The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-18 00:00:00

THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD IN THE I THAMES. The celebrated " gack Ball" clipper " I G H T NING," I Belongirg to Messrs. JAMES BAINES and Co., of Liverpool, and sister ship to the "JAMEi BAINES" and the " CHAMPION OP TIIE SEAS," relentiv inspected and so highly eulogised by her Majesty the Queen and Court at Portsmouth, is expected to arrive in the Thames, to embark Troops for India, on or about the 21st instant. While lyng off Gravesend, the " LIGHTNING" will be thrown open to public inspection for a few days, and a charge of one shilling admission will be made the receipts to be given to the wives and families of the soldiers who sail in her. The " LIGHTNING" is 2,093 tons register 4, 3,eet 500 tons bur She then, 243 feet long and 4 f wide. is T 3E FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD, having made the passage from Melbourne to Liverpool in 63 days, when her speed during the whole voyage (round Cape Horn), a distance of 15,000 miles as the crow flies, averaged 10 miles an hour. On the 27th of February, 1815, she ran 19 mi cs plr hour for 24 consecutive hours, and from the 28th June to the 4th July, 1556, 12.3 r hourly consecutive speed averaged 15 miles. ROYAL. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's Play of TEIE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. DEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. NHS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with (being the Farewell Thnefit of Mr. Charles Mathews), NOT A BAD JUDGE. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. 1 , men ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Sabine, dm. After which, P OTTER VERSUS CLATTER. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Mrs. Frank Matthews in her original character. To conclude with THE SPOILED CHILD. 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 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes... Pit ... ..... Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery ... 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed (by desire) the Adelphi drama of LIKE AND UNLIKE, in which Messrs. C. Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. To conclude with THE ELVES; or, The Statute Bride, Madame Celeste. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lemsees. Messrs. F. Rob;on and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the eomedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, mid Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaaanzs, by 11 , ,bert Brougb, Esq., called MASANIE LLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, are. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Me'font. Commence at half-past !Seven. OYAL SURREY THEAT RE. 1 11.) Leagees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresw ick. THIS EVENING will be performed tho graul opera of LA TRAVIATA. Lucy Encott, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, and Mr. A. Cooke. To conclude with LA SONNA.MBULA.. Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, Mina Lanka. STLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand 0 iental Spectacle of EL HY')ER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intense'y interest ing and thrilling Equestrian aid Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with inerased delight and enthusia , m. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Eque.triau and Oriental Spec , tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GFIAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an nnapproaAably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN TIIE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish ment, including Madlle. Mililos. COMMOLCO at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ' • Private Boxes, from 2!5., no charge for booking; P.t, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Uppar Gallery, 6d. H tiff-price at half-past Eight. Box office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. et ANTERBURY tt ALL. Westminster-road.— IL} OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow :n¢ company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of elections from all•the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, aces, Ducts, dm., viz.: Miss E Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, ‘fiss Brimell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S, o.e J. Barker, W. Melling, P. vorri. Senor An tonio, F L. Hime, and Mr St. A byn ; Master Corri; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Willisms ; Director, Herr F. Jonglim ins 'Commence at Seven o'clock preAsely. Sip per.;, <to., until twelve.o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn., 38 rain. aft. 12— Even., 7 min. aft. 1 TO-MORROIT— Morn., 35 min. aft. I—Even., 57 m n aft. 1 A. UE WEATHER—Sox OFFICE, AUGUST 19. THEamomETER, IN THE SHADE. 71— highest since noon yesterday. 55 -lowest this morning and during the night—the lowest for two months. 69 - this day at noon. BARO3f ETER, 30.15. WINP, ; light, with fine weather. r"v-r I ~ ,41/4. ,\ %-- , v.'-'4 - ' ' - T ' ^ -. At er- Q. 1. cr- -. ,e A ---.„ - ,...._, 2 , •__„..„ Allit LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1857 The evidence appears to accumulate that the Hindoos have been the cats•paw of the Mussel men, and that religion is the roasted Chesnut for which the Sepoys have been craftily persuaded to burn their fingers. Missionaries, civilians, and English- journalists in India, concur, increasingly, in this view of the ori;in of the mutiny. One of the first things, therefore, on which we ought to make up our minds, and to act wish good advic, when the mutiny shall have been suppressed, is, how we shall dell in future with the religious questions which must arise between us and the natives in our administration of the Indian Go vernment. Of course all efforts must be first directed to the suppression of the mutiny. The rebels, where embodied, have every where to be crushed and punished. The primary necessity is that no natives in our employ shall ever dare to mutiny again ; above all, that none shall ever ven ture to murder an unarmed European, or to butcher helpless women and children. We should think it may be found expe dient to deal comparatively leniently with simple mutineers, in order to make a never-to-be forgotten example of the fiends who, without the shadow of provocation, have violited every senti ment of the human breast t) revel in the most wanton barbarity. Vengeance on such fiends is mercy to man. Let every regiment which has been guilty of murder be annihilated, if found, and outlawed if scattered. This accomplished, there will be plenty to do in reorganising the army, a work which will have the priority in point of necessity to that of Civil Re formq, though both may advance collaterally. essential th at on the re- But iu both it will be ligious questions we should at once avow an d act on some fundamental principle for India, which will stand the test of any amount of legislative friction. It will not do to run the risk of any such coquetting with Maii.slum2n, BRAHMA, or Caste, as can render native superstitions again a cause or pr e t ex t f or mutiny. Practically this will probably not be difficult in regard to the army. Amongst the hundred millions of India here must be found, easily enough, an ample supply of men who want our pay ; men who prac ically care nothing about caste or idol worship, and who, when brought together, will know no bond but that of confidence in their officers and in their regiment, and dependence for good wages on the Government treasury. So far as they will have creeds, their very diversity will be one element of