The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE POLYTECHNIC. On Saturday afternoon a rumour prevailed that two more of the persons injured by the late calamity at the Polytechnic Institution had expired at the Middlesex Hospital, and also a that a third sufferer who had been conveyed to his own residence, had fallen a victim to the injuries he had sustained. On inquiry at the hospital the former statement was found to be erroneous ; for, although still remain ing in a very precarious state, the report was that the whole of the five patients still remaining showed symptoms of improvement rather than otherwise. With respect to the latter rumour, it was impossible to test its accuracy, as, although some of the Marylebone summoning officers had received the information, they were not acquainted with the residence of the party referred to. It is quite certain, however, that there were many other persons injured than those whose names have al ready become known ; and it transpired, in course of inquiry, that there were people in the London Hospital, Mile-end-road, who were injured by the fall of the staircase. It appears that, notwithstand ing the distance, their first impulse was to get to their homes, where the injuries they had sustained were discovered to be of so serious a nature as ren der their removal to the hospital indispensable. Mr. T. M. Nelson and Mr. C. Eales, the archi tects appointed by the coroner and jury, attended at the Polytechnic Institution on Wednesday, for the purpose of viewing the broken staircases, and inspecting, the materials, &C., with a view to the formation of their report to lay before the jury at its next sitting. They were attended by Mr. Mortimer Timpson, the builder of the institution, and a professional friend on behalf of Mr. James Thompson, the architect, was also present. They made a minute examination of every one of the broken steps of the stairs, and also went into the basement, and with the aid of Mr. Timp son's men, some of the larger fragments of the fallen stone and iron work were also examined. From all that can be collected it appears that the first breakage took place at the edge of the southern landing leading from the small lecture theatre, which formed, as it were, the keystone to the whole of the upper spiral staircase. It is a remarkable fact, that whilst every step, about forty . in number, is broken at the same point, about six inches from the circular wall from which they spring, in no single instance is there the slightest fracture or dis placement of the stone to be found in the wall itself. Indeed the ends remain as solid and firm, although 20 years have elapsed since they were cemented into the wall, as the first day after their erection. It is intended by the directors to re-open the in stitution to-day, and, in order to prevent anything like danger or idle curiosity, a very neatly arranged screen, having the appearance of a solid granite wall, has been constructed on either side of the central staircase, completely enclosing the one which has fallen, and its opposite companion, in such a way that persons who have not been in the habit of visiting the Polytechnic will be at a loss to discover that there were ever such places in existence. THE NA Tl. Her Majesty's steam sloop Alecto, Commander I. Hunt, from the West Coast of Africa, after a trial of her machinery down the river, was on Saturday hauled into basin at Woolwich, and the operation of dismantling and returning stores was commenced. The crew will be paid off about the 13th inst. The troop ship Bloomer, Capt. D. Smith, from London from Bombay and iarrachee, the arrival of which at Portsmouth with damage from collision with the American ship Highland Light, was noticed in The Sun of the 3d inst., completed her repairs at that port on Saturday. Yesterday morn ing the troops re-embarked on board of her from the Victorious hulk, where they have been berthed during the ship's repairs, and at high water she was towed out of harbour to Spithead, where she will receive her troop ammunition, &c., on board. She will sail for her destination early this morning. The naval authorities at Portsmouth have rendered every possible facility in expediting the Bloomer's refit, which has been most efficiently carried out. The officers in command of the troops on board took the opportunity of expressing to Capt. Smith, now that they were on the point of again proceeding to sea, their admiration of his conduct under the trying circumstances in which he was placed at the time of collision and afterwards. The Trusty floating battery on Wednesday under went the test of Armstrong's 32-pounder long range gun at ranges varying from 200 to 400 yards. The steam vessels Adder and African towed her over on Shoeburyness flat on Wednesday, where she was moored broadside to the southward. The gunboat Mayflower, tender to the Cressy, took the gun on board from Shoeburyness under charge of an artil lery officer and an artillery gunner. The gun, which loads at the breech, was charged with a 6-pound cartridge, and one of Armstrong's in vented shot. The shot are about ten inches and a half long and about four inches in diameter; the shots are covered with lead, the outer end of some of the shot very much resembles the circular end of Mr. Hall's rockets ; others form a square of about an inch and a-half ; the barrel of the gun is rifle-fluted down to the chamber. Capt E. L. Hal sted, of the Cressy, took his station in the captain's cabin of the Trusty. The target was marked che quered, taking in three parts of the broadside. Some common shot were fired, none of which ex ceeded 400 yards—these shot started the plate bolts, woodwork inside the plates, beam knees, decks, &c. One of the newly invented shot steel pointed was then fired, which drove in a portion of one of the plates, went through the side, tearing away one of the beams, deck, &c., and passed out over the upper deck ; another imbedded itself in the shattered plate and lodged in the woodwork, the outer end being just flush with the surface of the plate. After three or fsur shots had been fired Capt. Halsted left the Trusty's cabin, and proceeded on board the Mayflower. From 12 to 14 shots were fired with great accuracy on the part of the artillery officer who on each occasion laid the gun and placed his shot within a foot or so, in every instance, when requested, on the target part of the ship's side. Some idea may be formed of the powers of the gun from the following statement :—The 12- pounder at Shoeburyness has passed 1,500 of the newly invented shot, one of which, at 800 yards' distance, passed through a solid body of oak timber nine feet thick. Mr. Armstrong now purposes bringing out a gun of much larger calibre to carry a 561 b. shot. After the experiments the Mayflower returned the gun to Shoeburyness, and on the 6th the African and Adder towed the Trusty to Chat ham. The whole broadside for a considerable dis tance before and abaft the target is started in every direction. One shot separated one of the plates, splitting the plate through about one-fourth of the square of the plate. The new screw steam frigate Forte has been taken into No. 2 dry dock at Sheerness to be fitted ready for being commissioned. The Edgar new two-deck steamship in the fitting basin at Sheerness is progressing rapidly with the fitment of her engines. The Hero, Eurotas, and Scylla are at present in the fitting basin at Sheerness. The screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Capt. G. W. Preedy, C. 8., is ready for sea, and was expected to leave Plymouth Sound yesterday. The repairs of the screw steam ship Victor Emmanuel, 91, Capt. James Wilcox, C. 8., 'paddle wheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Commander M. B. Dunn, and Advice, tender to- the Nile, have been completed at Devonport. The Victor Emmanuel will move into Plymouth Sound to-morrow. The lighter Rochester sailed from Plymouth on Saturday with stores for Chatham. The gunboat Shamrock steamed outside Ply mouth Sound on Saturday to try her engines. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Commander R. G. Tufnell, to be Inspecting Commander of the Coast guard, vice Lake, promoted; W. B. Beveridge, assistant-clerk, to the Royal Albert. THE ARMY. The members composing the economical com mittee at present sitting in Woolwich dockyard, on Saturday announced the probability of terminating their labours during the present week. With a view of car r yi ng ou t in its minor details the objects for which they were appointed, they commenced their researches by a th oroug h inspection of the establishment of the yard, after which they entered into a systematic subdivision of the departments into 24 sections, and every one connected there with whom they presumed likely to afford them any information relevant to the subject of their in vestigations, or who might suggest any mode of improvement, has been subjected to a searching examination, extending in some cases over a period of three, four, and five days. The members of the committee, as at the commencement of their labours in the early part of last July, consist of—Rear-Ad miral Robt. Smart, A.D.C., 1C..11., chairm an ; Mr. Henry Chatfield, master shipwright of Deptford dockyard ; Mr. Andrew Murray, chief engineer of Portsmouth yard ; Mr. Laws, storekeeper of Chat ham yard; Mr. Robt. Bowman, civil engineer and shipbuilder; and Mr. David Low, a clerk in Ports. mouth dockyard, secretary. Major H. Rowlands has taken the command of the 3d Battalion of Infantry at Chatham Garrison, in the absence, ,on leave, of Lieut.-Colonel C. E. Fairtlough. Major-General Eyre, in command of the troops at Chatham Garrison, has distributed, at his own expense, a large quantity of beef among the wives of those soldiers belonging to the East India depots who are not living with their husbands in barracks. The General has also given a sum of money for dis tribution among the troops who compose the mili tary police of the garrison. The division of Royal Marine Light Tnfantry at Chatham being below its required strength recruit ing is now proceeding very energetically. On account of the increased number of recruits daily entered for service in the Royal Artillery Regiment, a portion of the western block of the barracks at Woolwich has been specially appro priated as detached mess and sleeping rooms for the young recruits alone, whence, on passing the necessary examinations and receiving their clothing, they are to be draughted to regular quarters, and immediately commence a course of active drill. THE NAVIES OF THE WORLD. (From the New York Times.) In preparing the following comparative view of the naval armaments of the world, we have been anxious to ascertain as accurately as possible the present available efficiency of those armaments ; and to illustrate the extraordinary:development, to which the Russian war gave so vigorous an impulse, of the steam marine of war. We have, therefore, omitted all consideration of the Russian navy, which is now in process of reconstruction, and of navies like those of Sweden and Denmark, from which we have nothing to learn, since they remain like our own, upon the footing of thirty years ago, and are even in the rear of our own progress. Neither of them possesses a single screw line-of-battle ship, and the fleet of gunboats by which Sweden holds the Gulf of Bothnia consists mainly of sailing ves sels. The navy of Spain would claim no more con sideration in a paper of this kind, were it not of special interest to us in connection with the pre sent aspect of our relations with that Power. We should add that our account of the French navy rests mainly upon personal observations made during the past summer, and upon documents pre pared for the use of a foreign Government, the French Minister having forbidden by a recent circular to the press, any specific statistical publica tions with regard to the naval forces of France. The object of this prohibition it is not easy to di vine, though it may be supposed to have a reference to those sinister designs upon " somebody " which the Third Napoleon is so generally believed to be cherishing. Of steam line-of-battle ships, carrying . from 60 to 131 guns, and propelled by force varying from 200 to 700 horse-power, England has 52 ; France, 1 33 ; Holland, 1 ; Austria, 1. Of sailing line-of-battle ships, carrying from 60 to' 120 guns, England has [44 ; France, 23 ; Hol land, 9 ; Spain, 6 ; the United States, 6. In the above force we include, of course, only vessels actually launched, and either actually in commission capable of being fitted for sea within a reasonable delay. But on " decomposing" the figures of the sailing, fleet, we find that three of the six American liners—The Penn sylvania, Columbus, and North Carolina—are really • only fit to remain where they now are, in ordinary." The same is true of two of the Spanish liners, and of a certain propor tion of those of England and France. The other may be reckoned among the forces which may be made available by the application of steam. The liners of England. and France are undergoing this transformation, and it was the intention of the Government of Lord Palmerston to form out of the superannuated English ships a strong squadron of " blockships." The present Administration, we believe, has virtually given up this project, and rests content with the nine ships of this kind be queathed to it by its predecessors. One, at least, of the vessels formerly reckoned by our own naval au thorities among the 74's—the Franklin—is now re building into a screw of 54 guns at Portsmouth, and when completed, may take rank with ships like the Edinburgh and the Russell of the English coast squadron. Very different are the steam line-of-battle ships here enumerated. In this branch of the ser vice the French fleet may claim a just pre-emi nence. The steam linens of France have been built on the basis of the experience acquired by England, and although numerically inferior to the British, are probably more directly available for warlike purposes than the larger force of their rivals. The armament of the first-class French liners consists now of six 84's, 60 long 30- pounders, and 54 30-pounder Paixhans. The type of these magnificent vessels may be taken to be the Algesiras, built by M. Depuy de Lome, and launched in 1857. On her trial trip this ship made the fastest passage ever known to Algeria from Marseilles, in 32 hours, at the ave rage rate of 12 knots per hour. At this rate she consumed 45 tons of coal per day, and, with an expenditure of 70 tons per day, reached a speed of 14 knots. The Duke of Wellington and Marl borough, the leading ships of the English steam navy, have never, we believe, exceeded an average of 13 knots, but at this rate we have no vessel-of war, excepting the Niagara, which can claim equality with them. The Emperor, the only Austrian screw liner now afloat, though two others are building, one at Venice and one at Pola, is described as a splendid vessel of 100 guns, and is, doubtless, a very fine ship. Of steam frigates carrying from 20 to 54 guns, and propelled by a force of from 150 to 1,000 horse power, England has 19 ; France, 28 ; Holland, 3 ; Spain, 2 . ; United States, 6. Of sailing frigates, carrying from 32 to 54 guns, England has 91; France, 54; Holland, 12 ; Spain, 10 ; United States, 12 ; Austria, 6. The steam frigate of the first-class is now to be classed as a smaller line-of-battle ship. It has no advantages over the larger vessels of this rank in point of speed, and is liable, of course, there fore, to be forced into unequal encounters with its superiors ; but for the ordinary purposes of a navy in times of peace it has great availability. The proportions of our own vessels of this class, and the character of the Dahlgren armament (always supposing its utility in time of war), entitle them really to rank with heavy liners ; and we have achieved a higher success with these vessels than with any others of our present navy. The English frigates, also, such as the Imperieuse, Euryalus, Arrogant, Shannon, and Mersey, which have been built within the last six years, maintain the ancient reputation of England on a nearer level with that of France than the larger ships of her Britannic Majesty. The Mersey is a particularly favourable specimen of these vessels. She was launched in the spring of the present year, is fitted with engines of 1,000 horse power, and carries an armament of 40 guns, 32's and 68's. The respective force in steam and sailing frigates of England and France significantly illustrates the secret of the momentary superiority of the latter power in dis posable steam force. England is encumbered with a larger amount of " old material" than her rival ; but with a prudence and foresight which we should be glad to see imitated nearer home, she is freeing herself of this encumbrance as rapidly as is con sistent with a just economy and an aristocratic Ad miralty. Her paddlewheel steamers, too, of which a division appeared in the great review at Spithead, in April, 1856, are more numerous than the French; but we believe the American Government is alone at the present moment in the enterprise of adding to this now useless arm of its service, and in seri ously considering paddlewheel packets like the Adriatic