The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-01 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA EDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING, 13 INORA H. Messrs. Santley, H Corri, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, TWA wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. - . DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Levine, Pasquale, Pier- Ton, and Mons. Vandris. Commence at 8 o'clock. T HEAT RE-8.0 YA.L, HAYMAKKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. Ting FITTINING the performances will commence with THE ROAD TO RUIN. Mr. C. Mathews. And PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Lessee, Mr. A. Tfarris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commenoe with LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. After which, PUSS ; or, Metempysychosis. Miss L. Keeley. And LOVE AND FORTUNE. To conclude with THE TWO POLTS. THEA rt(l4: - AL, ADP:LPL - LI: N Sole Proprietor and llanazer. Mr. Beni. Weboter. THIS EVENING, to commence with GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrs..-T. L. Toole, Billington,Eburne, More land, Powell, and Miss Woolgar. After which (by desire), ONE TOUCU OF NATURE. Messrs. B. WelAter, Bil'ington, Moreland, Miss H. Simms. Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. Paul Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw. Doors open at half-pa9t six—Commence at seven. Box () lice open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing scats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment arc strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King 7 street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. THIS EVENING, Poole's comedy, THEY'RE BOTH TO BLANK. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Cane ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson. After which, the new Comedietta, entitled CUPID'S LADDER. Reuben, Miss Lydia Thompson. Followed by MAGIC TOYS, support d by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. - - - To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L. Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINIEJS ; or the Trials of a Fond Pops. Reduced Prices--Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half past six; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanboronih THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN ZOOS. After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR; or, An other Retreat from Moscow. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. And CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Commence at 7 o'clock ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Most legitimate and perfect success of the New Historical Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., entitled GARIBALDI, and illustrating the principal (-vents in the life of that celebrated Italian General, supported by Messr. R. Phillips, Delmore, Ennis, Raymond, Miss Kate ('arson, aided by a powerful Dra matic Company, full stud of beautiful trained horses, appro priate and picturesque scenery, with great hippodramatic effects. Enthusiastic reception of the renowned Delavanti Family—Gymnasts par excellence—with Little Menoni, the 'moat wonderful Juvenile Equestrian ever known, who are re ceived each night with deafening plaudits—John Henry Cooke. the unrivalled Parisian Ma,:inet—Artistes of astound ing ability from the Continental Cirques ':hiss Emily, the most elegant rider of the day—Full troupe of Gymnastic Pro fessors, facetious Clowns, and Pierrots- -Magnificent Menage Horses and clever Dwarf Ponies - Concluding each night with THE MAN WITH THE CARPET BAG. stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips CANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING.—The Music of - Verdi's Opera o. MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con. eerts). And a Grand Se'ection from Meyerbeer's new opera of Comic Vocalists -Messrs. Georze [Tolson (the Trish Come dian and Mimic\ W. r. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interestinf; Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of halls have tom re-decorated and beautified. and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 1. THERMOMETER, IN TIIE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day at noon. BAROMErmt-28 82—A fall of half an inch since yesterday. WLND, ' South-Westerly ; fresh and fine Two o'CLocx..—We have had some showers since noon, and the wind has greatly increased—into a strong gale. In the Parks it has been blowing a hurricane, and three trees have been blown down in Kensington-gardens this day. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIB DAY.—Morning, sh. 31m.—Afternoon, sh. 53m. To-Mounow-Morning, 6h. 18m.—Afternoon, 6h. 46m. ..Y_ o ~~.au i. uqt. Ig o ~/'s~ Z~r l \=~~ tt ,r~~~~ -1 zr . • m ~1 F:i 22 . 1: 9 IT ' THE SUN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 180, The seizure of Sin Juan is an infraction of in ternational law. It is, beyond this, a violation of the rules of honour. It is a flagrant act of robbery and violence—an act justifiable upon no plea whatso ever. E :en the more rational among the Americans themselves are beginning to recognise the monstrous injustice and insolence of the whole proceeding. General HARNEY'S own officers are among the number of those who reprehend the outrage, upon the perpetration of which he adventured (appa rently without instructions or authorisation of any kind from Washington) in the name and on behalf of the United States' Government. Yet San Juan is still held forcibly in possession of the American soldiers, to the number of seven hundred. The island, which is admirably situated about mid-channel between Vancouver and the mainland of the North American continent, is won fully well adapted for the purposes of a permanent and powerful cluster of fortifications. It is not only admirably situated, but it is lofty, and in many respects capable of being transformed into the Gibraltar of the Pacific. Let us but yield quietly possession of San Juan to the Americans, and allow them to fortify it scientifically, and we may just as well, with a good grace, make the United States forthwith a present of our grand new Colony of British Columbia. It is simply absurd to dream for an instant of any British Minis try tolerating the perpetration, with im punity, of outrages so monstrous in themselves, and so directly calculated to lower the prestige of England, and to degrade her in the estima- Lion of the world. Our submission to the seizure of a little island like that of San Juan, en island in regard to which we have all along made direct claims of sovereignty, would be worse in one re spect even than the loss of a pitched battle. A dis comfiture upon the battle-field might simply be the result of bad generalship. The craven toleration of a buccaneering crime like the seizure of San Juan, would, on the contrary, however, imply before the whot world an abasement of the national character. Itwonld be as pernicious, almost we had said as fatal, to our influence among gie powers of the earth, as in Mr.Bualies estimation when the Royal Guard's unresenting view of the insults offered to the fair Queen MAEIE ANTOINETTE implied tho ex tinction among them of the loftier impulses of chivalry. Time has been, heretofore, as far back as history can penetrate into the past deeds of this great Anglo-Saxon race, when the sword of the nation would leap from its scabbard invariably at the first hint of an outrage affecting the honoui of the Crown. But it is impossible to suppose, seri ously, for an instant, that the seizure of San Juan can be accepted as ten fait accompli even by Lord PALMERSTON'S Government. It is true that the former Cabinet, presided o ver by the Noble Viscount, allowe d those two poor English engineers to languish for months in the Neapolitan dungeons, to languish there so long that madness and an attempt at suicide (happily not successful) were among the consequences. But we recoil from accepting that lamentable incident so far as a prec edent, that we should be disposed to regard in any way as a probability the submission of Lord PALMERSTON'S Government to the insolent seizure of San Juan by the American soldiers. Our prestige has been tco painfully depreciated