The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-03 00:00:00

R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEA.TRE, Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hav ing been entirely redecorated, will 0 PEN for the SEASON on MONDAY, the 12th inst., when will be performed Shak spere's Play of THE TEMPEST. The box-office will open on Thursday, October 8. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA DYNE 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, Miss Cuthbert, Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Lon:sa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. A St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr.' Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr.Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr.W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. 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. Wiliam Brough. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master. Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Bellini's opera of NORMA. Norma, Madame Caradori ; Pollio, Ur. Augustus Braham. After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d„, £2 2s„ and £1 lls. 6d, ; Stalls, Os. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of fir. Chatterton, jun. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. PHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with Sheridan's comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Buckstone; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe; Charles Surface, Mr. W. Farren ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Oliver Surface, yr. Rogers ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Catiu!. rine Sinclair (her last appearance in that character in this theatre) ; Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maaia, Miss Emma King ; and Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot. After which, A CURE FOR LOVE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it 2 0 Pit 1 0 ower Gallery 1 0 Gower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the homemade Extravaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wright and Miss Arden. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of THE PILOT, a Tale of the Sea. Long Tom Coffin, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Captain Burronghcliffe, Mr. Wright ; The Pilot, Mr. C. Selby ; Kate Plowden, Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed a new comic drama, entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr. linloch, Miss Craven, dm. To be followed by MORE BLUNDERS TH AS ONE. Larry Ffoo'agan, Mr. Macarthy. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA. TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. Followed by BA' ELOR'S BUTTONS. Miss M. A Victor and Mr. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls. as. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. ls. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the.eomedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. - To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by R.)bert E. Brougb, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Scvanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. DOTAL SURREY THEATRE, lIL Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresveick. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswiek, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmore ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eimrne, Miss JAnstone Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. Widdiconak„ To cneeluae with THE QUIET FAMILY. Mr. Vollaire, Mr. Widdicomb, and Miss Chalmers. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of ' , elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES DUETS, tkc„ Russell. Mrs. Badzey, Madllo. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, ritiss Brunell, Mrs. Lo Jenne, and Madame Marietta Herr F. Jongliman3, Mr. Irenshaw, R. Grover, T. Far-ant, S. %o•les, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor An'onin, E. L. Hime, and Mr St. Aibyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack ney, Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. ,Tonghmansi Commence at Seven o'clock pre,isely. S i?pers, until twelve o'clock. —Signor PICCO will perform, at ha f-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY— 31(Tn., 24 min. aft. I—Evon., 43 min. aft. 1 To-Mom:ow —Morn., 69 min. aft. I—Even., 18 m n aft. 2 VIE WEATHER Sux OFFICE, OCTOBER 3. TIFS, 63—highest since noon yesterday. 60 —lowest this morning and during the night 64 —this day at noon. BA.ROII E.TEB , 30.02. Wricr), S.W. ; fresh and squally, with dull weather. 4 4 7 k 4 l) - LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1857. The Conferences which have just t tken place at Stuttgardt and Weimar, may Exercise important influences on the destinies of Europe. It cat scarcely be supposed that ALEXANDER and NAPo LEON were eccupiecl in mere ceremonies, and that no questions of State policy were discussed durini the private and confidential discussions of the Im perial visitors—discussions in which their Royal host, the King of WURTEMBERG, was not allowed to participate. The shows and banquets that took place, the brilliant displays, were all mask, covering the real objects. The Emperors had something to decide that c Juld not be entrusted to ordinary diplomacy. It was determined that the secrets should not be permitted ti ocse out that the hunters after informa tion should, for once, be effectually No person knew, or could know, anything that occurred within the private cabinet to which NAPOLEON and ALEXANDER alone received admis sion. The Sovereigns would not betray their own deliberations. Matters of vital consequence, whether for good or for evil, were probably ven t lated, but the pul-lic will be unabhs t) form any judgment on the point until the consequences in dicate the nature of the decisions then arrived at. The public recognition of the parvenu sove reign, as he was rather contemptuously styled by the late Autocrat, was something in the ars of NAPOLEON. He could not forget that he was re fused the hand of a paltry princess through Rus sian influence—that all his acts and overtures met with the most chilling reception. He was not treated with even common civility, and severely he avenged the mistake. But still he eagerly desired to bring about a different state of affairs ; so far as he was personally concerned, and wa , ' even more anxious for the Empress EUGENIE'S sake. To accomplish these points he would make many sacrifices. When refused a royal bride with veritable "blue" blood, he avenged himself by raising the woman of his heart to the imperial throne, and setting at nought the petty and ridi culous traditions of Germanism. He was elected by the popular choice, and he was resolved that she should share that elevation by the po-ver of his will. It was one of his blest and most laudable asts, and he has been amply rewarded for his manly and straightforward feeling and conduct. But this very marriage was one of the most Powerful obstacles to the rapprochement which he so eagerly sought after. He was EMPEROR by the choice of the people of France, and although that principle found no great favour in Muscovite eyes, still, when he was fully recognised as ono of the Great Powers, and treaties entered into in which lie was one of the "high contracting parties," ke might be met on equal term s , without any degra dation even to the AUTOCRAT himself. But ladies, articularly German ladies, are great sticklers for etiquette, and there would be a double shock in receiving a lady Sovereign who was not of the " genuine stock." This was the difficulty, and in one respect it proved an insuperable one. The CZARINA got a most convenient malady, which prevented her attendance at Stuttgardt, and, con sequently, that of the Empress EUGENIE. The moment, however, that a decision wa s communicated that NAPOLEON would not be accompanied by his fair Consort, a mira culous cure was effected. Health was instan taneously restored to the Imperial patient, who