The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-27 00:00:00

T HEATRE -ROYAL, If AYMA.RKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the peliorraances will conameni;e with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, FAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs.:C. Mathews. Commence at 7. POYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-- JL Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will 1)1 performed MACBETH. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Elsworthy. After which, THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Harris and Miss Maria Harris. Commence at 7. AD EL PHI, NEW THEATRE - R OYAL. Sole proprietor and Monomer, Mr. Beni. Webster. Last nights of the popular Adelphi Drama of Janet Pride. TUTS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby ; Miss Woolgar and Miss Laidlaw. To conclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE ; or Raising the Wind under the most approved Principles. Messrs. .L 1.. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, C. Selby, Powell, Romer, Misses Woolgar, K. Kelly , a nd Emily Thorne. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. B o x-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, 5 . 5. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 38. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, ed: Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- tl Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BAT" Y. Continued Success of " iiazeppa." A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Sept 1. commencing at Two o'clock. This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day, including the greatest Equestrienne in the world, Madlle. de Berg, whose wonderful Leap through the body of a Mail Coach (a feat never before a'tempted by any other female) has bean nightly received with enthusiasm. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Boa-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt!. CONCERTS, CANTERBURY HALL EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from MARTHA, • And Selections from DINORAII, TROVATORE, MACBETH . , And numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is Bail, fid. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment). for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 26, MO. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAnomrml-29.92; rising. WIND--Westerly, inc'ining to North; with fine sun• shiny weather, after four or eve days of incessant rain. AUGUST 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.90. WlND—South-Westerly ; light, with doubtful weather, but fine during the forenoon. We had more rain in the night. a. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 10h. 55m,—Afternoon, 11h. 37m. To-moßnow.-Morning, —h. —m.—Afternoon, 12h. 12m. 4 s tp j ~, , , , 04',.. .t '' Nu.' 4 . .1)1` '‹=, 4fr,;),;",„ -...-,•Vi47-,L,.---T::.--,:..`:,:„-N V.,„ , , (p m , --e,r. , :--i„ -1 , ',--''''''.----'=- - :t`7 2, 1.5 i,,, °,,,,-,-1-..d,...-7Nei.ki,‘,-,,,..--' „ 2 . v. -1f. , :• - -. , ,:_,,i , .(2.,,,d-,4-,>-_,p_pi, ------., THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1860. The progress of Gen. GARIBALDI appears to be a continued triumph. A long line of successes has marked his career since he first embarked in the great cause of the liberation of Southern Italy. With the prudence which so often accompanies the most distinguished courage, and for which the Italian hero is especially remarkable, he has secured Reggio instead of at once proceeding to Naples, as some supposed he would do. He has thus secured a base for his operations which has greatly strength ened his position, and will enable him to march to the capital with increased confidence. There is little to oppose his progress. Between Reggio and Naples there are no fortresses, and the great forests which cover the sides of the Appenines will serve, if neces sary, for the purposes of concealment or temporary retreat. Neither is there any doubt as to the result of an attack upon the capital. The train has long been laid, and at the first spark it will ignite, For long years have the people groaned under the tyranny of their miserable rulers ; for many months have they watched with eager eyes the gradual liberation of Italy, and the daring march of GARI BALDI'S Volunteers. It is not likely when the prize is within their reach, when the chance of freedom is brought to their very doors, that they will suffer the enterprise to fail for want of their cordial aid and active co. operation. Let GARIBALDI once reach Naples and we shall be much surprised if either army or navy prove very formidable opponents. Though in the employ of a despot, wearing his uniform, and re ceiving his pay, they are still Italians, they are men. They can remember as well as their com patriots the long years of crushing tyranny that preceded the outbreak of 1848 ; the fleeting triumph that followed it ; the treacherous pledges of the intimidated Monarch, the political perjury which succeeded. They can recall the revelations of the secret dungeons which may one day await them and their associates—the bands of noble, intelligent, and patriotic spirits that have been crushed by the rack and the chain. Will they fight for a dynasty whose works are such as these ? whose misrule has made their country the byword of civilised Europe ? We cannot believe it. The Neapolitans, so often the victims of tyranny and foreign domination, have sometimes thrown off their lethargy and showed their spirit at last. They proved it long centuries since when resisting the yoke of another Bourbon in the bloody Sicilian vespers. Now a better way is open to them, a path to national freedom is before them less stained with bloodshed and cruelty. The one man who has been found equal to the occasion is advancing to the rescue of the down-trodden Neapolitans, let us hope with the same success which has attended his former efforts. When GARIBALDI first set out on his memorable expedition it was looked upon by many as the rash adventure of a hairbrained enthusiast, or the wild scheme of a reckless democrat. He has proved himself no less the general than the soldier, no less fitted to plan a campaign than to lead an army to a victorious charge. While statesmen were fettered by treaties and monarchs were ham- Pored by allies, it remained for the free and fearless patriot, responsible only to his conscience and his countrymen, to achieve the realisation of the idea on which they had all been descanting so °4llen tlY but so unsatisfactorily. Whatever may be th e result of his enterprise the English sympathies will be enlisted on the side of GAni- B, ; and -east that result will he we can hardly doubt. Two Neap•Aitan brigades; have already „•sur rendered at discretion to General COSENZ, and their c sample will probably be &eerily followed by many others. w i t h Naples once in the possession of OARIDALDI the keystone of d es petism will have fe,llen, and the chase of Italiaan liberation be, humanly speaking; SCCLIFC. The second session o f the sil:th Parliamont of her Majesty Queen VICTORIA :;:s closing at last. From the 24th of January till the same time nearly in August —seven calendar months, hard upon eight lunar moltiths—it has been pursuing its, at first, sprightly, then quarrelsome, then weary way —till, at