The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONBON, rUESDAY EVENING AUGITSr 1P; 1867. THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD IN THE THAMES. The celebrated " Black Ball" clipper "L I G H T N I N G," Belongirg to Messrs. JAMES BAINES and Co., of Liverpool, and sister ship to the " JAMES BAINES" and the " CHAMPION OF TILE SEAS, rece ntly recen tly inspected and so highly eulogised by her Majesty the Queen and Court at Portsmouth, is expected to arrive in the Thames, to embark Troops for India, on or about the 21st instant. While lying off Gravesend, the " LIGIITNING" will be thrown open to public inspection for a few days, and a charge of one shilling admission will be made. the receipts to be given to the wives and families of the soldiers who sail in her. The " LIGHTNING" is 2,093 tons register, 3,500 tons burthen, 243 feet long and register, feet wide. She is TIE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD, temptation by the same seduction. The pay will bring abundance of men who will make their pro fession and its rewards their idol, their Sbasters, or their Koran, and who will even morally 'be no losers by the substitution. It will at least be one essential to enlist men on the distinct con dition that no military duties are to be refused on religious pretexts. The service, they must be told is to override all religious scruples or they are not to accept it. This indeed is the case with British soldiers themselves, and the recent mutiny will teach the natives also that we cannot in rea son sanction any other rule for them. Next the natives must be made to understand, what they can well understand—our simple prin ciple of toleration or rather of religious liberty. Asiatics can comprehend it quite as well as Euro peans. They must have it openly proclaimed to them in every way, that every man in the British dominions may persuade another to adopt what creed he likes, but that no man may persecute an other for his creed, or use any kind of coer cion to back his persuasions. We have mis laid the paper just now, but we remember when the case of Col. WHELER'S preaching Christianity to Sepoys and other natives was first reported from India, a native journalist ridiculed the idea that the Sepoys did not understand as well as the Governor-General could do, the difference between Colonel WHELER's preaching and Colonel WHELER's military orders. The writer was opposed to Christianity, but he denied that his countrymen did not fully understand the distinction between WHELER the Colonel and WHELER the Missionary. For future peace and quiet, therefore, it is far better to leave to a military officer the same liberty as is enjoyed by other masters with nu• Lnerous servants, but to make plain to every native mind the grand rule, that in regard to re ligious matters there is under British rule perfect liberty and equality; no man being treated either the better or the worse for his creed ; and nn man being permitted to employ force in any shape. This would avoid all difficulties about Missionary officers, some of whom, in the Indian service, at least, have been, and are amongst our most efficient men. It would avoid all difficulty, too, in regard to any man in civil or military authority contributing to or encou raging schools, or any Christian or semi-Christian institutions. We may add, that our notions of religious liberty are themselves a part of the civi lisation we want to bestow on India. having made the passage from Melbourne to Liverpool in 63 days, when her speed during the whole voyage (round Cape H or n), a distance of 15,000 miles as the crow flies, averaged 10 miles an hour. On tho 27th of February, 1855, she ran 19 mi es p - :r hour for 24 consecutive hours, and from the 28th June to the 4th July, 1856, her hourly consecutive speed averaged 15 miles. no OVAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. IL THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with (being the Farewell Benefit of Mr. Charles Mathews), NOT A BAD JUDGE. Mr, Charles Mathews, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. men ; Mesdames Fitzwilliam, Sabine, &c. After which, P TTER VERSUS CLATTER. To conc'ude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Mrs. Frank Matthews in her original character. To cor Ludo with THE SPOILED CHILD. Orchee I. Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the vening), 68. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. cl. Second price. s. d. Dress B ;es 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper B -es ....... ........ 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit . Lower r Very 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper allery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. IEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. . Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. 21.NING. will be performed (by desire) the as of LIKE AND UNLIKE, in which Messrs. ` . - 4 . Wright, Paul Bedford, and Madame Cclest° will ej. J conclude with THE ELVES; or, The Statute Bride, Madamo Celeste. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Legsers. Messrs. F. RolPon and Emd-n. 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 o iginal Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob- Non, Cooke, Danvers, see. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past !Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING will he performed the grand opera of LA. TRAVIATA. Lucy Escott, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, and Mr. A. Cooke. To conclude with LA SONNAMBULA. Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, Miss Lan2.a. There is another question of vast importance in regard to the religions or superstitions of the natives—that is, the extent to which Gwernment ought to interfere with them. The Company began with one extreme, but we must not go to the other. When it first gained territorial power it would not suffer even a Christian misssionary to preach to the natives. It stood in complete awe of native idolatry, paid for the worship at its shrines, and had, we believe, splendid articles manufactured in English looms to adorn the car of Juggernautb. It sanctioned the immo lation of victims beneath his wheels, and dared not interfere with the horrors of Sutteeism and infanticide. - They were religious ceremonies—to touch them might endanger our power Lord BENTINCK inaugurated a better era for India, and we have since been acting more or less on the principle of suppressing gross immoralities and cruelties, though dignified with the name of reli gion; and of declining to contribute directly to the irrationality, not to say impiety, of idolatry. Juggernauth and his car are no longer a part of our Church and State system for India, and we have had courage to proclaim that widows shall not burn to death in the name of religion, much less relatives participate in destroying them, except under the penalties of murder. Somehow the natives have been fountl able to comprehend that we had good civil reasons for punishing murder as murder, whatever name it went by. ASTLErS ROYAL AMP FIIT Fl EATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Fier Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand 0 icntal Spectacle of EL RYDER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest ing and thrilling Equestrian and Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with incrnts - ed delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, an l during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec• tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an nnapproachahly brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish. nient, including Madlle. Mililos. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, I.s. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. Box•ol$ce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Kr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. fIANTEIIBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— LI OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. in' company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Felections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Goes, Duets, &c., Miss E Pearce, Mrs. Pa`myre, Miss E. Scott, Kiss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jeune, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. 'oqe"., J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An tonio, E. L. Hime, rail Mr St. kbyli ; Master Corri; Messrs. Ssm. Collins, and E. Mackney. pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. S pera, &c., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—M-rn., 38 min. aft. 12— Even., 7 min. aft. 1 To-Moaaow—Morn., 35 min. aft. 1 —Even., 57 min aft. 1 We must sustain this policy. Cruelty and the grossest indecency are two marked characteristics of Hindoo worship. With these, at least, on broad civil grounds, we must continue to inter fere. We must put them down. The native conscience not only does not rebel, it respects us for doing i❑ India as Lerd CAMPBELL prop)ses to do in Holywell-straet. It is a singular fact, that a recent decree of the Legislative Council, pro hibiting indecent exhibitions, has a clause exempt ing the temples from its operations. Of whit a state of things in the temples must this be signifi cant ! Imagine a clause in Lord CAMPBELL'S Bill exempting St. Pauls an 1 Westminster Abbey from its operation. We know, however, from the testimony of eye witnesses, that such are the filthy abominations openly exhibited in the Hindoo shrines of worship, that Holy well-street itself would blush at the sight. We know, too, that, in one instance at least, when the officer in chief c)mmand of the district refused to allow a new building to be thrown open to the public till the digusting paint ings on the walls were obliterated—obliterated they were at once, and not an objection breathed. Even heathens have moral natures when they are boldly appealed t) by a higher moral civilisation. These two principles ought, then, to be our guides on the vexed religious questions in India. To publish, and to carry out consistently, universal religious liberty ; at the same time to suppress all social iniquities, although they might assume the cloak of religion. We ought to give them at once the benefit of the liheity and the social morality of our Christian civilisation. Mere superstition, on the other hand, must be dealt with by other than Government agency. E WEATHER -Sox OFFrcE, A LTG UST 19. TIIZIOIOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71— highest since noon yesterday. 55---lowest this morning and daring the night—the lowest for two months. 69 --this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.15. WTNP, N.N.E. ; light, with fine weather. .f , :ig•gi .41.. , ,, er - i. *--"" t,,-- iQ, <l , vv y rr f r. , .1 --- , -- t: ,,,,, ; - ?----_,_-_ ,- ;) ,, , , ,, ,--,.. , 43,e, 1 , k.. ,.., , . i %,„ ...A.;'•_,1t..., - _ _. ___ LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1357 ...---- -..411...- ---- The evidence appears to accumulate that the Hindoos have been the cats•paw of the Mussel men, and that religion is the roasted chesnut for which the Sepoys have been craftily persuaded to burn their fingers. Missionaries, civilians, and English journalists in India, c,ncur, increasingly, in this view of Vie origin of the mutiny. Ode of the first things, therefore, on which we ought to make up our minds, and to act wish good advic) when the mutiny shall hive been suppressA, is, how we shall dotl in future with the religious questions which must arise between us and the natives in our administration of the Indian Go vernment. Of course all eff,irts must be first directed to the suppression of the mutiny. The rebels, where embodied, have every where to be crushed and punished. The primary necessity is that no natives in our employ shall ever dare to mutiny again ; above all, that none shall ever ven ture to murder an unarmed European, or to butcher helpless women and children, Wo should think it may be found expe dient to deal comparatively leniently with The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill is simple mutineers, in order to make a never-te-be- still proceeding slowly through committee. Its forgotten example of the fiends who, without the opponents have adopted the Fabian policy, speak shadow of provocation, have violated every senti- ins against time, and in every way impeding the ment of the human breast t) revel in the most progress of the measure. They are also striving wanton barbarity. Vengeance on such fiends is to introduce quasi amendments, which the House mercy to man. Lit every regiment which has of Lords may refuse to sanction. They care not bees guilty of murder be annihilated, if found, in fact for the means, provided they can obtain and outlawed if scattered. the rejection or emasculation of the measure, so as This accomplished, there will be plenty to do in to render it practically valueless for the reorganising the army, a work which will have the suitor. It is manifestly not their intention to priority i n point of necessity to that of Civil Re- improve the measure, or to render it more forms, though 1 3 h 't may advance collaterally. acceptable to the community at large, but to make But in both it will be essential that on the re- it a mass of contradictions, which cannot work ligious q uestions W e should at once avow and act smoothly or beneficially for the nation, or for on some fundamental Priam • ple for India, which those particularly interested. Of course, we do will stand the test of any amount of legislative not mean to imply that such is the intention or friction. It will not do to run the risk desire of all the dissentients. There are no doubt of any such coquetting with MORAI LIizt 3 BRAHMA , conscientious men who think that they can ame or Caste, as can render native superstitions again liorate its provisions ; but, generally speaking, a cause or pretext for mutiny. Practically WE, they are playing the game of the factious mine will probably not be difficult in regard to th e city, who, at this late period of the session, army. Amongst the hundred millions of India and during . the second week of grouse shootit,o, there mast be found, easily enough, an ampl e are striving to disgust and weary members who supply of men who want our pay ; men who prac- have co n ti nued faithful to their duties, and resitof pure air and o f th e var i ous ically care nothing about caste or idol worship, all o sports and ai in the allurement s and who, w h en b roug ht t oge th e r, will know no sptdiscussions that h ave hitherto taken euts to whi c h th ey may respec • v bond but th a t o f con fid ence i n t h e i r o fficers and tiy in their reg i ment, and dependence for good wages len lbe the addicteddiseus on the Government treasury. So far as they will place, Mr. GLADSTONE has displayed de gree of have creeds, th e i r very diversity will be one 64 p e rverse ingenuity," a as it has been 17 ha it y element of security against religious mutiny. The termed, far beyond his fellows. It was mainly vast predominance of Iltahminis tn at least, has though his c: o },jections" (we sh a ll not call them been the obvious oauso of much spontaneous corn- hat teu " pettirog;ing quibbleb") t hours were bination ; such large numbers were Pablo t) C.1461,1131td on Thursday last in disposing o f a' single clause. The Times asserts that "in that time, including