security against religious mutiny. The vast predominance of Brahminism, at least, has been the obvious cause of mu&i spontaneous com bination ; such large nunabt.rs were liable t • THE UN, LONDON, rUESDAY EVENING AUG Els r 1857. temptation by the same seduction. The pay will bring abundance of men who will make their pro fession and its rewards their idol, their Shasters, or their Koran, and who will even morally be no losers by the substitution. It will at least be one essential to enlist men on the distinct con- dition that no military duties are to be refused on religious pretexts. The service, they must be told is to override all religious scruples or they are not to accept it. This indeed is the case with British soldiers themselves, and the recent mutiny will teach the natives also that we cannot in rea- son sanction any other rule for them. Next the natives must be made to understand, what they can well understand—our simple prin ciple of toleration or rather of religious liberty. Asiatics can comprehend it quite as well as Euro peans. They must have it openly proclaimed to them in every way, that every man in the British dominions may persuade another to adopt what creed he likes, but that no man may persecute an other for his creed, or use any kind of coer cion to back his persuasions. We have mis laid the paper just now, but we remember when the case of Col. WHELER'S preaching Christianity to Sepoys and other natives was first reported from India, a native journalist ridiculed the idea that the Sepoys did not understand as well as the Governor-General could do, the difference between Colonel WHELER'S preaching and Colonel WHELER' s military orders. The writer was opposed to Christianity, but he denied that his countrymen did not fully understand the distinction between WEIMER the Colonel and WHELER the Missionary. For future peace and quiet, therefore, it is far boiler to leave to a military officer the same liberty as is enjoyed by other masters with nu merous servants, but to make plain to every native mind the grand rule, that in regard to re ligions matters there is under British rule perfect liberty and equality ; no man being treated either the better or the worse for his creed ; and nn man being permitted to employ force in any shape. This would avoid all difficulties about Missionary officers, some of whom, in the Indian service, at least, have been, and are amongst our most efficient men. It would avoid all difficulty, too, in regard to any man in civil or military authority contributing to or encou raging schools, or any Christian or semi-Christian institutions. We may add, that our notions of religious liberty are themselves a part of the civi lisation we want to bestow on India. There is another question of vast importance in regard to the religions or superstitions of the natives—that is, the extent to which Government ought to interfere with them. The Company Began with one extreme, but we must not go to the other. When it first gained territorial power it would not suffer even a Christian misssionary to preach to the natives. It stood in complete awe of native idolatry, paid for the worship at its shrines, and bad, we believe, splendid articles manufactured in English looms to adorn the car of Juggernautb. It sanctioned the immo lation of victims beneath his wheels, and dared not interfere with the horrors of Sutteeism and infanticide. They were religious ceremonies—to touch them might endanger our power ! Lord BENTINOa inaugurated a better era for India, and we have since been acting more or leas on the principle of suppressing gross immoralities and cruelties, though dignified with the name of reli gion; and of declining t i contribute directly to the irrationality, not to say impiety, of idolatry. Juggernauth and his car are no longer a part of our Church and State system for India, and we have had courage to proclaim that widows shall not burn to death in the name of religion, much less relatives participate in destroying them, except under the penalties of murder. Somehow the natives have been found able to comprehend that we had good civil reasons for punishing murder as murder, whatever name it went by. We must sustain this policy. Cruelty and the grossest indecency are two marked characteristics of Hindoo worship. With these, at least, on broad civil grounds, we mast continue to inter fere. We must put them down. The native conscience not only does not rebel, it respects us for doing in India as Lord CAMPBELL proposes to do iu Holywell-street. It is a singular fact, that a recent decree of the Legislative Council, pro hibiting indecent Exhibitions, has a clause exempt ing the temples from its operations. Of what a state of things in, the temples must this be signifi cant ! Imagine a clause in Lord CAMPBELL'S Bill exempting St. Pauls and Westminster Abbey from its operati )n. We know, however, from the testimony of eye witnesses, that such are the filthy abominations openly exhibited in the Hindoo shrines of worship, that Holywell-street itself would blush at the sight. We know, too, that, in one instance at least, when the officer in chief command of the district Lefased to allow a new building to be thrown open to the public till the digusting paint ings on the walls were obliterated—obliterated they were at once, and not an objection breathed. Even heathens have moral natures when they are boldly appealed t) by a higher moral civilisation. These two principles ought, then, to be our guides on the vex 3d religious questions in India. To publish, and to carry out consistently, universal religious liberty ; at the same time to suppress all social iniquities, although they might assume the cloak of religion. We ought to give them at once the benefit of the liberty and the social morality of our Christian civilisation. Mere superstition, on the other hand, must be dealt with by other than Government agency. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill is still proceeding slowly through committee. Its opponents have adopted the Fabian policy, speak ing against time, and in every way impeding the progress of the measure. They are also striving to introduce quasi amendments, which the Ho l m of Lords may refuse to sanction. Thep care not in fact for the means, provided they can obtain the rejection or emasculation of the measure, so as to render it practically valueless for the suitor, It is manifestly not their intention to improve the measure, or to render it more acceptable to the community at large, but to make it a mass of contradictions, which cannot work smoothly or beneficially for ,the nation, or for those particularly interested. Of course, we do not mean to imply that such is the intention or desi re o f all the dissentients. There are no dou b t conscienti ous men who think that they can ame liorate its • provisions ; b u t, gen e ra lly s p ea king, they are playi ng the game o f th e f ac ti ous mino rity,who, a t this late period of the session, are striving to disg us t and have continued faithful to th • all the allurements of pure air and and during th e second week of g r ouse s h oo ti r . g , weary members who cur dutie s , an d res i s t of the vari ous s ports and amusements to which they may respec tively be addicted. Iu the discussions that have hitherto taken place, Mr. GLADSTONE has displayed a degree of " perverse ingenuity," as it has been happii .7 termed, far beyond his ftllows. It was mainly through his "objections" (we shall not call them " pettifogging quibbles") that ten hours were I msumed ou Thursday last in disposing of a single clause. The Times asserts that "in that time, including questions, explanations, and in terlocutory suggestions, the Hon. Gentleman made nina and twenty