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

FO REIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.. the French papers, continuing to occupy them ',wee with the Indian - insurrection as the only tiilPl of present importance, take generally a more ?rcY View of the subject sinc• the receipt of the 2, despatches. The Debats is nearly the only Z 4e P t icn• The Sieele, which had hitherto expressed ;Rolf con fident as to th e u l t i mate comp l ete sup , p re o ,.."in of th e revolt, now thinks that British ro we r is seri ous l y compromised in India. ' The i roa 6 m de moveme n t o f G eneral H ave l oc k (subse a."ltlY converted, according to a statement which 4 18 to be h oped will prove authentic, into an the is m isconstrued , as it appears t o me , b y ED - "i 91 2, ih result of heavy loas suffered in , reeiii! encounter of which news has not been ly e el "d• But if a disastrous battle had occurred, tet should surely have had news of it as of the to rsat it led to. No such event appears necessary that haunt for Havelock's retiring. The wonder is es n ,,"` e . went on so far with so slender a force, It Isl ip s ting but of 1,300 English and 800 Sikhs; and at 4-1 1, !aka into account the amount of fighting and a - " ; are ning be accomplished, the climate, fatigue, ;tad ;,, se lle, it becomes evident that deducting sick th e . "°llnded, and the men neceesary to look after dinl ir . conveyance. a.,c., he could have but a very ps Do i l lis l!ed number of actaal combatants at his dis his F lf , in addition to this, the cholera assailed t ot t it tle band, it clearly would have been rashness, Rattl ° t sa y madness, to have proceeded. With re beforetiv,the reported retreat of the British force it Li 'elhi, no great importance is attached to stno„"re, althoug.h it is understood that the fir, it i," ll cement of the raising of the seige might at But " iii te a depressing effect on the English public tiltah lthat that' say here, and certainly not without tie n appearance of reason, it that the siege is a t he P rile rely by na me , an d t h a t a ll i t amounts to i s ii llali rBen ce, in front of a large fortified city, of a los e „ c orps of obs erva ti on , ut t er l y i na d equate to tep e - C a tt , and h av i ng a l most too muc h- to do, to / t le sorties of its numerous garrison. oicritils th ought that unless reintorcem en ts suffi alcolf con siderable to justify the assumption of a lai ell sive, and to convert the nominal siege into tha t ,: ° ne Were speedily to arrive, the best thing It i,Tild be done would be to retire upon Agra. lo t , - 'eared that the little army will remain too to .I', li ntil it becomes as desperate an undertaking A _Li'eat, as to remain. 4esat article in a one of your cotemporaries, su e , Dr ot ,"„ the formation of corps of volunteers as holi e e ,", ll against possible invasion of Ecglau,l, is Ivlii4;" 9Y one or two of to-day's Paris journals, std - I , e is v ,ldently think the cry of alarm uncalled for, of a e 'i u tch qualify as "very curious" the means we 8,-,`"ce advised. But there is no harm, when tittra, ; c ompelled to send away the hulk of our 1 111,% . • in raising the question as to how far an ot t ' l ° 4 could be successfully resisted by a turn to e r ,the Deputation, by the, rush that would, to 1, 4 ;"t, be instantly made by men of all classes ltt e -Pe i the assailants, or lose their lives in the Lle;lll,,P,t• England, with small fields and innu mere fer t,CgRe and ditches, would be a splendid country Wow: (),Perations of riflanaen, but these advantage s wit c ,,, ,, r of little avail unl es s th e y were s kilf u l I ,cal l *Z e ir Weapons to a g rea te r ex t en t th au mere liteD,l-i)iece practice can possibly mak e th em , ltith:"Jeat reminds me of a rec en t conversa ti on at„" b ii American, now holding a high pos ion at aptc°llean Court, who was " reared' 2,000 miles 'ere p e n Mississippi , spent many years in the West 41' - t a - n t lece, has travelled much in his own coun ts'aEle-c 's high authority concerning it. H s opinion ttak the, the great security of America, that which ° lle e t s e Crh of all countries in the world the fartiii'tt has leak to fear from invasion, is the I l iatej artt v and skill of her citizens with rifle and o f au arm ith this to fall back upon she has no need i lea , a ,. There, every man is expert with rifle an d I p :'"olver ; those who arc not are rare exceptions, Pere o r h e remarked as such, and a very large prod tlearli' are not only expert but of first-rate and laita ' t lg skill. This accomplishment, combined ,t.° Engles - ,Analo-Saxon pluck and daring common `eers o T t lu and Americans, have enabled the volun nceasi,,- t he United States to do wonders,on various t roop s nB, against superior numbers and regular 1 14,1 1 3 ' , The cotton-bags- of New Orleans %Nlould ro e , 'Y L , Have protected any but first-rate marks taw'. 'Nal the bayonets of Pakenham's gallant . al e l e when matched, on many occasions, in 4enqlecaand Texas, agaiebt an inferior foe, we have tt' e ll mere handfuls of self-relying Yankees scatter s e ir °PPonents, when the odds were 20 t 0 . 1 .; It t :,Nly. in Cabe, although the little band of hit y'sre under Lspez was ultimately overwhelmed h a !' immensely superior force of the best troops of that, it was riot until they had shot down more than (te t i t r , own number. An economical and unmilitary lia c ',l l igk not an unwarliks) nation, the English, Of 'Lie Americans, will neither pay for the support in, i t t i . numerous army nor submit to be taxed tees s ind , by a conscription, probably the only t r i,, 1 4 Which it would he practicable for Great asf ee `g t ', 4 to keep up a large, permanent, and Dret - Z, 4 r/fly. Nobody but an alarmist will al ly f,a that there is the remotest . chance of 4e l i t 'efter taliingad;ant;t,;e of England's having 15 , 4 '4 3 lar ge a part of her army to India to 'or th - c tnarrel with her. But nobody can 'answer dita t iV future ; and it certainly could be no ttD„l rtt ago to the young men of England ` 4 ° ar - E ,',, 3 ; t hemselves to become good rifle . s . hots, '41e41,-,lBe skirmishing, and even to familiarise e otn tb 'ves With forming square and a few of the '' o 4l - 0 1 -I. l ,!eSt nctsliceuvres of infantry in the field. It 11 th e - ,,t as good - exercise snd amusement as most E i Z i u , i ctie sports to which 'a large proportion ! t i nt' C h 'i"slamen devote much of their leikure, t 'aera -;°, knowledge they acquired would enable !al the occasion ever arose, to give power % •ssistailee to regular troops, and even, re %is e t l a se of the .worst, to offer formidable talk ~- , cce to military assailants. It is very well to d thr o - v l . the English nation rising as a man, an , t ° pt`.. ( b. 4l g intruders into the sea , but it is t l eer s ,' L ' -3 much confidence - in the