The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

FUR MAJESTY'S THEATRE. One More Night only, at Reduced Prices, on Saturday Evening next, September 26, with Piccolornini, Giuglini, Beneventano, Rossi, and Belletti. In conseqnence of the great demand, and to accommodate those who have found it impossible to obtain places, one more night will be given On SATURDAY EVENING, when will be repeated LA TRAVIATA. After which, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, by %dile. Pica olomini To conclude with the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMER- MOOR, by Sig. Giuglini. PRICES : Rotes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair £2 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 Three Pair 0 15 0 Pit Stalls . 010 6 Pit 0 3 6 Gallery Stalls 0 3 6 Gallery ROYAL LYCEUM THE ATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Proprietor, Mr. Arnold.—Under the joint Management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. lIARRISON.—WiII Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, THIS EVENING, MONDAY, with the following Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Correlli s Misa Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert, Mu. H. Manley, and Miss Lou;sa Pyne (her First Appearance since her return from America); Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. A St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Bralam, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Herby, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Wollar risen (his First Appearance since his return from America.) Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra will be selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Wednesday, and Friday, Amber's opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, Meyrbeer's opera, THE HUGUENOT S. To conclude with Buckstone's farce, entitled A ROI:7G a DIAMOND. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 11s. 6d.; Stalls, es. ; Dress Circ'e, ss. ; t?pper Boxes, 4s. ; Amphi theatre Stalls, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is Row open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at ' Sevon o'clock, with Rh tke , peare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Beatrice, Mrs. Catherine Sinclair ; Bonedick, Mr. Howe ; Dogberry, Mr. Compton ; Hero, Miss M. Oliver. After which, the new and successful Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr, Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, dte., will appear. To conclude with THE GLEANERS. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. e. d. Second price. s. d Dross Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes Upper Boxes ..... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 • it 2 0 Pit 1 0 ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new Comic Piece called 'URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of THE PILOT, a Tale of the Sea. Long Tom Coffin, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Captain Burronghcliffe, Mr. Wright ; The Pilot, Mr. C. Selby ; Kate Plowden, Miss Mary Keeley. Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, Stc. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Mr. J. Kinloch and Miss Harriet Gordon. Followed by BArniELOR'S BUTTONS. Miss M. A . Vic►or and Mr. Marker. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TEAVIATA; er, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. To conclude with TaREE PAIR OF LOVERS. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3g.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls. Gallery, 61. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ls. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert 13. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, drc. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Oreswick. THIS ETENING, will be performed BIRD IN THE H A.ND WORTH TWO IN THE BIT H. Messrs. Shepherd, W. H . Eburne, B. Potter, Wildieomb, Vollaire, W. Smith ; Miss Chalmers, and Miss M. Eburne. After which, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. Followed by 017 R TRATIA.TA. To concludft with the Christy Minstrels. CIANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— L) OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow- In.; company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Set, Lions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, drc., viz.: Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Visa Brunel], Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. Tone.; J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An. tonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr St. Albyn ; Master Corri ; Messrs Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Stt;,- Pers, dco., until twelve o'clock.—Signor PICO" will perform, at half-past *ght and half-past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAT--Morn., 32 min. aft. 3—Even., 46 min. aft. 3 To-Monitow —Morn., 1 min. aft. 4 —Even., 15 min aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SaN OFFIOE, SEPTEMBER 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAME. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night 64 —this day at noon. IBAsomyrEit, 30.40. WTNT), Northerly ; light, with very line weather during the day, but cloudy in the morning. SEFTENBER 21. 63 - highest since noon yesterday. s') -lowest thil morning and during the night. G 3 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.32—falling. WIND, N. to N.N.E. ; light, with fine weather. c-d■ 4 (s -r (Xii §ittt, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPT. 21, 1857. It is indeed satisfactory to be enabled to an menace the safety of the small party at Anal], who, notwithstanding the failure of the expedition despatched for their relief, held out until they Were relieved by Major VINCENT EYRE, of the Bengal Artillery, and the comparatively small force under his command. These heroes—and they have proved themselves to be real heroes-"• consisted of the judge (LITTLEDALE), the assistant judge (CoLvIN), the magistrate (WAKE), the col lector (COMBS), the civil engineer (BovLE), and some sub-officials and railway men, about 12 in all, whose names have not as yet been given, and 45 Sikhs. Although attacked by more than 3 ,040 rebels, and compelled to endure t } ie most serious privations, they main tained their position, destroying many of their assailants, until the opportune arrival of Major EYRE, who, with only 200 men and three guns, was enabled to relieve the gallant VarlY. We trust that such conduct will not be suffered to pass without notice. If they were enchmen they would all receive the badge of the Legion of Honour. why is there not a similar reward for Englishmen who have so nobly discharged their duty I It is stated that a court-martial is to be held on, Major-General LLOYD, for his culpable negli tuuttny. A gr,nce in respect to the Dinapore . stringent inquiry is unquestionably re quired, and the Commander at Dinapore has a heavy ac court to render. But if the statements rendered be well founded, the investigation will not rest There. Men in even higher positions will have t o answer for their misconduct. On Saturday we alluded to the deputation o i • Ced-Jutta merchants that had waited on the Gover_ r oJr-General, earnestly soliciting the disarming of the suspected regiments at Dinapore, and pointing out the manner in which it might easily be effected. The /salutary counsels were, however, disregarded. A delay of even three hours could not be sane- Coned by men who had wasted, not weeks, but months, where promptitude was indeed desirable. The Sepoys at Dinapore had continued apparently faithful, while their fellows were in open insurree tual. They waited 0 see what coarse mould be ItiE Sll 0N D 0 NE: mo N A Y v 9 _ pursued by the so-called Government, and the