The Sun. — London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Two Extra Performances only, -at Reduced Pricog, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, Sep tember D. with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolani, Gi ug lini, Violetti, Lossi, Beneventano, and Belletti, when will be presented LA TRAVIATA and IL DON GIOVANNI. PRICES : Poxes to accommodate four persons, Grand Tier, Pit. Tier, and One Pair £2 2 0 Two Pair 1 1 0 Three Pair 0 15 0 Pit Stalls A 0 10 6 Pit 0 3 6 Gallery Stalls 0 3 6 Gallery fr i tIEA.TRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. rats EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sh ike , peare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. 112atriee, Mrs. Catherine Sinclair (her 4th appearance in this country) ; Benedick (4th time), Mr. Howe ; Dogberry, Mr. Compton ; Hero, Miss M. Oliver. After which, the new and successful Comedy, entitled VECTINIS. in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farrell, Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma King, doe., will appear. To c manila with THE GLEANERS. 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 Dross Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ....... ........ 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gall.ery 0 6 Upper Gallery.. 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. IFEEATRE ROYAL, A D ELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new Comic Piece called URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c. TRAND THEATRE.—Lessiee, Mr, T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed TRE MARRIED BA'HIELOR. Mr. J. Kinloch, Mr. J. Howard, Mr. G. Bolton, Miss E. O'Brien, and Miss M. ♦. Vic' or. Followed by THE WATERMAN. Tam Tug, Miss Harriet Gordon. After which, the highly-successful and. original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; or, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, 311., F. Charles, Mr. G, Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. To conclude with DON'T LEND YOUR UMBRELLA. Commence at Seven. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ls. TDOY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE. • Lessees. Messrs. F. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aid Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANTELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, Etc. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswick. THIS EVENING, CIIRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. After which, will be performed THE SURPRISE, in. which Ifes.srs. W. Smith, T. Robertson, Butler, and Miss E. W.,h,ter, will appear. With other attractive novelties. 4 STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Cu,ler the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, C.,mplete and unexampled Success of the Grand Oriental I,4poetacle of EL HYDER. Mr. Win. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intonse'y interest in sild. thrilling Equestrian and Dramatic situations with whi,:ll this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly rcceved with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec• taele, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish. meat, including Madlle. Mililos. To conclude with TEKELI, with Equestrian effects. Cornmelice at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper 119xes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pt, ‘2.s. ; Gallery, I.s. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half past Eight. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. A.NTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.- 4 ...) OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow- In ; company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Allmci.iims from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES,'DUETS, &c., viz.: Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and MaAlame Marietta ; llerr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An tonio, E. L. !limo, and Sir St. Allyn ; Master Corri ; Messrs Sam. Collins, and E. Macknoy. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ; Diroctor, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Soven o'clock precisely. Sip pers, dsc.. until twelve o'clock.—Signor PICCO will perform, at I,a.f-past Eight and half-past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT —Morn., 39 min. aft. s —Even., 3 nen aft. 6 To-Monnow—Morn., 28 min. aft. 6—Even., 57 min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 10. THERMOMETER, IX THE SHADE. 99—highest since noon yesterday. Gl—lowest this morning and during the night 67 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 29.77. WUTD, S.W. ; light, and fine. firiN C~~'.s~']r~ e , ,..70a7._r , ~~~~~~ LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1857. How bard is it to persuade ourselves that we of these British Isles, are not a people distin guished among the nations of the Earth for good sound common sense. Whether the natives of the Green Isle ought to be included in the self complacent estimate some may doubt ; the natives themselves, however, share none of these doubts; sail the Sassenach must confess that, notwith sta.,ading Irish Bull., Irishmen are generally more Ulan a match for Joux BULL in repartee, and well understands how to get on the blind side of him when shillings and pence are concerned. As to our countrymen North of the Tweed, it were to insult them to place them on a level with us of the south, in logic and theology. The native Britons beyond the Severn we cannot say much for; tlrey know how to get rid of toll-gates ; and with n due apportionment of Parish Churches, they are yet at the cost of worshipping, almost universally, in conventicles most economically built, and ministers most economically maintained. The Eng lishman proper, if, however, he cannot chop logic like the Scotchman, or answer you with respect ful comicalness like the Irishman, yet imagines %hat in native mother wit, and the faculty that patiently looks on all sides of a case, he is inferior to n one- Of late, too, his faculties have been YerlT much burnished up by something like edu cation. The casual Dame school has been followed by the Sunday school, and the Sunday school by Lancasterian schools, and National schools, and British schools, till the popular mind ought to be not only naturally vigorous, but to show some good results of its training. And we are dis poa to think that on the whole it does do this. I's ; has been well observed that strikes of later years have been quite different, in regard to vio lence of conduct, from what they used to be, and if an Arab population is to found in all large tew , as, and if in the country, the Squire and his V.lnekeeper have trained up the lazy rogues of 'any parish, by the temptations of poaching, yet the great body of the working men of both town and country, appear to be a class of which their country may well be proud. There seems, however, to be some mysterious faculty in many men among us of :0 classe', men Roinetimes of high ability and education, a faculty seemingly made on purpose for the impostor. A certain inclination t) believe the new and the marvellous, and especially a propensity to acc3pt the dicta of some new professor or prophet in departments of knowledge of which the disciple does not possess even the elements. How tom men this is in the science and practice of medi. THE 613 . 