The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

I[IER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Reduced Prices. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), July 22, will be per formed Mozart's chef d'ceuvre, DON GIO IANNI. • Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madame Ghioni ; Zerlina, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Don Giovanni, Sig- I nor Beneventano; Leporello, Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Sig. Aldighieri ; Il Commendatore, Signor Vialetti ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Ginglini. After which, a Ballet, in which Madame Boschetti will appear. Friday, July 23, LA TRAVIATA, and Ballet. Saturday, July 24, LUCREZIA BORGIA, and Ballet. Prices— Pit stalls, 12s. 6d. Boxes, grand Vet', 31- 35.; one pair, 2/, 12s, 6d, ; pit tier, 2/. 25.; two pair, U. 55.; three pair, 155.; gallery, 10a.; p't. 3s. 6d. ; ga llerystalls, gallery 2s, May be had at the Boa- o(n 3s. 6d. ; c e.—No free list. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. MARTHA. THIS EVENING (THURSDAY), July 22, will be per formed Flotow's. Opera of MARTHA. Lady Enrichetta, Madame Bosio ; Nancy, Madlle. Didiee ; Plumkatt, G ra ziani ; Lord Tristano, Sig. Taglialico ;Lo Seeriffo di R c h mo nd, M. Zelger ; and Monello, Sig. Mario. Conductor—Mr. Costa. In the Incidental Divertissement, Madlle. Gina, Madlle. Delechanz, and M. Desplaces will appear. To commeLce at half-past 8 o'clock. Pit, 10s. 6d.; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. Gd., 75., and ss. ; am phitheatre, 2s. 6d. ; second tier boxes, 21. 12s, Gd. 211 OY A PRINCESS ' S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles K ean . .110 THIS EVENING, will be presented the new farce, en titled DYING FOR LOV3. After which, Shakspeare's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. C. Kean— Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. i Great Success of the Tilly of the Camelias and the new Extravaganza. Fret appearance of Mrs. Wilkins (widow of the late Sergeant). THIS EVENING the new Play, THE LADY OF THE CAMELIAS. Violette St. Valerie, Mrs. Charles Young, in which she has achieved the most triumphant success, being nightly called twice before the curtain. After which, THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES, in which Mrs. Howard Paul will sing " Come into the Garden, ]dazed." Every evening the Ballet of BROOMSTICKS. The celebrated and only African Tragedian, Ira Aldridge, will appear on Saturday next. • New arrangement of Prices.—See Bills. TRAND THEATRE. —Les3ee and Directres!, Miss Swauborough.—This Evening will be performed DONE ON BOTH SIDES. Followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING. After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. A Dance of Almas. To conclude with LOVE IN ALL CORNERS. Commence at half-past 7. Prices of Admission during the Summer Season :—Stalls, 4s. ;. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit ls. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, 1/, Is. and 1/. lie. 6d. Second Price to Boxes and Pit only, at Nine o'clock—Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, is. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ; 17, company of Vocalists aro engaged for the pc-formance of S ,actions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CH OTtUSES, GLEES. DUETS, &e., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mr; Radzey, Miss Urn !ell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Mi‘.s Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jopghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. :ciee, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Au ouio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozen; Mr. Bell, Ber,ard, and Mr. St. Albyn Messrs. John G. Forde, and E. Mackaoy. Piano:ode, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmaus. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. S nners, &e., until twelve o'clock. lir. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a New Selection from the Opera of " IL TROVATORE," iu addition to the usual cuter.ainment. THE WE A.TIIER—Sorr OFFICE, JULY 21. IHZE3IOMETER, II THE SEA.DIL 71--highest since noon yesterday. 59—loweat this morning and daring the night. 72—this clay at neon. BAROMETER, 30.02. WIND. ; light, with fine cloudy weather. iliGll WAT;i:R LOSTDOg BRIDGE. THIS. DAY —Horn., 18 min. aft. 11 Even., 0 min. aft. 0 To-UORILOW—Mom., 5 min aft. n —Even., 2.smin. aft.l2 15 / (I;._ -•&" r ) • - 1-4 / '2;l LONDON, TEIURSDX , I, JULY 22, 1358. It is high time that the Hudson's Bay Com pany should stt its house in order. Tne dynasty of " Tha Niue King.," cannot be much longer prolonged. Like the twin despotism of Leaden halt:street, the existence of the Company has beet found prejudicial to the bast interests of the nation, and indeed of humanity and civilisation. Tnoy prevent enormous tracts of land from being made available for colonisation. It is for their private advantage to keep up as a wilder • nes, haunted by savage animals only, lands that might be converted int ) smiling bomesteadP, the abode of many families. It was stated, and with every appearance of truth and accuracy, that the comparatively small (1) portion admitted to be suitable for &ionisation, and - wiliCh contained 500,000 square miles, would afford occupation and means of subsiste . nce to every person of full age in her MAJESTY'S dominions, both at home and in the colonies. If there he any _ the slightest foundation for this acL sertion, is it not monstrous that such a territory should be hermetically sealed agaigst the enterprise of our fellow-men ? If we do not choose to occupy it ourselves, we should throw it open t, all wilding to encounter the toils and (Lingers incidental to the career of every persna willing to en Age in the lauours and perils incidental to the career of the pioneers of civilisation. The first point to be ascertained is, whether the Company possesses any legal rights whatsc ever under their charter. It is quit) certain that " Tug Merry Monarch" gave) that which he had not in his pusseasiot., arid to which ho had no valid title. Ile might just as well have bestoweJ FranCe or o,rmany, and no "donees" have asserted their claim to the Imperial purple. As to the att?mpt t errata a perpetual monopoly of trade, it was simply absurd, for it was entirely opposed to public policy, and totally illegal at the very time it was grante l ; and certainly Great BriLtin is not prepared to enter on a retrograde policy fur the sake of supporting such a system. It has been asserted, on behalf of the Company, that they preserved order in the district ! But the real fact was, that they " made a suliutde, and called it peace." There must be at least two parties to a dispute. Even the most pugnacious individual must find an opponent before he can pick a quarrel—And the Company carefully ex clude all coaxer:?. N , Jt oily is " No Thoroughfare" the rule throughout their entire dominions, but there is "No Admiv,ion," even on busincEs of the moat pressing and vital imp - ;rtance. They also claim credit for the exclusion of ardent spirits. But, certainly, we are not prepared to keep a ter ritory, said to be as large as Europe, depopulated in order that a "Maine Liquor Law" may be en forced against a few wandering tribes of Indians It may be a very good pretext to use with rabid teetotallers, but we scarcely tbiLli any man of ordinary sense would think the elou%Aful benefit worth the price it costs the natiun and more civilised races. We are totally opposed to any renewal of the licence, which expires next M•ty. The late GAO nial Secretary had de cidce, on granting it, and it is an additional close for rjs,icing at the accessi-m to office of Lord DEBBY'S Government that it has averted this danger. If anything be given it will be of a very litnited character when com pared with the intended donation of Mr. LADOU "E". Bat we hope and trust that the C.ampany the will be altygether abolished, and the autho rit y of Crown substituted. If it remains in existence the sturdy eraigran's will be " cribb'd -) and confic'd," and find additional difficulties placed in their way. If the Charter were really worth anything at the time it was granted, it was virtually annulled when they consented to accept a Parliairm nt try