The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

i PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair.. £ 2 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 Three Pair 0 15 0 Pit Stalls 0 10 6 Pit 0 3 6 Gallery Stalls 0 3 6 Gallery HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 64—lowest this morning and during the night (37 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 20.77. Wow, S.W. ; light, and fine. ' 1 LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1857. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced Prices, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday , Sep tember 19. with Piceolonini, Spezia, Ortolaui, Giuglini, Violetti, Rossi, Beneventano, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVANNI. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. ran EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with Shakespeare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Beatrice, Mrs. Catherine Sinclair (her 4th appearance in this country) ; Benedick (4th time), Mr. Howe ; Dogberry, Mr. Compton ; Hero, Miss M. Oliver. After which, the new and successful Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, (Sze., will appear. To conclude with THE GLEANERS. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit. 1 0 owor Gallary 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper GatOcy:s, 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI. JL Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new Comic piece, called URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c. S T RAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed THE MARRIED BACHELOR. Mr. J. Kinloch, Mr. J. Howard, Mr. G. Bolton, Miss E. O'Brien, and Miss M. A. Victor. Followed by THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Miss Harriet Gordon. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. To conclude with DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. Is. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. Z) THIS EVENING, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. After which, will be performed THE SURPRISE, in which Messrs. W. Smith, T. Robertson, Butler, and Miss E. Webster, will appear. With other attractive novelties. ALSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand 0. rental Spectacle of EL RYDER. Mr. Win. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest ing and thrilling Equestrian aad Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN TIIE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish• ment, including Madlle. Mililos. _ _ To conclude with TEK ELI, with Equestrian effects. Commet.ce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. • Private Boxes, from 21s. no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; ; Upper Gallery, 61. Ililf-price at half-past Eight. Box-once open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, )(r. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. fIANTERBITRY HALL, Westminster-road.— J OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow biz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Sflections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES ,ID IJETS, &c., via.; Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. roam J, Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor An tonio, E. L. lime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Master Corti; Messrs Sam. Collins, and E, Mackney, Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans Commence at Seven o'clock prelisely. Sup pers, &c., until twelve o'clock,—Signor PICCO will perform, at hat-past Eight and half-past Ten, every Evening. TUTS DAY —Morn., 39 min. aft. 5 —Even., 3 m:n aft. 6 To-Moßitow- -Morn., 23 min. aft. 6 —Even., 57 min. aft. 6 e~ How hard is it to persuade ourselves that we of these British Isles, are not a people distinct guished among the nations of the Earth for good sound common sense. Whether the natives of the Green Isle ought to be included in the self complacent estimate some may doubt ; the natives themselves, however, share none of these doubts ; and the &,#),'' en a oh must confess that, notwith standing Irish Bull., Irishmen are generally more than a match for Joux BULL in repartee, and well understands how to get on the blind side of him when shillings and pence are concerned. As to our countrymen North of the Tweed, it were to insult them to place them on a level with us of the south, in logic and theology. The native Britons beyond the Severn we cannot say much for; they know how to get rid of toll-gatas ; and with a due apportionment of Parish Churches, they are yet at the cost of worshipping, almost universally, in conventicles most economically built, and ministers most economically maintained. The Eng lishman proper, if, however, he cannot chop logic like the Scotchman, or answer you with respect ful comicalness like the Irishman, yet imagines that in native mother wit, and the faculty that patiently looks on all sides of a case, he is inferior •to none. Of late, too, his faculties haVe been very much burnished up by something like edu cation. The casual Dame school has been followed by the Sunday school, and the Sunday school by Lancasterian schools, and National schools, and British schools, till the popular mind ought to be not only naturally vigorous, but to show some go od resu R Of its training. And we are dis posed to think that on the whole it does do this. rega r d t ac i It has been we ll observe d that strikes of later years have been quite different, in garcl e b toe, Niien lence of conduct, f rom what they used if an Arab population is to found in all l arge towns, and if in the country, the Squire and hi s gamekeeper have trained up the lazy rogues o f any parish, by the temptations of poaching, yet the great body of the working men of both town and country, appear to be a class of which their country may well be proud. There seems, however, to be some mysterious faculty in many men among us of all classes, men sometimes of high ability and education, a faculty seemingly made on purpose for the impostor. A certain inclination to believe the new and the marvellous, and especially a propensity to accept the dicta of some new professor or prophet in departments of knowledge of which the disciple does not possess even the elements. How com mon this is in the science and practice of medi cine, let the magnates of Guy's, St. Thomas', and the other hospitals tell us. Pills and draughts of all sorts of the most potent cure-all virtues, border, it is true, by an indistinguishable line upon orthodox practice ; yet these and metallic tractors, brandy and salt, cold water within and without, and last, but not least, homoeopathy, with its doses of the ten hundred millionth of a grain in pinhead globules, have all appealed to this readiness of belief where the evidence, if it existed, were quite beyond the comprehension of the believer. A clever quack finds an " organ " of credulity waiting to be excited by his dexter ous or his bold appeals. That all this is but too common in the yet more serious province of theology, every generation of man is a witness. No country, and no age, no tribes of men, civilised or savage, have escaped the influence of the sincere enthusiast, the half mad fanatic, or the conscious impostor. Ever since the existence of truo prophets, so far as we know, there have been magicians and false pro phets also, and the latter have often, at least for a time, been by far the most successful. Not only has our race bowed to the authority of craftily and gradually accumulated priestly power, such as we witness at the present day in the grand imposture of the Papacy, to which even educated men and women yet do homage, al though the evidence of ambitious imposture is patent throughout all history ; but even the rudest impostor, almost