The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-24 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1858. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Ender the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. Lest Week but One of the Present Season, and Last Nights of " The Merchant of Venice." THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Shy lock, by Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, by Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by the Farce of LIVING TOO FAST. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. Last Six Nights of the Present Season. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR: characters by Messrs. Emery, Belford, Poynter, Misses M. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. C. Melville. After which, the Farce of KING'S GARDENER Messrs. J. Clarke, Poynter, Burt, and Miss M. Wilton. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST : Messrs. Belford, J. Clarke, Poynter, Misses M. Wilton, E. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. C. Melville. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. — OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, enor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozen R, Mr. sell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at seven 'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. THU WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 24. THERMOMETER, IN TUE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at BAROMETER, 30.15. WIND, N.E., ; light and fine. For many years we have been the strenuous ad vocates of a complete revision of the Lunacy laws, so as to afford complete protection, not only to those who have been unfairly deprived of their liberty, and subjected, without just cause, to treatment far worse than that of convicted criminals, but also to the unfortunate beings who, although subject to delu sions dangerous to themselves and to others, and pro perly placed under control, have still feelings as keen and sensitive as their more fortunate fellow-creatures, and can be as greatly influenced by kindness, as depressed by harshness and cruelty. The great unanswerable complaint at present is, that any man wiatsoever, however exalted his intellect or prudent his dealings, may be kidnapped from his home, incarcerated in a gloomy dungeon, and subjected to ill treatment, which no gaoler of a cri minal prison would venture to inflict on any one under his charge. He may be seized, gagged, pinioned, carried privately away to a place with which none but the conspirators against his liberty and, we may add, his life and fortune, are acquainted, and where his most intimate friends aid relations will be refused admission until the alleged lunacy has become real insanity, through the persecutions to which he may be exposed. Should his fate be ascertained ; should he be so fortunate as to find persons willing to vindicate his cause, months —aye, years—may elapse before the decision can be arived at, which will restore him to liberty, or con sign him to worse than penal servitude for life. That there are many private asylums conducted with great humanity—in which everything possible, under the circumstances, for the comfort of the patient is done, we are quite willing to admit. Nay more, we believe that a majority of those establish ments are admirably conducted, so far as bone fide lunatics are concerned, and that chances of reco very are given even to profitable patients. There are many good men of unquestionable integrity, amongst this class, who would not lend themselves to any unfair or underhand conduct, no matter how high the pecuniary temptation. But, unfortunately, there are many others of a totally different character, men who will totally disregard duty whenever it is opposed to their private interests. We make laws against fraud, without supposing that a large pro portion of our fellow citizens are swindlers—against larceny, without conceiving that they are pickpockets. Why, then, should legislation on the subject of pri vate lunatic asylums be deemed to cast a slur en many estimable individuals who may be brought within the law, but without any reason to dread its provisions. The great evil is the privacy with which the cap ture is effected. Two professional men, or who aie pleased to arrogate to themselves the denomination of" skilful persons," contrive to obtain an interview w::h the alleged lunatic. They annoy him with a series of impertinent questions, and a little pardon able irritation on his part is put down as " unsound ness of mind." Indeed, the parties who are selected in doubtful cases, and who know that they will be handsomely rewarded if they can meet the wishes of their employers, seldom care to test the sanity—their views being taken from their instructions, and the nature of the certificate being a foregone c3nclusion. It may be that their " poverty and not their will consents," but we ven ture to say that two " skilful persons" may be found to report any man, woman, or child in the United Kingdom insane, if the bribe or fee be sufficiently high, and that the chances are in favour of impunity. We complain of the power of continental Govern ments of incarcerating any of their subjects, and we proudly point to our Habeas Corpus Act, which prevents any man from being detained in confinement without adequate cause. But, while pointing out the mote in our brother's eye, we forget the beam in cur own, and are oblivious of the fact that it requires not the " lettre de cachet of a Minister of State, but the simple certificate of two "skilful persons" to consign a man of rank, property, and position in society, to hopeless imprisonment, possibly for life. It seems to us that a remedy could easily be provided. The chief' point would be to in sure impartial and disinterested inquiry ; to give, in fact, to the wealthy alleged lunatic the same protection that is afforded to a pauper supposed to be afflicted in the same way. The pauper lunatic must be brought before a magistrate within a brief period after his arrest, and unless a certificate be obtained he cannot be received into the public asylum. Now the pauper really requires less pro tection, although he receives far more. Seldom, if ever, can there be pecuniary interests in operation, or pecuniary temptations held out to his keepers. There have been some rare instances, but they are the exceptions, not the rule. But a man of independent means and comparative wealth may be carried off, without having a chance of ob taining any disinterested inquiry into his case. There is no appeal, either to magistrate or public function ary of any kind, and the frivolous pretext offered is, that it might hurt the feelings of the family to have it stated that one of its members was a lunatic. Surely it must hurt the feelings of the victim far more to know that he has been unfairly carried off, without any of his friends or acquaintances being permitted to know anything of his fate. It would aggravate a slight attack, and perhaps render a roan, who could speedily and easily b e cure d , a permanent and hopeles s lunatic. Any person who could be supported in a private asylum can also find adequate means for a brief preliminary inquiry. The expense would, in the first instance, be comparatively trifling, and the party putting the machinery of the lunacy code into opera tion, should be prepared to incur the responsibility thereof. This, of course , would not apply to the case of pauper lunatics, who, as 4 present, would ob tain the partial security of being brought before a magistrate. What we cocieve would be right in the case of parties about to be consigned to private asylums, and whicb, we believe, would guard against the vast majority of improper attempts, are contained in the following propositions :-Ist. That every p ersc,n seized as an a ll ege d lunatic shall, in the first instan ce, and before being brought into any private establish ment, be taken to the public hospital, where he is not to be detained save for a limited period, and that be shall there be examined by the public Officer and a magistrate, in the absence of the pro moters of the inquiry. 