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Mi. 560. To-NOUOW—Maralag, 4L 15•L....ADoinfiaL AL 30m. LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. lx country churches with a history reaching backwards into the ante-Reformation era, the curious visitor occasionally comes upon an old picture in which good and evil angels are tugging • in opposite directions at the departing soul of man. The scene is powerfully recalled in all its material I grossness in the narrative published of the contest which took place over the dying bed of poor Sir ALAN llelsTaii, so long the embodiment of Cana dian Toryism and Churchmanship. The scene is repulsive but instructive. Sir Auu's was one of those souls which, as the French Bishop said, are "worth saving." He was one of the most conspi cuous men in the Province, having played a pro minent part in its affairs, both civil and military, for the last forty years. He had been Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and also of the Council, i and Premier of the United Provinces. His services in suppressing the rebellion of 1837, when he corn mended a military district, had been rewarded by the Crown with a knighthood and a baronetcy, honorary ' rank in the British army, and the appointment of aide-de-camp to the Qum?. He had been adjudged , worthy of almost every honour which a subject can enjoy in a British colony. We would not suggest that if be had been a poor man he would have been overlooked by either of the Churches which fought over him in his chamber ; but ob viously here are reasons which must make his con version important in a country so divided in respect of religion u Canada. Sir ALAN appears to have done enough in his lifetime to mark his ecclesiastical position. For seven and twenty years ho had worshipped with the Anglican congregation at Christ Church, Hamilton, and had even represented it in the synods which the colonial Church in its freedom is permitted to hold. He had also received the communion according to the English rituaL There seems to have been no public reason whatever for regarding him as other than a member of the Church of England ; for we cannot allow that his marriage with a Roman Catholic lady and the education of his daughters in that religion have anything to do with the matter. His whole life was so coherent that it ought to have protected him from molestation in his last moments. He was not, however, to be permitted to leave the world in peace, and the manmuvres by which his dying hours were troubled deserve to be publicly held up to detestation. Sir ALAN M`Nsii died on Friday, the Bth of August. On Monday and Tuesday he had been visited by his accustomed Minister, Mr. GNDDJAS, who read and prayed with him. On Wednesday he was much better, and the clergyman's visit appears to have been intermitted. On Thursday, hearing that Sir ALAN was much worse, Mr. GEDDES called, but could not obtain admission to the patient. At first be saw Mrs. M'NAB, sister-in-law of Sir ALAN, a Roman Catholic lady, who said there was a con sultation, and the patient must not be disturbed. Twice in the same day he repeated the visit, and was put off with the information that the patient was under the influence of opiates. This was pro bably the fact, for two medical gentlemen concur in the opinion that on the day in question he was incapabble of intelligent action ; and a legal gentle man, who had been called in to make some alter ations in Sir ALAN'S will, found him wholly in competent to transact business. This, accordingly, was the day selected by the Right Reverend Dr. FAUNAL", Roman Catholic Bishop of Hamilton, for inducing one of the first men in the country to perform secretly an act which should reverse the public profession of his whole life. The Bishop says that on this same Thursday he visited Sir ALAN, and, upon his confession, baptised him and received him into the fold of the true Church. So little, in the judgment of this prelate, is the concurrence of the intellect necessary for the most critical act of the religious life. On Friday morning Mr. Gannrs, having beard what had been done, made a final attempt to see I his old friend, and was successful. And here began a scene in which we can find scarcely one satisfactory feature. Sir Aire was still conscious, but exhausted, in fact at the point of death. Nevertheless Mr. GEDDES proceeded to put him through a catecbetical exercise such as a student of theology might expect to undergo when examined for ordination. Some allow ance no doubt ought to be made for a clergy man indignant at the sudden discovery of under hand practices ; but it is monstrous that the requests of the dying man should have been un heeded, and that he should have been pressed with inquiry after inquiry. " Make it short," said Sir ALAN, at the beginning, and straightway Mr. GEDDES began to put a series of questions full of wearisome repetitions, and quite unneces sary for ascertaining the faith and fellowship in which the sufferer wished to die. The last ques tion, which covered the ground of all the others, having been put, and Sir ALAN having declared that he desired to die in the faith of the Church of England, Mr. GEDDES proceeded ,to read the ser vices for the visitation of the sick according to the appointment of his Church. But here a Roman Catholic lady, a member of the family, enters the room and begins to read from a devotional book of her Church a form of prayer for the dying ; and when this is over, Mr. GIIDDIN from the other side of the bed, offers up a" prayer " of commendation," calling upon those pewit to bear witness that it is " according to the service "of the Church of England." No wonder that in such a scene the poor patient, weary of this inlecent rivalry, exclaimed " Oh, when will " the end come ?" The end was indeed very near ; in a short time Sir ALAN was insensible to the waving of the hand before him, but even then an attempt was made to commit him to a profession which be had just before re pudiated. It was now time for the Romish bishop to finish the work be had begun, and to administer the rite of extreme unction. The pre sence of Mr. GEDDES was, however, an obstacle. That gentleman at first refused