The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-08 00:00:00

BENS 0 N'S WATCHES. "Perfection of mechanism." Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every oonstruotion of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for se. extra. 13 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. E.C. Established 1749. THEATRE.ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baekstonc. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, B uo kstone, Compton, Chippendale. Rogers, Mrs. Charles M a thews, Miss eekes, and &trs. Wilkins. After which, USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. C. Mathews ; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. To conclnda with THE KING'S GARDENER. Commence at 7.j ItOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, will be performed MACBETH. Mr. James Anderson and Miss Elsworthy. After which, THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Harris and Miss Maria Harris. _ Commence at 7. ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BenJ. Webster. Last nights of the popular Adelphi Drama of Janet Pride. THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby;_ Miss Woolg,ar and Miss Laldlaw. After which, THAT BLESSED BABY. Mr. Biftington, Mr. J. L Toole, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for bookin_g. r Private boxes, :E2 2s. ; Famil y nt Bcoces• £lO ro Circle Stalls, is. • Orchestra Stalls, sa. ; Balcony, 4s. - Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting manager—sir. Wm. Smith. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE._ Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY, Crowded Houses. —Ile -engagement of the celebrated Dela ran the tWorl! Tro d upe,e Great Lgittle Mr. Geore H Menoni. utchingson, and the Wonder of , th This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing the largest stud of hic, , hly-trained Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day, including the greatest Equestrienne in the world, Madlle. de Berg, and the Wonder of Wonders, Little Menoni. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt'. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS. — EVERY EVENING, A. Grand Selection from MARTHA, And Selections from DINORAH, TROVATOItE, MACBETH, And numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is, Hall. Bd. Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Segro delineations, anecdotes, tc., in addition to the usual entertainments. The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFIFICZ, SEPT. 8, 1660. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—this day at noon. 53 lowest this morning and during the night. 66—highest since noon yesterday. BAROMETER-30.12 ; falling rather fast. Wntn—Northerly ; light, with fine warm weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 7m.—Afternoon, 6h. 30m, To-bioßßow.-Morning, 6h. 56m.—Afternoon, 7h. 27m '4O •~ ,] q 4; t 2 t . S \ se • 11 ~`w~; F7;r7;i:C. THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1860. The Cutlers' Feast at Sheffield was celebrated with no little eclat. Besides the regular attend- ance of the borough members, a Duke, an Earl, with Lords, Honourables, and Worshipful Mayors, honoured the corporation with their presence, or " felt themselves honoured" by being permitted to be there. Our own Lord Mayor himself was one of the honoured and honouring. Hehitherto seemed to have had no idea what Sheffield is. He had thought Sheffield an " insignificant spot in the great county of Yorkshire ;" but he assured the Cutlers he "should feel so no longer." We should think not. The only wonder is how a successor of WHITTING TON could ever have "felt" so. One privilege en joyed by the Master Cutler and his corporation he even thought would be a worthy addition to the privileges of the Lord Mayor of London himself. The " power to inflict severe fines and penalties upon any ono who dare presume to forge the peculiar trade mark of any other manufacturer in the town." By all means let his Lord ship have the power, and let it throughout England be conferred on the proper authorities, so that punishment shall be severe and prompt for a fraud which all consumers are interested in pre venting. Nothing, for consumers, like the respon sibility of being able to identify the producer of an article of commerce. A g ood addition was made to one toast this year. After the usual loyal toasts, the Master Cutler gave, "The Army, Navy, and Rifle Volun teer Forces." Let not the regular services be jealous. we ought not, indeed, to suggest such an idea ; they w ould be amongst th e fi rs t to toas t th e volunteers themselves. Amongst no class of Eng lishmen will the Regular Services stand s o hi g h as among those who desire to rival their training and efficiency, Volunteers are sympathisers with " the Line." May the day never ar i se when they will have to place themselves under the orders of its commanders as a part of the actual defence of the country. Their very existence, however, is almost the guarantee that they will not be wanted. They have, as OV the toast, observed, EREND, in acknowledging Major " exercised a great moral influence, not only upon this country, but upon all the countries in Europe." They have, indeed, on the one country whose ever lasting prate is of glory, and who, - whatever some may fancy, thought there would be no little glory in the nation of soldiers flogging well the nation of shopkeepers, and " annexing," perhaps, some day as a trophy, the Channel Islands, by force of arms, and by subsequent universal suffrage. If Englishmen prefer something more solid than the babble, glory, as the object of their practical inte rest, our vain-glorious neighbours know now, if they did not before, that Englishmen are as ready to fight for their solid acquisitions, as bravely as Monsieur would for his phantom. We believe, as we have said before, that nothing that we have do ne as a nation will prove, not merely so great a security to ourserxes, but so conservative of the peace of Europe, e.s the volunteer movement. Euro pean nations, France more especially, needed some glaring proof that business men could be soldiers. And, they have now irrefutable proof of two things ; first, that if the occasion required we could have volunteers by the million, as well as by the hundred thousand. eeconcily, that our y oung men possess a peculiar aptitude for military drill. All autho rities, foreign as well as native, who have wit nessed the reviews, have been alike surprised at the drill ha s been the r a pidity w ith whiell ac quired, Of course the ;peaker of the evening was our old R.adical frien• d, jr.A ROEBUCK. He is still in feeble health-1m Lt it was Mr. ROEBUCK at home." When ti l e Liberals of Sheffield took him for their m eta bier they well knew that it was only in ti lee most general possible sense that he - would be their representative. JOHN ARTHUR ROEBI (CR represents JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK. Ani L for this he specially praised the good citizen of Sheffield, that " they had the full conception of what a representative ought to be." They had allowed him and his colleague " to pursue their course, unpestered by the sugges tions or observations of constituents." Mr. ROE BUCK'S theory is, that a member should be elected for what he is known to be. That he should then be left to the best of his own judgment, and if he does wrong that he should be called to account at the proper time. Well, there is something manly, and