The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-28 00:00:00

E -S VN, N D N, MONDAY KV N MR. BERNAL OSBORNE, M.P., ON THE INDIAN CRISIS. A grand banquet took place at Dover on Thurs day evening to celebrate the return of two Liberal members for that borough in the persons of Mr. R. B. Osborne and Sir W. Russell, Bart. - It will be recollected that in the last Parliament Dover was represented by one Liberal (Mr. E.-R. Rice, who lately retired from publiclife)and one Conservative (Lord Chelsea), with whose politicalfortunes, mixed up as they were with a recent contest in the metro politan county, the public are somewhat familiar. At the last general election, however, the Ministe rialists in Dover secured both seats for their own oandidates, defeating their opponents, Sir G. Clerk and Mr. G. W. Hope, by large majorities. So sig nal a triuniph has not crowned the exertions of the Liberals of this borough for many years past, the representation in several previous Parliaments' having been divided between the Whigs and the Conservatives. Another source of exultation to the Liberal interest was fur nished by the fact that, though the seat of one of their members had been challenged on the score of corruption, and some disposition was at first evinced to press the charge, yet the authors of the petition withdrew it at the eleventh hour, thus sparing their opponents the vexation of a struggle in committee. Such a victory, therefore, it was thought, ought not to be allowed to pass without due commemora tion. Hence the Liberal demonstration of Thurs day. The festival was held in what by a local para dox is termed the "New" Town Hall, the remote antiquity of the structure having given rise to the somewhat apocryphal tradition that it was the iden tical chamber in which the recreant King John "signed away" his kingdom to the Pope. The building was tastefully decorated for the occasion, and the proceedings went off with great spirit. The party was a very numerous one, between 400 and 600 of the electors sitting down to dinner. A gal lery specially fitted up f,r the ladies was also fully occupied. One of the borough members, Mr. Os borne, was able to take part in the ovation, that hon. gentleman's gallant colleague, Sir W. Russell, who recently sailed with his regiment for India, having been called upon to share in sterner engagements, and, lot us hope, in more splendid triumphs than any known to the arena of politics. Among the company present were Mr. Hugessen, M.P. for Sandwich, Col. Thomson, Capt. Noble, Messrs. Steriker Finnis (who presided), T. Birch (the Mayor), S. M. Latham, T. B. Bass, M. Church ward, and many other local magnates. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN, in highly eulogistic terms, gave " Tke Health of the Borough Members." The toast was drunk amid vehement applause. Mr. R. B. OSBORNE, M.P. on rising to respond, VMS greeted with enthusiastic Cheers. Having briefly acknowledged the warm and flattering reception which the assemblage had accorded him, the hon. gentleman proceeded to explainthat he would have gladly met his supporters earlier after the late con test to thank them for their generous exertions on his behalf, but the fact was he had at first stood in a rather p. culiar position. (A. laugh.) Although he had been triumphantly returned by the free and unbought voices of the constituency, without even the time-honoured formality of a personal canvass, he was hailed, to his no small surprise, ou his return to London, with the accusation that he owed his election to the combined influence of bribery and intimidation. Such were the calumnious insinua- tions noised about against him in various circles, and it was in vain that he indignantly denied them. People—whether from any knowledge of the pre vious character of the borough he knew not -(a laugh)—would not believe his disclaimers ; and he had not been many days in the new House of Commons before a petition WAS presented charging him with all the crimes of which a member of Par liament only could be guilty. This, he owned, startled him, because his bank r.'gt book, and the published account also, would have shown that his election was singularly free from any taint of suspi cion. However, he SO3ll began to smell a rat —(a laugh) ; for in the course of a week from the re-assembling of Parliament a communica tion was made to him by Sir W. Russell, his re spected colleague, to the effect that an offer had been made to him that if he would consent to retire at the expiration of the last seEsion the petition against him should be withdrawn. (A. laugh.) Sir William, with the manly frankness which belonged to him, at once consulted him as to his wishes on the subject. Now, the cost of opposing a petition was much greater than that of gaining a seat. Par liamentary lawyers would not speak in one's favour for nothing. (A laugh.) But, considering not only the lib,l cAst upon himself, but the insult offered to that constituency, he had. advised his gallant colleague to resist all such ovettures, and tae.xt them with the c intetrpt they deserved. (Cheers.) Subsequently this offer was several times re peater', and though within three weeks of the close of the session the petition still stood low on the list tha committee was at, length nomi nated ; Lut no sooner was it, nominated than the petition was abandoned. He had htd great difficulty in tracing the real originators of the petition. He acqui:ted its ostensible au- thor , , Messrs. Hammond and Clayt oti e whose signa tures were a na.re le ; a1 fiction like the Obsolete endorsement of "John Doe and Richard Roe" on the back of an old writ. At last, however, he found a solution of the mystery. They had all Lead d of Mr. Disraeli's sage prognostication about "the comieg man," whose advent upon the poli tical arena was to make all things smooth and straight. Well, judging from the anxiety dis played to obtain a seat for him, he was sure this coming man could be no other than his discomfited opponent, Mr. G. W. Hope—(laughter)—who ha. I canvassed almost every borough in the kingdom, but without kucio3s. That gentleman had, like Ulysses, seen many cities but gained no seat. It was to be hoped, however, that, like his clas , ic pro totype, ha had gained wisdom. Yet, if he should ever be induced to visit Dover again he trusted that, like his mythological namesake who remained at tbe.botteireof Pandora's box, Mr. G. W. Hope would ol.ways be found at the bottom of the poll. (Cheers,), -,Adverting next to the labours of the past session, Ur. Qsborne remarked that it almost required the constitution of Old Parr and the patience of Job to go, through the higis• lation of gip dog-clays, and especially of such dog days as thelast. Fel*, an official supporter of the Government there was no rest. He was called upon in the day to make a house, and in the evening to keep oae. What with the late hours and the bad odours, and those universal geniuses who promoted the one and prolonged the other, who spoke on all subjects, fatigued all listeni.rs, and impeded all business, he watayery lucky member of Parlia ment who could stind before his constituents at the end of the se lion-with the hilarity and the physical atrength.which he how enjoyed. The Conservative leader in the Commons, in one of those oracular sentences of his which were more remarkable for their originality of conception than fur the accu racy of their fu'filment, told the country that the Premier's obje t in the late dissolution was simply to " waste a year." How would that prediction bear being tested by the results ? The late session, theigh it lasted only for three months, saw the accomplishment of more work than had been achieved by any former Parliament that ever sat in Westaniuster. Among the measures which then passed into law, most of which were far more useful than showy, were the reform of abuses in the Eccle viastical Courts. springing from their testamentary jurisdiction : next th e Fraudulent Trust-es Act, and the act for the Winding-up of Insolvent Joint- Stock Companies, both of which were of first rate importance ta the commercial community ; then the abolition of Ministers' Money, which, though it only applied to Ireland, had swept away a more obnoxious and more irritating injustice than even church-ra'es • and last int 1 his ca a ogue—which it would weary'tl Divers© to lengthen further—came the celebrated n rc a e s zad Matrimonial Causes Bill, with the wise provisions, and, let him add, the great aocial ut fm n ry xortance of which they 111118 t all be fanaqiar, obstinate and pro tracted hostility to which had on th © not been equalled since the discussions •,, Corn-laws. (Bear.) The hon., gentleman then glancal at the private .) out business transacted by the Legislature, singling for especial reference the East Kent Railway Bill, in which his constituents wer e pa r ticularly inter es t e d. Arriving at -The all-engrossing topic of Ind ian affairs he a4ed—What ear does not tingle, what cart does'ilat throb at the recital of the cito-1 fate men killed, not - u defence of their country, but siassinated in cold blood by those whom they for merly led to victory/ What family in this land has not to mourn the loss of some loved one murdered in this sad outbreak r - When I rook to nay friend, your chairman, I cannot fsil to recollect that one of the fist victims to this revolt—'or it is no longer a mere mutiny—was Col. Finnis, of the 11th Bengal Inf, , ntry, who while expostulating with his Men was suddenly shot down, not, I am happy to say, by the soldiers of his own corps, but by men `of