forthwith started to enjoy the festivities at Stutt gardt. This was naturally regarded as a deli berate insult, and may possibly have ren. dered NAPOLEON less complaisant than might otherwise have been the case. The Czar's objects may have been foiled, or neutralised by the act of his spouse. Her woman's nature could not, however, resist the opportunity of inflicting a public slight on one of her own rank. FREDERICK WILLIAM held aloof from the Con ference, although earnestly invited. He still maintains the isolation into which he was plunged by his conduct during the Russian war. He keeps "on his own hook," haying always a steady eye to the main chance. He also knows that he can ascertain how matters are arranged from his nephew, and contrive to get share of the good things going. The conference at Weimar is the natural com pliment and corollary to that at Stuttgardt. He also will learn the decisions arrived at, and what part he is expected to enact in the imperial drama. We cannot say that we regard these combinations and confederacies with favour. Monarchs seldom trouble themselves to promote the welfare, happi ness, or prosperity of the peoples. It may be that some new designs are enter• tamed against the cause of liberty. England's (Indian) difficulty may be regarded as the oppor tunity for obtaining advantages, and practising coups d'etat which she might not regard very favour ably. The slight to the Empress EUGE.NIE will, how ever, open NAPOLEON'S eyes to the danger of trusting too far to his brother Emperors. At all events this is ceitain, that, despite every complication, Great Britain will assert her dignity, and maintain the high position she has so long and 53 justly occu pied amongst the great Powers of Europe. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] There is little doubt but that we are essentially a warlike nation. But, notwithstanding this in herent bellicose disposition, there are few amongst us who, for the purpose of giving vent to martial ardour, would relinquish the comforts of a home, the ties of consanguinity and friendship, and the emoluments arising out of a profitable way of life. For, it should be remembered that we are consti tutionally and accidentally a commercial as well as a warlike people. It may be very well to talk about soldiers in the poetical and rhetorical sense, sons of bright-eyed Bellona, and gallant disciples of fiery Mars. The " pride, pomp, and cireumstauce of glorious war " are terms, no doubt, that represent the profession of arms in a most favourable light, and are calculated to arouse even phlegmatic temperainnts to something like a thirst for military renown, national grandeur, and the love of glowing patriotism. But this is only warfare and its results in one aspect. There are such incideut4 to a military career as long and fatiguing marches and counter-marches, wasting and ravaging diseases, famine and cold, and oven death without a moment's warning. Subject to the ili effect of opposite climes, the soldier may be one month totting in the trenches More Sebastopol, and in another stationed beneath the burning sun of India, and momentarily dreading death, in SOU; cruel way, at the hands of inhuman foes. And, for such a dangerous service as this, there is the brilliant remuneration of oue shilling par diem. But in the face of these facts, our con temporary the Times is expressing its a t nishment, and mourning, to a certain ext nit, that a great portion of the youth of the laud should be employed in cur commercial marts, and not devoted to the service of their country. Nit; we do not intend entering into the argument re ' - pectiog the fitness of young men to the calling of shopkeeping and the vending of goods, an em ployment, in our eyes, that seems to require fully so much intelligence, if nob more, than tire ma nufacturing of the goods sold thereby—the htter is undoubtedly a masculine calling, and both, we believe to be necessarily and honourably so. Bat we cannot help noticing the fallacy of thinking that man would resign positions that yiell them remuneration, on an average, three times as much as a soldier's pay, for tho sake of accepting the latter. There is a great ignorance of the prin ciples of political economy, or rather co ninon sense, evidenced in upbraiding any el ti 3 of indi vidual; for not doing an act that would compro mise their interests and lower them in the social scale. As it is, young men in shop; enj)y many of the comfort; of life, mix in c)naparatively re peatable society, and have the prospect of rising in the course of time to independence, and, may be, eminence. Now, if the lower ranks of the army hell out such inducements as those, and no response be made, then there would be some reason in thinking that de generacy of some kind bad t Ikea hold on us. If it is expedient and necessary to increase the army and fill its ranks with a more respectable (dais ban it is at present composed, there are two or three courses to be taken. Firstly, increase the pay of the common suldier, and make it an object worthy the desire of a properly behaved man to receive, and sufficient to meet the exigencies of life, and to satisfy the wants of those who have a natural claim on his support. It is, indeed, de plorable to see a wife and children dependant on a poor soldier, as it sometimes happens ; it may be that he was married before he enlisted, and able to earn sufficient by his calling or trade to sup port his family in a way suitable to his position in life ; but in a moment of drunken insanity he took "the shilling" and loft his children on the parish, and his wife to seek similar support; and if vice sh3tild be ever looked upon with an eyeof com miseratiou, and crime be made venial by the cir cumstances, it is such a case as this. If the pay were larger such instances as we have men tioned might not occur. Secondly, it would be a wise regulation to admit only men into the army whose characters would bear investigati .m, and whose companionship would not de, grade and cast a slur u p on the man of unimpeachable conduct, who might have adopted the profession of a soldier from the love of arms. And, thirdly, some little diffaance of rank and remuneration should be awarded according to the information and education of the individu3l at the time of enlistment. If these regulations were in force, there would be inducements sufficient to entice a class that would not now avail them selves of a common soldier's rank and pay in their worst, extremity, and who would not be obliged to think their avocation cast odium upon thorn, and, by a necessary consequence, a separation from the rest of the world. If ever - such changes as these we suggest should occur, there will be very little necessity for our contemporary of Printing-house-squ ire to rail at any class of indi- viduals, anddenounce their employment as undigni fied and unbecoming men ; for the youth of Eng land would not hesitate in entering into their country's service, and performing acts of valour, whose lustre would bear comparison with any of the achievements of our ancestors. THE IMPERIAL MEETING AT STUTTGART. We extract the following from a letter dated Stuttgart, Sept. 29 : "In the matter of popularity both with the Oourt and the people the Emperor Napoleon has made infinitely greater progress than the Emperor Alexander. The latter, who is here perfectly en pays de connaissance, and among re lations, has not given himself the trouble to please, which a stranger generally will ; and by those who entertain French sympathies, and would gladly have seen the Empress Eugenie here, it is taken very much amiss of him that he should have given way, as it is said, to female weakness, and have allowed the Empress to decline to come hither until it was a settled thing that the Empress Eugenie would not come, on which she pops in at the last moment on the pretence of giving her husband a surprise. It is assumed the Empress of Russia and her sisters-in-law were averse to the Empress Eugenie's appearing hese, from apprehen sion that her greater youth, beauty, and mental