The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two -Extra Performances only, at Reduced Prices, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19„ 'with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Violetti, ROW, Beneyentano and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVASNI. PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Grand tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair.. £2 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 0 15 0 Three Pair Pit 5ta115.......... 0 3 6 Pit...................................... : Gallery Stalli 0 3 6 Gallery 0 2 0 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — ITALIAN OPERA, at Playhouse Prices, EVERY EVENING. ORISI, ALBONI, GASSIER, MARIO, FORMES, REICHARDT, DRAGONE, And other Eminent Artistes. THIS EVENING—LUCREZIA BORGIA. Friday—LA TRAVIATA. Saturday—lL TROVATORE. The Operas for next week will be duly announced. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. !anorexia Borgia, Madame Grisi ; Man Orsini, Madame Bernardi ; Don Atfonzo, big. Dragon° ; Astolfo, Si , . Piccini ; Gabetta, Sig. Kinni ; Gazella Sig. Baillou ; Rusti;hello , Si g . Annoni ; Liverollo, Sig. Gabussi ; Vitellozzo, Sig. Hoitini ; Petrucci, Sig. Chiesi ; and Gennaro, Sig. Mario. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS 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, Sie., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BIACK-EYED USAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAWZ. 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 Upper Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Tit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, AD ELPHI. 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. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley. &c. To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER. STRAND THEXTRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed (being for the Benefit of Mr. T. Payne) JEANNETTE'S WEDDING. Music by Victor Mass 6. Mr. St. Albyn and Miss Harriet Gordon. Followed by ACTRESS OF ALL WORK, in which Miss nna Maria Quinn (from the principal theatres in Australia) will sustain six characters. • Followed by THE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. A. Cooke ; -Lubin, Mr. C. Forde ; Madame St. Victor. . To conclude with AN IRISH ENGAGENIENT. Mr. and Mrs. Foster. Commence at half-past Seven. Stalls, 23. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, le. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Thxce, 1/. lls. 61. and V. Is. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. Rob3on 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 R R. Brough, Esq., called MASANEELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, cite. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs, Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Ores wick. THIS EVENING, will be performed EXTREMELY PECULIAR. Mr. Shepherd. After which, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. With other attractive noveltit s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP FIITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Complete and unexamplel Success of the Grand O. iental Spectacle of EL RYDER. Mr. Win. Coke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intense'y interest in; and thrilling Equestrian aid 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. ' tact°, in 2 Acts, entitled EL - RYDER; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHALIT MOUNTAINS. El nyder, 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 TIIE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish• ment, including Madlle. Mililos. To conclude with Shakspear's KATHARINE AND PETE UCHIO, with Equeltr:an Illustration 3. Commetco at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at balf-past Eight. 139 x .office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Ur. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jnn. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN 'EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of selections from an the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Gtees, Duets, d:c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyro, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Lo Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, B. Grover, T. Far rant, S. To ,en. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An. tonio, E. L. lime, and Mr St. Albyn ; Master Corri ; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmoninm, Master Willhms ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Snir. pen, kc., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAT—Morn., II min. aft. 6 -Even., 30 min a' To-MORROW—Morn., 51 min. aft. 6-- Even., 14 min. aft. 7 THE WEATHER—Sm Orricn, AUGUST 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAD• 76 highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 75 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.35. Willi', N.E. ; light, with fine weather. VA) § ) • , 11,11, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 18E7, accounts, and the 5,000 faithful natives may be fully accounted for. Besides, the unfortunate death of Sir HENRY BARNARD, which we now know to have occurred on the sth July, may have prevented his successor, General REID, from making any premature attompt. Sir Colas CAMPBELL will, probably, soon be at the scene of action, and we may then receive more satisfactory accounts. We also learn the very important facts that the Bombay and Madras Presidencies were perfectly tranquil, and that their armies still continued loyal. So much for low caste v. high caste. It was on the 4th July that the gallant and energetic Sir H. LAWRENCE died of the wounds received in a sortie. But notwithstanding his lamented death, and the serious loss thereby occa- sioned to British interests, Lucknovr is still hold ing out, and we may hope that the capital of the ex-King of OUDE may not, under any circumstances, fall into the hands of the mutineers. The date is wanting in that portion of the intelligence, but it must be brought down far beyond the death of the distinguished General. of equal dimensions before they could possibly be required. It is therefore a matter of £s. d., on questions of such paramount importance these are of but secondary concern. It is positively, and we believe accurately as serted that with sufficicent funds the lines from Suez to Aden, and Aden to Kurracbee, each averaging some 1,500 miles, could be completed within the present year, at the cost of 300.,000/. and 400,0001. respectively, and that, as we have stated, Calcutta would be thereby brought vvithin a single week of London. What, then, is wanting to effect this vitally important object ? Simply, money ; or, what is virtually the same thing, an adequate and satisfactory guarantee. This might be effected either by a vote of the House of Commons, or by a resolution of the Court of Directors, sanctioned and approved by the Board of Control. Red-tapism is the only obstacle, and surely that might be surmounted in such a case. The answer of Lord PALM ERSTON to Mr. GRIF FITHS on Monday evening does not afford much encouragement to hope for any Parliamentary interference until long after the time has gone by and the fatal announcement " too late" has been made. The Noble Lord said that the cable was not the property of the Government, and could not become such without the sanction of Parlia men+. He would not give any opinion as to whether it could be of service in Respecting General HAVELOCK, we hear that, " at the head of 2,000, he had defeated the rebels in three engagements, reoccupying Cawnpore, and capturing 26 guns ;" and that " these actions were very brilliant, and with very little loss on our