the 20th N. 1., who had been instigated to rebel. But what am I to say of the unheard-of atrocities, the diaboliCal tortures to which our ill-starred : countrywomen were subjected ? I cannot tru.t my self to dilate on such horrible scenes. The Sepoy has grestd himself from all restraint, and, not con tent with throwing off his allegiance to his flag, has , cast aside his affinities to human nature. " The sole joy the baffled spirit knows ,In his forced flight is murdering as he goes." .Let us on this occasion, I pray, have no false sen timentality —no mawkish, maudlin philanthropy. Let us have no ?ant about mercy to the miscreants who have not OJIy imbrued their hands in the blood of their leaders, but are a satire on their kind. Some well-meaning men, more remarkable for their pious Anbecility than their common sense, are now advo looting increased subscriptions for - missiona• y efforts in India. j am not one of those who deride the labours-4 the missionary, but there is a time for all things, and I think this the most inopportune of all Mmes for urging such au appeal. Soldiers are re- quired, not preachers ; rifles, not tracts. Not only , have we an empire to preserve, but fiendish out f•ages to avenge—outrages perpetrated upon Eng 1a ishmen and Englishwomen. (Cheers.) It is a conso tion amid this wilderness of crime to turn to those right spots where the heroism of our countrymen has een so nobly displayed. Who has not read with emotion of the deeds of those gallant young officers iwho ' deserted by all, sooner than abandon their boats and yield up their military stores to the re els, put a match the train and blew up their own inagazines at the cost of their lives ? The poet truly hays that it is not always the greatest heroism which is shown in action— " It is the detail of blank intervals, i That patient sufferance where no action is ' That proves our nature. Many are who act, But, oh, how few endure." he conduct of that young Lieut. Willoughby, of ,ayner, of Forrest, and of the soldier Scully, who tood by them to the last, equals anything in classic tory, and makes one proud of the name of English man. What shall we say of the deeds of General Nicholson, who routed the Ssalkote mutineers, and, I believe, left not a man of them remaining ? What of that hero-of the day, whose actions give the lie to the popular notion that old men are unfit for command, I mean Gen. Havelock—(cheers)—who in eight days marched 146 miles, and fought four pitched battles with themost glorious success 7 And mark you, he had to march in the month of July, under an Indian sun, the strokes of which were i more to be feared than the bullets of the enemy. These are indeed heroes who might' well be placed in an English Walhalla. What, too, shall we say of Major Eyre, who with 200 men released six Eng- Ilishmen shut up with 40 Sikhs in Arrah, and gal ' lantly holding out against a host of rebels—what but that they are worthy of their country, and that having done their duty abroad, something remains to be done by us at home I I hope there is no man here who, however he may differ from ns in poll ' tics, wouldseek at such a moment to make political capital out of the national misfortune ; yet there 're certain symptoms in the country which I a egret ito witness. I hear and read great abuseof the right 'hon. gentleman at the head of the Board of Control ,of whom it is thought a very good joke to say that because he bears the name of Smith he cannot 'be fit for his position. It is new to me 'that among Englishmen who are crying out that the right man is not in the right place, and that men descended from the people are not allowed to 'participate in . the direction of the people's affairs, a man's name should be any objection to him, more :especially when it is the common and well-honoured name borne by the right hon. gentleman's uncle, Sydney Smith, so distinguished for his writings and 'for his love of civil and religious liberty. I know Mr. Vernon Smith to be a man of great industry sand great ability, and I regard these attacks upon him as most ungenerous and unfair. Moreover, if anybody be to blame for supposed mismanagement of Indian affairs, that blame ought to attach not to an individual but to the united Cabinet. Know ing Lora Palmerston to Be beyond the reach of the . Efforts of their ill-will, these critics judiciously se lect a less popular Minister as the object of their animosity. .1 have said that we have duties to perform, and if we ought to defend a gen tleman at the head of a department at home, how much more incumbent upon us is it to be chary of the reputation of men who are absent. It is a sacred obligation upon us not to run down the character of any man serving his country at a dis tance, while imperfectly acquainted with the cir cumstances under which he acted, until he is proved to have been inefficient. Ido not say that there may not have been inefficient men in India. I be lieve that there have been ; but they are awaiting the award of courts-martial, and until the verdicts of those tribunals reach this country it is prema ture to pass any judgment upon them. And when speaking of absent men, I think we ought to give our entire confidence to Lord Canning, who is placed in a position so difficult and trying, but whose measures hitherto have been at once ener - getic and highly judicious. Immediately on the commencement of this outbreak he sent not only t r the Cape, but to Aden, the Mauritius, China, and Ceylon for troops ; and there are now either in Endia or on their way thither, 55 battalions of in f intry, 11 regiments of cavalry, one troop of Horse Artillery, three field batteries, five compa nies of Royal Artillery (a corps that never before visitedlndia,andfuur companies of Royal Engineers, making a total, besides marines, of 84,000 men, avrtro before the month of November will be as sembled on the plains of India. Now, you will ask, what of your own department, the navy ? It so hspp , -ns that department has nothing to do with the taking of transports for this war ; that is all included aud, I am happy to say, paid for—a very material consideration, as we shall see when the bill is brought in—by another authority. There have sailed, however, or are now under orders, not fewer than 59 transports, and tenders for a great many wore have been tent in. I hope, therefore, we shall s -on hear that an end has been put to this mon stcous conspiracy. I for one *shall not be satisfied u7std I hear that Delhi, on which I look a 3 the mo— dern Gomorrah, has been razed to the ground. The punishmenie I think, should be commensurate wi'h the crime. Sure I am that as long as one stone of that city is lefi; upon another, so long will the Hindoo and the Mahomedan point to the spot where Miss Jennings was cut to pieces amid the fiendish exultation of brutal and bigoted Asiatics. Being only a subordinate member of , the Government, I speak without authority, but I shrewdly suspect that if you wish to preserve Incli,v you must be prepared to pay for it. I am sure you would uct think for a moment of weigh .ing pounds, shillings, and pence in the scale aif,ainst the prestige of the British name and the claims of outraged humanity. So much for the past. It is much more difficult to speak of the future, because aich such horrors ringing in our ears it is impos sible to maintain the requisite calmness and mode ration. There is a large party in this country who are desirous of doing away at once with the power of the East India Company. I have not now the ' evidence that would enable me to discuss that Tiesrion, but I know that some of thegreatest men both in civil and mi!itarylif-e !lava been produced un (l, r z he auspices of that body, as witness Eiphinstone and Malcolm, Colvin and the Lawrences, and many o hers. I wish, however, to say a word or two upon the Bengal army. I have lung made this sub j, ct my study, and so far from feeling any surprise at what has happened, I am only surprised that this mu:iuy did net break out before. We have had frequent warnings as to the sta' e of that army, but, ales ! though forewarned we have not been forearmed. We have a population of 180,000,000 in India, from whom we rased ati army of 300,000 men, made up of Hindoos and Ma hemedans, and only one sixth Europeans. With a force so composed it is apparent we must all a'ong have been sitting on a barrel of gunpowder. Tne Bengal army was never asked to march on any great expedition but it mutinied for double allow ance. This was not the exception but the rule. The double allowance was always conceded, and then, but not ill then, they marched. With the origin of the word Sepoy you are, probably, all ac quainted ; but, perhaps, you are not aware that we copied the embodiment of the Sepoy regiments from the French, who are said always to introduce a thing first, John Bull afterwards improving upon it. The improvement in this case, I regret to say, has rot been very apparent. This system existed under the Fi ench in 1746 at Cuddalore. Clive adoptedtheir idea; but in his time the regiments were officered to a considerable extent by native chiefs and gentlemen, who, in those days, fought most efficiently. Great changes have since then been introduced—changes, unhappily, not for the better. Formerly the Euro pean officers were obliged to know the languages of their men, and wore all selected, not only for their ability, but also for their acquaintance with Eastern character. In 1796 more Europeans were allotted to each native regiment, and the principle of selec tion was done away with. So many new officers were required