The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-30 00:00:00

THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. With THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Followed by HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. And MALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. MEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL 11 Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Benj. Webster. Last Five Nights of Vie' Summer Season. Last Two Nights of the Flowers of the Forest and The Babes in the Wood. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE FLOWERS OF TEM FOREST. Messrs. Billington, Stuart, P. Bedford, C. Marshall' C. J. Smith, Garden ; Miss Marian Lacey, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. C. Marshall, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. On Thursday for the Benefit of Mr. Carter, Treasurer. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to serv ants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL, After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Bwanboroug - h. Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETHnow .produced The whole of the first Act of this Opera, for the first time in this count r y (the remaining the CAN three acts being in course of rehearsal) , is su n g nightly at TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, eonsisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios evc: 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 p e rform T WICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, An as THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BARomErsu-29.63. WIND, Westerly; rather fresh, with cloudy weather and sunshine. There was heavy rain last night. THREE O'CLOCR.—Dark clouds and thunderstorm-- lightning and rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY. —Morning, 3h. sm.—Afternoon, 3h. 25m. To-Monno*-Morning, 3h. 45m.—Afternoon, 4h. sm. The accounts from abroad all harp more or less oa the state of Italy, and what will be done with the Duchies and their deservedly exiled Princes. One thing is very clear, that the Emperor NAPO LEON is playing a game of his own wholly at variance with that attempted by his imperial brother FRANCIS JOSEPH. In fact, it is a family affair altogether, and a sharp question of rivalry. How it may end is not so easy to foresee ; but if NAPOLEON be true to his promise to the now free ..._ and enthusiastic Italians, he will not in the long run have cause for regret. The Emperor of AUSTRIA may bluster without remedy. He had better reform at home before he stretch too far into what are now foreign lands to him. So long as he puts faith in the councils of antiquated German Counts and the Cardinals of Rome so long must he lay his account to trouble and civil war throughout his very disjointed and separate nationalities. it is only by a system of moderation, prudent counsels, and more beneficent rule that he can hope to amalgamate the various peoples into a harmonious whole, and render his empire ten times more strong, more faithful, and more happy than at present. The Constitutionnel has a very significant article on the Duchies. It says that it is not the wish of the Emperor NAPOLEON to follow the errors of the ancient Austrian policy, whose armed intervention in the affdirs of the Italian Peninsula has ceased for ever ! This is pretty strong. Italy owes her independence to France, and France will not take away from her to-day what she had given her yesterday. We hope not. Meantime the people in the Duchies, and in fact throughout Central Italy, are busy in laying their freedom at the feet of the King of SARDINIA, who, if he accepts their homage, may form a kingdom sufficiently strong and compact to insure the inde pendence of the whole. Our only fear is, how far the Emperor NAPOLEON will permit this truly national fraternization. If he persists in having his own way in the very teeth of the people, the wor t may ensue for both. It is not likely that England will look on unconcerned and allow the Italians merely to exchange one master for another, merely to please NAPOLEON at the expense of the people. On this perplexing question we find the follow ing in the Paris correspondence of the Times, dated yesterday :—" Austria, suspecting she has been been mystified, still appesls to the stipulations of Villafranca ; Piedmont declares that these stipula tions are no concern of hers; Cen d tral Italy is go EM ing on her way thus far fairly enough ; an the - PEROR Napoleon is silent and impenetrable. Nothing would better suit him than the submission of that population to their fugitive Dukes, if he really desired their restoration. Whether he does or no, the deliberate acts of the Tuscans and Modenese are a great difficulty in the way of the peace of Zurich. Count REISSET has failed in his mission to Central Italy; so probably will Prince PoNIATOWSKI, if it be for the same object—namely, to coax the Central Italians to call back their runaway Princes. Finding this rather difficult, every species of argument is used to induce the King of SARDINIA to refuse the annexation so in compatible with the conditions offered by FRANCIS JOSEPH. Indeed, I learn that at Turin France is employing her utmost efforts to induce VICTOR EMMANUEL to turn a deaf ear to the Duchies. Intrigues, entreaties a little too ener getic, are employed for that purpose. As yet they have been disregarded ; the KING holds out, and with the exception of one of the Ministers, who hesitates, the majority of the Cabinet are stanch. The opinion at Turin is that these t hi ngs may retard the annexation, but -will not prevent it. When it is remem bered that the Emperor NAPOLEON braved -much unpopularity among his own people :by the war in Italy, sacrificed 30,000 or 40,000 men and 500,000,000 of francs, hi s Own re pose, and, in case of serious disaster, imperilled his dynasty, all to destroy Auitrian. influence in Italy, otte may wonder what can be hismotive in tryi ng to prevent the annexationls of Tuscmany to Piedmont. ,is clear that he does not desire the return of Aus trian influence in Italy, but it is not so clear that he desires Iralian independence, but rather the sub st;tution of French preponderance for that which he hag so lately fought against. ,for h This e caleulatcs will flai,`ter the vanity of the nation, and make it forgt thy' sacrifices the war has caused. If the anne xatiGA of Piedmont be prevented by intrigues at Turin or Central Italy, by the refusal of VICTOR EX,W.,NUEL, Of by the acts of the agents in Tuscany and. Modena, these Duchies, abandoned to them sel v es,, might be called upon to make their choice be twee nAustria and France—between the dethroned B 'ukes a .aad. the General of the sth Division who has re ndered such services to the Duchies, Prince .. _ , 4 ,‘:* „ :'.., ~ 7 , - r it . ,i,..,- _. , . • ~. , ..„„N r ,...._. ~,,,..„,.....h„ ....:•, 1 ,,.,.._ ‘O,, ......,... 0 ,,, Drz oi r ... ,rni.„.• olibust ow l4, .4.,";,4, . ow' .t. 4 0, •• ~-,, - • , 'gm ' r.