The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-09 00:00:00

OPERA BUFFA.—St. J AMES'S THEATRE. (Entirely Re-decorated). —Signor RONZANI has the honour to announce that the Season will commence on TtiE3DAY, the 31 of November next, 1857. Full particulars will be duly announced. Prospectuses may be had, and Nubscriptions arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33 , Old Bond street. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TH.EA.TRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hav ing been entirely redecorated, will OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY, the 12th inst. , when will be performed Shalt -IPeres Play of TILE TEMPEST. The box-office is open daily, as usual• ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon. —Under the joint management of Xiss LOUISA. PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co- S usa n Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, tali, Miss y rs. H. Manley, and Miss Lou'sa Pyne; Mr. Augustus Brabant, Mr. A.. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr. Wallw:qrth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr.W. Harrison. C o nductor; Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Bind, and the Orches tral Union. Vie Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Sltage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, gr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythsott. THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, Bellini's grand opera of NORMA. Norma, MAdame Caradori; Polio, Mr. Augustus Braham. After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 D.s. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. • Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5., under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, inn. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. fRIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with THE WONDER, in which Mrs. Catherine Sinclair will sus tain the character of Violante for the 4th time in this coun try, and Mr. Henry Sedley will make his 4th appea' ante in London in the character of Don Felir. After which, THE EVIL GENIUS. Tom Ripstone, Mr. Buckatone. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 60. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. a. d Dress Boxes . ... 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it , 2 0 Pit ower Gallery 1 OLower Gallery ... 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6INo half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the home•marie Extravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wright and Miss Arden. —.-- ---. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry "i-tallyard (his original character), Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING, will be performed a new corms drama, entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr. Moloch, Miss Craven, drc. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle sap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; cr, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. _ To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS TH,IN ONE. Larry Hoo'agan, Mr. Macarthy. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. is. ROY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Rob3on and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, die ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburn• Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, <Sze., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyra, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brtmell, Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Heashaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Meiling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Albyu ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack nay. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Wi hams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans, Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock. —Signor PICCO will perform, at hail-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY--Morn., 24 min. aft.7s —Even., 49 min. aft. 5 To-Moßßow —Morn., 16 min. aft. 6—Even., 48 min aft. 6 THE WEATHER —Sux OFFICE, OCTOBER 9, THERMOMETER, IN THE SELLDE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night 53 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.32. WIND, North• Westerly ; fresh, with dull rainy weather. T 1) -:. ATYI,, LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 1857. The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England was yesterday advanced to Six per cent. This may appear trifling to those who have ample funds at command, and who are seldom obliged to ask for pecuniary accommodation from their bankers. It is, however, a matter a serious im poi Lance to the middle classes, whose small margin of profit will be materially diminished by the change. There are many perfectly solvent firms who receive the bills of well-known customers in payment, and who are compelled to discount these bills in order to carry on their ope rations. It is accommodation of a per fectly legitimate character, representing money due to the drawer for work actually performed, and the acceptor has received bona fide value in commodities, which he hopes to dispose of before his acceptance is presented for payment, and thus to obtain the means of meeting his liability. It is a complicated system—a series of wheels within wheels—without which the business of the coun try would be brought to a stand still. The mer chant who imports the raw material, general;y speaking, pays the first cost, and all collateral expenses, such as freight, insurance, &c., by his acceptance, and on his credit, and tars facility for converting his promise to pay at a future time into money, depends the supply, and, to a certain extent, the price of the arti cle. He disposes of it to wholesale dealers who also pay by billi, which he must discount in order to provide for his own paper. They in turn sell to th© manufacturer who pays in a simi lar manner. His bill must be cashed, and it is last by his discounting the mceptanca of the 'wholesale warehouseman, who in turn supplies his customers, and so on until it comes t) the scinsinner. Thus, every article imported and manufactured 17A this country occasions many pecuniary trans actions, in all of which accommodation is required. The stoppage of any wheel will derange the entire machine, and lead to confusion and difficulty. Let any person who may doubt our ;state- Writ trace the progress of a bale of c 0 ..- ton or of woo', from the time of its ment till it is worn as an article of dress, and tire manner of payment in all its various stages, and he will admit that we have faithfully represente I UK; entire proceeding, and that our trade and manufactures are virtually dependent on fair and legitimate credit. Now, every one of theso parties seeks a profit, not merely on the cost price, but on the expense and difficulty of converting his customer's bill into 'ready money. The merchant demands more from the wholesale dealer, who in turn puts an extra per tentage on the manufacturer, and thus the ball moves on, increasing as it progresses, until a trifling addition to the rate of discount, makes a very serious increase of price to the consumer. It is not, however, merely the additional rate charged by the Bank, swelled as it is to seven or eight times its original amount in the course of transactions, that shows the full extent of the evil. It is intended to produce stringency and inconve nience, to check the demand for pecuniary assist ance—otherwise it would not accomplish the object aimed at by the Directors. It is only men of high standing that are permitted to open discount ac counts at the Bank of Fngland. Others of equal solvency, but of less prestige, must be contented to pay, not merely the rate of interest, but a commission which enhances the discount to 10, 12, or possibly 15 per cent., all of which, increased as we have already pointed out, must be defrayed by the