that commands were given to lads fresh from school, and totally ignorant of the native 1 ngua,ges. What was the consequence ? That the native officer who till then had been a leading man in his regiment, and had conducted himself with propriety and honour, became disgusted. Gra dually your army was altogether deserted by the native gentlemen—for you must not imagine that a gentlem an i s to b e found in England only. ---(A 1 ""g 11 .) Gentl emen d escen d e d from the no bi lity that fl our i shed. u me n rl d y er a the Mahomedan aihmopmnerdtaanntrengilemmeen, element in who were formerly your army, would no longer take service in it. And it welled Lave been s t range if t h ey h a d ; ' because no matter how able or distinguished might have been, immediately an old native office r place. aTnhuemb'eetratfthe batalion and the a young stripling with a w h ite f officer dcl:rggeiveor ace made his ap npaetairvaenceofah mis take then was that, while so large consigned to. ° u ropean officers were each regiment, you still retained the native commissioned offic,,re The old native officer was an educated man, who could keep the accounts of his regiment ; whereas his modern representative is perhaps one of the mast ignorant men in India, being very seldo m able to read, and still more seldom able to writ?. Tile suit is,. he has very little influence over hie men ; he never gives any iuf irmation, and cannot repress a mutiny. Mot ever, he knew that if he reached a c..:rtain period of life in 3 our service, according to the principle of seniority which obtained in the Bengal army, he would become an officer at 60. He would, therefore, remain in his corps till then, merely to obtain his pension and retire. The great error, I repeat, was that you ever kept native' officers at all after the Diropean element - was so largely infused into the service. This is a point to which the Government will have to turn its atten tion when it comes to deal with the reconstruction I of the native army. There is another matter well , worthy of consideration in connexion with this sub ject. I refer to the comparative number of officers in English and in Sepoy regiments. Let me take by way of illustration the 25th Regiment, called " the Borderers." They are 1,000 strong, and their complement of officers is 36, besides the staff, including the lieutenant colonel, quarter-master, surgeon, and field-officers. This number are generally present with their corps, and always on service. With the Sepoy regiment, however, the case is different. There the complement of officers, including the staff, is 26 for 1,000 men. You may think this a very fair number, but the fact is that on an average not more than 15, and those not the elite, are never present with their regiment, giving only one officer to 93 men. I ask, in such a state of things, how can you expect a regiment to be kept in proper discipline, and to look up to its leaders ? Every man who is master of the language and who wishes to distinguish himself regards regimental duty as irksome, and always looks for staf employment. Such employment he is sure to obtain, and the regiment is thus left in the hands of men of much less ability, who sometimes cannot so much as give the word of command in anything but English, who have no knowledge or sympathy with the feelings of their men, and who unhappily have the bad taste to call them niggers, and indulge in those jokes at their expense to which young officers are prone. This, then, is a defective system, which ought to be reformed. Again, a vicious rule exiats in the recruiting of the Bengal army. You are aware that in India there is such a thing as caste. Indeed, we have a little of it at home, where people b sth in the religious and political world look down upon their neighbours as if they were inferior beings. Such men are the European Brahmins (a laugh), but they are not at all to be compared to the Asiatic Brahmin who belongs to the priestly order, and to whom everything and everybody is subservient. For that matter accord ing to the Hindoo mythology, instead of the Brahmins paying court to the Gods, the Gods are supposed to pay court to the Brahmins. (A laugh.) Nevertheless, our policy has been to enlist the Brahmins in the proportion in some cases of as many as 600 to 1,000. They are indifferent soldiers but clever intriguers ; they contrive to keep the other men in subjection to them and subservient to their interests, and have in a manner established a code which treats a regimental offence as venial, and an offence against caste as unpardonable. They happen to be taller than the other men, and are marvellously proper in appearance • but they are not the men who fou g ht y our ear li er battles in India. It was not such men who won the victories of Coote and Clive. Their armies, on the contrary, were composed of men of mixed caste, including even Pariahs ; men who did good and faithful service, men who founded the reputation of the great Duke of Wellington, and overthrew the hosts of the fierce Tippoo Sahib. (Cheers) You must there fore revise your recruiting system. But this is not all. It is not _enough to have your native troops well formed and well officered ; you must take care that they are not commanded by effete and worn out leaders ; and to accomplish this object a com pulsory system of superannuation is absolutely ne cessary. History shows that almost every great action has been won by youne g enerals. Napoleon was only 25 wh en he conducte d 6 his great Italian campaigns, and the illustrious Wellington was only 46 when he concluded his active military career. If you had had a young officer in command at Meerut I believe you would have had this insurrection crushed in the bud, and had Colonel Gillespie, who promptly cut down the disaffected soldiery at Irel lore and saved an empire, been an aged decrepit officer, I have no doubt that an extensive mutiny like the present would have broken ont at a much earlier period. But it is not in the management of the native army alone that mistakes have been made. Errors have also been committed in your mode of governing India. Like true John Bulls you have been guided solely by your own notions and ideas without regard to their adaptability to the Asiatic temperament. You forgot that those men have as conscientious an objec tion to using the fat of the cow as many of my fiends here have to another animal—(laughter)-- and although, no doubt, the greased cartridge affair was a mere pretext, still a large body of Sepoys really supposed that their caste was to be taken n.-vay, and Christianity to be forced upon them at the point of the bayonet. The train was laid by '3l.ahorneclau fraud and ounning, and thud +he. mingled fanat;cism and ferocity of the Hindoo. Another mistake was male when, in 1835, a great Incline statesman gave unlimited freedom to the native press. I have always entertained a great' respect for the press. Its conductors are our masters— beneficent masters, too. If we lose a good deal on the one hand, •we gain much on the other, in the shape of public liberty, by their free dom from official censorship. But to graft upon an Asiatic constitution the unrestricted free Rem of the press was certainly one of the maddest schemes that ever entered the mind of any ruler. The con- sequences of that measure were foreseen and foretold by a great Indian administrator—Sir Thomas Munro—who, although favourable to native . participation in',the government, never thelem put on record a minute in which he warned us that a native free press would undermine the discipline and subvert the allegiance of the Sepoy. Another matter in which we have been going too fast is our imprudent interference with Hindoo customs. It would have been a trifling matter for us to abstain from meddling with a Hindoo woman's inability. to remarry. Indeed, it is not an uncommon thing for an English widow to regret her not having lived there under a similar restriction—(laughter)--and, therefore, there could have been no great harm in allowing the Asiatic relict to live in single blessed ness upon her happy recollection of her defunct Hindoo. (Loud laughter.) But we must needs pass a law opposed to all the cherished prejudices and prepossessions of Orientals. It was all very well to put down suttee and other inhuman rites and orgies. Akhbar himself, one of the greatest of Mahomedan Sovereig ns, was known to be hostile to the immolation of a woman on her husband's funeral pile ; but in regard to compulsory celibacy the game was not worth its cost. Why persist in a course of petty interference which can only serve to exasperate and envenom our subjects? Another custom which the East India Company swept away was that of adoption ; and it is said that the atrocities of that miscreant of miscreants, Nana Sahib, were prompted by per sonal resentment for the loss he suffered under the operation of this change. He was left the adopted heir of Peishwa, but the Company stepped in and deprived him of the pension he claimed as inherit ing from that prince. The Company left the raa cal guns and an embattled fortress, and these very guns he used against our unfortunate countrymen at Cawnpore. If they did the thing at all, they ought to have done it thoroughly. But there is one policy which, in my opinion, was above all others most unwise, imprudent, and detrimental to the interests of this country. I speak of the policy of annexation. You know that when we first went to India we went as simple traders. A hundred years ago all the territory we had ire India was a few factories on the Malabar and