The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-02 00:00:00

lIEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Novi the Report of Mx Registrar-General.) The deaths registered in London during the week tha' ended on Saturday (Aug. 29) were 1177. They exh bit an increase in the number of the previous week, which was 1091. In the tea years 1847-56 tho average number of deaths in the weeks corre sponding with last week was 1,345, which, if it be raised for comparison with the deaths of last week in vroportion to increase of population, will become 1,4{30. But the average is swelled beyond ord;nary lim is by cholera in the epidemic years 1849 and 1854 ; and if this disturbing element Le withdrawn from the calculation it will be found that the rate of mortality in last week exceeds, but only to a am .11 extent, the average rate at the end of Aug. The number of children born in the week ex ceeded the number of persons of all ages who died by 479. The total mortality of last week exceeded that of the week which preceded it, as has been stated above ; but the increase does not arise from diseases of the zymetic character taken in the aggregate, fur though typhus (with common fever) was fatal in more cases, the number having risen from 41 to 66, scarlatina and diarrhoea showed a decrease. The fatal cases of diarrhoea in the last three weeks were 244, 215, and 198 ; those referred to " cho lera" in the same period, 21, 12, and 15. The sub districts of St. John, Marylebone, and St. Paul, Deptford, returned more deaths last week from diarrhwa than any other of the metropolitan sub districts ; there were 7 in St. John and 8 in St. Paul Eight fatal cases of small-pox are recorded, 3 of which occurred in the Small-pox Hospital. Three persons died of intemperance, a child from " destitution," 12 infants from want of breast-milk, 13 women from diseases incidental to childbearing. Six persons are returned who before they died had at ained the age of 91 years or more ; of these only one was a man, who died at the age of 95 at Lee, the rest were widows at ages varying from 91 to 95, ti e oldest having died at Deptford. Last week the births of 857 boys and 799 girls, in all 1656 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 tl e average number was 1470. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean h ight of the barometer in the week was 29.943 in. Tire main daily reading was above 30 in. on three d.,ys. The highest reading was 30.11. in on Thurs d..y. The mean temperature of the week was 66.9 d , g., which is 7.1 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean temperature was above the average on every day of the week ; and on Sunday and Monday the excess was respectively 12 deg. a'id 13 deg. The temperature fell as the week a I vanced. The thermometer in the shade reached it ; highest point on Sunday, the 23d, when it was 85.9 deg. ; the lowest point was 48.8 d )g. on Friday. On Tuesday the thermometer in the sun rose to 106.4 deg. The thermo r, etrical range of the weak was 37.1 deg. The n Lean dew-point temperature was 58.3 deg., and the difference between this and the mean tempera ture of the air, indicating its dryness, was 8.6 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames vas 69.1 deg. The air was calm during great part of the week ; at the beginning the wind was in the south-east, at the end in the north-east. No r in was measured by the gauge. MORTALITY IN THE !METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WFITOC ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 29 Z fmotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases . . 206 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 2B Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration ... BB Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases o f the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. lialformations _ 2 Premature Birth and Debility 34 A trophy Cid Age ..,... 42 g Aden ... 6 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 56 Causes not spe c ifi e d DEATHS TBOH ALL CAUSES 1,177 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 18M. - of 1856. Week, West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 1,081 1,177 564 613 Males 857 Females 799 Total ...... ..., 1,656 THE MOORS AND FORESTS. The Inverness Courier of Thursday says :—The excitement of the first week of grouse shooting and the wish to "make a bag" having passed away for 1 the season, the reports from the moors have be ceme very scanty. Our first jotting is from Ury, where Mrs. Baird of Cambusdoon and party bagged, Oil the 15th and 17th inst., 161 brace of grouse, and on the 20th and 21at, 33 brace, on Auchmedden. The birds were generally strong on the wing, and very wild. Mr. NV. Williams, Tulchen Lodge, on the 2 )th, got 91 brace ; and made half a day on the 21st, v. hen he realised 10. brace, with many hares. Sir C. Rosa, of Balnagown, Bart., on the 22d inst-, on Leamington-park moors, shot 7i brace groose and two hares in three hours. Geo. Maclachlan, Esq., shot 14 brace in four hours, at Scotsburn. Birds are not so plentiful about Cullen as they used to be, Ent theyare prettynumerous and in good condition. On a serail moor there 17 brace of fine plump birds were killed onFriday last, shooting over an old dog. he broods were six to ten birds strong, and very v,ild. The Caithness moors have turned out very Mr. Dunbar, Brawl Castle, writes respecting t•) em :—The sport ou all our Caithness moors is likely to exceed even that of last year. The following is a hat some of the parties have already done t te Strathmore moors Mr. Simpson has bagged up wards of 200 brace; Mr. °handless and Mr. Dawson from 129 to 150 each; on the Crown moors, Mr. I orsyth and friend 150 brace in five days' shooting; leapt. Hartley and friend, at Brawl Gastle, 128 b . ace; on Dunb3ath, Mr. S. J. Brown and his son, 5) brace in two days ; Col. Whitelock and friend, on the Clyth moor=, 130 brace. The party at Brae- Liar has done well, having killed above 100 brace the first day. Most moors in the county have done equally well; the birds are entirely free from disease, aed unusually strong for this period of the setson. Ti:e forests are turning out even better than we a uticipated. Deer are numerous, and in splendid c , ndition. The Duke of Leeds killed a very good ag in Coule' forest—a pretty head of 11 points, tad so large and heavy that the men had difficulty i ( putting it on" horseback. The pony, at a short ci iAanee,lay down; he was too heavy for him. A loyal head has been sent to be stuffed by Mr. Vau than ; it was killed by Mr. Flewely n , w h o i s on a I visit to Inchbae. The antlers measure 2 ft. 52 in. in span, and 2 ft. 3 in. in length. There are two remarkably fine brow antlers on each side, measur hie 10i in. and 10 in. respectively, and altogether 13 tines, with a small cap in each antler. The head is quite free of velvet. Another good head, but of the upright stamp, has been sent by Mr. J. G. Watt ; it has 10 tines ; velvet not quite free. Lord Lovat and the Master of Lovat have stalked some hdf-a-dozen good stags in Gla.n. Strathfarrar ; one ot . which, killed by the Master of Lovat, was a o .rY suporior animal. Mr. G rev il! e Smith brought v"wrl htaz in Glen Clannich on Thursday ; and ( 1 3 , a il s • n i ak tl y ge le 1.l Ti has had good sport i n hi s o ld quarters at ere is every prospe c t o f seeing some a g ui tleent heads r o _ s this Belson. Ev en th e y oung st:lide-qlu2aprtoeiratl.,n with e hu t t ags have, in som e i ns t ances , 11 r vets had f a ll e velvet is not off y e t. Th e 1e 3) days, an neat rapidity d ur i ng the last during that time. The watereen little succ ess f u l ang li ng rent as the air itself. I•is almost as transpa iael,toun caught the : r gest salmon, "the mulectse the seas o n, on e 25th instant, in the Ladi( of of the river and, being /.'ess. The salmon weighed 24 pounds fresh , gave four hours' work toth e fresh run angler b f the influence of the rod and line brought th e e r o , r a e t prize to land. The hon. T. C. Bruce, fishinggverth V:e net in the Spey, at Grantown, on the I.lth, got cne draught as many a s 222 fishes—salmon, g Ilse, and sea trout. This is almost unprecedented. Some rather good sport has also been got in the von. The Rev. J. King, at Lagganauld, went fi ih,ing on the 15th and killed four salmon, captur ing another salmon in a fishing expedition on the 2) h. The Carlisle Patriot of Saturday reports :—Birds upon the celebrated Bowes Moor have been rather s ;arca, but good and strong. On-the 12th instant,. Mr. Cl rks on go t 30 brace, which were the best bi.g. Another gentleman, whose name, we believe, it, Holmes, got 25 brace ; Lieutenant Sowerby, 18 brace; Dr. Trotter got 16 brace ; Mr. Bennett, 10- b ace; Captain Dawson, 114 brace the first day and. 5 brace the second. Dr. Trotter got 7 brace the second day, which were the best baggy. One gun on Scargill killed 25 brace ; four guns on Cotherston, 30i the first day, and 31i the second day. The THE SUN, 'CONDON_ WEDNESDAY _EV ENING, _S EP TEMBER 1857 Stirling Journal of Friday says :—The account 3 , from all the moors in this locality are first-rate. Indeed there has been no such excellent sportf or some years back. On Friday Sir H. Seton