what we all like, in this. " You have allowed us to be," he says, what we call o urselves, the independent representatives of the people of Shef field." But too many boroughs know full well that they have not such sturdy Englishmen for their members as Mr. ROEBUCK and Mr. HAD FIELD—men, very different, indeed, yet whose temperament would equally make them resent the solicitations of the Government Whips as much as the dictation of a clique of constituents. If there he, real independence in the men, most constituencies are quite prepared to respect it. Mr. ROEBUCK'S paradox this time was—that though Parliament was twitted with doing nothing, the very best thing that could 'result from their hard labours was to do nothing ! His reason is, that it is a peculiarity of the people of England that they can attend to but one thing at a time. Now, during the last six months it is notorious that foreign politics have absorbed the chief attention of the country. Parliament faithfully represented the general feeling of the people in the time and at tention it directed to foreign subjects, and hence it was " impossible to produce any effect on the in ternal matters of the community." To carry a Re form Bill, general and great excitement is absolutely necessary, in order to overcome the opposition in both Houses ; it must be something like that of 1830, 1831, and 1832, which he so well remembered. But, all the excitement of England now was in regard to Foreign politics, and the necessity of military security. On this point Mr. ROEBUCK could point with some pride to the fact that the country had now come to his view, though years ago he was abused prettly handsomely for mentioning the name of a certain potentate as indicating possibility of inva sion. He could now refer not only to the general feeling, but to the general action. The thousands of volunteers who had come forward did not Wive their counters and desks for nothing. They thought they might be wanted. He might also have referred to the last man to break with Lotus NAPOLEON —to Lord PALMERSTON himself, who dismissed the house with a speech on foreign affairs of which the sum was —" Such have been the deeds of the French Government—and the way of doing them so. much worse than the deeds themselves, so full of falsehood and deceit, that we cannot trust it. We know not what it will do next. We only know that if we and all Europe keep ourselves strong enough, it can do us no harm." The other most interesting speech was that of Mr. FORBES WATSON in regard to our trade with India, from which country he has been sent to inform our manufacturers of the wants and capa bilities of the country. We are soon, however, to have fuller communications from him, and need not therefore comment on his brief though interesting communications. After the splendid long week we have had of harvest weather, the barometer is now falling again —whether to indicate the approach of several weeks of wet or showers, of course no mortal can tell. This suggests to us one evil which the Sabbatarians have inflicted on the country, which, if our views are correct, and we are confident they are so, is of no slight magnitude. If we advocate entire' freedom in regard to Sunday amusements, of course we are denounced with the awful text —that "we are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of GOD." An application of the inno cent text which we should respectfully tell the divines is purely their own. However, if we plead for the duty of saving the food which our Maker has created for us, on the first day of the week, as all men now do, on the Sabbath, or seventh day, wa cannot be taunted with our ungodly love of pleasure. Now, we are not divines—but if there be a sin not distinctly enumerated in the Decalogue, we should say, that of wasting the food of man and beast is one. Here we are, a nation living under a climate proverbial for its fickleness; our harvest weather the very opposite of that in eastern coun tries, in which a thunder storm in harvest time was a miracle ; and in which they could reap, gather, thresh, and cleanse their corn in the open air with out fear of even a cloudy day—and yet we, on whom the Bible enjoins no day of abstinence from work— we are to be prevented, by a baseless superstition, from placing our crops, if ready, out of danger— because it is the first• day of the week. Why, our LORD himself has rebuked such superstition in regard to the abrogated Sabbath i'self. He appealed to it as a practice of even the Sabbatarians of His day, that they would draw any of their animals out of a pit into which it had fallen. Why ? Of course to preserve the ox, human food, or the ass, one of the workers with man in producing that food. Now, we ask, what earthly difference in principle can there be between corn food exposed to destruction, by being left abroad in a fickle season, when it is fit to be housed, and the ox which might perish in the pit if left till th e Sabbath (Saturday) was over. How can we doubt that it is the duty of every farmer, in a season like this, should his sheaves be ready to-morrow for the stack or the barn, no longer to leave them in the field ? Sabbatarians have succeeded in producing a contrary impres sion, but certainly a most erroneous one. We re member, in our e arl y y outh, a worthy farmer having a field of corn read y to carry on the Sunday, It was a fickle season. But his r e li g i on taught him that it would be wrong to harvest the corn on the sacred day. He forgot that the food was as sacred as the day. Th e rain set in on the Monday, and the result was, the whole field was carried into the yards as decayed straw, the cattle scarcely caring to pick out an ear here and there. We have not seen the subject adverted to, and we are unwilling to shock even the superstitions of others. We respect sincerely and cordially every man's conscientious convictions, however erroneous. But when we / see not merely pleasures and amusements, but that most sacred of God's gifts, human food, endangered by a mere superstition of man, we think it time to speak. The season is one which demands it. if our view be right, not only may a farmer with t clear conscience place in safety his corn which is ready for carriage on the Sunday:-.but his con science ought to accuse him of wasting his.-Maker's most valuable gifts if he does not do it. It is -much to be regretted that such lamentable carelessness prevails in cases where caution is so necessary, and where a moment's dereliction of duty may occasion such fearful and fatal results. After the dreadful accidents that have occurred on the railways, the attention is again painfully awakened by the news of the catastrophies in the coal pits. The one that took place at Kilburn on Monday was evidently owing to the bad construc tion of the conductors of the cages. In cases where cages pass each other in a shaft the travelling ways should be constructed so as to render collision im possible. Paltry economy or culpable neglect has probably been the chief cause of this accident. It has been stated at the inquest that certain Government regulations bad not been attended to. This, however, had nothing to do with the accident, the cages having ascended and descended the shaft in safety five or six times. Probably the inattention of the hanger-on at the bottom of the shaft, in neglect ing part of his duty was the origin of the accident, but it is incumbent on the owners of mines to take every precaution which science can suggest to pre