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By order.
MARK HUISH, General Manager,
London, Euston-station, Sept. 22, 1858. •

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE
Under the Management of Miss L. I'ync and Mr. W.
Harrison.

THIS EVENING, Balfe's ROSE OF CASTILLE : Misa
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott ; Mr. Fer-
dinand Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. George Honey, Mr.
Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.

when examined by the brilliant light of the torches
which he himself enkindled, but which required
trimming by skilful successors before their full
light could be revealed to the admiring sriectators.
It was not merely in pure physics and mathe-
matics that he distinguished himself. He traced
with marvellous accuracy the course and periodic
time of every planet, and enabled those elaborate cal-
culations to be made, which enable us to predict to the
very moment the commencement and termination
of an eclipse, or the transit of a planet—which
enables the mariner of every sea and ocean to dis-
cover his exact position, and thus to avoid the
shoals and rocks on which he might otherwise meet
destruction. He also explained the " differential
and integral calculus," although it is but a simple
act of justice to another great man—the illustrious
LEIBNITZ—to confess that he also had made dis-
coveries on the subject later than NEWTON, but
without any knowledge of the results of his inves-

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To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement : Mdlles. Zilia
Michelet, Pasquale, and 3lorlacchi.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY MARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstona.
THIS EVENING will be performed THE WAY TO
KEEP HIM : Messrs. Buckstoue, Howe, W. Farrell, &c. ;
Mesdames Reynolds, B. White, E. Fitzwilliam. Sinclair, &c.
After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GILTADAL-
QUIVER. Perea.Nena.
Followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Cahmence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
Great Success. The New Comedy of EXTREMES • or,
Men of the Day. Supported by Mrs. A. Mellon (late ?Miss
Woolgar), Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon, Messrs. Emery,
J. Rogers, E. Falconer, and Barrett, EVERY EVENING.
To conclude with the New Farce, entitled TOO MUCH
FOIL GOOD NATURE. Messrs. Emery, J. Rogers, Mrs.
Weston, and Miss Kate Saxon.
Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-offiec
open from 11 to 5 daily.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee and Directress,- Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, NOTHING TO NURSE; Mr. Swan.
borough, Mrs. Selby.
After which THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messrs,
C. Selby, J. Bland, and J. Clarke, dm
Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
And I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company
of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections
from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES,
•LEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey,
Miss Brunel', Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague,
Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Andarson ; Herr F. Jonghmans,
Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling', Senor Antonio,
E. L. Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell,
Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Fords and E.
W. Hackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium,
Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
7 precisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock. __

NOTICE.—ghe Proprietor begs respectfully to announce
tnat in the month of October,
A FINE ARTS GALLERY,
now in course of construction, will in thrown open in con-
nexion with the above Hall.

THE WEATHER.—SUN Omer, SEPT. 22.
THERMOMETER, IN TIER BIIADE.
65—highest since noon yesterday.
61—lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon.
BARomETER-29.82—a fall of nearly half an inch, indi-
cating that the equinoctial gales are "in the wind."
WIND, South-Easterly, but variable, with fitful sultry
weather, and slight rain occasionally.

THE SUN.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1858.

igations.

His optical discoveries supplied tests by which
the accuracy of his celestial dynamics could be
ascertained. It was he that pointed out the pro-
perties of light—that indicated the path which has
been so well pursued by HERSCHEL and ROSSE,
and many other distinguished persons. Of him it
might truly be said, that there was nothing towards
which he directed his attention that he did
not brilliantly illustrate. The inhabitants of
Grantham have not rendered honour to the mighty
dead, but to themselves. So far as he was
concerned, it was but " gilding refined gold ;" but
they will henceforth receive a reflected light, which
will render famous the locality in which so great a.
man was born, and where he received the first
rudiments of education.

