The Sun. — London, England, 1858-10-13 00:00:00

HOYAII PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Undra* the Management of Mr. Charles Rean. lIS EV ENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of THE M e ERgHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, MOC. lean Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. reeeCted by the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING will be performed LONDON ASS) . - BANCE : Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, &c. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL QUIVER. Perea Nena. With HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. And ANY PORT IN A STORM. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. .THIS EVENING, EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day. by }'Lessrs. H. Vandenhoff, Emery, J. Rogers, J. G. Shore, and Barrett; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, Miss Nate Saxon, After which the Lauri Family. To oonclude with the Farce of TOO MUCH FOR GOOD VATURE, Messrs. J. Rogers, Emery, Miss K. Saxon. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office Open from 11 to 5 daily. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS; Neesra.C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, &o. After - w hich THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE. Follawed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE. And MY AUNT'S HUSBAND ; Mr. Swanborough, Mrs. Velby, Miss Ternan. Commence at 7 o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke. Thla Grand Hippodramatic Temple of the World IS NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON, elegantly re-embellished and artistically decorated by Mr. Hurwitz, with new and ap propr late Act Drop, painted by Mr. F. Fenton, massive and elaborate Chandelier by Mr. Hinckley. Powerful Dramatic Company, comprising established favourites and additional artistes, Gem and Star Equestrians, together with the best and largest Stud of beautifully trained Horses in Europe. Notwithstanding the sum expended, the following is the 'Cale of the reduced prices of admission : Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. • Galleries, 6d. Private Boxes, from £1 l s . t o £ 25., and upwards. The opening piece, full of striking situations and effects, Is a dramatised version of a tale in the Waverley Novels, by Mr. T. Townsend, entitleq THE COVENANTERS ; or, The Battle of Bothwell Brig. Produced with new scenery, cos tumes, appointments, 'end properties, and in which the entire resources of this le.:viathan establishment are called into The Illtutratlo.ns of all Nations In the Arena include the united strengVA of the First English, American, and Conti nental ProfeF ..sors of the Art of Equitation. %0 conclrAde with THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— • OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company et Vocalists are engaged for the pe r fo rmance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DNETS, &c., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunel], Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, M7s. 'Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium, Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at 7 precisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock. NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce that in the present month A FINE ARTS GALLERY, UONV in course of construction, will be thrown open in eon flexion with the above Hall. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, OCT, 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 61—this day at noon. Bello)!Erma-30.03. Wni - r, South-West ; light, with dull weather, and slight rain, THE SUN. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1858. Another of her MAJESTY'S Ministers has broken the silence of the long - vacation. Lord JOHN MAN NERS has scarcely had time to explain his adhesion to fox-hunting, when another of his colleagues " follows suit" with a tribute to the genius of Lord BROUGHAM. Meanwhile the great Questions of the Day are left altogether in nubibus. The Chancellor of the Exchequer avoids the chance of letting his constituents into any of the Cabinet secrets. The Colonial Secretary evades any similar danger down in Hertfordshire. It is true that the President of the Council upon this very occasion escaped from by the Right Hon. Baronet, was compelled to speak not once, but several times during the course of the evening, having assumed the convivial and necessarily loquacious part of chairman. But Lord SALISBURY displayed at the time a sagacious and dexterous power of reticence eminently creditable in one having the responsibility of presiding over the councils of the Administration. True, again, that the Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade twice indulged in discourses of a public and political character ; but Mr. HENLEY, in neither instance, did more than comment upon upon the abstract merits at one time of Progress, and at another of Conservatism. More recently, as we have said, the Com missioner of Parks and Palaces has for a brief Interval had the ear of the country—only, however, as recently observed, to evidence his loyalty to his own chivalrous and • genial aspirations those having, as their cherished aim and object, the exhilaration of the toil-worn multitude. And now the First Lord of the Admiralty has, in his turn, been upon his legs in the presence of a numerous and intelligent audience at Liverpool. As ill luck would have it, however, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON rises merely to second the resolution proposed by the Earl of SIIAFTESBURY, to the effect That the thanks of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science be given to the Right Hon. Lord BROUGHAM for his services as Founder and President of the Association." iTherefore—trne to his text, the Right Hon. Baronet, while referring pointedly by name to— il the most important public interests," to social eco nomy, to the amendment of the law, to the treatment of crime, to the improvement of public health by sani tary measures, to the advancement and extension of education, and so forth—allows us really to see not one inch further into the future—permits us to have Lot a momentary glimmer of the light reserved for the session of 18 59—dooms the country upon all these v ital points to wait still baffled and disappointed. Instead of uttering a syllable capable of encouraging a single hope, Sir Rani restricts his remarks entirely to comments upon the career and achieve ments of the Noble and Learned Lord, th e f oun d er and first president of the Association. In every expression of his admiration for Lord BitotrGßAm s ympathise —especially 'We do most cordially 'when he observes that " the illustrious life of Lord BROUGHAM had been devoted to objects of public interest, and to advancing the interests of all classes of the people ; and" that " he never had given, or rarely given, a more remarkable proof o f that, or one which would be longer remem bered, than by the part he had taken in the foun dation and in the support of this institution." Yet more cordially, if pos s ibl e, do we sympathise pith the words immediately following, when Sir J. PAKINGTON remarked (somewhat after date, it true) how " all men had recently read a most striking proof that the great intellect of H ENRY Dammam was still bright and unclouded",_ adding, amidst the cheers of the assembly, " Long might it continue so ! Long might he (Lord BROUGHAM) enjoy from the people of this country feelings of well-merited gratitude." Nevertheless, while delighting to read the genial tribute of the First Lord of the Admiralty to the truly noble and learned ex-Chancellor, we finish the kindly