The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-19 00:00:00

PE (E lt n A ti ß re U ly F ß F e A d . - O t eco. . a Lr E : S Z HE R A crz R A E N ; has tho honour to annousce tha t the Season will commence On TUESDAY, the 3d of Noverabee.next, 1857. Full particulars will be duly announced. Prospectuses may be bad, and Subscriptions arranged at Mr. Mi,!;chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEA.TRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. TIN EVENING, will be performed Sbakspere's Play or TAB TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. ROVAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. —Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA. P - NTNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co ral, Miss Susan Pyne, Mis . s Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, MIA. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus 13r.tham, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton ztv ham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr, Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected horn the Royal Italian Opera, Jullieu's Bind, and the Orches tra! - Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting i(a.nager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. 0. Smythson. THIS ETENING, Auber's opera of THE CROWN DItMONDS. To conduce(' with A VERY SERIOUS AFFAIR. Private Box•ev, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 lie. 6(1. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Diem Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is.—TDe Bex Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direviion of Mr. Chatterton, jun. THEATRE ,ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee--Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rms EVENING, % o commence at Seven o'clock, with (4th time here these eiglit years) Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CEIASE. Constance, Mi-s A. Sedgwick. Followed by a new farce, MY SON, DIANA! To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. NO charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 I: 2 0 Pit. l 0 g. wer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 fNo half-price to Upper Gallery. TrIHEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. _ THIS EVENING, will be performed the homemade Extravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wright and Miss Arden. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Blue Peter. Mr. Paul Bedford ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Wright ; Black-eyed Susan, Miss A rden. To conclude with the new sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c. STRAND THEA.TRE.—THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GENTLEMAN OPPOSITE. Mr. Kiuloch, Mr. Clarke, Miss Herbert. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle aip, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After whisk, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA. TRAVI.A.TA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Jar. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 35.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls. dlery 61. ; Private Boxes, 1./. ls. - 1:a1 OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. _HA) Lessees, Messrs. Robion and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed (first time) a now comedy, called LEADING STRINGS. Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Wyndham and S wan borough. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert L. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob s en, Cooke, Danvers, &a. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, ifughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. COMmenee at half-past Seven. OTAL SURREY THEATRE. tu Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, Tae Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswiek, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. After which, a now Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD. 10 conclude with TRICKS AND TRIALS. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of •elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, HORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, die., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs, Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, _yiss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jeune, and Madame Marietta ; llerr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S. fo ier,, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. and Mr. St. Albyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack ey. Pianoforts., Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams • Director, Herr F. Jonghmans, Commence at I even o'clock precisely. Sappers, dm, until twelve o'clock. —Signor I'ICCO will perform, at Ixa,f-past Eight and hall past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT - Morn. 31 min. aft. 2 -Even. 46 min. aft. 2 To-Monßow —Morn. 2 min. aft. 3 -Even. 15 min aft. 3 WEA.TITER -SON OFFICE, OCTOBER 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest sines noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night 60 —this day at noon. BAROMBTER, 29.67—falling rapidly. WIND. E.S.E. ; rather fresh, with dull weather. Rain in the night. OCTOBER 19. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 55--lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER, down to 29.52- now up to 29.67. W i rr, , E. S.E.. ; light, with dull weather, but improving. More heavy rain in the night and this morning. e LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1857. The Bank returns are again unfavourable. There has been a decrease of bullion of 552,749/, (.f notes unemployed of 581,6401., and an in crease of " other securities" of 563,0341. This is of course very agreeable to the Bank, although the community at large may think very differently on the subject. The Directors know that under any circumstances they will be saved, and conse• quently regard the emergency with comparative indifference. Government interposition will pre vent any act of bankruptcy on their part. A letter similar to that of the 25th October, 1847, will prove effectual at any moment. The knowledge that the Bank has power to advance any amount of notes without limit will produce the effect with' out the possibility of doubt or difficulty. The American intelligence is of a very gloomy e'iaractar. The Exchange is greatly against Erg land, and there is no prospect of any decided im provement for a considerable time. The Banks of Philadelphia and Baltimore have with one con sent suspended cash payments, and the people are acting as currency reformers on their own account, and by their general agreement to accept the notes, although temporarily inconvertible, as cash, they will get through the cri*is, which might otherwise be very formidable. There must, however, be considerable exports of bullion for some time to come, and as we have already explained, there is no way by which the formidable consequenem of such an opera tion can be averted. It is true thIA the bAreity of money is in;rely artificial, pro 'heed "by the mischievous and whimsical provisions of the Bank Charter Act of 1844." nut still it Will very prejudicially affi2ct the iudtri t:ious classes, and occasion great privation aid suffering. Seven per cent. is bad enough, but it in still worse not to be enabled to obtain the ne t ossary monetary facilities at any cost. The know ledge that an unlimited supply of Bank-nuns could be obtained at oven a higher rate, on unobject;:on able security, would produce the eact so urgently required. To effect the desired objcf - , the people must set their own shoulders to the wheel. The press etu do much, but there must be a founda tion to work on. There must be " the pres sure from without," and