The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

CA_NTERBII RY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow -3 company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selacti. , ns from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, (Rees, Duets. (Ste., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunel], Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor An. tonio, E. L. Dime, and fir. St. Albyn ; Master Corri; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock prezisely. Sip pers, ere., until twelve o'clock LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1857 Lord PANMURE made some statement s yesterday respecting the report of the Royal Commission, which prove that it is not entitled to such high authority as was claimsi on its behalf. It is virtmdly the report of half the Commissioners only. Ten tnembers had been originally appointed, while but, six affixed their names to the report., and of these one, Sir DE LACY EVANS, signed a protest, and declared his intention to send a sepa ra Tepoit, through the chairman, embodying Lis 0t,.. r.1.1 " 421 * The Right Hon. E. ELLICE also " o w' a %lit he would prepare a separate report in his vary . • ame and that of Sir H. BENTINCK and General Wy /v , , ; while Col. WETHERELL, the remaining c ommi isroner, is on duty iu China, from whence his opi n i on may be obtained before the I.t.xt session. The matter is then clearly still altogether unsettled, and the weight o f evi dence must be fully and maturely considered before the country can consent to begin at the wrong end by giving the lieutenant-aoionel cies to the most favoured individuals, and retaitiino• purchase up to the rank of maj,„. for all parties already hold ng commis sions, or about to enter into the seruice. It is in this two steps of captain and major that the most serious injustice is inflicted, and roAlly good °Mora compelled to wear out the best years of theiilives pining under " the hopo deferred that maketh sick the heart." When once they see their way open, however slowly, to the rank of major-general, when their foot is firmly planted on 1 the step eventually leading to that rank, they will subm.t more patiently to the inevitable delays in the tpvrard way. The practical course for permitting the objec tionable practice to die out, is that to which we a) TILE FAVEST SHIP IN THE WORLD IN THE THAMES. The celebrated " Black Ball" clipper "L IGII TNING,' Belonging to Messrs. JAMES BAINES and Co., of Liverpool, and sister ship to the " JAME 4 BAINES" said the " CHAMPION OF rum SgAs," recently inspected and so highly eulogised by her Majesty the Queen and Court at Portsmouth, is expected to arrive in the Thames, to embark Troops for India, on or about the 21st instant. While lying off Gravesend, the " LIGHTNING" will be thrown open to public inspection for a few days, and a charge of one shilling admission will be made, the receipts to be given to the wives and families of the soldiers who sail in her. The " LIGHTNING" b 2,093 tons register, 3,500 tons burthen, 243 feet long and 44 feet wide. She is T 4E FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD, having made the passage from Melbourne to Liverpool in 63 days, when her speed during the whole voyage (round Cape Horn). a distance of 15,000 miles as the crow flies, averaged 10 miles an hour. On the 27th of February, 1855, she ran 19 miles per hour for 24 consecutivo hours, and from the 28th June to the 4th July, 1856, h3r hourly consecutive speed averaged 15 miles. 1:1 ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced Prices, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19. with Piecolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Violetti, Rossi, Beneventano, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVANNI. PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair £2 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 Three Pair 0 15 0 Pit Stalls 0 10 6 Pit 0 3 6 Gallery Stalls 0 3 6 Gallery ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— ITALIAN OPERA, at Playhouse Prices, EVERY EVENING. GRISI, ALBONI, GASSIER, MARIO, FORMES, REICHARDT, DRAGONE, And other Eminent Artistes. Thuraday—LITCREZIA BORGIA. Friday —LA TRAVIATA. Saturday—lL TROVATORE. The Operas for next week will be duly announced. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be performed RIGOLETTO. Gilda, Madame Gassier ; Madalena, Madame Alboni ; Bigoletto, Sig. Dragone ; Borsa, ig. Annonini ; Monterone, Sig. Khini ; Sparafucile, Sig. Baillou ; Paggio, Madlle. Gra maglia ; Giovanna, Madlle. Baillou ; Ceprano, Sig. Gabusii ; and Duca, Sig. Mario. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rins 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. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Followed by ACTRESS OF ALL WORK, in which Miss • nna Maria Quinn (from the principal theatres in Australia) will sustain six characters. 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 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes... . . 2 0 ?it 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, ADELPHI 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. Me admaCeleste. OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. -1 1 t) Lessees. Messrs. F. Robson 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, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brougb, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, die. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Aughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past !Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed EXTREMELY PECULIAR. Mr. Shepherd. After which, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. With other attractive novelties. 4 STUDY'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 0. iental Spectacle of EL HYDER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest ing and thrilling Equestrian aad Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, aril during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec• tacle, iu 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GFIAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish ment, including Madlle. Mililos. To conclude with Shakspear's KATHARINE AND PET RUCHIO, with Equestrian Illustrations. Couunence at seven o'clock.. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is, ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. Box-otilco open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUTS DAY—Morn., 37 min. aft. s —Even., 54 min. aft. 5 To-Moartow—Morn., 11 min. aft. 6—Even., 30 min aft. 6 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 26. TI4.III3IGNIETER, IN THE SIILDE. 81—highest since noon yesterday. 66—lowest this morning and during the night. 