- - • ...., THE SUN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1859. NAPOLEON (FiTz-JERomE). The matter appears to be very complicated. The knot is a difficult one to untie ; we must only hope that it will not have to beundone in the summary fashion of ALEPANDER• " The Nord of Brussels states that an opinion exists among the best informed persons at Turin that King VICTOR EMMANUEL will accept the principle of the sovereignty of the Duchies when it shall be offered officially. It is not believed that the question of the Duchies will he discussed or regulated at Zurich in its present state. If the restoration of their Sovereigns had been accepted by the people the ar rangement of the differences existing between the Dukes and their subjects might be submitted to the Conference, inasmuch as in that case the question would not affect the international law of Europe ; but the moment the violation of treaties is the mat ter to be considered an European congress alone is competent. The Nord adds that the idea of a European congress is making progress, and that M. DE BALABINE has communicated a note to the Austrian Government, in which the Emperor of RUSSIA insists strongly on the necessity of assem bling a congress." According to MILTON it was with a sound of dulcet harmonies that the Palace of Pandemonium rose like an exhalation. How very different, in deed, it has been with that grand bran new Gothic palace of ours down at Westminster. It has grown up among the noxious exhalations of the river be side it, in the midst of one incessant jangle of dis cord. Everyone who has had anything at all to do with its construction has been at loggerheads with somebody else in the same predicament. And these unceasing discords have been droned on, and on, and on, from the very commencement even until now, "to the tune of"—from £3,000,000 to £4,000,000 ! The wrangling has revolved all this while, as might have been conjectured, about the devoted head of the architect. His head, indeed, was, in a manner so to speak, the natural and rightful centre. From the brain of Sir CHARLES BARRY, in reality, the whole confusion originally emanated—what though that confusion has by others than Sir CHARLES BARRY been considerably worse confounded. The principal internal decora- tor, the late gifted A. W. PUGIN, was oily re moved from the certainty of being more or less dragged into this apparently inevitable and seem ingly interminable system of squabbling by his pre mature demise—PuGlN's lamented death occurring in the very noonday of his great powers both as an architect and an archeologist. Dr. REID, on the contrary, to whose skill the ventilation of the whole building had been confided at one time, became at length involved in such a tornado of accusations and reprehensions, that after himself blowing up a good many people, he had his own " shining light" suddenly extinguished. He raised a breeze that was certainly not by any means anti cipated—a breeze that grew at last to an angry hurricane of sounds in both Houses of Parliament. To that storm he had to succumb. He yielded at last to the force of an anticlimax, as whimsical in its way as though iEOLUS had had his bladders pricked, and had been thereupon constrained to re tire into private life. The ventilator, and his scheme of ventilation, were both of them, in Par liamentary slang, so thoroughly ventilated them selves in debate, in the Lords and Commons, that the whole scheme at last was blown avy in very dis gust. The very atmosphere of the legislative palace being thus both infected and disturbed, the material out of which it was built was next, almost as a matter of course, discovered to be another fruitful source of irritated and irritating discussion. It was found to be perishing before the structure was actually yet completed. That particular de scription of stone had been chosen as the most durable, as well as the most easily worked in the way of elaborate Gothic ornamentation. Yet the pile is not yet finished, when lo ! the solid stone is crumbling away under the merest atmospheric in fluences ! The entire design, you observe, was being carried out with such an extreme of over-caution that it was proving to be altogether too clever by half : and vaulting ambition was again overleaping it self. Applications of a w ishy- washy kind had in some way or another to be applied to the decaying sur face with a view to its artificial hardening—and so at last we began to hear no more of that. Then the bells took up the wrangle and the jangle in their turn—led off by the biggest of them all, Old Big Ben. The clatter, there, was only stopped by Big Ben making a little too much of himself -when, as by a necessary consequence, and as any one might have conjectured would prove to be the case, Old Big Ben was found to be " cracked." He had to be broken up. and fairly went to pot in the melting furnace. Then came his alter ego, the pre sent sonorous occupant of that noble clock-tower and belfry, the fitting campanile of our ancient city of Westminster. Scarcely had the grand bourdon raised his voice, a voice that might have penetrated the deafness and gladdened the brain of QUASIMODO, when first one ca viller and then another began to grumble at it— one condemning it as funereal, another declaring its tone to be in some way impeded, though all the rest of London loves the sound of it now as most harmonious; and though that sound travels always through the night air as far as Kensington, and when the wind sets fair, can be heard even " most musical, most melancholy," ten miles off, upon the hill at Richmond. Now, appropriately enough, in the midst of all the hubbub of the Strike, rises suddenly an uproar about the Clock, and the Clock Tower, and the Dial, and the hands. Mr. E. B. DENISON has half-a.dozen letters to write, and so has Sir C. BARRY. There is a good deal to be said upon one side and another, about the late Mr. DENT and the present Mr. DENT. Mr. DENISON, writing throughout this controversy about the clock in a mood half angry, half comical—producing an effect when combined, wholly coarse and incon gruous. According to Mr. DENISON, nobody at all is in fault but—that universal scapegoat—Sir C. BARRY ! Now, really, without affecting to be for an instant Sir C. BARRY'S advocate or defender, we cannot but protest, in mere fair play, against this reiterated, tedious, tiresome, merely cuckoo-cry of complaint and reproach against Sir C. BARRY. It has latterly become too much the fashion to assail and depreciate him. Everybody seems to have a stone to throw at him in passing. We believe him to be in many respects blameworthy. His original estimates, for example, were monstrously miscalculated. But to malign him perpetually, i to treat him with this storm of abuse and nothing but abuse, we do regard as a course not one jot less monstrously miscalculated. When Mr. DENismg and his frivolous little spiteful letters against Sir CHARLES BARRY are forgotten, Sir CHARLES BARRY'S architectural masterpiece will survive centuries hence as a monumental attestation of his genius—survive even though it might be in the picturesque ruins that will lend an additional c harm of effect to the masses of debris sketched from the broken arch of London-bridge by Lori MACAULAY'S New Zealander. We published a table yesterday, entitled " Irish Agricultural Statistics," compiled very carefully and with great judgment by WILLIAM DONNELLY, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1859. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUG. 30. The Constitzttionnel, in an article on the Duchies, says :—" The Emperor having agreed at Villa franca to the restoration of the former reigning Pr;nces, has made heard (a fait entendre) words of reconciliation in the Duchies. His Majesty has not yet given up all hope of success, and will fulfil loyally to the end his disinterested mission ; but if be should not succeed to reunite the Princes and the peoples in mutual accord, it is not his intention to force either the one or the other. (Mais s'il ne reussit pas de reunir les Princes et les peuples dans uns mutuel accord, it n'entend violenter ni les uns ni les autres.) It is not the wish of his Majesty to follow the errors of the ancient Austrian policy, whose armed intervention in the affairs of the Peninsula has ceased for ever. (II ne vent pas suivre les errements de l'ancienne politique Autri chienne, dont l'intervention armee dans les affaires de la Peninsule a cessee pour toujours.) We have given to the Italian peoples advice which we be lieve wise and prudent, which, if they do not fol- low, it will grieve us, but which we could not press upon them by force. To us Italy owes her inde pendence ; we shall not take away again from her what we have given her yesterday." 'Fie formation of eight military districts, the head-quarters of which would be at Nantes, is about to be completed. TURIN, AUG. 29. The deputation conveying the vote of the Tus can people for their annexation to Sardinia leaves Florence to-day. Orders have been given at Genoa and Turin to receive the deputation with great solemnity. Advices from Bologna, of the 28th inst., state that the elections throughout the Romagna had taken place with the greatest tranquillity and order. The official Piednzontese Gazette gives a denial to the reports of political dissension existing among the members of the Sardinian Cabinet. Count Arese left yesterday evening for Paris. The first re suits of the electoral assemblies of Bologna are the following :—Count Bentivoglio, Prince Hercolani, Prince Simonetti, Count Marsili, Signor Minchetti, and Signor Allessandrini. MODENA, AUG, 29. A deputation of the National Assembly, com posed of the Commandeur Malincini (President), Marquis Fontanelli, and Count Ariani, has left to-day for Paris, entrusted with a special mission to his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111. FLORENCE, AuG. 29 The departure of the deputation of the Nationa' Assembly for Turin has been delayed for severd days. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, BOURSE, Aug. 27.—The market has been steady, with business dull. Threes, after improving from 69f. 10c. to 69f. 20c., are now again at 69f. 10c. ; Mobilier, varied from 832 f. 50c. to 827 f. 50c. ; Austrian, 557 f. 50c. to 560 f. ; Lombard, 556 f. 25c. to 557 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,327 f. 50e. ; to 1,355 f. ; Lyons, 870 f. to ,868 fr. 75c. ; Southern, 512 f. 50c. to 510 f. ; Northern, 925 f. to 922 f. 50c. The following were the, last quotations :- 41 per Cents. .... 98 Credit Foncier 665 Do. end month .. 97 901 Belgian 4t — 3 per Cents 69 10 Piedmonteso (5) .. 87 -- Do. end month 69 10 Romr - 1 B6 Bank Shares. 2BOO Austrian Credit Mobilier 827 50 Spanish Threes Do. Account 830 , Home Debt 42 25 Esq., the Registrar-General for Ireland. The main object seems to be to show the relative progress made in the several counties and provinces in the cultivation of flax. In Ulster the increase in the number of acres under flax is, for 1859, no less than 43,873 over the year 1858, being about one half the total number of acres, viz., 86,385 against 130,258 acres in 1859 ! This is progressing with a bound in the province of Ulster ! Now in the other three provinces the tide of improvement is at a very low ebb indeed ; for in Munster the total of 1859 is less by 40 acres than that in 1858. In Lein ster, on the contrary, there is a small improvement of 290 acres in the present year ; while in Con naught the improvement is about double that, being 537 acres. The total acreage under flax in Ireland in 1858, was 91,646, while in 1859, it amounted to 136,613 acres. The growth of flax seems to have been neglected for the years 1855,1856, and 1857 ; and why is to us a puzzle. If it were in spirits we can understand than an increase in the duties of excise might be a reason, but in a purely agricultural production, such as flax, the thing is unaccount able. We are of opinion that the produce of flax might be increased four-fold in a very short period ; but the question arises will it pay ?—We think it would—but the farmers must be the best judges. DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN FOR SCOTLAND. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa, arrived at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon from Osborne. Her Majesty was escorted from the Nine-elms station by a detachment of cavalry. At half-past eight o'clock last evening her Majes ty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the younger members of the royal family, left Bucking ham Palace for the King's-cross station of the Great Northern Railway, where a special train was in attendance to convey the illustrious party to Scotland. Mr. Packe, M.P., was in attendance on the part of the board of directors to receive her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Consort alone occupied the state saloon, which was fitted up with great taste as a sleeping apartment. The Princesses occupied a second saloon with Lady Churchill, and a third was devoted to the accommodation of the young princes. The train left King's-cross punctually at nine o'clock, and is timed to arrive at Edinburgh at eight o'clock this morning. YORK, TUESDAY, 2.15 A.M The Queen arrived at the North-Eastern Junc tion, outside the walls of this city, five minutes before the appointed time. Her Majesty was attended throughout the journey from King's-cross by Mr. Hussey Packe, M.P., deputy-chairman, and Mr. Astell, M.P., one of the directors of the Great Northern Railway. -- - At Biggleswade, - where the first stoppage for water took place, her Majesty expressed her perfect satisfaction with the arrangements made for her convenience and comfort. Shortly afterwards the curtains of the royal carriage were drawn, the lights dimmed, and her Majesty retired to rest. The royal train stopped at the appointed stations, viz. :—Peterborough, Newark, and Doncaster; but the royal travellers made no sign at either place and were not disturbed. Mr. Denison, chairman of the Great Northern Company, was in attendance at the Doncaster station. The directors of the North Eastern Railway have just taken silent charge of the royal train, which has proceeded on its northward journey. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] EDINBURGH, TUESDAY, 8.15 a.m. The Queen alighted at St. Margaret's station at eight o'clock, and immediately proceeded through the Park to Holyrood amid the acclamations of her Scottish subjects. The Prince of Wales met his illustrious parents at St. Margaret's station. The Queen's arrival was announced by a royal salute from the Castle heights. The journey throughout has been performed without the slightest interruption. THE GREAT EASTERN. Few or no policies of insurance have been taken out on the Great Eastern at Lloyd's, the under writers being generally unwilling to transact any business until the completion of the trial trip. Almost the only reason assigned for this course is the possibility of the vessel not getting safely out out of the Thames. It appears that some hours previously to the pub lication of Mr. Lever's amended offer to charter the Great Eastern a reply had been sent by the com pany again declining to entertain his proposition. There was, therefore, no occasion for its being paraded before the public. A letter in a contemporary says :—As all Ameri cans must take the same interest in the success of the Great Eastern steam-ship as Englishmen, I feel sure that any views or ideas that may emanate from one of the former will not be unacceptable in an undertaking which will redound so much to the enterprise and genius of the Anglo-Saxon race. Although I am a Philadelphian, and the citizens of that city are accused of mercantile jealousy towards New York, still every American knows thatN?,w York is the great centre of trade for the United States, and New York is the only city that the Great Eastern should be sent to, if she crosses the Atlantic. A- though Portland may have its advantages as a safe harbour, still its great distance from all trade and travel will create so many difficulties in reaching it, that one of the principal sources of making her I first trip "pay" will be completely annulled. At the season of the year she would reach New York, that city will be crowded with merchants from all sections of the States making their fall purchases. Also with the many southern families returning from northern watering places, besides the immense population of New York and surrounding cities. Now, if the Great Eastern is open to visitors upon paying a fee while at New York she would be crowded for at least two weeks, and would reap the benefit of the immense influx of strangers in New York at that season, which she would not do if sent to that out-of-the-way place Portland. And, moreover, from the central position of New York, with the gaieties of a large city and her immense hotels, thousands would avail themselves of an opportunity of making a trip to that gay city in conjunction with a visit to the " big ship." The amount she would receive from visitors, if Eent to New York, would be no small item, and, I think. should not be overlooked in selecting her place of destination in the United States. I have been led to address these few lines to you from the spirited offers of Mr.l,ever. to the company, and the judgment he has shown in selecting New York as her destina tion, as every American will agree with him that that city is the only one she should go to, instead of an out of-the-way town. I have crossed the Atlantic upwaras of 20 times, and know full well the difficulties cf navigation in St. George's Channel and off the Irish coast, and think no safer port could be selected for her departure than Galway, as in a few hours she would be safe on the broad Atlantic with her im mense cargo of human beings. CUSTOM-HOUSE, THREE O'CLOCK This magnificent ship, the largest in the world, was this day officially entered "outwards" at the Custom-house, by the commander, Captain Harri son; her destination being named New York. On Friday evening last his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales attended for the fourth time the perform ances at the Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh. The first piece played was the melodrama of " Belplieg-or," in which Charles Dillon appeared. The second piece was " The Irish Lion," and the third the burlesque of "Kenilworth." In one of the intervals between the pieces the orchestra played the Queen's Anthem, the whole audience, including the prince, rising ; and a loud cheer was afterwards given for his Royal Highness, who very gracefully acknowledged the general salutation. Lord and Lady Chelmsford and the Hon. Miss Thesiger are expected at the family residence in Eaton square at the close of the week, from a tour in Switzerland. Lord and Lady Alfred Paget arrived at Melford Hall, Suffolk, on Wednesday last, from a cruise off the nor thern coast of Scotland. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account Orleans Northern 925 .. 925 New ditto BO7 50 .. Lyons and l\Liditerranean B6B 75 .. 86S 75 Geneva 535 •• —-- Southern ...... Western 570 .. 567 50 Eastern Sardinian ....... 415 .. 415 Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f 10c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 e.; money, 24f. 95c. THE BRAZIL MAIL. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office : LISBON, AUG. 29. The Tasmanian has arrived from the Brazils and leaves this evening for Southampton. She brings, besides the mails, 97 passengers, specie of the value of £26,610, and £13,200 worth of diamonds. The Oneida from Australia was at Monte Video on the Ist of August for coal. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Teutonia, Captain Heusen, has arrived at Cowes, from New York, with mails of the 15th. She brings 250,000 dols. for England and 1,200 dols. for Hamburg. She spoke the ship Peynot in lat. 42.20 long 53.38 on the 20th August, Royal Adelaide in lat 48.28 long. 27.30 on the 25th, White Star in lat 48.53 long. 17.50 on the 27th, May Queen in lat 49.30 long. 13.13 on the 28th. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, AUG, 30. The steamship La Plata, Capt. Weller, has arrived, bringing 78 passengers, a full cargo, and a million and a quarter of dollars. The Paramatta still remained on shore. Popular riots, originating in some alleged public grievan ce, had occurred in the town of Falmouth Jamaica ; two persons shot dead, and several others seriously wounded. Troops present from Kingston, and the riots suppressed. The weather at Jamaica was pleasant, and the public health good. The market for breadstuffs at Barbadoes was in active, demand light, and sales small. Weather favourable for cultivation. Health good. The old sugar crop was nearly all shipped, and amounted to over 36,000 hhds., 2,715 tierces, and 5,615 barrels. The ship Plantagenet, 807 tons, was burnt in Demerara harbour nn the 27th of July, and sunk ; she was to have sailed on the following day with a cargo of sugar, rum. cocoa, nuts, and hides. About 100 packages of sugar were recovered after the ship sunk, very much damaged. News from the West India Islands and the Paci fic very unimportant. The steamer Lima, at Valparaiso, from Liverpool, reports total loss of the British barque Annie Baker, which ran ashore off tape Horn, and was a total wreck. Captain and crew taken to Valparaiso. The Paris correspondent of the Independance writes :--" Letters from Marseilles state that a very general feeling of discontent prevails amongst the merchants of Sweden, Deninaik, Holland, and especially of the Vnited States, at the extraordi nar y e ff or t s w hi c h are being made by the British Government to enlist the sailors of those nations English agents are offering no less than £8 buunty and 1-t Bs. per month for men. The consequence is that there . is an almost general desertion of men, and the merchants of these nations find it almost i m p o s s ible to man their ships. These men are taken to Malta in the first instance, and are from thence conveyed to the different maritime stations where they are required." A return of the receipts of railways in Spain for 1858, gives a total of £657,000 on 510 miles (English) of line. For the first half of the present year, on 651 miles opened, the receipts have been £374,000. TITE LAT 'H RUNT. The following sketch of the leading events of I.cigh Hunt's life is taken from that comprehensive storehouse of personal information, the " English Cyclopmdia of