The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Reduced .Prices. , t r ---- — Tine EVENING (THURSDAY), July . 22, will be per. termed Mozart's chef d'ceuvre, DON GIO ANNI, Donna Anna, Madlle. Titiens ; Donna Elvira, Madame Ghioni ; Zerlina, Madlle. Piecolonini ; Don Giovanni, Sig war Beneventano ; Leporello, Signor Belletti ; Masetto, Sig. I Aldighieri ; I 1 Commendatore, Signor Vialetti ; and Don Clttavio, Signor Giuglini. After which, a Ballet, in which Madame Boschetti will appear. Friday, July 23, LA TRAYIATA, and Ballet. Saturday, July 24, LI7CREZIA BORGIA, and Ballet. Prices— Pit stalls, 12s, 6d. Boxes, grand tier, 31. 35,; one pair, 21. 12s. 6d.; pit tier, 2/. es.. two pair, U. 55.; three pair, 155.; gallery, 10s.; pit, 3s. 6(1. ; gallery stalls ' 3s. 6E I . ; gallery 2s. May be had a t th e Box-office.—No free list. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. MARTHA. THIS EVENING (THURSDA Y ) , July 22, will be per formed Flotow's Opera of MAIITHA. Lady Enrichetta, Madame Bosio ; Nancy, Madlle. Didiee ; Plumkett, Sig. Graziani ; Lord Tristano, Ma il e. ; Lo Seeriffo di Richmond, M. Zelger ; and Monello, Sig. Mario. Conductor—Mr. Costa. In the Inoideatal Divertissement, Madlle. Zina, Deleclaaus, and M. Deeplaces will appear. To commerce at half-past S o'clock. Pit, 10s. 6(1.; am phitheatre stalls, 10s. 61., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d„ ; second tier bores, 2/, 12s. 6d. I . IOY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. AAA Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean, THIS EVENING, will be presented the ne w farce, en- E t itl e d DYING FOR LOV. After which, Shakspeare's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. C. Kean—Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Great Success of the Lady of the Camelias and the new Extravaganza. First appearance of Mrs. Wilkins (widow of the late Sergeant). THIS EVENING the new Play, THE LADY OF THE CAMELIAS, Violette St, Valerie, Mrs. Charles Young, in which she has achieved the most triumphant success, being nigktly called twice before the curtain. After which, THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES, in which Mrs. Howard Paul will sing "Come into the Garden, Maud." Every evening the Ballet of BROOMSTICKS. The celebrated and only African Tragedian, Ira Aldridge, will appear on Saturday next. New arrangement of Prices.—See Bills. STRAND THE —Lessee aril Directress, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be performed DONE ON BOTH SIDES. Followed by GOOD FOR NOTHING. After which, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. A Dance of Almas. To conclude with LOVE IN ALL CORNERS. Commence at half-past 7. _ . Prices of Admission during the Summer Season :—Stalls, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes, it. Is. and It. Ils. 6d. Second Price to Boxes and Pit only, at Nine o'clock—Bozo, ls. 6d. ; Pit, Is. CANTERBURY HALL, Weatmin3ter-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow qg oompany of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S dections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, Ise., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Wise Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling. Senor Antonio, E. L. /Time, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tirol', Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bernard, and Mr. St. Albyn Messrs. John G. Forde, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. S Ippers, Ise., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a New Selection from the Opera of " IL TROVATORE," in addition to the usual entercalument, THE WEATHER—SUN OFTICE, JULY 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night, 72—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.02. WIND, S.W.; light, with fine cloudy weather. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAY --Morn., 18 min. aft. 11 —Even., 0 min. aft. 0 To-110830W—Morn., 5 rain. aft. 12 —Even., Irimin. aft.l2 evx o!' ore: LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1858. It is high time that the Hudson's Bay Com pany should set its house in order. The dynasty of CI The Nine Kings" cannot be much longer prolonged. Like the twin despotism of Leaden hall-street, the existence of the Company has been found prejudicial to the best interests of the nation, and indeed of humanity and civilisation. They prevent enormous tracts of land from being made available for colonisation. It is for their private advantage to keep up as a wilder ness, haunted by savage animals only, lands that might be converted int) smiling howesteadi, the abode of many families. It was stated, and with every appearance of truth and accuracy, that the comparatively small portion admitted to be suitable for colonisation, and which contained 500,000 square miles, would afford occupation and means of subsistence to every person of full age in her MAJESTY'S dominions, both at home and in the colonies. If there be any the slightest foundation for this as sertion, is it not monstrous that such • territory should be hermetically sealed against the enterprise of our fellow-men ? If we do not choose to occupy it ourselves, we should throw it open to all willing to encounter the toils and dangers incidental to the career of every person willing to engage in the labours and perils incidental to the career of the pioneers of civilisation. The first point to be ascertained is, whether the Company possesses any legal rights whatso ever under their charter. It is quite certain that " The Merry Monarch" gave that which he had not in his possession, and to which he had no valid title. He might just as well have bestowed France or Germany, and the " donees" have asserted their claim to the Imperial purple. As to the attempt to create a perpetual monopoly of trade, it was simply absurd, for it was entirely opposed to public policy, and totally illegal at the very time it was granted ; and certainly Great Britain is not prepared to enter on a retrograde policy for the sake of supporting such a system. It has been asserted, on behalf of the Company, that they preserved order in the district ! But the real fact was, that they "made a soliutde, and called it peace." There must be at least two parties to a dispute. Even the most pugnacious individual must find au opponent before he can pick . a quarrel—and the Company carefully ex clude all corners. Not only is " No Thoroughfare" the rule throughout their entire dominions, but there is "No Admission," even on business of the most pressing and vital importance. They also claim credit for the exclusion of ardent spirits. lAA, certainly, we are not prepared to keep a ter ritory, said to be as largo as Europe, depopulated in order that a "Maine Liquor Law" may be en forced against a few wandering tribes of Indians. It may be a very good pretext to use with rabid teetotallers, but we scarcely think any man of ordinary sense would think the doubtful benefit worth the price it costs the nation and more civilised races. We are totally opposed to any renewal of the licence, which expires next May. The late CJlc nial Secretary had decided on granting it, and it is an additional cause for rejoicing at the accession to office of Lord DERBY'S Government that it has averted this danger. If anything be given it will be of a very limited character when com pared with the intended donatitn of Mr. LABou cRERs. But we hope and trust that the Cimpany Will be altogether abolished, and the authority of the Crown substituted. If it remains in existence the sturdy emigrants will be " and c"au'd," and find additional difficulties placed in their Way. If the Charter were really worth anything at the time