side." The rebels, on this occasion, were those who, under NANA SAHIB, had murdered so many fugitives on their passage down the Ganges. They had been threatening Cawnpore, but from the word "reoccupying" in the despatch, it is pro bable that the important _station had never en tirely fallen into the hands of the sanguinary as sassins of women and children, who have proved themselves better qualified for such atrocities than to meet men armed with equal weapons. We may reasonably anticipate that these miscreants have already bitterly ex piated their shortlived triumph. There is an avenging NEMESIS that attends such acts, and seldom leaves them unpunishe.i. The former despatch declared that Agra re mained quiet, and that the Indian troops had all been disarmed. The present one states that the Agra Garrison fought the Neemuch mutineers on the sth July with a loss of 49 killed and 92 wounded out of a total force of 500. This is the most perplexing and mystified portion of the de spatch just arrived. It does not say which side gained the victory, or where the contest took place. There is a considerable distance between Agra and Neemuch—some 300 miles. It is scarcely possible that the garrison of so important a position would have travelled such a distance against any enemy whatsoever. It is scarcely more probable that the Neemuch mutineers mild have got to Agra, or, if so, that the town could remain quiet under the circumstances. For com plete information on this interesting topic w© must await the arrival of the mails, which may bo looked for within a few days. We hear that several massacres have taken place in the North-West provinces. We fear that similar accounts will be of too frequent occur rence. We know not, however, whether they refer to outrages already reported, or to fresh atrocities, of which nothing was previously known. There will be terrible accounts when a]l the fearful details of the mutiny and rebellion are fully given to the world I "The Punjab continues quiet, with the ex ception of a mutiny at Sealkote of the 9th Light Cavalry and 46th Native Infantry, who took the route t 3 Dahl. They were attacked on the 12th July by Brigadier Hume sod, and wore I driven back, with 200 killed and wounded, leaving their baggage and plunder in our hands. Our loss was 6 killed and 25 wounded." "A rising also took pl ice at Hyderabad on the 18th of July, which was quickly suppressed." Nothing, however, is stated respecting the cir cumstances. The above is all relating to India, and although not very satisfactory, it gives positive relief when taken in connection with the very lame and con fused account delivered on Friday evening. There are dates from China to July 10, but nothing is given except the arrival of Lard ELGIK on the 2d of July, and that he had proceeded North. A very short time will however serve to appease the anxiety so naturally felt in all quarters for full accounts from the scone of darger and of difficulty, and the absorbing importance whereof renders the tidings from China of comparatively trivial interest. 6 the way proposed or not, but "at this period of the Session no application could be made to Parliament on the question." This then is an other sacrifice to routine. If it was the purchase of a large quantity of ground, such as the Xen sington-gore estate, for the purpose of carrying out a Princely crotchet, or effecting a job, the Government would be quite prepared to enter into engagements without thinking it worth its while even to consult Parliament. But when it is merely to alleviate the national anxieties of all classes of her MAJESTY'S subjects, to save enormous expenses by directing the available re , sources of the country to the most speedy sup pression of the mutiny, and the security of the Anglo-Indian Empire, then " red-tapism" is ram pant, and nothing can possibly be-done until the opportunity is for ever lost. Although the szssion is so nearly over, there is yet time to elicit a further answer from the Premier, so as to ascertain the possibility of telegraphic communi cation being established with India even before the close of the year 1857, which may then in deed remain an an,nus mirabilis in the national history, no less for the great work accomplished, than for the triumphant victory over routine and, red-tapism. service. exercise. There is at present an opportunity of effecting a great desideratum anxiously looked for by the entire community, and calculated to render the most important service to the nation. It appears that the Atlantic Telegraph Company have decided on delaying the attempt to complete the commu nication between Ireland and America until next year. There are thus some 3,500 miles of the prepared cable ready, embarked in adequate vessels, and which could be made available at the shortest notice for laying down a sub marine telegraph from Sucz to Kurrachee. The object would not cost quite three-quarters of a million, and would doubtless prove a very re muunerative investment fur the money. It would, in fact, bring Calcutta within a single week of London, and thus shorten the time by at least three weeks, under the most favourable circumstances. But that does not by any means show the full extent of the benefit now so easily attainable. Despatches could be transmitted almost daily, so that every important movement would be known within little more than seven days. This alone might save many millions to the nation. The telegraphic despatch from India, received through the British Vice-Consul at Trieste at 7.30 p.m., was immediately forwarded by the Earl of CLARENDON to the daily metropolitan journals. The Noble Lord deserves great credit for his exertions to allay the national anxiety re specting Indian affairs at the earliest possible moment. He exhibits neither fear, favour, nor affection, but sends the interesting tidings to all just claiman's, with the most perfect impertiality. This conduct, contrasted with the practice for merly adopted in all the public departments, en titles the Foreign Secretary to tha thanks and gratitude of the entire community. The present despatch comes (per The Bombay) from Bombay, bringing dates to the 30th ult., and to the 14th from Delhi. It has the advan tage, generally speaking, of being intelligible. The Strange confusion manifested in the extraordinary document to which we directed attention on Satur day last is wanting. We now understand what is meant, Ihnd the intelligence loses EDl:De filing of the gloomy character belonging to the last account. om e eenotune pro magnifica is an old principle, and it has certainly received a new illustration on the present occasion. In such ma tt er s, the cause of public security rarely re ceives the benefit of the doubt. I n the late despatch we were told that Delhi was not taken, but the date was skipped as, mat ter of the most trivial importance, and that wag, with the exception of the death of General Be n _ NARD, also undated, al that NVOS gated respecting the rebel stronghold or its vicinity. In the pre sent we hear that " on the 14th of July it was still held by the rebels," and a reason is assigned why an assault had not been made, viz., that " though we have parts of five regiments before Delhi, o nl y 2,000 Europeans can be mustered for any effec tive attack, inconsequence of detachments to pro tect other pleces." Now this,, is clear and easily comprehensible. Of course in -any such assault a large reserve should be maintained, and as it ap pears that detach nests have bean sent to pre tect other plaee, it is pr)bable that the 7,000 8, 000 Europeans, referred to in previous But unfortunately such promptitude and deci sion is wholly opposed to the spirit of redtapism. It is obvious that, if left solely to private enter prise, the golden opportunity