that of a staa.dy and resolute character. It is well worth the trouble ; a n d a tenth part of the energy and de termination exhibited in reference to the bead tax will enable the nation to purchase bread, and that of the best description. The use of gold should be economised. There i 4 from fifty to sixty millions of sovereigns in general use, which could be 11. replaced by notes. In Scotland and Ireland. these ;auto are used in the transactions of everyday life. Gold coin is very unpopular, and when received from some wandering tourist, it is ex changed for notes on the first favourable opportu nity. The small notes would be willingly accepted. They saved the nation in 1825, and would do so again in 1857 if resorted to. An Order in Coun cil, or even a Ministerial Letter, would be all that could be required. If the Act is to be suspended, it may as well be to the full extent required. A step involving such extraordinary responsibility, and so undisguised a departure from the law, can only be justified on the ground of absolute necessity, and when adopted should be fully adequate to the emergency. There is no law that fixes the extent and denomination of the Exchequer-bills issued for the public ser vice. They may be delivered for 11. as well as for 1,0001. It was only the laziness of a former Comptroller of the Exchequer that led to the issue of the larger denominations of bills. Now the small bills would test the efficacy of the system that we advocate. Being receivable in p tyment of taxation, and duties of every de scription, they would be readily accepted for any payment that could be required. The agricul turist, the manufacturer, the butcher, or baker, would rejoice at receiving what possessed a purchasing power, and could readily be disposed of in* satisfaction of any liability. They might not be hoarded, but that would be a great ad vantage. Hoarding is one of the inevitable re sults of the bullionist system. Mr. JAMES WIL SON, the best financier connectel with the Govern ment, has proved that the issue of twenty millions of one pound notes would be equivalent to the digging up of an equal amount of gold in the centre of England. We know the excitement that would be produced by such a discovery. Why may we not produce a similar result by different and far easier means ? Almost simultaneously, Lord CANNING and Lord ELLENBOROUGH appear in the papers to gether ; they both appear also by written docu ments, and we have not therefore to judge their acts by the statement of others. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH has, we acknowledge, one advantage, he writes entirely uncontrolled by any advisers what ever ; poor Lord CANNING writes as the ama nuensis of a Council who would dictate to him wrong, if his unacclimated English sense would otherwise have dictated to him aright. It is a great mercy not to be pestered with a self-sufficient Supreme Council, still, as Lord CANNING has the right to toss to the winds the advice of those whom he is bound to hear, he must be held responsible for accepting the bills on his credulity or weakness, drawn by them iia4avour of the " covenanted " Civil Ser vice. We rather fancy that Lord ELLENBOROUGH, or Sir CHARLES NAPIER, if living, or Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, or any of the really great men who have held for us the North-west Provinces, would, in the post of Governor-General, have listened to the incompetents, and, having made them a polite bow, would have retired to his closet and have dictated his own despatch with hardly LO101DON:1 MO DAY EvENINo OCTOBER 19, 1857 a thought of what he had heard, unlesa, indeed, what had fallen from old General Low, the mili tarp member of the CJuncil. All the pert and conceited flippancies of GRANT, the legal quibbles of PEACOCK, and the complacent follies °lithe effete Mr. DORIN, would by such men have been barely endured. The despatch which 1.06 ES to go would indeed have often been ready cut and dried for the messenger, before they had ever listened as in duty bound to the clishntac/aver of the FOUR. However, here the two documents lie before us. Lord ELLENBOROTIGII'S we adverted to in part on Saturday. Unable to attend the meeting of the Winchcomb Agricultural Associa tion, he writes to it his views of the character of the mutiny and the mutineers, and of the mode (by which the sons of the soil may best discharge their duty of providing the requisite force to re tain, as well as to reconquer India. On the latter point we gave our opinion on Saturday. Let our readers, however, compare the tone of Lord ELLENBOROUGH'S remarks on the deserts of the mutineers, with those of Lord CANNING in his circular to the Indian authorities. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, at least, writes in the spirit of his countrymen ; appealing to them to aid in raising a competent militia, he says— " Gentlemen, you may not have looked into all the details of what has taken place in India, but you must know this—that we have there a great war forced upon us by rebels who would de prive all our countrymen of their lives, and Eng land of an empire—that where we placed our con fidence, we have been met with treachery__ where we acted with kindness, we have encoun tered murder--murder, not directed only against men by whom resistance might be made, and from whom wrongs might have been feared, but extending equally to unoifencling, helpless women—to the children at their knees, and to the infants at their breasts —sparing none, and often inflicting death with torture upon the body where it had already more cruelly tortured the mind. " We have seen there, in almost every instance of mutiny, one general deliberate design, not only to deprive us of the dominion we have so long held with honour, but to place us, as a people, under circumstances of outrage and of indignity, which, if we submit to them, must render us, in the eyes of all living men an d of all future generations, a de spised and degraded race. Will you submit to thi4? You will say you never will—you will have redress and vengeance. We will say nothing about ven geance—that belong 4 only to a Higher Power ; but to punish crime so signally as to deter all hereafter from its commission, and to vindicate our sovereign authority, this is no doubt our right, and it is our duty." Again, urging the value of their example, if a patriotic one, he exclaims— " It is impossible to over-estimate its importance. There is nothing man holds dear for which we have not now to fight. If we should not bear ourselves manfully in the contest thus forced upon us, if we should not succeed in it, we must be content not only to lose the noblest empire in the world, but to mike the name of Englishman a byeword of shame amongAt nations. _ "The wives and daughters of our countrymen have been publicly violated, their children have been put to death with circumstances of cruelty surpassing all we read of in history as the punish ments inflicted by God upon the offending Jews. it has not been deemed sufficient to destroy us. We were first to be dishonoured, and this in a country through which we have proudly—perhaps too proudly—stalked a 3 conqusrors for a hundred years.' These are unquestionably the sentiments which Air the bosom of every Englishman at home, the sentiments which arouse farmers and farmers' men to do what in them lies to wipe out the foulest blot ever inflicted on the fame of England. But we turn to the document issuing from the Governor and his Council, all of them persons al most on the spot—issuing from this man, inched, several of them and thes3 man, if, deserve the name ; for t,) us, in ono's native clime, it seems as if a tropical climate had reduced them to the condition of those unfortunate persons who guard the harems of Rajah 9, Nabobs, Peish was, and Eastern Emperors, and