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

R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Pic•prietor, Mr. Charles Kean . The public is respectfully informed that this theatre, hav ing been entirely redecorated, will OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY, the 12th inst., when will be performed Shak spore's Play of THE TEMPEST. The box-ottlce will open on Thursday, October 8. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradmi ' Miss Co relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott , Miss Cuthbert, Mn. IL Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. 'A_ St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, M r. Bernard, Mr. Kerby, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirlin g . Assistant Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr. Frampton. Chorus Master. Mr. G. Smythson. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Bellini's opera of NOR MA. Norma, Madame Caradori ; Pollio, Kr. Augustus Braham. Aftcr which, SOMEBODY ELSE, Private Boxes, £2 120. 6d., £2 25., and £1 I.ls. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. IRIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with Sheridan's comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR, SCANDAL. Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr. Bnckstone; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe; Charles Surface, Mr. W. Farren ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Oliver Surface, Mr. Rogers; Crabtree, Mr. Compton; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Cathe rine Sinclair (her last appearance in that character in this theatre); Lady Sneerwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Maaia, Miss Emma King ; and Mrs. Candour, Miss Talbot. After which, A CURE FOR LOVE. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. Orchestra. Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First, Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 it 2 0 Pit. 1 0 over Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will ba performed the home-made Ettraiaganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, Mr. Wright and Miss Arden. After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama of THE PILOT, a Tale of the Sea. Long Tom Coffin, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Captain Burroughcliffe, Mr. Wright ; The Pilot, Mr. C. Selby ; Kate Plowden, Mies Mary Keeley. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." S TRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne. —THIS EVENING will be performed a new comic drama, entitled, SO VERY OBLIGING. Mr. Kinloch, Miss Craven, &c. To be followed by MORE BLUNDERS THLN ONE. Larry Hoo'agan, Mr. Macarthy. After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque, written by Leicester Buckingham, entitled LA TRAVIATA; ar, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Miss Victor, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. G. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J. Clarke. Followed by BA'.',IIELOR'S BUTTONS. Miss M. A Victor and Mr. Clarke. Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. is. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mm. Stirling , Mr. G. Vining, sad Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, Izc. ; Misses Swanborongh, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or, The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmar° ; Miss Webster, Miss M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone. Followed by OUR TRAVIATA. The Blighted One, Mr. W itldicomb. To conclude with THE QUIET FAMILY. Mr. Vollaire, Mr. Widdicomb, and Miss Chalmers. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of 'elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES. DUETS, drc., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Manetta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henehaw, H. Grover, T. Farr/ant, B. 'ones, J. Barker, W. Melling. Senor Antonio, E. L. lime, and Mr. St. A.lbyn ; Messrs. S. Collins and E. Mack ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. —Signor PICCO will perform, at hat-past Eight and half past Ten, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY— Morn., 24 min. aft. I—Even., 43 min. aft. 1 To-ifounow —Morn., 59 min. aft. I—Even., 18 min aft. 2 ME WEATHER Sox OFFICE, OCTOBER 3. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHA.DE. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night 64 —this day at noon. BARO3fETER, 30.02. WINP, S.W. ; fresh and squally, with doll weather. • - ) )t ) „„% § A AA 4, 9 -4411 LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 1857. The Conferences which have just taken place at Stnttgardt and Weimar, may exercise important influences on the destinies of Europe. It can scarcely be supposed that ALEXANDER and NAPO LEON were occupied in mere ceremonies, and that no questions of State policy were discussed during the private and confidential discussions of the Im perial visitors--discussions in which their Royal host, the King of WURTEMEERG, was not allowed to participate. The shows and banquets that took place, the brilliant displays, were all masks covering the real objects. The Emperors had something to decide that could not be entrusted to ordinary diplomacy. It was determined that the secrets should not be permitted to ooze out that the hunters after in forma tion should, for once, be effectually foiled. No person knew, or eould know, anything that occurred within the private cabinet to which N.A.POLEON and ALEXINDER alone received admis sion. The Sovereigns would not betray their own deliberations. Matters of vital consequence, whether for good or for evil, were probably veu- Hated, but the public will be unable t 3 form any judgment on the point until the consequences in dicate the nature of the decisions then arrived at. The public recognition of the parvenu sove reign, as be was rather contemptuously styled by the late Autocrat . , was something in the eyes of NAPOLEON. He could not forget that he was re fused the hand of a paltry princess through Rus sian influence—that all his acts and overtures met with the most chilling reception. He was not treated with even common civility, and severely be avenged the mistake. But still he eagerly desired to bring about a different state of affairs, so far as be was personally concerned, and was even mere anxious for the Empress EUGEINIE'S sake. To accomplish these points he would make many sacrifices. When refused a royal bride with veritable "blue" blood, he avenged himself by raising the woman of his heart to the imperial throne, and setting at nought the petty and ridi culous traditions of Germanism. Re was elects:] by the popular choice, and he was resolved that she should share that elevation by the poser csl hi, will. It was one of his beat and most laudable .ets, and he has beon amply rewarded for his manly anti straightforward feeling and conduct. But this very marriage was one of the most powerful obstacles to the rapprochement which he so eagerly sought after. He was EMPEROZ by the choice of the people of France, and although that Principle found no great favour iu Muscovite eyes, still, when he was fully recognised as one of the Great Powers, and treaties entered into in which Le was one of the "high contracting parties," he might be met on equal terms, without any degra dation even to the AUTOCRAT himself. But ladies, particularly German ladies, are great sticklers for etiquette, and there would be a double shock in receiving a lady Sovereign who was not of the " genuine stock." This was the difficulty, and in one respect it proved an insuperable one. The CZARINA got a most convenient malady, which prevented her attendance at Stuttgardt, and, con sequently, that of the Empress EUGENIE. The moment, however, that a decision was communicated that NAPoLSoN would not be accompanied by his fair Consort, a mira culous cure was effected. Health was instan taneously restored to the Imperial patient, who forthwith started to enjoy the festivities at Stutt gardt. This was naturally