will be totally lost. Capitalists are proverbially a timid race. They wi►l not advance their money in any scheme that does not afford the certainty of paying a handsome per centage ; and unfortunately Governments— we do not apply the term exzlusively to that of Lord Palmerston—are not. accustomed to deal very liberally in matters where the public are greatly benefited. They will not, therefore, come forward at a moment's notice unless adequate encouragement be given. But there are many persons with aMple means who would be quite willing to act on a simple vote of the House of Commons promising indemnity, and such a vote might easily be obtliued to-mor row—even before the prorogation. An act of Parliament would net be required, although, if such were the ease, it would Le well worth delay lug the separation for a few days, iu which it might be carried. We b:lieve, however, that a vote of the guardians of the public purse would be all that is required. to ensure the completion of the line before the commencement of the " second campaign," to whi c h so muc h im portance is naturally attached by the loaders of all parties in the Legislature. Why then may not this be takea to-morrow ? The company to whcm the chains belong will make no o bj ect i on, inasmuch as the respectable establishments by whom thoa) now on haul were manufactured would be quite ready to contract to supply others Destina- . 2: 9• Sailed Ships. Corps • tion. 2 i-, June 1S Areta .. .. Calcutta .. 214 East India Company's July 1 Bucephalus.. .. Do. .. 221 33th Regt • 1 Barham .. .. .;o. •.. 134 BLI 3 Brigade „ 2 Melina ~ .. Do. •. 279 60th Regt „10 Ulysses .. ~ Do. .. 318 88th Vogt „Ii Ellenborough .. Do. .. 52 .2f tla and 60th R:gts „12 ddclaide .. .. Do. .: 250 East India Com p an y 's „12 Prince Arthur .. Do. .. 290 East India Company s „ 1:- Cressy „ „ Do. •.. 238 ith and 53) Regts „15 =.lr (leo* ge Seymour Do. .. 252 ith Rogt 2 ,16 Surrey .. .. Do. .. 369 88th Regt ti ~1S Calabar :.. .. D 81t and o. .. 229 88th Regt d Regis „ 19 Cambodia .. Do. .. 119 „ 11 , Castle Eden .. Kurraehee 206 27th, 52), 61..tt Regts „2: Ramill , s .. .. Do. ~ 223 7th Regt „21 Roman Emperor .. Do. .. 239 27th, 6lst, 87th Regts „21 3eringspatant .. Do. .. 236 7th Regt ~ 21 Bombay .. .. 00. .. 357 24 th and 70 th R egts „21 Albtura .. .. Do. .. ' 237 27th and 81st Regts „21 Owen Glendower .. Do. .. 337 7th Regt 29th, 53d, 60th Regtz 19th Rest „22 SutieJ •. .. Calcutta .. 280 3,1 Bat. Rifle Brigade 32) and 75th Regts ~ 23 Alnwick Castle ...Madras .. 422 19th Regt 2d Dragoons „ 23 William Hammond Calcutta .. 233 „24 Merchantman .. Do. .. 351 3d Bat. Rifle Brigade ~,, 2 2 6 5 O A i t l a u v , l .. .... D O 0 0 . . .... 4 2 0 7 2 6 „25 Blenheim .. .. Do. .. 336 „26 Nlonarch '.. .. Do. .. 300 Bth, 10th 32),33th, 65th ~ 28 Robert Lowe (a 0.. ' XL, .. 416 Ist Regt ~ 30 Whirlwind . .. Do. .. 351 19th wad 42d Regts Aug. I Louisiana •• •• Do. .. 573 38th and 79th Regis „ 1 larthage • • •• Do. .. 212 38th Re g t „ 2 Scoland (s s) .. DJ. .. 2. 0 Artillery „ 4 Defiance • • .. Do. .. 419 Ist and 60th Regt „ 4 United - Kingdom (a s) .'. .. DO. .. 403 34th Rifle Brigade ~ 6 John Bell (s s) .. Do. ..210 33th Regt „ 6 Golden fleece (s a) Do. .. 615 36th and 42d Re g is „ 6 Victoria (a s) .. Do . .. 408 art. and 42d Re g t • 7 Liverpool .. .. Do. .. 900 60th Regt.. . .. 8 Lady Jocelyn (a s) Do. .. 206 51th, Art ,and Rifles 8 James Baines .. Do. .. 996 97th and 4 A I Rcgta 8 Champion of the no. ~1 23th an d 42d R eg t s Seas ii)o. .. 7 8 0 54th, Arc., Rifle Brigade ~ B i Sarah Sands (s s) •• Do. .. 9 0 s dth Regt 9 Lady Jocelyn (a s) 14th an 186th Regts „10 Genghis Khan .. 'Do. .. 128 . ~ in , gainernnon ..I n o. .. i 55 10th and 84th Regts „10 iinperador (a s) .. ICeylon .. 529 Ro y al Marines ~ 12 tVarrior Queen • • 'Calcutta .. 45., Artillery ~ 12 imperatriz (s a) .. Ceylon .. 53 9 4oyal Marines „15 Victoria (s a) . • • Calcutta • • 527 Artillery „ 15 Sydney (a ad .. Do. .. 410 Artillery „15 Australian (s s) .. Do. .. 3'4 id) Regt ~ / 5 Candla (I a) .. 0 28 , • „, 87 8 10th, 20th, 34th, 97th „16 Adelaide (s s) .. Ceylon .. 478 Royal Buenos „ 16 Sarah Sands (a s) .. Calcutta .. 366 i 4 54th Regt 83), 8 ;Ili „21 ,e)gemoor .. .. , iotnbay .. 305 13, 7tth, „ 24 City 9t Manchester (s all .. .. Calcutta!" 520 King's Dragoon Guards VESSELS NOW EMBARKING TROOFS. Chersonese (s a) —lCaleutta 809 .4 h Regt Queen of the South (s a) .. .. Do. .. 750 66th and 72) Regts Flersiils • • .. Do. .. 2410 12) Regt A lir ore .. .. Do. .. 218 Artillery Lightning :.. Do. : 678 Sthiltusars,liings'sD.G Athlete .. .. Bombay .. 1 9 2 Attlrery PRIVY COUNCIL AND PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. —The Queen will hull a Privy Council to-day at 13nckingbarn Palace, at which the contents of the Speech to be delivered at the prorogation of the betides on the following day will be considered and settled. Yest.irday being the birthday of Iris Royal Highness Prince Albert, who was born on Aug. `2.(3, 18W, in the cnornirgg the bells of the metropolitan and suLurbau churche s rang forth merry peals, and at 8 o'cleck the M standard was hoisted at the Government (fhce T fIE 6tIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE'3ING; AuGusr c 27, 1A57 The Right Hon: B. Dibraelleid - Mrs. Di , raeli have left Grosvenor Gate for Hughenden Manor, Bucks. The Earl of Minto has a family party with him at Minto Castle, in Roxburghshire, including Lord and Lady Melgund, Lord and Lady J. Russell, the Dean of Bristol, and their families. We regret to hear that Commander of the Recruit, gunboat, has been obliged to be landed at the military hospital at Corfu, in consequence of serious illness. Commander M`Killop, it will be recollected, was promoted out of the Snake for distinguished services in the Black Sea. We regret to learn of the death, on Saturday last, in his 19th year, of Mr. H. F. Bulwer Macready, son of the great tragedian. Mr. Henry Laurent, the conductor of Her Majesty's state balls, has accepted an engagement as musical di rector and conductor at the Jardin d'fliver, where con certs and other entertainments are to be given in a magnificent scale by the enterprising lessee of Drury Lane theatre. ROYAL MAl:ling. — lt is rumoured that a considerable retirement amongst the "higher officers" will shortly take place, and which will give a chance to the more active and enterprising . belonging to this distinguished ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH.—The gen tlemen cadets of the theoretical classes assembled on Woolwich-common, at elaven yesterday morning, with the six-pounder battery recently formed, under the command of Captain Shakespeare, R.A., for gunnery The various evolutions were performed with LATEST NE THE INDIAN MUTINIES. The following telegraphic dospath, received, through the British Vice-Cansul at Trieste, Aug. 26, at 7 30 p.m., is forwarded to the Editor of The SUII, by direction of the Earl of Clarendon " ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 20. " The Bombay arrived at Suez yesterday morn ing, bringing dates from Bombay to the 30th of July. " The latest date from Delhi is the 14th of July, at which time that city was held by the rebels. "Though we have parts of five regiments be fore Delhi only 2,000 Europeans can be mustered for any effective attack, in ceosequence of detach ments to protect other places. " Sir Henry Barnard died of cholera on the sth of July, and was succeeded by General Reid. "The Bombay and Madras Presidencies were perfectly tranquil, and their armies continued the utmost precision. REPRESEgTATION OF MIDDLESEX.