L:

The revising barristers are now beginning their
important annual task among the different constitu-
encies. It is a reminder to the electors generally
throughout the United Kingdom of the probability
of a speedy dissolution, and of the consequent ne-
cessity for forethought on the part of those who
may otherwise run the hazard of losing, by negli-
gence, the high privilege of the elective franchise.
Next session will, in all human likelihood, not
come to an end before another appeal to the country
is adventured upon. It is difficult to believe for an
instant that the present House of Commons will
suffice for the passing of any comprehensive measure
of Parliamentary Reform. It was chosen origi-
nally, it will be remembered, under the pressure of
an emergency—to pronounce " Yeh" or Nay upon
the Question of the War with China. That war
has, happily, been terminated to everyone's satis-
faction. The appeal last made to the country
answered its purpose to admiration. Out of that
little squabble over the lorcha Arrow has come
forth a new treaty between the British and Celestial
Empires, calculated to result, not only to the ad-
vantage of the conquerors themselves, but to that
also of a hitherto insulated mass of 400,000,000 of
our fellow-creatures. Consul PARKEs made way
for Lord ELGIN, as Sir JOHN BOWRING had already
made way for Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR—and the
result has been that the ports of China are no
longer sealed against us, but that all that is sealed
in any way, in regard to the Chinese, is this new
and most admirable Treaty of Pacification.
The existing Parliament has doubly done its
duty—it has secured the triumph of British arms
in China, and it has hurled down, during this last
session, the "insolence of office," latterly grown to
be an intolerable incubus under the weight
of a purely Whig domination—advisedly we
say a Whig domination—for Lord PALMERSTON
was literally without any followers whatever,
saving and excepting 'Whigs. Call the noble
Viscount himself a. Canningite, or an Any-
thingite ; but the comparative Nobodies who
were at his beck to fill up the offices of the Govern-
ment were—Whigs all. There was a pure Whig
at the Admiralty—Sir CHARLES WOOD. There
was a Whig man of letters at the Board of
Control—Mr. SMITH. A Whig Sir GEORGE
LEWlS—was Chancellor of the Exchequer. A
Whig, about the ablest of them all—Sir GEORGE
GREY—Was Home Secretary. And so on through
all the ins and (as they happily are now) outs of
the Palmerstonian Government.

It is right to do homage to genius and merit, in
whatever shape they may be manifested. The
representative men of every age—the benefactors
of mankind, who would at one period of the world
have been regarded as demigods—in another were
canonised or embalmed in the odour of sanctity—

should be held in grateful remembrance, and their
bright examples held forth to stimulate the rising
generation to show how greatly their interests can
be advanced by endeavouring to imitate the
example of one starting with no extraordinary ad-
vantages—nothing that is not within the reach
of almost any boy in this favoured and happy land.
The inauguration of the statue of Sir ISAAC
NEWTON at Grantham, yesterday, was a cheering
spectacle. It was a celebration of the fame of the
greatest mathematician the world ere saw, and one
of the most distinguished men of the age—one who
by his labour has already erected for himself n
"monwnentrent (ere perennirrs," who has already
passed the allotted life of man, but who still

Wherefore. again we remark—this present House
of Commons has done its duty well and doubly.
It won't obviously do in the least for the next
work to be done—the great inevitable labour long
postponed, and therefore largely accumulated, of
Parliamentary Reform. Consequently, all that now
remains to be done in its regard, at the earliest time
that may be convenient, is—to dismiss it with a
benison for the past, and a hope for the future as to
the character of its successor.

And now, as to that successor, and the labours,
just commenced, of Registration. Surprise has
been expressed by some that the (so -called) Conser-
vatives—that is, the supporters of the DERBY
Government—are perfectly idle and apparently in-
different as to the progress of registration—say,
for example, in the city of London. Instead of
regarding this as a melancholy spectacle, we look
upon the fact as in every way encouraging and
satisfactory. It helps to justify the observation
made, if we remember rightly, by the Colonial Secre-
tary, in his address to his constituents on accepting
office—the observation that the old landmarks of
party are really broken down and swept away.
Thoroughgoing Reformers are themselves, in the
best sense of the word, Conservatives. Conserva-
tives, again, are themselves, or we are much mis-
taken indeed, among the numbers of the more
earnest and thoroughgoing of Reformers. The ap-
parent quietude of the Derbyites, therefore, in the
midst of the Registration, looks to us rather like
confidence than indifference. One watchword alone
we would suggest for general guidance in the now
less anxious, but still responsible duties of Regis-
tration ; and that one word—note it well—is Anti-
hig ! •