already elsewhere* to adiiiit of our c i as , "1"4• tolerating the calm accomplishment of flagrant robbery by the United States troops—no matter whether those troops acted with or without the authorisation of the Government at Washington. We have already to carry retribution to the Chinese for their criminal and dastardly re pulse of our gunboats under the fortifications of Taku. A deplorable reminder of which, as yet unexpiated act of treachery, has but this day come to us• in the long catalogue of our gallant tars wounded upon the shallow current or the mud banks of the Peiho by that infamous ambuscade. And now it remains to us to look well to it— that the bloodless, but criminal and insulting outrage, perpetrated by the troops of General HARNEY shall be obliterated from remembrance by the only course of proceeding that can possibly obliterate it—namely, by our insisting, as a sine qua non, that—first of all the island of San Juan shall be evacuated by the 700 American soldiers now illegally there; secondly, that the squatter population shall be utterly dispersed ; thirdly, that the fortifications run up there since the recent date of the robbery shall be razed to the ground : and then, finally, when all this has been accomplished, that the rival claims to sovereignty of this long-disputed island, or rather group of islands, shall be settled quietly by arbitration be tween a new set of Commissioners. Every one appears to be more or less alive to the portents—evidencing in a hundred different direc tions the imminence of some great emergency. Who has not called of late upon the patriotism of England to Beware ? The signal has been sounded north, south, east, and west, throughout the length and breadth of these populous and thriving islands. The tocsin of preparation has been rung hither and thither in the columns of the Press, and within the walls of Parliament. The most venerable, the most wise, the most eloquent and the most prudent of our statesmen have appealed in impassioned accents and with irresistible logic to the civism and loyalty of the population. The aged ex-Chancellor i LYNDHURST has again and again in- ' sisted upon the necessity of our taking warlike precautions as a rational race of freemen who have sacred rights as well as incalculable wealth to preserve. His learned and illustrious compeer, like himself more than an octagenarian, has pointed the same moral and adorned the same tale by his moving and powerful apologue of the Tempter with the Laurel, and the Apple of Discord preparing to foment a deadly strife between France and England. This morning another veteran man of genius has urged upon the nation the imperative need of preparing for the worst possibility. Sir W. NAPIER has written pertinently upon the subject of our rifle volunteers, and upon the more than advisability of their being drilled in the defence of houses, canals, and bridges, in the event of their having ultimately to encounter as sharpshooters the forces of some vast invading army. Mean while, thanks to the "doing," instead of merely "talking," of the DERBY Administration—thanks to the clear common sense and resolute determina tion of Lord DERBY'S First Lord of the Admiralty —we have now what we should certainly not have had but for that, a . Channel fleet and an adequate fleet in the Mediterranean. So much for the steps already taken towards the comprehensive recon struction of our old immemorial " wooden walls " walls for the most part nowa days not wooden, being chiefly composed of iron, impelled by steam instead of sails, acting principally through the screw propeller instead of the old fashioned paddlewheel. And while we have thus had our external defences already seriously cared fur, we have not been inactive in regard to the reorganisation of our militia corps, our yeomanry cavalry, oar land batteries, and our multiplying and still multiplying bodies of skilled and drilled riflemen. There has been a great deal of talk no doubt about our defensive armaments and the reason for them. But besides the mere talk and writing, there has been a good deal of well-directed action likewise. Of this the records of the Board of Admiralty afford a striking illustration, together with those also of the Horse Guards and o rthe Ordnance Department. Certainly, if Forewarned, as the proverb says, is Forearmed— England is by this time armed to the teeth, armed cap-A-pie, sword on thigh, gun cocked, bayonet bristling. For during now considerably more than a year and a day we have heard little else than the ring of the note of preparation. And bearing in mind what it is we have to def end, there can be assuredly but small marvel at this—particularly when the warlike strength and efficiency of our nearest neighbour is borne in recollection. A couple of hours' steaming has permanently bridged over the narrow span of the waters of the Channel. Vessels of war, thanks to the steam engine and the screw propeller, are altogether independent of wind and tide. France never hadsuch a naval armament as that which now lies ready for action in her sea ports and dockyards. This already formidable maritime force she is still increasing and increasing for no visible purpose whatever unless it be for the subjugation, if possible, at any rate, the attempted subjugation, of some other great naval power. Together with which threaten ing reserve force, has she not an army second to none in the whole world—an army, moreover, just now covered thick with freshly-culled laurels, and flushed with a series of recent victories ? Supreme at the head of that vast and heroic army, with all his marshals around him, ready for any ex ploit he may deem advisable, the most inscru table and daring intellect of our age, a man who has for twelve years past shown his astuteness and capacity as a ruler of thirty-six millions, a man who has more recently and within the brief compass of one rapid and masterly campaign attested his 1 genius as a military Commander-in-Chief With all these warning words and deeds glaring -upon our recognition wherever we look, we cannot surely—surely we cannot here in England sink back again very easily into our old apathy or indifference ? Heaven defend us from doing so! GOD defend us from a relapse so suicidal and dis astrous ! Saying which from our hearts's core, are we not heartened to new efforts by the thought that GOD helps those who help them selves The Prince Nicolas and the Princess Eugenie of Leuchtenberg, accompanied by the Countess Tolstoy ard. Colonel Rehbinder, have arrived at Claridge's llotel. The Duke of Newcastle left town on Saturday evening for his seat, Clumler Park, Notts. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes terday for Cambridge. The Right lion. T. Milner Gibson has left town for his seat, Theberton House, Suffolk. The Hon. W. E. Duncombe, M.P., and Mrs. Duneombe have left Farranee's Hotel, Belgravia, for Leases, Bedale, Yorkshire. The Dean of Worcester and Mrs. Peel have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, from Waresley House; near Stourport. Mr. 'Henry E. Baring, M.P., and Mrs. Baring have returned to Farranee's Hotel, Belgravia, from visiting in the north. Mons. de Sabouroff, Attaebe to the Russian Legation, has arrived at Wallace's Hotel. DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN CHEAPSIDE.