The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-08 00:00:00

THE SUN. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1859 Lord BRouGHAm is certainly indefatigable. And it is all for a good and noble purpose that he is toiling perpetually at these public meetings—not for any mere trivial self-glorification. It is all to the end that he may forward the interests of Popular Education, that he may further the efforts long making for the wider and wider diffusion of Useful Knowledge among all ranks and classes, but especially among' the humbler ranks and the labouring classes of the population. This noble and venerable friend of us all—and we may add in the very words used on Saturday evening by Lord STANLEY, while so designating him, "when we speak of Lord BROUGHAM we use those epithets not as words of courtesy • and of course, but as expressing the universal feeling of the public of this country"—that noble and venerable friend of us all puts en tirely out of his own view the fact of his eighty winters, and strives assiduously still, personally strives to advance the interests of the educational movement throughout all parts of this island, as though he were still in the prime of his life, as he is certainly yet in the very heyday of his g:nius. As energetically as when thirty years ago he wa, furthering that same wholesome and beneficent agitation to the very uttermost, this glorious and veteran champion of the cause of Popular Education is arduously and perseveringly endeavouring to encourage the multitude at large, but more particu larly and peculiarly the rising generation, to advance that great cause in the most effectual manner of all, namely-, by essaying as far as in them lies to educate themselves. Hence we are scarcely surprised to note the appearance of the noble, venerable, learneu, and eloquent ex-Chancellor once more upon a public platform again, as he has done before now so repeatedly, speaking energetically in favour of Mechanics' Institutes as an earnest disciple (he himself affects to be in this particular really nothing more), as an earnest disciple of their founder, the late Dr. BIRKBECK. The occasion upon which Lord BROUGHAM last appeared was as recently as Saturday evening, when the noble and venerable lord occupied the presidential chair of the Peel Institute at Accrington. There he spoke, as he almost invariably does upon thes occasions, at considerable length and very much to the purpose, of course, and with singular forceful ness. With a forcefulness, at least, that would be singular in regard to any one else. The harangue delivered by Lord BROUGHAM 'on Saturday was uttered immediately after the distribution of the prizes awarded by the Council of the East Lanca shire Union of Mechanics' Institutes ! among the recipients of which prizes it is especially observable that a number of young women and girls were con spicuous. Upon the circumstance of these young 'women. and girls being among the number of the prizeholders, Lord BROUGHAM well observed—" Nothing can possibly be more highly interesting, more deeply important to the best interests of society than the education and general training of women. Upon that depends whether the working man shall have a good housewife for his wife, whether his children shall have a good mother to attend them, whether his home shall be made comfortable and happy to himself, and thereby a formidable rival, and the best poE sible rival, raised to another place, of which other place I will not go further for the present than to sav it neither ha -, the comforts of home nor the innocence of home, nor the instruction. and sound relaxation, and refreshment of home; but its en joyment is obtained by the sacrifice of the domes tic duties, by robbing the wife and children of the pence which are spent there to support the indulgencies obtained, and, in return for those indulgencies the health of mind and body alike are undermined and ultimately entirely subverted." Hereupon the noble and learned lord seizes the opportunity that at once suggests itself to his imagination by this casual allusion—eagerly seizes the opportunity to express his real senti ments in the strongest possible language upon the sore necessity apparent in numberless directions for the diminution of the dreadful evils results from habits of drunkenness by the benign agency of systematic temperance. " There has been," he says, "in some quarters a great complaint, which, however, is not founded on fact, of my having declared myself at the Bradford Social Science Congress a convert to the Maine Liquor Law. I did not declare that I was a convert to the Maine Liquor Law. I said that we were not prepared in this country for anything of the kind, that it would take a ling time to prepare us for it, but that the greatest care should be taken not to encourage intemperance if we did not discourage it —nay, that the greatest care should be taken by all lawful, moderate, rational means to discourage it; and that the public mind being prepared (which I am afraid will not be until after a long course of discussion and controversy for its en lightenment), then, I did not say the Maine Liquor Law, but a legislative repression, should be applied to the sale of intoxicating liquors, which fill our gaols with eriminals and our workhouses with paupers." And Lord BROUGHAM soon after this goes on to say :—" I have very high authority on the subject to which I have been referring —the authority of one of the most eloquent preachers who ever appeared in this country— I would say the most eloquent preacher, and I speak from having read his sermons and from having had the advantage also of hearing him upon one occasion." The noble ex-Chancellor then makes mention of this felicitous anecdote. He says :—" When I went with my late lamented friend Lord DENMAN, the Chief Justice, to hear ROBERT HALL, I can only say that, at one part of the admirable sermon which he then preached, we both, as by one impulse and of one accord, turned round one to the other and said, Plunkett !' which was comparing him to the greatest orator of late times, who, since PITT, Fox, and SHERIDAN have been no more, is the greatest orator by much who has been known in this coun try. Well, ROBERT HALL was applied to one day, by a reverend friend of his who called upon him in the course of the morning, and who was fatigued with his walk, to give him a little brandy and water. I will,' said ROBERT HALL, 'if you will give it a right name' What is that ? ' asked his friend. ' Distilled damnation.'" Now, ROBERT HALL is a man of great elo quence, and may be allowed to exaggerate a little, which I do not. I give you this as an instance that I might have gone a great deal further with high authority than I did at Bradford upon this subject." Reverting to the original sub ject of his remarks towards the close of his truly admirable speech on Saturday at Accrington—a speech during the course of which he took occasion to enforce by eulogistic comments of his own some impressive remarks recently made elsewhere, namely, during the course of a precisely similar demonstration at Manchester by his right hon. friend Mr. DISRAELI, Lord BROUGHAM spoke thus forcibly upon the possibility of carrying out the scheme of this very class of institutions. " I remember," he observed, "it was said that there was a great difficulty in establishing these institu tions for want of apparatus. But it was singular, when you came to consider it, how much might have been done with very little apparatus indeed, and it is worth considering." He then quotes at length this masterly passage :—" Great progress may be made with very cheap and simple experi ments. Indeed, some of the most important, if not the