speeches, some of them of considerable length.' This was pretty well for a single day ! Nor was he satisfied with this. Lest night he announced that he had an amend ment to propose, which would require him to make a statement of some length, which he should not desire to commence at so late an hour as half past 12. The result was that the Chairman was obliged to report progress and ask leave to sit again. This is certainly not in conformity with the general practice, which would prevent the possibility of many enactments being passed, although the House should sit de die in diem, for the entire year ; and if Right Honourable and Honourable Gentlemen will avail thvmselves of every pretext to retard the progress of business, means must be adopted to prevent the abuse of privileges valuable in themselves, but which have. been on many occasions greatly misapplied. The real question respecting the bill lies in a nutshell. For a series of years Parliament has been in the habit of receiving petitions for bills . dissolving marriage, on the petition of the hus- band, and in some few and exceptional cases, on that of the wife. Every case was brought within certain established rules, now as clearly defined, and well established, as those that regulate the proceedings of the courts of equity. The process, or rather series of processes required were of a very Expensive, and we may add, obnoxious character. The disgusting and disgraceful action for crim. con. was one of these indispensable steps. It could only be justified on the ground of its necessity for obtaining ulterior relief, which was not sought for in one case out of ten, for the very sufficient reason that the costs were far beyond the means of nine -tenths, indeed, we might say ninety-nine one-hundredths of the sufferers. It was, therefore, proposed to create a new tribunal, which should act strictly in accordance with the recognised regulations, and which should, at a single investigation, be authorised to afford relief at a comparatively moderate cost. It would be difficult to conceive anything more plain and simple, which should command the universal assent of every disinterested and unprejudiced man. But, unfortunately, there were points in this straightforward and bona fide pro ceeding that excited sectarian animosity. Romanists and Puseyites contended for the indiseoluUlity of the matrimonial chain, and, although unequivocally defeated on that principle, they adroitly contrived to raise difficulties that complicated the question at issue, and raised mountains out of molehills, on which they had to work. Mr. GLADSTONE has assumed the position of leader of this clique. He has certainly de layed the measure, but we believe it will not elevate his character with the community at large—the country does not esteem such Jesui tical ability. It would prefer less eloquence combined with greater candour. We trust that the largo majority will not suffer themselves to be defeated by the obstructive tactics resorted to, but that they will firmly and unflinchingly per severe until the bill has been carried in its integ rity, and that the Government will nail its colours to the mast, and not sanction any proro gation until the Divorce Bill has received tlas Legislative sanction. The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the purchase of Commissions in the Army have made their report, a portion of which will found in another part of this day's impression of The Sun. The question is one of paramount, we might almost say of 'vital, consequence to the efficacy of our military system. It is one in which England differs from every other European country ; indeed, we may say, every country in the civilised world. It is, however, "an aged vice : a grey iniquity." It has been practiced " from the earliest period of which there are records of a standing army." It has " grown with our growth and strengthened with our strength," until " the long-established usage has so far accustomed officers to the prac tice that few of the military witnesses have ever seriously contemplated any other system of entry or promotion in the army !" This was all very well so long as almost every public situation could be purchased, while corrup tion was scarcely tested, and even judicial officeb were made the objects of bargain and sale ; but it is totally opposed to the spirit of the age, and it really seems too absurd that the purchase of a civil office under Government, or of a com mission in the Indian Army, should be made a high crime and misdemeanor; while a Commis sion in the Army might be legally purchased at a fixed price, and was too frequently made the sub ject of bargains, by which particularity in the subsequent stages large additional sums were paid beyond the regulation. Indeed, the Commis sioners report that an experienced army agent stated that, "iu the cavalry any sum under double the regulation price may be considered ♦ery rea sonable." There are thus "wheels within wheels." There is an under current of corruption dove tailed on the recognised system, until at last " the practice of paying sums exceeding the regal, lacing price must be considered to be an accom paniment of the purchase system, which it appears impossible to prevent." The Commissioners state the objections to and arguments in favour of the purchase sys tem. There is, however, a manifest leaning to the side favoured by the military or professional witnesses. None venture to declare that the practice is correct, or that it should be adopted if a new system were to be inaugurated, but being in existence they wish it to be retainad " until some scheme shall be devised which may produce the beneficial effects erroneously ascribed to the system of purchase." To this they take care to raise what may almost be regarded as insuperable obstacles. They st tte that any general system of pro motion by selection would not be favourably received by the officers of our army, and would be equally offensive to the purchasing and non-purchasing •orps. Neither would the principle of seniority be available, regard being had to the efficiency of the army. Playing thus quietly disposed of every substitute, but without considering what might be the effect of a system combining Selection, Seniority, and Merit, which ought to be included in selection, they propose a change which bears to the evil a proportion similar to that of FALSTAFF'S half pennyworth of bread to his two gallons of sack. The Lieutenant-Colonelcy is to be no longer purchaseable, but it is to be given as a sop to the Commander-in-Chief, and the period of hold ing the command is to be limited to eight or ten years. But the whole system of purchase and sale of commissions is (for the present) to remain intact, up to the rank of major inclu sive. This, to our judgment, appears to b .ti e tniiinsei a a a very Until let way lame and impotent conclusion. It of shelving the question for a it comprehensivemay b e m convenientanner. Theto grapple pres e n present with let. p, IA will not, however, be sasisfactory to the c ou intry ; on the contrary, it will occasion a greater agitation when it is ascertained that the obm x;.ous system cannot be got rid of by peaceable means, or without a stringent application of the " pressure from without." CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY TO CHERBOURG. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY. Her Majesty's steam corvette Curagoa, 31, Captain Forbes ; Osborne, Admiralty yacht, Master-Commander Bowes ; and Banshee, steam despatch yacht, Master- Commander H. W. Allen, left this harbour last night and proceeded to Cowes, where they anchored for the night. At 1 o'clock this day her Majesty, the Prince Cansort, &c., left Osborne Palace, and embarked on board the Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, at 1.20, and weighed immediately for Cherbourg, the Curagoa, Osborne, and Banshee in company, Her Majesty will touch, probably, at the Channel Islands en route. Royal salutes were fired by the Royal Yacht Squad ron-house battery and the Curapa on the Royal embar- kation. GALES IN THE CHANNEL. DOVER, TUESDAY MORNING. In consequence of the strong N.E. wins the mail packets have for the last two days been unable to em- bark the mails in the roads at Calais. The mail from France, Germany, &c., did not leave Dover this day before 12 noon and arrive in London at I p.m. The Prince and Princess Henry de Ligne have arrived at the St. George Hotel. His Excellency the Russian Minister left London on Saturday for Scotland, on a visit to Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, at Drummond Castle, Perthshire. The Duke of Sutherland and the Lords Ronald and Albert Leveson Gower sailed trom Liverpool in his Grace's yacht in the early part of last week, for Scot land, intending to proceed. via the Caledonian Canal, to Inverness, and thence to Dunrobin Costle. Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, accom raeied by the Prince Alexander, and attended by the members of the royal suie, took her departure from Claridge's Hotel, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for 11,11 and. About 8,0001. in Russian gold was sold to the Bank yesterday. The specie from New York yesterday was 183,6001., the greater portion of which will be sent to the Bank of France. Tout ATLANTIC CABLE'—O wing to the breaking of the cable, the 1,0001. shares of the Atlantic telegraph, on which 9001. has been paid, are now offered at 2501. die count. Just before the accident there were buyers at 51. discou• t. The Chief Justiceship of New Z?aland has been con ferred (according to the Hampshire Chronicle) upon Mr Arney, barrister-at-law, Recorder of Winchester. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.—The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending August 15, was 2664, of which 1008 were new case?. REPORTED FORGERIES AT LIVERPOOL. —A merchant, recently deceased at Liverpool, is said to have left liatn tales reaching 300,0001, of which 100,0001. are through forged acceptances to bills of exchange. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER. — Yesterday morning, Mr. Th onus Wilson, mate of the West Indiaman, Fer miilable, was ascending the vessel's side from a small boat, as she lay off Shad we I, when the rope by which he held on broke from its fastenings, and falling into the river, he was drowned. NEW HOPS --.A. pocket of choice new mid-Kent hops arrived at market this twirling, the growth of Mr. Jas. Hartridge, of Yalding, and was sold by Latter, Austen, and Sons, t r Messrs. Bakers, White and Morgan, hop merchants, at 121. 12s. per cwt. THE SYDNEY ROYAL MINT.—In the year 1856 313,273,075 oz. of gold were coined at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint, value 1,219 807/ In 1855 the weight of the coined gold was 132,214,512 oz., and the value 514,8101. THE LATE BEVERLEY ELECTION. — We are assured that very extensive bribery was practised by the adhe rents of Major Edwards at the Beverley election, and that a petition to unseat him on that ground will be im mediately presented to Parliament. Mr. E i win James is retained to prosecute the petition.—Leeds Mercury. A CHILD BEHEADED BY ITS MOTHER.—On Sunday morning last a cork-cutter named Woolatt, living in Beryford-lane, Linculn, left his horse for a few minutes, h wh ae e k n f h o e u n w d a s t h r e a c t a l led by his wife the had cut neighbours, off the a h n e d a d on going of one of ' his children, a baby about seven months old. The woman stated to the people who crowded into the place that she loved her children, but if she had not been pre vented she should have killed them all. She is said to have been lately in a low and desponding way. The child had been placed on the hearthatone, and its head chopped off with a cork hatchet. SUICIDE FROM GRIEF.—Last night a long inquiry took place at St. Thomas's Hospit.4l, respecting the death of Mr. Abraham Barlow. The deceased kept the Printers' Arms beershop, and resided iu K-nnington-lane. Fur some time past the deceased became depressed in spirits, in consequence of having to dispose of his business on account of il:-health. On Saturday morning he was found in his bed-room with his throat cut, and the razor cla.ped firmly in his hand. He was conveyed to the hospital, and expired the same day. The deceased lived on most affectionate terms with his wife. The jury returned a verdict of " temporary insanity." INSOLVENT DEBTORS C. , URT.—This court will sit again for bail cases on Friday week, the 28th instant. Oa the last occasion fourteen were liberated on sureties till their hearing, and considering the number of persons in prison for debt, and about to petition, a larger num ber is exrctecl on the next occasion. A person has lately petitioned the court whose examination some time ago created quite a sensation before the Lord Mayor, fur alleged forgery at the Cape of Good Hop e . li e h as petitioned as " Woolf Levy," otherwise Montefiore.' He has also been known as Langfield. THE INAUGURATION OF THE O'CONNELL STATUE AT LIMERICK.—The Freenzan's Journal contains a full re port of the proceedings at the inauguration of the O'Connell Status, which took place on Saturday at Limerick. Amongst the com p an y p resent were— the Earl of Dunraven, the Bish o p of Bomba y , Ma j or Gavin , Mr. O'Biien, M.P., and W. Roche, Es q . A p rocession was formed, which containe d re p resentatives of the dif• forest trades of the town, a nd proceeded to the Cre scen t, where the statue was erected. The statue, which is the work of Mr. James Hogan, was unveiled, and the meet ing was addressed by Lord Dunraven, Mr. O'Brien, and other gentlemen. A great deal of enthusiasm was manifested on the occasion. THE LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FEMALES.—The Associate Institute, established for enforcing the laws for the protection of women, states, ie its report just issued, that the society, since its foundation, has conducted about 130 prosecutions ; of these only a small propor tion have been unsuccessful. Twenty-three prosecu i, ne occurred during the past year. Many of the n were of considerable importance and magnitude, an 4 entailed oppressive and embarrassing expense. The committee felt compelled to issue a special appeal for funds. That appeal met, if not with a general, yet with a kind and liberal answer in various quarters. The Duke of Nor folk, in particular, sent to the institution a donation of 1001. THREE BOYS DROWNED WHILE BATHING.—On Sun day afternoon a melsecholy occurrence took place at Cliffe, near Rochester, by which three lives were lost. The deceased lads, whose names were Alfred Burgess, aged 13 years; Robert James Borges., aged 11 ; and Thomas Kempton, aged 12, proceeded to a place called Cliffe-creek, in the Medway, for the purpose of bathing. Robert Burgess, it appeared, entered the water first, and not being acquainted with the river was soon out of his depth. The other two lade went to his assistance. whilst a fourth ran off to some cottages near to obtain help. On his return he found them all struggling together in deep water, and immediately afterwards they sank. The body of Alfred Burgess was got out almost directly, and the other two soon afterwards, but all attempts to restore animation were of no avail. An inquest was held on the bodies on the fello wing day, before Mr. Thomas Ells, coroner for %Vest Kent, when a verdict of " Accidentally drowned" was returned. SHORTHORNS.