The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-15 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE. GREAT CHORAL PERFORMANCE of Madrigals, Part Songs, Choruses, Jo., by the Vocal Association, ONE THOUSAND PER FORMERS, under the conduct of Mr. Benedict, on WED NESDAY NEXT, August 17th, commencing at half -past Two. Admission, One Shilling. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the alanagement of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE WIFE'S SECRET. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, HALLOWE'EN. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. To mantle with A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. C. Marshall, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. On Thursday, August 18, for the Benefit of Mr. W. Smith, Acting Manager, THE WRECK ASHORE : Mr. Billington, P. Bedford, Stuart, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Eburne, MissWoolgar, and Mrs. Billington. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Marie, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, for this night only ; assisted by Messrs. P. Bedford, Garden, More land, Mrs. Chatterley. And The Babes in the 14 ood. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to mervants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanhorongh THIS EVENING, THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL, After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Eiwanborongh, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF 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 first time in this country (the remaining three acts Tbein gßUßY in course CONC ERTS. of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TETI THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu gentle 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 WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, At Gt ST 14. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 74—highest since noon yesterday. 66—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. Binou - sTna.-29.90--falling. WIND, W.N.Wederly ; fresh, with rain in the morning; but the weather cleared up, and the day was beautiful. AUG. 15. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this:day at noon. BAROMETER-29.79. WnrD, North-Westerly; fresh, with fine weather. I rained heavily in the night and this morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. lm.—Afternoon, 3h. 16m. To-MORROW-Morning, 3h. 30m.—Afternoon, 3h. 44m. Yesterday was a proud day for the Emperor NAPOLEON, the Grand Army of Italy, and the peo ple of Paris, who pressed in one dense multitude to gaze on and greet the return of their brave coun trymen bearing their well but hard-won trophies, of shattered standards, captured cannon, and all the paraphernalia of glorious war—its pomp and circumstance. It was a sight that must have reminded some of the lookers-on of other days what was indeed a work of glory worthy of all time. Bast. present, or to come. But that pageant successor. May the lesson of the past be well conned by the scholar of the present. It is no easy task, as :time will prove ! It is one thing to mount a throne, but another to keep it. Tlie people of Paris love show, and yesterday indulged them with one in all its bravery. What will, ,be the result of all this commemorative display ? Will it really consolidate the brittle peace so hastily precipitated at Villafranca, or will it end as it began, in smoke with a smouldering fire to burst forth again with far mroe deadly hate and violence than before ? If so, we warn all those who have burnished their arms, to look sharper as to the use of them. Europe is at present on the very verge of a tumultuous change, no matter how peaceably the believers in the Con gress at Zurich may make up " their books." Italy has been roused, not to a sense of her wrong, for that she has saddened under too long, but to a national feeling of hope for liberty, and just as the cup was at her lips, the spoiler came and dashed the charm to the ground. It was past belief—it was a dream ; and now she awakes to all the agony of her wrongs, embittered still more by the blandishment of the Deceiver ! Can such things last ? No. Let NAPOLEON look to it, for it concerns him much. A variety of curious little choppings and chang ings of the political winds that blow intermittently in season and out of season, occurred simuliane ously with the close of the late session of Parlia ment. A few of them are perhaps not un worthy in their way of some passing enumera tion. There was Mr. JAMES WILSON, for ex ample, after a long pause of uncertainty as to what really would ;be advisable for his interests — stretching out his hand at last to accept that tempting and lucrative offer of a place in India—a financial post out at Calcutta, analogous in its way to the one occupied here among ourselves by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. To grasp the golden opportunity in Hindostan, however, Mr. WILSON had, of course, to let fall the Vice-Presidency of the Board of Trade. That vacated office is thereupon made over to the Premier's step-son, the Right Hon. W. COWPER, who takes courage to himself at last to run the hazard of a contested election down at lie rtfoYd- Hence an opportunity arises suddenly upon the opposing side—an opportunity long looked for and at length visible down in that old county town, where the two Great Parties are tolerably matched, and where it is understood that Mr. ROBERT Dflist. ALE, with a reasonable chance of success, will oppose Mr. COWPER'S re-election by coming forwarded as a candidate for the votes of the Conservative part of the c • onstanency. It was only the other day, as we remember, that the vacancy caused in the representation of Taunton, by the transference of the old and respected Whig member for that borough during thirty years (now Lord TAUNTON, then Mr. LABOUCHERE)—whiIe it gave a new supporter to the Government i n t h e Lords, ga-Te a new supporter in the Commons to the Opposition ! The Derbyite Mr. BENTINCK being now M.P. for Taunton in lieu of the Whig Mr. LABOUCH ERI . Th e independent Liberals more recently have c a u se, we rejoice to know, of exulting in the ret urn t o them of one of their old and honoured associates, in the person of that staunch upholder of the Ballot, and of many an other rational and national improvement to our political institutions, Mr. JAMES WYLD, once more M.P. for the Liberal borough of Bodmin. The facetionr and sparkling, dashing, and often lashing _and what many would call slashing—speaker, Mr. IXALPH BERNAL OSBORNE, we are not at all sorry to observe, has a very fair chance of taking his place again as one of the national representatives —this time, however, not as member for the metro politan county of Middlesex, nor yet for the im maculate borough of Dover, but for that good old Devon constituency that so often sent Mr. RALPH OSBORNE'S political godfather, the late CHARLES BULLER, to the House of Commons, namely the borough of Liskeard. In the event of Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE'S return for which, we shall probably next session have the delight of listening once more to his " wild shriek of liberty" from the back benches behind the Goverment, unless the hon. gentleman be by that time doomed to another interval of " dumb forgetfulness"—forgetfulness of all his constitutional vivacity and love of frolic— by consenting to wear anew that gag or padlock, a minor office in the Administration. But that Mr. FITZROY is really about to em power Mr. HAWKSLEY to make such a horrible mess of the whole