2d. That if any reasonable doubt exist as to his sanity, a further and more searching investigation shall take place iziblicly. 3d. That a certificate of the public officer and the magistrate, together with a copy or duplicate of that of the two "skilful persons' shall be deposited in the office of the ( lerk of the Peace of the county, or county court of the district in which the alleged lunatic has been arrested, and in which he is confined. 4thly, That any person who may miss a friend or acquaintance may be entitled to learn whether such friend or acquaintance is de tained under any proceeding in lunacy, and to have access to him, attended by a professional legal adviser—a medical gentleman—and if necessary, a magistrate. sth. That, until the examination men tioned in the first provision has taken place, and until the name of the alleged lunatic, and certifi cates above referred to have been duly registered as aforesaid, the alleged lunatic cannot be received into any private asylum, under the penalty of the forfeiture of licence, and of the party who improperly receives the supposed lunatic being liable to be convicted of a misdemeanour. These or some such enactments would, we believe, prevent sane men from being improperly incarce rated. Other regulations will be indispensable to prevent those who may have recovered from tempo rary insanity, being improperly detained in custody. To these we shall refer on some future occasion. As a corollary to the Treaty entered into with the Chinese Government, let us hope that some satisfac tory arrangement may now be made with a view to the retention of that colony of Labuan which we have already designated the Key to the British Tea Caddy. The Rajah of Sarawak has now been in England for one whole quarter of a year, having returned homewards in the early part of 1858, for the express purpose of coming at length, after so many delays and anxieties, to some understanding, one way or the other, with the supreme home Government. A con siderable time has now elapsed since Sir JAMES BROOKE received (if we recollect rightly it was 1845 or 1846) the formal assurance of the then Prime Minister, Sir ROBERT PEEL, that, as the Ruler of the North-west Coast of Borneo, his Excellency might rely with implicit confidence upon receiving, upon all occasions—especially in the event of any great and imminent emergency—the fullest assistance from the imperial authority in these islands. Well —for that assistance the Rajah of Sarawak has hitherto looked—even since then—up to the present moment—in vain! He has had to fight that terrible fight for life and death, alone and unaided. He who originally called the colony, as such, into existence, has, again and again, had it falling around him in ruin, and again and again has built it up anew from its very foundations. To this great labour of accomplishing this wonderful achievement, this bold and heroic man has dedicated the whole of his remarkable life. Whether the effort fail or suc ceed, it signifies nothing as regards his reputation. 1 His name, in any case, must, henceforth, remain in ! delibly emblazoned upon the histrionic scroll, lumi. 1 nous with the fair fame of our English worthies. Conspicuous among that gallant band shines already, and will shine hereafter, perennially the renown of Sir JAMES BROOKE some time—happily still—Ruler of Borneo and Rajah of Sarawak. It rests with her MAJESTY'S Government whether the first English Rajah on that part of the coast of Borneo is to be also the last and only one. It rests with the Minis ters of Queen VICTORIA whether the toil of long years, the devotion of a life, the whole of a private fortune, set upon the hazard of a die for the good of the em pire, will be cruelly and basely scattered to the winds that blow: or, whether the responsibility resting hitherto entirely and exclusively upon this one dauntless subject, will be generously assumed by the Cabinet, for whose interests it was alone, first of alt, so daringly created, and afterwards so chivalrously and devotedly sustained. An English gentleman leaving the shores of his native land on board a yacht of his own in search of adventure, arrives in the midst of a pleasure excursion among the beautiful spice islands of that vast Eastern Archipelago. It is the scene of the long past trials and triumphs, hopes and fears, of Sir STA.MFORD Ilarri.Es—the region in which the distinguished labours of that brilliant, but day-dreaming diplo matist, had been at the last hour rendered so lament ably nugatory. The English gentleman arriving in those remote seas, with his yacht, visits, now some iscore of years gone by, the noble island of Borneo, 1 in the neighbourhood of the greatprovince of Labuan. I Ile takes part in its local turmoils, social and political. Being a man of uncommon energy, he makes fur h irnself a name in that region of excitement, at that most propitious period of all others to that end, a period of transition. He is soon recognised by the Sovereign of Borneo to have done good service in the maintenance of law and order, in the vindication of morality, and the restoration of tranquillity in L abuan—he is appointed Rajah of Sarawak. Hav ing obtained this standing ground, and covered him self with this authority, Sir J. BROOKE (Mr. BROOKE as he was then) enters at once vigorously upon the task of developing all the latent resources of the country, brought thus by his genius and valour under Anglo-Saxon domination. The vegetation is of course prolific, and its produce for the most part valuable as merchandise. But beyond this, there is for a considerable time a belief cherished, in the first instance, or we are much mistaken, by Sir JAMES BROOKE and his companions —a belief indulged hopefully and not unnaturally at home here —to the effect that the mineral wealth of Labuan was also in one important particular extraordinary. That notion is, to be plain, that coal exists in great abundance on the north-west coast of Borneo. That idea is understood to have been recently proved upon examination to have been altogether illusory. Labuan proves, alas ! to be without coal. Had it been otherwise there could hardly have been a mo ment's doubt as to the wisdom of its re tention. A great natural eoal depot, at that particular point in the eastern s eas , sout h of the Asiatic continent and north of the Indian Archipelago, would be obviously a possession littl e less than actually priceless in value to this country with its vast mercantile transactions —here with China—there with Hindostan. But, as we have said, " the wish" seems alone to have been " father to the thought"—there is no coal there, as was so long and so sanguinely anticipated. It is argued in consequence by those who are opposed :to the retention of Labuan by England, that the colony would be too costly an acquisition, and that, there fore, it had better be allowed quietly to pass out of our possession. It would not, it is maintained, be a self-supporting colony. We should have to pay largely, at any rate for some years to come, towards its maintenance. Now, upon this head we are not by any means perfectly well satisfied. We do not believe it to be yet proven that Labuan could not be rendered self - supporting. We think it might, on the con trary, be shown clearly enough that it might actu ally be rendered very speedily not only self-support ing, but remunerative. However this may be, nevertheless of one other thing we are long since abso lutely convinced, viz., that, come what may, Sir JAMES BROOKE'S demand requires from us the most generous consideration. Ile has earned the right to this by every act of his glorious career. We are bound in honour at the very last to do this great man justice—and to treat him in every particular as it befits us that we should treat oneof the most loyal subjects of the Crown, and one of the most distin guished rep resentat i ves of t h e SOVEREIGN. The Marquis and Mar chioness of Headfort arrived in Kells last week, when h is lordship proceeded at once to the Lodge, Virginia, ou a visit to the E ar l an d C ountess o f Bective. The Marchioness of Ely, with the youthf u l mar quis and the Ladies Loftus and Mr. Hope Vere, has arrived at Ely Ledge, Wexford. Le Marquis and Marchione ss d'A ssche have left Farrance's Hotel, for Brighton. The Earl of Afornington has arrived at the Claradou Hotel, from Germany. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, 6 P.M. M. Sabatier, the French Commissioner, has left Paris for Jeddah, accompanied by M. Emerat, who will act as an interpreter. The Emperor, Empress, and Court, now at St. Cloud, will leave for Biarritz at the end of the month. A meeting was held to-day at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs to take into consideration a com pensation to be awarded to Mr. Morse for his tele graphic inventions. It is generally believed in Paris that Russia has gained considerable advantages by the treaty which China is reported to have agreed to contract with England and France and that Power. For some time past Russia has established a strong maritime station at the mouth of the River Amour. The Celestial Empire is now said to have ceded to the Czar a considerable amount of territory—an impor tant acquisition both in a commercial and military point of view. Russia is supposed to have influenced the Government of Pekin in offering terms to Eng land and France; but,,in doing so, the Cabinet of St. Petersburg does not, it is reported, recommend China to admit English and French Ambassadors as residents at Pekin. We are, however, still without any details concerning the terms of the treaty of peace with China which can assist speculation. Count Walewski and nearly all the Foreign Am bassadors accredited to the Court of the Tuileries are about leaving Paris, to pass a month or six weeks at watering places or in the country. Politics, both do mestic and foreign, are likely to sleep for same time. A letter from Berlin of the 20th says :—" The President of the Council this day gave a grand diplo matic breakfast in honour of the Earl of Malmesbury ; it was attended by several members of the diploma tic body. The official journal announces that the King and Queen will arrive here on the 31st ult. from Tegernsee, so that their Majesties will not meet the Queen of England here. In the Admiralty-office there is still a question of raising a loan for the navy, the resources at present possessed by it not being sufficient ; but the Minister of War opposes the de velopment of the navy." In a few days railways uniting France and Savoy, and Piedmont with Lombardy, will be completed and open to the public. The Opinione believes great political results must eventually follow the establish ment of increasing intercommunications between the Italian States. M. de Lesseps has been received by the Russian authorities of Odessa with great enthusiasm. The Russian Government favaurs that gentleman's scheme for piercing the Isthmus of Suez. The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the Customs' revenue during the month of July, which amounted to 20,258,188 f., being an increase of 4,311,611 f. on the corresponding month of last year. The receipts for the first seven months of 1858 were 113,260,592 E, showing an improvement of 886,034 f. on the corresponding period of 1858. Among the items of revenue which have improved during the seven months of the present year French colonial sugar stands for 11,788,961 f. ; coal, 594,217 E; oil, 275,062 E ; hemp, 148,933 E; cocoa, .55,509 f. ; cochineal, 43,086 E; sulphur, 32,086£.; pepper, 16,928 f.; rough salt, 13,342 f. Those articles which during the same period have shown a decrease are sheep and cattle, 44,404 f..; mahogany, 113,003 f.; portable liquors, 4,934,364 f. ; coffee, 366,149 f.; corn, 777,172 E; raw cotton, 739,057 E; raw wool, 783,408 f. ; linen thread, .213,605 ; olea ginous seeds, 217,535 f.; indigo, 93,718 E; hemp and flax, 27,074 f.; rough castings, 949,184 E ; bar iron and steel, 340,950 f.; lead, 33,543 f.; zinc, 6,162 f.; gold and silver, 35,0421. ; nitrate of potash and soda, 17,022 f. ; raw and spun silk, 11,247 f. ; foreign sugar, 1,086,466 f.; linen and hempen cloth, 150,482 f. ; fresh and salted meat, 10,597 f.; sundries, 1,121,7601. The Ocean of Brest states that the Emperor has decreed, or will shortly decree, some measures of the highest importance connected with that town and its port. As far as regards the railway, that journal says :—" We scarcely need allude to it, as it is a matter due and irrevocably accorded. The workmen, which the Western Company were obliged during last year to employ exclusively on the Cherbourg line, will be employed on that from Rennes to Brest, where the works will be carried on with great I activity. Before the expiration of two years this line may be terminated, and the Emperor will pre side at the inauguration of a railway from Paris to ' Brest." A Madrid letter of the 19th alludes to a rumour which has been current in the Court circles of that capital for some days past :—" Yesterday it was known iu aristocratic circles that the marriage of the Duke of Malakhoff, French Ambassador in London, with the Senorita Sophia Paniega, daughter of the Marquis of Paniega, has been definitively arranged. The Senorita is a lovely woman of about 26 years, surpassingly graceful in her carriage, the very type of an Andalusian gentlewoman. She is a near rela tion of the Empress of the French." Whether the Duke's approaching departure from London has any thing to do with this " rumour" I kno w not. The Patric is of opinion that a visit of the Sultan to the Christian provinces of his empire would lead to excellent results. It says : " The events which have taken place in Bosnia and the causes to which they are to be attributed are well known. Troops were despatched from Constantinople to put an end to the agitation. Up to the present time the high functionaries who were ingested with the powers of the Sultan have succeeded but little better than the troops charged to support them. The revolt has been suppressed on several points, but tranquillity has not been re stored, for that can only be accomplished by inspir ing confidence. Would not the result have been very different if the Sultan had gone himself into the heart of the provinces ? Would not the prestige of his immense authority, his calm and noble bearing, and his moderation and firmness have everywhere re-established order and confidence by tranquillising the weak and making the wicked tremble ? It is a duty incumbent on all princes placed at the head of a vast empire to visit the people under their sway and to personally inquire into their wants. For the Sultan Abdul Medjid, in the perilous position in which Turkey is now placed, it is more than a duty —it is a necessity." PARIS BOURSE.—The market has been steady, and prices rather buoyant. Threes, after having been done at 69fr. 60c. and 69fr. 55c., rallied to 69fr. 65c.; Mobilier varied from 725 fr. to 737 fr. 50c. ; Austrian, 640 fr. to 643 fr. 75c.; Orleans, 1,332 fr. 50c. to 1,337 fr. 50c. ; Lyons, 822 fr. 50c. to 825 fr. ; Southern, 547 fr. 50c. to 550 fr. ; Northern, 950 fr. to 952 fr. 50c.; and Eastern, 690 fr. to 695 fr. The market continued im proving to the close, when the following were the quotations : Yr. Ct. 41 per Cents._ . 97 45 Do. end of month 97 45 3 per Cent. 69 75 Do. end of month 69 75 Bank Shares .... 3,169 Credit Mobilier.. 745 Do. accouut. .... 741 50 Cash Orleans Northern New ditto Lyons &Mediterranean New ditto . Geneva Midi Pr. Ct• Credit Fonder 625 Belgian 44 — Piedmontese 5, 9O 25 Roman. Austrian Spanish Threes . 43 50 Ilona D0L.... 33 25 'AYS. i—Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct. 1,305 1,346 952 50 .. 932 50 806 25 .. 800 8'25 8725 610 - 54u 50 Western . Eastern Grand Central 623 - 690 -- Sardinian — Austrian ..... 645 Gl2 50 550 - 622 ;7)0 692 50 ITALY. 