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THE SUN, LONBON, TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST' 4, 1457 position of many English families, whose safety should be ensured at any cost. "Si vis pacem para helium," may be regarded by many as a trite and hackneyed apophthegm. But its truth and accuracy have never been questioned, and if we wish to restore peace in the Anglo-Indian Empire, to say nothing of the necessity of reconquering Hindostan, which has already beenl more than hinted at, our pre parations should be adequate to the magnitude of the emergency, the overwhelming importance of the subject. The Militia should not only be prepared to act as a home garrison, so that every regiment in the United Kingdom should be available for service in India, but they should also be authorised to volunteer for service in the colonies, and if need ful, at what may justly be termed, " the seat of war." This may be a matter of vital conse quence before the next meeting of Parliament, and Ministers may be obliged to convene the Legislature at a very inconvenient period, or to act on their own responsibility, and de mand a bill of indemnity for their judicious violation of the law of the land. Now, all such demands are very injurious. They are blows against the Constitution, which may serve as precedents for less justifiable usurpations, and should never be sanctioned where, in the exercise of ordinary prudence, additional powers should be demanded. Nor is it sufficient to call out the militia for home and colonial service, and to despatch every troop and company of the standing army to India. We must do more. We must strive to render their services as efficient as possible, "the regula tions of the military Circumlocution office t 3 the contrary in any wise notwithstanding." This is but the paraphrase of a well known legal sentence. But how can they act ener getically, while oppressed with the shako, " Albert hat," or " Grenadier bearskin," with the apoplectic stock, or tunic attracting every solar ray ? The Sepoys long ago were reported to have said, "It too cold for brave to-day." May it not be too sultry for valorous exploits ? May not our best troops be rendered powerless by the heat of the camate ? They will surely have enemies sufficiently formidable to contend against without adding the authorities at the Horse Guards to the number. A few judicious rules at head-quarters would more than double the strength of our forces in India. We fear, however, that it is useless to anticipate any change. Red-tapisra is too power ful at Whitehall. Routine is a demon that re quires many hecatombs. Before any practical step is taken, we must witness the immolation of thou sands of victims. It would be too much to expect hat the authorities could recognise any distinction between the Arctic and Tropical regions, or direct a difference of clothing where the thermometer was above blood-heat or below zero. Nothing but the voice of public opinion can produce an alteration or modification of the system ; and the sooner it speaks out, plainly and intelligibly, the better for all parties concerned. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has carried his first reso lution for the appointment of a Select Committee, but the nomination of its members was prevented by the exercise of the privilege belonging to fac tious minorities. It was not enough that the leading members of the Opposition benches, were placed on that committee. Mr. DISRAELI, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, and Lord STANLEY were too enlightened for their followers, and Mr. NEWDEGATE—the superlative of Spoon and SPOONER—in all matters of bigotry and intolerance, complained,and effected the loss of a valuable day. A very discursive debate took place on the terms of the resolutions. Some pettifogging quibbles were raised respecting the important question, whether it should be " the 25 members nominated, and all the gentlemen of the long robe," or "all the ' gentlemen of the long robe, and the following 25 members." And this was discussed with the hair splitting acumen generally bestowed on special de murrers in the good old times. As 15 " Hon. and Learned" Members, as they are usually termed, were included in the favoured twenty five, exceptions were taken on this point that they were slighted by not being considered " Gentle men" of the long robe; while an earnest voice was raised on behalf of " the Gentlemen" by Act of Parliament, whose service would be required for the purpose of "instructing," and, we hop', " feeing" the members of the other branch of the legal profession! The decision, as we have stated, was postponed, and the topic will again be ventilated this evening. We suppose that the Select Committee, consisting of some 122 members, will be duly appointed. We hope that the jurists will constitute " a cool hundred." We cannot, however, anticipate so pleasing a result. Where the disputatious element so greatly preponderate; we should imagine that it would rather resemble the audience chamber of the " Kilkenny cats," of historical renown, and that the tail of Sir F. THESIGER'S wig, with, perhaps, a fragment of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S tunic, may remain as the only relics of the contest. It is to be regretted that the Gordian knot has not been already cut, by the appearance of Baron ROTHSCHILD at the bar of the House. We have not the slightest doubt that Mr. DILLWYN is a more judicious adviser than Lord J. RUSSELL, under existing circumstances, and that the course which he was prepared to mark out would sooner lead to the desired gaol than that of the ex Premier. The temporising and vacillating policy hitherto Firsued has been but exposing the nakedness of the land, raising artificial impediments when none really existed. It is true that it might prove a trump card in the event of a Tory Go vernment. But we cannot tolerate tactics that would keep such a matt3r in abey ance for such a purpose. Our liberal rulers should not teach the country to desire a Derbyite Cabinet, for the purpose of eliciting the real opinions of their opponents. They should rather do what they can under existing circum stances, and they may rest assured that, if they keep paca with the spirit of the age, they will find quite enough to do without maintaining so useless a reserve. The question must be settled one way or other during the present session, or the people will be inclinei, and with much reason, to exclaim—" a plague on both your Houses r LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1867. Bettor late than never ! The Governmen t hi'vs, Oven at the eleventh hour, thought it pru dent to act on the advice which we tendered vthen the painful nte int ' *gonce of the mutinies in the Bengal AxtoY was first promulgated. A bill was last night introduced in the Upper House by Lard PANMIIRE, to authorise the embodiment of the militia between this and the 25th March next, without calling Parliament together within 14 days after the time. This is a wise and salutary precaution, and although it has subjected Minis- The g Powers to do old taken from the Bank yesterday was only tern to the reproach of demanding I 5,000/. that " which, a fo rtni g ht a g o, they stated they DEATH OF EUGENE SUE.—PAEis, August 3.