The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-31 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, AUGUST 31. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.65. Wirth, West-North-Westerly ; light, with dull, cool weather. Yesterday evening and last night were the coolest we have had since the month of May. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 3h. 45m.—Afternoon, 4h. 51n. To-Moßnow-Morning, 4h. 24m.—Afternoon, 4h. 43m. - Y/I r ' ' le Vtl i 4' i .0, I. mq 4 ~,,,T '/ 4--4 ~.. " 4, 4 ~ , ...,s=g - - .1 1 ;r1 -.' , h:' ~, *a. _.:_,,, '• , Jr . , 1,., . _ --. 1 ,....,' Er • ~'( 0-, ' ' DRO IT ‘,`.':. 0 N 5...•, .... THE SUN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1859. It is amusing how soon the good poeple of Paris forget the gravity of political changes, for the more congenial anticipation of pleasurable emotions, or any excitement of novelty or wonder. The cause of the Italians is overlooked, for the moment, in the exstacies of the amnesty, which seems to afford unbounded and real satisfaction. We truly hope its beneficial effects may be of long and lasting duration. The settlement of the Duchies is, for the present, at a sort of stand-still, not from the exigence of the question, but from the position in which it rests from the unofficial character of the proceedings. NAPOLEON has only whispered in doubtful hints, which may bear varied significations from the emphases placed on certain words. While, whatever the Emperor of AUSTRIA promul gates is of questionable importance, as being the opinions of the vanquished. We observe that the press in this country generally adheres to the same opinion as ourselves. The cause being that we all reason more upon hypothesis than fact. A little time may throw more positive light upon the subject than its present importance seems to indicate. The correspondent of the Morning Post says that " the people of Paris are in extacy at the idea of the Leviathan being about to be made a spectacle of at Cherbourg. The Eastern Railway Company is organising pleasure trains at a moderate price, which will carry the sight-seers on board the ves sel, give them a splendid dinner, and return them safe to their homes for 50f. The second week of September is mentioned as the time, but it would seem that this cannot be definitive if the announce ments made in England of the departure of the ship be correct." We are truly glad, for the sake of the great venture, that the directirs of the ship have resolved on going to New York instead of Portland, for the very cogent reasons assigned by a correspon dent in yesterday's Sun. The present appears to be the busiest of all the seasons for commercial enterprise in the United States, and as New York is both the London and Liverpool of the far West, what port so valuable or desirable as the one com prehending the very essence of the whole, both in a commercial as in a monetary sense ? The com pany, naturally, want to make money of their wondrous enterprise, but in the prosecution of the one object they ought not to lose sight of another, which eventually may be quite as valuable—cha racter. The Government of India seems to give us ac much trouble as our hopes magnified the value of its acquisition. We are placed in much the same position as the over-clever fellow who had " caught a Tartar !" We cannot do without our Indian Tartar, nor can we well manage to get rid of it. To some it may appear that we are attempting too much all at once, but there's no better remedy than to buckle to, and that with a deperate energy worthy of our character and the rich capabilities of the prize. Our Eastern dominions have yielded wealth to tens of thousands of our countrymen now living among us like nabobs, while the empire at large has profited immensely by the boundless contribu tions to our national exchequer. But while per sonal and Imperial interests have largely benefited by the system in the previous years of our rule, the system itself was too anomalous to last. It was found that divided authority produced a species of divided allegiance which seemed to work against itself and confound its administrators in the exer cise of their duties. Uniformity was wanting, but to secure that end, one responsibility was created, and the authority of the Q UEEN was established for the general benefit. But in the management of this change there was rather undue precipitancy and want of consideration for some of the interests involved. The executive both here and in India seem to have been at cross purposes on many points, and individual expects• tions were overlooked in Imperial assumption. The civil and the military authorities too frequently clashed before matters could settle down to ordinary working. The jealousy of one Department too frequently thwarted the purpose of the other, and h encc a sort of dead-lock impaired the efficiency o 1 betl'i. This I.:ncongenial beginning naturally increased in ,laitterness of spirit as one party was compelled by the necessity of circumstances to defer to the ntl aer. There was too much attempted at the same tim Ne, anti the want of cordiality added to the diffi• cult y of its due performance. There was first the civil and then the military organisation to be ad juste d. But while the transfer of the civil adminis tration was handed over to the QUEEN'S Govern. ment as a matter of course, it was objected to on the part of the East India Company's army— that was the local army which, while they owned allegiance to the QUEEN, yet considered their obedience was due to the Company in whose service they had enlisted. This objection was right in one sense and wrong in the other ; for they were bound to follow the fortunes of their masters in the land of their adoption. But on the other hand the soldiers reasoned that because their masters had sold or yielded their power for a con sideration some consideration ought to be extended to them. And so it ought in fairness and as a matter even of policy, for the men had nobly acquitted themselves in the recent rebellion and deserved better of their country. They only required a small fee as a token of acknowledgment for arduous ser vice well performed. But here red-tapism stepped in with its wonted prestige, and having first refused a paltry consideration it was beneath its dignity to descend to common sense. Prejudice was strengthened into obstinacy, and " bad blood" was engendered among all parties. What was to be done ? The fire was kindled, but it was far easier to fan the flame than to extinguish it. Open mutiny broke out in the ranks and public safety counselled immediate pacification. Thus what might have been settled for some thirty thousand pounds at the utmost, will now cost the country twenty times as much! The men carried their point so far that they obtained their discharge by way of compromise, with a free passage home into the bargain. All this sad mistake might have been avoided by proper conciliation. But the pride of the red-tapist overcame his sense of duty and pro voked resistance where it might and could have promoted esteem and secured obedience. But let us now endeavour to turn this evil into a benefit. When these men return—possibly to the number of ten thousand well-disciplined hardy soldiers, perhaps as good, if not the best, in our service—let a fair bounty be tendered to join the ' ranks of our army, after they have had furlough enough to visit their friends and relatives. Some may refuse, but many, very many, will join, and each man will be worth two of