Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-28 00:00:00

SMITHSONIAN HOTEL Baot DWAT.COrIIer Of,UOUSTON-STILNIT, Nsw YoElt. Named in honour of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, listablished at WASHINGTON, by the U. S. Comosass, With Funds bequearaed by JAMLS SMITHSON, of ENGLAND, Having the Friendship of the 0 FFICSaa of the NATIONAL INSTITUTION Is coneincted on the EUROPIUM PLAN. CHAS. IL SMITH. att umtlera Siaitik—trbis iDar, ♦t twelve o'clock, at the brokerls office, 14, Brunswick-street, 57 barrels 'Flour.— Robert Procter. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 2, Dale-street, 23 boxes Tallow.—Browne, Hunter and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, 6 Lancaster-buildings, a quantity of Irish Muss, Grease, and Whale Oil Foots —Straffcra and liaasot. At twelveo'clock, at the brokers' office, 1, O'dhall-street, a gn , ntity W Rice, Black Ebony, and Bees' Wax.—N. Wate huttse and Sons. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office 2, Exchange-place, 795 firkins Grease Butter.—Wm. and Joseph White. At twelve o'clock, at the broker.' office, 189 casks Tallow.—Bigland, Sons. and Jeffrcys. At twelve o'clock, at the broke-'s office, 30, Exchange-alloy North' 175 boxes Tallow.—John haddock. ♦t twelve o'cltelc, at the ttroker's office, Chapel-street, 38 barrels Honey.—W, 0. Woods. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office, le, Chapel-street, a gum eireet. 34. tasks Tallow.—A. R. Cox and Co. At twelve -o clock, at tte'brokers' office. 16, Exchange-bulldifigs, 30 Basks argols.—J. H. Rayner and Co. At twelve o'clock, at the brokers' office ; 27, Tithebarn-street, a quarsilty of Cattle Boos and Bone Ash. , —lsaac Hadwee, jou., and Co. At twvive o'clock, at the broker's officc, 11, °When- street, a quan tity of Logwool arkl'Lignamvi,ae.—Fezgusson, Pilans ar4l Co. At twelve o'clock, at the broiter's office, 2, Exchange-buildings, a quantity of Elnua Copal, Bees* Wax, znd Palm Oil.—W. W. Smith. At twelve o'clock, at the br okers' office, Apsley-buildings, Oldhall street, 60 tons Nicaragna l food.—ltcoke, Okell and Spence. At twelve o'clock, at the broker's office, Oldhall-street, 140 tons Logwood.—James Bates, m, Seas and Co. At one o'clock, In the Din'ing Shed, bottom of Park-street, a quantity 0 Mather. —Ec: ward Cl :kr For p articula.r3 116 4 4 advertisementi. AXUSEAENT.'S, PUBLIC MEETINGS, tcc. TH:S DAY. i'lltairlLE ROYAL— Dramatic-Performance-7 p.m. RoTAL AM p izras—Dramatic Performance-7 p.m. SiaTzerN 11 4 1 X, Aayt.n-sgrare—Gordon Cumming-8 p.m. RIFYAZ CoLossEU re—General Entertainment-6.30 p.m. SiSeleOlOAL GA enema—Grand and Varied Entertainments. Amaknos CRYSTAL, PAZACE, Lime-street-10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ar For partleclars see advertisements. ;Inriljetu girats FRIDAY, Z.UOUST 28, 1857. THE DAY'S NEWS. We have received further telegraphic aesonetts from India. They bring news from Delhi to -the 14th, and Bombay to the 301 h of July. Delhi was still held by the rebels o a the 14 h of July. The latter had made three sorties subsequently to the 23rd of June, the di Ile of the murderous day's fighting, which: has be en already described. Three sorties in three ea leks would indicate either a depression of spirits on the part of the Sepoys, or a greater compression exercised by the British force; a favourable consideration in either case. On the other hand, there were only 2,000 Europeans v rho could be spared to form a column of assault, a:nd it seems not to have been deemed advisable to risk these in an encounter with the rebels in the streets of Delhi. General .Bernard had died nine days before the departure of the latest adeiees, and General Reed had succeeded to the command. Such was the state of 'things before Delhi. The next statement is that Sir. Hugh Wheeler, reduced by famine, had surrendered to Nena Sahib, and had, with all his force, been massacred. It would appear from this that General Havelock's move ment from Allahabad had not been made in time to save. Sir Hugh Whee:er; but it has been made in time toavenge his loss, for General Have lock had met and defeated the rebels in three brilliant actions ; had routed them with small less on his side, great loss on theirs, and the capture of 26 guns. While, however, the newspaper tele graphic messages state that Nena Sahib was attacked and routed, subsequently to the alleged massacre of Wheeler, the despatch forwarded to Lord Clarendon says nothing of the death of Sir Hugh and his men, and leaves it still open to doubt whether the actions were fought before or after the alleged massacre, and whether the re-occupation of Cawn pore simply means :the re-occupation of the cantonments held by the rebels, or of the whole place, including the fortified post held by General Wheeler previous to his alleged surrender. The report of the death of Sir Henry Lawrence is confirmed, but the small band at Lucknow held out. A rising at Hyderbad, quickly suppressed, and a singular action at Sangor coriplete the ii3teil igen le. At the latter place, so it is reported, the 31st Native Infantry, under their native offiners alone, attacked and drove out of the ,station the 42nd Native Infantry that had revoleed. The Globe, of last night, remarks :—" On the whole the current of success seems to have fairly turned. The Sepoys have had their advantage in the suddenness