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7, 4 lirti SUN 0 P T E, .even YORK RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FILLY SAPLING STAKES. Syllabus walked over ; and Mr. Howard, Sir C. Monok, and Sir R. Balkely di►ide forfeits. PRINCE OF WALES STAKES. Proud Preston Peg Amsterdam Target Massacre.— Nine ra►n. JUVENILE STAKES. _ 1 Three ran. EGOS HANDICAP. El Hakim Tasmania Polestar Nine ran. Won by a length. EBOR ST. LEGER. Vedette Schiedam Bird in the Hand .. Four ran. Won easily. LATEST BETTING-11.45 EBOR HANDICAP. 2to 1 aget Warlock (taken freely) sto 1 bar one (offered) No outsider backed. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The Lose CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TRADE IN OPIUM. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY asked the noble and learned lord on the Woolsack when the opinion of the officers of the Crown on the question submitted to them with respect to the legality or illegality of the trade in opium would be laid before their lordshipv. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the officers of the Crown wera unanimously of opinion that there was no illegality in the cultivation and sale of opium, and though the export of opium to China was not at variance with the treaty, nevertheless they thought it desirable that some alteration should be made in the mode of exporting it. He would take care that the opinion should be laid on the table before Parliament separated. Lord WYNDFORD presented a petition from Paisley against the Lunatics (Scotland) Bill. THE DIVORCE BILL. Lord REDESDALE gave notice that upon the com ing up of this bill he should move that the Commons' amendments to the measure be taken into consideration that day three months. From what he knew of the alterations be felt convinced that it would be utterly impossible to thorotighly consider the nature of the amendment on the last day or two of the session. Lori CAMPBELL said he felt it would be lament able if the labour of nearly the whole session was to be thrown away by the postponement of the bill. If it was necessary he hoped the session would be prolonged to afford time for the consideration of this most important measure. Lord WYNFORDihought the reasons for postpone ment of such an important question were obvious, as the bishops were now engaged in the business of their re spective dioceses, and it was absolutely necessary that they should be present when the bill came back to their lordships' house. Lord MONTEAGLE hoped the Government would mot extend this b , ll-to Ireland, where it was not wanted. If such a measure was forced upon the sister country he thought much discontent would be engendered. The subject then dropped. COMMITTEES. The following bills passed through committee, viz. : Dunbar Harbour Loan, Metropolitan Police Stations, Militia Pay, Revising Barristers (Dublin), Probate and Letters of Administration (Ireland), Mutiny (East India), Joint Stack Companies Act (1856) Amendment, Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland), and the Pimlico Improvements. SECOND READINGS. The Customs and Excise Bill, and the Customs Bil were read a second time. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL, The Commons' amendments to this bill were cone'• dered and agreed to. Their lordship then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—{This Day.) The SPEAKint took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Carew's Estate bill and Keay's Divorce bill were read a third time and passed. RATING OF TENEMENTS. Lord STANLEY moved for returns from the several parishes in the townships in the counties of Lancashire, Suffolk, Hampshire, and Gloucestershire, respectively, of the number of tenements assessed to the rite for the relief of the poor made next before the rate Low collect ing; specifying the amount of such rate, the number of assessments rated under 41. annual value, at 41. under Si. atsl. and under 61., at 61. and under 81., at 81 and under 101. at 10/. and under 121., at 121. and under 151., at 151. and under 201., at 201. and above respectively : Of the num ber of tenements assessed at each of these several values of which the occupiers have been excused (so far as the same can be ascertained :) And, of the number and amount of compositions with owners of small tenements Agreed to. DIVORCE BILL. Several petitbos were presented against the Divorce and Matrimonial Clauses Bill. The amendments to the Divorce, &c., Bill were con sidered. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved to leave out clause 18 and substitute the following : " Applcation for judicial separation or restitution of conjugal rights on any one of the grounds aforesaid may be made by either husband or wife, by petition to the court, or to any judge of assize at the assizes held for the county in which the husband and wife reside or last resided together, or to the court of quarter sessions of the peace held for the county or borough in which the husband and wife are or were last resident, and which judge of assize and Courts of Quarter Sessions respectively are hereby authorised and required to hear and determine such petition according to the rules and regulations which shall be under the authority of this act, and the court or judge to which such petition is addressed, on being satisfied of the truth of the allegations therein contained, and that there is no legal ground why the same should net bi granted, may decree such judicial separation accordingly, and where the application is by the wife, may make any order for alimony which shall be deemed just : Provided always, that any judge of aasize to whom such petition 'shall be presented, may refer the same to any of her Majesty's counsel or sergeant-at-law named in the commission of assize or nisi pries, and such counsel or serjeant shall, for the purpose of deciding upon the matters of such petition, all the powers that auy such judge would have had by virtue of this act or otherwise." Agreed to • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved a clause to follow the last, providing for carrying out its provisions, and for fixing and regulating the tees of the court. • Agreed to. Clause 19 in the original bill was struck out. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL brought up a new clause relative to the separate earnings of married women when judicially separated. Sir W. HEA.THCOTt thought the provision should be made to prevent collusion between the husband and wife in getting a judicial separation, and the wife's earnings protected, and their afterwards coming together again, and the property under the decree being held against the subsequent creditors of the husband. Mr. HENLEY asked the Attorney-General if he thought the clause gave sufficient protection to the earnings of a wife as against the husband or his creditors. The - ATTORNEY-GENERAL said in case of seizure by the husband himself, the magistrates' order, making the wife a femme sole, would be a sufficient pro tection ; but there was a technical objection against giving the wife the right of proceeding against her hus band by action. In case of attack by a creditor or as signee of the husband, the wife could take an action for the recovery of her property, if under 501., in the county court, and, above that sum, in the superior courts. Mr. MACAULAY asked how the wife was to be pro tee:tad by the criminal law ; it was provided that if any law, of the . h . usbund acted in contravention of the tawrato e r wife might sue as a femme sole. He wished !It reference to the technical obstacle to know hew th e :4 l The wife would get her remedy against the husband. the right ot u RNEY-GENERAL said that at present :aerate property in the wife was a matter of contract afterwards ; e: ti rriage, or of the husband's consent 4wae a case in which the legislature for the first the e sitive enactment gave her the same right of propene", f sh e were a femme sole, and for that reason he thong a el the criminal law. R e cou til.n t e would be a remedy by taut clause, and was op eu — Z;te_ti it the most impor improvement. "ele suggestion for its After some discussion. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL % ore ., follows :—" Pr ovided also, that if th e h 4 1 :" clause as Lion of any suet) or der shall possess hire et e f ll in viol a . earnings or property " of the wife, he shall on such before ju.tice of polic e or quarter sessions not exceeding sessions b e 1 • u6l"etion committed to prison fo r a peneeeding he calendar months unless h e shall restor e the same or vd , r , the full value to the wife and all the costs and expenses incurred by her. Sir 1). NORREYS said that the objection would still remain if the husband chose to remain in prison for two months he would be able to deprive the wife of her pro perty. Hear, RY shear.) Sir E. ( PERlid that on the husband's release under the clause the wife would be able to sue him under the common law. Mr. CRAWFURD suggested that the imprisonment should be " with or without hard labour," according to the discretion of th e mag i strate. (Hear.) - The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the clause would not interfere with the wife's civil remedy against the husband if he made away with the property. The clause was to put a pressure on the husband if he re- fused to give up the property, and it would not hate: • fere with the wife's civil rights. Mr. AVRTON said, that giving a married woman, I'HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST_ .201_1857 under the bill, all the rights of a single woman, would answer every purpose. The common law would be able to vindicate its rights. After some further disc ]scion, in which hon. mem hers poi , te4 out :he difficulties th4t t , ) arise under the an)en,iP,l 7a4' ?1 itdWinavy inteillnaco. The usual half-rarly change of quarters of the Br'gade of Guards will take place on Ist Sept. as follow{ :—Th-. ,ht n idler Guards, Ist l , attalii,n, from Wellington Barr-inks toSt. George's Barracks ; 2d battalion, from Dublin to Welling-tin Barracks ; 3d battalion, from Windsor to the Tower of Lon don ; the Coldstreim GuArds, Ist battalion, from Aldershott to Wellington Barracks ; 2d battalion, from Wellington Barracks to Dublin ; Scots Fusi lier Guards, Ist battalion, from St. George's Bar racks to Portsmouth ; 2d battalion, from the Tower Tne_ATTOKNE I-GENERAL withdrew it, and tho la ,, e as original'y proposed was agreed to. Oa clause 23 , Sir D. NORREYS asked if on an application to the new court by a woman who had obtained a div.xce a thoro, she would be entitled to all the privileges to be given by this bill I The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said she would. Mr. STAPLETON moved an amendment in clause 25, by the omission of the words—" or of adultery coupled with desertion, without reasonable excuse for two years or upwards," and the insertion of—" or of adultery committed within two years after she has ob tained a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights if coupled with such continued or renewed denial of such rights as entitles her either to take further proceedings in pursuance of such decree, or to maintain a fresh suit for restitution of such rights." of London to Windsor. By the last letters received from India we learn that Lieut.-Col. W. H. Tottenham, of the 12th Lancers, died at Bangalore on the 6th ult. from fever. The gallant Col. entered the 12th Lancers as cornet in Dec., 1833 ; he served with his regi ment in the Caifre war in 1851 and 1853, and for his services on that occasion he was, in May, 1853, promoted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Col., and in July following obtained the lieut.-coloneley of the regiment. Mr. HADFIELD eeoonde I the amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the proposition was one to extend the provisions of the bill beyond what had been decided by the house, and be declined to discuss the point. He objected to the amendment. The amendment was immediately negatived without a division. Sir W. HEATHCOTE moved to add to section 25 —" And bigamy shall be taken to mean marriage of any person, being married to any other person during the life of the former husband or wife, whether the second marriage shall have taken place within the dominions of her Majesty or elsewhere."—Agreed to. Mr. HENLEY moved an addition to clause 30, "And the court may, if it think fit, order alimony to be paid to the wife pendenk lik."—Agreed to. Mr. BUTT moved an addition to clause 40, that the court should not entertain any suit, or proceed against any person resident in Scotland or Ireland if at the time of the proceeding the petitioner had no fixad residence within the jurisdiction of the court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the amend ment. He had no objection to a general clause limiting it to England. After some discussion Mr. BUTT withdrew the amendment, and moved a proviso, exempting Ireland and Scotland from its operation. The amendment was ultimately. negatived. The bill, with other amendments, was thin agreed to, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. SALE OF OBSCENE BOOKS, &c., PREVENTION BILL. This bill was considered and agreed to, after the in. troduotion of a clause that it should not extend to Scot land, because the common law of that country met the evil, and the machinery of this bill could not be worked there. , The other orders were disposed of, and the sitting was impended at half•past 3 o'clock. The house resumed at 6 o'clock, and was [LAM SITTING.] AQUATICS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ANTWERP REGATTA. ANTWERP, AUG. 19. 0 ping to a number-of English crews having entered to row at this regatta, an immense number of spectators assembled to witness the varlons contests. There were seven races in the programme, five of which came off. The first was a pair-oared race amongst natives in their own heavy boats. A. four-oared race, in Belgian-built boats, followed, for , hick five crews started, viz.:— The Lambeth, the Wandsworth, the London (mixed), the Ostend, and Amsterdam. They came in as follows: Wandsworth 1 Amsterdam London (mixed) Lambeth Ostend The London crew were given the second prize in conse quence of the Amsterdam boat touching a buoy. After a sailing match and a race by boys in four-oared boats, came the great race, for which there were six crews stationed as Lllows :- 1. Lambeth (red) 1 4 Ostend 2, London (nsixed)...(white) I 5. Amsterdam (red and blue) 3. Wandsworth ...(red and 16. Rotterdam white) yellow) In consequence of coming to row in a different boat than the one they entered, the o,,tend crew were not al lowed to start. The Lambeth crew got badly off. They all rowed very close together, the London leading, but not getting much advantage. The three London crews were in advance at the first turn, previous to which some fouling took place between the Lambeth and London. On returning past the stand the Wandsworth had a good lead, Lambeth second, and the London close behind. They reached the winning post in the following order : Wandsworth' Lambeth London (mixed) A.materdam 4 Rotterdam The London crew objected to the Lambeth receiving the second prize, in consequence of having taken the wrong side of a vessel shortly after passing the stand ; and, after hearing evidence, the umpire decided against Lambeth—thus awarding the second prize to the London (mixed) crew in this race also. compartment waighing from 1 to 20 tons, and the bed alone composed of solid e , ak work, weighing 10 tons. Each alternate division contains a pipe and s which, when wl.l be overlaid with a gr ‘oved ho' , p or ring of coil- stii,st inc , l, and seen! ed by singulaily c ntrtve I fix, d starl-s an 1 keys, ,o as to farm one sold whale, and said to be capable of sustaining an equal amount of resistance with any piece of ordnance hitherto invented. The result will shortly transpire, as the preparations for the proofs are completed, and it is expected they will take place in Woolwich Marsh in a few days. The second mortar of similar calibre, but of much heavier metal, from the same manufactory, is to be transmitted to Woolwich on Monday next. Her Majesty's ship Galatea, under construction in Woolwich Dockyard, is progressing rapidly. About 80 ship-tviights are constantly employed on her. Her sternpost was yesterday affixed, weighing nearly 12 tons. The Board of Admiralty have given directions to push the work forward with dispatch. Lieut.-Col. Bingham, Royal Artillery, recently promoted to be Assistant Adjutant-General at Woolwich, vice Col. Palliser, resigned, has been or dered to hold himself in readiness to proceed to Calcutta. The office of that department in Wool wich, of which Gen. Sir H. D. Ross is the principal officer, is to be removed on Monday to London. The military store-steamship Balaklava sailed yes terday from Woolwich laden with guns, ammuni tion, carriages, &c., for Portsmouth and Plymouth. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Captain Moorsom, to the Diadem, commissioned ; the Rev. A. Le Brocq, chaplain to the Pylades, vice the Rev. Mr. Stratton, resigned ; Jas. Moore, as sistant-paymaster to the Ganges ; C. A. Chanter, clerk to the Cumberland ; E. W. Goldron, clerk to the Southampton. On Saturday the 16th Lancers received a tele graphic message to hold themselves in readiness to proceed from Kilkenny, Waterford, Carlow, and Atby to Edinburgh, instead of York, as had been previously expected. The route, however, has not yet arrived. A general court-martial, of which Col. H. Jervis, commandant of the Provisional Battalion, was the president, assembled yesterday at Chatham Garri son, for the trial of Lieut.