The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-13 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed. Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. THEATRE ROYAL, ELAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with USED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Farren ; Mesdames Fitzwilliarn, Sabine, &c. Followed by THE FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR. After which, PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. To conclude with THE SPOILED CHILD. Orchestia 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 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes pi t Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the comedy of PAUL PLY. Paul Pry, Mr. Wright; Eliza, Miss Mary Keeley, who will introduce the original song of " Cherry ripe." After which, 4he late Mr. Douglas Jerrold's drama of THE RENT DAY. , lessr.s. B. We oster, Wright, Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed a comcdietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aid Mr. G. Murray. After which, THE LIGHTHOUSE. To conclude with the o.iginal Extravaganza, by Thibcrt B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob ion, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swauborough, Thirlwall, liughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. .1 ti Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING will be performed the grand opera of LA TRAVIATA. Lucy Eseott, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, AD l Mr. A. Cooke. After which, NO SONG, NO SLIPPER. Mr. Manvers, Mr. Cook, &c. G RE.:IT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. P:•oprieter, Mr. John Douglas. TIIIS EVENENG will be performed ISABELLA. Isa bela, Misi Glyn. Between the pieces 11r. J. G. For:de, the King of Comic Vocalists, will open his P-reel of Fan. Followed by a BALLET. To coneln , le with LOVE ; or, 201; Shoreditch. A STLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE. Lemee awl Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Entire Change. Fourth Night of the Grand Oriental Spec tacle. Continued brilliant reception of Madlle. Mililos, tie great Parisian Equestrienne. THIS EVENING, and (luring the Week, the En teqainnients will commence with the Grand Equestrian Oriental Spectacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER; or, The CHIEF OF THE GIIAUT MOUNTAINS. After which an incomparable routine of Mr. William C>oke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, introducing the great Wonder of the Day, Madlle. Melilos, and Eques ti WI and Gymnastic Artistes of the greatest celebrity. Concluding with a Risible, Farce. Commei.ce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper 13 , 7.xe5, 3s. • Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; ls. ; Uppar Gallery, 6d. Half - price at half •past Eight. B x «Mee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, ]d e. W.. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ANTER BT7 RY HALL, Westminster-road.-- % . OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow. company of Vocalists arc engaged for the performance of e!ections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, G !es, Ducts, &c., viz.: Miss E Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brinell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta; Hcrr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far mat, S. !o let. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corti, Senor An tcoio, E. L. Rime, and 'Jr St. A.byn ; Master Corti; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackncy, Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hacks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghm Ins Commence at Seven o'clock pre:isely. Sni pers, dte., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 52 min. aft. 6 —Even., 19 ni!n aft. 7 To-Monnow Morn., 49 min. aft. 7—Even., 27 min. aft. 8 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 13. TIIICIIMOMETER, IN Tag SHADE. 79—highest since noon yesterday. 70- -lowest this morning and during the night 80 - this day at noon. BAROMETER, 20.98. WINP, W.S.W. ; light, with dull weather. e et, <lv,. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1857. The anxiouqy-looked for telegraphic intelligence from India has duly come to hand. It is but a matter of simple justice to the Government to state that no time was lost on the present occasion in relieving the very natural public anxiety, by affording the earliest possible information to the daily and other journals. The despatch was only received at 5.26 p.m., and within a few minutes after it was forwarded to our own and other offices —and we can state for ourselves, that not only vas it circulated in the Metropolis, by our last edition, before seven o'clock, but it was transmitted by post to our c3untry subscribers in almost every district throughout the length and breadth of the land. We beg for ourselves, and on the p. , rt of the community, to tender our best thanks to the Earl of CLARENDON for the prompt and efficient means adopted to meet the national wishes. The steamer Bombay arrived at Trieste at 11. a.m. yesterday. Six-and-a-half hours were therefore consumed before the Government re ceived the despatches forwarded by the consul. This was unquestionably a gnat improvement on the twenty-six bouts lost after the arrival of the last mail, but there is still too much reason to believe that the Government was again forestalled by private speculators ; shortly after four o'clock some sales were effected, and the market instantly gave way, awl shortly after a rumour prevailed that Delhi had not fallen, that the mutiny had spread to seven or eight other (patters, and that there was great pressure in the Calcutta money market. Tiii?, be it remembered, was some time before either the Government or the East India, C)mpany had received these despatches, and from the general accuracy of the details it is clear that the magical wires have again been tampered pith, and that undue influence has been at work to promob the objects of private parties. This, we hope, may be stringently inquired into, and that adequate means may be adopted to give Ministers the priority of intelligence to which they are justly entitled. The intelligence is of the usual chequered cha racter —a mixture of good and bad. It is ascer tained beyond the possibility of doubt that Delhi had not fallen, but that up to the 27th June it remained in the hands of the insurgents. The accounts of its capture, which received partial credence, have thus baen completely removed, and there can be no doubt that the effect has been to inj ur i ous to Eualish into & certain extent v ery re3ts. There is still a stronghold in the hands of the rebels, which offers great encouragement to the disaffected. On the other halui we find that, although several desperate sorties had been made, they were invariably repulsed with great slaughter, and that the insurgents,, even at their very head-quarters, had no chanfee against the loyal troops in a fair contest. Besides, it was currently reported, and with much apparent truth. that the rebel city was full of sick and wounded, and that cholera ex tensively prevailed within its walls. Considerable reinforcements had also arrived, so that the hands of General BARNARD were greatly strengthened, his force consisting of from 7,000 to 8,000 European , And about 5,000 native troops, on whose fidelity and good- conduct implicit re liance might be placed. It is true that the mutineers also received aocesiiQns of force rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST l3, 1857 but this will only concentrate those who have hastened to the spot, where we hope and believe exemplary punishment will speedily be inflicted on them, so that the blow will be far more effectual when it actually falls. Again we hear of the progress of the Bengal Sepoys. Troops had mutinied at Modaraban, Tyrabad, Seetapore, Sanger, Nowgong, Banda, Futtyghur, Mhow, and Indore, and there is but too much reason to fear that we may hear of murders and other atrocities in these districts of a similar character to those that have already cast an indelible stain on the Bengal Native troops. But on the other hand the Bombay and Madras armies remained firmly loyal. The Punjab, as well as the Bombay and Madras Presidencies, and Bengal proper, remained quiet, and the communi cations remained uninterrupted. General VAN CORTLAND; marching upon Jhansi and Hissar, had two engagements with the rebels near Lissah, the last being a very decisive one, in which the rebels were completely routed. They fled in the utmost disorder, leaving 200 of their number on the field, besides prisoners. We are also told that General WOODBURN' S column had completely crushed the rebellion at Aurungabad. We learn, too, that the Simoom had arrived at Calcutta with the sth Fusiliers on the 2d July ; and the first draught from the intercepted Chinese expe dition being available, theta can be but little doubt that the remainder of the 5,400 disciplined troops have long since confirmed the hopes of the loyal and removed the doubts of the wavering. It was indeed a very timely and Providential aid coming at the hour of utmost need ; and we have reason to rejoice at the misconduct of Commis sioner YER, who thus proved himself the cause of strengthening and consolidating the British power in the Anglo-Indian Empire. There are apparently conflicting accounts as to pecuniary matters. In one we are told that " the Money Market was in a very unsettled state," that " money was difficult to be had on any terms," and that " Government securities had given way considerably ;" while in another we hear that " the native bankers were regaining confidence." These, however, may to a certain extent be reconciled by ascribing the salutary change to the confidence inspired by the arrival of the first draught of the British expeditionary force to China. On the whole, the good appears to predominate, and we may reasonably anticipate that we have witnessed the worst phase of the deplorable tran saction, and that we may look forward hopefully to very decided ameliorations in the next accounts received from the disturbed districts. The Chancellor of the Exchequer last night moved resolutions for the continuance of the Tea and Sugar Duties for a further period of two years from April next. These resolutions, which -appeared in extenso in the Sun, of Monday, were, after a brief discussion, carried, and leave was given to introduce bills founded thereon. No change whatever is intended to be made in the existing act. It is from the period of its termi nation at the close of the financial year that the alterations will apply. It is actually a continuance of the proposition which ho submitted to the House last session, but which he was compelled to modify, iu consequence of the dissolution of Parliament, by reducing the period from three years to one year. We have no objection to receive those resolu tions, as a notice of his intention to move their extension, without giving the tea-dealers and the consumers generally the benefit of the reduction that should otherwise take place next April. We trust, however, that there is no intention to force such measures through the House at the fag-end of the session, when every menber is preparing for the recreation that has too long been withheld. Before the renewed could be grantrd, there ought to be a complAa development of his financial scheme and expansion of the budget, exhibiting the financial prospect] of the country, and show ing clearly and explicitly what may be absolutely necessary and what expedient or judicious. We cannot now meas'ire the extent of the re sponsibilities arising from the disturbed state of India or the war with China. We may hope that the Right Hon. Gentleman has not told a too flittering tale when he declared that " the pre sent financial means of the East India Company are ample, and that their difficulties are not of a financial character, and that there are ample means of meeting any demands likely to be made on the Indian Exchequer." If this sanguine expectation should be fulfilled to the very letter —if in place of being called in for heavy ad vances, or serious guarantees, we find that the measures hitherto taken will only afford relief to the Exchequer by transferring the support of some 30,000 men to the Company, then there can be reason why we should prolong these obnoxious duties, or furnish Sir G. C. LEWIS with means to be applied in liquidation of public liabilities. We should far rather afford some relief to the over burdened and exhausted tax-payers, by whieb they might in some degree recover from the extraordinary strain upon their resources of the last few years. Let the resolutions then •be received as notice, but no Act be passed in consequence thereof until after the opening of the budget, and the full discussion of fiscal and financial matt3rs next session. Sir G. C. LEWIS partly showed what may be regarded as having been paid off the public debt since the beginning of the year. Two millions of Exchequer Bonds were paid off in May. Within the last few days no less than 1,125,000/. has been applied to the redemption of the Danish Sound Dues, a perfectly unnecessary proceeding, inasmuch as they might have been spread over a period of 25 or 30 years, thus making the next generation, which would so largely participate in Vie benefit, bear at least some:portion of the ex pense. These payments alone, amount in the aggregate to 3,125,000/. But no mention was made of the Sardinian loan of 1,000,0001. ster ling, the interest of which, and the sinking fund for its eventual extinction is punctually p a id b y the Piedmontese Government, nor was there any allusion paid to the sinking fund of 250,0001., also paid as one portion of the war debt. These amount altogether to 4,375,000/. sterling paid on behalf of p(x. terity, a vast sum, when we con sider the enormous amounts levied on the people since the commencement of the Eistern difficulty, and that its very opining was signalised by the GLausToNEabortion, which denuded the Exchequer of its balances, and took between eight and nine inillions of pounds sterling from the public Trea sury for the purpose of paying off securities of old standing, at a loss of some 8 or 9 per cent. Sir G. C. LEWIS is too much inclined to play a similar game if be be not closely watched. He cannot be trusted with large balances, the " money burns iu his pocket," and therefore we are by no means i nclined to grant new completely satisfied th a t th ey are required until completely by the na ti onal exigencies, and are not ta be used as counters, to be chucked away whenever lie sees, or f anc i es he sees, op portunity of making a great financial operation, an These are the hobbies of financiers, W hi c h should be as closely watched the tendency of country 6 gentlemen to dabble in bricks and mortar. We have had one lesson in the redemption of the Sound dues, and the utmost care should be taken to avoid a similar trap for the future. LOUIS NAPOLEON'S CONSPIRACY AGAINST 31. LEDRO