The Express. — London, England, 1852-09-11 00:00:00

POLITICAL PRISONERS IN NiPLO. A letter from Naples says : N 18 onk dm et the galleys of Mentalism are in be 4 at the infirmary ; t h e others are far (rum being °l ' h. proportion it 2to 5. Of the IS who are ill four were. in the hospital before t he fith of July. The rentainins 14 were attacked by hi. termittent fever, rheumatism, and ophthalmia, between the tith and 13th July, from inhale:deg the damp and unwhole some Ptim" ,. The 9 first an to the hospital, the others are being attended at the prier a, bemuse the h ospital does not b o ld more, and the Dec rosary furniture is wanting. The rite of the prison 'shady explains this amount of seisms.: The g•Jleys ere situated fifty palmi tabow is a spat., or nearly six inches) beneath ; the Millar. of San Giovanni. In the =kiddie of this' ' square there is a well 40 t alai deep, with a public wash ing place attached to it. Only the eastern shim is covered, the west is under cover of the square of San Giovanni. The south end north follow the natural incline of the hill. I 'the canal, carrying off all the refuse, and traversing the squire of Sim Giovanni, passes along the upper part of the , war of the building, which haviug given way int the 25th of June, the whole pace was inundated. Nevertheless, oa the nth of Ju.y thirty prisoners were placed there. The yard is 72 ealmi lung and 70 wide. To the north runs the eanil or water tor general use end washing. The wall of the prison is at the same time that of this canal. The huddled is divided into two stories. In the top awry are colifined four criminals, who are without light. The entr.nee to the cells is by little doors of iron grating four palm% high. There are bye little rooms II plemi by 16, and I 0 palmi high. The fifty political prisoners were confined in these tenni, together with eight common criminals, who were to pi rfuern the menial offices. They have now hen removed to the story below, which is, however, so soh. Ally, that they asked to remain where they were in preference. ".'he lower story, in which the prisoners are at present confined, is supported by large pillars, built up little by little, as has been found neressary to suppott the crumbling roofs. Three sides of the walls lean against the hill, and are running down with wet, especially th- eastern one. The public well M the square of San Giovanni is situated ten palmi higher, and the sewer, carry ing of all the refuse, twenty palmi above it. The works, robed at the east of 1,700 ducats, have but increased the es IS of the piers. depriving it of light and ireatilation. The whitewash end masonry have given a new stimulus to t h e damp. so much as to oblige the unfortunate captives to dose in cloth clothes in this warm month of July, and to have the same bedcovers as used in winter time. On going out into the eiwirtyanl, and ezpostise themselves to the bemire sun, their coats Mid AAIUN SW OM to smoke with the damp. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. The director.' report, to be geeeeoted et the halt peril general meeting of this oinammy on Wednesday, the*-.2i0l inst., states that— '. The revenue for the half year Me hem 211,7631.17 a. 31d. Expenditure on acc.ienst of working and generals alerting reveling., 97,0541. Ss. 31.1.; interest, 50.0451.115= guarantied annuities, 41,103/. 14e. 2d. ; thus leaving a ba lance of 23.5(411. 4s. sd. ; and the directors recommend that a dleidead be paid 011 the preference stock at the present statutory rate at 41. 4s. per cent. per annum, which will Amman to 13,848/. 1.51. 7d. The habitue thus left, via., 7,9111. %s. 104., increased by balance added from last half year, 11.1 . 221. se. 31d., and balance of 2,0001., fund reserved at the 31. t of January to meet rate*, taxis, dtc., not re. quirvel, 1,003/. 13a. 3d., will furnish a free balance at the dr. posal of the ordinary shareholders of 10,117 a. 10s. lid. This balance is equal to a dividend at the rate of 34. per 301. share, or 12s. per cent. per anaum on the consolidated ordinary stock, sad the directors recommend that it be so appropriated. This result arises from a reduction in the working expenses and in the rate of interest. The traffic for this, the least favourable half of the year, is less than for the sin months ending 31st January last, but the profit rea lised is a. good. During the half year renewals of expired bonds, to the extent of 602,0661. have been flirted at re duced rates of interest. A considerable proportion of the mortgage debt is still current on unexpired bonds at .5 per cent., but ea they fail due they are being taken up at ai per cent. The directors propose to obtain the Sanction of parliament to a bill empowering the creation of debenture stock in sahetitation of the existing bond debt. The traffic of the half-year to July 31, 1531. was 193,5001. 14s. 9d., of the half-year to July 31, 1852, 209,2041. 13e. lid.; while the working remain were 57,7981. fle. 2d. in the first, and 88,4091. 19e. 71d. in the second pe riod. The superior officers have now an additional interest in the concern, the increase of (their salaries being made de pendent on dividend—a principle successfully carried out in many large commercial establishmeats. The changes on capital account during the last half-year consist chiefly of the sale of surplus property, and the appropriation of the proceeds ,in extinction of liabilities fur which they were pledged, and the conversion of the floating debt into mort gages. Favourable arrangements have been made frith the Magnetic Telegraph Company for the laying down of their wires along the whole line. The work is almost compluiarl, and will, it is expected, be verhortly in operetta& The direetois, in concert with the beard of the Edinburgh end Glasgow Constnny, are enlaced in preparation fee annybe through parliament a bill hisanction of the weakf epee. meat confirmed by the yeeprietors ; sauna% tha met amicable relations subsint betwern the two emnimies the advancement of the trolls ea either side. An anenelet step to the carrying out of He themeelbeet a junction between the it* T=aw et Ilayseeted. Y as neighbourh wd of Edinbantab is o imaatateisa mar timed by the Caledonian lidiabasitt litades red Breaches Act, 1847 ; the Mad and pinee MN been served, and it is intended to yeesesn with tho erseltarth with. It is estimated that 15,511 wlr sever the eset e It chiding the price of land still to ha esmthed. In the meat of parliamentary sanction to the apoes.4 this work will be the means of saving the large Gettig whW adherent must have been incurred in consgeglift Ole eempany's Lo• Wan Road Station at Edinburgh= bat, apart ham the et , rsagement with the Edinburgh sad elmeow Company, the completion of this branch is most desk. tilt, forming, as it does, a link of COlllOllllllO tios with the ports of Leith mad Grantee. GLASGOW AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. The report to be presented by the directors to the proprietor., at their half-yearly poen' mode., en the 13th lost , states, that the twee= for the bilhgeor has been 106,3641. Its. Ild., be am basso, se es pared with the corresponding period is ISM of s.s6f. 12.. N. The directors Aisne that a fameentie eppertmeity of eel- Unties trails with Imbed sew mess* Beall, be sense cotes' of the mem of maim eimmennleatine between Belfast and end there we seem& Mob ports with whicb a seass•beat eseenetion would be highly adantageons. toms ales best barbel= ea the wetaiest of Scotland are is direst es eneden with this Um, and the board are prepared to tin ensionteemet to pasties soder taking this trade. Tie seuthien Mae has net peeved se productive as it en& be ham been, shim. ewey method ha. bees tried. end Womble espouse Wed be deve lop it the diastole ere OM it seise the _pro bability of tha Indy eenseenatien of • line t iro Gretna seethemele. dish Mil e m it: ben a shorter sad independent emlineettenW Lads. said the towns be the nee* and asellef am UM will .oswe the Leis end !Wen mar lip... end earn*/ a largo fed imprelesa AMMO ef Yoeliehlee, at present wholly umassereade=joat at. peer line at alitllA. The board have esedliler d either te pervide • begird portion sidle es to emeltinet a few miles of the maws" smilli s Zre di stes; sad the Moe. holden are seqessted be sessUes this peeentelmy ti eye. nk roookitios, as as be amble the inhume b beennied atm The revenue esesem sheers a AWN, balsam •it 37.4•0/. 