14, LONDON, rn URSDAN! IE.V.ENIING, I SIPPTEIVIBEIR cine, let the magnates of Guy's, St. Thomas', and the other hospitals tell us. Pills and draughts of all sorts of the most potent cure-all virtues, border, it is true, by an indistinguishable line upon orthodox practice ; yet these and metallic tractors, brandy and salt, cold water within and without, and last, but not least, homoeopathy, with its doses of the ten hundred millionth of a grain in pinhead globules, have all appealed to this readiness of belief where the evidence, if it existed, were quite beyond the comprehension of the believer. A. clever quack finds an "organ " of credulity waiting to be excited by his dexter ous or his bold appeals. That all this is but too common in the yet more serious province of theology, every generation of man is a witness. No country, and no age, no tribes of men, civilised or savage, have escaped the influence of the sincere enthusiast, the half mad fanatic, or the conscious impostor. Ever since the existence of true prophets, so far as we know, there have been magicians and false pro phets also, and the latter have often, at least for a time, been by far the most successful. Not only has our race bowed to the authority of craftily and gradually accumulated priestly power, such as we witness at the present day in the grand imposture of the Papacy, to which even educated men and women yet do homage, al though the evidence of ambitious imposture is patent throughout all history ; but even the rudest impostor, almost as soon as he enters on the scene, finds disciples but too ready to marvel and believe. JOANNA SOUTHCOTE, Mad THOM, aud last in this line, JOE SMITH himself, all ob- - tained an immediate hearing for their abl surd and profane stories, and obtained it among the plain, well disposed, and, on the whole, common-sense people of England. Our race is liable to this moral epidemic, just as it is liable to typhus, or the cholera, and the rise of an imposter and his followers, the number who suffer from the contagion which be gins with him, seem as little amenable to the cal culations and treatment of moral science as the former to those of medical science. Who would have thought a few years back of a meeting in a public room in London, a grand "conference" of the disciples and dupes of the American impostor JOE SMITH ? That the word impostor, not enthusiast or fanatic is the appro priate epithet fur this very shrewd and energetic, and thoroughly worldly-minded prophet, there cannot be a moment's doubt. He began with deliberate and wilful lies. Ho pretended to find and to translate engraved plates of metal, which most certainly he had never found, unless he had hidden them himself, for he never could produce them ; and certainly never translated, for of the slightest tinctare of lingual knowledge he was wholly guiltless. Such pretended copies of the original as he did submit to Professor ANTHON, were manifestly the very clumsiest attempts of a thorough ignoramus to devise a new character. But, however illiterate, SMITH had brains enough, as the event proved, to make a first rate religious impostor. Lie easily persuaded others as un learned as himself, but as well furnished with the phrenological development of credulity as he with that of roguery, to believe his divine mission; and in no great length of time thousands followed him into the West, a city and temple were built or building, a hierachy instituted in which, of course, the arch-impostor was chief, and a theo cracy established, in which he, SMITH, was the viceregent of GOD, and absolute monarch under the Most High. We need not attempt to rehearse the story of their expulsion from Nauvoo and the death of the prophet in a riot ; a circumstance, which like all martyrdoms, only strengthened the new com munity in their faith ; of their final settlement at the Salt Lake, and their abnormal relations to . the American Government. The' fact with which we have most concern is, that they sent their mis sionaries to recruit in this land of religion—a and where every parish has, at least, its church, and its chapels in abundance besides. Yet here, n England, JOE SmiTH's missionaries have been, we understand, more successful than in the United States themselves. Certain it is that we meet with them everywhere ; and that, from the coun try districts more especially, they have induced men and whole families, by hundreds and thou sands, to emigrate to their land of promise at Utah. All our schools, and all our Established and Dissenting clergy have not raised the minds of thousands above the credulous ignorance which could swallow wholesale the most tran sparent imposture ever perhaps offered to human minds. At the meeting on Sunday delegates from many counties of England were reported to be present, and some account of their speeches is given iu our report. It seems evident that, altogether, a con siderable number of people must be living in Eng land under the teaching and influence of the " Elders" and " Presidents ;" and amongst those Rho are earning but ten or eleven shillings a week, " the tithes" are, in general, faithfully con tributed to " the cause"—which cause seems to wean the cause of the Latter-Day Saints' emigra tion from this doomed land to the Transatlantic " Zion." From America the tidings in the news papers have been, that that Areti-Christ, Presi dent BUCHANAN, is determined to break up the confederacy, or at least to being it into subordi nation to the laws of civilised communities. The Elders here did not advert to this discouraging fact, but boldly advocated emigration to " Zion." On another subject, which has attracted so much attention here and in America—Polygamy—they appear also to have preserved silence. It would hardly do to proclaim to English women that, on arriving at Utah, a revelation from BRIGHAM YOUNG might assign them as tenth or twelfth wives to the harem of some licentit.us friend of the inspired High Priest. England has suffered sufficiently from her Game laws. Every cultivator of the soil has had his grievance to narrate, has detailed the loss and annoyance thereby occasioned, and the tempta tion to the younger hands on his farm, to his sons as welt as to his servants. But we know nothing in this country of the full extent to which the practice may be carried. Persons residing iu the vicinity of Deer Forests in Scotland, wh o have seen whole districts depopUlated, and the hardy inhabitants expatriated, may form some slight conception of the system in operation in the country comprised within the Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company, but even their notions Mt far short of the reality. The Company have, by virtue of their charter, possessed themselves of several millions of acres of land, from which the white man is jealously ex cluded. Any attempt at colonisation is rigorously repressed. They do that might be eonverntoetdt i o n i th era s t m e i s l e i t n t g ler b s o . me L st a e Lls s —that might support tlacrusands of contented and h a ppy families—must retnain barren and uncul tivated, for the sake of the wild animals whose skins may suffice to pay a 10 per cent. dividend to a trading corporation, whose thoughts are ex• elusively directed to the X. s.'D. phase of- the question. They have established a monopoly o f the worst description—a monopoly highly preju. dicial to the interests of humanity, and especially disgusting to our Canadian colonies, who find their space for expansion circumscribed, and them selves " cribbed, cabined, and confined," by the extravagant pretensions of the favoured corporation, who claim far more than they are entitled to made the charter of CHARLES 11., or any of its renewals. The effects of that Charter are far more in jurious to British interests, than the amount dis tributed in the shape of dividends to its share holders. It should therefore be got rid of with the least possible delay. We wish to act fairly towards the Company, to satisfy every just and equitable pecuniary claim that may be set up. England is not so poor that she should act un fairly towards any party possessing reasonable rights and privileges. The Charter of the Hud son's Bay Company may, however, be abrogated with brief notice. A short period will suffice to get rid of the obnoxious monopoly which it exercises, and to establish matters on a sounder and better foundation, and .although "there are many press ing questions to be disposed of during the next session, it is imperative