, her first being to Santa Maria, to worship the image of the Virgin of Al naudena. The report drawn up by the advocates of Queen Christina, in answer to the accusations brought again , t her i n th e partiamcntary investiga tion to which her acts were recently s ubjected, was about to be published. It was believed that the state of siege of Seville would be shortly raised. A lett.r from Vienna affirms that a change has taken place in the views of the Prusian govern ment relative to the question of the Danubian principalities. The Zeit of Berlin, which is looked on as the organ of the government, publishes in - Its last number an article declaring that the only real requirements of the principalities were a regulation of the conditions of landed property, and an improvement in the organic laws. "Most of the German States," says a letter from Berlin, "have notified IT telegraph to our governm nt that they adhere to the measures pro jected by Prussia and Austria in the Holstein questiOn." According to the Pesth Lloyd, there have been no fever than 105 bankruptcies in Vienna during the last two months. Three or four fi rms o f minor importance suspended their payments on the Ist. The father of Vogel,. the African t rave ll er, has just received a letter from the English Consul at Trifoli, stating that the death of hi 6 sou is not eon fi clued. A despatch from Lishon. announces that the number of cases of cholera is less considerable, but that the proportion of fatal results is increased. A sutscripfoultls been opened at Turin for the sufierers Ly the Indiati mutiny, to which King Victor Emtuanuel had contributed 10,000 fr. 11 E W SOUTH WALES. We have received advices from Sydney, New South Wales, to Aug. 12, being four days later than the date of previous advices. This intelligence reaches us by way of Callao. On the 11th of August the second session of the fit st parliament of New South Wales was opened by his Excellency the Governor-General. We gather from the report of the Sydney Empire that the opening was conducted with much ceremony, and that the traditions of Westminster are con scientiously observed in the capitalof the Australian colony. The occasion was honoured, we are told, by the presence of a brilliant assemblage of ladies, distinguished visitors, - the foreign consuls, dignita ries of the church, and officers of the army and navy. The Lower House was summoned by Black Rod, and the Speaker was greatly admired in his " splendid new state robes." His Excellency, who was attended by an aide-de-camp, and received with a military salute, took his place on the vice-regal throne, and delivered the following speech : HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. I should have called you together at an earlier pe riod, but had I done so (owing to the unusual length of the last session, which was prolonged until the 17th March of the present year), a sufficient interval would not have been afforded to the government for the preparation of the business about to be brought. before you, Neither would a sufficient recess have been granted to those members who were with drawn for so long a time from attending to their private affairs. The delay which has taken place will, I feel assured, be conducive to the ultimate dispatch of public 'business, as it has enabled the Government to mature many measures of great importance to the welfare of the country, which, together with the estimates for the year 1858, will be immediately brought under your consideration. To the following measures of reform and social pro • grass I would more particularly invite your atten tion. Experience has already shown that the change in the system of government requires a correspond ing change in the system of representation. A bill will therefore be immediately laid before you to increase the number of members of the Assembly, to remove the disabilities to vote arising from change of residence or qualification, to introduce the ballot, and to bring the electoral distribution in harmony with the changes among the population indicated by the late census. This bill will be ac companied by another for the purpose of regula. ing the proceedings at elections, diminishing the ex penses of candidates, and providing more effectually against the evils of bribery and corruption. A bill will be laid before you on an early day, to provide for the future management and dispos of the public lands, which, while preserving the good faith of the crown, will render the acqui sition of land in fee simple more easy to all who are likely to bring it into profitable use, and thus facilitate the permanent settlement, and at the same time increase the productiveness of the country. One of the most important ob jects of the measure will be to augment the means available for public improvement, and more espe cially for those great works of internal communica tion which are now so much desired, without unduly pressing upon any class of the community. The Municipalities Bill of last session, modified and improved in some important particulars, will be immediately submitted for your consideration. A bill for the establishment of district courts will be again brought forward in an amended form. The object of this bill is to facilitate and expedite the administration of