The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

THE FASTEST H SHIP Ilkl THE WORLD IN THE TAMES. The celebrated' Black Ball" clipper IGH TNING," • IL Belonging to Messrs. JAMES JAMES BAINES BAINES" sl id Co., of Liverpool, an d sister ship to the " old the " CHAMPION OF Titt SEAS," rece ntiv ueen inspected Court at and so blg hly eulogised by her Majesty tho Q and rirtsmouth, is expected to arrive in the Thames, to embark Trosepe for India, on or about the 21st instant. while 15 , 4ng off Gravesend, the " LIGHTNING" will be thrown t o public inspection for a few days, and a charge of one lling admission will be made, the receipts to be given to t be wives and families of the soldiers who sail in her. The " LIGHTNING" Ss 8 0 093 tons register, 3,500 tons burthen, 243 feet long and 44 feet wide, She is TaE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD, lov ing made the passage from Melbourne to Liverpool in 63 d a ys, when her speed during the whole voyage (round Cape Ilona), a distance of 15,000 miles as the crow flies, averaged 10 miles an hour. On the 27th of February, 1855, she ran l g mires per hour for 24 consecutive hours, and from the 28,th June to the 4th July, 1856, h3r hourly consecutive spee ,i averaged 15 miles. 11 E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced irieeF, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19. with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Violetti, Boss „ Beneventano, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVANNI. PRICES : B o xes to accommodate four persons, G ran d Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair. 22 2 0 Two Pair Th re e Pair 0 15 0 Pit Stalls 0 10 6 0 3 6 Pi t Gallery Stall 3 Gallery OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. ras EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS. in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, &e., will appear. Atlter which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED &USA:N.. William, Mr T. P. Cooke. 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 Fit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the romantic Adelphi drama of LIKE AND UNLIKE, in which Messrs. C. Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. To conclude with THE ELVES ; or, The Statute Bride. Madame Celeste. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. RobNmi and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aid Mr. G—MurraY -To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by R )belt Brongh, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, dtc. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past !Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd awl Creswick. THIS EVENING will be performed the Braid opera of NORMA. Lucy Escott, Miss Villiers, Mr. Haigh, Mr. 11. Squires, Mr. Durand, Mr. Manvcrs, and Mr. A. Cooke. To conclude with NO SONG NO SUPPER. Mr. Man vers, ‘lr. A. Cooke, Mr. W. Smith, and Miss Villiers. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand oAental Spectacle of EL HYDER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intense , y interest ing and thrilling Equestrian and Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, awl during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GIIAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. _ _ After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish. moot, including Madlle. Mililos. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes 3s. ' • Private Boxes, from 21 s. no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. Bes-office open from Eleven till Fonr. Raze Manager, Mr. W. West, Eqaestrian Director, Mr. W. Ccoke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, die., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Hiss Brunel], Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. Toles, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An tonio, E. L. Hime, and %fr. St. Albyn ; Master Corri ; sfessrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Say pen, dic., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY— Mcrn., 13 min. aft. 2 Even., 33 min. aft. 2 To-Moßnow—Morn., 57 min. aft. 2—Even., 15 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 20. TEINTOSOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 65--lowest this morning and during the night. 69 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.19. W[Nr', W.N.W. ; light, with dull weather. efen-1 ler4o • c‘i ' 2 ) ' w LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1857. We yesterday gave the remainder of the Re port of the Commissioners on Purchase of Com missions in the Army, a portion whereof appeared in our impression of Tuesday. We have already explained the vital importance of the problem. On its proper solution depends the efficacy of our entire military system. Experience has proved, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that English soldiers can, if properly commanded, compete with the troops of any nation—that they may challenge a comparison with any armies of ancient or modern times. But much depends on the officers, from the highest to the lowest ; for even an army of lions, if led by donkeys, could not be very effi cient. That sarcasm has b..!en uttered, and with too much foundation, and it is therefore incum bent on the nation t) prevent, so far as practicable, any repetition of the charge. Against the determined bravery, the unflinch ing gallantry of our officers, not a word can be spoken. We care not what may be the mode of selection, whether by purchase, patronage, or competitive examination, our officers will display Courage in the field, will shrink from no danger, but will duty. lay dawn even thoir lives in discharge of their than this. I3ut duty demands something more Th e physical courage for which they are remarkable i s she the characteristic of the private soldiers, , and an efficient officer must, in addition to personal d aring, possess sufficient skill to render all the means at his disposal most available. It has been trulysaid that a WEL LINGTON or a Cnanixs Nap ier was worth ten thousand additional soldiers. T he re must be the master mind to direct operations, t o apply the motive power in the best way possible. Now under the purchase system, this is all re _ duced to mere chance. An Officer with ample pecuniary means may be just as good, and brave II man, as one who has not a shilling beyond his pay. But the chances are, that he will not take such pains to qualify himself as the officer who has staked all his future prospects on success in his profession. It is notorious that amateurs are seldom, if ever, so efficient as those who devote their entire energies to a pursuit which is to pro cure them the means of living. Gentlemen j oc k e ys may be very good in their way, but fe w would like to stake their money on a Derby fa vourite, who had not a professional rider and a professional trainer. An amateur artist may also 1. TUT s tY.N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING AuGusr 20, SS7 , I produce a tolerably good picture or piece of sculp ture, but he cannot rival those who are stimulated to seek not merely fame. but competence by the res angusta domi. Now, the gentleman who has purchased his commission, who can at any moment vote the service a bore and declare his intention of selling out may be regarded as an amateur, c3rtainly not as a professional. He is merely " playing at soldiers." He feels that he is re ceiving but little more than the interest of the money he has invested—that his services are to a great extent gratuitous—and, he therefore natur ally chafes at any extra trouble or annoyance