and the Baltic as available additions to its war force. Steam corvettes, sloops of war, and avisos, mount ing from 5 to 20 guns, and of from 50 to 350-horse power :—England, 156 ; France, 129 ; Holland, 7 ; Spain, 15 ; United States, 12 ; Austria, 5. The utility of vessels of this class has been seri ously impaired by the development of the gunboat system, which has introduced vessels of equal speed and less draught, carrying heavy armaments of from two to five guns of the largest calibre, and navigable at a much smaller expense, in the place of the heterogeneous craft thus classified. Still, the figures we have given will shew that, in the event of a maritime war, France and England par ticularly possess a means of tormenting our coasts and our commerce with ships of this calibre, which deserves the attention of our authorities. The French steam-corvette of 16 to 20 guns is a very vexatious style of vessel. Great pains have been bestowed by the French upon this class of vessel, and we give the dimensions of one of its best types, launched at Bordeaux in 1857, as a means of com parison with the three best vessels of the same de nomination which we now possess—the Hartford, Brooklyn, and Lancaster—launched, but not yet ready for sea, under the Act of Congress for build ing five new sloops of war :—Length, 230 ft. ; to water line, 36 ft.; depth of hold 22 ft.; displace ment, 1,968 tons ; armament, four long and 12 short 60-pounders of the French, or sixty-eights of our own calibre. Sailing corvettes, &c., carrying from 10 to 20 guns—England, 105; France, 138; Holland, 21; Spain, 23 ; Austria, 12 ; United States, 21. Passing over now the small fry of brigs and schooners detailed for revenue and coast duty in the various countries, we come to the new and import ant classes of small steam-vessels, of which France and England have now a small squadron in the American waters. The steam gunboat is a wiry lit tle monster, ranging from 200 to 800 tons burden, from 4 feet 3 inches to 12 feet of draught, carrying from 2 to 6 68 or 84-pounder guns, and making from 7 to 13 knots, with steam power varying from 20 to 350 horses. She depends for the force of her re monstrances more upon the range and calibre than the number of her cannon. The French type gun- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1859. boat throwing a ball 841 b. a distance of 3,600 yards 1 and, lying as a speck upon the water, would thus prove herself a very disagreeable antagonist with a vessel much her superior in size and number of guns. Of these vessels we possess not one, against more than 200 in the service of England, and very nearly as large a number in the navy of France. Holland herself counts 36, and Austria 20 of such vessels, and they are now building in the port of Ferrol, in Spain. The French gunboats are con structed on a more uniform model than the Eng lish, and are, doubtless, of at least equal efficiency. The English West India squadron now contains five of these vessels, and we have reason to believe that a larger number has been despatched from France to these waters. Of the bomb-vessels and floating batteries brought into being during the Russian war, and the former of which, at least have established their character as a new and most dangerous vessel of war, we re serve an account, with an examination of the naval personnel of the different nations, for another occa sion, contenting ourselves now with summing up the results of our first inquiry, in regard to the actual steam force of the world—and omitting all reference to the sailing ships, as not to be con sidered in dealing with the future of our navy— Line-of- Steam Battle. Frigates. Sloops, &c. Gunboats. England .. 52 19 156 200 France Holland Austria United States Spain 4 7 36 - 5 20 6 12 - 2 15 - We leave these figures to carry their own lesson. In any sudden naval encounter with the world, or with any strong naval power, we can now count immediately upon exactly 18 vessels, of a class available for the modern warfare of the seas. To this force, from the vessels now in course of con struction, or capable of completion in an efficient sense, might in six months be added one-half as many more. But of the'two extreme terms of naval efficiency, the steam-liner and the gunboat, we have not a single unquestionable specimen. And yet we talk of going to war with a first-class naval power! to the duties and responsibilities of those who abuse their power over their fellowmen to so frightful a purpose. But one thing we would urge. So long as peace is preserved the Emperor Napoleon may claim with some justice to be master of his own position and the destinies of Europe ; but the moment he plunges into war that position is gone. The power and the predominance will be, not to him, but to those who, with resources unexhausted and reputation untarnished, stand by, the specta tom of the quarrel. The destinies of the belli gerents will be placed in their hands, and from them France must ultimately accept what terms they may please to impose. Is the Emperor of the French prepared to exchange the one position for the other ? CELEBRITIES AT CANNES-LORD BROUGHAM. CANNES, Jan. 2.—Were the men of England, France, and Germany called upon to elect three representatives who should personify high mental power, wisdom, pure philanthropy, and patriotism, their choice could not possibly , fall upon more worthy objects than on the three distinguished men whom circumstances have brought together in this petty town. I speak of Henry Lord Brougham, who radiantly stares time out of countenance ; of Alexis de Tocqueville, laid low by disease, but daily parrying with greater vigour the assault of the fatal scythe ; of the Chevalier de Bunsen, who has de serted his favourite retreat and abandoned his beloved occupations in order to bestow his entire attention and affectionate care on the stricken friend. It is mighty consoling to reflect, while roasting my legs in a capacious fireplace (for in the " genial climate" of Nice, Cannes, &c., it is colder out of the sun than in the Hebrides), that were some awful convulsion undreamt of by Babinet of the "Institute" or by " Moore's Almanac," to sweep away every vestige of civilisation in the course of this night, the world would be perhaps the gainer by the event. The three practical philosophers cherished by Cannes would speedily replace the rotten, selfish, strife creating network of institutions, which have trans formed the world into a bear-pit, by. a glorious system in which injustice, national hatred, intole rance and lawyers should be unknown. It must not be surmised that I doubt the capacity of Lord Brougham to accomplish the task alone ; on the contrary, his lordship would undertake and perform it single-handed at the shortest notice. But the calm judgment of Tocqueville and the benevolence and piety of Bunsen would sober down the daring flights of our great countryman and lend grace and unity to the structure. Lord Brougham is the loadstone that attracts people to Cannes, and that the sun has something to do in the matter is a fable invented by envious minds. The sun has a great reputation to sustain and would think twice before engaging with so daring a rival. His lordship has rescued the place from obscurity, and it is but fair that he should have the exclusive credit of the action. The inha bitants, who derive advantage from the presence of visitors, remember their days of poverty, and are grateful to their benefactor. The grateful feelings of the landed proprietors, who have built chateaux, in many cases with borrowed money, under the delusion that the entire British aristocracy would compete for their possession, and who cannot suc ceed in disposing of their property, are perhaps less acute. By thepoorer classes and the rural popula tion his lordship is beloved and also slightly feared. Every season he returns more erect apd youthful. Strange tales are told at village festivals of his visits to the fountain of youth, concealed in a certain House of Lords, which can be entered only by the display .of consummate cunning. His popularity is also augmented by a belief, founded probably on the law reforms at work in England, that he passes the days of his absence in exterminating " avocats." With the children he is, of course, a favourite. In days of old, mothers were accustomed to hush their squalling brats to rest by the invocation of some dreaded name. Tamerlane, Atilla, Bogey the elder, Black Douglas—all had their day of favour in the maternal imagination. But on Lord Brougham has devolved a more grateful and soothing mission ; his name, pronounced before the villager's cradle, never