The Sun. — London, England, 1859-07-15 00:00:00

,' Comment* at 7. THE SUN. FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1859. " To point a moral and adorn a tale I" ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the aisinagement of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be revived Shakapeare's Tragedy oI HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean. Alter which, IF THE CAP FIRS. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARE.ET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Followed by THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Alter which, NOTHING TO WEAR. To conclude with THE WATER WITCHES. NEWW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. Mr. and Mrs. Henri Drayton. Followed by THE HOUSE ? or, THE HOME ? Mr. A. Wigan, C, Selby, Billington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss H. Simms. Miss Laidlaw. Followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. Alfred Wigan, Billington, Miss M. Keeley. After which, ICI ON FABLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Bi ll ington ; Misses Seeley, Arden, and Laidlaw. and ?drs. Billington. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge tor booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh `THIS EVENING, QUIXOTE, JUNIOR. Mr. J. Clarke. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Bwanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYO Commence at 7 o'clock. R OY AL SURREY THEATRE—This Evening RING JOHN. King John, Mr. H. Veen ; Constance, lire. H. Veen ; The Bastard, Mr. Leigh Murray. Followed by THE MASKED MOTHER. Mr. and Mrs. C. Calvert. 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 D HALL CONCERTS. THE ELEPIERRE FAMILY, - -- • • - - °mo wing of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and SIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever 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 WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICS, JULY 15. TIMIXODCETER, IN THE MUDD. 73 —highest since noon yesterday. 63-4owest this morning and during the night. 75—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30'29. WIND, W.N.W. ; light, with dull weather. Save me from my friends ! was the exclamation of a man in his direst necessities,—save me from my friends ! for they will destroy me by the excess of their candour ! Oh save me from them, and I will dare my enemies to the very goal. There is no deceit in their doings— they mean mischief, and they boldly avow it;! So do I, but in a manner that I am not and shall not be ashamed of ! What does the subtle master of hypocrisy say to his friends now ? Are they in Paris ? or in Rome ? or in Turin or Milan ! No, no, they are to be found in Venice, which is now one of the confederated Republics or nationa lities, or, more properly, the nothings of the Italian freebooters under the conjoint protection of the greatest deceiver of one empire and the greatest fool of another ! What a glorious chance — no, not a chance, but a sure certainty—has the mock friend thrown away for the vanquished Kaiser to dutch with sobbing joy at his present deliverance. He cannot believe it ; it is too good to be true ! In fact, nobody believes it. The Italians won't believe it ! The Germans are dreaming if it can be true — while the French shrug their doubting shoulders and look askance at each other—each fearing to ask his neighbour, Do you believe it ?"—Pshaw !—the Grand Army don't and won't believe it. Not they ! They now feel that they have worshipped an idol of Clay—very brazen clay indeed, but whose thread of destiny is being spun so fine that he cannot even perceive it. No ; fate wisely tempers her medicine ; she beguiles the victim to his doom, and then kicks him into eternity as worthless for further mischief, The news from the Continent is, as the sailors say, " all at sea!" Everything seems to be going topsy-turvy ; and why ? just because a mortal—aye, a low ambitious mortal—has had too much of his own way and got frenzied or drunk at his own success, and at the blind devotion of his dupes. Yes ! The Man of yesterday is but the despised of to-day. What has NAPOLEON the THIRD done ? He started on the grand profession of freedom—true Republican freedom—equality to all men, and so forth, as if anything on this earth can be equal ; and he ends by the direst, the most insulting despotism that a devil could practice, or the mind of evil conceive. At first he paid most sedulous, most snbmimive devotion to the Army of the Republic, and gradually so won or stole on their credulity that when he thought the time was r ipe—he let them loose on the freedom of that country which he swore to defend, and assumed the purple of intolerant " Peace !" for there can be no peace where mind is suppressed. And what has this wonderful child of fortune achieved! verily, his own downfall, for no mortal was ever so lucky as he, nor one so tutored in the stepdame paths of adversity. And yet, what is the use of experience or adversity to perverse minds ? Even as nothing. It only serves to make them think that there is a special divinity reserved for them, and them alone. Now, mark the coming end of all this insult to humanity : the army—the dear army !—the toy of tyrants who play with it in the fond belief that children play with cats thinking they are all their own, but they will awake some morning all of a sudden, and find those playful cats turned into desperate and frightful tigers. So will it b e—nay, is even now with the Conqueror of Italian Independence ! His much-idolized, and now most justly disgusted, army will turn on him, and where is the safety ? At the Tuileries ? Not there, .we fancy—nor at the Champ de Mars. The non-restoration of Italian freedom has at ;length restored the freedom of France. The Duke of NEWCASTLE'S reply last evening to the inquiries addressed to his Grace, in reference to the Hudson's Bay Corn pany, by the Earl of CAR NARVON, must be accepted at once as in a very great measure highly satisfactory. The Compa n y' s licence, it may be remembered, expired as recently as May last, after having been originally granted some forty-two years ai To. Granted in 1817, for a period of twenty-one yi ars—it was renewed upon its first expiry in 1838 fot • another period of one and twenty years—the entire period of two and forty years expiring, as we have; said, as recently as the May of this present year, 1859. The new Colonial Secretary his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE, in reply to the inquirie s cif the Earl of CARNARVON, aow announces the g Trktifying fact that the licence is not to be renewed a 't all under any circumstances. .- • . z 4 u m 40, e t Art - V3 44411 b.„ - • t • ‘' • . P . 4:31 "- •l F ‘l ta ll k •••.