to which he may be subjected. Let the same man know that he is bound to his profession by strin gent bonds, which cannot easily be severed, and we venture to assert that in ninety-cases out of a hundred he will become a more useful, and even energetic officer, striving by every means withi❑ his power to qualify himself for the duties that may devolve upon him. The Royal Commissioners have suffered them selves to be influenced by petty obstacles. They have not ventured to grapple with the existing difficulties. They perceive the better course, but they will not enter on "the straight and narrow path." They maintain the purchase system up to thdrank of field officer, nay, more, it is merely the situation of lieutenant-colonel that is rescued from the hands of Mammon and given to the worthiest or, perhaps, we might say, the most influential claims. Hitherto it has, with some few excep tions, been a prize only open to the fortunate possessors of some eight or ten thousand pounds, for be it remembered, it usually costs far more than the regulation price. Henceforward it will be a valuable piece of patronage in the hands of the Commander-in-Chief, who may be inclined to reward the most worthy applicants. We, however, conceive that it would he better to get rid of the money power in the earlier stages. When men enter the army without any payment, but merely from the possession of the qualifica tions, physical or intellectual—and due allowance should be made in both directions—they will strive to fit themselves for promotion. That promotion should be partly by seniority and partly by selection. We would not have a dunce, without zeal or enthusiasm, maintain the accidental lead which he had obtained over an efficient officer. That is the case at present in the Engineers, where twelve officers were recom mended for valuable services to obtain some extra ordinary promotion, and yet not one of these dis tinguished officers has been promoted over those who remained at home in inglorious ease, while they were toiling and risking their lives in the Crimea. Nor would pure favour alone answer ; but, if one out of three vacancies were given to merit, a far better system would be introduced. Those who entered the army in the manner above suggested could claim no compensation for any alteration. The purchase system would thus gradually die out. It seems to us, therefore, that the Royal Commissioners have commenced at the wrong side, and that it would be far better to allow the purchase of Lieutenant- Colonelcies ; but to make the first and every future step free to those who may desire to enter the army on the new system, the nation paying the value of the commission to those who may purchase their promotion to a higher grade. The House of Lords professes to be the con servator of Great Constitutional principles ; and no one will deny that it has frequently in its his tory performed, and nobly performed, that office. The Barons of England are so far mixed up with, or rather shaded off into, the people of England, that en great questions their own liberties are fre quently implicated with those of the citizens generally. When they can be separated, as in the case of the Jew's Emancipation, they are but too ready, it must be confessed, to make a sadly perverted appeal to " the principles of our glorious Constitution." Under that guise they have locked the door of the House of Commons for another Session on Baron ROTHSCHILD. They have now, however, an opportunity of stand ing by their boasted function in one of the most important cases which, within our recollection, has come before the English Legislature. We refer, of course, to the license just granted by the House of Commons to State Clergymen, to set up private judgment against law, in regard to the remarriage of divorced persons. It is true Lord PALMERSTON has conceded but the minimum, and some of the apologists for the clergy pointed this out in the house. The great majority of those who profess to have scruples about, or clear con victions against, marrying divorced persons, must object to a remarriage of the innocent, as well as of the guilty party. The indissolubility of mar riage is the sole basis of their conscientious ob jection—plainly, therefore, the innocent divorced party is still in their view as much a husband or a wife, as the case may be, as the guilty party. In accepting Lord PALMERSTON'S compromise, therefore, the Romanizers give up all principle on their part. They consent to remarry those whom they pronounce still married. We have, however, little concern about the elas ticity or the firmness of their consciences. What does concern us is, that some concession is made to them. Lord PALMERSTON has consented, though under the moss solemn protest from his Attorney-Gene ral, to allow the recalcitrants the option of re fusing to marry a person whose crime has been the cause of the divorce. The law says they are at liberty to• re-marry. The view of those who frame this law is, that the guilty party had 'better, for social reasons, re-marry, and marry his or her companion in guilt; ; but the clergy are to be per mitted to frustrate this intention of the Legislature —to be permitted to refuse marriage to those to whom the statutes of the land explicitly allow it ! Bishops have just been called to account, and justly so, for refusing, as servants of the State, to consecrate burial-grounds declared fit for conse cration by the State authorities ; and now private clergymen are to be allowed to plead private judg ment in bar of an Act of Parliament ! Surely this is retrogression. In our view, the admission of a single Jew to Parliament shrinks into utter insignificance com pared with the admission of the clergy to supre macy over Parliament ; for this is what is really in question. If the Lords pass this amendment, they will indeed have "strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel." They will have kept out a Jew, but have admitted an out-and-out un-Eng lish principle. Tney will have refused the power less, but have surrendered to the most restless of agitators, one of the keys of civil liberty. From the times o f th e R e f orma ti on an d th e bi rt h o f th e ChurchChurchof England, u n der the not-to-be-trifled with rule of th e E ig h th HARRY, the o bj ect of on lightened the clergy i n Christ en d om h as b een to reta i n . t o clergymen never allowed t o Complete subordination t o the Civil Power ; and this i s p er h a p s th e first concession, for generations , of a liberty laymen. If it be Y divorc ed persons, w h y m ay not the Registrar an abett or i n sinful, for ins tance, t 3 r emarr as well as the clergy plli-viiialemgeenot of being i g tself if it eve n a m s a i n n fu claim l ae t . the admits that it can enact a s inful lam No l e a ia, lature whiila acknowledges a GOD at all, and ours especially which even opens each sitting with solemn prayer to Him, can allow that any of its enactments are violations of Divine Law. No such Legislature would deny for a moment that all ought to obey GOD rather than man ; it must assume, therefore, that nose of its enactments are 1 such as men ought to be allowed to disobey under the pretext of serving GOD. It has been recom mended to hand over all the remarriages in ques tion to the Registrar ; which to us seems very like treating the unfortunate Registrars as the publicans and sinners of the community. They, and the State through them, may bid the divorced "go and sin as long as they live"—at least such is the logic of the clerics. We would point the attention of all our readers to the admirable warnings of the Attorney-Gene ral. He evidently regards