efficiency ot volu . n ,ll , rtii3 ed all in a hurry, and having no practice lirale-chc' When opposed to regular troops, well rap ,and furni s h e d w ith suc h wea p ons as are ur„, 1(11 Y becoming of universal employment in -1 ,s_-4eatl armies. ith , accounts and correspondenae from Spain , r , elsll tra -' ,l B P e et to the Ministerial crisis are rather 3 v e , - ,:t e torv. Although it is said to be over, the ,Ntle; h ' 4l4 ent of Marshal Narvaez has received a - j "k• There reason to believe that the le`, 1 .4 , 011 of a new Cabinet was offered to Beltram who declined undertaking it: A letter of the 4 d7Afays that Concha willremain at. Cuba Lersundi ;, Atarr'dster of Marine, and that Narvaez 's protege, ltp: r i, Will be Intendant of the Palace. The 13„4 ma ke a confusion between Moyana, a mem . - 4 ay,„ ; t he present Government , and Don Luis ;‘'ll o - 7 1 ," g, a relation of the Palace favourite, and i r eas been spoken of in recent proposed corn hat x lcl T as for a new ministry. It is ' announced Art4'laYans is about to leave for Valencia. -Gen.. Atta a e r °, another intriguer, is to go to his estate in a--,tia• These departures from Madrid, an . d . fiatvr c intment of Marfori (if realised) look as 014. it i 9 lictd prevailed over his Palace enemies aa d angerous thing for a Spanish ministry the struggle with the camarils gets as far the There is talk of an early co la nvocation o ena t - „ °r tes, and o f a v i o l ent oppos i t i on i n t h e Manuel C onc h a an d th e Vi ca l var i s t s . L ve . -r t , he third aime during the few weeks that the - ! a nsed si nce the law on the press was decreed, be en p l3cus ion. D emocrat i c M a d r id newspaper, h as As -°tl cletnned to a fine of 1.0,000 reals. v ery regards the slave teach in Cuba, it would ie,tl,,Probably be more desirable that Concha himremain, than Lersundi should replace sbn i nsE tt • ah ' i e former has filled himself, and, if not .41. de l ra - te n e, may rest content, or at least be ; while the other would go hungry, Span. very keen indeed is the appetite of a the Pang in General newly appointed to command t he 1 11 ,. ° ,,a• A. letter from the Havannah, of I l ani,: c " August, now before me : speaks of the 4 0 4 Preva q vast iling there in conseuence of the er of b ubble banks and speculations lately got up there, and sanctioned by Concha. They are said to exceed 200 in number. I have seen the advertisements of some of these anonymous companies, and Certainly, that they should have received applications for shares shows the fever to have been very high. To have given his sanction to them, Concha' must' either have been ignorant of what he was doing, or he must have had, as is commonly affirmed, and as is most probable, inter ested motives. The letter says : In a single day, in a single hour, confidence disap jawed, and all the banks stopped payment, and this Apital beheld itself in the most grievous conflict. The General, seized with consternation, like the foolish man who forsees nothing, instantly formed in his palace a (ouncil of lawyers and merchants, to deliberate on the be 4 mole of getting out of the difficulty. Bat it was a vain illusion. Credit has received a mortal wound, incurable by any doctor. At last it was decided that the Spanish Bank should raise a great loan, but nobody comes forward with the money, or will acc - pt the guarantees offered; and so things go on from bad to worse. For some months past the receipts of all the cust-m-houses of tie island, including that of this place, have been falling, as you will perceive by the comparative sta.emea's. A despatch from M. Gobineau, the French Minister at Teheran, contains an offirial notifica tion made by the Shah to the foreign Ministers in Persia that he appoints for his successor his son Emir Nizirn now 71 yews of age. _ _ The Police Court of Paris delivered the follow ing judgments yesterday:—Pierre Batifoulier, a journeyman hairdresser, to be imprisoned thirteen months, and to pay a fine of 500 f , for an offence against the person of the Emperor, and for insult ing the police agents; 2 Pierre Combet, labourer, to imprisonment for eight months and a fine of 500 E, for an offence against the person of the Emperor, for quitting the place of residenco assigned to him by the police authorities, and for violating a degree of expulsion. T.ae following despatches have been received : " BERNE, SEPT. 13. " The Federal Council is sending Colones Stehlin and Kurz as Commissioners to the Government of Vaud, to see to the execution 'of tha decisions of the Council. Oa its side the Government of Vaud has convoked the Grand Council for the 24th inst., to solve the question of competenco to act in opposition to the Federal Council." " MADRID, SEPT. 19. ' A. government order permits the free entrance of corn into Spain until the month of July. The /Mins announ ces that :the opming of the Cortes is to take place in October." " BERLIN, SEPT. 19. "In the extraordinary sitting of the Central Com mittee of the la-ink of Prussia, w;iich took place today, the rate of d'scount.of bills was raised from . bi to 6 per cent." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 17 German polLicians have. ceased to trouble them selves about the approaching meting of the two Emperors at Sttittgard, but they would hardly be so indifferent if they recollected that the famous Congress began at Erfurt on the 27th of September. On that day—in 1803—Napoleon I. mat the Em peror Alexander I and his brother the Grand Duke Constantine, the Kings of Saxony, Bavaria, West phalia, and Wurtemberg, Prince William of Prussia, the Grand Duke of Baden, the Pr:nce Primate, the Hereditary Princes of Bavaria, Baden, Darmstadt. Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and nineteen of the minor German p Aentates. On the 12th of October a " most secret" (seeretissime) convention was signed between France and Russia, and its fifth article was, that the two Powers pledged themselves to make it an "abso lute condition" to a peace with England that she should acknowledge Finland, Wallachia, and Moldavia to be integral parts of the Russian Empire. By Article 8 the Emperor of the French recognised the Danube as the boundary of the Russian Empire. It is by no means probable that Napoleon 111. will follow the example of the founder of his dynasty ; but as the Coregoing historical facts are but little known to the public, it appeared advisable to make mention of them. The Emeeror of Russia received Field- Marshal Lieutenant von Parrot, the Austrian officer who was sent to Warsaw, with great kind ness, sad gave him . the Order of the White Eagle. According to the official Gazetta di Venezia, the Emperor•gave orders that from that day on which his Holiness quitted Bologna nothing more should be paid by the Papal G )vernment for the Austrian corps of occupation. In 1850 