—Eugene Sue died this morning at six o'clock. had no intention of doing," they are entitled to The leather-market has become much more animated praise throughout t' e wee k, w ith an u p war d tendency, owi ng for braving that rid icule, and actin g in the manner which the exigencies o f the case ma to anticipat e d requ i remen t s f or th e arm y an d g e nera l y, and shortness of stacks in the bands of consumers. ,uiearamaienaout,ly Ipelnateeb,u,•tesc2o., At a meeting of the Berlin Waterworks Company ye'. probably will, require. terdaY, Mr. W. 11. Goechen in the chair, the report was The state of affairs in India is far too adopted. A satisfactory proaress in the taken serious to justify apathy or indifference. of t the et ,1 for undertakin ghouse is st ated pplies to h a v have g As we have already stated, the Bengal army has eoenspidreirnacbelyo:mic,remed. The palace to be occupied by virtually ceased to exist. Fifty- supplied from thes6eBiWaoarkds the Princess Royal will be eight Regiments th have erected th e s t an d ar d o f revo lt , an d twenty- Neapolitan Gove rnmen t f G ro o m ve Naples to l t the 30th ult. state that the greh t e he .t esta s b . li : h i - one Regiments have been disarmed. And it is , we e r !' L of two lines of aut horised submat a i s eet e snore than probable that many of the disbanded to Malta and Turin. A decree pr p onounces g the ic r i a y form of . the postal sy stem ) other decrees will corn SepOy3 will find their way to Delhi, the head pieta this reform, whic h is based on the French system quarters of the Mallontents. It is true that we . 4.n emeute has taken place at Isernia on the subject o .may receive satisfactory tidings by the next mail. The e u e n t i h e 1 : Octroi. A bo d y . ofof.,_ooonOgiiiievaesatnhetsKinivegadle„d the nu • • But then it is ,else possible that we may hear or order, aid tbe ringleaders were ridesp a l i ty s w o i o t n h C r r e i s e t s ored L the spread of insubordination, and of the perilous arrested. HAYMARKET THEATRE. An old favourite returned to this house last night for the first of a series of six performances, and was received as any old favourite, Mr. T. P. Cooke above all others, would be. When he stepped on the boards last night as the true-hearted husband of Black-eyed Susan, he was greeted with a hearty cheer, which must have been most gratifying to his feelings, as showing him that his repu• tation was still undiminished. When he sang his song and danced his hornpipe with all the spirit at all events of former days, it was pleasing to find that declining years sat so lightly on a genuine actor, and a worthy man. The make up, the hitch of the trowsers, the bow awkwardly courteous, are all his own. Imitators he has had, but no successors, and when a few more nights see what will be his last retirement from his profession, the stage sailor will be a character as difficult to be played as the stage Irishman has been since the death of Power. The piece is nicely got up. Miss P. Oliver's Susan was very appropriate and full of genuine womanly feeling, Mr. Buckstone's Gnatbrain full of humour, and all the performers were fully up in their respective parts. Independently of the extraordinary attraction of Mr. T. P. Cooke's personation, the like of which it is not probable we shall soon see again, the drama itself ould be attractive, and during the week will un doubtedly draw repetitions of the crowded house of last night. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. Last night "Christy's Minstrels" commenced a series of performances as the St. James's Theatre. Their entertainment is partly musical, partly terpsichorean, and partly dramatic. The musical portion, though the "bones" and the banjo are conspicuous as with Pell's company, is marked by more ambitious efforts at vocalization and has less of that peculiar element which we are accustomed to associate with the idea of " nig gerism." Viennese airs and reminiscences of the Tyrol are warbled forth by extremely red lips set in ebon faces, and there is a general tendency to elevate the sentimental and the pathetic at the expense of the comic. In the dancing, on the other hand, full scope is given to the grotesque humour of the artists, and several feats are remarkable not only for their eccen tricity, but for the wonderful bodily agility displayed in new forms. The entertainment went off to the entire eatiefaction of the audience. HAYMARKET STARS.—The veteran T. P. Cooke commences an engagement for six nights at the Hay market, on Monday evening, in his original character of William, in "Black-eyed Susan." Although it is not announced that these are to be Mr. Cooke'a farewell performances, it is probable that he will on this occasion retire finally from the stage. He will be succeeded on Monday, the 10th of August, by the celebrated comedian, Mr. Charles Matthews, who, previous to his departure for the United States, plays a round of his popu?ar characters here for eight nights. He will appear for one night (the 19th of August) at Liverpool, and will sail on the following day for New York, whither he has been precede - I by Mr. Posey, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements and engagements for Mr. Mathews. THE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON.—Trie town council of Brighton having offered a premium of 2001. for the best, and 501, for the second best design for appropriat ing the north-west portion of ;he Pavilion for the use of the public, eight arch'tects' designs have been sent in for consideration. It is intended to provide the town on the site of the Pavilion, with a music -ball, an antheum or winter garden, a free public library and reading-room, a public picture gallery, and a museum, at a probable cost of about 12,0001. PROSPECTS OF THE SPORTING SEASON. &MTH AMPTON ,MONDAY.—Our sporting friends will be glad to hear that the breed of partridges in this neighbour hood will be one of the best known for many years. The coveys are numerous, and the spring birds exceed ingly strong on the wing. Should the present fine weather continue, and harvest operations be unimpeded, the sportsman will have something to do to follow his game, Reports from the upper parts of Hampshire, as well as from Wiltshire, agree as to the abundance of sport for the let of September. CRYSTAL PALACE. The Vocal Association, com prising 330 male and female voices, will make its third appearance on Friday, August 7th, under the direction of M. Benedict, in the Central Transept of the Crystal Palace. The success which attended the two previous performances there, has indeced the directors to make arrangements for a third, of an entirely different cha racter. The programme will be Mendelasohn through out, including "The Walpurgis Night," and " Loreley." The vocalists engaged are Mr. and Madame Weiss, Mi Fanny Huddart, and Mr. Montem Smith. Miss Ara bella Goddard is also engaged to perform Meodelssohn's concerti. Tuic WEATHER IN FRANCE.—A letter from Mar seilles, of the 31. st of July, states that the heat on that day was so intense that a, delve heavy mist completely obscured the lights of the lighthouses at night, and , rendered the entrance into port dangerous. The Vectis, with the Indian mail, was a long time getting in ; the Avenir lost her way for an hour and a-half, The tber- moineter marked 36, deg. centigrade. The wind rose a half-past 10, but instead of refre- , birg the atmosphere it was but and sultry. In the Tarn-et-Garonne on the 29th of July a violent thunderstorm burst over the country. It came 'rem the west, and was accompanied by heavy rain. The lightning struck a farmhouse and set fire to it. Storms, accompanied by great heat, have taken place in other parts of France. RAPID TOWAGE.--LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—A. tele graphic despatch was received here this morning an nouncing that the James Baines, Captain M'Donnell, had arrived at Portsmouth, for the conveyance of troops to the East Indies. She was towed to Portsmouth by the steam tug Regoltre, Captain Jevon, belonging to the new steam tug company, in 82 hours, although en cluntering a heal gale in channel. The Champion of the Seas, Captatn M'Kirdy, of the same line, and of a similar tonnage (2,386 tons) was taken in tow an hour previous by the tug Blazsr, but no intelligence has been received of her arrival. It may be stated that the Re solute when she took the James Baines in tow had been only one week off the stocks. OUR SOLDIERS' DRESS IN INDIA.