—The Council of the Durham County Agricultural Society held a meeting on Saturday, at which they determined to offer a piece of plite of 100 guineas value as a prize for the best short-horned breed. ing animal exhibited at their forthcoming meeting, which is to be held at Stockton in the first week of September. The plate is to be won thrice before it becomes the abso lute property of the exhibitor. The society also offers several large money prizes, and it is expected that the new feature of a challenge plate will bring together in their native country one of the finest collection of short horns ever witnessed. Several of the most eminent breeders have already signified their intention of sending the best representatives of their respective stocks to compete for this very handsome prize. WRECK OF A GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT —The trans port ship Julia, h av ing on board a part of the 4th, Captain M'Gregor, Troop Horse Artillery from the Persian Gulf for Bombay, was lost while leavi n g Kurrachee H • rbour, on the 29th ult. She w as being towed out by the steamer Bombay, and seems to hav e struck while crossing the bar in a heavy sea, losing her rudder , and parting the hawser, when she drifted on to the rocks near Clifton. All possible help appea rs to have been rendered by the authorities on shore and the shi p masters in the harbour, and the few casualties that oceurred seem to have been occasioned entirely by the swamping of boats between the wreck and the beach• It was thus that a sergeant, three European and nine native troopers, and a ship's lascar of the Hyderee, unfortu nately lost their lives. The following is from a letter addressed to a mercantile firm here, by its agent at Kurrachee :—" We are sorry to say the Julia, a Bom bay ship, is on shore here, with little prospect of getting off till after the monsoon. She is on a soft spot, and not taking in one drop of water. We fear this wreck will do no good to our much-abused port ; and yet there was no blame to the bar, nor to any of the naval authorities here. The captain was told not to go out until the next day ; but he would, and instead of usicg two hawsers in towing, as is usual, he only used one, and this, as is always the case in country ships, was a second-hand one, and consequently snapped, leaving the steamer to shoot ahead, and the Julia to fall to leeward, with a strong wind blowing her on shore. We are sorry to say that four Europeans were drowned." IJA I - SINGAPORE, JUNE 28. l ie French Squalron is now setting sail for Hong Kong. The English frig-ate, the Shwom, having on board the Regiment of Fusilers (he sth), has shaped her course for India. JUNE 30. Lord Elgin has embarked for China. All the honours were paid to him here. JASSY, JULY 30. The elections are all finished. The inhabitants of the towns, the small proprietors, and the peasants have abstained from voting. HAMBURG, AUG. 16. The Diet of Holstein opened yesterday. The Royal Commissioner, M. de Levitzau, pronounced a very conciliatory speech. Baron de Scheel-Plas sen, Mader of the opposition, was nominate I presi dent without a division; and M. de Reinecke, also of the opposition, vice-president. THE WELT INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 17. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magda lena, Captain Al.abott, arrived this afternoon at five p.m., frotn the West' Indie4, with the usuil mails, in charge of Lieutenant Jara3s Irwin, Ad miralty ag..nt. Oa Ler homeward voyage the Magdalena expe rienced fine weather, with light breezes. The latest da•ei brought by the Magdalena are : —From Nassau, July 13 ; Greytown, 20 ; Cha gres, 24 ; Demerara, 25 ; Santa Martha, Trini dad, Carthagena, Jamaica, and Grenada, 26 ; Barbadoes, 27 ; Jame], 28 ; Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Monserrat, and Porto Rico, 29 ; and St. Thomas, Aug. 1. She brings 148 passengers, among whom were— Governor Wodehouse and lady, from Demerara ; the Rev. Mr. Reece and family, from Barbadoee ; and Major Bertram, from Jamaica. The Magdalena bring; on freight 848,865 dols. on merchants' account, of which 519,650 dols. are in gold and 9,692 dols. in platina ; 1,062 serons of cochineal ; 73 bags cocoa ; 60 dols. jewellery ; and a general cargo, consisting of 23 cases of cigars, 67 bales of tobacco ; and 46 bales merchandise. The total amount of specie is 1,378,267 dole. 1 His Excellency C. H. Darling arrived at Jamaica on the 22d, and was received with great enthusiasm. Some fine rains have fallen - on the island, which was generally healthy. Exchange as last quoted. At Demerara the market was firm, and produce scarce. The rumour of gold fields having been dis covered with'n the boundaries of British Guiana has been confirmed, and many persons were hasten ing there. The yellow fever had considerably abated, and there were very few cases during the stay of the Magdalena at St. Thomas. She had eight cases coming home, three of which terminated fatally. O❑ the 29th ult. an extensive fire broke out on a wharf at St. Thowas, commonly known by the name of Stubbs' Wharf, and owing to the quantity of coal deposited there, it very quickly assumed a serious aspect ; but from the prompt attention of the crews of the royal mail ships Magdalena and Solent, aided by the engineers of the company, the larger range of buildings was saved, although the coats continued smouldering when the Magdalena left. H.M.S. Tartar was at Colon, the Brilliant at Grenada, the Imama ' Perseverance, and Arachne at Jamaica and the Termagant at Havana. The United States frigate Sonatoga was at Greytown receiving filibuit era. The following were the stations of the com pany's steam ships :—The Thames, C 'pt. Wool ward, at St. Thomas, for Main ; the Trent, Cap tain Leeds, Spanish Main ; the Dee, Captain Woolcott, Gulf of Mexico ; the Clyde, Captain Keenan, at St. Thomas, for Islands the Con way, Capt. Lewis, at St. Thomas ; the Eagle, Cape. Hall, at Jamaica the La Plata. Captain Weller, arrived at St. Thomas, at 6 a.m., Aug Ist. ; and the Solent, Capt. Baynton, at St. Thomas, for Jamaica. • THE EMPEROMS FETE. PARIS, Sunday.—The Emperor's fete has not this time been as fortunate as usual in respect of the weather. Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, crowds of people filled the theatres, which were thrown open at 2 o'clock, and thousands who could not find room proceeded in the midst of the rain and mud to the Champ de Mars to witutss a spec tacle on a larger scale, and of not less exciting de scription—the military pantomime ; the surtject taken from the recent campaign in Kabylia. It was well executed, was received with great applause, an repeated with the same sticces3,. and to the evident admiration of the multitude of spectators who stood sheltered from the rain under thousands of umbrellas. The amusements indicated yesterday took place in other parts of the ci:y. At tue barrier du Trone a ntun-rous audience witne-sed the same military spectacle enacted in the Champ de Mars. The maypoles also figured iu the sports, and, though ttie wet rendered the task more difficult, a few intrepid and persev , ring climbers, ascended, after several failures, and under disheartening difficul ties, to the summit, and gained the silver prize. About six o'clock the rain ceased and the illumina tions sprung up in various parts„ The crowds continued to flaw to the gardens of the Tuileries and the Champs E Trees. The gardens were brilliant with lamps and festo.tris of lamps of various colours and forms, and the facade of the bltized from the basement to the toof. The grand avenue in front, which extends down the centre and opens on the nice de la Concorde, pre -tented an uninterrupted series of porticoes formed of variegated lamps. It was continued on the Place