con sumer. The lower class of paper, although per fectly safe, is very frequently rejected altogether. A stoppage then takes place ; the small fry are ruined, others sustain serious losses—all but the money lender, who gloats over exorbitant profits, heedless of the misery and suffering entailed on the industrious classes by his operations. Well might Mr. CoBDEN say that "greater evils, pecu niary, social, and moral, had been occasioned to the trade and manufactures of the country, by fluctuations in the currency, tha n by the direct failures of all the banks of issue since they were first established in the country." Since the passing of the Act of 1844, which professed to give us a stable currency, with a uniformity of value to the Bank note, and a circulating medium, in which the business of the nation could be at all times conducted with perfect safety, we have witnessed the most extra ordinary fluctuations is prices, in the rate of dis count, and the value of every description of pro perty and security, public or private. Never has there been so many derangements of trade, so many wild speculations and disastrous depressions. For a century and a quar+er the rate vibrated between 4 and 5 per cent., with we believe a single exception, when it was advanced to 6 per cent. Since that time we have had at least 50 changes, varying at the Bank itself from 2 to 8 per cent., and in other quarters from 'T i to 15 or 16 per cent. This is the result of the legislation so strenuously advocated by Lord OVERSTONE and his disciples, and still maintained, despite the bitter experience of a number of years. We pointed out yesterday the nature of the change required. We now ask whether the in terposition is to take place at the first stage of ruin or the last ? Whether the misery and pri vations are to be averted, which will otherwise wring many an English hearth with anguish, and expose many respectable families to distress and penury? This is a point which Lord PALMER STON should closely consider, and he should do so without permitting himself to be influenced by the narrow-minded precepts of Sir G. C. Lzwrs. He may be assured that it is infinitely the most important question now before the country, and on the course adopted, his future fame and cha racter will greatly depend. He is a man of ability and decision. Let there be no procrasti nation, or the matter will be forced on his notice, and that in the most unplesant manner. Our heavy friend the British Quarterly, avowedly edited by a distinguished Dissenter, Dr. VAUGHAN, has just put forth its notions on Representative Reform. What the writer aims at we can hardly understand, unless it be to discredit every kind of Reform to which the really Liberal party attach any importance. He denies the right of suffrage to citizens as such, and asserts or assumes that class representation is the basis of the English constitution ; he thinks freehold land societies a great evil, notwithstanding that even a Tory judge pretty distinctly commended them ; he is warmly opposed to Mr. LOCKE KING'S proposal to give votes to ten pound householders in counties, and shrinks with horror from any plan which threatens to swamp the tenants at will; even a lower qualification for the suffrage in Boroughs he opposes, as "but the demand of a party, and that, too, not a very numerous party." Lord BROUGHAM'S proposal to adopt the rule, " once a voter, always a voter," and to do away with the annual scrutiny of each voter's qualification he rejects as almost a manifest absurdity. It is, in deed, a thoroughly Conservative article. Free hold Land Societies are to be suppressed, or their objects treated as penal. The freehold qualifica tion to be raised from two to five pounds, and the tenants at will qualification to be reduced to twenty-five pounds. The article might well have been written by some Lord or Squire's land agent, and certainly expresses the views of but the smallest section of Dissenters ; the section which forms a kind of aristocracy of its own, or affects to hang on the skirts of the old one. But what of the Ballot Oh ! that is put out of the question by the vote of the New House of Commons in the late Anti-Reform session ; it therefore need not be discussed.' Indeed ! and the writer complacently remarks, too, that the coming Reform Bill is so to perfect the Act of 1832, and that no more tinkering will be needed for a century or so ! Where the writer can have lived, not to know what is going on in our own colonies, or not to understand its reflex influence on the mother country, or how he can suppose that, when the ascertained friends of the Ballot number 232 in the House of Commons, and con stitute a majority of one hundred and four of the Liberal party, that fundamental question can be long suppressed, we cannot possibly imagine. The struggle for the Ballot is the great political struggle of the day ; it is the struggle for the in dependence of the voters, be they who they may —the struggle against the domination of those who may beggar or starve a voter if he does not vote as their serf. It is the struggle, indeed, fur compelling our rulers to govern according to the sense of the country—of the constituencies at least —and not according to the selfish interests of the monied and titular aristocracy. Whatever the Reviewer may think, the Ballot cannot be burked in this way. It will be fought for, and fought for strenuously, next session. It may be refused, and will be, until retention of office by the Minister for the day depends upon it; be, when it has by the last division secured the largest number of votes it ever obtained, and when it must soon come to this, that the majority of the Liberals will demand to have their views carried out, or join in expelling an obstinate Pre mier, we cannot think that the Poll-book system of voting has a perennial life. The battle for the Ballot will be renewed each session, practical evi dence of its admirable working in our constitu tional colonies will accumulate and be diffus d amongst the electors, subordinate matters will be adjusted, and it will become the line of demare,.- tion between those whom constituencies will regard as Stand-still Men and Men of Progress. Indeed, its obvious honesty of principle, and its simplicity as a remedy for bribery, and, above all, for inti midation, may compel its acceptance sooner than Conservative reviewers could bring them selves to believe. It will not be easy to resist the demand for an extended suffrage, and if elec toral dependence, so generally destroyed even now, is to have the slightest chance of existence in ?r, -..1„:1 S THE " TELEGRAM." TO THE EDITOB. OF THE SUN. LON f'sOW a lower stratum, it must be with the safety lamp of the Ballot in its hands. We hardly think it worth while to advert to the other points at present, but we should like to know whether we are to accept a review of this kind as an indication of the temper and views of dissenters in regard to reform, and in regard to the Ballot especially. We trust not ; our old and vigorous friend the Eclectic has never writt3n in this county-member-style. The dissenting jour nals of real ability, such as the Nonconformist, and the Freeman, are very firm in their adherence to the Ballot, and to all the points of advanced Li b3ralism, almost to Radicalism ; this assures us that the large, active, and intelligent class who read their Monthly Review, the Eclectic, and their own First Class weekly papers, are still as firmly as ever attaehed to real Liberalism : and that the very few amongst dissenters who can afford or have time for a six shilling Quarterly are the sec tion who would read with approval the actizle on which we have just commented. Wealth makes even dissenters, especially in old age, conservative, and we imagine that it is but a dilettante, or timid few among the wealthy Dissenters who are repre sented in the lucubrations of the British Quarterly. We have always freely conceded to Dis senters—to that portion at least ecclesiasti cally descended from the old Puritans, from the school of RICHARD BAXTER