total absence of vigour and energy compromised the native troops, and led to the terrible loss of life that has occurred. The slightest manifestation of zeal or energy would have averted the out break at Dinapore—the massacres in the sur rounding districts—the slaughter of the gallant soldiers of H.M. 10th and 37th Regiments— and the insurrection and disturbances in Bebar and Patna, and their vicinities, that will for some time require the attention of a considerable force of Europeans. Nor is this all. The fearful privations at Lucknow—the awful destruc tion at Cawnpore might probably have been averted, but for the " redtapism" at head quarters. JUNG BABADOUR—better known as the Nepaulese Ambassador, who visited London some years ago—had tendered his services, backed by 10,000 fighting men, all animated by a personal hatred of the Oudean rebels. The Resident had accepted 3,000 of the number—very naturally considering that the valuable reinforcement, so urgently required, would far more than compen sate for the breach of etiquette. He had, however, " reckoned without his host." The preservation of hundreds of English lives was as nothing in compari son to strict adherence to " routine." Three thousand men, who had actually marched to the frontier, were turned back, and the friendly Prince that offered,' and th e judicious official that accepted their aid were soundly snubbed for their departure from strict precedent ! General LLOYD will justly be tried for his misconduct. We fear, if the statements by the present mail be correct, that Lord Cammia should stand in the dock at his side, and be required to answer a still more for midable bill of indictment. Lord ELGIN has acted nobly—has proved beyond the possibility of doubt his zeal and de votion to his country. Had he been Governor- General, we should not have bad to deplore short comings at head-quarters. Disregarding all per sonal considerations, and boldly assuming the entire responsibility of the movement—even as NALSON in the olden time, the palmy days of Britain's glory, assumed responsibility at Copen hagen—he started for Calcutta, taking valu. able reinforcements with him. He left China, to which he had been directed, in order to make a very valuable suggestion to Lord CANNING. Ha had European troops which might be spared. They were greatly wanting in India, while Sepoys of doubtful character, who were rather a source of weakness than strength, would be valuable auxiliaries in the flowery land. Indeed they had distinguished themselves so greatly in the olden time, that the " black devils" as they were styled, were peculiarly distasteful to the Celestials. The exchange of English troops to India for a larger number of Sepoys in China would, therefore, be useful for both countries, a i ed the zeal and energy of Lord ELGIN is, there fore, deserving of the highest credit. It appears that that the troop-ship, Lord Rag- lan, has arrived at the Mauritius in 69 days, with her MAJESTY'S 4th Regiment of Foot. This will be avaluable auxiliary, under existing circum stances. The residue of the gallant 33d (the Duke of WELLINGTON'S own) had embarked in the Lord Raglan, and she was to leave on the 13th of August for Bombay. The Ripon, too, which started on Saturday, was to embark 200 soldiers at Malta, to go by the overland route. We rejoice to learn that this is but a beginning, and that more troops will be despatched from the Mediter - ranean on every opportunity. This is as it should be. We only regret that our earnest advice, we may almost call it " solicitation," was not earlier adopted, as many serious evils might thereby have been averted. - It appears that the gallant HAVELOCK, whose extraordinary and almost unprecedented exer tions have saved the Anglo-Indian Empire, has been rewarded with a good service pension of 1001. a-year, and promotion to the local rank of Major-General in India ! Are these announcements jests? Is the erisis in India re garded as a farce that such petty matters are re garded as " rewards" (!) for such services as he has rendered ? They are moekeries—insults under the circumstances. Far better that any recognition of bis invaluable efforts should be deferred, than that they should be regarded in a similar point of view to those of the QUEE?.i'S dancing master or music master. We have heard of " damning with faint praise " but we have seldom seen such an illustration of " condemning by inadequate remuneration." Had all our authorities acted like HAVELOCK, the Indian rebellion would have been already sup pressed, if it had ever broken out, and that im portant fact should now be recognised, as an en couragement to others to "go and do likewise." Hopes were generally expremed on the arrival of the first telegraphic intelligence by this mail, that this time, at least, we should hear of no ad dition to the horridly revolting brutalities which have sickened and enraged us by turns. Too soon has the trembling hope been dashed ; bruta lity and ferocity which we dare not let imagina tion dwell on, have been as rampant as ever. Some of the first details, indeed, related to the completion of the former atrocities of NANA SAKI., but what a completion ! No wonder that troops who had seen with their own eyes the palace-court swimming with the blood of female and infant victims whom they were but just too late to save —visiting whose bodies when discovered testified that they had suffered indignities and cruelties worse than death in the agony of the last murder ous hour, no wonder that such troops could van quish any number of the perpetrators of such atrocities. General HAVELOCK had willing aven gers to lead. They needed his skill only, no inspiration was wanting. Every man felt that he was engaged in a holy war, if ever there was one ! What British civilian, not to say British soldier, does not feel it his highest duty to defend the life and honour of the other sex, and to avenge licen tiotts violence, even without wanton iniquities and cruelty, how much more when these have been perpetrated in unutterable forms. But other murders are also recordeci—mur ders of those powerless to help themselves., which is, indeed, one of the most unaccountable features of the mutiny—its ferocity. Wa are not likely to know much more of the causes which could ,evoke such a spirit, and certainly all we yet know only fills us with astonishment that men could be stimulated by anything conceivable to perpetrate the pecu liarly ferocious deeds of which the Sepoys have soften id i x n. cru so el m ty e degree the aspect of infernal and regiments, fairly be all ege d as We ex t hibited by so many of our late Indeed we hear of nothinghab that t th such ev revolt t n s e e r e o m us s more like an army of Absaloms revolting against a parent who has never denied them anythi:ig, than ought else that we can imagi ne , . and cer tainly the wretches hav e ta k en the means W hi ch ABSALOM took, and no doubt with the scone Oriental view of the case, to make the quarrel between them and us an implacable one ; their insults and gross indignities to our women, were intended to show us the very last contempt ; we can well believe that licentiousness had but a small shale in what our innocent wives, matrons, and virgins suffered ; it was meant to placard the English nation throughout all India, as the nation whose very women had been dishonoured in " the light of the sun," and certain it is that nothing but an act of RETRIBUTION which shall ring throughout Asia from Moscow—where Orientalism really be gins, to Canton itself, will restore English honour in Oriental eyes. But still, we ask, why all these heartless, these ferocious murders of civilians, of officers, of me dical men, of merchants, and even of missionaries; of every unarmed European, in short, upon whom hands can be laid. If these persons escaped they could