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

REP. f MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, at R e duced Prices, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19. with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Violetti, Beneventano and Belletti, when will be prented. LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVANNI se . PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair.. .....• 22 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 0 15 0 Three Pair Stalls 0 10 6 Pit 0 3 6 At 0 3 6 Gallery Stalls 0 2 0 Gallery TTIEITRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rslS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, &e., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN . . William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s, each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. , Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — ITALIAN OPERAS, at the usual PRINCESS THEATRE PRICES. FOUR NIGHTS ONLY. Last appearance of Mario, Grisi, and Formes, in IL BARBIERE, To.nigl t ; Thursday, last night but one of IL TROVATJHE, Grisi, Alboni, Mario, Dragone; Friday, positively the last appearance of Madame Gassier, in LA SONNAMBUL k ; and Saturday, positively the last night of Grisi, Alboni, Mario, Dragone, and all the eminent artistes, in IL TROVATORE. Prices :-1 s. , 25., 45., ss. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be performed IL BARBIERE. Rossina, Madame Gassier; Mareellina, Mdlle. Gramaglia ; Bartel°, Sig. Banton ; Fiorello, Sig. Gabttssi ; Figaro, Signor Drava' ; Capitano, Sig. Kinni ; Almaviva, Herr Reichardt; Basilio, Herr Formes. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste. Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wri;ht, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. 0Y AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. It Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. Alter which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brougb, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, &e. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and ersswiek. THIS EVENING, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. After which, will bo performed THE SURPRISE, in which Messrs. W. Smith, T. Robertson, Butler, and Miss E. Webster, will appear. With other attractive novelties. AST 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 Oriental Spectacle of EL HYDER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest ing and thrilling Equestrian and Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec- tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. _ After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish. bent, including Madlle. Mililos. To conclude with Shakspear's KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO, with Equestrian Illustrations. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at balf-past Eight. Box-oftlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 28 min. aft. 12—Even., 53 min aft. 12 TOMORROW—Morn., 15 min. aft. 1--Even., 36 min. aft. 1 CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING. The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz. Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corgi, Senor An tonio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Master Corgi ; Messrs. Sam. Collin., and E. Mackney, Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghnians, Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sup pers, uni it twelve o'clock THE WEATHER—Sus OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 61 —lowest this morning and during the night. 0 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.68—falling. Wary, variable and squally, from N.W. to N.E. ; fresh, with frequent heavy showers, with intermediate glimpses of sunshine. ectilnfl LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2, 1857, in the aggregate,—but really subjecting to the sway of the sceptre wielded by Queen VICTORIL'S Go vernment, 161,000,000 altogether ! Namely, 41,000,000 under the category of the protected or tributary States, and 120,000,000 (now that Oude is absorbed into our actual territorial pos sessions by what is termed incorporation) 120,000,000 of the human family—there, in India alone—under the heel of British domination. During one entire century, therefore—i. e., from 1757 to 1857—this enormous Asiatic Em pire of ours has been in existence. During that century it has been steadily, rapidly, appreciably expanding and expanding 1 It has during this hundred years been spreading itself far and wide in all directions, so steadily, so rapidly, so appre ciably, that it has ultimately reached the magni tude we have here particularised—whether in re gard to its superficial dimensions, to its financial resources, or to its numerical population. But — scarcely has this first century of its existence been completed, when the whole huge and complex fabric is suddenly threatened with destruction. Immediatelynprior to the Battle of Plassey, viz., in January, 1757, the first battalion of Ben gal Sepoys ever heard of, was raised and officered by OLIVE, out of a detachment he had just then brought with him from Madras to Calcutta. THENCE that enormous Native Army of Bengal, which has recently revolted (we may say it, alas I without exaggeration) to a man ! An army—as such— cost to bring India within a week of England by the Euphrates line is estimated at 400,0001., by the Red Sea to Aden at 300,0001. The com pletion in the former would, however, be far less expensive than, in the latter case, which would cost the further sum of 400,0001. to complete the cora -1 tnunication to Kurrachee. no longer in existence. Henceforth nothing more nor less than a lawless horde of robbers and cut throats—bloodstained and infamous from their atrocities—hid away for a while in their great In such a case, however, a hundred thousand pounds, more or less, is of comparatively trivial importance ; and were we compelled to choose be tween the conflicting schemes, we should have no hesitation in awarding the preference to that by the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. But we have no difficulty in saying that both should be fully and fairly carried out. We might thus " make as surance doubly sure," and be almost certain that one or the other would always be available. We can fully appreciate the advantages arising from having one line to Trieste and another to Mar seilles ; and surely it would be infinitely more important to have a double line of communication with India, particularly under the existing cir cumstances of that country, and the struggle that must be maintained for years to come. It would seem, then, to be sound policy to proceed with each line simultaneously, and let them enter into fair competition the one with the other, ensuring the shareholders in both instances a fair, remunerative dividend for their outlay by the guarantee either of the English Government or of the East India Company, which will. speedily for all practical purposes become synonymous. " Both, then, are best," and it will, as we have said, be sound policy to let both proceed. Should hostile tribes or nations intervene, we, shall have the Red Sea - line to fall back upon ; but if, --om the other hand, storms or tempests should injure the submerged cable, we shall not be left in the lurch so long as the communications between Bagdad and Constantinople remain open. As to the mere £. s. D. phase of the question, it is not to be considered for a single mc ment. Free and instantaneous communication with the most important parts of India will be worth more than the aggregate cost of both, although it were quadrupled. In place of 