most showy, are the least costly and compli cated. By far the grandest discoveries in natural science were made with hardly any apparatus. A pan of water and two thermometers were the tools which in the skilful hands of Dr. BLACK detected latent heat. A crown's worth of glass, three pennyworth of salt, a little chalk, and a pair of scales enabled the same great philosopher to found the system of modern chemis try, by tracing the existence and the combinations of fixed air. With little more machinery the genius of SCHEELE (the great Swedish chemist) created the materials of which the fabric was built, and antici pated some of the discoveries that have illustrated a later age. A prism, a lens, and a sheet of paste board enabled NEWTON to unfold the composition of light and the origin of colours. FRANKLIN ascer tained the nature of lightning with a kite, a wire, a bit of riband, and a key. To say nothing of the great chemist of our own day (DAVY), of whose most useful, perhaps most philosophical discovery, the safety-lamp, the principle might have been traced with the help of a common wire fireguard, eve❑ the elements of mechanics may be explained by an ap paratus almost as simple. To take one instance, the fundamental property of the lever, and I may say of the whole science, may it not be demon strated by a foot-rule, a knife, and a few leaden balls of equal size ? The other mechanical powers, which for the most part are resolvable into the lever, may be explained with almost equal ease; and, after all, it is those principles that practical men must require to have unfolded, and their ap plication to mechanism illustrated by figures and instruments." Having completed which quotation, Lord BROUGHAM remarks, with humorous frank. ness, " I have been committing a plagiarism. I have borrowed this passage ; but it is an innocent theft, for it is a theft from myseif "—adding wittily, " It bears, therefore, the same relation to common theft that suicide does to murder." Long may Lord BROUGHAM enjoy the opportunity of evidencing anew (for the general delight and instruction of this community) his rare ability in this kind of larcenous appropriation—the appropriation of some of the earlier fruits of his intellect in its prime for the more vivid illustration of his ripened views as an octogenarian. The reception accorded to the Great Eastern upon her return to her old moorings between the Isle of Wight and the Island of England was worthy of the Leviathan and worthy also of Southampton. The civic functionaries, " arrayed in their robes of office and accompanied by all the corporate regalia," went forth to greet her upon her return to them as though she had been a royal highness or some other grand personage. There was the customary Address " handsomely engrossed on vellum, with the ancient seal of the bormigh affixed to it"—there was the Town Clerk to read it--there was the worshipful the Mayor to preface the perusal of the Address with words of graceful compli ment. Nothing was wanting to complete the pageantry and the pomp of the loyal reception accorded to this Queen of the Ocean upon her re turn amongst the lieges she delights to honour by her prosence. Already (it was on the very day of her return to Southampton Waters) it has been notified in these columns how a salute of 17 guns greeted the giant, vessel as she steamed to wards the moorings where she will pass the re mainder of the present wintry season—in fact, up to the momentous time when she will enter upon her first ocean voyage. Before that day can dawn much remains yet, of course, to be accomplished with a view to the veritable completion of her equipment. Meanwhile, there in those smooth and sheltered waters she can remain at her moorings without fear of the possi bility of any disturbance from wind or weather. The Isle of Wight is there—as an effectual barrier from storm—the gigantic natural breakwater of Southampton. Behind that noble and beautiful screen from the tempestuous gales of the Channel the Great Eastern can ride securely at anchor so long as may be in any way deemed advisable or convenient. So many advantages indeed combine to render Southampton Water the most desirable rendezvous for the great steamship that we cannot wonder when we find the Mayor of that great borough enumerating with very comprehen sible and very justifiable pride, the most prominent and the most important in the long catalogue of those same advantages. That functionary, it will be seen, upon reference to the report of the pro ceedings on Saturday—a report given in full in another part of our impression of this evening—in the course of his complimentary address to the Chairman and Directors of the Great Eastern, " traced the advent to those waters of the first steamship belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Campany, the whole of whose immense fleet now rendezvous here ; the construction of their fine docks, and the selection of the port by the Royal Mail Company for the arrival and departure of their ships. Various other steam vessels," he continued, "frequented the place, and they had at least a weekly departure here to New York. In fact, all the facilities of a port requisite for a ship like the Great Eastern could be found here available. The fact that a powerful Company like the Peninsular and Oriental had located itself hero might be something towards inducing the Great Ship Company to come here also ; and he could promise them," he said, " on the part of the municipal authorities, the Chamber of Commerce, and the inhabitants gene rally, all the facilities which an active and ener getic people could provide." The formal Address of the corporation, the address engrossed on vellum, and sealed with the seal of the borough, was only a more studied expres sion of the sentiments of satisfaction, congra tulation, and cordial encouragement already articulated by the Mayor of Southampton. It began by assuring the Chairman and the Board of Directors of the Great Ship Company, that " We, the Mayor Aldermen, and Burgesses of the ancient borough of Southampton, avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity afforded by the arrival of the Great Eastern steamship within our waters, under the judicious guidance of her able and skil ful commander, Captain Harrison, to give you a hearty welcome to the town and port of Southamp ton, and to express the great satisfaction with which we view the occurrence of an event so important in our local history." And it closed with the earnest words here following :—" In offering this expression of our feelings and gratification on this most interest ing occasion, we have only to repeat our cordial welcome to Southampton, and the expression of our earnest hope that your noble undertaking will be attended with every prosperity, and that your exertions may be successful in a commercial point of view, as they have been a source of plea sure to all who have seen the present state of per.. fection of the grandest specimen of naval architec• tore the world has ever produced." The acknow ledgment of this cordial welcome was natu rally enough in its way not one jot less corn plimentary. Insomuch that as one portion of the written Reply to the Address, read aloud imme- diately afterwards by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. CAMPBELL, refrained not from remarking with rhetorical emphasis, " When I look at the rapid strides in commercial and material progress which your ancient borough exhibits— when I see the finest steam fleets in Europe leave your waters, and return to them laden with the most valuable products of the world, there can be no doubt that one of the chief requirements of a port is supplied in Southampton ; and as it is the combination in one place of the greatest amount of facility and adaptation to our rather novel vessel, which will carry success to our enterprise and the port we adopt, I need not assure you that it will be a source of regret to us, considering the persevering and enterprising spirit of your people, if in all respects your port does not answer this descrip tion." The feeling which dictated those last words, we rest assured, will be heartily reciprocated by every intelligent member of our vast industrial and mercantile population. ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE AND PRIN CESS FREDERICK WILLIAM - OF PR USSIA. DOVER, TUESDAY MORNING. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Frederick Wil liam and the Princess Royal arrived here at 2 a.m., by her Majesty's packet Vivid, Commander Allen. The telegraph states that the train did not arrive at Calais until 11.30 p.m.--an hour beyond the usual time. Lord A. Paget, Lord Sydney, and the Count■ Brandenburg and Blansher received their Royal Highnesses. Apartments were prepared at Birmingham's Royal Ship Hotel. The Royal party proceeded,at 10 a.m., by special train to London, under the superintendence of Mr. S. Smiles. of the South-Eastern Railway Company. A few minutes before one, the Royal train en tered the Bricklayers' Arms Station, •nd their Royal Highnesses entered her Majesty's carriages, which were in attendance, and started for Windsor via the Great Western Railway. The Scots Fusilier Guards, with their splendid band, acted as a guard of honour. His Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Countess Platen have left Sweden for London. Their Ex cellencies are expected in town on Friday next. The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town from his seat, Clumber Park, Notts, yesterday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford left the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestene, yesterday morning, on a visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French, at Compiegne. We are authorised to state that, in consequence of the dangerous illness of the Dowager Countess of Har► wood, the marriage of the Earl of Dalkeith with the Lady Louisa Hamilton is unavoidably postponed. The Earl of Carrick and Lady Lucy Butler have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Mount Juliet, Ireland. The Earl of Stradbroke has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his seat, Henham Hall, Suffolk. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from Broadlands, Hants. Lord and Lady Ashburton are detained in Scot land, owing to an attack of gout from which his lordship is suffering. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood returned to Mickleton Park, Yorkshire, yesterday evening, after at tending the Cabinet Council. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glad stone arrived in town yesterday from Audley End, the seat of Lord Braybrooke. The Right Hon. W. F. Cowper and Mrs. Cowper have arrived at their residence in Curzon-street from a tour of visits. The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson arrived in town yesterday from his seat, Theberton House, Suffolk. - The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Pierrepoint have arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from Brackloy. The Hon. Francis Stonor has returned to town from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. • The Dean of Worcester and Mrs. Peel have left Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, for the Bedford Hotel, Brighton. LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : BERLIN, Nov. 8. It is stated, on reliable authority, that at the interview held at Breslau, the Emperor of Russia and the Prince-Regent of Prussia have determined not to consent to a revision of the Treaty of 1815, nor to take part in any Congress in which England is not to be represented ; the last resolution being proposed by Prussia. PARIS, Nov. 7. The preparations for the Chinese expedition con tinue with great activity; 8,000 men will probably take their departure during the first fortnight in December. No definite appointment of officers has yet been made to command the expeditionary corps. 12.10 r.m. The Bourse continues buoyant. Rentes have again improved, and open at 70f. 20c. 3.30 r.m. The market closes dull and heavy ; Rentes 70f., being a fractional decline since Saturday. CASSEL, Nov. 7. The Elector has refused to receive the Address of the Chamber of Deputies concerning the re-esta blishment of the Constitution of 1831. To-morrow the Second Chamber will pass further resolutions, probably to forward an Address to the Federal Diet. ZURICH, Nov. 7. Yesterday the French and Sardinian Plenipo tentiaries held a conference, lasting from 12 till 2 o'clock; after which a conference of all the Pleni potentiaries was held, which lasted until three o'clock. In consequence of a fresh incident occurring in the settlement of the financial question, the signing of the treaty of peace has been deferred for several days. BOLOGNA, MONDAY EVENING. The National Assembly of the Romagna has unanimously voted the Regency of Prince Carignan, and has invested him with full powers. PARMA, Nov. 7. The National Assembly of Parma has resolved upon conferring full powers on Prince Carignan, and has appointed his Hightiess Regent. MODENA, Nov. 7. The Assemblies of Parma and Modena, convoked yesterday, determined unanimously to-day on elect ing Prince Carignan as Regent. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GA RDEN. Under the manac - ement of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison THIS EVENING, DINOIt A H. Messrs. Santley, H. Core, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, Thtrl wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. Ballet LA FIANCE. Messrs. W. 11. Payne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Legume, Pasquale, Pierron, Mons. Vandris. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMAHKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with THE CONTESTED ELECTION. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c. With THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews and Mrs. Fitzwil lism. And JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. TRIES EVENING, the performances will commence with a new drama, entitled THE MASTER PASSION. Messrs. Ryder, G. Melville, Graham, R. Cathcart, Garden ; Miss C. Lec ercq and Mrs. Charles Young. After which, PUSS ; or, Metempysychosis. Miss L. Keeley. To be followed by a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours , by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE. iv - Ew THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL 11 Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr. Ben. Webster ; Hulks, Mr. D. Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford. Followed by (first time) a piece of extravagance, called DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES. MeAsrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. After which, the new farce, entitled A ROW ON ME PREMISES. Mr. David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Miss a Simms, K. Kelly, Mrs. Billington. Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Ogice open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE King-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 BLAME. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Carle ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson. Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and a numerous Corps de Ballet. After which, the new Comedietta, entitled CUPID'S LADDER. Reuben, Miss Lydia Thompson. Reduced Prices—Gallery, tid ; Pit, is. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform once commences at 7. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Every Night the successful Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., entitled GARIBALDI, supported by Mr R. Phillips, Bel more, Raymond, Miss Kate Carson PolVerful Company— Full stud of trained Steeds—Great Military Tableaux — scenes in the Circle by Madlle. Marguerite, Signor Isacihi, %he wonderful Italian Equestrian, Miss Rosina and John Henry Cooke—Clowns, Messrs. Croueste, Rowella, and the Parisian Grotesques—terminating with an exceedingly droll Ballet entitled LOVE'S VAGARIES. Stage Manager. Mr. R. Phillips ANTERB UR Y HALL CONCERTS.— v EVERY EVENING.—The 3tusic of Verdi's Opera IY MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con. certs). And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera o 1 DINORAH. Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney. Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sights of the metropolis. ROSA BONHEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The gallery is open from 9 am. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 58—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.70. WIND, South-Westerly; fresh. Morning fine ; afternoon dull, with heavy clouds, inclining to rain. Half-past Two—Wind changed, West N.W. ; fresh, with rain. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 9m.—Afternoon, 12h. 28m. To-Monitow-Morning, 12h. 46m.—Afternoon, lh. 4m, C.O •MA -74 40 " it r •• • ' • - • rHE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1859. MELBOURNE. A letter from Melbourne, dated Aug 17, says : There are some features in the state of trade here which demand special notice as being Kegnant with future consequences. For some time past the im ports havo been gradually creeping up from week to week as compared with the exports, and eyery mail brings further accounts of large shipments to the colony. The excess of imports over exports is now £1,286,488, the imports amounting to £10,221,834, and the exports to £8,935,316 ; at the same time last year the exports exceeded the im ports by £151,886. It is, however, very difficult to estimate the effect of the present excess of imports with precision. Our railway bonds are undoubtedly an export. The export and import of coined money ought also to be taken into account, and if this could be done with accuracy and the invoice valuations be corrected it would probably turn out that the imports and exports are more nearly balanced than they appear to be ; and this is in some measure rendered probable by the recent reduction of the premium of exchange. Still we have this very patent fact—namely, that stocks of almost every kind of imported goods have accumu lated in first hands, and sales are extremely dull. No country buyer buys more than he can dispose of in a short time. Though goods sre cheap, the ac counts of heavier shipments lead him to anticipate that they will be cheaper, and he is indisposed to fill his warehouse or his shop with more than his actual demand. Unless, therefore, the threatened shipments are checked the shippers will burn their fingers. The evil of excessive imports is not generally brought about by our traders, but by the English consigners. The other feature to which I desire to direct the attention of your commercial readers is the active speculation that is now going on in mining companies. There are about 38 mining companies now in the market, of which 25 have attained the position of being quoted in some thing equivalent to the Stock Exchange list. They will be found enumerated in the Argus. Most of these are in £5 shares, with 10s. or £1 paid up. Some are divided into smaller shares, and only two or three have the whole capital paid up. Nearly all of these are at a premium, and there is very great traffic in shares. This species of industrie, as the French call it, is very likely to lead to disaster. All the quartz-crushing companies require ma chinery, and the machine makers have now so many orders on hand for private persons who ar e engaged in quartz-reefiug and crushing that they are unable to enter into other engagements. The companies must, therefore, be delayed, Many of these companies have obtained reefs, and will no doubt make money; but I fear some are of the Glenmutchkin Railway class—got up for no other purpose than the industrie in shares. If the ex cessive shipments continue, the trading classes will find their resources somewhat crippled, and the mining companies' calls will not be met. I have lately been a good deal among the quartz reefs, and am impressed with the perfectly inex haustible nature of that great resource of the colony. On the greas roads leading from Melbourne in three directions to the goldfields, long lines of waggons loaded with steam-engines and machinery are daily encountered. I met one nine-ton boiler drawn by 18 horses. It is among the private owners of rich reefs—some crushing out four, six, ten, and even more ounces to the ton—that this great activity prevails. I expect it to manifest itself in our pro duction and export for 1860. A MONSTER RIVER TROOP 'STEAMER. Messrs. Pierce and Company, Stockton, have on the stocks for the Government an Indian river steamer of immense proportions. Her water line is 350 feet ; over all, 375 feet ; and breadth, 46 feet. She is by far the largest river steamer in the world. Her engines are 200-horse power. She has to be impelled with paddles, and is hoped to attain in the Indian river 13 miles an hour. Sleeping berths and every suitable and sanitary arrangement for about 800 soldiers. Iron beds with galvanised bottoms. Venetian ventilation all along the sides, and to this the plan of artificial ventilation by tubes and fanned air, as in the General Post-office. The fan will be wrought by the engine, and keep every birth in a thoroughly sanitary condition. The decks are to be covered with teak. The vessel will also be under about four tons of canvas. An awning is also to be provided for the whole length of the deck. The vessel will have two houses, American steamer fashion, on the deck, each about 100 feet long; also two hospitals on board. She will be guided along by two large patent steering blades. The most wonderful thing of all is, she will only take two feet of water with all her stores, fuel, &c., on board, and 800 passen gers. She is flat-bottomed, made for a shallow river. This leviathan will weigh only about 370 tons. She is a steel vessel. The plates weigh about 51b. per superficial foot. Her keel stroke and girder stroke plates 71b. and 151 b. per foot, all others 51b. per foot. The vessel is supported by two girders running nearly the whole length of the boat, 300 feet, and from them upright and diagonal supporters. Her entire framework will be com pleted in about a month ; she will then be taken to pieces and fitted up entirely on the Thames, and perform two experimental trips on the river. She will then be taken entirely into sectional parts, put aboard of a vessel, and sent off to India. She is designed by T. B. Wilson, of London. She is the first experiment of this kind, in length nearly the size of the Himalaya, the largest river steamer in the world ; and if she is a success it is thought a num ber of vessels of this kind will be built for the transnort of troops and other purposes in India.