attainments would throw them into the shade, and compel them to acknowledge the personal supe riority of one on whom they looked down as inferior to them. Something of the same sort of feeling the Emperor Alexander evidently entertains towards the Emperor Napoleon, who exhibits more attrac tive manner and greater powers of conversation than himself, seeks more to ingratiate himself with others, rides better, &c. The latter had, more over, brought his own horses with him, so that while Louis Napoleon yesterday was mounted on a splendid high-mettled horse, that carvetted and sprang about to the delight of the multitude, the Emperor Alexander bad to put up with an animal whose qualities were simply strength and docility. The Emperor Napoleon has lost no opportunity of showing himself in a light acceptable to the people ; he has walked out in the streets arm-in-arm wit h a single gentleman, a Wurtemberg officer ; he has taken or feigned an interest in all that the King is most fond of promoting, and for which he is so deservedly popular, and gave himself the trouble to sit out the whole of Weber's Der Preischutz last night, which was played at his especial desire to hear a genuine German opera, and continued applauding even after the curtain had fallen." His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador left town yesterday, to join his family at St. Leonarde.on-Sea. His Excellency the Count Zalarowitch has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Continent. The Duke of Newcastle and Lady Susan Pelham Clinton have left Dunrobin Castle, and are now on a visit with the Duke and Duchess of Athole at Blair Athole. The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester are expeoted in town, in a few dap, from a tour of visits. The Countess of Kinnoul leaves town this day for the, Continent. Lord and Lady Rokeby are still sojourning in Ger many, and are not expected home fur some weeks. Lord and Lady Francee-Conynghain have arrived ins town, en route for the Continent. Sir John and L%dy Harriet Stuart-Forbes and Mizsi Stuart-Forbes, who lately arrived from Vichy, have' since left town for Bdckling Hall, the seat of the Mar qui4 of Lothian, in Norfolk. Mr. Campbell Wyndham has arrived at Edwardex Private Hotel, from Newmarket. The National Bank of Munich has raised iti rate of di:4o°mA from 5 to 5i per cent. REPRESENTATION OF EAST a TNT. —Sir E. C. Dering! bas aunouncA hia intention to resign his seat fur the. eastern, tlivi6iun of Kent, in cmisequence of continued ill REPRESENTATION OP GREENWICH.—The result of the efforts made by the friends and supporters of Mr.. Townsenri, M.P., will, it is understood, enable him to' retain his seat in the House of Commons. With four exceptiSns, the whole of Mr. Townsend's creditors hitv(r signed a petition for superseding the bankruptcy, and: the sum required to meet pressing oiairns—viz., 700/. has been raised by the subscrip . .iona of the constituency.. Handbills announcing these facts have been circulated,. and it isirtated that the subscription is still to be kept; open for the purpose of paying off the electio n ex p eos . )s .. LATE FAILUELE.—The Eastern Geunties Herald statesi that the liabilities of the bank of Messrs. Harrison, Watson, and Co., which suspended on the 24th ult.,. amount to about 400,0001., and that the assets are' estimated at 225,0001. The joint sum owing from: Messrs. Taylor and Bright, and Mr. Hassell, chairman. of the Cotton Mills Company, verges on a quarter of a, u Wien. Among the sufferers by the failure are the, various benefit societies at Hull which had opened deposit-accounts at the bank. I: is believed t' , at uthcient to pay a dividend of 103. in the pound will Le reali ed. THE MAILS, &3.—SOUTILIMPTON, O. 2.—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Captain Wooflay, left to-Jay with the Wet India, Mexican, arid Paeifie mails, 219 passengers, 4,900/. in specis, jewelry value. 19,0001., and a full cargo. Among the passengers era Ceennissary-General Bland and sister, Captain Allan, Captain Selby, Rev. J. S. Wood, for Jamaica ; Cap.aia Ireland, for Demerara, &c. The screw steamer Ham burg°, Captain Lagier, arrived this afternoon from the Spanish ports, with about 20 passengers, and a larga ergo of fruit ; she leaves again to-morrow for Ilarnburg,_ The ship Escort, of 765 tons has been chartered by the. Emigration Commissioners to leave Southampton fur Sydney on the 23rd of November. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Grenada, Captain Tre gear, is to leave with the Peninsular mails on Weds nesday next, the 7th inst. THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE PLYIIOUTFI —Mr. Wm. Tho nsen, the United States Consul at Southampton, paid an official visit to the above -yarned frigate, now lying in the ricer off that town, yesterday afternoon, previous to her departure for America. The hor. gentle , man was accompanied by a few friends, who were hos pitably entertaanel by Captain Dahlgren and his official staff of officers. Mr. Thomson was welcomed with a con sular salute on embarking and leaving the ship. Daring their brief stay on board the arrangement of the vessel. and particularly the monster Dahlgren gua, invented by the c iptain of the frigate, occupied the attention of tuts visitors, and excited much interest. It was the inten tion of the cl.ptain to sail tc-morrov morning, but he has deferred that event for a few Lon *C, to enalle Lim to accept tau p offered invitation of Mr. Alderman Andrews (who accompanied the c-nsul on his visit) for himself and officers to partake of a banquet to-morn.w neon, at his Ns:de:lca at Winch(ates. The ship will consequently leave Southampton, ou her return, early •1 Monday. rP.OoPS FOR INDIA Dr Tit OVERLAND ROUTE.— SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, Oct.2.—Tae first body of troops that have embarked from this port for the scene of the Indian mutinies left here to-day in the Sultan steamship, one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, Cap tain Neil Cook, in which vessel they will proceed as far as Al xantiria, and thence go across the Desert to Suez. They consisted of the 4th and 11th companies of the Royal Engineers, which left Chatham this morning, ar rived here per South-Western Railway about half-past 11 o'clock, and marched immediately on board the Sul tan, which lay alongside the dock wharf. There were in all 235 non-commissioned officers and men, and 13 officers. The names of the officers who embarked are as fellow : —Captain T. Fen wick, in command of the whole body ; Captain Cumberland ; Major L. Nichol son ; Lieutenants D. C. Walker, Beaumont, J. E. P. Patterson, Maquay, Scratchley, E. E Wynne, W. Keith, and Smeetenhara ; Dr. Brown and Dr. Haverty. The men marched with only their sea-kits in their haver sacks, all arms, knapsacks, Ste., having previously b packed in cases and stowed away on board. The 4 , .h company is destined for Calcutta, and the 11th for Bom bay. Colonel Harness, we understand is to join them at Malta. The embarkation was superintended by Colonel Gordon, Deputy-Adjutaut-General of the En• gineers, who came from London for the purpose ; and there wero alto present Colonel Wright and Colonel Dalgetty, from Portsmouth, and other officers. The ar rangements had been so well made beforehand by Cap tale Engledue (Peninsular and Oriental Company's sc perinteadent) and the dock officials, that within half an hour from the arrival of the troops they were all safely housed on board, and the Snlitan moved away from her berth, affording another illustration of the great facilities provided at this port for such purposes. A large num ber of persons were assembled in the docks to witness their departure. The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company have seat out a gentleman from their establishment here, named Moser, author of "The Cau casus," and who saw a great deal of similar service in the Crimea during the late Russian war, to accompany the soldiers to Egypt, and superintend their transit ocross the Desert, for the purpose of attending to the comfort of the men. SUlClDE.