700,0001. it would have been worth ten times the sum to have received the melancholy intelligence that arrived on the 27th June, a month sooner, and b have anticipated the subsequent tidings in a similar manner. The news of the inflexible resolution of the British nation to maintain its position in India, and to fully avenge the atrocities per petrated on English women and children might have prevented the spread of the mutiny, and averted many of the heartrending narratives that now horrify the nation, and excite a demand for vengeance throughout the length and breadth of the land.. ruffian den at Delhi. There, in truth, they are now brought to bay collectively. After a course of absolutely unparalleled and some of them almost unimaginable crimes--murder, and arson, and rape, and torture, perpetrated under circum stances of even devillish inhumanity—these miscre ants may be said to have—there in Delhi—ga thered themselves together for the unintended purpose of an aggregate expiation! For an invo luntary submission to a collective vengeance— affording to ourselves a battu of Justice—the certainty of a hecatomb of victims, victims sternly and imperatively demanded to be thus sacrificed I The storming and capture of Delhi will assur edly, of course, mark " The End " of the late sanguinary catastrophe. But that END will only then have its Beginning ! It will be an End, not accomplished in a day—any more than that epoch marked in the annals of Old Rome by the caba listic initials, the u. c., meaning simply and lite rally the tlrbs Condita. Delhi fallen—the last batch of the Ruffian Mutineers exterminated — What will then remain to be done ? Rather, what will not then have to be accomplished I "A terrible wreck," as Maga has aptly phrased it, will be the residue—a wreck the responsibility of repairing which will then devolve upon us in stantly. From that moment must date the reor ganisation and the reconsolidation of our empire in Hindostan. First of all the work of vengeance —and then the work of reconstruction. The evil destroyed—the good will then have to be discovered. Then—with a due display of vigour and sagacity on his part—Lord CANNINIG may win for himself (what we all wish him, so won) his ear Hom ! Then—throwing aside at last the plumed bonnet that has fluttered already in the van of so many glorious battles, Sir COLIN CAMPBELL, in his turn, also may find his knightly hand closing at last upon the bauble of a cor onet—acceptaLle at least as a symbol of repose and as an evidence of ap-, preciation. So conftdeat are we of the inevitable certainty of the ulterior triumph of the good cause at issue, a cause in which Might and Right are united—that even now we are fain, as will be seen, t 3 anticipate in each instance the probable award of the in fallible recompense. Consoled as we are at heart through all the horrors of the present bloodshed and uncertainty, by a profound conviction that events will evolve sooner or later the final recon quest of the revolted Presidency ! And that from the day when that reconquest shall have been definitively accomplished, will date a new era for British-India, an epoch of peace and pro sperity—the fruits of good government. The Marquis of Dalhousie, accompanied by the Ladles Ramsay, purposes to leave this ccuntry early in the en suing month for Malta, in order to pass the approaching winter in that island. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have taken Eastin gton House, Bournemouth, for some weeks, for the pur pose of sea-bathing. The Earl Granv lle left town yesterday. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town yes terday for Brockatt Hall, Herts. DEATH OF VISCOUNT BALGONIE.—We regret to learn that Viscount Balgonie, eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Leven and Melville, died on Saturday last, after a protracted illness, incurred while doing service with his regiment in the Crimea. DEATH OF VISCOUNT HINTON.—We have to record the death of Viscount Hinton, second and eldest sur viving son of the Earl and Countess Poulett, which occurred on Saturday last, at Hinton St. George, Somerset. The True Briton, now 80 days on her voyage from Melbourne to London, has 30,400 sovereigns on freight, in addition to the 61,803 oz. of gold previously men- tioned. The 123,0001. in gold announced last week by the In domitable, from Australia, reached London yesterday afternoon. A. portion will, perhaps, be sold' to the Bank. About 50,0001. worth of silver has reached London within the last day or two from Boulogne and Antwerp, per the steamers Rhine, Panther, and Clarence. The imports of the metal from the Cjntineut, however, are now upon a more moderate scale. The Suisse of Bern says reliable accounts received from Prussia state that tke health of the king inspires serious uneasiness. He had an attack of apoplexy some time ago at Pilnitz, and a second one only a few- days since at Potsdam. THE JOHN AND Lucy EMIGRANT SHIP.—The John and Lucy (part of the Black Bell line) arrived safely at Sydney in the beginning of May, with 400 passengers on board, all in a healthy state. MILITARY SAVINGS-Ba.NICS.—The number of deposi• tors in these banks on the 31st of March, 1855, was 9,880, and the balance due by the public 146,5241. The total amount of the fund from these banks up to the date of the account (August 1857) was 177,8411. IMPALEMENT OP A )(GUM—Yesterday morning as There is a time•honoure3 proverb that illus trates the danger of relying on two distinct sup ports. The man who rests on double stools has no very safe reliance. England is at present in that position with respect to the rival schemes for telegraphic communication with India. Two valuable projects are put forward, either of which would be very acceptable if carried into execution promptly and efficiently. But unfortunately the advocates and promoters of the different routes are at daggers drawn. They seem even more in tent ou damaging their rivals than in advancing their own interests. It is a rehearsal, on a small scale, of the celebrated "Battle of the Guages," and there seems to be but too much reason to fear that during the struggle the nation may lose the chance of obtaining the invaluable aid of a tele graph to India within the present year, which might easily be accomplished in either case, so as to enable us to receive communications. It cannot be otherwise than profoundly inte resting to recall at this moment to popular re membrance—by rapidly epitomising them in a few words—the principal Facts connected with the Rise and Progress, the creation and development of the British Empire in Hindostan. Exactly one century has elapsed since the date of its fmnda tion. It was on the 23d of June, 1757, that Crivx, with scarcely three thousand men, routed the enormous forces of SIIRA.7IH DOWLAII at Plassey, thereby inscribing the name of the First Victory upon that historic scroll afterwards em blazoned with so many glorious achievements. It WAS en the 23d June, 1857, that the tenth Regi ment of Native Infantry mutinied at Futteghur, thereby completing the fatal disaster begun hardly three months previously at BArraekpore. A hundred years to the very clay, we repeat, separate from each other those two remarkable occurrences. In the memorable conquest of Plassey, our gigantic rule in Asia may be said to have originated. By the contemptible mutiny of that single regiment at Futteghur, the revolt of an entire army, the great army of Bengal, may be described as having been virtually consum mated. William Cross, aged 14 years, residing In Kent street, Borough, was endeavouring to scale a wall, he accident ally slipped, and fell a considerable depth on some iron spikes, which entered his body. He was conveyed to Guy's Hospital in a dangerous state. A MAN KILLED AT THE IMPERIAL GAS WORKS.