The Express. — London, England, 1860-08-30 00:00:00

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Tan Mims, A Uri BOA A LIM sr : The Burden of ' , nit —llama Reynolds ead lanythaa : Mrs. W. Crawford. —THY •NIILa, CIIILD Messer Roselle: Miss Donato:4 Awl 1111 C BilißAlll rtrinox. MIaL Yersokl. 1101 WAM A? WINDOM IIIDOL TIM Day —lllanfta, Anarusaft. Ih. .'.ti. TutioisaoW—Nunims, IL Albwasaa. at. Ara. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30. Tar rain descends upon the just and the un just ; and, in like manner, words of peace fall from Imperial and privileged lips in France at once upon believing and unbelieving ears. We are as far as possible from desiring to be reckoned among the molt incredulous of the vast public to which M. lie PCIL4I..NY and his Sovereign continually appeal. We are even glad to open our mouths wide, and swallow all the sweet things without cavil or complaint, provided only we are not for bidden to keep our eyes wide open, and our arms in exercise. We earnestly desire the gift of faith, but in the political world faith is not always so accessible as hope ; and though it is said to be able to remove mountains, it cannot at a jump get over "natural frontiers," as defined by the right of the strongest. A collective and comprehensive effort on the part of the possessors of France to arrest the movement of distrust, and to inspire confidence in the peaceful intentions of the Second Empire, is in itself a wholesome and cheering sign of the times, and very churlish we should be to disregard so conspicuous a proof of that supremacy of opinion to which men at the summit of absolute power make obeisance. One could almost wish that the memories of simple people were as conveniently short as the memories of those lords of war and arbiters of peace, who occasionally condescend to make excuses with the self-accusing frankness of mortal sufferers, more sinned against than sinning. If, for iiustancr, we could at a moment's notice put ek..111 away from our recollection the simple facts of the peace of Villafrancs and the treaty of %midi, the negotiations that preceded, and the promises and proclamations that accompanied, the op eivtiotiv of war in Northern Italy last year, we should find M. oa Paasiiiiir's light and unem barrassed summary of those events somewhat easier to digest. Perhaps if we were in the fortunate position of the President of the Council General of the Loire we might understand the use of coloured spectacles. As plain Englishmen, we can only view contemporary history with the naked eye. In fairness, however, to M. DI PLICSI.:NT, we must bear in mind that he was addressing the readers of the Moniker. It is no idle compliment to a distinguished man to express our conviction that the President of Coe Council General of the Loir e h as ent i re confidence in the sincerity of his own emphatic ileclarat l 11l , that " an era of peace and prosperity " is now opening for Europe." M. us PLltsiltiNY is known on this side of the water as a firm and cinisiste:it friend to the English alliance. He is .inally well known on the other side of the water as one of the half-a-dozen Bonapartist' ettant. lie is not one of the numerous adherents of an Eu exam', but a devoted friend and follower, Mee le;panee he' endured adversity and exile, and sorvived disaster and dinfrace. Such a man as this is no ordinary coiniscllcr : sanguine in the darkest day of evil fortune, lie cm' iitlord to he prudent and rimer: • o! prosperity and ismer. The druallis of .i conspirator and the projects of a refugee are min• intellectual phases in the che q uered experience of the grateful eomr rsrde never despaired of that success which has c..nie to convert the dreams into realities and the pr o jects into responsibilities. Suppose that M. PEttNioNY was in early life attracted to the cause of the Empire by its military traditions and its Morrows defeats. That was in poor Loris Poo !ries time, when French republicanism was alcirlsming the rusty sword of the Empire aipissA it. null throat. Ten years of tranquil pommies' id power have no doubt persuader' M. 011 Pag an:Ns that the safest tradition of the First Em pire is the folly of soaking an enemy of England; and upon this he has spoken, advised, and &del sa minister, friend, and ambassador, with an undeviating frankness and fidelity which we are proud an acknowledge. This is why ue would rather not scrutinise too curiously the teat of M. rat Ptilll6lll's 'invited and stnliung historical pro lusions. Where so mach of the id... 4 relic atopee epee ...MP exist. between ileighbmr s why disturb these indispensable conditions of true friendship by jarring critical commentaries! At any rate M. Pastaiiimir takes his " fence" " ill fine style, and this is a merit which Englishnuns will always know how to admire. He goes straight across country (and • heavy country, too—Nice, i4avoy, the Rhine), never swerving ; never so much as looking for a gap, For example: the celebrated Hordes:ix pro gramme, Ll:..prr In Pair, meant that the liwr►aoa did not pretend to abolish war; arid he has not abolished it ; but he has " repo '• dieted the inheritance of mere fighting." Carping objectors are perpetually dinging the Russian And Italian wars in the teeth of that bens live t pr .graimsw. but M. or e :plan at ion is conclo-ive. These wars could not be avoided, THE 'EXPRESS, THITJRSDAY 'EVENING, AUGUST 30, M6O. they were promptly concluded, and they succeeded in realising the object for which they wen under taken. Sebastopol is destroyed ; Constantinople is not yet Russian ; the Eastern Question is in the hands of united Europe. Italy is delivered from Austrian domination ; and if the Italians jeo pardise the independence they have acquired, at all events the principle of non-intervention, " now " a recognised rule of international policy," makes them the masters of their own fate. Then, as to German and English apprehensions ; they do not merit serious alienation ; M. Dr PERSIONY discusses them shortly and sharply, nevertheless " The Rhine is no longer a strategic frontier " that is, to say the least of it, a ton met—it can never be the policy of France to assist the deve lopment of German unity at any price. That is, to make the wont of it, a great fact