— On Satur day morning a public drinking fountain was unveiled in Bow-churchyard, Cheapside. The fountain, which is ele gant and elaborate, and of solid granite, is the gift of Messrs. Moore, Groucock, and Co., the eminent lace mer chants of the City, In addition to the fountain dog troughs are provided, row. THE SUR, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1859, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TUMN, OCT. 31. The Piedmontese Gazette of to-day publishes the new provincial communal act. The object of this act is to create a system of centralisation in the political machinery of the Government, and to de centralise in matters of administration. In all parts of the State the communal franchise will be increased. The new kingdom will be divided into 17 provinces. A governor will be placed at the head of each province, with a Government council. The governor will represent the executive power. The same official journal publishes another de cree, regulating the terms upon which the new loan is to be effected—namely, by authorising the sale of four millions of Rente, by public subscrip tion, to bear interest from the Ist of January, 1860. The issue prices will shortly be fixed. The National Bank will . resume cash payments, on presentation of its bank notes, on the Ist of November. MARSEILLES, OCT. 31. Advices have been received from Naples to the 27th ult. General Filanghieri has resumed again the direction of the Ministry of War. The full strength of the army of the Abruzzi has been made, up, and has been provisioned. The said army re tains its character of a corps of observation. Letters from Sicily state that disturbances still continue there, but they are of little importance. Secret agents maintain the agitation. A general feeling of uneasiness pervades the public mind, caused by various kinds of apprehensions. ORAN, OCT. 25. Beni Suassen having received strong reinforce ments, commenced hostilities on the 17th ult., by a well-sustained musketry fire, but he did not dare to approach our frontier. PARIS, OCT. 31. Letters from Madrid state that Marshal O'Don nell will take his departure from Madrid to-mor- Offensive operations against Morocco will com: mence on the 7th or Bth November. General Zabala will take the command-in-chief of the army until the arrival of the Count de Lucena. MADRID, OCT. 29. Generals Olano, Teron, and Quesada leave this evening for Algesiras. BERNE, OCT. 31. Count Kraolyi, the first Austrian Plenipoten tiary, has arrived here to-day. It is stated that the Congress will soon com mence its labours. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, 12.15 P.M. The Bourse continues quiet, but the opening prices of the funds show a material improvement. Rentes, G9f. 55c. - 3.30 P.M. A further rise has taken place, and Rentes close at 69f. 75c., or 1, per cent. above Saturday's price. Railway shares have also risen several francs. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 29. The Vienna Presse thus confirms the information relative to the formation of a committee for ex amining into the state of the finances : "It is affirmed that an Enquete Commission' (Committee of Inquiry) will be formed of a certain number of freely elected representatives of the com mercial and industrial world of Vienna, and of two members of the Supreme Court of Justice (Cour de Cassation). It will be the duty of this Committee to examine minutely into the state of the finances in general, and to suggest means for removing the existing evils. As there is at present no corporate body in existence which could exercise an effective control over the annual Budget, each separate article in it will be examined by the Council of the Empire, which will be reinforced by a certain number of finance notables, before it is submitted to the Emperor for his sanction. Both of these arrangements will shortly be officially communicated to the public, and at the same time an unreserved statement made of the reasons which induc e d th e Mi n i s t er o f Finance, to emit obligations for 111,000,000f1. in excess of the fixed maximum of the National Loan. By these means this last-mentioned affair will be brought to a conclusion (zuni Abschluss gebracht), and Baron Bruck will remain in office." The Committee of Inquiry may perhaps satisfy the public for a time, but the Council of the Em pire is in such disrepute that its control over the budget will be considered equivalent to none at all. Baron Bruck's explanatory statement must ne cessarily be a failure, as it is impossible to find any valid excuse for such a gross breach of good faith as that of which he has been guilty. The Dutch, the great holders of Austrian stock, have hitherto given but few orders to sell, but the Frankfort and Prussian capitalists have recently sold National Loan and Metalliques to a very large amount. National, which bears 5 per cent. nominally payable in silver, was at 75 yesterday, and its coupons were quoted at 18 per cent. premium. Baron Bruck avers that the finances of Austria will be in order within five years if Austria is not involved in a war, but no one is inclined to attach any im portance to his assertion. The yearly deficit is a cancer which is preying on the vitals of the land, and the State must become bankrupt if the annual expenditure is not at once greatly reduced. All the measures hitherto taken for restoring order to the finances have been mere palliatives, and the Committee of Inquiry is likely to find that things are even worse than they arc supposed to be. Attempts have recently been made to get rid of that part of the loan—some 40,0005. —which was not taken in England last year, but the German capitalists are disinclined to have any. thing to do with the Austrian Finance Depart ment. It is not probable that an offensive and defensive treaty of alliance was concluded between Russia and Prussia at Breslau, but it is certain that a perfect understanding has been established between the Emperor Alexander and the Prince Regent of Prussia. Their object is to maintain the peace of Europe, or rather -to avoid getting involved in a quarrel with any of the other great Powers. Both Russia and Prussia will advocate the cause of the lawful Sovereigns of the Italian Duchies, but they will protest against any active intervention in their behalf. Lord John Russell's speech at Aberdeen produced a bad impression both at St. Petersburg and Berlin, as neither the Emperor Alexander nor the Prince Regent is a great admirer of the doctrine that the people have a right to depose their rulers and elect new ones. The Tuscan deputation to Prussia only had a private audience of M. von Schleinitz, who did not receive it quite so cordially as has been represented. When one of the speakers observed that the Grand Duke Ferdi• nand was not a legitimate ruler, inasmuch as he was not of a Tuscan family, the Prussian statesman quietly reminded him that the reigning Prussian family had its origin in the Principality of Hohen zollern. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. A new comedietta was produced at this attrac tive little theatre on Saturday night, which has been adapted from the French by Mr. Leices ter Buckingham. The piece gives very plain evidence of its Gallic origin, and the plot is certainly neither remarkable for probability nor elegance. It is called " Cupid's Ladder," and shows us how a youn g peasant, Reuben (Miss Lydia Thompson) arrives at wealth and dignity by means of a series of very impertinent love makings. However the spirited acting of Miss Thompson as the young adventurer gave zest to the piece, and the absurdity of some of the situations and incidents seemed to afford much amusement to the audience. The piece was very welt received, and may be con sidered an undoubted success. It was preceded by Poole's comedy of " They're both to blame,' in which Mr. Leigh Murray andMrs.FrankMatthews acquitted themselves very ably in the arduous parts of Mr. and Mrs. Dangleton. After the new comedietta, the little piece of " Magic Toys," was produced, in. which 'Hiss Thompsim's admirable dancing elicited warm applause. Tier " Sailor's Hornpipe" was full of spirit, and the " Shadow Dance" was very effective. The house was well attended, and the audience appeared highly grati fied by the evening's entertainment. VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA. —Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frede rick William of Prussia, according to present arrangements, will arrive at Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort on Friday or Saturday next. The infant Prince Frederick William Victor Albert will not accompany his illustrious parents, it being the law in Prussia that the hair apparent shall not leave the country without the per mission of the Diet. FESTIVITIES AT KNOWSLEY. The Earl and Countess of Derby are dispensing their hospitality at Knowsley Park, Lancashire, to a distinguished circle of friends. The party assembled on Friday last, and includes the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl and Countess of Hard wicke and Ladies Yorke,Viscount Grey de Wilton, Lord Ravensworth, Lord and Lady Chelms ford and Hon. Miss Thesiger, the Right Hon. Sir John Takington, Bart., M.P., and Lady Pakington, the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraelio Sir W. H. Joliffe, M.P., and Misses Joliffe, Hon. Frederic Lygon, M.P., and Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P., exclu sive of the family circle. Major-General J. Feel was among the guests of the noble earl and countess, but immediately on the receipt of the intelligence of the sudden death of Lady Peel. widow of his illustrious brother, the gallant general took his departure for the metropolis. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P., arrived at Manchester yesterday from Knowsley-hall, the seat of the Earl of Derby, and is the guest of Sir James Watts, at Abney-hall. The right hon. gentleman is, to preside this evening at a meeting, in the Free Trade Hall, of delegates and friends of the Lancashire and Cheshire Institutional Association (comprising 105 mechanics' and literary insti tuions), and to distribute the annual prizes awarded to various members. The contract for the new drop and fortifications at the Dover Heights is taken by Messrs. Stiff and Richard. son, who commenced operations on Thursday morning ; the cost of which, we, understand, will amount to between £lO,OOO and £20,000. This portion of the work is to be completed by the 31st of March. The Dublin Evening Mail states that the Lords of the Admiralty have intimated to Captain M'Clintock that her Majesty, in consideration of the brilliant success by which his late expedition to the Arctic regions was at tended, has been pleased to order that from April, 1857, to Sept., 1859, during which time he was in command of the yacht Fox, shall count to him as sea time. This favour can only be granted by the sovereign, and is rarely exer cised. THE GREAT EASTERN. The Liverpool Daily Post states that the Great Eastern sails to-day (Tuesday) for Southampton ; that Mr. Scott Russell is to be entirely dispensed with, and the whole direction committed to Mr. Bold, of Liverpool; and that £to,ooo has been placed at that gentleman's disposal to complete the ship as speedily as possible. It is further stated that in the spring the vessel will come to Liverpool. THE TEMPLE GARDENS.—The show of chrysan themums in the two Temple Gardens is now open to the public (free) every day from nine till dusk. Visitors are respectfully invited to an inspection of the extraordinary collection of pompones, a dwarf variety of this beautiful Autumn flower, in the garden of the Middle Temple ; the entrance to this garden is from the broad flight of steps in front of the fountain within a few minutes' walk of the larger garden, and near Essex-street. SUDDEN DEATH.—Captain Pierce, master of the Baron 'Osy steamer, trading between London and Antwerp, died suddetily at his residence, at Greenwich, on Saturday last. He was in the act of dressing himself to come up to London to clear his ship from the Customs, when he sud denly fell down and expired. SERIOUS ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, while the City Artillery Cora was marching down Holborn-hill, one of thehorses standing at the adjacent cab-stand, startled by the music of the band, and the driver being absent from his head, rushed off at a headlong rate down the hill, coming in contact with a cart containing a man and two boys, all of whom were thrown by the shock and more or less severely injured. The horse in the cart was killed. SPORTING IN THE ISLAND OF ARRAN.—The Duke of Hamilton left Arran on Thursday week, after a very suc cessful campaign on the moors—so much so that his Grace intends to return about the end of November for black game and woodcock shooting. The duke has resolved to put down the rabbit nuisance. The following is the list of the game killed in Arran by the duke and party from the 22d of August till the 20th of October , last :—Grouse, 916 brace ; black game, 179 brace ; partridges, 102 brace ; pheasants, 21 brace ; hares, 129. Total number of head, 2,s2l.—Glasgow Herald. • Bit. LIVINGSTONE AND THE MISSIONARY EXPE- DrnoNs.—Since the last mail, by which letters were re ceived from Dr. Livingstone announcing the discovery of Lake Shirwa (20 or 30 miles wide and 50 or 60 long), no further intelligence has reached us from the Zambesi. A letter from Kuruman, however, mentions that the venerable missionary, Robert Moffatt, had left that station for Mosele katze's country twelve days before, and news had been re ceived from him down to the 9th August from Sieklao•oli, which he and his companion, Mr. Sykes, had reached, after a journey distinguished by the greatest privations in con • sequence of the want of water. They had pursued the tract of the other t vvo parties who had preceded them, but had not met with any natives who had seen theni. There were reports (according to the Argus) that hostilities were imminent between the Matabeles and the Batnano• b watos, and that Pretorius had advised Sechele not to allow Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and Dr. Palgyaye to pass his territory, as they had three cannons in their waggon for Moselekatze. —Cape and Natal Neu's. COMMISSION OF LUNACY UPON A CLERGYMAN.— A commission was opened yesterday morning at the Horns Tavern, ,Kennington, before Mr. Barlow, Master in Lunacy, and a special jury, to inquire into the state of mind of the Rev. Stephen Lewis Woodcock, a clergyman of the Established Church. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., Mr. Robinson, and M:. Morris appeared for the petitioner; and Mr. Sergeant Slice and Mr. C. Merewether on behalf of the alleged lunatic. Mr. Woodcock was present during the early part of the proceedings,. but his interruptions wsre so frequent, and his whole conduct so extraordinary, . that it was deemed desirable to remove him, and he was accordingly taken back to Bethlehem Hospital in a cab. It appeared from tho statement of the learned counsel, and the evidence of the witnesses called, that Mr. Woodcock obtained his degree at Oxford in 1825, and acted as curate for some 25 years, when it became necessary to place him in an asylum for lunatics at Clapton. He had be come entitled to an annuity of L2OO a year, which was vested in trustees on his behalf. A commission of lunacy was sued out in 1848, but the decision was in favour of the rev. gentleman's sanity. Upon being released, he squandered his money, and went about in rags. He then went to Bucks, and lived on the charity of friends, and from the year 1845 to 1855 he hdd been confined in various gaols of this coun try, and in the Queen's Prison for debt. On two several occasions while in the Queen's Bench, he said the Irvingites had such control over him, that he had the power to stop the Queen in the street, and knock her on the head. There being no doubt of his insanity in the minds of the officials, he was removed from the Queen's Bench prison to Bethle hem under an order of the Secretary of State. When at liberty, the unfortunate man had beenin the habit of going about in a very ragged and dirty state—carrying undressed fish, pieces of mouldy bread, and such like in his hat; and his conduct generally was such as to lead to the supposition that he was of unsound mind, and the medical witnesses called gave it as their opinion that this was the fact. The inquiry lasted seven hours, and was adjourned for the pro duction of further evidence. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.