The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

TIER MAJESTY'S TiIEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced Prices, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19. with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolaul, Giuglini, Violetti, Rossi, Benwientano, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVANNI. PRICES lilxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair........ £ 2 2 0 Two Pair - 0 15 0 Three Pair Pit Stalls , 0 10 6 Pit 0 3 6 Gallery Stalls 0 3 6 Gallery T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rills EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sh tkespeare's Comedy bf MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. aleatrice, Mrs. Catherine Sinclair (her 6th appearance in this country); Benedick (fith time), Mr. Howe ; Dogberry, Mr. Compton; Hero, Miss M. Oliver. After which, the new and successful Comedy, entitled vleums, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, ike., will appear. To conclude with THE GLEANERS. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 o Upper Boxes . ....,... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it . . ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new Comic piece, called URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed THE MARRIED BACHELOR. Mr. •J. ICinloch. Mr. J. Howard, Mr. G. Bolton, Miss E. : O'Brien, and Miss M. A. Victor. Followed'by THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Miss Harriet Gordon. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVINTA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. To conclude with DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ls.. . ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will bo performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aad Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, die. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. LOYAL SURREY . THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Croswiek. THIS EVENING, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. After which, will be performed THE SURPRF 4 E, in which Messrs. W. Smith, T. Robertson, Butler, and Miss E. Webster, will appear. With other attractive novelties. A_ST LEY'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 RYDER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intenseTy interest ing and thrilling Equestrian wad Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama, abounds have been nightly received with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments Rill commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyclir, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooko'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 TEKELI, with Equestean effects. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress }loxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. • Private Boxes, from 2 is., no charge for booking; Pit, s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equettrian Director, Mr. W. Cooko, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow inT company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, .D UETS, &e., viz.: Mrs. Pal myre , Miss E. Scott, tiliss Brunell, Mrs. Lo Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmaus, It. Grover, T. Far rant, S. lo ten, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An. tonio, E. L. Rime, and Sir St. A byn ; Master Corri; Messrs Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianacirte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghnyttas Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Si?. pers, &c.. until twelve o'clock.—Signor PICC,'O will perform., at ha f-past Eight and half-past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morn., 23 min. aft. 7 -Even., 12 min aft. 8 To-Monnovr—M , Tn., 3 min. aft. 9 -Even., 51 min. aft. 9 THE WEATHER—SON OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 12. THERMOMETEE, IN THE SHADE. 61--highest since noon yesterday. 51---lowest this morning and during the night 63 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.72. WEND, ; light, with partial showers, but fine. , . 2 ,, , l E r f - ""?, ( 1- t -• AkL, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 12, 1857. A generation is ordinarily calculated at about thirty-five years—and Lord BROUGHAM has just reminded us that precisely thirty-five years have elapsed since Mechanics' Institutes were first esta blished. It is interesting therefore to reflect, in that ono particular, how much has really been ac complished during this last generation. Here, almost exclusively in the annals of these Mechanics' Institutes, may bo epitomised the progress made in the tedious but unceasing struggle of the Eng lish People, towards the alluring but illusive day dream of National Education. A day-dream which is still nothing better than a day-dream—save in as fax as relates to the history of these very in stitutions we are speaking of—but a golden vision which, please GOD, may yet be realised. Our hopes in this direction have not in any way died out ; notwithstanding the . deadening influence of BO many and such bitter disappointments ! Not withstanding the frihbling shifts and piecemeal evasions by which the multitude have been so re peatedly and provokingly baulked in their ex pectations ! In spite of all this, we still hope, sooner or later, to witness the attainment of the advantages we have been striving for so long, and so pertinaciously. Wo have not lost faith in the cause—though we have lost faith in the men who advocated it. A few of its champions, it is true, yet to this day preserve—because they yet to this day deserve—the popular confidence. But, alas ! they are, indeed, "few" enough. There 13 Sir Thomas `NYSE, for example, who began the good fight in earnest more than a quarter of a century ago, and who has only desisted from it 3 continuance manifestly because of his intense and incessant pre-occupation during the last sixteen years as a d iplomatist. llis Excellency may be taken as a very favourable type of the former advocates of National Education—in fact he must, as we have sa id, be regarded in justice as its originator, as the originator of the ' l4O - 6 Preject which has ever since proved, unhappily, li me better than alter nately the mirage, and the wild -o'-the-wisp, of our philanthropists. Fortunately a new race of charepi on4 in the cause of National Education give promise nowa days of reviving under happier auspices the mi me _ ment which began so propitiously. Conspicuous among these later educationists aro, beyond all manner of doubt, the Nubia Lard th e member for Icing's Lynn, and the Right lion. Baronet the member for Droitwicb. The former, especially, the people of England are beginning to look to with something like the sanguine reliance placed of old in Lord Rater RUSSELL—but with far less probability of having that thickly-blossoming re liance fructifying at last, only in the most mise rable, acrid, and withered disappointments. The multitude are looking thus hopefully to Lord STANLEY, because they already recogni,:ie in the aspirations of that young and Aagacious Reformer 1 a steady preference for what is practicable, rather than for what is simply deairakie r Erd fapinatiarg. The majority see in the NoloteA44lfa matur itlfof s ‘ judgment in these partj , culliffs, a 1 beycon4 what • - might have been reason j ailpredieted - from ''his restricted recollections and narrowed experience, insomuch that, compared with his- views upon matters relating to a difficult problem like that of National Education, those of the most sedate and sober-minded of his competitors in their advoCacy appear to be certainly crotchetty —some of them almost wild and visionary, even the views of a deliberate and steady-going innovator like Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. Time can alone prove whether the public are, after all, in Lord STANLEY'S regard, really in any way justified in these halcyon expectations. It should be remembered by that noble lord himself that