for the meditation of our German cousins, who are so anxious just now to persuade England and Belgium that the Rhine is the natural frontier of England, the Mincio the natural frontier of Germany, and Germany the true Fatherland of Belgium and England both. Of the relations be tween France and England M. DR PERSIONY speaks of course with particular authority, as the Ambassador of the Emperor of the FRENCH at the Court of St. James's, and as a gentleman who, whether in his public or private capacity, by his fair and honourable dealing, his courteous, straightforward and conciliatory temper, has won the esteem of all political parties, the sympathy of society, and the warm regard of a host of friends in the land which we believe he would allow us to call his second country. In the strongest, because the simplest and directest language, and in the fewest words, M. Di Psernorn expresses the feelings of all reasonable people in both countries when he affirms that " neither of the two Powers " desires to enter upon such a terrible struggle as " a war between them would be. The Euglish " nation is peaceful. Their virtuous Qrszy and " the eminent men in power desire to maintain a " good understanding between the two nations." This is a sufficient answer to the angry re monstrances of the Constitution/4e/. The Presi dent of the Council General goes to his Depart ment fresh from Plymouth, where lie was assisting the other day at the launch of a line-of-battle ship, and ho gives his word that the English nation is peaceful ; that is, that the armaments of England are purely defensive. May we be permitted to skip over the para graphs on which M. Di PLIOIIONY touches--and in - - touching adorns—the delicate question of Savoy and Nice ? He says nothing of the inderendenee of Switzerland ; and, in order to abstain from ill omened words, we will only suggest that it de pends on the Second Empire whether the " system of 1815," which was established against the First Empire, is to be suffered "by Europe her " self "to lapse. The English public will have no difficulty in reading "between the lines „ in certain passages of this interesting speech which leave space for diversities of interpretation. Wo know not whether to commend most the modesty, or the happy ease, of the assertion that " the con " fidence of Europe has not been shalien,"and that " ?darn ass a whole the Imperial policy is pure and " honest" It would surely bo difficult to say lees or more than this. But M. IDE. PERMIINY'I3 last words are the most remarkable. " The mili " terry rule of France in Europe is at an end." The Crimea and the Milanese have sated the martial appetite of the Second Empire. To be sure, there are other fields and pastures, old and new, in Axis and Africa. There is China, there is Syria, there is Egypt. It is an "era of peace and " prosperity " that is now opening for Europe. Dr. CII3IIIINU must look to M. DE LEsszia for the fultihnent of prophecy. We only regret that it is from four or five men near the Imperial throne that we learn the will of France, and not from France herself. Perhaps, however, now that " the " military rile of France in Europe is at an end," political liberty is at last about to crown the edifice of the Empire. THE notorious case of Mr. Busweta., which has come before the public at intervals during the last twelve months, was closed yesterday so far as the Court of Arches is concerned. Dr. LUSHINWPON gave judgment against the reverend defendant, pronouncing him guilty of the various offences laid to his charge, and decreeing the sentence of depri vation which the Bishop of Loewe had asked for. This sentence simply confirms the verdict which the intelligence and moral sense of the community had already recorded. Nothing short of such • sentence would satiety even the lowest requirements of decency and justice in the case. That such • Mall should continue to wear the gown he had polluted, and discharge the functions of the sacred office he had outraged, would be altogether intolerable--a far greater and more fatal injury to the Church than any mere individual delinquencies of her clergy. There has, in fact, been no such saandal in our time as that fur nished by the profligate disclosures of this infamous case, and the public indignation it has excited has been naturally deep and universal. That the de linquent is a clergyman, no doubt, iiitensifies this feeling as it ought to do, but it is far enough from I producing it. It is the peculiar character of the offences that is so revolting. The case is altogether exouptienal,and we may therefore speak of it freely, without taking up the vulgar cry too generally raised against any clergyman who trips in sight of his fellow-teen. There is • wide-spread tendency to pounce eagerly on clerical lapses, exaggerate their proportions, and proclaim them to the four quarters of the earth. If a clergyman make a slip, a thousand voices are ready to pro claim with ill-disguised exultation that he is no firmer on his feet than other men—that his moral bearing is in tio respect superior to his fellows. Apart from its injustice, this tendency is essen tially vulgar, the offspring of bad taste, and low, 001,110 feeling. It wrings at bottom front the mean desire to discredit superior excellence, by reducing it to our own level, or even lower still. This feeling works not only in envious and narrow breasts, but umeauiciously amongst the thoughtless and uninformed as well. They naturally like to imagine that those whose pretensions are so much higher, are, after all, guilty of the same follies and faults as themselves. And a thousand just men, devoted to the duties of their sacred calling,, will not prevent the one who falls from being accepted as a type of his order. 