The Express. — London, England, 1858-09-18 00:00:00

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Tres inquiry into the late melancholy catastrophe at Sheffield, which resulted in the death of six per sons, is not yet eoncladed, wad the evidence hitherto addend throws no light whatever on its mysterious origin. The explanation first given, and supported by the testimony of two witnesses, that the alarm arms from as explosion of gas, is disproved by the evidence of the engineer. appointed, one by the pro prietor of the Hall, the other by the Coroner sad jury, to cumin* the pa fittings of the piece. After thoroughly testing the pipes and jets in the part of the Hall where the alarm originated, they report it as "impossible that any explosion ceuld have taken " place." There seems to be a strong local feeling that the alarm was not the result of socideot at all, but of some premeditated act of wan ton malice or mischief. Without definite proof it would of course be most unjust to assume this had been the case. But the existence of such a feeling, and the prevalence of hearsay rumours and hearsay evidence in support of it, make it the more imperative that the matter should be thoroughly sifted to the bottom, and, if possible, the truth die co vend. Whatever the origin of the alarm, however, the immediate cause of its tragical results is plain enough. Six peewee were killed because the stairs of the Music Hall were too narrow to allow a free egress. Had the stairs been bread sad open, the youths that now he dead would in all probability have been alive and well, and all the bitter nem of sudden grief and desolation white has fallen on their homes would have been evicted. Such a consideration gives to this local tragedy a national importance. If the loss in such cases were unavoidable, we could only acquiesce in silence; bat if it can be averted by a little skill and foresight, it become a duty to speak, and endeavour to procure such protection far the public. And we know very well that it is not only possible, but easy to diminish the risk of such fatal results. We cannot prevent the recurrence of panics in public unemblies, bat we may do much towards rendering them comparatively harmless. Experience proves that no amount of wisdom or firmness on the part of its temporary leaders will avail to keep a mixed tanititude of people in their seats under the excitement of &madam alarm. The speaker may retain the utmost prommes of mind, and promptly assure the bewildered erowd that all is well, but his voice, however calm and strong, is soon drowned in a Babel of terrified ac clamations that convert the imaginary iato a real danger of the most appalling kind. Young and old, wise and foolish rash forth on an unreasoning end irrational impulse of frantic terror. But we may seedy provide against the more serious and fatal remits of such a panic. Nearly all the fatal accidents that have happened in such oases have occurred in narrow passages and staircases. The remedy is • mechanical or architectural problem of no great difficulty. It is simply to provide in every building means of egress numerous and free enoagh to empty it, however full or of whatever size, in a few minutes. This is sorely not beyond the reach of modern science- On the contrary, we know it can be done, and in some of our existing public buildings is to a considerable extent actually accomplished. Mr. Ilaseison, for example, in a letter published yokes day, •mares the public that Dram-lane Theatre— which is a moth larger house than the Moak Hall at Sheffield—can now be emptied in ten minutes, now that he has restored to use all the doors in the place, some of which had been kept permanently closed. Drury-lane is one of our older buildings, in which provisicia for free egress is often very meek neglected. The Sheffield Music Hall, however, is • new erectios,not yet finished eves, bet so defective in sow struction,so wanting in broad door-ways, wide stairs, and open pansies, that the people were an hear coming out. The only wonder, ander snob circum stances, is that the result was not far more fatal; that, instead of eight or ten, thrice the number did net receive semas or mortal injuries. The fact that this Hall was a new one makes the daty of calling public lineation to such a arises defect the more important and imperative. Such Halls are rapidly isaltiplying in our large towns. Within the butt few years Mimic Halls have been built and opened is Liverpool, Birmingham, Hai chaster, Bradtwd, end within the last few days, as we all know, at Leads ; mush:, indeed, is almost the only art that cat be mid to flourish in our great manufacturing towns. In these centres of national industry, of hard earsehanical toil, it dose, however, !lowish and spread, and the most interesting social feature of its progress is, that it is growingly appre elated and esjoyed by the ineehanic, the artisan, and the operative. These grand halls have their " people's" nights, whoa the factory workers are admitted for a Rita so email se to be fairly within their means. Every town of any sire will by and by have its Mamie Hall ; and with this modern facilities for spanning vast spaces with glass and iron, the new buildings will be far larger than the old. lf, however, this 4 i , il I. 4 I 1 I i 1 , . I I 1 i i 11 !