as soon as he enters on the scene, finds disciples but too ready to marvel and believe. JOANNA SOUTH.COTE, Mad THOM, and last in this line, JOE SMITH himself, all ob tained an immediate hearing for their ab surd and profane stories, and obtained it among the plain, well disposed, and, on the whole, common-sense people of England. Our race is liable to this moral epidemic, just as it is liable to typhus, or the cholera, and the rise of an imposter and his followers, the number who suffer from the contagion which be gins with him, seem as little amenable to the cal culations and treatment of moral science as the former to those of medical science. Who would have thought a few years back of a meeting in a public room in London, a grand "conference" of the disciples and dupes of the American impostor JOE SMITH ? That the word impostor, not enthusiast or fanatic is the appro priate epithet for this very shrewd and energetic, and thoroughly worldly-minded prophet, there ' cannot be a moment's doubt. He began with deliberate and wilful lies. He pretended to find and to translate engraved plates of metal, which most certainly he had never found, unless he had hidden them himself, for he never could produce them ; and certainly never translated, for of the slightest tincture of lingual knowledge he was wholly guiltless. Such pretended copies of the original as he did submit to Professor ANTHON, were manifestly the very clumsiest attempts of a thorough ignoramus to devise a new character. But, however illiterate, SMITH had brains enough, as the event proved, to make a first rate religious impostor. He easily persuaded others as un learned as himself, but as welt furnished with the phrenological development of credulity as he with that of roguery, to believe his divine mission; and in no great length of time thousands followed him into the West, a city and temple were built or building, a hierachy instituted in which, of course, the arch-impostor was chief, and a theo cracy established, in which he, SMITH, was the viceregent of GOD, and absolute monarch under the Most High. We need not attempt to rehearse the story of their expulsion from Nanvoo and the death of the prophet in a riot ; a circumstance, which like all martyrdoms, only strengthenel the new com munity in their faith ; of their final settlement at the Salt Lake, and their abnormal relations to the American Government. The fact with which we have most concern is, that they sent their mis sionaries to recruit in this land of religion—a and where every parish has, at least, its church, and its chapels in abundance besides. Yet here, n England, JOE SMITH'S missionaries have been, we understand, more successful than in the United States themselves. Certain it is that we meet with them everywhere ; and that, from the coun try districts more especially, they have induced men and whole families, by hundreds and thou sands, to emigrate to their 1 and of promise at Utah. All our schools, and all our Established and Dissenting clergy have not raised the minds of thousands above the credulous ignorance which could swallow wholesale the most tran sparent imposture ever perhaps offered to human minds. At the meeting on Sunday delegates from many counties of England were reported to be present, and some account of their speeches is given in our report. It seems evident that, altogether, a con siderable number of people must be living in Eng land under the teaching and influence of the "Rders" and " Presidents ;" and amongst those r►ho are earning but ten or eleven shillings a week, " the tithes" are, in general, faithfully con tributed to " the cause"—which cause seems to mean the cause of the Latter-Day Saints' emigra tion from this doomed land to the Transatlantic " Zion." From America the tidings in the news papers have been, that that Anti-Christ, Presi dent BUCHANAN, is determined to break up tile confederacy, or at least to bring it into subordi nation to the laws of civilised communities. The Elders here did not advert to this discouraging fact, but boldly advocated emigration to "Zion." On another subject, which has attracted so much attention here and in America—Polygamy —they appear also to have preserved silence. It would hardly do to proclaim to English women that, on arriving at Utah, a revelation from BRIGHAM YOUNG might assign them as tonth or twelfth wives to the harem of some licentiGus friend of the inspired High Priest. England has suffered sufficiently from her Game laws. Every cultivator of the soil has had his grievance to narrate, has detailed the loss and annoyance thereby occasioned, and the tempta tion to the younger hands on his farm, to his sons as well as to his servants. But we know nothing in this country of the full extent to which the practice may be carried. Persons residing in the vicinity of Deer Forests in Scotland, who have seen whole districts depopulated, and the hardy inhabitants expatriated, may form smile slight conception of the system in operation in the country comprised within the Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company, but even their notions will fall far short of the reality, The Company have, by virtue of their charter, possess e d ona which themselves of several millions of acres of r el e u p d r e e d ss . ed. Anly h a c e t h y te th m e pt w a h t i c t o e lo ni n a is n at i i s on j i e s al r o i u g s o l r y o rigorously do not tolerate settlers. Lands that might be converted into smiling homesteads —that might support thousands of contented and happy families—must remain barren and uncul tivated, for the sake of the wild , animals whose skins may suffice to pay a 10 per cent. dividend to a trading corporation, whose thoughts ar e ex , elusively directed to the X. s. D. p ha se of th e question. They have established a monopoly o f the worst desoription—a monopoly highly preju_ THE UN, LoNeozi, r,R URSDAY EVE4IING, - ; S-EPtEMBER 1857 .`~. r DEATH OF BARON HOORSCHILD.—We observe with regret, in a Belgian journal, a telegraphic announcement of the death of Baron Hochschild, Swedish Minister at the Court of St. James's. The despatch, dated Copen hagen, Sept. 8, states that the baron had died suddenly n that town. THE LATE SIR C. M. CLARKE, BART.—Death has recently carried one one of the most distinguished orna ments of the medical profession, in the person of Sir C. Clarke, who died on Monday, the 7th inst., at his resi dence, on the Marine-parade, Brighton, in his 76th year, after a lingering illness of nearly two years' du ration. DEATH OF M. AUGUSTE CORTE.—The Paris Presse announces the death of M. A. Comte, the Chief of the Poiitive School of Philosophy, with whose principal work the English public were made acquainted, a few years ago, in translations by Miss Martineau and Mr. Lewis. The friends of philosophy will regret in the death of M. Comte the loss of one of the most original of modern thinkers. _ _ OBAN, Sept. 7.—Her Majesty's yacht Osborne, with the Lords of the Admiralty on a cruise round the sea ports of the west coast of Scotland, anchored in the Bay of Oban about 6 p.m. to-day, and will remain long enough to coal and complete an inspection of the har bour. It is stated that the following vessels have been taken up by the East India Company for the conveyance of troops to India :—Screw steamers: Great Britain, In domitable, Italian, Bahiana, Abeona, St. Louis, Ireland, Leopold, Princess Charlotte, Austria, Charity, and Mel bourne. Ships : Malabar and Bengal. The Espero mentions that Montanelli, the ex-deputy of Tuscany, is engaged in preparing a biography of Lamennais. The cloEest friendship and intimacy sub sisted for seven years between the French philosopher and the Florentine litterateur, and the work, it is ex pected, will contain much curious information. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—This institution has been opened to the public, after being closed for the usual period for the cleansing of the galleries and re arrange ment of the contents. The general department of Anti quities Natural History, &c., is now open from ten to five o'clock. The new reading-room is open to readers from nine to five o'clock daily.ll TEN THOUSAND POUNDS DADIAGES.—At the Liver pool Assizes on Wednesday, in Novell v. the Mayor of Wigan, an action brought by a contractor for compen sation, in consequence of another person being selected to perform some work, a verdict was entered for the plaintiff, damages 10,0001., subject to a reference— 'Footman. THE NEW STREET FROM WHITECHAPEL TO SHORE DITCH.—On Tuesday morning, the new thoroughfare (Commercial-street), from High-street, Whitechapel, to High-street, Shoreditch, was opened for foot passengers, but not for public carriage traffic. The houses on the south side of the thoroughfare have been pulled down, and new buildings of a modern character are being con structed on the same side. THE EVENING CLASSES AND THE CIVIL SERVICE. — Two members of the Evening Classes for Young Men, Mr. F. Marshall and Mr. H. Cullum, have been ap• pointed clerks in the Privy Council-office (educational department), after a competitive examination before the Civil Service Commissioners, having been the first two candidates named in the list of successful competitors. This is the third occasion on which members of the in stitution have been appointed. MADAME TEISSAUD'S EXHIBITION. —Several of the historical groups have lately undergone renovation and improvement, and among them the group containing Henry VIII. and his wives has been considerably changed by the addition of new dresses to the figures. Bluff King Hal now appears in cloth of gold, sparkling with gems, instead of his tilting suit of armour, and hiF, wives appear in more brilliant oostnmes than heretofore. This group is one of the most attractive i❑ the exhibi tion, and is constantly surrounded by numbers of the visitors. THE MEDITERRANEAN.—LiverpooI, September 9. — The screw steamer Etna has arrived from Malta, which she left on the 30th ult., in company with the steamer Cambria, for this port. The screw steamer Lebanon, which arrived on the 28th from Liverpool, was to take her departure or, the 31st for Corfu, to embark troops for England. The Colombo, with the London mails of the 29th tilt., arrived on the 29th of August. Eleven cargoes of coal arrived at Malta from Cardiff, Swansea, and Blyth, adding to the present stock of this article about 3,500 tons. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The screw steam ship City of Baltimore sailed hence to-day for Now York with 125 passengers and a fair cargo ; and the screw steam ship India took herdeparture with the Canadian mails, a large eargo;and 122 cabin and 168 steerage passengers, fur Quebec acd Montreal. The Rpyal mail steam ship Canada will sail for Boston on Saturday next. The in ward mails nexe due will be brought by the Arabia, which was to leave New York on the 2d inst., and may be expected on Saturday. THE THREE CONDEMNED CONVICTS AT LIVERPOOL.— Mr. Gibbs, the governor of Kirkdale Gaol, received a communication yesterday morning from the Home office, stating that there seemed to be no reason for advising that the law should not be allowed to take its course in the case of Captain Rogers, late in command of the Martha and Jane ; but respiting the two mates, William Miles and Charles Edward Seymour, i❑ order that their cases may be taken into consideration. The execution of Captain Rogers takes place at Kirkdale on Saturday. - ELECTION OF PRESIDENT OF QUEENS' COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, September 9.—The vacancy in the Pre sidentship of Queens! College was filled up this day by theietection by the society of the Rev. George 8.D., rector of Sanclon, Essex. Mr. Phillips graduated from flue-ns' in 1829 as eighth wrangler, and was soon after elected a fellow, and finally tutor of his college, which latter distinguished position he held until his pre sentation by the society to the rectory of Sandon in 1846. Mr. Phillips is author of a Commentary on the Psalms, a Syr sic Grammar, and other works. THE GOLDEN FLEECE.—It may interest some of our readers to know that the Golden Fleece, screw steam e e n, after rt, so e Xl 's ship, 34th captain, ilgim and has arrived at St. Vincent , on her voyage to India. A letter op rtm king an i officer h in t e h r e fe r Majesty's officers, says—" On our Bth day no passed the Monarch, one of Green's ships, with the Queen's Dale on board ; out 20 days. How disgusted t.iey must have been to see us pass them. However, we had our band out, and gave them a tune and three cheers before we left them. We found the John Bell in here coaling, with the head-quarters of the 38th Regiment on board." The captain of the Golden Fleece expected to reach Cal icutta in less than 60 days from Eng and. Two ALARMING FlREs.—Yesterday morning shortly before two o'clock, an alarming fire took place in the premises belonging to Mr. J. Owen, a cheesemonger, :situate No. 129, High-street, Poplar, which at one time it was feared would be attended with a disastrous loss of life. The fire was subdued, but not until considerable damage was done not only to the stock in trade, but also to the building. Another fire also took place in the premises of Mr. H. C. Mus k , corn - dealer, &c., No. uBnk.GurlYn's-Pcalaucee' Mile-end-gate. It b egan f rom some in the hay and straw stores in the basement, and before disco'vered had obtained a strong hold. N E W JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—Among the ne w joint-stock companies re g istered during August were the following :—Aliianc e Steam Navi gation Company ; Hornsey Gas Company ; Joint- stock Merchant Traders and and Ventilating Gene o Outfitting ,ni p a n yCompany London District Advance Company ; Wilts and G lou cester Agricultural Distillery; London Warming Company ; Copiapo Smelting Company ; Weedon, Daventre, Southern, and IJarbury Railway ; Danube and Black Sea Railway and Kustendjie Harbour ; Patent Type-Founding Company ; General Furnishing and Upholstery Company ; Aldershot Manure Company ; North Essex Photeinos Company; London and General Paper Company ; Smoke Consuming and Fuel Saving Company; Dwelling-house Improvement Company; and Leather Cloth Company. THE BA/7K ACTS- —The first report and evidence on the Bank Acts was published yesterday, in a blue book of 518 Dag", the witnesses examined having been Mr. T. M. Weguelin, M.P., and Mr. Sheffield Neave, Mr. W. Newmarob, Mr. John Stuart Mill, Mr. J. G. Hubbard, Mr. G, Wards Norman, L ire Overstone, Mr N. Alexander, Mr. John Twell, Mr. D. Barclay Chapman, and Mr. E. Capps. The result of the immediate labours of the committee fa thus announced :—" Your committee have prosecuted the inquiry into the Bank Acts of 1844 and 1845, which tad been commenced by a select committee in the previous session; and they have examined the late and present Governor of the Bank of England, together -with other witnesses, whese experience and knowledge gave authority to their opinions. Your committee have agreed to report to the house the evidence which they have received ; and as their investigation of the subject referred to them is still incomplete, they beg leave to recommend that a select committee be appointed to resume the inquiry in the ensuing session of Parlia ment. INAUGURATION OP RUSSIAN TROPHIES.