Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-14 00:00:00

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Frcm a telegraphic despatch received by the East India Company, we learn that General Have lock was still at-Cawnpore, and that Lucknow was unrelieved. • Upwards of 1,200 .men were at Alla habad, arid some of them had left for Cawnpore, and' General Oatram woul-1 join Havelock about the-12th ult. In the meantime, the garrison at Lucknow were in the best of enirits, they had re pulsed a determined assault by the enemy, and on the .2adE.'aeptember had plenty of provisiOns. The advices , from the city of'D. elhi are to the 20th August. The Paejaub reinforcements had reached vn the 14th, and it wan expeciel that by the middle of October the force before Delhi would reach 1-5,000 men. Several conflicts had taken place 'between the British and the besieged, in each of 'which the former were the victors. They were in excellent health and spirits, and the supplies were most abundant. There -le a rumour that some -overtures had been made by the King of Oude, , but that they would_ not be entertained. The mews from Agra adds nothing to our former intelligence ; the general health was good, and nothing particular had occurred. The despatch to the India House says that the Furruekabad Newab is said to be on the road between that place and Cawnpore with three 'regiments of mutinous infantry and one of cavalry, and very innocently adds-- - " He will be dealt with by Gen. Havelock's velumn - after the relief of Leenow " The intelligence from the other portions of the disturbed districts, according to the despatch,. is of a very satisfactory nature. Other portions of the despatch alluded to, describe the conspiracies throughout half of Brit 7 sh India as absolute failures, since the Madras and , Bembay armies, after a few treasonous flat teringS at Sattara and elsewhere, had resigned •theraselves to the British-atpremacy ; they assure us of the increasing power and unvaried suceesu -of - the - forces before thAlaie they point to Outram forcing his way up towards Alalnbad; thty indicate several military arrivals at the ports; they report the restoration of tranquiLky ire. the l im-en - cant central states of-India; they show that the rebellieus regiments f•r unable to obtain assistance or to cut Gif t.tte eonnnunieations of the Europeans, And, clemonstra:ing as they:d.o, that ly_sfore a single rnan had emne out f.orn England, th 6 Europeans had ine. le htfad against the mtV.ineers, tIL:,3 , entitle us to.. penivere in our confident belief that the Indian revolt is cloorned to die out, amid the ruin and-cousttrnation of the , rebele. Still, we would repeat the warning that the intelligence by the next two or three mails will probably be of a che quered and indecisive character; this is almost inevitable, considering the delay that would still intervene before Sir Colin Campbell was in prac tical posscsoion of his " full powers ;" in the mean time, however, Havelock l ind hie, _gallant brothers in arms,. in all Darts of the disturbed country, will keep the enemy in check.,and open the way for the crowning campaign of the war. The Times of yesterday says that- ".we everywhere hold out, persevere, gain courage and confidence, are , reinfrreed from the mountains or the oce4n, and ; grow continually mere and .more terrible in the .*yes of the 'oe, To the ,arrivals from the Pun jaub, from Nepali!, from Madras, China, end Ceylo-n„ we may Low add whole regiments from the Cape,:and th , 3 naiad of the great e‘dirmn from this country. The arrival of 2.500 troops at Mauriti is is an earnest of whatave may now .Ltope.fer every mail. Yet the. work is still to come. On all sides it is the note of. prearation, the catalogue of the forces, , the aatheriu::: of the hosts—nothing com plete, critical, and decisive. The siege train was atilt to arrive at Dab:, and the assault was then to be made. This .W 43, indeed, no illusion, On the contrary, the mutineers having-gone out from Delhi to intercept the e.readei messengers of their doom, turtared a great loss of men, gaits and baggage. RvEry where it is the same. We are face to face with one another at a hundred points, collecting strength and maturing our plans. Whichever side tempts. a collision, the triumph is uniformly ears, as if to assure the mutineers that. they must;wait;their trial and then their doom:" Lihe feeling of uneasiness-in the Money Market is aggravated lay the knowledge of the pecuniary ncussities of tlae :East India Company. A London cotemporary understands that the company .are again seeking to borrow of the Bank, and that the latter have been compelled to intimate, both to the company end to our Government, that they are no Jonger in a position to grant the required accommodation. This is underatood to be the subject of interviews which hero taken place between the governor and deputy-governor of the bank, and the Chancellor cy: the Exchequer. The inference is thus greatly strengthened, that a public loan, guaranteed by tha British Government, will Come upon tlie market as swan as it is in a state to bear the operetian. • The number of lectures era India just now is prodigious. Latt night, at Hope the Rev. Mr. Barrett made the state of affairs in the Indian Colonies the spbjeet of a somewhat lengthy dis course. All that it amounted La WAS this :—At present there is a war