project for cleansing the Serpen tine—doing this at a cost to the nation (just to begin with) of £17,000, at a cost of all comfort to the frequenters of Hyde-park, and at a cost of all health and convenience to the unfortunate and unoffending inhabitants of Bayswater—but for all these evil results of a preposterous engineering crotchet, we should be disposed to say not another word about it. We are heartily sick of the entire subject, as doubtless our readers are also—we are sick of hearing, and reading, and writing about Mr. FITZROY'S obstinacy and Mr. HAWKS LEY'S self-sufficiency in regard to this absurd, and, before it is any way commenced, utterly unpopular plan of filtering and refiltering the dirty water the particularly ingenious scheme of pumping that dirty water out of, and carefully pouring it back again into, the still more more dirty, old, rotten, cavernous bed of that pretty but pestilential stagnant lake called the Serpentine. A singularly impertinent and illogical letter, however, published this morning in the columns of our leading contemporary, and republished by our selves in another part of our impression of this evening, a curiously pert and inconsequential argu ment of the whole matter, penned by Mr. HANNICS LEY himself, constrains us to revert once more, as briefly as possible, and very unwillingly, to a sub ject that has really become long since quite intole rable. Altogether, Mr. T. HAWRSLEY'S letter will be found, upon examination, to be, from beginning to end, one of the most ill-judged communications any one could well contrive to pen, who has just inveighled an administrator, entirely and avowedly ignorant in the matter, into the pre cipitate adoption of an experimental scheme, that is no sooner explained than it is scouted on all sides as glaringly ridiculous in design —certain to be ineffectual in its operation—. and inevitably tending to lead, insidiously by little and little, to a most extravagant and ap parently a never-ending expenditure. To illustrate at once the shallowness of Mr. T. HAWKSLEY'S argument let us particularise one or two of his assertions. For instance, speaking of the actual condition of things in regard to the liquid about to be . pubjected by him to such an elaborate and expensive system of perpe tually securing periodic filtrations, he asserts " that the water of the Serpentine does not hold much organic matter in solution, but, on the con trary, is essentially clear, sweet, and inodorous." Then why, in the name of all that is rational, why not leave this exquisitely " clear, sweet, and inodo tem i'Llyatg_z_aiQue d Why_ spend £17,000 in doing sary ? Why dream of filtering what is so essen tially pellucid and translucent ? Mr. HAWKSLEY says emphatically—" Let there be no mistake on this subject [that is precisely the very thing we want, by the way !—let there be no mistake on this subject.] lam speaking of the water"—and, re collect, that speaking thus of the water he has de scribed it as " essentially clear, sweet, and inodo rous !" If it is all that—why then, in the name of common sense, leave it alone! Don't spend a sixpence of that £l7,ooo—don't talk another instant about an ornamental building, about stationary engines, about three-fourths of an acre of gravel, for the purposes of filtration. If the water is, as Mr. HAWKSLEY declares it to be, " essentially clear"—if it be, as he says it is, essentially " sweet" —if it be, as he asserts it to be, essentially " in odorous,"—surely we have all there that we can any of us want to have ! We have already if we are to believe Mr. HAWKSLEY, we have at this moment essentially clean-sweet inodorous water in the Serpentine. In which case, we certainly can have no requirement whatever for Mr. HAWKSLEY and his filter•beds, and his steam engines, and his pumping apparatus, and all his exaggerated " much ado about nothing" in the way of filtration and re-filtration. To go to th© expense of £17,000 to clarify water that (to begin with) is so perfectly diaphonous, would be about as ludicrous as to "paint the lily," or to " gild refined gold," according to that notion of SHAKSPERE'S. In fact, Mr. HAWKSLEY proves too much. Yet, as though all this were really not enough for his purpose, in the event of self-stultification, he re commends those " excited " persons, as he imper tinently designates those who have the exceeding temerity to dream of differing with him in opinion in regard to a plan, the first and most certain result of which is to put money into his own pocket! He recommends those " excited " people "to go to the house of the Royal Humane Society, on the north bank of the Serpentine, there borrow a glass or a bottle, take a boat and pull off from the side, then (if their prejudices allow them, for they need not be alarmed) view taste, and smell the water ; afterwards filter some of it through a piece of white blotting paper (this can be obtained properly folded at any respectable druggist's) ; put some that is filtered and some that is unfiltered under a good working microscope, with Dr. CARPENTER'S or some other standard work on microscopic forms by their side ; evaporate a quart or more of the water very slowly, and at a low temperature, so as to bring down all the inorganic salts and all the organic matter ; weigh the dry residue in a small platinum crucible, ignite and weigh again (the difference of the two weighings will consist of organic matter and some gases combined with the inorganic salts), and then" [after all this and it pretty nearly takes one's breath away to read a sentence that has not yet come to an end], "and then,", - says Mr. HAWKSLEY triumphantly, these excited correspondents " will then, it may be, learn what they do not seem to know, that neither sen sibly nor chemically is there much that is wrong with the greatly abused water of the Serpentine, and that the little that is wrong may be readily set right by the simple process of filtration." So that we are really and truly going to expend forthwith £17,000 sterling (and we don't know how much Purifying wat er th a t sweet," so " in afterwards) for the purpose of i is already so p ure, so " cl ear , " so derous," so translucent altogether, that it is almost a matter of impossibility to discover any i mpurity in it whatever, by all sorts of chemical tests, and by the most careful scrutiny under the lens of the microscope ! Again, as additional evidence of the strangely illogical intellect of Mr. T. HAWKSLEY, we find him, a little further on in his letter—after remark ing that "the machinery will be noiseless and smokeless" in FITZROY'S FOLLY at the head of the Serpentine—we find Mr. HAWKSLEY, with astound ing coolness, immediately afterwards remarking that—there will be nothing to hide ! What, then, in reason, can possibly be the meaning of those pre vious words of his—" the machinery will be noise less and smokeless ?" He holds it out first of all as a wonderful temptation that the fires of the steam-engines will be concealed not only from view but even from suspicion, by their being without smoking, and that the machinery set agoing there will be also effectually concealed by being worked without noise"—and yet he says quietly immediately after wards, " there will be nothing to hide." Yet it is this curiously discourteous and illogical individual who has been selected by Mr. FITZROY to preside over that nasty temple of strainings, and drainings, and rinsings, and puddlings in dirty water—now about to disfigure the green expanse of Hyde Park to increase the mortality of Bayswater, and to stir up the now at any rate tranquil waters of that stagnant lake of the Serpentine. THE EARL OF ELGIN.