The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-08 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS.—The First Number of the " STATESMAN " will have a Guaranteed Circulation of 4,000. Advertisements received at the " Statesman" Office, 965, Strand, up till Friday evening. EAST LNDIA HOUSE, 26Th AUGusT, 1857. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next Examination of Candidates for the appointment of As %staid-Surgeon in the service of the East India Company will be lied at this House on MONDAY, the 11th January, 1858, and suc ceeding days, and that the probable number of Vacancies In the Medical Establishment to be then filled up will be Fifteen. Copies of the regulations for the admission of candidates will be furnished on application to the Secretary, Military Department, at th's House. JAMES C. IMVILL, Secretary. STATE FIRE INSURANCE I I/0. 3, Pali-mall East, London, S.W. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. Capital 60(.000t., with power to increase to 2,000,0001. Policies falling diva on Michaelmas-day next mast be renewed on or before 14th Oeober ensuing. E v ery descriptioo of property insured at moderate rates. Claims settled with Promptitude and liberality. The Directors invite' application for agencies in places where the Company is not represen tod. A liberal commission will be allowed. I'ETER MORRISON, Managing Director. THE RHINE AND GERMANY.—The Shortest and Cheapest Route, via, Rotterdam, to the Rhine and Germany, is by THE DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. Through Trains, in conjunction with those of the Cologne-Minden Company, start three times a day. Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on applica"on to the Company's London Agent, Mr. Joule C. JANSON, 61, Gracechurch. street. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY. SIXTEENTH HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBT GIVEN, That the Sixteenth HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors in this Com pany will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 30th day cf October, inst., at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, for the General Business of the Company, pursuant to the Act. By order of the Board, THOS. R. WATT, Secretary. Company's Offices, 3, New Broad-street, London, 2d October, 1857. *0 The books for the registration of shares will be closed from Friday, the 16th, to Friday, the 30th Oct. inst., inclusive, and trans fors will not be received daring that period. TO BE LET, at KEMPSEY, near Worcester, Furnished or Unfurnished, with immediate possession, if required. a compact FAMILY RESIDENCE, with Coach lionise, Two-stall Stable, Garden, and small Paddock. The house, which was instil recently occupied by Lieutenant-General Henderson, is conveniently situated, within half-an-hours' drive of the Worcester Railway Station, within two hours' drive of Cheltenhara, and within an easy distance of the Town of Malvern.—For further information, apply oa the premises, at Kempsey ; to Mr. Higgs, Auctioneer, Wor cester ; or to Mr. Wallace Gabriel, 44, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hay ing been entirely redecorated, will 0 °EN for the SEASON of MONDAY, the 12th inst. , when will be performed Shak spere's Play of TIIE TEMPEST. The box-office will open To-day (Thursday), October 8. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon. —Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol lowing, Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Misa Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus Brahma, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr. Wallwor th, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr.W. Harrison. Conductor, M... Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brougb. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Wallace's opera of MARITANA. After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 lls. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circe, ss. ; Upper 3exes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is aow open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. PHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with THE LADY OF LYONS. Pauline, Mss Amy Sedgwick (her second appearance in London); Claude Melnotte, Mr Howe. After which, A CURE FOR LOVE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. g. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it 2 0 Pit 1 0 ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the home-made Extravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wright and Miss Arden. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard (Ms original character), Mr. T. P. Cooke. Co conclude with" FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS," STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING, will be performed a new conic drama, entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr. Kinloch, Miss Craven, dm. To be followed by THE PHANTOM WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. Reginald Rattle cap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque , written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; cr, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr, J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. To conclude with MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE, Larry Hoo!agan, Mr. 3facarthy. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 20.; Pit, ls.: Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ls. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees. Messrs. 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, amid Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, eke. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, 7t . Potter, Jackson, Belmore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburno, Miss Johnstone. After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD. Followed by OUR TRAVIA.TA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. CA.NTERBURY 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, citc., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jeune, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant, ronec, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. "lime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack neY. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williaras ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sappers, die.. until twelve o'clock. --Signor PICCO will perform, at hal-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Twig Day— Morn., 33 min. aft. 4—Even., 0 min aft. 5 To-litionßow —Morn., 24 min. aft. 5 —Even., 49 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER suN OFFICE, OCTOBER 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 81—highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and daring the night 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER. 28.88—a heavy fall.' llngn, S. to S.W. ; fresh, with heavy rain. Stormy ',weather. , gol ("e— -, , LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 8, 1857. Our governors have humbled themselves, fasted, a alti prayed ; for we may surely conclude that they have practised what they preached. They have professed their repentance, and now we look for the fruits meet for repentance. We have been told is prayer, provided for ua by the Govern ment itself, to regard the mutiny as a divine clfrustisetnent for our sins ; of course for our sins In regard to India itself, for no theory of divine chastisements ev er separated the sin and the pun ishment