The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-04 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 77—highest since noon yesterday. 67—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BABoarETEn--29 . 87. WIND, Westerly; fresh, with fine weather. Heavy rain in the morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, oh. 34m.—Afternoon, sh. 56m. To-Monitow-Morning, 6h. 17m.—Afternoon, 6h. 38m. THE SUN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1859. It is just as we expected. The Peace (?) of Vil- 1 lafranca will cost its authors more trouble than 1 they bargained for. Whatever were their motives for that close interview the world at large will, before long, be edified by its effects. France is now in a desperate hurry to disarm, but the blind will not do. We are so accustomed to surprises of late that wonders have become mere matters of course. It seems almost a pitty that a man so clever at hoodwinking others should at last have contrived to overreach himself. But this, the great magician of the age, has accomplished in a masterly manner, and will no doubt reap the fruits of his Imperial labours before he sets out on the next campaign, be it to the Adige or, more probably, the Rhine. As for poor deceived Italy, she is now in less trouble than her heroic and chivalric would be liberator, if he were allowed ; but the Im perial swayed the will of the Royal scape goat. VICTOR EMMANUEL is now asked (?) to undo almost all that he had helped to achieve. The world will marvel to learn that he is required to reseat the tyrants of Tuscany and Modena on their thrones! Let the following, from the Correspondent of the Times, speak for itself:— " You are already aware of the secret mission of Count Reisset from the French Court to that of Sardinia for the purpose just specified. The count was received on the 30th at Turin by the Sardinian Minister for Foreign Affairs, who, as I learn on fair authority, very plainly declared that he could not accede to the wishes of France that the Sardinian Go vernment should employ their efforts to have the dukes recalled, `with enthusiasm,' I presume, by their late subjects. It was observed, with some reason, that to satisfy the French Government in the first instance, the Government had withdrawn the Pied montese Commissioners from the Duchies and the Legations, but that it would be preposterous now to expect that, in addition to this, Piedmont should use her influence conjointly with France, contrary to the wishes of the populations and the interests of Italy. After this interview Count REIssET had an audience of the KING, who, it is more than probable, held similar language to him. You are aware that the Commissioners from the Duchies have been received by the EMPEROR at St. Cloud. Their reception coincided, in point of time, with the departure of M. Reisset on his Italian mission. We are told that at that audience his Majesty declared that he was not the man, he, the Elect of universal suffrage, who could go against the wishes of the people." The Commons are now rapidly getting through the supplies in Committee. Yesterday they were hard at work once more—distributing the most various sums, upon the most diversified pretexts, for subjects the most miscellaneous. The contrast pre se rated by this variety is almost as whimsical, in deed, as that afforded through the memorable conversation recorded by OLIVER GOLDSMITH in relation to SHAKSPERE and the musical glasses. And ;Ipon every imaginable plea the hon. gentle man th e member for Lambeth displays the same insatiable greed to economise upon every con ceivable o,wportunity. The apparently incongruous vote, £1,8: : :13, for a constabulary force for the mili tary camps Aldershott and Shorncliffe, impelled Mr. WILLIA ms yesterday, for example, to pro it appeared test against the absurdity , as to him; of paying a police force to look after the soldie rs in an. encampment. It had to be explained t o the hon. member that the con stables were employed not by any means in look ing after the soldiers, but simply in looking after the followers,, sutlers, and sight-seers, who are always gathe• ring around an encampment.. Then, but not till tl sen, the vote was agreed to with the kind permiss ion of the hon. member for Lambeth. As to the extraordinary diversity of the sums voted, and of the objects to which those sums are devoted, a glance down our Parliamentary report will show that fantastically enough. The amounts and the objects vary, for instance, from nearly £60,000 — to be precise, exactly £59,219 —for the payment of " certain charges," on the Treasury chest—to £703 to the office for the registration of designs ! Among the supplies voted yesterday afternoon in close proximity or rapid sequence, " find £40,000 for the improvement of the Kaffirs and the better go vernment of Kaffraria—£3o,ooo for charges in curred in consequence of the guarantee given to the company organized for the laying down of the submarine electric telegraph—nearly £B,OOO (£7,945) for the expedition to the River Zambesi under the direction of Dr. LIVINGSTONE—L4,7OO for the salaries of the inspectors of corn returns — £11,850 for revising barristers in Great Britain— £3,ooo for the inspectors of burial grounds—and so on, " from grave to gay, from lively to severe." From the compensation (?) of poor Mr. BARBER by the doling out at last to him of £5,000 —exactly half the amount he is proved to have lost by reason of his unjust and cruel condemnation !—to the good round sum of £23,000 for the purchase of a site for the extension of the Four Courts in Dublin. At length we find ourselves landed in a higher region, in a purer atmosphere, among all the grace ful charms and amenities of the fine arts. A vote of £2,000 is asked for with a view to the extension and improvement of the National Portrait Gallery. Now the struggle begins in earnest. Mr. SPOONER —despairing probably of ever having his effigy enshrined in the collection—objects point blank to the vote altogether. He deems the pictures already bought as worthless. He regards the £2,000 as only the old, insidious small end of the wedge, that will gradually spread wider and wider as it is driven home—until one of these fine ses sions, in Committee of Supply, the House will be called upon to vote not £2,000 but £30,000 for a building large enough to contain the thea expanded collection. At that prospect we must acknowledge ourselves, that we for one are not by any means alarmed. Nor do we think for an instant that the House of Commons—a house diametrically the reverse of niggardly—would in such a contingency hesitate very long about voting that hypothetical £30,000. Mr. AYRTON heartily supported Mr. SPOONER'S amendment, however, that the £2,000 vote for the National Portrait Gallery, at this period of its inauguration, should be quietly passed over altogether—alleging as a sort of a reason or excuse, that "it was all very well for the noble lord at the head of the Government and his colleagues to support the vote, because they might expect to be placed in the gal lery themselves." Disclaiming, good humouredly, any such selfish motives of vanity as those actuating him in his view, in regard to this vote of £2,000 for the National Portrait Gallery, Lord PALMERSTON, we rejoice to remark, spoke of the partially developed project of that collection in terms of the strongest eulogium. Yet the vote was only agreed to yesterday after a division—the result of that division giving a clear majority of 106 in a house of 176, 35 voting for, and 141 against the amendment. Another division later on yesterday was taken upon another vote of £2,ooo—this time the £2,000 being required for the purchase of HATTER'S historic picture of " The Moving of the Address in the First Reform Par liament." This division resulted, it will be observed, in the unusual circumstance of exactly the same numbers voting for and against the amendment. This amendment (like its predecessor),movedby Mr. SPOONER—the very WILLIAMS of Art—led in the first instance to an animated discussion, which was closed by an exact