The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

r!,',C'. 74 of the lesday— question Id again ie Cham lwing re- House of ring that lo money r system, ruse will isidering was un- Fon wail the com nvestiga- only one which he to say-- ruift3 is a )00, 0001. bills of sterling. ;,000,000 [ 7 000 , 000 !,000,000 ion, and discount expands inveve deprives c in Ire al tender rculating ctrietsthe had quit e feed) 1 03 iat to Vi e 3.13 would to paper , 9 bnnkeri 5 Govern' hat there iltion, the citlee /lowed to could t did the tom. 118 : .)ointed to tier to the arranoi [y, Juba, ruett, a cumuli!' ure ruee'' patatea. Day.) , on, 8./V*'; -Arrifeal r Cs!outc9• d—Brita r ' f: num ; from 111° t.cly Clarice' L.sp lei', fat Saiifid - • %son •) f ith left f° e d —SniP°' ved--If 6 ' iveci—C *l ' 7 - esti, fr°° Jorniog• ry, Wit Sun' aicrninS• A gen ol4° ' rri v ": , (Nebo" v e t esta° r ; Cid, 0013 Cathod al )at Que.' riaz 21. ; 17rarl i* ! Bordolo%* July 21• na O W u'eN ,l3. July , ff.) .30 a.f• l j Mag net! Jnigsbe r fi P Chieftaio► isTeptu jiet . ; sir 0. ).20 S.° , . >t e pbeitt; qualo° • nd Nestivw 13; Nan, fro :on doll . tot%Taro?,i 'a— WI oquio' b° ' 1301 co 9 th all ° o r b e 0013 ;toil 1: Prnivg'i $ ,uth ----:.• Dges °'' of oor lad ,he moo- oa , 4 ,1 100 0 " . nor k e et be bf 87 asi" Tti! ce. P 6 /41 a owitte of wh ic 1860 to t ' iP . tbAp si Med' lf Jeled eit VI 0 - y b-,5 AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from L'verpool state that the Cotton Idarkt.t yesterday closed with animation, and prics of all descriptions were fully id. per lb. dearer. good Egyptian were id. per lb. higher than last - tre?k. The sates wore 12,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken 'for export and 2,000 on speculation. The Railway Share Market continued very quiet, and prices were a shade lower. The advices received from Australia via Alexan dria, mention that upwards of a million sterling is 1 / 1 W en route to this country, several ve,sels—in eluding the Indomitable, the Swiftsure, the Great Britain, the Summer Cloud, the Lightning, and the Sa rdinian—having left Victoria during May with l arge amounts of gold on board. Our specie sup- Plies are therefore likely to continue on a large scale.. The Simla, which conveyed this intelligence to Suez, had 40,0001. on freight. Money in Mel bourne was plentiful at the latest da'e, but the r eaeip's of gold, per escor, were smaller than at the same time last year. There is no alt3rarion to report in the general condition of the silver market, but prices appear very Erin. Business, however, is quiet, and tr ansactions are likely to be very limited until the arrival of the Overland Mail. About 12,0001. was withdrawn from the Balk o tight:id yesterday. The directors of tbe North Staffordshire Railway Corn -any have issued a report in which a dividend at the rate of 4 per Cent is proposed. After tbis distribution tbero will remain a sum of 3,2431. 6s. 10 be carried forward. Although the money market is certainly improv ing, and the Bank of England is presumed to be gaining strength, it was not imagined that the minimum would be reduced. to-d ; and when the directors separated without announcing any altera- VO9 ) there was consequently no disappointaajnt. The demand for accommodation is not active, but the commercial operations of the country give em ployment to a large amount of capital, and the die -I,3rount firms s till fi n d a goo d mar k e t f or their me ans . 4 / 1 come cases paper is still negociated at 51 per Gent Increased heaviness has bean apparent in the Eng.. lisp Stock Market to-day, owing to renewed sales. Business is generally quiet, but the uncertainty felt relative to the probable tenor of the Indian news depresses values, and speculators for a fall are therefore encouraged to extend their operations. Consols for money, in which there have been Several bargains, have been at 9111 911 1 and 91 For the account the prices have been 91ii. The New 3 per Cents, are 91 92, and the Re duced 91i I. India Stock is 215 to 216, and Bank Stock 216. Exchequer Bills are lo wer, viz., 7s. to 2s. discount, and the Bonds 98 India Bonds are 20s. discount. the Forei gn M ar k e t th a transact i ons have be In limited, and prices are lower. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 941 4, and the 4 per Cents. 1024. Me xican are 224, Spanish 40 to 401, and. Chaim per Cents 103: Dutch 4 per Cents. are 93 981. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign . 13t °eks:—Gr ena d a D eferred Bonds, 6 61 ; Mexican, 44 1; Peruvian, 80 2 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 5i ; Russian 5 par Centg., 109 11 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 96 8 ; I °Psuish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto Deferred, 251. ; ditto Certificates, 51 ; ditto Passive, 51 6. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Peat WeAtern £lBB 7. 1856 . 33 . 5 86 £30,733 North-Western au% Western arighton killand Bluth -E astern 22,583 23 054 Cal e d onian 14.184 13.170 .9rpat, Northern !...:ynoaslaire anzl Yorkshire 57,662 25.418 Cheater and Holyhead . 6 713 6,499 r, , s ter and Carlisle ttclsu..ol and Exeter zinerde,sltver,rBeneffi,!d And Linelln 11-268 9.829 North Staff n. 41 ester, and d Wolver 4,744 3,925 8116 • 6,852 North Lona 2.647 - 2.377 Birkenhead 511 14.Ba;sttroretaieshp.oir.0-e; *********************** 73:800421 .. 2 6,7 8 6 30 1 3,304 3,250 ,;14.1.11bUgh and Gla.gove ‘," flow and South• Western Dutch and rg ra t t l (l Trunk of Canada airaolth,:cir n estern o f C anada 10,032 5,197 8.379 9,858 of Prance : T he dealin gs i n the Railway Share Market have gain been numerous, but quotations have shown ' „ l°l nlward t en d ency, a decline of about i per It. h aving take n pl ace i n most o f the pr i nc i pa l 1111i.larea• Eastern. Counties d ec li ne d s s . ; C a l e d on i an , 13 ° th Western, Midland, a n d N oc th E as t ern , I " w ick, 10s. ; O x f ord, Worcester, and Wolver araPton, 158. ; a n d G rea t N or th ern an d South caern, 1/. The French lines are fht, as also th e Canadian. Paris and Lyons receded 1/. to 1/. 10s. ; tnd Grand Trunk of Canada, 1/. to 1/. ss. ; and et Indian receded ss. ,Mining Shar s are flat. Wh ea l T re l awney are 'ci . ) and Cobre Copper 45 to 46. ' Joint Stock Bank Shares are inactive. Bank of Australasia declinel U, and Bank of London 10e. The Miscellaneous Market is dull. Australian Agricultural have declined to 22. Crstal Palace to 11. Peninsula a n d Oriental Steam were at former rates. tRITISII FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (From the Offictal List:) IRM A Stook 3 per l:en t . fi educad 216 Annuitits Ol4 i i 4 It Per Cent oerwole Anntilties. , 'PT 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll 2 1i "'LIZ Lu lls St Annuities ' expir3 Eth Jan. 1860 , 2 7-16 A la , °ek • ik ti ends X10410 OIL bitto, und i or .£lOOO 2O d 2O d ' v anls tor A cennnt ..... .. 91i i i Ate hequer $l7 Stoo k llle , 20. S 6 3 2 7 3 d /lullll 3 2 d 9 25 d Ditto liouCia, * 1458, 3.; per Cent. Ditto, 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. MI "Milian A per Cent. 0 bitto 1 a 829 nd 1839, 5 per Cent * ... 100 1, . it4elllao iettl t 3 per Bonds, 6 e pe per Cent 103 , Di tto Account st4sian Rends, In 2, ,I,; St., 5 per Cent — a uitto, 4i per Cent. 97 P'n l sll Elc4,de, !:t b itto A .Per Cont. - ..ccount 4Ol V'meh Ccnunittee Cert. of Coup, not fun si I;ttrkith • 'wads, 6 per cent Ditto Account ............................ 1 5 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account .................ay lo2+ p Dividends on the above able in London. %etch Exchaugt, 2i per Cen.;., 12 Guilders De. 4 per Cent. Certificates Cluitto Account 9 B. 7IIREE O'CLOCK. $ Conaolm, money 911 ICo mols for account, Aug. o te aIPALLING AND FATAL ACICIDENT.—A fine lad, about of a 3eare , ge the son of Mr. Smith, bookbinder, of 2, Polygon, Somers-town, in getting over the area -41180 f his father's house yesterday morning fell, and the I,ikee entering his body, the unfortunate boy hung im tal'd until he was extricated from his perilous position. 4 ( 1 1 Reve r° vice the nature of the injuries he received, at he survived but a very short time. JONAS WEBB'S RAMS.—The annual letting o celebrated Babraham rams has just taken place, and ;"tzleted a numerous attendance from all parts of the the ntry. At the public letting 65 rams were hired, and 7 d. total amount realised was 1,8121. 125., or 27i. 174. bei_Per bead. This wai a high average, Although rather fo : . ."e that realiz?cl last year. In 1852 69 rams were let 4,1 2 , 21 . 38. D. each ; in 1853 71 for 221. 6s. 3d each ; 00_,13 18 56 77 for 331. Is. 4icl. each. The hi g h es t p r i ce vtrnerided on t h e presen t occas i on b y any single ram 14 I °7 guineas, and thii is the largest slim Mr Webb ever real:zed fo r the hire of one of his splendid breed. 