regarded as a deli berate insult, and may possibly have ren dered NAPOLEON less complaisant than might otherwise have been the case. The Czar's objects may have been foiled, or neutralised by the act of his spouse. Her woman's nature could not, however, resist the opportunity of inflicting a public slight on one of her own rank. FREDERICK WILLIAM held aloof from the Con ference, although earnestly invited. He still maintains the isolation into which he was plunged by his conduct during the Russian war. He keeps 6: on his own hook," haying always a steady eye to the main chance. He also knows that he can ascertain how matters are arranged from his nephew, and contrive to get share of the good things going. The conference at Weimar is the natural com pliment and corollary to that at Stuttgardt. He also will learn the decisions arrived at, and what part he is expected to enact in the imperial drama. We cannot say that we regard these combinations and confederacies with favour. Monarchs seldom trouble themselves to promote the welfare, happi ness, or prosperity of the peoples. It may be that some new designs are enter tained against the cause of liberty. England's (Indian) difficulty may be regarded as the oppor tunity for obtaining advantages, and practising coups d' etat which she might not regard very favour ably. The slight to the Empress EUGENIE will, how ever, open IsTeroLzox's eyes to the danger of trusting too far to his brother Emperors. At all events this is certain, that, despite every complication, Great Britain will assert her dignity, and maintain the high position she has so long and 83 justly occu pied amongst the great Powers of Europe. 7 V 4 1-7 ; THE S N 5 N N 5 SATURDAY viduals, and denounce their employment as undigni fied and unbecoming men ; for the youth of Eng land would not hesitite in entering into their country's service, and performing acts of valour, whose lustre would bear comparison with any of the achievements of our ancestors. THE IMPERIAL MEETING AT BTUTTGART. We extract the following from a letter dated Stuttgart, Sept. 29 : "In the matter of popularity both with the Court and the people the Emperor Napoleon has made infinitely greater progress than the Emperor Alexander. The latter, who is here perfectly en pays de connaissance, and among re lations, has not given himself the trouble to please, which a stranger generally will ; and by those who entertain French sympathies, and would gladly have seen the Empress Eugenie here, it is taken very much amiss of him that he should have given way, as it issaid, to female weakness, and have allowed the Empress to decline to come hither until it was a settled thing that the Empress Eugenie would not come, on which she pops in at the last moment on the pretence of giving her husband a surprise. It is assumed the Empress of Russia and her sisters-in-law were averse to the Empress Eugenie's appearing here, from apprehen sion that her greater youth, beauty, and mental attainments would throw them into the shade, and compel them to acknowledge the personal supe riority of one on whom they looked down as inferior to them. Something of the same sort of feeling the Emperor Alexander evidently entertains towards the Emperor Napoleon, who exhibits more attrac tive manner and greater powers of conversation than himself, seeks more to ingratiate himself with others, rides better, &,c. The latter had, more over, brought his own horses with him, so that while Louis Napoleon yesterday was mounted on a splendid high-mottled horse, that carvetted and sprang about to the delight of the multitude, the Emperor Alexander had to put up with an animal whose qualities were simply strength and docility. The Emperor Napoleon has lost no opportunity of showing himself in a light acceptable to the people ; he has walked out in the streets arm-in-arm wit h a single gentleman, a Wurtemberg officer ; he has taken or feigned an interest in all that the King is most fond of promoting, and for which he is so deservedly popular, and gave himself the trouble to sit out the whole of Weber's Der b 7 reischutz last night, which was played at his especial desire to hear a genuine German opera, and continued applauding even after the curtain had fallen." His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador left town yesterday, to join his family at St. Leonards-on-Sea. His Excellency the Count Zelarawitch has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Continent. The Duke of Newcastle and Lady Susan Pelham Clinton have left Danrobin Castle, and are now on a visit with the Duke and Duchess of Athole at Blair Athole. The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester are expected in town, in a few days, from a tour of visits. The Countess of Kinnoul leaves town this day for the Continent. Lord and Lady Rokeby are still sojourning in Ger many, and are not expected home for some weeks. Lord and Lady Frances Conynghain have arrived in town, en route for the Continent. Sir John and Lady Harriet Stuart-Forbes and Miss Stuart-Forbes, who lately arrived from Vichy, have since left town for Dickling Hall, the seat of the Mar quis of Lothian, in Norfolk. Mr. Campbell Wyndham has arrived at Edwards's Private Hotel, from Newmarket. The National Bank of Munich has raised its rate of discount from 5 to 5i per cent. REPRESENTATION OF EAST KENT. —Sir E. C. Derlng has announced his intention to resign his scat for the eastern division of Kent, in consequence of continued ill health. REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.—The result of the efforts made by the friends and supporters of Mr. Townsend, M.P., will, it is understood, enable him to retain his seat in the House of Commons. With four exceptions, the whole of Mr. Townsend's creditors have signed a petition for superseding the bankruptcy, and the sum required to meet pressing claims—viz., 7001. has been raised by the subscriptions of the constituency. Handbills announcing these facts have been circulated, and it is stated that the subscription is still to be kept open for the purpose of paying off the election expenses. LATE FAILURE.—The Eastern Counties Herald states that the liabilities of the bank of Messrs. Harrison, Watson, and Co., which suspended on the 24th ult., amount to about 400,0001., and that the assets are estimated at 225,0001. The joint sum owing from Messrs. Taylor and Bright, and Mr. Hassell, chairman of the Cotton Mills Company, verges on a quarter of a million. Among the sufferers by the failure are the various benefit societies at Hull which had opened deposit-accounts at the bank. I; is believed at nfficient to pay a dividend of 104 in the pound will tie reali.ed, THE MAILS, &o.—SOUTHAMPTON, Oe' - . 2. —The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Captabe Woclley, left to-day with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, 219 passengers, 4,9001. in specie, jewelry value 19,0001., and a full cargo. Among the passengers ars Commissary-General Bland and sister, Captain Allan, Captain Selby, Rev. J. S. Wood, for Jamaica; Cap' ain Ireland, for Demerara, (41,c. The screw steamer Ham burgs, Captain Lagier, arrived this afternoon from the Spanish ports, with about 20 passengers, and a large cargo of fruit ; she leaves again to-morrow for Hamburg. The ship Escort, of 765 tons has been chartered by the Emigration Commissioners to leave Southampton for Sydney on the 23rd of November. The Peninsular and Oriental-Company's steamship Grenada, Captain Tre gear, is to leave with the Peninsular mails on Wed nesday next, the 7th inst. THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE PLYMOUTH.