title for - a limited period, which long since ex pired. But really it was of very little value, so little indeed, that it was scarcely thought worth questioning, until a Right Hon. Gentleman resus -1 citated its drooping existence. He discovered the 1 flaw in the title, and contrived to arbitrate be tween the then disputants, and, like the lawyer in the fable, to get a fair share of the matter in dispute. We shall say nothing as to the occasion on which it was once stated that "he was dis creditably known in the City," for that related to another question ; and it is not our intention or desire to cast any discredit or imputation on his character. But he unquestionably made the best use of the existing state of affairs, and his own interests were by no means disregarded. It is now for the British Parliament to remove the existing impediments. If the Company have any rights, which we greatly doubt, let fair—aye, liberal—remuneration be given ; but let not the progress of civilisation ba arrested by a strict adhesion to the terms of that stupid, impolitic, and illegal charter. The Times has now become the apologist of the Company, and endeavours to show that, in realising 50,0001. per annum, it has done all that could be desired or anticipated. The Leviathan has, how ever, frequently attempted to bolster up old abuses ; and we believe that its efforts will be as abortive in the present instance as on many pre vious occasions. We are all now fearing that the third attemp to lay the Atlantic Telegraph Cable will be a failure. Heaven grant it may not ; but pro bably every one has more fear than hope. We deeply regret to see that, at present, the Great Eastern—we like the old name—is a failure too. Assuming, what we sincerely hope may be false, the two noblest mechanical enterprises of the day have not succeeded. The noblest ship, for con veying men themselves, which the world ever saw, and the noblest mechanical instrument for the interchange of the thoughts of men, are both at a stand still. There is the vessel which can convey a large town at once to colonise a distant country, or Uri thousand soldiers to defend a British colony, lying, unfinished, on the bosom of the Thames, and there is the wire which has trans mitted numberless messages through its two thou sand miles of length, also lying in the holds of the vessels, with but fluctuating hope that it will ever lie safrly along the bottom of the Atlantic. Now, two failures do sometimes make one success, not only in our bankruptcy court?, where no mystery is suprising, but in the combination of two mechanical inventions, neither of which would succeed apart. Da not the Great E astern and the Atlantic Cable stand very much in this relation ? The one needs chiefly pecuniary assistance, the other the mechanical aid of the former. The shareholders of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company appear unwilling to embark more money in their speculation ; the shareholders of the Atlantic Company would pro bably find it the cheapest thing they could do to enable the Great Eastern to go to sea. If the Agamemnon return again re infected, no one will believe that the attempt is hopeless till the twenty thousand ton vcs,el has been employed in the work. Should ii be successful by her aid, she will as certainly be required to lay many a cable of equal length, both to enable the requisite number of messages to pass, and to extend ocean tele graphs in many other directions. Nor will it be only for such very long lines that she will be use ful ; her most itny)rtant peculiarity of all, rela tively to laying oceanic telegraphic wires, will make her services equally desirable for a line t 3 be hid like the Red. Sea one to India, iu lengths of a few hundred miles each. The Great Eastern seems to combine the two great requisites of the present case—sufficient tonnage, and the still more important one of a length and size sufficient to insure an easy motion over almost any size of Atlantic waves. Were a well con structed, as has been proposed for the ships now employed, in the centre of the vessel, and the cable passed through it into the sea, the perpen- 1 dicular motion would be almost nothing ; the variation of strain on the cable would scarcely be felt, and we can hardly doubt that the cable might be deposited almost as safely as it was in the hold of the vessel. It is for mechanics to say whether this latter .suggestion be impractic able. We can hardly think so. If not, we know of but oae objection, that it would be impossible to buoy the cable if necessary. That necessity, however, can arise but from two causes—the roughness of the weather, and the cable running short. The former would hardly affect the monster ship ; the latter, wiaa such a burden as she could carry, ought surely not to occur. Is it not possible then for the two companies, or the companies and the Government, to devise some arrangement? It seems that 60,0001. would enable the company to send the vessel out to sea, but that even this sum is difficult to procure. Why, it were worth while for some sixty of our commercial men to arrange a conditional loan of a thousand pounds a-piece, or double the number for five hundred pounds each, to give the thing a trial with a vessel which almost must succeed. It is not fa- us, however, to suggest the means of raising the money for this special purpose ; but, should it be really needed,. should the Agamemnon and Niagara again fail, and the agreement among the scientific be pretty general that the Great Eastern would succeed, we think the nation would not grudge a conditional advance from the Treasury itself, rather than witness the tot it failure of the Atlantic Telegraph without a last effort. The project of connecting the two worlds, the daughter and the mother country, separate dforing by so vast an ocean—of learning in a few minutes what, within the memory of many of us, we must have waited three weeks to learn—of asking a question and obtaining an immediate answer across 2,000 miles of water—the prject is so noble in itself that it is alnoat ignominious to renounce it, tilt it is proved to be beyond human resources. But the mere poetry or romance of the thing goes, of course, for but little with our practical people ; the commercial advantages of lend wing prices at New Yerk, and in Liverpool and Lon don, at the same moment, and the political advan tages of immediate communication on matters which might otherwise cast each country as much as it would cost to lay the line, these are solid advantages—advantages to be estimated by dollars and sovereigns—advantages which the most un poetical merchant and most routine statesman can thoroughly comprehend, and advantages which we believe will compel the laying,, some day and by some means, of the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. The Select Committee on the Bank Acts have published their report, in which they decline to recommend any modification in the provisions of the existing monetary code. This is txactly what might have been anticipated at the time of the appointment of the carefully selected committee. It was, indeed, a foregone conclusion, so much so, that little more than half the number attended at the time when the report was under consideration. A clear majority was packed. The farce of in quiry was only gone through in order to shelve THE SUN, -LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, - JULY 22, 1.85-8, the - question:until the fearful ordeal encountered I "It is rela ted in di p lomatic circles," sa y s the Journal die Havre " that Fuad Pacba has informed Count at the close of last year had been partially for- Walewski and Lord Cowley that the Porte is ready to gotten, and the rate of interest lowered to pay to Mdlle. Eveillarsl, by way of indemnity, a sum of 150,000 fr., and a similar lurn to the family of Mr. Page, a reasonable extent. The hard calcu la to rs the English Vice-Consul. had made their profits. They could afford Orders have been sent to Toulon by the Minister of arine immedia destch a steam i to th to give rest to the manufacturing , tradin g , and M Red Sea. to Tile belief tely pa is that she is intended fr ate for Jeddah,e commercial interests. Indeed it suited their pur- but if so, from being obliged to go round the Cape, it pose to do so, in order to rea lise their gains. w