The Express. — London, England, 1861-08-22 00:00:00

HkitIIONIIIIIIII-241W MODIL. MUM. NAIL ma OW. WI. lalleakiSMlL T OTSZLIS HYDROSTATIC TL sod COTT= wia ►PROUCAT)R-1 W man nip. WM( asd brie*, la • J.eseut. Orsa 4 M nil haft K tvery~ii. Penspentse use few —J. a g vig. Canisoatrwrk LC, awl L ItUtHo S, Weetda Elit (Fromm Wleeribmwetle talQ•7l be - "A; liagie Landes Iv Paper. MIMI be aft the Mk*. 141. likeevedeeeleeek by Two erneeles the day HtIII_4ItKICE TRII RTIOMIO. Till istLANCI UP COll/01a. Us. Howe mod %1... M ..I.ver -MY L.OllO %ND WY LADY. Mr. lasi Mrs. —/IE %of LD MI6 AN Acroa.—And ISM:- . 111 • 4\UAIII\U\I:M L. bwistesi.—Cime.wat 7. SiTAWNIA. Iwo rryyrryn. THE 011 LAT [ nar as trs -41 110N.-141 ft em by 316-ora 110.1chr 01.11. ornia; sod .-fund 'Overarm.- ..not. Wilk I'. OLUNTIMU.—Aad K 1 4111 THE WON MOSKULCIIMMISIbeII at ball-past 4. ilea LAM AT TM au —.llsooka Is-- Albsoom To iiirelisoologi SLOW.— Aftwasso. *a. sno. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUOUXT 22. TO OUR RIADERS. SPORTLNO INTELLIOVICE. A We edition ot the Erprese is published every evenieg during the racing eesson, containing the multi; d the day's races. Tea readers of Anise intelligence were horri lied a fortnight ago by • case of deliberate bru tality and ci utile so extreme, and at the same time so precocious, that but for the actual proof it might fairly have been deemed incredible. Two small childien, each about eight years old were placed in the dock, at Cheater, charged with the wilful murder of another child, not half their' own age. The crime was not only fully proved against them, but it was shown to have been com mitted with the utmost cooluess and under cir cumstances of revolting and aggravated cruelty. It evidently belonged to that worst species of bar barity which loves to inflict and witness pain, and delights in torture for its own sake. There was no impulse of passion or revenge, no motive of gain or interest in the case. The two boys who committed the crime found the murdered child— who was little more than an infant, being only two years and six months old—playing in the street, induced him to join them, dragged him nearly • mile down a bye-road, and then into a field, stripped him naked, beat him most unmercifully with a stick taken out of the fence, deliberately forced him again and again into a pool of water at the bottom of the field, and continued beating him there till the poor thing was dead. They evidently knew what they were about ; their silence after the event, and their sullen recriminations when taxed with the crime, betraying the clearest con sciousness of guilt. It would indeed be irrational to suppose them capable of realising to the full the nature and magnitude of the crime, but they knew perfectly it was a crime, and deliberately ventured un it in order to gratify their brutal delight in suffering. It is scarcely accurate, however, to call such • passion brutal, since no animal that we know of ever indulges it. The appalling feature of this precocious crime was the perverted humanity it revealed. There was a method and forethought shunt it, • careful adaptation of means to ends, which revealed a human intelligence employed to gratify perverted and depraved human sensibilities. And the terrible question it suggests is how children so young could possibly have had their sensibilities so utterly depraved, and have become so frightfully hardened in one of the worst ex tremes of human depravity. " They had been," it was stated on the trial, " utterly neglected, and " accustomed to brutal sports and habits." In other words, from their first entrance into life they had been hopelessly abandoned to the uncontrolled dominion of the worst influences, the worst habits, and the worst examples. All their lowest instincts and most depraved tendencies were unnatnrallyde veloped, and while yet infanta in years they had reached the frightful distinction of being adults in crime. How shall we account, however, for the unre strained indulgence of this revolting passion in those who have not only enjoyed early advantages and advanced to riper years, but who occupy po sitions of influenosand high responsibility 1 Almost every Amin brings out instances of this kind, and the peculiar fact about these cruelties is that the wont of them, if not the majerity,an committed on the high seas. A case of this sort was tried at the Liverpool assizes on Tuesday. WILLIAM WILSON, master of the British ship Express, was indicted for the wilful murder of Wtiums Hmeozarioa, steward of the vesseL The details of the case are of the most painful and revolting character, show ing on the part of the master, a ooerse of deliberate, persistent, and savage cruelty, towards the unfor tunate steward, which in the end proved fatal. There can be little doubt after reading the evi dence that the repeated and violent assaults of the prisoner on the deceased, when weakened by ill ' health, were indirectly the cause of his death. It appears trim the statement of the counsel, sup ported by the evidence of the sailors who worked the ship, that the demand was in good health and sting* when the Express stile I from Liverpool for the Coast of Africa last September. After they bed been at sea three or four weeks the master's violence and cruelty towards the deceased began, aril from that time to his death, which hap pened towards the end of January, he seems to have had a strange delight in torturing the wretched victim of his cruelty. The means and forms of violence empl eyed by the master against the un happy man were various, such as beating him with his fists, wounding him with missiles, knives, hand spikes, and the like, flogging him with a rope's end, ki:king him, knocking him down on various occasions, and on one occasion jumping on his chest after he had been knocked down. The original causes or pretexts for this violence seems to have been of the very slightest kind—mere whim and caprice, indeed. The steward appari.ntly was not quite smart enough to suit the master's taste, or his manner did not please lion. But whatever the first ground of difference, the