/ : 1 ii iillllNlNommium THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER lg, 1858. all-important point of free and ample egress be neglected—if, as the bulk of the building increases, its entrances and exits diminish, these Manic Halls will be little better than gigantic man-traps in ewes of sudden alum. The catastrophe of the Surrey-gardens Music Hall will be repeated,:at in tervals, in every town throughout the land. It is high time that something were dame to the purpose in this matter. The public ought to be effectually protected against • danger which is at once so serious, so thoroughly understood, and so easily remedied. We have had warnings •sough on the subject. Only a few years ago not six, but sixty, youths were crushed to death ea the stairs and in the narrow passage of a Glas gow Theatre. Yet, untaught by that terrible lesson, how many of our London managers have failed to provide their hostess with any effectual remedy against the recurrence of such a tragedy under similar circumstances. The gallery and pit entrances I to many of them are so small and narrow, and some indeed so artificially narrowed, d,at any sudden alarm would almost inevitably be followed by fatal results. The state of some of our public halls is hardly much better. Exeter Hall, for example, is in this respect very much like the old-fashioned mouse-traps. It is easy to get in, but next to im possible to get out again in a hurry. The only wonder is that it has not been the scene of some terrible tragedy before now. The fault lies with the architects and proprietors of public buildings, and whenever any accident hap pens they must be prepared to share the blame together. To make good entrances and broad stair cuss is more expensive, no doubt, both in space and materials ; but each a consideration as this will not excuse those who neglect to secure, In the best manner, what is so essential to the public welfare. In entering public buildings the public ought to be guaranteed from every known and obvious source of danger. We have often urged this before, but as past warnings have not proved effectual, it becomes our duty to urge it again. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE PRUSSIAN REGENCY. (PROW 0111 OWN BERLIN, FRIDAY. It is stated on high authority that the Bing has consented to appoint the Prince of Prussia co- Regent, with unlimited power, and that the latter accepts the position. The Chambers are to be officially informed of the arrangement, so that it is probable the Prince has agreed to accept the constitution. ITALY. SARDINIA. (nom 001 OWN 17011.11/PONDIIT.) TURIN, Barr. 14. The Augsburg Gazette stated the day before yes terday that Sardinia had sold the harbour of Villa franca to Russia. Other journals have repeated this statement. The Frankfort Pat-Gazette is induced by it to believe in a league between Russia, France, and Sardinia, with a view to ruin the navigation of the Austrian Lloyd's in the Mediterranean. I would observe, in passing, that the rain of the Austrian Lloyd has already taken place, for the government is obliged every year to keep that company on its legs by increasing its subsidy several mil lions. As for the port of Villafrancs, the Morning Chronicle does not believe it is exactly sold to the Russians, bat merely let to them for twenty years. It nevertheless regards the fact as a very serious one. lamin a position to give you the most exact intelligence respecting it, and you may place as much confidence in my statements as if they were official. Before we possessed Genoa, Villa franca was the only military port of Sardinia; it has large magazines, a good dockyard, good bar racks, and other establishments suitable for the accommodation of ships of war. But when she came into possession of Genoa, Sardinia thought that two military ports and two arsenals were more than her small navy stood in need of, so that Villa franca was abandoned. As the Rend= govern ment wee prevented by the treaty of Paris from having military ports in the Black Sea, it is without any maritime establishment throughout the entire extent of the Mediterranean. This is why Russia applied to Sardinia, and asked to be allowed the use of the port of Villafranca. The Sardinian government has refused to sell it, refused to let it, refused any kind of engagement that might seem to involve the leapt semblance of a claim upon it, either temporary or in perpetuity. As a matter of friendship alone, Sardinia permits Russia to have a depot of coal, rigging, and equipment stores, in the magazines and dockyard of Villafranca, for the repair of any damage to her vessels of war. Sardinia did not wish to refuse Russia what she did not refuse ten years ago to the navy of the United BMtes of America. In consequence of some differences be tween Spain and the United States, the latter power was deprived of Port Mahon, that is, of those very advantages which Russia is now asking for, and when the Americans applied to Pied mont, they were granted the use of the Varignano establishment in the Gulf of Spezia. Now, when Sardinia resolved on removing her own naval establishment from Genoa to Spezia, the Americans were told that they could no longer occupy Varignano. Just in the same way Sardinia may to-morrow forbid Russia the privilege of using Villafranca which she allows today. Perhaps you will say, horrover, this act shows a singular partiality for the court of St. Petersburg. Ido not wish to contradict you. Sardinia is small, but she never theless feels herself called on by Providence to foster the Italian cause. This drawe down upon her the deep and increasing