speech of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, as we finished that of Lor4 J -4,111 ‘r M'INNLIts) 48 we previously finished those of Mr. HENLEY and Lord SALISBURY— frankIy we acknowledge as much—with disap pointment. After this we really don't see much room to regret the absence of this Minister of the Crown, that Minister of the Crown, and the other, from provincial, mostly agricultural, meetings, attended by their, eager and curious constituents. If noble lords and right honourable gentlemen went there we should probably have merely vague gene ralities. Altogether, perhaps it is just as well that it should be so : for while the country learns a lesson of patience, Ministers have leisure (we trust they are now profiting by) for serious and whole some deliberation. The Government is manifestly determined to shake off the red-tape trammels by which every preceding one has been fettered and restrained. It profits by the fearful calamities that, unfortu nately, are of too frequent occurrence. It looks to the causes of the awful catastrophe, and endeavours to adopt adequate means to meet a similar danger on another occasion. The awful destruction of the Austria has thus been turned to advantage. That magnificent vessel, 2,500 tons burden, had only recently been completed. She was, in fact, little more than twelve months old. She left Hamburg on the 2d, and Southampton on the 4th of last month, with 425 passengers, and 103 seamen, engineers, and boys, as crew. She was provided with every modern im provement ; and, with ordinary care and ordinary courage, every one of those on board the doomed vessel, passengers as well as crew women, children, and all, might have been saved. The cause of the conflagration has been accurately ascertained. Indeed, there was not a moment's doubt or difficulty on that part of the case. It was intended to fumigate the steerage of the ill-fated ship, and for that purpose the end of an iron chain was made red-hot and was plunged into a bucket of tar. A single man was employed in this delicate and difficult operation. He found the chain too hot, dropped it into the basket, which was very natu rally upset, and the blazing tar speedily set fire to the cabin, and the ship, with its valuable cargo, and far more valuable human freight, was speedily in flames. Discipline tind courage might have done much in this trying emergency. The captain lost heart, and the crew followed his example. By cool de termination the fire might have been extinguished, and even the ship and the bulk of the cargo saved. Nay, even if these were irretrievably lost, the far more valuable lives of the hecatombs of victims might have been saved. There were nume rous boats, which could have taken off every passenger and every seaman and boy on board the ill-fated ship. Unfortunately, nothing was done right. The screw, which remained working to the last, the steam never having been turned off, crushed several of the boats, and drew others into the vortex which it occasioned ; while many were swamped by the terror-stricken pas sengers, who, in their temporary madness, destroyed their last hope of safety, and sealed their own doom, as certainly as though it were produced by their own hands. At last, 400 out of the 471 lives that were forfeited might have been saved. The fire might easily have been suppressed at its first ap pearance. The very steam itself, the, article so readily available, would have combated the fire— and conquered. This principle has long been re cognised, but has only been recently beneficially adopted. The household experience of every-day life convinces us that steam not only sub dues flame, but extinguishes fire. The child is more potent than its parent. The aged Saturn must yield to the infant Jupi ter. There was, however, neither the know lodge nor the machinery to render this valuable auxiliary available. The fire gained the ascendancy, and the first act of the terrible tragedy was com pleted. The following paragraph, which appeared in our impression of yesterday, will properly apply to that portion of the case. We have it on high authority, that in consequence of the lamentable destruction by fire of the steamer Austria, the Admiralty have directed their attention to the necessity of using every precaution to prevent the possibility of so fearful a calamity occurring on board any of her Majesty's steam-ships, and yesterday orders were issued for experiments to be made with HORSEY'S patent, which consists of a steam cock at the top of the boiler, from which pipes extend all over. the ship, so that on fire occur ring in any part of a vessel it may, by simply turning the cock, be deluged with steani . and extinguished. Had this simple, easy, and cheap precaution been taken the Austria would have been saved, and the valuable cargo would not have been destroyed. But, even failing that, the invaluable lives might have been rescued. There are means by which boats, even fully laden, may be safely lowered. One only, out of many, accomplished the feat, and that saved 23 human beings ; all the others shared the fate of the parent, and that through the incapacity and timidity of the captain and his followers, who were infected by his fears. We trust that something will, even at the eleventh hour, be attempted to lessen these evils, if they cannot altogether be got rid of. The Government are doing their part by the experiments which they have directed, and which, we hope, will to a certain extent at least get rid of the danger, which is now truly formidable. His Royal Highness the Count of Flanders, accompanied by Capt. Burnell, returned to Grillion's Hotel yesterday morning, from Balmoral. The Prince and Princess Gagarine have lefi Fenton's Hotel for tho Continent. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff returned to Prussia House yesterday from Brighton. Their infant son, we are glad to learn, is progressing favourably towards recovery, The Countess de Paiva has arrived at Fenton's Hotel from Brighton. Mr. H. Arbuthnot and Lady Charlotte Arbuth not have left the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, for town. A despatch from Tetuan, Morocco, states that the Vice-Consuls of England and France have been assassinated. No particulars are communicated. The following regiments are ordered home from India, viz., 10th, 32nd Light Infantry ) Nth Highlanders, and 84th. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Hon, and Rev. Frank Sugden, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, domestic chaplain to Lord St. Leonardo, to the vicars of Great Hale, near. Sleaford, Lincolnshire, rendered Vatant the death of the Rev. Richard Bingham, MA. The bene; fice is worth about £l,OOO a year. Mr. Sugden's appoint; ment to Great Hale renders vacant the vicarage of Brignall, near Greta-bridge, Yorkshire, which is the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and worth £350 a year. FALMOUTH.—His Royal Highness the Count de Paris, accompanied by the Duke de Winiembergi, the Marquis de Beauvoir, and th.e Baronvon Guttenbort,attiVed at the Greenbank Hotel, in Pahnouth, front tour to the Land's End, on Saturday, and soon after embarked in the Hind, gunboat, tender to the Ritssell, 60, for Porthgwidden, up the river Fal, the seat of the Rev. Thomas Philpotts, where the party would dine, and then leave for Truro, en route to Plymouth. Capt. Story, of the Russell, was in at tendance on the prince, and accompanied him in the tender. SIR A. BANNERMAN, GOVERNOR OF NEWFOUND LAND.