— During the past ten days the north of Scotland has been visited by storms of snow, wind, and rain of such seve-rity as is but rarely experienced at this period of the year. Up to the 21st ult. the weather had been comparatively fine. On the morning of that day, however, snow began to fall very heavily, and by night it lay in many places six or eight inches deep. This was succeeded by a keen frost and further snow, and the severity of the weather may in some measure be calculated from the fact that two men in their prime, but who had occasion to be travelling in the night-time, perished in the storm—the one in Banffshire, the other in Aberdeenshire. On Wednesday, the 26th, the snow changed into a perfect hurricanee of rain and wind, and accompanied, we regret to say, with further loss of life. The foll%wing lamentable occurrence took place on Wednesday evening, near Aberdeen :—Mr. Cooper, far mer, Strathern, Logie-Elphinstone, was returning from a sale with a neighly.auring farmer, Mr. Booth. On their way they were joined by Mr. Fawns, cattle dealer, Brechin, and three friends rode together in Mr. Cooper's gig. Be ween the turnpike road and the farm of Strathern they had to ford the Ury, which in its usual state is there a plea sant stream, some seven or eight yards in width. The tremendous rain throughout the day, however, had swollen it to a perfect torrent. The hour being about eight at night, darkness prevented the state of the stream being seen, and, unfortunately, danger had not been suspected before entering it. The gig had not advanced far in the water, however, before Mr. Cooper, perceiving their posi tion, got alarmed, and exclaimed that they would_ be all drowned. Mr. Fawns, who at this moment sat with Mr. Booth on his knee, called out to the other two gentlemen to hold on by the gig, if possible. lie had scarcely spoken when the gig was swept down the current and overturned. Mr. Fawns, tho Ugh encumbered with a waterproof over coat, by great exertions managed to reach the further bank of the river by swimming, but the others had disappeared at once, and were never seen again alive. Their bodies were found next morning a long way down the river. The horse and gig had also been carried down a considerable distance by the current, and when seen the animal had shared the same fate as his roaster. The wind and rain were still con tinuing with great violence up to Sunday morning, when our parcel left. No vessels were attempting to leave the harbour of Aberdeen. Rain to the depth of several inches had fallen every day and night.. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated the 27th of October, :acs "The chief topic of discussion in political circles and in the press continues to be the recent meeting at Breslav and its political consequences. I am enabled to state that all the great political ques tions of the day were discussed by the two august personages and by their Ministers, and that an agreement has been come to between the two Powers on principles and facts, and henceforth the two Cabinets will follow an identical, if not a collective line of policy, on all the great questions of the day. " It is not likely that this agreement has been put to paper in the shape of a convention, nor is it a coalition againct any other Power—not even against Austria, but it is a guarantee for peace, the conciliation of conflicting interests, and the most satisfactory solution possible of the questions of the day. "The absence of Austria at the Breslau interview is a fact the importance of which cannot be over looked. The policy which has been sanctioned at Breslau is not a policy hostile to Austria, but it raises a barrier against the aspirations of the Vienna Cabinet, which it will not attempt to overthrow. It is a last warning to the Court of Vienna to cease its fluctuations and hesitations, to avoid the risk-of being completely isolated, by assimilating her views with those which animate the majority of the European Powers. The internal condition of the Austrian empire is too intimately connected with her political relations to allow the Court of Vienna to hesitate much longer_in declaring the course she intends to follow. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Liverpool and New York Screw Steamship Company's screw steamer, City of Manchester, Captain Kennedy, arrived in the Mersey yesterday afternoon from New York. As she left that port on the 15th, her general news has been antici pated ; but she brings 355,815 dols. and £550 in specie on freight, and 142 passengers, of whom about 30 were landed at Queenstown. On the 21st, at 5 p.m., in lat. 49 N., long. 47 W., the City of Manchester passed the Royal Mail steamship Persia, bound west ; on the 26th, at 5 p.m., in lat. 52 N., long., 25 W., signalled the Royal Mail steamer America, bound west. WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. The La Plata, Captain Weller, arrived to-night, with the West India mails, 96 passengers, and neatly 2,000,000 dols. in specie. She has had 15 deaths from yellow fever on the voyage, and several more persons are dangerously ill. The news from the islands is devoid of import ance. The following is a summary of the intelli gence from the Pacific States : CHlLL—Dates from Valparaiso are to 15th September. The papers contain very little news of interest. The alarm caused by the attempts to disturb the peace, as recorded in our last advices, had subsided, and no further revolutionary move ment had taken place ; the country is quiet. The persons implicated in the late enzeutes were ar rested, and the Mercurio tells us that they are now at liberty. _ _ Preparations are being made for the national festivities of September, during which all Chili makes holiday for a week. The expedition against the Araucanian Indians is being prepared; it is to consist of 2,000 men; its object is to chastise the Indians for their late depredations, and to take possession of the territory they occupy in the new province formed in the South, the boundary of which is the river Imperial. The reports of the Indian aggressions are said to have been much exaggerated. On the Bth the continuation of the Santiago and Valparaiso Railroad was inaugurated at Quillotta, with the usual ceremonies. At Talcahuano news had been received that the Indians had retired into the interior, much alarmed at the proposed Government expedition. A cor respondent, however, writing from Nacimiento, says that San Carlos, Santa Barbara, and Angeles were threatened with fire by the Indians. The island of Vergara has been completely deserted by the population. Ten thousand persons had left, and the Indians were in entire possession. The accounts from the m'ning districts of Copiapo are most favourable. The mines at Tres Puntas are yielding well, and at Chanarcillo the amount of ore extracted has much increased. PERU.—We have files of the Comercio to the 28th September. They contain but very little news, and, as usual, no notice of the political state of the country, or of its relation with Ecuador or Bolivia. On the 26th, the forces, said to be for Ecuador, but supposed to be intended to operate against Bolivia, commenced to embark at Callao. The transport fleet consists of nine vessels, and the army numbers 4,060, not including officers or staff. A number of pieces of artillery have been embarked. Sir Edward Cullen, known from his connexion with the Darien Ship Canal scheme, has applied to the Government, through the Peruvian Minister in Bogota, for permission to introduce 25,000 Irish immigrants into Peru, each person over 16 years of age to receive a certain portion of land in some part of the republic, 4,000 feet above the level of the sea. The Minister, under date of August 27, accepts the proposition, and authorises the Peruvian Minister in London to make the necessary contracts for the passage out of the immigrants. The bronze statue of Bolivar, intended to be placed in some public locality in Lima, had arrived from England in the barque Vicar of Bray. A writer in the Contercio, of Lima, says that the price of living has doubled in Peru since 1850. Dates from Cerro de Pasco to Sept. 19th state the price of plata pena to be 11 dols. 4c. per mare. Quicksilver, 130 dols. per 1001bs. - President Castilla has organised a typographical corps to accompany the army, consisting of one ad ministrador, at 100 dols. a month; one foreman compositor, at 100 dols. ; two compositors, g 5 dols. ; one pressman, 85 dols.; and one assistant ditto, 50 dols. ECUADOR.