73 —this day at noon. BAROMILTER, 30.33. WTND, S.W. ; light, with fine weather. Tb.l)_ r 3; ' ) _ , ~~~z Es BUN, ; rt t k., A A I WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, iLi 5 7 recently directed public attention. Let every new man obtain his commission without purchase, and proceed regularly onward in the same course. Those who are already in the army may act in a similar manner, it being thoroughly understood that when retiring they will only receive payment for the commissions they themselves had pur chased. The first commissions should not be given for one cause alone. Competitive examina tion is, perhaps, one of the best tests. Those , who have received a sound military education, or who excel in personal qualifications should also be selected. Many meritories soldiers might be ad xanced from the ranks, and this, by affording reasonable promotion to really good men, would tempt many of a superior order to accept the QM:4M's shilling. The militia should also receive due encourage ment. The trial of military life, although not advancing beyond peace campaigns and the bring ing in of good volunteers, should, as it was in the olden time, be regarded as giving a powerful, if not an irresistible claim. The militia has for a considerable time been re garded as an exceptional body, and yet it is the old constitutional force by which England ought at least partially to garrisoned 1 Every county —every large district—has its own especial regi ments. The officers are more or less connected with their men. It constitutes a link between a standing army and a national guard, where most of the men combine private pursuits with their military evolutions, and do not altogether forget the patriot in the soldier. The militia will never again be disregarded. It may now be regarded as a standing element in the military service. It forms, at the same time, an admirable retirement for veteran officers and soldiers, who, although contented with the laurels they have gathered, and willing to enjoy the otium cum dignitate, still desire to retain their connection with the service, and are prepared to buckle on their armour and fight with all their former energy whenever the interests of the nation demand their serviees, with these are a sprinkling of respectable country gentlemen, who maintain the position as a county corps. The grand juror or magistrate, being also fre• quently an officer who has acquired his company or lieutenancy in the regular army. Retired non commissioned officers and others will also be glad to participate in the month's training, that is to teach the yokel how to hold up his head and turn out his toes, and all the mystery of drill—that yokel making afterwards the best food for gun powder, and coming partially trained to the hands of the recruiting officer, or rather levying en masse with some of the officers whenever the exigencies of the country seek an effort. Some militia officers complain of the practice, but that is a great mistake. It is that which renders the militia truly valuable to the country. It should be at the same time a retiring ground for veterans, and a normal training school for young soldiers. The interests of the line and of the militia are one and indivisible. There should be no foolish jealousy between them, but the more closely the connecting links are drawn the better for all par ties, and the granting facilities for occasional ex changes, under wholesome regulations, would be one of the most judicious courses that could be adopted by the authorities at the Horse Guards. The militia have proved themselves to be trust worthy and dependible men, ready to answer at any moment to the call of dtity, and their claims should not be slighted or overlooked, when the various methods of promotion in the army is taken into consideration, as it necessarily will be next session. The hubbub raised by the High Church party over the concession clause in the House of Lords on Monday night fully sustains the opinion we have already expressed on Sir RICHARD BETHELL's penalty for captious incumbent!. Lord REDBS DALE'S trick on Friday last, and his grand attack on Monday night, having both failed, the amend ments of the Commons had to be dealt with in detail. The smaller, though by no means unim portant, skirmishes were soon over, but when the Exemption Clause came on the tug of war began. Lord ST. LEONARDS very fairly proposed that the " exemption should be confined to all persons now in holy orders"—a useful expedient, it would seem, since had it, been adopted, the penal half of the BETHELL Exemption Clause might perhaps have been given up. The disputanti were, how ever, too ardent to limit themselves to such cool and distant fighting. In an instant, res ad triarios rediit, the Bishops were immediately engaged. It should be remembered that Sir RICHARD'S clause was made up of exemption and compulsion. The incumbent might refuse to marry a person whose adultery had been the cause of the divorce, but he must throw open his church to any other clergyman who had no wish to thwart the new Act. Very fair ! The law permits the man to marry ; you don't like to carry out the law, we might compel you to carry it out ; but, as you clamour for exemption, we must, at least, compel you to let some one else do it. We should say, as we have already said, that the new Act is but too indulgent to the 9,000 who owe their parishes, and their parish churches, their prayer-books, their marriage service itself, and their surplices, to Acts of Parliament. Such men ought hardly to ask exemption from carrying out an Act of Parlia ment requiring certain duties to be performed in those churches. Yet this was the sore point. They wanted neither to marry the parties them• solves nor to let others do it. The Lord Bishop of SALISBURY led the attack. "It would introduce nothing but confusion into the churches ;" the Bishop, of course, perceiving no confusion in servants of the State refusing tl perform State duties in buildings belonging to the State. "It would create a class of clergymen errant" wandering through the length and breadth of the dioc:ses, performing marriages which their br€thren refused t) solemnise." Opening his eyes to the horrors endured by cler gymen compelled to obey the law or to let others obey it for them, lie declared he " would rather see marriage made a civil c mtract, and that he accepted the change in the relative positions of Church and State which events might make more wide day by day." The Bishop of LONDON certainly followed with a little moderation. Tue compulsion to open the Church toanother incumbent was indeed he owned somahing new, but so was the exemption ; he however, adroitly suggested the probable inter pretation of the compulsion half of the clause. T hV did not, he observed, in the other house thi n k i t would be practically useful, but " cer t a i n strong language used by the friends of the clergy in both Rouses, had created an impression in the minds of the laity, that the clergy wanted to dominate over them', He advised therefore the acceptance of the exemption and the compulsion together. Up rose immediately the WILLux of ORANGE Lord, DUNGANNON, one of " the friends of the clergy." He was surprised at the remarks of the Bishop of LONDON. The exemption was coupled with an "indirect iniult:" No right,minded clergyman would do what the penal clause pex.. milted;. but, the clause would introduce dissen sion and ba.d feeling among the clergy, which of course implied that there were wrong-minded clergy who would marry in the churches of rebel lious incumbents—and support the law against the incumbent. He of OXFORD could not, of course, be silent on such a question as this. He was absolutely desperate. Sir RICHARD'S penalty was unendur able. He would rather that no immunity was given to the clergy than that these two clauses should stand as they now stood. An incumbent with the charge of 50,000 souls had written to him that morning that nothing should induce him to open his church to be desecrated by the per formance of such marriages as this bill permits. How many of the 50,000 were Dissenters— how many of them think the Legislature right and the clergy wrong—how many thought the church belonged to the parish and the State and not to the incumbent—on these points neither bishop nor incumbent give us any light. Bat this was not all—the act might compel an incumbent to admit a clergyman to fulfil the law in his church, but the act did not compel a bishop to:abstain from using his spiritual terrors. Übe (the Bishop) heard