—Our readers have had some samples of the enthu siastic manner in which the news of the completion of the Atlantic telegraph was received by our American cousins. Among other memorials of the great event, Harper's New York Illustrated Weekly devoted nearly the whole of its pages for one issue to views of the principal points of interest, and portraits and memoirs of men directly or indirectly connected with the undertaking. Our worthy townsman, Sir A. Bannerman, as governor of the province which the Transatlantic end of the line reaches, comes in for a fair share of notice. " Harper's" contains an admir able likeness of him from a photograph, and a brief memoir. —4benton lierakf, . J. 644% ' ; t• ' . • "1 , t y nl „ 1. 'lle L EAA , • At , !At ' „..f . • . u 4; OIT •wrNila. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1858. LATEST NEWS. INDIA AND CHINA. Telegrams from Trieste of the 11th communicate the following intelligence received there from Alex andria, under date of Oct. 2 : " The Begum of Lucknow has offered to give up Nana Sahib on the condition of her receiving a free pardon. " Calcutta advices to the Bth Sept. state that it was hoped the insurrection would be completely crushed by the time winter set in. General Roberts had obtained another victory near Vel hamma. General Grant had driven the rebels from Sultanpore to Susanpore. Nana Sahib was closely hemmed in in his jungle stronghold. " Accounts from Hong Kong to the 24th Aug. confirm the destruction of Nantow ; and that Canton was quiet, and that Kweiliang had been appointed Commissioner there." TRIESTE, Oct. 11.—King Otho has embarked this morning for Greece. Aocoußts from Alex andria say that there is no truth in the reported rising at Djeddah. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. A letter from Rheims gives some further details of the entry of _their Majesties into that city " The Emperor and Empress were accompanied by a numerous suite, for whom fifty-two apartments had been prepared in the Archbishop's Palace and elsewhere. Their Majesties entered the city by the Dieu-Lumiere gate, where M. Werle, the mayor, and municipal authoritie swere in waiting to receive them. On their" arrival the mayor approached the Emperor and presented to his Majesty, on a golden salver, the same keys of the city which had been used on a similar occasion at the visit of Charles VII. In presenting the keys the mayor addressed his Majesty as follows : " ' Sire,—We are happy to conform to ancient custom, in presenting to your Majesty the keys of our city and the homage of our fidelity. But a duty, still more pleasing to perform, is that of ex pressing to you the feelingi of deep gratitude with which the inhabitants of our city are inspired by the visit you have deigned to make to it. Allow us to particularly thank your august companion for the great proof of interest which she has given to us by responding with so much grace and kindness to the wishes of the municipal council. The presence of the Empress doubles for us the pleasure of that of your Majesty, and our people will retain an eternal remembrance of it. Eight years ago, Sire, our gates were opened to receive you, and you will soon hear repeated the acclamations which then welcomed you. If, in 1850, the people hailed you with enthusiasm as the hope of the country, their plaudits will now be the still deeper felt, in ex pressions of gratitude and of admiration for the wonders of your reign. We shall not now call to mind all that your Majesty has done for the glory and the prosperity of France. Our contemporaries are well aware of it, and history will hand down the facts to future generations. But in this city, where so many Kings have demanded from religion, for themselves and their descendants, the consecra tion of their rights to the Crown; in this city, with the name of which are more especially connected ideas of the hereditary rights of monarchy, we can perhaps feel more strongly than elsewhere that stability is necessary, and that the security of the future must be guaranteed. We also comprehend that when a dynasty becomes extinct or removed, the nation does not the less feel the necessity of being governed and protected against its own violent im pulses. If Providence then sends a man who by the power of his genius and the energy of his will re-establishes moral as well as material order, it is not only the man of the moment whom it designs, but also him of the future, and that man becomes the elect of the people as he is the chosen of God. It is thus that a new dynasty begins ; the hand of God,is extended over it ; legitimacy exists, and we hail in your Majesty the Napoleonian race. May it reign for centuries over the country which is already indebted to it for so much glory and so much happiness. May the young Prince Imperial, the object of your love, as he is of our devotedness and of our dearest hopes, continue, after many years, the work so gloriously commenced by your Majesty. In order to be admired and cherished by our children, he will only have to follow your example and that of his august mother. 'Vive rEmpereur ! Vive l'lmperatrice ! Vive le Princ e Imperial !' " . The Emperor briefly replied, and the cortege then continued its way towards the cathedral, by the Rues Barotte, Peirriere, and des Carreaux, the Place Royale, the Place du Palais de Justice, and the Rue de l'Universite. On either side of these streets deputations, representing all the localities of the department were drawn up with appropriate banners. The different corporations of workmen had also assembled, each bearing emblems of their respective trades. The Agricultural Society had erected a triumphal arch, formed of a mixture of evergreens, fruit, and vegetables. Two cows were placed as sentinels, one at either pillar of the arch, while from the summit hung suspended several wicker baskets, containing the denizens of the poultry yard. On the arrival of their Majesties at the cathedral, Cardinal Archbishop Goasset, surrounded by his clergy, were in waiting to re ceive them. BOURSE, Oct. 12.—The market has been heavy, in consequence of a report that the rate of discount had been raised from 4 to 5 per cent. at Berlin. Threes, after having been done at 73f. 60c., declined to 73f. 40c. Mobilier varied froi 955 f. to 940 f. Orleans, 1,365 f. to 1,355 f. ; Lyons, 8701. to 865 f. ; Northern, 975 f. to 970 f. ; Eastern, 732 f. 50c. to 727 f. 50c. ; and Southern, 600 f. to 597 f 50c. The following were the last quotations : 41 per Cents. 95 90 Do. end month 96 5 3 per Cents 73 25 Do. end month 73 3 5 Bank Shares 3lOO ...- Credit Mobilier Do. Account Credit Foncier ... , 665 Belgian hit lOl Piedmonteso (5) Roman 93 Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Accouni Orleans Northern - New ditto. Bl5 .. 815 - Lyons and Mediterranean 867 50 .. 867 50 New ditto - .. Geneva 642 60 .. 642 50 Midi 695 .. 693 75 Western 617 50 .. 616 25 Eastern Grand Central — .. Sardinian Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f 121 c. ; three months, paper, 24f. ; money, 24f. 25c. incessantly of the numerical weakness of the Turk s (the Greek population of Turkey in Europe amounts to eleven millions and a half, whilst the Mussulmans hardly number four). I ought not to forget to say that the Greeks and the Armenians who employ this language are those who inhabit the capital, where every one enjoys the fullest liberty. In the country they are more circumspect, and on that very account more to be feared. If an insurrection shouldbreak out, it will not be, assuredly, at Constantinople, although that is the place where people are most abusive. The &els most likely to burst forth in Moldavia, or Wal lachia, where there is a greater degree of agitation. , Thence, the flame would rapidly extend to Servia, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Thrace, Albania, Macedonia, Thessaly, and Epirus. The Divan has met several times, with a view, it is supposed, to provide against these menacing eventualities which people no longer know how to master, so much inertness does there exist since the death of Reschid Pacha. The Turkish Ministers beheld the arrival of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe with satisfaction, as they hope that the English diplomatist will help them out of this deplorable difficulty, and that, in case of a conflict, they may count on the energetic aid of Austria, if not even of England, on condition of making certain concessions to these Powers." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, TITESDAT, 1.40 P.M. The Vanderbilt, with three days' later advices from New York, has arrived off Cowes. The steamship Arabia, of the Cunard line, from Liverpool on the 18th ult., arrived at New York on the 29th. She reported news of a serious accident having befallen the steamer Hammonia, of the Ham burg line, which succeeded the Austria from that port on the 15th ult. She exploded her magazine when less than a day out, and was obliged to put back. Five persons were injured. _ _ The Indian troubles in Texas had assumed a for midable character. Late advices stated that the Northern Camanches, Kiomas, and a part of the Apaches, numbering in all 14 Indian bands, had declared war against that State. According to the latest indications, an army would soon be fully employed in fighting the Indians. A despatch from Mr. Lundy, the electrician re cently arrived at Trinity Bay from Valentia, to Cyrus W. Field, Esq.,- had been just published, stating that he hoped, by establishing a system of unison between the two stations, to be able to get signals through, the conductor not being broken, and the defect being a loss of insulation 280 miles from Valentia, and that he thought it possible, by sending a certain kind of electricity, to improve the insulation, and thus overcome the difficulty for a time. _ _ The trial of Dr. Webster, dentist, charged with committing a criminal assault on a patient under the influence of chloroform, took place on Sept. 29. A verdict of not guilty on the capital charge, but guilty of an attempt, was rendered. A new trial was moved. TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, published ill the Messager du Midi, says t--' In spite of the opti mists, the situation of the Ottoman empire be dunes, Worse and worse every day. . The fire smoulders under the ashes It is true, serious movements itre not yet reported, but in every direc tion the governors are on their guard, and are called to repress acts of insubordination, which are the forerunners of a rising. Omer Pacha ) iii spite of the prestige which still attaches to his name, has lost all influence, and cannot keep hi Order the province he governs except by the most in cessant vigilance and unflinching firmness. The nosnians and the Croatians, under Servian in fluence, manifest a desire for independence, ever since the Moldoitrallachians have been in imme' diate expectation of shaking off the yoke of the Porte. These latter, in order to encourage such tendencies, talk of the convocation of a national assembly, where the people will have the right to appear in arms. All the Sclavonian and Bulgarian populations are preparing for a struggle, which they see at hand. For a long time past the trade has not been so brisk as now in arms and ammuni tion, which are easily introduced into Constanti nople, owing to the venality of Ottoman func tionaries. The Turks behold with alarm this situation becoming aggravated, and they fear to be sooner or later flung,back on Asia. The rayahs, who carry their heads high, and. have never shown themselves so insolent, boast of their number and their wealth; and they make a point et 'speaking THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The following despatch has been received by the honorary directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany in New York : " Cyrus Station (Trinity Bay), Sept. 28, 1858. " To Peter Cooper, Esq. (for the directors), New York : " Nothing was done yesterday with Valentia. " The electrical indications continue without change since my despatch of Saturday. "DE SAUTY." The following despatch was also received : " Trinity Bay, Sept. 29, 1858. "Peter Cooper, Esq. (for the directors), New York : " There were no signals received from Valentia yester day. The electrical indications remain the same as before noted. "DE SKUTT." The following despatch was received by the directors Sept. 29 : " Trinity Bay, Sept. 30, 1858. " There has been no change whatever in the condition of the cable. " C. V. DE SAUTY." The following despatch also came to hand : " Halifax, Sept. 29, 1858. "I bring instruments and regulations for testing and working on certain days, when Valentia will be particularly watchful for signals. It is hoped by establishing a system of unison between the two stations to get signals through. The conductor is not broken; the defect is loss of insula tion 280 miles from Valentia. It is possible by sending a certain kind of electricity to improve the insulation, and thus the difficulties may be overcome for a time. From the nature of the defect, signals, even at present, may be re ceived at Valentia from Newfoundland, and not vice versa. Everything will be done to restore communicatiou. Mr. Brett thinks the cable can be lifted and repaired. " C. W. LUNDY." " C. W. Field, Esq., New York." NEW YORK, Oct. I.—Money is reported by the brokers a shade easier. It is offered on all sides, and on all classes of securities, at four per cent. ; and good houses with satisfactory collaterals can obtain all they want at 31 to 3. There never was a time since January when complaints were more general touching the difficulty of employing money profitably. Specie is understood to be coming in from the country; one steamer alone, the Cahawba, from New Orleans, brings 200,000 dots. in gold. Exchange is quiet, and prices are a shade lower. The best bankers'bills are offered at 1101, and sold at 110; some business has been done at 1098. Francs are quiet at 5 121. There will not be much business done for the Vanderbilt, and we hear of no large amounts of specie to go in her. COLLEGE OF DENTISTS. Yesterday evening a meeting was held at the rooms of this society, in Cavendish-square, to dis cuss the value of electricity as an anaesthetic in relation to dental operations. The meeting was very numerously attended, and included, in addi tion to the principal dentists in the metropolis, several eminent medical and scientific gentlemen. The chair was taken by Mr. Matthews, the presi dent of the college, who opened the discussion bi reading a paper detailing the results of his experi ments with electricity in the course of his practice as a dentist. He said that although he had ope rated upon many persons he could not faithfully and honestly assert that electricity was an anaes thetic. To be sooln operation performed under its influence should be as perfectly painless as one under the influence of chloroform ; but, so far as his own experience went, that had not been the case. Some patients said the drawing of the teeth was not agreeable, others that they merely expe rienced a slight sensation, or something approach ing to a mere trifle, but it was quite clear that the mind greatly influenced the amount of pain felt from the operation. After describing the mode of applying electricity in dental cases, which consisted chiefly in placing the patient in a chair and requir ing him to hold coils of wire communicating with a galvanic battery, Mr. Matthews said it was necessary to modify the quantity of electricity in proportion to the constitution and tem perament of the individual. The conclusion he arrived at was that with adults the use of electricity as an anaesthetic had not been satisfac tory, but where teeth had to be extracted from chil dren ; he