-Col. James Clarke, Ist West India Regiment, on the following charges :- 1. For insubordinate conduct in having, at Tower-hill Barracks, Sierra Leone, on the 6th day of March, 1857, disobeyed the lawful commands of Lieut.-Col. Stephen J. Hill, 2d West India Regiment, commanding the troops at Sierra Leone and its dependencies, his superior officer, in refusing to embark on board 1 her Majesty's ship Perseverance, 2, and pro ' ceed with a detachment of his corps to Bat hurst, Gambia, although detailed in general orders, and warned by the Brigade-Adjutant, Lieut. Jas. Watson, 3d West India Regiment. 2. For insubordinate con duct at Government-house, Sierra Leone, on the 6th of March, 1857, during an interview with Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Hill, 2d West India Regiment, commanding the troops at Sierra Leone and its dependencies, in having then and there stated " he would not embarkl on board her Majesty's steamer Perseverance, nor would he obey any orders given by Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Hill, as he REPORT. questioned the right of the said Lieut.-Colonel to com mand the troops at Sierra Leone, he being exclusively TO THE DIRECTORS or THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH the civil governor of the said colony of Sierra Leone," COMPANY. or words to that effect. 3. For insubordinate conduct, London, Aug. 18, 1857. at the time and place mentioned in the second charge, Gentlemsn,—l forwarded by the Leopard a brief in having disputed the command of Lieut.-Colonel S. J. statement of the circumstances attending the frac- Hill, 21 West India Regiment, commanding the troops ture of the cable on the morning of the 11th inst., at Sierra Leoneand its dependencies, his superior officer, particu in having refused to allow himself to be placed in ar- expedition. and iars e l en ha h v e e et n e.d ow wi t t o h l t ay he b . before you the full rest ; and, further, in having stated to Lieut.• Colonel S. After leaving Valentin on the evening of the 7th Hill, that he did not recognise the right of the Lieut.° immediately Colonel to place him in arrest, or exercise any military the cable from the Niagara inst., the paying out of authority or command over him, he being exclusively progressed most satisfactorily until the civil governor of the colony of Sierra Leone," or before the midhap. words to that effect. 4. For insubordinate conduct in At the junction between the shore end and the having, at the time and place mentioned in the second smaller cable, about eight miles from the starting charge, when placed under arrest, and told that the next point, it was necessary to stop to renew the splice. senior officer would be placed in command of the corps, This was successfully effected, and the end of the stated to Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Hill "that the officer heavier cable lowered by a hawser until it reached would not take or assume the command of the corps, the bottom, buoys ment would receive or obey orders given by the said forjthat none of the officers of the let West India Re i- ottom, two being attached at a short g distance apart, to mark the place of union. position at that tune being in payed out 40 miles Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Hill." 5. For b eg i nn i ng a mutiny, By noon of the Bth we had in having when stationed at Tower-hill Barracks on o about the 6th, 7th, or Btii of March, 1857, caused di position cable, including the heavy shore end , our exact lat. 51 deg. 59 min. obedience and resistance to the l a wful au th or ity o f th e 36 sec. .N., log. 11 deg. 19 min. 15 s ec. W . ; and . commanding officer by advi;ing and directing Captain J. the depth of water, according to the soundings S. Macaulay and Captain C. W. Pearson, let West taken by the Cyclops, whose course we nearly India Regiment, not to obey the command of Lieut,- followed, 90 fathoms. Colonel S. J. Hill. - Up to 4 p.m. on that day the egress of the cable Major H. D. Ellis, of the Provisional Battalion, had been suaiciently retarded by the power neces officiated as Judge Advocate. The charges having sary to keep the machinery in motion at a rate been read over, the prisoner pleaded " Not Guilty" a little fester than the speed of the ship, but as to the whole. The principal witness in support of the water deepened, it was necessary to place some the prosecution examined yesterday, was Capt. J. further restraint than by applying pressure to the D. Mends, 2d West India Regt., who deposed to friction drums in connexion with the paying-out being present at Government-house, Sierra Leone, sheaves, and this was gradually and cautiously in on the 6th March last, when Lieut.-Col. Hill di- creased from time to time, as the speed of the cable noted an officer to inform the prisoner that he was compared with that of the vessel and the depth of to proceed to the Gambia in charge of a detachment the soundings, showed to be requisite. of his corps—there being no field officer at that sta- By midnight 85 miles had been safely laid, the tion in consequence of the absence of Col. L. S. depth of water being then a little more than 200 O'Connor, C. B. On the order being given to the fathoms. prisoner, he stated that he would not obey it, and At eight in the morning of the 9th we had finished at an interview with Col. Hill the same day he again the deck coil in tht afterpart of the ship, having refused to obey the order, stating that he looked payed out 120 miles ; the change to the coil be upon Col. Hill exclusiuely in the light of a civil tween decks forward was safely made. governor, in accordance with Earl Bathurst's letter By noon we had laid out 136 miles of cable, the in the " Queen's Regulations," and a note of a later Niagara having reached lat. 22 deg. 11 niin. 40 sec. date. The prisoner was then told he was placed N., long. 13 deg. 10 min. 20 sec. W. and the under arrest, and that the command of his detach- depth of the water having increased to 410 ment would be given to the senior officer, on which fathoms. he informed Cot. Hill that he would not be placed In the evening the speed. of the vessel was raised under arrest by him, and that the other officers to five knots an hour ; I had. previously kept down would.not obey any of his orders, as they would the rate at from three to four knots for the small not recognise him. On the following day the pri- cable, and two for the heavy end next the shore, soner, on discovering that Col. Hill had been ap- wishing to get the nten and machinery well at work pointed to the command of the troops at Sierra prior to attaining the speed which I had anticipated Leone and its dependencies, wrote a letter to Col. making. By midnight 189 miles had been laid. Hill apologising for the course he had pursued, but At four o'clock in the morning of the 10th the remonstrating against his being sent to Gambia. depth of water began to increase rapidly from 550 The trial is likely to occupy several da3 s. Another fathoms to 1,750 in a distance of eight miles. Up officer of the same corps is also awaiting his trial by to this time 7 cwt. strain sufficed to keep the rate of court-martial. the cable near enough to that of the ship, but as On Tuesday night the Lords of the Admiralty, at the water deepened the proportionate speed of the Portsmouth, patronised with their presence a ball cable advanced, and it was necessary to augment given in the hall of the Seamen and Marines' Or- the pressure by degrees, until, in the depth of Phan Schools, in aid of the funds of that praise-. 1,700 fathoms the indicator showed a strain of worthy charity, which was numerously attended. 