justice in the interior, and to relieve the Supreme Court from the present exces sive pressure of business. The criminal law requires simplification and amendment, in order to make the punishment of crime more certain ; and, in connection with this subject, I propose to bring under your special notice the important question of secondary punishment. The subject of education has received the most anxious consideration from the government : and it is my in' en+ ion to lay before you a measure which, while it will not in any way interfere with the re ligious convictions of a single individual, will sup ply adequate means of instruction for the who'e community. Regulations have been established to facilitat) the introduction from the United Kingdom of use ful immigrants under private engagement. The opportunity thus afforded for the selection of immi grants by means of private agency, and of providing them with passages in private ships, will, I trust, be productive of great public advantage. It is proposed also to grant retnis•iou certificates in the purchase of land, to persons introducing immigrants of the la bouring classes, under such regulations as may he found desirable. The latter object can only be etr,c el by legislative enactment, and the necessary measure fort his purpose will, accordingly, be brought forward at an early day. Arrangements have been made by which it is lyt lteved the efficiency of the railway department will be materially increased. The officer for whom, at the request of the legislature, I applied in 1855, has lately arrived in the colony ; and I trust to he able to lay before you, shortly, such a report from him upon the general question of-railway construc tion and management as will greatly facilitate the determination of the measures necessary for the ex tension of railways into the interior. The unprecedented continuance of heavy rains has made communication by the ordinary rea Is of the colony almost impracticable, and has hitherto unfortunately impeded the beneficial expenditure of the sums voted for their repair. It is intended to apply to the liberality of Parliament for a much larger amount than usual for the maintenance and repair of the leading thoroughfares of the colony, and t 3 place them under a more satisfactory system of management. Contracts have been enterad into for the con struction of a line of telegraph from Sydney to Albury. The progress of this work, and of those undertaken for a similar purpose by the s's'er eolorrie3, justifies the expectation that the galvanic circuit between all the chief cities of Australia will soon be completed. I have to congratulate you upon the successful operation of the Act of last session for the amend ment of the laws relating to the management of the gold fie!ds, and upon the orderly conduct and grad ual.), increasing prosperity of the population et the mines. The important questions of an infer-colonial cha racter which are constantly arising suggest tho es tablishment of a federal legislature, possessing powersand authority for their dicussion and deter urination in the interests of the Australian colonies generally. I recommend this important subject to your early consideration. _ The Legislative Assembly having asserted the principle that all legislative bodies should be elec tive, it will be necessary that tie carlipst period consistent with its deliberate Legislative Council should be taken into the con.ideration of the 'attire, and it appears to me that a fitting oppor tunity for this purpose will be afforded, when, by the intended revision of the electoral sys' ern, the opinion of the country upon this fundamental ques tion can be clearly ascertained. It is desirable to separate the political duties of the Attorney-General from his office of Grand Jury, and in order to carry out this reform, a bill will be introduced to authorise the appointment of a pub lic prosecutor. The recent proclamation of the coinage of the Sydney Mint in Victoria will, I believe, be of great advantage to the colony and to New South Wales. And I venture to hope that her MAjesty's govern ment may be induced to make current the colonial coin in all parts of the British empire. GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, Tho financial condition of the country has during the recess received my mostanxious attention. It is a subject of congratulation, that the deficit in the revenue existing at the commencz.ment of 1856, has been diminished by economy and the improved state of the public income, and that, up to the present time, I have not been compelled to avail myself of the authority to borrow any portion cf the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, placed at my disposal to cover this deficit. It is not my intention at present to propose any alto ration in the customs tariff; nor to in crease the amount of revenue r a i se d b y taxation.inairect The estimates of expenditurelare prepared, and will be immeiiately laid before you, The utmost economy, consistent with a desire to provide for the wants of this rising country, has been observed in their preparation. The collection and distribution of the duties on gods ente r i ng th e colony by way of the River Between has been the subject of correspondence the government