and JOHN BUNYAN, that with their puritan creed they have retained the puritan intense love of liberty : and as their creed is no business `of ours, and as we could respect their sincerity for it, and zeal for it, just as much as the same things in the church or in any sect, we have always prayed their political aid on all questions of political liberty. To do them justice, we believe the great mass of Nonconformists make a conscience of sup porting every liberal object ; and are, therefore, surely a body to be relied on. In single instances, where their votes at elections indicate something approaching to the contrary, we believe the rea son will be found to be just in their need of the protection of the Ballot. They have felt, as the late Sir C. NAPIER has put, "that starvation for themselves and their families was not to be argued with." - - hope you will join the crusade against the use of the new word " telegram." It cornea to us from the Foreign Office, I believe. Certainly, no Englishman at all aware of the mode in which English words are de• rived from the Greek language could have invented such a word. If it should be adopted, half of our language will have to he changed. We shall have to say— Paragram... instead of paragraph. Hologram „ holograph. Photogram Autogram Geogrammy „ geography. Lexicogrammy „ lexicography. Astrogrammy „ astrography. Lexicogrammer „ lexicographer. Polygrammy „ polygraphy. Stenogrammy „ stenography. Stenogrammy „ stereography. Horogrammy „ horography. Icthyogrammy icthyography. Microgramrny „ micrography. Metallegrammy „ metalligraphy. &c., &c. In short, we shall have to retrace our step; and en tirely alter our manner of forming English words from the Greek. Have all our lexicographers been wrong ? And is the author of " telegram" the only person who is right ?—Your obedient servant, SAMUEL JOHNSON. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE OF TELE SUN. am desired by my directors to express their regret that Excursion Trains were run on this line on the day of humiliation ; and beg to state that they were so run through a misapprehension of the orders given. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, L. CROMBIE, Secretary. Secretary's Office, Waterloo-bridge Station, London, Oct. 8, 1857. The Chairman and Board of Directors of the East India Company have presented Rev. W. Simpson,M.A., T.C.D., lately curate of Quidenham, Norfolk, with a chaplaincy in the Bengal Pre‘nide Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., and Mr. Bidder, who was associated with Fairbairn and Stephenson in the construction of the Menai-bridge, arrived at Inverness on Monday in Mr. Stephenson's yacht. Mr. MACREADY.—At the quarterly meeting of the Literary Institute it was announced that Mr. Macready had manifested his continued interest in the institution by presenting to it the very handsome gift of the Bony olopmdia Britannica, 26 volumes, full bound.—Sherborne Journal. MOEE FORTIFICATIONS.—We understand that the Go vernment have just purchased the N the, at Weymouth, far the purpose of erecting fortifications. The White Nothe also has been, we learn, purchased for the same purpose. If this is correct, and we have every reason to believe it is, surely our coast will eventually become im pregnable. MARRIAGE Ow MISS CATHERINE HATES.—A. small circle of intimate friends witnessed yesterday morning, at St. George's, Hanover-square, the marriage of the accomplished prima donna, Miss Catherine Hayes, to William Avery Bushnell, Esq., a distinguished citizen of New York. TEE INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND.—The Lord Mayor has received a telegraphic communication from Prince Vogerides, the Caimacan, or temporary bospodar of Moldavia, of which the following is a translation : " I send you 500 ducats (about 2351. sterling) in favour of the victims of the mutiny in India. This sum will be remitted to you by Messrs. Heine, Lemon, and Co., of Lond , ,n. It is but a feeble testimony of my deep cyni pathy with the English people, and my interest in every thing which affects your great nation." THE DOUBLING OF THE LINE TO SOUTHAMPTON.— The double line of rails has now been laid down between Ringwood and Southampton, and a few days since an engine passed over the same, when it was pronounced to be in excellent condition. The portion between Ring. wood and Christchurch-road is also in a forward state, and in a short time it is expected that the who's will be ready for traffic from Wimborne to Southampton. THE LATE WORCESTER FESTIVAL.—The Worcester Chronicle announces, with regard to the late musical festival, that no portion of the guarantee fund is re. quired, and that a call of ill. 15a. from each steward will meet the deficiency. The amount already collected for the charity now reaches the handsome sum of 1,020/. 17s. 63, q uu T osa i k ci t e na lb agwticha lightning, n : fo e r e gl Mt, P oaw e nt u id : ahc n y so thunder ur tt i n E. Cowrie, morninge preced e d A a adhe sl ightab vy heavy c orespondent ra s hockin bril l iant. —o f in formsflashesearEthAu Edinburgh Courant. CERSTER RACES. —On the grand race day (Tuesday) upwards of 30,000 passengers passed through the Ches ter station without accident or delay, owing to the able arrangements of Mr. Kelly, on the Great Western line, and Mr. Mills, at Chester station. The town resumed its wonted quiet and order soon after dark, and Wed nesday (the Humiliation-lay) presented a contrast of quietness and devotion, by crowds to the Cathedral, from all parts of the district. The Bank. of Holland have raised their rate of discount to 5i per cent , an unusually high point for that estab lishment. It is only three weeks since the previous alteration was made, from to 5 per cent. THE PRINCESS ROYAL'S alestuteGE.--In the o mese of January, says a letter from Berlin, the Prince and Princess of Prussia will repair to England to be present at the nuptials of their son with the Princess Royal, which is fixed to take place on the 18th of that mouth, the anniversary of the coronation of the first King in Prussia A.D. 1701. The Princess of Prussia will then return t Coblentz to await there the arrival cf !he young married couple on their journey hither. Tue solemn entry of the bride and bridegroom into Berlin has been fixed for Feb 3. Plans and preparations for sump tuous entertainments at the palaces of the King and the Prince of Prussia, as well as in the town itself, are already being made, and the municipal authorities have already informed the elders of the various trade unions that permission has been obtained for them to take part in the bridal procession at its entry into the capital. VISIT OF THE COXIMANDER-IN'-CHIEF TO TilE MANCHESTER EXHIBITION.—His Royal Highness the Duke of GmbH ige, Commander in-Chief, visited the Exaihition on Tuesday for the BM time. His Royal Highness arrived from Heaton Park shortly before 1 o'clock, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, the Duchess of Manchester, the Duchess of Beaufort, the Ladies Somerset, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, Lord Newport, Viscount Valletort, Colonel Macdonald, &u. His Royal Highness and the tinguished party entered the reception-roorn, and after remaining there a few minutes passed up the antral ball. Mr. Rea, of London, was at the time playing upon the organ ; and his commencing the National Anthem drew attention to the Commander-in-Chief, who was heartily cheered. His Royal Highness inspected the Hertford gallery, the water-colour galleries, the r o Or o f o i m e n , modern ta w l h c e a e u r r t b t ! tas head ; a d p r t o i h : e ne ecsaloonst h containing• afterwards • be th r e ece w p:t e r i through the saloons containing the paintings by ancient masters ; and at 4 o'clock he and the other Ro) al and noble vi,itors left the palace to return to Heaton Park. His Royal Highness was again loudly cheered at his departure.