—We understand that the Earl of Elgin will be appointed to succeed Lord Canning, who will shortly retire from the Governor-Generalship of India. His lordship's visit to Calcutta, during the sepoy revolt, eminently fits him for this important post.— China Telegraph. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—A marriage is on the tapis between Captain Duncan, of the Life Gnards, and Miss Mills of Camelford House.—Lady Agnes Graham, daughter of the Duke of Montrose, will shortly be united to Captain Murray, of the Grenadier Guards.—The Hon. Miss Cust, of South Audley-street, will shortly be married.—The marriage of Miss Blake with Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald is postponed until September.—Court Journal. THE GREAT EASTERN.—The works in this vessel having been nearly completed, it appears the directors have decided on allowing her to be inspected by the public daily between the hours of 4 and 7 o'clock in the afternoon till further notice. The monster steam frigate built in America for the Russian Government, on the lines of the United States frigate Niagara, has arrived at Cronstadt from New York. She is called the General Admiral, out of compliment to the Grand Duke Constantine, who is at the head of the Russian navy, and is not yet fitted as a ship of-war with her formidable armament, but made the voyage from Ame rica freighted with a large and valuable cargo of cotton, sarsaparilla, and other produce of the United States. She drew too much water to enter the Baltic by the Sound, and came through the Great Belt where the channel is con siderably deeper, though more dangerous, from the number and extent of the sand-banks among the Danish Islands. Messrs. J. Brunlees and E. B. Webb, CE., have published a pamphlet suggesting a ship-railway instead of the canal project of M. de Lesseps—that is, their plan is to construct a railway between the two seas to carry the ships GOOD NEWS FROM THE DIGGINGS.—A young man named Watson, who emigrated frm Rochdale a short time ago, writes to his friends from " Iron Bark Gully, Bendi go," in very glowing terms of his success. He says, " Dur ing the last ten weeks we have taken no less than 2,400 ozs. of gold ; one cake of which weighed 1,270 ozs., and was sold to Mr. Geo. Andrews, of the Bank of Australasia, for £3 18s. 3d. per oz. It is the largest cake of amalgamated gold that has ever been produced in the world. It was the re sult of 80 tons of quartz, exactly four days' work ; but it took ten men three weeks to get." —Leeds Mercury. LIVERPOOL, Saturday.—The Cunard steamer America sailed to-day for Boston with the American mails and 145 passengers, including the Hon. Mr. Pierce, late President of the - United States. On Wednesday next the screw steamer Indian will be despatched for Quebec with the Canadian mails. The box of the post-office will be open on that day till 11.15 a.m., with late fees till 11.45 a.m., and on the landing stage till 12.30 p.m. The additional postage at the latter place is Is., and must be prepaid in stamps. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.—The British Association for the Promotion of Science holds its anniversary meet ings this year at Aberdeen. The first meeting will be opened by the Prince Consort, as president of the society, on the 14th of September; and his Royal Highness has, we understand, expressed his intention of being present during the business of the first two days. Arrangements have been made for holding an exhibition of ancient relics, representative of historical facts and geological remains con nected with the north of Scotland ; and several concerts are to be given in the new Music-hall which is to be opened on this occasion. Today, on the occasion of the Paris fetes, the Emperor will grant pardon, or remission or commutation of punishment, to 898 prisoners, whose conduct since their detention has been remarkably good. 229 other persons, condemned to various punishments, will also experience the effects of his Majesty's clemency. uo3l3loNS.—Lora Zritest Bruce has given notice that he intends early next session to call the attention of th e house to the regulations now in force as to the admission — of strangers below the bar of the house, whereby not only all peers of Parliament, all Scotch and Irish peers not peers of Parliament, but all their elder sons, are admitied as a mat ter of course, if there is room for them, in preference to the sons of members of the House of Commons, for whom no provision whatever is made, and who have no places what ever assigned to them in the House of Lords. A DISTINGUISHED REGIMENT.—Among the Aus trian prisoners at Paris at this moment is one belonging to a regiment which claims a singular privilege, that of en camping for three days, whenever they pass through Vienna, in the court of the Emperor, and of receiving the most regal entertainment. The colonel, upon his arrival, is allowed by law to pass to the Emperor's chamber without question, no one being permitted to stop him. He knocks thrice, and demands orders of his Majesty, when the Em peror invites him and his to remain three days, regaling at his expense in the palace, assigns the colonel a room next his own, the standards of the regiment are piled at his door, and a guard and lords in waiting; attend him the same as the sovereign. The origin of the custom is this. In 1683 Leopold the First was suddenly waited upon by 16 barons, with a charter which they were upon the point of forcing him to sign, having, as they thought, secured the absence of all the troops from Vienna, when suddenly a colonel, who received information from a secret source—it was never dis covered whence—knocked at the door thrice, and, to the great joy of the Emperor, demanded his Majesty's orders for his regiment—which were, that the 16 barons should be at once beheaded.—Court Journal. ROYAL THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA.---This grand metropolitan aquatic fete takes place this day at Putney, beginning at two o'clock precisely. Thei e will be some first-rate sport for the different races, which are—the Champion Four-oared Race for £lOO, open to all the world as also the Watermen's Scullers, and the Watermen's Ap prentices match for Coat, Badge, and Freedom, and money prizes, these last being the gift of the now notorious Thames Subscription Club. For the Champion Four-oared race there are six entries—the famous Claspers, from Newcastle, and the Manchester (Shakespeare) crew, contending against four crews from the Thames, viz., one Hampton, one Rich mond, and two Hammersmith. For the Scullers' Race there are 11 entries, including Kelly and Chambers, already matched to row for the Championship of the Thames and £2OO a side, Oxlade, Thomas P ococ k, J. Chandler, of Ham mersmith, the two Mackinneys, Dr ew itt, Shepherd, Mancey and Styles. The apprentices aro all above-bridge men. The Maria Wood state barge has been specially hired for the subscribers and the public, from which Sir James Duke, Bart., will present the prizes to the winners after the race The final grand heat of the Champion Four-oared Race comes off to-morrow (Tuesday), at high-water, 4.30 p.m. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant vessel Shackamazon, 989 tons, Captain Teulon, sailed from Liverpool on the 6th inst., for Moreton Bay, with 329 emigrants, under charge of Surg.- Superintendent Charles H. Gr.tham, M.D. APOTHECARIES " -HALL.