they are expectations which devolve upon hi= a load of a very weighty, and even, in a manner, almost awful responsibilities. They in dicate for him a great future, if he care but to grasp it manfully ! The hopes of his own rising age in one grand cause alone—such a cause, for nstance, as this one of National Education— placed in his hands confidingly and collectively— ' form of themselves a sufficiently onerous respon sibility. Will that responsibility be accepted frankly by Lord STANLEY—becoming at once a guide and a spur to his ambition ? li, is a ques tion in itself very momentous, and yet one which he may answer now according to his own free will and pleasure. There is the opportunity Will he accept it ? "The ball is at his foot," and the goal lies straight before him. "The pear is ripe," or, at any rate, is fast ripening—a little while, and he will have but to shake the bough. In the meantime, while more comprehensive endeavours are preparing the way for the ulterior realisation of that favourite day-dream of so many past and passing statesmen—National Education —those avant couriers of the Great Measure— " Mechanics' lustitutes"—still (it rejoices our heart to know) flourish and multiply. Reflect what these institutions were a quarter of a century back, and what they are now ! Recollect how sparsely they were scattered here and there at rare intervals over the country, just ten years after the date of their original commencement—and how numerous and well-to-do they actually are nowadays I Formerly, a Mechanics' Institute was the exception—now it is the rule. Formerly, it was a curious circumstance to find one of them existing in a large town, just barely (we use the word advisedly) existing—now the marvel is to find anywhere a large town tuithout one, and without one, too, not merely existing but flourish ing. It is certainly to be wished that the ori ginal design were more carefully adhered to than it actually is—that these Mechanics' Institutes were really Mechanics' Institutes ; establishments where the students might be rather the wearers of fustian than the wearers of broadcloth, artiz ins and handicraftsmen rather than clerks and shop keepers. But still—while they have been so far imperceptibly diverted from the course they were first of all designed to traverse, and to irrigate, so to speak, with the fertilizing streams of kno ledge, while they have been so far divart3d from that course that their very title, in the vast ma jority of instances, has actually become a mis nomer—Mechanics' Institutes incontestibly do good service throughout this laud nevertheless. They not only do good service in the Great cause, each of them respectively ; but, beyond that, all of them together afford in their way a substan tial guarantee that National Education will yet in its turn form another of our—lnstitutions ! Dr. LIVINGSTON told the Manchester gentle men the other day that a part of Africa, through which he had passed, abounded with honey, and that the honey , bird three or four times in the day called travellers to follow it and to tak3 the honey ; in consequence of which gratuitous guid ance his men, who were travelling with him, ob tained a great deal of honey. We think his hearers might appropriately denominate the Dr. their cotton-bird, for it can hardly be doubted that following his guidance, they may obtain all they want of cotton. The Dr. chirped very cheerfully and alluringly on Wednesday. Three influential associations listened to his notes, the Chamber of Commerce, the Commercial Association, and the Cotton Supply Association itself. He could tell them he had man the cotton, so attractive to the men of Manchester, as certainly as any honey-bird had seen the product so sweet t 3 the palate of children, and had seen that it might be grown and obtained in almost any quantity. Will not the Manchester manufacturers follow their cotton-bird What could they ask more than he points now to ? He could tell them of districts on the WTe,t Coast where it grow abundantly and spontane ously—of one small district where, by the rude native growth and manufacture, " 1,300 cloths were produced annually"—)f another "which, in the hands of Englishmen, would furnish more, for its size, than any part of the United States " —of skilled labour in the same district at 4d , and field labour at 21 per day, and if paid for in oalico, the currant coin of the country, and coin so easily furnished from the Manchester mint, at ld. per day I Except, as Miss MARTINEAU would say, that the market price of labour must rise through the demand, cotton might surely be. grown almost for a song. Sambo, under JONATHAN'S Wave-whip, could never coin pete with his free brother Negro in Angola, or on the banks of the Zambesi. No LEGREE in the Slave States could evo -- .Teduce the cost of his slave labour to a penny or — Nteoiace, or even to four pence a day. It must, ' :him that for cat-o% nine-tails alone. The fertility of the soil t appears to know no , limits ; manure is never wanted; the trees are evergreens ; two crops in the year is the ordinary thing, gram dashing into your eyes as you ride along ; wheat, in a tropical country, too . , with ears as long as your hand. In short, the range'of Dr. LIVINGSTON'S travels offered to Manchester all the cotton she could need for any extension of her manufacture, cotton growers who prefer her calicoes to gold, and valu abie products of all kinds in return .for any amount of manufactures she could pour into the country. But why does the great Freo Trade city turn from Dr. LIVINGSTON to the- Government. we do not like this tendency of Cotton Spinners to cry after the eld agricultural fashion, " 01h, G o . vernment help us 1" Why cannot Manchester help itself in a matter of c.)tton ? Mr. On.ki'rtrAm re ferred to the money spent in seeking a north-west Passage, but an effort in the interest of science, whether we think it judicious or not, has nothing in commo n - w i t h a commercial adventure. No individu a l ; no. class of manufacturers could ever hope to gain a farthing by determining the northern outline of the American continent. • He referred also to the Government Expedition u l ) beat on the the Niger ; but with th e par t -0f7a11; - 73antwithstanli og alt the parade with a failure, a nd, i n d ee d , owbd ate salve the exped ition wa s sent on the t w io h n ole a ' lmost to . the aid of a priyate:, trader who had anticipated, and really Bunimied 'it. that Manchtm- We flay it in Rio spirit of censure, THE SUN, LONBON, r unRA E_ViEN ter bad better help itself. The wit of a steamer, which they ask of Government, for the . Zambesi, what is. it to Manchester ? It might be made in whole or in part to pay its own expences.; but if not; what - would the whole cost be to the..gentle men in Manchester interested in opening Africa for cotton growing and for trade generally. Liver pool also would join in all probability, but Man,-. chester is well able to do the whole• thing herself; We think she would do it far' better than •the Government. As the object is a purely commer cial one, we should even say that if Manchester be not ashamed to receive money from the State, the management would be better in the hands of her merchants and manufacturers, even if they received a grant for the purpose. They are the parties most interested ; the men sent out by them would have the quickest eye for what was needed by their employers ; and, of one thing we are quite sure, that for the same amount of expenditure the men of trade and commerce would secure a vastly larger measure of the kind of information first wanted, than Government agents could do. We strongly urge, however, on our Manchester friends the taking on themselves all the cost and all the honour of the expedition, which we fully agree ought to follow at onca in the track of Dr. LIVINGSTON. The readiness, indeed eagernew2, of the chiefs for traffic, the exuberant fertility of the district noith of 20 deg. south latitude ; the immediate wants of the Manchester Cotton Mar ket ; and, not least, tho certainty that to lower