—Manchester at4Ortlia4s 11 Er E LATEsT NEWS. ANOTHER IMPERIAL MEETING. The Paris correspondent of the Times (secon d edition) says : " The meeting of the Emperors Napoleon and Francis Joseph, as an outward and visible sign of the renewal of amicable feelings and intercourse between the two Courts, is still insisted upon, in quarters well informed, as likely soon to take place. I have more than once expressed an opinion that such an interview is by no means improbable, and we have good rea son to believe that efforts have been mak ing, both by diplomatic and by Royal per sonages, to dissipate the coolness between Paris and Vienna ; but I have not at present any positive information to add upon the sub ject. Various incidents, although not much out ' of the common course, may seem, by their oc currence near together, to indicate a probable reconciliation. Among them may be reckoned Baron Hubner's visit to Chalons, the friendly assurances exchanged by Count Walewski and the Austrian Representative with respect to the in terview at Weimar ; and those, equally satisfac tory, which we hear have passed at Vienna be tween Count Buol and Baron de Bourqueney, re latively to that of Stuttgart. One thing certain is, that if all the reconciliations, which we are assured are imminent or approaching be rea lised, the Governments of Europe will before long form a happy family, within whose circle animosity between France and Austria would shock and be greatly out of place. At Weimar, we are told, the Emperor of Russia, who is ou excellent terms with his late gallant little antagonist, Piedmont, paved the way for a resumption of diplomatic relations between that country and Austria. The King of Bavaria, we learn, qualified by his friendship with the Emperor of the French and by the projected mar riage of his niece with the heir apparent to the Crown of the Two Siciliea, is about to exert his his good offices to restore a friendly understand ing between the Western Powers and the Court of Naples. These are the reports of the day, which we must not too hastily reject as unfounded, or even pronounce to be improbable." Advices from Galatz state that the commission for improving the state of the Danube at present is displaying considerable activitj. After balancing long between the St. George and the Salina mouths, and seemingly inclining to the former, the commission has definitively decided in favour of the other. The sandbanks of Agagni, which extend from Tullcha to Galatz, are being dredged. Large quantities of corn, these advices state, were arriving at Galatz, and lower prices were looked for. The Pays of yesterday says that letters from the frontier of Asia report troubles having taken place at Khozistan at the end of August, originating in measures having been taken by the Shah to de clare his son Emir Niz sin heir t 3 the Persian throne. Forces had been sent to punish the re• bellious band, and at the latest dates tranquillity was restored. Tip to this hour we bavono news from Madrid concerning the ministerial crisis. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The day of humiliation observed in Great Britain inspires the Urtivers with feelings of admiration, and that journal actually admits that some remains of Christianity still exist in England. We repro duce the views of our contemporary, without coat menting on the intolerant spirit betrayed in its con cluding remarks : • -• • • England offers to the world at this moment a mag nificent and noble example. An entire nation is doing penitence and is humbling itself before God, imploring His pardon for its faults, confessing that its sins have brought about the evils which afflict it, and supplicating Him for victory. This is certainly a grand spectacle and a so'euan lesson for the world, England—that haughty nation whose vessels cover the seas, whose empire extends over immense countries and over nearly three hundred million souls—humbles herself before the Almighty, and promises to act in future in a more Christian manner. This is certainly a grand example, and we recog nise in such acts that the seeds of Christianity still exist among that nation ; we foresee the glorious and admirable deeds it might accomplish were it to devote the immense resources it derives from its daring and per severing genius to the cause of troth and justice. Eng land of the 7th October, 1857, is Christian England ; were England Catholic, we should believe in her ealv a- tion." g e n m at i i g o r n an a t t s tlLe ..__. e ' ji s t d : i d, and it se. , ks The Constitutionn ri e c l ahli e a x tah p r r ee es se s u e ibi s iin i e n ee t California d persecutionsiscove discover the bdteoAmuwoves of th e di s lik e th ey h ave in s spired in most countries :--, "Is it not singular that at th e momen t w h en Euro pean civilisation is striving to open the gates of China, itshould, , endeavour to expel the Chinese prevails ? What is the a nother coantri e g d w i r e h c e t r i: n i t aim and the mot ive of tire prohibi t i on ? Th e Chinese r ino m are an industrious, saving, and patient people. Their sobriety is great, they drink no spirits, and if the opium which they smoke produces drunkenness, it is of an in• offensive character. In all foreign countries where tecy have established themselves permanently, and particu larly at Singapore, they have prospered in a remarkable manner. Is the dislike they inspire to be attributed perhaps to this very prosperity ? Are they detested, envied, and deep ieed on account of their fortune like the Jews of the middle ages, whom they resemble in more than on© feature ? Like the Jews of old, they remain strangers to the customs and sentiments of the country they inhabit. They return disdain for disdain, hatred for hatred. They make money out of the country which grants them heepitality, without bestowing on it their affection. At times their love of money drives them to theft, while their comoaercial skill is pushed to the ex tant of bad faith and low cunning. But since we have at heart to reconcile China to our civilisation, since our missionaries tend to propagate our faith, is it wise to Persecute the Chinese ? Ought they not to be regarded with indulgence ? Far from driving them away, we should seek to inspire them with respect and esteem for our ideas, and with friendship for oar persons." The Siecle recommends the retail tradesmen of France to abandon their present manner of con ducting business, and to adopt the system which is described in the following passage : "Let a hundred wine merchants, for example, who purchase their stock in trade in small quantities, and are consequently forced to put up with bad bargain', unite their capital, and thereby obtain the most favourable terms in the market. Their agent would stand on the earns footing as the largest dealer; he would be enabled to make his ch o i ce and drive an excellent bargain. The goods would then be divided amongst the members of the association, who would be in a position to sell then at the same price as the most extensive dealer. The same system may be applied to all retail trades. They must only come to a proper understanding, for on the day that they unite their capital for purchases, they will become wholesale dealers, and everybody will gain by the chap h e. Petty g ca pitalists seem to c.. be already a ware of the advantages of association ; only, instead of addressing them-elves td trade,. they incline to the B nurse. They place their money in a common ' caisse,' or fund, which deals in contangos and ~ oth r remunerative Petty tradesmen should operations. pr,dit by this lesson h •united resources to be ; were their s _ . employed —not dangerous field, but in on the thurse, which is a trade —a new 6 " 1 f uld be introduced into their deabeg,, and they would be enabled to struggle with great moneyed he By uni ti n g their capital they would no longer • uses. risk of seeing retail tra le absorbed by wholesale incur the firma and they would derive all the advantages of ' msociation without suffering from its inconveniences."aThe follow'. log telegraphic despatch has been re ceived here : MARSEILLES, Oct. 7.