1.7 u redacting minds generalise the instance, and hastily exclaim, " They are alike ; no better than they " should be." No doubt there is at bottom a certain element both of truth and justice in this harsh pidgin, lit of clerical offences. It is right to expect hem those who undertake the religious in struction of others example as well as precept ; and though the standard of virtue is nu higher for the teacher than the taught, it is natural to ex pect that men whose lives are devoted to its reali sation shroild come nearer to it than others. It ought to le remembered, however, that while a ..... Miter shares the pensions and feebler of his fellow rm c, he is at the lassie time exposed to temptation. from which they are for the most part exempt, and occaaional failing should not tens fore be judged of too hastily. . . No plea, however, no possible excuse een be offered for cases of systematic and hardened vice. If once fully proved, religion and morality alike demand that they should be condemned in the most emphatic manner, and visited with the severest punishment. The case of Mr. Bow- WELL is an extreme one. His vices are a social outrage, even more than a professional offence. The enormities of which he has been guilty would naturally exclude him, not only from the pulpit, but from decent society. Had such a career of systematic perjury, licentiousness, and contempt of all social obligations, been proved against a mere man of the world, he would justly forfeit his social paition. The Judge truly stated that Mr. BON WELL had been guilty of the very gravest moral and ecclesiastical offences—seduction, adultery, fraud, and deception. These offences have been established by " proof that is uncontradicted and " overwhelming." There is no excuse, no pallia tive to be offered for these aggravated offences. " I have carefully considered," says Dr. LUIIHINO- Toms, " whether there are any circumstances of ex " tenuation—l can find none. There is not the " palliation of early youth ; there is not the " strength of temptation which may possibly beset " the single man ; there is not • mere accidental " deviation from the rules of morality; but there " is a married man with a family—a wife, the " head of a ladies' college ; there is seduction— ' " the daughter of a deceased clergyman, with a " blind mother—seduction deliberately carried "on under the pretence of marriage." There are, indeed, other circumstances in this re volting case of peculiar aggravation. Mr. Bow tram., not satisfied with disgracing his sacred pro fession by his vices, actually employed it through out as the instrument of their gratification. He used the confidence his office inspired, first to win the affections of his victim, and then to deceive her family. And on the disclosure of his perfidy and guilt he, with reptile meanness, with almost incredible baseness, attempted to throw the blame on the ruined victim of his lawless passions. What remains for such a man but some friendly ob scurity where he may remain unknown, and where his name may no longer call up painful and polluting associations. The clemency of the Eccle siastical Court has consigned him to this obscu rity. But Mr. Bowww.i. is consistent to the last. He has appealed against this just and merciful decision, and threatens still to offend the public ear with the scandal of him name, and the reiterated proof of his enormities. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. SYRIA. ARRIVAL OF FRENCH TROOPS AT BEYROUT. Our correspondent at Beyrout writes on the 16th : " The grand event of the day here is that all doubts are set ai rest as to the intervention, by the arrival this monung of some 2,000 French troops, more being to follow in a day or two. They have not yet disembarked, but I believe will do so this evening. The Christians are delighted ; the Mos lens sulky ; the Osmanli or fanatic party iu de spair ; and every European more rejoiced than another. Whatever people may think in Europe, here we have no national jealousies on a question which regards our lives, fortunes, honour, and peace. We English are just as glad to see the French troops arrive as, I believe, the French were to see our fleet come to anchor before Beyrout." THURSDAV. Six copies of the convention iu reference to the affairs of Syria have been drawn up, one of which is destined for each of the contracting powers. The Austrian and Russian ambassadors signed their copies before quitting Paris on leave. The date of these copies will be filled up, and the signatures of the other ambassadors added, as soon as the Turkish ambassador shall have received full powers for the definitive signature of the conven tion. FRANCE. ANNBCY, AUGUST M (EvnrucG). The Emperor and Empress have passed through Aix. At that town, as well as on their arrival here, they were enthusiastically received. Their Majesties will continue their journey on Saturday. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. THURNDAY. Although the committee of twenty-one, in its sitting of Monday last, definitively adopted the two reports presented in the name of the majority and of the minority, the full sittings of the Reich*. rath will not be resumed before Monday next, the 3rd September. The Council of the Ministers is, however, sitting almost without interruption. It is believed that the government will promul gate the new political reforms without waiting for the vote of the Reicharath, in order to leave to the Emperor the whole merit of apontaneoiudy adopt ing then'. Prince Metternich, who left Paris on Monday evening last, arrived here yesterday evening. He will only stay here three days. The prince will be received in audience by the Emperor to-morrow morning, and will then proceed immediately to his castle of Komigawartb, in Bohemia. VIENNA, Ammar 29. The Emperor has induced Genend Beuedek to remain at the hend of the Hungarian administra tion until the cloning of the extraordinary session of the enlarged Council of the Empire. This will probably take place very soon, as, although his Ma jesty expressed his intention of not leaving Vienna before the Reichsrath closes its sitting', he has fixed his departure for the 15th Sept. The Hungarian members of the Reichsrath are frequently summoned before the Emperor. It is believed that Austria will soon enter among the number of constitutional states, notwithstand ing the endeavours of the military aristocracy to the contrary. Several independent and liberal statesmen have considered it their duty to represent to the Em peror that unless the constitutional tendencies of the empire be complied with a revolution would become inevitable. The P resse of to-day publi. hes the text of the proposal of the minority of the committee of 21 inembeav, which is as follows : " That his