The Express. — London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

u pon society after serving their time of imprison ment. A large proportion of the crimes in France &r e committed by criminals who have atoned for their offences, at the galleys, and prisons, and arc dismissed without having any chance of getting an honest living. A prisoner on leaving a gaol finds every avenue to honest labour closed against him- His character is blasted, and he has no resource now but to return to his old habits, with his experience increased by communion with companion. in gaol, w ith his passions aroused by the punishment he has received, and with his determination to fight the battle out with society, since society has outlawed him. He therefore re mains in the land to be a curse to it. If he is transported, on the contrary, not only is the mother country benefited by his absence, and the colony to which he is banished enriched by the amount of his labour, but he himself is placed within the reach of social influences which he could never feel in the mother-country. _ With the distinct proviso, then, that no colony which has declared itself averse to the recep tion of convicts should be bound to receive them, there can be no serious objection to the limited measure of transportation contemplated by the Bill. Western Australia is able and willing, according to the statement of the Litt' OUNCE:II.OR, to absorb from 800 to 1,000 of our convicts annually. The mother-country, the colony, and the convicts themselves, will be equally benefited by the arrangement which admits of the transportation of the latter. One good feature of the Bill is its tendency to do away with the uncertainty which hangs over the amount of punishment to be inflicted for various crimes. Nothing tends so much to diminish the fear that should operate as a restraint upon crime as a'general opinion of the utter absence of certainty with regard to the penalty incurred by the criminal. The in cipient thief, who is told that a sentence of seven years' transportation may be interpreted occasion ally to mean two years' imprisonment, speculates on the chance, of getting off with the minor penalty, and loses half his fear of the law in the consciousness of its uncertainty. The limits- tion of the punishment in question to all those cri minals who, under the existing law, render them-' selves liable to transportation to fourteen years and upwards, will establish a definiteness in the admi nistration of the law which will prove of great use in the repression of crime. Altogether, the Bill is a step in our penal legislation, although we should have been glad to have it perfected by a proper definition of the "penal servitude" to which those who have rendered themselves liable, under the old law, to transportation for periods of less than 14 years, will in future be sentenced. LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. VIENNA, JOLT 9. The Earl of Westmoreland pays frequent and long visits to the hotel of the Russian ambassador. The French and Turkish ministers attend many of the conferences held there. KALISCII, JOLT 9. Orders are given that to-morrow the imperial manifesto be read from the pulpit in all the churches in the kingdom of Poland. The lame ad dress is also to be read at divine service to the 65,000 troops encamped at Ponvmski. CONSTANTINOPLE, re.. 27. The Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia have transmitted to the Porte copies of a proclamation in draft which Prince Gortechakoff has notified that he shall disseminate upon entering the principalities. They demand instructions. An officer in the confi dence of the Grand Vizier has left for Jassy. As a precaution against surprise the Porte sus pends the permission under which merchant vessels coming from the Black Sea now enter the Bosphorus by night. " " • ' . - The founders of the new bank have contracted with the government a loan of .50,000,000 piastres. MOLDAVIA. The letters received at Vienna from Moldavia bear the imperial stamp, the Russians having taken pos session of the Post-office. BELGRADE, JULY 4. The excitement here is increasing, being stimu lated by the active and übiquitous emissaries otßue sia. The government hesitates to fulfil its treaty obligations to the Porte while a Russian army is on the other side of the Danube. BERNE, JULY 9. The federal government proposes to send a diplo matic representative of the fourth class to London. To-day the grand fele of the federal rifle shooters is celebrated at Lucerne. The city is crowded, a Legs proportion of the visitors being English. The government hu requested of the Frankfort Diet a prolongation of the term allowed for revising the constitution, being resolved to make one more at tempt to adjust the claims of the knightly re monstrant. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. A telegraphic despatch of doubtful origin hu reached London via Paris, received from Vienna, announcing that " the Ambassadors of France, Eng land, and Austria, at Constantinople, on learning the passage of the Pruth by the Russians, had an sadism)e of the Sultan for the purpose of praying him not to cause the fleets to enter the Dardanelles ; and that the Sultan, having acceded to their prayer, limited himself to protesting against the violation of his territory." The Journal de Franefort, which has the reputa tion of being an organ of the Russian government, has in its number of the 6th inst. an article on the Eastern question, in which it pretends to know that Austria proposes that the Porte shall address to Rus sia a note, binding itself to maintain all the privi leges and immunities of the Greek church, and that Russia in her turn shall send a note, declaring that she will not make an abusive exercise of this con cession against the integrity of the Ottoman empire. Many of the German papers abandon themselves to veculations concerning the form in which the Romeo- Turkish difference may be settled. But the difficulty lies not here. _ _ _ A letter from Constantinople states that the Pacha of Egypt has written a kind and respectful letter to the Grand Vizier, Mustapha Pitch*, father of Veley Puha, Ambassador in Paris, with whom he is on the most friendly terms, announcing that the Egyptian fleet was ready to sail to transport the contingent de manded by the Sultan. Tho soldiers of the garrisons on the sea coast were embarking, and those from the interior of the country .were on their way. It was calculated that in about 15 or 20 days the fleet and troops would arrive in the Bosphorus. Foreign ofti tiers at Aleppo bad tendered their services to the' Porte • among them were Poles, liungarians, and wen English. The National Gazette of Prussia announces in a letter from Stettin, 6th inst.:—" The corps of guards and Russian grenadiers have entered the camp of Rainozelo. the manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas was read to them, in which the war against Turkey is represented as a holy war in favour