materially the price of cotton would be certain to render slaves of little or no worth in America, and to extinguish slavery there at no distant date ; these considerations, not to mention the higher ones specially interesting to the excellent mis sionary himself, and to all of us as Christians, may well rouse Manchester to a task peculiarly hers. THE HOUSEHOLD 01i 1 THE PRINC &SS ROYAL. The appointments to the household of Prince William Frederick and the Princess Royal of Eng land are now under consideration at Berlin. Major Heinz will be Marshal of his Royal Highness's Court, and the Count Perponcher Sedluitzki, now Minister at Dresden, will be Chamberlain to the Princess ; and the Countess, whose mother was an Englishwoman, will be Grand. Mistress of her Court. ENGLISH RECRUITING ON THE CONTINENT. The Memorial of Lill; of the 10th states that individuals are engaged there in recruiting for the English service it :India. On the other haul the announc3tnent has been published at Frankfort : " Numerous applications being daily made to the English Legation in this city for service in the British forces, notice is hereby given that the Eng lish Government has no intention of forming a Foreign Legion, and thi.t foreigners are not ad mitted into the ranks of the British army." QUEEN'S TROOPS IN INDIA. When all the reinforcements now on their way or under orders for India have reachei their des tination, the twat force of Queen's troops at the disposal of the Indian Government will be as follows :-11 regiments of cavalry, 55 regiments of infantry, 4 troops of horse artillery, 11 com panies of foot artillery, • 7 field batteries, 4 coin pani...s of engineers, making, together wifh the Company's European Regiments, a total in round numbers of 87,000 Europeans. THE PATRIOTIC FUND. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sir,—ln your paper of the 10th inst., you givo par ticulars in connection with the Patriotic Fund which I am at a 13. ts to understand. You say the following per sons are on the books as receiving relief : Widows Children Orphans ...—... 156 Total You further etate that the expenditure is nearly 80,0001. per annum. Can you inform me at what rate per each person the 80,0001. is expended upon 7,760 rc cipients—they being principally children. Your obedient servant., J. B. E. Bradford, Yorkshire, Sept. 11. STRAND THEATRE. It must have been a matter of surprise to most per sons that a subject so tempting, and at the same time so popular, as the story of Verdi's " Travia,ta" should have for en long a period escaped the notice of the bur lesque writers of the day, and the complete success which attended the production of Mr. Leicester Buck ingham's excellent burlesque at this theatre last Monday proves abundantly the fitness of the story of the opera for the purposes of travestie. The original plot has been carefully adhered to, though the personages involved are lowered to a much less exaltedlevel in the social scale. Tne leading situations are admirably caricatured ; and the dia logue, w bile it displays none of the glaring licentiousness of the Italian /lbretio, is full of point and humour, and spaiklea with puns in every line. Tne actors do the most ample justice to their respective tasks ; Mr. F. Charle ,, , as Vile Letty, imparts to hie personation an abundance of grotesque fervor, and shines especially i n th e more impas sioned scenes ; Miss Crameti plays Alfresco in a style which could scarcely be surpassed by any actress on the London boards, and sings some capital parodies on the popular airs of the day with great taste and sweetness ; Mr Clarll . e is full of broa I humour' as Doleful; and Mr. Howard, Miss Victor, and Mr. Bolton deserve their full Alan; of praise. Toe Success of the burlesque was complete, and the author was loudly called for at its close. CHAMOUNIX--ilis Royal Highness the Prince of :Wales, accompanied by Prino3 Leiningen, Sir Wlllain Codrngton, Colonel Ponsonhy, Mr. Gibbs, and Dr. Armstrong. arrived at Chamounix on Saturday evening •lest from Martigny by the Tete Noire. It is the Prince's intention to pass a few days in the valley, which is crowded with visitors. On Monday the Royal party, accompanied by Mr. Albert Smith, who is now at Chamounix, and had the honour of actiug a 3 guide on the occasion, visited the Cascade du Dard, and after• wards traversed the Glacier du Bossons, returning by the other side. The Marquis and Marshiness of Normanby have left the St. George's Hotel for Mu!grave Castle. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived in town yesterday, from Brocket Lord and Lady Farnham have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from the Continent. Lord Panmure arrived at Invermark Lodge on Fri day last, and on Saturday enj iyed himself two or three hours on the hiils, and had excellent sport. On Monday he went a deer-stalking. THE SHEFFIELD CRIMEAN MONIIMENT.—We are in f .rmed that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has promised to visit Sheffield and lay the foundation stone of the monument in memory of theiSheffield Cri mean heroes early in October next.—Doncaster Chronicle. The return of the Bank of France this mouth presents no very striking features. The stock of bullion is now 9,020,0001, showing an increase of 120,0001., which is less than had - been anticipated, especially as the recent purchases have been large. The position of the estab lishment has been strengthened by a diminution of 664,0001. in the note issues. There has also been a de crease of 740,0001. in the discounts and of 628,0001. in the deposits of the public. In the balances of the Go vernment an augmentation has occurred of 130,0001. ltt the advances on stocks there ha been no alteration, and in those on railroad securities the movement has been limited to an increa , se of 36,000/. NORTH OF EUROPE STEAM COMPANY.—The report of the North of Europe Steam Company has been issued preparatory to their meeting on Tuesday. It gives a further depl aable account of the results of past retire management, and holds out little live with regard to future prospecte. The now board have cometericed a vigorous course of retrenchment ; but it seems as if the chief reliance of the shareholders must be upon the sale of their vessels whenever this can bo effected. Tire losses from the Ist of January to the 30th of June last were 38,529/., of which 25,5821. was actual Ex cess of expenditure over earnings. The total from the date of the formation of "the company has been 187,1671. out of 593,7:251, and this may be greatly increased if the vessels should be sect i flee.] below their estimated value. The meet ing on Tuesday, it is said, is likely to be stormy, front any dissatisfaction with the actual proceedings of the present board, who appear to be doing all in their power to save the property of the company, but from a belief that there has been an undue disposition to screen the circumstances under which the ruin took , place. It' is to be hoped, however, that this is an erroneous impression, and that each shareholder will be recognise.] as having the full right of a partner to inquire into every past detail. Indeed, it is the duty of the _Beard nut merely to ailew, but to encourage all such inquiths, and it must 3.416 be the wish of.the former directors that every questiop connected with their uafortunate course should be thoroughly sifted, se that it may be made to Appear beyond all future cavil that they at least stand )couerittct any charge of iuteetienel misconduct. TENT:: w Li • COPENHAGEN Strii: 10. The Diet of Holstein has unanimously adopted (with the deduction of two votes) the report of the committee charged with the examination of the 'project of the new Constitution. The new Coh. stitution is, _therefore, finally rejected. _ ' ' - The Diet, 'says another despatch froni Itzehoe, has in a secret sitting voted, by 46 againit . 