—Mr. Wm. Thomson, the United States Conseil at Southampton, paid an official visit to the above-named frigate, now lying in the river off that town, yesterday afternoon, previous to her departure for America. The hon. gentle man was accompanied by a few friends, who were hos pitably entertained by Captain Dahlgren and his official staff of officers. Mr. Thomson was welcomed with a con sular salute on embarking and leavin; the ship. During their brief stay on board the arrangement of the vessel, and particularly the monster Dahlgren gun, invented by the captain of the frigate, occupied the attention of the visitors, and excited much interest. It was the inten tion of the captain to sail to-morrow - morning, but he has deferred that event for a few hours, to enable Lim to accept the proffered invitation of Mr. Alderman Andrews (who accompanied the cLnsul on his visit) for himself and officers to partake of a banquet to-morr:w noon, at his residence at Winchester, The s hip w ill consequently leave Southampton, on her return, early on Monday. TROOPS FOR INDIA BY THE OVERLAND ROUTE -- SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, Oct.2.—The first body of troops that have embarked from this port for the scene of the Indian mutinies left here to-day in the Sultan steamship, one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, Cap tain Neil Cook, in which vessel they will proceed as far as Alxandria, and thence go across the Desert to Suez. They consisted of the 4th and 11th companies of the Royal Engineers, which left Chatham this morning, ar rived here per South-Western Railway about half-past 11 o'clock, and marched immediately on board the Sal tan, which lay alongside the dock wharf. There were in all 235 non-commissioned officers and men, and 13 officers. The names of the officers who embarked are as follow :—Captain T. Fen wick, in command of the whole body ; Captain Cumberland ; Major L. Nichol son ; Lieutenants D. C. Walker, Beaumont, J. E. P, Patterson, Maguey, Scratchley, E. E. Wynne, W, Keith, and Sweetonham ; Dr. Brown and Dr. Haver: ty. The men marched with only their sea-kits in their haver sacks, all arms, knapsacks, &c., having previously been packed in cases and stowed away on board. The 4:h company is destined for Calcutta, - aiadthe 11th for 130m bay. Colonel Harness, we understand is to ioin them at Malta. The embarkation was superintended by Colonel Gordon, Deputy-Adjutant-General of the En gineers, who came from LoLdon for the purpose.; and there were also present C olonel Wright and Colonel Dalgetty, from Portsmouth, and other officers. The ar rangements had been so well made beforehand by Cap tain Engledue (Peninsular and Oriental Company's su perintendent) and the dock officials, that within half an hour from the arrival of the troops they were all safely housed on board, and the Sultan moved away from her berth, affording another illustration of the great facilities provided at this port for such purpose}. A large num ber of persons were assembled in the docks to witness their departure. The diree.toris of the Peninsular and Oriental Campany have sent out a gentleman from their establishment here, named Moser, author of "The eau- Ca 3119 " and who saw a great deal of similar service in the Crimea during the late Russian war, to accompany the soldiers to Egypt, and superintend their transit ocross the Desert, for the purpose of attending to the comfort of the men. SUICIDE, —Yesterday an act of suicide was committed by Mr. E linund Taylor, aged 60 years, at Poole's Lan don-bridge. Hotel. The deceased gentleman, who was well known in the city, had for some years past been in the employment of Messrs Lennox and 03., merchants, of Broad-street. About half-past 11 o'clock yesterday morning he went to the above hotel, where he was well known, and proceeded to the coffee room, there being no person besides himself there at the time. He sat down and commenced writing, and was thus left alone. At about a quarter to 1 o'clock the waiter went into the room for the purpose of cleaning the glass in the door, when he saw the deceased appa rently resting his head between two tables, and there was an unusual smell in the room. He went up to him, and then saw a wound under his left ear, from which the blood had flowed copiously. A penknife marked with blood was lying near him, upon a table. The waiter gave an alarm, and Mr. Croft, surgeon, was sent for, and promply attended. On his arrival, he sail that deceased was dead, and had been so for some time. A letter written by the deceased was found upon the table, directed to Mr. Middleton, surgeon, of Bow-lane, referring to the fact that he intended to commit suicide, and wishing that his body might be sent to a hospital for dissection, for the purpose of a•certaining what was the matter with him, as he had suffered from some internal complaint. Mr. W. Payne has received notice of the event, and will hold an inquest on the body. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] There is little doubt but that we are essentially a warlike nation. But, notwithstanding this in herent bellicose disposition, there are few amongst us who, for the purpose of giving vent to martial ardour, would relinquish the comforts of a home, the ties of consanguinity and friendship, and the emoluments arising out of a profitable way of life. For, it should be remembered that we are consti tutionally and accidentally a commercial as well as a warlike people. It may be very well to talk about soldiers in the poetical and rhetorical sense, sons of bright-eyed Bellona, and gallant disciples of fiery Mars. The " pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war " are terms, no doubt, that represent the profession of arms in a most favourable light, and are calculated to arouse even phlegmatic temperaments to something like a thirst for military renown, national grandeur, and the love of glowing patriotism. But this is only warfare and its results in one aspect. There are such incidents to a military career as long and fatiguing marches and counter-marches, wasting and ravaging , diseases, famine and. cold, and even death without a moment's warning. Subject to the•ill effect; of opposite climes, the soldier may be one month totting in the trenches before Sobastopol, and in another stationed beneath the burning sun of India, and momentarily dreading death, in some cruel way, at the hands of inhuman foes. And, for such a dangerous;service as this, there is the brilliant remuneration of one shilling per diem. But in the face of these facts, our con temporary the Times is expressing its a.to. nishment, and mourning, to a certain extant, that a great portion of the youth of the land should be employed in our commercial marts, and not devoted to the service of their country. Now, we do not intend entering into the argument res pecting the fitness of young men to the calling of shopkeeping and the vending of goods, an em ployment, in our eyes, that seems to require fully as much intelligence, if nob more, than the ma nufacturing of the goods sold thereby—the latter is undoubtedly a masculine calling, and both, we believe to be necessarily and honourably so. But we cannot help noticing the fallacy of thinking that men would resign positions that yield them remuneration, on an average, three times as much as a soldier's pay, for the sake of accepting the latter. There is a great ignorance of the prin ciples of political economy, or rather common sense, evidenced in upbraiding any class of indi viduals for not doing an act that would compro mise their interests and lower them in the social scale. As it is, young men in shops enjoy many of the comforts of life, mix in comparatively re peatable society, and have the prospect of rising in the course of time to independence, and, may be, eminence. Now, if the lower ranks of the army held out such inducements as those, and no response be made, then there would be some reason in thinking that de generacy of some kind had taken hold on us. If it is expedient and necessary to increase the army and fill its ranks with a more respectable class than it is at present composed, there are two or three courses to be taken. Firstly, increase the pay of the common soldier, and make it an object . _ _ - worthy the desire of a properly behaved man to receive, and sufficient to meet the exigencies of life, and to satisfy the wants of those who have a natural claim on his support. It is, indeed, de plorable to see a wife and children dependant on a poor