to leave, but afterwards consented, and seems to have thought it a point gained when he had bargained that the bishop should come out too, and sit down with him in the hall opposite the bedroom door, leav ing the priests free to carry out their intentions on the unconscious Sir ALAN. The endeavour to take advantage of an hour of mental weakness to subvert or change a faith deli berately chosen and consistently held through years of health is one which all upright men will stig matise, whatever their personal predilections and whatever the direction of the change desired. Sir ALAN WISTAs was for years in daily intercourse with persons of the Burnish religion and always accessible to its priests. There is therefore something especially unmanly in the attempts they made on him when be was dying, apart from the mode and secrecy with which they worked at last. It is the Romish Bishop and his priests who must answer for having made Sir ALAN'S dying chamber the scene of unseemly contention, and for turning the very consolations of religion into the means of torment. THE EXPRESS, Tii.IMISDAY EVENING, THE PRINCE OF WALES AT BRUSSELS. BRUSSEL% Sm. 10. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Prince Christian, and the Princesses Alexandra and Maria of Denmark and the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, rode on horseback this afternoon on the Boulevards of the city. The Royal party were everywhere received with aoclamations by the people. A meeting of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was held yesterday, at the Privy Council-otßoe. Present—The Duke of Somerset, Viscount Palmerston, and the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. The Attorney-General, Mr. Helps, Clerk of the Council, and Mr. Waddington, Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, attended upon their lordships. The Duke of Rutland is passing the shooting season at Loophaw Lodge, Derbyshire. The Marchioness (Dowager) of Queensberry has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Earl and Countess of Kinnoull will shortly leave Worthing to peas a few days at Brighton. Viscount and Viscountess Campden are expected at the Earl of Fife's residence in Grosvenor-place in a few days from Campden House, Gloucestershire. Lord Thomas and Lady Sophia Cecil have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeleyequare, for Bournemouth. Lady Marian Alford is expected at her residence at Pnnoesirate in a few days tram Selma Rome, Grantham. . _ Baron James de Rothschild has left town to join the circle 'rambled at Aston Chore. Sir Anthony and Lady de Rothschild are receiv ing a succession of visitors at Aston Clinton. Mr. Beaumont, M.P., and Lady Margaret Beau moat have returned to Bretton Park, Yorkshire, from Scotland. Mr. R. S. Holford, M.P., and Mrs. Holford will leave London on Tuesday next for Weatoubirt HOMO, Gloucestershire. His Serene Highness the Prinoe of Waldeck and suite yesterday inspected the manufacturing departments of Woolwich ArsenaL Lady Raglan gave birth to a son at 58, Rutland gate on Tuesday. Lord Londesborough has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkelepipoare, for York. BRIGHTON. —We are happy to learn that their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Pria cess Mary purpose passiag, ss usual, a few weeks here this autumn. Tueir royal highoesana are expected to leave Cam bridge Cottage. Kew, in the course of the ensuing month.— BrArigon Gazette. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. —The public dimmer to be given by Northumbrian. to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstoue, M.P., which has been for some time past in contemplation, is fixed to come off in the Town hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Tuesday, the 7th of October. The mayor will preside, and among the gentlemen who have promised to act persomlly as stewards are the Earl of Durham, Sir George Grey, M.P., Mr. Headlam ALP., Mr. Hutt, Y.P. Mr. lugham, tLP., Mr. W. S. Lindsay, ALP., Mr. E. Potter, M.P., Mr. Somerset Beaumont, M.P., Mr. Digby Seymour, M.P. (Recorder of Newcastle), the Attor ney-General, and Mr. G. Ridley, President of GieNewcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce. - - COMPANY AT BADEN BADRN.—The hotels are so full that china closets have been converted into charabres d toucher. The tables d'hlle are as crowded as those of the Margate steamers in the "husband's boat." Cabinets for private parties are out of the question, unless bespoke • week beforehand, and it requires a considerable amount of stratagem to secure • table under • tree in front of this charming hotel, which is as prettily situated as the Castle at Richmond. The salons are crowded, but Garcia, the hero of last year, is ao absentee, and I bear has ' lost all his form," as he is merely playing florin. at Homburg. Gene rally speaking the play has been mild, and I believe there have been none of those sensation scenes which are especially got up for the benefit of our country cousins who might be tempted to flirt with a few Napoleon. at either rouge et noir or roulette. The lions of the place are not numerous, but Paris has contributed her quota of journalists, including Emile Ginsrdin with his beautiful wife, and MM. Ashard and Claudio of Les Debate. The Valais Royal and Okra Coenique are well represented with actresses. Vienna has sent her masters of the horse and her alanscuses, sod Berlin her Jockey Club and leading musicians. Our Ame rican cousins have not been kept away by the President or Stonewall Jackson; and, judging from the elegant nature of their toilettes, they are not likely to make those sacri furs for their country which the Boman matrons were wont to do in ancient times. With the Russians, Baden is Aiwa,* • very favourite spot; and the Ladies' Club which they have instituted is now placed on as permanent a foundation as either Brookes 's or White's. In the meanwhile the belles of St. Petersburg, with their olive complexions, citron coloured dresses, piquant hats, and charming tournoure, as they group together on the promenade, or in the saloons, add immeusely to the varied nature of the scene, which is not a little heightened by accessories of nature, in the shape of trees and flowering shrubs. There are no balls so recherche as those given by the Russians, and the spirit they infuse into them makes one doubt if they oars • single rouble about the emancipation of the serfs. Among our own countrymen are—Lord and Lady Cardigan, Lord ! Listowel, the Marquis of Douglas, Lord Charles Hamilton, the Hon. George kitzwilliam, Colonel Gipps, Col. Astley, I Mr. Hey, llr. 3 B. Angell, lir. Knox, Stc.