vent such casualties. The conductors or travelling ways should have been so arranged as to prevent the possibility of the cages getting out of gear and coming into collision. The railway accident which took place on the same day was attributable to a certain extent to the same cause, namely, want of precaution on the part of the company in using effective material. They have not, in this instance, the excuse that the accident is unprece dented--as a precisely similar occurrence took place at Wolverhampton only two years ago. The coupling chains in both cases broke on the starting of the train from a station on an incline. Part of the carriages running back down the incline, came into collision with the following train, and caused the death of ten persons, upwards of fifty being seri ously wounded. It is a remarkable fact that on several lines within a very short period a novel kind of accident has occurred—the breaking of axles. In the present instance the coupling chain in question was defective, and the responsibility of the action will rest on the company, who are bound to provide first-class material in all their appli ances. In a time when science is overcoming the difficulties opposed by nature, and locomotives are constructed of sufficient power to draw trains up very steep inclines, it is incumbent on the companies to have far stronger coupling chains. It is strange when so much progress has been made in nearly every mechanical department that the break-appli ances of railways are so little advanced in improve ment. Many plans from time to time, each purpor tin g to be complete, have been brought before the public; but as yet, it would seem, none of them have met with the approbation of the railway proprietors. Why should not the Government offer a premium for an efficient system of break appliances, open to general competition ; and when a suitable otie has been determined on, to enforce its adoption by al the lines in the United Kingdom. It is a pity that directors, in their over-anxiety to present the share holders with a handsome dividend, or a philan thropic desire to benefit the public by cheap excur sions, should so often neglect proper precautions for the safety of the passengers. It is to be trusted that now, after such serious warnings, more care will be taken ; that the owners of mines will look well to the arrange ment of their materials, and that railway com panies will not undertake more than they can perform with safety. There are, generally, irre gularity and delay with excursion trains. More trains and fewer carriages in each Would rectify the evil ; and too much attention cannot be given to a subject which is intimately connected with the welfare of the community. The train, in the case of this accident, was clearly overburdened, and hat, too, to go up a steep ascent. TEE SUN, LONDO 74 , SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1860 VANCOUVER'S ISLAND-VICTORIA ! A guinea glimpse of the beautiful capital of Van couver's Island has just been given to the public by the Messrs. Day and Sons, the Queen's Litho graphers. It has been issued from their establish ment in Gate-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, in the form of a brilliant coloured engraving —the dimensions of the paper being 43 x 15, and of the drawing itself 341 X 8 ! The effect of the whole picture is panoramic. Technically described, it is a chromo lithograph taken from an original sketch made out at Victoria, Vancouver's Island, by Mr. H. 0. Tiedemann. It presents to view in one broad sweep, thirty-four and a half inches in length, the whole panoramic effect of the lovely metropolis of Quadra—the rus in urbe crowning that luxuriant wilderness ! Yonder is the little aboriginal Indian village (Soughees)—yonder (in broad contrast) the new Police Barracks erected by the Anglo-Saxon civilizers! Here—embowered amongst the North American frondage, whispering to the breezes from the Pacific, is the District Church of Victoria. There —is James Bay Bridge : there—the Governor's residence. The Hudson's Bay Company's Fort, loyally called (like the city itself) " Victoria"— appears conspicuously on one hand ; while upon the other the British steamer, not inappropriately named " Forward," brings picturesquely to view a floating type, a visible token of the far off and be neficent European civilization. Together with the entrance to the harbour of Victoria, may be noted to the right—the various Government Buildings already constructed in its immediate vicinity —the Colonial Office, the Land Office, the Trea sury, the Guard House and the House of Assem bly. At anytime this singularly interesting chromo lithograph from the sketch taken on the spot by Mr. Tiedemann could hardly fail to prove very attrac tive to untravelled as well as to travelled English men. It is peculiarly so, however, now that Vic toria, the metropolis of Vancouver's Island, has become in a manner the starting point or central core, whence radiates, so to speak, the civilising groWth of the new Colony of British Columbia— thatrealised romance of England's greatest Roman cist—that master-work of Sir Bulwer Lytton in his most practical character as a statesman and an administrator. Looking at this picture of Victoria, we cannot but look forward dreamingly to the time when the Navies of the World may find safe shelter in the neighbouring harbour of Esqui mault. Viscount Palmerston, yesterday, honoured Mr. John Watkins with several sittings at his photo graphic establishment in Parliament-street. Among the distinguished persons who have recently visited Mr. Watkins's atelier, and sat to him for portraits are the Duchess of Wellington ; the Marquis of Donegal; the Earls of Eglinton, Onslow, Grosvenor, and Caithness ; Viscounts Bury, Ran elagh, and Valletort ; Lord and Lady Overstone ; Lords IVal singham, Vivian, and Eleho ; the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Hon. J. E. Denison ; the Deputy Speaker, W. N. Massey, Esq., M.P. ; and Sir David Brewster. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY RIVERS.—We have y. record the death of the Dowager Lady Rivers, who died , on Thursday morning. The deceased lady was daughter S tile late Lieut.-Col. Francis Hale Rigby, of Mistley Hall, Essex, and married, Feb. 9, 1808, Wm. Horace, third Lord Rivers, by whom the lamented deceased leaves, surviving isstie, the present Lord Rivers, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Horace Pitt, and the Hon. Harriet Elizabeth, married to Mr. Chas. Dashwood Bruce. Her ladyship was in her 75th year. The Lord Chancellor and the Hon. Misses Camp bell arrived a few days back at Hartrigge, the noble and l earn ed lord's seat in R ox b urg h s hi re, w h ere hi s l or d s hi p and family will remain until th e c l ose o f th e ensu i ng mon th. s W; OF MR. FRANCIS, THE THEATRICAL PRINTER (THIS DAY).—This morning considerable amaze• merit was occasioned in the printing establishment of Mr. Francis, the well-known theatrical and concert printer, who carried on business at 31, Catherine street, Strand, in the rear of the Morning Post office, on the receipt of infox. mation that the unfortunate gentleman had committed suicide by hanging himself at his private residence in Bloomsbury. On inquiry the information proved too true. The deceased was between 45 and 50 years of age, . - ind ro motive can bo assigned for the rash act. AN AGREEABLE MONK.