--The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 11th of Augu s t : —R o b er t Henry White, Leeds ; William Holt, Horbury, near Wake field ; William Thomas Winter, Bristol ; Henry James Webb, Cheadle, Staifordshite ; Ebenezer Bucknill, Bed ford ; Gordon Sidney Richard Wells Smith; John Green, Cawood ; William Freeman, Maldon, Essex. The follow ing gentlemen also on the same day passed their first exa mination:—John Warner, Finsbury-square; Frederick Philip Phelps, Reading; Gabriel Manning Egle, Bar combe, Lewes ; Richard Orton, Manor-house, Baston, Notts ; Frederick Fawson Lee, Salisbury ; John William Bell, Hull School of Medicine; and James Bedthrd, Dud ley, Worcestershire. THE BALLOT SOCIETY,—The weekly meeting of the executive committee was held at the offices in Guildhall. chambers on Thursday last—Mr. Passmore Edwards in the chair. Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Elt, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Le Maitre, and Mr. Man were present. Reports were re ceived relative to the elections in progress and at hand, and also as to the late elections under the ballot in the colonies of New South Wales and South Australia. The following resolution was agreed to :—" That this committee, con trasting the disclosures recently made before election com mittees of the corrupt influences prevalent at our elections with the order purity, and freedom of the elections in those colonies which have adopted the ballot, desire to call atten tion to the utter failure of the laws now in force to prevent corrupt practices at elections, and to record their conviction that if leading statesmen of both parties continue to oppose the ballot, the only means of effectually checking the traffic in votes, and the only security for the free choice of the elector, they are taking a course calculated to injure the character of our public men, by inducing a belief that they are willing to perpetuate the existence of those evils which deface our representative institutions and tend to brillg them into contempt." ARMY.—A return has been published of the number of officers who, having entered the army since the Ist day of January, 1841, were on the 2st day of January, 1859, holding the substantive rank of lieutenant-colonel in her Majesty's regiments of Foot Guards, and the number of such in her Majesty's regiments of infantry of the Line ; of battalions belonging to her Majest3's Foot Guards, and of the number belonging to her M a j es ty' s i n f an t ry of the Line. In the Foot Guards the number of lieutenant-colo nels is 43 and the number of battalions 7 ; in the Line (in. eluding Military Train, colonial corps, and depot battalions having lieutenant-colonels), the number of lieutenant-colo nels is 28 and the number of battalions 164. Another re turn gives the number of officers who, having entered the army since the Ist day of January, 1841, were on the Ist day of January, 1859, holding the position of acting major in her Majesty's regiments of Guards, and the number of officers holding the rank of substantive lieutenant-colonel in her Majesty's regiments of the Line (cavalry and infantry). The items are as follow, viz. :—Acting majors of the Foot Guards, 1; lieutenant-colonels of cavalry of the Line, 3 ; lieutenant-colonels of infantry of the Line, including the Military Train, colonial corps, and depot battali ons , 28 • , lb ... % „ sox , Q.O i.m.,. ,4. : . .• • -' , , 4 .- . bi.zi.r . 4 , f ,,,, ~.-0 , ,,,„,,„4 „ .: „ ,... , i).1,0, . 4 - "' .; THE SUN. MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1859. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1859. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUG. 15. The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol• Lowing : "At the banquet given to the principal chiefs of the army last evening the Emperor spoke the fol lowing words : "Gentlemen,—The joy which I feel in finding myself again with the principal chiefs of the army of Italy would be complete if the regrets were not mingled at seeing about to separate soon a force so well organised and so formidable. As Sovereign and a General-in-Chief I thank you for your con fidence in me, who :had not before commanded an army. A portion of the soldiers is about to return to their homes. You yourselves are likewise going to resume your peaceful occupations. Do not forget what we have accomplished together, in order that the remembrances of the obstacles we have overcome and the dangers we have avoided may often recur to our memory." The speech con eludes by announcing the creation of the medal of Italy. PARIS, AUG. 14. The entry of the troops into Paris to-day took place in the greatest possible order. The Emperor and his suite proceeded along the Boulevards from the Bastille to the Place Vendome amidst the acclamations of the crowd, which was immense. The defiling of the troops terminated at 2.30 p.m. The Empress and the Prince Imperial were sta tioned at the Place Vendome. The soldiers bearing the standards which had been taken from the enemy were received with ovation. The flags of all those regiments which were torn by the enemy's balls and by grape shot excited the population to enthusiastic cheers. There was no address delivered, nor any procla mation issued by the Emperor. The liloniteur announces that a funeral chapel (chapelle funeraire) will be erected in the new ca thedral at Marseilles to the memory of the soldiers and sailors who died in the service of the country in the various campaigns of Africa, the East, and Italy. A mass is to be celebrated every day for this purpose. On account of the fete of the 15th inst. the Em peror has pardoned 1,127 persons, sentenced for various crimes, offences, and infringemeuts of the law, or reduced the terms of their imprisonment. The Emperor having decidod upon retaining for the present (nzontentanement) an army of 50,000 men in Lombardy, several corps which had much distinguished themselves in the late campaign, such as the 3d Regiment of Zouaves and Ist Regiment of the Foreign Legion, will not be represented at the entry of the troops. MILAN, AUG. 14. To day, at 6.30 p.m., the municipality of this town inaugurated the statue of Napoleon 1., by Canova, in the Palais Brera, in the presence of Marshal Vaillant, the Sardinian authorities, and a large concourse of the people. Music was performed and guns were fired during the ceremony. TURIN, AUG. 13. The municipality of this city has ordered a solemn mass and 7'e Teum to be celebrated in the church Santo Filippo on the occasion of the fete Napoleon. A banquet is to be given to_ the Lunn. In the evening there will be a military fete with illumina tions and music in the place d'arnzes, where the French troops are quartered. The public buildings and the whole town will be illuminated. Count Arese arrived here yesterday. The King visited Bergamo and Brescia, and was received with enthusiastic cheers by the population of Lom bardy. An amnesty for small offences has been proclaimed. FLORENCE, AUG. 13. The National Assembly has elected Signor Coppi as its president, and also nominated its other officials. The Deputy Ginori proposes—" The Assembly shall declare the reign of the dynasty of Lorraine as impossible in Tuscany." The representatives have unanimously supported this proposal, the discussion of which has been referred to the sitting of Tuesday. ZURICH, AUG. 13. To-day a conference of the Plenipotentiaries of Austria and France took place, which lasted from 3 till 5 p.m. A cabinet courier has arrived from Paris. A deputation of the Federal Council has paid a visit to the plenipotentiaries of the Conference, which the latter have returned. On Tuesday next the directors of the North-Eastern Railway give a great banquet, to which the plenipotentiaries are invited. ENTRY OF THE