The Sun. — London, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

THE DISASTER IN CHINA. The following account is written by an eye-wit- ness : The less we expect the stroke, the more poignant will be the pain it excites ; and no doubt the un expected and disastr ous news which this mail will bring you from China will cause a deep wail of grief through the land ; while, at the same time, there is reason to fear that popular indignation will lay blame and dereliction of duty at the door of the commander. Admiral Hope was severely wounded in the be ginning of the engagement. Mackenna, Rason, and most of his other personal attendants were lying dead or dying around him, and yet these things did not for a moment withdraw him from the post of extreme danger. When the Plover, in a sinking state, had to be abandoned, he removed his flag to the Opossum, and, in the spirit of a Nelson, he got himself propped up on her caboose, some eight feet from the deck, and there, supplying the infirmity of his wounded leg by holding on to a rope, he di rected the operations of the bombardment, and this spirit of the Admiral leavened those under his com mand. Explosions of magazines followed each other in quick succession within the forts, showing the strength and accuracy of our fire, and must have caused immense carnage among the enemy, as those forts were at the time crammed with Mongol sharp- shooters. The removal of the Admiral's flag to the Opossum at mice made that gunboat th e s p ecial target for the enemy's fire, and his own exposed position on her caboose rendered him the bull's-eye of this target. A round shot from the enemy cut asunder the rope by which the Admiral was holding on, and dashed him to the deck with great violexce, breaking one of his ribs. By this time the Opossum was so severely handled that she was obliged to draw off to plug up shot holes, but the Admiral, though so severely crushed, instead of retiring in her, again got him self removed, on board the Cormorant, into the very thickest of the fire, and it was only late at night, when the struggle was at an end, that he came on board. the hospital gunboat. As weary and fainting he was borne through the midst of us, along that deck strewed with the dead an d wounded, the eye of many a poor fellow who was smitten unto death himself filled with a sym pathy for that gallant man. Surely such a man w ill meet with justice, aye, and tenderness, also, at the hands of the British public That we fell into a trap is now manifest ; but is this the first time that a man of experience and valour has been so caught? And, certainly, never was a trap more skilfully laid to escape detection, for, though numerous and well-built forts frowned along the beach, we had constantly in China found those formidable exteriors accompanied ruwith corn plete rottenness within, the garrisons nni ties lan ng ded, for their lives as soon as our attacking par and everything that occurred. previous to the fight led us to believe that those forts at the Peiho would prove no exception to this general rule of Chinese warfare. When, some days previous to the attack, we tried to open communications with the forts, our officers were met by a man of the very lowest grade, and • i n reply to their earnest request to see a mandarin, were told that there was no mandarin in the forts or neighbourhood. It is only in accordance with Chinese lying and Mongolian treachery that this falsehood was solemnly reiterated every time we tried to land ; whlle, at the same time, some of the chief men of the empire were close at hand. It is a curious fact that while the love of money is so strong and patriotism apparently so weak in the breasts of Chinamen, yet we have never been able to get any information with regard to the move ments or force of the enemy in any of our wars in China. In those forts no flags were flying. No bodies of men were to be seen either within or without them. There was nothing to give us the slightest intimation that a formidable artillery, sup ported by a picked: army of 60,000 Mongolians, Sze., garrisoned and protected those forts. Under those circumstances an um:versal impression prevailed that there were only a i tew Tartars in the forts, who either would not fire at all or would merely fire a few random shots to save appearances, It is true that as soon as the storm of fire opened from the forts we knew we Were dealing with a very different enemy from any that we had before met in China—that we had got into a trap ; but it is not our British custom to turn tail, when we find ourselves in a difficulty . , without trying with all our power to overcome it. The Admiral felt that he could depend on the unflinching pluck of those under his command to do whatever could be done by men, and their conduct in thit assault proved that his trust was not misplaced.. As his signal flew to land and storm the forts, a simultaneous cheer burst from every breast. In a moment our boats were off, and our marinas and_ blue jackets (English and French) were dasiling through mud and water, striving for the first plcee, and not yielding for a minute to as murderous a fire as ever was poured down on the devoted heads of men. But now we had to encounter a still more formidable obstaole than even that deadly fire. The mud-bank in front of the south forts runs out a long distance with very little shelving, and the water on it is consequently very shallow. You are aware that in each spring the water at the mouth of the Peiho is much shallower than in June. Prince Sangkohlinsin when the water was so low got cir cular pits dug in this mud-bank at irregular dis tances. When we returned to the Peiho those pits were invisible, being under water, while at the same time the water was too shallow to float our boats full of armed men. The result was that the storm ing party had to jump out in the very place where the trap was laid, and you saw on all sides men sud denly disappearing in those pits, and then struggling out with their rifles covered with mud and useless. Thus three-fourtbs of even those who i cached the front could not fire a shot, and consequently the sharpshooters in the fort knocked over our poor fellows almost with the same impunity as if they were firing into a battue of game. De spite of all this, between 300 and 400 men reached. the firm groand, and would have carried the fort by storm in the face of all opposition, but no scaling ladders were forthcoming. Those same mud-pits had caught the men carrying the ladders. As soon as one of the bearers got into a pit the lad der, of course, tumbled off on his side and either stuck fast in the mud or got broken in dragging it up. To this strategy of the mud-pits we owe our repulse. No human wisdom could have fore seen the snare, and it clearly proves that in this Mongolian Prince we have met with no ordinary foe. You will see by the Admiral's despatches that in proportion to the numbers engaged our loss in killed and wounded was greater than that in any of the late great battles in Italy, and it will be a melancholy satisfaction to some at home to hear that many of our poor fellows received their wounds and sacrificed their lives, not in the fierce excitement of the advance, but as they retired, in freely exposing their lives to save t heir wounded comrades exposing on the mud from falling into the hands of the barbarous Mongols. Already I nave trespassed too much on your valuable space, but I cannot end without referring to one matter that, in connexion with this battle, should be ever remembered. Were we children of the same mother, we could not have received more sympathy and kin dness than we met with from the Americans. Never were men more unwillingly neutral. As we pass,cxl in to the assault Flag Offi cer (Anglice, Admiral) Tutnell was heard to say, " Blood is thicker than water," and in 100 different ways he and all his people, to the very cabin boys, acted up to this homely proverb. When he heard that our Admiral was wounded, at great personal risk he went on board the Cormorant to see him. Many of our men slept in the toeywan (American tenders) on the night of the fight ; cigars, coffee, brandy, everything a man could want was placed before them. The American crew forgot them selves, and thought only of the British. A few days after the fight a Chinese junk, with a_flag of truce,- brought fresh provisions to the ro whattan (United States frigate). These were immediately sent to our wounded. The bond of American brotherhood was indeed deeply cemented in our trial a t th e P e ih o . I believe re was not a man in the fleet who amwho did not feel it