master, having cruelly wronged the unhappy man at the outset, soon conceived a vio lent hatred of him, and pursued him with unre lenting cruelty to the death. On one occasion, soon after he first began to ill-use him, when he had flung a couple of knives at him and cut open his cheek, the mate remonstrated against this treatment, advising the captain to send him home, to which he replied, with an oath, "I will send him to " his long home ; be shall never see England again." " Till the death of the deceased, on the 26th of " January, he was from this time repeatedly " beaten and kicked by the captain, and rope's " ended with a rope an inch in diameter, part of " the spanker-boom. Jost before they entered " the Brass Ricer, one day the deceased was seen " corning out of the cabin, sod the prisoner fol " lowed him, seized him, threw him down, kicked " him, called for • rope, and gave him two or " three dozen blows with it, telling him he should THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1861. " never see England again. The deceased cried " out and became insensible, and his body was " covered with bruises and disoolorations." After entering the river fever broke out on board, and the steward being attacked by it was under the doctois care. "He prescribed rest and a goner " ous diet for him, and he was recovering ; but " the fever left him in a state of great depression " and weakness, during which time he was unable "to return to his duty. The prisoner insisted it " was only laziness, and ordered him to pick " oakum. The deceased said he could not do it, " and the prisoner then beat him and kicked him " again, and he wssfound by the doctor on the 23rd " January with his head swollen and bruised, and " his eyes blackened." One more illustration of the captain'streatment will more than suffice:—"After " that the captain ordered the deceased up to pick " oakum ; the deceased said ho could not do it, "when the captain seized him by the shoulders, " threw him down on his back violently on the " deck, and then jumped upon his chest and " kicked him in the side. The deceased laid in " sensible, blood issuing from his nose and mouth, " and from the corner of one of his eyes. While " this violence was going on the deceased said, " Oh, don't, you will kill me,' and aftewards " said that the captain had better kill him than " use him in that way. The captain said he had " better jump overboard, as he would never see " England again." He never did see England again, having died a few days after. Few, after reading this account, will deny that the brutal captain helped to fulfil his savage threat of send ing the deceased to his long home. No doubt, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, the deceased having been weakened by fever, the capital charge could hardly be sustained, but surely such a series of brutal attacks, with the severe injuries they inflicted, afford ample ground for a verdict of manslaughter. And we cannot but regret that from any accident there should have been a miscarriage of justice in the case. The jury were divided as to their verdict, and after two hours' deliberation, one of the jurors being very ill, they were discharged. The prisoner WiLso:s, however, awaits his trial on other counts of the indictment. We may hope that the evi dence in the further trial of this case will be satis factory and complete. It is obviously of the utmost importance, for the security of the men as well as for the credit of the service, that when in stances of cruelty and violence at sea are eats bliabed they should be visited by the severest legal penalties. The power entrusted to the captain is enormous, and so also is his responsibility. No doubt, the mere possession of such power, in that terrible loneliness of " blue water," offers strong temptations to men of low tastes and brutal temper. They will tend to become overbearing and oppressive, if they do not give way to more criminal passions. Men of a morose character will not hesitate to gratify a depraved craving for ex. citement by acts of capricious ferocity if there is the least chance of their doing so with impunity. The greater the power, therefore, the more certain and severe ought to be the penalty of its abuse. ae Court. --4 , OSBORNE, Aoauer 21. The Duke of Oporto visitol the Queen yesterday. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, Priam Alfred, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, left Osborne this mum lag at a quarter before 9 o'clock, for Holyhead. The suite in attendance comprise Lady Churchill, the Hon. Victoria Stuart Wortley, Miss Hildyard, Lieutenant- General the Hon. C. Grey, Colouel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, Major Du Plat, Major Cowell, and Dr. Jenner. Earl Grusin, and Viscount Sydney will join the Royal party as the read. Priam Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, left in the aftsmoon for London, sad will moored to-morrow to Holyrood Palace, en routs to Balmoral, w►en they will await her Majesty's arrival Their royal highnesses are attended by Lady C. Bar pintos, Lisstemat-Colonel the Hon. D. de Boa, Major Elphinstote, sad Sir J. Clark. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial cake from the Govemon of Canada, the Australian Colo nise, and Ceylon. THIS DAY. (S 7 wTIHR ♦\D MINH NMAIRIC TZLZORAPH.) DUBLIN, THUHaSDAY Mottos, 12.40 Notwithstanding it was generally known that the Queen wished her arrival at Kingstown to be as private as circumstance* would allow, and the late- nerve of the hour at which she was expected, large crowds collected 1111 the piers from en early hour, either to witness the disembarkation, or at least the arrival, and to accord to her Majesty a hearty and a respectful reception. At half-past ten the royal squadron, consisting of the royal yacht the Victoria ail Albert, 111141 the Osborne, was sighted off the harbour, and in lees than an hour after the royal yacht was inside the piers. The own of war in the harbour were all most ',midi fully illuminated, and the crowds on the piers ex cemive, and continued so up to the latest hour. The run from Holyhead to Kingatoan was accom plished in less than four hours. KINGSTOWN, THUIUIDAY, 11.37 A.N. Her Majesty Lan just landed. The Quk,•u's train has started fur Dublin. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO KILLARNEY. The correspondent of the Freernan'x Jou enal, writing from Killarney, says :—" All preparations for her Majesty's reception have been vigorously pushed on during the put ten days, and are now rapidly approaching coin 'dation. The local gentry, who are familiar with the management of boat. on our lakes, have drawn up a few simple rules for the guidance of those who may go upon the water during the Queen's visit ; and the public cannot be too urgently requested to observe them, because, if adhered to, they will go far to prevent the confuAion— I might say the daoger which must, more or less, arise, where hundreds of boats congregate—many of them, perhaps, manned by crews paying their first visit to the Lakes of Killarney, and unacquainted with the rocks, rapids, and shallow■ which have to be avoided. I believe the same gentlemen who have drawn up those rules will station men within " hail " of the places where the navigation is diftieult, in order to direct any boat's crew that may be unskilled in the intricacies of Lough Lawn. Many gentlemen from the rout are bringing their own boat. sad crews for "the Queen's day"—the Kil larney "feet" being deemed insufficient for the anticipated demand ape its resources. Indeed, I must admit that the Lough Luse beau, as a class, are both unsightly and uncomfortable, and cannot for an instant stand • comparison with those plying for hire at Bristol, Deal, or Cork. If you inquire the cause you will be told that the public dock is wholly unfit for its purpose, from its being exposed to the prevailing wind, and from its sides being upright and lined with stone. No doubt, it has cost Lord Human a very large sum to make, but as a refuge for baste it is almost worse than useless ; moreover, there is no organised systetn.of control euforced over those who avail themselves of it, and the result is speedy destruction to any boat that is sot watched, late and early, by its owner. Three large platforms haws been erected by Lord Castlectiese on the route from the railway terminus to Killarney House. Each of them will probably afford comfortable sitting room for about eight hundred persons. I under stand his lordship has considerately placed one of these stands at the disposal of the Town Commissioners, and re- serves another for the members of the local temperance and other societies, and their friends. The third is to aocommo- date persons invited to occupysests by the noblelordhimself. Tradesmen are still busily magaqedon the priparatioosat Kil larney House. All the members of herllapsay'ssuite,aa well se their attendants, are to be entertained within ita hospita ble walls. Many of your readers are, doubtless, familiar with the gaeiotappe►rance of that tameable old chateau, ea the entrance by which the public pass, when going into the pleasure grounds, is through one of its courts. It is stated, and much to the vexation of the inhabitant., that a leap mi- Iftery force has been ordered to Killarney. I hope the rumour is not true. Soldiers are not required here, and there is no room for them. Of course the Queen must have her escort, but a squadron of dragoons would furnish it, and the Constabu lary force of the district will be better ►ble to cope with those whose loyalty may induce them to drink her Ma jesty's health too deeply, but we have no need for " Rect orate" at Killarney. It will be a blunder if they ere ob truded upon us. The Kerrymeo will take tender can of their Queen, and will prove, by their deference and good conduct, how highly they appreciate the honour she is doing them by her visit, but they ought no, to be mistrusted. It Is not fair. and the billeting of a numerous body of troops would entail serious inconvenience and heavy pecuniary lose upon the inhabitants at a time when every corner of spot is worth gold to them." THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. DIPARTURE OF THE COURT FROM OSBORNE. PORTSMOUTH, Auoue? 21. Her Majesty the Queen, him Royal Highness the Prince Orasert, and some other of the members of the royal family, sanded by the ladies sad gentlemen of the Court, left Osborne House this morning about eight o'clock, and messed PM to Gosport in the screw yacht Fairy, re ceiving the cantemery salutes from the ships at Spithead and the barterer, aced from the garrisoo. The royal party were received by the Oise* naval sad military officen of the port, and inianishately after their disembarkation extend the splendid sew saloon carriage constructed fur her Majesty's on. by the Landoo and North-Western Rail way Omeptay, and left per special train for Holyhead. Tbe royal trails was timed to reach Leamington at 1.11 p.m., and stay there for 20 minutes. About that time the train glided noiselessly into the station, and stopped exactly opposite the suites of rooms which had been Wed up for the royal party and their attendants by the Oreat Western Railway Company. Mr. C. B. Fryer, district soperiateedent, sad Mr. Chapman, district engineer, were waiting on the platform to receive the distiaguished Alai" who were immediately oonducted to the refresh. ment.roome. Her Majesty the ( s heen, the Prime Canasta Priecessee Alice sad Helena, Prince Alfred, Earl Granville, Cohost F. Phipps, Major Cowell, and three equerries sat dewn to a substantial luncheon in • state apartment en mealy fisted up far the royal party ; end about 20 at tendants wen similarly provided for in another room. The retiring and dressing rooms were elegantly and appro priately decorated. The royal train, while passing over the 121 miles of the Great Western Railway from Basiogstoke to Rubbery Jeaction, near Wolverhampton, was on charge of Mr. Kelley, superintendent of the southern division of the line, and Mr. Gooch, locomotive superintendent. The line was kepi perfectly clear tor 13 minutes before the approach of the train, sod this arrangement rendered unnecessary the awa of a pilot