10.. 9d. Of this aso the gmaneand &Mimi Mil absorb 10,1561. 6a and it is reposed be aggaagalab the balusee, by dealseleg • &Mend, as the sisiaßiMsi Me* at the me of two pm ant per emmatler se tt 4th O e n 4.B. lbmga nsher miske dellnelia• by maybe the lehmea at MK IL N. be tie anent V=weessime. Aa emegseasne bee lean Nosady sr Iridi the Dellia Blestris Teimpaph Oempasy, by wig* %sir system ef telegesphie sessemesdmissi will be ... TIM m i te as Oadi T tl e e. bee et ink *Wm M a r he • way its salmis.salmis.e• le the leellennri a rniremes, Lyn m= will aloe pan highly 'dealing/mai b the shipping trade. BODDRAVZ AND CMS Carom MONEL—nto cowed eve 'pinewood at Me pains mein belt ht Leatea the 30th nit., to the Nllliminitet the ma k= of did Bordeaux ea/ YMt°away, wee% tte bled let. rosettes et Ids Lard Cooley, yr caved by the Paw Psialiesa at IL ea Walasedey, there being areseet—Mr. Alias= Masmeae, Xi. B. D. Walhalla, Mt. IL W. hated, 1tr..1. PMId , sat Mr. 311- pus, II I' The iteautittee amp that their reap* by the rrailleat see eserteees sad emliheesey, the Itarre bevies teaseled lie emu& dein ie tataitate tae q tee. Me easeatei le Os See name et hate dedaalell trues the eabantien be the am pas Made dr laieWaties et the enaalallain I la Peak le a raped by the evoatitte• that the heash siksoad= • few per rent. suck et per be exam. tar the w erliellet of tbe oistion away, the Priam said the now um timid have the beet Tux itrtk rug ON Titz lloWILLI) MOLD= was mooed Go T boaohy ohnomodo 1M soilsoodosso at he Tow, hall. 7 Ile pale poodosof roger111011•111111111112rogeraod the dm II eamd WNW hart ambrble when the Litter WY sarrimuris had abookool. It 9- r....rea that in the. , Mistreat beisres• tie yektaneire Maytag Aellor's with lb. itessied, at two . ea Thursday, sad the pewe e , en Ulm at the Bo* 4imis4 a Huh OW friar o'elek, sad lea vise tie all a. la sisimbir all. two nue ems walking al WI °P. 016 . that 111 which the ma nor wal dindoilled• •••• OMIT tbrinner having inquire d U th• Ididadd "Mid M 1•7 for thine ramie, to th e v.. t, *it Maw fa II M woke, sad trimming lila words di e t s tad by bissidihr. odd.. 1 as oft guilty of this supreed ma %Am': eme my defence to the eh *Mc " t werwer" . .... •• • iddremed the jury, keying , Mhos ihooi a sommoy of As evidence. The tam then m Ood, sod lam se ammo of 20 minutes retariA into wart wil ± lis "ilike ; —" We unanimmely agree in a' v.v a n ". mi .....„.. 1 1 4 in.t hone* Barka r Th e eft vats at too sod* out his warrant ta the priemer's amain 110 York mock, who had Imo admitted as a Idiom. wag breullatiruj is comedy, and, after wiping his ds:vildlia. was that he ienild he detained ia moody midi On maeletn W! could rentult wto the mama te be ink 10 Noll . , 116- Induce os the trial FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A shocking and fatal accident occurred hat Wed sudsy night en the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln. shire line, to a great Northern passenger-train, whisk runs twice a-day from the Retrofit Junction to Skaffield. The traits in question left the Sheffield station at ten Lames past tains, in order to suet the mail train at Raiford at ten. Whoa about a male front the Woodhouse Station, and about four miles and a quarter from Sheffield, the engine went off the line, as it was paring over the curve of an embankment, which is 32 feet at its highest part. The I stavement of William Lee, the stoker, is as follows perceived nothing wrung until we ran off the rails. The engine ran off the up line, after tearing up about eighty yards of both rails, when by a jerk she ran serose the down line, tearing some of the rails up there, and then fell over the embankment on the down or south side of the line. The carriages, break, and goods carriages were thrown down the embankment on the up or north ; side of the line. By the engine going off on the other I side of the line, the electric wires were broken down by ! the chimney. When we got to the bottom of the em bankment, I found myself under the engine, and crept out between the driving-wheel and one of the others. I ' looked around, but could see neither guard nor driver. I afterwards saw Gosling, one of the passenger., but I was 60 affected with being scalded and stunned that I searcely knew what I was shout I then determined to go to the Woodhouse Junction, but instead of doing so, by mistake took the road to Shi Mehl, whither I ran, as fast as I was able, all the way. On arriving there I procured the pilot engine belonging to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 'him Midway, and again proceeded to the spot. When we got there some omties bad dug pour Wright, the engine. driver, out, and rarefied him away to the Woodhouse Junction; he had been found under the engine completely embedded in the sand. I proceeded to Woodhouse Junc tion. and there saw Wright, with both his legs burnt to • cinder. Ile had been smmhed down under the firebox. When I found Tuckercod, the guard, he was apparently sitting compomilly a' the bottom of the embankment, but quite dead. Ile exhibited no 'sternal signs of Minty. here were four passengers, I think—one list-class, and the other three second-class. I myself am considerably scalded abuse the head, flee. and arm, bat I hope not very seriously so. We had left Sheffield about twenty or twenty-live minute*. John Gosling, police-constable, of Retford, has tarnished the booroster Gazette with the following pmficulars:—He I left the Sheffield station last night by the Great Northern tr ain, at a little after nine o'clock. We same on (or some minutes at a good speed, when I heard a kind of cracking noise—track after crack. I bed just time to say to my it'llOW passenger, ' Whit can he the matter ?' when I we found ourselves topsy-turvy, and going down we knew not whither. Ultimately we stripped with the carriage laid on one side. We were considerably shaken, but I cannot say how often the carriages went over. When we recovered we tried to get out, but could only dole) by break ing the glass of the woullw with an umbrella. On getting out we could see nothing, for it was very dark, and we shouted out, but received no answer until we got on to the top of the embankment, where we found Lee, the stoker, who told as to keep off, for he expected that the engine boiler would burst every minute; and he also said that there was another train due from Retford. He then took off and eon on the line, but I believe he did not know which road he was going —whether to Sheffield or the Woodhouse Junction. I then directed two of the passengers to proceed towards the Junction to stop the train which was due from Retford. I remained on the spot for some time by myself (as I thought), mad kept calling nut, end ultimately found the fourth passenger, who complained of being shaken, and of his fingers being cut, but I told him not to mind his fingers. Seeing • light in the distance we went in the direction and found it to be the residence of Mr. Smith, solicitor, who kindly furnished us with matches, candles, &c., and accompanieu us to the spot. We then found a lamp, which we lighted, and on looking round found the guard dead, in a kind of sitting position. I frit his arm, but it was cold, and had not the slightest pulsation. One of the buffers was pressed against his cheat, and his back was jammed against a wheel or corner of another carriage. We tried but