of their .defection and onslaught. They have been victoleens over their officers and over women and chiMren ; they hold out behind ;the walls of Delhi, bat in the field they have only appeared to be vanquiehed. The mutiny has not extended in any direction since the last mail.; on the other hand, Etevelock has re-opened the road to the north-west, and will be able to relieve , Lucknow, and de more than keep the Ouile mutineers in check- He has also probably been reinforced from below. But the utmost that our gallant soldiers will .' - fe able to accomplish will be to recover as much ground as possible between this time and the arrival of reinforcements, some of which will reach Calcutta long before November; and when the cool season comes a cluquering British army, such as the natives have never seen before, will sweep -over the country and once more restore our sway. We give a brief synopsis of the news received by the Australian steamer European, which arrived at Suez on the 14th inst. The only item calling for notice is that relating to the Panama route to England. It will be seen that the Now South Wales Legislature have accepted the offer of Mr. Welton, of the West India Mail Steam Packet Company, for the establishment of a dins of steamers between Sydney and Panama. We may now look forward to having mail service between Australia and the mother country, carried on with regalarity, precision, and swiftness. We have all along advocated this route, and we are now about to see our hopes and anticipaeiocs realized. We shall have more anon to Bay u pon this important subject. The Domestic News• this morning is not of the least impeen,,aco. It is said that the Hon. G. Byng, the menkher for Tavistook, and the son of Viscount Enfield, will be .a candidate for the repre sentation of Middlesex. He is a very young man, without any present political reputation, and his only qualification appears to be that he is a scion of the aristocracy. There are several eminent public men out of Parliament whos e claims to re present the county of Middlesex far outweigh any which Mr. Byrn; is known or suPFoced to possess. Lord R. Grosvenor has issued a tare well address. The usual weekly meet:egs of the Dock and Health Committees were held yesterday. No business of importance was transacted in either At the Dock Committee it was stated that the new landing stage would be formally opened on _Tues day next. The balance due by the Dock Estee to the Corporation is about 5,500, which amount the Treasurer will at once pay over to the Corpora tion. At the meeting of the Heath Committee it was stated that the deaths last week were 277, being 20 more than the corrected average of the pre ceding nine years. There were 63 deaths through diarrteha, being six more than the corrected' avarege. The annual meeting of the Parish Burial Boara was held yesterday, a full report of the proceed ings will be found in another column. The trials at the assizes yesterday were of no general interest. Our Paris advises inform us that the number of recruits to be incorporated this year is 75,000; these will be divided in the following manner : infantry, 39,370; cavalry, 18,430 ; artillery, 11,400; engineers, 2. 800 ; military train, 3,000. The Moniteur publishes a decree promulgrting the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded on the 14th June last between France and Russia, and of which the principal provisions have been already stated. The treaty comes into operation in both countries on the 14th September The Debats devotes a long article to an investigation of the origin of the Sepoy revolt. In the opinion of our cotemporary, the revolt is neither a national manifestation, nor a protest against the rule of the company; it is simply a military conspiracy, the motives of which still remain a mystery. __ _ The great industrial, and populous city of Mag deburg in Prussia, the real birth place of the Reformation is wrapped in flames! From the latest news we have received, it seems that the fire `brrike out on Monday evening'at seven o'clock in the military storehouses, which arc scattered through the - city, for it contains one of the largest fortresses of the world. The fire next seized upon a wooden railway bridge of enormous length, which was built on the American principle, and which at nine o'clock was utterly destroyed, having presented a most magnificent spectacle during the progress of its destruction. The fire extended over the storehouses to private buildings, which form the other side of the street, and from thence spread rapidly. When the mail left no great hopes were entertained of putting a stop to the progress of the flames. _ There are some reports in the Servian newspa plpers, that Danish troops are on their march to Holstein. The gravity of such a step, while the Diet is sitting, would at onoe be evident, but we cannot permit ourselves to attach credence to it until we have received more authentic intelli gence. The last accounts received announce a sensible improvement in the health of King Oscar of Sweden. It is stated that the sum of 20,000 rupees - was forwarded by the Lord Mayor of London to the Governor-General of India, by Wednesday night's mail, as a first instalment resulting from the meeting at the Mansion House for the relief of our suffering countrymen in India. YESTERDAY we announced that the Bombay mail had