de la Concorde and along the noble avenue of the Champs Elysees. The side avenues were li;. ; htiA up by lustres suspended from the trees. The Palais de l'lndustrie, the Corps Legslatif, the hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that of the Minister of Marine, the Garde Meu'tle, and Rue de Rivoli, were all illumin :tee with taste. jlu the direction of the Pont de Jena, a gigantic eagle stood on a globe, with wings displayed, and grasp ing the lightning in his talons, while the lights that gleamed from the triumphal arch completed the picture. The column of the Place Vendome, the Barrier du Trone, the Tour St. Jacques la Boucherie, the Portes St. Martin and St. Denis, the Column of July on the site of the Bastille, the Pont Neuf, the Church of St. Genevieve (Pantheon), and the towers of Notre D ime were among the most conspicuous objects in this general illumination. About 9 o'clock a rocket shot u) into the air, gave notice that another spectacle was abaut to optn, and the crowds that ingered on the Champs Elysees hastened to the quays. The fire works stationed on the heights of the Trocade, o had t o contend against that most formidable enemy, the dampnt ss of the atmosphere, and notwithstand ing one or two brilliant displays were rather a fail ; ure. The bouquet was as good under the adverse circumstances as could be expected. OUR TRADE WIT I The possible disturbance of our Indian trade is a serious question, but the vague alarm it awakens would be mitigated by a little calm calculation. The danger, according to the first impression of its magnitude, is that a market for seven or eight millions ster ling of our exports may be entirely stopped, and that specie instead of goods will be demanded of us. Atter the drain we have experienced fur three or four years past this would indeed be an embarrassing prospect, But it ex;sts only in imagination. Even taking the altogether improbable supposition that the produce henceforth to be shipped from India will suffer no diminution, and that the natives, in their terror, will accept in payment for it nothing but silver that they can hoard, the dimensions of the evil would be much smaller than most persons suppose. On the Fever, millions of goods which we send to Calzotta we cau harciiy assume there is a profit of more than 1,050,001,, or 15 per cent. The balance may be regarded as the value of the raw produceand of the labour consume d in its manu facture and transportation. If we no lon g er require this raw produce we of course instantly lessen our purchases of it, and the loss from the stoppage of the trade is proportionably thrown upon foreign countries. If India will not buy cotton cloths, America, which produms the staple, will suffer from that fact niucl, more even than England ; while, as regards the les sened employment of our operaiives, nu permanent inconvenience would be threatened, as ever since the Australian discoveries, the supply of labour has been short of our requirements. A moierate reduction of wages would be I,lluwed. by a rather dim:eished consumption of imported luxuries, which would tend to avert drains of specie in other directions, but would certainly lead to nothing like general dis tress. As to the produce of Indis, in whatever quan tities it might continue to °dine, we should take it only at prices at which we could make a profit from it. Looking at the matter, therefore, in its worst aspects, there is nothing to excite uneasiness. Doubt less individual firms would suffer, as is always the case in any revolution in business , but the effects experi ence d by the nation would be slight. There is no ground to assume that our- aggregate trade, except perhaps dur ing the first few months of the crisis, will be at all disturbed as regards amount. According to every probability the exports of India will be quite as ext,r sively interfered with . as her import s , an d conse q uen tly the balance to be paid to that country in specie will t.e much as before, ss bile in proportion as she sends us short supplies other countries will be stimulated to produce . then', act' these countries in their increased pralpertty wi'l require augmented consignments from us in return. It is this power of turning from market to market and of adapting themselves to all changes that constitutes the irrepressible grandeur of a free cJintner cial community. The wants of the world are alvva3s increasing, although the activity of particu:ar districts may wane, and a people who have 00 exclusive relations, but who are ready to deal on terms of equality with all mankind, can never sust ain much damage from any hing but a universal i convul,ion. However much it might mortify our sel'- e steem f we were swept out of India to-morrow, there is reason, from past experience, to believe that the Board of Trade returns for future years would continue to • xcite no less surprise than heretofore. It is the people of India and not of Great Britain that have to look wilt dread on the miseries to be experienced from th e . check to civillsation and industrial advancement that must be consequent on the disasters of 1857.—Times City Article. EMIGRATION TO TEE CAPE. —The Cork papers state that on Monday Ms. Cbaunt, an agent of the Colotiial Land and Emigration Commissioners, attended at the workhouse for the purpose of si•lecting 50 wensen to be Aeut, under the grant recently made, to the Cape of Good Elope. The Home Government has made arrangements with the Colonial authorities that they shall receive pro. tection until provided for, either by marriage or in ser vice. FRANCE. " PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor and Empress left St. Cloud to day at 4 o'clock for Biarritz. The Moniteur announces the reception, by the Emperor, of his Excellency Ferukh Khan, Ambas sador of the Shah of Persia, at a private audience, whereat the Ambassador presented an autograph litter from the Shah, together with a sabre which belonged to Shah Abbas the Second, as an offering to the Emperor. M. B•llault, Minister of the Interior, is ele vated to the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and M. R. Maud, Minister of Instruction and Public Worship, to that of Grand Officer in the same order. Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, is charged with the Ministry of Public Instruction and Wor ship, (luting the leave of absence granted to M. Roul and. There are also several lists of promotions in honour of the fete of Saint Napoleon. The distribution of medals to the successful artists at the exhibition of 1857 is also contained in the official journal. The prefect of police has issued the following circular to the police commissaries of the depart ment of the Seine, on the important subject of the reimbursement of the sacrifices made during the last three years to keep down the price of bread. in Paris : My decree of this day's date lowers the price of bread to 40c. (it was previously 44c.) for the second fortnight of August. The dearness of bread, which involves high prices of almost all the neces saries of life, has not only been openly combated during the long crisis which we have passed through, but it has also been indirectly remedied by measures of a ,, sistance without preced , ..nt, and I may also say without limits. The Emperor's gifts have enabled us to open in Paris and the department of the Seine no less than 70 kitchens, where during the winter substantial fool has been sold to the po)r at very cheap rates. The Empress has generously endowed the " Institution of small lodgings." Their Majes ties, through the Minister of the Interior, have placed at my disposition large resources, which have enabled me to make daily distributions of in onty a,nd provisions. Thinks to these coin' dned