entirely. Unless, indeed, we know the ground of our punishment, how could we know what sins to confess and forsake. We will not suppose then that our Cabinet has deliberately done anything so hypocritical, we might almost say blasphemous, as to order a whole nation to orJnfesa the sins of England against India without believing that there were some distinct and well known sins for which we held ourselves answer able to the Judge of all the Earth. To be sure the appointed confession is of that vague and ge teral kind in which courtly penitence delights ; but we are to understand, we presume, that it is 'uite as sincere as if it confessed the sin of having dnch a Governor-Geaeral and Council, and such a staff of high officials as now terrify Calcutta by TILE S UN, l . -o. ND ON, II HUII.B TIA - Y _EVENING, '0 CTO'BE 8 3 1857 their incompetency for the crisis ; or such a minister for India as Mr. VERNON 52,01/1. A delicate topic this no doubt for the Court Liturgist to touch in constructing the prayers. The nation was to confess its sins against India ; but the nation's sins have all been committed through its Government ; the more we confess, the more we deplore what our Governors have done. We acknowledge, indeed, that the nation, the constituencies we mean, have been guilty of one great delinquency ; they have let our governors do almost as they liked with India. Our foreign policy has been far too much surrendered to our Germanised Court, and the Premiers who retained Royal favour by proper regard to cousins across the water ; and India has, in like manner, been treated by the electors too much as a foreign country. It was forgotten that East Indians, though nominally the subjects of the East India Company, were really and truly subjects of the English Crown, as well as ourselves ; and that had we but spoken out, our vast colony coui could not have been governed as it has been, till wretched ness characterises the people, and till a whole army of 100,000 men is guilty of mutiny and murders of the most atrocious kind. If, however, the nation has to confess the sin of leaving their rulers to themselves, and forgetting the national re sponsibilityfor the good government of the coun try our arms had conquered, what must be the sins of those who abused the national indulgence till they have ruined everything ! In all seriousness we look upon this day of fasting and humiliation, just passed, much as we did upon the one in reference to the Crimean dis asters. If there be anything to confess, it is that we have trusted too much to our rulers, and that their misgovernment for a long series of years, and their mismanagement at the present time, have brought all these evils upon us. Nor do we see' how our rulers themselves can really think other wise ; they must know full well that they "have done the things they ought not to have done, and not done the things which they ought to have done." And truly enough we may add, too truly to incur the censure of profanity—" that there is no help in them." So true is this, indeed, that to a great extent a change of Governors for India is the first thing required of our fasting and pray ing Cabinet. " HEAVEN helps those who help themselves," and the first help which Lord PALMERSTON can render is, beyond question, that of pitching the wrong men out of the wrong places. Look at India first. The cholera has already superseded one Court appointment, that of an incompetent Com mander-in-Chief—a commander who was enjoy ing himself at Simla when the mutiny broke out at Meerut, who took that awful affair in very leisurely style, and of whom we hear nothing in regard to the earlier mutinies at Barrackpore and Berhampore. And then the Governor and his council there is hardly a difference of opinion as to their utter unfitness for their po sition. Lord CANNING himself, no one speaks ill of personally, but no one knows any recommenda tion he possesses for his post, except that of being his father's son. With abundant qualifications to make a most respectable English Peer, even the Government papers are obliged to confess that he would not have been sent out had anything but a featherbed Governor-GeneraLahip been ex pected for him. His only faults have been those of a second or third rate man, dependent upon officials in emergencies which neither he nor his patrons contemplated. As to those officials themselves, we may refer our readers to an exeel lent photograph of them all, by " One who has served under Sir CHAS. NAPIER," and who dedi cates his pamphlet—" The Mutiny of the Bengal Army ; a Historical Narrative"—to Lord ELLEN BOROUGH ; everything attests the accuracy of the likenesses. Let our readers then but look at them, and they will cease to be surprised at any of the deeds of infatuation which have reached our ears. The COUNCIL of Me Governor ! A sounding title indeed—we associate the idea of something as re spectable as our own Cabinet, at least ; but it would be injustice, indeed, to compare our Cabi nets, with all their defects, to the Governor's Council. There is old Mr. DORIN, a man who, in a ser vice of 33 years, has never been 50 miles out of Calcutta, and who might as well have been in England all the time, "sixty years of age, and in all his habits a very Sybarite," " indolent, void of energy, deficient in mental culture and ability, and who certainly in no other country but India, and in no other service but the Civil Ser vice, would have attained any but the most subor dinate position." Even the contrast of Mr. GRANT'S activity is unfortunately not a contrast for good ; for, though in the prime of life, active and energetic, he is completely ignorant of the habits and customs of the natives of Upper India, and too vain, supercilious, and narrow-misded, to seek information from practical men in his own service. He is absurdly jealous of military men, and his determination to thwart them delayed, till too late, vigorous measures in the csse of the Santhal rebellion, and also in the case of the present mutiny. General Low, the military member of the Council, is too far advanced in years to carry the military measures which his judgment approves against the over bearing talk of Mr. GRANT—like George STEPHEN . - ' sox he cannot make a speech, and wants some one with " that greatest of powers, the gift of the gab," to enable him to carry his point against red-tapism, ignorance, and impudence. Mr. PEACOCK, though an honest legal adviser in the Council, does the mischief of leaning to the-con ceited routinist GRANT, when the latter opposes the military wisdom of the veteran General. Such is the board of advisers Lord CANNING found on his arrivalat Calcutta, and by whose aid he had to sup press a mutiny amongst an army of soldiers, of whose peculiarities he knew no more than any of us on this side of the water. This alone is enough to account for any vacil lation and infirmity of purpose shown by a man of mental powers wholly inadequate to compre hend at a glance the position of India, to make up his mind and to abide by it. But his mili tary Secretary, CJlonel BIRCH, and his Home Secretary, Mr. BEADON, were also equally below the occasion. Theformer had been Judge-Advocate General, and hia narrow capacity to this day is chiefly shown in orders hardly intelligible fur ex cessive quibbling.* Lord DALHOUSIE put him viztually at the head of the Indian army, to spite Sir CHARLES NAPIER ! Mr. BEADON is a mere Civil Service man. Ho hates indigo planters, Indian merchant?, the ' pres s, everything that in terferes with hi s d om i nan t idea of " India for the Civil Service." These, then, are the men with whom Lord CANNING has to put down an unex ampled mutiny, to re-conquer India, form its Administration.