—The latest papers we have received from Guayaquil are to Sept. 29, and from Quito to Sept. 5. The C'ornercio, of. Lima, Sept. 20th, says that President Robles arrived from Quito at Guayaquil, and had an interview with General Franco, in which he agreed to leave the country and go to IPunta Espanola, receiving 8,000 dols. for his ex penses. Insteld, however, of going to the place named, he disembarked at Malacha, with the intention of going into the interior. On the departure of Robles from Guayaquil, General Franco was declared " Jefe Supremo" of the nation. Senor Garcia Moreno changed from the Callao to the Ucayali, in which vessel he went to Paita, and there secretly went on board a schooner, which im mediately weighed anchor. It is said that the schooner had 400 muskets with munitions on board, and that Moreno purposed landing on the coast of Esmeraldas. On the 24th the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company's steamer Lima, from the South Coast, arrived at Callao, with General Robles, bound on his way to Valparaiso. The Comercio of the 24th says that when Robles heard in Quito of the ar mistice he left immediately for Guayaquil, but hav ing heard on the road of the terms upon which it was concluded, he considered it dishonourable to accept them, and resigned the supreme command to Senor Cation, the Vice-President. In the mean time the Provisional Government was recognised in Quito. The elect ion was regularly made, Gen. Franco obtaining 161 votes and the Governor of Quito 160. In the provinces the votes were pretty equally divided between the two parties. The army at Cuenca had pronounced for General Franco; and General Urbina remained at Guaya quil, according to scme on terms with General Franco, and according to others about to leave for. Europe. It was said that Franco was disposed to arrange matters with Peru, but that he would re sist if Guayaquil was invaded by Peruvian forces. NAVAL CADETS.—By a recent regulation made by the Board of Admiralty, no parson, after the Ist of April next will be nominated to a naval cadetship who shall bz. under 12 or above 14 years of age at the time of his first examination. The examination days are fixed for the first Wednesdays in the months of March, June, Sep tember, and December. • EMBEZZLEMENT OF £23o.—At the Leeds sessions on Friday William Grcaves Chadwick, lately an outdoor collector in the employ of the North-Eastern Railway, was found guilty of embezzling £230, the moneys of the com pany, and - sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. LITERA2'URE. Bentley Priory. By Mrs. Hastings Parker. Three I vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a most amusing work, which can hardly fail to meet with-the approval of those who desire a really domestic story. There have been so many strange theories and extraordinary statements in troduced of late in to the pages of novels that it is rather a relief to peruse a tale like 'the present. The authoress has exhibited great skill in her delineation of character and' her descriptions of events. Emily Morton is a charming maiden, pos sessed of many admirable qualities, although her position militated considerably against her improve ment mentally or morally, and diminished the exercise of her naturally good intentions. 'She was one of the fortunate few who escaped. any very serious consequences as the ultimate result of her unfortunate entanglements. Blanche Thornham is of a very different character, but her innate qualities were also excellent, though she distin guished her conduct generally by frivolity and dis play. It is in the portraiture of Mandeville, how ever, that the greatest success is achieved by the authoress. He is very ably depicted as a heartless man who trifles with the feelings of others to suit his views and attain his own ends of amusement. It is true that he was, after his own fashion, attached to Emily; but if he had been actuated by real affection, he would not have shown such atten tion to Blanche on every occasion. It would be well if more of the infatuated ladies who are attracted by the fascinations of such men as Mande ville had the sense, like Blanche and Emily, to conquer their own weaknesses, and turn their thoughts to others more worthy of admiration, and more calculated to prove faithful in the vicissitudes of life. Mrs. Thornham and Mrs. Morton are likely sketches of worldly mothrrs, each toiling and striving in her different way, for the further ance of her own peculiar designs as to the advance ment of her daughter in the world by a prosperous marriage. The sad events that occurred towards the close of the Mortons' visit to Italy are very ingeniously detailed, and the happiness of Emily Morton's life seemed again about to be shipwrecked by an unforeseen calamity, and one which appeared to be perfectly irremediable. Altogether " Bentley Priory" may be considered an acquisition to novel readers, from its , brillant descriptions, sparkling style, and interesting story. It is also, although an entertaining book, not without a purpose, and some of the follies of fashionable life, whose conse quences are most serious, are here vividly fore shadowed. The authoress may therefore be con gratulated on her present attempt; for, without any pretensions to rank among the first order of novels, her production is distinguished for its skill and intelligence, Erin-go-Brogh ; or, Irish' life Pictures. By W. H. Maxwell, author of " Stories of Waterloo." 2 vols. Bentley. It is with some disappointment that the ad mirers of Mr. Maxwell's sparkling and stirring pages will peruse volumes which, are certainly scarcely worthy of the author of " Stories of Waterloo." They refer entu ely to Irish life, and it would have been anticipated that few could do more justice to the fun and frolic, the wit and pathos of the in habitants of the Emerald Isle. We regret to find 'throughout a great part of the first volume, more especially, a tameness of incident, and a vulgarity of style, whose coarseness is seldom redeemed by the national wit. There are some scenes and sketches of a higher character, and some readers may find sufficient entertainment to make them overlook deficiencies and drawbacks, but the general tenour of the work is scarcely what might have been anti cipated from Mr. Maxwell's reputation, and Dr. Maginn's introductory eulogium. The stories and sketches which compose these volumes originally appeared in the pages of a popular periodical, and are consequently not introduced to the public for the first time. It may be presumed that their reception was sufficiently favourable to authorise their re-appearance in a connected form. Of the general style of Mixwell's writings, and of his own personal career, the brilliant pen of Dr. Maginn gives the following sletch : "Heis of soldier-romance-mongers the first. Mind, we are not going to disparage Gleig of the Subaltern,' Hamil ton of Cyril Thornton,' or any of the other gentlemen who have turned the sword not into a ploughshare, but into as hard-working an instrument—a pen ; but among rollicking describers of fights, campaigns, sieges, carousings, rioting,s, love-makings, and all other matters connected with the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war, he decidedly bears off the ball. He does not venture at long set stories, decked out and arrayed into all the full three-volumed dig nity of a novel—no, he flings off his tales as if they we re so many tumblers of punch, hot and strong, pleasant and heart-cheering, hastily mixed, and as hastily disposed of. It needs no particular power of critical discernment to dis cover that Maxwell's acquaintance with the scenes which he describes is anything but theoretical. In fact, though now a man of peace, he was once a man of war—a jolly grenadier in the Eighty-eighth, standing some six feet two., and coming in for a slice at the close of the Peninsular cam paigns, and taking his share at the battle of Waterloo. .But when the melancholy days of disbanding came, and fun had departed out of the world, When the army was gone, and the navy adrift, And the sailor paid of, and the soldier bereft; When half-pay to the captain poor cheer did afford, And the Duke was no more than a Government lord, as a brother Connaught Ranger sings, then adopting Sir Walter Raleigh's motto, Tam Marti, quam Mercurio, find ing. that Mars was gone, h e applied himself to the .god of eloquence and persuasion, turned his military cloak into a surplice, - gave up the charges of the Duke of Wellington for those of the Archbishop of Tuam, abandoned the Arti cles of War for the Articles of the Church, and, unwilling to leave the service altogether, took to the service of the Liturgy. He then became Prebendary of Balha—still a see among the canons—in Tuam. That he waged war upon the devil and all his angels, most theologically, we doubt not ; but here we are recording him only as an author upon more mundane subjects. The war (we need not say what war, for this generation, and many more, will pass over before another war will turn