The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-30 00:00:00

3 PASSAGE OF BRIUSFI TROOPS THROUGH EGYPT. (FRO3I A TRAVELLER IN THE EAST.) ALEXANDRIA, OCT. 20. We have had two stirring arrivals here, which have aroused alike Greek, Mussulman, and Jew. On the 15th the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Sultan brought us 14 officers and 235 men of the 4th and 11th Companies of Royal Engineers en route for India. On the 16th the excitement was kept up by a salute fired from a fine 46 gun frigate which entered this port, and next we saw our gallant Pioneers, clothed in the garb of peaceable English husbandman, i.e., in white blouses and wideawakes. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's agent of this place, Mr. Holton, has made such admirable use of his position to render the transit of troops across the desert efficient that he is said to be ready to undertake to convey comfortably 2,000 English soldiers per month through the Pacha's sand steppes. The Pacha does not at all object to English sol diers crossing his territory in their uniforms and accoutrements, but I think Government acted very wisely in providing our men with white clothing, allowing them only t o carr y th e i r grea t coa t, bread bag, and replenished water bottles--more than this would unfit men to stand sudden change of climate. The first batch of soldiers traversed the Desert in 291 hours ; the Royal Engineers will have ac complished their journey through the Desert in little more than half the time. At five o'clock on Sunday evening, the 18th inst., Colonel Harness addressed the soldiers in a few, manly, heartfelt words as to the nature of the ser vice rendered by the Pacha to our gracious Sove reign by allowing English troops to traverse his territory, and expressed the confident hope that no complaint would be brought against them for vio lation of hospitality. The men made mien to cheer their colonel and the good ship on board of which they had been so well cared for ; but so well dis ciplined were they, that they controlled their feelings at first bidding ; for the colonel said, "whatever you do, don't cheer." Though the men traversing the Desert stop every six hours.for a good repast, they are nevertheless provided with a day's cooked fresh meat ration, broad, and a bottle of good drinking water. Colonel Pocklington, Deputy-Quartermaster-Ge neral of Malta, acts here in concert with Mr. Holton. Both gentlemen have hitherto accom p►nied the troops through the Desert, and both are entitled to a large share of credit for putting their shoulders to the wheel manfully in despatch ing our men to the seat of war. The Calcutta batch, under Brevet-Major Nichol son, a much beloved Crimean officer, is accompanied by Colonel Harness, a fine elderly gentleman of high attainments and most courteous manners. The Bombay batch, under Capt. Cumberland, is commanded by Capt. Fenwick, who has stood the brunt of many a battle in the Kafir war. It must be a severe blow to parent, brother, or sister, to bid adieu to officers of this stamp ; but, had I a son, I would bid him God speed to enrol with such men, who strive to be equal to the emer gencies of their time. --- The friends and relations of the Royal Engineers in England will b 3 glad to learn from the accom panying document that their journey up to this place was a source of great pleasure : " S.S. Sultan, Oct. 14, 1857. "We, the undersigned officers of Rua] Engi neers, c..mveyed from Southampton to Alexandria by the Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Sultan, cannot part from Captain Neil Cook and his officers without congratulating them on the extremely plea sant manner in which the duties of the ship have bean carried on, and at the same time specially thanking them for their courteous consideration of our cointort. " We are indebted to Captain N. Cook and his officers for an extremely pleas int voyage ; and in saying adieu,' moat cordially with them every happiness and aucce-s. " (Signed) H. D. Harneal, Lieut.-Colonel, R.E.; T. Fonwick, Captain, R.E. ; Lothian Nicholson, Brevet-Major, R.E ; J. C. Haverty, Staff-Sur- Seon : C. G. Cumberland, Captain, R.E. ; P. H. ratchlay, Lieutenant, R.E. ; J. P. Magnay, Lieutenant, RE. ; C. E. Wynne, Lieutenant, R.E. ; D. C. Walker, Lieutenant, R.E. ; J. P. Patterson, Lieutenant, RE." NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday an order was received by Col. R. N. \ Phillips, commanding the 2d Battalion at Chatham garrison, countermanding the order for the embar kation of the reinforcements for the 61st and 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, and directing reinforcements for the 94th Regiment to be held in readineFs to embark at Plymouth for the purpose of joining their service companies in India. /gearly 300 recruits have arrived at Chatham garrison during the last two days, chiefly from the London and Liverpool districts, for th , ) purpose of joinin g the Indian depots at the provisional batta lions. A large number of these have been attached to the staff of the 2d battalion of the 7th Royal Fusi liers, which is now being raised. Owicg to the numerous arrivals of recruits from all parts of the kingdom at the Indian Battalions, Chatham, sufficient accommodation for the troops cannot be obtained at Chatham Barracks, in conse quence of which the depot companies of the 98th Regiment have been removed to Brompton, and quartered in a portion of (he barracks recently oc cupied by the Royal Engineers. The following officers have proceeded from Chatham to the School of Musketry at Hy thefor the purpose of undergoing a course of instruction iu the Enfield rifle, previous to their departure for India :—Captain R. H. Travers, 24th Regiment : Captain J. M. Lyle, 29th Regiment ; Lieut. W. J. Anderson, 32d Regiment ; Lieut. T. Carlisle, lath Regiment; and Lieut. R. Swif', 81st Regi ment. Two non-commis.sione I officers from each battalion have also gone to _Edythe for the same purpose. . _ - BY a letter received yesterday at Portsmouth from Rear-Admiral Sir H. Keppel, dated Singa pore Sept. 7, we learn that Le was then on his way to Borneo to visit his old friend Raj:th Brooke, pre vious to hisretura to England. The Duke of Wellington, 131, and the Victor Emmanuel, 91, now at Port, , ,rnowli, are to be equipped for the steam fleet in reserve. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered the following steamships and veispls now i❑ the steam reserve at Sheerness to be immediately sent to Chatham, fur all defects in the hulls to be made good with all possible despatch, viz.:—the Colos sus, 80 guns, screw steamship ; the Argils, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam•sloop ; and the Driver, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop. The Cressy, 80 guns, screw steamship ; the Majestic, 80 guns, screw steamship ; and the Royal George, 102 guns, screw steamship, are ordered to be taken into the fitting basin at Sheerness, for all defects to hull and machinery to be made good immediately. The Caesar, 91, screw, was taken from the ordi nary alongside Portsmouth dockyard on Wednes day to have her rigging and masts overhauled, and to be brought for ward for the steam fleet in reserve. The Clio, screw corvette, 21 guns, is building in Sheerness yard, and according to present arrange ments will be launched about the 31st March next, after which orders have been received immediately to lay another screw corvett3 down, to be called the Orestes, which vessel will be built upon the lines of the Scylla, and will fight her guns on the main deck. It is rather feared that by so doing she will be crank. Be that as it may, it appears definitely settled that the Orestes will revert to the old scale of not fighting her guns under cover, the disadvan tage of which is, iu action, the masts b e i ng s h ot away become entangled with the guns. The Avon, 3, paddle, Mr. Palmer, master com manding, arrived at Sheerness about noon on Wednesday, after taking Admiral Bruce's effects to London. At Woolwich she took in a propeller, 55 cwt., which she landed in that yard, and left for Portsmouth about 10 a.m. yesterday. We believe the screw in question is for the Meanee, 84, now in Sheerness basin. waThe Belleisle, 6, hospital ship, Commander Rodd, s at Calcutteon the 24th ult. Theca ptain and officers of the United States steam frigate Niag ara at Bate's Royal Hotel give a grand ball and supper an o d n Thursday evening next, to which the nobility trl g e el l i e try of the thres towns and neighbourho o d, the *several public departraernwtsith the heads of &c., are invitei. of:cers of the splendid is navy and army, or dered for 500 persons, and th e suite of rooms are being decorated with much taste fur the occasion. The American Minister in Loncl, will be present, and the minister at Pans is al-no expected ; in fact, the whole affair promises to be one of the gayest and most fashionable witnessed in this locality for a long period. During the time the Niagara has been at this port her officers have shown the greatest possible courtesy and mo s t gentlemanly bearing to all parties visiting the ship, which has been an object of no slight attraction. They will shortly leave us for New York, returning here in the spring of the year to re-ship the trans atlantic telegraph cable. It is not t)o much also to say that the men, as well as the officers, during their stay at this port, have, by their conduct, won general respect, and they will take with them the best wishes of the inhabitants for health and prosperity.