The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-08 00:00:00

THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.

Circumstances have occurred within the last day
or two which justify the anticipation that an ami-
cable settlement of the matters in dispute will
shortly be effected. It will be recollected that the
Central Association of Employers recently declined
to recognise the Operatives' Conference, or to con-
fer with them in any way as a medium of corium-
nicatiop between themselves and their workmen.
Subsequently Mr. Ayrton, M.P., laid certain pro-
positions before the conference, which were under.
stood to be sanctioned by the employers, and prof-
fered his services to submit any new terms they
might feel disposed to offer for the consideration of
the masters. The 'Conference held a meeting on
Tuesday night to di: suss the course to be taken,
and unanimously agreed to resolutions which did
not materially differ from. those suggested by the
hon. member for the Tower Hamlets, and which, it
may be stated, were of so conciliatory a character
as to warrant the expectation that they would
be accepted without compromising the honour or
the interests of either of the parties engaged in the
struggle. These propositions, however, emanated
only from the four trades represented in the con-
ference, and it was desirable that the masons, who
have withdrawn from that body, should also be as-
sociated in any renewed efforts to put an end to tbe
strike and lock-out. The corresponding secretary,
Mr. Harnett, was telegraphed for from Bristol, and
yesterday, by appointment, a special meeting of the
employers was held at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-
street, Blackfriars, to meet Mr. Ayrton. On behalf
of the conference were Messrs. Harnett, Wm. Per-
ham, R. Thomas, Wm. Fox, and G. Garrett ; and
Wm. Haigh on the part of the masons. 4Mr. Ayr-
ton had the first interview, which lasted for some
time. The deputation from the masons were
afterwards received, and the proceedings, which
lasted upwards of five hours, terminated by an
adjournment till Tuesday next, at two o'clock,
when it is hoped the matter will be finally and
satisfactorily concluded. We are in possession of
the terms under discussion, but as their publica-
tion might possibly have the effect of preventing
that consummation, it is considered advisable to
withhold them for the present, in order that the
belligerents may be able to act freely, and unfet-
tered by any undue or improper external pressure,
or consider themselves bound by any foregone con-
clusion.

It may be stated, however, that information was
received at the Paviors' Arms yesterday, that seve-
ral other firms had formally withdrawn the decla-
ration. Among those who are stated to have done
so aro Mr. Lawrence, New-road, Mr. Todd, Chelsea;
and Mr. Rudkin, Paddington-street. The time-
keeper of Mr. Moxon informed Mr. Henry Noble, a
member of the Conference, that the declaration has
also been withdrawn in that establishment ; and at
the firm of Messrs. Ashby and Son, Bishopsgate-
street, it is stated that an agreement has been come
to by which the " declaration" will be withdrawn,
leaving every man at liberty to support the " lock-
outs," to continue members of the Nine Hours'
Movement, and also members of their respective
trade societies. On Monday they are to resume
work on these terms.
The contest has attracted attention in the United
States, Mr. Harnott, the corresponding secretary of
the Masons' Society, having receiyed a letter from
the corresponding secretary of the American Society
of Stonecutters (as it appears masons are there
styled), informing him that at a" monster meeting"
in New York it had been determined to aid their
fellow•workmen in their resistance to the " declara-
tion," and that within a week the first remittance
might be expected. In like manner funds continue
to flow in from the provinces as well as the metro-
polis to the Conference at the Paviors' Arms ; but
it is to be hoped that while the operatives are thus
sustained by the industrial classes in the mainten-
ance of the position they have hitherto occupied,
the result of the renewed negotiations may be such
as to render the further continuance of such aid
unnecessar

THE PACKET SHIP AMERICAN CONGRESS.—
This vessel, which grounded on the shoal of the Lead, near
the Owers Light Vessel, early on Thursday morning, on
her way down Channel, was successfully floated off the fol-
lowing tide, and has anchored at Spithead. Should the
damage prove no more than is anticipated she will proceed
to Newyork