Biography," conducted by Mr. Charles Knight : Hunt, James Henry Leigh, was born at South gate, in Middlesex, Oct. 19, 1784. His father, by birth a West Indian, had married an American lady, and was residing in North America when the War of Independence 1 7 .:troke out. Taking the layalist side in the strife, he was obliged to flee to England, where he took orders in the English Church, and was for some t' me tutor to Mr. Leigh, nephew of the Duke of Chandos. Of several sons Leigh be came the most distinguished ; he was educated, as his friends Coleridge, Charles Lamb, and Barnes, afterwards well known as editor of the Times, had been, at Christ's Hospital, London ; and even while there he revealed his natural genius for literature by numerous attempts in verse, some of which were published in 1802 by his father, under the title of " Juvenilia, or a Collection of Poems written be tween the ages of twelve and sixteen." After leav ing Christ's Hospital, at the age of fifteen, he was for some time in the office of one of his brothers, who had become an attorney, and afterwards he had a situation in the War-office. While in these employments he contributed to various periodicals •, writing, more especially, theatrical criticism,. and literary articles for a weekly newspaper which had been started in 1805 by his elder brother, John Hunt. Of his theatrical criticisms, which were in a style then quite new, a selection was published in 1807 in a more lasting form, in a volume of " Cri tical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres." In 1808 Mr. Hunt left the War-office, at the age of twenty-four, to become joint editor and proprietor of the Examiner newspaper—a jour nal, the high reputation of which, both for liberal politics and literary ability, was first acquired under the management of the Hunts. The reputation, however, was not acquired, in those days of politi cal persecution, without some serious personal consequences .to the partners. Although more literary than political in his tastes, the articles of Leigh Hunt, as well as those of his brother, were of a kind -to give offence to the ruling powers of the day ; and several occasions the Examiner had to stand a government prosecution. On the first occasion, in 1810, when the cause of offence was an article on the Regency, reflecting on the rule of George 111., the prosecution was abandoned; on the second, which was caused in 1811 by an ar ticle on Flogging in the Army, the brothers were tried before Lord Ellenborough, but being defended by Mr. Brougham, were acquitted by the jury ; on the third, however, when the cause was an article referring to the Prince Regent in rather severe terms, and calling him " an Adonis of fifty," the brothers were sentenced to pay a fine of £5OO each and to two years' imprisonment. The imprison ment, though actually undergone, was lightened by the public sympathy with the captives ; and Leigh Hunt describes the two years as being spent very pleasantly amid flowers and books, with occasional visits from friends, such as Byron, Moore, Charles Lamb, Shelley, and Keats, some of whom he then became acquainted with for the first time. Keats's sonnet, " Written on the Day that Mr. Leigh Hunt left Prison," is a fine poetical expression of the af fection with which Mr. Hunt was regarded at that time by a wide circle of literary friends. Among the literary fruits of his leisure in prison, published after his release, were " The Descent of Liberty, a masque," 1815 ; " The Feast of the Poets, with notes, and other pieces, in verse," 1815 ; and the well-known " Story of Rimini," 1816—the last of which gave the author at once a place among the poets of the day. In 1818 appeared " Foliage, or Poems, ori g inal, and translated from the Greek of Homer, Theocritus, Bion and I\losehus, and Ano , creon, and from the Latin of Catullus." About the same time Mr. Hunt started the Indicator, a small weekly paper, on the model of the Queen Anne Essayists. In 1823 hp published " Ultra-Crepidarius, a Satire on - William Gifford"—a retaliation on the " Quarterly Review" for its severe treatment of the schoolof poetry to which Mr. Hunt:was most closely related. Before this satire was published, however, Mr. Hunt, whose circumstances had not recovered from the confusion into which they were thrown by his imprisonment and by the expenses of the E'rami ner,hadaccepted an invitation from Shelley and Lord Byron, and gone over to Italy (1822) to assist them in carrying on The Liberal, a journal the opinions of which were to be of an extreme kind, both in politics and literature. The death of his kindest friend. Shelley, at the very moment of his arrival (July 22), was a heavy blow to his fortunes; and, though Mr. Hunt lived for a time under the same roof with Lord Byron, the connection was not of a kind to last. The Liberal was discontinued — Byron and Hunt parted, less mutually friends than when they had met. Byron. died in 1824; and after living with his family some time in Italy Mr. Hunt returned to England. The publication in 1828 of " Lord Byron and some of his Contempo raries, with Recollections of the Author's Life and his Visit to Italy," gave much offence to Lord Byron's admirers, and especially to Moore • and M. Hunt has himself subsequently declared the criticisms of Byron's personal character and beha viour there contained to be unnecessarily harsh and bitter. In 1828 Mr. Hunt (who had meanwhile been contributing largely, together with Lamb, Hazlitt, &c., to various periodicals, including the London Magazine) started The Companion, a kind of sequel to the Indicator ; and the Indicator and Companion, republished together in 1834, has been deservedly among the most popular of modern col lections of light and fanciful essays. In 1833 was published a collected edition of Leigh Hunt's poeti cal worki, since superseded by later editions, which include, among other later poems, his celebrated " Captain Sword and Captain Penn," first published separately in 1835. In 1834 he started a new serial, The London Journal, which he continued to edit during that and the following year ; he then wrote for periodicals till 1840, when he published " A Legend of Florence," a play (acted with some suc cess at Covent-garden), and several parts of a new serial, called " The Seer, or Commonplaces Re ported," and also edited the " Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar." These works were followed in 1842 by " The Pal frey, a Love Story of Old Times," and " One Hun dred Romances of Real Life, selected and trans lated," 1843. A larger work of fiction was" Sir Ralph Esher, or Memoirs of a Gentleman of the Court of Charles II.," a new edition of which appeared in 1850. Of Mr. Hunt's later works, the following are the chief :—" Imagination and Fancy" (a series of extracts from the English poets, with five critical elucidations and a preliminary essay on poetry), 1814 ; " Wit and Humour" (a similar collection), 1846 ; " Stories from the Italian Poets, with Lives," (a collection of admirably translated pieces), 1846 ; an edition of the " Dramatic Works of Sheridan," with biography and notes, 1846; "Men, Women, and Books, a selection of Sketches, Essays, and Critical Memoirs," 1847; " A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla" (a collection in prose and verse), 1848 ; the author's" Autobiography," in three vols., 1850 ; a volume of " Table-talk, with Imaginary