ROLLIN. " MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING." TO THE EDITOR 4 OF THE SUN. SlR,—Thanks to the unanimity of the English Press and the sympathetic echo it has met with in Belgium, Switzerland, and the whole of Germany, there is an end of that plot so pompously adver tised, the tale of which was to spread terror all over E'irope. Ridicule, even more than contempt, has killed it. I should, thfrefore ' not have reverted to it any longer, were it not to state once more, by two facts generally unknown, the weakness and cow ardice of the Imperial Government. Not only were the French newspapers not allowed exactly to repeat the examination of the accused, their reports having had to undergo the trial of ministerial censorship, hut they were absolutely forbidden to report the defence of the advocates. Whilst thus the foreign press, with increased indignation, will learn that Bartolotti, in Lis answers before the Court, the only reliable ones, declared "he had so imperfectly noticed the Frenchman, whose name he pronounced in five different ways, that he could no longer affirm whether he had mustachios or not; at all events, this stranger took his departure at the very mo ment when he, Bartolotti, entered the room, and without a single word being uttered in his presence." It only remains with me soltmnly to remind the public that this deposition, even in its modified and wholly inconclusive shape, is untrue. It is entirely, thoroughly false that I ever met with Bartolotti, either at Mazzini's or elsewhere. • The accusation again>t me being thus irreparably destroyed, and one of the defensors having seized the opportunity with a few words to break off the sole tie by which I was intended to be entangled with the trial, nothing else Was left but to forbid the papers, under menace cf suspension, to make the slightest mention of this part of the debate. Nothing, then against me; no documentary evidence—the accusation itself has acknowledged it ; no oral evidence any further, however untrust worthy; nothing, absolutely, but that abominable doctrine of indirect and moral complicity (complicite indirecte et morale) branded by me 16 years ago, in the trial of Dupoty, before the High Court of Peers. That exhumation of the middle ages morally killed the Government of Louis Philippe ; will it not contribute to destroy Mr. Bonapartt's? Per• haps more so than all his crimes, for there are po!i;ical blunders less pardonable in the eyes of the clever than real offences. "Woe," says Ma chiavelli, "to him whose badly-aimed strokes fall back upon himself ; whilst losing his reputation of cleverness, he exalts his enemy." If I had succeeded in being indicted before an English jury, what strange truth would have come out, and how thol ()uglily the play would have changed ! Instead of exile plots against the Empire, Europe would have seen plots of the li:mpiro against the exile exposed before her eyes. I should have shown, for instance, that wretch, Gereau, who acted as a witness in a trial to which he was wholly foreign, making capital out of his old reputation of patriotism by plunging into prison a multitude of credulous Republicans. I should have shown him, as far back as 1852, in his quality of an understrapper of the Imperial police, under the pseudonymous appellation of " Alphonse," con cocting the Kelch business, in order to betray and sell it afterwards. I should have shown him, in 1853, applying to me, and asking for money and shells to blow up Mr. Bonaparte. I should have shown him, iu 1854, whilst the war against Russia was raging, calling upon me and offering to shatter the whole Imperial frame, if provided with a sum of 30,000 francs, which he would be able to get from the Russian Embassy on a single word spoken by me. Invariably rebuffed, finally driven out, and pub licly denounced by me to the whole Republican party, this man, thus unmasked, would have been seen causing nearly 200 victims to be arrested, and himself to be condemned to four years' imprison ment, for the purpose of restoring his character and covering himself with a fresh lustre of patriotism. Before an English court Ishould have administered the proofs of a new co'ispiracy against exiles, a con spiracy worked in 1857 by one Ravet, connected with the police under the name of Evrat. What he was about was nothing less than laying in ruins the whole French Playhouse (Theatre Francaise), on a day when Mr. Bonaparte would be present with his court. Unveiled by me, like Gereau, and henceforth useless to the Impend police, he rendered it the lest service he was able to perform, by dragging into gaol more than a hundred patriots candid enough to have trusted his words. He, too, as Gereau before him, took to being tried himself and convicted to four years' imprisonment, bett.:r to pro vide for his safety and in the hope to prolong illu sion, if possible. To conclude, before the public assizes I should have had the opportunity of bringing to exposure a dozen other tools, women as well as men, play ing the odious game of laying snares for the exiles. But is there any need of further evidence ? Have we rot Jeisey to convict Mr. Bonaparte with incessantly conspiring against his victims ? A conspirator born, he will die a conspirator. He conspired at Strasburg ; he conspired at London and Boulogne ; he conspired in that for ever ex ecrable night of the 2d of December. But yester day he was dancing at Osborne, whilst in the very act of conspiring with Russia against you in the Principalities, in Persia, in India. You say, this man is stability ; I tell you he is fragility itself ; for he is the incarnation of fraud and cunning, of venture, ambushes, and coups de main. Whit you take for his greatness is nothing else but the expansive strength and the greatness of Franco. As for himself, in spite of the diadem be is ne thar wis.er nor less a conspirator. Believe me, your liberties are undermining him, and accordingly hateful t) him. Either they or himself must vanish. Well might Machiavelli again exclaim, •‘ There is no safe alliance but with free peoples !" Fortunate to yourselves will therefore be the day when, like so many tyrants of the Lower Empire, he will disappear in the whirl w i n d o f some conspiracy got up by himself. I am, Sir, yours, &c., Aug. 12. LERU ROLLIN. THE LATE SIR CHARGES NAPIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. appears from Mr. Roebuck's warm and vigorous speech la-t night on Mr. Bruce's motion, that Mr. Mangles, chairman of the East India directors, has said, in justification of their govern ment, that the recent mutiny "came like a thun derbolt." And Colonel Sykes said, it " came like the cholera." Let me point out the following passages in the 46 volume of "Sir C. Napier's Life," page 204 : Atter 1 tyiaz down a system of military move ment, "if forced to fight for life and India," he thus on - air - rea : " This may seem a wild idea of danger, but it is not impossible, and we should be prepared, for if ever mischief comes in India, it will come like a thunderbolt." Let Mr. Mangles and Colonel Sykes reflect on this, and lune their heads. W. NA.PIER, Lieutenant-General. Aug. 12. to the subject most grateful to iti feelings. To-clay it says : "England must submit to the consequences of the energetic movement which :An has endea voured to give to the world. As long as that move ment was limited to the distinct action of Eng land, it resulted in the extension of British power. But from the period when this movement became confounded in the universal movements of other nations England lost the peculiar advantage of her strength, and entered the common lot of nations. She may preserve her genius, her policy ; her ma chines, her commercial habits, but no longer with the hops of obtaining preponderance and of placing the world under the rule of mercantile proconsuls. In a word, the world will regain its freedom, a n d another example will have bred offered of the fic that commercial nations have only a passing rule. Cartilage and Venice had taught US this, while London will bear witness to it in the future." BOURSE, Aug. 12.