of the Greek religion. The cadets have entered the camp of Peterhof." As to the Baltic fleet, the same journal states that the following arrangements have been made—the Russian Baltic fleet is composed of three divisions, one under the white flag is in the Baltic, another with the red flag is near Cronstadt, and tho third, under the blue flag. is in that port where all the war stamen are also at anchor." FRANCE. PARIS, TonaDAT Reams°. T►e government journals are very sparing in their , remarks on Nestoelrode's insolent circular. The Pays merely says: " We confine ourselves to publishing this document ; its very importance imposes on us a reserve which does not permit us to make any com ment ex it to-day." The Constitutionnel is less reserved: Unhappily a Russian journal has brought us an official document, the language of which is calculated to diminish exceedingly in all men's minds the confidence which Europe has long had in the sentiments of moderation which sic was accustomed to attribute to the Czar. The unjust accusa tions set forth against France and England in the new cir cular of M. de Nematode lead us to apprehend that Russia will not receive the representations of the two European powers in such a manner as to facilitate a pacific solution. But, at least, if war should happen to issue from this ques tion of the East, it will be clearly shown to the eyes cat the whole world that it is that power which has willed it. The Assembles Nationale affects to see in the cir cular the most pacific intentions, and a clear opening for an amicable settlement, based of couree upon the humiliation of Turkey, France, and England. The Siecle says, if it is rightly informed, some of the expressions in the circular have been softened in the translation of the ladepeadame Beige. It thus speaks of the document : flo mach arrogance and duplicity cannot be spoken of with patience. In the , meet situation of the press in trance we have no advice to Mier to govern ment, for should it not share our opinion we should not have sufficient lil•erty to support our views to the extent of our cm.. ctions. Bit we already beer the cry of indigne 80, and le• timete anger which the English jour nals or al ato c. e. Lord Aberdeen must either retire or dodo-• ...n.. wea.s.hat be will no longer be the dupe of pralialt whatsoever. Afar the new not .la, may hesitation on the other side of ice one of these tempests which the Bu t !a g* . always the tact to avert. The repor, a corps of the Austrian army had entered Bosnia, although not in terms confirmed, was notentirely devoid of foundation, for a telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated the 11th, says: "Official accounts from Vienna announce that a corps d'armee will be formed near Peterwarden for the security of the frontiers, although the conviction that peace will be maintained continues." This is a complete contradiction of a Vienna letter in a London paper, which affirmed positively that no military movement towards the Servian frontier had been made or was in contemplation. A telegraphic despatch, dated Smyrna, 20th July, says :—" The American ambassador has claimed Costa, who is still on board the Austrian brig. This claim is founded on a passport which had been pre viously given him at Constantinople. The Ame rican corvette has placed herself alongside the Austrian brig, in order to prevent Costa being re moved by force." It was reported on the Bourse to-day that the American captain had threatened to sink the Aus trian ship if Costa were not given up in six hours. The Bourse to-day was somewhat frightened by the Nesselrode circular, which was not generally known to the public yesterday. The most obstinate optimists are now staggered. The Threes fell 40 centimes, and nearly every kind of security closed heavily at the lowest price of the day. I learn from a good source that the Piedmontese government have offered to raise a corps for the Sultan. Count Martini, a member of the Turin Chamt.er, had an interview with Louis Napoleon the day before yesterday. But little is known, and less is said, about the Opera Comique plot. As you may well suppose, the police are actively at work in endeavouring to trace out its ramifications. M. Pietri, the Prefect of Police, is continually going backwards and forwards to St. Cloud, and I am assured he has not slept in a bed for the last four nights. The conspirators are said to belong to a secret society called the "Invisible.." The chiefs make themselves known by signs and passwords, and I be lieve the persons in custody aro able to give but little information either as to thei r names or number. Accord-' ing to a report which I have every reason to think true, an attack was made upon the Emperor a day or two since in the Avenue Dauphine, by some men lying in ambush in the Bois de Bou logne. Shots were exchanged between the Emperor's guard and the assassins, and three or four men are said to have been killed on the spot. On Sunday last, in consequence of information received by the race , from thirty to forty soldiers belonging to eral Renault's division in the camp of Satory were arrested. There are rumours of a scheme for a rising in case the plot had succeeded having been discovered in / the Drome and the Roaches du Rhone. I am disposed to dis credit the report that several of the prisoners have been sent to Cayenne without trial. It is impossible that an affair so serious as this is now universally admitted to be, can be disposed of without a judicial intervention. Some say that the high court of jus tice will be convoked, but it is very probable, u the government must wish to make a little noise about the matter as possible, that the prisoners may be tried by the ordinary tribunal. A "devotion train is organizing at Lyons and Marseilles for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, the fare to be I,ooof. there and back. It is contemplated to arrive at Jassy by the 4th of September; to leave Palestine from Caiffa (Cape Carmel) on October 9, and to return to Marseilles on the 26th. A great many subscribers have already taken places. A considerable decline occurred to-day in the prices of the public' securities, with a tendency towards a still further downward movement when bo;htees terminated: the Three and Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash both fell 40c., the Three per Ceuta. for the account 660., and the Fonr-and-a-Kar per Cents.6oe. Bank of France shares declined 6L The following were the final quotations:—For money : Three per Cents., 76f. 700. ; Four-and-a-Ball per Cents., 101 f. 60c. For the end of the month : Three per Cents., 76E 550. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 60c. Bank Stock, 2,660 f. SPAIN. BAYONNE, Jots 8. Queen Christina has just arrived here on her way to Paris to join her husband the Duke de Rianzares. Perhaps she will extend her journey into Italy after arranging some money affairs in France, which,:how ever, were not so pressing as to render her presence absolutely necessary. This personage, never popular with the Spaniards on account of her selfishness and Weldable avarice, has become so thoroughly detested of late that her factotum, the Minister Egana, backed by his colleagues, has advised her to retire for a season from Spain. During this forced absence her political rival, Narvaez, another of those political adventurers who have grown rich at the cost of Spain, will most probably return from exile as the I creature of the Emperor Napoleon, who has pardoned him for the letter of condolence he wrote to the Duke de Nemours. If this be the case, he will prove a for enemy to the Spanish liberals, who are de termined to oppose the reactionary tendencies of the Spanish court. Mr. Otway, acting Charge d'Affaires at Madrid, will, it is expected, be appointed British Minister there. THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN Lest night the meaning of the Emperor of Russia's Manifesto was again the subject of question in parliament. In the House of Peers, Lord Lyndhurst wished to know if the government had an original copy of the Emperor of Russia's proclamation. He understood there were im wetant differences between the original and the translation. The Earl of Clarendonesid that he would produce a copy of the proclamation in the original Russian, published for circulation among the Emperor's subjects, between which and the translation it was true some differences existed, par tienhtrly as regarded the expression " peifidious " applied to the alleged violation of his oath by the Sultan. It is proper to state that the translation to which the language of the noble lords applied is .not that which ap peared in the Expreu of this day week. When the Russian text of the ukase arrived is Paris it fell into the hands of a translator, who, whether wilfully or by mis take, made • French version, in which several significant expressions employed by the Cur were altoge ther suppressed. Thus where the Cur says that the Sultan has " faithlessly" or " perfidiously "(rierolonsiso) broken him word, the offensive expression is omitted. So also in the concluding paragraph, where the Emperor says that his troops shall go forward (op:red) on behalf of the orthodox faith, the French translator changes the expression, omits the " forward," and makes the Cur say that he will "defend" the faith. It was this unreliable version which one of our contemporaries put forward on Thursday, as worthy of peculiar credit, that the Earl of Clarendon quoted on Friday night in his reply to Earl Fitawilliana's question. The translation which appeared in the &press was made from the 014i12/ 11 Russian text, and will be found to contain the expte.wione to which Ltvd Lyndhurst lest eight called attention. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1853. gut court. SERIOUS COLLISION BETWEEN IRISH AND ITALIANS IN LONDON. The following bulletin of the health of Prince Albert was issued yesterday : - For the last few days Leather-lane, Holborn, and I Baldwin's-gardens have been the seen* of mach riot and disturbance, swing to an ill-feellog that bu arisen between I the Italian refugees and the Irish, who are thickly located 1 in the neighbourhood. The cans* of quarrel is of a politico- I religious aspect, and as such it has taken rather a serious tarn. It appears that the Italian refugees of 1848 adopted tho above locality u their general rendezvous, and some time since they bemuse most Inveterate in their dislike to 1 the Roman catholic clergy who officiate in the district. Bonn time ago an Italian priest was severely beaten. This fact has been misrepresented as an act of revenge against him, on the part of the refugees, for his having opposed the cause of the revolution in Italy. We are informed, how ever, that the clergyman in question was attacked by a single person, in ge of a private, though very grave, offence. The removal of this gentleman, it was imagined, would have created a better understanding ; but such has not been the ewe, for the Irish clergymen, who having taken his place, the Rey. Mr. Gilligan and the Rev. Mr. O'Connor, have been on several occasions insulted by the Italians while passing through the streets. On Sunday evening last, however, matters were brought to a fearful crisis, the Rev. Mr. Gilligan having been assaulted in Baldwin's-gardens, and the 'andante retreating into a ease kept by an Italian named Tresoldi. This was followed up on Monday evening by an assault on the Rev. Mr. O'Con nor, who was knocked down and ill-treated by the same parties as he was passing the cant about six o'clock in the evening. The Irish, who witnessed this unprovoked out rage, at once made an attack on the house, and broke some of the windows, and but for the timely arrival of a few policemen serious damage, if not loss of life, might have ensued. It being Monday, the idlers of the neighbourhood quickly assembled, and the streets became quite impassable. A large posses of the G division, under Inspector Reid, managed, however, to clear the streets, so as to prevent any number of persons being together. In Baldwin'ogardens the greatest commotion existed during the day. The Irish assembled in great numbers ready and willing to make an attack on the Italian refu gees located in the card. The Irish party say that the Rev. Mr. Gilligan had been insulted, while the Italian party contended that they were insulted by the Irish. According to the Italian version of the origin of the quarrel, the Irish insulted them because they were favourable to the pro testant cause ; and according to the Irish party's version the row took place because the Italians did not adhere to the true faith, but adhered to one of its revilers. The Irish say she priest was struck by the Italians, and the Italians say the priest was only paned aside while he was abus ing them. It is difficult to ascertain the truth, because both parties are excited and exaggerating in all probability. One thing, however, is certain—that while, in front, the Irish snob attacked the premises of Mr. Harris, No. 44, in which the mud is held, another party attacked the premises in the rear, and smashed all the windows with brickbats and other missiles. A large body of policemen were despatched to the scene of action, and succeeded in keeping up a temporary truce; but new dis turbances were expected yesterday evening. There are in a public-house, in Baldwin's-gardens, some sixty or seventy Italian refugees. During the evening many persons thronged outside of the house, though they were prevented by the police from thickening too much annul it. Several Irishmen, but no one of the Italians, have been arrested for the riot of Monday night, The latter circumstance teems to prove that the Italians acted only on the defensive. It is also but fair to them to say that they did not defend themselves with knives, as is stated by the Times, but only by knocking down their adversaries with their Ws, or with cudgels. This is proved by the circumstance of there not being, among the wounds received by the Irish, a single one made with a cutting instrument. BUCILINGUAII PALACT,TOTIDAT, JOLT 12. "His Royal Highness Prince Albert has passed ,favour ably through measles, sad is now convalescent. No more bulletins will be issued. " JAMES CLAIM, N.D." The Queen, attended by the Viseounteu Jocelyn, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieut. Colonel the Hon A.Gordon, left town at a quarter put nine o'clock yesterday morning for Wind ier Cutle. Her Majesty travelled by the London and South Western Railway, and returned by the same route to Buckingham Palace at half•past one o'clock. Prince Alfred left Buckingham Palace at a quarter before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and travelled by the London and South Western Railway to Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the lion. Eleanor Stanley, took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday afternoon. Colonel Bouvcrie and Lieut.