2, the rejection of the new Constitution. The deputy Bargum refused to vote upon a question of form, and finally entered a protest against the result of. the division. BERLIN, SEPT. 10. We learn from Warsaw, under date of Sept. 9, that the Emperor Alexander was the previous day at Skierniewice. He would reach New Alexandria that evening, and on Thursday be at Zwannzo rod. On Saturday the Czar will go to Modlin, and on Sunday will set out for Germany. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING• Despatches were received to-day at the:Foreign office from the French Minister at Berlin, and were forwarded to Count Walewski at Biarritz. It is said, or conjectured, that they relate to the alleged proposed interview between the Emperor of the French and the King of Prussia, the idea of which is reported to have been first suggested by Count Hatzfeldt, the Prussian Minister at Paris. In the total ab..ience of intelligence of the slightest interest from any part of Europe, a vast nutnber of rumours "are daily circulated with respect to the approaching interviews of crowned heads in Germany, and details are supplied, more minute than authentic, with respect to the subjects that are to be discussed at . them. No accounts having beeu receive . d of the com mencement of the Moldavian elections of the 15th day (9th inst.), from the receipt by Prince Vogorides of his instructions from the Porte, it is now said that they are postponed in order that the two Emperors may have some last words on the subject. Another rumour says that the Emperor of the French is to use his good offices with the Emperor Alexander to bring about an amiciable rapprochement between England and Russia. These and many other reports of the kind are in all probability mere inventions, destitute of founda tion. The only thing certain is the interview at Stutgardt. General Fleury, the Emperor's aide de-camp, charged with the direction of the Imperial travelling equipages, has arrived in Paris from Chalons to give orders respecting the journey, for which everything is to be ready on the 20th inst. As was to be expected, the article of the Univers insisting that England should be obliged to give up her possessions in the Mediterranean has called forth remarks from. some of the other members of the Paris press. The Debuts compares the party which the 'o:r/ivers represents, to persons inhabiting the cave of Epimenides, which possessed the faculty of throwing its inmates into a state of somnolency for the period of 100 years. " The singular party of the Univers," says the Debuts, " which seems to always forget a century or two in its reasonings, is still boiling with indignation at the defeats of Cressy and Agincourt ; and the flame lighted up in India appears to it to be a just reprisal for the funeral pile of Joan of Arc." The Debuts then, after lay ing before its readers the particulars of the notable scheme imagined by the Univers, makes the follow ing observations : " Certainly this plan is absolutely chimerical, bat it exactly suits the habitual elearsigktedness of the journal which publishes it, and its usual manner of viewing the affairs of this woad ; but, in short, it i a plan, and such as it is, we very much prefer it to the silence of the journals which rejoice at the events in India, without telling us what benefit France is to derive from them. Let the Union also give us its pi egramme, in order that the public may judge of the practical views of that journal on this important aflair ; and if the Gazette de France itself, which was so prolific in ingenieus combinations during the war in the East, would also give us an idea of its views on this subject, we will not neglect the opportunity of enlightening ourselves. To speak seriously on a grave sulject, we do not think it is proper for the French press to show itself hostile and unjust tem./ids England, (luting the crisis which she 1, now passinehrough in India. Even should the.e disturb- ances increase, and be increased, as England is our ally, it would be impossible for us to derive any advaetage (ram hrr difficulties, without breaking with her ; and then the question will arise as to the propriety of that step, which. should ho discussed with good faith before the public. Whatever our opponents may say, we are not irrevocably attached to any.alliance, and in that, as in everything else, wo are ready to go to the side of what we shall be clearly shown is the interest of France. But it is needless now to enlarge the question ; every one knows that unless England be interrupted in her task by a European war, she will certainly overcome, in a given time, her revolted Indian army, and Cie!), what will there remain of ail the noise which is now being reads) by certain journals about this insurrection ? Nothing but the durable reinemb,rance of a fruislsss malevolence and an impotent jealousy. Tile language of the Univers neither responds to the feelings of the French nation nor are they worthy of it ; and in ter minating we would say to that journal and its fellows, that when one is at peace with one's neighbour, the language of peace is us©d ; when war is intended, the fact is announced plainly, and remotes are given for it." The Siecle also rel.rs to the language of the Univers, and in terms of the most decided disap probation. The Univers, by no means affected by the sharp criticism poured on it by the other journals, again contains an article on India. It concludes in these words : _ . _ " The English may triumph over this rebellion, but if after the victory they resume the system which they have hitherto followed, we may boldry predict new revolts. They have not fulfiled the mission which Providence confi led to them ; they have not civilLe3 the Hiodoos ; they li .ve not Ch r i s ti an i se d th em ; t h ey have contented themselves with turninf; them to account, whilit leaving them in their darkne..q; and their :lime. They now see to what that policy leads. May the rude lesson which they have received Ina! le them understand Sept. 11.—The following their o d u n , ,nd give them the will to accomplish it." BOURSE, were the last quotations : Cash. fr. End of =nth. i per Cents ......... 90 90 —fr. 3 per Cents .. 66 80 . 67 95 Bank Shares 2,730 Credit i'oneiar r"--- Credit Mobilier &',o Roman Do. Account B5B 75 Austrian - Belgian 4 . 90.1-- Spanish Threes - Piedraontese (5) 9 O - Home Debt G RAILWAYS -FOR CABII. tr. c. fr c. Orieana 1 , 3 8 21— Western Northern ............ e 576— Strasburg Lyons and Mod 865 New Ditto - New Ditto B6O Grand Central Geneva - Sardinian . -- Midi A letter from Bucharest says that the Caimacan of Wall tchia had prolonged for ttni days the peiiod allowed fur making objections to the electoral lists, and that consequently the elections would be post poned for a like period. A letter from St. Petersburg says:—" The new Customs tariff' has thus far not had much influence in preventing smuggling. That trade, though pun ished by transportation W Sib.ria, continues active as ever, and as usual gives , rise to sharp conflicts be tween the - smugglers and • Custom- house officers. And it can hardly be hoped that smuggling will yet decline, for import duties are still so high that the contraband dealers obtain a .large profit.. The establishment of telegraphic lines through the .13a1- tic provinces to the Prussian frontiers is being car ried on with great activity. A manufacturer of Nariva has obtained authorisation to form a com pany for e3ta,blishiug a large manufacture of cotton fabrics." The Madrid jeuruals of the 7th contain no politi cll. news. A report 011ie Queen from the President of the Council, published in the Gazette, sh3ws that according to the census just taken the population of Spain amounts to 15,518,516, as already a,u nounced, or 3,355,661 more than at the last censw!. At Barcelona the Cap' aiu-General has interdicted the formation of mutual benefit societies, ex perience having shown that, by affording ready relief to workmen, they encouraged stlikes. Not fewer than 136 companies in share are stated to have been recently formed in the isle of Cuba, and it wag reported that the Captain-General contemplated dissolving some of them. Certain dignitaries of the Porte propose to place the Eon-in-low of -the Ski'tan at the head of the Prineipalit led. The accounts from the South of Pvtrsia repre sent the harvest round the Sea of Azoff as wonder fal, and tint Birdiansk is likely to take away much of the trade of 01 ssa. PROPEUTY-TAX.