division of the committee, then numbering 164. For the vote, eighty-one ; Against the it, eighty-one. An announce ment received by the house with loud laughter, which was renewed when Mr. MAssEY, as Chair man of the Committee, gave his own casting vote for the motion. And so " the Ayes had it ;" and HITTER'S " First Reform Parliament" became the prcperty of the nation, and, being so, will hence forth aid in the decoration of the new legislative palace at Westminster. Upon the subsequent vote of £9,988 for a new entrance to the National Gallery—a vote eventually carried, upon a division by a majority of 43,in a committee of 189-73 voting against and 116 for it—there was a somewhat lengthy, and, all things considered, we conceive a very satisfactory discussion, condemnatory in the strongest terms of those hideous, absurd, and costly fire-proof make-shift buildings down at Kensington gore—commonly known as the Boilers (though we should be disposed rather to christen them Albert's Folly) down in South Kensington. There were, at any rate, two most acceptable assurances extorted, by this debate in Com mittee, from the lips of the First Lord of the Treasury. The noble viscount announcing that there is no intention whatever to transfer any portion of the collection at the National Gallery to Kensing ton—and, beyond this, assuring the House of Com mons that " the recommendations of the committee would be carefully attended to, subject to the ex pense attendant upon the enlargement." That ex pense will not be in any way—we may rest per fectly well assured upon this point—that expense will not in any way be grudged by the national representatives. There is not an honest Liberal in the land, we believe, but will regard with pain and indignation the brutal outrage perpetrated, on Monday, at Wakefield, upon the person of the Right Hon. STUART WORTLEY, now the Conservative candi date for the representation of that constituency. Unless the outrage itself be expiated in some man ner it will go far to confirm and enhance for that constituency its already unenviable reputa tion. It was only last week adjudged to have been guilty of the grossest venality in the exercise of its electoral rights at the last general election when the Quaker banker, Mr. W. H. LEATHAM, the brother-in-law of Mr. BRIGHT, the distinguished member for Birmingham, was placed at the head of the poll in return for the most flagrant squandering of bribes by his agents, and of course—of course —we are all perfectly satisfied of that—with out his knowledge ! So infuriated are these high-principled patriots at Wakefield at the unseating of that open-handed Friend LEATHAM, the Banker—that they must needs mob Mr. WORTLEY directly he makes his appearance among them as the candidate brought forward (to contest the seat at this new election) on the side of the Consen atives. Lord PARMERSTON'S ex-Solici tor-General is yelled at and hooted through the streets of Wakefield by a mob of the pure and high-minded Liberals of the borough. A formidable lump of lead, carefully pointed at one is e ac nd, a d tthrietmhemmn rightiasgs eb evidentlyhsytorstrikes prepared the eeshatnh gentleman, de onf for esow thet some eenar occasion,candidate eda anmtl eyidua sisptssupon assailant. hurled ttnhhe te. forehead—his face is covered with blood—he is s tunned, and, for the moment, almost insensible. Apparently to represent Wakefield you must have your ch Q i .cP , there, and your f ore h ea d oyfoubrraspos kelt,ofiullmedustwittahkegol4 be tween the alternative —of scattering largess about you abundantly, or—" taking it out" in brickbats. SUMMARY OF ELECTION PETITIONS. 1859 (SEss. 2). The following are referred to select committees : Beverley—William Duesbury Thornton Duesbury and Charles Reynard, Edward Auchmuty Glover, John Nutchey and others, Charles Robinson Empson and Richard South wick. _ _ .. ___. Huddersfield—Thomas Pearson Crossland and Thomas Haigh. Kingston-upon-Hull—James Beeton and Robert Scott. North Leicestershire—Rev. William Astley Cave Browne Cave. Limerick City—James Spaight. Preston—James Carr and others, John Hawkins and others. Select committees have reported on the following :- - Ashburton—Brooking Soady and Thomas Pinsent ; member seated. Aylesbury—Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Went worth, George De Fraine and William Hobley, Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Wentworth, Samuel George Smith, the younger, Richard Henry Simons and others; Mr. T. T. Bernard and Mr. S. G. Smith seated. Bury—James Parks and Thomas Horrocks ; member seated. Cheltenham—John Knatchbull and John Henry Morgan ; member seated. Dartmouth—Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. ' - void election. Gl ouces ter—Thomas Eycott and James Haines ; void election. Maidstone—William Russell and Joseph Popjoy Sawer ; members seated. _ _ Norwich—John Wright and others ; void election. Wakefield—Samuel Richard Green and John Tuting Sweeting ; void election. Select committees not as yet appointed for the following : Weymouth and Melcombe Regis—Joseph Slade and others, Robert James Roy Campbell, Colonel William Lockyer Freestun. Carlisle—John Park Arthur and John Graham. Barnstaple—Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bart., Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bart. Roscommon—Denis O'Connor and Patrick Graham. Great Yarmouth—Joseph Bayly and Robert Pilgrim. Newry—Robert Dempster and Thomas Cardwell. King's County—D. Hume and F. Cassidy. Chatham—George Wilstead and George Pattison. Dover—Sir William Russell, Bart. Carlow—Henry Cary and Thomas Harris Carroll, Henry Cary and Thomas Harris Carroll. Dundalk—Patrick Dowdall and Matthew Moore Graham. Clare—Nicholas Butler and John BarrymoreMacnamara. Lyme Regis—John George Sarsfield Macnamara Moore and George Nathaniel Shore. Peterborough—William Vergette and others, Thomas Scoley and Henry Freeman. Athlone—Robert Preston Bayley, James William Fair, Lawrence Kelly and Thomas Gill. Norwich—Joseph -Fletcher and others, • John Godwin Johnson and Roger Kerrison, Philip Back and Gardiner Christopher Stevens. . - ~'-; _ Am .' IL , . ,-...A.. ......„-.. .; r,-,a- -,,41 ~,\,--, i . ....,:o I. 1 U sMI z .. . s -,74 , f' ''' : ',..ak,'',Mr- ,.... : <47 ' a I._ -- , :...A , -,-; - z -, ..--- , _ " . ,,,,,:_p_si Ai:,,,,__:,,,...1" : :; m . . .. .0A6....,, , I ._ _,.i,.;.‘,„, , , ,,,,,m)„„ ,bßorr _ . N.,,,,, s ...,".• . big u ~,,, 141 , ,1'' - e!.•*2,7.• ',,;;;',- . • .. , 'ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, tinder the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS, Fabien and Louis dei Franchi. By Mr. C. Rean. To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGH P'S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. • TILTS EVENING, SHOCKING EVENTS. TVOCONTESTED ELECTION. which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. TO conclude with HALLOWE'EN. MR. RAREY at the ALHAMBRA PALACE. —Many inquiries having been made during the past week by noblemen and gentlemen as to when Mr. Rarey would give the next EXPOSITION of his system of subdu ing vicious horses, and of the proper manner of gentleing and teaching the horses for all practicable purposes, he has the honour to announce that he will give one on Saturday next, August 6, at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square, commencing at 12 o'clock, when some new and interesting subjects will be produced, One of them is a proud lively savage, which, from his antecedents and present appearance, promises to be a good subject to test fo the uttermost Mr. Rarey's skill in dealing with dangerous horses. The follow ing letter has been addressed to r. Rarey by the owner of the horse : " 34, Worship-street, Finsbury, August 1, 1859. " Dear Sir,—ln reply to your note of inquiry with regard to the character of our horse, we beg to inform you that in his present condition we consider him a most dangerous animal, and shall be most happy to place him in your hands to receive a lesson of obedience, and also to have your advice as to his proper management in future. The horse, having killed one of our men, is now kept securely tied up by the head with three strong ropes, to prevent him from doing any further injury. He is never approached except by climbing over the partition of his stall in front of him, as no man could go into it in the ordinary way. He is a high-spirited, courageous horse, and if he could be broken of his vicious propensities would be a most valuable one. " We, are, dear Sir, " Your obedient servants, (Signed) "W. MERRETT, Brothers. " J. S. Rarey, Esq., Alhambra Palace." Admission—Reserved Seats, £1 is ; Second Seats, 15s. ; Third Seats, 7s. 6d. Doors open at half-past 11. The Exhi bition to commence at 12. Tickets to be had at the Box office of the Alhambra Palace. Commence at 7. KrEw TEEEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sok rsoprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. *MIS ETE Ch NI a NG S , e r g i P n ARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. L.Toole, Chas and ffra. y idnineo , n. n ; Misses Keeley, Arden, And (12th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled AN OLD OFTENDKR.SIby, Mr. 13Mington, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburn e , and Miss H. Simms. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Mburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M. Wilton. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses SWanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST ED ITI ON O F THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the course in this country (the remaining three acts being iof rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBITRY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and RIGHT years. • - - The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios eve: written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING; -AUGUST ELECTION PETITIONS WITHDRAWN. Athlone—Lawrence Kelly and Thomas Gill. Berwick-upon-Tweed--Thomas Bogue and others. Bodmin—William Butten and John Barnicot. Bridgewater—Henry Clement Heard and Reuben Bond. Frome—Donald Nicoll. West,Kent—Charles Wykeham Martin and James What man. Kidderminster—John Ayres and others. Kingston-upon-Hull—William Jones and Richard Mit chell. Merionethshire—Owen Richards and Hugh Richard Pugh. Pontefract—Hugh Culling Eardley Childers. Sandwich—John Ralph and Henry Langley. New Windsor—William Henry Banks and Henry Thompson. Great Yarmouth—John Clowes and Henry Danby Palmer. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar entertained a select circle at din ner last evening, at their residence in Portland-place. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, who are now at Heron Court, near Christchurch, leave early in the ensuing week for Achnacarry, the noble earl's shooting quarters in the north of Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Caraperdown arrived last week at Camperdown, N. 8., where they have since received a circle of friends for the Angus Agricultural As sociation, held at Dundee. BERWICK-UPON-TWEED ELECTION. Since We published last Tuesday, the result of our own inquiries at Berwick, a report of a visit of inquiry, by Mr. R. B. Reed, made to the Northern Union, of which he was honorary secretary, has been forwarded to us. Its leading facts harmonise entirely with those which we gave, and, as they are the result of a perfectly independent investigation, there can be little doubt that both of us are right. Mr. Reed enters into details, however, and cites names in a way which we understood would not be agreeable to many par ties, and from which we therefore refrained. We are not sorry, however, that they should be thus made public. COWES ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.— The match for the Queen's Cup is likely to be a very inte resting one this year. The Brunette is a new vessel, and all consider her a fleet one. The Marina has proved herself a fast one. Both were built by Rattry. Then comes one of Joseph White's 15-yr-old ones, an awkward customer, as he built all his yachts to sail. Then the Cymba and the Lady Bird, all first-class clippers. All that is wanted there is every opportunity of having—a good breeze—and very close work may be expected. DUBLIN PORTOBELLO GARDEN S.--The enter tainments at this favourite scene of amusement have as sumed an agreeably diversified character. The gardens last evening were numerously and fashionably attended. The leading attraction being the celebrated Joe Brown, the American Champion Dancer, who is accompanied by Mr. W. B. Donaldson, a first class banjoist.. Both those artistes, so clever and distinguished in their way, were severally greeted with vehement applause.—Freeman's Journal. August 3. The operations in the shares of the Lombardo- Venetian Railway Company on the Paris Bourse yesterday appear to have been most extensive; 10,000 shares were taken by a single dealer. THE SIBSEY MURDER.—Since the extreme sen tence of the law was passed upon Carey and Picket, the Sibsey murderers, they have listened attentively to the teachings of the prison chaplain, and apparently they are filled with remorse for the crime they have committed. Their sentence will be carried into effect on Friday next. REPRESENTATION OF DEITONPORT.—AdmiraI Sir Michael Seymour has come forward as a candidate for the representation of Devonport, on the occasion of the vacancy caused by Sir T. E. Perry having accepted a seat at the India Board. The gallant admiral announces himself as a supporter of the present Government, and declares himself to be an advanced Liberal and in favour of the ballot. It is not probable thore will be any other candidate. TIIE 12TH OF AUGUST.—A correspondent of the Inverness Courier says :—I have made several inquiries in different places about the moors this season, and I have it from shepherds and others who traverse our hills, that the birds are numerous. Scarcely could the young poults have broken shell under more favourable weather than this year. On the Kilmuir Hills and the Cuidrach Moors there is a considerable improvement on former years. The coveys are from six to ten birds, and in some instances twelve birds. The Stenscholl moors, I hear, will also give the sportsman this year a pretty fair chance. The shooting is well pre served, and no injudicious burning of heather has taken place. A MAN AND HIS WIFE DROWNED IN THE RIVER T RENT. —On Sunday night a small vessel, bound for Lincoln from Hull, was proceeding with the tide, which was un usually strong, up the river Trent, and when opposite Gainsborough ran foul of Chapel Staithe tier. She imme diately tipped over, and went down. There were on board at the time the captain (Kinnersley), his wife and child, a friend of the captain's, named Beech, with his wife and three children, and a man who assists in the management of the vessel. The captain, his wife, and the whole of the children were saved; but Beech and his wife who were in the cabin, were drowned. It appears that the accident was caused by five vessels lying alongside each other, four on the left and one on the right hand side of the river, sufficient room not being left for the passage of a vessel in such a tide. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A ROPERY.—On Monday, a young woman, named Sarah Ann Burlinson, was engaged at Messrs. Douglass and Co.'s patent ropery, Sunderland, when her right hand became entangled amongst the ma • chinery, and, before the engine could be stopped, her hand was nearly torn off, and her arm severely lacerated. She was immediately conveyed to the infirmary, where she lies in a precarious state. A series of experiments is about to be conducted bp Captain Galton on the part of the Board of Trade, Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., and Profesor Wheatstone, to deter mine the best description of cable for the proposed line of telegraph from Falmouth to Gibraltar. The experiments are to be carried on with the aid of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and will comprise an investigation into the com parative value of gutta-percha and india-rubber, the best modes of insulation, and other questions connected with the manufacture of deep submarine lines. JUST CAUGHT.