Conversations of Pope and Swift, 1851 ; " The Town,,•its remarkable Characters and Events" (a delightful book of gossip about London streets), two vols., 1848 ; " The Religion of the Heart, a Manual of Faith and Duty," 1853 ; a collection of " Stories in Verse," from the author's earlier writ ings, 1555 ; and " The Old Court Suburb, or Me morials of Kensington, regal, critical, and anecdo -tical," two vols., 1855. In 1847 Mr. Hunt received from the Crown a literary pension of £2OO per annum, which he still enjoys, with the goodwill of thousands whom his numerous writings, both in prose and in verse, have instructed and charmed, and among whom he is the representative of an age. of poets now all but vanished. THIS DA YS MARKETS . HAY MARKETS. SMITUFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 gs ; new do., £3 lOs to £4 Os ; old clover, £4 10s to £s‘ 5s ; new do, £4 4s to £ 4 10 s ; and straw , £ 1 66 to £ 1 lOs per load. Trade dull, at lower prices. Supplies of both hay and straw, large. CUMBERLAND. — OId meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 8s; now do. £3 lOs to £l2s 6d; old clove), £4 10a to £5 10s ; new do., £4 4s to £4 lOs; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s .per lead. A heavy demand. WRITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £3 15s to £1 lOs; new do., £3 10s to £4 4s; old cbvel £4‘ lOs to £5 5s ; new do., £4 4s to £4 10s; and straw, £1 Os to £1 lOs per load. Both hay, and straw moved off slowly, at our quota tions. Supplies good. • COLONIAL. TEA.—The market remains very quiet, and prices are unaltered. SUGAR.—A very limited business has been transacted, and prices in most instances are. a shade lower. In the re fined market values have also shown a downward ten.. dency. COFFEE.—A moderate amount of business has been transacted in Plant*ition Ceylon at fully late rates. The stocks on hand compared with those at the same period of last year show a deficien,iy of about 3,000 tons. RicE:—There has been rather more inquiry for the com mon qur.:ities, and for all. descriptions prices have been well maintained. FRUIT.—Some further arrivals of new Valencia raisins are to hand, and/the quality is exceedingly good. Holders demand full rates. NV SALTPETRE.—The market has exhibited rather more ac tivity, but prices are unaltered. TALLOW.—A steady business has been done. P.Y.C. on the spot, Ms 9d to 56s ; last three months, 56s per cwt. A new Bavarian loan for about a million sterling has been announced in a4l per cent. stock at 981. It will be taken on the continent, and principally at Frankfort. THE MU. OPL AR. Yesterday, George Frederick Royal, alias Rey nolds, alias Rignold, who stands charged on the verdict of a coroner's jury with wilful murder, was brought before Mr. Selfe, at the Thames Police court. He was charged with the wilful murder of r a woman named Zipporah Wright by poison Royal is a little man, about 31 years of age, of sallow complexion. When he absconded he wore a moustache, and had long brown hair turned up behind, and a tuft of hair under his chin. His hair, when he was apprehended yesterday, was very short, and he had got rid of his moustache. The woman he is accused of poisoning had cohabited with him for a considerable time and on the 4th of June last she was delivered of a male child at their dwelling-house, in Grove-street, Poplar. About five weeks after her accouchement she was seized with violent vomiting, and when her land lady went up stairs to her she said that Royal had given her some coffee which had made her ill. Site also complained of a burning sensation in her throat and stomach, and became worse after he had given her some milk. She continued to get worse, and after three days' severe illness put an end to her suf- ferings. A few hours before her death she ex- I pressed her suspicious that Royal had administered poison to her. An inquest was held on the body, and Dr. Letheby proved that the deceased had died from the administration of a quantity of can tharides. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Royal. After the lapse of several weeks, some of the jury feeling dissatisfied that no efforts had been made to capture the alleged murderer, and no proclamation issued offering a reward for his apprehension, wrote to the Home Secretary on the subject. A correspondence took place between Sir G. C. Lewis, the Home Secretary, and Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner. The result was that a proclamation was issued nine days ago, giving a description of Royal, and offering a reward of £lOO for his ap prehension. The prisoner took very little pains to conceal himself after the verdict of the coroner's jury, for he was twice seen near Limehouse Church and once in Rotherhithe, and he has been workin g at his trade of a shoemaker in Upper Syden ham ever since the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against him. He was once employed by a practical chemist and must have been well ac quainted with the deadly qualities of cantharides. After the evidence of police-sergeant Best, who apprehended him, and to whom he refused to put any questions, Eleanor Stubbs, a respectable elderly woman, deposed as follows—l am the wife of Johnson Stubbs, and live with him at No. 19, New-street, Poplar. I formerly lived in the house No. 10, Grove-street, Poplar, where the prisoner and Zip. porah Wright were dwelling. I knew the deceased well. She gave birth to a child a few weeks be fore she died. She was getting quite strong and well after her confinement. Mr. Selfe—When did her death take place ? Inspector Griffin—On the 4th of last June. The witness continued—l used to go to the house to see the deceased. She got over her confinement very well indeed. At the latter end of May, I be lieve it was the last Tuesday in May, she was very ill indeed. On Thursday the prisoner gave her some milk. I saw him give it her, and she became worse directly afterwards, and complained of burn ing pains in her throat and stomach. Mr. Selfe—Can you tell me when the child we s born ? Witness—On the 27th of April. She got per fectly well over it. The first time I saw her ill was on the Tuesday. She was suffering very much in deed. On Thursday morning she was better, but after he gave her the milk she got worse, complained of burning sensations in her throat and stomach, and vomited a good deal. Sometimes he was pre sent when she vomited. He went out and came back. It was eleven o'clock when he gave her the milk, and he went out directly afterwards and came back again at one. Nothing was then said to him about her illness. The doctor who attended her ordered turpentine over her stomach. Mr. Selfe—ls the doctor here ? Inspector Griffin—No, sir. I have only been able to collect three witnesses. The others are from home. Mrs. Stubbs continued—The poor woman, after enduring great sufferings, died on Saturday morn ing, the 4th of June. The prisoner left the house on the morning of Friday, the 3d of June, and was not seen again.. On that day Mr. Webb said the deceased could not live 13 hours. On the Saturday she expired. Mr. Selfe said this was a case of great importance and ought not to be taken piecemeal. He had heard quite enough to justify him in remanding the pri soner, and at the next examination would take the whole case, if it was possible to get through it in one afternoon. He asked Inspector Griffin if the contents of the