it was granted, it was virtually annulled when they cemented to accept a J'ArliAnuptAry title for a limited period, which long since ex pired. But really it was of Very little value, so little iadeed, that it was scarcely thought worth questioning, until a Right Hon. Gentleman resus citated its drooping existence. He discovered the flaw in the title, and contrived to arbitrate be tween the then disputants, and, like the lawyer in the fable, to get a fair share of the matter in dispute. We shall say nothing as to the occasion on which it was once stated that "he was dis creditably known in the City," for that related to another question ; and it is not our intention or desire to cast any discredit or imputation on his character. But he unquestionably made the best use of the existing state of affairs, and his own interests were by no means disregarded. It is now for the British Parliament to remove the existing impediments. If the Company have any rights, which we greatly doubt, let fair—aye, liberal—remuneration be given ; but let not the progress of civilisation be arrested by a strict adhesion to the terms of that stupid, impolitic, and illegal charter. The Times has now become the apologist of the Company, and endeavours to show that, in realising 50,0001. per annum, it has done all that could be desired or anticipated. The Leviathan has, how ever, frequently attempted to bolster up old abuses ; and we believe that its efforts will be as abortive in the present instance as on many pre vious occasions. We are all now fearing that the third attemp to lay the Atlantic Telegraph Cable will be a failure. Heaven grant it may not ; but pro bably every one has more fear than hope. We deeply regret to see that, at present, the Great Eastern—we like the old name—is a failure too. Assuming, what we sincerely hope may be false, the two noblest mechanical enterprises of the day have not succeeded. Tl_e LoLI - ..'st ship, for con veying men themselves, which the world ever saw, and the noblest mechanical instrument for the interchange of the thoughts of men, are both at a stand still. There is the vessel which can convey a large town at once to colonise a distant country, or ten thousand soldiers to defend a British colony, lying, unfinished, on the boom of the Thames, and there is the wire which has trans mitted numberless messages through its two thou sand miles of length, also lying in the holds of the vessels, with but fluctuating hope that it will ever lie safely along the bottom of the Atlantic. Now, two failures do sometimes make one success, not only in our bankruptcy courts, where no mystery is suprising, but in the combination of two mechanical inventions, neither of which would succeed apart. Do not the Great Eastern and the Atlantic Cable stand very much in this relation ? The ono needs chiefly pecuniary assistance, the other the mechanical aid of the former. The shareholders of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company appear unwilling to embark more money in their speculation ; the shareholders of the Atlantic Company would pro bably find it the cheapest thing they could do to enable the Great Eastern to go to sea. If the Agamemnon return again re infectd, no one will believe that the attempt is hopeless till the twenty thousand ton vessel has been employed in the work. Should ii be successful by her aid, she will as certainly be required to lay many a cable of equal length, both to enable the requisite number of messages to pass, and to extend ocean tele graphs in many other directions. Nor will it be only for such very long lines that she will be use ful ; her most important peculiarity of all, rela tively to laying oceanic telegraphic wires, will make her services equally desirable for a line to be laid , like the Red Sea one to India, iu lengths of a few hundred miles each. The Great Eastern seems to combine the two great requisites of the present case—sufficient tonnage, and the still more important one of a length and size sufficient to insure an easy motion over almost any size of Atlantic waves. Were a well con structed, as has been proposed for the ships now employed, in the centre of the vessel, and the cable passed through it into the sea, the perpen dicular motion would be almost nothing ; the variation of strain on the cable would scarcely be felt, and we can hardly doubt that the cable might be deposited almost as safely as it was in the hold of the vessel. It is for mechanics to say whether this latter suggestion be impractic able. We can hardly think so. If not, we know of but one objection, that it would be impossible to buoy the cable if necessary. That necessity, however, can arise but from two causes—the roughness of the weather, and the cable running short. The former would hardly affect the monster ship ; the latter, with such a burden as she could carry, ought surely not to occur. Is it not possible then for the two companies, or the companies and the Government, to devise some arrangement? It seems that 60,0001. would enable the company to send the vessel out to sea, but that even this sum is difficult to procure. Why, it wore worth while for some sixty of our commercial men to arrange a conditional loan of a thousand pounds a-piece, or double the number for five hundred pounds each, to give the thing a trial with a vessel which almost must succeed. It is not for us, however, to suggest the means of raising the money for this special purpose ; but, should it be really needed, should the Agamemnon and Niagara again fail, and the agreement among the scientific be pretty general that the Great Eastern would succeed, we think the nation would not grudge a conditional advance from the Treasury itself, rather than witness the total failure of the Atlantic Telegraph withou t a last effort. The project of connecting the two worlds, the daughter and the mother country, separated furlong by so vast an ocean — of learnint , in a few minutes what, within the memory of many of us, we must havo waited three weeks to learn—of asking a question and obtaining an immediate answer across 2,000 miles of water—the project is so noble in itself that it is almost ignominious to renounce it, till it is proved to be beyond human resources. But the mere poetry or romance of the thing goes, of course, for but little with our practical people; the commercial advantages of knowing prices at New York, and in Liverpool and Lon don, at the same moment, and the political advan tages of immediate communication on matters which might otherwise cost each country as much as it would cost to lay the line, these are solid advantages—advantages to be estimated by dollars and sovereigns—advantages which the most un poetical merchant and most routine statesman can thoroughly comprehend, and advantages which we believe will compel the laying, some day and by some means, of the Transatlantic Telegraphic Cable. Tho Select Committee en the 8.1.nk Acts have published their report, in which they decline to recommend auy modification in the provisions of the existing monetary code. This is Exactly what might have been anticipated at the time of the aiip:iutment of the carpf,tlly selected committee. It was, indeed, a foregone conclusion, so much so, that little more than half the number attended at the time when the report was under consideration. A c l ea r majority was packed. The farce of in nly gone through in order to shelve quiry was o the question until the fearful ordeal encountered at the close of last year had been partially for gotten, and the rate of interest lowered to a reasonable eTtent. The hard calculators had made their profits. They could afford to give rest to the manufacturing, trading, and commercial