Majesty, by his own authority and power, should create such institutMus as will allow the greatest possible development of the free and independent right of representation in all the pro vinces ; and at the same time should, in the most complete manner, maintain the unity of the em pire and of the legislative and executive power of guvemment ; and further, that au effective and in dependent control should be exercised over the public administration by a proper representation of all this interests of the people in the communes, the diets, and the cmuicils of the empire." THE NEAPOLITAN ARMY AND THE KING. GENOA, AUUUST 20 (Erminiu). The Genoese journals of to-dny pubis& the fol lowing : . . . "The Autbion, which left Naples yesterday morning, brings the news that on Monday last the Neapolitan general's assembled in council had, with the exception only of General Bosco, unani mously resolved to advise the King to take his de parture from the city. "At the moment of the depirture of the Authion a report wax current at Naples that the (dicer's of the army and navy had tendered their resignation en mane to the King." THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, AUGUST 1. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Tyne, from the Brasile, arrived hers this morning, and will leave for tiouthampton at noon. fibs has on board 34,000 f. in specie. . EXPRESS FRAM PARIS. (raw[ WI OWN COMEPOIDINT.) PARIS, WZDNZBDAT Evicitta. It is explained by the Opitiimi Nationale that M. Breuier, in pressing the Neapolitan government for reparation for the assault upon his person, has sug gested that the best mode of effecting it would be to compensate French subjects for the loos they sustained by the bombardment of Palermo, and to send a special envoy to Paris to make an apology. It strikes mu, however, as a very curious time to urge this matter at all. The King of Naples must have other and more pressing things to think of. How many hours longer is he likely to be in pos session of the treasury from which the indemnity is expected to be paid At the Bourse the Rents, after drooping to 671 r. 86c., recovered to yesterday's prioe, 681 r., for the close, in consequence of the operations of an individual speculator. The railway market was not affected by this incident, and loft off weak, two or three lines being from Hr. 23e. to 21r. 60e. lower. Mobilier fell 6fr. 250. The mayor of St. Aubin (Gironde) has been dis missed for having, at the municipal election of August 19, clotted the poll before the proper hour in order to prevent the friends of his opponents from voting. 17n/ignarti of yesterday says :—" The fine weather which has prevailed during the last few days has been turned to good account for harvest work iu the neighbour hood of Paris. Every disposable bend has been employed, and a considerable quantity of the productions of the earth been safely housed. Reapers have been also at work in cutting the coma which remained standing, and, sa the corn which hail been before cut had been placed stauling in shocks, and coy, led with a reversed sheaf, the grain has nut suffered by the wet." ~ THE SICK AND WOUNDED VOLUNTEERS IN SICILY. The following distressing account of the sanitary condition of the Garibaldian volunteers in Sicily has just been received by one of the honorary secretaries of the Lailieu Garibaldi Benevolent Association. It is from the pen of the same medical man who has repaired to Southern Italy for the purpose of aiding, by his professional skill land talent, the Italian cause. " Falaszreale, Messina, Aug. 17, 1800. "In the absence of the general, I was asked to visit the hospitals of Malan* and Barcelloua, with the view of introducing some improvements into the administration of the sanitaly department. I have suggested some improve mente there. An extract of my report to the Secretary of War I have given in the Lancet; and I have also implored the editor of that journal to plead the cause of the poor wounded patriots. After my return from Mideast> I find • very melancholy state of the army ; 12,000 stationed at Faro are worn out with fatigue and hunger, and debilitated with fever ; the hospitals are crowded ; there are 500 men in the hospitals here without a pillow or sheet—without • shirt—without everything. Ask your ladies' Committee to collect shirts, towels, sheets, surgical instruments, quinine, cinchona powder, and pillows, or these poor fellows will be decimated. Send them direct to Messina, to the care of the English consul. I wish very much to join Garibaldi as soon as possible hut I shall not leave this until I have or ganised an ambUlance to cope with the emergencies of the campaign. At least I shall endeavour to do so. lam glad to hear that you have sent some money to Madame Mario, and also some boxes, which we expect with impatience. That lady's efforts on behalf of these poor brave fellows I think beyond praise. She is very energetic, runs from Bar cellima to Faro like lightning, and works very hard. lam sure that everything that is good must come from England. Providence has placed that island as • light in the midst of the darkness of Europe. All the light and truth must pro oeed from thence- all the efforts for the regeneration of our race must commence with Great Britain." n Aar Vbe Court. BALMORAL, Auouar 28. Her Majody held a Privy Council yesterday morning. The Prince Consort, Lord John Russell, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert attended the Council. Mr. Helps, Clerk of the Council, WWI in attendance. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Idiot, and attended by the Hun. Beatrice Byng, left the Castle yesterday for Altura-Guiseach, where her Majesty remains until this day. The Prince Consort went out deer-stalking, and joined 'her Majesty at Altma-Guiwach in the evening. . . _ - . Princess Helena and Prince/us Legge rude to the Garr wait yeatvnlay morning. Sir George C. Lewis left town yesterday for Harpton Court, Radnor. liespiitchee were received yesterday at the Colonial-elate from the Uovernor of la. The ex-Queen of the French, before leaving Tun bri.lje•welle, honoured Sir Walter and Lady Caroline Stirling with a visit at their seat at %Inwood. The Duke and Duehem of Hamilton and family are expected to arrive from Germany, on their way to Brodrick Coatis, Isle of Arran, for the shooting I,OIIAOII. The Earl and Countess of Cork aro staying at Homburg, where the M.aniuie and Marchioness of Mari carde, and Mr. Beaumont, M.P., and lady Margaret Beau mont, are also residing. Animq the visitorst now at Brighton are Viscount and Viscountess St. Vincent and family, Lord Ashley, the Count and CountessDismdoff, Lady Cathcart, Lady Paulett, Lkly Henniker, the Earl of Howth, Lord Craastonn, Gene ral Bloomfield, the Hon. Dudley Want, Sir Richard Broke, Bart., Heron de Cetto, the Bavarian Ambsasedor, kr. The English Minister, Lord Bloomfield, has left Berlin fur Leipsig, whence his excellency will proceed to the tastle of Count Hohenthal, where the betrothal of the English Minister at the Danish court, Mr. Paget, to the Countess Hobeuthal, rvviently lady of honour toile Princess Fi,deric William, will be celebrated. The marriage is to take place in September. Colonel Burnaby, of the Grenadier Guards, embarked on Sunday at Marseilles, on hoard the Clyde, for Beyrout. This officer, who is charged with a military iniaion, is going to join Lord Dulferin is Syria. Correcting a parvraph to the effect that he had resigned the superintendence of the royal gun factories, Sir W. Armstrong writes :--e" I have neither tendered my resignation nor had the slightest communication with the War-ofnce on the subject, but I may add that although my engagement with the government is for a term of years, yet that I have no intention of retaining either the office or the emolument longer than my eervices may be required for perfecting the system of artillery which I have been the meairi of introduciug. I may also lie allowed to rei,nuk, lest certain words in the paragraph should give rim to a eontmiy impression, that although the duties of the office which I have the honour bi hold do not demand my con stant attendance at Woolwich, yet they are such as to &lamb my whole time and atteutiou." The Kerry property of the late Mr. St. John Masse we mold the other day in the town of Killarney, by order of the Landed Estates Court, It was divided into three lots, which realised about 7,0001., being neatly 2,000 f. o►er the mend estimate. The rates obtained were extremely high, the lota producing respectively 35, 32, and W 1 veers' purchase, with, no prospective increase in the rent. rolls aa the letting had been made during the present year, and, in addition, all the royalties are "swerved to the chief landlord. The city of Marseilles (says a local journal) in tends to offer a diamond bracelet, worth 70,00nfr., to the Empre.. on her lfajeaty'is approaching visit to that place. It in to be ornamental with a large medallion bearing the arms of the city, and in the interior of the medallion, which is to be opened with r spring, is the portrait of the Imperial Prince. M. Caludo has ifteuoil his programme for the Itahae ne4uou at Paris. The principal singers are Mesdames Pen co, liattu ; Moors. Mario, Gardoni, Grasiani, Zucchini, Angellini, and Paneaui, the last of whom is the only novelty iu the list. lie is said to be a tenor of merit. Toe rubearsala of "Le Tannlimner" are now pro epaliag with activi►y at the Orand Opera, Paris. M. Richard Wagner has arrived to superintend them. At Milan the adventures of Garibaldi are made the subject ..f a military ballet, In which the heroic leader sienna and wield. his sates amid this almost frantic plaudits of the medic ! A piece with the title of "Lee Riflewomen, ou Ls@ Volostairce (seems d'Akilsterre," has been raceib el at the ThEitra Beaumarchais, Park The Sernaphore of 31;rsoilles says :—"Two Sisters of Charity, both young, and cooling direct from Damascus, w►ence they were able to escape through the protection of Abd-el•liader, panned through Marseilles two days ago on their way to Paris, socompauk,l by s tireek priest. One of these young females ha.i her right ear rut otf by the Droves at the moment ahem she au attending on some wounded Chriatiaae, who had talon refuge iu the convent where she resided." The Czar of CIMODW has just rseeireti a warning fur haviag " for some time past represented the political sitnstion of Italy ins lig t (avowable to the revolt against the legal eovernmeut, having loosnles obstinately persisted in defenditig teudeneies iinsonpatible with the interest of the state," kc. THE RUSSIAN HARVEST. We arc indebted to Messrs. Pietroni and Draper for the following extract of advice; from Odessa, dated the 17th inst. : The weather continues most favourable for field opera tions, and the new corn arriving is in excellent condition. Supplies hitherto have been somewhat limited, but new Ghirkas will shortly come in very freely. The quality of uew (Mirka continues highly satisfactory, and the average weight is about 641 b. naturally. New rye is also of fine quality ; new linseed of remarkably superior beauty. brats : Our stocks of old are all but exhausted. New Ghirklui are to be bad for September at about 465. per qr. f.o.b. Polish Odessa and Sandomirlut of new crop will not be procurable until September or October, until when it will be impossible to speak of quality or price. The last transaction in bandomirluk was a very poor parcel of old at 424. 6d. f.o.b. Maize : Our stock is reduced to about 5,000 qrs., held at 345. 9d. cost and freight, and no new will mach until May. Barley: The few parcels o: old still on the market being unfit for shipment business could only be done in new, which is now arriving plentifully, and the qua lity is satisfactory. 17s. lid. imperial, or lies. lid. per 400th.., is the lad price paid. Outs arrive freely. From Thrall, under date the 17th inst., letters received by the same firm remark as follows : Wheat. —The new crop is abundant in Wallachia, and quality good. In Moldavia, an average yield, Lut quality very unsatisfactory. Supplies arc yet limited. Indies Corm—So far the crop looks magnificent, Loth as re gards quantity and quality; but locusts may yet cause much damage. Old 'docks are limited, and little of the sew will be procurable for shipment ere May. Prices: Oslats, Zia 6d. to 245. ; lbrail, 21s. 6d. to 225. 6d. Barley.