of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, which will be laid before you. It is hoped that this correspondence will lead to the completion of a temporary arrange ment satisfactory t o all parties, and ultimately to the adoption of one tariff of customs' dues common to all the Australian colonies. A bill will be sub mitted to you for the purpose of legalising the contemplated arrangement. The temporary and varied character of a con siderable portion of the public debt - , and the in convenience which is felt in some instances from the want of a desirable mode of permanently investing trust and other moneys, has rendered it expelient to fund the debt of the colony on certain conditions. A measure for this purpose has accord ingly been prepared, and will be laid before vou. It has been thought advisable t ) modify t' pre seat system of receipts and payments at the Trea sury, by relieving the Minister of Finance and Trade from the anomalous position of combining a political office with that of a public accountant, re sponsible for the custody and expenditure" of the public money. A bill to give effect to this mea sure will be presented to you. A bill to establish the office and define the duties of the Auditor-General wi'l be re-submitted to you on an early day. HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLITIVE ASSEMBLY, The great importance of making adequate ar rangements for the management of the lighthouses and harbours on the coast, and the supervision And regulation of the pilot establishments, has Beg' gested the propriety of appointing a board, whom it is proposed to incorporate and entrust With the performance of those duties • the necessary mea sure has been prepared for this purpose. I shall lay before you important correspondenee which has led to the establishment of banking an d commercial agencies for New South Wales in Low don, upon terms advantageous to the colony. A provisional arrangement has been entered into with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, fo r a monthly postal communication between Soutbai ton and Sydney, via Panama and New Zealand.„ Should this E theme be carried into effect, it will 'give to these colonies the advantage of a steal communication with England every f or t n ight. The correspondence on the subject will be immediate l y laid before you, and I earnestly recommend the measure to your consideration and approval. The colony has been visited during the past fen months by severe and almost unprecedented floods in various parts, but it is a subject of sincere grata' tude to Prividence, that these visitations have n ot been attended with any serious loss of life. The commercial and monetary state of the cone' try is sound and satisfactory, and lam most thank' ful to be able to state that prosperity attends interests in the community. n ot Various important measures, to which I need su specially allude, will also be presented to you, ant will, I am sure, in common with those to which have adverted, receive your attentive ()maiden' tion. I again assure you of my earnest desire t ° c.)-operate most zealously and cordially with t iae Legislature to the best of my ability for the public good ; and I sincerely trust that the result o, you r deliberations may, under th'e blessing of Almigh t c God, conduce to the happiness and prosperity 0 the important community whose interests are eue l. witted to your charge. The address having been concluded, his Ex„,ce,l: lency retired in the same order as he entered. 11,t; council then adjourned until four o'clock /11 afternoon. PROPOSED CHRISTIAN ^ MISSION 29 GRAND BONNY, WESTERN AFRICA' TO THE EDITOR OF THE WIN. Sin,—Permit me to address you upon the fol' lowing subject, and request the favour of your in" serving this letter in your next edition,. as I deal it my duty to ake it public. Some time since I applied to his Grace the Arc h. bishop of Canterbury, entreating his aid in 'esta blishing a Christian mission at Grand Bonny Ont important trading place for p a lm oil, in Wes h Africa), where there never has been such, altbong fs , r many years past I have used all the meansAt,e my power to accomplish my object. Also, in 18°9 I wrote to the Rev. Andrew Somerville, of th! Presbyterian Church Missionary Society, but 0 5 no success. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury refer' red me tr) the Church Missionary Society, Salisbutt square, Fleet street ; arid on the 6th day,f Mao' ultimo, by their appointment, I bad an inter with the secretaries there ; but I regret to say ilia my application was not entertained by them. In conclusion, I beg to add that the result do/ endeavours above narrated are not, in ray opi nion ' consistent with Christianity and the object of nla; sionary establishments.-1 beg to subscribe myaelif Sir, yours, &c., PEPPLE, King of Bonny, West Africa. Tottenham, Nov. 4, 1857. MARKET NEWS.