The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

daunted by the resistance of adversaries, undis mayed by the obstructions which the bias of pre judice, or the conflicts of faction, or the strife of controversy, raise to impede social progress or to retard, its friends lift up their view to the loftier heights where religious and moral truth sheds an eternal light. Piercing the darkness of ignorance that shrouds our region, the mists of doubts that instinct of the storms of passion that vex, the of selfishness that chills another, the eye loves to repose on that bright summit where the same beams dispel all doubt from our opinions towards God, and warm our benevolent feelings towards men— " As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." The noble lord, who had been repeatedly inter rupted by applause, resumed his sea t am id s t pro longed cheering. The assembly was afterwards addressed by Lord J. Russell, who moved a resolution to the effect that the association be now formed. This was seconded by the Right Hon. W. Cowper; supported by G. M. Hill, Q. C., and carried. Thanks were voted to Lord Brougham, and briefly acknowledged ; after which the meeting dispersed. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon. —Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Mi ss M ar i an P rescot t , Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and , Miss .1 4 ouisa Pyno ; Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand GloTer, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr. Wallworth, Mr.G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr.W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brour„b. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master. Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Bellini's grand opera of NORMA. Norma, Madame Caradori; Pol io, Afr. Augustus Braham. To conclude with A VERY SERIOUS AFFAIR. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6c1., £2 25., and £1 lls. 6d. ; Stalls, Gs. ; 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, jun. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with (not acted here these eight years) Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Constance, Miss A. Sedgwick. After which (by desire) BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Backstone ; Cox, Mr. Compton. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d 'brass Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ' 2 0 it... ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the home-made 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 Hallyard (his original character), Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." STRAND THEATRE.—THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GENTLEMAN OPPOSITE. Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Clarke, Miss Herbert. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle cap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After *hist; the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. 3. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. ls. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robion and Emden. 'MIS 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 R)bert Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborough, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. 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. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. W idclicomb. To concludo with THE QUIET FAMILY. Mr. Vollaire, Mr. Widdicemb, and Miss Chalmers. 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, &e., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle . Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brnnell, Mrs. Lc Jenne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. TO3OC. J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Alby n ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack neY• Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Widiatns ; Director, Herr F. Jenghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sappers, &c.. until twelve o'clock. --Signor PICCO will perform, at hat-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY— Morn. 38 min. aft. 10 -Even. 17 ruin. aft. 11 To-Sionaow —Morn., 46 min. aft. 11—Even., 0 rein aft. 0 THE WEITEIER—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 13. THERNIOHETER, IN Tall SHAME. Go—highest since noon yesterday. 5 9 —lowest this morning and during the night (3 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.28. WIND, S.E. to E.S.E.; light, with dull mild weather. IN y if;:4 " ' "f - ("- V LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 1857. The Directors of the Bank of England have again raised the rate of discount, and at a very unusual time. On the present occasion, the increase has been from 6 to 7 per cent., and that on a Monday, in place of on Thursday, according to the usual course. These facts alone sufficiently prove the 'Dense entertained by the Bank authorities respect ing the magnitude of the emergency. It fully verifies the opinion which we put forward last week, that "we had not by any means seen the worst of the Crisis." Indeed, there is every rea sem to fear that, unless speedy steps be taken by the Government t 3 avert the evil, it will prove more disastrous even than that of October, 1847, when credit was for a time virtually annihilated, and houses of unquestionable solvency could not obtain advances on first-class securities. In the autumn of 1847, and up to the time of the Go vernment Letter suspending the operation of the B.arik Charter Act, the foreign ex4htnges were strongly in favour of this country. The harvest was bountiful, as iu the present year, and there were no extraneous influences in ope ration to produce monetary disturbance. How, however, the state of affairs is aff erent. There is a heavy drain going o , ', not only to the Continent, but to India, China, and America. Every mail carries out large remittances in specie, and what arrives in this country is forthwith purchased by specultters for ex porta tion, the pr em i um which they are prep a r o d to offer prohibiting the B an k from competing them. The panic of 1847 was purely domestic. Mr. G. C. GLYNN, the eminent banker, declared that it "proceeded from an apprehension ea the part of all mercantile men, that the want of con fidence was becoming so great, that at last the re serves of the Bank would be driven down so low, that, in point in fact, persons who were possessed of Property would not be able to convert that prc- PertY into Bank of England notes." Similar ap prehensions are now entertained, and we have, in addition, a foreign demand, which it will be dif- Avult, if not i mpossible, to resist'. Surely, then, it is the duty of the Government to int_Tpose, as we recently stated, at the first stage of ruin rather theta the last. Why should firms not merely solvent, but able to pay 405., or even 605., in the pound, be compelled to suspend their operations, and possibly their payments, from a scarcity of the circulating medium ? Why should every species of property be deteriorated in value, and the country driven to the verge of ruin, be cause Sir G. C. LEWIS wishes to let matters take their course, and not to interfere until the Bank itself is in danger ? Sir CHARLES WOOD was uni versally condemned for remaining so long apa thetic, and the country sustained losses which it took long to recover. It was the Treasury letter of the 25th October, 1547, that alone restored confidence and prevented almost universal