—An interot3ting rcti.urn, moved for by Mr. Dia.a e l t , showing the anntull v:tlue Of all rcal properk, --- rased under haa ju&t been printod. It ttonta i ns tables , schedule,A cf th e I ncome -tax for tho scar cnded sth of April, 1357, i n eac h coun ty, or P. , : rliatuantlqy diviiion of a county uAtod kin.do;,t, together with tho rpulati9p of each and in each Parlianentry bort .),u g h in the ... according Co the census of 1851. SEPTEM!BEA 12, 1857 zikVal'aid Military inteiligtiv. The Royal Artillery Company of Gentlemen Ca dets at Woolwiiib, under the command of Captain O. B. Shakespear, were paraded yesterday morn ing under arms in field-day order, in the grounds of the institution, and were supplied with blank am munitionfor the-inspection of the Commandant of the garrison, Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, Atter receiving the General Is ith the usual salute a minute_ inspection of the cadets took place, which was succeeded ;by the company march ing past in slo7_anif• plick t me. They were sub- segasently, put throggh theonanual-exercise by gen tlenlan Cadet. It'ai,!-„• i or the practical class. A suiee,s,sion of fiiißevolOpnse was then performed by - 0 !Jatt4lipp,*.4.lpv;irarviij,rids of ammunition were fired a :soldierhepaanuery afterc.which they, formed upon their original ground ; and , again saluted the General by presenting' arms,. &c., the band striking up "God save the Queen." The battalion was then formed into square,. when General Sir .W. F. Williams expressed his•appro batiOn of the result of his inspection, and assured the men that their steady efficiency and soldierlike appearance under arms had exceeded his expecta tions. He urged them to persevere in the respec tive branches of their meritorious studies, and, alluding to the calamities in the East, which evinced a probabilitylhat their professional duties might be required in a sphere of active service where rapid promotion would crown their success, he hoped they would not only by their gentlemanly deportment and moral conduct prove a comfort to their parents, but" an honour to their country. The General, who was accompanied throughout the inspection by Colonel Wilford, the governor of the institution, complimented Captain Shakespear and the officers of the company on their successful efforts in raising it to its high state of proficiency under their military training. He &so referred in terms of high commendation to the soldierly tone and manner in which Gentleman 'Cadet Rait had performed his duties, and the correctness with which Gentleman Cadet Walker acquitted himself as Adjutant on the field. The Com mandant thence proceeded to visit the barrack-rooms, workshops, reading-room, and studies, and subsequently attended in the refectory, where the Cadets were assembled for dinner,-and expressed himself extremely pleased with the in terior arrangements' of the institution, and its ad mirable order and neatnes4, which, be remarked, he would not fail to bring under the favourable consi deration of Lord Panmure. Captain •enrose, of the Wool .vich division of Royal Marines, proceeded yesterday on recruiting service to Market Harborougb, L3icestershire, and. Capt. Davies, also of the Royal Marine Light In fantry, was ordered yesterday to York on a similar service. The depot of the 92d. Highlanders were to leave Fort George on Thursday by steamer from Gran ton for Stirling. The remainder of the 72d depot were to leave Fort George at the same time for Aberdeen, the fort being thereby vacant of troops excepting invalids of the Artillery in the mean time. The followins , promotions have taken place in the corps of Royal Marine Light Infantry :—Capt. F. L. Alexander, of the Chatham • division, has been appointed to the Artillery companies at Ports mouth, vice Captain A. R. Savage, deceased ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant J. H. Parry, of the Chatham division, has been promoted lobs Captain, vice Alexander, and appointed to the same division. On Thursday morning the head-quarters diVision of the sth Dragoon Guards, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel M'Mahon, left Piers-hill barracks, and commenced their march for Carlisle, proceed ing by Galashiels, Hawick, &c. From Carlisle the regiment will proceed to the port of embarkation for India. On Thursday afternoon the head-quar ters division of the 16th Lancers, under the com mand of Lieut.-Colonel Pattie, arrived at Piers hill-barracks, having marched the landward part of the journey from Belfast. Captain Wright's company of Royal Artillery arrived at Portsmouth from Alderney yesterday in the Sylph steam vessel, landed, and proceeded by railway to Woolwich. A detachment, one company, .47, leaves Portsmouth this morning for March wood, Southampton, to relieve a company of Royal Artillery ordered for duty in Portsmouth garriso The camp at Colchester has just been strengthened by the arrival of the 56 h depot from Pembroke, under the command of Capt. H. Eccles, the other officers with the depot being Lieutenants Watson and Hampton, and Ensigns Buchner and Laver. Three other depot., under orders to march, aro daily expected, and these will complete the com plement-of Indian regiments expected to occupy these barracks. The 731 and 77th depots are ready to start at a moment's notice, their destination being Jersey ; and the. 2d battalion of the 2,1 Queen's Royals, which has just been formed, un der' the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce, will probably be removed when a sufficient nurnb2r of recruits has been enlisted. Within a few days between 60 and 70 strong ablebediel min have arrived to join the 2d Foot and the Rifle Brigade, and from all quarters information is brought to the camp that the enlistment of recruits for the 2d bat talion is progressing satisfactorily. Itis no nr thought that some alteration will take place in the constitu tion of the camp. Tile strength of the garrison is how 2,200 rank and Messrs. James Baines and Co., the owners of the clipper ship Lightning which recently sailed from Gravesend with troops belonging to the Indian depots at the provisional battalion, Chatham, have forwarded to the authorities the handsome dona tion of 1001. to be distributed among the soldiers' wives and children who have been left behind at Chatham. It is to bo hoped that other shipoWners may ba induced to follow the example of the owners of the Black Ball line, as considerable destitution prevails among the families of those Soldieis who have embarked for India, the highest sum allowed them by the War-office being Gd. per day, which is altogether inadequate for the maintenance of a family of several children. Orders have been received at Chatham for the following changes to be made in the medical staff of officers at that garrison :—Staff Assistant-Sur geon Leslie to proceed to Belfast ; Staff Assistant. Surgeon Elliott to proceeed to Winchester, to join the depot battalions at that station ; Staff Assistant- Surgeon M'Grath has gone from Chatham to Dub lin for the purpose of joining the 91Ji Regt., under orders for India ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Sherky has" received orders to proceed to Canterbury to do duty with the depot battalion at that station ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Neire proceeds to Limerick for the purpose of being attached to the 2d battalion of the 31 Buffs, which is about being formed. A very handsome officer's:sword has been pr. , -; sented by Col. E. A. Parker, Commandant o f th e Chatham Division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, to Quartermaster J. Lewis, late senor Sergeant- Major at Chatham, on the occasion of his being promoted to the rank of Quartermaster of the Portsmouth division, as a mark of the high esti mation in which that officer is held by