Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-22 00:00:00

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ACADE XI'S EXHIBIT ON, Postoffi?o-place. 1.3.1.J0e's WAXWORK ExalarrfoN —lO a m. to 10 p.m. Cad:MN HALL, Clayt n-square—G.rdon Cumming-8 p.m EOSAL COLOssgUm —GeasrAl Entertiinnelt—B.3o p.m. ZO.n.soicAt. G ARDE V3—Grand ,n 3 Varied Ent,rtainmentg. CO' For pirtieulars see advertigements. (T qe lortlitii filzin TUESDAY SEPTF3HIER 22, 1837. THE DAY'S NEWS. Th7e're is absolutely nothing stirring just now, and the Indian news is therefore the only topic which engages the attention of the public generally. We have nothing to add to our already ample details pu'elished in yesterday's paper, and our readers are in possession of all the general facts concerning the position of the Europeens in India up to the date of our last adviees. The intelligence is chequered with good and. evil ; on the one hand we have the mittinen3 symetorns in Bombay, the alarms of the, Mehurrana. the. terrible calamity at Arrah, the outoleak at Dioapore, the extension of the rebellion in Bengal, and the critical situa tion of the force before Delhi ; but, On the other, General Havelock's second advance the pacifica tion of the Punjaub, pro's:tability of large reinforcements being concentrated Pi the :North West, and the arrival of fresh troops at Bombay and Calcutta. balence the aeceunt, and Inspire us, under all the circumstances, with confidence. We are glad to perceive that the home government is fully alive to the importance of General Have lock's movements, as we are informed that the General Commanding-in-Chief has conferred a good service pension of ..V.OO per annum upon General Haveloek We sincerely hope that the latter will persevere in his attacks upon the enemy, and that in all engagements he willprove victorious, for, apart from the fact that he is in opposition to our enemies, he deserves great praise for having, with his little Column, made what the Romans called "great marches," d;feated ten thousand men before breakfast, and fifteen thousand at noon, in the blaze of a Bengal July, and scouring an tre healthy region, swarm'ng with well armed, fierce, and blood-thirsty vagabonds. Respecting Delhi, the Tintfs says that there are two qtmters from which the British force before that city may receive effectual succours—the Panjaub to the north west, and Calcutta to the south west. "At the beginning of the insurrection the Punjaub contained the bulk of the European forces stationed in the Bengal Presidency, and some of the best "corps of Irregu lars. Little time, in point of fact, was lost in despatching assistance from these parts to the camp at Delhi, but the province itself had, of course, to be secured before much could be done for the aid of others. These preliminary precau tions, however, have now been taken. Every Sepoy battalion in the Purjaub had either been disarmed or cut to pieces ; the Sikh population has furnished new and trustworthy levies ; and what with the European regiments thus disengaged,and the Sikh troops enrolled, it is calculated that the reinforce ments on their way to Delhi from the north west in the month last past would represent little less than half the effective strengt'a of the Bengal army as it remained after the defection of the Sepoys. No such resources as these can be de spatched from Calcutta until the arrival of seecours from England ; but it is gratifying to observe that the interval is marker! .by most seasonable reliefs from other quarters." The D lily Nezei severely sen cures the authorities for the length to which the mutinies have gene. "It is useless to mince matters," says this paper. " Things need never to have been brought to this pass had the Home Government and the Local Government in Bengal shined with due precision and promptitude. We. have now before us private letters from officers in the armies of all the three Presidencies. Every o'pe of them contains the remark—vari 'd, of course, in expression—that matters need not have been so bad if the Home Government had despatched a few thousands of men overland when reinforce ments were first applied for. In confirmation of this opinion, we may observe, that natives who at fixst held aloof from the revolt, have been heard .to tOcount for their subsequently joining it by allud ing to the nen-arrival of troops they hart expected by the route of Suez." The Daily News is for the immediate removal of the present Governor- General of India. 4‘ Lord Canning's bigotry to etiquette—more worthy of a dancing master than of a .statesman—has given a fresh impetus to the Mutiny ; and it may shake tho good faith of neighbourin g States. When Jung Bahadeor heard of Loyd Canning's vacillation, he asked, - Does the English Goveroment hope to retain India with such a Governor-General?" This was it) joke; but it is a truth that no Government can expect allies to remain true to it after it has ceased to be true to itself. ' Ministers are again out of town.' The Premier is off to Broadlanda, arid the noble earl who is 'grit:posed to preside over the Foreign Department has certainly left Balmoral, but only that he may pay a round of visits to his frienls and acquain tances. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, who takes rank as Commander-in-Chief, remains at Chalons in France, where a good many manoeuvres of a diverting character are going on. Apri thus we think the description which the ,Calcutta memorialists give of British officials taking matters in the stme easy and comfortable *Ay as under ordinary circumstances will apply to :England as well as to Bengal. f ' Meetings in aid of the suffirers in India • continue to be held all over the country. At ;Exeter, on Friday, nearly £4OO was subscribed, and at Warminster, on Saturday, upwards of £240. The Irish capital, always forward in the cause of ',or suffering humanity, is making the necessary preparations in aid of the good work begun in England. A deputation waited on the Lord Mayor *On' Friday, praying his lordship to convene a public meeting to concert measures towards dollecting subscriptions, an I Friday next Ilse been :appointed for the purpose. Already the Lord- Lieutenant has notified that he will head the list with a donation of £lOO. This is a very princely 'enbaeription from one of the richest noblemen of "'t'he land. He has £20,000 a-year, exclusive of his own private income. • There will be some trouble yet in B3lfalt. laboured under the opinion that the Rev. Mr. H Inns, who at first caused all the rioti by street preaching, had determined to keep himself quiet, and desist from his insane invectives against the 'Roman Catholic religion. No al, however On Sunday, Mr. Hanna attempted to preach, but the Mayor prevented him. Great excitement pre vailed, and all the constabulary were placed under arms. Mr. Hanna asserts that he will have all the Orangemen from the counties of Down and „Antrim on bunaay next, and that he will preach in defiance of the authorities. The excitement, we a're told, has spread into the neighbouring towns. ,We to-day publish a letter written by the late THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 22. 1857. Captain Rogers, on the eve of his execution, and it will doubtless excite sad emotions in the mind of the thoughtful reader. No one who has read the evidence, can doubt the fact that the crime of murder lay at hip doer. Proof is heaped upon pro - of, showing that the cruelties which he perpetrated upon his victim, resulted in death, and yet the wreteha convict, although about to be summoned into the presence of his Maker, solemnly asserts his innocence, and mingles with his denial sentiments indicating a religious and a thoughtful state of mind. It would really appear as if he had per suaded himself into a positive disbelief of his own acts. While on this subject we may notice that the subscription in aid of the unfortunate widow and family of Rogers is progressing favourably; but we would advise, the public to send in any donations to the parties authorised to collect, for we understand that a \vernal' is going through the town soliciting alms from the charitable, on the pretence that she is Mrs. Rogers. The partieu!ars of a dreadful murder by an Italian seaman, in London, on Sunday night, will he found elsewhere.. The murderer, a young man about twenty-four years of age, of the name of Jose de Rosario, an Italian seaman, was beating an unfortunate woman of the town, in the locality of Wellelose-square, wken the deceased, George de Matras, the late proprietor of an Italian coffee houae, at No. 200, St. Gorge's• street, near the London D ecke, remens'rated with the murderer, who instantly pulled out a large stiletto from his pocket and stabbed the unfortunate man. The latter called out "murder," and endeavoured to wrest the knife from his assailant. Durlng the struggle the assassin threw h:s victim clown and ran away. A police constable immediately pur§ne.l the murderer, with whom he carne up near the London Doak gates, when a desp: , rate atruggle ensued, but Rosario was overpowered, and conveyed to Lernan.street polio station house. The mur dered man died in half an hour after the wounds were intli The body of a young Jai has been fonnd in the forest in the immediate vicinity of Nottingham, and from its appearance there is no doubt that has been foully murdered for his boots. The police have some clue to the supposed•murderer. The French. journals continue to occupy them selves with the ladia insurrection as the only topic of present interest. The greatt , st importance is attafned by most of them to the m epor . zeti retreat of the British force from before Delhi. The siege is a siege merely in name All that it amounts to is the presence, in front of a large fort fird city, of a force which has elmost too much to do to repel the numerous sorties of its garrison. The Journql ds Debets, however, probably takcs the most rational view of the consequences of a retreat. It says — However weak may be the beseiging, army, it maintains the authority of the British Flag before the head quarters of the revolt, and its retreat would leave the field open to the. King of adhi. Communication would also be lost with the Pun jaub, which is trarvil, an furnishes recruits, th' services of the Sikhs, Affghans, and Ghoorkas, who fight valiantly for E and appear to detest the Sepoys, and who long for the sack Gtf D3lhi, would have to be abandoned." The Governor of the French Possessions in India has written to the French Admiral com manding in the Indian Seas, to send him some ships of war as a measure of protection. Seven teen commercial firms of Bourdeaux have requested the Chamber of Commerce of that town to endeavour to obtain from the Government the despatch of an armed force, sufficient to protect the French Possessions in India from a possible outbreak of the natives. Tile other items of continental news are unim portant. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs has addressed a note to the French Ministers at the Northern Courts, implying that tly3 Emperor NapDleon takes the side of the King of Denmark in the rupture con , !erning the Duchies. Toe Emperor of the French will leave Chalons, on Thursday, for Germany. THE Parliamentary Blue Books, although not agreeable volumes for attentive perusal, con tain much matter of a highly interesting, important, and useful character. Our readers are aware that in the last session of Parliament were appointed a select committee, composed of gentlemen of financial reputation and great par liamentary experience, to inquire into the receipt, issue, and audit of public moneys, in the Exche quer and other governmental departments. We observe that the result of their investigation, and the conclusions which they have drawn from the evidence which they collected, has just been published in the shape of a lengthened report. The matter treated of in this blue-book is cer tainly an.important one. Most of us are pretty well aware, from the repeated demands of collec tors of assessed taxes, of the mode by which the gross revenue of the country is made up, but comparatively few are aware of the details of the expenditure after the Chancellor of the Exche quer has got it into his clutches. Besides, we are not satisfied that the system of keeping the accounts are such as to guarantee accuracy, and a further application of all the items to their legitimate and proper purposes. Indeed a con trary feeling is suggested on perusing the report of the Committee just alluded to, seeing that they recommend various changes in the several branches into which they divided their enquiries. Supposing all their recommendations to be requisite, and we have no reason to doubt it, we cannot help wondering if any and what guar antee existed in past days against dishonesty and peculation ; and whether those officials to whom was entrusted the distribution of the nation's revenue were surrounded by any safe guard to prevent them helping themselves liberally, should they think proper. The doings of some of the high officials of the Duchy of Lanca ter, to which we have freq tently referred, show the looseness with which the public accounts and audits are made out. Of late, various schemes of amendment in these particulars have been proposed and par tially adopted, so that it is some comfort to think that, as time advances, we are drawing more tightly the reins of fiscal discipline, thereby giving to the country at large better grounds of assurance that the " supplies" granted for any particular object are properly applied and the money spent for the benefit of the In the report before us we observe that the Select Committee treat of various topics con nected with the receipt and expenditure of the public revenue, viz : Exchequer issues and the paymaster's department; payments of the gross tevenue to the exchequer; system of keeping the public accounts; Exchequer Bills; appropriation cheques; the system of auditing ; and votes for the Civil Service. With respect to the former of these topics, the benefits of a consolidation of ' the pay departments, and the desirability of keeping the cash balances of each department as small as possible, are set forth, and properly too, seeing that they refer to the main source of the financial discrepancies and irregularities formerly complained of. To their recommendations we do not at present see any plausible or solid objection. In concluding their recommendation on this point, the committee say—" the Pay master-General should cease to be a political officer, discharging his duty by deputy ; he should become the active and efficient head of the pay office, performing his duty in person." No doubt this announcement may startle many of our readers who were not aware that the high sounding office of Paymaster-G-eneral was merely one of name, the real duties of which were per formed by deputy. This is a recommendation which the friends of the Financial Reform Asso ciation will gladly accept a 3 a step in the right direction. The council of that excellent body have battled hard to extinguish a system which keep 3 in most of the public departments one official for ornament and show, and another fur real service. If there is one branch of the public service more than another which requires a vigilant and efficient president, it is that office to which is entrusted the proper distribtvion of the money required for the service of the country. The next recommendation of the committee is, that the payments of revenue should, as far as possible, be made direct into the exchequer. This, we should suppose,, is meant to curtail the expense of collection, Bc_!. They also advise that the monies received by the pay-olice should be trans ferred into the exchequer account with as little delay as possible ; and further, that a statement of the receipts and payments included in the deposit account should be laid annually before Parliament.. These proposals appear doubly useful and important. They shadow forth what should be done. but which has hitherto been neglected. We see that the committee insist that the system of keeping the public accounts by "double entry'' should be adopte I in all the departments. The mention of this matter sug gests the lamentable inefficiency w!lich has prevailed in consequence of the lax system of account keeping ad )ptel in the Government Offices. We are glad to see that the committee are very emphatic upon the question of audit. This is as it ought to be, seeing the lamentable conse quences which-have arisen