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FNR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THK COLUMBIA. NO NEWS FROM INDIA. separation? to Lay the Submarine Telegraph. DEATH OF EUGENE SUE The steamship Columbia, Capt. Berry, from Liver¬ pool at 10 o'clock on tbe morning of Wednesday, tbe aU inst., arrived bere on Monday morning, 17th, about 9 o'clock. The screw steamship Jason was to leave Southamp¬ ton for New-York on tbe same day that the C'dambia left Liverpool. The steanuthip Arabia arrived out at Liverpool at 'J o'clock on tbe morning of Sunday, Aug. Z. The screw steamer City of Washington was reported off the port of Liverpool on the morning of Wednes¬ day, tbe ^th. There is but little news of importance by this arrival. Tlte Knglisb papers were mainly occupied with ru- anora und speculations, in the absence of further ad¬ vices, apon tbe affair" of India. THE STATE OF EUROPE. ff*roan Our Own CurretpmideDt. London, Tuesday, Aug. 4, I-.".7. Tbe full official dispatches received by the Over, fctvjei Mad <-outain several lofportant facts tbat have scarcely been sufficiently commented upon by the London press, which is rather unwilling to speak out boldly tbe whole truth. After their publication, it is really ludicroua to speak about a Brahmin conspiracy and the undue pampering of tbe Bengal army, since the dispatches show tbat the mutiny has spread likewise to irregular Sikh and Goorkah regiments; tbat the native contingents of the K«jah of G waller and of tbe Holkar have rebelled and murder, d the European officers; tbat tbe Gnioo war (King of Baroda) is distrusted and suspected; tbat Sir Henry Lawrence had to fall back from Luck- now to Cswnpore, and even further; tbat is to say, that he bad to evacuate the kingdom of Dude; while in the south the mutinous spirit baa begun to show itself in tbe dominions of the Nizam (King of Hyderabad). By these misfortunes, Kngland is of course only stimulated to greater exertion, and there can scarcely beany aioubtas to the ultimate result, viz: the reconquest of India. Hut iu the menu time, aud for some years to come, England's power is crippled, and Lord Dalhousie's reckless policy of annexation revenges it*c|t fearfully, not only on the unprincipled abettors of this scheme of bold robbery, but likewise on those .Abo, abhorring the principle, havo accepted its re¬ sults. The last annexation. I mean that of Oudoi seems to be one of the causes of the present mutiny, .lid things do not becune better by the arrest of the ex-King, which brings the East«luilin Government into suspicion that it seeks an excuse for withdraw¬ ing the pension of £ 120,000 a year due to the un¬ fortunate ex-King. A gentleman holding a kiyh position in lieugal writ. " to a triend io England, alter having given some details about the insurrec¬ tion : "We have not been helped in this trial by the un¬ principled conduct of tue authorities in the mutter of the Uude annexation. Throughout the entire coun¬ try, it ha* bun regarded at tpottatton and roobertffjut* tijiid by the moft auieteiout ffiuft It would bo quite worthy tboee who annexed and counseled annexation to take advantage of the present state of affairs, aud * hi such a charge on the unfortunate victim a- may render ail claim to tbe promised pern-ion wnollj out cf the question. It the King has really been concerned in this outbreak, who is to wonaer at it I We have certainly provoked bim to do hw frorst, We shall prob¬ ably hcai by ihe next tin e the mail goes out what Uts ovitielice on lhi> J'oiiit really is. At present, lhear of nothing tbat miglit not have been done by others, tbüikug tnat hie Majesty's uause would be u tower of atrengti:. Bssiittss ims neoesesriTy felt tne present state of affairs. Jt it la*'* m nek langt r, It I Haucht uk r took out. '1 be whole of the up-country tfade is at a stand -still. Hut Dot Manche.-tor alone may tremble. If tbis crisis is trifled witli much longer, Ute British I'ower will be a thin- of the past.it will be gone to be isoswed, as a matter ol course; but under dream stances thut Wil1 pat sly BS all progret-.- for u long time ton me, exc*pt the match of an tiveiigiug army." A rumor was current on the Exchange th.it Delhi bad been taken ou the 17th. It bad some influence on the funds, but it is believed to be a hoax similar to that of the fall of Sevastopol about eleven months Svious to the actual capture of the town. The icult.es of England are, now ever, not limited to India. The Chinese expedition üas been diverted from its destination, and Governor Vek iu»y still boast of having exjKdled the red-haired barbarians from Canton, though Sir Michael Seymour aud Commodore Keppel gallantly sweep away all the star-junks from tbe Cautou waters. Still more important is now the Persian difficulty, since Eug- land is not in tbe position immediately to resume the star fl the Shah should refuse to keep the treaty of peace; it is even questionable whether Busbire «.©uld be held for any length of time. It is, there- ton', rather serious to hear from the Indian papers tbat information had been received at Hushire stal¬ ing that the Parsiau commander at Herat has re- fuaed to ev at uate that place, aud to acknowledge the, treaty. Mr. Murray sent a dispatch to England iuti- ¦natmg that the terms ot the late treaty have no chance of being fulfilled. And, while Englaud's difficulties ore increasing from the Persian Gulf to the Chinese Sen, Prince Menchikoff seems to have lent his famous topcoat toM. Thouvenel, the French Km- bassador ot Constantinople, who. with au effrontery worthy of a Napedeomc servant, insists upon the duuuisaul of the Kaiinakun of Moldavia, and tho de- t'laratioti that the Moldavian elections are null aud void on account of the undue exertion ot Govern- luent influence. The poof Sultan resisted such a degrading demand, and the Kreuch EwbaasadOT broke t»fl diplomatic relations. The suit was a change of the Turkish Ministry. Kedshid 1'asha, Lord Stratford do Hedcliflo's man, bad to yield to Mttstapha Pasha of Crete, and to Aali t»aaha.that is to say, to the same persons who wen- displaced a year ai;o for not having hoes, atifficiently I ttglish. Lord Stratford de Bedcltffe's influence in Constantinople declines, and Prance, acting in concert with Prussia, Sardinia and Ruuia, carries everything with a high hand io Turkey, fehould tbe Indian difficulties not be surmounted Within the next three months, then we may see au open alliance between Napoleon and Alexander. Luder such circumstance*, the visit of the Emperor to Osborue looks really as if it were for taking leave. Napoleon's high treason case dwindle- down to such miserable pn.portious as to strengthen the sus¬ picion that the ollair was got up solely with tbe in- lent of frightening L«dru Kollin away from England, . similar atratagem having been resorted to lor in¬ ducing liastkie to flee from Paris. Both schemes itave tailed, and proclaim now the weakness of the Imperialist Government. Thr Daily Surr says: .' According to a correspondence iu the IndepmJ- amce Kiltrr, tne I*rocurour Imj«erial will be compelled, tor want'of evidence, to abandon the clau«e in the in¬ dictment that the plot of which Tibaldi, Ac, are ac- cuaed bad 'received a commenccrriont of execution. li thia be so, the prisoners cannot be sentenced to cap¬ ital pUBishment, and the pk t at once assumes con¬ temptible proportions, considering the immense toisa which the M made in heralding it forth to the arorld. A eaaa of hi*h treason, without any overt act, and att.-et.-d by aptee and approvers, deserves to be venr narrowly seruiinw<si by the public." Tbe King of Wurteinherg has arm id at Paris to pay his respects to Emperor Napoleou, w ho trevits Iiis royal guests from Germany in an off hand way. Tbe King arrived on Saturday, and the Emperor l.-.n er Paris to-day ft* Oaborne. Count TTolswahl accompanies him, and it is, therefore, aaid that Na¬ poleon inteoda to come to an underatanding w ith the Luglish Government about all the principal points of European importance.the Moldavian quest mn and the Suez Canal included. If such ia really the rase, we may be sure that the result cannot be satis¬ factory, a. r. t. STATE OF THE INDIAN DHnTRRBCTION. ConrrftmOue* of Th« H. V Tnfcuoe. Laawjow, August 4, i>£7. On the arrival at L*end«n «f the vol mu h ¦¦,< re¬ ports conveyed by the last Indian mad, tbe ui'agre- outlib»'* (if which bad be.m BntlCiputed by toe elec¬ tric tostgraph, the romor of the capture of DtJfj was rapidly spreading arid wibbiug so much coti- »i«teboy aa to inrlueuce the trausactofcs »( the Stock Lxcbange. It was another edition <>f the capture of Sevastopol hoax, od a reduced scale. Tbe slightest examination of thedates and content* of tbe Madras papers, from which the favorable reiws was avowedly derived, would have sufficed to dispel the delusion. The Madras luforiuat.ou profess* 1 to rest upou private letters from Agra elated Juue 17, but au official notification, issued at Lahore, on the 17th of June, announces that up to 4 o clock in the atternoon of the 161k, all was quiet before Delhi, while The JlBlSBI Timer, dated July 1. states that "General Barnaid was waiting for a iiiforceineuts ..on the morning of the 17th, after having repeded "several sorties.'' This much, as to the d*tc of the Madras information. As to its contents, thee* are evidently made up of General liaruird s bulletin, dated June on his 1< rcibl« occupation of the hights ot Delhi, and of some private report- relat¬ ing to the bailies of the besieged ou the l'^tb und 14th Juue. A military jdan of Delhi and its cantonments has at last beeu compile d by Captain Lawrem e. from the unpublished plan* of the Last India CoOlp)Uiy< Hence we see- ttiat 1 Mhi is not quite so wealth forti- tie-d as was at tir-t asse rted. MM quit* so str-n^ly a*, is now prete nded, it puoSOBSei a Citadel, to he t ikeii by escalade or by regular approaches, The Wails, being more thun seven miles iu exU'iit, are built, ol solid masonry, bat id no great bight. The ditch is narrow and Dot very de ep, uud the thinking wtirks do not prope rly enfilade- the curium. Martello towen exief at intervals. They are semi circular in tonu, and loopboled for musketry. Spiral staircases lead ire in the top of the walls dow n through the towers to chambeis. on a level with the ditch, and tap00 are loopboled lor inlautry tire, whi-h may prove very annoying to au esoaladiug party crossing tte ditch. the bastions de-feniiug the Curtains are also furbished with bamiue-tles for i.fl-meu, but theae may be kept down by shelling. When the in¬ surrection broke' eat, the arsenal in the- interior eif the city contained 1100,000 cartridges, two complete siege trains, a laige number of held guns and l".'M"' muskets, 'ibe powde r-magazihee had be'eu long since removed, at the desire of the iurinbittnts. from the city te> the CUUtOUmente outeide Delhi, and eeiituincd be»t less than In,two barrels. The'coin- maiiomg bights occupied by Gen. Ilaiuard on tbe . Mb ol June are situate d in a north-easterly direction from Delhi, where the caiitoiuiiejts outside the walls were also established. From the descriptiou, resting on authentic plan'1, it will tie understood that the- ¦troiia.boki of ttm re¬ volt muet knve succumbed before a, sm^io map <!. mum, it the British l,,rce now before Delhi had been there on the Sttith ««t May, ami they could hu»e bo,;i there il supplied with BUflesSul Carriage. A NNriaS) ol the litt published in libs lloriibuy l ima, and re- published IU the London papers, of the iiumber of regimentl that bad revolted, to the end of Juue, aud ol the datib on whie'b they revolted, proves conclu¬ sive ly tl at, mi tlie .'»a'b ol May, Delhi was yet occu¬ pied by 4,000 to ö.tii 0 men only; a form which could not one- moment have thought of defending a wall seven miles in »'Xtetit. Mei-rut being only forty miles distant from Delhi, and having, since the co u- BWnCement of I~.>:i, always served as the head¬ quarters of the Bengal artillery, puooeeeoed the principal laboratory tor military s.