The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

daunted by the resistance of adversaries, undis mayed by the obstructions which the bias of pre judice, or the conflicts of faction, or. the strife of controversy, raise to impede social prog ress or to retard, its friends lift up their view to the loftier heights where religious and moral truth sheds an sternal light. Piercing the darkness of ignarance that shrouds our region, the mists of doubts that obscure, the storms of passion that vex, the instinct of selfishness that chills another, the eye hives to repose on that bright summit where the same beams dispel all doubt from our opinions towardi God, and warm our benevolent feelings towards men— " As some tall cliff that lifts its awfal form, Swells tiara the vale, and midway leaves the storm; Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." The noble lord, who had been . repeatedly inter rupted by applause, res ume d hi s sea t amidst pro longed cheering. The assembly was afterwards addressed by Lord J. Russell, who moved a resolution to the effect that the association be now formed. This was secondedby the Right Hon. W. Cowper; supported by G. M. Hill, Q. C. and. carried. Thanks were votedto Lord Brougham, and briefly acknowledged ; after which the meeting dispersed. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. ROYAL LYCEUM THEITRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for, an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mis t ' Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr., Augustus Brahma, Mr. A. St. Albyn. Mr. Edmunds, Mri Hamilton Brahim, Mi. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. _Kerby, Mr-Wallworth, Mr.G. Honey,Mr.Weiss, and Mr.W. Harrison. Conductor, Ns. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager. Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Bellini's grand opera of NORMA. Norma, Madame Caradori; Pollio, &fr. Augustus Braham. To conclude with A VERY SERIOUS AFFAIR. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 lie. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, as. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, lc—The Bea Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with (not acted here these eight years) Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Constance, Miss A. Sedgwick. After which (by desire) BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buckstone ; Cox, Mr. Compton. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGR. 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 press Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it... ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the home-made Extravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wrig h t and Miss Arden. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard (his original character), Mr, T. P. Cooke. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." STRAND THEATRE.—THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GENTLEMAN OPPOSITE. Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Clarke, Miss Herbert. To be followed by THE MANTON! WIVES, in which Miss Craven will sustain four characters. R3ginald Rattle cap, Mr. Leicester Buckingham. After whisk the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled Li TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 38. ; Bores, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. Is. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. THIS EYENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. CL Vining, sad Mr. G. Murray. To conelnd.B with the original Extravaganza, by Ribert ' Brongh, Esq., called. MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. lib Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd awl Crsswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmar° ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburne, Miss JAnstone. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdicomb. To conclude with ME QUIET FAMILY. Mr. Vollaira, Mr. Widdicomb, and Miss Chalmers. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing eompany of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, &e., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzcy, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyro, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farcant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. JoughmAns Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Si era, itc., until twelve o'clock. —lLSignor PIDCO will perform, at ha .f-past Eight and half. past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE. Ting DAY - Morn. 38 min. aft. 10 —Evan. 17 min. aft. 11 To-ifortnow —Morn., 46 min. aft. 11—Even., 0 min aft. 0 XHE WEA.TITER, —SUIT OFFICE, Ocrona 13. TEIIIIIIO4ETZ3, 111 VIM SIIIDE. 64—highest sines) noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night C 3 —this day at-noon. BAROMETER, 30.28. WIND, S.E. to E.S.E.; light, withdull mild weather. / t. 3 t ; LONDON, TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 1357. The Directors of the Bank of England have again raised the rate of discount, and at a very unusual time. On the present occasion, the increase has been from 6 to '7 per cent., and that on a Mondac, in place of on Thursday, according to the usual course. These facts alone sufficiently prove the • sense entertained by the Bank authorities respect ing the magnitude of the emergency. It fully verifies the opinion which we put forward last week, that "we had not by any means seen the worst of the Crisis." Indeed, there is every rea son to fear that, unless speedy steps be taken. by the Government t) avert the evil, it will prove more disastrous even than that of October, 1847, when credit was for a time virtually annihilated, and houses of unquestionable solvency could not obtain advances on first-class securities. In the autumn of 1847, and up to the time of the Go. vernment Letter suspending the operation of the Bank Charter Act, the foreign exchanges wore strongly in favour of this country. The harvest -Wan bountiful, as in the present year, and there were no extraneous influences in ope raticra to produce monetary disturbance - . Now, -however, the state of affairs is dif erent. There is a heavy drain going oi, not only to the Continent, but to Endia, China, and America. Every mail carries out large remittances in specie, and what arrives in this country is forthwith purchased by speculators for exporta . tion, the premium which they are prepared to offer prohibiting the Bank from comptting them. The panic of 1847 was purely domestic Mr. G. C. GLYNN, the eminent banker, declared that it "proceeded from an apprehension on the part of all mercantile men, that the want of con fidence was becoming so great, that at last the re serves of the Bank would be driven down so low, that, in point in fact, persons who were possessed of prop er t y wotild' not be able to convert that pro perty into Bank of England notes." Similar ap prehensiqns are now entertained, and we have, in addition, a foreign demand, which it will be dif ficult, if not impossible, to resist. Surely, then, it is the duty of the Governinen - , to int?rpose, as we recently stated, at the first stage of ruin rather than the last. Why should firms not merely solvent, bi 4 abloivpay 405., or even 605., in the pound, be compelled to suspend their operations, and possibly their payments, from a scarcity of the circulating medium ? Why should every species of property be deteriorated in value, and the country driven to the verge of ruin, be cause Sir G. C. LEWIS wishes to let matters take their course, and