0 0 hirer was Mr. Lindsey, of New York. The Earl totiLleicester, the Earl of Yarborough, and other noble. 4 'l , l l l , 4 : s ere hirers of other rams, and 70, 50, 71, 100, 1 )43; s'z guineas were realized in five instances. The 'nese transacted at the public letting does not con :WeYe'bb};:vietvhebri,,na complete idea of the extent o . f . Mr. seen 8 t ransactione as a great deal of business is con priv'ately. About 300 gentlemen were I , 4i t at the usual dinner given by Mr. Webb to his . V• o t ir °rB . Tile chair was occupied by the Hon. Eliot kr Le ' 4 . 1 . and the hon. gentleman was supported by 14.,Adeane, M.P. for Cambridgeshire, and Mr. Wynne, Ar for Merionethehire. Among the foreign gentlemen de p Itl lt were Mr. Sach, . from Coblentz, and the Marquis t os from France r it FiUN, LON DON, L&W INTELLIGEME.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE SMITH, RUDER, AND CO.-THE HASTINGS BANK. To-day was appointed for the choice of assignees in the bankruptcy of Messrs. Tilden Smith, James Eller, George Striven, and Francis Smith, of Hastings, bankers. noAi to a consideraMe amount, about 120,0001., were proved, but the greater part bal been taken at Hastings by Mr. Whittrvire, the official assignee. The foflowing gentlemen were chosen assignee;—Mr. John Piper, of Congburst, Hawkhurst, Kent ; It bert Dendney, of the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Sass( z ; and Mr. Frederick Ticeburst, of Hastings. Mr. Lawrence- appsarod for the assignes, and asked for an allowance. Tao sum asked for was very small, only 31. per week each. The preliminary statement, by Messrs. Targuad, shows debtor to creditor 150,9001. ; as3E.t , , about 105;0001. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (Thl3 Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WEALTHY FOREIGN STnEET BEGGARS.—Vincent Sirnondi, Casmi Ambrose, Pietro Pombe, and Joseph Pombo, his son, Neanotitans, each of vi horn was dressed in the fantastic habiliments of their country, was brought up is the custody of Hewett and Fryer, active officers of the Meudicity Society, and charged before Mr. Bingham with being found in Jertnyn-street, bagging of the passengers. - Hewett stated that he was in Jermyrnstreet last evening, when he saw the prisoners begging of the ladies and gentlemen who were going to and fro. Two of them were on one side of the way, and two on the other. They were so nrrut in their demands that the passengers were much inconvenienced by them. Witness saw them receive above a shilling's worth of pence and halfpence. One of the prisoners bad R pipe in nis hand, but he was not playing at the time. He was begging, nor was either of them playing. The pipes make a horrid noise. Mr. Bingbam.—They think it music in the mountains of their country ; but I quite agree that it is a horrid noise. Hewett added that he took the prisoners to the station-house, as they would not go away. At the station-house they were searched, when there were found upon thorn above 1001, consisting of 107 Napoleons in gold, 11 francs and a hal, and in copper. Mr. Inspector Park said that there are about 20 of the Neapoltan peasantry, dressed am the prisoners are, in London, who divide themselves into parties, aed then go begging in different parts of the metropolis. Mr. Bingham having observed that it appeared to be a very profitable, expedition, directed the prisoners to bo discharged, and he ordered the officer to explain to them (the prisoners) that they could not be alLisved to beg, and that if they did they would be punished. The prisoners then left the bar. AN AMATEUR CABMAN IN TROUBLE. —George Tree, an assumed cabman, was charged with driving without a license. C 157 said that he saw the prisoner in Park-lane about half-past one o'clock, when he Paw a cab, on the box of which there was no driver. He looked inside the cab, where he saw the prisoner, who admitted that be wa , .the driver, but he had no licence aild no badge, and witnos took him into custody. The prisoner was intoxicated. Nash, junr., Ewa of a cab proprietor, produced the licence for the cab and said that the prisoner wa3 not in his father's employment._ The prim - inn: was fined the full penalty of 51. for the offence, A nd Mr. Bingham directed Inspector Park to issue a summons against the man who, held the licence, for having parted with it. SPORTING TE LLT GJN. CE. NOTTINGHAM JULY MEETING. (TUESDAY'S RACES CONCLUDED ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HANDICAP. —After passing the judge's chair Hamlet ran ag dust a policeman, fell, and threw his j;:ckey. Bray escaped ir.jury, but the police man was not so fortunate. One of his ribs was broken, and .also one of his thumbs, and he was conveyed to the r , firmary. Plate of 30 Boys given by the County Members, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 Nova each, for three year olds and upwards ; optional selling weight , , T.Y.C. (6 furlongs). - Six sub=. Mr. Whitak, , r's Fashion, by Faugh-a-Ballagb, 4 yrs, Est Tb (201.) (Fordl'arn) 1 Mr. La Meit's Admiral of ths White, 3 yr 4, 44 131 b (carried sst 2 I)) (201 . ) (5 Ed wardE) 2 Mr. Harvey's Chetter, 3 yrs, Oat 131 b (201.) (Shalispare) 3 The following also ran :—Sorceress, Col, by Annan dale, and Lady Aintree. • Betting-7 to 4on Admiral of the White, 3to 1 agst Chester, 5 to 1 agt Fashion, 20 to 1 each aget Sorceress and Lady ..kintre,.. Won by a neck, two kngths be tween second and third, good fourth The winner was 8..1d by auction to Mr. T. Iloghes for 55 guineas., The Robin flood Stakes of 10 POVS each, with 50 added, for two year uld colts, 88t4 lib ; Was, Bst sth ; the et cone to save his stake ; certain winners extra. T.Y C. Sevent'en subs. Mr. La Mert's Maggie Lauder, by Turnus, 31b (Bate=) 1 Mr. C. Pcek's Ronconi, 84 71h Mr. Jackson's Night Ranger, Bst 7.b (J. Osborn,) The betting opened at 6 to 4 on Maggie Lauder, and closed at 6 to 4 on Night Ranger, and 7 to 4 aget Mag gie Lauder. Night Ranger made the running to the distance, where ho was beaten. Maggie Lauder then went on with the lead, and won easily by a length ; same distance between the second and third. The Shorts Stakes of 5 soya each, with 30 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &c. Straight half-mile. Four subs. Mr. Harvey's Chester, 3 yrs, sst 71b (201) (Challoner) 1 Mr. Burns's Lady Aintree, 3 yrs, 6-. t 7lb (8014 (L Sbowden) 2 Mr. Dickson's colt by Annandale, out of Messalina, 3 yrs, 5,t 10Ib (carried i .t 111`•) (301.) (Bu lock) 3 Betting,-3 to lon Chester. Won by six lengths ; a neck between the second and third. The winner was bought in far 32 guineas, and Lady Aintree was claimed under the Newmarket rule, and goes into T. Dewtou's stable. WEDNESDAY.. The ForePt Pinto (Haw:imp) of 50 soya ; winners after the publication of the weights s:b extra. Straight Mr. W. Evans's Miss Nightingale, 3 yrs, 64t 41b (L. Snowdell 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Barbarity, 3 yrs, fist 6l (Prior) 2 Mr. H. Edwards's Affghan, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ( Bates) 3 The following also tan :—Janet Pride, Oitoraitza, Prin cess Eugenie, Sweetener, colt by Stul'z, out of G?ntls Kitty, Sorceress, Silkmore, Miss Water', Ambrosia. Betting-3 to 1 agst OrtenitzA, 6to 1 each agst Bar barity, Gentle Kitty colt, Janet Pride, and Miss Waters, 8 to 1 agst Miss Nightingale, 10 to 1 agst Ambrosia. Won in a canter by a length ; same distance between the second and third ; half a len.:th between the third and fourth. About four lengths behind Janet Pride carne Sweetener, Miss Waters, and Gentle Kitty colt ; Olten itza, who got rather badly off, Wvii4 next. Juvenile Stakes of 5 soya eacb, with 30 added. Straight half-mde. Six subs. !qr. T. Dawsons Thornhill, 74 (201.) ........ (Bullock) 1 Mr. Stchbing's J.remy Diddlir, (201.) (Grimmer) 2 Mr. Evans's Lady Conyngham, Est 11113 (201 ) (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Queen of the Isles, Psyche filly, and Whirlpool. Betting—Even on Lady Conyngbam, 3 to 1 abet Thornhill, 6to 1 aget the Psyche filly. Won by half a length, a head between the second and third, bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 100 guineas. The Chesterfield Handicap of 15 soya each, 10ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 50 added ; certain penalties for winners. One mile and a half. 17 subs, seven of whom declared. bir R. Sutt n's CockatoO, 4 yrs Sot 111b...