The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-04 00:00:00

MR. RAREY at the ALRAMBRA PALACE. —Many inquiries having been made during the past week by noblemen and gentlemen as to when Mr. Rarey would give the next EXPOSITION of his system of subdu ing vicious horses, and of the proper manner of gentleing and teaching the horses for all practicable purposes, he has the honour to announce that he will give one on Saturday next, August 6, at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square, commencing at 12 o'clock, when some new and interesting subjects will be produced, One of them is a proud lively savage, which, from his antecedents and present appearance, promises to be a good subject to test to the uttermost Mr. Rarey's skill in dealing with dangerous horses. The follow ing letter has been addressed to Mr. Rarey by the owner of the horse • • " 34, Worship-street, Finsbury, August 1,1859. " Dear Sir,—ln reply to your note of inquiry with regard to the character of our horse, we beg to inform you that in his present condition we consider him a most dangerous animal, and shall be most happy to place him in your hands to receive a lesson of obedience, and also to have your advice as to his proper management in future. The horse, having killed one of our men, is now kept securely tied up by the head with three strong ropes, to prevent him from doing any further Injury. He is never approached except by climbing over the partition of his stall in front of him, as no man could go into it in the ordinary way. He is a high-spirited, courageous horse, and if he could be broken of his vicious propensities would be a most valuable one. " We, are, dear Sir, " Your obedient servants, (Signed) "W. MERRETT, Brothers. " J. S. Rarey, Esq., Alhambra Palace." Admission—Reserved Seats, XI Is ; Second Seats, 15s. ; Third Seats, 7s. 6d. Doors open at half-past 11. The Exhi bition to commence at 12. 'rickets to be had at the Box- Mike of the Alhambra Palace. RUYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. - tinder tno r4anazement of Mr. Charles Keen. TWIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Fabien and Louis dei Franchi. By Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A MIDSUMMER NIGH C'S DREAM. Commence at 7. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SHOCKING EVENTS. THE CONTESTED ELECTION. After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. To conclude with MALLOWE'EN. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVEING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. Z. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Killington ; Misses Keeley, Arden, 11101 Laldlaw, and Mrs. Killington. And (12th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. Simms. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole. Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE , Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENLNG, CAPTAIN CHARLOTTE. Miss M. Wilton. After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Bwanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence at 7 o'clock. VERDI'S OPERA. OF MACBE 1 . 11. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaininz three acts Rein in course of rehearsal). is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and EIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios evc: written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICM, AUGUST 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 77—highest since noon yesterday. 67—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29'87. WIND, Westerly; fresh, with fine weather. Heavy rain in the morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, sh. 34m.—Afternoon, sh. 56m, To-Monnow-Morning, Oh. 17m.—Afternoon, 6h. 38m. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1859. THE SUN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1859: It is just as we expected. The Peace (?) of Vil lafranca will cost its authors more trouble than they bargained for. Whatever were their motives for that close interview the world at large will, before long, be edified by its effects. France is now in a desperate hurry to disarm, but the blind will not do. We are so accustomed to surprises of late that wonders have become mere matters of course. It seems almost a pitty that a man so clever at hoodwinking others should at last have contrived to overreach himself. But this, the great magician of the age, has accomplished in a masterly manner, and will no doubt reap the fruits of his Imperial labours before he sets out en the next campaign, be it to the Adige or, more probably, the Rhine. As for poor deceived Italy, she is now in less trouble than her heroic and chivalric would be liberator, if he were allowed ; but the Im perial swayed the will of the Royal scape goat. VICTOR EMMANUEL is now asked (?) to undo almost all that he had helped to achieve. The world will marvel to learn that he is required to reseat the tyrants of Tuscany and Modena on their thrones! Let the following, from the Correspondent of the Times, speak for itself:— " You are already aware of the secret mission of Count Reisset from the French Court to that of Sardinia for the purpose just specified. The count was received on the 30th at Turin by the Sardinian Minister for Foreign Affairs, who, as I learn on fair authority, very plainly declared that he could not accede to the wishes of France thut the Sardinian Go vernment should employ their efforts to have the dukes recalled,' with en thusiasm,' I presume, by their late subjects. It was observed, with some reason, that to satisfy the French Government in the first instance, the Government had withdrawn the Pied montese Commissioners from the Duchies and the Legations, bat that it would be preposterous now to expect that, in addition to this, Piedmont should use her influence conjointly with France, contrary to the wishes of the populations and the interests of Italy. After this interview Count REISSET had an audience of the KING, who, it is more than probable, held similar language to him. You are aware that the Commissioners from the Duchies have been received by the EMPEROR at St. Cloud. Their reception coincided, in point of time, with the departure of M. Reisset on his Italian mission. We are told that at that audience his Majesty declared that he was not the man, he, the Elect of universal suffrage, who could go against the wishes of the people." The Commons are now rapidly getting through the supplies in Committee. Yesterday they were hard at work once more—distributin g the most var ious sums, upon the most diversified pret ex t s , f or subjects the most miscellaneous. The contrast pre sented by this variety is almost as whimsical, in deed, as that afforded through the memorable conversation recorded by OLIVER GOLDSMITH in relation to S UAK SPERE and the musical glasses. And upon every imaginable plea the hon. gentle man the member for Lambeth displays the same insatiable greed to economise upon every con ceivable opportunity. The apparently incongruous vote, £1,823, for a constabulary force for the mili tary. camps at Aldershott and Shorneliffe, impelled Mr. WILLIAMS yesterday, for example, to pro test against the absurdity, as it appeared to him, of paying a police force to look after the soldiers in an encampment. It had to be explained to the hon. member that the con stables were employed not by any means in look ing after the soldiers, but simply in looking after the followers, sutlers, and sight-seers, who are always gathering around an encampment. Then, but not till then, the vote was agreed to with the kind permission of the hon, member for Lambeth. As to the extraordinary diversity of the sums voted, and of the objects to which those sums are devoted, a glance down our Parliamentary report will show that fantastically enough. The amounts and the objects vary, for instance, from nearly £60,000 — to be precise, exactly £59,219—f0r the payment of " certain charges," on the Treasury chest—to £703 to the office for the registration of designs ! Among the supplies voted yesterday afternoon in close proximity or rapid sequence, we find £40,000 for the improvement of the Kaffirs and the better go vernment of Kaffraria—L3o,ooo for charges ii curred in consequence of the guarantee given to the company organized for the laying down of the submarine electric telegraph—nearly £B,OOO (L 7,945) for the expedition to the River Zambesi under the direction of Dr. LIVINGSTONE—L4,7OO for the salaries of the inspectors of corn returns— £ll,Bso for revising barristers in Great Britain— £3,ooo for the inspectors of burial grounds—and so on, " from grave to gay, from lively to severe." From the compensation (?) of poor Mr. BARBER by the doling out at last to him of £s,ooo—exactly half the amount he is proved to have lost by reason of his unjust and cruel condemnation !