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TIM FASTEST =1 . 111 . ' IN Tilt WORLD IS THE TfIA'ADS: The celebrated " Black Dail" slipper "L I T N N G," Belot) gip g, to Messrs. JAitES BA INES and Co., of Liverpool, ant sister ship, to the "Jsaas Bamsa" And the " CIIAMPION or 211% Szas," recently inspected and tkk highly eulogised by her Majesty the Queen and Court at Portsmouth, is expected to arrive in the Thames, to embark Troops for India, on or about the 21st instant. While lying off Gravesend, the " LlatinTlNG" will be thrown open to public inspection for a few days, and a charge of one shilling admission will be made, the receipts to be given to the wives and families of the soldiers who sail in her. The " LIGHTNING" Is 2,03 tons register, 3,500 tons burthen, 243 feet long and 44 feet wide. She is TgE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD, - - having made the passage from Melbourne to Liverpool in 63 days, when her speed during the whole voyage (round Cape Horn), a distance of 15,000 miles as the crow flies, averaged 10 miles an hour. On the 27th of February, 1855, she ran 19 mites per hour for 24 consecutive hours, and from the Bth June to the 4th July, 1856, h3r hourly consecutive speed averaged 15 miles. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, at Reduced Prices, on Friday, September 18 , and Saturda y , September 19. with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Giuglini, Violetti, Rossi, Beneventano, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVASNI. PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair 22 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 Three Pair 0 15 0 Pit Stalls 0 10 6 0 3 6 Pit Gallery Stalls 0 3 6 Gallery ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS in which Mr. Backstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, &e., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSIN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. 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 Lower Gallery . 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lesqee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the romantic Adelphi drama of LIKE AND UNLIKE, in which Messrs. C. Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. To conelude with THE ELVES ; or, The Statute Bride, Madame Celeste. 'OPAL 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 SUBTERFUG E Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aid Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original „Nxtravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, dm ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, ilughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past !Seven. I)OYAL ,SURREY TH EATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresw ick. THIS EVENING will be performed the goad opera of NORMA. Lucy Escott, Miss Villiers, Mr. Haigh, Mr. 21. Squires, Mr. Durand, Mr. Manvers, and Mr. A. Cooke. To conclude with NO SONG NO SUPPER. Mr. Man vers, Mr. A. Cooke, Mr. W. Smith, and Miss Villiers. 4STLETS 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 Oriental Spectacle of EL RYDER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest ing and thrilling Equestrian mad 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 lI.YDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Ryder, 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 THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish. went, including Madlle. Mililos. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes 3s. • Private Boxes, from no char for booking; Pit, is. ; Is. ; Upper Gallery, ge 6d. Halfprice at half-past Eight. Box-office open from Eleven till Font Stable Manage, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow log company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Otees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunel, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. loaeG, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor An tonio, E. L. Rime, 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 precisely. Sap pers, &c., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 18 min. aft. 2—Even., 38 min. aft. 2 To-MOnnoVl—Morn., 57 min. aft. 2—Even., 15 min, aft. 3 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SLUM. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 65--lowest this morning and during the night. 69 —this day at noon. _ _ _ BAROMITER, 30.19. WEND, W.N.W. ; light, with dull weather. rrl r ‘..*14 44, " , • ALST.V, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1867. We yesterday gave the remainder of the Re port of the Commissioners on Purchase of Com missions in the Army, a portion whereof appeared in our impression of Tuesday. We have already explained the vital importance of the problem. On its proper solution depends the efficacy of our entire military system. Experience has proved, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that English soldiers can, if properly commanded, compete with the troops of any nation—that they may challenge a comparison with any armies of ancient or modern times. But much depends on the officers, from the highest to the lowest ; for even an army of lions, if led by donkeys, could not be very effi cient. That sarcasm has been uttered, and with too much foundation, and it is therefore incutu. bent on the nation to prevent, so far as practicable, any repetition of the charge. Against the determined bravery, the unflinch ing gallantry of our officers, not a word can be spoken. We care not what may be the mode of selection, Whether- by purchase, patronage, or competitive emAraination, our officers will display courage in the field , will shrink from no danger, but will lay down even their lives in discharge of their duty. But duty demands something more than this. The physical „ xtrage for which they are remarkable is also the uteristic of the private soldiers, and an effici en t w ear must, in a ddition to persona l darin g , p eenesaa aldaeient skill to render all the means at his diap ne a most available. It has been truly said that a Nvu- LINGTON or a CHARLES NADLER was worth te n thousand additional soldiers. There must be the master mind to direct operations, to apply the motive power in the best way possible. Now under the purchase system, this is all re duced to mere chance. An Officer with ample pecuniary means may be just as good, and brave a man, as one who has not a shilling beyond his pay, But the oliances are, that he will not take such pains to qualify himself as the officer who has staked all his future prospects on success in his profession. It is notorious that amateurs are seldom, if ever, so efficient as those who devote their entire energies to a pursuit which is to prc cure them the means of living. G en tl emen jockeys 'may be very good in their way, but few would like to stake their money on a Derby fa vourite, who had not a professional rider and a professional trainer. An amateur artist may,also , THEE SUM L 0 MP fi) 11{1 rig URSP ACV pro:ince a tolerably good pic." 4- tire or piece of scuip- later( ch acknowlerlges a GoD at ill, and PIN ~TL fi to seek not merely fame. bstt ceuipeteuee by the solemn prayer to Him, cau allow that sue of en actments are violations of Divine Law. No re.; angusta demi , Now, the gentleman -who has purchased such Legislature. would deny for a moment that his commission, who can at any moment vote the all ought to obey GOD rather than man ; it must service a bore and declare his intention assume, therefore, that