the concession, small as it may seem, as the principle of infinite mis chief. An Establishment is a Church governed by the law of the State, and therefore paid by the State. Dissenting Churches, as churches, are perfectly uncontrolled by the law, and there fore receive not a shilling from the State. No statesman ought for a moment to grant liberty from law to those who enjoy all their privileges and emoluments by virtue of acts of Parliament. We respect equally the Established and- the Dis senting clergyman where each keeps to his own principle. We should resist the Dissenter who would retain his ecclesiastical liberty, and yet take State pay—and we equally resist the clergy man who wants to gain his liberty while he pockets the benefit in honours or money, of connection with the State. The law-controlled Church of the State, and the Free Churches of the Voluntaries have all their uses in the body politic ; to confuse the clear line between them will prove a fatal mistake. The clergyman may now ask liberty to refuse a reli gious service on a hundred grounds. Scruples will spring up as a plentiful harvest from this small kernel. No seed is more prolific than a scruple in a favourable soil. The admini stration of the sacraments, the burial service, the Popish parts of the Liturgy, the Calvinistic and anti-Romanistic parts of the Articles, almost every thing in the services and working of the Church will become a matter of scruple to some one, aid eventually the House of Commons will become as theological as in the days of the Long Parliament. Indeed, whether to their credit or oth3rwise we will not say, but the elect of the Chinese dissolu tion have shown marvellous casuistical and theo logical,—we suppose we must not say Jesuitical—. ) skill in discussing divorce, bigamy, adultery, and the kindred elevated topics. DENS himself could hardly have surpassed GLADSTONE, either in sub tlety on ugly topics, or in pleading, in cases which suited his purpose, for what he pronounced wick edness in the sight of heaven when it did not. We call upon the House of Lords, then, to preserve intact the principle of complete subjection of the State clergy to the laws of the State ; not to allow them the power of complete marriage (which the Dissenter has not) without requiring also that they use their power for all whom the State permits to marry. The clause just conceded we believe to be the - Rubicon of the Romanisers• Let them once cross it and the road to Church supremacy is open to them. HER MAJESTY'S CRUISE. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY ETENING. The Royal Mail steamer Despatch, Capt. Babot, arrived this evening from Jersey. She reports having seen, at a quarter-past 7 this morning, the Royal Yacht entering Alderney, with her Ma iewty, the Prince Consort, ctrc., on board, all well. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty - ;)tieen Victoria and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the elder royal children, arrived in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert before Cherbourg yesterday, and were saluted by a salvo from the batteries of artillery. In the prevision that her Majesty's excursion might extend as far as Havre, orders were given to have measures taken to salute her Majesty, and two detachments of artillerymen were posted, one on the Place de Provence, and the other on the southern battery, where they remained the greater part of the afternoon without their services being called into requisition. Pilots were also directed to proceed out into the roadstead, in case the royal yacht might require any assistance. LATEST NE WS. THE INDIAN MAILS. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNIN G. The European and Australian Company's steam ship Jura, from Alexandria, with the Bombay mails, has just arrived in the river with 40,0001. in Australian gold. FRANCE. _ _ PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Their Majesties and the Prince Imperial arrived at Bayonne yesterday morning at half-past ten o'clock, and wore received with the most enthusi_ astic acclamations. Although the Imperial party had expressed a desire to travel incognito, several triumphal arches had been erected in the town, and an immense crowd vas assembled in the streets to welcome their Majesties, who, after a short pause, proceeded to Biarritz, where they arrived a little before e!evon o'clock, in excellent health. A special train had arrived some hours before at Bayonne with six carriages and twenty horses for the service of their Majesties. Prince Jerome, yesterday, after visiting the Public Garden at Havre, took an excursion a short way out to sea, in a pleasure boat which had been sent from Cherbourg to be at his Imperial High ness's orders. The Ariel, state steamer, is moored in front of the Hotel Frascati, awaiting the Prince's orders. _ _ Rear-Admiral Clavaud has been appointed to the command of the French squadron in the Levant, vice Rear-Admiral Count Bouet-Willaumez, whose term of foreign service has expired ; Rear-Admiral Viscount de Chabannes sumeeds Rar-Admiral La Rocque de Chaufray as Commander-in-Cbief at Brazil • Rear-Admiral Fourichon replaces Ad miral Vicomte de Chabannes as commandant of the naval force at Algeria ; and Rear-Admiral Aubry-Bailleul has been appointed Major-General of the Marines at Toulon, in the room of Rear- Admiral Clavaud. By imperial decree, 267 military medals have been conferred on non-commissioned officers and privates who distinguished themselves during the late expedition in Kabylia. " Our correspondent at Mogador," says the Semaphore of Marseilles, writing tinier date of the 4th, states that the Emperor of Morocco, after a residence of four years at the capital of that name, has left for Fez. His son, Sidi Mohammel, the heir presumptive to the throne, who had bceu go vernor of Fez, replaces the Emperor at Morocco. The prince, just before his journey, put down an insurrection which had taken place among some tribes." _ _ _ The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : MARSEILLES, Aug. 18.—Intelligence from Tunis of the 13-1 announces that three days before a sanguinary disturbance todk place against the Jews. Even the Christians were menaced. Several persons were killed, and the English consul was insulted. Milit‘ry measures of repression were adopted, but not until after grave dis asters had taken place. BERLIN, Aug. 18.—At a geßeral meeting o: the share holders of the Royal Bank, held to-day, it was proposed to raise the rate of discount from 5 to 5. per cent., leav ing the rate of interest on advances as before at 6 per cent. BOURSE, Aug. 19.—The following were the last quotas ions : Cub. fr. c. End of Month. li per Cents 3 per Ceuta 67 5 67 Bank Shares 2,790 Credit Fowler — Credit Mobilier 965 ---- Rcrnan Do. Account 960 Atetrian / Belgian 4i ....... ..... 