--The conservative party appear to be on tho qui virc for the approaching election of the' county of Middlesex, consequent up)n the elevation of Lord Robert Grosvenor to the peerage. - - It is said that Viscount Chelsea is indisposed to pre3eat himseif;ginas a candidate, and that the cmservative party will probably start the Honourable Robert Bourke, a younger brother of Lord Naas, or Mr. Henry Pownall, one of the county magistrates. THE NEW DUTIES OP CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT.— loyal. "General Sir H. Lawrence died on the 4th of July. " The garrison of Luckuow is holding out. " General Havelock at the head of 2,000 Europeans has defeated the rebels in three engage ments, reoccupying Cawnpore and capturing 26 Yesterday the new Act granting duties of Customs and Excise was printed. It has immediate operation. The new sugar duties are—on candy, brown or white refined sugar, 18e. 4.1. p'r cwt.; on white clayed sugar, Ha per cwt.; on yellew Muscavado and brown clayed, 13s. 101 per c:et.e and on brown Muscavado, 12e 81. per cwt.; and on molasses, ss. per cwt The new tea duty is ls. 51. the pound. The dirties are to continue from the passing of the act on until the 31st of March, 1860. THE NEW ACT ON MARRIED WOMEN'S REVERSIONARY INTERESTS.—.Yesterday the new act to enable married women to dispose of their reversionary interest in per sonal estate, which received the royal assent on Tuesday, was printed. After the 31st December nexa married women may dispose of their reversionary interest in personal property and release powers over such estate, and also their rights to a settlement out of such estates in possession. The husband must concur in the deed, and such deeds are to be acknowledged in the same manner as fines and recoveries are passed by married women. The act which is not applicable to Scolland is riot to enable married women to dispose of any interest in personel estates settled upon them or agreed to be settled, on the occasion of their marrieee. STRAND THEATRE.—M3. PAYNE'S BENEFIT.—The enterprising lessee of this favourite little theatre takes his bent fit this evening, on which occasion he will he supported by a great number of talented artiste, wine have volunteered their services. The performance wil commence with a new drama entitled, " Jeannette's Wedding," in which Miss Harr:et Gordon and Nile St. Albyn will sustain the principal parts. After which the celebrated favourite actress, Miss Quinn (by permission of Mr. Buckstons), will appear in one of her pieces, in which she susntins six different characters ; and in addi tion to a variety of dancing, the evening's amusements will terminate with the "Quaker" and "An Irish Engagement," in which Mr. and Mrs. Foster will appear. Since; the theatre has been under the direction of the present lessee, he has succeeded in restoring it to its wonted popularity, and the return he deserves for so doing is a " bumper." AN EXCURSION TO WINDSOR CASTLE.—On Monday last a party of upwards of 2,000 persons, consisting principally of respectable mechanics and their wives., came from the east-end of Londorr, to visit Windsor Castle. They occupied 38 carriages belonging to the South-Western Railway Company. After ascending the Round Tower and going over the State apartments, the Royal mews, promenading on the North-terrace, and taking a peep at the Long Welk, they proceeded with a band of roasinians from the Great Eastern steamship, to the Brocas, where commodious tents, abundance of refreehmente, and every accommodation had been pre pared for them, and whet() they danced, sang, and amused themselves until 7 o'clock, when they took their departure. FIRE AT BRIXTON. —Yesterday afternoon a fire, atten ded with a considerable destruction of property, took place in the premises belonging to Mr. Spratt, a builder and saw-mill proprietor, situated in Langton-place, Vassall-road, Brixt no. The building in which it com menced was of some extent, and stretched in one direc tion upwards of 50 feet, and in the other between 3,3 and 40 feet. This range of buildings was used as the workshop or factory, and adjoined the steam saw-mills and counting-houses. 0 ;sing to the ieflemmabla nature of the stock in trade, the fire travelled with great rapi dity, so that in lees than five minutes after the outbreak, the entire building was involved in cue sheet of flame, and the conflagration was attacking the steam sawmil , s and other buildings. It was found impossible to check the fire until the e hole of the factory hal been consume 1 and all its valuable contents. REFUSAL OF A CIIURCH-RATE.—A vestry meeting of the ratepayers of Gillingham, Kent, having been con vened for the purpose of making a church-rate, Mr. Churchwarden Hulet proposed that a rate should be made sufficient to meet the current expenses of the edifice, and that voluntary contributions should be made to defray outstanding debts due to the clerk and organist. The proposition of a rate was opposed by Mr. Sox on, who suggested that it would be far better to leave the whole matter to voluntary contributions, remarking that if the vicar, the Rev. Dr. Page, who was the richest man in the parish, would head the list with a sub , crip tion of 201., lie would be bound to say that a sufficiency would soon be collected to free the church from debt. The churchwarden's motion for a rats meeting with no seconder, the proposition fell to the ground and the meeting separated. THE ATLANTIC TELECILAPH.-0 or read-re will seeretly require to be told that is a matter of such absorbing in terest as the recent failure of the attempt to connect the Old and New World we are inundated with suggestions from all quarters for the completion of the great scheme. The following is from a c 3 rresponder.t, who does not wish his letter to appear, though it nevertheless contains the only sensible and fea sibl e suggestion that has been made. Ho is very proper l y of o p i nion that the breaks for regu lating the pa ying out of the cable should not he left to the judgment, and attention of any man, no matter how great his s kill, but that they should be governed by a self-acting apparatus operated on byl,a, float on the cur face of the water, that would of course, feel the slightest variation in the immersion of the stern of the ship. As this suggestion, next to devising a cable to be paid out without the use of breaks at all, is the most practical that ban yet been ma:e, and as it is perfectly easy to see how tae necessary apparatus could be devised for effscting4t, we wiiliu&y give it a place in our columns. Times. - Tins SEWER ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF THREE LIVES AT WHITEOHAFEL ,— Yesterday morning the district sur veyor, a government i ns p ec t or , ma de an official survey of the a the Sesser where th e l a t e u n f o rtunate men lost their lives, on Tuesday morning last, and the result of their examination will be given at the coroner's inquest, whioh will be resumed cn Friday at the London Hospi tal, The two men (Goodyear and Ives) are still under the care of Mr. B rch, the resident medical officer of the above-named institution, and from inquiry made last evening the reporter was informed that they have so far recovered as to be considered out of danger. Yesterday afternoon the inhabitants of the district commenced a subscription, for the relief of the wives acd families of the meu who perished. The workmen in the employ of Mr. Eanor, tie contractor, resumed their labours yester day forenoon, and the sewer is now considered free from impure air. A full and searching investigation wi.l be gone into by the coroner, to ascertain the precise cause of the sad catastrophe. MURDER AND -SUICIDE.