questions, explanations, and in terlocutory suggestions, the Hon. Gentleman made nine and twenty speeches, some of them of considerable length." This was pretty well for a single day ! Nor was he satisfied with this. Last night he announced that he had an amend ment to propose, which would require him to make a statement of some length, which he should not desire to commence at so late an hour as half past 12. The result was that the Chairman was obliged to report progress and ask leave to sit again. This is certainly not in conformity with the general practice, which would prevent the possibility of many enactments being passed, although the House should sit de die in diem, for the entire year ; and if Right Honourable and Honourable Gentlemen will avail themselves of every pretext to retard the progress of business, means must be adopted to prevent the abuse of privileges valuable in themselves, but which have been on many occasions greatly misapplied. The real question respecting the bill lies in a nutshell. For a series of years Parliament has been in the habit of receiving petitions for bills dissolving marriage, on the petition of the hus band, and in some few and exceptional cases, on that of the wife. Every case was brought within cert tin established rules, now as clearly defined, and well established, as those that regulate the proceedings of the courts of equity. The process, or rather series of processes required were of a very Expensive, and we may add, obnoxious character. The disgusting and disgraceful action for trim. con. was one of these indispensable steps. It could only be justified on the ground of its necessity for obtaining ulterior relief, which was not sought for in one case out of ten, for the very sufficient reason that the costs were far beyond the means of nine -tenths, indeed, we might say ninety-nine one-hundredths of the sufferers. It was, therefore, proposed to create a new tribunal, which should act strictly in accordance with the recognised regulations, and which should, at a single investigation, be authorised to afford relief at a comparatively moderate cost. It would be difficult to conceive anything more plain and simple, which should command the universal assent of every disinterested and unprejudiced man. ' But, unfortunately, there were points in this straightforward and bona, fide pro ceeding that excited sectarian animosity. Romanists and Puseyites -contended for the indissolubility of the matrimonial chain, and, although unequivocally defeated on that principle, they adroitly contrived to raise difficulties that complicated the question at issue, and raised mountains out of molehills, on which they had to work. Mr. GLADSTONE has assumed the position of leader of this clique. He has certainly de layed the measure, but we believe it will not elevate his character with the community at large—the country does not esteem such Jesui tical ability. It would prefer less eloquence combined with greater candour. We trust that the large majority will not suffer themselves to be defeated by the obstructive tactics resorted to, but that they will firmly and unflinchingly per. severe until the bill has been carried in its integ rity, and that the Government will nail its colours to the mast, and not sanction any proro gation until the Divorce Bill has received the Legislative sanction. greater agitation when it is ascertained that the, obnoxious system cannot be got rid of by peaceable means, or without a stringent application of the " pressure from without." The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the purchase of Commissions in the Army have made their report, a portion of which will he found in another part of this day's impression of The Sun. The question is one of paramount, we might almost may of 'vital, consequence to the efficacy of our military system. It is one in which England differs from every other European country ; indeed, we may say, every country in the civilised world. It is, however, "an aged vice : a grey iniquity." It has been practiced "from the earliest period of which there are records of a standing army." It has "grown with our growth and strengthened with our strength," until " the long-established usage has so far accustomed officers to the prac tice that few of the military witnesses have ever seriously contemplated any other system of entry or promotion in the army !" This was all very well so long as almost every public situation could be purchased, while corrup tion was scarcely tested, and even judicial offices were made the objects of bargain and sale ; but it is totally opposed to the spirit of the age, and it really seems too absurd that the purchase of a civil office under Government, or of a com mission in the Indian Army, should be made a high crime and misdemeanor; while a Commis sion in the Army might be legally purchased at a fixed price, and was too frequently made the sub ject of bargains, by which particularity in the subsequent stages large additional sums were paid beyond the regulation. Indeed, the Commis sioners report that an experienced army agent stated that, "in t►he cavalry any sum under double the regulation prise may be considered very rea sonable." There are thus "wheels within wheels." There is an under current of corruption dove tailed on the recognised system, until at last " the practice of paying sums exceeding the regu lating price must be considered to be an accom paniment of the purchase system, which it appears impossible to prevent." CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY TO CHERBOURG. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY. Her Majesty's steam corvette Curagoa, 31, Captain Forbes; Osborne, Admiralty yacht, Master-Commander Bowe3 ; and Banshee, steam despatch yacht, Master- Commander H. W. Allen, left this harbour last night and proceeded to Cowes, where they anchored for the night. At 1 o'clock this day her Majesty, the Prince C msort, &0., left Osborne Palace, and embarked on board the Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, at 1.20, and weighed immediately for Cherbourg, the Curagoa, Osborne, and Banshee in company. Her Majesty will Ouch, probably, at the Channel Islands en route. The Commissioners state the objections to and arguments in favour of the purchase sys tem. There is, however, a manifest leaning to the side favoured by the military or professional witnesses. None venture to declare that the practice is correct, or that it should be adopted if a new system were to be inaugurated, but being in existence they wish it to be retained " until some scheme shall be devised which may produce the beneficial effects erroneously ascribed to the system of purchase." To this they take care to raise what may almost be regarded as insuperable obstacles. They st thatany general system of pro motion by selection would not be favourably received by the officers of our army, and would be equally offensive to the purchasing and non-purchasing corps. Neither would the principle of seniority be available, regard being had to the efficiency of the army. /laving thus quietly disposed of every substitute, but without considering what might be the effect of a system combining Selection, Seniority, and Writ, which ought to be included in selection, they propose a change which bears to the evil a proportion similar to that of FALSTAFF'S half pennyworth of bread to his two gallons of sack. The Lieutenant-Colonelcy is to be no longer purcbaseable, but it is to be given as a sop to the 17ommander-in-Chief, and the period of hold ing the command is to be limited to eight or ten years. But the whole system of purchase and sale of commissions is (for the present) to remaia intact, up to the rank of major inclu sive. This, to our