the Com mandant and' the whole of the officers of the Royal Marines at Chatham. Admiral Sir G. Seymour, commander-in-chief of Portsmouth, returned from He visit of inspect'on to the Channel L-lands in the Black Eagle, Tvraster Commander John N. Petley, yesterday, and shortly afterwards hoisted. his fl ig at the main of the Blenheim, which is now the guard ship in Portsmouth harbour. We stated yesterday that the Commander-in- Chief, Admiral Lord Lyons, G.C.8., with hi 4 squadron, was at .Algiers, sth September. , They were to leave on the 7th for Port M a h o n, and Malta. Lord Lyons had only three line-of-battle ships with him—namely, his flag-ship; Royal Albert, 121, screw; Captain Hon. F. Egerton ; Princess Royal, 90, screw, Captain G. Giffard, C.B. ; and Centurion, 80, screw, Captain E. G. Fanshawe ; and also the Ariel, 9, screw, Com mander Manse ; and the Vigilant, 4, screw, Com mander Armytage. Tho Admiralty have ordered the Conqueror, 101, screw, Captain,ll. Yelverton, C. 8., to return im mediately from Dovonport to the Mediterranean. She left that port on Wednesday. She i.s not even .to stop to be caulked, lint.: is to taco the materials with her, and, if absolutely necessary, will put into Lisbon and get caulked there, and proceed toMalia with dispatch. The Victory, 101, Capt. G. H. Seymour, C. B , lies been taken into the basin at Portsmouth to be stripped, prior to a thoroughsurvey and examination to ascertain whether she is repair-worthy again. The Port-Admiral, Sir Geo. Seymour, whose flag she carries, returned from his t ,ur iu the Black Eagle yesta.day, and hoisted his flag in the Blenheim screw depot ship of the steam reserve, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham, C.B. The Chesapeake 50, screw frigate, Capt. IL. B. Watson, C. 8., tried her speed at • the measured mile at Stokes Bay yes_tcrday afternoon ; her per formance was highly sathfac tory. The Perdeveratfc,t) steam troop ship, Commander 11I'Donald, went into Portsmouth harbour yester day afternoon. The . Vulcan, 6, iron stmm troop frigate, Com mander John Soacombe, went from Portsmouth harbour to Spithead yesterday and anchored. The Hydaspes, at Woolw . ich, steam ,vessel, or dered to embark 640 off,:ers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Royal Artillery for India, has recei ve d hamniOckP, bedding, and provisions for thc troop?, and-sho is ordered to leave the East India Docks to morrow for Woolwich Arsenal-pier, to ship a lar;, , p quantity of ammunition, and the guns, of tho ficid batteries: The Hydaspes has been is dry dock ) under the liandB of a large num . ber of carpenters and joiners, arid is now fitted up in an excellent manner. • The super-heating apparatus invented by Mr. Ti'eatlierhed has now received a final trial on board the Dee, paddle steam-vessel, and the result, has been reported as highly favourable. The advantage of the invention consists in obtaining a larger amount ofsteam power with a considerable reduc tion in fuel. Previous to the departure from Wool wich to Portsmouth on her last trip, one of her boilers was fitted with the apparatus, for the pur pose of testing the precise saving in the consump tion of coars. -It appears that by means of the ap pavatus the same amount of steam power was ob tained with the boiler to which it was affixed, whilst the amount of coals consumed was less by 12 cwt. in 20 hours as compared with the boiler riot fitted with the apparatus. It is stated that the Admiralty will order the invention to be applied generally in the Royal Navy. PE)TBROKE DOCKYARD. —The annual visit has been paid to the Royal Dockyard, at Pembroke, by the Lords of the Admiralty. The Amphitrite fri gate saluted the Osborne, with their lordships on board, with a salute of 19 guns, and a similar com pliment was sent forth from the fortified barracks. Sir C. Wood and Capt. Milne inspected the works in progre'ss and the ships in course of building, and then proceeded to Hobb's Point after which their lordships received a deputation Lona the Pembroke Town Council, with regard to an improvement in a landing-place at the Point. The general muster of the establishment then took place, and the board adjourned to the Amphitrite to meet Commodore Eden, the commandant of the Coast Guard. The board expressed themselves highly satisfied with the good order and effic'ency in which everything was found. , The Alban steam vessel, Lieut. the Hon. 'W. B. de Blaquiera, arrived at Portsmouth at daylight yesterday morning from Sheerness, and went into harbour. The paddlewheel transport Dee, Master-Com. T. C. Pullen, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from Plymouth, having conveyed steam machinery, &e., for the Western yards. By the sudden and melancholy death of Vice- Admiral Hawtayne the following promotions took place on the flag list : Vice-Admiral of the White the Hon. W. Gordon to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Right Hon. Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, of the Admiralty, to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red P. W. P. Wallis, Com mander-in-Chief in the South-East Coast of Ame rica Station, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir M. Seymour, K. C. B. , Commander-in. Chief on the Eist India and China Station, to be Rear-Admiralof the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue T. W. Carter, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. His Grace thel3tuke of Northumberland, K. G., and Rear Admiral John Carter; become vice admirals on the reserved half•pay list by seniority. Captains E. H. Scott (G.S.P.), G. A. Eliott, and W. Holt (all 1838), to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List._ Captain J. J. Tucker, of the Formidable, 84, and superintendent of the dockyard at Sheerness, to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Captain J. F. Appleby (Jan. 29, 1838) becomes rear admiral on the retired list, without increased pay. A captain's good service pension, the superin tendentship of Sheerness Dockyard, and the com mand of Portsmouth ordinary, became vacant by the above promotions. The commander-in-chief in the Brazils, Provo W. Parry Wallace, is now the senior rear-admiral. Captain John Kingcome (1838) is the senior on the active list ; Captains Digby Marsh, S. G. Fremantle, John Washington, and E. P. Halsted (1842), are now of the senior list ; and Captains T. Fisher, J. C. Caffin, C. 8., R. Tyron, and W. Clark (1847), come within the 12s. 6d. half-pay list. COAST-GUARD APPOINTMENTS. Commander Henry Phelps (1.849), to be inspect inr, commander of the Waterford division, vice Mansfield,' whose period of command has expired. Commander Augustus Butler (1854), to be in specting commander of the Whitby division, vice Bickford, appointed to the Victory, 101, flag ship, at Portsmouth. Commander Henry C. Majendie (1854), to be inspecting commander of the Whitstable division, vice Webb. • Lieut. John Steddy (1815),. from Fishergate to Rochester, vice Moles worth, deceased. Masters—Edward H. Rowe (1816), and H. B. Lawler, to command station ; William C. Pyper (1854), chief officer of the Katerline station has been removed to the Johnehaven station. THE MILITIA. An order has been received from the Wear-office by Col. Loftus, the commanding. officer of the 3d West York Militia, for the immediate calling out of the regiment. The corps is over its full strength, and wilt probably muster 1,000 men. • itecruiting is actively going on at Worcester for the county militia.' A good many recruits have al ready been attested, and some considerable addi tions have been made to the line this week. ThP second regiment of the Staffordshire Militia is to be immediately embodied. The regiment will probaLly remain in Stafford for a week, and th , m proceed to the south of England to perform garri son duty. Volunteers are invited for the Royal North Glo ces ter Militia. ANOTIIER FATAL COLLIERY IiXPLOSION.- LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES. DUDLEY, Friday.