—lntelligenea has been re ceived flout Constantinople to the 30th ult. A m clitleation has t a k en lac) i n the Ministry, by which Mouktar 13 e,y i s t o o ccupy the post of Miuist3r of Justic3 ; h o i s regarded as opposed to the union of th e p r i nc ipalities. The port . of Galata w as very near being destroye d by file Fortunately the flam es we re extinguished 1.33- fpre any gre a t d amage was done. A telegraplic line from CenA ant i no le to the Persian Gul has . been decid e d on p , and Omer Pacha is to se to us proper construction. Two R uss i an steam ers and four gun-b oa t s h a ve landed troops at Teaups, in Alba n i a , which set fire to the bazaar and destroyed several trading vesse l s ; th e l oss i s estimated at 500,000 f. Some troubles having taken place in Mingrelia, General Bariantinski Nl - 4 OC %MITER 1857 deposed the Princess Dadian and sent her into exile. - The guardianship of her son is to be over taken by Russia. BOURSE, Oct. B.—The market commenced with a further decline on all securities, and although a slight rally took place sales wore afterwards re sumed, and the market conlinued heavy. The monthly return of the Bank of France is considered as unfavourable, the bullion having decreased 19 millions of francs, and the account of the Treasury 22 millions ; the portefeuilles have, on the con trary, increased 54 millions, the Bank notes 11 millions, and the advances on public securities 3 Half-past Three.—The following were the last quota'ions : Cash. fr. End of Month. 4i per Cents :3 per Cents 67 45 67 70 Bank Shares 2,965 Credit Foncior 5.30 Credit Mobilier E2S Roman Do. Account 822 50 Austrian - Belgian 4i — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese(s) 9oi— Home Debt — RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. fr c. Orleans 1,370 Western Northern Lyons and Med 865 New Ditto New Ditto B5O Grand Central i — Geneva Midi - Austrian Cum. - AUSTRIA. "It is indisputable," says the Independance, " that the numerous measures for preserving the Austrian treasury from the continual menace of bankruptcy, carried into execution by M. de Bruck, Minister of Finance, who is one of the most in telligent financiers of the epoch, have remained without result. Within a short periud we have seen succeed each other, at short intervals, a loan of 125,000,000 fr., another of 87,500,0001 r., and a national one of 1,250,000,000 fr. ; also, the sale of the State railways and mines, and the cession to the Bank of more than 500,000 hectares (1,250,000 acres) of domains and forests ; and, in spite of all these sacrifices, a new loan, disguised under the form of an iw.ue of Treasury bills, has become necessary. A letter from Vienna ascribes this situation to the overwhelming charges of the public debt and of the army. In 1845, the interest on the debt only ab sorbed 110,000,000 fr. annually, and in 1856 it re ' quired 220,000,000 fr. In 1845, the army cost 131,000,000 fr., but last year it cost 310,000,000 fr. In 1854, '55, and '56, the army and debt together absorbed on an average 655,000,000 fr , which ex ceeded by 255,000,000 fr. or 63 per cent. the total of the budget of 1845. The deficit is now 1,642,000,00Ufr. In presence of such a state of things, we can understand that the boldsic combinations of the Minister of Finance must, in a very short time, and in spite of the constant increase in the yield of taxes, be sterile ; and we can understand also how strong in Austria must be the desire to see the expence of the army reduced. But we believe in this respect that illusions are in dulged in at Vienna. Francs and Russia may without danger reduce their military forces, but Austria cannot do so. Her army renders services in the interior; and she requires it to keep down Italy and Hungary, which though conquered in the revolutions of 1848 are still only imperfectly paci fied." SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 4th contains not a line on the ministerial crisis; but all the other papers, as on the previous days, are greatly occupied with the subject. The Iberia says that the resig nations of the ministers had been accepted but that the ministers were to remain in their posts until a new cabinet could be formed. On the previous evening, it adds, the Queen and ministers were at the theatre, and, in the cours3 of the performance, the latter waited on her Majesty in her box, and held, under her Majesty's presidency, in the saloon adjoining the box, a sort of council which lasted half an hour.l This naturally excited a good deal of curiosity amongst the public, but no one knew the resolution come to. f. Bravo Murillo and General Lersundi, as well as General de la Rocha, continued to be spoken of as likely to be entrusted with the formation of a cabinet. The flojas, which is considered a semi official organ, has the following : " At the moment we go to press it is reported that the Queen has sent for M. Bertran de Lis. We do not know if this rumour be well founded, but what we can posi tively assert is that, in case the present Ministers resign (four of them, MM. Figueras, Lersundi, Seija.s, and Nocedal, appear quite determined to do so), the Queen is resolved that a Cabinet likely to obtain a majority in the Cortes shall be formed. Thus the transitory minis tries which have been talked of have no chance. The Ministers will not quit their posts until after the consti tution of a new 'Administration, and will continue to despatch all urgent affairs. A positive fact is, that M. Mon. and M. Bravo Murillo have, contrary to what has been stated, not been summoned to Madrid by tele graph." According to the Espana, also, the Ministers had certainly resigned, and the Queen, though wishing them toremain in office to the meeting of the Cortes, had accepted their resignation. The Epoca says the same thing, but adds that the Queen had ear neatly solicited Marshal Narvaez to undertake the formation of a new Ministry, and that it was not imposF , ible that the crisis would eud by his doing so. It is added that some of the colleagues of N ar vaez had recommended 'him to remain in power. A royal decree in the Gazette sets forth in detail the ceremonies to be observed on th© occasion of the Queen's accouchement ; and another enacts that an inventory of all the real property of the State shall be taken. PI'ALY. A letter from Venice, in the Unione of Turin, says :—" The sisters of Manin having resolved to have a funeral service performed to his memory in the church of San Luca, the police forbade it. Nevertheless, it having become generally known that the ceremony was to take place at a certain hour, the church was filled with a numerous con gregation at the appointed time ; and, although no service was performed, the people remained tterc some time saying their pr tyets. To the surprise of all present, a file of soldiers was meanwhile seen marching to the church, and sentinels were placed at the doors. Everything, however, went oil quietly, and no disturbance ensued. It is stated that the police have requested the sisters of Mauin not to go into mourning for their brother." The .Parma Gazette publishes various financial decrees of the Duchess Regent, rendered necessary in consequence of the cessation of the Austro- Modenese and Parmese Customs Union, which will expire on the 3st inst. NAPLES. A letter from Naples contains the following cir cular from the Neapolitan Minister of Foreign Af fairs relative to the atfaii' of the Cagliari : " Naples, 21st Sept. " M—, I hasten to make known to you that I have notified to the Sardinian char4e d'affaires at Naples that as regards the merchandise found on board the Cagliari and belonging to third parties, the latter, in order to obtain the immediate delivery of them, had only to address an application to the commission on maritime prizes, through any person acting i❑ the name of the captain of the steamer, or having from the party a legally authorised power to watch over his interests before the said commis:iion. GARAFA." The Nord of Brussels says :—" Great commo tion prevails among the French journals on the subject of Spain. A semi-official organ (the Pays has relAted in detail the solution