—The sufferings and loss of our noble troops in the Crimea, and the causes from which those sufferings and that loss arose are fresh in the peblic recollection. They will be repeated in India, but with far more fearful results, unless instant attention is paid to the proper clothing of our troops there. Became cur men can live there in their Euro pean clothing, it is not considered requisite to alter it. The frightful waste of strength and efficiency it enta I', and the consequent predisposition of the body to disease, and the lowering of the system at a time when it needs to be uphell at its utmost vigour to resist fatigue and disease—these points appear to be smeared for, as well as the sufferings of the men from excessive heat, so much aggravated by their clothing. Away w ith et mke, shakoes, and red tunics, as well as black leather boots, which attract the sun and swell the feet. Away, also, with the crossbelt and any breast-belt. Let each man have a forage cap with peak and two white covers; two white woollen loose tunics ; their pack. ammunition belts, to be arranged like the French Zouaves' ; and brown leather boots. None of our men ought to leave this country without proper clothing for India.—Corres pondent of the Times. THE TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES FROM INDIA.—It is understood the government have thus far been unable to obtain any satisfactory information regarding the causes of the delay last week in the Indian telegraph. The director at Trieste cannot give any (xplaratior, except that many messages sent about the same ti no experienced equal or greater detention. A thunder storm somewhere between Trieste and Munich is still said to have occasioned the interruption. There is, how ever, a difficulty in accepting this solution. A thunder storm might stop a succession of messages, but it is not easy to see bow, when c)mmunlcation was resumed, it should cause them to arrive in different order from that in which they were originally transmitted. Thu., it seems that the despatch addressed to Lord Clarendon from Trieste at 11 5 a.m. on the 28th of July did not arrive in London till 12 35 p.m. on the following day, while a message despatched between three and four hours later arrived at the India-house more than an hour sooner. Probably the whole can be made clear, but the subject is hard of investigation, the ways of telegraphs being often as incomprehensible as the majority of messages they contrive to pervert. There is reason to conclude, however, that if any fault is to he found in the present instance it does not lie with the English company. GENERAL BAaNARD.—It will be learnt with great satisfaction that General Barnard has greatly dis tiuguished himself by the military capacity he has dis played before Delhi. He arrived there with all possible speed by a long forced night march, and found that the mutineers bad taken up a very formidable position about two miles in front of the town. Notwithstanding that his men were suffering, he attacked at once by a bold advance aad a skilful flank movement with that hearty will which at once carries soldiers to victory The 71st sprang from behind two sandhills where the worn-out men had obtained a brief rest, and immediate success crowned the efforts of the soldiers and their gallant leader—the position was carried and occupied, the rebels being driven out with great loss. General Barnard was complimented by those about him on the achievement due to his skill ; and in the hasty council of the battlefield was advised to bring in his wounded, rest his men, who were now suffering ter ribly from over-fatigue, and to retrench himself in the excellent position he had woo. But the General turned a deaf ear to every counsel, pointed to a ridge outside the town where the rebels were again assembling, in a few words expressed his will that the ridge should be carried, and the discomfiture of the enemy be com pleted :—"lf this be not done, they, too, will intrench themselves, and it will cost us three times as much to dislodge them. They are now panic-struck ; but if allowed to hold that place they even might attack us at a disadvantage. No ! lam sorry the poor fellows are tired, but they will take the ridge." Again, animated by their General's will, and guided by consummate science, the small and wearied force marched forward with unfailing pluck. Again victory was theirs ; they rushed on the guns with devoted courage, and cap tured 26 of t.h.e enemy's cannon, and drove them with l ' re ' s ' t 'laughter within the walls of Delhi. Morning Poo, - _ _ LATEST NEW THE INDA AND CHINA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTRAYIPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Peninsula. and Oriental Company's steam ship Colombo, Certain Black, has arrived with the India and China nails, and dates from Alexandria July 23 ; Malta,26th ; Gibraltar, 30th. She has 143 passengers, anong whom are Sir William Reed, Governor of Malta, and family ; and Lieutenant- Colonel Lane Foxand family. The Colombo lrings 2,577 bales of silk, 15 bar rels coffee, and .76 packages sundries, but no specie. Her Majesty's slips Tartarus and Caradoe were at Alexandria ; Malta, none ; at' Gibraltar, the Vulture. July 31st, at 1 p.m., the Colombo exchanged night signals with a steamer off Lisbon, steering southwards ; Aug. 3, at 8 50 a.m. passed English schooner Isabella, Iteering south. The Indus, fr►m Southampton, arrived at Gibraltar, on the 2ith, and proceeded to Alexandria the same evening. Mr. John Doolory, a passenger for Gibraltar, died on board a fey hours before they arrived, and was buried on shoe on the Sunday evening. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The screw eiteam(r Petropolis, Captain Paulsen, has arrived from the Brazils. Her thtes are— Rio, July 2 ; Bahiz, ith ; Pernambuco, 10th ; St. Vincent, 20th ; Lisbon, 30th. She brings 26 passengers, and a cargo of coffee, large hides, &c., chiefly for Hamburg. The steam ship Primero Argentru% sailed from St. Vincent for River Plate on the 18th ult., and the Charity for Madeira o❑ the 19th. The steam ship Camilla arrived on the 19th, and Tamar on the 20th from England. The Petropolis spoke to the Dutch ship Avego on the 19th ; a steamer under Chilian c9lours on the 25th, off the Island of Palma ; steam ship Martello, on the 2d of August, off Cape Finis terre ; and, same day, the English brig Britannia. Captain Osborn's squadron of gunboats for China, 16 in number, had arrived safe at Rio (only one death), and would leave for Java on the 3d of July. At Rio a steady business in coffee had been car ried on since the Medway sailed, closing at a rise of 100 reis. The new c; op was estimated at a low figure. In freights a slight recovery had taken place. Exchange 28 for London, 650 reisfor Ham burg. Supplies of flour limited, and buyers showed little disposition to purchase at the high prices asked. Great excitement prevailed at Pernambuco, owing to the murder of Mr. Thomas Gollan, her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul, on the night of the Bth of July. The dreadful event was wrapped in mystery, and a large reward had been offered for the discovery of the assassin. A Por;uguese had been arrested on suspicion. H.M.S. Harrier arrived on the 27th of J une from Rio, and sailed on a cruise on the 6th of July. Pro duce was without alteration. Sugars maintained their high prices. Freights nominal. Exchange, 28. The Douro steamer arrived at Lisbon from Liver pool on the 29th ult. The Lisbon Stock-market continued dull. Three per Cents. Registered, 46 to 461 ; Coupons, 46 to 461 ; other quotations same as by Sultan steamer. ITALY. TURIN, July 31.