The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-24 00:00:00

THEATRE-AONAL HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Raskstone. THIS EVENING the performances will (immense with THE OVERLAND. ROUTE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Bnckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. I.tOYA L PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.-- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. I (THIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADY OF THE LYONS. Mr. G. Melville, Miss Heath, &c. I 'After which, CRUEL TO BE KIND. A. Harris, Misses C. and R Lec leroq. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Oommenoe at 7. ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE - ROYAL. Sole ?roprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby ; Miss Woolgar and Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Julia Daly. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, 58. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 15 ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Was. BATTY. Immense Success of "Maieppa." A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Aug 25, commencing at Two o'clock.... This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing the largest stud of highly-trained. Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt!. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS. — EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from MARTHA. And Selections from DINORAH. TROVATORE, MACBETH, And numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, le , Hall. 6d. Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual entertainments. The Wine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, AUGUST 24, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE 811A.DB. 65—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. BAuomETzu-29.87. WlND—South-Westerly; rain, rain, nothing but rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tale DAY.—Morning, ; 6h. 57m.—Afternoon, 7h. 25m, To-moßßow.-Morning, 7h. 59m.—Afternoon, Bh. 41m LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1880. GARIBALDI is certainly in Calabria, and has united his forces which had crossed the straits, at Reggio. Beyond these main facts the accounts vary somewhat, though at any moment, even while we are writing and interpreting what appears to us to be their meaning, the electric wire may clear up all mystery. , Reggio, the largest town and fortification on that part of the mainland which forms one shore of the Straits of Messina, was, it appears, the first object of Garibaldi's efforts. It seems from this that he is desirous to make Sicily the basis of his operations, and he is able to do so notwithstand ing the presence of the Neapolitan fleet, which seems to be no hindrance to his operations—and, amusingly enough, repeated, on the occasion of the present landing, its brave feat at Marsala—that of firing into a stranded and deserted steamer, the Torino. We have already had the particulars of MISSORI'S landing with about 300 men, and his unsuccessful attempt to surprise the fortress of Torre del Ca vallo ; he had, however, successfully made good his retreat, or advance, into the hills of Calabria, where the mountaineers received him cordially. This was on the Bth ; then followed GARIBALDI'S mysterious secret departure; and, on the 19th or 20th a passage in force, some accounts say of 3000, some raise it to 5,000, and even to 8,000 men, to the attack of Reggio. It seems certain that the general himself landed at Melito, just 10 miles south of Reggio ; other accounts speak of a landing also at Bagnara, about twelve miles north of the same town. We strongly suspect, that to distract the attention of the Neapolitan ships and soldiers, landings may have been effected at both the small places Mentioned, and that the two bodies, com bined with the former small band under MISSORI, may have all united in the attack on Reggio. The Opinione of Turin contains a dispatch from Naples, dated Wednesday evening, which affirms that " GARIBALDI has taken Reggio." One from Messina, * dated Monday, had stated that he and I lissom were to attack it that evening ; if so, it could'haVe made little resistance, which, indeed, was hardly , expected. All these accounts speak of 8,000 as the number of Garibaldians who had landed. The Royal army is uniformly said to have . been concentrating itself at Monte Leone, a town about forty miles north of Reggio, which, if the ioldie;ra' etand 'by the Royal colours, will become, we may hope,„the Calata Fimi of the second Sicily, and we - may add, that we may equally hope that Nage; 'i . vlll become in all respects but one—the atrocious bombardment—a second Palermo. Probably a not distant future will indicate the result. We must not, however, be impatient, how ever sanguine our desires and hopes may be. GARD. BALM, as he told the King of SARDINIA, is the very best judge of what the situation requires. His information must be very good of all that is going ; on in every town in Italy, and no doubt he knows what is done and said, and thought, in the Royal army, perhaps ih the Royal Council Chamber. The general has always combined the caution and de liberation of a responsible commander, with th e dash of the ; guetillti chief. It may well be that he knows that there is a leaven at work in the Royal regimen* which, if-he gives it reasonable time to work, will , save a great deal of bloodshed. He has already proclaimed la the soldiers, that he respects theit• 'oourage, that he shrinks from shedding the blood of Italians, and be asks rather their co-opera . tion In bringing about a united Italy. And, that these are his genuine sentiments, no one even affects , ictdoabt., An utter stranger to fear in the pre ," et . of enemies, he would rather have no ene . e B i and en ti re ly revers i ng th e b ase ly b ru t a l condll4 •he Aust • rians who revel in the blood of the 4 varred, be they men, women, or children--y he really seems det • ermined to show how the bravest of soldiers ma y • fulfil the gentlest precepts of the Gosp el, for even these Austrians, who would have murcle .red in cola blood him and his if they had ho has eaugh t dismissed when taken, with: words and' deeds 'of 3 eioa n ,„ es. It tempts one to . exolai tn-L-How la g will men be , ki ng ',1,1 ridden by such brutes as the - Bourbons and • Hapsburgs, When natUre . furnishes th em w i th QA.BIBALDIS an d n KOSKUTIIS ? • '1 Nominally, the - King of NAPLES has seventy— or. eighty thousand soldiers to oppose GARIBILSI on his way northward; about twenty thousand being at Monte Leone, the town near the coast forty miles north of P;uggio, which we have already 1 0b,. : , ) , 41 )\- 7 :.? l' ~ -, w•c:2,4,4.', , .", 4' . , Ze .4 , --.. 4 .. 1;.-x : -....„) . 7-‘0. • .. - -'3. -t V , - t - '314;- - ; -: i % 4 4 e; - . ~ I- ~ -, , ....- . 1, 4 -- i. , , ~. ' -:1 . •1, o - iiiTii'ti ''' - - , ' AL t- - --, - THE SUN. ~ ~ .