The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-01 00:00:00

IRER MAJESTY'S THEAT RE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced 'Prices, on Friday, September IS, and Saturday, September 19 with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Ginglini, Violetti, ROW, Beneventano, and Belletti, when wil l be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVANNI. PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair.. ...••• £2 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 Three Pair 0 15 0 Pit Stalls OlO 6 Pit 0 3 6 0 3 6 Gallery Stalls Gallery THEATRE ROYAL, ITAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. PHIS EVENING, to commence at Sevon o'clock, with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, die., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), Gs. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. ess Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit ... ...... . 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half - price to Upper Gallery. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — ITALIAN OPERAS, at the usual PRINCESS THEATRE PRICES. FOUR NIGHTS ONLY. Last appearance of Mario, Grisi, and Formes, in IL BARBIERE, To-morrow; Thursday, last night but one of IL TROVAT )RE, Grisi, Alboni, Mario, Dragone; Friday, positively the last appearance of Madame Gassier, in LA SONNAMBULA.; and Saturday, positively the last night of Grisi, Alboni, Mario, Dragone, and all the eminent artistes, In IL TROVATORE. Prices :-Is., 25., 45., ss. -LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be performed NORMS. Norma, Madame Grisi ; Adalgisa, Mdlle. Berti ; Oroveso, Herr Formes ; Pollio, Herr Reichardt. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Divlame Celeste. Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Legsees. Messrs. F. Robion and Emden. THIS EVENING, will bo 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. Brongh, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, &c ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cr9swick. THIS EVENING, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. After which, will be performed THE STJRPRBE, in which Isfes,srs. W. Smith, T. Robertson, Butler, and Miss E. Webster, will appear. With other attractive novelties. AEITLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. L Under the patronage of Her Majestyand His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand Oriental Spectacle of EL RYDER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest ing and thrilling Equestrian asd Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec• tacle, iu 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish ment, including Madlle. Mililos. To conclude with Shakspear's KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO, with Equestrian Illustrations. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ' • Private Boxes, from 21s. no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. Ras-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, (does, Duets, dm., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs.Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An tonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyu ; Master Corri; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Maekney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sap pers, *c., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY— Morn., 0 min. aft. 0--Even., 1 min. aft. 12 TO-MORROW—Morn. 28 min. aft. 12 —Even. 53 min aft. 12 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 76—highest since noon yesterday. 68 —lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.96. Wmu, N. to N.W. ; rather fresh, with sunshine and cloudy. Heavy rain yesterday afternoon, some in the night, and this morning showery. tal..1•11•••• t. " - 1111 , LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 1, 1857. It is something more than two months since the intelligence of the organised insubordination of the Bengal Army excited the consternation of the country. It was previously known that dis content existed. The greased cartridges were put forward merely as a pretext—a far deeper feeling existed. The " High Caste" troops had been manifestly tampered with. They were taught to believe that the days of British supremacy in Ifindostan were numbered, and that a native Sovereign would once more ascend the Musnud, and restore the ancient honours and glories of the Indian Empire. The Mahometans were the plotters, the Brahmins were their tools, for a little consideration might have taught them that they were far better off under British than MahometAn rule. Still, how ever, they listened to the promptings of the apoat'es of sedition, and, finally, although, per haps, later than the original instigators contem plated, became unfaithful to the salt of which they had partaken, to those who were punctual paymas ters, and who had treated them on every occasion with the greatest kindness and consideration. Tim rebellion has been, to all intents and pur pose; a military one, and that of one branch of the army. The superior stature and handsome appearance of the Brahmins made them the pets of those who regard the mere show as the great end and object of a soldier's duty. Because they a veraged two inches more even than European soldiers, or the " low caste " men of the Bombay and Madras armies, none others would be re cruited. The starling qualities that should be more highly prized were foraotten. And even the generals in Bombay and Madras desired, so far as pract'cable, to assimilate their troops to the finer looking men of the Ben ga,lees establishment. The sa l utary warnings of the H?ro of Meanee were disreg ar d e l . He had declared that " the high caste was sy non y mous with mutiny ;" but all was for go tt en, and the favourites were m ore pampered and Supported than en er. Tho Bengal Army has now ceased t:3 exist. 1 , would reply,—Well, ask for a grant, and we will Note can be trusted. But happily the Bomb ay \ give you one too. Batter, however, we confesp, and Madr a s so ldiers have remained faithful t o 1 that the Government should resolutely set its face o m o o p n a e li y an to s:l p ik ar e e' eti a a n er d their colour,l, and there is every reason to hope against any fresh ecclesiastical granti. It has no that inaplieit reliance may b© placed on their sects, e e , experiencew ilwill contributeshow s that al l E t p , a i l s t fidelity, and for the best possible reason I — they know that their condition would be is wanted,if you only leave them to their own re fat Worse under any rule that could be substituted 1 sources. for that of Great Britain. The irregulArs have He has lost something, too, by the adverse vote also, generally speaking, remained true to their !on the Superannuation Bill, and several minor de empleyers, and for similar reasons. They have . feats ;it is evident that there aro numerous inie no fading in common with the MahQmetan and pendent Members, or, at least, Members who w;ll high -caste Hindoos. vote as they think, when the question is not one Since the first intelligence, received on the 2 1 7th of FALUERSTON or of DiSRAELI for their leader ; THE SUN, LO N DON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEP TEMBER 1, 1857 June, some 24,000 British soldiers have sailed I from our shores to the scene of action—that is to say, about 9,000 in the month of July, and about 15,000 more in August. The mere fact of such an augmentation to the European troops will discourage the disaffected, confirm the wavering, and assure the timid. The prestige of our name has been fully maintained on all occa sions, and it is not too much to say that Euro pean troops would overcome, or conquer, five times their number of the highly favoured Brahmins. The 24,000 men, already en route, will, therefore, do much to restore the Anglo-Indian Empire,. It must also be borne in mind that they are exclusive of the troops diverted from their Chinese destination, or which may be forwarded from the Cape or other English colonies. It is not too much to say that 7,000 or 8,000 