growing up w ithin him, and sure there are thousands, if I may not say millions, at both sides of the Atlan• tic who will join me in the fervent wish that that feeling of brotherhood may take deeper and deeper root in both lands. The following is an extract from a letter written by t h e senior lieutenant of her Majesty's ship ITighflyer, present at the attack on the Chinese forts at the ent rance of the Peiho, and detailing the' proceedings : " Her .Majesty's ship Highflyer, June 28. little thought, my dear father, when I began this letter what a tale of woe I should have to tell. It aiveers that the Chinese would have nothinc, to say to our Minister, so it was determined to attack' their forts and force the passage of the river.Co Alas for the result ! The gunboats Nimrod and rmo rant went in to attack about 2 40 p.m. on the 25th, acco aipanied some distance out by a hired the(French) kind. of temporary screw gunboat and Coro• mendel. The forts on both sides of the river were im mensely strong, splendidly constructed by Russians from Pekin, and loads of Russians fighting the guns. It took eight gunboats till 630 p.m. to sale lice the forts, and then they had got them corn `,ely under. At 7 p.m. all the marines from Can ton (about 400 odd), 100 sappers, the marine s and small-arm men of the squadron were landed on a m rad flat at dead low water, close under the heft , rit st fort (their guns all : 68 and 42-pounders). I ha ,d the command of the blue-jackets, 84 strong, . ._ though, having to replenish the gunboats out of them, they only landed about 40 strong. We had to tramp up this mud flat, a long quarter of a mile, up to, and in some places over our knees in soft, sticky mud. I should think it took us 20 minutes, under a most murderous fire of round shot, rifle, gingalls, matchlocks, rockets, arrows, &c., to get to the first ditch. The men were hewn down by dozens. They (the Chinese) had laid all their guns, and the firing was accurate. The scaling-ladders could scarcely be moved. There we stood within about 80 yards, being ' potted like crows,' all our ammunition wet, waiting for scaling-ladders to cross a second ditch, which we had ultimately to swim, and then could not get the scaling-ladders up. The men were dead beat, and ammunition all wet. The men and officers were shot down murderously getting up the ladders. I was one of four to et a ladder across t he second ditch, u p to my sh o ulders in mud and water. Alas! it was no good, they were too strong for us ; we could not get in, and had to retreat. I got a blow on my leg on an old wound not healed, when I landed, that ' t hawed me ui.' Thanks to one of our brave fel lows of my small-arm men I got off, having to swim to a boat, the scoundrels keeping up a most mur derous fire. Two round shots went through the pinnace—my boat, killing the boatkeeper, and smashing the boat ; immediately afterwards five more went slap through her, demolishing her, ' chop-chop.' I lost my knapsack, haversack, water bottle, waterproof coat, change of clothes, &c., and a little silk ensign I intended to plant on the walls of the fort. Our loss is awful. In my party I i have four killed, three missing, and I think about 20 wounded, some minus legs and some minus arms, and others badly and less badly wounded. Our lieutenant of Marines—a nice fellow (at New-cross with me)—was shot through the leg, and put into a paddlebox boat, that had her boatkeepers killed ; he fell into the hands of the enemy. I trust the poor fellow was dead (since his body has been picked up and buried), as the brutes came down in the morning and cut of the heads of all they found left behind, after stripping the bodies. Such a scene 1 never witnessed. During the night the Cormorant, despatch ; Lee, 80 horse-power ; Star ling, 60 do.; Plover, 60 do. ; and Kestrel, 40 do., grounded under the forts, and remained keel out ; the Chinese ;,then returned to their guns, and smashed shot Into them below the copper ' • and the tide flowing into the m, the y had to be deserted. Since which, we have succeeded in getting the Starling and, I fancy, Kestrel out and safe, but Cormorant, Lee, and Plover are going to be blown up ; indeed, Lee is burning now. They keep up a murderous fire on them. All the gunboats are in a sinking state, keeping the pumps going. Luckily they are out of range, in shoal water. Several have sunk and been got up again. lam now on the sick list on board my ship, from my leg, though it is only stiff, and nothing, and will be all right in a day or two more. lam the senior lieutenant (landed) surviving. One only landed senior to me ; he was killed. As yet there are three lieutenants (I know of) killed—Graves, first of the A ssistance ; Rason (an old shipmate in the Fox), of the Plover ; and Clutterbuck, of the Coromandel. The Admiral is badly wounded, and my poor Captain, Shadwell, who commanded the landing party, has a bullet through his instep, breaking some bones. The ball still remains there. He is doing well. Cap tain Vansittart, of the Magicienne, has lost a leg. Colonel Lemon, comm andin g marines, badly wounded •, and, indeed, all the heads of departments are wounded, the captain of the only Frenchmen here to boot. Ine ver saw or could have dreamt of such a smash. Many a poor fellow was drowned, from sheer e xhaustion, in shallow water and mu d, trying to get off, and the groans of the wounded were something awful. I had numerous narrow escapes from round shot and rifle bullets—seem ingly bearing a charmed life. I don't know what can be done ; we have not half force enough to do anything, and I fancy we all go down to Shanghai or Hongkong to make good damages and repair gunboats, &c., that are all nearly sinking—such a wreck ! I grieved for our own poor men that I knew—and some fine fellows we have lost; three of our marines are also killed, poor fellows ! Both our cutters shot through with round shot, and our pinnace gone. Doubts are entertained of the Ad miral's ultimate recovery, poor old m any Old ' Shad well' does well. We've had an awful licking, and there is no use trying to hide it. WAR did what we could, but fighting against such odds was some thing too much. They had not less than 90 guns to our about 25, and theirs were monstrous heavy ' ones. We all saw Russians in the forts, laying the guns send s,c t ., h t e o arlilfieins.cpuril inquiring friends. a w s. h o at ur th lo e s y s will say at home to such a ' go . ' I don't know the e ntire loss yet. I suppose about 80 killed and about 200 wounded. I can't write this all over again, it is too painful a task , so I trust to y ou to • alone in the Highflyer's men is 10 killed and 18 n i w u o ud flat; ndecl it I wasam indeed truly frightful. e very thankful I steppedfo r escaping f the storm of round shot , bullets, &c., on that fatal the way of several round shot, and was constantly spattered over with mud from round shot and bul l; M." l'wo Paris journals, the Univers and the Presse, contain letters from China giving details of the affair. The correspondent of the Univers writes as follows : " The brilliant English sluadron, composed of 12 gunboats and of several other vessels of various sizes, and the two French steamers Duchayla and lorzagaray, anchored at the Peiho - on the 16th of June. In the forts of Takou no movement was to be discerned. A boat was sent ashore to examine the place ; a Mandarin came down and prohibited a landing. The officer then announced the arrival of the Ministers for the ratification of the treaties at Pekin, and demanded free passage for the ships. The Chinese replied very rudely that no man-of war could pass, and that he might seek a passage further north if he chose. It was soon discovered that the mouth of the Peiho was obstructed by numerous stockades extending very far inland. To the questions addressed to them as to the object of these stockades, the Chinese replied that the autho rities had nothing to do with them, that they were the work of the people for protection against pirates. These replies imposed upon no one ; three days were given to the Mandarins to remove the barriers. A formal refusal was the reply. During all this parleying there was a complete silence in the forts, not a flag nor a movement was perceptible ; the works were so well concealed that one might easily have thought the forts deserted. On the 25th of June orders were given to the gunboats to advance and force the passage. The Plover and Opossum were fortunate enough to force the first two stock ades, but the third stopped them. The Chinese, seeing them thus engaged, while the Starling and the Banterer touched the ground, lifted