Coroman del coasts, and in Bengal, amounting to sot more than 5,000 square miles. The great Burke in his reflections on the French Revo lution in 1793 gave-a solemn warning in his cele brated passage against the ambition of Great Bri ta'n. Hresays, "I dread that you should be too much dreaded," and the remarkable words which he adds are, " Our empire in India is an awful thing." I have told you wh a t th a t em pi re was i n 1757; what was it in 1793 in the time of Lord Corn wallis's settlement? It amounted to 200,000 square miles, with a population of 40 millions. What would Burke have said had he lived to see that empire in 1857? The 200,000 square miles under the policy of annexation have swelled to 7 millions, with apopu lation of 180 millions. That, indeed, is an awful em pire, and ought not to be governed on a narrow and contracted basis, still less on the principles of forcing European notions upon Asiatic institutions. I have said our countrymen have done their duty nobly ; it remains for us to do ours as nobly. The sympathy and approbation of his countrymen cheer the absent soldier, who in the hour of danger en courages his comrades by telling them, " They will talk of us in England this day." We are bound to render them our best assistance, and when pecuniary aid is required we should give it, not grudgingly, but g enerously, and with an open hand. Let me now turn to one or two topics of more domestic in terest. On the subject of education it bas occurred to me ;that we are possibly going a little too fast. The competitive system with regard to entrance into the public service ought not to be forced on too ra pi lly, but should be applied gradually, with due discrimination, and also, give me leave to say, with good sense. People often come to me and say that they want situations as clerks, or as tide-waiters, but that they are asked to unde rg o an exa mination, through which, if they could successfully pass, they should feel themselves qualified to fill the office and e t lc : i t :l i t sk l et this tose opposed complainttt emoluments shsehould beis to some ofa extent Prime justified. Minister. ? d to a compul sor y ra t e f or th e e d uca ti on th© PeOple, whi c h oug h t, i n my opinion, to be sup- °rted by volunt ary efforts. At th e same ti me , if .ny particularly enamoured of an educational impost I don't know that I should ob stinately refuse to_ indulge them on the point. (A laugh.) Another question, which I have no wish to blink, is that of a further reform of Parliament. I first appeared before you as the advocate of buch a measure, and I am still prepared to advocate it. But, if we are to have another Reform Bill, I do regret that there is one eminent public man who, whatever may have been his political backslidings, is yet a fine specimen of the Englishman and the English Liberal, and whose name is indissolubly in tertwined with the brightest triumphs of the Liberal cause—l regret that Lord John Russell—(cheers)-- is not a member of the present Government. He is far to useful a man to be consigned to the dreary shade of a back bench. (Hear, hear.) Lord Derby, with that wit and eloquence which so pre-eminently distinguish him, once described the Government of Lord Palmerston as con sisting of Lord Palmerston alone. Of course, the Conservative leader did not condescend to notice so insignificant an individual as myself. (A laugh.) I have not the honour of a seat in the Cabinet—l am not highly enough con nected for that—l am not a Brahmin. (Laughter.) But the noble earl spoke of Lord Palmerston and his appendages. There may, indeed, be some in stances in which appendages are not wholly worth less.' The key which winds up the watch is an ap pendage. But that is neither here nor there. Lord Derby wished to ridicule the Ministry, and there fore could not take small matters into account. I maintain, however, that a Government composed as is the present Government, with that essential element, community of sentiment and unity of ac tion, can be much more safely depended upon at a crisis than a Cabinet made up of orators. You will recall,the poet's words— ". Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise : His pride in reasoning, not in acting, lies." What has been our experience of former Admini strations--Administrations comprising many of the greatest historic names ? There was'the Cabinet of " All the talents." That could hardly be called a Cabinet of appendages. Then there was the Aber deen Cabinet, under which I myself first took office. Was there ever a Cabinet stuffed 50 full of plums ? (Alaugh.) I speak with the highest respect for Lord Aberdeen—;a, true and honest Reformer, who has I believe been much misunderstood—and I have an equal respect for many of his colleagues. Nevertheless, they were weak in spite of their oratorical strength, they were not bound together by community of sentiment. A lady of distinction once gave a handsome entertainment to a brilliant assemblage of ambassadors, historians, poets, and philosophers, and the affair having gone off very dully, and proved in fact an utter failure, in her natural disappointment she next day asked Tom Moore, who bad been one of her guests, why it was her party had been so stupid. That gentleman at once replied, ""Oh I the reason is evident ; you had too much quince in your apple-pie." (A laugh.) So with the previous Ministries to which I have referred---they had too much quince in their Cabinet .pudding. (Laughter and cheers.) I are convinced, gentlemen, that it is much better for the interests of the empire to have a man like Lord Palmerston at the head of the Government, supported by a Cabinet of men remarkable at least for industry, if not so well known to the public as their distin guished chief, than it would be to havea Cabinet of mere rhetoricians. Rhetoricians will not pull you through an Indian crisis. Energy is the quality needed to cope with so critical an emergency. Whether it was a wise thing to move our army upon Delhi and keep it there, without attempt ing to take the place by a coup de main, I am not sufficiently versed in military strategy to pronounce. That city is strongly fortified has a large garrison, and a mixed population of Hindoos and Mahomedans numbering 150,000 souls, and the success of an attack by so small a European force as our commanders have yet been able to collect there might have been very pro blematical. But even if it should be deemed ex pedient to withdraw our troops now before Delhi to Agra, the nation must not be discouraged. Wo ought neither to be elated by partial success nor disheartened by what may seem to be a temporary check to our progress. Remember, if we do retreat, it will only be to get a greater spring. (Hear, hear.) That we shall finally vanquish, I have no manner of doubt. (Cheers.). The great Burke, whom I have already quoted, says, " A man of pure speculative benevolence may wish the frame of the society in which he lives to be differently constituted ; but a good patriot and a good politi cian will endeavour to make the best of the exist ing materials. The disposition to preserve and the , ab 7 bty to improve would be my standard of a wise and true statesman." Lord Palmerston, in my opinion, comes up to that definition ; and I think the nation feels confident that he will bring this miserable Indian revolt to the happy termi isafi.,,, aQ flint to which it was his good fortune to bring the late war with Russia. [The hon. gentle man, after apologising for the great length ai which he had trespassed on the patience of his audience, resumed his seat amid vociferous and prolonged applause.] The remainder of the proeeediugs was enlivened by a lively passage of arms between the hon. member for Sandwich and the Secretary of the Admiralty. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN& TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Maes Receipts. Qiened• NAME OF RAILWAY. 1867. 1857. 1856 =Tian. X Aberdeen • . •• •• .• .. ••••• • •• •• • •• •• - 65 Belfast and Ballymena .• .• 1,236 937 17 Belfast and County Do wn •• • • 323 293 32 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,993 2,584 26% Bolton,Blackburn,and West York - 118 7,536 7,735 Bristol and Exeter • • •• • • 198% Caledonian.......• • • ... ••• • •• 14,572 13,590 94 I A Chester and Holyhead. ••• • • • 614 Cork, Blaekrock, an d Pa ssa g e 20 _ Cork and Bandon .. •••• • • • • 289 263 56 Dublin and Belfast J u nction• ,143 63 • Dublin and D rogheda . ••••••• • •• • • • • 1 . 983 7 1 1 .67 -40 Dublin and Kingstown •••• • • • 2,016 1,991 i 7 Dundee and A:rbroath •••••• •• •• 31. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 1,085 1,172 ;?, , Dundalk and Enniakillen ••.. • • 07 :b East Anglian.... •••••••• • • • • • • •• 1,0:3 990 93 East Lancashire ••.... • • 7,437 6,879 49 • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.... •• 3 26,347 24,790 142 - Eastern Union.. •••••• • "• • • •. •• •• Edinburgh and Glasgow •••••-••• •• • . 6,825 6,379 78 , Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...". 3,555 3,816 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • • • •• • • • • • • •. - 22 Furness Railway •••••• • • • • • • 1 8 3%Glasgow, and South-Western 6,956* 6,738 2 " , Great Northern.• • ...... " .. 24,655 24 540 203 % °rent Southern and Western (Ireland) 7,519 7,414 465 Great Western ••• • • • ••• •••• • • •• .... 31 , 568 30,281 46 % Irish South Eastern •• •• •• •• •• 312 273 90 Lancaster and C arlisle ..... •• • 7,634 7,327 236 Lancashire and Yorkshire...• - Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • •• • • •• •• •• - ' 16 1 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport _ 637 London and North Western • 70,101 69,058 5% London and Blackw all ••••• • • • 1,524 1,611 183 % London, Brighton, and South Coast 13,637 18,980 289 31 London and South V•restern. • • 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen • • 813 690 - Manchester, Boston, and Matlock, &c, - 17.3% Manchester, Shefdeld , and Lincolnshire 11,861 10,043 9 Manchester and South junction.... • 1,638 1,000 • 2sl Maryport and Carlisle •• ••• • • • 1,091 89 ; 567 Midland ••• - • • •••••• • • • • • • 35,857 34,012 177 Midland Great Westorn (Irish) 4,279 4,137 52, Monklands ••• • • • ••• • • • ••• • •• 1,432 1,3a6 18 Newcastle and Carlisle.... •• .• 3,485 3,166 149 North British ••..••• • " '• 6,011 5,961 233 - North Staffordshire •••••• •• • • 5,547 7,759 -17. North-Western ••• • • • 1,216 1,016 • SO - Scottish Central .. ••••• • • • • • 3,445 3,260 32% Scottish Midland • • ••••• • • • • • • • ' 39 ' , Shrewsbury and Birmi n g ham 1,853 1,967 4 3 % Shrewsbury and Chester 30 Shropshire Union .. •• • • 898 831 57 South Devon '... • • • • 3013 South Eastern .. • . 24.508 25,024 171 South Wales 7,911 7,640 108% South York., Doncaster, and Goole 63 Taff Vale • • 4,829 4,984 36 Ulster .•••• • • •• ••i••• •• •• 1,483 1,403 77 Waterford End Limerick 1,43 G 1, •99 17 West Cornwall ...• •• •..... ••••• •• 743 609 .•2% •• Whitehaven Junction ••.. • • 433 460 63-1 Yore and Newcastle, and Berwick & • York and North ldland & Leeds.. - FOREIGN. 109 Dutch Rhenish ........... ..... 3,583 3,072 344 Lyons and Mediterranean 23,851 29,222 93 hiontereau and Troyes •• • • • • - Namur and Liege • • - - 446 Northern of France - Orleans and Central ......... 587 Paris and Lyons 39,908 40,970 - • Paris and Rouen. • • .... •• •• •• • • •• •• 666 Paris and Strasburgh - Horan and Havre.. . 548 West rind North-West of France • • The .Chairman and Directors of the East India Coin pany have appointed the Rev. William Garden Cowie, E.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Curate of nrulton, Bear Newmarket, to a chaplaincy in the Bengal Presidency. [A.=)vsarrismaxr.]—The following is not the least remark. able 2,..noaff the numerous extraordinary cures without medi cine etTected by Du Barry's delicious Health-Restoring Re valenta Arabica Food, of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious,and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility:—Maastricht, Holland, Aug. 7,1 654.—k1y daughter Virginio had long been consump tive, with. dimwit cea and night sweats, and was in July last reduc ed to such a state of prostration and exhaustion, that our medi cal men agreed the:re was no hope of recovery left, and that she could riot survive many days.. Upon the recommenda tion of adriencl, we tied Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, which, to the astonis: i nnent of all, caused an immediate change for the better in the symptoms. After the first few meals she felt less miserable, and in six days the diarrhoea and nighi sweats had left her. She gained strength gradu ally, and in two months time was perfectly well. This excel lent reniedy deserves to be more generally known, and I conai4er I am only ' discharging a most sacred duty iu recommending it to' all sufferers.—S. ZEGUERS. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors ot Cheruis'al , Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Cart ibell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord fltr .art de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castle- Stuart; 34 .ajor-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons ,lvhose health has been restored by it, after all other means A. cure had failed. Suitably packed with full in. structic In canisters, llb, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 4s. 6d. ; 61b, lls ; 1`.1.70, 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free, on receipt of Poet-Office order.--Barry Du Barry, dr Co., 77, Regen t-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful the tgers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel lor Sir IN illiam Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th Marel ~ 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating " Du Barn i'e Revalenta Arabica Food.'' SEPTEMBER 28, 185? CARDINAL WISEMAN ON THE INDIAN MUTINIES. Yesterday morning a pastoral letter from Cardi nal Wiseman was read iri all the Roman Cltholie places of worship in the metropolis, on the subject of the Indian mutinies, directing that next Sunday be set apart by the Roman Catholic body as a day of humiliation and prayer, and that a collection should be then made for the objects specified. His Eminence says : " When lately, dearly beloved in Christ, our country was afflicted with war, we called upon you to pray to the God of Armies for victory and for peace. They came to us in good time ; and, scarcely heeding these lesser wars which harassed our Eastern frontiers in Persia and in China, we believed that we had before us a long period of national tranquillity, and of consequent prosperity. "And now so soon again we have to invite you to call aloud to the God of mercies that He would spare us the afflicting and harrowing scenes which have been, and are probably still, acted on our own t?rritories, of which those possibly dear to ue, at least our own people, are the victims ; and that He would once more give back order and quiet rule to the continent of India. " Who will attempt to describe the terrible calamity which has overwhelmed us? 'Behold a little cloud came out of the sea like a man's foot,' and while he who be held it 'turned himself this way and that way, behold the heavens grew dark with clouds and wind, and there fell a great rain,' not, alas ! of refreshing waters, but of gore in battle, and blood in massacre. For truly had it had been merely war with its usual array of evils that we had to deplore—had there been suddenly commenced the conflict of brave men in honourable warfare, it would have been enough tosaddenusand to direet our thoughts to supplication for peace. But here it has been the sudden rising of an immense army, subject as much as our troops at home to the Crown of this realm,—armed, trained, clothed, and fed by the power which there represents it ; their rising by conspiracy, which has bilently and darkly included tens of thousands, to break out openly like a plague in separated spots, under one law of cruel perfidy and treacherous brutality. Almost without exception, as you all have learnt, regiment after regiment has murdered the officers who had led them to battle, and who trusted in their fidelity, till the volley was fired or the thrust was made which laid at the feet of cowards those who living had made them brave. For, transformed by that deed of treachery into assassins, these hordes of savage mutineers seem to have cast aside the commonest feelings of humanity, and to have not merely resumed the barbarity of their ancient condition, but borrowed the ferocity of the tiger in the jungle, to torture, to mutilate, to agonize, and to destroy. Nay, if we had imagined to ourselves the un checked excesses of a fiendish fury by which legions of demons let loose against a tribe accursed of God would have marked their progress of devastation, the picture would have fallen short of what has been perpetrated, In a land that we called our own and thought that we bad blessed with earthly happiness, on those whom many around us know, whom some near us may have tenderly loved. "It is not our duty or our wish to detail the horrors Of this overthrow of Indian civilisation, containing as they do so much of what the apostle tells must not even be named among us. Suffice it to say that no indignity, no insult, no dishonour has been geared ; that nothing which cruelty in its refinement or in its grossness could devise or execute has been omitted from the black, ca talogue of committedcrimes ; that no regard has been had of the sacredness of age, of the helplessness of wo manhood, nor of the innocence of infancy ; that Compas sion' remorse, the ties of previous obligations, familiarity, and friendship seem to have lost their hold on these maddened contrivers of total ex ermination. And many crimes there have been, no doubt, too hideous for revelation—scenes of -lawless license and unbridled brutality, of which no record has been kept save in the reckonings of Him who will one day bring to light the hidden. things of darkness and amply repay them. "At the contemplation - of these scenes of horror the mind stands aghast, and is filled with strange surmises and perplexed with conflicting judgments, till it merges its terrors, its anxieties, and its shifting thoughts in the depths of that ever consistent wisdom which clan weave the vilest of man's designs and the blackest of their actions into a web of provilential mercies and of un stinted goodnese. What expiation and what high reward may have come to many who, with patience in faith, have endured torments like to those of ancient martyrs? —how large a new band of innocents may have been welcomed in heaven by their forerunners of Bethlehem, slain even through hatred and fear of the same Christ — what a sweeping away of the old and rotten basis of civilisation, that a juster and a purer reconstruction of it follow, may have ,been practicable only by this ravaging flood—what a purging of a foul atmosphere of hidden crime for the shining of a warmer and a brighter sun may have been effected by the unsparing whirl of this tempest—in fine; what a second and re newed prosperity may be in store for that empire after the marauders have rushed in and taken away all and slain its servants/ and a violent wind has come from the side of the desert and shaken the four corners of its house, and it has fallen upon its children and they are dead '—what, in fine, of beauty and loveliness God may cause this new desert to bud forth';—all these things He alone knoweth, but we may pray to Him to grant and do. " Yet, however contdent we may feel net only of future but of present meicy, it is so covered with an aspect of actual severity, so micglod w;th signs of im peno"g juugnash..3.