—The locusts have injured this plant greatly, yet the yield will be good, but the average weight probably Use than last year. Shipments will be practicable in Septem ber at 12s. 6,1. to l3s. f.o.b. In a postscript to their circular, Messrs. Pietroni and Draper comment upon these mlvices as follows : You will please remember that the prices we have quoted are those received by letter. The late advance on this aide will donbt!ess have caused great excitement abroad, and we await telegrams to advise the ext •nt of the advance estab lished in corn and seed. Meanwhile we have from Odessa the 25th inst., by telegraph ; '• Business paralysed through want of shipping. :au. bd. offering. (Mirka, 465. f.o.b. Barley, 140. bd." THE HARVEST. The 13ishop of London has addressed the follow ing letter to the clergy of his diaosime : " Fulham Palace, Aug. 27. " RCN. and dear Brethren,—l doubt not that, during this gloomy stammer, you have from time to time used in your churches the appointed prayer for fine weather. "The prmpects of the harvest are such as to give much MUM for anxiety. and thoughtful persons, looking forward to the difficulties which may follow, are led to consider how entirely we are dependent on God's merciful dealings with us for the enjoyment of the most common blessings of life. " It seems to me right to suggest to you the propriety of setting apart, each of you in his own parish, souse early Sunday (for those to whom that day may be convenient, I would name Sunday, Sept. 9) for expressly drawing the attention of your several flocks to the solemn thoughts which the late and present °audition of the country calls for, and urging all to a more faithful feeling of dependence on our Hens enly Father and more earnest prayer. "Of those who live in London, at a distance from country scenes soil interests, many may, not unnaturally, forget the great importance to the nation of the 'date of the weather during the coming weeks, unless you speak to them us becomes your office.--I remain, rev. and dear brethren, your faithful servant in Christ, " A. C. LONDON.* THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY Or FRANCE. The Couutew de Neuilly (the ex-Queen Marie Amelia) with the Duke de Nemours and family, the Prince of Wurtemberg, and their uumerous household, Lave left their residence at Tunbridge-wells for Claremont, Surrey. The Coui.t )de Paris and the Duke de Chartres are staying with thoir illustrious relatives. Their Royal Highnesses the Duko and Duchene d'Aurnale and family are On a tour in Scot land. TRli ROYAL VDCIT TO CANADA.—To the young Prince the lemon will be taught of the vast extent of the empire over which he may be called to rule, and with it he may learn the weight of rewponsihility which that sway will impose upon him. When he shall stove at the more west ern towns of Canada, Mom hundred miles from the spot where he firit set foot ottliiitish territory in Anierhs, there will still stretch before him two thousand miles, reaching to the shores of the Pacific and the gold region of Coluinlibi, over which the British rule extends; lie may reflect that the primeval forests, the lakes and rivers which form part of this vast and all but unpoopled territory will probably, when he shall hold the sceptre of Britain, be the b urns of million, of British subjects, who bad built up many cities in those dark forest*, cud crowded its navigable livers and inland seas with fleet* which carry to distant clinics the Tomlin* of its fertile lands. And yet that vast intervening space between Niagara and the Pacific is but a province among the North American posses sion* —but one of the fifty colonies which form the linghtest gems iu the imperial crown which he will wear. The gentle and dignified demeenour of the young prince has, according to all accounts, already won the affections of the people in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and tho memory of hi. visit will lung live among their must cheriahed recollections. —(!dimdir,ll NeN's EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN CANADA.—A de spatch had loon metro' by the Governor-General from his grace the Duke of Newrivale, the Colonial Hecretary, stating taut the Queen has beeu graciously pleased to comply with the appliontiou made to her Majesty by the synods of the dna:eau of the church of England in Canada for the appoint ment of a nietromilitati ; that her Majesty will accordingly issue letters patent for constituting ouch metropolitan ; and that the Bishop of Montreal and his succesnws will be de signated to fill that office. The letter, patent were expected tu arrive by the next mail. - Canadian Nett,. THE Vie-routs Perot—We have been requested to state that the Englishermonn'n Journal, for the mouth of flepteniber, is, for the first time, printed by female compo sitots, at the Victoria Preen. Nuawi'H MuatcAL FICATIVAL.—Mr. Benedict has Nati in Norwich during the last few days for the pur pose of conducting rehearsals in Ht. Andreveieluill. All the works to be produced have been gone through, with the exception of Molopte's new oratorio .4 Abraham and the Creation and Mrssiah, which latter are comparatively familiar to the local chorus. Herr Mulkpin is going down to Norwich on Monday with the view el omidocting in per. leak rehearsal of Ahrahani._ MANclllinTat UNITY FRIENDLY SOCIETY. —The financial statement of the North London District of Fellows has been issued to the lodges. To statists. as well as the members, it affords impintaut informatiou as to the sick and funeral feud of this vast society—the chief fund for pmviding the benefits assured. At the onnimencemeut of 1860, the North London district contained 7,1;11 of the 306,214 members forming the Unity. A year before the numbers wore 7,227. The entrance fees during 1859 amounted to 411/. tie. Ad ; contributiotra, 7,840/. US. I'd. ; interest, 1,4191. 17s. gd. ; together, 0,6711. 13a. 11(1. Tho amount paid in sickles during the year was 4.1., and funeral levies, 1,2171. :85. 44.1., together 5,383?. 11*. 841., 1 the net increase Lein, 4 , 71481 . 