could not release him. We then went to the engine on the other side of the line, and found the driver with his legs under the fire-box. He was sensible, and begged of us to lift it (the engine) up; we tried to release him but found we could not. We then sent for some assistance to dig him out, which loon arrived, and I e was got cht and taken to the Wood house Junction Inn. I then took the lamp and went to wards Darnell, and lighted onelamp on the road, and got the other lamps lighted at Darnell. I waited there until the pilot engine arrived from Sheffield, and went with it again to the plus. When we got back poor Tuetwood was in the same but Wright had been taken to the inn at the W Jimmies'. A surgeon arrived shortly after wards, bet preweereoll Tisekwood to be dead. The station master at the Weettleme issaetion behaved most kindly towards the whole et ley sad did everything in his power to alleviate the ealteriege at bath Wright and Lee." The Doestrier Obi Meese that Samuel Wright, the driver, had previessly bees employed on the trains run =between Deemator and Teek, but was only on Wed y last removed to work the trains between Sheffield sod Reared. He was not so perfectly acquainted with the rood as those who had been on this line. The permanent way has long been a subject of complaint by the engine drivers, which, added to the feet that this portion of the line has several severe curves, required the exercise of more than ordinary care in order to insure the safety of the trains. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- THE EXPRESS, 13kitUDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1852. NEW ORDERB ON OUT-DOOR PAROCHIAL RELIEF. The Poor Lox Board have just issued to gestalts unions sad pariahs' the, following arm orders fee sego lades the itlearWess of relief, god progaribiag, germ aloe at eat4ear labour test age ahle• WSW males. The Pftwelfren kite view Is theprevisleas al than erases, the bawd le ha that whlok wag by ths 43 NUL, e.l, tail the Gabled poorsheidd be redifeved,ond the able-WWI ho Art. 1. Ithessavn i rt i gualiaas shall allow relief to any indigent peer perms ant of the weeklong% ewe-third at least of sash relief Owe/ hs tiny passe wise shall be in digent and helpless hem age, deluge, neeklent, or bodily or mental infinnity, or who shall be a widow having a child or Aileen dependent upon her incapable of working, and oats-half MINA of the relief allowed to any able-bodied Clirether tics sash widow as afore -id, shall be given rdolos of food or fool, or in other *delta of absolute .eessdArt t In any case in which the guardians allow relief for a longer period than one week to on indigent poor person without requiring that such person shall be received into the workhouse, such relief shall be given or adminis tered weekly. Art. 3. It shall not be lawful for the guardians or their adhere to estaWith any applicant for relief in trade or busi ness; nor to rede e m from pawn for any such applicant any tools, implements, or other articles; nor to purchase and give to such applicant any tools, implements, or other guides, except articles of clothing or bedding, where or costly needed, and such articles u are hereinbefore referred to in Art. 1; nor to pay directly or indirectly the expense of the conveyance of any poor person, unless conveyed under the provisions of some statute, or under an order of justices or other lawful authority, or in conformity with some order Of regulation of the Poor-law Commissioners or the Poor-law Dowd, except in the following ease% vie., I, the case of a person conveyed to or from a district school, or an hospital, or infirmary, or a lunatic uylum, or a house licensed, or hospital registered fur the reception of lunatics: 2, the case of a person conveyed to the workhouse of the union or parish in which such pauper is at the time chargeable ; 3,1 the case of a person conveyed to or front any other work house, or other house of establishment for the reception of poor unions in which for the time being it shell be lawful for the guardians to place such pauper. Nor to pay, wholly or in part, the rent of the house or lodging of any pauper, nor to apply soy portion of the relief ordered to be given to any pauper in payment of such rent; nor to retain any portion of such relief for the purpose of directly or indi rectly discharging sub rent in lull or in part for any such pauper. Nor to give money to or on account of any such applicant for the purpose of effecting any of the objects in thisarticle mentioned. Provided always that nothing in this article contained shall apply to any flutter or temporary lodging procured fur • poor person in any cue of sudden or urgent necessity or mental imbecility. Art. 4. No relief shill be given from the poor-rates of any of the said parish., or of any p.trish comprised in any of the said unions, to so y person who does not reside in some place within such paria h or union, save end except in the follow ing : 1. The case of a person casually w thin such parish, and destitute. 2. The case of a person requiring re lief on account of any sickness, accident, or bodily or mental infirmity, effecting him or any of his family. 3. The case of a widow having a legitimate child dependent on her for support, and no illegitimate child born after the commence ment of her widowhood, and who, at the time of her hus band's death was resident with him in some place or other than the parish of her legal settlement, and not situated in the union in which such parish is comprised. 4. The cue of a child under the age of sixteen melded/red in a work house or establishment for the education ofpoor children not situate within the union or parish. 6. The case of the wife or child residing within such parish or tuition of some person not residing therein. 6. Tho case of • person who has been in the receipt of relief from such pariah, or from some parish in the union from which he seeks relief, at some time within twelve calandar months next preluding the date of this order. Art. 6. No relief shall woven to any able-bodied male person while he is employed for wages or other hire or re • muneration by soy person. Art. 6. Every able-bodied male person, if relieved out of the workhouse , shall be set to work by the guardians, and be kept employed under their direction and superintendence mo long as be continuos to receive relief. Art. 7. Provided that the in articles 6 and 6 shall not be imperative la UM ewe The cam of • person receiving relief se aseseseet sedges and urgent amesesity. 2. Thew of a penes resolving relief on se err of asp alsithem saddest, or bodily errestal infir mity alerting seek porem, or say of his haft 3. The meet a roma merle relief for the puree rdefraying the enrages of ths burial of any of his issalir, 4. The cue of a poem esallised is say gaol or pines of meth custody. & The ase of as wife, And, or children, redthatwithin the parish re riga, of apses. not residing therein. Art. 8. The geardNM shall, within 90 days after they shall hove proceeded is sr is ezemition of Art. 8, report to the Poor-law Beard the plies or sit whisk able- bedded psepro *all Most to west t theme as sores d week in which they er any of them alma be employed; the times sod mode of week, sad the revision made foe superintend ing them while working ; and shall forthwith discontinue or alter the ism it the Poor-law Beard shall so require. Art. 9. Ne ralief which shell be contrary to any regal.. Lion in this order shall be given by way of loan ; but any relief which may be given in conformity with the provisions of this order, to or on amount of any person to whom relief may be lawfully given above the spot twenty-one, or to his wife, or say part of his family, under the egos of six teen, may, if the guardians shell think fit, be gives by way of loan. _ _ - Art. io. Provided always that, in ens the guardians of any of the said parishes or unions depart in any particular instance from any of the regulations berenibefore contained (except those contained in art. 9), and within fifteen days ' after such departure report the Isms. and the grounds thereof, to the Poorthtw Board, and the Poor.law Board approve of such departure, then the relief mated in such particular instance shall, if otherwise lawful, not be deemed to be unlawful, or be subject to be ilimillowed. Arts. 11, 12, 13, and 14, define the manias et the words "guardians," " parish," the peesseeesavad, and the articles of this eerier. Theme ceder militate MI unions end parishes, moos , which e nesmissed :—Ths City of London, But Lon don, West Lesks. Helbsss,litraae, Hsekasy, Poplae,Pad dimes, St. Gomm is ibit St. Oserpe the Martyr, lesthwark, t,trts OstaSB sn e. °NW/. St. Marthr.in-the-riabis. Abiletrs , St. Mary (InalsoMe e Miry , St. Ibtary (Botherld•hs), (Bes, St. °lave, St. Saviour Whitseismi, Heapelesd, Brentforl, Fantasy Greenwil, Le Wandsworth, Loam, Liwssi. Maselesster will ,Zhet i Ve Y ,lDerby (Laver gne. sod seise itsperSsa. ohms esE The seder is slimed Sohn Treneps ), 8. H. Wel- ' psis, B. Disraeli, sad anuttersigsed (seeretary). KAMM= FlUtd LinahT.