—to the good round sum of £23,000 for the purchase of a site for the extension of the Four Courts in Dublin. At length we find ourselves landed in a higher region, in a purer atmosphere, among all the grace ful charms and amenities of the fine arts. A vote of £2,000 is asked for with a view to the extension and improvement of the National Portrait Gallery. Now the strugglebegins in earnest. Mr. SPOONER —despairing probably of ever having his effigy enshrined in the collection—objects point blank to the vote altogether. He deems the pictures already bought as worthless. He regards the £2,000 as only the old, insidious small end of the wedge, that will gradually spread wider and wider as it is driven home—until one of these fine ses sions, in Committee of Supply, the House will be called upon to vote not £2,000 but £30,000 for a building large enough to contain the thea expanded collection. At that prospect we must acknowledge ourselves, that we for one are not by any means alarmed. Nor do we think for an instant that the House of Commons—a house diametrically the reverse of niggardly—would in such a contingency hesitate very long about voting that hypothetical £30,000. Mr. AYRTON heartily supported Mr. SPOONER'S amendment, however, that the £2,000 vote for the National Portrait Gallery, at this period of its inauguration, should be quietly passed over altogether—alleging as a sort of a reason or excuse, that "it was all very well for the noble lord at the head of the Government and his colleagues to support the vote, because they might expect to be placed in the gal lery themselves." Disclaiming, good humouredly, any such selfish motives of vanity as those actuating him in his view, in regard to this vote of £2,000 for the National Portrait Gallery, Lord PALMERSTON, we rejoice to remark, spoke of the partially developed project of that collection in terms of the strongest eulogium. Yet the vote was only agreed to yesterday after a division—the result of that division giving a clear majority of 106 in a house of 176, 35 voting for, and 141 against the amendment. Another division later on yesterday was taken upon another vote of £2,ooo—this time the £2,000 being required for the purchase of HAYTER'S historic picture of " The Moving of the Address in the First Reform Par liament." This division resulted, it will be observed, in the unusual circumstance of exactly the same numbers voting for and against the amendment. This amendment (like its predecessor), moved by Mr. SPOONER—the very WILLIAMS of Art—led in the first instance to an animated discussion, which was closed by an exact division of the committee, then numbering 164. For the vote, eighty-one ; Against the it, eighty-one. An announce ment received by the house with loud laughter, which was renewed when Mr. MASSEY, as Chair man of the Committee, gave his own casting vote for the motion. And so " the Ayes had it ;" and HAYTER'S " First Reform Parliament" became the prcperty of the nation, and, being so, will hence forth aid in the decoration of the new legislative palace at Westminster. Upon the subsequent vote of £9,988 for a new entrance to the National Gallery—a vote eventually carried, upon a division by a majority of 43,in a committee of 189-73 voting against and 116 for it—there was a somewhat lengthy, and, all things considered, NOe conceive a very satisfactory discussion, condemnatory in the strongest terms of those hideous, absurd, and costly fire-proof make•shift buildings down at Kensington gore—commonly known as the Boilers (though we should be disposed rather to christen them Albert's Folly) down in South Kensington. There were, at any rate, two most acceptable assurances extorted, by this debate in Com mittee, from the lips of the First Lord of the Treasury. The noble viscount announcing that there is no intention whatever to transfer any portion of the collection at the National Gallery to Kensing ton—and, beyond this, assuring the House of Com mons that " the recommendations of the committee would be carefully attended to, subject to the ex pense attendant upon the enlargement." That ex pense will not be in any way—we may rest per fectly well assured upon this point—that expense will not in any way be grudged by the national representatives. There is not an honest Liberal in the land, we believe, but will regard with pain and indignation the brutal outrage perpetrated, on Monday, at Wakefield, upon the person of the Right Hon. STUART WORTLEY, now the Conservative candi date for the representation of that constituency. Unless the outrage itself be expiated in some man ner it will go far to confirm and enhance for that constituency its already unenviable reputa tion. It was only last week adjudged to have been guilty of the grossest venality in the exercise of its electoral rights at the last general election when the Quaker banker, Mr. W. H. LEATHAM, the brother-in-law of Mr. BRIGHT, the distinguished member for Birmingham, was placed at the head of the poll in return for the most flagrant squandering of bribes by his agents, and of course—of course —we are all perfectly satisfied of that—with out his knowledge ! So infuriated are these high-Principled patriots at Wakefield at the unseating of that open-handed Friend LEATHAM, the Banker —that they must needs mob Mr. WORTLEY directly he makes his appearance among them as the candidate brought forward (to conthetestn the s a e t a i v t e a s t . t h L i s e r n d e w p Ait election) mEsro o N n , s t h e i e side i e of tor-General is yelled at and hooted through the streets pure and of hi glhV..makinefideeldd Libbeyralsa n o h b e h o e f r u e . A formidable lump of lead, carefully pointed at one end, and evidently prepared for the occasion, is hurled at the right hon. gentleman, in the midst of the scrimmage, by the hand of some ruffianly assailant. The missile strikes the new candidate upon the forehead —his face is covered with blood—he is and, for the moment, almost i nsensible. Apparently to represent Wakefield you m us t h ave Y r filled with gold and your f ore h ead f ? brass stunned, take your choice, ther e , be tween the alternati,'e—of scattering largess abo u t oyour You "taking it out" in brickbats. you abundantly, or— THE •SUMMARY OF ELECTION PETITIONS, 18.59 (SEES. 2). The following are referred to select committees : Beverley—William Duesbury Thornton Duesbury and Charles Reynard, Edward Auchmuty Glover, John Nutchey and others, Charles Robinson Empson and Richard South wick. _ _ _ Huddersfield—Thomas Pearson Crossland and Thomas Haigh. Kingston-upon-Hull—James Beeton and Robert Scott. North Leicestershire—Rev. William Astley Cave Browne Cave. Limerick City—James Spaight. Preston—James Carr and others, John Hawkins and others. Select committees have reported on the following : Ashburton—Brooking Soady and Thomas Pinsent ; member seated. Aylesbury—Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Went worth, George De Fraine and William Hobley, Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Wentworth, Samuel George Smith, the younger , Richard Henry Simons and others; Mr. T. T. Bernard and Mr. S. G. Smith seated. Bury—James Parks