arrived at Suez on the 16th instant, bringing advices from that city to the 30th of July, and news from Delhi to the 14th. This despatch enables us to estimate with more accuracy the value of the information which the telegraph brought on Friday night. From the contents of the despatch telegraphed from Alex andria on the 20th, through the British Vice- Consul at Trieste, we learn that, up to the 14th of July, Delhi was still in the hands of the rebels, and that such was the extent of the British positions to be protected, that the only available force before the besieged city was but 2,000 strong. The General commanding— REID —was waiting for fresh reinforcements before he would commence offensive operations, Indeed it would be madness to adopt any other course, seeing the numerical strength of the mutineers is so superior to that of the British forces. To this discouraging fact we have also to remark that further brutalities have taken place in the North Western provinces, which is the most deplorable piece of intelligence by the present mail, the details of which we may expect in a few days. We are informed there that the 9th Light Cavalry, and 46th Native Infantry had revolted in the Punjaub, and taken the road to Delhi, which seemed to be the grand rendezvous of all the disloyal and heartless miscreants who have set India in such flames of rebellion. , Their rebellious intentions, we are glad to•say, were nipped in the bud, for they were met by General NtcHoLsoN, and driven back with great slaughter, their killed and wounded numbering 200, while the British loss was only six killed and twenty wounded. The catalogue of insur, rectionary movements is completed when we mention the rising at Hyderabad on the 18th of June last, but which we are told, was quickly suppressed, Cawnpere, we learn, has been again recaptured, and twenty-six guns taken from the rebels. Consequently, General HAvEeocK's successes have freed Sir HuGil WHEELER from the disagreeable manners of the mutineers that lately surrounded him. The accounts from Agra are somewhat strange. The loss of the British, cut of a force of 500. no less than forty-five had been killed, and ninety-two wounded. Why this engagement should have taken place, we are at a loss to conjecture. The immediate result of this attack has not been reported. It is gratifying to learn that the troops in the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras remained perfectly quiet, and that up to the latest dates there was not any reason to doabt their loyalty and fidelity; but we must not place too much reliance upon the fidelity of soldiers who have shown themselves, upon more than one occasion, too ready to aid the questionable designs of their fellow-countrymen. The news, of which the foregoing is but an outline, will reach us about Monday or Tuesday, when we shall be better able to judge of the real position of the British army in India, and the extent and character of the difficulties which surround the Indian Empire. Meantime, every exertion should be made to pre pare for the worst, and to pour in an army that cannot be withstood for a week. It is by a bold, instant, and decisive blow that we can put down the miscreants who have acted the part of traitors to their Sovereigns, and butchers to their fellow-men and women. What has taken place should warn the authori ties. They have no excuse, but to spare neither men nor money to extinguish a rebellion that has its origin in natural antipathy to the legitimate rules of the country, and a desire by the most base and cruel of modes to over throw the legally constituted authorities , of the Empire. England pants for the opportunity to inflict urn.neasured retributi on f or t h e !au- THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28. 1857. guinary conflicts at Delhi, Lucknow, and the North West Provinces. Day by day we are proving more able to curb the frenzy of revolt, and inflict vengeance signal and terrible for the deeds of blood which has already deluged those fair and fertile lands: We shall wait with con siderable anxiety for the letters and papers by the Overland Mail for all the particulars up to the latest dater,. PARLIAMENT will be prorogued to-day. The members of both Houses will be relieved from further attendance at the Palace of Westminster, —unless some unforeseen circumstances should occur,—until the latter end of January, or the beginning of February next. We have already briefly glanced at the labours of the past session, and showed that the measures of real Reform which have become law are exceedingly scant. Indeed, the only one of paramount importance, and which concerns all classes of the community, is the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill. Numerous efforts were made by the opponents of the measure to burke it, but they failed ; and, after this day, it is to be the law of the land. And here we cannot help thinking that the last move of the Lords, on this very question, is somewhat strange. It will be recollected that the House of Commons introduced a provision into the !Bill, giving the wife a right of suing for a divorce in case of " adultery committed (by the husband) in the conjugal dwelling." Such only was reasonable and just, particularly as the husband has enjoyed the right for a length of time past. This amendment was struck out by the House of Lords, thereby