- Men and to re- 1 who, concurring in The writer of the "Mutiny of the Bengal Army," gives a curious instance of the intolerable red-tapism and incapacity of Col. Birch. When Lieut. Baugh Was at tacked by Mungul Pandy—from whom our soldiers have nick-named the mutineers•Pal:aides—o n the 29th of Mai cb, his life was saved by a Mahon amedan orderly. General Hearsay. who, it will be rem= 'bared, rode up and quelled the mutiny, then and there pro moted the orderly. 0. F or this a severe wiming was admir ,istered to the gallant officer by the Government Military Secretary—Col. Birch !! !" And this is the man who was placed in the Indian War- Office over Sir Charles Napier !! 4 he opinion with which they sent home Lord Dautousm—that their whole system was perfect —that of the sepoys absolutely so !—refused to believe the possibility of a mutiny, pooh-poohed the plain indications of it—allowed arms to be sold to the number of ten thousand, while they gagged the press, and slighted the remonstrances of Calcutta Europeans—refused for long a volun teer corps in the city—sent back the Nepaulase regiments whom their own Civil Servant had properly enough accepted, and who might at that time almost have changed the aspect of affairs in Oude, auxiliaries whom they were but t'o glad afterwards to recall—who kept HEWETT at Meerut, and LLOYD at Dinapore—and who, though they acted vigorously in secretly recalling H.M.'s 84th from Rangoon, yet acted again with fatal leniency in merely disbanding the mutinous 34th Native Infantry. Now we maintain that a clean sweep must be made of all the Calcutta incapables. All parties in India but the Civil Service are disgusted with them, indeed live in alarm through them, and are almost ready to assume the responsibility of superseding, them by a vigilance committee. Europeans and natives, merchants and bankers, planters and editors of friendly journals, soldiers and non-military men, all classes, in short, even missionaries of long standing, high character, well acquainted with the natives, and but too prone t 3 lean to the Government, all denounce equally the miserable and dangerously incapable and selfish Government under which they live. They know of no parallel but that of VERNON SMITH and the East India Directors here. Let Lord PAL3fER noN call Parliament together, and the country will hear the truth. There seems to be a very general impression that there will be a speedy, if not an immediate advance in the minimum rate of discount by the Bank of England. There is consequently gloom in the Money Market. The prices of every class of security are greatly depressed, and there is but too much reason to fear that we have not as yet by any means seen the worst of it—that a financial crisis is impending which may bear com parison with that of 1847, and which can only be relieved by another virtual suspension of the Bank Charter Act. There is already a panic in the United States. Several important banks have stopped payment in Philadelphia, and Balti more, and others may be compelled to follow a simi lar course. The rate of interest is now 18 to 24 per cent., and the Exchange has turned decidedly against England, so that, most probably, in place of receiving, we shall be compelled to transmit specie across the Atlantic. We are, in consequence of the provisions of the monetary code, the mark to be aimed at by every person in temporary want of cash. We must not only supply the entire Continent— France, Austria, Germany, even Russia, the E tst Indies, and China, but the Western Hemisphere. We may exclaim with the wearied Trojan— " Quce regio in terris non nostri plena laborise Whenever an object is to be gained it is sccom plished at our expense, and the trade, and com merce, and production of the United Kingdom is paralysed, and our poor people compelled to sub mit to the greatest inconvenience and privation in order that large capitalists may further increase their overgrown stores. Under the existing system we have no defence against these demands, nor any means of averting the domestic suffering that ine vitably attends a foreign drain. We may see bullion purchased in our own markets by any foreigner who pleases to offer a small premium. No amount of patriotism can withstand six per mule premium, or 12s. in the 1001., which the Bank of France was recently offering, and may again speedily tender ; while the British nation loses ten times the amount in consequence of the "tightness of money," as it is termed, in our own circles. And yet we insanely enough persevere in the course that exposes us to a periodical re currence of these terrible losses—a disastrous monetary cycle that renders legitimate trade almost a gambling speculation. A powerful writer—Sir ARCHIBALD ALIsoN —has so clearly depicted this untoward state of affairs that we cannot abstain from quoting his very words. "So perilous," saith he, "has mercantile adventure in consequence become, so numerous are the risks with which the path of the merchant is beset, that it has became next to impossible to pursue a sober, steadfast, prudent course. So immense have been the ad ditions which the mutations of the currency, and periodical contractions of credit, have made to the ordinary perils of the winds and the waves, that the most cautious trader is now exposed to nearly as great risks as the most reckless. A bad har vest—three weeks' rain in autumn—a blight in the corn—a rot in:the potatoes —a murrain in the cattle, is at any time sufficient, by occasioning an export of a few millions of sovereigns, to blast the most prudent undertakings, and ruin the wisest men. A considerable importation of grain —such an importation as it is the great object of the free trade system to introduce and render permanent, is, at any time, sufficient to render hzlf the traders in the kingdom, with the exception of the great capitalists, bankrupt. No amount of pru dence and circumspection on the part of the mer chant or manufacturer can guard against the effects of the sudden stoppage of credit, and re fusal of accommodation, which arises from an exportation trifling in amount, but ruinous in its consequences, of the precious metals. A nation possessing two hundred millions a-year of solid realised income, independent of professional in come—whose capital exceeds five thousand mil lions sterling, finds itself reduced to the vergo of bankruptcy by the exportation of five millions of sovereigns in exchange for food I This, too, takes place at a time when, the Bank has 10,000,0001. of sovereigns still in its coffers, when trade is . in an uncommonly healthy condi tion, imports great, exports above fifty millions, and nothing exists to derange commerce but the artificial perils with which erroneous human law.,* have environed the currency." And th's is the state into which we are ODW rapidly drifting. Nothing can arrest our down ward course so long as the present monetary code is maintained without alteration or modification. What the nation requires is a domestic currency that will be freely received in all the transactions of internal commerce and everyday life. 0S) long as it is issued in convenient denominations, s'y for 11. , 21., and 31., and that it be kept within sufficient limits, - and receivable iv payment of taxation, and every national demand, so long will it circulate freely from hand, and possess the, purchasing power, which is all that is require I. The credit of the Government, and even