none of its enactments are of selling out may be regarded as an amateur, such as men ought to be allowed to disobey under certainly not as a professional. He is merely the pretext of serving GOD. it has been recom "playing at soldiers." He feels that he is re- mended to hand over all the remarriages in ques ceiving but little more than the interest of the tion to the Registrar ; which to us seems very money he has invested —that his services are to a like treating the unfortunate Registrars as the great extent gratuitous—and, he therefore natur- publicans and sinners of the community. They, a lly chafes at any e xtra trouble or annoyance to and the State through them, may bid the divorced which he may be subjected. Let the same man "go and sin as long as they live"—at least such know that he is bound to his profession by strin- is the logic of the clerics. gent bonds, which cannot easily be severed, and We would point the attention of all our readers we venture to assert that in ninety-cases out of ato the admirable warnings of the Attorney-Gene hundred he will become a more useful, and even ral. He evidently regards the concession, small energetic officer, striving by every means within as it may seem, as the principle of infinite mis his power to qualify himself for the duties that chief. An Establishment is a Church governed may devolve upon him. by the law of the State, and therefore paid by The Royal Commissioners have suffered them- the State. Dissenting Churches, as churches, selves to be influenced by petty obstacles. They are perfectly uncontrolled by the law, and there have not ventured to grapple with the existing fore receive not a shilling from the State. No difficulties. They perceive the better course, but statesman ought for a moment to grant liberty they will not enter on "the straight and narrow from law to those who enjoy all their privileges path." They maintain the purchase system up and emoluments by virtue of acts of Parliament. to the i rankof field officer, nay, more, it is merely the We respect equally the Established and the Dis situation of lieutenant-colonel that is rescued from senting clergyman where each keeps to his own the hands cf Mammon and given to the worthiest principle. We should resist the Dissenter who or, perhaps, we might say, the most influential would retain his ecclesiastical liberty, and yet claims. Hitherto it has, with some few excep- take State pay—and we equally resist the clergy tions, been a prize only open to the fortunate man who wants to gain his liberty while he possessors of some eight or ten thousand pounds, pockets the benefit in honours or money, of for be it remembered, it usually costs far more connection with the State. The law-controlled than the regulation price. Henceforward it will Church of the State, and the Free Churches of the Voluntaries have all their uses in the body be a valuable piece of pat rona g e in the hands politic ; to confuse the clear line between them of the Commander - in - Chief, w ho ma y be inclined to reward the most worthy applicants. will prove a fatal mistake. The clergyman We, however, coneeive that it would be better may now ask liberty to refuse a reli to get rid of the money power in the earlier stages. gious service on a hundred grounds. Scruples When men enter the army without any payment, wilt spring up as a plentiful harvest from but merely from the possession of the qualifica- this small kernel. No seed is more prolific tions, physical or intellectual—and due allowance than a scruple in a favourable soil. The admini should be made in both direotions—they will stration of the sacraments, the burial service, the strive to fit themselves fur promotion. That Popish parts of the Liturgy, the Calvinistic and promotion should be partly by seniority anti-Romanistic parts of the Articles, almost every and partly by selection. We would not have a thing iu the services and working of the Church dunce, without zeal or enthusiasm, maintain the will become a matter of scruple to some one, and accidental lead which he had obtained over an eventually the House of Commons will become as efficient officer. That is the case at present in theological as in the days of the Long Parliament. the Engineers, where twelve officers were recom- Indeed, whether to their credit or otherwise we mended for valuable services to obtain some extra- will not say, but the elect of the Chinese dissolu ordinary promotion, and yet not one of these dis- tion have shown marvellous casuistical and thee logical—we suppose we must not say Jesuitical— tinguished officers has been promoted ove r those who remained at home in inglorious ease , w hile skill in discussing divorce, bigamy, adultery, and they 'were toiling and risking their lives in the the kindred elevated topics. DENS himself could Crimea. Nor would pure favour alone answer ; hardly have surpassed GLADSTONE, either in sub but, if one out of three vacancies were given to tlety on ugly topics, or in pleading, in cases which merit, a far better system would be introduced. buited his purpose, for what he pronounced wick- Those who entered the army in the manner edness in the sight of heaven when it did not. above suggested could claim no compensation We call upon the House of Lords, then, to for any alteration. The purchase system would preserve ietact the principle of complete subjection thus gradually die out. It seems to us, of the State clergy to the laws of the State ; not therefore, that the Royal Commissioners have to allow them the power of complete marriar commenced at the wrong side; and that it would (which the Dissenter has not) without requiring be far better to allow the purchase of Lieutenant- also that they use their power for all whom the Colonelcies ; but to make the first and every State permits to marry. The clause just conceded future step free to those who may desire to enter we believe to be the Rubicon of the Romanisers• the army on the new system, the nation paying Let them once cross it and the road to Church the value of the commission to those who may supremacy is open t ) them. purchase their promotion to a higher grade. HER MAJESTY'S CRUISE. The House of Lords professes to be the con servator of Great Constitutional principles ; and no one will deny that it has frequently in its his tory performed, and nobly performed, that offiee. The Barons of England are so far mixed up with, or rather shaded off into, the people of England, that on great questions their own liberties are fre quently implicated with those of the citizens generally. When they can be separated, as in the case of the Jew's Emancipation, they are but too ready, it must be confessed, to make a sadly perverted appeal to " the principles of our glorious Constitution." Under that guise they have locked the door of the House of Commons for another Session on Baron ROTHSCHILD. They have now, however, an opportunity of stand ing by their boasted function in one of the most important cases which, within our recollection, has come before the English Legislature. We refer, of course, to the license just granted by the House of Commons to State Clergymen, to set up private judgment against law, in regard to the remarriage of divorced persons. It is true Lord PALMERSTON has conceded but the minimton, and some of the apologists for the clergy pointed this out in the house. The great majority of those who profess to have scruples about, or clear con victions against, marrying divorced persons, must object to a remarriage of the innocent, as well