those who now volunteer, because the knowledge and experience of the one will counterbalance the inefficiency of the other twofold or more. We should thus add to the national defence a body of mature soldiers, who, being mixed up with less disciplined men or young recruits, would prove of incalculable benefit to the service. Again, many of those who might hesitate to join the regular army could be induced to enter into the militia, or take promotion in the volunteers, and thus infuse a spirit of discipline and emulation highly conducive to our national organisation in the day of danger as of duty. It is with much pleasure that we direct the attention of our readers to a letter on the proposed improvement of the Serpentine, which will be found in another part of our impression. It is from Mr. GEORGE RENNIE, the original proposer of the simple and efficacious plan we have so strongly recommended on previous occasions. Mr. RENNIE sets forth clearly and distinctly the reasons in its favour, and we imagine that a perusal of his scheme would convince any unprejudiced person. One of his great arguments appeals directly to the general humanity of the public, and enlists on its side the sympathies of many who might regard the question of economy, or expen diture, with indifference. By the adoption of Mr. RENNIE'S plan the great risks at present incurred by bathers and skaters would be entirely obviated, while the Royal Humane Society would be enabled to transfer their establishment to some localities where risks were inevitable. He proposes to de posit at the bottom of the lake a sufficient quantity 'of gravel to reduce the depth to four or five feet. A very large portion of the area of the lake is not so deep at present ; and, as the gravel can be obtained in the immediate vicinity, the undertaking is by no means formidable. " I feel assured," observes Mr. RENNIE, " that, omitting the unne cessary removal of the mud and the layer of con crete, the cost of obtaining full security for bathers and skaters, with the relief to the Humane Society's funds, could be obtained for a comparatively frac tional part of the sum now held out to tenify Parliamentary economists from relieving them selves of a charge of what can only be looked upon as showing a total disregard of human life." Even were the cost, however, to amount to the sum threatened, it would surely be wiser to expend a little more, and complete the undertaking satisfactorily and successfully, than to effect a pitiful saving, which. like all half mea sures, will probably cost much more in the end. Mr. HAWKSLEY'S method is open to serious ob jections and cannot afford us any security : for in a few years we would be subjected to the same annoyance and expense, while the plan whose adoption we have so strenuously advocated will be permanent in its good effects. The absurdity of returning the filtered water into the same basin with no protection againt the evils arising from stagnant water must be apparent to the most casual observer. We hope that Mr. RENNIE'S suggestions may be carried out, and that the estimates he asks for may be furnished. He is anxious that the Humane Society should make a statement of the number of deaths which have taken place in the Serpentine since 1842 when the last report was laid before Parliament on Mr. RENNIE'S motion. With this melancholy list he would desire an ac count of the charges incurred by the society in preventing similar accidents. Mr. RENNIE tells us that to the best of his recollection the expense of building the receiving house on the banks of the Serpentine was between £2,000 and £3,000, and the annual expenditure from £1,500 to £2,000. Had this method been adopted seventeen years ago, when Mr. RENNIE brought forward the subject in the House of Commons, a considerable amount would have been saved to the public, besides the far more important preservation of numerous lives. It is an absurdity to have a piece cf ornamental water which can answer no other good purpose, of such a depth as to render it positively dangerous. Every ornamental advantage can be attained by comparatively shallow water, as may readily be seen in St. James's-park, where the alterations have for once been universally admitted to be genuine improvements. The national claim to inherent dominion over the sea does not certainly extend to fresh water, which we seem to be totally incapable of managing, from our noble river to an Ornamental pond. It reflects but little credit on a nation which prides itself on its superiority in all practical and scientific knowledge that we should allow what ought to be a source of health and plea sure to become a positive nuisance. The fault lies with the Government more than with the people, who are only too little inclined to criticise the public expenditure, and would raise no c•bjections to a scheme whose advantages they would so soon realise. Messrs. EASTON and Amos will no doubt accept Mr. RENNIE'S invitation to furnish the ne cessary estimates, which we are certain Am wi_l xL l s be E f y,s ar less than the £ 17,000 v o ted for Mr. n scheme for continuing the nuisance. 'We hope soon to see this pretty spot restored to its old attractiohs. At present, instead of inviting the loiterer to linger on its banks, it warns away the pedestrian. The fashionable crowd who used to saunter by it on summer evenings were compelled to•desert their favourite place of resort last season. We trust that Lord PALMERSTON will take imme diate steps in this matter and display his abilities as a reformer on water as well as on land. Let the Government carry out the proposed im provements in a fair and liberal spirit with a due . regard to the public health and comfort, and render the Serpentine once more a pleasant place of resort, safe and salubrious for bathers and skaters, and worthy of the beautiful gardens which surround it. Fourth Edition, Bvo., pp. 152, post free, is. 2d., " AND THE ANOINTED ADULTERER SINNED WITHOUT INCONVENIENCE." VACATION THOUGHTS. By the late CHARLES PHILLIPS, A. 8., Commissioner of the Court, &c. London : J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly, W. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. With THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Followed by HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. And HALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Last Five Nights of the Summer Season. Last Two Nights of' the Flowers of the Forest and The Babes in the Wood. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. Billington, Stuart, P. Bedford, C. Marshall' C. J. Smith, Garden ; Miss Marian Lacey, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. C. Marshall, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. On Thursday for the Benefit of Mr. Carter, Treasurer. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Mee open from 10 to 5 - no charge fo r booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL, After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. - THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, oonsisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios eva written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY'EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1859. LA TEST NE WS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : ZURICH, AUG. 31. Private conferences continue to take place between the plenipotentiaries. For the last three days the representatives of France and Austria have daily conferred together. Yesterday there was a meeting of the French and Sardinian plenipotentiaries. BOLOGNA, AUG. 30. The elections are over—the greatest order pre va'ls. The Assembly is to meet on the Ist Sep tember. The troops of General Mezzacopo have made a movement in advance, in the direction of Cattolica, and have been replaced at Bologna by Tuscan troops. Count Reiset and other representatives of foreign states haVe arrived here and were present at the sitting of the Assembly. NAPLES, AUG. 30. Fresh arrests have taken place here. MARSEILLES, AUG. 30. Advices have been received from Rome to the 27th inst. The Duke de Grammont had held a conference with Cardinal Antonelli on the subject of the reorganisation of the Legations. It is as serted that the Government of Bologna had dis solved a regiment, in which some Mazzini volun teers had attempted to cause an excitement. One French division only will remain in Rome. The garrison of the Pope is on march to Pesaro, where the troops are being concentrated. An earthquake had taken place at Norcio ; 200 persons were killed and a large number injured; 9,000 of the popula tion are encamped in the neighbourhood of the town. The Pope has despatched assistance. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. The following arc extracts from the article which appeared in the Constitutionnel of to-day : " We have hitherto abstained from taking part in a discussion which we considered premature, and as sterile as irritating. When, however, the moment for expressing an opinion on that grave incident arrives, it seems to us that it will be easy to do so in a few words. The Emperor at Villafranca accepted, without any sort of repug nance, the restoration of the Princes. At the hour of reconciliation he was unwilling to remember that at Solferino some among them were in the ranks of his enemies. What, in fact, did that mat ter to him ? It was not against those Princes that he directed his arms, but against the political sys tem of which they were the accomplices or the first victims. The system once vanquished, why pro long resentments, the motive of which no longer existed ? Was a war of principles to be changed into a war of persons ? hat would have been to fall very low." As the Emperor Napoleon had entered Italy to achieve the independence of a whole people, and not to favour some local revolutions or to aid indi rectly to the expulsion of some petty princes, he was not opposed to the return of the latter. He conceived that having had a severe lesson they would be inclined to grant salutary reforms, and that in that manner their restoration would prevent new political complications. If the reforms proved sufficient Central Italy would be spared those scenes of agitation which sometimes afflicted even the most powpt ' kingdoms : if t -ith that generous object," says the wr;' more for the sake of the populations the Princes, that the French Go ,;11 to its promises, caused the Lan g to be employed in the three -,ot yet abandoned all hope of suc ce; deavour to the end to fulfil loyally itfr ission. But if it shouo not suc _ . . 'o ?' is asked with strange per it is said, 'the services which d to Italy authorise her to offer dan counsels ?' To give orders per- hs ) make menaces, to be soon followed by ac ; France is not a gendarme in the ser vic C rinces against the populations. She en dears to unite them in mutual and profitable accord, and will not do violence either to the one or the other. By what right, by what means could she act between them ? By an armed inter vention ! But that would be to walk in the path of the old Austrian policy, which was defeated at it would be to exerc i se th e r i g ht o f ignin tervention,aeta; which was torn to pieces at Solferino. It is not c onsistent either with the dignity or the honour of France to do herself what she condemns in others. Austria has lost for ever the profitable monopoly of armed intrusions in the affairs of the Peninsula, and will ne ver c l a i m i t f or our own advantage. If at Rom e an army o f occupat i on is charged with the mission of protecting the Sovereign Pontiff, it is because there is at Rome not only an Italian Prince in presence of his sub jects, but the Pope, the father of the faithful, whose repose and security it is important to us to secure. 'At Rome we do not defend a private cause ; we defend in the interest of France and in that of Italy herself the cause of Catholicism. Everywhere else the princes are subject to the common law, and that law requires that no one shall place himself between them and their people. As friends, whose devotedness ought not to be forgotten, we believe that we have more right than others to give to the populations of the Duchies advice which we consider wise and prudent. If they do not follow it, we may feel regret, but we shall never endeavour to impose it on them by force. In a word, Italy owes to us her independence, and we will not take back to morrow what we have given to-day." 13ouRsE, Aug. 30.—The Rente remained for a long time stationary at 69f. 10c. to 69f. 15c., but several sales having been made, they receded to 69f. Mobilier, varied from 830 f. to 825 f.; Lombard, 557 f. 50c. to 553 f. 75c.; Austrian, 558 f. 75c. to 556 f. 25c.; Orleans, 1,365 f, to 1,362 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 868 f. 75c to 867 fr. 50c.; Southern, 510 f. to 507 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : I i per Cents. ... 98 25 i Credit Fonder Do. end month .. I Belgian 4f . — -- 3 per Cent 5....... 69 Piedmontese (5) B6 -- Do. end month.... 68 80 Roman B6 Bank Shams. ..... 2790 Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 822 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account ..... 821 25 Home Debt 42R - - THE CONVICT SMETHURST. Up to the hour of our going to press the autho rities at the Home-office had come to no decision relative to a commutation of the sentence of death passed on Dr. Smethurst. FRENCH CUSTOMS' _RETURNS. The Moniteur publishes the Customs' returns for the month of July last, showing the quantity of foreign produce imported during that month, and the duties paid on the them, as compared with the foreign produce imported and the duties paid in the corresponding month of the years 1857 and 1858. The duties received in July last amount to 17,555,770 f., being a diminution of 2,702,418 f. as compared with the corresponding month of - the year 1851, and an increase of 1,609,193 f. as com pared with the year 1857. The duties 'mid on the importation of foreign cattle in the month of July last amounts to 15,733 f. against 16,774 f. received in July, 1858, and to 20,677 f. received in 1857. The duties received on foreign cotton last July amount to 2,068,143 f., against 1,493,620 f. in July, 1858, and 1,393,429 f. in July, 1857. The importation of British thread declined in July last to 126 metrical quintals from 259 in 1858 and 154 in 1857. The cast iron imported from England in July last amounts to 50,044 metrical quintals, against 46,814 in 1858, and 74,077 in 1857. It appears from another return that during the first seven months of the present year duty was paid on the importation of 12,519 oxen amounting to 41,985 f. ; 28,492 cows, 34,154 f. ; 20,431 calves, 7,039 f. ; 156,533 sheep 43,048 f. Duty was paid during the same period on the importation of 525,713 metrical quintals of raw cot ton amounting to 12,177,745 f. against 11,130,332 f. in 1858, and 11,869,889 f. in 1857. Duty was paid on 238,895 metrical quintals of castiron amounting to 1,090,745 f., against 1,615,551 