— Yesterday, a man named John Finch, aged 42, who was engaged at the Imperial Gas Works in arranging the tackle for lifting some iron-work intended for a gasome ter, was struck:on the head by some part of the machinery. He was taken to the London Hospital, where he died in a few hours from concussion of the brain. We understand (says the Edinburgh Courant) the Ad miralty is about to make a survey of Lochlomond at an early date. Those well acquainted with this beautiful expanse know that sunken rocks rise up near the surface during the dry season at many points, but the ex ict position or the exact number of these hidden dangers have never been properly ascertained or duly marked off. The letters from Paris mention that M. Auguste Thurneyssen, the well-known banker, and one of the directors of the Credit Mobilier, has been declared by the Tribunal of Commerce liable for the debts of his nephew, Mr. Charles Thurneyssen, who failed for more than 600,0001. and absconded in May last. The judg ment produced an unfavourable effect on the price of Credit Mobilier shares. SOUTHWARK ELECTION EXPENSES.—Yesterday Mr. It, A. Pritchard, returning officer for the borough of Southwark, published his statement of the expenses in It behoves every reflective mind amongst us to consider in this imminent juncture in our His torY--What it 'was that Lord CLIVE'S Victory really inaugurated ? What it is that this terrible and disastrous mutiny of the Bengal Army is threa -.enhg with destruction ? Li•eralV, it is nothing less titan au Oriental Emp re —extending in geographical dimensions over 'nearly 1,000,000 square and com prising within itt limits considerably more than se 100,000,000 of human beings the ag grega t e o f its population. Otherwise to expres s it, the Prize now Lt stake is an empire yielding a net revenue very little short of 30,000,000/. annually. It i s a dominion spreading, directly or indirectly, over the chief portion of that vast peninsul a — C_ ape Comorin stretching north and south fro m to the great range of the Himalayas, east and west from the Delta of the Indus to the source of the Burhampooter. A stupendous region, computed to embrace an area, in round numbers, very neatly ten Ulnas that of France, and having a t3ta.l boundary, by land and by water, of more than 11,000 miles-4,500 of which constitute one continuous line of sea board. It is a country, moreover, inhibited by no leas than a quarter of a hundred different tia tiona---twenty-five nations different in race, in religion, and in language ! A heterogeneous mu:- titudo, already vaguely spoken of in generalities as numbering considerably more 0411100,000,000 The conflicting projects are those via curred by the candidates at the election in March last. the Euphrates and the Persian Gulf, on the i l z o p m t e h x i s p e d e o d c e u d i 3, n B t Bo it l. a 7 pe 7 a d rs , th s a i t r M c r h . J l oh es n isf Locke, one side, and on the other by the Red Sea and my:, 1,219/. 14s. ld. ; aud Mr . . Apsley Pellatt: P w ie h r o , a w s ta unt.sea n ef t his election ed, 48/. 3s. 11d. The document concludes the Indian Ocean. The English Government ap - b gtht 6 Mr. Mayhew expenses. wh e a s s declined to furnish an proved of the former, and gave it what may be alastratelt regarded as the indispensable encouragement of a REPRESENTATION OF GREEVIICII.—A. circular has beenhedistributedaraongsrivttahtee et supporters to taketersofM t r in J J. national guarantee of 6 per cent. Unfortunately, Townsend, convening a private o however, political difficulties intervened, and the consideration the present position of the borough in with recent events in the Court or P Bankru tcY. SULTAN'S firman mid not be obtained. It is connexion 1 e meeting xi oa o f the friends of Mr. Montagu Chambers was true that a little gentle pressure might yet get held last evening, and it was unanimously resolved to rid of this impediment. But there was still an- request of aac tha v tg event lnu t amiss. `Alderman loecome s a al c o and h id 9 a .s te al in the other very serious objection. There was to be a in th e field, and two other candidates are spoken of. land journey from Bagdad to Constantinople of avteisdrtohceKcEhatt c e r n ig h .: d o re w d i e ng pr t i o er M to r. h ß ie y h ug e having accepted the °, B r c e i p o r n es o e i n t t h at io h n of thfisbo roußedford h . no less than 1,200 miles. This, it was calcu- ' candidate for the county of hundreds, a vacancy has ouse lated, might be accomplished in little over 6 days been A occ t a h s e io r n ß ed us but did not by couriers, until a land telegraph could be com- at Once entered the field as a candidate. He addressed — a pleted across the intervening diet Ince. It is ob o e u rt hl d i e c p m utat t i . on to f wait on Mr. meeting of the electors o t ri S t a h tur T day . eeening, is , t o a c t k standard. a vious that this c3mmunication might, at any held on Monday, s n h g ould t h h e e which esolu A u h e l e e c s t o o r r s e , second y co a n y i m m e e e tT i fi ng come was p moment, be cut off, or that the telegraph, if tion was inviting a t i l i . p m oi t n o ti a ng opened would be liable to constant destruction at a ß n u d s Russell, I ,wlinthvidtriangw from the P contest, the hands of the wandering Arabs. These are quested by the majority of electors then and there assein- A requisition to S ir W. Cla y is in course of signs serious objections. It i s obvious that the y ma y t h u led re, requesting him to allow himself toise put in nomi come intooperation at the most pressing emergency, nation. BY A TICKET-OF-LEAVE Col. and England may find that through Russian or vicArTTEfesTtEeprdaSyulfeoirDenEoon a man named John Ric - h other intrigues, or even in consequence of mere mond, aged 49 years, residing in Poplar Now-town, was taken to the London Hospital with a severe incised wanton mischief, the instrument may fail in die wound in his throat. lie is a ticket-of-leave convict, charging its all-important functions. who had been transported for 14 year, for an attempt to It was under such circumstances that the Red mu nd rd h er his wetiferiedby cdutting her t d hr f oat. S h e ff reco ve red, c a ciceor the Sea Telegraph Company was projected. They had a sometim w e a since he return o ed nv to England, but he w e a ' s na -1 Previously secured the necessary concessions fro:n able to obtain employment, which preyed heavily on his the Tuikish an d E g yptian Governments, so that , mi r ,.i aP d , ani i a knife hm al inflicted dt the injury despondency ohh h i st e o hro b a t t aine T d h a e there- Was- no political impediment to delay the wound is serious and his recovery is doubtful. The proceedings even for a single hour ;• and when wife of Richmond is in possession of an independency. once the PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is task of l a yi ng down the cables from Sure about 5 per mille premium, and the short exchange on to Aden, and e London is 25.20 per 11 sterling. On comparing these eventually to Kurrachee, the point • rates with the English Mint price of 31. 