-Col. the lion. A. Gordon were in attendance on horseback. The Queen, attendtd by the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Lord Camoys, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with her presence last evening. The Duchess of Kent. attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir George Couper, also honoured the Open with her presence. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, went to Clan moot yesterday morning, and visited the Countess de Neuilly. Her Royal Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, in the afternoon. Mr. Dumbell and Mr. Canister, members of the House of Keys in the Isle of Men, and Mr. J. Meadows White, as • deputation from the house, bad an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday at hie official residence in Downing -street, on the subject of the Cu►toms Duties Bill affectin4 that island. The deputation was introduced by Sir Joshua Walmarey, M.P. General Love, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, had an interview with Vistmunt Palmerston yesterday at the Home- office. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. THE ISLE OF WIGHT SAVINGS BANS.- TRANSPORTATION OF THE ACTUARY. William Wheeler Yell, aged 53, was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering various receipts purport ing to be acknowledgments on the part of depositors in the savings bank at Newport, for sums of money ; also for stealing certain other sums of money from the funds of the hank. The total amount of the prisoner's defalcations, which had extended over a period of ten years, amounted to upwards of 8,000/., according to the books of the institu tion, after due inquiry. • ' - - The prisoner appeared deeply affected by his position when brought up at the bar, and pleaded guilty to the vari ous counts of the indictment, when arraigned. The learned Judge, in passing sentence, viewed the con duct of the prisoner as most unpardonable. Occupying • high position in society, and thus gaining almost genera. credit, he had robbed his sureties, or those responsible, and i lperhaps the poor depositors in the bank, to an extent which must have produced to himself as annual amount of 8001. the trustees of the bank had naturally placed fall confidence in such a person u the prisoner, for he was ap pointed solely to relieve them from anxiety and trouble. The sentence he was about to pronounce was one which be should not be performing his duty to the public if he failed to apply, and that sentence was that the prisoner be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life. THE WAGES QUESTION. An influential meeting of spinners and inannfae taren was held on Monday afternoon, at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, in furtherance of the objects of the Manchester Spinners' and Manufacturers' Association. This I I society was formed on Thursday last, as a means of self protection for the employers against the combinations of the operatives in that district. The objects of the menia -1 don, m recognised in resolutions adopted at the meeting lon Monday, are the following :-1. The establishment of wages for various operations connected with spinning and weaving similar to those paid in other districts of the cotton trade. 2. The mutual protection of its members in the payment of such wages, against the resistance offered to them on the part of the opera. tins employed by them respectively. 3. The securing to the operatives themselves the advantage of an uniformity of adequate wages to be paid to them throughout the town and neighbourhood." A committee was appointed to obtain a comprehensive list of pries', end draw up rules ; and other steps were taken for the organisation of the society. ♦ numerous and influential meeting of spinners and ma nufacturers of the district generally was held yesterday afternoon in the room over the Exchange, for the purpose of conferring en the present condition of operative labour in connexion with the trade. Mr. Richard Bliley occupied the chair, and the meeting wee attended by representatives of about 350 firms. The following resolution mu moved by Mr. Cephat Howard, of Stockport :—" That the master spinners and manufacturers of this district are willing at all times to give to the operatives employed by them the fair reward of their labour; and that they are equally determined to' resist unitedly the enforcement of unreasonable demands, smolt as are now being made by the associated bodies of mill hands, because 00110116311 to such &meads would be most injurious to employers, to operatives, and to the trade generally." The resolution was unanimously adopted. The second resolution was mond by Mr. T. Cooke, of the Oxford-road Twist Company; and seconded by Mr. J. Simpson :—" That this meeting recommend the formation of local associations of master spinners and manufacturers, and the establishment of a central association, by moans of which system the local mutations may regularly corre spond and act together, with a view to the adoption of equitable lista of wages for mill hands in every district, and for the promotion oldie interests of the trade generally." The above motion having been carried, the follow ing resolution was also agreed to :—" That the chairmen, vice-chairmen, and other officer* of the various local associ ations do constitute a committee to carry out the preceding resolutions, and to report to a future general meeting of the trade ; and that Messrs. Richardson and Whitworth be ap pointed secretaries pro tens." A number of bricklayers at Manchester are stopped work ing for the present, on account of a strike among the boys. TELEGRAPHIC DISCOVERY.—The Cologne Ga:etle I &®r= that the telegraph director Ointl has discovered a means of making one telegraphic wire convey two messages in opposite directions at the same time. THREATENING THE EARL OF ABERDEEN: REMOVAL OP TEE LUNATIC TO COLNEY HATCH.