The Express. — London, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

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Had Sir GEORG, Garr been Home Secre tary, such a step would have been far from improba ble, for the ease of the woman who dressed herself in order to murder her child, and yet did not suffer the penalty of death through the tender mercy of the then Home Secretary, can never be forgotten. Bat Sir COIN rw•LL LIWIS is a man deficient neither in firmness nor in logic, and, therefore, we hesitate to believe in the truth of the alleged rum:par. If Dr. SM►.ruuasT a molly guilty, no more atrocious crimi al ever stood in the dock of the Old Bailey ; if he be really innocent, no man wee ever more foully calumniated, no man ever deserved a larger compensation ; but, at the same time, no man ever displayed fewer signs of ordinary feeling in a terrible crisis. It is certainly unfortunate that those who have undertaken to write upon this subject should be so ill-informed as to matters of fact. It world have beets well had they taken the trouble patiently to read the facts adduced in evidence. Thus the Times in one article asserts that the verdict was entirely founded on medical evidence, although, as was yester day pointed out by a correspondent In these columns, the circumstantial evidence contributed mainly to the result and in another article the ease journal asserts that no poison wsa found in the body of the victim, though it is established that • certain' quantity of antimony wail found there. In pbilo criminal circles it is made matter of complaint that twelve Ignorant man should condemn a man to death after deliberating only forty minutes, though it is an obvious fact that these very men bad been consider ing the case for five days, and that the whole evi dence woe before them, and the Judge had began his summing up the day before the verdict was deli vered. Writers may have what opinions or preju dices they please against capital punishment ; but it w monstrous to enforce such a view by flagrantly insisting that every man or woman found guilty of murder, however atrocious, is really innocent. For this is iu truth the cow,e of advocacy which the opponents of capital punishment are inclined to parse,. It ie • somewhat remarkable fact that those who have written upon the murder have not, with one or two easeptioen, been present during the trial, sad awe therefore, according to the theory of trial by mutabsolutely incapable of forming a right t. No doubt there ere certain cases in which a just conclusion may be drawn by one who rude the evidence es it is reported. Bat there are other cues in which the actual conduct of the prisoner and the demeanour of the witnesses during the trial are of vital importance. Indeed if this were not so, Trial by Jury would be a useless expense, and an unpardonable waste of time. The trial of Dr. SMITIICIAT was a striking instance of the im portance of seeing the prisoner and the witnesses. How is it possible to realise delouse:an between the appearance in the wither-hen of Dr. TODD, Dr. JULlts, IN, BIRD, and Dr. COP LAND, sad that of the Professors of the Grosvenor School of Medicine ? It was impossible to hear the samession of medical men who actually attended Mee BANNEA without being struck with their sober and disinterested truthful ness. It was impossible to listen to the author of the theory of " angina pectoris" in PALMER'S case, and his colleagues, without being impressed with the rashness of their speculations, and doubting the Kra racy of their observation. Again, it is irapcm Jibe to describe the effect produced upon the awe-struck audience by the cool volu bility with which the convicted murderer discussed the arithmetical details of his share is Miss HANNA)? mortgage mousy; or the collected impudence with which he stopped with his hand the Judge who was about to commence the final address. True, this demeanour, being subse quent to the verdict, could not have influenced the jury, but to thou who saw it the opinion of the jury was singularly confirmed. The crime couged needed consummate coolness and iron nerve. The man who could condor: himself as JMETDDRAT did before the court was just the sort of man capable of the crime of secret poisoning. In abort, what ever opinion may be entertained as to the guilt Or innocence of SMITHICR• , T by those who were not present during the trial, it would probably be im possible to find any individual present during the tria; who entertained adoubt upon the subject After all, the train of circumstances leading to the Surest of Miss BASKIS is not so difficult to follow. At first sight, ne doubt, it seems mysterious enough. Why should this man, who had already retired from active professional life with an independence, involve hiuistlf by marrying another woman and then poisoning her ? The truth is probably this. It is abundantly clear that Miss BANKER had • real affec tion Um SULTIV IST. hhe had evidently conceived a pass,on for him. SMETHURST'S wife was very old. Ile no doubt thought--indeed he openly said—that she could not last long. Having ascertained that Miss BASKES had some money, he probably thought that he might conceal his double marriage until his wife wae out of the way. If the scruples of Miss BASKP.S could have been satisfied, it would have been infinitely better for bsthauvarr to hate obtniuvd possession of her prom without going through the ceremony of giggerisge. But this turned out to be impossible. The only course left we. to assure !CM BASSES that the old woman with whom he lived was not really his wife, and that therefore he was in a position to ointract a marriage. Yielding to this represents. tine, Mies Basin went to Battersea Church, and subsequently to Richmond. Up to the moment of the marriage it may be questioned whether lisernuniir had say definite design upon the He of the lady. But as soon as the mar. riage ceremony was completed Ssernuitsr saw folly the &Besides of his position. If a child were born—and that seemed imminent—not only woottl it iwit.ire to be baptised and supported, but Ills• RAMIE.