soldier, as it sometimes happens ; it may be that he was married before he enlisted, and able to earn sufficient by his calling or trade to sup port his family in a way suitable to his position in life ; but in a moment of drunken insanity he took "the shilling " and left his children on the pariah, and his wife to seek similar support; and if vice should be ever looked upon with an eyeof com miseration, and crime be made venial by the cir cumstances, it is such a case as this. If the pay were larger such instances as we have men tioned might not occur. Secondly, it would bs a wise regulation to admit only men into the army whose characters would bear investigation, and whose companionship would not de grade and cast a slur upon the man of unimpeachable conduct, who might have adopted the profession of a sol.lier from the love of arms. And, thirdly, some little difference of rank and remuneration should be awarded according to the information and education of the individual at the time of enlistment. If these regulations were in force, there would be i n d ucemen ts sufficient to entice a cla ss th a t would not now avail them selves of a co mmon so ldi er ' s rank and pay in their worst extremity, and wh o would not be obliged to think their avocation cast odium upon them, and, by a necessary consequence, a separation from the rest of tho world. If ever such changes as these we suggest should occur, there will be very little necessity for our contemporary of Printing-house-squire to rail at any class of incli• LATEST NEWS. GENERAL HAVELOCK AND THE MUTINEERS. The following telegram, which contains more precise intelligence respecting the latest operations of the force under Gen. Havelock, was received by the Bombay Government from Poona on the 31st of August : •" We have news from Cawnpore dated tho 18 tb inst. On the 16 th Gen. Havelock engaged the rebels about 12 miles from Cawnpore. Two guns were taken. Capt. Mackenzie and 15 men were wounded ; none killed. " The troops were very hard worked. The cholera was bad ; 14 men and Lieut. Campbell, of the 78th Highlanders, had died of it. " The last accounts from Lucknow were dated the 14th of August, and report©d ' all well,' " THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN LISBON. The following telegram was received yesterday from Lisbon by the Portuguese Legation : " The epidemic has not spread in Lisbon to any extent. Up to this day the general daily mor tality has never exceeded 33. The fever has ap peared with some intensity in two parishes only." The Vienna correspondent of the Times (Second Edition) says : " Some interesting information respecting Rus sia has been communicated to me by a person who is perfectly well acquainted with the actual state of things. As the foreign public will contribute nothing towards the construction of the Russian railroads, the Government has had recourse to the following means of raising - the necessary funds at home. Formerly 4 per cent, was paid on all sums deposited in the "Reicbs Credit Banken," institu tions which in Russia are equivalent to the Sav ings Banks in other countries ; but in future only 3 per cent. will be paid on the new deposits. It is expected that the consequence of this measure will be that the public will buy railroad shares, bearing 5 per cent. interest, instead of depositing its spare capitial in the " Reichs Credit Banken." My correspondent who avers that the treasuries of the convents are as empty as those of the State, is of opinion that many years must elapse before Russia can recover from the effect of the late war. Both in St. Petersburg aul in Moscow people complain bitterly of the prodi gality of the Imperial family, and whisper to each other that the Dowager Empress has spent about 3,000,000/. since the death of the Emperor Nicholas. The Emperor Alexander is de scribel to be a very good-natured man, wLo is more given to the pleasures of the table than to work. His Majesty is by no means popular w‘th the Muscovite party, which accuses him of am undue partiality for his German subjects." Tha Paris correspondent a the Morning Post (second edition) says " The further intelligence which has reached Paris from India is more gloomy than that pub lished by the English journals. AFreuch correspon dent, writing from Calcutta, Aug. 22, says the British army in India, under any circumstances, may antici pate two yearb' fighting, not only against the enemy but against climate, so fatal to newly arrived troops when the meu are called to active service before being accustomed b the climate. The same autho rity declares that news has reached Calcutta from all parts of India, asserting that the n ative troops cannot be depended upon. The Presidencies of Madras and Bombay had been visited by the agents of the of Oude, and. the Mahomedan sepoys throughout India are pertectly aware of what has taken place in Bengal. The letter I refer to blames highly the conduct of the civil authorities at Calcutta. The L authority for these assertions is evidently i n spi re d I with a friendly feeling towards British rule in I India. " I have heard to-day from a high authority that our enemies assert, the troops which deserted us are now under European direction, and that strategical operations have commenced to prevent the union of the British forces." FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. The Emperor and Empress left for the ca.np at Chalons. It is believed that the Empress will reside in the camp. Their Majesties will remain till the 15th if the weather continue fine. The Emperor and Empress of Russia have, it is said, expressed to the Emperor Napoleon their ex treme regret at not having seen the Empress Eugenie at Stuttgardt. It is said in diplomatic circles here that the meet ing of the Emperors of Austria and Russia will again establish the most friendly relations, and that t o i n c c a i l li r a e t s i u o l n t . s may be expected to grow outimportant f such political To-night's Pays says that it has private intelli gence from Pondicherry of the 30th of August, up to which date all was quiet in the French East Indian settlements. On the 30th of August, says the same journal, the steam-transport Shanghai arrived at Bombay, coming from Hong Kong, with 600 British soldiers on board. The Shanghai had sailed on the 23d July, and announced the ap proaching arrival of two other transports, which were to leave early in August. General de Goyim, commander of the French troops at Rome, having recently left Paris for Naples, several newspapers have declared that he has been sent oa a diplomatic mission ' • but a Paris letter in the Emancipation affirms that the general has merely gone on an excursion for the benefit of his health. A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, affirms that neither Prince Albert will visit this year the camp of Chalons, nor Queen Victoria Fontaneblcau or Compiegne, on account of the preoccupations caused by the events in India. "It is reported," says a Paris letter in the Eman cipation, " that Meherned Djemil Bey, son of Reschid Paella, Turkish ambassador at Paris, is about to be recalled, and that he is likely t b 3 re • placed by Vely Pacha, formerly Turkish wiuister at Paris, and at present Governor of Crete." I3oußsE, Oct. 2.--The following were the List quotations Cash. fr. End of Month. 