interests. Indeed it suited their pur pose to do so, in order to realise their gains. The suspension of the Charter saved the country, and also the Bank itself, which could scarcely have held on for another week, save by withdraw ing all accommodation, and thus quadrupling the wide-spread ruin. That suspension, and the im mediate relief thereby afforded, exhibited the teterrinia causes male, the real grievance, in its strongest light, twice within ten years. In 1847 and 185; a terrible monetary crisis occurred ; credit was shaken to its foundation, or rather annihilated for the time being. Houses of unquestionable solvency, and possessing ample means, were compelled to suspend pay ments. Tne terrible character of the crisis will not speedily pass from the memory of busi ness men. Indeed, the notion of profit was alto gether abandoned, and the great struggle was to pass through the crisis, even with the sacrifice of their hard-earned and carefully-guarded savings. Is it not, then, a gross and palpable mockery to proclaim that there is nothing to be condemned in the currency system under which these grievances were perpetrated, and the temporary suspension whereof served as an immediate and all powerful remedy ? But will the people, and more especially the Monetary Reformers, submit to be gulled by this transparent juggle ? Will Mr. DISRAELI now abide by the report in which he could not have agreed wore he voting in the committee ? We hope and believe it will not be so. There is already abundant information upon the j , -et, as lie himself emphatica'.ly d,:eared list February, when protesting against the solemn farce which was about to be enacted. The admir able report of the Lords' Committee, in 1848, ex posed the hollowness and radical defects of the entire system. It pointed out the very mode in which it had greatly aggravated the difficulties of 1847, and the House properly felt that while that most important and interesting document re mained unnoticed, it would be worse than useless to resume the investigation. It is time, then, that Government should take the matter into its own hands. Mr. DLaRAELI advocated that course while in opposition, and he will not shrink from it now that he is in office. No man is more competent to leal with the all important question than himself. He thoroughly understands it in all its varied details, and if he is prepared with a sound and wholesome measure of monetary reform, he will earn for himself the thanks and gratitude of the entire community, and erect for himself a monument more enduring than brass, more glorious than the most costly Parian marble. MAP OF NEW CALSDONIA. ----- Just in the rick of time Mr. Wyld, as usual, has produced an excellent map of the newly created colony of New Caledonia, in the far west, beyond the Rocky Mountains, with Vancouver's Island, the British and American possessions, teeming with gold, and what may hereafter be con sidered equally valuable for commerce—immense fields of coal. The discovery of gold has in a manner called this new world into existence ; and, if we may judge from the number of places marked on the map, the quantity will be without end, and last as long as the rivers will ran. The course of Frazer's River, with its falls and rapids, till its junction with Thompsou's River is clearly de fined. The island of Vancouver, with its bays and harbours, stands out in bold relief from the main land. The Columbia river, like Frazer'F, deriving its source from the Rocky Mountains and the haunts of the red deer, also displays its run of gold within the British boundary. The Strait of Juan do Fuca is delineated on an enlarged scale, while the British possessions iu North Americ3, extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans, i with A large portion of those of the United States, are depicted in the corner of the map, by which the eye takes in the whole range of the respective coun tries, extending even to the boundaries of the North Pole. Altogether this map will be invalu able as a beautiful expositor of regions now the grand new topic of the day, and reflects all due honour on the research and promptitude of the en terprising geographer to the Queen. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 21. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Sir G. Couper, ar rived at Osborne on a visit to her Majesty. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Prince Leopold, drove out in the afternoon. The Prince Consort crossed over to Gosport in the Royal yacht Fairy. Her Majesty's dinner party included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness the Pr ince of Leiuingen, Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George CJuper, and Captain Crispin, R.N. A meeting of the Cauncil of the Duchy of Cornwall was held yesterday at the Duchy-office, Buckingham gate, St James's-park, There were present the Lord Chancellor, the Right Hon. T. P. Leigh ; the Keeper of the Privy Seal, Mr. Whitmore ; the Attorney General, Mr. Alexander ' • the Duke of Newcastle ; and the Se . cretary, Mr. J. R. Gardiner. A deputation from the Thames Conservancy had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day at his official residence in Dawning-street. The de putation consisted of Mr. J. Thorp, Mr. Alderman Humphery, Mr. J. Turoley, Mr. I'. Lakin, Admiral Austin, Captain Pigott, and Mr. Edward Tyrrell, at tended by Captain Burstal, secretary, and Mr. Stephen Leach, engineer. A deputation from the parish of St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, and the precinct of St. Katharine, on the sub ject of the Metropolitan Local Management Act Amend ment Bill, had an interview with Lord John Manners yesterday, at the Office of Works, Whitehall-place. Toe deputation consisted of Mr. CAlet, secretary of the Sr. Katharine Dock Company ; Mr. White, vestryman of St. Botolph Without, Aldgate ; Mr. Duke, vestryman of St. Botolph Without, Aldgate; Mr. Glynes, vestry clerk of St. Boolph Without, Aldgate; and Mr. Toul min Smith. A deputation from the Cotton Supply Association of Manchester, consisting of Mr. Henry Ashworth, Mr. W. Wanklyn, and Mr. Jo.eph Simpson, had an interview wit's the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his official re sidence in Downing-street yesterday. The deputation wag accompanied by Mr. John Cheetham, M.P., Mr. T. M. Gibson, M.P., Mr. It. Phillips, M.P., and Capt. Gray, M.P. A deputation of Millleyeit justices, consisting of Mr. Charles H. Cottrell and Mr. Po Nnall, charrnan of the Quarter Sessions, with Mr. Chas. Wright, clerk, trans acted business at the Home-office yesterday. Mr. Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Heligoland. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh•Strelitz, and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Ri a esebeck, leave St. James's Palace on Satur day nex', for Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge purposes to enter on the occupation of Gloucester House, be queathed to the Duke by the late Duchess of Gloucester, in the course of the ensuing month, the repairs and ir.