-. ' ' In May it was known the licence would cease and determine—and when May arrived it did so cease and determine. The monopoly so far is past and gone. There is an end of it. Even the Coalition Whig-Peelite Ministry is constrained at last to forego the advocacy any longer of the selfish interests of the Hudson's Bay mono- polists. There is still the territory over which the *Hudson's Bay Company possesses, or rather claims to possess, proprietary or quasi-proprietary rights —the district, in fact, held under the Charter of the Merry Monarch. In reference to that charter negotiations aro still pending between the trading Company and the Imperial Government. We can only hope that that monstrous charter will fol low the way already taken by the almost equally monstrous licence. But at any rate the licence has expired, and, further than that, will not be renewed, even under a Whig Administration We will take that as a happy augury. Bit by bil our hopes are being realised. North America, bit by bit, is reverting to the Crown. New fields of enterprise are opening up to our colonists. Along the seaboard of British North America, both upon the east and upon the west, upon the Pacific and upon the Atlantic there are gigantic Colonial possessions ruled by authorities delegated from the Sovereign of these realms—here in Canada, here in British Columbia : an empire carved out here by the sword of General JAMES WOLFE, here by the pen of Sir BULWER, LYTTON. Between those two extreme divisions of our territory in North Ame rica there extend over many geographical degrees the wide and fruitful regions hitherto abandoned to the fur-trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company. One solitary settlement alone has been created hitherto by the Company at the centre of those vast tracks of land—that known as the Redßiver Settle ment. Thither, from the east and from the west, the civilising influences must now in due course advance--whether the advance be slow or rapid depends entirely upon the councils of her Britannia MAJESTY'S Government. As to our hopes in this respect under the Whig Coalition—much may have been conjectured, a little may be hoped, more may be feared, in the way of the old official apathy, from an acknowledgment made last evening towards the close of the remarks uttered with a certain amount of frankness, by the new Colonial Minister, the Duke of NEWCASTLE. His Grace observed : "In the course of the noble earl's speech he asked a question as to the encour agement that was to be given to the extension of colonisation in the more southerly parts of the Hudson's Bay licensed territory, and also of the Hudson's Bay territory on this side of the Rocky Mountains. He did not think that it was for the Colonial office:of this country to take any decisive step in favour of colonisation. All they could do was to take care that no impediments should be thrown in the way of those who wished to promote schemes of colonisation. He agreed with the noble earl that a matter of great importance was the establish ment of communication between the boUndaries of Canada on the one side and the boundaries of Van gouver's Island on the other. He was aware that a scheme had been brought forward for construct ing a railroad across the continent. He must say that he did not look upon such a scheme as being at all a visionary one, but he did not think that as yet any plan had been produced of such a character as ought to be taken up. He was aware of a minor scheme to carry posts across the continent by means of the lakes, and along the line indi cated by the noble earl ; he would be most anxious to give every encouragement to any scheme that was likely to effect such an object. lie did not contemplate at present any exten sion of the postal subsidies, however, and could not say that it was the intention of the Govern ment to take up any scheme yet proposed for ex tending the communication across the North Ame rican continent. At the same time he thought this was a matter of great national importance, and therefore it would be his duty to give to it every attention in his power." The meaning of all which is, apparently, that the laissez alley system is again intended to be carried out by our Whig administra tors in regulating (might we not rather say in re tarding?) the development of our British North American possessions. The duty devolves upon Parliament, in that case, of applying an increased motive power to the sluggish machinery of the Coalition Government. Lord JOHN RUSSELL need not• be " without in formation" any longer about the horrors of Peru gia. As usual, the knowledge of the public is probably very much in advance of the " official in formation ;" but we have now from a witness—a sufferer—and he, being an American, one who is seeking compensation—which leaves no room what ever for doubt. The details, indeed, are such as could hardly have been invented by a DE FOE, and the writer even moderates some of the first ac counts of the destruction of life. _ _ Let us see, then, what it is which the Head o half the Churches of Christendom rewards with praise, and by conferring a General's rank on the leader of the Papal banditti, if indeed banditti be not a name they would disgrace. Amongst the statements, which are only given as " universally believed," we are told that the troops, bad as they are, were not told of their destination till far on their way—that they then mutinied—that the " sack of Perugia" was the bribe to invite them to proceed—that the French Government had offered a band of real soldiers who would restore what is called "order," but not disgrace humanity—and that this was refused. But an order was issued "to make an example of Perugia for the sake of other cities," and to " decapitate the rebels." The writer saw the order, and does not believe it was forged. If it were, the troops acted as if it were not. The American gentleman who writes had no idea that the lives or property of neutrals could be in danger; he, therefore, kept in his hotel, one chiefly fre quented by Americans and Englishmen, and one whose landlord—who seems to have been a man of the most un-political and quiet temperament—was amongst the first of the murdered, and that in his own house. The American was with him till within a few minutes of his murder, and the poor man's last act was to ascend the roof of his house and warn off some boys who were likely to pelt " the Tedeschi." There was not a shadow of a pre quiet hotel ; it was done text for attacking his for pillage, for pillage and murder, and for this only. On descending the landlord closed the shut. ters to prevent accidents, and he and his guests, seeing what was going on, sought refuge in a closet concealed by the door being a part of the paper-hanging of . the room. The Americans were sav e d by it from the first bloody fury of the ruffians, so were the poor landlord's wife and mother, but he was butchered on his way to it — they shit him on the landing and then despatched him with their bayonets. Two servants below were next murdered ; the American's servant saved himself by springing at the soldier who was about to bayonet him, exclaiming to him in French that he was a Frenchman, at the same time hugging him so closely as to pinion him. They then forced the servant to discover the retreat of the American and the women. They were dragged out into the middle of the room, and THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1859 LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, JULY 15. The Moniteur of to-day contains the follow- Lng DESENZANGO, July 14.