of one of these hired interlopers coming on such an errand, ho declared "he would meetibim at the door with an inhibition, and sus pend him from his office !" We do not doubt th• bishop's willingness to let his toast and rolls get cold, while he rode off with his ecclesiastical re volver in hand, to settle these clerical traitors ; but we can only tell him that any one who meant to accomplish his object must be foolish indeed to give the bishop the chance of interrupting him ; how, too, could he " suspend" a clergyman not belonging to his diocese, even if ho could one be longing to it, when engaged in a duty explicitly recognised by law? We more than doubt the valour of ►SAMUEL WILBERFORCE if it came to an actual quarrel between him and the man with law no toriously on his side. A spirited clergyman in such a case would proceed and dare him to try the case. A's to the clergymen who would marry in ac cordance with the act, no terms were too strong for denunciation. It was not respectable clergy men who would do it, but " the wretched skulk ing man, the shame and reproach of the ministry, Ding away from his own parish, not daring to show his face where lie was known, who would come into a brother's parish to sow discord where all was peace and harmony ;" a man " whom the lowest sense of decency would not prevent from clutching the paltry fee which would fall to him for violating all that was sacred in reference to the marriage rite." The threats, the denunciation, the wrath, and the help of Lords CARNARVON and REDESDALE, in addition, were, however, happily in vain. Twice they divided, and twice they were beaten. First, they tried to get rid of the obnoxious penal con dition, and when that could not be done, of the Exemption and Condition, too; Lords REDESDALE and CARNARVON agreeing with the Bishop that the penalty made the concession worthies!. They have got, however, both concession and penalty ; and the opinion of the country, we are confident, would be expressed by the English exclamation, " and serve them right 1" It will be a long time, we fancy, before we shall hearagain of 9, 000 clergy men asking exemption from obedience to an act of Parliament. PALEY said he could not afford to keep a conscience, and we certainly do not want State Church clergymen who can afford to keep an anti-act-of-Parliament conscience. Sir RICHARD BETHELL has shown something more than great cleverness in thie- matter—it was true statesmanship to put the screw hard on restive ecclesiastics. COCIRT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council tomorrow (Thursday) at Buckingham Palace. OSBORNE, AUG. 25. , Yesterday her Majesty gave the annual fete in honour of the Prince Consort's birthday, to the seamen of the Royal yachts, the Trinity House, Coast•guardmen, and detachment of infantry stationed at East Cowes, and the labourers and work people s employed on the Osborne estate. Dinner was prepared for nearly 600 persons, who eat down at 3 o'clock in tents erected for tho occasion. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princes Helena, Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, came on to the ground and inspected the din ner, and subsequently took their places in a marquee to witness the rustic games and sports which took place. The Queen, the Prince Consort. and the Royal family remained till 7 o'clock. Lady Churchill, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Mary .Bul teel, and the Gentlemen-in-Waiting were in attendance. The bands of the Royal Marines and the 66th Itegi went played during the afternoon. The dinner party in the evening included Lady Caro line Barrington, Rear-Admiral Martin, and Capt. the Hon. J. Denman. CONVOCATION 01 THE CLERGY.—The convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury stood adjourned until yesterday, when it was again formally prorogued by the archbishop's officials, no business being transacted, It is not expected that convocation will assemble for discussion until February next. THE LATE BISHOP BLOMFIELD'S WILL.—It is under stood that Bishop Blomfield has left about 55,0001. be hind him. Besides Mrs. Blomfield, there are 10 or 11 to be provided for out of the sum we have mentioned. Toe amount paid into the treasury of the East India Company for bills on India, from the 9th to the 25th of August, was 13,907/. The respective amounts were —Bengal, 7,5581. ; Madras, 6,098/. ; and EJnabay, 2511. _ . _ LADIES ON THE MOORS.—Mrs. Baird, of Cambnsdoon, and party, bagged on the 15th and 17th inst., 164 brace on Ury Moors ; and on the 20th and 21st inst., 33 brace on Auchmeddin. The birds were generally strong on the wing and very wild. NEW LINE OF STEAM PACKETS BETWEEN TRIESTE AND BAucKLONA.—Letters from Venice state the Austrian Lloyd's proposes, simultaneously with the completion of the railway from Vienna to the Adriatic, the opening of a new service between Trieste and Barcelona, with sta tions at Bari, Messina, Palermo, Catania, and Mar seilles. The vessels which would be used on this line will be screws, and of 860 tons burden. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMFANT.—The 65th half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday, at their offices, 71, Lombard-.treet ; John Wilkin, E,q , in the chair. The report of the di rectors and a statement of the accounts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last, which were deemed to le highly satisfactory, were read to the meeting and unani mously adopted. The usual dividend at the late of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, Was then chi dared ; and the cordial thanks of the proprietors voted to the chairman and directors for their contiuuedzealous services in the management of the company's affairs ; after which the meeting separated. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE SELECT PREACHERS.— The following gentlemen have been appointed the ail ct preachers for the academical year 1857.8 :--1357, Oct. the Hulsean lecturer; Nov. , the Ri g ht Rev. Dr. Biel:- erstetb, Bishop of Ripon ; Dec, the Bev. G. Calthrop, M.A., fellow of Trinity C .llege, and secretary to the Church Missionary Society ; 1858, January, the Rev. Dr. T. W. Peilo, of Trinity College ; February, the Very Rev. Henry Alford, D D., Dean of Canterbury ; March, the Rev. C. J. Ellicott, rector of Pelton, Rut land ; April, the Hulsean l!cturer ; May, the Rev. J. B. Lightfoot, fellow and tutor of Trinity College. THE MUTINY IN INDIA.—At tie meeting yesterday, at the Mansion-house, to afford relief to our fill Je - countrymen in India, nearly 1,0001. were subscribed during the proceedings. Amongst the donors were the Lord Mayor, 251. ; the Lady Mayoress, 101. ; Mr. Sheriff Mect.i, 50'. ; Mr. Gordon, 501 ; Mr. B rch, 301.; Mr. T. Haynes, Mansion-house, 101 ; Aldermen Rase, 101 ; Meesre. Crawford and Colvin, 100/. ' • the Agra Bank, 50/. ; Mr. Gregson, M.P., 1001 . Sir M. Monte fiore, 251 ; the Rev. Canon Champseys, 101., &c. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR APPOINT. mENTs. —lt has been announced that the President sill not make the diplomatic and c ;tallier appointments till near the appretchirg session of Congress. These ap plinttnents being subject to the confirmation of the senate, it is apparent that to send gentlemen abroad, subject to recall in case their appointments were not confirmed, would be quite impolitic, and inconsistent `,with a proper consideratiou of the attcutling oitcuin !Ithia00;•--.896e29i Peat. LATEST NE W The Porte hag consented to annul the Moldavian elections on the representation of the four Powers, without waiting for the adhesion of the Ambassa dors of England and Austria. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVF.NING The Emperor will probably leave Paris at the end of this week for the camp at Chalons, where his Majesty intends to remain during the whole of September, in order to direct the grand manoeuvres in which the infantry and cavalry of the Imperial Guard are to take part. The camp will be officially opened this day, and will not be broken up until the sth Oct. The infantry, 44,000 strong, will be composed of eight regiments and of a battalion of chasseurs, forming together two divisions, under the orders of Generals Mellinet and Camou ; subdivided into four brigades, commanded by Generals Cler, de Winapffen, Maneque, and Decaen. There will be three brigades of cavalry, composed of cuirassiers, dragoons, lancers, guides, and chasseurs—forming an effective force of 4,500 men, and 3,600 horses. The whole will form a division under the orders of General Morris. General Lebceuf will command the artillery and land transport corps. The engineers, 200 strong, will be under the direction of Captain Berrier. The police of the camp will be effected by a regiment of the gendarmerie of the guard, with Commandant d'Eggs for Provost Marshal. Colonel Robinet has been appointed Quartermaster-General to the General Commanding-in-Chief. The Union, in an article on the Indian revolt, contains the following mysterious appeal to the Governments of Europe : "It is desirable that the revolution in India should be very seriously taken into consideration by Europe. Material domination has seen its last in India ; a moral force should now display itself ; and if, by misfortune, modern Europe were not to understand that it has a very high mission to accomplish in the place of the English trader., who have only strength enough to utter despairing menaces,, we should maintain that the civilisation of which we are so proud is nothing but a vain boast, merely the expression of an ingenious egotism, which is sensible to the refinements of art, out is incapable of saving the world by vigorous mea sures, or of inspiring it with a grand exstnple." The following is given by the Pays as a state ment, drawn up from authentic sources, of the stores which were in Delhi when the insurrection burst out " For three years Delhi had become a very important place, as it held a depot of the pieces of ordnance fur wished by the foundry of RaQvipoure, as well as tie gun. carriages of Fattichghar, and the gunpowder of lan poure. Independently of the guns in position on the ramparts it had in its arsenal, 640 pieces of 18 and 24, for the wants of the different places in the provinces north-west of Calcutta ; also 430 field-pieces of 7 and 9 ; 95 howitzers, and 70 mortars ; or in all about 1,300 pieces. Its supplies in missiles and ammunition were quite in proportion. All the pieces were in excellent condition, and the Indian artillerymen have always been proverbially excellent. It is right to add that when the insurrection broke out, there was not a single English regiment in the place, and that the native artillery and engineers formed the garrison—a circumstance which explains how the works of defence were organised in a regular man ner." The Pays concludes with the following, the source of which, however, it does not specify : " In presence of these facts we can only quote the words of the brave and lamented General Barnard, who wrote a few days before his death the following hoes : command gallant officers and brave soldiers, who will a'l d their duty most devotedly, and fortunate for me it is that I have such troops, for I cannot conceal from myself that I am before a second Sebastopol.'" BOURSE, Aug. 25.—The following were the last quota•ions Cash. fr. o. End of Month. 44 per Cants 3 per Cents 67 -- €6 90 Bank Shares 2,800 Credit Foncier 550 Credit Mobilier 955 Itoman - Do. Account 951 25 Austrian Belgian 44 - Piedmontese (5) 9) Home Debt CANADA. • (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LT VE RPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING,. The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's Royal mail steamer Indian has arrived from Quebec, with advices to the 15th, and from New York to the 14th instant. For a few days previous to the 15th the Quebec timber trade has been more active, and the transac tions tolerably large, at current prices. Inferior rafts placed with difficulty at 4id. to 5d., ordinary scl. to 6d., while good and superior ra ft s range f rom 7d. to 9i. according to size, qu a lity, an d manu facture. In red pine little doing, and quantity coming forward small. The stock on hand of last year's oak interfered materially with the prices of new timber. Elm in better and rafts in fair de mand. Standard staves dull at 551. West India in quest at 161. Deals unchanged. Freights rather better : for deals to London 85s. had been given ; to Liverpool, 305.; to Greenock, 30s. 6d. There ara no political advices from New York. En New York, on the 14th, there was a good de mand for money, and rates were firm. Sterling exchange steady, but quiet at 109 to 1092. St cks dull and lower. Flour dull and unchanged ; Cana dian, ditto ; new wheat, Ic. to 2c. better ; rye dull ; corn a shade better ; oats lower-60c. to 650. for State, 62c. to 63c. for Western. Pork firm. Beef unchanged. The gold received at New York by the Central America from Aspinwall amounted to $1,250,000. The Central America had communicated with the John L. Stephens, which left San Francisco on the 20th ult., with $1,800,000. Kansas advices to the Bth inst. report that Walker bad returned to Lawrence with the troops. The apprehension of an Indian attack proving groundless, the officers of the city Government had met on the 7th, and were perfecting ordinances. NORTH DEVON RAILWAY. (MEETING THIS DAY.) A general meeting of the shareholders in this com pany was held this morning, at the Company's offices, 24, Old Broad-street ; Mr. The, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the traffic for the past half year had not increased to the extent anticipated, but there were special causes to account for this result. The total traffic for the half-year was 10,8031., as compared with 10,1371, the corresponding half-year of 1856. The net revenue balance for the half-year to the 30th June was 5,5541. 18e. 5d., but as the debenture and other interest, and the dividend on the preference stock, had increased by a sum of 4201., the next amount applicable to a dividend on the ordinary stock was diminished to 1,3301. for the half-year, and a dividend at the rate of 184. per cent, per anaum, on the total ordinary stock of 295,1921., would absorb 1,3281., which dividend the directors therefore recommended to the shareholders. The report was ultimately adopted. RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. t r c. Orleans 1,4476— Western Northern Lyons and Med...... 8876 New Ditto New Ditto... BBO Grand Central Geneva Midi AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUG. 23. The only news worthy of mention is the follow- Mg, which is taken from the ConAAntinople corns sponclAnce ot the Ossereatere Triestine : , 4 ‘ When Mirzt Aga, the Stdrazan or Prime Minister of the Shah, visited Mr. Murray on his arrival at Teheran, the latter complained tha the Persian Govern• meat had not only not evacuated Herat, but had rein forced the garrison of that city, although England had fulfilled all the conditions of the treaty. The Sadrazan replied that as Prince Murad Mirza had repeatedly re fused to quit Herat, troops had been sent to force him to do so. Mr. Murray was dissat;sfied with the answer, and peremptorily demanded the immediate evaoiation of Herat and the withdrawal of the army commanded by Murad Mirza from its precincts." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, Aua. 23. The telegraphic inteilligence from London relative to the Indian news, which arrived here yesterday among afternoon, persons has caused connected s with e riou t s fe..lingi of alarm h e East, and the im pression that will be made upon the German conti nent with respect to the future difficulty of England maintaining her empire there bas doubtless been in crewed. Notwithstanding the public press may have been induced to maintain, up to the present moment, something like a decorous regard for Bri tisliint erosts, there is a co ns id era bl e dPgrea of satisfactionexp r essed among the mare i gnoran t portion of the public at the anticipated downfall of British power. There is no genuine feeling of sympathy s h own in our favour, however, in either c!as4, ,and the people would, for no better ' reason than 'jealousy of her greatness, exult in the loss of India to British rule. This i 3 not mere ly the expression o f m y opinion but the experi ence of a German gent t eman who has reamtly re turned from a long tour through Northern G e . : - many, and who has heard much that would disgust any man of sound sense to learn. This gentle man informed me that ho was, above all, sur prised to witness very recenteilyctiiy hostilemostcir !esit society the expression of a d feel ing towards British interests in Prussia, and in I Berlin in particul tr The Kreuz Zeitung, ever in the interest of Russia, delights in keeping such a feeling alive among the capital. People continue to talk concerning the raising of a foreign legion, and a number of men inclined to serve are on the book for the recruiting officers. I fancy, however, th it they will b 3 disappointed in their hopes this time. —Times' Second Edition. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 21st have arrived in due course. This opinion appeared to be gaining ground that Queen Christina would not visit Ma drid on the re!ca.s'on of the reigning Quo _n's ac couchment. The Minlsterial journals represent the situation of the tre Bury as most satisfactory, as, in addition to GO millions ju-t paid to the Mires loan, 22 others were shortly to be received from Porto Rico, arising from old money lately called in. The Government were taking steps to have regular sta tistical Mums sent in on various subjects of in terest from every [art of the kingdom. The wea ther continued fine, and the price of flour and corn was beginning at last to give way at Madrid. The Tuscan Monitore continues to give an ac count of the visit of the Pope to various churches, convents, and other remarkable places at Florence, Several pries!s have bean excotnmunicated.lately by Lombard bish ps for d3uying that balief in the immaculate conception is necess►ry to salvation. At Pavia four exlesiastics renowned for their erudition, morality, and charity, having bean thus placed under ban, the people bacame incensed, and tore down the placards announcing the excommuni cation of these men. The Moniteur contains the official announcement conferring the g and cross of L-gi(,n of Honour on Baron Alexan.ire de Humboldr, which took plice, it may b 3 remembered, at the p:'riod of the visit of Prn.ce Napoleon to Germany. "The constitution submitted by the Dani,th Government to the Holstein Chambers," says a Vienna inter in the Munich Gazette, "has pro ducad a painful hnpress:on he:e, since none of the representations made by the Cabinet, particularly in the despatch of the 20t'r May last, have been taken into account." The Diet of Oldenbourg, interrupted in the first place by the seces:ion en ?actsse of the opposition, and afterwards completed by the new elect:ons, has been able to conclude its labours adopting the majority of the propositions brought forward by the government. After d;smsions which have been prolonged for three months, the four orders of the Swe.fish Diet have at length come to an underAanding to vote the credits demanded by the government for the construction of railways. The•total sum voted by the Diet for the first works amounts to 20 millions of rixda!ers. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The first session of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of South Australia under the new constitution was opened at Adelaide on the 22d of April. Mr. J. H. Fisher was elected President of the former body, and Mr. G. S. Kingston Speaker of the Assembly. The following passages are selected from the Governor's address, to show the condition and prospects of the colony : The revenues of 1856—amounting to 456,0001.—toge ther with the available balance brought forward from previous years, have sufficed to meet all expenditure for the service of that year, including that on account of im migration ; leaving a balance exceeding 200,0001. avail able for the service of the current year. During the past quarter the proceeds of the chief sources of revenue have so far exceeded the moderate estimate of ways and means adopted by_ the late legislature as to afford assurance that a balance exceeding 100,0001. will re main to be appropriated, after defraying all liabilities as yet authorised on account of the service of the current year. The sound financial position of this colony is evidenced by the facility with which Govern ment securities are disposed of at moderate premiums, in England and the adjacent colonies. It will also be satisfactory to you to learn the following facts con nected with cur material progress during the past year :—The population—as nearly as can be deduced from previous returns, from the difference between ar• .rivals and departures, and from excess of births over deaths during the year —may now be estimated at about 109,000 souls. The land sold by the Government during the year ended the let April amounted to 188,000 acres, and the price realised to upwards of 229,0001., whilst the quantity under cultivation exceeded 203,000 acres, of which wheat and other grain crops formed more than 172,000 acres. The extent of crown lands held under leases comprises about 24,000 square miles, which is divided into 485 holdings, yielding an annual rental of 13,3801. The foreign trade, as included in the customs returns during 1857, sho ws the value of the imports for consumption in the colony at 1,205,0691. ; of the exports of the staple produce of the colony at 1.364,9041. Of this total export, the value of grain and flour amounted to 534,780/. ; of wool, to 412,1631. ; and of ore and metals to 408,0431. I have ranch gratification in calling your attention to the indications of advancing prosperity fur• niched by the above analysis. The repeal of the act of Parliament which has hitherto regulated the sale of the waste lands of the Crown in this province imposes upon you the task of forming a system for their future ma nagement. There a ill, at the same time, be laid before you a series of resolutions embodying provisions designed to afford encouragement to the nomination of immigrants by persons settled in the province, and the voluntary or assisted immigration of suitable persons who may arrive in the colony without aid from the public revenues. These resolutions will also contain as an important feature, a provision that the powers and functions of the Land and Emigration Commissioners in England shall bean:forth be exercised by persona responsible solely to the goverta ment of this colony. With reference to the means of )mmunication and transport—so important in all new c iuntries—bilis will ba laid bcforo you providing fir idle amendment of the system at present in force as regards main roads, and for the