not injure their murderers, indeed sparing their lives might have been pleaded by the mutineers, if vanquished, in mitigation of punishment. But if they had gone further ; if they had secured all the prisoners they could, they might at least have used them as hostages in the event of defeat for their own security, and in the event of success, have set off at a ransom. It would seem as if the extermination of the British in India was the point aimed at ; and had their plans been fully matured, they might have been much more nearly successful. Was the conspiracy based on this ? Had orders to exterminate the British when the signal for universal insurrection was given, really gone to every station in India, so that thus far all acted on a preconcerted plan, although events interfered with the insurrection being simulta neous ? In this case the ferocity was like that of the Catholics on St. Bartholemew's day, under the Hapsburg generals in the thirty years war, and in the Irish rebellion, when extermination of the Protestants was the watchword, and unspar ing ferocity was the method deliberately chosen for the accomplishment of an end. Gratifying, indeed, are the exceptional cases in which Sepoys have behaved kindly to the officers against whose authority they yet mutinied ; and very gratifying the fidelity of so many non-mili tary native servants to whom their masters owed their lives ; yet these instances of better feeling only serve to exhibit in darker colours the almost universal treachery and ferocity of the mutineers. They seem also to bring us back to the conclusion that ruthless murder of those they had sworn to obey, and whose " salt they had eaten," was not a universal order ; and, that while revolt was en joined, the treatment of the officers and other defenceless Europeans was very much left to each regiment. We fear, therefore, that the conclu sion must be that these " mild Hindoos" are, after all, what Asiatics have always been, relent less and cruel, beyond Western conception, when they think they can safely be so. Treated as the Sepoys had been, they could not seriously believe that their superstition, or their caste was to be compulsorily interfered with. They knew the honour of the British too well for that. At most, the greased cartridges resolved itself into an affair of honour; they had objected to them, and they stood by their objections. That it was not a con scientious objection was plain enough by their using them quite readily to murder their officers, and to attack Europeans generally. In the late war the Russian soldiers were guilty of such brutal murders of the wounded, as horrified real Europeans. Ferocity is, we fear, an attribute of the Asiatic , character. Indeed, the earliest a> 'mints of Scripture make us familiar with the painful fact. It seems impossible to forget all this when the hour of deliberate retribution arrives. We say deliberate retribution, because our soldiers will assuredly, whenever triumphant, exact the se verest satisfaction possible in the hour of victory. But there will be ;the vast majority of one hun dred thousand villains and scoundrels to deal with all over India. They will be so many human tigers scattered over the land, the scourge of the country, the Tiers-iu-wait for blood, all over the Bengal Presidency. It will be necessary to pre vent their infesting the whole territory, and and living lives of assassination and plunder, at the cost of the peaceable. They will be men whom no kindness can soften, and whom conscious gUilt will make our special enemies ; the life of no European will be safe where a mutineer yet lives in the jungle, or secreted in the houses of a town. He will be a Thug, a robber, and a mur derer by inclination and profession. Even the peaceful natives, especially those who have been faithful to us, will be in perpetual danger from the wretches who, in the hour of momentary triumph, could evince such gratuitous ferocity. We see nothing for it but that the whole of the mutineers should be outlawed—that a price should he paid for their capture, and that all who could not show some clearly extenuating circum stances should be at once executed without mercy. All the regiments which have murdered officers, civilians, women, and children, must be thus dealt with, for all must have been guilty as prin cipals or abettors. It is an awful prospect, but it is the deliberate justice, inflicted for proved guilt, which will most strike the Asiatic mind. It must contrast markedly with wild revenge, and with the wanton massacres of the natives in many a former case as well as the present one. WILLS AND CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—The will of the Duke of Marlborough has been sworn under 200,0001. personally. Mr. William Stone, of the "Casino," Dul. with hill, 400,0001.—Illustrated Noes. THE BELFAST RIOTS.—The eximination of M r . Green was renewed and concluded. The Rev. NV. M'llwaine, the Rev. C. Seaver, and Constable Hugh Heany were ale) examined, when the Court rose. PRIISSIA.—Letters from Berlin state some surprise has been caused in that capital by the fact of the French ambassador having desired German officers and soldier.; to send in their claims for the St. Helena medal. The French Eastern Railway and the Baden company have agreed to connect their lines by an iron briilga over the Rhine. On this bridge there will also be a foot way for passengers, but the bridge of boats will remain fur horse and carriage traffic. No TELEGRAPfI TO BALMORAL.—The Indian express which reached London on Sunday afternoon, did not reach the Queen until Monday morning. AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERPDOL, Saturday.—The Bri- Arabia tish and Nerth American Royal Mail steam - ship Commander James Stene, railed this forenoon for New Yodc, with the United States and Canadian mails, 140 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. DANCING CONGRESS AT VlENNA.—Another congress has just been held at Vienna—one of dancing master., It was attended not only by all the principal masters of that city, but by deputations from Prague and Odessa The object of it was to deliberate on the grave question of the introduction of new figures in dancing, and the congress, after much anxious reflection, came to the resolution of adopting a new quadrille invented by a dancing master of Prague, of the name of Eichler. SUICIDE OP Ma. LEGREW, THE SCULPTOR Satur day Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the residence of the late Mr. James Legrew, aged 54, St. Alban's-road, Kensington, sculptor, who committed suicide by blowing hie brains out with a large horse pistol. Mrs. Jane Le grew, deceased's sister, who was deeply affected, said the deceased had for some months past laboured under 1.1103• extraordinary delusions, and appeared quite an altered man. Oa Wednesday she was fetched from her own residence in Victoria-road, and found that her brother had shot himself through the head. The deceased was unmarried. He was in affluent cireunistancee, and die knew of nothing that preyed on his mind. He was held In high estimation as a sculptor and artist (some of hi, productions may be seen in the Crystal Palace.) Several servants spoke to the deceased's strange state of mind for months past, and Dr. Turner said he found decee , e.i lying on the floor of the drawing room quite dead, his head being shattered by the explosion of the pistol. Death must have been almost instant.—Verdict, tem porary insanity. Accounts from Frankfort confirm the news that IBiron de Richb3rg, the Austrian Minister to the Diet, who was about to start on leave of absence, ha. 4 received instructions to remain at his post, in conwequence of the active interchange of notes now taking place on the Holstein questions. BRIGADIER-GENERAL JACOB. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SIT/f. Sni,—ln your Thursday's edition I notice a paragraph stating that Major Jahn Jacob, of the Scinde Horse, is not the " Brigadier-General" Jacob left in command of the division of the Bombay army now in Persia. I beg to correct that error. Colonel John Jacob was made " Brigadier-General" immediately on arriving in Persia, and placed in the command of the Cavalry Division. On Sir James Outram's leaving Persia for Calcutta, General Jacob was retained by the Bombay Government in com mand of the force still stationed at Bushire, though much against the wishes of the Governor-General, who, know ing the value of such an efficient officer, had applied for his services, to place him in command of a division of the Bengal army. The Lieut.• Col. Le Grand Jacob referred to is sow in Bombay, and, by the last accounts in the Bombay Times, had just been ordered to take command of the disturbed districts in Koolapore, where the mutiny of the 27th N.I. had just broken out. I beg to inclose my card. Sept. 17. VERITA S. The ex Queen Marie Amelie has for some days past been on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire at Chats worth. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and Madame Muenrus are still sojourning at St. Leonards-on-Sea, and will not return to town for some weeks. His Excellency the Count d'Apponyi intends to leave Holland at the close of the month, to visit his estates in Hungary. His Excellency is expected to resume hi. duties at Chandos house at the end of next month, or the first week in November. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton are still at Bro dick Castle, Isle of Arran. The duchess and youthful family are expected in town about the Bth of next month. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town on Saturday for Broadlauds, Hants. Viscount Povverscourt will attain his majority on the 14th proximo, when there will be great festivities on his iordship's estates in Ireland. The Exeter Gazett? says :—The friends of Viscount Ebrington are painfully anxious as to the sight of the noble viscount's remaining eye, the symptoms in connec tion with which have recently assumed a somewhat alarming character. Lady Howard de Walden and the Hon. Miss Ellis have returned to England from the Continent, and are staying on a visit with Lord and Lady Stanley of Alder ley, at Alderley-park, Cheshire. The Duke of Rutland, after remaining a few days in town, has returned to L9ngshawe, Derbyshire. At the en I of the week his grace purposes to go to Belvoir Casa., for cub hunting. The Earl and Countess of Hard wicke and the Ladies Yorke have left Sidney Lodge, Hampshire, for Wimple Hall, Cambridgeshire. The coming of age of Viscount Royston, eldest son of the noble earl and countess, will shortly be celebrated at Wimp°le. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine VillierA, after visiting Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, at Drummond Castle, Perthshire, proceeded to join the Earl of Aberdeen's party, at Haddo House, whence they have since gone to Blair Athole, where a distinguished circle have assembled, on the invitation of the Duke and Duchess of Athole. Lord and Lafly Holland and Miss Fox have left St. Ann's Hill for Paris. The Dowager Lady Bateman and the Hon. Misses Hanbury have left Bien Hall, Penrith, where they have been on a visit for some time, on a tour in Scotland. Despatches were received on Saturday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Mauritius. Despatches were sent to these colonies on Saturday evening. BRIGADIER-GENERAL HAVELOCK.—His Royal High ness the General Commanding-in-Chief has availed him self of the first opportunity presented to him of recogLis ing the services of Brigadier-General Havelock in punishing the mutineera. He has conferred upon him a good-service pension of 100/, a-year.—United Service Gazette. SIR JAMES BROOKE.—The sum subscribed in Norfolk to make good the recent destruction of Sir Jamer Brooke's library now amounts to 1381. 9s. 6J. Several donations of books have also been received. VISIT OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO SHEFFIELD.— Lard John Russell has consented to preside at th 4 annual meeting of the ragged school, to be held in the music-hail on Fliday next. At a special meeting of the Town Council to be held on Friday next, it is intended to consider the propriety of presenting an address to -his lordship on the occasion of this his first visit to Sheffield. We understand that Lord John Russell will be the guest of Alderman H. E. Houle during his stay in Sheffield. —Sheffield Time 4. AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—Statements differ with regard to the gold brought by the Norfolk, but the amount is be lieved to be 424,0001. The latest departures announced from Melbourne and Sydney are the Red Jacket, with 264,0001., the California, with 16,C00/., and the Plimai clan, with 10.3001., making, with those before reported, a total of 818,0001. still on its way, exclusive of the 373,0001. brought by the Columbian, and which will be received from Suez .in about a fortnight. Of this 818,0001. 500,0001. is overdue. THE MEMBERS FOR NORWlCH.—Viscount Bury, M.P., fici Mr. H. W. Schneider, M.P., the representatives of this city, met their constituents on Saturday evening, in the large room at the Royal Hotel, Norwich. The meet ing was well attended, and both hon. members were well received. A vote of copfidence in both was carried Ullanirßously. REPRESENTATION OP GREENWICH. Committees have been formed at Greenwich, Woolwich, and Deptford, for the purpose of raising a fund to pay off the liabilities of Mr. Townsend, and his friends are very sanguine of success. Mr. A. R. Bristow, solicito', of Greenwich, who has been publicly accused by Mr. Townsend, of adopting the most un fair means to drive him from the HOME) of Commons, in or ler to provide a seat for Mr. M. Ct:ambers, has published an address, in which he states that he has had nothing to do with the creditors of Mr. Townsend, and, with respect to future elections for the borough, he has made up his mind not to interfere on behalf of any can didate, even as a professional agent. Mr. Bristow has al-o published a reply, which he forwarded to the Hon. W. F. Campbell, declining to act as the election agent for that gentleman, and states that he has sent similar replies to two other candidates. The friends of Mr. - M. Chambers have now organised committees in every part of the borough, and are still actively engaged in obtaining signatures to a requisition, which, it is stated, will be presented to Mr. Chambers in a few days. THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDlA.—Although the offer of Messrs. Croskey and Co. to establiab a regular trans port line between England and India, 'via Suez, has been declined, the Government, it appears, have determined on sending as many troops as possible by that route. The mail steamer Ripon, which left Southampton yes- Lrday, is to embark 200 soldiers at Malta for Alexan dria ; and orders have been received for the Australasian, which sails on the 12th proximo with the Australian mails, to be prepared for the conveyance to Alexandria of 400 troops, and probably a larger number. It is rumoured that a certain number of troops will he sent out oy each successive mail steamer that leaves South ampton for Alexandria, and that all the available steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Company on the other side of the Isthmus are ordered down to Suez to carry them on as they arrive there. TYE OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA.—The arrange ments made by the General Post -office for the rapid con veyance of the Calcutta, China, and Australian malls from Marseilles to London, and thence to the country districts, appear to have been most successfully carried out. Telegraphic and written orders were transmitted to the railway authorities on both sides of the Channel, to the Mail Packet Service at Dover, and to the British Consul, Mr. Bonham, at Calais. By express desire the new mail packet Prince Frederick William was sent to Calais to convey specially the mails and officers in chore of despatches, and nothing else, and a special train was ordered to be in readiness at Dover for London under the same restrictions. The continental train ,arrived punctually at Calais. The mails, 43 boxes from India and Chive and nine from Au-tralia, were shipped and tie vessel was under weigh within 16 minute=, and from the time she put on full speed to the moment of easing her engines off the Admiralty pier, running the wiled, die ts.nce in a broadside swell from a strone wind N.N.E , one hour and 38 minutes elapsed. Getting alonpide, landing the heavy boxes, and conveying them in hand trucks up the pier to the railway station, and putting them in the vans, occupied about 20 minutes, and the special train started at 4.U, and reached London in on hour and 45 minutes. Thus the Post-office was enabled to despatch that portion of the mails fur the country by the morning mail trains ; and the metropolitan public had their letters by an early delivery, and the details of the momentous intelligence published in the daily papers at leeet two hours before the usual time. THE INDIAN SUFFERERS —SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 20.-- The following notice was issued here yesterday : " Sufferers in India.—Ndy Prescott, having been requested by the Lady Mayoress to receive a deposit of clothing from the London Ladies' Committee, for the purpo. , e of distribution among such distressed refugees from India as may arrive at this port, has willing!y ern e . sented te do so ; and she will be happy to see at her house, on Monday next, at noon, any ladies who will honour her with their advice and assistance in forming a local committee in. aid of the benevolent object. See ad 1, in the interim, gratefully receive any articles of clothing that tarty be forwarded to her for the said sufferers, adlreesed to the care of Lady Prescott, Grosvenor-square, Southampton.—September 18." The necessi'y of this notice is apparent, when it is con sidered that the Indian snail packet Colombo, with some of the fugitives from India, is expected here on Thurit day next. MonE TROOPS FOR INDIA. —lt is stated that the Government has decided upon dispatching 10,000 troops t 'lndia, in addition to the reinforcements already ern basked, or under orders, for f. reign service. These reinforcements ill consist of 1,000 ft yal Art Ilery aed Sappers and Miners ; 1,000 Royal Matinee, for Madras and Ceylon, to replace re 4 ireente that may have been withdrawn from thos e places ; Er service in the dis turbed dietricts of Bengal, s.rel the North• West Pro vit.can ; two regiments of cave.lry, of 750 sabres each ; three regiments of infantry, from the Mediterranean ; mad three regiments fro-u the rereited Kingdom, eac, numbering 1,000, effective men. Militia regiments will relieve those of the line which are to embark from garrisons in the Mediterranean. In order to dispatch such a 1 , ,r 4 e force at °rico, 12 additional regimeete of militia vv:11 be embodied forthwith. Troop ships for the conveyanc3 of these reinforce ments are requirel, each vessel not to ho less than 1,000 tons ; screw steam vessels will .be preferred The reieforceneetits will embark as soon as the vessels fro the:r conveyance are ready for sea. LATEST NEWS 'iri • - _ r _it, Eft *21,, CHINA. (Front a Correspondent of the Daily News.) DEPARTURE OF LORD ELGIN FOR INDIA. HONG KONG, JULY 16. In my last you were informed that the Earl of Elgin was about to proceed to the northward—it was sail to Japan, but it was more generally be lieved that his lordship's destination was Pekin, to endeavour by diplomatic means to avert the horrors of war. A council of war had assembled, at which it was resolved that until a much larger military force arrived it would not be possible to keep Can ton, although its capture might be easily effected by the joint operations of the naval and military forces at present here. Soon after the deliberations were over the steamer Lancefield came in on the 14th inst. with much graver news from Bengal, and this determined the noble earl's resolution to proceed at once to Calcutta, and to send to the assistance of the Governor-General of India all the military forces destined for China. The utino-it secresy was observed, or it is obvi ous that with our trade almost at a stand, the mer cantile community would have addressed his lord ship on the subject, and remonstrated against the seeming abandonment of his great mission, which for a time will have a bad effect on the minds of the Chinese, and be construed into fear of the im perial displeasu. e. With the foreign community but one opinion prevails, namely, that the Canton ese must be severely chastised to ensure future peace and the proper conduct of trade. Few are aware that the earl departs. Yesterday the 300 Riiyal Marines brought on by tho Sanspariel were trans ferred to the Shannon, and to-day his lordship embarks, quietly proceeding in the Shannon to Singapore and Calcutta, and taking with him her Majesty's steamer Pearl, of 20 guns, and 400 horse power. _ _ Referring to the council of war, the Register says that the question discussed was whether Canton shall be taken before Lord Elgin presents himself at Pekin or not. The navy are of opinion (says the Register) that the place can be taken and held. The army are of opinion that it can be taken, but cannot he held. The French squadron hag left Mac - to for C..istle Peak Bay, where the ships are now at anchor, and do not, it appears, proceed to Japan at present. The Admiral, having been relieved, sails to-day for France in the Virginia frigate. JULY 26. I am now in a position to inform you what there is reason to believe is the object of Lord Elgin's self imposed mission to Calcutta, in which, if his Excel lency succeeds, it will secure him a step in the peerage. Many of the Bengal regiments have been disarmed, not be cause they had shown decided symp toms of mutiny, but as Wprecautionary measure they were deprived of their arms, and if removed from the tempting influence of evil example they would be found, as heretofore, staunch and loyal. Lord Elgin has, on his own responsibility, after conferring with General Ashburnare, gone to confer with Lor Canning, and to offer some of the European regi ments in exchange fir B-neal native troops, the disarmed sepoys, who will be best kept out of mischief by giving them military service. During the last war the Bengal and Madras native regi ments did signal service; indeed the Chinese troops were so much annoyed with black sAdiers being employed against them, that they directed much of their fire against the " black devils," as the sepoys were styled. Already Lord Elgin has ordered all European soldiers for China to pr, teed on to India ' and himself has taken on 31:0 marines, calling at Singapore for any troops that may have arrived at that from England. The Governor- General may well and safely spare a dozen Sepoy regiments, who would be, I believe, as firm in their allgiance and as gallant in performing their nal tary duties in China, as during the late war. Should Lord Elgin succeed in his mission, and the result turn out equal to expectation, his Excellency will have the blessing of his Sovereign and the thanks of the British nation. Tile Earl's stay at Calcutta will not exceed ten days or a fortnight, when his Excelency will return to China to carry out the original plan of operations. Already there is raised a cry here against Lord Elgin's apparent indifference to the important mis sion on which he has been sptciallv sent, but, when our citizens learn the cause of the EArl's deprt ore, and the noble and patriotic aim he seeks to accom plish, they will see that his lordship has clone his best to secure the safety of our Indian empire, and the effectual conduct of the expedition to China. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Shanghai leaves to-day with the bi-monthly mail to Gado. In addition to the budget I despatched per her Ma jesty's ship Shannon, via Calcuuta,,, I enclose you the Overland Friend of China, from which several interesting items may be gathered. The Overland Friend of China, of the 25th July, says :—"Since the despatch of the last mail, mili tary operations about Canton have been nil; and there appears reason for believing that before we at tempt pessession of the walls, the rebels will have concluded the business for us. From the provinces we learn that, under the renowned chief Le, the rebels gave battle to the Imperialists under Gen. Kwun, near Seu-hing, and gained a complete vic tory, only three boats escaping to Canton. to tell the result, and carrying Le's bravado challenge to Yeh to come on again as soon as he could get ready. La's force is said to number 100,000 fighting nien and 1,000 war vessels, and his Excellency Le's head quarters ate now at the district city of Uet. The first-class city of Seu-hing is iu very straitened cir cumstances. "Another rebel chief called Lein, with 50,000 men, has had a hard battle with Imperialist troops from Tsue-chow, and having gained the vic►ory his Excollency is compelling the whole of the surround ing country people to submit to his rule. Fear+ng for the provincial city itself, Yeh is calling iu all the Tsue-show men, and has stationed 1,000 of them in the south eastern suburbs. The leaders of the 96 villages, too, have had to send their qu.tas of armed men ; between two and three thousand of them are in the western suburbs. The Ban nerinee, Manchus, and the Lieut-Governor's guard, alto gether about 3,000, are trouped on the heights be yond the northern wall. " The Hak-has of Ko-msng and six other dis tricts have united, and are burning and destroying wherever they go. Calton is the great point to es cape to, and there the poor starving wretches of the surrounding districts are congregated by thousands —men, women, and children. SINGAPORE. SINGAPORE, AUG. 7. My last announced the departure of Lord Elgin for Calcutta. Her Majesty's ships Shannon and Pearl conveyed nearly 400 troops from the wrecked transport Transit ; and on Sunday last the detach ment of her Majesty's 59th Regiment, destined for Hong Kong (where the headquarters of the regi ment are stationed), proceeded to Calcutta in the steamer Laneefield. All that now remain here are those belonging to the medical staff corps. Ord,rs have bent given by Lard E gin for all Enroi_ean troops to proceed to Calcutta, should they touch at this place en route to China. A few days aao lier Majesty's steamer Inflexible, from Hong ‘K , no, arrived here, and next day proceeded to the wreck of the Transit, in Bane% Straits, for the purpose of taking on board the stores and crew of the un fortunate transport. Captain Bate, of her Majesty's ship Ac won, proceeded in the Inflexible to the scene of the wreck, for the purpose of sur veying the rock on which the Transit was IoA, preliminary to the comet-inder and officers of that vessel be;ng brateaht to a naval court-martial. Her Majesty's ship Racehorse is still here, waiving the arrival of the Amethyst, from China, when the Racehorse will sail for England. On Sunday last her Majesty's steamer Encounter arrived here from Bangkok, having on board the Siamese embassy for England. The principal am bassador lauded next day under a salute of nine teen guns. In a letter from the King of Siam to a gentleman here, the royal correspondent writes 4 " Our embassy consists of 28 Siamese personages, of whom his Excellc ncy Phia Montree Suriwong see, the full brother of his lordship Chowfiya Suri • wongsee, S.P.K., is the first ambassador ; and my beloved adopted son, his Honour Phra Noi Sarb bedh Chaky, is the second ambassador." In addi tion to the two ambassadors, one representing the First and the other the Second King of Siam, there are four chief attach, s, named Chamun Rajamale, Noi Bieber Ssrbkick, Man Rajoday, and Chatnun Mondir Bidecks. The embassy will leave this to morrow in her Majesty's steamer Encounter, pro ceed through Bauca and Sunda Straits to Adeu un der sail, and coaling at the la ter place will steam to Suez, from whence the Encounter will sail for England. A war steamer will be iu readiness at Alexandria to convey the embassy to England. Among the presents ou board the Encounter is a w4ii.e elephant, intended for her Majesty Queen Victoria. The commercial news from Bangkok is highly unfavourable for rice and sugar, which were scarce and in great demand ; indeed, the price of sugar was higher at Bangkok than at Singapore. Several European vessels were wa.tiog for cargoes. P.S. The ship Blervie Castle, from London, April 28, arrived here tais moruing, having on board Major Robertson, Captains Wyatt, Clark, an d Ingietield, Lieut. Blake, Ensign Botkim, Adj u t an t Thompson, Surgeon Mrthur, Paymaster James, Janv..s, Purveyor's Cler k Bush, and 248 rank and file of her Majesty's 2 d B a t talion Military . Train. TROOPS FOR INDIA. We have received the following telegraphic despatch from Liverpool : "The troopship Lord Raglan arrived at the Mauritius in 69 days with the 4th Regiment of Foot. "This body, nearly 1,000 strong (including women and children), was landed in perfect health. " Nine births took place on board. "The residue of the 33d Regiment had em barked in the Lord Raglan, and she was to leave for Bombay on the 13th of August. JASSY, SEPT. 19. The class of small landed proprietors have elected nine unionist deputies ; with two anti unionists, and three doubtful. The proprietors of house property in the towns, the members of the liberal professions, the mer chants, the corporations, &c., have elected nine teen unionists and one anti-unionist. Of four deputies who were to be elected by our capital, three are unionists; these are MM. Cor iadini, Malmesko, and Vano. At Galatz, the votes were in favour of the former administrator, M. Conza, and for M. Con stantin Negri, former minister ; both are unionists. Tranquillity pervades the country. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. According to the last account from Chalons, it is likely that the Emperor will leave on Tuesday for Stuttgard. As already stated his Majesty intends to stop at Strasburg on his way, and to pass some hours there. His Majesty has again directed that a reception similar to that which was given him at Rouen, oil his return from Osborne, shall alone take place. The Emperor, after stopping one day at Baden, is on the 24th to reach Cal isruhe, and on the 25th is to be at Stuttgard. His Majesty is after wards to visit Darmstadt, and it is believed that on his return to France he will again go to Chalons to be present at some grand manoeuvres which are to precede the breaking up of the camp. " The Emperor," says the Courrier de Marseilles, , 6 will, we have good reason to state, visit this ci - y after his visit to Stuttgardt. His Majesty, who taken a great interest in the works now in course of execution here, connected with the state naval establishments, desires to inspect them himself. The idea of a vast jetty will be then examined, and the works of the Imperial palace will probably be urged on more rapidly." A Paris correspondent of the lndependance of Brussels says :—" It is believed that one of the subjects which will be discussed by the Emperors of the French and of Russia, in their approaching in terview, will bo the propriety of effecting a simul taneous diminution in tho standing armies of Europe," • The following private telegraphic despatches have beau received : " BERNE, Sept. 18. " The Federal Council is sending Colonels Stehli❑ and Kurz as Commissioners to the Government cf Vaud, to see to the execution of the decisions of the C )until. On its side the Government of Vend has cmi yoked the Grand Council for the 24th inst., to solve the question of competence to act in opposition to the Federal Council." MADRID, Sept. 19. " A Government order permits the tree entrance of corn into Spain until the month of July. The Hojas announces that the opening of the Cortes is to t,ke place in October." _ _ _ " BERLIN, Sept. 19. , . " In the extraordinary sitting of the Central Commit tee of the Bank of Peusda, which took place to-day, the rate of discount of bills was raised trom 54 to 6 per cent." BOURSE, Sept. 19.