of the Ministeria crisis and. the retirement of the Narvaez-Nocedal Cabinet ; but the other journals, with the Consti tutionnel at their head, without positively declar ing the news to be false, throw doubts on its cur re:ctness, founding their opinions on the silence of the telegraph, which ; in fact, has not yet said a word either of the crisis or of the fa.ll of the Ministry. However that may be, and although we have not received our private correspondence the fact appears to us to be true. A private letter written to us by a person who has closely watched the progress of events state' that the pre sent Ministers were only waiting for the nomina tion of their successors to retire, and assured us that the Cabinet coming into office will only be one of transition, in order to give time to O'Donnell to form a Ministry, of which M. Bravo Murillo is to form part. The precipitate departure of the latter from Paris gives some consiitency to this idea; it only remains to be known whether the new Minis try will be formed by M. Bravo Murillo, supported by the moderate party and the Vicalvarists, or by Marshal O'Donnell, supported by M. Bravo Mu rillo." The Osserratore Triestino states from Constan tinople that Prince George Stirb&y, the son of the lat .E-Iosf:olar of Wall tchia, has bi en decorated by the Sultan with the Order of Mecljidie of the second class.—The same journal mentions an instance of patriotism on the pan of the inhabitants of Ras grad, 'lei'. Silistria. During the late war, the pea t_4ants of that pace, both Mahomeian and Christian, had furnished the army with provisions to the amount of 2,000 purses (270,000 fr.) Instead of claiming that sum, they have requested the Sultan to keep it as testimony of their desire to serve their country. The G'a),.ette of the Senate of St. Petersburg an nounces that unlimited leave of absence is to be immediately granted to a considerable number of sailors of the Imperial navy. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, 2 A.M. The African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Candace Captain Hawksley, which arrived in the Sound last evening, left Bonny Aug. 25, Old Cala bar 27, Cameroons 30, Fernando Po Sept. 4, Lagos 7, Accra 9, Cape Coast 11., Liberia 15, Sierra Leone 19, Bathurst 23, Goree, 23, Teneriffe 28, and Ma deira 30. She brings 2,531 ounces of golddust, and her cargo includes 500 puncheons of palm oil, six tons of ivory, 134 packages of gum, and 142 pkg. of beeswax. Among her passengers are Governor M'Gowan, from Cameroons ; Captain Cahill, from Bonny ; Lieut. Soukin, R.N., from Fernando Po ; ' Rev. M. Cason and wife, from Lagos ; Lieutenant Craig, from Accra ; President Robert, from Mon rovia, and Dr. Bethercourt, from Madeira. The River Cameroons was very unhealthy. Dr. Shaw died of fever on the 30th August. The mate of her Majesty's paddlewheel steam vessel Trident was unfortunately drowned while helping to save the cargo of the bark Agnes, of Liverpool, totally wreck off the Bimba. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-sloop Hecate, 6, Commander Gordon, and the Firefly, Comman der George F. Day, were at Lagos. The Antelope, 3, which was cruising off Wydah, has lately taken a schooner with 191 slaves on board. Tne Childers, 12, Commander Hickley ; the Pluto, 4 ; and the Brune, were at Sierra Leone. The African Steam Navigation Company's packet Ethiope was at Monrovia on the 15th Sept. The company's steamer left Fernando Po on the 25th for England. Merchant Shipping.—The Calabar was totally wrecked off the Bar ; cargo nearly saved by the company's steamer. The Moselle, the Porto Nova, the Spartan, and the Arabian, were at the Camei roons ; the Paramatta, the Fanny, the Mermaid, the Loadian, the Eudrage, the Petrel, and the Clan Grigor (ready for sea), at Old Calabar; the Pomona, the Garland, the Mary Black, the Alondine, the Dorothy, the Grand Pony, and the Golden Age at Bonny ; and the Faith and the Catherine at Now Calabar. The Candace spoke at sea the Nepaulese. Colonel the Hon. G. and Mrs. Cadogan are expected in town to-day from a tour of visits. THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND.—The Earl of Portarling tmn has writte❑ from Venice to his agent, Mr. William Pigott, to pay to the Indian Relief Fund, collecting in the Queen's County, the sum of 501. as his lordship's subscription. THE METROPOLITAN POLlCE.—Yesterday the officers of the M division of the metropolitan police took the initiative in subscribing to the Indian Relief Fund, and upwards of 101. was collected and handed over to Mr. Superintendent Branford, to be forwarded to the proper quarter. It is believed that the other divisions will follow this example. MAKING THE BEST OF IT.—The manager of one of the Liverpool theatres, with more promptitude than good taste, is playing a piece entitled "Nana Sahib, or the Demon of the Ganges." It is said that the cslonelcy of the 59th Regiment, vacant by the death of Lieutenant-General Henderson, will be conferred upon Major-General Jeremiah Taylor, who has a medal and foer clasps for his services in the Peninsula. ACCIDENT.—AR M. Adam, the mayor of Boulogne sur-Mer, and Madame Adam were two days ago re turning in a carriage from St. Jose to Montreuil to proceed by the railway to Boulogne, the carriage being badly driven, was thrown over the bank at the side of the road and smashed to pieces. By a miracle, neither M. Adam nor his wife received any injury beyond a fay, sight cuts on the hand, and after a short time proceeded on their journey on foot to Montreuil. WRECK AND Loss OF FIVE LIVES AT HASTINGS Oa Wednesday night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a :loop was observed to be in great distress a short distance fr in the shore. The moon shone at the time, and in a quar ter of an hour she struck upon the rocks. Efforts were made to save the crew, who were seen clinging to the mast, but without success. Here they rema,ned for nearly an hour, when the , sloop broke up and all hands were lost. The name on the stern of the punt is " Dra per, Thomas Price, Plymouth." According to papers which have been washed ashore she appears to have 1-ft Newcastle for Falmouth on the 28ta ultimo, laden with coal and machinery. ROYAL EAST BERKS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. — MAIDENHEAD, Oct. 7.—The annual ploughing m atch and exhibition of cattle and roots took place yest erda y on Stroud Farm, near this town. The numb er of cattle shown was greatly in excess of any former y ear, and his Royal Highness carried off no less than six p rizes in Class 1. Mr. Palmer, M.P , and Sir G. East were succznsful competitors with sheep, but the lambs shown by Mr. H. Adams, Waltham, and to which were awarded the first prize, were universally pronounced to be the finest specimens that coeld be produced. The silver cup given by the Prince Consort for the best five acres 3f swede turnips was obtained by Mr. Baylis, of Hurley, and the silver cup of 101. value, the gilt of Mr. C. P. Grenfell, M.P., was awarded to that eminent agrieu!- turist, Mr. Jos. Hobbs, of Cookham. The Prince Consort obtained the prize for the best pair -horse team, and also for the best 25 mangold-wurzel. INQUEST IN MILBANK PRlSON.—Yesterday afternoon 4r. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, held an in quest in Milbank Prison, touching the death of George Roberts, aged 38 years, a convict under sentence of penal servitude, who died in the prison on Monday morning last, the sth inst. It appeared from the evidence of Captain Craig, the deputy governor, that the deceased was under a sentence of penal servitude fer highway robbery with violence at Southampton, and was received into the establishment last March. He had been punished by being handcuffed, and placed in the refractory cell, for striking the resident surgeon, and other acts of in subordination. Being of a very morose temper, and having threatened to take away life if not removed from the prison altogether, the governor had him examined by Dr. Baly, the prison physician. That gentleman caused his removal to the infirmary, where symptoms of consumption soon became apparent, and he was detained. Although not exhibiting positive symptoms of insanity, he behaved himself in a very strange manner to those around him. The disease ultimately developed itself, and he became weaker, and gradually sank until his death The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the above t.sstunony. INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—An extraor dinary meeting of the Electric And Interna ional Tele graph Company was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., in the chair, for the purpose of raising the residue of the authorised share capital. Th e chair man.