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

jER MAJEST Y'S THEATRE . Two Extra Performa. noes only, at Reduced Prices, on Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19, with Piccolomini, Spezia, Ortolaui, .Giuglini, Violetti, Rossi, Ineventauo and Belletti, w - ben will be p rosented TRAVIATA' and IL DON GIOVANNI, PRICES : Boxes to accommodate four persons, Cra:ffi Tier, Pit Tier, and. One Pair Two Pair 1 1 0 Three Pair 0 15 0 Pit Stalls 0 3 Pit 6 • (:onery Stall 4 ............. Gallery 0 2 0 ririIEATRE ROYAL, ITAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. .f MS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with VII ko,poare's Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. A ,„l,•i ee , Mrs. Catherine Sinclair (her 3d appearance in this coontr,,) ; Benedick (34 time), Mr. Howe ; Dogberry, Mr. Colopton ; Hero, Miss M. Oliver. Afxr which, the new and successful Comedy, entitled VIUTIMS in which Mr. Buckstoue, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Miss Reynolds, Miss Emma Ring, &e., will appear. _ . To c mchule with THE GLEANERS._ Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dr A i Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes ... 3 0 1X ppm . Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit.......... owe: Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 I.J.,per Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. fr'IrEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. _ll Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. ills EVENING, will be performed the new Comic piece, called. URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BIACK-EYED SUS N.N. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. Followed by MY PRECIOUS BENEY. Mr. Wright, P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c. Tit OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. _ll - I.' Lessees, Messrs. F. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, I{ug , e;, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. r e A OYAL SURREY THEATRE. fie, v., Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Cresvriek. THIS EVENING, CIIRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear. Afccr which, will be performed TIIE SURPRISE, in wliTch Messrs. W. Smith, T. Robertson, Butler, and Miss E W..4,10.2r, will appear. With other attractive novelties. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. 471. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. l'n!ler tho patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. e , miplete and unexampled Success of the Grand Oriental Spe.;t:r_qc of EL HYDER. Mr. Win. Cooke announces with groat satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest and thrilling Equestrian and Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly recoived with increased delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments NV i i I commenco•with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec tacle in 2 Acts, entitled EL lIYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GIINUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol lo..,'ay. Introd.ucing, Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained I tors..q. After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. Willi.•da Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish ment, including Madlle. Mililos. To eonclude with TEK ELI, with Equestrian effects. Co ninet.co at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper B ~C 4, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pt, .2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at ha!r.past Eight. .x office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. g - 'I NTERI3IJRY HALL,. Westminster-road.— Vi OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow in .11)aay of Voe:tlists are engaged for the performance of from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, OHO :XS ES, GLEES:DUETS, eic., viz. : Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. :;<,,t.t, Iliss Brunell, Mrs. Lo Jenne, Miss Leslie, and 1',13-1:one Marietta; Derr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far- To.ier;, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. C,orri, Senor An tonin, E. L. Blanc, and Mr. St. A•byu ; Master Corri; Messrs rlarn. Collin, and E. Mackney. Pianofor to, Mr Cecil Dicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. imaglimans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sip pers. ?lc., until twelve o'clock.—Signor PICCO will perform, at i , a.f-past Eight and half-past Tea, every Evening. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAY—Morn., 59 min. aft. 4- -Even., 18 min. aft. 5 TO- \roRROw -Morn., 39 min. aft. 5 —Even., 3 calm aft. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61--highest since noon yesterday. —lowest this morning and daring the night 1;3 —this clay at noon. BARO3IETER, down to 29.46—n0w up to 29.65. S S.W. ; light, with rain and dirty weather ; with occasional sanshin?. .r . ~.:7:,!: 74:4--2'it- ,, ,,-• "( - 4 A: '1*"111/ V. ' , `.J'..., LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 1857. Somehow it is constantly turning out thal Nrilat our solemnly wise contemporaries sneer a. as Radical restlessness or incredulity, proves to be but the wisdom of phin, straightforward, English honesty. We could, but that it might look like vanity, or like imitating the closing paragraphs of a QUEEN'S Speech, recall to recollection some (1 , .z ti or more illustrations of our remark, since the installation of the "All the Talents" Minis try, (luring the Russian War, at and after its ter mination, and during tho late Double Session. A Inetely honest appreciation of men and their posi- t►on, has compelled us to pronounce an opinion, Bich was thought by the self-constituted leaders of the press to be gratuitous and unfounded sus -P;cion, or to advocate a course which was pro dtimed to be "Radical perversity." Yet the i3sue has been that these same parties have been found at no great distance of time, not owning that they were wrong and others right, but changing their note without any indication that it - was a change at all, or that the opinion newly a.dcpted had been strenuously urged long before, and while they were opposing it. Oao of these cases seems to be now in progress ; the humblest shareholders. The distinguished and for once we invite the attention of our readers patronage under which it was inaugurated, and to It is now being hinted in "influential the extraordinary privileges conferred Ou it, sti• qiurters" that India is likely to cut out the Re- ululated what mightjustly betarmed the "mania." l i fora,. Bill of 1853, that the Premier is to be re- Every person with a few pounds to spare eagerly leased from his promise because ho cannot fulfil it. sought so beneficial an investment, and the (To lle drew a nine months' bill on liberal credulity ! rations were conducted on a scale far beyond Wien the New Parliament met, Mr. ROEBUCK anything which the bona fide capital warranted wdrsd the bill in the name of the Liberal party, We shall not term it a gigantic gambling thatitu theugh wholly unau',horised to act for them, an tion, but its operations were unquestionably of a imprudent piece of assumption, for which some highly speculative character, such as might 'we 'll-R - I 's awell ae ourselves, could but censure him ceed under peculiarly favourable cireumetancee, eeeeeely at tte ti m e. Aft er th a t mos t m errily b u t w hi c h were liable to collapee at any moment di Premier and his majority jog on together and to occasion serious losses, if not absolute ruin tar eleh le Session, at least so far as Reform of to many of the parties concerned. Peri;atn eet erae concerned. Honourable Mem- The French Government soon