—Yesterday an act of suicide was committed , -)5. Mr. E imund Taylor, aged tiCI years, at Poole's Lon don-br.dge Hotel. The deceased gentleman, who was well known in the city, had for some years past been in the employment of Messrs Lennox: and Co., merchants, of Broad-street. About half-past 11 o'clock yesterday morning he went to the above hotel, where he was well known, and proceeded to the coffee room, there being no person besides himself there at the time. He sat clown and commenced writing, and was thus left alone. At about a quarter to l' o'clock the waiter went into the room fur the purpose of cleaning the glass in the door, when he saw the deceased appa rently resting his head between two tables, and there was an unusual smeil in the room. He went up to him, and then saw a wound under his left ear, from which the blood had flowed copiously. A penknife marked with blood was lying near him, upon a table. Thu waiter gave an alarm, and Mr. Croft, surgeon, was sent for, and promply attended. On his arrival, he said that deceased was dead, and had been so for some time. A letter written by the deceased was found upon the table, directed to Mr. Middleton, surgeon, of Bow-lane, referring to the fact that he intended to commit suicide, and wishing that his body might be sent to a hospital for dissection, for the purpose o f ascertaining what was th e matter with him, as he had suffered from some internal complaint. Mr. W. Payne has received notice of the event, and will hold an inquest on the body. rnE SUN, LoNDON, SATURDAY OCTOB R 3, 185, LATEST NEWS. GENERAL HAVELOCK AND THE MUTINEERS. The following telegram, which contains more precise intelligence respecting the latest operations of the force under Gen. Havelock, was received by the Bombay Government from Poona on the 31st of August : " We have news from Cawnpore dated the 18th inst. On the 16th Gen. Havelock engaged the rebels about 12 miles from Cawnpore. Two guns were taken. Capt. Mackenzie and 15 men were wounded ; none killed. " The troops were very hard worked. The cholera was bad ; 14 men and Lieut. Campbell, of the 78th - Highlanders, had died of it. " The last accounts from Lucknow were dated the 14th of August, and reported ' all well.' " THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN LISBON. The following telegram was received yesterday from Lisbon by the Portuguese Legation : " The epidemic has not spread in Lisbon to any extent. Up to this day the general daily mor tality has never exceeded 33. The fever has ap peared with some intensity in two parishes only." The Vienna correspondent of the Times (Second Edition) says : " Some interesting information respecting Rus sia has been communicated to me by a person who is perfectly well acquainted with the actual state of things. As the foreign public will contribute nothing towards the construction of the Russian railroads, the Government has had recourse to the following means of raising the necessary funds at home. Formerly 4 per cent. was paid on all sums deposited in the " Reichs Credit Banken," institu tions which in Russia are equivalent to the Sav ings Banks in other countries ; but in future only 3 per cent. will be paid on the new deposits. It is expected that the consequence of this measure will be that the public will buy railroad shares, bearing 5 per cent. interest, instead of depositing its spare capitial in the " Reichs Credit Banken." My correspondent who avers that the treasuries of the convents are as empty as those of the State, is of opinion that many years must elapse bafore Russia can recover from the effect of the late war. Both in St. Petersburg and in Moscow people complain bitterly of the piodi gality of the Imperial family, and whisper to each other that the Dowager Empress has spent about 3,000,0001. since the death of the Emperor Nicholas. The Emperor Alexander is de scribod to be a very good-natured man, who is more given to the pleasures of the table than to work. His Majesty is by no means popular with the Muscovite party, which accuses him of an undue partiality f or his German subjects." Th© Paris correspondent of the Morning Fos (second edition) says : "The further intelligence which has reached. Paris from India is more gloomy than that pub lished by the English journals. A French correspon dent, writing from Calcutta, Aug. 22, says the British army in India, under any circumstances, may antici pate two years' fighting, not only against the enemy but ag tins t climate, so fatal to newly arrived troops when the men are called to active service before being accustomed to the climate. The same autho rity declares that news has reached Calcutta from all parts of India, asserting that the native troops cannot be depended upon. The Presidencies of Madras and Bombay hail been visited by the agents of the King of ()tide, and the Mahornedan sepoys throughout India are perfectly aware of what has taken place in Bengal. The letter I refer to blames highly the conduct of the civil authorities at Calcutta. The authority for these assertions is evidently inspired with a friendly feeling towards British rule in India. " I have heard to-day from a high authority that our enemies assert the troops which deserted us are now under European direction, and that strateical operations have commenced to prevent the union of the British forces." FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Emperor and Empress lefc for the camp at Chalons. It is believed that the Empress will reside in the camp. Their Majesties will remain till th 9 15th if the weather continue fine. The Emperor and Empress of Russia have, it is said, expresAed to the Emperor Napoleon their ex treme regret at not having seen the Empress Eugenie at Stuttgardt. • It is said in diplomatic circles here that the meet ing of the Emperors of Austria and Russia will again establish the most friendly relations, and that important political results may be expected to grow oat cf such reconciliation. To-night's Pays says that it has private intelii gence from Pondicherry of the 30th of August, up to which date all was quiet in the French East Indian settlement. On the 30th of August, bays the same journal, the steam-transport Shanghai arrived at Bombay, coming from Hong Kong, with 600 British s ldiers on boar?. The Shanghai had sailed on the 23d July, and announced the ap proaching arrival of two other transports, which were to leave early in August. General de Goyon, commander of the French troops at Rome, having recently left Paris for Naples, several newspapers have declared that ho has been sent on a diplomatic mission ; but a Paris letter in the Emancipation affirms that the general has merely gone on an excursion for the benefit of his health. A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, affirms that neither Prince Albert will visit this year the camp of Chalons, nor Queen Victoria Fontanobleau or Compiegne, on account of the preoccupations -caused by the events in India. "It is reported," says a Paris letter in the Eman cipation, " that Mehemed Djerail Bey, son of Reschid Paella, Turkish ambassador at Pari , , is about to be recalled, and that he is likely t i b 3 re• placed by Vely Pacha, formerly Turkish minister at Paris, and at present Governor of Crete." BouusE, Oct. 2.—The following were the last quota' ions : _ Casb. fr. End of Month. .4i per Cents 3 per Cents 63 15 68 5 Bank Shares 3,00.) Credit Fonder — 7- - Credit Mobiliur 875 ki:oinon - - Do. Account B9O Austrian - Belgian , I Yiecimentese (5) 9oi— Home Dobt — RAILWAYS-I'oB CA.1311- tr. e . f* C. Orleans 1,385 Western Northern k Lyons and Mod 875 Now Ditto t :New Ditto Grand Central ...... 607:i — t Geneva 670 Sardinian t Midi q 632 i— Austrian Cum. ...... 