— Mr. William Bennett, resident surgeon of St. Oiles's Infir mary, and Mr. Brooks, surgeon, of Bedford-street, Covent lerden, having certified to the insanity of Thomas Whitehead, who was examined at Bow-street police-court on a charge of threatening the Earl of Aberdeen, Mr. Henry, the magistrate of the above-mentioned court, at once granted an order for the removal of the unfortunate man to the lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch, where he will be maintained and attended to at the expense of St. Giles's wish, until his friends can be communicated with. It has been ascertained that a brother of the lunatic carries on an extensive and lucrative business as a tanner in some part of Lancashire, but the latter refuses in the most decisive man ner to give the address, or have any appeal made to him in his favour. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. The registrar's return for lest week exhibits a fa vourable condition of the public health. The deaths regis tered in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 945; the weekly deaths in June averaged about 1,000 ; the present decrease is, therefore, considerable. The mean weekly temperature bas risen 6 degrees in the same period. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-62 the average number was 919, which, with a certain proportion added for increase of population, becomes 1,011. Hence the actual mortality of last week is less than the estimated amount by 86. The following numbers are attributed to the several dis eases in the symotic class:-6 to small-pox (of which 2 occurred to adults), 24 to measles, 2,1 to scarlatina, 44 to hooping•cougb, 7 to croup, 6 to thrush, 34 to diaracc, 5 to dysentery, tine to influenza, oue to ague, 3 to remittent fever fever, 43 to typhus, 2 to nutria (puerperal fever), 7 to erysipelas, and 3to syphilis, Diseases of the respiratory organs, which have now fallen to the usual amount, num. ber 84. Cancer destroyed 22 lives, gout one, apoplexy 22 paralysis 20. delirium tremens 4, epilepsy 5, enteritis 16, disease of the liver, 18. Four deaths resulted from intem perance. _ _ _ The following six deaths occurred in the London Fever Hospital:—On the 2nd July a labourer, 38 years, from Willis-court, West London. tubercular pneumonia. In hospital 33 days. On 2nd July a labourer, 53 years, from Clement's-lane, Strand, typhus. In hospital 25 days. On 4th July a labourer, 26 years, from Cable-street, Saint George-in-the-East, pneumonia. In hospital 12 days. On 4th July a tailor, 29 years, from Great Pulteney-street, moribund en admission. In hospital one day. On sth July a baker, 21 years, from Pringbrook-street, Hol born, typhoid fever. In hospital 6 days. On sth July a man, 28 years, from Stockwell-street, Camberwell, typhoid fever. In hospital 12 days. Last week the births of 709 boys and 735 girls, in all 1,444 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average num ber was 1,253. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.883 in. The reading of the barometer decreased from 30.11 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.74 in. by 9 h. p.m. on the 7th ; increased to 29.89 in. by 9 h, p.m. on the Bth ; decreased to 29 78 in. by noon en the 9th ; and increased to 29.81 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 84.1 deg., which is I'9 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on the first three days; on the three following days it roes 3 deg., 7 deg., and 6 deg. above it ; on Saturday it was still slightly above the average. The highest temperature occurred on Thursday, and was 81.7 deg. ; the lowest on Sunday, when it was 50.1 deg. The greatest difference between the dew point temperature and air temperature was 17.8 deg. on Sunday; the least 0.6 deg. on Friday ; the mean difference of the week was 8 deg. The wind blew from south-west on the first four days; it afterwards varied from south to north-west. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. BRENTWOOD, JULY 12. Yesterday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a most destructive fire took:place upodeome farming property belonging to Lord Headley, in the vicinity of Watley, near here, which ended in the loss of two, if not more, lives, and • very serious destruction of property. It appears that a few evenings back a party of Irish amps (haymaker) slept in a barn attached to an oB•haad farm, the house being occupied by a Mr. BotteshalL The tramps had left some heifer matches behind in • cattle pen, and four of Mr. Botteshall's children going into the barn to play, they found the Waren. With them they soon struck • light, and as quickly, innocently enough, Bred the place. The straw, which was lying about in all directions, gene rally ignited, and but for the prompt and daring action of a labourer named Willey, the children would doubtless have all perished. Observing the position and alarm of the little ones, he rushed into the blazing barn, and succeeded in dragging the whole four of them out. Two, however, • little boy and girl, were so shockingly burned that they survived but a short time, the other two being hurt. Willey in his noble elation' sustained considerable injury, and continues in • very sad way. The engines from the barracks of the East India Company at Worley, sad those of this place were promptly conveyed to the scene of the Bre, but not in time to prevent the Games extending to other parts of the farm. Eventually they were subdued, the dwelling house being fortunately preenved. The farm and contents are undenmod to have been insured. ADMIRALTY, JULY 12.—APPorta9[ENTS.—Captain A. C. Hey, to elwspAios; Master B. Maunder, to Brisk. Porramourit, JULY 12.—The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw swam ship, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., Belled from Spithead this morning on a cruise. 13he steamed away from her anchorige at about 6 o'clock, and was out of sight before 9, going down Channel. The Sphynx, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander F. A. Shadwell, arrived at Spithead this morning from the But India and China station. Her news from the Cape of Good Hope has been anticipated by the last mail from that colony, the Sphynx leaving for England on the same day as the mail steamer. She called in at Plymouth on Sunday night, and left for this port yesterday afternoon. She sails this afternoon for the eastward, to be paid off. The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam yacht, Master-Com mander Petley, strived at this port to-day, from Holyhead, whence she had gone to attend on her Majesty. The royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, Captain Crispin, and the Fairy, steam tender, Muter Commander Welch, which have been telegraphed as putting into Plymouth last night, on their return to this port, are hourly expected. About 2,500 persona came to this port to-day, by special exeursion trains from Brighton and London, to view the fleet at Spithead, de. They have found ample employment for several steam boats, in which they have sailed through the fleet and to the Isle of Wight, whilst large numbers have visited the dockyard and other government establishments. EAST INDIA PROPRIETORS.