~- mentioned. Whether it will be, GArbpiA.Lpf,o: plan to conquer by force or persuasion, all the divisions of the Royal forcei which he may meet on his way. to Naples, _and. .so_ keep open a land line of communications with Sicily, or whether he will attempt any kind of coup de main on Naples, it is impossible yet to conjecture. His plans will be modified, doubtless, by what he knows of the royal army—and he alone can judge whether they will be more loyal to the Bourbon thin to Italy. There must be a great many men among them, who, if grati tude for favours received had its weight, have pro. bably been well paid both in pillage and in hard cash, for doing the cruel work of the monarch. There must be a great many who know that, under an upright Government, their occupation would be gone, and their house made too hot for them. How far officers and men of this class may make a stand for their only hope, remains to be seen. There seems, however, to be much reason to hope that the majority, both of soldiers and sailors, will be faithful to the Italian cause. We hope that, in any case, the commanders of French and English ships of war have it in charge to forbid the bom bardment of any part of the city of Naples from which assailants are not actually firing on the KING'S troops. Mr. BRIGHT was right enough when he inquired of what use the Election Commissions are. No punishment follows either to individuals or to the borough ; if, indeed, in such a case as that of Wakefield, both parties have to submit to the pro secution of a few on each side, selected by the public prosecutor " with admirable impartiality," the common sense, or rather the English feeling, of the public revolts at convictions by such means. The trial is not regarded as a fair one after the in dividual has been lured to confess, and he is not lowered in public opinion by what is thcught his " rather hard case." Indeed the general, and we believe correct idea, is, that if Commissioners were appointed at each general election, and were set to cross-examine on oath every member as to the pecuniary or other influence to which he owed his seat, very few would be entitled to cast a stone at their fellow-members. There is the exposure, to be sure. There are also the various phrases and devices by which hon. members and candidates endeavour to avoid saying in plain English, " I spent so many hundreds or thousands, the larger part of which I meant to be expended in paying those who wanted money for their votes." Above all there are the occasional se crets, known only to a few before, but which be come public gossip for a few days, and must be very entertaining to all the gaping Quidnunca of 1 the hour. But of what use it all is, except to demon strate that legislation can d• nothing effectual to lessen all this corruption, except by making con stituencies large enough, and by interposing secrecy of voting between the seducer and his too pliable victim,—we know not. That lesson, however, all of us have already learned ; and none know it more perfectly, or believe it more firmly, than just our leading Whigs and Tories. Their faith in the effi cacy of secret voting is the one sole reason why they hate it. If, however, all these exposures will not shame our hardened leaders of both parties into ac ceptance of the ballot, we can see no earthly use in purchasing a few spicy revelations at the enormous cost of these Election Commissions. A few of these have, of course, been furnished at Berwick. It was amusing enough to see Mr. HODG SON slow to come to the point, that he had drawn i out sums much exceeding what fair expenses would require, and then putting altogether a nove face on getting a large quantity of sovereigns into his hands, on the very eve of an election. They were, it seems, for a kind of shop window bribery. He made a display of—" tremendous sacrifices," in order to win; but, as in most displays, no sacrifice was to be made at all. The elector was to vote, as if expecting he would make " wonderful bargains," but his only gain was to be the honour of voting for a purity candidate like Mr. HODGSON. Yet, in reply to a question from the Commissioner, he dis avowed any intention to " bilk" the expectant elec tor ! How he squared the two things he has not told us. We merely know that he was conjuror enough to make a display of sovereigns, to persuade electors that sovereigns would follow votes, and then not to have "bilked" them, when he had got their votes, and kept his sovereigns ! Then of course the story of ALEXANDER BRODIE was for a time piquant enough. Why, really, after all, the gossips believed that they had traced bribery and corruption to very high quarters. The Right Hon. BENJAMIN DISRAELI giiing his handwriting to ex• Sergeant BRODIE, who had told him, according to his own story, that he knew the bribable persons at Frome, and had relatives at Berwick—surely now the election gossips had Mr. DISRAELI on the hip ! Yet even this story could hardly keep itself afloat as first told. It was evi dent that Mr. NlCHOLhimself was not tt little puz zled and doubtful ; ,and. when Mr. EARLE came to be examined the whole vanished into the imaginings of a madman. We do not wish, however, more than Mr. EARLE, to speak:'hardly of poor BRODIE ; unjust • treatment had evidently unnaturally excited his mind, till - everything took undue proportions. A kind Word from a distinguished person was intimacy withlim, and showing a gentleman for once into a political de bating room, which he felt somewhat curious to see, via's being his cicerone for regular expeditions of that kind. In fact it seems BRODIE is in the habit of "addressing people," and is taken by many for a character. Mr. DISRAELI evidently regarded . . . him as one, and sometime, if the 'Occupations of 'earlier days should ever again sooth or amuse the mind of the statesman, ALEXANDER BRODIE may furnish one ofmany minor pictures from life. It'Nbas of course something to have a batch of candidates and members all compelled to answer every question about their electoral,' amours with such a constituency as Berwick. Mr. EARLE tells us a very natural story,. of how, he worked the 'barrack dodge, presenting the memorial, r ece i v i ng "official smiles," but saying or doing nothi ng t o compromise the GOvernment. Not unwilling, as he says, that they should think he might do some thing with the Government, and not contradicting stronger representations by others, than he him self would have dreamed of making. "Perhaps he allowed too much to be said," Mr. EARLE frankly observed, but certainly not more than any other candidate would have allowed. We are none of us so "righteous overmuch," as on such occasions to throw cold water on the excited eloquence of zealous partisans ; and on the whole we may cer tainly congratulate a private secretary of a Chan cellor of the Exchequer that he could present such a fair electoral case to the CommissionerF. Mr. GORDON and Mr. STAPLETON had also to pass the fearful ordeal. The former received spe cial: commendation from the Commissioner for straightforwardness. His story has a little of the natural and innocent about it, certainly. Building a church was, he thought, ope legitimate mode of obtaining a good status in Berwick. lie did not, at the time, know that Dissenters were so numer-' owl that a church was not wanted; and between th° spiritual good, and the spending of £2,115 17s. ,_Ttfk SUN, 'LONDON, FRIDAY ATIGiTST • 2d, in'theptown, he was doing GOD and himself service, too. . Indeed, this kind of double service— acting fr6' l 3 l what he calls " mixed" motives—was his settled pLctn• On this account he did not like to dolls oharitiCs through the vicar. They were " half-benevolent, ,ialf-politiCal in their object"— s -hed carefully, he thought though, when he Wei the benevolent scale weni.