—The following v;eeihe last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 67 67 15 Bank Shares 9,825 Credit Foncier - 550 Credit Mobilier 970 Roman 1 — Do. Account 970 Austrian Belgian 4i - Fiedmontese (5) B9 Home Debt TEL ATL NM TELEGRAPH. VALENTIA, IRELAND, AUG. 8. The great electric cable is at length fairly on the way to its We-tern terminus with every present prospect of realising its mis4on. Fas'ened by one end to the shore of Valtlitia, it is now trailing its unfolding circles across the Atlantic Ocean. On the evening of Friday, the 7th of August, 1837, the telegraphic squadron bore away from the coast of Ireland, delivering the cable into the sea at a slow and steady rate. The expedition had start d full of hope, and spirits on Thursday at daybreak, but owing to an unfortunate contretemps was obliged to put back temporarily almost irnmtdiatelyafter wards. When abaut four miles of the thick shot e end of the cable had been paid it became entangled with the machinery, owing to a momentary want of watchfulness on the part of one person whose duty it was to attend to the movements of the paying out sheaves, which required during the passage over them of the heavy portion of shore cable, 10 m les in length, a little extra care, the sheaves having been designed primarily with the object of de'ivering over themat a proper speed, and at a minimum of strain, the main telegraph, which, as is well known, is of very much smaller diameter than the shore ends, and which conaitu'es the entire length from coast tO coast, with the exception of 39 miles only. Just at this unfortunate moment the Niagara slightly rounded, and her weight being brought upon the thick unyielding shore cable it necessarly snapped. Immediate steps were taken to undFrrun the sunken line, and were attended by pe , feet success, notwithstanding its massive weight, which is eight. tons to the mile. In this service the boats of the Leopard and of the Smquebanna rendered greatand valuable service. The raised portion was then joined up as firmly as ever to the remainder of the Niagara's cable, and the work proceeded as before. The ships at once' recommenced their outward voyage at a slow rate of sailing, since which time the c ..b:e has con tinued to run out in a safe and sa+isfactory manner. The machinery workS admirably, and entirely answers the sanguine expectations of the designers. It diffeis in many. essential points from any of the meebanicol appliances hitherto used for regu lating the delivery of telegraphic cables into the sea. The apparatus'gprierally used has consisted of a broad drum, around which the cable was wrapped several ,times,. and the revolution of which was checked by brake-straps acting upon the periphery of thedrum. -- Under such an arrangement the'cable could only be .extricated from tho drum, if re quired, with the greatest difficulty, and at the same time if any considerable strain sh ou ld ar i se , th e hard surface of the drum acted upon an exceedingly limited portion of the external cowing of the cable, owing to the cylindrical form of the latter, and therefore tended to flatten it. In the Atlantic machinery, on the contrary, the cable passes round a series of sheaves grooved to receive and embrace nearly half its circumference. The pressure is thus thoroughly distributed, and 'the circular form is preserved. Moreover, the sheaves being fitted on their axles outside of the bearings, the cable can be released from the paying-out machinery at once when required, and the indicating apparatils, which forms a portion of the paying-out appliances used for the Atlantic telegraph, effects the great im provement of enabling the engineer to ascertain a t any moment, with accuracy, the strain which the cable is enduring. 13,112.5. Cyclops, Commander Daymin, which has recently returned from sounding on the Great Circle Arc between Valentia, in Ireland, and Tri nity Bay, in Newfoundland, will lead the squadron across the Atlantic. The result of the soundings made by Lieutenant Dayman correspond with and generally confirm the resnits reported by Capt. Berryman of the United States' frigate Arctic. Between 15 deg. and 48 deg. of west longitude, and between 49 deg. 30 min. and 52 deg. 20 min. of north latitude, including a space of 1,220 miles, 32 specimens of the bottom, from depths ranging between 1,500 and 2,424 fathoms, have been preserved, and they show, with one ex ception, a remarkably soft bottom of oozy nature. Near the Irish coast the bottom was found to consist chiefly of sand or mud, with short intervals of rock, and near that of Newfoundland a thick blue mud. Three small icebergs, near the coast of New foundland were the only ice that was observed by Lieut. Dayman. MONDAY MORNING, 7.30. Upwards of 200 miles of cable have now been paid into the sea. The ships have approached the deep water, the present soundings being over 1,500 fathoms. All is going well. The signals to the shore continue to be as good as can be desired. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) VALENTIA, Ana. 12. _ _ An accident of some description has occurred to the Atlantic cable. Up to 4 o'clock in the morning of yesterday (Tuesday) constant signals and messages had been received, in one of which, received. some 20 hours previously, it was stated that the ship had arrived in the two miles' depth. At 4 a.m. (Irish time) the electric signals suddenly teamed. On testing for insulation there was found to be a total 'lose, which from indications of resistance would seem to have occurred at a distance of from 350 to 400 miles from Valentia. In the absence of any means c f communication with the ships it is, of course, impossible even to guess at the cause of em barrassment ; there is, however, quite sufficient room for hope at present that the loss of insulation may have been caused by some injury to a portion being payed into the water but not dissevered from the remaining portion of the cable, and that they will be enabled, by the aid of appliances on board, to haul in and repair so much of it as will re-estab lish continuity and insulation. With a view to this possibility, signals of great energy are now being constantly sent from this station through the cable, but no answer has at present been re ceived. GEO. SAWARD, Secretary. WM. WHITEHOUSE, Electrician. SUPPOSED LOSS OF TWO YOUtiG GE.A'TLEMEN BY DROWNING. It is with much regrat that we have this week to record the almost certain loss of two young genth men by drowning. Their names are Edward Don• aldson, aged 19, and Jones, and they resided with their friends, the former at 4, Cannon-place, and the other at 7, Bedford square. Some time since they purchased a small sailing boat . , in which they were in the habit of =aking daily excursions, occasionally accompanied by their friends. It lad often been remarked that the quantity of rigging they carried was too heavy for the boat, which was only 14 feet long, more especially as they trusted to their own skill in managing it, not securing the services of any of our boatmen to accompany them. On Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, the