fails to reduce the most unruly infant to good temper—not by fear, but by sympathy. When every measure has been exhausted by the persecuted mother—when menace and cajolery have alike failed—when the energetic method of lifting the baby to the level of the nose, and allowing it to return unassisted to the earth, has produced only additional annoyance—then does the maternal parent recal to mind the spell evoked by the name of the great Milor. In her unvarnished and, per haps, presuming language, she cries to the un happy infant, " Tiens, bichette, si nous allions voir le grandpapa lou-lou ;" and, lo ! to storm succeeds calm. The restive limbs subside into quiet, the riotous howl is followed by a gentle crow, and the tamed babe, holding out its little arms, pouts its • lips and embraces an imaginary Harry.. A minority, scarcely worth mentioning, asserts, however, that his lordship is a magician, and con verses with dark spirits. This delusion arose under the following circumstances, and perhaps many a gloomy superstition that has tormented poor humanity is founded on no more guilty pre mises :—" A wedding party returning to a village from Cannes passed by the grounds of the chateau, when suddenly the ears of the merry folks were assailed by the most horrible sounds. The good people crouched together in abject terror and awaited events. Presently there issued from a shaded walk into the full moonlight the well-known figure of Lord Brougham. With vehement gestures he pro nounced an oration in a language unknown to mor tals. It was an excruciating concentration of the most discordant sounds. One of the party, the vil lage schoolmaster, a man of lettrning, whispered that milord was whispering in the Chaldean tongue, and was invoking the "devil. Whereupon the affrighted peasants took to their heels, pursued by stones, which his lordship, thinking the disturbance was created by some unfriendly cat, hurled in the direction of their retreat. To this day the villagers in question look with awe on the chateau and its master. The simple fact of the case was this—his lordship was merely repeating a speech in French, a la Caledonienne, which he intended shortly to deliver to the Paris Institute." When Lord Brougham first - established his win ter residence at Cannes, in consequence of the annoy ance he felt at the sanitary cordon raised by Nice in the cholera year—he is said to have taken great interest in the welfare of his poultry yard, and to have gloried in the superiority of his breeds over the native ones. He even encouraged a certain amount of familiarity in his subjects which nearly ended in a disastrous result—viz., in the acquire ment of an inveterate and undignified habit. His lordship possessed not only a fine collection of Dork iags, Javas, &c., but also some presentable rabbits —one of which, a strawberry-coloured bunny, with fascinating ears, became, by its remarkable tame ness and sagacity, his particular favourite and playmate. This rabbit was called " Johnny," after an eminent legal friend, whom it has the honour to resemble. We have all read of certain great philo sophers, composers, and authors who never appealed successfully to their genius unless encouraged by the presence on their shoulders of favourite cats, owls, or poodle dogs, &c. We have modern instances of this eccentricity, for, according to report, M. Coste, the distinguished patron of pisciculture, ex periences difficulty in putting pen to paper without having a leech in his waistcoat pocket, while M. Cucheval-Clarigny, attached to the rear squadron of French journalism, finds, it is said, that a blind ape, seated on his shoulders, lends additional bril liancy to his prose. Lord-Brougham was menaced with a visitation which the eccentric minds above mentioned sought for of their own free will. His lordship; when seated in the evening at his desk, became the object of much premeditated persecution on the part of " Johnny," who, presuming on the above familiarity, was unhappy unless seated on his master's shoulders, with a quill pen to chew. But the master; being aware of the fatal conse quences which attend too imprudent a subserviency to habit, checked the inclinations of " Johnny" in their dawn, and withdrew from that favourite much of the regard hitherto enjoyed by him. A terrier dog, named " Smash," from the peculiarity of his evolutions in the china closet, then succeeded to the best graces of his master, and still enjoys them. Were Lord Brougham to dispose of his chateau and to desert Cannes, I do not think that the place would long preserve its actual prosperity. By this I mean to say, that in Cannes there is little to tempt a man to purchase the numerous chateaux which are for sale ; and that as the fame of this resort was created by his lordship, so would his de parture affect its very existence. But it little matters whether Cannes is destined to return to its primi tive obscurity or to expand into a great town. One thing is certain, this little point on the Mediterra nean coast will be contemplated with deep interest in another century by the great Anglo-Saxon na tions; and pilgrims from beyond the seas will seek the spot where dwelt the lion-hearted sage whom no obstacle could vanquish and no failure dis hearten ; who strove against injustice, ignorance, intolerance, and oppression, and who won the day with the glorious weapons of eloquence, a dauntless spirit and an unbending will. They will gaze with reverence on the spot where laboured the strong intellect, at an age when most men are stranded in hopeless senility, in defence of the interests of the British public : and, when reflecting on the gener ous qualities which adorned the master-mind—love of truth, hatred of petty intrigue, and unswerving fidelity in friendship—they will cherish in their souls, with not less love than admiration, the me mory of Henry Brougham.—Ppst. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Jun. 8. COURT OF DIVORCE. EVANS V. EVANS AND ROBINSON. Mr. Huddleston said he had to apply to the Court on behalf of Mr. Evans, that Mr. Robinson, the co-respondent in this cause, which was tried a short time ago, and a verdict given in favour of the petitioner, be directed to pay the costs of the proceedings instituted in this Court by Mr. Evans against Mrs. Evans, and also that the Court would pronounce a decree of divorce. Lord Campbell asked if the application for the divorce was opposed. Dr. Deane, who appeared for Mrs. Evans, said he was not instructed to oppose. Lord Campbell—Then of course that will form part of our judgment. Mr. Huddlestone said he had now, in accordance with the 34th section of the Divorce Act, to apply that Mr. Robinson be called upon to pay the whole costs incurred by Mr. Evans in prosecuting his suit in this court. The section alluded to laid it down that where a co-respondent was accused of adultery, and that adultery was proved, he should bear the whole of the expenses. Lord Campbell—What do you apply for ? Mr. Huddlestone—An order, ray lord, that Mr. Robinson pay the whole costs. He (Robinson) had put in an affidavit that he had already paid the sum of £5OO and costs in the action tried at Liverpool, and he did not think he ought to be called upon to pay more. He (Mr. Huddlestone) contended that Mr. Evans had been compelled to institute the proceedings in this court, and there fore he ought not to be saddled with the costs after a verdict had been given by a jury in his favour. Mr. Sergeant Piggott opposed the application on the part of Mr. Robinson. The action at Liverpool, amounting, with the costs, to £946 155., he had already had to pay, and he did not think the Court would order him to pay a second bill of costs. The learned gentleman then cited a ease from the Law Journal, which he said differed very slightly from that of Evans v. Evans and Robinson, and there the co-respondent was not saddled with the costs. The learned Lord Chief Justice of the Com mon Pleas, who delivered the judgment in that court, distinctly stated that the case was an excep tional one, and ought not to be taken as a prece dent. Lord Campbell said he' had no doubt the case alluded to by the learned Sergeant was rightly de cided, but there the judge merely laid' it down that it was not to form a precedent. If the learned Sergeant had no other argument to offer, he thought Mr. Robinson ought to pay the costs incurred by Mr. Evans. Another learned gentleman followed Sergeant Pigott, and said that as Mr. Robinson had paid the costs of the action at Liverpool, and had a judgment pronounced in his favour in the Ecclesiastical Court, he ought not to be now called upon to pay the expenses of the action in this Court. Lord Campbell said that judgment was obtained by perjury. Here he had the verdict of a jury which he considered unimpeachable. Mr. Baron Martin—And unimpeached. Lord Campbell - said he • was clearly of opinion that the costs of Mr. Evans in this court in obtain ing a divorce from his wife, ought to be paid by Mr. Robinson. The verdict of the jury was quite-unimpeachable and in strict accordance with truth and justice ; and, therefore, the costs must be paid by the co-respondent. Mr. Baron Martin said he entirely concurred in the decision of the Lord Chief Justice. Mr Robinson had brought the whole transaction upon himself, and therefore Mr. Evans ought not to be a sufferer. The Judge Ordinary said he was of the same opinion Judgment accordingly. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Jan. 8. (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant.judge.) Eliza Cook, 19, Jane Armstrong, 17, and Harriet Fant, 17, were indicted for stealing a purse value ls. and the sum of 18s., from the person of Mary Allinson. This robbery was committed in a very artful manner. The prisoners went to the shop of the prosecutrix, who is a milliner, 240, Tottenham court-road, on Dec. 18, and said they wanted to purchase a bonnet. One was tried on Cook, and while prosecutrix was arranging it on her head — Cook purposely keeping her hands so engaged— Armstrong picked her pocket of her purse. The prosecutrix felt a tug at her dress, and looking down saw Armstrong's hand withdrawn from the pocket. Cook was detained and given into custody —the others got away. She said she was a respect able married woman, and that she was quite unac quainted with the others; but they were known to be companions, and the constant associates of thieves and other bad characters. No money was found on Cook ; it was she who wanted to huy the bonnet. Armstrong was taken into custody by D 261, at 14, Charles-street, Lisson-grove, when she said it was " Miss Eliza's doings," and they would all three go together. She then took the constable to where Fant lodged, and she too said it was all through " Miss Eliza; " it was'no use denying it, they did do it ; but it served her right for being with them; she was drawn into it by others. The jury found them Guilty. Cook and .Armstrong were then indicted for a similar robbery committed upon Mrs. Torring, mil liner, Great Ifussell-street, Bloomsbury. The prosecutrix stated that seeing in the news papers a report of the examination of the prisoners on the other charge, she thought they might be the same persons who committed a precisely similar robbery upon her on the 3d of December, and in consequence she went, and on seeing them imme diately recognised them. As she was trying a bon net on one of them, the other picked her pocket of her purse, which contained money. She was posi tive they were the same persons. The prisoners as positively denied it. They . admitted they were guilty on the other charge, but they assured the jury that on the day when this robbery was committed they were selling fruit and vegetables in the street. Mrs. Terring said there was a peculiarity about Armstrong's face which was unmistakeable, and having missed her purse and money immediately after they left the shop (they made no purchase), and knowing, from the fact of her purse being safe just before they came in, that they must have taken it, their features and appearance became impressed more deeply upon her memory. The jury found them guilty. They were proved to be well known to the police of the D division as bad characters themselves, and the associates of others still worse. The Court sentenced Cook and Armstrong each to nine months' hard labour, and Fant to three months. (Before. Mr. Creasy.) Henry Kelly, 24, described as a musician, Emma Kelly, 11, and Ann Wallace; 49, were indicted for stealing portmanteaus from cabs in the streets. There were three indictments against the pri soners, and, from the evidence upon which the charges were founded, it appeared that on the evening of the 22d of December Lieut. L. P. Shaw, R.M., unattached, arrived at the Waterloo Station, and took a cab to Euston-square to proceed on to Preston. His portmanteau, containing a uniform coat and other articles, value about Xll, was placed on the roof of the cab, but before the cab got to Euston-square, it was gone. On the 23d of October Mr. Phipson, the barrister, took a cab from Waterloo Station, and placed his portmanteau and some luggage belonging to a friend on the roof, and when he got to his friend's house in Albert road, Regeht's-park, the portmanteau was gone. A waistcoat which Wallace had pawned in Great Queen-street, and the ticket of which was found upon her, was identified by Mr. Phipson, as having been in the portmanteau when it was stolen. On the 3d of December Mrs. Bright, the wife of a warder in the House of Correction, Coldbath fields, took a cab from Endell-street, Long Acre, to Pentonville-road, and placed a box containing chintz on the top ; when she got home that was gone. On the 23d of December two constables of the A divi sion, named Joy and Dawson, from information they had received, went to No. 8, Little Wild-street, Drury-lane, and in the first floor front room found the three prisoners. Wallace was the tenant of that room. The constables took them into custody on suspicion of having stolen property in their pos session, and, on searching, they found most of the articles stolen on the three occasions above stated. Lieut. Shaw's portmanteau was found under the table broken open, and his uniform coat, silver spoons and forks, and other articles marked with his name, were found on the bed. Henry Kelly said two young men had brought the portmanteau, and had left it. Wallace, Kelly's mother, said she was not at home when the trunk was brought, and the female, Kelly, whose real name was Tarrant, and who had lived with Kelly, made a statement to the effect that one evening, that on which Lieut. Shaw's portmanteau was stolen, she was sitting alone when there was a knock at the door, and on her cpening it two men brought in the portman•.`eau in question, and asked for permission to leave• it until next morning. She said they might, and a tc cordingly they did, and it was placed under the table. When Kelly and his mother came home and were told about it they had a great curiosity to • know what it contained, and as the men did not come for it next morning they opened. it out c I inquisitiveness, and while they were exa.mining th. e contents the police came and took them into cus tody. The box in which the chintz belonging to the prosecutrix Bright was, was found in the z:Pom. Kelly declared it was his. Mrs. Bright was .at issue with him on that point. She positively claimed it as the one stolen from the cab she hired, and among the other property found were two bags and a necktie, which Mr. Phipson was en abled to identify, besides the waistcoat, as his pro perty, and as having been in his portmanteau at the time it was stolen. Kelly was believed to be the actual stealer, and his mother and the young woman he lived with were abettors, and aided in the disposal of the plunder. The jury found the prisoners guilty, and they were ordered to be brought up for judgment at the next sessions. Mr. Horry and Mr. Gent were the counsel en gaged in the case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, lan. 8. MANSION-HOUSE.