who cannot be ' stung to insuppressibl e indignation with indigni ties to either sax----vfe turn to this document, and what is its object ? To proclaim martial law wherever mutineers are in force ? To en courage firmness and decision when everything depends upon it? To refer the civil autho rities to the military commanders, as the best judges of what course the former should take in each district ? Nothing, indeed, of this kind from Mr. Some Secretary BEADON—no ; but just a clause of condonation for what they might have done in the way of severity in their respec tive districts on the ground of necessity—and then a whole string of_wet-blanket paragraphs " lest measures of extreme severity should be too hastily resorted to, or carried too far." Some of the in structions seem to be almost surplusage, as when the ABDIELS of a mutinous regiment are pointed out as fit subjects for a " free pardon ;" which, to any man in his senses, reads very much like the QUEEN'S granting a free pardon here to a con victed man when proved afterwards to be inno cent. Then that mere deserters should be handed over, when possible, to the military authorities— of course, only we are sorry the Indian Civil Service needs instruction on such point. But then fol lows a list of minute instructions for Civil officers of the company placing them, as much as may le in the condition of children, and designed to check independent and vigorous action. " Above all things be not too severe," is the pith and meaning of some dozen long para graphs. Now all this may sound very kind and very good. It would be a shocking thing when half the Sepoys have outdone the worst atroJities of a JEFFRIES, that any of them should fall into the hands of a Civil Service JEFFRIES. A shocking thing, we freely own, if any Sepey who had saved In officer, or had vainly tried to dissuade from mutiny, should suffer with the fiends who have murdered their officers, and worse than murdered women and children, and men, too—but of this last we believe no soldier, not to say civil judge, could be guilty in cold blood. We own, however, we do not think it a very shocking thing if some scores or hundreds of mutineers who all, by a most righteous law, deserve death, should meet with their full deserts instead of transpor tation or slavery. We have not, nor has any Englishman, the slightest wish for oue stroke of ❑eedless severity ; but, while Delhi was yet un taken, while Lucknow was threatened with the fate of Cawnpore, while NANA SAHIB yet com manded his thousands, and while Oude swarmed with rebels, we think a cramping wet blanket cir cular of this kind about the worst thing which could possibly have been issued ; natives may hear of it, and, at least, able civil servants will be fettered by it. If a circular needed to be sent, surely it should have been one authorising the local authorities to subordinate themselves in all things to the military authorities. - Holding them responsible, not for overstepping the restraint of leniency, but for allowing an offender to escape on whom they could lay their hands. We think we see the drift of the whole. It is to uphold as much as possible iu the face of such a large influx of English troops, Mr. Secretary BEADON'S pet civil service ; to repre sent them as the supreme authority everywhere, and to give a tacit warning to the CAMPBELLS, the HAVELOCYS, the NrAus, and all the military men, that they, even when the country is full of mutinous soldiers, are to play second fiddle to the gentlemen of the Honourable East India Com pany's Civil Service. It seems also to be another instance on the part of Lord CANNING of the same vacillation which sent back, and then recalled, the Nepaulese Contingent ; which refused, and then accepted, the Calcutta Volunteers ; which tole rated the sale of thousands of arms, and at last forbade it ; which, according to this last mail, has kept back OUTRAM and the reinforcements for HAVELOCK at least ten days, although the fate of Lucknow hung on a horse-hair ! and which kept the Commander-in-Chief out of a seat in the Council, when he ought rather to have united in his single person the offices of the Governor, and the Council too, with that of Commander-in , Chief. India now needs a competent Dictator. There really appears to be a contagion in crime as in disease. Ever since the Sepoy atrocities came to the knowledge of this country, we have had the public journals filled with the record of evil deeds the most brutal and the most sangui nary. Scarcely a week passes without horrifying us with the narrative of two or three detestable murders and attempts at assassination. It is scarcely a month since we took occasion in these columns to comment upon the frequency of late of a crime we then designated (in spite of so many examples calculated to produce a very different impression) as one particularly and essentially un- English in its character. The dastardly use of the knife—with a view to the possible prevention of the frequent recurrence of which infamy we urgently suggested the application to the perpe trators of it of some very ignominious species of punishment. Since then, in corroboration, or rather in direct enforcement, of our argument, how many horrors of this kind have we not had cause to enumerate ! Besides the murdered body of the wretched woman whose remains were discovered in Leigh 'Woods, with a bullet-hole iu the skull and the throat cut —there is the horrid double murder down at Warleigh House, where the two poor victims (hus band and wife) were stabbed to death, actually while paying a visit of good-fellowship. There is the unfortunate man DRURY, who was destroyed by wounds inflicted by some sharp instrument down at Liverpool. And another yet more fright ful event of the same kind in the same place--the fratricide of the butcher struck down with a blow from a taile-knife by his own brother, while the family were seated at supper, quarrelling. There is the last horrible wifelnurder in London, where the murderous instrument was a razor. There is the mangled body of the man found in the Re gent's Canal, with two , cuts in the throat, proving death t ) have resulted in the same way from the same foul treatment. Finally —to make an end of this frightful catalogue of horrors —there is the hideous discovery of those fright fully mutilated fragments of a human form found upon the abutment of Waterloo-bridge—in regard to which it appears absolutely preposterous t suppose, for an instant, that it is nothing worse than the brutal hoax of some crack-brained Medi cal Saidents. Aad we may state at once that we feel constrained to regard any such supposition a preposterous (among other reasons) for the few very simple and obvious reasons here following —Firstly, because it is wholly incredible that any one, however crack-brained, could run th© fearful risk of being disc3vered with such a very suspici ous carpet-bag full of goods in their possession. Secondly, because it is yet more incredible (if poi:- sible) that anyone, however fool-hardy, would voluntarily run the still more frightful risk of be ing caught depositing su._:h a load, in such a situ ation, under such a combination of circumstance:;. Third:y, that, allowing it, for the sake of argu ment, to be a hoax of this description, it is incon ceivable that, in spite of the darkness of nigh.