-ieniitic Yur" pi'se-s, and afforded the' parade ground for exercise iu the use of field and -lego ord¬ nance'; it buoouiei the uiurt) incompitbeo- siole that the Hntish cominunder was in want of tie means necessary lor the executiou of one ofthoee coups dc mata by wbixh the British forces in India ulwiys kuew bow to secure tm-ir supremae-y over the natives. First wo were in- forme d that the- siege train was waited for; then that retlnibroesnente were wanted: and now The Press, »ine of the best brfprmed London pape-rs, teils us, ' it is known by our Government for a " tact that General Barnard is defieieut in stores " mid ammuuition, and thut his SUppiy of the latter " is limited to .1 rouuds a man.'' arum General Barnard's tiwn bulletin on the occupation of the bights of Delhi, which is dated the -th of Juno, we see that he originally intended assail .tie Detbi UU the- following day. bietend uf being able to follow Bp this plan, be was, by one BCoideut Ol the other, confined te» taking up the defensive against the be¬ sieged. At this very moment it is extremely difficult to compute the lorci's ou either part. The Statements of thejndiah press are altogether sedt-coiitradictory; but we think some reliance- may be put upon an Indiau eorri'sjtondeiice of tbe 15 mapartist I'ays, which seems te» emanate from the French Consul at Calcutta. According to his stuteiuimt, the army of Gell. Barnard was, em the' I Ith of June-, composed eat abemt .">.7i"J mem. which was eiptvted to be doubled (') by the leeuloiceujemts expected ou the VJritb id the same memth Iiis train was composed of 30 he'avy siege, guns, w hile the forces of the insur¬ gents were estimateel at 4»»,(>0<i men, badly organ¬ ized, but richly furnished with all the means of attack und tleleiire. We- remark m passant, that the 3,000 insurgents eimamjied without the A j huts gate, probably iu tbe gums Khan s temms, are ind. as gome' London pap< imagine*, lremtiug tbe English funks, out. on the contrary, separated Iroui them by the wuole bre-udth of Delhi; the* Ajiners gate' beim; situated uBJ one extremity ol the BOflk WUOBUTfl part of Bodeni Delhi to the south of the rums of an.ient Delhi. On that side the' lawn nothing cau prevent the iu- surgent* tnmi establishing eUDM more such camps. Ou the south-eastern, e>r river side of the city, timy command the ship bridge, and remain Lb coutiuued corihe'ctiou with their tSWMillJBtsil. able to re-ceive uninterrupted supplies ol B0| and stole's. On a smaller seats Delhi oilers the Image of a fortress, keeping (like' Sevastopol) e>pe«u its lines e»f COaamU* nie-ation with tb«< interior ot its eiwn ci untry. The delay Ii the' BhtMh operatMMia baa not only aÜowed the beekged te> ouaoeBtrate large aumben tor tbe> delense>, but the se'iitmieiit of having he id De lhi durini: many we'eks, harassed the European lorce's threiiigh repeated salln-s, together with the in wk daily |k>uring iu of lre*h revolts e»f the emtire army, has, ot course', strengthened the moral, of the Sepoys. The' Knglish, wilh their small Ibfeee, can, ot course, not think of investing the- town, but must st< nn it. However, it the- aezt lUguhv mail bring not the ne-ws ed' the' capture of De-lhi, we may ai- ine'st be- sure- that, letr seiine months, ad serii'iis e>pe- rations OB tbe purtof the lintish will have to be ^eis- ptnded. The rainy se'ason will have art in in real earnest, ami pmti'ct the south-eastern face of tne city by filling the ditch with "tbe deep and rapid "CUIrent «'I the Jumna," while a thermometer ranging from 7."» to ltf.'. onaahiaed with au average fall ol ahm inches of rain, would scourge the Euro- Kaus with the' genuine Asiatic cholera. Then would veriTied the wonls of Lord Bfanhoruwgh, "Ian af opinion that T r H. Barnard eannut " remain when- he is.the climate forbids " it. When tbe heavy rains set iu he wiU be '.cut af from Me"erut, from Dmunfiah and from "the fuujniib; he will be impris >ued in a very " narrow strip of laud, aud he will be iu a situ*- "lion, I will not say of pen], but lnasituitem "which can only end in ruin and d-strnction. I " trust that be will retire in time." Everything, then, as far as Delhi is concerned, de pe nds on tbe question whether or not Gun. Bar¬ nard found himself sufncnmtly provided with tuen and ammunition to uodcrtake the assault of Delhi during tbe last wevks of June. On the other baud, a retieat on bis part Weaild immensely strengthen the moral force of Ihe in*uriee tiem, anel perhaps de¬ cide tbe Bombay and Madras armies upon eipeuly joining it- GREAT^BRITAIN. In tbe House of I/irds «>n Meinday, Lord Paaajnju introduced a bill emjKiwering (tovernment to embody and call out tbe militia at any time before the - of March next, without basing to ca 1 Parliament together Sun. He said that a state nf thing* existed in India ich caused ae groat a drain upon the Qoeea'sforte* a* if in* country we* engaged M a for-iga war, an I to l." t Uii* dram ten new battalion* * :* to be - - 1 aid tbe reghmats were t-> be ice e»->ed fr -m 8Wt) 1,C(0 rai.k and file son tboee iaiihtg ¦ Iud.a f'om 1,000 to l.VOO All thia Could be done without (C"«n*T be)end existing sets, and the charge would mainly fail on tbe Fast India Company; but as time would b-; Decenary ta p'ovide thi* increase in the urmy, and tbe untry would in the interim be dra.ned of troop*, the emb» ciinent of the münia might become Le:ee*ary.- bei ce the proposition. Aftefeon.e rennrk* from the Qppodtfon that tha treasure ou^ht t<i have bssa btoagsa forward ea liar, the bill waa read a first time. Lord Hroogbun moved for a return of the number of tlacton ht Iba lost Pajliametwiry conte-t, aod «p. ke at length ia favor nf an »nla'gement of the franchise. He protested at tha -am« titie again'? our »it» lation in the Parliamentary Constitution of the courrrv with a vi- w to making ft more democratic, aa l.e thtrofhl eaoagh bad been ooos in that direction by the Betatm bill of rSB. In the HoftSS of C 'inmon« -n ths "»tn« e-venine. Lota l'«ln erston refeired 10 the bill introduced in tbe 1/rds by Lord 1'anmure, and presented supplementary ert, h'e- U>r the e\[«-n*e<t of ?be imlti*. 1/ ro John kvaeeB'l motion tote>faleet CoasaaithM to inquire how far a OSTtsia I . "f PsrHOBaeBt dis p»tM (i witli the use of the words ia the oath which excluded Jews frost tbe Bows, «u< agreed t». On Tuesday the proceecings in both Houses were devoid of interest An explosion occurred in a .oal mine at A-hton- under-Lyne asj Iba Mat July, and ab<ut f.rty of the BiineTI \v» re killed. " Christy's Minsfreis" made their first appearanee at the St. James's Theater, London, on the 3d and m»t with great success. 1 be e.pper rhip« James Haines ani Champion of the St a.- both f American buildi. were at Portsmouth taking in troops for India. Their lajstidid proportions attiacted great attention, and the yueen herself had haycfed them. Tine bills hud b >n fooad against bpoQei the al- kssjed munlejer 11 Mr Littst ia Dublin. The tJoeen of the Netherlands was on a visit to Liverpool. DEATH OF THOMAS DICK. LLD. We have to BJIHIBBSS the demise of this venerable aid ' toolleal gSBtjsstfta, the ftsxbsr of " The Chris- bun Phi'osophi r, aad SI s- revel sfbar worke of % piou* and it-tr>etive nature, which have met with Mfh aceeptaace and poDBtaritp. He expired at bis residence iu B/wBfhty lerry, where be had lived for the Ism perit d of more ihiin thirty years, quietly ptoseeotng his astronomical studies, engaged in the labors of an unostentatious baossohaTS). ana enjoying the wurm re-p. ;fof ail around b.m. Recently h«i suf¬ fered the m-aveniei t of two grandchildren, nod never tboroighly recovered the blowwMsbbs had thus sus¬ tained. It was not till Friday last, however, thtt be be'ame seriously ill, but from that period he gradually t-ai k. Dr. Dick had attained the ripe old age of M. Ths renioval of one wh.i had so far exceeded the ordi¬ nary limit i f liuu.un life is scarcely a matter of sur¬ prise, bet tbe eimq le of bis calm, genial, honorable m.d an iul hhtsf] is "ne tha! should not be without, its ealufaiy u rluencc. A year or two ago bis services in )iopalaii/.ii.g si IsBjOB were acknowledged by tSS äfft of one of those rcanty pensions whii.li are allotted to tbe n waid of faob labors. He wa- thnce married, aud a wiaoa sarvive-s him, [Dundee Warder. TBE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The four tassels comprising trie Atlantic telegraph Expedition ft tun« eaatovni at o o'cioeh on ths even- ii g of Mot day, Aug. 3, and were expected to reach Yalentia Hay in sea*..n to commence operations on the following moruirg. The Lird-Lieutenant of Ire¬ land bad arrived a: the starting point of the telegraph in ordei to witness tiie proceedings. 11 rrc-p. :. 1, ir < t Tt, icndnu Tim. t. Q0ie«8tow»*,Ju1j 3o, m:. The satire fquaclror, consisting of live magnificent sliijie ot wir, now about to pro Mod to ths c'ju.«uinjia- tion of thi- gnat eatsvpriss are at this time anchored in the barbor of ajoeesaitowa. They coaaist of the Bianra. ('114.'. Budsoa; ths Bstfaahanasi, i.'ipt. Jo-hua Sands, the Agaaiemnon, Mi-tor-Commander Noudall, the.Cyclops. Capt. Dayman; aud the Leop¬ ard. Capt Wait wright. The Agnn emnon arrived this mortint: only, having been eagssed during the trip from (Ireenwirh in the very vahtabie service of testiag practically the form and suitnl-iliiy of me niaoh.uery to be used for paying ont the cubic. Mr. Charles Tilst m Mright. the engineer in chief ot the Atlantic, Telegraph Company, having joined her at that place she bore away fir the Ir:sh e.a^t at o'clock on M today arioraiag last. To Mr. ('. 1\ Bright is eunoarttsd the entire control au«j rsvponsibilitj ot deposifiag safely m its ocean bed thi>- wondiwus e\uuipl« of in« united power of science ario industry. Dm lag the progfSSt Of the Aifamemnon Io ths Down.- lbs mechanical applioacss Par rsgsdotaagtha delivery of the cabls into the tea were aept contia- uiilly in BBOtMSl t»y the small OBgSBS on li mrd, whieti is OOOBtetvd wi'h them; tbtx*heaves arid irearing worked witli |ir<at fh. ili«y and jirei i»i,,n. and so quie'lj that a' a abort distance troan them 'heii motion e«uld scarcely be besrd. The rtreog*b of rbe gitdera whi"b carry the bearing of the entue SppsratOS, and which to the eyj of % per- . on unskilled in tbe proetioaj votfciog of this d« s< ri|>- llOl of machinery may seem at first to l>e unduly pos> de'cus, was *ound f,> OOatribtttS preatly to the ea-y h otion aid lafbractory steadiuess of this Btoat impor¬ tant agi ht in the success of the undertaking. So soon as ihe Agamemnon had pasxed the track of the Submarine Company s cable between Dover and Calais, in order to avoid the possbility of its being in¬ jured by the laying or hauling up of another line at right argles to it, tbe experiments commenced. A I'l- bjch shell was attached to the end of a spare coil of tbe Atlantic cable, for tbe purpo»e of sinking it rapidly wi'h a >'rain upon it to the bottom, and was then cast into the -e,» drawing afor it a surlieient quautity of 'lack to enable it to take hold of ihe ground and so set the machine!y in motion. The psyitig out then oommeno'd at the rate of two, three slu four knots an hour respectively. Tbe ship was then stooped, and the cable was hauled up from tbe bottom "f tbe sea with great facility, by connect¬ ing tbe urall engine tothednving pinion geared to tbe sheaves. When the end was brought nr to the surface it waa found that tbe shell had broken away from the loop, by which it had been fastened for the purpose of loweih g .t. The cable, when recovered, was found to have been cleaned as bright ns the specimens which have been fofietly distributed among the friends of tli^j enter¬ prise, and which are ,-o generally known. Tbe exterior coating of tar had been completely rubbe d off by being crawn through the sandy bottom of the sea, and attached to the iron coating of the ca¬ ble were some weeds and several small crabs which came up with it to the surf«. -.. On the following- day a length of cable was run out and hauled in with perfect success opjHisite the Isle of W ight, attached to an anchor. Tbe speed was increased in this ca.-e to five knots. Daring the sftarBOStl of the same day a length was run out, having fastened to the end of it a log «f timber, and after having been towef with a mile and a-balf of cable, was coiled 10 again nth success. On Wedne sday, about half way between Land's Knd aid the coast of Ireland, another length wai run out at the rate of six and a half ktot* per hoar and sub?e quently hauled in. The Agamemnon then steered lor CÖtk, and reached v^ueeustown Harbour at 4 o clock on Thursday morning, all onboard being more than ever ratirtied at tne BBWOOBI of the enterprise. Some highly eucceratnl experiment* were also at the same tin.e jteit'oruitd with au electrical log invented by Mr. Charles Bright lor tbe purpose of continuously ascertaining with SCCaraey the rate at which the ships are tailing, and lheieby 01 enabling him to give cor- rerpcbditig directions as to the rate ol paying the cable -..as to prevent the possibility »:.>. unn.. c«*arv süam be it g put upon :t The log Is iuspendei in the sea from the ship s quarter by a lint, carrying withiu it a wire insulattd by gutta percha, which is in con¬ nection wi b a battery and electro mtgn-t contained within an indicating Instrumenten de:* This is so ar¬ ranged that at each revolution of the wheel below aa e't i trie current is broken, snO by the deflectwu of a magnet whi' 0 form» part ot the eircut a step by step movement is communicated to a renter which iudi- cates the cistar.ee run and rate made i_v the vessel. Tbe following Directors of the Company, ac/om- panied by Mr. Oeorge Saward. the secretary, have arrived at l^ueenstown to be oresent at the saidng of the squadron: Mr. T. EL BrooUag. Mr. Sompsun and Mr J. W. mett, ol I. tiou: Xr. Crosbie and Mr. Pm kering of Liverpool, and Mr. Logic and Prof. Thompson of Glasgow. The most ktuoly interest has been evinced on all -.dc for the success of tbe nndertakng. lbe Chair¬ man and Directors of the Southern anf Western Kad- way bare shown the greatest attentitn to the repre¬ sentatives, and will aceempany then from Cork to Valentia. A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Cork, the Hi*tb Sheriff, and authorities ef the c.ty, waited upon the Directors on Wednesday to iavitctbemto a grand banquet, which the latter were, however, under the r..ity of declining, in consequen.-e of the pressure ¦>f importac' bu*ine*s requirine; their constant atten- ti n tmtil the sailing of the squadron. HISTORY OF DIVORCK IN ENGLAND. ,'From * sp». * :tr M:^rr.*i -. - ta* n»w hSasBBS Anterior to üis Eei'ormat.cn, tie doctnee of the Romas CathoL'? Church of tbe Duleevi.c^fty of mar- nage WM generally recognised and accepted a* the taw of the land. The whole tubjeet of marriage aod divorce wae delegated to spiritual frirronnia, Thoea triboaaia proceeded upon their owa priori .? - tr.ey were not subject to the law of the State, and aceionbt edly the doctnnea ef the Roman Catholic: Cburcb pre¬ vailed in tbem. When the Reformation came, a new view ¦* »# tak- n of the queetioo. The c-otioo of mar- riage being a sacrament was no longer regarded as part of the doctrine of the Chur-h of Krgland. The aecesaity f..r tbe intr <dnction of new principles wa* uiiversally recognized. Statute* were rwissed both in the reign of Henry VIII and La that of F.dward VI., delegating to weacboOBB and extensively ^en»titn'<-d commiesit n* the duty of reforming all the law* of Lin- gland relating t> ecclesiastic al matters. Tae re¬ sult cf that inquiry was on record. The Csni- u ..