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London, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

LoNroN, wED EsDAY -EVENING AUG US r 12,

the national spirit ; we believe that every true-
hearted Englishman would be prepared to come
forward with purse and person in defence of his
country. But such devotion should not be re-
quired, and it is far better that the public de-
mands should be limited to the mere question of
d. A much greater number of the militia
should therefore be called out, and full authority
should be token to employ regiments that volun-
teer for the duty not only in the colonies, where
they might replace the present garrisons, but
even in India, should their services be require'd
at the post of honour and of danger. We know
something of the high spirit by which both officers
and men are animated, and we have no doubt that
notwithstanding the ill-treatment they received at
the termination of the Russian war, they would
still be found ready and willing to answer
promptly and satisfactorily every call, not merely
of duty, but of the most chivalrous honour.

Lird PALMERSTON declared that greater time
would be lost in sending men forward from
Malta and other Mediterranean stations, by the
overland route, than would be required by long
sea. With the greatest possible respect for this
opinion, we
_must still doubt the fact. There are
'he men actually at Malta, and we do not believe
that there would be the slightest difficulty in ob-
taining the permission of the SULTAN and of the
PACIIA, for their transit through the country, or
even in obtaining their assistance and co-operation
for facilitating the journey across the desert.
The case is not at all analogous to that of a war
between rival Powers, where such a permission
might be regarded as a breach of neutrality. The
only difficulty would be in obtaining the means
of transit down the Red Sea and on to India.
This might occasion some trouble and expense,
but we have no doubt that it could be accom-
plished ; and the presence of a few thousand dis-
ciplined troops in India a month or two earlier
than they could otherwise be received would well
repay the cost.

Directions have been forwarded to the Cape to
send every soldier that can possibly be spared.
But by substituting militia regiments almost the
whole of the present garrison could be forwarded,
and thus eleven regiments would at once be made
available. These matters may prove costly, but the
Indian Empire should not be unguarded for ten or
twenty millions sterling, more especially when the
entire cost will eventually be provided for from
'lndian resources, and wherethe outside that can be
required from the United Kingdon, will be a
guarantee to enable the Anglo-Indian Government
to obtain the necessary funds at a cheaper rate.
It now seems to be universally conceded that the
Company's rule shall be speedily terminated, and
that the Indian debt must be provided for from
Imperial resources. It is, therefore, our interest
to see that the money should be. obtained at the
cheapest possible rate ; and this, too, is a point
to be considered before the prorogation.

Sir CHARLES WOOD absolutely refuses to say
whether Commodore KEPPEL has been recalled or
not ! This seems to confirm the rumours that
have been-circulated to that effect, and to ,lead
to the conclusion that the nation is about to be
deprived of the valuable services of that gallant
and distinguished officer. A strict investigation
into the causes of the loss of the Raleigh has al-
ready been held, and Commodore KEPPEL has
been fully and honourably acquitted, and the
sword which be has wielded with so much effect
against the enemies of his country restored to
him by his brother officers. He has also
• xhibited on a trying occasion the bravezy
and skill for which he has invariably been dis-
tinguished. Why, then, supersede or recall him
from the position for which he is so pre-eminently
qualified ? Is it in obedience to some red-tApist
tradition, drawn from the musty shelves of the
Admiralty ? or is it to perpetrate a snug job in
favour of one of the family patty—one of the
P.QSSELLS,!GEEYS, and MINTOT, whose unflinching
nepotism was so beneficial to themselve9, if not t
the community at large ? The First Lord of the
Admiralty is not the man to let slip any chance
of helping a friend ; and we fear that what-
ever may be the reasons publicly promulgated,
the interests of an ELLIOTT may be the chief cause
of the intense anxiety to seize on any (acme,
however frivolous, whereby he may bo pro-
moted, although at the expense of one of the most
efficient and distinguished officers of the Royal
Navy. We cannot altogether forget that Com-
modore KEPPEL was sent to replace, and supersede
an ELLIOTT—thit his exploits have cast his pre-
decessor in some degree into the shade, and it
may be that the proceeding has been taken for the
mere purpose of giving another chance of prolix-
lion to the favoured ELLIOTT