—What n charming snuggery is the mi n o r c ano n's abode, lacking nothing but a wife to make it perfect; though, if the hundred tongues of rumour speak the truth (and, for a wonder they are unanimous on this point), an Eve is soon to appear in this Paradise, and the monk will have to break his celibate vow. There is room for her at any rate ; for there are not two sitting•rooms downstairs, and two bed-rooms with dressi ng -rooms upstairs ! so let her come, and welcome ; and as for the future (as Horace says), don't ask what fate is going to bestow upon you. At pre sent, the Agreeable Monk's nursery is in his garden.— , Once-a- Week, LATE S NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING. The Moniteur, in a telegram, dated Avignon, Friday evening, announces the arrival and enthu siastic reception of their Majesties. The Moniteur also publishes the addresses pre sented by the civil and religious authorities of Valence and Avignon, and states that their Majesties will leave this (Saturday) morning for Marseilles. The Constitutionnel declares, as absurd, the report that 240,000 soldiers of the effective of the French Army were to be mobilised. The, Constitutionnel also says :—" There are no French officers in the army of General Lamoriciere. It is, therefore, not true that the Government had again authorised French officers to remain in it." LEGHORN, SEPT. 7. News received from Naples state that the brigade Caldarelli had passed over to Garibaldi, General Bosco was said to have asked permission to quit the camp on account of ill-health. The Ministry had presented a memorandum to the King against the intended sending away of the Neapolitan fleet to Trieste. A report was current that on leaving Naples the King would release the troops from their oath of allegiance. FLORENCE, SEPT. 7. Advices from Naples to the evening of the 6th inst. state that the King embarked at eight p.m. for Gaeta. Before leaving he reduced the penalties of the condemned. Garibaldi dined to-day at Casa. MADRID, SEPT. 7. The departure of their Majesties has been fixed for the 9th inst. It is stated that orders have been given for the immediate construction of ten war steamers, des tined to suppress the slave-trade and defend the coasts of Cuba. FRANCE. BOURSE, Sept. 7.—The market at the opening showed a slight improvement in tone, and Threes went up from 67f 90c., the first quotation, to 68f. That figure, however, was not long maintained. the price being now again at 67f 90e. Mobilier, 680 f; Orleans, 1,375 f ; Mediterranean, 885 f ; Aus trian, 472 f 50c ; Lombards, 470 f. The amount of business transacted continues very limited. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 50 Credit Ponder 895 Do end month.... —! Belgian 41 9B 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 95 Roman Bank Shares 2800 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 681 25 ' Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 682 50 ; Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1375 .. 1375 Northern New ditto B7O .. Lyons and Mediterranean 888 75 .. 887 50 Geneva Southern 497 50 .. 50J Western Eastern Sardinian 385 .. 380 Austrian Lombard - 470 .. 470 THE ROMAN STATES. The Adriatico, of Ravenna, publishes two orders of the day of General Lamoriciere. The first places the town of Sassoferrato, its faubourgs, territory, and Government in a state of siege ; and appoints Marquis Lopri, a dragoon officer, and one of the General's aide•de-camps, to take command of the troops there. The second order authorises the delegate of the province of Macerata to relinquish his authority into the hands of the new governor of Sassoferrato should circumstances require it. A correspondent writes as follows : "Naples once in Garibaldi's power the Roman question will not be long in coming forward. You are aware of the instructions that have been sent from the Tuileries to General de Noue, who now commands at Rome in the stead of General Goyon, who was suspected of being too favourably inclined to the Pope and to his institutions. I believe that the French troops will confine themselves to a de fence of the person of the Pope, and of the towns which they actually occupy—that is to say, Rome and Civita Vecchia. The fortifications of the latter are being actively carried on, and the French squadron there has been increased by two steam frigates. These are precautions which are not needed. Neither Garibaldi nor any one else thinks of attacking the French army on the points which it has resolved to defend." THE DARIEN CANAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. observe in your Parliamentary report of last Thursday that Mr. Brady asked Lord Palmer ston " if there were any political difficulties in the way of the project for the junction of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien, from Caledonia Bay to the Gulf of San Miguel ; and if Government was prepared to co-operate with the Emperor of the French, who has offered to send a vessel of war and a staff of engineers to survey the line, which his Majesty has declared to be perfectly feasible," to which Lord Palmerston replied that there was no political im pediment whatever to the execution of a canal across that Isthmus : his lordship, however, further stated that " the officer in charge of the surveying expedition of 1854 gave it as his opinion that the project was impracticable." Having been engaged on the expedition as sur geon of her Majesty's ship Espiegle, and having on several occasions accompanied Commander Parsons, of her Majesty's surveying ship Scorpion, on his survey, I beg leave to state a fact of which his lord ship was not aware —namely, that after the officer in charge had left for England, in April, 1854, to report the impracticability of the canal, Commander Parsons discovered and took the bearings of the valley which the engineers had failed to find, and laid it down in his chart of Caledonia Harbour and Port Ecossais, published by the Admiralty in Sep tember, 1854, and to be had at Bates, the chart seller's, 31, Poultry. The verification of the existence of this valley, the entrance of which looks towards the north west end of Senardi Islands, in Caledonia Harbour, completely removes all doubt of the practicability of the canal, - for, with the exception of about three miles, which are crossed by the Cordillera, the rest of the line presents every facility for the execution of a canal. Now, since the Cordillera, though apparently as a " backbone" from a distance, is really intersected by a valley opposite Caledonia Bay, all impracticability or even difficulty disap pears; and the stateniekt of the existence of a val ley in that position, published by Dr. Cullen in 1852, as the result of his perilous and persevering explorations in 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852, is proved to be true, Having myself distinctly seen the valley, and having tested Dr. Cullen's original statements which led to the organisation of the expedition, and always found them to be strictly accurate, I have no hesitation in repeating the opinion I long since expressed, that if Dr. Cullen had been per mitted to guide the exploring party the result of the expedition would have been completely suc cessful.---I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, W. MWERMOTT, M.D., Surgeon R.N., F.R.C.S.L. Newtown Forbes, Longford, Ireland, August 29, 1860. Mr. Abraham George Robarts, the head of the banking firm of Itobarts, Lubboch, and Co., died yesterday after a short illness. LITERATURE, The Semi-Attached Couple. By the Author of " The Semi-Detached House!' 