hatred of Austria, who is still keeping under arms from four to five hundred thousand men. It is therefore a paramount necessity foe Sardinia to seek friends wherever she can find them, and she thinks she his found them chiefly among those who, like herself, are the enemies of Austria. Concerning political matters I have nothing important to communicate, unless it be that at our frontier on the side of Modena we have a constant source of complaints and disturbances. In the prin cipality of Musa and Carrara, although the state of siege has been removed, the oppression of the polio. and the alienation of the people continue to be so in veterate that refugees flock almost every day to the Piedmontese territory. With the good come the bad, the wicked with the honest, all pursued alike— the greater part of them so utterly destitute that our government has great difficelty in making pro vision for them. This grievance has lasted for some years, and the Sardinian government displays the greatest forbearance and moderation, but some months ago it found it expedient not merely to send a note on the subject to the Marquis Forni, the Foreign Minister of that Duchy, but to accompany the act in question with a circular to the diplomatic corps, setting forth the annoyance to which Pied mont was daily subjected through the wretched ad ministration of Modena, driving to desperation, as it did, the inhabitants of Mama and Carrara. I am very sorry to inform you that the above circular found no favour whatever in the eyes of your diplomatists. Lord Normanby, your representative at the courts of Tuscany, Parma, and Modena, made a counter state ment, in which the facts were altogether disfigured, but by which he endeavoured to prove that if Mama and Carrara were disturbed the provocations came from Piedmont. If I am correctly informed, some other statements of his lordship, sent home to your ministers after he had paid a few visits and made inquiries in the two duchies, were of the same tenor. From this incident you may ' edge how littl e your diplomacy, in what regards Italy, feels disposed to put itself in harmony with the public opinion I of England, and how it endeavours every day to lessen the faith that Piedmont is inclined to place in your great and generate nation. The fact remains, that in this affair of Musa and Carrara Austria has been most circumspect and prudent. Desirous of avoiding a dangerous conflict, she has advised (and this means commanded) the Duke of Modena to hasten the trials, and, after shooting a few persons, to name the siege. The Duke has obeyed ; but what good has it done ? The 'oviduct of his police is as violent as that of the soldiery was, and so it will all go on for a long time to come. Leavieg this theme, let tut touch upon something the. As we have been speaking of Austria, I will mead= a circumstance that will enable you to see in their true light the reforms and concessions made by the Viennese government in Lombardy. Last year the Archduke Maximilian, in consignee°. of the diaelen caused by the inundations, granted a subsidy of 40 thousand lire to the province of Lodi and Pavia. Well, the largess in gaud= has been eaneelled by the superior government at Vienna, and the essmunes are mow ordered to repay the bounty. It is my humble ;minion and belief that, If the Arch duke had imprisoned a good round number of liberals, his order would not then have been counter. mended. Be that sa it may, we can by this revooa don estimate at their proper value the powers con ceded to the august Governor. He cannot be very much aided by the advice he receives occasionally from the King of the Belgians, his father-in-law, who now a second time has returned to see his daughter ou the Lego di Como, where hie Majesty is the guest of Duke Melzi. A. EXPRESS FROM rAltlb. (viols oux owx PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The/emu:sten of the Debata of yesterday is an illustration of the disguises which French journal ists are obliged to assume when they wish to speak unpleasant truths. A provincial subscriber named Jean Louis Girand is supposed to send to the Editor a copy of a letter enumerating certain roux or motions, which he desired to have appended to those wade by the Council General of hie department. The original is, of course, supposed to have been ad dressed to the Council General in question. It begins with an allusion to what the assembly in question has done or tried to do for the department : If, during next year, those gentlemen in Paris coattails to seed se adulteented mann whioh fosters nothing but weeds—tf our wine merchants fail in future to mark upon the staves of their cants, in the largost possible letters, the exact number of litres which our honks ought to oriatals— if header matches still set firs to our hay-rieks—if oar roads are belly mended—end if sport men sell pay a dotage tax on dogs, of which they have forgotten to make a return—it won't be your fault. Gentlemen, for my part, I return you my thanks ; because I like to manure my land well—to drink all the wine I pay for—to sleep o'nights without being afraid of having my bents burned—not to be spilled out of my market out—and not to be fined if I chugs to forget to return my little terrier, Toby, to the assessor. All these motions maks me easy—the more so, gentlemen, that their sole object is the material welfare of onrdeparunent, whence I hater that its moral condition must be perfect. And es I see the