found that they te ars thou g M they, needed no re f orma ti on , th e h a d g i ven t oo grea t encouragement to the under remier thought the same, so all gladly deferred taking, in which the Count Da MORNY, said to be Per Terre to the more convenient season. Every the greatest speculator in Earope, had taken so proposal of Parliamentary Reform, however im- leading a part. The privilege of issuing bonds fir pertant or trivial, whether acknowledged by all largo amounts payable at a future day, or, in the Liberal party to be right, or open to some other worde, something analogous to the We ;t -discus,,ion, was shelved almost with the hurrahs minster improvement bonds, was refused. The of the House. For tho Session the cry Was, prohibition of new companies deprived the jostl r "elnierston, and No Reform.' tution of sources of considerable profit, and the New our readers will remember well enou g h, cheek given to speculations on the Beurso cut off how decidedly we censured this Parliamentary other gains of no ordinary magnitude, but of f l'y. We tau k always two grounds—that mea- more than doubtful expediency and propriety. snros so obviously required and open to so little While the field of operations was thus net - - dieeete as the Abolition of the Property Quali- rowed, other causes concurred to discourage the ten for Members o f th e H ouse o f C om mons— shareholders. The failure of a very influential Mr. Loeice KING'S motion for equalising the ! director, M. P LACE) by which it was said maey L . ...le:hie° in boroughs and counties—or the ab° li- of his fellow-directors i ncurred heavy losses, was a tiee of Viet useless plague, the Rate-paying clauses • heavy blow, and great discouragement ; and the —vbet measures whose utility no honest Re- i evil was greatly enhanced by the subsequent with• leireeere could far a moment deny, should be idrawal of the Count do MOnNY, who Seemed to be pee:eel at 01103 On their own merits. They were a connecting link between the Company and the liut mixed up with any questions of detail forming I Government, neciesarily part of any larger measure ; they The break down of the Russian Railway pro to, have wasted no time in discussion ; they i ject which ho had negotiated, and the concession Tim° Su N, LO N DON, WEDNESDAY EV .IE!N E Pr.Elll E R 9, 1857 were clear improvements on the present system, and they ought for that reason to be conceded at once ; and we held, and still hold,. that the re final to entertain these proposals was proof as plain as wa% needed that both Premier and members wanted to burke all Reform as long as they could. Men do not defer doing what is really gratifying to them. But we also laid special stress on the danger of procrastination, when none could tell what might happen on the morrow, much less in ano ther year. The Indian mutiny had not indeed then occurred, but it is only so much the more an illustration of the supreme folly, in politics as in common morals, of deferring till to-morrow what may be done to-day. We, indeed, thought of possible European difficulties, but still more of possible changes in the Government, and of a now Premier repudiating the engagements of his pre decessor ; and who can tell, had the Indian busi ness not turned up, whether or not PALMERSTON would. have been in office till the end of the ses sion of 1858. With so many eminent ex-States men in the House, it is easy enough to conceive of Parliamentary upheavings, Cabinet dislocations, and new promotions. We insisted, therefore, on the instalment system as the only safe and rea sonable one for Reformers. When a grand Re form Bill can be got into Parliament, and, much more, when it can be successfully got out of it again, no one can tell ; but it would have been perfectly easy for the Government, on the single supposition of its being honestly in favour of Re form, to have insisted on such points is we have mentioned, and to have forced them through Parliament. A large part of the Reform question is yet matter of dispute; and like a disputed debt, there may be some pretext for allowing time, but those points on which the great majority of the Liberal party have made up their minds are like acknowledged debts, and where there i& honesty they will be settled at ones ; and will °simplify the final settling. We may surely, therefore, repeat to Liberals our advice with increased confidence in looking forward to another session—to insist on something being done. We must grant that no one can yet tell how far Indian affairs may engross public at tention and that of Government next spring. It may be to such an extent that it will bo perfectly useless t) bring forward a Reform Bill. What we, however, fear as quite possible is that the claims of India and of Reform inay be cunningly pitted against each other, and that both may be got through to aristocratic taste by taking both in hand at once. We believe that an honestly re forming Government could well introduce a sub stantial Reform Bill, and could. use the fear which the Opposition would feel of undertaking the un settled Indian business, as a means of compelling the acceptance of liberal proposals. Such a Cabi net, however, Lord PALMERSTON'S is not. He would use India to put us off with half a Reform Bill, not as the means of getting us a thorough good one. It may well be a question, therefore, with the Liberal party whether it shall insist on the great Reform Bill in 1858 ; but, it should be no question whether it wilt insist or not on instal ments of Reform. If we cannot, next year, set le whether we shall have Schedules A and B once more, that is no reason why persons resident in towns as big as those in the proposed two schedules, but which yet return no member to Parliament, should not vote for the county in which they are situate. If the grand question of the proper qua lification for a vote cannot be decided, it may at once be decided that any individual elected by his fellow-citizens is, by that circumstance alone, qualified to take his seat in the House of Commons. If Registration cannot be placed on an entirely new footing, at least it might be enacted, that no failure, gene rally from accidental causes, to pay rates, should erase a ten pound householder's name from the list of voters ; and, if the Ballot cannot be conceded at once, what should hinder. its being permitted, wherever any considerable number of the electors sign a memorial to the returning offi cer, that such protection is required in their dis trict. Concessions like these would prejudice no future Reform Bill, neither could they require such discussion as to interfere with the paramount claims of India on public attention. Indeed we should ourselves deprecate anything which di• rected the public mind from a thorough Reform of our Indian system. What Liberals must de - mend therefore, next spring, is, either the pro mised Bill, or such acknowledged reforms as shall be a pledge of something better, and a part pay ment for the present. Indeed we are by uo means persuaded of the advantage of a grand un wieldly bill, presenting the appearance almost, of one of the Abbe SIEYES' constitutions. We aro far from sure that the franchise question, and the new divisions, and the registration of voters, and certainly the vote by ballot, would not each and all of them be as well discussed separately as in one Great Pretentious Bill. Serious apprehensions have been expressed in Paris ;respecting the Leviathan Credit Mobilier, the 500 franc shares of which have gradually fallen from 1,900 to 865 francs, 'or from 76/. to 34/. 