-, that shelving abutment should just exactly have been hit upon, with a dangling rope, when even in the bright daylight that same abutment is in visible from the overhanging parapet. Beside::, the deliberate opinion arrived at by the prof s sional witnesses amounts distinctly to this—that the kind of mutilation is such as no anatomis could, by possibility, have accomplished in tilt process of dissection. Moreover, the notion of such a hoax as the one hinted at, is altogether in compatible with the discovery of thoso long fair silky hairs (from a woman's head) twisted among the raw bones and blood stained apparel—a discovery not made, observe ! obviously or inevitably, but by the aid of the mi croscope ! Wherefore, everything considered— even the very contorted position of some of the limbs prior to their mutilation, as shown by the knee-joint and the elbow-joint, and as sworn to on oath before theCoroner'slnquest by Mr. PAINTER —everything considered, we say, these miserable remains "speak with most miraculous tongue" of Murder, and of Murder the most Foul and Exe orable ! Nay, in conclusive testimony of this, was it not, again and again, solemnly declared upon oath by that same most competent and credible witness, the divisional surgeon of Bow-street, that the deadly wounds visible even upon those muti lated remains, must have been inflicted during life—becauseagreat deal of blood had extravasated into the tissues, having infiltrated in some cases round the puncture or incision to the extent of two or three inches.? Clearly and undeniably therefore this last mentioned horror is another case in point—another evidence of the atrocious fre quency of the dastardly Use of the knife, either with savage passion, or with fiendish deliberation and malice aforethought. Consequently there have, of late, been multi plying fast around us terrible reasons for a speedy and earnest interposition on the part of the Legis lature, as soon as may be in any way practicable after the commencement of the next session of Parliament. An interposition, namely, with a view tz) the deterring, if possible, from this par ticular crime by the application to its perpetrators of some appropriately terrible and ignominious punishment. Hi 3 Highness the Prince Ra lziwill has taken his de parture haul). the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Pariie His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff have left town ou a visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr, Harcourt, M.P., at Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham. Lord and Lady Templemore arrived in town a few days since from Folkestone. Lady Alice Peel and the Misses Peel have left Marble Hail, Twickenham, fcr Brighton. The Right Hon. air Charles Wood left his official residence at the Admiralty on Saturday, to join Lady Mary and family at Itickleton Hall, Yorkshire. Mr. John Pritchael, M.P., and Mrs. Pritchard h ave left Farrauce's Hotel, Belgravia, for their seat, Broseley Hall, Shropshire. The Earl and Countess of Wemyss are at Gosford House, East Lothia n , surrounded by a family circle. Lord and Lady Moho ar e expected in tow n s h or tl y. Viscount and Vise ou ntess Palmerston left tow n on Saturday for B roa dl alds. The Duke of Beaufort crme to town on Saturday morning from Newneleket, and has since gone to join the duchess and family, at Badinington, Gloucestershire. The Duke and Dulhoss of Roxburghe have arrived at the Clarendon from troxmouth Park, Dunbar, N.B. The Earl of Lonsdi,le, who came to town early in the pa-t week from Lowther Castle, has taken his departure Er Paris, to make a brief visit to that capital. The Earl and C ountess of Yarborough arrived at their residence in A r li ngton -street a few days since, from Manby Hall, Lincolnshire. Viscount Palmerston left town on Saturday for Broad lands. The Princes of Staia, on a mission to this court, are expected to arrive i t Englaud this week. The state apartments at Claridge's Hotel are prepared for their re ception. The Duke of Wellington has again granted to the public access to tte art-treasures in Apsley House. Under admirable arrangements, a limited issue of ticket', and atteudin.: favourable circumstance?, an hour of rare interest may be spent among the pictures and statuary of this nobl i mansion. Sir Edmund Heal will, it is expected, leave London this day ()fonday) oe his return to Canada. Major-General Hivalock is to take his present rank from the Ist instead of the 30th of July. 'rim QUEEN OF (UDR.- We are informed that this august lady is at present dangerously ill at a temporary residence occupied ty her Majesty at Richmond. The Avon and the Ileathsrbell sailed from Melbourne 51,000,z. of gold, ak d t h e l atter with 20,000,z. Trey on the 10th of Aui st f or E ng l .:old ; the former with are now 63 days out, THE AIIRRICAN MAILS.—The British and North Atnericau Royal Mal Steamship Persia, Capt. Judkine, lift the Mersey on Saturday morning with the usual mails for the American continent, a full cargo and 212 pessengem TUE OUTWARD W:er INDIA AND PENINSULAR MAILS, —Th o Reyal Men Com, any's steamship Orinocc, Cept. Bsynton, left Southampton on Saturday with the usual West India and Pac:fio mails, 179 passengers, specie of the value of 20,000/., jewellery 8 000/., and a full carg ~ Among the passengeri are Major Ord and suite, Captain Palmer, Colonel Whi;field, &c. On the same day the Peninsular and Oriental Cerepany's Steamship Tagus, Captain Christian, left Southampton with the usual first-class and 15 second- c l ass g Gibraltar, 4l Lisbon, and C a di z , o f the value Peninsular passenger?, ,f 4 7 7 specie 236 m 1f a .,0 i r l , at e l a f u ll cargo. THE AUSTRALIAN la tlLS.—Great complaints come in to us from all quarters with respect to the negligence wbe Melbourne an d S y d ney Post offilh e lce o prevails ng letters and p apers which are paid Marseilles. On e wou ld thi n k that so simple a matter—eiP t i a ll y as all papers and letters are prepaid, and the rate i t postage is officially declared to bs the proof of the rout s b y w hi ch they are to be cent i t s r i s to n o b not forwarding f sentrat trutha via l i t M I . — .Autralian and New Zealand c G o a u z l e , t l ie b easily arrange .e T t il e m g p° o e L s A m EALIAN MAlL.—Many of our co n pate the ear ly rece i p t o f an overland mail from Australiain fact, that th e A ugust mail will come forward i n d ue course. This is a s w e D e A t u e S a l ta arra ngements determin e d u p on i n via Alexandria and m o c n oa c lro e sn p ei t ie i l o lse u s , o The arrive until Nov. 2, as it was resolved that no steamer t m h i e s c rwthiblele n next ot intelligence, should be despatched to Suez 4 0 Septemb er ma il wou ld b e on the 11th an d f rom Mel bourne on the 15th, and te ence f orth, it was expected, there would be no further i n t erruption to the regular dduluryin forwarded or Awuagrduesdt, fromb but that t s ha y t cinev monthly service. The arrival of the Royal Charter is equ i va l en t t o an August too, as she left the middle of that month, and has made the voyage in the rapid space of 63 days.—illinimee Journcl Oct. 17. RESIGNATION OF VICE-ADMIRAL SIR MAURICE It ER KELEY.—Die death of E ar l Fitzhardinge, the elder brother of Vice-Admiral Si, Maurice Berkeley, R.C.B. and Senior Naval Lord o f t h e Admiralty, having devolved new duties upon the admiral, and placed him in a different position, the e a ll an t off i cer has sent in his resignation as a L ird of Lb; Ad m i ralty. The arrange meets consequent upon thi s event, which has long been yet transpir e d ; b u t we under to Sir Rich ar d D en d as w ill tinited S erv i ce Gazette. s C bt o ea n na t d e p mp thato p i l n a t t eneddo: officer have s n en o i t or SUDDEN DEATH OP LI RUTENANT-COLONEL MINTO, II E. 1.0 S.-0o Friday night a painful sensation was created among the attendants of the Shades dining saloon, Lsicester-square, by the sudden death of Lieut.