staunch auxiliaries ought to be received from these sources, so that there will be an addition of about 32,000 bayonets and sabres, and still better, of experienced artillerymen and engineers added to the available resources, in time for the opening of the second campaign, on which so much depends. These will be in addition to the regular Indian establish ment, which consisted of some 38,000 or 40,000 troops, so that we shall be enabled to take the field when the proper season arrives, with some 70,000 Europeans, independent of the faithful • natives. Under such circumstances, there is but little reason for apprehension, but still it is indispen sable that the Government should not relax their exertions in the slightest degree. It would re quire very considerable efforts to maintain the force that will be prepared to take the field before the close of the year, and for some time to come that force must be fully kept up, without reduc tion or diminution. This alone will keep the Government actively employed, without permitting any relapse into carelessness or apathy. But will this be sufficient Y We think not. Every pound now expended will save ten, aye twenty times the amount at a future period. There can be no greater mistake than drawing the line too finely in the , first instance, when any of the casualties so frequent in war will disturb every calculation, and convert what might be a decided triumph. into very equivocal success. It was Mr. GLADSTONE'S notion of defraying the expenses of the Crimean war out of the current revenue that quadrupled the expenditure. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the last perscn who should be made a dictator. In the present instance a spurious economy is even more unwise. The whole expenditure will, in the first instance, fall on the East India Company, and by sus taining them in an adequate manner, we shall save our own pockets and preserve the In dian Empire. All that is wanting is our "credit," and that should be freely given under the circum stances. The interests are identical, and every undue or excessive charge now placed on them must ultimately fall on the United Kingdom— when the nominal rule of the Company shall be transferred to Queen VICTORIA, and she becomes the Sovereign of India, as completely as she is of Great Britain and Ireland. The winner in the Session—that's the ques- ' tion—and one not very difficult to answer. PAL MERSTON has won in a canter. The February start proved a false one ; or rather COBDEN, GLADSTONE, and DISRAELI had coalesced to win together. The judges could not say which was a nostril's breadth ahead of the other, for all arrived in the same division at the same lobby. The race must be run again therefore, says the Premier, only, the country this time must start the racers. No sooner said than done. The 3d of March saw the triumph of the coalition, the 23d saw them and theirs scampering all over the United Kingdom, with election writs at their heels, if in deed they had not anticipated the ex-M.P.'s. Short, sharp and merry was the struggle ; DERBY and YEH, PALMERSTON and British honour, were the cries of the leaders; PALMERSTON and Reform, the cry of the people ; PALMERSTON " the man of GOD," the cry of the Reverends and the Shaftes buryites ; PALMERSTON and the Jews, the cry of the City—PALMERSTON and Church Rate Abolition, the cry [of the Dissenters ; PALMERSTON and something or other, was the cry of all : even the Tories cried that they meant not to turn him out, that he had misbehaved to be sure in the case of YETI V. BOWRING, but they must now support him as counsel for England. No wonder, therefore, that he entered the second ses sion of 1857 with a majority of 100. The only wonder is that it was not double the number. He has won again in the session itself, though it is not to be denied that he has also lost some thing. He is not so strong, politically, as he was. He took the Jews question from Lord JOHN Rus- SELL with a kind of taunting apology that making a Government measure of it would b© more likely to insure its success. The House of Com mons was known of course to present no difficulty, but PALMERSTON was to do what RUSSELL had never done, he was to carry the Lords. He did not even carry all the Lards of his own cabinet. That was a very great failure. To take the mea sure from Lord JOHN because it could only succeed as a Government measure, then to let one of his own Cabinet walk out of the Lards on a division, and the other Lords contemptuously kick the bill after him, this was a fall. H tying made it a Government measure, to be snubbed by one of the Tories of his own Cabinet was what none of our great Ministers with a majority of one hun dred and forty at his back would have submitted to for a moment. PALMERSTON has lost the re putation of being master of his own Council, and lost, for his large majority, and for the country which elected it, the opinion that it could van quish the Lords. He has lost, too, some ground with the Dis senters. He not only professed himself a Church Rate Abolitionist, but distinctly promised to bring in a bill this session—at least declared it to be the intention of Government to bring in a bill on the subject ; he has not done it, and every litigant parish will remember that Lord PALMERSTON is not quite the man they took him to be. Neither were the Dissenters much pleased with his giving 10,0001. of the nation's money for building new churches in London. Seeing, that the said Dissenters are at least as numerous as the churchmen, and, as we see, are building chapels every day in the "destitute" portions of the metropolis, they naturally ask, why should the nation's money go to the erection of places of worship for one sect only ? Perhaps the Premier were that fairly before them, there is no doubt he could command his full majority. His team slips a little, that is all, at present ; they are his team still, and, on the whole, keep the road. After all, he is a great gainer. The Indian mutiny actually leaves him stronger. People fancy he is the only man just now for that, as he was the man for YES, and, before his affair, for the CZAR. But for the incompetency of his gen tlemanly Indian Minister, India would ensure his Premiership for some time to come. We need, however, a dictator at the Board of Con trol, who knows his own mind, who will not quail at the most decided measures, who is really ac quainted with Indian affairs and with the charac ter of Orientals, and on whom England and India could rely here, as much as they rely on Sir COLIN CAMPBELL. Lord PALMERSTON must reassure us, and strengthen his own position, by giving us a real Indian Minister. But we must acknowledge that ecclesiastically, oddly enough, Lord PALMERSTON has done most to content the Liberals, and to advance their cause. There is the Ministers' Money Act for Ire- land, whichhas liberated Catholics from a provoking tax for the support of Protestant, perhaps Orange ministers: the Edinburgh A nnnuity Tax and Church Rates must soon follow "Ministers' Money," for they are identical in principle. Then the Burials' Act has put down episcopal bigotry on a point most offensive to the laity of all nations. Their Lord ships will no longer be able to require partition walls between the consecrated and unconsecrated ground : it also has prohibited the Boards from charging persons who use the unconsecrated ground with clerical fees, merely to save the clergyman from competition—a most unrighteous tax on dis senters, whose ministers, as the rule, are paid by salaries, and not by fees. The grand achievement of the Session, no doubt, however, is the two Acts which withdraw jurisdiction in testamentary and matrimonial business from the Ecclesiastical Courts. True, the House of Commons has con sented to an inexcusable compromise with the proctors ; the interest of 2,000,0001. at five per cent. is to be paid to those gentlemen as " com pensation," and that after the very long warning they have had to set their house in order. We think this to be wanton and unprincipled waste of the nation's money. We have, however, gained the point