1 7s. 101 d per not orally selected in bothinstances, instances, was completed, ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly there would be but little d # 10tho per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By anger to be apprehended from any human obstacle. The l• advice 3 from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per and- portion of the mark , and the short exchange oa London is 133 a per 11. work would only b e 240 mil es from Alexandria to sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is Suez, and tha t throu g h the Red Sea. and Indian i n nearly 1-10th per cent, London.r The course of exchange ge in at Hamburg Ne than York on Ocean would b e virtu•dly under our own con _ London for , bills ht 6 odayx; sight an is 1091 per cent trol. At all events we should have only t which, when compared with the Mint par between the na t ura l difficulties to e ncounter, and theze ' 1 in fav c o o u u r n o t f ru ln , gla sh n o d w . s th and at the ex after r raking g nge is allowanceellg slightly are far less formidable than what might arise - e s h ea ar t ge t a t of transport and difference of interest, the pre - Ives . a trifling profit on the importation of from the machinations of o ur enemies. The gold fAil t 4 jo lted Btatee. fff E LONEON, WEDIN ESD Y EVENING, SEPfEMBER 2 LATEST NE W AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's steamer City of Baltimore has arrived from New York, with one day's later advices, and 60,000 doll. in specie. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, hence, had arrived at New York. The New York Herald's correspondence from Washington states, on authority, " That the Nicaragua Minister had received by the Tennes see advices that Nicaragua does not approve the contract of Costa Rica with Webster for the transit route, hut ignores it." At New York the want of money was so light as to create no trouble among the weaker houses. There had been a further decline in New York Central, Erie, Reading, Michigan, IA Crosse, Milwankie, and Mississippi. Cotton was rather easier, although quotations were nominally unchanged. Wheat was lower, and unsettled. Flour was dull. Freights unchanged. i; THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Sultan steamer, Capt. Cook, has arrived with the Peninsular mails. • She left Gibraltar Aug. 26, Cadiz 27, Lisbon 29, Oporto and Vigo 30. She brings 64 passengers, 29 women and chil dren of the 47th Regt., 2,365/. in specie, 3371 chests lemons, 123 bags orchella weed, and 101 packages general merchandise. At 1.20 p.m. on the 30th, 30 miles south of Cape- Finisterre, she passed the Tagus : all . well. At Gibraltar H.M..ships Royal Albert, Princess Royal, Vulture, Ariel, Curlew, Vigilant. The fleet were to proceed to Algiers and Mantau in a day or two. The Dauntless and floating battery Terror sailed from Lisbon for Bermuda on the 29th. They put into Lisbon to repair trifling damage of the Tor- ror's engine. The screw steamer Count Cavour, from the Brazils, arrived at Lisbon on the 28th ; and the Petropolis from Southampton, on the 29th. The steam ship Colombo, from S-Ant-hampton, arrived at Gibraltar on the 25th, and proceeded the same morning for Alexandria. • Gibraltar exchanges, on the 22d, were quoted —London, 511 ; Paris, sf. 38c. ; Marseilles, sf. 390. ; Genoa, sf. 40c. Lisbon exchanges on the 29th : —London, 54, with trifles done at 53i ; Hamburg, 54 ; Paris, 528 ; Amsterdam, 421 ; Genoa, 526. Slight improvements in stocks, Three per Cents. being at 47i to ; Registered Coupons, 463 to 47 ; and Deferred, 28i to 29. Sir Morton Peto has returned .from Portugal by this packet, having concluded and signed with the Government the definitive contract for the Lisbon and Oporto Railway. He has six months to get up the company, but is said to have made such arrangements before leaving England as will enable him to commence the works without delay. The young King of Portugal actively promoted the contract, and Sir Morton Peto had the honour of a conference. with his Majesty the night before the packet left.. CIR.CASSIA. Reliable advices have been received from Tiflis, the Russian seat of Government in the Caucasus, that Schamyl still holds 11 out of the 12 block houses which he took from the Russians at the be ginning of the month of June. General Aghalir besiegedthe blockhouse Ciokalesi for a fortnight, but his troops were attacked one dark night by a strong detachment of mountaineers under the command of the Naib (Lieutenant or Stadtholder), Hadji Aukar and completely routed. The Naib took nine guns and 200 prisoners. General Aghalar was severely wounded. Another Russian detachment, which had been sent to besiege d'Arli (Darli was at tacked i n the rear by Daniel Sultan (Schamyl's principal Naib), and defeated. The Tschetschenz.a male 400 prisoners. The successes of Schamyl have created an unpleasant sensation at Tiflis, and 20,000 tro _T3 of the line are about to be sent as a reinforcement to the Russian army of opera tion. It is said that the Governor-General intends to take the command of the next expedition against Schamyl. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING,. The French squadron has sailed from the coa& of Corsica to Tunis. The measures taken by the Bey of Tunis against the 'authors of the late out rages are considered insufficient, and other guaran tees have been demanded. The Monitettr contains a Est of the different French vessels of war einple3ed either for fighting or for the conveyance of troops in the Baltic and the Black Sea, and the officers ant crews ot which vessels are entitled to receive the English medals awarded for the said services. The Bulletin , des Lois publishes a decree promul gating the treaty for markingout on the the frontiers It S also contains concluded contains a decree an nouncing, under the ordinary re serves,lbrief given at Rome on the 31st between2d of f December l:.st. and of the the reception, March last by Pope Pius IX., and authorising at the request of the Emperor, the canonical insti tution of his grand • almonry. The brief. is pub lished in Latin and in French after the decree, and occupies not less than seven pages. The yacht of the Queen of England; the Victoria and Albert, left Havre yesterday with the morning tide for Portsmouth. She is to return, it is affirmed, t3wards , ha.end of qeptqmber, having on board Prince Albert and sdald . of the young princes on their way to visit the Camp at Chalons. The Debuts contains the following reflections on the hesi•ation displayel by the Persian Govern ment in evacuating Herat : " From the opinion of persons who are acquainted with the enterprising and audacious ebaracter ot the Serdar Murad Mit za it is not impossi ble that this prince has absolutely refused to obey the Persian Government, and to evacuate Herat. It is not surprising that the Serdar should see in the presen t state of India and in embarrassments of England an encouragement to his ambitious proj cts. In the event of the Persian Go vernment, whose good faith and hearty goodwill we do not suspect, being unable to overcome the obstinacy of Hurad Ali,za a tre , h conflict w ould doubtless arise be tween England and Persia after the pacification of India. It is the interest of the Persian Government to avoid that dangerous Extremity by giving satisfaction to England that by compelling Prince Murad to evacuate Herat without di -1 8Y." The Constitulionnel concludes a summary of In dian intelligence with the following pa. , ,saga : " Although the Englisfr are in a very difficult position they have confidence in their energy and resources ; and should they be even compelled to reconquer a great part of India, and to re-astablish their authority on a fresh basis, it is not doubtful they will rise superior to the crisi.. The events taking place in India are of immense importan ce in a financial as in a political point of view, and we easily conceive the impatience with which all the ciminereial cities of Eur,pe await iotelligeueo from Ca!- cutta and Bombay. Not only the interests of England, hut also thOse of Europa, are at stako before the walls of Delhi." BOURSE, Sept. I.—The following wore the last quota ions Cash. f r . o. End of Srouth. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 66 80 f,6 90 Bank Shares 2,775 Credit Foncier 555 - - Credit Mobilier 950 Roman Do. Account 931 25 Austrian - Belgian 44 - Fiedmouteae (5) 9O Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CAI3O. tr. 0. tr e. 725 - Orleans 1,465;— Western Northern - Stra sbur g - Lyons and Mod , £O5 New D itto - Now att.) — Grand Contral - - Geneva .......u...... ---- Sardinian - Midi REPRESENT. MIDDLESEX. Yesterday evening the Hon. G. Byng, the can didate for the representation of Middlesex, ad dressed a meeting of the electors in the large room of the Belvidere Tavern, Pentonville. Mr. COOKE EVANS was called to the chair. He said Mr. Byng solicited their suffrages as a member of the great Liberal party. He had sat five years in Parliament, and by his votes had given proof of his earnestness as a reformer. He voted against the Government in support of Sir W. Clay's bill for the abolition of church rates, and in favour of Mr. L. King's motion for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the property qualification of member 3 of Parliament. These two votes showed that he was inclined to be an independent member, which way what Middlesex wanted. Mr. BYNG then time forward to address the meeting, and was received with cheers. He said he wished to lay before them a statement of his political views and sentiments, and he would begin with that great subject which now so painfully en grossed the public attention—the state of India. He was afraid that our government had been fore warned and not forearmed. Those who were best acquainted with India had for years warned the government of the volcano on which they..were sit ting. History told us that atall times the Eng!ish people were ready to support the executive when the executive did their best. The question now was, had they done their best ? He thought they had, when he found that from the let of July to the present time 25,000 soldiers had been despatched from these shores to India, and when he found that that this ministry, instead of leaving London as the cabinet of Lord Aberdeen did when the war with Russia was waging, remained in town and were holding cabinet councils weekly. He should say with regard to India that . they should take the best men they could find, irrespective of rank and influence, and when they were out they should support them to the best of their power both in public and in private. He thought that for government to send men out and then to see them attacked in the press and other wise, and neither to defend them nor to reell them, was cowardly and unjust. He did not mean to say that he was sufficiently acquainted with Indian affairs to bold that the government should be at once transferred from the East India Company tD the Imperial Government, but he thought that if the government of that country was, in the hands of men directly responsible to parliament, it would be much better for the people. Then with regard to our other f,reign relations, he was in favour of a spirited polioy, not iu words but in deeds. The hon. gentleman thenreferred to ques Lions of domestic policy, avowing himself in favour of an extension of the suffrage, desirous of destroying the anoma lies at present existing in the representation, so that Tavistock should not return as many mem bers as Middlesex, or Thetford as many as Birmingham. The First Minister of the Crown had promised to bring in a comprehensive measure of reform, andhethoughthe would do it. He should vote, as he had heretofore done, in favour of the ballot, for the abol tion of the property qualifica tion of members of Parliament, and for the aboli- on of church rates. He did not think there was a shred of an argument in favour of the exclusion of the Jews from 'Parliament. Ho thought the Com mons should pass another bill for th-ir admission, which the Lords would probably agree to ; but if they throw it out again, the Commons should seat Baron Rothschild by resolution. Iu conclusion, the hon. gentleman announced his readiness to answer any question which might be put to him on matters on which he had omitted to express himself. Mr. J. COVE said he was a foundling, and had been brought up at the Foundling Hospital. It was believed there were some abuses connected with that establishment, and he wished to know if the hon. gentleman would support a motion for a select committee to inquire into them ? He also asked if he would support the Crowded Dwellings Bill, which was a sort of extension of the Common Lodging-HoUses Act, which had been productive of incalculable good to the lower classes ? Mr. BYNG said he was sorry that the Crowded Dwellings Bill wes withdrawn. He trusted it would be re-introduced, and if it were he should support it. With regard to the Foundling Hospital, he was not aware that there were any abuses in the managemeet•of it ; but if a motion were made for inquiry, and good reasons adduced for it, he should move for an inquiry ; but if he thought the reasons ware not sufficient, he should vote against it. Mr. D'IFFANGER said that there was an observa tion of Mr. Byng's that he did not agree with. He did not think that the minister would bring in a comprehensive measure of reform. It would only be a half-and 7 half measure unless the people exerted themselves. .He moved, "That this meeting having heard the political explanations of the Hon. G. Byng, are of opinion that he is a fit•and proper person to represent the' county of MiddlesoX iu Parliament.' Mr. PAltig seconded. • Au ELECTOR—In the event of the troubles in India continuing, and an attempt being made to raise a foreign legion, will the hon. gentleman op pose such an attempt ? Mr. BYNG said he certainly should. He thought that no greater harm had been done to England in the last war than in the raisingof the German legion. Mr. W. TORRENS WCULLAGII, who was in the room, being called for, then came forward. He said it gave him great pleasure, as an elector, to express his confidence iu Mr. Byng. He had had an oppor tunity of watching his acts and of co-operating with him in the House of Commons, and he assured them that Mr. Byng was a man of his word, and had much understated what he would do as their member. He hoped every man in that room who was an elector expected their member to be a working man. He would have a great deal of hard work to do, and they owed it t) themselves to see that he did it. And he would have a great deal more weight if it was understood that he had a great constituency who would. not be satisfied if he did not do their work. He remembered a critic in a leading journal making the observation that there were no young whigs—but here was one before them. Mr. Byng had put in his address all that they wanted, and his being a member of the Whig aristocracy was all the better. They would have all the more pleasure in electing him, coming as he did distinguished by name and by lineage, to assert their rights, without which they would not be satisfied. He did not agree with all that the hon. gentleman had said. He never saw a minister yet whom he would trust on the ques tion of reform. - Unless the people of this country bestirred hemselves andsho wed t heir determinatiou they might whistle for reform. The minister had to plty with the pipes they gave him, and he want e d them to make him play to their own music. Lord Palmerston might bring in a bill to suit the house, bat no minister would be ,able to satisfy the house with a bill that would satisfy the country. If his hon. fiiend would vote f.~r the best bill that was produced that was all they could expect of him. He (Mr. M'Cullagh) had voted in two accidental majorities for the ballot, but they seemed to be as far off the ballot ag ever. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the ballot was a mole of voting which the best and wisest of them would not have recourse to ; but what the ballot was wanted for was to prevent intimidation—to rescue voters from the screw. The, members of the House of Commons did not know what the screw was. (Laughter, and a cry of " Don't they.") He was mistaken ; they knew, but they had hold of the blunt end of the screw. He was satisfied th if many would vote ler his-hon. friend, thiuking'that. they were voting for old George Byng, not as the.peasartts of Normandy voted for the present Emperor of France, thinking that Napoleon had returned to life, but because they saw the spirit of old George Byng in a young and vigorous fraihei , _ready to do biS work over again. The resell]: ion was then .put and unanimously agreed to, aed after a vote of thanks to th e chair man, and three cheers for Mr. Byng, the meeting separated. • • GROSVENOR CANAL RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. R,—The editor of th) Times h Lying declined to publish the enclosed let er, which has reference to the statement in that journal of the 27th inst. relative to the proposal lora railway in place of the present Grosvenor ()turd, I beg you will he pleased to give the same a place in your paper. I feel assured this plan will greatlyincrease the value of property in Westminster and Pimlico, and provide also aremely for the deficiency in railway accom modation, which the most competent judges con sidered heretofore hopeless.—l am, Sic Aug. 29. WM. POTTING-ER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIRES. Sir,—l . think it only fair tcjinlorin you that the plan of turning th e G rosvenor C ana l (Punlico) into a railway originated with me, and that I was the first pereon to perceive, and point out t mice to the managers of the Cry,t,l Palace, the extraordinary advantages which this canal presented I,r this undertaking. I also called their attention to the very important fact, and which is so highly recommendatory of the plan, that a!1 those purposes fur which the canal was designed wr,uld be even more convenien'ly gained by a railway, and all the evils to the neighbourhood from dampness - and exhalation entirely rern , ivcd.—l am, &c , W. P. Aug. 23. ; ; .E_AUICIDE IN Tllll RlVErt Lit —Yesterday Mr. Baker 11,1,1 an ihqu,:st at the Five B:4Is public-house, Bromley, on the body of Elien Kenny, aged 48, who was found fl 'sting in. the LOW cut& the River Lea on Saturday last. The deeea..ed has been missing for a few days, and it was supposed that she threw herself into the water in c msequence of extreme distress. Verdict, " Found drowned." P 5 7 SUICIDE OF PRINCE GREGORY GSM The Courrier de Paris publishes the following letter, addressed to it by M. Vaillant : Chateau du Mee, Aug. 29. As your estimable journal was the first to an nounce the sad end of Prince 0-. Ghika, I venture to beg of 'you to publish the entire document en closed, which explains its causes, and gives the de- ;ai l s . J. A. VAILLANT. "As a witness of the frightful misfortune that has just taken place at the Castle of the Mee, I feel it my duty to transmit to you the facts, and to point out to you the causes that drove hiS lighness Prince Gregory Ghika, ex-Hospodar of Moldavia, to this act of . despair. " As being the soul of the national party that demands the union and a foreign prince, Prince Gregory Ghika bad all honest men for bis friend 4, and for his enemies those few ambitious persons in high and low life who contend for power and the favours of fortune. As these latter persons had succeeded him in power, it was natural for them to persecute him in his property and honour. " A committee had already been appointed by the Kaimacan Balche, to demand from him an ac couut of the public money. The proceeding caused him the more pain, because, owing to the inade quacy of the state revenues to supply the charities of every kind which he took pleasure in distributing throughout Moldavia, he had added to them 2-3ds of his private fortune, and because in contradiction to all his predecessors for the last 150 years, instead of enriching, he had impoverished himself ; he therefore easily, by the intervention of Redchid Puha, backed by M. de Thouvenel, procured the dissolution of this committee, and the cessation of all proceedings against him. "Some time after this, a libel appeared which dragged to the bar of public opinion Prince Gbika, for having touched the arrears of the civil list, not in virtue of the authorisation that reached him later, but of the quasi -official letter in which he was authorised previously, by his agent at Constanti nople, Prince Vogorides, father of the present Kaimacan of Moldavia. "This perfidious libel, added to the deep wounds he had already received within, less than a year, in flicted the death-blow upon t'.e prince. He couldnot conceive how a man whom he had loadedwith bene fits, whose sisters he had pensioned, and whose bro ther he had raised to the bishopric 'of' Houche—how Istrati, the author of the libel, could have been cap able of carrying to such a length his ingratitude to wards the benefactor of his family. " In the evening, about 9 o'clock, having by pro- longing my conversation with the : prince plisse - &the train that started at forty minutes Past eight, I returned and sat down with him in the drawing room, where the princess, exhausted with fatigue, was reclining on a couch. The prince having made a movement as if about to retire, the princess said to him, 'My dear, M. Vaillant is going to leave, I hear his carriage ; remain a moment longer with us, and we will go upstairs together.' " Notwithstanding these words the prince rose, went up stairs, kissed his children, and a minute after the report of some fire-arms was heard. The servants rushed bewildered to the spot ; I ascended and found only his dead body in an arm-chair de luged with blood—Prince Ghika had blown out his brains. He had taken the precaution to detach from his neck and hang upon the crucifix of his oratory his gold cross, which he was unwilling to profane, and he had wished me to be there iu order that she whom he was about to make a widow might not be left alone.—Accept, &c., "Saturday, Aug. 26. "J. A. VijaliNT." I extract from his will two documents by which it is prefaced : "Chateau du Mee, Aug. 24, 1857. " I am the victim of an abominable plot, and cannot live, innocent though I be. The truth will one day appear. I await my enemies before the tri bunal of God. (Signed) "G. GIIIKA." " Chateau du Mee, Aug. 24, 1857. " Dearly beloved wife, whom I aeore,--Kiss my little angels for me. You know what I have suffered during my reign ; and, even wh -n I thought to live happily in the bosom of my family, my enemies followed me, and would not let me have peace. The monsters would make me a forger and dishon ourable ! God will some day unravel the vile plot, and the wretches will be unmasked. (Signed) " G. G.IIIKA. " These document?, which are written in a clear and firm baud, on the same sheet of paper, evince great presence of mind and calmness on the part of the prince. THE ALLEGED SUICIDE THROUGH REFUSAL OF RELIEF IN ST. PANCRAS. MEETING OF THE GUARDIANS. & CHARGE AGAINST THE CORONER. Yesterday, at the meeting of the directors of the poor of St. Pancras, Mr. Wright in the chair, Mr. CooK, the vestry clerk and solicitor of the parish, presented the verdictof the coroner's jury in the case of the sailor who was found drowned in a pond in the Agar Town-fields, after being refused admission at the gate of St. Pancras workhouse, and in which the jury expressed their opinion that the deceased had committed suicide through such refusal of relief, and calling upon the autho rities iu future to adopt better regulations for relieving