FRENCH ARMY INTO PARIS. (From the Paris Correspondent of the Morning Post.) PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING. During the last three days all the railways which centre in Paris have brought hundreds of visitors to witness the great military fete which took place to day in honour of the victorious army of Italy en camped on the plains of St. Maur. A large num ber of foreigners, especially English, have flocked to Paris, as well as French people from the provinces, to witness the entry of the troops ; in fact, it is cal culated that the city of Paris to-day contains an additional million of inhabitants. The hotels are crowded, and from 25f. to 30f. and 50f. are paid for a sleeping room. Most of the balconies and shops all along the line where the troops have passed were occupied by spectators, who paid from 20f. to 200 f. for a scat. A military display always attracts and interests the people of France, and this was one which will stand out most prominently in the his tory of the reign of Napoleon 111. A victorious army returning from Italy with Napoleon at its head, who like the chief of the first empire, has shared their perils and glory, and identified him self for the first time with the eagles of Imperial France, on the field of battle ! The multitude do not pause to calculate political results, or the loss of life and treasure on such an occasion. The mili tary display creates a thrill of pride in the hearts of the people ; the names of the battles dazzle the eye ; the past triumphs of French arms over the Austrians flashes on the mind—a French array again returns in triumph to Paris, marches before them—and the multitude seem to respond to one universal feeling of proud joy. As early as six o'clock the Boulevards were ani mated by a moving crowd streaming backwards and forwards to take up their positions all along the line of road from the Rue de la Paix, the Faubourg St. Antoine, up to Vincennes, a distance of not less than five miles. The infantry of the National Guard of the Seine, and the troops of the garrison of Paris lined the road on either side up to the Bastile. At a very early hour this morning the troops encamped at St. Maur and the adjoining ground at Maison-Alfort (amounting to little short of 80,000) were on the move, and taking up positions according to orders, by which arrangement they fell into the long and glittering train, which marched in martial pride through the city. The head of the columns had reached the Bastile about nine o'clock. There the four Marshals—viz. Marshals Regnaud. de Saint Jean d'Angely (Commandant-en-Chief), Baraguay d'Hilliers, MacMahon (Duke of Magenta), Canro bert, and Niel. In addition to the Emperor's staff there mustered a number of generals and various officers of different branches of the service who awaited the arrival of his Majesty. Before giving any account of the march of the army into Paris, I will endeavour to describe the preparations made for the reception of the victorious legions. Immediately after passing the Barriere du 'Prone, the army passed a square tower, on which was inscribed the names of the great battles of the brief and glorious campaigns of Italy. All along the Faubourg St. Antoine—which is a district some thing like the Tottenham-court-road of London— the houses were decorated with flags and occasional tablets, greetings to the army in golden letters, with the imperial N. As you came upon the Bastile, you meet a novel description of triumphant arch, which represented the white facade of the Cathedral of Milan, on which was inscribed in golden letters, " A l'Armee d'ltalie, la Ville de Paris ;" and below ---"‘ Solferino, Malegnano, Magenta, Turbigo, Pa lestro, Montebello." Looking down the Boulevards the vista was gas, glittering and animated. At in tervals, tall Venetian poles were planted, from which long, streaming banners fluttered in the breeze. Some six feet from the base of these poles were placed tri-coloured flags, issuing from a shield, ap peared the Imperial letter " N," whilst each of the theatres had particular displays of their own, generally comprising a figure of " Victory." From the windows of the magnificent hotels of the Boule vards gazed an animated crowd, sometimes leaning over crimson velvet hangings, or framed in wreaths of green and gold, and flags. Here and there, on tablets from which radiated the national colours, you met the words, " Ronneur a la Armee d'ltalie," " a l'Empereur," " a 1 ' Imperatrice." I could not, however, help remarking that there was scarcely any display of the Sardinian colours, or, in fact, any reference to Italy. Certainly all the festive decorations emanating from " authority," avoided remembrance of Italy, and the cause for which the French army had lost some 16,000 men killed and wounded. Passing along the Boulevards, you came at length to the Rue de la Paix. At the entrance of this mag nificent street a solid stone structure, surmounted by a figure of Peace, was seen glittering in the sunlight with a golden sheathed sword and a golden wreath. On the pedestal of the statues was written in conspicuous letters a record of the triumphs of the army of Italy, and the corps which had cap tured standards and cannon, thus :—Solferino : Chasseurs a Pied (Garde Imperiale), one drapeau ; 76th de ligne, one drapeau ; Voltigeurs (Garde' Imperiale), 13 cannons ; Ist corps Cavalry, four cannons ; 3d corps, 2d division, two cannons ; 2d de ligne, one cannon ; 52d de ligne, one cannon. , Palestro : 3d Zouaves, five cannons. Turbigo :2d corps, three cannons. Magenta : 45th de ligne, one drapeau ; 2d Zouaves, one drapeau ; 3d Grena diers (Garde Imperaiale), one cannon. Melegnano : Ist corps, one cannon. Looking down the Boulevards one observed a moving dark mass of human beings, fringed and kept in line by military uniforms. From the crowd came a pausing confused sound of mingling voices, with which the ear became so familiar after a time that you forgot its singular effect. From every window groups of gaily dressed ladies were stretch ing out to catch a sight of the head of the columns, awaited since eight o'clock with so much anxiety. The roofs of the houses are covered' with spectators, who on the chimneys near have perched themsels es. The reader must now imagine himself at a balcony of the Boulevards, with a bright sun, and hundreds of thousands anticipating the approach of the troops. It is eight o'clock, the guns have announced departure of the army from the camp nearly two hours since, and we on the Boulevard des Italiennes have not yet caught a glance of the advancing troops. A more distinct murmur is heard, the crowd be low become more agitated—the dense masses ar e r7.