up to p u t down that which ended at Waterloo, from its post of being the war par excellence) and Ireland are his own. "Maxwell, in his sketches of the gentlemen class of Ireland in their hours of relaxation, and in their own wild, untameable, and somewhat ferocious jollity, or violence, being of them, in blood and bone, he and his people before him for many a long day—is quite at home—not only with his own Wild Sportsman of the West, but with all that horsewhip-handling, trigger-pulling, lady-killing, claret drinking, steeple-chasing, hot-headed, puzzle-pated. tumultuous race of gentlemen, who, issuing from Ould Thrinity,' led a noisy reckless life, fearing nothing but a dun or a sheriff's officer, eternally in debt or drink, or duel ling, or all three together; usually highly bred and well travelled, almost always generous, though seldom just, un questionably brave (at least it would not have been parti cularly safe to question it), taking no wrong, and giving very little right ; governed by the most curious, and the most curiously extended, code of honour ever devised, and covering a multitude of sins by everlasting good-humour and—a pistol. These noble specimens of mankind are, alas I fast passing away before the baleful effects of civili sation, rail-roads, steam-boats, and the schoolmaster abroad—as much, we suppose, to the distaste of Maxwell, as of the late Sir Jonah Barrington. As it is fit, then, that some record of them should remain, none can supply it better than the soldier-scholar, gentleman of blood, and Irishman of birth." Among the most noticeable sketches in the volumes is that entitled, " John Campbell, the homicide," which exemplifies the old adage of "honour among thieves," and gives an insight into the curious cus toms of the country some fifty years ago. The narrator was the magistrate of a wild and lawless district, where a homicidal outlaw was the hero of the locality. The new representative of the terrors of the law used every exertion to discover the hiding-place of the criminal ; but, as he was shel tered-and abettcd by the country people, detection was difficult. The magistrate threatened the gal lows, and was in return politely informed that the sooner he ordered his coffin the better. While affairs were in this pleasant position, the magis• trate was returning home from a shooting excur sion and found his passage blocked by a swollen stream : At that moment of despondency, a human figure rose slowly over a hillock which had hitherto masked his ap proach. He was a tall, athletic fellow, wrapped in a cota more (a frieze great-coat), and, as is the prevailing custom of the peasantry in that country, provided with a trusty sapling. He made mt. a rude obeisance—said that he had observed me try vainly for a passage, and intimated, what I knew well, that one hundred yards lower down, all chance of effecting a transit would be hopeless. Night was closing fast, and every moment precious. " Mark ye that bend in tha stream ?" he said. " I see it." " That was the place where the herdsman's body floated in—him who was drowned there some fifteen years ago, Dare you venture a long leap ? or would you rather toil for six long miles over swamps and black-hass ?" " Hit or miss, we'll try the jump," said I, "and if we fail, 'tis but a swim for it." " Stoutly spoken, come on. There is the only spot," he pointed out a bending in the river, and led the way. When we reached it, I measured it with my eye. " Is that too much for you, sir ?" " Upon my word ! my friend, it will tax me hard." " It is your only chance," ho added. " Barring a slip, I think I can manage it." "If you can," and he laid emphasis on the word, " ex cept myself, "I'll call you the best jumper in Ballycroy." " We must send the gun acr.rss before 'us," said I, t.nd I prepared to throw it to the opposite side. " What !" said the stranger, " risk injury to such a p ee - ) as this?" and ho took it from me, examined the barrels, triad the action of the locks, and then expressed his admira tion. "It is, in truth, a splendid pine of workmanship. Trust it to me—we'll go in or over together. Then jump your best." " As if a bailiff were in chase—" "A mad bull behind, or Campbell the murderer—you have heard often of that scoundrel ?—at your elbow," said, he; and he smiled as he finished the sentence. " Faith I my friend, I have no fancy for an introduction to either mad bulls or murderers. I have heard of a choice between the devil and the deep sea ; and I think of the alternatives that you propound, I would prefer a set-to with the quadruped." "It would be a toss-up," returned the stranger. "So here gees—in or over !" He retired some thirty paces, seemed to collect his ener gies, made his rush and spring, and landed full three feet inside the liver bank. I had never met before a better jumper than myself, and stimulated by a suceessfal example, I screwed ray courage • to the sticking-point, made the essay, and landed in sport-. ing style. '‘ Well done I Come, sir, we'll drink ' luck' after that: I was half persuaded you would have jumped short, and ,I should have been obliged to fish you from the sheph erd corner there. After that spring, I'll back us two against any pair in Ballycory." I took the flask he offered, drank to him, a compliment he returned politely, and on we jogged at a pace that proved us both to be good mountain men. In half an hour we topped a rising ground that commanded an unbroken view of the country for miles around. " In • that direction lies your route, mine lies in this," and he What north and south. 11 " What I are we to part company ?" said I ; "and w l you refuse good 'quarters and warm welcome ? In faith my friend,.lowe you the double debt." He shook his head. 4i Come, come—the warmest corner in the lodg e is yours, and nono deserve it better." will He smiled. " Shall I speak one short sentence, and you rer eat the invitation ?" " Try me." i 4 Say, that I proved some person of whom the world spoke lightly—a deserter—or the—" " Devil, to fill the blank up," I added. "The best cheer that my poor residence affords shall still be yours." " There is your gun—and now will you repeat your Lu vitation ?' " Yes." • 4: O ne w h o h e ld y ou a t d e fi ance , now t r usts you with both rn life and liberty ; and I know you have too much man , ° to take him at advantage—John Campbell is beside yo u _ I started back a pace or two, and nev er was one of lig King's poor esquires more desperately bothered tha n PlYsie.,t " I am at your disposal," said the outlaw, with Per'vw coolness; "am I a freeman or a prisoner ?" "If you never be the latter 'till I arrest you—but Cale along, let us push homewards. Call yourself by inY naeel —priest, parson, or any craft you please—none will s yciur secret." "I will only trespass on you for this night. MY,. d r e , t i r et e . i mination is already taken. You were the only man I .4 e ' r —you pressed me hard—l know the risk I run. A' : v neck was sure of halter, mine is the ono. But lam we a n 'i, of a ruffianly existence. Will you but promise ° to week's freedom, and ere the eighth day passes, I'll swea r return, and ask you to lodge me in the gaol ?" ne—" " Upon my life, the compact will be a strange °— agreed I" -" Shall I carry the gun ?" I handed it to him, and on we jogged in perfect amity. " Know ye any of my people at the lodge ?" an " Whether I do or not, none of them will c laim acquaintance. The new polise have a faithful descripta of me, for I furnished it myself," and laughed heartT3 "By heaven ! I always fancied that you and I should Bleep friends at last. Many a good supper and sound sle.,,,QP,re owe you. Little did you imagine that when yon picking a brandered grouse in the parlour, I Was el l e' e d with grilled mutton in the servants'. hall. I, threatenibe death, and you, the gallows ; and, strange but t rue) same ink traced writis more tha once "_What a false both gang m ng y villanous establishment must be !" "No ; they are true to iou, one and all. They 0 knew right well that I would not harm you-9 11°t °II hair upon your head—could I have bought the King's Ptir don by it." The strange visitor departed early the next 1 31 ° 11F. ing, but before the expiration of the time stated Ile reappeared : °° " You see, sir," he said laughingly, " that having °l, found my way to the lodge, I am not likely to forget " I should be sorry if you did, Campbell ; and let me adds that you are more welcome than many an hnnest er would be." °T ate' He gave me a melancholy smile, and thanked we t i l e fully; even when ho laughed, there was sometlaing,,,n,A. sound that was depressing to the spirits. In the Lr' b ' ea r lands, there is a prevailing fancy that "doomed men'. and indications in their features which foretell their fate even when assuming, if he did not feel it, a mirthful Campbell's countenance exhibited an expression not t° described ; . but in effect it was absolutely heart-sinksng•no, " Well, sir, you have given the words of welcorae ts will you extend them to two others ? 