—This bet week oldie hes sad oyes was of the peapieb has cm. mama weL The worlds. mo. Sib liar wives and gibes, have already fend this way he their own plaoc. Al day ow Meads, sad yeelarday sad wt th s bah iirgtee "ge bogr ag tos: sreerded. Then we ea lasserat yerealsolatisa of the glees. with paha aria sail guise; sow sysebing se as te !Mob his ilableas osigitheer sad sisa mmi glesses were them veva to easaie the volume 00 0nesd wells. Me dd = ape eash bent dwith Übe • &sew of bus, lostteoattupon the sesess aie l b. theoght, ageelly asst. ieg up its neweasse. They were a ranks, sal se b a ft z; these wee the gray sad la*asen vete sea. his MO said mow of ta travel ; sal la eat the apprentice wesibmaie, poring over the die/w— sad the Wawae libmiliMeas K mosbanical whose am. political debaters awe sagleriog alkial w bate eam " sod, Is the NM beim. sad had way realm. • her eft= were amiderate ateogit to being their wiveseaddaeghters ; who, thsegh we did set observe say wawa readies& ea tietWiy behold des eimpleee witlepiet ease may • leek ef gmeleht at hen what see le serer. by sal by, the moos of ropy mat la the whew b e y_ r hem. The WAN eat el hada will high owe week ; every lioades, Hook Isms ei aalleats We* whisk must be slool. 4asb Odra by twe beadeeldes givieg their name as essodly fer the smia Mere ad eay books int to the paseasweigag ; ea prwarikag thle seaddana, !swabs mils/ labia sal sad any es Mews hem velem le nag loon sat et the leaner vsem. llasai Others howl brae wen applied As ea M awl mown are will beeves oat awl Meaday ; then um as bale (ides dinention m iens sewn the pee* te end theassim of ties ohm tegesof dwindle Many. Ws sneak Of NINO% MB how essay prom sem le emelt the asseheyeea Ind 'WNW tale ; bat the amber of pewees i s etelt en leeks sad sat down to reed there was, a liwaisf.lll4 sad an new &FO UL .rb. ear sad the take. la bey dories the is hr as we add whole of We evosim were toesagbel hemewise as : e at dram, tay nada% hoe nay sink le this plane sad their lona, beedies may Oemelim mill ills worael thin of the ken seeking. We swe the Urn mesa le ono seals and pia I = = l i ffd a ic i a. ! dbl. lossawl sandy the penoas that mined the darling the.. bee dar t bat they an seserwead at between four sod ilee theasied ea sash dap-leash* mere. There wan 1,45 Albin Ms 'stand lb* mei. w Wesday, bus beedide et naltted that sisesesay. Not the dieerdetl a: dimmable iasideat hes occurred, the yS eaw inaltatisa owls be makesd as having been eased with abembets mosea—Jdoseituewilawaskwr. ValnAmz..—The Royal Guam were last night the seem Kew of hese es Paws saessealemente Imola, Omer but ill d to sa Zap* ellweee, aid seyeekily in ow omaily w h it soma. bare beat what assesseas of lets, oh" •Ad Nava 'Then wee sables lewd dither is the annigem the ele. the peplums eithe sensensalk the isnelet st emplay. Than were the deessallaw, illankstens, yeenesadm nada, wet provided wyper tabise, the awl swarm of hMes, watt" MI POMO', 411111011 Ilho OPENOiry SOOlit of " hat " yams nes mad " bees " mem halted ia sestaiess is sadden vartr iseensc, C bu s s aAV ll. ftaesseee tli ths isaleWS" Ylvodlw . sad howls sew - Urn, Talre i sM Ovule i shadow, lent peesenateli by . the MOOS peed= wed Manias the nen istaiddags that have meant st Own nomolliOdo alibis the Ina tes yam The cab meos. an the panel nie was the See nes it the westlestottilds lenght ea iblealhese Meek tee amesem we syn., he Mow the yeellee esendasel is the Mb. that tble Ina OD be the last sittasidmost of the kind thie ONION MS hens literally Was& MUSICAL FESTIVAL Btssttxorary FiIDAT 1110/ILKING. The concert last evening was even more nume rously attended than on Welneaday. The pieces seiected were of the usual miscellaneous character; but the great attraction of this concert was the performance of Beat hoves's grand choral symphony in D miner. It need sesroely be remarked that the getting up of anformaaor of this composition Is attended with many dities; the labour required is of a most arduous character, so much so that the attempt hes been seldom made, even in London, and never betore at any provincial assembly, a feet which speaks very mash in praise of all concerned in the arrangements for this festival. Of this great work, which has been commented on and criticised aqui ad nauseous we shall my very little. During this performance its beauties appeared as beautiful as ever, and its obscurities somewhat less obscure, It having been per formed with admirable accuracy and clearness. The in strumental portion (as hes always been the ease) was the most successful in point of execution; the choral portion being written with so little regard for the powen and asps bilities of the human voice that it is physically impossible to produce the effects intended by the composer. Neverthe less, it had a great effect, and made a strong impreseion on the audience. In the course of the performance of the selected pieces, Derr Formes sang Moran's beautiful air, " In diesen heel-- gen Italica," which atfurds full scope for the mellow tones of his rich voice • be gave it in his invariable style of excel lence. Mdlle. Anna Zen., whose briniest execution has made her quite a favourite here, got an encore in • pretty German ballad, "A Stiiiussli willi Midair." Mill M. Williams was encored in one of Land's pretty ballads. Madam] Viardot Garcia sang very sweetlytbe "Alt non credea " of the " Sonnatemla ;" and Mr. Weiss gave with great effect Maefarren's flee air, from "Don Quixote," "When Bacchus invented the bowl." Madams Clans Novello and Signor Tamberlik sang favourite airs, and • brilliantly executed solo by Signor Bottesini on the double bar was one of the gems of this the last evening concert of the Festival. FILIDA.T EVINIXO. The work which Handel wrote under the pleasantest auspices, when--sitting upon a hill retired—he had sur mounted every difficulty, and found himself hailed as the greatest of musicians, was "Samson." This was the oratorio selected for performane• this morning; and certainly • better selection wild not have been made. As now pre sented, the oratorio is pruned of some of its weakest parts, re duced to its proper dimensions, and fmns • dramatic poem (notwithstanding its blemishes) of strong interest and sur passing power. Then the story of the Jewish hero—his be trayal and captivity—the picture of vengeance and death, nothing can be sadder, or more grandly poetical and vivid. It is to Mr. Costa, the gifted conductor of this festival, that we owe the form which Samson has now assumed. He has taken Mond for his model, an d enriched the score with accompaniments, and his scrupulous devotion to the text satisfy the most devoted of Handel's worshippers. To the overture, which has already two oboes and