not to interfere until the Bank itself is in danger ? Sir Cruuttvs; WOOD was uni versally condemned for remaining so long apa thetic, and the country sustained losses which it took long to recover. It was the Treasury letter of the 25th October, 1847, that alone restored confidence and prevented almost universal bank ruptcy. Why should not a similar experiment now be tried, and Parliament called together at the earliest possible moment, to sanction the important proceeding. At present the notes so eagerly sought after at the Bank are hoarded as a salutary precaution, in order to be prepared for any emer gency that may arise, and the process will con tinue until the public mind is re-assured. In 1847 almost every witness—even those most favourable to the Act of 1844—gratefully recog nised the salutary consequences of that important step.. "All apprehension appeared to have ceased, on the issue of the letter," observed the then Governor of the Bank, subsequently adding, " What restored confidence was the letter of the Government, allowing the Bank to make any advances without reference to the act, at a givens rate of interest. We did not so much want the money, but we wanted the certainty that if we did want it, we should get it.". The opinion of Mr. HORSLEY PALMER was equally decisive. He said, "In the autumn of 1847 the demand for assistance was so much increased as to place the Bank in imminent. danger by granting it, and which nothing could have relieved short of the relaxation of the law, which took place." Even Mr. GEORGE W. NOR MAN—a strenuous advocate of the Act of 1844 admit ted that "the issue of the letter to a considerable degree relieved the money market, by holding out to persons the certainty that they might get accom modation, whereas before that they feared they should not." It in fact produced the same effect as if the Bank of England had extended its issues inasmuch as it brought out the hoards of notes which speedily went into circulation, and thus at once removed the cause of the panic. I The Mut India Company is now competing with ' our merchants for the money essential to carry on their business and to meet their engagement-4. It has already obtained one million sterling, and will speedily want much more. The receipt of money from America is arrested, and in place of supporting our stock of bullion, we may anticipate a severe drain from that quarter. Nothing, in fact, can save us but a relaxation of the obnoxious law. That ought, if possible, to ho done by the authority of the Legislature, or if that authority cannot be obtained in sufficient, time, it should be sought for at the earliest po3 sible moment. We call, then, on Lord PALMER STON to attend to this matter without a moment's delay, and to adopt the means by which a vast amount of suffering may be averted, and the na tion carried buoyantly through the crisis. Colonel SYKES, a gentleman of great Indian ex perience, and recently the governor of the East India Company, has written a long letter to the Times, in order to remove the misconceptions which he supposes to exist respecting the eligi bility of high caste natives for military service in Indian armies. It professes to show " what high caste native soldiery will do when commanded by judicious officers, and also what high caste sepoys will not do, and what they cannot do, even for officers whom they may venerate." He quotes a memorandum from an officer of 35 years uninter rupted active service in the 133ngal Army, in cor• roboration of his views, and triumphantly mic , , " What more could be desired or expectAl from native soldiers ?" The object of the gallant Colonel is to show that "a lengthened loyal devotion to the State may characterise a reorganised Bengal army," and he is manifestly, notwithstanding the terrible events of the last six months, still favourable to the employment of Brahmins and Rajpoots in the Indian army, when the last spark of the mutiny has been trampled out, and retributive justice has •vertaken the real perpetrators of the murders and outrages, whether Sepoys, camp-followers, felons from the gaol 4, or villagers. Now, as wo are reluctantly compelled to differ Coto cue() from the gallant Colonel, and as we believe that he himself supplies irresistible arguments against the conclusion at which he arrives, it is necessary to examine closely the fact.i on which he grounds his opinions. He draws a broad distinction between acts of external and internal uncleanness, inasmuch as ",external bodily defilement is removed by ablutions and oblations, but a breach of certain alimentary laws ipso facto consigns the offender to excommu nication and degradation, than which - death is pre ferable ; for his parents, his brothers, and his friends can neither eat nor smoke with him, nor let him drink out of their water-vessels. lie is become an out-caste. He is condemned to con t 3rnpt in this world and his soul is damned in the next." On the other hand, he may handle the pickaxe and shovel as a labourer, build wally, sink wells, and stand shoulder by shoulder in the ranks, with the lowest caste men. Nay, more, may even handle the dead bodies of the enemy. These latter things he may do, but it is by no means certain that he uill do. If petted and coaxed, and that lie sees any p-rsonal advantage to be derived therefrom, he may condescend to obey orders, but he may take a very opposite view of his duties, and refuse to submit to even temporary degrada tion, and that at the time when the fate of the army may be involved in the result. Nor would it be fair to punish him for the refusal when wo engage his services—knowing his religious preju dices and opinions. The fact that these prejudices are made a convenient cloak to carry out his own wishes, that they can :be !put on or off at plea sure, and that he will be prepared to violate the ordinances of his religion for a pecuniary equiva lent, does not by any means enhance his value or render him an eligible recruit, when others can be obtained, whose consciences are of not quite so tender and elastic a chazacter. But ware there nothing but the food question, if the Brahmin or Ragpoot would, under any cir cumstances, be prepared to obey every order, as to merely external matters, his objection to cer tain descriptions of food would be sufficient to dis qualify him for the service. He may be required to go by Rea from one part of the empire to another, and ther e Li s tareereeionivae tchhear:hcitpe,ra.p privations an d su ff er i ngs wi ll o f a he c v a e n ry no rov"iallioensc,aannndohtiscook, sup port is confined to par he grain a and condimen's that he has ". with him." He anything of a protracted ya will thus, afterge, ge, arriv e a t hi s destination weak an d d e b ilitated and uttelly un able to face the enemy until he has recovered his strength and courage. Again, he may be coo Ed up in a beleaguered city, with a limited stt ek Qf provisions, not of the description of which he ap proves. He must then either starve or capitulate, for partaking of the accursed aliment TIIE VEN;N G, would be - more terrible than death itself. Th - e same thing may occur in advancing or -retreating iu the face of the foe. Everything must be sub servient to the prejudices, which with him are part of his very life and being, of which he is peculiarly jealous, and the s li g ht es t sus pi c i on o f v i o l a ti ng which' is sufficient to induce him to cast aside all conside rations of gratitude, and to become the sanguinary assassin of men to whom he was previously bound by the strongest ties of respect and duty. Let us first trample out the last spark of the mutiny, and inflict retributive justice on the real perpetrators of the murders and outrages, and then, it will be time enough to consider, whether we shall again sanction the introduction of such an element of disturbance as the employment of men who have already gixen such a deplorable taste of their quality to their innocent employers. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. This house re-opened last night, after a vacation a seven weeks, very actively and tastefully employed ; for the whole of the interior has been re-decorated at consi derable cost, and with complete novelty of desigr. Nothing can be more beaatiful than the general effect, or more strongly contrasted with the heavy, sombre style of ornament which prevailed before, and had become faded and out of keeping with the magnificent displays that met the public eye when the curtain rose on the great historical revivals which have rendered this theatre the theme of admiring conversations in all classes of so c'ety, and have stamped the period of Mr. C. Kean's assuagement as perhaps the most memorable era in the annals of our national stage. On his appearance, when the curtain drew up and discovered Prospero and Mi randa on the point of the rock, evoking the subsidence of the tempest, enthusiastic applause burst from all guar, tars of a crowded house. Such a reception was due to the position he has so arduously and triumphantly won by years of trial and anxious solicitude. Few, if any, of his predecessors have united in their single person such talent, both as manager and actor, and certainly none have rivalled him in the historical and archteological ac curacy with which the plays produced under his super intendence have been placed before the public. The new act curtain, painted by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin, de serves unqualified praise. MAJOR-GENERAL HAVELOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In Napier's Peninsular liar, vol. vi., page 265, is the following : " The Spaniards stopped, and, though the ad venturer Downie, now a Spanish General, encou raged them with his voice and they kept their ranks, they seemed irresolute and did not advance. There happened to be present an officer of the 43 , 1 Regiment named Havelock, who, being attached to General Alten's Staff, was sent to ascertain Girou's progress. His fiery temper could not brook the check. He took off his bat, he called on the Spaniards to follow him, and, putting spurs to his horse, at one bound cleared the abattis, and went headlong among the enemy. Then the soldiers shouting for 'EI chico blanco,' the fair boy, s , , they aalled him, for he wa3 very young and had light hair, with one shock broke through the French," dre. Is this the gallant Indian Warrior on whom so many anxious hearts are depending ? Your obedient servant, G. F. JESSE. 19, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, Oct. 12. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —lt does not require a very extended knowledge of the fundamental principles on which the English lan guage is constructed, to show that " telegram" is the correct, and the only correct terse, by which to express the message sent by the apparatus called the telegraph ; and the two words "telegram" and "telegraph" enable us very conveniently and correctly to distinguish be tween the message sent and the means whereby we send it. The necessity for changing such words as "photo graph," " paragraph," " geography," &0., as instanced and anticipated by Mr. Johnson, does, in fact, already exist ; for do we , not constantly snake use of such words as diagram, anagram, programme (why spelt differently I cannot exptaiu), without for a moment thinking of chang ing "geography" into " geogrammy," which, if it had any meaning at all, would signify the art of drawing rmaps, since the t rue an d c l ass i ca l meaning of "geograrn " would be a map of the earth, or of some part of it,? Why, then, should we hesitate to add one more to our list of "grams 1" The same ambiguity does not exist with regard to "photograph" (though a more correct form would be " photlgram," when taken to des:gnats a picture), for I am nat aware that "photograph" has ever been used like " telegraph," to signify the apparatus or machine ,by which an effect is produced, and it is not customary to ask the artist if his "photograph" is in good order ; there is, therefore, no ambiguity in the term. I can but apply to those who are acquainted with the sources from which many of our modern words arise, fur a corrotorat'es of wl_at I have said, since a fuller expla nation would involve such an acquaintanca. I enclose you my card. Saturday Night, Oct. 10. IGNOTUS. - . His Excellency the Sardinian Minister returns to town to-day from the Continect, where he has been on leave of absence for some weeks past. The Duke of Hamilton left town yesterday morning for Scotland. The Duchess and family will 'leave Arlington -street to-morrow for Paris. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll have left Dunrobin Castle for their sect, Inverary Castle, Argyllshire. The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland has arrived on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, at Raby Castle Durham. The Marquis of Bath is expected in town the latter end of the week, from Longleate, Wilts, where Willard ship hes been entertaining company for some time past. Toe Marchionessof Waterford has arrived at Claridgeei Hotel, from Ford Castle, Northumberland. Maria Marchioness of Aileebury has left Claridge's Hotel, on a visit to the Earl of Derby at Knowsley Hall, Prescott, Lancashire. The Marquis of Queensberry has arrived at Long's Hotel, from Edinburgh. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury return to town to-day from Paris, en route from Germany, where they i have been Ptay i e g for some time past. Tile Countess of Powis and the Ladies Herbert have left Walcot on a visit to Mr. and Lady Charlotte Mont gomery, in Ireland. The Earl of Powis and Col. the Hon. Percy Herbert are staying at Ashridge Castle, near Berkharopstead, on a vi-it to Lady Marian Alford. Tile Earl of Radnor and Lady Mary Bouverie are re ceiving company at Coleshill House, Berks. Lady Eliza, bah Baited, Mr. and Lady Jane Ellice, Mrs. St. John Milimay, and the Right Hon. E award Bouverie, M.P., joined the party last week. The Earl of St. Germans and family are expected is town to-morrow, from Port Eliot, C.truvrall. Lord and Lady Colchester have arrived in town from Kidbrooke, Sussex. Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley are making a tour in the south of France. Lord and Lady Walsingham are passing the 'season at Merton Ledge, Norfolk. Lady Georgiana Faue has left town for her seat in I Somersetshire. The. Baron Frederick de litosgman and the Count St. Torio have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Parip. The Ron. John Fortescue and the Hon. Frederick Byng have left on a visit to Lady Marian Alford, at Asbridge Castle, Herts. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Pierrepont have left Claridge's Hotel for Eveuley Hall, near 13rackley. Mr. and Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor arrived at their new residence, in Grosvenor-square, a few days since, from their seat in. Wilts. Lady Chatterton has arrived at her house in Sea• more-place, from Ireland. . . • Nur COURT OF PDODATE AND DIVORSD.