and Thomas Horrocks ; member seated. Cheltenham—JohnKnatchbull and John Henry Morgan; member seated. Dartmouth—Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. ' • void election. Gl ouces ter—Thomas Ey cott and James Haines ; void election. Maidstone—William Russell and Joseph Popjoy Sawer ; members seated. Norwich—John Wright and others; void election. Wakefield—Samuel Richard Green and John Tuting Sweeting ; void election. Select committees not as yet appointed for the following : WeymoLuth and Melcombe Regis—Joseph Slade and others, Robert James Roy Campbell, Colonel William Lockyer Freestun. Carlisle—John Park Arthur and John Graham. Barnstaple—Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bart., Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bart. Roscommon—Denis O'Connor and Patrick Graham. Great Yarmouth—Joseph Bayly and Robert Pilgrim. Newry—Robert Dempster and Thomas Cardwell. King's County—D. flume and F. Cassidy. Chatham—George Wilstead and George Pattison. Dover—Sir William Russell, Bart. Carlow—Henry Cary and Thomas Harris Carroll, Henry Cary and Thomas Harris Carroll. Dundalk—Patrick Dowdall and Matthew Moore Graham. Clare—Nicholas Butler and John BarrymoreMacnamara. Lyme Regis—John George Sarsfield Macnamara Moore and George Nathaniel Shore. Peterborough—William Vergette and others, Thomas Scoley and Henry Freeman. Athlone—Robert Preston Bayley, James William Fair, Lawrence Kelly and Thomas Gill. Norwich—Joseph Fletcher and others, John Godwin Johnson and Roger Kerrison, Philip Back and Gardiner Christopher Stevens. ELECTION PETITIONS WITHDRAWN. Athlone—Lawrence Kelly and Thomas Gill. Berwick-upon-Tweed—Thomas Bogue and others. Bodmin—William Butten and John Barnicot. Bridgewater—Henry Clement Heard and Reuben Bond. Frome—Donald Nicoll. West Kent—Charles Wykeham Martin and James What man. Kidderminster—John Ayres and others. Kingston-upon-Hull—William Jones and Richard Mit chell. Merionethshire—Owen Richards and Hugh Richard Pugh. Pontefract—Hugh Culling Eardley Childers. Sandwich—John Ralph and Henry Langley. New Windsor—William Henry Banks and Henry Thompson. Great Yarmouth—John Clowes and Henry Danby Palmer. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar entertained a select circle at din ner last evening, at their residence in Portland-place. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, who are now at Heron Court, near Christchurch, leave early in the ensuing week for Achnacarry, the noble earl's shooting quarters in the north of Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Camperdown arrived last week at Camperdowu, N. 8., where they have since received a circle of friends for the Angus Agricultural As sociation, held at Dundee. BERWICK-UPON-TWEED ELECTION. Since we published last Tuesday, the result of our own inquiries at Berwick, a report of a visit of inquiry, by Mr. R. B. Reed, made to the Northern Union, of which he was honorary secretary, has been forwarded to us. Its leading facts harmonise entirely with those which we gave, and, as they are the result of a perfectly independent investigation, there can be little doubt that both of us are right. Mr. Reed enters into details, however, and cites names in a way which we understood would not be agreeable to many par ties, and from which we therefore refrained. We are not sorry, however, that they should be thus made public. COWES ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.— The match for the Queen's Cup is likely to be a very inte resting one this year. The Brunette is a new vessel, and all consider her a fleet one. The Marina has proved herself a fast one. Both were built by Rattry. Then comes one of Joseph White's 15-yr-old ones, an awkward customer, as he built all his yachts to sail. Then the Cymba and the Lady Bird, all first-class clippers. All that is wanted there is every opportunity of having—a good breeze—and very close work may be expected. DUBLIN PORTOBELLO GARDENS.—The enter tainments at this favourite scene of amusement have as sumed an agreeably diversified character. The gardens last evening were numerously and fashionably attended. The leading attraction being the celebrated Joe Brown, the American Champion Dancer, who is accompanied by Mr. W. B. Donaldson, a first class banjoist. Both those artistes, so clever and distinguished in their way, were severally greeted with vehement applause.—Freeman's Journal, August 3. The operations in the shares of the Lombr.rdo- Venetian Railway Company on the Paris Bourse yesterday appear to have been most extensive; 10,000 shares were taken by a single dealer. THE SIBSEY MURDER.—Since the extreme sen tence of the law was passed upon Carey and Picket, the Sibsey murderers, they have listened attentively to the teachings of the prison chaplain, and apparently they are filled with remorse for the crime they have committed. Their sentence will be carried into effect on Friday next. REPRESENTATION OF DEVONPORT.—AdmiraI Sir Michael Seymour has come forward as a candidate for the representation of Devonport, on the occasion of the vacancy caused by Sir T. E. Perry having accepted a seat at the India Board. The gallant admiral announces himself as a supporter of the present Government, and declares himself to be an advanced Liberal and in favour of the ballot. It is not probable there will be any other candidate. THE 12TH OF AUGUST.—A correspondent of the Inverness Courier says :—I have made several inquiries in different places about the moors this season, and I have it from shepherds and others who traverse our hills, that the birds are numerous. Scarcely could the young poults have broken shell under more favourable weather than this year. On the Kilmuir Hills and the Cuidrach Moors there is a considerable improvement on former years. The coveys are from six to ten birds, and in some instances twelve birds. The Stenscholl moors, I hear, will also give the sportsman this year a pretty fair chance. The shooting is well pre served, and no injudicious burning of heather has taken place. A MAN AND HIS WIFE DROWNED IN THE RIVER TRENT.—On Sunday night a small vessel, bound for Lincoln from Hull, was proceeding with the tide, which was un usually strong, up the river Trent, and when opposite Gainsborough ran foul of Chapel Staithe tier. She imme diately tipped over, and went down. There were on board at the time the captain (Kinnersley), his wife and child, a friend of the captain's, named Beech, with his wife and three children, and a man who assists in the management of the vessel. The captain, his wife, and the whole of the children were saved; but Beech and his wife who were in the cabin, were drowned. It appears that the accident was caused by five vessels lying alongside each other, four on the left and one on the right hand side of the river, sufficient room not being left for the passage of a vessel in such a tide. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A ROPERT.---On Monday, a young woman, named Sarah Ann Burlinson, was engaged at Messrs. Douglass and Co.'s patent ropery, Sunderland, when her right hand became entangled amongst the ma • chinery, and, before the engine could be stopped, her hand was nearly torn off, and her arm severely lacerated. She was immediately conveyed to the infirmary, where she lies in a precarious state. A series of experiments is about to be conducted bp Captain Galton on the part of the Board of Trade, Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., and Profesor Wheatstone, to deter mine the best description of cable for the proposed line of telegraph from Falmouth to. Gibraltar. The experiments are to be carried on with the aid of the Atlantic Telegraph. Company, and will comprise an investigation into the com parative value of gutta-percha and india-rubber, the best modes of insulation, and other questions connected with the manufacture of deep submarine lines. JUST CAUGHT.