leaving the law in such a posi tion as will enable a man, should he be so inclined, to debauch every domestic in his family. Yea, he can even ensconce a mistress under the same roof with his wife, and yet that wife is denied the legal redress and remedy which mere adultery on her part would enable him to obtain against her. Truly, this act on the part of the House of Lords says but little for the moral rectitude of many of the Peers of England, and strengthens the supposition that had the clause been retained, several of our hereditary legislators would, no doubt, have been placed in a somewhat awkward position, as it is a well known fact that not a few of their Lordships have been in the habit of indulging in certain exceptional liberties, which this stringent but salutary proviso would have marred and interfered with. The Bishop of OXFORD has promised to use his prelatic authority to defeat one of the provi sions of the Bill--namely, the marrying of persons whose former character has led to the divorce of a former matrimonial vow. All we can say, to such a threat is, that he had better not try the game, as it would be attended with pains and penalties he would not like to come under. But enough as to past legislation. A word as to the future. When the present Par liament was in course of election, the country resounded with .the cry of Reform: An extension of the suffrage, and vote by ballot, were among the prominent principles connected with the representation of the people. It was on the faith of supporting these principles that the pre sent majority of the House of Commons was returned. Nay, more, it was also on the faith of a promise ►:rom Lord PALMERSTON that he would produce a new Reform Bill next session, that he has been permitted to retain his position of Premier of England until the present date. During the recess, no doubt, many of the leading members of the ,House cf Commons will, as usual, meet their constituents, and give an account of their stewardship. Should they hesitate to come forw•ard_spontaneously for that purpose it will be the duty of the people to take steps to procure their attendance, and have a statement of their political v:ieses as' to the past, and above,all, regarding the future. We earnestly hope that the liberal' constituencies will be particularly careful to dretw from their respective representatives a renewed and empha tic declaration and pledge in favour of reform, so that the Govern tnent may be made aware of the wants and, wishes of the nation. They who know the character of the noble Premier, and take into account his votes and speeches on the ballot question, are not over sanguine that he is in earnest about reform. Indeed, they feel as if the noble lord would be glad of an excuse on the meeting of Parliament to relieve him of his pledge. If the Liberals are true to them selves they can defeat such an intention, and compel the Minister, be he who he may, to bring forward a full, complete, and equitable law for regulating the representation of the people. To possess these features, the franchise must be extended, and vote by ballot engrafted upon the measure. Less will not satisfy the people. But important though such a question is, there are also others of equal interest and significance, We allude to two topics, on which the country should demand immediate legislation, namely, Education, and Financial Reforms. Something more is required for the proper education of the people thin the mere granting of Parliamentary aid. We want a Minister of Instruction, a statesman who has made the question one of deep and long continued study, and education itself made a fourth leaned profession, the best ally of the other three, thereby taking the control and direction of the educational machinery of the country out of the hands of empirical amateurs, and placing it under the guidance and management of those who are scholastic philo sophers—theoretical and practical. Every day convinces us more and more of the necessity firt the judicious exercise of the pruning knife of reform in the financial affairs of the country. Useless and extravagant expenditure must be lopped off, and the national taxation regulated upon an equitable basis, so that no one class shall be compelled to contribute more than its just quota to the country's revenue. Here, then, is plenty of work for the people to do during the ensuing autumn and winter. Every city, town, parish, and hamlet throughout the country must be roused from their present apathy. The fair banner of reform—educational, Parliamentary, and financial—must be unfurled. To gain these objects the people must unite ; and between this and the meeting of Parliament, every man should countenance a peaceable, con stitutional, but zealous and determined agitation, to ensure legislation in consonance with the requirements of the country, so as to elevate the people in all that relates to their social and moral advancement. TRADE AND Ftereerpa ACOOUNTS,—A blue-book lately published contains sundry tables of figu es relati►e to the trade en 1 fiance accounts of the kingdom for the financial year 18.56 57 (ending the 31st of March last). The total income, including balances, was £75,569,575. The net receipt was £72,794,885. The expenditure of the yea r was A 75,588,667, and the excess of expenditure over income about £3 254 6)4, taking £72,331,052 as the income, aed £75 588,657 as the expenditure. The items of iLICOM3 and expenditure have been already given in former returns. The balances of public money in the treasury on the 31st of March, last amounted to £8,668,370. The total revenue, after deducting repayments, allowances, and drawbacks, was £72,963,151, The sum of £4.036,814 was expended on the collection of the public revenue of the kingdom during the year out o f £4,610,403 voted for the purpose. The net produce of the assessed and land taxes in the whole of the United King dom was £3,114,445, and that of the Income-tax .