—Yesterday a return procured by Mr. Bright was printed respecting the proceed ings of the East India Directors, of some importance at the present period. On the 3rd June there were 1,78.5 proprie tors of East India Stock-1,374 males and 411 females. Of the number 1,035 males and 320 females entitled to one vote, 23.5 males and 72 females to two votes, 60 males and 12 females entitled to three votes, and 34 males and 7 females entitled to four votes. In 11444 only 206 (203 males and 3 females) of the proprietors of East India Stock actu ally voted on the occasion of the election ot the ten bat elected directors, and on the 13th April last the number was 1,612-1,236 males and 376 females. It seems that, with few exceptions, out of 1,753, about 1,500 on an average hare rated. THE ROYAL LONDON MILITIA. Yesterday an inspection of this corps, previously to the termination of their lets drill, took place at the Ar tillery-ground, City-road. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Colonel Angentein, Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson, Major M'Call, and other of the commissioned oflicen,arrived open the ground, when the whole of the fore* was drawn up in line for the purpose of receiving the inspecting officers. This was done by a general salute, excellently given by the corps, whose improved appearance excited the applause of a large number of visitors. The men having given the salute to the inspecting officer, Colonel Angerstein, marched past the officers in command in " quick time," after which they were wheeled into line, and performed the manual and platoon exercise. Tt ey then advanced in double column of subdivisions from the centre, and on the march re-formed a line in the two centre subdivisions. The line advanced and retired in open co lumns of companies to the rear, during which they formed a square in the leading division. The column then re tired end opened out into wheeling distance from the leading division, wheeling again into line. They then retired by a double column of subdivisions from both flanks in rear of the centre, and re-formed their line ia the two central subdivisions The column, at wheeling distance, was then formed at the rear of the right division, when a line was again formed on it by the echelon move ment of companies. The column was then formed at half distance on number " 3," retired, and they then advanced by open columns of companies from the right. The insp.c. tion having concluded, Colonel Angerstein highly compli mented the corps upon their general efficiency, stating that he was delighted with the progress the regiment had made, while to the officers he paid a high compliment fur their assiduity during their late 28 days exercise. Lieutenant- Colonel Wilson has been the commanding officer on the ficld during the whole of the drill,the health of the colonel not having allowed him to be present. The manceuvring and discipline of the regiment have been principally con ducted by Major 2.l'Call and Captain Hall, the Adjutant, who have been 110.1i6101111 in their exertions to make the regiment worthy of the City of London, and but one opinion was expressed as to the fact that they had most completely succeeded. The colonel having been attended by his staff from the ground, the men for some time stood "at ease," the band playing the while a variety of popular airs. Upon the return of the officers, the company who pos sessed the right of entree were at once admitted into the spacious mesa-room belonging to the Hon. Artillery Com pany,where upwards of 120 guests aseembled,miusy cf whom were ladies. Amongst the parties present were Col. Thomo son, M.P. ; the Chamberlain of the City of London ; Conte de Reille, Colonel of the Staff, Colones Lorences, of the 40th Regiment of Infantry of the line, and Captain Salve dor, of the Artillery (all in the suite of General Conte de Montebello, who was unavoidably absent), accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic Hamilton, of tho Grenadier Guards, Lientenant•Colonel Wilson, Staff-Surgeon W. Bor . —.... . . lue Childs, Adjutant Captain Hall, and many other officers. After partaking of a dejeuner, Col. Angentein proposed the " Health of Col. Thompson, of the Royal London Militia," to which the gallant Colonel replied, returning the compliment, by giving the " Health of Col. Angerstein," which was warmly received by the numerous assembly. Major M'Call, in proposing the " Health' of the foreign gentlemen then present," said that they held high situations in the French army, and he was glad to find that their pre sence upon that occasion was a proof of the friendly feeling which existed between the two countries. (Loud cheers.) Lieut.• Col. Frederic Hamilton returned thanks, after which the party separated. DINNER IN ROA OUR OF PRINCE ADAM CZARTOR ISKI. The Polish Historical Society received their illus trious compatriot, Prince Adam Csartoryski, patron of that society, at dinner, in the Thatched House Tavern, on Mon day lest, Colonel Last Seyrma, president, in the chair. The assemblage of the Poles, both members and guests, was numerous, including Lord Dudley Stuart end otter patrons of the Polish Society. After the customary touts I for the Queen, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family, which were all given in Polish, the national tout of " Poland " followed, and, in the next place, that of Prince Adam Crartoryski, as one of her most eminent sons. In proposing his health the Chairman drew a lively outline of the prince's public career as a statesman, and dwelt in particular on the services which he had rendered to his country by promoting national education, and protecting the administration of justice from the corrupting influence _ _ . of Russia. The illustrious prince's health wee drunk with all the honours, as was also that of the princess his amiable consort, a lady who is most deservedly respected by the Poles for the eolicitude which she is bestowing on the edu cation of the daughters of t►e Polish exiles, at her own residence in Paris, and mainly at her own expense. This toast was proposed by the vice-president, Lieutenant Szolesewski. The prince proposed the health of Lord Dudley Stuart, the sealous and unwearied president of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, in conjunc tion with its members, which toast was acknowledged by the noble lord in a speech in which he took occasion to render a tribute to the memory of Cutler Ferguson, Thomas Campbell, Wentworth Beaumont, and other distinguished supporters of the Polish cause who had preceded him. Several other toasts were proposed sad drunk, as " Eng lish Hospitality," " Regeneration of Poland," fee. The festivity closed with the recital of a piece ef poetry, com posed for the occasion by Mr. Alexander Rypioski, and the party broke up at a late hour, amidst aspirations for the continuance