-.< .- were ananimou* in altering the re¬ ceived doctrine of the Roman Catholic Charttj, ana in a< o pting tie principle that luairiage should be dissoluble for two or three causes, of which adultery, of. our.-e, was the most common, but if there was anything in whicn tbe reformation was more than asuaily lad mph-te it wa< the mode af dealing with the ecclesiastical tribunals. Those tribunals, instead -i beiag subjected to the ordinary rules af law, and re¬ garded as Koyal Courts, receiving their authority from the t'rewn. and administering the eosamon law >f tbe land, were permitted to retain their ecclesiasti¬ cal < hara'-ter. to ejen we their own peculiar lamcti-uis, and to administer their own pecui ar principles. The result was that. altliougB for a couaueeAblc period, probably be nearly a entury. arter the Kefonnation mairiage was regarded as a boud ef anioo. dissoluble for aotltery yet about the omniencement of the seventeenth century the old doctrine was restored by a decision of the Star t.'bamber, and the ecclesiastical courts were found not to have the power of giving a divorce ü rintulo ttsrfrintewti. Tnus the imperfect juris diction of the ecclesiastical tribunal* was again es- tabli-hed, and no other court was armed with au¬ thority to v-T the t.e of marriage on the ground of aoulteiy. 1 he matter remained in that statu, lateTTUpt- «d, of course, during the DUM of the r immouwealth. until Parliament, coining to tbe relief of the law, anc of what might be called the nec.-s-ttles of the country, eatabliebed that system of granting dirofces which had since been adu ini-t.-'ed ttiroiigh the me¬ dium of a legislativ* assembly, but upon principles pur>-ly jud eJoX It was an uudonfeted fa. t, therefore, Ibat tr>m tin-time of the Kef >rmarion until now the necessity ot having a change in the purely ecclesiasti¬ cal law, and th-- necessity of introducing the principle that marriage should be dis-oluble for adultery, had been reeogi i/ed by tbe L-gi-Iature, aod, for a consid¬ erable peru d, by the ecclesiastical tribunal*. Ante¬ rior to Iba Kefonnation, the unreasonable law of the indissolubility of marriage was, to a certain extent, atoned for in the way in which unreasonable Uws were always met, vi/..: by the introduction of a vast number of fictions, evasions an 1 grounds for escaping the operation of tbe law, and the praciical result, as teetihed by all the historians and jurists of the time, wa-, that it was easier to obtain a divorce j rtacWo matnnh nu anterior to the Reformation than after the principles of the Reformation had become established. The decision of the Star Chamber iu the Koliiambe case, limiting the jurisoie-tiou of the ecclesiastical i-ourra, was given ab«ut the year 1009, and very she-rtly alter the Restoration the legisla¬ ture began to give relief to the- country by the introduction of a system of Parliamentary divorcee. Now, when they spoke of legislative iut<*r- htUUCO, and called it nothing more than the pvsiug of peculiar laws to meet peculiar emergencies, denomi¬ nating the-ee- judicial sentences of Parlia.neTit as mere arsvsfrgM, they used language altogether inaccurate and inapt. Tte aduiini.-lration of jnatic* upon settle! prineiples previously established, and according to rubs previously fixed, was a judicial act, and it matter¬ ed not whether the duty was discharged by a body calling itself a Legislature, or by two or three indi¬ viduals' silling m an oruinary ouuit of justice. That inteib rchce on the part of Parliament was in truth a judic inl interference prompted by the necessities of tbe country, and was the only mode by which juettoe oould be administered in the ¦notnoo of any regular tribunal ahieb should be the habitation and seat of the principle of the law. That was the meide in which tin- law of divorce bad been regularly idndniateiud by the Legis¬ lature for U period Ol 150 ynaia. Parliament, and the House'of I.ords in particular, had laid down general rules affee ting applicatii.ns (of elivorce, regulating the form of proe-t'i ure, and determining the eiriumstuxe-e-s unoer which an aggrieved party might apply for a di¬ vorce1. It was impossible, therefore, tej eletiy that a law of divorce, well kimwn uml well understood, ad¬ ministered upon settleet rules, had prevailed in this country for nearly two I'e-nturies, by which it was hehl that marriages were- capable of being annulled. He was anxious to lay down that position at first, as it bad become too common among critics and sjw akcrs upon the aabjoet to declare- that by law marriage was ineapable of bnfcag iMaaehread,und sii h statements, mply ug that the bill he was about to pro¬ pose woulo effee t a complete- dkOUge in our system of law a- to divorce, tended to create a bootil* lunliog to¬ ward the measure. H«- had indoOTOred lo prove by a s i.-r.t historical deduction that we had at present in the House of Lsirdsa tribunal for that purjsmm proe ced¬ ing Ufs'ii certain aud jeermunently settled rule*. Iu the-course of the jurisdiction exercised by the H »use ot Iti rde, and after them by the Heiusc of Commons certain e xceptions bad been established to the genera] pnuciplc that marriage was dissoluble for adultery; and ti e rule of the law might bo thus simply de- crfbed: An injured husband who established a oast- again-t his WHS was entitled to a divorce, unb-sa it could be proved that he had been guilty e>f ooUnaioo or of oounivuuoo, unless Le was ojien to recrimination, and bad been guilty of acts which would en¬ title the wife to be separated from him by a deire<- of the- Ecclesiastical (\»urt. Theue rules bad been establishe-el as to the right of the hus¬ band lo obtain a divore, but certain conditions had also beeu impose d by the House ol Lords which, ex- e ept under peculir circumstances, they were not in the habit ot relaxing. It was necessary that a man Sacking a divorce should first prove tbe adultery in the EodetiestlPnJ Court, and obtain from that tribunal a decre-e for a divorce it nunui ft tkoro. He mutt alsei, in cases where it was j>os.-ibIe, bring an action at law against the adulterer--that action for criminal corive isalion, which had beeu termed the reproach of our laws [HeaT.bcurj. Iu that action he must again prove tbe adulteiy, and having established his c-.ise in that ppH-e'-ding, tie was entitle d to apply to the House of Leads to be again permitte d te> prow the adultery before that tribunal, if fee suce-essfully proved his injury e.u those three ooenetoan, he- was th,-a allowed to receive a dive rce * f-tatrnf* m*ttrimoniL With re¬ spect to the wife, those who had studied the subject would bo aware that the rule at present was that for simple adultery on the part of the husbanel, the wife was not entitled to a tftfofOO, but the HoofSS of Lards bad established tbe practice that a wife was entitled to a divore>e against he-r husband if she e ould prove that bus adulteiy was also incestuous, or that the adu tery had been attended with such aggravated cin uui- stancee as rendered it utterly impowible- Ibat the wife ceiuld be expected to live again with her husbaud. Thete were the rules established by the House of Lead- and acted upon by that tribunal, which formed a*, present tbe law of divjro* as administered by tbe Ilia L Court of Parliament. It was the object of the bill which he now submitted to the House to em¬ body that law. There was one particular ouly in which ile bill went beyond the present law in favor of the injured woman, and that was in cases of adultery at¬ tended with nialicioa* desertioo. iu all other respect* the bill ad to r- d t j what bad long been the umver- eally understood rule for the adminn-tratiou of ju-tiee in hi g -and with regard to divorces. That being tbe state of the case, as far as the bill was concerned he thought the House would agree that it contained nothing more than the expression of tbe exit-ting law aid a plan for transfening tbe administra¬ tion of that law to a tribunal by which jastice could be dene in a more convenient manner and without those difficulties of f-.rui and procedure which were of Loceesity in- Me;t to legislative proceedings. That was the first great and cardinal object of the bill. But the bill, while it embodied the present law, altered most materially the form of its procedure. That it should be necessary to prove the adultery in three fliffeient courts, and once in tbe absence* of the wde through the medium of thai Boot abominable proceeding tiie action for trim, t$i .. had been held to be a great reproach tt this country, l ue bill, therefore, proposed that one simple form of pro¬ cedure should be ad.-'.t.-d by which the whole case might be thoroughly aifted and examined.the injured husband appearing as the plaintiff against the two other parties brought into court to coute-t his applica¬ tion ftr a divorce, viz: tbe wife and the adu.te r- r. Therefore the form of procedure would be changed entirely, and the action whieh now constituted so ob¬ jectionable a feature of the present system would be got rid of. The law would remain the same, but the med« of its aelrninistration wouid be changed. FRANCE A rumor having been circulated that at the ap¬ proaching fetes on tbe löth August, the capture of the Malaktff was to be represented, the Ha-.-.an Lmbas- sador waited on the Government for the purpose of taking exception to the arrangement, when he was told that it waa never intended to represent such cap¬ ture, the chosen subject for repreaentarion being the conquest of Kabrha. The departure e>f the Emperer and Empress for Ot- borne had been fixed for the 6th of August. It wa* said that they woakt oary be a<<-ompanied by Count WaJewrki, the Miaieter of E<reign Affairs, and Gen. Bailie. M. Andewille, WneAvi ot ths QtOAWtA Mowetoeut of Funds at ths lßnx#<ry ml Ftaanea, bed beea appointed Ssb-Goveraor of tbe Baak ot Fraaee, net M. Verne«, '*fcn«ae Sne, tbe ocrehet, died in Paris oo the 3d. Letter, from France say that the silk harvest there is frotn one-third io one-fonrth under a fair ordinary ^"he oew wheat was proving of excellent quality otid bulk, and realized one to two franc* ?r MIMhVI advance upon old. A good eariy vintage ia expected. ITALY. The Genoa Gazette contains a short abstract of Mszztni« article, the publication of which cau-ed the seizure ol* tbe Italia del T~>pola on the -.".»th of duly. Mowiini denies that there was any intention of pib lagixg cr blowing up public edifices, and says that at ilsroa the moveme-ct was not directed against the Piedmotiteee Government, but that it was intended to turn the means of action which Qsatoa poseeeee* to account and to draw IVdmoet into a revolutionary war. Mai/.ini cooclueds by declaring that he will not case until he baa attained hi< object. It Is intimated that the Pope is determined to extend bis journey to Tuscany, wnere, it U predicted, an unpleasant reception awaits him. PORTUGAL. Considerable sensation had been created bf the df- covery of extensive fand* in the wine trade. Gov- e'nmeatbad seized a large quantity of mixture brought from England to Oporto, ana intended to be taken back as rentable i>ort wine. About 3.000 pipe- of these mixtures, who h comprise bad alcohol, molasses, atxt the essence of tar, are said to !>c now in London. A fire broke out at Tarsfa on tbe 19th ot July and was still ragitfg on the JDth, ha\ in^ spread over an immense distin t of agricultural country. oruuuucg vast quantities of standing grain, country houses, barns, ffcc. SPALN. A dispatch to Tki Loniam Morn n. l'> aaJS Mar¬ shal Serrauo was eipected to :eave (ot Cuba to Uk- the poet of Captain-O.-neral. AUSTRIA. The Emperor of Austria had offu iated at the inaugu¬ ration of the Trieste Kailwav, which unites the Adri¬ atic to the North Sea. Baron Bruck, tbe Austrian Minister of I inunce, in a speech upon tbe occasion, expressed tbe cordial wishes of the Government for the reabzation of the Suez Canal, and declared that the opposition of a single Government .England would tot check that grand conception. TURKEY. A telegraphic dispatch from C Sastasitin0l4e, .t the 3d of August, savs that M. de Tror.v.iiel, MS 1 rcneli Embaesador, having failed in bis edort» to have the Moldavian elections declared null and void, in com¬ pliance with the orders of bis Government, suspended relations with the Porte on the 89th July, and com¬ menced preparations to leave Constantinople. To j .ev.nt that Step the .Sultan dismissed Ministers and made the following OSW SppotstBSfnts; Mustapha Pssbaot* Crete,Grand Vizier: Aali Pasha, Mini-ter of Foreign Affair* Bsdshfd I'asbii ex-Grand Visier), l'tesideiit of the lauzimat; Kidmil I'asha, S-raskier. THE IONIAN ISLANDS. The Paris Pest says: " The English (lovernment have decided that the fortification* of Corfu shall be ifatxtediateir Slieegth- eced; £10,000 have been allotted for that purpose, and a ColoBsl of Engineers ha.* been appointed to pro¬ ceed to the Ionian Hands. This measure is ilgttltV cant in the pfsseoee of tin- wann < outest betweeu the Ionian Parliament and the British authori'i,-«. INDIA. There Is nothing later from India, but further news was looked for ut any moment by the Australian Mail »teamer, via (Vyloo. It is stated that th- India Cotnpanv have made a requisition upou the (ioveruiient tor i*immi additional tioops, with the view of stretigthouing the forces iu Maoras and Bombay, whub have beeu weakened by drafts for llengal. The plauder of the treasiirie- by the i»*OTfSBtS is stated to already to amount to ß3,000,000. Kumore are again current that tue I'ersiau Govern¬ ment do not intend to evacuate Herat, the new* of the revolt in India having prompted them to such aC"Ui>e. Tka Globe, however, .