motions of your colleagues throughout France are, with soma half dozen exception., all the same, I have the satisfaction of reflecting that it le the physical health alone of our dear country which requires some little attention, end that its moral health leaves nothing to slab for. This, I must admit, occasioned me no Ins joy than surprise, so I frankly tell you I had heard it was was slightly indisposed. end we Gifted, area patriotic family. He then enumerates a few of the social evils of the day—especially the habit of extravagance, the Hoarser, and its wild speculations. The state, he says, should regulate its affairs on the principle of • family. He reads us a wholesome lesson by de scribing his management of his own family, but he fears the state does not yet follow his prudent example. The state has a surplur, se we often hear of an now of receipt over expenditure. Is that surplus laid by ? Not yet, as it appears. The surplua walks off without bidding us good bye—end once gone— bonjour ! But the state pro. anises us that it will soon begin to lay by money. Well, let us have faith, and patience, and not be too particular. He next comes to the question of education : The education of the people Here le the trite luxury to which a nation should treat itself. Intellectual luxury is the counterpoise of material luxury. . . . Our schools are our sheet anchor. . . . In our colleges 11 all is not very well, matters are better managed than they used to be . . . but the grand point now is oohed' for the people. I can understand visitors regardiag with wonder a capital ccotaining endless streete—hoeses all new or re painted—boulevards like high-roads—gardems like parka— barracks pals:me—end town-halls like churches. But, gentlemen, how much grander a thing to contemplate is • people that can reed end think I No country in Europe has such splendid cities es ours—but there are many in which souls are better cared for. What are those little chief tom s of Swiss cantons when compared with Park, Lyons, or Bor deaux P Bat, mark this 1 In Switzerland everybody has been to school, and every preset of the volley —every shop. hard of the mountain—is able to read the Bible with facility I In Frans, on the contrary, there are thousands of com munes without schoolmasters, and there are twelve Milker of adults who cannot read! In our canton alone—which le by no means one of the worst on that score—the people of the county themeless will tell you that half the boys, and two-thirds of the girls, don't kno a the alphabet. When I think of It my gorge rises. Foreigners are Milling folks, they praise aloud our national magnificence, while they chuckle in their Meese at our ignorance; and our neigh bour John Bull, who can reed, and write, and cipher, laughs at Jacques Bonhomme, who has paid for palaces, while he can't eves reed the names of hie great men when be sees them on the pedestals of their statues. Even those of our people who have letting reeding, writing, and Nithmetio—lo they know what a people ought ; know ? To be sure, their brains are stuffed oh a little stock of ready-made Mae. But are they taught to think, and direst rightly their ideas P Is any attempt made to develops In thew those notions of duty, and right, and justice, and devotion, the germ of which is In every soul, but which, if uncultivated, languish and die ? I meant reproach their teachers; I pity, not blame them. They cm only teach what they know themselves. Poor then! what respect do they inspire ? What influence have they ? They hardly earn bread to eat. And you talk, guildsmen, al ameliorating the tot of the labouring cleanse. Begin by bringing them up In the Cbriatim sense of that word I don't mesa by that, Mese their labour. I don't mean Inman their wages. I would free no man from the ' law of work—for work Is a blessing to mankind. It costa us effort and trouble, and It brings us vigour and satlefactioe. It hardens us, because it wearies us; sad became It is pain ful It is salutary. Theirs is s poor philosophy who dream of &Meats, labour. It then ceases to be work, sod become pleesars—lt becomes a merry companion lassoed of a herd master. After quoting two noble passages from Channing on the moral and intellectual elevation of the people, he concludes with some practical recommen dations, tending to that end, addressed to the mem bers of the imaginary Council General. The ConstituTionn;l of this day comes out with an article on the subject of the Conseil' Generenz defending the present order of things. It is far too heavy to have been suggested by the foregoing " letter," but was probably retouched jpropos of it: witness the following passage : . - la certain journals, the proposes of the Councils Goma have bent criticised in an ironical tone ; the most meander, regime have bass chiefly dwelt upon The ob ject of all this is to elide is certain project' of reform, se a bait to catch the cantonal representatives. The idea of this project i■ to call the departmental assemblies together three or four times a year, to lengthen the period of thatr messiaL, to draw up beforehead a programme of their leboeis, and finally to allow them a little political diecudon— for politics, they say, can do no harm In the heart of the ehefs-lina, and eighty-eix lltde parliaments thus engaged in controlling the wet of the authorities, dr maselfsig administrative !deems, remodelling the lave, and _ . perhaps oleo is re, kin the constitution, could not bat be metal