6 7 5 - , Fresh complic a ti ons are m aking SWITZ ERIAND* their appearance in Switzerland, wh ere th e cantonal sovereignty is openly resisting the F e deral authority. Several cant Ais have refused. on cfaffereut questions of se condary order, to obey the+ injunctions of the cen tral p3wer. In the canton. of Neufchatel, the go vernment, despairing of b.;ing able to overcome the 3 oyalists who hav e coa l esce d w ith the independents, intend demanding from the people full powers to de cree a new electoral law. Int he town of Neufchatel, it S leas been compell e d t o di sso l ve the provisional ad min- Astration of the bou rgeo i s i e, which was arbitrarily in titituted after the even t s of e ptember, and to confide the interests of th e corporiiition to the constituent council. The elections for the Federal representa tion, which are about to take place, may perhaps produce a remedy for some of those difficulties, which have a certain. degree ce: gravity. MONTENEGRO. We mentioned some days ago that the Pacha of Scutari had advanced a a a i na t some tribes in Albania which had refu se d to ;ay their usual tribute, and That a band of M on t enegr ins had invaded the Turkish territory with the view of rendering assist ance to the menaced tribes. Accounts from Cattaro .of the 16th ult., with intellh.rence from Montenegro, 'do not confirm the news of this invasion, though they acquaint us the into ations of Prince Danilo were favourable to the Alb wian tribes. We learn r that " the inhabitants of Basovich despatched a deputation to Cettingue to , demand the assistance of Montenegro against the !Turks. Prince Danilo charged the Senators Ivo mu 1 Rake, and the Pope 4 Kussovac, to visit that co un try, and to assure the k4uhabitants that he would fltrnish them with suc tour as soon as they should refuse to pay tribute. The Pacha of Scutari has sent a force of regulars to coerce the refractory tribes, and it is not probable that Prince Danilo will now keep his promise." The Turks will doubtless succeed in subduing the tribes, and will then, it is said, take measures to occupy the districts of Kuci and Piperi, and thus enclose Montenegro within its rocky limits. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have come to hand. The editor of the Discusion had been tried by the Special Tribunal on the Press, for having published a seditious article, but be had bee❑ acquitted. A telegraphic despatch received from Rome announced to the Government that the Archbishop of Burgos and other bishops had been preconised in a Consistory held by th 3 Pope—as was announced some short time back A royal decree enacts that an Academy of Moral and Poli tical Sciences shall be established. A - latter says : " Rumours of a Ministerial crisis con thane, and th© adversaries of the Cabinet allege that it cannot last to the 30th Oct., the day fixed for the meeting of the Cortes. It is believed that the Ministers intend to submit to the Queen a series of measures which they considerindispensable, and that if her Majesty should not approve of them, they will resign. It is also believed that in the council which will be held on Friday next, some important questions will be disou:tad. It is said that the Ministry is resolved that General Lahera, Count de Balmasede, shall replace the Marquis de Viluma, as President of the Sena o. He, it may be remembered, wt s one of the generals spoken of for the Captaincy-General of Cuba." The session of the two Danieh Chambers was opened on Wednesday at Copenhagen, by the Minister of the Interior, in the tame of the King. No allusion was made to Holstein. M. Brunn has been elected President of the First Chamber, and M. Rottwitt President of the Second Chamber. " The affairs of Bosnia, at least of that part which lies between the Bosna and the Drina," says the *wain Gazette, " appear to be en tering upon a new phase. The fury and hatred of the Christians, whether Roman Catholic or Greek, are excited by numberless acts of op pression. It having come to the knowledge of the people that, a few years ago, at the time when the Tanzimat wits introduced into Bosnia, the clergy, both of the Oriental and Roman Catholic rites, had promised the government that the popula tion should pay the tax of one-third of the produce, that circumstance has turned the ire of the public against the priesthood of both persuasions. It was but the other day when a Franciscan monk had to fly for his life from the fury of the populace, and the Greek bishop is openly menaced with violence, so that troops are hourly expected to arrive in the Posavine, and especially in tile Sandjac of Tula, to prevent an outbreak." CONSTANTINOP LE, Sept. 23.—1 n spite of the weather, which was tempestuous, hundreds of ves sels were arriving for Black Sea ports, to take in cargoes of the now grain harvest. The Journal de Constantinople contains a long article in de fence of Lord Stratford de Redclin against the attacks of the Times. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING The United States mail steam ship Arage, Capt. E. D. Lines, arrived this evening off Cowes, with two days' later advices. By this arrival we receive the following mercan tile intelligence : The Cotton Market was quiet, with sales of about 500 bales, without change in price. The Flour Market was buoyant and active, at an advance of from 10c. to 15c. per barrel. heat active ; corn firm. Pork quiet. Sugars were unchanged. Freight engagements were moderate, at unchanged rates. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 17.—Sales of cotton 400 hales, at unchanged prices. Mess pork, 28 d.ols. Other articles unchanged. At Charleston colt ua was quiet. Sales of the week 200 bales. There is no political intelligence. The Arago brings 85 passengers, mails the 19th, 27,000 dollars in specie, and 4,000 bushels of wheat, all for Havre. Among her passengers are the Hon. B. F. Angel, Minister of the United States to Sweden, and family ; the Hon. S. Bile and family ; the Hon. T. Bille, late Charge d'Affaires of Denmark to the United States ; and Mr. Y. G. Durand, bearer of despatches to Paris. Sept. 21, at 8 a. in 2 in lat. 41.35, long. 66.30, saw a ship-rigged propeller bound W. On the 20th, at 5 p.m , in lat. 42.15, long. 64.35, exchanged signals with the ship Western Empire, bound W. A large meeting, principallyof Irishmen, was held at New York on the evening of the 17th to exp:e-s opposition to British enlistments in the United States fir the war in Ulla and sympathy with the Sepsy mutiny. The secretary of the United States' navy, on hearing that the laying of the Atlantic cable had been postponed till next year, ordered the Niagara to return to New York and the Susquehanna to join the home squadron. Captain Josiah Tatnsll has been appointed to the command of the Ameri can squadron in the Chinese waters. The Government at Washington having been ap prised of further Filibustering demonstrations upon Nicaragua being in project, and of a scheme in Texas for the invasion of the Mexican Provinces contiguous to the Rio Grande, were about to issue an edict to stop these intended violations of the Neutrality Treaty, and to prosecute all engaged iu them. The Kansas Constitutional Convention hsd adjourned to the third Monday in October, to await the result of the election before taking further action. Public attention in New York was entirely ab sorbed by the loss of the Central America steamer. CAN THIS BE TRUE? A correspondent sends the Daily News file fol lowing extraordinary account of a sale of uniforms by Sepoys in Calcutta, and accredits it by stating that it comes to him from a thoroughly respectable source EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM CALCUTTA, AUG. 8, 1857. A. short time ago a gentleman in Calcutta saw from his window a mob of Sepoys 100 in number, assembled near one of the gates of Government House, and visibly engaged in selling their uniforms by auction, one of them mounted on a backery (native cart) acting as auctioneer. The gentleman drove to the C munissioner of the Police toginform him of what was going on ; be at once pro cseded to Major Bouverie, the Governor-General's aide de-camp, and he reported to Lord Canning. Hi s lordship remarked, "Oa, another idle tale !" when verte said, " M self rd, if you will look out there you can satisfy youel.' Lord Canning looked, satis fied himself, and instantly gave orders to call a meet ing of his