—We are in -1 formed. that Lord Palmerst on h as reeently, In the mtlb handsome manner, tendered to the Attorney-Genera , Sir Richard Bethel', the important °film of Judge of tiro New Court of Probate a n d Di vorce, and that the noble lord, in making this offer, in the most mar k e d mann er expressed his sense of the distinguished serviced which Sir Richard Bothell had rendered to the country, and to the cause of law reform, in conducting those important measures to a successful issue in the House of Commons. We aro informed that the Attorney-General has thought proper to decline the office considering that the circum stance of his h av i ng had the carriage of the bills in th Lower House might lay him open to the imputation tha4; his exertions in connection with them had not been of that disinterested character which Parliament and the public have at his hands a right to expect. The offer thus made by the noble lord has been respectfully de clined by the Attorney-General solely on the ground which we have stated.—Morniny Post. INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND.—We are happy to learn that the committee are not relaxing their efforts either for the augmentation of this fund or for the prompt relief of the sofffrere. Ten thousand. pouuds were transmitted to the Relief Committee of Calcutta by the mail which left .on the 10th inst. At the same time they seat the further sum of 1,000/. to Sir John Lawrence in aid of the funds of the Lawrence'Asylum. This institution was established by the late Sir Henry Lawrence, who subscribed 1,0001. annually to its sup port. I': has also received support front . the subscrip tions and donations of civil and military officers in iodia. Many of these sources of income have been temporarily, and inany , mere finally, dried up by the calamities whicL ha ve_reeently occurred. The Asylum is situated at Bus so ales, in the lower range - a of the Himalayas, and its object is to supply maintenance and education to the children of British soldiers wbo have lost either one or both of their parents. The annual Balakliia dinner. will take' plaCe at the L Londoli Tavern, on . ilia 26th, Sii4as.,Scarlett, K.C.8., in the, chair. ' - 1 :1-• ''' ' : '-' ' . - At . St : Petersbufg;on-SaLurday l ifternoon, we learn by telegraph, the price of tallow was rather firmer, at 176r0. on the spot. The quantity shipped up to that date this season is 74,000 casks, against 95,000 At the same date last year. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—Daring the week ending 10th October the visitors have been as follows : —On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, 3,851 ; on Monday and Tuesday, f ree even i ngs , 5,717 : On two students' days (admission to the public 6d.), 160. Total 9,728. One day closed. DEFALCATION IN A CANADIAN BANK.—The Canadian papers confain full details of a serious defalcation in the Gore Bank in the city of London, Canada West. Mr. Lucas, the teller, has absconded from the province. The amount of his defalcation is from 15,0001. to 20,0001. He was also Treasurer to the County, which loses a large sum by him. THE LATE SUICIDE IN THE FLEET-STREET POLICE STATIoN.—Mr. Payne held an inquest yesterday on the body of Mrs. Helen Wateon, who 'committed suicide in the Fleet-street station while incarcerated on a charge i of intoxication. Evidence was produced to show that the ' unfortunate lady had been subject to fits of excitement, closely bordering upon derangement, and the jury re• turned a verdict of temporary insanity. THN CHAMPION STAG KILLED.— On Monday last the Prince Consort killed a royal stag in the Forest of Glen gelder which weighed 24 stone. This is believed to have been the champion of the forest. When brought to Bal moral he was laid at the main entrance to the Castle that the Queen and Royal Family might see his royalty before he was cut up. THE REPRESENTATION OP EAST KENT.—A meeting of the liberal electors of East Kent took place at Canter -Ibury, ou Saturday afternoon, fo r th e p urpose o f con sidering what steps should be taken to obtain the return of a Liberal candidate in the room of Sir Edward Der ing, who has resigned his seat. Mr. Deedes was very warmly received. The general opinion appears to be that he will be returned unopposed. HIGH TlDES.—Owing to the strong south-easterly Iwind that prevailed on Wednesday and Thursday the esplanade at Ryde has been completely flooded at high water, which has caused the washing up of the whole extent of footpath and some portion of the carriage-road. The works in progress for the steam ferry approaches have also suffered. At Eastbourne, during the terrific gale of Wednesday,. the sea dashed over the houses on the beacb, and actually battered in the windows and door of one of them, inundating the tenement with salt E water, and scattering the terrified inmates like sheep. It was found necessary to board up the front entrance 1 of this house for some few days, and meanwhile to use the yard door as a means of egress and ingress. SUICIDE IN CHARLOTTE -STREET, PORTLAND -PLACE.- 1 Yesterday, Mr. Robert Taylor, a very old and wealthy inhabitant of the parish, residing in Charlotte-street, Portland-place, put a period to his existence by nearly severing his head from his body. The deceased, who was 65 years of age, carried on for more than 40 years a very extensive business in the parish, from the proceeds of which he retired with considerable wealth. Forseveral months past his family and connections had noticed a decided change in his manners, betraying absence of mind and dejection of spirits. Yesterday morning he con trived to elude the watch which for some time had been f placed upon hi s ac ti ons , an d, re ti r i ng t o hi s dressing room, he them inflicted a wound upon his throat with a razor of so extensive a character as to terminate his existence in a few minutes. THE CAPE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 12,—The Union Screw Company's steam-ship Celt, Capt. Brown, left to-day, with eight passengers and 105,0001. in specie, for the Cape of Good Hope, calling at Plymouth to embark the mails. She is coaled for the entire voyage out. It is reported that the contract for these mails was originally taken for carrying them from Southampton to the Cape, but that lsubsequently an arrangement has been made for the ships to call at Plymouth for the mails, the company receiving 1001. a month extra for this ad ditional trouble. This is an absurdity on the part of Government Which can never be persisted in, we should think, when the facts become known. A vessel loading at London would, of course, call at a port in the Chan nel for the mails ; but that a vessel leaving Southampton should go into Plymouth for the mails is so palpably ridiculous that it can never be tolerated. Such an ar rangement can only be imagined as a sop thrown to tho constituency of Plymouth by its official representative ; but it is too bad to perpetrate so gross an absurdity as this, and make the public funds pay for it to the extent of 1,2001. a-year. Besides which, the shipping of the mails at Plymouth eccasione as increase of railway mile age to the extant of the difference between 80 miles to Sonthamptoniand 250 to Plymouth from the metropolis. Without alluding to other objections, those stated are sufficient to lead to the reversal of of such a decision and a return to the original intention of embarking the mails at Southampton, from which port the company find it to be their interest to despatch their vessels. LORD Baoton.ass.