of tho Bank of England is unitupeached and unimpeach able, and the mere fact that the so called incon vertible paper cuirency will not be available for protracted hoarding or exportation, will be the strongest feature in its favour. It will be just as easy to maintain the value of such an instrument of exchange as it now is to regulate the foreign exchanges, and there willbe necessity for entailing any extraordinary amount of suffering on idle industrious classes in the attempt. But is a grievous mistake to suppose that it would be inconvertible. It will be readily convertible into beef and mutton, bread, beer, or groceries, wines, or agricultural produce. It will pay the rent of lands or houses, and provide the happy possessor not only with all the necessaries and comforts, but even the luxuries of life ; and the man who possesses it will not want the means of making foreign payments or travelling in any part of the world. The worst that could possibly happen would be that we would have to pay a small premium under cer tain untoward circumstances. But that would rarely be the case. It would merely represent the premium, which the demand placed on bullion in the different money markets of the world." It is use less to attempt resisting that natural law. As well might Mrs. PARTtNGTON strive to keep back the advancing tide with a broom. It is better to de vise at once adequate means to resist its encroach ments, and this can only be by enabling English men to bid against foreigners for gold in English markets. At present there are from forty to fifty millions of sovereigns in circulation, two-thirds whereof might be beneficially replaced with notes for 11., 11. 55., 1/. 10s., and 1/. 15s. The greatest con venience would be found from issuing for the fractional parts of a pound, as is the custom in the North of Ireland. Even if the principle of convertibility were retained, and that these notes should all be redeemed on demand in specie, they would still exercise a very beneficial influence. Mr. JA➢LES WILSON, one of the highest authorities on the subject, considered that the issue of twenty millions of 1/. notes would give us a command over commodities of all descriptions—i.e., a purchasing power just as great as if twenty millions' worth of gold were dug up in the centre of England. Surely, then, it is worth trying an experiment that may be pro ductive of such extraordinary results. Is it not stultifying ourselves to persevere perversely in a course that has occasioned such terrible calamities, and so frequently reduced the nation to the verge of bankrUptcy ? Since writing the above we find that the mini mum, rate of discount has been advanced at the Bank Parlour this day from five-and-a-half to six per cent. This is another of the fruits of the vicious system in operation, and under which the nation has so long been groaning. ALTERATION IN THE MINIMUM RATE OF DISCOUNT —(This Day). The Bank Directors, at their meeting to-day, have put up the rate of discount from 51 to 6 per cent. This variation was generally expected, and no surprise was therefore occasioned. Mone tary affairs are certainly assuming an unsatisfac tory appearance, arid we are threatened with a repetition of the stringency and inconvenience which have characterised the concluding months of the two previous pars. Trade must suffer, and many weak firms will inevitably succumb. If first-class houses are compelled to pay 6 per cent. for accommodation, what onerous quotations must be exacted from those of a second or third rate character ! These may be highly respectable and in every respect sol vent, but not having the prestige of their more pow erful rivals, their poaition under such circumstances is exceedingly disadvantageous. The strain upon the establishment both for notes and gold isbelieved to have been excessive, and as a measure of precau tion a restrictive r4 : aiey was dictated. The allow • ante for deposits en call, and for fixed periods will be proportionately advanced, and thus Ina() sums that might otherwise be invested • in the funds, shares, &c., will be attracted to the discount market, where the supply will conse quently continue very large. The Sardinian Minister will return to town at the latter end of next week from Germany. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury returned to town a few days since from Tottenham Park, Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury are expected home in a few ( - lays from Germany, where they have been staying for some time past. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle will leave Quid- Countess ina o n a of visit Jerse w y it a h nd th L e ad ClementineEyari and Villiers are Countess denham Hall, at the latter end of the month, f or th e Continent.. Derby, at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, b u t wilt in a f ew days for Middleton Pa r k, O x f )r d . The Earl and Lady Constance Th s e tay Grosvenor will shortly leave Dunrobin Castle, for Calverley Park, Cheshire. Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby will shortl leave Drummond Castle, Perthshire, where they hav y e been entertaining company for some time past, fur GI inathorpe. L )rd Ashburton his left Scotland for Ireland, where his lordship intends to stay for some weeks.l Lord Roaeby arrived in town on Tuesday from Paris. Her ladyship is Staying in Paris, and will not return until early next month. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have been on a visit to Lady Marian Alford, at Ashridgo. The right hon. gentleman has since returned to Hugh enden Manor. Mr. William and Lady Mary Craven return to town t „J a e, front Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, where they have been staying for some weeks past, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Hard wicks. THE SILIC CROP in the islands of Andros and Ti (c yc i a d ei .) this year, states the Annales da Commerce Exterieur, has not produced very favourable results. Successive storms and rain did considerable injury to the worms. The crop of cocoons, which last year pro duced 100,000 ocques at Andros and 24,000 at Tino, h tve this year only produced 6,000 ocques in the former island and 15,000 in thelatter. The prices have conse quently r i se n 9J, 10d, and 11.1 per ocque. The crop of o.irn has been very abundant this year in the Cyclades, but the hopes which were entertained in the spring relative to the vines will not be realised. At Syra, Paros, and Zsa, the oidinm has committed great ravages. The vineyards of Naxos, have not, however, been affected, and wi ne will be abundant in that island. As to the vineyards of Santorin, they will only produce half a crop ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. - -.We are sorry to have to record a second instance of violence perpetrated on a passenger train t n the Eastern Counties Railway ; and we lament to add that one of our transatlantic brethren will convey across the ocean intelligence of a state of barbarism in this country more real than those fabulous horrors which were some time back imposed upon the Times by an Eeglish visitor to America. Last Friday night the down express train passed Wymondharn Station at the usual time, and when a few miles beyond that town, a large stone was flung at the train, the stone smashed ono of 'the windows of a first-class carriage; and strireires pas imager on the side of the face, breaking his jaw -bone. Oa aniving at Norriich, the passenger, Professor Rogers, of America, was cniveyed the Swan Inn, where he was immediately attended by Mr. Firth, the surgeon. Professor Rogers was on a visit to Professor Sedg wick, now in Norwich. Several lads have been apprehended on suspicion by the county police. --Bury and Nornueit Post. THE GOVBR NNENT OF PRINCE EDWARDS ISLAND IN WANT Oa' MONEY.