15 cwt., while the cable and ship were running Yesterday morning the Board embarked from the five-and-a-half and five knots respectively. Black Eagle in their barge; and went to inspect the At noon on the 10th we had paid out 255 miles Excellent gunnery ship, Capt. Hewlett, C. 8., where of cable, the vessel having made 214 m il es f ro m shot and shell firing and other services were exhi- shore, being they in lat. 52 deg. 27 min. 50 sec. N., bited ; thence their lordships went to the dockyard, long. 16 deg. 00 min. 11 sec. W. At this tine we where Sir C. Wood, the First Lord, held his levee, experienced an increasing swell, followed later in and received the following officers at the Royal the day by a strong breeze. Naval College : From this period, having reached 2,000 fathoms' Captains—lt. H. Hewlett, W. H. Jervis, W. 3 : Pal- water, it was necessary to increase the strain to a len, J. 0. Johnson, P. G. rhymes, T. H. Mason, G. ton, by which the rate of thocabte was maintained ' Bowysar, R. Sharpe, R. Fogen, S. Hope, and It, Purvis. in due proportion to that of the ship. I Colonels—W. Parke, Royal Marine Artillery, and A. At six in the evening some difficulty arose through Alexander, Royal Marine Light Infantry. the cable get ti ng out of th e s h eaves o f the pay i ng Lieutenant-Colonels—T. A. Campb e ll an d G. Al e x - out machine, owing to the tar and pi tc h h ar d en i ng This was rectified by fixing midi- . and a splice of leree d i ' ander, Rlyal Marine Light Infantry. Commanders—J. 0. Bathurst, J. E. Bin ham J. and softening the tar with oil. a , mensions pass- Thi Braley, C. Wise, Lord Ed ward Cecil, C. Stirling R Studdart, E. Hardinge, J. H. Furneaux, and Lye. t i i n ni ogn theoaiv guards, rti groves, atriidesm Inspector of Hospital and Fleets—Dr. M.Kechnie. It was necessary to bring up the ship, holding the Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets— cableby stoppers until it was again properly dispo'ed Dr. P. Leonard, of the Royal Navy Hospital, Haslar• around the pulleys. Some 'mportance is due to this Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry—W. Pengelley. event, as sheaving that it is possibl e t o l a y t o i n Lieutenants—A. R. B. Carter, R. P o ol e , C. A. Lod deep water without continuing to pay out the cable der, G. W. Strong, L. Barstow, T. B. Lethbridge, G.have been expressed. Durbin, J. W. Webb, C. H. Young, W. H. Gould, H. —a sii m tl Rogers, G. T. Bey, G. Morrell, M. Lowther, G. Y. ' ie u the o7 a t t h e a o t f o th f the elatter point v uponater which thi s t he doubts speed of the cable gained ship, and up to nine considerably i. p Paterson, H. T. Boyer, W. T. Ruxton, C. P. Palmer, H. J. Challis, W. C. Grierson, W. H. R. Lee, T. E. o'c.ock, while was ab mt 3 knots by the log, the cable was running out from 5 3 / 4 to 51 Smith, G. C. Nelson, T. Macnamara, J. Carnegie, and T. S. Hall, knots per hour ; the strain was then raised to 25 Staff-Surgeon—Dr. Irvine, Royal Marine Light In- cwt,, but the wind and sea increasing, and a current fantry. at the same time carrying the cable at an angle from Master—J. W. Wheeler. the direct line of the ships course, it was not sufli- Paymaster—J. Nott. cient to check the cable, which was at midnight Chymist—W. J . R ay. making 2i knots above the speed of the ship, and Chaplain—The Rev. E. S. Phelps.' smetitne simperilling the safe uncoiling in the hold. Second Master—J. S. Watts. The retarding force was thereforce increased at 2 Whilst the First Lord bed his levee the other o'clock to an amount equivalent to 30 cwt.; and members of the Board transacted business in the then again, in consequence of the speed continuing Dockyard and at the Gun-wharf. At about 3 they t o b e more than it would have been prudent went on board the Blenheim, 60, Captain the Hon. to permit, to 35 cwt. F. T. Pelham, and mustered the officers and men of By this the rate of the cable was brought to a the steam fleet in reserve, and were entertained by little short of 5 knots, at which it continued steadi- Capt. Pelham at luncheon on board. The First Lord' ly until 3.45, when it parted, the length payed out having finished his levee rode out with Admiral at that time being 335 miles. I had up to this Sir G. Seymour, the Commander-in-Chief, to make time attended personally to the regulation of the further inspections, we believe, at Fort Cumber - breaks, but finding that all was going on well, and land. Their Lordships yesterday ordered the now that it being necessary that I should be tempera corvette Diadem, of 32 guns and 800-horse power, rily away from the machine to ascertain the rate of to be commissioned at Portsmouth by Capt. Moor- the ship, and to see how the cable was coming out som, C. B. This is the most powerful corvette yet of the hold, and also to visit the electricians, the added to the British navy, of enormous tonnage machine was for the moment left in charge of a and unprecedented power. Her armament will mechanic who had Leon engaged from the first in have no parallel in the fleet for a hull of her class. its construction and fitting, and was acquainted The Admiralty terminated their labours at Ports- with its operation. mouth last night by giving their annual official I was proceeding to the fore part of the ship banquet at the Portland Hotel, Southsea, to all the when I heard the machine stop. I immediately representat - ves of the Government in the port and called out to ease the brake and reverse the engine garrison, the civic chief, and the senior officers of of the ship, but when I reached the spot the cable the fleet, to the number of about 40. was broken. - The Hensilia clipper ship, 700 tons, Capt. Sadler, On examining the machine, which was other one of the squadron of Ellis, Son, and Fickling, of wise in perfect order, I found that the breaks had London, has arrived alongside of Portsmouth not been releaeed, and to this or to t h e hand - wheel Dockyard-jetty, to fit for the reception of troops of the brake being turned the wrong way, rnsy be for India, who, we believe, will consist of officers attributed the stoppage, and the consequent frac and men of the 72d Highlanders. She is a beauti- ture of the cable ; when the rate of the wheels fully-built new ship, and this is her first employ- grew slower as the ship dropped her stern in the ment since leaving the stocks. Her height between swell the brake should have been eased ; this hal decks is upwards of 7 feet, and scuttles and venti- been done regularly before whenever an unusually lators abound everywhere fore and aft ;it would be sudden descent of the ship temporarily withdrew impossible to air a s hip b e tt e r ; the officer,' guar- the pressure from the cable in the sea, but owing , ter; in the state cabin will be cool and capacious. to .our entering the deep water the previous mor- She will (Debark her passengers in a few days. Ding, that might occur t here, the chief p art of m y and having all ban ds read y for any emer- The steam transport Rhadatuanthus, Commander gency W. L. Browne, sailed from Plymouth on Monday staff had been compelled t a g ive in at ni g ht throu g h with stores for Portsmouth. sheer exhaustion, and hence been short-handed. The steam gunboat Skipjack w as taken out of I was obliged for the time to leave the machine, dock at Devonport on Saturday, and the screw without, as it proves, euflicient intelligence to steamship Nile, 90, was taken out of dock at Key- control it. harp on Monday. I perceive that on the next occasion it will be Orders have been sent to Davenport to prepare needful, from the wearing and anxious nature of for receiving the United States' steam frigate Nia- the work, to have three separate relays of staff, gars, Capt. Hudson, into the Key ham basin, and to employ for attention to the breaks a high should it be found necessary. Capt. Hudson and degree of mechanical skill. Capt. Sands, of the Susquehanna, have left Ply- The origin of the accid ent was no doubt t he mouth for London for the purpose of being present amount of retarding strain p ut u p on the cable, b ut l Ofe l tili place.e failure It h at the meeting of the directors of the Atlantic Te- ' had the machinery been properly manipulated at legraph Company to be held this day. One of the monster mortars manufactured by the time, has been it aibslYacause hase ta Messrs. Monet, of Blackwell, and designed , under that the machinery is too massive and ponderous ; the special directionof L or ap a h o er s ton,to carry the my experience of its action teaches me otherwise ; 36-inch-shell, was yesterday landed on the Arsenal i for three days in shallow and deep water, as well as wharf, Woolwich. This experimental piece of ord- ;in rapid transition from one to the other nothing nance is manufactured of wrought iron in five die- could be more perfect than its working, and since toet segments, for the facility o f transport, the en- it performed its duty so smoo thl y and efficientl y in tire i - eas amounting to the weight of 414 tons, each the smaller depths where the weight of the cable es ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE. had less ability to overcome its friction and resist- 7 ance, it c in scarcely be said to be too heavy for deep water, where it was necesary for the increased weight of cable to restrain its ia.:id in: lion, by ap plying to i a consi,lenble (1- ,, r,Je of p.ddi-ional friction ; it i action was most complete, and all p irts worked well ti.ge,her. I see how i. can bo improved by a modification in the form of sheaves, by an ad dition to the air ingement for adjusting the brakes, and . some other slight alterations ; but with propa. management, without any change whatever, I am confident that the whole length of cable might have been safely laid by it, and it must be rememberel, as a test of the work which it has done, that unfor tunate as this termination to the expedition is, the longest length of cable ever laid has