12e. The extraordinary enthusiasm with which the project was received, and for some time supported, cannot be forgotten. It was an undertaking calculttcd to make the fortunes of all concerned, from the promoters and managers to whereof he had secured, occasioned great embar rassment ; and although considerable premiums could still be obtained for the shares, yet there was a manifest tendency to get out, even at a serious depreciation in the supposed value. Three months since, however, another and a heavier calamity befel them. A certain M. CHARLES THURNEYSSEN, a sort of continental JOHN SADLEIR, levanted, leaving very heavy lia bilities unliquidated. This would be of compara tively trivial importance, save to the actual suf ferers, but for the statements that his uncle, M. AUGUSTUS THURNEYSSEN—a leading Director of the Credit ]lfobilier, was responsible for his debt. These rumours elicited energetic denials on the part of the Company. M. PEREIRE, the Chair man, wrote to several English journals negativing the rumours in the most unequivocal manner. But, unfortunately, they have been fully con e firmed. The debts and liabilities of the defaulter have been ascertained to amount to 1G,000,000f. (640,0001.), and the Uncle, who, it was said, was only interested as a creditor, has been hold liable for that enormous amount, and has been declared a bankrupt. This has been followed by a species of panic amongst the Directors. Many, it is said, are trying to get clear of the concern. And one, M. ERNEST ANDRE, has published a notarial act, disavowing any further connection therewith. Considering the painful experience we have had in this country, these are decidedly unfavour able symptoms. There are, however, many persons of enormous wealth still connected therewith who will doubtless contrive to break the ' fall, and to get quietly out of the concern. It is by no means probable that there will be anything approaching to the catastrophe of the Royal British Bank or of the Eastern Banking Corporation ; still a heavy blow has. been inflicted on its cre dit, and that is the most sensitive and vulnerable point in such a concern. When the prestige has once been shaken, it will be difficult indeed to regain the position it once occupied. We may hope that it may be possible for it to weather the storm, bat still we confess that the prospect is by no means satisfactory, and that, even under the most favourable circumstances, a large pro portion, if not the whole, of the premirons paid must be forfeited. It would even be fortunate if the original investments remained available, and that operations could be concluded, and the company wound up, without actual los?. The fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian mutiny is becoming worthy of the cause for which it is destined. The deepest sympathies of persons of all ranks and stations in society have been excited. The period of the year after the breaking up of the London season and the proro gation of Parliament is, in ono respect, unfavour able, but England will show that she still, under adverse circumstances, retains the liberality for which she has long been distinguished. Each suc cessive list shows that Englishmen's hearts are in their right places, and enables 1.14 to feel truly proud of our countrymen. But it is not Englishmen only that are in terested in the cause. We had last week great satisfaction in alluding to the promptitude and generosity of Count , de PERSIGN; who, without a moment's hesitation, contributed the hand some sum of 1001. to the interesting fund. That gratification is, however, greatly enhanced by finding that the Emperor himself participates in the feeling, and that the truly magnificent dona tion of 1,000/. has been received from his Majesty as his " personal subscription in favour of the officers and soldiers so cruelly afflicted in India." 4001. sterling hal also been forwardel on behalf of the Imperial Guard. Acts such as these require no comments. They speak for them selves, and will tend to strengthen the ties of mutual respect and friendship, by which the na tions are, and we hope long may be, united. Compassion and sympathy for our suffdring brethren and sisters, in the dark hour of dis tress and misfortune, is the direct may to Eng lish hearts. We thank, cordially and sincerely thank, the EMPEROR we thank the Im- perial Guard —for their truly noble con duct ; and we trust that whenever a suitable opportunity may arise, that England will promptly respond to any call from France—that we shall give more than barren expressions of _goodwill in the time of emergency. Much, however, as has boon done, we earnestly look forward to far more ; such occasions are not of frequent occurrence, and every man blessed with competence should testify his sense of the blessings accorded to him, by the promptness of his subscription. There are many names yet wanting that ought to appear. We have no doubt that, era long, the omission will be re paired, and that every one will strive to aid iu the good work second tam status et facultates. But, as we have already stated, it is not the wealthy only that should assist. The widow's mite was not despised, and all should strive to do something, however trifling. A little self-denial will enable them to do so, and we promise them that they will receive purer and greater pleasure from such an application of money than from any com fort or luxury it could procure. There are many splendid gifts of hundreds, fifties, twenties, and tens ; but we desire to see a greater number of pounds, half-sovereigns, crowns, and even shil lings. Lot it be proved clearly and unequivocally that the feeling has penetrated beyond the "select upper crust," that it has entered into the hearts of the people, and that those who gain their daily broad by their daily labour are not unmindfu of the afflictions of their brethren on whom the heavy calamity has fallen. A little organization will produce great results. Let local lists .be made. Each person can collect something in his or her neighbourhood. It is not to have the name ostentatiously displayed in the published lists that should be the object. Collected in small, sums, will be a sufficient an nouncement. The great Point is to obtain a good sum total, adequate to the losses sus tained—the miseries to be alleviated. Let every person put his or her shoulder to the wheel. Let the effort be general, awl the ale• sideratum will be accomplished in a manner to do honour to the nation, and to pour balm into the wounds of the sufferers. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland contem plate a tour on the continent during the winter. The Marchioness of Bath is receiving company at her seat in Sussex. The Earl and Countess of Shelburne have arrived at Lansdowne House, from the Marquis of Lansdowne's seat in Wiltshire. The noble earl and countess purpose leaving town shortly for a tour of visits iu Scotland.. The Earl of Lansdale, who has been stay:ng in, town a few days, returned to Lowther Castle on Monday. T'ue Marquis of Donegall is staying at his seat near Uxbridge. The marchioness is daily expected to arrive in England from the south of France. The Marquis an I A: archionesa of Lothian have arrived in town from lugestre llail, the Earl Talbot's seat in Staff rdshire. The noble marquis and marchioness are on the eve of leaving London on a continental tour. The Earl and Countess Fortescue, on having Harro gate, where the noble earl- and countess have been sojourning several weeks, went to Tattershall, the Emily seat in Lincolnshire. The Earl of Warwick, after entertaining a select patty at Warwick CAstle, has joined the countess at Putney. The Right lion. Sir Clic.rles Wood and the Lords of the Admiralty aro at Queenstown on a visit of inspec tion. The right hon. baronet is expected in town on l a ? r tour d heey ge S hn w ti i n t lig z e ?f r rn l oa. am F d r . lerdeel i tcl dk. and r Peel are making LATEST NEW. • BERLIN, SEPT. 8. The Gccette da Gothenburg of the 4th states that in consequence of a consultation. on the state of the health of the King of Sweden, it is acknowledged that his Majesty cannot in any case sustain the bur den of public affairs for a year to come. The King has therefore felt it his duty to request the States to provide for the Government during his illness, according to the mode prescribed . - .)3T the Constitution. VIENNA, TUESDAY. A telegraphic despatch from Jassy states that the • Moldavian Minister of the Interior, Basili Ghika, and seven Prefects, are deprived of their offi-xs for abuses in the exercise of their functions. COPENHAGEN, SEPT. 7. The Legislative Chambers have been convoked for the 30th September. Baron Hochschild, ambassador of Sweden and Norway to the Court of St. James's, died suddenly yesterday. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The last despatches received by the French Go vernment from Honer Kong cont ra di c t th e an nouncement in the ' American papers that the United States squadron in the Chinese Seas had taken possession of the Island of Formosa. The squadron in question, according to these de spatches, consists only of the steam frigate Jacinto, of 13 guns, and the corvette Levante, carrying 18. A despatch received by the French Government from Captain Bilhau of the Spahis, dated from Fanaye, in Senegal, the 31st May, announces that he had defeated the Trarza Moors, who had devas tated Gandon, killing 29 princes or chieftains of the Royal family of Tram, with the loss of one Spahl killed and another slightly wounded. 30 of the women and children carried off by the Moors Lad been recaptured by the Spahis. The Moniteur contains an Imperial decree, set ting forth the treaty determining the frontier line between grance and Spain, concluded on Decem ber 2, 1856. It defines the boundary line from the embouchure of the BidasSoa to a point where the department of the Lower Pyrenees touches the limits of Aragon and Navarre. BOURSE, Sept. B.—Rente has been rather offered, but prices have been pretty well maintained, not withstanding a kind of panic prevailed iu shares, and chiefly in Mobilier. An article in a London journal against the Credit Mobilier has caused rather a bad impression on this market. The mar ket somewhat improved towards the close, when the following were the last quotaqens _ cash. tr. End of month. li per Cents 3 per Cents 66 70 66 95 Bank Sharos 2,73') Credit Foncior 565 Credit Mobilier 855 Roman - Do. Account B6O -- Austrian - Belgian 44 .., -- Spanish Threes 4O - Fiedmontese (5) OO -- Homo Debt orchestras were placed in different parts of the gar den, in all the allies of which crowds of persons were walking. At midnight a brilliant display of fireworks closed the marriage fetco The sauce letter states that Riza Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, has been accorded an audience by no Emperor, - at which he •Fesental his lottera of credence. A painful accident marked the reception of the Emperor of Austria on the borders of - fte district of KaF'chau. While the burgomaster of that place was haranguing his Majesty, Lieutmant-Colonel Count Szirinay, an officer of great merit, who close to his Majesty, was suddenly struck with apoplexy, and dropped down deal from his horse, The Emperor was much affecied by the event, and immediately sent one of his aides-dc-camp to Be senyo to announce the melancholy intelligence to the family of the deceased. The Madrid journals of the 4th contain no poli tical news. It has I) , :en decided that silk, wolllen, mid cotton fabrics prepare•! with gum shall pay au import duty of from 40 to 48 per cent, on their The Corriere Mercantile states from Florence that the investigation into the late insurrection at Leghorn is terminated, and that '27 prisoners are to be tried for the murder or maiming of soldiers, and the remainder for high treason. T.HE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. ARRIVAL OF TILL ANGLO-SAXON. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamship Anglo-Saxon, McMaster, commander, has arrived from Quebec, with advices to the 29th ult. and 200 passengers. Tie Royal Mail steamship America. hence, had arrived at Boston. On That day she passed off the lower end of the Island of Orleans the bark Niagara and the ship Transatlantic, bound down, and7off Brandy Pi:ts the ship Birkenhead, also bound down ; and the Inkerniann, with emigrants bound up. On the 30th, at 7.30 a m., off Point de Monts, she fell in with the brig Louis Ferrier, having on board the passengers of the screw steamer Clyde, from Quebec to Glasgow, to the number of about seven cabin and 60 steerage and intermediates, which vessel had struck upon the low craggy rocks of the Para guettes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The follow ing are the particulars relative to the accident, which, fortunately, was. unaccompanied by any loss of life : At 10 a.m. on the morning of the 23d, the day after the Clyde left Quebec, she way abreast of Cape de Monts, distant upon seven miles, whence she took a fresh departure, steering east for the west point of Anticosti. The weather was calm and cloudy, but a fresh breeze from the eastward sprang up in the Course of the afternoon, and to ward:night, and it rained pretty heavily, mostly in a thick drizzle. Darkness set in without the land being made ; but calculating the course steered and the distance run, the position of the steamer was, about midnight supposed to be near the en trance of the Canadian Channel, and on the Anti costi side of it. The ship's head was then hauled up gradually to the south-east; but she had only proceeded on that course, a few minutes when she struck heavily on a rock and heeled over to the port side. Three bells, 1.39 a.m., had just struck, the look-out man had repotted " All's well !" and the captain was watching on the bridge, when the concussion, which was very severe, was felt. There was not any fear felt of immediate danger, and the general impression was that there would only be a detention. In less than a quarter of an hour, how ever, after the vessel had heeled to port she was making water fast abaft, and evidently sinking. The captain immediately issued orders in the most cool and praiseworthy manner for the preservation of the lives of his passengers; the boats were man ned and lowered as if nothing extraordinary had occurred, and the passengers passed into them with out confusion or dismay, every one being placed in temporary safety before he left the wreck. Within twenty minutes after the vessel struck her stern was entirely under and the cabin full of water, but so slight was the feeling of alarm, especially among the cabin passengers, that they were actually packing up their clothes and getting out their money against emergency, and it was not until she made a final lurch to port, filling that side of the cabin, that they began to consider their personal safety. All being safely packed in the boats, a supply of provisions and water were put on board of each, and they lay off the wreck until daylight. When it was revealed, through a still mist, the position of the vessel was at once apparent, the low craggy rocks and islets of Paraguettes being visible all round. The captain at once headed the line of boats in the lifeboat, and by keeping close order, and steering to the north, -in the course of two hours made the main land, but the surf being too high to land he followed the coast easterly until reaching the Hudson's Bay port at Mingan, where the party were most hospitably re ceived and sheltered by Mr. Henderson, the agent of the company . , who threw open his house and buildings, and placed every_ article he had at the ' captain's disposal. A party, headed by the cap tain, afterwards returned to the wreck to