—M. Mazzini's present paper, the Italia del Popolo of Genoa (his original journal there, the Italia e Popolo, having ceased to exist some months since) was sequestrated the day before yesterday, or rather a supplement of it was sequestrated, for an article written by M. Mazzini himself, entitled " The Situation." In this article the author denies the intention on the part of himself and friends to plunder in the recent movemen's in Italy ; he main tains that th , ,y made no mines ; and that the move ment at Genoa was not directed against the Pied montese Government, but in order to profit by the means of action afforded by Genoa, and to lead Piedmont into a revolutionary war ; and he con cludes by saying that he will never rest until he has obtained his object. The following extract will give a fair idea of the original :-- "The part which I took in the Genoese intention,, whether ai chief or soldier, can signify little. I can, how ever, oppose to the base accusations the affirmations of one who has never lied nor concealed the truth, not even when it was dangerous to tell it, and I do so. "It is false that any part whatever of the city was mined. Any officer interrogated will state that the pur• pose of sacks of powder with matches is to blow open doors where it is necessary to force a pas sage . " It is false that there was any intenti on t o lib era t e precaution s were adopted even to at flight durin g th e tumult. a pe t tial there existed or d ers for plunder. the h r e e"v co le nt n t v i c n t y s a falset t Se that n e s The orders quoted by the Gazette de Genova either do not exist or are the work of a calumny. "It is false that there was a list of the officers with their addre.ses. " It is false that there was an order of mine (quoted, if I don't mistake, by the Cattolico) which speaks of the distribution of booty to be observed by I don't know what National Society. " It is false, all accusation, I won't say of massacre, but of war against the troops. Besides, if an y instruc tions of mine or others are brought forward in th e pro secution every ma n may convince hi mse lf t h at they sisted on this—no violence ; the Piedmoutese soldiers are Italians whose duty it is to fight for the common soon try. " It is false that there was any list of proscription. The last lines written by me previous to the evening of the 29th will make some of the calumniators blush if they appear in the prosecuti )n. "The design, which did not succeed, and about which the Piedmontese Government is to-day busying itself, was an Italian design. I think I have no need to prove it. Leghorn, and the generous act of Pisacane, at tempted with arms partly Genoese, sufficiently indicate the tendency of the local movement. Now, it was a bar biuger of other undertakings, and not an isolated propo sition undertaken for its own sake. And if the Govern - went has sequestrated cockades, it kno ws what col )urs they show. If Genoa arose it would have been not from intolerance of bad local government, of enormous taxa tion, or of measures that, good in themselves, when our boundaries shall be the Alps, are, now that they are at the Magra, a gratuitous outrage to old reminiscences and nothing else. It would have arisen for all ; for the wor. ship of the national idea ; for wrath long and patiently suppressed against the tyranny exercised by Austria and her Pro-consuls on Italians ; to declare that it also is an Italian city, that it haress the grief, the hopes, the duties, and the shame which weigh upon the head of enslabed Italy. As Pisacane seized the Cagliari, to avail himself of her for the liberation of the prisoners of Poeza and a descent on the Neapolitan coast, so did Genoa wish that her materials of war, ber means of action, should be mobilized for the benefit of the com mon country. " This is the trntb, and no one can say that it is not." The Nord states that it has received from its Berlin correspondent the important news, derived from an excellent source, that " the recent events in Italy will have the effect of causing an almost immediate reconciliation bet we2.n Sardinia and Austria, and the resumption of diplomatic relations between Naple3 and Franca." On the latter point the correspondent adds that " Prince Carini, who was minister of the two Sicilies at London, is to come to Paris, and will bs received by the French government as minister of his Neapolitan Majesty, without any explanation being exchanged relative to the past." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday received in solemn audi ence the Duke de Rivas, who delivered to his Ma jesty the letters of recall of his predecessor, Marshal Serrano, as well as the letters which accredit him self as ambassador from the Queen of Spain to the Court of France. The Emperor was surrounded by the great officers of th 3 crown and by the principal persons belonging to Lis household. Count Walewcki, Minister of Foreign Affairs, stood at the right oftlie Emperor. The ambassador, in pre-. seating his credentials, pronounced the following address : " have the honour to deliver to your Im perial Majes!y the letters by which the Queen. of Spain Ills deigne 1 to accredit me as her ambas sador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to your Mljesty. I am happy to be the means of con veying the assurance of the high esteem and cor dial friendship of my Sovereign towards your Im perial Majesty, as well of my country towards the French nation. My happiness, Sire, will be complete if I succeed in meriting your confidence. In the meantime, allow me to offer to your Majesty the homage of my most profound respect. I have a'so the honour to hand to your Majesty th© letters of recall of my predecessor, Marshal Serrano." The Emperor replied in the following terms : " Monsieur le Due—l have always had reason to be pleased with the persons whom the Queen of Spaiu has appointed to represent her at my court. I now congratfilate myself that her confidence has been placed on a person so distinguished in every respect as yourself. The assurances which you give me of the sincerity of the sentiments of the Queen and of those of the Spanish people for France gratify me greatly. Be assured the, on my side, no one offers up more sincere prayers for the happiness of the Queen, and for the grandeur of the people whom she is called on to govern." The Duke do Rivas and the persons attached to his embassy were conveyed to and from the Tuile ries, with the usual ceremonial, in court carriages. The departure of the Emperor and Empress r Osborne is fixed for the sth inEt. His Majesty will only be accompanied by General Rollin, Adjutant- General of the Palace, and Count Walewski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Etnpres will only be accompanied by one of her ladie; of the palace. They will embark on board their river steam-yacht the Eugenie at Rouen, and so descend to Havre, whence the Reins Hortense will convey them to Osborne. They are expected back at St. Cloud by the 12th. BOURSE, Aug. 3.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of 3Tontt•. li per Cents 3 per Cents 67 67 23 Bank Shares 2,750 Credit Foncior — -- Credit Mobilier 985 Roman / Do. Account 987 Austrian Belgian .P~ Piedmontese (5) 9O -- Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. tr c. Orleans 1,155 -!