4i per Cents - - 3 per Cents 6B 15 68 5 Bank Shares 3,00) Credit Fonder — Credit Mobilier 875 Roman - Do. Account B9O Austrian - Belgian 41 93i— Spanish Threes 4l Fiedmontese(s) 9ol— Home Debt RAILWAYS—YOB Cass. IT. c. 1,385 Western Orleans 725 Northern - Lyons and Med...... 875 N ow Ditto New Ditto - Grand Central Geneva Midi - SWITZERLAND. Fresh complications are making their appearance in Switzerland, where the canton it sovereignty is openly resisting the Federal authority. Several c intim have refused. on differeut questions of se condary order to obey the injunctions of the cen - Ifi tral IT) wer. the ca ,t i n of Neufchatel, the g - vernment, despairi ng o f b e i ng able to overcome the ~ royalists who hav e coa l esce d w ith the independent-i, intend demandi ng f rom the peop l e full powers to dt cree a now electoral law. Lithe town of Neufchatel, it has been compelled to dissolve the provisional admin istration of the bourgeoisie, which was arbitrarily in stituted after the events of September, and to confide the interests of the corporation to the constituent council. The elections for the Federal rept es ll'a tion, which are about to take place, may pQrh , ps produce a remedy for some of, those difhcultie3, which have a certain degtes of gravity. MONTENEGRO. - --------- Scutari had advan ce d a We mentioned s ome d ays ago t h a t the Pacha of which had refitied to p ay t h e i r 113 ual tribute, and Monte negrins a band of Moutenerins hid invaded the Turkish territory w i t h the view o f rendering assist ance to the menaced gainst some tribes iu A lbania rib. , s. Accounts from Catcaro of the 16th ult., with intelligence from Montenegro, do not confirm th 3 news of this invasion, thou„li they acquaint US the intentions of Princo Dando were favourable to the Albanian tribe;. We le fill that " the inhabitants of B isovich despatched a deputa' ion to C e tti ngue to deman d t h e assistance f Mont: negro against th e Turks. Pr;nce Danito charged the Senators No and Rako, and the Pope Kussovac, to visit th at country, an d t o a ssure the inhabitants that he would furnish them with suc- OCTO 1 , 4 E'i ft 3, XB5 cour as soon as they should refuse to pay tribute. The Pacha of Scutari has sent a force of regulars to coerce the refractory tribes, and it is not probable that Prince Danilo will now keep his promise." Tho Turks will doubtless succeed in subduing the tribes, and will then, it is said, take measures to occupy the districts of Kuci and Piperi, and thus enclose Montenegro within its rocky ►imits. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have come to hand. The editor of the Discusion had been tried by the Special Tribunal on the Press, for having published a seditious article, but he had been acquitted. A telegraphic despatch received from Rome announced to the Government that the Archbishop of Burgos and other bishops had been preconised in a Consistory held by the Pape—as was announced some short time back. A. royal decree enacts that an Academy of Moral and Poli tical Sciences shall be established. A. letter says : " Rumours of a Ministerial crisis con tinue, and the adversaries of the Cabinet allege that it cannot last to the 30th Oct., the day fixed for the meeting of the Corte?. It is believed that the Ministers intend to submit to the Queen a series of measures which they consider indispensable, and that if her Majesty should not approve of them, they will resign. It is also believed that in the council which will be held on Friday next, some important questions will be discussed. It is said that the Ministry is resolved that General Lahera, Count de Balmaseda, shall replace the Marquis de Viluma, as President of the Senate. He, it may be remembered, wi s one of the generals spoken of for the Captaincy-General of Cuba." The session of the two Danish Chambers was opened on Weine &ay at Copenhagen, by the Minister of the Interir,r, in the name of the King. No allusion was made to Holstein. M. Brunn has been elected President of the First Chamber, and M. Rottwitt President of the Second Chamber. " The affairs of 80301.1, at least of that part which lies between the B osna an d the Drina," says the Agram Gazette, " appear to be en tering upon a new phase. The fury and hatred of the Christians, whether Roman Catholic or Greek, are excited by numberless acts of op pression. • ,It having come to the knowledge of the people that, a few years ago, at the time when the Tanzimat was introduced into Bosnia, the clergy, both of the Oriental and Roman Catholic rites, had promised the government that the popula tion should pay the tax of one-third of the produce, that circumstance has turned the ire of the public against the priesthood of both persuasions. It was but the other day when a Franciscan monk had tp fly for his life from the fury of the populace, and the Greek bishop is openly menaced with violence, so that troops are hourly expected to arrive in the Posavine, and especially in the Sandjsc of Tula, to prevent an outbreak." CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 23.—1 n spite of the weather, which was tempestuous, hundreds of ves sels were arriving for Black Sea ports, to take in cargoes of the new grain harvest. The Jountal de Constantinople contains a long article in fence of Lord S:ratf;rd de Redcliffe against the attacks of the Times. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY EVENING. The United States mail steam ship Arago, Capt. E. D. Lines, arrived this evening off Cowes, with two days' later advices. By this arrival we receive the following mercan tile intelligence : The Cotton Market was quiet, with sales of about 500 baby, without change in price. The Flour Market was buoyant and active, at an advanog of from 10c. to 15c. per barrel. heat active ; corn firm. Pork quiet. Sugars were unchanged. Freight engagements were moderate, at unchanged rates. NEW ORLEANS, SEPT. 17.—Sales of cotton 400 bales, at unchanged prices. Mess pork, 28, doll. Other-articles unchanged. At Charleston cotton was quiet. Sales of the week 200 bales. There is no political intelligence. The Arago brings 85 passengers, mails to the 19th, 27,000 dollars in specie, and 4,000 bushels of wheat, all for Havre. Among her passengers are the Hon. B. F. Angel, Minister of the United States to Sweden, and family ; the Hon. S. Bile and family ; the lion.'T. Bille, late Charge d'Affaires of Denmark to the United States ; and Mr. Y. G. Durand, bearer of despatches to Paris. Sept. 21, at 8 a. m., in lat. 41.35, long. 66.30, saw a ship-rigged propeller bound W. On the 20th, at 5 p.m., in lat. 42.15, long. 64.35, exchanged signals with the ship Western Empire, bound W. A large meeting, priucipallyof Irishmen, was held at New York on the evening of the 17th to expt opposition to British enlistments in the United States f r the War in India and sympathy with the Sepoy Inutiny. The secretary of the United States' navy,' on hearing that the laying of the Atlantic cable had been postponed till next year, ordered the Niagara to return to New York and the Sn-quehanna to join the home squadron. Captain Josiah Tatnall has been appointed to the command of the Ameri can squadron in the Chinese waters. The Government at Washington having been ap prised of further Filibustering demonstrations upon Nicaragua being in' project, and of a scheme in Texas for the invasion of the Mexican Provinces contiguous to the Rip Grande, were about to issue an edict to stop these intended violations of the Neutrality Treaty, and to prosecute all engaged in them. The Kansas Constitutional Convention had adjourned to the third Monday in October, to await the result of the election before taking further action. _ _ Public attention in New York was entirely a'h sorbed by the loss of the Central America steamer. CAN THIS BE TRUE ? A correspondent sends the Daily News the fol lowing extraordinary account of a sale of uniforms by sepoys in Calcutta, and accredits it by stating that it comes to him from a thoroughly respectable source EXTRACT OP A LETTER PROM CALCUTTA, AUG. 8, 18 5 7- A abort time no, a gentleman in Calcutta saw from his window a mob of Sepoys 100 in number, asse mbled near one of the gates of G overnment House, and vis ibly engaged in selling, their u n if orms b y auction, one of them mounted on a backery (native cart) acting as auctioneer. The gentleman drove to the Commissioner of the Police tolinform him of what was going on ; be at once pro eJeded to Majm Bouverie, the Governor-General's aide dc-camp, and he reported to Lord Canning. His lordship remarked, "Oh, another idle tale when Bouverme saiJ, " My Lord, if you will look out there you can satisfy yourself.' Lord Canning looked, satis fied himself, and instantly gave orders to call a meet ing of his council. The bagel; met, deliberated for several hours ; some voted for 