—There has been another fearful eelliery explosion a short distance from this town, which has resulted in the certain hiss of eight lives, the maim ing of o:ber persons, and the destruction of ra, large quantity of valuable property. The occurrence hap pened yesterday at a place called Netherton, about ta o miles from Dudley, at the Gsvon colliery, and already seven dead bodies have been removed from the mine. It is believed that there is only one more to recover. The G won pit, where the explosion took place, is an old one, and had not been worked for some time until lately. The colliers were aware that there was explosive gas in that part of the pit, and were cautioned as to their lights, Stc. Pipes had also been laid down for the-purpose of carrying off the gas. At the time of the explosion tlo aro were about 20 men in the pit. The explosion •was a terrific one, and WAS heard for miles round the spot. It shook the ground like an earthquake. and spree. con4ernation wherever it was felt. The fl Imes rushed up the air shaft of the mine wi.h terrific fury, blowing drawing apparatus, &c., to a considerable height in the air, and a column of fire ascended many yards above the mouth of the pit. The flames ignited the coal in the pit, and it was not until a copious supply of water had been cast into the mine that the fire was extinguished. An immense mass of coal and stone has been dislodged, and seven or eight yards of the bottom of the shaft have been blown in. The number of bodies recovered up to mid-day was seven, all horribly mutilated ; and it is believed there is only one more in the pit, the other men having been brought up alive. The immediate cause of the explosion has not been ascertained ; but the district Government inspector is on the spot, nd will no doubt make a strict inquiry into the facts. - The following is, wo believe, a correct list of the un fortunate deceased, with their residences and families : George French, about thirty-five years of age, having a wife and four . 61 Iren ; at Blackheath. Joseph Griffiths, aged forty-six, wife and seven 6.1- dren • at West Bromwich. Ahraham Sherwood (or Sharratt), aged about thirty. four, wife and five children ; at Church Bridge, Oldbury. John Uadely, aged about forty, wifo and three chil dren ; Black Waggon-street, Old fill. William Timmins, aged twenty-six, single ; of Darby Hand. James Darby, aged el.ven years, Rowley ; and Daniel Chink, about thirty-two, having a wife and three chiltren, at Church-bridge, near Oldbury. There are six or seven men and b )ya injured, but we have been able to learn only the names of Samuel Si viter, aged twenty-one, single, Rowley, who 13 much burnt about his hands, head; and body ; and John Dainty, aged about nineteen, having wile and child at Old Hill. TEM MOUNTCASHELL PrtorEßTY. 7 —The Earl of Mount casholl has jps-, dbpaied of the Island of Amherst, near Kingston, in Upper Canada, to his relative, Major Per diva' Max Hell, for a sum little sh or t o f 60,0001. BANK OF ENGLAND.—By the return from the Bank of England, for the week ending the sth of September, the amount of the "rest" is 3,893,2511., and a dividend of 6 per cent., deducted from this sum, would leave 3,020,0711., which beir:g above the limit of three miiliors usually 6)(01 fer the reserve, it is possible this will bo the rate at which the next dividend will be declared: LORD IVADAULA.Y.—Our readers will see ftona an ex tract from the Gazette of last night, whtch appears in another column, that Mr. Macaulay has chosen as his new " name, style, and title," that of "Bacon Macau lay, of Rotbley, in the county of Leicester." Robley Temple was for some years the residence of his maternel uncle, the late Thomas Babington, Eiq., foriner:y high sheriff of Leicestershire, and many years M.P. for a the city of Leicester. The future essayist, poet, historian, and orator, was born there in the early part of the year 1800. Hence, wo presume, arises his selection of that spot as the local source where he derives his barony ac cording to the old feudal theory which makes every baron the " lord" of a certain locality. Mr. Macaulay, we may add, is the eldest son of the late Zachary M O . ca u lay, the early friend and associate of Wil the veteran labourer in the c ause of the abo lition of ne• gro slavery. His grandfather was a Pic islandresb ltfria :; clergyman a nativeint the of highlands art remote Scotland, eand rom a a n n d to we Lewes. FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS IN INDIA -__y es terday the Lord Mayor received from the Earl of Dalhousie a check for 5001, towards the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian rebellion. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. IN RE H. AND C. HALL. This was an adjourned examination of these bank. rupts, Henry, and Cheslyn Hall, solicitors, New Bog' well court, but who were made bankrupt as cattle-dealer s, Neasdon, Middlesex. The accounts were only filed yesterday, and Mr. Lawrance for the assignees applied for an adjournme nt which was granted. - IN RE BANYARD. This bankrupt was described as a Licensed Victualler of the Royal Inn, Shoreham, and- to-day came up td pass on accounts prepared by Messrs. Butler af, Cannings, the solicitor for the assignees expressing satisfaction in the way in which they had been mad e out. His Honour appointed an early day for the certificate meeting. A PRIVATE ARRANGEMENT. An application was made to his - Honour to convert - petition under the Private Arrangement Act int ° ; bankruptcy, it being agreed on all hands that that cro° be the better course. The only question i n dispute gag as to the allowance to ba granted. His Honour asked the amount of debts and rissow"' t A gentleman, who said he was a creditor, replied tba the debts were about 25,0001., and the assets 2,000/. His Honour said that the principl e o f th e law wa g to secure as much as possible for the credit or s, but n o ' , let a man die cf hunger or live upon charity, and there' fore any person coming before the Court and stripP 4 himself of the whole of his property to benefit his S e ; ditors, ought to be looked on with consideration- „ o would therefore grant an allowance, and supposing t° e ' r , bad been any misconduct, it could bo commented 0 when the bankrupts came up for their certificates. IN RE TOWNEND, FOR GREEN WICH. L ig To-day was appoin,ted f3r a choice of assignees in t' case, but Messrs. Butler and Caunings, who have b ee appointed as accountants to the estate, bad not ba l. able to audit the accounts, and the examination Nr oB a j ourned. - Mr. Townsend was called and put under exatoinatioo. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This DO POLICE COMMITTEE, -GUILDHALL. (*Before Aldermen Carter,.Farebrother, and Ito% a JUSTICES JUSTICE.—A respectabl e carma n, 115—e , i4 I.ll‘Cair, residing in Church-place, Bethnal-green, summoned for obstructing the public way on the 2 5 th " August. The police-constable who preferred the don3P l to stated that the defendant's cart was drawn up cl°l3e et the kerb in front of Mr. Sweeting's shop, at the co ll i e of Cheapside, and was left there without any one to taco care of it for more than five minutes. He th saw the defendant come from the direction of Mr. Sc/ c a ing's shop, and on his attempting to talk the name'`", number of the cart the defendant used his Irbil' the, horse 2,0 drove off. lot The defendant denied that he had a whip, or that ho prevented the policeman from using his name. „ ti p drew up in front of 'Mr. 