--- Western - *gorthern Lyons 935 -- New Ditto Mediterranean — Grand Central - Geneva 1 — Midi PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 30th, in the Nurem berg Correspondent, says :—"Some persons have given an erroneous interpretation t the absence of the Prince of Prtusia from Berlin during the visit of the Emperor of Russia. We learn from the best authority that th 3 prince had intended to be in the capital at the time, but that his physicians prevented him, as his health re quired that he should not interrupt the treatment which he was going through at the baths of Baden." KABYLTA. The following pro3laination was addre%secl by Marshal Randon, before he returned to Algiers, to the troops who took part in the expedition to Kabylia " Head-quarters, Fort Napoleon, July 16. " Soldiers ! Your mission is accomplished Kabylia of the Djurdjura has submitted. There is not a single tribe that is not now subject to our law. At the same time that you triumph in com bat over every resistance, you will secure by your labours an immovable basis for the preservation of our conquest. Hastening at my call from the three provinces you came to take part in this bril liant campaign, and you now reap the fruit of for mer efforts to subdue these intrepid mountaineers ; you have terminated the work so, laboriously com menced by your comrades in preceding expedi tions. A wise and firm command and a prudent and enlightened policy will every day more and more consolidat3 our authority, and attract t3wards us that population whose good faith wo have been able to appreciate, and who more than any other in Algeria res.qublf3 us in ther institutions. From ihe crests of the Djurdjura in t':e very depths of the south, the flag of Franca waves victoriously, and the name of our Emperor is bowed to with re spect. It is you who have terminated this great and noble task. Soldiers ! the Emperor is satisfied with you, and you may be proud of having merited such an approbation ! Gra!eful Algeria applauds your triumphs, and in this testimony you should find the recompense for all which you have done for the last 27 years for the prosperity of this colony the noblest gem in the crown of France." EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, July 22. —The Vectis the London mails of the 10th inst., owing to her having been detained at Marseilles two days before her usual time, reached Alexandria only on the morning of the 20th inst. Sir Colin Campbell left Alex andria next day, and proceeds to Calcutta by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bengal, which carries forward the mail now on transit. Her Majesty's steamer Caradoc arrived here simultaneously with the Vectis from Malta, whence, it is said, she was sent to receive the Siamese Am bassador, expected at Suez, but who we learn has not arrived. _ The completed portion of the railway between Cairo and Suez has at length been mad e use o f, the homeward cargo and mails of last Indian transit having been conveyed by rail across the latter portion of the Suez Desert. By this mea ns about 20 hours were saved, the arrival of the goods train at Cairo being simultaneous with that of the passengers, who crossed the Desert, as usual, in carriages 9r vans, but were not subjected to the detention which, under ordinary circumstances, they have to undergo after performing the first half of their journey throudi Egypt. The outward transit was effected in the customary way, partly, I am informed, on account of the heavy amount of treasure forming the chief part of the cargo, the removal of which in the open Desert it wis considered would be attended with too great a isk. The Government has expressed its willingness to make use of all tin means in its power for expe diting the transit, and for obtaining any additional saving in the time stipulated by the contracts, but it declines giving any positive promise that the Suez line will be regularly made use of before its entire completion, on account of the interference and in terruption it would cause to the workq, and the ex treme difficulty, moreover, of carrying out the ne cessary arrangements. On the present occasion the Indian cargo is, however, again conveyed across by rail. The Tartarus returned to Alexandria some days ago, after having successfully performed the object of her mission, which was undertake', for the pur pose of taking deep-water soundings between Alex andria, Rhodes, and Candia. The greatest depth of water on the line to Rhodes, I am inf . : , rmed, was about 1,650 fathoms, and on that between Alex andria and Candia about 1,700 fathoms. The bot tom was found to consist generally of yellow mud. The sounding apparatus, I understand, was en tirely constrected on board. Captain Mansell, at the'reque s t o f th e Vi ceroy, i s at present engaged in a general survey of the coasts of the Red Sea, to the distance of some miles on either side of Suez. Th e d eparture of the commis sion appointed to select a spot in the vicinity of Suez for the erection of a slip has again been de ferred until Captain Mansell's operations are suffi ciently advanced to assist them in coming to a deci sion. It is believed that, owing to the shallow ness of the water, no suitable spot will be found within 20 miles of the town. The commission appointed by Said Pasha consists chiefly of English and French. The Viceroy, since his return from his trip to Smyrna, has made very little stay at Alexandria, and his time h as b een c hi e fl y di v id e d betweenMa.riout, the B arrage ( now ca ll e d S a idi e h),. an d Cairo. At th e l a t ter p l ace h e w ill pro b a bl y re main until after the approaching holydays of the Kourban Bairam. His Highness is contem plating another journey to London, and the Go vernment has already advertised for tenders for some 90,0001 b. of " Aber&en boiled beef," pre served in tins, for the use, it is said, of his High ness's escort. It remains to be seen whether the Egyptian soldiers will eat the meat without mak ing any curious inquiries as to where or by whom it has b een kill e d . Th a t t h e, ma j or ity will quietly accept of the good things onre I to them is highly probable, but at the very moment wh , mi the "greased cartridge" question has afforded a pre text for such serious disturbances in our Indian possession', it is singular to observe how com pletely a Mahomedan Government seems to ig nore the religious prejudices of its subjects aid co-religionists in a mat er aan exactly parallel nature. An impending change in the Viceroy's Ministry is again spoken of, and the report seems to be worthy of some credit. It is said that the sons of Ibrahim Pasha and the other members of the Pasha's family ere about to resume their late offices. Among the homeward passengers by the Vectis on this occasion is Nubar Bey, an Armenian gen tleman who has for several years been in the ser vice of the Government, and who, though corn paratively a young ma'), has always ranked high among the Egyptian officials for his intelligence and general capacity. The report is that he is about to visit Paris and London on a political mission, but the avowed object of his journey is merely that of studying the improvements that have of late years been made in the construction of firearms, and of making arrangements for establish ing a Government rifle manufactory in Egypt. Nubar Bey, under the ru'e of Abbas Pasha, held an appointment at Vienna as agent to the Egyptian Government. Toe favourable advices from England have pro duced a furtar advance in the cotton markets. Breadstuff', on the other hand, have declined. Wheat ava lable for immediate shipment is quoted at from 355. 