bank ruptcy. Why should not a similar experiment now be tried, and Parliament called together at the earliest possible moment, to sanction the important proceeding. At present the notes so eagerly sought after at the Bank are hoarded as a salutary precaution, in order to be prepared for any emer gency that may arise, and the process will con tinue until the public mind is re-assured. In 1847 almost every witness—even those most favourable to the Act of 1844—gratefully recog nised the salutary consequences of that important step. "All apprehension appeared to have ceased, on the issue of the letter," observed the then Governor of the Bank, subsequently adding, "What restored confidence was the letter of the Government, allowing the Bank to make any advances without reference to the act, at a given rate of interest. We did not so much want the money, but we wanted the certainty that if we did want it, we should get it." The opinion of Mr. HORSLEY PALAIER was equally decisive. He said, "In the autumn of 1847 the demand for assistance was so much increased as to place the Bank in imminent danger by granting it, and which nothing could have relieved short of the relaxation of the law, which took place." Even Mr. GEORGE W. NOR marr—a strenuous advocate of the Act of 1844 admitted that "the issue of the letter to a considerable degree relieved the money market, by holding out to persons the certainty that they might get accom modation, whereas before that they feared they should not.' It in f tct produced the same effect as if the Bank of England had extended its issues inasmuch as it brought out the hoards of notes which speedily went into circulation, and thus at once removed the cause of the panic. The East India Company is now competing with our merchants for the money essential to carry on their business and to meet their engagements. It has already obtained one million sterling, and will speedily want much more. The receipt of money from America is arrested, and in place of supporting our stock of bullion, we may anticipate a severe drain from that quarter. Nothing, in fact, can save us but a relaxation of the obnoxious law. That ought, if possible, to be done by the authority of the Legislature, or if that authority cannot be obtained in sufficient time, it should be sought for at the earliest pos sible moment. We call, then, on Lord PALMER STON to attend to this matter without a moment's delay, and to adopt the means by which a vas amount of suffering may be averted, and the na tion carried buoyantly through the crisis. Colonel SYKES, a gentleman of great Indian ex perience, and recently the governor of the East- India Company, has written a long letter to the Times, in order to remove the misconceptions which he supposes to exist respecting the eligi bility of high caste natives for military service in Indian armies. It professes to show " what high caste native soldiery will do when commanded by judicious officers, and also what high caste sepoys will not do, and what they cannot do, even fur officers whom they may venerate." He quotes a memorandum from an officer of 35 years uninter rupted active service in the Bengal Army, in cor roboration of his views, and triumphantly asks, " What more could be desired or expected from native soldiers I" The object of the gallant Colonel is to show that "a lengthened loyal devotion to the State may characterise a reorganised Bengal army," and he is manifestly, notwithstanding tho terrible events of the last six months, still favourable to the employment of Brahmins and Rajpoots in the Indian army, when the last spark of the mutiny has been trampled out, and retributive justice has •vertaken the real perpetrators of the murders and outrages, whether Sepoys, camp-followers, felons from the gaol, or villagers. Now, as we are reluctantly compelled to differ toto ccdo from the gallant Colonel, and as we believe that he himself supplies irresistible arguments against the conclusion at which he arrives, it is necessary to examine closely the facts on which he grounds his opinions. He draws a broad distinction between acts of external and internal uncleanness, inasmuch as ex ternal bodily defilement is removed by ablutions and oblations, but a breach of certain alimentary laws ipso facto consigns the offender to excommu nication and degradation, than which death is pre ferable ; for his parents,ihis brothers, and his friends can neither eat nor smoke with him, nor let him drink out of their water-vessels. He is become an out-caste. He is condemned to con tempt in this world and his soul is damned in the next." On the other hand, he may handle the pickaxe and shovel as a labourer, build walls, sink wells, and stand shoulder by shoulder in the ranks, with the lowest caste men. Nay, more, may even handle the dead bodies of the enemy. These latter things he may do, but it is by no means certain that he will do. If petted and coaxed, and that he sees any personal advantage to be derived therefrom, he may condescend to obey orders, but he may take a very opposite view of his duties, and refuse to submit to even temporary degrada tion, and that at the time when the fate of the army may be involved in the result. Nor would it be fair to punish him for the refusal when we engage his services—knowing his religions preju dices and opinions. The fact that these prejudices are made a convenient cloak to carry out his own wishes, that they can :be put on or off at plea sure, and that he will be prepared to violate the ordinances of his religion for a pecuniary equiva lent, does not by any means enhance his value or render him an eligible recruit, when others can be obtained, whose consciences are of not quite ISO tender and elastic a character. But ware there nothing but the food question, if the Brahmin or Ragpoot would, under any cir cumstances, be prepared to obey every order, as to merely external matters, his objection to cer tain descriptions of food would be sufficient to di,- qualify him f or th e s e rvice. He may be required to go by sea from one part of the empire to another, and there his privations and sufferings will of a very s'Jrious character. "He cannot cook, he cannot receive the ship's provisions, and his sup port is confined to parched brain and condimea's that he h as with him.him. " anything of a He will thus, after protracted destination weakarn tetd a ra de e bilit v a o t y ed a:ge a , nd ar u ri t v t e er a ly t u h n i - s able to face the enemy until he has recovered his strength and coura ge . Again, he m ay b e cooped up in a beleaguered city, with a limited stock of provisions, not of the description of which he ap proves. He must then either starve or capitulate, for partaking of the accursed aliment T R s N e I P ro I'7 would be more terrible than death itself. The same thing may occur in advancing or retreating iu the face of the foe. Everything must be sub servient to the prejudices, which with him are part of his very life and being, of which he is peculiarly jealous, and the slightest suspicion of violating which is sufficient to induce him to cast aside all conside rations of gratitude, and to become the sanguinary assassin of men to whom he was previonsly bound by the strongest ties of respect and duty. Let us first trample out the last spark of the mutiny, and inlict retributive justice on the real perpetrators of the murders and outrages, and then, it will be time enough to consider, whether we shall again sanction the introduction of such an element of disturbance as the employment of men who have already gixen such a deplorable taste of their quality to their innocent employers. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This house re-opened last night, after a vacation of seven weeks, very actively and tastefully employed ; for the whole of the interior has been re-decorated at consi derable cost, and with complete novelty of design. Nothing can be more beautiful than the general effect, or more strongly contrasted with the heavy, sombre style of ornament which prevailed before, and had become faded and out of keeping with the magnificent displays that met the public eye when the curtain rose on the great historical revivals which have rendered this theatre the theme of admiring conversations in all classes of so. c'ety, and have stamped the period of Mr. C. Kean's ivouagement as perhaps the most memorable era in the annals of our national stage. On his appearance, when the curtain drew up and discovered Prospero and Mi randa on the point of the rock, evoking the subsidence of the tempest, enthusiastic applause burst from all quer. ters of,a crowded house. Such a reception was due to the position he las so arduously and triumphantly won by years of trial and anxious solicitude. Few, if any, of his predecessers have united in their single person such talent, both as manager and actor, and certainly acne have rivalled him in the historical and archm)logical ac curacy with which the plays produced under his super intendence have been placed before the public. The new act curtain, painted by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, de serves unqualified praise. MAJOR-GENERAL HAVELOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In Napier's Peninsular War, vol. vi., page 265, is the following : " The Spaniards stopped, and, though the ad venturer Downie, now a Spanish General, encou raged them with his voice and they kept their ranks, they seemed irresolute and did not advance. There happened to be present an officer of the 43d Regiment named Havelock, who, being attached to General Alten's Staff, was sent to ascertain Girou's progress. His fiery temper could not brook the check. He took off his hat, he called on the Spaniards to follow him, and, putting spurs to his horse, at one bound cleared the abattis, and went headlong among the enemy. Then the soldiers sbouting for 'EI chico blanco,' the fair boy, so they called him, for he was very young and had light hair, with one shock broke through the French," /Arc. Is this the gallant Indian warrior en whom so many anxious hearts are depending ? Your obedient servant, G. F. JESSE, 19, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, Oct. 12. TO TBE EDITOR OF THE SUN. does not require a very extended knowledge of the fundamental principles on which the English lan guage is constructed, to show that " telegram" is the correct, and the only correct term, by which to express the message sent by the apparatus called the telegraph ; and the two words "telegram" and "telegraph" enab!e us very conveniently and correctly to distinguish be tween the message sent and the means whereby we send it. The necessity for changing such words as " photo graph," "paragraph," "geography," &c., as instanced and anticipated by Mr, Johnson, does, in fact, already exist ; for do we not constantly make use of such words as diagram, anagram, programme (why spelt differently I cannot exptain), without for a moment thinking of chang ing " geography" into " geogrammy," which, if it had any meaning at all, would signify the art of drawing maps, since the true and classical meaning of "geogratta' would be a map of the earth, or of some part of it? Why, then, should we hesitate to add one more to our list of " grams I" _ _ The same ambiguity does not exist with regard to "photograph" (though a more correct form would be " photogram," when taken to designate a picture), for I am not aware that "photograph" has ever been used like " telegraph," to signify the apparatus or machine by which an effect is produced, and it is not customary to ask the artist if his "photograph" is in good order ; there is, therefore, no ambiguity in the term. I can but apply to those who are acquainted with the sources from which many of our modern words arise, for a corroboratrea of what I have said, since a fuller expla nation would involve such an acquaintance. I enclose you my card. Saturday Night, Oct. 10. IGNOTIIS. His Excellency the Sardinian Minister returns to town to-day from the Continent, where he has been on leave of absence for some weeks past. The Duke of Hamilton left town yesterday morning for Scotland. The Duchess and family will Lava Arlington-street to-morrow for Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll have left Danrobin Castle for their seat, Inverary Castle, Argyllshire. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland has arrived on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, at Raby Castle Durham. The Marquis of Bath is expected in town the latter end of the week, from Longleate, Wilts, where his lord ship hue been entertaining company for some time past. The Dlarchioness of Waterford hal arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Ford Castle, Northumberland. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbnry has left Claridge's Hotel, on a visit to the Earl of Derby at Knowsley Hall, Prescott, Lancashire. The Marquis of Queensberry has arrived at Long's Hotel, from Edinburgh. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury return to town to-day from Paris, en route from Germany, where they have been staying for some time past. The Countess of Powis and the Ladies Herbert have left Walcot on a visit to Mr. and Lady Charlotte Mont gomery, in Ireland. _ - The Earl of Powis and Col. the Hon. Percy Herbert are staying at Ashridge Castle, near Berkhampstead, on a visit to Lady Marian Alford. The Earl of Radnor and Lady Mary Bouverie are re ceiving company at Coleshill House, Berke. Lady E!iz,. bath Balteel, Mr. and Lady Jane Ellice, Mrs. St. John Mildmay, and the Right Hon. Eiward Bouverie, M.P., joined the party last week. The Earl of St. Germans and family are expected in town to-morrow, from Port Eliot, Cornwall. Lord and Lady Colchester have arrived in town from Kidbrooke. Sussex. Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley are making a tour in the south of France. Lord and Lady Walsingham are posing the season at Merton Lodge, Norfolk. Lady Georgiana Fans has left town for her seat in Someraetehire. The Baron Fraderick de Klossman and the Count S:. Torio have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Peri', The Hon. John Fortescne and the Hon. Frederick Byng hare left on a visit to Lady Marian Alford, at Ashridge Castle, Herts. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Pierrepont have left Claridge's Hotel for Evenley Hall, near 'Brackley. Mr. and Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor arrived at their new residence, in Grosvenor-square, a few days since, from their seat in Wilts. Lady Chatterton has arrived at her house in Sea more-place, from Ireland NEW COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCL—We are in formed that Lord Palmerston has recently, in the most handsome manner, tendered to the Attorney-Genera', Sir Richard Bethel!, the important office of Judge of the New Court of Probate and Divorce, and that the noble lord,. in making this offer, in the most marked manner expressed his sense of the distinguished services which Sir Richard Bethel, had rendered to the country, and t the sauce of law reform, in conducting thole important measures to a successful issue in the House of Consmonv. We are informed that the Attorney-General hail thought proper to decline the office, considering that the circum stance of his having had the carriage of the bills in the Lower House might lay him open to the imputation that his exertions in connection with them had not been' of that disinterested character which PArliaineot and the public have at his hands a right to expect. The offer thus made by the noble lord has been respectfully de , clined by the Attorney-General solely on the ground which we have stated.