(Kendall) 1 Mr. baXoii's Queen Boss, 3 yrs, 64t 61h (Dales) 2 Mr Flintofra Bright, 6 yrs, Bit 7lb (E. Jones) 3 The following also ran :—Verona, Bracken, and King of Scotland. Betting-3 to 1 eget Queen Bess, 7to 2 agst King of Scotland, 4 to 1 each agst Bracken and Verona, 6 to 1 agst Cockatoo. Won by half a length ; same distance between the second and third ; bad fourth. King of Scotland, who was loet all the way, did not pass the poet. The No_tinghatu Nursery Plate (Handicap) of 100 sore ; winners of any race alter the publication of the weights, slb extra Straight half-mile. Mr. La Mert's Maggie Lauder, let B.b ......... (Bray) 1 Mr. Suiito's Conductor, 74t Mr. li a ,t woo d' a H e sp er ithusa, 7st 6;t• ..... (Bates) 3 Mr. Gordon's colt by The Dupe, dam by Pantasa, 7st (Fordham) 4 The following also ran :-3ithon, Madame Rietori, Trot, Prince of Denmark, and Ambrosia. Betting -6 to 4 ags t Il ee p er ithusa, st o 2 agst Maggie Lauder, 6to 1 aget Conductor. Won by a head, half a length between the second and third, two lengths between the third and fourth. LE thon, who was last, jumped round at starting, and Prince of Denmark did a f j o e u s r t r 9 a st P ; la a te ve o! 9 1 61 0 6 g l guineas i ; f1 n t h d r a e g e - e y d r; not get well off. 0 ile 7 r Fo lf ; Two wiles. n 9 1 1 8' 9 7 11) 2 ! Mr. R. Drewitt's Borderer, 3 yrs (T. Forster) 1 Mr. Barber's Pretty Boy, 4 yrs J. Osborne) 2 Mr. Daley's Renown, 3 yrs .................. (Charlton) 3 Mr. Clive's Apathy. 3 yarn (Cress well) 4 Baron Rothschild's Blooming Heather, 5 yrs (Hayhoe) 5 Bonney Park Stakes. T.Y.C. Terrific Honeystick Eight ran REMOVAL 07 THE NATIONAL GALLERT.—We have reason to believe that the remarks made by a contem porary on the proposed removal of the National Gallery to Kensington Gore wera founded on misapprehension. It was never intended to set aside the determination of the Royal Commission appointed to examine the merits of the two nitts. But as only half the Commissioners agrted to the report, and there was an absence of unanimity in their opinions on so important a subject, it was proposed to refer the matter once more to the House of Commons. The misunderstanding seems to have arisen from a conversation which took place be tween the Prince Consort and a certain eminent artist relative to the location of certain pictures in Trafalgar equare.-110ruld, LITERATURE. A Woraalt's Story. By Mrs. S. C. Hall. 3 cols. Hurst and Blackett. There is much to attract in this story, and the fact of its scenes beinc , laid in a period now long past, imparts to it a freshness and variety well c ticule.ted. to please those wh ) may be wearied by the iteration of present modes and actual manners. The pu!port of the narrative is to describe the fate of Helen Lyndsey, a gifted maiden, whose carter certainly vei ifit.d tLe ad:T.3 that geniuses are always unhappy. Flotence Middleton, the cousin of Helen is also dwelt upon, and it is mournful to behold two such superior b , 3ings doomel . to fates so nrsirable. Not only debiirred from each other's friendship by the cruel bin , sof a desperate schemer, but called upon to endure, ifich in her way, as cruel and painful an inflict'on as can be imagined. Florence, in her purity and lofty ideas of right, was deceived en all sides, met with nothing but trickery and subterfuge, till her no Ide heart was broken. Helen, whose proud and senstive mind sill unk from the effects of evil, as her ciusin's bet ter nature shunned its, appearance, was fated to pass the brightest years of her life under a shadow and a cloud. Her ambition was great, her talent.) extraordinary, and hcr manageinent sorne - hing wonderful tar co young a girl ; but over every tri umphal arch was hung a pall, in every garland that crowned the Lrow of youthful genius, she espied the lurking serpents of suspicion and distrust. Sbe was unfortunate ; but had she consulted her ft lends, and preferred the reality of evil t.) the semblance of sunshine her course would have been very different. Her character is naturally descriled, and while charmed and fascinated by Ivr varied attaininnits, her dazzling gifts, her splendid quali ties, we feel so much that is glorious ehould not he under a fake illusion. The same sentiment is expe- rienced by the young votary of fame herself, when she thus spoke of her cousin, to a fr:end after her first meeting with her. "Is Florence heart and soul, bright pure nature ? Is she the actual real, unselfl-h womanly creature she looks—with but little, less of beauty and goodness than the angels that do homage before the thr ne of God?" It was the know:edge of the want in he! self that made 11.-r so appreciate the merit in another. Florence was wrong in placing such implicit trust in one like Marley, her owii purity m :defier unsuspicious, but there was something wilful in her persistence when so many things were shown against him. Marley himself presents an instance of cunning and adroit ness rarely equalled. For the rake of obtaining wealth and power he concocted plkns of deceit, and performed deeds of such unscrupul , ll3 daring, that might well have amazed those most versed in trea chery, and been marvelled at by those to whom conscience is little more than a name. Poetical justice seems viudictted when he is finally taken prisimer for forgery. He'eq's na•ure shines out brightly at last from under the shadows that had too long obscured it, she made a sacrifice to the cause of truth, ti.e magnitude of which none could over estimate ; when she stood in the presence of the haughty La !y Harlington, and told her she g tve up her son ; this man although cold, and con atra,in.ed, . was ie idol of her ituaainative youth, the dream of her poetess-soul, the p:'le star of ber glittering but errat.c course. Aftar acknowledging her error to her uncle, the error that had induced er to conceal her knowledge of Marley while he was gaining the heart of the -pure Florence, because she dreaded his power, He'ea might have ex claimed, " Oite self-approving hour whole years outweighs," and indeed it might cancel a lifetime of triumphs like hers, with the swerd of avenging justice seeming ever about to fall. She knew that the had left the road of earthly fame, but the path her feet then pressed would conduct her to a nobler goal, while the light of its glories would enable h to behold the perfect day. Wh etever more she attempted in after days was all devoted to one end, and contained one object—a crusads against false hood. Many different persons are introduced in par sages of this story, who serve for amusement and elification, with their quaint, old-fashioned notions of gentility. It is also plcaaing - to peruse the accounts of Helen's mingling with more intel lectual society than ti:e simple folks of her native village, who :tailed her re-appearance as "a star " among them with such rapture. " A Woman's Story" may tiles be regarde4 favourably. The chronicles of her heroine ate evidently meant to "point a moral as well as adorn a tale," to show that the shining treasure lent, not given, is divested of its charm if itt possessor be not true. The tone tius itifused into its composition would render a less able -work worthy of regard and consideration. Taltangetta : the Squatter's Ttome. A story of Australian Life. By William tlowitt, author of "Two Years in Victoria," ck . c. 2 vole. Long- man. In addition to the ether obligations which the y world is under to Mr. William Howitt, the works which he has previously given us on Australian life and scenery render this one wel come. It is interesting also from giving , a picture of colonial life from a comparatively fresh point of view. Oar ideas of emigrants are usually asso chtted with the poorer clastos, who build them selves log howes, and devote themselves to agri cultural labour. It is, thererore, a novelty to be introduced to a baronet's family, driven from home, it is true, by losses aiicl lawsuits, but taking pos session of au elegant house and large estate, and cultivating the refinements and luxuries of civilised life. The charact rs are not confined to squatters, however, for sketches from many of the motly groups of Australian life are incidentally given, and what with the actors in the story, and the tales and narratives introduced, the author forcibly impresses on the reader the wonderful variety of class, country, and character to be met with by the adventurous. Prominent among them are cltirvoyants and spirit rappers. The author evi dently believes in the spirit-rapping, and has intro duced it as an agent in this story. In his preface he tells us that it was in the far bush that lie was first surprised by an exhibition of table turning, and if he had confined himself to this and to mesmer'stn no one could have aomplained. But it i s with regret that we find a miter of M r . H ow itt' s authori'y and character giving a n y countenance to tho pretensions of the mediums and s pi t it ra pp ers , and evidently puting faith in their assertions that departed spin's can lee summoned by their call. Another extraordinary character is drawn from life—a highwayman, who amused hiraself by contributing excellent poetry to one of th e M e lb ourne papers, an d passe d hi mse lf off in respectable society as a man