—" Argus" of the Port. . . •••••• EXTRAORDINARY FRACAR.—An event is reported to have occurred lately which is making no smaU sematiou in the Highlands, within a hundred miles of the new line of railway from Perth to Inverness. One of those festive gatherings such as are common at this mason of the year, and which are alike attended and enjoyed by the aristocracy and democracy of a country aide, bad passed off with great spirit, and was very appropriately wound up with a ball. At this ball—as the phrase is—all the besot) and fashion of the district might be seen, and it was especially graced by the presence of • noble marquis, the heir to • still nobler title, as well as • vast estate. There was also present a worthy baronet, who, as the evening wore on, proceeded to escort his lady from the ball-room to her carnage. The mange was somew hat crowded, and in the crowd was the noble marquis. The hon. baronet finding egress difficult requested the crowd to make way for his lady, which it is saulther all promptly did, with the exception of his future grace, who blocking up the passage, the baronet pushed him aside, for which he was repaid by •volley of abusive epithets, altogether unlit to be heard by ears polite, or printed io the columns of • respectable paper. Sir 0— paid no attention at the moment to the abuse with which be was thus assailed, but having seen his lady to her c•rriege, returned and asked the marquis what he meant by such language. Being treated in reply to • repetition of the same style of abuse, Sir G— at once gave it to bins " right and left," com pletely Owning the scion of a noble house, and iuforming him that he would be read to meet him anywhere else, and answer for what be bad dens. It is said that the duchess is much grieved at the affair, not that the marquis was punished, but that he should so far have forgotten the bearing of • gentleman, while the duke says " it served him right, and will, perhaps, teach him better manners."— Dundee Adrertiser. LAT t 11:1.14tatA THE AFFAIR OF ASPROMONTE. General Cialdini states, in his report to the Minister of War, that he ordered Colonel Palle vicini "to set out as noon as possible with a column of six or seven battalions, to make every effort to , come up with Garibaldi; who was said to be en- I camped on the plateau of Aspromonte, and to pur sue him constantly without giving him a moment's repose, and if he sought to escape to at- tack, and destroy him if he accepted bat tle. Foreseeing, also, the possibility of a complete victory, I ordered him not to treat with Garibaldi, and only accept a surrender at discretion. There was no reason to believe that this column alone would be able to obtain the results which it did obtain. It was necessary to bar all passage to Garibaldi in order to inclose him in the interior of the Ulterior U. and Citerior Calabriaa ; it was necessary to form and put in movement other columns, which might act within the restricted boundaries, because thereby they would have the greater chance of meeting with and destroying him. Garibaldi, occupying the summit of Aspro monte, and sending little bands into the neigh bouring plains, sought probably to raise the country, to renew his means of obtaining intelligence, to ac cumulate resources in men, provisions, and beasts of burden, and to spy out the moment for throw ing himself upon Reggio or on Catanzaro, ac cording to the advices he might receive. This prolonged halt gave us an opportunity of preparing a double system of defence and attack which would crush him. In conformity with my despatches General La Marmora directed the troops arrived from Genoa and Naples to march upon Pizzo." The tone of General Cialdini's despatch, of which the foregoing is an extract, is described by many of the Italian journals as "harsh and brutal" towards Garibaldi Colonel Pallavicini (who signs Ins report " Major-General Pallavicini ") removes all doubt upon the point as to the beginning of the engage ment, stating distinctly that the attack began by a charge on the part of his troops, without any pre vious attempt to secure a pacific surrender. With regard to Garibaldi himself be says, "As soon as I arrived, Messrs. Corte, Hullo, and Guastalla asked me in the name of Garibaldi to propose condi tions. I replied that I had no other instructions than to attack and fight with Garibaldi, and to take him prisoner, and that I had no conditions to offer. To the prayer of Messrs. Nullo and Corte, that silence might be observed with respect to the present rencoutre, in order to conceal from Europe the scan dal of a civil struggle, I declared that it was impos sible, because there were too many witnesses of the fact, and that the wounded were too evident a proof of it. Havinggone myself to the wounded Garibaldi, he declared to me that he felt no resentment towards anyone. On the contrary, he always avoided touch ing upon any subject of a political nature, and did not manifest towards the government either hatred or opposition. Be adhered tacitly to the condi tions I proposed, and demanded permission to em bark in an English ship and leave the country. I replied that I would ask and wait for instructions on the subject. Having asked me what would be done with the prisoners, I replied that I was not the depository of the instructions of the government ; but that, in my opinion, the go vernment, after causing the prisoners to be sent to Messina, would perhaps set them at liberty within twenty-four hours, in order not to be chargeable to it." Pallavicini also says, " General Garibaldi insisted with me that I should particularly recommend to the government the case of the deserters from the army. I promised him to do so, but I added that I had no hopes of success, because I knew the severe instructions given with regard to them." PORTUGAL The Lisbon journal .4 Nara() says :—" In her marriage contract our future Queen has renounced the name of Pia ; henceforth she will be called simply Maria of Savoy. It is well known that the name which she has abandoned was given to her from Pius IX. having consented to stand as her godfather. To repudiate it thus is it not, or does it not appear, an insult I" The decree issued to con voke the Congress Extraordinary to be present at the signing of the contract of marriage names the young princess Maria. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Ear. 10. The Faedrelandet announces that the Queen of England has formally addressed to Prince Christian a demand for the hand of the Princess Alexandra for the Prince of Wales. RUSSIA AND POLAND. The agitation which reigns in the Sclavonian provinces of Turkey and Austria imparts additional interest to two solemn ceremonies which are in pre paration among two of the nations of that race, The Poles are shortly about to celebrate at Lem berg the millenary anniversary of the foundation of the kingdom of Poland ; and almost at the same time the Czar Alexander IL will proceed to Nijni- Novogorod to preside, in that cradle of the Russian nation, at a commemorative festival, also in cele bration of the thousandth year of the existence of the empire of the Czars. (lIKUTZIII TZLEGIUJIL AMERICA. NEW YORK, S. 3. (Pa Glasgow yid Roolni's Point.) The New York Times says that if England, France, and Russia would mediate on the basis of the South returning to the Union, doubtless the North would assent to any terms compatible with the national honour and essential to the protection and preservation of Southern rights. "Mediation on the basis of Southern independence," continues the New York Times, "is open hostility." The Secessionist. in St. Louis county, Missouri, have been maned by the Federal General &hole field in the sum of 500,000 dola for the support of the families of the Federal militia. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Euxine, with the above mails, arrived at Mar seilles at 11 ►m. this day. The mails were to leave for London at IL3O am. A Sardinian telegram lately announced the arrest at Milan of M. Albert Mario, husband of Miss White, a friend of Maszioi. M. Mario himself now con tradicts the statement in a letter published in the Pungolo, and in which he declares that he has for several weeks gone freely backwards and forwards from Genoa to Milan, and was then at perfect liberty. A correspondent, writing from Frankfort on the Bth, says :—"The Roy. Dr. E. H. Chapin, of New York, one of the most eloquent preachers of the Cairenelist Church of the United States, paid a visit yesterday to the American consulate-general here. Dr. Chapin is known on this side of the ocean from the circumstance that twelve years ago he participated in the Peace Congress held in this city as one of the American delegates, and delivered a very able sermon in St. Paul's Church, the place of meeting of the first German parliament. Dr. Chapin intends to peas the winter in Frankfort, after be has visited the different indus trial and scientific oonventions which will be held in Ger. many in the course of the two next months." Z2t.i'likaob r 11.1Jbl rAitio. (mom ova ow oommaroarDur.) PARIS, WEDNIIIDAY En:MG. The Prince Jerome, which left Toulon on August 28, with troops for Mexico, caught fire in the Gibraltar roads, and appears to have been utterly destroyed. The men on board were lauded, and, aided by the crews of the English ships in the harbour, endeavoured in vain to extinguish the flames. The Fleurus, also carrying troops to Mexico, has been run into and disabled by another French vessel, and is now repairing at Gibraltar. These casualties will very seriously delay the formation of General Forey's army in Mexico. Orders have been sent to Toulon and Brest to despatch two other vessels of war to Gibraltar to take up the troops which are waiting there. The Patric says that the Emperor has received a letter from President Juarez, in which he complains that it is impossible for him to establish a stable go vernment, precisely because of the French expedition against him. He therefore proposes an arrange ment which would have, as he insists, the effect of separating the French troops from the faction which has hitherto supported them, and establiah a good understanding between them and what he calls the national party. The Paine makes no com ment upon this news. A very sound measure of M. Rouher, announced in to-day's Monitenr, is the repeal of the decree of 1868, which compelled bakers to have three months' provision of flour always in hand. The decree was, in point of fact, a dead letter, for the administra tion has long felt itself powerless to enforce a rule which many,or perhaps most of the bakers could not have complied with without becoming bankrupt. Other measures tending to free trade in bread are promised, but they must await the consideration of the Council of State. M. Fould, now at Tarbes, is preparing for a visit to Biarritz Madame Fould is expected in Paris alone to-morrow, and from this circumstance the inference is drawn that the Finance Minister will remain several days with the Emperor. May his counsels, so happily listened to at Biarritz last year, check the reactionary party now so powerful at court. His budget must be fearfully deranged by the Mexican war and other untoward circum starces. I hear that the deficit is already 160 'millions. What the Emperor really means to do about Rome is more th►n ever a mystery. It has been stated by one of your contemporaries, and I believe the fact to be true, that he himself wrote the paragraph in the Patric disavowing La France. Nevertheless the Opinion, Nationale loudly pro claims that every recent act of the government countenances the fatal doctrines of that journal. The Prase, in the same spirit, says to-night : A very keen controversy has been lately going on between La France and the semiofficial journals. In this discus sion /a Prance has in the end got the upper band. The Condifutionnel, which was very sggreasive at first, no longer gives any sign of life, and the