farrign net (tannin!.

St RUTL—The Emperor and Empress are still in the enjoyment of a quiet and unostentatious retirement at Biazritz, where, as Jenkins re. marks, they move and lounge about like other folk. The Moniteur states that, " the produce of the taxes and indirect revenues for the month of August exceeds by more than 4,000,000 that of the corresponding period of 1857, and that the real surplus is nearly 6,000,000, if the double decime on the registration dues, which has been suppressed since the commencement of the present year, be taken into account."

Meanwhile, by the order of the Emperor, a new instrument of war called the vaisseau baler is in course of construction at Cherbourg,' This is a shot-proof ship, with beaks fore and aft, intended to run down hostile ships. By the orders of the Emperor the battle of St. Cast,—" bataille

gaga ei sur lea Anglais le 11 Septembre 1758 "—has been celebrated by the eree. tion of a monument, inaugurated on the anniversary of this battle, with religious ceremonies, public games, and a " lecture de vers par M de ht Noue."

[Referring to the battle, the Times says " The English of that day had committed one of their old follies of invading France with some ridiculously small force, and the Duke D'Aiguillon, the then Governor of Brittany, fell upon them with a large army, surprised their rear- guard while they were re-embarking, killed and wounded 600 men, and took 400 prisoners."] ST11111.—The lease of Villafranca to Russia has attracted much atten- tion, and called forth some sharp comments. The Nord admits the fact, but says that, far from wishing to make a Gibraltar or a Toulon of Villa. franca, Russia desires nothing more than to take part in the great com- mercial movement which is partly created by her produce. It is to be expected thatEngland, whose merchants, together with those of Northern Germany, have hitherto monopolised the foreign trade of Russia, should regard with dissatisfaction the determination of that country to take it into her own hands. Austria, on her part, will naturally dread any in- terference with the interests of Trieste. The Paris correspondent of the Times professes to know all about it, and to mitigate alarm. "The truth of the matter reaches us this morning from Turin. Nothing in the shape of a treaty or cession has taken place. The Sardinian Govern- ment has temporarily granted permission to the Russian Steam Company of Odessa to establish a coaling station at Villafranca. There is no question of a Russian fleet mooring there, or of the place's conversion into a second Gibraltar, any more than there are grounds for stating, as one of the most eccentric of the Paris papers today did, that henceforward Piedmont must be looked upon merely as a Russian province." The Morning Post and the Paris correspondent of the Globe treat the affair au eerieux.

13T 1155 iR.—A letter from Berlin states that the present Chambers are to be convoked in October, to give their constitutional cooperation in the establishment of the Regency. No other question will be submitted to them ; all other business being left for the new Chambers, which will not be elected before the month of January.

Sarkni.—Letters from Constantinople received in Paris state that there is a conspiracy to dethrone the present Sultan, and place his brother Abdul Aziz on the throne. It is said that when the Sultan re- cently reproached his ministers, he added, that he knew that a certain party desired to put his brother to reign over them in his stead, but that they would not find it so easy a matter to make away with him, and that they would do well to bear in mind that he was a descendant of Soliman and of Mehemet II., and the son of Mahmoud. It is further stated, that the conspiracy had gone so far that the majority of the foreign Ambassadors at Constantinople had thought proper to inform certain leading persons in the plot that, if Abdul Aziz came to the throne by violent means, he would not be recognized by the European Powers. All this at present rests upon hearsay.

It is stated that, at the request of the Sultan, an inspector-general and three inspectors of the finance department are to be authorized to enter the Turkish service, to establish a proper system of keeping the public accounts throughout the Ottoman empire. A letter from Ragusa expresses doubts as to the possibility of a durable peace between the Turks and the Montenegrins. A French Captain of Engineers lately passed through Ragusa on his way to Cetigue. The Russian Commissioner had returned from Montenegro, accompanied by an aide-de-camp of Prince Daniel. The Turkish expeditionary corps near Trebigne had gone into cantonments in the adjacent villages. An English cutter had arrived on the 3d at Gravosa, having on board two Englishmen of distinction, who proposed visiting the country.