as of the guilty party. The indissolubility of mar riage is the sole basis of their conscientious ob jection—plainly, therefore, the innocent divorced party is still in their view as much a husband or a wife, as the case may be, as the guilty party. In accepting Lord PALMERSTON'S compromise, therefore, the Romanizers give up all principle on their part. They consent to remarry those whom they pronounce still married. We have, however, little concern about the elas ticity or the firmness of their consciences. What docs concern us is, that some concession is made to them. Lord PALDIERSTON has consented, though under the most solemn protest from his Attorney-Genc ral, to allow the recalcitrants the option of re fusing to marry a person whose crime has been the cause of the divorce. The law says they are at liberty to re-marry. The view of those who frame this law is, that the guilty party had better, for social reasons, re-marry, and marry his or her companion in guilt ; but the clergy are to be per mitted to frustrate this intention of the Legislature —to be permitted to refuse marriage to those to whom the statutes of the land explicitly allow it ! Bishops have just been called to account, and justly so, for refusing, as servants of the State, to consecrate burial-grounds declared fit for conse cration by the State authorities ; and now private clergymen are to be allowed to plead private judg ment in bar of an Act of Parliament I Surely this is retrogression. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY ETKNING, The Royal Mail steamer Despatch, Capt. Babot, arrived this evenng from Jersey. She reports having seen, at a quarter past 7 this morning, the Royal Yael.it entering Alderney, with her Ma jesty, the Prince Consort, arc., on board, all well. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort, accompauiei by the elder royal children, arrived in the royal yacht Victoria and Albert before Cherbourg yesterday, and were saluted by a salvo from the batteries of artillery. In the prevision that her Majesty's excursion might extend as far as Havre, orders were given to have measures taken to salute her Majesty, and two detachments of artillerymen were posted, one on the Place de Provence, and the other en the southern battery, where they remained the greater part of the afternoon without their services being called into requisition. Pilots were also directed to proceed out into the roadstead, in case the royal yacht might require any assistance. In our view, the admission of a single Jew to Parliament shrinks into utter insignificance com pared with the admission of the clergy to supre macy over Parliament ; for this is what is really in question. If the Lords pass this amendment, they will indeed have " strained at a gnat and !wallowed a camel." They will have kept out a Jew, but have admitted an out-and-out un-Ena lish principle. Th e y w ill h ave re f use d the powe'r less, but have surrendered to the most restless of agitators, the times of the one of th e k eys of c i v i l liberty. From Refo rmat i on and the bi rth of the Church of E ng l a 1 : 1 d ) under th e not-to-be-trifled with rule of the Eighth a t m , r,the object o f en lightened Christendom has been to retain in complet e the clergy subord* • illation to the Civil Power ; and this is perhaps the first concession, fir generations, of a liberty to clergymen never allowed to laymen. If it be sinful, for instance, to remarry divorced persons, why may not the Registrar as well as the clergy man claim the privilege of not being an abettor in a sinful act. Parliament stultifies itself if it even admits that it can enact a sinful law. N 9 iogis" 7 41, 7,71, ~~: THE - INDIAN 1 1WAILS. (13w ELECTRIC TELU',IRAPII.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The European and Australian Company's steam ship Jura, from Alexandria, with the Bombay mails, has just arrived in the river with 40,0001. in Australian gold. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. Their Majesties and the Prince Imperial arrived at Bayonne yesterday morning at half-past ten o'clock, and were received with the most enthusi_ astic acclamations. Although the Imperial party had expressed a desire to travel incognito, several triumphal arches had been erected in the town, and an immense crowd was assembled in the streets to welcome their Majesties, who, after a short pause, proceeded to Biarritz, where they arrived a little before &even o'clock, in excellent health. A special train had arrived some hours before at Bayonne with six carriages and twenty horses for the service of their Majesties. Prince Jerome, yesterday, after visiting the Public Garden at Havre, took an excursion a short way out to sea, in a pleasure boat which had been sent from Cherbourg to be at his Impetial High ness's orders. The Ariel, state steamer, is moored in front of the Hotel Frascati, awaiting the Prince's orders. Rear-Admiral Clavaud has been appointed to the command of the French squadron in the Levant, vice Rear-Admiral Count Bouet-Willaumez, whose term of foreign service has expire l ; Rear-Admiral Viscount de Chabannes succeeds Rear-Admiral La Rocque de Chaufray as Commander-in-Chief at Brazil ; Rear-Admiral Fourichon replaces Ad miral Vicomte de Chabannes as commandant of the naval force at Algeria ; and Rear-Admiral Aubry-Bailleul has been appointed Major-General of the Marines at Toulon, in the room of Rear- Admiral Clavaud. By imperial decree, 26; military medals have been conferred on non-commissioned officers and privates who distinguished themselves during the late expedition in Kabylia. " Our correspondent at Mogador," says the Semaphore of Marseilles, writing under date of the 4th, states that the Emperor ct Morocco, after a residence of four years at the capital of that name, has left for Fez. His son, Sidi Mohamme I, the heir presumptive to the throne, who had been go vernor of Fez, replaces the Emperor at Morocco. The prince, just before his journey, put down an insurrection which had taken place among some tribes." The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : MARSEILLES, Aug. 18.—Intelligence from Tunis of the 13th announces that three days before a sanguinary disturbance took place against the Jews. Even the Coristians were menaced. Several persons were killed, and the English consul was insulted. Military measures of repression were adopted, but not until after grave dis asters had taken place. BERLIN, Aug. 18.—At a general meeting of the share holders of the loyal Bank, held to-day. it was proposed to raise the rate of discount from 5 to SA, per cent., leav ing the rate of interest on advances as before at 6 per cent. BOURSE, Aug. 19.