that that relating to the Hudson Bay Charter should be placed on a satis factory basis. Mr. LABOUCHERE has already shown that he is fully aware of the vast import ance of the subject., and assisted by the labours of the committee, he may and ought to be prepared with a specific proposition for the proper solution of the interesting problem. If we do not act, we may rest assured that others will. The United States have already cast anxious glances in the direction, and they will not rest until something is accomplished one way or the other. We may change the system ottrselves, but if not, it will be altered for us, and we may possibly find our selves involved in very unpleasant compli cation; through our continued support of an erroneous and indefensible principle. We should count the cost in due time, and it is certain that the first expense will be the best. %,The axiom that " property has its duties as well as its rightq," is now generally admitted. A man can only "do what he likes with his own," so long as he does not injure others. The claims of the Hud son's Bay Company are contrary to public policy. We are prepared to deal fairly with them in a pecuniary point of view ; but they cannot be per mitted much longer to stop the way with their heavy waggon, which, however suitable to the 17th century, is by no means suited to the spirit of the present age, after the lapse of nearly two centuries. A memorandum has been issued from the Horse Guards which, although it may be regarded as a step in the right direction, by no means goes far enough to meet the exigencies of the case. It is the enunciation of a new mode by which a com mission may be procured. A young gentleman of suitable acquirements, and qualified to stand a stringent examination, may now, by raising 100 recruits, obtain a commisson, i.e., an ensigney in the line. There are sundry regulations, savouring strongly of red tapism, that greatly restrict tho privilege, but the principle is a sound one ; and, regarding it as the admission of the sharp end of the wedge, we look more to future results than to the present limited, wo may almost call it paltry concessions. There can be no doubt that the obtaining 100 stalworth recruits would be far more valuable to the country than the payment of 4501. (to be subsequently repaid), even if quadrupled. It would cost the nation all the money, and the class would be by no means so eligible asthat which would come from lova and affection, for a young gentle man who was about to participate in their toils and dangers, and whose interests would be so closely connected with their own that they could not be severed. It is to a certain extent a ret urn to the old system by which the army was raised before the purchase system was even thought of. A great landed proprietor raised a regiment at his own expense, of which he himself or his heir, or near kinsman, obtained the command, and he dis tributed all the commissions, just as the Lord Lieutenant of a county now does in a -Militia Regiment. If his own resources were not ade quate, he procured assistance. Any competent person who could bring in a Company, commanded it, as a matter of course, and nominated his own subalterns. The value of the principle was tested and established by experience, and a mere pecuniary payment only crept in by slow degrees, as a substitute, and by no means a be neficial one, for the more judicious and sounder practice. Now, it seems to us that the bringing in of men sufficient to constitute a full company should carry with it a captain's, and not merely an ensign's, commission. A Militia Officer has re cently clearly pointed eut how great would be the inducement to men to volunteer en masse, if assured that they would still be placed under the command of officers of whose kindness they had already practical experience. We believe that his views are fully sustained by the facts, and that the present regula tions will effect but little until greatly modified. A raw ensign can do but little for.raw recruits. He cannot be their advocate or refuge in time of trouble. He will have quite enough to do to take care of No. 1 ; and the soldiers know that, and will not be induced to lean on so fragile a support. But let it be a cap tain—one who has already served and is qualified to discharge the duties of the situa tion—and the case will be altogether different. He may have sold out, and be disqualified, accord ing to the rules, to eater in the station he had a!ready attained, or to which he might have been promoted a short lime before ; but would make an efficient officer, and he would carry with him the confidence of the men, and induce them to cast in their lots with his. We accept then, the present step as an instalment, but only as such. To effect material benefit it must be greatly extended, and that we have no doubt it will be ere many months have elapsed, unless the demand for eligible recruits be less extensive than we can reasonably hope or anticipate. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—This nobleman is still enjoying himself at Minto House, the mansion of his noble father- The Etna, steamer, has arrived with 51,0001. brought by the European from Australia. LORD PALMERSTON AND THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND.— We have great gratification in being able to announce that, yesterday afternoon, the Lord Mayor received a cheque from Lard Palmerston for the very handsome sum of 1001. towards the fund for the relief of the suf ferers from the Indian mutiny. LIBERALITY OF THE MARCHIONESS OF LONDON DERRY.—The Marchioness of Londonderry has proposed to the numerous miners and pitmen in the coal collieries on her estates in Durham t.) establish a fund for the purpose of supporting the infirm and worn-out pitmen of these collieries. Her ladyship proposes to call the establishment the " Pitman's Home," and has under taken to be at the whole cost of the builling, and like wise saying, " She should be happy to contribute fairly towards its maintenance." There areabove 3,000 work people employed in the collieries and works near Sea ham-hall, and the greatest interest is manifested by the Marchioness for their safety and welfare. Schools are provided for the children, and increased facilities have just been given for furthering the education of, those men a►t work during the day by night schools to attend which they will be allowed to subtract curtain hours from their evening employ. DEATH OF BARON HOCHSCHILD.—We observe with regret, in a Belgian journal, a telegraphic announcement of the death of Baron Hochschiki, Swedish Minister at the Court of St. James's. The despatch, dated Copen hagen, Sept. 8, states that the baron had died suddenly in that town. THE LATE SIR C, M. CLARKE, BART.—Death has recently carried one one of the most distinguished orna ments of the medical profession, in the person of Sir C. Clarke, who died on Monday. the 7th inst., at his resi dence, on the Marine-parade, Brighton, in his 76th year, after a lingering illness of nearly two years' du ration. DEATH OF M. AUGUSTE COMTE.—The Paris Presse announces the death of M. A. Comte, the Chief of* the Positive School of Philosophy, with whese principal work the English public were made acquainted, a few years ago, in translations by Miss Martineau and Mr. Lewis. The friends of philosophy will regret in the death of M. Comte the loss of one of the most original of modern thinkers. _ _ OBAN, Sept. 7.—Her Majesty's yacht Osborne, with the Lords of the Admiralty on a cruise round the sea port. of the west coast of Scotland, anchored in the Bay of Oban about 6 p.m. to-day, and will remain long enough to coal and complete an inspection of the har bour. It is stated that the following vessels have been taken up by the East India Company for the conveyance of troops tl India :—Screw steamers: Great Britain, In domitable, Italian, Babiana, Abeona, St. Louis, Ireland, Leopold, Princess Charlotte, Austria, Charity, and Mel bourne. Ships Malabar and Bengal. The Espero mentions that Montanelli, the ex-deputy of Tuscany, is engaged in preparing a biography of Lamennais. The clotest friendship and intimacy sub sisted for seven years between the French philosopher and the Florentine litterateur, and the work, it is ex pected, will contain much curious information. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—This institution has been opened to the public, after being closed for the usual period for the cleansing of the galleries and rearrange ment of the contents. The general department of Anti quities, Natural History, ttc-, is now open f r om ten to five o'clock, Thy new reading-room is open to readers from nine to five o'clock daily.ll TIM THOUSAND POUNDS DAMAGES.—At the Liver. pool Assizes on Wednesday, in Novell v. the Mayor- of Wigan, an action brought by a contractor for compen sation,-in copsequence of another person being selected to perform some work, a verdict was entered for the plaintiff, damages 10,0001., subject to a reference = Scotsman. THE NEW STREET PROM WHITECHAPEL TO SHORE DITCHI.—On Tuesday morning, the new thoroughfare (Commercial-street), from High-street, Whitechapel, to High-street, Shoreditch, was opened for foot passengers, but not for public carriage traffic. The houses on the south side of the thoroughfare have been pulled down, and new buildings of a modern character are being con structed on the same side. THE EVENING CLASSES AND THE CIVIL SERVICE. Two members of the Evening Classes for Young Men, Mr. F. Marshall and Mr. H. Cullum, have been ap pointed clerks in the Privy Council-office (educational department), atter a competitive examination before the Civil Service Commissioners, having been the first two candidates named in the list of successful competitors. This is the third occasion on which members of the in stitution have been appointed. MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-Several of the historical groups have lately undergone renovation and improvement, and among them the group containing Henry VIII. and his wives has been considerably changed by the addition of new dresses to the figures. Bluff King Hal now appears in cloth of gold, sparkling with gems, instead of his tilting suit of armour, and hi& wives appear in more brilliant costumes than heretofore. This group is one of the most attractive in the exhibi tion, and is constantly surrounded by numbers of the visitors. THE MEDITERRANEAN.—LiverpooI, September 9. — The screw steamer Etna has arrived from Malta, which she left on the 30th ult., in company with the steamer Catnbiia, for this port. The screw steamer Lebanon, which arrived on the 28th from Liverpool, was to take her departure. or, the 31st for Corfu, to embark troops for England. The Colombo, with the London mails of the 29th ult., arrived on the 29th of August. Eloven cargoes of coal arrived at Malta from Cardiff, Swansea, and Blyth; adding to the present stock of this article about 3,500 tons. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The screw steam ship City of Baltimore sailed hence to-day for Now York with 125. Passengers and a fair cargo ; and the screw steam ship India took her departure with the Canadian mails, a large cargo, an& 122 cabin and 168 steerage passengers, for Quebec and Montreal. The, Royal mail steam ship Canada will sail for Boston on Saturday next. The in- ward mails nexo due will be brought by the Arabia, which was to leave New York on the 2d inst., and may be expected on Saturday. THE THREE CONDEMNED CONVICTS AT LIVERPOOL.— Mr. Gibbs, the governor of Kirkdale Gaol, received a communication yesterday morning tram the Home office, stating that there seemed to be no reason for advising that the law should not be allowed to take its course in the case of Captain Rogers, late in command of the Martha and Jane ; but respiting . the two mates, William Miles and Charles,Ed ward Seymour, in order that their cases may he taken into consideration. The execution of Captain Rogers takes place at Kirkdale on Saturday. ELEcrroN OF PRESIDENT OF QUEENS' COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, Septem',er 9.—The vacancy in the Pre• e.dentship of Queens' College was filled up this day by the election by the society of the Rev. George Phillips, 8.D., rector of Sandon, Essex. Mr. Phillips graduated from Qiie ns' in 1829 as eighth wrangler, and was soon after elected a fellow, and finally tutor of his college, which latter distinguisbeer:p6sition he held until his pre sentation by the society to the rectory 'of Sandon in 1846. Mr. Phillips is author of a Commentary on the Psalms, a Syrtic Grammar, and other works. THE GOLDEN FLEECE.—It may interest some of our, readers to know that the Golden Fleece, screw steamer, has arrived at St. Vincent, on her voyage to India. A letter from an °Meer in her Majesty's 34th Regiment, after sraiiing in high terms of the ship, captain, and officers, says—" On our Bth day a e passed the Monarch, one of Green's ships, with the Queen's Bays on board ; out 2t3 days. How disgusted trey must have been to see us pass them. However, we had our band out, and gave them a tune and three cheers before we left them. We found the John Bell in here coaling, with the head-quarters Of the 38th Regiment on board." The captain of the Golden Fleece expected to reach Cal cutta in less than 60 days from Eng and. Two ALARMING FlRES.—Yesterday morning shortly before two o'clock, a n alar ming fire took place in the premises belonging to M r . J. Owen, a cheesemonger, situate it w asfeared e N a roed would . 129 be attended w ith , which at one time a disastrou s l oss of, High-street, Poplar, life. The fire was subdued, but not until considerable damage was done not only to the stock in trade, but also to the building. Another fire also took place in the premises of Mr. H. C. Musk, corn-d ea l er , & c., N o. u B' nk G n r o a w y n cause's-plaee, Mile-end-gate. It beg an f rom some in the hay and straw stores in the basement, and before discovered had obtained a strong hold. NEW JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—Among the new joint-stock companies registered during August were the following :—Alliance Steam Navigation Company ; Ifornsay Gas Company ; Joint-stock Merchant Traders and General Outfitting Company ; London Warming and om Ventilating vv ati nigitsand Company; Gloucester Lon London District ;Danube l Distillery Company ; Copiapo Smelting Comnany ; Weedon, Daventry, Southern, and Harbury R and Black Sea Railway and Kustendjie Harbour ; Patent Type-Founding Company ; General Furnishing and Upholstery Company ; Aldershot Manure. Company ; North Essex Photeinos Company ; London and General Paper Company ; Smoke Consuming and lenel Saving Company ; Dwelling-house rl4mrperpoovretmaenndt evidence Co m pan y o n ; and T HE BANK Leather Cloth ACTS--C o —The Company, the Bank Acts was published yesterday, in a blue book of 518 pages, the witnesses examined having been Mr. T. M. Weguelin, M.P., and Mr. Sheffield Ntave, Mr. W. Newniarch, Mr. John Stuart Mill, Mr. J. G. Hubbard, Mr. G. Warde Norman, Lord Overstone, Mr N. Alexander, Mr. John Twell, Mr. D. Barclay Chapman, and Mr. E. Capps. The result of the immediate labours of the committee fs thus announced :—" Your committee have prosecuted the inquiry into the Benk Acts of 1844 and 1845, which hat been commenced by a select committee in the previous session ; and they have examined the late and present Governor of the Bank of England, together with other witnesses, whose experience and knowledge teave authority to their opinions. Your committee have agreed to report to the house the evidence which they have received ; and as their investigation of the subject referred to them is still incomplete, they beg 'leave to rceommend that a select committee be appointed to resume the inquiry in the ensuing session of Parlia ment. INAUGURATION OF RUSSIAN TROPRIES.