2 vols. Bentley. The announcement of another work by the author of that delightful little story that charmed and fascinated the novel-readers of last season must have been welcome intelligence, and the readers of these volumes will not be disappointed, If this new book has not exactly the vivid and vigorous style that rendered " The Semi-Detached House" so unique in its character, and so almost unparal leled in its attractions, it has much to recommend it in its way. There is something very natural in all that this author undertakes to describe, and this is not at all a common attribute in writers. We meet with fine language, beautiful descriptions, and well-defined characters in the various works that abound in the present day, but rarely do we find such ease of expression and such life-like deli neations as are apparent in this work. As may be supposed from the title, the hero and heroine are differently disposed towards each other. Lord Teviot was ardently attached to Helen, and, being of a jealous disposition, he was ever on the alert to find some cause for a grievance. I She, on the contrary, was almost indifferent in her feelings at the time of her marriage; but she thought that her parents and friends would be astonished end disappointed if she rejected so bril liant an offer, and hence the union took place. Had Lord and Lady Teviot been left to themselves, it is most probable that their mutual good qualities would have triumphed over minor obstacles, and thus what commenced under unfavourable auspices would have terminated happily. There, however, was an evil genius at work, in the person of Lady Portmore, who was indignant at the marriage of Lord Teviot, as it interfered with her project of keeping him in the ranks of her admirers. There fore, like the fairies of famous memory, who were not invited to the christening, and in revenge devised all sorts of misfortunes to wait on the infant prince, or princess, did this offended lady seek, by every means in her power, to mar the marriage that had been made without her consent. Lord Teviot soon discovered that Helen thought a great deal of her home, and this made him very indignant. In order to counteract this influence he resolved to accept the proposed visit of Lady Portmore, and the confusion that re sulted from her appearance may be imagined. Helen was too gentle to create any violent out break, but she was roused at last by the insolent bearing and outrageous assumption of her rival. The life of a party in a country house is admirably described, and the many contre temps that arose gave Helen enough to do in the way of explana tion. Such, it is said, is the daily toil of the mis tress of a large country house. "No laundress ironing away at an obstinate row of plaits ; no carpenter planing the roughest plank of wood; no gardener raking the stoniest soil, has half the trouble she has to maintain a smooth surface in the aspect of her mixed society. Nothing more is asked ; they may all hate, all envy, all rival each other ; they may say everything that is ill-natured and do everything that is mischievous, but the general effect,' as painters would call it, mast be harmony, and this must be maintained by the tact of the hostess." Lady Portmore is a clever sketch of a fine lady, who is a complete woman of the world, and who is possessed of inordinate vanity and consummate assurance. With all this she failed completely in many instances, and in none more signally than in trying to outshine Helen in her own legitimate sphere. It was enough to rouse the most supine, and fire the most indifferent, to see this audacious woman trying to cast into the background a beautiful young bride for the first time receiving her husband's guests. Finding that she did not make any impression outwardly, this dexterous machinator resorted to stratagem, and took advantage of Lord Teviot's unhappy temper in order to work out her schemes. It was madness on his part to persist in making Lady Portmore his confidante, after her strange conduct; and, had it not been for his rumoured loss of position, the consequences might have been most serious. For tunately for the imprudent semi-attached couple, real troubles came to take the place of imaginary ones; and in the hour of danger, when the angel of death hovered over them, they recognised the false principles, and deplored the angry passions, that had actuated their conduct and influenced their words. After a gay and brilliant sketch of a butter fly existence of fashion, we meet with most affecting accounts of domestic troubles. The real good that was inherent in Helen's nature, was manifested in the trying epoch of Lord Teviot's illness, while the threatened loss of his position by a claimant to the title afforded an opportunity of displaying her in difference to rank in itself. Some minor individuals are very adroitly pourtrayed. Mary Forester and Lord Beaufort are very amusing in their perpetual warfare. Mrs. Douglas is a finished specimen of a grumbler. She could see nothing but flaws, in every plan, and find nothing but faults in every one she met with. Her comments on her neighbours were of the most edifying description, " As she had no hope of raising herself to the rank of a beauty her only chance was bringing others down to her own level." How old she is looking ! How she is altered ! were the expressions that invariably cmcluded Mrs. Douglas's comments on her ac quaintances, and the prolonged absence of a friend was almost a pleasure to her, as it gave her the op portunity of saying, after a first meeting, " How changed Mrs. So-and-So is, I should hardly have known her, but then to be sure I have not seen her for a year, or two years." People may go on talking for ever of the jealousies of pretty women; but in real genuine hard-working envy, there is nothing like an ugly woman with a taste for admiration. Her mortified vanity curdles into malevolence ; and she calumniates where she cannot rival." There are many amusing scenes of domestic life recorded in these pages, the passage which relates the conversa tion that took place between the Misses Douglass on there return from a grand dinner at Eskdale Castle is very interesting. These young ladies had not a very great great idea of fashion, but followed out the plans they thought becoming, and the result was not so successful as might have been hoped for. Sarah, the eldest sister, informed Eliza that some thing dreadful had been said of them. " Good gra cious what, what can they find to say of us. 'Some thing quite shocking,' and Sarah actually coloured at the mere thought of repeating it. 