£16,050,e70, makicg together, £l9 165,115. The House tax 3ielded 4728,256; the tax on servants, £187,895 ; carriages, £289,922 ; riding horses, £234,210 ; ether horses and mules, £1 l 1,166; dogs, £200,725; horsedealers £13,774; hair powder (only), £1,313 ; armorial bearings £52,516 ; and game duty, £134,079. The net receipts from Custims' duties was £23,488,136; from Excise. £18,294,166; and from stamps, £7,396,685. The net produce of the Post•office revenue was £2,909,130. The future annual charge of the public (funded) debt is fixed at £23,488,448, and £70,889 is paid to the Bank Of England for the management thereof, besides £13,880 for the expenses of the National Debt office. The future charge for the Civil List is fixed at £402,364, and the charges on the Consolidated Fund for annuities and pensions is £329,601. As regards trade it is shown that the total value of our imports amounted in 1856 to £127,917,561, and the total value of our exports to 4291,867,388. The real or dealared value of the produce and manufacture of the United Kingdom exported last year was £115,534,311, against £95,346 429 in 1855, and £26,912,041, in 1854, The "official" ♦alue thereof was £258,462,965. In the year 1856, 1,855 vessels, of 422,359 tons, were built and registered in the ports of the United Kingdom, and the number of vessels actually registered was 36,106, of 5,316,736 tons, and employing 267,759 men. About 26,000 British and 20,600 foreign vessels appear to be employed in the foreign trade of the kingdom. It is impossible even to glance at these tables without being struck with the immense and almost incredible extent of the resources of this country and the amazing developement of its trade. THB SUBMARINZ THLIGRAPH COMPANT.-011 Wednes day, the half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed to be held at the London Tavern. Sir J. Carmichael occupied the chair, and stated that there were not sub. eject shareholders present to make a legal meeting, and the proceedings must, therefore, be adjourned. A share holder remarked that the 7 per cent. dividend kept all the shareholders away. They were all satisfied, and did not therefore care to attend. The Chairman: If we reduced the dividend two or three per cent. no doubt we should have a room. full. The report contained the following statements :—The directors have much pleasure is infor ming the shareholders that the submarine cables of the joint companies have continued in perfect working order since the repairs of the accident which occurred in the month of January last. Tae accident to the company's cables, referred to in the last report, caused the loss of nearly a month's traffic, and its subsequent diversion for a more considerable period to other routes, yet notwithstanding this serious drawback, the revenue of the last halt-year has exceeded that of the half-year ending December 1856, £284 104. 91. The business of the company for the month of July last, and up to the present time, shows a considerable augmentation over the corresponding months of the year 1856, and appears to promise's grati fying result on the transactions of the year. After mature consideration, the directors have determined that a moiety of the amount expended in repairing the cables should be charged against revenue ; and that the repairing portion of the costs incurred should be taken out of the reserved fund accrued during the present year; there AM, therefore, be only the additional sum of £lB5 83 6d to be deducted from the amount that may be set aside during the current half year. The amount of the present reserve fund will, therefore, remain intact. The total amount expanded on the repairs was £1,527 1.5 s 2d. The amount of the reserved fund to be appropriated for the half-year to .£392 6s, Bd. for both companies, and it is proposed to take 5375 from revenue, making a total of £967 6s. 81., which, deducted from the grass expense incurred, leaves £560 Bs. 61. to be carried over to the succeeding half-year. Atter meeting the above deduc tions, there still remains sufficient margin to pay a dividend of 7 per cent., and to carry over a balance of £216 17f. 6d." Tae meeting was adjourned to the 10th of September. THE " TIMES" ON COMMERCIAL MORALITY. —The city editor of the Times writes The worst financial dis graces of the past two years have been recalled and augmented during the present week. The old themes of the Great Northern Railway Company and the Loudon and Eastern Banking Corporation have both attracted, renewed attention, while lalresh interest has been awak ened by the exposure of the Surrey Gardens Company, and of the defalcations, forgeries, and other delincpencies at Liverpool, which have become generally notorious except to the Liverpool community themselves. With re gard to the Great Northern