save as much property as possible. That which was stowed forward, being above water, was saved to some extent, but all the property aft was lost. The Louis Ferrier, a small brigantine of about 70 tons, the property of Mr. James Scott, of Quebec, which happened fortunately to be in the offing, was engaged to take the passengers and crew to Quebec, and a supply of water and provisions was put on board of her ; but the weather proved unfavour able, and she was detained until the 28th ultimo, on which morning she got under way with no less than 120 people on board. On the morning of the 30th, about 7.30, the Anglo-Saxon having hove in sight off Cape de Monts, Captain Me;kleried im mediately put off in his life boat to intercept her, and, the brigantine showing a signal of distress at the main, steered across her track. The comman der of the Anglo Saxon perceiving that something was wrong, bore down on the life-boat, and shortly after ran alongside the brigantine, from which he took all the shipwrecked passengers, whom he amply supplied with many comforts they much re quired. It is stated that the numerous wrecks annually occurring in the Gulf of St. Lawrence might have been obviated if proper lights had been established along the . coast ; and that it is a matter of regret to all acqua nted with the navigation, that so impor tant a point as the west point of Anticosti, and several others of equal importance, where buildings for the purpose have actually been erected for nearly two years, should still be unprovided with lights. A rumour, which gained currency in Kingston, to the offiect that the 9th Regiment, stationed in that city, was to be despatched to India, created much excitement among the men, and several of them deserted to the United States. On the morn ing of the 24th ultimo the entire garrison guard, consisting of a sergeant and eight men, deserted, carrying five stand of arms and ammunition with them. They got away by taking one of the officer's boats, but before leaving they scuttled all the other boats so as to prevent a pursuit. The Montreal Transcript, alluding to the ru moured departure of troops, says : " It is stated in well informed quarters that the whole of the regular troops now in this province will shortly be withdrawn for service in India, and that orders from head quarters to that purport are expected to arrive by next mail. Should this be so, there is every probability that the active force will be required to do permanent duty, or that, failing this, immediate steps will be taken to raise and equip one or more provincial regiments." A St. John's (New Brunswick) paper mentions the failure of Mr. Jo3.eph Fairweather, whose Ea..' bilities were estimated at from 30,0001. to 70,0001. The railway between Shediac and Moncton had been opened. At Quebec the timber market was exceedingly d u ll. The quantity of titnber in first hands for sale wa s unusually large, but on the other hand the stock in the hands of shippers was moderate. Busi. nesa in general produce was also dull. At New York on the 28th ult. flour was dull and declining. Prime wheat was scarce and firm. Stocks were dull and heavy. Money was in good demand at 7 per cent. on call. The Nem York Courier and Inquirer of the 26th has the foliowing remarks of the state of commercial matters s , Some few parties who had advanced largely upon railroad securities now depreciated have been compelled to suspend payment in this city. These failures are, however, few, end may be said to be wholly confined to those who have gone out of the legitimate course of bankers, and have taken too heavily of one species of public securities. But the effect upon our city is small. Wall-street is not Now York. Take all the assets of all the suspended parties and of all the railroad corpora. tions whose paper they hold, bud the aggregate is but as ' a drop in the bucket.' The real effect so far is to create serious inconvenience to a large class of bankers in the West, who had entrusted their New York funds to the parties under protest. The amounts held by our city banks and bankers (assuming it at 1,000,000 dole.) affect but in an extremely small degree the business of Wall-street itself; and, as to other parts of the, city, it need not be thought of. We should not revert to the great, the important, the all-powerful interests of com merce, under such a money stringency ens prevage at the 'Moment, and at the moment only. 'We find our manufacturers closely engaged in filling or executing orders from all parts of the country at large. Every department of internal trade is active and remunera tive also. The country is abundantly prosperous from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Labour is in demand everywhere, from Maine to California ; and this labour is well repaii;. The planter at the South and the planter at the West is reaping a rich harvest ; and if Wall-street were blotted out of existence to-day the permanent interests of the country would scarcely feel the change. As to the ability of the mercantile classes to sustain their credit, it is conceded that they have never been stronger. Payments from the West aril South have been punctual this season, and those regions are fast becoming creditors instead of debtors to-the commercial metropolis. We hear that liberal orders have been received from England for breadatuffs from this quarter. Lower prices will, it is true, be realistd, but it is well known that the grain producers of the West can compete with the whole world as to quality, quantity, and price of the cereal products. If our far mers cannot get 2 dole, or 1- dol. 75c. per bushel for wheat, they will realise a profit at 1 dol. or 1 dol. 25c . All the combined efforts of England to produce cotton in India have failed, and the United States !nue!. for 20 years to come supply Western Eur gee with this great staple. On the whole, there, are no grounds for fear, either financially or commercially. A few weak houses will probably suspend duriag the week or mouth, but the city at large is abundantly strong and iicli." SHOCKING CRUELTY TO AN OLD WOMAN.—At 'the Leeds Court-house, on Saturday, a big, f• urly-looking man, dressed in a smock frock, named James Cooper, was charged with a brutal assault upon bis mother in• law, a woman about 65 year of age. it appeared from the evidence that the brutal fellow kicked the poor (1. woman until she became insensible. Mr. Maclea, ad dressing the prisoner„ said :—" You aro by far the most brutal fellow I have ever heard of, It is impossibly to conceive a greater fiend. We shall give you the full punishment the law allows, which is six month s ' im prisonment with hard labour. CITY COMMISSION OE SEWERS. Yesterday the court met for the first time since ;he holidays for the despatch of public business. Mr. Deputy CiIItISTIE occupied the chair. As soon as the minutes of the last court had bcel read and confirmed, Deputy LOTT suggested that, for the future, dur ing the continuance of the holidays, the commission should adopt the course pursued by the Metropo litan Board of Works, that of meeting once a fort night for the transaction of ordinary routine busi ness. It sometimes happened that very important business started up in the vacation which required to be brought under the consideration of the court• CHAIRMAN—The Commission had agreed to ad journ for six weeks. It happens that this year that period is rather shorter than usual. During the interval, however, I have made it my business during-every second or third day to attend here for the purpose of ascertaining whether any matter of . emergency had occurred which should justify me in calling the court together. I found everything going on very quietly, and that there was no neces sity whatever for our meeting before