--,The citizens of Bath made general holiday yesterday on the occasion of the two Russian guns presented to the city by Lord- Panmure being deposited in the Royal Victoria Park. Besides the ceremony connected with the guns, there was a grand flower show in the afternoon at Sydney Gardens, a ball in the evening at the Guildhall, and per formances at the theatre, in addition to 'Allah the Fo restt r e Odd Fellows, and other bodies had displays and fetes, and galas on their own account. Excursion trains from all the surrounding country poured visitors into the place, and probably Bath was never more full of company in its palmiest days. The guns, which had been gratui tously mounted on carriages made from Russian models by Mr. Williame, started from ttm Qaay at 10 o'clock in a procession which included officers of the army, navy, and Crimean invalids. The first gun was drawn by nine gray horses, the second gun by nine bay horses. The guns were on carriages covered with crimson drapery. The Royal Victoria Park is partly private, partly put lie property. The resting-place of the guns bas been fixed in the latter portion of the park on each side of the obe lisk erected in honour of her Majesty ; buy the inauemra- Von took plies in that part of the park facing the Royal crescent, to Which the puh'ic were only admitted oa payment of 61. With this' exieption there .was no ex clu.sivene,s in the. arrangetnennn which were admirably made and punctually carried out. Ti o processioe passed through the principal streets to the place indicated above, a h:ro Mr. W. Bush (deputy mayor) formally handed over the guns to the Park Committee, and speeches were made by Mr. Williams, the donor of the carriages ; Dr. Barrett, chairman of the Park Genmitte ; Major-Gen. Willes, and Admiral Saumarez. Tile speeches over, the procession re-formed in the orieinal order and proceeded to the large park, where the guns wore placed in pe,ition. A salute of 21 rounds was then fired from the cannon, and after each semi rounds the local company of pen eioreers fired a jets de joie. The bands then played. the National Anthem, and after some cheering on the part of the assembled multitude the ceremony terminated. LATEST NEWS. COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 8. The King of Denmark will set out on the 20th of this month from Copenhagen for a tour of three weeks in Jutland and the Duchy of Sleswig. M. Bardenfelt, Grand Treasurer of the Kingdom and Minister of State, has just died in Switzerland after a lingering illness. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. (BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING• The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Gambia, Commander Tult, arrived this morning. Her dates are Cameroons, July 27; Old Calabar, 29; Fernando Po, 30; Bonny, Aug. 5; Lagos, 7; Accra, 11 ; Cape Coast, 12 ; Liberia, 15 ; Sierra Leone, 19 ; Bathurst, 25 ; Gores, 25 ; Teneriffe, Sept. 1 ; and Madeira, 3. She brings 2,096 oz. of gold, and her cargo in cludes 486 casks palm oil, 164 pieces and 3packages ivory, 485 casks beeswax, 15 bags cochineal, and 6 pipes, 12 hhds., 6 casks, and 15 cases of wine. The rains were breaking at Sierra Lzone, but the season has Leen very unhealthy. Among the deaths is that of Mr. Collett, Queen's Advocate, who arrived in the colony last January. All is quiet in Gambia, and ox hides, bees wax, and ground nuts, aro abundant. Liberia continues in a state of peace. Lagos is healthy, but trade dull, in consequence of an ex pected attack from Cosaco, their former King. The traffic in slaves, however, continues to in crease. Her Majesty's brig Teazer has captured a vessel under Spanish colours,, with 230 slaves ; she left before the mail packet, but had not arrived at Sierra Leone when the Gambia sailed. The Go vernor of Cape Coast has seized a slave vessel, which ran on shore at Prim Pram to escape a cruiser ; she has been destroyed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. At Fernando Po, July 29, her Majesty's ships Myr midon, bound south, and the Merlin. At Old Calabar, the Trident. At Lagos, Aug. 7, the steamer Firefly. At Sierra Leone, Aug. 18, the Heela, Medusa, and the Pluto, which was about to proceed to the river Pongas. At Madeira, Sept. 3, the Sparrow Hawk, Devastation, Roebuck, Pylades, Assurance, and Terror Battery. A French screw frigate was steaming out from Teneriffe as the Gambia was entering ; the African Mail screw steamer Hope was off New Calabar Aug. 5 ; the Can- dace was at Monrovia Aug. 15 ; and the Ethiope at sea Sept. 1. At Accra, July 20, the bark Chevy Chase and brig Edward Collet, both bound south. At Cameroons, July 25, the bark Moselle, of Bristol. The ship Agnes, of Liverpool, with oil from Cameroons, which went ashore on the 18th on Bunbay Flats, has become a total wreck. The ship Dorothea was off Bonny Aug. 5. At Lagos the bark Batanga, of Bristol, French.ship Fille Soli, brig Lewins, and steamers Sydney Hall and St. Gecrge. At Liberia, Aug. 15, the Ariel, of Liverpool, Antelope, of Boston, Kingfisher, Mary Attwell, and Victoria and Albert. At Madeira, Sept. 3, the Sardinian steamer, bound for Marseilles. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 7.—The Ost. Deutsche Post, which frequently expresses the sentiments of the Austrian Foreign-office, contains the following article on the Anglo-Indian question : " Great and general is the sympathy felt for the English in the East Indies. Wherever inveterate pre judice and national jealousy do not predominate, it is wished that England may speedily triumph. So great, so powerful is the force of public opinion in this matter, that even those who at heart hate the proud British Empire, and wish to see it enervated and exhausted, dare not openly express ileir thoughts. They are necessitated to mask their real sentiments under a hypocritical turning up of the eyes' (A u yenvercllten) and apparently sympathising phrases. Edifying In this respect are the American and French organs of the press. Some of the Yankee papers already flatter themselves that India is lost to England for ever, and foresee that Great Britain is destined to become a fourth-rate Power. A Paris paper, being moved by generous indignation, repudiates the idea, and with great unction expresses its conviction that even if England should lose India it will be a second or third rate Power. " We, however, hope and believe that those who spe culate on the humiliation and decline of England will find themselves egregiously deceived. England's power and greatness must be upheld for the welfare of the world, for the maintenance of the integrity and inde pendence of the European States ; for if her might and influence should decline, two Powers would share between them the dominions over the world. We don't mean Russia and France, but Russia and North America. It is neces sary for Germany, for the Netherlands, for the balance of power in the East, that England should continue to be what she now is. England is also necebsary to the well being of France, inasmuch as she, by her influence, keeps a sanguine and over hasty nation from making perilous experiments—from paying, by the most terrible misfortunes, for a few brief years of splendour (glory). The war in India will, probably, last one or two years ; but every politician, who is not a Russian or an Ameri can, must desire that the exertions of Euglaud may be crowned with success, and that she may remain, as now, a first-rate Power." RUSSIA. A letter of St. Petersburg, of the 2d says : "The inauguration of the section of the western railway comprised between St. Petersburg and Louga, 137 kilometres (about 80 miles) in length, has just taken place. The inauguration train con tained General Tcheffkine and a few other superior officers. After the ceremony of blessing the en gines a grand breakfast was given, at which the general proposed the healths of the Russian en gineers who had so rapidly completed that part of the line. During the passage of the train