last, the members get free for more con genial pursuits. Much could we wish, for higher reasons than the pleasure of Members of Parlia ment, that the weather may be as propitious as they could desire for the slaughter of another kind of innocents than those on which they have re venged themselves while confined to their legisla tive home. The wise man says, that better is the day of one's death than the day of one's birth ; the latter teaching us the sober reality in which all the ardent parental hopes of the former so commonly terminate. And, most assuredly, if we compare the Speech by which her MAJESTY announced that the session had begun to breathe, with her farewell confes sions, and with the hard facts of its close, the un certainty of early sessional hopes could scarcely be better illustrated. Hardly one of its domestic pro mises have been fulfilled; and foreign affairs are certainly not in the position which might have been anticipated at the opening of the year from the words and deeds of our nearest neighbours. Of the noble paragraph on Italian affairs we may say that —as it was, perhaps, the very best in the Speech—so events in August smile brightly on the Royal sentiments of February. Whatever became of congress, said her MAJESTY, " whether in congress or in separate negotiation, I shall en deavour to obtain for the people of Italy freedom from foreign interference by force of arms in their internal concerns, and I trust that the affairs of the Italian peninsula may be peacefully and satisfac torily settled." This was all Italian patriots needed —and firmly have our Ministers held this language throughout. Indeed, they have gone farther. The Premier has declared that the best settlement for Italy would be to get rid of her remaining tyrants from Rome and Naples, and Lord J. RUSSELL has not hesitated to compare GARIBALDI to WILLIAM 111. and WASHINGTON. On foreign affairs, indeed, throughout, the language of our Foreign Secretary and his colleagues has gone, in the direction of their countrymen's sympathies, to the utmost length which official decency could permit. a Not quite congruous, however, with the hopes of February are the facts of England's and indeed all Europe's position just now. That, however, is in no sense due to our Government, unless indeed their placing too much confidence in the man who so barefacedly violated every oath and promise to mount his throne may have encouraged his temerity. We must, we confess, wonder how any one can place the slightest reliance on Imperial words and professions; but diplomatically it may be necessary; and the diplomatic propriety which induced the QUEEN to speak of only a congress on the state of Italy, deferred sine die, was soon compelled to speak out when with a barefaced LIE any secret inter.- tions about Savoy were disavowed—when it turned out that they had existed before the Italian war — when they were renewed on the most utterly baseless pretexts—when promises were made to respect the rights of Switzerland in the two small districts — when these promises were cancelled—and when, last ly, the stronger said without reserve, " I will swallow all I please of the Alpine territories." Then began that general distrust with which the session closes, which shows itself not only all over Europe, but in the altered language of our Prime Minister—in our naval and military estimates, in our volunteers and our fortifications. We co operate with France in China and in Syria ; but we, and all Europe, have changed our whole policy since February. China, too, does not seem likely to realise the commend ably peaceful anticipations of our QUEEN ; the American " difficulty" of San Juan does look better. Mr. BUCHANAN has in that matter acted worthily of his position, though the dispute remains where it was. Internal peace has continued to bless India, and the " Viceroy " can probably still trans mit " the most gratifying accounts of the loyalty of the QUEEN'S Indian subjects ;" whether the internal resources of the country will be developed as her MAJESTY hoped, and financial prospects decidedly improved, time has not yet elapsed sufficient to prove. Respecting Syrian calamities, England's Government could not be expected to anticipate them. The Government, whose stamp the mus kets distributed among the Maronite Catholics bear, and in whose capital the Arabic newspaper, full of venom against England, was printed, might perhaps be looking for something which should serve to talk about instead of an Italian war. But it was in what we were to do at home that the great display was made. The Budget, resplen dent with the French gilding of a commercial treaty ; the Reform Bill ; the improvement of our jurisprudence—bankruptcy, the transfer of land, the consolidation of statutes, and such fusion of law and equity that suits could be begun and termi nated in the same court—these, besides all the routine work of the session, were all to be got through in 1860 ! A splendid programme to be sure ; and the first article of it quite a novelty— the consummation of Free-trade, and the opening up of untold commerce with France—all parts of the Great Budget of 1860 ! The other things were remanets of repeated former attempts, but they seemed all to have nearly passed their chrysalid state, and to be ready for transformation into Acts of Legislature. Alas for the vanity of even Royal hopes, what has become of them all ? The first and great one —the Treaty• Budget—it has achieved one great good we must all acknowledge--it has swept away 400 insignificant articles paying customs duties, and left but a few, all of which pay well for collect ing. That is, no doubt, a good clearance ;it was the well-known intention of Sir ROBERT PEEL to come to that result. But the treaty itself is quite another question. Would that great and cautious financier have sacrificed the wine duties for no conceivable object, but that of looking liberal towards a community—(for we acquit the EMPEROR here, because we believe him to be in advance of his subjects)—a community who refuse even the free export of rags, not to mention the high protective duties which they clutch to the injury of their own national revenues He would either have said to the French, we shall levy the duties most profitable to our own Exchequer, with out consulting your wishes; or, if we consult them, we must have reductions of your duties pari passu with our own. Such, we may bo confident, would have been the language of a PEEL. Time will show—and sincerely do we hope our fears may be groundless—but we much fear the narrow minded, close-fisted Frenchmen have.induced Mr. GLADSTONE to sacrifice our revenue, and to saddle us with an increased income-tax for their benefit chiefly—it may be, only. As to the rest of the Budget, Mr. GLADSTONE certainly contrived to bring on the House of Commons such a humiliation as it has never suffered for hundreds of years. To the ill-judged scheme which gave up the paper duty, and laid on the additional penny of income tax to make good the loss, we owe the famous " Lords' aggression." The real meaning of which we take to be this—the Lords see equal taxation approaching, therefore they furnish themselves with a pretext to reject any bill which shall sub ject real property to its just share of taxation. As to alithe rest of the proposed measures we have .~ TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, but to lament their untimely death. The Reform Bill—" made to pass " the " poor little bill," which at first the Opposition meant to let take its course—even its guilelessness could not save it. It would not do to lay violent hands on it, so it was talked out of existence—really, by the hatred of Tories and Whigs to any reform, aided by the secret longings of all honourable members not to sentence the Parliament it had cost them so much to enter, to an early dissolution. All of them, also, knew full well that the Premier and his half of the Cabinet were but too glad to get Reform out of the way. But even the law reforms shared the general mortality. The Bankruptcy Bill was in no sense a party bill—the great Tory lawyers supported it —it was the embodiment of the ascertained wishes of commercial as well as professional men—yet in such a Parliament as this, die it must. As to questions of ecclesiastical liberty—Church-rate abolition went back from a majority of about 70 last session, to one of 29, and then of 9 this session! Ilad Tories been in office it would not have been so. Indeed, we believe, that every liberal mea sure would have been in a far better position if Mr. DISRAELI had been leader of the house of Commons. PALMERSTON always jilts Reformers when he is in office. When he is out, he aids them for the sake of getting in. And thus—with a treaty of doubtful value—with every liberal measure sacrificed—and with a Budget which has trampled the rights of the Commons under the fact of the Lords—thus endeth the second session of QUEEN VICTORIA'S sixth Parliament. HARVEST PROSPECTS IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEWPORT, AUG. 26. A great many of the farmers commenced cutting their wheat and barley during the week, but the heavy and continuous rains, particularly those on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, attended with a strong south-west gale, have had such an effect on the harvest prospects, that wheat in our market (Newport) yesterday advanced to £lB a load, with every prospect, if the same weather continued, that it will in another week be up to £2O. Providen tially there is a great change to-day, and the sun has shone out beautifully, and brightened up our prospects. A month of such weather, and as good a crop of corn will be gathered as many remember, as, though all have been very much frightened by the weather, no quantity of wheat or barley has been seriously injured, and no oats have been damaged by it, while the root crops (with the ex ception of the potatoes, which have been almost en tirely destroyed) are excellent in quantity and quality. A great quantity of hay has been carried in in a damaged state ; but there is a greater quan tity of after grass than usual, and should the barley be saved well, there is such a quantity of clover in it that it will save the hay ricks. Still all depends on the weather now setting in fine, for should the rain return the effects will be most disastrous, as the wheat and barley have stood as long as they safely can. MR DEFECTIVE INSULATION AND SUBMERSION OF TELEGRAPHIC CABLES. ATE6I El IN z". The following teleg►rams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : NAPLES, (VIA MARSEILLES) AUG. 21. Moderate candidates opposed to annexation to Piedmont have presented themselves for election to Parliament. Generals Ulloa and Pianelli are at their head. Conflicts have taken place between Neapolitan soldiers and sonic Bersaglieri who had landed from Sardinian vessels. The villa of Count d'Aquila and several other houses have been searched by order of Minister Romano, but nothing was found to prove a con- spirt cy. TURIN, SATURDAY NIGHT. A despatch received here from Reggio announces that on the 21st inst. Garibaldi obtained another victory over a body of Neapolitan troops, who had retired into the citadel. General Cosenz, with a considerable force, had crossed the Straits of Fiumicino. PALERMO, (VIA GENOA) AUG. 23. The fort of Reggio capitulated on the 21st. The Neapolitan garrison is allowed to leave with mus kets and personal baggage only. After a short fight the Garibaldians have occu pied the Villa San Giovanni. Two Neapolitan brigades, M elandez and Briganti, have surrendered at discretion to General Cosenz. The Garibaldians are masters of their artillery, arms, &e., and of Fort del Pizzo. PARIS, MONDAY. The Sultan, in authorising his ambassador at Paris to sign the protocol of the 3d inst., which is to be converted into a convention, imposed the condition, however, that the protocol should con tain nothing which might involve the idea of foreign intervention in the interior affairs of Tur key. It was for that reason that the wishes of the great Powers respecting the measures to be taken for ameliorating the condition of the Christian sub jects of the Porte were embodied in a second and separate protocol. This protocol, by the distinct reserve of the Turkish ambassador, was not to be inserted in the convention. Russia, nevertheless, insisted that the convention should recal and confirm the promises by the Porte at the Congress of Paris in favour of the Christians. The Divan refused to accede •to this demand, which it declared would constitute an act of intervention in the interior administration of Turkey. The Porte, however, declares that, acting in the full exercise of its sovereign independence, it will use every effort to fulfil the wishes of the Chris tian Powers. These preliminaries have delayed the signature of the convention, upon which, however, all the Powers have now come to an agreement. The Moniteur of Sunday publishes the speech of 1 1 the Emperor in reply to the address of the civic authorities at Lyons. His Majesty said—" I thank you for the manner in which you appreciate my efforts to increase the prosperity of France. Solely occupied with the general interests of the country, I scorn all that which may place obstacles in the way of their de velopment. Therefore the unjust distrust excited abroad, as well as the exaggerated alarms and selfish interests in the interior will not affect me. Nothing will make me deviate from the path of moderation and justice which I have followed, and which maintains France on the height of grandeur and prosperity which Providence has assigned her in the world. Therefore, give yourselves up with confidence to works of pence. Our destinies are in our hands. France gives in Europe the impulse to all great and generous ideas. She only suffers from evil influence when she is degenerating. Be lieve that, with the assistance of God, she shall not degenerate under my dynasty." ITALY. TURIN, AUG. 22, Seven hundred volunteers had already embarked yesterday at Genoa, when an order came suddenly from the Ministry to prevent the departure of the vessel. The command was obeyed, but as other vessels were going to leave the harbour, the larger part of the volunteers, no longer in military array it is true, managed as passengers to get away in driblets, and the rest will doubtless find means of getting out of the harbour to-day. Signor Manna is expected back from Paris this day. His diplomatic mission has been a failure, but whether he has succeeded or hot in bribing any journal there to espouse the cause of the Bourbon I cannot pretend to say. These *envoys tried here at Turin to tempt sevtral