f. in 1858, and 2,564,745 f. in 1857. The duties paid on 2,934 metrical quintals of foreign thread amount to 205,357 f., against 189,050 f. in 1858, and 402,655 f. in 1857. The returns in the .3loniteur show further that there were 1,427 oxen exported in the month of July last, against 1,345 and 1,858 and 1,661 in 1857 ; 892 cows against 880 in 1858, and 641 in 1857 ; 633 calves against 779 in 1858 and 1,011 in 1857 ; 5,292 sheep against 6,06 in 1 1858 and 4,438 in 1857. The ordinary wines ex ported in July amount to 218,321 hectolitres, against 132,508 in July, 1858, and 91,731 in 1857. The fine wines exported amount to 4,826 hectolitres, against 3,094 in 1858 and 1,725 in 1857. The corn exported from France in July last amounts to 375,265 metrical quintals, against 689,167, in July, 1858, and 130,154 in 1857. The cotton thread ex ported in July last is set down at 283 metrical quin tals against 405 in July, 1858, and 557 in 1857. The value of the ladies' dresses exported to England in July last is estimated at 87,395 f. ; to the United States, 153,016 f. ; Belgium, 88,316 f. ; the Brazils, 69,632 f. ; the Havannah, 42,370 f. ; and various other countries, 88,248 f. The raw silks exported in July last are estimated at 1,761 f., against 806 f. in 1858 and 1,238 in 1857. All other sorts 425 f. to 278 f. in 1858 and 348 f. in 1857, His Excellency the Bavarian Minister and the Baroness de Cetto leaves the Legation in llill-street, Ber keley-square to-day for Munich, on a brief leave of absence. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland came to Northumberland House on Monday, from Sion House, Isleworth, and yesterday left for Alnwick Castle, Northum berland; for the season. The Duke of Newcastle left town for Clumber yesterday. The Duchess of Sutherland has left Stafford House, St. James's, for Trentham, Staffordshire. Earl Granville left town yesterday for Aldenham, Shropshire. Laura o, t intess of Antrim and Lady Helen M'Donald have a'rived at Pencarrow, on a visit to Lady Molesworth. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town yesterday, on a visit to Sir William and Lady Middleton, Shrubland-park, near Ipswich. Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and the Hon. Misses Canning have left Grosvenor-square within the last few days for Scotland. The Lord Chancellor left Stratheden House, Knightsbridge, last evening, to join Baroness Stratheden and family at Hartrigge, near Jedburgh, N.B. The noble and learned lord came up to London to attend the Cabinet Council. Lord George and Lady Adeliza Manners have left town to visit the Duke of Rutland at Longshawe Lodge, Derbyshire. Lord and Lady Foley have left Worksopp Manor, Notts, to visit the Count and Countess do Jarnac, at their seat in Ireland. Lord and Lady Camoys and .the Hon. Misses Stonor have left Stonor, Henley-on-Thames, for Pencar row, Cornwall, the seat of Lady Molesworth. Sir John, Lady, and Miss Power left Kilfane on the 20th inst. for Stradono House, Cavan, the scat of Mr. Robt. Burrowes, from whence they will shortly proceed to Scotland. PRINCE ALFRED.—His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Dover, by the South-Eastern Railway, at a quarter to 11 on Monday night, accompanied by Major Cowell, and embarked immediately on board the Admiralty steam yacht Vivid, Commander Allen, which had been brought here from Woolwich for the purpose of conveying his Royal Highness to Calais, whence he proceeds, by way . of Paris, to Marseilles, to join the Euryalus in the Medi terranean, his Royal Highness's "leave of absence" having expired. The only official in attendance at the railway sta tion, beside the railway superintendent, Mr. Way, was the Naval Superintendent, of the port, Capt. Triscott, R.N. The night was unusually " dirty" and tempestuous, consi dering the season of the year, and if it be true that the oldest salts are not always free from certain unpleasant qualms during the passage of the Channel, the sailor Prince must have had his marine constitution pretty well tested on this occasion. It would seem that the Russian Government are about to take control of the funds in the various banks of the empire deposited for charitable purposes by the trustees of clerical and other foundations, or which have to await a decision of a court of law. Through this order of the State Council the amount of capital available for the temporary use of the finance minister will be largely extended, and will aid him in perfecting arrangements which it is pre sumed he has in view. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The sixty-ninth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held yesterday at their offices, 71, Lombard street, Mr. John Wilkin in the chair. The report of the directors and a statement of the accounts for the half-year ending the 30th June last were read to the meeting, and were unanimously received and - adopted. The usual divi dend, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, was declared. The cordial thanks of the proprietors were then voted to the chairman and directors for their continued zealous services in the management of the company, and the meeting separated. SUNDAY BANDS IN THE PARKS.—In this changeable climate of ours it is a notable fact that for 11 Sundays the bands have played without interruption from rain ; but the rapid shortening of the days has warned the committee that the usual time for closing has arrived. Ac cordingly they have issued the following notice :--The final performance this season will take place on Sunday next, September 4 (weather permitting), on which occasion the band will play for three hours, viz., from four till seven o'clock p.m. AN AWKWARD Fix.—On the evening of Alloa summer fair a person, whose name it is unnecessary to give, had occasion to enter a garden adjoining one of the hotels. While there, and preparing to return to spend the e%ening with some jolly companions, the man found himself in dis agreeable proximity to a mastiff, which threatened to attack him. To get out of harm's way the man hastily ascended a tree, in the confident expectation that some one would by and by come to his aid. But the stern dog kept watch at the foot of the tree, and the unfortunate man, instead of enjoying himself in the taproom, as he expected, found himself perched on a branch of a tree, and there he re mained cold and cheerless, during the lee-lang night. It was only when daylight did appear that the state of matters was disclosed to some of the neighbours. and arrangements were made by which man and dog " each took aff his seve ral way," the meeting beine , anything but an agreeable one to either the prisoner or his'keeper.— keoper.— Alk Adve, tiser. FATAL ACCIDENT. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Sergeant Payne, coroner forthe city of London and Solith wark, held an inquiry at the Vestry-hall of St. John's, Horsleydown, relative to the death of Mr. henry Clayton, aged 26, son of the well-known printer and pubrsher of that name. • It appeared from the evidence of John Smith, an engineer in the service of the London and Brigleon Railway Company, that on Sunday morning last, about a quarter before 5, he was driving a goods train on the up line, and that on arriving about a mile from the New-cross station he observed the body of the deceased lying Er!, ,r the rails. He reported the circumstance, and a pilot-engine was immediately despatched to the spot to bring back the body. Witness was of opinion that the deceased had been struck by the firebox of an engine, although none of the drivers, when questioned, remembered having seen the de ceased. Mr. Higgins, a medical man, stated that deceased's neck was dislocated and his right jaw broken, and was of opinion that death had been caused by the deceased being knocked down by an engine. A verdict of "Accidental death" was in .consequence returned by the jury. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account Orleans Northern . 922 50 .. 922 50 New ditto BlO .. 807 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 867 50 .. 865 — o6neva — .. 530 -- Southern Western 570 .. 567 50 Eastern - Sardinian — .. 410 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 e. ; money, 25f 10c.; three m on th s, paper, 24f . 971 e.; money, 24f. 95. THE CONFERENCE. The Nerd of Brussels publishes a letter fL•om Zurich of the 27th. The following is an extract : " Baron de Bourqueney has conferred with M. Desambrois on the delicate affair of the restoration of the Dukes, admitted in principle by the Em perors at Villafranea. There has been no formal overture made by the plenipotentiary, but merely an exchange of sentiments. He gave expres sion to certain wishes in order to ascertain the, ideas of the Piedmontese Government on these points. The views of Baron de Bourqueney may he easily divined. Tie argued generally in favour of a restoration; he thought the Piedroonnsi cabinet should interpose its influence to persuade the populations of the duchies to recall their sovereigns ; he thought that Victor Emmanuel ought to be disinclined tocomplicate the situation by accepting the annexation of Tuscany and Modena, and also of Parma and the Legations, if the offer should be made. In fine, he adduced with great moderation the consideration which Count Reiset was charged to advance in Tuscany and Central Italy. The Sardinian plenipotentiary is said to have replied that his government could never be tray the Italian cause nor do anything to thwart the wishes of the people, which were unanimously manifested with so much calmness and moderation ; and so far as concerned himself personally he could not without failing in his duty affix his signature to a protocol sanctioning the restoration of princes who had fought against the Italian flag, and whose unpopularity was unequalled in history. Of course, the plenipotentiaries of France and Aus tria might discuss the point, and come to any arrangement they thought proper; but Sardinia could take no part in it. Such was the substance of this conversation." ALGERIA. At Algiers on Wednesday last a grand fete was given in honour of the regiments which had re turned from Italy. As the troops marched through the city to their respective quarters they were greeted with loud applause from the crowd, and flowers and wreaths of laurel were showered on them. In the evening punch and refreshments were offered to the officers in the Jardin Marengo, and toasts to the Emperor and the army were pro posed by the deputy mayor, and to the army of Africa by the prefect. General Yusuf then spoke as follows : " I propose a toast to Algeria, which has given such a splendid reception to her noble children. And you are right, gentlemen, in giving an ova tion to our brave soldiers; for during the last few days you have seen many of them in the streets with wooden legs, arms in slings, and bodies mutilated by the fire of the enemy. If by a gene rous movement of the heart you question them about their sufferings, they reply to you by a smile. You have not understood that reply, but they have explained it to me, their General, and I will tell you what it is. Yes, we have suffered,' they say, and have shed some of our blood for the glory of France, but we are recompensed by the reception we have obtained from you! Yes, we have suffered, but Providence has preserved us, and we are ready to fight again, if the security of Algeria should be in danger ! Yes, we have suf fered, but we return with all our energy, in order that, putting aside the musket, we may take up the spade, and assist the colonist who is exhausted by fatigue and the climate. We will continue to do all in onr power to promote the prosperity of Algeria!'" The municipal council of Algiers had voted 10,000 f. towards the expenses of the fete. NAPLES. A Naples letter, of the 23d, gives some account of the departure of the Swiss troops :—" At an early hour in the morning 1,729 Swiss soldiers and 48 officers, all belonging to the 4th regiment, marched through the city to the arsenal. They had their arms and baggage, with the Swiss flag displayed, and were headed by their band. Four companies of Neapolitan marines were drawn up at the arsenal, to whom the Swiss delivered up their arms in the most perfect order. By way of prudence, or rather from mistrust, other troops, all with their muskets loaded. were kept concealed in the arsenal, but the precaution was unnecessary. Each Swiss soldier, after having delivered up his arms, received by way of indemnity a year's pay, amounting to 56 ducats (246 f.) The officers who could not claim a pension (after 20 years' service) received three months' and travelling expenses. These sol diers received their money in full before embarking in two merchant vessels, which were taken in tow by the steam frigate Veloce. Other departures will take place at intervals, in order not to cause too many to be at Marseilles at the same time, as the railways can only convey 600 a-day." The same letter says :—" Much excitement is caused among the people by the high price of corn, and the Go vernment has just given orders for the purchase abroad of 10,000,000 ducats' worth. Several ves sels laden with maize have arrived from Sicily. This winter there will be again the sad spectacle of bread being distributed to the people. Would it not be a better policy, instead of allowing them to remain in ignorance and idleness, to give them em ployment which they stand in need of, and which might be suppliad by the creation of great public works, which are everywhere called for in the country ?" JAPAN. " The last China mail," says the Debats, "brings us news from Japan to the sth June. The inter course of Europeans with the country was daily becoming more extensive, and is likely in a few years to effect a complete change in its aspect. The Emperor, after the first experiments with the electric telegraph, ordered the construction of lines connecting together the towns of Yeddo, Nangasaki, Si node, and Hakodadi. He has also decided in transforming his fleet, and already pos sesses six steam war-junks. One of them, the Niphon has started on a voyage of circumnavi gation. Her engine is of 350-horse power, and of American manufacture. The crew consists entirely of Japanese sailors, who show great aptitude in the management of steam engines. A difficulty which arose between the American consul and the Japanese Government had been amicably settled. An American, who had discovered a rich copper mine, laid claim to the mine anA. to the soil, con trary to the laws of the country. The Government resisted, and the affair was assuming an unpleasant aspect, when the Emperor to prevent all further dis pute, proposed that a third power should be selected as umpire, and designated first France, and then Russia. The American consul had not sent in his answer, when the author of the discovery, who was morally certain of the result, gave up his claim on the soil, and solicited authorisation to work the mine and share the profit with the Japanese Go• vernment. The offer was at once accepted. Every one speaks highly of the Emperor's moderation in this case." "The news from Sans Souci," says a Berlin letter of the 28th, " has again become very disquieting. The great heat which we experience has produced a bad effect on the King's health. It was feared that he would die in the night, and in consequence his Majesty was not removed from Sans Souci to Potsdam, as had been intended. His Majesty's hear ing is said to have become as much affected as his eyesight." RUSSIA. The Russian Government (says a Warsaw letter) has given orders to demobilise the first three corps ;rarmee placed under the orders of Prince Gorts chakoff. This return to a peace footing has not been effected by a ukase, but by special orders from the Minister at War, and it seems to be the present inttntion only to reduce the number of horses in the artillery and waggon train, which are very numerous in the Russian army, and so far as pre sent information goes, that reduction is to affect only the three corps d'arnzee in Poland. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY 'MORNING. The Vectis steamer, Captain Hall, has arrived, ith Lisbon mails of the 27th, Oporto and Vigo 28th. She brings 13 passengers, £7,538 in specie, dia monds value 5330, and general cargo. The Colonial Government steamer Dover, Capt. Berryman, was at Lisbon coaling and repairing machinery. Lisbon exchanger for three months—bills on T, , wdon, 521 to 52!, ; Paris, 5-12 ; Hamburg, ‘W ; Amsterdam, 411; Genoa, 535 ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 7 to 71 per cent. prem.; Bank of Oporto, 25 to 26 ditto. CORNTsir FISITERIES.—During the past fortnight the drift boats at Porthleven have been catching from 15,000 pilchards down to 200 and 300 per boat per night. Some boats have taken a large quantity of lake. At St. Ives, a few days ago, several seines were shot, and about 500 hogsheads of pilchards were taken. At Sennen Cove 250 hogsheads were taken, and at Looe about 75 hogsheads were caught. The fishermen complain greatly of the ravages committed by the dogfish, for these pests actually attack the nets when they are alongside the boat. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. The steamship La Plata, Capt. Weller, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with the West India and Pacific mails. The latest dates are as follows :—Tampico, July 31 ; Greytown, August 2 ; Vera Cruz, 4 ; Panama, 8 ; Demerara, 9 ; Grenada, 9 ; Kingston, 10 ; St. Vincent, 10; Barbadoes, 11 ; St. Thomas, 16. The La Plata has 104 passengers, 1,250,000 dols. in specie, 113 serons of cochineal, 136 cases of cigars, 105 bales of tobacco, 132 casks of coffee, and 976 packages of sundries. The Atrato has arrived out at St. Thomas. The Paramatta was still on the Anegada Reef. The Royal Mail packets Thames, Conway, Der went, and Prince were at St. Thomas. A somewhat serious riot had occurred in Jamaica. The following is from the summary of the Jamaica Colonial Standard : We regret to announce that some unpleasant occurrences have taken place in Trelawny, which have rendered it necessary for the governor to send troops to Falmouth, for the purpose of suppressing the riotous conduct of a portion of the populatio❑ at that place. The disturbance appears to have had no political character whatever, and to have orignated in strong party feelings which had been imbibed by some of the people in reference to certain questions of litigation between a person of the name of Buie, claiming certain rights in a property called Florence Hall, and the rightful owners of that property. It is to be feared that a few persons who by position and education might have been supposed superior to such a course of conduct were, in fact, greatly in strumental in getting up this demonstration of physical force, which was aimed directly against the administration of justice. It is painful to add that the disturbance was not without bloodshed. three females having been shot dead, and several other rioters severely wounded. The following is an accurate detail of the whole occurrence, as given by a Falmouth paper : Ever since the meeting ofthe present court, at which several true bills were found for riot at Florence Hall, and which, along with an action of ejectment with respect to the same property were to come off during the current week, very consider able excitement has existed in the town and about the court-house, especially during yesterday, to the repeated interruption of the business of the court. This reached its climax about five p.m., when cer tain of the prisoners were being conveyed to gaol. The mob violently interposed, and with bludgeons and stones beat off the police, and rescued the pri soners—in the course of which Mr. Justice Castle, who accompanied the cavalcade, received a blow on the temple, which stunned him for a while, though happily not preventing him from taking an active part in the after proceedings. The prisoners thus released made off, it is understood for Florence Hall, where they were followed by a considerable num ber of their friends. Shortly after dusk, a mob, which had been gathering from sundry parts of the town, suddenly made their appearance before the police station, which they proceeded to assault with a shower of stones. Mr. Justice Castle, who had in the meantime entered from the back of the pre mises, in company with Mr. Justice Kitchen, urgently entreated the populace to disperse. They persisted, however, in their riotous conduct, and the Riot Act was read. The police being at this time drawn out in military order, under the com mand of the inspector, the mob proceeded to the Court-house, the windows of which were speedily shattered. From this some took the direction of Wellesley Bourke's bouse, which they treated in a similar manner ; while others proceeded to the houses of Mr. Justice Lindo and other gentlemen who had earned the displeasure of the Buie party, where the like outrages were committed. Even the house of Mr. Mortlock, the collector of cus toms, where the judge resided, did not escape. Shortly after this, it being now nearly nine o'clock ; another rush was made upon the police-station, when the mob were repeatedly ordered to fall back. This was followed by a shower of stones, in the midst of which gun or pistol shots were fired from the crowd, and several policemen were wounded. The police then fired in return, when two persons were shot dead—two females; and at least five or six others, both men and women, severely wounded. " The mob for some time continued to threaten the station, but were evidently considerably stag gered by what had taken place, and perhaps also by the fact that by this time a number of magis trates and special constables had congregated within the station. Nothing further was, there fore, done at this time and place, and gradually —it being now between eleven and twelve o'clock —the mob withdrew. All was comparatively quiet until about half-past three, when flames were seen issuing from one of the buildings on el - he Trelawny Wharf—the ran go tylog- uhoust opipsite the resi dence of Robert Nunes, Esq., and within a stone cast of the judge's apartments. The fire engines were speedily on the spot ; and by the aid of a few men and women—whose services, we are sure, will not be forgotten by the proper authorities—the fire was confined to the range where it broke out, which providentially was empty—for had it been otherwise, or had even a strong breeze prevailed, there is no saying where the destruction would have ended. Not more