—Plymouth Rear-Admiral Eden, one of the Lords Commis - j aioners of the Admiralty, Capt. Sir B. Walker, Sur veyor of the Navy, and Mr. R. M. Bromley, the. Accountant- General, transacted business with Com modore Shepherd, in Woolwich Dockyard, yester day. The Foyle, Irish merchant steamer, embarked a detachment of the 65th Regiment at Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday, and left with them for the westward. The following appointments ware made yesterday at the Admiralty : Master in Command—Frederick R. Stnrdee, to the Rhadamanthns. Second Masters—Thomas Pound, to the Rhadaman- thus ; and William Long to the Spitfire. Midshipman—Francis C. Hastings Dent, to the Spit fire. THE SUN, LOND7ON' THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA. (From the Daily News.) We are not unprepared to find some dissentients from the judgment we were among the first pub licly to express, respecting the administrative incom petence of Lord Canning. Opinion in this country is habitually slow to believe that a man deliberately selected to fill an eminent station, and who is known to have sought the trust confided to him, is after all an utter failure, that neither he himself nor those who appointed him could have ever had any ade quate reason to expect the contrary, and that, con sequently, his original nomination was no better than a solemn and dignified job. But public opinion, when once awakened to the suspicion that it has been duped by names of popular sound, and pre tensions resting upon gravity and circumspection of personal deportment, is apt to quicken its pace, and to make up by the decision and energy of its tone for the drowsy and good-natured credulity in which it finds out that it was caught napping. A marvel lous change has rapidly come over the minds of men within the last few weeks, and even within the last few days, respecting Lord Canning. At the com mencement of the Indian revolt there was a preva lent indisposition to suppose that the conduct of the Executive Government at Calcutta was as inefficient as it looked. Full of anxiety and misgiving though they were, people would not be persuaded that they knew all that was done or doing to retrieve early disasters and to prevent others. As in the case of the Crimean expedition, the boldest critics held their breath for a time. Some explanation of appa rent irresolution would turn up, some well-planned measure of circumvention or suppression would be developed, and then the world would see how much of self-possession and of statesmanship was really concealed under the seeming un-preparedness of the Governor-General. But as the bloody scroll of time was unrolled the eye sought in vain for the resources or the reasons it had a right to expect. Gradually the miserable conviction forced itself upon all, that the plan and purpose, reason and re course were wholly wanting ; and that for all that the noble viscount had done, was doing, or evinced the capacity to do, victory in India there might as well he rlonee Amid a tempest of alarms, perplexi ties, and dangers, Lord Canning appears to have occupied the conspicuous and central post, around which a perfect anarchy of suggestions, counsels, schemes, and projects of every varied hue of vigour an p concession eddied tumultuously. Ascendancy of will, of knowledge, or of genius the Governor- General manifested none : and this deplorable and unpardonable want constitutes the head and front of his offending. We havecalled the want unpardonable not unad visedly; and upon calm reflection we think all just and thoughtful men will so regard it. The Govern ment ofgreat empires cannot afford to pardon flagrant incapacity in high office. No man in our day has ad ministrativegreatness thrust upon him. No English peer is liable to serve as governor of a distant de pendency, and to take upon himself the charge of its remote and onerous affairs, contrary to his own free will. Nobody aske I Lord Canning to under take the functions of Chief Ruler of Southern Asia. He sought that Imperial trust himself, as a favour and a benefit he wished to have conferred, and for which he admitted his sense of personal obliga tion. It is no reproach to him that he happened to be a favourite with the ci decant Prime Minister, and that the present Premier should, for various reasons, have not been unwilling ta serve him. Neither is it a reproach to any man that, possessing but a slender fortune, he should be willing to expa triate himself for a time in order honourab'y to im prove it. The Governor-Generalship is the biggest plum in the patronage pie ; and what George Can ning, in the zsnith of his fame, was not unwilling to accept, his faint and feeble representative might well chuckle at obtaining. • But the grave question remains—What was Lord Canning ; what had he done ; what did anybody believe he was ever likely to do, to justify his appointment as Governor-Gene ral of India ? If the office be worth maintaining, if the government of a continent inhabited by 150,000 of people is to be conducted in subordina tion to him who fills such a position, the least which just'se and policy demand Is that it should be filled by a man—a man not merely in the vulgar sense of the term, as one possessing ordinary intelli gence and physical pluck, but a man in that higher sense which constitutes the only real right divineto bear rule and to have sway. Coleridge's division of a library was two-fold—books that were books, and books that were not books. In civil and military affairs mankind are similarly divisible, into men that are men, and men that are not men. Lord Palmerston will find it difficult to justify his con ferring the greatest and most responsible office under the Crown upon one of the latter class. We have no desire to be needlessly hard on. Lord Canning. His fault and that of those who sent him to India is heavy enough for any one to bear, with out exaggeration. His fault is this—one of the gravest a public man can commit—that he is a usurper. A mere diligent tier and un-tier of tapes a'l his life, a man without even the eloqu ace of a political impos'or, without even the dignity or pre sence of a sham king, without even the routine I imiliArity of military or civil service in the East to compensate for his want of natural gifts—he must have been criminally conscious of his utter unfit ness to take upon him such a charge, and, we are compelled to add, Lord Palmerston must hive been equally aware of it ? What is the first duty of the first adviser of the Queen ? Confessedly to seek out fit and proper men to carry on, in their respective spheres, the arduous and accountable business of the Empire. The very expression we use as equiva lent to the nomination of a man to be Prime Mini ster vividly indicates this: he is said to be called upon "to form a government." It is an apt and expressive phrase. It points out, as plainly as any words can speak, the primary behest laid upon him. And if the choice of one who is to exercise for the time being all but absolute sway in the Queen's name over her vast dominions in the Els+, be not an essential item in the performance of the Pre mier's duty of selecting the materials of efficient government, we confess we know not in what that duty consists. The choice of a Governor-General for India—we say it fearlessly—is the gravest and most responsible act which the PI iine Minister has to perform : and looking at the awful consequence; which have lately followed from sending there an unfit, incompetent, dull, and vascilating shadow of mere aristocratic re-pectabllity, instead of a vistas rous, aide, and resolute type of the moral an l in tellectual manhood of the nation, we cannot but hold Lord Pahnersten answerable in this =qtr. Lord Canning is what is called in party politics a safe and moderate man ; which, being translated into plain English, means that he is one who has served in turn under any Government that he thought would last, and that was willing to em ploy him, with mercenary impartiality. His official career begen under Sir Robert Peel, by whom his redly noble, though un-coroneted