The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO.LtDON, TWURSOAY EVENING, SP_NIPrEMBER IA 1856:

and China in excess of that which was paid in the inpulse ; it is the crime of a person in the full
preceding 12 months." If this estimate be at all possession of his senses, and after twenty, gene-
verified we shall have no less than 18,000,0001. rally not a first offence. The man who has proved
to provide for in actual specie—an amount that himself unfitted to be at large among other per-
will bring the circulating medium of the country I sons' goods, may, it would seem, reasonably be
to the lowest ebb. placed where he cannot touch them. With much
Are we to wait patiently until the panic has hesitation we might admit, in some cases, say, if
trrived, or should we adopt immediate measures the first offence were committed in adult years,
to mitigate the evil, so as to be let down as easily liberation on responsible bail. If experience
as possible ? There can be but little doubt as to proves, as it has done, that the adult thief
the answer that should be returned to this im- is a perpetual tax on society, society must have
portant interrogatory. Any man of ordinary in- the light to get rid of the burden. We have
telligence would desire to avert the mischief while leaped from hanging for a few pence to brief im-
there is yet time to do so. Unfortunately, how- prisonments ; may it not be better to adopt a
ever, the currency quacks have sufficient influ- medium course, and to inflict what cannot be
ence to retard, if not altogether to prevent, the called a savage or vengeful punishment, while it
remedial steps indispensable. They talk a vast would be an effectual prevention.
dell of balderdash, sufficient to puzzle persons Then as to the expense. It would, of course,
who have not taken the trouble to investigate the be great, but we must bear in mind the great
subject in all its varied details. expense to the community of every thief at large.

The great body of the people have not taken
pains sufficient to understand the question really
at issue, and permit themselves to be dictated to
by interested parties. They, therefore, remain
apathetic, while a subject involving the future
welfare and happiness of themselves and their

He probably costs the community much more
than his prison support would do. Besides, it is
14ot proposed that he should spend his time in
idleness. The numbers being considerable, it
would be easy for each to be employed on the
trade or occupation he already knows, or to learn
some trade ; nor would it be necessary that the
produce of his labour should interfere with that
of free labour ; the army, and perhaps other
Government establishments, and union work-
houses, could use all that could be manufactured
by prisoners. Next, it is to be remembered that
the hope is that the number of prisoners, after a
few years, would greatly diminish. If reforming
our juvenile thieves and shutting up our adult
•nes did not wonderfully diminish the future
crop, it would be strange indeed. We leave the
speculation for our reformers to smile at, con-
demn, or approve according to their fancy.

families is hurrying on the nation to the brink of II
ruin. It is not by waiting until continental'
nations have consented to debase their standards;
that the emergency can be successfully encoun-
tered. We must economise our own use of the
precious metals, and by the judicious issue of
really national notes of small denominations,
1/.5 2/.) and 31., provide for the internal cur-
rency of the country. This would at once
arrest the evil. We would then find bullion
an exceedingly useful servant, although it is now
a very tyrannical master. By this step, which
sooner or later must be adopted, from 30,000,0001.
to 40,000,0001. of bullion would be liberated,
the foreign markets would be glutted, and the
precious metals would return to our coffers, with-
out causing any misery or privation to the general
community by their temporary absence.

It has been resolved to establish a oorn market at
Downham, Norfolk, on Fridays, the first market to be
held on the 26th inst.

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We regret exceedingly to state that Mr. Clarkson, the
eminent barrister, is lying very dangerously ill at his
Brighton residence, on the King's-road, and that but
faint Hopes are entertained of his recovery.
T)10 Rev. Dr. Livingston, the celebrated African tra-
veller, has arrived safe at the Mauritius. Thls gentle-
nian has completed in his last tour a journey th.rough
southern tropical Africa from Loando to Quillemain in
the east.

What to do with our rogues has become the
grand question of the recess. Parliamentary blue-
books and Reformatory Union papers and speeches
have suggested details enough to us, but anything
like a complete system no one has yet ventured
to propose. Politics are pretty well banished
from the discussion of the subject—the statesmen
and philanthropists of all parties, indeed we might
say of all countries, being willing to communicate
and to receive information. At present we are
in a transition, and unsatisfactory state. We have
abolished transportation, and are vacillating as to
a substitute for it. We are trying the ticket-of-
leave system, but are deafened with the complaints
of judges and policemen as to its working. We
are continuing our ordinary course of a few
months or years' imprisonment, while we have not
the shadow of a doubt that half or two-thirds of
those thus sent to gaol will be sent again and
again till transportation for life or the gallows
will be the end of many of them. The only real
advance yet made is a general conviction that the
Reformatory School is the proper prison for lads,
and the partial carrying out of the system accord-
ing to the liberality or capacity of individuals in
different counties.