'Well, tell it at all events ; I should like to know the worst.' It was just when you were sitting by the pianoforte, and I was behind the sofa, and Mr. Trevor came up to Lady Eskdale, and said, looking at the flowers and the silver comb in your hair, Don't you think those silver epergnes full of flowers would look better on a dining table than walking about a drawing.room. I know nothing of dress, but is not that a little in the May-day line, rather ehim ney-sweepish." "Oh ! did he really say that," and Eliza looked aghast. What a horrid man ;' ' Yes, but that is not the worst, Lady Eskdale said Don't laugh at those poor girls, Alfred, they are dear good creatures, though they are vulgarly dressed.' There, Eliza, now is not that dreadful, and so bad, too, when we took such pains about our dress, and thought it was so nice, and Sarah's voice quivered with vexation." It is impossible to to be disappointed with this story as regards in terest or amusement, for both are abundantly afforded in its sparkling pages. There is great variety in the different characters who figure prominently on the scene, and the chief charm consists in the fresh and unstudied style that pervades throughout. It is simple without being plain, and lively while not affected. The Semi-Attached Couple will doubt less very soon become a great favourite with novel readers, and long remain an acquisition to the libraries, where it is sure to be in constant demand. The Discovery and Geognosy of Gold Deposits in Australia. By Simpson Davison. Longmans. When we consider the high standing which Mr. Davison justly holds regarding gold mining, we confess ourselves disappointed in the present work. It contains valuable information regarding the his tory of the early gold discoverers; and the views held by the author on many points at present in dispute as to certain amalgamations of gold are sound, but this information, like the precious metal of which the author treats when first procured by the miner, forms but an integral part of the wash dirt, it being necessary to separate the gold from the dross by a tedious process —so with the work before lig. The reader is compelled to wade throagh tedious details and an uninteresting narrative of how the author sold his cattle and sheep, how the purchaser was drowned, how he got paid, and matter of a like dry and uninteresting na ture. Again, the greater part of the volume is devoted to the extraction of correspondence on various subjects, and articles in Australian and Eu ropean journals, which, although all very well in their way, had far better have been omitted from a work like the present. It is a curious fact that, although gold has been practically discovered but a comparatively short time in Australia, so many should lay claim to the credit of the discovery, and almost all declaring for the earliest date. There is no doubt that the existence of gold deposits was known, or Euspectcd, by many, and that small por tions of gold were privately sold before Mr. Har graves proclaimed it to the world ; but so it has been in all discoveries and inventions. If a man contrive some clever improvement in machinery, and neglect to take out a patent, and in after times a more go-a-head individual make the same discovery and makes it public, he deservedly claims the merit, and so let it be in the instance of the gold discoveries. Mr. Hargraves has met with his reward, and Palm= qui meruat ferat. Mr. Davison does not lay any particular claim to priority; what he deprecates is, what he considers the ungrateful neglect he has experienced at the hands of Mr. Hargraves, who, he states, has taken credit to himself for the infor mation and discoveries communicated to him by Mr. Davison ; and the present work is published with a view to clear himself with the public, and to lay claim to his just share of glory. If this pro ceeding gives satisfaction to the author—we are con tent; only,when we look for information from a trust worthy source, we had much rather be excused from reading the prosy correspondence of Brown, Jones, and Robinson. In the appendix we find a short sketch of the gold-fields in California, at which the author resided for some time, as also those of Russia and India. Many matters connected with mining incidents are very fairly related ; the licence riots, for instance, at the Turon and the revolt at Ballarat are described with great truth and attention to the cause of the outbreak, and it is stated that " The threatened outbreak on the Turon was fortunately averted by the temporising conduct of the Local Gold Commissioners." This is quite true, but the author might also state that the outbreak at Ballarat was fomented and brought to a sanguinary con clusion by the incapacity and arrogance of the Victorian Commissioners, aided by a ruffianly and brutal police force; the prime agents in the affair however, contrived to avoid the final catastrophe which befell the drunken miners in the stockade, whom it is said their leaders deserted in order to bring the affair to a conclusion , their object being gained, and not wishing the revolt to go too far. The Government we hope acted from a prudent motive when they charged certain of the brawlers when brought up for trial with HIGH TREASON, by which preposterous charge they in sured their acquittal. The work is illustrated with a chromo-tinted map, 'which is, however, but a rough affair, and by no means accurate. Facts and Figures relating to Vancouver Island and British Columbia ; with illustrative maps. By T. Despard Pemberton, Surveyor-General, V. I. Longman. This is a work conveying in a condensed form much information of a plain and practical character concerning our new colony of British Columbia. The writer tells us that, in his official capacity, he is continually receiving communications from residents in Great Britain or the Canadas, who, as intending emigrants, merchants, or capitalists, require authentic and detailed information about, the localities in question. He has found it impos sible to refer these querists to any existing work, since the information he finds to be generally scanty, and more suited, in its general style, to the historian or antiquarian than to the seeker for practical knowledge. To remedy this deficiency he has written, or rather compiled, the volume before us, since he has aimed rather at collecting all reliable intelligence, than at producing an en tirely original work. The same reason has induced him to make his volume as concise as possible. "No advantage," he says in his introduction, "can be gained by diluting the little reliable information we possess." As the work of a man of business, who has had good opportunity of knowing the sort of information most needed, it goes at once to the point, and discusses the proportion of open and waste lands; the profits of cultivation, the terms of sale of lands, the timber, coal, iron, &c., as well as the gold which has become so prominent a feature in the colony. A chapter of advice to intending emigrants is also likely to be serviceable. All who are thinking of establishing relations with the colony will do well to consult this plain and prac tical manual. The Fpanish Campaign in Morocco. By Frede• rick Hardman, Special Correspondent of the Times, author of "Peninsular Scenes," 81c. black wood. This volume contains the letters to the Times, written during during the late war in Morocco. They have been condensed and revised by the author—a necessary process for letters dated from the head-quarters of an invading army, and penned amid the disturbance and excitement natu rally belonging to such a scene. They now form a very readable volume, and though the interest of the campaign referred to has died away, still a faithful and unprejudiced sketch of its operations will be useful as a work of reference, while a correct account of the state of the Spanish forces, given by an eye-witness, and a description of Morocco and its inhabitants at the present time, are not without value. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. THE HARVEST. The floodgates seem at length to be fairly closed, and for the last three days there is every appear ance of a run of summer weather. Since Tuesday the mercury has been rapidly rising, and there is at present every prospect of at least an average, though an unusually late, harvest. This morning opened with a dense fog—a pretty certain forerun ner at this season of a hot day, and by 6 o'clock it cleared away, and the sun shone out for the first time this week. There are good accounts to-day from the country, and it is probable that they will have their effect in checking further speculation in the corn trade. A decline is looked for at the market to be held this afternoon. A letter from Roscommon says : " Undoubtedly :this has been, until within the last few days, a most untoward seasog. Since May there have not been four successive dry days up to last Friday. Since that there has been a most pro pitious change. The heat and sunshine which we are now favoured with have dissipated our fears, and we expect to see not only the cereals soon fit for the sickle, but the turf dry enough to make a comfortable fire in winter. The wheat is good in most localities, and will be all cut by the end nf next week. The oats in poor soils are the sorriest crop I ever saw ; but in general the crop looks well, and should September be dry and sunny the yield will be remunerative. There is a great breadth of oats, and this will make up for any deficiency in the potatoes. As to these, they are small, owing to want of sun, but the blight is only partial in these districts. On the whole, I think people, with care and watchfulness, combined with thankfulness, will have, if not an abundance, at least a sufficiency for another twelvemonths. The hay, though par tially injured in some low and shaded localities, is abundant, and nearly saved." A report from Cavan is even more favourable than the foregoing, and, turning to the south, one of the reports remarks : In Tipperary and the adjoining counties the providential change in the weather which set in last week has proved permanent up to the present. The heavy, dark, and wet days have given way to bright and genial ones. The effect of this improved state of things on the crops has been extraordinary, and whole fields of wheat and oats, which a few weeks since were looked upon as beyond all hope, have recovered, and exhibit the process of ripening. With regard to wheat, I think, taking all circum stances into account, and remembering the heavy bulk of the present crop, that it will yield an aver age return. Much of it had necessarily to be cut green and intrusted to the stock for ripening. But this year's crop is extremely heavy, and will prove after all, generally remunetative. Oats are worse off, I am afraid, but farmers have begun to speak hopefully of those fields which were totally levelled a few weeks ago ; and they say that, in the event of the present weather continuing for three weeks more there is every prospect of their giv ing a fair return; Green crops are splendid. Hay will be scarce this year, and every effort should be made to economize its consumption against the approaching spring. The reports of the condition of the potato crop are very disheartening. The tuber is universally attacked, and there is no doubt that it is rapidly degenera ting as an article of human food. Bacon is going up, and there is a brisk demand in all our markets for prime beef, at 60s. per cwt." IMPORTANT TO VOLUNTEERS.—At the Birken head police court on Thursday Wm. Tunstall, an omnibus driver, was summoned b y the keeper of the Bidstone toll bar for refusing to pay toll, and forcing open the gate. It appears that on the evening of the 23d ult. a party o f th e Ist Cheshire Volunteers were being conveyed in the defen dant's omnibus to Leasowe for the purpose of rifle practice. On reaching the Bidstone toll-bar the usual toll was de manded, which the defendant refused to pay, o n th e ground that volunteers proceeding to drill were exempt by A c t o f P ar li am ent from all tolls. The plaintiff would not reco gn i se the principle, and shut the gate, which was afterwards forced open by the defendant and some of the vol un t eers. The defendant claimed exemption under 3d George IV., c. 126, which stated that " any carriage or oth er conveyance conve ying volunteer infantry, or any horses furnished by or for any person belonging corpsto any to o of yeomanry in o t m e a tu n t r o yo g r volunteer artillery or infantry, sc from any place of exercise, inspection, o r review, shall be free from toll." The bench, howeve r , p u t a different con struction on the meaning of the act, and inflicted a fine of 41s. and costs. Notice of appeal was given. SEPTEMBER THE .FIRST.--Now for sport in ear nest. I know where we are, and so do the does. I w onder whether it is true that the son of the great Etirl of North umberland, in Queen Elizabeth's time, wa , the first person who made a dog set for partridges. If so, h e was the in ventor of a very pretty spectacle. If it is a l so true that no birds were ever shot flyi ng till the last centur y, sportsmen must have had a poor chance unless partr id g es abounded as we now see the m i n the Holy Land. There they run out from the arti c h o k es or the corn un d er your horse's feet, till you grudge their numbers. We may bo very well satis fied to-day, however. We become silent, and watch our dogs, and in a min u t e or t wo are deep in the biteizess of the day,—Once a Wok. DEATH OF THE GRAND DUKE 01 MECKLENBURG-STI?ELITZ. We understand that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge received a telegraphic de spatch from Germany, conveying the mournful news of the death of the Grand Duke of Mecklen burg-Strelitz, who died at ten o'clock on Thursday night, after a lingering illness. Fortunately the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, with the Prince Adolphus Frederick, had reached home from visiting their illustrious relatives in this country some days before the melancholy event took place. Although their departure was has tened by intelligence of the Grand Duke's serious indisposition, on renebing home the Grand Duke was thought much better. The late George Frederick Charles Joseph, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was born August 12, 1779, and married August 12, 1817, Marie, daughter of the late Landgrave of Hesse Cassel. He succeeded to the principality on the death of his father, the Grand Duke Charles, the 6th Novem ber, 1810. By his union with the estimable Duchess, who survives him, the late Grand Duke leaves the Here ditary Grand Duke (who now succeeds his deceased father) Frederick William, born 17th October, 1819, a Lieutenant-General in the Prussian army, married, 28th June, 1843, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, eldest daughter of the late and sister of the present Duke of Cambridge, who have issue an only son, Prince Adolphus Frederick, now in his 13th year ; the Duchess Caroline, barn. 10th January, 1821, married in 1841 to the Crown Prince of Denmark, and separated in 1846 ; and. the Duke George, born 11th January, 1824, and married to her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Catherine Michellowna, daughter of the late Grand Duke Michael of Russia. The last mentioned Prince is a General in the service of Russia, and chef of the 23d Regiment of Horse Artillery, and a member of the scientific committee of artillery attached to the Guard. THE CIVIL SER VICE. Foreign-office.—Lord Schomberg Henry Kerr has been appointed a paid Attache, and passed his examination. Home-office.--An inclosure coin missionership has become vacant by the retirement of Mr. William Blamaire, salary .£1,500. Colonial office.—Mr. Robert Caesar Childers has been ap pointed to a Ceylon writership, and passed his examination. War-office.