father was hurried to a premature grave. When Protectionists abjured Protection he clung tenaciously to office until office was literally taken from him. Lord Derby judged him to be sufficiently Tory for his purposes in 1851 ; but lie failed to convince the calculating Lord Canning of his ability to hold power ; and his offer, therefore, was refused. The coalit;on promised better, and Lord Calamine. became Postmaster-General ; and when by degrees every other member of the section to which he pro fessed to belong had quitted office, he, and he alone, was willing to remain, and was raised to a a at in the Cabinet of the present Whig Premier. For which of these performances, or for what other step in his hungry and humiliating career, was this man made by Lord Palmerston Governor-General of India ? (From the Morning Chronicle.) Lord Canning is perhaps the least to be envied of all men in the public service at the present time. Of the vicissitudes attending political life he has had more than his share. How short a time has elapsed since he was looked upon as the most for tunate of men ! That rich prize, the Governor- Generalship of India, to be bestowed upon a com paratively young and unknown public servant, who had no chime beyond an illustrious name, and some useful service iu a department of Government the furthest removed from that which he was called on to direct 1 Yet now, in all probability, there are not half a dozen men in her Majest y's dominions who would accept the reversion of Lord Canning's post, if it were a condition annexed that ho should share in the unpopularity which has so suddenly burst upon his heal. The only consolation Lord Cann'ing can enjoy, under the circumstance, is in the reflection that to be unpopular is not always to des? rye unpopularity. It is not necessary, indeed it is not pos,ible, yet to determine to what extent the, absent Viceroy de s-ewes the censures that have been so freely bestowed. The public here labour under the disadvantage of being in almost total ignorance of the subjeer, and tlre.efoie of the value of those censures. As in the case of the Earl of Elleeile rough, they are favour ably placed for being made the dupes of a "cry ;" but there is not at the! present day, a Duke of Wellingtet, powerful, influential, and magnan'_ mous enough to steend up between Diree' .orial Caba!lers or News paper Domagogues nd - their destined victims. Without safe gni: l,es, therefor , arriving public arc exr 2 osed to the . imminent danger of arriving at a false conclus: e.in or of conniving, in utter holplessne'ee at - 0 • .ne sacrifice of an individual e t e oa e v ly e h had Hitherto ti Lig t r white every- Hitherto Lord Canning. has `Word said in his favour, win be accumulated against him has been pa -acled with a reckless injustice. T .-• _Lee are already signs and symptoms, net Lobe _ .4aunderstocd by experienced readers of political riddles. To those in responsible authority it is ob vious that the outraged feeling of the British com munity will require some sacrifice to the manes of the hapless victims at Cawnpore and elsewhere, and some atonement for the errors which imperilled our sway in India. Woe to the luckless Minister or Statesman who happens at such a moment to offer a convenient substitute for real delinquents. No thincris more easy than to direct the lightnings of public wrath in the desired direction, and from that moment the neighbours of the unfortunate victim are safe. One man was in this way made respon sible for all the mismanagement in the Crimea, and his equally culpable colleagues have ever since ruled the country. It is nothing to the purpose, that the momentary error of passion has been long since disco vered. Nations are seldom penitent, or at least their penitence seldom takes the shape of atone ment. It would .be as premature to affirm that'Lord Canning is innocent, as it certainly is unjust also, to prepare the public mind for his condemnation. It is permissible, however, to point out a few con siderations which might operate as a warning to the public here, not to let themselves be made the tools and instruments of selfish tyranny. If Lord Canning i ns tead of being a man of statesm a nlike sympathies too large for a period of troub'e, had been the model of a stern practical Diet itor, he would still have a very poor chance of escaping the fate, which, unless we are very much mistaken, is even now being prepared for him. In these cases it is the position of the man, rather than his actual conduct, that invites the catastrophe. Louis the Sixteenth was a mild, virtuous mo narch, by comparison with his predecessors, yet they died in their beds and he perished on the scaffold. Many a wise and patriotic Minister has been sacrificed to popular caprice, in favour of rivals false, venal, tyrannical. Accident, rather than any law of justice, rules in these cases, and Lord Canning, unluckily for himself and his reputation, happens to occupy a position in which almost all the chances are against him. When he was nominated Viceroy of India, all the world ad- Mired the-magnanimous gratitude which led Lord Palmerston to show his respect for the father by rewarding the son. It is now doubtful whether the menaced Governor-General could count even on the ostensible support of the fickle and time serving Minister, whose ill-judged kindness, or popularity-bunting instincts, placed his protege in a position demanding such vast powers of mind and experience. It is a very general opinion that the Company will no longer be entrusted with the Government of India. It is equally supposed that Lord Canning will be the last, or at the utmost the last but one Governor-General under the present regime. This unfortunate position renders him the centre of at traction for attacks inspired by the most opposite interests, and conducted on the most opposite grounds. It is therefore—without affecting to pre judge the question whether or not be has been culpable—that we would warn the public here against being misled by mere clamour. His assail ants are legion. In Calcutta and elsewhere in India, the rule of the Company has long been hated by large classes of the European community—by almost all, indeed, except those who are actually in the service of the Government. It is natural, then, that Lord Canning, as the Chief Representa tive of that Government, should be the object of their fierce hostility. Of this the Calcutta petition was an example. To the other independent Edro pea'is must be added the journalists, whom Lord Canning has converted into irreconcileable enemies, by his precautions against venomous garrulity. That the military authorities should be among the assailants of Lord Canning is only naturally to be ex pected when we reflect that there has at all timesbeen a feudbet ween the civil and military powers, and that it has been brought to a head by this rebellion. No better proof of this state of things is needed than 1 that afforded by the order of the day of General Wilson to "give no quarter," following so soon after those general instructions of the Government i at Calcutta, which have been made the subject of animadversion by the Press of this country. It would not be at all surprising if the falling "rulers" of Leadenhall-street sought to save the it selves by sacrificing their representative in India. Such a policy would be quite in accordance with their past conduct. Whether crushing a Napier or an Ellenborough, because they consulted the wel fare of the nation or the consolidation of the Impe rial dominion, or abandoning a Canning to the fury of his enemies, because he had only too faith , fully followed the traditions of the Company's ru'e, i the selfish motive and the short-sighted policy , would be the same ; nor is it likely that those Dic tators would hesitate between their supp•sed interests and the precepts of a nobler policy. Against this long array of antagonists, the Go vernor-General might reasonably count on receiving the support of the Ministers of the Crown. This question will mainly depend for its solution on the result of military operations during the next two or three months. If tho restoration of our rule appears assured, Lord Canning may count on sup port from his loving colleagues. It; on the con trary, early delays, and arrogant obstinacy of opinion, shall be proved to have been the cause of sufferings th it mightthave been averted, then every effort will be made to save the Vernon Smiths and the Panmures, and the 'scapegoat will be found in the City of Calcutta. DR. CULLEN ON THE INDIAN BELIEF FUND. (From the Times.) Lies are very wrong things, very shocking things, but it must he admitted, nevertheless, that there is one excuse for them—their extreme facility. A lie is the easiest crime which a man can commit ; it is achieved by the simple natural motion