efforts w e have been able t,) attenuate the effects of the crisis, which now Approaches its termination. But th conse quences willbe felt for some time to come. It is only by great saciifices that, during the last three years, the price of bread has been kept in Paris and the department of the Seine at a rate much lower than what people have been paying in all other parts of the empire. The municipal council of Paris, which has lent its aid to the government iu these trying circumstances, has been compelled to call for the restitution of very considerable advances, bath in the interest of the city and of the great public works, which concern alike the present and the future. Its resolution, approved of by the ministers of agriculture and commerce, makes it necessary to keep up the price of bread a little above its natural level, but the mea sure will be used with an extreme reserve, and the surcharge will never in future Exceed two or three centimes the kilogramme. This trifling surcharge of a CCIIVIII,3 the p,mnd proves sufficiently that the Em perm. will not allow the people to pay by new suffer ings for the relief they received formerly. LA them know this, and assure them that no one is more penetrated than I am with these stm:iments of the Emperor, who, as you know, will never be satisfied till he has assured the welfare of the labJurilig clas,es. Receive, &c., the Senator Prefect of Police, PIETIU. RUSSIA. The Gazette de Cologne publishes a telegraphic despatch from Koenigsberg, announcing that the cabinet of St.. Petersburg has resolved t.) make a rAuctiou of up% arcls of 30,000 men in the Imperial Guard. Each regiment will have a colonel, and will be reduced t.) 800 men. A reduction of the whole army is sail to be probable. A despatch announces also that the Russian government is engaged in equipping a flotilla destined for the Chinese Sea•. PRUSSIA. The Berlin Zeit makes the following reply to the violent attacks made by the Austrian journals against the policy of Prussia, more especially as regards the question of the Danubian Princi palities : " A portion of the Austrian press, especially the Ost. Deutsche Post, attacks in s.) uubecomin 4 a manner the Prussian Cabinet, because it has de manded the annulment of the elections in Mo!davia, ami broken off its diplomatic relations with the Porte, that we deem it beneath the honour of Prussia to reply. In our opinion all that Prussia has to do is conscientiously t , ) examine the argu ments of her adversaries ; we have no ears to to the violent outburs's of their anger. " Prussia, as a great Power, follows her own line of policy to-day, as she did during t he w ar in the East. Let them get accustomed to t h i s a t Vienna in time, and let them not, even in appearance , un derrate the importance of the Prussian resolutions. It is only by consulting reciprocA interests that a guarantee of harmony can be. obtained. England having, as it is known, adhered to th e po l icy of the united Governments, the Austrian journals will, doublers, in a few days receive orders to change their tone, so as not to render still more diffiewt the position of the Cabinet of Vienna, which will scarcely make an attempt to prevent the annulment of the elections in Moldavia." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, Aua. 3.5. The extremely hot weather we have experienced during the last few days has done much fur the har vest in the surrounding distriet4, and, excepting some cases of sudden illness, has been productive of great benefits to all classes of the community. A striking proof of the power of the sun's rays was observed on Thursday form, ion at the laboratory of the Civic Artillery Ammunition Store, in which the pyrotechnic artisans carry on their While M. Bergholst and his two sons were employed in their vocation and using every possible pre caution to shield their operations, the rays of the sun fell on a round piece of glass through the only small window exposed to its effects, and set fire to some paper close at hand avid burnt a hole through the boards on the upper floor of the building through which it reached some ammunition below, which immediately ex ploded. Fortunately the stock of ammunition was not large, a portion having been previously removed to the powder magazine close by, and the prompt application of water stopped the progress of the burning embers. The pyrotechnist and his two sons had just time to esc ape, and the only personal injury sustained was by one of the workmen, who was slightly burnt. The alarm, however, was for some time considerable for the safety of the adjoin ing powder store. Accounts have been received that at the town of Bojanuvo, in the province of Posen, in the district or Kroben, situate between Nawietz and Lissa, and through which place the Breslau asd Posen Rail way runs, a very large fire happened in a similar way on the 13th inst., on which occa-ion 350 out of 420 houses were burnt down, thereby causing 2,000 persons to be entirely houseless. Telegraphic accounts from Stockholm of the 13th inst. state that the Swedish Reichstag had decided that the railway between Stockholm and Gotten burg should pass to the south of the Malarsee. The latest bulletin on the state of the King's, health was not so satisfactory as expected, and had given rise to much alarm. Commander B. P. Priest has been appointed superintendent of the packet service and harbour master at Holyhead, at the disposal of the Lords of the Admiralty, by the promotion of Comman der Skinner to the rank of Captain. Commander G. A. C. Brooker and Commander W. M'Dowell have bk en appointed respectively to the Inflexible and the Hornet, in the room of Commander Corbet and Commander Forsyth, both promoted to the rank of Captain. S.-'O. - aTik.iG NOTE?). WHOM SHALL WE HANG ? People are just now making a great out-cry. They are scandalised by the " money-2etting motives" by which rating men are actuated, and seem shocked be cause certain individuals uw.crupulously adhere to the ducal maxim of doing what they like with their own. They who were over impatient to " get on" Mongrel for the Ebor Handicap and Saunterer for the Great Yorkshire Stakes are likely to have plenty of leisure for repentance. The owner of the horses has tx-rcised a privilege which undoubtedly belongs to him. He has taken advantage of the credulity of the public, or, in the language of the ring, he has pat id the holi those people who trustel to his integrity of purpose and straightforward intentions. There may be honour among some classes of individuals, but not among cer tain proprietors of bloo ',stock. Lard Derby's letter name in goad time, and the recent cases in which hones have undisguisedly been used merely as the instruments of gaming, may arouse the apathetic members of the Jockey Club to a sense of the responsibility entailed upon them by their positi During the current week some briskness may be im parted to the St. Leger betting. At any rate, it wilt be discovered at York whether the hostility which Ignora mus has recently encountered be the resu!t of prejudice, or whether it be caused by the knowledge that the horse is unsound. By the time my notes are placed before the reader, the gathering will have commenced in the ancient city of York. By the morning express trains many turfites left London, and the last remnant of metropolitan sports • men will doubtless be located in York before midnight. The Queen's Plate and the other unclosed stakes are likely to obtain good entries•• Amongst the nominations for "the guineas" will perhaps be the names of Pole Star, Fandango, and Fisherman, and a race of some interest may be expected. The list for to-morrow is unusually strong in attractions. Skirmisher will doubt less sport the " spots " for the Great North of England Biennial Stakes, and I see no thing amongst the entries capable of galloping with him over two miles. Saunterer may put in an ap pearance, but distance is not his forte. Fur the York shire Oaks either Tasmania or Rosa Bonheur will be the successful candidate. Should the former run an oppor tunity will be afforded for estimating her Ebor Handicap chance. Perhaps, however, her owner may allow Bel Esperanza to represent his interest. It is doubtful whether The Streamer or Cock-a-doodle doo will be sent to the post for the Convivial Stakes. John Scott may trust to one of his "public performers," perhaps Star of the E+►st. Perfection and Cuxwold, how ever,, appear to me to be the most tru-4wortby. Flacrow at 8.3 t. 121 b. over a mile course is not too heavily handicapped. He shall do battle for me for the Chesterfield, but is his default my hopes must rest with Ellermire. The knocking out of Mongrel has not caused the range f speculation on the Ebor Handley to be extended. Toe betting is at a stand still, and the advance of War (ock has been the only movement of importance which has within the last four and twenty hours marked its progress. That Warlock is iu on ge.od terms is un deniable, and although he is as "slow a 3 a man in boots," I fancy that he will be able to " keep going," whilst his opponents are stopping. Tasmania Ido not fancy ; she is nevertheless a fine, racing-like mare, but I shall see her perform to-morrow before I place implicit trust in her, Underhand's running at Ne wcastle, induces me to think favourably of his chance, but I question his ity to concede a " lump of weight" to Hobgoblin and other three year olds. For Hobgoblin I have a strong par • bielity and I shall be much surprised if he be not amongst the first three at the finish. Within the past fortnight he has certainly learned the art of getting first. For Borderer I have no great " fondness." His race at Reading, however, seems to have created a great par. tiality for him in certain quarters. El Hakim's running will depend materially upon his performance for the Chesterfield, and I shall not believe that M. Dobler is as good as Black Tommy until I have " ocular proof." To refer to the other animals would unnecessarily occupy space. The two that I shall be inclined to " stand" against the field are WARLOCK, and HoRGOBLIN) Should Longrange be reserved for the Biennial Stakes, Coxwold or Sister to Eilington may win the Prince of Wales's Sakes. The Hopeful Stakes I assign to Sir Cohn, and the Ebor St. Leger to either Vedette or Lam bourn. For the Eglinton Stakes, iiacuiot and York are likely to be found in front at the finish. Unless San terer starts for the Great Yorkshire Stakes some difficulty may be experienced by the book. makers in Otiug their money as the race is not P. P. Whether he go to the post or not, it seems pretty well egreed, on all sides, that he will not affect the result of the race. I shall expect the best of Lord Zetlaed's to Ain, and I shall not be surprised to see Skirmisher defeat his stable companion Vedette. A FRESH MAN. LEAMINGTON STAKES.—HomiIy and Melissa were omitted by mistake from the list of acceptances for this race. BAIL WAY I.N . TELL tGE NCB. MID-KENT. The half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held yes- terday at Gresham-house, Old Broad-street—Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart., in the chair. The report of the direct..,ra stated that the capital account showed that 94, 47 IL had been received, and 85,8221. expended, leaving a balance of 8,652/. Tee report was received and adopted. MIDLAND. The report of the board of directors to be presented to the proprietors to-morrow says _ _ _ "The directors recommend the declaration of the fol lowing dividends (1-Ps income tax) payable on the September ntxt, of 21 2 6d. up , on each 1001. consoli dated at ,ck ; 11. 8.. 91. upon each 1001. consolidated Birmingham and Derby st-ck ; 31. upon each 1001. consolidated preferential stock ; 31. upon each 1001. consolidated Erewash Valley stock ; 2.. 54. upon each 1001. consolidated 4i por cent. preferential stock ; 7s. 61. upon each 16/. 13.. 41. share, being half-year's in terest at 41 per cent. ; 21. upon each 1001. consolidated L-icester and Hitchin preferential stock ; 21. upon each 1001. paid on account of 51. share ; 38 I. upon each 61. preferential Rharo for 76 days at 41 per cent. per annum from the 16th April last ; which leave a balance of 2,8341. 7s. 51. to be carried to the account of the current half-year." KENDAL AND WINDERMERE. An excaotdtiiazigeneial meting and the half-yearly meeting of thi4 company were held on Tuesday at Ken dal—Mr. D. Hepworth in the chair. The. capital account showed that 223,970/, hai been received, and 228,7521. expended, leaving a balance of 2181. Tne revenue account for the half-year ending Jurie 30 showed that 4,5301. had been received, and 5,079 , xptnded, including 1,452/, interest on bonds, and 1,2561. on preference shares and banking account, leav ing a deficiency of 5491. In consequence of Mr. Illtheram'a award as to the division of traffic not boing understood, the meeting was adjourned uutil the 7th inst. LLOYD'S SlllPPlNu.—attis Day.) LONDON, Aug. 18.—Wind this day at noon, N.E., moderate breeze, and 6ne. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 17.—Arrived—Magdalena (s.), from West Indies; Sultan (e.). from Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Eisex, from Callao ; Emelia, Paisboro, N.S., 'lnd sailed for the Clyde ; Mary, Havana; Boreas, Liverpool for St, Thomas, leaky. LEITH, Aug. 17.--Sailed—Laone, for Quebec ; Wan d e rer , ditto. SHIELDS, Aug. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—St. Magnus, from IquFrque. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived—Lady Kennaway, from London for Cape of Good Hope: Ben Mao Dhui, ditto for St. Rollins; Troubadour, Cardiff for Athens, leaky. COWES, Aug. 17.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Clarissa, from Mayaquiz. YARMOUTH, Aug. 17.—A sm ack, abandoned, was brough t in here to-day with stern damaged, having been in colli sion with a pilot cutter at anchor off the jetty. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—lsabella Sco tt, from Para ; Westbourne, Belize; Cari boa' Bombay ; Robert Fiume, J ama i ca; Ch ar lotte Haye, from Copenhagen. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 16. Wind Arrived—Emilia, from T . 'aishoro. N ose d.—Boreas, from Liverpool, for St. Thomas, leaky ; Mary, from Savannah. Wind N.W. DUBLIN, August 17. V Arrived—Robert Twentyman, from Dantsic ; Friends, Malta. (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVEBEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. fine. Wind E.N.E. ; title •one hour's flood ; weather fresh and Arrived, Aug. 17—Hanover, steamer, from Havre; Jacob Unger, Ystad ; Ask, Haparondo ; Jane. Stettin ; Ranger, steamer, Gottenborg ; Atalanta, Hermsaud ; Minerva, Calip ; Hargralta, Carolineschayl ; Hart, Fre dericshaven ; Fraternity, Nykiobing •' Emden and Fame, Gottenborg ; Eolus, Kragaroe ; St. Johannes, Ranca ; Amen, Gefle; Laurel, Archangel; Oscar, Yewhaven. Sailed, August 18.—Spartan, for Hong Kong; Rival, for Magaduro; James Simpson, for Ascension. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a,lll. Wind N.N.E., moderate ; weather fine. Passed—Loire, screw steamer, from westward for Lon don (towing the Empress Eugenie) ; Enxine, steamer (in tow) Passed, 17th-3acnba Carolina, from London for Rio Janeiro ; George Robinson, London for Bermuda. Sailed— VVestmoreland, Alice, Hero of the Nile, Tar, and Rias, for London; Dfarmora, steamer, for the north. to" 0 01/11 11, ;vr is t mlit S t° 3Per e el Per Ne, QE L '''° an Ditto £lOl DO, reru;i, A , ;4 1