-Colonel Minto, who had been a frequenter of the saloon. He was sixty years of age, and on Monday he went with a medical friend (Hr. J. Hops, of 142, Cambridge.etreet, Pimlico) to Newmarket Races, and returned on Friday vening. He then went to the saloon and partook of fish and soup, and when the joint was placed before him, of which he did not partake, he suddenly fell from his chair. Long, the head wa it er , ran to hi + ass i stance, and, on feeling his ptilse, pronounced him dead. Dr. James, of Pail-mall, and other Medical gentlemeo, speedily attended, and pronounced lire to be extinct. A message was immediately despatched to Mrs. Mint ), who came to the Shades, and cau-i . ed Hr. J. Hope to be sent fere Mr. Hope then foetid that death was caused by os;idoetien of the heart, under which disease the deceased had laboured for years. Deceased was then cen , eyi d in a cab to Cambridge-street. 'llle POTATO BLIGHT. —The Banner of Ulster has the folk) Aitig state:fleet with respect to the p mate crop in the n( Al of Ireland. From other quarters of the king .l..)ln the accounts era by ro means ) unpromieinr, but it would be idle to deny that the old fatal blight has made greater ravages even in the south and west than most pe - .pie were preoired to admit before the crop had reached to full maturity :—" We regret to find that, a= the real quality of the kecpiug' crop of this year comes to proof on digging out, in this district, the procention of unsound tubers is even larger than had been feared; and .vh it is still more disheartening, that the ratio is further increased cm storing, eseecially in pits, the most common practice. Prices, therefore, of potatoes fit for table use may be expected to go upwards as the s men advancer, not only In m this cause, but on account of the large ex por.; certain to be requirsd t) mike up the deficiency in Scotland, in the east of which country—the most fertile ar.el best cultivetel portion—the disease has destroyed, in an incredibly short time, the bulk of the crop in some places."—Kentish Observer. PRESENTATI , iN OF A TESTIMONIAL TO THE Reols. GATE STATION MASTER.—In interesting event took place in the Rainsgat, .vu-!tali on Tuestley last. Mr. Cer.- head, who h b-:en the stationenasier at Ramsgate since the opeeieg of the South Eestern line, now 12 l yf e u important t e a ffint.e e a u r t s a mannergo, w a n w o i cad in ll s h 7 h a a t i d o n pe O rf f r the ,3 c d a t rr k duties devolving upon Lin, presented with a very hand ,,onie and elaborately chased silver tankard and a purse containing 70 sovereigns, We must record our lull viduat sense ,f the ex-rnpary manner in which Mr Cc x bead has ever pnlirtned the most arduous and trying duties belonging to Lia post. Having constantly had orcasion to travel on that portion of the South Eastern Incl which is directly nude. his care, we have frequently witnessed his vigilant watchfulness for the safe transit of the heavily laden trains, and his never-failing ur banity of ma- ner to even the most exacting passengers. It is possiblJ to find station masters the reverse of all this, and we quite agree with Mr. Coxbead's friends in their opinion that such good qualities deserve a substantial mark of approbation on the part of those who way Imo beneatted by them. LATE ST NEWS. BERLIN, OcT. 16. The health of his Alejesty yesterday gave signs of a progressive improvement. During the night his Majesty enjoyed a tranquil and fortifying sleep. BERLIN, OCT. 16, EVENING. According to the New Prussian, Gazette it is impossible that the King can for the moment re• sumo the reins of Government. An Austrian note declares that results favourable to the union of the Danubian Principalities, that is to say, the elections of the Divans, cannot modify the opinions of the Cabinet of Vienna on the question. The opening of the Germanic diet is fixed for the 22d inst. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. Their Majesties camc to Paris yesterday after noon, and after stopping for a short time at the Tuileries went to pay a visit to the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, in the Place Vend()me. A telegraphic desp.itch zeeived by the French Government through Germany that the Prince de Joinville arrived on the Bth of October at Sebas topol. M. Christopoulos, the Minister of Public Instruc■ tion at Athens, has addressed an interesting com munication to the Paris Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres on some curious antiquities which have lately been discoverel in Greece. " I am able to inform you," writes a Paris corres pondent of the Nord of Brussels, " that there is not a word of truth in the romance about Prince Murat published by the Independance. The Em peror Napoleon has nowhere made the proposition or insinuation about which that journal has thought to speak to its readers. His Majesty never spoke of the candidateship, and did not even pronounce the name of the young Prince Murat either at Os borne or Stuttgart, and I believe that it would be ♦ery difficult to name a single serious poli tical circle in which there has been a question of it." We read in another column of the said journal :—" The rumour of the candidateship of Prince Murat as prince of the Routnains is not spisad in official circles either at Paris or anywhere else. Probably the statement that is current in di plomatic circles is only an attempt to cause it to be credited." A Paris letter in the Independence of Brussels says :—" There was something true in the rumour of a protest of the English and Austrian ambassa dors at Constantinople against the last Moldavian elections. What has occurred appears to be this : —M. de Prokesch having opened an investigation, pretended that he had discovered abuses of influence and illegalities as flagraot as those which signalised the first elections, and he intends, it is said, to sub mit them to the conference of Paris. This is what has given rise to the rumour in question." BOVRSE, Oct. 17.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 5 67 20 Bank Shares 2,975 Credit Foncior 550 Credit Mobilier BOO Roman - Do. Account 797 50 Austrian - Belgian It — Spanish Threes - - fiedmontese (5) 9o3— Home Debt - RAILWAYS-FOE CASH. tr. c. tr c. Orleans 1,310 Western Northern - Strasburg Lyons and Med 835 New Ditto New Ditt0.......... 820 Grand Central Geneva -- Sardinian Midi RUSSIA. The Emperor and Empress of Russia have left Warsaw for St. Petersburg. A letter from St Petersburg of the 10th says : "The Grand Duchess Mary has returned to St. Petersburg ; her children preceded her by some days. Prince Goitschakoff, who is not to accom pany the Emperor to Kiew, is to be here on the 14th. The small squadron destined for the ports of Eastern Siberia let the roadstead of Cronstadt ou the Ist ; it consists of three corvettes and three screw clippers. Tho Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Constantine were present at the depar ture of the flotilla. As esch vessel passed before the prince and princess, the sailors cheered. The corvettes Olivuzza and Drina have returned to Cronstadt after an absence of more than four years. The Academy of Sciences held on Wed nelday an extraordinary sitting to distribute the prizes left by Count Alexis Ouvarof for the best his torical works and the 'hest dramas. For the former, the great prizes of 6,000 f. were not granted, none of the works sent in being of sufficient merit, but a second prize of 2,000 f. was given to M. Rovinski for a History (4 Sacred Painting' in Russia. The prizes for plays were not given." ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 12th inst. announces that Cardinal Francisco de Medici was struck with apoplexy the preceding evening while paying a visit to Monsignor Guiseppe Stolla, private camerist of his Holiness. NotwithstAnding medical aid was speedily afforded him, he died at eight in the even lirving previously received the last sacraments. The Cardinal was born at Naples the 28th Novem ber, 1808, and received the purple the 16th June, 1856. Accounts from Genoa of the 15th inst. inform 113 that the Sardinian Minister of the Interior has re voked the order not banishment issued against the refugees, Dr. Sacchi, Professor Calvino, and the Advocate Cabussi. TURIN, Oct. 13.