—On Friday last a desperate Irish faction row broke out in Dudley between tao men named Michael Hickey and J. Higgins, which ended in the former rushing into a butcher's shop, taking up a knife from the block, and plunging it into his feiloT-countryman's bowels, causing his death. Hickey was thereupon taken into custody and lodged in the lock-up. On Monday laq, as the constables hying the charge of the prisoners in the lock-up were going their rounds, on entering Hickey's cell they bend line leaning against the wall and appareetly in a helpless state, with his head hanging down. 013 approaching him it was discovered that he was dead, having suspended himself by his handkerchief from one of the bars of the window of his cell. When disco vered his lees were bent under his bod y. H e had chalked the following (supposed t o be add r essed to his wife) on his cell-door :—" If you 00 what I toll you I weuld not lose my life. May the on the soul I have taken through drunkenness ; end the Lord have 'mercy on mine ! Go to your child, and go to my sister. Do the best you can for your chil. dren. I forgive, and God for g ive y ou." The in q uest cn the body of Higgins h as been herd before Mr. Docker, coroner for Worcestershire, and has ended in a verdict of " Manslaughter" against 11...ckey. THE ATROCIOUS MURDER IN THE HAMPSTEAD-ROAD, — The unfortunate youth, Gals° Benz tnelli, who was stabbed by a man named Cornelius Denny, and whose death we reported yesterday, became so excessively low and weak in the course of Monday that it was felt advi , allA, after the examination of the accused at Marylebone Police-court, to have his dying deposi tions taken in the presence of the prisoner. At that thne the deceased, who was but nineteen years of age, was perfectly sensible, and the moment the pri soner was produced before him lie identified him as the man who had stabbed him. His statement was to the following effect : " My name is G ileo Benzsueld. I am an Italian, and wag in the employ of Mr. Joseph a Baretti, confectioner, 17, H a mpstcad-road. The man before me came into the shop about 12, on Saturday night, with a female, and had come ginger-beer. He then fell asleep. About three o'clock on Sunday morn ing I awoke him, and asked h im to g o out, as we wanted to close. As he was going out he struck me in the face. I defended myself, and he then took out a knife and stabbed me. I ran into t he shop and told them what had happened. I was then put into ac .b and brou g ht here. The prisoner is the mail who stabbed me." Th e pritoner Denny, who is a smith by trade, and an Irl-h -roan, is notorious for his violent and overbearing disposi tion, and it is stated that this is not the the first time this fellow has been guilty of attemptiog the use of the knife. - . guns. " These actions were very brilliant, and with very little loss on our side. "The garrison of Agra fought the Neemuch mutineers on the sth of July. Our loss was 49 killed and 92 wounded out of a total force of 500. "Several massacres have taken place in the North-West Provinces. " The Punjab continues quiet, with the excep tion of a mutiny at Sealkote of the 9th Light Cavalry and 46th Native Infantry, who took the route to Delhi. They were attacked on the 12th of July by Brigadier Nicholson, and were driven back, with 200 killed and wounded, leaving their baggage and plunder in our hands. Our loss was six killed and 25 wounded. "Arising took place at Hyderabad on the 18th of July, but was quickly suppressed. " The dates from Hong Kong are to the 10th of July. "Lord Elgin arrived on the 2d of July, and was about to proceed north. " JOHN GREEN. " Trieste, 3 p.m., Wednesday. "H. RAVEN." (BY SUBILLRINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) TRIESTE, ATJG. 26. The steamer America arrived here this day, at 2.30 p.m. She left Alexandria on the 21st of August. The Indian and Australian mails left Alexandria on that day, with dates from Calcutta to the 28th July, Bombay 30th, and !long Kong 10th. On the 14th Delhi still held out. The enemy had made three sorties, in all of which they were totally defeated, and suffered heavy loss. Sir Henry BArnard died of cholera on the sth of July. Sir Hugh Wheeler has been killed at Cawn pore. The garrison, pressed by famine, surren dered the place to Nena Sahib, by whom, in violation of his solemn promises, all were massacred. Nena Sahib was subsequently twice attacked and utterly defeated with great loss by General HavelOck, who has reoccupied CawnPore. Sir Henry Lawrence died of a w)und on the 411 of July. Lucknow is confidently expected to hold out until relieved by General Havelock. The remaining regiments in the Punjab have being -detected by the authorities, we must admit our ignorance. This is a question to which none, we be lieve, can reply, and which, will not be solved for marry a day to come." The Univers contains the following : "The first step 'of England after the suppression of revolt should be to refer n the administration—a difficult task—and to liberate the population from the tyranny of native officials, who have rendered the name of England unpopular in India. The company doubtless thought it could gain over the higher castes, and especially the Brahmins, by giving up to them the free run of public offices. Events have proved the hol lowness of these calculations, for these very castes hav, fomented the insurrection. This was perfectly natural ; these castes, and more than all the Brahmins, are sworn enemies to the foreigner ; they aspire to an independence which would confer on them the sovereign power. The English, in leaning towards them and in sacrificing the people, have committed a fearful political error, the fruits of which they are now gathering." A decree in the Mortiteur makes the following appointment and promotions in the consular body : " M. Bresson, consul first class at Gibraltar, to be con• sul-general at Smyrna, vice Baron Pichon, called to other functions ; M. Ambroy, consul 2d class at Civita Vec chia, replaces M. Bresson at Gibraltar; Viscount Gil bert de Voisins, consul let class at Odessa, replaces M. Ambroy ; M. Jagerschmidt, secretary of legation en dis ponibilite, replaces Viscount Gilbert de Voisins at Odessa; M. Tissot, eleve consul, replaces M. Lombard as consul 21 class at Corunna ; M. Verdier-Latour, chancellor of legation at Berlin, is to be consul 2d class at Riga, vice M. Jules Faucher, placed en disponibilite at his own re quest ; M. Tulbausen, vice-consular agent at Lnbeck, replaces M. Verdier-Latour as chancellor of legation at Berlin ; M. Hauser, chancellor'of the French consulate at Dantzic, replaces M. Tolhausen at Lubeck ; ➢I. Henry de Cassy replaces M. Hauser at Dantzic; M. Hausa mann, chancellor of legation at Hanover, to be consul 2d class at Mossul, vizte M. Francisque Bouvet, placed en disponibilite on•account of his health ; M. Ducasse, chancellor of the French consulate at Milan, replaces M. Haussman ; M. Rollande de la Sauge, vice-consular agent at Monaco, replaces Ducasse ; M. Edmond Blache, clerk at the French consulate at Montevideo, replaces M. Rollande de la Suage." The Moniteur publishes a decree Tromulgating the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded on the 14th June last between France and Russia; and of which the prinaipal provisions have been already stated. The treaty comes into operation in both countries on the 14th September. = The Moniteur contains the following :—" A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, which reached Paris yesterday, announces that the elec tions of Moldavia have been annulled ; the elec- toral lists revised ; and that the new elections will take place in a fortnight. Diplomatic relations, lately interrupted between the representatives of France, Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia, on the one hand, and the Porte on the other, will be very shortly re-established." At the banquet given by the Governor-General of Algeria ou the occasion of the fete of the Em peror, Marshal Randon, in proposing the health