—Ann Connor, a middle aged woman, was brought brought before Mr. Alderman Carter, charged with having robbed a lad of a pair of boots under the following circum stances. James Daley said—l am 10 years old, and am errand boy to Mr. J. Widdowes, a shoemaker. This morning I was sent by my grandfather on an errand over Blackfriars-bridge with a blue bag. containing a pair of boots, which I was to take to a customer in Bear-lane, George-street, Blackfriars-road. Just as I reached the foot of the bridge, the prisoner came up to me, and asked me to go to a shop to get her some work , promising me a penny for my trou ble. I went with her to a house opposite the end of Old Fish-street, when she pointed out a shop to me, and told me inquire for Mrs. Johnson's work, and also for a last. She took my bag from my hand, and told me to walk on while she waited for me at a beershop which she pointed out. I was to take the work to her there. I went to the shop and inquired for her work, but was told they did not know anything about it. I then returned to the shop, but could not find her. I went along Cannon-street crying, and the policeman asked me what was the matter. I told him what had oc curred, and accompanied him to the station, after which we went in search of the prisoner, and found her in about five minutes in the street. The police man was only two yards from me when I pointed her out to him, and he took her into custody. She immediately denied that she was the woman, but lam positive as to her identity. In the meantime she had got rid of the boots and bag. Alderman Carter asked the prisoner whether she wished to put any questions to the witness ? Prisoner—l declare that lam not the person at all, and I never saw the boy till he told the police man to take me into custody. When the policeman asked him if he was sure I was the woman who had robbed him he said he didn't think I was. Policeman—This is not correct. When I first asked the boy if he was certain she was the woman, he said he was. The prisoner then contradicted him, upon which I said, " Are you certain she is the woman ?" and he replied, " Yes, I'm positive of it." Several women, whose children have been robbed in a similar manner by a person resembling the prisoner in appearance, stood forward, and upon the son of one of them (a lad nine years old) being questioned, he said he was unable to speak posi tively to her identity, although a woman a• good deal like her had on the previous day stolen a parcel from him which he had been sent by his master to deliver to a customer. The mother had had to pay the value of the stolen parcel to the master, and the worthy alderman gave her 10s. out of the poor-box. The prisoner was then remanded. Shortly after the case had been disposed of the policeman entered the court, and said he had ascer tained the prisoner had called at various places which she had mentioned about the time the lad Daley had accused her of stealing the bag contain ing the boots. The magistrate said that under these circum stances he would liberate the prisoner on bail, if her landlady would become answerable for her appearance on a future day. The landlady, however, refused to do so, and the prisoner was finally remanded. WORSHIP-STREET.—DIVORCE LAW SUPER SEDED.—EIiza Day, a delicate-looking female, with regular features, was charged before Mr. Hammill with having intermarried with Wm. Heyday, her former husband being then and now alive. William Heyday, an elderly person, residing at No. 1, Dert-place, Old Ford-road, said—l am a shoe maker by trade, and on Christmas-day, 1857, married this lady at the church of St. Margaret, Haggerston. She had told ine that she was single, and as .I wanted some one to - look after four chil dren that I have, and she promised to do a mother's part by them, why I took her for better for worse. Well, all went on right merrily until this week, when I was astonished at discovering from a friend's information that she had another lord and master. I told her what I had ascertained, but she denied it. Prisoner—Why you knew all about it from the first. Didn't I say that I was married 14 years since, and left my husband after four, and didn't you tell me you liked me all the better for it ? Prosecutor—Nothing of the kind ; you married me in your maiden name of S. Nicholls. Do you suppose I would have had second hand goods know ingly. P Prisoner here asked bitterly—Pray what goods do you deal in ? Second-hand . goods, indeed ! Magistrate—When and where were you first married ? Prisoner—On the 7th of July, 1845, at a church in the Commercial-road. Magistrate—Why did you separate ? Prisoner (coolly)—Well, you see we agreed to do so comfortably. There was not any quarrel. It was a change like. Both were agreed, and so no harm was done—(laughter)—but, indeed this good man knew all about it. Prosecutor—Now, is it likely that a man with £4OO would do such a thing ? Prisoner—Four hundred; and where did you get it, pray ? Answer me that, since you turn round upon me. Magistrate—ls your husband alive ? Prisoner—l believe that he is, and pretty well, I thank you ; he is in one of the large brewers' firms. (To the prosecutor)—Now, didn't I take care of your children ? Prosecutor—Yes, oh yes, you made a very good mother—wife I mean—no woman better. Prisoner—Won't you hear my father, sir ?—he will tell you how it all happened. Magistrate—Oh, yes, I will have his evidence, certainly. Joseph Nicholls was then sworn, and deposed— This girl is my daughter, and was married to Charles Day at the time she mentioned. He w as a very agreeable sort of fellow, and when the sepa ration was proposed, he said, with all his heart, she might. Magistrate—Did he say tiny more ? Witness—Yes, that he should be proud and happy to see her married, and that he hoped she would, because that would afford him a chance of trying it on the second time himself. (Much laughter.) I know he is alive , because I drank with him the other day. Mr. Hammill—Well, this is truly a very lament able state of things. *ere are two persons mani festly indifferent as to the law on such important matters, separating and marrying at their pleasure. Pray is the prisoner's first husband wedded again ? Witness—l can't say that. I don't know. Officer—l have not any documentary proof of the first marriage, sir, and must ask for a remand. Mr. Hammill—Certainly this is doing away with all occasion for the " Divorce Act." The prisoner was then remanded. SOUTHWARK.—Mr. Edward Scales, a manu facturer of the City, was summoned before Mr. Seeker for unlawfully smoking a tobacco-pipe in a second-class carriage on the North Kent Railway, and assaulting one of the company's officers in the execution of his duty. Edward Griffin, an inspector of the North Kent Railway, said that on the 20th of last month he was attending the 11 o'clock noon train for Strood when he saw the defendant get into a second-class car riage with a lighted pipe in his mouth. Witness went up to him and told him to put the light out and desist from smoking, as he was acting contrary to the regulations provided by act of parliament. The defendant refused to do so and still kept on smoking, when he was compelled to enter the car riage and tell him to leave unless he left off smok ing. The defendant then struck him, and he was obliged to have the assistance of a gentleman in the carriage to remove him. The defendant must have known that no smoking was allowed in the car riages, as placards were posted about the station as well as in the former. The defendant acknowledged having a lighted pipe in his mouth when he entered the station,.but it went out before he got into the railway carriage. Mr. Griffin denied that such was the case, and called Mr. Johnson, warehouseman, of 23, Ironmonger- la' .ie , who said he was in the c a rr i age w h en th e cle f encant ca me in. He had a lighted pipe in his mouth, and continued smokin g , a lth oug h th e l as t , -witness tolo' him to lea-re off, as it was not allowed. He persisted in smoking, and abused the officer, who was compelled t o eject him with witness's assistance, from the ea: niage. ' The defendant here said that there were four other gentlemen smoki rig in the carriage when he got in. _ . _ Mr. Johnson said th at they left off smoking and put their pipes away as soon as the officer told. them, but the defendant not only flatly refused, but abused and assaulted tta.e officer. Mr. Secker told the defendant that likis conduct had been very improper, and, as a caution to him for the future, he would pay a penalty of 20s. and .osts. The defendant, with some reluctance, paid the oney, and left the court with his friends. LAMBETH. —Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the G -et ;oral Post-office, attend ed before the Hon. G. C. .ortt.'n, in compliance with the request of that m igistcate, and. in consequence of a complaint at th:s court on Thursday last, of a scandalous fraud pra etised on ti le English public by means of some letters posted .at Hamburg, and on which a postage of f ;d. each is ci harged. dr. Greenfl 4d, who was the complainant, was in attendance, an, d handed to the bench a number of the •disgusting letters alluded to, which had been receved in his own immediate .neighbourhood on Thu. rsday morning, and said there were many others 0 ,3 Ni "hick the postage had been paid, but the parties to Iv: liom they Aad been directed, finding the filthy natux e of their t oontents, threw them into the fire. Mr.. Peacock observed that all he could say was th a t ti 'le London. Post-office had not the power to preven t persons at Hamburg posting letters ad dressed to different parties in this country, and passing them through the Post-office. On the contrary, they were bound to deliver them as directed,. .and the amount of postage was divided with HI. =burg and Prussia, through which the letters ha d been tl -ansmitted. Mr. No rton—lf I