% ill ler ow' 41shece, "Gold assert her nghte to bs eassiderld ea • legal wife. It this were, THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, lOU. 'denied, and if the marriage came to the een ot the real Mrs. 81111211018 T or her hiands, the chances certainly were that the fraud would be disernand, sad that SUCTIIII2.4T would be indicted for bigamy. The danger was greet, and demanded a desperate remedy. Miss BANICE3 was delicate, and subject to severe bilious attacks. It may very possibly be that at first the attack was natural. But SmentnisT was a man of considerable medical knowledge. Seeing the condition of Miss BANICEB, it may very possibly have occurred to him that by keeping up and aggravating the vomiting and diarrhea he might succeed in destroying his quosi-wife. To a person of her temperament very slight doses of any irritant poison would amply suffice for the purpose. If the evidence produced may be believed, this was, in fact, his very plan of action. If a man may be judged by his conduct, it is impossible to imagine conduct more consistent with guilt than the conduct of SMETHURST. His useless parsimony—his constant attendance night and day—his performing all the functions of • nurse—his not allowing one scrap of food to leave the room—his keeping all the poor woman's relations out of the way—his heartless letters to his wife, evidently showing that he meant to return—his deliberate lying—and his scrupulous care about the will by which poor Miss BANKL9 was to leave him her property—have already been sufficiently detailed. The only excuse pre tended for his singular conduct wu his extraordinary affection for this poor lady, but that notion is utterly inconsistent with almost everything he said and did. Strange, however, as his conduct was, it was admirably consistent with a deliberate design to murder. When, therefore, such • design was proved by the evidence of doctors, who declared as they looked epos the poor woman in bed that she was dying of slow poison ; when, moreover, that opinion wee con firmed by discovering antimony in the body, and arsenic which must have been there—it is impossible to doubt that both the judge and the jury who tried the prisoner were bound, by their moral obligation to protect society, to pronounce a verdict of guilty. Nor is it credible that any Secretary of State, unless some new and startling facts are discovered, will venture to disturb a verdict which deserves the rain of being not lem bonen than courageous. A msaa ago the project of law submitted to the Chamber by the Belgian Government for the exten sion of the fortifications of Antwerp was rejected by majority of 63 to 39, with 9 votes absent. The majority= that occasion was composed of 31 ultra- Catholics and 22 Liberals. Of the Catholic, or rather, Clerical party, there were many who voted against the measure simply because it was the masseurs of a Liberal ministry ; whilst others, more reamed sad scrupulous, opposed the project ostensibly s aise of excessive expenditure, or because they were in favour of fortifying Brussels in pre ference to Antwerp. There were objections, also, on the score of the " political danger" of the pro , jest, by which they professed to mean a violation of the neutrality which is at once the obligation and the privilege of Belgium ; their real antipathy to national defence being derived from a respectable sentiment of admiration for the institutions of the French Empire, in which the State Church, a little leas than paramount, is something more than favoured and protected. Among the Liberals, the objections which among the Clerical party are mere disguises, were doubtless sin cere, whether political, economical, or local in their character. There were Liberals of the pure land simple Peace Party, who shrank from any ap pearance of calling the neutrality of Belgium in question ; Liberals of the sound constitutional school, who regarded with • judicious horror the royal and courtly propehaity to strong military bud gets; Liberals who contended that it was bete ter to fortify the flat country round the capital than an extreme point of the ter ritory, such as Antwerp; Liberals who, having made up their minds to he swallowed by France some day or other, declined to put their hands in their pockets for the purpose of de ferring the honour to as distant a day as possible; and lastly, local Liberals, who considered that the commercial interests of Antwerp itself would be very seriously affected, and its natural and peaceful development, obstructed by the ugly artifices of military engineers. Already, in 1849 considerable discontent had arisen out of the con struction of a new line of forts in front of Antwerp as the commencement of an entrenched camp, from the refuel of the authorities to indemnify proprie tors to the extent of their damages, or demands. Only In 1852, public feeling began to take a new turn on the question of national defence. The arrested decree of the Second of December in the French Monileur wee no secret at Brussels ; and with the exception of an insignificant minority, every one was now or opinion that in order to make her neutrality respected, Belgium must be in a condition to defend herself from a coup de main. It was also agreed that Ant werp should be the pivot of the national de fence. But here two plans were in discussion : according to the one, the existing Spanish enceinte was proposed to be destroyed, and thrown back beyond the faubourgs ; according to the other, which wu the plan of the Government of the day, the Northern laubourgs of the town only would be included in the new enceinte. It was variously argued that with an entrenched camp no enceinte was necessary ; and that, at any rate, the old and useless fortified places should be demolished, and the Antwerp fortifications substituted for, not added to, them. The Ministry, however, stuck to its pro ject of the leaser enceinte, and the bill was rejected. Then, es now, the Ministry was accused by the mast violent of its adversaries at home and abroad of acting under pressure of the KIXG, and the KING of obeying the dictates of