deceased's stomach had been analysed, and what was the result ? Inspector Griffin—The contents of the stomach were analysed by Dr. Letheby, and he found a quantity of cantharides. Mr. Selfe said he would remand the prisoner until Tuesday, the 6th of September ; but he would not re-commence the investigation until the after noon, when the ordinary business was disposed of. He thought in a case of this serious nature an intel ligent officer should be employed to marshal the witnesses and arrange the evidence. Inspector Griffin—The superintendent of the K Division will direct me, or the inspector at Poplar, to make the necessary arrangements, if your wor ship desires it. Mr. Selfe—l do request that a very intelligent officer may be employed. The prisoner was then formally remanded until Tuesday afternoon next. LORD CANNING AND LORD STANLEY. The following minute of Lord Canning, transmit ting a report by Mr. Montgomery on the adminis tration of Oude, is in reply to the despatch of Lord Stanley to Lord Canning, published some months ago : MINUTE BY TIIE RIGHT HON. TIIE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA, DATED APRIL 22, 1859. OUDE. 1. A report by Mr. Montgomery, lately Chief= Commissioner in Oude, of the administration of the province during the eventful period for which he held that office, is sent to-day to her Majesty's Government. 2. I have had before me for some time the de spatch of the Secretary of State, dated Dec. 9, in which, on June 17 and July 4, I had the honour to address to the Court of Directors regarding the policy pursued under my orders in Oude, and espe cially regarding the proclamation issued on the re covery of Lucknow. 3. I do not seek to prolong the discussion of these topics, but there are some passages in the above mentioned despatch of his lordship upon which I desire to write a few words. So far as those words are my own, they shall be very few indeed. 4. The passages to which I refer are those in which it is said that the policy indicated in the proclamation as regards the claims of the Talook dars and other proprietors in Oude was not in practice adopted by me ; that the sentence of con fiscation which the proclamation pronounced has not been put in force, and that it would appear to have been merely a menace ; and, lastly, that the proclamation has been cancelled by myself. 5. In explanation on these points, and I trust that I may without disrespect say, in correction ot the misapprehensions which may probably arise from the expressions to which I have referred, I beg leave to cite the following extract from Mr. Montgomery's Report. After reviewing the land tenures in Oude, the former position of the Talookdars, and the changes under this head introduced by our Government upon the annexation of the province, Mr. Montgomery writes thus : (342.) " But when the question of a resettlement of the land revenues of the province on the reor ganisation of civil administration was brought under the consideration of the Right Hon. the Governor- General, wisdom dictated some change in the re venue policy of the Government. (343.) " The events of the rebellion had tended to show that the entire release from a condition of sub• ordination to the Talookdars was not universally de sired by village proprietors. In Oude where release was most recent, and where it might be presumed that the vivid recollection of the thraldom to a landlord would render the holders of villages all the more averse to subject themselves again to the evils they had just escaped, the Talookdars were allowed to reassert their former rights and resume their ancient position without any opposition. This voluntary return to the status quo ante bellu» , showed clearly what the feeling of the people was, and on this ground, as well as beca use the Talook dars, if they choose, could materially assist in the re-establishment of authority and the restoration of tranquillity, it was determined by the Right Hon the Governor-General that the settlement of the land revenue should be made with Talookdars. (344.) " This settlement was to be formed so as to secure the village occupants from extortion, awl the tenures were to be contingent on a certain specified service to be rendered, and the assessmen was to be so moderate as to leave an ample margin for all expenses incidental to the performance of such service. (345.) " The duties required of all Talookdars were, the active co-operation in the preservation o: peace and in the detection of crime, and rendering a id to the Government when called upon by thT , district officers. (346.) " It would be, perhaps, indecorous in the -- Chief Commissioner to do more here than to press his hearty concurrence in this measure, w hich ex emanated from the wisdom of the head of the Go vernment. (347.) " To carry it out, however, some authori tative declaration, either of the failure of the vil lage system or of the imperative policy of a return to the former tenures, was required. Under no other circumstantes could the °hid Commissioner, of his own accord, undertake to arrange a resettle ment of the revenues on any other than the origi nally announced principle of the Supreme Govern• tnent. (348.) " The authority thus sought was obtained on the issue of the proclamation of the Governor- General on the recapture of Lucknow, declar ing that the title of all landholders to estates in Oude, with a few exceptions, were confiscated to the State. (349.) " This sentence having been recorded against all estates in Oude, there w as no longer difficulty in returning to the tenure which pre vailed at the time of an nexation, and, as far as pos sible, the status of parties in Feb., 1856, prior to annexation, was restored. (350.) "Exceptional cases have been made where the titles of Talookdars were but of recent origin, and their hostility had been marked and persistent. Such * men were not completely reinstated in their former position. ( 351 .) " A few have altogether forfeited all title l to lands and claim to consideration ; but happiy these are few." t 6. This statement of the late Chief Commissioner shows that the proclamation has not, hi an y sense, been cancelled; that confiscation was not only adopted, but put in force ; that the present tenure of land in Oude, and the conditions attached there to, mainly rest upon it • and that the issuing of the ' sentence of confiscation has not been mere l y a menace where there has been persistence in hostility. 