two horns, in addition to the stringed instruments, Mr. Costa has made an addition, with an evident anxiety not to impair the clearness of its counterpoint. The opening chorus of the priests of Dagoo, whose bold and martial character Handel himself indicates by the introduction of drums and trum pets, is wonderfully strengthened and enriched by Mr. Costa, who calls into action the entire resources of a modern orchestra. It is unnecessary for us to enter into any elabo rate review of the performance of this oratorio to-day, because the efficiency of the entire orchestra, so fully tested during the last three days, is a sufficient guarantee that it would receive the fullest justice ; a few points, however, suggest themselves as demanding notice. The opening overture was magnificently played, and the holiday re citative of Samson rejoicing at the " solemn feat" was very gracefully delivered by Mr. Sins Reeves. The air of the Philistine woman, " Ye men of Gaza," was sung by Madame Clara Novelle : this, to which Handel has only given a guartett of stringed instruments, has been beauti fully reuforeed by the flute*, elarionets, and bassoons, which it was evident from the performance to-day has greatly enhanced its expression as well as its beauty. Mr. Reeves gave the beautifully pathetic air, " Total eclipse," with great effect: in it Handel accompanies only by the violins in unison and basses: this has been enriched by Mr. Costa with parts for second violins, tenors, elarionets, and bas soons, which has done even more than enhance its expres sion. The grand air, " Why does the God of Israel sleep I" was also very effectively given by Mr. Reeves with the ad ditional accompanying parts for viola, oboes, clarionets, and bassoons. The grand chorus, " Then round about the starry throne," which remains as Handel left it, was splendidly performed. The opening recita tive and air of Micah," in the second part—" Re tarn, 0 God of Hosts!"—was sung with much feeling by Miss Dolby, as indeed was the dialogue throughout be tween Samson and Delils (Sims Reeves end Madame Clara Novillo); the supplicating chorus of virgins was very hap pily given —sever, perhaps, with fluor effect. The recita tive of Memphis, on entering with the Philistines, was very finely given by Herr Formes, whose elocution was good throughout. In the succeeding air--" Honour and Arms, which Handel has accompanied very slightly, we have further evidence of Mr. Costa's charming additions. These consist of flutes, horns, elarionets, and bemoans, imparting to the original a wonderful degree of richness and beauty this is Mr. Costa's most masterly performance, though he has added another very beautiful piece of descriptive sym phony immediately before the distant cry which announces the catastrophe, for which the mind is prepared by the ch romatic wailing of the oboe and flutes, giving the impression that something dreadful is at hand. The entire of the highly dramatic and intensely interesting portion of the second part of the oratorio was well done throughout, the effect being altogether of the most exciting character. Mr. Weiss sustained his very arduous part very effectively ; he sang with exquisite taste the air of Manoab, " How willing my paternal love ;" the opening strains of the melody ee 'na remarkable y with pathos and beauty of expression. The recitatives after the entry of the Israelitish messenger were delivered with great purity and good taste ; in feet, nothing could have been better than his singing throughout the oratorio. Madame Viardot Garcia sing the fine air, "Ye sons of Israel," with charming sweetness, the noble presi dent calling fur au encore ; but before his lordship's baton was seen by the conductor, the solemn dirge of the Israelites we. over, and the band had commenced playing " the March ;" at its conclusion Madame Garcia again sang the air, producing if possible a more thrilling effect. Ma dame Clara Novell° gave the air " Let the bright sera phim," effectively and artistically. Lord Leigh again called for an moon, and the audience gave a remarkable proof of their pleasure in a very unusual manner at these festivals—they gave a hearty round of applause. All the choruses were admirably done, especially the grand double one. The noble but simple final thorns, " Let their celestial concerts all unite," has been strength. ened by Mr. Costa so as to embeace the whole power of the orchestra. The effect of this was felt in its increased gran deur as performed to-day. With this oratorio the musical part of the festival termi nated. By " particular desire," the National Anthem was given at the end of the performance, Madame Clara No vello singing the air ; and then the audience greeted Mr. Costa with the heartiest and most highly-deserved applause. The hall, contrary to expectation, was again capitally tined. The repel is at last evening's eoncert were 10011. 9s. ; and at this morning's performance, including donations, 1,7261. 18s. 4d. Tim following is a return of the entire proceeds of this festival, as well as thou of 1846 and 1849 : einnuae. 1946. 1149. O. Tineby 9 S 13 1,909 72 d. 2, 3 04 0 a 7 Talliew "waft so parkevuese as is o 439 7 0 llll•emday Iteralag Widavary Iveflav T 3433444 llendag 2,617 14 • 2,314 S 4 2,752 411 Merida, 964•1ng 1,349 6 0 411 4 0 1,001 9 0 rtday Horsing 2,371 IV 0 1,264 IS 1 1.735 14 4 C 10.170 9 3 53,961 I 1 L 10,731 0 3 The following were samapt the company to-day. :—Lord Wet sad party ; Earl and Counties of Verulam and party; and and _, ord Ward said r party; and scrottislay and party; y at e Hon. Sir John rakin ma,, M.P., and party ; Mrs. M Gradual and party ; Rest Bradford Slid Countess of Bradford and Bish op of Worcester ,• Mrs. Papys and part; Mrs. ow te and party Rev. B. Adderlss and party Sir Thomas inning tea sad party ; Earl of Fowls and party; the Rev. Joha Ciastplasa sad Mn. Claughton and C. B. Addmisy, 112., and party ; Bail of Dartmouth and party ; Loa. F. Calthreeps sad party,. Lord Sandy . and party ; Rev. Mr. Gooch eml party; nay. Bacot and party; Rev. W. Graham ssi party; W. RolbmU, Esq., and party. , ItOPOB OF CARER.-+0•11 at th. Maid ideas of walking 'tisk adopted as a support by elitsb ponces, woe aim finis, or Mal of ihasel-weed. eg lona, IWO, sod light, his well Med for this wpm% and it seems to have glees mom be • serials sae lgabiry weapon hat em well ksown to eslool-loys. Ise Origami countries, the bellow or pithystalhol osi Ed bamboos naturally booms the assisrisl dye mid it is to mmh gives t oss muste ped ese estr Me ies the if se moth Man walking -sticks hare h e e ls ea ll e mede of chIlY1)- wood, and and having coned Mobs Him Eighth had " a cane wombed with sylrer sod Nike. with astmosiale epos it ;" and " a cane palatal whitgelds, hulas a poems is the apps." Of the Mode& Om% of whose miss cm dust Pope's Sir Plume was justly vain; of hombres at ton guineas per jebit, sad plain dream described to the of the strong sane and the amber-tipped ease, rens by Oey ; of the long and elegant Woks used by elderly ladies ut the smosid half of the hot cembary, and by footmen atilt, present day ; of the stout haelled sticks and the chemise bamboos In hales ball a century ego ; of the seentews grotesque hsods meted apes sticks to suit ea , tale altommal tastes; of semis seam with Tim Dobbins, and Palish, and Merry Asirswe. sod Toby FiUpotta, grinning 6.01 a eels Weds; of Milks sad smooth sticks ; of straight Milks sal ereekelfstishe ; sorts of disks, from ratters to hisidgeses,it iso s z i tir pretest purpose is indite— the reader will and ea ~scat of most of them in the Report of the shibitios l a* rollaneons Articles —a jury which worked most y in their misce ll a neon. &dia.—Dickens's Household onto. A SUCCEKIFUL EICORANT.—Within the last few glaze a Ishourer named Macdonald, who, alas yews ago, gated to Awe:ilia, astonished his &Wade la the (J matter, Edinburgh, by re-eppeariag asseart them with • fortune of MOM., the product of • large quantity of gold I dust, which he had brought with bun to this country, and dipsid of to Loattoa.