—We learn from the Carlisle Patric . I that for some time past it has been the desire of geoth - men connected with the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland. to give a public dinner at Penrith in honour of Lord Brougham. The matter has now assumed a tae - gible form. The noble and learned lord has accepted the invitation for Wednesday, the 28th instant, and the arrangements will be coiximensarate with the great in terest- of the occasion, the only difficulty being the obtainment of a suitable dining saloon large enough to accommodate the great number of persons that will be sure to press for admission. The tribute is offered to his lordship by, men of all parties, simply as a mark of respect to a nobleman closely connected with the coun ties, whose talents and unwearied exertions in the cause of education and social improvement are so conspicuous, end will be entirely free from all party or political bias. A. committee has been formed, and hopes are entertained that the' Earl of Lonsdale's health will admit of his taking the chair. It would be a graceful compliment on the part of the Lord Lieutenant of the sister counties, and we think we may say that Lord Brougham would fully appreciate and reciprocate the feeling which led to it. Mr. W. E. GL ADSTONE.—It will surprise some of our local readers to learn that Mr. W. E. Gladstone is at present engaged in a translation of Homer's " Iliad ' into English verse, a subject which has ab sorbed at various times the attention of some of the finest intellects which this country has produced. The English version of this great poem which has been and it has maintai ne d i ts ground with is Pope's, the unclas sica l port i on o f the pubic a in g roo a s i u n tnd st p all others. Mr. Gladstone's version will be looked to with much interest, and much will be expected from him, for his attainments in all depart m„es of classical learning are known to be great. He has given many proofs of his versatil.ty, and suc cess in thin effort, or even a moderate share of sue cese, considering the magnitude of the theme, will be a further proof of the extent of his powers. A mind of such strength and flexibili y as Mr. Gladstone's cannot be idle, and its diversion into the field of c l ass i c poetry is attributable, of course, to the cares of practical statesmanihip no longer absorbing h's ex clusive attention as formerly. —Liverpool Chronicle. GAMIL—Gruu Q e and black game shooting, says the Ayr Advertiser, is nearly over. The sport has been very much as we anticipated before the 121 h of August. The very short stock of birds left last year rendered a "great grouse se ason " i mposs ibl e, but there has been fair ' , pert in Ayrshire and Wigtownshire ; and if the numbers in the bag were short the quality of the birds is admitted to have been fine. Indeed, we have s e ld o m seen the grouse so uniformly plumy al I h ea lthy. We notice a pretty keen controversy being car ried on among our Southern neighbours about the causes of diminished sport on the Highland moors. Assuming that the grounds are well protected, and the vermin care fully killed, there are three causes at work to account for diminished numbers of grouse . Fi rs t, o ccasional disease, to which the grouse are subject—whether from the poisonous ingredients used -in dipping :sheep or not is problematical ; 'secondly, severe s h oo ting during the first fortnight of late covey s , th a t oug ht to be spared for a time ; and thirdly, short l eases , that are apt to induce severe shooting and ca re l ess pro t ec ti on . In the lower districts there is one great c ause that is sufficient in itself —the excessive burning of heather. Heather is rapidly giving place to a good sheep pasture, which it is presumed pays the owner better than game ; so that if the sports man wants grouse shooting, he must pitch his tent where there is heather, and not lease pasture hilt. But in these lower situations, where sheep are supplanting the grouse, the latter are generally replaced by black game, which have this season been plentiful. Partridges, both on the hills and doe- grounds, have also this season been abun dant. Pheasant s , which last season were very ecarce , are found tolerably plentiful. Hares, plentiful or scarce as they are protected. On the whole, we should say this is an average season for all kinds of game. ()MIN% n -11 A Dar DOGS IN THE MAURITIUS.---The 13th of July was signalized in the Mauritius by the opening of a vast dry dock, and all the tlite of the in habitants assembled to -witness the entrance therein of the Northern Light, a vessel of some 1,600 tons burden. The weather was favOurable, and by 2 o'clock the , eats reserved for the ladies at the back of the basin were all filled, and the large vessel moved majestically to the place destined for her, the sailors singing their, usual song as they warped in. The door of the basin was then shut and the pump set to work ; all this occupied about an hour. The ladies were then conducted to a splendid collation prepared under the vast open building with its domed iron roof. Covers were laid for 200 persons, and after iced champagne and other wines had freely cir culated Mr. P. A. Wichst rose and proposed "Tfie Health of his Excellency Sir James Macaulay Higgire son." Sir James, in reply, observed that they bad.that day had a n opportunity of witness i ng a moat interesting ceremony unprec e d en t e d in t h e anna ls of th e M auritius, —the openi ng of its fi rs t dry dock. It was an ep oc h i n the progres s o f the capacity of the port f or the buil ling and repai r i ng of ships, and offered increased facilities to commerce which the future historian of the cnlony would not fail to prominently record. The undertaking (as observed by Mr. Wiehti) was one not only of colonial but of national importance, and reflected great credit ou all concerned in it, whether it were the enterprise that projected, the energy and perseverance that conducted it to a successful issue, or the skill and science of the engineer under whose directions this work had been so satisfactorily executed. The health of Major-General Hay, the patron of the deck, and those of Lady Macau ley Iligginson and the ladies were afterwards drunk in bumpers of claret, and the ladies then retired from the dais. Toe dock was planned by Mr. T. Hounslow, and the design carried out by Messrs. Fry and Blondeau. The dimensions of this, the first graving dock constructed in the Mauritius, are as follows—viz., Length of keel, 250 feet ; entrance, 40 feet ; width inside, 68 feet. The basin may be lengthened to 300 feet, and larger if found desirable ; but In the-latter case the Government would have to make a concession of land. The same week was signalised by the laying of the foundation stone of a new Protestant Church at Primplemouse. LATE kk , 3T EVV S. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The Bank of France has raised its rate of dis count to GI per cent. AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The Red Jacket has arrived from Melbourne, with 70,000 ounces of gold. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS. We have been favoured with the following : " The following telegram has been this day (Tuesday, 13th of October) received at the East India Howe, viz.:— " CALCUTTA, SEPT. 9, 1857. " GENERAL HAVELOCK'S COLUMN AND LIICKNO W. " General Havelock was still at Cawnpore, wait ing for reinforcements, and Lucknow still unre lieved. The 00th Regiment, about half the Fusi liers, and a 9-pounder battery, in all 1,270 men, were at Allahabad on the 3d or 4th. Six hun dred infantry and the battery were immediately pushed towards Cawnpore, and General Outram was to follow with the remainder of the infantry on the night of the sth idst. He expects to join Havelock on the 11th or 12th, and has directed the latter to have everything ready for crossing the river on his arrival. Meanwhile, we have in telligence from Lucknow up to the 2d inst., when the garrison were in good spirits, and sufficiently provided with food. They had recently repulsed a determined.assaull-, and had disabled the only heavy guns belonging to the assailants. " The garrison have been told to hold out to ex tremity, and we are now confident that they will be relieved about the middle of this month. 