of virtually abolishing these Courti Chris tian, these hateful creations of the middle age superstition, when Wills and Matrimonial Causes were considered the proper perquisite of an avari cious and ambitious clergy. When Church Rates are abolished, these Warts will be nearly extinct ; their jurisdiction over her MAJESTY'S lieges gene rally, in scandal, brawling in churchyards SLi., will of course be transferred to Courts of Law and common sense. But Lord PALMERSTON and his session have gained something better than all—her MAJESTY'S appro bation. On Friday morning she went away, indeed, express for Balmoral, Mr. Denison taking precau tions for her safety, which, were they taken for all of us,would spare us many widows and orphans, and no end of broken bones and bruises in the course of the year. She left her Royal commands, how ever, to praise the zeal and assiduity of her Lords and Gentlemen during a short but un usually laborious Session ; to praise them for a long list of Acts, so long a one as we never heard from Royalty before ; and first and foremost to praise them for the liberal provision made for her daughter, in prospect of her marriage with the needy family of HOHENZOLLERN'. The Premier has, indeed, gained much ; it has been his lot to vote the most magnificent dowry on record to the Prince Consort of his SOVEREIGN'. Perhaps tie nation, however, may wish the Member for Lula beth to be his Chancellor of the Exchequer, should another dowry be required for another Royal Princess and another pauper Prince. The Election for Middlesex is fixed for Thurs day next, and it is more than probable that it will terminate in a walk over for the Hon. GEO. BYNG, the only candidate who has as yet addressed the electors. Under ordinary circumstances, we should not regard such a result with much satis faction. But we are bound to say that Mr. BYNG offers an exception to the general rule. It is not merely that he has been connected, by long - existing family ties, with the constituency, that his uncle became " father of the House of Commons," by virtue of the favour with which he was justly regarded by the electors of the Metropolitan county, which he represented for more than half a century without a single interval. These, unquestionably, con stitute strong claims ; but unless he could pass successfully through the ordeal on his own merits he should not obtain our support. Bat Mr. BYNG, although a young man, has already afforded unequivocal proofs of the possession of abilities of no common order that may qualify him for a high position amongst the rising statesmen, the future hope of England. He has shown that his views are sound in almost every respect—that he is a staunch and thorough-paced Liberal, regarding the honour of Great Britain, which he would never sacrifice under any circumstances—or, to use his own words, he shall " always be the advocate of a spirited foreign policy, shown in deeds not in words." This is as it should be. It contains the very essence of our dealings with other nations, to respect ourselves, and we shall compel them to respect us—to let it be thor.)ughty understood that we shall not submit to wilful and deliberate insult or injury, and when that is known we shall have neither insult nor injury to complain of. Respectingindia he recognises the imperative necessity of sending an adequate force to regain our prestige, not lost, fortunately, but greatly endangered. B3sides, he shows a manifest loan ing towards the transfer of the government from the incompetent hands by which it is now wielded to those of Ministers responsible to the SOVEREIGN and the People of Great Britain for the manner in which they exercise their power. Respecting questions of domestic interact, his opinions are very satisfactiry. Etc is the unflinch ing advocate of a large and comprehensive mea sure of Parliamentary Reform, including an extension of the Suffrage, THE BALLOT, Abolition of the Property Qualification, and some more equitable apportionment of Electoral Divisiour. This is a handsome bidding fir the support of all classes of reformers. Besides he has been the strenuous supporter of Hebrew anaucipation since he had a seat in Parliament, and his trium phant return for Middlesex will give a useful hint to the recalcitrant Peers. Oa church rates too he is equally clear and ea:- phatic. He desires their total abolition, as well as the equalisation of poor rates, c)n.3eiving that an universal charge of la. in the pound woul.l be sufficient for every purpose. Whc . n, in addition to this, we sthts that he d, - sires a more equitable apportionment of the property tax, thinking that none should come within its scope who have not at least 1501. per annurr, and that proper distinction should be made between incomes derived from industry, and from the possession of accumulated and realised property, WQ have stated sufficient to show that he is a fitting representative for the County of Middlesex, and we trust that his un opposed return will greatly advance the good causes which he has so strenuously and energeti cally advocated. THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH CO3IPA.NI'. LATEST NE *V • L.) • FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING . • The Moniteitr contains the following announce tuent:—" The diplomatic relations between the representatives of France, Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia, on the one hand, and the Sublime Porte Jn the other, were resumed on the 29th August." " The project of an interview of the Emperor Alexander with the Emperor Napoleon," says a letter from Baden-Baden, `•is no longer a secret for t.ny one ; it is regarded here as a thing definitively decided on. This interview will take place at Darmstadt, during the residence of the Emperor Alexander in that town, that is to say, between the 16th and the 22d September. It is positively stated that this interview, which has several times times occupied the attention of the European press, was originally intended to take place at the court of Potsdam, but it appears the health of the King of Prussia is not yet sufficiently re-established for Ire physicians of his Majesty to allow him to expose himself to the fatigues inseparable from such a tweeting of sovereigns." Prince Napoleon left on Saturday evening to be present at the inauguration, by the King of Sar dinia, of the works for uniting the French and Sardinian railways. The Moniteur, in announcing the fact, says :—" The Prince will be present with the King on Monday morning at Modaua, at the explosion of the first mine of the tunnel of which the Victor Emmanuel Railway will pass through Mont Cenis, and on the following day at Culos, at the laying of the first stone of the bridge over which the railway will cross the Rhcne and unite the frontier of Savoy to that of France." Cardinal Dupont, archbishop of Bourges, is to proceed to Rome, it is said, at the end of Sept., charged with a mission from the Emperor of the French. Captain Doineau, the French Government officer, charged with the tripe assassination of Tlemcen, and various robberies in Algeria, has been found guilty and condemned to death. _ _ . BOURSE, Aug. 3L—The following were the last quota; ions : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. i 3 / 4 per Centa 3 per Cents 6G 95 C 6 85 Bank Shares 2,760 Credit Foncier — -- 3redit Mobilier 950 Roman Do. A, --- •nt 952 50 A -- ' ' 89,1 JO. ...I.OOOJII, -tustrian Belgian ..... Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) B9 95 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASII. tr. c. ft c. Orleans 1,4561.— Western Northern Lyons and Med B)5 Now Ditto New Ditto BS3!;— Grand Central . ..... 