England! The question has never clambered in the Chambers or in the press, and his pined by the free and vigorous' discussion on both sides. And it is just t o the Clerical party in Belgium to say that only • few furious ultramontane zealots are secretly hanker ing after • closer union with Imperialism ; the mode rate and rational Catholics cling as devotedly as the Liberals to the freedom and independence of their country. In the recent discussion, the Liberal Ministry cer tainly owed a debt of gratitude to M. Gummi Di CASSAGNAC, whom menacing prose (perhaps, toe, the report of the creation of a new military aimmand at Lille) cannot have failed to recommend the project of fortifications to the common sense and patriotism of the Chamber. The Ministers and their leading supporters put the question boldly and broadly, on the plainest grounds: le the national existence of Belgium a reality or a fiction ? Are the venerable cities of Flauders,Hainault, and Brabant willing to coalesce in defence of the common country? Or is Belgian independence a mere state paper to be blown away by the first blast of M. OZANICR DC CASSAGNAC'd thunder? Th. reply of a free legis lature to such an appeal es this can hardly be doubtful ; and we for whom the iadependenos of Belgium is a question of peace or war are not sue , prised to learn that the project of law for the fortification of Antwerp is virtually affirmed ; though, perhaps for the reasons we have suggested, by • majority of fifteen only. The Clerical party has We consolation—it need no )sager fear an English invasion ; for not only is Antwerp to be metered by au entrenched camp, bat the passage of the lialshlt is to he "covered," and, moreover, the Due DS MAGIVITA is to be in command no farther oft than Lille. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO ALDERSHOT?. PORTSMOUTH, Awn= M. Her Majesty the Queen, and his Royal Highness the Prince CCOROII, accompanied by Prince Alfred sad other members of the Royal Family, embarked on board the Fairy, Commander his Saran Highness the Prince Laininges, at Osborne this morning, at twenty mfrantes past tan o'clock, sad ptoosedal to the Royal Merman Yazd, Gosport, on roan; to Aldershot; As the Fairy approached Speared the royal standard wee saluted by the Tatalgar, 91, Captain B. G. Fa•shaws; luny, 40, Captain Caldwell; Sidon, 22, Captain J. B. Crawford; sad the Scout, 21, Captain J. Corbett; which varele manaed yards and damned in parti-ocdotued bunting. Royal 'elates were %lax Bred born the garrison, sad by the Viotory,lo4, flagship, Captain A. Farquhar; and St. Vincent, 101, Captain T. Wilson. Her Majesty arrived at the Clsrence-yard a few minutes after 11 o'clock, and was received by Admiral William Bowles, C. 8., the Commander-in-Chief; Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, superintendent of the dockyard, Major-General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlet; K.C.8., and their respective staffe ; together with Captain the Hon. George Fowler Beatings, C. 8., Captain R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., and a guard of honour of the Tippe rary Militia Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant- Cabrael the Berl of Donoughnsore. The Patios Consort was \shied is an undress military uniform, and Primo, Alfred in that of a naval cadet. Her Majesty and suite left Gosport at • Tarter past 11 o'clock for Aldershot; sal, it Is expected, will return to Osborne to-toerrow. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, TUUDAT. The Noeitswr in announcing the various nomina tions of the chief military commands, states that the augmentation in the number of these commands is in order to form a more equal division of the military forces of the empire. SWITZERLAND. /MILNE AoarsT 22. The embarkation at Naples of the fourth regiment of Swiss troops has been effected in the best possible order, they having previously received the whole pay due to them. 1,689 privates and 14 officers will be received at Marseilles by the Swiss consul. Yesterday the French and Sardinian plenipoten tiaries held a conference. The King of Naples has acted fairly towards the Swiss troops that have been I disbanded ; they receive a retiring pension accord ing to a decree of the late King. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, AIJOUST 22. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent left yes terday evening for Ostend. wW ft •E4PRESS FROM PARIS. (Plox ova crow oomeromirr.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING._ I hear that several refugees—who would gladly avail themselves of the amnesty if they were quite sure that they might reside in France on precisely the same footing as other citizens—hesitate to come back on account of doubts entertained about the construction of the Law of Public Safety. There is a question about it in many minds, and the diffi culty is not met by reiterated 'martian that the amnesty is "full and entire." The Bourse continues in a languid state. The Rents fell 10c. both for cash and account, closing at 68fr. 76c. and 68fr. 86c. It had been quoted lower—at 68fr. 70c. and 68fr. 65c. Mobilier rose 2fr. 60c. In railway shares there were very few prices made; nominal quotations are rather lower. M. Dolma, a well-known agent de change, wee found drowned in the Seine on Saturday lest, near the Asnieres bridge. As his watch and a rum of 600 fr. were found upon his person, it is not likely that ha should have been assassinated, and u his affairs were in a flourishing condition, and he leaves a fortune of a million of francs, the idea of a suicide is also almost excluded. Some accident, yet unex plained, probably led to his death. The news of a ministerial modification at Vienna has produced a great sensation. but it is not thought very promising. M. Goluchowski, the new Minister of the Interior, is a decided ultramontanist. M. de Hubner, the lets ambassador at Paris, who now be comes Minister of Police, is notoriously a creature of the Jesuits. The reforms to come from each hands are likely to be small. The Petrie, contradicting a paragraph which has been going