ill be a considerable time before she arrives there The Governor of the Bank of Belgium, M. de flaussy, The suspension of the Charter saved the country, having been repeatedly robbed of bank notes during the and also the Bank itself, w hich could scarcely last two years, gave notice to the police, and three days back they captured the valet of that gentleman in the have held on for another week, save by withdraw- act of carrying off some securities from a drawer which ing all accommodation, and thus quadrupling the CLUB —The members of this breakfast party on Friday, wide-spread ruin. That suspension, and the im• h e l e um b b a Ah d r De c ds o T n t oh t se r i iE v r e as el TiNvnt grandopen. MAIDSTONE mediate relief thereby afforded, exhibited the when they partook of breakfast, served up in good style, as usual, the water. The performers seemed quite teterrima causa male, the real grievance, in its at - home with their ham, eggs, bread and butter, tea, strongest light, twice within ten years. In 1847 and other c h o o n u d id im i e m n a t g s, in a e nd th j a u t dg s i u n e g h farotinhintgheacsonasup we 1p; and 1857 a terrible monetary crisis occurred ; 6", appetite is a luxury unknown to the members of the credit was shaken to its foundation, or rather Maidstone Club. —Sussex Express. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday morning two annihilated for the time being. Houses of young moo, Lamed Monk, lsons of an. undertaker in unquestionable solvency, and possessing ample Paradise-street, Mary'ebone, were out sparrow shooting means, were compelled to suspend pay - in the fields near the Welsh Harp, in the Edgware-road. Tomas Monk, who was separated from his brother by means. Tne terrible character of the crisis a hedge, called to him, and the brother was making his will not speedily p ass from the memory of busi way through the hedge, dragging the gun after him, when the gun went off, and the charge struck Thomas ness men. Indeed, the notion of profit was alto- Monk in the head. He was taken to the Welsh Harp, gether abandoned, and the great struggle was to and died almost directly. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDITERRA pass through the crisis, even with the sacrifice of NEAN AND WITH INDIA.—A. large blue-book of 358 pages in length contains some voluminous correspondence on their hard-earned and carefully-guarded savings. the establishment of telegraphic communication in the Is it not, then, a gross and palpable mockery to Meditt rranean, and with India. It includes the Treasury proclaim that there is nothing to be condemned correspo o nd on en st c a e n o ti n w t , li p e ie ß a e n s d i Sea T s : r l a e b grA ß P a b ;u S sa el a eU n e d ia A a le tl x d . in the currency system under which these C o rfu and Malta, and also a miscellaneous corre• grievances were perpetrated, and the temporary s p ondenoo re g arding a proposal to extend the Euro p ean a E ndri n a a : system of telegraphs to Alexandria. The paper winds up suspension whereof served as an immediate and with the proposals of sundry telegraph companies. all-powerful remedy ? SIR FITZROY KELLY.—A paragraph, containing some f e ll o s f e and is als cing S_ ir Fitzroy Kelly a But will will the people, and more especial l y the s b i r y his amily, oncern having found ts zro way into a and country Monetary Reformers, submit to be gulled by this newspaper, that gentleman has addressed the following l t e h t e te e r di t t o or th o e f S w ir ll F o i o t n zr t o ra y d K ict e a lly st r a e t q em ue e s n t t s e th an e! transparent juggle ? Will Mr. DISRAELI now the abide by the report in which he could not have corning himself and a member of his family which has agreed were he voting in the committee ? We appeared in that paper, purporting to be copied from so me other publication, and which is little else than a hope and believe it will not be so. There tissue of falsehoods. S:r F. Kelly can but express his is already abundant information upo n the astonishment that the editor of any newspaper, claiming a character for respectability and veracity, should have admitted such a paragraph into its columns." THE EARL OT SHREWSBURRY AND TALBOT V. SCOTT subject, as he himself emphatically declared last fca,,:iruesgaae havingoc of mp commission ci su sri jo t, ng obtained to aer onma orderenev,d fd t of h :rn a: ctme t h the defendants pr .0 Justicer purpose, necessaryose t ao sw i o ttih t hi y e : AND OTHERS. --W e understand February, when protesting against the solemn farce which was about to be enacted. The admir ease, the first action of ejectoie.nt - en the part of the noble able report of the Lords' Committee, in 1848, ex posed the hollowness and radical defects of the entire system. It pointed out the very mode in e an a n r d l e recover refsoi r t e b ,y s snterosisteicdo coma b et f hoe A nnl until o xu n tt Towers, Liitvheer which it had greatly aggravated the difficulties of pool ter iT s e h h a7ent junior s i ) 0 r term, counsel w h when respectively th s ne e i nge b ui e v e n A n g wg s " a l i l zes, r 1847, and the House properly felt that while that tr)hne Middlesex. e n i e t x h t e most important and interesting document re ,e case, are _ i N gc l ieße r . . yo ß r s i d e e tt le er y a a b n e d tw lN e l e r n . mained unnoticed, it would be worse than useless Hanneu (of the Home Circuit), who will, we understand, when the long vacation has begun, proceed to Rome, to resume the investigation. the former on behalf of the defsndants and the latter It is time, then, that Government should take on that of the noble plaintiff. They will ' be away about the new postal the matter into its own hands. Mr. DIiRAELI aconmrvooesnoTttAbi convention —n TREATYw II:o th / .e s r h p aawinngtatho the .SPAIN.—By advocated that course while in opposition, and he will not shrink from it now that he is in office. t b h e e e p ff eet t - e o d ffi t c v es of that kingdom and Great Britain is to mown, an t ogli Londen, Dever Southampton, Ply- No man is more competent to deal with the Gibraltar,all on the side of this country ; and He thoroughly Iran, J F u t 1, 11 1)er q alßeet: letters a; ro: R pt a. n oi g t, ic e ne , Cadiz, Vigo, and Santa f n n e r ri s ff p e a o in n , t w he he s t id h e er o 2 f . ju Sp E ai r n a . nne F n o r r l b eve th ry e m t.) important question than himself. gridy d e e tt T er e r a e i understands it in all its varied details, and if he measure rive route, Spain n collect a nt h 6 p e a e n r ar i ie o s f is prepared with a sound and wholesome of monetary reform, he will earn for himself the athneosupnacreish Government will collect two reals de vedon thanks and gratitude of the entire community, per hof an ounce. For unpaid letters double postage and erect for himself a monument more enduring will be charged. Tner e are o th e r charges for foreign and , colonial letters sent through England, &o. On news than brass, more glorious than the most costly papers, &o ,the British post-office will pay Si per lb., net weight, vvhea conveyed to Spain riaFrance, and 10J. Par ian marb!e. per lb. when conveyed direct by Spanish packets. Spain will pay two reals de yell= per lb. Spanish, and four reels, according to the route, in the same reciprocal way. There are numerous other provisions. DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.—A rather singular accident happened on Saturday last to a servant-maid at the Bell Inn. The girl had occasion to serve a bottle of lemon ade, and went to obtain one from a basket that stood in the ball. On taking one from the basket she acci dentally caused anotaer of them to fall on the floor, a distance of only about a foot, when it burst with a loud report, and a portion of the bottle, about an inch and a-half wide, and four inches long, and which was rendered extremely sharp by being iccltned for half an inch to an Edge, flew up anti struck her in the neck, cau.ing the blood to flaw in a large stream from the wound. Medi cal assistance was immediately called in, and it was then diecovered teat an art ry had been cut through, and she jugular vein bad only escaped the same fate by about a quarter of an inc. Messrs. R. and J. U. Csely imme diately stopped the hemorrhage, and took up the artery, lar.d though the girl was rather weak from the loss of blood she is now going on weld—Aylesbury News. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—A meeting of the proprietors of the London and Westminster Barak took place y sterJay, Alderman Salomens in the cha'r, when the report was adoptsd, and a dividend and bonus declared at the rate of 16 per cent, per annum free of income-tax. Tee chair man congratulated the shareholders on the prosperous c ;ndition of the undertaking. The decreasa shown in the deposits arises entirely from the withdrawals of money at interest, the current accounts and general business of the hank having largely increased. Tire whole of the profits result from the ordinary trans actions of the half year, no extraneous receipts being included. 3500/. has been dedticted to meet a lose through the f suds lately committed by one of their clerks. In commenting upon this solitary instance cf misconduct, the ch a i r man expressed his full rsl l ance iu ,be integrity of the large body of officers of the hank. In the previous half-year they bad just emerged from a crisis, and a en -pease account of bills to the amount of 0,000/. hod been forrn:el. To eneet any loss neder this head, 10,000/. had been set aside, but it ie now believed that the latter sum will revert to revenue, the above aceeuet Lacing alrealy been reduced from 50,000/. to 18,000/. It is proposed in that cisc to add the 10,000/. r reserve kind. A shareholder corn• paained that there wan" no auditors, and moved a series of resolutions fer the appeinanent of those officers and for other purpose e whice were not sec on d e d, and con a.criently foil to the g round. The chairman, in reply, observed that the directors in rotation go through all she bills, cash in ham', &c., at the head sitice and branches, and that a moat rata f Ictery audit is thus obtained. As a pro, f -he might state that the losses never turned out larger than the saturate. lie also alluded to the detailed account of the peal ion of the batik on the 11th Nevem her, laid before the proprietors at the last meeting, which had received t'-re approbation cf a cernreittee of the House of Commons. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL—The first anniversary festival of this charity was celebrated last night, at the London Tavern, under the presidency of Mr. Alderman Wire and a I-erne:rotas company. It is only tab years eines' the hospital was founded, in York-road, K ug'e. erases by the late Mr. S. F. Stestbatn, at whose expense it was carried on far 12 menthe. During that period hundreds net per one crowded the doors cf the charity, and the necessity for its enlargement became imme diately perceptible. 41n adj lining house was taken, 50 in-patients were accommodated at a cost of 5001, and a complete medical staff was farmed. Tee hospital is situated in the midst of a population of 270,000 sou's, and during the rata year 251 in-patients, noel 67 786 out-petients participated in the advantages of the cha rity. Tee receipt' for the year amounted to 1,2181 169. 41., whilst the expenditure amounted to 2.0111. 3:. 51., leaving a balance against the hospital of 7841. 15.5. 81. Mr. Alderman Wire made a vigorous appeal on behalf of the charity, a hich he said recommended itself to public support because it was an hospital, be • cause its doers were free to all, and because it was situated in the reidtt of a poor and densely crowded neighbourhood. He trusted that the result of tbeir first any iversary would be net only to enable the con - mi.:tee to liqualate the debt which weighed upon tae charity, but to lay the foundation of an hospital—an heepital which should be built, not as: a ;niece, but as a buielieg fit to accontroodate in comfort those who were obliged to resort to it for restoration to health and life, " The prosperity of the hospital" was drunk with era thusiasm. The tubseriptionß amounted t r nearly 4001. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The following are ttie details of emigration to the Australian colonies and the Cape of Gam! Hope, conducted by her Majesty's Erni g:ation Corerniseimsers curing the year 1857 number of ships chartered by the commissioners amounted to 71 ; 33 of these sailsd to Victoria. 25 to Nero South Wales., 11 to South Australia, 1 to Western Australia, and 1 to the Cape of Good Hops. Toe number of erniatants conveyed to the colony of Victoria was 12 289 souls, equal to 10,736 statute adults, of whom 1,411 were married couple, 2,091 single men, 4,545 single women, 1,242 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 1,314 girls between the same ages, 142 mile infante tied 133 female; 6,087 were Englis h, 4 690 Irish, and 1,512 S co t c h. Tao number of emigrants con veyed to New S nth Wales was 8,919 souls, egrisl to 7,907 statute ad u lts, o f w h om 1,253 were married couples, 2,557 eingle men, 2,053 single women, 821 b , ye between the ages of 1 an d 12, 761 g rla between the son e pgel, 114 male latent?, and, 107 female ; 6,018 were English, 1,989 111,11, and 912 Scotch. The number of emigrants conveyed to South Areetralia was 3,240 souls, sepal to 2,835 statute adults, of v.horn 465 were married couples, 308_ 1,152 sin g l e leer ; boyse_ween 449 ein e lo women ; h the ages of 1 a n d 12, 300 girls between the earne agee, 58 male infeetr, enl 43 female ; 1,672 were English, 1,419 Irish, and 149 Scotch. The number of ereigr aura conveyed to Western Australia was 314 souls, equal tb 2741 statute adults o f win m 65 were married couples, 40 single min, 74 sinle women, 2 7 boys between the ages cf 1 and 12, 34 girls between the same ages, 5 gale ,Waate, and 4 f ema l e ; 183 were English, 124 Irish, and 7 Scetch. Tee auelber of emigrants conveyed to the Cape of Good Hope was 231 souls, equal to 212 statute aauler, of reborn 21 were married couples, 4 single mete 153 sing'e women, 11 boys between the ages of 1 aid 12, 15 girls between the same ages, 3 male infants wed 3 lemele ; 57 were English and 174 Irish. The whole uenki.eg a total of 21,993 souls, equal to 21,9641 statute adults, of whom 3,215 wore married ceuplee,. 5,344 single tnee, 7,274 single women, 2,409 boys be: tacen the ages of 1 and 12, 2,424 girls between the same aces, 322 male infants and 290 female; 14,017 were English, 8,396 Irish, and 2,580 Scotch. MAP OF NEW CALBDONIA. Just in the nick of time Mr. Wyld, as usual, has produced an excell.mt map of the newly created colony of New Caledonia, in the far west, beyond the Rocky Mountains, with Vancouver's Island, the British and American possessions, teeming with g:,ld, and what may hereafter ba con sidered equally valutble for commerce—immense fields of coal. The discovery of gold has in a mannercalled this new world into existence ; and, if we may judge from the number of places marked on the map, the quantity will be without end, and last as long as ills rivers will run. The course of Frazer's River, with its falls and rapids, till its junction with Thompsou's River is clearly , de fined. The island of Vancouver, with its 1 bays and harbours, &ands out in bold relief from 1 the main land. The Columbia river, like Frazer's, ideriving its source from the Rocky Mountains and the haunts of the ral deer, also displays its run of gold within the British boundary. The Strait of Juan de Fuca is delineated on an enlarged scale, Iwhile the British possessions iu North America, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, with a largo portion of those of the United States, are depicted in the corner of the map, by which the eye takes in the whole range of the respective coun tries, extending even to the boundaries of the Noah Pole. Altogether this map will be invalu able as a beautiful expositor of regions now the 1 grand new topic of the day, and reflects all due honour on the research and promptitude of the en -1 terprising geographer to the Queen. co RP CLIWULAK. OSBORNE, JcrLY 21. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Sir G. Couper, ar rived at 03horne on a visit t.) her Majssty. Thu Queen, accompanied by Princess A:ice, Princess He!er,a, and Prince Leopold, drove out in the afternoon. The Prince Consort crossed over to Gosport in the R.)yal yacht Fairy. Her Mjesty's dinner party included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leihingen, Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Cooper, acd Captain Crispin, it. N. A meeting of the Council of the Dahlly of Cornwall was hold yesterday at the Duchy-oflice, Buckingham gate, St James'N-park, There were present the Lord Chancellor, the It!ght Hon. T. P. Leigu ; the Keeper of the Privy Seal, Mr. Whitmore; the Attorney General, Mr. Alexander; the Duke of Newcastle; and the Se cretary, Mr. J. It. Gardiner. A deputation from the Thames Conservancy Lad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day at his efficial residence in Downing-street. The de putation consisted of Mr. J. Thorp, Mr. Alderman Humphery, elr. J. Turoley, Mr. T. Lakin, Admiral Austin, Captain Pigott, and Mr. Edward Tyrrell, at tended by Captain Burstal, secretary, and Mr. Stephen Leach, engineer. A depn:aijon from the parih of St. Dotolph Without, Aldgate, and the precinct of St. Katharine, on the eut)- ject of the Meoropatan Local Management Act Amend ment Bill, had en interview with Lord J..,tin Manners yesterday, at the Office of Works, Whitehall-place. Tee deputati , n consisted of Mr. C Let, 'secretary of thy, St. Katharine Dock Company ; Mr. White, Vestryman of S. B,tolph Without, Aldgate; Mr. Duke, vestryman of St. Bitalph Without, Aldgate; Mr. Glynes, vestry , lerk of St. T:l3olph Without, Aldgate; and Mr. Tool mm Smith. A deputation from the Cotten Supply Association of Manche ter, consisting of Mr. Henry Ashworth, Mr. W. Wanklyn, and Mr. Jo, eph Simpson, had au interview wits the Cnancellor cf the Exchequer at his oflical re sidence in DJwniak:-strut yesterday. The deputation %"a3 accompanied by Mr. JJIII-. Cheethain, M.P., Mr. 'P. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr. It. Phillips, M.P., and Capt. Gray, M.P. A deputation of Middle , z(xjiisVcec , , cai)sistirg of Mr. Coarles 13. Cittrell and Mr. Yo snail, chit . rman of the Quarter wish Mr. Ohm. Wright, clerk, trans acted builne3s at the Horne-utlics yesterday. Mr. Tewaite , , chairman of the Metropolitan Mud of Work , , had an interview with the Chaticellor of the D.,,pmehes ..era received yesterday at the Colonial office Ironi the Governor of Helivland Their R,yal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchtse of Meeklenburgh-Strelitz, and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Knesebeck, leave St. Ja.mee's Palace on Satur day ncx - , for Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season. His Royal Highness the Dose of Cambridge purposes ti er:ter on 'the occupation of Giouc.ster House, bc qtrFath:d to the Duke by the late Duchess of Gloucester, in the course of the eli,ning mootb, the repairs and in ternal decors,tion:, having been compieted some weeks. The Marqis and Marcilione,s of Breadalbatie ..re cx?ected to return to town from Carlsbad about the middle of next month, and then repair to Taymouth Ca ;tie, Per,hkhire, to receive company. Tbe Doubt:3s cf Somerset bad an at ernoon party yes. terday aft,:rnoon at Wimbledon Park. A large circle f the met-et:erg of the aristocracy autinbled as the duchess's invitation. The Etrl and C, uutess of Wicklow have left town on a tour in Germany. The C.mntess of Elarrington has issutd invitstionß for a so:rea datisante to-night at Ilarriugtn House, Ke'n. slngton Psl ice-gardens. Earl Granville I,ft town on Tuesday evening, for his Seat in Staffordshire. Thu countess also lift town the same day for Aldenham Palk, her sou's seat in S:.rJp lire. The Earl of Clanwilliam returns from his fishing ex cursion in Scotland in a few days, to join the countess in Belgrave-square. Tao noble earl and countess then go to Deal Castle for the autumn. L &TEST NEWS. AM ERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVE RPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The City of Baltimore, which was to leave Hali iax on the 10th inst., passed Queenstown at nine p.m. yesterday. MARSEILLES, JULY 21. The packet from Egypt, which arrived last night, brought as passengers—M. Sabathier, the French Consul-General at Alexandria; M. Ecnerat, and Mlle. Eveillard. The disturbances in Syria are on the increase. It is positively stated that a part of the Libanus, comprising even Latakia and the town of Tripoli, in Syria, are in a state of revolt. Ismail Bay is said to have been mortally wounded. The Emir has applied for assistance. The pil laging Arabs, who had invaded the Libanus, have been repulsed. The epidemic disease at Bengazi is diminishing. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Journal du Havre says :—" Despatches from Captain de Laronciere s Le Nourry, com mandant of the French naval station off New foundland, announce that, after several interviews with the members of the Legislative Body of the colony, he had succeeded in establishing the basis of a new treaty relative to the fisheries, and of such a nature as to give satisfaction to all the interests concerned. This result is considered the more im portant that the first convention agreed to had been rejected by the British Government, in con sequence of its not having received the approbation of the Colonial Legislature." BOURSE, July U.—The market again became rather heavy to the close, when the following were the quotations : 4i per Cents ...... ... 95 70 Credit Fonder Do. end month - -- Belgian 41 3 per Cent. ..... ... 63 30 Piedmontese (5) Do. end month 6B 35 Roman 9oi Bank Shares . Credit Mobilier 617 50 Do. Account 613 75 RAILWAYS. Spanish Threes Llome Debt - FOR CASH. _ Orleans Northern New Ditto 755 Lyon and Alediteran 755 New Ditto Geneva Midi Western 592: Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian TURKEY. We have received Constantinople journals and letters to the 10th, via Trieste, but they coat tin but little news of interest beyond what we have already published by telegraph. Samy Pacha, the new Governor of Candta, left the Turkish capital the preceding day for his post. The Sultan bad during the few days before given several audiences to dif ferent distinguished personages, and among them to Ferruck Khan and M. de Wildenbruck, the Prus sian Minister, this latter waiting on his Majesty to thank him for a sabre of honour which he had sent to him. Mr. Alison, formerly Charge d'Affaires for England, alio had a private audience of the Sultan, which was esteemed a special favour, as Cnarges d'Affaires in general do not appear before his Ma jesty. Sir H. Bulwer had paid his visits to the va. ions Ministers, and was to have his audience of the Sultan in a day or two. It was thought that the arrival of the Etiglith Ambassador would con si !erably accelerate the arrangement of the ques tion of Montenegro. The Journal de Constantinople publishes a letter from Rhodes, of the le, which says r— • " A Greek girl, 15 years of age, residing in the village of Maritza, was, a short time ago, met by three Turks, as she was walking near that place, and carried off to the mountain, where she was subjected to the most brutal treatment. The ac count of this attack having reached the ears of the goy ern,,r, he sent out a detachment of G..ndarmerie to wrest the ruffians. They were taken, anti being tried were condemned to one year's bard labour in irons, and to pay a 11 ,, avy fine to the victim. The Paella on his p irt gave her a sum of money. The account of the trial has been sent off to Constanti nople for confirmation, and in the meantime the three Turks are to be seen in irons." SPAIN. The Madrid jou►ntls of the 17th have reached us. Some of them state that, i❑ consequence of the indisposition of the King and of the small-pox having broken out with some violence near Valla dolid, which town her. Majesty had promised to pass through, the Queen's visit to the Asturias was likely to he postponed, but the Espana expresses a different opinion. Tue same journal says that the Pre , ddent of the Council and the Minister of Fof eign Affairs are to be the only Ministers to ac company Ler Majesty ; it says likewise that the diplomatic body will go with the Queen. Prince Leopold, brother of the Queen of Portugal, had sailed from Barcelon% for France. A Vienna letter in th 9 Augsburg Gazette an nounces that the conflict relative to the affair of tastadt may he considered as arranged, Austria and Baden Baden having agreed not to act ou the convention conclu led be:,ween them ; but the gar rison is for the present to continue to be formed as it is now. " The general feeling among the members of the Germanic Diet," says a letter