happily ;enjoys a green and vigorous old age—
attended to do honour to the occasion. It was,
indeed, no ordinary occasion when Lord BROUGHAM
proeeedegin plain and ordinary language, sirnA
mrendito
s, to show how greatly the world isin-
debted to the intellect and industry of NEWTON.
He stood before the admiring spectators a " Nestor'
of science—not garrulously prattling of the cele-
brities of his juvenile reminiscences, but speaking
reverently and discreetly of the master mind who
had explained the mighty scheme of the universe,
and showed so clearly and distinctly the details of
the planetary system, that it was rendered per-
ceptible to the. humblest student of nature,
of ordinary eapaeity—of that NEWTON, of whom
LEIBNITZ, his greatest rival, on one of his greatest
discoveries just as ADAMS and LE VERRIER have
been rivals respecting the discovery of " Oceanus"
—said, that "taking mathematicians from the
beginning of the world to the time when NEWTON
lived, what he had done was much the better half."
And yet with all the modesty for which, like other
truly great men, he was so pre-eminently distin-
guished, he described himself as but " a child wan-
dering by the great ocean of truth, and collecting
a few scattered shells from its shores."

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 19

The account given by Lord BROUGHAM of the
labours and discoveries of this truly great man,
" whose reputation," as has been well observed,
"will endure to the last syllable of recorded time,"
is worthy of the inspiring subject. Sir ISAAC
NEWTON, whose monument was the Solar System,
required not a statue. So long as that system shall
exist, the name and fame of the scientific pioneer
who explained what had previously been mysteries,
and shed light where there had previously been
darkness, will prevail amongst those who are pur-
suing the path which he had opened. The Plane-
tary System is to him what St. Paul's was to Sir
CHRISTOPHER WREN.
The simple principle of gravitation, ascertained
through a mere accident, when he was but 26
years of age, was the forerunner of many discoveries
sufficient to render any name illustrious. NEWTON
had fortunately that indefatigable industry which
enabled him to turn all his labours to the best
purpose. He possessed a rare, perhaps unparalleled
combination of inventive and calculating powers.
He rapidly seized on any truth, and was enabled to
trace outtheresults,howevercomplicated,and,;nira-
iile dietu, not a single one of his numerous and elabo-
rate calculations have turned outto be erroneous,eTen

Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the
Ladies and Gentlemen-ia-Waiting, attended divine service
in the parish church at Crathie.
The Rev. J. Fowler officiated.

The Marquis d'Alinasy has left the Brunswick
Hotel.

The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina
Villiers are expected in town on Saturday from the con-
tinent.

We regret to learn that the Countess of Abingdon
still continues in a very precarious state of health.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Cam-
bridge 11011S2, yesterday, for Broadlands, Hants.
His Excellency the Ambassador of France left
Albert-gate House yesterday, on a visit to tlui Duke and
Duchess of Wellington, at Claremont, Norfolk.
The Duchess of Beaufort arrived in town on
Monday, from visiting the Earl and Countess Howe, at
Gopsall Hall. The duke is expected in town to-morrow.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane
are passing the season at Geneva, where the noble lord and
her ladyship intend prolonging their stay until the end of
next month.
Tbe Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, since their
arrival at Brodrick Castle, from Hamilton-palace, Loudon,
have been surrounded by a select party.
The Earl and Countess of Erroll areentertainiug
a select circle at Slaines Castle, Aberdeenshire.
TheEaartivueily
andah Councastetsl.
seof Rosebery are passing
the season

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CANADA.

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ATE ST NEWS.

PRUSSIA-THE REGENCY.

BERLIN, SEPT. 21.

The King has signed the ordonnance which defi-
nitively settles the question of the Government.
There was subsequently a meeting of the Council
o f Ministers.

The order of the King will not be made public
until after the return of the Prince of Prussia from
Hanover and Warsaw. His Royal Highness set
out last evening f.n• the former destination.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The 31oniteur contains the outline of the Treaty
with China, which admits the toleration of the
Christian religion, direct diplomatic relations at
Pekin, all the ports open to commerce, permission
to travel all over the Empire, a new tariff, and
China to pay France 15,000,000 fr. as an indemnity
for the expenses of the war.
The 41oniteur concludes by saying that such
happy results may be attributed to the good un-
derstanding between England and France, and the
bravery of their sailors and soldiers.