been paid out by it, and that in the deepest water yet Passed over. After the accident had occurred soundings were taken by Lieutenant Dayman, and the depth found to be 2,000 fathoms. It will he remembered that some importance was attached to the cables in the Niagara and Agamem non being manufactured In opposite lays. I thought this a f tvourable opportunity to show practically the difference was not of consequence i t effecting the junction in mid-ocean ; we therefore made a splice between the two vessels, and several males were then paid out without difficulty. I requested the commanders of the vessels to pro ceed to Plymouth, as the docks there afford better facilities than any port for landing the cable, should it be necessary to do so. The whole of the cable on board has been care fully tested and inspected, and found to be in as perfect condition as when it left the works at Green wich and Birkenhead. southward, was a natural and providential opera tion. The African slave trade, which gave value ! and vitality to those discoveries, was also of natural origin and growth. No mau, no set of men, no nation pr , con(•eivocl, predetermined, or plan no _1 any m ghty cha7 ges iu e c mmon and subsistence of the .word c ins -que4t ou the dis coveries of which we have spoken. Ail has been natural, all providential. But just when the world has accommodated itself to this new state of things —just when its 'subsistence and existence had become dependent on it —a narrow-sighted, intermeddling, sickly " rose water' philan thropy steps in to disturb the scene, and to mar the work of time, of nature, and of Pro vidence. The infidels of France and the fanatics of England have by West Indian emancipation rendered famine the normal condifon of a large portion of Christendom, and made savages and pagans of the liberated negroes. It required cen turies of continuous and laborious industry and en terprise to reduce the tropical regions of America to the uses of civilised man, but these sentimental charlatans have-destroyed this great work in less than an age. The momentous consequences likely to ensue from the rebellion in India can only be justly appreciated when viewed in connection with the de.cient supply of slave products which now " perplexes nations." Should England, as we be lieve she will, succeed in suppressing the outbreak, she will have no spare capital, or energy, or indus try, while the war lasts, with which to increase her supplies of cotton and sugar, and to ward off that famine with which she is imminently threatened from a deficit of those articles. Even after the re bellion is suppressed, she will have her hands full in keeping up a force sufficient to prevent its recur rence, and will have little time, capital, or labour to devote to the purpose of raising increased quan tities of sugar and cotton. Years will probably elapse ere industry in India will return to its wonted channels ; so that instead of an increased production of these articles, she has reason to ap prehend a diminished one. One important point presses for your considera tion at an early period ; a large portion of the cable already laid may be recovered at a comparatively small expense. I append an estimate of the cost, and shall be glad to receive your authority to pro ceed with this work. I do not perceive, in our present position, any reason for discouragement ; but I have, on the contrary, a greater confidence than ever in the ' undertaking. It has been proved beyond a doubt that no obstacle exists to prevent our ultimate suc cess ; and I see clearly how every difficulty which has presented itself iu this voyage can be effectively dealt with in the next. The cable has been laid at the expected rate in the great depth ; its electrical working through the entire length has been most satisfactorily accomplished, while the portion laid actually improved in efficiency by being submerged, from the low temperature of the water and the close compression of the texture of the gutta percha. The structure of the cable has answered every expectation that I have formed of it • and if it were now necessary to construct another line, I should not recommend any alteration from the present cable, which in its working has confirmed my be lief that it is expressly adapted to our requirements. Its weight in the water is so adjusted to the depth, that the strain is within a manageable scope, while the effect of undercurrents upon its surface proves how dangerous it would be to attempt to lay a much lighter rope, which would, by the greater time occupied in sinking, expose an increased sur face to their power. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully, (Signed) CHARLES T. BRIGHT. (From, the New York Herald.) A very full meeting of the directors of the At lantic Telegraph Company was held at their offices this day (Wednesday). • The fullest investigation into the events which have led to the present pause in the undertaking, into the sufficiency of the appliances fur paying out the cable,and into the additional arrangements and precautions which the valuab'e knowledge and ex perience gained by the late attempt will dictate in respect to future operations, has been committed to the charge of sub-committees appointed for the pur pose to report to the general board. The directors will sit in permanence till their future plans have been fully discussed and deter mined on. The appeal of the directors to the commanders of the several ships composing the Atlantic Tele graph squadron to come forward and aid the un dertaking at this juncture with their advice and experience bas been cordially resporattd to, and the following officers have arrived in town, and will be in consultation with the directors to-morrow : Captain Wainwright, H.M.S. Leopard ; Captain Sands, U.S. frigate Niagara ; Master-Commander Noddall, H.M.S. Agamemnon ; and Lieutenant- Commander Dayman, H.M.S. Cyclops. Sufficient information has already been obtained to show clearly that the present check to the pro gress of the work, however mortifying, has been purely the result of an accident, and is in no way due to any obstacle in the form of the cable, nor of any nautical difficulty, ner of any experience that will in the future affect in the slightest degree the entire success of the enterprise. The only sudden declivity of any serious magnitude (from 140 fathoms to 1,700 fathom:) had been safoly over come ; thellbeautiful flexibility of the cable having rendered it capable of adapting itself without strain to circumstances which would probably have been its ruin had it been more rigidly constructed. The combined influences of the low temperature of the water and the compression of the pores of the insulating medium had practically shown that the action of a telegraphic cable, so far from being im paired, is materially improved by being sunk in deep water. The only difficulty worth of conside ration which remained was to demonstrate the practicability of making the splice in mid-ocean. This was put to experimental test by the engineer, in a Leavy sea, subsequent to the accident, and before the return home of the ships. The two ends on board the Agamemnon and Niagara were joined together, and the splice let down to the bottom, into soundings of 2,000 fathoms, during a h eav y sea. The experiment was perfectly successful, and all other circumstances which have been brought out by the recent expedition have made more and more cheering and certain the prospects of complete success on the next occasion. There is one point of view in which the Indian mutiny has not yet been considered by our people, Admitting that the English' have pursued an un principled course of Fillibusterism in the acqui sition of territory, and a very oppressive and tyrannical policy in their method of retaining it, it cannot nevertheless ba denied that they have con ferred some benefits on India by their rule. Of late years especially honest and well-meant efforts have been made to introduce European civilisation into the country ; works of irrigation have been undertaken on a large scale ; railroads and tele graphs have been established ; roads for the con veyance of produce fiom the interior to the sea board have been projected and even commenced ; an administration of justice—faulty and corrup , , no doubt, but yet far superior to the native courts —has been solidly planted ; large and beneficial improvements have been made in the Hindoo laws concerning land tenures, marriages, and wills. Under ordinary circumstances the effect of these and the other similar improvements which are going on would in 50 years make of India a far greater country than she has ever been. If, how ever, the present insurrection is to succeed, and the English are to be driven out, these works of civili sation cease, all internal improvements are