the rounds of the French papers for the last two or three days, states that the Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany has not gone to Vienna ; he is still in Paris, and the day of his departure is not yet fixed. The St. Maar camp is entirely broken up; not a single tent remains on the plain, and General Son main, who commanded it, has returned to his resi dence in the Place Vend6me. It is rumoured that the state is about to bring an action against a private individual for the restitu tion of Cardinal Richelieu's head, which was cut off when the mob broke into the chapel of the Sorbonne at the time of the great revolution, and has hitherto been kept as an heirloom in the family of a deputy, into whose hands it fell. The following is the most striking passage of an article in the Patris upon the necessity of a European congress : Sordid& Dad •nutria, than, ars incompatible at Zurich. Their plotipmentlartm drsady decline direct communication idolise& other; they only communicate through the =edit= of the Prated representative. So, before an ■greunent could have bets oome to, they won't even listen say longer to each other. This is a situation that greatly impales a manual understaading. France, It la true, does all she can to allay this antagonism. She arbitrates with an authority equal to her wisdom. She brings to the negotiations a sprit of business that un doubtedly would succeed were it nut confronted by the obstinate resistance of Austria. Great, however, se is the conciliatory disposition of France, she nevertheites cannot go to such a length u to yield to Austria what she cannot abandon, and whit she has the right to consider u the fruit of her victories. France wishes Italy to be independent ; Austria does not lfreracs - t wishes the confederation to be Italie* ; Auntie triable it to be Austrian. Prams wia;.tiTiop. to udate his power by pru dent reforms; Austria wishes the Pope to natant subject to Influences entlpsthatio to the French mind. France deserts that the Deka of Tuscany and Modena may be able loyally to become reconciled with their peoples ; Austria desires to impose them by foroe. France wants the fortresses of the quadrangle to be oocu pled by a federal army; Austria wants theirs fortresses to be occupied as barracks by her army, that thin may remain as • ;nemesia moan itgainat the independence of 'hay. Notwithstanding her spirit of generous and wise comtala. tint, we greatly fear that France herself will be unable to Garry out her arbitration between Austria and Piedmont. loiturse mut be had, than, to another judadtodos. Swops alone Incompetent to Judge and solve each gnat &S -odds, seals serious interests. Vo7all these reasons, the Italian question in short, se it appears to us, can only be settled by a European congress. Ti. sword 01 France has cut through the treat* that con secrated the domain of Austria in the Stales of the Penicaula. It ta to the authority of Europe that it appertains to com plete the work. UNITED STATES AND CANADA. (lIT ILLONITIC TELEOPIAPEI.) (ram ova ows LIVERPOOL, TUZSDAT. The steamer Anglo• Saxon, from Quebec, 13th inst., has arrived; she reached the Bar at midnight but was detained owing to low tide. The steamer City of Manchester, from Belfast tie Queenstown, arrived at New York on the 13th. The steamer North America, hence, reached Quebec also on the 13th. The news both from Canada sad the United States is unimportant. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH VIA FATHER POINT. NEW Yoga, Auousr 13, Eva/m.o.—Oar stock market was firm and rather better this morning, but closed weak. Money and exchange unaltered. Cotton heavy at about former rates. Breadstuff. generally dull and lower. Pork heavy and dull. The Kangaroo for Liverpool, and Ocean Queen for Southampton, sailed to-day with considerable amount of specie. NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 12.—Cotton dull, bat without change in quotations. QUEBEC.—the North American steam.ehip, from Liverpool, hu arrived. THE BOMBAY MAIL. The following telegram from the Red Sea and India Telegraph Company has been received from Alexandria, ria Trieste: " ALEXANDRIA, Auousr 17. " The Bombay steamer of the sth arrived at Aden on the 14th. " The European discharge question still engages attention. " The British ship Natbalie was wrecked off Bom bay on the 23rd nit. The mate and two seamen were drowned. "The Bombay money market continues easy. " Piece goods and other imports were in steady demand. " No change in freights. " Bombay harbour was crowded. " Exchange on London, six months, 2s. 02d. " Freights to London, 161. to 17s. 3d. " The American ship Isaac Boardman, from Liver pool, arrived at Aden on the 19th inst." RUSSIAN SHIPS. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 14th says At Cronatadt newt was there such great activity amongst the vends both of commerce and of war as at present. The number of the former which arrive or leave exceeds anything seen during the last few years, and many of the verde are screws. The appearance pressated by the mewls of war is still more Intereeting, and everywhere are to be men of and bailors who are joyfully preparing to leave for the Mediterranean, the Archipelago, and the Pacific. Them voyages are quite a the for our sailors, who, by the frown state of our seas, have hitherto been condemned to long inaction daring a part of the yew. Our navy sever hest so great a number of vanilla navigating_dte- Mat sees is mild climates. The magnificent frigate the High Markel, of 800 horse power, which it certainly one of the Most yawls in the whole world, la preparing to leave Crou stade In • few days. This vessel, which wee built in heserke, is going to Portsmouth to bring beck the Grand Doke Ccestantine. Rear-Adruiral Hardman la about to leasedor the Mediterranean with the ship-of-thelinelian- _ r _ goodden. the frigate Ilia Monrometz, the oorvette Volt, end is to be joined by the frigate Svetlaod, which is now at Porte south. The corvette Posaadnik end the clippers &tabulate and Nalezdaik are to kers for the Pacific. A squadron, con sisting of several ships