raging in India—that we must use our endeavours to suppress it. When suppressed measures must be taken to prevent the re-occurrence cf the mutinies, sod that to effectually do so, we must spread the Gospel/by the aid of missionaries, in India. - Mr:Barrett has been a missionary in India, so, of coursiLhe knows allsbout it; but he does not enlighten 'us on the caws of the present airbreak of the natives. Last night's Gazette notifies that the nort and 5. river of Canton was placed in a state of strict blockade on the 81 of August, and that all means allowed by the laws of nations and treaties will be adopted and executed. Lord St. Loonards, in a latter to the Duke of Norfolk, promises that the complaint of his Grace as to the unfairness with which Raman Catholics are trea6.o in the gd ministration of the Ea !jai.; Fund, will he brought under the consideration of Zhe Royal GovatiliSioLiErS before Parliament meets. A crowded meeting of rherchants and others, itliPerublecl 4 the Cotton saloo Room yesterday, for the purpose of hearing a narrative of Dr. Livingstone's travels in Africa, and his opinion of the resources and capabilities of that country.. The meeting was crowded, and included the Mayor, T. B. Horsfall, M.P., the Rev. Dr. M`Neile, So., do. We report the proceedings at full length. Dr. Livingstone is of opinion that a large supply of Cotton, Sugar, and Coffee can be obtained from the districts in the immediate vicinity of the river Zambese, but this river must be rendered free to all nations. At present the Portuguese government hold complete sway over that portion in the neighbourhood of the coast. A resolution, expressing the thanks of the meeting to Dr. Livingstone for his lucid and in teresting statement, was unanimously carried. In the evening, the Rev. Dr. was entertained to dinner at the Adelphi Hotel, by the African Association. The B:rrningliam Conference, for the promotion cf practical education, and scientific pursuits, was opened on Monday by Lord Brougham, supported by such eminent men as Lord John Russell and Lord Stanley. The hall was very crowded, and thus far the inauguration meeting were successful. In his opening speech, the noble presidentdescribed social science as altogether free from metaphysical speculation or philosophy, and referred simply to the laws that govern men's habits. A most extraordinary charge was brought against a Church Clergyman yesterd, , y ; a report of which will be found in another column. There is not much news of importance from the continent this morning As it is very probable that the Paris - Conference will have soon to decide how the demands of the Rouinans, proceeding from their divans, are to be dealt with, the public mind on the continent is extremely pre-occupied with the .rnevements of diplomacy under this head Numerous persons pretend to be able to prophesy that the advocates of a Russo-French alliance, of a character hostile to Austria, will be sooner or later discomfited by Louis Napoleon, who reserves his supreme decisions to himself, and has for the present no ether object except to reconcile, in Akermanent manner, the whole of Europa to his dynasty. They f)rgot, however, to point out the conditions on-which a good understandingbetween France and Austria, in the particular affair of the Danubian Provinces, could be effected at Munich. How, it is asked, could France retrace her steps, where her honour is engaged to give to an oppressed nation the protection she has promised to it? On the othef.• hand, the proverbial tenacity of Austria leaves little hope that she will yield even an inch, or make any substantial concession. The news of the state of the health of the King of Prussia is contradictory, varying from hour to hour. We regret to say that the latest, as well as the most explicit., is unfavourable. A description of a very signifi :ant deminstration of reli g ious feeling at Potsdam is contained in a letter from that place. No rater news has been received from Madrid The contents of the journals and letters to hand renders it probable that a fusionist ministry, with an admilcure of Vicalvarists will IS3U3 from the present crisis. The Red Jacket arrived hare yesterday with 70 000 Lzi of gold, 500 blies woo', and 175 pas sengers. Her dates have been antieioatod. THE recent telegraphic despatches receivEd by the Admiralty from the seat of hos tilities in India ; as usual, contain something that is hopeful, and not a little of that which is discouraging. The former is the announcement that the gallant HAVELOCK, whose a.ehievements now surpass anything that the immortal WELLINGTON ever effected in Hindoostan, and for daring zeal and military strategetn, deserves to rank before the martial deeds of the renowned Sir Charles - NAPIER, or .his, predecessor in command, Sir Hugh, no* YiScount, Gotion; had gained his ninth L. victory on the 16th of August., driving the mutineers Loin a strong position, which they held near Bithoor, and which they defended with desperation. He again retired to Cawn pore, to await reinforcements, before proceeding to the relief of Lucknow. That heroic garrison , we are told, was holding out in the best possible manner. To the gratifying part of the news, we have to notice the arrival of General OUTRAM at Allahabad, with strong reinforcements. Ile expected to reach Cawn pore on the 9th ult., when he and llAveeocte would coalesce, and march