6d. to 375. per quarter, free on board. Contracts for delivery in September and October are changing hands on terms equivalent to about 31s. 6. per quarter, free on board. Freights are firm. Exchange in London at three months' date, 1001 to 1011 per pound. Marseilles, 5.06 to 5.03 per dollar. The National Gazette of Berlin states that the Austrian Government has ordered that the Monte negrin refugees shall, in compl'an co with the request of PrinPe Danilo, be sent to reside at Zara, wi'hout perm scion to leave it. AUSTRALIA! By the Australian mail, a summary of the. Wel ligence brought by which, and telegraphed from Alexandria, appeared in The Sun of July 23, we have received Melbourne papers to May 29. The following is from the Melbourne Age of that date : Tne operations of the European and Australian Mail Company have, as yet, not been very success ful. The accident to the Oneida and the late arrival of the Simla on her voyage hither has caused no small dismtisfaction, especially among the mercan tile community. At this juncture, an agent from the West India Mail Company, a Mr. Wetton, opened a negotiation with the merchants of Sydney in behalf of the Panama route. The same subject was taken up by the Chamber of Commerce of this city, and a special meeting will be held about it on Monday next, Ist June. The feeling in favour of this route was general both on the part both of the public and the press ; but, in advocating it an un fair advantage was taken of the mishaps of the E. and. A. Company. A portion of the press fostered this unfair and ungenerous spirit, which was carried so far that a resolution condemnatory of the com pany was proposed yesterday in the Legislative Assembly. The Argus, speaking of the government which has succeeded the short-lived oShanassy adminis tration, says : The verdict of the country as given through the ballot-box has hitherto been remarkably favourable to the new ministry. Mr. Haines was returned without opposition • but Mr. Michi e , M r . M oore , Mr. Fellows, and Mr. Ebden, have each contended ssith opponents, and have been victorious—in some cases being returned by majorities perfectly over whelming. Only two of the ministry have now to be elected, and their return is almost certain. Taking all the signs of the times into account, we believe that the present condition of our political atmosphere is healthy, and that the people and the Parliameut, wearied with change, will cease to over work their newly-acquired powers of overturning administrations, and will now settle down for some time to the steady and peaceable prosecution of the real business of the country. The Victoria Parliament met again after its ad journment on the 26th. The only new measure of importance that has yet been brought before Par liament is one for the imposition of a duty of 10s. por pound on opium, a tax which mty be regarded us a sort of supplement to the capitation tax on the Chinese. Mr. Michie (the Attorney-General) bag given notice of a motion for abolishing state aid to religion. Mr. Fester was about to bring forward a motion against the renewal of anything like the proposal of the late Haines administration, to send 80,0001. to England, in favour of providing suffi cient funds for tir3 free passage of 5,000 single females. The following comments are made by the Argils on the state of the labour market : As wages fall, the demand increases, and the number of men unemployed is not so great as it was. The late rains also have enabled many of the employers of labour on the gold fields to resume operations, and we now hear little of a want of em ployment in the interior. Most of the men seeking work congregate in town, and their ranks are con stantly increased by the nt.w arrivals. Of these there have been some within the last few days, and we have seen instances of their being engaged on the first day of their seeking employment ; but these must be looked on as exceptional cases. Many of them have to reek it in vain for many days. For a short time female servants were more numerous than usual with us, and their wages fell about one-sixth—instead of 301. a-year, ordinary general servants had to accept 251. ; t' at the number of those unengaged is again decreasing. The statis'ical returns not being complete, we do not know how much additional land has been brought into cultivation during the past season, but there is little doubt of the quantity being large. Complete returns have been received from five dis tricts and counties, and in all these except one there bas been a large increase. In the district of Ben digo there were 5,052 acres under crop last season, to 1,439 in the previous year. In the Ovens district, 4,045 acres in 1856 to 2,211 acres in 1855. In the county of Norman by, 2,730 acres in 1856 to 1,329 acres in 1855. In the county of Dundas, 918 acres in 1856 to 480 acres in 1855. In the county of Follet there has been little change, as there is no thing grown there except what the squatters raise for their own use. The numbers are 128 acres in 1856 to 123 acres in 1855. These five districts are its different parts of the colony, the Ovens being at the extreme north-zast, and the county of Nor • manby at the sonth-we:t extremity ,and will afford a fair idea of the average produce. In 1855 the average yield of wheat for the whole colony was 28 bushels to the acre ; the average of there five districts in 1856 is 26 bushels, and we may expect this to be about the general average for the year. The best criterion of the prospects of the agricul tural interest here is to be found in the constant demand for more free access to the land. A land league has been established with the object of ob taining greater facilities for settlement on lands fit fur agriculture, and the farmers are petitioning Parliament for the opportunity of obtaining the use of a portion of the grazing lands. A re .ition is also being extensively signed through the country districts for the est&Jisbmeat of a board of agricul ture. The railway from Melbourne to St. Kilda was opened fur public traffic on the 13th of May, and the rolling stock proved to be scarcely adequate to convey the immense number of passengers who poured into the termini on the next Sunday. It is stated that the railway between Melbourne' and Geelong would Le opened throughout in about a fortnight ; and it is understood to be the intention of the Government to hasten forward the construc tion of the trunk lines which are intended to connect the principal gold fields with the seaboard as soon as the requisite Parliamentary authorisation shall have been obtained. _ _ With regard to the state of trade, it is said— " Notwithstanding so•ne slight and merely super ficial appearances the commerce of Victoria is in a decidedly healthy condition. Several small insol vencies have recently occurred, especially among the storekeepers upon the diggings." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MELBOURNE, May 29. No v that the recent advices by the Sim!a have been properly digested, operations are proceeded with more cautiously ; and it is only articles not dependent on the home market there is any remarkable speculation. The arrivals of lar g e shipments of ales and porter, and of spirits, has tended to suspend transactions in these articles, though c3se brandies are readily saleable. The most remarkable feature in present transactions is a run upon opium. occasioned by the proposed duty of 10s. per lb. This article has not hitherto cut - Tied a prominent position in our markets, but its value and importance increase in direct ratio to the na.nthly addi tioms to our Chinese population. The effect ofthe pro position for an increased duty bas been arise in the price of from 501. to 801. a chest, and parcels changed hands at 1451. THE TILLAGE OF LANr.—Mr. C. Burcham, the pro jectnr of Circular T,l eige, writes to the Meekanie3 Magazine as follows : Sumo years since I made an assertion, in which I have ever since persisted, viz That I could till land very cheaply by steam power, certain "conditions" being first complied with by the farmers ; and that I could hoe or sow an acre of land in live minutes of time, with or without the aid of stea n, &a. In consequence of this assertion I have been rejected and thrown overboard by all our most prominent agri cultural improvers, right up to the present time. y e t I can do all I state, for a' that, and am only awaiting the riend t o R io And the opportunity to be afforded." H ER MAJESTY'S THE ARE A.TRE. REWELL PERFORMANCES AT REDUCED PRICES. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Aug. 4, IL DON GIOVANNI. Zerlina, Mdlle. Piccolomini; Donna Elvir ezia a, Mdlle. Ortolani; D onna Anna, Mdlle. Sp; Don Giovanni, Sig. Beneventano ; Leporello. Sig. Belletti ; Montt°, Sig. Corsi; Il Commmadatore, Sig. Vialetti; Don Ottavio, Sig. Giuglini. To conclude with the new Ballet Divertiss ment, by Paul Taglioni, entitled ALPREA lidle. Marie Taglioni, M. Cecchetti, and M. Charles. PRICES : Pit Tier, Grand Tier, and One Pair £2 12 6 Two Pair 1 11 6 gaff Circle 1 1 0 pit Stalls 0 12 6 Gallery Boxes 0 12 6 Gallery Stalli 0 3 6 Gallery Side Stalls Pit 0 3 0 0 3 6 Gallery No free list.—Applications to bo made at the Box-office of the Theatre. Doors open at 7, )pera to commence at half past 7. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Farewell Performances at Reduced Price 4. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, August 4—IL DON GIOVANNI. TO-MORROW, WEDNESDAY—Last Night but One-- LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. THURSDAY, (Last Night)—LA TRAVIATA and the Last Act of I PURITANI. The NATIONAL ANTHEM will follow the Opera. The entertainments in the Ballet will combine the talents Madame Rosati, Madlles. Katrine, Boschetti, and Marie Taglioni. Prices as above. CRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—St. JAMES'S THE ATRE.—It is respectfully announced th 4 the renowned CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, whose success for upwards of 3,000 consecutive nights in New York has been without parallel, will give their celebrated ENTER TAINMENT THIS EVENING, commencing at half-past 8. Boxes and stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal library, and the box office of the theatre, T SEA TR E-R OYA. L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. • OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY. The greatest Contortionist in the world, Mr. W. Baker. The King of Clowns, Mr. Arthur Nelgon. Prfces—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and is. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. 11 0 THISYA ri EVENING N C wi l lE S Sb' be perf o rmed THEATRE. Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARK ET • Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, &e., will appear. After which, Doughs Jerrold's; drama of BLXCK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second prico. s. d. Dross Mixes Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE . DARVILLE, in which Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Wric:ht, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste gill perform. After which, bbe late Mr. Douglas Jerrold's drama of THE RENT DAY. /Ifessrs. B. Nester, Wright, Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Aug. 3, will be performed the new drama, called DADDY lIARDACRE, Mr. Rob son, See, To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by RThert B. Brougb, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob eon, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, ug h es, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. f OYAL SURPuEY THEATRE. P it) LesseeA, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING will be performed the grand opera of MASANIELLO. Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, Mr, Manvers, Mr. A. Cooke. and Miss Lanza. After which, THE WATERMAN. To conclude with THE QUAKER. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD T LIE A.TRE. Proprietor, Mr. John Douglas. TRH EVENING will be performed the romance of HERNE THE HUNTER. Between the pieces Mr. J. G. Porde, the King of Comic . Y6calists, will open his P , rcel of Fun. To conclude with OLIVER TWIST. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majelty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Positively. the Last Six Nights of the Splendid Spectacle of MAZEPPA, which must be withdrawn for the production of a Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spectac e, which will be produced on Monday, August 10. Tie gre it Parisian Equestrienne, Madlle. Mililos, every night. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, August 4, and every even ing d trine the week, the entertainments will commence with Arron's grand spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. James Holloway. After Which, Mr. William Cooke's SCENES in the CIRCLE, int rodneinz tte trained Zebras, and the Wonder of the Day, Mililos. Concluding with a Risible Farce. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, I.s. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. H elf-price at half-past Eight. 11,x-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wost. Egnestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ri A NTE 1313 RY HALL. Westminster-road. — OPEN* EVERY EVENING.—The follow ing corap my of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of , e!ections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, C +ss, Duets, &c., viz. Miss E Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Walcott, ‘fißB Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr St. Albyn, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. toles, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An tonio M. le Solla, and E. L. Rime ; Master Corsi ; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; liarmoninin, Master Williams Director, Hcrr F. Jonglim tris Commence at Seven o'clock preAsely. Sap pers, &c.. until twelve o'clock TOR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tae DA.7—Morn. 51 min. aft. 12—Even., 15 min. aft. 1 TO ‘ 4 ollltov —`Sore , 37 min. aft. I—Even. min aft. 2 WEATHER—SUN Onnor, AUGUST 4. TFIRRIWOXZTEB. IN TEIII SKAnz. 82 —highest sins; noon vesterday. 65 -lowest this morning And during the night. 80 -tale fißy .t noon. Benomrnerc, 30.01. WINr, S. W., light, with fine summer weather. 4 71 '. !. A i ce . • DELHI AND ITS INEVITABLE FATE. (From 'a Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser.) Delhi, OEC3 the capital of Hindostan, the boast of India, and the :eat of the Great Mr•gul, was captured in 1193 by the Maholume,dans under Coot tfoboodeen Khav, wl:o_ fixed his residence there. In 1398, it was stormed, pillaged, and reduced to a heap cf ruins by Tamerlane. In 1631 Shah- Jehan founded the new ci y on the west bank of the Jumna. During the reign of his third son, the - rev - ern - mounted to 4;000;0001: - sterling, and the population was estimated at 2,000,000. It continued to prosper until 1739, when Nadir Shah invaded it, missacred 100,000 inhabi' ants, and col lected 62,000,00 X. sterling of plunder. It was again pillaged in 1756 by Ahmed Abdallah, and in 1788, Gl olam Kaudir, the Roh Pa, made himself mast , er of this city, starved and txtured many of the nobles, and put out the eyes of the King, t) compel him to a disclosure ( f supposed concealed t. easure. He was at length forced to abandon the city, by Madhajee Sindia, and was himself put to death by the same kind of torture ho had inflicted on others. In 1803 it came into possession of the British by the victories of Lord Lake, and has since been gradually recovering under our rule, from its former misfortunes. As it is now again threatened with utter destruc tion by our besieging army, we will take a hasty glance at its positi()n, and we'gh our chances of im mediate success. As has been mentioned before in the columns of your valuable journal, the ruins of ancient Delhi extend over many miles. Modern Delhi is built on two