'shooting the Sepoye, others for letting them go ; and broke up without comieg to any revolution, by which time indeed it was un necessary, as the &pop, bating finished their sale of government property and pocketed its Proceeds, bad quietly walked oft.. Thus government, by not seizing and punishing these men, virtually declared Viet embezzlement and desertion are no crimes, and the Sepoys, emboldened by having insulted the Governor-General at his own door with impunity, are permitted to leave Calcutta, and will certainly not firget this most criminal leniency when levying contr.butions from the defenceless villagers as many olthetn h•tve been doing. Tne native merchants in _Calcutta were astonished. Tney asked, "-Is the Lord Sahib (the Gnverner.General), with P o many Europeans, afraid of seizing a hundred Sepoys 1 If he is afraid to do this' in Galcutts, then the Com ', pany'd rule i n th e 111Jfussil is indeed over. RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY; We believe We are correct in stating that it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to re duce the standard for recruiting from five feet six inches for the Cavalry to five feet five inches, and from five feet live inches for the Infantry to five feet four inches. The age for rccruits, which at present stands at from eighteen to twenty-five, is to be extended to thirty years of age. Rem - lilting is proceeding most satisfactorily, the Government having obt tined for the last six weeks one thousand men a week. Under the new regulations it is hoped that this may be doubled. A further force of 10,000 Militia is to be at once called out. This will raise the force of embodied Militia to 25,000 men. .i&OSSUTH AT PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT.—The Governor of Hungary has been lecturing to crowded assemblies at Plymouth and Devonport during the last few days. Hie lecture at Devimport, on Monday, was "Nationalities—a - Providential Dispensation," and on Tuesday, at Plymouth, the subject being "The political state of Continental iurope." In each town the mayor presided, and considerably enthusiasm was manifested. Fifa IN FAIIIIINGDON-STRE&T.—La9t night 7. firs broke out in a tufty pile of buildings in Farringdon-aireet, formerly the composing rooms for Lloyd's London Naffs paper, but at present occupied by sundry persons, amongst whoul are the Messrs. Dobbs, the printers, of Fleet—treet, 'and Messrs, Routledge, the well-known booksel t ers. of F.wriogdon-street. The tire commenced to the top fl nor, amongst a large number of reams of parer, aad f. r some time threatened very serious conse pewee. The fire could not be subeined uttil the greater portion of the stuck in the upper floor was destroyed, and seriousAatnage done to the qt.& below by water. The buildings bolorg to the Messrs. Ilarrild, the printers' roller makers, and are supposed to be insured in the Sun Fire-office, SPORTING NOTES. BLINK BONNY AND IMPERIEUSE. In another column will be found a statement from Mr. l'Anson, the owner of Blink Bonny, which will be read with interest. He describes the condition of Blink Bonny on the Leger day, and expresses his opinion that the best mare won. So far as condition went Imperiense was decidedly superior to Blink Bonny at Doncaster. Several insinuations have, it appears from Mr. I'Anson's letter, been made to the effect that an understanding or an arrange ment existed between •' Spring Cottage" am: , 4, Whitewall House." Suspicions of this nature, how ever, were never uttered in my hearing, and Ido not think , they would be entertained for an instant by any persons , whose good opinion and respect either Mr. Scott or Mr I'Anson would wish to obtain. The charges whicb angry and disappointed people have made against them should be 'treated with contempt, and not be raised int, undue importance by an elaborate contradiction. Still it must be con!essed that some measures should be adopted to prevent a recurrence of the ruffianly display which has now been twice witnessed at Doncaster. Few gentlemen will be inclined to keep horses at the risk of experiencing such indignities as were most cowardly and unjustly heaped upon Charlton and Mr. I'Ansor, and a repetition of a row similar to that witnessed at the recent meeting, will perhaps deprive Doncaster of its chief turf patrons. Already has one Yorkshire nobleman become disgusted ; Lord Londesborough has sold off all his horses in training, with, it is said, the exception of Ellermire and Rosa Banhour, who are to be reserved for stud purposes. The Cesarewitch betting has not been stirred into ex traordinary briskness, and the few scraps of information to be obtained relative to the competitors are scarcely worth collecting. M. Dobler seems as steady in the market as Leamington was for the Chester Cup. If the horse be as good as he is reported to be, Mr. Drinkald has certai:,ly managed very cleverly to get him so leniently handicapped. Aster attracted a good deal of attention at Newmarket, but although all persons were unanimous in expressing favourable opinions about him, his position in the betting was scarcely improved. Warlock is likely to be John Scott's horse after all, the ardour ~f the Apathy and Victoria party having materially diminished. The Day , 'Of Humiliation having bcen appointed fc r Wednesday next, the Chester Autumn Meeting . wfl take place on Monday and Tuesday. To judge from •the programme a most successful meeting will Le celebrated, and really Mr. Topham deserves support, not only on account of his liberality, but also, on account ot his untiring energy in providing good and attractive racing. I will jot down a few rough notes anent the probable result of the sport, as the first day's racing will be nearly run off before I again address the reader. For the Short's Handicap, Lord Nelson, Leo, and Babylon appear to be as well in as anything. The re presentative of John Osborne's stable—perhaps Times—shall do battle for me for the Mostyn Stakes. For the Innkeeper's Plate, Kestrel and Raven are likely to be in the first flight. Deceiver, despite his 7 lbs. extra, ought to be good enough to win the Alma &alter, and Tame Deer, if sent, will win the Welter Cup. The items in Tuesday's list I will discuss on Monday, A FRESH MAN. It is believed that the specie shipped by the Penin sular and Oriental steamer Colombo will not be much below 500,0001. Fully 35,0001. is gold for India on private account, a demand having arisen from the na tives buying up sovereigns at a large premium in Cal cutta, as more convenient to hoard than silver. A court-martial was held on board the St. Vincent . 102, guard-ship, yesterday morning, to try a third-chez assistant engineer belonging to the Vulcan, 6, screw troop frigate, for absenting himself from hie duties. After the several witnesses had been Ex mined, the court sentenced him t l O be ineligible for promotion for the next 18 months. ACCIDENT FllO3l MACHINERY.—An accident of a.Ferious nature Jim occurred at the works of Huabard's Patent Fire-Lighter Company Railway-arches, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth, to one of the men employed. The extensive wood cutting machinery there is driven by steam power, and the man whose duty it was to attend to a portion of this machinery allowed his arm to be caught in one o the leather straps or driving bands, moving at a high velocity, which broke it in two places, and nearly tore it from the socket. Surgical assistance was promptly obtained, and the man is now doing well. The man had been repeatedly cautioned, but without effect. • LIONNOES FOB Music, AND MIMIC AND DANCING.— The Court of Quarter &lotions will sit at Clerkenwell on Thursday next, to hear applications for the renewal of old, and the granting of new licences, under the act 25 Geo. 11., c. 36, for music, and music and dancing. The Dumber of licenses renewed or granted last year, for music only, was 282 ; for music and dancing, 53. The number of applications entered this year for new licenses for music only, is 96 ; and for music and dancing, 11 ; !flaking a total of 442 cases to be disposed of, or nearly eight times as many as there were several years ago. It e expeeted that the Court will fix the hearing of the new applications for Friday. Petitions for renewals must be lodged at the Clerk of the Peace's Office, on or before Tuesday, the 6th. MINES.