—The Augsburger Allge meine Zeitung alleges that the cause of the armistice is the existence of a dangerous malady in the French army ; but to this we can give a formal denial. The sanitary condition of the French army is ex cellent, and exceeds even. the hopes which could have been entertained from the fatigue and heat which it had to endure. TURIN, JULY 14. The Piedmontese Gazette announces that the Ministers of the King have teudered their resigna- tions, holding their portefeuilles only till the for. mation of the new Cabinet. Yesterday evening the following proclamation was posted up at Milan : "THE KING TO THE PEOPLE OF LOMBARDY. " Heaven has blessed our arms. " With the powerful aid of our magnanimous and valiant ally the Emperor Napoleon we arrived in a few days, after victory upon victory, at the banks of the Mincio. To-day I come back among you to tell you the happy news that Heaven has granted your wishes. An armistice, followed by the preliminaries of peace, assures t 3 the people of Lombardy their independence. According to your desire, so many times expressed, you will henceforth form, with our ancient States, one single and free family. I will take your destiny under my direction, and hope to find in you that concur rence which the chief of a State needs in order to create a new administration. " I tell you, people of Lombardy, trust to your King. Established on solid and imperishable bases, he will procure happiness for the new countries which Heaven has intrusted to his Government." VIENNA, JULY 14. " His Majesty the Emperor has been most gra• ciously pleased to order the immediate cessation (3.1 the recruiting of soldiers just commenced." THE GERMAN CONFEDERATION. BERLIN, JULY 14. The Prussian Gazette says :—" The proposal made on the 4th inst, by the Prussian Federal Am bassador to the Federal Diet is, under present cir cumstances, withdrawn by the Government. The necessary orders have already been despatched to Frankfort." BERLIN, JULY 14. Austrian securities rose yesterday 8 per cent. BERNE, JULY 14. The Federal Council has disbanded all troops called in on the outbreak of war, and has also or dered all the Austrian steamers together with can non and other arms, taken from Austrian and Sar dinian refugees during the war, to be given up. The Federal Council has further abandoned the measures taken against the exportation of arms, ammunition, and horses. THE MOCK PEACE. EXCITEMENT IN PARIS. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (Second Edition) says : "Despatches have reached Paris stating that the whole of Italy is greatly agitated. The Pope has sent for assistance, in the shape of troops, to the Emperor Napoleon and Francis Joseph. " The proclamation was received, I have no hesitation in saying, with displeasure, and in some instances it was torn down. The conditions on which the war has been closed have pro duced a painful dissatisfaction in all classes who feel for the national honour of France, and who are real friends of the Emperor Napoleon. I believe the day will come when it shall be proved that the Emperor has been deceived as to the state of feeling in Europe. lam sure his Majesty was influenced to make peace by reports about revolu tions and the invasion of France by Germany, all got up by Jesuits and their tools to frighten him into shaking hands with Francis Joseph. Never was intrigue more active—intrigue at St. Cloud, at St. James's, at Vienna, at Berlin. The whole machi nery of Court influence was set to work to prevent the allies from taking the fortresses which are the key to Austrian influence in Italy, and the support consequently of the rotten Governments of the Pope and Sovereigns of Italy. By some fatal and mys terious influence Napoleon 111, has fallen into the trap of his greatest enemies, although they may wear the livery of friends. Who shall dare to say what may follow ? Italy will be in a state of revolution. Mazzini will commission his agents again. The future is gloomy. There is no repose for Europe. The Emperors have not made peace—they have simply endangered their own lives and their thrones. " I hear to-day Count Cavour has given in his re signation, and I should not be at all surprised if Vic tor Emmanuel were to abdicate. After fighting half a dozen battles for the freedom of Italy from Aus- trian tyranny, to find Sardinia placed under Francis Joseph and the, Pope is a sad mockery ! The for tresses being in the hands of Austria causes the annexation of Lombardy to Piedmont to end in a cruel mockery. The more the world knows about the treaty of peace the less will honest men like it. A treaty which politically murders 30,000,000 of people belongs rather to 1815 than 1859. "Discontent in Paris at the Emperor's proclama- tion and fears of revolt in Italy have caused the funds to fall again to-day, as well as all other secu rities. The Threes are now at 68f, 30c, being a fall of lf. on yesterday's prices. ~ The King of Sardinia has arrived in Milan. His Majesty will, it is expected, renounce his title to Lombardy, and in all probability abdicate." The Paris correspondent of the Times (Second Edition), says : " The Emperor's Proclamation to the Army of Italy, which appears in to-day's Moniteur, has not much diminished the dissatisfaction of those who counted upon a complete fulfilment of the Im perial programme—the emancipation of Italy ' from the Alps to the Adriatic.' It was hardly worth while, they say, to sacrifice so many thousands of lives and spend so many millions, for which a far better application might be found, to expose even the Crown of Franc..., merely to give Lombardy to Victor Emmanuel. ' Italy shall be free to the Adriatic !': Each one asks his neighbour what the Emperor really did mean by this magnificent phrase ? In a word, the discontented can see no thing fixed, nothing defined—and the only point they seem to agree upon is that, whatever quality the Emperor Napoleon possesses, he has not on this occasion given proof of common sense. " Others, still =Vs querulous and more unreason- this band of desperadoes, bearing the name of the POPE'S soldiers, and under the command of an offi cer, now made a general, actually were on the point of murdering women and children beseeching them on their knees for mercy, and an unarmed foreigner ! Nothing saved them but the American flourishing his passport in their eyes as a flag of truce, and liberally proffering his gold to save the poor women and children. One of the band of murderers was made to understand by the servant that our writer really was an American, and the fiends had a spice of selfish prudence remaining amidst their brutal fury. Four times, nevertheless, they had to flee, from fresh irruptions of these savages, into the friendly closet ; indeed, after all, their escape was almost miraculous ; and it was only after fourteen hours' suspense, in momentary fear of merciless and wanton butchery, that they could venture away from their almost suffocating hiding place. We remember nothing like it since the savagery at Hango. He says the number of victims is not over 30 — not so many as: had been reported, but numerous enough for the honour of the Papal Administration and soldiery, all being innocent citizens, seven of them women and three children ! " Surely" ex claims the American " the Pope's Government should be paternal, but when the father, instead of correcting his erring children with the rod, turns upon