-ays that ue-thit.^ authentic has been received upon the subject. A Utter to Ths Dhdy AVrs, soys: "The pa?*eu''er* from India by "the Colombo' (mail steainei , ttrm'y btUsTe that " Delhi has fallen. Tbey state that Ba/aar intelli- "jj<-nce outstrips Government news, and that BCCOfds "ing to Ha/aar intelligence, Delhi had fallen when the " Madras pae-enger* 1 ft. An erneute was fully ex- ported in that presicency. The Europeans wore un- " der arms. «>ne thousand seven hundred aimed men " were found about the residence ot the King of < lüde, " although scoordbtg to treaty, he wa* not allowed " one armed atteudaut. Sir Cobs Campbell's passage " through, Egypt was an ovation. He purposes divi- ''ding the army into live or six fl>ir,- civ lioos, with a "General at the head ol eaeh. CHINA. THE LATE BATILLS. Ci>rre»ponaVii, h ot Tb- N. V. Tribnas. Hon«. Kum,, Jane i<>, l-,'7, The principal etent of the last two- weeks has been the active operations of the English fleet up tbe river, both below and above Whampoa. It may not be amiss to give a brief sketch of localities here in order to a better understanding of operations. From Houg Kong to Whampoa *s about sixty miles, the greater part of the distance being through a kind of archipelago. The islands are so thickly scattered that one seems to be continually in a clian nel or river of greater or less width all the woy, when in reality it is a bay of the seu he is travers¬ ing, and salt water often it found within ten miles ot Wham p. i. Ev.n the river proper is so divided by islands that you s.-.-m to harte half a dozen small riters, instead of one srr.-at one. These channels,. or "reaches," as the) are called.have constantly afforded shelter to swarms of Mandarin junks anil "snake boats:" these last being a long, low kind ol boat, pulling from torty to eighty oars, and mount¬ ing two or three guns of small caliber. They are rascally concerns, making no noise in the water, and ut they draw only twelve or e.gbtceu indies of water can easily elude pursuit. There was a large fleet of these junks and baats which occupied what is ealleyi Escape Cre.-k. a narrow stream which enters the nver a few mil»-a be-low Whasapoa. and thes.- have done great damage, rir.ug upon the river ets*aMn and seizing upon unsrmed lorchas. which thev plun¬ dered and burned. All Europe-ans taken were mur¬ dered, and their heads «etit to Canton tor tne Gov¬ ernor's cabinet. None of tbe large ifoeJBera could get within two miles of the mouth of the ,-rcek. aud so the Chinese ut-e.1 to amuse themselves by keeping out of gun¬ shot fill the war *t>«mera passed, and then ruuning out to plunder tiil tbey came back. Tbe arrival ol the gun-boats, however, has quite interfered with this past.mo, and lost w.-ek an unexpected dash was made into the creek, and before John Chmatvan eould put away his chopsticks and tie his tail around his head twtnch, I believe, are the first preparations for action according to Celestial tactics; half the fleet was sunk, and the balance in lair way to be. Everybody says, "Good enough for tbe scoundrels;" and as we learn how the Mini''- rifles " strewed the " rice fields with fallen fugitive's.-' while grape and canister swept the surface ot the water, alive with swimming or drowning men, we, Christians, ruh our hands and say, "A tew more euch lessons." Jtc Doubtless, this horrible work it necessary : hut still, when the returns show such butcbery^-such dreadful loss of life on their side, accomplishe j w ith a hat of only ten men wounded on part of the attack¬ ing party, 1 confeas the Jeeling of exultttion is some¬ what dampened, and a sentiment of pitv takes its place for the poor wretches who, unpaid" and half starved, are compelled to make a show of resistance to save their heads. But tbe great battle occurred last week io what is ceiled M Fatshsn Creek,' just opposite Canton, twelve miles above Whampoa. Ilere waa collected a leet of nearly 800 war junka, averaging at the least ten guns each, Wide aotne betters* so ?bore. And vet, eighty ships' beat*, almost laatt? ported by artillery (tne water being too at*aJjB t. the gunboats even;, daahed in, took the fmru burned tbe fleet and oVatrtryed, in all ssstsC? thousands of tbe poor scoundrels, who Couht a * tight and dare not run. To be sure, tbm was no trifling fight. Tha Chinese were prepared. They had staked off * portion of the river, aud by practice had got their guns to bear upon it; so when the bosi came to the stakes there was such a storm of shot poured into tbt-ai that tbe aad» wonder is how say escaped Yet the whole loss «>t the attacking party WM ^ killed and thirty wounded. 1 mention these engagement, particularly becau** they substantiate the position taken m my hist >.(. ter, vii: that there would be little war in thia cam¬ paign. 1'Ut any quantity of murder. It taust b*c..0 fessed, however, thst the English fotce has » Wk of going with s rush, as we say at home; aad «her, th« \ come close eueugh to tbe enemy, so that a gixd lusty cheer is theaight woith while, tbe work mnv be- safely regarded as done, and well done, too. Tbe destruction of these fleets must occasion j>«t loss to the Canton Province, as tbe junks were oft superior order, and many of them new. Capton might Ix« taken at once without trouble; but. so far as I can learn from those ia authority, this will not he done uutil next month, when Iber» w ill be here lO.tKHi troops. Hong Kong is as quiet as though there were no disturbance in tbe-king, dc in. litre we are. a community of-th.- Europeans, guarded by 1,'.',H> regular troops, in a town which numbers over KM*." Chinese resident*. It is wed known that mandarins and aoldiers iu disguise fre¬ quent our streets, and yet there haa been no out. break uo disturbance whate ver. 1 care not what po¬ litical enemies may say of Sir John Howring'eadtaia- ;>tration. or what' grumblers in the ndoov may lay to his charge. The present speaks lör itself, and the «täte of the colony shows him to have been faithful, prompt and vigilant. New-York City or lU.*ton is not to-day more perfectly quiet than ia Hong Kong, with its mongrel, heathenish nopulaJ tion. Provisions of all kinds are exorbitantly high, but beyond this inconveuienco, we sutler no mors from the effects of war than do our friends iu New- York. S r John Hew ring has acquitted biinsaT with credit, and I am much mistaken if his service, are not fully appreciated (iu secret) by the wheat English (iovernment. It waa absolutely accessary to commence ¦ quarrel in China, and it has best done quite thoroughly. Of course it is well eooutk to blame the movers in the quarrel, if political cap¬ ital can be made of it: for the advantages will be gained, the object af the war realized' and so there will two benefits result.first, from the abuse of the promoters, aud secondly, from their success. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Lit aasowL, aVssaoa a.* m. Qc/t roO.The market has become very quiet, bat astsessn Ittnlj a*aO*a*saaa» Tne **ie* otthe »tue« kwaassj c»t* »er. rrattietrd to »liont 13 (sjO bale*, In. uSinii a\*S0 e*,*ao ly "divide d between apeculalora and »xportci*. The tSSS *a lus,d*v were »ulv bale*. BttiaDSTP'fi.The w.atber was very hne, aad harvesting quite at te.*l in tb<- leaShava aud midland counU*tsf > niland. The Kre»d»tn9* market wa* verf dull. *ud a aVlla» of Id. Öad. P .b on Wheat fid. *> bbl ou Flour, sad Si f t.u.h oa¦aimedaad Votm i* variously rcport«4i*ta» LIvmw Cireolan W hit- Can h»d undergone uoehtne». Provisions-.Beef aad Pork were quiet at form« rate«, hard hid advanced to M but cl"*e.l q.iict. Baeno tat. A larre quantity b*d be. n .rTcrtd at auction, b-it nearly th* . !.m] it wm * itbdrawu on a count ot the Ion price* bid. Tallow ate*dv. Proih c ü.Ashes dull and slightly lower, fll6i> iS paid fur both de« rip' ion*, Common Roain telling at 4 4 \ store, Spirtttof Turpentine heavy at 39 Rice quiet. At Mamhi-tkk trade was quieter, but prices were cji.ite t'.rm l.osiios afOMKI M itiKKr..The market for C0B> O-l- wai ISIJ) SSasllllW Sad l1iictu*t«d e..n»id«rably under th* laftuene*af naraevsla iiaaid to India The ci,,aiua >iautatl«a* oaTasiaaj were S)ls>a| br aatk money *nd «-<-oui t Th* proape<-ta of the Money market were au'avorable Th* »Up. u-. tit of «ilv.-r to the F.ii-t by tbe »teamer of the 4th eiceedat £ I mo eon sterling, and an Indian loan of from five toteu mil¬ lion* wat apoken of. Tbs India Company had siren uottte of a further rile of I P c*nt in their rt for bill* on India. Looooa Pbodcci Maukst.Sugar* dull at a se¬ ilte of ad *>J from Knd*y'» rate* t'oflve dnll an i t.i.hilt lowtf T. tfiroi Th» Wuol*»U» wer» progo-xing without rbange in piles*. Kirfcardara, ****** A Ca.'a 4 ire nlrtr. Per l - '. I blVSareSt, A is 4. U'r I MS Friday the weather haa eonrlnued reniarkabiy ti.i... aoi the trade kB hreadaturt. baa rul. d very dull. At to dav'a market tliert- waa but . small attendant* of kam era and in ÄVhi *t the baaineaa done wa* aot eat.-niiva Ts* . ,1- n-\f » --re at the loweat price, of Friday, being a r**V- .mi of od. P bu*h. on the week. Fl.oca alow, without efcaa*. la »«i a Imuan ( o s in u -.t -iu.it. 1 ksaawy, aad 6tt\| i' st, cheaper t»r Mixe.l a u-l Vellow , White irirt, aad ut tain* au * I II**** price. We quote VVaKAVi K. .11 ». 'i Win. 9 I:'? ." r. Fl.ol a.I'hUadelphi* au-i UktWSSa ." «31 ti'ra Ohio, 3: Western. SO a Je p bbl. It. DIan ('«- MUrd and Vellow, 37/6 t<j 3S/S; VVmte OO ei t' wo tr... Bi i i i* quiet, but ia lirn.lj bald, at tbs extrem.- rat«* laMiy <>bt*ine<L FOBS in little reqneat, *t pr.-*inu* price*. Bn »\ very dull. To day'* auction w»« a eotnplets lailcsa I«ahn -h ». i no inclination to purcbaac. Ut 4,000 huwi orlered. lily .'13 kasSS were (old. vii So boaei Sloit Middlea, Bnosle**, at.At) OAS i . lOSasfhorl Middle*, Hibln, at.4S/S05I (.'.hotI.onf Middlet, Boneleti, at.i-c «»> S3 best * Lout Middle*. Rib io, at.47 C «1 boxes ( uniberlaod Cut, at.4t/ #41 -i l.tso b»« *dv»nred to 70 U cwt, *t which th.-rs hwhata I retail aale, but thi* article r !<-»« » quiet; the bulk of to* *V*ck ia not ou the market. To low *te*dy at60 for " Butcher*' A*»orUtioa." Covrot.Since Krida* the market ha* be. n quiet, bat ertrae continue verv Ann in Maai heater to dty, the trade wa* *t**dy. with a fair buiiae-a doing; Middling Uilean*. Sid.: Motor, j.-.-ifid.; ( pUudt, i.d. p r.. THE LATEST. rVv Telegraph fr.mi foudon to Liverpool. London, Wednesday morning, Aag. ¦>. l'mr*4M> thk Kmitrok Napoi ioh to OaWM.. Tor,., August 1..The Emperor and F^npreas will quit the ohatesa of St. Cloud to morrow, ou their wsy to Osbotne, tho residence of tbe Queen of Enghvr.iL Their ataietties will »< t out oa their return on Monday next. A»-i nti ia. -7Mr%/,(0(/«,l\iesoUy.--Tbepaas«ag«r» Bad mails have been lacded here from the SwifViurs. Captain Price, which kat made a paaaige of 96 days from Melbourne, and brings Ctl.OOO ounces of gold. The Tim's, in a lescer oa (be visit of tho Esiperor Napoleon, say* "Just now, that tbe sovereigns sf Northern aad Eaatera Europe have beon meeting at BerLn to o^soo»« tho mainteaaace of their owa inter¬ ests, a visit from a great ally who has so much In com¬ mon with ourselves, is specially opportune. '. A meeting between the two great western sove* re i in U dosWy welcome. It will show the European world that sa alliance a bich has beta distmgtxisbsd hp auch glorious success, is as strong as over, and last Frsnce and Engisnd will still preserve, by their asioo, the stability of Europe.'' Her Majesty yesterday reviewed the Hith and 13d !;*.'.inoDt- previous to their departure for India. Ths Koy al party also visited each troop ship. It ia stated that all the members of the East India Cimpany's Civil Service, at present on leave of ab¬ sence, Lave, with tbe exception ot the sick, been or- deud to return forthwith. COM VIR' 111 INTKLI.K.IlXt'E. Ye»uiuay being the 4th of the month the deinand for Money, both in the Discount Market and at the itank, was exceeeingly great. In the Stock Exchange the rat*- on Government Securities remained about H V tent. The announcement of the deratnd for 6,00» mote troops for India, and of the intended arrange- meat with regard to tbe militia, were the direct eaases of the general depression in Consols; bat tbe opera* tiot i in coanection with the approaching aettleaeat likew .-e exercised an unfavorable influence. T..e tuspension was announced yesterday of Förs¬ ter. Rutty, Had] A Co., Scotch and Manchester ware- hoivemeu. Their Labilities are supposed to bo reihst e nsiderable, probably over £50,000, and tbs itxxpres- sion seems to prevail that the liquidation «rill be vary unfavorable. The Adiniralty has is?ued a circular directing tho r.u menders of her Majesty's ships to make periodical returns of all merchant vessels tbey may meet at sea, hlfMHdBg their names by means of the aew com- n.-rc:al code of tignaii aothotued by tho Board of Trade. In Paris, on Tuesday the Fund* closed at 67f. for tr.ooey, and t7t yfa. for acconnt. letters from Lisbon mention tho capture of a sat of coiners of English sovereigns and other foreign pies** at Hroga, about thirty miles from Oporto. Tho aent- ber of the party was seven, and among them week ptiest; and this priest, who appears to have been the leader, escaped.