of great talents and acquirements. Many of the incidental sketches have alr ea d y appeared in Household W or d s at different ep oc h s ; and the writer has received a letter froM M r. J ohn Fawkner, the o ld est sett l er in Victoria, testifying his high opinion of thorn. Another letter, from the brilliant author of " It is never too Late to Mend," expresses his obligations to Mr. Howitt in his usual vivid manner. Aus tralia does, indeed, appear in more attractive colours in Mr. Howitt's pages than in most tra veller's records. He describes the scenery in glow ing terms—the wonderful luxuriance, the variety, and the beauty of some parts of the country. Tal langetta, the squatter's home, is represented as a most picturesque spot—the house standing on a bill, overlooking a plain of several miles extent, glittering with a sheet of golden flowers. The ani mal life of the colony, of which little has been said, is represented in a most attractive form—the gor geous birds, the parrots, the emus, and fowls of every description being freque n tly referred to. It must not be supposed that life at the diggings has been overlooked. The hero of the story sets off there, chiefly impelled by curiosity, and m-ets with sundry characteristic adventures, being cheated and robbed in the most approved fashion. The ignorant justices, carelessly appointed to an arduous and responsible office, are attacked with 'an unsparing hand. All who wish for an insight into Australian life, or a view of its natural fea tures, should peruse these volumes. They must, indeed, be fastidious and critical, who will not derive amusement and information from their in troduction to the inhabitants and visitors of Tal langetta. Gossip. By Henry Morley, author of "Palissy, 1 the Potter," dze. Reprinted from Household Words. Chapman and Hall. The talented author of the lives of "Bernard p a tssy," "Jerom e C ar d an, " and " Cornelius Agrippa," has been among the most entertainin contributors to the pages of Household Words. Many will remember the amusing paper called s 4 Adventures in Skitzland," which yec, veile.l a secret moral under its absurdity. Many another sketch of the same character is to be met with in thi s volume. ' Those wh o remember the author ' s of Ignorance," w ill recogn i se h i s ipnesct "Defencetiurluicars'How to m a k e H ome Unhealthy, " and manner of adoptin g th e op i nions entirely °PP siTy it , while app opposite his owe, arently and gravely proving their falsity, defending th em. Medi calsanitary measures o ccupy a l arge s h are attention. He has evide n tl y s t u di e d th e subject, an d like many others, b e i ng once con vincedimportance, he i s appalled at the ocaflm his en ence which su rroun d s h i m. The apathy and of it r s ieglig annual sacrifice of life by typhus fever and other preventible diseases, demands more attention, he insists, than the visitation of an epidemic. The mortality and suddenness of cholera are terrible, but it is not always busy among us. He compares the calmness with which the catalogue of deaths from this and similar diseases is receive.), to "a state of quiet satisfaction in such intelligence as I ` There were two hundred and fifty case's of baking THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1557 to death last week, but allowing for the inereme of populstion, this is not above the average. Of these cases the majority were young pm 503 , , only one hunclred of th . se who were baked being over fifteen years of age.' If Typhus werl a mur derer, and :we could lock him up, should we put his murders into the weekly bill of mortality, and leave him to )se as an accepted fact ? He is a mur derer, and we can lock him up. , Dogberry and Verges are (Focussing bow to set about it." The vigorous sense and kindly feeling, joined to the humourous touches and pie %sant 13urdities ' com bine to form a very agreeable volume of Gossip. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. AN ESCAPE FROM DELHI. The following mDst interesting and affecting letter was written to his sister by a boy of 19, who happily succeeded in effecting his escape from among the mutineers : " Meerut, Jun© 1. " Who would have thought when I last wrote to you all the awful circumstances under which I was again to put pen to paper ? However, by the providence of Almighty God, your brother hasbeen spared from the fearful massacre that has taken place at Delhi, and though he is a complete beggar, yet, thank God, he is still a'ive and well. Oh, my own dearest sister, the escape I have had has been most miraculous—in fact, I can hardly realise it, and whin one comes to lcok back upon it, it is scarcely to be believed, yet still hero I am and no mistake about it ; and as they say there is a slight chz•nce of a letter reaching Bunbay in tinie for the mail, I am writing to you. There is only one other officer of my unfortunate regiment out of those who wera with it at the time of the mutiny who has escaped to this place, and he poor fellow, is in hos pital with a musket-ball through his tbiah-0 , -, born, our adjutant ; but I am g l a d t o say t h ere were three others on leave for a month's 21110611 g •in the jungles at the time or the out b7ealc, and who have consequently escapA—amang them my chum Wheatley. You know I myself had only been back frets Caavnpore five days when this awful business took place. I have been here now since the 19th of last month, and I have not had asingle line from my poor mother. All the claWks, you.kuov, are cut )ff by the insurgents, oral though I have written to her several letters, yet I fear none have reached , Cawnpore. I was aisle, however, thank God, to telegraph to them on the 20th, eaying I had arrive het e safe and well, and got a reply from my father telling what relief I had given them, but since thn the wire has been destroyed and there has been no communication at all with Cavnpore. God grant they may be safe and well, and we have reason to suppose that the trcops there are quiet. "There were three native corps at Delhi, bcsidae a battery of 6 guns, and not a single European sol dier. It was about 10 o'clock on the morning of the 11th that we first heard of some mutineers hiving came over from Meerut, and that our regi ment was ordered down to the city, where they were, to cut them up. Of course this time wo had not a doubt as to their loyalty. Well, the whole regiment, except my company, No. 1, and our major's the Grenadiers (who were ordered to wait tar two guns and escort them down), at once w nt Mr to the city, distant about two m:lea. On arriv ing at the Ca-hmere-g de, which leads into a small foaled bastion called the Mainauard, from which there is another egress to the city, they wera met by some troopers of the 3d. Cavalry from Meerut, who immediately charged down upon them. Not the slightest effort was made by our men to defend their officers, and they were nearly all shot down at the head of their companies by these troopers. In fact, our poor colonel was seen to be bayoneted by one of the Sepoys after he had been cut down by a trooper ; and then the fact of neither a Sepoy nor a trooper having been killed, is enough to convince one of their treachery. Well, soon alter our two companies, with the two guns (f, r whom we had had to wait half an hour), also arrived, and on going through the Cashmere-gata into the Main guard and thence into the city, where all this had taken place, the Sepoys and mutineers all bolted, being frightened at the sight of the guns, and be fore there was time to open upon them they had all disappe ire(' lute the streets. We then went hack to the Mainguard, determined to hold that against them uet 1 more reinforcements arrived from can- tonments, for which we immodietely sent. In the meantiree we sent out parties to bring in our poor fellows ' who were all s:en lying about in_ front of the Melo guard. I myself went out and brought in poor Burrewes. It was a most hea-treuding sight, I assure you, to se% all our poor chaps who:n we had seen and beau wi h that very morning, talking and laughing together at our coffee-shop, lying dead side by side, and some dreadfully mutilated. I had never before seen a dead body, so you may imagine what an awfulsight it was to rue. The poor Colonel was the only one not killed outright ; but he, poor man, was hacked to pieces. We sent him back to cautonna , mt , 3, wh re he died iu the course of tile day. At last eolle companies of the other regiments came up, ' and we remained here the whole day expecting to be attacked every minute. Lots of women and people who had managed to escape from the city came in to us for shelter, little thinking of the scene that was shot tly to he enacted among us. By and by three of our officers, who had escaped bring killed by the troopers, also came in, and from them we learnt what I have :bid you above. All this while we saw fires blazing in the town ani heard guns of the magazine, which a few Europeans had been defending against the whole host of the insur gents, and which had at last blown up. " Well, it must have been about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when, all of a sudden, the Sepoys who were with us in the Mainguird, and on whom we ' had been depending to defend us in case of attack, began firing upon us in every direction ; a most awful scene, as you may imagine, then ensued— people running in every possible way to try and eeeape. I, as luck would have it, with a few other fellows, ran up a kind of slope that leads to the officers' quarters, and thence, amid a storm of bul lets, t) vim of tee embrasures of the bastion. It is perfec•ly miraculous how I escaped being hit ; vo end of poor fellows were knocked down all about, and all too by their men ; it is really awful to think of it. However, on arriving at the embraeire all at once the idea occurred to me of jumping down into the ditch from the rampart (one would have thought it mailness at any other time), and so try alid get out by scaling the opposite side ; but just as I was in the act of doing so I heard :creams from a lot of unfortunate women who were in the officers' quarters, imploring for help. I imme diately, with a few other fellows, who, lake me, were going to escape the same way, ran back to them, and though the attempt appeared hopeless, we determined to see if we could not take them with us. roues of them, poor creatures, were wounded with bullets ; however, we made a rope with handkerchiefs, and some of us jumping clown first into the ditch caught them as they dropped, to break the fall. Then came the d ffict Ity of drag ging them up on the opposite bank ; however, by (hod's will we succeeded, after nearly half an hour, in getting them up ; and why no sepoys came and shot every one of us while getting across all this time is a perfect mystery. The murdering was going on below all this time, and nothing could have been easier than for two or three of them to come to the rampart and shoot us down. How ever, as I say, we somehow got over, and expecting to be pursued, we bent our steps to a house that was on the banks of the river. This we reached in safety, and getting something to eat and drink from the servants (their master, young Metcelf, bad fled in the morning), stopped there till dark, and then, seeing the whole of three cantonments on fire, and as it were a regular battle raging in that direction, we ran down to the river and made the best of our way along its banks in an opposite direction. It would be too long. ray very dearest sister, to tell y.O of how for three days and nigh we wandered in the jungle, sometimes fed and sometimes robbed by the villagers, till at length, wearied and foot sore, we arrived at a village where they put us in a hut and fed us for four days, and moreover took a note from us into Meerut, whence an escort of ca valry was sent out, and we were brought safely in here. " We started from Delhi with five ladies and four officers besides myself, but afterwards fell in with two sergeants' wives and two little children, with two more officers and a merchant, so altogether, on coming into Meerut, were a body of 17 souls. Ob, great Heaven, to think of the piivations we en dured, and the narrow escapes we had! We used to ford streams at night, and then walk on slowly in our wet clothes, lying down to rest every half-hour, for you must remember that some of the ladies were wounded, and all so fatigued and worn out that they could scarcely move. Of course, had we been by our selves we would have made a dash for Meerut at once, which is about 40 miles from Delhi,* but having these unfortunate women with us, what could we do I Sometimes we heard villagers com bining to murder us,t and the whole time were in dread of being pursued and killed by some of the mutineers from Delhi. At one time, when we were attacked by the villagers and robbed of every thing we possessed, had we not bad them with us we would have fought for it, and sold our lives dearly, instead of quietly giving up our arms as we did, for you must know we had a few blunt swords among us with one double-barreled gun. I send you a short account of the insurrection, from which p.m will sea that a great many people eAlitped to Kurnaul aryl Umball•al, among them the major of my regiment ' • but, alas, I fear that we are the only ones saved. The forces from Kurnaul are fast approaching Delhi, and half the force from here has al=o File out. They have been attacked, we hear, by the insurgents, who sallied out of Delhi, and have s nt in for more r linforcnnents. The people here are in a great fright, but I fancy 1,000 Europeans can hold their ground agaiust five times that number of natives, and there is not much to fear ; however, we are very anxious abut them, and are eagerly looking out for a despatch, as firing was heard all last night. We took eight guns from them the day before, but they have ro end of them, besides lots of ammunition, in the magazines of Delhi. Now I will say good-bye, my dear sister. Fond and affectionate love to all. In another week we shall know more abiut affiirs. I have not a thing to my back--hordes and everything all gone ' • iu fact, as I said before, a perf ec t b eggar; b ut I thre say Gpventment may repay us in a meat we. JHELUM, MAY 30. illy letter last time was stepped by the mutiny ; so I suppose you will be anx:ous to hear a full and true account. Tee first I heard was that Vet, troops at Ferozcpore had join: d the mutiny, and ha I tried to take the Olt Fo t, but that a company or two of Europeans had bean sent these in antici pation, ethe after a hard fight had held their own, but fought only with the butt-ends of their mus kets ; that they then went off to the station and buret down the Monumental Church, the Roman Catholic Chapel, and every thatched hotiee, plun dering as they burnt ; that Mr. Coates and Mr. Hughes, two merchants,. alone refused to flee, col lected their serveuts, fottified their houses, and re pelled all attacks, Mr. Hughes's son, a boy, killing the .only Sepoy shot ; that they then pulled down numbers of unthateml houses. Next day they were attacked—the 10th Native Cavalry taking our part—and were disarmed, except some hundred odd, who escaped into the villages, where they are being apprehended. At Umballa and Jultuudhur much the same—houses burnt, but no lives lost. At Umbalia the deserters were more numerou., but the Patiala .Rajah had apprehended many of them. He was the first - , as he always has been, to come to our aid, although we did tile Bedttour from him forcibly so lately. Now we learn that the Europeans took the fort at Agra and hol I their own there ; that the Allyghur troops (9th Native Infaatry) had mutinied and gonet join the force at Delhi, and tltat the Commander-in-Chief was still stationary at Umballa, unwilling to move ti l l he had a larger force. The Simla and Almora Goorka troops have also mutinied, but it is hoped they are coming rann , l. The troops at Lahore were in vigorous hand.. Sir J. Lawrence and General Reid, aided by Brigadier Chamberlain, were not men to wait for orders in such an etner genoy, and have disarmed the troops both there and at Peshawur, only just iu titne, as we learn, as they were waiting for the news from Delhi, where it was agreed. the mutiny should begin. Half of one ef the regiments at Peshawur was at an out station (Noushera), and was tot disarmed, as a few men alone could do nothing ; they got the aigual from Delhi, but did not know their comrades at Peshlwur, had b.