- ternal decorations having been completed some weeks. The Marq: is and Marchioness of Breadalbane ire expected to return to town from C irlibad about the middle of next mouth, and then repair to Tayrnouth Castle, Perthshire, to rect,ive company. The Duchess of Somerset lia , l an at ernoon party yes• terday afternoon at Winiblidon Park. A large circle ef the members of the aristocracy assembled at the duchess's invitation. Tee Earl and Gt.uutess of Wicklow have left town on a tour in Germany. The Countess of Harrington has issued invitations for a soiree dausante to-night at Harrington House, Ken. sington Palace-gardens. Earl Granville left town on Tues,lay eveni•T, for his ,eat in btatl,rushire. Tue couuce..is aiso isit town the same day for Aldenham Park, her son's seat in ShrJp h.re. Tee Earl of Clanwilliam returns from his fishing ex cursion in Scotland in a few days, to join the countess iu Belgrave.square. The noble earl and countess then go to Deal Castle for till autumn. " it is related . in diplomatic: circles," says the„To.wgnal dY, " that Toad Pacba has informs.d Count Walewski and Lord Cowley that the Porte is ready to pay to Mdlle. Eveillard, by ray of indemnity, a ROM of 150,000 fr., and a similar sure to the family of Mr, Page, the English Vice Consul." Orders have been sent to Toulon by the Minister of Marine to immediately despatch a steam frigate to the Red Sea. Tile belief is that she is intended for Jeddah, but if so, from being obliged to go round the Cape, it will be a considerable time before she arrives there. The Governor of the Bank of Belgium, M. de Haussy, having been repeatedly robbed of bank notes during the last two years, gave notice to the police, and three days back they captured the valet of that gentleman in the act of carrying off some securities from a drawer which he had contrived to open. MAIDSTONE SWI3I3IING CLUB —The members of this club held their annual grand breakfast party on Friday, when they partook of breakfast, served up in good style, as usual, on the water. The performers seemed quite at home with their ham, egg, bread and butter, tea, and other condiments, and judging from the consump tion, we should imagine that such a thing as a poor appetite is a luxury unknown to the members of the Maidstone Club,—Susses Express. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday morning two young mer, tamed Monk, tons of an undertaker in Paradise-street, Mary!ebone ' were out sparrow shooting in the fields near the Welch Harp, in the Edgware-road. Thomas Monk, who was separated from his brother by a hedge, called to him, and the brother was making his way through the hedge, dragging the gun after him, when the gun went off, and the charge struck Thomas Monk in the head. He was taken to the Welsh Harp, and died almost directly. _ _ TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION IN THE MEDITEDRA NEAN AND WITH INDIA.—A large blue-book of 353 pages in length contains some voluminous correspondence on the establishment of telegraphic communication in the Mediterranean, and with India. It includes the Treasury correspondence on the Red Sea Telegraph, Seleucia and Korna, Constantinople and Bussorah, Ragusa and Alex andria, Corfu and Malta, and also a miscellaneous corre• spendence regarding a proposal to extend the European system of telegraphs to Alexandria. The paper winds up with the proposals of sundry telegraph companies. SIR FITMIOY KELLY.—A paragraph, containing some silly scandals concerning Sir Fitzroy Kelly and a mem ber of his family, having found its way into a country newspaper, that gentleman has addressed the following letter to the editor :—" Sir Fitzroy Kelly requests that the editor of the ----- will contradict a statement con cerning himself and a member of his family which has appeared in that paper, purporting to be copied from some other publication, and which is little else than a tissue of falsehoods. Sir F. Kelly can but express his astonishment that the editor of any newspaper, claiming a character for rosnsreahlti+v nerl ee-se;.e ee en ne ! nee athrrh.ted duuu a paragraph into its columns." THE EARL OV SHREWsBURRY AND TALB3T V. SCOTT AND OTHERS.—Weunderstand that the d-fendantr in thls Call3o having obtained an order from Mr. Justice Willes fur a commission to Ranee, for the purpose, as they allege of procuring certain evidence necessary to their case, the first action of ejectment on the part of the noble earl, a nd now w e t recover ,bteh roesfso:ei rpbeneiol junior n s ut s anntt rsoi e e)oi possession ted o ceo n arcatsmnoteu o e:t f nhaows e A renehnl ,u t er: o :nei n strt pit. Lih T cßci3t ow iede; e eceps r linoie s ytuo , yt lei &enaAngenw.:sd, will can not t;bedrs t e e i e id n e d i e l t e x h s t e e r x ( s l i i i T i c e l h 30 1 i twhnh a emte n fhno n oar ,ertttumhoie(e.f_rrtfiloltoiennyneongbiobhe vacationo lll fap e il ;oli C tlif)n i t r ott c h2hi iff u ae i bi t Circuit), ),,e,r w ofghi l z,n i lei o :yd; w 9; w.n i itill proceedwba be away d u a under-rand, oah l e ye r twa t trudee about l POSTAL TREATY WITH SPAIN.—By the new postal convention with Spain the exchange of letters between the post-offices of that kingdom and Great Britain is to be effected through London, Dover, Southampton, Ply mouth, and Gibraltar, on the side of this country ; and Iron, La Junquera, San Roque, Cadiz, Vigo, and Santa Cruz de Teneriffe on the side of Spain. For every pre paid letter for Spain, whether ria France or by the ma rine route, the British post-office will collect 64. per of an ounce. For letters p re p a id in Spain and the Canaries the Spanish Government will collect two reels de wan) per of an ounce. For unpaid letters double postage will be charged. There are other charges for foreign and colonial let'.ers sent through England, &c. Oa news paper, &c. , the British post-office will pay 51 per lb., net weight, when conveyed to Spain riaFrance, and 101. per lb. when conveyed direct by Spanish packets. Spain will pay two reals de vellon per lb. Spanish, and four reels, according to the route, in the same reciprocal way. There are numerous other provisions. DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.—A rather singular accident happened on Saturday last to a servant-maid at the Bell Inn. The girl had occasion to serve a bottle of lemon ade, and went to obtain one from a basket that stood in the hall. On taking one from the basket she acci dentally caused another of them to fill on the floor, a distance of only about a foot, when it burst with a loud report, and a portion of the bottle, about an inch and a-half wide, and four inches lung, and which was renderel extremely sharp by being inclined for half an inch to an edge, flow up and struck her in the neck, cau.ing the blood to flow in a large stream from the wound. Medi cal assistance was immediately called in, and it was then discovered that an artery had been cut through, and the jugular vein had only escaped the same fate by about a quarter of an inch. Messrs. R. and J. H. Ceely imme diately stopped the hemorrhage, and took up the artery, and though the girl was rather weak from the loss of blood she is now going on well.— Aylesbury News, LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK.—A meeting of the proprietors of the London and Westminster Bank took place yesterday, Alderman Salcmens in the chair, when the report was adopted, and a dividend and bonus declared at the rate of 16 per coot. per annum free of income-tax. The chairman congratulated the shareholders on the prosperous condition of the undertaking. The decrease shown in the deposits arises entirely from the withdrawals of money at interest, the current accounts and general business of the bank having largely increased. The whole of the profits result from the ordinary trans actions of the half-year, no extraneous receipts being included. 