-, ^--et tinstnolst must be of propitiation, and of calming the anYtte - incitnivion which visits us and that distant dependency for trans gressions and sins, which if dimly seen by man may be char to God's penetrating eye. So sudden, so unex pected, so overwhelming, and apparently so causeless a calamity comes, no doubt, by the permission of God, and has its reasons buried in His unsearcnable mind. Had it fallen upon our forefathers in Catholic days one would have seen the streets of this city trodden in every direction by penitential processions of men and women crying out aloud, like David when pestilence had struck the people. And this is likewise our first impulse, to torn to God in affliction and contrition of spirit, to hum ble ourselves beneath His mighty hand, to set onr faces to-the-Lord God, and say to Him, To Thee, 0 Lord, justice, bat to ds confusion of face,' and then to entreat Him to show us again the light of His countenance, to `scatter the gentiles who delight in war,' and rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds.' For then, indeed, and then alone, may we justly claim the mercies of the Lord, when we haie sought to appease His wrath. " Such, then, is the double object which we propose to ourselves in addressing you. If we have waited some time before carrying - it out, it has been because a day was approaching which seemed, especially suited to our purpose. Accordingly, on the 11th of this month, vice addressed a letter to each of our right rev, brethren in England informing him of our intention to issue this pastoral, and appoint the first Sunday in October as a day of general supplication and collections for India in this our diocese. "On that day, known familiarly among us as 'Rosary Sunday,' the church publicly thanks God for victories gained over great Infidel Powers threatening the de struction of Christian nations. And these victories she attributes to the humble supplications of her children, coinciding in day and bour with the defeats of the ene my. Now, these supplications consisted mainly in the recital publicly of that very chaplet of our Lady which that Sunday honours and suggests. Engaged in a simi lar contest, let us have recourse to similar means, and exert ourselves to the utmost to avert the scourees of Divine justice falling heavily upon our empire, and t) obtain that aid which God's blessing alone can effectually give to men's prowess and skill. • "Let us take our share ink the humiliation as we do in the suffering. Let us not hold up our hands and say that we have had no pia in the causes of these calami ties. They are a common burden, they afflict us and oppress us all. However'unjustly our religion may have been treated in that distant country by its rulers, how ever even now it may be unkindly dealt with, however we may have been slandered or calumniated there or at home, ail must on that day be forgotten. We are only natives of one country, subjects to one Crown, and wve must take our portion of common sorrow, drink equally of the same bitterness, and take upon ourselves the yoke and burden of our fellow-eitizens, however far away. " With all your hearts, therefore, pray that God will break down the fierce power of the enemies, and rescue from their cruelty their helpless victims, and that He will grant the consolations of patience to all sufferer,s, and especially to those bereaved of their dear ones ; and do not forget in your - warmest prayers those many spouses of the Lamb, the sisters of various orders who have left their homes in Europe to instruct the children and nurse the sick of those barbarians. Great has been our joy at hearing of the . escape of so many of their num ber—an escape, in sortie instances, little, short of mira culous. But we know not how many more remain in peril, and we are certain of some. " Entreat, then, the God of battles to arise and scatter His enemies, the enemies of His name, of His faith, and of His very unwritten law—the law of humanity in scribed in every heart. He can give victory to our standards and conquest to our arms. • Beg of Him to strengthen the hands of our soldiers and fortify their frames against the poison of the swamp and the arrows of the sun ; to fill their hearts with the noble courage of the Christian soldier, the chivalry of the valiant knight, not with the ferocity of the Pagan, or the mere thirst for slaughter of the savage. Lis . en not to the sanguin ary cries by which passions suflioiently natural and too likely to be inflamed beyond the verge of justice by the horrible spectacles on which they will be fed are urged forward to still madder excitement. Realember that the words 'vengeance' and 'revenge' were washed out by the blood of Calvary from the catalogue of man's as sumed rights ; that they are reserved to God alone, who will make use of man's justice, stern and inexorable, but leaving room still for mercy to creep in, for the avenge ment of His own violated law. No, we must give anolle example, which vi , l show the very heathen that Chris tianity has a sacred pawer to conquer in the soul even the most mighty and most sweet • of corrupt human instincts. " And pray ye thus for that peace which will not leave a wilderness for a kingdom, nor ruins for its cities. Let the guilty be dealt with so that the land be purged of its inquity,.ond then let just laws, and honest principles, and fear of God, and large Christian views prevail, with out oppression of the heathen or unfairness to Christians, that so once more the land may be clothed with abund ance and its inhabitants abide in safety. And thus shall it be if God so direct the counsels of the nations' ruler,. as to be wise and moderate abroad and at home, here preventing religious strife, and there not fomenting political convulsions, uniting all here in equality of state, and winning back the confidence and admiration of the stranger, that so this .realm may be staid in lastin peace, and hold its hign dominion undisputed ovt r the . sea, and respected in every land." a „Then is prescribed the order of prayer and the order of services for Sunday next, the day appointed for humiliation—an indulgence being granted to ail the faithful who shall take part in certain of the services for the intentions and objects of the day's supplication. In reference to the collections to be made, his Eminence says,— " As- the prit sts who have generously offered to go as chaplains to the seat of war, beyond a most inadequate salary, are allowed nothing for outfit, or for the provision of things necessary for religious worship, the proceeds of the collection will be in part applied to supply this want. As yet we do not know the extent of loss by destruction of ecclesiastical or conventual property in India, but we know for certain that several religious communities have lost their all. While no doubt they will receive such relief from public funds as is awarded to individual sufferers, we can easily understand that they will re quire special assistance in consideration of their re ligious state, of which, probably, no regard will be had in the distribution of such funds. To these particular wants our attention will likewise be devoted. Should your particular charity enable us to go beyond these special wants, any surplus would be thrown into the general subscription for the relief of the distress in India, towards which many of you have doubtless sent your subscriptions," THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. (From Th.acker's Overland News.) The following is a compete and corrected list of the transports which have sailed for India with reinforcements of troops to supress the Sepoy mu tinies ; also the vessels engaged to take out the last ordered to India, and now embarking. The dates and numbers having been corrected from the official list, and the detail of officers embarked added to each detachment, will account for any dis crepancies from the previous statements, and makes the information in its present form complete. Those vessels named as destined for Ceylon touch at Point de Galle for final orders. The movements of these vessels of which we have any tidings are given in the footnotes. From the totals given by this list it will be seen that 77 vessels have already sailed for India since the news of the revolt first reached home, con veying to the assistance of our countrymen a force of 29,235 men of fall ranks of Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery ; and that a further force of 5,000 men of the Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, Engineers, and Field Train will embark almost immediately for the same destination. As the vessels which first left these shores have now been out close upon 90 days, we may calculate with some degree of certainty that, in addition to the 14,000 reinforce ments already landed at Calcutta from China, the Cape, and Mauritius, relief from England will now daily arrive, and that during next month a force of over 9,000 men will be landed and sent up the country, to be followed in November by nearly 18,000 men, and in the following month, Decem ber, by nearly 18,000 more, including the 5,000 now embarking; so-that by the close of the year hall have increased the British force in India t least 48,000 well-seasoned and disciplined ,s of every arm in the service : §ailed.l Ship. 1 Destination. 