—Cakdoeiae Mowry. MENT OF SCIENCE. The aided at the British Amesietion for the Ad raneemeet of Si... in the asedvemente part of Ireland hae proved mob men emerehl Ala the previous one is the south-west. The Oak moshis wes, indeed, the ream dimmer. forriehy, that he emaciation had ea asmaterod ; and the assail—imbsed with mammal reckless mme—mmeatlbes their maw were greatlye veadmadeeed, rated eareested Nom tee mime& hn,. hi Ilalfast y the peeseefiese hem Mos alined is the mere E:t es ehereoloe of tie WO". With nisapie metteet• se nearly dad& them et Oak dare M. hose a shahs a hale le Meade peopeow. It bee Mum setdamt, Indeed, that is the has of the ameiatioa an that must be el that it shall be able is nest he mead ler• net expenditure, Lauding the Mammas, of the elbeervamy at Hew, with aely emehmi fiat paste Si .p.cial pumas. Noterithloadies emmithoes Wee feeds to pay for nest of the eimasee in awed he ' the unbars yet Nish mien is. mime a lacy Ns = vase , wish* tesether with the pries- t he sae a repel% odd the ehoenehop, the yearly resale& In all the plate thesehes, hr whisk Me Dada Association Si . _ the Adeemeerat of Si... wee lossileit—witli the assigiss ef Os repute of soiestilo hes MUM lb bliss, sad sem Ilbeg " t hi =r 4l e de as leftist obi & GIL Thum Is so ousidsb Issereer, that Iwo owramoross sobbibi do. ebbs. _ ssosstlemo =bate Noussb sigmeados wars be. eV* the resebtiss matobbs but beta the boss of rase. It is whoa ass sesmoust Ida all Iffssebes of since aro thosulleelsa toestbse Ism they en boot ambled is betsaillso tleohlssier whlsh system 'tie WOE/ W t _bas M illsoolsl o ail sub 'noses ought sot is be frialleNlSlM fees Os bash et Awls._ It slim swop bat Calaislila body. lbs semibold. Todd am 1w Immambli la say sl lab lest • putoret. swift abut es mmim Is owed pm% in say Sanas day 41% a = bearing ea Sr edam wt lb saaity. SUICIDE. Testa lay (Palley) eyed% Mr. Carter, mime he Zed Sam bold ea Japed et the Case Tavatet a l s ai t =waited, at the body of Dail i a ll =se. aged dl, was wee Mad drowsed la the Greed Sent, Oral ea Womb, lat ri at e whe beta ideselled way • daddies helm She ....blot. The *Wag iad bees delethed, earethatisa of th a aleadr bew i te the letheease that midis bad bees Le Ileadike, the widow of deemed, was ewers. Memo bee 11101111111111 with peat Mistier, sad said the aim et her deereed bestaad was Deal Dodd Deadrika. Ile wee liwasety• Waistsad athabolas aped se lithbaspes. hut lkw the two pin lad Wed Laths mad yeah madi thl asi. butheeth Me haw kat vas • min of henry, feesily wen la dreuthileases. Ter ithe three wombs they bed Heed at 11. liemeeperweee, greastead. last emir supeollb: hew, .thee be wee ping le call at • peen lispreisesl.llollmagrue,asi saz rasa lie leek agitated are delseL Ma la d bor rowed am easasy_ met • 1111 b lit of thaw eta. He bed we mods th e slip elaseeeika dodder to lead her I. Napa be wail me Muth the bet three weeks be hod din (elk" Ilsssaildag amid amber Wags leek Kew." Moe welder fir hat ems she biome elsompL arlesse to loth Ike Ida Er weethe greatest side of dada sad =dew all alelet. sal the m int day re algal a litter drama by /sr be led, dated " Otheawith, Ilaaday." It was le the abet that be wet quite deemed. Illehrtuees sad disappethassat bed beeight it = tee Amid le their pilaw ad odd he we leis is le atone hese. lie odd "No wee readved te" es& Ode there was a leas dab. They Win la the greatest lthaese, sad bed peeled with everything float a bed, width rho mode up ca the deer, a tads, sad • couple o f dales, Wither bad ad treed food dace Ileoday ; she bad se maser to preserve ear. Polloreueelehle 272 El who led brought Use peer worsen *MI I =llol l l4 hen stated that she had threatesed to isabrei • The Gerease etheedetread with her la • very falai maws se the side= adore of sea • edam ; _sad, la Medd Leadea. rawer to easts holm Iseetsai, sir rid els bed amt • Tbbiting the whole of the evidoese, the ()ewer nietsiod op. sad the jure reteusid a omelet. " That the deemed eahrif whl4l is • state I f maid diemiewat P•vt..7. TY Conan rid ite did est know whit was to be dose via the wends, who bed set • Isetbiag la the weld. Bios her • men sem sat et hie tom perm to met I h liesedisto out% and he lived the lodise would net bate her W the hoer= miser. Tnr Does or C*IIIIIIIDIS.--Tho Order of Ow Black Bash has boos promeeed by Ow Inn of Prowls to tho Doke of Coiebridp. RELIGIOUS CENSUS OF UPPER CANADA* The Quebec Gazette says that the limber 41 United Presbyterians returned by the Upper Canada OMNI is only 18,068, but that is several enmities no distlinittell was mad* is the different Who of Prosbytarisac The wart amber is itaalsabtadly grad greater. The Gass* gives do ambers of those Weisel ia "all ether demwd- Wiese :" Msasaists sad Temkin 14276 Bible Clartodsaa Christiass OM Disciple' Protestants Class Nonunion Baptista ........ ••• • • no Free Will Baptists Second Advents Pagans— Indians BlB Children of Posse Presbyterians metammestedwidinmy Church 290 Moravian 246 Evangelical Church American Presbyterians 216 Open Communion Baptists Regular Baptists 193 Irish Presbyterian Church Sender s 163 Amadeu Presbyterians 166 Clllefelkillllll 169 Old Menosists 164 famish Church 142 Dutch Reformed Church Evangelical Union 147 Low Calvinists 127 New Unionists Latter Day Saints Calvinists ___ BUTS 14VMDIN1140 OITA MI ANN ONDiI 100. •••• • MiLlerites Freethinkers Nonconformists Plymouth Brethren Andbargben Heathens °VIZ 20 Ann lAMBS 60. Irvingites Reformed Lutherans 46 Apostolic Evangelists 39 New Jerusalem High Cslviaist 42 Inspired Church 34 Apostolic Ites Associate 28 Inghsmites Relief Char* 2l Brethren cm= VI AND VIM IN. 19 Not Baptised Ebeneser Socialists lB Ciospel Christians l7 Deists l6 Dimeaters l6 - • 16 16 New Lights Evangelical Names Malta l6 Covenantan . .16 Church of Christ l4 Casspbelhtes l4 New Church.... r l4 Believers in God l3 Reformed Priabytmeism... lB Scotch Relief Clreseit l3 Cosmopolite Orthodox Qeakers Csirdites .. Arminian' .. 10 Apostolic dime 9 9 Sista Day Baptists Christian Brethren 8 Restorationists Oppoeed to all creeds founded on the Bible Reformed Baptists Rapist Bah Ratiassliste Gomm Ilehensgs 4 De ars erade lla= 4 English Church al Issikuld 4 Infidels Hese* Church Cooperites 4 Carmelites S Reformed Tankard. Bemuse, Bethel Church, Derraissift GreekChureh, Non Sectarian, Peatheiels Reformed Jews-2 of each Unitarian Baptist, Denies, Free Inquirer, Follower of Jesus, Pethonite, Reformer of all ahurehes—l each Nut clamed in abstracts, but given in gross as of other creeds . 1,823 SOCIAL PROGRESS AT THE CAPE. One at the othatial newspapers received by the Hellespont says The progress which Port Elisabeth bas made eng the year which is just closed is unemoipled is the Wawa at this rising tows, and altogether without perthel in the /shay of the Cape of Good Hope. By the menshipai rs just mule, it seems that during the par lard ertesehis has been added to Port Elizabeth le the value et dO,OIOL Nor is the progress at all deter- Woof. It goof es at an accelerated rate, and its velocity, it we may so say, at this moment, is lisped anything be llies lusewn. 