engine over the (.rest Western hoe. The royal train arrived at the Bmhbury Junction of the Leedom sad North-Western Railway at 2.38, two minutes bean twea, and left at 2.42, three minutes before the tune see down on the royal time-Lill. At this point the Great Week,n line terminates and runs into the London and North-Western. In consequenc e s change of engines and drivers became whoessary, and five minutes were allowed for the pawn. Only four minutes, however, were occupied. Arrived at this junction, her Majesty bad accomplished Int miles of her journey. To receive her Majesty, on her entrance ou the London and North-Western line, where Mr. Moon, the chairman; Mr. J. P. B. Weethead, M.P., deputy chairman ; Mr. Hardman Eerie, Mr. S. A. Thomp son, and Mr. J. A. 7lnee, all directors ; Mr. E. C. Stuart, secretary; Mr. G. P. Ne , ele, traffic superintendent of the Birmingham district ; Mr. Henry Woodhouse, superintend. ent of the locomotive department ; Mr. R. S. Norris and Mr. H. Lee, engineers; Mr. J. 0. Binger, traffic superin. tenalent of the Chester awl Holybeed ; Mr. R. S. Mansell, traffic superintendent of the portion of the line north of Stafford ; and Mr. J. R.arnabottorn, locomotive superin hodent of the northern division, by whom the Luedon and NortliMesteni engine was taken charge of at this point, and who drove the train to Holyhead. In addition to the gentlemee named, Colonel Hogg, the chief constable of Staffordshire, accompanied the train from Wolverhampton. KINGSTOWN, 11 p.m. The royal yacht, with her Ifelesty and the Prince Con- sort on board, arrived safely in Ringstowo Harbour shortly after hslf•past 10, having made t h e voyage from Holyhead is little over three hours. 11.50 P.M. her 11njwity will not land till 11 a.m. to-morrow(Thius- day). VISIT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY TO BOOTLMID. The younger members of the royal family who, as was announced some time since, are to precede their royal parents in their visit this year to Balmoral are the Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and Princes Arthur and Leopold. Their royal higbneeme will leave London by the ordinary express train from Rift's-erase Station at nine o'clock on Thursday (this) morning, and will be attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, Colonel the Hoe Dudley C. F. de Roe, Major Elphinstone, Sir Jam.. Clark, Bart., Physician is Ordinary to the Queen, ►od the members of the suite. The royal children will travel from London by the ordinary route of the Great Northern, vi► Peterborough, Doncaster, York, ix., to Berwick, which will be reached about 6.25 p.m. A stoppage of a few minutes will be made here, during which tea will he wired to the royal party. The journey will be resumed about half-past six, and the train will reach Dunbar (where another stoppage takes place) at 7.13, and will arrive at St. Margaret's Station, Edinburgh, about 7.55. Here the royal party and suite will leave the train, and, with their attendante, drive through Holyrood-park to the palace. The royal party, we believe, will remain in Edinburgh over Friday, and resume their journey to the Highlands on Saturday morning, leaving St. Marpret's Maim by a special train at 8.45 a.m., proceeding by the usual route to Balmoral. No authentic intelligence has yet been received of the route to be taken by her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the remaining members of the royal family, in their journey to Balmoral from Ireland. Various state ments on the subject have appeared in the English and Irish pepare—all indicating that her Majesty would pass through Edinburgh es route to Balmoral. We have reason to believe, however, that the Queen will not this season pass through the city on her journey to the North, and that our citizens will not be gratified by a royal visit till the return of the Court from the Highlands, which this year will be later than usual, in October. As the extended and improved accom. modation at Holyrood— to which we recently referred--will be generally completed before the return of the Court from the North, it is to be Loped that the Queen and Prince Con sort will prolong their stay at the Palace, and that his royal highness will preside in laying the foundation-alone of the New Industrial Museum, in the development of which he take. so warm an interest. It would be most gratifying also if the Prince would at the same time perform the cere mony of laying the foundation-stone of the new General Post-race. The commanding position of this new edifice would admit of • public demonstration on a greater scale than the as yet comparatively confined site of the new museum, and both being national institutions, such an in auguration would be highly appropriate.— Scotsman. SOUTHAMPTON, Arnim 21. The Royal Yacht Fairy, Captain Welch, with Princes Arthur and Leopold, the Princesses Helen*, Louise, and Beatrice.. Lady Caroline Barrington, Colonel Bidda the Hoes Dudley de Roe, and Major Elphinstone, arrived hers from Osborne this afternoon. The royal party and suits left for Leedom by the three p.m. train. Her Majesty's equipages, correlating of fonr car riages and thirty-six hones, arrived in Dublin from London on Tuesday, and proceeded to the Viceregal Lodge. Sir Robert Peel, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington, arrived in Dublin from London on Tuesday at half-past 12 o'clock. He at once proceeded to the Chief Secretary's Ake, Dublin Castle, where he remained during the day, transacting business of importance. By special order from the Castle the joy -bells were rung at Christ's Church to announce his arrivaL His Highuess the Prince of Hohenzollern and mute have arrived at Msuria's Hotel, and will leave to. morrow for Southampton to meet his Royal ilighasse the Duke of Oporto, on their way to Lisbon. The Ducheaa of Sotomeyer and family have left Maaries Hot,el for Brightoo. HiaExeellency the Peruvian Minister and family Lave left tows for Brighten. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (arum's mecums.) SERIOUS STATE OF HUNGARY. Auat:mr 21 (Evemuto). In the last sitting of the Diet, held to-day, the Lower House passed by acclamation a motion pro posed by M. Deak, calling upon the house, in case of the dissolution of the Diet, to enter an energetic protest against the violation of the constitution and the arbitrary acts committed by the govern ment. Baron Vay afterwards entered the room, and was enthusiastically received. The deputies embraced each other before sepa rating. It is generally thought that the dissolution of the Diet will be the precursor of grave events. The collection of taxes by military execution has commenced here. PFAU!, Ammer 22. The Upper House of the Hungarian Diet has concurred in the declaration plumed in the Lower House, on the motion of M. Deak, that the dissolution of the Diet is an illegal act. PEBTH. Avous2 21. A manifesto will not be issued to the peoples of the Aushrian Empire, neither will an imperial message be addressed to the Council of the Empire. The Hungarian Chancellery will address a circular to the Obergespana, explaining the present situa tion of affairs. The new Hungarian Diet is to be couvoked within six months from this time. Count Apponyi has summoned the members of the Upper House by telegraph to assemble to morrow. Field-Marshal Count Haller has arrived in Perth, with the order for the dissolution of the Hungarian Diet. He will in the quality of Royal Commissioner dissolve the Diet. The Lower House is now assembled in secret sitting, in order to discuss their future course of conduct. This afternoon a public sitting will probably be held. The dissolution of the Diet will take place to-morrow. DEATH OF TWO CARDINALS. A telegraphic despatch of the 20th, from Rome, mentions that Cardinal Piceolomini died on that day at Sienna, and that Cardinal Santucci, Prefect of the Congregation of Studies, died the evening before at Rome. THE EAST. It is reported from Ragusa that the Montenegrins bad 100 men killed and many wounded in the attack which, as we have already mentioned, they made upon the Turks at Moulachin. CONSTANTINOPLE, Accu.r 21. _ . _ The Prince of Servia has merely addressed a congratulatory letter to the Sultan on his accession to the throne, sending a deputation, as was ex pected. The Porte has resolved upon displaying a conciliatory spirit in Servia and the Herzegovina. POLAND. A letter from Powin states that agitation is beginning to prevail in the Polish province of that name. The government had prohibited the clergy from allowing revolutionary hymn s , and par ticularly the "Bow cos Polake; to be sung in the churches ; but instead of obeying, they were having the latter sung on all occasions. The Prior Nowaczki of Opatow, to whom the order was addressed, sent back this! reply :—"Since the government admits that the hymn 'Doze cos Polske' possesses such virtue that it entertains as much dread of it as the cruel Herod did of the child Jesus when just born, I undertake to spread it with the greatest zeal, to teach it to everybody, and to sing it, not only with school children, but with adults, iu order to implore the mercy of the Almighty. It is impossible for me to obey the order, without violating the dictates of my conscience, for I am a Pole !" ITALY. TURIN, Are 21. It is reported that the Marquis di Villamarina has been appointed Governor of Naples, iu place of the Marquis d'Aelitto. Several officers of the old Bourbon army have been arrested and conv3yed to Genoa, whence they will be at liberty to proceed to any foreign country. NAPLES, AUGUST 20, EVENING. General Cialdini, in reply to an address from the Municipal Council of Naples, recalled the words of King Victor Emmanuel, who said that he wished to be king of the whole Italian nation, and not the king of a party. The General said :—"The King desires that con cord should exist among all the fractions of the liberal party, which all have the same end iu view —the unity of Italy, the maintenance of the dynasty of Savoy, the deliverance of Venice, and the obtainment of Rome as the capital of Italy. All should aid and concur in the pacification of Naples." FRANCE PARIS, Auouirr 21. The Patric of this evening: says :—" The English squadron still remains at Naples. It is asserted that the crews of the vessels composing it continue to go on shore by detachments fur drill. "News from Beyrout states that the organisa tion of native tribunals , a measure prepared , by Daoud Pacha, had produced i a favourable effect. ' The Petrie also publishes a letter from the Mar quis d'Azeglio, complaining of the unexpected pub licity given to his letter to Signor Matteucci. The Marquis d'Azeglio, without disavowing the sentiments expressed in his letter, says :—" I hope that the gloomy judgment which I gave on the ::tote of things at Naples may prove un founded, and that subsequent events may com pletely contradict it." AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE MARCO POLO. LIVERPOOL, WZDAESDAY. The clipper ship Marco Polo, from Port Philip Heads on the 20th of February last, arrived in the Mersey to-day, after a long and hazardous voyage. The delay in the passage was caused by the vessel having, on the 4th March, in the South Pacific Ocean, come in contact with an immense iceberg. The ship's bowsprit was knocked out, her bows greatly damaged, and the foremast aprung,isc. Such was the nature of the damage sustained, that all hopes of saving the vessel were at one time given up, but owing to the cool intrepidity of the captain and the brave conduct of all on hoard, the Marco Polo was taken into Valparaiso ou the 2nd April. After un dergoing a thorough overhaul the ship sailed for Liverpool towards the end of May, with all her passengers, 242 in number, and 6,570 ounces of gold duet on hoard. Notwithstanding that the voyage extended over above 173 (lays, the health of all on board was ex cellent, and the passengers are high in their praise of the conduct of the captain, officers, and crew. According to the Prase, the subscription to the hadmontma loan hail aboady produced more than a mil liard (40,000,0004. The Roman journals state that after the solemnities on the mouton of the French festival of the 15th of August, General Goyoa gave a grand banquet, of which Cardinal Antonelli, Mgr. SICCOOI, Mgr. Spaccapietra, and Marquis Wore partook, with many other persons of distinction. General Goya), on this 0012.1i011, proposed the health of the Pope, to which Cardinal Antonelli responded by proposing that of the Emperor of the French. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (110 K 0171 owl PARIS, WIDNBADAY ECZNING. The peculiar crotchet of the Prase is the mori bund condition of the sick man of the East. It will not believe that any good thing can come out of Turkey. "The negotiations," it gam "of Omer Pacha with the chief of the Christian insurrection will probably have the same result as on past oocaaiona. The parties will not come to an understanding. They cannot come to an under standing. The representative of the Porte may yield to the legitimate demands of the Christians in arms, but the Turkish government is linable to exe cute them." The Pere foresees nothing but the moat formidable insurrection spreading throughout Montenegro, the Herzegovina, Bosnia, and Bul garia, and supported by Servia and Croatia. In short, according to this journal, we are shortly to find ourselves " in preeenee " at oace of the Oriental and the Austrian questions. In spite of these som bre anticipations, we learn from the latest intel ligence of the Pattie that matters look well and peaceable in the Lebanon, where the measures of Daoud Pacha are producing excellent effects ; and that the harvest is excellent throughout Syria, while peace reigns everywhere in that fruitful land. Fuad Pacha, it is supposed, will continue to exer cise the functions of commissioner extraordinary to the Porte. The long stay of the English fleet in the Neapolitan waters is much commented on, and, as may well be imagined, with no little jealousy and acrimony. People here are puzzled to know what means the landing of our Marines by detachineuts,to go through their evolutions, according to some au thorities ; according to others, to do guard duty over the houses and shops in the ab sence of the troops and national guards. The Patrie says;with mysterious caution :—" Some English journals have announced that negotiations are on foot for the cession of Venetia to the king dom of Italy. Without wholly denying this asser tion, we are enabled to state that as yet nothing authorises us to believe it." The same journal has an article on the panics caused by the terror of French aggressiveness. England, it appears, is now calm on that head, but Germany is " menacingly unquiet" as regards her neighbours. " France, however, provokes nobody, but she fears nobody. She most certainly desires peace ; but as to what our neighbours may so or do, she acts with regard to the menaces of the Germans as she ' did during the alarms of the English. She shrugs her shoulders—and laughs." Our Bourse does not answer to the rise announced in Consols. This arises partly from the general lair guor of business, and partly because the harvest here promises to be inferior to that in England. , Still prices were maintained to-day. Bente fell sc. for the account, leaving off at 68fr.45c. forcash, and 68fr. 50c. for the account. Credit Mobilier fell lfr. 28c. for cash, and sfr. for account, its closing price being 740 fr. for both cash and account. Railways, with the exception of the Eastern, had • downward tendency. The municipality of Metz has resolved to have, in addition to the exhibition of manufactured and agricul tural proinctions which is now taking place, a grand ride shooting match, which is to commence on Sunday, the 25th. It is to last Ave days, and foreigners will be allowed to compete for the prizes. M. Oranier de CaMeliplaC, in an article on the canoe of the high rents now paid in Paris, declares that then at present ten thousand apartments vacant in Paris, • greater number than was ever before known, and he thence draws the conclusion that the present high rents are not caused by competition among tenants. The Pays announces that the Sultan intends to visit Paris and Loolon in the month of October next. The King of Prussia arrived at Ostend on Sunday afternoon, and the Crown Prince was to join him the next day. A Vienna letter states that, for some years past, there has not been so large an attendance at the churches on the occasion of the Emperor's birthday as on the 18th in stant, when his Majesty completed his 31st year. At Milan, last week, a sad accident occurred. As a French company was representing at the Theatre of St. Radegonda the fame La Marie.: du Mardi-grae, the long veil worn by one of the actressci, Mdlle. Harsch, who personated the bride, caught fire at the footlights, and she was an a few seconds oompletely enveloped in flames. The spectators raised a cry of horror, and her fellow performers rushing to her aid tried to extinguish the fire by rolling her on the stage. Before, however, they could accomplish their purpose she jumped up and ran away. That caused the flames to break forth with renewed violence; but she was again seized and rolled on the ground until the fire was put out. Unfortun►tely no medical man was in the house, and she was conveyed to the hospital in a deplorable plight. The Lombardo, of the 18th, maker the following announcement :—" General Turr is about to marry the Princess Weiss-Bonaparte, a young lady of 17, of great beauty, and uniting to noble sentiments a brilliant educe tioe. General Turr has to-day made known his marriage to the Prince de Carignan, who has • particular predilection for the Magyar." FRENCH PacrrasTaFrs.