the wants of the casual poor, in order to prevent the re currence of such a lamentable case. Mr. Cook stated that the coroner went out of his way to examine wit nesses, and induce evidence to be given which was wholly and entirely irrelevant to the object for which the jury had been sworn, and tending to lead away the jury from the right course. He allowed letters to be read from H. J. Stowell and other paupers, who had lived for years upon the ratepayers ; and because he (Mr. Cook) complained of the coroner's course, and in the jury relying on such evidence, or upon that of the woman Hewitt, from Marylebone, whose evidence was completely refuted by Mr. Tubbs, the relieving officer of that j arisb, he was personally attacked by the coroner. Indeed, the coroner throughout showed his anima,' against the authorities of the parish, and made his remarks for the purpose of gaining popular ap plause, which he received from Mr. Brien, the leader of the " Inoperatives," and others in the court. As to his personalities to him, he (Mr. Cook) treated them with contempt. Mr. PAATT—Then it was the verdict of the coroner, and not of the jury ? Mr. COOK considered the course taken by the coroner tended to wake it so. _ Mr. CAMERON admitted that there was evidence to show that this poor sailor had been refused relief, and that he was destitute, but there was no evidence to prove that he committed suicide from such refusal of relief. It appeared that the night porter delegated his duties to a pauper called a watchman, who took upon himself to refuse admission. He considered it necessary that an inquiry should teke place, and he moved that it be re ferred to the Officers' Duties Committee to report whether the rules and regulations fur the management ef the workhouse were duly observed ; and also whether the prescribed duties of the various officers were properly performed ; and whether any, and what, alterations should be made in the printed rules or duties ; and par ticularly to inqu!re and report whether the duties of the night porter, with reference to the admission r f appli• cants to the workhouse, are observed ; and also to report whether destitution is acted upon and considered a ground for a linission. Mr. STOCKTON seconded the resolution. During this inquest the directors heard, for the first time, that there was a pauper who acted as night watchman at the gate, receiving Is. 6d. per week, while the night poser was in the sunggr ry, and he took upon himself to refuse appli• cants or relief. Mr, CLARKE thought it better that the committee . should report on this specific case at once, as to go into the whole question would take three months. Mr. ORR condemned the ccinduct of the gate porters, and said that in nine cases out of ten the workhouse gate was opened by a pauper. Mr. TURNER considered the vestry clerk had no right to go to the inquest to defend the board or officers against the poor. An honest balance ought to be drawn, and he contended that the third rule for the guidance of the porter at the gate left the man no discretionary power for the admission of destitute persons, and that the board, in whom the responsibility rested, had no right to shift that responsibility on to the shoulders of the officers. Mr. YOUNG could not allow it to go forth that no destitute persons could find admission at the doors of St. Pancras workhouse. It was the duty of the porter tei send for the master or matron, and they had autho rity to admit persons at once into the separation wards. After a few obserrations from Mr. Fisher, Mr. CAMERON, in reply, said he wanted a perfect and comprehensive inquiry. Toe resolution was then carried ; and the board, after some other business, separated. INLAND NAVIGATION OF INDIA.—An influential meeting of merchants and others was held yesterday afternoon, in the Manchester Town Hall, to receive if, brrnation in reference to the intended operations of the newly formed (Mental Inland Steam Company. The meeting was addressed by Mr. J. A. Turner, M.P., who presided, and by Captain Hall (of the Nemesis). Mr. Bourne, and Lieutenant Wood, of the Indian navy ; these three gentlemen being a deputation from the com pany. It was stated the c , ,inpany were about to com mence the steam navigation of the Indus, by means ef flat-bottomed boats of 24 inches draught, trains of which would be towed by steamboats of 200 horse power ; and under terms of a concession from the East India Cum parry which was tantamount t o a g uarantee of 10 per cent. on the outlay. Manchester enterprise was invited to co-operate for the extension of the scheme to the Go• davery and other rivers, with the view of increasing the supply of cotton. Several gentlemen expressed their conviction of the importance of extending the inland navigation of India, and the chairman commented em phatically on the urgency of the cotton supply q ues t ion and the apparent neglect of it byand nt aa plaprogiepinogrtaionninfiofutehn.e trade. Resolution s were p aFsed unanimousl y recognising th e importance of the scheme, d- tial committee for the diffusion of information on the subject, and aiding the London board in the prompt execution of the enterprise. LAW INTEL; I.—(This Day•) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque was the commissioner of the day, but there was no cause before the Court during the morning except for audit meetings. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) THE ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY V. THOMAS. This was an action to recover the sum of 421. 2s. 2J. on a bond. It appeared that the defendant, Mr. Thomas, became a co-surety for a Mr. Langton for the due per formance of his duty as a purser in the company's ser vice, but on the balancing of the accounts Mr. Langton was debited with a sum of 841. which, it was alleged, was due to the company. A person named Fenwick, aho was co-surety, had paid 10::. in the pound, the moiety, but the defendant repudiated the payment en tirely, and disputed the accuracy of the account. The case had been several times before the Court, and it was adjourned to this day that a witness might be called born Southampton. The main defence was that a sum of 341. received by Mi. Langton had not been paid over to the company. It appeared that whilst one of the company's vessels was at Bahia that sum was paid ; A party took passage for England and paid the pas sage money, but on a consultatio❑ with the sur geon the party was pronounced to be a lu natic, and the captain refused to bring him over, and Langton returned the money, but as four years had since elapsed ho was not certain whe ther he returned it to the agent of the company or to the friends of the party, but the c company had allowed i t in the agent's account.—Captain Revett being now called, was positive that Langton had returned the money, although he had not altered the list of passengers and fares received. There were other disputed items which the defendant insisted he had a right to challenge, as the plaintiffs had not only sued on the bond, but on an ac count stated.—Mr. Thomas said that he defended the action to vindicate the character of Mr. Langton, whom he had known from boyhood, and claimed to set off the salary due to him at the time of his discharge. The solicitor to the company said he had scrupulously abstained from imputing any dishonourable intention en the part of Mr. Langton, and he now fully exonerated him from anything of the sort. Mr. Thomas contended that there was a balance due to Langton. His Honour ultimately held that the defendant was bound to pay under the bond, and he could not set off the salary, which must be sued for by Langton. Judg ment must therefore be for the company for 81. The solicitor said he would Lot press the judgment until Langton had had an opportunity of trying the question as to salary, and he would not ask for costs in the pre• sent case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MANSION-ROUSE. ASSAULTING A CONSTABLE.