from deficient audit, or no audit at all, in more than one public com pany. The mode of audit, the parties who audit, and their mode of election, show that the com mittee regard it as a matter of vital importance. The audits are to be subjected to an annual revision of a committee of the House, to ba appointed by the Speaker, thereby making the examination and auditing of the national accounts a great fact, and not, as at present, a mere form, or, in other words, a governmental sham. The remaining points noticed and urged for adoption relate to the mode in which, votes for the Civil' Service should be taken, the necessity of founding the annual accounts of income and expenditure on actual receipts and payments, and the regu.. lation of the treasury chest fund, out of which are provided the means for carrying on the public service. As we have already remarked, the Report is a valuable one, and only hope it may find favour with the House, so as to.be speedily adopte 1 in the chief points of its reaornMen dation, CLERICAL firebrands in any country are dangeron members of the community. It was only a few days ago that we had to comment upon the proceedings of certain pers )ns in Belfast, and to stigmatize their pertinacity in insisting upon their rights to preach in the public streets, al though the fact of their doing so had led to serious riots and loss of life. Since noticing the Belfast riots, and the repre hensible conduct of certain of the clergy therein, information . has reached us from the far West, sta:in,g, that certain Clergymen in the City of, ainnecticnt have thought fit to get 'up al, remonstrance, and protest against the conduct of Mr. BUCHANAN, the President of the United States. The cause of this unusual proceeding, on the part of the Connecticut Divines, arises from the fact that Mr. BUCHANAN has deemed it his duty, as the Chief Magistrate of the United States, to put an end to the riot and bloodshed, which has prevailed for some time past in the territory of Kans7s, and to employ a portion of the United States triops in that important and necessary service. Now, we have not the slightest hesitation id slying, that these protesting memorialists hive mistaken their mission in thus stepping forward to stigmatize the conduct of their President for sending Governor AVALicza with a competent' army to put down the marauders with which the Kansas territory is overrun. Mr. BUCHANAN is doing nothing more than fulfilling the recorded wishes of the- Congress of the United States. Nevertheless, this conclave of would-be statesmen think otherwise, and term the action of the executive as a breach of the principles of the American Constitution, to compel the people of Kansas to obey laws which they never framed. and rulers which they never elected. As well might soma twenty or thirty persons in Liverpool get up a remonstrance against our effort to put down the Mutiny. Now, no matter how zealous Professor Stumm.; of Connecticut, and his thirty-nine supporters, may be, of religious and political matters, they mistake their mission if they fancy that it becomes them to put themselves forward as " shining lights" in political questions. Wo have great repugnance to Parsons, of any grade or creed, mingling in the political controversies of the day; but our opposition is greatly increased when we observe them banded together for the purpose of thwarting the administration of the country, interpreting the principles of the Constitution, charging the highest officer of the administration —he in whom the power of the executive is centre I—v►ith illegal and unconstitutional conduct and stigmatizing his acts as being contrary to the National character. When this takes place we do not fear to tell such presumptuous ecclesiastics that their conduct is both arrogant and unjustifiable. What then can be the motive of Professor SILL MAN and his co-memorialists ? The policy of President BUCHANAN has been antagonistic to putting down the Pro-Slavery party in Kansas. To do so, he considers would be to endanger the safety of the Uni,n for a single month. It is for not doing that which would inevitably lead to a civil commotion that the Clergy of Connecticu t make the pompous remonstrance and solemn protest. Our readers have perused the memorial and the Presidents reply, and we think that they will agree with us, when wo say that the latter, with the genius of an experienced diplomatist, considers the entire bearing of the question, and does not act upon partial principles:, that the decision of a matter, involving so large an interest, may most securely be entrusted. Hence, we quite approve of the President's stern but dignified rebuke, to those mischievious and self-constituted eouncellnyq, whilst we concur in tho otategman_ like manner in which he destroys the charges preferred against him. The principle of there accusations is, that he, as President of the United States, forced a Constitution upon the people of Kansas against their wishes, and despite their earnest remonstrances. But this is contrary to fact. When Mr BUCHANAN to3l{ possession of the Presidental Chair, in March last, the territory of Kan3as had been fully organised by en Act of Congress, pas3ed in 1854, and its government, in all its branches, was in active operation. The Territorial Legislature had concocted and passed a code of laws, which the authorised judges and magistrates were engaged in administering. Although much fuss had been made respecting the legality of the members elected, to represent the