France speaks more haughtily than ever. Evidently it would not assume such an attitude if it did not feel itself powerfully supported. The Duke and Duchess de Moray embarked at Calais yesterday en route for Scotland. At the Bourse the Bente, after having sustained a further decline of about 10c., rallied and closed at yesterday's price's. Mobilier rose f3fr. 75c., and the Italian Loan 30c. In railways there was very little change. The Daily News is seised. MALTA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN. (ROY OUR OWN CORRILSPONDENT.). James Mackin, a private of the 25th Regiment, was tried before • general court.martial, on the 23th ult., on three charges :-Ist, for direct dimobedieuce of orders ; 2nd, for drawing his bayonet, with intent to place Sergeant Slother'e (of the same corps) life in imminent danger ; and 3rd, kr highly insubordinate language to his superior officers. Afterlwo days' sitting, the court acquitted the prisoner of the second charge for want of sufficient evidence ; but sen tenced him to fifty lambs*, and twelve months' imprison ment, the first and third charges having bees fully proved against him. The fifty lashes were not inflicted, on ac count of the prisoner being in a weak state of health. Her Majesty's ship Exmouth arrived from Athens on the 29th alt., and on the 3rd inst. she proceeded to England to be paid off. The officers and crew of the Pantaloon left in her to take their trial. On the 30th the Alacrity arrived from Corfu ; and on the 31st the Foxhound left for that place with mails and despatches for the commander-in chief. Her Majesty's ship Pelican came into port on the 3rd from Naples and Marina, and after undergoing some alight repairs she will proceed to Corfu. The Peninsular and Oriental ships Ermine end Pent have just been telegraphed that they are expected here from India on Monday next. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) Tzoisiat anima 11. II A.N. L L N. D. 1.0. L & a. —--- - - - - - Nano ..... .. 30.02 47 45 W.O.W. 24 6.18 1 Wilms ... nolt 47 46 W.N.W. Sr 0.26 2 Ism 8111/202 10.06 611 49 W. b 1 iluntaimi KO 66 62 8. Sr 0.14 2 9061110111 10.61 60 44 S. b 1 GLINLIF . 30.13 26 61 Z. I 1 . 36111114 9610161'0wil scut 56 66 W. b 2 nolo H25z..„ 30.02 57 64 W.N.W. c 2 LIVIMP.OI. PENsaols 30.14 56 66 N.W. c 1 ehausui 211140021 30.17 56 SS N. 2 1 IIaMIT . 30.15 67 Se NIL b 1 WRVS 17271 . 30.15 66 61 Z. b 2 301126100011 30.11 62 49 N.W. c 2 [lova [Limos *ll4 49 47 &W. 2r 0.04 - 2431402721 10403012.00912. 30.00 63 60 N.W. b 1 61132.00 . 11121.07472.469 29.9 4 66 63 N.N.W. 7r 6.19 1 SEPTEMBER 11, 1862. PIOSMILZ. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. W. to N. and to NIS., SODYLAID., N.W. to E., variable, light to moderate, Oloderste. One gene generally One. rally. As above. ImicAtin. W.S. W. to N.N.W., moderate. W. CrernAL. W. to N.. moderate, One generally. W.N.W. to N.E., light 3.W.Erouign. As neat above. Bitollar to above. to moderate, elite:" As next above, light to AL /240 LAND. N.E. to W., moderate, fresh, fine. fine. N. W. to N.E., variable, L 01141 ff. As next above. moderate, fine. It is said that Prince Arnanu, son of Queen Pomar4, has left Otabeite to visit France. and that he is to arrive in Paris during the month of October. An illustrated journal of Turin, the Fiachieto, bas just published a lithograph, which has obtained a great success throughout Italy. It is an imitation of a celebrated picture by Signet, at the Luxembourg ; Garibaldi, with his area crossed, is awaiting the decision of the ministers, when Cavour re-appears, and exrlaims to the latter : " Chi di voi e Dena poxido gli getti la prima pietra." (Let him among you who is without sin throw the first stone.) In July last communication by electric telegraph could be made between London and Tamen, in Siberia, 4,03:0 miles distance. It is expected that the wires will be extended to Nikolaivski, on the Pacific, by the end of this year, and that we shall have telegraphic communication with New York, via Siberia and California, by the end of 1863. _ _ Speaking of an extraordinary take of small fish in Cork Harbour, the local Examiner says :—" So plentiful is the supply that the nets usually employed appear to be regarded as inadequate, and a singular 111011011 of capture has been resorted to--crinoline. With this novel apparatus thousands have been already taken, the smaller end of the article being closed up sod a pole attached to the other extremity." . Despatches were sent to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, Hoog Kong, and Labuan. THE MTZRNATIONAL EXHIBITION. There were 14,000 less visitors at the Exhibition yesterday than on the previous day, but there were 10,000 more umbrellas, and therefore one of the departments reaped a rich harvest. There was a very large party of work people (650) from the factory of Messrs. Chance Brothers, of Birming ham, being the second large party that had been franked up by the firm. The schools, hc., were:— Bacon's E nd owed School, Bermondsey, 80, trus tees ; British School, Farriugdon-street, 12, sub scription ; St. Bartholomew's School, West Smith field, 8, Rev. J. Abbiss • Lady Winchcombe's Charity School, Thatchan;„ Berks, 12, trustees ; Wantage Grammar School, 19, Rev. C. H. Crooke ; Newton-house School, Kensington , 60, Mr. It Williams ; All Saints' School, Margaret-street, 30, Rev. U. Richards ; Tottenham National School, 50, subscription ; Camberwell Greencoat School, 65, subscription • St. Matthew's School, Bethnal green 58, subs cription ; London Rag Collecting Brigade, 21, Mr. Lloyd ; Colchester needlewomen, 26, F. W. Hurst, Esi. ; Brewers, Hoddesden, 16, Christie and Co. ; Cotton-spinners, Sealey-bridge, 17, subscription ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam packet Company, 181, A. Anderson, Esq. The board had a lengthened sitting to consider the propriety of keeping the Exhibition open for a longer period than that stated in the original pro gramme. The commissioners present were the Duke of Buckingham, Sir W. Dilke. and Mr. Fair bairn ' • Mr. Sandford and Mr. Po.tman being also present. The result of their deliberations did not transpire, as it will be necessary that Mr. Sandford should communicate