them with the sword, the punishment is so out of all proportion to the crime, that it seems high time to deprive him of the authority which he abuses. This affair at Perugia," he adds, " may be the last straw which breaks the camel's back of a nation's long suffering, and may pave the way to better days. Were I a Roman Catholic I should desire to see the supreme head of the Roman Church confined to his spiritual functions." So, indeed, say we. Nothing but a false pride can make Roman Catholics wish to retain the POPE as secular ruler of any body of miserable slaves, for such the subjects of unmarried ecclesias tics, :or indeed of any ecclesiastics must ever be. Mr. SPOONER would probably object, and be joined by Mr. NEWDEGATE, for we hardly know a move Catholics could make for the respectability of their Church equal to that of rendering the POPE a purely Spiritual Sovereign. MEETING OF THE _ROYAL AGRICUL• TURAL SOCIETY. WARWICK, JULY 14. The show-yard for horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs was opened to the public precisely at one o'clock on Wednesday. The extensive sho and the immense influx of company rendered it peculiarly attractive, certainly the largest and most exciting the society has yet known. The officials had some difficulty in making everything accord, and much as they ex exerted themselves to give the best effect, and to promote the comfort and convenience of the public, such was the increasing concourse that they were compelled to leave everything to the good sense of the people, and all passed off with harmony and satisfaction. The cattle classes are very numerous, and would well suffice for an afternoon's inspection. We can not, therefore, do ample justice to them, to say nothing of the other departments of the show. There are the same names of exhibitors pertaining to the classes as usual, with here and there a new sprinkling. The first prize was obtained by Mr. John H. Bradburne, of Fife-place, near Lichfield, a name new to us as an exhibitor, in the first class of short-horn bulls. The second•prize bull, belongs to Colonel Pennant, M.P., of Penrhyn Castle. In the second class of short-horns we fully concurred with the first adjudication. There was no truly near approach to Colonel Townley's young bull. Mr. Ambler obtained the second prize for a capital young bull ; Mr. Lynn the third prize ; and there was only one commendation, received by Mr. John Hall, for a very useful young bull. In this class were a number of highly meritorious animals worthy of notice. In the third class of short-horns, No. 70, Mr. Fletcher's yearling, received the first prize. CLASS 4.—COWS IN MILK. Mr. Richard Stratton takes first, Mr Richard Eastwood takes second, and Mr. W. Tod, of El phinstone Tower, takes third prize in this class. CLASS S.—HEIFERS IN CALF OR IN MILK. In this class Colonel Townley again takes first prize, Mr. Fowler, of Henlow, second, and Colonel Townley the third. CLASS 6.—YEARLING HEIFERS. The first prize in this class is taken by No. 139, Mr. J. Grundy's. The classes of short-horns are equal to those of former years taken collectively, but we have no very prominent animals in them. THE FIRST CLASS OF HEREFORD BULLS CALVED ON OR BEFORE JULY, 1857. This class contains some beautiful animals. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort receives a com mendation, and in the third or bull calf class he takes the first prize. The classes of Hereford cows and heifers are both larger and better than of many former years. THE PIG CLASSES. According to the Society's rules these are deno minated the large and small breed classes. We can never define the distinction, for large and splendid specimens of the porcine race meet us down every alley. These classes are well filled, and would oc cupy a long time in careful inspection. The special prizes were well contended for. The Berkshire breed classes were well filled. This bids fair to be a most successful meeting. The attendance was beyond expectation yesterday being 8,530. To-day the rush of visitors has been very groat. AUSTRALIAN MAILS. The following memorial was presented this day to the Premier : To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, K.G., First Lord of the Treasury, &c. The memorial of the undersigned bankers, merchants, and others of Showeth, that your memorialists, being deeply interested in the Australian colonies, view with alarm and regret the reply given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his place in Parliament to the question put to him in reference to the tenders for the proposed postal route to Australia vie Panama. That your memorialists have been looking forward with much satisfaction to the establishment of this line of com munication, inasmuch as, if other reasons were wanting, the irregularities of the present mail service, even under the contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, clearly prove that a second and independent line is absolutely ne cessary to satisfy the requirements of the commercial com munities of both the colonies and the mother country. But it is not solely upon this ground that the organisation of the second service has been viewed with favour. Your memorialists cannot overlook the fact that by its establish ment the postal communication would be less liable to inter ruption from European complications ; the risks and chances of a single service would be avoided ; a direct intercourse would be established between Australia, the mother country, and both aides of the vast continent of America, the im portance of which cannot be too highly estimated. That, while every allowance is made for the difficulties necessarily attending the commencement of a new service, the inconveniences resulting from its irregularity are not the less severely felt. That the expediency of establishing the second service having been recognised by the late Government, and a promise to co-operate in the scheme if certain conditions were complied with having been made, any delay in carrying out that arrangement would be trifling with the colonists, and occasion grievous disappointment to all connected with them. That the proposed reference of the question to a select committee of the House of Commons must necessarily create delay, and may result in the withdrawal of the tenders now before the Government, some of which your memorialists are informed are eligible, and afford an opportunity of car rying out the service on advantageous terms. That your memorialists respectfully submit that, if the statement made in the public journals with respect to the amount of the tenders be correct, a sum of about £30,000 will, with the postage, suffice to cover the claims upon the Imperial Treasury for the service. That this amount is insignificant when compared with the immense advantages which the outlay will confer upon the important countries embraced by the route, which include not only her Majesty's possessions in North America, the West India Islands, and the n ewly-discovered gold colony in Columbia, but also the United and other independent States of America. That for these reasons your memorialists earnestly hope that her Majesty's Government will take this petition into favourable consideration, and at once deal with the tenders now before them. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. Buckstone, the inimitable comic actor and lessee of this theatre, takes his benefit to-morrow evening. The proo-ramme is very attrac tive, and the respect in which Mr. Buckstone is held should ensure a crammed house. ADELPIII THEATRE.—The Grand Duchess of Mecklinburg-Strelitz, Lady Somerset, &c., &c., honoured the performance last evening with their presence. THE GREAT BELL.—The great bell at West minster was distinctly heard striking the hour of midnight last night by persons at Campden-hill, Kensington. A MAN STRUCK BLIND BY LIGHTNING.—Last week as a blacksmith, named Ralph, was returning home across Southborough-common, Sussex, during the heavy storm of thunder and 4htning, he was struck by the elec tric fluid, and on arrTng at his . house a few minutes after wards his faculty of sight left him, and he has not since recovered it, — Xeres., able, carry their complaints further. They have the audacity to affirm that the transfer of the Imperial rights over Lombardy minus Venetia, and minus everything else, is not an equivalent for 500,000,000 E. and mountains of slain. I hear of proclamation s being torn or defaced in certain quarters of the city inhabited by the mechanical or the student class; an d of very strong comments by several who stop t o read them. I fear much that those who desired t o take the horses from the Emperor's carriage an d draw it to the railroad station, when he was leaving for Italy on the 10th May last, would now allow the cortege to enter without any such let or him drance, troublesome, though flattering. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Emperor of the French has addressed the following proclamation to the Army of Italy (a summary of which appeared in The Sun of yestvr- day) -- " Headquarters, Valeggio, July 12.. " Soldiers !—The bases of peace have been de cided on with the Emperor of Austria. The prin cipal object of the war is attained, and Italy is about to become, for the first time, a nation. A Confederation of all the States of Italy, under the honorary presidentship of the Pope, will unite into one body the members of the same family. Vene tia, it is true, remains under the sceptre of Austria, but will, nevertheless, be an Italian province, form ing part of the Italian confederation. " The union of Lombardy to Piedmont creates for us on this side of the Alps a powerful ally, who is in debted to us for its independence. The Governments which have remained aloof from the movement, or which may be recalled to their possessions, will un derstand the necessity of salutary reforms. A general amnesty will remove all traces of civil discord. Italy, henceforth mistress of her destinies, will only have herself to blame if she does not re gularly progress in order and liberty. " You will soon return to France ; and your grateful country will welcome with transport those soldiers who raised so high the glory of the French arms at Montebello, Palestro, Turbigo, Magenta, Marignano, and Solferino ; who in two months liberated Piedmont and Lombardy, and only stopped because the struggle was about to assume proportions which were no longer commensurate with the interests which actuated France in this formidable war. " Be proud therefore of your successes—proud of the results obtained—and, above all, proud of being the well-beloved sons of that France which will be always a great !nation as long as she shall have a heart to understand noble causes, and men like you to defend them. " NAPOLEON." The Moniteur contains the following :—" Some disorders occurred in certain towns and at railway stations, on the departure or passage of troops pro ceeding to the army of Italy ; some soldiers, led away by excessive enthusaism, ceased to display their usual calmness and discipline. The Minister of War, ►hen informed of these improper scenes, expressed his deep displeasure, and has just given severe orders to prevent their recurrence. The troops must not forget that in railway carriages, as in their ranks, they are bound to preserve a military bearing; that their enthusiasm should not be manifested by agitation and clamour ; to bear arms for the Emperor and the country is a noble and serious duty ; those who fulfil it must in no case depart from the calm demeanour which be comes the defenders of the national honour." ThQ Moniteur contains the usual monthly return of the Bank of France, which shows the following results as compared with the June account : DECREASED. Cash Bills discounted not yet due -6 „ Advances. 4 1-7 Current accounts Treasury balance INCREASED. Bank notes 63 1-7 millions. PARIS BOURSE, July 14.—The market has been again heavy, and prices continue declining, owing to the realisations of profits, and to a report of Count de Cavour having resighed. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 80c., declined to 68f. 150 c., but are now at 68f. 35c. Mobilier varied from 800 f. to 815 f.; Austrians, 550 f. to 560 f. ; Orleans, 1,330 f. to 1,335 f. ; Lyons, 860 f. to 865 f.; Eastern, 645 f. to 652 f. 50c. ; Southern, 525 f. to 532 f. 50c. The following were the last quota tions : 41 per Cents. .... 95 25 !Credit Fonder 660 - Do. end month .. 95 501 Belgian 41 — - 3 per Cents. 6B 25 Piedmontese (5) - Do. end month.... 68 30 Roman B4 - Bank Shares 2850 Austrian - Credit Mobilier .. 807 50 Spanish Threes - Do. Account - RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 927 63 .. 935 New ditto — .. 820 Lyons and Mediterranean B6O .. 86! 50 Geneva Southern Western 552 50 .. 545 Eastern Sardinian 425 .. 420 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. lle. ; money, 25f 71c.; three months, paper, 24f. 97ic.; money, 21f. 95c. SPAIN. MADRID, July 13.—Several arrests were made yesterday at Seville, in consequence of the autho rities having received information that disturb ances were to break out during the night. The ramifications of a democratic conspiracy have been discovered. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. By the arrival in London yesterday of the Pen insular and North African Steam Navigation Com pany's steamer, Warrior, Capt. Henry Cooper, we have advices from Teneriffe to the 20th June ; Mogador, 29th June ; Cadiz, sth July ; and Lisbon, Bth July. On the arrival of the Warrior at Mogador, the captain found the town in great uproar. In conse quence of a military revolution having broken out, the Governor was obliged to fly to save his life ; and, in consequence of his having abandoned the town, a republic was proclaimed. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—There has been the usual attendance of buyers in the cloth-halls this morn ing, and a fair steady business transacted. The princip 11 sales have been in broad cloths and heavy goods. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The trade continues to manifest steady improvement. The cloth-hall was throughout the day full of strangers, who manifested less caution in their purchases than has characterised them of late. The result was that in doeskins, in fancy trouserings, and in the goods required at this season, the transactions were heavy and numerous. The wool trade has also undergone reaction, and the sales were:brisk and frequent. SCOTCII PROPRIETORS.