The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-18

| adjunct TO the more elaborate details which we
| have had the means OF placing exclusively before
! the public.
! The aGnud mileage to be performed by steam by
he former plan OF arrangement was 6S4 SIG, max
lus no allowance tor divergence from straight lines
~ the new pan the mileage Is reduced 10 1872 $40
1ring saw g OF distance by steam OF POI ,Sio /
nay a. the SAM lime he mentioned curious co
Incidence, that the average expenditure Tor TN
stranl part OF The navigation Is found by experience
To ot Il per mile, SO tlat the difference OF cost be-
ween the two mods of arrangement Is as many
pounds sterling there miles saved.
By the first plan, the distance required to be done
| ny vessels under canvass Was 1880 miles BY the
new arrangement that distance Is reduced Al 1856
being difference of 10, 43i miles The total reduc-
| non IN the distance 10 be performed by the com
oinrd operation OF steamers and sailing vessels by
he new plan will, therefore, be 3ll,274 miles per
| annum. The number OF schooners employed for
the conveyance of the subsidiary mails in the colo
| nies Is the same in the TWO plans
| The result OF the new arrangements tor the West
| india Mail Steam Packet Company will be
| these -
The IN ills will be dispatched twice month from
Falmouth heretofore 10 all the British possessions
| IN the West ndles, except Honduras, which viii
| lave lis mails monthly through the Hdvannah.
| The mails for Havdnnah VIII be dispatched twice
| 4 month as heretofore
The mails for L,guayra, Porto Cabello, Santa
| Marina, Cdrrhagena, Chagres, Vera Cruz and Tam
| ic0 will be despatched once month
The Mexican mails and passengers will be con-
! veyed by steamer
sailing schoon-rs OF l2O $50 tons in communica-
| tion win the steamers.
The following places will not be visited by any of
| the Comp4nys vessels, viz Surinam, Berbice, San
| Ia Croix, Curacao, Bahia Honda, Maracaibo, ST.
| Juan de Nicaragua, New Orleans, Turks Island,
Mayaqness and Ponce, porto Rico,) Crooked Is.
and, Rum Key, Charleston. Savannah, New York,
| and Halifax.
| The Berbice mails will be transmitted by land
| from Demerara as formerly.
The new plan to come fully into operation by the
.ul Tho -, IL
| (October.)
EAST INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION The steamer
India having performed her last voyage from Suez
| 10 Bombay, against the height OF the monsoon
circumstance unprecedented in the annals OF navi-
CATION, II may be Interesting TO compare state
ment OF that steamers performance on her two last
voyages the first having been made IN the fair sea-
sou, and the second against the strength OF the
| cuta on the 10th of January last and steamed to
Suez in rs days and IA hours, running 1919 miles,
or 1921 miles per day, consnmdg $50 tons of coal,
| or $40 ID. per horse power per hour. On the Sc
cond voyage she left Caculla 9th of May, and
steamed in "a days 1858 miles against the wind and
averaging 1877 miles per day, and under sail four
days, distance o0ss miles, consuming s00 tons OF
Goals, II 10. per horse power per hour. This result
IS most important, as showing that the communica-
on by steam can be kept up with the eastern side of
India at all seasons OF the year On the first voyage
the Calcutta letters reached London in As days the
second voyage her letters were detained "a DAYS
| IN Egypt waiting conveyance.