of the lies, and commanded by Vier Adroirdd de Schantz, one of the most distinguished officers of Rawls, is now cruising in the Baltic , and is executing the most dißoalt I:I2•LOMITTY. The Grand Doke Constantine is to inspect it on his return. PRUSSIA. The Gazette d'Atberfekt says it has reason to know that Lord John Russell has addressed a new despatch to Lord Bloomfield, Minister of England at expressing a wish to see established a com plete sword between the two cabinets on aU the present questions of European politics. The same penal assures us that the understanding between Prussia and Russia is perhaps still more intimate. It concludes from this that Prussia is not "isolated," and it sees in the amicable relations of that power with England and Russia a strong guarantee for the maintenance of European peace. An address to the Regent, signed by 573 persons, has been transmitted to Berlin from Stettin. The address contains the following page: We cannot disguise from ourselves that the peace which has been concluded, and the duration of which is so uncer tain, does not remove external dangers for Germany in vaerAl or Praia& in particular. Toe duty of Promos to notch over °mummy is only the more imperative. Prom what has taken place at the Diet it revolts only too clearly that the federal constitution has need of reform If we Irish the indepaudenos of the nation so be assured, and that Ger many, in rim of war, should not become the prey of the foreigner. A central military power has become indispen sable in order to establish the unity of Germany. The extrtence of shah a power is required if Prussia is to con tinue, without danger to herself, any longer to form part of the Oen:panto Confederation. . _ The two following bulletins were issued at Berlin on the 18th : The condition el the King hem not become wort* in the eour.w of the day. The greater power of motion in the body, and the attention given to Burrow:14111g objeeta mentioned thin moraiog, have continued up to a late hour &le evrolug. Dr. Galuu. Dr. Boone. Sans Simi, August 17, 9 p.m. Again Imert night the King had • sound and refreshing sleep, the influence of which upon his strength fa veep OVid4llll. Dr. DUI KM. D. i3;,--ii: Sam Bond, August 18, 9 sm. The Milan Gazette states, on the faith of some traweller, that upwards of seventy persona were accosted at Vieille oa the night of the 16th, impeded of political agitation. A letter from Bologna, in the Opirsione of Turin, um Met Signor Alberto Mario and his wife (late Mir Jews W. White) were travelling under the name of Martino when arreiled. They have been treated with reaped, and will he sit at liberty on condition of their goi.ting the oonntry. REDUCTION OF THE FRENCH ARMY. The Constitudionaelgivea the following announce ment, which is evidently intended to be considered as semi-official : The measures prescribed by order of the Emperor, and in virtue of which a greet number of eoldiers are to be seat to their homes, we, ere are amored, to be executed men, that is, immediately after the snivel of the corps of the story of Italy in their respective prelims. According to the plan now in preparation, the measures in question will first commence with the immediate discharge, and b 7 anticipation, of the men of the clue of 1862, whose period of service eepires on the 31st of December neat. The definitive discharge of this clam will be followed soon after by Ant of • pert of the clan of 1863, who entered the service in the be ginning of 1864, and whom ooatthgent had been, as known, canted extraordinarily to 140,000 men, by rem= of the war in the Crimea. Tbea will come the departure of the soldiers of the difienent classes to which renewable leave of ,' &been will be granted on their being the supporters of their families, which they are to prove by the production of the autbentic docameats required is such circumstances, chew ing the seceeeity of their presence in their homes. The definitive or temporary discharge of the men who, In copse queues of the peace, are also to quit the ranks, will be °on& demble, and the result wall be impoetent saviors in the budget, and groat advantage to agriculture and industry. THE FRENCH AMNESTY. The Oat Deutsche Post is at present the only Ger man newspaper that bite published its opinion of the amnesty granted by the Emperor Napoleon. The close of the article runs thus : Napoleon 111., by his amnesty, will perhaps not acquire many new friends ~r partisans, but hal:Moms a great signory over his deaconries, in alarming to them by the smarty that he does not tom them. _ . Confidence in itself, and the consciousness of its own strength, its the firmest support' of army government, and they have so much the greater power when they are dis pkyed by noble magnanimity. And now that Napoleon shows the confidence he hex in his strength by opening again the gates of t h e country to his declared elversaries— now that in hie good fortune he feels himself disposed to alleviate, as far as it depends on him, the intefortane of tha7e'who suffer from 'having been Through principle opposed to his fortune—he is thereby doing more to strengthen his throne than by all his laws, however se acre, of general safety ; and se moreover it requites on the part of Napoleos • courage purely personal to give freeloui to Lie Memento enemies, that are probably sot to be conci liated, this set gloritice the empire in the eyes of the French more than a hundred beaten gained by the marshals. If now the government of Napoleon 111. bas atmtned such a degree of strength as to permit it to oppose to its domes tic enemies ibis courageous confidence In tbielf, this sublime magnanimity, the foreigner hes • thousand reasons for weighing most earnestly this enormous progr,se of the se cond empire. Hitherto the fear of seeing the preponderance of FOlllOll establishe i has been counterbalanced in the eyes of many by the thought [het the imperial sway at home wee too weak to be risked on greater eaterpriers &hoed. Bat the more this hypotheaie loses of its probability the more the contrary hypothesis gains ground, which i., that the woad