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FNR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.ARRIVAL OF THK COLUMBIA.

NO NEWS FROM INDIA.

separation? to Lay the Submarine Telegraph.DEATH OF EUGENE SUE

The steamship Columbia, Capt. Berry, from Liver¬pool at 10 o'clock on tbe morning of Wednesday, tbeaU inst., arrived bere on Monday morning, 17th, about9 o'clock.The screw steamship Jason was to leave Southamp¬

ton for New-York on tbe same day that the C'dambialeft Liverpool.The steanuthip Arabia arrived out at Liverpool at 'J

o'clock on tbe morning of Sunday, Aug. Z.The screw steamer City of Washington was reported

off the port of Liverpool on the morning of Wednes¬day, tbe ^th.There is but little news of importance by this arrival.Tlte Knglisb papers were mainly occupied with ru-

anora und speculations, in the absence of further ad¬vices, apon tbe affair" of India.

THE STATE OF EUROPE.ff*roan Our Own CurretpmideDt.

London, Tuesday, Aug. 4, I-.".7.Tbe full official dispatches received by the Over,

fctvjei Mad <-outain several lofportant facts tbat havescarcely been sufficiently commented upon by theLondon press, which is rather unwilling to speakout boldly tbe whole truth. After their publication,it is really ludicroua to speak about a Brahminconspiracy and the undue pampering of tbe Bengalarmy, since the dispatches show tbat the mutinyhas spread likewise to irregular Sikh and Goorkahregiments; tbat the native contingents of the K«jahof G waller and of tbe Holkar have rebelled andmurder, d the European officers; tbat tbe Gnioo war

(King of Baroda) is distrusted and suspected; tbatSir Henry Lawrence had to fall back from Luck-now to Cswnpore, and even further; tbat is tosay, that he bad to evacuate the kingdom ofDude; while in the south the mutinous spiritbaa begun to show itself in tbe dominions ofthe Nizam (King of Hyderabad). By thesemisfortunes, Kngland is of course only stimulatedto greater exertion, and there can scarcely beanyaioubtas to the ultimate result, viz: the reconquestof India. Hut iu the menu time, aud for some yearsto come, England's power is crippled, and LordDalhousie's reckless policy of annexation revengesit*c|t fearfully, not only on the unprincipled abettorsof this scheme of bold robbery, but likewise on those.Abo, abhorring the principle, havo accepted its re¬

sults. The last annexation. I mean that of Oudoiseems to be one of the causes of the present mutiny,.lid things do not becune better by the arrest of theex-King, which brings the East«luilin Governmentinto suspicion that it seeks an excuse for withdraw¬ing the pension of £ 120,000 a year due to the un¬fortunate ex-King. A gentleman holding a kiyhposition in lieugal writ. " to a triend io England,alter having given some details about the insurrec¬tion :

"We have not been helped in this trial by the un¬

principled conduct of tue authorities in the mutter ofthe Uude annexation. Throughout the entire coun¬

try, it ha* bun regarded at tpottatton and roobertffjut*tijiid by the moft auieteiout ffiuft It would bo quiteworthy tboee who annexed and counseled annexationto take advantage of the present state of affairs, aud* hi such a charge on the unfortunate victim a- mayrender ail claim to tbe promised pern-ion wnollj out cfthe question. It the King has really been concernedin this outbreak, who is to wonaer at it I We havecertainly provoked bim to do hw frorst, We shall prob¬ably hcai by ihe next tin e the mail goes out what Utsovitielice on lhi> J'oiiit really is. At present, lhear ofnothing tbat miglit not have been done by others,tbüikug tnat hie Majesty's uausewould be u tower ofatrengti:. Bssiittss ims neoesesriTy felt tne presentstate of affairs. Jt it la*'* m nek langt r, It I Haucht uk r

took out. '1 be whole of the up-country tfade is at a

stand -still. Hut Dot Manche.-tor alone may tremble.If tbis crisis is trifled witli much longer, Ute BritishI'ower will be a thin- of the past.it will be gone tobe isoswed, as a matter ol course; but under dreamstances thut Wil1 patslyBS all progret-.- for u long timeton me, exc*pt the match of an tiveiigiug army."A rumor was current on the Exchange th.it Delhi

bad been taken ou the 17th. It bad some influenceon the funds, but it is believed to be a hoax similarto that of the fall of Sevastopol about eleven months

Svious to the actual capture of the town. Theicult.es of England are, now ever, not limited to

India. The Chinese expedition üas been divertedfrom its destination, and Governor Vek iu»y stillboast of having exjKdled the red-haired barbariansfrom Canton, though Sir Michael Seymour audCommodore Keppel gallantly sweep away all thestar-junks from tbe Cautou waters. Still more

important is now the Persian difficulty, since Eug-land is not in tbe position immediately to resume thestar fl the Shah should refuse to keep the treaty ofpeace; it is even questionable whether Busbire«.©uld be held for any length of time. It is, there-ton', rather serious to hear from the Indian paperstbat information had been received at Hushire stal¬

ing that the Parsiau commander at Herat has re-

fuaed to ev at uate that place, aud to acknowledge the,treaty. Mr. Murray sent a dispatch to England iuti-¦natmg that the terms ot the late treaty have no chanceof being fulfilled. And, while Englaud's difficultiesore increasing from the Persian Gulf to the ChineseSen, Prince Menchikoff seems to have lent hisfamous topcoat toM. Thouvenel, the French Km-bassador ot Constantinople, who. with au effronteryworthy of a Napedeomc servant, insists upon theduuuisaul of the Kaiinakun of Moldavia, and tho de-t'laratioti that the Moldavian elections are null audvoid on account of the undue exertion ot Govern-luent influence. The poof Sultan resisted such a

degrading demand, and the Kreuch EwbaasadOT broket»fl diplomatic relations. The r» suit was a changeof the Turkish Ministry. Kedshid 1'asha,Lord Stratford do Hedcliflo's man, bad to yieldto Mttstapha Pasha of Crete, and to Aalit»aaha.that is to say, to the same personswho wen- displaced a year ai;o for not having hoes,atifficiently I ttglish. Lord Stratford de Bedcltffe'sinfluence in Constantinople declines, and Prance,acting in concert with Prussia, Sardinia and Ruuia,carries everything with a high hand io Turkey,fehould tbe Indian difficulties not be surmountedWithin the next three months, then we may see au

open alliance between Napoleon and Alexander.Luder such circumstance*, the visit of the Emperorto Osborue looks really as if it were for takingleave.

Napoleon's high treason case dwindle- down tosuch miserable pn.portious as to strengthen the sus¬

picion that the ollair was got up solely with tbe in-

lent of frightening L«dru Kollin away from England,. similar atratagem having been resorted to lor in¬ducing liastkie to flee from Paris. Both schemesitave tailed, and proclaim now the weakness of the

Imperialist Government. Thr Daily Surr says:.' According to a correspondence iu the IndepmJ-

amce Kiltrr, tne I*rocurour Imj«erial will be compelled,tor want'of evidence, to abandon the clau«e in the in¬dictment that the plot of which Tibaldi, Ac, are ac-cuaed bad 'received a commenccrriont of execution.li thia be so, the prisoners cannot be sentenced to cap¬ital pUBishment, and the pk t at once assumes con¬

temptible proportions, considering the immense toisawhich the M made in heralding it forth to thearorld. A eaaa of hi*h treason, without any overt act,and att.-et.-d by aptee and approvers, deserves to bevenr narrowly seruiinw<si by the public."Tbe King of Wurteinherg has arm id at Paris topay his respects to Emperor Napoleou, w ho trevitsIiis royal guests from Germany in an off hand way.Tbe King arrived on Saturday, and the Emperorl.-.n er Paris to-day ft* Oaborne. Count TTolswahlaccompanies him, and it is, therefore, aaid that Na¬poleon inteoda to come to an underatanding w ith theLuglish Government about all the principal points ofEuropean importance.the Moldavian quest mn andthe Suez Canal included. If such ia really therase, we may be sure that the result cannot be satis¬factory, a. r. t.

STATE OF THE INDIAN DHnTRRBCTION.ConrrftmOue* of Th« H. V Tnfcuoe.

Laawjow, August 4, i>£7.On the arrival at L*end«n «f the vol mu h ¦¦,< re¬

ports conveyed by the last Indian mad, tbe ui'agre-outlib»'* (if which bad be.m BntlCiputed by toe elec¬

tric tostgraph, the romor of the capture of DtJfjwas rapidly spreading arid wibbiug so much coti-

»i«teboy aa to inrlueuce the trausactofcs »( the

Stock Lxcbange. It was another edition <>f the

capture of Sevastopol hoax, od a reduced scale.Tbe slightest examination of thedates and content* oftbe Madras papers, from which the favorable reiws

was avowedly derived, would have sufficed to dispelthe delusion. The Madras luforiuat.ou profess* 1 torest upou private letters from Agra elated Juue 17,but au official notification, issued at Lahore, on the

17th of June, announces that up to 4 o clock in the

atternoon of the 161k, all was quiet before Delhi,while The JlBlSBI Timer, dated July 1. states that

"General Barnaid was waiting for a iiiforceineuts..on the morning of the 17th, after having repeded"several sorties.'' This much, as to the d*tc of theMadras information. As to its contents, thee* are

evidently made up of General liaruird s bulletin,dated June on his 1< rcibl« occupation of thehights ot Delhi, and of some private report- relat¬ing to the bailies of the besieged ou the l'^tb und14th Juue.A military jdan of Delhi and its cantonments has

at last beeu compile d by Captain Lawrem e. fromthe unpublished plan* of the Last India CoOlp)Uiy<Hence we see- ttiat 1 Mhi is not quite so wealth forti-tie-d as was at tir-t asse rted. MM quit* so str-n^ly a*,

is now prete nded, it puoSOBSei a Citadel, to he t ikeiiby escalade or by regular approaches, The Wails,being more thun seven miles iu exU'iit, are built, olsolid masonry, bat id no great bight. The ditch is

narrow and Dot very de ep, uud the thinking wtirks donot prope rly enfilade- the curium. Martello towenexief at intervals. They are semi circular in tonu,and loopboled for musketry. Spiral staircases leadire in the top of the walls dow n through the towersto chambeis. on a level with the ditch, and tap00are loopboled lor inlautry tire, whi-h may provevery annoying to au esoaladiug party crossingtte ditch. the bastions de-feniiug the Curtainsare also furbished with bamiue-tles for i.fl-meu, buttheae may be kept down by shelling. When the in¬surrection broke' eat, the arsenal in the- interior eifthe city contained 1100,000 cartridges, two completesiege trains, a laige number of held guns and l".'M"'muskets, 'ibe powde r-magazihee had be'eu longsince removed, at the desire of the iurinbittnts.from the city te> the CUUtOUmente outeide Delhi, andeeiituincd be»t less than In,two barrels. The'coin-maiiomg bights occupied by Gen. Ilaiuard on tbe

. Mb ol June are situate d in a north-easterly directionfrom Delhi, where the caiitoiuiiejts outside thewalls were also established.From the descriptiou, resting on authentic plan'1,

it will tie understood that the- ¦troiia.boki of ttm re¬volt muet knve succumbed before a, sm^io map <!.mum, it the British l,,rce now before Delhi had beenthere on the Sttith ««t May, ami they could hu»e bo,;ithere il supplied with BUflesSul Carriage. A NNriaS)ol the litt published in libs lloriibuy l ima, and re-

published IU the London papers, of the iiumber ofregimentl that bad revolted, to the end of Juue, audol the datib on whie'b they revolted, proves conclu¬sive ly tl at, mi tlie .'»a'b ol May, Delhi was yet occu¬pied by 4,000 to ö.tii 0 men only; a form which couldnot one- moment have thought of defending a wallseven miles in »'Xtetit. Mei-rut being only fortymiles distant from Delhi, and having, since the co u-

BWnCement of I~.>:i, always served as the head¬quarters of the Bengal artillery, puooeeeoed theprincipal laboratory tor military s.-ieniitic Yur"pi'se-s, and afforded the' parade ground forexercise iu the use of field and -lego ord¬nance'; it buoouiei the uiurt) incompitbeo-siole that the Hntish cominunder was in wantof tie means necessary lor the executiouof one ofthoee coups dc mata by wbixh the Britishforces in India ulwiys kuew bow to secure tm-irsupremae-y over the natives. First wo were in-forme d that the- siege train was waited for; thenthat retlnibroesnente were wanted: and now ThePress, »ine of the best brfprmed London pape-rs,teils us, ' it is known by our Government for a" tact that General Barnard is defieieut in stores" mid ammuuition, and thut his SUppiy of the latter" is limited to .1 rouuds a man.'' arum GeneralBarnard's tiwn bulletin on the occupation of thebights of Delhi, which is dated the -th of Juno, we

see that he originally intended assail .tie Detbi UUthe- following day. bietend uf being able to followBp this plan, be was, by one BCoideut Ol the other,confined te» taking up the defensive against the be¬

sieged.At this very moment it is extremely difficult to

compute the lorci's ou either part. The Statementsof thejndiah press are altogether sedt-coiitradictory;but we think some reliance- may be put upon an

Indiau eorri'sjtondeiice of tbe 15 mapartist I'ays,which seems te» emanate from the French Consul at

Calcutta. According to his stuteiuimt, the army ofGell. Barnard was, em the' I Ith of June-, composedeat abemt .">.7i"J mem. which was eiptvted to bedoubled (') by the leeuloiceujemts expected ou theVJritb id the same memth Iiis train was composedof 30 he'avy siege, guns, w hile the forces of the insur¬gents were estimateel at 4»»,(>0<i men, badly organ¬ized, but richly furnished with all the means ofattack und tleleiire.