--(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Nov. 5, 1857, made up from the R; turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tower England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. raAs WCIEAT I EARLEY OATS RYE I RYE BEANS 53s lid 43s ld 25s Od 36s 10d 45s 9d 1 Asg Sel TUE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. • WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE I BEANS I Ar iA 3 B d 55s 10d 43s 3d 25s 7d 36s 4d 45s 8d 5 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEL ISt; Wheat, 102,059; barley, 74,825; oats, 9,530; beans 5,29(3 ; poas, 3,321 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. .: NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The suppues of west were only moderate , yet the trade ruled heavy, as follows : —Beef, from 2a 10 ' d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 2d . to 45 8( 1 ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 43 ; Pork, 3s 6d to 55 2d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 4.—The supplies of stock on ra s sale bore t o -day wero seasonably extensive , an d the trade genelly r uled heavy, on lower terms':—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4 8 all 6d Mutton, 33 4d to 5s 2,1; Veal, 4s Od to 4a 81; Pork, 4s Od. to 5s 0,1 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Nov. 4.—To-day's market was well supplie4 with stock, which moved off slowly, as follows :--13e81" 81 from 3s Od to 4 s 8d • M u tt o n, 33 6(1 to 58 4d; Vow , ' 4s Cd to 4s 8 d ; Pcrk , 4s Od to 4s 10(1 per be. . HAY MARKETS. SlirrllFlELD.—Meadow hay , 21 10s to 4/ Os; clover, 3! 15s to 5/ 0.3; and straw, 1 / 63 to 1 / 10s p er los& A fair average supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 15s to 4/ Os; 31 103 to 4 1 1 5 s ; and st ra w . 11 6s to 1/ 10s per load. Supply moderate, and trado dull. c lolok W HITE CHAPEL.—Meadow hay , 2/ 12s to 41 Os ; 31 103 to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per los A dull trade. LLOYD'S SHIPFING.—(This Day.) .... I SV. Ines • LONDON, Nov. s.—Wind this day at noon, derate breeze, and dull hazy weather. t S.SX' - ' . PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 4 . — Wind E.N.....r . - 0 Bona' Arrived—Vonderhegot, from Akyab for Stettin; tain Wave, Chinchas ; C. Norris,.ditto. Sailed fir Jamaica. S.W.---sailed — A li ol SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 4.—Wind, S.W.-7Saileu--....- (s), for New York.i' COWES, Nov. 4.--Wind variable.—Arrived —Betty Pel back, from Callao. NEWPORT, Nov. 4.—Wind E.—Sailed—Neptune, for St. Thomas. CARDIFF, Nov. 4.—Wind E N.E.—Arrived—Ran oet from St. Valery. Sailed—P. Sharon, for Ascension 1 * .6 : a . vance, for Callao; Edward Everett, St. Thomas; 10 Bilboa. SWANSEA, Nov. 4.—Wind—E.S.E.—Sailed—Mary A na Johnston, for Caldera. lbion, Folar WATERFORD, Nov. 3.—Wind W.—Sailed — Bloomer, for St. John's, Newfoundland. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 1,0 a.nt. Wind E. ; thick, with occasional showers. arre. Arrived—Comier (s.), from Jersey ; Havre (s.). ll Sailed—Express (s.), for Weymouth ; D a spatch (a. ), Jersey ; Alliance (s.), Havre. LiYxRPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Sailed, Nov. 4—Rowena, for Buenos Ayres ; Pahnat,t44, for Halifax; F. C. Clarke Calcutta; Congress, Apala ao° cola ; Philip Dean, Hayti. Sailed, Nov. s—Orient, for New York; Looshtank, fO f Aden. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 3' Wind S.E. tie, Arrived—Resolution, from Genoa; Aglaia ..ttP°' Galatz; Fiarmka Mario, Taganrog. Wind N.E. ' DUBLIN, No" 4. Arrived—Heinricb, Gustav, from Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAY O ' ) 1 013 ' GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9 . 30 Wind, S.W. ; nearly low water ; foggy. Ste ; Sailed, Nog,. s.—Rosa D. Mangles, steamer, for P Windsor, Melbourne. Arrived, Nov. 4.—East Anglian, from Cron DEAL, Thursd a y , Wind, S.S.E., light; with a thick fog. Passed—Fair City, f r om P a lermo, for Hull. . It transpired late yesterday afternoon tha t the anne,tto ances of tfse firm of Powles, Brothers, and C o " o f foreign draughts, had been dishonoured. The catilie, eo the embarrassment is stated to be dimappointaient in ii" t . receipt of remittances from South America. The a cce i P o envoi of the house are about 50,0001. The firm of r o t e r r Price, and Co., in which Mr. Powles is also Pa r , s ts „ - s i: —Aboutand n eEss si w cisA h pn ic :o h tno i ea s rfro e :_Te n ci g w: a cod g k e cbo d yonN e tT x Th c lic l s u Te s sv iv eF e nu l t y cl. m in the A R k i : L s w e : T o l i r e : :: 50; conveyeduesday m fr o o r m ni G ng ia , sg ag o : j : of convicts were being 12 minutes n fue b t y we the mail smmt moments tg l tt train hoe, et w lroa h ci i ka c I 0 1 ant l o e lju f t poe t nd h d e sa former t p enritn e lig it_ Y D e g a e"n"Statlere a th t ler the time named two of their Lumber, although obeinby together in the ordinary way, managed to eEn a P e jumping out of the carriage en the off de. itis t bef i ft: r,i,, th ,j e s. - : e r d ain th s e tar t t w ed o t m he en rr a so n n d s iißustcahnaurygegoafvethe 111 'arra* the „ ono veral persons were despatched in different diree'l in search of the men, while others made a minute esir t : r . nation of the premises connected with the railwaY,,"„ns it g which they found, not the convicts, but the on o by which they had been pinioned together. PelPthe the moat vigilant search throughout the whole of day n o thi ng ,was either seen or beard of the in convicts. We arc informed , o n authority, that severtf se. other convicts afterwards att em p ted to follow their thell liberated companions, but th e y were prevented by authoritim ...