—The market opened quietly this week, but impiaved after the settling, which was somewhat heavy. Money has been rather' tight, and some of the heavy mining shares have slightly receded. Since our last was written, the standard for copper ores has receded a littl-, but is still at a good price. A large business has been doing in several of the small shares, such as Sortridge Console, which advanced to 2/, 21, leaving off at 24 to 2 , ; E as t Russell, 365. to 378. 6d ; Kelly Bray, which were flat at 32e, to 345., suddenly rose to 365, ; leaving off at 365. to li. Alfr e d C onsols during the greater part of the week had a downward tendency, a nd receded to 111, 124, but improved on Friday, and left off at 13 to 13 ; Great Alfred shares con tinue very flat, at 6to6i ; HerodBfoot, ti 8, ex div.„ and not much doing ; Wheal Mary Ann, 47 to 48, ex div. ; Trelawny, 23i to 24i ; a good improve ment has taken place in the Thine, causing a demand for the shares. Craddock Moor, 41 to 42, and rather flat, notwithstanding the dividend.—Mining Journal of this clay. FEARFUL DEATH WHILE WRESTLING.—On Mopday afternoon, a pitman, named John Davison was brought to the Tynemouth House of C orrect i on, b y the Northum berland poliee, charged with killing a man whose name is not known, at Seaton Delaval, on Saturday night. Friday was pay-day at Seaton Delaval Colleries ; and on Saturday night a co ns id era bl e number of pitmenweie drinking at the Hastings Arms public-house. At such meetings in the pit villages the ordinary topics generally discussed are bowling matches, dog fights, and pugi listic encounters. The prisoner and th e d eceased, the latter a stranger in the neighbourhood, were Cumberland men, and being the worse for drink, they had a wrangle as to who was the beet wrest ler ; and, having been egged on by their com panions, they had bet a wager of drink with a view to decide the point. They had turned out on the large kitchen floor, which was flagged, and hav ing closed and gripped each other, the prisoner, an ex tremely powerful young man, threw tbedeceased over his shoulders. The unfortunate man, too drunk to protect himself from the fall, pitched with the top of his bead on the hard figs, and was killed upon the spot. He never stirred after his fall, his neck having been dislocated. The prisoner is in great distress of mind, and sobs most bitterly. No malice is imputed to him, however. The police are making inquiries with regard to the deceased. THE MONEY MARKET —The fact tbat notwithstand ing several recent large arrivals of gold from Australia the supply to meet the Continental demand bas been in sufficient to prevent some withdrawals from the Bank seems to hold out a discouraging prospect With regard to the immedia'e course of the money market. Since the reduction of the rate of discount to 61 per cent. in the middle of July the amount held by the Bank has ex)e rienced a diminution of about 600,0001., and this decline would have been still greater if the requirements for India and China by the last two packets had not sud denly slackened. There is, however, an exceptional circumstance to account for this position and to warrant an assumption that although there are no signs of an early turn towards a state of ease, the probability is we shall escape the necessity of a resort to measures of in creased stringency. The intensity of the panic at New York has for three or four weeks past induced an almost total suspension of specie remittances from that side. In this way, perhaps, from 500,000/. to 800,0001. that would otherwise have reached us has been temporarily withheld. For some time previously shipments had been coming forward at the rate of at least 150,000/. or 200,0001. per week, and nothing had occurred to pro duce any material change in the relations of trade which rendered these payments duel to us ; but, with the rate of .discount at 30 per cent. for the choicest bills, of course every American merchant availed himself as far as possible of his credit here to delay remitting for claims which would otherwise have been provided for in due course. With the return of confidence, there fore, not only will the usual shipments be resumed; but many arrears will have to bo met, and as the fortnightly consignments from California continue to reach New York the ability to meet these calls may be expected rapidly to revive. It may be hoped, therefore, that dur ing the next two or three months our receipts from this quartJr will again at least suffice, with the quantities from Australia, to keop the stock in the Bauk of Et,g land from further reductinn. At this moment we have the 373,0001. brought_by the last Australian mail nearly -due at Southampton, but there are are no other very heavy amounts to be anticipated. Whether the East cru demand will continue on the comparatively moderat , scale assumed during the past fortnight depends on a variety of contingsnc ies. M eanw hile, Austria has yet to make her final arrangements for resuming cash pay ments on the Ist of Jantiary, and at CJnstantinople there is anxious speculation as to the possibility of at. trading .new funds to keep the machinery of State from actually breaking down. From both the se on directions the our own market may poss ibl y to i n fl uen ced. other hand, the Bank of France, if it should resort to y cr i V t e h some r ef p e artial e may remain for sense e a inflation. v n e y n x a t d n h v The e e i sbaul conclusionnoc bala nce sthat mis s probabilitiesmw we very time without anything to enliven or to aggravate our present dull condition.—Times City Article. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORK& The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was'held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall ; Me. J. Thwaites in the chair. The cash account showed a total general balance of 47,603/. Os. 10d. OFFENSIVE CONDITION OF HACKNEY BROOK. A deputation from the Board of Trustees of Hack ney and the Hackney district board attended the board this day to present a memorial complaining that in consequence of the contents of the sewers being passed into the brook, disease and death bad resulted to the ,inhabitants, and praying the board to afford them immediate relief, The memorial was received. Mr. J. Billing was elected sur veyor, un d er the Metropolitan Building Act, for the district of St. George-in-the-East and St. Botolph WithoUt, Ald gate. THE MAIN DRAINAGE PLAN FOR THE METROPOLIS. Mr. Wright at the last board had given notice that he would to-dayask certain questions of the engineer. After some objections it was decided, by 20 to 15, that the questions might be put, and Mr. WRIGHT then put the first question—Have you made yourself acquainted with the reports and tppendices on the main drainage sent to the board by her Majesty's Chief Commissioner of Works ? Mr. BAZELGETTE, the engineer, said he bad, as far as they admitted of examination, and although they contained a great mass of matter they con tained very little in reference to the plans suggested by the government ; they gave no cross sections or nformation as to the size, levels, or mode of filling the reservoirs with tidal water. Mr. WRIGHT then asked what were the principal points of difference between the plan of the govern ment engineers and the plan approved by the board? Mr. BAZALGETTE said—This board has, with little exception, provided for the sewage of the metropolitan area, as defined by the Metropolis Local Management Act. The government engi neers have included in their plan 217 square miles beyond that area, or nearly three times as much as the act of Parliament has confided to this board. They intercept the sewage by gra vitation from thirty-seven square miles more than is done by the plan of this board, an arrangement which, although sound