We- remark m passant, that the 3,000 insurgentseimamjied without the Ajhuts gate, probably iu

tbe gums Khan s temms, are ind. as gome' Londonpap< imagine*, lremtiug tbe English funks, out. on

the contrary, separated Iroui them by the wuolebre-udth of Delhi; the* Ajiners gate' beim; situated uBJone extremity ol the BOflk WUOBUTfl part of BodeniDelhi to the south of the rums of an.ient Delhi.On that side the' lawn nothing cau prevent the iu-surgent* tnmi establishing eUDM more such camps.Ou the south-eastern, e>r river side of the city, timycommand the ship bridge, and remain Lb coutiuuedcorihe'ctiou with their tSWMillJBtsil. able to re-ceive

uninterrupted supplies ol B0| and stole's. On asmaller seats Delhi oilers the Image of a fortress,keeping (like' Sevastopol) e>pe«u its lines e»f COaamU*nie-ation with tb«< interior ot its eiwn ci untry.The delay Ii the' BhtMh operatMMia baa not only

aÜowed the beekged te> ouaoeBtrate large aumbentor tbe> delense>, but the se'iitmieiit of having he idDe lhi durini: many we'eks, harassed the Europeanlorce's threiiigh repeated salln-s, together with thein wk daily |k>uring iu of lre*h revolts e»f the emtirearmy, has, ot course', strengthened the moral, of theSepoys. The' Knglish, wilh their small Ibfeee, can,ot course, not think of investing the- town, but mustst< nn it. However, it the- aezt lUguhv mail bringnot the ne-ws ed' the' capture of De-lhi, we may ai-ine'st be- sure- that, letr seiine months, ad serii'iis e>pe-rations OB tbe purtofthe lintish will have to be ^eis-

ptnded. The rainy se'ason will have art in in realearnest, ami pmti'ct the south-eastern face of tnecity by filling the ditch with "tbe deep and rapid"CUIrent «'I the Jumna," while a thermometerranging from 7."» to ltf.'. onaahiaed with au averagefall ol ahm inches of rain, would scourge the Euro-

Kaus with the' genuine Asiatic cholera. Then wouldveriTied the wonls of Lord Bfanhoruwgh,

"Ian af opinion that T r H. Barnard eannut" remain when- he is.the climate forbids" it. When tbe heavy rains set iu he wiU be'.cut af from Me"erut, from Dmunfiah and from"the fuujniib; he will be impris >ued in a very" narrow strip of laud, aud he will be iu a situ*-"lion, I will not say of pen], but lnasituitem"which can only end in ruin and d-strnction. I" trust that be will retire in time."

Everything, then, as far as Delhi is concerned,de pe nds on tbe question whether or not Gun. Bar¬nard found himself sufncnmtly provided with tuenand ammunition to uodcrtake the assault of Delhiduring tbe last wevks of June. On the other baud,a retieat on bis part Weaild immensely strengthenthe moral force of Ihe in*uriee tiem, anel perhaps de¬cide tbe Bombay and Madras armies upon eipeulyjoining it-

GREAT^BRITAIN.In tbe House of I/irds «>n Meinday, Lord Paaajnju

introduced a bill emjKiwering (tovernment to embodyand call out tbe militia at any time before the - ofMarch next, without basing to ca 1 Parliament together

Sun. He said that a state nf thing* existed in Indiaich caused ae groat a drain upon the Qoeea'sforte*

a* if in* country we* engaged M a for-iga war, an I to

l." t Uii* dram ten new battalion* * :* to be - - 1aid tbe reghmats were t-> be ice e»->ed fr -m 8Wt)1,C(0 rai.k and file son tboee iaiihtg ¦ Iud.a f'om1,000 to l.VOO All thia Could be done without (C"«n*Tbe)end existing sets, and the charge would mainlyfail on tbe Fast India Company; but as time would b-;Decenary ta p'ovide thi* increase in the urmy, and tbee» untry would in the interim be dra.ned of troop*, theemb» ciinent of the münia might become Le:ee*ary.-bei ce the proposition.Aftefeon.e rennrk* from the Qppodtfon that tha

treasure ou^ht t<i have bssa btoagsa forward ea liar,the bill waa read a first time.Lord Hroogbun moved for a return of the number

of tlacton ht Iba lost Pajliametwiry conte-t, aod«p. ke at length ia favor nf an »nla'gement of thefranchise. He protested at tha -am« titie again'? our

»it» lation in the Parliamentary Constitution of thecourrrv with a vi- w to making ft more democratic, aa

l.e thtrofhl eaoagh bad been ooos in that direction bythe Betatm bill of rSB.

In the HoftSS of C 'inmon« -n ths "»tn« e-venine.Lota l'«ln erston refeired 10 the bill introduced in tbe1/rds by Lord 1'anmure, and presented supplementaryert, h'e- U>r the e\[«-n*e<t of ?be imlti*.

1/ ro John kvaeeB'l motion tote>faleet CoasaaithMto inquire how far a OSTtsia I . "f PsrHOBaeBt dis

p»tM (i witli the use of the words ia the oath whichexcluded Jews frost tbe Bows, «u< agreed t».On Tuesday the proceecings in both Houses were

devoid of interestAn explosion occurred in a .oal mine at A-hton-

under-Lyne asj Iba Mat July, and ab<ut f.rty of theBiineTI \v» re killed.

" Christy's Minsfreis" made their first appearaneeat the St. James's Theater, London, on the 3d andm»t with great success.

1 be e.pper rhip« James Haines ani Champion ofthe St a.- both f American buildi. were at Portsmouthtaking in troops for India. Their lajstidid proportionsattiacted great attention, and the yueen herself hadhaycfed them.Tine bills hud b >n fooad against bpoQei the al-

kssjed munlejer 11 Mr Littst ia Dublin.The tJoeen of the Netherlands was on a visit to

Liverpool.DEATH OF THOMAS DICK. LLD.

We have to BJIHIBBSS the demise of this venerableaid ' toolleal gSBtjsstfta, the ftsxbsr of " The Chris-bun Phi'osophi r, aad SI s- revel sfbar worke of %

piou* and it-tr>etive nature, which have met withMfh aceeptaace and poDBtaritp. He expired at bisresidence iu B/wBfhty lerry, where be had lived forthe Ism perit d of more ihiin thirty years, quietlyptoseeotng his astronomical studies, engaged in thelabors of an unostentatious baossohaTS). ana enjoyingthe wurm re-p. ;fof ail around b.m. Recently h«i suf¬fered the b» m-aveniei t of two grandchildren, nod never

tboroighly recovered the blowwMsbbs had thus sus¬

tained. It was not till Friday last, however, thtt bebe'ame seriously ill, but from that period he graduallyt-ai k. Dr. Dick had attained the ripe old age of M.Ths renioval of one wh.i had so far exceeded the ordi¬nary limit i f liuu.un life is scarcely a matter of sur¬

prise, bet tbe eimq le of bis calm, genial, honorablem.d an iul hhtsf] is "ne tha! should not be without, itsealufaiy u rluencc. A year or two ago bis servicesin )iopalaii/.ii.g si IsBjOB were acknowledged by tSSäfftof one of those rcanty pensions whii.li are allotted totbe n waid of faob labors. He wa- thnce married,aud a wiaoa sarvive-s him, [Dundee Warder.

TBE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.The four tassels comprising trie Atlantic telegraph

Expedition 1» ft tun« eaatovni at o o'cioeh on ths even-

ii g of Mot day, Aug. 3, and were expected to reachYalentia Hay in sea*..n to commence operations on

the following moruirg. The Lird-Lieutenant of Ire¬land bad arrived a: the starting point of the telegraphin ordei to witness tiie proceedings.11 rrc-p. :. 1, ir < t Tt, icndnu Tim. t.

Q0ie«8tow»*,Ju1j 3o, m:.The satire fquaclror, consisting of live magnificent

sliijie ot wir, now about to pro Mod to ths c'ju.«uinjia-tion of thi- gnat eatsvpriss are at this time anchoredin the barbor of ajoeesaitowa. They coaaist of theBianra. ('114.'. Budsoa; ths Bstfaahanasi, i.'ipt.Jo-hua Sands, the Agaaiemnon, Mi-tor-CommanderNoudall, the.Cyclops. Capt. Dayman; aud the Leop¬ard. Capt Waitwright.The Agnn emnon arrived this mortint: only, having

been eagssed during the trip from (Ireenwirh in thevery vahtabie service of testiag practically the formand suitnl-iliiy of me niaoh.uery to be used for payingont the cubic.Mr. Charles Tilst m Mright. the engineer in chief ot

the Atlantic, Telegraph Company, having joined herat that place she bore away fir the Ir:sh e.a^t ato'clock on M today arioraiag last.To Mr. ('. 1\ Bright is eunoarttsd the entire control

au«j rsvponsibilitj ot deposifiag safely m its ocean bedthi>- wondiwus e\uuipl« of in« united power of scienceario industry.Dmlag the progfSSt Of the Aifamemnon Io ths

Down.- lbs mechanical applioacss Par rsgsdotaagthadelivery of the cabls into the tea were aept contia-uiilly in BBOtMSl t»y the small OBgSBS on li mrd, whieti isOOOBtetvd wi'h them; tbtx*heaves arid irearing workedwitli |ir<at fh. ili«y and jirei i»i,,n. and so quie'lj that a'a abort distance troan them 'heii motion e«uld scarcelybe besrd.The rtreog*b of rbe gitdera whi"b carry the bearing

of the entue SppsratOS, and which to the eyj of % per-. on unskilled in tbe proetioaj votfciog of this d« s< ri|>-llOl of machinery may seem at first to l>e unduly pos>de'cus, was *ound f,> OOatribtttS preatly to the ea-yh otion aid lafbractory steadiuess of this Btoat impor¬tant agi ht in the success of the undertaking.So soon as ihe Agamemnon had pasxed the track of

the Submarine Company s cable between Dover andCalais, in order to avoid the possbility of its being in¬

jured by the laying or hauling up of another line at

right argles to it, tbe experiments commenced. A I'l-bjch shell was attached to the end of a spare coil oftbe Atlantic cable, for tbe purpo»e of sinking it rapidlywi'h a >'rain upon it to the bottom, and was then castinto the -e,» drawing afor it a surlieient quautity of'lack to enable it to take hold of ihe ground and so setthe machine!y in motion.The psyitig out then oommeno'd at the rate of two,

three slu four knots an hour respectively. Tbe shipwas then stooped, and the cable was hauled up fromtbe bottom "f tbe sea with great facility, by connect¬

ing tbe urall engine tothednving pinion geared totbe sheaves.When the end was brought nr to the surface it waa

found that tbe shell had broken away from the loop,by which it had been fastened for the purpose ofloweih g .t.The cable, when recovered, was found to have been

cleaned as bright ns the specimens which have beenfofietly distributed among the friends of tli^j enter¬prise, and which are ,-o generally known.Tbe exterior coating of tar had been completely

rubbe d off by being crawn through the sandy bottomof the sea, and attached to the iron coating of the ca¬

ble were some weeds and several small crabs whichcame up with it to the surf«. -..

On the following- day a length of cable was run outand hauled in with perfect success opjHisite the Isleof W ight, attached to an anchor.Tbe speed was increased in this ca.-e to five knots.Daring the sftarBOStl of the same day a length was

run out, having fastened to the end of it a log «ftimber, and after having been towef with a mile anda-balf of cable, was coiled 10 again nth success.On Wedne sday, about half way between Land's

Knd aid the coast of Ireland, another length wai runout at the rate of six and a half ktot* per hoar andsub?e quently hauled in. The Agamemnon then steeredlor CÖtk, and reached v^ueeustown Harbour at 4o clock on Thursday morning, all onboard being morethan ever ratirtied at tne BBWOOBI of the enterprise.Some highly eucceratnl experiment* were also at the

same tin.e jteit'oruitd with au electrical log inventedby Mr. Charles Bright lor tbe purpose of continuouslyascertaining with SCCaraey the rate at which the shipsare tailing, and lheieby 01 enabling him to give cor-

rerpcbditig directions as to the rate ol paying the cable-..as to prevent the possibility »:.>. unn.. c«*arvsüam be it g put upon :t The log Is iuspendei in thesea from the ship s quarter by a lint, carrying withiuit a wire insulattd by gutta percha, which is in con¬nection wi b a battery and electro mtgn-t containedwithin an indicating Instrumenten de:* This is so ar¬

ranged that at each revolution of the wheel below aae't i trie current is broken, snO by the deflectwu of a

magnet whi' 0 form» part ot the eircut a step by stepmovement is communicated to a renter which iudi-cates the cistar.ee run and rate made i_v the vessel.Tbe following Directors of the Company, ac/om-

panied by Mr. Oeorge Saward. the secretary, havearrived at l^ueenstown to be oresent at the saidng ofthe squadron: Mr. T. EL BrooUag. Mr. Sompsunand Mr J. W. mett, ol I. tiou: Xr. Crosbie andMr. Pm kering of Liverpool, and Mr. Logic and Prof.Thompson of Glasgow.The most ktuoly interest has been evinced on all

-.dc for the success of tbe nndertakng. lbe Chair¬man and Directors of the Southern anf Western Kad-way bare shown the greatest attentitn to the repre¬sentatives, and will aceempany then from Cork toValentia.A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Cork, the

Hi*tb Sheriff, and authorities ef the c.ty, waited uponthe Directors on Wednesday to iavitctbemto a grandbanquet, which the latter were, however, under ther..ity of declining, in consequen.-e of the pressure¦>f importac' bu*ine*s requirine; their constant atten-ti n tmtil the sailing of the squadron.