extension of the present rail way from Gawler Town nortilward, as far as Re. punda, and eastward towards Gameracka, as far as the base of the hills. The increased facil ties, and diminished cost of transit, resulting from the use of nilways, and the saving in the cost of roads, which must otherwise be constructed, appear fully to justify the proposed extension ; while the resources of the province are abun lantly adequa e to meet any temporary burthen which it may occasion. Concurrently with these measures, your attention will be directed to a plan for developing the trade on the river Murray, and securing to this province the terminus of that navigation, by affording facilities for the ship ment of river-borne goods, at Victor Harbour, in sea going vessels. Ia connection with this trade, I have to inform you that the original arrangement made with New S. Wales and Victoria, for the collection of duties upon all river borne goods imported into those colonies, has been superseded on the part of the government of Victoria, since the Ist March last. I have directed copies of the whole correspondence connected ith that subject te be laid before you, from which you will perceive that the governments of New South Wales and Victoria propose to adopt, in common, the tariff of New South Wales, and to collect the duties under that tariff through the instrumentality of a joint custom-house at the junction of boundaries, unless this Government concur in adopting the satire tariff. The negotiations on this important point are still pend ing, and there are grounds for belief that a conclusion may ultimately be arrived at advantageous to the com mon interest., involved. I have also directed a bill to be laid before you to authorise this Government, fur a limi'ed period, to become a party to the c3ntract made by the home Government for the mail service to these colonies, and to make arrangements for the branch service to this province. I have also directed to be laid before you a bill to amend the present Education Law, both with a view to the enlargement of the present sptem, and to its more effectual support. This measure leaves untouched that principle of the present law which declares that education shall be based upon the Chris tian re:igion, without doctrinal teaching ; but it is intended to provide for tte erection-4i reughoet the settled districts of the province—of suitable school buildings, and for the augmentation of the stipends of teachers; and it provides for the cost thus occasioned by the imposition of an education tax. Your at tention will also be directed to a revision of the Electoral Law, which has been found to be cumbrous and costly in its present form ; and a bill will be submitted to you applying a remedy to these evils. Several other administrative and legal reforms are also announced. TELEGRAPH TO MELBOURNE. —We are glad to learn that the tender for the construction of the whole line of telegraph from Adelaide to the Glenelg has been ac cepted, with a probability of the work being commenced without any unnecessary delay. We have not yet been favoured with particulars, but we believe the successful tenderer is Mr. Thompson, of Halloran Hill, and that the amount does not much exceed 401 per mile, if, indeed, it amount to that sum. It this be the case, it is probable that the entire cost of the line, including the material furnishal by government, will felt short of the amount voted for its construction by 4,000/. or 5,000/. The work is to be completed within twelve months, se that the line will have to be constructed at the rate of nearly a mile per diem.--Adelaide Observer. SPORTING NOTES Turfites are disporting themselves at Egham, where Mr. Hibburd has furnished them right pleasant em. ployment. As the return of yesterday's racing will attest, the sport wag ample, and the principal event came off in accordance with my anticipation. I shal I not refer to the running further, because I was not assisting at the revels on Runnymede, and because the " events." are not likely to east very long shadows before them. Mr. Merry has issued invitations for Ipswich to-morrow and Friday, whilst Mr. Marshall, who is acting for fir. H. Ilibbt:rd, has prepared a most attractive programme for Hereford. To deal with the probabilities ii a somewhat difficult task, as, until the engagements are run out at Egham, it will be impossible to gather any information respecting the competitors. I will, however, make soma guesses at truth. The Suffolk Handicap looks quite formidable, with its long list of nominations. Vulcan, Tame Deer, Redemption, Tyre, Renown, Mysterious Jack, and E ovence, are all favourably weighted, and of that lot Elovence, Renown, and Tame Deer are, perhaps, the most trustworthy. Either Hardwick or Tue Ant) it ought to win the B }rough Members' Plate. Maggie Lauder will doubtless be capable of c )needing jibs. to any opponent she may meet for the Two-yr-old Stakes. For the Ipswich Handicap I shall select Renown and Eupatoria. The County Members' Plato will be won by either Yaller Gal or Vestige. The 1 ading events at Hereford only require not'ce For the Herefordshire Handicap I see nothing likely to interfere with the success of Old Trick. For the Licensed Victualhir's Plate Eifrida acd Jesuit are entitled to consideration, and for the City Cup Queen Bess claims my allegiance. Raven may make a success. ful flight for the Corporation Plate, and I shall sail with Fisherman for the Royal Plate. A FRESH MAN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was adver tised to be held this morning at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, but, in consequence of its being settling day, a sufficient number of shareholders did Lot attend to form a meeting, and it was adjourned till the 10th of September. The meeting must be formed then, or a dividend cannot be declared on the 12th in accord ance with the terms of the charter. WEST LONDON RAILWAY. (MEETING THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this morning at the London Tavern, Bishopagate-street. Mr. S. Bird, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The report stated that at the last meeting, in March, a resolution was pas_ed authorising a divi dend of 21. per share on the first-class preferred shareholders, which absorbed a sum of 6,4001., leaving a balance which admitted of a dividend of 1/. per share on the above shares, and that the direct ors recommended to the meeting. The directors were unable (in consequence of the bills of costs of the soli citors of the company not having yet been delivered) to state what amount may have to be refunded by the Lon don and North-Western Rail say Company on account of costs. The directors reported a trifling increase in the amount of the tolls on the Kensington Canal over the previous half-year's traffic. The report was ultimately agreed to. SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this morning, at the company's offices, Bishopsgate.street—Col. Pratt Barlow in the chair. Toe accounts submitted to the proprietors showed a net revenue, after payment of interest on the debenture debt, and of all the working expenses, for the half-year ended June, 30, 1857, amounting to 6,6801. 183. 3J., to which was to be added a surplus carried over from last year of 1,1601. 83. 7d., making an available balance of 7,8411. 63. 101. The report was adopted, and a divi dend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was declared, leaving a surplus to be carried to the credit of the next half-year of 6261. 163. 10J. THE OTTOMAN BANK. MEETING THIS DAY. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Ottoman Bank, held to-day, the following report was presented : L 0 The annual general meeting of the company is fixed by the Charter of Incorporation for the month of March in each year. The present, therefore, is an extraordinary meeting, convened for the purpose of receiving a report upon the affairs of the bank up to the 30th June last, and of authorising the distribution, by way of in terest, of a portion of the profits realised up to that date. The directors have much satisfaction in announcing the continued prosperity of the bank. The disorganised condition of finance generally in Turkey has rendered it inexpedient in their opinion to enter upon any exten sive exchange operations during the last six months. A source, iu ordinary times, of considerable profit has thus, from prudential considerations, remained tempo rarily unproductive ; but circumstances have satitfieel the directors of the propriety of the caution which they have exercised in this respect. On the other hand the local business of the Asiatic branches has increased wad c,,ntinuoo 6. i..th h and the future prospects are of a satisfactory character. The accounts to the 20th June show a net amount to the credit of profit and los., after making provision for bad and d )übtful debts, of 30,029/. 6s. 6d. Out of this sum the directors recommend at present a distribution of 12 , . per share, by way of interest (being at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum), leaving a balance of 15,0291. Gs. 6d. to be carried forward. They desire at the same time to intimate their intention of proposing, at the general meeting in March next, that a sum should be net apart out of the then existing balance at the credit of profit and loss, as a roserve fund ; and that such sum should be augmented from time so time from the profits of the company (by an amount not exceeding 2 per cent. on the capital of the bank ih any one year) until it reach 50,0001. The directors do not doubt the cordial concurrence of the shareholders in a measure which has for its object to provide against unforseen contingencies, as well as to form, as far as possible, a guarantee for the continuity of a steady dividend, leaving any profits in excess of the same to be dealt with at the end of each year by way of bonus. It is further their intention to propose on the same (occasion, that the preliminary expenses, now standing at 6,0001., shall be written off at the rate of 2,0001. per annum. The shareholders have been already informed that the increasing business would render ne cessary the payment of the uncalled capital of the bank; the directors have accordingly issued notices for the pay ment of the remaining 51, per share on the 14th Sept. next. The chair was taken by Mr. Layard, and the report, after some discussion, was adopted. MAUK - gT NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to-day was limited, but we had a large number of Monday's un sold samples on offer, chiefly in flue condition. The trade was in a depressed state at Monday's decline in value, and a clearance was not effected. There was rather a large show of most kinds of foreign wheat, in which only a limited business was transacted, at barely stationary prices. Floating cargoes of grain met a dull enquiry. Fur barley thole was very little enquiry, yet no change took place in its value. Malt sold slowly at barely late rates. Oats, beans, and peas, were firm at full quotations. Flour moved off heavily. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. ' Malt. Oats. Flour. I 2,260 70 1,210 700 92) 50 I --- E aglish Irish 250 brls 1,320 ski Foreign 3,010 BOROUGH HOP. A few parcels of new hops are on sale here, at from 81. to 81.8 s. per cwt. The plantation accounts are not considered favourable, yet the duty has been done at 160,000', WHITECHAPEL. The trade generally ruled steady, at very full prices : Beef, from 33 2il to 48 6d ; mutton, 3s 41 to 4s 101; lamb, 4s 4d to 53 61 ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 43 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mills premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per 1/ sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100 per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 4 10tha per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.3 per 1/ sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is nearly 240ths per cent, dearer iu Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London fur bil's at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly iu favour of England ; and, after making allowance fir charges of tran,port and difference of interest, the pre sent rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. SEttIoUS FIRE IN HoLßolm—Litt night a fire of a fearful character, and attended with the destruction of some thousand pounds' worth of property, haw nel in Hulborn-hill, near the bridge. Tue premises in which the disaster commenced belonged t.) Mr. Granville, gun and pistol manufacturer, No. 44, and the building was flanked on one side by the premises belonging to Mr. Ulmer, patent press-maker, and Mr. J. 0. Pryor, a stationer, while the entire row of tiones in Bartletee buildings and five or six others in Kit g's-beal-court abutted upon those of Mr. Granville. Tt.e whele of tt e lofty pile of Mr. Granville's gun factory was totally con• slimed, those of Mr. - Milner partly destroyel, those of Mr. Pryor seriously it jared by tire, ,water, and hasty removal ; while the damage done to the property in Bartlett's-buildings and King's-head-court is very great. MADAME TUSSAUD's EXHIBITION. —Tae Napoleon room in this popular exhibition has lately been conipletely renovated, the decorations have received great improve meat, particularly in a number of . magnificent tnirrtrs which impart an elegant and brd 'ant effect, more especially at night reflecting the light a hundredfold. This apartmen' t for sp lendour an d taste, is not to be surpassed by any in the metropolis, and rt . fldcts gre a t credit to the artists em p lo y ed in its cemplett F IR E AT WHITECAA PEL —Yesterday ruorai cg a fi re. needy attended with the ' l o ss of fi ve lives, Lap paned on the premises belonging to Mr. Alevr ee d er , a tobs.cconiat , carrying on business at 61 , Wbitechapel road. The fire was not subdued until very considerable damage was done to the premises. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DARING PICKPOCKETS IN OXFORD-STREET.—CLEVER CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES.—Henry Jones, John Maori, and Mary Anne Flemming, were charged before Mr. Beadon, with being concerned in picking pockets, and i❑ attempting to pick pocket 3 in Oxford-street. WM. Autrey, D 1, sergeant of police, stated that last night he was on the tap of an omnibus going along Oxford-street, when his attention was called by the conductor to the prisoners, whom he suspected were about to pick the pocket of a gentleman. Witness watched them, when he saw Jones lift up the pocket of a gentleman, and he was covered by the other priso ners. He got down, and as he was doing so be observed Jones with a red pocket-handkerchief in his hand, which he put in his bosom. He went up to the gentle- man and asked him he had lost a pocket-handkerchief He felt his pocket and said that he had. Witness wen after the prisoner, and as he was doing so he saw Jones in the act of lifting up the pocket of another gentleman. While he was doing this witness took them into custody. On his way to the station house with the prisoners they made a violent resistance, during which the handker chief was passed to some of their confederates. The female prisoner came to the station house to look after her companions, when she was taken