Stuart, Bart., and Mr. J. G. Morrison bagged on Touch Moors, the former 10 brace and the latter 16 brace. Partridges are exceedingly abundant, and promise rare sport. " 211AFTESBURY'S ell A.RACTERISTICS." • (From the Dispatch ) Sir Harry, the sentimental flunkey in " High Life Below Stairs, expresses his determination to make himself " master of Shikspur some wet afternoon." The idiots who cackle about India have just some such notion about the Hindoo religion. They t',ink it may be put down " some wet afternoon." It is thousands upon thousands of years old. It is the base as well as the apex of the body and soul of Eastern life. It is the authority of every law and the source of every custom. It begins with the sacred dip of the newly born in the holy Ganges. It fixes the very food and drink, the aliment of the most clamorous and craving .of the appetites. It flees from the corrupting corpse at the moment of the soul's parting in the hot and plague-bearing atmosphere. It organises and classifies countless millions who would otherwise be a confused and ungovernable rabble. It gives grades to Eastern society, and settled laws to the tenure and inheri tance of property. It has it 4 code and hierarchies. Thousands of years have waxed and waned and still round it the soul and breath of Hindoo life. The fiery Mahomet's sword that conquered India could not conquer Bramah. Dynasties innumerable have risen and fallen since the Veds were written and Sanskrit fell out of popular use ; but still there stands the religion of India, vital enough to have convulsed the peninsula from end to end, and to threaten to give to the listless and hopeless Hindoo the verve and spirit of the West. That is the re ligion that hectoring majors, and speculative lieu tenants, and even sergeants that can spell, are al lowed in the leaded type or prominent columns of the Times to recommend forextinction, asif it could be done "some wet afternoon." The Earl of Shaftesbury leaves us in no uncer tainty as to what the Church, and a certain class of its lay politicians, are prepared to recommend as a specific for Hindoo discontent. He spins out a stale hash of the bungalow rant and leading article nonsense with which he has crammed himself from the daily journals, warmed up with Evangelical in tolerance. He actually denounces Sir Henry Somerset for preferring the respectability of India to its blackguardism. He calls on the Govern tr ea.% to have nothing to do with Hindoo scholars, gentle men, priests, decent members of society. He con tends that to keep India, we should encourage its vagabonds and scoundrels. Insult, he says, men of high caste, by chaining them to Pariahs, Sudar?, and Chundals: Give no preference to the good and respected citizen over the outcast, the vagabond, or the Atheist. The greater the miscreant the more barren of belief, for the reception of the seeds of evangelism. Nor was this the way the first Evangelists made converts. The sermon on Mars hill did not a'iuse idols or denounce Jupiter, or demand the executi,ei of soothsayers, or the expulsion of augurs and ves tals. It appealed to the Greek poets ; it adopted a Gad the Greeks themselves worshipped ; it did not even ridicule Delphos or execrate Eleusi3. Did Paul ask the Jews to eat pork, to leave the temple, to laugh at the holy of holies ? On the contrary, did he not tell thoe who bad faith in fasts, feasts, meats, and Sabbath-days to observe them still as unto the Lord, dreading :Above all things that evil spirit of unbelief which cut itself adrift frowlall tie trivial fond records of its age and country ? We repeat the question, do we expect to govern 180,000,000 of themost traditional, fanatical people in the world, whose religion dates, far far past the Mosaic age of the Creation, by destroying their traditional institutions, by insulting and outraging their faith and feelings, by crushing a priesthood respected by all, and whose numbers form more than 10 per cent. of the population, the leaders of the people, the very flower of the race ? Tile Ro mans, the great civilisers, the masters of the world, left the laws, customs, religion of every people they conquered just where they found them. They even adopted the gods of their subjects—even the Jehovah of the Jews, and the Jesus of the Christians into their Olympus, punishing extortion, oppression, or intolerance, by their pro -consuls over their subjects, with the most vigilant severity. They left their mark all over Europe, and in Africa and Asia, pre serving their power over their dependencies by their wise liberality long after they themselves withered at the heart. It ought to be especially remembered that Brah minism, caste, may perfectly coexist in India with the profession of Christianity. Rammohun Roy became a Christian without losing caste, just by obeying the formal observances of Hindooisua. But we cannot recommend Christianity to them while the lives and conduct of Europeans in the East, and the public dealings of our Government with the people, are impure, unjust, fraudulent, and op pressive. Did the crusades evangelise the Holy Laud? Has the intolerance of the Turks made one Christian the less in Turkey or Greece ? Were ever people so persecuted as the Jews ; yet there they stand, Christians being unable to boast a single convert. Has Popery sunk under Protes tant persecution ? Is it not rather more popular in Great Britain than ever ? We cannot govern 180,000,000 of people against their own will. If we would Christianise India, we must convert the Brahmins by conciliation, persuasion, justice, and generosity. If we would retain India, we must rule, not in spite of, but in the hearts of the people. .oyal the citizen. The worst and vilest man will make the easiest convert to Christianity. To toler ate even the religion of 200,000,000 of human beings with reasonable souls and the right of free thought, is called " pandering to their vanities, and bigotry, and religious prejudices." Indeed, it _ is broadly stated by this mouth-piece of the Evan- (From the Times City Article.) gelical Alliance that to recognise the rights and Between conflicting schemes there seems a pro privileges of the natives of India, "is wholly incon sistent with the position we occupy the re ;" and bability that the Indian telegraph, which ought to be completed in six months, will either fail Sit°. that our respect for those of them whom thei r own countrymen regard with deference, a n d revere for gather, or be delayed until thel greatest need for it their rank, station, and qualifications, "is incon- is passed. For some time two routes have been before the public—one via the Persian Gulf and sistent with our political position, and with our the Euphrates to the Mediterranean ; the other via position as a Christiau country. "- There is no mis d that it is cod the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. After mature taking this; and w© reg re t t o a d typical, only a represent a ti ve u tt erance of what Y deliberation the Government selected the Euphrates line, and granted it a subsidy of 6 per cent. ; but a is in the minds of too many of us. If ever a New firman was required from Constantinople, and ap- Orleans Fillibuster cant e d th roug h t h e nose of L ow parently the intrigues always rife in that capital Church Methodism it is here. If ever the vilest, against British interests have prevented it from the most unscrupulous self-sufficiency of orthodox being obtained. Meanwhile the promoters of the hypocrisy usurped the v enera bl e f orm o f Ch r i s - rival or Red Sea route have thus been stimulated tianity, it is in this brazen confession, that to respect the rights of conscience o f our f e ll ow - su bj ec t s , and to revive their project, and have appealed to the Government and the public to treat the Euphrates to accept the institutions of society in the countries li ne , if no t as an impractibility, at all events as a we govern as we find them, is incompatible with scheme that must bo indefinitely deferred. But our position, and inconsistent with Christianity ! th e Euphrate s Company are ready to repel this If that be so, then no right-minded Englishman v i ew, an d it i s pro b a bl e th a t if th e arguments o f will hesitate to say, if British rule cannot be main- the parties interested on each side were accepted tained by British principles of government, then neither lice would be attempted. The objection to let British rule end. It is not necessary that we the Euphrates line, that there is a difficulty iu oh should hold Hindostan, but it is necessary if we taining a firman, cannot hold for a moment. The do, that we should hold it honestly, rule it justly, E ng li s h Government having already sanctioned it, govern it, not for our own glory or emolument, but our influence in the East must have fallen low if for the advantage and happiness of its inhabitants. Russian or other agents at Constantinople find Fiat justitia ruat ecelum. Nothing so dishonours themselves able to induce the Porte to deny a :re- Christianity as to declare it to be incompatible with quest for that means of communication with our the concession of human rights, and to propagate own possessions which, in the interests of civili,a its doctrines by tyranny and oppression. don, any country