425 - 650 - TURIN, AUG. 20. Polities for the moment are enjoying their doke far .niente. Some of the Ministers of the King are on furlough. Signor Deforeeta, the Minister of Jus tice, is gone to spend a few days at Nice, his native town. Gen. Lamarmora, the Minister of War, is ,DA: about to make a tour to Spezia and other maritime places. Count Cavour goes often to see the King at Sommariva Perno, the summer seat of his Majesty. Sir Charles Eastlake was here the other day en route from Venice home. English travellers are not so numerous this year in Italy as they were for merly, and especially as they were in the last two years. The sad adventure which happened some time ago to that unfortunate Jewish family at Bologna (Mortara), deprived by order of the Holy Office of a young son, six years old, has produced every where in Italy a feeling of indignation. The Liberal press of this country immediately took up the cause of the Bolognese family, but no man of sense can expect any favourable result from the exertions of the Sardinian free writers. It is too well known that the Court of Rome is not in the habit of listening to the outcry of public opinion, and there is no doubt that she—if not compelled—will neither give way to the prayers of the poor family nor to the remonstrances of the press. It is curious to observe that the clerical papers here which have recently so warmly espoused the cause of the six Swedish females who embraced Catholicism, and were in consequence condemned by the criminal court of Stockholm to banishment from their country, and have eTen gone so far as to open a subscription in their favoir, should not have raised a single voice in behalf of the Mortara family. These pious writers seem to believe that the principles of religious toleration are only to be applied when their peculiar tenets are concerned. I am informed that 'he Jews residing in this capital have made an aplication to Count Cavour in order to obtain the weight of the influence of the Sardinian Government to rescue the child from the grasp of the Holy Office ; but their application, which met of course with sym pathy, could elicit no further support. And this must be evident, for as this country is actually under the displeasure of the Popi s h G overnment, an d t h e Sardinian Ministers are well known to be the friends and supporters of enlightened religious toleration, the cause would be hopeless in their bands, and only tend to rouse the worst passions against the victims of the Roman Inquisition. It remains now, there fore, to be seen how far the public opinion of the civilised world will endure such a violation of the laws both of nature and reason, and whether it will be borne, in the nineteenth century, that such an outrage to the rights of humanity should be suffered to pass without redress and with impunity. The Israelite community in every part of Italy have got up addresses to the governments and to their co-religionists in Paris and London, and if sympathies are so strong here in their behalf from all classes and all persuasions, what will they not be in those emporiums of civilisation ? The last atrocious murder committed at Locarno (Switzerland), through the agency of the Mazzinian sect, has produced here a general feeling of horror and of indignation which I need not describe. Several arrests have been made by the Sardi nian police, but up to this moment the assassin appears to have escaped. The victim, whose name is Parodi, although grievously wounded, appears to be in a better state now than was ex pected, and the doctors begin to hope that he will recover. Count Giulio Gropello, the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires at Naples, has just passed through Turin on his way to Munich, where he is going to marry the daughter of a distinguished Bavarian diplomatist. The absence of Count Gropello from Naples will not be long. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. CORFU, AuG. 17. I arrived here from Malta on the 11th inst. in the Austrian Lloyd's steamer Malta, after a calm passage of three days. We touched at Messina ; but, owing to the Bengazi plague, were not allowed to land or communicate, except by word of mouth, and leaving money in payment fur fresh provisions. The prin cipal article free from quarantine in all parts is money. The roadstead, or rather bay, of Corfu is com pletely land-locked, surrounded on three sided by the island, and on the other by the main land, with only narrow exits to the north and south, not visible from the harbour itself. On passing the citadel, the first building which attracts notice is the palace, which stands on the verge of the beautiful Esplanade. It is constructed of Maltese stone, flanked by the two handsome gates of St. Michael and St. George, each of which frames, as it were, within its columns a lovely picture of the distant mountains of Albania. I must say that the opposite coast of Albania, the fortifications of the island of Vido, the citadel of Corfu, built on two precipitous rocks running out into the sea, the palace of the Lord High Commis sioner, the town itself, and the rugged country, as well as the distant mountains of the island, form a splendid panoramic v:ecv. On arrival here we (the passengers from Malta, numbering 12) were astonished to find that a quarantine of 15 days had been established a few days before on all arrivals from Malta, for, when we left, the public health of that island was in a per fectly good state, and indeed our steamer was fur nished with a clean bill of health. Every precau tion was taken by us at Malta to avoid being placed in quarantine here, and in fact, on the day previous to departure, inquiry was made of the Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Capt. Brett, whether free pratique would be given at Corfu , to arrivals from Malta, when we were informed that it would be given, consequent on the precautionary measures taken in Malta, and in proof thereof Capt. Brett produced a telegraphic des?atch which the Governor of Malta had received from the Lord High Commissioner here to such effect, in order, as he said, not to mislead. And as Cle authorities of Malta had, a few days previous 4-,o our departure, taken further precautions, by establishing an in creased quarantine of 21 days on all arrivals from Bengazi, and 15 on those from Tripoli, we had every reason to suppose that pratique would be given in this place ; but the sanitary wiseacres are so fearful of the plague that they put Malta down as an infected place, whilst the public health of that island is perfect. I need not dilate on the serious inconvenience and injury which the quarantine causes to all travellers and passengers, and you must know that the Lazaretto of Corfu is by no means an enviable dwelling locality ; on the contrary, it is a plague to all during their detention, which savours much of incarceration. All the passengers to Corfki by the Malta are British subjects, and, coming from a British possession, Malta, to another island ruled by free England, they are much surprised and vexed at being placed in qua quod for so long a term as 1.5 days, whilst Malta enjoys perfect good public health. We addressed a petition on the subject to the Lord High Commissioner, praying for a reduction of the term of quarantine imposed on us, and the answer received was as follows :—" The Lord High Commissioner is very sorry for the inconvenience they are put to, but it is unavoidable, for if Malta is not placed in quarantine by the sanitii authorities of Corfu, Corfu would be placed in quarantine by all the neighbouring countries." So much for this pest of quarantine imposed in these parts with such rigour. However, we are now settled in the Lazza retto, and make ourselves as merry and happy as possible. Lieut. Hollway, 21st Fusiliers, is amongst us. English travellers take a much longer time than those of other countries in arranging little matters appertaining to personal comforts. English men do like to make themselves comfortable. Whilst bathing this morning off the rocks of the Lazzareto an unwelcome visitor, in the shape of a large shark, made his appearance a short distance before us. I need not say that such an unexpected customer has put a damper on one of our principal pleasures here. I understand that sharks generally visit Corfu in the summer time. On our arrival in this roadstead we found her Majesty's sloop Ariel anchored off the citadel, and an Austrian frigate lying near Vido. The lonian steamer was also in the roadstead. The Ariel left yesterday for Patras and Ithaca. The British mercantile steamers Rhone and Minho are both here, the former discharging a valuable cargo in the Lazzaretto to the great injury of the goods and owners. She was placed in quarantine for having communicated with Gibraltar. Capt. Syms, paymaster 3d Buffs, is a passenger Jy the Rhone. The 46th and 91st Regiments of this garrison daily expect to leave for India, via Alexan dria ; and the 4th battalion Rifle Brigade and Canadian Regiment are ordered to relieve them. The 3d Buffs are distributed amongst the other lonian Islands. Capt. Blakeney, the Resident of Paxo, died a few days ago. He was much respected both at Paxo and Corfu. The vacant post, it is said, will be filled up by Capt. Lane, aide-de-camp to the Lord High Commissioner. Admiral Fanshawe's fleet is daily expected to arrive in Corfu roadstead for a short stay. For political matters you must wait until I get out of quarantine. I understand that the olive and grape crops this year are rich to overflowing, so that the countrymen are quite happy and contented. Nothing like plenty to satisfy the chief wants of the people. - ' , t * Z 4 * . ' ." • Itik:34 , ‘ t . , , 1.6. ..MA,. 