in theory, may be and has been obtained at too great a sacrifice. To obtain the increased gravitating power they have been driven to construct two open sewers, each 16 feet deep and 88 feet wide, with a general fall of only 6 inches in the mile. These sewers arty moreover, tide-locked, for their inverts are 29 feet below Prinity high water, and they could only discharge at or near low water. Therefore the sewage in them, like the present defective open sewers in the Surrey and Kent district; would be stagnant for many hours in the day, and the sewage when dis charged, instead of flowing down the river, as would be the case with our sewers, with the ebb tid e , would flow up the riv er with the flood tide, and thus much of the prop ose d a d vantages of the lower point of the outfall would be lost. To • add to the defects of these sewers there are in their course no less than six syphons. The first, with a dip of 10i feet : the second with a dip of 91 feet ; the third, 51 feet ; fourth, 51 feet ; and the sixth, 9 feet. As it is apparent that these sewers must col lect deposit, the Government engineers sug gest that they should ba flushed by water from the river at high water, and reservoirs constructed at the upper end. The Government engineers pronounce the sizes of the sewers pro posed by the board to be inadequate to the future requirements of the metropolis. Hitherto these sewers have been considered extravagantly large by Messrs. Roe, Phillips, Forster, Gotts, Morewood, Ward, and others. They have been reported to_ he of the right size by Mr. Robert Stephenson, Sir William Cubitt, Mr. Haywood, and myself ; and they are now for the first time called too small by the Government engineers. The Government engineers estimate the prospective population likely to be attained within the metropolitan area at 3,578,089 ; 1 estimate it at 3,448,500. They estimate the sewage upon the above population at 7 cubic feet per head, half passing off in eight hours ; I estimate it at 5 cubic feet per head, and half passing off in six hours, the difference between us here being only five per cent. The great differences of size are caused, therefore by their including three times the size of the metropolis, reducing the fall of the sewers, and including much more rainfall. 'The planof the board proposes to intercept one-quarter of an inch of rain running in 24 hours. They pro vide for two-fifths of an inch of rain running off in eight hours, each b e i ng for urban districts, or an increase of 880 per cent. The only advan tage gained by this enlargement of the sewers to include more storm waters is, that it would prevent the overflow of the storm waters into the river on from 10 to 12 rainy days in the'year more than by the plan of the board. But on those days the river would be much swollen, and its waters turbid, and the effect of the storm overflows would therefore be quite imperceptible, and the folloWing evils are involved in the enlargement. First, un necessary and extravagant cost • and, second, de fective sowers which would collect deposit, and create offensive smells during the summer months, for the daily flow of sewage in such large sewers, with so little fall, would be a mere driblet through them, and could not cleanse them. Such arrange 'merits must, therefore, necessarily perpetuate existing .evils, which a plan of interception is intended to remove. Mr. LESLIE moved that the answers be printed and circulated amongst the members of the board. Mr. CARPMAEL seconded the motion, which was put and unanimously agreed to. INDIAN MUTINIES.-RELIEP FUND. WESTMINSTER,—A meeting was hen last evening in the Vestry-room, Dean-street, Soho. The meeting was addressed by Dr. Rogers, Rev. Mr. Ball, and Mr. George. Resolutions of sympathy were carried unani- mously, and a subscription opened. BLOOMSBURY.—A public meeting was held yesterday in the Music-hall, Store -street. The chair was taken by General Alexander. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Maxwell, Rev. Dr. Campbell, Rev. Mr. Radpath, and other gentlemen. MARYLEBONE.--A meeting was held yesterday at the Marylebone Court-house, for the purpose of appointing a day for a meeting of the parish. The Rector of Mary lebone, the Rev. Mr. Eyre, presided. The Rev. Dr. Burns, Rev. D. W. Marks (of the Jewish persuasion), and other gentlemen, spoke. Monday, O c t. 12, was appointed as the day f meeting. In the meantime sub scriptions are received at Sir Samuel Scott's banking house, Cavendish-square ; and by the vestry clerk, Court-house, Marylebone-lane. . ROCHESTER.—A meeting was held yesterday in the Guildhall, convened by the Mayor of Rochester and the High Constables of Chatham and Gillingham, for the purpose of raising funds towards the sum now collecting for the sufferers in India. The chair was taken by W. Manelark, Esq., Mayor. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Dr. Robinson, Master of the Temple and Archdeacon of Madras, Mr. J. M. Marks, High Con stable of Chatham, and Major-General Sir F. Smith, M.P. for Chatham, the Rev. Dr. Hawkins, Provost of Oriel, Revs. J. S. Hall, R. Whhiston, and J. Davie, Mr. W. H. Nicholson, magistrate, and Mr. J. Budden. A. liberal subscription was made in the room, and there is no doubt that the fund raised in this city and neigh bourhood will be large. CONGLETON.—On Thursday a public meeting was held in the Assembly Room, R. L. Ginder, Esq., mayor, in the chair. The meeting was addressed by Randle Wilbraham, jun., Esq., Clement Swettenhaso Esq., Rev. J. Hughes, G eorge Reade, Esq., Rev. J. Priestly, and Thomas Goode, Esq.. The sum of 1301. was raised in the room, and a committee formed to col lect subscriptions in the borough and neighbourhood. Thera will be collections in the churches on the day of humiliation. - STROUD.—A. meeting in aid of the Indian Relief Fund - was held at Stroud on Thursday; S. S. Dickenson; . in the chair. The meeting was addressed by Messrsi Marling, Hallewell, Th.rringtor, and Winterbotbara. A. resolution of sympathy with the sufferers in India was carried, and 2471. were subscribed. BRIDGEWATER.—On Thursday a meeting was held in the town-hall, Bridgewater—the Mayor, J. Ruddock, EA., presiding. The Rev. F. M. 'Sadler, vicar cf Bridgwater, moved, and J. Sealy, Esq., seconded a resolution expressive of the sympathy of the meeting, and its intention to subscribe to the general fund. Dr. King proposed, as an amendment, " that in the opinion of this meeting Lord Palmerston deserves censure for dismissing Parliament without obtaining its sanction and consent to a•lopt such measures as world relieve promptly the widow and orphan, the wounded and helpless persons in India, who have suffered, and are litnely to suffer from the mutiny of the sepoys." ghe amendment did not meet with a secunder, and the original resolution was carried unanimously. After motions had been passed appointing a committee. Mr. S. Bailey propo-ed " that in the opinion of this meeting it is incumbent on the British Government and the East India Company to take immediate steps for vesting every department of the executive government of British India in the bands of the Queen and the government for the time being." Mr. W. Taylor Aeconded the resolution, and and it passed nem dis. upwards of 1001. was subscribed in the room, and a house-to-house canvass will be made. CAPTURE OF A RELATIVE OF THE KING OF DELHI.-- Tee writer of the following letter, Captain Roger Dela were bansey, of the 3d Madras European Regiment, is 'A native of Herefordshire :—" Last week, for the first time in my life, I was thanked publicly for my iervices. as:dated in taking a relation of the reigning King of D,lhi. The villain, who is a pensioner of Government, Janie to Chingleput, and endeavoured to make the people Q iite by accident I twigged him, and then -vent very quietly into the bazaar, unarmed, and ►n broad and bound him (by strategy), If any fuss had been made he would not have bet•.n caught, Govern ment have now got him in tLe fort."—[The above letter was posted at Madras, August 11, 1657.1—Fr0m the Hereford Journal. 'I