—A little Russian steamer, the Viburg, was passing through the canal on Monday evening, but remained over night in the basin, and was put through the sea-lock at an early hour next morning. The captain, Andrew Pitcairn, instead of sleeping on board, put up for the night at the Muirton Hotel. As things look at present, it would seem that he had popped into the room adjoining his o wn, and took a fancy to a nice woollen shirt and a hair brush there, belonging to Captain Finch, who sometimes puts up at the Muirtown Hotel. At least, these articles were missed from the room by Mr. Robertson early next morning, and, having informed the police, there was just time to catch Captain Pitcairn before he had fairly cleared out of the canal. The shirt was found on his person, and the brush in his dressing-case.—lnverness Courier. ATTACK ON MR. J. S. WORTLEY.—On Monday evening, says the _Manchester Guardian, after addressing a meeting of the Conservatives at Wakefield, Mr. Wortley had occasion to leave the Strafford Arms to go to the Elec tric Telegraph -office. He was guarded by the chief con stable, Inspector Frost, and several other officers, and when returning again to the hotel, some cowardly ruffian threw a heavy piece of lead—which had evidently been prepared for the purpose—at the right hon. gentleman, striking him a blow on the temple, and inflicting a severe wound, the blood from which streamed down his thee. He was con veyed into the inn, and a surgeon sent for, who dressed the wound. Mr. Wortley remained in a stunned condition fer about an hour, but recovered sufficiently to enable him to leave Wakefield by the 10 p.m. train. The piece of lead with which the blow was inflicted was found close to the spot where Mr. Wortley was struck. It is sharpened at one end and blunt at the other. VICTORIA-BRIDGE, MONTREAL.—It is stated on the best authority that the Victoria-bridge is so far ad,- vanced that it may safely be counted upon as being certain to be open for traffic by the Ist of November next. Fears were at one time expressed, we observe, that the progress of the works might be impeded by the high water in the St. Lawrence, and that the opening of the bridge would be de layed till next year. The recent progress of the work, how ever, bas been such as to banish all fears of this kind, and, humanly speaking, it may b^ regarded as certain that the bridge will be in a position to be opened by the Ist Novem ber next. The works on the two extreme sections of the Grand Trunk road are advancing with great rapidity. The western section, including the extension from Port Sarnia to Detroit, as well as the section beiow St. Thomas, will be in a position to be opened for traffic by the Ist September. the floating bridge acresl the river at Sarnia will also be completed by that date. Daus, with the exception of the Victoria-bridge, the whole road will be thoroughly com pleted in less than two months,—Canadian Netts, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, AUG. 3. To-day the funeral rites of the French and Sar dinian soldiers who have fallen for the cause of Italian independence were celebrated. The French army continues its passage through Turin for Paris, and is everywhere received with acclama tions. Count Arese has left Turin for Paris. BOLOGNA, AUG. 2. The Sardinian commissioners have remitted their authority to the Minister, President of the Government, Colonel Cipriani, who has convoked the National Assembly. The Marquis d'Azeglio has issued a proclamation announcing his recall, and recommending the people to remain tranquil, and promising, in the name of King Victor Em manuel, to employ every means possible to obtain the concurrence of the European Governments for accomplishing their just and reasonable wishes. Perfect order prevails. MARSEILLES, AUG. 3. Bodies of French troops are continually arriving in our port from Italy. Marshal Canrobert is ex pected here shortly. The Ambassador of Persia has just disembarked. Advices received from Constantinople state that the Sultan, in his journey through the provinces, will proceed as far as Chio. Letters received announce that the Czar is about to undertake a journey to Odessa, where, according to the Presse & Orient, his Majesty will be joined by the Prince Couza. PARIS, AUG. 3. The Moniteur de la Flotte announces that orders have been given at the different oceanic ports to proceed immediately with the disarmament of all vessels, armed or in course of arming. These orders are already being executed, and vessels which were in the roads (en rack) have put back to the different ports. The disarmament has also commenced at Toulon. Orders have been given to disband all marines having served five years. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says,—" I fear that the presence of a large French force in the Italian Peninsula may strengthen the doubts of too critical persons touching the genuineness of universal suffrage generally. As it would appear that none but those who can read and write will be allowed to vote, strictly speaking the suffrage on the present occasion can hardly be termed universal,' unless, as is very doubtful, every Italian peasant is in a position to claim the benefit of clergy.' But the Austrian Government will probably have occa sion, now at least, to acknowledge the benefit of universal suffrage, as well as the Dukes of Tuscany and Modena. And to all appearance ' liberated Italy' will enjoy the advantage of an occupation by a French force, far more numerous than the Roman army has been at any period for the last 10 years. Thus Italy may boast with reason that at last she is free ' from the Alps to the Adriatic.' " FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Patrie of this evening says : " It is asserted. that the ships of the division Fourrichon, the armament of which has just been completed at Brest, are to be placed on a pied de commission. It is further reported that the same order applies to four frigates, and to the vessels of the squadron commanded by Admiral Bouet- Villaumez. The squadron of the Adriatic has entered the port of Toulon." . . _ The Duke de Grammont, Ambassador of France at Rome, has arrived here. The Envoy of Persia disembarked this morning at Marseilles. He comes to Paris as Minister Plenipotentiary, to continue the work of Feruck Khan, and will reside alternately at London and Paris. The Municipality of Paris has granted to M. de Lamartine and his family the enjoyment for life of a house and a piece of ground in the Bois de Bou logne. The gift required the sanction of the Coun cil of State. It will hardly be believed that this testimony of gratitude and admiration—of grati tude to the man who, whatever may have been his errors, at one time certainly saved Paris and all France from the horrors of anarchy, and of admi ration for the poet who has shed lustre on his country—that this testimony has encountered op position in that body. It can hardly be believed that the President of the Council could be opposed to the grant. If it be true, it will be said that M. Baroche thinks that M. de Lamartine had trop derance la justice du peuple. M. Baroche, in his declaration of Republican faith, addressed to the electors after the Revolution of February, grounded his claims to their support on his having " antici. pated the justice of the people" in overthrowing Louis Philippe, and anticipators of this sort do not like those who shoot beyond them. 'How different are the fruits M. Baroche and M. de Lamartine have gathered from the Revolution ! PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 3.—The market opened with an improvement on yesterday's rates, but large sales were immediately poured upon the mar ket, and prices again gave way. Threes, after hav ing been done at 69f. 75c., receded to 69f. 30e., but afterwards rallied to 69f. 50c. ; Mobilier varied from 845 f. to 830 f. ; Austrian, 570 f. to 565 f.; Lombardo-Venetian, 567 f. 50e. to 565 f. ; Orleans, 1,367 f. 50c. to 1,362 f. 50c. ; Northern, 935 f. to 930 f.; Lyons, 877 f. 50c. to 873 f. 75c. ; Eastern, 652 f. Mc. to 650 f.; Southern, 520 f. to 515 f. The market was rather dull towards the close, when the following were the quotations 4 per Cents. .... 