journalists with money, but unsuccessfully. They gained one venal soul at Milan, where public opinion was soon found to be incorruptible, _ . The Dictator of Sicily has sent to Turin the Genoese advocate Brusco on a spebial mission, and the latter having had an interview with the Minis- . ters this morning, has returned well pleased to Genoa. The loan for Sicily has been raised, as you know, but financial matters, as affecting Gari baldi's expedition, are not in a satisfactory state. The Torino, which landed 1,500 volunteers, but no provisions, on the Calabrian coast, has been de stroyed by the Bourbon's ships. The steamer in question was insured, it is true, at your Lloyd's for a million of francs, but the loss is great notwith standing, and will be severely felt in Garibaldi's future operations, for his naval means are very limited. On board the Finisterre there were 400 mounted Spahis from Africa ; they were, up to the grade of captain, natives, above that, Frenchmen, and ap peared the very men for Syria. They had come direct from the from the frontiers of Morocco, and did not find the heat of Malta oppressive. They are apparently difficult men to manage and fellows that would stick at nothing. The Finisterre on which they were was not a large steamer, yet the 400 men and 400 horses with all the necessary accompaniment were very com fortably arranged. The French certainly are per fect in their arrangements for carrying troops. Very many of the Spahis landed and appeared full of boisterous mirth. THE SYRIAN EXPEDITION. MALTA, AUG. 21. On the 19th the French steamer Jourdain arrived with 15 officers, 25 non-commissioned offi cers, and 48G soldiers for Syria. Mr. Richard Stanstead Barwell, now vice-consul at Mers;na, is appointed her Majesty's consul at the Island of Reunion. Mr. Wodehouse is appointed consul at the Society Islands, to reside at Raietea. Mr. Edward B. Barker, now unpaid vice-consul at Sucdia, is appointed her Majesty's consul at Samsoon. Viscountess Jocelyn left town on Friday. for Ire land, to pay a visit to the Countess of Roden, at Tollynaore Park, county Down. The Baron and Baroness'de Langnau and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, from Switzerland. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Prince Frederick Adolphus, who left the Duchess of Cam bridge's residence at Kew on Friday for Dover, embarked at that hqrbour on Saturday for Ostend, , en route to Ger many, their sudden departure for the Continent being occa sioned by the illness of the reigning grand duke, father of his royal highness. The reigning grand duke is in his 80th year. The Due de Terranova has left the Brunswick Hotel for Paris. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have left their residence in Pall-mall, for their country seat, for the season. ST 21, 1860. CHINA. HONG KONG, JULY 8. The steamer Pekin will be despatched this morn- IT at 8 o'clock, to which .hour her departure has been pos i iponed frona 2 p.m. yesterday. The steamer Cadiz arrived on the 6th inst., with the London mails of May 26. The Pottinger is expeCted to bring on the treasure and opium saved from the wreck of the Malabar. From Shangai Lord Elgin and Baron Gros have followed the nava)l and military Commanders-in- Chief to the Gulf of Pecheli, whence direct intelli gence, not known here, will be transmitted by this mail. Much anxiety is felt as to the course of ac tion that will be followed in the North, where the presence of the Ambassadors causes a suspicion of an attempt to renew futile negotiations—futile be cause everything confirms the general belief that the Chinese are deter mined to fight. The Governor-General of the Two Kiangs, who lately took refuge in Shanghai, is ordered to be sent to Pekin in chains, Conflicting accounts are received as to the actual position of the rebels ; but they do not seem to lose ground, but, on the con trary, to advance, and they still retain possession of Soucbow. Some missionaries from Shanghai lately paid them a visit, and its result is given in an interesting letter published in the North China Herald. It appears that the original letter is still alive, and in supreme power at Nankin. There has been a serious disturbance at Foochow between the Canton and Chewhew men, but for the present quiet has been restored. The presence of a British man-of-war at all open ports is most de sirable. The English Consul is on his way to Swatow, where he is much wanted, and where he will be of service if,backed by a man-of-war, though, in the actual state of our relations with China, his appoint ment is an anomaly. At Canton perfect tranquillity prevails, but some suspicion attaches to the sudden appearance in the neighbourhood of an Imperial force, for the osten sible purpose of keeping the rebels (who are believed to have gone to the interior provinces) in check, but whose tactics may embrace the double object of pro fiting by the reverse that the Chinese believe must befall the Allied forces at the Peiho. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—From what appeared in the Times' City Article of the 21st inst., I am induced to call your attention to the following facts : The recent failures in submarine telegraphs re sult from insulating and submerging them by the old system, which consists of coating the wire with gutta percha, that is, impregnated with mois ture during the process of cleansing and in passing each coat through cold water for the purpose of setting it, causing imperfect adhesion of the coat ings. To partially remedy this defect, tar and rosin have been employed. The cable is then pro tected with yarns of tarred hemp and iron wire twisted spirally round, which have proved to be perishable when laid on muddy bottoms, as in the case of the Atlantic and Red Sea cables. In submerging cables, great damage is done by the use of heavy pullies from their not being suffi ciently sensitive to the rising, falling, or yawing of a ship's stern, and before overcoming their inertia the cable receives violent jerks, which, notwith standing the iron wire and hemp, cause the insu lating core to elongate and flatten, bringing the conductor nearer the surface. This is one of the principal causes of submerged cables becoming so soon unserviceable. To remedy these defects, thin rolled sheets of gutta percha, well dried, and rendered plastic by heat, are put on the conductor in a series of coats, under a pressure of six or seven tons to the inch, a current of cold air being employed to set the core in lieu of cold water. Gutta perch a being a partial absorbient, it is ren dered impervious by a coating of collodion and gum, and as an outer covering and to prevent kinks and tensile strain, longitudinal strands of hemp, saturated with a water-proof compound, are em bedded in and firmly held together by the insulat ing material, which being cold vulcanised is not liable to injury by abrasion or tropical heats. This cable may be laid in a muddy bottom, or suspended between rocks without injury, from its light specific gravity. In submerging cables a long trotigh filled with balls and water is employed, through which the cable passes. By a slight pressure on the balls an increase of friction is obtained, which regulates the exit of the cable without any injury to its electrical condition. In conclusion, I may add, that if the present system