from St. Petersburg, the general carefully examined the different parts of the line, to ascertain whether it was in a fit state for the Emperor to travel over, and the result was perfectly satisfactory. The, re turn of the train from Louga to St. Petersburg was effected iu 22. hours, or at the avera g e rate of 30 miles an hour. The works bayondLouga to Pskow are going on very rapidly, more than 12,000 men being employed on them, and it is expected that by the end of the winter a length of 270 kilo metres (about 169 miles) from the capital will be opened." PERrIA. Accounts from Teheran to the 6th of August have reached Constantinople, reporting the non evacuation up to that time of Herat. The Persian Government has named a resident Governor at Bushire. The Sadr Azam continues in the ascen dant, and matte's are pretty much in the same unsatisfactory state as formerly reported. Mr. Grenville Murray, employed at the British em basty in Persia, was to leave Treziboud for Teheran on the Ist of September, accompanied by Mr. Abbot, Consul-General at Tabriz, named on the part of Great Britain Commissioner to inquire into and liquidate claims of British subjects in Per sia. Colonel Taylor, who has been appointed British Commission-r at Herat, was to leave Tehe ran about the middle of August. The Persian Government, though professing entire friendship, had not yet appointed its -Commissioners.. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. In addition to the treaty recently promulgated, which has been concluded between France and the Grand Duchy of Baden for the reciprocal protection of industrial property, the Afoniteur now publishes a decree promulgating a fresh convention between the same Governunts for protecting literary and artistical works. A subscription was opened in Faris in aid of the fund now raising in England for the relief of the sufferers in A letter from the camp at Chalons, dated the 7th, says :-- "The first grand manwuve, sunder the command of the Emperor commence d t o -d ay . At e l even tielos±in the morning the trop; were under arms in front of the camp, each battalion formed in column at half distanc,.. The cavalry were placed behind the right of the infantry, and 'L the artillery to e left of the cavalry. When at a given s'gnal tLe 1 o iy ban to move, the effect was .striking. The camp was supposed to be about to be attackel by an enemy's force, mar, hing on the village of the Grand Mourmelon. As soon as it was considered that the enemy were near, a bri gade of light cavalry, flanked by artillery, was pushed forward, and - at the same time the main body formed in line of battle to prepare for the at tack ; .and as the enemy continued to, advance a Series of defensive movements were executed with great precision and tn , ,einble, after which the ac tion tecame general. Some splendid charges of cava'ry took place, and the manoeuvres of the artil lery and the agility displayed in taking up different positions and opening fire were admirable. The enemy now showing symptoms of discourage ment, a gcneral charge of the infantry was or dered, and executed with the greatest steadiness. The Emperor appeared to be very well satisfied 10 1857 with the manner in which this first day's move ment passed off under his command." " More recent accounts," says the Patric, " con firm the news of the dismissal of Reschid Pacha, of the truth of which some doubt was at first expressed. Fuad Pacha is generally spoken of as his successor as President of the Tanzimat. The retirement of Reschid Pacha appears to have led to some other modifications in. the Cabinet." It would appear, from the information received from Moldavia, that the elections were to take place on the oth inst. BounsE, Sept. 9.—The market has been flat, and without business in Rente. There was at the open ing a slight rally in shares, but they afterwards relapsed, and the present quotations do not differ materially from those of yesterday. The syndicate of the agens-de-change have resolved that they wouli negotiate only titles to bearer, so that those who have nominative shares will be obliged to transfer them before giving their orders to sell. The following were the last quotations Cash. fr. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 66 85 66 95 Bank Shares 2,720 Credit Foncier 565 Credit Mobilier B7O Roman Do. Account B6B Austrian - Belgian 4i — Spanish Threes — --- riedmontese (5) 9O Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASII. fr. c. it c. Orleans 1,377i— Western 705 -- Northern Lyons and Med 862.— New Ditto Now Ditto Bl7 ' 2— Grand Central - Genova - Midi ... THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH) Mr. Cyrus Field has addressed the following letter to the editor of the Times : "Sir,—Having been connected with the Atlantic Telegraph Company from its commencement, and being in every way deeply interested in its success, I ask the privilege of reply to the statement in your money article of the 4th inst., wherein it states as follows : " ' It is reported that the Atlantic cable is not likely to prove available for either of the projected Indian lines of telegraph. It appears that in its present coiled state it generates or absorbs a great amount of heat, and a fear is entertained of its being ruined by the temperature to which it would be subjected in twice crossing the tropics. It has been found that extreme haat in the parts under pressure forces the copper wire to the sides of the gutty percha, and destroys insulation.' "On the evening of the day on which your article ap peared I proceeded to Plymouth, and, having callA to my aid the electrical and other officers of the company, there was made a most minute examination of the cable. "This examination enables me to state that the re perts to which you allude respecting the generation of heat in the cable are simply a mistake, and experiments instituted there and since my return to London enable me also to state that no heat exists in the bold either of the Agamemnon or Niagara beyond what is natural ; and that the cable tests as perfectly through its whole length as it did the day it was put on board ship, and there is nothing in its own nature, or the mode in which it is coiled, that leads to the slightest apprehension for its safety, or for any injury from the pressure to which it is subjected. The cable is laid in regular strata, mathematically true—coil upon coil—and the maximum pressure upon the very lowest coil or flake is less than 281 b. to the square inch. " Severe experiments made and vouched for since:your article was written show that the cable remained abso lutely perfect and uninjured at a temperature of 135 deg. Fahrenheit, under a pressure for several hours of considerably more than six times that to which it is sub jected in the lowest coil of the Agamemnon. " As regards the sale of the cable, I would inform You that the suggestion did not come from the Atlantic Com pany, and when the proposition for its purchase was made them, first by the Red Sea Company and then by Sir W. O'Shaughnessy for the Persian Gulf, they only consented to entertain it on the condition that they could contract for a similar one to be made and ready for them in time to secure its being laid at the earliest practicable moment in the spring. On these con ditions, and at the price stated; they were willing their cable should be appropriated to the Indian service, which was represented to them as most pressing. "Before I conclude I would make one remark. no: in reply, but simply in reference to the mass of inaccuracies which your correspondent "B." circulhted in your paper of the 28th Aug. last. The company have nothing to conceal. All their acts are open to public scrutiny ; but it is obvious that they cannot be expected to answer all communications that appear in the public prints. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the sth have reached us. The government had ordered a prosecution of the Disc asion for the publication of a seditious article, and the Cronica had been seized for a similar offence. Count de Punon-Rostro had been pro moted to the rank of major-general. A telegraphic communication had been opened between Madrid and Barcelona via 1,9. Junguiere, Figueras, and Girona. Reinforcements were continuing to be sent pff to Cuba ; within a few days 400 had sailed from Barcelona, and 800 from Cadiz and Malaga. Among the military passengers who lately passed through Malta, by-the Valetta, for India, were Major-General Windham and Major-General Sir S. 11. Rose. A telegraphic despatch from Lisbon announces that the European and American Company's steam ship Calcutta, Captain Blackmore, arrived at that port on the Bth from the Brazils, and sailed on the 9th for Southampton. She may be expected here on Sunday. FUND FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE REBELLION IN INDIA. Yesterday the committee appointed at the meet ing held at the Mansion-house on the 25th ult. for the purpose of collecting funds for the relief of the suffererers by the rebellion in India again as sembled i❑ the Egyptian-ball, under the presi dency of the Lord Mayor. There were present— Mr. Gregson, M.P., Admiral Sir S. Lushington, C. 8., Cola Iredell, Co]. Goodwyn, Lieut.-Colonel Henderson, Sir Moses Montefiore, Mr. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Alderman Wire, Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr. Dent, Mr. J. Cundy, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Skipper, Mr. Hadow, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Casenove. Mr. FJRREST, the acting secretary, read a great number of letters from magistrates and gentlemen of influence in various parts of the kingdom, the writers of which expressed their hearty approval of the proceedings of the committee, and enclosed subscriptions'. The following letter, addressed by the Secretary of the East India Company to Colonel Henderson, was also read "India-House, Sept. 2, 1857. " My dear Sir,—The East India Company have given instructions to the'Government of India to adopt mea sures for the immediate relief of sufferers, whether con nected with the public service or not. This of course is only a temporary arrangement, and] ought not to inter fere in the slightest degree with the voluntary collection of funds that may have a most important effect in per manently mitigating the losses and privations so exten sively, caused by this mutinous outbreak. "I need not assure you how strongly the sympathies of all persons here are excited by the heartrending ac counts which have been received, nor how cordially we wish success to the subscription for an object which should be regarded as national. " Very faithfully yours, "JAMES C. MELVILL. " Colonel Henderson." The secretary next read the copy of a letter, dated the Bth inst., from the Lord Mayor, as president of the committee, to the Governor-General of In dia, enclosing a further order for 80;000 rupees, whioh has been placed at his Excellency's disposal in the Bank of Agra for the relief of the sufferers. Sir S. LUSUINGTON said he had received a com municAtion to the effect that a number of persons from the scene of the mutiny, principally widows and children, hal just arrived at Southampton in a perfectly destitute condition. He, therefore, pro posed that an agent should be appointed at South ampton with full powers to relieve these persons, and suggested that Captain W. Ramsay, R.N., should be requested to undertake the office. After a short discussion, in the course of which it was urged that, as the second original resolution stood, and until it had been amended at a public meeting, the committee wore not justified in ap propriating any portion of the funds collected to cases of distress in this country (the resolution de creeing' that the amounts as collected were to be forwarded to the Governor-General), the proposi tion of Sir S..Lusbington was referred to the sub committee. _ . Alderman SALOMONS said that something ought to be done with a view to modifying the terms of the second resolution, as it was perfectly clear that a portion of the funds collected must be appropriated to any cases of distress arising from the mutiny whioh might be brought under the notice of the committee. . vv It was then agreed that a public meeting should be called without delay for the purpose of amend ing the resolution in question. The LORD MAYOR announce 1 that the subscrip tions in hand amounted to 16,716/. A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor brought the proceedings to an end. MEETING AT GUILDFORD. Yesterday afternoon a public meeting was held at the Town-hall, Guildford, at which the Mayor (Mr. Samuel Hayden) presided, "to take into consideration the best means of assisting our fel low-countrymen in India in their present state of distress." The Rev. T. LUDLAM moved the following re solution :—" That this meeting, sympathising with the many helpless sufferers by the existing mutinies in India, feels itself called upon to re cord its detestation of the horrible atrocities of the rebel army, and of their cruel abettors, on their unarmed and helpless fellow-subjects ; at the same time, offering their sincere condolence to the families of the sufferers, and trust that the efforts of the Government and East India Com pany in repressing the rebellion will, under the Divine blessing, be crowned with success." The resolution was seconded by Mr. W. BoviLL, M.P., and carried unanimously. Other resolutions, expressing determination to contribute towards the relief of the sufferers, were also passed, and a liberal subscription was made. A leter from Mr. Mangles, the chairman of the East India Compatly, was read, expressing his regret at not being able to attend the meeting. CANTERBURY BALL. ENGAGEMENT OF PICCO. Tho enterpriz,ing spirit of Mr. Morton, the of one of the moat agreeable and well-conducted places of evening entertainment in the metropolis, has unceasingly been exerted to supply his patrons with musical talent of the best description. The admirable vocal selection which is performed nightly al the Canterbury Hall, to the delight of its crowded audiences, was last evening diversified by the rare execution of the blind Sardinian minstrel on his unpretentious reed. From this tiny in strument Picco ev( kes the sweetest tones, and, in the proper passages, displays a marvellous facility and power of execution. The hall was greatly crowded, and the occupants of the seats expressed, by frequent and fervent applause, their appreciation of wlfat is really a delightful and interesting treat. Such of our readers as have not yet had an opportunity of listening to the etraina of Picco, m y now enjoy his melody in this spacious saloon, so admirably adapted for sound, well ventilated, brilliantly lighted, and replete with all the.applianees that redound to the satisfactory enjoyment of the vhitor as regards both his, or her, auscultatory and gu.tatcny olgaus. Tire popularity which attended the , perfor mances of the celebrated Hungarian band will evidently attend, and that perhaps in a still larger degree, this new eecession to the powerful corps of the transpontine tem ple of Apollo. Tee proprietor has made a " hit" in his engagement of Picco, for few who go to hear the Italian aulist will rest content with a single visit to the Canterbury. The amount paid into the Treasury for Lilld on India from the 26,11 August to the 9th inst. was 13,1371, the rest ective totals being —Bengal, 10,095/. ; Madras 2,742/. ; and Bomtay, 300/. NEW YOLK EMIGRANT SHIPS. The following letter 11,'s been addressed by Sir Cusack Roney to the Freeman's Journal : TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL. SlR,—With reference to the article in the Freeman's Journal of the sth inst. (copied in the nines of to-day) . , respecting the atrocities committed upon female erol' grants, in the ship City of Mobile, from Liverpool, to New York, I am happy to say that it is almost impos sible for these or any other atrocities to be committed upon emigrants by the St. Lawrence route to Quebec. I can vouch for the accuracy of the following extract from Mr. J. M. Grant's recently published guide to emigrants, which I beg to confirm from my personal knowledge and experience : " The arrangements made by the Government of Ca' nada for the reception and protection of emigrants on their arrival at Quebec, contrast in a remarkable manner with the want of such arrangements at New York, and the other ports of the United States, to which emigrants are conveyed from Europe. "On the arrival of each emigrant ship in the river St. Lawrence, she is boarded by the medical officer of the Emigrant Hospital at Grosse Isle, situated a few miles below Quebec ; and whenever disease prevails in a ship, the emigrants are landed and remain at the ID!' pital, at the expense of the Colonial Government, n .. .. 