from Frankfort, "Is that the I),:nish reply is of a nature to prevent any inimediate act of hostility on the part of the Federa tion. That solution, however, will not be to the taste of Hanover, which has always assumed in the Diet a hostile attitude with respect to Danmark ; and the -.A ew Gazette of Hanover, in oue of its last numbers, has shown that feeling, as it contained the folio sing unambiguous language : It is un fortunately probable that various impediments will arise to prevent the Diet from acting in a dacided and energetic manner.' " A. letter frol - n S:ockli dui says :—" According to recent accounts from the chateau of Drottingholm, where the King continues to reside with the Royal family, his Majesty begins to recover his strength very in.aterially. He is now able to walk in the park without requiring the sdpport of one or two persons, as hal been the ca:e during the previous twt-Ive months." The Fiedrnontese Gazette states that on Count do Ca,vour's arrival at Geneva, he was cordially re ceived by the population, and that a deputation from the Council of Stwe paid him a visit. Before eiin leaving, he received the visits of other notable inha bitants of the city, without distinction of political opinions. Duke of , T ed us t c d a i n , y .re a d t e L nt u i c a c l a s aosnßtcliiteislh pct 7 ih i' The Hon. Ricl -, ard Lyons had an audience of the potentiary the Court of Florence.G which and h THE AIETROPOLLS LOG A. L. MANAGEMENT ACT AM 14N :VENT RILL. Yesterday at the weekly meeting of the represen tative vestry of St. Pancras, held at the Vestry Hall, Camden-ti n, Mr. Churchwarden Cameron in the chair, Thy VESTRY-CLERK reported the stage which the M-tropolis Management Act Amendthent Bill, introduced by the Government, had reached in tie House of Commoni. The Rev. R. 0. ECKETT, member for St. Pancras at the Metropolitan Board, explained the objects of th 3 hill, more especially in rnation to the Govern ment rasing three millions of money upon deben tuie,,and contended that th ose w h o did th e wor k ought not to be doubly t axe d b y being compelled to pay the stamp duty on the transfer of the securi ties. He moved a resolution, "That the vestry was of opiniou that the money to be borrowed by tin!. Metropolitan Board of Works should be obtain able without having to bear the additional charges by the imposition of stamp duties upon the bonds, debentures, or securities, either upon their first issue or upon ay transfer thereof, and that; the borough and county members be earnestly re clues ed to use their best efforts to obtain the intro duction of a clause into the bill for that purpose." Mr. GLovtr, seconded the resolution, which was put and carried. BRETTINGHAM moved a second resolution. The debate on this question in the immaculate House of Commons wits most curious to lead, but on all sides it was admitted that the expense into which the metropolis tv,:.s about to be lauttched would be ft ightfut iu the extreme. But there was a clause in the bid which gave the Metropolitan Board poNer to de!eg a t e th e control of all this en ormous power to a committee of three. This cot tainly ought to be resi,i,A. He mo ved,,"That it would be ex c e e di ug l y object:ionable for the Metro politan Board o f Works to have authority to dele gate to a com m itt ee o f it s me mbers to have the absolute cont ro l an d manage ment of the works connected with the inte r cepting sewage, and t nat the borough an d coun ty tne mbe,s be also earnestly reques'ed to nee their best efforts to get the sth clause struck out of the bill." M some further observations, it was carried, and both e sL, tilolnoss were ßoss s c onded ordered h t e ,, resolution, oluti n transmitted to the ? and, after bo:ough and county members. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape ;0 the 9th of June. On the sth of June the Cape Parliament was pro rogued by the Governor in the following speech "Mr. President and Gentleman of the Legislative Council; Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly— "l. I have to express my thanks to you for the care which you have, throughout a protracted session, be. stowed upon the various measures which have been under your consideration. I have assented, in the Queen's name, and on her Majesty's behalf, to the several bills which you have sent up to me, and I will do my utmost to cause them, to be so carried into operation as to produce as large an amount of good as possible for the country. "2. I hope that the Executive Government may sue cited in giving full effect to the wishes you have expres sed with regard to the building and improvement of gaols. Nothing can be more consonant with my own wishes than that every effort should be made to alleviate the evils which have so long existed from the want of sufficient and proper gaol accommodatton. With a view to immedia.ely attaining, at least in part, this end, I will endeavour, without delay, to devise a plan by which circuit courts may be more frequently held throughout the colony. " 3. I have been much gratified at finding how large a share of your consideration has been bestowed upon the question of education, and at the efforts which you have made to stimulate and encourage it, by providing the means of bringing the inhabitants of the colony together, in their various locations, to deliberate upon this sub ject. I cannot but hope that they will thus at once be rendered anxious to of.tain the benefit of a good educa tion for the youth of their several vicinities, and inven tive of the means by which they can best attain so desir able an end. " 4. It was with great satisfaction that I receivedfrom you the Public Examiners Bill. In passing this mea sure, you have, I trust, laid the foundation of a future University. By thus providing the means of obtaining in this colony an education of the highest order, you will cause to be reared up here a class of highly educated men, who will carefully watch that the benefits of an ordinary education are secured to all classes of the com• munity. • . "5. I thank you for having afferded the Government • the means of continuing to encourage the stream of Eu ropean immigration, which appears to be setting steadily in to this colony, and which will increase so largely the , produce, the wealth, and the security of the country. " 6. The large and liberal provision which you have made for the continuation and maintenance of our great lines of internal communication will afford ample means of providing employment for all immigrants who can arrive here, and add greatly to the future prosperity of the colony, and to the value cf all fixed property. " 7. I have also to thank you for having matured a measure which provides for the improvement of the im portant harbour of Port Elizabeth, upon which our commercial prosperity so largely depends. " 8, Although the Home Government has not felt justified in lending its aid in carrying out the proposed Harbour of Refuge in Table Bay, it bas been to ma a source of great pleasure that our own revenues have been found sufficient to enable the Local Government to carry out a large part of the contemplated plan. I still indulge the hope that the efforts you have thus made to carry en this great undertaking may ultimately lead Great Britain to assist in the completion of a work so nearly connected with the facility and security of the com merce of the world, and with the interests of the widely extended British empire. " 9. Tne assistance you have afforded the Government, in adding so largely t..) the Border police force, will en able me effectually to provide for the defence of the fron tier, and the maintenance of the public peace in those districts into which Kaffirs have been largely introduced; while this preceedieg on your part, and the sense of se• curity arising from it, will reader still more satisfactory to the colonists the measure the Government was com pelled to adopt, of introducing so large an amount of Kaffir labour into the country, and which has happily, in so many reTects, proved advantageous to its interests. "Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,— " 10. I thank you for the liberal supplies which you have voted for the conduct of the public service. The Executive Government will endeavour to administer these carefully and economically. "11. Large as these supplies are, they are in a great measure to be devoted to expenditure which may be considered of a reproductive character, and which will thus, in a short time, inure than repoky the or ginal out lay. Moreover, the public revenues are now in so satis factory a state, and promise so well for the future, that the expenditure you have sanctioned is fully justified by your financial prospects. " Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,— " 12. I thank .you for the interest you have mani fested in the lamentable events which have recently taken place in the country beyond the Orange River. " 13. In compliance with your request and an appli cation which had Peen made to me by the Government of the Orange Frei S:ate, I tendered my mediation to that Government and to the Basutu nation, expressing • to each of them my earnest hope that I might succeed 1 in successfelly adjusting the unfortunate differencee I which prevailed between there. "14. Toe former of these countries has notified to inn its grateful acceptance of toy offer, surject, however, to the confirmation of the VoArsraad, which was to meet in a f e w days. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for the reply of the Basutu Chief to reach m a "15. Should his reply be of a favourable nature, I will then exert myself to the utmost to give effect, to your wishes by carrying to a successful issue the media tion you have advised, if au opportunity is afforded me of so doing ; but new complications appear to be taking place in the country beyond the Orange River, which may preclude me from acting in the manner you had des'red. " li. I am happy in being able to inform you that British Caffraria is in a perfectly tranquil state, and that sauguiuo expectations may new he reasonably in ' dulged that the great national resources of that fertile country may be uninterruptedly developed, in which case it will very shortly attain to a high degree of pro ' sperity, and will contribute greatly to the wealth and commerce of this colo ny. • ~ 17. I cannot permit this, the last session of the first • Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, to close without expressing rity thanks t) the members for the zealous i and efficient exertions which they have, throughout its whole continuance, made to advance the interests of this country ; for the sacrifices they have made for the public good ; for their remarkable freedom from faction and . party spirit ; and for the support and aid which they ' have so often afforded roe under circumstances of great difficulty and perplexity. These will all leave an ins • pression of gratitude and friendly feeling upon my mind which nothing can efface. " 18. And these sentiments are heightened by the con viction I feel that the wisdom and moderation evinced by the members of this Parliament have conclusively sheave that the peeple of the colony were in every way fitted to use well and wisely the liberal Constitution which her Hsjesty, in her gracious care for the welfare and ad vancement of themselves and their descendants, was pleased to bestow upon them. Thinking thus, I cannot Lut confidently indelge the belief that this, the first Parliament of the Cape of Good Hepe, will be admitted to have established lasting claims upon the gratitude of their country." DENMARK AND THE DIET. The following is the official extract from the report of the sitting of the Diet at Frankfurt on the 15th inst. ref,rring to the question between Denmark and the Diet : "The Danish representative presented a decla ration, induced by the Federal resolution of the 20th of May, concerning the constitutional ques tion of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. " The Danish Government takes as a starting point that the principle of the decision for the constitutional or unconstitutional abolition of the ancient provincial constitution of Holstein conlis within the limits of tho competency of the Con federation, but cannot allow that the negotia tions opened at first with the great German Powers, and afterwards uith the German Confe deration, shAl be interpreted exclusively by one party. It repeats in a general manner the assurance that positive communications on the way in which it proposes to settle these constitutional questions would at the present be premature, and that they would not even be possible without endangering an amicable settlement. "It propo,es, moreover, as regards the Duchy of Lanenburg, and referring to the considerations contained in a report of the Commission of the 11th February, of this year, to establish such constitu tional regulations as shall solve all doubts on the integral maintenance of the rights founded on the provincial Constitution of Ltuewberg. "As regards Holstein, the Danish Government regrets that the Provincial States of that country have not thought fit to express thenvelves in a more precise manner on the definition of general and private affairs ; it still deems it very advisable that the States should express an opinion in this respect ; but it haves it at the option of the Diet to open the negotiations it has pro posed before or a!ter hearing the opinion of the St a t e s, and it is ready, in thatwith a view to obviate all objections, to consider, in fc)rin y with the Federal res)lutions 25th February and 20th May of this year, the general constitution of 2d October, 1855, as no longer in force in the Duchies of Holstein and Latenbuu so that the negotiations between the s .ne;eciates would Lear only on fixing the constitutional position of those Duchies in the general organisation of the mo narchy, a-id the defini t i ve settlement of their constitutional le:a.tions would, in the opinion of the Dr4Di4ir Government, be promptly effected, taking alw a y s i nto consideration the rights of t h e S , vereign o f th e country, and the duriea of his Majesty as a member of the German Confedera tion." This declaration was sent for cousidorwien to the °emulate° on th© Question of the Duchies of liolsteiu and LAuchhurg. LITERATURE. A Friend in Need. A Romance. 3 vols. Bentley. Those who wish for an exciting narrative, which is detailed with graphic power, and rendered in- . teresting no less by the manner of the descriptions • than the events themselves, cannot do better than peruse this novel. In it they will find many a momentous incident recorded, and many a mar vellous adventure recited, which would seem to belong to the tales of old romance. The hero ' might well take for his motto, " What, or from whence I am, or who my sire 1" forhe passed many yeats in weary search after the truth which had been withheld from him by the cunning of his enemies. Wary and foresighted as these latter proved themselves to be, however, they were at tacked in a way they had not expected, and thus experienced that derangement to their plans, and that uneasiness in their minds, which so often un expectedly arise to confute the wisdom of the plot r. On her death-bed, the supposed mother of George confided to him a packet which contained important revelations, and unfolded many myste ries. Some rumour of this bequest reached the ears of the deceivers, and their wrath and indigna tion may be conceived. The young man whom tney had defrauded of his birthright fled from them with his precious treasure, that was one day to prove too strong for the mighty to contend against and too true for the adepts in cunning to gainsay. However, this young and ardent spirit had set out on no easy pilgrimage—it was indeed a toilsome wilderness through which he bad to struggle, be• fore the vista of the promised land, beamed upon his weary frame, and suffering spirit. There is something that engages sympathy for one so cruelly situated, and in spite of his hastiness and imprudences the wandering stranger claims at tention and regard. The peculiarity of the story consists in his not being as be supposed, and as circumstances seemedto point out, the son of the Irish earl, in the vicinity of whose estates he had been brought up, but the lost child of a noble French family. The various complicated circum stances attendant on these events, impart an excite ment to the narrative, and a vigour and vivacity to the style. The friend iu need whom the fugitive found, wass Laura Vandeleur, a young lady of sense and spirit, whose conduct in trying scenes was such as to