SIIHR..—Telegraphic summaries of news arrived early in the week in anticipation of the Bombay mail, which reached London on Wednesday. The latest dates are Calcutta August 7, and Bombay August 19. In Oude Sir Hope Grant with a compact force had marched from Luck- now to Fyzabad to relieve Maun Singh, shut up in his fort at Shahgunge by the rebels. The troops encountered no opposition on the march. As they approached Shahgunge the rebels fled, even before our troops were in sight. Part of the host crossed the Gogra, part retired to Sultanpore, where they are supposed to have rallied afresh under Mohamed Hossein. Mann Singh went into the British camp on the 31st July. A column was sent against the band at Sultanpore. The Begum was still at Bemi- re° to the north-east of Lucknow ; and the Oude bank of the Ganges is still in the hands of the rebels. The official report says-

" The steamer Burhampooter, on its way downwards from Cawnpore, was fired on from the Oude bank of the Ganges. near Doondera, and at Kalikun- kur. A party of Madras Sepoys have since destroyed the villages near Doondera, from which the firing proceeded. The Burhampooter having taken on board at Allahabed two 12-pound howitzers and 130 military po-

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lice, under the command of Captain Donnely, proceeded upwards again search for and destroy the boats of the rebels. Twenty-two boats were. captured. They were opposed at Manikpore, where was collected a body 5 about 800 men, with two guns. Captain Donnely landed his men and, under fire of the howitzers, cleared the fort and three neighbouring • The police behaved remarkably well. Seven men were wounded, two se- ,-erel-y. The rebels lost about thirty-one men killed. They are said to have been commanded by Benee Madhoo's brother, and were driven back on ji,„likenkur."

In Behar the Shahabad district is still in rebellion. The rebels broke open the prison at Arrah, but were repelled from the town.

Brigadier Douglas, who is in military charge of the district, reports officially that all he can do is to keep their incursions within bounds, but that to maintain even a chain of poets is beyond his power ; he wants more Dien. Colonel Turner, with some Sikh Horse, has been directed to keep the Grand Trunk Road open, and with the cold weather the Shahabad cara- t terminate. Shahabad is one of the richest districts in Bengal, Paiandgninu itisps teriniillaged from end to end. It is what an Irish county would be with the Roekites masters of the opportunity. The Government would not be endangered, but still it would have to put a stop to that condition of thine."

In Rajpootana there has been another victory, and the Gwalior fugi- tives are dispersed once more.

4, When the last mail left Bombay General Roberts had last been beard of at Tonk, while Colonel Holmes with a small flying column was in ad- vance somewhere about Bhoondee, and the fugitive rebels were supposed to be making for the fortress of Mandulghur, some 30 miles west of Kotah, and 70 north of Neemuch. On the 23d of July Roberts broke up from Tonk, crossed the Bunass just before it rose to an impassable height, and, march- ing to the westward, was, on the lot of August within 24 miles of Nussee- rabad again. He then turned downward towards Oodeypore, upon which point the rebels seemed to be now tending, having outstripped Colonel Holmes, checked by want of carriage and the saturated soil. On the 8th, Roberts at last came up with the enemy, at 5 in the afternoon, after a march of 30 miles. Striking the Kotesuree river near Sanganeer, he saw them draw up on the other side of the stream. He crossed at once and drove them from the field with loss, but his exhausted men could not follow them far. The next day, apparently, Colonel Holmes joined the General. The rebels tied towards Olodeypore. Roberts followed on or about the 12th, caught them at a village called Kotarea, a few miles north of the town of Nath- dwarra, 20 miles above Oodeypore. His victory was complete. The four guns carried off from Tonk fell into his hands, with ammunition and stores. The enemy suffered heavily, while the casualties of the victors were few. The enemy were scattered in all directions, -but seemed most to be going towards the south-east. Cavalry and horse artillery arc gone after them."