than a couple of hundreds of the lower classes, however, made their appearance on this occasion at all—a most ominous circum stance—and the greater part of these either looked on in sullen silence, or muttered threats and jeers at the efforts made to subdue the flames." Immediately on receipt of the intelligence two companies of the 2d West India Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Gibbings, were despatched to the scene of tumult, in the Royal Mail Steam Compan's ship Wye, and we are happy to state that by the latest accounts all serious in subordination had disappeared. The police, and mili tary escort, had succeeded in apprehending up wards of 60 persons who were charged with par ticipation in this alarming riot. Inquests have been held on the bodies of three women who were shot by the police, and verdicts returned to the effect that the deceased had come to their death on the night of the Ist of August. from the efficts of gun-shot wounds received while asso ciated with a rebellious mob, and that such shot:, appeared to have been fired by the police force whilst in execution of their duty, and that the homicide was justifiable. In other respects the island is quiet. There is considerable indisposition of a minor character— intermittent fever prevails to a considerable extent, and influenza is very prevalent. There is, however, no serious fever, and on the whole the season can not be considered as by any means a severe one. There are once more complaints of drought from some parts of the island, especially from St. Thomas in the East and St. David. At Demerara there had been one sitting of the Court of Policy during the fortnight, at which a good deal of miscellaneous business was disposed of. On the 27th ult. the Planta gene t, a fi ne vesse l , which had lately brought emig ran t s t o th e colony, was burnt in the river. At tlieCme the accident occurred the Plantagenet had on board 550 hhds., 22 tres., and 4 brls. sugar; 357 puns. and 3 hhds. rum; 19,900 cocoanuts, and 361 hides. About 160 packages of sugar had been recovered, but very much damaged, fire and sa lt wa t er h av i ng d one their work. In the hold, or what was the hold, there were some three or four feet of what appeared to be molasses, b u t was pro b a bl y me l te d sugar mixed with rum and water, and at the bottom of it there is said to be a layer of sugar. The Planta genet, it is stated, was insured. The fire is raid to have been caused by one of the crew tapping a pun cheon of rum, and being careless in the use of the light which he had with him at the time. In Antigua some good showers had fallen ; the) were not so heavy as to wash the land, but sufficiently heavy to penetrate and moisten it. The crop was gradually drawing to a close throughout the island, and in a few weeks it was not unlikely it would be quite finished. The public health was good. The epidemic that existed during the latter months of the past, and the earlier months of the present year, seemed to have quite disappeared. At Barbadoes only small parcels of sugars were to be had at 41dols. Molasses were still abundant at 17c. to 18c. per gallon, and casks 5 dols. each. There was no demand whatever for tonnage. The weather was ail that the planters could de sire for the young cane crop , an d if the fine rains extended over until January next it was fully ex pected that 60,000 hhd s . of . sugar would be made next reaping season. The island was quite healthy, and clean bills of health were re gu l ar ly issued by the captain of the port. The church party in Mexico were raising troops , to attack the liberals in Vera Cruz, and were sell ing lands and j e wels for that purpose. The whole . of the Mexi ca n seaboard was in the possession of the liberals. It the liberal leader could rai▪ se a loan he was likely to triumph. He had issued a manifesto tolerating all religious creeds and na tionalising all church property. This had had a good effect on the money market. Trade was dull at Vera Cruz and Tampico. The British ship Robert, of London, was entir▪ ely wrecked at Tuspan, losing five sailors. VALPARAISO MARKETS. VALPARASIO, July 15. The general condition of the market for the past fortnight has been dull. Cotton.—White and brown shirtings still con tinue scarce, as well as prints of good patterns ; 1,000,000 yards of white shirtings have been sold to arrive. American cotton goods have adva lleeu ' owing to their scarcity. Woollens are in active demand, and line,.Sand silks fight t w o s to the season. Freight to England, £3 per ton; to Harnb ilr f,' £3 Os. per ditto ; to France, United States, 15 dols. to 19 dols. per ditto. is Exchange on London, 60 days, 451; ° llF f ri t: 60 days, 4775 ; on United States, 6 to 7 per pr0:13 1 ° 65 premium. Silver coin, 2 per cent, Ounces, 16.50 dols. to 17.75 dols. each. 75f. per ditto; LITERATURE. ♦ Raised to the Peerage. By Mrs. r elit sF- Owen, author of " The Heroines of Sze. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. , • n to This work possesses one great recommendation the novel reader who is wearied with tame t i t „ Octaviu . spiritless romances, and sighing for a little v is i t :a aj :d in plot and style. It is in some degree original'. In certainly possesses a considerable amount of 1 . 11 ,_,, t rest. On the other hand it must be allowed at probability has not always been consulted, and o f the incidents are o ft en more s uited to the P ages its fiction than to the arena of real life. It takes vie title from the s ecre t am biti o n of Mrs. Sheffield, o .'' ne of the mo s t prominent characters, if not the her°l.,o of the work. She is the younger daughter ulhol., impoverished noble, who has married an , o f ourable and intelligent merchant, great wealth. Mr. Sheffield is " a Ina" °f ed people," and is deservedly proud of having car v er , out his own way to fame and fortune. A s i _ il t, r e. attachment exists between his beautiful high wife and himself, and it is with much pain that _ learns that she meets with slights and affronts frnef. her former associates, on account of her loss of ra t_e l'i . possessea the Each secretly resolves to attain if possible a hig a s n d position. Mr. Sheffield, who scorns contrivance wf intrigue, mixes in the political world, and fin of receives the coveted prize as an unasked rewaruiaas his honourable exertions. His wife meanwhile two been cultivating po wer f u l friends, and as one weft.