—The following were the last quota ions : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4 per Cents 3 per Cents 67 5 67 Bank Shares 2,790 Credit Foncier — Credit Mobilier 965 - ltoman i Do. Account 960 Austrian i Belgian 4) Fiedmontese (5) B9l— Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASE. -_____ ~ tr._ c. tr c. Orleans 1,445 Western - Northern Lyons and Med 895 -- New Ditto L; New Ditto BBl Grand Central - Geneva Midi ITALY. The Dec de Grammont gave a grand dinner at Turin on the occasion of the Emperor's fete on the 15th. Count de Cavour, General de Lamarmora, M.. Ratazzi, Count Nigra, the Chevalier Cibrario, Sir James Hudson, Count Stackelberg, and other personages of distinction, were among the guests. Count de Cavour proposed the li-altli of the Etnpn ror Napoleon lIL, to which the Diic de Grammout responded by proposing that of Victor Emmanuel 11. General de Lamarmora gave the health of the Empress of. the French. The Piedmontese Gazette, in giving an account of the banquet, ex presses much regret at the loss which Turin is about to sustain in the person of the Duo de Grammont, now appointed ambassador to the Holy See as al ready stated. Tue Piedmontese Gazette publishes the new law on public instruction, lately voted by the Piedmon tese chambers. The following are the chief points : —"lt distinguishes three branches of instruction, v . z., the elementary, secondary, and superior. The minister has authority over all public schools, except the military and naval colleges, which are under the control of the minister of war. In such public schools as are under the direction of religioui bodies, the latter cannot appoint professors or school naistresse4 without the sanction of the minister. The discipline of public schools and univers:ties, and the power of conferring degrees, &c., is in the hands of the Government. The episcop a l semina ries are under the superintendence of the Minister of Public Instruction. The Roman Catholic reli gion is alone to be taught in the schools ; p u pil s o f other creeds must receive religious instruction through the care of their parents. A council of public instruction, composed of ten ordinary and five extraordinary members, takes cognizance, under the presidency of the Minister of Public In ' struction, of all maters relating to that depart ment." The remaining clauses of the law relate to details. A letter from Kiel (Holstein), in the :Hamburg _News, sti.tes that the bill relating to the projected constitution for the special affAirs of the Duchies has been distributed amongst the members of the Hoistein Assembly. The principal points of the new constitution appear to be the following : e " The Duchy of Ho lstein will, as far as its spe cial aaffnadirasdreini arec s o t n ra c t e i r Z. d, 'sla- In these spe c id m enjoy a distinct leaters which are common both to Holstein and Schleswig are comprised the University of Kiel, the order of knighthood, the Eider Canal (wi:h the exception of the customs), fire insurances, penitentiary esta blishments, and hospitals. The sovereign power will be exercised by the King-Duke, represented by the Ministry of the Duchies of HOlstem and Lauenburg. No new law can be decreed, and no existing law can be modified, relating to special matter of the duchies, without the previous consent of the provincial states, given in a legal form. This does not, however, refer to resolutions of the Ger manic Diet which may be published in the duchy of Holstein in virtue of the Federal constitution. The King, finally, rezerves to himself the right of decreeing, in urgent circumstances, pro visionallaws without the co-operation of the chambers." " Private letters horn Stockholm," says th e Nord of Brussels, "state that the health of the King of Sweden has become much worse, and in spires the greatest alarm." The Madrid journals of the 15th are not of any interest. The Queen had ordered apartments to be prepared in the palace at Barcelona for the Prince of Orange, should he think fit to make any stay there. The Prince, howev er, it was thought, would proceed at once on his c ruise, visiting several ports in Spain and Italy, as w ell as Algiers and Tunis. COMMUN/ CA T/ON Jr /TB INDIA. --gip.-- It is said tnat a plan has haen submitte'l to the Board of Control and the India House for establish ing a postal communication with India via Asiatic Turkey. It is calculated that, by making arran ,, e- • ments with the Arab chiefs, a mail could be brought to Constantinople in ab:nit, 1.4 days, whence its principal contents could instantly be despatched in a telegraphic messlga to L'inclon by the British Ambassador. As intelligence from India cannot at present reach England in l i ra than f w romuld 20 t us beo 28 days, about 10 days or a fortnight oth saved. The assumption is that from Kurachee to Bussorah, at the head of the Persian Gnlf, the time occupied by steamer would be four days, and that thence the mail could be transmitted by' the Arabs to Seleucia, on the Mediterranean, in four days, from which port it would be carried by steamer to Constantinople in five days. Another route, which would probably take a day longer, would be from Bussorah to Beyrout, and t hence to Constautti nople ; and a third plan is op en, namely, an unin terrupted land despatch from Bussorah to Constan tinople. According to some authoriti accomplished es, the latter would be the quickest, and might bo so that, including the steam transit from Kurraeboe to Bussorah, the entire r oute should be traversed in 12 days. This possi bilit y , however, is questioned, although in confirmation of it the fact is quoted that the news of the fall of Acre was brought by an Englishman from Constantinople to Bagdad in I , ix i days. THE SUNG OF THE HOUSE. (From Punch.) With patience threadbare worn, With eyelids heavy as load, A member sat in the Commons' House When he ought to have been in bad. Sit ! sit ! sit ! In dory days, small-hours and frowse, And as his place he couldn't quit, He sang the song of the house. " Talk ! talk ! talk' In the morning from twelve till four ! And talk ! talk ! talk ! At evening for eight hours more 1 It's, oh, to be a slave At words instead of work, With Gladstone and Pam for Fox and Pitt, And Bethell instead of Burke. "Talk ! talk ! talk ! Till the painted windows swim ; Talk ! talk ! talk ! Till the lights in the roof wax dim ; Clause and section and line— Line and section and clause — Till on the benches we fall asleep, And dream of making laws. " Oh, men, with incomes clear, Oh, men, with houses and wives, What fools we are to be stewing here, When we might lead easy lives. Stick ! stick ! stick ! In the stench of the bone-boilers's dirt; To hear Gladstone's taunts at Bethel, And Bethell's rejoinders pert. " Talk ! talk! talk! Our labour lasts night and day; And what are its wages—nothing a-year, And election bills to pay; The right to stand on this matted floor, The right to address that chair, And the Times a blank—for I'm not of the rank To be reported there. " Sit sit! sit ! From weary chime to chime ! Sit ! sit sit ! And to miss a division 's a crime. Amend, divida, and report— Itsport, divide, and amend— Till each section 's a riddle, the Act a maze And a muddle from end to end. " Tak ! talk t talk ! In the blazing midsummer light; midsummer night ; Talk ! talk ! talk ! Th e bone-boilers' odours cling , - WhileT ro all t h a thebou about wt the i o n u g se To mock us with dreams of the heathery hills, Where the grouse are on the wing ! " Oh ! but to breathe the breath Of the heather and gorse so sweet, With my wide-awake en my head, And my luncheon at my feet ! For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, After a morning's blaze at the birds, Fur an appetite for my meal !" With patience threadbare worn, With eyelids heavy as load, A Member sat in the Commons' House When he fain would have beau in bad. Sit ! sit ! sit ! In dog-days, small-hours and frowse, And as the debate he couldn't quit, He tried to make the best of it, By singing the Song of the House ! A C.ib:net Council was hell ye:sterclay afternoon Lt the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Do \,vniiig-street. It was attended by AriS3GUlit Palmerston, the Lora Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right flon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord S:anley of Aideiley, the Right Ron. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyl. The ' Dnke of Montrose hal gone to Buchanan Castle, . 33 a A c r711 ; 6'111.1 \ r et o i t s nY e a r. oh ul a n va t en e ar e es Countesst Stirlingehire. The Duchess is passing the season at suryndendetyo, Granville l4atorndr,)ong :frao a bm n and visionsn Lord K e n:a! tViscountardey o f fis T so ll of Rev. ish ,A.. Bath Power has been appointed Pro "ilea Gnoli Cullqe Vale Gni tb South Wales, EVE NI fi=g AUGUST 20, - 4 7 4 1 ILA AM:T.!;RTCA 1 - 'l7;zC me TELEGRAPH.) Li VE 1 OL, THURSDAY MORNENV. The Liverpool, Philadelphia, and New York Steam Ship Company's screw steamer Kangaroo has arrived from New York, with one day's later ad vices, 150 passengers, and $51,000 in specie. The screw steam ship New York, of Glasgow, had arrived at New York. Advices from the Washington correspondent of the New York _Herald state that the New Grena dian difficulty has been virtually settled. No difficulty was anticipated between Spain and Mexico. The Spanish Minister bad called and de livered to General Cass a draught on Havannah for $35,000, with which to pay the interest on the 'Spanish debt in New York. The St. Louis Democrat reports that Governor Walker was still encamped at Lawrence. His force bad been increased. The, legislative apportionment gave 10 members to 50 counties, and 42 members to 17 counties. - A. collision had occurred on the St. Lawrence between the steam boats Quebec and Al mtniorency ; the latter was sunk, but no lives were lost. The dissolution of the Tehuantepec Company had been commenced at New Orleans. The coast of New Brunswick bad experienced a disastrous gale, which caused great loss of life and destruction among the fishing boats. Two Americans and four democrats are said to have been elected for Kentucky. Alabama bad elected a democrat. The New York commercial advices report that there was more activity in the money market, but the demand was freely met, and there was no difficulty in finding any amount on call, on current securities. The Stock Market was inactive and more de pressed, and with no indications of improvement. The rate of exchanges remained unaltered. The Persia's advicea had caused an advance in cotton of IC. per lb. Midland uplands was quoted 15ic. and middling new Orleans at 15ac. Flour was firm, with a good eastern dem Ind ; Indian corn ' was also firm. Freights were moderate, and rates unchanged. THE AMERICAN MERCHANT SERVICE. India • shdrt it On Friday evening last considerable excitement was occasioned in the fishmarket at Hastings, in consequence of a sailor being landed by a Ramsgate fishing lugger, which had picked him up about nine miles at sea, just after he sprang from a packet ship steering up the Channel. The account he gave of the cause of thus deserting the packet is a most ex traordinary one, and requires the strictest in vestigation. Ho said his name was James Freeland, and that he was a native of London derry, Ireland. When taken before the Mayor of Hastings at the Town-hall, on the following morning, he made the following statement :—He said he had lately been at New York, and on the 23c1 of July last he was staying at a boarding house in that city, which was established for the accommodation of seamen. On the evening of that day the master of the boarding-house, whose name was John White, asked him take a glass of grog. He accepted the offer and received a glass of liquor. Shortly after he had drunk it he fell asleep, and continued in that state until the next morning, when, on awaking, he found himself on board a ship that was steering under full sail out of the harbour. He afterwards found that it was a packet ship, laden with oilcake, and bound from New York to London. When he awoke he received orders to begin work, when he said lie had not shipped onboard the vessel, and therefore he wished to return to the shore. The reply he received was that the master of the lodging-house had brought him on board, and had received 17 doll. in advance upon him. He was then ordered to loose the " main royal," which, after some hesitation, he pro ceeded to do as fast as he could. He did not, how ever, perform this task quick enough fdr the mate, who struck him on the side of the face and told him to do it quicker. He then went on to perform other work with the men, who were all entire stran gers to each other, but the captain and mate were constantly beating and ill-using him. There was not a day since he left New York that ho had not been beaten and ill-used either by the captain or the third mate. On the previous day (Friday) the ship was in the Channel, and 9 miles off Hastings, and because he could not do his work quick enough for the third mate, he came andbegan tokick himand abuse him. He got that work done, and began to coil the ropes up, when the third mate kicked him again, and struck him on the head, saying that he - would have satisfaction from himn now, for he sprained his finger by hitting him the day before After continuing his ill-treatment for some time the third mate said, as they were standing at the side of the ship, "Jump, you son of a —, or I will take your life before you get to. London." Upon this he immediately jumped into the water in order to escape further ill-treatment. He was a good swimmer, and as be swam by the ship's " quarter," some one threw out the lifebuoy, and the captain said, "If you care anything for your life you can pick up the buoy ;" but he replied that he would rather be drowned than return to the ship and be ilttreated. The captain then said, " Drown, then, you son of a ' and they were the last words thatl he heard from them. After being in the water about 10 minutes he was picked up by the crew of a fishing-smack named the Mary and Ann, of Ramßga'e, and brought into Hastings. Another of the crew had jumped overboard since they left New York, but was picked up again. He alio saw a man kicked overboard from the forecliains, and after he bad been in the water about 10 minutes a boat was put out, but it was then too late, and he was drowned. The man that was picked up was severely beaten when taken on board. At the request of the Mayor the poor fel low then described the food he had taken since he left New York. He said it had been very deficient in quantity. They bad been supplied with molasses and water, and at dinner they had beans boiled up, with a small piece of beef, that was about enough for three men. Biscuits and bread were also allowed them. Of the latter they, had quite enough, and that was the only article of which they received a sufficiency. He had no money in his possession, and had not received any from the captain of the ship. He only owed the maser of the boarding house 9 dollars for a fortnight's board, so that if he had rec Ave 1 17 dollars from the captain he t ook - 8 too many. In concluding his statement he added it was his intentien to lay a complaint before the proper authorities in London, buthe thought they wou'd not believe his story if he did not bring the ma ter before this court when he landed. When he was taken into the Mary and Ann he begged and prayed that they would not take him back to the ship, and said he would rather be drowned than,go on board the ship, for he had received such ill-treatment. He complained of his back, and saidhe had been knocked about with a handspike. The crew took him into the cabin of their boat, when he could scarcely move. One of them examined his back, and it appeared very much discoloured, as if he had received a severe blow. He hid also a mark near his left eye. They landed him at Hastings. The Mayor after making some further inquiries, ordered Inspector Glenister to provide the unfirtunate man with what refresh ments he required, and forward him to London, that he might have an opportunity of lodging his complaint at the City Police-court on Monday morning, his Worship kindly undertaking to pay whatever expenses were incurred in doing the same. MARKET NEWS.