judgment, appears to be a very lame and impotent conclusion. It is a quiet way of shelving the question for a time, i intil it may be convenient to grapple with it in a comprehensive manner. Tho present re port v, ill not, however, be sasisfactory to the 1 cOlkally ; on the contrary, it will occation a Royal salutes were fired by the Royal Yacht Squad ron-house battery and the Curagaa on the Royal embar kation. GALES IN THE CHANNEL. DOVER, TUESDAY MORNING. In consequence of the strong N.E. win I the mail packets have for the last two days been unable to em- bark the mails in the roads at Calais. The mail from France, Germany, &c , did not leave Dover this day before 12 noon and arrive in London at 8 p.m. The Prince and Princess Henry de Ligne have arrivt d at the St. George Hotel. His Excellency the Russian Minister left London on Saturday for Scotland, on a visit to Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, at Drummond Castle, Perthshire. The Duke of Sutherland and the Lords Ronald and Albert Leveson Gower sailed from Liverpool in his Grace's yacht in the early part of last week, for Scot land, intending to proceed. via the Caledonian Canal, to Inverness, and thence to Dunrobin Costle. Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, accom palied by the Prince Alexander, and attended by the members of the royal suite, took her departure from Claridge's Hotel, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for IL Hand. At cut 8,0001. in Russian gold was sold to the Bank yesterday. The specie from New York yesterday was 183,0001., the grtater portion of which will be sent to the Bank of France. THE ATLANTIC CABLE'-O wing to the breaking of the cable, the 1,0001. shares of the Atlantic telegraph, on which 9001. has been paid, are now offered at 2501. dis count. Just before the accident there were buyers at Si. discou. t. The Chief Jmticeship of New Z?aland has been con ferred (according to the Hampshire Chronicle) upon Mr. Arney, barrister-at-law, Recorder of Winchester. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.—The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending August 15, was 2664, of which 1008 were new cases. REPORTED FORGERIES AT LIVERPOOL.—A merchant, recently deceased at Liverpool, id said to have left liabi lities reaching 300,0001, of which 100,0001. are through forged acceptances to bile of exchange. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER.— Yesterday morning, Mr. Tltimas Wilson, mate of the West Indianian, Kr midable, was ascending the vessel's side from a small boat, as she lay off Shad wed, when the rope by which he held on broke from its fastenings, and falling into the river, he was drowned. _ NEW HOPS —A pocket of choice new mid-Kent hops arrived at market this morning, the growth of Mr. Jai. Harteidge, of )(aiding, and was sold by Latter, Austen, and Sons, to Messrs. Bakers, White and Morgan, hop merchants, at 121. 124. per cwt. THE SYDNEY ROYAL MINT.—In the year 1856 313,273,075 oz. of gold were. coined at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint, value 1,219,8071 In 1855 the weight of the coined gold was 132,211,512 oz, and the value 514,8101. THE LATE BEVERLEY ELECTION.—We are assured that very extensive bribery was practised by the adhe rents of Major Edwards at the Beverley election, and that a petition to unseat him on that ground will be im mediately presented to Parliament. Mr. Edwin James is retained to prosecute the petition.—Leeds Mercury. A CHILD BEHEADED BY ITS MOTHER.--00. Sunday morning last a cork-cutter named Woelfict, living in Beryford-lane, Lincele, left his Lime for a few minutes, when he was recalled by the neighbours, and on going back found that his wife bad cut off the head of one of his children, a baby about seven months old. The woman stated to the people who crowded into the place that she loved her children, but if she had not been pre vented she should have killed them all. She is raid to have been lately in a low and desponding way. The child had been placed on the hearthstone, and its head chopped off with a cork hatchet. SUICIDE FROM GRIEF.—Last night a long inquiry took place at St. Thomas's Hoepital, respecting the death of Mr. Abraham Barlow. Tho deceased kept the Printers' Arms bcershop, and resided in Kennington-lAne. For some time pest the deceased became depressed in spirits, in consequence of having to divose of his business on account of ill-health. On Saturday morning he was found in his bid-room with his throat cut, and the razor cla.ped firmly in his hand. He was conveyed to the hospital, and expired the same day. The deceased lived on most affectionate terms with his wife. The jury returned a verdict of " temporary insanity." INSOLVENT DEBTORS CaURT. —This court will sit again for bail cases on Friday week, the 28th instant. On the last occasion fourteen were liberated on sureties till their hearing, and considering the number of persons in prison for debt, and about to petition, a larger num ber is expected on the next occasion. A person has lately petitioned the court whose examination some time ago created quite a sensation before the Lord Mayor, for alleged forgery at the Cape of Good Hope. He has petitioned as " Woolf Levy," otherwise Montefiore." He has also been known as Langfield. THE INAUGURATION OF THE O'CONNELL STATUE AT LIMERICS.—The Freeman's Journal contains a f u ll re port of the proceedings at the inaugur a ti on o f th e p ß o o f ch n e o , m E b 4 a el y . O'Connell Statue, which took place on A S ia a i t:d G a a y vi a n t , d representati ves o f t h e dif - Limerick. Amongst the company present were—the A procession w E ma a rs r . l fo o c: f rßm D r ei u ed n n, a wm v h e n cp , h. choe andn B t a i ‘ s i vn h e o . ferent trades of the town, and proceeded to the Crescent, where the statue was erected. The statue, which is the work of Mr. James Hogan, was unveiled, and the meet ing was addressed by Lord Dunraven, Mr. O'Brien, and other gentlemen. A great deal of enthusiasm was manifested on the occasion. THE LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FEMALES —The Associate Institute, established for enforcng the laws for the protection of women, states, in its report just issued, that the society, since its foundation, has conducted about 130 prosecutions ; of these only a small propor tion have been unsuccessful. Twenty-three prosecu'iLns occurred during the past year. Many of then were of considerable importance and magnitude, ant entailed oppressive and embarrassing expense. The committee felt compelled to issue a special appeal for funds. That appeal met, if not with a general, yet with a kind an I liberal answer in various quartere. The Duke of Nor folk, in particular, sent to the institution a donation of 1001. THREE BOYS DROWSED WHILE BATHING.—On Sun day afternoon a melancholy occurrence took place at Cliffe, near Rochester, by which three lives were lost. The deceased lads, whose names were Alfred Burgess, aged 13 years ; Robert James Burges., aged 11 ; and Thomas Bempton, aged 12, proceeded to a place called Ciiffescreek, in the Medway, for the purpose of bathing. Robert Burgess, it appeared, entered the water first, and not being acquainted with the river was soon out of his depth, The other two lads went to his assistance, whilst a fourth ran off to some cottages near to obtain help. On his return he found them all struggling together in deep water, and immediately afterwards they sank. The body of Alfred Burgess was got out almost directly, and the other two soon afterwards, but all attempts to restore animation were of no avail. An inquest was held on the bodies on the following day, before Mr. Thomas coroner for West Sent, when a ieriict of " Accidentally drowned" was retuned. SHORTHORNS.