to the relief of Lucknow, the deliverance of which was certain i seeing that the garrison itself was quite able to keep the rebels at bay. We only hope that their supplies will hold out until these two Generals arrive, and, after annihilating the rebels, open the gates of deliverance to this wonderful band of soldiers and their_dependants. Major, EYRE had inflicted punishment upon the Dinapore mutineers, who were trying. to make their way to Delhi. Regarding Delhi, the news is, on the whole, of a hopeful character. The siege, it was true, was continued, and frequent sorties taking place, the mutineers were repulsed. It must also be borne in mind that Generals WILSON and NICHOLSON were doing all in their power . to ensure a successful issue. The latter General, we are told, defeated the mutineers at Nuguff ghur, capturing 13 guns and their camp baggage The assault on Delhi was to be made on the arrival of the Liege train, which was expected about the Ist ultimo. We have no doubt, that the delay of the assault .upon Delhi, was dictated by wise and forcible comsiduations ; fur, in the event of failure, the carnage would be horrible ; as it would be next to impossible for tlke British forces to retreat—the Bengal bloodhounds would give no quarter ; the atrocities of the last four months would be re-enacted with increased gluttony for blood; the British cause jeopodised, and the struggle protracted in time, • and widened in extent, far beyond what we have any conception of. Most of the defences of Delhi are rendered useless ; some, however, still remain; such .as the Wellesley, and other bastions ; and, also, the large gate towers. Before .a hand-to-hausl conflict is attempted, prudence dictates, that the powerful siege train from the Punjaub should silence the guns on these positions, and thereby, rendering the rebellious artillery totally helpless. Such a course will be one of great mercy to our soldiers, and the final capture of Delhi rendertd one of mere street fighting. Looking at the matter from this point of view, we are disposed to regard the intelligence from Delhi as satisfactory, and sufficient to encourage the hope, that the ne?ct, ,, Overland mail will bring us the glad tidings that victory is ours, and that the honour and protege of England is once again in the ascendent. But we have still more encouraging news in the despatch received in London, and published in the NORTHERN TIMES on Monday. Major MONT GOMERY had met a body of insurgents at Allyghur, on the 21st of August; engaged them, and completely routed them. The effect of this action would, it was considered, open the way from Agra to Delhi, which is a most important consideration, as it would enable troops to pour in, from all quarters, upon the doomed city. without being obliged to fight their way, and thereby, harrassed and fatigued before the day of the grand assault arrived. It is satisfactory, as well as encouraging, to read that part of the despatch which mentions, that the Presidences of Madras and Bombay continued perfectly tranquil. This is more than we expected to hear, seeing that a number of executions for treason had taken place at Sattara. We now turn to the discouraging aspect of the News. Another instance of Lord CANNING'S incapacity is shown, in the fact—the 18th Light Cavalry, who his Lordship allowed to retain their arms, although told that they were disaffected, revolted at Ferozepore, and ,killed their Veterinary Surgeon. Again, there .is the partial mutiny of our Bombay Cavalry regiment, at Neemuch; the troopers were disarmed ; never theless, this may be the forerunner of more serious and formidable results in that quarter. The rebels frum Oude, who are said to be exceedingly numerous, contemplated making an attack on Allahabad and Benares, but as these , places were being put into a state of defence the probability was, that nothing of a very serious character would happen. At the same time, should this numerous horde of mutineers have uninterrupted communications along the Great Trunk Road, fresh difficulties would have to be encountered, both as regards the bringing up of reinforcements and supplies. Viewing then, with the closest attention, all the facts, assuming them to be such, put firth in the News recently to hand, the people of the United Kingdom have cause to be thankful that the tide of warlike adversity has commenced. The fact of HAVELOCK, and NrcHoesor , r, of EYRE and MONTGOMERY, having gained fresh victories, and inflicted further punishment upon the rebels ; that Luckno'w was still in fighting position, and able to keep at hay the murderous batalions that surrounded them ; that the capture of Delhi was certain ; that the Mohurrum, or holiday season, from which so much was feared, had passed off quietly, an evidence that the mutiny is merely military, and not shared in by the people ; that Bombay and Madras, the Punjaub, Bundlecund, and Central India are tranquil, more than balance the accounts of further mutinies, and of the desire of the rebels to continue their unparalelled slaughters. We are certainly disposed to adopt the btatemelit Sir Henry LUKE, who comes passenger by the Overland Mail steamer, that affairs in India are a shade better. When full details reach us, we shall be in a better position to judge and pronounce upon the actual state of affairs, in the rebellious provinces. THE picture constantly presented to