of the prosperity of England, and admiration of hes free institutions. THE NEW CAB LAW. Yesterday, at Bow-street, Mr. John Bigg, fruit era, of Covent-garden market, applied for a summons under the New Hackney Carriages Act, with the view of testing the clause relative to the conveyance of luggage. The applicant, holding up a fine specimen pine-apple in his hand, stated that for a long time put he had been ac customed to employ cabs for the purpose of conveying fruit of that description from the house of Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, fruit broken, in Monument-yard, to his ow premises in Covent-garden market. For this accommoda tion he invariably paid 25., which rather exceeded the fare, even under the old act. On Monday morning be hailed a cab near London-bridge, u usual, and having put 130 pine apples inside, under and upon the seats, the driver carried him to Covent-garden, where witness offered him 2s. The cabman, however, declined to take the sum, stating that his fare was 3e. besides the luggage, for which he was empowered by the new act to charge 2d. per packet. He then reckoned up the loose pine-apples, regarding each ss one packet, and said he could claim IL Is. Bd., if he went to a police-court—that being the aggregate amount of 130 packets at 2d. each. He took the act of parliament out of his pocket, and read the clause to witness ; but he (Mr. Bigg) of coarse declined to take the cabman's interpreta tion of the new law, and paying him the 3s. which he de manded for the fare, resolved to apply for a summons. He accordingly took his number with that intention. Mr. Henry said the question as to luggage could not arise in any case, unless there were more than two persons in the cab. The act provides that " when more than two persons shall be carried inside with more luggage than can be carried inside the carriage, a further stun of 2d. for every package carried outside shall be paid by the hirer, in addition to the fare." Mr. Bigg stated that some of the pine-apples were put outside, and although he rode outside himself from choice, there was ample room for him inside. The man was de- Dined about fifteen minutes in Monument-yard, for which he was entitled to 6d. besides the fare, which was not more than Is. or Is. Gd. Mr. lienry—l must tell you that one of the objects of the new act is to provide the public with a better class of hackney caniages, and to have them kept in a cleanly and decent condition. It was intended that they should be converted into market carts. It would not be very pleasant, for example, to the next person who engaged the cab in question, after it had been filled with pine-apples. Mr. Bigg thought that nothing could be more agreeable than the smell of pine-apples. Mr. Henry—But if once the system prevailed of sending about merchandise of that kind in cabs, they might soon be employed to convey fish, meat, Isc. However, u the cab• man in the present instance did not object to carry the pine-apples, which he would,bave been fully justified in doing, he had certainly no right to make a charge for them. The summons was than granted. THE TUSCAN POLITICAL THlALS.—Letters from Florence announce the: Guerra:xi has declared it to be his intention to appeal against the judgment just pronounced upon him. The expenses of the trial, which all the con demned parties are ordered to pay amoigst them, do not amount to leas than 400,000 ti. IRELAND. DOILIN. JOLT 12. The appearance of the Great Exhibition yesterday y i g tsi i t s n x t re r stteehlhleaeiiptlint e x t reme , sc oy t h fh t e ahavn e b i ynuFg. th er e . lardr ot h er i i la n nf at d b ty o i .a n u nGs g e i ena p r n emt a e e no r a a t ut r ohn o l ten ws f tgreatlyohpopening. nd t g i h a nr exceedingi ryn endHi th o u s and e attended by Major Ponsonby, honoured the Malta& tion with a visit ; the Duke and Duchess of Leinster paid their first visit there; and among the other dis tinguished persons who attended were the Marquis r f Conyngham, the Earl of Charlemout, Lord Massa reene and Ferrard, Sc. In the course of' the after noon there was a performance on one of the fine organs erected in the building. A number of the leading conservatives here arc making exertions to raise a subscription for the purchase of the Midsum mer 4Vight's Dream service, exhibited by Messrs. Kerr of Worcester, in order to present it to the Earl of Eglinton. Among the pictures that have recently been added to the Exhibition is a fine original work of Barry's, representing the three Marys at the tomb. It is understood that this day—the ill-omened 12th of July—is to be allowed to pass over without any of demonstration being made in public by the Orangemen. There will be a meeting at the Ho tundo to-night to celebrate the occasion. Various saddening rumours are beginning to reach us about the re-appearance of the potuto blight ; but as it is too early, judging from our past experience, for the fatal symptoms to manifest tnemselves, I am inclined to think that the reports are grossly exag gerated, and come most probably from parties inte rested in keeping up a feeling of alarm in our markets. The Mowing is given as an extract from a private letter in Saunders of this day : Dunshaughlin, July 10.—I am very sorry to tell you that we have every symptom of the disease coming on the potatoes as we have bad those last years, particularly on the Kemp,. The others have not shown as yet, nor neither did they here liefore as early as those I mentioned. This day twelvemonths it appeared first with us; but we have been suspecting since this day week that it was approaching, and t thin morning we had just such another fog es the first year of the blight. My opinion is, that the oat crop is not tl:e deurtshiug one that it is represented in the papers. I hope 1 may be wrong. . . Her Mak.%Fy's 'screw steam-stip the Blenheim is at present moored in Kingstown harbour. The citizens are going out in crowds to see the noble vessel. The trial of the nun for the murder of Mr. Bate- Ton had not terminated last evening at the Monaghan assizes. Mr. Justice Crampton, in addressing the King's County grand jury yesterday, made tho following allusion to the state of crime in the county : The extremely light calendar which has been laid before me would, taken by itself, afford most gratifying evidence of the present orderly and tranquil state of your county, but a hen I contrast it with the amount of crime and out rage of the aggravated description which, until wry re cently, existed, I cannot refrain from congratulating you most sincerely on the alteration which has taken place. In Waterford, Mr. Justice Moore congratulated the grand jury on the absence of crime. There was no prisoner charged with a capital offence in the county. LIMERICK ASSIZES.