•en dis armed; so they rose, as agreed upon, and found themselves in a narrow pass between two European cautonment., and a force has stated to make a f,aeful example of them. All the native States are with u', and have cent in their cantin gents to all the English, except Maharajah Oh lib Siugh, who is pouring great supplies of aiemtmition, corn, &c., into all his forts along our border. Well, the Seeoy-, as I to an fr oin ready Teed informants, all beli:ve that we are det-rmine to make them Christians by some means. They bliteve that all we want to do is to make them eat pig's fat or bul'ock's flesh ; an I, unfortunately, the cart.idges fur the new Enfield rifle were Lrea.ed, and in same places the grease, I beieve, really was lard or common bullock's fat, the native cintract )r having used these for cheapness. In this frame of mind, which has b en going on for several years, they were very suspicious of anything now, and b Moved at once that the Government really had the l•trd put on to cheat them into becoming Chri,t:ans, and regiment after regiment held meetings to resent t u s a.t Lek on their religion. • All tim officers who were well ac quainted with Hindostanee being selected-for staff appointments, o uly t we were left in most regimen's who, kuowing but little of the language, had but little intercourt-e with their men, aud oreforethey learnt nothing of all this, except in one or two corps where some chance 1 nguist remained, and those corps have generally not inutided, as their officers learnt thei; cemplaints and explained •Ve matter to them. It is now believed that all this would have blown over, but the dismissed nobieee and grandees of Cttle, shorn cf all their wealth and rank, seized on this pretext, and sent messengers in the disguise of Fakirs all abour, praying the men to stand out for the religion of their faqters, a plan which sue °ceded too well. Some of the Fakirs, it is said, have been apprehended. The sepoys of tae 14eh Native lnlantiy held a meeting, but luckily had some good officers, and one Lieut. Smith, a good linguist and a great friend of theirs; so they agreed not to mutiny, but to resign if they were asked to fire the suspected cartridges. Meanwhile the Government or the authorities had all the new cartridges burnt th reassure the men, but it had unluckily just the opposi'e tendency. If, they said, there was really 'lathing in the cartridges Government would never have burnt them all, but as they were really greased with lard they saw they were found out this time and burnt them, as the only way to get out of the mess. Now, say they, such a powerful Government intl soon find out some other way, so it is better to fight it out now than to find ourselves cheated into being Christians some day unexpectedly, and then be un able to clear ourselves. The news from the other station is, perhaps, equally bad. At Mooltan they are only restrained from breaking out by Chamber lain's liregularCavally, and at Iliawul Pindul they are on the eve of rebellion, it is said. Mooradabad and Barrilly troops are said to be firm, also the 21st at Peshawur. The spark that issaidtohave filed the train is that one party of sepoys did not refuse the cartridges, but tore off the ends with their hand, and would not put them in'o their mouths, which the officer in command said was unsoldierly, and explained all about the cartridges to them, vowel they were greased with ghee, and told them we did not care if they were of all the religions in the world; but unfortunately few officers left with their regiments are good at Hindostanee, and the Sepoys did not understand him at all. They only understood that he was determined they should bite and not tear off the end of the cartridge, and immediately felt sure that there was something in it, so mutinied. There is a great want of sympathy between the European and the native, which de stroys all hopes of comfott, unless you could fall into all their tvages. We are well here. God had hitherto protected us, and we now seem to think all is over. A splendid force is eollectedinKurnual. The native States believe that we must win in the end, and have sent their troops to our aid. Wocan only trust in God, who is equally able to protect us anywhere. We are in the midst of a mutiny un precedented iu Indian history,- and are only a small band of Europeans, fighting and Estrfigg,ling for ex istence. However, the regiment hero is very good, and deserves the title, so common formerly, of the faithful Sepoy. THE MUTINY AT NIISSEERABAD. The following is an extract of a letter from an officer in the 15th Bengal Native Infantry. It is dated Beaur, May 3J.:— " The day after my return reports began to be circulated about the disaffection of our regiment and the 30th Native Infantry, most of them beiug to the effect that our mon were the instigators. We fancied these reports much exaggerated, and imagined that, though our men might follow in a move of the kind, they would not be the first to lead the way. The result shows hose n . !o ve r were mistaken. Every precaution was taken the safety of the station. The Cavalry (Ist arms very Lancers) were nearly all of them night, and strong bodies of them pul;ildrbeorlelreaedrditluiepeaanli tonment. The guns were kept a detachment of night and loaded with grape , 250 Europeans of her m Deesa, about 200 Majesty's and 83d and some Euro pean artillery were sent for fro m I , miles south-west of NUSSeera a, . used to sleep with a loaded revolver and my sword by my bed side, and should not have been in the least surprised if I had been awoke any night and told that the Sepoys were firing the bungalows, which in other places see ms to have been a preli m i nary step. The excitement seemed to calm down, or at any rate we got easier in our minds, and fancied that the crisis had past. On the night of the 27th I happened to be on duty, and on going round the station at mid night found everything remarkably quiet. Next day, when I was eating my tiffin in my own house, about half-past 3 in the afternoon, my servants rushed in saying that the men had risen. I: called fur my pony and armed myself, and then went over with W— to the Colonel's. When he was ready we started for the parade ground through ono of the streets running between the Sepoys' huts and their lines. The men were coming out of their huts and loading theirmuskets, and I expected th ey would have popped at us as we passed. On reaching the quarter-guard some of the men had already turned out, and by degreesthe men of the different c ompanies fell in in front of their respective lines, and were brought up and formed into open column. Soon after we came down and the men fell in, the Colo nel sent mislwith a message to the officer in charge of the guns. He did of know they were in the bands of the rebels. We bad heard firing in that direction before, but did not know that the first thing which t-ok place was that a few of th e wors t men, having induced the native gua 41` , 3 join them (there were no European attillerymen, but the na tive ones were considered quite faithful), had pos sessed themselves of the guns, six in number. I galloped off towards them, and mutt have been withal from 70 to 100 yarde, when I began to ex perience the unpleasant sensation of bullets whiz zing past my be td, and saw a lot of Sepoys taking potshots at me as I came along. One man put up his hands and warned me off, and I did not require any further hint—the neghbourhood was not the safest. I immediately turned my pony's head, and endeavoured to retreat under cover of a wall which ran in front of the artillery lines. Here I saw more men running up with the kind intention of having a crack at me, s 3 I had to keep along the parade ground right in the line offire, and had one or two men popping at me from over the wall on my right. My tat (pony) went as fast as over be could go, and, thanks be to God, carried me back in perfect safety, much to the astonishment of all who saw it. The Colonel then ordered the Grenadiers and Light Company to m3ve off under cover of the bells of arms, and at ack the guns, but when they had gone a little way they refused to move further, and man after man destr el and joined the mutineers. At the same time the Clone' told me to take out an other company, and extended them in skirmishing order in front of the guns, and to pick off the men at the guns, and, if possible, charge. Fortunately the men would not move ; if they had, they would have obeyed orders till told to begin firing, when I should have had a bullet through me and the men would have deserted in a lady. As nothing was to be got from them, the companies were recared. I had forgotten to tell you that the regiment previous to this was draws up in line facing the guns, the guns being about 600 or 700 yards to the left of our lines. In this position we rema'ned upwards of an hour, when, finding the men would do nothing, the Colonel formed open column. The guns, of course, would not open on us, as they knew all the men were going to jo n them when things were ripe. It was only in active movements the men refused to obey orders ; in everything else they were quite subor dinate. At one t'me, when the officers were grouped together somewhat in front of the men, some men trine out from the guns and tried to bit us with their muskets, which they could do with out injuring she Sepoys. At last sunset began to some on, and it was evident we could not remain much looger, so an adjutant was sent off to the Br . gadier for orders, who toll us to retire. The C.,lonel was determined, if possible, to carry off the colour4, which were accordin g ly brought out of', the quarter-guard. When the Colonel gave the order to m 3 / 4 rch the men refused to go. He then asked who would join in bringing off the colours, and the Grenadiers, almost to a man, came for ward. The colours were brought to the front, and put under charge of tae Grenadiers; very few others came forward, and when the word "march" was given a jeer was