` down and the political one kicked the ceiling. He pr: (erred, therefore, to the vicar, as his agent, one M‘GIa.TA., whose " be nevolent " use of £7OO with which Le furnished him made him, he says, " very popular." Still, as it was a " double transaction," be did not like to mix the vicar up with it. He did not know at the time " that M'GALL had been tried and cor_victed at Edinburgh." We see this agent, selected by Mr. GORDON for " double transactions," was absent on Wednesday when he was inquired for by the Commissioners. He was last seen in Edin burgh. As to Mr. STAPLETON, his was the ordinary case of having spent £3,000 at the election of 1852, without knowing how it went, but having behaved much better ever since. As we have already observed, however, we can see no useful result to follow all this investigation. Nothing will be done. The Commissioners will be well paid ; they will produce a costly blue book ; but the interest and utility of the whole thing will be, just what belongs to the newspaper reports. The public have recently been made acquainted with the fact cf the, at present, failure of the tele graphic line laid in the Red Sea, and, under the terms arranged with the Government of the day, by the company forming this line, the country have not only to bear the disappointment and incon veniences, but have also to pay a large annual sum to the Red Sea Company for the next fifty years (£34,000 per annum). It cannot, therefore, be denied that there is a national interest in this undertaking, exceeding any ordinary proprietary rights, and that a searching investigation should at once be instituted, to ascertain the true causes of the disaster ; more particularly so, as in every di rection reports are current that the failure of this and other submarine lines has arisen from defective workmanship in the cables or jobbery of interested parties, and is not traceable in the most remote de gree to any inherent difficulties in the science of telegraphy. In this science, like all others, in its early application, mistakes must be expected, and all interested in its full development would do well to be guided by the advice of those whose professional position entitle them to attention, and not to allow the occasional opinion of writers in the daily Press to influence their judgment on scientific subjects, upon which such writers cannot but be very incompetent authorities. All reasonable doubts, however, on this subject will soon, we trust, be dispelled, by the publication of a mass of facts obtained by the committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the position of the various submarine telegraphs laid dowß, in whose report, when published, the cause of the present failures of this and other lines will be clearly shown to arise, as above stated, from defective workmanship, with the connivance, it is feared, of friendly if not self-interested and jobbing supervision ! And now, instead of the construction of submarine lines of telegraph being from our want of knowledge impossible, as some short time since it was considered, it is unquestionably the reverse—and with the abundance of practical in formation gained within the last few years, any future failure of the action of submarine wires need not be apprehended in any case where proper men are selected as contractors for the cable, and prac tical electricians of eminence engaged to examine and watch its manufacture, and to test it before being submerged. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Prince Adolphus leave the Duchess of Cambridge's resi dence at Kew to-day for Germany. The departure of their royal highnesses is hastened by the intelligence, received by telegraph, of the serious illness of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In consequence of the news of the indisposition of the grand duke the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary have delayed their visit to Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drummond at Cadlands. The Princess Kotschoubay and suite arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, last night, from Ostend. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester are pro longing their stay at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. The Earl of Sandwich has arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. The Hon. Colonel Lindsay, M.P., and Lady Sarah Lindsay have left town for Scotland. Colonel Burnaby has taken his departure for Syria. •The fleet to accompany the Emperor Napoleon to Algiers is to be composed of the Aigla and the Reine Hortense imperial yachts, conveying their Majesties and suite; the ship of the line Eylau and the iron-cased frigate Gloire, serving as an escort; the Vauban carrying baggage, and the Ariege and the Sovre having on board the hdrses of the Emperor and of the Cent-Gardes. • VOLUNTEERS TO GARIBALDI.--Abolit fifty gen tlemen have now enrolled their names as volunteers in the company at present forming in this city to aid Garibaldi. It is to be trusted that a subscription list will be opened for purpose of paying the expenses of this gallant band to Len • don, from whence they will be forwarded to Garibaldi's head-quarters to aid in the cause of Italian liberty.—Cale donian Mercury. REVISION OF THE LISTS OF VOTERS OF THE CITY OF LONDON.—Yesterday afternoon notice was given by Mr. G. W. K. Potter, the secondary of the City, and p u bli s h e d at the Guildhall, that T. Y. M'Christie, Esq., the barrister appointed to revise the list of voters for the City of London, under the statute Bth Vic., cap. 18, would hold a c our t f or such purpose in the Cou r t o f Common Pleas in the Guild hall, on Tuesday, the Bth day of September next, at eleven , o'clock in the forenoon. The secondary and overseers of the several parishes will then attend,'and deliver in to the revising barrister the several lists made by them respec tively, and also the original notices of claims and objections ' received by them. The list of notices of liverymen will be first received, and afterwards the parish lists and notices according to the order in which the parishes stand in the register, i.e., according to the polling places. Th e rev i s i on of the lists of liverymen will be immediately afterwards commenced, and proceeded with in alphabetical order till they are concluded. Subsequently the revision of the parish lists will be entered upon and proceeded with in the order in which they stand in the polling districts. The clerks of the companies of liverymen and the overseers are required to attend when their lists are respectively revised. THE METROPOLITAN SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAY. —Yesterday a numerous body of workmen were engaged in hoarding in an extensive block of buildings situate in Paradise-street, Britannia-street, and Chad's-row, King's cross, which have been purchased by the railway company. These will be immediately taken down and the site cleared, it being intended to excavate to the required depth for the construction of the brick arches, the process of tunnelling being considered by experienced engineers to be extremely hazardous in •this spot in consequence of the surface of tho ground being much lower than that in the New-road, and not allowing a sufficient amount of solid matter above the shield used in tunnelling. GOVERNMENT EMlGRATlON.