—The Council of the Durham County Agricultural Society held a meeting on Saturday, at which they determined to offer a piece of plate of 100 guineas value as a prize for the best short-horned breed ing animal exhibited at their forthcoming meeting, which is to be held at Stockton in the first week of September. The plate is to be won thrice before it becomes the abso lute property of the exhibitor. The society also offers several large money prizes, and it is expected that th e new feature of a challenge plate will bring together in their native country one of the finest collection of short horns ever witnessed. Several of the most eminent breeders have already signified their intention of sending the best representatives of their respective stocks to compete for this very handsome prize. WRECK OF A GOVERNMENT TRANSPORT —The trans port ship Julia, Captain WOregor, havitta, on board a part of the 4th Troop horse Artillery from the Persian Gulf for Bombay, was lost while leaving Kuvrachee Harbour, on the 29th ult. She was being towed out by the steamer Bombay, and seems to have struck while crossing the bar in a heavy sea, losing her rudder, and partin g th e h awser , w h en s he drifted on to the rocks near Clifton.' All poseible help a ppears to have been rendered by the authorities on shore and the shipmasters in the harbour, and the few casualties that oclurred seem to have been occasioned entirely by the swamping of boats between the wreck aod the beach. It was thus that a sergeant, three European and nine native troopers, and a ship's ',sacral- of the Byderee, unfortu nately lost their lives. The following is from a letter addressed to a mercantile firm here, by its agent at Kurrachee:—" We are sorry to say the Julia, a Born bay ship, is on shore here, with little prospect of getting off till after the monsoon. She is on a soft spot, and not taking in one drop of wa t er . We fear this wreck wi l l do no good to our much-abused port ; and yet there was no blame to the bar, nor to any of the naval authorities here. The captain was told not to go out until the next day ; but be would, and instead of usicg two hawsers in towing, as is usual, he only used one, and this, as is always the case in country ships, was a second-band one, and consequently snapped, leaving the steamer to shoot ahead, and the Julia to fall to leeward, with a strong wind blowing her on shore. We are spiry to say that four Europeans were drowned.", LATEST NEWS. SINGAPORE, JUNE 28. The French Squadron is now setting sail for Hong Kong. The English frigate, the Simoom, having on board the Regiment of Fusilers (the sth), has shaped her course for India. JUNE 30. Lord Elgin has embarked for China. All the honours were paid to him here. JASSY, JULY 30. TEE WEST s INDIA MAIL. The elections are all finished. The inhabitants of the towns, the small proprietors, and the peasants have abstained from voting. HAMBURG, AUG. 16. The Diet of Holstein opened yeiterclay. The Royal Commiisioner, M. de Levitzau, pronounced a very conciliatory speech. Baron de Scheel-Plas sen, leader of the opposition, was nominated presi dent without a division; and M. de Reinecke, also of the opposition, vice-president. SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 17. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magda lena, Captain Abbott, arrived this afternoon at five p.m., from the West Indie=, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant James Irwin, Ad miralty agent. Oa her homeward voyage the Magdalena expe rienced fine weather, with light breezes. The latest dates brought by the Magdalena are : —From Nassau, July 13 ; Greytown, 20 ; Cha gres, 24 ; Demerara, 25 ; Santa Martha, Trini dad, Carthagena, Jamaica, and Grenada, 26 ; Barbadoes, 27 ; .Tactnel, 28 ; Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Monserrat, and Porto Rit;o, 29 ; and St. Thomas, Aug. 1. She brings 148 passengers, among whom were— Governor Wod,house aud lady, from Demerara ; the Rev. Mr. Reece aud family, from Barbadoei ; and Major Bertram, from Jam-tica. The Magdalena brings on freight 848,865 dols. on merchants' account, of which 519,650 dole. are in gold and 9,692 dols. in platina ; 1,062 serons of cochineal ; 73 bags cocoa; 60 dols. jewellery; and a general cargo, consisting of 23 cases of cigar:. ' 67 bales of tobacco ; and 46 bales merchandise. The total amount of specie is 1,378,267 dole. His Excellency C. H. Darling arrived at Jamaica on the 22d, and was received with great enthusiasm. Some fine rains have fallen on the island, which was generally healthy. Exchange as last quol ed. At Demerara the market was firm, and produce scarce. The rumour of gold fields having been dis covered with'n the boundaries of British Guiana has been confirmed, and many persons were hasten ing there. _ _ The yellow fever had considerably abated, and there were very few cases during the stay of the Magdalena at St. Thomas. She had eight cases coming home, three of which terminated fAtally. On the 29th ult. an extensive fire broke out on a wharf at St. Thomas, commonly known by the name of Stubbs' Wharf, and owing to the quantity of coal deposited there, it very quickly assumed a serious aspect ; but from the prompt attention of *the crews of the royal mail ships Magdalena and Solent, aided by the engirieerd of the company, the lager range of buildings was saved, although the coals continued smouldering when the Magdalena left. H.M.S. Tartar was at Colon, the Brilliant at Grenada, the Itnautil, Perseverance, and Arachue at Jamaica and the Termagant at Havana. The United States frigate Sonatoga was at Greytown receiving filibuster:. The following were the stations of the com pany's steam-ships :--.The Thames, Cipt. Wool ward, at St. Thomas, for Main ; the Trent, Cap tain I_J•eds, Spanish Main ; the Dee, Captain Woolcott, Gulf of Mexico ; the Clyde, Captain Heenan, at St. Thomas, for Islands ; the Con way, Capt. Lewis; at St. Thomas ; the Cagle, Capt. Hall, at Jamaica ; tha ,La Plata. Captain Weller, arrived at St. Thomas, at 6, a.m., Aug Ist. ; and the Solant, Capt. Baynton, at St. Thomas, for Jamaica. race. SPORTE4G NOTES. WHOM SHALL WE BANG ? People are just now making a great out-cry. They are scandalised by the "money-getting motives" by which ractig men are actuated, and seem shocked be cause certain individuals unscrupulously adhere to the ducal maxim of doing what they like with their own. They who were over impatient to " get on" Mongrel for the Ebor Handicap and Saunterer for the Great Yorkshire Stakes are likely to have plenty of leisure for repentance. The owner of the horses has ex-rcised a privilege which undoubtedly belongs to him. He has taken advantage of the credulity of the public, or, in the language of the ring, he has put in the hole those people who trustel to his integrity of purpose and straightforward intentions. There may be honour among some classes of individuals, but not among cer tain proprietors of bloo!