Railway, the new features have consisted of the report of the directors preparatory to the meeting on Saturday next, the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor on their attempt to repudiate the claims of the preference shareholders, and the report of the committee appointed in March last to investigate the general management of the concern. Th 3 re:ug of all these documents is that, while on the ono hand the Vice-Chancellor and the com mittee of investigation ht re pile the conduct of the dir ectore in a light most pain Cay humiliatiug to the credit of English companies, the , iirectore themielvas, inite ad of uttering a single word of compunction or apology, have boldly taken the opportunity to libel the House of Commons, reproach:the Times, taunt such of their constituents as have endeavoured to uphold legal rights, and, finally, seek from the general b )dy of shareholders proxies to enable them at the approaching meeting to continue their defiance. Considering that one of their pleas to shut out the preference shareholders was actually the same as that employed by: the repudiating States of America— namely, that, although the money had been raised, the certificates issued to represent it had not besni formally sanctioned Iby the :requisite vote; that the Vies-Chan cellor has found it necessary to teen them that "it is too late for any company, after taking subscribers' money and issuing certificates, referring to an Act of Parlia ment to object that three-fourths of the meeting did not assent, and that the stock was not issued under all the provisions of the Act," that the committee of investigation announce that the :directors allowed Redpath to pursue his career without the slightest check or supervision ; that the secretary signed the dividend warrants in bundles, without a list, or certificate, or examination of any kind; that the stamp which repre sented the signature of the secretary was used by any of the clerks in the registration office at pleaiure, and that even down to the latest period of the investigation many items have been found placed toTcapital account, which, in the opinion of the committee, should have been charged to revenue—this demand on the part of the direetors and secretary, not merely for a continuance of unli,nited con fidence, but virtually for an approval of all their past acts, is, perhaps, without a parallel. As respects the next case—namely, that of the London and Eastern Banking Corporation—the new revelation is just such as might have been expected. The shareholders, after having lost all their paid-up capital of £5O per share, are called upon for a further contribution of £ls, with an intimation that the assets to meet outstanding liabilities threaten to yield much less than had been anticipated, and that consequently the extent of ruin cannot even yet be estimated. They are warned, msreover, that unless they pay promptly the concern will have to go into bankruptcy, where there prospects will be still worse. Meanwhile Colonel Wangle and all, the workers of this misery can laugh in security, the liquidation being private and their victims happy to let them escape if by so doing they can avoid the tender mercies of the Law Courts, professedly established to afford them aid. As to the Surrey Gardens company, the facts appear to be such as must sooner or later lead to soma criminal procedure. The capital, subscribed only fifteen months ago, was 432,560, the whole of which has been lost, while additional debts have been contracted for £26,000, of which £14,500 is upon a mortgage of the music-hall, £11,500 being wholly unsecured. Yet a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent was declared last Oeober, the object apparently being to induce the public to take up at par 744 shares which still remain unissued. The way in which the money has been appropriated seems a com pl e t e mystery. Mrs. Seacole is stated not to have received a farthing of the proceeds of the recent manifestation of public sympathy in her behalf, and M. Jullien asserts that he has been cheated, and is a ruined man. Meanwhile it is complained that Mr. James Coppock, of Cleveland row, St. James's, who is represented to have been the acting Director, makes no sign ; and here, again, the first impulse of all concerned seems to be to keep the matter out of the courts:and to accept any sacrifices, provided they can but be allowed to have the winding-up in their own hands. The claim of Mrs. Seacole, however, is of a character not to be postponed, and, as some persons were to wait upon Lerd Palmerston upon the subject yesterday, it may be hoped that decisive measures will at once be employed. Finally, while all these affairs have been going on, we have had accounts of a gigantic defalcation on the Liverpool Stock-Exchange, followed by a mercantile forgery and disappearance, and several failures, have been • ;rendered more pad :ful as illustrations of the state of commercial morality by an ap. parent combination for the' purpose of hushing them up, so as to prevent any reproach from falling upon the speculative classes. Under such circumstances, the question arises how can the business of the country be carried on ? In :the largest as well as in the smallest undertakings unscrupulous mismanagement seems waiver sal.7,There is, ' . however, no occasion for despondency. The mercantile' community