—HerMajesty'sEmi. gration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon, the 23d inst., the British Trident, 1,340 tons, to sail from Bir kenliead for Sydney, New South Wales, at .£l5 6s. 3d. per statute adult ; to be ready for the reception of her passen gers on such day as the commissioners may appoint between the Ist and Sth October. The commissioners have adver tised for tenders on Thursday next, the 30th inst., for a vessel to proceed to Algot& Bay, to be ready for the reception of passengers about the 9th October, and limited to 200 statute adults. HERTFORDSHIRE JUSTICE.--The following ap peared in the St. _Albans Times of Saturday :—" A Juvenile Delinquent. —Ruth Harrison, a girl 12 years of age, was charged with an assault upon Elizabeth Kirby, a child about five years old. Mrs. Eliza Biggs said—l live in Sopwell lane. About 5 o'clock on Tuesday evening I was sitting in my house, when I heard some children crying. I went out and asked what was the matter, when a girl named Jane Lambeth told me that Ruth Harrison had been beating Elizabeth Kirby. Ruth Harrison was prownt and said she had hit the child, and would hit her again. Jane Lambeth, a little girl eight years old, said—l saw Ruth Harrison hit Elizabeth Kirby with her fist upon her back. 1 went in doors, and when I came out again I saw the defendant hit the little girl again. The defendant, who was accompanied by her mother and sisters, said she was collecting horsedung in Sopwell-lane, when the girl Kirby came up and kicked her basket about, and she did hit her twice with her hand. The mayor said it appeared to be a very trivial case ; still an assault had been committed. The magistrates had de termined to put the fine as low as possible—namely, 6d.; but the expenses were 10s. The amounts must be paid in 14 days, or the defendant be imprisoned for 10 days in de fault. The mother of the defendant said she hoped the magistrates would send her child to prison at once, as their work was so bad that it would be impossible to pay the amount. The mayor told her that the 14 days would be given them to pay the amount in, but the child would have to go to prison if it were not then paid." P' ," • I_ AT t., f NE , The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MESSINA, AUG. 20 (Morning). The landing of Garibaldi ut Melito has been fully confirmed. The Neapolitans fired at the steamer Torino, which grounded. Garibaldi and Missori will attack Reggio to-night. Noon. Yesterday, after some firing, the garrison of the citadel was silenced. A Neapolitan sentry has fired at a British subject. An English war-steamer, purchased at Liverpool, has arrived here. Evening. The Franklin has returned to Messina, after having vainly endeavoured to float the Torino. The Neapolitan cruisers did not fire on the Franklin. A gzneral battle is expected this evening. PARIS, AUG. 24. The Moniteur contains a decree ordering the establishment of a port at the city of Thonon, on Lake Leman, and the improvement of the already existing port of Evian, on the same lake, as works of public utility. The Moniteur also publishes an account of the journey of their Majesties through France to Cor sica and Algeria. On arriving at Dijon their Majesties were re ceived with enthusiasm. The Mayor, in his address to their Majesties, sail that the Government of the Emperor has curled the prestige of the country to a dazzling height. The Mayor thus continued :—" When Europe affects to be always afraid of the power of your armies, she really fears much more the sym pathies which you have brought forth among peoples." The Bishop of Dijon, in his speech, ex tolled the expedition to Syria, an enterprise undertaken notwithstanding the distrustful exigencies of diplomacy. The Bishop expressed a hope that the Emperor will likewise triumph over the difficulties, almost impediments, which the same diplomacy in departing from the path of right and justice pretends to impose on the eldest son of the Church, upon the Emperor, the successor of Pepin and Charlemagne. The Bishop concluded by expressing a hope that the Emperor will sue ceeed in arresting the revolutionary flood which menaces the patrimony of the Holy Father. The Constitutionnel publishes an article signed Grandguillot stating that the relations between France and Austria are excellent and congratulating the latter Power on having frankly entered on the path of reform. PARIS, AUG. 24. Tae news published in some German papers that the Emperor Napoleon had proposed a Congress for the settlement of the affairs of Italy is totally un founded. PARIS, AUG. 23. An imperial decree is expected, according to which corn and flour on being imported into France by land or sea—in the latter case either in French or foreign vessels— will only be subject to the minimum of the duty until the end of Sept., 186 L All ♦essels laden with corn and flour will be exempt from tonnage dues. PARIS, AUG 23. TLe Emperor and Empress left this morning for Savoy and Nice. The Patric of this evening says :—" The news of the establishment of a Provisional Government kt, Potenza has not been confirmed." VIENNA, AUG. 23. Despatches received from St. Petersburg state that a grand banquet took place at the Imperial Court, in honour of the birthday of the Emperor of Austria, at which the Austrian Ambassador was present. The Czar, in proposing the health of the Emperor, said--.4‘ Ia honour of my dear brother the Emperor of Austria." SHANGHAI, JUNE 29. Lord Elgin and Baron Gros have arrived here; Sir Hope Grant and Admiral Hope have left for Pecheli. The city is protected by the allies. The rebels are making progress. Trade is stopped. CANTON, JULY 8. Matters appear more settled. One hundred war vessels and transports were in Fochein Bay on the 24th June. The mandarins have been ordered to furnish no supplies. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 23.—The market has been more buoyant, and the decline which took place on the previous day has recovered, but the amount of business still remains limited. For the Account, Threes, which opened at 68f sc, are now at 68f 15c; Mobilier, 685 f; Orleans, 1,370 f; Northern, 955 f ; Strasburg, 630 f ; Mediterranean, 885 f ; Aus trian, 483 f 75c; Lombard, 473175 c. The follow ing are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents 97 95 , Credit Foncier 895 Do end month.... —1 Belgian 41 3 per Cents ..... 68 20 Piedmontese Fives 7B 25 Do. end month.... 68 151 Roman Bank Shares ......2825 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 687 .50 , Spanish Threes — Do. Account ...... 686 - .251H0me Debt BAILWAYii. Orleans Northern . ... New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean Geneva Southern Western Eastern Sardinian. Austrian Lombard Cash. Account. 1373 75 1372 50 953 75 955 870 870 890 888 75 .. 365 500 .. 500 582 50 .. 630 631. 