994 Spanish Threes - Piedmontese (5) B9l— lime Debt AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The Liverpool, Philadelphia, and New York Steam Ship Company's screw steamer Kangaroo has arrived from New York, with one day's later ad vices, 150 passengers, and $51,000 in specie. The screw steam ship New York, of Glasgow, had arrived at New York. Advices from the Washington correspondent of the .New York _Herald state that the New Grena dian difficulty has been virtually settled. No difficulty was anticipated between Spain and. Mexico. The Spanish Minister bad called and de livered to General Cass a draught on Havannah for $35,000, with which to pay the interest on the Spanish debt in New York. The St. Louis Democrat reports that Governor Walker was still encamped at Lawrence. His force bad been increased. The legislative apportionment gave 10 members to 50 counties, and 42 members to 17 counties. A collision had occurred on the St. Lawrence between the steam boats Quebec and Montmorency ; the latter was sunk, but no lives were lost. The dissolution of the Tehuantepec Company had been commenced at New Orleans. The coast of New Brunswick had experienced a disastrous gale, which caused great loss of life and destruction among the fishing boats. Two Americans and four democrats are said to have been elected for Kentucky. Alabama had elected a democrat. The New York commercial advices report that there was more activity in the money market, but the demand was freely met, and there was no difficulty ix finding any amount on call, on current securities. The Stock Market was inactive and more de pressed, and with no indications of improvement. The rate of exchanges remained unaltered. The Persia's advices had caused au advance in cotton of Hc. per lb. Midland uplandi was quoted 15ac., and middling new Orleans at line. Flour was firm, with a good eastern demand ; Indian corn was also firm. Freights were moderate, and rates unchanged. LOUIS NAPOLEON AT CALCUTTA. (From the Freeman ) Twenty-two years have elapsed since the press of India was relieved from the incubus of a censor ship. It was the act of Lord Metcalfe, during his short tenure of the office of Governor-General, and was never pardoned by the Court of Directors, in opposition to whose views it was done. It was, however, a concession worthy of that upright statesmen, and a graceful inauguration of the new policy forced on the East India Company by the Charter Act of 1833. Previous to that year a native political paper did not exist. Several sprang immediately into existence, for a short time flou rished, and then vanished away. At the present time, the entire native political prers of Bengal comprises two daily papers with a circulation of 1,200 copies ; two issued twice, and two thrice a week, each issue consisting of 500 copies ; and four weekly papers, with a circulation only of 330 copies. Ten thousand copies a-week will cover the entire circulation of these native papers, among the 35,000,000 of inhabitants of Bengal. Unfortunately, as a means of political instruction, the native press is worthless. It is violent, lying, filthy, and treasonable. It misrepresents every act of the general government, and is bitterly anti- English. It has, in every way, pandered to the worst, passions of the multitude, excited to rebel lion, and done its best to render good government impossible. At an early stsge of the , present mutiny, the general commanding at Barrackpore informed Lord Canning that to repress the revolt .was impossible while these papers were permitted to be read in the ranks of the army. The editor of one of the daily papers is said to have been the first person to join the mutineers at Delhi, and to have assisted in the elevation of the Great Mogul to the ancient throne of Hindostan. Under such circumstances it is not to be much wondered at that Lord Canning should seek to put a check on the native press. Events have shown that its power is not to be despised. The Governor in Council bag, therefore, reverted to the machinery of license and kiionition. An act was in rine day passed through the Legislative Council, conferring despotic powers on the Governor-General, and the press of India lies at his feet. To a considerable extent the character of the na tive press justifies this proceeding. But the case is totally different with the English press. Throughout the revolt it has been unmistakeably loyal. It has given the most strenuous aid to Government. Yet it also has been laid under ban. It would have been a graceful acknowledgment of the service the English press has rendered to have exempted it from the operation of the act. Its exemption would have emphatically expressed to the native mind the resolution of Government to repress a mischievous spirit wherever it exists. The effect has been what any one might have anticipated. The unofficial English residents in India are irri tated. Distrust everywhere prevails. Gagging the press is truly regarded as a sign of weakness. The candour and approbation which Lord Can ning's acts have hitherto met with are exchanged for dissatisfaction and smothered discontent, only the more dangerous from the absence of its na tural means of expression. The first exercise of the power vested in Lord Canning by the Act of the Legislative Council by no means tends to allay the excitement. The Friend of Indict has been warned, the only Inclian paper -which deals worthily with the great subject of Indian Government. This is the more surprising, inasmuch as the Friend of Indict has ever been the defender of the Government, and, at the commence ment of the mutiny, received the distinct approval of Lord Canning himself for the ability with which it sustained the measures he saw fit to adopt. But now, in a few brief weeks, this advocate of English supremacy in the E tat, and of the vigo rous steps taken by the authorities, is, declared in the' judgment of the Governor-General in Council to utter sentiments " fraught with mischief, and calculated, at the present time, to spread disaffec tion towards the British Government, both among its native subjects, and among dependent and allied states." Strangely enough, this charge is founded on an article on the centenary of the battle of Plassey. It is a spirited defence of the extension and benefits of English rule in India. It vindicates the policy of elevating the native population, though it be effected at the cost of deposing in capable kings, and even the ruin of India's aristo cracy. "Had princes and rajah's in Hindostan been worth censuring," says the writer, "they would have retained their titles and power. The class speedily dies out in the natural course of mortality, and it is not for the benefit of society that it should not be renewed." If, however, the families of kings and princes lose the means and power of indulging in vices and crimes disgraceful to humanity, the middle classes gain security, and commerce enriches every grade of society. Surely the most rigid cen sor cannot discover aught to reprove in the hope expressed in the closing sentence of the essay, that " the second centenary of Plassey may be cele brated in Bengal by a respected government and a Christian population." Yet these are the senti ments which Lord Canning condemns, and which are said to be fraught with danger to the stability of our empire in the East ! Ihe freedom of the press in India is a ques'ion of the greatest moment in England. It is our con cern more even than the concern of our friends resident iu that country. To a certain extent, the Government of India must be despotic in its cha racter, or at least exempt from many of those con stitutional checks familiar to the inhabitants of the British isles. So much the greater reason is there for the vigilant eye of the " able editor." Officialism is never very scrupulous as to the truth of its repre sentations ; and the officialism of the Honourable Company's servants is not free from this reproach. It is only by the newspaper press that the people of England can learn the true condition of its Eastern empire, and never was its freedom snore necessary than in such a time as this, when every effort will be made to relieve the Government of the blame of the fearful revolt, the atroci•ies of which make every man's blood congeal with horror, and to mislead the pub lic mind as to its true cause. It is with infinite regret that we find the son of Canning, the liberator of oppressed peoples, foremost in this work. The fetters are, indeed, imposed for a year only ; but his lordship's speech, in proposing the measure, not obscurely hints that, when the time for its re consideration shall have come, the freedom hitherto enjoyed will need some limitation. Let the people of England look to it, that it does not lose this great safeguard to the liberties of both Europeans and natives resident its India, this powerful check on the vagaries of irrespon-ible power. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICE- CONSTABLE. Yesterday afternoon great excitement was created in the immediate neighbourhood of Drury-lane, in coase quenco of an attempt having been made by an aban doned woman to murder a police-officer, while iu the execution of his slaty, by sttbbindhim. From the par ticulars obtained it appears that a boy had been given into the custody of Police-constable Gymer, No. 54, of the F division, for 1301130 offence, and when he had suc ceeded in getting the boy near Endell-street, a woman named Sullivan, who has 'frequently been in custody for assaulting the police, came up to the officer and en&avoured to rescue the prisoner. The oonsiable finding that remonstrance with the woman was useless, and that she was cplb-c4ing a crowd around him, made an att,empt to take her into custody, and as ho was so trying the infuriated woman turned upon him and drew a sharp-pointed knife from some part of her dress, and plunged the weapon into his face and body. Blood in copious stre,:ms flowed from each wound, and the injured officer was placed in a cab and forthwith re moved to Charing Cross Hospital, where he at present remains in a very precarious condition. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER AT BOW-STREET. This morning the praana.r was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall when she said her name was Ann Donavan, and that she rosided in Neal's-passage, Seven Dials. She appeared to be about 20 years of age and to belong to the low class of persons who abound in St. Giles's. William Saunders, living in Mercer-strdet, Long Acre, said, about half-past three o'clock yesterday after noon, I saw a policeman running after a boy in Endoll-street, whom he caught and took into the workhouse. The prisoner was close to the work• house door when the policeman passed in, and after the door closed she sat down on the steps and waited until he left the house. She followed him into Short's-gardens, and I there saw her attack the constable with a knife (a common pocket knife), and shortly after wards I saw blood flowing from his head and face. She stabbed him once in the cheek, and three times in other parts of his body. Assistance arrived and the prisoner was secured. William Backfield, 16, Ossulstone street, Somers Town, said about ten minutes past 3 yesterday afternoon I was at tie corner of Short's-gardens, when I saw the prisoner struggling with a policeman. I saw her s raise l her hand and strike tie constable in the face with sharp instrument. I ran across the roa d andseined her hand, and found the knife proauced firmly clenched in it. tried to take the knife from her, but shortly after wards she threw it to the / ground. She threatened to serve me the same as she had don° the const r able. Police-constable 95—1 WS the prisone struggling prisoner an d conveyed her to the station house. The woun ded policeman was taken to istauce of the offi ce in her hand. I went to the ass with the coastabls and I also saw that she hada knife I". I - secured the w h e re he at present remains in a very King'sCillego Hospital , you seen the wound e d man t hi s dangerous e ro li us ai s i tatei ave sir. He is in a very bad state, and morning I I shall remand the pri soner f or a wee k . •the place for s ome ti me . alb rs l e eio leave mi N i lir nr i t o. n ti e ib s ae s 1 - 1 The prisoner, who appeared to treat the matter with was then locked up. th e greatest indifference, RAILWAY DIEETINGS—(This Day.) NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD. The ordinary meeting of this company has just been held—the Hon. Capt. Fitzmaurice in the chair. The report stated that the line would be opened to the june• Lion with the Taff Vale Railway by the end of October Duct. Tie net revenue of the half-year was 12,208. and after deducting 2,2921. for the late Nontyderry accident, left 8,9161. 2s. 6d., to be transferred to the revenue account, which, added to the last talance, would make 16,4601. 103. 10d. The balance remaining after the payment of interest on debentures, &c., and 5 per cent. shares, would leave 3,855/. 16s. 53. for the next account. The report, after some discussion, was adopted. THE SONG OF THE HOUSE. (From, Punch.) With patience threadbare worn, With eyelids heavy as lead, A member sat in the Commons' House When he ought to have been in bad. Sit ! sit ! sit I In dog-days, small-hours and from°, And as his place he couldn't quit, He sang the song of the house. " Talk ! talk ! talk ! In the morning from twelve till four ! And talk ! talk ! talk ! At evening for eight hours more I It's, oh, to be a slave At words instead of work, With Gladstone and Patti for Fox and Pitt, And Bethell instead of Burke. "Talk ! talk ! talk ! Till the painted windows swim; Talk ! talk ! talk ! Till the lights in the roof wax dim ; Clause and section and line — Line and section and clause— Till on the benches we fall asleep, And dream of making laws. " Oh, men, with incomes clear, Oh, men, with houses and wives, What fools we are t o b e stewing here, When we might lead easy lives. Stick 1 stick ! stick ! In the stench of the bone-boilers's dirt; To hear Gladstone's taunts at Bethell, And Bethell's rejoinders pert. "Talk ! talk ! talk ! Oar labour lasts night and day; And what are its waves—nothing a-year, And election bills to pay; The right to stand on this matted floor, The right to a, idress that chair, Anti the Times a blank—for I'm not of the rank To be reported there. " Sit ! sit! sit ! From weary chime to chime ! Sit ! Fit ! sit ! And to miss a division's a crime. Amend, divide, and report— Report, divide, and amend— Till each section 'a a riddle, the Act a maze And a muddle from end to end. " Telk ! talk! talk! In the blazing midsummer light ; Talk ! talk ! talk ! _ Through the sweltering midsummer night ; While all about tho House The bone-boilers' odours cling, To mock us with dreams of the heathery hills, Where the grouse are on the wing ! " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the heather and gorse so sweet, With my wide-awake ( n my head, And my luncheon at my feet I For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, After a morning's blaze at the birds, For an appetite for my meal !" With patience threadbare worn, With eyelids heavy as load, A Membar sat in tho Comaiona' House When ho fain would have been in bed. Sit ! sit ! sit ! In dog-days, small-hours and frowso, And as the debate he couldn't quit, He tried to make the best of it, By singing the Song of the House A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon L t the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. It was attendtd by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Lsbouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. It. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Aide,ley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The Duke of Montrose has gone to Buchanan Castle, Stirlingsbire. The Duchess is passing the season at Brighton. Tne Earl and Countess Granville and Lord Stanley of Al lerley have returned to London from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, at Frognal, in Kent. The Rev. A. Bath Power has been appointed Pro feasor of Physics at Gaol] College, Vale of Notb, South RAILWAYS-FOl CASH. tr. c. fr c. Orleans 1,445 Western Northern Lyons and Med...... 895 New Ditto 4 — New Ditto BB5 Grand Central Geneva Midi ITALY. The Due de Grammont gave a grand dinner at Turin on the occasion of the Emperor's fete on the 15th. Count de Cavour, General de Lamarmora, M. Ratazzi, Count Nigra, the Chevalier Cibrario, Sir James Hudson, Count Stackelberg, and other personages of distinction, were among the guests. Count de Cavour proposed the health of the Empe ror Napoleon 111., to which the Dec de Grammont responded by proposing that of Victor Emmanuel 11. General de Lamarmora gave the health of the Empress of the French. The Piedmontese Gazette, in giving an account of the banquet, ex presses much regret at the loss which Turin is about to sustain in the person of the Due de Grammont, now appointed ambassador to the Holy Sae as al ready sta`ed. The Piedmontese Gazette publishes the new law on public instruction, lately voted by the Piedmon tese chambers. The following are th e c hi e f po i n t s —" It distinguishes three branches of instruction, v . z., the elementary, secondary, and sup er i or . The minister has authority over all public schools, except the military and naval colleges, which are under the control of the minister of war. In such public schools as are under the direction of religious bodies, the latter cannot appoint professors or school mistresses without the sanction of the minister. a The nd thediscipline power of conferring degrees, &;c.,:c., i s i n th e hands of the GoveremPn t. Th e ep i scopa l semina ries are under the superintendence of the Minister of Public Instruction. The Roman C a th o li c reli gion is alone to be taught in the school s ; p u pil s o f other creeds must receive religiou s i ns t ruc ti on through the care of their parents. A council of public instruction, composed of ten ordinary and five extraordinary members, takes cognizance, under the presidency of the Minister of Public In struction, of all matters relating t o th a t depart ment." The remaining clauses of the law relate to details. A letter from Kiel (Holstein), in the _Hamburg News, states that the bill relating to the projected constitution for the special affairs of the Duchies has been distributed amongst the members of the Hoistein Assembly. The principal points of the new constitution appear to be the following : " The Duchy of Holstein will, as far as its spe cial affairs are concerned, enjoy a distinct leg sla tion and administration. In these special matters which are common both to Holstein and Schleswig are comprised the University of Kiel, the order of knighthood, the Eider Canal (with the exception of the customs), fire insurances, penitentiary esta blishments, and hospitals. The sovereign power will be exercised by the King-Duke, represented by the Ministry of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. No new law can be decreed, and no existing law c m be modified, relating to special matter of the duchi,-s, without the previous consent of the provincial sates, given in a legal form. This does not, however, refer to resolutions of the Ger manic Diet which may be publiAted in the duchy of Holstein in virtue of the Federal constitution. The King, finally, reserves to himself the right of decreeing, in urgent circumstances, pro visionallaws without the co-operation of the cliambrs." "Pj ivate letters horn Stockholm," says the Nord of Brussels, "state that the health of the King of Sweden has become much worse, and in spires the greatest alarm." The Madrid journals of the 15th are not of any interest. The Queen had ordered apartments to be prepared in the palace at Barcelona for the Prince of Orange, should he think fit to make any stay there. The Prince, however, it was thought, d ug a l n it, would proceed at once on his cr uise, visiti ng several ports in Spain and Italy, as was Algiers Tunis, COMMUNICATION WITli INDIA. It is said tnat a plan has been submitted to the Board of Control and the India House for establish ing a postal communication with India via Asiatic Turkey. It is calculated that, by making arrange ments with the Arab chiefs, a mail could be brought to Constantinople in ebytit 14 da y s, w hence i t s principal contents could instantly be despatched in a telegraphic message to London by the British Ambassador. As intelligence from India cannot at present reach England iu Lass than from 26 to 28 days, about 10 days or a fortnight would thus be saved. The assumption is that from Kurachee to Bussorah, at the head of the Persian Gulf, the time occupied by steamer would be four days, and that thence the mail could be transmitted by the Arabs to Seleucia, on the Mediterr anean, in four da y ?, from which port it would be carried by steamer to Constantinople in five days. Another route, which would probably take a day longer, would be from Bussorah to Be rout and thence to Constantti nople ; and a third plan is open, namely, an unin terrupted land despatch from Bussorah to Constan tinoVe. According to some authorities, the latter wond be the quickest, and might be accomplished so that, including the steam transit from Kurrachee to Bussorah, the entire route should be traversed in 12 days. This possibility, however, is questioned, although in confirmation of it the fact is quoted t that the news of the fall of Acr e was brou g ht b y an Englishman from COPfi an fi nople to Bagdad in six days, - ' THE AMERICAN MERCHANT SERVICE. On Friday evening last considerable excitement I was occasioned in the fishmarket at Hastings, in consequence of a sailor being landed by a Ramsgate fishing lugger, which had picked him up about nine miles at sea, just after he sprang from a packet ship steering up the Channel. The account he gave of the cause of thus deserting the packet is a most ex traordinary one,- and requires the strictest in vestigation. Ho said his name was James Freeland, and that he was a native of London derry, Ireland. When taken before the Mayor of Hastings at the Town-hall, on the following morning, he made the following statement :—He said he had lately been at New York, and on the 23d of July last he was staying at a boarding house in that city, which was established for the accommodation of seamen. On the evening of that day the master of the boarding-house, whose name was John White, asked him take a glass of grog. He accepted the offer and received a glass of liquor. Shortly after he had drunk it he fell asleep, and continued in that state until the next morning, when, on awaking, he found himself on board a ship that was steering un ler full sail out of the harbour. He afterwards found that it was a packet ship, laden with oilcake, and bound from New York to London. When he awoke be received orders to begin work, when he said he had not shipped onboard the vessel, and therefore he wished to return to the shore. The reply he received was that the master of the lodging-house had • brought him on board, and had received 17 dole. in advance upon him. He was then ordered to loose the " main royal," which, after some hesitation, he pro ceeded to do as fast as he could. He did not, how ever, perform this task quick enough for the mate, who struck him on the side of the face and told him to do it quicker. He then went on to perform other work with the men, who were all entire stran gers to each other, but the captain and mate were constantly beating and ill-using him. There was not a day since he left New York that he had not been beaten and ill-used either by the captain or the third mate. On the previous day (Friday) the ship