3,500/. has been deducted to meet a loss through the frauds lately committed by one of their clerks. In commenting upon this solitary instance of misconduct, the chairman expressed his full reliance in the integrity of the large body of officers of the hank. In the previous half-year they Lad just emerged from a crisis, and a suspense account of bills to the 1 amount of 50,0001. had been formed. To meet any loss under this head, 10,0001. had been set aside, but it is now believed that the latter sum will revert to revenue, the above account having already been reduced from 50,0001. to 18,0001. It is proposed in that case. to add the 10,000/. to Cie reserve fund. A shareholder corn• I plained that there were no auditors, and moved a series of resolutions for the appointment of those officers and for other purpose, whie'a were not seconded, and con sequently fell to the ground. The chairman, in reply, observed that the directors in rotation go through all the bills, cash in hand, &c., at the head (Alice and branches, and that a most satisfactory audit is thus obtained. As a proof he might state that the losses never turned out larger than the estimate. He also alluded to the detailed account of the posiiion of the bank on the 11th Novem ber, laid before the proprietors at the last meeting, which had received the approbation of a committee of the House of Commons. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL—The first anniversary festival of this charity was celebrated last night, at the London Tavern, under the presidency of Mr. Alderman Wire and a numerous company. It is only two years since the hospital was founded, in York-road, King's cross, by the late Mr. S. F. Stratham, at whose expense it was carried on for 12 months. During that period hundreds of persons crowded the doors of the charity, and the necessity for its enlargement became imme diately perceptible. An adjoining house was taken, 50 in-patients were accommodated at a cost of 5001, and a complete medical staff was formed. The hospital is situated in the midst of a population of 270,000 souls, and during the past year 254 in-patients, and 67,786 out-patients participated in the advantages of the cha rity. The receipts for the year amounted to 1,218/. 163. whilst the expenditure amounted to 2,011 1 . 34. 5d., leaving a balance against the hospital of 7841. 15s. Bd. Mr. Alderman Wire made a vigorous appeal on behalf of the charity, which he said recommended itself to public support because it was an hospital, be. cause its doors were free to all, and because it was situated in the midst of a poor and densely crowded neighbourhood. He trusted that the result of their first anniversary would be not only to enable the committee to liquidate the debt which weighed upon the charity, but to lay the foundation of an hospital—an hospital which should be built, not as a palace, but as a building fit to accommodate in comfort those who were obliged to resort to it for restoration to health and life. " The prosperity of the hospital" was drunk with en thusiasm. The subscriptions amounted to nearly 4001. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The following are the details of emigration to the Australian colonies and the Cape of Good Hope, conducted by her Majesty's Emi gration Commissioners during the year 1857:—The number of ships chartered by the commissioners amounted to 71 ; 33 of these sailed to Victori a, 25 to New South Wals', 11 to South Australia, 1 to Western Australia, and 1 to the Cape of Good Hope. The number of emigrants conveyed to the colony of Victoria was 12,289 souls, equal to 10,736 statute adults, of whom 1,411 were married couple', 2,091 single men, 4,545 single women, 1,2-12 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 1,314 girls between the same ages, 112 male infants, and 133 female; 6,037 were English , 4 690 Irish, and 1,512 Scotch. The number of emigrants con voyed to New South Wales was 3,919 souls, equal to 7,907 statute adults, of ahem 1,253 were married coupler, 2,557 single men, 2,053 single women, 821 boys between the ages f 1 and 12, 761 gels between the same ages, 114 male infants, and 107 female ; 6,018 were English, 1,989 Irish, and 912 Scotch. The nuiubcr of emigrants conveyed to South Australia was 3,240 souls, equal to 2,835 statute adults, of whom 455 were married couples, 1,152 single rues, 449 single women ; 303 boy; between the ages of 1 and 12, 300 girls b e tween the same ages, 52 rnal, infants, and 43 female ; 1,072 were English, 1,419 Irish, and 149 Scotch. Tee number of emigrants conveyedirle co to Wien, 7 es.te 4 rn A us traliaetas 314 soul a equal to 2 0,4 7 e 4,i s o s t ta l tu a t n e d a l d 2 u , lts, sin of whom 65 we: e married couples, 40 single girls 34 b,. twomen,een the 27 sauce b a e g t o w ,7s u nthe e .nfants, and 4 female ; 183 acre English, 124 Irish, and 7 Scotch. The number of emigrants conveyed to the Cape of Good Hope was 231 souls, equal to 212 statute adults, of whom 21 were married couples, 4 single men, 153 single wo men , 11 toys between the ages of 1 fled 12 15 e els nsee neng „ Len , rn-1) f tE "" lei"le ; 57 wcze Ereglsh and 174 Irish. The whole making a total of 24,91'3 souls, equal to 21,9641 statute adults, of whom 3,215 were married couples, s ' B " sin g l e men, 7,274 eingb women, 2,409 boys be t a een the ages of 1 and 12, 2,424 girls between the Sallie age, 322 male infants and 290 female; 14,017 were Englieh ; 8,396 Lido, and 2 530 Scotch, L - A_TESrr -- NE WS. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The City of Baltimore, which was to leave Hali fax on the 10th inst., passed Queenstown at nine p.m. yesterday. MARSEILLES, JULY 21. The packet from Egypt, which arrived last night, breught as passengers—M. Sabathier, the French Cons4l-General at Alexandria ; M. Emerat, and Mlle. Eveillard. The disturbances in Syria are on the increase. It is positively stated that a part of the Libanus, comprising oven Latakia and the town of Tripoli, in Syria, are in a state of revolt. Ismail Bay is said to have been mortally wounded. The Emir has applied for assistance. The pil laging Arabs, who had invaded the Libanus, have been repulsed. The epidemic disease at Bengazi is diminishing. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Journal clic Havre says :—" Despatches from Captain de Laronctere Le Nourry, com mandant of the French naval station off New foundland, announce that, after several interviews with the members of the Legislative Body of the colony, he had succeeded in establishing the basis of a new treaty relative to the fisheries, and of such a nature as to give satisfaction to all the interests concerned. This result is considered the more im portant that the first convention agreed to had been rejected by the British Guvernmeut, in con sequence of its not having received the approbation of the Colonial Legislature." BOURSE, July 21.—The market again became rather heavy to the close, when the following were the quotations :- 41 per Cents 95 70 Do. end month 3 per Cent. ..... 68 30 Do. end month 6B 35 Bank Sh Ares 201/ Credit itleJilier Do. Account 613 75 RAILWAYS.