understand the complaint, it is not so m uch regarding the postage as the vile nature of t he matter contained in the letters, and I must say t hat more insane or vile trash cannot be conceived. Mr. Gre emfield—Your worship is quite right. Upwards of 150 of these disgraceful letters have been deliver ed in my own immediate neighbour hood within. - two months, and I shall be very glad to go any length, and do any thing your worship points out, tc put a stop to so vile a system of fraud. Mr. Nortot t—The evil is increasing to such an extent that it appears to me the Government should take up the I matter, and I have no doubt that if properinstruct tions were given to the English Con sul at Hamburg -; to inquire into the matter, the par ties posting the se letters might be found out and punished, and thus put an end to this disgusting system of imp osition and fraud. The letters I find are all addressed in the same handwriting, and therefore there could be no difficulty in detecting the parties. Mr. Peacock re peated that the Post-office autho rities had no pow, c...r to interfere in the matter, but said he should plat :e the matter, with the purport of his worship's of iservations on the subject, before the Postmaster-Ge neral, and he had :no doubt his lordship would giv it his best' consideration. COUN2'RY MARKETS. LI VERPOOL-JAN. 8. To-day wheat co mmands about 2d per bushel and 6d per qr advance. The `►alue of all other articles is unchanged, but the turn in priots is in favour of holders. CIEELMSFORD-JAw. 7. At this mornines market the trade in wheat was of a rather better character at an advance of is on last week's bestcurrencies for qualities. Wheat, white.. ....40s to 46s Peas, Partridge ..44s to 46s red .388 to Cs . White 41s to 43s Barley —34 s to 41s Boiling 42s to 488 Chevalier ....37s to 45s Dun 44s to 46s Grinding..... .27s to 33s Beans, Tick 3Bs to 40s Malt ..70s to 738 I Harrow Ticks 38s to 42s Chevalier ... .72s to 73s I Mazagan 36s to 393 Oats .25s to 35s NORWICH-JAN. 8. At the market this morning there was a moderate sup.' ply of English wrheat, for which the demand was good for best qualities. Prices firm, at is over last week's cur rencies. FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. (From the Times.) We have already shown in a general review of the political relations of the great Powers what those opportunities and temptations are which may make the prospect of war acceptable to the French Emperor,—the resentment of Russia for Austrian ingratitude in 1855, the ambition of Piedmont, the threatened insurrection in Lombardy, the lukewarm and temporizing policy of Prussia, and the sup posed indisposition of England to place herself in opposition to any movement professing, with what ever insincerity and hollowness, to have for its ob ject the assertion of Italian independence and unity. These are probably the motives which in duce the Emperor Napoleon to look with com placency on a quarrel with Austria. The reasons put forward are no secret to any one. It appears that, after ten years' occupation of Rome, the Em peror Napoleon has, in the fulness of time, become disgusted with the Government which he made it his mission to force by a great political crime upon the reluctant subjects of the Pope. He finds the theocracy which he established is becoming more and more exclusive every day, and gradually ex pelling the few laymen whom it admitted to the possession of office. The priestly Government has no sympathy with the people. It forestalls and monopolizes their food for the sake of sordid gain, and seeks to discourage trade and industry in the hope that misery will produce submission. Its prisons are crowded with vast numbers of persons whose accusation has been found easy, but whose trial is impossible. These things we are told have become a serious distress to the Emperor. He vainly urges reform on the Pontifical Government, and threatens, in case his recommendation be not attended to, to withdraw the troops whose pre sence alone renders so much iniquity possible. Strange to say, the Pontifical Government is deaf to the Forayers of the Emperor Napoleon. Of course, it cannot doubt his sincerity in the cause of freedom and popular rights, of which he has given so many convincing proofs, not only by the pen but by the sword—not only in the closet but in the streets and thoroughfares of Paris ; but, still, these counsels, recommended alike by their own intrinsic merits as well as by the character of the Potentate who offers them, the Pope does not see fit to adopt. Perhaps, after all, he doubts their sincerity. Perhaps he thinks that his subjects languishing in the miserable and filthy gaols of Rome, with the visionary prospect of being some day or other, when every pretext of delay is ex hausted, brought to trial, have no great cause to envy the subjects of his Imperial monitor, taken from their beds in the middle of the night, without even a knowledge of their accuser or of his accusa tion, and sent with all the secrecy in which an absolute Government can envelope the transaction to perish under the malaria of Lambessa, or rot above ground for a few miserable months, awaiting a deliverance from their misery, from the fever that never leaves the putrid swamps of Cayenne. What ever be the cause, the Pope refuses to reform, even at the bidding of this great reformer of the age. The alternative, then, of the Emperor is to with draw his troops from Rome ; but here the Austrian difficulty begins. Austria, as an Italian Power, has the strongest interest to keep down revolutionary movements in the States of the Church. It is for that purpose that she occupies the Legations, and for that purpose we cannot doubt that, as the French troops leave Rome by one gate, the Austrians would enter it by another. This being so, the Emperor of the French proposes to Austria, that at the same time that he withdraws his troops from Rome she should withdraw hers from the Legations, and thus leave the field clear for a duel between the Government of the Pope and the revo lutionary party, which has already once dethroned him. Austria is not prepared to take this step, and her refusal forms the ground of the quarrel which endangers at this moment the peace of Europe. Now, the more we consider the grounds of this dispute, the more forcibly we are struck with the hollowness and futility of the pretexts on which France is apparently willing to draw the sword. We need not enlarge on the grossness of the arti fice which seeks, after the experience of so many years, to palm upon us the Emperor Louis Napo leon as the enemy of any abuse, however inveterate, or the champion of any reform, however necessary. He has had the choice between absolute power and tempered freedom, between progress and reaction, between mildness and repression. He has made his election, and he must abide by it. Europe will not twice in the same century be deceived by the empty professions of a despot who conquers, devastates, and pillages in the name of the rights of man and the brotherhood of nations. As the tree falls it must lie. The French Empire has not attained to the stability and traditionary prestige of the elder despotisms of the Continent, but it has at any rate severed the last link which connected it with the friends of free speech, free writing, and free thought in every part of the world. Its professions of sym pathy for the misery of the Romans can deceive no one, and yet it is upon this sympathy that the whole ground of quarrel with Austria rests. Again, can the French Emperor be in earnest when he calls upon Austria to withdraw her troops from the States of the Church, and leave the Pope and his people to fight it out ? Austria is, as we have said, an Italian Power. France may with draw from Italy and leave the revolution to run its course, ready to intervene when the propitious mo ment arrives, but Austria must immediately be in volved in its vortex. A revolution in the Papal States must be violent in proportion to the repres sion which has been exercised, and to the abuses which have been suffered to exist. Naples lies unshed under the basest and most cruel despotism which modern times have seen, a despotism which, finding that spies and torture do not produce con tent, has no other remedy but more tortures and more spies. Lombardy is on the very verge of insurrection, and Piedmont panting for war like a greyhound in the leash. How long would the Roman revolution be confined to the States of the Church ? How long would it be before it spead to Naples in the south, and Lom bardy in the north, and involved the whole Peninsula in one vast conflagration ? Piedmont might