1 Trps. 1 Corps. we al by a troor July 1 Bucephalus .. Calcutta .. 223 35th Rgt 1 Barham .. Do. .. 131 Rifle Brigade 10 Ulysses • • .. 00. .. 298 18th Rgt 10 Ellenborough .. Do. 226 35th and 60th Rgts 11 Cressy • • .. Do. .. 223 Bth and 3cl Bat Rif B 12 Adelaide .. Do. .. 216 EI. Co's 12 Prince Arthur .. Do. .. 304 E. I. Co's 15 Sir G. Seymour Do. .. 230 7th Rgt 16 Surrey .. .. Do. .. 351 88th Rgt 18 Calabar .. Do. .. 229 88th Rgt 19 Cambodia . Kurrichee .. 219 Bth and 88th Rgts 19 Castle Eden .. Do. .. 239 27th, 52d, 6lstltgts 21 Ramifies • • • • Do. .. 223 7th Hgt 21 Roman Emperor .. Do. 195 27th, 61st, 87th Rgts 21 Seringapatam (a).. Do. .. 234 7th Rgt 21 Bombay .. • . Do. • . 356 21th and:7oth Rgts 21 Albuera • • • • Do. .. 233 27th and 81st Rgts 21 Owen_(#lendower Calcutta • • 277 7th Rgt 22 Suite) (b) s. Madras .. 231 3d Bat Rifle Brig 23 Alowick Castle .. Calcutta .. 422 19th Rgt 23 William Hammond Do. .. 238 29th, 53d, 60th Rgts 24 Aerchantman .. Do. • • 352 19th Rgt 25 Octavia (c) .. • .. Do. .. 237 32d and 75th Rgts 25 Blenhrim (d) • • Do. .. 349 2d Dragoons 26 Aliquis .. • • Do. .., 389 3d Bat Rifle Brig 26 Monarch (c) .. Do. .. 378 Bth, iOth, 32d, 35th, and 60th ltgts 26 Caledonia .. • • Ceylon .. 376 Ist Rgt • 28 Robert Lowe • • Calcutta 438 Ist Rgt 29 Sir Robert Sale e• Do. .. 290 O. I. Co's 30 Whirlwind.. . • Do. .. 353 19th and 42d Rgts 31 Thebes (f).. .. Ceylon .. 209 38th Rgt . 31 Walmer Castle Do. .. 420 79th Bit Aug. 1 LouL-iana . Calcutta .. 450 79th Rgt 1 Carthage (g) .. Ceylon .. 22 ) 38th Rgt • 2 Scotland . •• Do. .. 312 Artillery 4 Defiance .. D o . .. 414 Ist and 60th Rgts • United Kingdom (h) Do. .. 419 38th and Rif Brig 6 John Bell (i) • • Do. .. 406 38th and 60th Rgts 6 Golden Fleece (i). • Calcutta .. 934 34th and 42d Rgts 6 Victoria (jj) .. Do. .. 408 Artil and 42d Rgt • 6 Forerunner Bombay .. 258 3d Drag Gds 7 Liverpool .. .. Ceylon .. 479 6th Rifles, 3d Bat 7 Sussex .. • • Do. . .. 465 3b6oßf 2 b Rf Brg 8 fames Baines • • Calcutta .. 1037 97th and 42d Rgts Champion of .the Seas • • • • Do. .. 1032 20th and 42d Rgts g Sarah Sands . • Do. .. 900 54th Rgt 9 Lady Jocelyn(k) .. D o 766 54th, Art. Rif Brig 10 (Armagh'. s Khan(kk) Bombay .. 417 64th, 86th, 3d D ads 10 Imperador (1) • • Ceylon .. ".`029 Royal Marines 10 Tyburnia .. Do. .. 420 3tl b 60th It and 79th 12 Agamemnon - Calcutta .. 257_ 10th and 84th Rgts ITWeiliTectlifY) le Veyrorr - "539 • irtittrttc'...- 15 Vietoria .• • • Madras .. 44 Artillery • 15 Sydney (n) • • • Calcutta 300 Artillery 15 Australian (o) .. Do. • . 306 42d Rgt 15 Candia • • . • Do. 672 19th. 20113,34t11,97th 15 Ballarat (oo) .. Madras .. 291 68 Rif & Rif b, 2d II 16 Adelaide • • .. Ceylon 478 Royal Marines hi Sarah Sands • • Calcutta .. 368 54th Rgt 20 Vernon .. Bombay • • ' 208 E. 1. Ce's 26 City of Manchester Calcutta .. 531 King's Drag Guards 27 Hersilia .. Madras .. 272 11th Rgt 27 Lightning .. • • Calcutta 676 Bth Hus & Ind de) . 28 Matilda Atheling Do. .. 310 72d Rgt 28 Sedgmoor .. Bombay 369 64th, 78th, 83d, 86th 20 Waterloo • • •• • Calcutta .. 315 56th Rgt ' 29 Southampton (p) • • Bombay 363 56th Rgt 38 Khersonese (q) .. Calcutta .. 563 44th Rgt 30 Queen of the South Do. ' 76) 56th Rgt Sept. 1 Alipore .. • • Kurrachee .. 282 Art and Ind depots 2 Athlete • Calcutta .. 191 Artillery S Gloriana (r) .. Do. .. 235 66th and Ind dCpots 9 Scotia Bombay .. 341 72d iigts 16 Gosforth .. Do. 358 0.1. Co's Eng & Art 18 Hydaspes .. Ceylon .. 631 Artillery 24 Ireland . Kurrachee .. 320 98th Rgt Total, 77 ships. Total.. 29,935 Troops VESSELS NOW EMBARKING TROOPS. . Great Britain .1 Bombay .. 1000 Bth Bus, 17th Lams Bahiana," Kurrachee • • 430 ,98th Foot Italian.. .. Bombay .. 425 'lBth Foot Prin. Charlotte .. Bombay .. 425 18th Foot Austria .. • • (urrachee 1256 Axtill & Field Bat Leop.dd Kurrachee These vessels were to have embarked the troops named, but Have been rejected. Indomitable .. Bombay . _ 850 57th Regiment Melbourne Bombay St. Loafs Calcutta .. 406 1 Fld Bat 2 Co.'s Art Charity • • .. )iadras artillery (a) Spoken on the 9th of August in lat 39 N, long 14 W. (b) Spoken in lat 41 N, long 12 W. (c) Spoken on the-15th of August by the Golden Fleece. (d) Spoken on the Bth of August in lat 39 N, long 14 W. (e) Spoken on the 10th of August in let 38 N, long 16 W. (f) Touched at St. Vincent's on the 11th of August. (g) Touched at Cape. Verde on the 12th of August. (h) Touched at St. Vincent's on the I , th of August. T.dtched at St. Vincent's on the 18th of August. (j) Touched at St. Vincent's on the 18th of August e (jj) Touched at St. Vincent's on the 27th of August. (k) Touched at St. Vincent's on the 20th of August. (kk) Spoken on the 30th ofAugu t in lat 12 N, long 20 W. (1) Touched at Madeira on the 15th of August. (m) Touched at Madeira on the 17th of August. (n) Touched at St. Vincent's on the 25th of August. (o) Touched at St. Vincent's on the 25th of August. (oo) Spoken on the 14 h of August in lat 1 N, long 24 W. (p) Spoken on the 28th of August in lat 47 N, loog 12 W. (q) T,,uched at Madeira on the Gth of , eptember. (r) Spoken on the 1 Ith of September in lot 50 N, long 9 W. BOTANIC REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.—The attention of our readers is requested to an advertisement in our paper headed " A Fact for Physiologists," in which the Nottingham Medical Reform Society propose to send free to all applicants the Botanic Remedy for Indigestion, Bilious and Liver Complaints, lately discovered by Professor Webster, of Philadelphia. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills Matchless Remedies for Inveterate Ulcers.—Mrs. Ann Edwards, of Gloucester, was a great sufferer for nearly 12 years with several obstinate ulcers in the legs, accompanied with a continual and preternatural dis charge, corrupting the entire system, resisting every mode f treatment devised by her medical attendant and others of the faculty. Having heard 'of the numerous cures effected by Holloway's pills and ointment, she was induced to give them a trial, and to the astonishment of herself and friends, was quickly and soundly cured.-- Sold by medecine vendors throughout the world ;at professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, an fl 80, Maiden-lane, New York ;by A. Starn pa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. [ADVERTISEMENT.] ---SPORTSMEN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ARMY AND NAVY.—S. and' B. So omens, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly West. Observe— opposite the York Hotel. —Portability, combined with g. eat power in the Field, Race course, Opera, and general out-door day and night powerful waistcoat-pocket Perspective Glasses, weighing only four ounces, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass, will show distinctly a person's countenance two and a half and three miles. They serve every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at eight to ten mil-s. They are also invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, and yachting. Single ones, the size of a walnut, possessing the same great power. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses, in general use by gentlemen of the Army and Navy, and by sp)rtsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. The most powerful and brilliant telescop possessing such extraordinary power that some, three and a half inches ' wiqi an extra astronomical eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's coun teuauce three and a half miles distant, and au object from 14 to 16 miles. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secural by H er Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Newly-invented Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advant a g e de rived from this invention is, that vision becomes preserved and strengthened ; very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation -2--can see with these lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not re quire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most re. mote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of their spect , cles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness= A. newly-invented instrument for extreme cases of deafn ss, called the Sound Magnifier, Organic Vibrator, and invisible Voice Conductor, It fits so into the ear as not to be in the least perceptible. Tho unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely removed. It affords instant relief to the deafest persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies. 39, Albemarle-street, Pic cadilly (opposite the York Hotel) W. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 26. - MANSION-HOUSE. —Sin R. W. GARDEN AN]) THE MAYORALTY.