96 50 Do. end month .. 96 90 Credit Foncier 652 50 Belgian 4t — Piedmontese (5) Roman B6 3 per Cents 69 25 Do. end month.... 69 45 Bank Shares. . 2850 Credit Mobilier .. 828 7b Do. Account ..... 833 75 Austrian _ Spanish Threes Home Debt — _ RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 930 .. 931 25 New ditto. B2O .. 818 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 872 50 .. BTh Gcneva 532 50 .. 540 Southern - .. 515 Western 555 .. 555 Eastern Sardinian Austrian Exchange on Loudon, at sight, paper, 25f. 'Tic. ; money, 25f sc. ; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 94c. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUT . HAMPTON, TIIURSDAY MORNING. The Arago steamship, Captain Lines, bringing New York mails of the 23d ult., passed Hurst at 9.40 a.m. The Weser, from New York, July 23d, also passed Hurst at 11.15 a.m. [BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer Vigo arrived at Queenstown at 1 o'clock this morning, having 565,731 dols. She left on the 23d of July in company with the Arago and Weser. Her news is the same as telegraphed via Quebec. THE OvERLAND MAILS.—The following telegram has been ree3ived by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company :—" Marseilles, Aug. p a n], with the mails from Australia, the Mauritius , 3.—The Ne - Mauritius, and Bombay, arrived at 7 this evening. The mail l eaves for London at 10 p.m," AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, JUNE 18. The Northam arrived at Kangaroo Island on Sunday the 6th, and at Melbourne on .the 7th of June. The Columbian, having broken down, did not leave Adelaide till the Ist of June. The Benares sails this morning. The gold ships which have sailed since the last mail are—on the 19th, the Avon, with 45,888 ounces; on the 26th, the Southampton, with 29,554 ounces ; on the 27th, the Prince of the Seas, with 26,321 ounces; on June 8, the Eagle, with 31,635 ounces ; on the 10th, the Beechworth, with 19,998 ounces. Exchange at 11-2 premium. Insurance, 11-2 premium ; Bank discount, 7 per cent. ; money on mortage, 10 per cent. ; Securities were tending to advance. Bank of Victoria, £3B ; Colonial Bank' £6 ss. The Chinese are organising a passive resistance to the £4 residence-tax. The Bank of Victoria is about to establish a branch in London, and sends the manager home for the purpose. The railway traffic on Govern ment lines, on an average of six weeks, gives pas sengers £12,243 per week, or £1,325 per week. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 26. Admiral Mundy's squadron has anchored out side the harbour. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Avon steamer, Captain Revett, has arrived with mails from Buenos Ayres of June 27; Monte Video, 30th ; Rio de Janeiro, July 10 ; Bahia, 14th Pernambuco, 16th ; St. Vincent, 24th ; and Lis bon, 31st. She has 144 passengers, £32,564 in specie, dia monds and jewellery value £1,050, and a general cargo. The mail steamer Mersey left Rio for the River Plate on the 9th of July, and the Tasmanian left St. Vincent for Rio on the 20th. The Avon exchanged signals with the Ocean Spray, from London, for New Zealand, June 23d, in lat. 13.45 N., long. 26.15 W. ; American ship Benares, July 22d, lat, 11.47 N., long. 26.43 W. ; State of Maine, July 22d, lat. 12.40, long. 26.29; and mail steamer Tagus, July 31st, to the north of Cape Rocca. Her Majesty's ship Buzzard and Oberon were at Buenos Ayres; Leopold and Madagascar at Rio. The Spy left Rio, for River Plate, July 6th; Har rier, for England, on the 7th ; and Alarm, for England, on the Bth. The Avon communicated with her Majesty's ship Siren on the 22d, bound for Rio. Active preparations were in progress for the pro secution of the war declared against Buenos Ayres by Urquiza, and the Buenos Ayrean army would rrobably be the first to assume the offensive. Rosario was said to be the point to be attacked. Exchange at Buenos Ayres, 64 to 65.6, and 66, the medium sum being the rrevailing rate. General Flores, ex-President of the Oriental Re• public, had fled from Urquiza, and arrived at Buenos Ayres, with several Montevidean officers and soldiers. The coffee market at Rio was active during June, but had become flat, the sales from the Ist to the Bth of July not exceeding 18,000 bags ; stock, 60,000 bags. Prices of sugar :—Superior washed and pulped, 6,700 to 7,200 ; superior, 5,900 to 6,900 ; first good, 5,600 to 5,700 ; first ordinary, 5,300 to 5,400; second, 4,200 to 5,100. Nothing doing in hides. Sugars realised—white, 3,800 to 5,400 ; brown, 3,200 to 3,500. Exchange closed flat, at 241 dols. to 25 dols. Freights-255. to 30s. for England, and 255. to 355. for the Channel. On the Bth July a Ministerial measure to compel all the banks to pay their notes in gold, at the option of the holder, at the expiration of three years, passed a first reading in the Lower Chamber. At Pernambuco business was dull, supplies of produce small, intercourse with the interior being impeded by heavy rains. Brown sugars, worth from 2,150 to 2,650. Whites were scarce. Freights flat. CIRCULAR-VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY AND RIFLE CORPS. We have been favoured with the following cir cular, issued by Mr. Sidney Herbert, addressed to the Lord-Lieutenants of counties in England, Wales, and Scotland, on the 2d inst., relative to Volunteer Artillery and Rifle Corps : WAR OFFICE, AUGUST 2, 1859. In order to prevent any misapprehension which might possibly arise with regard to the construction of Article XIV. in the Memorandum on Volunteer Corps enclosed in my letter of the 13th of July, addressed to the Lords Lieutenants of Counties in Great Britain, I have the honour to lay before you the following explanatory statement :- 1. The Artillery and Rifle forces are distinct from one another ; and the Artillery force, as a whole, ranks before the Rifle force. 2. The relative precedence of a county, therefore, in one of the two forces, does not affect its precedence in the other. 3. In each force, the relative precedence of a county • is determined by the date on which the Secretary of State receives a letter from the lord lieutenant of that county, formally offering the service of a corps (whether battali on , company, subdivision, or section) for her Majesty accept. ance. 4. In accordance with this rule, the following order of precedence is assigned to the counties in which corps have been actually formed. ARTILLERY. 1. Middlesex. RIFLES. 1. Devonshire. 5. Pembrokeshire. 2. Middlesex. 6. Derbyshire. 3. Lancashire. 7. Oxfordshire. 4. surrey. • 8. Cheshire. 5. 80. ides these, I have received formal offers of the ser vice of corps for her Majesty's acceptance, from the Lords- Lieutenant of the under -mentioned counties. The offers have been made in the order given below; and the coun ties, therefore, will rank according to the numbers prefixed to their names : ARTILLERY. 2. Northumberland. 4. Devonshire. 3. Hampshire. 9. Wiltshire. RIFLES. 17. Norfolk. 10. Sussex. 18. Staffordshire. 11. Edinburgh (City). 19. Berkshire. 12. Essex, 20. Gloucestershire. 13. Northumberland. 21. Brecknockshire. 14. Renfrewshire. 22. Suffolk. 15. Northamptonshire. 23. Stirlingshire. 16. Dorsetshire. I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, SIDNEY HERBERT. Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of the County of -, &c. &c. --. MARVELLOUS RESCUE OF A BATHER. On Friday morning a young . lady. who had gone over to pay a visit of a few days to the family of Mrs. Hugh Miller , a t Victoria Cottage, Burnt- island, was enjoying a b a the, in a calm and beau tiful sea, the tide being full in, and coming up to the distance yards behind the house; a little girl the of y a few youngest daughter of the family, was likewise in the water ; and Mrs. Miller stood by the open bow win dow, taking pleasure in the ap parent enjoyment of Miss youngii , apparently in the people in the water. It struck her tha t highest delight,.was going rather too far ; she heard her call to the little girl to come out and join her, the latter prudently declined, saying that she f b e u l t t he tide too strong. Suddenly the cries of glee and frolic changed to one of distress. Mrs. Miller thought she saw her visitor begin t o s t rugg l e , and 'running in terror to her eldest boy, who was providentially sitting writing at a table, called out, " William, she's drowning—fly !" at the sa me time pointing to th e d oor. Th e l a d , looking round, and instantly discerning the state of the case, sprang from the window, a distance of about 12 or 14 feet, threw off his coat and plunged into the water. Mrs. Miller had the terror of seeing her little girl, who had just refused to go any further out, making desperate plunges forward in order to try and save her companion, and only arrested her by calling out her name, entreating her to hold back, when fortunately a maid -servant, who had been standing on the beach, go so far in as to throw her arms round the child, and hold her tight. In the meantime, the young lady's cries became fainter and fainter, as she was borne farther out ; the frightful sound of the water gurgling in her throat had almost ceased, and only a small part of her head remained above water. Mr. Wm. 'Miller, however, by the mercy of God, succeeded in reaching her, and, grasping her by the hand, swam with her to the shore, where she was soon recovered, although she had been insensible in the water for some minutes. The youth, a lad of 16, and not nearly so tall nor fully grown as. the girl he rescued, was none the worse for his exertions. — _Edinburgh Witness. LITERATURE. The Fool of Quality ; or, the _History of Henry, Earl of Moreland. By Henry Brooke. Two Vols. Smith and Elder. Those readers who are pleased at the prospect of looking back at the literature of a bygone day will be delighted to dwell on these volumes before us. They are written in a peculiar style, and are of course often strange and even ludicrous to the judgment of the present day ; but they are striking and original in many parts, and many may be charmed with their quaint notions and antiquated tone. A great attraction consists ia this being a new edition, revised by the Rev. Charles Kingsley, who has entered upon his task with zeal and assi duity. Evidently a great admirer of Brooke, he has regarded his task as a token of love, and those who have before read this work will find that he has greatly improved it in this new form, without altering it in any material way, or changing the general idea it sought to convey. The chief aim and object of the hero of this story was to go about doing good, to succour the distressed, to console the afflicted, and to right the oppressed as far as lay in his power. To these praiseworthy endea vours he devoted the best years of his life, and nearly all his wealth. The stories of the chief characters he met with are every here and there inserted, after the fashion of old romances. These become tedious occasionally, and the reader is apt to be confused at the endless variety of the dramatis personce. Putting aside these ob jections, there is great interest in the story, as a whole, and it will be found to afford an agree able variety from the tales of the present day. The biographical preface, by Mr. Kingsley, is of great interest, and seems to bring the author vividly before us, so emphatic is its tone, and so eloquent its delineation. It is always satisfactory to read what one gifted man says of another, and Mr. Kingsley's reputation is too firmly established by the eminently successful works he has produced, not to ensure attention being paid to his criticisms, and weight attached to his judgment. It is rather strange that this work was not written till Brooke had completed his sixtieth year ; it is here de scribed as his best, his most characteristic, and possibly the most precious in his eyes. Mr. Kingsley is not one-sided; notwithstanding his enthusiasm for the work, and it is the impartiality of a criticism which stamps its merits and reveals its genuine nature. He observe that over much striving for pathos is the defect of the book. This is undoubtedly true, and will strike all readers, but the general purport is of a lofty and exalted kind ; the ideal characters, if impossible to realise, are so from their purity and unselfishness, and, therefore, if we smile at the follies which detract from the force of the arguments, we must render justice to the intrinsic merit of the plan ingeni ously sketched and energetically carried out. It is not to be questioned that many will feel indebted to Mr. Kingsley for thus bringing before their notice a work so distinguished in its day, and for reproducing before them the gifted author in so brilliant a sketch and so interesting a memoir. In undertaking a task so consonant with his tastes, and so congenial to his spirit, he has conferred a benefit on the community of novel readers. Personal Narrative of a Voyage to Japan, Karns chatka, Siberia, Thrtary, 4-c., in H.M.S. Bar racouta. By J. M. Tronson, R.N. Smith and Elder.. This volume records the writer's impressions of the Japanese empire, and of various parts of the coast of China, which he visited three or four years ago in her Majesty's steam sloop Barracouta, which was employed upon several interesting expe• ditions in those localities. The Japanese empire has lately been much written of and discussed, owing to the recent political transactions with the Governments of that singular nation, and of its Celestial neighbour. The wild inhabitants of Siberia and Tartary have also been more frequently introduced into the narratives of travellers. Those who perused Mr. Atkinson's volume will remember the interesting account which he gave of his sojourn among the wild Kirghis of the Steppes. Kamschatka and the island of Seglialien are less known, and when a traveller is able to recount what he saw and learned during his visits to all these various localities, his work caii hardly fail to attract the curious. He observes in his brief preface that the coasts which he visited are now becoming more interesting to us since the opening of China and Japan to British commerce, whiie the possession by Russia of the river Amoor renders a better acquaintance with the coasts of Siberia and Tartary very needful to our maritime interests. The other officers of the vessel supplied him with numerous charts and sketches, which enhance the value and attractiveness of the work. In writing of Japan, Mr. Tronson gives the follow ing account of Marco Polo's description : The earliest account of Japan known to western nations was derived from the published travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller, who became attached to the service of Kublai Khan in 1273. In his published travels he gives a brief account of an expedition sent against the J a p anese i n 1279, by the Khan of Tartary. It sailed from Ningpo or Amoy. Authorities differ very muc h as to date of its arrivial; Karpfer, from Japanese records, makes the year 8 a T h h e e a vey gale,xpedit on v 1283 successful: having en countered las u which scattered n the junks, -. many put back, and many were wrecked ra n on the island of Fi d an a y ; - 30,000 Tartars w ere thrown desolate ate on the island, without any hope of escape, havin o e•no food, and anticipating no thing the j a l p e a s n s thanher soonfrom starvation, or from the arms of at the the e pe gale p le f ceased, rom th and mainlandth s sea became smooth and ca l m, f Zipanga came over with a large force in numerous boats , in order to ma k e pr i soners of these shipwrecked Tartars, and having landed, proceeded in a straggling manner. The Tartars, on their part, acted with prudent circum spection, and being concealed from view by some high land in the centre of the island, whilst the enemy were hurrying in pursuit of them by one road, made a circuit of the island. by another, w hich brought them to the place where the fleet was at anchor." The