the mind's eye of the Council by the Pike jobbers at the outset was indeed an alarming one. According to them, the Water Companies were on their last legs. They had exhausted their supplies, and could procure uo mare except by going to a great distance, and incurring an enormous out lay. The evidence of the various scientific men was deemed con:dusive as to the falling off in the supply from the sandstone, by incessant pump-! ing, as also the deterioration of the water, as was alleged at the time (and is yet by certain persons) owing to the ingress of salt water from the river into the wells. No doubt, the short-comings of the Water Companies lent some colouring to these assertions. It cannot be denied that, for a length of time, these Companies had not shown that regard to the requirements of the inhabi-- bitants which it was alike their duty and interest to have done. Complaints there were innumera ble, and the majority of these were well .founded. In fact, the Companies were m !re speculations, —the realisation of ample dividends being the first and main consideration. They were dealers in water; and, like all traders, they did their. utmost to advance the value of their merchandise, by making it appear that their commodity— . water—was not only scarce, but very costly ; and when any sudden emergency arose, that demanded a prompt and ample supply, there was none forthcoming —the invariable reason assigned was, there being none to give. The short-sighted policy of the Companies, or, at all events, one of them, produced such results as might have been anticipated—a strong preju dice was excited against- them not only by a large portion of the inhabitants, but by the authorities. The Bootle Company, for instance, with a supply of water at their disposal not exceeding one million gallons per diem, had their pipes ramifying throughout the whole town, Toxteth-park excepted. The Harringtom Com pany had a supply of upwards of three million gallons, and were thus in a much better position, not only to afford a more regular supply to their tenantry, but also to supply water in greater abundance for public purposes. And it is only due to the late Board of Directors of that Com pany to state, that latterly they exhibited every disposition to meet the wishes of the authorities its this subject. They appointed one of the COrporation servants manager of their works, and .ont his recommendation they expended cheerfully THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1857. large sums, in order to render them more efficient for supplying water to fires and other public purposes. And when the Medical Officer of Health requested a daily supply of water to be given to the poor in 1847, the Harrington Com pany at once responded to it. Not so the Bootle Company. In fact the short-comings of this Company were notorious, and consequently a strong prejudice was excited against them both. This was carefully fostered by those whose interest it was to depreciate these works, and the home supply of water. Hence, when they became the property of the Corporation in 1848, it was publicly asserted that the award made by Mr. STEPHENSON was outrageously in excess of their value—that, in fact, they were all but worthless, the engines being delapidated, the pipes rotton, or eaten through by oxidation, and the water all but completely exhausted from the various wells. Such were the views carefully instilled into the minds of the Council by those interested in misleading them, and such deep root had these taken in many instances, that it was utterly impossible to shake them. When the works passed into the hands of the Corporation in 1848, Mr. HAwKasLEy, the pro jector of the Pike scheme, was retained by the Corporation to report on their capabilities, and arrange as to their consolidation. This was a proceeding equally indiscreet as it was unfortu nate. Mr. HAWKESLEY might have known that all the outcry about scarcity of water had mainly been got up for a purpose ; no one knew better than he that the wells were capable of yielding a much larger quantity of water than was stated, and that this could be still further increased without any assignable limit. But, then, had he put the Council in possession of these im portant facts, there would at once have been an end put to his own scheme. The temptation to carry that out, even at the cost of truth, appeared too strong to be resisted. Hence we find that in the report he presented to the Council on the Bth of April, 1848, he says that the yield of the Bootle and Harrington springs did not then exceed 2,700,000 gallons per diem ; that this might be greatly reduced in dry weather; and, moreover, that there was a constant diminution of the supply, which, after the lapse of a few years, would have the effect of leaving the town without any water at all. He repudiated the idea of any permanent addition being obtained by further sinkings or deeper borings, main tairijng that the maximum supply had been reached, that the sandstone had been fully explored, and its water-bearing capabilities ascertained to the perfect satisfaction of all geologists ; and he declared his conviction to be that, unless the Rivington scheme should be forthwith carried out, the town would be left without water. Small wonder if the Corporation stood aghast at the very contemplation of cuoh a cataztrophe. It became a fixed idea in their