—8 y a notification, signed 1 y Cavalie•e de Winderkhern, Commandant of the Modenese Dragoons, and dated Carrara, Oct. 6, 1857, Martial law has been once more proclaimed in the city and commune of Carrara, of the cause of which the Ittessaggiere di Modena of the 9th instant gives the following account. According to that journal, the Duke of Modena had raised the state of siege in the Carrara district last December because he thought that the punish ment inflicted on not a few disturbers of public order had been sufficient to repress the auda city of those wicked people who infest the city and commune of Carrara, but the con fidence, cherished by this most clenr,nt Prince had been far from realised, for after a few months assaults, wounds, and murders were not only recom menced, but had. been so frequently perpetrated as to give good cause for alarm to the peaceable inha bitants and to induce the Government, however unwillingly, to provide ane w , b y exceptional'mea sures, against this rising evil. Things had arrived at this state on the occasion of the departure of a great part of the garrison of Carrara for the autumnal manoeuvres at Reggio, when some evil-disposed persons summoned courage enough to insult some soldiers in the theatre on the evening of the 27th of the last month, and at the same time to express their contempt for the whole honourable class of which they formed a part. These provocations excited a confusion, in which a soldier anti several civilians were slightly w.,uncied, but the fact was not devoid of an appearance of pre meditation, since one of those arrested threw away a dagger with which he was armed when taken prisoner by thepolica. The moderation of the troops in this instance was probably mistaken for wealmeas, for in the afternoon of the next day (the 28th) fresh deed of extraordmary atrocity was committed. Three individuals belonging to the reserve of the army, that is to say—Serjeant Ribeliui and privates Zeni and Rocchi—were on the high road of Grag nani, near Carrara, and not far from their own houses, quiet and unarmed, when they were sud denly attacked with stones and daggers by seven youn-g men known to belong to the city or neigh bourhood. The two first named were killed out right, but Rocchi survived two days, and idcnti tied one of the assassins, wh i had been arrested by the police. Five others of the gang have since been captured by the Saidinian police, and their extradition demanded by the Modenese Govern ment, in virtue of existing conventions, and the seventh, although. well known, is still at large. " It is asserted," says the Inclependance, " that several of the petty German States, though au thorising their subjects t) demand the medal of St. Helena, make objections to its being worn. The German FrankfOrt Journal states from 13?rlin (14th) that the ilatsi•in circular relating tJ the iutervie ws o f St u tt gar d arid Wtdinar is the same in spirit as that of Count \Valewski, and that the interviews have had no other signification than that of guarantees for the maintenance of peace. The Mad rid journals of the 13 have reached us. Arinero had arrived, and was to be re ceived by the Quen, ou liar return from the theatre, at one o'olock at night. General Ros de Olano, M. Bermudez de Castro, General de la Conch?, and General Serrano were spoken of as likely to be his colleagues in the formation of a ministry. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—We hear that two meet ings have been held by the directors of this c , ,tripany with those of the East Kent 1 - ,r the purpose of bringing about some sort of amalgamatiou,---/lerapga. AUSTRALIA. The Liverpool and Australian Navigation Com pany's steam cli , aper Royal Charter, T a yl or , com mander, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning, from Melbourne, after a rapid passage, with dates to the 14th of August, 118 passengers, and 84,000 ounces of gold and 24,000 sovereigns in specie on freight. She had also an extensive and valuable carg , , consisting of 279 bales of wool, 1,352 skins, 64 hhds. of hides, 137 packages of tallow, 2 bales of horsehair, 96 packages of British goods, 1 package of woodwork, an 13,625 bags of copper ore. At Sydney the floods were subsiding. The amount of gold coin issued by the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the week previous to the Bth of August, had been 5,0001. in half-sovereigns ; the quantity of gold received for mintgage 8,456 ounces, of which 7,000 ounces were for Melbourne account. The escort from the Sydney goldfields had taken down a total of 3,438 ounces. Flout: firm without alteration in price. Liquids a little easier, but holders not disposed to sell ia any quantity except at full rates. Beer in bulk and bottled ale and porter commanded quotations. A parcel of Eagle and Lion negrohead tobacco from the United Sates had been nearly all disposed of at advanced prices. Speculative buyers were in the market, but the trade and dealers required all that was likely to arrive of marketable brands. Sugar; with small stocks a n d an ti c i pa t e d s h or t su pply in Manilla, were expected to advance considerably for both raw and refined. In groceries little doing, buyers withholding purchases until the weather was sufficiently settled to admit of a better supply of carriage to the interior. The quantity of wool sold for the week, 93 bales, was larger than that offered during the few previous weeks, and some of the lots excited much competition, prices being decidedly firmer. Eighteen bales of superior scoured lamb had realised. 2s. 6d. per lb ; fleece, ls. 101 to 2s. ; handwashed, 211 d. to 227 d. Few sales of sheep skins, but prices well maintained. 1,794 sold at from 84d. to 10d. per lb. Tallow in small supply ; .station realised 495. to 50s. 61 ; beef, 475. to 48s. Hides steady, and prices ranging from 15s. to 28s. We have Adelaide journals to the Bth inst. The Register thus represents the present position of the goVernment "It is now perfectly clear that the government can by no possibility carry the pre gramme with which they came before the country at the opening of the present session of parliament. Their most important measures are either negatived or kept back, and the policy of the opposition is triumphant in the house." Commercial readers will be interested to know that the gold coin of Sydney was to be proclaimed a legal tender in South Australia as soon as notifi cation arrived of a similar step having been taken in Victoria. The only other topic worth special notice is the departure of a party under Captain Freeling to make further explorations into the new Lake Torrens Paraiise discovered by Mr. Goyder. We take the following from the Melbourne Herald of the 12th of August : "Our last summary of local events was prepared kr despatch by the Columbian, which left with the colonial mails on the 23d ult. Tee uncertainty under which we labour as to the departure of the next regular mail duces us to avail ourselves of the opportunity affords .1 by the sailing of the Royal Charter to publish a brief resume of the events which have occurred during the interval:— " GOLD, "The gold escort returns for the last three weeks show an increase upon the quantities brought down during the corresponding peeiod of last year amounting to 40,087 ounces, the quantities being respectively -1856. Ozs. Dwts. Week ending July 26 PO Aug. 2 Aug. 9 124,233 0 , 1857. Ozs, Dwts. Week ending July 25 „ Aug. 1 ~ Aug• 8 , 58,124 0 164,320 0 "The quantity shipped since our last summary has been— Ounces. Week ending July 25 79,393 IP Aug. 1 8,637 II Aug. 8 70,181 Total ounces shipped 158,211 "Mount Ararat has, up to the present time, exceeded the expectations which were entertained of its proving an extensive and rich gold