- Orleans Northern New Ditto 753 Lyon and Mediteran 755 New Ditto Geneva Credit Fonder Belgian 4 Piedmaontese (5) Roman Austrian Spanish Threes [Tome Debt —FoR CAM. Midi Western 592 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian Austrian TURKEY. We have received Constantinople journals and letters to the 10th, via Trieste, but they cont sin but little news of interest beyond what we have already published by telegraph. Samy Pacha, the new Governor of Canclia, left the Turkish capital the preceding day for his post. The Sultan had during the few days before given several audiences to dif ferent distinguished personages, and among them to Ferruck Khan and M. de Wildenbruck, the Prus sian Minister, this latter waiting on his Majesty to thank him for a sabre of houour which he bad sent to him. Mr. Alison, formerly Chargé d'Affaires for England, also had a private audience of the Sultan, which was esteemed a special favour, as Charges d'Affaires in general do not appear before his Ma jesty. Sir H. Bulwer had pail his visits to the various Ministers, and was to have his audience of the Sultan in a day or two. It was thought that the arrival of the English Ambassador would con siderably accelerate the arrangement of the ques tion of Montenegro. The Journal de Constantinople publishes a letter from Rhodes, of the Ist, which says : "A Greek girl, 15 years of age, residing in the village of Maritza, was, a short time ago, met by three Turks, as she was walking near that place, and carried off to the mountain, where she was subjected to the most brutal treatment. The ac count of this attack having reached the ears of the govern., r, lie sent out a detachment of GLndarmerie to arrest the ruffians. They were taken, and being tried were condemned to one year's hard labour in irons, and to pay a heavy fine to the victim. The Pacha on his part gave her a sum of money. The account of the triallas been sent off to Constanti nople for confirmation, and in the meantime the three Turks are to be seen in irons." SPAIN. The Madrid jown ds of the 17th have reached us. Some of them state that, in consequence of the indisposition of the King and of the smallpox having broken out with some violence near Valla dolid, which town her Majesty had promised to pass throUgh, the Queen's visit to the Asturias was likely to he postponed, but the Espana expresses a different opinion. The same journal says that the President of the Council and the Minister of eign Affairs are to be-the only Ministers to ac company her Majesty ; it says likewise tb•at the diplomatic body will go with the Queen. Prince 1.4 , 3cip01d, brother of the Queen of Portugal, Lad sailed from Barcelona for France. A Vienna letter in the Augsburg Gazette an nounces that the conflict relative to tho affair of Itaetadt may be considered as arranged, Austria and Baden Baden having agreed not to act ou the convention concluded between them ; but the gar rison is for the present to continue to be formed as it is now. " The general feeling among the members of the Germanic Diet," says a letter from Frankfort, "is that the Danish reply is of a nature to prevent any immediate act of hostility on the part of the Federa tion. That solution, however, will not be to the taste of Hanover, which has always assumed in the Diet a hostile attitude with respect to Denmark ; and the Ivey; Gazette of Hanover, in one of its last numbers, has shown that feeling, as it contained the following unambiguous language :--- It is un fortunately probable that various impediments will arise to prevent the Diet from acting in a decided and energetic manner.' " A letter from Stockholm says :—" According to recent accounts from the chateau of Drottingholm, where the King continues to reside with the Royal family, his Majesty begins to recover his strength very materially. He is now able to walk iu the park without requiring the support of one or two persons, as had been the ca.e during the previous twelve months." The Piedmontese Gazette states that on Count de Cavour's arrival at Geneva, he was cordially received by the population, and that a deputation from the Council of State paid him a visit. Before leaving, he received the visits of other notable inha bitants of the city, without distinction of political opinions. The Hon. Richard Lyons had an audience of the Grand Duke of Tuscany at Lucca on the 17th, in which he presented bis credentials as British pleni potentiary to the Court of Florence. THE METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT AMEND LENT BILL. Yesterday at the weekly meeting of the represen tative vestry of St. Pancras, held at the Vestry Hall, Camdeu-t own, Mr. Churchwarden Cameron in the chair, The VESTRY-CLERK reported the stage which the Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment Bill, introduced by the Government, had r,:ached in the House of Commons. The Rev. R. C. ECKETT, member for St. Pancras at the Metropolitan Board, explained the objects of the bill, more especially in re'ation to the Govern ment raising three millions of money upon deben ture,,and contended that those who did the work ought not to be doubly taxed by being compelled to pay the stamp duty on the transfer of the securi ties. He moved a resolution, "That the vestry was of opinion that the money to be borrowed by the Metropolitan Board of Works should be ob t ain able without hiving to bear the additional charges by the imposition of stamp duties upon the bonds, debentures, or securiti , ffs, either upon their first issue or upon any transfer thereof, and that the borough and county members be earnestly re ques, ed to use their best efforts to obtain the in'ro duction of a clause into the bill for that purpose." Mr. GLOVER, seconded the resolution, which was put and carried. Mr. BRETTINGFIAM moved a second resilution. The debste on this question in the immaculate House of Commons was most curious to real, but on all sides it was admitted that the expense into which the metropolis WAS about to be launched would be frightful in the extreme. But there was a clause in the t ill which gave the alt roi,olitan Board power to delegate the control of all this en ormous power to a committee of three. This certainly ought to be resisted. Ho moved, "That it would be exceedingly objectionable for the Metro politan Board of Works to have autle.rity to dele gate to a committee of its members to have the absolute control a n d manag ement of the works connec'ed with the intercepting I " . "'' , t.. 0 the euieugh and county tnembes be also earnestly requested to m - e their best efforts to get the sth clause struck out of the tell." Mr. Ross seconded the resolution, and, after some further observations, it was carried, and both resolutions were ordered to be transmilted to the bo:ough and county members. 'THEItIVE OF GOOD HOPE. We have receivei files of papers from the Cape to th© 9th of June. On the sth of June the Cape Parliament was pro rogued by the Governor in the following speech : "Mr. President and Gentleman of the Legisla'ive Council ; Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly— " 1. 1 have to express my thanks to you for the care which you have, throughout a protracted session, be stowed upon the various measures which have been under your consideration. I have assented, in the Queen's name, and on her Majesty's behalf, to the several bills which you have sent up to me, and I will do my utmost to cause them to be so carried into operation as to produce as large an amount of good as possible for the country. "2. I hope that the Executive Government may suc ceed in giving full effect to the wishes you have expres sed with regard to the building and improvement of gaols. Nothing can be more consonant with my own wishes than that every effort should be made to alleviate the evils which have so long existed from the want of sufficient and proper gaol accommodation. With a view to immediwely attaining, at least in part, this end, I will endeavour, without delay, to devise a plan by which circuit courts may be more frequently held throughout the colony. " 3. I have been much gratified at finding how large a share of your consideration has been bestowed upon the question of education, and at the efforts which you have made to stimulate and encourage it, by providing the means of bringing the inhabitants of the colony together, in their various locations, to deliberate upon this sub ject. I cannot but hope that they will thus at once be rendered anxious to obtain the benefit of a good educa tion for the youth of their several vicinities, and inven tive of the means by which they can best attain so desir able an end. " 4. It was with great satisfaction that I received from you the Public Examiners Bill. In passing this mea sure, you have, I trust, laid the