—The citizens ,of Bath made general holiday yesterday on the occasion of the two Russian guns presented to the city by Lord Panmure being deposited in the Royal Victoria Park. Besides the ceremony connected with the guns, there was a grand flower show in the afternoon at Sydney Gardens, a ball in the evening at the Guildhall, and per formancee at the theatre, in addition to which the Fo rester..., Odd Fellows, and other bodies had displays and fetes, and galas on their own account. Excursion trains from all the eurrounding country poured visitors into the place, and probably Bath was never more full of company in its palmiest days. The guns, ,which had been gratui tously mounted on carriages made from Russian models by Mr. Williams, started from the Quay at 10 o'clock in a procession which included officers of the army, navy, and Crimean invalids. The first gun was drawn by nine gray horses, the second gun by nine bay horses. The guns were on carriages covered with crimson drapery. The Royal Victoria Park is partly private, partly public property. The resting-place of the guns has been fixed in the latter portion of the park on each side of the obe lisk erected in honour of her Majesty ; but the inaugura tion took place in that part of the park facing the Royal crescent, to which the public were only admitted on payment of 6d. With this exception there was no ex clusiveness in the arrangements, which wera admirably made and punctually carried out. Tee procession passed through the principal streets to the place indicated above, where Mr. W. Bash (deputy mayor) formally handed over the guns to the Park Committee, and speeches were made by Mr. Williams, the donor of the carriages ; Dr. Barrett, chairman of the Perk Committe ; Major-Gen. Willer, and Admiral Sauniarez, The speeches over, the procession re-formed in the original order and proceeded to the large park, where the guns were placed in position. A salute of 21 rounds was then fired from the cannon, and after each seven rounds the local company of pen sioners fired a feu de joie. The bands then played the National Anthem, and after some cheering on the part of the assembled multitade the ceremony terminated. dicial to the interests of humanity, and especially disgusting to our Canadian colonies, who find their space for expansion circumscribed, and them selves " cribbed, cabined, and confined," by the extravagant pretensions of the favoured corporation, who claim far more than they are entitled to made the charter of CHARLES IL, or any of its renewals. i The effects of that Charter are far more in jurious to British interests, than the amount dis tributed in the shape of dividends to its share holders. It should therefore, be got rid of with the least possible delay. We wish to act fairly towards the Company, to satisfy every just and equitable pec un i ary c l a i m that may b e set up. England is n o t so po O r that she s h ou ld act un fairly towards any party possessing reasonable rights and p r i v il eges. The Charter o f the Hud son's Bay C om p any may, however, be abrogated with brief notice. A short period will suffice to get rid of the obnoxious monopoly which it exercises, and to establish matters on a sounder and better foundation, and although ,there are many press ing questions to be disposed of during the next session, it is imperative that that relating to the Hudson Bay Charter should be placed on a satis factory basis. Mr. T. ABOUCHERE has already shown that he is fully aware of the vast import ance of the subject, and assisted by the labours of the committee, he may and ought to be prepared with a specific proposition for the proper solution of the interesting problem. If we do not act, we may rest assured that others will. The United States have already cast anxious glances in the direction, and they will not rest until something is accomplished one way or the other. We may change the system ourselves, but if not, it will be altered for us, and we may possibly find our selves involved in very unpleasant compli cations, through our continued support of an erroneous and indefensible principle. We should count the cost in due time, and it is certain that the first expense will be the - best. I„;The axiom that " property has its duties as well as its rights," is now generally admitted. A man can only " do what he likes with his own," so long as he does not injure others. The claims of the Hud son's Bay Company are contrary to public policy. We are prepared to deal fairly with them in a pecuniary point of view ; but they cannot be per mitted much longer to stop the way with their heavy waggon, which, however suitable to the 17th century, i 3 by no means suited to the spirit of the present age, after the lapse of nearly two centuries. A memorandum has been issued from the Horse Guards which, although it may be regarded as a step in the right direction, by no means goes far enough to meet the exigencies of the case. It is the enunciation of a new mode by which a com mission may be procured. A young gentleman of suitable acquirements, and qualified to stand a stringent examination, may now, by raising 100 recruits, obtain a commisson, i.e., an ensigney in the line. There are sundry regulations, savouring strongly of red tapism, that greatly restrict the privilege, but the principle is a sound one ; and, regarding it as the admission of the sharp end of the wedge, we look more to future results than to the present limited, we may almost call it paltry concessions. There can be no doubt that the obtaining 100 stalworth recruits would be far more valuable to the country than the payment of 450/. (to be subsequently - repaid), even if quadrupled. It would cost the nation all the money, and the class would be by no means so eligible as that which wou come from love and affection, for a young gentle , man who was about to participAte in their toils and dangers, and whose interests would be so closely connected with their own that they could not be severed. It is to a certain extent a return to the old system by which the army was raised before the purchase system was even thought of. A great landed proprietor raised a regiment. at his own expense, of which he himself or his heir, or near kinsman, obtained the command, and he dis tributed all the commissions, just as the Lord Lieutenant of a county now does in a Militia Regiment. If his own resources were not ade quate, he procured assistance. Any competent person who could bring in a Company, commanded it, as a matter of course, and nominated his own subalterns. The value of the principle was tested and established by experience, and a mere pecuniary payment only crept in by slow degrees, as a substitute, and by no means a be neficial one, for the more judicious and sounder practice. Now, it seems to us that the bringing in of men sufficient to constitute a full company should carry with it a captain's, and not merely a n ensign's, commission. A Militia Officer has re cently clearly pointed eut how great would be the inducement to men to volunteer en masse, if assured that they would still be placed under the command of officers of whose kindness they had already practical experience. We believe that his views are fully sustained by the facts, and that the present regula tions will effect but little until greatly modified. A raw ensign can do but little for raw recruits. He cannot be their advocate or refuge in time of trouble. He will have quite enough to do to take care of No. 1 ; and the soldiers know that, and will not be induced to lean on so fragile a support. But let it be a cap tain—one who has already served and is qualified to discharge the duties of the situa tion—and the case will be altogether different. He may have sold out, and be disqualified, accord ing to the rules, to eater in the station he had already attained, or to which he might have been promoted a short time before ; but he would make an efficient officer, and he would carry with him the confidence of the nen, and induce them to cast in their lots with his. We accept then, the present step as an instalment, but only as such. To effect material benefit it must be greatly extended, and that we have no doubt it will bo ero many months have elapsed, unless the demand for eligible recruits be lass extensive than we can reasonably hope or anticipate. LORD JOHN RIISSELL.