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The British germ steamer Palestine, from La t,„;
pool,; passed on. The 23d. of September, 80 m 031-Wirffs'
efistwarcl of Gibraltar, 'Six English' sail of the lin
steaming westerly,•:aricl shortly" afterwards, on the N a
samesday,three
,Vrench I,ilot the line,. making the
pest of their way under steam and canvas in the
name direction. Thei,Pulestine also passed off the
Cost of Portukir two linelof-battle ships, appa-
;ently English, standing in the direction of
Gibraltar.
The! Terrible. was 'Eit,Leghorn on the 23d of Sep-
tember. The Cad mu; and 'the' Argus left Malta on
the 24th of September :for Gibraltar. The Ex-
Mouth arrived at Malta on the 28th of September,
from Naples.
The divisinn,nnder
.Itear7A.dtniral Mundy has ,
left Spezzin fcir 'Malta, calling at Genoa, but had
not arrived at Malta upsto the 3d of October.
Her :Majesty's steam frigate Doris arrived at
Gibraltar on the 2,oth of September from Malta.
The Baronessa Tecco, Ottoman steamer, Captain
Newbolt, arrived. at Malta on the 24th of Septenct-'
ber, from dOnsfiintinople and Monica, with 1,105-
Ott onitin- Tripoli;lbi which port shi pro=
ceeded•on the day following.
The Admiralty have appended a note to their
quarterly return of courts-martial of the Ist of
July, 1859, read on board all her Majesty's ships
in commission, to the effect that the proceedings of
the court martial on Commander Hallett, held at
Malta in February last (Rear-Admiral Codrington,
president), have been declared irregular, and the
sentence invalid. •
The Perseverance, screw troopship, Conimander
Power, steamed out of Portsmouth Harbour yes-
terday morning, to test her machinery, &c.
Everything _ worked -in the most satisfactory
manner; On •her • return into the harbour she :-
took in the moorings of .the Prince Regent hulk',
for the purpose of 'swinging for the adjustment of
her compasses... The Prince Regent has berthed
temporarily alongside the Bellerophon.
The:Sphinx, f 3, paddle, Commander Day, V;C,
was swung in Portsmouth Harbour yesterday;for
the adjustment Of her compasses. •It was expected .yesterday•at Plymouth that the
screw steamship Agamemnon, 91, Capt. T. Hope,
would leave for the Mediterranean r ttihlue peter
was flying . -ThurairaY.
Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., Admiral
of the Channel Fleet, went on Thursday on board
his Imperial Majesty's Brazilian corvette Bahiana,
13, in Plymouth Sound. ' A salute of 13 guns .was
acknowledged by the flagship Impregnable; in
•
Hameaze.
The paddlewheel steam tender Advice, 3, M. C.
Raymond commanding, from Queenstown, .arrived
at Plymouth on Thursday with marine artillery and
supernumeraries. -
The Turkish screw steamship Shadea, 90, went
outside Plymouth Sound on Thursday to try• her
machinery..
Lieut. Owen, late of the Cumberland, 70,
has been appointed to the gunboat Bouncer, at Ply,
mouth, and has•succeeded in manning her entirely
with his old shipmates.
The following appointnients:Were made yesterday
at The Admiralty :-7.-Lieut. E. J. Brooks, to the
Odin ; Lient: P. J. Patrickson, to the Wellington ;
Lieut. J. P. Cheyne, ,to the Asia ; Lieut. W. H.
Elton, to the Vulcan ; John Nihill, surgeon, addi-
tional to the James Watt.

7111; ARMY.

Lieut.-General Sit John Lysaght Pennefather,
who for four years commanded the troops at Malta,
took his departure from Malta on Saturday, the
24th 'of September, in the French packet Quirinal,
via Italy, on his way to take up a new command
in England. In the order of the day, dated Sept.
24, the General, in giving over the command of the
garrison to Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, makes
use of-the following parting words :
" Sir John Pennefather, on leaving Malta, requests the
General Officers of all, ranks and departments, the non-
commissioned officers, and troops to accept his best thanks
for the soldierlike and effective manner in which their duties
have been performed for the last four years that he has held
the command. tie will always look back with pleasuro to
the period during which he was so happily associated with
them, and will watch their future career with the deepest
anxiety
terest in their success!and welfare."
The Governor, Sir J. Gaspard Le Merchant, has
taken the military command of the garrison. The
first acts of his Excellency were to order the ex-
change of quarters of the 4th battalion Rifle Brigade ,
from Valetta with the 21 battalion of the 23d Fusi-
leers from Ricasoli, and to appoint Captain Wil-
ford Brett as his Assist.-Military Secretary.
Yesterday orders were received at the head-quar-
ters of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light
Infantry, directing the standard for recruits to be
raised to 5 feet 5 inches for growing lads under 20,
and 5 feet 6 inches for recruits above that age,
with 32 inches round the waist. The bouiity to
recruits still remains the same—namely, L'S and a
free kit.

The ceremony of decorating a private of the
Royal Marines with a medal for long service and
meritorious conduct took place at Chatham yester-
day morning, in the presence of a full parade of the
officers and men of that division, by order of the
Lords of the Admiralty. The battalion having
been formed on the parade ground, Private Wm.
Barthrop was called to the front, when he was ad-
dressed by Colonel G. E. Hunt, the second com-
mandant, who informed him that he had been di-
reFted to presont him with a silver medal, together
with a gratuity of £5., which had been awarded
him by the Lords of the Admiralty for long service
and good conduct. After a few observations by
Col. Hunt, the medal was fastened to Private
Barthrop's breast in the presence of the entire
division. Private William Barthrop has served
in the corps of Ro3 al Marines for the long
period of 23 years, during the whole of which period
his character and conduct have been most ex-
emplary. He will shortly be discharged on a well-
earned pension.