to the government ; sad noted realise to the full the principle of deceetralisation. The remainder of this article, evidently written to order, is devoted to demolishing any hope which may linger in sanguine breasts that a shred of poli- deal power will be given to the only popular insti tution left in the country. Irreverent hands have attempted to raise the veil of mystery which yet shrouds the fate of Algeria under the new regime. More especially has the " to be or not to be" turned upon the question of free trade. The new Minister is known to be like his Imperial cousin and master, a free-trader; and many persons, affecting to be well informed, have ventured to affirm that, under one form or another, free-trade principles will prevail. This morning the Univers comes out in force on the subject, de claring that there is no need to introduce " the new element of confusion" into the colony. It says, mysteriously, that between this and the year 1861, the term assigned by the Emperor for the , reign of prohibition, there is time to reflect upon the I matter. It hopes " something may turn up." "How," it asks, "if, when 1861 arrive., imps- Anus circumstances should demand the maintenanes of prohibition ?"--and ;certainly one pauses to think how many things may intervene between the sup of 1858 and the lip of 1861. But what doss the writer (M. Coquille) mean by this passage ?—" The principle of protection is daily confirmed by name roue documents emanating from both England and France." How from England? Is there such a rare axis in England as a commercial protectionist ? If so, he should be caught, killed, and mummified. The next sentence, though false, is intelligible: How many unreflecting people once led away by the philanthropic mirage of fres trade, are now convinced that it in a mere English manceuvre to ruin French industry I The public has discovered that England has two flags, that of free trade, which she waves unceasingly, and that of protection, which she mimesis to the best of her power, but of which she avails herself when ever her interests are mensoed with competition. Even in India, which she genermuly throws open to nations who don't want to go there, she defends herself by differential tariffs against the importation of foreign produce simil►r to her own. There is nothing sentimental is her policy; and it is easy to see that free trade is nothing but the protection of her commerce in disguise. The version given by the Piedmontese Gazette of the Villafranca lease affair, which I mentioned yes terday, is credited by the P , which remarks that oar papers will now lose a promising theme of invective, as they can no longer continue " to exhi bit to terrified John Bull the picture of a new Sebastopol rising at Villafranca to command the Mediterranean and threaten the liberties of Europe." The Pays has private letters, which confirm this account, and remarks that it is a matter which con cerns Austria much more than England. The Nord, on this subject, after quoting the conces sion to the Americans at Spezia as a prece dent, observes that Piedmont has reserved to herself the right, under certain contingencies, to cancel the lease, though it is difficult to see how this mends the matter, and says that to insist upon closing the Mediterranean, after waging a bloody war to open the Black Sea, would be in the last degree inconsistent on the part of England. The Boer sirnhalls, of Hamburg, thinks the affair will form the subject of diplomatic discussions. The Patrie says the granting of the lease is a mere " friendly act on the partof Sardinia towards Russia, than which nothing can be more natural or easier of compre hension. Since the peace of Paris the most friendly relations have existed between Sardinia and Russia, and it was very natural that the Sardinian govern ment, being able at no inconvenience to herself to afford Russia commercial facilities in the Mediter ranean, should readily do so." The Augsburg GarAtte says the concluding ar rangements of the last Paris Conferences have been satisfied by all the governments, and alludes to a fact already mentioned, that England had proposed to keep the protocols private, which proposal wu re jected. The same journal denies the truth of the reports relative to a return to diplomatic relations with Naples by France and England. Ul. and—to use a word coined edation are in arms in Austria, pro re nata-1 against the system of public insti action organised by the Minister, Count Thun. We learn, that the bishops have petitioned—or are about to petition—in a body for its suppression. Something of the same sort took place two years ago. To Rome in general apply the Jesuits' motto : flit Qualm BALMORAL, SM.. 16. The Queen and Prince Convert, with the Prince et Wales, Princess Alice, Princess 11011104, Prinoess Louisa, end Prince Mazur, honoured with their presence a ball for the sernats sad oleos, given by the Duchess of Kent at Mtn royal pity au attended by Lady Churchill, the Be.. Mies etoyford, the Bari of Derby, Major-Oesaral the Be.. C. Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel Ponaoeby, Major Terdek sad Mr. P. W. Gibbs. Mr. Secretary Walpole left town yesterday for BabnonL Despatches were receleed at the Colonial-dike yesterday ben the Governor of Malta and the Lord High Conner diner of the loofa* Islands. Derpatehas were salt to the Govenear of Canada. AIPRASSENTATIOPI of ORAINWICiI. A new candidate for the representation of Green wich has appeared In the person of Mr. William Au rorae* of the Woodlands, Blackheath, a gentleman of great wealth and local itiflareme. la by ilisee to the *lectors, which was issued yesterday, /tr. degerstein states that he has been requested by a asaireas ray of the con stituency to become • dendbfast, bat bee as wilt to divide the Liberal Interest; awl he will thseere• bold perk meetings at Greenwich, Weallwieb, sad Depart la eider to ascertain iris hilly Ike rim of is roa , rs. 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AWN , MOS aIkIIMIS - 11. kill • iris is afire Ike disbar ea if is ripsresse id a asseraite sr- I fl g == mi red acilvity seised Ike aldleria's Meri THE LATE EDITOII OF THE "DAILY Naas."... We dad in the Athavalmo the following paregruph : " WlDlam Weir is • name which may not be known to the world at Imp; but, throe days ego it was worn by as bomb Inalland, sad genuine • men se that world at large meld ' prednes, sad now he who sainswei thereto esswerstit no mars, and again ons of the great latellootual lamas hr gene is hie net, dying, as It weft, st his poet, Mav is( is those who maxim him for a while, much seam sad a blight example. Mr. Weir was editor of the NMI ; he had occupied that honourable position dace the death of Mr. Hunt in 1864, and he had maintained $ with each straightforwardness of spirit, such honesty of principle, such rigour and such courtesy, as to win for him self not only the ageotion of hie Moods and colleagues, bat tin rape* mad admiration of his politiesl oppomats. For shed thirty years he hod permed with homer and edmatnie a literary and political eerier in his adios ereatry, Boatload, dret—ead subsequently is Esc led; began* that career whoa he wail sbost tweaty-due yore old, sad stow a brief away of the legal profeelka at the floadsh bar. He wee a man of great eadowmaem et straw mead same, of palls heart—a learned, a modest. sod a wise maa—la the rinks of literature there woo ad a whim or woe near riming soldier than he ; and if the nearest and dewed to him may look on Ma gram with weeping eyes, they may turn from it too with a mournful pride In tisk eddy; hearts." DEATH OF THE REF. CHAILES MA/31017. B.D. —We deeply regret (ems Me Mae* et Lei eveeig)b am mean the derma el the Rev. Parise MD., et Odd tfttle Odd, tad hat Meer et M. • Ob• Ualemay Clmehjoree et the mei able send massied et the We is the armiled Tmeatra 1•0•11 Mali d 18116. Mis oak_ ime gime ea Thandey minftm id et. Andrew's Pdew Nerl&K &dm where he hal beta mid* with Ms Wear dm the imet bar pees Ma am hams es ma et the Maas, elk Dr. Nem aid Mr. limo" et the Laney of Me !Mien eied the " As.girOMbeite lAi ;"ed it the edam et sewed mimes et seemem end theeisikal aeee4se Me ass eoeM bate hem mete bras teigesial sad beieved—e lira empleted by the testiasim el la Oziwd meemsedmi, who memo the bells it the elarehm Mae ham bra Mike M lalervele Maim the mike day." /taw D/oooaiat ar Art.—A saseamlal at= boo at lam bon nab to ablola 616 Iwo lag beta a nom ta Itatapoolq, ...My, tk. ammo at traminiag a *balk drawhar Pia popr 6 stow as at W Mt s o y la plrod awake at warloao. 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Ist u r ouggeohe ; forth. first busk wrilhil l / 2 1 = led ell!bed As 114. V glittded. " a••••• 400. •IN Old eemer," 'boa there hoe len uley, Wale& to gi7o time topeedeßy their IND, sew et the gewerthen. The hest pub fished in tan utusibere, at &.a, pa c. ea. gar*" 104. to those who will subecribe for she vide; MP Goy ielke have sot Implicit filth to the author's ID Ile patileher awl public, sod who may venture to that the " Old Moser" cosy drop the weirs fa the middle, sr* laud My per ma. for their incredulity. Sint at mant a ant non mint 1 Some hesitation wu apparent at the opening of the Bourse to-day, but it very soon rallied, and be came quite firm. At the close, the Bente wu in de mend at 73fr. Credit Mobilier, after going down to 915 fr., rose to 940 fr. and 950 fr.; Lyons and Medi terranean to 8761 r. ; Southern to 610 fr. ; Orleans to 1,435 fr.; and Northern to I,ooofr. The Lombard and Francis Joseph Railways were briskly dealt in, on account of the agreement just concluded for their amalgamation. THE REGENCY IN PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Bin. 15. Although the expected denouemeist to the nego- tiations going on in the highest circle has not yet taken place, yet an important alteration has occurred in the features of the cue Save yesterday for which the public were not prepared. That a regency is to be expected is well known, and the question turned rot only on the person of the regent, but whether the appointment should be provisional or permanent With respect to the former, the two competitors were the Queen, who claimed the office as long u her husband retained the title of King, and the Prince of Prussia as the next heir to the throne. This has been so far settled that the Queen has withdrawn her pretensions, so that in the present phasic of affairs the Prince of Prussia is alone in the field. But this very fact begets other difficulties which are not easy to surmount. General von Gerlach, the King's aide-de-camp and private friend and adviser (who is at the head of the Kreue Zeitung's party), is putting in motion every influence and i ntrigue in his power to get the King to appoint his brother only temporary Regent, and subject to recal, being, in fact, a simple extension of the office as at present constituted, which the