—This nobleman is still enjoying himself at Minto House, the mansion of his noble father in-law. The Etna, steamer, has arrived with 51,0001. gold, brought by the European from Australia. LORD PALMERSTON AND Tan; INDIAN RELIEF FUND. — We have great gratification in being able to announce that, yesterday afternoon, the Lord Mayor received a cheque from Lard Palmerston for the very handsome sum of 1001. towards the fund for the relief of the suf ferers from the Indian mutiny. LIBERALITY OF THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDON DERRY.—Tbe Marchioness of Londonderry has proposed to the numerous miners and - pitmen in the coal collieries on her estates in Durham to establish a fund for the purpose of supporting the infirm and worn-out pitmen of these collieries. Her ladyship proposes to call the establishment the " Pitman'is Home," and has under taken to be at the whole cost of the building, and like wise saying, " She !should be happy to contribute fairly towards its maintenance." There are above 3,000 work people employed in the collieries and works near Sea ham-hall, and the greatest interest is manifested by tho Marchioness for their safety and welfare. Schools are provided for the children, awl increased facilities have just been given for fuitherinv, the education of those men at work during the day by night rchools to attend. which they will be allowed to subtract certain hour 4 from their evening empley. LATEST NE WS: COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 8. The King of Danmark will set out on the 20t 11 of this month from Copenhagen for a tour of three weeks in Jutland and the Duchy of Sleswig. M. Bardenfelt, Grand Treasurer of the Kingdom and Minister of State, has just died in Switzerland after a lingering illness. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING. The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Gambia, Commander Tult, arrived this morning. Her dates are Cameroons, July 27 ; Old Calabar, 29; Fernando Po, 30; Bonny, Aug. 5; Lagos, 7; Accra, 11 ; Cape Coast, 12; Liberia, 15 ; Sierra Leone, 19 ; Bathurst, 25 ; Gores, 25 ; Teneriffe, Sept. 1 ; and Madeira, 3. She brings 2,096 oz. of gold, and her cargo in cludes 486 casks palm oil, 164 pieces and 3packages ivory, 485 casks beeswax, 15 bags cochineal, and 6 pipes, 12 hhds., 6 casks, and 15 cases of wine. The rains were breaking at Sierra Leone, but the season has been very unhealthy. Among the deaths is that of Mr. Collett, Queen's Advocate, who arrived in the colony last January. All is quiet in Gambia, and ox hides, bees wax, and ground nuts, are abundant. Liberia continues in a state of peace. Lagos is healthy, but trade dull, in consequence of an ex pected attack from Cosaco, their former King. The traffic in slaves, however, continues to in crease. Her Majesty's brig Teazer has captured a vessel under Spanish colours, with 23Q slaves ; she left before the mail packet, but had not arrived at Sierra Leone when the Gambia sailed. The Go vernor of Cape Coast has seized a slave vessel, which ran on shore at Prim Pram to escape a cruiser ; she has been destroyed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. At Fernando Po, July 29, her Majesty's ships Myr. midon, bound south, and the Merlin. At Old Calabar, the Trident. At Lagos, Aug. 7, the steamer Firefly. At Sierra Leone, Aug. 18, the Heels, Medusa, and the Pluto, which was about to proceed to the river Pongas. At Madeira, Sept. 3, the Sparrow Hawk, Devastation, Roebuck, Pylades, Assurance, and Terror Battery. A French screw frigate was steaming out from Teneriffe as the Gambia was entering ; the African Mail screw steamer Hope was off New Calabar Aug. 5 ; the Can dace was at Monrovia Aug. 15 ; and the Ethiope at sea Sept. 1. At Accra, July 20, the bark Chevy Chase and brig Edward Collet, both bound south. At Cameroons, July 26, the bark Moselle, of Bristol. The ship Agnes, of Liverpool, with oil from Cameroons, which went ashore on the 18th on Bunbay Fiats, has become a total wreck. The ship Dorothea was off Bonny Aug. 5. At Lagos the bark Batanga, of Bristol, French ship Fille Soli, brig Lewins, and steamers Sydney Hall and St. George. At Liberia, Aug. 15, the Ariel, of Liverpool, Antelope, of Boston, Kingfisher, Mary Attwell, and Victoria and Albert. At Madeira, Sept. 3, the Sardinian steamer, bound far Marseilles. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 7.—The Ost. Deutsche Post, which frequently expresses the sentiments of the Austriau Foreign-office, contains the following article on the Anglo-Indian question : "Great and general is the sympathy felt for the English in the East Indies. Wherever inveterate pre judice and national jealousy do not predominate, it is wished that England may speedily triumph. So great, so powerful is the force of public opinion in this matter, that even those who at heart hate the proud British Empire, and wish to sea it enervated and exhausted, dare not openly express their thoughts. They are necessitated to mask their real sentiments under a hypocritical turning up of the eyes' (Augenverditen) and apparently sympathising phrases. Edifying in this respect are the American and French organs of the press. Some of the Yankee papers already flatter themselves that India is lost to England for ever, and foresee that Great Britain is destined to become a fourth-rate Power. A Paris paper, being moved by generous indignation, repudiates the idea, and with great unction Expresses its conviction that even if England shoull lose India it will be a second or third rate Power. " We, however, hope and believe that thoae who spe culate on the humiliation and decline of England will find themselves egregiously deceived. England's power and greatness must be upheld for the welfare of the world, for the maintenance of the integrity and inde pendence of the European States ; for if her might and influence should decline, two Powers would share between them the dominions over the wdrld. We don't mean Russia and Franca, but Russia and North America. It is neces sary for Germany, for the Netherlands, for the balance of power in the East, that England should continue to be what she now is. England is also necessary to the well being of France, inastnuoh as she, by her influence, keeps a sanguine and over hasty nation from making perilous experiments—from paying, by the most terrible misfortunes, for a few brief years of splendour (glory). The war in India will, probably, last ono or two years ; but every politician, who is not a Russian or an Atneri can, must desire that the ex3rtions of England may be crowned with success, and that she may remain, as now, a first-rate Power." RUSSIA. A letter of St. Petersburg, of the 2d says : "The inauguration of the section of the western railway compriSed between St. Petersburg and Louga, 137 kilotnetres (about 80 miles) in length, has just taken place. The inauguration train con tained General Teheffkine and a few other superior officers. After the ceremony of blessing the en gines a grand breakfast was given, at which the general proposed the healths of the Russian en gineers who had so rapidly completed that part of the line. During the passage of the train from St. Petersburg, the general carefully examined the different parts of the line, to ascertain whether it was in a fit state for the Emperor to travel over, and the result was perfectly satisfactory. The ra turn of the train from Louga to St. P e t ers b urg was effected in 21 hours, or at the average rate of 30 miles an hour. The works beyond Louga to Pskow are going on very rapidly, more than 12,000 men being employed on them, and it is expected that by the end of the winter a length of 270 kilo metres (about 169 miles) from the capital will be opened." PE - RlfA. Accounts from Teheran to the 6th , of August have reached Constantinople, reporting the non evacuation up to that time of Herat. The Persian Government has named a resident Governor at Bushire. The Sadr Azam continues in the ascen dant, and matters are pretty much in the same unsatisfactory state as formerly reported. Mr. Grenville Murray, employed at the British em hasty in Persia, was to leave Treziboud for Teheran on the Ist of September, 'accompanied by Mr. Abbot, Consul-General at Tabriz, named on the part of Great Britain Commissioner to inquire into and liquidate claims of British subjects in Per sia. Colonel Taylor, who has been appointed British Commissioner at Herat, was to leave Tehe ran about the middle of August. The Persian Government, though professing entire friendship, had not yet appointed its Commissioners. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING . In addition to the treaty recently promulgated, which has been concluded between France and the Grand Duchy of Baden for the reciprocal protection of industrial property, the Montteur now publishes a decree promulgating a fresh convention between the same Governments for protecting literary and artistical works. A subscription was opened in Paris in aid of the fund now raising in England for the relief of the sufferers in India. A letter from the camp at Chalons, dated the 7th, says : " The first grand manceuvres under the command of the Emperor c ommence d to -d ay. A t e l even o'clock in the morning the troops were under arms in front of the camp, each battalion formed in column at half distance. The cavalry were placed behind the right of the infantry, and the artillery to the left of the cavalry. When at a given signal the hotly began to move, the effect was striking. The camp was supposed to be about to be attacked by au enemy's force, marching on the village of the Grand Mourmelon. As soon as it was considered that the enemy were near, a bri gade of light cavalry, flanked by artillery, wils pushed forward, and at the same time the main body foraied in line of battle to prepare for the at tack ; and as the enemy continued to advance a series of defensive movements were executed with great precision and ensemble, after which the ac tion became general. Some splendid charges of cavalry took place, and the manceuvres of the artil lery and the agility displayed in taking up differenl-, positions and opening fire were admirable. The enemy now showing symptoms of discourage ment, a general charge of the infantry was or dered, and executed with the greatest steadiness. The Emperor appeared to be very well satisfied with the manner in which this first day's move ment passed off under his command." " More recent accounts," says the Patric, " con firm the news of the dismissal of Reschid Pacha, of the truth of which some doubt was at first expressed. Fuad Pacha is generally spoken of as his successor as President of the Tauzimat. The retirement of Reschid Pacha appears to have led to some other modifications in the Cabinet." It would appear, from the information received from Moldavia, that the elections were to take place on the 9th inst. BOURSE, Sept. 9.—The market has bean flat, and without business in Route. There was at the open ing a slight rally in shares, but they afterwards relapsed, and the present quotations do not differ materially from those of yesterday. The syndicate of the agens-de-change have resolved that they would negotiate only titles to bearer, so that those who have nominative shares will be obliged to transfer them before giving their orders to sell. The following were the last quotations : Cash. ft% End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 66 85 66 95 Bank Shares 2,720 Credit Fonder 565 Credit Mobilier B7O Roman Do. Account B6B Austrian Belgian 4} — Spanish Threes — Pied monteso (5) 9O Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. tr c. Orleans 1,3773— Western - Northern Lyons and Med B62i— New Ditto i New Ditto 8473— Grand Central 4 — Geneva - Sardinian Midi. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the sth have reached us. The government had ordered a prosecution of the Discusion for the publication of a seditious article, and the Cronica had been seized for a similar offence. Count de Punon-Rostro had been pro meted to the rank of major-general. A telegraphic communication had been opened between Madrid and Barcelona via La Junguiere, Figueras, and Girona. Reinforcements were continuing to be sent off to Cuba ; within a few days 400 had sailed from Barcelona, and 800 from Cadiz and Malaga. Among the military passengers who lately passed through Malta, by the Valetta, for India, were Major-General Windham and Major-General Sir S. 13. Rose. A telegraphic despatch from Lisbon announces that the European and American Company's steam ship Calcutta, Captain Blackmore, arrived at that port on the Bth from the Brazils, and sailed on the 9th for Southampton. She may be expected here on Sunday. FUND FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE REBELLION IN INDIA. Yesterday the committee appointed at the meet ing held at the Mansion-house on the 25th ult. for the purpose of collecting funds for the relief of the suffererers by the rebellion in India, again as sembled in the Egyptian-hall, under the presi dency of the Lord Mayor. There were present— Mr. Greoson, M.P., Admiral Sir S. Lushin , .4ton C. 8., Col. Iredell, Col. Goodwyn, Lieut.-Colonel Henderson, Sir Moses Montefiore, Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Alderman Wire, Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr. Dent, Mr. J. Cundy, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Skipper, Mr. Hadow, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Casenove. Mr. FJRREST, the acting secretary, read a great number of letters from magistrates and gentlemen of influence in various parts of the kingdom, the writers of which expressed their hearty approval of the proceedings of the committee, and enclosed subscriptions. The following letter, addressed by the Secretary of the East India Company to Colonel Henderson, was also read ; "India-louse, Sept. 2, 1857. " My dear Sir,—The East India Company have given instructions to the Government of India to adopt mea sures for the immediate relief of sufferers, whether con nected with the public service or not. This of course is only a temporary arrangement, andi ought not to inter fere in the slightest degree with the voluntary collection of funds that may have a most important effect in per manently mitigating the losses and privations so exten sively caused by this mutinous outbreak. "I need not assure you how strongly the sympathies of all persons here are excited by the heartrending ac• counts which have been received, nor how cordially we wish success to the subscription for an object which should be regarded as national. " Very faithfully yours, "JAMES C. MELVILL. " Colonel Henderson." The secretary next read the copy of a letter, dated' the Bth inst., from the Lord Mayor, as president of the committee, to the Governor-General of In dia, enclosing a further order for 80,000 rupees, which has been placed at his Excellency's disposal in the Bank of Agra for the relict' of tho sufferers. Sir S. LUSIIINGTON said he had received a com munication to the effect that a number of persons from the scene of the mutiny, principally widows and children, ha i just arrived at Southampton in a perfectly destitute condition. He, therefore, pro posed that an agent should be appointed at South ampton with furl pawers to relieve these persons, and suggested that Captain W. Ramsay, R.N., should be requested to undertake the office. After a short discussion, in the course of which it was urged that, as the second original resolution stood, and until it had been amended at a public