—The total number of proprietors having property of the value of £5 and under £lO on the valuation roll of the Scotch counties, so far as returns have been made, is 7,024, and the total number of occupants of less than £5O and more than £lO, 26,350. The total proprietary of the burghs is 6,356, and the total occu pancy of the same 56,3.50, thus making a grand total of L 3,380 proprietors, and 82,700 occupants. The counties of Ayr, Caithness, Dumbarton, Edinburgh, Lanark, Linlith gow, and Perth refused to fur n i s h returns, and have thus b e en guilty of a contempt of an order of the House of Commons. The promoter of the return thus ordered was Mr. Kinnaird, M.P. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. —At a meeting of the council yesterday afternoon, Mr. James Moncrieff Arnett, F.R.S., was elected president, and Messrs. John Flint South, of St. Thomas's Hospital, and Caesar Henry Hawkins, F. R. S., of St. G e s Hospital, were elected vice -presidents of the college for the ensuing year. The profession will be glad to hear that at the last meeting of the committee for erecting a statue to John Hunter it was reported that the subscriptions already amounted to £1,082 Ids. It is intended that the statue shall be of marble and placed in the college, and that the surplus of the sub scriptions that may accrue, and any further fu n d s th a t may be contributed for that special purpose, be devoted to th e endowment of one or more scholarships of comparati ve ana tomy. It is expected tha t th i s proposition will give great satisfaction to many members . of the pr o f ess i on w h o o bj ec t to subscribe to the erection of a statue, preferring the establishment of a Hunterian scholarship, for which suffi cient subscriptions will no doubt be at once sent in to Mr. South, the honorary secretary to the fund. -BRIDGE. NEW WE The works in connection with this new bridge continue to progress, and though, undoubtedly, they advance much more quickly if the Govern ment held the contractors for the ironwork more strictly to their terms as to the time of delivery ; still, in spite of unexpected delays in this portion of the undertaking, Mr. Page has contrived within the last two months to get all the cast-ironwork of the arches fixed and bolted together, with the ex ception of the arch from No. 1 pier, which, how ever, will be completed with the rest in the course of a fortnight more. Fixing the cast-ironwork means that the greatest difficulties of each arch are overcome. In fact, as cast-iron constitutes more than four-fifths of every arch, very little, compara tively speaking, now remains to do to complete the western half of the new structure. We have be fore described how each arch is of great span, though of slight rise ; in form, therefore, elliptical. The crowns of the arches are thus almost fiat. In order to meet this peculiar form of construction, it was found necessary to make the ribs partly of cast and partly of wrought iron. The cast-iron parts consist of the whole of the piers and up to above the springing of the arch, where the fiat crown commences.. The middle flat portion is com posed of ribs of wrought-iron, of immense strength, and calculated to resist the violence of concussion and oscillation caused by the incessant passage of carriage traffic. With the exception of the No. 1 pier we have mentioned, all the cast ironwork is complete, and only the short wrought iron ribs in the crown of each remain to be lowered into their places to complete the bridge for the formation of the roadway, Two of the Surrey-side arches are now quite finished, and have their wrought-iron portions bolted in, and over all other arches the roadway has begun to be formed on the cast-iron portions. The roadway is formed in the first instance by laying down a sheetino• 6 of wrought iron " buckle" plates as they are termed, which are exactly in the form of an immense square and I slightly concave tea-tray, seven feet long by four I broad, and rather less than half an inch thick. The peculiar form of these plates gives them immense strength on their convex sides. One was tested with a block of granite weighing no less than 17 tons, and after remaining under the ponderous mass for nearly a week there was not the least sign of permanent compression. The ribs of each are placed at a distance of five feet apart. except in the two footways for passengers, where the weight being trifling, they are fixed at intervals of seven feet. Over these ribs the buckle plates are bolted down, the channels covered by the slopes between each being filled up with blocks of wood and asphalt, till the whole way is a perfect level. Over the asphalt, when firm, will be placed concrete to the depth of a foot or so, and over this again a stone paving known as granite " pitching," or a paving of the same kind as is now being laid down on Lon don-bridge. Mr. Page has managed to cut away the abutments of the old bridge in such a manner as to allow the fixing of another rib, and by this means there will be a gain of six feet in width to the public on the opening of the western half, which will then be some two or three feet wider than the present bridge. In the same spirit, and to give the utmose facilities for traffic which his means allow, he proposes when the first half is opened, and the old bridge sufficiently pulled down to per mit the extension, to carry out a wooden footway, about 12 feet wide, on the east side of the bridge, and thus leave almost the whole of the permanent road free for carriage traffic. By the adoption of such a plan the roadway of the western half of the bridge alone would be wider than the whole of the old structure, footways and all put together. Such a plan has been proposed over and over again for the passenger traffic of London-bridge, in order to make the whole of the roadway and footpaths en tirely available for the immense carriage traffic,which for the last two or three years has almost rendered this great avenue to the city impassable. Why a plan so feasible, and one which would afford im mediate relief and at so small a cost, has not been carried out it is difficult to say. The time at pre sent fixed for the opening of the first half of the new Westminster-bridge is still stated to be next autumn, but, from one cause or other, it is likely to be Christmas, if not later, before the public will have access to it. One most fertile cause of delay has been the non-delivery of the ironwork in timb, and unless this matter is looked into at once this drawback in the progress of the structure is likely to continue with the eastern half. Another cause of delay will be the want of proper ap proaches to the bridge. The whole block of houses on the Surrey side, from Stangate street to the foot of the structure, is intended to be removed, with the greater portion of the block be neath the Clock-tower on the Middlesex side. It is true that a bill is now passing through the House of Commons to acquire these buildings ‘ but after the bill is passed and the houses are pulled clown it will take some time to make the approaches. Mr. Page has, however, so arranged his plans that by lowering the road% ay at each end of the old bridge, and making a sharp turn in the road, he can ma nage to open the