the' Austrian and French troops in the Legations and in Rome cost the state 800,000 scudi (about 100,000), but the greater part of that sum was expended for the maintenance of the Austrians Two or three years later a reduction was made in the Austrian corps, and the Papal Government then paid 250,000 scudi (X 50,000) towards its support: In 1856 the subsidy paid by Roma was £17,009 In future. all the expenses attending the occupation of Ancona and Bologna are to be defrayed by Austria, excepting those for barracks and quarters for the troops. France receives no payment from the Papal Go vernment for the Lrces which she has at Rome. The autograph letter addressed by the Emperor to the Governor-General of Hungary is said to have bun written by the Minister of the Interior, and it id probable that, suolt was the case, for he came here for a few hours, and then returned to the mountains. On the 9cli a Cabinet Council was held, at which only Baron .Bash and one or two other Ministers were present, and on that day the above mentioned letter was signed. The Minister of the nterior is said to be in high spirits, and to rc. , k)icc greatly that he has obtained such a signal ,victory over his numerous enemies. No fewer than 99 squadrons of cavalry and eight batteri , s of horse artillery (some 14,000 men) aro now encamped at Parendorf, where important experiments are to be made. It is the question of the introduction of a new cavalry regle men& and such a large force has been brought together in Order that it may have a fair trial. Soon after the manoeuvres at Parendorf are at an end, his Majesty will go to Prague to see the ex-Emperor Ferdinand, and thence to Berlin to return the - visit of the King of Prussia. • We learn from Darmstadt that the !'lmpress of liussia anti the Princees Olga of Wir temberg are gone to 011op;ne. The Vienna papers teem with letters written by .peraons Who are on board the Novara; but none of them contain any news likely to interest a nation so intima`ely ac quainted with nautical affairs as the English. The circumnavigators of the earth cast anchor in the port of Rio Janeiro on the sth of August. There were some few cases of scurvy on board, although the crew had been well supplied with preserved meats and, vegetables. A Vienna corespondent of the Augsburg Gazette states, that no fewer than 65 French engineers have been engaged by the Lombardo-Venetian Railroad Company, although nothing has been done during eighteen months but the line between Bergamo and Cocceglio. The Archduke Governor-General complained to the Emperor of the slowness of the company, and the director en chef of the Austrian State Railroads has been sent to Italy to examine into the cause of the delay. The- actors of the Burg or Court Theatre are Imperial employes, and Consequently have a good position in society ; hut one of them has just received from the Emperor such a reward for his services as has never before been given in Austria to any person who has warn the sock and buskin Mr. Anschutz—by far the best Lear I have ever. seen, and also an excellent Falstaff—had his jubilee as an actor a day or two since, and received from the Emperor, as a reward of merit, the Knight's Cross of the Order of St. Joseph. THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1857. SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 19 A governmental order permits the free import of ee'realg up to the month of July. The Hojas announces that the Cortes will mee in October. A. letter of the 16th, in the Courrier de Paris, says:— The ministry est mort et bein mort. We are altogether in a provisional state. It is possible that the cabinet may prolong its death agony for a week or two, but its time is past. It is generally thought that it will not hold out till the meeting of the Cortes. The Dutch frigate Van Vas3non, 45 guns, had arrived in the port of Barcelona, to attend the Prince of Orange. ,The ministerial crisis in Spain is considered to be extremely serious by the Pays, which describes the Narvaez cabinet as in a chronic state of resig: nation. The " moderates" appear to be definitively estranged from Narvaez, and the V►calvarist gene rals are not inclined to prolong their truce with him any .longer. It is doubted whether he can possibly hold on till the Cortes meets. The defal cation from Narvaez of a French Government organ, which has hitherto Supported him, is very significant. THE INDIAN MUTINIEig. PETITION OF THE CALC UTT A INHABITANTS TO PABLIAUENT. At a meeting of merchants, and others, at Cal. cutta, the annexed petition to the Horn Legisla ture had been adopted Petition of the British inhabitants of Calcutta t° the Lords and CJMMOIS of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assemblal. " The humble petition of the undersigned British inhabitants of Calcutta, most humbly shuweth— " That your petitioners view with daily increas ing anxiety and alarm the condition and prospects of British India, "They do not despair of its speedy re-conquest by the forces of her Majesty, but it is undeniable that, with the exception of three or four .places of strength, the whole of the North-West Provinces, as well as the newly-acquired kingdom of Outle, ii lost for the present. In addi:iou to which Tir hoot, Behar, and Chota Nagpore are in danger. " Throughout India tha native belief in the prestige of British power has been destrojed, and where the Asiatic has no dread et! physical force he has no respect for moral influence. "Over thousands of square miles, where three months since Englishmen travelled in security unarmed, at this moment European women for themse:ves and their children court speedy death as a blesiing. "On every highway lie the dishonoured and mutilated remains of our coutftrywomen and their children, and the bodies -of British soldiers and unarmed Men foully murdered. • " The Government of the East India Company, to whose care the interest° of Great Britain in the East have been confided, possess from their consti_ tution abSolute power. They have a perpetual majority in the Legislative Council, which is corn posed entirely of official persons. " They have the sole appointment to all offices, with the exception only of those of the Governor- General, the Commander-in-Chief, and the Judges of the Supreme Court. " There are no private or corporal rights that can be effectually opposed to them, nor is there any representation of public opinion. "In the country desolated by the rebels there are hundreds of civil servant, judges, magisrates, and collectors, village chowkedars and policemen in tens of thousands, and more than 2,000 commis sioned military officers—European and native ; and yet, if we may believe the Government, there was not in all this vast establishment to be found one person to acquaint the authorities or the existence of a conspiracy spread over countries many times larger than the area of the British Isles, and in which upwards of a hundred thousand soldieis have joined: " The rebellion broke out an' found the govern ment totally unprepared No efficient commissa riat, no organised means of procuring intelligence, and, with a few brilliant exceptions, uo men of suffi cient capacity for the emergency. 