- observed that their debeutures would soon fall due, a nd that from the nature of the company' s pr o p er t y, ' which does not admit of so good a security being given as inthe case cf railways, a renewal cannot be effected except on very unfavourable terms. By the statutes of the company the greatest amount of any call is limited to , and in order, therefore, to procure about 115,0001., the sum required, the directors propose to allot the whole of the remaining authorised capital unissued— viz , 489,0001., pro rata, to the shareholders, giving them the option of taking their share or not. Upon this new capital a call of Si. will be made, 2/. 103. to be pay able in three orlfour weeks, and the same sum in F b. next. A resolution eutbod3ing the directors' proposition was agreed to unanimously, and a contribution of one hundred guineas was voted to the Indian Relief Fund. It was stated in the course of the meeting that the com pany have 5,439 miles of telegraph open, 430 stations, and 2,172 instruments constantly working. ENGAGED LADIES.—It is probably not generally known that when once a woman has accepted an ofe of of marriage, all she has, or expects to have, becomes virtually the property of the man thus accepted as a hus band ; and no gift or deed executed by her between the period of acceptance and the marriage is held t ) be valid; for were she permitted to give away or otherwise t , ettle her property, be might be disappointed of the wealth he looked to in making the offer.—Westminster Review. INCREASE OF MORTALITY IN LIVERPOOL;—At the meeting of the Liverpool Health Committee yester lay (Thursday) some discualon took place respecting the increaaed mortality in the borough during the last go: r ter. From the report of Dr. Duncan, the medical cflicer of health, it appeared that during the quarter cod ng Sept. 26, the deaths in the b-rough were 3,42 b, i elud ing 189 sudden and violent deaths and deaths in hospi' al-. Tnis number is 410 more than in the corresponding quarter of last year, and 70 more than the corrected average of the same quarter of the preceding nine year. The deaths from diarihce were 618—the average ben g 455, nig medical c facer ate ibed the increased mortality to the unusual beat of the season. SALE 01' WOMEN'S MILK.—The first time I caught sight of milk in a Chinese street, it was in the hands of a female carrying a cup of what I thought to be the genuine unchalked article. "Excuse me, but what is that ?" said I. "It is milk," she replied. "What milk ? cow's or goat's ?" " Woman's milk, sir." " Woman's milk I for what use ?" "It has been bought for an aged n ieita hour." "And what's the price of that cupful ?" a About eighty cash." Subsequently, I discovered that it is not unusual for nursing women to sell her own milk for motherless babes or octogenarians in second baby. hood, the nurses drawing their own milk to vend it at 2 , 1. or 3d. a cup.—Milne 's Life in, China. THE PATAGONIANS —Scandal says that the people of Fuego are so fond of their dogs that, in the event of being oompelled by famine to cock and eat the "near and dear," they observe the following order —old women, young wives, dogs. Capt. Snow, however, makes a ffil davit, and says he heard nothing of such practices. Capt. Snow also discredits the stories told about the giant stt ture of the Patasonians. Their average height, he says, is about that of our Life Guardsmen. (If this be true c f the entire people they are, as a rare), gigantic) '.l e Pal agonians are naturally a race of wild hunters. Poly gamy is practised, and thieving held in such eatirnati es to form a consideration in the necessary qualifications of the intended husbaad, who is locked upon as indif ferently capable of supporting a wife unless he is an adept in the art of stealing from a stranger. Their Government is in a great measure nominal, being under the rule of caciques or chiefs who have attained a c-r -lain degree of notoriety, but whose power is soon less sened unless they can maintain the influence which first wave them the title.—A Two Years' Cruise off Terra del Fuego, A gentleman anxious to take a house in Essex kt last saw a house that was shut up. After trying, in vair, to obtain admission, first at the front and then at the Lack I doer, he made his way to a boy at work in the field, , I want to see this house." Wheel' saanidd said , ‘ b ‘ oy, " there it be,' I s'pose you aint blind." SING-Ur.A.R PWrEEDING- BY TELE AMEBIC:4N CONSUL AT CORK. The Cork Reporter makes the following extraor dinary statement respecting a step said to have been taken by Mr. Keenan, United States Consul at Cork :—" It will be remembered that when our magistrates at Passage desired to investigate the particulars of the unfortunate fate, not to use harsher terms, of the barque which was run down by the Western Star, an American ship—although the details of that occurrence as deposed to were such as should have stirred every civilised man to f o rward the inquiry —the American Consulpersisted in attempting to stop the investigation. The alle gation was that a whole crew had been wantonly allowed to perish when they might have been saved, and yet, upon s ime crotchet of international law, it was insisted that not a word should be said. upon the subject becauss the consul decreed that they were answerable to him and his superiors alone ; so that we have no right to question them if they committed murder on our coasts. The ma gistrates most properly th , ,ught that this was rather ' too much of a good thing,' .and they dis sented from the strange posposition. But the con sul thinks that it is bind and loo:e,' for, not satisfied with endeavouring to set these men free, he has lately issued his ukase to the Passage bench to imprison one Thomas Palmer, who he says at some time, or place unknown ' 'con ducted himself in an i mproper an d insubordinate manner on board, and refused to do duty or obey orders." Whether the delinquent]was guilty of the heinous offence in the West undies or the Cove of Cork does not appear, or whether h e th rea t ene d hi s captain's life, or merely wished the cook's eyes to perdition, is not disclosed ; but upon this vague intimation that he did something somewhere that was wrong, the consul respectfully requests the magistrate to imprison the man until it is found expedient to release him.' As the document will prove a curiosity to those who live under our con wilution, we give a copy of it in full :—' Consulate of the United States of America at Cork, Ireland, September 30, 1357. To the authorities at Passage West, Cork. Gentlemen—Thomas Palmer, sea man, one of the crew of the American barque G. W. Hall, of Providence, United States, , whereof Charles E. Mowey is master, recently arrived in this port from Newport, Wales, having conductedhina self in an improper and insubordinate manner on board, having refused to do duty or obey orders, I have the honour to request that you will cause said named person to be brought ashore, andimprisoned until found expedient to release him.