— Sunderland Times. The Rydney herald complains that there is no ladies' gallery * in the enlarged Legislative Assembly . " Had such accommodation been provided we have no doubt there would have been many fair listeners to the war of words which is nightly waged in this hall, and their pre sence would have done much towards softening the acri mony of debate." AINSWORTH'S NEW BALLAD. The Combat of the Thirty. By - W. Harrison Ainsworth. Chapman and Hall. Harrison Ainsworth's genius as a ballad•writei Is well known to all the lovers of his romances —romances fraught with a fascination akin to the glamour of some old enchantment, before the magic of which we have all in our time yielded a charmed and spell-bound admiration, as the readers of " Rook wood," and " Crichton," and " Jack Sheppard" can well testify. Scattered up and down those enthral ling pages are songs and ballads innumerable —some of them with refrains as felicitous almost as those of the prince of ballad-writers, refrains which haunt the memory with a delightful persistency when many mere important themes are long forgotten. Who does not remember, for example,Dick Turpin's praises of his "bonny Brick Bess," or that wonder ful compilation of slang, the glorious Romany Chant, while the legendary verses of Rookwood greatly enhanced the fascination of that tale of mystery and doom. In the present instance, we have before us the longest, and in somo respects the best, ballad that has yet emanated from the pen of this delight ful ballad-writer. It is taken from a Breton lay of the 14th century, of the discovery of which, and of a new chapter by Froissart (also given in this volume), we quote the following account from the introduction : "The authenticity of the Combat of the Thirty, beyond doubt the most remarkable episode of the civil wars that desolated Brittany during the fourteenth century, was long disputed by both French and English historians, who seemed to regard the engagement as apocryphal. Yet there was no just reason for such doubts. The question, how ever, has been finally set at rest by the discovery of the ancient and almost contemporary ballad, of which I have attempted the following version; and by the recovery of a missing chapter of Froissart, supplying details of the affair. The manuscript of the old ballot was found in the Biblio theque du Roi, by MM. de Freminville and Penhouet, the former of whom published an incorrect edition of it at Brest in 1819. A second and beautifully-printed edition, which left nothing to desire on the score of accuracy—the proofs having been collated word for word with the original manu script by M. Meon—was brought out in 1827, by M. Crape let, under the auspices of the Comte de Corbiere, Minister of the Interior. More recently, the zeal and antiquarian learning of M. Pitre Chevalier, the author of ' Ancient and Modern Brittany,' have been devoted to the illustration of this curious historical poem, which be is willing to regard as the testimony of an almost eye-witness of the conflict, while he even ranks it above the newly-restored chapter of Froissart, as more 'simple and characteristic, more com plete and impartial.' Indeed, with an enthusiasm excus able in a ' Breton de la Bretagne bretonnante,' he terms it a ti esor sans prix.' " The new chapter of Froissart, to which I shall now advert, was discovered amongst the manuscript collections of the Prince de Soubise, and was published, in 1824, by the finder, M. Buchon, in his Ch7oniques nationales et estrangeres. As this very interesting historical morceau has not, that I am aware, been included in an English edi tion of the old chronicler, or ever been translated into our language, I propose to give it entire." In the enumeration of names, and particular de scription of details, the ballad is singularly exact and felicitous. It opens thus : " Seigneurs, knights, barons, bannerets, and bachelors, I pray, Bishops and abbots, holy clerks, heralds and minstrels gay, Ye valiant men of all degrees, give ear unto my lay. Attend, I say, and ye shall hear how Thirty Englishmen, As lions brave, did battle give to Bretons three times ten. And sith the story of this fight I shell toll faithfully, A hundred years hereafter it shall remembered be, And warriors hoar recount it then to children on the knee. The place of combat is designated in most melo dious numbers : "Now would ye know the spot whereon this famous fight befel, Midway it lies 'twixt Jossclin and the Castle of Ploermel. A solitary tree doth grow on the far-stretching plain, Known as the Mid-Way Oak—long may that mark remain I As specimens of the spirit and vigour of the narra tive, let us take the following incident: — "Fierce does the conflict rage, loud do the blows resound; Baron de Bosdegas, senseless, is on the ground. And brave De Pestivien, who all-disabled lies, On Beaumanoir for aid hus dolorously cries : Help me, good Baron, help me straight! if I be captive ta' en By these infuriate Englishmen, thou'lt see me ne'er Then Beaumanoir he sware by Christ, who on the tree was tied, Ere that should be, full many a shield and hawberk should bo tried ! Hereon he flung his spear aside, and on his good sword drew ; And all who came within its range ho quickly overthrew. And by his deeds the Englishmen were in no wise dismayed; And lion hearts, on either side, the combatants displayed. Wearied, at length, with such great toil, they:on a truce agreed, And for a while repose they took, whereof all stood in need. With good wine of Anjou full soon their thirst they did allay, And, thus refreshed, the deadly strife they recommenced straightway. Or better still : "N. - )w pious Beaumanoir that day had fasted rigorously, T was Mid-Lent vigil, and such fasts he kept religiously— And being faint and sore athirst, for water he did cry. Hearing the cry, Geoffroy Du Bois in accents stern did say, Drink thy own blood, Do Beaumanoir, thy thirst 'twill . . quench straightway.' Roused by those words of rough rebuke, and full of wrath and pain. The Baron good, forgot his thirst, and joined the fray again. These quotations will be enough to excite the curi osity of the ballad-lover, who, if we mistake not, will peruse the account of the Combat of the Thirty with no little interest and admiration. It winds up, after the olden fashion, with the following beautiful prophecy of its after fame : " Oft shall they of this famous fight, in after times, hear tell, For all its matchless feats of arms remembered are right well. Pictured they are in castle-hall on gorgeous tapestry, And sung in ditties of our old Armoric chivalry. Full many a squire and hardy knight shall the stirring tale elate, Full many a dame of beauty bright shall it serve to recreate. And all shall glow as when they read of Guilaume D' Aquitaine, Of Arthur and of Oliver, Roland and Charlemagne. Three hundred years hereafter—nay, a thousand!—they shall hear Of this Combat of the Thirty, which, I ween, was without peer." As " without peer," too, in its way, is Harrison Ainsworth's noble version of this heart-stirring celebration of it ! ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. Last evening Verdi's " Il — Trovatore" was produced at the above theatre for the first time this season, and with the following cast :—Leonora, Madlle. Parepa ; Azucena, Miss Pilling; Count Luna, Mr. Stantley ; and Manrico, Mr. Henry Haigh. Madlle. Parepa, as most of our musical readers williloubtless remember, made her debut before the London public some few years back a'. the Royal Italian Opera as Elvira in " I Puritani." Her success was une quivocal, but the ernbarras de riellesse with respect to singers which then oppressed Mr. Gye precluded the possibility of his making much use of the fair debutante's great talent, or profiting by the highly favourable impression she had made. Madlle. Parepa is an immense acquisition to the English ope ratic stage. She has a rich and beautiful soprano voice, equal ly good in quality from C below the line to E flat in alt. The opera was received with great applause, and encores 'yere awarded to the renderings of "The Tempest of the Heart," (" Il Balen"), by Mr. Santley ; " Breeze of the Night" (" D'Amor sull' al rosee"), by Madlle. Parepa; " Ah yes, thou'rt mine" (" Ah si, ben mio), by Mr. Haigh ; and the famous miserere scene. The band and chorus, under the able direction of Mr. Alfred Mellon, were all that could be wished. ADELPIII THEATRE. A capital burlesque entitled " Dinorah under Difficul ties," was produced here last night. In the present instance a provincial manager, Top Sawyer, personated by Mr. Toole, is endeavouring to sustain the falling fortunes of his theatre by the production of Meyerbeer's opera, when all his hopes of patronage and crowded houses are dashed to the ground by the defection of the signora who had undertaken the character of the heroine. It is too late to catch another nightingale, and not to produce the opera \would be ruinous ; the manager sees but one course open, and acts upon it accordingly—to play the part him self. Further description of the plot is unnecessary; ima gine Mr. Toole in a wig and dress as much like Miss Louisa Pyne's costume as possible ; with Miss Kate Kelly and Mr. Bedford in ludicrously inappropriate attire as Corentine and Hoel. Mr. Toole certainly made the most of his part, and was droll, without coarseness ; his burlesque shadow dance was exceedingly well done, and re-demanded. Miss Kelly sang and danced as prettily as usual. Messrs. Bedford and C. J. Smith were effective as an intractable basso and a crabbed old prompter. SURREY THEATRE, Last night, in addition to the attractive entertainment of the Campbell Minstrels, two new plays were produced at this theatre. The first, an original tragic drama of much merit, " The Patriot Spy," is simple, and essentially dra matic. The drama illustrates the sacrifices made by Robert van Artevelde for the rescue of his native country from the sanguinary rule of Philip 11., King of Spain. Mr. Cres wick, as the Patriot Spy, acted with his usual care and ability ; and during the drama, which must be pronounced a great success, he was honoured with a " call." The mounting of the play was beautiful; a garden by moon light, by Dalby, and a hall in the Ducal Palace, were meek lent, and the dresses wore costly and appropriate. The second piece is entitled " First Love, or the Slave Brother," the principal part in which, the Chevalier St. George, a fashionable dashing Creole, is sustained by Mr. Shepherd. The other characters were allotted to Mr. B. Potter, Mr. Vollaire, and Miss Heraud. The piece was quite successful, and will no doubt attract crowded houses for some time to come. THE WEATHER AT PORTSMOUTH.—It blew ex cessively hard during the night of Saturday and all Sunday at Portsmouth, from W. to S.S.W., accompanied with heavy squalls and rains. Yesterday the wind had very considerably moderated, but the sky had an unsettled ap pearance. Barometer rising, but not steadily. On Satur day, at 5 p.m., it stood at 29,55. Yesterday, at the same time, at 29.87. THE _ROYAL CHARTER. AUTHENTIC LIST 0 THE PASSENGERS. Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and the following complete list of 1 on board the Royal Charter :- SAL( Co. have furnished us with the passengers who embarked )ON. Mr. J. 8., Mrs., Miss, and Master Murray Joseph M'Evoy (landed at Cork) Mr. Mellor Mr. Molineaux W. H. Morse (saved) R. F. Macgeorgo Mrs. Nahmer and child Hugh Bethune Mr. and Mrs. Bruce, infant, and servant W. Beamer, jun. Mr. and Mrs. Davis, two daughters, and two sons Mr., Mrs., and two Miss , Fowlersand servant Mrs. Fenwick and four children Mrs. Foster Mr. J. and Mrs. Grove Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner (Mr. Gardiner landed at Cork) Mr. Gundry (saved) F. T. Hutton Rev. Charles Hodge Dr. Hatch J. S. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins and (landed at Cork) Mr. W. H. and Mrs. Pitcher, two children, and servant Mr. Rufford Mrs. Tweedale Mr. Henry E. Taylor, child, and servant (Mr. Taylor saved) Mr. Welsh Captain Withers Mrs. Woodruff and child Mr. G. Watson five sons "Walter Lafargue SECOND CLASS. Mr. Allen and two children _ (landed at Cork) Captain Adams Mr. Barratt and child (son) Charles Callis Mr. and Mrs. Dodd and two T. Macready Nieholas Mrs. Norman and two chil dren Mr. Portnay Mr. Perry Edmund Pearce Mrs. R. Rose Mr. and Mrs. Russell and children Miss F. Davis Mr. Eddowes Bird Edward Gates T. E. Gapper (saved) Mrs. Glover John Griffiths William Harlden Mr. Henderson John Loone (saved) Lethlaine L. E. Mention (saved) John Maule Mr. M'Nab STEERAGE ANI John Bradbury (saved) Mr. Lyons and family (wife and three children)—two two children (Mr. Russell saved) Mr. and Mrs. Smith and three children Solomon Samuel Mr. Lansan Julius Stirko (landed at Cork) Miss Elizabeth Ward Miss Mary Ellen Wrigley Edward Watson John Wilks Mr. Watson THIRD CLASS. Baptiste Phillipine Bates and Rosely James Johnston James Pardy Jos. Spyaglio George Chesney Thomas Byrne John Grice Matthew Scott Houghton and Thomson T. Wood Thomson and Milliken Noah Lyons William Green Robert Tuck Joseph Gibson John Wotherspoon John Lynch Charles Anderson P. Thomson E. Fowler H. Ivey L. Porut Michael Kavanagh Antonio Albergath Drifflon and Rolla Morelli and Cavagna John and P. Martin George Leitu Henry Lawton George Taylor Samuel Grenfell (saved) E. Allen John Anderson S. Dalton William Storey W. Crowley Mrs. Ross and family (two children, one an infant) D. Travers T. Wyatt James Sullivan James Turner Mr. Cartny and family (three children) B. Bladier Mr. Padaritte William Bishop Mrs. Willis and family (two sons aged 10 and 12 J. Trusteman and family (two children) Henry Burns and child Nathaniel Nathan Alice Newton Jos. Churton John and Catherine Drygan John Judge (saved) Maurice Boyle James Dean (saved) Wright Lockwood Jos. Moss Mr. Faulkner and child Robert Jeffery P. De la Landa David Thompson Mrs. Kennedy and family (two children) Thomas Willis J. Wickett and party C. Jackeman Messrs. Jones and Rice C. Kisterman Messrs. Culina, Sturt, and Lyon Charles Conway Mr. Kirkbride and two sons Mr. Kennedy and family (wife and three children) William Banks David Thomas C. R. Ross W. S. Fenis (saved) J. M'Cappin (saved) T. Taylor Robert Hagarth Henry Enghans William and John Row Messrs. Tripit and Lowe William Makepeace Thomas Fawcett William Bowden (saved) James King Denis Collins William and T. Murray John Buchanan Coll. M'Phail (saved) Jos. Robinson Alex. Pottinger R. Oliver and party P. Hogarth and family (one child) William Ford C. Shanahan David Bell William Wilson George Smith Michael Frawley Messrs. Derose and Kenny John Famby R. Laystaff Frank Webber Geo. Watson Mr. Holland and family (three children) Isaac Stephenson Mrs. Athey and child T. Newton Agett Richards James Stanard (saved) Edmistor and Ellis Mr. Torril Jessie Thomden children) John Gillespie Thomas Kelly Mr. Mitchell and wife William Fleming John Scott J ohn Muhlmann Charles Parkinson John Parkinson (or Ranson) James Pamplin Miss Davidson Henry Sims John Manion Samuel Moseley Wade N icolai Le Page Mrs. Isi'Leod and family (two children) William Tanny John Inglis Richard Davis Joseph Potts Frank Hoyland E. Willray Miss Susannah Morton John Mason T. Bakewell James Black Beratti Vingenga MILFORD HAVEN. A full report on Milford Haven as a commercial and naval station has just been issued by Mr. Page. It confirms in every respect the superiority of the position as regards safety and convenience, and shows, from the fact of its not having long ago become the emporium of our western trade the powerlessness even of the greatest natural advan tages to attract traffic from old-established and routine channels. If the sums wasted by the Great Western Railway Company had been devoted to the simplification and cheapening of this route, the shareholders