Ws must, however, protest against the contu-
melious and insolent manner in which Sir
CHARLES WOOD refused to answer the question
of the Member fur Southwark. A simple inquiry
was made respecting a matter of deep interest to
the House and country. It was asked, whether
the gallant officer, whose daring exploits had so
recently filled the columns of the public journals,
whose name had become almost a household word
in every dwelling throughout the length and
breal.dth of the land, was to be sacrificed at the
altar of routine to be made another victim to red-
tapiam ? Surely in this there was no interference
with the Royal Prerogative. Nothing to show
that any naval appointment has been, or
would be impeached. Information was required
on an important t)pic, and Sir CHARLES WOOD,
with true official arrogance and impertinence,
thought proper to refuse it. If any additional
naval estimate remained to be voted an answer
could be enforced, and we shall be greatly disap-
pointed if some Honourable Gentleman does not
repeat the interrogatory to the Prime Minister in
place of the subordinate, before the conclusion of
the Session.

Can we feel surprised that the entire system of
promotion in the Navy and Army should be
complained of under such circumstances.
The country wants " the right man in
the right place," but Sir CHARLES WOOD
wishes to involve everything in mystery,
to stir up the official mud, so that no authentic
information can be obtained. This insolence
should not be tolerated by the House of Commons.
The guardians of the national purse should know
on what grounds they are required to grant the
supplies. They have a right to ascertain everything
respecting the expenditure of the money which
they have granted ; and if they allow themselves
t 3 be snubbed by such a man as Sir CHARLES
WOOD, they may bid " a long farewell to all their
greatness."
The Executive have for some time
pest been gradu 11
a y encroaching on the privileges
of Parliament, and if •
this last specimen of out-
rageous impudence be
sanctioned, it will be im-
possible to tell where the line can be drawn, or to
what extent official impertinence
may be carried.

d the Doke and
88:tfor Paris ;
rl-lo'latoy have
The Duchess (Dow.) of Stacpoole
Marquis of Stacpoole, have left Locg'aeng
his Excellency Comte and the Comte
left Long's Hotel, for Dieppe.
Lord West has left town for Folkestone.
Lady Georgiana Grey and the lion. H. Grey and
Laiy de Dunstanville have left town for Petersham, on
a vi-dt to the Duchess (Dow.) of Cleveland.
CJlonel and Lady Laura Meyrick have left sown for
heir seat, Goodzichs Castle, Herefordshire.

LATEST

PARIS, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12, 8 A.M.
The Emperor arrived at St. Cloud yesterday
evening at 8 o'clock. •

The letter of the Times' Paris correspondent
(second edition), dated yesterday, G p.m., says :

Everything appears to confirm the correctness
of the information I communicated yesterday
touching the settlement of the Moldc-Wallachian
difficulty. The Pays has been authorised, or per-
mitted to say, in an article criticising the lan-
guage of the English press, that " we also believe
that the question has been resolved at
Osborne," though not in a way hinted at by
some of the English journal 4. The Pays,
I suppose, does not yet know much more
about the matter, but it is probable that any dif-
ference that may have been caused by the hot-
headedness of diplomatists at home or abroad
would easily be removed in an hour's quiet conver-
sation between the principal personages concerned.
At any rate, there is a general impression that no-
thing will come of it—at least nothing unpleasant.
M. Vogorides will, perhaps, get a hint not to take
the French elections too faithfully as his model in
future, and a word or two of remonstrance, repri-
mand, or encouragement, as the case may be,
will be addressed to the subordinate actors. If,
as is believed, the conference will have to decide
the question of the elections, it is natural that
the whole of the facts, and not ex parte ones, as
we now have, will be laid before it, and judged
with as much partiality as any one can expect
from them. Despatches from the Foreign-office
were this day received at the English Embassy,
and were forwarded without delay to Trou-
ville, where the Ambassador has been staying
for some days past. It is probable that they
contain the result of the conversations at Osborne
on that and perhaps other questions. A telegraphic
despatch vas received here this morning from Con-
stantinople, announcing that matters remain in
statu quo in that capital. The Ambassadors had
made no preparation to quit the city, but were
awaiting further instructions from their respective
Governments. So far so good. It is also stated
that it was decided at Osborne that, in the event
of Lord Elgin and Baron Gros not attaining the
object of their mission to China, a more decided
action in common should be adopted."

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING._

The Emperor and Empress are expected this
evening at St. Cloud, on their return from Havre,
via Rouen.