minds, and, as we have already remarked, nothing would shake it the Pike must be carried out at whatever sacri fice. In vain did certain of their own servants endeavour to demonstrate the important fact, that the wells were capable of furnishing; ample for all the requirements of the town. Their statements were divided, and they themselves doomed to penury and degradation for their honesty of purpose. Such is the effect of pre judice. In this instance it amounted to positive fanaticism, and it admits of no doubt that the spirit of persecution displayed to those who differed from the views of the Pikeists was such that it would have pursued them to the scaffold or the stake had such been possible. We come here to the blackest page in the history of the Pike—we may well say the blackest--in our local if not even in our national history. It became necessary for the concocters of the Pike job to maintain the deception with which they had commenced, and as the water would rise up in judgment against them it was determined to get rid of it in the most nefarious manner. We have already described the modus operandi employed, and shall not stop to repeat it here. A water famine was proclaimed, and the town was to be starved into an approval of the job, regardless of consequences. Fortunately this abominable con spiracy was discovered and defeated ; and what do we now find ? In place of there being. a falling off in the yield, there has been a very large increase. The wells, which in 184 S were declared to be incapable of yielding more than twenty-four million gallons per week, are no w ' proved to be acievate to the supply of nearly fifty millions. Hid this important fact bean acknowledged at the outset, should we ever have been afflicted with the Pike bog-wash ? Cartainly ; yet to this it has come at last. These despised wells are now our only stay and salvation. The Pike is smothered in its own rottenness, and it has proved a boon only to the Pockets of its pro jectors. Let us hope that to-day will see it quietly inurned; and that no fresh jobs, whether big or little, will be raised up in its stead. GALWAY ELECTION INQUIRY. Tao commissioners appointed wrier her Majesty's warrant to inquire into the existence of corrnpt praztiees at elections for the town of Galway, will clo3e their proceedings upon an early day during the present week. Some idea of the amount of business transacted during the eight days on which the commission actually sat Inv be gained from the fact that nu less a number than 229 witnesses had, up to Saturday evening, been examined. The evidence con sisted necessarily to a very great extent of mere recapi. tulation ; but the result of the inquiries has been to establish the existence of corruption to an extent that was little dreamt of by very many of the leading inhabi tants of the town. It would appear that among a certain portion of the constituency a candidate, desiring to suc ceed, or his friends, without his knowledge, were necessi tated to:,expendllargo BUMS in bribing or treating ; and to such an extent was this carried, that in 1857 tho expenses of Lord Dunkellin, who was at the head of the poll, amounted to at least £1,200 ; those of Mr. O'Flaherty, who was unseated upon petitions, being about £4OO. The last, however, was universally admitted to have been the purest by comparison, as in 1852 there was expended on the part of Mr. Martin Joseph Blake, without his knowledge, though he afterwards made himself responsible for the amount, upwards of .£1,300; whilst on the part of Lord Dunkellin, notwith standing the defeat on that occasion, an outlay of £2.000 was deposed to. The contested election of 1847 was on all hands described as that at which the most extensive and systematic corruption prevailed; but the corn. missioners were precluded from entering upon the con sideration of its details by the fact that a general election had since taken place at which there was no contest, and in referenc,3 to which no illegal expenditure or agreemen t could be established. The necessity for examining so large a number of witnesses arises from the fact of its being requisite to afford every party charged upon any of the lists with having taken a bribe, an opportunity of denying..or of explaining, .the circumstances before his name is reported to the House of Commons. INDIAN MUTINY RELIEF FUND.—We understand that this fund has received a very welcome augmentation by the transference to its account of £3,682, the balance of the Times Crimean Fund. The application of this amount to an object so closely analogous to that for which it was originally raised, will be viewe•l with general satisfaction. At the sama time it seems obvious to inquire whether there are not in existence balances of other funds which are lying unappropriated, and which might, with equal propriety, be applied to the same purpose. This is a matter of great importance ; for although the appeal that, has been made to the humanity of the British people has been met with a hearty response, which has been seconded by the generous co-operation of other countries, yet it is evident, from the applications already before the committee, that any amount which may be placed at their disposal will be required to meet all the demands which the calamities of India must entail on the charity of this country. BRITISH PROGRESS IN INDIA.