The Bhopal Division is much disturbed. The rebels between the Betwa and Tessa rivers, have .increased in number, and have made in- cursions in the Jaloun district. Jaloun itself is threatened by them. A detachment from Calpee has marched to its relief. A feudatory of Scindia's has seized for himself the fort of Paoree, and Brigadier Smith has gone to bring him to reason.

The Calcutta papers report disaffection in the Punjaub regiments, but no account of it has been received' from Bombay, although the ad- vices from the latter are so much later in date. The story is that a part of the 18th Punjaub Infantry, stationed at Dere Ismail Khan on the Indus, was to mutiny, rearm the 39th Native Infantry, murder the offi- cers, make for Meehan, and raising the disarmed regiments there march upon Lahore. The plot is said to have been disclosed in time to frus- trate it.

The Governor-General and Sir Colin Campbell are at Allahabad, and Lady Canning is on her way thither from Calcutta. Lord Harris has been seriously ill at Ootacaniund, having at one time lost the use of his limbs : but his lordship is gradually recovering his health, and is again able to attend to public business. Sir Patrick Grant still continues to reside at the Neilgherries. Lord Elphinstone has left Dapoorie, on a short visit to Ahinednuggur, where he will remain about a week. Sir Henry Somerset is at Poona.

The Times " special" correspondent reports the death of the adven- turous explorer and naturalist Adolphe Schlagentweit, one of the three brothers already so well known for their scientific researches, pursued under the auspices of the East India Company, in India and among the Himalayas. He was killed in the Yarkand territory.

The army has proposed a monument to Sir William Peel and has set on foot a subscription to raise it.

Some interesting passages may be cut from the general correspondence.

The Gwalior Afen.—" The rebellion seems to be gradually dying out. The inactivity of the rebels is in part, perhaps, owing to the rains, which impede their movements even more than ours, but its principal cause is ob- viously want of heart. The last hope of success died away with the second capture of Lucknow, and now even the hope of escape seems to be vanishing away. Every Sepoy who falls into our hands repeats the same story. His comrades are fighting on without purpose, or plan, or motive, except the hope of life and of retaining their enormous plunder. The last is perhaps their greatest embarrassment. The Gwalior fugitives, for instance, after a series of movements through Jeypore Took, and Boondee, which can be characterized only as dodging,' have broken by a gbaut, =Passable for artillery, into Meywar. Every Sepoy is loaded with gold mohurs. His waist-cloth, his knapsack, and his hair, are all alike weighed down with these coins—an irresistible temptation, not only from their value, but from the ease with which they can be concealed. Every man's hand, 'therefore, is against these moving treasuries. The peasants watch for stragglers as patiently as dogs. The local troops watch eagerly for the chance of a skir- mish, in which every man killed is a fortune to the victors. The bud- mashes, among whom they hoped to find allies, find it more profitable to cut their throats, and the wretched Sepoys, hunted by the Europeans, hunted by the Rajahs, and hunted by the peasantry, dare neither fight, nor stop, nor disperse. The spies report their misery as frightful. In Boondee, they had food only once in two days, and even that was torn from the villagers by force."—Thnes Calcuttaarilespondent. ,Financ08.—" While our trade is in this satisfactory condition our finances begin to excite serious alarm. The deficit up to May 1857, was 900,0001. It is calculated that by the close of the mutiny we shall have added 40,000,0001. to our debt in India and England ; in other words, the deficit will have increased to 3000,0001. sterling a year. The native army has been actually increased by the recent enormous levies of Sikhs, Punjabees, and Pathan, till all idea of saving in that quarter has disappeared. We have to Pay 45 battalions of additional Europeans, costing in transport, horses, commisoariat, pay, allowances, &c. nearly 6,000,0001. This raises the de- ficit to 7,000,000/. ayear. Against 'this we have to set the surplus revenue of Gude and of the lapsed and confiscated ja,ghires, the whole of which, re- duced as they arc by immense gifts to faithful chiefs, will not exceed 110003000i. We have, therefore, to provide for a deficit of 6,000,000/. ater- ng. These figures are not mine. They are those of one of the coolest thinkers in India, whose occupation is finance, and they demand at least at- tention. The remedy, as I believe, is the one you have suggested, the dis- use of a native army, but unless this be ordered from England it will never be attempted here. The expenditure going on startles even those who, like myself, believe that India can bear more taxes. Take Bengal pro r, for ex- ample. The country is defended chiefly by a naval brigade, 1 strong, scattered over 12 stations. The men, of course, must be bribed to enlist, and the force costs 72,0001. a year. We are to have five additional European regiments, all necessary, but costing 400,000/. We have eight divisional battalions of military police, all new, and costing 15,0001. at least per bat- talion, or 120,0001. Then there are 90 new Deputy-Magistrates, at an average of 400 rupees a mouth, and increased pay for all grades of the po- lice. It is all very right and necessary, but there is three-quarters of a million added permanently to the unproductive expenditure of Bengal pro- per alone. The same thing is going on on a much more extensive scale in the North-West. Lord Stanley promises us a Commission of Inquiry on the spot, but we have no financiers, and if he sends them from England they can effect nothing. It would be a far better expedient to send a financier as Fourth Ordinary Member of Council instead of a lawyer. Such an in- quisitor would be supported, instead of being checked by the bureaus. The Manchester expedient of cutting down salaries will not meet the difficulty. The entire income of the Civil Service throughout India is barely, I believe, 700,0001. a year."—Idem.