into custody. In answer to Mr. Beadon, the sergeant said that the gentleman who was robbed said be was unable to attend as his wife died that day. There were officers in court who knew the prisoners. Hammond, a detective officer of the D Division, with another officer, were present to prove former convictionts against some of the prisoners. Jones—You have suwmarily convicted me several times, surely you will not commit me any more. Each was sent for three months to the House of Cor reotion. THAMES. A. BUTCHER OF A BOY—MURDEROUS ASSAULT. — Harry Butcher, a boy of rough appearance, only 9 yea's of age, and residing with his parents at No. 6, White. horse-court, White-horse-lane, Stepney, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with committing a violent assault on Edward Barber ' a lad about 10 y ears o f a ge. The complainant, who had received a severe w ound on the right side of his face, which was covered with a surgical plaister, and whose clothes were stiffened with gore, said he "as passing along Spring-garden-placer Stepney, with his brother, who was carrying a basket containing glas., when their passage was interrupt, d by the prisoner, and he said to him, " Get out of the way. The prisoner, instead of doing so, swore at him, and gave him a smack with his band. He hit the boy slightly, and he fell down. He pursued bis.way with his brother, and had almost forgotten having met with the prisoner, when he received a tremendous blow from a large stone hurled at him, and was stunned. Hi e face was cut open, and he lost a large quantity of blood, and had since been under medical treatment. The prisoner was the boy who hurled the stone at his head. The stone weighed at least 10 pounds. Mr. Yardley—Why what a passionate little savage the prisoner must be. Henry Barber, a tall youth about 18 years of ages confirmed the statement of his brother, and said that on seizing the prisoner he made a violent attack upon h? , hit him and kicked him, and then, with great dexterity , put his head under his (witness's) person, and threw him heavily. A basket containing one dozen and seven dram glasses, ordered by a publican, were all broken. Mr. Yardley, addres , 4ing the mother of the prisoner , said—Do you see what a little savage this E on of yours has proved himself ? How have you educated this lite° ruffian ? The mother, who sobbed loudly, said—We keep him in a good school, sir—he is the eldest but one. Mr. Yardley said ho could inflict a very heavy fine on the prisoner fpr committing such an unprovoked ar sault, but he would leave him in the hands of his parentst if they promised to chastise him, and make compensation, to the two youths for the injury sust a i ne d by one , an d the loss of the glass by the other. Mrs. Butcher said she would gladly pay anything. „ Mr. Yardley—Very well, mind you do. It you don t make sufficient compensation to th ese t wo lath, I wi ll issue a summons against your perverse and savage boy. BEALTII OF LONDON DURING( THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General. ) The deaths registered in London, which in the last week of July rose to 1,238, and in the first and second weeks of August were respectively 1,224 and 1,187, exhibit a very decided increase in the week that ended last Saturday (August 22), the number being 1,091. The heavy thunderstorms and rains of the preceding week have doubtless been power ful agents in producing this result. It can also be shown that the deaths of last week were rather less than the number which the average rate of naOrta iu 0 4247-561 would have produced, if, for better comparison, the deaths from cholera in two epidemic years are excluded from the calculation. since the last week of July there has been a con stant decrease in the deaths from diarrhoea. In the week referred to they were 302 ; thereafter they were successively 258, 244, and (in the present re turn) 215. In the same periods the numbers re turned as caused by cholera (in most instances "cholera infautum" and "choleraic diarrhcei") were 24, 30, 21, and 12. Eight deaths from diar• rhoea (including cholera) occurred last week in the sub-district of St. John, Westminster, 7 in that of St. Margaret, Westminster, 5 in Brompton, 5 in r the Hackney sub-district, 5 in Goodman's fields, in Bow, 5 in Trinity, Newington, 5 in Lambeth Church sub-district (2d part), and 5 in Plumstead• Scarlatina exhibits an increase, for the deaths from it, which were in the two previous weeks 32 and 16, rose last week to 40. n appears to hive prevailed chiefly in the north and east districts, fir more than half of the fatal cases occurred in these two divisions. Tee registrar of Somers-town records the death of three children from " scarlatina angiuosa," all within four days, in a family at 8, Johnson-street. The parents, a fourth child, three lodgers in the same house, and a person who was sent to the Fever Hospital, have all suffered from the disease. Typhus and common fever were fatal in 41 eases, measles in 13, smallpox in 4. Three people died of disease the effect of inter' perance ; 13 children from want of breaatmilk. Th e deaths of five nonagenaria ns are returne d : on e a' , the age of 90 years, two at 93, one at 94 in Wild street, St. Giles, and one at 98 at Putney. With one exception (a man, who was the youngest of the five) these old persons were all widows. Last week the births of 860 boys and 832 girls--." in all 1,692 children—were registered in ',undo'''. In the 10 corresponding wet ks of the years 18 47 " 56 the average number was 1,460. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the men height of the barometer in the week was 29.8 84 inches. The highest reading occurred on Wednes days, and was 30 inches. The mean temperature of the week was 65.1 deg., which is 4.2 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years as deter mined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest tempeo tura occurred on Sunday (th e 16 t h) , an d was 83 deg. The lowest was 511 deg. on Tuesday. The range of the week was 31 . 3 deg. The temperatura rose towards the end . of the week, and on Saturdili the wean was about 9 deg. above the average. TO wind blew almost constatiCy from the north-eas t till the end of the week, when it changed to east. The mean dew-point temperature was 57 . 3 deg., and the difference between this and the mean tem perature of the air was 7.8 deg. The mean tempe rature of the water of the Thames was 67.5 deg. Rain fell to the amount of 6.32 inches, nearly all of which fell early in the morning of Sunday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AIL CAUSES REGISTERO IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 22 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 5 DDiisseeaasseess of ff the ee Skin, &c. oß.ones, aura Muscles 2 Malformations ............................................. Premature Birth and Debility • 34 65 atrophy Old Age ;.udder: ............................................... ... 6 Vi o lence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperanc e ...... l3 Causes not specified ----' DZATIIB FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre.. peat" Enumerated. eponding week in the 1351. of 1356. Week' West Districts ...... 876,427 North Districts...... 490,396 Central Districts..... 393256 East Districts 485,522 south Districts __-• Totals Males 539 Fomales . 552 BIRTHS IN TIIE WEEK. Males B6O Females 832 Total . ....... 1,692 --- FAILURE. The suspension of Mr. Thomas Stewart, a manufacturer of Stockport, is announced, but the DA' blties do not appear to greatly exceed 20 , 000 / , A C OO ' position of 10s, in the pound is stated to have been offer.d. l