of the Imperial family, said : " Gentlemen,—According to the custom of our father, we are assembled to celebrate the fete of our sovereign Algeria, on this day of ir.tional rejoicing, raises her voice to the throne, with the more assurance that the is proud of having merited well of the mother country. Whilst her abundant crops are flowing to the markets of France, the army of Africa inscribes a fine page in her military history. The conquest of Kabylia is not only a title of glory for the army, but it affects a great progress in our colonisation, which stands in need of space, arms, and security. The work, gentle men, advances ; property becomes secure ; our commercial relations extend more and more every year; our agriculture improves, and our manulac tures develop themselves ; and it .is manifest to every eye that our y , ung colony is in the most prosper ous state. One wish, however, remains for us to form, which, by being renewed every year, cannot fail to be come more ardent. It is that of seeing the Emperor on these shores, of enabling him to judge from personal ob servation what we are all doing, each in our several spheres, for the prosperity of the colony, and receiving from his Majesty's mouth those expressions of satisfac tion whVa increase tenfold the happiness of having done well. That day, we dare hope, will come, and then, as to-Jay, we will unite our voices in the patriotic acclama tions of Vive l'Empsreur !" Vive l'lmperatrice!' Vive le Prince Imperial !'" BOURSE, Aug. 26.—The fallowing were the last quotations _ Cash. fr. c. Eiji et Menth. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 66 90 66 95 Bank Shares 2,830 Credit Foncier - 550 - Credit Mobilier 959 Roman Do. Account... 952 50 Austrian Belgian 41 - Spanish Throes -- Fiedmontese (5) B9j— Home Debt been disarmed. At S3aleote the 9th Light Cavalry and 4Gth Native Infantry mutinied, but were subsequently attacked by Brigadier Nicholson, and utterly routed. At SAugor the 31st Illgiment, under their native officers alone, drove the revolted 421 out of the station. Holkar remains stanch. There have been some disturbances at Hyderabad, in the Deccan, but they have been suppressed. The Bombay and Madras Presidencies continue tranquil. At Calcutta, trade, especially in Exports, c3n- tinues paralysed. Exchange, 24. 2kd. to 2r. 30. for document bills. At Madras there was little change in the im port market. Exchange, 2... 2 . 1. At Bombay business in imports is very limited. Exchange, 21. 2id. CHINA. Lord Elgin arrived at Houg Kong on the 2d of July. His Lordship was to proceed north wards in the Shannon, accompanied by s;x gun- boats. The mails from England arrived on the Bth. At Foochow confirmatory reports had been re ceived respecting the injury sustained by the tea plant from not being thoroughly picked. The de crease in shipments of tea from China to the 30th of June was 27,550,0001 b. SHANGHAI, JUNE 29. Exchange, 7s. 21d. to 7s. 31d. The prices of silk had advanced. Exchange at Hong Kong, 53. to ss. Oid. AUSTRALIA Dates per European are—Sydney, June 20 ; Melbourne, June 25. The European arrived at Melbourne on the 6th of June. The shipment of gold to the 234 of June was 1,230,428 ounces. Stocks of bonded goods were rather increasing. The Assembly had resolved to abolish the public grant for the support of religion. Exchange, 2 pm. Welton's offer for the establishment of a line of steamers between Sydney and Panama has been accepted by the Government of Now South Wales. At Sydney, wool, lundwasho(l, la. 51-1. to is. ITid. The flour market was dull. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Debats devotes a long article to au investi gation of the origin of the sepoy revolt, and its conclusions correspond with those formel by the majo'ity of the London press. .In the opinion of our coutemporaty, the revolt is neither a national manifestation nor a pro'est against the rule of the company ; it is simply a miiitiry conspiracy, the motive, of which still rmiain a mystery. The Debats justly ob:Trves " The sepoy complains of no particular hardship, he has revolted In fifty different placAs without nainilT any other grievance than that of the greased cartridges, which is not a grievance, for he has not hesitated to make use of them against his forru:w employers. He entered theservice by voluntary engagement, and in India admission into the army was bought after with the same eagerness as government situations in ' France. Ile received a pay which rendered him nearly opulent, and, in fact, be was more liberally treated and paid than any other soldier in the world. These circumstances have not prevented him from conspiring. But if re are asked how this conspiracy was organized without ever RAILWAYS-FOR CASII. , tr. C. fr c. Orleans 1,155 -- Western Northern Lyons and Ted 895 -- New Ditto New Ditto BBO lt C Gran,' Central _. . —.. G Austrian Cum. 650 - - SPAIN. We are in receipt of the Madrid jourals of the 22d. Prince Wladimir, superior officer of , the household of the Emperor of Russia, had arrived in the Spinish. capital. It was rumoured that, when General Lersundi proceeds to Cuba, he is to be accoMpanied by General Ramon Solano, as his second in command. Speculation in corn has of late been carried on to such an extent in t:361 and New Castilie that the public journals are inveigh ing against the toleration afforded to such practices. The Espana notices the late ac's of fanaticism at Tunis, and inquires if such shameful proceeding's ought to be permittel, almost in sight of Catholic countries like France and Spain ? It points to Tripoli, and expresses an opinion that at any mo ment the Christian population may be as ill-treated there as the Jews have been on the Tunisian terri tory. It concludes by asking wheth'r the French and Spanish Governments ought not to interfere effectually to prevent a recurrence of such acts. A telegraphic despatch in the Univers announces that the Pope arrived at Leghorn on the 25th, and was most warmly received. From the Itionito're Toscano we learn that on the 21st his Holiness gave his benediction from a balcony of the Pitti Palace to the Tuscan army drawn up on the square below. He afterwards set out for Prato and Pistoia, and returned to Florence the same day about dinner time. In the afternoon he visited the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in company with the Gland Duke, and gave his benediction to the patients. 'On his return to the palace, he was greeted by four bands of musicians preceded by a detachm nt, of 300 soldiers with torches, The bands continued playing under the Pope's windows until ten at night. The Opinione of Turin states from Naples that since the discovery of arms and amunif on on board the two Neapolitan steamers, mentioned last work, several houses in the capital have been searched and some arrests made. " The dispute between Naples and Piedmont on the subject of the seizure of the Cagliari (says a Paris letter in the Nord of 13 , ussels) is becoming complicated. The cabinet of Turin ins'sts on the release of the, passengers of that vess.-1, and the Neapolitan government r efuses until the trial of the insurgents of Sapri shall have terminated. The reply of M. Caraffa was accompanied by some warm recriminations against the Piedmontese G - vernment, on whose territory the plot, he declared vas organised. Count do Cavour demands a dis avowal of the note of M. Caraffa, and a diplomatic rupture between the two countries is considered not improbable." Prince Cloigi, the Papal nuncio at Munich, ar rived at Frankfort' on the evening of the 22d. After saying mass in the ca.thedial o:i the following morning, and visiting many of the curiosities of the city, he set off for Mentz, where he will pass some time with the archbishop. The last accounts received announce a sensible improvement in the Lealth of King o.car of Sweden. THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.