under like circumstances might We entreat our countrymen to reflect for a mo- reasonably demand. The question, therefore, if ment on these fashionable propositions of unscrupu- there is to be any rivalry, must reelly lie between lows fanaticism. India is as large as Europe, quite the comparative merits of the two routes. The as populous—as diversified in its population—much Euphrates or Tigris plan, according to a modifica longer civilised—thousands of years older in per- tion recently proposed, seems to be for a sub fectly authentic historical traditions. It is delibe- marine cable from Kurrashee to Bagdad, along the rately proposed by those "fools who rush in where s h a ll ow waters o f t h e Persian Gulf, with a land angels fear to tread" to destroy the whole fabric o f connex i on o f 1 ,200 m il es from Bagdad to Con- Hindco society, to elevate its blackguards, encou- stantinople, which would at once bring London rage its scoundrels, be the patrons o f it s pariahs and all parts of India into direct coirmuni (who are to India what Atheists are to England), to tion. Within five months, it is computed, degrade all whom the natives look to, and insult the cable from Kurrachee to Bagdad might and crush all whom they respect and who resp ct be laid, whence horsemen would bring messages to themselves, to ignore the religion of 200,000,000 of Constantinople in six days ; and meanwhile the the most superstitious devotees in the world, to land line being in course of construction, th e dis scorn their priests, scoff at their religious observ- Lance would be shortened every week. The entire antes, and "put down" their devotional practices l eng th w ould be a b ou t 2 , 80 0 m il es, an d the esti -this, we say, is, with most self-satisfied sapience, mated cost 400,0001., and th e w h o l e , it i s a ll ege d , very jauntily projected as a scheme of government could be completed in six or seven months. The for India, and it is actually believed that 100,000 only disparagement attempted has been that the —nay, 50,000 Europeans could rule 4,000 times land portion would be liatsle to wanton darestge their own number of Asiatics in the country of the from the Arabs ; but this idea has meet well no simoom, the rainy season, the plague and the jun- countenance from the persons best acquainted with gle, by flying in the face of everything they most them, who believe, in fact that they would be its value on this earth ! That is actually what we call true protectors. If the Americans can venture to government I carry a line to California through tribes of hostile We are surprised at the enormities they have Indians, the apprehension of gratuitous mischief in committed, and attribute them to their religion. t hi s case must, it is contended be the scheme , be regard e d a s idl e , Do we forget that their acts in a "muck" of fanati- arid it is presumed b e f ore cal panic are reallyas nothingtothoseof Christians? L or d Palmerston f e lt reasonable security on that Have we forgotten the Anabaptists of Munster, or point. Ou the other hand, the Red Sea Company the Mormons of Salt Lake, the h orror s of the French contemplate a land line of 240 miles from Alexan- Revolution, the tortures of the Spanish Inquisition, dria to Suez, and 4,163 miles of cable from Suez the Massacres of Glencoe and St. Bartholomew, to Ade* and Aden to Kurrachee, the estimated cost the Smithfield fires, the enormities of Jeffries, the being 700,0001., and the time required one year. wholesale murders of the Scottish Covenanters, the By laying the cable in the firet instance from Suez thumb-screw, the boot, the drowning of girls, and to Aden they calculate, however, that at au ex the shooting of maidens and their sweethearts, the pence of 300,0001. they could bring India and Bug- Protestant persecution of Catholics in Ireland—and land within a week's communication in about the all this in the name of religion, perpetrated by pro- sa me period as that in which a similar result could fessing Christians, on Christians, by Frenchmen, andand effectedthebe jecEtiuopnhurragtodis ha es Co it np t waony.ing to thelnthis case a principal Spaniards, and Englishmen, and Scotchmen, by b e i pai o Irishmen on their own countrymen, not in the tremendous and uncertain depths of the Red Sea sudden fury of revolt against alien oppression, but and the character of its coral reefs the cable would in the name of conscience, by form of law, in the b e lost or almost instantly destroye 1. Whether ordinary exercise of rei g ning power. these predictions are well grounded may be a ques- Suppose we suppressed caste in India. Assume tion, but they are - based on the reasonings of for the sake of argument that we had succeeded in scient:fic men most known in connection with tele the inconceivably cruel and sinfuldesign of destroy- graphic enterprise, while the sole testimony, ing the whole mechanism of Hindoo society by the cited by the promoters as to the facility with eradication of Brahminism. What then? Can any which the coral reefs may be avoided is that man put his finger upon a single British mission of a person known only in connection with the that has succeeded in really converting Pagans and most reckless engineering delusion ever yet at idolators to Christianity ?We do not mean nominal t em pte 1 or exposed. Still it is possible, or even Christianity, the mere profession of faith in the probable, that every difficulty in the case may be Gospel, but its spirit, its truth, an actual apprehen- capable of being overcome, and it is quite certai n sion and practice of its scope and teno r ? Wh y , th e that in relation to a question like that of establish reports of all the missionaries among the Kaffir; ing an Indian telegraph no fears should be allo ,ved the Now Zealanders, the American Indians, the to stand in the way, unless backed by such a inlaid- Turks, Jews, and Arabs, the Chinese, the Hindeos meu s expression of scientific opinion as would embraceauniformconfession;ofutterfailure, of worse amount almost to a demonstrat . on of their correct-- indeed—ofthis—thatthe onlynominalconvertseven ness. The point to be observed is that there is were the very greatest scoundrels of every station. nothing as matters at present stand to alter the Is it forgotten that the freest, the greate t, the v i e w trriginally taken by the Home Government, most civilised, the most virtuous nations in the and that if the business is to resolve itself into a world, flourished and became refined, and wise, contest of routes the battle may be interminable. and good, even under the vilest superstitions— If the Government have changed their opinion re worshipping by human sacrifices—sacrificing to garding the political advantage of extending our Venus, Priapus, and Bacchus—making a sensual communications on the Euphrates, and are row clebauchee of the " Father of . G o d s and Man," more inclined to favour the various movements in Juno a procuress, Mercury a thief, and Neptune the direction of Suez, the Euphrates Company will, and Venus adulterers ? ; of course, fail to get their firman, and there the We are accustomed to assume, from the vague affair will end ; but apparently it is only in this traditions of the conversion of Europe from Druid- way the rivalry can be extinguished. A b •tt-r ism and other superstitions to Christianity, that course to meet the difficulty seems, howeve'-, to St. Augustine and St. Patrick and others, created present itself. If both lines are practicable toth a complete revolution on the face of its society, and sh Add be completed, and each should be encore. opened to it the humanising influences of the raged to compete with the other to see how soon Gospel. But the fact is, we were never mote the first I:nk can be re ilis(_d. With only one line Pagans than when we knelt to the cross, never itt existence what would ba our state hi case of more wildly superstitious and idolatrous than emergency ? Let any one imagine our positon, in the times of witlicraft, monkery, crusades, supposing a bleak to occur at any momentous exo-eisme, saint worship, excommunication and period, and to place us in all the helplessness of inquisition. Nev.'. were such ze dolls missionaries tho s e w h o h ave b ro ught every htbit and arrange as the Genoee, the Venetian", the Spaniard, the went to work in reliance upon a means which Portuguese, the Dutch. Where are their convect. ? a b rupt l y an d ut t er ly fails them. In time of war Wh a t good did they do with all their conversions ? with th e announce ment that the Indian cable had Are the South Sea Islanders b tier men now than broken wo should be like a crowd in a room with Are they were before ever they saw a Christian . 