of constructing and laying telegraphic cables is continued we may give up all hopes of submarine telegraphy. I am, sir, your obedient servant, August, 18G0. J. MACINTOSH. CONJUGAL .RIGIITh (SCOTLAND) BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Permit me to correct an error which ap pears to have inadvertently crept into your paper of this day's proceedings in the House of Commens, and by which I am represented as having moved that the house should not insist on the amendments to the Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Bill. The motion I made referred to the Sale of Gas Act Amendment Bill, and not to the Conjugal Rights Bill. So far from not insisting on the Commons' amendments to the latter, I was prepared, had the bill not been dropped by common consent, to have urged a deter mined adherence, at any rate, to the amendment by which the 18th clause was struck out. As the matter creates considerable interest in Scotland, your insertion of the above will very much oblige, Sir, your obedient servant, E. H. CRAUFURD. Brooks' Club, Aug. 25, 1860. His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlobe loft town on Saturday for Scotland, and is expected to pay a visit to her Majesty at Balmoral and also to the Duchess of Kent. The Earl of Sefton has gone to Scotland on a series of visits during the shooting season. The Earl and Countess Spencer have left Spencer House, St. James's, to make a series of visits in Scotland. The Earl of Malmesbury has joined the Countess af Heron Court, near Christchurch, Hants, from visiting the Earl of Lonsdale at Lowther Castle. The Earl and Countess de Grey and Ripon re ceived a select party at dinner, on Friday, at their mansion in Carlton-gardens. Viscountess Palmerston left town on Friday for Brocket Hall, where the noble Premier joined her ladyship on Saturday evening after the Cabinet Council. A select circle are staying at Brocket. Viscount Palmerston will return to town this afternoon. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset gave a dejeimer to a distinguished company on Saturday afternoon, at his Grace's official residence in Whitehall, in celebration of the marriage of Miss Helen Graham, youngest daughter a the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., M.P., with Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Baring, of the Guards, which was solemnised on Saturday at St. Peter's Church, Pimlico. • The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wool, Bart., M.P., immediately after the close of the Parliamentary session, will lea'o town to join Lady Mary Wood and family, at Mickleton Hall, Yorkshire. r_~ti COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. A dull market has existed during the fortnight for im ports, and lower prices have been accepted. Canton Silk—Since last mail rates have advanced from 10 dols. to 15 dols. The whole of the second crop has been contracted for, and rates quoted are what dealers will de liver third crop at when it arrives. Loongkong, No. 1, 430 dols. to 435 dols ; Kumchuck, No. 2, 410 dols. to 415 dols ; Kowkong, No. 3, 385 dols. to 390 dols.; Rereelsed Kumchuck, 450 dols. to 460 dols.: Mahtou, 190 dols. to 195 dols. Tea—Portions of several chops of country congou have arrived ; they appear to be of good make, but it is difficult to make any comparison with last season's before fuller supplies are received. Teamen expect about 35 teals for the finest chops. Since last mail Tayshan congous have been settled at a decline of 1 to 2 taels, and scented kinds are 2 taels lower. Settlements are as follows :—Country Congou. —Old, no sales ; stock, 3 chops. New, no sales ; stock, por tions of 7 chops. Tayshan Congou.—Sales, 9,000 half chests, at from 201 to 251 taels ; stock, 5,000 to 7,000 half ohests. Scented Orange Pekoe.—Sales, 15,000 boxes; stock about 25,000 bones. Quotations : curious, 37 to 38 taels ; good to fine, 30 to 34 taels ; medium, 26 to 28 taels ; com mon, 22 to 24 tads. Scented Caper.—Sales, 10,000 boxes; stock, 30,000 to 40,000 boxes. Fine to finest, 28 to 33 taels ; good medium, 23 to 25 taels ; common, 18 to 21 taels. Gun powders.—Scarce. Sales, 3,000 boxes, at 17 to 22 taels. Two vessels have sailed for London. The Southern Cross, full ; Ardville, loading. For Liverpool, the Caroline Chisholm. Freights to London, £3 to £3 10s. for tea. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SATURDAY, Ang. 25. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, Capt. Lott, which left New York on the 15th inst., arrived here at 6.20 p,m. She brings 42 passengers and 376,030 dols. in specie for England, and 7,871 dols. for Havre. She landed all the mails except those for Liver pool, and proceeded at 6.40 p.m., all well. The steamers Edinburgh, Damascus, and Anglo- Saxon had arrived out. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived at Gaspe on the 12th inst., and was received by the Governor-General and the members of the Cabinet. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. 15. The money-market is dull. Exchange on Lon. don, 109 - 110. • In stocks there is more doing. New York Cen trals are quoted 86-ii ; Erie, 251 26; Illinois, 82 1 1-. Cotton more active, and quotations firmer. Sales, 3,000 bales on the basis of lOac. for middling upland. _ _ Flour inactive, owing to the inclemency of the weather, and quotations of State and Western de scriptions are rather easier. Sales, 7,000 barrels. Corn heavy. Coffee quiet ; pork dull ; sugar and freights steady. NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 14, The cotton-market continues quiet. Sales to-day, 900 bales ; of the• past three days, 1,700 bales. Freight for cotton to Liverpool, 9 16d. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 26, The Cunard screw steamer Australasian, Captain Hockley, from New York on the 16th, has arrived here. The Parana had arrived out. The Great Eastern sailed for England on the 16th inst., and was in company with the Australasian on the 24th and 25th from lat. 51, long. 24, to. lat. 50, long. 16. Advices from Mexico report no alteration in the state of affairs. Bishop Espinosa had been uncon- ditionally released, in the hope that it would induce Miramon to release Uragua, but that hope had not been realised. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. In money and exchange there was nothing doing. Stocks were buoyant. New York Central, 877-, ; Erie, 281 ; Illinois, 86. Sales of cotton, 1,500 bales, at stiff.prices. Flour was in improved demand—sales, 20,000 barrels. Wheat active. Pork firm. Sugar and coffee steady. Freights active, and higher. NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 15. The cotton•market is steady. Middling, 10ic. to 10Ic. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 26. The Royal Mail steamship America arrived here at 4.30 p.m., embarked mails and passengers, and proceeded at 5.20 p.m. for Halifax and Boston. All well. The alliance between Holland and Belgium seems to be growing very friendly. The Prince and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands are going to visit the King of the Belgians at Brussels, for which occasion great pre parations and alterations are being made at the Palace.— Court Journal. IMAM OF MR. JESSE HARTLEY.