'At the com mencement of the outbreak Delhi, the largest arsenal of ordnance in the North-West of India, the important military depot of Cawnpore, and the fortress and arsenal of Allahabad, the key of the Lower Provinces, were without a single European soldier to defend them. The two former fell into the hands of the insurgents. " On the 25th of May last, when a number of regiments were in open revolt, when many trea suries had been plundered and many important stations fallen into the hands of the rebels, the Secretary to the Home Department officiary informed the inhabitants of *Calcutta, in answer to loyal addresses tendering aid and per6oaal service, that the mischief caused by a passing and groundless paaie had already been arrested, and that there was every reason to hope that,in the course of a few days tranquility and confidence would be restored throughout the Presidency;;, " From that hour to the present the policy trf Government has not undergone the slightest change. -In the teeth of events the most startling, in defiance of warnings the most emphatic, they steadily persisted in ignoring the fact of danger, for which they had made no preparation. " On the 13th of June they passed a law which destroyed the liberty of the press, and placed every. journal in India at the absolute feet of the execu tive authority. _ _ " Your petitioners refrain from here commenting on this act of the Government, uncalled for by the occasion, repugnant to British feeling, and sub versive of the principles of the British constitution. This was done at a time when the G3verunient were receiving universal support from the English portion of the press. "Your petitioners felt themselves bitterly aggrieved by the attempted imposition of what is known as the Black Act, but their feelings in that respect never hindered them for a moment in coming forward to assist the Government with heart and haul. Their offers were coldly declined, though ultima`ely accepted when danger was too apparent. At the present moment not only does Calcutta owe its chief security to. European volun teers, but Government have invite 1 the enrolment of paid corps for service in the interior. " The whole trace of the presidency has suffered more or less, .many branches of it are ruined entirely. The sale of imports is almost nominal, the cotton goods of England are not to be disposed of even at great sacrifices. The export of silk, indigo, and sugar, mad other articles of exp.ort will suffer 'considerable diminution for some seasons to come in consequence of the destruction of many factories and the loss of much capital. "In the train of the revolt it is more than probable that. famine with all its Indian horrors will follow. " To remedy all these evils and to fix on a firmer basis the British power in the East your petitioners cata_alone appeal to the British nation. "Your petitioners can look for no redress to the powers to whom the Government of this great country is delegated, they having shown themselves unequal to the task. " The Gevernment of the East India Company have neither men, mosey, nor credit; what credit they had was destroyed by their conduct in the lute financial operations. " The army has dissolved itself, the treasures have either been plundered by the rebels or ex hausted by the public service, and a loan, even at 6 per cent., would scarcely find subscribers. " When tranquillity is once restored, her Majesty's Ministers will find that many millions sterling have been added to the Indian debt, and that the annual deficits of the In..lian budget will be materially increased ; but under good govern ment your petitioners have the fullest confidence that the boundless resources of this vast country are sufficient to meet all necessary demands of the State. The system under which the country had been hitherto governed, utterly antagonistic as it has ever been to the encouragement of British settlement and enterprise in India, has entirely failed to preserve the power of the Queen, to win the affections of the natives, or to secure the con fidence of the British in India. • `• Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your hon. House will adopt such measures as may be necessary for removing the government of this country from the East India Company, and sub stituting in its place the direct government of her Majesty the Queen, with an open Legislative Council, suitable to the requirements of the coun• try, and compatible with the British supremacy, Queen's courts presided over by trained lawyers, and with the English language as the official court language. And your petitioners will ever pray, &e " Calcutta, August 3." And the following is a formal account of the proceedings : "Proceedings of a meeting or the European inhabitants of Calcutta, held this thy, the 3rd of August, at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, to consider the propriety of addressing the British Parliament upon the subject of the present state of the country, and to adopt such other measures as might seem desirable and necessary; Sir A. D. H, Larpent, Bart., in the chair. " The Chairman briefly stated why the present meeting had been called, when " Mr. A T. T. Peterson addressed the meeting at length upon th 3 present state of the country. the position of Englishmen in India, and the objects which the petition had in view. " Mr. W. H. Abbott then read the rough draught of the proposed petition, which was fully discussed, and some alterations unanimously agreed Co. " It was then proposed by Daniel Mackinlay, seconded by Andrew T. T. Peterson, and unani mously resolved—' That this meeting adopt and fully approve the petition, and direct that copies of the same with sheets of parchment, for the signa tures of Europeans and other members of the Christian community, be left at the Chamber of Commerce, Trades Association, Masonic Hall, various libraries, auction marts, hotels, and other places of public resort.' " Proposed by Mr. A. T. T. Peterson, and seconded by Mr. John N. Ballen,—"rhat the following ventlemen be appointed to carry out the views of ' this meeting Grant, D. Malkinlay, D. C. Mackey, L. Clarke, R. Doyne, A. B• M'lntesh, W. H. Abbott, James Church, jun., Sir A. D W. Larpent, Bart , A. T. T. Petersop, and Seth Apenr, with powers to add to their number, and three oi such members should form a quorum.' " Agrecd to unanimously. ' 4 Proposed by Mr. A. T. T. Peterson, seconded by Mr. Seth Apcar,--• That the petition be intrusted to Mr. Henry Mead, and that the committee be authorized to make arrangements with that gen tleman. for his services, and to .receive subscrip tions for defraying his expenses, and otherwise carrying out the object of the petition. 