1 0BER, 13 1-857 " BENGAL AND BEHAR. " The Rewah troops detached as reported in last message to intercept the Dinapore muti neers were not in time to arrest their progress ; the latter crossed the Tonse River about the 26th ult., after some detention by high flood, and their march has been marked by plunder. They give out that they are going to Delhi. The rebel Kooer Singh fled from Rohtas about the 27th or 28th ultimo, and sought refuge in Rewah Territory. The Rajah warned him off, whereupon most of hir4 Sepoy adherents deserted him. A column, con sisting of a wing of the 53d Queen's, 27th Madras N. 1., and some guns, loft Raneegunge on the 27th ultimo, and - will clear the Trunk Road. The Nepaul Durbar Las given 1,000 Goorkhas to aid in the occupation of Chumpirun, and the dis tricts on the left bank of the Ganges, which are endangered by the abandonment of Goruckpore by the civil officers. It is thought that the force stated, which left Katmandhoo on the 13th or 14th ult., will suffice to restore order in those districts. "DELIII. " Our latest accounts from Delhi extend to the 26th ult. The Punjab reinforcements, meutioned in last message, reached camp on the 14th ult., and more recently an auxiliary force of about 2,000 men from Uasumere has marched to join the force. It is expected to do good service. "A new siege train from Ferozepore is expected by the end of August, and the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab calculates that, by the middle of this month, the force before Delhi will be little short of 15,000 men. This estimate may be somewhat too high. There has been the usual skirmishing, with the same result. On the 12th ult. a battery which was troublesome was taken, and on the 25th Briga dier Nicholson attacked the insurgents, who were trying, in a large body, to get to our rear, entirely defeated and routed them. Took 12 guns, with all the ammunition, equipage, and baggage of the enemy. " The troops are in goof health and spirit,. Wounded doing well. Supplies abundant. It is said that some overtures have been made by, or on behalf of, the King. They will not be entertvined. The garrison have beenlevying contributions in the ueighourhood of Agra and the north-western pro vinces. "AGRA. cc Latest intelligence from Agra to the 25th August.—All still in the fort, and general health good. Nothing particular bad occurred, e x c e pt an expedition to Futtehpore, Sukree, and another to Hatrass, which latter defeated the insurgents, butt was no t strong enough to re-occupy All yg h ur. The Furruckabad Nowab is said to be on the road between that place and Cawnpora with three regiments of mutinous infant ry and one o f cavalry. He will be dealt with by General Have lock's column, after relief of LlR:know. On the deserting of Goruckpore by the civil officers a Chuckadar from Oude took possession. Anarchy and confusion in the district, and Chumparun conso quently in. some dauger, as mentioned elsewhere. Azimgurh and Jounpore have been occupied by the Goorkhas who marched from Goruckpore with the civil officers of native states. The mutineers of Gwalior Contingent, joined by those from Indore and Mhow, reckoned at 4,500 Infantry, N,,900 valry, and 30 guns, are still believed to be at Gwalior, hold in check, it is reported, by Scindia. " The Political Agent, Major Macpherson ) writ ing from Agra on the 7th ult., expresses a con fident belief in 11;s loyal and friendly attachment to us. The peace of Bhopel is imperilled by the open mutiny of the Contingent. All the Bundelcund chiefs continue to behave well, as also the Neveah of Jo wooh and the petty States of Dhar Dawars, atc. ; none having openly revolted except Anijhera. In Rajpootana, native chiefs quiet and apparently true. The conduct of the Nizam's Go vernment at Hyderabad admirable. Mohurrum -Festival passed off without any,commotion or dis turbance whatever. Puttiala, and all his Sutlej chiefs, continue in active and zealous co-operation. Gholab Sing, of Cashmere, died on the 2d of August, his successor is, as he was, our staunch adherent. c PIINJAUB. "Intelligence from the Punjaub is to the 15th of August. Punj lb and Cis-Su lej-States,. quite tranquil. Large local levies are being raised to supply the place of the reinforcements gone to Delhi. Gholab Sing of Cashmere, before his death promised '75 lacy to the 6 per cent. loan, and about 20 were expected in Cis-Stlej. It will probably draw nearly a crore, which is the estimated want. The disarmed 26th Native Infantry at Lahore murdered their commanding officer on 30th ofJuly, and broke away from the cantonment. The trooi s sent in pursuit took the wrong road, but the muti neers were followed by the police and the people of the country, and in the first days of August were either destroyed or captured, and executed ; hardly a man escaped. Fugitives of the 55th Native In- . fantry, at Peshawur, have been seized, and simi larly dealt with. These vigorous measures will probably deter others from similar attempts. " G. F. EDMONSTONE, "Secretary to the GoTernment of India. " 9.40 a.m. Monday. "RAVEN." The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : "The Brussels Nord lately said, and the Jour nal des Debats to-day confirms the statement, that the French Government has given to that of Eng land unequivocal proofs of sympathy and goodwill on the occasion of the Indian insurrection, has offered to permit the passage of troops through France, and to use its good offices with the Pasha of Egypt to induce him to afford a similar facility. I assured you in a former letter that, notwith standing what a few persons augured from the Stuttgardt interview, the French Govern ment never set a higher price upon the English ' alliance, or was more desirous to maintain it, than at the present time ; and you may de pend that, whatever be the sentiments of a por tion of the Frenoh press and nation, the Emperor has testified great concern at our Indian misfor tunes. He, doubtless, manifested his feelings on the subject when at Osborne, and also most pro bably at Chalons to the Duke of Cambridge, with whom he had a great deal of conversation con cerning the campaign in Bengal. The Nord says that the English Cabinet declined the above-men tioned offers, but adds, that it is everywhere seek ing reinforcements, and is resolved, if 'necessary, to send the whole of its army to India, and keep only the militia at home. There is no saying what might be done under the pressure of necessity, but making the largest allowances for possible losses from cli mate, disease, and the enemy's fire, there seems scarcely a reasonable doubt that the force already sent or under orders to go will suffice to suppress the revolt. We have seen what has been done by mere handfuls of men under Havelock and others, and it emboldens one to believe that a force sufficient to take Delhi, and two or three moveable columns of 5,000 or 6,000 men each, will suffice to extinguish an insurrection which owes the greater part of its temporary success to our want of foresight and preparation. As regards the passage of troops through France, I hear it said that it was declined by the English Govern ment because there would have been little saving of time, owing to the double embarkation and disembarkation." HEALTH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. BERLIN, MONDAY. The Ereuz Zeitung states that the amelioration observed in the state of the King on Saturday night and Sunday morning is still maintained. The Princess of 'Prussia has arrived from Coblentz. The President of the Council of Ministers has repaired to Potsdam. M. Manteuffel arrived in Berlin at two o'clock sin Sunday afternoon. Public prayers were offered up yesterday in all the Churches. VIENNA, OaT. 11. Advices from Belgrade state that a plot, hosing for its object to attempt the life of the Prince, of Servia and to overthrow the governmept, has been discovered. Saveral persons of note have been arrested. The Duchess of Parma has just put forth two decrees relative to the cessation of the league between Austria, Modena, and Parma, which will expire on the 31st iust. These decrees re-establish the regulations that existed prior to the League. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. It has been stated that the Legislative Body must shortly be summoned, inasmuch as the constitu tion require that the new Legislature shall meet within six months ; and that delay expires on the 29th November. The Legislative Body will pro bably sit at least for a month, as the constitution allows deputies who will neither take the oath of fidelity to the Emperor nor formally refuse it that period before they can be declared not to belong to ' the Chamber. But thebudget will not be discussed until the ordinary session in February or March.. It is said th lt the Emperor is now having the de tails of the budget examin e d, an d th a t hi s i n t ent i on is to h ave a bona fide surplus of receipts .•of 25,000,000 francs. Several savings are of, charg e o f 50, and am ong them is one to be effected by the dis in the army. 0 00 men, who ha ve s erved two years BOVRSE, Oct. 12.... A despatch announces that the board of the Bank of England had raised the rate of discount to 7 per cent., and it was thought that the B as k of France would raise its own t count to 6 p er cen t. Th e f o ll ow i ng were thelast quotations : Cash. fr. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 66 S 3 66 90 Bank Shares 0 ,900 Credit Fonder s:',o -- Credit Mobilier 760 Roman Do. Account 765 Austrian - Belgian 4i — Spanish Threes 4l Piedmoutese (5) 9o3— Home Debt - RAILWAYS-FOR CARR, tr. c. tr r. Orleans 1,330 Western Northern - Strasburg Lyons and Med Bts New Ditto New Ditto... .. ..... 820 Grand Central Geneva 6O Sardinian Midi - RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg :has the follow ing :—" On the night between the 16th and 17th of September a great calawity ec curred on the Walkhow, opposite the town of N ovaia-Ladoga, where, at the mouth of the Ladog ',a Canal, num bers of vessels lac'en with morchand ise and timber assemble. Shortly after midnight a tempest arose, and one of the vessels caught fire.. The flames, fanned by the wind, spread to son ie other vessels which had run ashore. The grestwit disorder pre vailed. The vessels were dashes d one against another, and many of them sank. It was impos sible to give them any assistance, :and everything in the direction of the wind near the island and right shore was either burnt or suzik. The wind, coming from the lake, kept along the right shore ; this circumstance saved alt the verse is on the other side. It is estimated that abouit 200 vessels of different sizes were destroyed." A Warsaw letter of the Bth says ::—" The Em peror and Empress arrived yesteirt lay evening at the chateau of Skierniewice. An immense con ' course of people from the city and environs were assembled to welcome their majestii 's. The park was brilliantly illuminated, and the Emperor and the Empress drove slowly through • the vast a ll eys of the park In an open carriage amide t the most en thusiasticy cheers. At ten o'clock this morning, i their Majesties made their publi c et ttry into saw. All the streets through w hi e j 1 War th were hung with garlands of flowers, dtheeyrapiaslwse4yd a 13 station was decorated with great a el doac back and , a r t ficence. The Emperor wason ho rs by the side of th e carriage in which were her Ma jesty and her children. Ti cortegeproceeded at first to the Greek cathedral, an d, t] lien to the L a zienki palace. majest:__ les with acclamation. A letter from Con l stantinople NGßELlA o f the 30th ult., in the Gazette du Midi, says : "Accounts from Tiflis gave reason t o suppose that of e of those interventions of which England has so frequently given an exam' le in India has just bet 3 effected by tl e Russians. Alingrelia was lately under the rule of the Princess Dalian, who exercised the reg aucy during the minority of her son. This Princesi , , who • went to Moscow at the time of the coronation of the Erupt ror, received 0( most honourable welcome. About a mow th ago aoccouti4 reached Constautir.ople that a popular tut mult had broker out in the States of the Princess, and fa oat the peasants had refused to submit to the tribunals of the country The Russian authorities of Tiflis did aic then take all) part in what was going on at Z ;didi, the cap'. tal of Mingrelia. According to the r accounts just re received it appears that the Russians.l have interfered, and it was announced at Tiflis that, ,the princess had been deprived of her sovereign rights. Th. Presse d'Orient says When the princess was, in the month of August, at her summer residence at Gordi, her palace was searched and a great number of her papers seized. It is thought that the princess reg►ent will be requested to establish her residence either at St. Petersburg or Moscow. The guardianship of the young prince has been confided to a Russian general, and when he has Attained the age or 21 the population of Mingrelia will, it is said, be consulted on the subject of his assuming government.' These facts will throw some little light on ;he titles given to Prince Bariatinaki, which is styled !ieutenant of the Emperor in the Caucasus and governor eneral of Georgia, Imeritia, the Couriel and Min- SARDINIA. TURIN, OCT. 9.—The Duke and Duchess de Monteensier, who arrived here the day before yes terday from Switzerland, left Turin this morning for Milan to pay a visit to their relatives the Archduke Ferdinand and the Archduchess Charlotte. Sir Thomas Wyse, British Minister at the Court of Athens has been here the last few days, having arrived from Germany (where he has been for his health), and left this for his post yesterday. A letter from Florence says :—" The Ministry is firmly decided not to make any new concession to Rome, and the bishops who presented the famous petition don't know which leg to dance upon. They make every effort to deny the authen ticity of the document in question." The Direction of the journal Giglio has sought without effect to obtain permission from the Grand Duke to recommence its publication, which was suspended for an attack on the Sardinian Govern ment. The editor of this journal, M. Mario Cavoriy is scandalized at not finding any support in the Government. In Tuscany, as in Piedmont, the priesthood is losing ground. It is said here to-day that the Turkish Charge d'Affaires at this Court has presented to Count Cavour within the last few days a copy of a circular addressed by the Government of the Porte to the European Powers on the subject of the Princips lities. In this document the Porte agrees to lease the question of the future government of the Danubian Principalities to a Paris Conference, but does not disguise its own objection to their union. This appeal is likely to