—N r. Jesse Hartley, the engineer of the Liverpool Docks, died at his house, Derby -road, Bootle, yesterday morning. In the death of Mr. Hartley the Liverpool public has lost one of its most distinguished men. The deceased, who was up wards of 80 years of age, was a native of the North Riding of Yorkshire, in which district of that extensive county his father held the position of bridge-master, and his son, the subject of the present remarks, after receiving an ordinary education, served his apprenticeship as a stonemason, and worked at the building of Borough-bridge. Subsequently he succeeded his father as bridge -master in the district named, until his removal to Liverpool, on receiving the appointment of engineer to the Dock Committ ee . A s a d oc k eng ineer, INIr. Jsse Hartley is admitted to have occupied a very high, if not, indeed, the highest position of any man who has lived within the present century. Possessing great na tural sagacity and imbued with an innate perception of the leading features of constructive design, he speedily acquired a profound as well: as extensive knowledge of the requirements of that branch of science to which he devoted himself, and in the design and construction of the numerous docks of Liverpool ho has left monu ments of his skill as an engineer which will endure at least as long as the fame and commercial prosperity of the port. During the long period in which he held. the re sponsible office of dock engineer in Liverpool, )Ir. Hartley altered, or entirely constructed every dock belonging to the town. Besides these, he was employed as engineer for the Bolton and Manchester railway and canal, and he was also consulting engineer for the Dee Bridge at Ches ter, the centering for which was considered a triumph of engineering skill and ability, and on all subjects connected with the construction of docks his opinion was considered by his professional brethren as of the highest authority. LITERATURE. Night and Day. A Novel. By the Hon. Charles Stuart Saville. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a most exciting story, which is very well written, and which can hardly fail to attract at tention from its peculiar style and earnest spirit. The hero is a ,very clever man, and though his extraordinary adventures are certainly not pro bable, they are Yet not impossible. Considering the time when the events of the tale are supposed to have occurred, it' might have been feasible for a man of such unbounded resources in skill and such energy of mind to have carried out for a time the daring endeavour. Of course it could not last, for all such plans contain in their very fruition the sure signs of decay. It was impossible that the originator of such schemes should not have made many enemies ; and even the smallest and meanest of these will one day prove too many for the proud and mighty. Gaspard Duval is one of those re markable men who have been met with occasionally in various phases of life. In the most favourable circumstances, the feeling that would dare all things and defy all men to obtain its object, creates a hero ; in the unfavourable view, it makes a vil lain. Had Gaspard early in life been removed from evil associates, and divested of the gnawing idea that wrong was done to his family, and been placed in the army, or somewhere where his restless mind could have had safe vent, his after career would have been very different. As it was everthing pandered to his besetting sin. Had Gas pard been of high principle he would have risen above the temptation, but being made of meaner stuff he succumbed at once, and sought out oppor tunities of sinning so that he might rise. Coraline, in a manner, deserved her sufferings for rushing off with a man of whose character she knew nothing. One feels great pity for the poor old father, whose every hope was blighted, and whom subsequent events only plunged deeper in misery. The three confederates, to whose able assistance and singular dexterity Gaspard owed much of his success, are most skilfully sketched, and their portraitures are among the best in the book. There are many per sons in the story who are amusingly described; the family of the Duke of Cerny Plessis —is an animated picture of the ancienne noblesse of France. The way in which Mademoiselle Hermanegarde was taken in by the soi-disant cheva lier, who was no other than Frisset dressed up for the occasion, is entertaining. In accordance with the plans of these worthy men, the real Cheva lier had been waylaid by Frisset on his"arrival in France, and led into a duel. The crowning feat of Gaspard's ambitious life had been to represent him self as the Count of St. Real, who had actually died on board his pirate ship. He possessed himself of the papers, &c., of the young nobleman, and as the latter had never been seen in France, he easily passed himself off as the Count. In consequence of his high position he obtained the office of Lieu tenant of Police, and in that character, of course, he had ample opportunity to effect his purposes. The story is well conceived in its varied and ex citing points of interest. The manner in which Gaspard is at last circumvented is not so well arranged as might be ; it would have been much better to have managed it otherwise, but the design of the author was evidently to ,work out the vengeance by the hands of her whom Gaspard had so cruelly used. In this he has certainly succeeded, and it must have been a fearful i etribution for the guilty man to find his victim coming back from the grave to confront him. Those who wish for a romantic story that is very exciting in many of its passages will be delighted with this one, for it presents in one of its momentous chapters more stirring details and spirited sketches than often occur in the whole length of other novels. In vivid illustration, vigorous description, and varied sketches " Night and Day" is as striking and successful a romance as one could wish to find, and there is no reason to doubt that it will be regarded otherwise than as a brilliant picture of an eventful career,which is traced with skill and finished with an admirable aptitude. Gaspard Duval is a hero who can equally adorn a tale and point a moral, both which results are ob tained in these volumes. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN LONG-ACRE. DESTRUCTION OF ST. MARTIN'S HALL. The most extensive fire that has occurred in the metropolis during the present year broke out yes terday (Sunday) morning, about four o'clock, and was not extinguished until last evening. The pro perty destroyed by this disastrous event must be enormous, involving as it has the extensive pre mises belonging to Messrs. Kesterton, harness makers and coach-builders to the Queen, the splen did modern structure known as St. Martin's Music and Lecture Hall, as well as damaging many other houses. The premises in which the misfortune commenced were those belonging to the Messrs. Kesterton. They were situated in Long-acre, but extended some distance down Hanover-street. This factory was probably the largest in the neighbourhood. It was built in the form of an amphitheatre, and con tained several galleries for show-rooms and manu facturing purposes. Amongst the latter were the harness-makers' workshops, the wheelwright and carriage-builders' shops, the smiths' depots, the fit ting-houses, the lining compartments, the painting and varnish rooms, &c., whilst the ground-floor was used as the general