country in the Local Assembly, Clagress, long before Mr. BUCHANAN'S accession to office, had in a variety •of ways acknowledged the validity of the Kansas Legislature. Any one, who peruses the Presidential Oath, must admit that he is bound to have the laws faithfully executed, and to prevent thO' established government from being overturned by the violence, of lawless and unprin cipled men. Much as we detest slavery in any form or in any country, we cannot see that the least fault can be found with Mr. BoomANAN. The law of Con• gress organizing the Territory of Kansas, left to the people themselves to say whether slavery should or should not be tolerated in the country. When the voice of the people was collected sla very was permitted. The Anti-Slavery party felt most aceutely their defeat on this matter. But enough has been said to show that the President was no party to the introduction of the law per slavery in the territory. In enforcing obedience to that law, as well as respect to the constituted authorities of Kansas, Mr. BUCHANAN merely discharges a duty imposed upon him by his oath of office; it is therefore great inconsis tency to abuse and viliify him for discharging a task of the most imperative character. The more we reflect upon the docament which has called forth these remarks, we l hope that the reply of the President will teach such clerical firebrands a salutary lesson to keep their proper position, and to dischargo their legitimate, functions without acting in a way calculated to set law and order at defiance. The President's reply . clearly indicates that he is not to be bullied or brow beaten by any party, no matter how exalted or influential. MUNICIPAL ELEC r10N3.-CASTLE-ST RE' WARD •—Al ready are the wards beginning to stir. In those wards where there are vacancies by the retirement, &e., of mem bers, the burgesses are blinning to work, and they cannot begin too soon. In Castle-street Ward, Mr. Hornby has declined to be again nomins'ed, although urged to do so by over 180 of the electors of all political bearings. M. James Ryley has been solicited to fill the vacancy, and in his reply to the solicitation of the liberal electors, consent ing to be put in nomination, makes the following av )wal : " I need hardly say that I hold the political ptieciples known as ' Tbese prinei,Aes I inherited ; in these principles I was eductted ; and, of their immuteb:e truth and jostle?, the eperieuce of a life of half a century has most thoroughly convinced me. I shall, therefore, only deolare sty . con . inued, eonsist2nt, and' unalterable belief in their cmeetne33, and entire applidtbility to all matters of public concern. These principles I sincerely believe are advantageously applicable to the business of a large commuoity like that of Liverpool ; and if followed up with mod:ration and firmness, will, I believe, be ac• clptable and beneficial to all parties." Taere is little doubt of hie sncce3s. We would also remind the electors that "Mr. Ryley has always been opposed to the Rivingtoo Pike scheme, and would now support such measures as would give to the inhabitants the adlitiocal quantity of water thus procured for purposes to which it might be considered applicable; and, at the same time, to secure an ample supply of approved and palatable water for h wee ho'd uses." We trust that the electors of all the wards will only retura gentlemen who have opposed the introduc tion of the Riviogton water for dietetic purposes. REVISION OF THE LI3T OF VOTERS FOR THEI3MIOUGII. The annual revision of the list of parliaceentary eaters f the borough commenced yesterlay, in the Crown Curt, St. G,orge's Hall, before J. K. Brandreth, Esq., Revising Barrister. Mr. E. Ilarvc7, instructed by Mr. Brumfitt, appeared for the R.f)riners ; and Mr. Bremner, instructed by Mr. Buckmaster, for the Conservatives. The list of freemen was first erferel on. Tao first objection was by the Rerorrners; but the "first blood," in the shape of 51 costs, was dramit by the Conservatives. Several of tha. parties to whom costs were allowed handed over the money to tie poor...box. Mr. Bremner suggested that the fund, whatever it might turn out to be, should go to the subscripion in aid of the sufferers in India, and it is probable that the barrister will act on this suggestion. Shahid any laege proportion of the costs go to this object, no one will regret bow much soever both parties may be millet. In the freemea's list the R.formers objected to 261, and of tha cbjectionl sustained, 149. They male twenty claims, and five were allowed. The Conservatives made 45 oljections, and sustained 36. They made four claims, and had twq allowed. The list was finished before the court rose. This day (Tucsdey) the list for Evert.= and West Derby will be taken up. • . IMPROYEICNNTS IN VENICE.