PARIS, TUESDAY.

M. Roger de Beauvoir has appealed against the
sentence passed upon him of a year's imprisonment.
It is thought rather severe, and some persons are
inclined to acquit him of any fraudulent intent, and
to look upon the affair as a bad joke. But M.
Roger is between 50 and 60 years of age, and it is
time he had left off jokes of so very questionable a
character. Poor Bache, the actor, does not intend
to appeal, and expresses himself quite satisfied
with his three months' imprisonment. x_

M. de Corvaia, Envoy Extraordintry and
Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary at Paris for the Republic
of Venezuela, who was appointed by President
Monagas, is going, it is said, to quit Paris, in conse-
quence of the difficulties that have arisen between

the French and Venezuelan Governments. An
effective blockade of the Venezuelan ports has been
established by France and England.
Fleets are constructing for the troops and sailors
who are to form an establishment on the shores of
the Bay of Tourane, in Cochin China. They will be
shipped on board a transport which takes out a large
amount of stores to the Chinese Seas.

A letter from Brest, dated the 19th inst., states
that the sailing frigates Africaine and Nereide are
being fitted up as transports and laden with coal,
with which they are to be despatched to Macao,
there to remain at the service of the French steam
ships in the Chinese seas. The French Government
has hitherto been forced to pay an enormous price
for the coals purchased in the Chinese ports.
- Intelligence from Algiers states that rumours
having circulated that agitation prevailed at Oran,
the Government had published a contradiction ;
also that accounts from Oran of the evening of the
16th announced that all was tranquil.

BOURSE, September 21.—The market has been
heavy, with a limited amount of business doing.
Threes, after having been done at 72f. 80c., im-
proved to 73f., and are now at 72f. 85c. ; Mobilier
varied from 960 f. to 945 f. ; Eastern, 755 f. to 745 f. ;
Lyons, 875 f. to 872 f. 50e. ; Orleans, 1,437 f. 50c. to
1,432 f. 50c. ; Southern, 610 f. to 607 f. 50c. ;
Northern, 997 f. 50c. to 995 f. ; and Austrian, 680 f.
to 687 f. 50c. The market became still heavier
tawards the close, whoa the following were the last
quotations :-
41 per Cents. .. • 96
Do. end month —
3 per Cents 72 55
Do. end month 72 70
Bank Shares. 3lOO
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account

Credit Fonder 680
Beir,-„ian 4}
Piedmontese (5)
Roman 92 75
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 4Ol --

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 985 .. 992 50
New ditto 835
Lyons and Mediterranean B7O .. 870
New ditto
G vneva. — • • 650
Midi 602 606
Western 650 650

lIARBOURS OF REFUGE.

.. 740 -

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.. . 462 50 . . 4.55 -
.. . . 682 50 .. 680

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money.
25f. 171 c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 21c.; money, 25f.

SPAIN.
The following private telegram has been ro-
ceived

" MADRID, SEPT. 20.
" Their Majesties, who are at the Escurial, wir
arrive at Madrid on the 22d."