—The Delia& stated some time tine the grievance under which the protestant of the department of Haute-Vienne laboured in not being permitted to have their children educated in their own coin munioo. Our contemporary now makes the following an nouncement :—" We have already alluded to the complaint of the protestant of the Haute-Vienne against the ad ministrative measure which had ordered the closing of the schools specially devoted to evangelical wor ship. We learn with pleasure that this question, which has for some time past been agitated by the liberal press, has just been settled in conformity with the principles of religious liberti . In its sitting of the 14th, the departmental council of the Haute-Vienne, on the suggestion of the Minister of Public Instruction and of the Prefect of the Department, has removed the oppo sition against one of these schools, the ' Institution Jusnel,' and has authorised the toaster to open at Balledent a special establishment for pupils belonging to the evan gelical creed, on condition that be only receives the children of his co-religionist. The other teachers of the same creed may also open their schools on the same conditions." Tai FRENCH IN COCHIN CHINA.—A letter from Saigon, in Cochin China, dated the 20th June, is published in the Gazette de Midi. The following extract describes the afireigene of the occupation :—" Our town is most mo notonoua, and we really do not know what is going to be done with us. Militarily speaking, our work is at an end, and a colonisation is to be attempted that does not concern us ; we hope that our general, on his arrival is Paris, will induce the government to order our return to France, an event which we look for with the greatest impatience. The cli mate of Saigon is not suited for Europeans ; we are ob liged to conceal ourselves from the sun, to fly from it as though it were the plague, and keep ourselves hermetically abut up. Our huts, moreover, are not pleasant residences; reptiles of all kinds—enormous scorpions, snakes three yards long, lizards, frogs, tcsels, i favour us with their company, sod at night, n spite of mosquito curtains, we are tortured by those fearful insect. When the weather is a little cloudy I take a ride on horse back ; this is the only amusement we can procure, but the animals are such brutes that there is not muchplessure in i mounting them. Bathing is a thing not to be ndulged in, on account of the crocodiles, added to which fever is fro ! queutly the result of such a recreation. I have completely abandoned drawing and painting, for with the hest which devours us 1 have notths streugthor the inclination to handle • pencil or a brush. DIANCHENTEZ UNITY OF ODD FELLOWS AND THE ANCIENT ORDER or FORENTERS.—TotaI number: Odd Fellows 267,394, Foresters 159,838; Wales, Otret lows 23,011, Foresters 5,661; Scotland, Odd Fellows 3,277, Foresters 625 ; Ireland, Odd Fellows 1,013, Foresters 164 ; abroad, Odd Fellows 10,666, Foresters 2,066 ; total, 1860, Odd Fellows 305,361, Foresters 168,576 ; 1861, Odd Fol lows 316,215, Foresters 189,584. Numbers in particular counties : Essex, Odd Fellows 2,250, Foresters 2,035 ; Kent, Odd Fellows 5,349, Foresters 5,437 • Middlesex, Odd Fellows 9,752, Foresters 18,519 ; Sur rey, Odd Fellows 4,801.1, Foresters '5,596; Loodos (Post-orice eight mile circle), Odd Fellows 11,185, Foresters 18,414. THE SUPPLY OF COTTON. The following important circular, dated yester day, hug been forwarded by Mesons. Neill Brothers, of Manchester to their correspondent' : 11, Cross-street, Manchester, August 21. Dear Sir,—Since the date of our circular of 22nd ult., the stock of cotton at Liverpool bag shown a steady declitie. The quantity of American then held in warehouse and afloat was 860,000 bales. It is now 639,000 bales. For one week the spinners increased their stock by about 30,000 bales. This was about used tip in the succeeding three weeks. They are again therefore buying more freely. During the past four weeks and four days the takings from Liver pool for consumption have been 180,000 bales, or about .t 9,000 per week. Adding 2,000 per week for Glasgow, X:c., would make the total consumption of Ameri can cotton for the kingdom 41,000 per week, which was precisely our estimate. Taking consumption and export together, the figures have been 210,000 bales, against 216,000 last year—a very slight discrepancy. In the remaining months of last year (24th August till tsth December) consumption absorbed 775,000 bales, and export 68,000 bales, in K 11843,000 bales. It is impossible that the same rate of absorption should be maintained this year; for the whole available supply is only 639,000 bales, without any prospect of its being replenished before the close of the year. Yet the supply of American cotton will, no doubt, be sufficiently economised to enable it to last till that date, or longer, by the gradual advance in price throwing a larger proportion of the consumption on Surat, of which the supply is happily unusually large ; and by a limitation of the hours of labour, there being, we on. derstand, a pretty general resolve on the part of the trade not to "light up" at all this winter —or, at least, so long as the deficiency in the supply of cotton continues. With regard to the probable continuance of the war, we have merely to confirm what we said in our last. Many thought then that the North was not in earnest in the war, and others that their immense preparations would ensure them an easy victory. The opinion which we ventured to give, that "the government and people of the North vastly underrate the difficulties before them, and equally over-rate their own strength and endurance," has had a very emphatic con firmation in the result of the first great battle. The be lievers in an early conclusion of the war, however, AU/ cling to the same ides, but upon the very opposite grounds. The general idea now is that the North will be forced to yield by the demoralisation of her army, the impossibility of raising mosey, and the evident futility of the attempt to conquer the South. We beg to caution our friends against being led away by this kind of argument into any hope of an early peace. Money never was so abundant in the States as it is at present. The deposits held by the New York bankers at last accounts amounted to 93,687,000 doll., against an average of 77,721,000 at the corresponding dates for the past five years ; and the specie or bullion to 46,900,000 dole., against an average of 21,249,000. The diffi culty is to employ the money in s►fe securities, and, as this difficulty is increasing, it is probable that the high terms which the government will be ready to pay, will