-otock. Lord Derby's letter came in good time, and the recent cases in which hor-es have undisguisedly been. used merely as the instruments of gaming, may arouse the apathetic members of the Jockey Club to a sense of the raponsibility entailed upon them by their position. During the current week some briskness may be im parted to the St. Leger betting. At any rate, it will be discovered at York whether the hostility which Ignore mui hai recently one :untered be the ree.u!t of prejudice, or whether it be caused by the knowledge that the horse is unsound. By the time my notes are placed before the reader, the gathering wil have commenced in the ancient city of York. By the morning express trains many turfites left London, and the last remnant of metropolitan sports men will doubtless be located in York before midnight. The Queen's Plate and the other unclosed stakes are likely to obtain good entries. Amongst the nominations for " the guineas" will perhaps be the names of Pole Star, Fandango, and Fisherman, and a race of some interest may bs expected. The list for to-morrow is unusually strong in attractions. Skirmisher will doubt less sport the " spots " for the Great North of England Biennial Stakes, and I see no thing amongst the entries capable of galloping with him over two miles. Saunterer may put in an ap pearance, but distance is not his forte. Fur the York shire Oaks either Tasmania or Rosa Bonheur will be the successful candidate. Should the former run an oppor tunity will be afforded for estimating her Ebor Handicap chance. Perhaps, however, her owner may allow Bel Esperanza to represent his interest. It is doubtful whether The Streamer or Cock-a-doodle doo will be sent to the post for the Cinvivial Stakes. John Scott may trust to one of his " public performers," perhaps Star of the East. Perfection and Coxwold, how ever, appear to me to be the most trustworthy. Flacrow at 84. 121 b. over a mile course is not too heavily handicapped. He shall do battle for me for the Chesterfield, but in his default my hopes must rest with Ellermire. The knocking out of Mongrel has not caused the range .1 speculation on the Enos Handicap to be extended. The betting is at a stand still, and the advance of War lock has bean the only movement of importance which has within the last four and twenty hours marked its progress. That Warlock is in on good terms is un deniable, and although he is as " slow as a man in boots," I fancy that he will be able to " keep going," whilst his opponents are stopping. Tasmania Ido not fancy ; she is nevertheless a fine, racing-like mare, but I shall see her perform to-morrow before I place implicit trust in her. Underhand's running at Newcastle, induces ine to think favourably of his chance, but I question his abi ity to concede a " lump of weight" to Hobgoblin and • ther tbree year olds. Fir Hobgoblin I have a strong par • tiality and I shall be much surprised if he be not amongst the first three at the finish. Within the past fortnight he has certainly learned the art of getting first. For Borderer I have no great " fondness." His race at Reading, however, seems to have created a great par tiality for him in certain quarters. El Hakim's running will depend materially upon his performance for the Chesterfltl3, and I shall not believe that M. Dobler is as good as Blask Tommy until I have " ocular proof." To refer to the other animals would unnecessarily occupy space. The two that I shall be inclined to " stand" against the field are WARLOCK, and HoBGOBLIN! Should Langrange be reserved for the Biennial Stakes,. Coxwold or Sister to Ellington may win the Prince of Wales's Stakes. The Hopeful Stakes I aisign to Sir Colin, and the Ebor St. Leger to either Vedette or Lam bourn. For the Eglinton Stakes, Comquot and York are likely to be found in front at the finish. Unless Saunterer starts for the Great Yorkshire Stakes some difficulty may be experienced by the book. makers in getting their money as the race is not P. P. Whether he go to the post or not, it seems pretty well Agreed, on all sides, that he will not affect the result of the race. I shall expect the best of Lord Zetland's to win, and I shall not be surprised to see Skirmisher defeat his stable companion Vedette. A FRESH MAN. LEAMINGTON STAKES.—HomiIy and Melissa were omitted by mistake from the list of acceptances for this BAIL IVAY I.,YTELLIGELVCE. MID-KENT. The half-yearly meeting of shareholders Was held yes terday at Gresham-house, Old Broad-street—Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart., in the chair. The report of the directors ttated that the capital account showed that 94,4741. bad been received, and 85,8221. expended, leaving a balance of 8,6521. The report was received and adopted. FRANCE. " PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor and Empress left St. Cloud to day at 4 o'clock for Biarritz. The Moniteur announces the reception, by the Emperor, of his Excellency Ferukh Khan, Ambas sador of the Shah of Persia, at a private audience, whereat the Ambassador presented an autograph I,tter from the Shah, togeth , ffr with a sabre which belonged to Shah Abbas the Second, as an offering to the Emperor. M. B llault, Minister of the Interior, is ele vated to the dignity of Gra'id Cross of the Legion of Honour, and M. Rouland, Minister of Instruction and Public Worship, to that of Grand Officer in the same order. Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, is charged with the Ministry of Public Instruction and Wor ship, during the leave of absence granted to M. Rowland. There are also several lists of promotions in honour of the fete of Saint Napoleon. The distribution of medals to the successful artists at the exhibition of 1857 is also contained in the official journal. The prefect of police has issued the following circular to the police commissaries of the depart ment of the Seine, on the important subject of ►he reimbursement of the sacrifices made during the last three years to keep down the price of bread in Paris : My decree of this day's date lowers the price of bread to 40c. (it was previously 44c.) fer the second fortnight of August. The dearness of bread, which involves high prices of almost all the neces saries of life, has not only been openly combated during the long crisis which we have passed through, but it has also been indirectly remedied by measures of assistance without precedent, and I may also say without limits. The Emperor's gifts have enabled us to open in Paris and the department of the Seine no less than 70 kitchens, where during the winter substantial food has been sold to the poor at very cheap rates. The Empress his generously endowed the " Institution of small led;ings." Their Majes ties, through the Minister of the Interior, have placed at my disposition 1, rge reFour(;ei, which have enabl , d me to make daily distributions of money and provisions. Thanks to tri ese coin! dned efforts w e have been able to attenuate the effects of the crisis, which now approaches its t-rinination. But th, conse quences will be felt for some t inie to com , . It is only by great sac' ifices that, during the last three years, the price of bread has been kept in Paris and the department of the Seine at a rate much lower than what people have been paying in all other parts of the empire. The municipal council of Paris, which has lent its aid to the government in these trying circumstances, has been compelled to call for the restitution of very considerable advances, b. th in the interest of the city and of the great public works, which concern alike the present and the future. Its resolution, approved of by the ministers of agriculture and commerce, . makes it necessary to keep up the price of bread a little above its natural level, but the mea sure will be used with an extreme reserve, and the surcharge will never in future exceed two or three centimes the kilogramme. This trifling surcharge of a centime the pound proves sufficienCy that the Em peror will not allow the people to pay by new suffer ings for the relief they received formerly. Let them know this, and assure them that no one is more penetrated than I am with these sentiments of the Emperor, who, asyou know, will never be satisfied till he has assured the welfare of the labouring Receive, &c., the Senator Prefect of Police, PIETRI. RUSSIA. The Gaz Tile de Cologne publishes a telegraphic despatch from Koenigsberg, announcing that the cabinet of St. Petersburg has resolved to make a reduction of upwards of 30,000 men in the Imperial Guard. Each