foundation of a future University. By thus providing the means of obtaining in this colony an education of the highest order, you will cause to be reared up here a class of highly educated men, who will carefuily watch that the benefits of an ordinary education are secured to all classes of the corn• munity. " 5. I thank you for having affordel the Government the means of continuing to encourage the stream of Eu ropean immigration, which appears to be setting steadily in to this colony, and which will increve to 1.z,;,1y the aad the security of the country. " 6. The large and liberal provision which you have made for the continuation and maintenance of our great lines of internal communication will afford ample means of providing employment for all immigrants who can arrive here, and ndd greatly to the future prosperity of the colony, and to the value of all fixed property. "7. I have also to thank you for having matured a measure which provides for the improvement of the im portant harbour of Port Elizabeth, upon which our commercial prosperity so largely depends. "8. Although the Home Government has not felt justified in lending its aid in carrying out the proposed Harbour of Refuge in Table Bay, it bas been to me a source of great pleasure that our own revenues have been found sufficient to enable the Local Government to carry out a large part of the contemplated plan. I still indulge the hope that the efforts you have thus made to carry en this great undertaking may ultimately lead Great Britain to assist in the completion of a work so newly connected with the facility and security of the com merce of the world, and with the interests of the widely extended Bi itish empire. " 9. The assistance you have afforded the Government, in adding so largely to the Border police force, will en able me effectually to provide for the defence of the fron tier, and the maintenance of the public peace in those districts iuto which Keffirs have been largely introduced; while this proceeding on your part, and the sense of se curity arising from it, will ruder still more satisfactory to the colonists the measure the Government was com pelled to adopt, of introducing so large an amount of Kaffir labour into the country, and which has happily, in so many respects, proved advantageous to its interests. " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,— " 10. I thank you for the liberal supplies which you have voted for the conduct of the public service. The Executive Government will endeavour to administer these carefully and economically. • "11. Large as these supplies are, they are in a great measure to be devoted to expenditure which may be considered of a reproductive character, and which will thus, in a short time, more than repay the or ginal out lay. Moreover, the public revenues are now in so satis factory a state, and promise so well for the future, that the expenditure you have sanctioned is fully justified by your financial prospects. " Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,— " 12. I thank you for the interest you have mani fested in the lamentable events which have recently taken place in the country beyond the Orange River. " 13. In compliance with your request and an appli cation which had been made to nee by the Givernment of the Orange Free State, I tendered my mediation to that Government and to the Basutu nation, expressing to each of them my earnest hope that I might succeed in successfully adjusting the unfortunate differences which prevailed between them. " 14. The former of these countries has notified to me its grateful acceptance of my offer, sutject, however, to the confirmation of the Volksraad, which was to meet in a few days. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for the reply of the Basutu Chief to reach me. "15. Should his reply be of a favourable nature, I will then exert myself to the utmost to give effect to ycur wishes by carrying to a successful issue the media tion you have advised, if an opportunity is afforded me of so doing ; but new complications appear to be takir g place in the country beyond the Orange River, which may preclude M 9 from acting in the manner you had deffred. "14. I am happy in being able to inform you that British Caffraria is in a perfectly tranquil state, and that sanguine expectations may now be reasonably in dulged that the great national resources of that fertile country may be uninterruptedly developed, in which case it will very shortly attain to a high degree of pro sperity, and will contribute greatly to the weelth and commerce of this colony. " 17. I cannot permit this, the last session of the first Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, to close without expressing my thanks to the members for the zsalou, and efficient exertions which they have, throughout its whole continuance, made to advance the interests of this country ; for the sacrifices they have made for the public good ; for their remarkable freedom from faction and party spirit ; and for the support and aid which they have so often afforded me under circumstances of great difficulty and perplexity. These will all leave an im pression of gratitude and friendly feeling upon my mind which nothing can efface. " 18. And these sentiments are heightened by the con viction I feel that the wisdom and moderation evinced by the members of this Parliament have conclusively shown that the people of the colony were in every way fitted to use well and wisely the liberal Constitution which her Majesty, in her gracious care for the welfare and ad vancement of themselves and their descendants, was pleased to bestow upon them. Thinking thus, I cannot but confidently indulge the belief that this, the first Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, will be admitted to have established lasting claims upon the gratitude of their country." DENMARK AND THE DlE]'. Ths following is the official extract from the report of the sitting of the Diet at Frankfort on the 15th inst. referring to the question between Denmark and the Di e t : — ‘ "The Danish repres e ntative presented a decla ration, induced by the Federal resolution of the 20th of May, concerning the constitutional ques tion of the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg. "The Danish Government takes as a starting point that the principle of the decision for the constitutional or unconstitutional abolition of the ancient provincial constitution of Holstein comes within the limits of the competency of the Con federation, but cannot allow that the negotia tions opened at first with the great German Powers, and afterwards sith the German Confe deration, shall be interpreted , exclusively by one party. it repeats in a general manner the assurance that positive communications on the way in which it proposes to settle these constitutional questions would at the pres:nt be premature, and that they would not even be possible without endangering an amicable settlement. "It propoes, moreover, as regards the Duchy of Lauenburg, and referring to the considerations contained in a report of the Commission of the 11th February, of this year, to establish such constitu tional regulations as shall solve all doubts on the integral maintenance of the rights founded on the provincial Constitution of Laueuberg. "As regards Holitein, the Danish Government regrets that the Provincial States of tint country have not thought fit to express themselves in a more precise manner on the definition of general and private affairs ; it still deems it very advisable that the States should express an opinion in this respect ; but it leaves it at the option of the Diet to open the negotiations it has pro posed before or after hearing . the opinion o f t h e St a tes, and it is ready, in that case, with a v:ew to obvia. e all objections, to consider, in conformity with the Federal res liitions of 25th February and 20th May of his year, the general constitution cif 2d Oc•ober, 18 5 5, as no longer in force iri the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburc, so that the negotia ions between the delegates tear only on fixing the con , Aitutionaj. Duchies in the general organisationst positiono of of th e those ,, . mo narchy, wird the detinitive . constitutions] Irt'ntl ons v . : settlement t ,ei Governmont, be .' p l r u m t p te tly °P e l ff ul eC n ted 9 , f taking always into cons - ider.ition the rights of ti.e Sovereign of the country ' and the druiee of the Majesty as a member of the German Conic tion." This declaration was sent for cousideraiion to the Committee on the Question of the Dallies of flolhtein and LAtionLurg. LITERATURE. A _Friend in Need. A Romance. 