The Moniteur contains a decree nominating the
president., vice-presidents, and secretaries of the
councils-general of the departments for the session
of 1857.

The Siecle, in an article on the crisis at Constan-
tinople, contains the following :
" Austria, after having been the most doubtful
ally of the Western p)wers, and the most ungrate-
ful ally of Russia, now seeks to profit by the unin-
telligent pride of the Sultan, and by the pretensions
to exclusive preponderance of England, to satisfy
her eternal craving after the Danubian provinces.
But if the policy of good sense -is hearkened to, we
shall, speedily see it adopt the attitude peculiar to
unmasked egotists, and implore the French Cabinet
to forget its unworthy conduct. She moreover well
knows that a word from France would cost her
Italy. The more we reflect on the events in Con-
stantinople, the less do we understand the conduct
of the British Government and of its ambassador.
Can the influence of Great Britain increase by the
separate administration of Moldaviaand Wallachia?
Would Eagland sell less British produce under the
union ? If Lord Redcliffe had only been animated
by a desire to lower our. influence in the East, we
Fhould prove to the legitimist journals who daily
taunt us with our sympathies for the English
alliance, that we place the honour and grandeur of
France above all questions of alliance. The English
would then have no more resolute adversaries than
the. French democrats, of whom we are one of the
humble organs. But all these suppositions ara un-
called for, and we persist in the belief that every
thing will be arranged in a pacific manner."
BOURSE, Aug. 11.—The following were the last
quota:ions :

Cub. fr. C. End of Month.
4i per Cents

31er Cgrita 66 5 67 10
Bank Shares 2,825 Credit Foncier...

Credit Mobilier '975 Roman

Do. Account 972 50 Austrian
Belgian 4i
Fiedmontese (5) B9 Home Debt

RAILWAYS—FOR. CABIIe

fr. c. it e,
Orleans 1,150 Western -
Iforthorn
Lyons and Mod 923— New Ditto
New Ditto 9021— Grand Central 4—
Geneva
11idi

Porte, no doubt, by the eyes of its counsellors,
saw something quite different, and without under-
standing that what was desired was the means of
securing it an honourable retrea', hastened to ac-
cept the proposition, but offered to carry it into
execution in a manner which, to make use of an
expression that has been employed, we may call
derisory' ; in fact the compromise proposed by
the Porte consisted in the assembling the caima-
cans at Constantinople, and in calling on them to
declare if they had violated or not the prescrip-
tions of the firman, and if the elections were to be
declared null or maintained ! In order that this
proposition might have bad the appearance of
being, if not serious, at least just, it would have
been necessary to have convoked all the elec-
tors and all the commissioners at Constanti-
nople, in order to hear all parties ; for, to all
persons who know how things take place at Con-
stantinople, it is evident that the caimacans, if
they alone had been convoked, would have
found the means of justifying themselves. Sugh,
however, is the plan of concialiation which the
journals of -Vienna and those of London so bitterly
reproach M. de Thouvenel and his colleagues with
having rejected. What qualification would not
these same journals have given to the plenipoten-
tiaries if they had fallen into this snare ? It evi-
dently results from these facts that the forir
Ambassadors have carried the spirit of conciliation
to its farthest limit 4, and that their greatest
anxiety has been to preserve the dignity of the
Turkish government by causing its decisions, dis-
regarded by its own subjects, to be respected. If
the proposition of verification had been accepted,
the affair would have been referred to the commis-
sion at Bucharest, and the question would not have
assumed the proportions which Lord Redcliffe,
Austria, and Turkey have so inconsiderately caused
it to talie."

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

The United States Mail steamship Atlantic has
arrived, with advicea from New York to the Ist
inst.

She has brought $364,456 specie on freight.
Her advices have been anticipated by the Van-
derbilt.

On the 31 instant the Atlantic passed the Royal
Mail steamer Persia in lat. 42, long. 63, hence ;
and on the same day, in lat. 42, long. 62, the
screw steamship New York, from Glasgow for New
York.

Among the pazsengers by the Atlantic is the
agent of the Great Southern Convention, who visits
Europe for the purpose of establishing a line of
steam-ships from Norfolk, Virginia, to Havre, or
some port in England ; ex-Governor J. A. Wright,
-United States' Minister to Berlin, accompanied by
Mr. S. Wright, Secretary of Legation ; and the
Hon. W. W. Boardman.