2s. &1 ., and making the total capital of the district, 50,2411. lin. 31. The number of ' deaths were:—Members, 82 ; and wives 60. The twisty has disappointed the expectations of actuaries, for if com parison In made with former years. the lodges are in a bet• ter position ; and strange to say, though the membcre must he increasing in age, this district is younger than it was 15 rears since (the overage ace of the niembem being 34 years 7 months), and the rate of sickness is not 60 high as the ex• petted average ; in fact the sickness does not increase in pro portion to the number of member.. Our cause of tins is the influx of young men, but a suspicion gains ground that the true law of sickness bas not yet been urea tsined. The National Portrait Gallery, Woatiuinater, will be closed during Meptrinher, and rempeu on Wednes day, Oct. 3. The public days are W,liiesilays soul Satur days, from 12 to 4 o'clock. Adtaksiou free. ISLE OP WIGHT mrsipars. Ever since the fearful shipwrecks, attended with much loss of life, which led events took place last year, the inhabitants of the Isle of Wight have, in eenjunction with the Ro'al National Life-boat 'esti. tntion and the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, been meet sedulously striving, by voluntary contributions, to eetablish lifeboat stations slues the more dangerous parts of the coast of the island, the scene of so noisy melancholy disasters, and it is this week our pleasing duty to record the accomplishment of this moat desirable and truly philan thropic undertaking. Two substantially-built houses for the lifeboats, with resuscitating rooms adjoining, have been provided, the one at Brook and the other at Grange. After the arrival of the boats at their respective stations overland, the local committee assembled in the resuscitating-room, at the Brook Lifeboat Station-house, for the purpose of choosing a crew and launching the boats. The chairman, Mr. Seeley, having requested the hon. secretary, R e y. Pellew those, rector of Brooke, to read the list of names of fishermen and others volunteering to form the crew for ser vice in the lifeboats, eleven volunteers answered on their names being called over, the whole of whom were intro. duceol ; and, being welcomed by the committee, the men muml themselves on one side of the room, when the chairman kindly addressed them, requesting that they would select from among themselves one in whom they could place the utmost confidence for their coxswain. They mend , mously elected John Hayter, and for the second or anis. taut coxswain, William Cooper. The Lifeboat Inspector to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution then explained to the crew their relative defies and position, urging the ne. cessity of obedience to the command of their coxswain when on duty, for by discipline, good order, and sobriety, their exertions in the time of need would be doubly effective. The committee adjourned to the shore, accompanying the boat on its carriage drawn by homes, and when at the water's edge, ready for launching, the crew having equipped themselves in the lifebelta, and a large number of spectators standing around, Mrs. Seeley took the bottle of wine, slung for the occasion, and dashing it against the boat, said, "Success to the Dauntless." Mr. Seeley and the honorary secretaries, the Rev. Edward M'All, and the Rev. J. Pellew Gaze, with the crew, amidst much cheering, en tered the boat, which readily glided from her carriage into the element on which it is loped she may be the means, under Providence, of saving the lives of those who may unfortunately be wrecked on this coast. The committee and visitors afterwards adjourned to Grange, where, at half-past 2 o'clock, • similar ceremony took place, but on this occasion Lord Heytesbury was in the chair. After the wointinent of the crew, their coxwains, James Burkett and William Merwood, being unanimously elected, the Rev. Edwd. hl`All remarked that it was a great pleasure to him. self to bear testimony to the orderly, honest character of the man the crew had elected for their coxwain. The Rev. gentleman had known Buckett for a period of upwards of 20 years, and he could also boar testimony, though gained by sad experience as an eye-witness, that nearly the whole of the eleven men he saw before him had distinguished themselves in the cause of humanity by hasurdi their own lives when endeavouring to save the lives of their fellow men. Such men, he felf sure, with the moms now provided by the National Lifeboat Institution, in conjunction with their own exertions, would be, by God's help, of the utmost service in the hour of need. The boat was then eonveyed on her airriage to the sands, and after a short pause, the silence was broken by the chosh of • bottle agehist the bow of the lifeboat, and Lady Hey-tes bury, wishing success to the Royal Victoria. Yacht Club lifeboat Rescue, seemed as it were the signal for sponta neous heartfelt cheering, whilst hundreds of handkerchiefs betokened the response, both from far and near. Eighteen penman, including the crew, were seated in the boat on her carriage at the time of her launch, when she readily bounded into the water and became as lively as a galley. Every one who witnessed the doings of the day felt satis fied that a moat effective lifeboat establishment on the coast of the Isle of Wight is 11:10W a reality, and it is most sincerely hoped that the usefulness of these all-important undertakings will not be retarded for the want of funds to defray the n incidental expenses, as • small yearly contribution from the many will enable the committee at management to carry out matters which from time to time may be considered to be most desirable for their efficiency. Who can tell that he or she may not shortly be truly thankful for the assistance rendered by a lifeboat and her gallant crew, either for saving their own life or that of some dear relative or friend. ACCIDENT TO LADY COSMO RI.IHRELL.—As Vis countess Lismore, accompanied by her sister, Lady Como Russell, way taking &drive on Sunday last in a low phaeton, the horse, shortly after leaving her residence, took fr i ght, and turning violently round th coachman was thrown from his seat. The animal, finding himself free, started off at full speed, and making a rush at the iron gate of Farn borough-park, the present residence of Lord Lismoro, the lodge-keeper endeavoured iu vain to stop his progress, the horse turued suddenly to the left up a hill, and on slacken ing slightly hie speed, Lady Cusmo Russell, in endeavouring to get out, was thrown with much violence on the mad ' severely rut about the hands and face, and much shaken. Lady tiistuore, with great presence of mind, kept her seat. At the top of the hill the animal dashed the carnage against a wall, breaking it to piecon, and Lady Lismore WWI extri. catcd from her perilous petition by a groom and notes alters near the spot. .We regret to state that her lady. ship has been much indisposed since the accident. THE ROAD CHILD liftatusn.