meeting, the committee were not justified in ap propriating any portion of the funds collected to cases of distress in this country (the resolution de creeing, that the amounts as collected were to be forwarded to the Governor-General), the proposi tion of Sir S. Lushiugton was referred to the sub committee. Alderman SA.LOMONS said that something ought to be done with a view to modifying the terms of the second resolution, as it was perfectly clear that a portion of the funds collected must be appropriated to any cases of distress arising from the mutiny which might be brought under the notice of the committee. _ It was then agreed that a public meeting should be called without delay for the purpose of amend ing the resolution in question. The LORD MAYOR announce 1 that the subscrip tions in hand amounted to 16,7161. A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor brought the proceedings to an end. MEETING AT GUILDFORD. Yesterday afternoon a public meeting was held at the Town-hall, Guildford, at which the Mayor (Mr. Samuel Haydon) presided, "to take into consideration the best means of assisting our fel low-countrymen in India in their present state of distress." The Rev. T. LUDLAM moved the following re solution :—" That this meeting, sympathising with the many helpless sufferers by the existing mutinies in India, feels itself called upon to re cord its detestation of the horrible atrocities of the rebel army, and of their cruel abettors, on their unarmed and helpless fellow-subjects ; at the same time, offering their sincere condolence to the families of the sufferers, and trust that the efforts of the Government and East India Com pany in repressing the rebellion . will, under the Divine blessing, be crowned with success." The resolution was seconded by Mr. W. BOTILL, M.P., and carried unanimously. Other resolutions, expressing determination to contribute towards the relief of the sufferers, wore also passed, and a liberal subscription was made. A leter from Mr. Mangles, the chairman of the East India Company, was road, expressing his regret at not being able to attend the meeting. CANTERBURY HALL. ENGAGEMENT OF PICCO. The enterprising spirit of Mr. Morton, the proprietor of one of the most agreeable and well-conducted places of evening entertainment in the metropolis, has unceasingly been exerted to supply his patrons with musical talent of the best description. The admirable vocal selection which is performed nightly at the Canterbury Hall, to the delight of its crowded audiences, was last evening diversified by the rare execution of the blind Sardinian mins!rel on his unpretentious reed. From this tiny in strument Piece evokes the sweetest tones, and, in the proper passages, displays a marvellous facility and pwca of execution. The hall was greatly crowded, and the occupants of the seats expressed, by frequent and fervent applause, their appreciation of what is really a delightful and interesting treat. Such of our readers as have not yet had an opportunity of listening to the strains cf Piece, may now enjoy his melody in this spacious saloon, eo admirably adapted for sound, well ventilated, brilliantly lighted, and replete with all the appliances that redound to the satisfactory enjoyment of the visitor as regards both his, or her, auscultatory and gustatoi y organe. The popularity which attended the perfor mances of the celebrated Hungarian band will evidently attend, and that perhaps in a still larger degree, this new accession to the powerful corps of the transpoutine tem ple of Apollo. The proprietor has made a "hit" in his engagement of Picco, for few who go to hear the Italian aulist will rest content with a single visit to the Canterbury. The amount paid into the Treasury for o fe: s b l i . ll; onm Madras from the 2Gth August to t he 9th inst . was 1 3,137/ , the ren ective totals being Bengal, 10, 2,742/ ; and Bombay, 3001. TILE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH] Mr. Cyrus Field has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Times:— " Sir,—Having been connected with the Atlantic Telegraph Company from its commencement, and being in every way deeply interested in its success, I ask the privilege of reply to the statement in your money article of the 4th inst., wherein it states as follows : " It is reported that the Atlantic cable is not likely to prove available for either of the projected Indian lines of telegraph. It appears that in its present coiled state it generates or absorbs a great amount of heat, and a fear is entertained of its being ruined by the temperature to which it would be subjected in twice crossing the tropics. It has been found that extreme heat in the parts under pressure forces the copper wire to the sides of the gutta percha, and destroys insulation.' "On the evening of the day on which your article ap• peared I proceeded to Plymouth, and, having called to my aid the electrical and other officers of the company, there was made a most minute examination of the cable. " This examination enables me to state that the re ports to which you allude respecting the generation of heat in the cable are simply a mistake, and experiments instituted there and since my return to London enable me also to state that no heat exists in the hold either of the Agamemnon or Niagara beyond what is natural ; and that the cable tests as perfectly through its whole I length as it did the day it was put on board ship, and there is nothing in its own natute, or the mode in which it is coiled, that leads to the slightest apprehension for its safety, or for any injury from the pressure to which it is subjected. The cable is laid in regular strata, mathematically true—coil upon coil—and-the maximum pressure upon the very lowest coil or flake is less than 281 b. to the square inch. t, Severe experiments made and vouched for since:your article was written show that the cable remained abso lutely perfect and uninjured at a temperature of 13 5 deg. Fahrenheit, under a pressure for several hours.of considerably more than six times that to which it is sub jected in the lowest coil of the Agamemnon. " As regards the sale of the cable, I would inform you that the suggestion did not come from the Atlantic Com pany, and when the proposition for its purchase was made them, first by the Red Sea Company and then by Sir W. O'Shaughnessy for the Persian Gulf, they only consented to entertain it on the condition that they could contract for a similar one to be made and ready for them in time to secure its being laid at the earliest practicable moment in the spring. On these con ditions, and at the price stated, they were willing their cable should be appropriated to the Indian service, which was represented to them as most pressing. " Before I conclude I would make one remark, no: in reply, but simply in reference to the mass of inaccuracies which your correspondent "B." circulated in your paper of the 28th Aug. last. The company have nothing to conceal. All their acts are open to public scrutiny ; but it is obvious that they cannot be expected to answer all communications that appear in the public prints. brEl7 yoLeK EMIGRANT SI1IPS: The following letter has been addressed by Sir Cusack Roney to the Freeman's Journal : TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL. SlR,—With reference to the article in the Freeman's Journal of the sth inst. (copied in the .gynes of to-clay)l respecting the atrocities committed upon female emi grants, in the ship City of Mobile, from Liverpool, to New York, I am happy to say that it is almost impos sible for these or any other atrocities to be committed upon emigrants by the St. Lawrence route to Quebec. itc I can vouch for the accuracy of the following extract from Mr. J. M. Grant's recently published guide to emigrants, which I beg to confirm from my personal knowledge and experience : " The arrangements made by the Government of Ca' nada for the reception and protection of emigrants on their arrival at Quebec, contrast in a remarkable man ner with the want of such arrangements at New York, and the other ports of the United States, to which emigrants are conveyed from Europe. "Onthe arrival of each emigrant ship in the river St. Lawrence, she is boarded by the medical officer of the Emigrant Hospital at Grosse Isle, situated a ie° . miles below Quebec ; and whenever di sease p reva ils i ri a ship, the emigrants are landed and remain at the Jibe!' pital, at the expense of the Colonial Government, until they are cured. On the ship's arrival at Quebec, gr• Buchanan, the Government agent of emigrants, proceeds at once on board, for it is his duty t° advise and protect each emigrant on his arriva% He inquires into all complaints, and sees that the pr?