6161 leneva .11.idi THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 1 The following interesting paper was read on Friday : THE " GREAT EASTERN " STEA.M.SHIP. Mr. J. Scott Russell laid before section G some of the mechanical details of the construction of the great ship now building at his establishment at Millwall. Tee first point related to the peculiarity of her great size ; the second, on which her merits or demerits as a piece of naval architecture depended, was the general struc• tore or lines of the ship ; the third point would be the distribution of materials in the construction of the ship, so as to obtain the safest and strongest possible structure with the minimum of materials ; and the last point would be to allude generally to tile mechanical arrangements for Ler propulsion. With respect to size, it was generally supposed that as a practical ship builder he was an advocate for big ships. The contrary, however, was the fact. There were cases in which big ships were good, and there were certain cases in which big ships were ruinous to their owners. In every case the smelleet ship that would supply the convenience of trade was the right ship to buiid. He came there as an advocate of little ships, and it was the peculiarity of the Great Eastern that she was the smallest ship capable of doing the work she was intended to do ; and he believed that if she answered the purpose for which sho was designed, sho would continue to be the smallest ship possible for her voyage. It was found by experience that no steam ship could be worked profitably which was of less size than a ton to a mile of the soyage she was to perform, carrying her own coal. Thus a ship intended to ply between England and Ametica would not pay permanently unless she were of 2,500 tons or 3,000 tons burden. In like wanner, if a vessel were intended to go from this country to Australia or India without coaling on going our, but taking her coals with her, she would require to be 13,000 tons bur den ; and turning to the case before them, it would be found that the big ship was a little short of the proper size. Her voyage to Australia and back would be 25,000 miles ; her tonnage, therefore, should be 25,000 tons, whereas its actual amount was 22 000 tons. The idea of making a ship large enough to carry her own coals fora voyage to Australia and back again was the idea of a man famous for large ideas—Mr. Brunel. lie suggested the matter to him (Hr. Russell) as a practical ship builder, and the result was the monster vessel which he was about to describe. He had peculiar pleasure in laying a description of the lines of the ship before the present meeting, because the ship as a naval structure, as far as her lines were cencerned, was a child of that 1 section of the British Association. It was 22 years since they had the pleasure of meeting together in Dub lin. On that occasion he laid before the mechanical ,ection a form of construction which had since become wall known as the wave line. The section received the idea so well that it appointed a commission to examine into the matter, with the intention, if they found the wave principle to be the true principle, to proclaim it to the work'. The committee pursued its inves tigatione, publishing the results in the account of their transactions, and from that time to the present he had continued to make large and small vessels on the wave principle, and the diffusion of this know ledge through the " Transactions" of the British Asso ciation had led to its almost universal adoption. Where ever they found a steam vessel with a high reputation for speed, economy of fuel, and good qualities at sea, he would undertake to say that they would find she was constructed on the wave principle. Mr. Robert M`Cey, the builder of the great American clipper, paid him a visit twelve months ago at Millwall to see the big ship, and he then very candidly said- 7e " Mr. Russell, I have adopted the wave principle in the construction of all my American clippers, stud that is my secret. I first found the account of the wave line in the publications of the British Association." (Hear, hear,) He would endeavour to explain what were the principles of the wave line as distinguished from the older fashioned modes of building, and how they were carried out in the big ship. All practical men knew that the first thing a shipbuilder had te think of was what was called the midship section of the vessel—that was the section which would be made if the ship were cut through the middle, and the spectator saw the cut portions. Mr. Russell here pointed out a diagram of the midship section of the Wave, a small vessel about 71 tons burden, which was the first ever constructed upon that principle. Now, the first thing to be done in building a steam vessel was to make a calculation of the size of the midship section in the water. I❑ sailing from one place to another it was usc'essary to excavate a canal out of the water large enough to allow the whole body of the ship to pass through. The problem was how to do that most economically, and this was effected by making the canal as yarrow and as shallow as possible, so that there would he the smallest quantity of water possible to excavate. Therefore it was that the shipbuilder endeavoured to obtain ae small a mid ship section as he could, and that had been effected in the case of the big ship, whose midship section was small —sot small absolutely, but small in proportion. In increasing the tonnage of a ship three things were to be considered—the paying power, the propelling power, and the dimensions. Mr. Russell then entered into a calculation to show that while he doubled the money earning power of a ship by increasing its size, he only increased its midship section by 50 per cent. For in sta.- c', a ship of 2,500 tons would have 500 feet of exca vation through the water to do ; the gig ship had 2,000 feet of excavation, and the lineal dimensions of the one were to the lineal dimensions of the ether as 1 to 2.1. The excavation to be done by the big ship in relation to that to be done by the small ship was as 2,000 to 500 feet, or four to ono ; but the carrying power was as 25 thousand to 25 hundred. To propel the big ship they had a nominal horse-power of 2,500, while to propel the smaller vessel there was a nominal horse-power of 500 ; so that the big ship would be worked quite as , economically as the small one. (Hear ) Re'errieg again to the wave lane, he would suppose that it was given as a problem to any one to design a ship on the wave prin ciple. The first thing to be done was to settle the speed at which the ship was intended to go. If the speed were fixed at 10 miles an hour, a reference to the table of the wave principle would show that in order to effect that object the length of the ship's bows ought to be about 60 feet and her stern about 40. If a larger vessel were re quired—say a ship of 130 feet long, there would be nething more to do than to put a middle body of 30 feet in length between the bow and the stern. (Hear, hear.) Having then made the width of the ship in accordance with the midship section agreed upon, it would be necessary to draw what was known as the wave line on both sides of the bow, and the wave line of the second order on both sides of the stern Constructed in this manner, and propelled by the ordi nary amount of horse-power, the ship would sail pre cisely ten miles an hour. They could go slower than ten mike an hour if necessary, and in doing so they would economise fuel, in consequence of the diminished resist arca of the water, whereas there would be a vastly increased resistance if an attempt were made to drive the steamer more than ten miles an hour. (Hear, hear.) Now, with respect to the big ship. For the speed at which it was intended to drive the Great Eastern, it was found that the length of the bow should be 330 feet, the length of the stern 220 feet, of the middle body 120 feet, and of the sere w propeller 10 feet, making in all 680 feet in length. The lines on which she was constructed were neither more nor lees than an extended copy of the lines of all ships which he had built since he first laid the wave prin ciple before that association. (Applause.) It was his pride that he had not put a single experiment or novelty into the structure of the vessel, with one or two excep tions, which he had adopted on the recommendation of men who had had practical experience of their efficacy. The wave principle had never in asingleinstance deceived him as to the exact shape