The Proposed intention of converting the marshes
opposite the dockyard at Chatham into a rifle range
for the troops at that garrison has been abandoned,
in consequence of the Board of Surveyors ordered
to inspect and report on that site having reported
that to convert the spot selected into a rifle ground,
with the necessary alterations and improvements,
including draining and the obtaining possession of
the land for the required purposes, will involve an
outlay of from £15,000 to £l7,ooo—a sum which
the military authorities do not feel justified in spend-
ing for that purpose.- Since the decision of the War
Department has been arrived at several other sites
have been surveyed in the locality
,of Chatham gar-
rison by Col. M. Williams, the Commanding Royal
Engineer, who has selected a tract of ground be-,
tween the Thames and Medway, and not far distant
from Gravesend. This spot presents the advan-
tages of being exceedingly retired, its situation
near
,the banks of the Thames rendering it little
frequented by the public, thus preventing any in-
terruption to the troops while engaged in firing.
Should a favourable report be made as to the leen;
lity, the erection of the necessary buildings for the
troops will be immediately commenced, and the land
levelled and put in order by several gangs of con-
victs from the establishment at Chatham. The huts
for the troops will be erected as near Gravesend as
possible, in order that the officers and soldiers sta-
tioned there may have access to that town.

Letters from Italy say that recruits are coming
in fast to Garibaldi's standard. With respect to the sub-
scription
ho has opined and headed for the purchase of
amntdiskotehtsers(and for ml:hoceiclocosoonmieuaskcceotsuLtttshesalayttiesr fboerinlg,ooceOrriniy,
the least probable of the two), it is reported to have been
taken up warmly in various parts of Italy. In Turin, ac-
cording to one letter, 100,000 f. have been subscribed, which
seems, however, a largo sum to have been already collected
in that small capital, where people in general are not
wealthy. In Lombardy, it is also being pushed, and truly
the Lombards ought to subscribe handsomely ; for beside
that many of them are very rich, their own emaneipation
has cost them next to nothing, either in money or in blood.
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NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Open for the Winter Season.
THIS EVENING will be performed THE WILLOW
COPSE. Luke, Mr. B. Webster ; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher ;
Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford.
Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher,
Mr. Paul Bedtord, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss
L aidlaw.

To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, and Miss Kelly.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor fer bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, new comedy THE WIDOW'S WED-
DING, support ...41 by Messrs. S. Emery, Barrett, C. Young ;
Mesdames Katharine Hickson, Murray, Arden, Manders, &c.
New Ballet Farce, MAGIC TOYS, in which Miss Lydia
Thompson, Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet
will appear.
To conclude with VIRGINIIIS ; or the Trials of a Fond
Papa.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, ls. The Box-office opens
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform-
ance commences at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATB.E.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN
EGGS.
After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR ; or, An-
other Retreat from Moscow.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

CANBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
terts), the extraorainarY Violin Performances of the cele-
trated Infant DELEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual
`Vocal Concert.
Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Maclmey.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer-
beer's new opera of DENTORAFI.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 8.
THERMOMETER, IN THE:SHADE.
70—highest since noon yesterday.
59—lowest this morning and during the night.
65—this day at noon.
BAROMETER—A. 93.
WIND, SANT.; light, and fair now; but it rained from
yesterday evening all night till about noon this morning.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. lm.
To-litioaßow-Morning, 12h. 18m.—Afternoon, 36h. 12m.

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THE SUN.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1859.

Who can yet tell " what next" in Italy. Blood
may yet flow again, and if Austria and the exiled
Dukes can have their way it will flow again. We,
once, had a Pretender who did not hesitate, sup-
ported by foreign aid, to attempt to drive out the
family whom the people's representatives had placed
on the throne of England; and he found Jacobites,
—that is, Retrogradists, Legitimists, and Divine
Right men here, ready to cooperate with him. It is
not to be wondered at, therefore, that the expelled
Dukes, and Austria, on whom they were much
more dependent than were the STUARTS on France,
sliould do all they can to foment internal disturb-
ance in the Duchies, and to raise troops, if they
can, to invade them. We are not surprised, there-
fore, to hear that a Colonel ANVITT had wormed
his way into Parma, and, that having been dis-
covered by the populace, the few troops at hand
were unable to save him from popular violence.
He had come for the purpose of getting up a con-
spiracy against the people, and the people inflicted,
themselves, by Lynch-law, the penalties of treason.
Such was the story yesterday—one not unlikely to
be true. Of course it is much to be regretted—it
will be matter of exultation with the enemy,
though all is now as tranquil as before, and though
it only shows that the lowest orders share the
views of those above them.