25 391 25 .. -- 485 486 25 473 70 476 52 NAPLES. The following is a note which Count d'Aquila dictated to his former preceptor, General Palumbo, when the latter brought him the order to imme diately leave the kingdom of Naples:— . "I have received a sealed letter and a communica tion from the Ministry. By the latter a mission is given to me, which from the explanations of General Palumbo is nothing less than to make me execute, as of my own free will, the order of the Council of Ministers, to leave. This, indeed, is what has been admitted by the general charged with the message. I take advantage therefore of the Archimede to tow my schooner, and I will em bark in the latter this very evening. If afterwards the sealed letter in question be opened in presence of the captain, I give my word of honour—and, to a man who entertains my sentiments and views, this promise is above all human things—l give my word of honour, I say, that in the night, and without creating any obstacle, I will leave by Marseilles as General Palumbo has requested, and will at once hasten my preparations for departure. If I feel afflicted at such a measure, it is solely be cause, always consistent in my words and acts, I love my country more than my life, and it is painful to me to separate from her. I . submit to the removal which is imposed on me, and express wishes that it may not be prejudicial t o the country. I would only have requested, if time had been allowed me, to be permitted to carry away what is dearest to me—tae mortal remains of my daughter—but in the precipitation with with my departure has been insisted on, I can only leave them as the most sacred pledge of my devotedness to the country, with the hope that I may be permitted to receive them. here- After ; for to have them near me would be the sole consolation of my exile. I pray his Majesty to ac cord me two lines written by his hand—at least an adieu, in exchange for all the affection I have shown him. I declare, besides, that my wife and my sons shall leave in the Brazilian corvette. May Heaven render the King happy, protect my dear country, save it from the calamities which seemed to impend and watch over the navy from which I separate with deep regret. Never will I forget that this corps is the one with which from my infancy all my sentiments have been bound up, and with which I have shared all my trouble.—Naples, 13th." The Prince having rapidly terminated his prepara tions for departure, went with his family 'on board the schooner Menai, purchased for him in England, and on board he wrote the following letter to the King:— "Your Majesty,—Gen. Palumbo, in communicat ing the ministerial order to go on board a steamer, and in presenting my passport declared to me, in name of the President of the Council, the real motive of the measure. It was, he said, because everybody is ill-disposed to me, and that I ought, in con quence to endeavour, with the greatest soli citude, to save the country from a con flagration, and, at the same time, to preserve my life, which was no longer in safety, for my enemies would rise in a body against me, and I should find myself in great peril. Your Majesty therefore sees that the mission which is given to me in the letter referred to is far from being serious —that it is false in reality, and that consequently, I as a man of honour, as a true constitutional and Italian citizen, I cannot abstain from protesting. However, I do so only after having obeyed the order to embark, which I have done at this moment, an hour after midnight. Ido not make this protest in order not to leave ; on the contrary, I quit Naples as soon as the papers necessary for the purpose can be put in order. I only wish to say to your Ma jesty that my Italian and constitutional principles merited another recompense, and that the black calumny of which I am the object weighs heavily on a heart which feels itself quite different from the unworthy description given of it. I have also another motive not less important for writing to your Majesty—it is that you did not deign to ad mit me to your presence when I had not only to tell you these things, but to express my immense affection, of which your Majesty has had many proofs. I may, however, be permitted to write these lines to affirm my innocence, and to protest, in face of your Majesty, of the nation, and of the whole world, that I have not deserved the punishment in flicted on me, and that I had a right to hope for very different treatment. I hand this letter to General Palumbo. He also can tell your Ma jesty the sentiments which bound me to you, to the country, and to Italy. I am, etc., " LOUIS DE BOURBON." THE BOMBAY MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta, Capt. Field, with the heavy portion of the Bombay and Mediterranean mails, has arrived. She brings 119 passengers, £2,090 ii specie, and a cargo of general merchandise. On the 12th inst. she spoke the Alhambra, on the 15th the Needs, on the 17th her Majesty's ships Orion and Melpomene, on the 21st the Massilia, and on the 22d the Pera. Accounts received from Mazagan state that the trade in grain was brisk. The crop of beans and Indian corn was abundant. The market was still supplied from the interior. According to news received from Tetuan, the Spaniards will evacuate the town in two months, in consequence of a new arrangement entered into between Mulai El Albas and Senor Merry. GIBRALTAR, AUGUST 19. Exchange on London, 90 days, 50-1. to 50a ; Paris, sf. 32c.; Marseilles and Genoa, sf. 33c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, discount ; Cadiz, Malaga, and Valencia at par. Freights unaltered. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The United States steamer Illinois, Capt. Terry, with advices from New York to the 11th inst., has arrived off the Needles. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The screw steamship City of Washington, Capt. Jeffery, which touched at Queenstown yesterday, arrived here this afternoon, bringing New York journals of the 11th irst. On the 13th inst. the City of Washington passed the Persia for New York ; on the 17th the Arabia, for Halifax ; and on the 19th a large screw steamer, also bound west. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales landed from the Hero at Charlottetown, Prince Edward's Island, on Thursday the 10th inst. He was accom panied to the island by the ship Nile, and the Ariadne, Cossack, Valorous, and Flying Fish, as well as by the French commodore's ship Pomene. The day was stormy and wet, but he was neverthe less received by a great multitude of people, many of whom were from distant parts, and had to • camp out for lack of accommodation. The arrange ments for the reception were good. The Prince landed under eight Royal salutes from the ships and battery. He was received on Queen's-wharf by the officers of the Government, members of the public bodies, the clergy and the bar,- and deputa tions of prominent citizens. He was conveyed in the Governor's carriage, and accompanied by a procession along the streets, which were lined by the volunteers' battalion. Numerous tasteful arches were erected, and the enthusiasm was very warm. The reception was considered a complete success. Lord Mulgrave accompanied' the Prince from Nova Scotia, as did also a guard of honour of regular troops. President Buchanan, accompanied by Miss Lane, Secretary Toncey, and a large party of ladies and gentlemen, visited the Great Eastern, in Annapolis roads, on the 9th inst. The President was honoured with a salute both on his arrival and departure, and expressed himself much gratified with a two hours' inspection of the Mammoth vessel. The ship left the Chesapeake on her return to New York, on the evening of the 10th, and the 16th was still named as the day of her departure for England. The New York Herald says the census returns were rapidly pouring into Washington, and they were expected to be completed by the Ist of Sep tember. It was confidently assumed that the total population of the Union will not fall short of 