store, and was filled with car riages, broughams, and chariots. Adjoining this property was St, Martin's Hall, and a number of shops in Long-acre, and the housps on the opposite side of Hanover-street, were so near that they were several times on fire, and at one period their destruction appeared certain. From a cursory inspection of St. Martin's Hall, it appeared to be about 180 feet long by 90 feet wide ; and, taking the coach factory in, the whole must have stretched, in one direction alone, over 250 feet. From careful inquiries made during the progress of the fire, it appears that three police-constables of the F division were on duty in the neighbourhood, when they had their attention directed by a female to a mass of smoke issuing from one of the upper windows on the northern side. This convinced them that the place was on fire, and without a moment's delay they sprang their rattles, and after great trouble, succeeded in arousing Mrs. Hullah. who was sleeping in the private house attached to the Hall, and also the inmates of several of the con tiguous houses, who all fortunately succeeded in getting safely out of their habitations. In less than a quarter of an hour after the smoke was first seen flames in great bodies rushed from various windows on the fourth floor, if such it can be termed, for each floor was subdivided into various compart ments, some running past a loop-hole over what was considered a fire-proof floor, to the distance of nearly 100 feet in height. Unfortunately the so called fire-proof department proved a failure, but not so on the former occasion, about nine years ago, when the lower floor was saved, the extensive con flagration having spent itself on the upper stories. How it was that this part of the premises was not able to withstand the fury of the conflagration will no doubt be ascertained when the official inquiry takes place. In the course of a few minutes the engines of the brewery of Messrs. Harvey, Coombe, and Co. attended, as well as sundry engines of the London fire establishment from the City, West-end, and Surrey side stations. These were under the com mand of Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent, Mr. Fogo, the chief officer of the B district, and engi neers Flynn, Paul Gerrard, Wilkinson, Holloway, Perryer, and Jos. Gerrard, who had charge of the greatest fire-extinguishing apparatus on land, viz., the steam-engine invented and made by Messrs. Shand and Mason, of the Blackfriars-road: The execution this engine did can scarcely be described; one thing is certain, if it had not been present and actively employed many thousand pounds worth of property would have been consumed more than un fortunately has been laid in ruins. Upon the arrival of the firemen with the engines they beheld a sight that it would be difficult to at tempt accurately to describe. We may, however, just state that the flames were rolling out of the whole of the upper windows of Messrs. Kesterton's carriage factory, and were attacking with full vigour the houses in Hanover-street and Wilson street. The wind at the same time coming from the west, was draughting the flames over the roof of St. Martin's Hall, as well as over the premises belong ing to Mr. Hall, Mr. Boleno, the celebrated clown of Drury-lane Theatre, and Mr. D. Dale, 89, Long acre, Mr. Gidding, tobacconist, and the George and Dragon Tavern, the property of Mr. Pringle. The scene then became of such an alarming character that men and women living near wer e to be se . en rushing about the streets almost naked, carrying with them their children, or any pirtable article furniture they could lay their hands stro upon- o n body f eta in D e ur These officers koinnan under n combe. police of the F, E, and C divisi ons the direction of Mr. Su per e in ttnen den i spectors M 'Kenzie and B rra leading t o took immediate possession of the roads the scene of conflagrat io n, as well as guarding the property of the neighbours taken out o f t h e i r the flo or fire s— dwellings. The last-named inspector, with a number of his men, managed was raging in the different w upper whilstt to pull out of the ground-floor thirty-five expen sively-built carriages. The gr ea t er p ar t o f th ese were wheeled into Bow-street, but Mr. Durkin finding that the number completely choked up the street, and would thereby prevent the engine , fiorn the south or east ends to pass along, very, ~, __ ~iiw ;aiwomem•m,,,irsi•wi. judiciously had the various vehicles removed into the grand carriage entrance of the Royal Italian Opera•house, Covent-garden. The roadway having by that means been cleared, the engines were allowed sufficient space to tear along with their usual rapid speed.- Before five o'clock the whole of Mr. Kesterton's premises, including even the basement, used as the smithy, might be said to be enveloped in one tre mendous sheet of flame ; in fact, it would not be exaggeration to state that up to that time a greater body of fire has not been witnessed for years at a London fire, but it suddenly became twice as great, for the destroying clement lapped over St. Martin's Hall, ignited the roof, and at the same time entered several of the windows. It then became apparent to all present that unless the fire could be cut off in that direction the spacious hall would quickly be consumed, and in all probability many of the houses in front in Long-acre. Mr. Braidwood therefore gave directions to Mr. Gerrard, the man in command of Shand and Mason's steam-engine, to scatter the water over that popular place of resort ; but the fire had taken so firm a hold, that powerful as the machine was, and its distributing four immense jets of water, the only good it could do was to save from destruction about a dozen houses in Long-acre, Hanover street, and Wilson-street, but the Hall itself and the fac tory continued to blaze away for hours. At one period the light in the atmosphere was so great that even the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, West minster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the West end and City church steeples were brilliantly illu minated, and the architectural portions brought ought in grand relief. Every one who was aroused from his slumbers looked upon the conflagration with fear and est°• nishment, for each building being over 80 feet high, the fire could be seen as it rushed through the roof, so we are informed by one of the Eastern Counties Railway guards, as far distant as Colchester. Capt. Harris, the Assistant-Commissioner of Me tropolitan Police, upon being apprised of the out break and the fearful aspect the fire quickly assumed, hastened from Whitehall to assist the Superintendent of the F division of police, and owing to the dangerous' state of the walls they had • the streets barricaded, so as to prevent the public from passing along, and thereby their lives were not placed in jeopardy. Between the hours of five and six o'clock the various floors of the factory and the roof of the same, as well as the roof of St. Martin's-hall and the different tiers of seats, fell with a fearful crash, just at the instant that Mr. Gerrard was allowing the steam to blow off from the engine. A scene of great excitement then ensued—many persons com menced running in various directions, they imagin ing that the beautiful and effective pie ce.of machinery had " blown up." Such, we are happy to state, was not the case, and as long as a sufficiency of water can be procured to feed it, it can do the work of four other engines, and save the expense of employ ing on those four engines not fewer than 112 hired auxiliaries. The saving to the different insurance offices forming the brigade must be, therefore, considerable in a year. This machine was the means principally of saving the private dwelling-house of Mr. Hullah, who at present is in Paris, and his lady escaped without the least injury. The fearful fire continued to rage throughout the day, and was not entirely extinguished at six o'clock last evening. At one time, whilst the fire was at its height, and whilst two firemen of the Brigade: named Cunning ham and Pardue, were at work, the flames actually melted the front iron shutters and the lead on the interior of the coach factory and the hall, and ran down in a molten state, like streams of glittering silver, and falling down the back of the last-named fireman, so seriously burned him that Mr. Braid wood, with his usual kindness, ordered him to leave off work and sent him to the hospital. The damage done by this disastrous event is very serious, and will be best understood by the follow ing official report, furnished by Mr. Braidwood : OFFICIAL REPORT OF DAMAGE. • Sunday, Aug. 26, 1860.—Called to a fire in the premises belonging to Mr. Kesterton, coach and carriage builder to the Queen, situate at Nos. 93 and 94, Long-acre, but extending round Hanover street; The premises and the contents, except the goods on the ground-floor warehouses, destroyed. Insured in the Royal Exchange and Sun Fire offices. St. Martin's Hall.—The staircases and dwelling severely damaged by fire, and most of roof off. The upper floors of hall consumed, and the lower floors partially destroyed by fire or damaged by water. , Building and contents insured in the Sun Fire-office. No. 91, Mr. J. Pringle, Licensed Victualler, and Proprietor of the George and Dragon Tavern. Back front of his premises damaged by fire and the roof burned, and the other part of the establish ment severely injured by water. This loss will fall upon the Sun Fire-office. No. 90, Hanover-street, Mrs. J. Gonnings, To bacconist.—Part of roof burnt off, and contents damaged by fire, water, and removal. The con tents are insured in the Phoenix Fire-office. No. 89, in the same street, Mr. A. Hall, Hosier. —Similar damage to building, and contents insured in the Sun Fire-office. No. 88, ditto, Messrs. Steers and Co, Pianoforte makers.—lnsured in' the County Fire-office. The premises and the contents seriously damaged by fire. No. 87, in the same street, Mr. James Stenningt Confectioner.—Back front of the private dwelling' houses severely damaged by fire and water. In sured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office. No. 26, ditto, Mr. William Alldis, Eating-house keeper.—Back warehouses and contents damaged by fire and water, and hasty removal. No. 89, Mr. Hall, Mr. Boleno:(the clown), and Mr. Bile have also had their property severely damaged by the action of the fire. Messrs. Hall and Co., also carriage builders, have also sustained great injury by fire and water. The Enterprise Hotel has also been seriously damaged by fire,and water. Insurance not known at present. A gentleman named Buckman had a machine which, by turning the back to the fire, he was enabl'ed to see where the flames were raging with out the least fear of being blinded with the heated , smoke. FATAL ACCIDENT. A most deplorable accident, by which two poor men lost their lives, occurred on Thursday night in the Portobello-gardens. It will be r ecollecte d that in some time since advertisements appeared the public journals, announcing that M. Blondin, whose name is familiar to the public, in . connection with the Falls of Niagara, over w hich he is s t a t e d to have performed several perilous acrobatic feats on the tight-rope, would make his debut in these gar dens, and perform " a terrific ascen t" on a rope at an elevation of 50 feet from the ground. The'rope on which M. Blondin was to walk was placed on the piece of ground to the right of the principal pro menade. It was fastened at one end to upright polo; at a distance of aboxt 30 feet from the ground, the other end being secured to other poles, which were. at an elevation of 50 feet, so that the rope presented an inclined plane, sloping in the direction froth which the ascent was commenced. The entire length was something more than 100 yards. The two well who unfortunately were killed were stationed at the end of the rope 50 feet from the ground, on a small platform or ladder, for the purpose of hold ing lights and receiving M. Blondin when he ha d accomplished his journey. Their names are !viol Cunningham, a carpenter, and Thomas Neill, the gardener of the place; both were married, and had families. Shortly before ten o'clock M. Blondin appeared upon the top of the ladder, at the com mencement of .the rope, and began to walk along by whch he steadily. The blue fire which was lighted when he set out threw a bright lurid glare, i could be distinctly perceixed cautious l y t reading the rope, steadying himself with the aid of a balancing pole. He had passed the two poles which formed the first prop to the rop es, wh en a sudden crash was heard ; the last two poles came down, and he was seen to fall to the ground. The crowd at once rushed to where he fell, not exactly under standing what had occ urred, bu t believing that h e ;e however, quickl y got up , a nd had vr were attracted to the real scene escaped uni n j ure d. I n a fe momentsa y ;a a stated d k i l l ed that. il thehpe heeo of the catastrophe, by the sound of groans proceed ing from the pla ce where th e po l es f e ll . A sce ne of great contus i o n ensued, s evera l o f th e torches having bet n exting u i s h e d , and the prec i se natu re or e xtent of the accident not being yet known' When lights were procured the two unhappy me n were found lyi ng on th e groun d— one o f theln (Cunningham) bleeding from a wound in the head. They were raised immediately and conveyed u pon cars to the Meath Hospital, where they were at mien attended to by Mr. John Keegan, the resident pupil, who, after an examination, stated that they were both dead. The bodies were then given into the care of the police, and an inquest will be held on them to-day.—Dublin paper. A GALLANT RESCUE.—About four o'clock in the afternoon a boy fell over into Folkestone harbour whilst at.- tempting to stop a a cap blown in that direction by the wind. Ropes were thrown to the lad from two or three of the nearest vessels, but he did not appear to hive sufficient energy to catch at either of them ; and although boats were being pulled rapidly towards him, his weakening struggle° evidenced too plainly that he must have sunk ; when a brave fellow, named Thomas Horton, suddenly sprang from amon4 the spectators, succeeded in catching the drowning l ee at the first plunge, and held his head above the water until a boat arrived to their assistance. A cheer resounded from all sides as the rescue was effected ; but a more substantial mark of admiration was not wanting, for we observed subscription was immediately set on foot to reward Horton for his courage and success. 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