The reports also gather strength that the re-
jected rulers are devising means for bloodshed.
The four or five thousand mercenaries whom the
Duke of MODENA took to Solferino to
fight with Austria against his country have
been kept together ; they have proved the nucleus
of a small army, which is said to amount now to
17,000 or 18,000 men. Out of the depths of her
poverty, Austria will still do her best to equip them.
The little army will, no doubt, contain every villain
ready enough to hire himself to despots who can
freely premise to reward success with the spoils of
confiscation ; and many ragged Germans, and per-
haps many from the semi-barbarous races which
form part of the Austrian empire, will enlist in this
brigand expedition for despotism and plunder.
The POPE, too, is enlisting all he can of the gentle
Swiis shepherds, who took such care dkhe Holy
Father'S flock at Perugia. Some, who had left the
Neapolitan service, he has hired at Marseilles, where
they are described as being a set of the most ruffianly
fellows upon earth. " The Holy Father's Dogs of
the flock" would evidently be their appropriate de-
scription. They are indeed the very Cains of the
day. Their own land forbids their doings, and is
ashamed that they should bear the name of Swiss.
They are ashamed of nothing, if they can but re-
ceive the Apostolic Commission from the Holy
Father. " There is a town which insists on liberty
from the rule of my beloved under shepherds, and
from mine—go—bring them to obedience—satisfy
my wrath with blood, and yourselves with pillage."
Such is the order hourly expected by the Romag-
nese against their now free towns.

But, as we remarked the other day, the Romag-
nese, Modenese, and Parmese, are not quite asleep.
FAN TI and GARIBALDI are raising 20,000 men in
the Romagna to defend the newly-acquired freedom
from the pastoral visits of the POPE'S Perugians.
A long denunciation ,in an allocution of his HOLINESS
to his Consistory, with a proper proportion of
ecclesiastical artillery, will give little concern. No-
where are ecclesiastical maledictions less dreg ded
than in the place whence they issue. The motive
is too transparent to allow even the superstitions to
fear that Heaven will ratify the decrees of gross, un-
varnished secular ambition. In the Duchies the troops
already raised are at least a match, in point of nuns
hers, for all the wandering Dukes can bring agc,in-t
them. And FANTI and GARIBALDI and a national
cause will surely be weapons worth something. It
would be at first a fight of patriotism with piracy
—for plunder will be the sole object of the Dukes'
desperadoes. .

But, should a movement be made, who can
foresee the issue ? If the Italians drive back
the ducal brigands, well ; yet Austria ought
to be more than remonstrated with, if she
suffers her pet Dukes to plot, on her territory,

against the liberties of these independent States.
But if the Dukes are successful, can Piedmont stand
quietly by and see the territories again subjt,gated
which have sought her aid? Then, which course
will the Man of Mystery take ? Will he, disap-
pointed in his PLON-PLON scheme, bid Sardinia be
quiet, at the peril of allowing Austria to seize
Lombardy again ? And what will England and
Europe do ? The scope for possibilities is wide,
indeed ! We only hope that either the Dukes
will not dare to become bloodsheding pre-
tenders, or that, if they do, they will be
defeated—we may add, captured and executed.
They will deserve it !

But the south of Italy is beginning to ferment.
A journal, printed at a press which all the efforts
of the innumerable police and spies have yet failed
to discover, tells the Neapolitans what is done for
It ilian liberty north of the Tiber, and what is
said for it in England. The whole country is
described as agitated and excited, troops are
marching to the frontiers. The name of
GARIBALDI is in every mouth ; and some
violent commotion is every day expected ;
the Swiss, at least, are no longer a terror, and it is
by no means certain that all the native troops can
be trusted to fire on the people. The Constitution
of 1848 is still the unrepealed law of the land,
though BOMBA, like our STUARTS, contrived to
govern long without his Parliament. The KING and
Court are making every effort to meet the dangers
to them, so far as military measures can do it ; but
there seems to be a general hope and belief that the
popular feeling will be so universal and so-strong as
to carry ere long all before it. If so, the POPE and
the DUKES must be quick. Should Naples rise,
nothing can stem the tide of freedom which will

flow over Italy.' The POPE will be helpless; he
will be reduced, or rather, we should say, elevated
to the Bishopric of Paris pure et simple, and all
Italy will, at least, breathe from Sicily to the Alps.