council. The sages met, deliberated for several hours ; some vote d f or shoodcg the Sepoys, others for letting them go ; and broke up without comkg to any resolution, by which time indeed it was un necessary, as the Sepoys, having finished their sale of government property and pocketed its proceeds, bad quietly walked ofi. Thus government, by not seizing and punishing these men, virtually declared that embezzlement and desertion are no crimes, and the Sepoys, emboldened by having insulted the Governor-General at his own door with impunity, are permitted to leave Calcutta, and will certainly not forget this most criminal leniency when levying contributions from the defenceless villagera as covey of them have been doing. The native merchants in Calcutta were astonished. They asked, "Is the L-od. Sahib (the Governor-General), with so many Europeans, afraid of seizing a hundred Sepoys ? If ho is afraid to do this in Calcutta, then the Com pany's rule in the Mofnssil is indeed over." RECRUITING FOR 'THE Ajm-y. We believe we are correct in stating that it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to re duce the standard for recruiting from five feet six inches for the Cavalry to five feet five incheg, and from five foot five inches for the Infantry to five feat four inches. The age for recruits, w hich at present stands at from eighteen to twenty-five, is to be extended to thirty years of age. Recruiting is proceeding most satisfactorily, the Government havingatained for the last six weeks one thousand men a week. Under the new regulations it is hoped that this may be doubled. A further force of 10,000 Militia is to be at once called out. This will raise the force of embodied Militia to 25,000 men. KOSSUTH AT PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT.—"The Governor of Hungary has been lecturing to crowded assemblies at Plymouth and Ddvonport during the last few days. His lecture at Devonnort, on Monday, was "Nationalities—a Providential Dispensation " and on Tuesday, at Plymouth, the subject being "The political state of Continental Europe." In each town the mayor presided, and considerable enthusiasm was manifested. FIRE IN FARRINGDON-STREET.—Last night a fire broke out in a lofty pile of buildings in Farringdon-street, formerly the composing rooms for Lloyd's London New's paper, but at present occupied by- sundry persons, amongst whom are the Messrs. Dobbs, the printers, o f Fleet-street, and Messrs, Routledge, the well-known booksellers, of Farringdon-street. The fire commenced in the top fl )or, amongst a large ,number of reams of pager, and fc r some time threatened very serious conse quences. The fire could not be subdued until the greater portion of the stock in the upper floor was destroyed, and serious damage done to the stock belo ,v by water. The buildings belong to the Messrs. Harrild, the printers' roller makers, and are supposed to be insured in the Sun Fire-31Eu'. SPORTING NOTES. BLINK BONNY AND IMPERIEUSE, In another column will be found a statement from Mr. I'Anson, the owner of Blink Bonny, which will be read with interest. He describes the condition of Blink Bonny on the Leger day, and expresses his opinion, that the best mare won. So far as condition went Imperieuse was decidedly superior to Blink Bonny at Doncaster. Several insinuations have, it appears from Mr. I'Anson's letter, been made to the effect that an understanding or an arrange ment existed between " Spring Cottage" and " Whitewall House." Suspicions of this nature, how. ever, were never uttered in my hearing, and I do not think they would be entertained for an instant by any persons whose good opinion and respect either Mr. Scott or Mr. I'Anson would wish to obtain. The charges which angry and disappointed people have made against thorn should be treated with contempt, and not be raised into undue importance by an elaborate contradiction. Still it must be confessed that some measures should be adopted to prevent a recurrence of the ruffianly display which has now been twice witnessed at Doncaster. Few gentlemen will be inclined to keep horses at the risk of experiencing such indignities as were most cowardly and unjustly heaped upon Charlton and Mr. I'Anson, and a repetition of a row similar to that witnessed at the recent meeting, will perhaps deprive Doncaster of its chief turf patrons. Already has one Yorkshire nobleman become disgusted ; Lord Londesborough has sold off all his horses in training, with, it is said, the exception of Ellermire and Rota Bonheur, who are to be reserved for stud purposes. The Cesarewitch betting has not been stirred into ex traordinary briskness, and the few scraps of information to be obtained relative to the competitors are scarcely worth collecting. M. Dobler seems as steady in the market as Leamington was for the Chester Cup. If the horse be as good as he is reported to be, Mr. 4 Drinkald has certainly managed very cleverly to get him so leniently handicapped. Asler attracted a good deal of attention at Newmarket, but although all persons were unanimous in expressing favourable opinions about him, his position in the betting was scarcely improved. Warlock is likely to be John Scott's horse after all, the ardour (.f the Apathy and Victoria party having materially diminished. The Day of Humiliation having been appointed fcr Wednesday nes', the Cheater Autumn Meeting w , ll take place on Monday and Tuesday. To judge from the programme a most successful meeting will be celebrated, and really Mr. Topham deserves support, not only on account of his liberality, but alia on account of his untiring energy in pioviding good and attractive racing. I will jot down a few rough notes anent the probable result of the sport, as the first day's racing will be nearly run off before I again address the reader. For the Short's Handicap, Lord Nelson, Leo, and Babylon appear to be ae well in as anything. The, re presentative of John Oaborne's stable—perhaps Old Times—shall do battle for me for the Mostyn Stakes. For the Innk;eper's Plate, Kestrel and Raven are likuly to be in the first flight. Deceiver, despite his 7 lbs. extra, ought to be good enough to win the Alma Stakep, and Tame Deer, if sent, will win the Welter Cup. The items in Tuesday's list I will discuss on Monday. A FRESH MAN. It is believed that the specie shipped by the Penin sular and Oriental steamer Colombo will not be much below 500,0001. Fully 35,0001. is gold for India on private account, a demand having arisen from the na tives buying up sovereigns at a large premium in Cal cutta, as more convenient to hoard than silver. A court-martial was held on board the St. Vincent, 102, guard-ship, ytsterday morning, to try a third-eLsi assistant engineer belonging to the Vulcan, 6, screw troop frigate, for absenting himself from his duties. Alter the several witnesses had been examined, the court sentenced him to be ineligible for promotion for the next 18 months. ACCIDENT FROM MACHINERY.—An accident of a serious nature has occurred at the works of Huabard's Patent Fire-Lighter Company Railway-arches, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth, to one of the men employed. The extensive wood cutting machinery there is driven by steam power, and the man whose duty it was to attend to a portion of this machinery allowed his arm to bo taught in one o the leather straps or driving bands, moving at a high velocity, which broke it in two places, and nearly tore it from the socket. Surgical assistance was promptly obtaiued, and the man is now doing well. The man, bad been repeatedly cautioned, but without effect. LICENCES FOR MUSIC, AND MUSIC AND DANCING.— Tile Court of Quarter Sessions wilt sit at Clerkenwell on Thursday next, to hear applications for the renewal of old, and the granting of new licences, under the act 25 Gee. 11., c. 36, for music, and music and dancing. Tile number of licenses renewed or granted last year, fer music only, was 282 ; for music and dancing, 53. The number of applications entered this year for new licenses for music only, is 96 ; and for music and dancing, 11 ; making a total of 442 cases to be disposed of, or nearly eight times as many as there were several years ago. It s expected that the ()mart w ill fix the hearing of the new applications for Friday. Petitions for renewals must be lodged at the Clerk of the Peace's Office, on or before Tuesday, the 6th. MINES.