Chinese and Sepoys.—"There have been for some time back ala ming reports that the Sepoys and the Chinese—' two such names mingled ! '—had con- federated in some arcane of the Himalayan range to make a conjoint attack on our protected Hill States, while the Russians and the Persians were to invade us from Cabul and by other curious routes. Now, it is quite true some of our mutinous Sepoys, possibly refugees from Sealkoto or from the rough handling of Sir John Lawrence, have made their way to Leh, which you will see marked on the maps close to the Chinese frontier of Thibet. It is the capital of Ladakh—forgive this effusion of elementary geography— and is ruled by a thannadar, a sort of rural mayor. Seven or eight months ago, twelve Sepoys made their way—after many sufferings we may he sure —to Leh, and as the smallness of their number excited no suspicion, they were permitted to pass through the district and to escape into Rudok and Nepaul, hundreds of miles away, through the highest ranges of the loftiest mountains in the world. Ladakh is a province of our ally Rumbeer Singh's territories, and in other parts of his dominions parties of Sepoys are known to be still concealed, but the ruler of Cashmere is hunting them, and de- livering them over from time to time to the British authorities. Well, the avant guard of twelve of these daring fugitives, to whom fear had given. boldness, arrived at Leh, and passed through it, to continue their extraor- dinary adventures in mountains never yet trodden by the foot of European.. But when 140 Sepoys arrived soon afterwards at Leh the thannadar became alarmed, and wrote off to Rumbeer Singh for instructions, in the mean time detaining the fugitives at Leh, feeding and treating them very liberally. He forbade their further progress to Rudok, or Rodok, in the Chinese terri- tories, for which they were bound. This information has just reached mo in a letter from Kyllang, dated July 12, and was communicated to the Ger- man missionaries there by Hark Chund, son of the chief of Lahoul. The young chief demands a purwannah from the British authorities, which he offers to take to the thannadar of Leh in person, requiring him to place the Sepoys in irons, and transmit them well guarded as far as the frontiers of Lahoul. It is probable that before this object could be accomplished the thannadar may receive orders from Rumbeer Singh for their transmission, vi6 Cashmere, that he may deliver them to the Punjaub Government di- rect."