boat was pushed off from the bot tom of Prestdn-street, the two youths being its sole occupants, and it has not been seen since. They took with them a bottle of wine and some biscuits, and arranged to return before 7 o'clock. Not doing this their friends became alarmed, al thought they thought that they might have put into Shoreham and been detained there, which somewhat quieted them. But as the night ad vanced the youths did not return, and soon a t)o sad.confrrmation of their fate was produced by the discovety of young Donaldson's coat and hat and the oars of the boat about two miles out at sea. A_ messagit was sent to the almost distracted fainily during the night that the body of one of them had been Ocked up, and was lying at the dead-house, but on the servants hastening thither they failed to identify either of their young masters, the body being that of another young man, who is supposed to have committed suicide. During the whole of Tuesday and yesterday a number of boats were out grappling in the Channel, but up to a late hour last nightthey bad discovered neither the bodies or any further portion of the boat. —Brighton Gazette. EMILY SANDFORP. TO TFIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I regret tol, read in the The Sun a copy of a paragraph from the Ballarat Star, regarding the suicide of a woman named Emily Smith, who, on the statement, somewhat vague, of a witness at the inquest, is published as Emily Sandford. There is no truth in the statement. Miss Sandford was undoubtedly "enabled by the contributi ars of the charit tble to seek a home in Australia" in 1849, and his ever since conducted herself with the greatest propriety. She married at Adelaide, and has a numerous family, and returned with her husband to Europe, a man of high respectability. The paragraph was insert?d in the Norfolk News last week, and the editor will give the csntradiction on Ssturday. I hope you will do the same with regard to The Sun.-1 am, &c., EDWARD POSTLE, Magistrate for Norfolk. Yelverton Rectory, near Norwich, August 11. THE QUEEN OF TIIE NETHERLANDS IN EDINBURGH. — Yesterday forenoon, between 10 and 11 o'clock, the Queim of the Netherlands, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton (the Princess Mary of Baden) and a numercu3 suite, arrived in Edinburgh by special train on the Caledonian Railway from Hamilton-place. DEPARTURE OF MAJOR-GENERAL WINDHAM FOR INDIA.—Major-General Windham will leave England, to assume the command of a division is India, on the 20th inst. It is said that the gallant general received the summons to render his services rather unexpectedly, as he was walking on the beach at Cromer, Norfolk, but he instantly accepted the offer made to him by the Com mander-in Chief. General Windham was offered a similar appointment in-the autumn of last year, but he declined the overtures then made. Now, however, that his country requires the services of her bravest and ablest sous, he has lost no time in obeying the gall made upon him. . LATEST NEW&i. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. MARSEILLES, THWRSDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamship Valetta, R. Roberts, master, with the India and China mails from Alexandria, arrived at Marseilles at 8.30p.m., yesterday (Wed nesday). The mails left for London at 10 p.m. The Valetta reports Bombay and Madras per fectly quiet. Peshawur is disturbed, and three regiments have been disarmed there. Sir Colin Campbell arrived at Aden on the 28th of July. The Cambria has arrived. The steamer Bombay arrived at Trieste on the 12th of August at 11 o'clock a.m., in 118 hours from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, Am 7. The mails per Hindostan, from Calcutta, leave to-day. The Jura sailed yesterday with the Bom bay mails. The dates of intelligence are—Bombay, July 14; Calcutta, 5 ; Ceylon, 14 ; Hong Kong, June 24. Delhi had not fallen up to the 27th of June. The rebels bad made several desperate sorties, but had each time been repulsed with great slaughter. The city was reported to be full of s i c k an d wounded, and cholera prevalent. Reinforcements had commenced reaching the British camp. Further mutinies are reported from several dis tricts. The Bombay and Madras armies continue firmly loyal. The Punjaub remains quiet. At Sirsa General Van Cortlanit had 'attacked and completely defeated the insurgents, inflicting heavy loss. General Woodburn's column had crushed the rebellion at Aurungabad. The Simeom had arrived at Calcutta with the sth Fusileers. The Calcutta markets continued dull. The Bank of Bengal had raised its interest. Exchange, 2s. 21d. At Bombay the markets were quiet. Government securities had given way. Exchange, 2s. 2 5-16 d. At Madras the import-market continued buoy ant. The demand for exports was unabated. Exchange, 2s. 2id. From China there is no news of importance. Trade continued uninterrupted at the northern ports. Exchange at Hong Kong, ss. ; Shanghai, June 15, 7s. 2(.1. The following despatches were received yester day afternoon at the Foreign-office, the last of which appeared in the late edition of The Sv of last evening : TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12, 2 pan. (Received Aug. 12, 8.10 p.m.) MR. CONSUL GREEN'S DESPATCH. ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 7. Our force before Delhi is stated to be from 7,000 to 8,000 Europeans and 5,000 natives. The native portion of the force is proved to be trustworthy. Calcutta is more tranquil, and naive bankers regaining confidence. The papers say we have seen the worst of it, for there are no more regiments to mutiny, except those of Bombay and Madras, the fidelity of which there is no cause to suspect. From Vice-Consul Raven, dated Trieste, Wednesday, Noon, Aug. 12. To Sir James Melville. - BOMBAY, JULY 14. From Captain Johnson. ALEXANDRIA, AVOUST 7. Delhi had not fallen up to June 27. There had been a good 'dell of fighting outside the Fort walls. The rebels were rqulsed with loss on erery occasion. General Van Courtland, marching upon Thansi and Hissar, had two engagements with the rebels near Sirsa. The rebels fled in disorder, leaving two hundred dead on the field, besides prisoners. Punjaub remains quiet. Gen. Woodburn's columns crushed the rebellion at Aurungabad. Intelligence has been received of the mutiny of the troops at Moranclabad, Tyrabad, Sectopore, Sangor, Novegong, Bandar, Futtyghur, Mhow, and Indore. The Governors of the provinces are at their re spective seats. The Money Market is in a very unsettled st a t e . Money is difficult to be had on any terms. Government Securities had given way cons:- derably.l The Import Market was very quiet. Business done to a moderate extent. Freights advanced a little. First batch of China troops arrived in Calcutta, per Sitlloolll, about the 2d of July. Calcutta —Exchange on England, 21. (Signed) RAVEN. THE TWO SIOLES. NAPLES, Aug. the s I as l n advances the malady of the vines increases and becomes more general. Notwithstanding th;s, however, it has been ordered by a " ministerial° riservatissima," throughout all the provinces, to put a new duty on wine, under the name " Recolo Transitorio"— transit tax. It is everywhere regarded as a most arbitrary and impracticable tax ; notwithstanding which force wilt of course compel its payment. A large force was despatched. to Isernia, and many arrests were made. Another slight disturbance took place a few days since between some French sailors in uni form and some Neapolitan guards. The former had gone to the Post-office to get their letters, and, as the office was closed, they sat down at the en trance, intending to wait. The porter presenting himself ordered them to rise and to go into the street. The sailors refused to do so, and a row ensued, when the guard, running to the spot, drove the French out. It is unfortunate that in spite of the orders and the apparent insinuations of the government to treat foreigners with every con sideration, and in all cases to give them the right, French sailors should have been beaten twice within the last fortnight. The La Cava Railway was opened to the public last Friday. Mr. Hankey, of the firm of Messrs. Hankey and Co., is now in Naples making in quiries about the Brindisi Railway. The government has withdrawn the tax upon wine. RAILWAYS-FOR CASH, fr. c. fr c. Orleans 1,4521— Western Northern Lyons and Med 920 New Ditto New Ditto 932— Grand Central Genova - Sardinian - Midi SPAIN. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress were at Havre and Rouen yesterday, on their way to _Paris. At a quarter past eight their Majesties landed, and the cortege left the Quai Vidocq to proceed to the rail way station. At the moment when the Emperor wts about to enter a railway carriage, he turned towards the company present and said : " Gentlemen,—lt was not necessary for me to come to Havre to feel an interest in it ; neverthe less I am happy in having visited it a second time, in order to receive an account of what has been effected and what remains to be done. You have amongst you all the elements of a great city, and I shall devote my attention to develop them. I have to thank you for the kind reception which you have given to the Empress and myself ; I feel sensibly touched by it, and shall long remember it." This address was received with loud cheers, in the midst of which the train moved off. The Imperial party arrived at Rouen, a little before eleven o'clock, and proceeded i n great state am idst an immense crown and the grea test enthusiasm to a the prefecture, where . splendid brea kfast was prepared. for thorn. 1 er Thei j•Majesties went out afterwards to visit some of the about three principal atp e s d o i l fi: o s : and returned to the prefectu re o'clock. After a reception of se;''er3 e r a S t,:e C r Cloud, note, their Majesties left by railway 1,,-: where they arrived a little after eight, hadbeen previously arranged. The Union appears firmly convinced of the ap . proaehing decline of En gland, and it returns daily i Timeet MADRID, Augu3t Lafragua, the Mexican envoy, has made known to the Mexican consul, that the Spanish Government has suspended all negotiations with him, and that consequently he has placed the Mexican subjects in Spain under the protection of Francs. Accounts from Melilla to the 28th ult., stated that the Moors had once again begun firing cannon on the place, and had hit the Military Hospital, though without doing it any great damage ; and that the Spaniards were returning the fire s) vigo rously as to cause great loss to the assailants. The hostilities, which had lasted three days, had so far been to the advantage of the Spaniards. Of Spanish news, properly so called, there is none. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS% SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Avon has arrived, with Brazils and River Plate mails. She brings 162 passengers; specie, 8001.; diamonds, 24,0001.; and a full cargo. Her dates are Buenos Ayres, July 2 ; Monte Video, July 5 ; Rio Janeiro, July 15 ; Bahia, July 19 ; Pernambuco, July 22 ; St. Vincent, July 30. Her Majesty's ships Indefatigable, Madagascar, and Rifleman were at Rio ; the latter was about to sail for England ; the Harrier was at Bahia. The murderer of Mr. Golland, the vice consul of Pernambuco, is supposed to have mistaken his vic tim for another person. The rejection of Mr. Roebuck's motion on the affairs of Brazil, has caused much sensation at Rio. The Brazilians fe?l themselves aggrieved, but their gratitude to Roebuck and Mr. Disraeli is un bounded. It was proposed to strike a medal in their honour. An address of thanks was, however, de cided upon, which wiil be signed by Brazilians of all classes. The coffee and sugar market has been very ac tive and prices have advanc e d. Exchange at Rio on London was 271 to 271. From the River Plate we learn that the English Minister is said to be going home, having been un able to effect a satisfactory arrangement between Urquiza and Buenos Ayres. The yellow fever has disappeared at Rio, but still rages at Bahia. At Pernambuco the sugar market had improved. Exchange at Pernambuco was 28 dole. 60c. and 90e. with credit. Lisbon dates are to the Bth ; the Dutch frigate De Ruytet and Spanish corvette MazArredo were the only foreign vessels of war in the Tagus. The tobacco monopoly contract had been offered for public competition, and let out for another three years at the rate of 1,341 contos, or about 300,000/. per annum, being 50,000 g. a year more than is paid by the present contractors. The new company is represented by Baron dos Santos, Teixeira y Andrade. Mrs. Gollan, the widow of the Vice-Consul at Pernambuco, has come home by the Avon. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MALTA, Aug. 7.—On reading the account of the atrocities committed in India in the newspapers. the whole of the men of No. 3 company of 13th battalion of Royal Artillery, stationed at St. Elmo, addressed a most loyal letter to Captain Inglefield, who commands them. In the letter, got up spon taneously at the moment of their learning the in dignities that Englishwomen were subjected to in India, and signed at once by the whole of the men, after expressing their horror and detestation of the crimes, they earnestly solicit that they may be sent out to fight against the dastardly rebels, and assist in restoring our authority. To have the honour of aiding in such a cause, they will cheerfully submit to any privations, &e. On the 2d, H. A.S. Arrow, Captain Henderson, left for the fleet at Malaga. She is afterwards to proceed to England to be paid off. H.M.S. Wan derer arrived on the 3d. She is kept realy for sea, to start, if necessary, with any despatch the govern ment may wish to telegraph from Cagliari to Eng land. _ The election of a new member for the council of government terminated in favour of Baron Galen, having 790 votes to Dr. Saiartini's 582. The elec tion creates but little interest in the place. Lieut. More, of the Royal Artillery, lately ac quitted by sentence of a court-martial, is again under arrest on a more serious charge. He is kept a close prisoner at St. Angelo, and no one is allowed to communicate with him. This latter charge can only be acounted for in the belief that his intellects are affected. No man in his right senses would have placed himself in a position to give rise to such a charge, The Adjutant of the 14th Regiment is also under arrest, and two other officer,. CANADA. LIVE IWO OL, WEDNESDAY. The Royal mail screw steam-ship North Ameri can, Captain Grange, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon from Montreal and Quebec, with advices to the Ist inst. from the latter port, being two days later than to hand by either the Vanderbilt or Atlantic. In answer to a communication from Mr. John Macdonald, lately residing at St. Laurent, the Se cretary of State for the Colonies writes that her Majesty's Government are not prepared at present to authoris' grants conveying a permanent interest in the land in Queen Charlotte's Island, but that the governor of Vancouver's Island has permis sion to issue licenses for the occupation of limited portions of the soil. The supplies have been stopped in Toronto. The by-law for the 50,0001. loan has been negatived, and in consequence of this the labourers employed by the corporation have received notice that their services would no longer be required, till it can be seen whether the improvements, necessarily stopped for the present, can be continued. Nearly 60 of the scattered remnants of Walker's filibuster army in Nicaragua had been landed in Boston by the United States ship Cyane. They are penniless, ragged, homeless, and friendless. The Hanover Gant& publishes the following tele graphic despa' :—" Dantzic, Bth, 11 a.m.