—We have beard it rumoured, and have every reason to b e li eve t h e report to be true, that the governme n t o f t hi s i s l an d re cently deputed the fl. n. C. You ng , LL .D., President of the Legislati ve Council , and the "recognised administrator of the government of Prin ce Ed ward Island, in the a b sence of th e Lieu tenant-Governor," to Nova Scotia, for the purpose of negotiating a loan to enable them to carry on the go vernment of this island, and prevent its bet:3min; totally bankrupt. His Honour was instructed to raise 6,0001. on the security of the Treasury warrants. Rumour fur ther stated that our neighbours have so little confidence in the government of the idatid that Nova Scotia capi talists refused to loan the money on the security of Trea dhau,:tloclinntoot sury warrants, unless endorsed by the President of the of Prance Edward Island ; and his Elauour had to return home with his finger in his [amyl). Tile Hon. the At t )rney-General of the island was at Halifax at the time ; /s/and I effect Bl w t he O h l e o l' a n h e o or di nTt e . d-a Ch p a a ;l t u t o k f i o t f i v ' ,': TflE SIGN OF " TIIF, GREEN MAN AND STILL. "— In ibi s s i gn w , ~isncling by t h e side of a still ; in allu3ion, it has b e , acetiou„ , ly con j ectured, to the partiality shown b y t h at description of gen t ry to a morning dram. The gentmc perceive a huntunan, in a greeo coAt, representation however, should be the green man (or msn who deals in gree n ' herb) with a bundle of pepper mint or pannyropl under his arm, which he brings to be distilled.—Prom Timbs' "Popular L'rrors Explained." THa MAlL S. — S , utharapton, Wednesday.—The Pen insular and Oriental Company's new steamship Granada, Capt. Tiegear, left to-day with the Peninsular mails, 30 passengers (among whom are Capt. and Mrs. Brown}, 37,0001. i n specie, and a large cargo. The United States' mail steamship North Star, Capt. Lefebere, also sailed t )-day with the French and English mails for New York, 43 passengers from this port, and a large number from Havre, and a general cargo. The Royal Mail steamship Tyne, Capt. Langdon, leaves with the Brazil and River Plate mails on Friday. LATE!sT NE W MARSEILLES, OCT. 7. News from Constantinople has just been re ceived here to the 30th of September. In the new modification of the Ministry, Mouktar Bey holds the office of Minister of Justice. He is regarded as an opponent of the Union of the Principalities. The port of Galata has been very nearly de stroyed by fire. The financial situation of the country does not improve, and paper money has fallen in value to the extent of 20 per cent. The Turkish telegraph from Constantinople t..) the Persian Gulf has been decided upon, and Omar Paella, mill commence the work next January. Two Russian steamers and four gunboats have lauded Russian troops in Abasia. Several Turkish merchant vessels have been surprised in carrying on trade with the Circassian coast. The ships have been burnt. The loss to merchants at Trebizonde is said to amount to 500,000 francs. There have been disturbances in Mingrelia. Prince Bariatinski has deposed and exiled the Princess Dadian, and placed her son under the protection and tutelage of Russia. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is seriously ill. The Borsenhalle of Hamburg announces from Vienna that all the rumours of Count Buol's resignation are devoid of foundation. The pro able inference from this news is that the interview of Weimar will not be productive of any change in Austrian policy. CHINA. "We have received," says the Pays, "letters from China to the 11th August. At that date, no reply had been returned to the demand male on the Chinese. Government by M. de Bourbelon, the French charge d'affaire, through the Viceroy of Canton. This demand, it is said, claimed satisfac tion for different infractions of existing conventions, and more especially for the murder of the Abbe Chapdelaine, a French missionary, who was put to death in spite of the stipulations of the treaty of Whampoa. On the return of Lord Elgin from Cal cutta, and the arrival of Baron Gros, a conference would be h e ld b etween the admirals' and the two ambassadors, and future operations decided on. On the 11th August, the corvette Capricieuse and the advice steamer Marceau were still at Ning-po ; the Nemesis frigate, and the Primauguet and Phlegeton corvettes, the Meurthe transport, and the Mitraille gunboat, at Thong Koo ; the gunboats Aval anc h e and Fusee at H ong K ong ; and the Catinat steamer Dragonue gunboat - , at Macao." than as the result of an error which is developing it self ; and we cannot construe its bearing into a menace. We are inclined to believe thst on the day when the congress of Paris shall be called upon to examine the labours of the European commission charged with col lecting the wishes of the divans ad hoc, its deliberations will not be troubled in the slightest by this circular note ; and that the Sublime Porte, hearkening to tho voice of truth, will not hesitate to guarantee the politi cal future and the prosperity of two provinces which contain more than four million inhabitants." The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived here : " BERLIN, 6th, Evening.—The King of Saxony left Potsdam last night to return to Dresden. His Alajesty, before his departure, presented to Prince Gortschakoff the gr,md cordon of the Green Crown. The Imperial family of Russia left this morning at a little before nine. The King accompanied them from Potsdam to Berlin." BOURSE, Oct. 7. —Two o'clock.—The market has been heavy, as advices from London have hinted that the Bank of London would to-morrow raise its rate of discount from 5 to 6 per cent. Half-past Three.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash. fr. End of Month. 4) per Cents 3 per Cents 67 70 67 85 Bank Shares 2,975 Credit Fonder Credit Mobilier 8?)5 Roman Do. Account B5O Austrian Belgian 4i — Spanish Threes Piedmonteae(s) 9oi— Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. 88 - ft C. ~ 700 - tr. c. Orleans 1,365 Western Northern Lyons and bled B7O New Ditto 4 — New Ditto B5O Grand Central 1 — Geneva Midi - - Austrian Com. ...... 675 - AUSTRIA. The Emperor of Austria arrived at Ischl on the 3d, to join the Empress, whe bad reached that place the previous day. Their Majesties will re main for a fortnight or three weeks if the weather continues fine. The Baroness de Prokesch-Osten, wife of the Austrian internuncio at Constantinople, has re turned to Vienna from Ischl, and will, very shortly, proceed to rejoin her husband in the Turkish capital. " The Austrian Government," says the Eman cipation of Brussels, " is quietly but actively aug menting its navy. Several ships of the line are nearly terminated, and other smaller vessels are being constructed. The fortifications of Venice, Trieste, and partiouiarly of Pola, already excite the admiration of engineers, and when terminated will be among the strongest in Europe. The flotilla of the Danube is also to he shortly completed so as to protect German commerce on that river." ITALY. Count de Cavour gave a grand banquet on the 4th to Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, the new French ambassador to the court of Turin. The Piedmonteso ministers, the British and Prussian ambassadors, and many other distinguished mem bers of the diplomatic body were among the guests. The Diritto of Turin declares, on what it states to be unquestionable authority, that the life-insu rance said to have been concluded between Mazzini and Advocate Brofferio is devoid of foundation as regards the latter. We learn from Florence that the Archduchess Anne, the consort of the Hereditary Prince of Tuscany, is also labouring under an attack of the measles. According to the last accounts of the 3d, both this princess and the Grand Duchess were progressing favourably. A letter from Naples, in the Nord of Brussels, states that the marriage of the Duke of Calabria, eldest son of the King, with the Duchess Mary of Bavaria is now definitively decided on. It adds, however, that the ceremony will not take place for some time. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 3 d have b a i rr n the previous day the usual weekly ea e ieen , and councilarrived. On 0 was held under the presidency of the ne Q M. Bravo Murillo had been summoned by telegraph the Clamor Publico says that "it appeared d, resignation had been accepted, that ministry, and lastly, that the necessary ro3 al l tba in t dlll their 3i - able" that all the ministers had resigned, to form a new would appear in the Gazette of the 3d. But decrees e er G ee Lette contains no decrees accepting the resig nation, of the ministers, and no announcement on I the subject, neither do the other journals do more than repeat what has already been said —namely, that the resignation was expected in the event of the ministers not obtaining the Queen's consent to the removal of General de la Concha from the ,Captaincy-General of Cuba, as well as of certain high functionaries from the palace. The Epoca, on its part, declares that it does not believe, under any circunastanc?s, that the ministers will resign before the meeting of the Cartes. Reports that the present ministers had resolved to dissolve the Cortes in case they should be placed in a minority were current, but they were not generally credited ; and the Rojas , a semi-official a u th or i ty, remarks that no such resolu tion can have been adopted, inasmuch as, if the ministers possess the confidence of the crown, they are sure to have a majority in the Cortes ; and if they lose that confidence they will retire. Acord jea to the Rojas, the nomination of Count de Balmaseda to the presidency of the Senate has been resolved on, and will be announced as soon as the pending ministerial crisis shall be settled. It is said that, in the batch of new senators proposed by the ministers, the Queen had peremptori;y objected to the name of M. Nocedal, father of the Minister of the Interior; but her Majesty's reasons for doing so are not given. One of th e p a p ers spea k s of General La Rocha as likely to be charged with the formation of a new ministry. A letter from Cairo of the 21st ult. says : " I am able to communicate to you a piece of political information. Darfur, a State of Central Africa, which covers an extent of ground nearly equal to that of France, has sent an ambassador to Said Paella, in order to ward off an attack which was apprehended from the Viceroy. The trade of Darfur, which may acquire great importance, has been hitherto interdicted to foreigners. There is reason to believe, however, that an Austrian house will soon be at the head of its commerce. It is also said that a German officer intends to penetrate into Darfur as an instructor. The measures which have hitherto excluded foreigners from the country appear therefore likely to fall into disuse, although too much confidence ought not to be placed in that idea. The envoy of Darfur, who is almost white, I is a native of Senegal, and it will probably be easy for the French to gain his confidence and suppert, because he •its aware of the power of France, and speaks of the country in terms of warm admiration. One of his relatives, who is also a native of Senegal, proposes to return to his country via Marseilles, by which means he will be able to make the journey in six weeks instead of a year. The communica tions in the interior of Africa being neither easy nor safe, his example may perhaps induce other M ussul mans of Senegal, when proceeding to Mecca, to take the road by Marseilles, and thus produce a contact with the French which may be eventually advantageous." A letter from St. Petersburg says :—" The con struction of screw-steamers for transport and other services is being urged on with vigour. Not only as e our building yards in full activity, but severat 'orders have been given to ship-builders abroad Accounts have been received from various parts of the Baltic of the disasters occasioned by the gale of the 22d ult. ; these accounts are deplorable. Be fore the tempest rose, the thermometer was at 14 degrees Rvautnur, and during the storm it fell be low zero. A brig sank in sight of Libau, and out of twenty-five persons on board twenty-one pe rished." A letter from Warsaw says :—" Accounts from the Ukraine announce that some very important changes are on the point of being made in the mili tary colonies of that province. The peasants are to be assimilated to those of the domains of the crown. The disposable laud and buildings belong ing to the crown will be sold by auction, and Jews will be even allowed to become purchasers and establish themselves in the province. All these reforms are to be realised i n 1860 . Soldiers are every day arriving in the Ukraine on unlimited furlough-!." .......,• ....... The Prince Royal of Sweden hag just, in his capacity of Rege nt of Sweden and No rwa y, sum moned to .Shckholna Baron d e M an d ers t rcem , Swedish muniter at Park This diplomatist was one of the principal negotiators of the treaty of friendship concluded between Sweden and the two Weitern P owers in the Russian war, and it is bc- Hexed th a t th e Ministry of Foreign Affairs as des tined for him. That department hag, smce . the re tirein.-..nt of M. d o S teorne ld, been provisionally administered by M. de Lagerheim. The Communal Council of Brussels held an ex traordinary sitting the clay before y es t er d ay, t o hear the r e port of the committee on the adminis trative and finaucial:situation of th e c i ty. The state ment made was considered very favourable. The budget of 1858, which was presented to the council, sets down the receipt's at 6,316,016 f. 37c., and the exponses at 6,315,974 f. 76c., leaving a surplus of receipts of 41f. 61e. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur publishes a decree promulgating the treaty concluded on the 14th March last be tween France and Denmark relative to the redemp tion of the dues hitherto paid by vessels passing the Sound and the Belts. The Nord announces, on the faith of a Paris let ter, that the second plenipotentiaries if the treaty of Paris will hold a congress in the French capital in November, to settle the question of the Princi palities. " The series of personal interviews of sovereigns," says the Nord, " which for the last month has kept Europe in suspense, is now over. The interviews of the Emperor Napoleon with Queen Victoria at Osborne ; of the former with the Emperor Alex ander and the King of Wurtemberg at Stuttgardt ; of the Emperor of Russia with the Emperor of Austria at Weimar ; of the Emperor Alexander with the King of Saxony and several German sove reigns at Dresden ; and lastly, of the same Em peror with the King of Prussia at . Berlin, con stitutes the series. These are certainly events which will [render the last few weeks one of the most memorable epochs of contemporaneous his tory. The succession