might have been prosperous, but all who are now interested in it are cramped by want of funds and courage, and its development, there fore, although certain, must be . gradual. That there is no haven in Europe more spacious and secure seems to be generally admitted, and also that it requires no expenditure of importance to complete it with every requirement of modern commerce. The extension of the pier at the town of Milford to ouch depth of water as would accommodate ocean steamers is apparently the only work immediately requisite, the rapid growth of all these conveniences that mark a rising place being certain to follow. As a port for passenger and goods traffic to London it already contrasts well with others both on the score of time and expense, but there are yet 60 miles of railway t be made before it can take any part of the great thro.g from Manchester—namely, 14 from Carmarthen to'l ndeilo, and 46 from Llandovery to Knighton. Compa;Td with Galway, Liverpool, and Southampton, Mr. Pal; a contends that Milford presents in each case a great sav ing for passengers from New York to London. Even ;n point of time it is 21 hours better than the Galway route, while reckoning railway fares, and the annoyances of the short sea passage from Dublin to Holyhead, the advantages as regards convenience and cost are much more considerable. Over Southampton the gain is 11 hours, and over Liverpool 104 hours, apart from which the several mail companies would enjoy an economical supply of coal, a free en trance, ample depth of water, avoidance of risks in the Channel, and a saving in light dues. In the cost of coals, especially, an economy of 7s. 6d. per ton is claimed for Milford over Southampton, while it is also stated that the coaling would be effected at one operation, at the rate of 2,000 tons per day for one ship. With respect to the capabilities of the place as a naval establishment, the arguments are equally strong. In time of war the facility for a steamer entering a harbour at any state of tide, and taking in her coal with the least possible de lay, is a question of the first importance, and in this respect Milford is pre-eminent. In its com parative safety and capability of defence from these long-range projectiles which constitute the great feature of modern warfare, it is alleged likewise to possess exclusive recommendations. " Pembroke, 10 miles from the sea, would," it is said, " with fortifications and artillery of the present day at the entrance of Milford Haven, be rendered quite se cure." The possibility of merchant ships being shelled in the harbour is also far less than in the instances of Portland, Holyhead, and Dover. Thus, although the sums expended, or to be expended, on English harbours of refuge according to the estimates commenced in 1847 reach an aggregate of £5,501,125, Milford Haven, which contains as great an area of deep anchorage at low water as the aggregate of Plymouth, Portland, and Holy head, will, it is asserted, unaided by improvements still stand out far superior to them all. Certainly, the comparative neglect in which it has been al lowed to remain must be admitted as another illus tration of the indifference often bestowed on the benefits we have. If France or any other country in Europe could boast of such a natural point either for aggression, defence, or refuge, we should probably hear constant lamentations at our lack of a corresponding seat of power.—Times' CitJ Article. FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF A MASTER BUILDER— On Saturday morning a fearful accident occurred at Hyde- Park-gate, Kensington-road, by which Mr. Wm. Barnett, a master builder, in a large way of business at Kensington, was killed in a most frightful manner. The mansions on the terrace known as Hyde Park-gate are very lofty build ings. Recently, some repairs had been going on at No. 8, under the care of Mr. Wm. Barnett and his brother. The work was near completion, and the deceased gentleman went on the parapet on Saturday morning for the purpose of seeing that some carved steno work in the cornice had been properly carried out, and fell to the ground, a distance of above 80 feet, with a frightful crash. Several persons at once ran to the spot, and the unfortunate man was picked up and at once conveyed to St. George's Hospital. lie never recovered his senses, and died at five minutes to 11 o'clock. ......,........-..' THE MORTARA ABDUCTII Yesterday afternoon a deputation waited on Lord John Russell at the Foreign-office for the Par P a m, of laying before him, as Secretary of Stat e o f Foreign Affairs, a protest against the abductiol4,s the boy Mortara, and to ask " that her 3-laie g -i n Government, in case they should take any part use the settlement of the Italian question , will ca to the subject of the Papal treatment of the Jew s , t ,, be brought before the consideration of the Gev„ e ' s i r ments of Europe." The deputation consisted of Sir Culling Eardley, vice-chairman ; Mr. S. Ge r ro f M.P. ; Major-General Alexander ; the MaY t e ar y ; Rochester; Mr. Benjamin Scott, honorary see re v nu ee Mr. J. Lord, Mr. Leach, Mr. Fewster, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Fowler, Dr. Dillon, -tl,,era,e. Garrett, Rev. H. Schmettan, and Re v. Se e d pih Several noblemen and gentlemen w ho ag witb the views of the deputation, sent their cards, a request to be represented by the secretary. i n tro' Mr. SCOTT, the City Chamberlain, having a id he duced the deputation to Lord John Ru ssell, sa x h is was requested by the Lord Mayor to ellr ea he iug regret that he was prevented by illnes s frorni 0 ha a present on the occasion. Sir James Duke a t a ie en' been precluded from attending by una voidae gagements. in thea b- Sir CULLING EARDLEY said —My Lord, , r ue sence of the Lord Mayor of London , the Cli al o as of the Mortara Committee, I have the bon of the Mortara protest. I need. not, perhaps, Vice-Chairman to put into your hands a Oil S our lordship by reading it. It has been in all th e oo sts, papers, and is signed by 79 Mayors and F a r Arch -27 Dukes and other peers, 22 Bishops al l t flute" bishops, 36 members of Parliament, and a v as The ber of clergy and laity of all denominations 'd u cted tronh e tt .: 3o . committee by whom the protest has been Con At to hope that your lordship will be kind eneu:ga bring the document under the notice of he express jesty's Government. They also be to kivg A part in the settlement of the Italian hope, that in the event of her 111ajestY ta king a 1 cau se congress or otherwise, her Alajesty Mortar a ease Papal treatment of the Jews in the ‘.ol,si. and in others also to be brought before thel'ord,j aeration of the Governments of Europa. :W. ree donl need not, especially with such a friend 0 ' ' o f the as your lordship, dwell upon the infa p mY„,,thiag transaction. Europe rings with it. a",.