The commissioners appointecl to take evidence on
the subject of harbours of reflige, met again in the
Sessions-house, Liverpool, on Monday, Rear-Admi-
ral Hope presiding as chief commissioner. The
other members of the 'commission present were
Major-General Sir F. Smith, Mr. Lindsay, M.P.,'
and Captain Sullivan, R.N.
Mr. -William Danson. handed_ up to the commis
sioners a report on the subject of breakwaters for
the protection of the commercial marine.
The Chief Commissioner said the report would
be considered in London, and if further information
wen recpured, the commissioners would write him
on the subject.
Captain Arthur Hawkins, who was next exa-
mined, stated that his occupation had been that of
a master mariner for the last 17 years ; 'and he had
always served on board sailing vessels, and chiefly
in the North American and State trade. He
thought a harbour of refuge in the North Channel
would be of great advantage to the Liverpool trade,
as many ships would go that way in preference to
taking the South Channel, and also in return. He
would recommend this harbour of refuge to be
placed near Port Rush or the Skerries. He had
commanded vessels of about 1,000 tons, and for
vessels of that kind it was very necessary to have
a harbour of refuge' in stress of weather. He had
made 15 or 20 voyages in the north channel, but he
never had to run into any of the harbours of refuge.
A harbour at the Skerries would be a good place of
call for orders to the Liverpool trade. He could not
speak as to a harbotir of refuge at Land's End. The
harbour at Waterford would be an excellent har-
bour of refuge, if the harbour were deepened ; also
the harbour of Carlingford.
To Sir Frederick Smith—More harbours of re- I
fuse were necessary for the safety of life • many
ships had been lost for the want of them. ile had
found difficulty in navigating the Pentland Frith.
The harbour of Lough Foyle was not so easily
taken, especially at night time ; but, under the
same circumstances, a ship might make to the
Skerries, if a harbour of refuge was established
there. There was a considerable traffic by the
north channel, and it would be much more used
if there were a harbour of refuge csk the Skerries.
To Mr. Lindsay—He would not run for the
Skerries in a north-east gale ; and the most
dangerous winds there were from the north-cast
He thought a shelter ini*ht bell:stud there in a
north-east gale ; at least, though the wind were
blowing into the harbour, a master mariner
would rather rim into the harbour than run against
the rocks. If the harbour were properly con-
structed, it would be safe anchorage in a north-
east-gale.
To Captain Sullivan—With a south-west wind
no works could make the Skerries more safe than
at present. Such a wind would be off the land.
Mr. Graves, who was next examined, stated that
he was chairman of th•Shipowners'Association and
the Marine Board. He had been connected with
the shipping interest of Liverpool for 12 years. He
was acquainted with' the subject of this inquiry.
He had read the report of the committee of the
House of Commons on the subject, and it was quite
impossible to read that report without coming to
the conclusion that the harbours of refuge would
greatly tend to the preservation of life, especially
on the east coast of England. He thought that they
would greatly tend also to the protection of pro-
perty. The greater security of property would
tend to lower the rate of insurance on vessels.
Theseharbours of refuge would operate as auxiliary
ports of call; but he could not conceive that they
would be used as primary ports of call. It was not
so much for inward bound as for outward bound
vessels that these places would be useful. He could
not give an opinion as to the best site for a harbour
of refuge on the north-east coast of Scotland.
The Chief Commissioner—What is your opinion
as to a harbour of refuge on the worth coast of
Ireland ?

Mr. Grates said he thought if a harbour of refuge
could be formed at the Skerries, at a moderate cost,
free of access at all times, that it would induce many
masters, epecially those engaged in the • North
American trade, to take a northern passage, in the
spring of the year more especially, as the distance
would be shortened by about 500 or 600 miles. But
he would suggest, in order to give the commissioners
the best information that could be had as respected
this subject, that the evidence taken before the com-
missioners should be placed before the Liverpool
Shipowners' Association and other commercial asso-
ciations, who would consider the subject, and would
be able to give a much better opinion than he could
on the matter. The subject had been very shortly
considered, for the notice given had been very
brief, and the question was a very large.one. The
shipowners of Liverpool had no wish to recom-
mend any expenditure not :absolutely- warranted,
and therefore suggested that before the commis-
sioners caused their report to issue, the mercantile
associations of Liverpool should be favoured with
the minutes of the evidence taken, Wild-that -with-
those minutes, added to their own experiences of
the wants of the shipping of the port, they might
be of use to the honourable commissioners.