The Army.—" Army reorganization is now 'engaging the authorities at head-quarters. Colonel Durand has been specially appointed to the red- tape department of this most important measure, and many of the best officers in the country have been consulted on the subject. The following is believed to be the general outline of the scheme most in favour : Ten regiments of British Cavalry, each 400 strong ; Artillery, to be placed on the same footing as Royal Artillery, to be increased by one battalion, and to be all British ; Engineers to be increased, and to be on the same footing as Royal Engineers ; thirty regiments of British Infantry, each 500 strong. The native force to be all irregular, its strength to be determined hereafter." —Daily News correspondent.

tyina.—The China mail arrived on Wednesday, with the treaty and accounts of the signing thereof. This took place on the 26th July, the anniversary of the ratification of the treaty of Nankin in 1843. A great may officers went up to Tien-sin from the gulf of Pecheli ; the gun-boats, thirteen in number, dressed with flags ; 'and at eventide a procession of English marines and engineers, escorted Lord Elgin and Admiral Seymour, who were carried in sedan chairs, to an isolated yamun or josshouse, a mile from Tien-sin. Preceded by a band playing " Bonnie Dundee," the procession reached the josahouse as the sun went down. The room wherein the treaty was signed was square. On three sides fronting the place of audience were ranged the English soldiers. In the centre of the platform the Tartar Commissioner Kwei-liang sat, an old man of seventy-four ; on the left, the Mongol Commissioner Hwashana. In the centre, Lord Elgin had a seat and table to himself. Chairs were placed for the suite on either side. Lord Elgin was handed from his sedan by the Commissioners, and when they had seated themselves the business began. Mr. Wade and Mr. Lan Lord Elgin's secretaries, stood by his side. As it was arranged, while Lord Elgin signed a version of the treaty in English, the Commis- sioners signed a duplicate in Chinese. There was a separate article re- lating to the indemnity, and Kwei-leang seemed reluctant to sign it ; but the pertinacity of air. Lay, and the prompt advice of a smart young Mandarin Pien, who saw that delay was useless, induced him to sign. Then seals were affixed, and the party returned as they bad come. It is. understood that the Emperor agrees to ratify the treaty.

The treaty itself has not yet been made public. The North China Herald presents its readers with something like an authorized summary. There are, it states, fifty-six articles in the treaty. The principal are these- " Art. 1. Confirms the treaty of peace at Nankin and abrogates the sup- plementary treaty and general reFuUtions.

"Art. 2. Provides for the optional appointment of Chinese and British Ministers at the courts of Pekin and St. James's.

"Art. 3. Contains provisions with respect to the permanent establish,- went of the British minister at Pekin, his family and suite.

"Art. 4. Makes provision for the travelling, postal, and other arrange- ments of the Resident Minister.

"Art. 6. The British Minister to transact business with the Secretary of State on footing of equality. " Art. 6. The same privileges accorded to Chinese Minister in London. "Art. 7. Provision with reference to consuls and their official rank.

"Art. 8. Christianity, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, to be tolerated, and its professors protected throughout the Empire. "Art. 9. British subjects to be permitted to travel for pleasure or trade to all parts of the interior ; arrangements with respect to passports, and cities in the hands of rebels.

"Art. 10. Chinkiang to be open to trade within a year from the signing of the treaty, and three other ports on the Yangtze-kiang as far as Hankow to be opened, on the evacuation of its shores by the rebels. "Art. 11. The ports of Niu-chwang (Manchuria), Tangehow (Gulf of Pecheli.), Tai-wan (Formosa), Swatow, and Kiun-chow (Hainan), to be opened in addition to present ports.

"Art. 26. Tariff to be revised by an Anglo-Chinese commission appointed for the purpose. " Art. 27. Revision of Tariff to be decennial. "Art. 28. An official declaration of the amount of transit duties leviable at inland custom-houses to be published in English and Chinese. The British merchant, however, to be allowed if he chooses to commute the transit dues at an ad valorem rate.

"Art. 29. Reduction of tonnage dues, and a four months' certificate to vessels engaged in coasting trade. "Art. 50. Official correspondence to be for the future conducted in Eng- lish on the part of English officials—to be accompanied by a Chinese version for the present—and to be considered the text. "Art. 51. The character I (barbarian) to be suppressed in Chinese offi- cial documents.