field. The population is variously stated at between 50,000 and 60,000, and, as the rep Arts of its richness continue to be most favour. able, there is no immediate likelihood of any material decrease in the number. The auriferous deposits are seid to extend over a very large area of country, and the mining is not difficult. At present we are in no position to live an estiwate of the weekly yield of the Ararat diggings, as the quantities of gold thence are included in the escort returns of Ballarat and ethers of the older mining localities. "Tile winter has been unusually dry, and the miners have accordingly laboured under great disadvantages in consequence of au insufficient quantity of water. Ac counts from the various mining districts are, on the whole, favourable. "AGRICULTURAL. "In our last summaries we gave an abstract of the agricultural returns of 15 of the 21 districts into which the colony is divided. Since then two more counties have been finished, and the remaining four are so n ar completion that their contents 'nay be given approxi mately. "In Mornington there were 156 cultivators, 3,433 acres, 2,057 sown with wheat, 827 with oats, and 420 with potatoes. Yield-39,988 bushels of wheat, 19,616 of oats, and 1,181 tons of potatoes. • "In Dalhousie-588 cultivators, 12,590 acres, 4 276 of wheat, 2,303 of oats, 1,975 of potatoes, and 3,540 of hay. Yiell-82,494 bushels of wheat, 72,510 oats, 3,525 tong of potatoes, and 4,678 of hay. " In Hampden the returns are in, but there were about 25,000 bushels of wheat. "In Polwarth it is estimated that there are 60 culti vators, and that the produce is 30,000 bushels of wheat, and 20,000 of oats. - ' In Grant it is computed that there were 1,200 cultiva tors, who had 40,000 acres under crop, of which 22,000 were sown with wheat, 6,500 with oats, and 7,660 I,r hay; the yield being 490,000 bushels of wheat, 172,780 bushels of oats, and 10,800 tons of hay. "In Burke the follqwing figures are, a 3 near l y as possible, correct :-1,800 cultivators 55,000 acres, 20,000 acres of wheat, 6,000 ditto of oats, 20,000 ditto of hay ; yield 400 000 bushel.; of wheat, 120,000 ditto of oai and 20,000 tons of hay. "The grand total of the whole of the colony is therefore in round numbers, as forows :-6,258 cultiva tors, farming 163,000 nerve of land, of which 76,700 wti e sown with wheat, 21,000 with oats, and 45,750, wttt. oats for lay, the remainder of the ground bsit g c ceupie.l w ith potatoes, barley, meiz., gardens, vines, and tobacco; the yield was 1 ,700,000 bushels of wheat, 4 , r 22 bushels to the acre ; 530,000 bushels of oats, or 25 to the acre ; and 58,000 tons of hay, or about a too and a quarter to the acre. " This result is most gratifying ; in 1855.6 there were only 1,151,000 acres in cultivation, and in the previous year only 54,715. In South Australia last year there were 203,423 acres under crop, so that we nearly eqaal our great agricultural neighbours, and next year we shall have passed them, as from the vigour with which farm ing operations are now being pursued, we may safely calculate that there will be 220,000 acres under cr,,p next year. "Land still maintains a very high price. At a Go vernment sale recently held at Crewiclr, near Ballarat, fair agricultural land, rather badly situated as regards a market, sold at from 3/. to 4/. per acre. Crown land eight miles from Melbourne, of very inferior quality, sold two days ago at an average of 301. per acre. "TRADB AND COMAIRRCR. "The unsatisfactory character of the latest commer cial advisee from England has had an extremely prsju dicial eff,et ors the operations of trade since the artirai of the mad steamer, inasmuch as renewed indications presented ecernselves that hcine shippers, uninfluenced by former expel ience and deaf to the ninon,trances of colonial correlcondents, were) preparing to send furwa d exc , isive s of those descriptions of miro',andi , with which the market in this , ction is air 3ady ove e :ed. As a natural o msequeno ) of this threatece gl t of consignments capitalists are wholly disinclined to enter upon large transactions in imports, and prefer io invest their money in the various joint-stock undertak ings, which offer more tangible inducements than are t,, ue found in the speculative business of buying, to hold for a rise. It would be impossible to lay too much strzs , on the vital impartanco of impressing the necessity upon merchants in the mother country of withholding furtncr outward shipments to this colony until large pox , tions of the stocks now on hand are absorjed. The business of regulating suplies by a reference to our re quirements is unquestionably a task of cousiderab'e (faculty, and can only be effected by houies whose acquaintance with the fluctuating condiro ry which govern the Australian trade is at least sufficient to pro tect them agamst the grave errors corm.nittid by out side' shippers. Fortunately for the mern.wile interest of Victoria this latter race ic , . well tizh extinct, and be- , yielded to a class of traders who will doubtless, in pro case of time, permit their proceedings to be governe.l b principles of caution, and their ventures to be oc.ta sionaPy arrested by the dictates of prudence. Pending such a desirable consummation, however, there is neets arily an absence of that confidence which obtains other and mo re sett l ed markets. " Tre irr u l ar i ty which unfortunately marked th , initiation of the p osta l enterpr i se un d ertateen by the E '"d A. C'arepany has aid e d i t , i t oreasing the prevailing dulness. `'in Presence of the c.ppoAng influences to v.h . ch we have referre), s in the import market is iintited to purcha , e4 for immediate t onsumption ; and, alt,t,, ug h demand for the interior is steadily inapro .g t anioir.tion caused by it does not extend beyohd secohd hands. Tnere is a slight tendency towards advancing rates in the market .for bottled ales and beer, hut thr price of bulk goods stiff rules low. The rates obtaine:i for prime samples of butter have again recd led, and sales at 121(1. and 13d. are reported. Some i-pculative dealing in Belmont sperm candles has been going forward ; an impression having gained currency to the effect that the present value of the; article (about 14M will range higher subsequent to the arrival of the June mail. I❑ the flour and grain market the prevailing inactivity bas made itselt felt, and quota tions have accordingly been wavering. Fino Adelaide flour may be bought at from 241. to 251. 10s. Scotch olta are selling at 9s. 9d. to 10r. per bushel ; colonial, at 9d. to 12s. ; Irish , 10s. 6d. to 10s. 91. Maize is held for 10s. ; and wheat realises from 9,-. 3d. to 9,8. Od. Notwithstanding the firmness iu the price of Easter* produce, transactions in sugars and tea, arc not heavy, while Patras ricaissupplied at 191. to 191. 10s. For wines (port and sherries) the inquiry has not been so well su-tained as was anticipated at the date of oar last ,ummary, and quotations therefore remain unchanged. The reovement in first-class brandies has likewise been temporarily checked, and sellers have submitted to a modification of the demand, Martell's being in the manist at 19s. 6d. Geneva (JDKS brand) may be pl,ced at 235., and W.I. rum, 20 to 30 0.p., commands a sale at from Gs. 6d. to 6s. 9d. " The money and share market presents an aspect of firmness. Colonial Bank sharps have risen in the esti mation of investment seekers, and have changed hands at 25 per cent, premium. Bank of Victoria are worth 51/. ; Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company's shares are coming forward at 801. to 82/, ; and Geelong and Melbourne Railway stand at 201., and interest. Victorian Government debentures have recently been much inquired after, and have been done at 1021, 10s. (due 1859.) Melbourne is now lighted by gas. We take the following from the Argus of the 11th of August .