32,000,000, being an increase of nearly one-third upon the census returns of 1850. The American Scientific Association, which had been in session at Newport for a fortnight, had adjourned sine die. • The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention had agreed to form a presidential electoral ticket, headed with the names of the rival democratic can didates—Breckinridge and Douglass —as the elec tors of the State at large, and that in the event of the success of the said ticket, the vote of the State shall be cast accordingly as the result shall show which of the two tickets shall have received a ma jority of the votes cast for both. Vera Cruz dates are to the 29th ult. There is no news of importance. Miramon was still at Lagos at last accounts, unable to effect his escape from that country. The dates from .British Columbia are to the 25th of July, but there is nothing of moment in the news. The commercial intelligence from New York has been generally anticipated. The following are the latest stock quotations in the New York papers of the 10th :—United States Fives of 1874, 102 k; New York Central shares, 87, for the opening ; ditto Sixes of 1862, 103 ; Illinois Central shares, 871 ; ditto bonds, 95i ; Erie shares, 31 ; Michigan Central shares, 671; Michi gan Southern, 241 ; ditto bonds, 2d mortgage, 70; Reading shares, 48Z- . ; Pacific Mail, 83; Galena and Chicago, 811. The money market was easy. THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH.—It appears that Messrs. Newall and Co , the contractors for the Red Sea Telegraph, have commenced a suit against the company, claiming, on the ground that the contract had been per formed, the percentage claimed during the progress of the work, and also a certain amount for repairs subsequently executed. The company deny the completion, and would, it is presumed, have themselves taken proceedings against Messrs. Newall if Messrs. Newall had not been the first to move. Meanwhile, the company have received a state• ment from their marine superintendent, encouraging a belief that the faults in the line may yet admit of repair. It has been represented that they hav a sufficient capital left to meet the expense, but the original £BOO,OOO has been almost or entirely used. The funds now available consist of an extra £200,000 on which the Government granted their guarantee to meet the cost of the shipping required for the undertaking. 24, 1860. D Allf ASCUS. A letter from Damascus, of the 4th of August, published in the Levant Herald, contains some de tails of the present state of the city and the pro ceedings of Fuad Pa:tha. The first execution of a Moslem by sentence of the Extraordinary Commis sion took place on the 4th inst. He had some pro perty intrusted to him for safety by a Christian woman ; he knew the place in which she was con cealed, and sent her some sweetmeats containing arsenic, by which she was poisoned. He was beheaded, after a very short trial. The Mussul man inhabitants of Damascus made no attempt to, resist the numerous arrests ordered by Fuad Pasha, They rather assisted to make them, by hastening to betray each other. One man, whose name was on the list of an officer, helped to find out 30 criminals, and when ho had finished was, to his immense surprise, himself disarmed and arrested as the actual murderer of five persons. The condition of the city is deplorable. A bombardment of a month would not have reduced the Christian quarter of Damascus to the state to which the fury of a mob reduced it in a quarter of the time ; but few of the walls even of the -houses remain upright. The gates leading from the Turkish quarter, with the exception of one, are all walled up, and the melan choly desert—peopled only by the butchered dead —is separated from the living city by a chain of military posts. These precautions are used to pre vent people from exploring in search of valuables. The dead are supposed to have been all removed, but here an arm, there a foot, protrudes from the charred ruins which were so lately palaces; and at points innumerable another sense discovers traces of barely concealed bodies, which tell how many yet lie nearly where they fell in the terrible struggle. A great quantity of buried treasure is being dug up daily, the owners being accompanied by a guard and witness to certify that the deposits were found in the places previously described. In the yard of one of the churches there is a deep well, and as the enclosure became crowded with fugitives, and the outward tumult became nearer and nearer, those who had money or jewels flung them into the well. After the massacre, same bodies were also flung into the same well by the mob, and when, some days after, a man attempted to descend in search of the jewellery, he was killed by the noxious gases. Another subsequent attempt proved nearly as fatal ; and the treasure, therefore, and its horrible pro tectors remain untouched. THE PRINCE OF WALES AT CAPE BRETON. (From the Cape _Breton News.) Whilst we Cape Bretonians had been talking and writing of the expected visit of the Prince of Wales to Nova Scotia and its sister colonies, few ventured to hope that his Royal Highness would land on our shores. There were some, however, who did think it possible, from the early departure of the squadron from Newfoundland, that Louis burg might receive a flying visit from the Prince. Ere this, doubtless, throughout this island and elsewhere, it has become known that the noble harbour of Sydney, in Cape Breton, was honoured with the presence of her Majesty's ships Hero and Ariadne, two of the Prince of Wales's Atlantic squadron, with its precious freight, the Prince, on board the former, and that Cape Breton was the first land in the province on which his Royal Highness placed his foot. To lay before our anxious and expectant readers some particulars of the visit of the illustrious prince —of this royal per sonage, who so highly honoured our dear old island, is this day our pleasing duty; and with feelings of unbounded gratification, and grateful recollection of the event—which it was our good fortune per sonally to witness throughout—we shall proceed to detail, with all possible accuracy, the proceedings connected with the reception of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the Sydney Mines. To the astonishment of all, the squadron was seen coming into the harbour at half-past nine last Saturday morning. We were on the road be• tween the North Bar and the Mines when we first saw the ships, at that time rounding Low Point. Correctly conjecturing them to be the Hero and Ariadne, we hurried our steps, and reached the mines just as those vessels came to, and cast anchor off the Block-house at the entrance of the harbour. It was then about half-past ten o'clock. At that moment the workmen at the mines were all em ployed in their usual occupations—the greater pro portion at the depth of 100 fathoms below the sur face. Orders were immediately given to suspend all the works, and to muster the " volunteers" as quickly as possible. This was a work of difficult accomplishment, as many of the men had to go more than a mile after getting out of the pits to dress and equip themselves. At the mines a lively scene presented itself, which place bore all the appearance of a town besieged by an invading force—if one could in imagination have changed the joy and glad ness which beamed from every countenance