—illorni,g Post. INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND.—We are happy t) learn that the committee are not relaxing their etfort either for the augmentation of this fund or for the prompt relief of the suff r.:rs. Ten thouslnd pounds were transmitted to the Relief Committee of Cdcutte, by the mail which left on the 10th inst. At the same time they sent the further sum of 1,0001. to Sir .I,,hn Lawrence in aid of the funds of the Lawrence Ae into. This institution was established by the late Sir Hera) Lawrence, who subscribed 1,0001. annually to its sup- port. It has also received support from the subscrip tions and donations of civ:l and military officers in India Many of these sources of income have been temporarily, and many more finally, dried up by the calamities wbicL have recently occurred. The Asylum is situated at Kite- Bowles, in the lower rargea of the Himalayas, and it, object is to supply maintenance arid education to the children of British soldiers wbo have lost either one or both of their parents. The annual Balaklava dinner yid take place at the London Tavern, on the 26th, Sir Jas. Scarlett, K.C.8., in the chair. At St. Petersburg, oa Saturday afternoon, we learn by telegraph, the price if tallow was rather firmer, at 176r0. on the spot. The quantity shipped up to that date this season is 74,000 casks, against 95,000 at the same date last year. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUSI.—During the week ending 10th October the visitors have been as follows : —On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, 3,851 ; on Monday and Tuesday, free evenings, 5,717. On two students' days (admission to the public 6d.), 160. Total 9,728. One day closed. DEFALCATION IN A CANADIAN BANE.—The Canadian papers confain full details of a seriohs defalcation in the Gera Bank.in the city of London, Canada West. Mr. Lucas, the teller, has absconded from the province. The amount of his defalcation is from 15,0001. to 20,0001. He was also Treasurer to the County, which loses a large sum by him. THE LATE SUICIDE IN THE FLEET-STREET POLICE STATION.—Mr. Payne held an inquest yesterday on the body of Mrs. Helen Watson, who committed suicid e i n the Fleet-street station while incarcerated on a charge of intoxication. Evidence was produced to show that the unfortunate lady had been subject to fits of excitement, closely bordering upon derangement, and the jury re turned a verdict of temporary insanity. THE CHAMPION STAG KILLED.— On Monday last the Prince Consort killed a royal stag in the Forest of Glen gelder which weighed 24 stone. This is believed to have been the champion of the forest. When brought to Bal moral he was laid at the main entrance to the Castle that the Queen and Royal Family might see his royalty before he was cut up. THE REPRESENTATION OF EAST KENT.--A meeting of the.liberal electors of East Kent took place at Canter bury, on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of con siderii what steps should be taken to obtain the return of a Liberal candidate in the room of Sir Edward Der ing, who has resigned his seat. Mr. Deedee was very warmly received. The general opinion appears to be that he will be returned unopposed. Bend TlDES.—Owing to the strong south-easterly wind that prevailed on Wednesday and Thursday the esplanade at Ryde has been completely flooded at high water, which has caused the washing up of the whole extent of footpath and some portion of the carriage -road. The works in progress for the steam ferry approaches have also suffered. At Eastbourne, during the terrific gale of Wednesday, the sea dashed over the houses on the beach, and actually battered in the windows and door of one of them, inundating the tenement with salt water, and scattering the terrified inmates like sheep. It was found necessary to board up the front entrance of this house for some few days, and meanwhile to use the yard door as a means of egress and ingress. SUICIDE IN CHARLOTTE -STREET, PORTLAND-PLACE.— esterday, Mr. Robert Taylor, a very old and wealthy inhabitant of the parish, residing in Charlotte -street, Portland-place, put a period to his existence by nearly severing his head from his body. The deceased, who was 65 years of age, carried on for more than 40 years a very extensive business in the parish, from the proceeds of which he retired with considerable wealth. Forseveral months past his family and connections had noticed a decided change in his manners, betraying absence of mind and dejection of spirits. Yesterday morning he con trived to elude the watch which for some time had been placed upon his actions, and, retiring to his dressing room, he there inflicted a wound upon his throat with a razor of so extensive a character as to terminate his existence in a few minutes. THE CAPE MAILS,—SOUTHAMPTON, Oat. 12,—The Union Screw Compaay's steam-ship Celt, Capt. Brown, left to-day, with eight passengers and 105,0001. in specie, for the Cape of Good Hope, calling at Plymouth to embark the mails. She is .coaled for the entire voyage out. It is reported that the contract for these mails was originally taken for carrying them from Southampton to the Cape, but that subsequently an arrangement has bean made for the ships to call at Plymouth for the mails, the company receiving 100/. a month extra for this ad• ditional trouble. This is an absurdity on the part of Government which can never be persisted in, we should think, when the facts become known. A vessel loading of course, call at a port in th e Chan anteiLfoorndtohn would, the mai n l l s d, ; but that a vessel leaving Southampton should go into Plymouth for the mails is so palpably ridiculous that it can never be tolerated. Such an ar rangement can only be imagined as a sop thrown to the Plymouth by its official repres en t ative; c a n t s i t t it i u s e t n o c o y bad to perpetrate so gross an absurdity as this, and make the public funds pay for it to the extent of 1,2001. a-year. Besides which, the shipping of the mails at Plymouth occasions as increase of railway mile age to the extent of the difference between 80 miles to Southampton and 25C to Plymouth from the metrepo is. Without elluding to other objections, those stated are sufficient to lead to tie reversal of of such a decision and a return to the original intention of embarking the mails at Southampton, frog which port the company find it to be their interest to despatch their vessels, LORD BROUGHAM.