"Art. 52. British ships of war to visit any port in the empire. The commanders to be treated on terms of equality by Chinese officials. "Art. 53. Measures to be concerted for the suppression of piracy.

"Art. 54. Favoured nation clause.

"Art. 55. Conditions affecting the Canton indemnity question, to be placed in a separate article. "Art. 56. Ratifications to be exchanged within a year."

On the 6th July, Lord Elgin and Admiral Seymour reembarked. Their destination was Japan, whither they were to go to present a steamer to the Emperor in the name of Queen Victoria. War was going on at Canton when the mail left Hongkong on the 22d July. One report says the allies were losing two men daily by as- sassination. The summary of the news is " fires by day—firing by night." Rockets are fired at our ships, and bullets at our patrols. In retaliation streets are destroyed. A boat coming from Hwang-Chulke a neighbouring town, suddenly fired upon a boat of the Amethyst. In expedition was sent against this town and set a part of it on fire with shells. Attacks are made on the East and West gates of Canton by "rebel braves" ; upon the Magazine Hill, and the Governor's Yamun. The Sepoys in charge of the East gate, it is said, repelled with difficulty an attack made on the 20th July. We are told, " every precaution is now taken at Canton to repel this treachery and be prepared for any at- tack. On the heights especially we arc so entrenched and defended that it would be more than a Malakoff for a Chinaman to attack. The ya- mun where the Commissioners sit is also strongly fortified, and pro- vision made for retreating back on the heights in case of necessity."

;Tait 11 018 it9.—The Arabia arrived at Liverpool on Saturday with ads-ices from New York to the 1st September.

The sole incident in the news worth mentioning is one of great in- terest, an United States man-of-war had actually captured a slaver, and

had carried her into Charleston ! •

The Dolphin sailing from Segue la Grande, observed a suspicious sail ahead. Hoisting British colours, her commander, Lieutenant Maffit, fired a blank cartridge. Deceived by the false colours, the chase flung forth the stars and stripes and sailed on. A shot in her rigging brought her to, and personal examination showed her to be a slaver. She had on board 318 negroes, the remains of a cargo of 461. Her name was Echo, late Putman ; her master was a Yankee, and her crew part Americans and part Spaniards. The Echo was sent into Charleston as a prize ; the Africans were landed and placed under the charge of the United States M irshal. The New York Nimes, however, fears that the people of South Carolina will enslave them and set them to work on the plantations. The following communication, which appears in the Charleston _Mercury, shows that the apprehensions of the Hew York Times as to the designs of the people of South Carolina are not without some foundation, though the writer's intention seems to be wholly phi- lanthropic. He says-

" We shudder at the thought of their reshipment to the coast of Africa, with all the attendant horrors of the Middle Passage, to say nothing of the enormous expense necessary to carry out so horrible a scheme Can we, as Christian people, inflict upon those whose sufferings on the passage hither have, no doubt, been great, the very wrong which we have so long striven to abolish ? We hope not. Let us take care of them, clothe them, feed them, civilize and Christianize them, and show that the spirit of the age' is to be charitable to our fellow man."

A Charleston correspondent of the sYSte York Herald thus characteris- tically and coarsely writes about the matter. "Here she is at our quarantine station, with over 300 coal black Congos --fine, hearty, healthy-looking, stark-naked negroes as ever cultivated rice, cotton, or sugar. In general appearance they are undistinguishable from many a Carolina rice field band, and are worth probably 500 dollars round. They are mostly young, and only sixty women, the latter, however, all married, or ong-ht to be. They are to be transferred forthwith to a vacant fort in our harbour, erected when Uncle Sam's purse was fuller than it now is, which has never been occupied. The United States Attorney is sorely exercised; the Marshal is in the country, and has deputed the duties of his office to an assistant, who chances to be the President of the Young Men's Christian Association. They have been furiously and pertinaciously tele- graphing all day to Washington for instructions. But our Uncle Jimmy is old and slow. The circumlocution must be enacted.