regiment will have a colonel, and will be reduced ti 800 men. A reduction of the whole army is said to bs probable. A despatch announces also that the Russian government is engaged in equipping a flotilla destined for the Chinese Seas. PRUSSIA. The Berlin Zeit makes the following reply to the violent attacks made by the Austrian journals against the policy of Prussia, more especial)/ as regards the question of the Danubian Prinei pat i ties : " A portion of the Austrian press, especially the Ost. Deutsche Post, attacks m so unbecomin; a manner the Prussian Cabinet, because it has de manded the annulment of the elections in Mo l davia, and broken off its diplomatic relations with the Porte, that we deem it beneath the honour of Prussia to reply. In our opinion all that Prussia has to do is conscientiously to examine the argu ments of her adversaries ; we have no ears to listen to the violent outburs's of their anger. " Prussia, as a great Power, follows her own line of policy to-day, as she did during the war in the East. Let them get accustomed to this at Vienna, in time, and let them not, even iu appearance, un derrate the importance of the Prussian resolutions. It is only by consulting reciprocal interests that a guarantee of harmony can be obtained. England having, as it is known, adhered to the policy of the united Governments, the Austrian journals will, doubless, in a few days receive orders to change their tone, so as not to render still more diffiewt the position of the Cabinet of Vienna, which will scarcely make an attempt to prevent the annulment of the elections in Moldavia." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, AUG. 1.5. The extremely hot weather we have experienced during the last few days has done much for the har vest in the surrounding district:s and, excepting some cases of sudden illness, has been pr,iductive of great benefits to all classes of the community. A striking proof of the power of the sun's rays was observed on Thursday forenoon at the laboratory of the Civic Artillery Ammunition Store, in which the pyrotechnic artisans carry on "their labour. While M. Berghulst and his two sons were employed in their vocation and using every possible precaution to shield their operations, the rays of the sun fell on a round piece of glass through the only small window exposed to its effects, and set fire to some paper close at hand aad burnt a hole through the boards on the upper floor of the building through which it reached some ammunition below, which immediately ex ploded. Fortunately the stock of ammunition was not large, a portion having been previously removed to the powder magazine close by, and the prompt application of water stopped the progress of the burning embers. The pyrotechnist and his two sons had just time to escape, and the only personal injury sustained was by one of the workmen, who was slightly burnt. The alarm, however, was for some time considerable for the safety of the adjoin ing powder store. Accounts have been received that at the town of Bojanuvo, in the province of Pe sen, in the district or Kroben, situate between Nawietz and Lissa, and through which place the Breslau asd Posen Rail way runs, a very large fire happened in a similar way on the 13th inst., on which occa , iou 350 out of 420 houses were burnt down, thereby causing 2,000 persons to be entirely liouseles.. Telegraphic ccounts from Stockholm of the 13th ins}. state that the Swedish Reichatag had decided that the railway between Stockholm and Gotten burg should pass to the south of the Malarsee. The latest bulletin on the state of the King's health was not so satisfactory as expected, and had given rise to much alarm. Commander B. P. Priest has been appointed superintendent of the packet service and harbour master at Holyhead, at the disposal of the Lords of the Admiralty, by the promotion of Comman der Skinner to the rank of Captain. Commander CI. A. C. Brooker and Cummander W. 111‘Dowell have been appointed respectively to the Inflexible and the Hornet, in the room of Commander Corbet and Commander Forsyth, both promoted to tho rank of Captain. THE EITPEROIOS FETE. PARIS, Sunday.—The Emperor's fete has not this time teen as fortunate as usual in respect of the weather. Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, crowds of people filled the theatres, which were thrown open. at 2 o'clock, and thousands who could not find room proceeded in the midst of the rain and mud to the Champ de Mars to witat ss a spec tacle on a larger scale, and of not less exciting. de sciiption—the military pantomime ; the subject taken from tie recent campaign in Kabylia. It was well executed, was received with great applause, and repeated with the same success, and to the evident admiration of the multitude of spectators who stood sheltered from the rain under thousands of umbrellas. The amusements indicated yesterday took place in other p..rts of the ci'y. At tue barrier du Trone a numerous audience witne-sed the same military spectacle enacted in the Champ de Mats. The maypoles also figured in the sports, and, though the wet render.34l the task more difficult, a few int re pid and perseveringclimbe. s, ascended, after several failures, and under disheartening difficul ties, to the summit, and gained' the slyer prize. About six o'clock the rain ceased and the illumina tions sprung' up in various parts. The crowds continued to flow to the gardens of the Tuileries and* the Champs Eyrees. The g,rdens were brilliant with lamps and festoens of lamps of various colours and forms, and the Facade of the palace blazed from the basement to the roof. The grand avenue in front, which extends down, the centre and opens on the Place de la Concorde, pre sented an uninterrupted series of porticoes formed of variegated lamps. It was continued on the Place de la Concorde and along the noble avenue of the Champs Elysees. The side avenue's were lighted up by lustres suspended from the trees. The Palais de rlndustrie, the Corps Legi sl at if, the hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that of the Minister of Marine, the Garde Meuble, and the Rue de It ivoli, were all ilium i n te I with taste. !If' the direction of the Pont de Jena, a gigantic eagle stood on a globe, with wings displayed, and grasp ing the lightning in his talons, while the lights that gleamed from the triumphal arch completed the picture: The column of the Place Vendome, the Barrier du Trone, the Tour St. Jacques la Boucherie, the Portes St. Martin and St. Denis, the Column of July on the site of the Bastille, Ike Pont Neuf, the Church of St. Genevieve (Pantheon), and the towers of Notre Dame were among the most conspicuous objects iu this general illumination. About 9 o'c!ock a rocket snot u) into the air, gave notice that another spectacle was about to open, and the crowds that lingered on the Champs Elysees hastened to the quays. The fire works stAticned on the heights of the Trocade, o had to contend against that most formidable enemy, the dampu Bs of the atmosphere, and no mithstancl ing one or two brilliant displays were rather a fail ure. Tire bouquet was as good under the adverse circumstances as could be expected. OUR TRADE WITH INDIA. The possible disturbance of our Indian trade is a serious question, but the vague alarm it awakens would be mitigated by a little calm calculation. The danger, according to the first impression of its magnitude, is that a market for seven or eight millions ster ling of our exports may be entirely stopped, and that specie instead of goods will be demanded of us. After the drain we have experienced for three or four years past this would indeed be an embarrasoing prospect. But it exists only in imagination. Rs. n taking the alt igether improbable supposition