7. I have preferred in this matter to use the test mony and words of Mr. Montgomery t o any others not only because the responsibility , of carrying out the policy prescribed in Oude, and the g reat credit of having done this with eminent success,belong to. him alone, but because he has no share whatever in the responsibility for the proclamation. It was issued before his arrival in Oude, and if , instead of a facility, he had found it to be a hind: ranee to his work, most assuredly no undue repro' for superior authority would have deterred hi° from saying so. 8. I have nothing further to add, but I have de sired to say thus much, because, for reasons far. higher than a consideration of the personal credit for consistency of the Governor-General, I hold it to p be of the utmost importance that no misappracticaliehen: sion should prevail as to the meanin g , effect, and validity of the proclamation. April 22, 1859. (Signed) CANNING. - , * No complete return of these men has been received• t Their number is 14 ; the revenue which their lands paid to the State was about £lOO,OOO a-year. THE SUBURBS OF LONDON. At present letters are not delivered t he f a st ' o evening at many places within six miles . Martin's-le-Grand if posted at a London receiving house or pillar-box after 4 p.m. ; but letters for these places are posted between 4 and 6 p.m• rol l _.. c h more numerously than during any ot h er two ho w : of the day. It is therefore very important that such letters should, if possible, be included in t he even: ing delivery. Hitherto, however, it has been faun! that the letters in question could not be collected, assorted, conveyed to their respective districts, env` arranged for delivery so as to enable the letter carriers to reach their walks before a very late hour, and the measure, consequently, has not been adopted except on Saturday night, when a deliverP although late, is made as preferable to one on Sul. l : day morning. Recent improvements, however, lt connexion with the district offices, and the aiddistr now t , extensively afforded by the use of the i initials—by the separation, in posting , o f the d 1,8: trict from the general post letters—and by tr adoption of street door letter-boxes—have so geattf facilitated the operations of the department to enable the Postmaster-General to effect the delivery of the correspondence in question in all ease s t h i t which these aids are given. Consequently, on 12th of September next the late evening eliver): ithT will be extended to many Nv additional places w; about six miles of the General Post-office , and IIL then include all the following suburbs, viz. Barking, E. Hampstead, N.W. Rotherhithe, S-P:A , Battersea, S.W. Highgate, N. St. Job.nie-wouu Blackheath, S.E. Holloway, N. N.W. beth, S' Bow, E. Hornsey, N. South Lam Brixton, S. Ilford, E. Stockw ell, S. 5 Brompton, S. W. liousington W. Stoke Newiet°ll' Camberwell, S. Kilburn, N.W. Stratford, Ft.,. rd* Charlton, S.E. Lewisham, S.E. Streatham , Clapham, S. Leyton, N.E. Sydenharn, S- Clapton, N.E. Leytonstone N.E. Tooting, S. Deptford, S.E. Merton, S. Tottenham, 1%, Dulwich, S. Norwood, S. Walth amstow,iN.... Eltham, S.E. Notting-hill, W. Walworth, S. Fulham, S.W. Paddington, W. Wandsworth , Greenwich, S.E. Peckham S.E. Willesden; N. W. Hackney, N.E. Penge, S.E. -Woodford, N.E. Hammersmith, W. Poplar, E. Woolwich, S.E. This delivery will comprehend all letters and news papers which are addressed to houses usually- open to the letter-carriers or provided with letter-box es, and are posted in London at any office or pillar letter-box before 6 p.m., or at the principal office ' of the district to which they are addressed beforo 645 p.m., provided- 1 , that they are fully prepaid by stamps 2, that they bear the proper initial letters; and, 3, that at any office where a separate box is provided for the district p ost they are dropped therein. The Postmaster-General avails himself of this opportunity of reminding the public that the addition of the district initials to the ad dress insures a priority of delivery to letters arrivieg. in London by the day mails, and also to thoseh th .% dressed to places within the district in w letters are posted. THE CASE OF DR. SMETHURST. Three of the medical witnesses for the defenes this case, B. W. Richardson, M.D., J. L.W. Tllll- dicum, M.D., and Francis C. Webb, M.D., ha la addressed a letter to the Home Secretary, stating their view of the case in a scientific view, leaving. circumstantial evidence entirely aside. They CO' to the following conclusions : ofoelesu n a rri b eii : " 1. The symptoms and pathology Bankes were cistent with d ysentery in a pregnant ons and previously unhealthy w° 121 . 3/1 ' and her death is fairly ascribable to suc h producing cause. " 2. The symptoms and pathology Bankes are not consistent with the h/pothesis these yboththe poisoning by arsenic, by antimony, or poisons, nor is death fairly ascribable to then'. t 3. There is no chemical proof whate either antimony, arsenic, or any other irritant.. poison, was everfeloniously administered to Isabel"' Banker." of Isa b ella No answer has yet been received from the Sec r e ; tary of State to the memorial of the prisoner b een the various other communications that have beet; made to him from different quarters, aPPlY in g a respite of the prisoner, , on the grounds that j has been convicted upon nsufficient testimony, and a belief that he is innocent of the crime for hi he is sentenced to die. There is no c hange NOW' ever in the demeanour of the prisener, and he er pears to be impressed with a belief that if he do?! not receive a free pardon t he ca p ital sentence Wlll at all events be remitted. The Lord Chief Baron has also been applied t: in reference to the case , a nd all the papers hav e been submitted to hini, and although, of course,cut" such a matter, the precise nature of the reply not be made public, it is believed that ha day tinctly stated that his opinio n with reference 7 the case has not been in any w a y altered b ere t statements that had been published since the v,7 of the jury had been delivered, and the supgat new facts that had been bro u g ht to light, an t - o f he still thinks the prisoner was justly convicteke the crime; but he at th e same time said that if t,l O advisers of the Crown t hou g ht that an y reason of doubt had been created as to the righteousness,ror the verdict he should not think it hi s dut y to 0,,,1ea a ny opposition to the prisoner being recomplenue to the merciful consideration of the Crown. gletter Sabbatical from f e elßoston,ing growing . S . u , say v in - - 'EI 16 stro A n which principally exhibits itself is the large cities• 1 " the York the liquor shops are closed, nominally at least, on , , Sabbath, the experiment having been commenced ahTli:o month -Igo and persevered in The Philadelphians 411.. stopped the running of cars in their horse railways °linos days, and purpose to compel the steamboats on the -- eo ple FjthisucTouniletrrie,v.ltyd ware and the Schuylkill to lay up that day T h " that on .4., of St. Louis have formally voted. by a large rosior'wf the liquor shall not be scld there on the Sabbath. Soinef h r ot lines of railway have discontinued trains that used '',;s ifi on that day. A similar feeling to that of Philadelpw exhibiting itself in Baltimore. ' triet i The accounts from the manufacturing dis ; ho reportbusiness to be generally very quiet. At Birna-Pg A re trade is dull, but the markets good. At Halifax tp 9 chaster• moderatel? good but firm, and the stun° at Mane, 010 0 The Bradford markets are reported as very. quiet, an" era ilf of Leeds satisfactory. At Newcastle business is g_ . ,.F_ h oo dull, but the state of the iron trade is better. I : n_ e „,,,r. trade of Nottingham has somewhat improved, and tl.tTere mercial interests generally are better. At Sheffle i N e u. is a fair trade doing, more especially with the Co At Wolverhampton the staple trade of the town Is proving. of fire In Vesuvius is bursting out into patches rotes " all directions. Professor Palmieri describes the Pr naturally' naturs follows :—`F The fire runs along in hidden a h w hen formed conduits, the walls of which it bursts throng. of fire, in any great mass, and then overflows. Evert' sP°' "th has b ees therefore, does not imply that a fresh in?u opened, but that a rupture has taken place.' I