"The slave crew, part of whom were brought on in the Echo, the balance by the Cahawba, just in from Key West, were carried to our district gaol this day, handcuffed. Think of that ! twenty men carried handcuffed through the streets of a slnvcholding city by the President of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association ? And for what? For purchasing negroes in Africa and bringing them to the New World. For rescuing undying souls from the night of heathen barbarism and transporting them to the full blaze of the Christianity of the 19th century ; for redeeming Quashes from a life of in- dolence and usefulness, and making him an active, energetic unit among philanthropists !

" The negrocs are much rejoiced at their arrival. They are singing songs, dancing, and testifying in every conceivable manner their attainment of in- creased happiness. One of them, a daughter of a chief, and tattooed from her neck to her haunches, has, through an interpreter, a negro,positively refused to go back, and says her followers will not go either. In fact, so near as can be learned, they are unanimously in favour of coming on shore, and most positively. and unmistakably refuse to go to sea again. Their music, rude as it is, is gleeful and hearty. Public sympathy is in their

favour, and the determination is rapidly forming to introduce them to the mysteries of the rice and cotton field at the earliest practicable moment. Be sure that no Amistad tomfoolery will be allowed in this ease.

" It is a wedge which cracks the dry log of conservatism in twain. It is the real, actual reopening of the African slave-trade, whose legalising tang soon follow. Emigration to Charleston from the west coast of Africa net employ the vessels of your own and other northern cities. We will hare our Black Ball, Swallow Tail, and Dramatic lines, and our emigrants will land at the Mart instead of Castle Garden. For every hundred negroes in- troduced a thousand spindles shall fly in Yankee mills. A trade has bees opened more humanising, of greater wealth and more importance than the Wilma thuk of California and Fraser River. Lieutenants Maffit and Brad. ford have done the right thing in bringing this brig to Charleston. This is the very spot to give the unfortunates in charge of the President of the Young Men's Christian Association a fair trial, and to extend a helping hand to the fortunates of Congo, who will receive the blessings of the spirit of the age and scatter the seeds of a bounteous harvest in every southern state. Nothing, since the New York Herald infused the spirit of progress into the Charleston Courier, has excited so much talk and so much speculation as the arrival of this brig.

There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough hew them how we will.'"

The New York correspondent of the Morning Post makes some start, ling statements- " It will bring the Government at Washington to a decided issue upon the question of compulsory emigration—to a point from which no quibble can enable them to recede ; and the South Carolinians appear determined to push the matter to this issue. The Government is bound in duty to restore these Africans to their homes; but South Carolina will demand that they shall shall remain here in apprenticeship, after the new French plan of slavery er. papillotes. Whichever way the decision may turn, a portentou5 precedent is established. If this cargo of captives leave the American shores and are returned as freemen to their own, a terrible stumblingblock will be laid in the way of certain deep laid plane ; while, if they remain, a victory has been achieved by the virtual renewal of the importation of slaves, Now, from trustworthy information I have received, I state without hesi- tation that, if there is one truth concerning which thepresent Administration are unanimous, it is that in order to save the South, (i. e. the owners of the human flesh and blood at the South,) steps must be taken to insure the speedy legalization of the slave-trade. More yet ; steps have been taken to induce this desideratum ; and cautiously, secretly, whisperingly, the Go. vernment and its agents are working to bring a majority upon its side on this question. The aim and object of the Democratic party at the present moment, I repeat, is the opening and legalization of the African slave-trade, The assertion will be disbelieved by those who are ignorant of the circum- stances of the United States, but even to such, one would think, the desire for the possession of Cuba would be proof sufficient of this truth. Cuba, without the open slave-trade, would be ruin to the slaveholders of the United States."

The Dolphin is the first man-of-war that has captured a cargo of slaves and landed them in the United States. In making the prize the officers and crew of the Dolphin have had a stroke of good fortune. The law of the United States not only gives them one-half of the value of the vessel, but also twenty-five dollars a head prize-money.