'f Agreed to unanimously. "Proposed by Mr. W. Grant, seconded by Mr. D. C. Mackey,—' That the thanks of the meeting be given to the chairman,' which was agreed to unanimously. " A subscription list was circulated at the meet ing, and liberally responded to." DELAY OF INDIAN NEWS. MALTA, Sept. 15. Had proper arrangements been made, a great saving in time might have been effocted in the transmission of the last Bombay mail (15th August) from Egypt to England. On its arrival at Suez there was no steamer to convey it on, as the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer had to wait for the arrival of the Calcutta mail, not ex pected for some days. It was therefore sent on in the first French steamer that happened to be going to Malta. On its arrival there, her Majesty's ship Wanderer, in a rew hours, started with a telegraph for Cagliari, the most rigid measures being taken to prevent the agents of the press sending anything to the Loudon papers. The Wanderer had fine weather, and will, it is hoped make a fine passage ; still our government ought to caus the passage to be made in much less time than Reis pos sible for the Wanderer to make it in. She is not built for speed so much as for war purpeses ; and what is required is speed. We are right, we believe, in stating that her Majes ty's ship Wanderer has never made the passage at a quick( r rate than Eight knots the hour, an 1 generally averaged much less, on one occasion being some fifty hours on her. passage. All the summer months the weather is fine, the sea smooth, and at all times it must he comparatively an easy passage to make. Why, then, does not. the govern ment, with all the magnificent steamers at their disposal, cause the passage to be made, at all times, at a not less speed than twelve knots from Malta to Cagliari. If the government cannot do it, there would be no difficulty in getting a private company to do. it, for it is easy of accomplishment. At a time when the news from India is of such vast importance, would it not be advisable for the government to put on two such vessels as the Caradoc and Banshee to convey the telegraph from Egypt to Cagliari, by which, with common management, from five to seven days would be save i on each mail from Egypt to England ? The writer of this has calculated all the pros and:cons, and is acquainted with the subject, and feels confident of its being of easy accomplishment. Let a fast steamer always be ready at Alexandria to start for Cagliari the instaet that the telegraph can be obtained from Sucz, and start direct for that port, and permit the press, or their agents, also to send their despa' &les. The government of the country will in every way benefit by this, for the agents of the newspapers will I always manage to obtain more news than the governeuent servants, who are iu no way qualified for it—have no zeal, for to them it is a matter of indifference, not being iu tact within the sphere of their duty. Their real object, in truth, is to prevent the agents of the press sending any news to their London employers— much more than it is to obtain news for government. If the steamers were thrown open to the agents of the London newspapers, it would be speedily seen how inucfi better and fuller information they sent to England than the servants of government, and this would expose their own shortcomings, to avoid which they do all in their power (and unfortunately they have the power) to retard the newspaper correspondents sending the information they obtain. This is more generally the case with the understrappeys than with the principals. By their opposition and jealousy they succeed in retard ing the news for England, or send it in such a mangled Mate as to be almost unintelligible. It is the people of England, the people interested in India, those who have their dearest ties there, that suffer by this ; and surely the government de not wish this iniquitous system to continue. VV .... On the late occasion, had the Caradoc started with the telegraph news from Aleianiria to Ca;liari as goon as the Bombay mail arrived at Baez, the news wouli, doubt less, have reached England five days earlier• SUCCOUR FOR INDIA. SOUTIIAMPFON, Sept. 20. The following are the steamsrs belonging to the Penin sular and Oriental Compauy, now in the Indian Sals, which have been employed by the Gjvernment for the conveyance of troop in the Persian war, and which are now, no doubt, available for the conveyance of troops from Suez to Calcutta : Names of Ships. Tonnage. Horse-power. Precursor Oriental ... l,800 Puttinger Malta Chusan Azof . Manilla The Ripon, which left. to-lay with the Indian mail, will take 200 infantry troops from Malta to Alexandria, to be sent to India through Egypt. The Indian mail packet Colombo, which leaves here on the 4th proximo, and the Australian mail packet Australasian, which leaves 'this port on the 12th proximo, will, it is expected, take out several hundred troops, each for the same destination and route. Two regiments have already been sent to Alex andria,. _ . . The Ripon, which left here to-day, took out 134 passen rers. Amongst them were Colonels Bentitick, Benson, B Taylor; and Franks ; Lieutt n in'-Colonels Hagart, Spottis wood, Salmon, and Wears ; Majors Black, Rose, and Roberts; Cap►ains Goff, Gordon, Parr, Robinson, Rownc, Francis, Niblott, Price, Thompson. Gossett, Morton, Veung, Ayrton, and Lecken. Sir William Reid, the governor of: Malta, also went out in.the. Ripen. Amongst her cargo was specie to the value of £663,986. In consequence of her carrying troops, the paasengers for India vi/ Marseilles will not join the Ripon, but will be taken to. Alexandria ,in the Marseilles and Malta mail packet. PUBLIC FEELING IN CALCUTTA. The following is from a leading mercantile firm in Cal. cutta :—lt is dated August B. m . " At this moment vie are afraid to say that even the capital of British India is gait° safe from assault, though we trust there is force enough in Calcutta to resist its capture. The mutineers are, however, in possession of Haaareebagh, and of the Great Trunk Road, along its whole line from Benare; down to within 150 miles. of Calcutta. The telegraph wires are cut down, and the extent of property destroyed in the shape of railway material, indigo, silk, and saltpetre factories, is incalculable. In many places the crops of indigo must be left to rot on the ground, and numbers of European planters must be ruined. Trade with the interior is virtually at a stand, and were it not for the local demand, importers might shut up their offices. But the most deplorable feature of the present , crisis—in a commercial point of view-13 