a vessel ought to be in order to accomplish a certain rate of speed, and he had there fore adopted it in the construct on of the big ship. (Hear, hear.) He would next refer to the mechanical construction of the ship, the arrangement of the iron of which she was made, and the objects of those ar rangements. It was much to be desired that our me chanical sciences should make progress by the simple adoption of what was best, come from where it might; but he was sorry to say that iron shipbuilding did not grow in that manner. They commenced by servilely imitating the construction of wooden ships, thereby in curring a great deal of unnecessary labour and expense. There was this great difference between the strength of iron and of wood, that while the latter was weak cross ways and strong lengthways, or with the grain of the timber, iron was almost i qually strong either way. This had been clearly ascertained by experiments made by Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. M. Hodgkineon, at the request of the British Association, in whose "Transactions" the results were published to the world. The consequence was that the ribs or frames used to strengthen wooden ships were rendered unnecessary in ship-building ; and acting on this principle, the Wave, in the construction of which he was assisted by two Irishmen, was built of iron entirely, with bulkheads, and had not a frame in her from one end to the other. He was ashamed to say he did not always practise what he preached. He was compelled, against his will, by the persons for whom he built to pursue the old system ; besides which there were laws of trade, acts of Parliament, and Lloyd's rule, to which he was obliged to conform. Thus if he did not put a certain number of frames on the ship a black mark would be put upon her, and she would not be allowed to go to sea. But whenever he was allowed to build according to his judgment he built in what he considered to be the best way ; and he believed that in what he was now placing before the section he was laying the grounds of meeting the Brithh Association that day 20 years—(a laugh)—and finding that the mode of mechanical construction which he proposed had been universally adopted on the wave principle because of the publications of the British Associa tion. (Applause.) Mr. Scott Russell then pro ceeded to give an elaborate description of the old method of constructing an iron ship, contrasting - it with the improved style which he pursued at present. Instead of the mass of wooden rubbid3, which did not streeg hen the ship and involved enormous expense, he placed in side the iron shell as many complete bulkheads as the owner permit ed bins to do, and then constructed in the intermediate spaces partial bulkheads, or bulkheads in the centre of which holes had been cut for the purpose of stowage. The deck was strengthened by the introduc tion of pieces of anele iron and other contrivances, and as an iron ship wh, n weak was not weak crossways, but lengthways, he strengthened it in this direction by means of two loneitudinal bulkheads, and the result was a strength and solidity which cou ld not be obtained . in any I other way. The Great E astern had all these mprove. ments, and, in additioe, the cellular system, so success folly al plied in the Br itannia B ridge, had been intro duced all round the bottom and under the deck of the ship, giving th e g reatest amount of strength to resist crushing that could be procured. A great deal of alarm had been som e persons as to the l aunc hi ng o f the x.Atessed by ship s i,i, wa yg, but these apprehensions were ground less. Tee ground sloped from wh ere th e vesse l now I stood at a steep incline of 1 in 12, and when the supports were withdrawn, if everything were in proper order sho must nece,i:arily slide down safely into the water. As he had already observed, there was nothing new in the f hip but her great size and cellular construc tion. It was true she would be propelled both by a screw and paddles, but there was no reason to doubt that they would work harmoniously. He wished he could tell them ho-m fast sho would go, but that was the secret of the owner of the ship. (Laughter.) After some further observations, Mr. Russel resumed his seat amidst loud and continued applause. Mr. Fairbairn expresed the pleasure with which he had listened to the lucid description given by Mr. Russell, and his hearty concurrence in ti.e mole in which the ship had been built. He moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Russell, Mr. Rennie seconded the motion, which way adopted. LLOYDI - 3 611IPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Sept. I.—Wind this day at noon, W.; light breeze and cloudy. FALMOUTH, Aug. 31.—Wind E.—Arrived—Warden, from Moniwien. NEWPORT, Aug. 31.—Wind W.—Arrived—Vouvarts, from Quebec ; Huron, from Gloucester for St. Thomas; Australia, from Dublin for Cuba. Sailed—lmmo, for JD" maica. CARDIFF, Aug. 31.—Wind calm.--Arrived—Ailsa, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Aug. 31.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—T_Tnited• from Coquimbo ; Lisbon, Quebec. OFF I)OVER, Aug. 3i --Artived—Antge Bring, from Richibucto for Hull; Charles, from Antwerp for Vail's' raiso. QUEENSTOWN, Aug.. 30.---Wind E.—Arrived—Hans• sleket, from Callao ; Lagos, from Bahia for London. CROOKFIAVEN, Aug. 31.—Arrived—Mary Morton, from Windsor, U.S., for Glasgow. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 31.—The William and Isabella, of London, was run down on the Dog 6 er Bank, 28th inst•; crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 'LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived —Herald, from Antwerp ; Lady Ogle, Halifax ; Vancldinbarmereld, Akyab ; Wigrams, Brazils; Jane Lowden, Quebec. Sailed—Bertha, for Valparaiso ; Star of the West, Ga• latz ; Hesperus, St. Petersburg ; Sunshine, Bonny ; dormer°, New Orleans ; Alma, Restigouche ; Carlos, Vera Cruz ; Henrietta Rebecca, St. Thomas ; Liburnia, Alexair dria ; Twin Sisters, Narva. _ _ QUEENSTOWN, August 3:). Wind E Arrived—Elizabeth Nicholson, from Taganrog; gar" raseeket Callao ; Lagos, Bahia ; Athelea, London, for troops ; Western Star, Rangoon, for Falmouth, leaky, having been in collision with a barque on the 28th, at 10 p.m. The barque, name unknown, sank and all ban& perished. CROOKILIVEY, August 29. Arrived—Exclusion, from Malaga; Mary Morton , Windsor; Ann and John, Galatz ; Eliza, GJlafz. DUBLIN, August 31. Wind N.W. Arrived—Walker, from Miramichi. SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a. 133. Wind S. ; tide two hour's flood, cloudy, with rain. Arrived, Aug. 31—Auguste, from Gravolines ; C . 5 1 Agnes, Antwerp ; Thomas Vegbie, Archangel; Let r e Alone, Rotterd tra ; Aurora, Petersburg ; British Lion , Calcutta ; Essex, Callao. Sailed—Sept. I—Falsted, for Konigsburg. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a.ra• • Wind W.S.W., moderate. Passed.—Dauntless, from the Mediterranean, for L 0 .12. don ; Mary Hawes, Bor.leaux, London ; Eliza, brig' Boi deans, Shields ; Vernus, Worcum, London ; Pau ll• snla, screw steamer, from Cadiz, London. SuIIIDE ON THE GREAT NORTHERN IZAILWAY----"' terday inf. equation was received that a man had eor r/ : mitted sthcide on the Great Northern Railway, by al' ting on the metals near the Stroud Green-lane, a nd go loving a train tomss over him. Tile Pays assures us that it has reliable information 0.6 to the non-evacuation of Herat. It says that the Sirdar Murad Mirza had informed the Persian Goverisraeet that the Affghan chief to whom the place was to be giv en . up was not in a position to take possession of it, , having been for many months quite hemmed in by t 4",. Atfghans at Kandahar. The Pays further states tho,l this state of things was well kdown at Teheran, as we l t as to General Jacob, commanding the Btit,sh forces at Affghanistan. It is hoped, however, f r om subseclt le fd letters, that the contending tribes would be pacified, ti a orders have been sent from Teheran for the evacu tv tion of Herat. THE YELLOW FEVER.