1 bare are no fewer then twelve new stores at yeassat le process of erection, te ilmiped, and about to he ilmillered for—all of which, we hailers, will be finished Warsaw almost the serrtat thealeipal year; and they will add le the vales et the Mud property of Pan Limbs* at lea* M,MM m But, farther, while the,. kept at.,.. are rag hewed, we the mom teas, at tease this, se avow placer et arestlee, 'say thirty thr the enintheases sad melba wh three, it\ kilo be ethane& all over , le add w the wise at thi rate of WA poi house, or 16,0001. tor the whole. hat, Weed the Istiep at preset la maul merest at eeisal thee at thus d es dps* or within at that lady the Ideb shad tor thelletah at IM seeselty et thediethad Lhwr esespared the pe seta bored apse It, prevent athearees sad ether at... teem frees bolsi et MOO otheastaeth Awasios that that Althelaring ethos are ealy et emtharsey thishase, it will ast he ezesprate if we some ad he the cer met atheislpsi year at lease %Nth thatised deed pro- Ite I=ll6 is Pen Baas* fa tie year 1863. the arislahal setae= he the year INS r u ed, the s itu= at PUS Illisslelk obooNly anew* to w le hay SOAK matthan Ibeashe Si the seleabie peepsey strap sem otoodoliallty la lb* 01.9 aSall haset Maw= we have ma & al i p s valve et so mesh ithatheable parer. thate loader ile that Siet IllemilletheTell,Plida as nest veleable7 tepidity =was little IWO SIMI 11.1111.1. that by the whisk Peet ileitis* has lathely the_ issosebn rem prepuely hare lidly i S t n aim te the lanthembie et th e Nth the maaisipalides la the site/. pepeletha Pat h has beet asaithig Vie eleifee. Al blethethe et the Pre l i - seat war its roam ef.blrheaied men et ell ethas e ti laths, betas*. the ape et red al. Ms sanaleil le MI ma. if we same thalami solo. Wham the gm spa is la the seksial the riguessalattas a is al all we shell have for the w tir s ze=thei et Pthailleshadt ; amid the authen wreath fob Port .% des% kith all palate. wit Wan boo end the mitre p•~• be. Wen 6 sad UPIO leirlaista at the peanut time. We are set aware that ia mg ether lowa Is the aim, with the apteptios Si Ow Iktin, Ohm ft es Imp • reputable. What will Pert ilitebeth he lea yews Math ? TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE. .10 TZB ZDITOI OP 'Pik straw. b.. 7 thee of Ile elesthms. pespepil your paper Manted he et the eatiewebele lbst. het is... se the melon in he IMmeess were so few that they wars made moms, Ihe ths mdse. in emmelienes et shish had te be dis cs: k ph. sigid. IhOsetweseste met • mate of lest mimed MOM plat of he ewseesy, ler within the lbw days Ares sr her leads steshisess lime been Islet to the laser minket hem the Oxhide* Wen bus the sem seem. At se URA sloe the inks wee weed, ham them bees se Am immees es dashethis sesemse— eausely NM. Weed le di the varaisay yid et tits bones, as thee vim mesh esastst et the seed. young, sad . let. The doh of the guardians has bees ..nl nominal, twe et Saes at Mess of the pedals Wag en tirely free Met geeeleaere. Alteipeasy imbue le so fat is the weetleme paerally that pen Moe twat fall in • very sites weara•—lresn. ea • CLASS YAN. L 040144-8044•11 JOS In Laillol7llllo CLAM TM example let le bele bon imi tated with seal owl Mteme Pill o il t il e2a i r ° when • Plat elet tom her bon Aid, osier the of the !does el ho thit awitrwetiow *fairy. i i si aad eswiewlest Ito the wasbles dam • of WM. hoe We to bolo wida Duda fear yore ebeeles hstitles. this seopeoy has beih 14 harm 1411 . this tipurinewie of allireat ilow iftli rarete lt heigoll lei fen ieho g ewswekisi NO me, wows, mg ebilitrea. Ink bows aostalanom am ammo, aim agermeme t whiell am pleb. bat etesieory, with Emil mtoolk doyomd providiell wish every regolite cosessienee. The /albs OM* ie WIWI, Mewed op. The note eat maw' Is Wiwi the owspear bewail to 4 pee seat. pee mom I awl ea edmitohle hMwee Is tie Premiss plaa IN that by mem of a *him _hal of 11 woo& perawasee, the opal wet be eepolit la IP yam, ent oho Womb will thew bosom went el their dweller, To mint the ia tiewelesithoos hoosee who may be whip to meek SD hag hi ihi one leifehe, a sea* of foomions le aeohliate• of bt pelf Is oath hoist es asosedie to the tine is oeopolisi li M us. s-il be hr. NMI Is eon ef essopoile of sulk Mese emesisto thessoloas hello pwifhoto ofeweeteede• ht ceder to Aldo bettor orl aa 2r e a v o.....le wad Alain g Va i r of iho h 60 •11, and to lloseellest S t= of this . iL m =y Wil mette thomehee he the ledilage, that the company in to oho a her el ha es gwa teorts ;is OM the pee' aria, le Moss KIM boss BALLOON ASCENTS WITH ANIMALS. TO TH3 IDITOC OP THR aaram. Bllt,—As fair play has ever been the distinguished characteristic of your journal, I trust you will excuse my eking you to permit me to make, through the medium of your columns, the following remarks in reference to the charge preferred against me at the Westminster Pollee court, a report of which appeared in your paper of the Bth instant. The alleged offence is that of cruelly ill-treating, abusing, and torturing a pony used for the purpose of a balloon went from Cretnerno gardens, of which I am the lessee; and I cannot but feel that, if I have rendered my self liable to such a charge I am utterly:undeserving ofthat share of support by which my enterprise and exertions for the amusement of the public have hitherto been so liberally rewardea ; and, therefore, although the report which ap peared in your paper is pubstant billy correct, as far as it has gone, I am most anxious, not only that the public should know that, previously to the ascents in question, I had every reason to believe that nothing like cruelty ot treatment could occur, but that they should also be aware of the nature and extent of the evidence by which I met the accusation which has been investigated before Mr. Arnold. When the subject of equestrian ascents for the amuse ment of the public was first brought to my notice I required before I would entertain it to be convinced that no cruelty or ill-treatment of the animals would he involved ; and I not only found that upwards of 150 similar ascents had bees safely , made by M. Poitevin in Paris, but that previously to the first of those ascents in the Chump de Mars a commie non had been appointed by the French government to ascertain whether there was any cruelty in the exhibition (and amongst the members of that ccmmisaion were some of,. the most eminent veterinary suer ens in the French metro poles) ; aft ir the most rigid inquiry, aided by practical experiments, reported in the negative, and it was only on the receipt of that report that the Parisian magistrates per. mined, as lam informed, the ascents sn that country. Is addition to this I had the opportunity, by seeing the ponies used by M.Poitevin, of ascertaining for myself whether their aerial voyages had produced any injurious effi eta ; and, so far from that being the case, I found that the animals appeared to be (as described by one of your weekly contempo raries) "as pampered-looking, sleek-coated, careful) tended animals as were ever driven in the phaeton of a feshionable; lady:" sod . " was informed that the mode by which the suspension was effected was so well calculated to form an entire, equalised, and perfect and smug bestriag, that the French retirement bad actually pasted M. Poiteven a patent for it, as an improvement =c iv rules co ius o fmode:vi,oke, prevente d object;ineffietincesiinit;,arcrei acts from being andom being fully shown on the investigation at the tVestminster Police-court, I submit that they form a sufficient justifies, tion for my assenting to the adoption of this mode of con tributing to the amusement of the people. In reference to the charge which was investigated before Mr. Arnold, I would observe that, as the witness through whom it is endeavoured to fix me with cruelty is Mr. Dure,lwials that his evidence should be placed in joins-pod ties with that of the eminent veterinary surgeons who were aped as my behalf, in order that the public may be able to esehmeht the testimony on both aides at its proper value. Mr. Dawn, as your report states, says that the eilhct of animals being thus taken up attached to a balloon would be ts produce " • compression of thrfabdoininal viscera, conger Lien of the blood veseels in the hinder extremities, extra's mien in the peritonean lining of the abdomen, producing Istontal bruises and giving a great deal of pain and suffer leg to the mensal." I would respectfully request the losordom As following extracts from the notes of the abott.baiti writer employed by me on the occasion, the etterestases of which is verified by his certificate, which I •oodoes for your satisfaction. Kr. Gillham, a veterinary surgeon, in practice for It =is asked—" Have you seen the manner in which the 1111,0 harnessed and attached to the balloon wt.ilo iteennefla t ? A. I have.