-The progress of the British in India is one of the most marvellous circum stances in the history of nations. The first British com mer•cial intercourse with India was in 1591, when a ship from England reached India after a three years' voyage ! The voyage is now made in less than double that number of weeks. When the Old Fort of Calcutta was besieged, our whole army consisted of but a few hundred British troops and a very few thousand Sepoys. The Company's possessions in India in 1756 were the Island of Bombay, and the factories at Surat and Calicut on the West Coast of Hindoostan; on the Elst, Masulipatam, Madras, Arcot, and Devi-Cattah. In Bengal, the towns or villages of C luttanutty (since become Calcutta) and Govindpore : lastly, a factory at Bantam in Java. The total possessions at the time the Old Fort was besieged occupied scarcely a hundred square miles of land. There was nothing that coal 1 j be called territory. in the present year (1856) the company's territories aro of vast extent. They are virtually bounded by Cahn!, Buloo chistan, and the Arabian Sea on the west, the Bay of Bengal on the south, the Irrawaddy and the Gulph of Siam on the east, and the Himalaya Mountains ou the north. The provinces eastward of Calcutta embrace an area of about 190,000 square miles ; those in the Peninsula of Hindoostan and Island of Ceylon: occupy an area of about 600,000 square miles ; and from Calcutta to the confines of the Indus and the Himalaya, the provinces spread over an area of about 690,000 square miles. The total amount of territory over which the company has now kingly authority and sway is scarcely less than a million of square miles ! The present annual revenue of India (exclusive of Oude) is about .00,000,000 sterling.— History of the Fall of the Old Fort of Calcutta. THE RISE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT.—The City article in yesterday's Times contains the following remarks in reference to the movement of the Bank Directors on Monday :—" This measure was•fully anticipated, and, from the extent of the applications to-day, it is doubtful if a further movement will riot immediately be found necessary. The amount of bullion withdrawn has been only £9,000, but it is asserted that £400,000 will be despatched to New 'York and Boston by the Baltic and Canada on Wednesday and Saturday next, and, as the Indian exchanges show an adverse alteration of 1 per cent. at Bombay and 2 per cent. at Calcutta, it is also anticipated that the shipments in that direction by the Overland Mail of the 20th will be larger than was at one time thought probable. With these prospects a fresh advance can scarcely be avoided, :and perhaps we may again see the rate at 8 per cent., the highest point it has ever reached during modern experience, and at which it stood in October, 1847. Iu proportion, however, to the suddenness of the pressure will be the rapidity of the ultimate reaction, and , as on that occasion the rate within a year afterwards went back to 3 per cent.—there will in the present case be reason to look for an extraordinary turn of the tide as soon as the immediate difficulty shall have been com pletely met. Notwithstanding the tempting rates of exchange at New York and Calcutta, the transmission Of specie thither under existing circumstances must be a hazardous speculation, since the question in each instance is not what may be the apparent profit, judging from the present advises, but what will have been the course of the markets in the interval before the operation can be carried out. In America the arrears now due to England and the continent are enormous, and are accumulating every week, and the moment the panic subsides and the influence of the fortnightly gold arrivals from California again begins to be felt the scarcity of bills upon us may be as remarkable as their present abundance. In India, likewise, the falling off in the shipmen's of produce and the demand upon the Government for payments to English steam companies for the transport of troops must exercise a strong effect in restoring more favourable con ditions. There is consequently nothing to excite appre hension that the disturbance will be protracted. Tne sole cause for anxiety is lest the fall of such houses in the provinces and elsewhere as are unavoidably compromised by the American failures, and the fluctua•ions in the markets for Eastern produce, should beget any vague terror calculated to lead even to a single day of general distrust. The belief is, however, that the decided action of the bank has removed • all danger on that account. So well is the effect of a rapid acrvance in the rate of dis count new understood, that when the necessity for it exists, a vaterous course of action is at once appreeiated. It is unquestionable that this was the effect observable to-day. When the advance to seven per cent was atmouuced, every one saw that the work of protection was in progress, and the conviction that in., case of need there would be uo hesitation in making another movement, established a sense of • perfect security. The funds went down, and there was much uneasiness respecting the probable fate of the tnanufacturiug e firms that have sustained losses, but there was no fright lest a period might be approaching at which it would be impossible even for perfectly solvent houses to obtain money on any terms. The absence of excitement today among the banking and commercial community