the mask by a cannon shot fired at the Plover, which carried away Admiral Hope's flag. It was the signal for a frightful butchery. The awnings (tenter) that concealed the batteries were drawn aside in an in stant, and a terrible hail of cannon-balls fell on the gunboats. These replied bravely, but the posi tion was not tenable. The Admiral received two wounds. His flag was transferred to another gunboat, and the action became general. The fire from the forts was too heavy for the gunboats, and had already sunk three of them. It was attempted to land the 1,200 or 1,300 disposable men. But these, unfortunately, found themselves up to the waist in mud, their ammunition was quickly damaged, it was impossible to advance except with the most extraordinary efforts, and the enemy con tinued to fire on these brave men, who could not make use of their arms. The officers performed prodigies of valour to encourage their men, who were harassed by fatigue. By nine o'clock at night 460 men were killed or wounded. The gunboats had exhausted their ammunition. The remainder of the troops regained their ships through fatigue and dangers impossible to describe. Sixty French of the crew of the Duchayla shared in the action ; four were killed and 10 wounded. The brave Com mandant Tricault, of the Duchayla, is wounded in the arm, not dangerously. Besides the three gun boats destroyed two others were sunk during the action ; fortunately, they were recovered during the night. This is the summary of the most terrible check that the Europeans have ever experienced in China." The letter then remarks that this event will cause a great sensation in Japan and Cochin China, and that its consequences will be immense if speedy and complete vengeance be not taken. Exemplary chastisement must be inflicted, son the Tartar, or European influence and honour will be seriously compromised in that part of the world. " Not only is trade no longer safe, but even the lives of residents in China are more or less in dan ger. The merchants in Shanghai are getting ready to depart, and at Hong Kong assassinations will probably recommence. The forts of Takou were defended by thousands of Mongol Tartars, and the fortifications must have been directed by European engineers. The English state even that they dis covered Russians on the ramparts. But other proofs will not are necessary before admitting so serious an accusa tion. What appears more certain is that the cannons proceeded from Russian foundries ; that suprise you if you accept as certain a rumour universally spread here that the Russians have just bought a a r i l d irrepse extent of territory nP th i e rnl P on the Amoor, which lthe 7 1 0 e ? te c r ann in o 2 in most of the essential points , t w iitth givesth e a s b o o m v above r F assr i et n .a,, munitions of war, of In the first place it:,says that further particulars. similar reports from all sides gave - warning that the expedition would encounter great obstacles be fore reaching Pekin ; they said that the Takou forts had been reconstructed and formidably armed, and that a body of 20,090 Mongols vas massed on the shores of the Peiho, under the orders of a famous general named Sang-ko-lin-sin. Mr. Bruce, it is added, acquired the certainty, on arriving at the Peiho, that the Government would oppose the fleet's entrance into the river, but the Mandarins with whom he communicated said that the Ambas sadors would be received at Pekin, and offered them an escort if they would leave their vessels and soldiers. The number of guns opposed to the squadron was estimated at 100, varying in calibre from 30 to 50-pounders. They kept up a terrible and very well-directed fire. The English Admiral was one of the first wounded. Towards five o'clock, says the letter, the tide having run down with great force, several gunboats got aground, and their hulls, thus exposed to the enemy's aim, were knocked to pieces. When the lauding party got embarrassed in the deep mud, the Chinese redoubled the vigour of their artillery practice, and poured in quantities of grape. Many of the men, over whelmed by, the fire, fell in the mud, from which they had the greatest difficulty in extricating them selves. When darkness came on, the Chinese dis charged globes of fire from their guns, which enabled them to see their enemies, and to aim at them. At last, Captain Shadwell, commanding the expedition, being badly wounded, the order to retreat was given, and the retrograde movement was hailed by the Chinese with a frantic shout of oy. ME ALLIED EXPEDITION TO CHINA TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your Second Edition announces on the authority of the Moniteur that a large combined Franco-Anglo expedition is foithwith to be de spatched to China, in order to avenge the late treacherous attack on the attempted passage of the Embassies into the entr inee of the Peiho river, the highway to Pekin. It is evident that we must strike a signal blow and amply revenge our slaughtered countrymen, who have fallen by one of the most de liberate acts of treachery that history affords. Let us by all means, and without loss of time, prepare And despatch an expedition large enough to render success undoubted, to recover our dimmed prestige, and teach these vain barbarians that they have grievously misapprehended the power of the nation they have first of all befooled with the treaty, and then so outraged when we trusted to their good faith to execute its provisions. But, whatever action we take, let us beware of falling into the mistake of playing " second fiddle" to the French in the shape of a mere weak contingent, leaving them to appro priate all the glory, and to decry when the business is over our aid, as in the East formerly, and latterly at Canton, where the few French present claimed most vociferously through the columns of the Paris press the whole honour of the capture of the city, and did their best to ignore the English force alto gether. A success they inflate to any dimensions, and take the lion's share ; but a failure they care fully hush up, witness Cochin China, where they are now in an " impasse," and the operations, espe cially in the last fighting, have been anything but advartageous to the expeditionary corps. We have a splendid body of Sikhs in India; we have plenty of Bombay, Madras, and even some still faithful (?) Bengal Sepoy regiments. Any num ber of local corps of Mussulmans could be raised in India for a special temporory service in China, and these, with a nucleus of 8,000 Europeans, would amply suffice for any purpose ; but let them operate se parately, without any entangling French auxiliary corps. The entente cordiale is, as everybody knows, a mere phrase, and the feelings of the French army are well known to be anything but cordial towards the English, who, on their side, are not overbur dened with affection for their late allies inthe field. I believe that Government could not commit a more unpopular act than to enter too closely at the pre sent juncture into a French military alliance. The nation have had enough of that. We never ought to have permitted their association with ourselves in the first China war, which was even then felt to be chiefly due to the prevalent spirit of the Ministry of the day of toadying the French Emperor. The force they contributed was very small, and, from that fact alone. of little assistance, while the results they obtained were a share of the (promised) bene fits of the treaty, an increase of prestige in the East, and all the honours, to believe their own accounts. Their only disappointment was the non-acquisition of some territory, as they had fondly calculated upon obtaining such a compensation; but Lord Elgin's self-denying and astute policy on this head forced them to yield in their demand on the Chinese nego iators.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, London, Sept. 14. A. C. CONSERVATIVE REJOICINGS IN WEST KENT. Yesterday the Conservatives of West Kent cele brated their victory at the last general election by a grand banquet in a marquee erected in the Mote park, on the confines of the town of MaidstoQe. Nearly 1,000 guests sat down to dinner, among whom were Lord Holmesdale and Sir E. Filmer, the members for the division of the county, the Earl of Romney, the Earl Gf Darnley, Lord Kingsdown, Sir N. Knatchbull, Sir T. M. Wilson, Sir B. Bridges, M.P., Sir J. H. Maxwell, Mr. G. Hardy, ALP., Col. Fletcher, and Admiral Marsham. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, Earl STANHOPE rose to propose the toast of the evening, " Success to the Conservative cause in West Kent." Before adverting to the political topics in volved in the toast, the noble earl begged permission to say a few words in explanation of his presence there. For the last few years he had felt it his duty to abstain from taking a share in any party celebra tions, which he thought the proper course for him to pursue, after the circumstances under which he lost his seat in the House of Commons in the general elec tion of 1852. When, two years after losing his seat there, he succeeded to a seat in the House of Lords, he did not seek to connect himself anew with any political party. As a new peer he was content to con sider measures as they came before him without any reference to party considerations, and to decide upon them as his conscience might determine. (Hear.) But that course, however satisfactory it might be in the ordinary current of affairs, was not so satisfac tory when a great contest was waging throughout the country. (Cheers.) In the spring of the present year, when there was in the House of Commons an adverse vote to the Government of Lord Derby, and when there was in consequence an appeal to the country, several persons had referred to his judg ment and counsel as to the course which they ought to pursue under the circumstances. The course which might suffice for an individual member of the Legis lature was not so satisfactory when it became a question of advising others. Looking to all the cir cumstances of the country, it appeared to him that the vote of the House of Commons adverse to the Government of Lord Derby was not justly founded —(cheers)—and that it would be very desirable that it should be reversed by the yote of the constituen cies then appealed to. (Hear, hear.) Taken as a whole, the Government of Lord Derby, it appeared to him, was entitled to support. (Cheers.) The foreign affairs of the country had been conducted in accordance with the just requirements of the honour of the nation, and an unremitting anxiety for the preservation of peace ; while in domestic affairs there was, with a desire to maintain the institutions Of the country, a readiness to frame and bring for ward measures of practical amendment. (Cheers.) Holding those opinions, he had thought it desirable that the judgment of the country when qppealed to should not ratify the vote of the House of Commons —(hear, hear) —and if the counsel which he then gave to a few private friends had brought him more prominently forward in a political character than had been the case for some years past, he did not regret it, if it also brought him into more cordial connexion with those whom he saw around him. (Cheers.) In West Kent the result of that appeal to the country had been a great and signal triumph. In no part of the king dom, under circumstances of great discouragement and unpromising appearances, had so considerable a triumph been achieved for the Conservative cause. (Cheers.) In other parts of the country, however, the result was not the same, and though the elec tion added very materially to the number of mem bers disposed to give a general support to Lord Derby's Government, yet on the meeting of Parlia ment a vote was given by a small majority which brought about its immediate resignation. Lord Palmerston's Government followed it, and it would ill become those vv ho hold the name of Conservative to offer a predetermined and undiscriminating op position either to his Government or to any other which might he formed in this country. (Hear.) The policy of Conservatives should bet to support good measures from whomsoever they might come, and to reserve their opposition for such measures as they might deem injurious to the public interest. (Cheers.) Nay, it could scarcely be denied that if Lord Palmerston should turn out to be able to carry safe and moderate measures, it would be owing solely to the generous forbeai ante of that very party which he had done his utmost to expel from power. (Cheers.) The measures of Lord Palmerston's Go vernment were not yet before the country; succeed ing to office so late in the year, it was natural and unavoidable that they should content themselves .with despatching the necessary business, and re serve till next session whatever more substantial measures they had to propose. But in the forma tion of Lord Palmerston's Government there were one or two circumstances of a most unfavourable and unpromising character. In the first place, hav ing been recently in Ireland visiting some property with which he was connected, he had found there, in conversing with persons of all classes, a very general and just resentment at the entire exclusion of Irish men from any share in the new appoint ments. In all the Governments since the Union, natives of that country, according to their political connexion, had been called on to bear their stare in the administration of public affairs. In the late Government there was an Irish nobleman in the • office of Secretary for Ireland, another Irish nobleman at the head of the Board of Trade , and an Irish lawyer of the greatest elo quence and ability—Sir H. Cairns—(cheers)— Soli f citor-General, not for Ireland, but for England. But in t 1 le present Government there was not a single Irishman. (A Voice.—" Palmerston.") In this res pent at least the Conservatives were far more I.,beral than those who claimed the name ; and those who sought to vindicate the title of Liberal for the present Government in its Irish affairs as least would be obliged to have recourse to the mode employed by Swift when with inimitable irony he described the claims of William 111. to be considers d a conqueror though he had never won a battle — "Nassau, who got the name of glorious Because he never was victorious." (Laughter.) There was, moreover, now pending in Ireland one of the most momentous questions which could engage the attention of Government — the question of national education. The Roman Catholic hierarchy and a portion of the hierarchy of the Established Church had declared themselves hostile to the present system. Whatever decision the Government might come to—whether to main tain it, to abrogate it, or to modify it—their deci sion could not command the same confidence in Ireland as if there were some man in their ranks born and brought up in the country, and inti mately acquainted with the wishes of the people. (Hear.) Again, when the Government was formed there were three gentlemen (Mr. Labouchere, Mr. V. Smith, and Sir B. Hall) who had formerly held offices, but who were not invited to resume them. In naming those gentlemen he desired to speak of them with all personal respect, for with all three he had lived for a long time on terms of friendly acquaintance. It was not thought fit to propose to them to resume the offices they had formerly held, but the plan of the Government was to offer them seats in the House of Lords by way of compensation. . This certainly was a most unusual course, and was, in fact, postponing the public advantage to the convenience of party. What would be said in the House of Commons if the electors of a constituency were asked to send a man to that assembly because he was not thought fit or was not asked to take the office of justice of the peace or deputy-lieutenant, for instance ? It seemed to be a remnant of that system which was affected by the Whig party until very recent years —governing the country by means of the great Whig houses ; for it went on this maxim, thzt any one who had once held an office had a prescriptive right either to that same office or to some substitute for it. (Hear, hear.) In this respect the Conser vative or the Liberal-Conservative party, as it might be called, had more right to the name of Liberal than those who had usurped it. If he had rightly read the annals of the party, their maxim had been that no man who had once held an office should be deemed to have a prescriptive right to it, but the Prime Minister had a perfect right to consider who were the persons best fitted for par ticular offices, and those who were excluded were not entitled to anything by way of compensation for their exclusion. He should be sorry if it were for a moment supposed that the House of Lords had any. jealousy of any fresh admissions to their ranks. The very reverse was the case, so far as his obser vation and feelings went; and if he wished for an instance of the cordiality with which additions were received he would point to that of the noble and learned lord near him, who, having achieved the highest forensic reputation as Mr. Pemberton Leigh, now, to the great advantage of the public, lent his assistant 's to the despatch of the judicial business of the