Celestina Somner, the young woman convicted at the
April sessions of the Central Criminal Court for the
murder of her child at Islington, has been removed from
Newgate to the Millbank Prison; preparatory to under.
going her sentence of penal servitude for life.
.1 CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT.—A.mosng
the acts of the late session was one to continue the Cor-
rupt Practices Prevention Act of 1854 to the 10th Aug.
next year, and thenceforth to the end of the then next
session of Parliament.

The Haymarket is undergoing a thorough repair, but
it is not intended that the thoroughfare shall be stopped.
Portions of the road will be taken at various times, so
that there will not be any material interference with the
*raffia.

It is stated that the suspicions referred to yesterday
as haying been expressed by a correspondent regarding
the course pursued by the Royal British Bank in con-
nection with their Welsh iron and coal works are with-
out foundation. A full explanation will doubtless be
elicited at the approaching meeting.—Times.
The directors of the London and Paris Bank have
agreed to recommend to the shareholders, at the meeting
to be held on the 19th instant, the dissolution of the
company, and the immediate return of the subscribed
capital, less 3/. per share retained until the exact amount
of the expenses be known.

_
MODEL LODGING TIMM—The leasehold model
lodging houses of the society for improving the condi-
113n of the labouring classes have been put up for sale.
They are situate in the Bagnigge Wells-road. It is
much to be regretted that some plan cannot be devised
to enable the tenants of the building to become their
own landlords.—Building News.
The Espano says that the Government has refused
passports to Marshal Narvaez, "so long as internal
affairs yet pending remain undecided." The offer of a
diplomatic post abroad has been politely declined by the
Marshal. The enmity between the court and O'Donnell
is undisguised, but he intends to hold his own or die
hard ; and, supported as he is by the French Emperor,
he may give Queen Isabella more trouble than she
imagines.
_.

The grand object, however, is to stop the grow th
of crime. So far as reformatory schools are suc-
cessful, they achieve this ; they send out two-
thirds of their charge really steady fellows, able
and willing to earn their living ; what is more,
they diminish by that two-thirds the sources of
temptation to others. It may be fairly assumed
that almost every juvenile thief, through the facile

A MISSING CLERGYMAN.-111 Sunday morning,
when the congregation assembled in the parish church,
Harrington, at the usual hour, there was no minister to
conduct the service, and, after waiting some time, the
people had to return home, wondeet.s 'mum uaa
Lv-
vvttcv of the rogidant clergyman, the Rev. John Price,
late a Fellow of the New College, Oxford. It afterwards
transpired that the reverend gentleman had left the dis-
trict. The parish is now left without an officiating
clergyman, the rector being non-resident.—Cumberland
Pacquet.
WHERE JOHN SADLEIR WAS FOUND.—+On visiting
Ampetead Heath this week a correspondent informs us
he found that the two fir trees which overshadowed the
little eminence where the supposed dead body of John
Sadleir was discovered, have been completely cut away
to the roots by visitors anxious to secure some relic of
the tragedy. The name " Sadleir" is cut out on the
grass in large letters, and the places where the razor and
silver mug were found are marked for the observation
of the curious. The broad dyke which surrounds the
hillock has been bridged over with stones, which, not-
withstanding the dryness of the present weather, are
rapidly sinking from the moist nature of the ground.—
Clonmel Chronicle.
SCHOOL OF DESIGN FOR COALBROOYDALE.—At the
second meeting of the committee organised for the pur-
tile cf establishing drawing schools in connection with
the department of science and art, held on Monday at
Coalbrookdale, resolutions were passed authorising the
secretary, Mr. G. Norris, to make the necessary appli-
cation to the department for securing the immediate ap-
pointment of a competent master, Considering the
artistic skill required in the neighbourhood, both in the
'manufacture of iron and china, this institution cannot
fail to be highly useful, and will no doubt be made ex-
tensively available by artisans and others. Madeley,
Bruseley, Wenlock, and Coalbrookdale are associated,
the committee of management consisting of three from
each place.
DISCOVERY OF AN OLD ROMAN SHAFT.—In the month
of May last an old Roman shaft having been discovered
a short distance from Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire,
north Wales, it was determined by Mr. Weston and
some other residents to drive a level into this old shaft,
in order to unwater it and ascertain what were the