HISTORY OF DIVORCK IN ENGLAND.,'From * sp». * :tr M:^rr.*i -. - ta* n»w hSasBBS

Anterior to üis Eei'ormat.cn, tie doctnee of theRomas CathoL'? Church of tbe Duleevi.c^fty of mar-

nage WM generally recognised and accepted a* thetaw of the land. The whole tubjeet of marriage aoddivorce wae delegated to spiritual frirronnia, Thoeatriboaaia proceeded upon their owa priori .? - tr.eywere not subject to the law of the State, and aceionbtedly the doctnnea ef the Roman Catholic: Cburcb pre¬vailed in tbem. When the Reformation came, a new

view ¦* »# tak- n of the queetioo. The c-otioo of mar-

riage being a sacrament was no longer regarded as

part of the doctrine of the Chur-h of Krgland. Theaecesaity f..r tbe intr <dnction of new principles wa*

uiiversally recognized. Statute* were rwissed both inthe reign of Henry VIII and La that of F.dward VI.,delegating to weacboOBB and extensively ^en»titn'<-dcommiesit n* the duty of reforming all the law* of Lin-gland relating t> ecclesiastic al matters. Tae re¬

sult cf that inquiry was on record. The Csni-u ..-.< r» .- were ananimou* in altering the re¬

ceived doctrine of the Roman Catholic Charttj,ana in a< o pting tie principle that luairiage should bedissoluble for two or three causes, of which adultery,of. our.-e, was the most common, but if there was

anything in whicn tbe reformation was more thanasuaily lad mph-te it wa< the mode af dealing with theecclesiastical tribunals. Those tribunals, instead -i

beiag subjected to the ordinary rules af law, and re¬

garded as Koyal Courts, receiving their authorityfrom the t'rewn. and administering the eosamon law>f tbe land, were permitted to retain their ecclesiasti¬cal < hara'-ter. to ejen we their own peculiar lamcti-uis,and to administer their own pecui ar principles. Theresult was that. altliougB for a couaueeAblc period,probably be nearly a entury. arter the Kefonnationmairiage was regarded as a boud ef anioo. dissolublefor aotltery yet about the omniencement of theseventeenth century the old doctrine was restored bya decision of the Star t.'bamber, and the ecclesiasticalcourts were found not to have the power of giving a

divorce ü rintulo ttsrfrintewti. Tnus the imperfectjuris diction of the ecclesiastical tribunal* was again es-

tabli-hed, and no other court was armed with au¬

thority to e» v-T the t.e of marriage on the ground ofaoulteiy. 1 he matter remained in that statu, lateTTUpt-«d, of course, during the DUM of the r immouwealth.until Parliament, coining to tbe relief of the law,anc of what might be called the nec.-s-ttles of thecountry, eatabliebed that system of granting dirofceswhich had since been adu ini-t.-'ed ttiroiigh the me¬

dium of a legislativ* assembly, but upon principlespur>-ly jud eJoX It was an uudonfeted fa. t, therefore,Ibat tr>m tin-time of the Kef >rmarion until now thenecessity ot having a change in the purely ecclesiasti¬cal law, and th-- necessity of introducing the principlethat marriage should be dis-oluble for adultery, hadbeen reeogi i/ed by tbe L-gi-Iature, aod, for a consid¬erable peru d, by the ecclesiastical tribunal*. Ante¬rior to Iba Kefonnation, the unreasonable law of theindissolubility of marriage was, to a certain extent,atoned for in the way in which unreasonable Uwswere always met, vi/..: by the introduction of a vastnumber of fictions, evasions an 1 grounds for escapingthe operation of tbe law, and the praciical result, as

teetihed by all the historians and jurists of the time,wa-, that it was easier to obtain a divorce j rtacWomatnnh nu anterior to the Reformation than after theprinciples of the Reformation had become established.The decision of the Star Chamber iu the Koliiambecase, limiting the jurisoie-tiou of the ecclesiasticali-ourra, was given ab«ut the year 1009, andvery she-rtly alter the Restoration the legisla¬ture began to give relief to the- country bythe introduction of a system of Parliamentarydivorcee. Now, when they spoke of legislative iut<*r-htUUCO, and called it nothing more than the pvsiug ofpeculiar laws to meet peculiar emergencies, denomi¬nating the-ee- judicial sentences of Parlia.neTit as mere

arsvsfrgM, they used language altogether inaccurateand inapt. Tte aduiini.-lration of jnatic* upon settle!prineiples previously established, and according torubs previously fixed, was a judicial act, and it matter¬ed not whether the duty was discharged by a bodycalling itself a Legislature, or by two or three indi¬viduals' silling m an oruinary ouuit of justice. Thatinteib rchce on the part of Parliament was in truth a

judic inl interference prompted by the necessities of tbecountry, and was the only mode by which juettoe oouldbe administered in the ¦notnoo of any regular tribunalahieb should be the habitation and seat of the principleof the law. That was the meide in which tin- law ofdivorce bad been regularly idndniateiud by the Legis¬lature for U period Ol 150 ynaia. Parliament, and theHouse'of I.ords in particular, had laid down generalrules affee ting applicatii.ns (of elivorce, regulating theform of proe-t'i ure, and determining the eiriumstuxe-e-sunoer which an aggrieved party might apply for a di¬vorce1. It was impossible, therefore, tej eletiy that a

law of divorce, well kimwn uml well understood, ad¬ministered upon settleet rules, had prevailed in thiscountry for nearly two I'e-nturies, by which itwas hehl that marriages were- capable of beingannulled. He was anxious to lay down that positionat first, as it bad become too common among criticsand sjw akcrs upon the aabjoet to declare- that by lawmarriage was ineapable of bnfcag iMaaehread,und sii hstatements, mply ug that the bill he was about to pro¬pose woulo effee t a complete- dkOUge in our system oflaw a- to divorce, tended to create a bootil* lunliog to¬ward the measure. H«- had indoOTOred lo prove bya s i.-r.t historical deduction that we had at present inthe House of Lsirdsa tribunal for that purjsmm proe ced¬ing Ufs'ii certain aud jeermunently settled rule*. Iuthe-course of the jurisdiction exercised by the H »useot Iti rde, and after them by the Heiusc of Commonscertain e xceptions bad been established to the genera]pnuciplc that marriage was dissoluble for adultery;and ti e rule of the law might bo thus simply de-crfbed: An injured husband who established a oast-

again-t his WHS was entitled to a divorce, unb-sa itcould be proved that he had been guilty e>f ooUnaiooor of oounivuuoo, unless Le was ojien to recrimination,and bad been guilty of acts which would en¬title the wife to be separated from him by adeire<- of the- Ecclesiastical (\»urt. Theue rulesbad been establishe-el as to the right of the hus¬band lo obtain a divore, but certain conditions hadalso beeu impose d by the House ol Lords which, ex-e ept under peculir circumstances, they were not inthe habit ot relaxing. It was necessary that a man

Sacking a divorce should first prove tbe adultery in

the EodetiestlPnJ Court, and obtain from that tribunala decre-e for a divorce it nunui ft tkoro. He muttalsei, in cases where it was j>os.-ibIe, bring an action atlaw against the adulterer--that action for criminalcorive isalion, which had beeu termed the reproach ofour laws [HeaT.bcurj. Iu that action he must againprove tbe adulteiy, and having established his c-.ise inthat ppH-e'-ding, tie was entitle d to apply to the Houseof Leads to be again permitte d te> prow the adulterybefore that tribunal, if fee suce-essfully proved hisinjury e.u those three ooenetoan, he- was th,-a allowedto receive a dive rce * f-tatrnf* m*ttrimoniL With re¬

spect to the wife, those who had studied the subjectwould bo aware that the rule at present was that forsimple adultery on the part of the husbanel, the wifewas not entitled to a tftfofOO, but the HoofSS of Lardsbad established tbe practice that a wife was entitledto a divore>e against he-r husband if she e ould provethat bus adulteiy was also incestuous, or that the adutery had been attended with such aggravated cin uui-

stancee as rendered it utterly impowible- Ibat the wifeceiuld be expected to live again with her husbaud.Thete were the rules established by the House ofLead- and acted upon by that tribunal, which formeda*, present tbe law of divjro* as administered by tbeIlia L Court of Parliament. It was the object of thebill which he now submitted to the House to em¬

body that law. There was one particular ouly in whichile bill went beyond the present law in favor of theinjured woman, and that was in cases of adultery at¬tended with nialicioa* desertioo. iu all other respect*the bill ad to r- d t j what bad long been the umver-

eally understood rule for the adminn-tratiou of ju-tieein hi g -and with regard to divorces. That being tbestate of the case, as far as the bill was concerned hethought the House would agree that it containednothing more than the expression of tbe exit-ting lawaid a plan for transfening tbe administra¬tion of that law to a tribunal by whichjastice could be dene in a more convenientmanner and without those difficulties of f-.ruiand procedure which were of Loceesity in-Me;t to legislative proceedings. That was

the first great and cardinal object of thebill. But the bill, while it embodied the

present law, altered most materially the form ofits procedure. That it should be necessary to provethe adultery in three fliffeient courts, and once in tbeabsence* of the wde through the medium of thai Bootabominable proceeding tiie action for trim, t$i .. hadbeen held to be a great reproach tt this country, l uebill, therefore, proposed that one simple form of pro¬cedure should be ad.-'.t.-d by which the whole case

might be thoroughly aifted and examined.the injuredhusband appearing as the plaintiff against the twoother parties brought into court to coute-t his applica¬tion ftr a divorce, viz: tbe wife and the adu.te r- r.

Therefore the form of procedure would be changedentirely, and the action whieh now constituted so ob¬jectionable a feature of the present system would begot rid of. The law would remain the same, but themed« of its aelrninistration wouid be changed.

FRANCEA rumor having been circulated that at the ap¬

proaching fetes on tbe löth August, the capture of theMalaktff was to be represented, the Ha-.-.an Lmbas-sador waited on the Government for the purpose oftaking exception to the arrangement, when he wastold that it waa never intended to represent such cap¬ture, the chosen subject for repreaentarion beingthe conquest of Kabrha.The departure e>f the Emperer and Empress for Ot-

borne had been fixed for the 6th of August. It wa*said that they woakt oary be a<<-ompanied by CountWaJewrki, the Miaieter of E<reign Affairs, and Gen.Bailie.

M. Andewille, WneAvi ot ths QtOAWtA Mowetoeut ofFunds at ths lßnx#<ry ml Ftaanea, bed beea appointedSsb-Goveraor of tbe Baak ot Fraaee, net M. Verne«,

'*fcn«ae Sne, tbe ocrehet, died in Paris oo the 3d.Letter, from France say that the silk harvest there

is frotn one-third io one-fonrth under a fair ordinary

^"he oew wheat was proving of excellent qualityotid bulk, and realized one to two franc* ?r MIMhVIadvance upon old.A good eariy vintage ia expected.

ITALY.The Genoa Gazette contains a short abstract of

Mszztni« article, the publication of which cau-ed theseizure ol* tbe Italia del T~>pola on the -.".»th of duly.Mowiini denies that there was any intention of piblagixg cr blowing up public edifices, and says that atilsroa the moveme-ct was not directed against thePiedmotiteee Government, but that it was intended to

turn the means of action which Qsatoa poseeeee* toaccount and to draw IVdmoet into a revolutionarywar. Mai/.ini cooclueds by declaring that he willnot case until he baa attained hi< object.

It Is intimated that the Pope is determined to extendbis journey to Tuscany, wnere, it U predicted, an

unpleasant reception awaits him.

PORTUGAL.Considerable sensation had been created bf the df-

covery of extensive fand* in the wine trade. Gov-e'nmeatbad seized a large quantity of mixture broughtfrom England to Oporto, ana intended to be taken backas rentable i>ort wine. About 3.000 pipe- of thesemixtures, who h comprise bad alcohol, molasses, atxt

the essence of tar, are said to !>c now in London.A fire broke out at Tarsfa on tbe 19th ot July and

was still ragitfg on the JDth, ha\ in^ spread over an

immense distin t of agricultural country. oruuuucgvast quantities of standing grain, country houses,barns, ffcc.

SPALN.A dispatch to Tki Loniam Morn n. l'> aaJS Mar¬

shal Serrauo was eipected to :eave (ot Cuba to Uk-the poet of Captain-O.-neral.

AUSTRIA.The Emperor of Austria had offu iated at the inaugu¬

ration of the Trieste Kailwav, which unites the Adri¬atic to the North Sea. Baron Bruck, tbe AustrianMinister of I inunce, in a speech upon tbe occasion,expressed tbe cordial wishes of the Government forthe reabzation of the Suez Canal, and declared thatthe opposition of a single Government .England wouldtot check that grand conception.

TURKEY.A telegraphic dispatch from C Sastasitin0l4e, .t the

3d of August, savs that M. de Tror.v.iiel, MS 1 rcneliEmbaesador, having failed in bis edort» to have theMoldavian elections declared null and void, in com¬

pliance with the orders of bis Government, suspendedrelations with the Porte on the 89th July, and com¬

menced preparations to leave Constantinople. Toj .ev.nt that Step the .Sultan dismissed hü Ministersand made the following OSW SppotstBSfnts; MustaphaPssbaot* Crete,Grand Vizier: Aali Pasha, Mini-terof Foreign Affair* Bsdshfd I'asbii ex-GrandVisier), l'tesideiit of the lauzimat; Kidmil I'asha,S-raskier.

THE IONIAN ISLANDS.The Paris Pest says:" The English (lovernment have decided that the

fortification* of Corfu shall be ifatxtediateir Slieegth-eced; £10,000 have been allotted for that purpose,and a ColoBsl of Engineers ha.* been appointed to pro¬ceed to the Ionian Hands. This measure is ilgttltVcant in the pfsseoee of tin- wann < outest betweeu theIonian Parliament and the British authori'i,-«.

INDIA.There Is nothing later from India, but further news

was looked for ut any moment by the Australian Mail»teamer, via (Vyloo.

It is stated that th- India Cotnpanv have made a

requisition upou the (ioveruiient tor i*immi additionaltioops, with the view of stretigthouing the forces iuMaoras and Bombay, whub have beeu weakened bydrafts for llengal.The plauder of the treasiirie- by the i»*OTfSBtS is

stated to already to amount to ß3,000,000.Kumore are again current that tue I'ersiau Govern¬

ment do not intend to evacuate Herat, the new* of therevolt in India having prompted them to such aC"Ui>e.Tka Globe, however, .-ays that ue-thit.^ authentic hasbeen received upon the subject. A Utter to ThsDhdy AVrs, soys: "The pa?*eu''er* from India by"the Colombo' (mail steainei , ttrm'y btUsTe that" Delhi has fallen. Tbey state that Ba/aar intelli-"jj<-nce outstrips Government news, and that BCCOfds"ing to Ha/aar intelligence, Delhi had fallen when the" Madras pae-enger* 1 ft. An erneute was fully ex-

ported in that presicency. The Europeans wore un-" der arms. «>ne thousand seven hundred aimed men" were found about the residence ot the King of < lüde," although scoordbtg to treaty, he wa* not allowed" one armed atteudaut. Sir Cobs Campbell's passage" through, Egypt was an ovation. He purposes divi-''ding the army into live or six fl>ir,- civ lioos, with a"General at the head ol eaeh.