° of aggrandisement she has resolved that her into children, Darnley and Rosamond, shall marry .1. titled families. Unfortunately they both form uta, !r plans. Rosamond is attached to Mr. Cameron, nu'. brother's tutor, a young c l e rgyman of th e neigh" bourhood, whom, after many delays and lun ch ; : s . position on her mother's part, she finally raa rr n ^ii. Her brother's story is more troubled and co? r im cated. His mother has fixed on a bride for his i9 an earl's daughter, Lady Fanny Denha m, wh°- : quite willing to perform her part. But Darul 9 1 : while travelling abroad, has fallen in love itjlno. beautiful French girl whose uncle was educatliii her for the stage, and has married her. H is . fara an d wondered that he lingered so long in P aris; when at length he returned he could net on courage to tell them that he had left a wife an s his behind him. Returning to Paris he finds, te ho horror and surprise, that the uncle of his wife' than is the villain of the book, has taken the ide a , ' lv o Darnley was not what he professed to be, all" or disappeared with his niece without leaving. sl g li te d. clue. He has in reality taken the broken-near o Estelle to America, telling her that hey raar ria r s o .. was false, and he insists on her follol7-iing heir, Pro' fession and going on the stage. The elt i ' mn ts been taken to the hospital of the -p s i:, 0, Trouves, where it is fortunately adopted,,;iher young girl who is just left desolate. Th e 1— adventures of both mother and child are extreme. complicated. The story of Estelle, the cruelty; her uncle, his final revelations, and her acq ua n i tie ance with Lord Altonby, are the most r0tna,...... parts of the book, and occasionally incline to ei f r ee _ vagance. Marcelline, the young nurse, is a g f r the ful Ab b and v a w u o c r i n a lsyeh painfulara c , t e a r n , db answers utthe no mood e to Meanwhile the unfortunate Darnley rebturns_ England, and has a serious illness. Partly. V; his revelations, partly from letters which she 1 4 , 11 ber cepts, his mother learns all, but resolves tha t al l pisode od, plans shall not be frustrated. She diseourage,s_ito, his hopes, destroys the l e tt ers which arrive fur 'but assures her upright husband that his illness j a des . trifling, and at length succeeds in her pious e n h i e h yours. After the lapse of five years, during fiat lie can obtain no trace of Estelle or her child' Darnley Sheffield resigns himself to his friotviro, wishes, and marries Lady Fanny Denham. c i f , Sheffield, meanwhile, is held in terror by the 11 , 1 . 1 0 ,/ of Estelle, who detects her dread lest her hus u le a ,96 should become acquainted with the fact of Dar° her first marriage, and extorts large sums frau • T ed At length Mr. Sheffield finds that she has d e The him, though in what way he does not know,: : „ h he shock brings on a paralytic stroke, from wil"..ned never recovers. Meanwhile Estelle, who has e s d, from her uncle's surveillance, returns to Engr he r and after some time discovers her husband an afte r child. Lady Fanny, opportunely, dies ; and ,d mutual reproaches and forgiveness the long-se%nk pair are reunited, but the health of Darnley has beneath so many shocks, and he soon dies , lea s° his wife to find consolation in the attachinel l „ t , h o o one who had befriended her in adversity. characters are so numerous, and the plot so corm el cated, that the main points of the story are s carce', brought so prominently forward as they mig h , t b b el . e. The discovery of Mrs. Sheffield's deceit, an T a .. punishment and repentance are lost in the enta n g'; men tof the various threads of the story. Darn l Q,' who is throughout the victim rather than the OP; prit, saving for his rashness and want of courag e 11 " the commencement, seems to be the chief suffer er ' and to have the largest share of blame. The st °l. l opens effectively, and the interest is well sustaine: throughout. There is certainly no paucity of it: l '; dent or monotony of style, for there is s ufficis n : plot for two or three stories. It w ill, no dou h " be readily welcomed in this season of l e asure ! . a notwithstanding occasional dr aw b ac ks, it manifest ability and skill. THE SERPENTINE. Mr. George Rennie, in :letter to a conteniP nra q; says Serpentine" e tr t h — i an:3 ,youro u Untilr columns t m he u publication b ant l . f i i cetauitlieo correspondents e f isnp A se l tn r . . di t C oal h pt a sp dii r c o : l ; oo : m Nlvt a, y i tit uti question ef have t e omitted try; to give a ; a g e attention to the interests of one of the most pra7,, - ; mon i' t oyal Humane Society, whose exertions to prev.en the all l numerous and lamentable accidents occurring the year round in that fatal lake almost ev r / person must have noticed and appreciated. I 11 1 1 r not the means at present of referring to the tabuiti statementot. the n Humane m w a h n i wasc e h snci e furnished Society when I m theta%Zi efcorreot fr.ra ofthe subject in the House of Commons 17 years slo e ; the number of deaths by drowning in the wa te o f of St. James's-park and the Serpentine for each _ the 10 years previous to 1842, amounting, I belieff..f to about 12 to 15 per annum. Any person, brbo ever, may find it in " Hansard's Debates." re best of my recollection the expenses i ncurred ld W .la between £2,000 and £3,000 for the cost of buiinf the house on the banks of the Serpentine, with af annual expenditure of £1,500 to £2,000 peranunifi At the same time I was assured by the society that they would be most happy to be enabled to tranat their services to situationswhere noremedial well?" could be taken to insure safety to life, were o to r simple plan which I proposed carried out—vis., deposit at the bottom of the lake a sufficient quini! exten t tity of gravel, which may be had to any close to their own receiving-house, s o as to redue! the depth to four or five feet. It is well known that a very large portion of the area of the lake is not deep at unnecessary prese removalnt,andlfeeolf the e su ni re n d d athndat,tohme iittitymegr of concrete, the cost of obtaining. full security get the bathers and skaters, with the relief to the Human Society's funds, could be obtained for a comparatiel".. fractional part of the sum now held out to terrify rile liamentary economists from relieving themselhesvi!! a charge of what can only be looked upon as s ing a total disregard of human life. My princia object in now addressing you is in t he hope th at this appeal may reac h some member of the Itei. Humane Society , and that a statement of the n 0 e 0 her of deaths which have taken place, 8:, 111 ,,,, 1842 may be laid before the public, as well as, charges incurred in preventing those losses, hick may be so readily obviated. Messrs. Easton and may have shown how easily the only other be quirement—viz., supplying clean water—can, o f secured, and, as far as I have observed, the C0 5 ", i .. covering the mud with gravel has not been et s mated, they, having the sections of the der,,i; could form an approximate valuation with )It' op trouble. I trust that the Government will n °t half-way in carrying out an improvement so lon6,s_ called for, and which in the case of St. Jam e park has been so fully appreciated. .GLAPH TO THE ISLE OF MAN.—Our wil ri l i b E 2 L a F w;re that a company was some nymths aOref°artilieridgc in the Isle of Man for the purpose of securing' teleg raP , to communication with England, and the capital n ee d in . tho enterprise was, we believe, mainly subscribed in is island. The cable was successfully laid on In last' was constructed by Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and C. , e .. ineaFtimd 35 miles in length* but it era; only found neciosg. wary to pay out 331 miles. The steamer Resolute, h" v , s the cable on board, and accompanied by the steamer g0n.:,,, Queen, which carried a large party of excursionists, 1. Point of Ayr, at the ext..emenerth of the island, betwe": 11 and 12 o'clock, and reached St. Bees-head, on the T0!5,.., of C u mberland, at half-past 5 p.m. After being landed it'd': goo F. wire was tested, and the insulation found to be very The paying-out of the cable was superintended by Ali' . Webb, and the operations at St. Bees were under the dire tion o f M r . G. G. Newnign, engineer of the Electric Tele; graph Company at Manchester. The lines of the Isle_ti.)l Man Telegraph Comr any are placed in connection Novng: those of the Electric and International Telegraph C .. p iny, and consequently are in communication with El s 1 Ind, Scotland, and the Continent. There are two with on the island —namely, at Ramsey and Douglas. ~.