rockyeminences, and contains many palaces and mosques. The present city is seven miles in circumference, and is surrounded on three sides by a h'gh wall, while the fourth, or eastern side, is washed and protected by the river jsrarna. The city has seven principal gates, the Lahore, Ajmeer, Turcoman, Delhi, Mohur, Cabul, and Cashmere, all built of freeston e . Th e latter has al ready been mentioned as the one by which pro:- bably our victorious troops will enter the city. The streets are narrow with the exception of two; the first leading from the palace, of which we shall presently speak, to the Delhi gate, and the second from the palace to the Lahore gate. The breadth f the first, called Chandnee-ceokee' (Silversmith street), which was the scene of the late foul murders, is about equal to Pall-mall. The city contains a great number of mosques and dila pidated palaces, all surrounded by high walls, which will no doubt be defended after the entry of our troops, and give much trouble. Above all is seen the imperial palace, a very high and extensive cluster of gothic towers and battle ments. It was built by Shah Jehan on the bank of the Jumna, and is surrounded on three sides by an embattled wall, 60 feet high, built of red granite, with Martello towers, and two massive gateways, each defended by an outer barbican of less height, and the whole surrounded by a wide moat. The palace is a strong fort in itielf, the walls have been well kept in repair by ourselves, and furnished with an ample surplement of heavy guns. According to General Barnard's despatch of the Bth of June, the troops were occupying the canton ments outside the city. The distance is about a mile, and the elevated position of our force would enable General Barnard to open a destructive fire from the Siege Train, which had just come in when our last advices left the able and gallant general's head-quarters. The destruction and loss of life which our shot and shell will cause in the densely-populated city must be fearful, as the population consists of about 150,000, to which we may add about 50,000 in surgents and plunderers. It is not impossible that General Barnard, after 48 - hours of incessant bombardment, may have at tacked the insurgents, who were opposing an ad vanced force of about 10,000 against us outside the walls of the city. Under the prestige of his repeated successes, and aided by one of those happy combinations which are not unprecedented in mili tary history, he may have gained a gate simul taneously with the flying rebels, and thus secured an entrance to the town. • While we pray that such a glorious achievement on the part of our brave troops may prove true, we must rot forget that the consummation is as yet hardly more than a fond hope, although ru mour6 to the effect had reached the three main - ports of the presidencies. We must not act on the assumption, but fully prepare for the most ardu ous task which has ever been cut out for British trcops in India. THE INDIAN MUTINIES. The following Supplement to the Overland Eng- ' lishman, published at Calcutta on Saturday, June 20, professes to contain the very latest news which had reached Calcutta ; "The detention of the mail enables us to add the following intelligence, which has reached us this morning. " The *following is from Allababad Fort, dated the 13th of June : " A party of us went out of the fort this morn ing to reconnoitre, and fell in with some thousands of the rebels, strongly posted, in arms about a large puQkah house. Brasyer and his Sikhs made a good fight of it, but were called upon by our new commanding officer, Colonel Neil, to retire, and to-morrow we storm and take the rascals' position. We sadly want supplies, attab, &c., here, and we must have more Europeans. I have not had my sword off for a moment, night or day since the 6th inst. ; no more time.' " Later accounts up to the 15th report all well at Allahabad on that day. A Sikh Sepoy has been murdered in the town. The regiment was let loose on the place and thoroughly avenged itself. "On the 15th, at Baroul, half-way between Allahabad and Gopeegunge, three zemindars, who had set themselves up, one as rajah and the other two as naibs, were seized by a detachment of the Madras Fusiliers and a party of the 13th Irregular Cavalry, who have done excellent service under Lieutenant Palliser, accompanied by Messrs. Moore and Chapmao, were brought in to Gopeegunge, and banged. The bridge of boats at Allahabad is in our hands, and defended by five guns. " We have received the following cheering news f om Mirz spore ; theletter of our informant is dated the 15 h The dour of our magistrate, St. George Tucker, against the 'village of Gawrab, has been most successful. Ile and the deputy-magistrate, with 50 Sepoys of the 47th Regiment, arrived at the village Carly yesterday morning. The steamer with 100 Europeans had not yet reached the ghat, but was in sight. The villagers on seeing our small force, assembled to the number of some 3,000. In the meantime the steamer anchored and landed the English bulldogs, who, to a ma n , with out orders, rushed at th insurgents, fired into them, and killed 30 or 40 ; the rest took to their heels. The village, which was quite deserted, was, burnt to the ground. " Mirzapur° is perfectly quiet, and all on this side the river. The factories of Comercoly, Pallee, - Cutchowa, and Solah are perfectly quiet, and ready to take advantage of a fall of rain to sow. " 'Our assistant magistrate has gone to Gopee gunge to clear and keep the Allahabad road. No news as yet of the arrival of the Charles Allen at Allaha,had, or of the garrison there. " The murderers of Sir Norman Leslie have been apprehended and hanged. They turned out to be three men of his own regiment, one an old hand and the two others recruits.' " The following is from Major Holmes's Irregu lars, Segowlee " ' June 15. We have been very busy making arrangements for the march of the Goorkas, but now they are not come. We have saved Goruckpore, and have patrols out all over the country. We have sent two detachments to recover Azinghur, one by Allygunge, the other from Guruckpore. That country is one scene of pillage. We hung two Sepoys of the 37th mutineers the night before last. This part of the country is kept in perfect order, but every one now knows that he will be hung for one word of treason.' " The Legislative Council have passed a law to day whereby ,summary powers over all deserters aro given to the Leal authorities." THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. CAHIRCIVEEN, MONDAY MORNING. The Niagara will this day finish taking in the heavy portion of the cable intended to be attached to the Valentia coast, which has to be unshipped from the Agamemnon and transferred to the Nia gara in consequence of the starting points of the ex pedition being now from the Irish shore instead of from mid-ocean. The entire squadron will sail from Queenstown at six o'clock this evening, and is expected to reach Douglas Bay in readiness to commence operations to-morrow (Tuesday) morn- ing. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and staff arrived at Killarney at half-past 1, on their way to le present at the starting of the At lantic Cable Expedition to-morrow. The directors and secretary of the company were in attendance to receive his Exeellt , ney. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 3, 6.30 r. rd. All the ships are now steaming out of the har bour for Valentia. Mr. E. W. Cooke, the well known marine painter, is on board the Agamemnon, with a view to sketch the navel incidents of the voyage. Out of Mr. Cooke r s sketches we may obtain some historical cartoons of high pictorial and historical interest. Bata Light th e ( TI with CO EXC the p , resu the Mi l to 1 A. 1.1 Ra ins. Yc