with Earl Granville before they are made public, but there is a general impression that the closing will be post poned until the middle of November. It is true that the northern courts will most probably have to be cleared before that time, iu order to antici pate the freezing of the rivers and harbours, but their contents are not very important, nor will their removal detract much from the attractiveness of the Exhibition. The sudden cessation of business in the French department, although not affecting the revenues of the Exhibition in the slightest degree, nor in any way interfering with the comforts of the visitors, is, of course, rather a fertile topic of conversation, especially amongst the tradesmen who are moat seriously affected by the chltare. Divested of rumours and extraneous circumstances, we believe the facts to be that K Viellard undertook the contract in perfect good faith, but that not being a man of business he became lost in the mazes of so complicated a ma chinery as was necessary to supply daily food for 10,000 people. M. Viellard was a politician and a patriot, had manfully resisted the coup d'etat of December, and had been exiled to Cayenne in consequence. Escaping from that well-known asylum for French patriotism, he came to England, and having many friends, the Exhibition contract was procured for him. He knew nothing, however, of the mode in which such an affair was to be worked. In the English department, which has been prosperous from the commencement, the sys tem is to take the money from the customer on entering, but M. Viellard, who furnished dinners by the carte, allowed the waiters to be his cashiers, and in this way he was plundered to an enormous amount. His debts amount to 25,000/., but of this 8,0001. has already been received from Mr. Morrish for tho remainder of the season, and there are other and considerable assets. The name of an individual has been mentioned as having received 2,000/. as " head money," on the plea that he bad procured the contract, and it may be possible that he obtained the money from M. Veillard, a stranger and no man of business, on that pretence. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth than that the solicita tions of this individual, or any other person, bad any influence with the commissioners. The plain facts were, that K Veillard bid highest out of about twenty candidates, and being able, with the assistance of one of his principal tradesmen, to pay down the 5,000/. caution money, he got the contract as a matter of course. There has been mismanagement and inaptitude in the French department, but no fraud (of the principal) in the whole transaction ; and with respect to this item of 2,0001., we believe it may reasonably be supposed to have been caused by a variety of ser vices—advances of money, introductions to trades men, Am.—which a foreigner would naturally re quire in commencing a large undertaking in this country. The buffet is now iu tho hands of Mr. Morrish from end to end, and is working with per fect efficiency. The highest temperature yesterday, as shown by Negretti and Zambra's patent thermometers, was :—ln the nave, 60.3 deg. ; in the galleries, 6L2 deg. ; in the western annex, 65.1 deg. A consi derable fall in the temperature yesterday. The read ing was taken at 3 o'clock p.m. The following were the total numbers admitted yesterday, compared with the corresponding day in 1851: Wednesday, Sept. 10. Yogurt Teta 40,913 II6L 716.... sow 2OI i Payirst Wednesday, Sept. 10 Said EA,IO6 RSPRIESENTATION or CAMBRIDOE.—The excite ment which the statement of Ni. Steuart's intended resigna tion might be expected to eaters is postponed to the revi sion of the voters' lists on the 15th inst An answer was received from Colonel Adair on Monday, in which be stated that on receipt of • formal requisition he should be happy to respond to the call of the liberal electors. A meeting wee accordingly held on the following day, when it was resolved that such a requisition should be sent to him. The conservatives have also hail a meeting, and passed the fol lowing resolution :—" Mr. Steuart having, by letter to the agents of the two political parties in Cambridge, announced his invention of resigning hie seat, resolved that, upon any vacancy occurring in the borough, the conservative party will introduce a candidate to represent their interests. committee was appointed to select a conservative candidate. SHARP Pitairricr..—The liberals and con aerca tires of Yarmouth) are both preparing for their annual fight in the Registration Court. The latter party has bit upon an ingenious scheme by which they hope to disqualify 60 or 70 voters on the other side, namely, of objecting to all those on the register whose Christian names are not designated in full, persons with twoor more such names being at present I described by the initial letters of the extra names. The liberals, on the other hand, say that should the objection be in itself fatal, they have got hold of an informality in the notice of objectiou which must invalidate it, as the notice refers to persons in the register, instead of on the register, as prescribed by the form in the act. —Bury Pont. GARDENS ON 110IISEPOPS.-111 a tall block of building in the Pleasance, Edinburgh, a carious and novel arrangement—that of converting the roof of the home into a bleaching-green—has been carried out. In the roof, which is of course flat, the first requirement is that it should be water-tight. To secure this, the sole is con structed of thick iron plates, rivetted together at the flanges, and having indiarulther introduced in the manner of • " washer" between the edges. To re sist corrosion, the ion has been treated while in a heated state with oil, which, it is expected, will act as a preservative of the metal. Over the jtinta of the plates saphalte has been poured, so as to assist in preventing the access of damp to the house below. Next the iron a thin layer of clay is placed, above which soil is laid, making • thickoms of twelve inches from the iron to the top of the turf. The "green" is divided by walks of eaphalte, so as to preserve the turf, and, at the same time, to give acmes to all parts of it. Round the