—A little Russian-- steamer, the Viborg, was passing through the canal on Monday evening, but remained over night in the basin, and was put through the sea-lock at an early hour next morning. The captain, Andrew Pitcairn, instead of sleeping on board, put up for the night at the Muirton Hotel. As things look at present, it would seem that he had popped into the room adjoining his own, and took a fancy to a nice woollen shirt and a hair brush there, belonging to Captain Finch, who sometimes puts up at the Muirtown Hotel. At least, these articles were missed from the room by Mr. Robertson early next morning, and, having informed the police, there was just time to catch Captain Pitcairn before he had fairly cleared out of the canal. The shirt was found on his person, and the brush in his dressing-case.—lnverness Courier. ATTACK ON MR. J. S. WORTLEY.—On Monday evening, says the Manchester Guardian, after addressing a meeting of the Conservatives at Wakefield, Mr. Wortley had occasion to leave the Strafford Arms to go to the Elec tric Telegraph-office. lie was guarded by the chief con stable, Inspector Frost. and several other officers, and when returning again to the hotel, some cowardly ruffian threw a heavy piece of lead—which had evidently been prepared for the purpose—at the right hon. gentleman, striking him a blow on the temple, and inflicting a severe wound, the blood from which streamed down his face. lie was con veyed into the inn, and a surgeon sent for, who dressed the wound. Mr. Wortley remained in a stunned condition fer about an hour, but recovered sufficiently to enable him to leave Wakefield by the 10 p.m. train. The piece of lead with which the blow was inflicted was found close to the spot where Mr. Wortley was struck. It is sharpened at one end and blunt at the other. _ _ . ICTORIA-BRIDGE, MONTREAL.—It is stated on the best authority that the Victoria-bridge is so far ad vanced that it may safely be counted upon as being certain to be open for traffic by the Ist of November next. Fears were at one time expressed, we observe, that the progress Of the works might be impeded by the high water in the St. Lawrence, and that the opening of the bridge would be de layed till next year. The recent progress of the work, how ever, has bean such as to banish all fears of this kind, and, humanly speaking, it may 1r regarded as certain that the bridge will be in a position to be opened by the Ist Novem ber next. The works on the two extreme sections of the Grand Trunk road arc advancing with great rapidity. The western section, including the extension from Port Sarnia to Detroit, as well as the section beiow St. Thomas, 'will be in a position to be opened for traffic by the Ist September. The floating bridge across the river at Sarnia will also be completed by that date. Thus, with the exception of the Victoria-bridge, the whole road will be thoroughly com- L plated iu less than two mouths.—Canadian News. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, AUG. 3. To-day the funeral rites of the French and Sar dinian soldiers who have fallen for the cause of Italian independence were celebrated. The French army continues its passage through Turin for Paris, and is everywhere received with acclama tions. Count Arese has left Turin for Paris. BOLOGNA, AUG. 2. The Sardinian commissioners have remitted their authority to the Minister, President of the Government, Colonel Cipriani, who has convoked the National Assembly. The Marquis d'Azeglio has issued a proclamation announcing his recall, and recommending the people to remain tranquil, and promising, in the name of King Victor Em manuel, to employ every means possible to obtain the concurrence of the European Governments for accomplishing their just and reasonable wishes. Perfect order prevails. MARSEILLES, AUG. 3. Bodies of French troops are continually arriving in our port from Italy. Marshal Canrobert is ex pected here shortly. The Ambassador of Persia has just disembarked. Advices received from Constantinople state that the Sultan, in his journey through the provinces, will proceed as far as Chio. Letters received announce that the Czar is about to undertake a journey to Odessa, where, according to the Presse tl' Orient, his Majesty will be joined by the Prince Couza. PARIS, AUG. 3. The Moniteur de la Flotte announces that orders have been given at the different oceanic ports to proceed immediately with the disarmament of all vessels, armed or in course of arming. These orders are already being executed, and vessels which were in the roads (en rade) have put back to the different ports. The disarmament has also commenced at Toulon. Orders have been given to disband all marines having served five years. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says,—" I fear that the presence of a large French force in the Italian Peninsula may strengthen the doubts of too critical persons touching the genuineness of universal suffrage generally. As it would appear that none but those who can read and write will be allowed to vote, strictly speaking the suffrage on the present occasion can hardly be termed universal,' unless, as is very doubtful, every Italian peasant is in a position to claim the benefit of clergy.' But the Austrian Government will probably have occa sion, now at least, to acknowledge the benefit of universal suffrage, as well as the Dukes of Tuscany and Modena. And to all appearance ' liberated Italy' will enjoy the advantage of an occupation by a French force, far more numerous than the Roman army has been at any period for the last 10 years. Thus Italy may boast with reason that at last she is free ' from the Alps to the Adriatic.' " FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Paine of this evening says : " It is asserted that the ships of the division Fourrichon, the armament of which has just been completed at Brest, are to be placed on a pied de commission. It is further reported that the same order applies to four frigates, and to the vessels of . the squadron commanded by Admiral Bouet- Villaumez. The squadron of the Adriatic has entered the port of Toulon." The Duke de Grammont, Ambassador of France at Rome, has arrived here. The Envoy of Persia disembarked this morning at Marseilles. Ile comes to Paris as Minister Plenipotentiary, to continue the work of Feruck Khan, and will reside alternately at London and Paris. The Municipality of Paris has granted to M. de Lamartine and his family the enjoyment for life of a house and apiece of ground in the Bois d e 'Bou logne. The gift required the sanction of the,Coun cil of State. It will hardly be believed that - this testimony of gratitude and admiration—of grati tude to the man who, whatever may have been his errors, at one time certainly saved Paris and all France from the horrors of anarchy, and of admi ration tor the poet who has shed lustre on his country—that this testimony has encountered op position in that body. It can hardly be believed that the President of the Council could be opposed to the grant. If it be true, it will be said that M. Baroche thinks that M. de Lamartine had trop devance hi justice du peuple. M. Baroche, in his declaration of Republican faith, addressed to the electors after the Revolution of February, grounded his claims to their support on his having "antic'. pated the justice of the people" in overthrowing Louis Philippe, and anticipators of this sort do not like those who shoot beyond them. How different are the fruits M. Baroche and M. de Lamartine have gathered from the Revolution ! PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 3.—The market opened with an improvement on yesterday's rates, but large sales were immediately poured upon the mar ket, and prices again gave way. Threes, after hav ing been done at 69f. 75c., receded to 69f. 30c., but afterwards rallied to 69f. 50c. ; Mobilier varied from 845 f. to 830 f. ; Austrian, 570 f. to 565 f.; Lombardo-Venetian, 567 f. 50c. to 565 f. ; Orleans, 1,367 f. 50c. to 1,362 f. 50c.; Northern, 935 f. to 930 f .; Lyons, 877 f. 50c. to 873 f. 75c. ; Eastern, 652 f. 50c. to 650 f.; Southern, 520 f. to 515 f. The market was rather dull towards the close, when the following were the quotations : 4'. per Cents. .. .. 