1, _fi ... '''' ' , 01,4 _;• - .. * ,,,*,.tilk.,4 lik • e ~.." 7 . 1 4 1 , „.• •...... ,7 1 71111., , 4 ,,4lExialiert A 7:,V t °?' ~,e r00..' 4 OTC ~ . .4.1.- .. "*-- THE SU N. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1858. =-~-- SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 19th contains a Royal decree granting a supplementary credit of 1,000,000 reals for the rebuilding of that part of the barracks of the Life Guards which was destroyed a few years ago. In the preamble to the decree the want of suf ficient barracks for the garrison in Madrid is men tioned as being urgent, and it is said that the Mini ster of War has recommended the subject to the war junta in order that when the state of the finances shall permit an adequate number of bar racks shall be built. The semi-official Correspon dancia says that the despatch of the projected Franco- Spanish expedition against Cochin China had been delayed by the French being engaged in Canton and in the Peiho ; but that the Spanish troops at Manilla were ready to embark at a moment's notice. The Countess de Lucena (wife of O'Donnell) had left for France. A letter from a semi-official source says : The Government has received a great number of petitions from planters and traders in the isle of Cuba urging the granting of the authorisation demanded some months ago for the introduction of 60,000 Chinese workmen, the scarcity of negroes being very severely felt. The Royal Council has reported favourably on the question, and we believe that the concession is about to be granted. The liberal oppo sition journals hint that there must be some myste rious reasons for the delay of the departure of M. Mon and M. Pacheco to their posts, the former as Ambassador to the Court of France and the latter to Rome. We believe that the reason is simple enough. The Emperor of the French, his Ministers, and nearly all the most important political personages usually residing in Paris, are travelling, and consequently the presence of the Ambassador in France is as yet un necessary. The same reason applies to the plenipo tentiary at the Roman Court. The capital of the Pontifical States is almost abandoned during the summer season ; but in the month of September, when people return, M. Pacheco will repair to his post." THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. An interchange of courtesies between the City dignitaries of New York and London has been commenced by the receipt of the following message, which was promptly responded to by the Lord Mayor of London, whose mayoralty will be long, remembered as the date of the completion of so mag nificent an enterprise : " Atlantic Telegraph Company's Offices, 22, Old Broad-st., London, Aug. 23. " Received through the Atlantic cable at Valentia, and thence to London by the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph, the following message, which reached London at 6 p.m. on Sunday, the 22d of August " New York, Aug. 21, 1858. " To the Right Hon. Sir Robert Walter Carden, Lord Mayor of London. " I congratulate your lordship on the successful laying of the Atlantic cable, uniting the continents of Europe and America—the cities of London and New York—Great Britain and the United States. " ' It is a triumph of science and energy over time and space, uniting more closely the bonds of peace and commercial prosperity ; introducing an era in the world's history pregnant with results beyond the conception of a finite mind. To God be the praise. (Signed) " ' DANIEL G. TIEMAN, Mayor.' " The Lord Mayor, immediately upon receiving the message, sent the following reply : ""To the lion. Daniel G. Tiernan, Mayor of New York. "' The Lord Mayor of London most cordially reciprocates the congratulations of the Mayor of New York upon the success of so important an undertaking as the completion of the Atlantic tele graph cable. It is indeed one of the most glorious triumphs of the age, and reflects the highest credit upon the energy, skill, and perseverance of all parties entrusted with so difficult a duty, and the Lord Mayor sincerely trusts that, by the blessing of Almighty God, it may be the means of cementing those kindly feelings which now exist between the two countries. " '23d August, 1858. " THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE SCREW STEAMSHIP JURA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT. The Cunard steamship Jura, Capt. Edwin Moodie, arrived in the Mersey last night from New York, with mails and advices to the 10th inst. inclusive. The Jura made the passage from New York in 11 days 4 hours, all steaming, a feat in screw propulsion hitherto unparalleled. She brought 18 passengers and $150,000. She reports the arrival on the Bth at Quebec of the Nova Scotian ; and at New York on the 9th of the steamships Prince Albert from Galway, and Arago from Southampton. The Atlantic cable continued to be the leading topic of interest in the United States. The greatest enthusiasm continues to be displayed in every part of the Union. At New York, on the 9th, a meeting of the aldermen was held for the purpose of arrang ing for some appropriate celebration in view of the success of the Atlantic cable. A message was received by the mayor, and a series of resolutions passed providing for the illumination of the City hall, a municipal dinner to all engaged in the telegraph enterprise, a grand display of fireworks, and for the purpose of having a portrait of Mr. Cyrus W. Field. It appears that the following important events in connection with American history occurred on the 4th of the month :—April 4, 1669, Hudson discovered the bay of New York ; July 4, 1776, declaration of independence ; October 4, 1777, battle of Germantown, and articles of confederation adopted by 13 of the colonies ; Dec. 4, 1782, Washington resigns cemmand of the American army and retires to private life ; July 4, 1815, the American squadron captures the Algerine admiral, and peace ensued ; March 4, Presidential election; Aug. 4, 1858, the Atlantic telegraph laid. A United States loan of 10,000,000 of dollars has been closed with the following result :—Upwards of 5,000,000 were awarded at about 5 per cent. pre mium, 3,000,000 at between 4i to 5 per centum, and about 2,000,000 from 44 to per cent. In reference to 'the Kansas election, Leavenworth advices of the sth state that scattering returns from Brown, Calhoun, and others, increase the majority against the Lecompton bill to 5,376. The steamship Virginia was blown up at the wharf at New Orleans, ou the 7th, and sank in fifteen minutes afterwards, a complete wreck. A number of those on board were injured and some are missing. Foul play is suspected. The British brig Spartan, from Cuba, arrived at quarantine, at Boston, with the loss of three or four men from fever. A despatch from Independence, dated the 6th inst. and the mail party reports the Indians very trouble some on the route, stopping the trains and demand ing provisions and whisky. In some places the roads were washed away to such an extent as to render it difficult for the trains to proceed. THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. AUGUST 20. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and the Prince and Princess Frederick William, drove yester day to Sans-Souci, and after inspecting the Palace and beautiful grounds, returned to Babelsberg by Manly. ller Majesty and their Royal llighnesses dined in private, and afterwards received a distinguished circle in the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, and Princess Marie, who had arrived at Potsdam the evening before, joined the royal party. AUGUST 21. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort went yesterday to Berlin, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince and Princess Frederick William, the Princess Charles of Prussia, and the Prince and Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, and Princess Marie, the daughter of their Royal Highnesses. Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses arrived at Potsdam station at about half-past 10 o'clock, and were conveyed by special train to Berlin. A number of the royal carriages were in attendance, and the royal party drove immediately to the Museum, and, after spending a considerable time in viewing the treasures of art here collected, pro ceeded to the New Museum. The different authorities of these establishments were in attendance, and conducted her Majesty through the apartments, explaining the objects most worthy of attention. Her Majesty, with the royal party. Orntrp from the New Museum to the Royal Palace, where a large concourse of people was assembled, in spite of the weather, which had changed to heavy rain, and received her Majesty with loud acclamations. Lunchecn was served at two o'clock, and shortly afterwards the Queen, with the Royal Princes and Princesses, drove to the Palace of Charlottenburg, and walked through the splendid apartments of this royal residence. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the Royal Family of Prussia likewise visited the mausoleum in which the late King and Queen of Prussia were interred. The carriages were driven direct from Charlotten burg to the railway station, and her Majesty and party arrived at Babelsberg at about half-past six o'clock. Her Majesty, with the Prince Consort, the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and Prince and Princess Frederick William, dined in private last night. Wherever her Majesty has appeared she has been receired with the warmest demonstrations of respect and good-will by the Prussian people. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. enclose extracts from three letters which I have received from Captain M'Clintock, by which you will per ceive that in the course of the last season he was unable to get into the north water, and passed the winter in the pack. He has now recruited at Disco, and, undaunted by this failure, Ins proceeded again in search of the missing expe dition. I remain yours truly, Aug. 23. R. COLLINSON. "Yacht Fox, Holsteinborg=coinsmenced May 3, 1858, _ .. . 6 .clesed, May 7. " My dear Collinson s --Our Cruise hitherto has been short and sharp—most lametitably 'short, iudeed, but, thank God, it is not at an end ; the real work is only now beginning. We ,have only now to repeat the attempt this year which failed so signally last year. Our progress was finally stopped in Melville Bay, August 18, from which time up to the 25th of April we remained in the pack, drifting southward with it. While beset we have drifted down from 73 N. to 634 N.; the whole amount is 1,194 geographical miles. You will understand what disappointment and anxiety this ill fortune entailed upon me. For a whole month in Mel ville Bay our fate hung in the balance. The season was very similar to 1848, when I was with Sir J. Ross; the whale bay was crammed full of light pack, and there was no land ice. Having previously examined the edge of the middle ice down as far as 72.20, without any prospect of success, there was but one course open to me—to enter the pack whenever a favourable opportunity offered, and trust to boring through into the north water. This is what Sir J. Ross did, and, being on the same spot, and also on the same day, and, moreover, a very favourable opportunity of long leads opening out, I tried the same plan. We did not succeed ; a long run of southerly winds closed the ice together so much that it did not open again. Still I had the pre cedent of the North Star from which to draw the hope of a drift through into the north water, and this, I think, we should have done in time to save our season but for the grounding of some bergs on a bank off Cape York, which it has been our lot to discover. We drifted up within 24 miles of that cape, and subsequently far to the westward before commencing our southern march. But all this you will see in my statement of proceedings and track chart which I have sent to Lady Franklin. 66 We are thoroughly efficient, but rather short-banded, and I am sorry to add that It. Scott (leading stoker) died on the 4th of December. "We are in excellent health, and the ship unin jured. She leaks a little, and we had to pump her out all winter three times weekly. 6 ' Forty tons of coal remain on board, and we will take in as much more at the Waigat. As for provisions, we have, excellent in quality, of salt meat 17 months', preserved meat and pemmican 13 months', &c. From this you will see how well provided we are, and how easily we can com plete ourselves for a third winter at Beechey Island. 6 6 With regard to my future plans, I see no reason for departing from my original scheme. If early into the west water, I will thoroughly sift the Pond's Bay natives, so as to separate the history of Belcher's abandoned ships from such knowledge as they may possess respecting Franklin's ships. " I hope to look into Port Leopold before visiting Beechey Island, as the former would be the place to which we would have to fall back. If the launch is injured, I will take a boat from Beechey Island, and leave her there should I go down Bellot Strait, or at Cape Walker should I succeed get ting down Peel Strait. " Should I get down to the Magnetic Pole I will pass 02 the east side of King William's Land, communicating with the natives, and into Fish River. If I can manage to com plete my work in Fish River by ship, it would be an im mense advantage to winter near the south-west angle of King William's Land. " Disco, May 24.—For the early part of this season I shall be among the whalers, leisurely following their motions; but, should they not persevere to the north as long as 1 think desirable, I must then judge for myself whether to persevere or return sou th w i th them and seek a southern lassage. I propose sa ili ng t o - morrow morning. We shall ong remember the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Olrick and all bere.—Yours very sincerely, " F. L. M'CLINTOCK." TEE NEW K.C.B.—Sir Adolphus Slade, Captain in the Royal Navy, and Vice-Admiral in the Turkish Ser vice, whose elevation to the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Bath we chronicled in our columns on Saturday, is the fifth son of Gen. Sir John Slade, Bart., G.C.H., and Colonel of the sth Dragoon Guards, by his first wife, Aaua Eliza, daughter of Mr. James Dawson, Assistant-Barrister of County Armagh. He was born in 1805, and is unmar ried. He entered the navy August 3, 1815, according to O'Byrne ; passed his examinatio.n in 1822, and ob tained his first commission November 27, 1827. He served in the Mediterranean from January, 1834, until 1837, as additional lieutenant of the Caledonia (120) flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, and attained the rank of commander in 1841. From 1846 until paid off at the close of 1847 he commanded the Recruit (12) on particular service. In 1844 he was a student at the Royal Naval College. Shortly before the outbreak of the Crimean war Capt. Slade was engaged by the Turkish Government to improve their sailors i n nava l tac ti cs , an d his alacrity and enterprise whilst acting in that capacity are well known both at home and abroad. I n recogn ition of his ability, the Sultan appointed Capt. Ad o l p h us Slade to the rank of vice admiral in the Ottoman navy. THE EXETER HALL SERVICES. The first six of the present series of special services for the working-classes were conducted by well-known metropolitan clergymen. At the seventh service on Sunday evening the preacher was the Rev. C. D. Marston, incumbent of i :hrist Church, Dover ; and the fact that the hall was quite full to hear a clergy max whose name can hardly be said to be known