---We learn from the Carlisle Patriot that for some time past it has been the desire of goatic men connected with the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland to gives publicdinner at Penrith in honour of Lord Brougham. the matter has now assumed a tar gible form. The noble and learned lord has accepted the invitation for Wednesday, the 28. h instant, aad the arrangements will Is, commensarate with the great in terest of the occasasn, the only difficulty being the obtainment of a suitable dining saloon large enough to accommodate the great number of persons that will be sure to press for admission. The tribute is offered to his lordship by men of all parties, simply as a mark of respect to a nobleman closely connected with the coun ties, whose talents and unwearied exertions in the cause of education and social :mprovement are so conspicuous, and will be entirely free from all party or political bias. A committee has been formed, and hopes are entertained that the Earl of Lonsdale's health will , a4rnit of his taking the chair. It would be a graceful compliment on the part of the Lord Lieutenant of the sister counties, and we think we may fay that Lord Brougham would fully appreciate and reciprocate the feeling which led to it. Mr. W. E. GLADSTCNE.—It will surprise some of our local readers to learn that Mr. W. E. Gladstone is at present engaged in a translation of Homer's " Iliad " into English eeree, a subject which has all. sorbed at various time the attention of some of the finest intellects which this country has produced. The uonpctsical portio n o f th e pu bli c against ' English version of this great poem which has been ant it has mai n t a i ne d i ts ground oawilluitiohatrhetihrsse. P Mr. Gladst one ' s vers i on will be most p looked to with much interest, and much will be xpected from him, for his attainments in all depart onfd ments of classical learni ng are known to be great. the ete theme,shar e w of ili su b e e a further proof of the ext ent o f h i s pavers. A mind - He has g i ven many proofs of his versatiLty, and suc coaessse, i c ti on tl s i i i der seiffngurtt,heorevn magnitudea moderate of such strength and flexibili.y as Mr. Gladstone's cannot be idle, and its; diversion into the field of classic poetry is attributable, of course, to the cares of practical statesmanship no longer absorbing his ex elusive attention an formerly. —Liver pool Chronicle. GAAlE.—Grouse and black game shooting, says the dye Advertiser, is nearly over. The spurt has been very much as we anticipated before the 12th of August. The very short stock of birds left last year rendered a "great grouse semen" impossible, but there bas been fair sport in Ayrshire and Wigtownshire ; and if the numbers in the bag were sh or t th e qua lit y o f the birds is admitted to have been fine. Indeed, we have seldom seen the grouse so uniformly plumy and healthy. We notiee a pretty keen controversy being car ried on among our Southern neighbours about the causes of diminished sport on the Highland moors. Assumiug that the grounds are well protected, and the vermin care fully kill e d, there are three Causes at work to account for dimiaishe 1 members of grouse. First, occasional disease, to which tie grouse are subject—whether from the poisonous ingredients used in dipping sheep or not is problematical ; secondly, severe shooting during the first fortnight of late coveys, that ought to be spared for a time ; and thirdly, short leases, that a:e apt to induce severe shooting and careless protection. In the lower districts there is one great cause that is sufficient in itself —the excessive burning of heather. Heather is rapidly giving place to a good sheep pasture, which it is presumed pays the owner better than game ; so that if the sports man wants grouse shooting, be must pitch his tent where there is heather, and not lease pasture hile But in these lower situations, where sheep are supplanting the grouse, the latter are generally replaced by black game, which have this season been plentiful. Partridges, both on the hills and for grounds, have also this season been abun dant. Phe'asants, which !lets - season were very scarce, are found tolerably plentiful. Hares, plentiful or vane as they are protected. On the whole, we should say this is an average season for all kinds of game. OPRNIN4 OP A DRY DOCK IN THE .MAIIRITIUS.—The 13th of July was signalized in the Mauritius by the opening of a vast dry dock, and all the elite of the in habitants assembled to witness the entrance therein of the North ern Li ght, a vessel of some L6OO tons b urden. The weath er was favourable, and by 2 o'clock the se a t s reserved for th e l a di es at the b ac k o f the b as i n were all filled, and th e l arge vessel move d ma j est i cally to the place destined for her, the sailors singing their usual song as th e y warped in. The door of the basin was the n shut and th e pump set to work ; all this occupied about an hour. The ladies were then cmducted to a splendid collation prepared under the vast open building with its domed i ron roof. Covers were la i d for 200 person?, and after i ce d c h ampagne an 1 other w i nes had freely cir .culated M r. P. A. ' Mae; rose and proposed " The Health of his Excellency Sir James Maeaulay Higgin son." Sir James, in reply, observed that they had that day had an opportunity of witnessing a most interestieg —the openin g o f i ts first dry dock. It was an epoch io unprecede nte d in t h e annals of the M aur i t i us, the r e p m r o o g ny ress of th e capac i ty o f t h e p c . r t f or th e b uil ling :tad repai r i ng of ships, and offered increased f ac ili t i es to commerce which the future historian of the eelony would not fail to pr eminently record. Tee undertakiug (as observed by Mr. Wieb4) was one not only of colo:.ial but of national importance, and reflected great credit on all concerned in it, whether it were the enterprise that projected ; the energy and perseverance that conducted it to a sucJeeAul isup, or the skill and science of the engmeer under whose dire° ions this work had been Co -atisfactorily executed. 'rho heal.h of MikkoeGenerai nay, the patron of the dock,. and those of Lady Macau -1-y leliainson and the ladies were afterwards drunk in bumpers of claret, arid the ladies then retired from the dais. Tee dock was planned by Mr. T. Hounelow, and the design carried out by Messrs. Fry and Blondeau. The dimensions of this, the first graving dock constructed in the Mauritius, are as follows—.via., Length of keel, 250 feet; entrance, 40 feet ; width insid e , 63 feet. The basin m a y b e lengthened to 300 feet, and l arger i t found lesirabl e ; but in the latter case the Government would have to make a c mceesi,m of land. The same week was signalised by the laying of the foundation stone of a new ,Vr?testant church at Pacapleanouse. FVF;NtNG_ Ore T.' 0 Tl 7, R 13. 185 7 E VI/ S. 14. 1 11 THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The Bank of France has raised its rate of dis count to GI per cent. AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The Red Jacket has arrived front Melbourne, with 70,000 ounces of gold. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS. We have been favoured with the following : " The following telegram has been this day (Tuesday, 13th of October) received at the East India House, viz. : " CALCUTTA, SEPT. 9, 1857. " GENERAL HAVELOCK'S COLUMN ANp LUCKNO W. " General Havelock was still at Cawnpore, wait ing for reinforcements, and Lucknow still unre lieved. The 90th Regiment, about half the Fusi liers, and a 9-pounder battery, in all 1,270 men, were at Allahabad on the 3d or 4th. Six hun dred infantry and the battery were immediately pushed towards Cawnpore, and Goncral Outran]. was to follow with the remainder of the infantry on the night of the sth inst. He expects to join Havelock on the 11th or 12th, and has directed the latter to have everything i ready for crossing the river on his arrival. Meanwhile, we have in telligence from Lucknow up to the 2d inst., when the garrison were in good spirits, and sufficiently provided with food. They had recently repulsed a determined assault, and had disabled the only heavy guns belonging to the assailants. "The garrison have been told to hold out to ex tremity, and we are now confident that they will be relieved about the middle of this month. " BENGAL AND BEHAR. " The Rewah troops detached as reported in last message to intercept the Dinapore muti neers were not in time to arrest their progress ; the latter crossed the Tonse River about the 26th ult., after some detention by high flood, and their march has been marked by plunder. They give out that they are going to Delhi. The rebel Kooer Singh fled from Rohtas about the 27th or 28th ultimo, and sought refuge in Rewah Territory. The Rajah warned him off, whereupon most of his Sepoy adherents deserted him. A column, con sisting of a wing of the 53d Queen's, 27th Madras N. 1., and some guns, left Raneegunge on the 27th ultimo, and will clear the Trunk Road. The Nepaul Durbar has giTen 1,000 Goorkbas to aid in the occupation of Chumparun, and the dis tricts on the left bank of the Ganges, which aro endangered by the abandonment of Goruckpore by the civil officers. It is thought that the force stated, which left Katmandhoo on the 13th or 14th ult., will suffice to restore order in those districts. "DELHI. " Our latest accounts from Delhi extend to the 26th ult. The Punjab reinforcements, mentioned in last message, reached camp on the 14th ult., and more recently an auxiliary force of about 2,600 men from Cashmere has marched to join the force. It is expected to do good service. " A new siege train from Ferozvore is expected by the end of August, and the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab calculates that, by the middle of this mouth, the force before Delhi will be little short of 15,000 men. This estimate my be somewhat too high. There has been the usual skirmishing, with the same result. On the 12th ult. a battery which was troublesome was taken, and on the 25th Briga dier Nicholson attacked the insurgents, who were trying, in a large body, to get to our rear, entirely defeated and routed them. Took 12 guns, with all the ammunition, equipage, and baggage of the enemy. _ _ _ " The troops are in gool health and spirit. Wounded doing well. Supplies abundant. It i s said that some overtures have been made by, or on behalf of, the King. They will not be entertained. The garrison have beenlevying contributions in the ne ighourhood of Agra and •the north-western pro vinces. "AGRA.. " Latest intelligence from Agra, to the 25th August.—All still in the fort, and general health good. Nothing particular had occurred, except an expedition to Futtehpore, Sukree, and another to Hatrass, which latter defeated the insurgents, but wa s not strong enough to re-occupy Allyghur. The Furruckabad Newab is said to be on the road between that place and Cavvnpore with three regiments of mutinous infantry and one of c walry. He will be dealt with by General Have lock's column, after relief of Lucke() ,v. On the deserting of Goruckpore by the civil officers a Chuckadar from Dude took possession. Anarchy and confusion in the district, and Chumparun copse Tient.y in some danger, as mentioned e'sewhere. Azimgurh and Jounpo;re have been occupied by the Goorkhas who marched from Goruckporo with the civil officers of native states. The mutineers of Gwalior Contingent, joined by those from Tudore and Mhow, reckoned. at 4,500 Infantry, _9OO Ci valry, and 30 guns, are still believed to be at Gwalior, hold in check, it is reportsd, by Scindia. " The Political Agent, Major Macpherson, writ ing from Agra on the 7th ult., expresses a con fident belief in his loyal and friendly attachment to us. The peace of Bh.opel is imperilled by the open mutiny of the Contingent. All the Bundelcund chiefs continue to behave well, as also the Newah of Jowooh and the petty States of Dhar Dawars, cite. ; inne laving openly revolted except Anijhera. In Rajpc.otana, native chiefs quiet and apparently true. The conduct of the Nizam's Go vernment at Hydetrabad admirable. Mohurrum Festival passed off without any commotion or dis turbance whatever. P u tti a l a , an d a ll hi s Sutlej chiefs, continue in active and zealous co-operatior. Gholab Sing, of Cashmere, died on the 2d of August, his successor is, as ho wax, our staunch adherent. " PUNJAUB. " Intelligence from the Punjaub_is to the 15th of August. Ponitto and Cis-Su IPj-States, quite tranquil. Large h 'cal levies aro being raised to supply the place .of the reinforcements gone to Delhi. Gliolab ;Sing of Cashmere, before his death promised 75 l•acs to the 6 per cent. loan, and about 20 were , expect3d. in Cis-Stlej. It will probablydraw nearly a croro, which is the estimated wane. The disarmed.f26th Native Infantry at Lahore murdered their com m anding ollic2r on 30th of July, and broke away fro , al the cantonment. The troors sent in pursuit took the wrong road, but the muti neers were followed 1 , 37 the police and the people of the country, and ha the first days of August were either destroyed e)r captured, and executed; hardly a man escaped. Fugitives of the 55th Native Jn f:tntry, at Peshawar, have been seized, and simi larly dealt with. These vigorous measures wil probably deter others from similar attempts. " G. F. EDMONSTONE, " Secretary to the Government of India.' - " 9.40 a.m. Monday. "RAVEN."E The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " The Brussels Nord lately said, and the Jour nal des Debats to-day confirms the statement, that the French Government has given to that of Eng land unequivocal proofs of sympathy and goodwill on the occasion of the Indian insurrection, has offered to permit the passage of troops through France, and to use its good offices with the Pasha of Egypt to induce him to afford a similar facility. I assured you in a former letter that, notwith standing what a few persons augured from the Stuttgardt interview, the French Govern ment never set a higher price upon the English alliance, or was more desirous to maintain it, than at the present time ; and you may de pend that, whatever be the sentiments of a por tion of the French press and nation, the Emperor has testified great concern at our Indian misfor tunes. He, doubtless, manifested his feelings on the subject when at Osborne, and also most pro bably at Chalons to the Duke of Cambridge, with whom he had a great deal of conversation con cerning the campaign in Bengal. The Nord says that the English Cabinet declined the above-men tioned offers, but adds, that it is everywhere seek ing reinforcements, and is resolved, if necessary, to send the whole of its army to Italia, and keep only the militia at home. There is no saying what might be done under the pressure of necessity, but making the largest allowances for possible losses from cli mate, disease, and the enemy's fire, there seems scarcely a reasonable doubt that the force already sent or under orders to go will suffice to suppress the revolt. We have seen what has been done by mere handfuls of men under Havelock and others, and it emboldens one to believe that a force sufficient to take Delhi, and two or three moveable columns of 5,000 or 6,000 men each,will suffice to extinguish an insurrection which owes the greater part of its temporary success to our want of foresight and preparation. As regards the passage of troops through France, I hear it said that it was declined by the