| THE NIGER EXPEDITION Corporal T. Edmons,
Of the Company q Royal SapPers and Miners, sta
uoned at Woowfea, arrived there on the 18th inst
| Notwithstanding the unhealthness OF an African
climate and The hardships to which he exposed
by the death of SO many of his comrades his const
| tdtion remains unimpaired. and having laid aside
The white garments of the sailor, he has again re-
turned to his duty as soldier The rest of the
Royal Sappers and Miners W no embarked in the
Albert, Soudan, and Wilberforce, steam vessels,
md who have escaped with their lives from the pes
tential climate Of Africa, are on their way to Esg-
land as the project for the continuance of the expe
iltion has been abandoned This step has been
tken owing 10 the iniposSbilty of achieving the
ieslred purpose, the extinction of the slave trade,
Sc., without cruel sacrifice of European life. Only
TX persons of the Albert steam vessel, including
Corporal Edmons, have survived the ravages of the
pestlierous climate In which they served, and the
! river fever
WAR OFFICE, SEPT 9th Regiment of Ora
sooDs.-T f. Groves, gent, to- be cornet, by pur-
chase. wee Leigh, promoted 10th Light Dragons
A J. Wizard, gent, to be cornet by purchase, vice
| Morgan, promoted LIST or Grenadier Regiment OF
Foot Guards:-Lleut r. P. Dawson to be lieut..
ana epalr by pH[Ihas1 wee N Hon IL Nev
! aud lieut. by purchase, vice Hon. II ID. Ward, who
reires C. Munro, gent, TO be ensign and lieut.. By
zurich ise, wee Dawson 9TH Foot-Lleutenant r.
! e. Blu Ter. S5th Foot.-Leui. c. E. Dering 10 be
captain by purchase, vice Browne, who retires:
ensign p. w S. Ross to be lieut. by purchase, vice
| Derng A H Peel, gent. TO be ensign by purchase
| vice Ross Rife Brgade.-E. Rooper to be captain
by purchase vice Munro, who retires second lieut.
w. NJ. Altchson TO be first lieut.. by purchase, vice
| Hooper l. Standlsh gent TO be second lieut. BY
| purchase, wee Aitchison
QUEEN OF THE SEA.-As the whole of the arrange
ment- for naval escort TO Her Majesty during her
| progress to Scotland have not yet been completed,
the names OF all the vessels that will have the honor
| of forming part OF the Royal squadron cannot be
correctly ascertalned at present, but from the pro-
!ress already made by the able heads Of the naval
department. the attendance of vessels will be liberal
and worthy OF the appreciation OF Her Majesty, and
gratifying to the inhabitants of country Justly term
| ID TnE MISTRESS OF THES SEAS, when the account OF
Queen Victora's visit to Scotland is recorded tor
the information Of the present and future genera
| lions London Times.
| The prospects of trade have not undergone much
change since the sailing OF the Caledonia. The Lii
verpoo cotton mark has a, times been rather ami
mated, but the continued unsettled state OF things
| IN many OF the manufacturing towns has initiated
much against II becoming firm and permanently ac-
i've. Prices have receded little 1uring the last
lew days, but only let the hands al present standing
out for higher rate of wages, return to tier occu-
pations, and there is not the slightest doubt but thai
they will soon rally again. Many of the Manches
ter houses have orders on hand which they are at
prssen. unable to execute, owing to the difficulty
| ney Market has not during the past fourteen days.
presented any feature Of striking Importance
The news from India, so far as IL was known in
| London yesterday, had not much effect upon it,
The opinion generally being, that The French au-
hontles had thrown dark coloring over it.-tFiI-
sons Necs Letter Sept. 3.
DISTURBANCES INTHE PRovINcEs-A Special Com
mission is on the of being issued for the trial
of the rioters apprehended during the late dsturban-
ces In the manufacturing districts. Nothing is want
ing but the nomination OF the learned Judges to
derake this arduous duty, and it is expected that
| this will be arranged forthwith. The last occasion
| OF a commission being issued was for the trlal of
| Frost and his companions, IN the winter OF 1910
Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mr.. Justice Williams
and Mr. Sergeant Ludlow were the Judges then
| selected The character of the recent outbreak be-
ing of much more general u nature, there is eve
ry reason TO believe that greater number will be
| appointed.
In our last il painful duty TO record a Sc
| RES of the most violent popular movements in the
manufacturing Districts and it is with some degree
| of pleasure that we have 10 state that violence
has almost subsidized, and though in many of the ma