this day. (Hear, hear.) I think it my duty to mention that the chief clerk (Mr. Paw) has been in almost daily attendance here during the holidays ; in point of fact, with the exception of a single day now and then, he has not availed himielf of the vacation at all. (Hear, hear.) SANITARY STATE OF TILE CITY. Dr. LETIIEBY, the medical officer of health, read. the following report :-- " To the lion. the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London. " Gentlemen,—The inspector's returns which are be. fore you relate to 551 houses that have been inspected during the last six weeks, and I beg to submit a list of 81 pllces that require your orders for their sanitary un provement in various particulars. The mortality tables for the same period indicate an average condition of the public health, and show that it ha's not been disturbe d by any unusual ep'clemic. The total number of deaths in the City of London during the last six weeks has been 322, of which 154 were among children of less than Ave years of ay, and 52 among old persons of 80 and up' wards. The principal causes of death wore the use- 1 summer complaints. Diarrhoea has been fatal in 5° cases, of which 45 were among the infant population. The mortality'from this disease rose very rapidly up to the last week of July, when it reached one.fourth of the total death rate. Since that time it has ,gradually de' dined, and the influences of the heavy thunderstorms in checking the progress of the disease have been very re markable. Among the other causes of death there Wer e 30 from hydrocephalus and the convulsions of infect* 29 from mesenteric diseases, 26 from phthisis, 13 frol hooping cough, 12 from pneamonia, 13 from typhus , from measles, 6 from bronchitis, 4 from scarlet fever, from small-pox, and 1 from cholera. These numbers ere not in excess •of those which were registered della the corresponding period of last year, and they a re much below the comparative death rates for all Lon" den. Taking the whole of th'e metropolis, the deaths from cholera during the last five weeks have been as 1 to 58 of the total mortality, whereas in the city, th e !, have been but as 1 to 322, and again, while the deati, from diarrhoea and dysentery have been througho ut London as 1, to 4.73, in the city they have been but 1 to 6.31. It must not be supposed, 1017 ever, that all parts of the City have been relieved to like extent from the pressure of disease. In the t asters division of it the proportion of deaths from diarrhea% h 3e been as 1 to 3.9 of the total deaths, whereas in the western districts it has been only as Ito 9 7. Thes e facts aro confirmed by the reports of the medical office rs to the City unions, from which I find that 550 cases 0, f diarrhoea, 98 of fever, and 21 of cholera, have occurre'' among the City poor during the last six weeks. M ecli t of this sickness has been occasioned by the unusual bee t of the season, the mean temperature of which has n e only been at all times a'.ove the average, but it has f fe; quently ranged in the course of 24 hours from_ upwa r d s el' 100 deg. Fahrenheit in the sun, to less than 60 deg; at night, and even in the shade the range has sometl been as much as 30 deg. Since the last meeting of t commission a complaint has been made to me by sc a t of the inhabitants of Whitefriars of a very serious ann ° ?:, anco from the offensive effluvium emitted lit certain times ,from the osier tanks belonging to Mr, vv.i.:„ .- a who is a rod merchant and basketmaker, at No. 1, Gr'": o Junction-street, Whitefairs. I have visited the prernlr o and find that therein ground for complaint. Mr. Wal d has five large tanks, in which he steeps the ,'Bl, rods, until certain portions of the bark become pufr% This occasions a very offensive smell, especially svh ° the foul water is disturbed. I beg, therefore, to reo ° ,: e • mend that orders be given for the covering in of al l tanks, with close fitting covers, and that the foul ice ',70 be run off from the tans into the sewer, and the r ° " flushed with fresh water before they are disturbe d i This will have the effect of carrying away the pai rl o matters, and will not in any degree affect the tot operations. "I have the honour to remain " Your obedient servant, '(Signod) " 312L,1tY LICTIMEBY, ALB* " Guildhall, Sept. 8." The court, after transacting some routine WA" ness, adjourned. FORGERY AND SWINDLING AT BRADFORD At the Bradford Borough Court-house, yesterdol (Tuesday), a young man, who had been brougbt a stationer, named Thomas Dove, a cousin of the notorious murderer, William. Dove, of Leeds, a% another young man named Andrew Behar) t o Irishman, and, described as a gentleman, s i t charged with having, through forged documenvt", purporting to have been written .by Messrs. some and Lennox, stationers, Leeds, and tb° sponsible servants of the Low Moor CoreP, al 4 swindled Messrs. Dale, Mr. Charles Staioa,° U g and Mr. Mawson, booksellers, out of var! ° , o quantities of note paper and sheets of po sb % stamps. Dove had served his apprenticeship a s o f stationer with Messrs. Newsome and Lenno/c.. , Leeds, and was subsequently an assistant to I`o, Stanfield, who is also stamp distributor for the 9 44 trice, and was hence partly acquainted with customers, and the way in which he transa cu a `o business. On Saturday the prisoner Andrew „ Went to Mr. Stanfield's shop, and delivered a 0° of which the following is a copy - "Low Moor Ironworks, Sept. 5 ,,0 , "Mr. Stanfield,—Sir,—Be pleased to make att -- , o e count-book as per enclosed pattern, and finish the sa id, without delay ; also, send by bearer five sheets of 0 ,1 postage stamps. The cash for the stamps we wil l li e f you down by the postman this evening, as our c a ' is out at present, and oblige, " Yours truly, "T. WOUSS° I O . O II "Also one ream notepaper, of better qua " this—plain." , Bohan received the notes and the postage-sta lli 0 and left the shop. Mr. Stanfield soon susP e n the true nature of the transaction, and 10 " communicated with the Low Moor CompanYt fears were confirmed, and ho informed + tlee Leveratt, chief-constable, and detective Sh tl :,, o r t worth of the matter. In the meantime, how ° ;.l another communication was forwarded b 1 from Leeds to Stanfield, as follows : 6, "149, Biiggate, Leeds, Soca'„,„er "Sir,—We will thank you to s en d by ne xt passe7we train about Gl. or 81. worth of: postage stamps, 11 ;0 have a lot of political circultas to post this cv e° ,,,eet; which is imperative. M r . Anderson, here, the L o til master, has run short, a n d will not have a supply ,'; ic Monday compels us to apply to you for help. %%AO the meantime, will get from the post•office district " es t , we can, and do not fail to stcd them by return Of P e p " Have you a copy, second-hand or new, of ' . 0113 History of Bradford ?' If so, the price. 1 414 ' "Do not fail to send the stamps per return of land Railway.—We are, faithfully yours, " NEWSOME AND L E N- " Mr. Stanfield, Bradford." to The receipt of this in the handwriting simila r a t communicationthe former rendered it certai n "„ fi a a gang. of swindlers and forgets was at work , " 0 (1 Mr. Leveratt caused a pareel to-ba made o P A v ir sent to Leeds by the noxt'train; big also aec ei qo' nied by detective Shuttleworth to watch vill ° re el ceived it. Accordingly 'both officer and P 3 : 3 0 0 were conveyed by the 35 to 7 Midland line, landing Shuttleworth saw the pr i son er Dove ..r .,N 1 1 0 for the parcel, receive it, sign and pay for it , " t wo the other prisoner Bohan stood by the pareelfdp door, and he immediately took him into ens he at' In the course of Monday, from which day th ° ing was remanded, other cases against the ihrit s oin turned up, and it appeared that Mr. 1 " -3 ,"„ost" bOokseller, had been duped out of a quantity 01 r age stamps, &b. The following is the letter • a " Low Moor Iron Works, near J3radf°" o Yorksh;re, 185 . "Mr. Mawson.