of the tongue in the mouth, all the evolutions and revolutions of which instrument come of ihemselves, and performs he mind's bidding at a moment's notice, without any difficulty whatever. There is a proverh,or say ing about the tongue sticking in the mouth when a man tells a lie. It is wholly untrue ; th e t ongue easily, glibly,ail indslick, when a statement is false as when it is true, and and smoothly, it s works nnut ion qu is ite as as lit Sheridan's correc tion of his friend, who said he want d to go d own a coalpit in order that he might s a y th at h e h a d been down one, is strictly and accurately true— " You could say that without going down a coal pit." Lying i s i n substance simply speech ; it is speech, indeed, which is contrary t o f ac t, but this circumstance does not interfere wet) and has nothing to do with speech as such, which is a wholly neutral and strictly impartial natural organ, performing its functions with a disinterested—we (night almost say an equitable andj udical—indif fereuce to the question of fact of one way or an other. The tongue is 110 partisan, no sectarian ;it is a citizen of the world ; it does not undertake to decide between the merits of truth and falsehood. It performs its proper services to each in its turn, as it happens to be called upon. It is a perfect machine for the production of truth ; it is also a perfect machine for the production of falsehoo 1. Such is the remarkable facility which nature affords for untrue statement to those who are willing to avail - themselves of it. It puts the ins.rurneut into their hand, all ready for me and in working order, and they have only to touch the handle. What an admirable, what an inviting, what a tempting engine ! Is it not a shameful waste if we neglect so admirable a cmtrivaece as this, —an actual instrument for creating facts, 'Jr what are as good as facts for the time, and creating them without the smallest difficulty ? Who does not like to have things his own way ? who would no t li ke facts always to speak for him? Very well, thsn, if thefacts do not speak for him he speaks for the facts. It is only a difference of means to the same end. Is not lying a part of the legitimate dominion of man over nature ? A good deal, we think, might be said in support of this thesis. The theory has a touch of boldness, but after it had got over the difficulty of its first statt it would gain ground and win over many shoals of casuists. Surely, when Nature herself turns temp tress, and puts such an instrument into our hands, a man must bee moral hero or a saint not to use it occa sionally. Thanks, indeed, to a stern voice within, there are individuals who think it vst ong to Le, but sects and parties, especially religious sects and parties, can hardly be said to be of this opinion. The sect is a natural liar, it is born with a lie in its mouth, which glows up with its growth, and multi plies. Every sect has its favourite customary set of statement, which it palms off upon the world for the purpose of adding to its respectability and reputation—statements of which it does not care to examine the truth, and of which it does not wish the wo ..r rld to e xam i ne the truth either. 1- is a customary Roman Catholic statement that half of the defence of te•is country isperformed by loan Cathoecs tle at this at Our Protestant public stares a in it, f ree , first, but h a lf acquiesces gradually so bold' .ninking that a fact would not be stated „, . eiy if it wre not true. Simple minded pub " ! The remark s w hi c h we have just made will have enlightened you on that point. The Romanist stetement is made up, fi rs t of a gross exaggeration, and next of a still grosser suppression. lestead of one half of our soldiers, hardly one-third of them are ROrrlall Bt3 i But this statement leaves out the Navy altogether, which numbers 70,000, o f which net more th an one or two psr cent. are Bo tnanist. So that, takin e e the two services t o g ether, the one-half w hi ch the Romauists claim of the defensive firce of this country diminishes to about one sixth. But we are not concerned with this fact any more than as it is connected wi th a subject about Which Archbishop Cave nublisbed THE MILITIA. Orders have been received by the Hon. Colonel Monckton, commanding the West York Rifle., to hold that regiment in readiness to march to Shorn cliffe. _ The 3d West York Militia have received orders to proceed from Doncaster to Aldershutt in the ensuing week. The corps is under the command of Colonel Loftus, and is in a very efficient condition, though not up to its full strength. The Northamptonshire Militia was embodied on Tuesday at _Northampton, and mustered over 700 strong. It is expected that before the 31st 200 more will come up. The regiment did garrison duty in Gibraltar during the late war, and was highly complimented by the Governor, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Fergusson, K.C.B. Both officers and men will volunteer again for any foreign station. The Royal Elthorne Light Infantry, under the command of Lieut.-Col. M. Prior, is under orders for Ireland, and expects to proceed to Dublin next week. The regiment numbers close upon 1,000 men, and has its full complement of officers. The 2d Royal Lanark Militia assembled for em bodiment at Lanark on the 21st inst. The regiment is under orders to proceed to-day to Hamilton B.ar racks, and will occupy the huts erected there during the late war. LONDON STREETS AN.D SUB WAYS. 1 " Highways and bycways" used to be a phrase comprehending all the ways of a country, but a third kind of way is now likely to come into use, and not before its time. We are to have "sub ways," and no person living in this city will deny the want of them. Half the business of London appears to lie five feet underground, and there is at present no way of gettin4 at it except through the pavement. Not only are new schemes o sewerage perpetually afloat, but sewers now repre sent only a p,rtion of our subterranean machinery. Every tenement demands its own water supply ; a dozen companies employ themselves in furnishing the necessary element, and every company has its own system of pipes. It is the same with gas, which is carried through infinite ramifications of tuber under every roadway by a score of rival establish ments. To house drains, and water mains, and gas pipes we must now add telegraph wires, which con duct for us an underground correspondence almost as active as that of the post. As a matter of course, with what changings, choppings, mendings, and movings, some part or o:her of this multiplied ma chine'y is always needing attention, and in order to attend to it we pull up the roadway, and so de str _ty the street or the pavement altogether for the time being. We will undertake to say that on any given morning a good proportion of our London tho roughfares will be found impassable. Sometimes half-a-dozen streets in succession are blocked up until a man comes to his wit's end in trying to get from one quarter of the metropolis to another. The Constitu ionnet told us the other day that we English could afford to sneer at the passport system because we did not know what :t was to have barricades in our capital. Not know barricades, indeed ! Why, we are never without them. The whole art and system of these obstructions has been refined to the higbe.4 pi'ch of excellence among us, and is practised incessantly. We wish our con temporary would take a cab at Charing-cross, and try his hand at getting to any of our metropolitan railway s'ations. Before he had gone 500 yards he would find out the shape which street revolu tions take in England. Our red flag is a wisp of straw—a haudbarrow turned upside down—a heap of stones in the middle of the road, like some dismal cairn on a Scotch mountain—some times only a mere paviour's rammer ; but the symbol in each instance is omnipotent, and sub mission a matter of absolute necessity. Gessler's hat upon its pole was not more expressive of pub is bondage than these simple emblems. They mean that some company or other requires the street for the day or the week, as the case may be, and that the thoroughfares is therefore closed to all other creatures. Imagine a man pulling up the floor of his dining room every time he wanted to fetch a bottle of port from the cellar. That is about the character of our Loudon practice in this matter. We cannot say exactly in what reign it was discovered that a ermaneu t flight of steps to the basement story was a very convenient arrangement, but we know that as regards our roadways the analogous idea was only struck out last week. " Subways," or ways for getting at the works under the pavement otherwise than through the pavement itself, are creations of yesterday, and are still, in deed, in the first and most rudimentary stage of being. The Metropolitan