Else Where in our columns of this evening we give
the Report—not merely the gist, but the whole of
the Report—recently furnished to the directors of
the Oriental Inland Steam Company by Mr.
BOURNE, the Company's Engineer. Although
upon a careful examination of that Report, it will
be found that, comparatively speaking, little has
yet been actually done there, beyond the successful
accomplishment of a series of very energetic experi-
ments ; the facts and the reasonings here blent
together by Mr. BOURNE are, to our thinking,
replete with encouragement. It is impossible not
to recognise at once that from the outset of the un-
dertaking every one out there, under the orders of
the chief engineer, certainly worked vigorously, and,
as the sailors say, with a will. Mr. BOURNE him-
self, in truth, is obviously, and with good reason,
not a little proud of this conspicuous display of
well-organised activity, resolution, and prompti-
tude. " Never before," he takes occasion to
remark in the earlier part of his Report
to the Directors—" Neve: before has there
been such vigour manifested in India in getting
vessels completed. In Kurrachee, to lay the ways
and launch a rivEr steamer after she has been
rivetted together and completed, has usually been
a business of three months. With us the operation
did not occupy a period of three days. When the
steamer was launched, instead of consuming a day
in jollification, as is usual on such occasions, we
commenced that very moment to transfer the
launching ways to the passenger barge; and by
working all night, we were able to launch the pas-
senger barge the day after the steamer. To pre-
pare the ways for another of the barges, and to
place her safely in the water, occupied a period of
only four hours. The same barge was rivetted,
caulked, painted, and made ready for launching in
a period of five days. Never have I seen men work
in any country with the same energy and enthu-
siasm that has been displayed by your men at Kur-
rachee." And as if this were not enough to bring
vividly before the directors what had actually
been accomplished in so short a time,
under his management, with a view to the imme-
diate carrying out of the designs of Inland Steam
Navigation in Hindostan Mr. BOURNE then
goes on at once to communicate what has actually
been done since the commencement of the past
twelvemonth. " Since the beginning of the year,"
he writes, " You have had your- vessels and ma-
chinery landed, workshops erected, with lathes,
punching presses, and other suitable tools driven
by a steam engine—you have had houses built for
the reception of the workmen, and storehouses for
the reception-of the various articles sent out—you
have_ had your vessels put together, launched,
and set to work, and you have me back here
again in England to communicate this informa-
tion." After which epitome of the achievements
accomplished out there already, by the Company's
agents and workmen, it is no wonder that
Mr. BOURNE, who has had the opportunity
of carrying everything out, so far, in his capacity
as the company's engineer, should add with undis-
guised exultation, "I think it must be admitted
that we have not let the grass grow under our feet."
Yet—all this said and done, or rather done and
said—the prospects of the company brighten from
the light thrown upon them by this report, not so
much by reason of what has been actually effected
or realised, as because simply of the eminently
sound and substantial reasons there demonstrating
as clearly as anything can well be demonstrated
upon paper, the possibility of achieving the coin •
pany's grand project for establishing a regular
system of Oriental Inland Steam Navigation.

It must be recollected that as yet the Company's
servants, their agents, and workmen have been toil-
ing out there under one or two great and manifest
disadvantages. Their steam trains—their little steam
boats and attendant barges fitted out for the con-
venienee and conveyance of goods and passengers
—are designed for what is, in fact, to be their only
work, viz., inland, or, in other words, river navi-
gation. Yet they have, in the first instance, to
arrive at the Indus, somehow or other, from the
grand starting point of all—the harbour of Kur-
rachee! Originally, in fact, their vessels arc
landed and put together at the Point of Manora—
about five miles from, and situated at the remote
side of, the harbour of Kurrachee ! Obviously,
therefore, they are reduced to the necessity, at the
very beginning of the enterprise, to the imperative
and unwelcome necessity of " proceeding along the
coast a few miles" in order to get round
to the port of Gisree, which (at a distance
of about four miles from the harbour of Kurrachee)
constitutes the terminus of the Indus navigation.
The reason for this necessity,,at the outset, Mr.
BOURN E clearly enough explains :—" Heavily laden
ships from England cannot enter the Gisree
mouth of the Indus, but must be unloaded in Kur-
rachee harbour "—and therefore "it was," he re-
minds the directors, "a matter of consideration
‘ith the board whether it would be the best cour,e
to send the pieces of the barges in country boats to
Gisree. The latter course was the one that was
judged best, and our experience confirms the accu-
racy of the decision. It must have been a most
tedious and expensive operation to take the barges
in pieces to Gisree, whereas we found that, except
in the rough season, they could be towed round
without difficulty." And in this manner, in fact,