empire will pursue in the world the same matte taken by the first, sod that afire it has made eserifitee for its seaway at hums it will endea vour to guarantee itself against the unessintee that, rightly or wrongly, it Is inspired with from abroad. The moment the Nepoleonien system shall be completely triumphant within, it will feel Mead urged to develop that which oonsaintes he foundation of its historical nature; in other words, to propose itself as norm and model for all Europe. Already m its most palatal beginnings at home it has remained tree to this nature, and obtanel euccerses without that were la exact ratio to those it had obtaloed • akin. This orrhowads progress will be incessantly followed up. For each step Is edam* taken in the interior, en attempt will be reads to educe the principle abroad that ham been followed at hoses. It arm the antaistant system of the first empire to guaran tee, @moue, end extend by foreign domination, the fora its samosas, at boom bed givon it. This aymatu has not been destroyed by the interval that has elapsed between the WI of Napoleon 1. and the acossoion of Napoleon 111. to the throne, for so Napoleon 111. has said in bit celebrated work, Napoleoniam is an Imo irtal idea that is called upon to Bayern tke world." 271.1 air ILICTIONS. The contest for the repnwntation of the borough of Hull, in the place of Mr. Joseph Hoare (comer votive), unmated by a select committee of the Homo of Commons, did not prove so keen on Saturday, the day on which the poll took pleos, ea had been anticipated by both liberals and conservatives. The candidates were Mr. John Harvey Lewis, barrister-at-law (liberal), the defeated candi date at the last elsotloa, and Mr. Joseph Soma, of London, shipowner (conservative). Mr. Some, took the lead from the Mt, sad finally hooded his opponent by 489 votes, the num ber at the close of the poll being—Solon (conservative), 2,068 ; Lewis (liberal), 1,679 ; majority, 489. At the elec tion in the sprmg of the present year Mr. Lewis polled 380 more than he did on the premed ocesidee, and Mr. Hoare, who was the second on the poll, polled at the last election 201 more than Mr. Somas did on Saturday. Hence It would appear that upwards of 500 fewer alscton recorded their votes at this than at the preceding election. The nomination at Berwick for the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Brio took place on Friday; the Sheriff prodded. The Mayor proposed Mr. Marjoti banks ; Captain Smith seconded the nomination. Mr. Robert Thompson nominated Mr. Richard Hodgson, the chairman of the North British Railway Company; Dr. Flub seconded the nomination. Attar speeches from the hon. candidates, and a oonaiderable 1110011 St of discussion about the " arrangement," the chow of hands was taken, and was declared to be in favour of Mr. Hodgson. The polling counstmced on Saturday, and was conducted with great Writ on both sides. At noon the poll stood , Marjoribanks, 228; Hodgson, 228; at two o 'clock the num bers were—Marjoribanka, 273 ; Hodgson, 263 ; and at the elms of the poll—Marjoribanks, 306; - Hodgson, M. Ma jority, 1. The Dake of Rutland passed through town on Saturday from yachting, on his we, to Longshawe Ledge, Dcrbyshiva,to receive a party of friends for grouse shooting, The Mike of Somerset and the Lords of the Ad miralty hove town this morning on an official visit of inspec tion to Chatham: mad Shawnees. The Duchess of Buselend' arrived at the Oatlands Hotel, Walton-on-names, op Saturtlety lost. The Earl Worm and Ladies Cadogan have left tows for Taahridge Walla. The health of the noble earl Is quite restored. The Counter of Chichester and the Ladies Mary and Henrietta Pelham have arrived et the Qatma's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Lord aad Lady Willoughby d'Ereaby are enter midair a owassisad Adams at Drazamoad Cattle, Lady Dover has left Stoke Park, near Windsor, what* bet ladyship has been staying with Lord and Lady Tramp% kr Brighton. Lead Panninre is entertaining a select party at Ineurreark Lags, N B Melodies Bar Thomu awl Lady Lodes Mosendro, Colonel sad Lady Jans Doadas, the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., N. Sir E. Hewer Lytton has left Park-lane for a tour on the Continent. The fashionable arrivals at Ramsgate include their Royal Riglmams the Doha and Dubose d'Atunale, the Priam de Donde, Earl Fitswilliata, Right Ras. 8. R. Leahingtoe, Hon. Mrs. Leslie, Lady Illentekar, Genand Wliehrote, Admiral Stoptord, Lady &VA Mr. Looks, LP., mount and Vowountrae Ramadan, Lord and Lady Charlie Pullet, Dowager Counties Aahharnhaaa, Mr. Wens, M.P., Lady Fielding, Dowager Lady Fleides, Mr Moses Lulea awe, The Rev. F. Roach, minor canon of Canterbury, has been pommel by the Dean and Chapter to the vicarage of Litilebourne. The liberal electors slid non-electors of the borough of lialdatema wUI give a grand !Pe in Victor's oa Wednesday, Me 31st inst., to celebrate the return to parliament of Maser& Inc sad &atm. The Emperor Napoleon, on arriving at St. Sativenr, 600 miles from the Preach capital, foiled an electric tele graph ready for humiliate mice; so that his Majesty can transmit orders to way part of the empire, and correspond with foreign cabinets as promptly so when at the Tuileries. The king of the Belgians and royal family have returned to Lulls from Ostend. The Duchess of Parma is sow at Haarlem with liter brother the Count de Chambord. The Emperor of Austria has just entered no his tweedy-10mb yea, haring bees bees an August 18, 1830. A St. Petersburg letter says:—" On the 20th of September the Hereditary Grand Doke will enter his six teenth year, and, sounding to the laves of the empire, will attain his majority and take part in the deliberations of the Council of the Empire, end he present at the Councils of Meister'. It La believed that on that day the general isnaeclpaUou of the serfs of Russia will be proclaimed. The Grand Duke Constantine is to return to Bt. Petersburg for the exassion. Gated Mee us to be given in honour of the nest." Long and interesting accounts have been received from Stockholm of the ceremonies at