the destruction ' among the wealthy native bankers and merchants of al , . confidence in the permanence of our rule. They will lend money up to 4 or 5 per cent on the security of jewellr:ry and the precious metals, but no rate of interest will tempt them to lend on the deposit of government secu. rities. Such is the existing condition of Bengal; and it remains with those in England who have the , power a to provide a speedy and_egiciPnt rentedy.'' GRAND ORDER OF MODERN DRUIDS. Last evening the members of the "Loyal United Sams ritan Lodge," connected with the above order, celebrated their aunivemary at the Railway Hotel, Tithabarn.street, where a most excellent and substantial dinner was provided by Host Limb. On this occasion upwards of fifty of the members were present; and after partaking. and truly enjoying, all the good things. that the worthy and liberal host i,ad provided for them, the cloth wils removed, and business and ha-mony wai proceeded with. Mr. Charles Howell, P.A., took the chair, and Mr. J Naylor. V A., offici ated as the vice-chairman. The glasses having been filled to the brim, the CILITRAfiN at once proceeded to open the meeting by giving the heal h of " Her most Gracious Majesty the Queen," which it is scenely necessary to say was most enthusiastically responded to. This was followed by "The Health of the Prince Con. , ort, and the rest of the Royal Family," and duly acknowledged. " The Army and Navy" was proposed, and 'drank with three times three. The CNA/MAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, the next toast I have to propose is one. which I am sure you will all rempond to—it is " The Prosperity of the Lodge and the Members thereof." (Applause) After the toast has been , responded to. I shall call up'm the secretary to give a statement as to how the lodge stands at the present thee. The toast having been duly responded to, WILLIAM lIIV4Y, P.A.. the secretary, said he felt much pleasure ie appearing before - the member; of the lodge on that ocersi'n, because his predictions had been verified. Last year he had told them that he was fully persuaded that the number cf members would be-consider ably augmented. net was a fact They h d had a great number of applications, and their numbers had already increased, and even on that very evening they should have initiated four new members. (Applause) From the printed report, which was made up to Jane last. the cash in the bank was £lOO 2;. 2d., and in the treasurer'; hands £l6 4s. Old., and since th n they had been goirg on most prosperously. The number cf members at present on the books was 76. At the last anniversary, the amount of cash then in band was £93 tls (Y i d. Daring the pact year £100193 6 kcl had been received, making a total of £l96' is 7d. The expenses duribg the past year had been £737.19 I, leaving £122 13; 103. It appeared that there was £8 7; 6d due by members, showing the total work of the Lodge to be £l3l 1e 4(1 (Hear, hear.) From the general statement of the recounts, it appeared that there was 173 2; 2d in the bank, and £35 had been banked during the past year, the interest on which was £2, and £l2lle 8 i in the hands of the treasurer, Mr. L mh, showing that the total worth of the Lodge was £122 , 13; .• This amount, he im pressed on the members, would be entirely tlevoted to the tick For such a result, he really did feel grateful, and he was glad to see the members so gallantly rellyir g round the s'andard of truth, and he h.d no doubt, but that they would continue to do so, and in the course of a few years the Society of Modern Druid; would stand in a very high position—(cheers)—in the town of Liverpoil. The CHAIRMAN next gave--" The Liverpool District Funeral Fund of the Grand Order of Modern Druids." (Cheers.) Mr. CARLISLE, the Chairman of the Funeral Fend, rose to respond to this toast : and, in doing so, he said : He could essure them that the funeral fund was in a very prosperous position, and mid int be more flinrishing (Cheer;) They were all aware of the —tn say the least of it—unpleasantness that bad existed, but not withstand. ing that, they hed, independent of the Independent Order of Druids, a fund of £lOO. He was also happy to say, that this s eiety would not take any of the retrogrades, but were determined to form a society of their own, with out attempting to ruin any otlier society. Ile could net say any more ware he to :Teak for hour; but was happy to say that all was going on well. .(CUeers.) The CHAIRMAV then gave The Order in general," " The General Cemmittee," "The Medical Offieer, Dr. N. Nash," " The Past Officers of the Lodge," and " The Press," which was responded to by the reporter for the NortMERN TIMES. The " Health of the Host and Hostess" concluded the evening's entertainment. The evening's amusement was 'considerably enhanced by the singing of several of the members, amongst whom we may name Messrs. Naylor, Bond, Beggs. Smith, and Sayer, as well as by the plating of Messrs. Graham and Huntingdon on the violin and banjo. A most harmonious and agreeable evening was spent, and enjoyed by all. DREADFUL MURDER BY AN ITALIAN SEAMAN. Yesterday morning the street in front of the Thames police court, Lend() e and the avenues leading to it, were crowded with an excited multitude, who were anxious to catch - a glimpse of an Italian seaman, named Jose de Rosario, aged twenty-t w e who it was known would be brought up for examination on a charge of murdering a Greek sailor, named George de Metter., on Sunday night, in Neptune-street, Ratcliff Highway, St. G-eorge's -in-the- East. The mot intense excitement prevailed in that netbonrhood, and near the Leman-street stetion house. Upwards of four thousand pe , sons were ass-mblei in Well close-square, near the scene of the murder, and as many more were assembled in Leman-street.. Inspector Gernon of the H division, and thirty police' cenrtables, were patroling the streets all night to preserve order. At ten o'clock there was a dense mob assembled near the station-house, and among them were several Greeks, who gave utterance to loud vociferatione, and called out, "Bring out the murdere-, we want his life! Blood for blood !" A cab was brought to the back of the station house, into Which the prisoner was hteitily pushed, and Inspector Gernon and two police-constables got in after him. As the cab drove away the yells and execrations of the mob were perfectly fright ful, and several Greeks attempted to Atop the horse and cab, and demanded vengeance. The police drove them away, and the house and cab pr::ceederLat a rapid pace along Leman-stteet, Alie-street Church-lane,. Commercial road, to the Thames Police Court in Arbour-street, East Step-toy, and was followed a con,iderable distance by the ind . gaant Greeks. Inspector Gerson ordered the driver to proceed at once into the court-yard, between the court and the station-house, and the gates were immediately closed upon the multitude, who saluted the mur lerer with loud exeeratioias. After the die real of the other night chargas, the prisoner was arraigned in the felon's dock ben.