—(Tiais Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Aug. 20, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. i wuz.e.r 1 BARLEY OATS RYE BEANS PEAS 59s 2d 40s Od 27s 8 d 40 s 5 d _ 47 s ld 40 s 10 d THE SIX WEE S' AVERAGES. WHEAT BARLEY OATS , RYE I BEANS I PEAS 61s 3d 38s 6d 27s 10d 40s 6d 1 46s 2d 42s 11 HAP{)T PUN 't; t e have T 0,41crT7 relieved. from tile incutus of a censor vas the act of Lord Metcalfe, during his ire of the office of Governor• General, and was never pardoned by the Court of Directors, in opposition to whose views it was done. It was, however, a concession worthy of that upright statesman, and a graceful inauguration of the new policy forced on the - East India Company by the Charter Act of 1833. Previous to that year a native political paper did not exist. Several sprang immediately into existence, for a short time flou rished, and then vanished away. -At the present time, the entire native political press of Bengal comprises two daily papers with a circulation of 1,200 copies ; two issued twice, and two thrice a week, each issue consisting of 500 copies ; and four weekly papers, with a circulation only of 330 copies. Ten thousand copies a-week will cover the entire circulation of these native papers, among the 35,000,000 of inhabitants of Bcngal. Unfortunately, as a means of political instruction, the native press is worthless. It is violent, lying, filthy, and treasonable. It misrepresents every act of the general government, and is bitterly anti- English. It has, in every way, pandered to the worst passions of the multitude, excited to rebel lion, and done its best to render good government impossible. At an early stage of the present mutiny, the general commanding at Barrackpore informed Lord Canning that to repress the revolt was impossible while these papers were permitted to be read in the ranks of the army. The editor of one of the daily papers is said to hive been the first person to join the mutineers at Delhi, and to have assisted in the elevation of the Great Mogul to the ancient throne of Hindostan. Under such circumstances it is not to be much wondered at that Lord Canning should seek to put a check on the native press. Events have shown that its power is not to be despised.. The Governor in Council baq, therefore, reverted to the machinery of license and monition. An'act was in one day passed through the Legislative Council, conferring despotic powers on the Governor-General, and the press of India lies at his feet. To a considerable extent the character of the na. tive press justifies this proceeding. But the case is totally different with the English press. Throughout the revolt it has been unmistakeably loyal. It has given the most strenuous aid to Government. Yet it also has been laid under ban. It would have been a graceful acknowledgment of the service the English press has rendered to have exempted it from the operation of . the act. Its exemption would have emphatically expressed to the native mind the resolution of Government to repress a mischievous spirit wherever it exists. The effect has been what any one might have anticipated. The unofficial English residents in India are irri tated. Distrust everywhere prevails. Gagging the press is truly regarded as a sign of weakness. The candour and approbation which Lord Can ning's acts have hitherto met' with are exchanged for dissatisfaction and smothered discontent, only the more dangerous from the absence of its na tural means of expression. The first exercise of the power vested in Lord Canning by the Act of the Legislative Council by no means tends to allay the excitement. The Friend of India has been warned, the only Indian paper which deals worthily with the great subject of Indian Government. . This is the more surprising, inasmuch as the Friend of India has ever been the defender of the Government, and, at the commence ment of the muting, received the distinct approval of Lord Canning himself for the ability with which it sustained the measures he saw fit to adopt. But now, in a few brief weeks, this advocate of English supremacy in the East, and of the vigo rous steps taken by the authorities, is declared in the judgment of the Governor-Genera+ in Council to utter sentiments "fraught with mischief, and calculated, at the present time, to spread disaffec tion towards the British Government, both among its native subjects, and among dependent and allied states." Strangely enough, this charge is founded on an article on the centenary of the battle of Plassey. It is a spirited defence of the extension and benefits of English rule in India. It viudicae es the policy of elevating the native population, though it be effected at the cost of deposing in capable kings, and even the ruin of India's aristo cracy. Had princes and rajah's in Hindostan been worthcensuring," says the writer, "they would have retained their titles and power. The class speedily dies out in the natural course of mortality, and it is not for the benefit of society that it should not be renewed." If, however, the families of kings and princes lose the means and power of indulging in vices and crimes disgraceful to humanity, the middle classes gain security, and commerce enriches every grade of society. Surely the most rigid cen sor cannot discover aught to reprove in the hope expressed in the closing sentence of the essay, that " the secoud centenary of Plassey may be cele brated in Bengal by a respected government and a Christian population." Yet these are the senti ments which Lord Canning condemns, and which are said to be fraught with danger to the stability of our empire in the East ! 'I he freedom of the press in India is a question of the greatest moment in England. It is our con cern mere even than the concern of our friends resident in that country. " To a certain extent, the Government of India must be despotic in its cha racter, or at least exempt from many of those con stitutional checks familiar to the inhabitants of the British isles. So much the greater reason is there for the vigilant eye of the "able editor." Officialism is never very scrupulous as to the truth of its repre sentations ; and the officialism of the Honourable Company's servants is not free from this reproach. It is only by the newspaper press that the people of England can learn the true condition of its Eastern empire, and never was its freedom more necessary than in such a time as this, when every effort will be made to relieve the Government of the blame of the fearful revolt, the atrocities of which make every man's blood congeal with horror, and to mislead the pub lic mind as to its true cause. It is with infinite regret that we• find the son of Canning, the liberator of oppressed peoples, foremost in this Work. The fetters are indeed, imposed for a year only ; but his lordship's speech, in proposing the measure, not obscurely hints that, when the time for its re consideration shall have come, the freedom hitherto enjoyed will need some limitation. Let the people of England look to it, that it does not lose this great safeguard to the liberties of both Europeans and natives resident in India, this powerful check on the vagaries