2 .. the the gas suddenly turne 1 off. And what would be Peruvians and Mexicans, under " the r most Chris- our conso l at i on f or th e panic and for the millions tian Majesties," half so good, so virtuous, humane, of loss it would involve in money, fame, and terra just,_ _ just, confiding, and noble, as in the days of the In - tory ? That in the year 1857, when we were spend-' cas, or under the sway of Montezuma, who pro- ing about 2,000,000 1 . per month in steam trans fessed a faith worse than Brahministn ? Travellers ports, ke, wa had saved a single outlay of have found the Bible, the cross, Christian profession 4 00,000/. ! The consideration seems so iiiv;rec . i it . l among whole tribes of Africans, not to le distin - that it can hardly be dealt will seriously. It is o guished in savagery and ignorant barbarism from be re membered, moreov , r, that in critical time', if I ould be •in co 1- the grovelling idolat -rs who surrounded them.. We the accident happened or not, wes.l . __ _ do not find that the Jews were either more ju-t, start agony from its probability. St 1 1 , what humanc, refined, or civilised than the Egyptians, ever may be done by the Government, one point that .vh , :ht3r toy Red t i) sa them. There is nothing on wbsch Clint resolve to support the Euphrates or surrounded i . have -ieht to encourage the so much insists as upon this, that it is not Ow is- rout, or both, they not e .. tianity that makes people virtuous, so mu ;11 as public to subscribe unless they are previously sa is that it is virtuous people that become Christi ins. tied there is no risk but suet as . in my fairly be ex- The * , etpetted parable of the sower has this for its very obit , . to be overcome. . It is very easy to themselves for a He that knew not his Master's will and did it," is "encourage" shareholders to ruin a case which assumes the existence of Christianity ' the national benefit - , but no h )nest. By a sub ins of the under the heart, without any historical knowledge of sidy made conditional on the sucse.• but Christ. "I came not to bring the righteous to re- taking. the Government do nothing tro,v. insurea pentence," is a declaration that implies a similar : possible advantage for themselves, F it , i.tag all the truth. In fact, it is impossible to make .Hindoos danger on inclividu it shoulders but a ordinaryo en. Christians merely by dest oying Brahminism. _ terprises this might be very well, a prt mise of bonus, but fer Christianity is the highest fact in the his' ory of 6 per cent. fir 25 years, not as that ' man." It requir e s the highest intelligence anti vir- actual services to be performed eluting: et in t , i tue to apprehend and receive the Gospel. To make is not such as to compensate for any unusual peri . l Athe:sta of Hindoos will not prepare the ground, If the public like to accept it with their eyes open THE INDIAN TELEG RAPS. there can be no objecion ; but the Government cannot with propriety even tacitly m:ommend it, unless they feel in a strong degree satisfied of the feasibility cf the selected scheme. Any doubt on that head ought to be made known ; and, suppos ing them stilt to wish the work done, they should then promptly come forward to participate in the risk. The annexed letter from Mr. Andrew, the chair man of the Euphrates telegraph line, gives his view of the question in reply to the statements on the other side recently circulated in all quarters : " Sir,— A. valuable letter appeared in the Times of Saturday from Mr. Walker Wilkins, the well-know* telegraph engineer, on the all important subject of tele grapic communication with India. " Mr. Wilkins says the Persian Gulf route saves the use of 2,500 miles of submarine wire. I don't mean the cost of it ; that is no now to be thought of. I mean the risks of imperfect manufacture, laying, and of in sulation and other matters, which at present seem to be entirely overlo .ked in the manufacture and laying long and deep lengths of submarine wire.' "Mr. Wilkins's objections to the Red Sea route are fully borne out by a writer in the Fr•ienrl of India of November lait—a journal remarkable for the accuracy of its information, and whose authority will scarcely be impugned by the chairman of the Red Sea Company. The Friend asserts that The Red Sea is remarkable for the extreme variation of its depth. The line must be extended over shoals scarcely covered by the water, and places where for miles the charts are marked " no bottom." The operation of laying the wire, always dif ficult and often :'ange.rous, would be still further im peded by the furious gusts which at certain seasons sweep over the Red Sea• The route has but one advan tage. The line, except in Egypt, would pass through our own dominions. No foreign Power can contest with us the sovereignty of the Red Sea, and the tribes along its shore are powerless a mile irons land. The ad ♦ant_+ge, however, is not sufficient to compensate for the indirectness of the route, its costliness, and the compa rative certainty of failure. The second scheme, from Scutari to Bussorah, and thence to Kurrachee, involves a submarine line of only one-third the length. Aecordieg to Dr. O'Shaughnessy's (now Sir William B. O'Shaugh nessy) figures, it would us) scarcely longer than the cable now made to connect Newfoundland with the Irish coast—Persian Gulf by Bussorab, Parah Isle to Rus Malgarane H. Busheab Island to Cape Task ; total 1,270. With the same weight of two tons a mile, which imptes a wire of more than usual thickness, and a cable cf unprecedented strength, the cost would not sx3eed 259,000/. From Korna to Bagdad the line would be submerged in the river for 410 miles- By this expedient the expense of guards would be diminished, while the cable, lying lengthwise, e,nd not transversely to the stream, could not be injured either by current or storm. The sea cable, shipped in pieces of 400 tons, could he laid down by four ships at once, while on the river the large rafts used by the natives would afford every facility for the work.' Purijaub, ''v . here he made many geogranhical ehserva- • tines. A' the wooer, t,rminatiee of the HewslaYas, on the western side of the Indus, the range north of the Thibet and the Kaenhein can no mole tie traced as se parate chains, but form one mountain mass. Here they have lost to a great extent their Alpine charac' er, and no more large glaciers are to be met with. Western Thibet does not form a plateau, hut is an undulating cluntry, intersected by many high mountain ranges. One of the features of those parts, chiefly near the Moostak Pas, was the depression of the snow line here at au eleva tion of only 17,900 feet, which was perhaps owing to the great amount of snow and rain which fell in that country. At the same time the heat of the deep valleys of Balki staff, which had an elevation of between 7,000 and 8,000 feet, very little distant fr.ma the foot of the glaciers, was excessively high, the mean temperature from the Ist to the 20th of July Lein 73 degs. to 75 dege. Fahrenheit, the minimum of the night bAng 59 dege., and the maxi mum being sometimes 90 degs. Herman Schlsgintweit followed from Simla, first in a north-easterly direction, chiefly the line of the Tibelan Salt Lakes, Tsogan, Teo gar, Tsomikpat,andTsomognalari, which wasithe greatest of all, and lay iu Teangkong. These lakes showed a very different degree of concentration of the water. The lake Tsangkong had a specific quantity of 1,003 and the wa ter had no more a maximum of density above the freezing point, but contracted regularly tilt its freezing point was at 31.5 degs. Fahrenheit. He reached Lehin Ladak and rejoined hie brother there. In the meantime he tra velled from Simla by Kooloo, Lahol, and Kuopshoo to Ladak, passing over the Bara Lacha, Lacha, Luting, and Trong Loong Pas- , es. They went on from Leh on the 54th of July to Noobra, where, during a stay of three month., they reached the summit of Sassarda (about 20,000 feet). They then bad to cross the plateau to the south of Karo-korum already visited by Dr. Thompson, 17,100 feet high, and found afterwards much more ex tensive ones to the north of Karo-korum Pass. They were nearly perfectly barren, and covered only with hills from 200 to 400 feet elevation, so small that they were enabled for in-tance to cross in one day from passes of more than 17,000 feet, which were but slightly elevated above tide serroundiog plateaus. After some further observations, Herr Schlagintweit gave some detail of researches in the territory of Nepaul, and concluded his interesting paper amid applause. " Adverting to the prospectus of the It ed Sea route, I would remark that the guarantee is only a subsidy so long as the line is actually at work, and has yet to re ceive the sanction of Government. The difficulty and risk are not in laying the cable, but in maintaining it. If any light line be laid down, even twice as heavy as the Atlantic cable, it is the opinion of the best and most that it cannot be maintained for any length of time, on account of the physical formation of the bottom of the Red Sea, and also froth the prevalence of coral reefs, which are represented by nauticll men as being as sharp as the back of any ordinary knife. The interruptions so constantly experienced on the four light lines of cable laid between Ortordness and Holland show that in all physical probability a single light line in the Red Sea could not be depended upon a week. If the old Electric Telegraph C mnpany require a special steamer, the Monarch, scith a large staff at a heavy expense, to watch and pick up and repair the line in question—about 100 miles long—what would be the strength of the squa dron required in the Red Sea? " It is not oely the coral reef difficulty which renders the maintenance of the line so critical, but the exceeding. irregularity of the bottem, in consequence of which the line would in many places be unavoidably suspended across submarine chasms and on sharp edges, on which it would speedily chafe through by the force of its own weight. e" This is the true risk to the shareholders, who may rest assured that if they place the Atlantic cable, or any similar one, in the Red Sea, it would be simply the sub mersion of their capital, with as good a chance of aver receiving any return from the so-called guarantee as they have of fishing up the golden wheels of Pharoah's chariot.