new bridge even before the re• moval of the houses we have mentioned. But even to carry out this expedient properly , must delay the opening, and at the best be but an inconvenient method of avoiding an obstacle where no obstacle should exist if all did their duty. When the first half is fairly opened the' completion of the second half will occupy but a comparatively short space of time—probably not more than from 12 to 15 months at the outside. All the piers except two for the east half are entirely finished, and ready, if the old structure was removed, for the reception of the bed-plates and iron arches to-morrow. All these piers have been carried through the openings of the arches of the old bridge. One has even been carried under the centre and most defective arch, and now serves as a massive foundation for the timber shores which support the old arch above it. This was a work of no ordinary difficulty, and even danger; but once accomplished it has, of course, made the old and defective piers stronger than ever. The eastern halves of two of the piers are not completed, and cannot be till the old bridge is pulled down, as the present piers occupy the ground where the new ones must pass. Where they are carried through, all these piers will be of the greatest utility in taking down the old arches, and by this means a considerable amount of time and money will be saved. The pattern of the stone parapets for the new structure has been decided on. It is of granite, bold and highly ornamented in its proportions. The timber supports for the " travel ling" cranes, &c., to be used in the second half are already fixed, so that no delay may be experienced in getting this portion forward as soon as it can be commenced upon. The amount of timber used in the bearing piles of the bridge is 45,700 cubic feet ; of cast iron in the foundation, 1,600 tons ; and in the superstructure, 2,600 tons. The wrought iron in the superstructure is 1,300 tons, and in the foun dation 70 tons for tie rods. In the other parts there are used no less than 165,000 cubic feet of granite, 21,000 cubic yards of brickwork and Portland cement, and 30,000 cubic yards of concrete. These seem large proportions, though, for its size, New Westminster-bridge will be one of the lightest and cheapest bridges over the Thames, and, beyond all question, the strongest and handsomest. MASSACRE OF EUROPEANS IN BORNEO. A correspondent at Batavia has forwarded to Messrs. James Finlay and Co., of Glasgow, the fol lowing intelligence : " We have the greatest regret in informing yo u that we have, by the arrival of the Dutch Govern ment steamer Ardjceno, from Banjermassing, on th e 21st inst., received the most disastrous tidings re garding the coal mine establishment of Kalungair, which has by some accounts been entirely, by o th ers only partly, destroyed by an insurrection among the native subjects of the Sultan of Banjermassing; but, saddest of all, the whole of the European em ployes have been brutally murdered, without leav ing one to tell the tale. The tragedy was enacted on the 18th of the month, and attend-. 11 with horrors not exceeded by anything which occurred even at Cawnpore. The particulars you will find described in a circular addressed to the shareholders by the directors of the company. Reinforcements of troops are being sentin all haste from this and Samarang, with three or four steamers, which will no doubt be sufficient to restore peace and order in the coun try., and we trust may arrive in time to save the re maining Europeans at Banjermassing and neigh bourhood. The cause of the insurrection proceeds in no way from dislike to the mines, where the greatest peace and contentment have always pre vailed, but t o a long -brooding disaffection of the natives of Banjermassing to their new Sultan, who had been m a intained on his throne mainly by the protection of our Government, contrary to the will of the people, and as it -would appear, in disrega r d of the legitimate righ t of succession of another prince named Hidayal, who was at the same ti me the favourite of the p eo p le. This disaffection among the people, e xcited to revolt and murder by some Mahommedan priests lately returned from Mecca, is supposed to have been the cause which ha s l e d t o th e sacrifice of so m a ny precious lives, already amounting, so far as known, to 50 or 51 in number. Among these four Germ an missionaries ) th ree o f their wives, and 19 children are st a t e d t o h ave f a ll e n victims to the knives of the assassins," TIIIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Cranworth, and other Peers.) JUDGMENT.-APPEAL. - ROUTLEDGE AND ANOTHER V. ROUTLEDGE AND ANOTHER. Mr. Whiteside, Q.C., on the further hearing of this cause, resumed and concluded his argument in reply for the appellants. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Browtem, Lord Cranworth, and Lord Chelmsford, were unanimously of opinion that the decision of the Lord;Chancellor of Ireland was right and ought to be affirmed. Their lordships were of opinion that there was no fraud and no misrepresentation practised on the appellant to induce him to enter into the agreement in question. It was a family agreement, and as such was favoured in law. The onus probandi lay on the plaintiff to prove fraud, and he bad not done so. The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Court of Chancery, and dismissed the appeal with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(11IIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC SHOPLIFTING.—THREE CHARGES —Two smartly-dressed young girls, named Harriet Davis and Caroline Harrison (well known to the police), about 16, were charged before Mr. Beadon with shoplifting at various shops in Oxford-street the previous afternoon. An assistant to Mr. Bird, hosier, of Oxford-street, proved that the prisoners came in and asked to see some silk pocket handkerchiefs, and while they were examining them he saw one move on the counter, and shortly after saw it pro truding from Davis's dress. He spoke to another sbopman, and, while he was gone for a constable, it was replaced on the counter. Mrs. Kenton, searcher at the Marlborough -street station, said, on searching the prisoners, she found in the skirt of Davis's dress three other silk handkerchiefs and a scarf. The prisoners asked her not to show them to the inspector. Wm. Roberts, assistant to Mr. Charles Cooper, hosier, of Oxford-street, identified one of the handkerchiefs produced as the property of his employer. J. Pawny, assistant to Mr. Bamfather, hosier, Oxford street, identified two pocket. handkerchiefs as the property of his employer. The prisoners pleaded guilty. Mr. Beadon said they had commenced life abominably bad, and had previously been concerned in a bad robbery, but unfortunately had not gone for trial. They had become regular shoplifters, and but for their age he should have sent them for trial. Committed for six months, with hard labour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ---4 LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.---THURSDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. The second to save his stak. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. Blanton's Fusee, by Orlando, 3yrs,7st 12th (Bullock) 1 Mr. Eastwood's Tommy Noble, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Howley) 2 Mr. Halford's Gwellyon, 2 yrs, 4st 101 b (Doyle) 3 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Satanella, 2 yrs, sst 41b (Grimshaw) 4 - - The following also ran :—Caliph, Darling, Hawthorn, and Dobbin. Betting-3 to 1 agst Tommy Noble, 4to 1 each agst Fusee and Caliph, 6 to 1 agst Gwellyon. Fusee led from start to finish, and won by two lengths ; same distance between the second and third ; a head be tween the third and fourth ; Darling, Caliph, and Haw thorn all together, were close up with the fourth. Dobbin was tailed off. The Liverpool Cup in specie, value 200 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c. ; winners extra ; the second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes. Two miles. 76 subs, 45 of whom pay 6 sous. each. Mr. Saxon's Ancient Briton, 4 yrs, Est 61b (Verraby 1 Mr. Craven's Newcastle, 3 yrs, Est llb (Bottom 2 Mr. J. Barnard's Wrestler, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (in. 31b ex. (Ford ham 3 The following also ran:—Bankrupt, Paul, Uralian, De fender, and Hydromel. Betting at starting-7 to 2 agst Newcastle, 4to 1 agst Defender, 9 to 2 agst Wrestler, 100 to 15 agst Paul, Si to 1 agst Ancient Briton, 10 to 1 agst Uralian, 16 to 1 agst Bankrupt. Paul was first off, but was soon passed by Ancient Bri ton, who running slightly out at the top turn, left Paul in advance. After going about 300 yards, however, Ancient Briton again assumed the lead, followed from the Canal Bridge turn by Newcastle second, and won in a canter by a length ; a dozen lengths from Newcastle came Wrestler third ; the others tailed off. Defender was the first beaten in the race, and Hydromel was pulled up below the dis tance, and did not pass the post. The pace was moderate. Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added, for 2 and 3-yr- olds. Penalties and allowances. T.Y.C. 4 subs. Mr. T. Stevens's Ardour, 3 yrs, 9st llb (Keeler) 1 Mr. Copperthwaite's Lady Kingston, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b (Aldcroft)Z Mr. Mundy's Confectioner, 2 y rs , 7 s t llb ( car . 7 s t 21b) (Swift) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Lady Kingston, sto 4 ag,st Ardour, 6 to 1 agst Confectioner. Won by a length; tyro lengths between the second a nd third. The Sefton Corinthian Welter Cup, a piece of plate value 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft ' for 3-yr-olds and upwards, weight for age, with allow• ances and penalties. The second to save his stake, Gen- tlemen riders only. Ono mile and a quarter. 21 subs. Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, 4 yrs, 12st llb (inc. 71b extra) - (Capt. Littl • e) Mr. T. Dawson's Mrs. Stowe, 3 yrs, 9st 131 b (Mr. Erskine Lord J. Scott's Gift (h-b.), 3 yrs, lOst llb (Capt. Hunt) Betting.-5 to lon Lifeboat, who won by half a length ; bad third. Sweepstakes of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added by th e Earl of Derby, for 2-yr-olds and upwards, with alloy" ances and penalties. One mile. 10 subs. Butterfly 1 Shafto Accurate Tousle 4 Betting-5 to 4 it A, 'to ags accurate, 7to 4 agst Butterfly, 4 1 agst Shafto. Won easily. THIS DAYS MARKBTS. CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that the arrivals of English wheat sin° Monday, as well as fresh up to-day, have been very limited , we have again to report a dull sale for all descriptions. 111 prices, however no quotable change has taken place. In foreign wheat, the show of which was large, very lid] , business was transacted, at about Monday's currency. 111 floating cargoes, off Falmouth, very few sales took place. Scarcely any barley was on offer; nevertheless, the quiry for it ruled inactive, on former terms. Malt moved off heavily, at late rates. We had a dull inquiry for eats, and inferior samPle s were rather lower. Beans, peas, and flour were very dull, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 920 ( 1 2,670 2,430 1,710 Irish Foreign 15,410 t 3,040 I 23,060 i 2,120 O FJ. I -bU NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are very limited ; yet, owing to thl extreme heat, there was very little demand, and prices was almost nominal, Per 81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. a. u. Inferior Beef 2 10 to 3 0 Mid. d 0..... 3 2to 3 6 Pm.largedo. 3 Bto 3 10 I Do. small do. 4 oto 4 2 ; Large pork.. 3 2to 3 6 j Lamb, 4s d. d. s. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 0 v Mid. do 38to 4 6 Prime do. 4 2to 4 Veal Small pork 3 Bto4 10 I to 6s 6d. BOROUGH HOP. The show of hops has rather increased, and the demo for all kinds is heavy, at next to nominal quotations. 11 _ 8 , plantation accounts are favourable, and the d u ty i s call" X 240,000. Mid and East Kent pockets Bos to 140 s per cvrt. Weald of Kent do 6ss to 75s „ Sussex do s6s to 68s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been an increased demand for commo n congou, and a large business has been transacted at 1 per lb. ; in other descriptions, also, moderate transaction' hay e taken place. SvGKß.—More animation has been experienced, and British plantation has fully maintained late quotation s )l Foreign qualities have bee n i n f a i r d emand, and ha ve r ealised full values. I n th e re fi ne d market prices remal' very firm. COFFEE.—The demand for plantation Ceylon has been active, and prices have slightly improved ; other descrir tions have met a steady sale, at late rates. RICE.—The inquiries have been less active and Bene l descriptions have been at rather easier rates. SALTPETRE.—A large quantity is announced f or publ i ! sale, which has in a great measure prevented business the private m ar k e t ; pr i ces, h owever, show rather less &IV. ness. INDIGO.—The public sales continue to progress steadily' the opening rates being generally well maintained. TALLOW.—The market continues to show considerable inactivity. P.Y.C., on th e spot, has declined to 53s Di" and last three months to 54s per cwt. WESTMINSTER -BRIDGE.. A bill of the Board o f Works, promoted by Messrs. Laing and Fitzroy, provicl e ' for the acquisiti on o f a ddi tional space for the western Br' proach to the bridge of 'Westminster. The property to h t e dealt with includ es h ouses and shops in Parliament-stree Bridge-street, and New Palace-yard. In Parliament-str ee , part of Fendall's Hotel and a draper's shop, occupied 11 Mr. Milns, will he taken for the purposes of the act. • LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—The new work "*"" titled " A Life for a Life," by the author of " John Hall Gentleman," is announced f or i mme di a t e pu bli ca tion ill , Messrs. Hurst and Blackett. The same publishers else o f elude in their li s t o f works in the press :—" Realities Paris Life," by th e author of " Flemish Interiors," 84 ;: da a " Female Influence," by Lady Charlotte Pepya—,4 The 4 ; and Times of George Villiers, First Duke of Buckinglia r b' e by Mrs. Thomson—" Raised to the Peerage," by Mrs. o f tavius Owen —" Almost a Heroine," by the a uthor: " Charles Auchester"—and new novels by Wilkie CollTi; John E. Reade, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Mrs. Howitt, and author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids," Inc. LAW INTE.