stopped, and India relapses first into anarchy, next into a desolate barbarism. Again, the possession of India and the invincibility of the British army cannot be sacrificed by England without an awful loss of prestige and credit. She could not raise her head again in Europe if she suffered the Hindoos to drive her out, nor could she assume the attitude of au equal in dealing with this conntry if she were smarting from so humiliating and irreparable a de feat. Indeed, we have no hesitation in saying that in general terms the power and prosperity of Eng land depend upon the prosperity and maintenance of the Indian empire. If the latter be lost, England will, like Portugal,.sink to the rate of-a fourth-rate Power, and will cease to fill any place in the world's eye. The question for the practical American mind is therefore how would this country be affected by a relapse of India into barbarism. And how by a decline of England from a first to a fourth rate Power The answer to both queries is the same : The United States would in both cases be affected injuriously. Time need not be spent in argument to show that we should be losers by the relapse of Hindostan into barbarism. Our trade with East India is not large, though it is large enough for its withdrawal to be felt. But every year, as our capacity to produce and the capacity of the Hin doos to consume increases, it would swell and be come more important. Moreover, as a leading nation of the world, we are to ,a certain extent partners of every other race. and sharers in their prosperity and their reverses. The relapse of Hin dostan into barbarism would affect us as injuriously as, for instance, a commercial convulsion in Eng land, and with more permanent results. But the decline and fall of England would be a far more serious matter. Besides being our best customer and our closest commercial ally, England stands in a position that is peculiarly interesting to us, as the head and home of liberty in Europe. England is the only country in Europe where speech, thought, the press, and notion are free ; the only home f patriots exiled by despotisms. Were England de stroyed there would be no refuge on that side of the water for such men as Victor Hugo, Kossuth, and Mazzini ; no dam or breakwater against the ferocious tyranny of the royalhouses aid oligarchies. There would not be a foot of soil in Europe where an honest man could safely speak his mind on poli tical matters. From the Frozen Sea to the Mediter ranean, Europe—freed from England—would be sealed to despots; and in their exultation at beingre leased from their terrible antagonists—the great free press and the bold free mind of England— there is no saying to what lengths these despots might proceed. The fall of England might quench European liberty for a whole century. To an event which might possibly lead to such an end this country could not by any possibility remain indifferent. It is claimed by our statesmen and our poets that our mission in this world is to disse minate and plant the roots of pure liberty ; a part of that mission is evidently the maintaining and succouring of liberty wherever it is planted. For fear, therefore, on the one hand, that a successful mutiny of the Hindoos should rophingo Hiudostan into barbarism, and lest, on the other, Indian dis asters should precipitate the fall of the only coun try whose face is not set against liberty, the only country besides our own whose existence is a plea for human dignity and capacity for self-govern ment the temper and feeling of this country would, if properly handled, take a strong turn in favour of England in the Indian matter. Nor need such sympathy be barren. Were proper means taken to place the contest in India in a true light before the people of the United States, it is highly probable that active aid could be obtained here for the Indian Government. The United States con tain far more men who are ready to serve as troops in actual warfare than Great Britain ; and as we have no treaties with the nations or peoples with whom the English are fighting in India none of our laws would be broken by enlisting them. To gain their good will it would, of course, be neces sary to satisfy this community that, in return for our sympathy abroad, the English were willing to cede to us the entire control of the affairs of this continent and its dependencies ; and this would not be an easy thing either for so unbend ing a politician as Palmerston to achieve, or for so incredulous a people as ours to credit. But were it accomplished there might doubtless be awakened a strong feeling here in favour of the British in India ; and very likely, with proper measures and a suitable outlay; 50,000 men could be enlisted in a few weeks. AMERICAN VIEWS OP THE CRISIS IN INDIA. (Prom the Washington Union) We do not believe that the rebellion in India will eventuate iu successful revolution. Asiatic nations have, with fuw exceptions, been easily ' conquered by Europeans, however great the dis parity in numbers. Indeed, from the - days of Xerxes, large Asiatic armies have been as inefficient as small ones. The 150,000,000 of population in India can be retained in subjection by such an army as England can readily command. The Sepoye alone are to be apprehended, and they, however well disciplined as common soldiers, will have no officers qualified to carry on a long and regular warfare against the English forces. England never was so powerful as she now is, and never so well prepared to carry on war in a distant theatre. Her immense steam navy, aided by rapid communications by mail and the telegraph, makes it less difficult for her to conduct a war now in India than to have carried on one in America 40 years ago. Yet, with all these advan tages, the struggle may be protracted; and even when the rebellion is suppressed consequences will probably ensue seriously affecting the weal of Chris tendom. Instead of exerting herself, as she has just proposed, to increase the supply of sugar and cotton, which have become alarmingly deficient, the fact stares us in the face that this deficiency must increase, and the suffering consequent on it be aggravated. But England is not alone con cerned in this matter. All Christendom, except the slaveholders of America, will suffer alike. Since Columbus and Vasco de Gamaopened up the south to European conquest, enterprise, settlement, and trade, many new and artificial wanes have been created. Almost a third of the necessaries of modern life were unknown or unused by our an cestors a few centuries since. Sugar, cotton, coffee, tea, rice, tobacco, molasses, and many other slave and tropical products, have not only come into general use, but have become, even with the poor, necessaries of life. It is true, they might be dis pensed with if other articles of food and clothing could be produced at home to supply their place ; but that is impossible. Southern colonies and trade with the South have furnished Europe for three centuries past largely increased supplies of food and clothing. This has stimulated the increase of point laton. We have no accurate census extending so far back ; but we may sa f e l y as s er t th a t t h e popu 11tion of the l arg - r por ti on o f E uro p e h a s t re bled since the days of Columbus and Do Gama. This population has been pinched by frequently recurring famine for more than half a century, despite of its supplies of food from the south. Emancipation in South America and the West In dies has bean annually diminishing these supplies, while a continuing increase of population has all the while been begetting greater demands. Eng land and France have for years past been engaged in spasmodic but vain efforts to retrieve the error of West India emancipation. They push their can quests south, and resort to coolies, apprent'cos, an I African immigrants to supply the place of shyest, and to furnish enough of cheap cotton and sugar to ward off famine and prevent revolution. None of their experiments have succeeded or promise to succeed. The future looks more gloomy than the past. And now this cloud of East Indian rebellion passes athwart the face of that future to give it still a darker and a more sombre hue. Mac has inter fered with nature, usurped the part of Providence, arrogated the functions of Divinity, and he is just reaping the bitter consequences. The spread of discovery of conquest, of settlement and trade WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. — The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the state of Westminster -bridge and the course to be taken in rela tion to the suspended works have reported to the house. The committee learn that the precautions taken for securing the old bridge have been completed, and they recommend that the new one be proceeded with in con formity with the alterations in the mode of construction as set forth in Mr. Page's letter to the First Commis sioner, dated the 231 July last. The committee, for reasons asigned, are of opinion that it would not be expedient to increase the height of the bridge. The witnesses examined were Mr. Stephenson, M.P., Mr. J. Simpson, and Mr. T. Page. [ADvmansamsxrd—The following extraordinary cures with out medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Consti pation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revaleuta Arabica Food, are not the least remarkable :—From the Dowager Countess of C tlo stuart.