—ln au intense heat and with a strong wind from the S. E. a violent fire is raging in this city from the Thorn Gate to the Rue de Bromhers. All human succour is unavailing." According to later ac counts the fire was got under at a late hour in the evening. Twenty houses and the school of St. Peter were totally destroyed. The half-yearly meeting of the Metropolitan Railway Company is ealled for the 26Gh instant. THE EMPEROR AND THE YACHT SQUADRON.—lmme diately on the arrival of the Emperor at Osborne his Majesty sent for Mr. Hancock, of Bruton-street, and desired him to make a handsome massive silver cup, to be run for at the Annual Yacht Squadron Regatta. His Majesty was at first desirous that, if possible, it should be run for during the race which took place the day after his arrival in this country, but in consequence of the short space which intervened he gave up that idea, and ordered the cu p t o b o execu t e d i n time to bo sailed for early next June. It will bear the following brief inscription :—" Presented by His Imperial Maje ty the Emperor Napoleon 111. to the Royal Yacht Squadroa" The Earl of Wilton, the Commodore, is to settle the condi tions, in order that all the yachts may be able to compete for it. After being present at Divine service in the Roman Catholic Chapel at Newport on Sunday, his Majesty paid a brief visit to the Yacht Squadron elub-house at Cowes, and expressed the gratification with which he dad witnessed the race of the previous Thursday, and also his intention of presenting the cup we have men cloned. His Majesty has since been elected an honorary member of the club. At the request of the Empress, who is a professed admirer of cameos and intaglios, Mr. Hancock brought down for her inspection the celebrated Devonshire gems, which were mounted so as to form a complete set for the Countess Granville on the occasion of the Moscow Coronation. These rare gems, some of which (more especially those in the coronet) are consi dered the rarest in existence, will in a few days be sent 'own to Manchester for exhibition at the Art Treasures. THE CHgLSEA NEW BRIDGE BILL. Yesterday was iestred the report frim the select committee on this bill, together with the proceedings of the committee and minutes of evidence. The follow ing is the report : "The select ceinmittee on the Chelsea New Bridge Bill have examined the allegations contained in the pre amble of the bill, but the same have not been proved to their satisfaction. The said select committee have also agreed to the following special report The object of the bill is to abolish a portion of the tolls proposed to be taken under the Act 9 and 10 Vict. c. 39. The commit tee is of opinion, that parliament granted the funds for erecting the bridge under the impression conveyed in the fifth report of the metropolitan commissioners, that the sum so granted would be repaid by the tolls to be levied upon the bridge. If the tolls were partially abolished, as proposed by the bill, there is no doubt the property in the neighbourhood would be increased in value, but the evidence adduced before this committee does not clearly show that the value of the property belonging to the government would be so much increased as to cover the loss which might arise from the abolition of the tolls. But the committee is of opinion that it is not desirable for the government to continue in posses• sion of such a property as a toll-paying bridge ; and they recommend that a bill be introduced for the pur pose of enabling the government to dispose of the bridge on such terms as the Lords Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury may determine, having due regard to the increased value of the government property if the bridge should be made wholly or partially toll-free," The first general meeting of the Great Northern and Western (of Ireland) Railway Company is called for the 2701 instant in London, COLLIBEY ENTERTAINMENT BY TILE MARCHIONESS OF L()NDONDERRY. Oa Saturday last the men and boys employed in the ( xtensivo colliery works of the Marchioness of Londonderry, to the number of nearly three thou sand, werg . ,enteitained at di nner by h er l a d ys hi p in a large commodious wooden structure erected for the occasion in the beautifully-wooded grounds of Seaharn Hall, one of her ladyship's seats. This was a repetition of a similar ent,:rtiinment which was given by the marchioness to the miners in her employrnent, in the course of last year, at Fence houses. The butchers' meat killed for Saturday c.msisted of 8 beasts, of 55st. each, and 32 sheep, of sst. ea .h. To this must be added 500 plum-pud dings of 51b. each, and 69 barrels of beer. The Marchioness, in taking her place on the plat form, was accompanied by the flight Itev. the Bishop of Durham, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, Mr. John•Vandeleur Steward, with several of the clergy of the neighbourhood, and others, either guests at the hall at the time, or peraDns of station connected with the surrounding districts. On the appe trance of her ladyship and friends within the building, the band struck up a lively air, and at the same moment a tremendous burst of cheering arose from 3,000 stentorian voices, and was protracted for some moments, with a -most imposing effect. Tho galleries on two sides of the building were filled with elegantly-dressed ladies. Lord TADO - LPHIIS VANE TEMPEST (coupled the the cha)r. Ample time was allowed for dinner, which having concluded, there was an instantaneot hush on the choir rising in their Tzoininently situated little gallery, to perform " Non nobis Domine." The noble CHAIRMAN having proposed the usual loyal toasts, which were loudly cheered, propose.' the health of the Bishop of Durham and the clergy of the diocese ; and the bishop returned thanks. The health of the ministers of different denoiniea floes in the county of Durham was then drunk, after which the chairman said his mother would address the assemblage. The announcement was received.with great cheering. HER LADYSHIP, on rising, was receive I with vociferous and long-continued cheering, which having subsides], she said :—" My friends, it is with sincere pleasure I see you all again, and this time I have tho satisfaction of receiving you in my own park. On the last occasion i - followed the dictates of my heart, in determining that the em-- ployer and the employed should meet at the same board. Still it was an experiment' disapproved of by some, and the wisdom of which was doubted by many, while all looked forward to it with 'anxiety ; and the responsibility of bringing together so large a number of people on that ill-omened spot—till then only known connexion with strikes and rebetlion. —fell heavily upon me. The result was satisfactory and I meet you now with feelings of con fidence and comfort —confidence in myself that I do right in thus gathering you around me confidence in you that your conduct will be good and orderly, and comfort in