English Govern ment because there would have been little saving of time, owing to the double embarkation and disembarkation." HEALTH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA, BERLIN, MONDAY, The Rreuz Zeitung states that the amelioration observed in the state of the King on Saturday night and Sunday morning is still maintained. The Princess of Prussia has arrived from Coblentz. The President of the' Council of Ministers has zepaired to Potsdam. M. Manteuffel arrived in Berlin at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Public prayers were offered up yesterday in the Churches. VIENNA, Om 11. Advices from Belgrade state that a plot, having for its object to attempt the life of the Prince of Servia and to overthrow the government, has been discovered. Several persons of note have been arrested. The Duchess of Parma has just put forth two decrees relative to the cessation of the league between Austtia, Modena, and Parma, which will expire on the 31st inst. These decrees re-establish the regulations tba existed prior to the League. FRANCE. ' PARIS, MONDAY. It has been stated that the Legislative Body must shortly be summoned, inasmuch as the constitu tion require that the new Legislature shall meet within six months ; and that delay expires on tha 20th November. The Legislative Body will pro bably sit at least for a month, as the constitution allows deputies who will neither take the oath of fidelity to the Emperor nor formally.refuse it that period before they can be declared not to belong to the Chamber. But the budget will not be discussed until the ordinary session in February or March. It is said that the Emperor is now having the de tails of the budget examined, and that his intention is to have a bona fide surplus of receipts of 25,000,000 francs. Several savings are talked of, and among them is one to be effected by the dis charge of 50,000 men, who have served two years in the army. BOURSE, Oct. 12.—A despatch announces that the board of the Bank of England had raised the rate of discount to 7 per cent., and it was thought that the Bank of France would raise its own dis count to 6 per cent. The following were the last quotations : Caah. ft. End of Month. per Cents 3 - p - er Cents 66 SO _ ..._ Bank Shares 2,900 Credit Foucier ...... 5!,0 Credit Mobilier 760 Roman Do. Account 765 Austrian Belgian 44 — Spanish Throes 4l • Piedmontese(s) _ 90— Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. tr. f r Orleans 1,330 c. Western c Northern - Strasburg Lyons and Med 825 Now Ditto Now Ditto... Geneva Midi - RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg has the follow ing :—" On the night between the 16th and 17th of September a great calamity occurred on the Walkhow, opposite the .town of Novaia-Ladoga, where, at the mouth of the Ladoga Canal, num bers of vessels laden with merchandise and timber assemble. Shortly after midnight a tempest arose, and one of the vessels caught fire. The flames, fanned by the wind, spread to some other vessels which had run ashore. The greatest disorder pre vailed. The vessels were dashed one against another, and many of them sank. It was impos sible to give them any assistance, and everything in the direction of the wind near the island and right shore was either burnt or sunk. The wind, coming from the lake, kept along the right shore ; this circumstance saved alt the vessels on the other side. It is estimated that about 200 vessels of different sizes were destroyed." A Warsaw letter of the Bth says :—" The Em peror and Empress arrived yesterday evtning at the chateau of Skierniewice. An immense con course of people from the city and environs were assembled to welcome their majesties. The park was brilliantly illuminated, and the Emperor and the Empress drove slowly through the vast alleys of the park In an open carriage amidst the most en thusiastic cheers. At ten o'clock this morning, their Majesties made their public entry into War_ saw. All the streets through which they passed were hung with garlands of flowers, and the railw,ly station was decorated with great taste and magni ficence.hiledrceanr.r i a g i e h i e n C l o v r h t i e c g h e . w p e r r o e c e h e e d r e Ma a a t The Emperor wa s on h orse b ack, and rode j l e )Y st t y ll a e n s d id h e e o r f cl t i first to the Greek cathedral, and then to the La zienki palace. The crowd everywhere hailed their Majesties with acclamation. A lette r from M C o I n N s t a G a R t n E o L p e A f the 30th ult , in the Occelte du Midi, says : "Accour is from Tiflis gave reason to suppose that or e of thaql interventions of which England has so frequenti , given an txanq.le in India has just been effected by ti e Russians. Mingrelia was lately under the rule of thr Princess Dadian, who exercised the regency during the minority of her sun. This Princess, who went to Moscow at the time of the c.ironation of the Emperor, received the most honourable wehome. About a month ago accounts reached Constantinople that a popular tumult had broken out in the States of the Princess and that the peasanti had refused to submit to the tribunals of the country. The Russian authorities of Tiflis did not then take any part in what was going on at Zuugdidi, the cap tal of Mingrelia. According to the accounts just re received it appears that the Russians have interfered, and it was announced at. Tiflis that the princess had been deprived of her sovereign rights. The Prase d'Orient says :—' When the princess was, in the month of August, at her summer residence at Gerdi, her palace was searched and a great number of her papers seized. It is thought that the princess regent will be requested to establish her residence either at St. Petersburg or Yloscow. The guardianship of the young prince has been confided to a Russian general, and when he has attained the age of 21 the population of Mingrelia will, it is said, be consulted on the subject of his assuming government.' These facts will throw some little light on, the titles given to P,ince Bariatinski, which is styled lieutenant of the Emperor in the Caucasus and governor• general of Georgia, Imeritia, the Couriel and Min grelia." SARDINIA. TURIN, OCT. 9.—The Duke and Duchess de Montoensier, who arrived here the day before yes terday from Switzerland, left Turin this morning for Milan to pay a visit to their relatives the Archduke Ferdinand and the Archduchess Charlotte. Sir Thomas Wyse, British Minister at the Court of Athens has been here the last few days, having arrived from Germany (where he has been for his health), and left this for his post yesterday. A letter from Florence says :—" The Ministry is firmly decided not to make any new concession to Rome, and the bishops who presented' the famous petition don't know which leg to dance upon. They make every effort to deny the authen ticity of the document in question." The Direction of the journal Giglio has sought without effect to obtain permission from the Grand Duke to recommence its publication, which was suspended for an attack on the Sardinian Govern ment. The editcr of this journal, M. Mario Cavori, is scandalized at not finding any support in the Government. In Tuscany, as in Piedmont, the priesthood is losing ground. It is said here to-day that the Turkish Charge d'Affaires at this Court has presented to Count Cavour within the last few days a copy of a circular addressed by the Government , of the Porte to the European Powers on the subject of the Principa lities. In this document the Porte agrees to leave the question of the future