of Great Britain are still sound at the core, and, looking at the immensity of our transactions and at the number of people who in this age of talk are ready to trust the control of their affairs to any pretenders who have the tact either to overbear or impose upon public meetings, the number of bad cases that transpire is not comparatively so large as in their notoriety they appear. While the journals are teeming with accounts of disputes and exposures among Directors and shareholders, the latter in many instances haring only to complain of their own ignorance or indolence, the groat daily transactions, involving millions, upon which depend the fame and prosperity of the country are honourably conducted at all points by men who have never been heard of 'either as wonderful projectors or extraordinary financiers, but who, in the quiet and successful pursuit of fortune, contrive, each in his sphere, to uphold the reputation for integrity that has made the country what it is. The popular feeling is not altered, and much of the evil lately witnessed has arisen from a defective state of the.law. This has been remedied in a great measure by the Act upon the subject passed during the present session, which, it is hoped, will sweep from the field all who have hitherto followed the trade of Director relying upon perfect immunity who never it might suit them either to neglect or to abuse their trust- NEW Acs o.r 1317SIM&RY PROCEEDINGS BEFORE MAXUS TRATES.—A very useful Act of Parliament has just received the Royal assent, and if generally adopted will save the trouble and expense of appeals to Quarter Sessions. It is entitled, "An act to improve the administration of the law so far as respects summary proceedings before Justices of the Peace." The object of the statute is to obtain the opinion of a superior court on questions of law which may arise in the exercise of summary jurisdiction by justices of the peace. Either party feeling aggrieved with a decision may apply to the magistrate or magistrates who heard the case to state a cage for the opinion of a superior court. Se curity is to be given by the appellant. Oa a magistrate refusing to state a case, the Court of Queen's Beach may compel him to do so. The superior court is to decide the question raised, and a judge at Ch timbers may exercise the power. The decision is to be final, and the justices may issue their warrant to enforce their decision, when the same is to be carried out. No certiorari is revired, and the superior courts may make rules to carry out the act; which act has reference to all jestivs, including the 'Metropolitan police courts and stipendiary magistrates The appellants under this act are not allowed to appeal to Quarter Sessions The fees to be eiarged under the act are n-t lair; the whole will not exceed 235., with the exception of profession II aasistance, which are, of course, much leas than an appeal to Q tarter Sessions. THE COURT, &c. OSBORNI, AUGUST 26.—The Qaeen, accompanied by Prince Alfrad, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prine Leopold, embarked in the Royal yacht Fairy yesterday afternooe for a cruise. Lady Churchill, the Hon. Lau Kerr, the lion. Mary B alteel, and the Equerries in Waiting, were in attendance. The Prince Consort rode on horseback. This morning, it being the anniversary of his Royal Highness's birthisy, the band of the Royal Marines played a sekction of music on the terrace. Tram QuEuNr's JOURNEY TO THE Noarn.—The Qusen, the Prince `3onsart, and the Royal family and suite, will leave Lnndoa for Scotland this (Friday) morning by a special train from King's-cross S:ation at 8 o'olock, proceeding by the Great Northern rotate to York, and thence by the North E.%stern, the Newcastle and Berwick, an] Edinburgh and 13 rwiek lines to Scotland. The usual regul ma will he adoW.ed to insure the safe transit of the Royal train. Tae line and st ttions are to be kept clear half an hour becore the time the Royal train is due, and all train,: is to ha sopped until the Royal train and the pilot engine following shall have passed. The pilot will leave King's-molt station 1U minutes after the Royal train, and follow at this interval as far as Y under conditional recautions Taal communication between the guard and the engine-]river wilt be ussd on this occasion, and a man will be statioael on the tender to t ,ke cognizance of signals. The trait, will be accompanied by its own fitters, lampmen, an.i greases. At the stations whore the Royal train is timed to stop the pudic are to be kept within barriers on the doaria platform, so as to prevent their crowding upon the Royal carafes; and those who may be Admitted oa the up side are tulip) kept on the platform, and not allowed to get on the line. At Hitchin, Hunting don, and Knottingley, the train will :pass slowly through the straight lines without stopping. TAB ORLEINIST FAMILLY IN ENGLAND.