-awing towards el even on tip-toe. It is now o'clock, and a squa,Lon of the hundred guards ap pear. Th— ITOI/1 the streets a loud shout is heard, "Vive l'Empereur !" There is the hero of Solferino, on a magnificent charger, surrounded by his staff (General Fleury leading close at hand)—showers of bouquets are thrown around the Emperor—the people shout again and again, and from the windows of the balconies waves thousands of handkerchiefs. The Emperor halts before the windows from which I am describing the scene around me (at the end of the Boulevards des Italiennes) for nearly 10 minutes. When his Majesty and staff move on one deafening shout salutes him, and we catch a sight of the wounded. A number of men of various corps limp ing and carrying in their hands glory wreaths now approach ; they are enthusiastically saluted by the crowd and received a shower of bouquets. Then the main body of the army advanced. The in fantry regiments with their colours decorated with bouquets, and each man's musket, being capped with flowers or a green wreath. Thus, amid the shouts of the people, the victorious army moved on to the beat of the drum, or the measured music of the bands. It was a scene of great animation and excitement. It is now 11 o'clock : as lam writing troops are still passing, and will continue to do so up till two o'clock. On comes the Guard ! At the battle of Solferino the Riflemen of the Guard which formed the :head of the column of light infantry, distinguished itself so much, capturing a flag and several pieces of artillery, that the Empe ror gave them 'the cross of the Legion of Honour to be attached to its colours. When the battalion arrived at Milan, Marshal Regnaud de Saint Jean d'Angely resolved to present it himself with the cross, and, having assembled the battalion, he spoke as follows : " Riflemen of the Guard,--The Emperor, desiring to revive an ancient and noble custom, has decreed that a cross of the Legion of Honour shall be suspended to the eagles of all the regiments which take a colour from the enemy. This glorious exploit you accomplished on the great day of Solferino • and I now, in the name of his Majesty, attach a decoration to this eagle, the glori ous symbol of courage, discipline, and military devotedness. May this flag, decorated in recompense of your bravery, become still dearer to you! May each of you understand that this Cross of Honour, which will henceforth be carried at your head, and the rays of which will be reflected on the whole battalion, is the object to which he ought to aspire, and France, our dear country, happy at your return, will salute in you children of whom she can be proud. Vive Empereur !' " In truth, the Marshal had rightly calculated, for they were most enthusiastically saluted. Some colours taken from the enemy have been greeted with joyous enthusiasm ' - and now the Aus trian cannon are greeted with the shouts of the multitude. Now come the Turcos ! who attract great attention. They and the Zouaves are tre mendously cheered. There is something romantic about these Tur cos ; they do not appear to be made by nature, or dressed by art for ordinary soldiering. Th e y are Arabs of many tints, from light bronze to very dark bronze and occasionally l you see a shiny black face with thick lips and woolly hair, indicating a very low order of humanity. But, gene ra ll y, t h e Turco's features are sharp, de]:cate, and oft en show in,g a very refined outline. Th e eye i s bright, restless, and piercing. They have little hair about about their faces, in fact the Oriental customs of shaving the head is generally carried down to the chin. I'hey wear a white turban rolled with great art, like the Zouaves. Their uniform consist of a Greek-like jacket and wide bag trousers of light blue cloth decorated with Oriental yellow scrolling. Their trousers reach a little below the knee ; then comes a leather legging and white gaiters. There is a remarkable elasticity in their walk, and an easy swing of body. During the late campaign they were often employed in des perate work, generally storming. They spring upon th'ir enemies like panthers, often after crawling on the ground a long distance before they get up to them. The bayonet is their favourite arm, and they are said to use it with a rapidity of action fax sur passing European troops. The Turco is charged with the cruel practice of cutting off the heads of he wounded ; he is also accused of appropriating other people's property when occasion occurs—in fact, these men are savages turned into soldiers, and made useful by a most severe discipline. The Turcos arc to return to Algeria immediately. The Place Vendome was by far the most interest ing point of the animated route through which the victorious army passed. The reader familiar with Paris can easily imagine this spacious square, with its noble Napoleonic column (suggested by the Trojan pillar at Rome) surrounded by platforms reaching as high as the first floor, and circling all round the houses of the Place. On the. right and left of the Ministry of J us ti ce wer e cons pi cuous tribunes occupied by the Empress, the Prince Im perial, the Princess Mathilde, the Princess Clotilde, and the immediate Court circle. Circling round the square were seats calculated to accommodate 20,000 persons, and forming a vast amphitheatre. The windows of the houses of the Place Vendome were all hung with crimson velvet, and from the cornice of the roofs of the buildings festoons of green and gold laurel wreath, hung with graceful ease, being caught up at intervals and attached to shields, from which issued a cluster of flags. At each end of the entrance of the Place were eight magnificently gilt columns, each supporting a golden figure of Victory. It was here the great military fete found its centre of interest. The Empress, the Prince Im perial, and all the members of the Imperial family were in the elevated tribune, and surrounded on either side, and circling all round the square, were seen a cluster of elegantly-dressed ladies and mili tary uniforms, presenting altogether a most glitter ing and animated scene. The Emperor on horse back placed himself before the Imperial Tribune, and there witnessed the troops file off before him amid the most deafening cheering. It was at this point that the great officers of state, the diplomatic corps, and, in fact, the aristocratic and fashionable members of Parisian society, were collected. These who witnessed this wide amphitheatre, containing 20,000 persons, as the troops, in an endless moving stream, passed through the seated crowds, will never forget the picture. It was the event of an age. - The soldiers who, after so brief and yet so bril liant a campaign, have returned to Paris, fought under all the advantages of the facilities and science of modern warfare. Some 150,000 men were placed within shot of their enemies, probably without a dozen having died before reaching the fields of battle. In the First Napoleon's time, an army of 80,000 men only would have lost at least one or two thousand on their march from Paris to Milan. The railway and the steam-vessel placed this immense army, with all its incaculable amount of commissariat and war materiel, in a healthy and vigorous condition, on the plains of Lombardy, within a month or six weeks. One of the most remarkable features of the late campaign, viz., the rapidity with which the war was conducted, is best illustrated by dates. On the 10th of May the Emperor left Paris for his army in Italy, a portion of which only "had then crossed the Alps or reached Genoa by steam ; and yet, on the 20th of May, the French took part in the first impor tant action—the battle of Montebello. On the Ist of June the French crossed the Ticino, and on the 3d the combat of Turbigo was fought. On the 4th the great victory of Magenta discovered to the world that the Austrian army was no match for the Franco-Sardinian hosts. No less than a month the French, assisted by the brave army of King Victor Emmanuel, had obliged some 250,000 Aus trian to retreat before an allied army of some 120,000, for it was not until the battle of Solferino that France had 200,000 men on Italian ground. On the 6th of June the Emperor Napoleon entered the city of Milan. The army, confident of victory, expected within three months to have completed the Emperor's programme, and freed Italy from Austrian occupation and oppression up to the Adriatic. The Emperor of the French and the soldier King of Sardinia lost no time in pushing onwards. On the Bth of June the combat of Marig nan let the