government of the Danubian Principalities to a Paris Conference, but does not disguise its own objection to their Union. This appeal is likely to alter the line of policy which the Piedmontese Government marked out for itself, on this subject, but it is possible some recent pas sages in contemporary history may have had: a great effect towards convincing the Government here that its safest policy, even on questions of minor importance, will be in future to act in unison with those countries whose institu tions and sympathies are conformable to those of their own. It appears that the difference between this do vernment and that of King Ferdinand of Naples is far from being smoothed. Notwithstanding all the remonstrances of the Sardinian representative at Naples, the treatment of the crew of the Cagliari has been as barbarous to the last as it was at the be ginning of their imprisonment. They have now been sent down to Salerno for trial, and neither the Charge d'Affaires nor Consul has been able to see them or have their clothes delivered to them. SWEDEN. The Hereditary Prince of Sweden has signalised hie assumption of the post of Regent of Sweden and Norway by important nominations in the army and navy. Amongt them are the appointment of Prince Oscar, his brother, to the command of the brigade of the King's Body Guard ; of General de Wrede to that of the artillery ; and of Rear-Admi ral Annerstedt to the chief administration of the navy. It has been already stated that a proposition has been made in the Chamber of Nobles of the Swedish Diet that an annual allowance shall be made to the Prince as Regent. In the Storthing of Norway, a motion that an annual sum shall be granted him in that capacity has been an nounced, and it is likely to be adopted. The Prince Regent is shortly to proceed to Christiania to close the session of the Storthing. SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the Bth do not announce the solution of the ministerial crisis. M. Bravo, Murillo had been received by the Queen. Some accounts say that, in the event of his forming a neW Cabinet, he would take the Finance department, and that his principal colleagues would be General de la Concha, Marshal O'Donnell, and Admiral Amero (the same who was spoken of as likely to be named President of the Council). Other accounts :peak of M. Mon and M. Rios Rosas. Among the reports current was one that the Queen, being anxious to form a cabinet in which some ex presi dents of the council should enter, was disposed not to nominate any minister President of the Council, so as to avoid personal rivalries. The Queen had given an audience of half an hour's duration at the palace to General Lersundi, Minister of Marine, and at the theatre in the evening bad given a short audionao in the saloon of her box to Marshal Nar vaez and three other ministers—M. Pidal, M. Nocedal, and General Figueras. The Iberia, the Clamor Public°, the Estado, and the Epoca had been seized. • SOUTH AUSTRALIA. By the Omagh, from Port Adelaide, via Singa pore, advises have been received from Adelaide to July 15. The legislature was to re-assemble for the dispatch of business on the 21st of the month, and questions of great colonial importance were to be brought forward —amongst others, the Waste Lands, Postal Communication, and Education Bills. The discovery of fertile lands and fresh water lakes between Lake Torrens, and Mount Serle, which are represented as forming a perfect paradise, is confirmed by Captain Freeling, R.E., and announced in the Government Gazette. General satisfaction was expressed, and the colonists seem to be in a state of great exultation in consequence. Railway extension was a subject of general discussion by the colouial press and the public, and a portion of the journals argue that government should offer guaranteees of 7i per cent. to private companies, as an inducement to capitalists to invest their money in the construction of these undertakings. The line most desired is said to be that from Adelaide tone Murray River. The arrival of each mail from South Australia brings fresh evidence of the great extent of her mineral deposits by the discovery of copper mines. Another is men tioned on the present occasion, but, at the same time, it is stated that hands suited for this descrip tion of labour are inadequate to the demand, and it is recommended that the superflous mining popu lation of Cornwall and Devon should emigrate to these localities, where high wagts would b e g i ven , and the mineral resources be effectually developed. The copper mines of South Australia are well known throughout the world for their great yield and rich ness, yet many, such as Port Lincoln and others, remain unproductive, in a commercial sense, front the difficulty of obtaining miners. The Burra Burra shares are quoted at 1301. on 5/. paid, which is a great temptation to mining.enterprise ; and similar results, it is said, would attend the working of many other deposits, if efficiently carried on, and which the want of hands alone retards.—dining Journal, Oct. 10. TILE RAILWAY FROM SMYRNA TO AIDIN. On the 22d ultimo the foundation Stone was laid with great ceremony at Smyrna of the terminus the railway that is to run from that city to Aidin. ' This line commences at the Caravan-bridge. Mue tapha Pacha presided 'over the festive scene ; the Turkish flag floated gaily above his tent ; all the local authorities and the consuls were present ; the honours were done by the Messrs. Wilkin and Mere dith (the engineers), in their joint capacity as prin cipal conductors of the undertaking. One •f the Messrs. Wilkin handed to thegovernor a silver spade and made him a speech, which his Exellency was supposed to understand, for he answered very' courteously, and then filled a mahogany wheelbar row with the earth he had dug ; and thereupon, like a true "navvy," he raised the mass with Ib heave, and wheeled it to the appointed spot. There was a loud shout at this performance from all the spectators. The garrison bad struck up the national hymn. and the troops fired a voll e y. A grand salute of 21 guns followed, and the ont•of door ceremony was concluded by the slaughter of sheep. These did not form part of the collation, which was already prepared, and in the course of which several toasts were given more Anglican. In the evening there were fireworks and a ball, which were kept up till 2 o'clock, by which time supper was needed. it had not been forgotten, and as soon as it had been discussed the governor was escorted home by a torch-bearing procession. The Pays has received a letter from London of the 9th, stating that two agents of the East India Company w( ro to leave fur Alexandria on the following day, with toll powers to make all necessary preparation for the passage of English troops across the Isthmus of Sutz. CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 12,—The Vice-Chancellor has great pleasure in aunonrcing to the Senate that the late John Disney, Dog , of the Hyde, Essex, to whom the Univer sity is indebted for the foundation of the Disney profea ,,orship of arcloeology, and for the Disney collection of ancient marbles, has further shown his regard for the University, and his desire to promote his own favourite study, by bequeathing to the chancellor, maters, and scholars the sum of 2,5001. Three per Cent. Consols al an augmentation of the Disney professorship of archoso logy for ever. The ( xamination for the certificate of the resins professor of laws will be held on Monday, the 26th day of October.