—Their Royal Highnesses the_)) Ike and Duchess do Montpensier Dave an elegant fete to the members of the Orleans family and a distinguished party, on Monday last, at the Castle Hotel, The company assembled shortly after noon, and at one o'clock embarked from the garden of the Castle Hotel, int the Itver Queen steamer, which ooareyed them to Mill wall, where the illustrious p arty landed and inspected the Great Eastern steam-ship, Capt. Harrison, commander of the Leviathan, having the honour to conduct his distinguished visitors over the vessel. R-Atrning to Rich aloud at five o'clock, the royal party shortly afterwards sat down to a magnificent dinner, at the Castle Hotel, which was followed by a ball. The guests numbered about 70 aid comprised the Countess de Neailly and nearly all the members of the ex-royal family of France, including the Duchess of Orleans, with the Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres; their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess de Joinvilie, with the youthful members of their family; the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and their family, the Duchess of Sixa-Coburg and her family; Prince Philippe of Wurtemberg, &c. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS• [By British and Irish Afagnotio Telegraph.] FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Wheat has fallen 4 francs per hectolitre, in the Paris Corn Market. To-day the Three per Cent Rentos were withon vaaiation, closing at 66f. 95c. ITALY. Great preparations are making at Rome for the reception of the Pope, who will return next week. Fresh political arrests aro being made at Genoa and Turin. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. A despatch from Bucharest states that the °lee tions in Wallachia will be favourable to the union of the two provinces. SPAIN. M. Lafragua, the Mexican Envoy, has arrived it Cadiz, where he will embark for M exico. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, THURSDAY EV/CHINS+. The two sections, comprising seven memberoc held their first sitting this day, in the new building on the grounds of Trinity College. The section! , were—Mathematics and physics, president, the Rev. Thomas R. Robinson ; chemistry and minerology, president, Dr. Apilho ; geology, Lord Talbot de Malahide ; zoology, botany, and physology, president, Dr. Harvey, M.D. ; ethno logy, &c., president, J. H. Todd, D.D. ; economica l science and statistics, president, His Grace the Archbisphop of Dublin ; and mechanical science, president, Lord Rosso. At each of those sections papers on the various subjects were road and disposed of with the ability of master hands , A number of ladies were present. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. The Baltic with two days later news was off noir head, at six o'clek last evening. She is momnetrlif expected THE DEB.,47'S AND THE INDIAN MUTINY. The Debats has a second long article on tb ° Indian mutiny. It commenees by maintaining that the movement is in no degree to be considered national, since the immense population ' 9 our Indian possessions is not a natio o r but a heterogeneous assemblage •of differen t races, speaking many tongues, professing variotie religions, differing as widely in their custorae and ideas as they do in colour and physical ohara o ' teristics. Such a collection of human beings he° none of the attributes of nationality, and the writer in the Debats insists that pariotism is a sea" timent unknown to them. To the possible allege' tion that misgovernment and oppression have driven the motely population to join and rise against a sofa; men tyrant, he replies that,whatevor the faults an d imperfections of the Company's government, every impartial man must acknowledge that it is inconaPel rably the mildest and justest, the most enlightened and the best, that the Indians have ever known' Alireover, had discontent prevailed, it would have manifested itself by murmers and complaints, per' haps by local disorders, before it broke out in the form of a military insurrection ; there would be some banner, some war-cry, indicating the cause o f offence ; something better and more valid then the county story of the greased cartridges which it is now pretty evident a mere pretext. Moreover, the innunerable lettere ' received from India agree in describing the i 0; habitants as taking no share in the proceedings 0 ' the revolted soldiery—excepting, of course, the thieves, mardefers, and evil-doers of all kinds that are to be found in every country. And in hold many cases have the people fed, clothed. and pro' tected the unhappy fugvives, flying before the bloody hand of the ferocious Sepoy. The Debate comes to the conclusion that the revolt is purelf military, but, while venturing on some reflection° and conjectures, it declares itself incompetent to decide what were the incentives to it. THE .1 - Awn BAlxis.—The Oneida spoke the lan's" Baines, with troops for India, off the Western Islands, ork the 18th, and all well. ALARMSNG FgRR AT BIREENHEAD.-9n Wednesday a fi-c of rath , r an ai4rming character was discovered in the house of Mr. Woadcrof , p tinter, of Chester-streer. Fro% the absence of a free supply of water, the whole pretniseik wi.h their coalents, were consumed. Frfte.—Y-sterday ru 'orcing. about half-past ten o'cliekr a A re was discovered .13 this back premiAes uf Mr' fialleweli's, corner of Ca.stle and Har,ingwo->treetrh Inspector Chew and officer Simpson, Na. 159, were a t once ou the rp , t, and having p r o..:tir!cl A pipe, tAstetred it to the water-'ap, and by tits mea.ms got u fire iti r al bore muck damage was sustainel. Had the tie broke out at night, the coLs , Alucnces might L '::LVIi proved yell ~, serious. WHAT is COMING to LIVERPOOL 00 t he 31st instant?—Why, E GREATEST NOVELTY IN THE WORLD WHERE IS IT TO BE SEEN ? THAT'S THE QUESTION.