sides, the edges of the hoe plates are turned up to the extent of fourteen inches, so that con tinuous rain to that depth must fall before the water can run over to the walls, supposing all drainage and emporatiou to fail. At the front and buck, • parapet of one foot in height, carrying an iron rail ing of five feet, will afford complete protection, the ends being protected by the chimney stacks. A portion of the rod is occupied with a large water cistern, composed of iron, double cased with sawdust between, to prevent the action of the sun and of frost from affecting the water. The staircase by which the roof is reached is covered with a tall hutch, on the outside of which • ladder and gangway afford access to the chimneys. Notwithstanding the quan tity of iron used in the roof, the weight of the structure is comparatively light. The pressure is vertical instead of outward, as in • sloping roof, and the partition walls throughout carry their share of the weight. The plates have a bearing of fourteen inches on the front and book walla, and are sunk four inches in the gables, thus giving abundant support on all sides. The idea of utilising the roof in this way is entirely new, and should the present ex periment stand the teat of time, the plan will pribably be adopted in other case —Zdiebary• Courant. Gnittr EARTEHN RAILWAY.—After the meeting of the proprietors, repotted yesterday, • special board IVY held, at which Mr. Love was elected chairman, and Mr. James Goodson deputy-chairman a the company. NATAL AND MILITARY. LAUNCH OF THE IRON-PLATED FRIGATE ROYAL OAK, 50. CHATHAM, Parr. 10. The fine frigate Royal Oak, 50 guns, the tint of the iron-plated fleet of OCTOW-141111111:14111 to be built at the royal dockyards, took place this afternooe, with the most complete suocess, in the presence of several thowAnd spec tators. At the bead of the dock • commodious =Ysou erected, capable of accommodating many huu of spectators,admission to which was obtained by ticket. There was also a booth erected fur the members of the Board of Admiralty. Among those present in the gallery beneath the bow of the vessel were a number of the uthcets of the port and garrison, together with the leading gentry of the oeighlourhood, iucluding the Earl of ihtroley, Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore ; Colonel Lemon, C. 8., Commandant of this division of the Royal Marines • Mr. W. Lee, ILY., ke. The band of the Royal Marlow Light Infantry was eta. tioned our the ship, and played a variety of nautical airs and other music during themu interval procediog the 'ch. The operation of removing the remaiumg supports and splitting away the last of the blocks, which had been cum weaned at en early hoar this morning, was completed shortly before the time fixed for the launch, which was appointed to take plans at the top of the tide, a few minute s before two. Shortly before the time appointed, Miss Fan. 'Lowe, daughter of the captain-superinteudent of the dock yard, was conducted to the bows of the ship, for thepur poem of performing the ceremony of " christeniog „ the vessel. The method having been explained by Mr. Lug, the master shipwright, Miss Fanshawe severed the cord which held the last dogsbore, and dulling a bottle of wine spinet her bows, the huge ship shortly afterwards began slowly to glide down the prepared ways into the Medway, amid the cheers of all present, the hand playing '• Rale Britannia." ----- The Royal Oak we laid down two years ego, and was in teodad for a 91-gun line-of-battle screw steamer, from the place of Rear-Admiral But Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., the then surveyor of the navy. When still in frame, however, it was decided to convert her into a 50-gun frigate, and to encase her with inmeive armour-plate. This necessitated her being lengthened, sod one of her decks remo►ed ; she wee also considerably strengthened, in order to suable her to sustain the additional weight of the armour-plates to be bolted on to her sides. Although the order was given for the alteration only fourteen months since the vest resources of Chatham Dockyard enabled the vowel to be completed by the time prescribed, her entire construction having occupied rather more than twelve months. As she lay on her cradle before the Lunch, her enormous proportions sod massive appearance excited universal admiration. The following are her principal dimensions : Feet. Inches. Length over all Length between perpendiculars Length of keel foe tonnage Extreme breadth 5B 6 Breadth fee teats.' Breadth inealded Depth in hold Burgle°, 4,05.1 38-94 tons She is to be completely encased, from stem to stern, with srmour.plates, which will be carried from a few feet below her load water-line up to her gunwale. It was at first in tended to partially encase her, like the Warrior, but it is now decided that every portion of her sides shall be mail clad. The plates on her broadsides are all 4a inches in thickness, and of an uniform weight of four toes. At her stem and stern, however, the armour-plates will only be two inches in thickness. Each plate is bolted to a bucking of 24 inches of oak and teak, thus giving a solid mass of upwards of 28 inches. The entire surface of the upper deck is also plated with iron of about five eighths of an inch in thick ness, over which is laid the ordinary planking, the whole being firmly bolted to the iron beanie of the deck. la the construction of the Royal Oak care has been taken to render her as strong as it is possible to make her, in order to enable her to sustain the additional weight of her armour plates which will be 1,000 tons. The usual figure head u omitted, the stem of the vessel falling in to the deck, which gives her a square-built appearance. Her lower masts and bowsprit will all be of hollow iron. Although nominally a 50. gun frigate, it is probable that she will not mount move than about 30 guns, but these will be of the most powerful description. With the exception of a couple of pivot guns, the whole of her armament will be disposed on her main deck. It is intended to sheath her with a new description of metal which has recently been brought under the notice of the Admiralty. A number of the armour-plates have been already fixed on each side of the frigate, sorb tiptoe of the heavy portions of her machi nery were on board when she was launched. She is to be fitted with engines of 1,000 horse power by Messrs. Maude lay, Ikea. and Field. Immediately after the launch the vessel was berthed alongside the hulk, in the harbour, for the purpose of shipping her masts, after which she will be planed in No. 3 Dock, which has been widened for her reception, to order to have the remainder of her armour-plates fixed to her sides, and to be prepared for sea, an operation which will occupy about six mouths. The Bulwark, 91, at this dockyard, will be the next vessel to be taken in hand by the shipwrights, to be converted into an armour-plated frigate of the Royal Oak class. At the termination of the launch the whole of the est& blishmento in the dockyard were closed for the day. PORTSMOUTH, Eirrr. 