House of Lords as Lord Kings down. (Cheers.) The House of Lords was most anxious to receive among them any mau who came there, having received the peerage as a re ward for public services ; but they objected to receive those who came before them, net for services ren dered, but because they were not allowed or not required to render services. (Hear.) In this re spect the prerogative of the Queen had not been fairly dealt with by the responsible Ministers of the Crown, and the importance of regulating the admission to one branch of the Legislature had not been considered with the fairness of justice which it required. In these two instances there had been in the formation of the Government some unpro mising indications, but nevertheless a predeter mined and indiscriminating opposition was not the attitude which ought to be assumed by Conserva tives. (Hear.) If dangerous measures were intro duced they ought to put forth their strength to oppose them, hut if the measure were satisfactory Conservative feeling would best be shown in wel coming Conservative measures from whatever quarter they might come. (Cheers.) The Conserva tive principle did not pledge its supporters to all the details of measures, but merely to the general policy of maintaining the ancient institutions of the country. In every measure brought before them, true Conservative policy would prompt them to consider only whether it were calculated to maintain those institutions. It did not exclude measures of repair,—the very reverse. In material matters repairs, and large repairs too, were often found to be necessary for preservation. (Hear.) Changes might be made in political matters—nay, considerable changes—provided they were made on the principle of supporting and strengthening the institutions which our forefathers transmitted to us. (Cheers.) There was a great difference be tween those improvements which tended to give new vigour to the fabric, and those changes which the revolutionists of the day recommended, seeking to subvert the fabric altogether. (Cheers.) The chief maxim in public affairs should be the safety of our public institutions; and in adhering to that maxim the danger of yielding to revolutionary schemes and the danger of leaving unreformed old and proved abuses would be equally avoided. Of most of the attacks made on the institutions of the county it might be said that they were equally fallacious and disingenuous. For instance, no argument was more frequently used against the House of Lords than the apparent absurdity of legislative functions being hereditary, and capable of transmission from father to son, but those who used this argument either suppressed or forgot the fact that it applied with equal force to a heredi tary monarchy. Such an argument was not justi fiable except in the mouths of those who were pre pared to dispense altogether with a form of govern ment under which this country had so greatly flourished. (Cheers.) In foreign countries this s ame constitution of ours, which uninformed or designing men decried, was the object of admiration and of envy. He had travelled several times in Italy, and if there was one feeling which animated that pcople,'who were gallantly struggling for their liberties, more than another, it was admiration for the English Constitution ; and often, when persons had found fault in conversation with our constitu tion, he had heard Italians exclaim with the deepest feeling, " Would to Heaven that with all its faults that constitution were ours ! " In Dryden's ele gant language, it was to them " The people's prayer—the glad diviner's theme — The young man's vision and the old man's dream." 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Also at Dublin Scott ; at York Ralines, Blanchard, and Co.; at South taaptAi, Itandajl and SOIL a n t e , ‘vl Liverpool, e Y 4.nd NixonDla GLOUCEST FESTIVAL. GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 15. The " May Queen," whit :h the oftener it is heard the more clearly are its bet luties revealed, occupied the whole of the first part of the programme last night, when the second m 3 scellaneous concert was held in the Shire hall ; the• audience as numerous as on Tuesday evening, but riot quite so ready to ap preciate. The performance, however, lost both in vigour and spirit by the continued indisposition of Mr. Sims Reeves, whose p raiseworthy efforts to pre vent disappointment at the• cathedral, when " Elijah" was given, brought on a relapse. Sooner than in cur the chance of a surmise; that he was wanting in the respect due to his emiznent countryman, Profes sor Sterndale Bennet, Mr_ Reeves appeared at his post, and though he has certainly delivered the beautiful music of the " Lover" with greater power and effect, he never exerts d himself more zealously. That he was suffering severely must have been evi dent to all who heard hirre and this devotion to his professional duties, under circumstances of such dif ficulty, was infinitely to his credit, and entitled him to more consideration than (as will be seen further on) he ultimately received. In the " May Queen" Mrs. Clara Hepworth (with her formidable prede cessor, Madame Clara Novello, close at hand) had to support alike an honourable and an onerous posi tion, and that she went through the ordeal right well was the unanimous opinion. The least grate ful character in the " pastoral"—that of the Queen of England—was very carefully sustained by Miss Lascelles, while the graphic and picturesque music of the Forester (the suppositious Robin Hood) could hardly have been entrusted to a singer better fitted by voice, style, and a legitimate desire for artistic distinction than our young and clever English bass, Mr. Thomas, to do it justice. The chorus (some of them being from the metropolis were " up" in the work) were far more successful in the " May queen" than at the first concert in the " Choral Fantasia," and more uniformly amenable to the control of Mr. Amott, who with laudable anxiety had made himself conversant with every important point in the score, and did not this time force the whole strength of his choir to execute passages intended for solo voices. And yet had the conductor of the Glocester Festival allottedthe trio, " Shall a clown that beauty wear ?" to full chorus in lieu of single voices, it would scarcely have been more objectionable than the step which proved so disastrous to the solo voice parts in the imaginative work of Beethoven. A strict adherence to the composer's own directions cannot too often be in sisted on as the only means of realising the effects at which he aims. The band, of course, were per fectly at home in Professor Bennett's music, with every note of which they must by this time be in timately acquainted. The " May Queen" will now in all probability " go the round" of the provincial music meetings ; and rarely has a new work been better entitled to universal appreciation. The " Pastoral" was followed (like " Don Gio vanni," on Tuesday) by an instrumental display. This time, not the piano, but the fiddle—or rather two fiddles—had the post of honour, and the entire success of the performance was a strong proof that in thus relieving the monotony induced by a long uninterrupted succession of vocal pieces the direc tors of the festival act judiciously. The composi tion selected for the present occasion was one of the best of the violin duetts of Dr. Spohr, a work in which the very individual manner of that great master,:the living Altnieister of "Vaterland," is ex hibited to consummate advantage. The players were M. Sainton, the prince of French violinists, and Mr. Henry Blagrove, who has long and Well maintained the foremost place among our own. As the duet, besides being intrinsically beautiful, is full of brilliant passages, and written almost throughout in what is termed the concertante style, the two executants had ample and fairly balanced opportunities of shining. Both shone conspicuously, and both retired from the platform covered with laurels. The opposition of styles formed an attrac tion of itself. The splendid energy and vigorous expression of the Frenchman, the " silvery" tone and unfailing delicacy of the Englishman, not only contrasted most effectively, but blended to perfec tion, A greater treat could not be well imagined than this display of friendly rivalry between two first-rate artists; and the first part of the concert was brought to a conclusion in such a way as at once to rouse the musical enthusiast and satisfy the taste of the most exacting connoisseur. The mis cellaneous selection was as follows : Overture—" Oberon Weber Spirit Song—Miss Dolby