Prince objects to, and either requires the King to abdicate the throne unconditionally , in his favour (retaining the title of King and a handsome pension, as King Ludwig of Bavaria did), or else to appoint him as permanent Regent. But the difficulty about the constitution has not yet been got ever, for the Prince, having consistently for ten years refused to recognise it, is not to be easily moved from his usual well-known firmness of character. The St. Petersburg journals of the 9th announce what they call a " decisive defeat" of Schainyl in the Caucasus. According to them, on the 2nd ult., a large detachment of his forces attacked a Russian column in the gorge of Acho, but was repulsed with considerable loss; whereupon Schamyl, with a part of his troops, resolved to make a diversion at Wis. dikankss. He macbed there, and found a column of Russians, ander General Mischchanko. The Russian general manceuvred in such a way as to entice bim into the place, and then, dividing his fares into two columns, he attacked him both on the right and left, and at last routed him with a loss of 370 men killed, capturing, beside., 84 horses, 424 muskets, 280 swords, 446 pistols, and 14 tents — one of the latter Schamyrs own. It was on the 11th ult. that this engagement took place, and it is said that the Russian for was only 14 killed and 18 wounded. GALWAY AND HALIFAX STEAM-PACKET LINE (LEVER'S). LIVERPOOL. Rm. 17. 8 r.x. The Propeller steamer had reelted Beaton pre vious to the departure of the Alps from New York. The Pacific had arrived off St. John's at 8 o'clock cc the morning of Sept. 2., making the run to that point in less than four days and a half. Ms Leers MR. SAMUEL Rtao.—This essestrie but trap benevolent old Quaker died at his resider" Ri BsTarrater, on Monday Mat, at the advanced age ot sensay one years. He reestned his metal Imelda and tersrester- Mat shrewdams to the lam. He bad beim a solidest Ise nearly forty mon, and had left the polooks Noy than thkt r dlogust , whisk ett woo Is oho Walt of d.dkd woo. as maid lob bailors &key to ourogyvaskag. "We lopittoliawed Moods, balm Mt large Imsatises to ohm rale Nibs& sod Me totopossoo motels& Of lb. Motor lie at • solloes tiro cab ad 'Wm for many ye a s. BM *SM. Whale oat by Irian* three years bakes hie asses, al • douse lassessd nay dispute shoal& ottoomosiodollo 'Wow nob...Yle olkomM be rallteell tet lobloolos,lbodoollool et wfiebi.ri WOW ; nay' dhotoolost WWI. to abide by sedidoidirt 'Mut ha deprived lig ii IMMO outer Ile will. TiotioNotore deputed u. nervy est lis Into onto his old sod sitsoussd friend., Dr. Gourley, eg tisatioatto Park, and Mt. W. Parnell, of Canterbury. ACCIDENT TO THE UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP ARIEL (11 zLzentio Taizoweg.l (11ON OVA OWN ooasperoxinorr.) SOUTHAMPTON, BATMDAT. The steam ship Ariel, which arrived last night with the American mails, has gone ashore off st one Point on a gravelly bed ; she will not probably sus tain any damage; buds likely to be ashore for sever% days. CENTRAL AMERICA. (MOW 0171 OWN CONAZOIPONDINT.) ORRY TOWN, AUGUST 19. The Thames arrived at Orey Town on the 12th, and proceeded to Blew&lds. What or where Blew fields is a great portion of the British public are, no doubt, ignorant ; even those that go there are in the dark, except that they proceed some ninety miles from Grey Town along a low dangerous coast, and finally anchor off a ' bluff' without any shelter, a very small mail bag is landed on a little island at the entrance of a lagoon, where, in a hut, the only one on the island, dwell a white man and four or five natives. To approach this island the boat hu to cross the bar, where a heavy sea runs at all times; frequently it is dangerous, and the lagoon abounds with sharks and alligators. The ship re mains a night, that is to say, it she is not obliged to get underweigh on account of the weather. Blew fields, the metropolis of his Moequitian Majesty, is said to be some 5 or 6 miles up the lagoon. 'The government, I understand, pay 1,0001. per annum extra for this service ! I 'have inquired of many, and none can explain this mystery. The mail, I should say, was a mere bag of post-office forms. There is, 1 believe, one Englishman resident besides the one that receives the mail. By this arrangiment the time so necessary fcr the steamers to put their machinery and boilers to rights at Grey Town is cut short, and I don't hesitate to say that on many occasions the lives of those landing are risked. You will thus see that Blewfields is put on a footing with the important Brazilian ports, and Grey Town, where there is neither freight nor passenger traffic, has a fortnightly mail. Grey Town is in every low state ; many are leaving. The Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans have rejected Mr. Vanderbilt's golden offer of 100,0001. dollars and the opening of the route for the visionary scheme of M. Belly, for such it is. No wonder—from the expe- • rienoe the natives have had of the Yankees. On the 9th Colonel Canty came down, and on the part of the governments of Costa Rica and Nice took possession of Poets Arenas, the opposite side of the harbour, but Captain Wainwright, of her Majesty's ship Leopard, interfered, in consequence of some old agreement, by which we are bound to protect Mr. Scott, late of Morgan Grimson and Co. Her Majesty's consul also objected on the part of the Mosqlutian government. Colonel Cauty naturally remarked that when American