believed it would be found a valuable adjunct to dentists. Mr. Purland, who folloWed, said they admitted that galvanism would mitigate pain, but that it would remove it altogether they had yet to learn. In some cases they had got rid of the pain entirely, but they had failed in many instances. Diverting the mind of the patient from the pain of the operation, he believed, had a great deal to do with the success of the electricity as an anaesthetic, for he found that being firm with him, and desiring him to think there would be no pain, had a marvellous effect. Out of 33 cases in which he had resorted to electricity, 25 had been success ful, five partially successful, and three had failed. Mr. Lobb was of opinion that galvanism induced by coils from a battery could not be an anaesthetic. Its use was principally in diverting the mind of the patient from the operation, and removing the tooth by a kind of ruse. He, however, believed that galvanism, used in a proper and scientific way, was an anaesthetic, because the first philosophers on the Continent had so stated, but he doubted very , much whether it could ever be successfully applied to dentistry. After some further discus sions of an interesting character, the meeting sepa rated. JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER IN BIRMINGHAM, ..t . llirminghain P once Court a young man named William Smith, residing in Moseley-street, was ex amined on Monday on a charge of attempting to murder a young widow, named Mrs. Owen, at . her house hi CheaSill.e. The unfortunate victim of the prisoners' jealousy, though suffi ciently recovered to attend the court, was so weak that she had. to be supported to a seat. The moment the prisoner saw her he burst into a pas sionate fit of weeping, and Mrs 4 Owen was also much affected several times. The evidence went to show that Smith, who was paying his addresses to Mrs. Owen, had become violently jealous of her, in ccinsequence of her rejecting him, and of seeing her speaking to some other man. On Tuesday morning the prisoner had breakfasted with Mrs. Owen and a girl named Jane Itumitins, a lodgerin the house, and, after the meal, Mrs Owen went up= stairs . to her bedroom . Smith followed her imme= diately j and Met her as she was returning. He pushed her back into the chamber, saying " sit you d . oNifii here, I *ant to speak to you. l ' She told him she had no time to sit anywhere, as she had to go to work ; and then Smith wanted to know what *as the.matter with her. She replied that there Was nothing the matter, and asked why he did not go to work like other then, "I shall never work any more,"he saidi, and then put his arm round her iieek aild 6 - di her throat with _a razor: She shrieked and the girl Hummilis titshed tip stairs, struggled with Smith, who had his victim on the floor, and wrenched the razor from his hand. He, however, deliberately drew a knife from his pocket, and at tempted again to complete his design. But by this time ail alarm had been given, the prisoner secured, and medical assistance obtained. It was found that Mrs. Owen was seriously inured, the wound in her throat being four inches in l eng th, and an inch and a quarter in depth. Smith, upon being charged by the police with the attempt, said, " It is true, and if ever I get out again I'll be sure to murder her before any other man shall have her." The prisoner had borrowed the razor from a neighbour_ on the Sunday preced ing the attempt. Mrs. Owen is not at present out of danger. The prisoner, who refused to say any thing in reply to th e charge, was committed to the assizes for trial, on the capital charge of cutting and wounding with intent to murder. Before leav ing the dock Smith begged permission to shake hands with his victim. He was permitted to do so, a nd on leaving her said, " Good bye, Mary, I shall never gee you again," PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 10th inst., says— " Rumours of resignations offered and accepted, in addition to that of the Minister of the Interior, are naturally afloat, but for the moment, at least, I think, they are premature. Every one admits that the ex-Minister of the Interior is .a man of firm convictions and strong character, but the majority behold his retirement without regret, as he was too much the head of a faction to be a Minister. M. de Westphalen is a deputy, he will probably be re-elected, and if he accepts a ne w calling he may still render important services to his country. Who will be his definitive successor as Minister of the Interior has not yet been decided. M. de Schleinitz, President of the Province of Silesia, is the most likely candidate. " M. von Usedom is spoken of as likely to suc ceed the present Minister of Public Instruction and Worship, and as future members of the Ministry the names of MM. de Witzlpben, Bonin, Von Schlemuller, and others are brolight forward. "Their Majesties the King and Queen leave Sans-Souci on the 12th inst. in the forenoon, and proceed, via Roderau, to Leipzig, where they will stop over-night. Their different resting-places will be Hof, Bamberg, Augsburg, Kufstein, where his Majesty will remain on the 15th, which is the anniversary of his birth, and Innspruck. Thence the august travellers will continue their voyage by Brixen to Meran. After a sojourn there of six weeks, their Majesties proceed to Villa Carlotta, on the Lake of Como, and later to Rome. " The Marquis de Moustier, the French Envoy to this Court, has returned to his post. " The following circular has been sent by Baron von Manteuffel, President of the Council of Mini sters to the different embassies at Berlin : " The undersigned, President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has the honour to in form M. le Ministre august master, having, in consequence of his pro longed incapacity for directing the affairs of State himself, expressed to his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia the desire that he would assume the Regency, his Royal Highness, agreeable to the wish of the King, his august brother, and conform able to the 56th article of the Constitution, has as sumed the reins of Government as Prince- Regent of the Kingdom of Prussia, in the name of his Majesty, and until his complete restoration to health. " ' The undersigned has not omitted bringing this important change to the knowledge of the foreign Cabinets through the Prussian Legations accredited to them. He did not, however, think that he ought to delay in giving the same informa tion to the heads of the foreign missions resident at Berlin, and he takes advantage of this opportunity to renew to M. le Ministre the assurance of his high consideration. (Signed) " " MANTEUFFEL.' " A letter from Berlin, dated the 10th inst., in the Cologne Gazette, says that, in reply to the notifica tion to foreign Courts of the establishment of the Regency in Prussia, the four great Powers immeb diately telegraphed their congratulations to the Prince of Prussia. The first telegram received was from the Emperor of Russia, which came in an in credibly short space of time. Baron de Manteuffel, President of the Council in Prussia, addressed on the 9th a circular to the chiefs of foreign missions in Berlin, informing them officially of the appointment of the Prince of Prus sia to the Regency. The Danish Ministry has presented to the Second Chamber of Denmark the budget of 1859-60. It estimates the receipts at 6,126,600 rix thalers, and the expenses at only 3,087,714. The receipts con sist of 3,962,000 rix thalers from direct taxes, 1,603,000 from indirect taxes, and the rest of cus toms duties in the islands and of various items. IRELAND. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GALWAY, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Pacific has just sailed with 337 passengers for America, and full cargo. Lord and Lady Bury, and other distinguished personages arc among the passengers ; this noble man is provided with plenary powers to conclude mail contracts with Newfoundland, Canada, and the United States Government for the Galway line. There were over 100 passengers refused accommo dation, who came expecting to secure berths here on their arrival, which caused much disappointment. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Oct. 13.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W. ; moderate breeze and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 12.—Arrived—Lawrence Brown, from Callao. ooiEs, Oct. 12,—Arrived—Vanderbilt (s), from New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 12 —Wind N.W.—Sailed—Teviot (s), for Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, Oct. l2.—WindW.S.W.—Sailed—Genesee, for New Orleans. SWANSEA, Oct. 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Coquimbo, foi Caldera. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, Oct. 12—Express, from Braes ; Mary Ann, from Rio Janeiro. Arrived, Oct. 13—Fanny Forsyth, and Sillery, from Bombay. (BY SIMMARINE AlstD BILITISTt TELtORAPIt GB.A.VEBIMIS 4 Wednesday Morning. Wind W. ; tide, fourth hour's ebb ; weather squally. Arrived-Furet, from Gravelines ; True Bhie, from Denim Sailed—Holland, steamer. for Ostend ; Sir t: tanks, for Boillogto: Nkrednesday Moiting Wind .W; by S., nitidOratt; Pa:egad—Her Majesty's steamer Dee, from Portsmouth for Woolwich Vasco de Gitma, screw steamer, from thb NVeaviard for .LondoiL The Mogador, from Caen for London, slipped an anchor and chain, to avoid collision; We are hafip to be entitled to state that Mr. and Mrs: Alf - re& Wiian are SO far re-established in health as to render it. ,prOblible tha,t they will Shortlf appear in iJine of the leading provincial towns. SUICIDE A TRADESMAN,—On Saturday last the body of Mr: John Richard ,Bail a ey, who has for many yeaie carrie d on business as a hairdresser in the Ha rr o w s road, was ;found in, the Regent's Canal, he having ea& mitted suicide under Very peculiar Ordniiiiitnrices. His business i vat in a Most prosperous state, and there was nothing to prey upon his Mind, until a few. days ago he received notice, that, oWing to, the dilapidated state of his honse, it woul d have to be pulled down. He immediately became Very desponding; from an impression that his re moval would cause him td lase all his business. This, it is believed, led to his coniraittal of the act, THE CASE OF SACRILEGE AT STRATFORD.- APPREHENSION Or THE RtcErvta.—John Brett, who was described as a marine:store-dealer and lodging-house keeper, of No. 1, East-street, Stratford-marsh, was charged at the Stratford Police-court, yesterday, with feloniously receiving a quantity of metal, being a portion of the copper coffin of the late Dr. Taylor, who was buried in the vault of St. John's Church, Stratford. Mr. Wilson, the solicitor, was engaged for the prosecution, and Mr. Rawlings was in at tendance for the prisoner. Police-constable Gay, 54 K, deposed that he apprehended the prisoner on Saturday after noon last. The man List, who had been brought from Ilford Gaol, was present when he apprehended Brett, and imme diately identified him as the ragman who received the metal from Saville. The prisoner, by the advice of his solicitor, reserved his defence. The magistrates remanded the pri !NWT fora week, RAISING OF " BIG BEN." The delicate and difficult task of raising the Great Bell (Big Ben) to the summit of the clock tower of the Palace at Westminster was commenced at 6 o'clock a.m., under the able direction of Mr. Thomas Quorn. We have so fully, on a former occasion, given a description of the position that the Great Bell occupied within the tower previous to its removal, that there is no need of a recapitulation. At a very early hour this morning, Mr. Quorn was to be seen at the base of the tower inspecting with scrupulous attention the various massive• chains and other gear with which Big Ben was surrounded, as he quietly laid in his large cradle, a structure of immense strength and proportions. and at a few minutes to six o'clock, everything being ready, Mr. Quorn gave directions to every person connected with the operation to take his post, an order which was obeyed with the greatest alacrity. As St. Margaret's Church clock was chiming six, Mr. Quorn gave the word " Hoist away"—a direction that elicited a loud cheer from the men, each of whom seemed to feel that he was engaged in an undertaking which in years to come he could relate with pride, and in an instant the chains began to tighten. After the windlass had been at work for a few minutes Ben seemed inclined to offer a resist ance to being awoke from his balmy slumbers, and several small and unimportant chains snapped one after the other, but in a short time it was observable that he had quitted terra firma, and was " in suspeßsion." In an hour or two after the bell had left the ground we ascended the Clock-tower to witness the progress from above. There we saw Mr. Quarn in high spirits, as everything had gone on as smoothly and successfully as could be desired. The windlass worked with the greatest regularity, and so exac t did the ratchet-wheel of the ponderous " crab" act, for the hours we were present, that it might have been thought that the sound was occasioned by the pendulum of some gigantic piece of clockwork that gave a beat every two seconds. _ _ In addition to the tremendous chains used for the occasion, a beautiful little machine called a " stopper" had been invented for the purpose of preventing the bell from falling in the event of either of the principal chains breaking ; and from this simple contrivance, wonderful to re late, Big Ben and his cradle, a weight of 19 tons, frequently depended. At two o'clock it was found that the bell had been raised upwards of 35 feet, so that, if all goes well, it will be lodged in its permanent home about two o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The work will go on continuously throughout the night by means of relays of men, and the first announcement of the success of the operation will be communicated to the metropolis by Big Ben himself, in his own " sweet dulcet tones." During the morning Palace•yard was visited by a number of persons, who evidently expected to see the bell ascending outside the building, but nothing connected with the operation was visible from the exterior. COLLISION BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE RECORDER OF NEWCASTLE SESSION& For a considerable period a misunderstanding has existed between the Recorder of Newcastle, Mr. W. D. Seymour, and those barristers of the Northern Circuit who attend Newcastle Sessions, arising from Mr. Seymour, almost immediately after his elevation, changing the day on which the sessions had usually been held. Complaints of the inconvenience to which they were subjected were made by the solicitors practising at the sessions, and by the tradesmen called upon as witnesses, and the matter was ultimately brought before the Town Council, who caused a formal representation to be made to the Recorder. No steps, however, were taken to remedy the defect, and on Monday morn ing, when the Newcastle Sessions commenced, in accordance, it was said, with a resolution arrived at on the previous night, the bar dispersed without robing or entering the court. When the Recorder had delivered his charge to the grand jury, Mr. Lewers alone, to the surprise of every one present, was the only barrister who took his seat. As a matter of necessity the brief for the prosecution, when the first, true bill had been found, was Minded to that gentleman. Whilst the case was pro gressing two members