0 t 11 they are cured. On the ship's arrival at Quebec, Xt. Buchanan, the Government agent of emigrants , proceeds at once on board, for it is his duty to advise and protect each emigrant on his arrival. He inquires into all complaints, and sees that the pro - visions of the Passenger Act are strictly enforced. This. he is enabled to do in a most effectual manner, as under, an arrangement sanctioned by the Commissioners 0 , Emigration in Great Britain, whenever an emigrant vessel leaves any British port for Quebec, the emigration officer of that port forwards to Mr. Buchanan, by 1 3111 steamer, a duplicate list of her passengers, with tbor, names, age, sex, trade, & c. This list is usually receive ° , by him two or three weeks before the vessel reach ea Quebec, so that he is net only prepared for her arrival; but is furnished with every particular that may be u seful to him in protecang the emigrants. If just cause of complaint exist, he institutes under a !el summary law of the province of Canada legal proceedings against the master ; but so thoroughly are the value and efficiency of this officer felt, that since a very short time subsequent to his appointment, it has very rarely been found necessary to take such proceedings. In cases where emigrants have arrived without sufficient funds tO take them to places where employment is abundant and remunerative, their fares have been paid by Mr. Bucha- nan, out of the funds iu his possession provided for the purpose. Emigrants from other than British ports expe rience precisely the same protection at the hands of Mr. Buchanan.—l am, sir s your very obedient servant, (Signed) CUSACK P. RONEY. London, Sept. 7, 1857. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT MARGATE. An investigation into the circumstances attending the accident which took place to the London excursion train on its arrival at the Margate station of the South - Eastern Railway on Monday afternoon proves that th e occurrence was much more serious in its consequence 9 and injury to passengers than was at first anticipated. As is usual in such cases, thrra are two parties, vi fromendeavour to shift the blame and responsibility fro their own shoulders on to those of the other, and in tb le instance the officials assert that the whole of the cata e ; trophe resulted from the neglect of those in charge 43 ' the Margate station • whilst the officials at Marga te station persist in declaring that the occurrence was th e result of the Ramsgate station-master permitting t he train to leave for the latter station without th e Londl guard in the break van, a circumsta nce un k n own, al l ' not anticipated at the Margate terminus. It appears that when the excursion train arrived 6/ Ramgate, that portion of the train destined for Margat e, consisting of four open carriages and the break-van, w 6 ' detached, and to this the ordinary Margate train, uc e ' sisting of four other carriages, was attached, making th e train thus consist of eight passenger carriage., 4116 break van, and the engine. At the Margate station there is an incline in the direction of the station of 1 to 80. At the top of this incline are the switches, and it is the duty of the engine -driver, pr or to rea ching h it, to leave the train and go behind, and then Pc 5P the train over the bank on to the incline wb e c i i it reaches the station by its own impetus, regulate l in its speed by the breaks. The engine having Is;, the train, it is the duty of the pointsman to uncouP" the ordinary Margate train from the excursion tritico sending the one down the incline one road, and the oth er on to the line leading to the opposite side of the station* On the arrival of this train on Monday, the switchman : . with his assistant, having placed the points in the direction, uncoupled the London from the Ramsga te train, and the former was pushed by the engine over the, incline. The break being in front, the switchman ha" no knowledge that the guard was not in it, and he ther e ore, as usual, jumped on to the step of the last carriage' so as to be in readiness to open the doors on the train drawing up at the platform. The moment the train reached the station, its velocity left no doubt that collision with the end of the station would be inevitable' and he jumped off. In an instant after the crash occur" red by dashing against the dead wood, for there were no " buffers.' h av e been the sufferers whose names and injuaies " 8 " been ascertained, are the following :—Mr. Kidd, OP goon, of London, staying at Mr. Dixon'e, Vicarage-plac e ' Margate—concussion of the brain ; going on favourab l y' Mrs. Lovesay, of 65, Beresford-street, Walworth, staf,;. ing at Bishop's, Love lane, Margate—contused 'nose -ac,' forehead, and lacerated lip ; doing well. Mrs. Dr ew and family, consisting of two boys—cuts and boil about the head and face; elder boy contused eye 013 ., face cut; younger boy, injury to the hip and 031 bruises. Mr. Smith, of Camberwell—various injuri ef. about the head and body. Mr. Wm. Early and F. Boulding—cuts and contusions ; and a child with rt tongue cat. • The whole of the patients are reported to be proge ° sing favourably. THE IRON IRADE.—A considerable extension of existing plant has been made in the iron distri cts South Wales. At Ebbor Vale an increasing busioeSo requires increased means, and now nearly 3,000 col: stantly find employment at Abersycban. At Doloin.' the enormous engine and rolling will are advanc g ° towards completion. This engine is to supply !distil° six furnaces, and the r a i l mill is to manufacture 1,6 "A0 tons of rails per week ; the rough will to make tons, and 200 tons of bar iron is to be made by a t :, ini!!. This rail mid is to roll bars of a length and - ne ver before attempted, and this at' a speed of 1 10 re ; voiutions per minute. At Aberdare and in the (Ab e valleys an extension is a'so going forward. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LADY AT PlMLlCo.—l rtBte rf day evening au inquest was held in the board-roon„-4 Sr. George's Hospital, on view of the body of N'; Elizabeth Lingford, aged 73, who was killed on Sa tu ,„ - : day last by being run over by a chaise, in Queen's - r ° ,i Buckingham Palace. In consequence of the hig h , g a spectability of the deceased, who was the widow 01 officer of rank, much anxiety was evinced as to _ f t" . result of tha proceedings. The deceased resided at •LN: 0 18, Queen-street, Chel.ea. On Monday morning ! 3 ,3 was crossing the Brow ton-road when she was knock down by a chaise, driven by a man named Wbitai,ieto She was taken up in an insensible state and convey q 0 her residence, but her medical attendant finding, her Fo u ,, very dangerous ordered her removal to the above Pita!, where she died about half an hour after her ca a rt mission. Several witnesses said the driver of the CA was going at a moderate rato when the accident to pened. The jury returned a verdict of "Acciden" death." 0 The L With an Bc riptio n , sale s am Were t, k ilt) Rai Price s We 44 Nr !1:: 3( uotlitta EA:.I 001 ttIT