—l am, &c., " W. P. ANDREW. " Gresham-house, Aug. 31." ROUTE THROUGH INDIA, THE 13IMA LAYAS, At the meeting of the British Association, held io Dublin, Herr Schlagintweit read his paper on the route pursued by himself and his brothers in the Himalayas, Thibet, and Turkistan. He said that in making an ad dress to the association immediately after his return from Hindustan he felt deeply that he required their kind in dulgence. It afforded him the greatest pleasure to state on such an occasion that, by the liberal arrangements made with himself and his brothers by the right hon. the directors of the East India Company, they would be enabled at once to begin the publication of their researches in India. Their work woul Ibe entitled "Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia during the years 1854, 1355, and 1356, by derma.n, Adolphe, and Robert Sehlagiutw. it. It would be acc imeanied by at lases, ecistaieiug topographical and geographical maps of diff,retr, parts of India and of the Himalaya and moun tains of Thibet. They had been treated with great kind ness by their venerable friend Baron Humboldt, by Colonel Sykes, and .General Sabine, to whom they felt deeply grateful. In 1854 he and his brothers, Adolphe and Herman, went from Bombay to Madras, through Senthern India—namely, the Deccan, Mysore, and the states of the Nizaro, on different routes, and met again all three in Madras. Already during their sea voyage they had occasion to make_ some observations on the temperature and specific gravity of sea water and the currents of the sea, and these observations they continued during their voyage from Madras to Calcutta. In the beginning of the year 1855 Herman Sclagintweit went through Bengal to Sikkin, and examined there the Ilima leyas, chiefly on the frontier between Sikkin and Nepaul. This route particularly afforded the advantage of ena bling him to measure from a comparatively short dis tance the eastern Himalayas, including the peaks far to the eastward from Charnalari until considerably to the west of the laigh mountain•of Nepaul. This was the same peak which had been recently measured by Col. Waugh, who named it Mount Everest, after his distinguished predecessor. Its height was stated by the officer to ex ceed 20,000 feet. He and his brother obtained two names for it—one was Gororishanka, which was its sacred name, connected with Hindoo mythology, and only to be feund in the Nepaulese holy books—the other was its Thibeten name, which was Chingofautuari. The name Deodunga, which was mentioned by Mr. Hodgson in con nection with this peak, was,as they were told inKatmandeo the name of a low mountain, about 800 or 900 feet high, which was visible from the central parts of Nepaul in about the same line as Mount Everest, and was remark able for having upon its summit a sacred stone. After leaving Sikkin, H. Schlagintweit examined a part of the Bhootan Himalayas and Upper Assam, and returning to Calcutta al mg the Brahmapootra and the delta of the Ganges joined his brothers in Oude in May, 1856. He (Herr R. Schlagintweit) and his brother Adolphe left Calcutta in March, 1855, and passing through the North- West Provinces, reached Naing Tel, whence they took different routes to Milum ; from Milum they crossed over to Thibet, and in the uisguise of merchants from Delhi, having merchandise but no money with them, succeeded in penetrating as fares the source of the Indus. Among the roost interesting geographical features on this journey he might mention the following :—First, the alluvial deposits met north of the Himalayas formed by no means a plain, bordering the Himalayas to the north ward, as the plain of Hindustan dees to the southward. These al uvial and lacustrine deposits are merely filling up the irregularities in one of the greatest longstudioal valleys of the world. This valley, included between the Himalaya t the south and the chief crest of the atuun• tains of Thibet to the tenth, contains the course of the Indus to the west and the Dihoug—the chief tributary of tee Brahinapeotra—to the east. Both these rivers were separated only by a sms'l rising of the surface of the val -1.1. A well-known example of a similar formation in Europe was the feral of the watershed between the lon and the Drae-a-:c-blach in the Tyrol. Second, north of the Indus a new high mountain range rose, covered with snow, and f ‘rming the watershed between Thibet and Eastern Turkistan. This ranee had bee n con f oun d e d with the Kueuheins, and its ranee had never been properly defined, as it did not stretch from east to west. It was called in LA, Ink and Ballistan the Kero•karum range, which signified black mountains, a characteristic name, for here the snow line was the highest iwthe word, being 18,600 feet above the level of thesea. From the peak of Geenashankur, 19.640 feet, they had the finest view which they hal ever beheld the course of which they could trace 150 wiles to the east of Gartok. They went from Glaok to examine the glaciers up en the high peak of Hi Ganari, and having encamped on the 18,h Aug. at the height of 19,200 feet at the top of the glacier, they succeeded on the 19Ji Aug. in attain ing on Ibi Ganuri a height of 22,260 English feet—the greatest height, per apt, which up to the present tiins had been at ained on any mountain. (Loud applatne.) They returned by different routes. He himself crossed over a succession of passes into the valley of the Upper Garrets, where he examined a number of hot springs. In the cold season of 1855-G they examined togellesr the North-Western Provinces, and part of Central India. Adolphe went to the south along the coarse of the Goda very, and embarked for Madras. He (Herr Robert ScWagintweit) availed himself of the cold season to . xi :nine chiefly, Central India up to the pl iteau of Aniark 7 weak, the important watershed of Central ladle. Here he made some observations, which in a geagraphical point of view were extremely interesting. 'Tee height of the plateau, which has never been measured before, was 3,300 feet ; it was the culminating part of Csetral India, and the hills in its neighbouriro d fennel the watershed between four rivers, v z , the Nertu Ida, the Soave, theJohilla,and the Mahamtnuchiy. Fr en Atnark antak he went to Simla, via Delhi. In 1856 Alelpl e Schlagintweit left S'imla for the Himalayas arid Th:ba:. on the 28th May. On the 29th July, he reached an ele vation of 19,5000 feet on the Chor!ccridah Pcak, on the mountain: of Baikistan. On the let sei:tetub r ie a rived at the capital, and subs, quently examined the group of mountain where the Indus makes its greatest bond to the south. One of these mountains, which reaches the height of 26,000 feet, is very remarkable on account of its position, which is at the end of the western Hima'ayas. In the end of the year he proceeded to the Naval and Military intelligence. Yesterday morning the 3d battalion of Grenadier Guards, under the command of Col. John A. Lam bert, which has been doing duty at Windsor Castle since April last, left the Sheet-street Barracks for the Tower, and were relieved by the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, under the command of Col. the Hon. J. Strange Jocelyn. Yesterday reinforcements for the 7th Fusiliers, 20th, 24th, 27th Enniskillings, 52d Light Infantry, and 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, to the number of 65 non-commissioned officers and men, under the command of Capt. H. Mitford, 27th Regimens - , proceeded from Chatham Garrison to Gravesend, where they embarked on board the Alipore for Kurrachee. The Ist and 3d battalions of the 60th Royal Rifles, under the command of Capt. T. Biggs, Ist battalion, and Lieut. F. S. Travers, 3d battalion, have left the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, for Colchester, where they are to be formed into a sepa rate rifle battalion. The 3d battalion left 45 non commissioned officers and men at Chatham, with Ensign W. L. K. Ogilvy and Ensign H. St. George Barton to embark for India. Orders have been received at Chatham for rein forcements of non-commissioned officers and men for the 83d and 86th Regiments, to embark at Gravesend on board the Prince Albert for Bombay, as soon as that vessel is ready to receive the troops on bbard. The Conqueror, 101, Capt. H. R. Yelvcrton, C. 8., is coaling at Spithead, and is reported to leave in a day or two on her return to rejoin Lord Lyons's squadron in the Mediterranean. Her late impromptu experiment in carrying the 47th Regi ment to England has astonished the " Dowbs." The Chesapeake, 50, screw frigate, Commodore R. B. Watson, C. 8., filled up with coal yesterday, and came down into Sheerness Harbour, where she now lies, having her compasses adjusted previous to leaving for Portsmouth, where will take her final sailing orders for India. Duncan, 101, screw, building at Portsmouth, is progressing very favourably. The " timbers" are bolted and fastened together by Jeffrey's marine glue ; they have been shaped, marked, and num bered, and with the aid of a simple Derrick, the noblest man of war is quickly up in frame. This is the state of progress of a powerful line-of-battle ship at the present moment, which will exceed the Duke of Wellington in tonnage, although only a " two decker." Ganges, 84, Captain John Fulford, will, we be lieve, leave Sheerness thidmornin2 for Portsmouth, where she will pay an advance, re-hoist the flag of Rear Admiral R. L. Baynes, and sail for her future station, South America. There is a report preva lent at Sheerness that the Chesape►ke will accom pany her across the equator, but as it is only rumour we cannot vouch for the truth of i*, more than such is probable, as both ships will bo reidy for sea about the same time. Jasper and Jasseur, 4, screw gun boats, Lieuts.