—Richard Morris was charged betore the Lord Mayor with assaulting Police Constable Hitchcock, No. 644. The case was remanded from yesterday, when the evi dence given was to the effect that whilst the constable was on duty, in Bsihopsgate-street, the previous even ing, he saw some disorderly persons at the corner, one of them being the prisoner. He requested them to separate and leave, on which the prisoner struck him violent blow in the eye, which closed it, and knocked him down. The prisoner yesterlay denied the charge, and it was adjourned till to-day to allow him to produce evidence to contradict the policeman's statement. He called John Smith, a porter, who stated that he heard cries of murder, and on going t 3 the spot he found the police man lying on the ground, and a man kneeling on hie chest ; but he could not identify the prisoner as that man or as one of the party. Mrs. M'Manus, another witness, stated that she weg with the prisoner and his wife at the time of the alleged assault ; and she swore that although the policeman used the mcst blasphemous and insulting language to the prisoner's wife, yet he never touched the policeman , but that he was struck on the eye by a gentleman who was passingat the time. The policeman was intoxicated at the time. The prisoner stated that his wife had been grossly insulted by the policeman, and that, upon his go i n g to the station-house to prefer a charge against him, the policeman, who had been knocked down by somebody else, charged him with the assault. The Lord Mayor sent for the inspector on duty, who stated in answer to a question from his Lordship, that the policeman was perfectly sober at the time. His Lordship, in consequence of the conflicting testi mony, discharged the prisoner. GUILDHALL. Mr. Alderman Hales was this morning occupied a considerable period in hearing a summons preferred again et the National Savings Bank Association (Limited), of 50, King William-street, City, by Mr. Shuttleworth Bryant, "for having held your ordinary general meet ing on the 16th day of July, you did, in this city, un lawfully neglect to forwari the list of names and sum mary of the capital and shares of the said as sociation to the Registrar of Joint Stock Cook panics, within the time limited by the Act of Par liament, whereby you have incurred a penalty not exceeding 51. for every day during which such de fault continues against the statute." The penalties sought to be recovered amounted to about 2001. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Bryant had been in the service of the association as manager, 1304 in consequence of their discharging him he had brough t an action against them for breach of contract. El 3 ' cution had been stayed in connection with that act io¢ to allow of an application next term for a new trial, and it was inttrred that the 'proceedings before the aid!" man had been taken with a view to the production of certain books and documents which could only b ° obtained by an application to a court of equity. IP! association was formed in the beginning of July, 180°1 and the first meeting of shareholders was called for Oa 16ta of July, but there not being sufficient me mber d present, according to the rules of the company, to fora a meeting, it was adjourned to the following day, ,ben being in the same predicament, the shareholders left without a day being fixed for their next meeting, or a meeting having been held as required by the act. A legal difficulty arose on this point, and the alder' man had no alternative but to dismiss the summons. Summons dismissed accordingly. SOUTHWARK. DARING ROBBERY.—Three females, named Margare t Robberta, Jane Charming, and Ann Langton, Wet ° charged before Mr. Seeker with picking the pocket of ; lady named Walker, of the Elms, Stamford-hill, sa ,a stealing from her person a purse containing 71. in go and some silver. The prosecutrix said that yesterday afternoon she go' out of an omnibus at Newington-causeway, the 0,1 1. ; prisoners having been riding in the same vehicle. After walking a few yards a police inspector stePP e n her an a9ked her it she had not lost anything. VP ° : feeling in her pocket she missed her purse, which vo l ' safe when she got out of the omnibus. In answer to questions from the prisoners, the pros e cutrix stated that she did not know which of the p r e soncrs got in first, but they all rode in the vehicle--/ 13 ,:, sat opposite to her, one at her side, and another a 13 ` h " way floor her. The prison;r3 were remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MOREPICKPOOKETS.---James Shelley, a young 1 101 1 was charged before Mr. Beadon with picking the pock ° • of Fredeock Beal, No. 25, Adam-street East. hgt 4, The prosecutor stated that about seven o'clock v morning he was going .towards St. George's Barr ack when he saw several persons standing together actiopg whom was the prisoner. He went up to them Wb e : the prisoner came in front of him. He afterw ard passed him. Shortly after he felt the prisoner's WO in his pocket, and gradually he found his handkerch i° being removed from his pocket. He obs.rved to "My friend, you have taken my pocket handkerchi eb s He denied that he had. The prosecutor, however, 04 , positive that he bad, and seized hold of him. A. pon e constable came up who happened to be present, and gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner was sent to the House of Correction fuf three months. THAMES. 0 ASSAULT ON A DOCK OFFICER.--Char!es ince, painter, and well known thief, was brought before --41jr: Yardley, charged with assauling Mr. John SliePP r n i; an officer belonging to the East and West India Pt)" Company's own police. er Ms. Sheppard stated that some time ago the p rise d was convicted and sentenced to two months imPris°;.: went and bard labour, for stealing two files of coPP e , we i g hi n g 331b5., which he was bringing out of the doe: On that occasion a knife was taken from the prise/O,J; and he retained possession of it, and attached a labs l it Lastit. Lt night the prisoner came to the police-office,: the dock, and demanded his knife, which was give ° - e s ° him, and he then said the ticket o fa watch was taken rr% him, and which the prisoner assert e d was still 113 his( Sehr; herd's) possession. He d e ni e d having anything 0 ! ego kind in his possession. The prisoner immediately u r vi e out into a violent passion, and persisted over and ke o again that the duplicate relating to a watch was t a 7 from him. He begged of the prisoner to leave the ofbia: on which he declared that he would bring a n 4c tile against the Dock Company and go to an attorney . 0 a told the prisoner to go to the d—, and he then Li ce , disturbance. Witness then showed hint out of the 0 0 and the prisoner turned round upon him, struck io the breast and cheek, and put him to considerable P and inconvenience. The prisoner still persisted that a pawnbroker's d said cate, relating to a watch, was taken from him, On t o Mr. Sheppard was a pretty kind o f a !superior ofd e ' tell him tu go the devil. e f oeo Mr. Yardley—But not until you made a disture_ely and threatened him with an attorney. You are ay sop , ill-conditioned felluiv, and your two months'l o, l 3l , l 0 00 meat has had very little effect upon you. I seroe you to pay a fine of 405., or be imprisoned 14 days. The prisoner was committed. ~~-..._. COM 1 / I ) ‘"ris a Iler N‘j, e In: 3 % Ito 4 f3t4hl g y e h D itto -*let R. 1) ittc ,rdb ai bitt( bllte,Do,b. I