companies, without any authority, even filibusteroe, bad occupied this pant of land;he was not allowed to do so; that the trade of Costa Rica might be opened out, as at pc sent all their produce goes by Cape Horn. The State is anxious for an Atlantic port, and het granted a sum of money to commence the formation of a road from the coffee plantations to the river San Juan, thence by boats to Grey Town. When it is borne in mind that roads have been made to the Pacific, and that Costa Rica was out of debt, and had a surplus in the treasury till the unfortunate filibuster invasion, and also that the state is rapidly improving as an agricultural country, all this ap pears to be very feasible ; and the English policy', while favourable to unprincipled adventurers, is that of the dog in the manger to the lawful and in dustrious. All the natives hate the Americans ; and no wonder, when they openly express the most utter contempt for them, more especially for those of mixed breed, of which many of them are. Col. Canty is an Englishman, and, although quite a young man, has seen a great deal of the world, and is well informed on most subjects. He is in the service of Costa Rica. I may here mention a 'ruse' of the late war with the filibusteroa. The colonel was in the castle ; the enemy had the steamers on the river, and were in strong force ; heaps of wood lay on the banks at different points to supply the steamers with fuel ; a party of Costa Ricans issued from their stronghold, bored some pieces in each help with an augur, and filled the cavity with gunpowder, plug ging up the end again. The consequence was, one of the steamers burst her boiler and committed great havoc, although it is not generally known how the accident happened. Another English man-of-war has been victimised on this deadly coast. The Leopard left Grey Town on the 16th with many cases of fever on board. The captain intended taking a cruise for the health of the ship's company, but the disease spreading, he resolved to proceed to Jamaica, via Colon and Car thagena. When she left the latter place, on the 24th, there were upwards of 100 sick, but no very serious oases ; yet the captain was wise to go to Jamaica to land his sick, as the disease was known to be the malignant yellow fever. The Leopard has been stationed on this coast and Jamaica months. To give you some idea of the Blew anchorage : the Leopard, in getting under ;rarer? shipped a sea on the upper deck, when a man was washed off the forecastle and lost. SOUTH AMERICA. BOLIVIL,—The government of this republic has issued a decree, reducing from 40 to 16 per cent. the duties on foreign cotton goods. Public tranquillity seems to be safe from any disturbance. Besides the establishment of municipal corporations, the organisa tion of the National Guard in all departments his been decreed, in which will be enrolled only lawyers, university students, merchants, land proprietors, ezd mechanics. The Pacific mail ship Lima reached her anchorage at Panama on the evening of the 20th of August, bringing mails for Europe, 24 passengers, and 266,548 dole. in treasure; for England, 234,668 dolat for Panama, 32,080 dole. Dates from Chili are to the Slat of July. The country is reported as being more is irosperous than for some Limo past, but the general news is exceedingly scanty. However, it appears that there is a large stock of imports in the warehouse, and it is said that merchants should nee discretion in making farther shipments. The news from the mineral districts of Copiapo are more. flattering daily. A rich discovery of copper mime' has lately been made north of Tres Punta. PERU. From Callao the dates are to the 12th Ailed. G.' neralCastella has been elected President of Fern. In case Castilla throws the burden of the State affahs on the Vice-President Mar, all will probably go well, for he is the most able statesman that Pets 011 boast of. The French admiral has had another question with the government relative to the proceedings of a Peruvian vessel of war with a French merchant ship on the coast, for which the Peruvian government has I had to pay 6,000 dots. Business is very dull ; the Bay is full of vessels, chiefly American, 'main charters. Two large ships arrived from Bosley. leakin The g Honolulu Advertiser says that the Acesria, clipper ship White Swallow had arrived oa th e Oa t and sailed on flth inst.,to land guano at Jarvis 11104 chartered in St. Francisco on atoosot at Or American Guano Company. She can carry 10.. tons, and is the pioneer ship in the guano alas W is stated two or three more clippers will be WIZ' tared at St. Francisco, to load at Jarvis Island. • THE OETWAILD WEST INDIA MAW. — Th e sikwair Atrato, Captain Woolley, left &adoNON F. 1 52 . 87. ditrzilZ above malls, a fell form 2001. la spy* in , and 149 pasesedere, among whom fir! Gnat, y, and family ; Captain Chula& Deacon, lissigas Shirley sad Aldwarth ; sad s &ppm sad Mhos for Drilla, Columbia. STEEN To NEW Yon=.—The weamollip ~ 00 1- imosia, from Hamburg to New York. which woo °"'W. to leave the Samar putt on Thum lay and floatiowlfOwl don Ir the United States, was compelled to rotors o boa sOOO sitar leaving that part, owlag to • of her saeohinery. She w illcsnnrquestlynetarlwat ampton for several days. MR. oonTli kind P; ies 1 nov thing r v :lit Dell pt 8o the pro URSA %% i t irlairn— tram ear j 9" so d 71111; dome aposbe INS lasi Pol — Fetii at goal Nv Mates I ale do MY a at osmotic =paw eei to the e Clutha