—On Saturday, Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor, applied for a summons against a person of the - Ualll4 of Thomas Rose, at the instance of Alderman Sir R. W. Carden. Sir R. W. Carden, as your lordship is aware, is the next in rotation for the office of lord mayor of this great city, and an attempt has been made to extort from him money for the purpose of bringing voters to vote for him, first, of course, to hold up their hands for him in the Guildhall of this city. The Lord Mayor—This is a very similar case to one in which the Bank of London recently pro ceeded against two persons. I have read the clause in the act,. and I feel that if what you state is correct, I can have no difficulty in granting a summery. Mr. Humphreys—lf these things are allowed to go on I am afraid, my Lord Mayor, that corrup tion will be the only thing known in the City of London. The Lord Mayor—lt is understood that this is not an electioneering matter. You really come seriously to ask me for a summons, with a distinct understanding that you will have witnesses to prove what you have stated. Mr. Humphreys—l am so told by Sir R. W. Carden. The Lord Mayor—l do not like the Mansion house justice-room to be made the place for settling electioneering schemes, but if such proceedings as you have mentioned go on they must be stopped. Mr. Humphreys—l assure you that you have not a greater enemy to these electioneering schemes than the person who uow addresses you. I would not make an application for a summons, or any thing else, unless I was determined to carry it out to the eud. The Lord Mayor—Upon that assurance I will grant the summons. I think it better not to have it heard till the election is over. Mr. Humphreys—lf your lordship pleases. The Lord Mayor—Do you think it is a matter that presses ? _ _ _ M. Humphreys—Oh, no, I do not think it presses. The summons was issued, and the case will be heard on Friday next. THE CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST MR. JEFFREE AND LORD CLINTON. —Mr. Alfred Jeffree and Lord Charles Pelham Pelham Clinton again appeared before the Lord Mayor in discharge of their recog nisances, in answer to a summons which had been obtained at the instance of Mr. Francis William Stockwell, a mining and sharebroker, 75, Old Broad-street, and which charged them with having conspired and combined to cheat and defraud the complainant of the sum of 5001. Alter the examination of a number of witnesses the summons was dismissed. Bosh Lord Clinton arid Mr. Jeffree announced their intention of pro ceeding against Mr. Stockwell. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—SEPT. 24. Qrs. Best. Current. inferior 273 Wheat 65s Od 4ls Bid 2Ba Od 667 Oats 32s Od 29s 04d 233 Od 1096 Barley 42s Od 3ss' 9d• 2lB 4d 17 Peas & beans 50s Od lBs 6d 4Bs Od HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET- Sm. 25. First— WHEAT. I BARLEY OATS. I BRATS. 643 Od 41s 6d 34s Od IMs Oa _ _ _ _ . Second 44s 9d i 353 8d i 29s 10d i 48 3 9,1 Third " 34s Od I 283 Od 123 s Od 148 Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 76 qrs., 68 sold OP barley „ 51 qrs., 57.501 d oats ,1 424 qrs., 389 sold beans If 8 qrs., 4 soil tO $ AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 21. 7 11. 8-12ths / Barley, 15 8 2 12tbs Oats, 11. 910 6-12ths I Beaus, 21. 8 0 7-12 ii ABERDEEN—SEPT. 25. Potato oats Common oats 2 2 5 4 5 s C O d d t t o o 2 2 4 t) 5a O. d i I t 4olbs per bushel Bere 29s Od to 3is Od. 1 531bs Barley 29s Od to 31s Od c MI Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 40s Od 1621bs PO . , white 4os Od to 50s Od Oatmeal .l9a Od to 20s 01 per boll. Flour 43s Od to 44s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 9d Butter, p lb. is 2d to is 3d I Mutton, per_lb 61 to 91 Eggs, p doz. Os 8d to Os 103 Lamb, do., Os 5d to On 71 I Hens, p pair 3s 6d to Oa 03 Veal, per lb ... 5d to Os 7d I Chickens,do.2s Gd to 06 01 Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Od Ducks, do., is 6(.1 to 2,6 03 Salmon, per lb is 2d Ducklings,ols 61 to 2s 01 I Grouse, per brace—Os to Os Turkeys, each Os Od to 4 4 61 Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 01 Potatoes, pr pock, 01 —to 91 Rabbits, each Od to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 107 s to 1143 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen • 7d to 7id RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od. to 2s 4d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2s Od Oatmeal Os Od to 2s Od „ dust, ..... Os to Os 10d • -PesseineL.- „OFV-1.91a . Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d 4-lb. 10af...8d. 12-Ib. 10af...4d. DUBLIN, SEPT. 25. The market was very depressed to-day. Wheat must be quoted 6d and oats 3d to 6d under the rates of Tuesday. Good samples of barley being scarce, brought an advance of 6il per barrel. In the few sales of Indian corn rather higher prices were realised. White wheat. 31s Od to 33s Od ; red ditto, 29s Od to 31a 6d; ditto new, 30s 61; barley, malting, 18a 6d to 225; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s 6d to 18s; ditto, new, 13s 6d to 153 01 ; oatmeal, 15a Od to 17s; bere, new, 158 to 16s 3d ; rapese, d, 28s Od to 30s Od per brl ; bakers flour, 19s Od to 21s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 35s O 1 to 378 6d per 480 lba. The Doncaster Gazette records a visit Whici;Xr,Chas. Dickens paid to the racing capital of the north during the excitement and bustle of the Great St. Leger week. While there he went to the Theatre Royal, and on being recognised ha was loudly cheered by the audience, which he gracefully acknowledged. DEMAND FOR PONIES AND DONKEYS.—A. gentleman is now in tee New Forest buying up the- numerous ponies , which are bred there as well as the forest donkeys. pouies are professedly for Belgium and the donkeys for France. The latter are said to be wanted for French market people for the carrying of eggs, milk, and other marketable commodities. Mq.ny persons believe that the ponies and donkeys are purchased for the French Government for baggage animals for some contemplated military and mountainous expedition. FIRES AT BETHNAL-GREEN AND THE CITY-ROAD.—" On Friday morning, a little after 4 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. H. Buckland, No. 9, Dalby-terrace, City-road. It is understood that the fire was occasioned by a spark flying from a lighted candle upon some bedding in the second floor, which set the whole of the furniture in a bins, and but a few minutes elapsed before the fire extended to the floors above. The premises and their contents were for the most part destroyed. The other fire took ploce in the premises of. Mr. E. J. Higley, a general dealer, 109, Church-street, Bethnal-green. The engines were soon in attendance, but were unable to get the fire extinguished until the stock in trade was nearly destroyed. AN ATLAS GRATIS WITH THE DISPATCH —On and after Sun day, Oct. 4th, 1857, each copy of the Dispatch will be ac companied with a Coloured Map, a Chart, or the Plan of a Principal Town,so as to furnish to each subscriber, gratis, a mostcomprehensivo, complete, and useful Atlas. The size of the engravings will be that of one page of the newspaper, six maps and two plans, in each year, will be of double the ay. It is hoped, iu the course of a short time that the Dispatch Atlas will contain more names and positions of places than any other publication of the kind. The counties will be given separately, and, when largo, divided. Within the first four months, India will te more accurately and completely delineated, in a series of nine maps, than in any British Atlas. The names of the artists will be the best guarantee for perfect accuracy. Tile engravings will be in the highest style -of art, involving a cost of many thousands of pounds. Mechanics' Institutes, Educational Establishments, Hotels, Re-Wing-rooms, and Coffee-houses will, in possessing the Dispatch Atlas, be supplied with a daily want. The Dispatch Atlas will be forwared gratis, with the paper, at the usual price —sd. per copy, or 6d. stamped. The Friday Evening Edition may be received in the most distant parts of the kingdom on Saturday morning.—Office, 139, Fleet-street, London. BIRTHS. OF A Spr. On the 25th inst, at the Hermitage, Petworth, Sussex tho wife of Wm! Downer, Esq., solicitor. On the 25th inst., at 75, Regent-street, the wife of Mr. John Clements. OF A DACGHTER. On the 25th inst., at Risehohno, near Lincoln, the wife of the Bishop of Lincoln. On the 23d inst., at Clapham-common, the wife of H. Raveuhill, Esq. MARRIED. On the 23d inst., at Fivendietown, Hugh Montgomery Archdall, Esq , late Captain t)2,1 Light Infantry, to Eliza beth, &lighter of the late Sir Hugh Stewart, Bart. On the 24th inst., at Lewisham Church, Jobn Faulkner, Esq . , of St. Alary's-le•Strand, to Miss Eliz a Hocking, of Heron House, Richmond, Surrey, DIED. On the 25th inst., at the London Inn, Exeter, William Mack worth Praed, Esq., of Delamora and Bitton House, Devonshire, aged GO. On tho Dithinst., at Ivey ton, Essex, Robert J. Hendrie, Esq., aged 73. Of; tiTo 2 :th inst., at 38, Upper-street, Islington, Wm. Semple, Esq., surgeon. On the 24th inst., Captain R. T. Holmes, 49th Madras N.T., aged 36. On the 24th inst., from an accidont on a railway, the Hon. IV. W. Windsor Clive, aged 20. On the 23d inet., at Vichy, .Sir John Doveton, ICC- 13 .P aged 74. . _ On the 23d inst., at Stevenson, near Haddington, Anne, Wife of Vice-Admiral Sir John Gordon, Sinclair, Bart• , On the 20th inst., in Milton-street, Dorset-square, Mica Harriot Bothumley. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Meter, at The Szus Office, NO 112, Strand, i n the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coun t y of MiddleacX, Monday, September 28, 1357. TO GE call thi foods, eonsis 844 ch and , waistcoating floods,—GE( 'J In co ~fle 7th Oct. ?rat CHEST I, AY; the 61 6 3 7 , the 6th Timin ersw b af; Ra , es evening, bet‘ Chester, 2 p lIND FURL? R 1 , 1 1nt he Lo land and all their brand by the Prov brlneheo. The Cemt precisely. Mansion-1 AGE In This Con tOO,OOO/., Vito appllcf FePne.entee otBiness. any, at the TIIE george Boi Them as ci Jacob Geo. 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