10. The Black Prince, 40, iron screw frigate, Ca tale James F. B. Wainwright, resumed her trials at the measured mile in Stokes Bay to-day. The trial was made under nearly as possible the same coalitions as before, ex cepting that the pitch of the screw was altered to the ex- tent of 21 inches. Six runs were made over the trial ground, and a mean speed was obtained cif precisely 13; knots per hour, or °early a knot lees than the average made by the Warrior on her trials. The Black Prince has shipped a number of supernumeraries for the Warrior, and is under orders to proceed to Portland. Mr. Jeffersoo, the paymaster of the iron screw rem Re sistance, who made an attempt to destroy his own life (as reported yesterday), still remains in a precorions conidios at Hadar Hospital. No motive, as far as we can learn, hag been 'unlined for the act, but there can be no doubt that Mr. Jefferson's mind is materially affected. It is stated that his books have been examined, and that there is no evidence of any defalcation. John Lloyd, alias Edward Jones, a private in the Royal Marine Artillery, who was recently tried by court-martial for striking Lieutenant-Colonel Tate, the commandant of the division at Fort Cumberland, has bees sentenced to 14 years' penal servitude, the sentence, as confirmed by the Com mander in-Chief, being promulgated on parade yesterday. He is at present in the custody of the governor of Ports mouth gaol, awaiting the orders of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. ADMIRALTY, Barr. VI—PROMOTIONS AND AP rourrallCOTO. —Surgeon Dr. W. Smith. to be surgeo c super intesdent of the Merchantman, convict ship. Assistant-Surgeon Evans, to be additional to the Vic. ke irigirieets J. Watacs, supernumerary d the %dux ; and G. B. Blackwell, supernumerary of the Cumberland, oon firmed as secood-class assistant engineers. Acting Second-Clasp Assistant Engineers T. B. Jordss. and J. T. Morgan. to the Asia. as supernumeraries. Messrs. H. S. F. Hoyle, F. H. Henderson, J. W. Brown, and B. filimmoods, have bees nominated to naval cadetships: BANQUET TO THE LIVERPOOL VOLUNTEER OFFI CHER —OE Tuesday night the Mayor of Liverpool enter tained in a most liberal manner the members of the corps who were present on Saturday lest at Aintree, and as an appropriate termination to the fide, be invited the °dicers of the various corps, as a body, to participate is the boo 'Malaise of the Town Hall. Among the guest. pre met were the H . b Sheriff of the county, Mr. Jackson, MP., the Recorder, Sir Jobs Hereon Maxwell. Sir J. Jones, J. &Im lay-Moore, M.P., Join Laird, M.P., Camel Hardy, Lieut.-Colonel Manaus, Captain Inglefield, &e. THE CAREER OF A SWINDLER.—The Cork Consti• tut ion publishes the following sketch, derived from his own statements, of the career of " *iiptein” Miller, now under going six months' imprisonment in the gaol of that city for swindling and robbery. Hie life seems to Lave been a most erratic one. He states that 15 years ego, while be was yet at school, he stole 9,0001. from bra father, who is a merchant in Edinburgh. and started off for America. He entered into business in New Orleans, in which be did very well for some years. Since the breaking out of the American war he hu beu peculiarly unfortunate I. billiard playing, having lost nearly everything be bad in the world. He then joined the New Orleans Cavalry Guards, and obtained a captaincy is them. He has the marks of two slight wonods, one on his wrist and the other on his arm, which, ha save, be receirrd is engagements at Corinth and Harper's Ferry. He left America only a little over two months ago, and seems on kin arrival here to have commenced at the trade which first mused him to leave his home. He says tbat his true name is Miller, but refuses to give his father's adobe ss for fear of bringing disgrace on him, but states that he still resides is Edinburgh. Hie mother, be states, is an Irish lady, whom name was WAdam. _ _ BPIII7NO FROM 171111 RAICK24.—The death of Mr. Junes Lillie, in the 76th year of his age. took place at his residence, Msrifeld•bouse, Addington, Cheshire, on Sunday evening last. Mr. Lillie was one of those men who, by the force of his individual attainments, raised himself from the humble position of a working millwright to a idatioa in life which ensured the confidence and respect of all who had the privilege of his acquaintance. He was a native of Cold stream. where he served his apprenticeship. In the year 1814 be came to Manchester, and worked for three years with the l►te Mr. Adam Parkinson, millwright and machine maker. In 1817 he entered into part nership with our respected townsman, Mr. Fairbairn, under the firm of Fairbairn and Lillie, and with that Feu- Comae was the pioneer of the numerous mechanical im provements which mark the age in which he lived. To him and his partner are, to a large extent, due the multi- Coos and changes is millwork which took plane in the early stages of their career, and their introduction of wrongbt , iron abetting, working at high velocities, effected a new area in the history of millw.sit. In his professional character Mr. Lillie had few equals, and his strict integrity of purpose and peat benevolence were snob as to reader his removal a Ives to the public as well es to his family and hienda— AfescArsfer Guardian. I