and the multiplied rela tions of these personal meetings of the Emperor Alexander 11., WhoSe pacific and liberal tenthncies are welt known, with all these sovereigns, will suf fice to do away- with the gratuitous suppositions L which the fear of isolated alliances had provoked on the part of certain journals, and may sanction the I most sanguine hopes of a general good understand ing and of the consolidation of peace and good re lations between the governments and nations of Europe." If we (Galignani) are to put faith in the pro phetic powers of the Univers, the evils which have hitherto resulted from the Indian revolt are com paratively light when contrasted with those which remain in store. That journal parades before the eyes of its readers a formidable list of calamities which menace England. ; this list comprises the ex haustion of the East India Company, the decline of the aristocracy, the triumph of principles of equality, the increase of crown influence, the de velopment of electoral corruption, and the advent of a government "such as was seen in France un- ' der Louis Philip ?e." We reproduce the views of our contemporary, which ought to content the most intolerant foe of England : "During the pacification of India, tho commerce of the land will be almost entirely interrupted, and the revenue of the company greatly reduced. This state of things cannot fail to produce great changes. Should the existence of the company be prolonged, go vernment will be compelled to render it assistance, and thereby increase taxation. The customs returns will ho ci. in'shed, an income-tax will infallibly be established. The members of the aristocracy, whose incomes have already been reduced by recent legislative laws, would witness an additional decrease in their resources. They would be compelled to reduce their expenditure, and thereby forfeit a considerable portion of their influence. A great mistake would be made in supposing that the fatal principles of equality, from which we ham so long suffered, have not penetrated into England. A great number of persons of the middle class invade the minis tries, and request employment in the public service; while wealthy young men belonging to the upper classes avoid military service. They dislike residing for any time out of England, and this repugnance will be heightened now that nearly the entire British army is employed in India and the colonies. In definitive, the events of India rau,t tend to increase the influence of the crown by the vast number of civil and military ap pointments which are now atits disposal. This circumstance will enable ministers to surround themselves with de voted clients, and will thereby contribute to. develop electoral corruption. The influence of the ad:doer/11y will be effaced, and the midule classes may perhaps endow Great' Britain with a Government similar to that which existed in France under Louis Phillippe. This would be the ruin of England's greatness." The Spectateur states in an article headed "The Interviews" that it has sough in vain for an Euro pean question of sufficient importance to have warranted any serious determination on the part of the sovereigns ,who met in Stuttgardt ; and it maintains that the latter meeting was despoiled of its significancy by the subsequent interview at Weimar : " What importance," exclaims the Specktteur, " would have been attached, fifty years ago, to the meeting at Tilsit, bad the Emperor Alexander I, before returning • to his dominions, pa d a visit t King George 111 !" Our contemporary admits that a pacific spirit pre sided at these interviews ; but it insinuates that three natural causes tend even more surely than these courteous meetings to preserve the peace of ' Europe ; those causes are : "In the first place, the events of India. The journals which dwell with the greatest complacency on the power of England admit that, in order to re-establish her rule on the Ganges, she must devote her entire resources to that war, and avoid any complication that might require her intervention on the Europeao continent. We may, therefore, be assured that England will excite no fresh difficulties, not even under the administration of Lord Palmerston. Russia, on her side, requires several years of. complete peace to remove the traces of the wounds inflicted on her by the last war. Peace is necessary to her, in order to construct her railroad, to place her ports beyond the reach of the means of destruction recently invented by science, to re orgaoiqe her navy and army. Let us glance at the financial state of the continent, and we shall discover a third reason to confide in the continuance of peace. An ex ',ruination of the money-markets of Paris and Vienna shows that war is impossible. We are afraid to borrow a few hundred millions in order to consolidate our float ing daht ; could we borrow thousands of millions fur a war ? When our most prosp,rous railroads are c polled to adjoern their works, who would dream of a; • plying to credit for the purchase of powder and bob ? Peace is therefore for the moment a nec:ssity for Europe, This peace wilt doubtless not be that of the Abbe of St. Pi rre, and a day will come when war will once more be waged, either out of jealousy, or dislike, or to divert public opinion from home politics ; then will blood once more be shed, and fortunes be destroyed ; but this moment is distant, and we are, for the time being, in the raid-t of a general armistice." The Constitution eel comments in the followiwi terms on the circular note addressed by the Porte to the Cabinets of Europe on the Principalities ques tion : " We cannot consider this document in any other light THE IN L'IAIV SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Indus has arrived with the heavy portion of the Indian, China, and Australian mails. Her dates are—Alexandria, Sept. 23 ; Malta, 27 ; Gibraltar, Oct. 1. Her Majesty's ships Desperate and Caradoc were at Alexandria waiting the arrival of the Siamese Princes ; the Hibernia, Ariel, and Coquette were at Malta ; and the Curlew was at Gibraltar. The Indus paved the Ripon off Galata on the 28th ult.. and the Alhambra off Lisbon on the 3rd inst. The Tamar left Malta for Alexandria with the Austra lian mails on the 21st ult. Amongst her cargo is 379,546/. worth of Aus tralian gold. - - She has brought home about 150 passengers, many of whom are refugees from India. The scene presented by their friends meeting these passengers was one of overwhelming excitement. Many burst into a flood of tears, and were deprived almost of the power of utterance. The Lady Mayoress of Londort, the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. Alderman Andrews, and a num ber of ladies and gentlemen, went on bo ar d th e Indus to rece i ve t h e refugees. any of the fugitives were from Cawnpore, Allahabad, and other places in the upper provinces of Bengal. Numbers also have fled from Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta in alarm. About 40 children have come home in the Indus. Amongst the passengers is Lieut. Chapman, who •was shot by the mutineers at Benares. A bullet went through his cheek and carried away part of the roof of his mouth ; his speech i• 1 scarcely intel ligible. He is quite a youth, not above 19 years of age. _ Another of the passengers is Captain Montague, and his wife ; he belonged to the Irregulars, and. was in command of a company of Sikhs ; he is in- j ured in the shoulder and side. He belonged to Gen. Havelock's army, and fought on the march to Cawnpore. He lost his two children through want and exposure