—The market opened quietly this week, but improved after the settling, which was somewhat heavy. Money has been rather tight, and some of the heavy mining shares have slightly receded. Since our last was written, the standard for copper ores has receded a little, but is still at a good price. A. large business has been doing in several of the 'small shares, such as Sortridge Console, which advanced to 2i, 21, leaving off at 2a. to 2$ ; East Russell, 365. to 37e. 6,f ; Kelly Bray, which were flat at 321. to 34e., suddenly rose to 365. ; leaving off at 36a. to I*. Alfred Consols during the , greater part of the week had a downward tendency, a nd receded to 11i, 12/, but improved on Friday, and left off at 13 to 13/ ; Great Alfred shares con tinue very flat, at 6 to 6i; Herodsfoot, 7/ to 8, fx div., and not much doing ; _Wheal Mary Ann, 47 to 48, ex div. ; Trelawny, 23/ to 24/ ; a good improve ment has taken place in the mine, causing a demand for the shares. Craddock Moor, 41 to 42, anA rather flat, notwithstanding the dividend.—Mining Journal of this day. _ FEARFUL DEATH WHILE WRESTLING.—On Monday afternoon, a pitman, named John Davison was brought to the Tynemouth House of Correction, by the Northum berland pollee, charged with killing a man whose name is not known, at Seaton Delaval, on Saturday eight. Friday was pay-day at Seaton Delaval Colleriea ; and on Saturday night a considerable number of pitmen were drinking at the Hastings Arms public-house. At such meetings in the pit villages the ordinary topics generally discussed are bowling matches, dog fights, and pugi listic encounter'. The prisoner and the deceased, the latter a stranger in the neighbourhood, were Cumberland men, and being the worse for drink, they had a wrangle as to who was the beet wrest ler ; and, having been egged on by their corn- Onions, they had bat a wager of drink with a vl.i!w to decide the point. , They had turned out on the large kitchen floor, which was flagged, and hav ing closed and gripped each other, the prisoner, an ex tremely powerful young man, threw thedeceased over his shoulders. The unfortunate man, too drunk to protect himself from the fall, pitched with the top of his head on the bard II igs, and was killed upon the spot. He never stirred after his fall, his neck having been dislocated. The prisoner is in great distress of mind, and sobs most bitterly. No malice is imputed to him, however. The pace are making inquiries with regard to the deceased. THE MONET MARKET —The fact that notwithstand ing several recent large arrivals of gold from Australia the supply to meet the Continental demand has been in sufficient to prevent some withdrawals from the Bank seems to hold out a discouraging prospect with regard to the immediate course of the money market. Since the reduction of the rate of discount to 5} per cent, in the middle of July the amount hell by the Bank has expe rienced a diminution of about 600,0001., and this decline would have 'been still greater - if the requirements for India and China by the last two packets had not sud denly slackened. There is, however, an exceptional circumstance to account for this position and to warrant an assumption that although there are no signs of an early turn towards a state of ease, the probability is we shall escape the necessity of a resort to measures of in creased stringency. The intensity of the panic at New York has for three or four weeks past induced an almost total suspension of specie remittances from that. side. In this way, perhaps, from 500,000/. to 800,0001. that would otherwise have reached us has been temporarily withheld. For some time previously shipments had been coming forward at the rate of at least 150,0001, or 200,0001. per week, and nothing had occurred to pro duce any material change in the relations of trade which rendered these payments due to us ; but, with the rate of discount at 30 per cent, for the choicest bills, of course every American. merchant availed himself as far as possible of his credit here to e confidence, na delayrdese resumed r me e e m e, dt i , h t t eb i r n ue g t. f for claims which would otherwise hav e b een provided foorrei,nndoute only yurwselil course. tN,Veiuthsutatil shipmentseretlir return o f many arrears will have to be me t, and as the fortnightly consignments from California continue to reach New York the ability to meet these calls may be expected rapidly to revive. It may be hoped, therefore, that dur ing the next two or three months our recipts from this quarter will again at least suffice, with the quantitie , - from Australia, to keop the stock in the Bank of Eug land from further reduction. At this moment we have the 373,000/. brought by the last Australian mail nearly due at Southampton, but there are are no other very heavy amounts to be anticipated. Whethetthe Eastern demand will continue on the comparatively moderate scale assumed during the past fortnight depends on a variety of contingencies. Meanwhile, Austria has yet to make her final arrangements for resuming cash pay ments on the let of January, and at Constantinople there is anxious speculation as to the possibility of at tracting new funds to keep the machinery of State from ac t ua lly breaking down. From both these directions our own market may possibly to influenced. On the other hand, the Bank of France, if it should resort to any extensive issue of 2/. notes may create some partial inflation. The balave of probabilities is, therefore, very even, and the conclusion is that we may remain for sem, time without anything to enliven or to aggravate ow present dull condition, —Tinges City Article. ~~a:%+r. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall ; Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The cash account showed a total general balance of 47,603/. Os. 10d. OFFENSIVE CONDITION OF HACKNEY BROOK. A deputation from the Board of Trustees of Hack ney and the Hackney - district board attended the board this day to present a memorial complaining that in consequence of the contents of the sewers being passed into the brook, disease and death had resulted to the inhabitants, and praying the board to afford them immediate relief. ' The memorial was received. Mr. J. Billing was elected surveyor, under the Metropolitan Building Act, for the district of St. George-in-the-East and St. Botolph Without, Ald gat e. THE MAIN DRAINAGE PLAN FOR THE METROPOLIS. Mr. Wrightat the last board had given notice that he would to-day ask certain questions of the engineer. After some objections it was decided, by 20 to 15, that the questions might be put, and Mr. WRIGHT then put the first question—Havo you made yourself acquainted with the reports and appendices on the main drainage sent to the board by her Majesty's Chief Commissioner of Works ? Mr. BAZELGETTE, the engineer, said he had, as far as they admitted of examination, and although they contained a great mass of matter they con tained very little in reference to the plans suggested by the government ; they gave no cross sections or information as to the size, levels, or mode of filling the reservoirs with tidal water. Mr. WRIGHT then asked what were the principal points of difference between the plan of the govern ment engineers and the plan approved by the board? Mr. BAZALGETTE said—This board has, with little exception, provided for the sewage of the metropolitan area, as defined by, the Metropolis Local Management Act. The government engi neers have included in their plan 217 square miles beyond that area, or nearly three times as much as the act of Parliament has confided to this board. They. intercept the sewage by gra vitation from thirty seven square miles more than is done by the plan of this board, an arrangement which, although sound in theory, may be and has been obtained at