- Codimanders Pym and Scott, will proceed to Spit head to-day, to take i❑ powder and shell, and sail direct for Bermuda tomorrow. Prince of Wales, 131, screw, three decker, con verting from 121-gun sailing ship to a formidable screw, equal to the Marlborough, had the weather coverings removed yesterday, to give space for the lengthening by the stern. She was recently cut through amidships and some 30 feet added. She will now have the advantage of an exceedingly fine run. The Diadem, 32, Captain Moorsom, C. 8., is progressing well in her equipment. Her comple ment of Royal Marines have joined, and she has entered about 150 men as seamen. The Vulcan, 6, iron screw steam troop frigate, Commander John Secombe, will leave the steam basin at Portsmouth to-day, and will receive her crew from the hulk in a day or two. The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, will be taken into the steam-basin to-day at Portsmouth, to be refitted and advanced for re-commission. On Monday the screw steamer Enterprise lefi Liverpool for Dublin, having on board a detach. meat of the Bth Hussars. Yesterday the steamer Princess arrived at Liverpool from Dublin, having on board detach ments of the 2d Rifle Brigade and of the Royal Artillery. The field batteries of the Royal Artillery now on passage and uuder orders for India, will (as previ ously stated) leave their horses at Woolwich. It has therefore been dr ermined to form five addi tional field batteries from existing companies, in conformity with the following general re;im , ntal orders—signed, C. Bighlm, Assistant Adjutant- General, and confirmed by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief : " Captain Colclough's company, Ist Battalion, to take over the horses and equipments of H troop, Royal Horse Artillery, and to form a battery let tered L. " Lieut.-Colonel Adye's company, 9th Battalion, to take over the horses of Major Fraser's battery, and to receive the equipment of a 9 pounder field battery, to be lettered S. " Captain Thompson's company, 6th Battalion, to take over the horses of Captain Radcliffe's bat tery, and to form a 9 pounder field battery, to be lettered R. " Captain Pigon's company, 2d Battalion. to take over the horses of Captain Connell's company, and to form a field battery, to be lettered 11. " Captain Saunder's company, 2d Battalion to take over the horses of Captain Gibbins's company, and to form a field battery, to be numbered Q." The half-yearly inspection of the troops and the various departments of the garrison by the Com mandant (Sir W. F. Williams) will take place to morrow. The statement which has appeared to the effect that Lieut.-Colonel Bingham was about to proceed to India is not correct. The gallant officer will continue to discharge 11;s duties as Assistant Ad jutant-General of the Royal Artillery. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in Chief has appointed Lieut. and Brevet-Col. Taylor to the command of the Royal Artillery in British North America, to be placed on the staff of the army service in that country. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. The following deaths have been officially re ported during the past month : Lieut.-General—Henry. Belneavis, Colonel 65th Foot. Colonel—Robert D. II allifax, 75th Foot. Lieut. -Colonel—W, H. Tottenham, 12th Dra goons. Major—Thomas C. Kearney, half-pay, killed in action, Falsham Creek, China. Captains—F. Andrews, 60th Foot, killed in action ; H. S. Bawtree, Ist Foot ; Thomas Hugo, half-pay 91st Foot ; W. Pearson, Ist West ludia Regiment ; Methuen Stedman, half-pay 10th Light Dragoon.. Lieutenants—W. C. Anderson, Royal Engineers; W. Cumming, Gold Coast Artillery Company, at sea ; C. E. Jeffcock, 31st Foot ; R. Maybury, 84th Foot : Jamei D. Shafto, Royal Horse Guards, drowned at Windsor. Ensigns—J. W. Knox, 00th Foot ;W. H. Mid dleton, 22d Foot ; W. H. Napier, 60th Foot, died of wounds received in action at Meerut. Paymaster—Joseph Nicholson, half-pay, 75th Foot. S urgeoncs—J. M'A.rthur, staff surgeon, Ist class, half-pay ;J. H. Dwyer, 14th Foot, at sea. MURDEROUS OUTBREAK OF FANATICISM. The following letter, dated 25th Aug., has been received from A'giers:— On Saturday last, about half past 4 in the after noon, the quarter of Algiers comprised between Medea-street and Lyle-strtet was the scone of a most tragic occurrence. A native, twenty years of age, named Soliman Ben Mohamed, a journeyman, born in the Bouza reah, rushed out of Crane-street, where he resided, and, armed with an iron-shod stick, a perfect and most formidable club, attacked every Israelite man, woman, and child, whom he met on his way. It was the Sabbath-day, and at the hour when Jewish wives and daughters, decked out in their richest attire, stand in front of their houses. At them alono, and the men of their race, Soliman aimed his blows, paying no atlention (which is re markable) to the Spanish or French wive; and daught s that inhabit this very populous distrct. Running onwards like a raging madman, he struck with hi s c l u b a man named Nouchi, a shortly dealer in cattle, who, receiving a blow on the head six married or , was conveyed to the city hospital, where he aft erw o rdsexpired. The Arab next wounded Imagine the t r ar e o rj whom one Jewish women more or less severely, one died this afternoon. and confusion resulting from such a scene. bu w t s, di who witnessed it, i.ried out " Bon Lou 1" d A r . tot interfere,' and let matters take their course. r i es m o a lu d t man efellow was wonted to disarm this horaicidat u nately there was a courageonsindiv-d • ror llal aMaltese, him who mastered him and handed' over to the police.. Soliman was in a state of fur:ons intoxication, from havin g drunk the unreduced absinth e an d smoked kif,the use of which is prohibited by the police regulations. EXTRAORDINARY IMPOSTURES. An extraordinary case of imposition has come to light during the present week, the circumstances being of a nature exeibii lug a vast amount of credulity on the part of the poor woman who has been deprived of her property, and, at the same time, a succession of artful impositions on the part of a worthless creature, who has succeeded for years past in living " by her wits" in a most disgraceful matinee. It appears from the facts which have c -me to our knowledge, that Ann Rawlins, or Rollins, the subject of this notice, was born of humble parents in the little village of Beaulieu, in the New Forest, and that when old enough to be placed out to service was recom mended to a working painter, living in Brewhouse-court, Southampton, named G. Lock. Lock was.at the time engaged to be married, and the romantic story told by Rawlins induced both him and his intended to maeifest considerable interest in her welfare, the whole of her statements being received with a degree of credence which is quite astonishing. She stated that, at an early age, when attending a parochial school, a great fancy was taken to her by a gentleman, who was at that time a resident clergyman, but who has since become a colonial bishop. The gentleman in question made an application to the Queen for a situation as a bishop in England, with no wish or desire to go abroad ; but he thought that when the Queen offered him the situation abroad he could not do leas than accept it. Alter the bishop left England a young man of colour came to Beaulieu on a visit, and at the house of her grandfather, Mr. Goddon, became enamoured of the fair Ann's charms, and offered her marriage. The young man went to London, and before he had an opportunity of fulfilling his engagement be was afflicted with a sick ness, from which he died, leaving Ann the property, which he had brought with him to England for his sup port, as a testimony of his affection and regard for her, and which amounted to the sum of 1,6001. This munificent gift was placed in one of the South ampton banks, a man named Ward, of Beaulieu, being entrusted with the care of the banking-book, but as Ward did not fulfil his duty in seeing that the interest on the principal was punctually paid, the trust which had been confided in him was transferred to a well-known medical gentleman in Southampton, who bad been in attendance upon the bishop's family during his residence in Eng land, and was in