— Cure 52,612. 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Gat . tiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Inargrvame- Dr, Campbell ; the t de Decies, Dowager Countess of Castle- Lord Stuart Thomas King, and i t • Major-Gen. B-ua health has been restored by it, after all other persons, whose failed. Suitably o f care had packed with full in- ,Weans of In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 9s. 6d. ; 51b, Ils ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters aro sent carriage free, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, & Co., 77, Regent-street, London. IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel lor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854; against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating_ " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." THE SHOOTING SEASON IN SCOTLAND, RENYEZWEIHIRE.— The shooting season opened on Wednesday ; but although the reports as to the number of birds are favourable, they seem to be so wild and strong on the wing that experienced shots only have been able to make good bags. Renfrewshire and East Argyll. shire have produced the best shooting. By the Greenocck trains on Friday afternoon upwards of 40 boxes of grouse were despatched to the south. From the Dochal and Ardgowan estates Sir Michael R. Sbaw Stewart sent about 30 boxes south. The Roseneath estate con tributed the remaining ten.—Greenock Telegraph. STIRLINGSHIRIL—The sport on the 12th was very good, but the birds were strong and wild, and not easily got at. Lord Abercromby killed 25 brace ; A. C. p'ers, of Culcreuch, bagged 27i brace with one barrel ; Mr. James Morrison, of Livilands, killed 11 brace ; and Mr. Ramsay, of Barnton, killed two brace. A considerable number of boxes passed the sta tion here on Thursday for the south, but at the time we go to press no intelligence Ls to the nature of the sport during the day has reached us.— Stirling Journal. CAITHNESS SHIRE.—The eventful 12th Aug. dawned most auspiciously. In this country we have a larger in flux of English sportsmen this year than on any former occasion, so much so that all the shooting quarters are fully occupied. We learn that on the moors of this district the sport,has been fully equal to that of former years, and that the quantity of birds bagged is consider ably greater than many of the gentlemen bad anticipated. —Northern Ensign INVERNESS-SHIRE.—The Twelfth has come and gone, and we ( Inverness Courier) have very little information on the subject. Hardly any birds arrived by the coaches on Wednesday night, and there is very little information except from shootings within a few miles of the town. These indicate a fair amount of sport. Mr. Dunbar bagged 25 brace to his own gun at Holme. Mr. S. Walker, Aberardar, shot 10 brace in the course of the afternoon. Colonel Fraser and Mr. Ross shot 18 3 / 4 brace on the Cantray Moors, in the course of four hours. The Hon. H. Fraser and Mr. Mostyn, at Beau fort, 37 3 / 4 brace; Major Hirst, at Tulloch Castle, 9 3 / 4 brace, besides hares and wild ducks ; Lord Saltoun, 8 brace on a little moor near Ness Castle ; General Cracklow, 9 3 / 4 trace at ' Culduthel ; Mr. Cherry, twenty eight brace at Gask ; Mr. J. Bailie, fifteen brace at Large, &c. These are better bags than were anticipated, after the decimation of last year ; and they do not support the rumours that are flying about as to the absence of game in all directions. No one expected that the birds would be as numerous as formerly, but there is this satisfaction, that, so far as we hive learned, the assurances are most comforting as to he qualities of the birds. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Aug. 20.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. moderate breeze, and cloudy. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 19 . — Arrived—Ratlerine, from St. Johns ; Amelia, Miramichi ; Grof V. Brandenburg, Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 18.—Wind N. —Arrived—May Flower, from Liverpool for Aveiro,__leaky. PENZANCE, Aug. 19.—Wind .N.E.—Arrived—Helen, from Quebec. _ _ OFF DARTMOUTH, Aug. 19 . — Arrived—Ann, from St. Vincent. CARDIFF, Ang. W. -- Sailed—Helen, for Point de Galle ; Penelope, Alexandria; Wasp, ditto. ABERYSTWITH, Aug. 19.—Wind E.—Sailed —Elizabeth, for Quebec. SHIELDS, I Aug. 19.—Wind E.S.E. Arrived—Lord Brougham and Vali; from Miramichi, (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Wind E.N.E., blowing fresh ; cloudy. Arrived—Argyll, steamer, from Carenton ; Grouse, Car diff ; Nuighsden, Christiania ; Hertaha, Shuudewall ; La Poule, Cherbworg. _ _ _ LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind A 3 :rived—Thor, from Quebec; Bentinck, Amsterdam and Holyhead; Caroline, Dantsic ; Ahti, I.Tleaborg ; Italian, Havre ; R. A. Lewis, awl Talisman, Quebec; Olive; c9elie ; Atiddleford, Dena; Mobesium, Nakskon. , , . NEWPORT, Aug. 19. The Three Sisters, for Liverpool, with iron, struck on I ' l % lioackston last night, and filled, and is expected to .ope a total wreck. A41: % .,,,,_ QUERNSTOWN, Aug. 19. vannsh (BY mranto, from Porto Rico ; Bywater, Ha screw steamer, Odessa. -4, 11 Wind N.E., fresh . D BRIT I BH TELEGRAPH.) Passed, Aug. 1.9.--c mth ;;; l DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Augusta, Richmond, Brei een t'.--, Passed—Sir Robert Seppth g „T gl . 4 . 4agun3, for Altona ; for Madras. SHARP PRACTICE. --In the Crown C our t, Mr. Ferguson, a medical gentleman from passing to the witn ess-box to g ive evidenoe;‘,:wdhayl, pocket picked of a valuab le g old watch, and this.. 4 11: very face of the judge, the Hon. Baron Watz ‘ . the Vverpool Daily Poe. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I beg to annex an official copy of the en gineer's report of the operations on board of the Unitel States frigate Niagara np to the date of the accident to the Atlantic cable.—Yours, GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary. 22, Old Broad-street, London, Aug. 19, 1857. LECTURE BY LOLA MONTE& The celebrated Lola Montes has been lecturing in Canada on Female Beauty. According to the Cinalian parwq, the I,ly proceeded to ask where beauty lay'? " Where," she said. "shall we look for this source of power? Often, perhaps, in a men dimple, souetinaes iu the soft shadow of a drooping eyelid, or a;ain beueath the tresses of a little fantastic curl. Alas !" and she spoke it most impressively, " Alas I am ashamed to think w h a t sma ll thi ngs w ill o ften move the strongest and bravest of men ! Many times in my life, in the company of kings and nobles, have I been forced with sadness to reflect on the words of the sublime Milton, in which he speaks of woman as— ' Fair, no doubt, and worthy well Thy cherishing, thy honour, and thy love, Not thy subjection.'" Lola considered the English, Irish, and Scotch women to be the handsomest. Speaking of beauty, she gave the palm to the well known Duchess of Sutherland, who moved a natural queen, and was the paragon among the beautiful aristocracy of England. Lady Blessington was a mar vellous beauty ; kings and nobles were at her feet. In Italy they called her La Diva—the goddess. She was chanting, with a neck that sat on her shoulders like the most charming Greek models. She had a wonderfully beau- tiful hand, and an eye, that when it smiled, captivated all hearts. She was a far more intellectual style of beauty than even the Duchess of Sutherland. The present Duchess of Wellington (when Lola saw her Marchioness of Douro) was an admirably beautiful woman, with little intellect or animation. She was a fine piece of sculpture—and as cold as a piece of sculpture. The most famous beautiful family in England was the great Sheridan family. There were two sons, both, said Lola, known to herself, who were considered the handsomest men of their day. There were three daughters—the Hon. Mrs. Norton, well known on this side of the Atlantic through her poetry and her mis fortunes : Lady Blackwood and Lady Seymour, the latter of whom was the Queen of Beauty at the famous Egliuton tournament. These three were called the three graces of England. Speaking of French beauties, Lola first praised the Marquise de la Grange, and afterwards the Empress