tempt ca. pitelista to take the earlier loans. We have no doubt that the reasons now urged for an immediate peace will ulti. nudely bring it about. The North will have to learn the limited extent of her powers as compared with the gigantic task she has undertaken. One and perhaps two defeats will be insufficient to reverse the false education of a life time. Many lessons will probably be necessary, and, meantime, and• success the Northern troops may obtain will again inflame the national vanity, and the lessons of adversity will need to be learned over again. More effect will probably be produced by sufferings at home—by the ruin of the higher classes, and pauperisation of the lower, and by the general absorption of the floating capital of the country. But this will take time to show itself, and to work its effect in the creation of a pease party strong enough to have weight with the government. In the meantime the war must go on, as there is not the smallest chance of the South submitting. That the latter is preparing for a protracted war is evidenced by the following documents : " A CARD TO COTTON PLANTER& "The undersigned cotton factors in the city of New Or. leans, in view of the interests of all parties, recommend to their various customers and correspondents not to ship any portion of their crops of cotton to this city, or to remove it from their plantations, until the blockade is fully and en tirely abandoned, of which due notice will be given." This is signed by 141 firms, said to be all the cotton factors In New Orleans, and who control considerably more than one-hall of the entire cotton crop. "Office Board of Underwriten, " New Orleans, duly 23, 1861. "At a meeting of this board held today, the following resolution was adopted, and ordered to be published : " Resolved, That no river insurance on cotton bound to this port, nor tire insurance on cotton in the city of New Orleans, be taken until the blockade of the port is seised, and its free navigation resumed. Cotton on plantations may be insured against fire to the extent of three-fourths of its value, provided it is stored in lots of not exceeding one hundred and fifty bales, cud the lots at least three hundred feet apart. " JAMEY H. WHICLIJI, Secretary." In the face of these decidona, it need hardly be expected that much cotton will come through New Orleans during the continuance of the blockade, whether efficient or not, and it is quite probable that the same course will be taken at the other ports. To prevent cotton being sent to the North, overland, the following order has been published, in addi tion to the stringent law already published against any tran sport of cotton into the Free States : " Head Quarters Department, No. 1. " Now Orleans, La., June 26, 1861. " C &NERAL OIIDZIUS, No. 13. " C,ommunicstions of any kind, and on any pretence, with the black republicans is positively and peremptorily forbidden. Any citizen detected in communiuitiug with them will be arrested and prosecuted. "By command of Major-General Twiggs, " D. BELTZHOOVii, Major La. Artillery, A.A.A.G.C.S.A." Strange and almost incredible as it may appear, it is never. theism' the fact that it is the deliberate intention of the American governments—both North and South—to seal up the new cotton crop, so that not a bale of it (which they can prevent) shall leave the plantations during the continuance of the war. The North believes that the need of money will bring the South to terms : the South is just as firm in the faith that the need of cotton will bring the North to terms, or lead the European governments to interfere. How long these efforts wilt be suocessful it is impossible to say. Nudonbt some cotton will reach the ports, creeks, and bays along the coast—notwithstanding all the recommendations of patriotic factors—and escape the blockade, in spite of the vigilance of the whole United States fleet. But it is clear that any supply that can thus reach us will be of very trilling import ance. A week hence the time will have arrived (Ist Sep. tember) when, under ordinary cinunistaneee, the new ship ping season should commence. What we wish our friends to understand and fully realise is that there is absolutely no prospect of its commencing then, or for months to come. Ordinarily we view high prices of cotton as injurious to our customers and to the trade, mid we condemn specula tion which is so frequently unfounded, and not required to attract a supply which would be certain to come in the natural course of trade. But we now beg our friends to un derstand that the only means of even slightly mitigating the fearful evils incident to a cotton famine are a great and timely advance in price, which will prove to mer chants and growers in India and other distant countries that the scarcity is a real one, and induce them to gather up and ship cotton hither rather than leave it to be manufactured by the natives of those countries. Thus our distress may be mitigated—the wheels of trade may be kept in motion, even though at low speed— and partial employment may give food to thousands who would otherwise be destitute. A national benefit would also be conferred by all spinners who, by running their mills at half time, should reduce by so much their consumption of cotton. If this were universally adopted, the present stock, instead of being exhausted iu December, would last till May, and before then it is possible that peace may be restored.—Very respectfully yours, ROLL BROTHERS. A gentleman who had taken honours at Oxford was lately invited to cut his lot and stake his whole exis tence iu the service of the crown on the following condi tions :—lf be would learn several languages hitherto un known to Europe, go to a very unhealthy moat no the other side of the world, where everything is exceedingly dear, with the certainty of bad society, and the greatest proba- bility of being sesastinated in a twelvemonth, he might en- joy the dignity of being a third interpreter, end the pay of 1801. a year, tieing 10/. a year for ten years. 11 would be interesting to know who did take such a place, and how he Used. IF I