The Chief Commissioner, after consulting with
the other commissioners, said he' would not fail to
bring the suggesiion under the notice of the com-
missioners at their next full meeting.
Sir F.-Smith thought the- public journals would
give enough of the proceedings to enable the asso-
ciations in town to discuss the subject.
In answer to Sir F. Smith, Mr. Graves said it
was the habit of great shipowners in Liverpool to
insure their ships, and the construction of harbours
of refuge would have a tendency to diminish the
premiums. Shipowners would object to the con-
struction of :harbours of refuge for the safety of
life, if they were to be taxed
_further. In that re-
spect
th* question was pu'rely a national, and not a
commercial one. Harbours of refuge for the safety
of property was also a national matter, and ship-
owners would object to a further passing toll. The
great majority of Liverpool vessels were well
found, and therefore needed no harbours of refuge ;
but there were others ill found and disabled in the
Channel, and to them harbours of refuge would be
very useful. Most of the wrecks in the Channel
had arisen from ignorance of the currents, bad
look-outs, and neglect of the use of the lead.
To Mr. Lindsay—One of the greatest advantages
of harbours of refuge would be that they would
reduce the loss by collision. A great amount of
loss in the Channel arose from collisions. He
thought a more uniform system of buoying the
rivers and harbours woula • be of advantage, as
would also a uniformity of coast and harbour lights.
He was afraid' the new system laid down by the
Admiralty would tend materially to increase the
loss of life and property, unless all nations would
agree to conform. Harbours of refuge were more
required for small craft than for large vessels. Fair-
way lights in the Channel would be most service-
able. The committee of the Shipowners' Associa-
tion were of opinion that harbours of refuge would
be desirable, speaking of their own locality ; but
not so desirable to them as to lead them to say that
rather than be without them, they would pay a
passing toll.
Mr. Lindsay—Then you do not think them so
desirable as that you would pay a passing tell for
them ?
Mr. Graves—We would steadfastly oppose the
levying of any passing toll whatever for a harbour
of refuge. We consider that already we are more
highly taxed than some of our neighbours with
whom we have to compete.
Mr. Lindsay—Then syour opiniers. is that these
are national objects for the national good, and that
therefore they should be constructed and maintained
solely at the cost of the nation ?
Mr. Graves—Quite so. I don't see that it admits
of any other point of view in the present day.
Mr. Langton, insurance-broker, of Liverpool, had
been connected siith the port ten or eleven years.
He had had the question before the committee of
the Underwriters Association, incidentally, some
time ago. Generally they considered harbours of
refuge would be very. advantageous as a protection
to their interests, and likewise for the protection of
life and property. Naturally what protected life
and property would be a protection to the interest
of the underwriter. It would be very difficult to
say what effect harbours of refuge would have on
the premiums of insurance,
which .were already
very low. As to a harbour at Wick, in the north
of Scotland, they considered it would be very ad-
vantageous, and indeed necessary, especially in the
fall of the year, to have some safe place there for
vessels l`rom the Baltic.
To Sir F. Smith—Had heard Mr. Graves's evi-
dence, which he thought concurred with the gene-
ral impression in Liverpool. It was a fact that
some ships left port with their crews in an impro-
per
ships remained
state, and losses occurred in consequence. The
Taylehr was lost, it was said, in consequence of the
drunken crew, and all emigrant
'
now in the river at least a day as a preventive of
that sort of thing. Would rather not discuss the
question whether the Consolidated Fund only should
bear the expenses of harbours of refuge. Did not
think that the establishment of harbours of refuge
would diminish the premiums of insurance.
To Mr.' Lindsay__lndirectly the public would
get the benefit of the harbour of refuge, and there-
fore he was rather inclined to think that the
charges should be borne by the Consolidated Fund.
They did not charge a higher rate of insurance
when a ship went through the Pentland Frith to
the Baltic. Very little was done to the Baltic from
Liverpool now. At one time there was a very
great trade done, but now, with the exception of
bulky goods, the trade passed by rail over to Hull
and the East Coast, and thence by steamer. There
was in that way a great saying in time and expense

The Madrid journals of the 17th have arrrived.
Some of them express the opinion that the new
Cortes will be Progressist, and therefore hostile to
O'Donnell's Cabinet ; others declare that they will
virtually be a Constituent Cortes. Itwas said that
the expedition against the Riff pirates is to be post-
poned to the spring ; but that the Government
proposes to act energetically against Mexico. The
Queen and Royal Family had arrived at Astorga.
The semi-official Correspondancia says that the
Government is about to carry out the measure for
the sale of civil property. It has been stated that
the responsible editor of the Diario, who was under-
going imprisonment for a libel on M. Collantes, ex-
Minister of Finance—the libel being that he had
been guilty of peculation—had been pardoned.