Eugenie. When Lola last saw Eugenie, she (Eugenie) was certainly one of the most vivacious, witty, and sprightly women of Paris. All the portraits in this country greatly exaggerated her size, for Eugenie was really a small woman. Before her marriage with the Emperor, and when she was the belle of Madrid, she evinced a high ad miration for Louis Gottschalk, the pianist, who, by the way", had carried off unwittingly half a million of hearts from the United States. Eugenie caused him to be received into the most aristocratic families of Madrid. Lola then passed on to sketch the various characteristics of the beauties of the various countries, and took occasion to hit Lord Brougham. The Coustantinopolitan ladies, with whom corpulency was beauty, would, she said, have elicited from that polished gallant the exclamation, " what quan tity." Lola decried all cosmetics. She recommended three things—temperance, exercise, and cleanliness, as pre servatives of beauty. The bath, she said, which was uni versal everywhere but in Britain and America, was the best wash that could be desired, although, indeed, it was men' tioned that tincture of benzoin, precipitated by water, was used by the beauties of Charles H.'s reign, and really brought blood to the surface. Bran might be advantage' ously used in connection with the bath. A well-cultivated mind was that which gave not only eloquence to the tongue, but lustre to the eye, vermillion to the cheek, and lighted up the whole person as though the whole body thought. Lola moralised much and well, and when in thls vein dress' forth the heartiest applause. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. , AUG. 18. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 6s Od to 104 Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 6s Od to 8s Od ; barley do.. 54 6 l to 6 3 6d. Hay from is ld to is 4d; new do., 9d to 11d. EDINBURGH MEAL—Auct. 18. There were in the market to-day 10 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s 4d and s. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—AUG. 17. There were in the market to-day 4 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801ba I First. Second. Third imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -a Od —s Od --B 01 Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s 0(1 —s 06 1 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Oct s Oct —s 0 DUBLIN, Au*. 18. We have scarcely any alteration to report for old grain. The supply of new was small, Wheat wan sold at 34s to 355. Bere and oats moved off at about last day's prices. Rapeseed was 1s to is 6d cheaper. Indian corn met a sloVr sale at a reduction of about is per qr. White wheat, 35s Od to 37s 6d ; red ditto, 31s 01 to 35 Od; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25s 6d ; grind ing, —s to --s ; oats, old, 15s 6d to 18s; ditto, new, 1 61 to 17s 01 ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 17s; bare, new, 16s to 11 Od ; rapese d, 29s Od to 31s 6d per brl ; bakers' flour, 19 Od to 24s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 33s 61 to 39s Od 480 lbs.. COAL MARIE I Prices of Coals per ton at e. d,i ET.—AuG. 19. the close of the market Wallsend, Sza. s d. araddyll l7 9 rietton - 19 0 R,ussell's Hetton 17 ‘ 9 , 'South Hetton 18 i stewart's 19 0 Plummer l7 0 Nes ICoundon Tees l6 9 Whitworth l6 0 Hough Hall l7 0 ;t, 55 ; sold, 38. Tanfield Moor l5 CP Morpeth West Hartley 16 Hastings Hartley 17 3 North Percy Hartley _l5 6 Walker Primrose West Hartley Grey's....l7 0 Wylam West Wylam 15 0 Wallsend, &c. Riddell l6 0 Ships at market LOCAL SHARE 'MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 19. STOCK EICHANGE.—The transactions in this market have been dull, and prices of all descriptions of st° 6l4 are slightly reduced. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99i 5 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 40A 1 1, 8 —Great Western, 531—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12. 11 1 : —London and N,rth.Westerns, 1024—C.ledonian, 38 4 —Eastern Counties, 11.8.9. gc.—Luxembour g Const., South Eastern, 21i i—NorthE Astern, Berwick, Yoric Ce pital stock, 39g—Great Western of Canada, 21. MANCH ESTER, AUG. 19 , STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was moderately active to-day, and prices were rather lower. Sheffields, 40i 6.--* Grand Trunk of Canada, 126 i—Great Western o f 0 1 : nada ' 21—London and North Westerns, 1026—Le e d s , 91; —Alidands, 84 4—Dovers, —Black burn,- 7A —Bast Lancashire, 964—Eastern Counties, 11i—Caledoniaust i—North British (Guaranteed 5/. shares), 102. LEEDS, AnG. 19. STOOK EXCHANGB.—The market rather active, and prices have been firmer. Midlands, 84i tl--NorthEastere , Berwick, 24h 4—Ditto, York, 39a—Lancashire and York" shire, 993—Leeds, 22k. ►BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been inactive to day, and the quotations about the same as yesterday Local stocks generally firm. Great Westerns, at 53i 41 - ", London and North Western, 1021 i—Ambergate, 51 —Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 70 72. MADAME TUSSAIIDS EXHIBITION.—Another highly interesting object has just been added to the large collection of historical models. It represents a por' trait model of Miss Madeleine Smith. This figure ie. considered an excellent likeness of the young lady, and represents an interesting young female in fashionable modern attire, the execution being admirable, and the appearance most life-like, and it will, no doubt, he long an object of interest to the numerous visitors who honour the Messrs. Tussaud with their patronage. SIGNS OF THE END OF THE SESSION.—That the session is approaching its termination is evident from the appearance of the annual " Supply Bill," to apply sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the surplus of Ways and Means to the service of the year 1857-58, and to appropriate the supplies granted in this session (i° Committee of Supply), This bill was sent up to the Lords on Monday. The session of 1857 commenced on the 3d of February, and was interrupted for some weeks by the dissolution of Parliament, which took place ea the 22d March. On the 7th of May the new Parlia - ment assembled at Westminster, so that, all swing fo , r, the interregnum of about six weeks, the actual !‘sessiou. of the two houses will have Vested the best part of si% months. It often endures as many as seven. CURIOUS " SRA-WAIF."—A correspondent at Moutrose says that a few days ago the crew of a fishing boat picked up at sea a scrap of paper, firmly' corked in e bottle, having the following written in pencii :—ti On board ye brig Ellen ; of Whitby, 7 Novr., 1749, Jong. 3.40, lat. 56. Blowing a hurricane ; lying to, with close reefed maintopsail. Ship v aterlogged, cargo wood, from Quebec. No water on board; provisions all gone ; eat the dog yesterday ; three men left alive. Lord have, I mercy on our souls. Amen. Tho:nas Jackson, obit mate."—Edinburg Courant. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 16th inst., at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, the Lady Mary Hood. On the 18th inst., at 3, Sussex-square, ErYde-p ar k, the wife of Robert Hanbury, Esq. M.P. DAUGHTER On the 17th inst.. at West Wratti ng - park, Cambridge* shire, coe the Ladyl W a ts on. Bth ins t ., at Twickenham, th e w i fe of Robinson, Esq. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at Streatham Church; Surrey, Charles Horace Stanley, Esq., of Maddox-street, Hanover-square, to Ellen Frances, daughter of the late Charles Barry, Esq., o f Jermyn•street, St. James's. On the 18th inst., at St. James's Church, Granville R. H. Somerset, barrister-at -law, eldest son of the late Right Hon. Lord Granville Somerset, to Emma, second daughter of Sir George Dashwood, Bart., of Kirtlington-park, 01' furdshire. DIED. On the 18th inst., at &asin;,. Herne-hill, Wm. Stones Esq. Oa the 18th inst., at Donnington-grove, near Newbury, Henry W. J. Dashwood, Brevet Major in the Royal Ar tillery, aged 28. On the 17th inst., at Hagley, Lady Lyttleton, aged 41. On the 17th inst., at Chipping-bill, Witham, Essex, .1".. E. Walford, Esq., aged 74. At 3, Maryland-terrace, Leytonetone-road, Stratford, Essex, Miss Caroline Martha Tijou, aged 60. On the 18th inst„ at Florence-terrace, New-cross, Jane, relict of James Grant, Esq., of 71, Cheapside, and Sister's Cottage, Stoke Newington, aged 83. On the 16th inst , at Clarendon-square, Wm. Quinlan, Eaq., of Tipperary, Ireland, aged 66. On the 18th inst., at Harrow-rbad, Mr. Charles Davies, formerly of Wells, Somersetshire, aged 62. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count, of Middlesex, Thursday, August 20, 1857. MONT SPILL POSIT CONSEQU T HE NC —Miss from Eleven ft) gent gallery, 6 t al lerY, 18. THE M 1 On the a' one au Pr. 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