the funeral of the late King. Thry are chit fly remarkable for than simplicity. Tha Calcutta journals say that the key. Father Jeilleseist, who is at Hersrsbegh, has been active in annenting the insubordination evinced by the European troops at that station. His toisefinduct fa this respect has hese so great and so openly maolfeeted se to have incurred ant only the cowlenination of the military authorities, but also the reprobation of his brother priest, Csmillua . tinder these circumstances the governmeut has ordered him to quit Hazarebegh. We learn from the Lueknow Herald that a batch of railway engineers was almost immediately expected to irrive from Ensland, and shot the first obligatory line of the Oade railway, that between Letoknow and Cawnpore. may be expected to be commenced about the claw of the ruins. Tao line has beeo already surveyed, estimated for, and deter mined. The lice between Luekeow and Pyritic,' I. the next detinaimid upon, and may possibly be commenced simulta ationely with the Canape» line. Hu MAJESTY'. VIPIT TO GUERYSSET.—The fol lveriag message has been addrsised to the governor and other eadierities of Guernsey :—" Whitehall, Aug. 16 —Str,—lt affix& me much ranotaction to inform you that I have re ceived the Qom'. commands to convey to you, and, through alypip bailiff and other authorities of the is l and, her ' s maim approval of the arrangements which were as the carries of her Majesty's recent visit to Otters my. The loyalty manifested be the inhaletants of this imeleat possession of her Majesty', Crown afforded her Ma tipty A ims seatffication, and 11 has loft • deep end lasting sperms. as her Majesty's mind and feelings.—l have the bracer M be,, sir, your obedient servant, G. C. L6Wl3.—The Lesutouverwr, &c., Guernary." TES Lan Sl6 JANES WORIGoIt.—A memorial is prniente6 by gray of the army medical officers and others la miiimistims of the sanks of the late Sir Jamse M•Grigor, who for many years presided over the medial department of rheumy in a manlier to command the esteem of all time wed whom he was brought into commusiration. A sub scription has bean opened for the purpose, which the prin cipal envy pais will receive. GARIBALDI. The Nord gives the following hoot a Spanish paper We beset with the greatest pleasure the expressive and letter which our friend and 00-raligionist, 8. Campos, gracious reeoned hoes the Illustrious guardian, the defender of the rigida el the people, the sympathedc Garibaldi, in answer te hie, who congratulated him in the name of itte Spank& democrats on the brilliant successre he has obtained In the Ws campaign • "TO B. =WARD CAMPOS, AT MADRID. "My vary der kind and oompanion,—Your congratula tee.y letter has given toe the greatest pleasure. "It le net is vela that I have always counted on the rm. pethiss of the Spanish democracy. " My rule of conduct in the sphere of politics will always be the rine—liberty, union, sad independence. Bach are the three emblems of my military shield. "I shall saver detach myself al= them, for they form the Odes hoped so many years of labours and sufferings. " The valiant end loyal Sparer& are right to have ea:d aises to aaa.. _ _ tt Wlssetise jest aspirations of the Italian peop le shall be reeled, when Italy shall truly be free from the - Alps to the Aar's*, and when she will have nothing mom to fear for bar liberty, I shall skit your rich peninsula, and feel a eincere viewers In knowing end embracing all the brethren and co . rellsbelsts whom I am not somminted with. tt The fate of arms war propitious to me in this last con tast ; nothing to owing to my valour, I have merely done my duty, _as a soldier of freedom. "Adieu, most dear brother; salute in my name this valiant and honourable Spanish democracy, which is so well ='mil by the DiseusAion, and count on the formal pro your affectionate friend.—Health and forwards. "Levin, July 30." "J. °MUD/LLD!. LOMBARDY AND PIEDMONT. The Indipeadenta gives the following u the plan which would be adopted by the Piedmontese govern ment for the assimilation of Lombardy. 1. At present only the measure. of obvious and undeniable urgency will be promulgated. 2. The Subalpine Chamber will vote the treaty; if one should be drawn up. 3. After that vote it will be dissolved. 4. There will appear a new elootoral law on the base of a deputy to thirty or thirty-fire thousand in habitants. 6. It is from this parliament representing all the provisions of the state to the government will de mand the powers necessary for the laws of assimi lation. PORTUGAL MAY 001. OVN 0011111111.01M11111%) LISBONAracer 17. The Count de Thomar left for the Brazils in the Tyne, on the 13th inst., to fill the poet of minister plenipotentiary on the part of Portugal at that court. _ _ _ . _ The King and the rest of the royal family are still sojourning at the Palace of Mafra. The Spanish financier Salamanca has made the deposit of 40,0001., required by the provisiosal con tract entered into between him and the Poltnguests government. The concession is still open to compe tition for the space of forty day., but unless Sir S. M. Peto enters again, and revises his proposals, which is very unlikely the contracts of Salamanca will be definitively adopted. Whether this gentleman will be able to execute the extensive works contracted for at so low a figure is matter for grave doubt ; the terms are far more advantageous for the Portuguese government than those of Peto's contract, and the work draughted out is more costly and difficult. Avow yarrow. _ _ . . Public masses for the repose of the late Queen have been said in many of the churches of the capital and throughout the country, and I believe this week a solemn dirge will be sung in the church of the English College. The accounts of the olives are very bad, and a very short crop is expected. The vine disease is worse than ever, and the loss in money to the farmers and to the country generally will be very great. From Oporto, letters in which every credence can be placed describe the state of the vineyards as most disastrous. CRICKET IN CANADA.