rest of the story is soon told. Having taken possession of the boats, they sailed for the city, which I think must have been Nagasaki, and not having removed the Japanese banners, they had no difficulty of gaining an easy access to the city, which they seized and fortified. The Japanese king having heard of the occ urrence, ordered a strict bloCkade, which was maintained for six months, when the Tartars capitulated on the condition of their lives being spared. How they afterwards fared, Polo does not men tion : he places the date of these affairs in 1264; which is different from that of any other author. There are doubts as to the name of the Tartar invader : he is called Meek° by the Japanese; according to Polo, there were two, Ab bacatan and Vonsancin. P. Amiot says that the expedition left the Corea for Kin-tchi (Kiusiu) ; he gives the general a different name, and agrees with the Japanese authorities, who believe that all the Tartars were drowned, with the exception of a few taken prisoners. The i-land on whose shores the expedition was wrecked has been doubted, but I believe it to be Firando, formerly Ping-how, and now changed on the new charts to Hirada, for what purpose I know not : it were better that the old' name remained, as the history of Firando is of some interest to Portuguese, Dutch, and English. Accordi n g to Raper , the north-west part of the island is in 33 deg. 39 min. N. lat., and 129 deg. 36 min. E. long. - - In a subsequent part of his narrative he tells us of the earliest visitor to the peninsula of Kamsehatka— The earliest visitor to this distant land was a Russian merchant, who was driven on shore near the river Kanats chatka in 1648 ; the crew of his vessel were cut off by the Koriaks, a warlike tribe. In 1697, Atl asoff, a Cossack officer rom the fort of Yakutsk, sailed to Anadirsk ; in 1699 he penetrated to the river Kamtschatka levied tri bute from the natives, and built Verchnei Ostrog. He re turned to Yakutsk in 1700, but having pillaged a ship on. Tungousita river, laden with Chinese merchandise, was im prisoned for a time ; he, however, soon regained his former position in the estimation of the authorities, and was ap pointed commander of Verchnei ; but he became cruel and tyrannical, and in 1706 the Cossacks, driven to desperation, revolted, seized his goods and expelled him. Three com manders were killed in succession after the removal of Atlasoff; but peace became established, till 1731, when there was a general revolt of natives throughout the Pen insula. Few of the Russians escaped the spears of the Koriaks and Karritschatdales, and for a long time the country was in a disturbed state. The forts were strength ened, larger forces sent from Yakutsk, and the town of Bol sheretsk was garrisoned. The mode of Government was mild, and the Russian Government did everything to con ciliate the 'goodwill of the natives • the yasak or t r ib u t e was not at all heavy, being paid in skins, ranging from the sea otter, the most expensive, to the common ermine, the least valuable. The small-pox committed sad ravages amongst the people in 1767: twenty thousand, including Koriaks, Kamtschat dales, and Kurile islanders, were swept off. It spread from house to house, and made desolate many a homestead. The disease had been conveyed from Ohkotsk to Bolsheretsk by a soldier. When Captain Clarke visited Avatska, he found that the population of Paratounca was reduced by this destructive disease from 360 to 36 : eight ostrogs (villages) were desolate. Count Benyowski, a Polish exile, rendered himself noto rious by his conduct at Bolsheretsk, in 1771. He stirred up many of the exiles to revolt, organised a clever conspi racy, and shed blood without compunction : he managed to take possession of the fortress, and after a fierce contest, in which the amiable governor Nilon lost his life, escaped with his followers t o C an t on. F ew men ever exhibited a more vindictive spirit against the Russians, or were guiltier of baser ingratitude towards the governor and his family, than this Polish noble. The following passage displays the remarkable per severance of the Russians in studying languages. The officers here spoken of were prisoners : Our amusements on the islet were very limited Lmostly quoits, jumping, fishing, and swimming. The Russian officers enjoyed them Selves as much as the circumstances of their position would permit : their zeal in the acquisition of language is without parallel, and I might say without trouble. Mr. Pouschkin informed me that the Russian lan•- guage is so difficult to acquire, that every other appears quite simple in comparison with it. When they came on hoard at Ayan, I was much struck with the zeal of ono of the junior officers (Mr. Apollo OurOnsoff) in the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties; he had not been on board an hour before he produced a small card with the auxiliary verbs in Russian and English printed upon it, and asked me to assist him in the pronunciation of the words; a re quest to which I gladly acceded. Without any exciting adventures, or extraordinary ability to recommend it, the work deserves perusal as a clear and simple record of places and .peeple, whose peculiarities are not familiar to the Eng lish reader. We commend it to the notice of those who wish to improve their knowledge of those remote localities, as it offers them a good deal of information without any elaboration or pretence. ,4 ' • .-•/• - s :`4 ,-. . - ;' ,, , • T•f: -9 - , 711..: or - J J : - ,,, 1 ~_.;-, 44 4110 : '4, 4-44) - ~ .1 .... ,- . ...---., ... AZ , .44 • ic u ~•4 1, ~, , „Ai , .01 r ~, ,,, ...."41r, _, "' • '! , !:11. ' • ~_,, ' . „ 'VP JOHN BULL PHOTOGRAPHED. John Bull has this vanity in an eminent degree. He is convinced, beyond all doubt, that he is the greatest man in the world. He takes it for granted every one knows it ; and if it is not admitted, he attributes the denial either to ignorance or pre judice. He does not assert his superiority so loudly as the Yankee ; but he feels and looks it. He is a supercilious gentleman, and regards the rest of mankind with a condescending and patronising air. He is rich, and measures the respectability of foreigners by their wealth, and as this standard is in his favour, he considers them as " a beggarly crew." He is a bluff, ruddy-faced, resolute, good-hearten fellow, and inclined to corpulency, which is no wonder, for he feeds heartily and drinks strong wine and heavy beer. Like many animals, he is not to be approached with safety while hungry; he is liberal in his charities, but he won't subscribe till after a public dinner and some very fulsome speeches, in which his generosity, his tender dis position, his wealth, and his benevolence are duly extolled. He is a practical man, and will pay for services redered, but will have nothing to do with the erection of monuments to commemmorate them. He says, if he wishes to see a national tribute to the glory of the British arms, he would rather go to France, where, in the enumeration of their vi?