—Sir, —Please prepare six r e „ s o ,liti note paper, heaved as above, as asoon El pOSSiblel 'cleft° and size as this. If you have not the plate by P u i engrave one. otfh s f " Also send by bear er th ree ' s h ee t s of „P„" 11 ,, stamps. The cash for th e stamp we will son" J;diel" the postman to-ni g ht. W e want them for - ru us!,.so please send thorn by bearer.—Vonrs T. "PS.—I think'eur heading plate is in • Lorld o33. del!' Immediately after this a similar note was ~ ,sog vered to Messrs. Dale, stationers "and in the sheets of postage stamps . were delivere d. Stanfield, Mr. Dale, and Mr. Mawson all ga.;;',.0 0 deuce of having teceivecl 'the notes and d" l go 4 the goods, while Mr.. Wtodhead for the Lovr_otio Company, and Mr. Lennox of the firm of Di t r: and Lennox, proved that the order 4 bad 11 n o 0 91, nated from them, and the prisoners deeliniol;: anrhing their defence were co.mwitte4 In t op at the assizes. From their own confesiicrj „ Lo va some they had intended to operate large;Y:,11000 some of the stuff houses in the town in the i t'; v iog of this week. Both are old offenders, Dove o L ds (. 0 been already imprisoned for obtaining gP,„ O Pt false pretences, and Bohan under a convicylv both. idivir: felony. RAILWAYS-FOR CABS. tr. .c. fr C. Orleans 1,315 Western - Northern Lyons and Med B5O New Ditto New Ditto - Geneva ... . ... 655 -- Sardinian Midi THE EAST. Constantinople journals and letters to 29th ult. have reached us via Trieste. Diplomatic relations had not at that date been officially resumed, the following reasons being assigned for the delay. M. de Souza, the Spanish minister, to whom the French interests were' temporarily confided, had been charol to negotiate the details of the ceremonial of re-hoisting the flags. As regarded Franco, there was at first no difficulty, the Porte having consented to salute the flag, butiti efrised to pay the same honour to Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia, under pretext that the first two wore only rep esented by ministers, and the last named by a charge d'affaires ; and also on the plea that it was not Turkey who had broken off the relations, but the four powers themselves. Under such circumstances it was objected that it was not logical to salute the French flag any more than the others. The Porte at length consented to pay the same honours to the Russian flag, but M. de Thouvenol would not admit that Sardinia and Prussia should to treated with less consideration, I awl insisted on a similar ceremonial for all. This the Porte persisted in refusing. The matter became every day more and more irritating, when at length, in coesoquence, it is supposed, of orders from Paris, M. de Thouveoel signified that he should not require the salute, but that he would not • accept any mark which was not granted also to his three colleagues. It appeared, therefore, that the flags were to be rehoisted with ort!; any ceremony beyond a visit of Cabouli Effendi, first dragoman of the Porte, to the repre sentatives of the Four Powers. 'lntelligence had been received from Persia to the effect that Mr. Murray, the English Ambassador, had been re ceived by the Saah at his summer camp in the mountains. RUSSIA AND CHINA. The Russian Government has autliorisel its consul in the part of Bessarabia recently separated from its frontier to give the inhabitants passports to cross the new Russian frontier as often as th e y please. Tlis passports a re t o b e va lid three months at a time without a new visa. A letter from St. Petersburg says :—" The foreign journals which have anuounced that the mandarin in command of the Chinese province of Kiacktr. had prevented Admiral Putjatin from pro ceeding to iPekin by that road, are misinformed. The admiral is not at present anywhere near the e he is empl o yed in frontiers part Ch of .Upper China and lttiss siiabria, organising the squadron which Russia has such great interest in hiving permanently stationed in the river Amur. The mission which the Russian government has ke up at Pekin since 1660 i s di rec t e d by a Clreek archirnandrite, assisted by a cer tain number of priests to give spiritual assistance to - such of their cc-religionists as may happen to be in the country. At the request of the late Emperor Nicholas, the Russian mission has been successively increased in number by the addition of several stu dents and other pers)ns versed in geographical science. On the decennial renewal this year of the staff cf the mission, the Emperor Alexanderthought it advantageous to add. to it several military and civil engineers , and when the archimandrite pre sented himself at the frontiers of Kiackta, ac companied by such a numerous body, the mandarin would not take on himself to allow. such a number of foreigners to enter as they might by travelling by short stages bo able to mace themselves geographically and strategically ac quainted with the country and with the best roa, Is to proceed direct to Pekin. The mission is the'e fore compelled to remain on the frontier until the mandarin receives instructions from his govern ment, unless the Russian government should order them to proceed by sea to the northern provinces of China." THE,' MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND MICE MICHAEL. The Nord of Brussels says :—" According to the established custom at the court of Russia, a gala spectacle took place at - the Grand Theatre on the 28th ultimo; on:the '.occasion.of the marriage of the.Grand .- Duli - OsVfichael.. At eight o'clock in v . the e. thug the house was crowded, all the civil and military functionaries in full uniform and the ladies in their richcat•toilettei. The boxes glittered with diamonds, and the diplomatic body was ex ceelingly numerous. Lady Wolehouso and Male. Regina, the beautiful wife of the Neapolitan minis ter, attraeted universal notice. At half-past eight the Imperial family arrived, the road by which they came being illuminated and hung with flags. When the Imperial party_entered the -large c3ntre box, the Empress mother and the Emperor A d vanced to the front of the box, leading the newly married couple, and presented thorn to the public, who raised three loud cheers. The orche3tra then struck up the national hymn, and every ono re maned stinding until the Imperial party had seated themselves. The Grand Dilate -s, the newly married biide, wore a superb dress of pink silk, with five flounces of Alencon I=l. a rich diadem on her heal, an d a nec kl ac e of 'large diamuds. The performance only lasted an hour, but Eta,• at tention was paid to it, all eyes being direct .d to wards tee Imperial box. On the following morning the newly-married couple received at their palace the congratulations of the dignitaries of the court, of the diplomatic body, the high civil functionare and officers of the army and navy. Deputtt ions from different trading bodies - of the city, headed by M. Alforovskii, the mayor, were also preFentei, each of them, according to custom, offering brotd and s mlt on a gold dish. The one presented by ill° artisans Is a 3 the handsomest and the richest. Next, day the family returned to Peterhof, and tha Em peror gave a was brilliantly illuminated with lamps of every was ball at the palace. The p ac k even to the tops of the trees, and Bengal fires were placed in different directions, so that the whole ground was ono blaze of light. Sixteen TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir —I have mueh pleasure in acquainting you that fetters have been received from Capt. M'Clin took, in the Fox, at Baal's River, in Greenland, where he had put in for the purpose of sending home M. Lewis ' one of his crew, who was seized with spitting of blood, which rendered it advisable for him to leave the arctic regions as soon as possible. The friends and relatives of those embarked, as well as those who wish success to the expedition, will be gratified to learn that thus far the progress made has exceadel our anticipation, and that in point of time he is 15 days in advance of Captain Inglefield, in his memorable voyage of 1852. The vessel is found to answer admirably, well, and by means of steam forced her way through the pack into Frederickshaal , where they r e pl en i s h e d th e i r coal and then preceeded to Baal's River, off the entrance to which they mot the DanishvOsitel bound to Copenhagen. Capt. APClintock, after touching at .Disco, in tends passing throuvh the Wargat StraitS 'and call ing at Proven and Upernavic for dogs. The Danos report that the winter has been a very stormy one, which will have the effect of • breaking the ice up and rendering the head of Baffin's Bay clear. May I beg the favour that you will communicate to the public thi3 prosperous commencement of a gallant undertaking, awl Oblige Yours truly, It. COLLINSON. Sept. S. LOSS OF THE BRITLSIT BARQUE DOPE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—l have to report the the total loss of the British barque Hope, of Bristol, 503 tons, bound from SWallSo3 to the Cape Verd Islands with patent fuel. The captain, Read, and his crew of 16 souls, were picked up in two boats at 5 p.m., on the 2Gth ult., durinc , a gale of wind and heavy sea, by the captain and crew of the French brig Amitie, of La Nouvelle, in the Gulf of Lyons, and brought to this port. They report that they could not have lived out the night had it not been for the courage and pro vidential aid of the French crew. The vessel foundered and was abandoned in Lt. 46 deg. 43 min. N., long. 10 deg. 43 min. W. Nothing was saved but the ship's papers. The gallint rescue I shall have the melancholy plolsure of reporting in the proper official quarter. I arn - , sir, your obedient servant, • C. PEMBERTON HODGSON, Her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul. Caen, Sept. 5. FUND FOR THE SUFFERERS BY TIIE REBELLION IN INDIA. Tho following is the translation of a communica tion from the French Ambassador to the Lord Mayor : "Albert-gate, Sept. 7, 1857. "My Lird Mayor, —I have received from the Emperor the following despatch : " I send 3'ou 1,0001. sterling as my personal subscription in favour of the officers and. soldiers o cruelly afflicted in India. I also send you 4001., the resul of thestthscriptiwaof the Imperial Guard. We have not fo4,Yottea the generoui subscription of the Queen and of the Euglish peop!e at the time of the inundations. "Receive, my Lord Mayor, the assuraoce of my considelation: - "F. D. PERSIGNY, AmbissAdor of France. " I sena herewith au order for 1,4001. stoning.' TRE MILITIA. AND Tflg LINE. . The following letter has been addressed to a con temporary by "A Practical Recruiter" :—Sir,— Will. you permit me through year columns to call the attention of the authorities to a circumstance which tends very materially to paralyse the efforts of the recruiting parties dispersed throughout the country—viz., the condition upon which men be longing to militia regiments are permitted to enlist into the regular army ? Under existing regulations, before a militiaman can be enlisted, it is necessary that the sanction of the Secretary for War shall in each case be obtained by his commanding officer, a proce3s which usually occupies some three weeks; added to which, if he has not be-_ln embodied, he is compelled to pay the sum of 18s. 61. for his dis charge.' I need not point out that this has practically the effect of preventing the very class of men who are not only the most eligible, but the most likely to offer themselves, from joining the ranks of our army. Common sense, surely, demands that every facility should be - afforded the - :.e men to embrace a service for which their previous career may be fairly pre sumed to have given them a taste, and in some mea sure to have qualified them. indeed, one would have thought that an additional inducement in the way of bounty ought to be hold out to them, instead of their being obliged, in some cases, to forfeit nearly one-half of the ordinary bounty, simply be cause they had during the late war served their country. It haS been decided that all the militia are not to ho called out, because, as Lord Palmerston justly remarks, it would be paying a heavy price to em bodythe militia of theUnited.Kingdom for 56 days on the chance of obtaiainga few volunteers. Let an order be issued ireeting a free discharge to be at once granted to every militiaman desirous to enlist on his being found "lit" for the service, and offer a double bounty (41. instead of 21.) to such men as have been embodied 12 months, and I have no fear that a sufficient number of volunteers wiil be obtained to meet the present emergency. PIOUS G.A.A.IBLERS.-- , On of the most amus 7 ng in stances of external piety we rommber to have wit nessed was in a Madrid club, where every night, towards . 12, o'clock, a rouge-et-noir table opens. Occasionally it has happened that when the game as at the 11)ttest, the table strewn with gold and notes, eagerness to be real on the flushed counte nances that craned over the green cloth, there was heard in the street without tho tinkle of the bell that. a,nriouiLios the passage of the Host. Instantly the game was 'suspended - , the gamblers knelt upon their-chairs or on the floor, acid crossed themselves and mumbled prayers while the conse crated wafer passed 9u its ‘77a37 to some dying man's bedside. The sound of the bell and of the steps of the prieSts grow faint Jr, and as it died away the gamblers resumed their seats, again grasped their gold, and stretch e d t h e i r nec k s, and once more it was "Rouge yagne et la couleur."—Blaelz wood's Magazine fur Sept. THE SIC& CURATE.- 44 Ah," said Mrs. Pettifer, " it's a thousand pities his father and sister can't come and live with him, if he isn't to marry. But I wish with all my heart he could have taken to some nice woman as would have made a comfortable home for him. I used to think he might take to Etizs Pratt ; she's a good girl, and very pretty; but I see no likelihood of it now." " He'd need have somebody, yoling or old," cbserved Aire. Linnet. " to see as ho wears a flannel wahcoat, an' changes his stocking When he comes in. It's my opinion ho's got that. cough wi' sitting i' wet shoes an' stocking, an' that Mrs. Wagstatl's a poor addle-headed thing—she doesn't half tek c:We on him." " Oh, mother," said Re becca, " she's a very pious woman. And I'm sure she thinks it too great a privilege to have Mr. Tryan with her not to do the best she can to make - him comfortable. She can't help her rooms toeing shabby. " I've nothing to say again' her piety,. My dear ; but I know very well I shouldn't iiko her to cook my victual. When a man comes in hungry an' tired pity won't feed him, [ reckon. [lard carrots 'till lie heavy err his stomach, piety or no P=iety. I called m one day when she was dishin' up Mr. Tryan's dinner, an' I could see the potatoes was as wa tery as watery. It's right enough to be speritial —l'm no enemy to that ; b u t I like my potatoes mealy. I don't see as anybody 'all go to heaven the sooner for not digestin' their dinner—providin' they don't die sooner, as mayhap Mr. Tryan, will, poor dead man."—Biack good's Ilfrig=ine. ,~,_~~ , Letts MArk e i PI ice 3 sale 3 v Which by the closed slight The firmer 1 In -Ll qtliry fc fr enl tl general three the Ste plicatic the ter ,Capital by ti Call, large f ey? day Der cen B°°ll be , tillttT ( 41Fzeb Div ot] ( II Cjo rt , but n e o , th an d Earn, ap t , bp, 111 %1 tttk