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. End of Month. 4i per Cents - —fr. —,. 3 per Cents 67 20 67 15 Bank Shares 2,810 Credit Fonder — Credit Mobilier 865 Roman i Do. Account 837 50 Austrian Belgian 4. — Spanish Threes 4O Piedmontese(s) 9O Home Debt RAILWAYS-YOB CASH. tr. c. IT C. Orleans 1,380 Western - Northern - Lyons and Med 875 New Ditto - New Ditto 8621— Grand Central - Geneva - Sardinian . 5OO - Midi - TURKEY. A letter, dated Constantinople, Sept. 9, says another change has just taken place in the Sultan's Ministry, and astonished every one here much more than the fall of Redschid. Fethi-Achmet Pasha, Grand Master of the Artillery, and brother in-law to the Sultan, has been superseded. Under ordinary circumstances a change in the comparatively subordinate direction of the Artillery would attract but little notice ; but Fethi-Achmet was not merely Grand Master of the Artillery, and his disgrace is a matter of no little consequ. nce in Constantinople politics. A favourite of the late Sultan Mahmoud, who married him to one of his daughters, he maintained his position and influence with the present Sultan, and has played an impor tant part in all the political intrigues of Constanti nople for the last 30 years. But justice will not allow me to say that this influence was acquired by legitimate means and used to promote the interests of his master or his country. Sensual and depraved in the extreme, he has habitually pandered to the worst passions of the Sultan, and encouraged him in the most degrading vices. Night after night the Imperial caaque would be seen quietly gliding down the waters of the Bosphorus to land the Sultan at the litVe kiosk of Tophand, where Fethi-Achmet was waiting to receive him. Here the two used to spend t:►eir evenings, and what orgies have taken place in that little kiosk I will not and cannot say. When the Stiltau was elated with wine, and became expansive and confiding, he had nothing tJ refuse to his favourite. Fetbi-Achmet would then, in a moment when it suited his own selfish purposes, thwart the intentions of all the ministers combined. He has made and unmade more ministers than all the other Pashas put together. He belongs to no party and has no friends, though his dependents are numerous. H 3 did not require friends; he was a party in himself. He governed the Sultan ; he was therefore dreaded and flattered by every suc cessive ministry. What circumstances have brought on this man's disgrace I cannot say positively. He was dismissed in the morning, and the night previous the Sultan had spent at Tophane drinking and making merry as usual in his cmnpany. Can it be that the Sultan has suddenly taken a temperance resolution, and so sent away the favourite who led him on to drunk-n -ness 1 Inshallah ! as the Turks say ; but this is too good to be credible. The direction of the Artillery has been given to Mehemed Vasif Pasha, the . Turkish commander at Kars during the siege, who, at all events, is a general who has seen some service. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 17. Employes who are not connected, with the .Finance Department aver that Baron Bruck has never even thought of emitting Reichsschatzscheine (Treasury-bills) but there is reason to believe th e y are mistaken. If the information be correct, the Minister of Finances proposes to make Trea sury-bills, bearing 4 per cent. interest, to the amount of 150,000,000 florins, and with them to pay off the debt of the State to the Bank. The object of the Minister of Finances is to place the Bank in such a position that it may be able to re sume its cash payments on the Ist January, 1859, and he is said to be of opinion that it might do so with safety if bank notes to the amount of 150,000,000 florins were withdrawn from the cir culation. If. Treasury-bills to the above-mentioned amount should be piid over to the Bank, the State dotnains, valued at 1 55,000,0001, will still be left in its hands as security. It appeals that there is more than one weighty objecti to to the project of the Finance Department. 1. Au emission of State notes would. probably lead to a panic among the foreign holders of Government stock. 2. If there were again a floating or non-consolidated debt, the Austrians themselves would lose confidence in their Government, and would greatly raise the prices of the precious metals by their frantic eagerness to convert their paper money into silver or gold. When the State domains were ceded it was under stood that they were to be sold, but as not a rood of land has yet been disposed of, the public is greatly inclined to fancy that the Bank is in the position of a child which has received a valuable coin as a present ; the money belongs to the child, but it is to be looked at, not spent. It is to be foreseen ' that if the Bank s ho u ld resume its cash payments 15 months hence, its metallic reserve of 100,000,000 florins will very soon find its way across the frontiers. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The America arrived this afternoon, bringing 42 passengers and 550,000 dole. She left BoAen on the 9th, Halifax on tile night of the 10th. The steamer North America arrived at Quebec on the oth ; the Kangaroo and Arago at New York on the 7th ; Europa at Halifax on the 9th. The Arago was boarded off Newfoundland. The news telegraphed thence to New York. The panic at New York has completely subsided, but numerous additional fail ures are reported, and stocks continued depressed and money very tight. Amongst the new failures are L. W. Kirby and Co., dry goods jobbers, liabi lities 500,000 dols., assets in excess ; Stillman, Allen, and Co., extensive madiinists ; Caffin and Haydock, auctioneent, all of New York, and others .)f less note. Ontario County Bank and Bank of Orleans both in New York state, also failed. Saroni and Goodheim, clothiers, Boston, suspended, liabilities 500,000 dole. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says if the final action of England on the Dallas-Clarendon treaty is not received before Con g.ess meets a new treaty will bo negotiated. A treaty adjusting New Granada difficulties was being agreed upon. It covers only claims of American citizens. Postal and other matters had been post poned till a future opportunity. The new minister from Nicaragua was still waiting at Washington to be recognised. Government said it lacked suffi cient information to recognise him. The Americas consul at Hong-Kong has written to Washington, denying that ho took any part with the British in the attack on Canton, and declared his position was perfectly neutral. It is affirmed that the back of the new frigate Roanoke was certainly briken in launching. There are reports of damage to the cotton crop in Mississippi from heavy rains, and in Alabama from the ravages of the boll-worm. Sup plies of the new crop were slowly finding their way to market. An accident had occurred on the Camden and Atlantic Railway, New Jersey, by which four were killed and 11 wounded. The notorious MnA. Cunningham has been ad mitted to bail in 5,000 dollars. Recruiting for a new foray on Nicaragua waS going on in Texas, and it was reported that Majo r 11I‘Ctillock would join General Walker in the next expedrtion. In a Montreal paper there is a rumour that the Governor-General of Canada is about to return, and that Sir William Eyre, acting governor, would go to India to assume a command. Havannah dates to the 3d are unimportant ; business not recovered. NEW YORK, Sept. G.