raised, and a shout, " You shan't take away the colours." The men cocked their pieees.l I turned round and saw that two men had got the colour. , , and were ruuning away to wards the enemy. The first gun that was fired at us was the signal for the officers to be off. Pro videntially we were all mounted at the time, so . off we started amid showers of bullets towards the cavalry lines. I dodged round the first bell of arms (a small square . building de'aehed from all others, in which the arms were kept), and as I pass d each b-11 saw thr4e or four men behind eaeb, who deliberately shot at us as we passed. Ether my tat swerved be`bre I came to the ser gean:-m-ijor's bungalow, or else I saw more men in the road ; I don't know which. At all events, I Ind t steer with great difficulty round the out side of the Louse, which brought me again on the open p :rade gipund. Round the corner, and I was comparatively safe. A moment or two more and I war; We among the cavalry, who were drawn up in re3r of their own lines. Every one of us came in safe by God's mercy. P—'s charger, a very fine animal, dropped dead directly he had brought his master into safety. The Colonel had an awfully narrow escape; his horse swerved right round at the start, and we thought it was all over with him. The horse received ono ball in the forehe-id, another in the neck, and his knee IV4 s grazed by a third, but he brought the Colonel in safe, and is stilt alive. We now had the explana tion of all the firing we had beard going on at the artillery while we ware standing under arms. The cavalry kid come up and been fired on with grape by the mutineers, and had made several attempts to charge, but could not capture the guns. New bury, quite a young fellow, charged by himself, was riddled with balls, and then hacked to pieces. Cap tain Spottiswood was also killed, and two other . officers slightiy wounded. J— had his jacket ripped open at the shoulder by a bullet. 111---, who cut down a man, had a very narrow escape, and so had several other officers., When we came . up they determined to retreat at once. ft was just sunset when we IPft the station. The ladies had Leen sent on in buggies previously in ease we should have to " bolt," so we fell in with them just outside the cantonment. We left by the Ajmeer road, and when we had gone a mile or two struck off to the left, under the hills, making a detour towards Beaur, where it was determined to retire. We went light across country, over fields and rocky hills, for about 10 miles, el we came to the Beaur-road, leaving the blazing bungalows of the station behind us. About 2 o'clock we fell in with most of the officers of the 30th who had escaped, and arrived at a bungalow. Here Colonel Penny, commanding the Lancers, who was taken ill on the way from the effects of a fall and over excitement, died. We could get nothing to eat or drink, and started agairl at daybreak and reached th's about 11. The journey by road is 32 miles, and our detour must have made it at least 10 miles longer, so you may fancy how tired our horses were. Not a thing has any one saved—l have not even my watch, and my pistol was jerked. out of my holster in the flight." THE LATE MR. DOUNLAS JERROLD. Yesterday evening Mr. Thacketay delivered a lecture on "Week-eay Preachers," at St. Martin's , hall, for the benefit of the " Jerrold Fund." The numerous audience who attended on the oc casion cheered the lecturer as he as,Tuded the plat form with an enthusiasm that showed a strong de sire to administer consolation for the result of the Oxf.)rd elec' ion on Tueaday last. - Even if they had b. en less cordially disposed, they would have btaen forced int) applause by the opening words of the disc arse, uttered with a comical s9lemnity of which Mr. Tnackeray alone is capita , . " Walking yesterday in the High -street of a certain ancient the lecturer, and was interrupted by a storm of laughter that deferred fur sums m l rents the completion of the sentent”. Every one that heard that roar must have felt convinced at once that the orator had secured the sympathies of his; hearers on the very threshold. When he resumed the thread of h 7 s rarrative he explained that in the cou rse o f his walk he saw a MS. sermon in a books e ll er ' s s h o p, which had led him to reflect that the clergyman who might chance to buy this valuable arti;.ile and make u , te of it for the pulpit would probably neglect to inform his ad miring congregation that he had purchased it as one of a lot, at the rate of 15s. pee cl , zen. Indeed, he greatly doubted whither any clot gyman, on deliver ing any one of his discourses to several successive con gregations, would inform the last of these the number of times that the same benefit had been conferred on similar assemblages. However, his own candour would not a'low him to- conceal the fact that the greater portion of yesterday evening's discourse had been already delivered not only in America, but on two occesons in London. On one of these occa sions he had spoken for the benefit of a Jewish cha rity, on the other he had contribu'el towards the assistance of a I;terary gentleman whess misfortunes were much commiserated in this metropolis about two years ago. The lecture, in fact, was mainly the same as an oration on "'Humour and Chari•y" that was deli vere I some time ago at the Marylebone Institution, and comprised most of the ell'iments previously expressed in the four celebrated lectures on the " British Humorists," with additions connecting the theme with the wri-uts of modern times. .So much being pren.ised it is scarcely nece,sary to state that he spoke of Addison with unquallai love and admiration, referred to "Dick Steel," as one would refer to a favourite but somewhat naughty child ; gave a few kindly words to Field ing ; scowled somewhat severely at Lawrence Sterne, and alluded to Goldsmith as a general t ene factor. The " Week day preachers" of yesterday evening were, in fact, the "humorists" of Lis for mer leetural. With Steele and Addison, he said, began that se t which d;stin gl e u e istd c : f t h s e u gt e c v t e s f a r n o d in g ° a r y l p n r a o r d Y u l t f ro us of modern literature from the stlted tragedies and heartless comedies of earl er days. Modern writers have felt themselves called upon to address the symp ith lei of the people; and these are gen.era'ly- on the side of right and adverse to oppression: Burns and Beran ger were cited as examples of popular a)ng • writers ; and to illustrate his-. theory by a ref erence t o t h e stage Mr. Thackera3 pointed not only to the Black- Eyed Susan of Mr. Douglas Jerrold, but likewise to two plays Ferformed at a penny "gatf," iu which wicked aristocrats and virtuous plebeians were the leading personages, Charles Lamb, Thomas Hood, and Punch elm give a sp ec i men o f our f ac ti ous contempo came in for hi s eu l ogy as so many k indly teachers, an d, to rary, he read an atticle, entitled the " Cura•e's Walk," k nown to b e a contribution from his own pen. This article is a masterpiece of humour and inohtrusive pathos, and served the lecturer as a staring point in the delicate task of drawing a com parison b .4 . ,veen himself and Mr. Dickens, who was preseet in the hall, and was one of the most en thusiastic of the listeners. He confessed that his view of nature was not so pleasant as tho view taken by Mr. Dickens, that he had found critics in his own children, who wished that he could write something like "Nicholas Nickleby ;" he pane gyrized his friendly cr,rapetitor as a bring " corn m'ssioned by Divine Benevolence," and spoke of the "Christmas Carol" as the best of chirity ser mons. But, as far as concerned himself, he de clared that he could only pa;nt life as he saw it, and must stand excused by the honesty of his in tentions. Most gracefully was the lecture brought to a con clusion by a reference to its immediate object. Within the space of a twelvemonth the weekly din mr shared by the staff of "Punch" has been im paired by two heavy losses and Mr. Thackeray ex pressed the grief he felt through m;s , ing Messrs. A'Beclatt and Jerrold at the "kindly board.* Expatiating on the wit of Mr. Jerrold, he dwelt still more on that intrinsic benevolence of his char acter which was ignored by those who saw in the brilliant utterer of repartee the severe satirist only. To i!lustra.te this part of his subject Mr. Thackeray read an apologue by Mr. Jerrold which shows how a fruit merchant who had dealt in lemons during t' - -e greater peat of his life found an insupeiab`e difficulty iu making the world believe that he had abandonel his old trade and taken to the sale of sweet oranges. The editor of " Punch," who has held the office from its commencement, came in for his share of eulogy. The lectute was loudly applauded at all " points ; " and Mr. Thackeray , after he had quit ted the patform, was recalled by the unanimous voice of the audience. E,CINDE RAILWAY CO3IPANY• The following correspoudence has been handed to us for publication : deit toa -street, 18, 1857 . i r wa d Y -s e tr e e mP , sn GreshamHorse, "Seet Old " Sir,—l have the honour to enclose herewith an es frac: from a 1, tter from the agent of this company, No. 145, of 1857, dated Karro,chee, 19th May, having refer. ence to the facilities for the entrance of vessels into the harbour, which may be interesting at the present time to the honourable court.