around into dismay and alarm which such a state of affairs would have produced ; officers in their uniforms passing hither and thither, and volunteers hasten ing towards the armoury for their Enfield rifles. In the meantime, Richard Brown, Esq., the gallant lieutenant-colonel of the Sydney Mines Volunteer Corps, accompanied by Captains Bridge and Bar rington, had proceeded to the beach for the pur pose of going on board to receive his Royal High ness's orders. They were met at the beach by Captain Orlebar, RN., the pilot of the squadron, who came from the Duke of Newcastle to say that the Prince had called specially for the purpose of seeing the Sydney Mines Volunteers ; and he would land with his suite at Indian Cove in the course of half an hour ; and that he wished to see as many of the Volunteers as could be got together during his short stay—he wished to leave Sydney in time to reach Louisburg before night, which place the Prince was desirous of steaming past as near as possible. Very shortly after, a beautiful barge painted white, was seen to shove off from the Hero, in the direction of the Cove. A pretty large con course of persons had now assembled at the point selected for the landing of the Prince, As the barge neared the shore we distinctly recognised the youth ful and royal visitor aboard, who was dressed in plain clothes, and surrounded by five or six gentle men, similarly dressed. In the bow of the boat stood two man•of--war sailors, supporting the royal standard. The barge having touched the beach at the landing-place at Indian Cove, Lieut.-Colonel Brown had the honour and distinguished privilege of meeting his Royal Highness and suite. Capt. G. H. Seymour, of the Hero, and Capt. E. W. Vansittart, of the Ariadne, landed at the same time. As the volunteers had not yet reached the bridge, the Prince and Mr. Brown remained standing at the junction of the main road with the road to the land ing place for a few minutes. Shortly after about half the volunteers, which had been got together, came down to the bridge, on the upper side of which they formed a guard of honour, and received the Prince with presented arms ; after which they were inspected by his Royal Highness, who walked round the ranks, followed by the commanding officer of the corps and his Royal Highness's suite. During this time a pretty large gathering of people, some on foot and some in waggons, lined the oppo site side of the bridge, and the .brow of the hill. The Prince having expressed a strong wish to visit the Indian wigwams at the North Bar, it was arranged that the volunteers should, in the mean time, march to their usual parade ground at the Mines, where it was hoped all the men would have time to muster before the Prince returned from the North Bar. The Prince and his suite were driven to the Bar, accompanied by a host of officers belonging to the Hero and Ariadne. Mr. Brown was also one of the party. Unfortunately nearly all the Indians were absent attending their great annual festival at Chapel Island, in the Bras d'Or Lake. There were only three or four wigwams standing. The Prince visited the one occupied by Mary Ann Gould and another squaw. The inmates were surprised when Mr Brown informed them that the Prince of Wales had come to see them. One of the squaws said she was very glad to see him, and caused much amuse ment to the Prince and suite when she added, " Which is the Prince ? Is it the little un ?" The party remained some time at the wigwams, making inquiries, and some purchases of mocassins, the only articles for sale. From the wigwams the patty proceeded through the Bar, where the ships at the wharves were gaily decorated especially her Majesty's surveying steamer Margaretha Stevenson, and the Royal Mail steamer Merlin—and thence as far as Mr. Peppitt's, By this time there were at least twenty waggons collected. The horses generally were admired. The apparently frail waggons, which, if not all of American build, resemble in struc ture the imported article were also much no ticed, Altogether, we believe , the Prince enjoy e d the drive to the Bar and back amazingly. H e was cheered at various parts during hi s pro grass—but especially near Messrs. A rc hib ald and Co.'s shipyard, and the Mining Company's Wharves. But we must not here f or get to notice th a t th e y g Prince of Wales and the Duke of Newcastl e ex pressed their aston ishment at seein g suc h a l arge proportion th through uogfh pretty girls in ever rou as the the Bar. On arriving at th p . y passed drawn up at their usual parad e , the Prince and suite inspect e d - the ly every( em Volunteers ines, where nearly man, had mustered, numbering in all, including' officers, 126. His Royal Highness was saluted by the corps in the usual manner ; after which, in response to the lieutenant-colonel, a right royal cheer was given, in which the spectators, now very numerous, joined heartily. At the conclusion, at the request of the Prince, the whole of the officers were presented to his Royal Highness by the colonel, to whom the Prince requested him to express his high gratification at the soldier-like appearance and steadiness of the corps, and the great pleasure he had derived from the inspection, of so fine a body of men. Major-General Bruce and the Duke of Newcastle also expressed their admiration of the corps. As the Prince proposed taking a drive a short distance into the country, the order for the volunteers to remain under arms to escort his Royal Highness on his return to the place of embarkation was, at the request of the Prince, from the kindest consideration for the men, countermanded, and the corps dismissed. The Prince and suite then drove up to the top of the hill near the old mines, which commands a fine prospect of the ent rance f the Bras d'Or ; of St. Ann's Mountain, Smoky Cape, and the sea, with the Mining Association's works in the foreground. The Prince, we learn, expressed regret that he had not another day to spare to go up the lakes to view its unrivalled scenery, with the extent and nature of which he seemed well acquainted. The site selected by Gen. Williams for a battery for the protection of the mines was pointed out to the Duke of New castle, and which it appears was the identical hill which his grace had spoken of as the most suitable, on his way into the harbour. There exist good grounds for supposing that guns will be sent from England for the mines, especially if a Volunteer Artillery Company can be organised. His Royal Highness afterwards returned and drove up to Beech-hill, the residence of Mr. Brown. He ad mired the grounds and park-like appearance of Beech-hill ; and made many inquiries respecting the different kinds of trees the island produces, and noticed the prevalence of the rich and luxuriant spruce. His Royal Highness and suite were much pleased with the collection of fossil plants, and were agreeably surprised to see such a variety of rare flowers in the garden there : they little ex pected to find dahlias in bloom in July in Cap') Breton. We venture to hope that some of the erro neous ideas of colonial life will be corrected by this visit. The officers of the volunteers now arrived at Beech-hill, where according to previous arrange ment, to which his Royal Highness had assented, their address of welcome was read and presented by their colonel, and which was most graciously received by the Prince; After taking some slight