—Mr. Speaker will take the chair at one o'clock to-morrow (Friday), to vthich hour the House of Commons stands adjourned. The House of Lords will meet tomorrow at half-past twelve. WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The first concert at the College Hall last night was very well attended, although there was not so numerous a company 113 bad been expected. The great features of the programme, were the Mendelssohn symphony, the "Loreley" fratz :neut, and Hatton's new cantata, " Robin Hood." Of the "Loreley" and its weird and passionate music, with Clara Novell° for the Leonora, there is little to be slid beyond what has been written over and over again. Suffice it to nolo, that this glorious fragment of an un• ;wished work was. gloriou-ly rendered by band, chorus, and principal, and that it created even more than the' old excitement. The c horus was perfect The performance of the " Robin Hood" excited a gocci deal of interest, the music (xhich was only brought out at the Bradford Musical Festival last year) being new t, nearly the whole of the audience. Everybo dy was was well pleased with it, and it certainly is a work of great merit. The principal parts were thus dist r ib u t e d —Maid Marion , Mrs. Weiss ; Rabin Hood, Mr. Sims Reeves • L;ttle John, M r. Z r iontem Smith ; and Sheriff, Mr. Weirs. The attendance was good for a first con cert, the Lumber being 471, against 465 at the opentn concerylast festival ; the excess, however, we are sorry to add, was in the second-class seats, so that that the actual receipts were not so large as in 1854; The or itorio to-day was Mendelssohu's " Elijah," which it was expected would draw a very large attendance ; con trary to expectation, however, the number fell short by 120 of the attendance on the "Elijah" day at the last Worcester Festival. .RETDRIV OF .FIER MAJESTY. Her . Majesty left Osborne, at 40 minutes past 10 o'clock this morning and arrived at Buckinghim Palace this afternoon. coußr CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 26. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Alfred, the Prin cess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Leopoll, em barked in the Royal yacbt Fairy yesterday afternoon kr a cruise. _ . Lady Churchill, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, and the Equerries in Waiting were in Ctead ance. _ . . The Prince Consort rode on horseback. Tnis n,rning, it being the anniversary of his Royal Highness's birthday, . the Band of the Royal ➢larines played a 2election 02 the terrace. Mr. William Fitzgibbon, Mayor of Carlc, bad an in terview with the Chauceilor of the Exchequer at his offi cial residence in Downiog-street yesterday. The Right Hon. Robert and Mrs. Lowe left town yes terday for the continent. Governor Wodehouse had an interview yesterday with Mr. Secretary Labouchere at the Colonial office. Sir Beoj ►min Hall has 13ft town for Scotland, for the purpose of inspecting the various Works which are being carried out under his department. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial. office to the Governors of Hongkong acid Ceylon. THE QUEEA'S JOURNEY TO THE NORTH. The Qleen, the Prince Consort, and the Royal family and suite will leave London for Scotland to-morrow (Friday) morning by a special train from King's-cross station, at 8 o'clock, proceeding by the Great Northern route to York, and thence by the North Eastern, the NewcasAl,-.. and Berwick, and Edinburgh and Berwick lines to Scotland. The usual regulations will be adopted to insure the safe transit of the Royal train. The line and stations are to be kept clear half-an-hour before the time the Royal train is due, and alt traffic is to be stopped until the Royal train and the pilot engine following shall have passed. The pilot will leave King's-cross station 10 minutes after the Royal train, and fo:low at this interval as far as York, under conditional precautions. The communication between the guard and engine driver will be used on this cceasion, and a man will be sta'ioned on the tender to take cognizance of signals. The train will b n e accompanied by its own fitters, lampmen, and greasers. At the stations where the Royal train is timed to stop the public are to be kept within barriers on the down plat orm, so as t 3 prevent their crowding upon the Royal carriages ; and those who may be admitted on the upside are to be kept on the platform, and not allowed to get cn the line. At Hitchin, Huntingdon, and Knottiogley the train will pass slowly through the straight lines without stopping, .RMINFOIiCEMENTS FOR INDIA. (From Thc - tek?r's Ove The following List of Vessels England with reinforcementsi the news of the Sepoy mut' give again, co nplete up to th rented from the most reliable :rland Mail.) ,hick have sailed from )f Troops for India e*ce aies reached hone, we e present time, and cor sources : AUSTRALIA. ) PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Australian Auxiliary Company's ship ludo mit able, Captain Nicholson, from Melbourne, ar rived this afternoon with 30,922 ounces of gold, and a cargo including 600 bales of wool, 90 tons of cop per, 5 cases of silks, 1,000 firkins of butter, and sundry merchandise. She left Port Phillip Heads on April 30, and in Bass's Straits discovered that the mainmast was sprung and fore and main topmast' disabled, and was thus prevented from carrying much sail. From South Cape, New Zealand, whic h was made in five days, she was compelled to go 8 . 5 far as 62 S. lat. to seek winds, and encountered head winds and a succession of easterly gales. Sh e was 10 days off Cape Horn, for five of which she was hove to in a terrific gale ; one man was drownoit the life-boat was lost, and other damage incurred. She crossed the line on the 16th of July, and her passage home has occupied 118 days. She spoke, on the 14th of June, off Cape Horn,.the ship Otivit 35 days for Callon ; July 5, the Danish bark T. v. Scholet ; July 13, lat. 8 9 S., long. 34 W., th e Commodore Perry, 64 days from Liverpool fo,r Melbourne, all well she intended to call at Bah ° for water ; July 15, lat. 3 40, long 32, the Mar°° Polo, 36 days out • July 20, the American ba ll ' Trovatora ; July 26, the Portuguese brig Jah B ,,; August 1, the bark Rapido, 122 days from Maza,' lan; August 3, in lat. 31 42, long. 41 25 W., th e Dutch bark Maria Anne, 135 days from Rangoon, the ship Jason, 86 days from Batavia, and t ue British ship Euphrates, 139 days from the v 1 8,.: coast ; August 4, the bark Esmeralda, fr ° „g u " Madras for London, and the ship Alma, luv i. from Bombay, for Liverpool ; August 7, tt l , 3 ship Lochiel, 102 days from. Calcutta for L°D . don ; August, 17, the Spanish bark Helenot 120 days from Rangoon ; August 18, the Briti sh brig Helena, 46 days from Paraiba ; August 20, the barque Tyrer, 112 days from Vali . , raiso ; and off the Lizard this morning, her ivie' jesty's screw steam corvette Pylades, 21, Willia ol _ A. Sharp, master, w : th the Assurance, and t hrz e other despatch gunboats, which left Portsmo nt° - ast night. SOUTHAMPTON, W ED NEsDAY. The European and Australian Company's steamie r Oneida, which caused such anxiety for her it ft some months since, has arrived, here. She 4 1 7,; Sydney on the sth of May last, and has been 1. " days on her passage. She came round Cape .ffer ts ri e ' and has experienced the most fearful weather ; she sailed principally during the voyage, and steaur during calms. The Oneida has brought home 36 paisengers ar t 150 bales of wool. She called at St. Helena and.,ai, St. Vincent. She spoke the James Baines, vnr, troops for India, about eight days since, off