while coming down the Ganges from Allahabad. He knew Nana Sahib, and was present at a ball given by him at Cawnpore about a month before the mutiny broke out. It 'was the most magnificent ball ever given at Cawnpore ; all the English were present, most of whom were afterwards mercilessly slaughtered by the scoundrel. Captain Montague and his wife left Cawnpore be fore it was captured by the mutineers. The passengers say that almost the only man that escaped the massacre of Cawnpore has gone raving mad. This is an officer, a Mr. Brown, who after he got away suffered great hardships, and lay hid den in a nullah, without food, during three days and nights. A Miss Goldie, a very beautiful young lady, was taken by Nana Sahib to his harem, and is believed to be alive now.. A lady named Collett came home in the Indus, who escaped from Allahabad ; Rho was one of those w ho got into the fort at that place for safety. Many of the ladies who have come home in the Indus have their husbands now before Delhi, and scarcely ex pect to see them again. When the passengers in the Indus left Calcutta only three thousand troops had arrived there since the outbreak. Unless Capt. Peel makes his way up the riververy quickly, and before the rains cease, it is scarcely believed that he will get his guns up to Delhi ; but if he cannot carry his guns beyond Allahabad he will, it is expected, push on for Delhi without them. Should the water carriage fail, it would be extremely difficult, on account of the badness of the roads, to convey such heavy guns (one of them an 84-pounder) to Delhi by land. Between Cawnpore and Lucknow there were about 35,000 mutineers, and it i s cons id ere d doubt , ful whether Si r J. Outram will be successful in passing up the Gogra ; the river is lined with forts, well manned with mutineers. Outram's advance, however, up the Gogra will, it is hoped, draw off the mutineers from Havelock, and enable him pro bably to escape from the dilemma in which he is placed. No fear is entertained but that the Sikhs will prove true to the English in fighting against both Mahommedans and Hiudoos ; but unless English troops arrive out soon in India, the Sikhs may, after they have put down the Sepoys, turn against the English. Nana Sahib has resolved not to fall alive into the hands of the English. He has a bodyguard, who are engaged t o d epr i ve him of life, should he be likely to be taken prisoner by the English. It is believed by many persons at Calcutta that as soon as the English troops arrive out in India, the mutiny will suddenly cease. The Sepoys will bury the money and treasure they have obtained, and lay down their arms. They are in the utmost terror of the English soldiers. Lucknow, it is feared, will fall before assistance can come to it. There were many English at Calcutta when the Indus left that port who had had perilous escapes from the Upper Provinces, and who are expected to arrive at Southampton by the next India mail packet. A lady is at Calcutta who has had her ears cut off by the mutineers. One of the lady passen gers on board the Indus says that before she escaped a soldier's wife came to her one day and told her with the utmost glee that she had killed a Sepoy ; and this turned out to be true : the poor woman had actually rushed upon a Sepoy, pinioned him, and taken his life. Such is the fierceness and stern resolution which the hideous atrocities of the Ben gal mutineers generated in the breast of a woman. The Collector of Customs at Southampton, Mr. Clarke, of the landing-waiters' department, and Messrs. Obree and Knowler, of the tid e - surveying department, w ere early onboard the Indus this morning, acting under special orders from the go vernment to facilitate in every possible manner the landing of the baggage of the Indian refugees. It was ascertained that some of the passengers, brought up gentlefolks, had lost everything in India ; that ladies, whoss husbands were officers, fighting in India, on limited income, had made great sacrifices to send their families out of that country. This was communicated to the Lady Mayoress, and means were taken to afford to many pecuniary assistance. This was managed in the most delicate manner possible. - Subjoined is a list of the passengers : From Calcutta —Mrs. Elkington and child, Mrs. Eng,lishe's child and untie ; Mrs. Dent, infant, and native female servant ; Mrs. Colonel Simpson, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Avery, Mrs. Butler, Mr. H. Parrott, Mr. J. Lindlay and wife ; Mrs. Collett and infant, child, and native female servant ; Mr. Chapman, Mrs. Roberts and infant ; Mrs. Turner, child, and infant ; Mrs. Bloomfield, Captain and Mrs. Montague and native man servant ; Mrs. Beckett, infant, child, and European female ser vant ; Messrs. Phillips, W. King, and W. Macy. From Madras—Mr. Thompson, Major and Mr. Young, Mrs. M‘Lean two infants, and na tive scrvant ; Mrs. Cholmely, child, and infant •, Mrs. Colonel Blaxland and oh Id, Mr. and Mrs. Biggs ; Dr. and Mrs. Patterson and infant, two children, and native servant ; Lieutenant De Haverland, and Mrs. Birch and servant. From Galle—Mr. and Mrs. Staples and four children, Mr. Harper, and Miss Hall and native servant. From Bombay—Mrs. Morphey, Mrs. Goldin ; Mrs. Hamilton, child, infant, and two European servants ; Mrs. Colonel Stewart, infant, and Euro pean servant; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Candy ; Mrs. Price, infant, child, and European - servant ; Capt. and Mrs. Wadge, and infant ; Mrs. Warden and child ; Mrs. L'Estrange, child, and infant.; Mr. T_43,71 , , Mrs, Goldsmith, Mrs. Gibb and two children, Mr. M'Neill, Mrs. Mimrie and infant, Mrs. Sandi man and child, Joseph Prater, John Gilly, and George Bleshen. From Alexandria : Mr. W. Black. From Malta : Mr. Williams ; Sergeant Hogan : 14th ' • 14 privates, h er M a j es t y ' s Foot ; 1 convales cent, Royal Artillery ; 1 woman and 2 children ; 8 privates, itoyal Mariues ; 3 seamen, Royal Navy ; 1 stoker, and Edmund Barry. From Gibraltar : Miss Dodman, Mr. Nehemiag : and R. Morgan. next steamer to arrive with Indian assen• gers The is the Ripon, due at this port on the 20th inst. THE AFRICAN MAIL. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The stea m . .. s hip Candace Captain Haviksley, arrived in the Sound this evening, with the mails from the West Coast of Africa and Madeira ; but in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather, no communication with her has yet been made. Negotiations have been openei at St, Petersburg for the conclusion of a treaty of commerce between Muds and Au4tria. DR. LIVINGSTON IN LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, Wed nesday.--This eminent traveller intends vi,itiog Liver pool on Monday next, and will attend and address a meeting of the African Association in the Cotton Salea Throrn on the following day. FARM STABLES AND DIVINE SERVICR.—A custom has long prevailed in Kent of employing men in farm stables during the hours of divine service. On Saturday a public meeting was held at Canterbury in favour of dis continuing this custom. W. Deedes, E‘q., took the chair. Lqters approving of the object of the meeting ware read from Lords Guildford and \Vinchilsea, fit Brook Brirtes, Sir E. Deriug, and others. A resolu tion was passed for forming an association to be called , " The East Kent Agricultural Labourers' Association.'' for carrying out the object of the meeting, and generally raising the social and religious character of the agricul tural labourers in East Kent, a ut ch to t Nor tioi Sot qui dec Sta vio to fir Ve Ca