96 50 Credit Foncier .. 652 50 DO. end month .. 96 90 Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents 69 25 Piedmonteso (5) .. 85 Do. end month Bank Shares 2850 I Austrian — Credit Mobilier .. 828 74 Spanish Threes - Do. Account ..... 833 75 !Home Debt — RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern New ditto B2O 818 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 872 50 .. 875 Geneva 532 50 .. 540 Southern ___ Western 555 .. 55 5 Eastern Sardinian Austrian 568 75 .. 568 75 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 7 c. ; money, 2,51 . Oc. ; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 21f. 94c. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Arago steamship, Captain Lines, bringing New York mails of the 23d ult., passed Hurst at 9.40 a.m. The Weser, from New York, July 23d, also passed llurst at 11.15 a.m. [BY BRITISH ANI) IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH•] LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Vigo arrived.at Queenstown at 1 o'clock this morning, having 565,731 dols. She left on the 23d of July in company with the Arago and Weser. Her news is the same as telegraphed via Quebec. THE OvERLAND MAILS.—The following telegram has been ree3ived by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company :—" Marseilles, Aug. 3.—The Ne paul, with the mails from Australia, the Mauritius, and Bombay, arrived at 7 this evening. The mail leaves for London at 10 p.m," 4, 1859. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, JUNE 18. The Northam arrived at Kangaroo Island on Sunday the sth, and at Melbourne on the 7th of June. The Columbian, having broken down, did not leave Adelaide till the Ist of June. The Benares sails this morning. The gold ships which have sailed since the last mail are—on the 19th, the Avon, with 45,888 ounces ; on the 26th, the Southampton, with 29,554 ounces; on the 27th, the Prince of the Seas, with 26,321 ounces; on June 8, the Eagle, with 31,635 ounces ; on the 10th, the Beechworth, with 19,998 ounces. Exchange at 11-2 premium. Insurance, 11-2 premium ; Bank discount, 7 per cent. ; money on mortage, 10 per cent.; Securities were tending to advance. Bank of Victoria, £3B ; Colonial Bank) £6 ss. The Chinese are organising a passive resistance to the £4 residence-tax. The Bank of Victoria is about to establish a branch in London, and sends the manager home for the purpose. The railway traffic on Govern ment lines, on an average of six weeks, gives pas sengers £12,243 per week, or £1,325 per week. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 26. Admiral Mundy's squadron has anchored out. side the harbour. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Avon steamer, Captain Revett, has arrived with mails from Buenos Ayres of June 27 ; Monte Video, 30th ; Rio de Janeiro, July 10 ; Bahia, 14th Pernambuco, 16th ; St. Vincent, 24th ; ' and Lis bon, 31st. She has 144 passengers, £32,564 in specie, dia- monds and jewellery value £1,050, and a genera cargo. The mail steamer Mersey left Rio for the River Plate on the 9th of July, and the Tasmanian left St. Vincent for Rio on the 20th. The Avon exchanged signals with the Ocean Spray, from London, for New Zealand, June 23d, in lat. 13.45 N., long. 26.15 W. ; American ship Benares, July 22d, lat. 11.47 N., long. 26.43 W. ; State of Maine, July 22d, lat. 12.40, long. 26.29 ; and mail steamer Tagus, July 31st, to the north of Cape Rocca. Her Majesty's ship Buzzard and Oberon were at Buenos Ayres; Leopold and Madagascar at Rio. The Spy left Rio, for River Plate, July 6th ; Har rier, for England, on the 7th ; and Alarm, for England, on the Bth. _ . The Avon communicated with her Majesty's ship Siren on the 22d, bound for Rio. Active preparations were in progress for the pro sgcution of the war declared against Buenos Ayres by Urquiza, and the Buenos Ayrean army would rrobably be the first to assume the offensive. Rosario was said to be the point to be attacked. Exchange at Buenos Ayres, 64 to 65.6, and 66, the medium sum being the rrevailing rate. General Flores, ex-President of the Oriental Re public, had fled from Urquiza, and arrived at Buenos Ayres, with several Montevidean officers and soldiers. The coffee market at Rio was active during June, but had become fiat, the sales from the Ist to the Bth of July not exceeding 18,000 bags ; stock, 60,000 bags. Prices of sugar :—Superior washed and pulped, 6,700 to 7,200 ; superior, 5,900 to 6,900 ; first good, 5,600 to 5,700 ; first ordinary, 5,300 to 5,400; second, 4,200 to 5,100. Nothing doing in hides. Sugars realised—white, 3,800 to 5,400 ; brown, 3,200 to 3,500. Exchange closed flat, at 241 dols. to 25 dols. Freights-255. to 30s. for England, and 255. to 355. for the Channel. On the Bth July a Ministerial measure to compel all the banks to pay their notes in gold, at the option of the holder, at the expiration of three years, passed a first reading in the Lower Chamber. At Pernambuco business was dull, supplies of produce small, intercourse with the interior being impeded by heavy rains. Brown sugars, worth from 2,150 to 2,650. Whites were scarce. Freights flat. CIRCULAR-VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY AND RIFLE CORPS. We have been favoured with the following cir cular. issued by Mr. Sidney Herbert, addressed to the Lord-Lieutenants of counties in England, Wales, and Scotland, on the 2d inst., relative to Volunteer Artillery and Rifle Corps : WAR OFFICE, AUGUST 2, 1859. In order to prevent any misapprehension which might possibly arise with regard to the construction of Article X IV. in the Memorandum on Volunteer Corps enclosed in my letter of the 13 th of July, addressed to the Lords Lieutenants of Counties in Great Britain, I have the honour to lay before you the following explanatory statement :- 1. The Artillery and Rifle forces are distinct from one another ; and the Artillery force, as a whole, ranks before the Rifle force. 9 . The relative precedence of a county, therefore, in one of the two forces, does not affect its precedence in the other. 3. In each force, the relative precedence of a county is determined by the date on which the Secretary of State receives a letter from the lord lieutenant of that county, formally offering the service of a corps (whether battalion, company, subdivision, or section) for her Majesty accept ance. 4. In accordance with this rule, the following order of precedence is assigned to the counties in which corps have been actually formed. ARTILLERY. 1. Middlesex. RIFLES. 5. Pembrokeshire. 6. Derbyshire. 7. Oxfordshire. 8. Cheshire. 1. Devonshire. 2. Middlesex. 3. Lancashire. 4. Surrey. 5. Besides these, I have received formal offers of the ser vice of corps for ber Majesty's acceptance, from the Lords- Lieutenant of the under-mentioned counties. The offers have been made in tie order given below; and the coun ties, therefore, will rank according to the numbers prefixed to their names : ARTILLERY. 2. Northumberland. 4. Devonshire. 3. Hampshire. RIFLES. 9. Wiltshire. 17. Norfolk. 10. Sussex. 18. Staffordshire. 11. Edinburgh (City). 19. Berkshire. 12. Essex. 20. Gloucestershire. 13. Northumberland. 21. Brecknockshire. 14. Renfrewshire. 22. Suffolk. 15. Northamptonshire. 23. Stirlingshire. 16. Dorsetshire. I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, SIDNEY HERBERT. Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of the County of -, &c. &c. MARVELLOUS _RESCUE OF A BATHER. On Friday morning a young lady, who had gone o ver to pay a visit of a few da ys to the family of Mrs. Hugh Miller , at V i cto ria Cottage, Burnt island, was enjoy in g a bathe, .in a calm and beau tiful sea, the tide b ein g lull and coming up to the distance of a few y ards behind the h ouse; a little girl the you n g est dau g hter of the family, was likewise in the w ater; and Mrs. Miller stood by the open bow windo w, taking pleasure in the ap parent enjoyment of th e young people in the water. It struck her that Miss T—, apparently in the highest delight , was going rather too fa r ; s he h ea r d her call to the little girl to come out and join her, but the latter prudently declined, saying that she felt the tide too strong. Suddenly the cries of glee and frolic changed to one of distress. Mrs. Miller thOught she saw her visitor begin to struggle, and running in terror to her eldest boy, who was providentially sitting writing at a table, called out, " William, she's drowning—fly !" at the same time pointing to the door. The lad, looking round, and instantly discerning the state of the case, sprang from the window, a distance of about 12 or 14 feet, threw off his coat and plunged into the water. Mrs. Miller had the terror of seeing her little girl, who had just refused to go any further out, making desperate plunges forward in order to try and save her companion, and only arrested her by calling out her name, entreating her to hold back, when fortunately a maid-servant, who had been standing on the beach, go so far in as to throw her arms round the child, and hold her tight. Tn the meantime, the young lady's cries became fainter and fainter, as she was borne farther out ; the frightful sound of the water gurgling in her throat had almost ceased, and only a small part of her head remainedabovo water. Mr. Wm. Miller, however, by the mercy of God, succeeded in reaching her, and, grasping her by the hand, swam with her to the shore, where she was soon recovered, although she had been insensible in the water for some minutes. The youth, a lad of 16, and not nearly so tall nor fully grown as the girl he rescued, was none the worse for his exertions. — . .Edinburgh Witness. LITERATURE. The Fool of Quality ; or, the History of Henry, Earl of Moreland. By Henry Brooke. Two Vols. Smith and Elder. Those readers who are pleased at the prospect of looking back at the literature of a bygone day will be delighted to dwell on these volumes before us. They are written in a peculiar style, and are of course often strange and even ludicrous to the judgment of the present day ; but they are striking and original in many parts, and many may be charmed with their quaint notions and antiquated tone. A great attraction consists ill this being a new edition, revised by the Rev. Charles Kingsley, who has entered upon his task with zeal and assi duity. Evidently a great admirer of Brooke, he has regarded his task as a token of love, and those who have before read this work will find that he has greatly improved it in this new form, without altering it in any material way, or changing the general idea it sought to convey. The chief aim and object of the hero of this story was to go about doing good, to succour the distressed, to console the afflicted, and to right the oppressed as far as lay in his power. To these praiseworthy endea vours he devoted the best years of his life, and nearly all his wealth. The stories of the chief characters he met with are every here and there inserted, after the fashion of old romances. These become tedious occasionally, and the reader is apt to be confused at the endless variety of the dramatis personce. Putting aside these ob jections, there is great interest in the story, as a whole, and it will be found to afford an agree able variety from the tales of the present day. The biographical preface, by Mr. Kingsley, is of great interest, and seems to bring the author vividly before us, so emphatic is its tone, and so eloquent its delineation. It is always satisfactory to read what one gifted man says of another, and Mr. Kingsley's reputation is too firmly established by the eminently successful works he has produced, not to ensure attention being paid to his criticisms, and weight attached to his judgment. It is rather strange that this work was not written till Brooke had completed his sixtieth year; it is here de scribed as his best, his most characteristic, and possibly the most precious in his eyes. Mr. Kingsley is not one-sided; notwithstanding his enthusiasm for the work, and it is the impartiality of a criticism which stamps its merits and reveals its genuine nature. He observe that over much striving for pathos is the defect of the book. This is undoubtedly true, and will strike all readers, but the general purport is of a lofty and exalted kind ; the ideal characters, if impossible to realise, are so from their purity and unselfishness, and, therefore, if we smile at the follies which detract from the force of the arguments, we must render justice to the intrinsic merit of the plan ingeni ously sketched and energetically carried out. It is not to be questioned that many will feel indebted to Mr. Kingsley for thus bringing before their notice a work so distinguished in its day, and for reproducing before them the gifted author in so brilliant a sketch and so interesting a memoir. In undertaking a task so consonant with his tastes, and so congenial to his spirit, he has conferred a benefit on the community of novel readers. Personal Narrative of a Voyage to Japan, Karns chatka, Siberia, Tartary, 4e., in H.M.S. Bar racouta. By J. M. Tronson, R.N. Smith and Elder. This volume records the writer's impressions of the Japanese empire, and of various parts of the coast of China, which he visited three or four years ago in her Majesty's steam sloop Barracouta, which was employed upon several interesting expe- ditions in those localities. The Japanese empire has lately been much written of and discussed, owing to the recent political transactions with the Governments of that singular nation, and of its Celestial neighbour. The wild inhabitants of Siberia and Tartary have also been more frequently introduced into the narratives of travellers. Those who perused Mr. Atkinson's volume will remember the interesting account which he gave of his sojourn among the wild Kirghis of tin Steppes. Kamschatka and the island of Seglialien are less known, and when a traveller is able to recount what he saw and learned during his visits to all these various localities, his work can hardly fail to attract the curious. He observes in his brief preface that the coasts which he visited are now becoming more interesting to us since the opening of China and Japan to British commerce, whiie the possession by Russia of the river Amoor renders a better acquaintance with the coasts of Siberia and Tartary very needful to our maritime interests. The other officers of the vessel supplied him with numerous charts and sketches, which enhance the value and attractiveness of the work. In writing of Japan, Mr. Tronson gives the follow ing account of Marco Polo's description : The earliest account of Japan known to western nations 'was derived from the published travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller, who became attached to the service of Kublai Khan in 1273. In his published travels he giv es a brief account of an expedition sent against the Japanese in 1279, by the Khan of Tartary. It sailed from Ningpo or Amoy. Authorities differ very much as to date of its arrivial ; Kiempfer, from Japanese records, makes the year 1283-84. The expedition w as unsu ccessful : having en countered a heavy gale, which scattered the junks, many put back, and many were wrecked on the island of Firanda ; 30,000 Tartars were thrown desolate on the island, without any hope of escape, having no food, and anticipating no thing less than death from starvation, or from the arms of the Japanese. "As soon as the gale ceased, and the sea became smooth and calm, the people from the mainland of Zipanga came over with a large force in numerous boats, in order to make prisoners of these shipwrecked Tartars, and having landed, proceeded in a straggling manner. The Tartars, on their part, acted with prudent circum spection, and being concealed from view by some high land in the centre of the island, whilst the enemy were hurrying in pursuit of them by one road, made a circuit of the island by another, whic h brought them t of to the