—A correspondent, under date of Venice, Sept. 16, says, "The Austrian Govern ment is resolved so to improve the port of 'Venice that large merchant vessels shall be able to get up to the city. A new dike or dam is being made at the Lido di Palestrina, opposite that at Alberoni, which was finished some years since. Tho lower part of the new dam is already completed, and the depth of water in the channel has increased from 14i to 19 and 20 feet. Four large dredging machines are continually at work in the inner canals ; and the Trieste Zeitung states that large suns will be expended in repairing the muraz z i, as the breakwater is called, which lies between the " Lsganes" and the *sea. The new railroad terminus atiVenice will be :built in such a way that docks, warehouses, &r., can be constructed close to it, "should the Suez canal be cut." In the district of Vicenza coals have: been found, which are said to be of excellent quality. Baron Sini, the Vienna Crcesus, who net long since bought the Palazzo Grassi, at Venice, for £17,300, is having it repaired in a most expensive style. One of the first artists in Milan will paint the ceilings of the saloons and the vestibule, and the side of the Palace towards the Campo St. Samuele will be faced with slips of marble. The Baron also intends to buy and demolish come of the neighbouring 'houses, in order to make a garden of the ground on which they stand. On Sunday last, the 13th inst., there was:a festival in the vast arena at Milan. It began with a race between jockeys, who rode with saddlesland stirrups, and fact ni (grooms), who had neither the one nor the other. There was then a chariot race, and the:victor in It was rewarded with 1,000 lire (about £33). Thereiwas also a tombo!a, or lottery, of which, as you are perhaps aware, the Lombards aro passionately fond. The prizes were worth about .£lOO , and each person who entered the arena received a ticket gratis." Ponrircs or MANcinEssza.—We find the following vary interesting item of intell:gence in the Morning Post and the ltxpress of Sa:urday :—" THE END OF THE LEsann.— We understand t' at the remlins of the old Anti-Corn-lass- League, who for so many years have inhabited Newell's Buildings, Manchester, have now been cast out. A new Ref rites party is about to be osson:sed under the auspices of Sir James Watts (the mayor,) Mr.:Thomas Bazley, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and other gentle men of political inguenco in M tuchester. There will be perman-tut chairman in the shape of a George Wilson, or an everlasting h sec•et try after - the fashion of S. P. Robinson. The officers of the old league party are totally rejected, end are to have nolp-rt in the party now org,a ri.ing. A meeting is :shortly to be held, at which the priociplss and objects of this new reform party rill be announced. It is said that the fital decision for the formation of the rew reform party was determined upon during the ;recent visit of Mr. Bright, M.P., to thin city."—"Nnw ItEransi ASSDCIATION AT MAN caBsTER."—The Manchester Examiner of yesterday says : "It is reported that :an attempt is making to organise a new Reform Association at IManchenter, independent of the Anti-Corn-law League party, but necessarily including all the important members of that association, who have been the life and soul of every reform movement in the town for upwards of the last 20 years. The obj-ct appears to he the formation of a party whom there:shall be no poe tcnce for identifying with the Issagiv, a name necessarily associated, from its power and success for many years, with. many mortifying associations to men once opposed to it, and now claitnins• to ,be good Reformers. Whether erro neously or not, the men forming the nucleus of the League were identifi , d at the late election with the pose party, and a strong feeling:having grown up in favour of the war, these men were to some extent unpopular. To the houses engaged in the China trade there, and who we e anxious to give no offence to the Government, to whom they will have some day to look for compensation, arising out of our naval operations Mite Chilton, such parties were / articularly effensive. A new organisation of Re formers is therefore regarded as imperatively called for; but the movement is too recent at p7r.seot to say anything of its stems." QUICK TRANSIT OF THE INDIA . MAIL BY THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWA Y.-011 Saturday morning the Calcutt4'. portion of' the India mail, in 54 boxes, arrived at the Dover platform of the South Eastern railway at 4.55. It was received by the railway superintendent, Mr. Way, and despatched with extraordinary celerity. By 4.58 the entire mail had been despatched in a special train, which then left, accompanied by Mr. J. P. Knight, the traffic superintendent of the South Eastern, and reached London in 1 hour and 45 minutes. By the deipatch thus exercised the mail was delivered in London fully an hour and a quarter before the snail train arrived, affording ample time for the portion destined for the north of England to be forwarded by the early trains. LIVERPJOL BANItttUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY —(Before Mr. Commissioner Starens)n ) —he re Mackay and Davies.—Tha bankrup's wera elpwrights of Liverpoll. This was the last examination meeting. Mr. Mackay appeared, and passed, sad a day was fixed for the certifi cate meeting. Tfra INDIAN MUTINY FUND.—A sermon wa3 preached in Walton Parish Qhurch on Sunday morning, by the Rev. W. A. Tattersall, and a collection, amounting to £36 183, was made in aid of the sufferers in the Indian mutiny. A sermon was also preached in Walton Cemetery Chips', in the evening, by the Rev. IL.liand Lomas, and a collection main in aid of the above ford. FATAL ACCIDENTS,—A. man named John Atkinson was hurt at Mr. I.l‘Nicholl's saw mill., in the Park, and died yesterday in the Southern Hospital from the effects of the injuries. —John Staunton, who was at work at a new building in Thom ts-street, E7erton, fell froth it oh Siturday even'ng, and did is the Northam Hospital yesterday morning from the cif cts of the injuries. 