be the vanguard of the movement, but its reserve is on the other side of the Alps—in the French army of four hundred thousand men. We are not considering whether this catastrophe would be desirable or not, we are only trying to regard it from the Austrian point of view. The Italian policy of Austria is neither liberal, enlightened, nor far sighted, but it is clear and easily comprehended. She does not trouble herself with the future, but she holds with an iron grasp what she has, and puts down by the sword whatever interferes with the tranquillity of her Italian dominions. Can the French Emperor seriously suppose that Austria could for a moment listen to a proposition to in augurate a revolution in Italy of which she would be the first victim? Granted she is standing on a mine ; can he expect her to light the match, and with her own hand blow herself into the air ? The proposition is too monstrous ; and, when France seeks to make the refusal of Austria to join in getting up a revolution in It a ly th e groun d o f war, she must be, indeed, destitute of a reasonable pre text. Such are the grounds on which we are threatened with a Continental war, the heaviest scourge with which the wickedness of man can visit his fellow-creatures. We, at least, stand aloof from this desperate iniquity. For once we are involved on neither side, and, did we believe that such arguments would have the slightest effect, we would earnestly appeal STAMFORD-JAN. 8. The market continues steady, and prices are about sup ported in the transactions recorded, IN:th some tendency to an advance. Wheat 3Bs to 408 I Oats.. 22s to 25s White do 43s to 48s Be'ns, new 358 to 39s Barley 38s to 43a I Ditto, old . .35s to 393 YORK-JAN. 8. We have to report a liberal supply of wheat at market, and prices at is advance on last week, with a tolerable business doing in the trade. White, 40a to 465. ; red, 38a to 40s per qr. Barley ruled about the same eta last week. Beane and peas unaltered. _ Wheat ...38s to 40s Oats.... White .40s to 46s Beans „ . 40 ,, to 453 Barley 30s to 34s Malt.. „„ .60s to 70 3 Flour, 28s to —s Od per sack. . NORTHAMPTON-TArr. 8 There have been limited supplies of wheat, prices main taining their value. White wheat is quoted this evening at 38s to 435, with a fair demand. Barley, 40s per qr. good malting qualities. Other articles unchanged. LEICESTER—JAN. 8. There was a tolerable supply of grain at market. Sales generally were brisker, and prices advanced fclly is per qr, Barley trade more active, and prices about is up. In oats little alteration. Beans and peas the same as before. CAMBRFDGE--JAN. 8. • The wheat trade is very firm to-day, and for good sorts last week's prices are in some cases exceeded by is. No material change in other articles. Wheat, white 37s to 45s Beans, Mazagan..—s to —5 I red 36 s t o 42s Middle & small 40s to 453 Barley 26s to 44s White peas 42s to 44s I Oats 24s t o 28s Grey.. —s to —0 DUBLIN-JAN: 7. At the opening of our corn exchange holders of evert kind of grain demanded higher rates, which were in some instances established for oats and the middling qualities of barley ; but the market closed heavy. Indian corn is held for an advance, which, however, has not yet been realised. e. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Wheat, white... 22 6t025 0 Do., new ..... 11 6to 13 0 Do., red 2l 6to 22 9 Bere . ll 6to 12 6 Do., new 21 6to 24 6 Rapeseed .... 26 oto 29 0 Barley Oats Do., black ll oto 12 0 Indian corn .. 26 oto 29 0 A PLEASANT ROYAL WEDDING. You will scarcely believe me when I tell you that it has been decided. by his Majesty that the only Royal personages to be present at the wedding are to be the King, the Queen, the Heredi tary Prince and his two elder brothers. Neither the Prin cesses the daughters of his Majesty nor his Royal brothers the Counts of Syracuse, Aquila, and Trapani, and their wives, nor Count Montemolin and his wife, nor Count Se bastian, have received any invitation. On the contrary, they have received an order to be at Caserta to receive the bridal party on their return from Foggia. The King, fur ther, has omitted to invite any member of the Royal family. —.Letter from Naples. 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PLUMRIDGE.—On the 7th inst., at Hopeton Hall, Suffolk, Lady Plumridge, of a son. PRUDENCE.—On the Bth inst., the wife of Stanley G. Pru dence, s olicitor, of Gray's-inn, of a son. STAINTON.—On the 7th inst., at Hanwell, Middlesex, the wife of N. Stainton, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. STEVENS—JONES.—On the Bth inst. at Christ Church, Bayswater, John Rob er t St evens , of isTicholas-lane, Lon don, solicitor, to Maria, second daughter of W. C. Jones, Esq., of Queen's-gardens, Hyde-park. WESTALL —WESTALL.—On the sth inst., at Trinity Church, Cloudesley-square, Thomas Westall, Esq., of 3, South-square, Gray's-inn, and 11, Milner-square Barns . bury-park, to Jane, elde s t d aug h ter of Thomas Milner-square, Esq., of 26, Gresham-street, city, and Thornhill Cottage, Barnsbury-park. DEATHS. ARTHUR.—On the 7th inst., Michael Arthur, Esq., R.N., aged 77. BRIDGEMAN.--On the 19th Dec., at Alexandria, on his way home from India, Orlando F. C. Bridgeman, Captain 2d Dragoon Guards, youngest son of Vice-Admiral the Hon. C. 0. Bridgeman, aged 27. BUTLER.—On the 7th inst., Percy, son of J. H. Butler. of Ashford, Middlesex, aged 3 years. KENT.. —On the 6th inst , at 6, Lower Berkeley-street, Marjory Redman, wife of Benjamin Archer Kent, M.D., aged 48. MArrxEws.—On the 7th inst., at Kew-green, John Mat thews, Esq., aged 84. WILLINE..—On the 6th inst., at Barnhey, near Liverpool, Daniel Willink, Esq., aged 84. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex : Monday, January 10, 180. THE' LII to, the pr very few indivi privilep:e of cox of Lett empress Evening, at 8 o deliver a Lectu explain the me; set up writings unavoidable nec positors.—Adra .AP AN, C —DIORA ..4.diniasion to GLOBE, Leicei FOND ON CIRCUS, LA:ND-STREE nits magnific the S ALE of all The Photogn (eneral Refresh n lent Room, wit !veral departm IIOYAL F ij BOaTPATRIM NOTICE.—Th tiie Public `PHIS - , II A-NTA:iIIIAI „ QUI KOT] and ENTERTA FDIST "ureniles from Place on WE. N ir) R. KAI arke t) 3,. TICH ritLeEreCs UM u g tops, B IOLOGY, ar,d DR. KAIIIVE SOPHY or . - jrA Author, on the r „.„ . A RGY'LL-I These ppol evening, A 'Atli R. that great com Leader, Charles 1 a-piston player, artistes. Si;lectio liuguenote , Rob Manager, R. R. 1 ten minutes befo, N.B.—A 11 appli Balls, to ?oe mad Rooms. "'OWES UNITED The Ic N irriin rri: r D went._ ALT I ng been construe need be apprehen as the Pautomim. l ILLA, the we ~.r..uiser,." will 1 Itarey.:-- 111elatett mules, th e entitled T: pfi r ;le at each Boxes' 8 •; Boxes Ganel. ' •Z Chih T `Po d p en6d.ormal Departmen ary, 1559, a wi such• person vy 'l e t N h rn r e Gi trim eo F b REBY GIVI livered last an by the 30th Novel Tenders may la the yards, or for t A form of the t tions of the contr No tender will treaty, nor will a; Vent for him. du Every tender Admiralty, and der for Elra Timl Place, accompanii sons, enraging tc in the 5, nn of £1 Contra'A. CONTRA( Departmen frITE COMI OFFICE of KINGDOM of HEREBY GIVI February next, a with such Person Plying and deity( of SOUTH WAI ieaty's steam-vc The conditions 'nay be seen at after Two o'clock unless the party in writing. EverY teder n Admiralty, n and b der for Coals,' Place. accompanii sons, cno-aolno- tc the (I am of IVOTICE I EXTRA° NAVAL and MI MARINE REGI will be held at ti Strand, on MON] o'clock in the aft the Company to Company to be v And it is also int tion requiring th and also to prop( tor for that purp, Dated this Bth TO THE 1 cHALE Vice-Preside ß nt, o Correa. Nei:ober National Acaden f ord-square, to the mrd-square, Lo !tamps, " THE " Those about Pr. Watson's in , heath and discs Medical philosor " The true Gui eare."—Univers] " Thee NEW the, absurdity of Nalnts, will pro and easily regal] rented."—Evens Por Qualifical Medical Direotoi 'lave been effect( of Indigestion{ Nervousness, Neuralgia, Slo Eruptions, Irn Dysentery, H and Ears, Det and Sickness Cough, Asthn Complaints, s DU BAB REVALI times its cost in food for infants Cu the weakest put imparts a he the faculty of „t_most enfeeb _ NaV:e extract a r Made from i ta a'n fr°°l the Ri order' C apPeq able benefit pd c onider it o Publ s icati 49,832. "Fift vousne as, sickness at 41i e Di" l3 , Necalkarr Hazing Vicar*, '', oll sr.ess, i nd i ct C CureNo. +4,verpool : of of nervous irritl stipation, dysy Tr. Shorland, ( tain Allan, of E liver and kidne Cure No. 36,41 E I lan)* vomitingl and debility. 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