was in the Channel, and 9 miles off Hastings, and because be could not do his work quick enough for the third mate, he came andbegan to kick him and abuse him. He got that work done, and began to coil the ropes up, when the third mate kicked him again, and struck him on the head, saying that he would have satisfaction from him now, for he sprained his finger by hitting him the day before After continuing his ill-treatment for some time the third mate said, as they were standing at the side of the ship, " Jump, you son of a , or I will take your life before you. get to London." Upon this he immediately jumped into the wager in order to escape further ill-treatment. He was a good swimmer, and as he swam by the ship's " quarter," some one threw out the lifebuoy, and the captain said, "If you care anything for your life you can pick up the buoy ;" but he replied that he would rather be drowned than return to the ship and be ilitreated. The captain then said, " Drown, then, you son of a —," and they were the last words that he heard from Viem. After being in the water about 1.0 minutes he was picked up by the crew of a fishing-smack named tee Mary and Ann, of Ramsgate, and brought into Hastings. Another of the crew had jumped overboard since they left New York, but was picked up again. He also saw a man kicked overboard from the forechains, and after he had been in the water about 10 minutes a boat was put out, but it was then too late, and he was drowned. The man that was picked up was severely beaten when taken on board. At the request of the Mayor the poor fel low then described the food he had taken since he left New York. He said it had been very deficient in quantity. They had been supplied with molasses and water, and at dinner they hid beans boiled up, that was about enoug h and bread were a l so latter they had quite en o ug h, and that was the only article of which they received in his poss e ssion, withafollr titre© aeb allowed small piece e p .n i .o e c f e t Bh o e f i sle b au e ti ef tt a n n o y m fr o o n m ey the captain of the ship. He only owed the master of the boarding aansduffihcaidenncoyt. He boarding house 9 dollars for a fortnight's board, so that if he received had had received 17 dollars from the captain he took 8 too many. In concluding his statement he added it was his intention to lay a complaint before the proper authorities in London, but he thought they would not believe his story if he did not bring the mater before this court when he lauded. When he was taken into the Mary and Ann he begged and prayed that they would not take him back to the ship, and said he would rather be drowned than go on board the ship, for he had received such ill-treatment. He complained of his back, and saidhe had been knocked about with a handspike. The craw took him into the cabin of their boat, when he could scarcely move. One of them examined his back, and it appeared very much discoloured, as if he had received a severe blow. He had also a mark near his left eye. They landed him at Hastings. The Mayor after making some further inquiries, ordered Inspector Glenister to provide the unfortunate man with what refresh ments he required, and forward him to London, that he might have an opportunity of lodging his complaint at the City Police-court on Monday morning, his Worship kindly undertaking to pay whatever expenses were incurred in doing the same. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Aug. 20, IK7, made up from the Re. turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. • WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE 1 BEANS I PEAS 59s 2d 403 Oil 27s 8d 40s 5d 47s id 403 10d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE I BEANS PEAS 61s 31 38s 6d 27s 10c1 40s 64 46s 2d 42s 31 ENGLISH GRAIN ,OLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 78,060; barley, 1,422; oats, 8,237; rye, 250; beans 2,745 ; peas, 1,738 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWOLTI AND LEADENHALL.—Our markets are firm, and prices are well suppor*,ed :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 43 61; Mutton, 33 0,1 to 4s 81; Lamb, 9s 8d to 5s 61; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 19.—The supplies of s 1 ::::k were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled firm, at improv ing currencies: —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 0.1; Lamb, 4s 81 to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 81; Pork, 4s Od to 4s 81 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD 9 ug. 19.—Our market has ruled firm , a. fully last week' s prices : —Beef, from 3s Od to 4s Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 01 to 5s 10d ; Veal' 4s Od to 4s 101. Pcrk, N 01 to Os Od per 811s8 ; Suckling Calves, 16s to 26 ' s each; Mitch Cows, 171. to 20/. each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay . , 21 10s to 41 Os; new do., 31 Os to 41 Os; old clover, I/ 5s to 51 10s; new do., 41 Os to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 10a per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 2/ 158 to 4/ 4s ; new do., 3/ Os to 4/ Os; old clover, 4'. Os to 51 5s ; new do., 3110 s to 41 15s; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITEOHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 03 ; new do., 31 Os to 41 04; old clover, 4/ Os to 5 / 108 ; new do., 4/ Os to 41 158; and straw, 11 63 to ll 10s per load. Supply good, Mr. Andrew, chairman of the Euphrates Valley Rail way, had an interview on Tuesday with his ExceilelicY M. Mueura, Arabassador. WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. At the half-yearly meeting of this company, just held, the report stated that an arrangement had been come to in regard to the traffic with the Oxford and Worcester, and the Newport and A.bergavenny Railway Companies, that was satisfactory. The accounts showed that the receipts for the half-year were 15,5221. Od., which, after the expenditure, left a balance of 9,6771. 15s. 4d. CRIMINAL COURT. —(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) MIIIIDER.—john Payne, shoemaker, Was indicted for the wilful murder of Richard Ertinson. The facts of the case have already appeared in The Sun. The evi dence of the medical man was such that the jury ac quitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. THE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY.--• On this case being called on, an application was made for the postponement of the trial till next session, on account of the absence of Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, who is at present on the Continent, and who is retained for the defence of Griffiths. The application was granted.' THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN THE QUEEN'S PIIIBOLC—The Grand Jury having returned a true bill against Antonio de Salvi for feloniously assaulting a gen• tleman named Robertson, with intent to murder him, he was called before the judge to plead. In answer to the usual question, the prisoner said he did not intend to kill the prosecutor, and a plea of Not Guilty was, therefore, entered. NEW COURT. STABBING.—Francis Stanley, a sailor, was indicted for felo►,iously stabbing and wounding John Gilbert, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the judge sentenced him to twelve months imprisonment. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) This was the first day of a Commissioner sitting dur ing the week in consequence of the indisposition of Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, the other Vacation Commis sioner—the majority of the meetings being therefore ad journed. THE WELSH POTOSI LEAD MINING COMPANY. This was a meeting for settling the list of contribu tories limier this estate. Mr. Harrison, the solicitor to Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee, applied that the case should be heard in private. Mr. Plews complained that some of the papers had published a number of names in the list of share. holders, which had done serious injury, and he consi dered it very improper that private proceedings should be published, and that the information must have been obtained through some one who had access to the pro• ceedings in this court. Another gentleman said he concurred in the observations. His Honour said that it did not follow that the list was obtained from this court, for whatever privacy might be observed facts might transpire through other channels—the party who prepared the list might have given it. Mr. Harrison said he prepared the list and had not given any information on the subject. After some further remarks, his Honour inquired of the messenger and usher, and ultimately said that he did not see any ground to attach blame to them. The case was then adjourned to a private room. THE HASTINGS BANS.—IN RE SMITH, HILDER, & CO. -APPLICATION FOR AN INSPECTOR. Mr. Bagley moved in this case for the appointment of an inspector of the separate estate of Francis Smith. The motion was on the affidavit of Mr. Roberts, a credi tor to the amount of about 8001., and other creditors to a larger extent. Mr. Dorier appeared to oppose the application. Mr. Bagley in support of the application said the separate creditors had peculiar interests, which did not affect the assignees of the joint estate, which would not by any possibility pay 204 in the pound, and therefore the separate creditors could not: receive anything from it. Mr. Dorier agreed that there was 110 reason to sup pose that the assignees would not do their duty, and unless something to that effect was shown they ought not to be interfered with. His Honour said that he did not for a single moment impute any,intention of the assignees not to do their duty to all classes of the creditors, but at the same time he did not see why the separate creditors should not have the power of appointing an agent to watch their interests at their own expense, and he therefore made an order that an inspector should be appointed, and that be should be at liberty to inspect the books ; the costs to be borne by the joint and separate estates. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DEFRAYED MOTHER.—Mary Ann Co'Una, a middle' aged female, was brought up on a warrant and placed At the bar, before Mr. Beadon, charged with threatening the life of Mr. Munier, pianoforte maker, No. 41, Foley-street, Oxford-street. The complainant stated that, last Friday, the prisoner came to his house and caused a crowd of persons to assemble. She used most disgusting language, ana swore that she would run him through with a knife. She asked to see her daughter who is in his service. Prisoner—No ; she lives with you as your wife. Complainant moat positively denied that she did, and sad that she was his housekeeper. She bad been in hig service two years, and took care of his five young chit' dren. _ The prisoner remarked that she wanted to see her daughter, whom she bad not seen for above a year. Complainant—Her daughter is in court. Mr. Beadon directed her to go into the witness.box. June Collins, an interesting I , :oking girl, said that she acted in no other capacity than that of being cora plainant's servant. The fact wa9 that she was forced to leavo her mother's roof, as she wanted her to obtain money by walking the streets (the witness was here much affected). Aboui, a twelvemonth ago she had to appear against her mother. Mr. Beadon said that he recollected the circumstance, and that he should take means to prevent her going tO the complainant and annoying him. The prisoner was held to bail in one security of 101. to keep the peace for three months. Prisoner—Then I shall have to go to prison. THAMES. THE THIEF AND THE, LEG OF MUTTON.—Sainuel Howard, an incorrigible thief aged 16, was brought uP on a charge of stealing a leg of mutton value se. 9d., from the shop of Mr. Walter Baxter, in Oxford-streeto Stepnty. Mr. John Cowe, who lives next door to Mr. Baxter, saw the prisoner creep into the prosecutor's shop yesterday afternoon and take a leg of mutton front a hook to which it was suspended and walk ont of the shop with it. Mr. Cowe pursued him, and after a smart chase the prisoner hurled .the leg of mutton at hie pursuer but it missed him. The pursuit re-commenced , and the prisoner was _'soon overtaken and secure d. He then offered Mr.Coiie 15i. to release hint. Mr. Cowe said "No, you shall go back with me." Tile prisoner then struggled with the witness, and finding his efforts to get away of no avail, he abused him, and said, "You want a drop of gin, do you, from the butcher t" Mr. Baxter identified his log of mutton, and the pri soner was identified as an old offender, who . had once stolen a sirloin of beef. He was asked to plead, and said he was guilty, on which be was sentenced to 4 months' iuiprisonment and hard labour. KENT GARDENS. — Th e favourite tree in this delightful resort is a Turkey oak. It stands on a gentle rising knoll on the le ft hand sid e of the promenade, looki n g the rf cf uoli Palmarform se rendersat House. ro ui round its s tos b e j x ter ci cu u t s ko i tfei great se beautyldom attract' aunod: occ upied. to wards sym metry A s c c i , Our Paris contemporary, the Prase, in a memoir of the late General Anson, states, with all gravity, that in " August, 1833, he became the representative of the division of Chiltern (the fact being, that he then left Parliament by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds) and was at the same time appointed to a high command in the East Indies." DREADFUL FIRE AT LENVISDIAL— On Wednesdal morning, at an early hour, a firo of a terrible chttractert at'ended with great destruction of property, happened on the premises belonging to Mr. J. Martin, a lgrazier and cow-keeper at Manor-farm, Lewisham-roac), Kent, The building was from 150 to 200 feet long, and beside! the cattle housed in it there was an immense quantity of provender in different parts of the place. The fisinxeo took a rapid sweep round the whole of the building', seizing upon everything of an ignitable character, an d enveloping the livestock, so that it was impossible to rescue any, of the valuable animals, which moaned and kicked terrifically. The flames were not wholly subdue t ! at 10 o'clock yesterd a y mornin g . The ori g in of tbe Are is unknown. KO The L firmly, a Pious rat 1,000 of for export Without Stock Frei The pu a close, a tity has k the Efigli ingly kee Con in en otherwise and the induced vance eit has not few days place. This d Union CI Mr. Mid, laid befo: of 9,371/ the Leed proceedii The in have dies. lad wee especiall: than on damage is believ( eiseedin ject whit eons inter because the more countries for in spl from all more sat in Amer likely to COTISUMP doubt al slight rei The of month o expected the dull During 1 5,706,7' riod of 1 cocoa, cc iron, an aupply o export tz articles c The st With 40,1 at Suez 1 The a Mails of July. The 1 heavy, a occurred Progress Much ft else. .4 only nat Console while ' f 3 per Ce Reduce( India B are par. Forei weaker. I, and Cents. 1 891 A Stock The f Stocks: 3 per C ditto 3 44i per Ceu do. C el The ] to this Great 1' North-) Bright() Midlan( South- Caledo r Great / Lancasl Eristol Chaster East L Larlcas North North- North Oxford &nth West Glasizo Scottis Grand Gre Not 11, Vex Way s gains COT Al are ( ~ 1 Joh' alai( rece are and Aui rani 3 pe 3 pc Nev