refreshment the Prince and suite were driven down to Indian Cove, the place of embarkation. At the very last moment, just as the Prince was stepping into the barge, he observed to Mr. Brown, that he had been much gratified with his reception by the Volunteers and people of the mines. THE QUEEN AND THE INDIANS. We copy from the Brantford Courier the follow ing letter from Mrs. Sutton, alias Nah-ne-bab-we quay, who lately left Canada to lay the wrongs of her race before her Majesty :—" London, June 29. My dear Uncle and Grandfather,—l have just re turned from the Palace. I saw General Bruce, and had a long talk with him on Indian affairs. I have done all that can be done in this country. In the first place I was at the Aborigines' Society, and spoke in their meeting for my people ; and from that time men of influence came to offer themselves if they could do anything for m'. I was intro duced to Mr. John Bright, and he said he would do all he could, and he went to see the Duke of Newcastle, the Queen's Minister, who appointed a time to see me. Mr. John Bright went with me, also a Quaker and his wife. (Mr. John Bright is a Quaker too.) The Duke was very kind and asked me many questions about the Indians, which I an swered as well as I could. So at the close of our conversation he promised me he would let me know when I could see the Queen, so in a few days this letter came to my friend, at whose house I am stopping. (Copy of a letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Mrs. Christien R. Alsop.) " " ' Monday Ni g ht, J une 28 , 1860. Madam,—The Queen commands me to say that she will receive Nah-ne-bah-we-quay at Buckingham Palace to-morrow (Tuesday) at a quarter before three o'clock. Her Majesty will be very glad if you are able to accompany her. —I am yours faithfully, NEWCASTLE.' So you see I have seen the Queen. The Duke went before us and he made two bows, and then I was left in the presence of the Queen; she came forward to meet me, and held out her hand for me to Ysiss, but I foi'ot to kiss it, and only shook hands - with her. The Queen asked me m an y questions and was very kind in her manners and very friendly to me. Then my Quaker friend spoke to the Duke, and said, I suppose the Queen knows for wt'iat purpose my friend has come 9' The Duke said., All your papers' have been explained and laid before her Majesty, and I have her Majesty's commands to investigate the Indian affairs when I go to Canada with the Prince of Wales.' Then the Queen bowed to me and said—S lam happy to promise you my aid and protection,' and asked me my name. The Queen then looked at her husband, who stood at her left side, and smiled. She received me with so much kindness as to astonish me, when I saw her come smiling and so good to a poor Indian. My Quaker friend has been in the habit of visiting the Royal family for 10 years back. I expect to return home in September if all be well. May God bless us all. My love to you all.—C. B. SUTTON. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. We had a very scanty supply of English wheat in to• day's market. Although the attendance of buyers was not to say numerous, the demand ruled firrn, at Is. to 2s. per quarter above Monday's currency. The accounts in re ference to the crops are very unfaveurable. Although over 32,000 quarters of foreign wheat have tome fresh to hand to-day, salts progressed freely, at is. to 2s. per quarter more money, at which several parcels were taken for inland consumption. Floating cargoes of grain were in request, on rather higher terms. The barley trade was active, and grinding parcels ad vanced is. per quarter. Fine malt sold steadily—other kinds slowly—at last rates, There was a good consumptive inquiry for oats, and sweet parcels were 6d. per quarter dearer. Both beans and peas were very firm, and most kinds of flour were ls. deitrer. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Irish 1,240 2O 7SO 20 I 1,730 F0reign........ 32,270 5,380 4,2810 I 2,530 sacks. 15,930 brio. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of meat are on sale here to-day. Generally speaking the demand is inactive, at our quo tations. Per Blbs by the carcase. S cl. Inferior beef .... 2 10 3 6 Midd l i ng mutton 4 0 4 . 6 Middling d 0.... 3 8 4 2 Prime do Prime large do.. 4 4 4 6 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 6 4 8 Small pork 4 8 5 4 Large pork 4 0 4 6 Lamb.......... 4 6 6 6 Inferior mutton 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Very few hops are on sale here, and the market, gene rally, is much excited, at further advanced rates. Un favourable accounts still reach us from the plantations, and the duty is called £50,000 to £60,000. Mid and East Kent pockets.... 160 s to 231 s per cwt. Weald of Kent Sasses COLONIAL. TEA.—The market remains inactive, pending the receipts S of further advi ces from China. UGAß.—Thero h as b een a s t ea d y d eman d for all quali ties, and in so me i ns t ances a s li g h t a d v ance has t a k en place. In the refined market higher rates have also been current. o f plantation COFFEE.—At the p u bli c sa l e s Ceylon, a decline of 6d. per cwt. was established on the ordinary' qualities. Other descriptions remained at former quota tions. iilCE.—There h as been a steady inquiry fo r th e b e tt or qualities, and full prices have been obtained. SALTPETRE.-A moderate demand has b een exper i ence d in the private market, and quotations are well sustained for all qualities. TALLow._ The market is rather firm, and prices have up ward tendency, shown an 3 1 . P.Y.C. on the spot 51s 6d ; as a spring delivery, 525 6d per cwt. THE CROFS IN RUSSIA.--The commercial ad vices from Russia state that the locusts and the rains have certainly done mischief t o t h e crops, and that the yield will consequently not be so large as was at one time promised. Still it is added the harvest will be the most abundant they have had for many years, north and south. From the fact that almost all kinds of Russian produce are in great de mand, and are realising unusually high prices, thg exchange at St. Pet ers b urg, which a short time back was 351 d., has advanced to 36d. THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL. , --At the Liver pool Assizes yesterday a very important case was con cluded, after a protracted investigation, the result involving a matter of great interest to all manufacturers of iron and steel. For some time past a metal denominated puddle steel—a species of steel produced directly in the puddling furnace, and of great commercial value from its strength, lightness, and cheapness—has come into very extensive use, the right of producing the article being confined to the licensees of a deceased patentee named Reife. An extensive manufacturer named Spence, in Working ton, Cumberland, having produced this puddle-steel, and he not being a licensee of the patentee, an action was brought by the representatives of the licen sors to recover damages for an alleged infringement of patent right. On the part of the defendant a number of scientific and practical witnesses were examined, for the purpose of establishing that the supposed invention of Reife was not a novelty. So strong was this evidence against the novelty of the invention, that beforo the ter mination of the ease th e pl a int:it's agreed to be =suited. nes Thi at 1 £IE Co' per circ disi act( but tiot Wei Bhl Ve Ca Ba 8p 3p NE An In( 7