Austrians know that the allies were again moving towards Venetia ; by the 18th the Emperor was at Brescia ; and on the 24th June the great victory of Solferino completed the defeat of the best troops of the largest army in Europe, and under the eye of Francis Joseph. Wonderful rapidity of events. The passage of the Mincio was effected on the 29th. Thus, within two months, the invading Austrian army had been driven out of Piedmont, through Lombardy, and up to the walls of the strong fortified places which were about to be attacked with a new siege materiel, which French engineers believed would accom plish great and unknown marvels. A suspen sion of arms took place on the Bth of July, and on the 12th the two Emperors concluded a peace which up to this day no one in a military point of view is able to account for. We were told by the enemies of Italian independ ence in England, that when Napoleon went to Italy it was the beginning ofyears of European warfare. The present campaign has proved that modern science in civilised countries has made all wars 01 necessity, brief, bloody, rapidly decisive. Another month or six weeks siege operations, in all human probability, would have made Italy free. Such is the opinion of most French officers. Within 100 days the two largest military empires of the world would have fully tried their strength, and been compelled to m ake peace. The Frenai army, for the first time during the late campaign, employed modern warlike invention s N lth singular success. By means of a balloon, and photographic machinery attached, the numbers and position of the enemy wen. a.certaincd. By means of the electric light the army corps communicated with each other during the night. By employing the electric telegraph, the Emperor could talk night and day with the Empress and the Minister of War. Wherever the head-quarters were established the wires were brought. There was not less than 100 persons attached to the telegraphic service of the French army, and they worked their magic medium with wonderful success. The Emperor, so to speak, was never out of France, so far as communication was concerned. He was often at the council table at Paris, although hundreds of miles away ! It is generally understood that the Emperor will cause to be published a full history of the campaign. It is but just to pay a great tribute to the "army of It a l y " for their humane conduct and orderly behaviour during the campaign. Whilst the Austrians were plundering the town's people and peasants of Piedmont and Lombardy by war contributions proclaimed by their generals, and in one instance shooting down" a whole family, the soldiers of France, according to the testimony of dozens of witnesses, paid for everything they con sumed, and treated the Italians with the utmost kindness and consideration. From-- "The death-shot hissing from afar, The shock, the shout, the groan of war." Those brave fellows after each battle assisted not only their wounded comrades, but those of the Aus trian army who were disabled, with kindness and attention worthy of their heroic character. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 13.—The market was heavy at first, but afterwards rallied. Threes, after hav ing been done at 69f. 10c., are now at 69f. 35c. Mobilier varied from 835 f. to 842 f. ; Austrian, 562 f. 50c. to 565. ; Lombards, 560 f. to 562 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,365 f. to 1,370 f.; Lyons, 870 f. to 872 f. 50c. The market continued to improve to the close, when the following were the quotations : 41 per Cents. 97 50 I Credit Fonder.... 660 Do. end month — —7 Belgian 4± . .... 3 per Cents Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian . ... Credit Mobilier 838 75 Spanish Threes .. 43 50 Do. Account RAILWAYS. Orleans 1365 1370 Northern 932 50 .. 930 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean Geneva Southern Western - • • 5 6 0 Eastern sSardinia Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 131 c. • money, 25f 121 c.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, ' 24f. 95c. CENTRAL ITALY. General Garibaldi has accepted the Chief Com mand of all the forces of Central Italy. THE PACIFIC. LIVERPOOL, AuG. 13. The royal mail steamship Bolivia arrived at Panama on the 21st ultimo with 370,571 dollars in specie and the mails of the Ist ult. from Valparaiso, and Callao and Lima of the 13th. The Chilian Congress was occupied in discussing currency and bank questions. It had raised the rank of several, military officers for services in the last revolution, and increased their emoluments. Business was increasing, and there was a good demand for foreign goods. Flour was selling at from 3 dols. 87c. to 4 dols. 25 c ., s i x mont h s. Ti m b er d u ll. Copper in bars, sales deliverable ix northern ports, 18 dols. 25c., thre e mont h s . L um b er ra th er improved ; 25,000 feet sold at 40 dols, to 45 dols. From Cali fornia and Puget's Sound 1,340,000 feet arrived ; 600,060 feet of this was sent to Callao ; 490,000 feet of this lot sold at Valparaisa at 35 d o ll ars. Freights t o E u rope £2 10s. to 12 15s. Th e American ship Midnight took nitrate from Iquique to Boston at 11 dols. ; the American ship King fisher, ores from Caldera for Swansea. £2 15s. Exchange on England, 46k. A great fire has laid waste the town of Ancud, the capital of the pro vince of Chiloe. In less than five hours, on the 24th of May, the town was nearly re d uced to ashes, l o dn pis palace, i n t endencia, and gs havi ng b een burnt, and oththeercainithpeodrrtaal, important buildings bishop's the archives lost. Loss 450,000 dollars ; houses destroyed, 151. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Africa, Captain Shan non, from New York on the 3d of August, has arrived, bringing 100 passengers and 450,000 dole. in specie. The steamships Teutonia and Ocean Queen, from Southampton, arrived out at New York on the Ist, and the steamships Persia and Kangaroo on the 3d, both from Liverpool. The news by this arrival is of the slightest im portance. President Buchanan, in a letter declining a re nomination for the Presidency, says :—" My deter mination not, under any circumstances, to become a candidate for re-election is final and conclusive. My best judgment and strong inclination unite in favour of this course. To cast doubts upon my pre determined purpose is calculated to impair my in fluence in carrying out important measures, and affords a pretext for saying that these measures have been dictated by a desire to be re-nominated." Partial returns of the state election in Kentucky indicate the election of the Democrats' candidate for governor, and a majority of Democratics to Congress. Private despatches from Northern Mexico state that it is expected within the next three months that 3,000 American troops will be organised on the Rio Grande properly armed and equipped, for the purpose of marching upon the city of Mexico. On the 22d of July General Degoilada was at Tampico, actively preparing for a new campaign• General Garcia had issued a proclamation, at Mata moros, calling the Liberals to arms. A conducts, with 600,000 dollars in specie, was on its way to Matamoros. The Juarez decree had been most enthusiastically received. The five million conducta was on its way to Brownsville. It was reported that Santa Anna was at Caque tel, but this was not believed. The New York Herald says published the news of the cession in sovereignty to Great Britain, by the so-call e d repu bli c of Guatemala' of the establishment and territory hithert° known as British H on d uras or B e li ze . Al i no doubt exists of the acceptance of the