—A letter from Toronto says:—" The manly game of cricket is now in full play all over Canada. Last week eleven Upper Canada men played the United States Eleven on the Torunto ground. The re sult was somewhat different from the trial of skill at the game between the earns parties last year when Canada won, with six or eight wickets to go down. Oa the present °cos olon the American party, most of whom, however, were Begliebmen, were decidedly the better men, and Iron easily, leaving flee wickets to go down. The scene on the ground was really most animated end pleasing. Thoneand. of our einem" were present, including the Governor-General end Lady Head, and the tout ensemble, the surrounding scenery, sad many handsome buildings In the vicinity, were mat Imposing to the spectator. The All-England Eleven are to visit no in the autumn, and the greatest animation prevails ail over the cricketing localities in the United States and in Canada. Our men are practising amidnonsly for the coming matches; bat we can hardly expect to get together a twenty two who can by any poegibility beat the splendid eleven of AU England. The love of the noble game is spreading all over this continent, which may almost be looked nom' as a guanuthre for the non.deterlorstion of the inhabitants.' THE STREET BETTING NDISANCE.—The members of the betting ring who tranasct their business in the public thoronghfares hiving been expelled from the City by the police authorities, now congregate In considerable number. in Princes-sheet, Coventry-street, end in Bird.etreet, Os ford-aireet, where they ate almost daily to be seen, some with betting books, and most of them evidently belonging to the sporting fraternity, causing anobetruchon to respectable pas- Naga% On Monday as Mr. Bartlett, former, of Bovingdon, Bert., in con pony with his brother, was crossing Princes street, they were accosted by one of these speenhanrs in future events, desiring so know "what horse they would hack for the Doncaster St. Leger ;" and on extricating themselves from the crowd the country gentleman found him melt minus his purse, containing between 14/. and 15/. in gold and Over. COTTAGES FOR LABOURERS ON ENTAILED Es rairms.—A tell bee been prepared and broug ht Into Pula mat by Mr. W. Ewell, Mr. Dunlop, and r. Biark, "to facilitate the erection of cottages for labourers by the pro prietors of entailed estates to Scotland." The preamble of the bill recites the Acta 10th George 111.. cap. 51; 11th and 12th Victoria, cap. 38; and 16th and 17th Victoria, cap, 04, which provide for We application and recovery of sums expended on the permanent improvement of entailed estate.% as follows :—" I. From and after the passing of this Act, all the provisions of the recited Acts which relate or apply to improvement. of entailed estates of the nature cotstem parted by the first-recited Act Phan be hell and construed es including end applying to the erection of oatteges for labourers, upon such estates, in the same manner in all mopeds as if the erection of such cottages bad been /pacified in the ninth section of the find-recited Act among the other im provements therein mentioned. 2. From and after the pass ing of this Act the erection of cottages for labourers upon entailed agitates, or upon lands directed to be, invested with a view to being entailed, Atha be held to be one of the perma nent Improvements of such estates or lends contemplated by the mend and third recited Acts; and all the provisions of those Arta which relate to permanent improvements of ouch estates or lands shall be held and construed as including and applying ro the erectien of such cottasee." THE latex CONSTABCLARY.—It is announced that the Lords Cemmisoioners of her Majesty's Treasury have determined to recognise the long envie, of the superior officers of the constattulary, and have sasented to the follow ing scale of remuneration to the county and cub-inspectors of the time, proportionate to their length of service:—To officers having reeved 2 years and under 7 yet., 121. per an num ; having revved 7 years and under 15, 241.; 15 years and under 20, 301.; 20 years and upward., 481. The late government, it appear., coniemptated banging in a bill 10 effect this Menem in the pay, but were compelled to ?vire before bringing the matter under the consideration of the legislature. The present ministry, however, bare carried out the design of their predeceesors In conferring this sub stantlsl boon upon the offioers of the force, , THE LATE MR. JACOB BELL.—A movement is at pre-cut in program, under the auopic,s of the Pherwaceutical Society of Great Britain, for the establishment of a memorial , Ito the memory of the lee Mr. Jacob 8011, Mr. Bell bad been president of the society, and his Inborn for promoting the advancement of pherwaceutioalknowledge and furthering , the interests of its members are weU known. Tee society, at a remit special meeting, resolved " that no more appro . petits mode of accomplishing the object could be adopted than the establishment, by suterription, of pharmaceutical scholarships, to be called The Bell Memorial Pharmaeentl , cat Scholarahips,' which ~hall to. awarded, under suitable re , guletions, to industrioue, welloet nineted, and competent re. gieured apprentices and areueisama of the Phermaceutield So , day." In Manobeeter a' Bell Memorial Committee" has been formed, and we untleretand that a subscription Ilit has been set on toot, and several very liberal sums appended by the gentleman connected with the bnitneee in that =lt Oldham the movement has also been initiated, and 1) - tiara bare been obtained towards the purpose aimed at by I A . A correspondent at Southampton states that about • two years nines Dr. Smethurst, now lying under sentence d death for murder, had acme thoughts of prattling as e medial man in that town. Ilia manners were (he says) I considered gentlemanly. He need to laugh immoderately 1 while in gay, social convene. Persons who bad businem , dealings with Mtn found him tricky and selfish, but, like r I most secret poisoners, he was exempt from any suspicion that I he was capable of murder. ago 20 the Dad to t Aid _ vv W ens thi coc