—Q. In your judgment, would from injury rialto:midsay not."—Then the questions were asked about compression and congestion and extravasation, to all of which be gave a negative. "Q. If there had been an extravasation in the peritonean lining of the abdomen, weald the ponies have been well ? All should say certainly see. I examined them yesterday, and they were in a per fectly healthy state."—Mr. Hall, a veterinary surgeon, _in extensive practice for 16 years, after corrohorating Mr. °Wham as to compression, congestion, and extravasatioa, is silted, " Have you heard the evidence given by Monsieur Poitevin with regard to the ascent and descent ? A. Yes. —Q. Have you seen the horses harnessed, and the mode in which they are affixed to the car of the balloon? A. Yes. —Q. In your judgment, taking all the circumstances into consideratien, do horses s..ffer pain, torture, or injury, from that mode of transit through the air ? A. Certainly not; I have had a horse for seven years in a sling." I am well content that the merits of the case should be judged by the relative value of the testimony of men like Megan. Hall and Uillham on the one hand, and of Mr. Dews on the other, without referring to the evidence of Madame and Monsieur Poitevin, to whom, however, al though they may be deemed interested panics, I trust the public will extend the courtesy of believing them, when they state that upon the descent the ponies began to feed most heartily as soon as they reached larva firma, and surely if that he so it can scarcely be said that either fear or torture was operating on their nervous systems; and in deed it must be borne in mind, that Mr. Haws in his evi dence admitted that the ponies went to the balloon for the purpose of being attached to the car with the most perfect willingness and docility, which is scarcely consistent with their having suffered pain in the previous sweats. Having thus briefly and for my can justification put the public in possession of the facts, it will not become me to make further remarks on the case which was heard before Mr. Arnold; but I will add that, although alter the very careful inquiry and investigation which I have made as to the effect of taking up animals on serial expeditions in the mode adopted b M. Poitevin, I am inclined to believe there is neither ill treatment or cruelty in the act per se, yet I attach so much weight to the remark made by Mr. Arnold as to their powerless condition in case of an accident, that whatever may be the result of the present inquiry, I have come to the determination not again to permit such ascents from the gardens of which I am the lessee. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, Cremorne House, Sept. 10, 1852. T. B. SIMPSON. TUE BULL ASCENT AT CREMORNE.— This event has turned out rather unfortunately for Mr. Simpson, the lessee of the gardens. It appears that the soiree], soon whir alighting on Ferro firma, was, for reasons to be explained, found in such a condition that a veterinary surgeon advised I that it should be slaughtered ; and Mr. Simpson, who eon eludes, as will be seen from his letter, that he has carefully guarded himself throughout against the imputation of cruelty appears to-day before the magistrates at the Ilford Petty Sesaiou, to sower a charge of ir-treatment against him by the Society for its prevention. Whatever may be the issue of the affair, a check will no doubt have been given to such exhibitions. HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY A FARMER.—The Court of Arises of the Marne tried four days ago a farmer named Dast, of Corrobert, who had always borne • most excellent character, for a very audacious highway robbery. A re ceiver of taxes, named Belton, was on the 23rd of June het poetise near a wood, on his way from Verdun to Corrobert, with the taxa which, according to his monthly custom, he had collected is the different villages of his &mitt All at one he perceived a man with hie fare covered with a pieket-handkershief advancing towards him. Be turned aside to let him pus, but the stranger placed himself right before him without speaking • word. M. Belles asked what he wanted. At the seme mo ment the man, without replying, struck him a violent blew ea the linden% • stick , and i/fitted a severe wound, M. Baca pulled the pocket-haadkerchief from thu men's fees, sad pereeived Tat, whom he knew very well. " What, Deed !" he cried, "is it you who treat me this way on the high reed, in the open day ? Why, what en pos sess you 1" But Dust, without speaking, continued to strike him savagely with his stick. Greatly terrified, Hel los demanded pity, and offered his money if his life were spared. " No—no quarter !" said Dut, end he continued to strike. After a few moments of a terrible conflict, Hel len threw aside the bag containing his money and took to light. Dist picked up the bag and went away. Fortu nately Belton had changed the greater part of the sum he had received for two I,ooof. hank notes, which he lad platted in his pooket, and the contents of the beg were consequently not se large as the thief had expend. Information was given to the gendarmerie, and Dart was arrested. The wounds of Bellon were very serious. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty, and the eoort eondemned the accused to imprisonment, with hard labour, for life.—Osairsani. PORK toe THE WESTERN STATES OT AMERICA.— A friend in Cincinnati writes to us as follows : " Among the most remarkable things here is the process of slaughter ing and cutting up hog" by steam. A hog is killed, cleaned, cut up, and set to cool in almost as little time as it takes to write it. Pork I. at present in such demand that some of the slaughtering-houses are killing at present, and curing in ice-houses; and it is mid that notwitbetandisg the extra trouble and expense, they will make very well of it. It is • new experiment, and may fail, that is, the pork may become bad sooner than if cured in winter, but in the meantime it will have been sold and shipped, probably to Canada, and the money made on it. We have had no rain here of any consequence far the last two months, and the drought has done serious injury to the crops, then par ticularly. I travelled through Indiana last week, and was told by many of the farmers there that they feared the crop of corn would sot average five bushels to the acre. In the interior you are aware perhaps that almost the sole stock of a farmer is hogs, in eonsequenee of the facility for taking them to market compared to grain ; they depend entirely upon the corn to feed their hogs and as the lispsy of corn will be etheedingly short and the number of hogs is said not to he ever the average, and pork being thwperticularly scarce, ammo to me that they mud rise. One of the most fortunate pork dealer* about here, with wheat I have been lately residing, told me that he wee so fee convened of the truth of this, that be has ia vested 50,000 deb. in pork, to be delivered this fall et pre sent prime." COTTON ?EOM THE GOLD COAST OF AFRICA.— Mr. Thee. Boothman, secretary to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, has received a specimen of cotton grown en the plantation of • gentleman at Winhebash, ta the gal omit of Aides. A memorandum which acesnmanied the parcel states that the gentleman had 30,000 thew plants M bearing at the time this speoinsea wad hospidnik. midst he sad his blether were clearing MG sillidthefistane d land to extend thine adieu likalliaolw It• e fal,deeoription of cotton, of a moderate le . has been valued by Mr. Thos. Beatty, • w 4 Chamber of Camerae, at 7d. to 7id• Per A t . ; • "1-4,sus Z . 411 t • ‘l,t,e • - 'Ted avdst/VIS f