alter the line of pOlicy whicb the Piedmontese Government marked out for itself on this subject, but it is possible some recent pas' sages in contemporary history may have had • great effect towards convincing the Government here that its safest policy, even on questions of minor importance, will be in future to act in unison with those countries whose institn-, tions and sympathies are conformable to those of their own. It appears that the difference between this GO' vernment and that of Xing Ferdinand of Nap les is far from being smoothed: Notwithstanding all the remonstrances of the Sardinian representative at Naples, the treatment of thecrew of the Cagliari has been as barbarous to the last as it was at the be' ginning of their imprisonment. They have nog been sent down to Salerno for trial, and neither the Charge d'Affaires nor Consul has been able to SOO them or have their clothes delivered to them. SWEDEN. The Hereditary Prince of Sweden has signalised his assumption of the post of Regent of Sweden and Norway by important nominations in the artet and navy. Amongt them are the appointment el Prince Oscar, his brother, to the command of the brigade of the King's Body Guard ; of General de Wrede to that of the artillery ; and of Rear•Adra ral Annerstedt to the chief administration of the navy. It has been already stated that a propositioe has been made in the Chamber of Nobles of the Swedish Diet that an annual allowance shall be made to tho Prince as Regent. In the Storthieg of Norway, a motion that an annual sum shall be granted him in that capacity has been air nounced, and it is likely to be adopted. Th e p r ince Regent is shortly to proceed to Christiania to close the session of the Storthing. SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the Bth do not announcethe solution of the ministerial crisis. M. Bravo Murillo had been receiv e d b y the Queen. Soo° aocounts say that, in the event of his forming a noir Cabinet, he would take the rinadee department; and that his principal colleagues would be Genera; de la Concha, Marshal O'Donnell, and Admiral Amero (the same who was spoken `of as likely to b e named President of the Council)." Other account° speak of M. Mon and M. Rios Rosas. Among the reports current was one that the Queen, be/ 13 6 anxious to form a cabinet in which some ex press" dents of the council should enter, was disposed n°.; to nominate any m i n i ster President of the Coun9 so as to avoid personal rivalries. The Queen hr. . given an audie nce o f h a lf an h our ' s duration at t he palace to General Lersundi, Minister of Marinel, and at the theatr e i n th e even i ng h a d g i ven a s h o " audience in the saloon of her box to Marshal N vaez and three other ministers—M. Pidal, Nocedal, and General Figueras. The Iberia, the Clamor Publico, the Estado, an d the .Epoca 1 15 ' been seized. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. _ By the Omagh, from Port Adelaide, via Sin"' pore, advices have been received from Adelaide to July 15. The legislature was to re-assemble f t _t )f the - dispatch of business on th e 21 s t of the mon t hs and questions of great colonial importance were to be brought fa - ward—amongst others, the Wast e Lands, Postal Communication, and Educatio n Bills. The discovery of fertile lands and fresh: water lakes between Lak e T orrens, and Mout': Serle, which are represented a s forming a perfe° paradise, is confirmed by Captain Freeing, R.B'f and announced in the Government Gazette; General satisfaction was exp resse d, an d t ll colonists seem to b e i n a s t a t e o f great exu lt a ttoi! in consequ e nC e . R a il way ex t ens i on was a subjecb of general discussion by the colonial press and t1:1 public, and a portion of the. journal s argue OP government should offer guaranteees of 7i per cent . to private companies, as an inducement to capitalis t° to invest their money in the construction o f OW undertakings. The line most desired is said to be i that from Adelaid e toth e M urray Ri ver. The aw . l, of each mail from South Au s t ra li a b r i ngs ftes, evidence of the great e x t en t o f h er m i nera l d e posi t s ' by the discovery of copper mines. Another is men. tioned on the present occasion, but, at th e same time, it is stated that hands suite for this descrie j , tion of labour are inadequate to the d eman d, and it is recommended that the superflous mining pope, iation of Cornwall and Devon should emigrate t ° these localities, where high wages would be gives°2 and the mineral resources be effectually developed' The copper mines of South Australia are well knol l throughout the world for their great yield and riff' ness, ytt many, such as Port Lincoln and others , remain unproductive, in a commercial sense, frogl the difficulty of obtaining miners. The Burra Barr! shares are quoted at 1301. on 51, paid, which is great temptation to mining ent erpr i se ; an d simil results, it is said, would attend the working O ci many other deposit s , if e ffi c i ently carried on, 311„ which the want o f h an d s alone retards. _ M i ns l Y Journal, Oct. 10. THE RAILWAY FROM SMYRNA TO AIDIN. On the 22 . d ultimo the foundation ston e was lalo, with great ceremony at Smyrna of th e t erm i nus 01 the railway that is to run from that city t o Aiditt• This line commences at the Caravan-bridge. Mug" tapha Pacha presided over the festive scene ; th ° Turkish flag floated gaily a b ove hi s tent ; a ll the local authorities and the consuls were present ; the honours were done by th e M essrs. Wilkin andlyere dith (the engineers), in their joint capacity as prin" cipal conductors of the undertaking. One of the Messrs. Wilkiu handed to thegover nor a'silver nad a and made him a speech, which his Exellency. we ° supposed to understand, for he answered yen,' courtk ously, and then filled a mahogany wheelbar row with the earth he had dug ; and thereupon) like a true "navvy," he raised the mss with a heave, and *heeled it to the appointed spot. There , was a loud shout at this performance from all the The garrison 'had st ruc k up the and the troops fi re d a volley. .44" s u p a e t e lo ta n t a o l et ymn, grand salute of 21 guns followed, and the ont-of door ceremony was concluded by the slaughter of s h ee p. These did not form part of -the collation, which was already prepared, and in the course of which several toasts were given more Anglican°. I n the evening there were fireworks and a ball, which were kept up till 2 o'clock, by which tune supper was needed. it had not been forgotten, and as soon as it had been discussed the governor was escorted home by a torch-bearing procession. The Pays has received a letter from London of the 9th, etating that two agents of the East India Compel*" were to leave for Alexandria on the following day, with full powers to make all necessary preparation for the passage of English troops across the Isthmus of Suez. CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 12,—The-Vice-Chancellor has great pleasure in announcing to the Senate that the late John Disney, Esq , of the Hyde, Essex, to whom the Univer iity is intlebted for the foundation of the Disney profes sorship of archaeology, and for the Disney collection of ancient marbles, has further shown his regard for the University, and his desire to promote his own favourite study, by bequeathing to the chancellor, maters, and scholars the sum of 2,500/. Three per Cent. Consols as an augmentation of the Disney professorship of arclano' iogy for ever. The (xamination for the certificate of the regius professor of. laws will be held on Monday, the 26th day of October. t .