RUMOURED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO

FRANCE.

It is said that the Prince Consort has accepted
theinvitation of the Emperor of the French to be
present at the grand review which is to come off
at Chalons-sur-Marne in the approaching month of
September, when upwards of 50,000 men will be
as smbled in the camp. And also that it is not
improbable that the Queen herself will take that
opportunity of paying a return visit to the Impe-
rial family, at the Enape-or's country residence at
Compiegne.

THE REVOLT IN EV-DIA.-THE ARMY.

Facts and figures are ugly thing. They stare at
us'with immovable features, and tell an irresistible
tale of our errors. When we ponder over a return
such as the following, we nearly come t the con-
clusion that we must have been mad all along or
to'ally blind, to have called an arm into life which
was intended for our enemies, but which has now
turned out to be a double-edged sword, whose
backhanded blows are draining our best blood.
One thing is certain, the Bengal Army, which has
ceased to exist, must be buried, and that for ever.

European
Commis-
stoned
Officers.

Distribution.

Qaeen's Troops .. • .
Corn any's Troops,
European
Company's

Troops,'

Native....

Total .. • .....
Subsidiary Troops and
Contingen•s from
Native States......

3,644

5,128

European
petty offi-
cers, rank
and tile.

25,930

14,061

3,122

43,113

Native,
officers,
rank and
file.

233,699

233,369

30,882

Total.

26,826

14,649

240,435

231,940

31,004

Return of police corps militarily organised, com-
manded by British officers :
European Commissioned Officers 35
Native Commissioned Officers, Non-commis-
sioned Officers, and rank and file
It will be seen by the above return, which bee
been gleaned from the last official returns of the
Honourable East India Company, that there were,
at the outbreak of the revolt, 5,249 British officers
on the Indian establishment of the three presi•
denciei, while the body of the European forces
consisted of 43,149 warrant officers, non-commis-
sioned officers, and rank and file. The native
army, on the other baud, including the police,
amounted to 288,569 of all ranks. To the latter
must be added, according to the same official
authorities, the standing armies maintained ia
time of peace, according to treaties, by the several
independent native princes in alliance with the
British Government, 398,918.
If we make allowance for officers on leave in
England, and for other casualties, and, on the
other hand, take into consideration the number of
civilians at different stations, we may set.down the
number of 50,000 as a fair estimate of the English-
men who were in India at the time of the outbreak.
On the other hand, we see that 687,514 native sol-
diers of all grades were accounted for, a proportion
of about one European to every fifteen native,.
Thee are fearful odds, as the Englishmen were
scattered over an area of more than a million square
miles.—Advertiser.

BEALTR OF LONDON DURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Report of the Registrar-General. )