—The following me morial hes already received numerous signatures in Bath:—. "To the Right Hon. the Secretery of State fur the Home Department:—The memorial of the mayor and other iuha bi.anta of the city of Bath, being magistrates, clergymen, r. hankers , commissioned o ff ice in her Majesty's two ear. vices, members of the legal and medical professions, showeth,--That au extmonlinary crime, and as far as we know a crime unique and unparalleled in the 1001114 of this country, was committed en the 29th of June hie at Road, in the adjoining county of Wilts. That as living in the immediate ueighbourhood our attention hay been specially clinetel to it. That a miscarriage of jastace has oceurred through the defective manner in which the coroner's inquest was conducted, that inquest having been closed after one sitting without any attempt to amertam and name the murderer. That in consequent* of this Samuel Saville Kent, his family, and household have never been examined and crows-exammed. That the condition of the doors, windows, and fastenings of the house prove that Roadhouse was not forcibly entered from outside during the night. That, therefore, the murderer was an inmate of that house, or was secreted there fur the purpose, and that his accomplice* before and his acceesones after the fact are to be sought in that neuision. That Mr. Kent's household are, therefore, collectively responsible for that murder, and that the innocence of no one of them is to be assumed. That, nevertheless, the inmates of that house have never been examined. That we, therefore, humbly pray you to greet a special commietion for the investigation of this crime, as the ordinary mean, have entirely failed- That • special commission is an unusual procedure, but that the cruno is extraordina ry and unparalleled in its ells meter and circumstances. oa _ r Wa, therefore, pray you to grant such special commission." The Sherterne J , ,urnat nays : "'she nursemaid, Gough, left her situation on Saturday last, we nusleistand before her time had expired. Con trary to the wish of Mr. Kent and the fatuity, her father mere for her, and she returned with him L ondon.' The police are still engaged, but nothing has transpired to leave a shadow of hope that the murder will be discovered.. ttagg, the self-accuse :it murderer who was discharged by the magistrates, was mut off to London by the 3rd idles train on Thursday, the magistrates having, with supewfiuous con sideration, paid his fare for him. Mr. Kept was at From, last week, iu his capacity as inspector of factories. This is the first time Mr. bent has creoased his functions since the shucking catastrophe to his family." CASE or THE Ray. B. memorial LO the Home fikeretary, praying for a remission of the remaining term of the senteare nu this clergyman, has been nume rously and influentially signed in Bristol. Mr. Smith, it will be remembered, was convicted at the Gloucestershire ing assizes of 183f1 of an aggruvated assault on a Mr. Leach, and was lieutenant to four years' pmal servitude. In the meantime his family have been reduced to greet distress, and, as it is believed there were same mitigating circumstances In the case, the memorialists urge that the penalty already suffered is a sufficient punishment for the offence of which Mr. Smith was found guilty.— neat. FATAL EFFD I% OW INTOXICATION.—Yeatenhy afternoon Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, con cluded an ailjouruel inquiry into the cause of death of John Lievre, aged 47 years, who died in St. George's Hos pital on the lath het. free, the effects of injuries received et the Kew railway station on thefeli of August. It appears from the evidence that the deceosed was a tailor, stud on the day in question he obtaiued ptsrinissiou from his em ployer to go with others and hold what is kuoun iu the troilism the " Icon feast." About twelve of the acv went down to Kew, where they dinest at a pulite-I'mm and afterwants mad, merry. They tumble' .'lean the torldity, and, amongst other places, 'serene.' the might...us* skittle-grounds. About le is clock thsy met at the railway station in a somewhat uproarious eonddion to return home by the 10.32 train. When that train arrived at the station the officers got the party into the carriages as well as they could, mud the journey neenenerant. The marine had scarcely moved I. dozen yards away from the platform when a vieleut overran was heard. nest, upon inquiry by the guard, who stopped iestantly, it was •411,41 to proceed from the unfortunate niao, who had gut his leg fast jammed between a carriage and the platform. He was released, and medical aid procured On the spot. Some of his companions were so drunk that they positively stunthled over him as he lay on the groun, am' some sif them positively denied knowing him at all. He was subsequeetly removed too the hospital, where ho died. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental !teeth." A NARROW Enetra — Datong k • recent tour of the vicar of the parish of rime. iu Suff , the tint during his six yeses' residence therein, he stayed for a short period in a AM town, unit not feeling very well he applied to a chemist fur a dose of tincture of ihulenb. Thu chemist, misuteterstateling him, gave hint tincture of opium, which he took home Owl drank, but iedialtl) afterwards dis covered hie 'Mistake on looking at the bottle, which hail the proper label upon it. Medical assistance was immediately idealised, and the usual remedies amities, whiell eventually proved successful. The vicar has just eaten's!' iu his usual Width, ch to the joy of his parishioners. A J i'VENILZ Ring Cimosi.—A •• Juvenile Rifle Corps" b r at Halsted, Essex. About 50 Lida hare already veil outsell/41n this Adept Lerfia. sod drill in idnactiou Lama piece every titmice, wider thu of twu Heat Essex 4 y.