in London shows conclusively that these great congregations are not drawn together merely to hear this or that distin guished minister. Among those on the platform it was inte resting to observe the Rev. Dr. Miller, in whose church at Birmingham special seryices for working men were first held. Who shall say " whereunto this may grow 7" There was the same solemn stillness during prayer and the read ing of the Scriptures, and the same heartiness in singing, which we have noticed on former occasions. Mr. Marston, having read 1 King xviii., selected his text from v. 21, "And Elijah came unto all the people and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word." After some introductory remarks on the value attaching to decision of character, he proceeded to illustrate his subject from the details of the chapter, showing how strikingly decision for God waa exemplified by Elijah in the midst of the deeply-fallen nation of Israel. He might (he continued) dwell on his text in its national bearings ;—in reference to the abolition of the distinctive mark of Christianity by one branch of the Legislature, the petting of Popery, and the false neutrality in India. He might also refer to its ecclesiastical bearings;—with respect to the toleration in our Church of Romish doctrine and Romish practices on the one hand, and of Unitarian doc trine and Unitarian developments on the other. But he would pass over these points in order to come to the in dividual application of the question, How long halt ye, &c. He then proceeded to open up his subject under three heads—(l), The class of persons more particularly addressed ; (2), The objects between which they halt ; (3), The reasons why they halt. He depicted with much power the miserable state of the waverer, and spoke with searching faithfulness to the consciences of his hearers, addressing himself pointedly to various classes—Sabbath-breakers, pleasure lovers, doubters, lovers of gross sins, awakened souls, and especially to those who, like Joseph of Arimathea, were disciples, inde e d, " b ut s ecretly, for fear of the Jews." He concluded by an appeal to decided Christians to make their decision more manifest before the world. The service closed as usua l with prayer, a hymn, and the benediction. At Toulon, three days cta who were in a boat, took advantage of a fav oura bl e wind to put out to sea, first disarming and binding the guard set over them. The man at the helm, to avcid the same fate, jumped overboard and remained hanging by a plank, which hap pened to be floating, until he was picked up by a boat. As soon as the escape was known, a steamer was sent after the convicts, and orders were transmittal to the gendarmerie all along the coast to be on the watch. The convicts, wi h the exception of one who is still loose, were captured on the following day at Glens. At the theatrical performances in the railway station at Cherbourg, on the occasion of the visit of the Em peror and Empress, collections for the poor were made to the extent of 934 f., which sum has just been (distributed by the railway company. The SUPPOSED MURDER at CAMBER WELL• AR inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, at the King's Arms, George-street, Cam berwell, on the body of Hannah Read, whose body woo found the previous Friday in the Grand Surrey Canal, by boy who was fishing. It having been reported that the de ceased, a girl 12 years of age, had been first violated, and then drowned, much excitement prevailed in the neigh' bourhood. The jury having been sworn, and viewed the body, Thomas Turner, a lad of 15 years of age, deposed that he was fishing on Friday last in the Grand Surrey Canal for eels, near St. George's-bridge. The hook caught in some.. thing which he brought to the surface, and found it to be the body of the deceased. She was quite dead. Her cloth.- ing was very poor, and her bonnet was on the wrong wayi The front or top of the bonnet was before her face, and the string appeared :o be tied behind her neck. He could not say if it appeared tightly tied. The hands and legs were perfectly free. Thomas Gannon, police-constable 282, deposed that on Friday last, when on duty in Peckham-grove, he received information that a female bad been taken out of the canal, and on coming to this house he found her here. On seeing the body he found her bonnet concealing her face, and was fastened behind her neck with a double knot; the string• were quite loose, and could not cause strangulation. He could pass his hand easily between her neck and the strings. He described the hind part of her bonnet as being upper most. He unfastened the knot, and took off the bonnet, but could see no mark of the strings on her neck. He noticed no injury on her person. He was unable to say how long she might have been in the water. His opinion was the child must have tied the bonnet behind her neck. On cross-examination, the witness said he was unable to say exactly how the bonnet covered the face. The boy Turner was recalled, and he put on the bonnet as he saw it on the girl, and there could be no doubt it was turned round by the action of the water. Gannon, on re-examination, said he thought the girl had destroyed herself. _ _ Mrs. Michell deposed that she washed and laid out the body of the deceased on Friday afternoon last. At the request of the child's mother she was assisted by Mrs. Buckland. On taking off her clothes she found them very muddy, and also her feet, legs, and boots. The face was covered with blood and dirt. There were no marks about her person except a slight bruise close to the elbow; the neck and chest were discoloured, and there was a great deal of blood about the taoutb. There was also a quantity of mucus from the nostrils. She thought it desirable the deceased should be examined by a medical gentleman. Mary Ann Read, mother of the deceased, deposed she was the wile of William Read, cowkeeper, residing at 3, Vic— toria-place, York-street, Walworth. The deceased was her daughter, and she was 12 years of age. She last saw her daughter alive on Thursday morning, about seven o'clock. She was in the employ of Mrs. Horsley, Addington-square, going there by day and sleeping at home at night. She usually left home about seven o'clock in the morning to go to her place of service, returning home of late from nine to ten o'clock at night. On Thursday morning she had a con versation with deceased respecting her supplying Mrs. Horsley with milk, and told her she should send her elder sister to make inquiries of her mistress respecting it. Deceased received the money for the milk weekly, and had accounted to her for all except a shilling for the last week's milk. The deceased did not return home at her usual time on Thursday night, and witness sent ker daughter Sarah to look for her about ten o'clock. She was unable to find her, and her husband went to look for her, but without success. No one went to deceased's mistress to inquire for her that night. Witness went out and met a policeman in Addington-square, and inquired of him, but she made no inquiries at Mrs. Horsley's, whose door she passed, for fear of disturbing the family, it being near twelve o'clock. She saw nothing of the deceased till Friday, at twelve o'clock, when she was taken out of the water. She was unable to account for the fact of her daughter destroy— ing herself. On the Tuesday previous she got so late to her employ that her mistress sent her back with the milk; but on remonstrating with her she went to her employ, and re— turned home in the evening about the usual time. On Wednesday a fourth conversation took place between theta relative to Mrs. Horsley's milk; and on Thursday morning' witness sent the milk by her daughter Sarah after Hannah (the deceased) had left home; and then it was witness first discovered about the shilling having been paid to her by her mistress. Her daughter enjoyed generally good health. Witness did not know if the deceased had formed any male acquaintances. She never spoke of labouring under the apprehension of any one annoying her. She was a quiet disposed girl. Witness suspected she had bees dealt wrong with. She was toe timid to go to a lonely place by herself. She usually went to and from her employ along" King-street into