of the bar entered the court unrobed, and took their seats, and after remaining for a few minutes left, the whole of the briefs for the prosecution, with one exception, thus falling to Mr- Lewers. In one case the learned Recorder had to conduct the prosecution himself, Mr. Lewers having been previously retained for the defence. The Re corded intimated that, under the peculiar circum stances, the prisoner's solicitors might be allowed to act for the defence, which suggestion they at once acted upon. Taking advantage of the oppor,- tunity afforded by the grand jury returning with the last bill, the learned Recorder dwelt at some length on the course which had been pursued by the bar. He had, he said, a perfect right to fix the sessions to suit his own convenience, and justified himself in making the change he had. The con duct of the bar on that occasion was most unpro fessional and uncourteous, and was both a scandal a nd an outrage to public justice and decency, He had always been animated by a desire to consult the convenience of the inhabitants of the town, and whatever course his professional brethren might take towards him he trusted always to administer even and impartial justice. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25-15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng lish Mint price of £3 17s. lOid per ounce for standardgold, it appears that gold is 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 427 per mark, and the,short exchange on London is 13-6 i per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New %York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 110 per cent., which when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for charges of trans port and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yesterday a court, at which Mr. Deputy Christie presided, was held for the despatch of public business. The following is an extract from the report of the medical officer of health :—" The in spectors' returns relate to 143 houses that have been in spected during the week, of which 46 wean common lodging houses ; and I beg to submit a list of 25 places that require the orders of the court for their sanitary improvement in various particulars. I also submit a list of places that require further proceedings on account of orders already issued but not yet complied with. I append the mortality table for the Week, and have to, report that the number of deaths is about the average for this season of the year. The number of re turns for the week is 56, of which 23 were deaths among children of less than 5 years of age, and 14 of parsons of 60 years of age and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follows ;—Phthisis, 8 ; measles and hooping-cough, 4 ; fever, 3 ; hydrocephalus and convulsions of children, 4 ; and scarlet fever, 2; but there were no deaths from cliar rhcea." A good deal of routine business was transacted, after which the court adjourned. Tit WEST YORKSHIRE COLLIERS.—The meeting of colliers out of work in the Leeds district, held yesterday (Monday) on Woodhouse-moor, in the outskirts of Leeds, passed off quietly. There were nearly 1,000 persons present, The speakers counselled perseverance against the attempt of the masters to reduce the wages of the men 15 per cent., and that no unlawful act should be done by the men, who did not want an advance of wages, but only to be paid at the same rate as they had been for some years. A greater -meeting of the men thrown out . of employment by the ' elm ,on closing of the pits will be held in the neig hbourhood of nothwell, midway between L ee d s and Wakefield, Wed nesday next. THE Porot AND THE CARDINAL.—The Weekly that at the recent Consistory at t s did uot deliver afo al rm allo a - Mien on the occasion, he addressed few words full of 11 11 e o g m is e l , e I‘°-f although Sa tur m da s y H sti o y li s n , es friterest and consolation to 'the' august assembly, particu larly alluding to the visit of his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of West'm'inster to Ireland. His Holiness ex pressed hi s Feat gratification that he had added to the P.aered College such an illustrious and worthy member. The enthusiasm of the Catholics of Ireland his Holiness considered to be equally a triumph for the Church, as well as an open and striking protest against the futility of the tenlptations of the Protestant propaganda. FitoGuEss OF HARTLEPOOL AS A SHIPPING po ß T.—The progress of the port of Hartlepool (East and Vey) is strikingly shown by the following returns, which already place it at the head of all the north-eastern ports in foreign exports. These returns are extracted from " Brown's Export List" (published under the authority of the Queen's letters patent), for the month of September, and they include the value of all goods, except coal and coke, exported foreign : Sept., 1858. 1857. Increase. Decrease. Newcastle Blyth and Amble., Nil. • Shields 755 1,069 314 - Sunderland 15,479 7,01 8,442 Seaham . 92 23 69 -- Stockton 529 Middlesbro' East and West } 259,049 216,615 42,437 Hartlepool From further tables published on the same authority, it appears that Hartlepool stands at the head of all the n well eastern ports in the export of coal and coke (fo_r i eign as . as to London and other ports of the - United K njdo m)_ex cept Newcastle and Sunderland. During September, 58,414 tons of coal, and 2,564 tons of . , coke were exported (foreign) in 114 British and 207 foreign vessels , • and to London and other British Porto, 106,769 0 t ut of coal were exported in .540 y0w1.% THE AUST.RIA STEAMER. Mr. Williamson, the Custom-house tide-surveyor at Southampton, states that the ill-fated Austria had only 513 souls on board when she left that part, and. not 600, as has been represented. It was stated last week that 18 out of the 68 who were saved were, taken to Fayal and 50 to Halifax. Accord ing to the Persia's news 12 only went on to Halifax, and the rest were taken to Fayal. The published list of persons saved, with the places they sailed from, shows that the emigrants to the United States are from all parts of the German dominions. We have received the following communication, dated Fayal, Sept 28 : " The Maurice (French brig), from St. John's, Newfoundland, to the Mauritius, put in here on the 19th of September to land 38 male and 0 female passengers, the first, second, and third ofg- , cers, and 7 of the crew, saved on the 13th of September from the Hamburgh steam packet Austria, from Hamburgh to New York, destroyed by fire. Twelve other passengers were saved by the Maurice, and put on board the Lotus (British ship), bound for Halifax, N.S. On the 14th the Maurice saw no more on board. A Norwegian ship was clime to the wreck. Three other vessels in sight that rendered no assistance. " The passengers saved ex Austria proceed to New York in her Majesty's steamer Valorous. The officers and crew leave for London in the Ireland, steamer, from Hong Kong." THE FRENCH GOVE.RNMENT AND FREE TRADE. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, TUESDAY. A document of considerable importance has been. published in the local papers this morning. The Count de Maricourt, French Consul in this town, has addressed to the presidents of the Agri cultural Societies of Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire, the substance of a de spatch received from the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, in France, through. the French Foreign-office, respecting the result of the repeal of the Corn Laws in this country. Simi lar communications were addressed to the Newcastle Farmers' Club and the Tyneside Agricultural So ciety, with a request that all these societies, as ex pressing the sentiments of the agricultural interest of the north of England, would communicate to the French Government their opinion as to the effects of free trade in corn upon the landed and agricultu ral interests. Accompanying the despatch is d. schedule of questions calculated to elicit their opinions upon every phase of the free trade ques tion. _ _ The French Minister commences by stating that in the month of April, 1854, his department had communicated to that of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, a report emanating from the Consul-General of France in London, and contain ing divers returns and information on the result of the repeal of the corn laws in England. These re turns closing with the year 1853, the Minister of Agriculture, M. Migne, had expressed a desire to receive similar information for the succeeding years, and without wishing to fix the limits of the inves tigation necessary to inform him completely on this subject, he had indicated in an enclosure the points on which he wished particularly to possess exact returns. M. Migne further desired to know the average price and the amount of importation of foreign corn in each year since 1853, as well as the produce of the grain harvests in England for the greatest possible number of years. The Minister requests the Consul to place him in a position to reply to the questions of M. Migne for his district in the north of England, and in case the officially published documents of the United King dom could not furnish sufficiently accurate returns on the points noted for examination, to address himself to the different agricultural societies, which, he doubts not, would without hesitation communi cate to him the information which they possess. The category of questions intended to elicit this information is as follows :- 1. Whether the breadth of land devoted to the culture of grain has been extended or diminished ? 2. In the event of the same having been dimi nished, whether the extension of drainage has not had the effect of compensating in a certain propor tion for the diminution of breadth under cultiva tion, in increasing the quantity of the produce ? 3. What has been the effect of the repeal of the corn laws onjgriculture in England ? 4. Since the period of that repeal, has the pro duce of the soil experienced increase or diminution ? 5. Has the rotation of crops been changed, and in what manner ? 6. Has the rent of land risen or fallen ? 7. Has the income of those who cultivate their own land increased or diminished ? 8. Give the same information with respect to those who occupy their land as tenants, that is to say, as farmers. In the examples given state also what are the most useful conditions of leasing, and what is the usual term of the lease ? 9. Has the selling price of land increased or diminished ? _ 10. What has been the influence of recent legis lation on the consumption of bread and on that of butcher meat ? MARRIAGE SPEECHES, At the marriage of the Hon. Julia Duncan to Lord Abercromby, which took place at Camper down-house last week, Lord Panmure proposed in felicitous terms the health of the young couple. Lord Abercromby (who spoke with a fluency, ease, and correctness remarkable in a nobleman who is only yet in his 21st year) rose and acknowledged. the toast as follows :—"I desire to return thanks for the honour you have done me in so cordially re sponding to the toast which my uncle, Lord Pan inure, has so kindly proposed. After the very able manner in which he has described the merits of her whom I am so proud, for the first time, to call Lady Abercromby—(applause)—it would be superfluous in me, who am not a practised speaker like him, to say more than that I cordially concur in the praise he has bestowed on my bride. (Laughter and ap plause.) I feel she must be a favourite among all who have the pleasure of her acquaintance, arid that she possesses every quality which will make me A happy home and a proud husband. (Applause, and crimes of Bravo.') I am glad to have this opportunity, ii: presence of so numerous an assemblage, of saying how much I feel indebted to my wife's relations for all the kindness and affection they have shown me since they adopted me as a member of their family." (Applause.) The Earl of Southesk pro posed " The health of Lord Camperdown." Lord Camperdown, in acknowledging the toast said, " certainly upon this occasion feel most proud. I feel proud that my grandfather now bears a name inscribed in the proudest pages of our country's history. (Applause.) I am quite sure that my noble friend here—l may call him my grandson now—will recollect what he has to do to support the honour of that name. (Applause.) I know that in whatever situation he is placed he will sup port it ; and I confess the few words I heard hint speak to-day in this company give me great hopes that in the Senate he will yet do honour to that name which is already so celebrated on the field of battle. (Applause.) I again repeat that I feel most proud of this marriage. I have only heard. one single breath against it. lam told that my noble friend is too young. All I can say on that point is, that I married three months younger than he is at present--(laughter and applause) —and all I can wish for him is that he may enjoy for 54 years the same comfort and happiness which has fallen to my lot." (Applause.) The Earl of Airlie pro posed. the health of Lord and Lady Duncan, the father and mother of the bride. Lord Duncan returned thanks. He said—" I have in the course of my life been present at several marriages, but at no marriage that I was ever present at have I witnessed so much genuine good feeling and joy as I have witnessed on the present occasion. (Ap plause.) lam proud to stand here and say that during the course of my acquaintance with my new son-in-law every day has increased the good feeling between us. Considering him as Ido as one of my fathily, I have felt proud on the present occasion at the manner in which he returned thanks when his health was proposed. (Applause.) My noble friend in the chair, far more ably than I could presume to do, has alluded to the deeds of his ancestors : but there was one ances tor whom my noble friend omitted to name, but whom I cannot banish from my memory. I have sat 20 years in the House of Commons, and during that period I recollect one of the name of Aber cromby who, with distinguished ability, presided in that assembly. I trust that my son-in-law, born as he is to a high station in this land, wi ll recollect that these are times in which ever y m an must be dependent l roe . cupy l h t i r g ust that among h with credit the e not for occupying unmindful of my noble and late lamen ted friend Lord Dunfermline ; fbr in connex i o n with this marriage which we h ave this station is ancestors t o o w hnihceh himself h will day celebrated, if there is one thing more than an- - other which I reflect upon with joy, it is this, that the late Lord Dunfermline, on giving his blessing to my noble son-in-law, said that the marriage he had contracted in every way met with his views. (Applause.) The chairman of the Electric Telegraph Company has arrived in Dublin, for the purpose of taking measui for liying down a new line of communication between Ire land and England. It is stated that the new line will be direct from Kingstown to Holyhead. That at present in use goes round by Belfast and Donaghadee en tb.;: northern met, to Fortpariek in §c9tlond, Gc Path 2-10 t In rite, bit bit Groin Mexic Spani Dit Ti t oy !•-• "Pt i esteon th em , -th niclo 'loxe s tun les !)eeorf re - no - re( pa /nE as ref ani aln a st, full , 6 ,00 quit 3re'si 'goo, eli n , BOrt kes Who Pow at 4 dec. Indi c Calla 7 celt4 Di tto tto3 13r az i ER Been, Dit Dit Tu r k; Dit Dit Dit ku s t r butel Dit World Wh o super] This Wad p teach, When , and g