--Mr. James Ansell has been appointed a clerk in the Small-arms-depart ment and passed his examination ; Mr. William Wood Collins has been appointed a clerk in the Small-arms-department, and passed his examination ; Mr. Randolph Curtis has been appointed a temporary clerk, Pall-mall, and passed his examination. Law Department. A County Court Judgeship, Circuit No. 37 (Henley, Watford, Uxbridge, Windsor, &c.), has become vacant by the death of Mr. John H. Koe, Q.C„ salary £1 ,200 ; M r . F ranc i s H enr y Mit chell, has been appointed a clerk in the Exchequer of Pleas, Master's-office, and passed his examina tion.—Mr. Thomas Gray, third class clerk in the Board of Trade, and late private secretary to the Night Hon. Robert Lowe, has been promoted to the second class, vice Mr. Herbert Manson Suft, pro moted to the Council-office ; Mr. Charles Lorraine Bell has been promoted from the supplementary class to the third class, vice Gray, promoted. The Post-office.—Mr. E. C. Burckhardt, first class surveyor's clerk, has been promoted to be sur veyor of the Southern District of Scotland, vice Cunnyngham transferred to the Birmingham District ; Mr. James Steel has been promoted from the second to the first class of inspectors of letter carriers in London ; Messrs. H. Burlington, R. Peel, H. Stanley, and J. Honey, first class sorters, have been promoted to the second class of inspectors of letter-carriers in London ; Mr. Andrew Kings mill has been appointed a temporary clerk, Circu lation Department, London, and passed his exami nation. Customs—Mr. John Lalor, landingwaiter, first class, has been promoted to be controller of accounts at St. Katherine Docks; Mr. Robert T. Dolan, controller at Newhaven, has been promoted to be collector at Newhaven; Mr. David Mackay, assistant tidesurveyor, has been promoted to be landingwaiter and tidesurveyor at. Newhaven. The following officers have been placed on the compensation list :—Mr. Thomas Bond, searcher, London ; Mr. William Edge, tidewaiter, first class, London ; Mr. R. H. Francis, tidewaiter, second class, London; Mr. Thomas Ball, tidewaiter, second class, London. Inland Revenue Department.—Mr. Gwalter C. Griffith has been ap pointed a clerk, fifth class, secretary's office ; Mr. Daniel B. Hill, officer of Liverpool, eleventh divi sion, Liverpool collection, has been appointed to Liverpool port division, Liverpool collection. Ire land.—Mr. David Alexander Hay has been ap pointed second clerk in the Crown and Hanaper office, Four Courts, Dublin, vice Mr. C. O'Connell, resigned ; Mr. T. M. Ray, jun., has been appointed. transcriber in the registry of deeds-office, Dublin, and passed his examination. Mr. O'Connell Ray has been appointed third-class clerk in the registry of deeds office, Dublin, vice Mr. Maurice O'Connell, resigned.— Civil Service Gazebte. GARIB.ILDI AND THE KING OF NAPLES. The Charivari publishes the following feu d'esprit " A Servant (entering).—' Sire, an envoy from Garibaldi solicits the honour of being admitted to your presence.' Garibaldi's Ambassador (enter' ing)—' Sire, I am charged with a very important mission.' Speak !" Perhaps you will not be over pleased with what I have to say, but I must deliver my whole message.' Speak ! I can hear all.' The General sends me to inform you that the state of affairs in the kingdom of Naples calls for a prompt and definitive solution. I have therefore come to request, Sire, with all due re spect, that you will depart as soon as possible: Pho ! Pho !" The case is most urgent. ' ' What day does Garibaldi expect to reach Naples ?" The 7th or Bth, at latest. Well, then, I have still some time on my hands. It is now only the 4th.' You want to reign three days longer ? ' It certainly would please me much." Oh ! con-• sidering how little you are doing here, I would advise you to be off at once.' My luggage is not yet ready I am waiting for a hundred more cases or so which my packer is to supply ?" You must be jesting surely; you can not intend to carry off all the moveables of the Crown ?" No ; only my table services and plate.' Then you do not mean to leave anything for the Dictator P' •Oh ! yes ; the heavier portion of the furniture. In the first place, you have no right to force me away so soon." Why so ?" Because Garibaldi has not given me my week's warning. In no coun try do they ever give less than a week ; and, in fact, I have good reason to complain to Europe.' Come, let us see ; do not be irritated, and we will settle everything in a friendly manner. If I advise you to start at once, it is for your own advantage' But' • • . For it would be far more unpleasant for you than for Garibaldi if you should be both here together. When the in-coming and out-going ten ants of the same apartment meet on the stairs, there is always a good deal of breakage.' Perhaps you are right ; you may therefore tell Garibaldi that he can come on Saturday.' Very good ; adieu, sire. (The Envoy retires, and the King commands the attendance of the Commandant of the Capital.) The King—' Well, Commandant, Garibaldi requests me to give up the place to him. Rather indelicate, is it not? The Commandant: What can you ex pect, sire, from a rude soldier like him ?" Are my trunks ready ?" Yes, sire." I will go and join my friend the Duke of Modena ; he must be dull enough by himself.' He has been expecting you for some time past, Sire.' Is everything properly packed P' Yes, Sire.' I will:not leave Garibaldi anything, not even a plate. (Looking out at the window.) Hola! why they are setting up all those mast s w i th streamers on the t o p ? Can it be my y th b o ir s t e hd s a t y re , aamnedrsl are ha to celebrate ve forgotten it.' No, Gari baldi's coming." Well, my people certainly , do net stand upon much ceremony with me. I almost think it will be prudent for me to start.' The town is to be illuminated for three consecu tive nights, and there will be three sets of fire works. If you like, we can see them. One of my friends has offered me two places at his windows. subjects indeed ; though I really s h ou ld l i ke to see m gay and joyful. It wou ld b e t h e fi rs t t'iNeet I i n m y life. Come, I have determined to start. his steps.) Mind you tear an d spo il a ll I am obliged t o l eave b e hi n d D t(hß a ne u tn b r aar a cp l i l netg t s he chairs with oil and scratch every one of .h e looking-glasses.—(Exit.) COST OF AUSTRIAN RULE IN VENICE.—The pungolo of Milan makes the folkoA ing calculation of a part of the material losses w hi c h A us t r i a t hi s year causes t o fall on — Emigration cost s th e p rov i nces 8,000,000 f., and takes from Venetia from a falling off in production, 8,000,000 f. ; taxes for illegal absence, 327,000 f. ; capital put under sequestration, 12,000,000 f. ; conscriptioa fund, 10 ,000,000 f. ; discharge of officials, 180,000 f. ; suppression of the arsenal, 3,000,000 f. ; suppression of the commissions for remounting the cavalry, 150,000 f. ; extra military billets, 3 60,000 f. ; extra expenses for barracks, 600,000 f. ; expro priation of lands, 3,000,000 f. ; injury to trade, 8,000,000 f. ; extra stores, 2,000,000 f. ; first monthly instalment of loan, 750,000 f. ; t o t a l, 56,367,000 f. O r dinary and extraordinary taxes, according to a report of the central congregation of Venice, 76,000,000 f., making a grand total of 132,367,000 f. LIVERPOOL, Friday.—The steamer Edinburgh, from New York, which touched at Queenstown yesterday, has arrived here ; her advices have been anticipated, VI 4,1 to TJI