CHINA.THE LATE BATILLS.

Ci>rre»ponaVii, h ot Tb- N. V. Tribnas.

Hon«. Kum,, Jane i<>, l-,'7,The principal etent of the last two- weeks has

been the active operations of the English fleet uptbe river, both below and above Whampoa. It maynot be amiss to give a brief sketch of localities herein order to a better understanding of operations.From Houg Kong to Whampoa *s about sixty miles,the greater part of the distance being through a

kind of archipelago. The islands are so thicklyscattered that one seems to be continually in a cliannel or river of greater or less width all the woy,when in reality it is a bay of the seu he is travers¬ing, and salt water often it found within ten milesot Wham p. i. Ev.n the river proper is so dividedby islands that you s.-.-m to harte half a dozen smallriters, instead of one srr.-at one. These channels,.or "reaches," as the) are called.have constantlyafforded shelter to swarms of Mandarin junks anil"snake boats:" these last being a long, low kindol boat, pulling from torty to eighty oars, and mount¬ing two or three guns of small caliber. They arerascally concerns, making no noise in the water, andut they draw only twelve or e.gbtceu indies of watercan easily elude pursuit. There was a large fleet ofthese junks and baats which occupied what is ealleyiEscape Cre.-k. a narrow stream which enters thenver a few mil»-a be-low Whasapoa. and thes.- havedone great damage, rir.ug upon the river ets*aMnand seizing upon unsrmed lorchas. which thev plun¬dered and burned. All Europe-ans taken were mur¬dered, and their heads «etit to Canton tor tne Gov¬ernor's cabinet.None of tbe large ifoeJBera could get within two

miles of the mouth of the ,-rcek. aud so the Chineseut-e.1 to amuse themselves by keeping out of gun¬shot fill the war *t>«mera passed, and then ruuningout to plunder tiil tbey came back. Tbe arrival olthe gun-boats, however, has quite interfered withthis past.mo, and lost w.-ek an unexpected dash was

made into the creek, and before John Chmatvaneould put away his chopsticks and tie his tail aroundhis head twtnch, I believe, are the first preparationsfor action according to Celestial tactics; half thefleet was sunk, and the balance in lair way to be.Everybody says, "Good enough for tbe scoundrels;"and as we learn how the Mini''- rifles " strewed the" rice fields with fallen fugitive's.-' while grape andcanister swept the surface ot the water, alive withswimming or drowning men, we, Christians, ruhour hands and say, "A tew more euch lessons." Jtc

Doubtless, this horrible work it necessary : hutstill, when the returns show such butcbery^-suchdreadful loss of life on their side, accomplishe j w itha hat of only ten men wounded on part of the attack¬ing party, 1 confeas the Jeeling of exultttion is some¬what dampened, and a sentiment of pitv takes itsplace for the poor wretches who, unpaid" and halfstarved, are compelled to make a show of resistanceto save their heads.But tbe great battle occurred last week io

what is ceiled M Fatshsn Creek,' just oppositeCanton, twelve miles above Whampoa. Ilere waacollected a leet of nearly 800 war junka, averaging

at the least ten guns each, Wide aotne betters* so?bore. And vet, eighty ships' beat*, almost laatt?ported by artillery (tne water being too at*aJjB t.the gunboats even;, daahed in, took the fmruburned tbe fleet and oVatrtryed, in all ssstsC?thousands of tbe poor scoundrels, who Couht a *

tight and dare not run.To be sure, tbm was no trifling fight. Tha

Chinese were prepared. They had staked off *

portion of the river, aud by practice had got theirguns to bear upon it; so when the bosi came tothe stakes there was such a storm of shot pouredinto tbt-ai that tbe aad» wonder is how say escapedYet the whole loss «>t the attacking party WM ^killed and thirty wounded.

1 mention these engagement, particularly becau**they substantiate the position taken m my hist >.(.ter, vii: that there would be little war in thia cam¬paign. 1'Ut any quantity of murder. It taust b*c..0fessed, however, thst the English fotce has »Wkof going with s rush, as we say at home; aad «her,th« \ come close eueugh to tbe enemy, so that agixd lusty cheer is theaight woith while, tbe workmnv be- safely regarded as done, and well done, too.Tbe destruction of these fleets must occasion j>«tloss to the Canton Province, as tbe junks were oftsuperior order, and many of them new.

Capton might Ix« taken at once without trouble;but. so far as I can learn from those ia authority,this will not he done uutil next month, when Iber»w ill be here lO.tKHi troops. Hong Kong is as quietas though there were no disturbance in tbe-king,dc in. litre we are. a community of-th.- Europeans,guarded by 1,'.',H> regular troops, in a town whichnumbers over KM*." Chinese resident*. It is wedknown that mandarins and aoldiers iu disguise fre¬quent our streets, and yet there haa been no out.break uo disturbance whate ver. 1 care not what po¬litical enemies may say of Sir John Howring'eadtaia-;>tration. or what' grumblers in the ndoov may layto his charge. The present speaks lör itself, andthe «täte of the colony shows him to have beenfaithful, prompt and vigilant. New-York City or

lU.*ton is not to-day more perfectly quiet than iaHong Kong, with its mongrel, heathenish nopulaJtion. Provisions of all kinds are exorbitantly high,but beyond this inconveuienco, we sutler no morsfrom the effects of war than do our friends iu New-York. S r John Hew ring has acquitted biinsaTwith credit, and I am much mistaken if his service,

are not fully appreciated (iu secret) by the wheatEnglish (iovernment. It waa absolutely accessaryto commence ¦ quarrel in China, and it has bestdone quite thoroughly. Of course it is well eooutkto blame the movers in the quarrel, if political cap¬ital can be made of it: for the advantages will begained, the object af the war realized' and so therewill two benefits result.first, from the abuse ofthe promoters, aud secondly, from their success.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.Lit aasowL, aVssaoa a.* m.

Qc/t roO.The market has become very quiet, batastsessn Ittnlj a*aO*a*saaa» Tne **ie* otthe »tue« kwaassjc»t* »er. rrattietrd to »liont 13 (sjO bale*, In. uSinii a\*S0 e*,*aoly "divide d between apeculalora and »xportci*. The tSSS *alus,d*v were »ulv bale*.BttiaDSTP'fi.The w.atber was very hne, aad

harvesting quite at te.*l in tb<- leaShava aud midland counU*tsf> niland. The Kre»d»tn9* market wa* verf dull. *ud a aVlla»of Id. Öad. P t» .b on Wheat fid. *> bbl ou Flour, sad Si ft.u.h oa¦aimedaad Votm i* variously rcport«4i*ta»LIvmw Cireolan W hit- Can h»d undergone uoehtne».Provisions-.Beef aad Pork were quiet at form«

rate«, hard hid advanced to M but cl"*e.l q.iict. Baeno tat.A larre quantity b*d be. n .rTcrtd at auction, b-it nearly th*. !.m] it wm * itbdrawu on a count ot the Ion price* bid.Tallow ate*dv.Proih c ü.Ashes dull and slightly lower, fll6i>

iS paid fur both de« rip' ion*, Common Roain telling at 4 4\ store, Spirtttof Turpentine heavy at 39 Rice quiet.At Mamhi-tkk trade was quieter, but prices were

cji.ite t'.rml.osiios afOMKI M itiKKr..The market for C0B>

O-l- wai ISIJ) SSasllllW Sad l1iictu*t«d e..n»id«rably under th*laftuene*afnaraevsla iiaaid to India The ci,,aiua >iautatl«a*oaTasiaaj were S)ls>a| br aatk money *nd «-<-oui t Th*proape<-ta of the Money market were au'avorable Th* »Up.u-. tit of «ilv.-r to the F.ii-t by tbe »teamer of the 4th eiceedat£ I mo eon sterling, and an Indian loan of from five toteu mil¬lion* wat apoken of. Tbs India Company had siren uottte of afurther rile of I P c*nt in their r» rt for bill* on India.Looooa Pbodcci Maukst.Sugar* dull at a se¬

ilte of ad *>J from Knd*y'» rate* t'oflve dnll an i t.i.hiltlowtf T. tfiroi Th» Wuol*»U» wer» progo-xing withoutrbange in piles*.

Kirfcardara, ****** A Ca.'a 4 ire nlrtr.Per l - '. I blVSareSt, A is 4. U'rI MS Friday the weather haa eonrlnued reniarkabiy ti.i... aoi

the trade kB hreadaturt. baa rul. d very dull.At to dav'a market tliert- waa but . small attendant* of kam

era and in ÄVhi *t the baaineaa done wa* aot eat.-niiva Ts*. ,1- n-\f » --re at the loweat price, of Friday, being a r**V-.mi of od. P bu*h. on the week. Fl.oca alow, without efcaa*.

la »«i a Imuan ( o s in u -.t -iu.it. 1 ksaawy, aad 6tt\|i' st, cheaper t»r Mixe.l a u-l Vellow , White irirt, aad ut

tain* au * I II**** price. We quote VVaKAVi K. .11 ». 'iWin. 9 I:'? ." r. Fl.ol a.I'hUadelphi* au-i UktWSSa." «31 ti'ra Ohio, 3: Western. SO a Je p bbl. It.DIan ('«- MUrd and Vellow, 37/6 t<j 3S/S; VVmte OOei t' wo tr...Bi i i i* quiet, but ia lirn.lj bald, at tbs extrem.- rat«* laMiy

<>bt*ine<LFOBS in little reqneat, *t pr.-*inu* price*.Bn »\ very dull. To day'* auction w»« a eotnplets lailcsa

I«ahn -h ». i no inclination to purcbaac. Ut 4,000 huwiorlered. lily .'13 kasSS were (old. viiSo boaei Sloit Middlea, Bnosle**, at.At) OAS i. lOSasfhorl Middle*, Hibln, at.4S/S05I(.'.hotI.onf Middlet, Boneleti,at.i-c «»>S3 best * Lout Middle*. Rib io, at.47 C«1 boxes ( uniberlaod Cut, at.4t/ #41 -il.tso b»« *dv»nred to 70 U cwt, *t which th.-rs hwhata I

retail aale, but thi* article r !<-»« » quiet; the bulk of to* *V*ck ianot ou the market.To low *te*dy at60 for " Butcher*' A*»orUtioa."Covrot.Since Krida* the market ha* be. n quiet, bat ertrae

continue verv Ann in Maai heater to dty, the trade wa* *t**dy.with a fair buiiae-a doing; Middling Uilean*. Sid.: Motor,j.-.-ifid.; ( pUudt, i.d. p r..

THE LATEST.rVv Telegraph fr.mi foudon to Liverpool.

London, Wednesday morning, Aag. ¦>.

l'mr*4M> thk Kmitrok Napoi ioh to OaWM..Tor,., August 1..The Emperor and F^npreas willquit the ohatesa of St. Cloud to morrow, ou their wsyto Osbotne, tho residence of tbe Queen of Enghvr.iLTheir ataietties will »< t out oa their return on Mondaynext.A»-i nti ia. -7Mr%/,(0(/«,l\iesoUy.--Tbepaas«ag«r»

Bad mails have been lacded here from the SwifViurs.Captain Price, which kat made a paaaige of 96 daysfrom Melbourne, and brings Ctl.OOO ounces of gold.

The Tim's, in a lescer oa (be visit of tho EsiperorNapoleon, say* "Just now, that tbe sovereigns sfNorthern aad Eaatera Europe have beon meeting atBerLn to o^soo»« tho mainteaaace of their owa inter¬ests, a visit from a great ally who has so much In com¬mon with ourselves, is specially opportune.

'. A meeting between the two great western sove*re i in U dosWy welcome. It will show the Europeanworld that sa alliance a bich has beta distmgtxisbsd hpauch glorious success, is as strong as over, and lastFrsnce and Engisnd will still preserve, by their asioo,the stability of Europe.''Her Majesty yesterday reviewed the Hith and 13d

!;*.'.inoDt- previous to their departure for India. ThsKoy al party also visited each troop ship.

It ia stated that all the members of the East IndiaCimpany's Civil Service, at present on leave of ab¬sence, Lave, with tbe exception ot the sick, been or-

deud to return forthwith.COMVIR' 111 INTKLI.K.IlXt'E.

Ye»uiuay being the 4th of the month the deinandfor Money, both in the Discount Market and at theitank, was exceeeingly great. In the Stock Exchangethe rat*- on Government Securities remained about HV tent. The announcement of the deratnd for 6,00»mote troops for India, and of the intended arrange-meat with regard to tbe militia, were the direct eaasesof the general depression in Consols; bat tbe opera*tiot i in coanection with the approaching aettleaeatlikew .-e exercised an unfavorable influence.

T..e tuspension was announced yesterday of Förs¬ter. Rutty, Had] A Co., Scotch and Manchester ware-hoivemeu. Their Labilities are supposed to bo reihste nsiderable, probably over £50,000, and tbs itxxpres-sion seems to prevail that the liquidation «rill be varyunfavorable.The Adiniralty has is?ued a circular directing tho

r.u menders of her Majesty's ships to make periodicalreturns of all merchant vessels tbey may meet at sea,

hlfMHdBg their names by means of the aew com-

n.-rc:al code of tignaii aothotued by tho Board ofTrade.

In Paris, on Tuesday the Fund* closed at 67f. fortr.ooey, and t7t yfa. for acconnt.

letters from Lisbon mention tho capture of a sat ofcoiners of English sovereigns and other foreign pies**at Hroga, about thirty miles from Oporto. Tho aent-

ber of the party was seven, and among them weekptiest; and this priest, who appears to have been theleader, escaped.