too great a sacrifice. To obtain the increased gravitating power they have been driven to construct two open sewers, each 16 feet deep and 88 feet wide, with a general fall. of only 6 inches in the mile. These sewers are, moreover, tide-locked, for their inverts are 29 feet below Trinity high water, and they could only discharge at or near low water. Therefore the sewage in them, like the present defective open sewers in the Surrey and Kent district, would be stagnant for many hours in the day, and the sewage when dis charged, instead of flowing down the river, as would be the case with our sewers, with the ebb tide, would flow up the river with the flood tide, and thus much of the proposed advantages of the lower point of the outfall would be lost. To add to the defects of these sewers there are in their course no less than six syphons. The first, with a dip of 10f feet : the second with a dip of 9i feet ; the third, 51 feet ; fourth, 5t feet ; and the sixth, 9 feet. As it is apparent that these saviors must col lect deposit, the Government engineers sug gest that they should be flushed by water from the river at high water, and reservoirs constructed at the upper end. The Government engineers pronounce the sizes of the sewers pro posed by the board to be inadequate to the future requirements of the metropolis. Hitherto these sewers have been considered extravagantly large by Messrs. Roe, Phillips, Forster, Gotta, Morewood, Ward, and others. They have been reported to be of the right size by Mr. Robert Stephenson, Sir William Cubitt, Mr. Haywood, and myself ; and they are now for the first time called too small by the Government engineers. The Government engineers estimate the prospective population likely to be attained within the metropolitan area at 3,578,089 ; I estimate it at 3,448,500. They estimate the sewage upon the above population at 7 cubic feet per head, half passing off in eight hours ; I estimate it at 5 cubic feet per head, and half passing off in six hours, the difference between us here being only five per cent. The great differences of size are caused, therefore by their including three times the size of the metropolis, reducing the fall of the sewers, and including much more rainfall. The plan of the board proposes to intercept one-quarter of an inch of rain running in 24 hours. They pro vide for two-fifths of an inch of rain running off in eight hours, each being for urban districts, or an increase of 830 per cent. The- only advan tage gained by this enlargement of the sewers to include more storm waters is, that it would prevent the overflow of the storm waters into the river on from 10 to 12 rainy days in the year more than by the plan of the board. But on those days the river would be much swollen, and its waters turbid, and the effect of the storm overflows would therefore be quite imperceptible, and the following evils are involved in the enlargement. First, un necessary and " extravagant cost ; and, second, de fective sewers which would collect deposit, and create offensive smells during the summer months, .for the daily flow of sewage in such large sewers, with so little fall, would be a mere driblet through them, and could not cleanse them. Such arrange ments must, therefore, necessarily perpetuate existing evils, which a plan of interception is intended to remove. Mr. LESLIE moved that the answers be printed and circulated amongst the members of the board. Mr. CARPNA.EL seconded the motion, which was put and unanimously agreed to. INDIA N MUTINIES. -BELIEF FUND. WESTMINSTER.— A. meeting was held last evening.ia the Vestry-room, Dean-street, Soho. The meeting was addressed by Dr. Rogers, Rev. Mr. Ball, and Mr. George. Resolutions of sympathy were carried unani mously, and a subscription opened. BLOOMSBURY.—A public meeting was held yesterday in the Music•hall, Store -street. The chair was taken by General Alexander. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Maxwell, Rev. Dr. Campbell, Rev. Mr. Radpath, and other gentlemen. MARYLEBONE.—A. meeting was held yesterday at the Marylebone Court-house, for the purpose of appointing a day for a meeting of the parish. The Rector of Mary lebone, the Rev. Mr. Eyre, presided. The Rev, Dr. Burns, Rev. D. W. Marks (of the Jewish persuasion), and other gentlemen, spoke. Monday, Oct. 12, was appointed'as the day of meeting. In the meantime sub scriptions are received at Sir Samuel Scott's banking house, Cavendish-square ; and by the vestry clerk, Court-house, Marylebone-lane. ROOHEBTER.—S. meeting was held yesterday in the Guildhall, conveneckby the Mayor of Rochester and the High Constables of Chatham and Gillingham, for the purpose of raising funds towards the sum now collecting for the sufferers in India. 'he chair was taken by W. .Manclark, Esq., Mayor. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Dr. Robinson, Master of the Temple and Archdeacon of Madras, Mr. J. M. Marks, High Con* stable of Chatham, and Major-General Sir F, Smith, M.P. for Chatham, the Rev. Dr. Hawkins, Pro Vest of Oriel, Revs. J. S. Hall, R. Whhiston, -and J. Davis, Mr. W. H. Nicholson, magistrate, and Mr. J. Budden. A. liberal subscription was made in the room, and there is no doubt that the fund raised in this city and neigh. bourhood will be large. CONGLETON.—On Thursday . a public) meeting wag hell in the Assembly Room, R L. Ginder, Esq., mayor, in the chair. The meeting was addressed by Randle Wilbraham, jun., Esq., Clement ' , S Aettenham, Esq., Rev. J. Hughes, George Reade, E sq ., R ev . J. Priestly, and Thom as Goode, Esq. The sum of 1301. was raised in the room, and a committee formed to col !Pot subscriptions in the borough and neighbourhood. There will be collections in the churches on the day of humiliation. STROUD.—A meeting in aid of the Indian Relief Fund was held at Stroud on Thursday; S. S. Dickenson, Esq., in the chair., The meeting was addressed by Messrs. Marling, Ilallewell, Dorringtor, and Winterbotbano. A. resolution of sympathy with the sufferers in India wall carried, and 2471. were subscribed. • BRIDGENVATER.—On Thursday a meeting was held in the town-hall, Bridgewater—the Mayor, J. Ruddock, lE , q., presiding. The Rev. F. M. Sadler, vicar cf Bridgwater, moved, and J. Sealy, Esq., seconded a resolution expressive of the sympathy of do meeting, and its intention to subscribe to the general fund. Dr. King proposed, as an amendment, " that in the opinion of this meeting Lord Palmerston deserves censure for dismissing Parliament witlicut obtaining its sanction and consent to adopt such measures as persons in India, who ' have would relieve promptly the widow and orphan, the to suffer from the mutinyent did not meet with a seconder, of the an 3:11: wounded degthed.e' resol u tion a o n r Ta i du g hd i ea n ra tt he r elliepkledelsym was carried unanimously. After motions had been reassed appointing a committee. M r . S. Bailey proposed " th a t i n the opinion of this meeting it is incumbent on the British Government and the East India Company to take immediate steps for vesting every department of the executive government )f British India in the hands of the Queen and the government for the time being." Mr. W. Taylor 4econded the resolution, and and it passed nem des. Upwards of 1001. was subscribed in the room, and a uouse-to-house canvass will be made. CAPTURE 01' A RELATIVE OP THE KING OF DELHI.-- The writer of the following letter, Captain Roger Dela ,nere Dansey, of the 3d Madras European Regiment, is I native of Herefordshire :—" Last week, for the first , iine in my life, I was thanked publicly for my service". I assisted in taking a relation of the reigning King of Dalhi. The villain, who is a pensioner of Government, same to Chingleput, and endeavoured to make the people rise. Quite by accident I twigged him, and then vent vely quietly into the bazaar, unarmed, and in broad laylight, and bound him .(hy strategy). If any fuss bad been made he would not have been caught. Govern ment have now got him in tl - e fort."—[The above letter was posted at Madras, August 11, 1857.]—From the Hereford Journal. 1