Haydn Aria—Madlle. Tietjens, " Tacea la nottee" Verdi Duet—Madame Clara Novello and Signor Belletti, " Crude! perche" Mozart Aria—Sig. Giuglini, " La Donna e mobile" Verdi Aria—Mme. Clara ovell°, "Prendi per/no" 'Benedict Trio—" Guai se ti stag; e" Donizetti Song—Miss Dolby, "Broken Vows" F. Berger Aria—Signor Belletti, " Sullapoppa" Quartet—" 15n di se" .. Verdi In the well-known trio front " Lucrezia Borgia," and the not less generally familiar quartet from " Rigoletto"—each in its way faultless, but neither quite suited for the concert-room—Mademoiselle Tietjens, Signor Giuglini, and Signor Vialetti took part, Miss Dolby being assigned the music of Maddalena, and thus completing the parti carre (or quarre). But the feature of the second part was not either of these very popular operatic pieces • nor was it the lively air which the Duke of Mantua, that impudent traducer of the fair sex, sings with such easy non chalance while exposed to unseen perils ; it was not " La donna e mobile" (although sung to perfection by Signor Giuglini, and as usual redemanded) ; nor was it Mademoiselle Tietjens' magnificent execu tion of the great air of Leonora (Vrdi's Leonor— not Peer's, nor Donizetti's, nor Beethoyea's) which made the audience " beside themselves" with de light; nor Haydn's " Spirit Song," nor Ricci's " Saila poppa," the former of which Miss Dolby, the latter Signor Belletti, sings so frequently and inimitably ; nor the duet in which Almaviva makes love to Susanna, in Mozart's incomparable " Figaro ;" nor " Predi per me," where Mr. Bene dict has contended gallantly with the most favoured manufacturers of " cavatinas ;" nor M. Francesco Berger's pretty ballad ; nor even the irrisistible overture to " Oberon," revealing Weber's genius in its brightest splendour ; not one of these was the feature of the . second part. " What, then," our musical readers may inquire—and naturally enough, every piece in the programme having been signalized by name—" What, then, was the feature of the second part ?" . Well, it was neither an over ture, nor an " aria," nor a ballad, nor a duet, nor a trio, nor a quartet, nor a barcarole, nor. a " spirit song ;"—it was a speech, and a speech out of :our. No less than four speeches were adventured in the course of about one hour last night—three short, and little to purpose ; ono not very long, but much to the purpose. Of the short speeches one was de livered by Mr. T. Gambier Parry, a " steward," and two were furnished by the Mayor of Gloucester ; the not very long speech flowed gently from the lips of Madame Clara Novello. The origin of all these improvised orations may be briefly stated. The indisposition of Mr. Sims Reeves has been alluded to. It was observed on all sides during the performance of " The May Queen," and no one ought to have felt surprise, how ever. he may have experienced disappomt• went, at the omission of a ballad allotted to that gentleman in the second part of the concert. When, however, Madame Novello had sung " Prendi per me" out of its place, and on her retir ing there were no signs of Mr. Reeves, the audi ence began to be restive , a nd would not be pacified until one of the stewards (Mr. T. G. Parry) came forward and addressed them. He said (as nearly as can be remembered) —"Ladies and Gentlemen, — It seems to be the principal duty of the stewards to make apologies for Mr. Sims Reeves. The stewards have done all in their power, but as Mr. Sims Reeves has quietly walked off, the stewards cannot fetch him back, an d I ho p e they will not be blamed. He has found a good friend in Madame Novello, who has kindly consented to sing a song in his stead." This address was received with mingled applause and hisses. It did not, however, satisfy Mr. Reeves's substitute, who, protesting that it conveyed an erroneous statement of the facts, de clared that she would not sing until it had been corrected. The Mayor of Glocester (on the refusal of his colleague to set matters right) then volun ti ered an e xplanation, which amounted to this— " Ladies and Gentlemen,—l have the pleasure to inform you that Madame , Novello will give another song in place of Mr. Sims Reeves." Cries of " Not enough"—" We know that already " --greeted the ears of his worship as he left the plat form after having delivered himself of this weighty piece of information. Bring apprised of the inade quate manner in which he had accomplished his self imposed task, the Mayor returned to the charge, and addressed his turbulent co-citizens afresh : " Ladies and Gentlemen," he said, " I am to state that Mr. Sims Reeves, being ill, was compelled to leave." This speech, a worthy pendant of the other, was answered by shouts of laughter, and it seemed unlikely now that the disturbance would be quelled at all. After a long interval, during the progress of which the Shire-hall threatened to be turned into a bear-garden, Madame Clara Novello made her appear nce on the platform, to fulfil, as was generally surmised, the task she had under taken as deputy. Shouts, cheers, and plaudits greeted her from every part of the room, and when these subsided - she opened her lips—hut not to sing. Instead of " Bonnie Prince Charlie," it was " Ladies and Gentlemen." Calmly, unaffectedly, and yet firmly, Madame Novello, like a musical Portia, ad monished her hearers. She spoke to the following purport :—" Before he went away, very ill, Mr. Reeves explained to the conductor his total inabi lity to sing his ballad in the second part; but with a desire that the audience might not bo losers through his indisposition, which was not his fault, he applied to me to introduce something in its place, and even sent for a copy of the ballad I am now going to have the honour of singing to you, with much less ability than he would have shown. Mr. Amott, with whom alone the artists engaged at the festival can communicate on business, was con- suited, and gave his approval ; and not satisfied even with this, Mr. Reeves spoke with one of the stewards, who also consented to the change. Had this befall stated, no fault could possibly have been laid to his charge. I thus take the liberty to ad dress you, ladies and gentlemen, because I will not, if I can help it, allow a brother artist to be unjustly accused, as Mr. Reeves was—of course uninten- tionally--r-in the explanation given this evening, or to be blamed when he is entirely innocent—and especially when he had taken all the precautions in his power to compensate for any disappointment." The tones of the nightingale had more persuasive eloquence in them than the voices of the steward and the mayor. The fair apologist (who speaks, by the way, quite as musically as she sings) was completely overwhelmed with the demonstrations of complete satisfaction that her quiet speech had elicited, and the peace of her " brother artist " was made with the public. We do not remember a more graceful act on the part of one artist to an other—an act implying a strong sense of right, no little moral courage, and the total absence of a cer tain feeling of jealous rivalry from which even the most distinguished members of the profession are not invariably exempt. There was a larger attendance at the Cathedral this morning than yesterday, and the collection for the widows and orphans was in proportion. The numbers present were 1,546, the amount handed over by the plate-holders, £2ll 14s. ld., including the triennial contribution of £6O from the Worcester fund, presented through the medium of the Rev. R. Sarjant, the most active promoter and directer of the Worcester Festival. The pro gramme was one of inordinate length—including the whole of Beethoven's " Mount of Olives" (with the new version of the words under the title of " Engedi), Rossini's Stabat Mater," and Spohr's oratorio of" Die letzen Dirge" —or, as we call it in England, " The Last Judgment"—both entire. The selection was highly attractive, but at least one hour too long. The " Mount of Olives" was, on the whole, well executed. Mr. Montem Smith doing service with commendable spirit and artistic readi ness for Mr. Sims Reeves in the arduous and diffi cult tenor music ; Madame Novello singing the equally trying soprano part splendidly, Mrs. Hep worth, assisting in the trio, together with Mr. I Thomas, to whom was also intrusted the one bass recitative, which he delivered in a most impressive manner. The chorus (except in parts of the fine dramatic scene where the soldiers of Saul are tracing David to his place of refuge) was efficient, especially in the " Hallelujah" which so grandly terminates the only essay in the oratorio style that Beethoven has left us. In the " Stabat Mater" — like " The Requiem" of Mozart, has now taken its proper place at the festival of the united choirs, no less than at Exeter-hall—the singers were Madame Novello, Miss Dolby, Mrs. Hepworth, Mr. Montem Smith, and Signor Belletti. Of this, how ever (and of Spohr's very fine work, which should be heard much oftener), we must defer speaking until to-morrow, merely adding that in " Quis est home" (Madame Novello and Miss Dolby), " Pro peccetis" (Signor. Belletti), " Fac ut portem" (Miss Dolby), and " Infiammatus" (Madame Novello), the singers earned golden opinions, incontestably their due. The audience rose and remained standing during the performance of the " Hallelujah" in the " Mount of Olives," and four choruses in the " Last Judgment," "Praise His awful name," "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts," " Blessing, honour, glory, and power be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne," and the " Hallelujah" at the end. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES-SEPT. 15. After the excitement of yesterday, there was a lull this monting,. But the remembrance of the St. Leger of 1859 will abide through many years, not to adorn a tale, but to show, to say the least of it, the evil of entertaining too much confidence, assuming that Promised Land was run to win. We may perhaps be excused the remark,—" Why all this swagger about Promised Land ?" The answer is found in the fact, that the brightness of the Woodyeates stables has been dimmed by Whitewall; Yorkshire has eclipsed the south this year in the most marked manner possible. 6to 4 on the Land, and 20 to 1 agst Gamester, is tolerably sig nificant of a great triumph. The card of to-day had seven events for decision, the most important of which was the Eglinton Stakes, carried off most easily by North Lincoln. The Zetland Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. One mile and a half. 4 subs. Lord Zetland's Qui Vive, by Voltigeur, Bst 31b (J. Osborne) 1 Baron Rothschild's Bastion, Bst 71b (Wells) 2 Sir It. W. Bulkeley's Knuckle Duster, Bst 71b (W. Boyce) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Qui Vive, 11 to 8 agst Bastion, 9to 2 agst Knuckle Duster. Qui Vive led throughout, and won by three-quarters of a length ; bad third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds. Winners extra. The second to save his stake. Red House in. 23 subs. Mr. Saxon's Mixture, 7st 71b (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. W. Scott's Prologue, 7st 91b • (Ford ham) 2 Mr. O'Hara's Spoffnlh Maid, Bst 41b (Withington) 3 The following also ran :—Birdcage, Kneyton, Queen of the Vale, Thirza, Adele, Herman, Tousle, and Dartmouth. Betting-5 to 2 agst Dartmouth, 3to 1 agst Herman, 5 to 1 agst Mixture, 8 to 1 agst Prologue. Mixture did not arrive on the course until just at the time appointed for the start. As it was doubtful, there fore, whether he would get to the post, his number was removed from the telegraph. Won by half a length ; two lengths between the second and third; Dartmouth was a good fourth; Herman was fifth ; and Thirza sixth. - - The Cleveland Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &e., with 60 added; certain winners extra ; tho second to save his stake. One mile. 33 subs, 15 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Sir H. Des Vceux's Comforter, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Custance) 1 Mr. Jones's Ditto, 4 yrs, Bst 71b J. Osborne) 2 Mr. R. Ten. Broeck's Woodburn, 3 yrs,os t Bob 1b (W. Bom) 3 The following also ran :—Maid of Masham filly, Hegira, Amsterdam, Raspberry, Bankrupt, and Lovett. Betting-100 lo 30 agst Maid of Mash am filly, 4to 1 agst Lovett, 4 to 1 agst Amsterdam, 6 to 1 agst Comforter, 7 to 1 agst Woodburn, 10 to 1 agst Bankrupt. Snowden)e hOs' asl(3blooßurr yrs,aenlyre 234 1 From the distance the rac e was left to the first three, Comforter going on with the l ead, and winning by half a length ; a head between the second and third ; Maid of Masham filly was fourth, and Amsterdam fifth. The Eglinton Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for two and three - y r-olds ; allowances and penalties ; the sec ond to receive 25 sov s out of the stakes; T.Y.C. 37 s ubs. B aro n Rothschild's North Linco ln, by Pyl ( a j. d e 9st llb (in. 3 1 b ex.) Est st i l b . l ( b j A 3s lirr Capt... Hudson'sSacxhro ins' Saxon's e, Mixture,acd Cheesecake, es Trespass,e2e a y k r e s : 2 7 2s yrs, s 6 s Betting-5 to 2on North Lincoln, sto 1 agst Mixture North Lincoln lay off until reaching the distance, when• he came away, and won in a canter by a length and a half ; a length between second and third ; half a length between third and fourth. The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, Half a mile. 9 subs, Mr. Brown's Weatherbound (40), 7st 101 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Smith's Pomona (X4O), 7st 101 b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Saxon's Jenny Longlegs (£4O), 7st 101 b (L. Snowden) 3 Mary Stuart, Brown Agnes, Remedy, and Myrtle also ran. Betting-8 to 4 agst Jenny Longlegs, 4to 1 each agst Weatherbound and Brown Agnes. Won by three-quarters of a length ; a neck between the second and third ; good fourth. The winner was bought in for 140 guineas. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added, for 2-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; winners extra. T.Y.C. 25 subs. Mr. Jaques' High Treason, by Mildew, 9st (in. 71b ex.) (Flatman) 1 Lord Annesley's Sweetsauce, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Hudson's Lady Trespass, Bst 91b (in. 51b extra) (J. Osborne) 3 Horror Thirza, and Grenadier also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sweetsauce, 9to 4 agst High Trea son, 3 to 1 agst Horror. Won by a neck ; four lengths between second and third. The Scarborough Stakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. One mile. Mr. Watt's Souvenir Mr. Merry's Conjuror Colonel Smith's Uralian (Boyce) 3 Won by a length ; Uralian a bad third. THE AURORA BOREALIS AND TELEGRAPHS. — M. Bergon has communicated to the French Academy of Sciences the following remarkable effects produced by the aurora borealis of the 28th ult. On the following day, about half-past ten p.m., all the bells of the lines which were not worked at the time bega : n to ling; on the ether lines transmission became impossible, and the galvanometers marked the p a ssage of a permanent cur rent. The effect was more apparent on the lines of Bordeaux, Marseilles, and Northern, than on the Eastern and Western lines. On the following morning, com munication within a space of 40 leagues became compara tively easy, but there were still interruptions now and then. 'l'he perturbations continued on the Ist and 2d inst. Strong sparks were obtained from the lightning conductors of Bor deaux add Toulouse. The fact that lon g lines are more easily influenced than short ones was proved, by directing one of the offices of the neighbourhood to detach its wire from the long line and to use it ; and it was found that while it was impossible to , send a despatch along the whole was established through a line, a perfect c ommunicatio n part of it. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1869, " GARIBA Our readers will have a lively recollection of the pa pers paragraphs which went the rou nd of the daring the war in Northern Ita l y res p ecting an Englishman attached to General Garibaldi's corps d'orinee. Terrible stories were told of his coolness and unfailing accuracy of aim. He surp assed, it was truly said, even the sharpshooters or " that Hun ters of the Alps." But it was untruly stated he shot down human laeings for sport merely', as he would game o , and was indiffer ent to ther cause of Italian independence. We have the honu of Captain Peard's acquaintanc e, and, from our. knowledge of his sentiments , we are convioe4 of the that he is a fearless and devot ed friend his lif e ' glorious cause to which he has de dicated He requests us to give insertion to the folloWing letter : " Quartiere Generale del Generale Garibaldi, Modena, Sept. 5. "My dear Sir,—An extract from the Daily No! has been sent to me from England, containing such gross falsehoods regarding me that I shal l fee obliged (for doubtless they.have been copied.intei the local papers) if you will insert this nil e llia ur of the statements there made. I had the hdono of being acuainte4 with the accredit ed correspon dent of thatjournal in Brescia; he knows as far as he is concerned that they are false, and more then this, I declare the writer knew them to be so the time he penned the lines. lst.