'lnquests will be held on these cams this day. The flue clipper ship " Lillies," of the Mersey line, goes into the river to-rurrov, and sails on Friday, the 25th, her appointed day. She will take out 20 cabin passengers and 300 of other claasse, be,ides a full and valuable cargo of manufactured goods, &e. The fine ship " Sarah M," sister vessel to the "Lillie.," sails on the let of October, as an extra packet. The Overland Mail brings advice or the arrival out of .the " Esg!e Speed," of this line, after an excellent passage of 81 days, one of the best of the season. Passengers all well and pleased with their treat ment; THE BLIND Cannon.—We are glad to find that Mr. Percival has been selected, from am mgst many, to the office of organist to this valuab'e and intarcsting institu tion. It will be remembered with what eclat the celebra ted composed by Mr. Percival, was performed at the Philharmonic. The piece was so well received, that the author has been induced to putdish it, and his sub scription list is fast fillinT. If any proof of Mr. Pereival's abilities was require., it is to be found in the face above state I, and we have heard so much about the cantata, that it is in contemplation to proluce it again at the Philhar monic: The gifted author is worthy of the success he has attained. THE SALMON FISHERY IN ScIrLAND.—The season has,now closed, and the fishin;, on the whole, is under the average. It is generally thought that Mr. Brisc)e, the Senior Fellow and Vice-Principal, will succeei Dr. Foulkes as Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. SIR JAMES BROOKE.—The sum subscribed in Norfolk, to make good the recent deeruetion of Sir James Brooke's library, now amouut to £l3B 9e. 61. Several donations of bloke have also been received. Fazen NEwi —A beautiful young lady who manifeste 1 corsilerable interest in the Atlantic Telegraph, was aux or.s to know V fresh news cned D 3 obtainei by means of a telegraphsc cable that passed so great a distance through set water. The United Service Gazette saps:—" A good service pension of £loo . per annum has been bestowed upon Cobnel J. R. Young, half-pay sth Foot, Fort Major at Fort George, Inverness, an otilcer who entered the service forty-two years siece." flrtl Auckland, Bishop of Bath and Wells, has issued a circulir to the clergy of his diocese, recoaimending thetn to incite their people to thankfulness for the later abundant harv3st, and to hamility for the chastisement we are un lergoing in the East. VISIT OP LORD Baotioukst TO LEEDS.--The Leeds Mer cury announces that this nobleman has consentel to pre side at the approaching annual soiree of the Leeds Mechanics' Institution. The evict time is not yet fixed but it will probably be is the mouth of October. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS (By British and Irish Magnetic TelegrciPlo THE PRINCIPALITIES The Moldavian elections have termi n ated i : favour of the Unionists. The question bas Y et be be submitted to the Divans, and ultimatelY t° t Congress of Paris. SWEDEN. The Crown Prince of Sweden is appointed pie : geo l silent of the Council of Regency, for the aPa one year. FR &NCB. /l c nt The Three. cents closed yeste.wday v•-•° iol)f at 67110:... BELFAST RIOTS. COIVIRIUSION OF ENQUIRY. FROM OUR OVrN C )RRESPONDENT. By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph• BELFAST, McKIDAY 1 1O Oe i na The Commissioners sat to—day at eleven o'clock, proceedad with the enquiry. ere' The only witnesses examine/ during the day' It o three brouglA forward by the solicitors for the 80- 11 Catholic party, The evidence or the last witness t b' Englishman), named Janes, went to show that a l A bf houses in the street in which he resided were wreck eu d — , a mob, but upon cross-examination by Mr. FallsPf-gl barrister, he admitted that the houses were all °ea , by Protestants. John McGlochlin, proprietor of the Ulsterman I l lb s ; paper, was the last witness under examination whe n ' he conrt adjourned. He gave evidence regarding both t.. h , July and September riots, and produced - c opies o f t ip Ulsterman, and endeavoured to show that the articlesy them were not calculated to influence the Raman Cat t % party, of which it is the organ. He proved to ha ll o ( heard much on the 7th of July, outside the town Belfast. He will be cross examined by Mr. F 3l° this day, Tuesday. LOSS OF A LIVERPOOL VESSEL AND FOUR HANDS. The French three-master, the Saint e M ar the, of J a — scre 0 00, on the way to L't Guayra. ran a few nights ago, at . : ot ioa distance off Brest, into tho Brit,innia of Liverpool , for Buenos Ayres with coal, and so damaged her th at went down immediatelv.ZOf the crew of 11 runooY Sainte Marthe could only pick up seven, and sh e them into Brest. TROOPS FOR INDIA. THE Suitz Boum —W e (Daily News) are inform 4 6: the East Ind; • Corr— - - - Oros', to 48 East India Company htive d;clined . Messrs. a L v proposal for the estalallsaament of a transport lefri..°7lbe India via Egypt. The directors state that it is oPi n r gs intention of her Majesty's Governmeot to s:nd gol v ",fore number of troops across the desert at present, and tht - ight m they cannot avail the selves of the proposal which ffi otherwise be adopted with advantage to the publiese' t iot This is assuming a grave respoastbility, as we 101 0 do the fleet now offered cannot be obtained later ° fi re' year, should it be deemed desirable to organise th i e n `ies• posed line of communication with our Indian ec ut) ,"the The Hampshire Advirtiser of Saturday says 03 ', to Peninsular and Oriental C3mpany have sent out orde. a r i - o r their agents for two of their large steamers, one from Y so bay, and one from Calcutta, to be despatched to Su e ., i :oce that they may be available at that port for the conf e y. by to India either./ troops or passengers who. may arr i ol the overland route. The ag e nts have also been auth or t he to send home lay them, at reduced cost, any sufferers b l be ea mutiny desirous to return. These vessels bare on engaged in the transport of troops during the Persian and are capable of carrying 3,000 men each. A o 1 TIM ROYAL ENOTNEZRS.