1 have not return alone." bell g°i?g The announcement startled me. Was CaulP to take advantage of a trifling service, and colonise 91.„rsi micile with criminals ? He saw that I was not rall°" tified at his communication. I fear, sir, that I have trespassed too heav il y „ ; 11 / hog kindness. It may be easily remedied, however • o r li . i to a mile farther, I have a kinsman who will afford .us, want—hum ble fareand the shelter I responded,helterofther oof-trea• g be candid with you," lone , though always happy to have your company when I am in nowise ambitiou s o f ex t en di n g my vrsitiug circle to noseitur e seeds. You need not tax your Latin heavirsed construe what I mean—one gentl em an who, like Y° ll l - 01 0 has adopted the system of free-trading, is as much a t Are tolerate. In a word, who may your companions 13_,.", tifi las they, Shakspeare has it, regular clerks of Saint I'°.the —gentlemen who have discharged themselves froultho army without pay or pension—cracked a skull without power of its being repaired, er—or—" ty,' " On all these points I can plead for them a ' n ot g uil replied the fugitive. t to " Well, if they have neither given employmen ar o coroner, or called stand to l a true man, what devirs drove them in your good company to Ballycroy ?" , these "I think I might offer my security against any 0 ". ` imputed charg es . B u t s atisfy yourself, sir, for if we at ° o tb e tr, move on, the sooner we reach our night-quarters the and he called to the new corners to appear. Criminals indeed they were not—for a woman of lu i r nit to mon beauty, with a child in her arm s, the next ow stood before us. wog The outlaw's cold and daring mood instantly' Aec i changed. A deep and desponding expressions uce'7l`4; the reckless bearing his features had just now exhi bit and, with a heavy sigh, he thus continued— bli t h hapiluel ` l ` rste l he :he die with me is cast—my resolution is imrnovea ' at ' to his and oisu h l de bosom.pre r s s a e n d , hisiide Here, e c e , o e formed—and, to end a fugitive career, I risk a felon's 4 : 1° ? 0 .. n pxist n ie n ias c d c e—y s e t h r s c e h rt oe sahlelaaavrebenr centered. n , d , e a d s I c r i m trustßi n u a l t ffoo likerrthese," himself and he ;.• I s t e all mP n a that n° rj. r J o w h i John h o Camp p a g h r a d e I I + l re e s sinner em I the thrust that sped me—the ball that reached ta4 heart—would be welcomed dearly as the first confessioliteuct a woman's love. Hap w h a t will to me, will y ou Pr° them ?" that " I am no braggart, but I wou ld s corn to acknowlediennw. any ingredients were mingd in a bric al ho pe, formation,hick, lam proud to say, le and would fain, a • has hitherto, and will in future, carry me through l ue 1 , 9 a man should bear himself—but, on my soul I the outla: " gtoni, found and touched the weak point of my nature. ts o the smiling infant in my arms —kissed a tear away that on, stealing down his mother's cheek—and, before h ° Y ha t attested myself for life their protector ! Faithfully L' vow has been observed. two former The outlaw was very soon after shot b Yien associates, and the magistrate faithfully befriend his widow and orphan. It will be seen that 111 strange pictures of life and character gathered from these pages, and they are in_".,a spersed with smart and humorous saying s speeches, though we c ould scarcel y commend them to a fastidious or critical reader, or to one demands from humor some of the polish, if nu the sparkle, of wit. TRE _MURDER AT TV_E'DNESBURr• IVEDNESBURY, MONDAY EVENIN four is Trom ten o'clock this morning till half-pas t this afternoon, Mr. Bagnall and Mr. Jesson, nl h ; t r ates, hi.vc been engaged in re -i nve stigating circumstances attending the murder of Jane °w e b "; by her husband, Benjamin O wen , the keeper of t Cottage Spring beerhouse in this town, whose e , ( f; mittal by the coroner on the charge of manslatlP has Colonel alread y H b o e g e g n , r t e h co e rd e e h d ief in c o h u h r st c a o h l l u e m o n f s. sta/or a ht : shire, was upon the bench, and Major ANC tI li - - t e l e l i e lvt d ilwi e g p a u tsh t u y isn c td l o i e i rb e s f eton c oo o d n o s ti ! di a ai b nt l a e tl , l; N e va c s hi a e l f so c i o n n the cell stabe, e t - er and_ knowing the difference of ca o s p e in o i f on in i a rth ianu r gila- ov als : of the jury, as to the extent of the crime, had moon' cowed it to be his duty to get a decision from to magistrates as to whether the man should not committed for th e more ser i ous o ff e nce of w ihat murder. In ordinary cases, notwithstanding t he the prisoner had been originally taken hef° re i d be magistrates, the police and the bench We il ' s pa , satisfied with the committal of the coronernotr _allow the accused to go to gaol upon that wa rr- t bat but here not only was the coroner of epini ° 4 . ll co of wilful murder had been committed, but als° diet the jurymen would consent to no other Ter than that of wilful murder. Mr. Bayley said. he appeared on behalf of the Cre.f..11.: upon instructions re ce i ve d f rom the police authorict;Pe There was, he said, no wish to press th e mire unduly against th e p r i soner; but it was th e t the of those having charge of the prosecu tion th a t th is case should be fully investigated, as offences ° lari o- . . class were becomi ng a l arm i n gly frequent. Se t !' co me ing had th e s t a t e o f thi ngs i n this respect bec ome t he that there seemed an imperative necessity fT . The law being impartially and rigidly carried 0.11. authorities for whom he appeared agreed wtt,", t he self in the accuracy of the law as laid down "J mo re coroner. It was scarcely possible to conceive a ... eas e shocking murder than the particulars of tio; or i. unfolded. Under these circumstances the at'theit ties conceived that they would not bedoing e the duty if they did not bring the prisoner bef.orht say bench. In connection with the case he m i g i s ioe, that some of the jury, after giving their dec,,,och had shaken hands with the accused. The wilful would not, in committing the prisoner fo r to go murder, prejudice the case, as it would hav e „ilea before a jury, and ultimately have the law ' by a judge of the lantl. d to The solicitor fo r th e d e f ence only desired thatrtell.° he evidence given at th e i nques t m ight be g iven i This was done,' and the magistrate s decde commit the prisoner for wilful murder. ,ATIT OF ......- Dr. - Mn. J. Puir.mAN. nounce the death of Mr. J. Pulman Clarenceux ICI;311,:elc rms, and for many years Yeoman Usher of the a —We regre t t° °l ei _ Rol, who died on Saturday evening, at his residatcoir. E t a ti st-hill, Wandsworth from an attack of paralY si° *,l / ri' P man had bean for along series of • years conneot%o id? the Heralds' College, and was for a time Richmond lope. and afterwards Norroy, and subsequently received Tartin. ton as Clarenceux on we believe the death of Mr 31 of The deceased gentleman was a 'Fellow of the Soiety' Antiquaries and member of several other learned bodie_sf a _ A MONSTROUS BOA.—The Fencing G a zette Z o o late date says :—A monster boa constrictor was il e al morning this week by the overseer of convicts at Bl a s Lepas, on the road to Telo' Kumbar. Ifis a tt e ntioo the attracted by the squealing of a pig, and on going blows place he found it in the coils of the snake. A ie`• i s the front the changkolf of the convicts served to despate t ill reptile, and on uncoiling him he was found to be 28 feregtst length and 32 inches in girth. This is one of the ' a - specimens we have heard of in Penang.