—' Wh enele k r he had killed an Austrian, he was seen to tii r d, him down in his pocket-book.'' 2d.--, He was k in d . enough to show me his book.' No 2is a gross and wilful falsehood. I never marked down a n y Au a . trian either ' dead' or ' uncertain,' and never shag!' .any one ' my book,' for one simple reason, thai.n.' nad none to show. 3d.—' He assured me he 13 ,: - . 0 fosses the utmost indifference to the cause of 'tar o independence.' This is as false as the rest. I P a o never expressed any feeling but one of devotion. _ the cause of suffering Italy. Had such been the case I should scarcely have come 700 or 80 followedlilt to join General Garibaldi's corps, have shores him on foot from the banks of the P o to the °o of the Lago di Garda, and afterward s to the Stelvi b js and exposed my life in every one obfulie,,ttso, engagements, not only to the Austrian u but also to an Austrian halter—for the a Deutsche Post announced that I should be hang e d if made prisoner. 4th.—' He is like one m ho those Italian Condottieri of the mid dle ages, er made war for pleasure, without inquiringD vf ei. 0: the cause he served was the wrong or the right one; Not only is the oppression and tyranny of then' be trian rule such that in England it can neither conceived nor credited, but the gross brutalitiesboeth ercised towards the persons of the Italianof civilised sexes are such as to be execrated by all u 0 marked fair Italy for his prey, but nations. From the days of Attila, the Il e % his barbarous hordes could not have committed amore frightful outrages than those of their descendaorg It has been my pride to carry my rifle in t he Pl od of the Italian army, and still greater to bay e manser as under and won the friendship of such 5 1 'l5 Guiseppe Garibaldi. ' Dieu et mon Droit' is Ita 5" , have follow motto. May God defend the right. I my general through the plains and in,eu.„etilai io n( as he draws his sword for this noble Upper Italy, and will continue to follow w"' -8 pe ople. Attila an or_ Like the rest of his devoted followers, it m a in or indifferent whether his camp is on the ra °lll3l la the the plain, on the banks of the Ticino or the . ° n th' Arno or the Tiber. He has only . to sal.' A ; „ l t a the and the cry that has so often carried par" into our -hearted oe enemy's ranks, ' Viva Garibaldi,' will rise from so hearts through the hills and vales of 1ta9.. m 0, my dear sir, yours faithfully, Jars W. ' - ort l'lnglese con Garibaldi."—Plymouth a nd Dev° 7ll) Journal. ___.--.... COUNTRY MARNBTA MANCHESTER—SEPT. 14. . There was a moderate demand for new Enos: stoi and good samples advanced is per qr. French viLle -3d per 701bs higher, with a languid market. Fk3lir teal ) " lb for rather more money, but where sales wer e effe fA were without alteration. Old oats steady ; n ew bs lower. New oatmeal rather cheaper. Beaus °" t ro thar slowly, and declined is per qr. Indian corn brough over previous rates. BIRMINGHAM—SEPT• 14. There was a short supply of new 'wheat tunt. 00-dpoll: the attendance was moderate. A trifling amonrofec, ness doing at is to 2 s more money. Barley is in irlearer' demand, and maintained quotations—fine sor ts is Beans, peas, and oats dull, but no cheaper. PLYMOUTH—SEPT. 13. „,•,, sit' This market is quiet. Wheat in retail sale. 1 '4 3/ %o' ing season not having commenced there is but little il b ite for barley. New oats in steady demand. English, 42 0 wheat, 44. to 46s barley, 42s to 44s per qr ; French ( 4° :/ ol d to 43s ; grinding 27, to 28s ; oats, 20s to 240 / flour, fine ; 33s to 34s ; seconds, 31s to 325. BOSTON—SEPT. 14. f 011 We had a good attenda nce and the supply very6d to fair l ° ri• kinds of grain. In whea t to-day prices were of qr advance for fine samples of both old and new, bn . ,.. t Yet. and damp qualities were unaltered, with a firm vo' Spring corn steady, at former prices. , 531 Wheat .36s to 42s Oats.... ........ 183 to i so White do .42s to 47s Beans ......... .40s to 4 45 . Barley .3os to 405 Peas ......... ..: • 36° t° Averages for the week : Wheat ........ 2,591 qrs., at ........ 395 93 Peas ....... .... 297 „ ........ 40s 5d Beans ........ 343 „ ......•• 425 4 3J 5 8ar1ey......... 5/ / ............. la Oats 1 ,7 15 10 , . Oi 4 203 4 d •/ Rye • , LOUTH—SEPT. 14. lin c A greater amount of business was done to-daYa,t rea andmixed, rices were at no advance on last week, viz•O vile ' s ort. a old and new, 40s to 45s per qr. In otle s o, no thing of consequence doing. Oats , 21s to 24s ; 07 43s to 465; barley, 38s to 425. EDINBURGH GRAIN--SEPT. 14. Sales were ready to-day. Wheat on the top is Od up... ...... average Os 9cl:, up, Barley on the top Os - 9 d down average Os 1 1 "" Oats on the top 2s 6d up... 2d average Os 6d 1 1 1: 0 ';0, Beans on the top 2s Od up ... averag e Os " Averages per Imperial quarter. heat.... ....... . ...... £2 4 3 6-12ths W . 2 2 5 3-12ths New ................. Barley . ................ 1 14 7 85-12ths -12ths Oats . .................. 1 510 2 7 0 11 - 12 ths Beans ......... . ......... Tota plyl Sup a nd Sales. Wheat .......• 797 qrs Sold 621 qrs Barley... ..... 2101 q rs Sold 1963 qrs Oats ......... . 921 qrs Sold 899 qrs 8ean5........ 83 qrs Sold 49 qrs CORK—SEPT. 14. The following were the quotations this morningl 15 4 wheat, 18s Od to 20s 61; white, 17s Od to 23s Od; bar ' 3 + Od to 15s 6d; oats, 9s Od to lls Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—SEPT. 13..„ peg The supply of fat stock to-day was good, 11 1 ‘,;',.,1 fair attendance of buyers; high prices were ,at,,'"1,.; a clearance was scarcely effected. Sheep and 'lwywhi'' in very large supply, at fully late rates, most o sold. were disposed of. Fat pigs numerous, andi well to 7 id Beef Mutton .. ' Lamb 74d to —d Rough fat, .3d Pe Hides, 3id to 51d ; calf skins, 6 d to 61-d• [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills an d Oifiti t Influenza, Fever.—The summer month s are Pec,,t prone to produce catarrh and influenza fro m the dosedtit relaxing the system and the open pores being 00 00 0 sudden draughts. Early attention and effective tre ora ting are always required to prevent such cases from degellard into fever, the termination of which is ever 1 161 oats Under the highest temperaments Holloway' col if) tb t di( etually control all formidable symptoms lessen the nervous irritation, and thorougillY rileuredll temporary congestion of blood. A staffed chest s pia its Holloway's ointment. Fever, cough, hea rsene lsi the side, restlessness, and weakness cannot re:, purif,— yreld - to these remedies, which cast off all disease s solids and fluids, and invigorating every orgall• BIRTHS. DASIIWOOD.—On the 14th inst., at 2, Lyall-street,wl;a, grave-square, the wife of Henry AVilliara Da sil - Esq., of a daughter. EA RNSHAW.—On the 14th inst , at South Lambeth, A. Earnshaw, of a son.. 0. EnwAuns.—On the 14th inst , at 41, Leinster-seron! Bayswater, the wife of Robert . Edwards, Esq ., ' af f : ter LEHMANN.—On the 15th inst., at 139, W es tbouril - i o ck, r a ce, Hyde-park, the wi fe of Frederick Lehi:olo4 of a son. MARRIAGES. A 8 10 0 4 111 STAFFORD—GERAILD.—On the 13th inst., at —, r ose.t,' Mackerfield, the Right Hon. Lord Stafford, 0 ' f Fro; Norfolkshire, to Emma Eliza Gerard, dauglat er 0 d e .Aci(tAEns,sh (),:. siiifli ,sq G i ~,aioEi., ,s e rr,Aeß r e or : : : : :i. d sg: belaßaiod E ennuter ' gs s , ? q trtroi::: . dl,:sAd,,ohn.:Bfis.r.:Apae:s:to.:_.nc,ul3.ooAolpffntHGTastioaihrirurnesGsweilesl,ool2.Loar(tgekix.:rinalass,th.i:ea,tB:, tTsiios: , . 31 009 to Anne Parkes, eldest daughter of T . Gr e a lle Y; ;;lelli°C.l3°: s $a Q. 13.01 FORD.—On the 14th inst., Celia, wife of Thool-iibsoa. ford, Esq., of the Treasury, Whitehall, and °f ' ~-, +bailie BROCKtEHURST.— On the 13th inst., at o , : . p(l 4 Hall, near Macclesfield, William Brocklehurs4 aged 76. • resi delic t e l ' a s .-T r O at n fo t r h a o le2otlhlinins,st.E, ssuqd.,deonflyi Herefordshire, aged 74. Aug., BAwKINB.—On the 24th at Port o N f r93 : t. p i 11 ::: 11151', irl i v:i i lf r : jo iraa; Clinton F. B. Dawkins, Esq., Receiver -Gen dad, W.l.road' Mid dle G eo r ge VALLANCE.—On the 14th inst., at 3, St. , the Eccleston-square, Thomas Valiance, Esc' / c" . the Temple, aged 23. Jam es's-P lace' pa l° WESLEY.—On the 14th inst., at 3, St. Jan'n..,./ . , e Cha P.ey, Charles Wesley, D.D., Sub-Dean of II ' ;vi. Royal, &c., aged 65. = Nc f L OND ON : Printed and Published —by—is-11J100 Yo iO. 1 1/, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sie, Office, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy'. iddlesex, Friday, September 16, 1569. in the conu., ,1811211Alsr." ;~: ~.'f. _ - ;