° Mr. Yardley, and charged with the wilful teurder'of George de Matrae. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and two prestitufee were quarrelling in Neptune street, on Sunday night, and the prisoner struck one of them. The deceased, who was standing by, remenetrated with him on his cowardice, and said, " Don't strike the girl " The prisoner said to the deceased, "I'll fight you English. Italian, or Greek fashion " The deceased replied, in'breken English, "Me no fight ;" on which the prisoner took a let ge shea'h knife from his pocket and plunged it into his abdo mete The deceased staggered, and the prisoner followed him up inflicting blow after blow on the defenceless man, who fell to the ;round mortally wounded. The bystanders called out " Miirder ; seize the fellow," and the prisonei ran away, and was pursued by a police-constable, named Charles Gasloyne, No 98 11, who overtook him, and soon had him secured in the station house. The wounded man was immediately taken to his lodging-house, No. 200, Ratcliff Highway, where he was speedily atten'ed by Mr. Stuckey, a surgeon, of Wellelose square, and Dr. Graves, an army surgeon, of 2&l, Ratcliff Highway. The deceased, in reply to a question by Mr. Gernon, said he knew the murderer, described him, and said he lived in the same house. Mr. Gernon sent a policeman to the stition-house with instructions to bring the prisoner immediately to the house, where the deceased was bleeding to death, that he might identify the murderer. Before the policeman could return the wounded man expired. Upon an examination, it was ascertainel that the deceased had received three wounds on the abdomen, one on the left breast, one on the left arm-pit, and another on the back of the shoulder. Inspector Gernon produced a large sheath knife of the ordinary description used by sailors. It was found in the street after the Greek was murdered. The blade of the knife was stained with blood. Mr. Yardley inquired if there had been any pose most me examination of the body? Inspector Gernon replied in the negative. Mr. Yardley said he should remand the prisoner till Monday next. The body of the deceased is now lying at the lodging-house, 200, Ratcliff-highway. It was laid out according to the Greek custom yesterday morning. and was visited by a great number of Greek sailors. The prisoner is a person of youthful appearance, and fresh complexion. last, Mr. W. visited C ifton as usual, when a Mr. Peck tre - ting him lherally till he became intoxioated, when it was a very easy matter to get up a dispute with him, whirls resulted in a fight, and Mr. Webster was arrested for dis turbing the peace Of crurre the only object of the whole affair was to have him detained until the following o of x the AT Canadian hA authorities. h inNsia Sunday n a a ra ay Fat's Times says, that Mr. Webster, of the American Hotel, at Niagara City, was formerly a resident of her Britannic Majesty's Provne! of. Cana - da, but moved sud denly inta the Uni , ed St Iry leaving his creditors to whistle fo • 12,040 dull . And that was'nt all. He was in the heblt of visiting Clifton on the Sabbath day, at which lima he could nut be arrested. Recently a reward of 2000 dols, was off rel to any perm who would place Mr. W B . ll l lt the P R hand; i evinced a great interest in that gentleman's welfare,. by morning. when he was again arrested as an absooricling debtor. ADDRESS TO MI ROSERT RINICIN OF LIVERPOOL. We take the following, from a late number.of the St. John's, N.B , Courier, received by the America. ; I!,obert R mkin, Esq ,of Liverpoolphaving lately revisited this Province, after an absence of about twenty years; an address was presented to him by a number of the principal inhabitants of Portland. A. committee of presentation waited upon him at the Counting Houso of the firm with the addre s s, copyaustbe a great pleasure to Mr. Rankin t o look of which, with the reply, w e su l t j o i n . I t must back to the time, thirty-five years ago, when, at. the early age of twenty years, he established the firm of Robert Rankin & Co., which Ints ever since been in secessful operation, and has always °emu pied the highest position for integrity anti com mercial enterprise, and it . 1,9 equally gratifyi ng t o his numerous friends in thin country to knew that he is enjoying, in a rational and useful manner, the opulence with which Providence has rewarded his mercantile career: Toßobert Rankin, Ysq., (I.Liverpo3l..Merchant. Dear Sir,—The undersigned, Magistrates, Freeholders. and residents of the Pa rish of Portland, beg leave to avail. • themselves of the opportunity of your visiting this, your former place of abode, to-offfr you a hearty welcome and their siacere congratulations on so iuteresting'and to them so unex peat ecl an occurrence. It affords the undersigned a very great gratitioatiou that, after the lapse of twenty years, time has dealt so leniently with your—that, with unimpaired ene-gies and in fail health, you are enabled to visit a locality where you spent so many busy years, and which must call up many pleasant rerniniscencri, not the least of which must be the consciousness that to you Portland is more particularly indebted for that state in commercial and manufacturing industry which has of late rears covered its rocks with dwellings, and increased the few hundred inhabitants of the period at which ru first became acquainted with it. to at least the ten thousand of the present day, who throng its streets and aid in increasing its prosperity. That your visit may be pleasant and a meeable, and that you may be spared to your family and friends, in usefulness and health, for many long years, are the sincere wishes of, dear sir, your obedient servants, CHARLES SIMONDS; HENRY GILBERT, WILLIAM J A CK, THOMA 4 ALLAN, JAMES GALLAGiitilt, and about two hundred others. 25th August, 1857. Portland e ,2sth August, 1857. Dear am much gratified by the address from the magistrates, freeholders, and residellts of the parish of Portland, which you have now presMted to me. on revisiting the parish, after a long absence. It is upwards of 35 years since I commenced business in Portland, and it was there that I made many friends, and spent many happy days. The address kindly ascribes to me some share in the great increase and prosperity of Portland_ In that prosperity I rejaice, and if my zealous endeavours, while I resided there, to raise the standard and enhance the valuenf your leading exports, and to give an impulse and imeroved lone to shipbuilding, have had that effect. I assure you it is a source of great satisfaction to me. r hi; g that you will be good eanugh to convey to the gentle men who have signed the address, my sincere thanks for their kind wishes on behalf of my family and myself, and my desire to reciprocate.