afforded a striking contrast to the scenes that used to be witnessed when the true principles which regulate the currency were unrecognised. If any regret was expressed it was simply that the rise to 7 per cent, had not been resolved upon a day or two earlier. Altogether the feeling exhibited was such as to excite pride in our healthful system of finance, and to confirm the impression that, although this shock from America has come upon us in the midst of the Indian mutiny, we shall be able to with stand it, so that its consequences, heavy as they must necessarily be, shall not destroy confidence or interrupt the general welfare of the country." Do you think yu are fit to die ?" asked a mother of her neglected child. " I don't know," said the little girl, taking hold of hor dirty dress with her dirty fingers, and inspecting it: "I guess sn, it I ain't too—dirty." AFRICAN WHRAT.—.• k telegraphic despatch f , otn Mar seilles, dated Wednesday, states that wheat from Africa had arrived in lacii abundance as to cause a fill of 1 Jr. the hectolitre. TELEGRAPHIC NEO By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph. BLOCKADE OF CANTON• 1••=•••••.• Pti lY . A notification from the Foreign office lished in last night's Gazette, stating that °'"edi Bth August Admiral' Seymour had establishito blockade of the port and river of Canto n, sna g accordingly announced that all the rnetteureilbo thorised by the laws of nations and treaties 111080 adopted and executed with respect to &cede, which may attempt to violate the said blocks THE KING OF DENMARK. BERLIN, Tuggv°l4.o The King has slept tran qu illy during t il " night, and is better. FRANCE. PARIS, Ti Ttior.f The Three por Cents closed to day at i tottli t " being a decline of 20c., although the Bank i ; has been raised to 61 per cent. o A ilbs,r el , A gentleman of rank, fortune, intellect, 311 .'4 r principles, is announced as a candidati for Fro° , itstiO retirement of the Attorney-General from the rept . ° of the borough. jeep patent ißmupborb te h ar a n s cwe b h, e o e al n nl a id : tr e oo n itno o ri n so t ,,7s Zy Mr. Goodyear, bi g l In Ali greata even more general use. - At Baltimore a bull-terrier dog feiz , d D' e AAA) valuable horse by the throat, and held to his grasP i. lllo,l that he had to be killed by being struck on the . 7,01 9 .2. an axe, all efforts to release him otherwise proving " d r ing. Tile jugular vein of the horse was completelie" and he d:el immediately. William Ptile was charged with unlawful.) -56 , tr„, Mary Siunderson. The complainant said, Whe e ; s if she was married, " Not exactly." She was al f " o s r t. to T b h ri e n di t s h c i o s T a r r y tic le s is: was a widow, and she said, "Nut quite." i s tl ii ; single, then," said M. Sh 3 said she 11- 0 4' and being asked to say what she was, said sb e t" midwife," midwife," AN IMPORTANT PURCHAVE.—We learn of 8 ,, f1 C 15 ,. made yesterday in this city for two thousand iiT3o(°.; flour at 4 dos. 50c., to be delivered in the su° lll , 4 ll 0. 0 tober. The purchase itself is not . a matter of Ea' soh A s sequence, but the connections of the purchaser a re c k lead to the supposition that it is for foreign 2 0°3 S ' S°7,S it indicates the beginning of a foreign demand le' deuce in an advance of prices.—Evansville (Ind) md 4 19th. (51 LUCK IN ODD NUMBERS.—LateIy, at Vet „,, s - n moat) the wife of a wealthy merchant gave birth r to as' infants, all well constituted and perfectly str aw y father, delighted at th e c i r c u m s t a nc e , h as ofd carriages, with three horses each, for the banti sl4 4 . B l Ls mono ; three godfathers and three godmothers " o ltr, present, together with three nurses, three priests; $ to ; , candle bearers. , v at sli A respectably dressed gentlemanly-looking ra s aeo st ell o s day arrested on the Mathew-bridge, by Sau — f itti ° 'o Hughes, of the Thomond station, iu a bad state ° 0 0, 0 cation. When brought to the lockup he gave bi tt s s O rl : Sir Robert Naughton. The Mayor committed "iii 0001/ baronet" to prison until he would get sober.es- e sr chronicle. e man e ' tI. A Frenchman who had deposited a sum of — estisi safe keeping with a friend, hearing the latter was movie' fail, called upeu him and said, " Sara I wants 0 3 1. 8 011 0 : 0 ti certainly, sir," replied the other, d r awing out rulhea t book, from which he was about to fill up a cheek. ,ofi l s Frenchman said ; ' Stop, care, you got de movie c, s iltfl o t of course," said his friend , " I will Oa you a a" - aif s l immediately." "No, no," said the Frenclima n h tioir got de sonic, Ino want him, but if you no go i " fo i wants him." may be cli be fi l i FINE ARTS.—However popular opinion sI/ i f as to the merits of the Pro-Rafaelities, there e s 0 i doubt as to their energy. Last year they starte. o t o o f; hibition of their own, and attracted the atteu t l ol eteis the lea Lig cognoscenti in art. Now the prinetP: qe d i t have enrolled themselves together under the to l op, Junior Etching Club, and are setting busilY to o 1 Cr this ether branch of their profession. ArO n e . ni t t e ,e) , we find those of Millais, Luard, Lord Gerald fee' is Harwell, Martiaeau, Hrlliday, C. Keene, et bits/ Lewis, and S. Solomon.. The society is as r o e' infat cy, bit we shall watch and chronicle its P r dr Daily News. 'll P r 9 Correa, IN THE SEA.