Board of Works has the merit of initiating the movement— a highly natural merit certainly, for, except through some such consummation as that projected, we do not see how the Board is to keep access to its own domain. The functions of thin tribunal are per formed under our feet ; in fact, it is bewildering ti think what an amount of administration and taxation is involved in transactions two yards beneath the pavement. It is reported of cer tain ancient cities that the architecture above ground *as surpassed by the architecture below, and such will soon bo the case, we should think, in London, judging by the rate of cost. Most people, we suspect, pay more for sewers rates than they do for house-tax, acid the demand gets larger and larger. Naturally, therefore, the Board of Works wants to get at its kingdom— its dominion where it expends so much money and contemplates so much improvement. So s'nrie premiums were offered for the best plans of subways—ways which would allow the business of people below to be conducted without prejudice to that of people above. We think the principle of this arrangement very reasonable. It would have been hard if Mr. Brunel had claimed a right of stopping the Thames during the time he was building his tunnel. We cannot profess the leant surprise at hearing that them was a " considerable similarity" be tween two plans proposed for terminating our present difficulties. If a premium had been offered for the best methol of procuring a roast pig without burning a house down. the similarity of the propositions would probably have been considerable on that occasion also. Oue compe titor after another showed with great simplicity that a subway, or road large enough for a man to walk in, could be constructed underneath the pavement of the street ; that gas pipes, water pipes, and telegraphic wires could be arranged on either side of it, so as to admit of the Easiest possible access, extension, or repair ; and that from this subway approaches could be opened to the sewers also, as oecasion required. The great dis tinction was in the estimate of cost, but, according to the highest reckoning it would not take above 50,0001. or 60,0001. to make a subway the whole length of the Strand ; according to the lowest biddings scarcely a third of the sum. Oa the point - of expense, however, we say but little, and for this simple reason—that subways will soon beoome so necessaryas to heinevitable, whether they coat much or little. Let no innocent house holder imagine that because he has had a fortnight of open trenches before his door he will therefore be se cure from all such annoyance for some time. The water company may want his street the very minute after the gas company has done with it, and after both of them have been used up forthe moment a day of such rain as we had last we-k may set the Sewers Commissioners on him f r a month to come. Certainly we cannot think without a shudder on the rate which may b 3 struck for the construe ion of a crypt as big as London, but what are we paying as it is? What do tradesmen lose by having their customers driven away for days together ? What do all of us lose by breathing the effluvium of open sewers and leaky gas pipes all day long—by finding that a main thoroughfare is reduced to half its width for a week or two, and that one out of five streets is utterly impassable for the same length of time ? Perhaps oven all this damage might be endured if it were manifestly terminable, but the worst of it is that the cert iinty is exactly the other way. What with the extension of telegraphic communication, what mth the inprovements iu the the approaching eosin ' d water and gas supplied, and what, above all, with . rainage scheme, all doubt thateth they haves ever will be more inthe regions just beneath our feet it is beyond ) requestn ti e f f o o r r forth n T e h z e t s tr bs y th e i ar o s f th oi t i ti r reets likely to b e as. much fr equen t e d as th e i r surface, and if we ca w n h u otit tmanage th a t th e f ormer shall be accessible itb the destructio n o f th e latter, there w ill be nothing to c7,7e setting fact. All 111 , 25 e prc,coedia,,sr rcomplain of in th e improve ment ; we only want t h e means them conveniet,tly. Even'ualy, in fact, t ttieg about L oma to this—that we mus t either havelst wouldi as well as other su'iterranean machinery, eruf:raego all these accommodations together.—Times... FRIDAY! EVENING OCTOBER 30, 18517. owe statements a little time ago—the Patriotic 1 bind. We are not whole-leagth admirers of the general administration of this Fund, and we have objected to the Indian Relief Fund going into such dispensing hand, but, having made particular in quiry, we are obliged in commo❑ truth to say that Ar hbishop Cullen's complaints of the religious par tiality shown in its management are grossly incor rect. There appears to be not one word of truth in the whole tissue of statements which the Arch bishop has published against the official dispensers of the Fund, and it is only just to them to say that they court inquiry on this subject, and are ready to give the fullest and most accurate information about their own proceedings. Archbishop Cullen's first charge was, that " the Catholic clergymen of Dublin had not obtained one shilling for the widows and orphans of soldiers killed in the Crimea for whom they bade made ap plication ;" and to this the reply of the Executive Committee is, that its agents disburse now in Dublin alone 2,4001. annually. It is worth mentioning that the whole subscription of Dublin to the Fund was 11,0001., a large proportion of which came from Protestants. We do not say that a Fiind ought to be dispensed on any local principle such as this, but the fact should be observed. Ire land as a whole receives an annual sum of 80,0001. from the Fund, the capitalised value of which, taking the average of 18 years for the lives of the recipient widows, is 180,0001.—the whole of the Irish subscriptions having been only 60,0001., of which probably far the larger part came out of Pro tes ant pockets. Scotland gave 148,0001., and only receives 5,0001. annually. In short, it is as well ascertained as anything can be that there is not in the whole of Ireland a single widow of a Crimean soldier who has been refused relief on any ground. Awl, with respect to the agency for the adminis tration of the Fund, the executive cernmittee deny point blank Dr. Cullen's charge of having always employed " parsons" in Dublin, not one single Protestant clergyman having ever been employed for this task, but always either staff-officers of pen sioners or its own special agent. The charges of religious partiality in the matter of education of the children are equally groundless. It is quite true that the offers of the Sisters of Mercy and of St. Clare for this purpose were not accepted ; but why ? Because the mothers, upon the offer being put before them, decljned it in be half of their children. But, though the children have not been put under particular Roman Ca tholic orders to be educated, they have been sent to Roman Catholic schools, not one single Roman Catholic child above the age of 7 not having been thus provided for in the way of instruction. Dr. Cullen complains of 2,5001. having been given to two Pro , testaut day schools at, Portsmouth and Plymouth out of the Fund, but he should re dly remember that a very large part of this lurid is Protestent money, and that Protestant children require education as well as Roman Chatholic. Considering that, as we have said, nore more than - or 2 per cent. of our sailors are Roman Catholic, this is by no means an extravagant sum to give towards the education of children of the very large Protestant remainder. . . The truth is, the gross religious partiality with which Dr. Cullen charges the Executive Committee of the Patriotic Fund would be impossible at this thy. Public opinion would not allow it, and with respect to original admission to the benefits of the Fund, such a fault is excluded by the very machi nery of admin;stration, which gives no clue whatever to the religion of the applicant, excepting the medium of application chances to be a Roman Catholic clergyman, in which case the clue is very soon lost, inasmuch as no record of the medium of application is kept. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 20 sore each, h ft, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds B,nd upwards. B.C. (4 miles, 1 furlong, 173 yard..) 13 ,u1:;s. Mr. J. B, Starkey's Fisherman, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Lord Zetland's Skirmisher, 3 yrs, 7st (Cballoner) 2 Betting-6 and 7t04 on Skirmisher. _ . Fisherman waited upon Skirmisher to the turn of the Land-', where be began to draw forward, caught him at the Duke's Stand, cleared him half way up the cords, and rum easily by three-quarters of a length. Skirmisher was musk punished, but Fisherman was not touched. S treepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 7113, fillies 84 41b. Ab. M. (7 fueonge 212 yards). Gen. Peel's Forerunner, Bst 7th (Flatman) 1 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Belle, 8-it 41b (A. Day) 2 Betting-7 to 4 and 2tol on Bell, who led to the cords, where she " shut up," and Forerunner won cle verly by a head. Sweepstakes of 10 Boys each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 100 sops, if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. (3 furlongs 215 yard. , „) 7 subs. Sir L. Newmaii's Olympus, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Kendal) 1 L rd W. Powlett's Delusion, 3 yre, let 71b (J Rogers) 2 Mr. G. Hall's West End, 3 yrs, 7st 71b...(Fordbam) 3 Cara Fatima, Unexpected, and Inspiration, also ran. Betting-6 to 4 (at first even) on Olympus, sto 1 agst Unexpected, 10 to 1 agst Delusion. Won easily by a length; half a length between the second arid third ; about two lengths between the third and fourth. Unexpected bruko a blood vessel. The winner wav claimed. Sweepstakes of 10 801'8 each; for two-yr-olds, 7st; three, B+t 121 b; filliei allowed 21b; the winner to be sold for 80 sows, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 140 yards.) 6 subs. Mr. Jackson's Trabuco, 2 yra, 7st (Bullock) 1 Mr. Thornton's Harwell, 2 yrs, 7st (French) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Silicia, 2 yrs, 6st 121b...(Challoner) 3 Mr. Ashton's Ferndale, 2 yrs, 7st (Fordham) 4 Count Ba . thyany's The Courier, 2 yrs, 7,4 (Bray) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Trabuco, 4to 1 Ferndale. Won by a head ; two lengths between the second and third. S.veepetakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7ib ' • Mies, 84 41b ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs, if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 subs. Mr. Mitche.l's Plague Royal, Bst 41b ...(D Hughes) 1 Lord Ilt,rby's Whitewa 1, 84 7ib (Flitman) 2 Mr. J. H. Mousiey's Marauder, Bst 71b (Ssehmal') 3 Lord Portsmouth's Pineticker, Bst 41b (A.. Day) 4 Betting —6 to 4 on Pinsticker, 100 to 30 agst White wall, 4 to 1 agst Plague R Won by a head, same dista , ce between second and third; Pinsticker finished two lengths behind Marauder. Handicap Sweepstake,' of 15 sovs each, 10 ft; for two yr-01d5.,.D.M. (7 furlongs 201 yards.) 13 subs. Lord Clifden's Chanoinesse, 8.4 V) (A. Day) 1 Lord Loudesborougu'a York, 6,t 121 b (Bray) 2 B iron Rothschild's Scribbler, 7,3 t 11lb ...(D. Hughes) 3 The toll )wing also ran :—Mainstay, Li tle Treasure, Mirsiosa, Hark-f r ward, Glauca filly, and Honeydew. Batting-2 to 1 regst Yurk, sto 1 agst Little Trea sure, 6 to 1 eget Chanoinesse, 8 to 1 each agst Scribbler and Hark-forward. Won by a neck ; half a length between the second and third ; Hark-forward was a bad fourth, Mimosa fifth, and Litbie Treasure sixth. Sweepstakes of 10 soy.' each, for 2-yr-olds ; Colts, Bst 71h ; fillies, 84 41h. The winner to be .sold for 40 sove, if demanded, &a. Last half of Ab, M. (3 fur. longs 17 yards) 5 subs. Mr. Howard's Hersey filly, Bst 41b (Fordham) 1 Mr. C. Formby's King James, Bst 71b (Kendall) 2 Mr. Moseley's Geneva, Bst 4lb (Wells) 3 Mr. Fraza'e Knockburn, Bst 71b .....:...(L. Snowden) 4 Mr. Dawson's Richmond Hill, 3st 71b (Aldcroft) 5 Betting-7 to 4 aged Knockburn, sto 2 each agst Hersey filly and Richmond Hill. Won by two length; same distancebetween the second third, fourth, and fifth. Renewal of the Glasgow Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b. Last three-quarters of R.M. 10 subs. Lord Londesbournugh's Gourd, 84 71b (J. Mann) 14 Lord J. Scott's Windham, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1.2 Str J. B, Mills's Cytnba colt, Bst 710 ...... ..(A. Day) 3 Mr. R. H. Neville's Sneer colt, 83t 71b (F'latinan) 4 Betting-2 to 1 (at first 3to1) on Cyinba colt, 3to 1 aist Windham, 6 to 1 agst Sneer colt, 10 to 1 agst Gourd. A dead heat ; a head between the third and fourth. Deciding heat.—The betting opened at 5 to 4 on Windham, but closed at 5 to 4 on Gourd, who won hy half a length. Frac Handicap Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 3-yi-olds. Certain winners extra. A,F. (1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards). 11 subs. Mr. Barber's Commotion, by Alarm, 7st 111 b Lord Ribblesdales St. Giles, (A.ldcroft) 1 74t 12Ib (Fordbaco) 2 Mr. Barber's Lord Nelson, 7st 10Ib (Flatrnan) 3 The following al,o ran :—Anton Tasmania, and Physalis colt. Mr. Ba! ber declared to win with Lord Nelson. Betting-2 to 1 agst Commotion. 3to 1 agst St. Giles, 6 to 1 agst Anton, 8 to 1 agst Tasmania, and 10 to 1 agst Physalis colt. Won by a length ; a head between the second and third ; two lengths between the third and fourth; and about the same distauce between each of the others. Subscription Handicap Plat e of 50/., for 3-yr-alds and upwards. D.I. (2 miles 119 yards.)B-t r, T. Hughes's Romeo , b y California, aged, M (D. Hughes) 1 Lord Wilton's Bracken, 6 yrs 74t 21b ...... (Cresswall) 2 Mr. Barnard's Z ig, age!), 51b ............ (Swift) 3 The following also ran : — Su nrise, Elfrlda, The Bold Buccleuch, and- Eugeyni a Won b head ; bad third. Match. Last half of Ab. M. Lord Coverdales's Rudulphus, by Sadler, watt 111 b • (Ca,pt. Little) 1 Mr. Beaumont's Knotting, lOst 81b...(Mr. NV, Bevill) 2 Won by a Leek. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday th• bakers generally throughout the metropolis reduced the prize of bread. What is termed "good" wheaten bread is now sold in those localities where great numbers of the poor re i "e, and the trade is conducted for ready money, at as low as 51 , 1. and 61. the 41b loaf, and tie "best" at 61il. and 71, The high priced bakers and those who give credit are selling their bread at 71d an 81 the 41b. loaf. Cornehandlere a-e selling flour at from ls. to 23._81. tile stop:, of 14 . 1). according to quality. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 29. BO W-STRE ET.—Jona K i , y, a bricklayer's labourer was charged with assaulting Mr. Fitz;erald, the land lord of the Blue Boar's Head, in Long-acre. It appeared that about half-pact 11 o'clock the prisoner with another man, and a woman who sells ballads in the streets, entered the tap-room of complainant's house in a state of intoxication, and remained for some time without having anything. He began to behave himself very inde cently, and prosecutor went into the room and ordered him out. Prisoner refused to go, and placing his short pipe in his hand so that the end of the stem projected terough his fingers, endeavoured to strike him in the face. By suddenly stepping bask complainant avoided the blow, but the point of Lo pwe-stem came within about half an inch of his eye. Complainant snatched up the pok-r and guarded himself with it, warning the prisoner that he would strike if he (the prisoner) attempted to close on aim. The prisoner, however, sprang on him, and a des perate struggle followed, in which, althoiL 4 h he used the poker, the prisoner, who had him by the throat, was vaining the advantage, and he was almo st ex h auste d , when a policeman csine to his assistance. The prisoner then released the prosecutorand turned on the policeman, „ y i„ g , " We shall see whether a peeler shall take me out." He then attacked the constable, who, however, soon overcatos him, as he was somewhat reduced by loss of blood from a wound in the head inflicted by Mr. Fitz;erald with the poker. The policeman took Min to Cbaring-ergs Hospital, where the house surgeon dressed his wound, which was not of a serious character. When the constable entered, complainant was bleeding from the mouth and nose. The prisoner alleged that he was attacked first, but ad mitted that he was too drunk to know much about it. Fined 3/ , or one month's imprisonment. WORSHIP-STREET. —Edward Jackson, a portly, well-dressed man, described as an oil and colourman, carrying on bu mess in Leonard -street, Finsbury, and his wife, Anne Jackson, were charged on suspicion of having feloniously received various articles of dress which had been stolen, with a travelling trun ,, , containing jewelery and other property beloneing to the Countess of Ellesmere, to the amount of 15,0001. The prisoners were Aso charged, in conjunction with Chas. Steadman, a ticket-of-leave convict, with haring been found in pos session of a further quantity of valuable property, the supposed produce of other robberies. Mr. Lewis, jun , of Ey-place, attended on behalf of the prisoners Jackson, and Steadman was defended by a solicitor bearing the same name as himself. On Tuesday, the 22d of Jan. last, the bag, with its contents, was abstracted from the roof of a carriage going from Clevelind.square to the Great Western Railway, from which the Countess of Ellesmere