the habit conetantly of receiving letters from his lordship, requesting that Ann might be well taken care of, as he intended to return to England for the purpose of marrying her, and would well reward those who showed her any kindness, as weil as discharge any debts which she might incur until she came in possession of the sum vested in trustees in her behalf. Ann was treated with the best which the house could afford, and when Mr. Lock at length became a husband, vast were the expectations formed by himself and wife as to the betiefite they would ultimately derive from Ann living with them. Lock's income was found to be to, precari ous to defray the ordinary household expenses, and this at length lad to a very reluctant notice being given to Ann to quit her service. Ann protested that she had no home at that time to go to, and held out such hopes of , the benefits which must ultimately be derived from any assistance that was rendered her, that Mrs. Lock lila , mately consented to return to the service in which she , was formerly employed at the house of a Gentleman I living at Bre , tenham Park, Biddlestone, Suffolk, and 6 support herself there, leaving Aen still in the house to ) take care of her husband, on condition that she kept him clean and tidy, and took charge of her furniture . and various boxes containing Indian goods and articles of value which she had acquired by her industry. Ann wrote from time to time informing her how things were going on, and, in letters, the orthography of which was very indifferent, repeated statements alleged to have been made by the bi Amp in his cerrespeudence with the medical gentleman to whom we have alluded, and others of well-known standing and respectahitity, in order to show the fond regard which he still entertained for her, and the delight with which he was centem plating a visit t 3 England to make her his wife. Ann's letters nearly, or always concluded with a request fur a loan of money, and for a period of three years this re quest was repeatedly made only to be readily complied with, until at length the sum thus advanced to her amounted to about 1001., the whole of Mrs. Lock's hard earnings. In one letter Ann detailed how a young man in Southampton had dared to profess that he loved her, but as she was of opinion that her money was the object of his affection, she determined to remain true to the bishop. How this determination was persevered in tnay be judged by the fact that after a time Ann was with child, and most numerous were the congratulations offered to Mr. Lock upon the fact of his being about to become a papa, but the wife was quite satisli al that this could not be, because she received a letter from Ann imputing the paternity to somebody else, and, as Ann always told the truth, she must believe her, for, as Lock remarked to us with a smile, " People will talk, you know, sir, and says lots of things, but you can't be lieve 'em." But now arose the question, what woul 1 the bishop say ? and anxious were Mrs. Lock's in quiries of Ann upon this point, but her suspicions teat she would lose the bishop's favour were soon dispelled by the receipt of a letter from Ann, stating that she had thought it best to make his lordship acquainted with the whole of the circumstances, and that though he was very angry at what had occurred he should forgive her this time on condition that it should not happen again I The child was maintained for two years at the exoeuse of Mr. and Mrs. Lock, on the promise that on the arrival of the bishop, the worthy doctor, as trustee, would see them repaid for their trouble out of the fund, which hail now accumulated by interest to the sum of 1,7001, and to show how faithfully the doctor fulfilled his charge in taking care, not only of her health but of her worldly pros pect, he had, fearing the failure of the Southampton Bank, in which the money was invested, removed the whole to the Christ Church Bank. The girl, finding at last that some additional reason was necessary to induce Mrs. Lock to grant her a further loan, having ascertained, it is supposed, by looking at ono of the newspapers, that a vessel was leaving Australia for Eug land on the 25:11 of May, wrote to Mrs: Lock to say that -the bishop was coming by her, and as Mrs. Lock found by referring to the Times, that a boat did leave Australia on that day, she says she c mkt do nethieg else than believe everything which had been told her. The boat a - . length a,rrived, and no biehoe came : the hus band, instead of being taken care of, and " made tidy," was neglected ; during his absence on a vi-it to Ly mington in ee troll of work, the boxes in the house containing articles of the greatest value, were all ran sacked of their contents ; and at last the fair Ann herself decamped. Mrs. Lick wrote in great tribu lation to the medical gentleman at S mthatunton, who took no notice of the communication, and was soon after wards waited upon by the good lady herself, when, to her great astonishment, the doctor assured her that his had not the slightest knowledge of any of the parties, and knew nothing of the money or the bishop. Mrs. Lock could hardly believe the truth of what she heard, but was at length compelled to acknowledge that she must have been deceived, and as the whole story turns out to be a fabrication, the affair has now been placed in the hands of the police, a search warrant being granted by the magistrates to enable the house of the girl's father at Beaulieu to be examined, to ascertain if the property is secreted there. The bench has also given directions to apprehend Ann herself, but she is at present non e t.—Poole Herald. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTEEta RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Aug. 29, 1857......£25,481 9 8 Corresponding week last year Of On the I s t i ns t., a t T w i c k en h am, M r. Hasel.den, DO t! Windo,r, aged 88 e . Rgo On the I s t i ns t., M r . L ou i s V errey , o f 24 9 , t , O, streat, aged 33. it 3912 On the 'lst August, at 9, St. John's-terrace , park, J.trhes Taylor, Esq., aged 62. h fA lli , On the 31st Aug., at 341, Strand, Mr. Jos e P - 0 , I aged 74. I At Bath, Mr. Edwin adlings, bookseller std libribri,. CU R I O US TUEATRICAL ATTRACTION. — The day-billy o f 1 aged 70. C. C4' 1. t o Royal D'eptfoi d Theatre ,(licensed) yesterd a y an .' O n th e 30th A ugus t, a t W arm i n ster, the Rev. to flounced that in the evening, iu addition to the perform. ! Testing, M.A., vicar of St. Paul, Cornwall. , 0/1 13 Arm ., o f "The Rent Day " and Lord Darnley, or the King of the Freebooters," three prizes would be given ßose Cottage, Stotfold. l364° On the 28th Aug., at Dover, Lieut.-Genera l ' Hutchesson, R.A., aged 76. . . v i z to the boxes, a fine shoulder of mutton ;. t ) On the 30th August, at away, " Thomas Hine, aged 66. ~.....!" the pit, a l e g of mutton ; and to the gallery, a hand of * - - ~ g eo pork. It was turth(r added that this was no exaauer- — ated puff, for the prizes would be fairly and honeualy Ibee' if LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO IP u 'lie distributeil ; the drawing to take place at the termina. of . No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 77/4 Sun 0 co o tion of the fast piece, by some one selected by the ' 11 2 , Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo;, in , th ,,, a audience from their own body , i of Middlesex, Wednesday, September 2, 180'• In :ream in 1857 i:577 17 2 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 29, 1857 £19,101 13 6 Corresponding wo3k last year • 18,701 16 10 Total of the half-year to this date, 1857 166,121 S 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856. 167,531 12 5 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 23, 18571 £9ll 3 6 Corresponiking week last year 723 6 10 DIED. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 1• Cotton has gone up fully id. per lb. since Fr' day, and the consequence has been a general at'' vance of prices here in both yarn and cloth. at'' business done in cloths last week had the effect ° A clearing out stocks very considerably, and we LT; had less activity this morning ; but the mark" 1 3 very firm, and where business has been done selle r ,. have obtained a further advance. For has been a good demand from almost all quar ters i ; For India a fair business is reported in 40's 1336 „; and for Germany 15's to 30's water-twist haveg t years tiler' off well, the advance in all these kinds o f twl . being id. to /d. p er lb. a b ove thi s d a y W ee „, r , Shippers to Russia are a l so b uyers o f 30' 3 10 '; 1 ", e twist and 40's mule at an advance of fully id. home trade supply the mse l ves w ith mo derate_ : lr e oo dom in most kind s o f cops , an d th ese Spilll Utl / 4 are id. to /-d. dearer. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report : 001' " The active d e m an d reporte d on T ues d ay las"upeo tinned throughout the week, and the market bas pretty well cleared of stocks of nearly-all kinds cf o ) ,, eu in many instanc es a t f ur th er a d vance on he prices t ' he current. Yesterd a y an d t c -d ay, ow i ng part ly to t higher prices asked, and partly to the unfavourable sag counts from India, there has been less doing in V A , for that quarter, but in other respect there is no 0 10 ° and the market closes with an upward tendency." LEEDS, SEPT. 1 ' 0 The cloth halls have begin attended by at ontthe average number of buyers this morning, and like may be said a s t o th e amoun t o f business 6 MI The tone of the market has been steady, and Pril, are firm. Pur c h ases h ave b een confined chieflY the heavier kinds of cloths, and, though no large lots were bought, a good bulk in the agt" . o gate changed hands, and the market, all tut considered, was a good one for the season. HUDDERSFIELD, &in'. The market for cl o th an d other woollen f 3ll , t o ' to-day has been tol era bly ac ti ve, an d was be" fe than on this d a y wee k. S everal purchases we'd made of the heavier kinds both for the holne (4 .1 foreign markets. F or t h e l atter there was 02;4 proved demand. Of the better as well as low g, O some fair sales were e ff ec t e d. Wool eoutill" firm in price, but it has not advanced this week' From the London Gazette of Last Nig ht' WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 1. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. fit 4 NOTICE. —A Board of Offi cers w ill s it , f rom and 2d instant, at No. 17, Great Queeu-street, Airea: r ir ster, for the investigatio n o f any c l a i ms upon the 0°,7,10 merit which may be pref erre d b y men w h o h ave serv" t he Non-Commissioned Officers, Artificers, or Privates , late Land Transport C or p s . yd Immediate application should be made in writiaw dressed to " Board of Enquiry, Land Transport Co r l is. J. It. GODLEY. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUW 4 ' Hampshire Regiment of Militia—James Nicol, 0 late Captain 13th Foot, to be Adjutant from the May, 457. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. George Pullin, baker, Whitecioss-street. BANKRUPTS. titA Richard Elliott, li cense d v i ctua ll er and builder, -..„1"110A Town, to surrender S e pt. 10, a t h a lf- past twelve, 0; si ' 10 9, at one, at the Court of B an k ru pt cy. Carman, efae.vgl., Alderreanbury ; Ivimey, South am pt on -bulb- il ll o 0 1 John Townsend, auctioneer, Greenwich, Sept. twelve, and Oct. 9, at two, at the Court of Ba' .. „„)kr,` Whitmore, official assignee, Basin g h a ll- s t ree t ; gins „ George, King-street, Ch ea p s id e . yo b James Gardiner, w oo ll en c l o th manu f ac t u rer, 0. 40 Sept. 15 and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds Distrietro' Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Brook, Freeman, an d Or ley, Huddersfield; Clay, Huddersfield; Bond an wick, Leeds. s°(' William Finch, jun., paper dealer, Dudley Po !„gl3 Ol fordshire, Sept. 11, a n d O c t. 4, a t t en, at t h e Birra."4 o ,lo; District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birtninbso Allcock, Birmingham; Hodgson and Allen, Birrni,ngyotY Arthur J. Kitchen, woo ll en manu f ac t urer, Ellana , a , ply shire, Sept. 15 and O c t. 16, a t eleven, at the Leeds trict Court. Hope, offi c i a l ass i gnee, L ee d s ; 11° , iro 01 0 Lao Dewsbury and Cronhelm, H a lif ax ; Bl a k e l ey a nd Dewsbury ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. 1 11 William Tyler, of the Roy a l S urrey Gardens, Septl j, o at half-past one, and Oct. 14, a t t wo , a t th e Court ruptcy. Graham official assignee ; Blake,. Serjosat 'a s teA,l George Gull, tallow brok er , B e l s i ze -t er r ac e, aan i rt Sept. 11, at one, and Oct. 14, at half-past one , ,„"dso Court of Bankruptcy. Gr a h a m, o ffi c i a l ass ignee ; Finsbury-circus. 6, James aleyrick, tailor, Crewe, S e pt. 15, and Ou t ' o oo / eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, assignee, Liverpool ; Woodburn, Liverol. t. John Bridges, millwright, 13elper, Sept. 0 0 8, and 00 1 ; at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. ' pd ris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Freeth, Rawso n ' Browne, Nottingham ; Haywood, Derby. rp o Fredk. Winstone, gold pencil case maker, Liv e e lfft street, Old Broad-street, City, Sept. 11, at half-past loor and Oct. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. , si df fad. official assignee ; Stafford, Wellington-street Strand. 0 0 James S'ddons, grocer, Sh e ffi e ld, S ep t . 12 an , .. 0 1 10, at ten, at the Councii-hall, Sheffield. Brawin, assignee, Sheffield ; Smith and Burdekin, Sheffield. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles Seaton, residing at Orchardtield, Leith' Leith. James Snodgrass, commission agent, Glasgow. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—SEPT. 1. There was a fair attendance at market to-ato o a rather better bu s iness was e ff ec t e d i n wheat Vo Friday, at a decline of 3d per bushel on the sve,°7,: o co,‘ prices of English and Irish new red wheat range(' '"usfr,'i to 8s 6d and white 8s 6d to 9s per 701b3 and the cl h .j r .l of both fine. Flour did not move freely, ' and was v 0) 1 .5 barrel and sack under Tuesday's prices. Indian ° 3l. c i e ct a better demand than of late, but white suffered °Or from the recent high price, and was sold at 42s Per )301 Oats, barley, and oatmeal were fully as dear n • , 0 10` scarce, and Egyptians command 42s per 4801bs. Y° ,010` scarce, firmly. fo i ‘ HULL—SEPT. 1. in r To-day we had a sma ll s h ow o f w h ea t chiefli O re condition. The impr o v e d t urd i n th e advices fr °Bl itso lane has its influenc e h ere . A ny f urt h er d ec line e 6 9 slated, and millers show e d more anx i ety to pa rch 3s : fearing they might mi s s th e f avoura bl e momen t ' b° best runs of new r e d 57 s t o 58,. F ore ign demand, at oboat Is to 2s under last Tuesday. Wheat, Eugli h red, 508 to 5Ss ; whito 61s to Olio 27s to 248; barley, 40s to 46s ; Indian corn, — 3 ; a z 19,„; cakes, Hull, 10/ lOs Od to 10/ 15 s; ditt o , f ore ign, c5l, v . 101; rape cakes, 617 s Gd to 61 Iss; gua no 81. to , bones, 135 s Od.; flour, —s to --s; tares, 31s to 353' LEEDS—SEAT. 1. fOr The weather continues all that could b 3 desire—,• 'l ot ; ingathering of the crops. The supply of wheat i , 0 4 6 ), contrary winds preventing vessels making their P, r i,10,1 the little new wheat showing,is taken off at about• ict ' r iel, rates, and prices of old are fairly supported. ~P 1 144 b3fore. Beans, oats, and other articles held for Itl' Average prices of grain —Wheat, 63s 10d • btalel'./91 8d ; oats, 2,is 6d ; beans, 48s 8d ; peas, rye, 425. Od. NE WCASTLE—SEPT. 1. .14 off We have a good supply of new wheat offa l It o morning, but the condition of some is very softi es , Y o , slow sale, at is to 2s decline from Saturday's ". ng .. ti o d south country new there was little er nothing d° l- 0 :1 less at a much greeter sacrifice_ Old without dew% ' Saturday's quotations not obtainable. Oats dt l ' other articles there was no change. COURSE OF EXCHA. .NG.E.—YEsTERDA I• t3ibraltar...... •• •• 29 Leghorn .• • • 2S• Genoa ..... ...•• •• •• .m3terdam .. 11 1 7 Dittu, three months " a'otterthim ...• .• •• •• 11 1 Antwerp .............„ 25 40 anhisels •• .. • • .• •• •• •• 25 40 aamtuirgh .• .• •• •• •• • • 13 8 Altcna .. ............ • • Paris• ........ 25 25 41dan ......•• •• •..• • 41 Venice ........•• •• •• Naples •••• ..... • " 0 6 , Palermo Messina •• 050 Lisbon ...... ....... • Oporto ..........•• •• '• Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres ...... ••, New York,6o days' sigh' Philadelphia ... • • . 0 00 PRICES; OF BULLION, 17 Foreign Gold in[cars X.' 0" 0 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 n 0 0 kfexican Dollars '0 0 0 New Dollars ...••• 0 0 3:lver iu bar: Do. three months .. 25 62% yfar,et l L•; 25 65 ilourdeaux .. .. Frankfort-on-llaino 119 Berlin •••••••••••••••• . Vienna.••••••••••• •••• 10 33 Trieste.. •••• 10 31 i'etelsburg •••••••• •• •• 36% ..••• .••••, a• • • 49 Cadiz .•• .• •• •• •• •• •• al. 50 Ilarcelona Seville•••••••••••••••• B!I R Till S. OF A BON. t 1 7°4' On the Ist inst., at 8, Boyne-terrace, Kensing- °lr tb i the wife of Dr. Ashley. On the :',Oth August, at Ballylin, King's w r ollnil, Hon. Mrs. Ward. OF A DAUGHTER +Ore', On the 30th August, at Niton, Amesbury, Ls'hY , On the 29th August, at High Wyc o mbe, Buc k wife of W. Rose, Esq. MARRIED • On the 29th August, at All Souls' Church, St• " gv i ti at A e fl bone, Henry Aveliog, Esq., of Newton-road, 13 . 07 ,: ta 11t" to Maria Rebecca, youngeMt daughter of Geo. F. ,16 ." - Elq., of Edward-street, Portland-place. On the 13th Aug , at the church of East Harlietter of folk, Mr. Homy Leath, of Holborn, to Mary, at t ." Mr. Henry Bale, of Flint Hall. PrEtE C( INDIA aI . ERAL e Election of The Form of " l ing Proprict Agion Will be f 11 in this ho 1 )11 E C( t, INDI ie List of site, wi k „sAPPear t Wed S esday OVERT for the Se ter C e rn payment 10th nsal' Ibi ted) 12 „ I:7 7 : se C p ,z4l,_ Lord I ~.1 Ireland, C 4 Y tre iieltfordDDlying „ " G /S ' I IEAT .. ii?LIT PEA ' f o it•Prop ert i c 1, 44 Y weigi e eders m Be%trate be Paid t j:teir Lon Aart then °,e °tact Central 4 are ples ei A e ell pert e Sampl regnestec t ract h as heE 4 0 tender the sal for s the aid o ff t or ni c alp te the Co] condi ,i"! 18 called ty•ll tte 'port a it recei 7Lliittait not b i If shout Vilt of the o ' 41 and his teery 11 bear in ten inttst al P r ilE I L re o lan rd d Mich i li eUte ring 4,11ecl Port 'if the ••••., are 1,4 C • : sal II 0. tt W. 1 atre, Hard meth