command respect and admiration. She had many temptations to give up her burdensome charge, and relinquish her self-imposed duty, but she never flinched or hesitated. Oie knew with the intuitive faculty of a noble nature, that he whom the had so strangly met was honourable, and felt that she should likewise follow the dictates of honesty and generosity in keeping inviolate the pledge she made him in the hour of danger. It was not till after the lapse of years that events just tied the hazardous course in which she en gaged, but she needed not the witness of men to re-assure her when her heart told her she was right in giving what help she could to one suffering and persecuted. The wily foes with whom George bad to cope possessed all that this world can give to ensure success, they had the power rank confers, they wielded the sped of enormous wealth, they were firmly established in the eyes of men, in the strongholds of place and position, but the lonely s penniless, unknown stranger, whom they immured in prisons, deserted in the dark caves of ocean, and finally consigned to what they supposed the living tomb of the cloister, was mightier than-they. Be had truth for his war-cry, and justice and right were ranged on his side, and in the consciousness of his holy purpose, and the steadfastness of his upright soul, he could look fearlessly for the assistance of that power which, infallible to protect his weakness, was a source to which his enemies, in their pride of strength, dared not appeal, fur succour to speed their cause, or blessing to hallow their works. Be sides the chronicles which register the fitful lights and shadows which fell on the path of Gustave de Per ignon, as the lost one found, the wanderer, in stalled in his high position, and surrounded by friends and fortune, must now be called, there is a variety of incidents recorded ; and also the reader meets with a numerous dramatis _persona., who are severally portrayed with energy and decision. Some scenes are remarkably wed described, .and the whole work bears evident traces of being the production of an able hand. We find striking eveets vividly displayed before us, and interesting characters which are revealed in a powerful manner. It the story does not appear probable to some, it is not impossible, and the time referred to is not the present epoch, but the occurrences bear date on the eve of some of the most extraordinary social changes and convulsions that `t i the history of na tions has had to inscribe on its mighty scroll. It may fairly be considered that it is no exaggeration for the writer of fiction to paint scenes more start iiog, and picture persons less restrained than they are at present, while the tyranny which then ruled in unrevolutionised France, and the lawless spirit which then raged in misgoverned Ireland, alike conspired to unsettle men's minds, and give rise to furious feuds and countless confusions. " A Friend in Need" is a work which will delight the lovers of romance, by the skill which has fashioned its forms and the spirit which animates its expression. A Month in Yorkshire. Ey Walter White, An ther of " A Londoner's Walk to the Land's End," &c. Chapman and Hall. Mr. White's annual excursions are the source of amusement and gratification to many othersbesides himself. His pleasant pages have made many ac quainted with little local details abCut their own country and countrymen that they would very pro bably have been ignorant of if they had visited the spots themselves. His pedestrian habits carry biro into remote and primitive places, inaccessible to the routine traveller, while his versatile general know ledge and readiness in mixing with the residents of ad ranks, enable him to illustrate his agreeable re cords with historical recollections, with traditionary legends, and with sketches of the quaint ways and wordS of the rustic peasantry. Having wandered over the continent in his latter journeys, and taken a peep into the cottages and castles of Germany, our author has now resolved to follow the advice of Fuller, which he takes as his motto—" Know most of the rooms of thy native country, before thou goest over the threshold thereof, especially seeing' Engrand presents thee with so many observables." In accordance with these directions the traveller proceeded to explore our largest county, one which offers many temptations to the wanderer and seeker for originality. The wild sea coast yearly shrinking from the encroaching waves, the rough uncultivated people, the marvellous manufactories, and the flue views to be seen from the hills and cliffs —give a variety and animation to the work that prevent it from becoming tedious, though its argil is limited. It is, however, scarcely equal to Mr. White's former works, and we look on its increased size with some suspicion. It would be a matter fur regret should he suffer his fresh and lively records to sink into mere ,bookuiakiog, and pleasant and entertaining as the volume before us is, it might have born e a li t tl e con d ensa ti on . The descriptions of his visits to the manufactories and the marve's of shoddy-making are curious and interesting. The Uuninitiated will be surprised in tracing the history of files. Having heard a German workman speak with enthusiasm of Eng loh files, the author was full of curiosity to see their manufacture, and he was not disappointed. The elaborate processes which the iron passes through, left him no longer wondering at the ex tended reputation of the files of Sheffield. The reader who takes up this volume for an hour's pleasant ending will find something more than entertain ment, for scraps of information are mingled with it, and the faithful pictures of life and man- Hors may be new and impressive to those who know little of the resources and peculiarities of their own country. We trust this is not the last excursion Mr. White will make for his own relaxation and the satisfactio'n of his readers. KEW GAEDENS.—One of the most beautiful and pie turesque obj,cts in this rich and far-famed collection of everything rare in the vegetable world is the Norfolk island pine araucaria excel•a ; its branches and foliage bear a most striking and remarkable resemblance to an inferior ostrich feather, with this diffe rence, that thy do not droop at the ends or points. The value of an ostrich feather consists in the rich ness of the tips or ends, a (mid plume of five feathers of this description bring worth nine guineas. This very singular and graceful pine is the noblest specimen of its kind in Europa, and we are indebted to Captain Cook and Sir J. Banks for its introduction to this country. It stands in a large tub containing 17 tons weight of its parent soil on the grand; promenade near the Orangery, its grace and beauty malting it the principal ornament , of the Arboretans. TEIE ACCIDENT AT CHILIIA3I. On Sunday morning last, the Rev. S. Langston, Perpetual Curate of South borough, in the course of his sermon, alluded to the late disastrous accident ou the SJuth-Eastern railway at Chil ham, and pariicularly to the lamentable case of the Rev. Mr. Wood, aWesloyan minister, whose death had resulted f ro m injuries sustained in that accident, and who has I,ft a wife and large family to deplore his loss ; and the rev. gentleman thought this was a most suitable case far pecorfary asiEtance. In the evening Mr. Lang ston informed his congregation that upon leaving the church in the morning a sovereign was given him for this object, that upon crossing the common a person, who was a stranger to hini, had given biro tWo sovereigns more, and in the course of the afternoon ho had received another one. What he asked for was that he !ingot have one more sovereign, so as to set?(l the pour widow a 51. note. Toe consequence of this second appeal was that the rev. gentleman was enabled to make ud ro less a sum :Lan 151. which on the fol lowing day he placed in the bands of a Wesleyan mtuis ter of Tunbridge Wells, accompanied with a letter of Christian condolence, the latter undertaking to forward the sum of money toithe —South, Ecotem Gazette' chani facto: when the a fav ou tgLined be cc Montt 4 0t a feeling a f av , Alt] impro The to this C ; 141 '` . dC quit e littl e C ana, O atia , value Aap e ti otia Laub to 1( tit / to•ti t Th, a ~e. ee New, bit Ott Di kteh c tzelLi ~raa; Uj 45'418 ilar( 111)1,