Western islands. When the Oneida broke down in the In dia Ocean, on her wayt 9 Suez, she was going ll kno ts ', hour. She bad passed Cape Lewin two d a ys befor e her time, and would have made a splendid vei, a g,, to Suez but for the mishap by which her sole PI% was broken in two places, and a new sole pla could not be made for her in Australia. There °a i be no doubt that when she is put in proper r e PL r she will be a splendid mail steamer. Capt. 1 1 P: 3 a her commander, is in good health, but has se or o t much from the anxiety he has undergone ou acco tl . s of the misfortunes which have happened to ship. COMMITAICUTIOB WITH INDIA. gip The question of the quickest and surest means of c ° 0 113 : munication with our Indian empire is of such v ast 0 1 portance that all su.zestions- bearing on it dein:, attention ; and with this view we print the followleg • " CAPTAIN FORD'S SUGGESTIONS RESPECTING THE BEST R OOS : INDIA FOR TROOPS AND TILE BEST CLASS OF snipe TO O SA THEM W. t 0 Mine 'failure of all endeavours hitherto mo le c is effect a rapid and direct communication with the Cape of Good Hope, whether attempted in atisijo or full-powered steam ships, has been occasionedb "0. insufficiency of tonnage and power of the vessels ployed, and by. the loss of time inseparable from cl l o t at so many different stations. Our only indepell"l-ir and natural high road to India is by the ocean. 0 command that route, but have not yet made the best "e 4 of it. In order to overcome the delays and difficult; adverted to, I suggest the immediate establishme nt° line of first-elms iron screw steam ships, of 5,000 tool measurement each, and fitted with engiue3 of horse-power. 30 0 " Tnese ships can bs so constructed as to average miles per day—a rate of speed that would enable t13,,p to perform the voyage to or from India, with certait Y in 41 days—viz, Eiigland to Cape of Good Hope, or vice versa Coaling at the Cape Cape of Good Hope to CAlcutta, or vice versa Total 4l dart. " The stowage capacity of each ship would coror' ; ' ample space for 2,000 troops, with their officers, offie' r ,, hones, artillery, baggage, and a large amount of ro v r . tions of war, together with 24 days' fuel, and the I . quislte quantity of provisions and stores. "The political advantages of Great Britain PP,gO sessing a distinct available fleet of this descril' ° t o are so obvious as to require no comment, ex•ieP t ilo cl mention that, in the event of an European war, an urgent demand for troops, each of thole e r rd thous and powerful vessels, upon an e merg e d of that nature, could convey 3000 men from In difl iit land them at Gibraltar in thirty-six days, or at ga"" t be thirty-nine days. Should neither the Admiralty O r b ipt East, India Company feel disposed to manage th e 8 0 0 , referred to, such an addition to our national resoutiod can only be created and properly worked by 3 1 3 8 0 company, established under the auspices of her Government, and which company, if arlevatelf, 6 Tril pi,:ted, I am prepared to orgauise without delay t ool whole matter is simply a question of tonnag e, 8 , the power, and capital ; and the events arising ou t °f ego' Indian mutiny are likely to be such as to giv i s tinuous employment, during many years, to the c'''re powerful ships alluded to. The Times has trill , marked that— " * Transport is the weak point of our naval 81- It is too evident that we have not yet completed 010 of our nati , nal establishment, and it ought to bq without delay.' I ba " Under these circumstances, and con3ideriosl,/ graye position of pubic affairs in the Batt) I, ill'? well-fmindel hope; that my suggestions will b e , dir mately adopted, although in the meantime antl e 'doris comfort and disappointment will have to be e toP' before her Majesty's troops are conveyed to and or India in the spacious, well-ventilated, swift, and PllO ful transports which I am auxidua to establish 013 important route as early as practicable. " Cry Club, Aug , 1857:" "Jollii 0119' WRECK IN THE CHANNEL.--LIVEEPOOL, Wedr-e --Totebi- rice was received here this afternoon frO n doo laud by telegraph announcing the total loss in 1 31.1 %/' Bay, near Trglee, of the Lexington, Capt. Dickinn", lar g e American ship, laden with cotton and stave' , t oo° New Orleans, and bound for this port. She is und° P , D efr to be largely insured in this country. No laves are tioned as having been lost. r t BRITISH ARCHLEOLOGICAL A SSOCIATION.—v O S yi day the members visited St: Andrew's Hall, ° I d and the remains of the co n vent of Black Friars , 1 1; j e tt' paper upon the s u lj ct was read by Mr. T. J . • d grew, Vice-President. The members next visite i re cathedral, respecting which a paper fall of historiet'op search was read by Mr, 11. Burnell. The CO' ll ' l fe d after visiting some other places, went to Caistor, ,pef miles from Norwich. At Caistor Mr. Fitch read s!ilest' descriptive of the encampment, and Sir John 13 , - D e° ve an account of an examination which ha . Id inß made for tracing the foundations of a small ,b ui ro el' near the spot. A pamphlet by Mr. Hudson ur" in which that gentleman expressed his conviction°, o Norwich and not Caistor was the Venta Icenertiof,' of the RomaLe, was distributed among the ceteo,so In the evening there was an assembly at the Gni' p/' Norwich. Mr. Pettigrew, in' the absence of the itio' Dr. Husenbeth, read a paper prepared by that gelikfr' man on some of the sacramental fonts of Norfolk. Planch4 read a brief communication from the g' tie of Poste, describing some representations of miestriea painted glass of an early period formerly belOg got St. James's Church, Norwich. Mr. W. H. Biaeirlie' a report of his examination during th e da y of the 'Proor. dral records. The congress then ad j ourned till fooP day, which was occupied with a visit to King's pF • and Castle Rising. g t A SCANDAL TO THE ADMIRALTY.--THE RENV,; O O O AN OLD Samox.—Ou Wedne s day (yesterday) nsfol Grant, a veteran sailo r, a g ed 101 y ears, appeared v the Chelsea board of guardians, he being destiWe'ool, laying claim to Chelsea as his parish, from the fas t , 0 0 being apprentic ed at Chelsea, to the River Than3e:, waterman. From the centenarian's statement , 13 10 j e born at Maidstone, in Kent, on the Ist of Jas.; , c an He married in 1 7 80 , but his honeymoon was a it3 a p i p - one, for on the very day on which he had takes ug Cti he was met coming from church by a pressig f' D i j d Tower-hill, and despite Tom's showing fights " t maiden wife's tears, th e Ch e l sea waterwan was of ,kidnapped and tak en on b oar d the London, sloop ° „goil j and proceeded to sea. After being in several e,„ 1 9 1 merits, the London was ordered home and 14" al - aim to complete the nuptials with Susan, rrel- vbe:ase'iP' Jones's sailing off Whitehaven deferred the con, wt, tion of their union for the London was orderedvvt,t, o' et in pursuit of the for pirate. In 180 1, ;' va i n , with Nelson hotly engaged at Copenhagen, an a V a r this, his ship was captured by the French, g' oo l3e o ', spent, 11 years of 'his oluquered life in a Pr s il loo o l ,l Pars. In 1813 he was oil board the saucy fra in i t ) o and got his leg shattered by a cannon ball l o Chesapeake. Sir Charles Napier was a to'c l ! s acly nian-of-war e hich Tom served. Although at 8e . 0 0 1 , extreme ad age the veteran has the complete übsctil3o his faculties, and fights his battle over again savageness quite retresning. The board adiuitrte., e.‘ as an inmate, w here he soon found anothe r vets of- war's man, William Fry, and the twain yarns and grievances, without a quid of tolNe!. their grateful countrymen to heal their vital fur beard w ill, however, apply to Greenwich }loop retreat for Grant. TI SI) me ani for pr( s u tbc ilk rec due to t at the tie; grc