In the week that ended on Saturday (August 8) the
number of deaths registered in London was 1,224. It
differs little from those of the two previous weeks,
which were 1,209 and 1,238. In the ten years 1847-56
the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding
with last week was 1,217 ; but as the deaths of last week
occurred in an increased population, the average, with a
view to comparison, should be raised proportionally to
the increase, in which case it will become 1,339. The
number now returned is therefore less by 115 than the
average rate of mortality would have produced ; but as
the period from which the latter is derived includes two
weeks, viz , those in 1849 and 1354, when cholera
was extensively fatal, it will be seen, if due allowance is
made for the increase in the average arising from that
cause, that the mortality of the present time is rather
high for a season when the public health is not disturbed
by any extraordinary epidemic.
The progress cf diarrhea appears to have received a
check ; for whereas during the six previous weeks the
weekly number of deaths from that disease rose by de-
grees from 33 to 302, it fell last week to 258, which is
almost the same as that of the week that ended July
25.,h. The air was considerably colder in the latter part
of last week than it had been for a month, and was, in
this respect, more favourable to the health of that part of
the population which is peculiarly subject to fatal attacks
of the disease. Of the 258 persons who died last week
from diarrhea', 222 were carried cif in the first or second
year of life, 12 were two years of age and less than 20,
none died between the years 20 and 40, only 2 between 40
and 60; the next period exhibits an increase, 22 persons
having died who were 60 years cid and less than 80. I
The deaths referred to cholera, which were 24 in the
preceding week, and 30 last weet. Twenty out of the 30
occurred to infants. Adding together the numbers
under diarrhea' and cholera, it appears that 8 deaths
from these complaints occurred in the sub-district of
St. Mary Paddington, 7 in that of Belgrave, 9 in Sr.
Margaret Westminster, 8 in St. John Mat ylebone, 7 in
Somers Town. 8 in Poplar, 7 in St. Paul Deptford, and
smaller numbers in nearly all the other sub-districts.
The deaths from typhus and common fever were
rather more than they had been for many previous
weeks, having been 48.. From somtll-pos there were 5,
from invades 14, from pcail-ttinn, 32, and from booping-
cough 38. A man died of ulceration of the ilium from
drinking chloride of zinc by mistake for gin. The
deaths of five nonagenarians are returned, namely, of
3 men and 2 women. Two men were respectively 94
and 95 years of age ; and a widow who died on August
6th, in the workhouse, \Yapping, is stated to have at-
tained the great age of 106 years.
Last week the With of 736 boys and 753 girls, in all
1489 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1847.56 the average
number was 1455.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week, was 29704
inches. The mean temperature was 65 2 degrees, which
is 31. degrees above the average of the same week
in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The
mean temperature was nearly 73 deg. on Monday and
Tuesday, which is more than 10 deg. above the ave-
rage ; on the last two days of the week it was below
the average. The highest readings in the week
occurred on Monday and Tuesday, and were 88 deg.
and 87.6 deg. ; and the highest readings iu the
sun on the same days were 108 deg. and 114 deg. The
lowest reading of the thermometer occurred on Friday,
and was 52 4 deg. The range of the week was 35.6 deg.
The mean dew-point temperature was 56.3 deg., and
the difference between this and the mean temperature
of the air was 8 9 deg. The mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 69.4 deg. The wind blew
from the south-west on every day except Wednesday.
Raia fell to the amount of 0 85 in., the greater part of
it on Thursday.

MORTALITY TN THE METROPOLIS
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED
IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 8.
Zymotic Diseases
Diseases of Uncertain Seat

Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 42
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs

of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases o f the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 3
Premature Birth and Debility 42
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden .. " 8
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance. 56
Causes not specified

DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 1,224

Population Deaths in corm. Deaths
Enumerated. spending week in the
1831. of 1816. Week.
~ 376,427
~ 490,396
.. 393,256
.. 485,522
.. 616,635 -.... 361

West Districts
North Districts
Central Districts
East Districts
South Districts

Totals
Males 614
F3males 6lO
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

736
753

Total .. -- . .... 1,489

MARKET NEWS.—(this Day,)

'Very little English wheat was received fresh up to-day,
but we had a few of Monday's unsold samples on offer.
For most kinds there was a moderate inquiry, at unaltered
quotations.
In foreign wheat, the show of which was good, very
little was passing, on former terms. The present week's
imports are only 3,140 quarters, chiefly from the north of
Europe.

In floating cargoes of grain very little was passing.
Barley was in short supply and steady request, on former
terms.

Fine malt sold at full currencies, but inferior kinds met
a dull inquiry.
There was a good demand for oats, at very full prices.
In the value of beans, peas, and flour no change took
place.

ARRIVALS TIIIS:WREIC.
Wheat. i Barley. I Malt. 1 Oats.
770 1 40 i 940 I _

English.
Irish

Flour.
72)

Foreigu....

3,1401 1300

brie
8,410 260 sks

HOP.
The rains having ben favourble to the hop plant, the
duty is called 135,000/. Fino hops are steady at full prices,
but inferior qualities are dull.

ECHAPEL.
Beef, from 2s lad toWHI 4Ts 2d ; mutton 33 01 to 4s 6,1 ;
lamb, 4s 4d to 53 6d ; veal, 3s 6d to '4B 2d; and pork
3s 6d to Is 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. A fair demand.

CRICKET.—ENGLAND V. SURREY AND SUSSEX.— This
match vial brought to a conclusion yesterday at
Brighton, in favour of the counties, in one innnings and
39 rune. The score stood as follows :—England, first
innings, 33 ; second innings 51. Sussex and Surrey,
first innings, 123.

eviav
,L) 61-37Lf (fp A A.

SUN OFFICE, Seven G'Clock.

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.