—Respectfully thine, H. KEENAN, United States Consul at Cork, Ireland." MEETING OF THE COAL-WHIPPERS OP THE PORT OF LONDON. Last evening a very crowded meeting of the above body was held at Mr. Thomas Gale's, Phoenix Tavern, Ratcliff cross, " for the purpose of discussing the pro priety and practicability of forming the men into one undivided body and preventing dissentients from giving their opponents a great advantage over them." Mr. John Foley occupied the chair. The Chairman, in opening the business, said that there had arisen, certain circumstances which would prevent the resolutions which were intended to be brought forward from being submitted. He would, however, telt them the course that was intended to be pursued, and to do so it was necessary to give an outline of their position. The first chapter of their unfortunate position was dated from the day when a number of gentlemen attended at the Board of Trade. There were more than one amongst that body who bad never fulfilled t h e pledges they gave. In fact private offices had been formed, instead of having all the men from the office. The coalwhippers had been by this conduct compelled to make their days of 24 hours' duration. Tney had appealed to the legislature to be under the fos . ering care of an act of Parliament, and before the committee of the House of Lords evidence was given by certain parties showing that they all got from 18e. to 1/. per week, while the reverse was the case, for many had a difficulty to earn 7s. or Bs. a week. (A. Voice-- ' " Yes, and many are starving with their wives and chile dren.") The great cause of this had been the system of offering work at GI per gang, after it had been agreed that nothing should be done under Bd. per ton. (Hear, bear.) An offer was made on one occasion to a body of the whippers that the office should be open to the men if they would work tor 7d. Of course that could not be agreed to, as there were others to consult. There were those who had given their words as gentlemen to do their best for the body by em ploying only from the offide—but still, he would not say they were other than gentlemen for what they had (tine. Sir. J. Dean Paul was a gentleman till he turned a villain, and so was Mr. Sadleir similarly 'ituated. He then went at some length into the strike of the coal-whippers, and also touched on the advantages that would accrue from having an office by which sub scriptions of id. a week or so being paid, not only would men and their widows and families benefit, but it would allow the work to be done properly • in fact, the r e s ult would tend materialy to advance the prosperity of the men and the lutes., sts of the country (hear, hear). There was no doubt that the body was a most hark working one, and that they were far from being well treated. The gentlemen who sat at the Coal Exchange showed great contrast to the men who worked the ships. The men would leap from a ship to save the life of a fellow-man, while the gentlemen would net move from their easy chairs to help the coal-whipper in obtaining his right. (Hear.) Still, he wished to observe that the body were greatly indebted to a large number of those gentle. men for their liberality to the coalwhippers in times of almost starvation. After some further remarks he ex pressed an earnest hope that the body would be true to each other, and do all they could to cause them to unite and be honest one to the ether. In conclusion, he said that although there had been much said against the licensed victurelers, he wished it to be unrierstood that there were many noble exceptions amongst that class, and one of the greatest was the landlord of She large hall in which they were assembled, for he had freely given the gratuitous use of the place for the meeting, and there fore Mr. Gale was entitled to their thanks. (Cheers.) John Cronan then addressed the meeting in a brief but pertinent speech, in which he wished it to be underetood that when they were on strike, -as it has been called, there had been no violence used, nor acts of-intimida tion committed ; they had only done that which was proper, viz., endeavoured to obtain those rights to which they were legally entitled. (Hear.) Theirs was a very hard case, for they were a very hard-working body, and in fact their labour was appreciated as being valuable; for the legislature it-elf could not place a value on it. (Hear.) Still they had been placed in a position which was heartrending to think of, for they were not able to keep their home,: in that state which was necessary to the well being of the class, neither, were they able to bring up their children as they wished. He trusted the men would unite in getting again from the legislature a pro. tecting shield thrown over the body. With reference to their present position, he trusted that there would be in every gang (of nine men) an odd man, one of those who have been out of work for some time, introduced, in order esar eo sof life. Let h give him d ond menwhic tobhek toabtert o n with obtain the ne c each gang in the morning. (Applause.) W. Tobin then appealed to •those present to remain :aithful to the cause, and then, depend .upon it, they would obtain what they were entitled to, and be placed in a much better position. James Crany said that although they had been Charged with acting with intimidation, he denied it, for all they bad dune was to prevent many of their fellow-men from falling down starving in the streets, and 'hewing that they would never gain a proper position till they were fairly paid a proper day's wages for a proper day's work. He trusted they would be faithful to themselves, for unless they united they would not get what they wanted. The meeting then decided to carry out the spirit of the objects for which they had assembled, and also that the men should to-morrow his day) show themselves true by giving the odd man employ in every gang, and, alter some complimentary resolutions to those who had advocated the clause, the proceedings terminated. PROVIDENTIAL RESCUE FROM DILOWNING.—Or t Wed nesday evening the high wind that prevailed cau se d t h e Thames to become exceedingly rough, eo much so th a t it was utterly unsafe for the small boats low in general use to venture out. Four young men, named Dickson • Hutchinson, Adamson, and Turner, left Ri c h mond for London in a large sailing boat. On their way the wind i n g r . a b i a l rwgaay for a bri dge, cottage,t hey increased, and the water became rou g h er, an d i t was with dilculty that their stout craft was sa f e l y nav i gate d . passing ofHammersmith a are A to f o t k e r the light mis took steered towards the object with the vi,.w of putting ashore. They then heard loud cries, and passed an out. rigger wherry, bottom upwards, and three persons clinging to her to save their lives. These were immedi ately rescued by the crew of the sailing boat, who, about 20 yards further on, diEcovered a fourth person, abso lutely stuck. in the mud, with the water up to his chin. He was also rescued. The wherry was lashed astern, and the half-drowned crew were taken to the Star and Garter at Putney. The crew of the sailing boat alto picked up an out-rigger wager boat and a gig, both Bot tum upwards, tho,occur eats of which they supposed bad bEen drowned, the more especially as it was rumoured , long the shore that several persons had met a watery grave. BLOODY TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.—John Robinson, living some our or five miles from ardville, Tarrant County, on Friday morning of last week, without previous pro voc etion, as we are informed, almost without an intima tion of his fiend'sh intentions, shot and killed dead two brothers George and James Anderson, brothers of his wife, then attempted the life of his wife, and failing in that, proceeded deliberately to his neighbour's, old man Sublett, a distance of nearly two miles, and while the old man was begging for mercy, shot him dead. Returning to within a short distance of his home, Robinson finished tbis horrid and unnatural tragedy by placing the muzzle of his gun against his own forehead, and pusi;ing the trigger with his ramrod, put an end to .is own life instantly. The whole affair occurred in less . than an hour, Robins n previ ousl y had a difficult y ' with hii wife, and had agreed to a separation. Her brothers were assisting to remove her things, when he , hot them both with a rifle and a musket.—Delhi iiera/a.