nature of boys, is a tempter and trainer of another

to thieving. If the magistrates will also be more
striot in onforaing nn r.ran 1 flin ray tymn
large part of the expense of their children at the
schools they will do much towards diminishing
youthful crime—parents of bad habits will then
be much more careful of contaminating their
children. Nothing will weigh more with that
class than having to pay in hard cash, and weekly,
for their criminal neglect, or something worse, of
their own children. If, therefore, the reformatory
system be worked as it might be, and we hope
ere long will be, a vast amount of nascent crime
will be strangled, and a good beginning made with
the juvenile part of society.
It is, however, fearful to think of what is to be
done with the large number of thieves of all
classes committed after twenty years of age. Let
them return to society how they may, with tickets
of leave or after a full imprisonment, they find
the utmost difficulty in again obtaining employ-
ment. It is hard upon them, but while other
servants aro to be had, who of us likes to
employ a person in our family, shop, or ware-
house, once convicted of crime ? We are slow to
believe his real penitence and reformation. If
we should employ such a person, we suspect, we
watch, and we exercise, as we think, in this but
c rnmon prudence, but how painful the position
to the watched person. By most, however,
" gaol-birds " are rejected, and even when
they have obtained employment, on the hints of
the police, they are but but too frequently dis-
missed. Only the other day a young man was,
with difficulty, prevented from committing suicide,
because every effort to obtain emyloyment had
been thwarted by the police. Of course all these
hopeless adult criminals, combined with the far
greater number of incurables of the same age,
form a standing training school, unluckily of the
highest qualifications, as well as a standing army
of thieves.

hidden riches that induced this great work. The level
was driven through early this month, and the removal
of the mud and rubbish commenced. A small Roman
pick and a salmon spear have been already found.
Whether the spear, which is similar to those used in the
present day, is of the same antiquity as the pick, is a
matter of conjecture, but its condition favours that

assumption. The pick is nine inches from point to point,
in form like the common pick-axe, and is in the posses.
sion of Mr. Weston in the above town. A fine lode of
copper was discovered in driving the level, and two
strong lodes in the shaft. Most of the successful mines
in this country have been worked by Romans. The
shaft is fifty feet deep, driven through the solid rock.
THE TRADE OF LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, Monday.—

The " Customs Bill of Entry," published this morning,
gives a return of the number and tonnage of the ships
that have entered inwards from and cleared outwards
for foreign ports in the week ending September 13, 1856,
as well as the corresponding week of 1855. It appears
that during the last week 55 ships of an aggregate
tonnage of 27,368 tons entered inwards, against 76 ships,
40,026 tons in 1855, being a decrease of 21 in the num-
ber of ships, and a decrease of 12,668 tons in the
tonnage ; the number of clearances outwards during the
week, 93 ships, of a tonnage of 51,574 tons, against
107 ships and 54,356 tons in 1855, being a decrease of
14 ships and 2,782 tons. The total number of
of ships reported inwards from foreign ports during
the present year up to the 13th September was
36026, with a tonnage of 1,731,378 tons, against 3,015,
and 1,451,592 tons in the year 1855, showing an increase
cf 11 ships and 239,786 tons.
BANAGHER GREAT ANNUAL FAIR. BANAGHER,

We are not aware that we have seen quite an-
other course suggested for thediminution of crime ;
one which, though costly and apparently severe
at first, might not be so in the long run. Sup-
posing that for youth the Reformatories be con-
sidered sufficient, beyond that period perpetual
detention., or some equivalent, may be the best
plan for a later age. •We will notice presently
the leading objections, but the effect is obvious
enough. Its action would be double, first deter-
ring most effectually from crime ; next, with-
drawing the great teachers and promoters of
it from society. If the majority of thieves knew
that conviction, after attaining years of discretion,
was certain to be followed by detention and labour
for the more part compulsory, and for life, would
not the number of thefts diminish rapidly I
Thieves would think twice era they hazarded per-
petual seclusion from the world. Celibacy, exclu-
sion from stimulants, and low amusements, with
regular labour, would be a terrific idea to the
animal, lazy, or excitable natures who constitute
the majority of our adult thieves. What with
this and the diminution of tempters, one would
think this class of crime would rapidly decrease.
It may strike some as too severe a course to be
oven contemplated; perpetual deprivation of H-
I
b3rty for a small theft, it may be, it seems too
barbarous to be thought of. But a differeut
course is proposed for the youthful criminal. It
is the thief for whom, as a class, no fair excuse
can be offered that we would confine. No one is
compelled by want to steal in England—we have
poor laws and pay poor rates, and the man old
enough to understand this has no excuse for his
villany. Theft is not like any of the crimes com-
mitted under the impulse of ungovernable natural