- visions of the Passenger Act are strictly enforced. This he is enabled to do in a most effectual manner, as under an arrangement sanctioned by the Commissioners of Emigration in Great Britain, whenever an emigrant vessel leaves any British port for Quebec, the emigration officer of that port forwards to Mr. Buchanan, by mail steamer, a duplicate list of her passe n ge rs , with their names, age, sex, trade, &c. This is usual'y received , by him two or three weeks before the vessel reached Quebec, so that he is not only prepared for her arrival, but is furnished with every particular that may be useful to him in protecting the emigrants. If just cause of complaint exist, he institutes under a vet"' summary law of the province of Canada legal proceedings against the master ; but so thoroughly are the value and efficiency of this officer felt, that since a very short time subsequent to his appointment, it has very rarely been found necessary to take such proceedings. In cases where emigrants have arrived without sufficient funds to take them to places where employment is abundant and remunerative, their fares have been paid by Mr. Bucha nan, out of the funds in his possession provided for the purpose. Emigrants from other than British ports expe rience precisely the same protection at the hands of Mr. Buchanan.—l am, sir s your very obedient servant, (Signed) CUSACK P. RONEY. London, Sept. 7, 1857. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT MARGATE. An investigation into the circumstances attending 1 1 1// accident which took place to the London excursion train on its arrival at the Margate station of the South - Eastern Railway on Monday afternoon proves that the occurrence was much more serious in its consequence s and injury to passengers than was at first anticipated. As is usual in such cases, thrre are two parties, wit° endeavour to shift the blame and responsibility from . their own shoulders on to those of the other, and in this instance the officials assert that the whole of the catae; trophe resulted from the neglect o f th ose i n c h ar ge e' the Margate station ; whilst the officials at Margate station persist in declaring that the occurrence was the result of the Ramsgate station-master permitting th e train to leave for the latter station without the London guard in the break van, a circumstance unknown, an d not anticipated at the Margate terminus. It appears that when the excursion train arrided t‘ Reengate, that portion of the train destined for Tvfargstet consisting of four open carriages and the break-van, was detached, and to this the ordinary Margate train, nap' sisting of four other carriages, was attached, making the train thus consist of eight passenger carriages, th e break van, and the engine. At th e M arga t e s tation there is an incline in the direction of the station of 1 la 80. At the top of this incline are the switches , and it is the duty of the engine driver, pr.or to reaching it, to leave the train and go behind, and then po ll ' the train over the bank on to the incline whe n it reaches the station by its own impetus, regulate a in its speed by the breaks. Th e eng i ne having le? the train, it is the duty of the pointsnian to uncouple the ordinary Margate train from the excursion train, sending the one down the incline one road / and the other on to the line leading to the opposite side of the station. On the arrival of this train on Monday, the switchman! with his assistant, having placed the points in the right direction, uncoupled the London from the Ramsgate train, and the former was pushed by the engine over the incline. The break being in front, the switchman bad no knowledge that the guard was not in it, and he there' ore, as usual, jumped on to the step of the last carriage , so as to be in readiness to open the doors on the train drawing up at the platform. The moment the train reached the station, its velocity left no doubt that collision with the end of the station would be inevitable , and he jumped off. In an instant after the crash coca' red by dashing against the dead wood, for there wer e no " buffers." Amongst the sufferers whose names and injuries have been ascertained, are the following :—Mr. Kidd, sur geon, of Loudon, staying at Mr. Dixon's, Vicarage-place , Margate—concussion of the brain ; going on favourably Mrs. Lovesay, of 65, Beresford-street, Walworth, star ing, at Bishop's, Love lane, Margate —contused nose an d forehead, and lacerated lip ; doing well. Mrs. Dreg / and family, consisting of two boys—cuts and bruises about the head and face; elder boy contused eye and face cut; younger boy, injury to the hip and other bruises. Mr. Smith, of Camberwell—various injuries about the head and body. Mr. Win. Early and Mr. J . • F. Boulding—cuts and contusions ; and a child with it s tongue cat. _ _ _ The whole of the patients are reported to be progreg sing favourably. THE Ir.ON TRADE,—A considerable extension of tb e . existing plant has been made in the iron districts of South Wales. At Ebbor Vale an increasing businesEl requires increased means, and now nearly 3,000 coo' stantly find employment at Abersycban. At Dowlai s the enormous engine and rolling - mill are advancing towards completion. Thie engine is to supply blast to six furnaces, and the rail nOl is to manufacture 1,00 0 tons of rails per week ; the rough mill to make 700 tons, and 200 tons of bar iron is to be made by a bar mill. This rail mill is to roll bars of a length and size never before attempted, and this at a speed of 110 re' volutions per minute. At Aberdare and in the othe r valley , an extension i s a l so go i ng forward. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A L ADY AT P IMLICO. — yester day evening an i nques t was held in the board-room of St. George's Ho s pit a l ,, on v i ew of the body of Mrs' Elizabeth Lin g f or d, age d 73 , w h o was killed on S a tur' day last by b eing run over by a chaise, in Queen's -NW, Buckin g h am P a l ace. In consequence of the h i g h re' spectab i lit y o f t h e deceased, who was the widow o f as officer of rank, muc h anx i e ty was ev i nce d as to the result of the p rocee di ngs . Th e d ecease d res id e d at No. 18, Qacen-st ree t, Ch e l,e a . O n M on d a y mor ning s he was crossing the Brompton-road, when she was knock s down by a chaise, driven by a man named Whitak et She was taken up in an insensible state and conveyed t o her residence, but her medical attendant finding her ewe, very dangerous ordered her removal to the above h", , pital, where she died about half an hour after her au,_ mission. Several witnesses said the driver of the car t was going at a moderate rate when the accident 11 1, Y; paned. Tile jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death.", Iti( The anxiety ektoura t lea anc bao ney tike me llourse il[t rtis N e er z cc , li e ' 4 3 P 1 4 1 1 , Z*Theil "fio be T, -.ISRI 1 2111„ b D o t 5, • o , D tto ra oigc • r, tats F 3 Ditto bitto 4ri t i th D itto Ditto