they were towed round—though upon the first
occasion, as Mr. BOURNE records and explains, with
a little difficulty. Eventually this trailing round
of the steam train along the coast between
the port of Gisree and the harbour of
Kurrachee is to be obviated. And this' merely by
the simple device of opening a canal directly con-
necting the ports of Gisree and Kurrachee. Vir-
tually this canal is already un fait accompli. It is
decided upon being accomplished—and it will be
accomplished. But even when the steam-boat,
steam-train, barges, and all have been got round
(with a little difficulty—by reason of the bad season
having commenced) to Gisree, and dragged thence
(with a little more difficulty—of another kind)
through the " sinuous and intricate" windings of
the channels connecting that port with the main
stream of the Indus—even when this has been done,
and they are fairly afloat upon the broad current of
the Great Asiatic River—there is the Fuel, lo and
behold there is the Fuel actually appearing as an im-
pediment ! " Our progress," writes Mr. BOURNE in
this part of his Report, " was satisfactory so long
as we burnt coal. BUT (oh, those Buts!) when we
came to burn wood, we found we could not keep up
the steam with it, and our progress thenceforward
became very slow." The cause of which is ren-
dered at once comprehensible when Mr. BOURNE
adds—" Much of the wood was rotten and filled
with sand, and all of it was formed of branches too
long to be suitable for our furnaces. Our boilers
being of the locomotive class of boilers, require to be
fed with short and thick billets, which will form
a compact body of fire. But the sticks supplied
to us were so long, so thin, and so crooked,
that it was impossible to form a compact fire
with them. The cold air, therefore, rushed
up through the fire in such quantities as
to kill the steam by cooling the interior of the
boiler ; and we found that with such fuel it was im-
possible to maintain the steam at the required
pressure, or to propel the vessel with proper velo-
city against the stream." Clearly, then, the expedi-
tion has been impeded hitherto by difficulties that
may henceforth be readily enough removed, and
removed, not merely for awhile, but permanently.
The canal once opened between Gisree and
Kurrachee—the proper fuel duly supplied to the
company, " which fuel," Mr. BOURNE distinctly
assures the directors, "can be obtained on the
spot"—the future, we believe, in•regard to this noble
project is " plain sailing," or rather we should say
plain steaming ! Another and a glorious channel
will have been opened up into the heart of Asia, for
the diffusion throughout our Indian possessions of
all the material advantages, and with these of all
the benigner influences of European civilisation.

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIORNING.

The Persia has arrived with advices from New
York to the 28th ult., and 472,612 dols. in specie.
The Vanderbilt and City of Baltimore had arrived
at New York.

Colonel Rankin, an American official, had arrived
at Washington from San Juan. According to
Washington advices he stated that General Harney
was instigated to occupy San Juan by Boundary
Commissioner Campbell, who asserted that the
American title was unquestionable. Harney, in a
reply to Governor Douglas's protest, intimated that
he landed his troops for the purpose of protecting
American citizens from the insults and indignities
of the British authorities of Vancouver's Island
and the Hudson's Bay Company, who had seiz, d
an American citizen and forcibly transported him
to Vancouver for trial.

By the arrival at New York of the Moses Tay-
lor, with the California mails of the sth of Septem-
ber and 2,000,000 dols. in specie, we have advices
from Vancouver to the 27th of August.

Governor Douglas had replied to Harney's note
alluded to above, denying absolutely that there had
been any outrage upon an American citizen. The
Governor's letter, which is a very temperate one,
calls upon Harney to withdraw his troops, whose
presence on the island was likely to complicate
affairs. There is no further intelligence from San
Juan.

The cricket match between the Canadian and
the English eleven had resulted in favour of the
latter.

The New York Stock-market was dull, IN ith
lower prices for the principal speculative shares.
The money-market was exhibiting indications of
a hardening tendency. Loans on call were quoted
at 6 to 61 per cent., and prime endorsed bills, 60 to
90 days, 7 to 73.
Exchange on London was flat at 10 to 104; and
on France, sf. 131-c. to sf. 15c. _ _ _

The cotton-market %vas dull and heavy at 111.4, for
middling uplands, and 11-3 for New Orleans. Flour
had advanced 20c. to 30c. per barrel. Tobacco in
good demand at 41e. to 101 c. for Kentucky, and
44,e. to sc. for Virginia.
The freight market remained dull.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.
The steamship Kangaroo, from New York via
Queenstown on the 24th ult., has arrived.
The New York Herald says, in reference to the
San Juan difficulty, that it is understood to have
originated in consequence of the British commis-
sioner not having plenary powers to determine the
boundary line at once. Whilst the subject was
being arranged by commissioners the British autho-
rities at Vancouver undertook to decide the question
themselves, and endeavoured to seize an American
citizen for an alleged violation of British law at San
Juan and take him to Victoria for trial. With a
view of protecting the inhabitants of San Juan from
further aggression, Gen. Harney then took military
possession of the island upon which he was thrown.
Several hundred troops landed, and are strongly for-
tifying it. No immediate fear of collision whatever
is entertained, as the commander of the British
naval force in those waters does not appear disposed
to involve his government in difficulty to gratify the
belligerent propensities of the governor of Victoria.
The New York money market was abundantly
supplied, with moderate demand at low rates. Call
loans, 6to 61. Stocks moderately active, Sterling
exchange prices firm. Business moderate.

Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Kar-
nowitschy have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Paris.
The Russian Minister, Baron Brunnow, left town
yesterday morning, en route to Warsaw. During his Ex-
cellency's absence the affairs of the Embassy will be trans-
acted by M. le Comte Bloudoff, Charge d'Affaires. On the
departure of the Emperor from 'Warsaw, Baron Brunnow
will return to his post in this country.