t. the place where the fleet was at anchor." The . the boats,story is th e soon a i l told.ed for Havingthtawkhienio tshinsskiornensust have been Nagasaki, and not having removedthe Japanese banners, they ad no difficulty of gaining an easy access to ec R city, ty, eh d dstrict ' h ard of the occur rence, or ere a the city which they seized and fortified. The Japanehe king having e condition of their lives being Tartars capitulated on the blockade, which was maintained for six months, when the spared. How they afterwards fared, Polo does not men tion : he places the date of these affairs in 1264; which is to Polo, there were two, Ab bacatanas to the name of the Tartar invader : he is called Mooko by the Japanes©; according. nem P. Amiot saysthat the expedition he left the Corea for Kin-tchi (Kiusm) , gives the general and Vonsa . . . a different name, and agrees with the Japanese authorities, who believe that all the Tartars were drowned, with the exception of a few taken prisoners. The island on whose shores the expedition was wrecked has been doubted, but I believe it to be Firando, formerly Ping-how, and now changed on the new charts to Hirada, for what purpose I know not : it were better that the old name remained, as the history of Firando is of some interest to Portuguese, Dutch, and English. According to Raper, the north-west part of the island is in 33 deg. 39 min. N. lat., and 129 deg. 36 min. E. long. In a subsequent part of his narrative he tells us of the earliest visitor to the peninsula ofKainschatka— The earliest visitor to this distant land was a Russian merchant, who was driven on shore near the river Kamts chatka in 1648 ; the crew of his vessel were cut off by the Koriaks, a warlike tribe. In 1697, Atlasoff, a Cossack officer rom the fort of Yakutsk, sailed to Anadirsk ' • in. 1699 he penetrated to the river Kamtschatk a , l ev i e d tri bute from the natives, and built Verchnei Ostrog. He re turned to Yakutsk in 1700, but having pillaged a ship on Tungouska river, laden with Chinese merch an di se , was im prisoned for a time ; he, however, soon regain e d his former position in the estimation of the authorities, and was ap pointed commander of Verchnei ; but ho became cruel and tyrannical, and in 1706 the Cossacks, driven to desperation, revolted, seized his goods and expelled him. Three com manders were killed in succession after the removal of Atlasoff ; but peace became established,- till 1731, when there was a general revolt of natives throughout the Pen insula. Few of the Russians escaped the spears of the Koriaks and Kamtschatdales, and for a long time the country was in a disturbed state. The forts were strength ened, larger forces sent from Yakutsk, and the town of Bol sheretsk was garrisoned. The mode of Government was mild, and the Russian Government did everything to con ciliate the goodwill of the natives; the yasak or tribute was not at all heavy, being paid in skins, ranging from the sea otter, the most expensive, to the common ermine, the least valuable. . _ _ The small-pox committed sad ravages amongst the people in 1767: twenty thousand, including Koriaks, Kamtschat dales, and Kurile islanders, were swept off. It s p rea d f rom house to house, and made desolate many a homestead. The disease had been conveyed from Ohkotsk to Bolsheretsk by a soldier. When Captain Clarke visited Avatska, he found that the population of Paratounca was reduced by this destructive disease from 360 to 36 : eight ostrogs (villages) were desolate. Count Benyowski, a Polish exile, rendered himself noto rious by his conduct at Bolsheretsk, in 1771. He stirred up many of the exiles to revolt, organised a clever conspi racy, and shed blood without compunction : he managed to take possession of the fortress, and after a fierce contest, in which the amiable governor Nilon lost his life, escaped with his followers to Canton. Few men ever exhibited a more vindictive spirit against the Russians, or were guiltier of baser ingratitude towards the governor and his family, than this Polish noble. , The following passage displays the remarkable per severance of the Russians in studying languages. The officers here spoken of were prisoners Our amusements on the islet were very limited; mostly quoits, jumping, fishing, and swimming. The Russian officers enjoyed themselves as much as the circumstances of their position would permit : their zeal in the acquisition of language is without parallel, and I might say without trouble. Mr. Pouschkin informed me that the Russian lan guage is so difficult to acquire, that every other appears quite simple in comparison with it. When they came on board at Ayan, I was much struck with the zeal of one of the junior officers (Mr. Apollo Ouronsoff) in the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties ; he had not been on board an hour before he produced a small card with the auxiliary verbs in Russian and English printed upon it, and asked me to assist him in the pronunciation of the words ; a re quest to which I gladly acceded. Without any exciting adventures, or extraordinary ability to recommend it, th e work deserves perusal as a clear and simple record of places and people, whose peculiarities are not familiar to the Eng- ►se lish reader. We commend it to the notice of tho who wish to improve their knowledge of those remote localities, as it offers them a good deal of information without any elaboration or pretence. JOHN BULL PHOTOGRAPHED. John Bull has this vanity in an eminent degree. He is convinced, beyond all doubt, that he is th e greatest man in the world. He takes it for granted every one knows it ; and if it is not admitted, be attributes the denial either to ignorance or pre judice. He does not assert his superiority so loudly as the Yankee ; but he feels and looks it. He i s a , supercilious gentleman, and regards the rest o f mankind with a condescending and patronising, air. He is rich, and measures the respectability Or foreigners by their wealth, and as this standard is in his favour, he considers' them as " a beggar l y crew." He is a bluff, ruddy-faced, resolute, good-hearted fellow, and inclined to corpulency , which is no wonder, for he feeds heartily and drinks strong wine and heavy beer. Like many animals, he is not to be approached with safety while hungri; he is liberal in his charities, but he won't subscribe till after a public dinner and some very fulsome speeches, in which his generosity, his tender dis position, his wealth, and his benevolence are duly extolled. He is a practical man, and will pay fo r , services redered, but will have nothing to do w it h the erection of monuments to commemmorate them. He says, if he wishes to see a national tribute t° the glory of the British arms, he would rather g° to France, where, in the enumeration of their vic tories over various nations, the name of England is omitted. He says he is content with that, for it 10 an admission far outweighing any assertion of his' however well-grounded. He is hospitable, Lou keeps a liberal table ; but is not above letting you know the merits and high prices of his wines, to which he draws your attention, lest your want f taste might prevent your fully appreciating YO r r ce good fortune in being asked to partake of them. 18 does not always boast loudly • he sometimes affect s to speak disparagingly of what pertains to himsel f —he considers it more delicate. His stately 111 ° 1 ::, sion in the country he calls " his little place is Meekshire," his town house his "pied a terre," aD so on. And the Devil he laughed, for his darling sin, Is the pride that apes humility. He looks upon the Scotch, the Irish, and the CO' ° , l - nists, with an air of great superiority. _-He is full' of telling you Doctor Johnso-Vs definition of oats; "food for horses in England and men in Scotland; and that their best road is the one that leads t ° England. He delights also in repeating the obser: vation of one of his admirals, relative to Ireland, " that the only cure for the discontent of that euti °- try, was to scuttle it for forty-eight hours, to nei , stroy