was about to pro. card to Windsor Ca , tle, on a visit to her Majesty. Police Constable Evans, G 175, stated that while o❑ duty in Old-street, between 1 and 2 o'clock in the after noon of Sunday, the 18th inst., he met the prisoner Jackso❑ and another mao, who hastily parted company, and moved off in different directions as soon as they caught sight of him. Having recognised both of them as suspected characters, witness followed Jackson, whom he overtook in an adj iming street, and as he refused to dis close the contents of a bulky package which he had with him, witness took him into custody. On searching the bundle at the station-house he found it to contain up wards of 100 yards of ribbon, two dozen scarfs, and sundry ther expensive articles of haberdashery, which the prisoner alleged he had purchased at Bethnal green from a man named Woodward, with whose xact address he was unacquainted. Witness pro seeded with other officers to the prisoner's house in Leonard-street, and having stealthily effected an en trance, he made his way to a small room behind toe shop, where he found Jackson's wife in close con ference with the prisoner Steadman, who was sitting opposite to her. The female prisoner was i❑ the act of iospecting a plated goblet, which she had apparently just received from Steadman, who had some money in his hand. Witness questioned him with regard to the goblet, and after a good deal of shuffling, the prisoner said that he had picked it up in the street. Witness proceeded up stairs with the female prisoner, searched several of her drawers, and discovered therein various ariicles of wearing apparel, a portion of which had been since' identified as the property of the Countess of Elles mere, two of whose servants were now in attendance to give evidence in support of the' charge. Mary Anne Elding, Lady Ellesmere's maid, who had assisted in packing up the trunk, identified several of the articles, one of which was her lady's bridal veil of old point lace, and which see could positively swear to, from the rare quality of the fabric, which could not now be purchased. After some observations from Mr. Lewiq, to the effect that, according to his instructions, his clients would be fully prepared on a future occasion to furnish a satis factory explanation with regard to their possession of the article', Inspector Brecknold requested a remand, for the dis covery of the owners of the property which had not been identified, and which he had reason to believe was the part produce of a recent extensive burglary in the City. The prisoners were accordingly remanded, but bail was accepted for the appearance of Jackson. CLERKENWELL.—EIIen Gladstone, aged 26, re siding at 37, Payne-street, Islington, a married woman, was charged with being on th.. banks of the Regent's Canid for the purpose of comn itting suicide. Police-constable Crannis, 71, N, found the defendant in the custody of two men on the banks of the Regent's CAnal. She was raving out in a very excited mancer that she was "mad, mad," and that she would follow bar father and go to haven. When he took her into custody she had neither shoes nor stockings on, and was half-naked, and said that she was d•-terminA to commit suicide; that she had jumped off BlAckfriard-bridge, and would dos() again. The husband of the defendant said that his wife had been very depressed in spirits, in consequrnce of her father, who died a few days since, telling her on his deathbed that she would bring herself to ruin if she did not leave off drink. She was a good wife when sober, but a foolish and violent woman when drunk. He would take her home and look after her if the worthy magis trate would discharge her. Mr. Tyrwbitt said it W. 3 a great pity that a woman like the defendant should give way to the devilish drink. If she continued that course of conduct, she would bring herself to ruin ; and had tt not been for the young man, She would most assuredly have lost ber life. After a few more remarks of a most feeling nature, Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged the prisoner with a caution. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Eliza Turner and Mary Ann Smith, two young women who were attired in a fashionable style, were charged before Mr. Bingham with al tempting to pick the pockets of several ladies in Re g ent -street. It a ppeared, from the evidence of Cole, an active officer of the A. division, No. 317, that on the previous after noon, about two o'clock, he was standing at the corner of when he saw' two ladies stop and lo o k a t t A h r e g p y Argyll place, when portraits exhibited at Mayell'e. They had ne: been there long when his attention was attracted to the two prisoners, whom he knew to be pickpockets, who passed him and went and stood directly behind the ladies before-mentioned. He watched them, and ob served Turner lift up the mantle of one of the ladies, and t at her band in her pocket, apparently without success. TLi prisoners then walked on, and he went upend asked the lidy if she had been robbed. She replied in the negative, and he then proceeded after the prisoners and came up with them in Oxford-street, where be saw Tur ner manipulating the pockets of two ladies while Smith covered her from view. The prisoners did not seem to be successful in their avocations, and on turning round to go away they caught sight of him, and immediately jumped into an omnibus which happened to be passing. lie ran after the vehicle till it stopped at the corner of T •road, wh en h e i n f orme d t h e con d uc t or of of characters be had got in his 'bus. The o thet en sortha -rt m conductor fetched them out and inquired if any of the passengers bad lost anything. They said they had not, and witness then conveyed them to the station-house, where they were searched, and on Turner was found a valuable gold watch and chain, and 51. in gold, wrapped up in a piece of newspaper. On Smith three sovereigns, also wrapped up in paper, were found. He had no fur tber evidence to offer at present, and thought, if they the prisoners as having robbed wer e remanded, he should be able to brin g forward a l a dy who would identify, her of notes to a large atnount in an omnibus, on last Wednesday week. The prisoners were remanded for a week, SOUTHWARK. —Philip Doyle, a young fellow about 20 years of age, was brought before Mr. Combs, charged with defrauding Sergeant Anthony Choyne, of the 3d Royal Surrey M , litia, out of is., and absconding a f ter en listing in the 23 , 1 Foot. The sergeant stated that he was instructed by the War-office to enlist recruits for the line, and in the mid dle of last month the prisoner same to him and wished to enlist in the 23d Foot. Witness asked him whethi r be bad been in the army before, when he replied that he had not. He also answered the usual questions about being free, able, and willing to serve her Maje , ty, when witness handed him the enlisting shilling. He then took his address, and told him he would require to he in attendance befire the doctor on the following day. He, however, did not appear, and witness left a notice at the address he had given, but he saw no more of him until Saturday,. when he met him in the Borough and gave him into custody. The prison-r denied being the party alluded to, and he had no recollection of ever seeing the sergeant before. He never bad his shilling. Sergeant Choyne informed .his worship thathewas positive as to the prisoner's identity. Lately about twenty young fellows had absconded after receiving the enli-tick shilling, which was a fraud on him, and the War-office authorities were determined to punish all parties so offending, as a caution to others. M any young fellowii had actually enlisted a dozen times over, anr.:. he believed the prisoner bad twice. Mr. Combe asked him whether he could positively swear to the prisoner as being the party who received the shilling from him. The sergeant replied that he could. He pointed him out immediately to the policeman when he met him. Mr. Combs, after perusing the Act of Parliament, said he was of opinion that the prisoner must be deemed a deserter, therefore he should commit him t 3 the county gaol, to bs dealt with by the authorities at the War office. His worship directed the usual deserter's dace' iption to be made out and forwarded to the latter place. • The prisoner, who still persisted that he was not a recruit, was then committed to prison. PROVIDENT CLERKS' AsSOCIATION.—On Wednesday Light Mr. Leigh was elected a director of the association. MANCHESTER CITY SIIEVEYOR.--Yesterday Mr. Lyn le was el cited to fill this office. The eatery is 7201, per annum. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. The Secretary of the Red Sea Telegraph Com pany has published an account of Vl° present posi tion of the endertakiug. He writes— " The directors are, and have been for some time, prepared to proceed at once with the important work they have undertak en , and wait only a favour able reply to the proposal s they have made to the East India Company and her Majesty's Govern ment, upon whose decision the solution of this great question now depends. All the preliminary arrangements have been completed. Firmans from the Ottoman and Egyptian Governments, granting exclusive privileges during constructio n th roug h their respective dominion; have been secure d t o the company. These firmans apply not only to the line from Alexandria to India, but include a connection with the European system of telegraphs in the Mediterranean. Esti ma t es have been obtained for the manufacture and laying of the cable, which will be undertaken by responsible contractors at their own risk. The Admiralty, at the solicitation of the company, have ordered her Majesty's ship Cyclops to proceed without delay to the Red Sea for the purpose of t ski og the necessary soundings. Every objection which has been raised as to the practicability of laying a submarine cable in the Red Sea has been thoroughly sifted, and the difficulties suggested fr,,m the existence of coral rocks and the supposed depth of the water have been completely set at rest by the opinions of Sir Francis Beaufort, Captain Beecher, R.N., Captain Harris, Mr. Knight, and other unexceptionable naval and scientific autho mities. " It may appear at first sight that in the terms they propose—viz., an unconditional guarantee on the whole capital as paid up—the directors are calling upon the East India Company and the government to a-sume an unwarrantable degree of responsibility ; and, upon further consideration, it will be found that the risk actually to be incurred is infinitely small when compared with the vast importance of the object to be achieved. No section of the line will exceed 500 miles in length, and the loss arising from any unforeseen accident will there fore be limited to that extent of cables. This risk the contractors, as before stated, are proposed to undertake ; and, as an additional security, there can be no question that, after the first section (of :260 mi es) is fi❑ished, the remainder can be successively insured by under writing in the usual way. " There is no reason to doubt that the Govern ment is prepared to extend a cordial support to this company, with whom its negotiations have been hitherto conducted, by the concession of such terms as may appear to the best commercial autho rities to be indispensable for raising the required capital, and thus insure the establishment of tele graphic communication between this country and India within the shortest possible period." Country Markets. MANCHESTER- O. 29. There was a fair attendance this morning. English wheat in limited request, and must be quoted 2s to 3s per qr. cheaper ; inferior sorts offered at a still greater decline without leading to business—ordinary runs of American being at the same time ineffectually offered at 6d per 7 ulbs below last week's prices. Flour 2. per sack lowe4. Oats aced oatmeal a slow sale at barely previous rates. Beans rather easier. NEWARK—OCT. 28. At this day's market there was • full attendance of millers and dealers, and a moderate amount of business done. Wheat met a heavy sale, and the prices for best 2s and inferior, 3s to 4s lower. Wheat, white 60s to 625, red 545 to 565; barley, malting 42s to 445, grinding 36s to 38s; oats, 24st. 35s to 375, 22et, 32 , 5 to 34s ; beans, 48s to 49s ; malt, 735 to 804 ; peas, 446 to 46s ; tares, 56s to 60s per qr. LOUTH—OcT. 28. Thera was a full supply of grain in the market to-day, The trade ruled heavy, and prices for all kinds were lower. Wheat, 46s to 50s ; extra, —s ; barley 38s to 421 ; oats 22s to 25s ; beans, 44s to 48s. BOSTON—OoT. 28. The market well attended, and wheat a moderate supply, at a reduction of 2s per qr. from last week's cur roucy. Barley, is to 2s cheaper. - - Prices :—Wheat, red, 44s Od to 48s Od; new, —8 to —5 ; white, 423 0(1 to 50s Od; extra, 535. Barley, 325 Od to 445 Od. Oats 21s to 295. Peas, 43 to 495 Ud. Beans, 46s Od to 50s Od per qr. GLASGOW-Om 28. At to-day's market the best descriptions of wheat, both old and new, were freely offered at a reduction of le per boll ; inferior kinds at a still greater decline, and little business doing. Flour sold in retail at is per sack and 6d to Is per barrel under late rates, Oats 6d per boll, and oatmeal is per load cheaper, and little inquiry for either. B,trley in limited request, and inferior soita fully is per boll lower, Beans 6d to is lower. Peas and Indian corn at previous rates. EDINBURGH GRAIN.--Oci. 28. There was a large market to-day. Sala hoary for all sorts, and prices generally back. Wheat, on the top, 4s 01 down, and on the average 2e 6d down. Barley, is down on the top, and 2s 4d down on the average. Oats on the top 6d down, and on the average 2s 4d down. Beans on the top is Od doin an l en the average is lld down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat _ Do. new .0 0 0 0-12ths. Barley Oats , . 1 6 0 10-12th.. Beans -12th.. • , - • Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1506 qrs sold 703 vs Barley 2583 qrs , N • sold 1461 qrs Oats 1584 qrs - sold ' 989 qrs Beans 96 qrs sold. 70 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD.-00T. 27.. A full average supply of fat beasts to-day, but tile demand was flat, and some few left unsold. The number of sheep and lambs was much larger, and low prices were asked. Fat calves scarce. The supply of fat and store pigs good, and readily sold, barely maintaining last week's prices. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 60 ; mutton, 7d to 73d ; lamb, 8d to —d ; veal, 7d tc 7Ad per lb. ; pigs, 9s 9d to 108 Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 6d to Os per 141 b. ; hides, 44d to 6 4 d per lb ; calf-skins, 6d to 7t4 per lb. CONSECRATION OF A CANADIAN BlNHOP.—Yesterday Dr. Cronyn was eon6ecrated, at Lambeth Palace, as Bishop of Huron, N.A. 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My bowels am what lacherubfeagsitnaptoprroeamoihnidugmceoseaf . pleto restoration rsrayteioantaogtohe enjoyment of functions without which life i. but a painful burden. No medicine has ever done me the good I have derived from the " Revalenta." Digestion has, in my case, began anew. With thanks, die , Wm. ATMs*. Supported by testi mon i a l s from the cele b rat ed Professors 174 I Chemistry, Dr. Andrew the ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. 'lar va, ' Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingrenl , Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle- Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectebli persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in. structions. In canisters, lib, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 45. 6d. ; Lib, lls ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage ft ee, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, C 0.,, 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the • fearful dangers of spurious imitationis :—The Vice-Chancel- , for , Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitati4 -" Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. 07 A BON. On the 28th inst., at Blackheath-park. the wife of the Rev. Charles Matheson, On the 29th inst., at 17, Princes-terrace, Hyde-park, the wife of J. W. Burmester, Esq. Or A DAUGHTEZ. 2, On the 26th i nst., at Glossop Hall, Derbyshire, Lady Ed ward4lo ward- On the 7th inst., the Rev. Ed mund Stansfield. at Donnington, Sussex, the wife MARRIED. • F. On the 28th inst. , at Witham, Essex, Arthur, thircl sox of Mr. Samuel Dea con, of Leadenhall-street, and Hack aeY, to Mercy Elizabeth, only child of Mr. Richard . Tuck, late of 'Wyndham, Norfolk. At Pari s , befera the British Consul, and afterwards by the Rev. Joseph Wilson, the Right non. John Rogerson, tenth Lord Rollo, to Agnes Bruce, eldest daughter-plow tain and the Hon. Mrs. Trotter. DIED On the 28th inst., George Stewart Nicholson, 'Esq., of Doctor's-commons, younger son of the late W. Nicholson, Esq., of St. Margaret's, Rochester, aged 51. On the 28th inst.. Rocliffe, the eldest son of Francis Graha m , E sq., of Cranford, Itliddleser, aged 22. On the 29th inst., in London, Catharine, wife of Benjamin Moran, Esq., Assistant-Secretary of the American Lega tion at London. On the 28th inst., Samuel Harrington, of 12, Red Lion. square, Holborn, aged 40. On the 26th inst., at Slough, Edward John F. Kelso, Esq_, of Kelsoland and Horkesley-park, late Captain 724:1 Highlanders. On the 27th inst., James Ruben, youngest son of J. B. Herbert, 8, Newman -street, aged 18. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27i Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Mithilesex, Friday, October 30. 107.