of irrespon-ible power. ATTEMPT TO MURDER Ai POLICE- CONSTABLE. Yesterday afternoon great excitement was created in the immediate neighbourhood of Drury-lane, in conse quence of an attempt having been made by an aban doned woman to murder a police -officer, wbile in the execution of his duty, by stabbing him. From the par ticulars obtained it appears that a boy had been given into the custody of Police-constable Gymer ' No. 54, of the F division, for some o ffence, and when he had suc ceeded in getting the boy near Endell-street, a woman named Sullivan, who has frequently been in custody for assaulting the police, came up to the officer and endeavoured to rescue the prisoner. The constable finding that remonstrance with the woman was useless, and that she was collecting a crowd around him, made an attempt to take her into custody, and as he was so trying the infuriated woman turned upon Lim and drew a sharp-pointed knife from some part of her dress, and plunged the weapon into his face and body. Blood in copious streams flowed from each wound, and the injured officer was placed in a cab and forthwith re. moved to Charing Cross Hospital, where he at present remains in a very precarious condition. EXAMINATION T -S W OF HE PRISONER AT BOTREET. This morning the prisoner was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall when she said her name was Ann Donavan, and that she resided in Neal's-passage, Seven Dials. She appeared to be about 20 years of age and to belong to the low class of persons who abound in St. Giles's. William Saunders, living in Mercer-strset, Long Acre, said, about ball-past three o'clock yesterday after noon I saw a policeman running after a boy in Bilden-street, whom he caught and took into the workhouse. The prisoner was close to the work house door when ,the policeman passed in, and after the door closed she sat down on the steps and waited until he left the horise.. She followed him into Short's-garden a and I there saw her attack the constable with a knife (a common pocket knife), and shortly after wards I saw blood ffewiog from his head and face. She stabbed him once in the cheek, and three times in other parts of his body. Assistance arrived and the prisoner was secured. William Buckfield, 16, Town, said about ten minutes ai I was at the corner of Short's-garde ns, when I s er w r se O p s a g e u t l s3t e street yesterday f t S ae o r n m ot e 9 r n s o prisoner struggling 'with a policem an. I saw t! her hand and strike the constable in the face with some sharp in4trurnent. I ran acros s the road and seized her band, and found the k n ife produced firmly clenched in it. I tried to take the k n ife from her, but shortly after ground. She threatened to wards she thrsw it to t he serve me the same as she haa done the constable. Police-constable 95-1 saw the prisoner struggling with the constable, and I also saw that she had a knife in her hand. I went to the assistance of the officer. I secured the prisoner and conveyed her to the station house. The wounded policeman was taken to King's College Hospital, where he at present remains in a very dangerous state. Mr. H a n—Have you seen the wounded man this mo rning Wit n ess—Yes, sir. He is in a v er y b a d s t a t e , an d will not he able to leave the place for some t'ree. Mr. Hall—l shall remand the prisoner for a week. The prisoner, who appeared to treat the matter with the greatest iudifferenep, was then looked up. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 78,060; barley, 1,422; oats, 8,237; rye, 250; beans 2,745 ; peas, 1,738 quarters• . MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATIC AND LEADENHALL.-Our markets are firm, and prices are well supported ;—Beef, from 23 10,1 to 43 6d ; Mutton, 33 Od to 4s 81; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s GI ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8,1 per 8113 s, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 19.—The supplies of stock were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled firm, at improv ing currencies: —Beef, from 3.s 4d to 4s 101; Mutton, 4s Od to N 01; Lamb, 4s 8i to 5s 8d; Veal, 34 10d to 46 Sd ; Pork, 4s Od. to 48 81 por Blbs, to sink the offal. RO&FORD, Aug. 19.—Our market has ruled firm, a. fully last week's prices : —Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 101 ' Mutton, 4s 01 to 6s 2d; Lamb, 5s 0,1 to 5s 101; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 101 • Pcrk, Os 01 to Os 01 per 81138 ; Suckling Calves, 16s to 26 9 3 each ; 41liCh Cows, 171; to 201. tech, 11A1 t MARKETS. - SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 Os; new do., 31 Os to 4/ Os; old clover, 41 5s to 61 103; new do., 41 Os to 51 Os; and straw, 11 Os to 1/ 10s per load. A fair demand. • CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 4s; now do., 3/ Os to 41 03; old clover, 41 Os to 5/ 53 ; new do., 31 103 to 41 153; and straw, 11 7s to 11 12s per load. Trade rather dull. WITITECIVAPEL.meadow ha, 2/ 15s to 4/ Os ; new do., 31 Os to 4/ Os; old clover, 41 Os to 51 10i ; new do., 4/ Os to 41 15s ; and straw, 1/ Os to 1/ 103 per load. Supply good. Mr, Andrew, chairman of the Euphrates Valley Rail way, had an interview on 'Tuesday with hie Excellency M, Mulivrus, Tukiah Ambassador, TIN 1%.1'417,7P1"ictS -(This Day-) R EB EF,P4II). The ordinary meeting of this company has just been held—the Hon. Capt. Fitiul2wice in the chair. The report stated that the line mould be opened to the junc tion with the Taff Vale itailwaY by the end of October next. Me net revenue of the half-year was 12,208. and after deducting 2,2921. for the late Nontyderry accident, left 8,916/, 2s. 6d., to be transferred to the revenue account, which, added to the last balance, would make 16,4601. 10s. 10d. The balance remaining after the payment of interest on debentures, &c., and 5 per cent. shares, would leave 3,8551. 16s. Si. for the next account. The report, after some discussion, was adopted. WORCESTER AND HEREFORD. At the half-yearly meeting of this company, just held, the report stated that an arrangement had been come to in regard to the traffic with the Oxford and Worcester, and the Newport and Abergavenny Railway Companies, that. was satisfactory. The accounts showed that the receipts for the half-year were 15,5221. Od., which, after the expenditure, left a balance of 9,6771. 15s. 4d. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) MIIRDER.—John Payne, shoemaker, was indicted for the wilful murdtr of Richard Branson. The facts of the case have already appeared in The Sun. The evi• deuce of the medical man was such that the jury ac. quy ted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. THE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY.-- On this case being called on, au application was made for the postponement of the trial till next session, on account of the absence of Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, who is at present on the Continent, and who is retained for the defence of Griffiths. The appLcation wag granted. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—The Grand Jury having returned a true bill against Antonio de Salvi for feloniously assaulting a gen tleman named Robertson, with intent to.marder him, be was called before the judge to plead. In answer to the usual question, the prisoner said he did not intend to kill the prosecutor, and a plea of Not Guilty was, therefore, entered. NEW COURT. STABBING.—Francis Stanley, a sailor, was indicted for feloAoutly stabbing and wounding John Gilbert, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The jury found the prisoner gull.