—Pressure for money con tinued, but the position of the banks was getting stronger ; specie reserve increased, and loans largely diminished ; sterling exchange dull and irregular. Bankers' bills 108 to 84 ; stocks depressed and tending downward?. Erie Railroad, 21 ; Illinois Central, 90 ; New York Central, 74g. The produce markets are very sensibly affected by the money pressure. Cotton easier and tending downwards ; ashes steady ; flour much lower, say 30e. to 60c. ; wheat declined sc. to 15c. ; corn un settled, 70c. for mixed ; provisions dull. Latest by tel graph to Halifax NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Money firmer and very active—cotton rather easier, particularly inferior grades. - The following ships arrived here from England--' 11/I,thhattan, Compromise, New York, and Eastern Queen. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 9.—Cotton quiet. Enropt► ' S advices, producing no effect. Sterling exchange) 10i promlum. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, JULY 22. We have now about 45,000 or 50,000 Chinese in the colony, out of a total population of about 420,000. They encamp themselves in bodies at the principal diggings, have hitherto conducted them selves in a very orderly manner, are extremely in duArious and saving, and they chiefly occupy them' selves by washing the earth after the European diggers have done with it—tailings it is technically called. They airn• very sober, though many of them indulge in opium smoking. On the whole they are us€ful producers, and as they are extensive cus tomers of the storekeepers they are not unpopular with the trading part of the community. But the diggers do not like them. They say the Chinese spoil the water, that they are dirty in their habits, and great pilferers. The last accusation is not sup ported by the returns of the courts of justice, and I believe all the other accusations are exaggerated. On the 4th of July the diggers of the Buckland raver, ne,r Beechworth, had a merrymaking on the oesasioi of the great American holiday. A large number of diggers were assembled, and upon some Impulse, the immediate cause of which did not appear, about 300 of them made an attack upon the Chinese encampment, and drove some 1,550 of the in.fortunate Chinese before them into the bush. Many of the retreating panic-stricken vicims were beaten and ill!rea'ed, and it is reported that two or three have since died from exposure. Having driven the Chinese away from their homes, they fired the tents and destroyed the property. Some of the "rowdies" are in custody, and the law will be put in force against them. This occurrence indicat, s the real danger we have to apprehend from the presence of large bodies of Chinese at the several diggings. It is not that the Chinese are likely to attack the Europeans, but that the Europeans cannot be restrained from attacking them. If the Government cannot put clown and putish this and similar attacks a habit of insubordination will be generated highly dei rimental, if not fatal, to coon order. The first Parliament of Victoria under the nevr Constitution, met on the 21st of Nov., and is still in se , sion, without having completed much work, and with heavy bills of the paper which will take considerable time to work through committee. There is a large amount of effective labour in this colony e hich is not hireable, and whioh it is the business of the statesman to render available 9 0 an instrument of preduction,—small farmers, gar deners, and many of higher degree who have no objection to the exercise of their muscular strength in useful productive employments, but not in the position of menials. We have here officers in the army, gentlemen of no calling, attorneys, graduates, barristers, who have tried their fortunes a t the diggings. In other colonies I have known man/ labour effectively on their own farms, and even make little, and in some cases lerge fortunes, who could not have so laboured as the hired servants of others. Women of condition, and even of education and accomplishments, turn to useful labour with much more facility th.n their husbands. I have rknown women of considerable refinement manage their own dairy, make butter and cheese for ne4r ket, and even milk their own cows and bake their own bread, and moreover do all these things better than many of the rustics who have been at it all their lives. Women of this class would feel them selves degraded, and would be degraded, by per forming these labours for an employer at "high wages." Fr en the great variety of persons who have been attracted to this colony by some vague notion that they could not fail to do well in a coun try where a few hundred thousand people share many millions of gold annually among them, I am convinced that the amount of labour not menial which we have among us is far greater in propor tion to population than in any of our colonies. Now, to this class the possession of land in con venieut situation is the only available recourse open, and the industrious and sober labourers who have saved some money swell their ranks. In the mode of submitting land for sale, in the mode of promul .gating noiices, in the mode of selecting localities, this numerous class has been wholly ignored. Even the simple expedients of lots or various sizes "lots to suit purchasers"—hasnot been resorted to. It seems to have been assumed also that if lots of t 100. acres are " open for selection" after one trial by auction, any " uuhireable" labourer has no ground of complaint. "Here we offer land," says the Go-. verement, "if you have money you can buy it, if you have no money, you have no more right to any laud than you have to a coach and six." But my " miserable" friend loo'is around him and does see that, in fact, a few hundred favoured squat ters do get 42,000,000 acres without money, or pay ing a sm 11 annual rent ; and what the sm all capitalist really wants is, iu a few words, a share of the grass ; that is, he says "a hundred acres are of little use to use if I am to be confined within my own fenees ; what I want is a little pasturage in addition to my arable." There are, no double some eifficuldee in the way of a practical solution, which would be of no interest to your readers', but I do not believe they are very gi eat. The squatter's aim is to gat as much unstocked land as posdble to admit of indefinite increase ; and there is no doubt a great deal of unstocked land now monoi olised by the squatting lords. Humble claimants are always moderate in their demana at first. It would be, think, greatly to the interest of the Ministry and the squatters to yield these demands ' • if they do not, I am v er y certain they w ill h ave to give up more. In a former letter I described the plan of the Laud League. Resistance of just and fair de , mands will be very likely to end in the forced ador tion the Land Lea"ue plan—" free selection for purchasers over the whole country, and open pas turage.' Tee discovery of some rich and well-watered laud, with a fresh water lake, either part of Lake Torrens or its neighbourhood, has raised o piuieu s and expectation as to the state of the interior of South Australia,. There • seems to be little doubt that the account is authentic. .. ..i... __.asd. ~" -~ ~~~ a~ COY The Livi Very quiet] maintains( b ales. 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