-Orders• wer e receive ,. ea head near q ilar Chatham, tquarters of Saturday ßcomp t on Barracks,at t h or the 11 tit company, consisting of 120 men, "" 1 - 1 — C. t i h ro e m ß t o h y e al ia e e t 0 ,;: 'command of Captain Clarke, with Lieuteaants 4- A . b y Walker, J. B. Paterson, and Goodhall, to Pr" ee A u tlic boar' " railway to Southampton, there to embark on . 11 g o mail steam packet tor Marseilles. The company overland to India. O le COMICRCIAL AND FINANCIAL STATE OF BBNG*—'tori' accounts from Bengal by the last mail are nnsatisfa c f ol in consequence of the mutiny having through the, 3 to imbecility and mismanagement at Dinapore , exWu e the localities nearer to Calcutta, which yield largely tose revenue. Thus, not only had the rich opium K r ,r ° region of Behar, and the p r i nc ip a l p art o f nort h e rn P 3 the been rendered unsafe, bat f ears were ent e rta i ne d f° r ,45, great Indigo districts of Ti r h oot, w h ere an it rapist e ' had which for same time rendered excellent service , mutinied and dispersed. r co g TRIM'S FOR INDIA.—The troop ship Lord Raglan, 5- , : fo l oo' , at the . Mauritius in sixty-nine days, with the 4th regt ,of foot. soft ie INDIAN IsTaws.—ln the Times city article there ar„,e, , i 5/ not'cas of events which are not generally known. T$ t6° General Havelock's reinforcement is sa id t o consist O be se 21 pounders and 100 men. The Arrah disaster ha i d f ooe, retrieved by a successful and most ex t raor dinary d e a on the part of the baid of the 12. h E ur opeans B ' l o Sikhs, beseiged in that place, who, a ft er th e failure:ft/ 14 expedition from Dinapore. were relieved on the Stllu f 7 e cl* Major Eyre, who, with 200 men and 31 gu n s, dieP o .,„lio force estimated at 3,000, and headed by a native P c i o l with several pieces of artillery. The temporary AW: if ment of our position before Delhi is considered 13 ° d t 0 probable, owing to the smallness of our force 0 12 reductions to which it was incessantly exposed, bY, re f o ro r , ing the sorties of the mutineers. On sufficient ree c isi," meets' arriving, General Wilson would make a e attack on this place. A naval brigade, under DO' ao, was being organised from the crew of H M S. Shanua ll 'ltto' other vessels, to proceed forthwith up the Gang* of; before the mail was despatched f ro m Calcutta, Th e arrived of a mutiny of Bombay troops at Dharwar• o f news came in from Bellary, whence the right v 4l3 g o tot Madras regiment was about to st ar t t o a id i n its ONO) Madras the expectation being that, by forced =OW' would reach the scene of revolt in about five days. • PER3ON AL ILENCOUt , TER —E x -govern Or Gorman, - r ' •0 0 t l Wilson, both members of the Minnesota. C o nstitu t. ,i o Convention, got into an altercati o n on th e 24 ,11 , 9 0 . 0 consequence of offensive remarks applied by W . l lo ll o ' Gorman, and the latter, it is said, knocked Wi!so 3 and chastised Mm severely. 0 011 Coleridge was admiri9g a waterfall in En ;land , ~iOll l he heard a well-lresmi string ,r say t o his' coraP''lbl e ,i "It is a ;majestic waterfall !" The poet wa s so de ll ;" with the epithet that he could not resist turaing hi it t and sal ing, " Yes, sir, it is majestic; you hale Tl i ,; expression ; it is batter than Ewe or beaatiV l .',i unanown critic flattered by the complimerv, Pur, s ," - flO' strain of admitation in this wise : " Y es, I reaoc t 81/' it is the majestikest, petiest thing of the saw !" 40 0 A rr-- ,ripe THE New YORK MONEY AI.A MUT. ---Lrarper i- . t h e has an amateur financial reporter, who says :—" , V 4B the past week money has been rather tight with fi e ' 10,) Illinois brought in 1,6.58,072 dollars in gold, but h i e; not got any of it yet. Specie payments have bees o r ei ti bat I have found a difficulty of obtaining monelpfelo species. I make the following quettrions frool sources : " . I Ce West que re premier pas qui caute " Was ist der Deutschet's Vaterland ?" 0 a empora mutentur, et nos mutamur in , It is stated that at the Board of Brokers 03 , C , t V I ! New York Central Railroad advanced. I hare , 11 "„ v ol i ;: able to learn ho .r far it has gone yet, but I will i . pa t : 1 0 distance measured is time for next, numba• ; ,1 1 f r es whole, the stack market improved l as t week, rvil br o s glad to learn. I understand that it was repai ce , a eminent watchmaker in th;s city. Tne decrease d 1 10 was inconsiderabl e ; Sirnpun having adrall",,aelio week 03 my Watch within a f ew shillings of t be .ra gave me the l as t ti me . T ne ga i ns i n spe cie vi" o iteP. l . small, but the l a s s in d e p s it s was ser i ous . I dePs new sucom3r. over - coat on the table et SweerlY Y s tep t :king my dinner, and some fiend in human for,ni corbel I find by th e E ng li s h m a il s t h at quo t a tioss , t tY - e , w sho en advance. If this is th e case, wby I° o 0. 0 •:4ppint a onsul for New York ? I c03 019- n d r# l because I want to borrow five dollars of Smith,,, to catch bim b.f.re he goes out fur the evening.