cession by Great Britain, we may regard the acquisition as a fait accompli , and recognise the fact of a ne w British colonial establishment on the American continent, thus completing the chain of Eul lish possessions from Canada to Demerara. The fact is a practical com men t ar y on till value of the Monroe doctrine,' as support' by the United States, and a scarcely less striking „g instance of the value a n d e ffi c i ency o f America n diplomacy in Central America. It only now re mains for Great Britain to consolidate her preten sions on the Mosquito shore in order to ensure her, control of two-thirds o f th e Atl an ti c c oast 01 Central America, from Yucatan to Panama. Sh e already dominates the entire country, from her stronghold of the Bay Islands, which she has 0 10- nised and occupies in contempt alike of the Monroe doctrine and the Clayton-Bulwer treaty." We have California advices to the 11th of July, Business was more active at S an F ranc i sco , but there was no improvement in prices. Great ex citement existed in Nevada and El Dorado counties in consequence of the discovery of new and exte ll " sive gold diggings on Walker's River, east of the Sierra Nevadas. Some destructive fires had oc curred in Sierra and Nevada counties. Havannah advices are to the 25th ult. Sugar s were dull, and unchanged in price. Exchange on London, 121 to 13 per cent. prem. COMMERCIAL. The New York money market exhibited increased stria' gency, and the rates were about per cent, higher than 1 .1 . 1 the week preceding. Call loa n s range d f rom 6 to 7 pe r Cell The weekly return of the New York City Banks shows s decrease in the specie reserve of dols. 432,848, and in w e loans of dol. 586,748. Sterling exchange flat and unsettled, and business mode rate. Quotations on London, 1091 to 1101. The Stock Market had been firm and generally hig her ' but it relapsed to its former position.. SOUTHA,MPTON, Sunday.—The Borussa arrive ( ' this afternoon with 121,000 dollars in spe cie for England, 6,500 for Hamburgh, an d 105 passengert 65 of whom were for En g l an d. Sh e l eft N ew York on the Ist. The news is, therefore, anticipated by the Africa. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY: The screw steamship Imperador, Captain Atkin' has arrived with advices f rom th e Cape of 00°.;1` Hope to the 6th of July. The Imperador, it Wit ho recollected, was one of the vessels which took out the Red Sea cable. " CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sup( 6. " The Imperad or f urn i s h es an opportunityter 0f _ forwarding news f rom th e C ape of 16 days date than the m a il p er Ath ens. " It is understo o d th a t hi s E xce ll ency S i r Geo rge „ Grey is exceedingly d es i rous o f v i s i t i ng E ng l a n , t . i having obtained l eave o f a b sence f rom the C o l oni al office some time ago ; an d it i s poss ibl e t h at h e Intl proceed home next mon th. Hi s E xce ll enc y movements, however are very un cer t a i n . '• Major-General Wynyard, th e li eu t enant-g °' vernor, has returned to head- quar t ers, at Graham's Town, after having visited th e ou t posts on t he frontier and in Kaffraria. E veryt hi ng is quiet an d peaceful in that direction. The immigrant ship B r id e arr i ved on the 26th' June, after a pass age o f 7 0 days from Southamr la ton. Only three deaths occurred during the voyage' and these among children. The majority of the immigrants have already found good employment' and those remaining at the depot (some 27 families) will very soon be engaged. " The Executive Council of the Trans Vial public have officially informed Governor Grey that there is no intention on the part of the inhabitant' s of that State to attack the mission-station of Kuril' man, occupied by the venerable Moffat. " Several vessels have put into our ports for re' pairs during the last week or two. Of these the Glencoe is in Table Bay, and the Ostrich and Spirit of the Age in Simon's Bay: In Algoa Bay, athr,, paper says, the Medium h as put in leaky. She reports havin g seen several disabled ships on t" „, " i coast. On Mond a y th e s hi p Covenanter, 112,„:,_ tons, with a valuabl e cargo of cotton, wool, see d s , &c., bound from Bombay for Liverpool, put in leaky, and with loss of sails and other damage; The Covenante r b e l ongs to Mr. Duncan Gibb, Liverpool, and was built at Quebec in 1841. ° ll Wednesday th e S wedish bark Elizabeth arrived . port, having put in to land the crew of the Ist? ship Wolfe, from Kooria Mooria for Liverp o ° l ' which was abandoned at sea in lat. 34.57 S., I ° l l3 A 27.22 E. Th e W o l fe was a North American b vessel, of 1,100 tons, and belonged to Batchelor, 01 Cardiff. The repairs of the Stebonheath and AViir rior are being proceeded with. The Lismoydel l will have to discharge cargo, which will be sent 0 1 1 to its destination, and the ship will, in all proba bility, be condemned. The Ulysses is discharging cargo, prior to a thorough inspection and repaira It is expected that sh e w ill b e enabled to procee d on her voyage, as the damage done is supposed to be of a trifling nature. The Fort George has coin' pleted her repairs, and is ready for sea.' " Respecting commercial affairs, we have little to report. There is a continued depression in business, owing to the uncertainties occasioned by the intel ligence from E uro p e . C oa l s h ave sold during tue week at 655., and even 70s. p er t on. The pr i ce f brown rice as advanced, and is not attainable der 225. 6d. per bag. Importations of white rice have caused as apparent decline from our former quotations, but they were almost nominal, and map now be taken as se lli ng at 30s. per bag, with go°, inquiry. Th e co ff ee mar k et h as been badly supplie d ' owing to the loss of one of the regular Rio traders on Cape Point. Brazilian, 755. per 100 lb. g ross weight. For suga r higher prices are as k e d, bu t the demand is limit e d. I n teas, no change. ~uf timber, the only arrival has been from Bremenj 3,500 deals met a sale at sd. per running foot of t' x 9. In breadstuffs there has been an advanc e ' owing, in a great m easure, to the knowledge tinti few importations can b e expected from the Unite d States. The dema n d f or consumption in Englan d is very great, a n d th e price of wheat had advance' there very greatly. Orders for the eastward of th e ' best kinds of Cape flour are in course of execution. Exchange on England has advanced, owing to th e pressure on th e E ng li sh money-market, and mini"; tances were rather heavily made by the last inst. Inal,`; " Her Majest y s SimonsSimons steamer Moha w k l e ft Si Bay on th e 2d for St. Helena, Ascension, en England, taking a mail for these places. " Her Majesty's steamer, Perseverance has re turned fro m N atal, where she had been to lay' troops. She has since gone to Algoa B a y to ern' bark a d e t ac h ment of some regiment about to removed from the frontier. " The departures from Algoa Bay include th e clipper barque Arid, for London, on the 19th Jun with a l arge cargo of wool, &e., viz.-1,055 bales wool and 326 ox an d cow horns, the value of w hich is estimated at £20,000. Among the passenger by the Arid were Lieut. Jackson (52d Regimen t) and M r . J. Blackbur n . The barque Sunshin e, Capt. W. W a t son, also cleared on the 14th of Ju ne d for Am s t er d am, with a cargo consisting of 9v„ bales wool, valued at £17,000; the brig E ra : peror, C a pt a i n D enn i son, on the 20th of Ju.ilc, with the following cargo of wool, hides, 8 .: 0 - • 769 bales wool, 169 bun Iles hides, 14 bundles sbeq and goat skins, 2,884 horns, valued at between £14,000 and £15,000," ... I ,