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have ar-
rived at Apsley House, from Claremont, their seat in Nor-
folk.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Tweeddale are
entertaining a select family circle at Ycster House, Had-
dingtonshiro. Lord and Lady Arthur Hay are staying at
Yester House.

The Earl and Countess Granville are at Carlsbad.
The countess has greatly improved in health. The noble
earl and countess are expected home early in the ensuing
month.

The Earl and Countess of Arran and family have
arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.

The Earl of Moray, Lady Margaret Stuart, and
the 1.14 n. George Stuart have arrived at the Oatlands lic,tel
from the continent.

The mortal rennins of the venerable Earl of
Jersey are to be removi d on Monday next to Middleton
Park. near Biccster. 'flie funeral is to take place the fol-
lowing day.
\Ve have to record the death of Anne. Countess
(Dowager) of Listowel, who died a few days since at her
residence in Eaton-square. The deceased countes, was the
second daughter of the late Mr. John Latham, and married
March 12, ISI2, first Earl of Liitowel, ore
grandfather of the pre:xnt pcer.

Lord and Lady John Russell and Misses Russell
are to leave Aborgeldie Castle, N. 8., en route for the south.
The noble lord and lady purpose to pay a-short visit to the
Earl of Aberdeen, at Haddo House, Aberdeenshire, on
their way to London.
Lady Peel and Mr. Arthur Peel have arrived in
Whitehall-gardens, from Lowestoft.

The Right Hon. William Cowper has returned to
town.

The Hon. Judge Christian has arrived at the
Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn street.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's.office

PARIS, FRIDAY.
The following telegram, dated October 6, has
been received here from Parma :

" A horrible occurrence took place yesterday
evening. The Count Anviti, formerly Colonel of
the troops of Parma, and held in detestation by the
people, was passing through Parma on his way to
Placent it, but was recognised at the railway station
and arrested. The populace, informed of his arrest,
broke open the barracks of the Gendarmerie where
he was confuted, and, having seized the unfortunate
Count, he was dragged through the city, receiving
blows on all sides. His hands were fastened to-
gether with a cord, and he was thus pulled through
the streets until he arrived opposite a cafe that he
was in the habit of frequenting, where, while he
was still alive, his head was cut off, and then car-
ried in triumph to the Grand Place, where it was
placed on the top of a column. The cries of joy
of the populace increased the terrors of the scene.
The National Guard and the troops were
called out, but arrived when all was over. At 9
o'clock in the evening quiet again reigned in the
city, and the dead body of Count Anviti was con-
veyed to the hospital. The city was being tra-
versed by patrols."

MARSEILLES, OCT. 7.

Ath ices from Rome to the 4th inst. state that
the Sardinian Minister received his passports on the
Ist of October, but requested leave to defer his de-
parture until the end of the week. On Sunday the
principal friends of Piedmont gave a banquet to the
Sardinian Minister near Frascati, and intended to
make a night demonstration in Rome. It is stated
this was prevented by General Goyon, in accord-
ance with a previous order passed, forbidding any
political manifestations in the streets, and also in
accordance with the policy which the Duke de
Grammont is instructed to continue.

Adviccs from Naples to the 4th of October state
that fourteen notable persons who had been arrested
have been released without prosecution.
The Prefect of the Police has been changed.
General Filangieri will resume office.

BOLOGNA, OCT. 7.
To-day the functionaries of the Government took
the oath of allegiance to the King of Sardinia.

TRIESTE, OCT. 7.
The Austrian Lloyd's steamer, just arrived, brings
advices from Constantinople to the Ist inst.
The Journal de Constantinople contains the names
of 34 conspirators, among whom are Ferik ITussein
Pasha and two brothers of the Governor of Yemen.
The brothers of the Sultan have not been arrested.
Edhem Pasha has been ordered to proceed to
Odessa to express the friendly feelings of the Sul-
tan towards the Emperor of Russia.

Mustapha. Nari Pasha has been appointed Go-
vernor-General of Bagdad. The reported re-ap-
pearance of the plague at Beyrout has been denied.

Mehemed Paella has left for Smyrna, bearer of
an autogrftph letter from the Sultan to Prince
Alfred.

ATHENS, OCT. 1.
The French Ambassador, Vicomte Deserres, has
arrived here.

BIARRITZ.