the vermin." He declines to be introduce d to anyone from Australia, because he knows ber a. a returned convict. If he meets a man from Cansuri he asks him if it is a penal colony. He is him° full of provincialisms, calling " H-eve, the moth e „ r of us h-all," and talking of his " orses and ounds ;a and yet, his ear is so sensitive, the Irish brOgue Scotch accent distress him on account of their VII . ; garity. But his nationality is insufferable. He li T o an idea that one Englishman i s equa l, i n w ar, three Frenchmen ; and has the vanity to 01 that a navy in name is superi or t o one in f ac t ; his maritime supremacy is indisputable, and u 7 been so often proved that farther evidence is 0 1 1 cessary. He is of opinion th a t a mere no tice ths e , " spring guns and man traps are se t on his Pry miser," will as effectually protect his property J l %, they were really placed there. He grumbles, tha, fore, at the estimates for a service - which has th e double duty to perform, of protecting the sea-bob' of the British Isles and the commerce of the Ol e nies. Although he regards the French as fools , does not think they can be so utterly d e void ; sense as to invade a country that has never br e , visited by an enemy since the landing of the Conqueror.—Season Ticket, in Dublili Univ et. sity Magazine. THE PICKPOCKET AND THE PHILO THROPIST. have audacity,lo g b e a e s n s oie e 1 ge e known f G foo l ur a r s t g ph o oe w li ire ed p e i o c xffi k t la ce iroaictlksts and yeh have cost, as well as many of our plain a n d unsus pec', 4l . ve experienced to t!i iiig citizens. Dexterous, howe ver , as we know " t light-fingered gentry to be, we we re rea lly 111 ?„, little startled. when we heard of a case that D'„r s t pened a few week s a go , i n w hi c h one o f ou r 10 . 0 " 01 . worthy citizens was unhappily th e v i c ti m . ' t e many years he w as i n th e h a bit o f v i s i t i n g k „A principal prisons in the kingdom, and intereo; himself most deeply in the welfare of their inroak and no face w as b e tt er k nown, or more gladlro, , corned in the polic e ce ll s o f our city than his ° l f o f In short, from his b enevo l ent exertions in be115".0 our criminal population, he was the last man $ would have thought of as b e i ng t h e subject ° e o daring robbery. In this, h owever, we have beugt mistaken. Although, at the same time, we Pig the admit for the honour of the light-fi ngere d f ra tero —if we can speak of honour in th e i r case —that c o • a to met our philanthropist in prison, or hstene party who perpetrated the deed mu s t never 111 0 good advices. To the facts then. long Our benevolent friend. when passing a r i our principal thoroughfare, Nalich wa s 'y e a s crowded at the time, was robbed o f hi s 521e 0 of gold watch, and this in the bright sunshine a morning in June, between the hours of ten ° re eleven o'clock. The watch was all the 10.0 a valuable as it had been the gift of a few k l friends, and contained th e f o ll owing inscr iptiell'oo o perusing which our rea d ers will at once pert e + i- - the name of one wh o i s well known for his une.,,i'eat sive efforts in beh a lf o f every really good move in the city—" P resented to Mr. William , City Missionary, as a token of respect for wearied exertions in the cause of religion and - 411 C rality. Glas gow , I st May, 1845. " The pla'l, - of guard, mod es t i n t h e extreme, and characterist ic the weare r , was untouched, and the watch ' c ot have be en cu t t h rough by some sharp instru% jo at the swi ve l. R eally, after this, what Ovat e safe in our streets ? „a After our detecti ves h a d tr i ed their skill, t . the failed, on e o f our c i ty m i n i sters, who heard °`diri robbery, set to work, and, if he did not succ e f ta id finding the ori g i na l watc h , h e hit upon soroav'","r which was bettor s till. H appening to be ill;01 land a few day s ago, an d k nowing that our 11'101 had laboured mos t ass id uously in Bradford I,joo Rochdale, and was st il l highly esteemed in t:tlif places, he proceeded thither and on mentioning I .r case to a few gentlemen who had highly aP r or ciated M r . L ogan ' s labours, he was soon put it lot 0. session of th e means wherewith to purchase ,' P r ief handsom e go ld watch and appendages. The list was grace d b y the names of the Mayor of , ford, the Mayor of Rochdale, John Bright, Titus Salt, M.P., R. Milligan, ex-M.P., N Y ; o 4itt Forster, Esq., John Priestman, E sq ., Jacob 131. 3 0 1 Esq., a n d others well known f or the interestLry take in social prog ress . Th e c l ergyman, on re" 00 ing to Glasgow, threw himself, of course, i ll et way of Mr. Logan, wh o was as yet utterly ign°alp of these proceedings, and somewhat tann,:Nor asked asked him if he had yet got his watch. 00 and I never sh a ll," was the curt reply. The tinlegoa• now cometo let ou t t h e secret. " Then I Invve;s"-terr ceeded bett er th an the detectives," said the mi ll :, - hea as he dre w f rom his pocket the highly-cher': ao , treasure, and, to the great surprise of Mr. L:be placed it in his hand. But he could s c arce ed live th e wa t c h was i ntended for him till he S it, and rea d th e f o ll ow i ng inscription :—"PreP-o i n to Mr. Wm. Lo gan b y t h e R ev. Alex. Wallacloo the name of a few friends who highly apPr e i c j o ir his numerous labo urs f or the good of his fe.-0,90" 1859," Thi s l a tt e r trail men. Glasgow, J u l y , is tion, whatever may be thought of the form e f'bo highly creditable to all the parties, and it niltot .f hLogane labouris s a oi n d . nhi gE h hil. i il s iyoi f 6a r sn i t e d• esteemed L 0 ;1 1; p g fi h n t e d that ify o r e M s L o ' glformerarnadt ns 0 Paper. ion° KING ti ° ',4 211 E KOF PO RTUGAL—The corp 0 , 1 1 0; 8 and dignitaries of State he,ving presented to the P• 01, tl i o Portugal addresses of condolence on the occasion ~,, th Queen's death, the King addressed the followinglette r ' A e °. "h 0 Duke of Terceira, President of the Council:—`,` - ~,/_ ,t-,4 3 , Duke,—Theiv are few consolations' for grief such - 01 Pea which now afflicts me. It is, indeed, a hard trial to 00 (1 4. 4 c, Providence has been pleasedto subject me. It hl f ow' have known the greatest of misfortunes at the age, ° I 1 tion and of the illusions that usually accompany 11 -0 P' resigned to my lot, and I will fulfil my duties for sv 0 9 f lot is, and not for what it might have been. To d ° be for . . e y need only the example of the consort I have lost was '0 had scarcely. begun to appreciate the treasure l' sl ici p la happiness to possesS ; it was a heart for 'this w orld, e a soul for Heaven! In the four years of my reign lails / 4C and myself have been fellow -sufferers • conscience „ l e ;. a, never to forsake them, as they have never forsako, o ligl ° o o noxy I look round for consolation I find it only in a i,,, ,„„. which commands me to believe and to hope, an, o'do tears of the Portuguese naon which flow with . ..,„ A ti,.. Please to transmit the expressiOn of my profound V 0 ,0 11 .11 0 t to the corporations and persons who, in the days 43 " ./. inl t i , ing we have passed through, remember that in th . ,_ o o eIL, is one who suffers, and suffers much. Believe in r io a ow ments of affection and consideration with which' ' u r cerely penetrated towards you.—D. PEDno." of C HUBB OUTDONE. --The impossibility 0' r em ing a strong box altogether safe against theft by the' 133 „,.. 0 skeleton keys has led to a locksmith in Frankfort -u c ting t o Maine to hit upon the ingenious idea of const ru een a ls strong box without any keyhole at all, and whi e u . of 8- 1 4‘, owner himself cannot, open. Why, what's the use er go to a box ? you will ask. But, observe, inside is a ci c c i t aini l r the hand of which the owner places at the hour n ry n he cl° - 0 0 when he again wants to have access to the box. ' 0 1) -0' a n i work begins to move as soon as the lid is shut, an d b, to the lock from the inside at the moment which th% Ircipof dicates. Time, dependent tip the owner, is t ' uisa the lock-- a key which can neither be stolen. &ca ll imitated.