—Experiments are noW I s 0 01 0 0 11 with n iro sr3 to show that the sea is constantly charged of copper. Mr. Sspimus Piesse caused a haelS )f sent to be hung from the sides of steamers pasSl a g o foitp Marseilles and Nice, and obtained a precipitation usettios upon the iron. He finds the same metal in t he e : Fore .of animals inhabiting the sea, and recommends tm os silt' d a experiment of putting an oyster —a bad one, if P 24 fell on the blade of a knife. and l eav i ng it there for r asi t l e when, on the retrieval iof the oyster, the caPP 9 bee? 0! found on the' knife. • IdMr. W Mr. Piessesopiniore e e 0 0 1 blue colour of Aetna portions of the Moditerraneooe° to an amtnoniacal salt of copper, while the g re c other sels is owing to the chloride of caner' dr, ,Tout nal , ..,00 se-11 :..410 EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF MINE 3 S' lv day a meeting was held in Leeds, in conuectiogioettos West Yorkshire Northern As=ociation, for awa r e ise o ol to the children of persons employed in coal swiss Oier mines, when a ninnber of prizes varying fr 1 , 0 0 1,1 0 1, tote her with certificates, were di s t r ibuted. ; s e or, tion took place a few days previously, when : 21 , 0 7 1V11 1 ' offered, and it wr,s conducted by the Rev. F• " s ig eolt i ol of her Majesty's Itspectors of Schools. On the e s*, result was satisfactory, for thoug,ia the pupils we tart lido in spacial subjecei they were well up in elense a i este s s in te r. 'Ten prizes were awarded, and they "'e re s sergi s ta il distributed in the presence of several of the ' Bo ettl . " iti gentry of the district. The object of the assBoose similar to that of those established by Mr. Tee Stafferdsbire, De.rbs shire, Warwickshire, nan s eh s 6 jsti s ' shire, and which have bean attended with 30 "' s - is or in improving the educational status of the risi s ' ' se' of those districts. D el i , 0 4i The Red Jacket left Melbourne 19th JOY ; 0 4. 9 ; 0 fine weather to the solith point of Van Dter a ' s pert t p t° B ' e a s t e h v e e r n fortlay days. She v ti e ta r y e h o e c i e ix t,.. y pie w o w S e h e e k, Sll e b:S m eq p n e e n n i a t subsequent l y the ,i e t r i ; ie pl ii l l .4 : l l stand far to the north ; half the passage front ' , ha, : P' s Land to C.e Horn was ma d e i n ' e i g ht claYS'„eess,Stios and variable winds afterwards retarded her P r 7ro ll . ;eitl was thirty-seven days from Melbourne bef° r , iti S'l ol ,, E ' the Cape, a distance she has before perforni e " to th e isos• two days ; she was twenty days from the Horndosioets and to that point from Alelbourn i, fifty -5 0 1 1 s ea s ge y the line to Liverpool, twenty-eight days; s l , 3( e sra'o o 7,6 east traders; to the r a r.llel of fifteen nor `r - s e °', o very light variable airs from all points; tr;, - ; ai,,v, 51 3 '; Vends to Holyhead her time was fifteen sisi:i ss 1 ° 00 6 8 experieeeed ihe hurricane in the South Po; , on e i ssi has never had her m tin royals stowed save ` a d ; blO 81) . - i r only. Cargo consists of 70,000 ounces of g el f t oo 190 i large quantity in the hands of the psssenget'l, ° o , cc) lo f t 0 has 120 • 500 bales wool, a quantity of tai 10 1 I wine, hides, &c. fo irg Bo l to A CAUTICN 70 LADIES.-0/I ThUridlY „ e , iln t e ll t e e reverend gentleman holding an important syehesn s er f the liish Church, having arrived from the ,Singh!lV mail steamer, took his seat in a o trriage 01 " - D el op r Railway, the only companions of his jatl e op e lil r o respeetable-looking lady and a younger !elan the p ee d her daughter. When the train got into m a ° , 1 he l ve oev,o of the pa sengets suddenly exclaimed, 04' 0 . .S robbed of my watch and purser and when deemBo vr) trig; 'ter 0 Salthill she told the station-master and a ' te te 0 "there was one of the swell mob in the ,00 r it , t, again loudly announced her alleged 10 8 - 0 . to apt in i x gentleman was exceeding perplexed hew ea lauk s te l e delicate predicament. Had there not been joi sesv eo o l l o case," such a charge would have required _ er eoc l 4o,r planation and an emple apology; but the re s B od ti', 0 0,,, man with great forbearance remained st!ert,'•. s , t he 1 5 if Pit again proceeded. All the way up to Da/L ne e 9 0 ,14. 0 . female kept ogling him in a stypicious nt! . ." 8.1 . to t Sidl e expected some sleight-of-baud display Ise 6tlll e o o t ti s e gea s i s if fingered craft. At the Westland-row st a '! Te eenu o , 0 1 . 0 % were aboueleaving the carriage, but the r - t s ilo f jori o , man interposed, adding that he could n ? ts ed. o snitei imputations any longer to pass ucquest! o lies o ry. calltd the station superintendent and ! r h o r e ti e ll s l repeated to ihem the elder lady's words, 07 0 doe e 'oa s d an exchange of cards with her. By t h o e ala r e seO e f thought over the gravity of her acsusation, a r the r e plio the consequences, tried to escape. Neit h s e 3t e fr° 111 .0 3 ,0 strewed nor the policeman could exact a`• tss ions o : 0 0 of the ladies, who insisted that the exP r tbe to° 00 0 0 0 Salthill Were, " there is a swell mohnian i s _ en d gel r ep io 4o the request of the superintendent the rere' dill s 0 ' l r ac opted thpology, but the strangest PaL e is tstP:;e o %,0 was yet to occur. Before the ladies left tse° one ess f Its hea missing watch was found in the folds 0 . 0 0 th a t the I' ments. She still he'd, however, at Atm.—Evening Packet. I Q e , to tem t it tgla uattei 4th a, b a tt