A letter from Biarritz, dated Oct. 5, says :—A
French messenger arrived at Zurich on the 30th
ult., with, as I am informed here, final instructions
for the Plenipotentiary relative to the treaty of
peace between Austria and France. It appears that
in this treaty will be maintained the famous clause
of the restoration of the Dukes. In exchange for
this concession accorded by the French Emperor—
whose boast it is that he is the elect of the people
over whom he reigns—Austria reduces her de-
mands on the question of the debt, which
would indicate that she has obtained large con-
cessions. Her demands are limited to 200,000,000 f.
instead of 400,000,000 f. On another im-
portant point also she has made consider-
able deductions. In place of 6,000 metres of
territ Ty around Peschiera she will content herself
with :3,500. All this, so far as Austria and France
are interested, has been settled at Biarritz ; and it
is, moreover, confidently affirmed that a Congress
will be held to ratify the bargain. M. de Bourqueney
is quite sanguine on that point. I am not quite
sure as to the decision the English Government
will come to. The Congress will meet, no doubt, to
sanction with the weight of its authority the acts of
the Zurich Conference ; but will the treaty the
Congress is expected to affirm be regarded as more
inviolable than the treaty which it tears to pieces ?
And will Austria, France, and Sardinia attach a
more sacred character to the settlement of 1853 or
.1860 than to that of 1815 ?
Lord Cowley, who arrived here on Monday even-
ing, leaves to-morrow on his return to Paris.
Prince Metternich is still here. M. Mon, the Spanish
Ambassador, left two or three days ago.
Biarritz is beginning to thin. There are a good
many departures if one may judge by the loads of
baggage that leave each morning for the railway
station, by the greater facility of procuring lodgings
at the hotels and private houses, the reduced rents,
and the diminished loungers in the streets. The
weather is still fine, indeed unnaturally so. The
heat for the last 10 or 12 days has been as intense
as in the middle of July or August. It seems
to have approached a crisis, however, and from
certain indications it will not last much longer.
The first few days of wet or cold will disperse those
who still linger in this delightful retreat, and
Biarritz will soon be deserted. The Emperor has
not been well for the last week or so. He complains
of severe headaches, owing perhaps to the prolonged
heat of the weather and the influence of the atmo-
sphere saturated with electricity. No one can tell
positively the date of his departure. ney speak
of the Bth, the 10th, or the 12th, and some think he
will prolong his stay to the 15th inst. A good deal,
however, depends on the weather. The mornings
and evenings arc still delicious, and neither Com-
piegne, St. Cloud, or Fontainebleau can for a mo-
ment compare with Biarritz in such a season.
The Empress made an excursion on Friday last
to Sarre, accompanied by a joyous and brilliant
band. Slie ascended the Larrune, the highest and
most majestic mountain in this part of the Pyrenees.
Horses, mules, donkeys, cucolets—all were put in
requisition for the occasion. At Sarre her Majest y
was received with the customary demonstrations—
ringiog of bells, flap., triumphal arches, virus, &e.
The local authorities, as they have done from time
immemorial, exhibited official enthusiasm as if it
was just fresh from the Mint. A journal of the
arondissement affirms that the very mule that
bore her Majesty was proud of his burthen.
Very probably. But it could not be from novelty,
as her Majesty is no stranger in this county.
Years before the Second 11: 'll pire was even dreamt
of Mrdann. . Montijo and her family were frequent
visitors in these parts; and there is hardly a moult -
fain or village or a watering place they are not fa-
v•ith. "As a delicate attention," the local
chronicler ch,er ves, " and also to light the way for
:11.,:r sty, the triumphal arch and the houses in
6‘e vicinity were illuminated; were again
uttered; and her Majesty testified her complete
satisnulion by graciously saluting those who uttered
them.'"rhe Empress left Sarre at 9 p.m., and left
marks of her bounty among the villagers.

FRAN CE.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

Some inalicionS reports have lately been circu-
lated concerning Prince Napoleon and the Princess

Clotilda. Amongst other things it was stated the
"Princess lived on such terms with her husband that
she was about to retire from France, &e. There is
no truth in such statements. The Princess may
not think herself the most fortunate wife in the
world, but she is Certainly by no means unhappy.
The kindness she receives from the Empress, Prince
Jerome, and the members of the Imperial family is
frequently the subject of her conversation to those
who know her intimately, whilst her husband
never fails 'to show such attention to his bride as
princes intend for affection.

13ouRsE, Oct. 7.—The market has been dull.
Threes have been done at 69f. 15e. and 69f. 65c.,
and are now at 69f. 55c. Mobilier varied from
807 f. 50c. to 815 f. ; Austrian, 545 f. to 550 f.;
Lombard, 555 f. to 553 f. 75c. ; Orleans, 1,370 f. to
1,375 f. ; Lyons, 906 f. 25c. to 910 f. ; Northern,
932 f. 50c. to 935 f. ; and Southern, 510 f, to 512 f.
50c. The following were the last quotations :

41 per Cents. .... 95 60 I Credit Fonder 687 50
Do. end month .. I Belgian 4} . -
3 per Cent 5....... 69 55 I Piedmontesa (5) B5
Do. end month.... 69 45 Roman B6 '5O
Bank Shares.., ... 2825 —,Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 807 50iSpanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 810 I Home Debt 46