-- "The streets of this city were lighted with gas for the first time last night, and the event was convivially celebrated by the Mayor of Melbourne and his friends at the Criterion. Owing to the extreme width of the streets and the great interval which separates the stan dards from each other, the general effect was not BO brilliant as had been generally anticipated ; at the same time the light given is immeasurably superior to that of the oil lamps which have been superseded by this mode of illumination. The event, however, constitutes an epoch in our civic history. "GOLD Slurs. "The following vessels have sailed with gold freights since the departure of the Columbian, July 22 : Oz. wt July 22—The Columbian, for Su ez 46,17 1d 0 „ July 23—The Jaso n , for Calc u tt a 2,307 16 July 26—The King Philip, for London 30,831 17 July 30—The Scotia, for Calcutta Aug. 6—The Avon, for London Aug. B—The Ocean Chief, for Calc u tt a 4 ,088 0 Aug. —The Daniel Ross, for Hongkong 10,472 0 Aug. 10—The Heather Bell, for London 19,647 15 ----- Total Amount shipped from Ist Jan. to 16tb. July, 1857 1,262,604 9 Total amount 1,429,376 17 " Woor, SHIPS. " The following vessels have railed with wool freights rifled the departure of the CJlumbian, July 22 : Bales. 332 872 50 July 26—The Ring Philip, for London Aug. 6—The Avon, for London Aug. 10—The Heathor Bell, for London Total 1254 Number of bales shipped from Oct. 15, 1856, to July 19, 1857 43,630 Total bales 44,884 FUNERAL OF EARL FITZETARDINGE. BERKELEY, Oct, 17. The remains of this lamented nobleman *ere this day interred in the family vault in Berkeley church, and although it is market-day the occasion has been observed with great solemnity, the homes and places of business throughout the town being almost universally closed. The coffin was made of British oak grown on the estate, covered with rich Genoa crimson velvet. On the breast plate was engraved the coronet and armorial bearings and the following inscription :—" William Fitzhardinge Earl Fitzhardinge, of Berkeley Castle, in the county of Gloucester, claiming as of right to be Earl of Berkeley by descent, and Baron de Berkeley by tenure, born December, 1786 ; died October 10, 1857." The coffin was borne from Berkeley Castle to the church without pall or covering upon a funeral car drawn by his lordship's favourite four greys. The car was driven by the earl's favourite coach.- man, the horses being led by the chief huntsman, the stud groom, and two of the hunt whips. The cortege was attended by upwards of a hundred of the tenantry, by the Rev. Dr. Morton Brown, of Cheltenham, by his lordships medical attendants, his three stewards, and domestics. The coronet was borne by the chiefsteward, 11. M. Boodle, Esq., on a cushion of black velvet. Th e mourners were Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Maurice F. F. Berke ley, K. C. 8., the Hon. Augustus Berkeley, Hon. F. H. Berkeley, M.P., the Hon. Moreton Berkeley, Captain F. W. F. Berkeley, M.P., Charles Paget Berkeley, Esq., James Maxse, Esq., Major Capel, and Colonel Kingseot3. The absence of the Hon. Grautley Berkeley from the procession formed a subject of general observation. The hon. gentle man was known to have come to the castle on Friday with the expressed intention of following his deceased brother's remains to their final resting place, and his name and place were duly printed in the undertaker's programme. This morning he breakfasted with the mourners, but about a quarter of an hour before the procession left the castle Mr. Grautley Berkeley suddenly quitted it. The mournful cortege moved from the castle soon after 11 o'clock, and proceeded through the tows to the church, at the entrance to which it was met by the Vicar,.tho Rev. Seton Carr, by whom the funeral service was most impressively read. At the proper point the body was removed to the family vault and deposited with those of the 01a Earls and Barons of Berkeley. The streets were densely thronged, but the presence of a strong body of police preserved a passage for the funeral pro cession. CLOSE OF THA ART TREASURES' EXHIBITION. Tl: e Exhibition of Art Treasures at Manchester was finally closed to the public on Saturday. It was not, as had been originally intended, made a reserved day for season-ticket holders, nor was it marked by any ceremony worthy of the occasion. The state of the exchequer, it may be. presumed, rend: red it desirable that as much money should be taken as possible, whilst all intention of a gr and ceremonial was abandoned so soon as it was ascer tained that her Majesty was indispo.ied to grace the proceedings with her presence. The admissions were fewer than might have been expected, how ever, under the circumstances. About 8,600 per sons had eutered at four o'clock, on payment of half- a-crown each, and nearly as many more entered with season tickets, making a • total of between 16,000 and 17,000 persons.. There were fewer ad missions on the closing day, therefore, by 10,000, than on each of the two first days in the week. 4 4 . trophy of flags had been erected in front of the organ, and the orchestra had been strengthened--• the bands of the 4th Dragoon Guard 3 and of the 34th Infantry having been engaged for the occa sion. The music included selections from Rossini, Verdi, Vanzona, M e y er b eer, M erca d ante,Donizett i o Gong'', Webr, Lindpaiuter, Beethoven, Spontinit Auber, Spohr, and Wagner. When the united bands struck up "God save the Queen," as the finale, there was an attempt among the audience to (;et up a voice accompaniment, but it was only par tial, and consequently failed in effect. At the•con elusion the executive committee took up a pesition in the transept, and Mr. T. FAIRBAIRN, chairman, spoke as follows : —Ladies and gentlemen,—lt is my duty now to pronounce o y u o words of left farewell, building nd to thein lwhenastfeywo 17. n u ee tl i i i a l t e Exhibition of Art-Treasures is closed. I hope that you will never forget the liberality which has enabled that Exhibition to be formed, and that hereafter a ll of you will be enabled to realise, in reflecting upon this building and its contents, the truth of the is a joy forever." Loud of bea u ty poet's Loud cheers followed this address, and the pro ceedings clos e d. O ne little incident' only occurred to mar the harmony and appropriateness of this closing scene, and it was caused by some eno, im mediately after the cheering had subsided, in a spirit of vindictive feeling towards a few waiters in the refreshinent r roonas who had created a disturb ance on the Thursday, proposing three groans for that establishment, and in an instant all thought of art treasures and their elevating tendencies seemed to have vanished, and that gay and fashionable as semblage se emed forthe moment to have been trans formed into a Chartist meeting. Great numbers of people continued to linger about the building after the bell 'had sounded the usual warning to depart, and the building was not entirely ued until a later hour than usual. The admissions since the Opening in May have been as follows (as nearly as the returns can be oh. , t By season tickets ............ 254,119 At a payment of ls .......... 865,811 At 2'l. Gd. per head ......... 122,393 At Gd. each .................. 60,261 To' ................. 1,302,584 The financial teitilt; will not be known for some time to come. Thi‘re bre people who anticipate a chiticit of 10 ,0001., but the more sanguine think that should the buitim g fetch a good price the receipts from all sonices will nearly, if not quite, cover the entire outtiy. During the proccedin4s of the day, Mr. Sey mour, on behalf of the orchestra, presented a hand some silver cup and an adds CS3 to Mr. Cha°. the conductor, as a token of their high appreciation of his services and conduct,