---I have, AC., (Signed) "W.p. A NIMBI!, Chairman. " Sir Jaiie; C. 8., &c• " Extract from a letter from the agent of the Scinde Railwav Company t.. the secretary, dated at Kurra- chec, 19th May, 1857. `• has been with some satisfaction that I have heard that, when the troops were being embarked here recently, Commander Bennie (now commander in the Persian Gulf) was very often iu and out of the harbour, and that, in consequence of his repeated observations, he reported to Government his conviction that there was more watt-r upon the bar than the register showed, thee ful:y confirming the repeated assertions to that effect which I made last year on the authority of native boat men and the captains of Ileglish shipi. There has been a great deal of sea lately, yet the Bussorah Merchant was brought in by the port officer, drawing 20 feet 6 inches, while the depth signalled was only 21 feet. It ii gratifying to perceive that, on all occasions, the pre cent port officer, Lieutenant Giles, does his utmost for the convenience of every one using the port.'" MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended July 23, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT 63s 81 , - BARLEY I OATS I I RYB I ELM ram 37s 9d 278 9d 42s 7d 45 s i ld 44s 4d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES, WITEAT I BARLEY OATS. I Rini BEANS PEAS 62s Id 38s 3d 1 2752 d 40s 10d , 45s 3d 43s 8d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 81,704; barley, 1,038; oats, 6,102; rye, 76; beans 2,693 ; peas, 261 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. 0d to 4.3 6d per 81bs, by tb. 6d; Lamb, 53 06 to 5a 10d; -/ "'NEWGA.TN AND LEADENHALL. -- Thera vras a moderate business doing here today, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od Veal, 3s 3 2 1 :1 0 ; d • %MOM. 1:01:711,1g4t:t SOUTHALL, July 22,—The supplies of stock here to-day ° B a lb t s o , 6 t s to the offal. were moderate, and the trade ruled somewhat firmer than last week, as follows :—Beef , f ro m 3 ; s v.a 2( e lt l o , 45 3 6 6 ( a 1; t0 M 4 u s tt 6 oz 1 , , 3s 4d dt 3 o 3 4 B s d B4 t l o ; Lamb,4s6d p 5s Od ROMFORD, July 22.—The trade morally ruled steady, at our quotations :—Beef, from 38 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 58 Od to 6s 2d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 61 •, Pcrk, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per Blbs ; Mulch Cows, 161. to 211. each. H A Y MARKETS. meadow hay,3loa to 61 Os; new do., 3/ Os to 4/ 8n; now (10 5 . :f i rr os TZ.- 08 0 ; 1d old /n c e l 31. 15s to 4/. 10s; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11/ 12s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—OId newdo.3IOto FiIY, '3l 3s to 4l BEI ; clover, 3/Aos to 51 Os ; new do., 3/ As to 41 108 ; and straw. 11 88 to 1112 s per load. A. moderate supply and a sluggish demand. WHITEOHAPEL.—Oiti 41 08 ; Ord a d° W meadow hay, 31 Os to 41 78 ; new do., 310 s to 4/ Os; old clover, 31 lOs to 51 5s ; new do., 31128 to 4110 s ; and straw, 11 8s to 11 12s per load. A slow trade. " * It is not nearly so much. The distance between the two places is 20 coss, and the coss is usually reckoned by Europeans at two miles, but in that part of India it is not more than one and two-thirds of a mile." " 't They were, however, neither murdered nor, as it would appear, personally maltreated, although there was ample opportunity for both during their wanderings, espe cially after they had been robbed of their arms. 'With the exception of the Goojurs, who are hereditary marauders, the Zemiudars have behaved well to us, which is a great encouragement to good government, for there cannot be a doubt that it is mainly owing to the 30 years settlement which has secured them against the unlimited exactions of the old revenue system. The uniform fidelity of the native domestic servants, both male and fem ale, has also been very remarkable; and the instances have not been few in which they have protected their masters and mistresses at the hazard of their liver. The poor ayas have repeatedly carried off the infants intrusted to them amid show ers o f blows. These things prove that the people of India are not insensible to just and kind treatment, and indicate that there must have been something wroag in our manage ment of the Sepoys, who in former days yielded to none in attachment to their English officers." LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SCHOOL. The 51st anniversary festival of this excellent charity, established for the maintenance and edu cation of the children of deceased or indigent mem bers of the trade, was held yesterday at Highbury Barn Tavern, Islington. The chair was taken by Mr. Hod worth Barclay, and about 1,200 persons sat down to an excellent repast, served under the shelter of a monster tent. The usual loyal toasts having been disposed of, the chairman, in proposing —" Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' School," dwelt at EOM length upon the admirable character of the institution they were assembled to promote. He was happy to say that the revenue of the school had been augmented by an annual grant of 1,0001. from the profits of the Morning Advertiser, and that the ground on which the school was built was in process of enfranchisement, so that in a short time the subscribers would be enabled to say that they had. their own school on their own ground. (Applause.) The number of children at present in the institution was 134—viz., 77 boys and 57 girls. The expenses were about 3,0001. a-year. Of that sum 1,000/. was derived from the journal °stab . - killed in connection with the Licensed Victuallers' Association, 2001. was realised by the annual ball, and 1301. from dividends on stock —making 1,3301. The difference between that sum and the expendi ture, amounting to 1,6701., was made up by_ the subscriptions of members of trade. The enfarn chisement of the ground upon which the school was built would reduce the funded property to e eereefeohreeuiltdbr used in order to keep up the' revenue. became necessary that 2 in creased,32l/. , ande exertions The children of the school having been intro luced , Mr. Smalle y , the secretar y , r ead a long list of subscrptions, and. announced amid loud c h eer s that the chairman and the members of the ex eminent f: rm to which he belonged bad presented donations to the amount of 341/. to the charity, and 941. towards the enfranchisement fund. Seve ral other donations were announced in the course of the evening, and at the close the subscription list amounted to nearly 1,700/., of which 1,400/. was for the school, and 3001. for the enfranchisement. The musical arrangemen.ts were, under the superin tendence of Mr. George Gene. THE " LION HUNTER" AT THE POLICE COURT. Mr. Gordon Cumming, who is at present exhibiting his trophies in the Clayton-hall, in Liverpool, was charged before the borough magistrates yesterday with assaulting several persons on the 14th inst. while in the Grand Junction Hotel in Lime-street. The chief complainants were two persons named Griffith and Ellis, who stated that on the evening in question they were sitting in the coffee-room of the hotel, where Mr. Gordon Cumming was taking his supper with two friends, with whom he was di&cussing the qualifications of the United States' steam frigate Niagara. The complainants, having been on board, were interested in the conversation, and joined Mr. Cumming at his table, when that gentleman (so they said), without any provocation, attacked them in a violent manner, Griffith being severely cut about the face, while Ellis was also much injured. The bar maid and barman came in, they stated, for some heavy blows. according to Mr. Cummings' version, and that of Lis friends, Griffith provoked the assault, by firm making insulting remarks about the English flag, and, when they were resented, challenged Mr. Cumming to fight, saying that it they would get upon the floor "he would take the bounce out of all three of them." In commonpolitene ss , M r . C umm i n g sa id, be accepted the halves, he invitation, and as he did not do those kind of things by gave the man a sound thrashing for his isa pertinence. The rn.igistrate considered that the corn plainauts bad drawn the chastisement on themeeites, and dismissed the summons.