that the produce henceforth to be shipped from India will suffer no diminution, and that the natives, in their terror, will accept in payment for it nothing but silver that they can hoard, the dimensions of the evil would be much smaller than most persons suppose. On the seven millions of gent's which we send to Calcutta we can nardiy assume there is a profit of more than 1,050,000/., or 15 per cent. The balance may be regarded as the vatue of the raw produce and of the labour consumed in its manu facture and transportation. If we no.longer require this raw produce we of course instantly lessen our purchases of it, and, the lass from the stoppage of the trade is proportionahlY thrown upon foreign countries. If India will not buy cotton cloths, America, which produces the staple, will suffer from that fact much more even than England ; while, a: regards the les sened employment of our operatives, no permanent inconvenience would be threatened, as ever since the Australian discoveries, the supply of labour hai been short of our requirements. A moderate reduction of wages would be I Mowed by a rather diminished consumption of imported luxuries, which would tend to avert drains of specie in other directions, but would certainly lead to nothing like general dis tress. As to the produce of India, in whatever quan tities it might continue to come, we should take it only at prices at which we could make a profit from it: Looking at the matter, therefore, in its worst aspects there is nothing to excite uneasine - s. Doubt less individual firms would suffer, as is always the case in any revolution in business, but the effects experienced by the nation would be slight. There is no ground to assume that our aggregate trade, except perhaps dur. ing the first few months of the crisis, will be at all disturbed as regards amount. According to every probability the exports of India will be quite as exks sively interfered with as her imports, and consequently the balance to be paid to that country in specie will be much as before, chile in proportion as she sends us short iupplies other countries will be stimulated to produce their, aitd these countries in their increased priw-perity wiil require augmented consignments from .us in return.- It is this power of turning froth market to market and of adapting themselves to all changes that cOnstitutes the irrepressible grandeur of a free cowmen• oral community. The wants of the world are alway s increasing, although the activity of particular districts may wane, and a people who have no exclusive relations, but who are ready to deal on terms of equality will all mankind, can never sustain much damage from any hing but a universal convol,ion. However much it might mortify our edf-esteem if we 'were swept out of India to-morrow, there is rewon, from pest experience, to believe that the BJard of Trade returns for future years would continuo to xcite no less surprise than heretofore. It is the people of India and not of Great Britain that have to lock will dread on the miseries to be experienced from the check to eiviCsation and industrial advancement that must be cArsequent on the disasters of 1857:—Times City Article. • EMIGRATION TO THE Can.—The Cork papers slate that on Monday Mr: Chaunt, an agent of the Colonial Land and Einigration Commissionere; attended at th e workhouse for the purpose of selecting 5O women to be sent, under the grant recen tl y made, to the Cape of Good Hope. Th e Borne Government has made arrang ements with the Colonial au thorities that the y shall-rec eive pro. t ec tion until provided f or, either b y marriage or in ser vice. MIDLAND. The report of the board of directors to be presented to the proprietors to-morrow says : " The directors recommend the declaration of the fol lowing dividends (less income tax) payable on the Ist September next, of 21 24. 6d. upon each 1001. consoli dated st Eck ; 1/. 84. 9d. upon each 1001. consolidated Birmingham and Derby stock ; 31. upon each 1001. consolidated preferential stock ; 31. upon each 1001. consolidated ErewaMh Valley stock ; 63. upon each 1001. consolidated 41 per cent. preferential stock ; 7s. 61. upon each 161. 134. 41. share, being half-year's in terest at 41 per cent. ; 21. upon each 1001. consolidated Leicester and Hitchin preferential stock ; 21. upon each 1001. paid on account of 51. share ' • 3g.1„ upon each 61. preferential share for 76 days at 41 per cent. per annum from the 16th April last ; which leave a balance of 2,8341. 7s. sd. to be oerried to the account of the current half-year." KENDAL AND WINDERMERE. An extraordinary general met,ting and the half-yearly meeting of this company were held on Tuesday at Ken• dal—Mr. D. Hepworth in the chair. The capital account showed that 228,9701. hai been received, and 228,7521. expended, leaving a balance of 2181. The revenue account for the half-year ending June 30 showed that 4,5301. had been received, and 5,079 t xpended, including 1.452/. interest on bonds, and 1,2561. on preference shares and banking account, leav ing a deficiency of 5491. In consequence of Mr. Rotheram's award as to the division of traffic not being understood, the meeting was adjourned until the 7th inst. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.j LONDON, Aug. 18„—Wind this day at noon, N.E., raorlerate breeze, and fine. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 17.—Arrived—Magdalena (s.), from West Indies; Sultan (s.), from Gibraltar. Q UEENSTOWN, Aug. 16. —Wi n d N. N. W.—Arrived— Essex, from Callao; Emelia, Paisboro, N.S., and sailed for the Clyde; Mary, Havana; Boreas, Liverpool for St: Thomas, leaky. LEITH, Aug. 17.—Sailed—Laone, for Quebec ; Wan• derer, ditto. SHIELDS, Aug. 16. — fro m Iquerque. -Wind N.E.—Arrived—St. Magnus, PLY3 - 100T - H, Aug. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived—Lady Kennaway, from London for Cape of Good Hope; Ben Mac Dhui, ditto for St. Rollins; Troubadour, Cardiff for Athens, leaky. COWES, Aug. 17.—Wind N.N.E.— Arrived—Clarissa, from Mayaquiz. YARMOUTH, Aug. 17.—A smack, abandoned, was brought in here to-day with stern damaged, having been in colli sion with a pilot cutter at anchor off the jetty. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—lsabella Scott, from Para; Westbourne, Belize; Cariboa, Bombay; Robert Fiume , Jamaica; Charlotte llaye, from Copenhagen. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 16. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Emilia, from Paieboro. P.ssed.—Boreaerfrom Liverpool, for St. Thomas, leaky; Mary, from Savannah. DUBLIN, August 17. Wind N.W. Arrived—Robert Twentyman, from Dantsie ; Friends, Malta. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GEAVEBEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind E.N.E. ; tide one hour's flood ; weather fresh and fine. Arrived, Aug. 17—Hanover, steamer, from Havre; Jacob Unger, Ystad ; Ask, Haparondo ; Jane. Stettin; Ringer, steamer, Gotteraorg ; Atalanta, Hermsand ; Minerva, Calip ; Hsrgralta, Carolineschayl ; Hart, Fre dericshaven ; Fraternity, Nykiobing ; Emden and Fame, Gottenborg ; lEvlus, Kragaroe ; St. Johannes, Ranca ; Aornen, Gefle ; Laurel, Archangel; Oscar, l'rewhaven. Sailed, August 18.—Spartan, for Hong Kong; Rival, for Magadure; James Simpson, for Ascension. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a.m. Wind N.N.E., moderate ; weather fine. Passed—Loire, screw steamer, from westward for Lon don (towing the ,Empress Eugenie); Enzine, steamer (in tow) Passed, 17th—Jacoba Carolina, from London for Rio Janeiro; George Robinson, Lend( n for Bermuda. Sailed—Westmoreland, Alice, Hero of the Nile, Tar, and Ries, for London; Marmara, steamer, for the nerd?. a a Ope l .pre, s req, in i Lot are a tive tot Coil firm whi arE St P( tic