Tuesday Evening.—lt appears upon making up the re-
turns of yesterday's sale of sheep, that the number sold
amount nearly to 9,000, being in excess of last year's
sales of about 3,000. Unsold under 1,500 against 4,900
of September fair, 1855. The fifteen hundred remaining
unsold consisted of several small lots of poor, unsaleable
sheep, in fact not fit for any grazier or breeder desirous
of holding even middling flocks. All sellers of sheep
were highly pleased, and the only disappointment felt
was confined to purchasers who found the supply to fall
short of their requirements. The business of ,this day
was appropriated to the sale of horses, which for many
years has not been equalled. Supply large and of
a superior description. It is gratifying to record
the great improvement the country generally is
undergoing, ;and no clearer proof can exist of that
improvement than to see the anxious inquiries
after this noble and useful class of animals amongst
country, gentlemen and farmers, the one supplying
himself with a luxury, and the other for his agricultural
purposes. Several buyers for the army picked up large
lots of young horses, and for whicli prices were given
from 301. to 451. Hunters were in great request, and
sold from 601. to 1201. Mr. Clarke, of Portumna, sold
one at 1101., and another at 651. Mr. Sherlock got 70
guineas for a four-year-old Freney. Rev. Mr. Egan got
60 guineas for a horse that was offered to be sold last
week at 501. Mr. Henry Kenney, Lismore Castle, ob-
tained 501. for a three-year-old colt. In fact, such a good
fair has not been in Banagher for years, and all unble-
mished horses had several bidders. The business of to-
morrow is to be confined to the sale of horned cattle, and
already purchasers are on the look-out. Mr. John
Fallen, of Banagher, has just sold his stack of three-
year-old heifers at 18/., being fully 3/. a-head more than
the same class brought last year.

FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTSL
BRIGHTON.

(Prom the Brighton Gazette.)
The influx of visitors to Brighton during the last
seven or eight days has been greeter than we ever re-
member in so short a period of time, and we can carry
our recollection boa for many years, even to the time
when Brighton was basking in the sunshine of Royalty,
under George the Fourth; but in those days, which
were considered the very Wine of aristocratic patronage
for Brighton, the number of visitors was not one tenth
part so great as we are in the habit .of receiving now,
and, for the best of all possible reasons, the means of
transit were not so convenient, and, judging distance
by time, London was at the former period eight hours
from Brighton, whilst now it is scarcely an hour, and
to be able to reach the sea-side in the short space
of an hour, or an hour and a quarter, is a deside-
ratum with those who are in a position to enjoy the
health-giving air of a sea-side residence, not to be disre-
garded. Hence the vast numbers that flock weekly to
our shores. The railway company continue to offer every
facility to those of moderate means to visit Brighton,
and their excursion trains of Saturday night, extendir,
over to Monday evening, bring an immense number of
passengers. But the class of visitors who chiefly favour
us with their presence is not of a common character, as
will be seen by a perusal of our fashionable columns,
and, although it may be imagined by the tone we adopt
that Brighton is literally overflowing with visitors, it
is not so ; but we have ample accommodation for
many more, owing to the rapid growth of the town;
and, although the hotels have been doing immense busi-
ness, our population is of that fluctuating character that
there is always room enough and to spare, and those
who are desirous of visiting Brighton should not be pre-
vented from doing so under the impression that they can-
not got accommodation. Many are, no doubt, so deterred
by those who seek to turn the tide of fashion into an-
other channel, and also by reports that may reach their
ears that it is a dreadfully dear place. The town has
stood the test of years, and all that we can say is, in that
respect, let them inquire the character from those who
have visited Brighton, before they give heed to loose and
unfounded statements. We have stated that the hotels
have been doing a good business, and we may add, more
than a good business, for it is a fact, which perhaps will
scarcely be credited, that some of our hotels during the
last three or four weeks, have been receiving, upon an
average, 300 visitors a week. We were satisfied that
Brighton, which felt the effect of the war, mast rally,
and be greater than ever in a fashionable point of view,
and the immense quantity of fashionable information
which crowds our columns weekly is a convincing and
substantial proof of the fact.