—The yellow fever still linger! amongst the shiep:ng in the West Indies, but there is 0 : fear that it will be prevalent again for the peesf:o7l Several hundred seamen and officers have fallen victleia to it this summer. The La Plata left Southampto n the 17th July, and towards the latter end of that m entor arid when the ship was within a few days of St. Tho to n Dr. Schuyler, the surgeon of the steamer, cornmenS, administering a few grains of quinine daily to every ° cer and man on board as a prophylactic, and contain", this treatment all the time the ship was at St. rho Dr. All hands were piped once a day to take medicine. p: Schuyler carried out also a thorough system of Y entas , tion and cleanliness on board. While the La Plata 'O r was St. Thome., there were some cases of yellow :ever on board the ships while they were coaling ; but there was not the slightest symptom of fever in the La Val from the time she left Southampton until she retur ned again—a circumstance that has not happened with eithe r of the Royal Mail Company's ships for months. DO' Webber and Dusautoy, the quarautine officers, gave the La Plata prat!que iminediat-ly on her arrival at Sond" ampton, and complimented Dr Schuyler on the healtbl state of his ship, which they attributed entirely to . 1 3 1 mode of treatment. Quinine as a prophylactic aga tos ' disease has been tried on the coast of Africa, but never so systematically nor with such signal success as by the surgeon of the La Plata. yes- TEE GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL AT C °l lrt. terday morning the members of the General .. martial re-assembled at Chatham Barracks,be under presidency of Colonel H. Jervis, to proceed w ith trial of Captain Jas. S. Macauley, Ist West India B, e u g t , ment, who was charged with "insubordinate ennutitbe in having at Government house, Sierra Leone, en oc l 6th of March, 1857, disobeyed the lawful conim, d o of Lieutenant-Colonel S. J. Hill, 2d West i° Regiment, commanding the troops at Sierra l ' e ? g fu ,l3 and its dependencies, his superior officer, in r e i s t to assume the command of 'a detachment of tbe r , . West India R giment, stationed at Tower-hill 13 :0 racks, Sierra Leone, he at the time being the senior :its cer of his corps, Lieutenant-Colonel J. Clarke ben;sa e . arrest." After hearing evidence and the prisoner : 1 4 s, fence, the Court deliberated for a quarter of an 'WI The decision will not be known until approved 139,0 Commander-in-Chief. The Court then proceeds d ;ea the trial of Captain C. J. Dowse, R.A., who was cb or° fg , with having made a false report to his commandingf ao cer, also with conduct unbecoming the character % s ic' officer and a gentleman, by leaving certain debts Or a ir at St. Helena. At the close of the case for the Pr t t o pe tion the prisoner addressed the Court, expressing 0 The that it could take a merciful view of his case.. b it Court then deliberated for a short time, after cvb,. l° ,ol l broke up, having been occupied nearly a fortnigh t these trials. Olt CENSUS or DELHI IN 1845-46.—As at the P re lie moment every species of information regarding 0 0 imperial city is anxiously soups after, no apologY fo o be necessary for troubling our readers with details c) o of dry a nature as the following. On taking the 0 4 1'60 1846, it was ascertained that Delhi containd 24 ' 0 88t houses, 9 945 shops, mostly one--storied, 261 r eoscloe 188 temples, 1 church, 768 wells, and 196 sehoGa• hog / total population consisted of 137,977 souls, of w 90 69,738 were males, and 68,239 females. Of theseroi, families, or 327 persons, were Christians ; 14,7 68 ,5 1 lies, or 66,120 persons were Mohamm e d an s; and I' , eta families, or 71,530 persons were Hindoos. In the . 5 00 1346, there were horn 1,994 males an d 1,910 female ° f o il, marriages were 953 in numb er • an d 4,850 deaths oc cll ;th 9 t Of the last, 1,320 took plac e bef ore th e age o f 12 133° '',11 7 ' 493 between 12 months and 2 years, 843 between 2 a te 1 5 years, and 2,191 above that age. The census of to villa , zes forming the suburbs of Delhi comes d 0 ;%, 1847. The then contained 22,302 inhabitants, or g ; of Hindoos, 709 cultivators, 14,906 non-eultivatoote and of Mahonunedans, 495 cultivators, and 6 , 19 d r tbi cultivators. In this return there are two points 0 ,0 0 of notice. The first is, that notwithstanding the Pra:: 0 00 of polygamy, there is a very trifling difference 1 ) (4 o eli the number of males and that of . females. Th e li ge inference to be drawn from this fact is, that a a pt , proportion of the males must be unmarried, and " t bet consequently, dissolute habits are the rule. Toe ° no lo point to be remarked is the equal division of the P", 00 tion into Hindoos and Mahommedans. Throng': to Bengal generally the former is to the latter as thrr to one. This exceptional fact is, of course, attribulab,d:rea the circumstance that Delhi has always been contecito as the head-quarters and capital of the Illohan population of India.—Allen:s Indian Mail. , first tl) ROYAL ALBERT BRIDGE AT SALTASII.—T h e r - of this bridge, by which the Cornwall Railway 1/1 s o t to/ the Tamar at Saltash, will be floated into its Pi a e le day (Tuesday.) The bridge has been constructed blostis Brunel. Its length is 2 ; 200 feet ; the span of ea ch 0 0 ; opening is 455 feet ; the height of the centre frotnote dations, 240 feet ; height of roadway above bigb ss d° . ! mark, 100 feet. The centre pier is of granite, fona"-rsi,,b, rook in the bed of the river. The roadway over tbbeichl° will be stipp-rted by two iron tubes. The tube w° roes; about to be lifted has just been tested by Mr. "" v "01 1) The work connected with the absolute lifting ci-frol commen ced about noon. The tub es w ill be lilt s las e d the place where it was built by means of pontoo'leet e a t either end. When lifted the whole mass will be ea se round towards the piers wh ere it i s d es ti n ed to 13° t t bv , tually fixe 4 . After being lilt e d it i s eAiinatt.d t"froaie labour of floating the ponderous body will ose n Pl i e t b o two t) three hours. The pontoons to be einploYe'd 5 4 4 undertaking will draw abont Bft. 6.n. of water, n o y ' l O idea of their capabilities of supporting weg ht „,ers i 4 gathered from the fact that every extra foot of in i o ira" l o will be equal to 250 tons. The Lords of the Au rest to have kindly granted the use of some G ov erremen G t o boo r fur the occa -i on , an d gear f rom th e delayers!. t be P il ot and lumps will be sneered in stated positions for , i , to pose of using their capstans on board. About . 4) - v ob i - P i will be employed in the work, in addition tr°_,ecer.l: H.M.S. Ajax will furnish some boat parties fo o t e jiof; service, and the admiral superintendent hm, w, offered the service of some hands from the BoYa'%t y p cl should further strength be required. CaPta a in ew eei R.N., who had charge of the floating of th er Conway bridges, will be present to superintell_ntoopo, thing afloat, Mr. Brunel taking control of the a r ' fittg_, and will direct operations by means of signals ac'_„,iq_ The railway will run fro a m special e ia d l Steamers will ply the scene of the operations. iffterraeiontoiraindtihnegori::oo SWEDEN. A Copenhagen letter of the 25th ult. says : " The news which has reached us through Gothen burg, from the baths of Saro, of the King of Sweden's health are very unfav out able. The waters, which at first seemed to exercise a salutary influence on his Majesty's position, afterwards tended to do him injury, and the dorsal column is now said to be r ,ther dangerously attacked. Independently of the two medical attendants who accompanied King Oscar from Stockholm to Saro, M. Conradi, pto- Lessor at the faculty of medicine of Christiana, was sent for ; and these three gentlemen, on consul tation, agreed that sea-bathing was rather injurious to the patient than the contrary, and ordered the King to be removed by the Gothenburg canal to the summer palace of Tullgarn, where Majesty proposes remaining with the Queen until his strength allows him to return to Stockholm. The interview which was to have taken place between our monarch and the King of Sweden is thus post poned for the present." PRUSSIA A leiter from Berlin of the 28th ult., in the Constitutionnel, says :—" General de Groeben, adjutant-general of the King, yesterday de livered an autograph letter from the Emperor Alexander, on the subject of the arrival of that monarch at Berlin. As important business prevents the Emperor fro•n levying St. Peters burg at the commencement of September, he will not reach this city until after the military mauoeuvres. The arrangements which ha I been made have consequently been modified. The King will lesve Potsdam on the 6th, and will be present on the 7th and Bth at the consecra tion of the church of Kiosterkische. On the 9th his Majesty will probably arrive at. Berlin. The Prince of Prthisia is expect.d on the 11th." The reigning Empress of Russia, accompanied by her brother, Prince Alexander .of lease, and her children arrived at Ir: gentle im on the 28th ult. The Grand Duke of Hes,e likewise arrived there on the same afternoon, and dined with the Imperial party. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 26th ult. The Duke and Duchess of Montpen sier, who will be present at the accouchement of the Queen, are expected at Barcelona, in the beginning of Septeliber. The opinion seemed to gain ground at Madrid that Queen Christina would not enter Spain for that occasion. The mortal remains of the well-known " Maid of Sarragossa," who expired no. long since after having been many years married, and the mother of a large family, are, by the decision of the municipal corporation of that town, to be removed from Ceuta to the capital of Aragon, and a grand funeral given her. On October 6is to take place the aljudicati , n of the railway from Saragossa to Alsusna with a subvention from the government of 330,000 reals the kilometre. The Nouveltiste Vaudois states that Marshal Pelissier was lately present at Lausanne at the drilling of the Swiss recruits at the military school. He followed with great attention all the move ments of these young sobliers, and put several questions to the instructors on the subject of the Helvetic military organisation. The federal Col. Gerwer, who was present, had a long conversa tion with the Marshal. A telegraphic de: atch from Trieste, of the 27th ult., received at Vienna, announces the arrival of the Neptune steamer, with accounts from Constan tinople to the 22d ult. A caravan composed of 500 persons and 1,300 horses, which left Damascus for Bagdad on the 29th Juno, had all perished in the desort with the exception of 20 persons. The per eons composing the caravan had lost their way, and died for want of water. The Bedouins pilhtgert the b-inage, but the Governor has demanded restitu tion for the benefit of the heirs of the sufferers. "A. telegraphic despatch received to-day from Petersburg," says a letter from the Hague of the 28th August, " announces the marriage of the Gland Duke Mich lel to the Princess Cicele of Baden. On the occasion, the Princess Royal of Wurternberg, siver of the Grand Duke, hal a so lemn service performed at Flushing, at which all the members or the Russian Legation and the Con sul-General of Russia were present." MURDER OF THL 4 NEAPOLITAN CONSUL AT ALEXANDRIA. The Nruvelliste of -Marseilles publishes a letter which gives some details yf the murder of the Chan cellor of the Neapatan Cansnlate at Alexandria, a'ready briefly mentioned by telegraph : . . " On tle evening of the 9i - ,11 August, M, Gaetan C.tat;, a French subject, and Chancellor of the Consulate of Naples, was assassinated in the public square at Alex andiia. M. C:tati had long resided at Algiers as a mer chant, and had only been in Alexandria about two months, as Chancellor of the Neapolitan Consulate, and has fallen from an act of vengeance not directed against the man so much as against the situation which he filled. There have been during the last year several assas sinations committed at Altxandria among Italians, arid the inquiry into these criminal affairs has been carried on by the Neapolitan Chancellery. The guilty person; were on the point of being discovered, when the Chancellor received some anonymous threats which in duced him to resign his situation. M. Citati replaced him, and in his turn received similar menaces, but he paid no attention to them, but performed his duty. Toe assassin bas not been discovered. The consuls bare had a meeting in order t) adopt some effectual mea , ure to put an end to such scenes, and they have determined thzt for the future the 1 real police shall have access to European houses, which has been hitherto prohibitel Numerous arrests have taken plan, and it is said that the police have laid their hands on an organised band of these desper a d oe 4, a l mos t exc lusively composed oflta lians." THE MUTINY IN INDIA.—The following is an extract frcin a letter from an officer, dated Ferozepore, July 13: —"I, heard from my aunt (Mrs. John Finnie) at Lan dour yesterday. She is with Col. Steel. The other ladies and children in that di4rict under his charge are a'l safe. I understand the Cit're are slopped between the hi is and Bombay, and should you, therefore, not have heard from her, this information will be a great relief to you and other European friends who have relations in that quarter. THE LATE FIRE IN HoLsonx.—Yesterday Mr. Wm. Payne ernpanntLed a jrry for the purpose of inquiring into the origin of a fire that broke out on Tuesday last on the premises of Mr. Granville, 44, Holborn-hill. The evidence was gone into at gr.,at length, but nothing de cisive was elicited to prove how the fire originated. Mr. Granville and his family were from home at the time of the fire. An open verdict was returmd. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—WIII you permit me to reply, through your columns to several communica.iions which have been received from persons who are desirous of taking one, two, or three slrtres in the Red Se.i. Telegraph Company, from mo`ives ent 7 rely uncon nected with commercial advantages, that the directors have decided that parties subscribing for five shares (or any less number) may pay up the full amount at once. to save time and trouble in regard to calls, and that the lists will probably be closed in a few days. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES L. PEEL, Secretary. Red Sea Telegraph Company (Limited), 8, Moorgite-street, August 31. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sir,—ln reply to the letter of Mr. Holmes in your paper of this date I have simply to state that 2,0001. out of the 2,5481. 15s. 6i. alleged to have been paid to me on account of my salary is repre sented by shares in the Royal Surrey Gardens. Their present value no one is more capable of esti mating than Mr. Holmes. Ind.: pendently of these shares, 1,5001. is still due to me for salary, in respect of whichl have received nothing but a dishonoured bill for 5001. There is also due 3931. 15s. 2d. for the band, and nothing has been paid towards this save a dishonoured cheque for 2501., signed •‘ Thomas K. Holmes, George Bain, and James Coppock." Mr. Holmes has estimated these "securities" as money. He will doubtless accept my offer to sell them to him at a handsome discount. I may add that, in consequence of my remaining here to fulfil duties for which I have never been paid, I was compelled to decline the offer of engage ments to the amount of upwards of 2,0001.—1 re main, sir, yours obediently, JULLIEN. Aug. 31. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—lt at length has become evident from letters of Bengal officers and ethers, published in the several newspapers, that the Mussulman Sepoys, moved by the fear of forcible conversion to the Christian religion, have been the principal cause of the insurrection in the Benga' army, and that, impelled by them, the Hindus have joined in the revolt. Up to 1816 or 1818 never were men more obedient to their officers, more ready to do their duty, more patient of fatigue and privation, more satisfied with their condition, than the Sepoys of that army. Since that period the country has been inun (hated with missionaries, forced upon the Court of Direc t ors by the blind zeal of the proprietors ; and those men having members at every station of the army from Cal cutta to Anoritesir, where they endeavour to propagate their doctrines under the sanction, they pieetend, of the Supreme Government, can we wonder that the cry of "Our religion is in danger" should resound throughout the length and breadth of the land ? The Hindu soldier would be the last to pay attention to such a cry—the Mussulman more sensitive and more fanatical, and having in view the late deposition of the King of Oud , , a cc-religionist, greets it as a step to the re-establisheent of this sensual tyrant, as well as to the resumption of supreme power by the Emperor of the Moghuls—naturally preferring the government of these to tnat of unuelieving Christians, whom he cordially abhors. The Mussulman tries to convert, and, if he can, will force others to his creed, being so commanded by his apostle ; the Hindu has no such view, for he refuses to and c moot admit proselytes to his ; and he may safely be acqu.tted of any other fault in the revolt than yield ing to the selfish instigations of the Mussulman. The horrid atrocities which have been reported are purely Mussulman, for a Hindu would lose caste—ehat is, be pol'uted—by their commission, and a regitnent consisting only of Braining and Rajooo s would he as loyal under two or three European officer=, as if there were 20 at its hell. In the field, it is true, they require leaders, and the greater the number of officers, the more confidence the men would feel, and the surer would be the victory. Tranquillity being once more restored in Bengal, I trust it will be the care of the Government to banish from that territory, as well as from all Hindostan e the missionaries, who are the actual root of the trould, which now assail it. and to confine the ministers of reli gion to one of the English or Scotch Church for each principal station, or for each European Regiment, as may seem best. I hope, too, they will restrict within due bounds the liberty of the native press, and that they will summarily cashier any European officer of a native corps who shall presume to tamper with the religion of the people by attempting a conversion, which is utterly impossible except amongst the mot,t, degraded classes ; and these will accede to i't only for same sinister object. --I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Aug. 30, 1e357. BENGALI. His Royal HighnesS the Duke of Cambridge left St. James's Palace, this morning, for the royal duke's seat in Norfolk, for two or three days' partridge looting. Ferukh Khan, the Persian Envoy, has returned to Pari4, after a long excursion in the provinces. His Excellency Senor Gonz tlez Bravo, the Spanish Minister at the Court of St. James's, has arrived in town from Madrid. Vv The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda have a select party visiting at Moore Abbey, their seat in Ireland. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford are among the guests. The Earl of Mulgrave, the Right non. Henry A. Herbert, and Mr. Fitzgerald, M.P. (Vie Attorney• General for Ireland) , at the close of the Parliamentary session, accompanied Mr. Stephenson, M.P., on a cruise to Ireland in the hon. member's yacht. The party, by let ers received in town yesterday, have arrived at Cork. The Earl and Countess of Caithness have been placed in mourning by the demise of Major the Hon. Alex. E. G. Sinclair, who died a few days since in the north of Scotland. The deceased gentleman was youngest son of the late, and heir presumptive of his brother the present earl. He formerly was a lieutenant in the 91st Foot, and s ubsequently, in 1855, appointed major of the Ross-shire militia. . The Earl and Countess of C •tile and Lady Margaret de Yeihones visit inspection. Queenstown an d o th er por t s on an o ff ic i a l f Burgh have arri v ed at Airlie Castle, N.B, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Airlie, from Marston House, S mer:et. Toe Earl and Countess of Kintore are entertaining a select circle Inelismaldie, N.B. Lord John Manners and family, accompanied by Mrs. M ar l e y, at the close of the Parliamentary session, left on a toer in Ireland. the Charlesg t hon, The Right Hen. M. T. Babies Wood, le baronet ft town yesterday om ba r accompanied ks by for Ireland afternoon, after the Cabinet Council, for Lancaster Th e Right Hon. Sir right Lady Mal, Wood, leav es Hickleton Hail this morn'ng fo o r o Holyhead, o ti df l REPRESENTATION OP GREENWICH.—A vacancy in the representation of this borough is expected to take place almost irarnediately, a petition in bankruptcy having been filed against Mr. Townsend. The only candidate at present is Mr. Alderman Salem ms, as ho is very popular among the constituency, and who was elected by a large majority in 1851 . NOTED ARTISTS.—T. M. Richardson (the father sa - the Present paiuter), who painted water coleurs of a high character, was originally a carpenter, then turned sc'ico!• master, and then artist at the age of nearly 40 years. J. W. C irinichaal, marine painter, was a ship carpenter. George Balmer, a very clever artist, who died before his full powers were developed, was a house painter. 11. P. Parker had been brought up to the sea. John Martin was a coach painter. Melia the water-colour painter': was an . attorney's clerk.—The Bui!der: AUSTRALIAN MAILS —The opportune arrival of the European at Satz ensures the transmission of the out ward August mail ; but had she been detained in the cr luny for the Joly mail, the bags must of oecessity have met with detention. We trust and believe that the mails out and home will henc,forth be regular. We cannot agree with the City correspondent of the Tone:l, who in yesterday's papsr expresses an opinion that no further mail will be despatched from Melbourne until September. This is evidently an oversight, for the C .luinbian, which t iok the May outward mail, will reach her de tination in full time to return with the Ju'y mail, being due at Melbsurne on the 6th of that month, and she must be quickly followed by the Emu and Simla, to take up their destined work, the former with the London June mail, sea Cape of Good dive, and the latter via Suez with the July bags. If the July mail left at her appointed time--Sydaey on July 11, and Melbourne on the 15. the telegraphic announcement of her arrival at Marseilles will be due in London on Wed nesday next, September 2 ; but as the June mail has been kept back to the 19th and 25th, it is possible that the same course may be pursued with the July mail. — Mining Journal, Aug. 29. SPOILING AN EAGLE'S NEST —Two foresters of In spruck, assisted by some sportsmen, lately gained possession of an eagle's nest, and in it a young eaglet about six weeks old, which they carried alive to Inspruck. The nest was found at some little distance front the rite r Su'zenbach, in a small cavern, situated in a side of a rock, and about 150 feet bel ,w the summit. One of the foresters named Tschav, bad himself let down by means of a rope, with a piece of w aid placed as a seat. Tile young eaglet not having given its vixiter a friend:y reception, but, on the contrary, inflicting several severe wounds on his hand arid arm, Tschan was compelled, in his defence to strike it with part of a sheep which he found in the nest. The eaglet was at last mastered, arid placed in a basket, and Techan was again hoisted up, glad to escape from the dreadful stench which arose from the remnants of dead animals in the cavern. While this was going on the female eagle was seen hovering above, but at a considerable height. She was not fired at as the gun was reserved in case of an attack from the male. An eagle has for the last 40 years built her nest some times on the rock of Solstein, and at others on those of the Hechenberg. The damage caused by these birds t o the game and sm . eller cattle in the neighbourhood has been very considerable. ~~~: The stiles availal aPpro F in the of ailve ° l lEno Prop or thi s Bid allYiln as th e Ilecessi at le as ? 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