'Sweeting ' s shop to roe chase five dozen of oysters, and that during to time he was in the, shop he had his eye 4 . his horse and cart, and said that he thoug ht to hard that a man should be summoned for attendiefar, his business. He called a man named - Dennis, in ' jh a o Sweeting's employ, whose stated tbat the defendant ylos, not in the shop more than five minutes. He vire'lLl, more than three yards all the time from his horse's 'TO and could have immediately stopp e d him if he " attempted to move bench dismissed the case, but ordered the de' —' dant to pay 6s. coats ' ' • • GUILDHALL. • A be' James Welch and John Harding were sueornene - 6 g fore Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, charged with ere lb :t, a disturbance in Half Moon passage, Aidersgate-etr under peculiar circumstances, (1 43 Mr. Charnock, instructed by Mr. Hobler, appeare„, 4 support the complaint on the part of a person oa , ';:c1 Smith, residing in the same passage, who felt ar e ,' is by the defendants conduct. The learned coun sel or stating the case said that from some cause the D e r he fendants bad taken Offence at M r . S m ith' s conduor';, latter lived at one end of the pa ss ag e a nd the fo r of at the other, and the modus oper an di was the'riuT p 7of bells throughput,the night, causing a l a rge 0 0 ° w- the persons to assemble, requiring the interference of tit , police. The disturbance of the peace was very g a s °. and (said the learned soutvel) the defendants lou„i e l, tually resorted, in addition to the bells, to tin Ite," ; ,1;, creating discordant sounds, enough to frighten old 0 (Laughter.) He called upon the alderman to suPP„ r e :, the nuisance, and protect his client from the annoPrtbio The serving the summons stopped the dontinuano° ° ` unseemly music, and all the complainant required dot for the defendants to promise not to repeat their con if and enter into recognisances to appear at the sessionlo, necessary, and answer any complaiot that might b° r ile s ferred against them ; in all probability nothing f ur ' woulSmid 8 i t/ th at called, and stated that he lived at N° . ' ie ct Half-Moon-passage, which was opposite a houseoccnP ß o by a person name.! Lewis, adjoining which 0 ' 50 116 empty hraise belonging to, the defendant Harding- t 0 had done nothing personally to give ttieldetend ° o offence. Witness described the annoyance' he ; complain'of. At night the defendants bad recours°": the empty house to bell-ringing, cock-crowing, holloa! a t' t ; and hooting, causing numbers of persons to congregto in the passage. Latterly there Lack been tin lie ti , e "ii added to the other discordant sounds. Ile had 1 ; 0 1 the defendants in the empty house whilst 'the 00' were going on. Mr. Welch admitted the fact, The inspector ofthe district bore testimony to ! o bi ! nuisance complained of, and said it arose from on b l A pression that the house Lewis occupied was a brl io f and with a view to its suppression. He never knew 0 ` disturbance in the house, or of any charge being °I from it.' _ P r°. Mr. Welch said that he had had reciurse to tbi s 0 ,1 ceeding to got rid of an intolerable nuisance. "t n i°3 o o' every night persons came to his house for " acc e— n or datiav," and if they were not directed to the'hous e e plained of his family were grossly abused. )tae thotigo, it hard that private individdals should b 3 ab pealed to prosecute in -such case. been to the vestry, and the clergyman tow n els the parish was not worth twopence, and they e „11 not take proceedings against the house . Ultiro 3. o , the parties were bound over" in 201. to keep the P e be and Mr. Martin, the chief clerk, informed them t h , e tbs, would put them in the way of getting rid 0 ' 01 nuisance of the house complained of, the expens e " which_would have to be paid out of the poor.rates• MA RL. ALDO RUPPIAI.ILY ASSAU B LT ORO UPON UGH-STREET A LICENSED Vial/A-4o —Joseph Thelon and Josephine Schlamaker , bt foreigners of notoriously bad character, were brofitibor before Mr. Beadon, charged with assaulting Adr. s ° ,. e ett wick, landlord of the Queen's Head Tavern, Queen - s t ` Soho. It appeared from the evidence of the pro;ecutorp - j o to clothes and linen were much torn, that on the Pr? f i o re night the prisoners entered his house ancl'askeu t he small quantity of rum. Seeing that they were bee t bey worse for liquor he declined to serve them, when f the assaulted him and his barmaids with a volley n o r! foulest abuse. He begged of them to desist, all° the house, and on their refusing to do so. he went r - bee to the front of the counter in order to ejectthen: l r li ve the woman seized hold of him by the arm and torej of shirt and coat to tatters; He, however, kept his hf' her to prtvent her doing any further mischief v1131, il he :, sent for a constable. The male prisoner then d r " . gel formidable clasp knife, such as is in general use autzte' his countrymen, and made a s t a b a t hi m . Ile, a:idei nately, saw his intentions an d jumped on one : ro e and the knife struck the counter. At this jenctif , constable arrived and took both prisoners into cl lo4 " t he Evidence having b een o ff ere d i n corroboration of above, 11 T' .Q • clefo 'be prisoners were fined 1.0.3. each, and in committed for 14 days. THAMES. d A FEMALE BURGLAR.— EXTRAORDINARY riks O itfr Emma Toon, a slight, pale-faced &irl, aged 1 8 1 0 brought before Mr. Seife, charged with committiob burglary and robbery. „ o eif . Joseph Brooks, a mechanic, of No.lo, Rosetta-s" 10 Limehouse-flelds, anted thre; on Tuesday morniDg k e ho was called by the poth oe, aud — tournd - that his , "- ot is had been broken into and plundered. The wind°l. l hat tho front room was op n, and also the shutters. oa window opened on to the street. The w indoW. shutteri were closed at 12 the ni g ht before. ki° 1131 , 8 . 3 , , from a room a jacket, a pair ,of trousers, two or t be. gown, a table-cloth, a quilt, a china a c .1 % . 0 10 horse, basket, and some other articles, value in 311 100 " 30/. In consequence of information he gave the P r and another female into custody. Ann Anderson, wife of Joseph Anderson, of I'4°llo • Samuel-Street, Limehouse, sawthree women, of ".a a4io the prisoner was one, leave the prosecutor's blob great baste at three o'clock on Tuesday moraine. 1 , 4 4° female carried a bundle, and one of them carried R - 010 Caina bowl, and another a clothes horse. She gev e ,4l.' alarm and called out thieves, but the women got A", iv One of them dropped a jacket and witness picked it Mr. Brooke, the prosecutor, identified the jacket :a be Thomas Link, a police constable, No. 38 E, 031 „ t ber was passing along the Glininercial-road, Ea o t, on 011 :tk° mission when the prosecutor called to Mai and g r ;ter' prisoners in cliarge fur burgiaromly breaking an d tb ° , in his dwelling house. Sh e sa id s h e did b rea k oli e- a o° shatters of the house and take come of the thine ci s woe that a girl who was wi t h her at the time had the li v ed bowl, and that h er name was Lizzy, and that Ale in Eastfield-street, Liinshonu John Outud, 132 E , said he ° went to a man 113 : 3 0 Ir Fisher in Butcher-row, Rateliff, on Friday, an bb ° tiliried from him a iicket, trousers, and cape w h '" tor' now produced. Th ey were id en tified by the prosecilliff, • A girl naisied Poulton, res id ing . at No. 4, 1 / I t i c id equare, eJcamereial-road, said the prisoner wit° -1 0 in the sam e h ouse , and gave her the jacket, troll at a and cape to dispose' of, and eke pawned theme, leaving shop kept by a man named Fisher, at - o .od Butcher-raw, Raton& She asked 3s. upon thelor the dealer only lent her 2i. to 11 . 5 e . Thomas Fisher, a general dealer, said tho last w ig" had spoken a falsehood. She only ai lied half-341p, o n the articles —no, he had wade a mistake—it w as and he gave her 2s. The prosecutor said the articles were worth complained of Fisher's conduct. ptro l Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner for trial at the ~,t-Ih e rt Criciir,al Ouurt, and condemned. the conduct of `•';„, - tioil who he said ought to be summoned for a gross V ic '" of the law. Marl well 12,0( port Mart rates. Th Week facto] bulb( pecte, This made barge less a it is en sue tion COUSO X i lOnt] is evil for to crease have large of the point Prop The r are as Act Res rut Oth Seri Gov 0 th, Not The metal lCg T ( 7i77.7 The full ra 'tat marks sta n di couradi Cents. bittl • 401 tificat( Aix) transa been i Nora westf clinczd 55. ; and is Were Were i ludiai Tram 84. Joi were Lend, reCedi Penh Stea u aarr Per 4E314 lluenc - 61. ' Park; Dit Th at th In tenti to ti, a dii 30th the at t su fund aul at C Let cav; a•a: et.ta and frot anon 'svaF Sul is c stir Sc Ni,