The Prince de Joinville is now on a tour through the
Lake district.

JOINT- TOCk BANKS.

The Marquis of Westminster is at present on a visit
to his son-in-law, Lord Muncaster, of Muncaster Castle.
We (Bury Post) regret to hear that Sir Fitzroy Kelly,
who is on a visit to Lord Brougham, in Westmoreland,
is confined to his room by indisposition.
Lord Panmure has arrived at Invermark Lodge, his
seat in Scotland, and his lordship's tenantry and feuers
are about to entertain him at a public dinner.
The Marquis of Exeter, the Marqu's and Marchioness
Townshend, the Marchioness of Donegal, the Countess
of Lucan, Lady Ernest Bruce, the Countess of Belmore
and Lady Harriet Corry, Lady Alice Peel and Miss
Peel, the Countess of Morley, Lord and Lady Truro,
and Mr. and Lady Jane Repton, are among the members
of the English aristocracy at present sojourning in Paris.
It is reported that the Dean of Carlisle will be the new
Bishop of London.
The Bishop of London has licensed the Rev. 0. J.
Vignoles, 8.A., to the curacy of Percy Chapel.
The Lord Chancellor's rectory of Mainstone, in the
diocese of Hereford, has become vacant by the death of
the Rev. John Rogers, M.A. It is worth about 4001.
a year.
At the forthcoming confirmations for the district the
Lord Bishop of Carlisle has announced his intention of
delivering an address after the ceremony.
Harrowgate, we understand, is at the present time un-
usually full of visitors, there being not less, it is calcu-
lated, than 4,000 strangers at this favourite resort of the
valetudinarian.

On Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan,
from the Olympic Theatre, London, made their first
appearance at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, and were
welcomed by a numerous audience.
31Madame Grisi and Signor Mario, who had been stay-
ing at the Royal Albion Hotel with their family during
,the past week, left on Sunday, for Dublin, to fulfil an
operatic engagement. They remain in Dublin a fort-
night, and then proceed to Liverpool and other places,
returning to Brighton about the 28d of October to sing
at a concert here. Their almost infant family remain in
Brighton during their absence. They have four beauti-
ful children, all females, the eldest only about eight years
of age.
The Trieste (kettle, in a letter from Athens, states
that the English troops have received orders to hold
themselves in readiness to embark for the Cape of Good
Hope.—We find no confirmation of this intelligence in
any other quarter.
Yesterday, Daniel Forrester, the Mansion-house offi-
cer, succeeded in arresting one of the persons implicated
in the robbery of 270,0001. worth of shares belonging to
the directors of the Northern Railway of France, and
proceeded with him direct to Paris,
UNITY GENERAL ASSURANCE COMPANY. —We learn

that Mr. J. F. Wieland, the Glasgow agent of the

"Unity," who brought about the recent compromise
for 7501. of an indisputable policy for 2,0001., which has
caused so much czoit....t of late, ham been buunnarily
dismissed by the directors.
A highly-interesting portrait-model has just been
placed in the royal group at Madame Tussaud's exhibi-
tion. It represents the King of Sardinia. His Majesty
is dressed in a green uniform, decorated with several
military orders. The figure is admirably constructed,
and reflects great credit on the artists employed in its
construction.

The folio wing intimation was given fro the pulpit of
the Roman Catholic Chapel, Spanish-place, on Sunday
evening, immediately after the sermon :—" The prayers
of the confraternity are requested for a clergyman of the
Irvingite community, who is about to join the Catholic
Church—particularly for ten clergymen of the Protestant
Church, who are about to renounce their errors, and
join the Catholic Church."
THE MAILS.—LIVERPOOL, Sept. 17.—The United
States mail steamship Baltic, Comstock commander,
sailed hence to-day for New York, with a large cargo
and 127 passengers. The Africa takes her departure for
New York on Saturday. The Royal Mail ship Tip-
tree, Capt. E. Periel, of the White Star line of Austra-
lian packets, sails on Sunday morning with the English
mails for the Australian colonies, about 300 adult pas-
sengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight.
THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 17.—The Royal
Mail steamship Parana, Captain Bayntun, sailed this
afternoon with the West India and Pacific mails, 79 pas-
sengers, 5001. in specie, 4,1001. value in jewellery, and a
full general cargo. The Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamer Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, also lett to-
day with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and
Gibraltar, 22 first-class, 10 second-class, and 5 deck pas-
sengers, 17,685/. in specie for Cadiz, and a full cargo.
Arn,,ng the passengers are the Hon. Col. Colborne, De-
puty Quartermaster General, and Captain Roxby. The
Pera, Captain Soy, with the next homeward India and
Mediterranean mails, is expected to-morrow. The Co-
limbo, Captain Cooper, will convey the outward India
mails on the 29th inst. The Ava, Aden, and Rajah will
leave on the 30th inst. for India and China via the Cape,
to take up their respective stations in the conveyance of
the mails between Calcutta and Suez, Bombay and Suez,
and Singapore and Labuan. The Royal Mail steamer
Thames, Captain Woolward, sails on the 22d inst. for