East-street, and thence along the Wal— worth-road to Addington-square. Witness had always cautioned her against coming home by the way of the canal. It was only owing to her being found in the canal that she thought her daughter had been violated. Mrs. Horsley, wife of Mr. Horsley, of Suffolk Brewery, Addington-square, deposed that the deceased had been in her service about five months past. On Thursday last she came to witness's house about 20 minutes to eight o'clock. She had been is the habit of bringing the family's milk, but did not do so that morning In consequence of witness having the previous day refused it. The sister afterwards brought it, and made inquiries in deceased's presence as to the time she left on Wednesday night. Witness said a little after eight o'clock. Sarah asked deceased how it was she came home so late, and she replied that she stood up out of the rain. Witness also told Sarah she paid deceased on Wednesday is. for the milk. Sarah asked her what she did with it, and she replied, " I gave it to mother." Sarah said she did not think she had. Mrs. Read recalled—Deceased did not pay me the is. Mrs. llorsley continued—She told the sister deceased should leave in future at eight o'clock at night, and if she was not home by half-past eight o'clock she would not be with her. She had to nurse the baby, and do any domestic work required when the baby was asleep. She was as lively and cheerful on Friday as usual ; her premises ad— joined the brewery, and five men were employed there, but she never saw the slightest familiarity between her and the men; she was unable to account for the deceased destroying herself. She did not know how she was treated at home.. She thought she did not appear afraid of her mother. 1 - I , er general conduct was goal, nod sh e nut Ly b e a strictly honest child. She had no reason to fear stay one had done the child a wrong. She thought when she heard of her death that the operation of fear about the might have caused her to commit self-destruction. Mrs. Read recalled—lf the deceased said to her sister, is the presence of Mrs. Horsley, that she gave me the shilling it would have been false ; 12 months since deceased was induced by another girl to take 9s. 6d. from witness, on the promise she would double it in a short time. An inquiry took place before the magistrate, and he, commiserating her condition, gave her the money she had lost ; she did not know that the deceased had recently seen the girl alluded to. Deceased had never taken a penny since that time till that of the shilling. She did not think her not giving witnese the shilling had alarmed her, and operated against her coming home. Deceased was affectionately fond of witness, and she thought she would have told her if she bad lost or spent the money. At the inquiry before the magistrate nothing was said to alarm her if anything of the kind again occurred. Mr. Chabot, district surgeon of Camberwell, inspected the body minutely on Saturday. He found a recent bruise on the right elbow, about the side of the elbow, accompanied with a slight scratch as of coming against gravel; the bruise must have been caused immediately before immersion. His opinion was there was no pretence for saying the child bad been violated, or had received personal violence on any part of the body. Deceased died from drowning. The blood about the mouth and face arose from suffocation in drown— ing ; the dark colour spoken of about the head resulted fro= the same cause, as did also the dark spot on the body, which had probably alarmed those who washed and laid out the body. At this stage of the proceedings the inquest was adjourned till Wednesday for the sister's evidence . ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGII.--All extraordinary meeting of the governors of this hospital was held yesterday afternoon, at the oflice in Soho-square, Mr. Henry Pownall in the chair, when a resolution was brought forward for altering the second bye-law, in order to enable the governors to increase the number of foundation scholars to be maintained by the college from May next to 40. In moving the resolution Mr. Propert, the treasurer, said that nobody could deny the step was in the right direction.,The college had been founded not only for providing aut asylum for, and annuities or occasional pecuniary assist.. ance to, distressed medical men and their families, but, a school for their sons. He now came forward to prop ose _ in creasing the number of the foundation scholars from, 35 to 40. The list of candidates was appalling, no less than 132, and many of them had been on the list for no less than three years. Still he would not have proposed the resolu tion unless he was confident that the f un d s would bear it, and unless they carried the motion it might be a very serious thing to the college, seeing that so many candidates were so near the age of admission that, unless they were now elected, they would not be elected at all. He moved the resolution with great pleasure, assured that every medical man would joyfully lend a helping hand to the distressed orphans of the members of his profession. Mr. Francis Hird seconded the motion, and after a few observations from Mr. Stilwell, of Epsom, and Mr. Ray, it was passed, and the meeting separated. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.—On Saturday, Mir. Coroner Brown held an inquest at Nottingham, upon the body of a man named Murphy, a pensioner, residing in Barker Gate, in that town. It appeared that Murphy w as smoking his pipe an evening or two previously, near his home, when a neighbour's child about nine y ears o ld named Handley, struck him in the abdomen in play. Murphy immediately exclaimed, " Oh, I am a dead man !" and. became so ill that three medical men were called in, but. without avail, as the unfortunate man expired delirious the afternoon previous to the inquest. The jury, after a length oned inquiry, returned a verdict of " Died from the effects ea blow." Lieut. - Col. Yerbury, late of the 3d Light Dragoons, died a few days since at Belcomb, near Bradford, Wilts, in his 55th year. The gallant deceased had seea much active service in India. He served with the 8d Light Dragoons throughout the campaign of 1842 in Affghanistan, and was present at the forcing of the Khyber Pass, storm ing of the heights of Jugdulluck, the action of Tezeen and. Hufkotul, where his horse was wounded, the occupation, of Cabool, and the capture of Istaliff. He commander; his regiment in the Punjaub campaign of 1848-V, and was pre sent at Ranonuggur, action of Sasloolapors, and the battles. of Chillianwallah and Goojerat. Ile received a medal for Affi.;lianistan, and a medal and two clasps for the latter campaign. The deceased retired from the army, owing to impaired health, in June, 1849. A " TEETOTAL" BEQUEST.—The following curious correspondence is published iu a contemporary :—" At the request of the executors of the late Mr. James Den nington, of Northampton-square, we send you an extract from his will, and shall be obliged by your informing us whether you assent to the terms on which the legacy is given to you.—We are, sir, your most obedient servants,. OLIVERSON, LATIE, and PEACTIET. Frederick's-place, E.C., Aug. 12. The Rev. R. Maguire." [Extrast.]—" give and bequeath the sum o f one hundred pounds to the: Rev. Robect Maguire, incumbent of St. James, Clerkenwell„ in the event of his living on strict total abstinence prin ciples." " Clerkenwell, E.C., August 19. Sir,—l have co acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 12th inst., inform ing me of toy interest in the will of the late Mr. J. DenniAg ton. In reply to your inquiry, I beg to say that it is not my intention to avail myself of the bequest of my deceased friend on the condition attached thereto. Of course, in a, business correspondence such as this, I do not trouble you with my reasons for declining to receive this legacy. These must, indeed, be obvious to all. l am not a teetotaller; and if I ever become a ' strict total abstinence' mats I hope to become so on principle, and for no lower motive.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT MAGUIRE, M.A. In cumbent of Cleikenwell. Messrs. Oliverson, &c." , 41 - 0 rat' wer bah was