-y, and the judge sentenced him to twelve months imprisonment. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) This was the first day of a Commissioner sitting dur ing the week in consequence of the indisposition of Mr. .Commissioner Fonblanque, the other Vacation Commis sioner—the majority of the meetings being therefore ad journed. TIE WELSH POTOSI LEAD MINING COMPANY. This was a meeting for settling the list of contribu tories under this estate. Mr. Harrison, the solicitor to Mr. Whitmore, the official assignee, applied that the case should be heard in private. Mr. Plews complained that some of the papers had published a number of names in the list of share holders, which had done serious injury, and he consi dered it very improper that private proceedings should be published, and that the information must have been obtained through some one who had access to the pro ceedings in this court. Another gentleman said - he concurred in the observations. His Honour said that it did not follow that the list was obtained from this court, for whatever priv . acy might be observed facts might transpire through other channels—the party who prepared the list might have given it. • Mr. Harrison said he prepared the list and had not given any information on the subject. • After some further remarks, his Honour inquired of the messenger and usher, and ultimately said that he did not see aoy ground to attach blame to them. The Case was then adjourned to a private room. THE HASTINGS BANK.—IN RE SMITS, HILDER, & CO. —APPLICATION FOR AN INSPECTOR. Mr. Bagley moved in this case for the appointment of an inspector of the separate estate of Francis Smith. The motion was on the affidavit of Mr. Roberts, a credi tor to the amount of about 8001., and other creditors to a larger extent. Mr. Dorier appeared to oppose the application. Mr. Bagley in support of the application said the separate creditor] had peculiar interests, which did not affect the assignees of the joint estate, which would not by any possibility pay 20s. in the pound, and therefore the separate creditors could not receive anything from it. Mr. Dorier agreed that there was no reason to sup pose that the assignees would not do their duty, and unless something to that effect was shown they ought not to be interfered with. His Honour said that he did not for a single moment impute anyintention of the assignees not to do their duty to all classes of the creditors, but at the same time he did not see why the separate creditors should not have the 1. power of appointing an agent to watch their interests at their own expense, and he therefore • made an order • that an inspector should be appointed, and that he should be at liberty to inspect the books ; the costa to ' be borne by the joint and separate estates. POLICE INTELLIQENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DEPRANELI MOTHER.—Mary Ann Collins, a middle aged female, was brought up on a warrant and placed at the bar, before Mr. Beadon, charged with threatening the life of Mr. Munier, pianoforte maker, No. 41. Foley-street, Oxford-street. Tile complainant stated that, last Friday, the prisoner came to his house and caused a crowd of persons to assemble. She used meet disgusting language, and swore that she would . run him through , with a knife. She asked to see her daughter who is in.his service. Prisoner— No ; she lives with you as your wife. Complainant most positively denied that she did, and said that she was his housekeeper. She had been in his service two years, and took care of his five young chil dren. The prisoner remarked that she wanted to see her daughter, whom she had not seen for above a year. Complainant—Her daughter is in court. Mr, Beadon directed her to go into the witness-box- Jane Collins, an interesting looking girl, said that she acted in rio other capacity than that of being com plainant's servant. The fact wa ,, that she was forced to leave her mother's roof, as she wanted her to obtain money by walking the streets (the witness was here much affected). About a twelvemonth ago she bad to appear against her mother. Mr. Beadon said that be recollected the circumstance, and that he should take means to prevent her going to the complainant and annoying him. The prisoner was held to bail in one security of to keep the peace for three months. Prisoner—Then I shall have to go to prison. THAMES, THE THIEF Arm THE Lx OF MIITTON.—SamueI Howard, an incorrigible thief aged 16, was brought up on a charge of stealing a leg of mutton value 54. 9d., from the shop of Mr. Walter Baxter, in Oxford-street, Stepney. Mr. John Cows, who lives next door to Mr. Baxter, saw the prisoner creep into the prosecutor's shop yesterday afternoon and take a leg of mutton from a hook to which it was suspended and walk out of the shop with it. Mr. Cowe pursued him, and after a smart chase the prisoner hurled the leg of mutton at his pursuer but it missed him. The pursuit re-commencd, and the prisoner was soon overtaken and secared. He then offered Mr. Cowe 153. to release him. Mr. Cowe said "No, you shall go back with me." The prisoner then struggled with the witness, and finding his efforts to get away of no.avail, he abused him, and said, "You want a dr o p of gin, do you, from the butcher I" Mr. Baxter identified his leg of mutton, and the pri soner was identified as an old offender, who had once stolen a sirloin of beef. .He was asked to plead, and said he was guilty, on which he was sentenced to 4 months' imprisonment and hard labour. NEW GARDENS,—Tho favourite tree in this delightful resort is a Turkey oak. It stands on a gentle rising knoll on the left hand side of the promenade, looking towards the Palm House. Its exquisite beauty and symmetry of faun renders it an object of great attrac- tion. A circular seat round its trunk is seldom un occupied. Our Paris contemporary, the Presse, in a memoir of the late General Anson, states, with all gravity, that in " Augut, 1833, he became the representative of the division of Chiltern (the fact being, that he then left Parliament by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds) and was at the same time appointed to a high command in the East Indies." _ _ _ DREADFUL FIRE AT LEIVISEAM.—On Wednesday morning, at an early hour, a fire of a terrible character, attended with great destruction of property, happened on the premises belonging to Mr. J. Martin, a grazier and cow-keeper at Manor-farm, Lewhham•road, Kent. The building was from 150 to 200 feet long, and besides the cattle housed in it there was an immense quantity of provender in different parts of the place. The fi.E.mes took a rapid sweep round the whole of the building, seizing upon everything of an ignitable character, and enveloping the livestock , so that it was impossible to res cue any of the valuable animals, which moaned and kicked terrifically. The flames were not wholly subdued at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. F~~..~ The Liverp a MIT, and vi ielis rates. r. 1 ) 000 of which ici .rexPort. a Without anima B tqelt were a a The public aolose, and, r tI tY has b een ( the En g li s h at I VY ke en . I ew itinent mllE Ot herwise th e and the quiet I nduced them I:4lee establisl 11 2 a not only 1 'et days a slit Place.. l'he r Mak 2 4 °Y, and a wourred. T Progress, al 111 ; 4 (1 from /314 e. After °°l Yrtat oral C onsols for : 11 4 for a educed, Cents. 91. 'dia. Bonds I " Par. Poreigo Iteeker. 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