ARRIVAL OF THE ANGLO-SAXON.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

This afternoon the Canadian Royal mail steam
ship Anglo-Saxon, Captain Borland, arrived in the
Mersey, from Quebec, with the usual Canadian

The Anglo-Saxon sailed from Quebec on the
11th inst., and has brought 140 passengers, but no

specie.
Off Belleisle, on the morning of the 14th, the
Anglo-Saxon passed several icebergs.
The political and s ocial news by this arrival is
unimportant.

QUEBEC, SEPT. 11.

Although most of the timber that was destined
for this market has arrived considerably earlY, and
shows a great falling off in white fir, especially
from what was measured last year, there is still the
same dulness and apathy in the market that has
been apparent since the latter end of June, and we
cannot give any encouragement to holders unless a
change takes place for the better in England, or
unless our full float be larger than is anticipated.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTJiMBEE 22, 1858

of the transit. Of goods, He wished to observe that
the thiderWriters of tiverpdol were of opinion that
another light should be put up in Cardigan Bay,
between the Bishops and Bardsey, where there was
a distance of 60 miles unprotected, and at present
no guide to Studwell Roads, which in themselves
were an excellent harbour of refuge.
Mr. A. Corkhill, shipowner and ship agent,
Liverpool, said his vessels traded to the north and
north-east coast of Scotland. He believed that a
harbour of refuge at Wick was indispensably
necessary, owing to the great local trade during
the fishing season, and also to the considerable
passing trade from and to the Baltic. He had
conversed with masters of vessels on the subject,
and he had learned from them that a harbour at
Wick was necessary.
To Sir F. Smith—Even if it should be con-
sidered that Wick was not a desirable site for a
harbour for the passing trade, yet, as a harbour for
the fishing trade, he thought it exceedingly de-
sirable that the nation should construct a harbour
there. Many vessels dare not leave Wick, because
in case of a storm, there would be a crush of vessels
and a loss of life. If these vessels went out to
sea, there would be an increase in the catch of
fish, which was a national matter, because the
poor would have a larger supply of food; and
a hardy race of seamen would also be raised up,
from which the royal navy would be recruited.
To Mr. Lindsay—He thought a harbour at
Peterhead was necessary ; and that at the Skerries
one would be desirable. He did not see the
necessity of a harbour at the Isle of Man.
Mr. James Mondel, one of the members of the
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, and a shipowner,
said he had been connected with the port of Liver-
pool 32 years. He thought harbours of refuge
were desirable at points were experience had shown
that there were great losses. He was decidedly-
oiiposed to passing tolls f,r harbours of refuge, be-
cause they would be established principally for the
saving of life; and it being a national object, the
shipowner should not be called on to pay for its
execution. He thought it an anomaly that Liver-
pool shipoimers—Liverpool being a neighbourhood
where the losses were few—should be called on to
contribute to a harbour of refuge on the east coast,
where the losses were many.
To Mr. Lindsay—He did not think that if a
charge were made for entering a harbour of refuge,
it would defeat the object that the commissioners
• had in view—the saving of life and property He
thought that a harbour of refuge About Douglas
Bay would facilitate very much the commerce of
Liverpool. He would point out the north of Liver-
pool up to the Pentland Frith, where there was no
harbour of refuge for a ship that missed the Mersey.
He thought a harbour at Douglas would be of more
advantage to Liverpool than one at Portrush. His
belief was, that it would be a great advantage to
the country generally if the harbours of Carling-
ford and Waterford were improved and deepened.
To the Chief Commissioner—There was an ex-
cellent observatory at Liverpool, and the Commis-
sioners could, if they liked, be furnished with a
tabulated statement of the direction and force of the
winds.

Captain William Clarke had been at sea 45 years,
and had been upwards of 30 years a master. Had
frequently, anchored in, and passed through, the
Skerries, during very bad weather. If a break-
water were prepared at the Skerries, he could shut
up the Broad Sound, so that there would be two
entrances, and it would be perfectly safe even in a
north-west wind.
To Captain Sullivan—ln north-east gales, the
Skerries were as safe now as they would be if the
proposed breakwater were constructed.
To the Chief Commissioner—He considered a har-
bour at Wexford would be very desirable.
This was the whole of the evidence, and the sit-
ting closed.

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