the West Indies, to assist in the intercolonial mail ser-
vice. The United States' mail steamship Hermann,
Captain Higgins, with the German, French, and-English
mails from New York, is expected to arrive off Cowes,
en route to Bremen, on Friday next.
PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION 011 NEW DOCKS IN THE
TYNE.—At a meeting lately held at Newcastle the
River Tyne Commission determined to take active mea-
sures for the construction of the deep River Docks,
which the amount of shipping in the Tyne and the in-
crease in the tonnage of ships trading with the port seem
to demand. Whether the contemplated docks be at
Coble Deane or Hayhole may no doubt be a matter of
some local interest, but that such docks should be con-
structed as soon as possible is a question which affects
the general prosperity and navigation of the Tyne, and
one which no local interests ought to be permitted to
delay.
BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—Yesterday
afternoon a meeting of the board of directors of the
above institution was held in the committee rooms,
Paternoster-row, for general business. The annual re-
port congratulated the members and friends on the posi-
tion of the institution, the directors having been able to
invest a sum not required for the immediate purposes of
re'ief. The amount invested at the date of last audit
with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt amounted to 21,610 t. 14e. 9d. The relief
administered during the past year was 3911. 10s. in per-
manent assistance or annuities, and 3931. Bs. in tempo-
ary assistance, making a total disbursement since the
commencement of nearly 6,0001. amongst 84 members
and 20 widows of members.
CANALS IN INDIA.—The canal from Roorkee is now
open, and it
of the natives of Cawnpore, when on Thursday last they
is impossible to describe the astonishment
saw seventeen iron boats come to anchor close to the
Dak Bungalow. From inquiry we find they have per-
formed the distance in 17 days, making an average of 40
"" per day, and have brought down from Roorkee
machinery for a water mill, which is to be erected at
Cawnpore. The boats are about 20 feet long and 8 feet
broad, built of sheet iron, and square at both ends like a
punt. The natives will now learn the use of a canal,
and at the same time some hundreds of old women will
learn to their cost what a water mill is, as it will be the
means of taking away employroent from all the grain
grinders in Cawnpore.—Caumpore Paper.
CARRYING COKE TO NEWCASTLE !—The wonder of
one generation is the every day experience of another.
To " carry coals to Newcastle," was a proverb derisiv
of the folly of sending commodities whither they were
not wanted ; just as in ancient times "Owls to Athens,"
and "Enchantments to Egypt" were common sayings.
Bat, in the present week, chancing to look into the
Elewick foundry (Mr. Clark's), we saw a pile of coke
from the Auckland coal-field, one of the first fruits of
the construction of the Auckland Branch Railway. The
Auckland coalowners are bent upon sending their coal,
in the shape of coke, even into the Newcastle market
and as it is of excellent quality, it is probable that, i
they can sell it at the Tyneside price, they will succeed
in their enterprise. Yet who ever expected, at one
time of day, that Auckland coal would be a saleable
commodity in Newcastle-upon-Tyne ?—Gateshead 06.
server.

LATEST 1d EWS.

MARSEILLES, SEPT. 17.

The Meandre has arrived with accounts from
Constantinople t 9 the Bth. The squadron of
Admiral Lyons is to proceed from Smyrna to
Athens, and then to Malta. Khalil Paella has

been named resident Minister at Athens. The

works for the settlement of the frontier of Persia

will not commence this year, in consequence of
the approach of winter. Thousands of persons
have been deprived of shelter by the fire of
Ghimlek. Large quantities of silk goods and
other merchandise have been destroyed.
M. Paulin Talabot has arrived at Verona from
the Tyrol with the director of the Lombardy

railways. It is in contemplation to unite the
Italian to the German lines. The works on the
line from Toulon to this city are going on with