- tories over various nations, the name of England is omitted. He says he is content with that, for it is an admission far outweighing any assertion of his. however well-grounded. He is hospitable, and keeps a liberal table ; but is not above letting you know the merits and high prices of his wines, to which he draws your attention, lest your want of taste might prevent your fully appreciating your good fortune in being asked to partake of them. He does not always boast loudly ; he sometimes affects to speak disparagingly of what pertains to himself —he considers it more delicate. His stately man sion in the country he calls "his little place in Meekshire," his town house his "pied a terre," and so on. And the Devil he laughed, for his darling sin, Is the pride that apes humility. He looks upon the Scotch, the Irish, and the colo nists, with an air of great superiority. He is fond of telling you Doctor Johnson's definition of oats, "food for horses in England and men in Scotland," and that their best road is the one that leads to England. He delights also in repeating the obser vation of one of his admirals, relative to Ireland, " that the only cure for the discontent of that coun try, was to scuttle it for forty-eight hours, to de stroy the vermin." He declines to be introduced to anyone from Australia, because he knows he is a returned convict. If he meets a man from Canada, he asks him if it is a penal colony. He is himself full of provincialisms, calling " H-eve, the mother of us h-all," and talking of his " orses and ounds ;" and yet, his ear is so sensitive, the Irish brogue and Scotch accent distress him on account of their vul garity. But his nationality is insufferable. He has an idea that one Englishman is equal, in war, to three Frenchmen ; and has the vanity to believe that a navy in name is superior to one in fact; that his maritime supremacy is indisputable, and has been so often proved that farther evidence is unne cessary. He is of opinion that a mere notice that " spring guns and man traps are set on his pre mises," will as effectually protect his property as if they were really placed there. He grumbles, there fore, at the estimates for a service which has the double duty to perform, of protecting the sea-board of the British Isles and the commerce of the colo nies. Although he regards the French as fools, he does not think they can be so utterly devoid of sense as to invade a country that has never been visited by an enemy since the landing of William the Conqueror.—Season Ticket, in Dublin Univer sity Magazine. THE PICKPOCKET AND THE PHILAN- THROPIST. Our Glasgow pickpockets have long been well known for their dexterity and audacity ] as some even of our police officials have experienced to their cost, as well as many of our plain and unsuspecting citizens. Dexterous, however, as we know our light-fingered gentry to be, we were really not a little startled when we heard of a case that hap pened a few weeks ago, in which one of our most worthy citizens was unhappily the victim. For many years he was in the habit of visiting the principal prisons in the kingdom, and interested himself most deeply in the welfare of their inmates, and no face was better known, or more gladly wel comed in the police cells of our city than his own. In short, from his benevolent exertions in behalf of our criminal population, he was the last man we would have thought of as being the subject of a daring robbery. In this, however, we have been mistaken. Although, at the same time, we must admit for the honour of the light-fingered fraternity —if we can speak of honour in their case—that the party who perpetrated the deed must never have met our philanthropist in prison, or listened to his good advices. To the facts then. Our benevolent friend, when passing along our principal thoroughfare, which w as very crowded at the time, was robbed of his splendid gold watch, and this in the bright sunshine of a morning in June, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock. The watch was all the more valuable as it had been the gift of a few kind friends, and contained the following inscription, on perusing which our readers will at once perceive the name of one who is well known for his unobtru sive efforts in behalf of every really good movement in the city—" Present e d t o Mr. William Logan, City Missionary, as a token of respect for his un wearied exertions in the cause of religion and mo rality. Glasgow, Ist May, 1845." The plain silk guard, modest in the extreme, and characteristic of the wearer, was untouched, and the watch must have been cut through by some sharp instrument at the swivel. Really, after this, what watch is safe in our streets ? After our detectives had tried their skill, and failed, one of our city ministers, who heard of the robbery, set to work, and, if he did not succeed in finding the original watch, he hit upon something which was better still. Happening to be in Eng land a few days ago, and knowing that our friend had laboured most assiduously in Bradford and Rochdale, and was still highly esteemed in these places, he proceeded thither, and on mentioning the case to a few gentlemen who had highly appre ciated Mr. Logan's labours, he was soon put in pos session of the means wherewith to purchase a most handsome gold watch and appendages. The brief list was graced by the names of the Mayor of Brad ford, the Mayor of Rochdale, John Bright, M.P., Titus Salt, M.P., R. Milligan, ex-M.P., W. B. Forster, Esq., John Priestman, Esq., Jacob Bright, Esq., and others well known for the interest they take in social progress. The clergyman, on return ing to Glasgow, threw himself, of course, in the way of Mr. Logan, who was as yet utterly ignorant of these proceedings, and somewhat tauntingly asked asked him if h e had yet got his watch. " No, and I never shall," was the curt reply. The time was now cometo let out the secret. " Then I have sue ceeded better than the detectives," said the minister, as he drew from his pocket the highly-cherished treasure, and, to the great surprise of Mr. Logan, placed it in his hand. But he could scarcely be live the watch was intended for him till he opened it, and read the following inscription :—"Presented. to M. Wm. Logan by . the Rev. Alex. Wallace, in the name of a few friends who highly appreciate his numerous labours for the good of his fellow men. Glasgow, July, 1859." This latter transac tion, whatever may be thought of the former, is highly creditable to all the parties, and it must be gratifying to Mr. Logan and his friends in Scot land to find that he is so highly esteemed in his former spheres of labour in England.—Glasgoto Paper. THE KING OF PORTUGAL—The corporations and dignitaries of State having presented to the King of Portugal addresses of condolence on the occasion of the Queen's death, the King addressed the following letter to the Duke of Terceira, President of the Council My d e ar Duke,—There are few consolations for grief such as that which now afflicts me. It is, indeed a hard trial to which Providence has be en p l eased to subject me. It is sad to have known the greatest of misfortunes at the age of ambi tion and of the illusions that usually accompany it. I au/ resigned to my lot, and I will fulfil my duties for what nil, lot is, and not f or w h at it might have been. To do this need only the example of the consort I have lost before I had scarcely begun to appreciate the treasure it was nil happiness to possess ; it was a heart for this world, and a soul for Heaven I In the four years of my reign my peopl e and myself have been fellow-sufferers; conscience tells tile never to forsake them, as they h ave never f orsa k en me ; f°r now I look rou n d for consolation I fi n d it-only in religion , which commands me to believe and to hope, and in th e tears of the Portuguese nation, which flow with my own. Please to transmit the expression of my profound gratitud e to the corp ora ti ons and persons who, in the days of mourn: ing we have passed through, remember that in their raidt is one,who s u ff ers, and suffers much. Believe in the seta' ments of affection and consideration with which I am cerely penetrated towards you.—D. PEDuo." CHUBB OUTDONE. —The impossibility of render in ing a strong b ox a lt ogether safe against theft by means ° f skeleton keys has led to a locksmith in Frankfort-on-th e : Maine to hit upon the ingenious idea of constructing,_! strong bo x w i t h out any keyhole at all, and which even the owner himself can no t, open. Wh y, what ' s the use o f s uch a box? you will ask. But, observe, inside is a clockwert; the hand of w hi c h the owner places at the hour and when he again wants to have access to the box. The clock' work b eg i ns to move as soon as the lid is shut, and 0Pe.40 the lo c k fr om the inside at the moment which the hand ~ dicates. Time, dependent upon the owner, is the key to the lock— a k ey w hi c h can ne i t h er be stolen 'from him iw imitated. sh th GI GI cri GI in