believing that you are worthy of my confidence. I have many points on which I wish to address you, but I never can see you individually or collectively without repeating my warnings and entreaties to be careful and prudnt. You do not know how much this affects my peace. Thank God, we have had no serious or fatal calamity s:nce I saw you last, but the details of the accident at Lundhill Colliery must be fresh in all your minds, where above 189 human beings were without any preparation launched into eternity, leaving mothers and sisters, widows and orphans, to mourn their loss. Think on these horrors, my friends, and may your reflec tions induce you at least to do your duty, and be less callous and more careful, and never for an in stant forget yourselves to unscrew your lamps to light your pipe or fire your shot. It makes my blood run cold to dwell upon these fearful risks, and I think that any great calamity among you would break my heart. We are all in God's hands, still I feel it my duty to offer toyou these observa tions to do your duty to yourselves, your friends, and your families." Her ladyship then urg upon. her audience a better appreciation of the edu cational oppoituuiries offered to them by her schools. She stated that bel)re allowing a boy to go down to work, she should require a certificate that he can read and write. "I refrain," added her ladyship, "from any interference with your religious opinions. I deeply respect all conscientious feelings, however widely they may differ from my own, and would repeat to you in the poet's words the same sentiments I addressed to you at our last meeting—' I meddle not with men's creeds • these rest between man and his Maker.' Yet I should like if some religious test or qualifica tion could be applied, and that each boy should bring a certificate that he had acquired a compe tent knowledge of those general principles and fundamental doctrines of Christianity, which are common to all Christ's churches, and which we all approve and believe, without insisting On any pecu liar creed or dogmas on which.conscientious diffe rences may be entertained. It is also my inten tion to give increased facilites for further edu cation to those men at work during the day by uight schools, or by allowing a porti on o f ti me in each week to be appropriated for that purpose. (Cheers.) I have, as I before stated, a high opi nion of night schools of all trades." The m tr chioness concluded with offering to assist in esta blishing a " Pitman's Home" for worn-out and in firm pitmen. " Surrounded," said her ladyship, " by the sturdy producers of coal on my estate, I feel that you enable me to contribute my share in the development of the commercial interests of the country, and in return I wish to devote a woman's head and a woman's heart, however feeble they may be, to the care of your interests, praying ever that God may assist and guide me in my endea vours." (Loud cheers.) THOMAS NICHOLSON, a working pitman, of Sea ham Colliery, then spoke at some length. He alluded to the parental care manifested by her ladyship towards the children of the miners—the disinterested zsal shownfor their present and future welfare, and more particularly as regarded the com bination of religious and secular education in the various institu , ions which had been started under her ladyship's auspices. Though a dissenter, he was glad to see at New Seaham Colliery that beau tiful edifice arise which was not only an ornament, hut a great blessing to the neighbourhood. in which they resided ; and he trusted it might be a Bethel to thousands of immortal souls. The speaker con cluded by proposing her ladyship's good health. (The toast was drunk amidst tremendous and reit • rated cheering.) The noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks on behalf of his mother. Ho could, from his own experience, assure them that the sentiments she had that day ut'ered were not merely formal. Her whole desire was to do her duty in the position in which she was placed, and the only reward she desired was the consciousness of meriting their good will and esteem. (Loud cheers.) Before he sat down he wished to propose the health of those visitors who had kindly honoured them with their presence that day, coupling with the toast the name of one who deserved the esteem of all, on account of his having thrown open his gardens for the entertainment and amusement of the working men of Durham. (Cheers) " The health of the visitors, coupled with the name of Mr. Wharton." (The toast was most cordially drunk.) Mr. WHARTON returned thanks, and proposed " The Coal Trade, coupled with the name of Mr. Taylor." Mr. H. TAYLOR returned thanks, and mentioned some facts which strikingly attested the extent and social importance of the coal trade of the country at large. Mr. H. JANNER, in a few complimentary remarks, proposed " The health of Earl Vaue." The toast was most cordially drunk. The noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks on behalf . of his brother. Two or three other toasts were proposed, and duly honoured, including "The health of the Chairman," to which bis lordship returned thanks in some spirited observations; " The health of Lady Vane" followed, and was warmly honoured. The list of toasts having been exhausted, the com pany bloke up in the most orderly and decorous mariner. s y th is e c s a h l l a e r d e h f o o l r d t a b s : 2 i n 7 t h t h j e t, St tote for jointly carryirg on confirm an wrangetnent entered into with the Ti me s Fi A re I s n p s e a ci r a a l nc m e e C et i i i n m g pa o r f i Fire Assurance Comp Y, business together?' The dividend to be declared at the half-yearly meet ing of the Southampton Dock Company, on the 26t h i nb t , will be at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, being the same rate as was declared at the corresponding pf.riod of last year. THE AIISTALIAN AND AMERICAN MAlL.—Soutbamp 'ton; Wednesday.—The E uropean and Australian Com pany's screw steamer Etna, Captain Moodie, sailed to day for Malta and Alexandria with the mails for A ustialia, New Zealand, Sr,c., in all 406 boxes and bags, 55 passengers, and 12,0001. in specie and valuables. The United States' mail steamer North Star, Capt. Lefebre, left Havre and Cowes to-day for New York, with the German, French, and English mails, passengers, and cargo for the United State 3. AN EXTRA STEAM SHIP FOR INDIA.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. —The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Canada, which has been lengthened 30 feet amidships, will proceed to India, via the Cape on the 15th Inst She left the dock this day with a scientific party on hoard, and proceeded to Stokes Bay, when her speed was tested by the measured mile. The result was an average of 121 knots per hour. The great speed of this ship will ensure her reaching India in little over 60 days, whilst her superior accommodation and sea worthy qualities will, no doubt, gain for her a great number of passengers, Di The firmly, a The sale Stare 11, pric The d of impor money c All expo ceat. du and son of a pramat a however lincer:ai because other fi not likel from Au of gold of urea change 'Shanih: the efflu must :di of thit not to the lett po iition nature during tallied. Soma when it haci be was um there w tion of been BC Were au thought if requi yet be( lenger her. T will bri elensiot active 1 1'epee. Co Mr. R ilwa: evening The Pany annum, 4i per ( At V] Eastern of it. 5 ; 5 per CE 501. gul perty to Meet ian Mix Pearsoi Wind t] fital;le. 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