-Y ou leat were wanting to prove that the Papal "e ve l i a ce is what your lordship and Lord Palmerston what ways said that it is, it is the Mortara case: tee a sk then f is to be done? The Mortara Coin bro ugh t question the that the Papal treatment of the Jews may 134 ' u roPe . With what view ? If your lordship by England before the Governments of allow Tao a s et I will state my opinion—with a view to sue li tieu of tlement of Italy as will involve the liber, o cr ime Mortara. If that child is once liberated the will never be repeated. Now ray lord, the tio ,tive of Bologna, and Bologna belonging Rome has told all men that Mortara being the, to the i - re r s terea child, being the Pope's subject, shall not be j3olog oo, to its parents. On the other han d, I f f a cto, 13 , 1 „ which is already free from the Pope jgre:tPF the decision of Europe becomes free de law (a child Mortara will be liberated by the foreiga,i nations ; it will become the subject of, a rope aa' State. Now, my lord, the conscience of b e lib e. „ of mankind demands that this child shalself th rated ; and as by the showing of Rome 1 cer tain- , cannot be effected in one way, and as it, La tothe r con be effected in another way, I ask that tugtaistert way may be adopted. I ask the Foreigli, as k tha of England to hold a brief for the Jew , ' t i o as O la f England may demand of the congress of freedom oo freedom of Bologna with a view to the Mortara. I ask that England, having g p i Latie i n ,,l Jews of England perfect political enla n- f Tagla'a having given to the Roman Catholics 0 ver f a ile to raise her voice on behalf of r perfect political emancipation —having n e fode aj ' e figions of fte; quite as much of Jews and of Catholics as tac l 0 ' detna testants, all the world over, may n ow r a. Ear - , t o the Roman Catholic and other State s - such a settlement of the question of Centraima oat will make this child free. I ask that fre eu i v r aeo of be given to the downtrodden and oppretteecti oal a Israel, in the only country in Europe c° 111 1 ; plain to-day. (The right hon. dare to perpetrate the iniquity of wil' e ' au the ge ntleal eo ns handed the protest to his lordship.) „ wi se Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—f believe utotioil, rectly understood the views of the de l l 3 oo et{ With regard to the case itself it is , as Yeil,,roorat properly observed, unnecessary to use with any person in my situation as Britla_lirse CO!' ter for Foreign Affairs. We should of F i a t ; for any Bider it a gross violation of parental rig il o for t h e person person to take a child from its parents, a t he 0 " f State to protect that Violation. Nor doe s are uts, ° ., this which has been made, that the P un try.'",; this child have violated the law of the e ° se rcl% taking a Christian nursemaid int o then: g i n thl make the case any better. I am sure thato oath(); country anyone was to propose that Ite ra vro testal!, o lies should be prevented from taking a ' l3, catli' as . nurserymaid into their service every Re gla fr eigi° l a would cry out against it as a gross violation ° law woo 0 be only an aggravation of the offence liberty, and would maintain that such o a f ta.k a ii s l t g iee til e f e child from its parents. So that upon thy as to e l f the case there need be no argument. n u as k tha, t o conduct of the:British G overnrn en , y . ou _ see tae id should communicate the wishes of this!' s eta crl:l deputation to my colleagues, which I has to den do. (Hear, hear.) Of course, whe n en cation s t ja with the laws and usages of foreign u ities. 00 matter is always surrounded with d 5 ,,, 5 tr0ng,,, 01 , the first place, one ought to have a ver•Y o f freea - o u of violation, not merely of our notion the co oil;a as whether political or religious, but of _ n 11 00 4 sentiments of justice which all EuroPTar i t ays,f o entertain. In the next place the pecu tia u e q uest l ; o the different nations before whaT law s ofi la ar ,) might come must be considered. Til e / g e ar, o V o l, are not such as we can at all approve. r t he France there is complete toleration 1 0 with re- Int o and has been for a considerable time; hu t oss ible 't is upon t h a n gard to other European nations u pon s e say what view they may take as bearin4s. jived, own legislation with respect to the : Li st be. o is only say, therefore, that the matter veto considered before the name of the to p on o put forward in making representations is •,. t h e cal , - redress. At the same time I admit to p ar e , is due (rete' in which all our feelings of what very the are violated, and that must I think , u' ar t of rally felt. (Hear.) It is, no doubt', y e ile cos_v a legislation of Rome, with its view of 'the L'oe of belonging to the Roman Catholtc . n u ren to a seo , which would of course make that U n _ ti ,reP Roman authorities entirely hostile to Ch ant' i ii thin_ „ tation which might be made, and ther,irereSoel it would be of no use whatever to Mathis s ub) 1,, tations to the Papal Government on I.,''',. tte utac_", (Hear, hear.) I have, however, care t hat fi t ; to what has been said, and will take iitee at ti . ` colleagues shall hear of what has taken P' be ba4 interview. tha t a li e ' Sir CULLING EARDLEY mentioned ,„ Bea, c o; received a .letter from Lord Stratford (/' the tie let to t ,P who excressed his concurrence il2 reses go of the deputation, and that Sir It" roce ed ago fiore had signified his willingness r to Rome as a member of a depute 10_ 0 011 s io . ,l_L; a Provost of Edinburgh was willing to surd, b a d t e u ilo t mission to Paris. The protest, signed by the Archbishop of Cal l ;r, sbu l i 'is b :r eti _u lici l by the Bishop of London, who alleged_t part _tiere of refusal, that the Mortara case be ? t he parcel of the system of Rome, and act o'., to to protest against every Papacy he would have nothing else to be continually protesting. theft ; tha aV The deputation then expressed his lordship and willachr-. 114001.011t11° AWFUL DEATH ON A WELS. , inquest has been held at Rhaader, in Centrain s of unjustifia% do ow. hs a body of a boy named Thomas Hughes, 14 ?Ie . "! A few,,, e to ch! met his death under appalling circunistoPeni t° ings Ago, in company with his u ncle, he slarly: fie bote . , ofe proceed homeward over the hills, a distanc‘e,he in Cwmtauddr, the farm residence of Ills g r ' o 7. four % s in', miles, from the Elan to tho Wye side. of They had a cart and a pair of horses g oni n g_ i f d ; o r had nearly overtaken them when they r o e ,;_,3lr„ r ive ! Av g, called Bront-y-Elan, a bridge over th -uncas 17,16(;10, rounded by craggy rocks. A violent OZ. dref! ry r i o te/ and they had no hope but to proceed ones theirelise° ney. Onward they went, uncertama ha d _ o d ire until it became terribly apparent th t quder they ed to ' l 4 their way. They left the horses and the atteulo along the dimly perceptible tracks, Li ' terells, 311,..roatta: bitter night ; the wind was bois 0 _ d i e tingly cold ; the snow and sleet fell fast ask ti find som e path leading to human hinabitations. and 1/iere: and was whirled in blinding eddies throupd.,`;nci s 1 11 length the poor boy became quite exhill's_wo far thq a 'a aPs the way-side, declaring that he could g 1, lifted t he hi° di!: uncle was in an agony of distress; --e sensedera,al e and with groat difficulty c arried him for a ved ji r! tame. Prescntly a glimmering- light 1117 0 ° w0 ,1 *NO' and he placed the poor boy down, and ran , n l c. , • hope to gain assistance ; but it was o nly tn. hastolle, „ e el and disappeared from sight. The man thc ..e to f il' a te wards to find his young companion, ®t ,hen a°, e il s ol e steps, and could not tel wlmrc he was. scrambled clQsc aft ° 9 to descend to the valley below, .and serail 4 , . 06 steep rocks, at the imminent risk of his time he reached Safan.3 -coed House. heard and recognised, the family was are Bb he lighted, and the bruised and nearly e xhaus! a l o- s tcs t _ f to bed. A party staited off to s earch for but i i at , ; the whom they found lying, in the cold. Sidabout etnl morning, quite dead and stiff' on the ta ann e ' gi rth mile from a small cc ttar, near to t he the PIT 61 ,1 3 tl d After hearing all the melancholy details,,led a verdict to the effect that the deceased inclemency of the weather, wh i c h p rwlnce ba le sLarvation ." , vale s THE HERRING FISHEEY.--The late be et) considerably interfered with the herring' Old . Iltiv t0 031;1° catches have fallen off, but en the whole prey larger than could reasonably b e ex pecte..," per low good and firm, varying from about .0.3 to