-MONDAY. EkTRAORDINARY ABDUCTION CAB 7. . . Jeremiah Madge, Mulcahy, a man about 45 years of age, and of rather unprepossessing appearance, was placed at the traverser's bar, and indicted for having, on the 15th of April last, contrary to the wishes of her guardian, in this city, allured and carried away Christiana Jackson, a young lady under 17 years of age, who was possessed of a fortune of 2,500/. There were 28 counts in the indictment, varying the precise character of the charge. It appeared that the traverser, who is a widower, and has a son about 16 years of age, was drawing master at the ' school of Miss Poutet, who kept a seminary for young ladies in Mallow-street, Limerick, up to the mouth of March last, when she gave up business; and that it was whilst attending that establishment that he became ac quainted with Miss Jackson, who was a beerier at Miss Pontet's, and youngeat child of the late Mr. Francis Jackson, of the King's County, who died in the year 1847, and under whose will she was entitled to a foe tune of 2,5001. Mr. Jackson bad ten children— five sons and five daughters—and by his will he appointed his eldest son, Mr. George Jackson, his executor, and guardian so hie children; and, acting in the latter capacity, Mr. Jackson placed his sister at Miss Pontet's seminary as an intern pupil—and further, placed her under the temporary guar dianship of Mr. John Jones, his own brother-in-law, who resided near the city of Limerick, and whose occupations brought him into Limerick daily. Miss Pontet having given up her school towards the end of the month of March last, Miss Jackson, on the 26th of that month, went to reside at Mr. Jones's house, and it was in tended that she should remain there until arrange ments were made to send her to • finishing school in England, where she was to reside for a couple of years. During this time it appeared that Miss Jackson wee in the habit of coming into Limerick almost daily with Mr. Jones in his carriage, fur the ostensible purpose of getting new clothes made to take with her to England, where it was intended she should go on the 18th of April ; however, on the 15th, hating come into town with that avowed object, about three o'clock in the day, she ap pointed to meet Mr. Jones at his office at four o'clock to return home with him, but instead of doing so, she went to the traverser's residence by appointment, and left with him for Dublin by the halt-put four o'clock train, and subsequently proceeded oia Glasgow to Gretna Green, where they were married on the 20th by a couple beggar. The traverser and Miss Jackson, on their arrival in Dublin, went to private lodgings in Great Brunswick street on the 15th of April, and remained there until the 19th, but diet not pass as man and wife, having occupied separate apartments; and on their return from Glasgow on the 21st they went to the same house, and remained there a few days before their return to Limerick. They arrived in Limerick about the Ist of May, and on their arrival, or very shortly a ft er, the traverser wrote to Mr. George Jack son, and told him he was married to his sister, and required that he should at once, as the executor of his father's will, pay him over a gam of 6001. stating that if he did so he would consent that the balance of his wife's fortune (2,00011 should be settled upon her. Mr. Jackson, however, would not consent to give any money to the traverser, and Coin menced proceedings against him. Messrs. Jackson and Jones having deposed to the facts de tailed in the foregoing statement, Mrs. !Quimby, a very pretty young woman, was called as • witness. She proved the facts having immediate refer ence to her in the above statement, and deposed that she was but 16 years of age last Christmas Day, and was induced to go away with the traverser, in consequence of the careless manner in which she was treated by her guardian and by Mr. Jones, who acted for him. She said that she west with the traverser entirely of her own free will and consent ; and so far from his inducing her to elope with him, she was the person who first suggested it, and proposed matri mony, when she found she was about to be sent to England for two or three years against her wish. The case for the prosecution having closed, Sir Coalman O'Loghlen suggested some points against the indictment being sustained, which were overruled by the court, and proceeded to address the jury on the part of the traverser. lie contended that there was no fraud commit ted by him within the meaning of the statute, and that, therefore, he was entitled to an acquittal. His lordship having summed up, the jury were locked up, and at nine o'clock had not agreed, and said there was no likelihood of their agreeing to a verdict. NATAL COAST VOLUNTEER4.—Yesterday the go vernment bill for the establishment of • body of naval coast volunteers, and for the temporary transfer to the navy, in case of need, of seafaring:men employed in other public services, was printed. This bit , tontains 24 clauses, em powering the Urniralty to rair%; t weeding 10,000, to be called " The Royal Naval Coast ~.teowers," who ere to be entered for five years, and may be trained and exercised for 28 days in each year, lad on shore or on board ship. In case of innate or imminent danger, her Majesty may order the switnitetroto be called into actual service. The men, f „,o(lig exercise and actual service, are to have the pay of Ik e seamen.' In ca.o of Lemergeney, officers and men of the t guard and seamen riggers may be required to serve in the th. - for a limited period. Upon invasion or danger, seafaring mea in public departments are to be liable to temporary service in the navy. In cue of emergency, pen sioners may be required to serve in the navy. Persons not attending, when called into actual service, may be appre hended and punished as deserters from the navy. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF LAND.—Some idea of the enormous and almost incredible advance in the price of land, which has taken place in the localities bordering on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, within the last four years, may be inferred from the following fact. In the vicinity of Bangor, land which about five years ago, a short time before the Chester and Holyhead Railway was opened, was sold at the rate of 1001. and 1501. per acre (and this; sum then deemed to be a high figure) is now sold at Bs. and 10a. the square yard, being at the rate of 2,0001. and 2,6001. per acre. Lots of ground have been sold in the city of Bangor at nearly 404 the square yard. THE CZAR AND THE COURT OF BERLIN.—There was a grand dinner at the palace of Bans-flouci, on the oc casion of the anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor Nicholas. The King wore the Russian uniform, and all the diplomatists and generals invited were decorated with their Ittiwian orders. The King of Prussia has sent an autographic letter to St. Petersburg, congratulating the Cur on his birthday. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAIt RAILWAY. Traffic receipts for week ended July 3,18.53, 7741. 12s. 38. Corineponding period last year, 61.11. 14s. 10d. VO or ad tel ivg wt 3en lin Y ? of but )ut ub- oat V I