—l remain, dear sirs, your very obedient servant, ROBERT RANEINv To the Hon. Charles Simonds, and Henry Gilbert, m. Jack, Thomas Allan, James Gallagher, Mo., and other gentlemen LrCUSTS IV WATERFOND.—OA Tiles lay morning William Curt?, one of Messrs. Davies, Strasgsaan, and Co.'s carriers,. found, on the Newtown-road, near the Ptople's Park, one of these insects. The visit cf these in ec.s to this country is an evidence of the great mildness of the seas tn. They have arrived too late to do any tnitchief, as the barvtst is all removed.— WUterford Mail. • No TELFGRAPH TO BALMORAL—The Indian express' which reache.l Lon•3on on Sunday afternoon, did not reach the Queen until Mondry moroir,g. It was teligrapbed for Aberdeen, and posted to Bslmot a'. The ether despa ches were proportionally and necessarily late in being known to the Court. Had a wire been hat temporarily lei 1 front B .nchory to Balmoral, a distoned cf bat 30 nol-s, the cost of which would have been trilng, this delay v Dili have been prevented. The Ein of Clarendon received the des— patch at Haddo 110n32 , when:: he was the guest of the of Aberdeen. With the view of having the recent order - promulgated from the Horse Guards carried eut relative to the forma— tion of a second compin3 to each of the Indian dep6te at. the provisional battalion, Chatham grrrison, the Gene - al commanding-in-Chief has directed an order to be for warded to every officer on the hem station who is at present absent from head-quarters on lave to proceed at once to join his Indian depO; at Chatham, for the purpose of officering the see , nd company no* being formed. The strength of each depot is to be raised to 200, men, exclusive of officers, and when the w'dole of the companies are formed there will be au available reserve of upwards of 5,000 Indian troops at Chatham ready for embarkation at the shortest notice,. There are vacancie for boys for school apprentices on beard the Victory at Portsrnoul. The boys mist be over 14 an.] under 16 jeers of age; over four feet eight inches high, from 14 to 15 years of age; over four feet 10 i ches high, from 15 to 16 years of age; able to .road and write well; strong, healthy, and well-grown ; free. from all plsys'eal mllformition ; and must be ab'e to pass a strict medical eximination. They must have the consent of parents or nearest relalorte. They are well cored for, educated, and have certain employment until they are 28 years of age. All carkrlida`cs from a distance must come at their own expense, and if rejected, noui,t find their way hack to their hien% at their own expense. 44 it is d sirable that boys should be properly clothed as .non as possible, it. is impereive that they bring, X 2 with theta for Chit purpos!. MALTA.—The letters of our M slta c )reespondentextend to the 15th of September, and report the arrivttl on the 11th of her M ;jeqty's steam g inb , at the Vigilant, from Algiers, off which i.ort, on the Btb, she left the l ;ri isle squadron, under Lord Lyons, s'oaping.its couree for Malta and the lonian Islands. Her Mojesty's screw seam gun boat the Wanderer left Malta at l 1 a.m. on the 11th of September for Cagli Ira, with a summary for telegrcphie communication of he intelligence from India, which reached Suez on the 4rh by the Pskin from B-nfoay. The Russian Government vein:ter Pi'ziunda arrived at Malta en the 12 , h from London and Gloralta , ,, stor = es, and left for 0 lessa, having on board atptaia Andraeff and Engineer L hello, of the Imperial. Navy, In a pcs script our correspondent advizes the arrival on the 14 , h of the- Indus from Southampton and. the Vectis fr.ma 1111rseillec. B )11i left for Alexandria AD_ the motting of the rith. Tae. Ville+ta arrived at AI Ate. from Alexandria on_ the mort3ng of the 16th. Yziv MODE or CUR NG, BSC 3N.--TRI9LI TRADE.—One .'reason . of the very high pee() of pils at this seaaan of ,_______ , . . the year (lays the Wept feird 'Afail) , p oceede from the appli e'ation of scientific kaowledge to the curing o' meat, and particularly to the use of ice. The firm of He - iry Denby and Son have gone to great expense in fittiog up a portioa of their premises to the methods of curing bacon with ice and the effect of this srteru is, to be able in the warmer part of the year to se ad mil tenni bacon quite sweet to the English market. When the pigs are killed ankcut up, they are placed on berches in la g" underground cistern:, rendered water-tißbt and subjected to the action of p ckle coiled with ice, which is renewed so as to keep it at a low temperature, and after three week's treatment the bacon comes out perfectly cured, hard an I swe;.t. Last week the firm we mentioned purchased in two days 600 pigs, which wool' represent over £3,aco, and we are toldrtbat the ice they used duping the summer cost upwards of £I,OOO. In consequence of this demand the price of fat pigs has maintained itself in a way that could not have been done if the provision stores were'shut. Ties BRiatlit SCR/19V. STEAM-S/11P COUPANY --An event of no small interest occurred yesterday. `the Malvin% screw steamer, one of a fleet of screw steamers, owned. principally by Belfast merchints, stoamed from the quays,. with a full cargo, for Loudon. The Malvina. has just been lengthened by. 42 fat, giving more hold and more space for cials, while, at the same time, the st-eagth of her construction has been increased on the mist approved recent principles. Additional stringeis of double angle iron, placed bark to back, and strongly :;vatted, run from. the ne - 4 into the old work for a distance of 20 feet both ways. As she left the q ray, and passed. by the Qoeen'ts, Is'and, the workers in the ship yards of Messrs. Hickson and Co., where the improvements had been effected, lined the bank, and cheered a hearty "Goa. Speed," which was responded to from all on board. It is eredit.ble to Messrs. Hickson, and Co., and in n less degree to the Screw Steam ship Company, for encouraging local enterprise, that the works were exe cuted at the green's Island ship-yards in a manner that met the hearty commendation of the best judges, and could net be surpassed elsewhere, even in, the ship-cards of the Clyde. The run from the quays to Donaghadee was in the usual quick time. Passing out of the harbour, the Blenheim, steamer, the prop iv of another Belfast firm, was met, and salutes were exchanged; and, on steaming past Ballyhorse Bay, a salute was fired opposite the marine villa of Mr. Mitchell, one of tbo proprietors of the company, and the inventor of the sorew-pile. The Malvina is comananded by Captain Silly. The fleet of the Belfast Screw-Steam Ship Company now has a capacity fox over 1,T0.0 tons of oargo,—Belfast Paper.