3 vols. Bentley. Those who wish for an exciting narrative, which is detailed with graphic power, and rendered in teresting no less by the manner of the descriptions than the events themselves, cannot do better than peruse this novel. In it they will find many a momentous incident recorded, and many a mar vellous adventure recited, which would seem to belong to the tales of old romance. The hero might well take for his motto, " What, or from whence I am, or who my sire ?" forhe passed many yeses in weary search after the truth which had been withheld from him by the cunning of his enemies. Wary and foresighted as these latter proved themselves, to be, however, they were at tacked in a way they had not expected, and thus experienced that derangement to their plans, and that uneasiness in their minds, which so often un expectedly arise to confute the wisdom of the plot ter. On her death-bed, the supposed mother of George confided to him a packet which contained important revelations, and unfolded many myste ries. Some rumour of this bequest reached the ears of the deceivers, and their wrath and indigna tion may be conceived. The young man . whom tney had defrauded of his birthright fled from them with his precious treasure, that was one day to prove too strong for the mighty to contend against and too true for the adepts in cunning to gainsay. However, this young and ardent spirit had set out on no easy pilgrimage—it was indeed a toilsome wilderness through which he bad to _struggle, be• fore the vista of the promised land, beamed upon his weary frame, and suffering spirit. There is something that engages sympathy for one so cruelly situated, and in spite of his hastiness and imprudences the wandering stranger • claims at tention and regard. The peculiarity of the story consists in his not being as he supposed, and as circumstances seemed!to point out, the son of the Irish earl, in the vicinity of whose estates be bad been brought up, but the lost child of a noble French family. The various complicated circum stances attendant on these events, impart an excite ment to the narrative, and a vigour and vivacity to the style. The friend iu need whom the fugitive found, was. Laura Vandeleur, a young lady of sense and spirit, whose conduct in trying scenes was such as to command respect and adiviration. She had ntauy temptations to give up her burdensome charge, and relinquish her self-imposed duty, but she never flinched or hesitated. the knew with the intuitive faculty of a noble nature, that he whom the had so strongly met was honourable, and felt that she should likewise follow the dictates of honesty and generosity in keeping inviolate the pledge she made him in the hour of danger. It was not till after the lapse of years that • events justfied the hazardous course in which she en gaged, but she needed not the witness of men to re-assure her when her heart told her she was right ingiving what help she could to one suffering and persecuted. The wily foes with whom George had to cope possessed all that this world can - give to ensure success, they had the .power rank confers, they wielded the sped of enormous wealth, they were firmly established in the eyes of men, in the strongholds of place and position, but the lonely, penniless, unknown stranger, whom they immured in prisons, deserted in the dark caves of ocean, and finally consigned to what they supposed the living tomb of the cloister, was mightier than they. He had truth for his war-cry, and justice and light were ranged on his side, and in the consciousness of his holy purpose, and the steadfastness of his upright soul, he could look fearlessly for the assistance of that power which, infallible to protect his weakness, was a source to which his enemies, in their pride of strength, dared not appeal, for succour to speed their cause, or blessing to hallow their works. Be sides the chronicles which register the fitful lights and shadows which fell on the path of Gustave de Perignon, as the lost one found, the wanderer, in stalled in his high position, and surrounded by friends and fortune, must now be called, there is a variety of incidents recorded ; and also the reader meets with a numerous dramatis personce, who are severally portrayed with energy and decision. Some scenes are remarkably well described, and the whole work bears evident traces of being the production of an able hand. We find striking events vividly displayed before us, and interesting characters which are revealed in a powerful manner. If the story does not appear probable to some, it is not impossible, and the time referred to i s no t the present epoch, but the occurrences bear date on the eve of some of the most extraordinary social changes and convulsions that [the history of na tions has had to inscribe on its mighty scroll. It may fairly be considered that it is no exaggeration for the writer of fiction to paint scenes more start ling, and picture persons less restrained than they are at present, while the tyranny which then ruled in unrevolutionised France, and the lawless spirit which then raged in misgoverned Ireland, alike conspired to unsettle men's minds, and give rise to furious feuds and countless confusions. " A Friend in Need" is a work which will delight the lovers of romance, by the skill which has fashioned its form s and the spirit which animates its expression. A .211vnth in Yorkshire. By Walter White, And thor of " A Londoner's Walk to th© Laud's End," &c. Chapman and Hall. Mr. White's annual excursions are the source of amusement and gratification to many others besides himself. His pleasant pages have made many ac quainted with little local details about their own country and countrymen that they would very pro bably gave been ignorant of if they had visited the spots themselves. His pedestrian habits cArry lum into remote and primitive places, inaccessible to the routine traveller, while his versatile general kuovP ledge and readiness in mixing with the residents of all ranks, enable him to illustrate his agreeable re cords with historical:recollections, with traditionary legends, and with sketches of the quaint ways and words of the rustic) peasantry. Having wandered over the continent in his latter journeys, and taken a peep into the cottages and castles of Germany, our author has now resolved to follow the advice of Fuller, which he takes as his motto—" Know most of the rooms of thy native country, before thou goest over the threshold thereof, especially seeing England presents thee with so many observables." In accordance with these directions the traveller proceeded to explore our largest county, one which offers many temptations to the wanderer and seeker for originality. The wild sea coast yearly shrinking from the encroaching waves, the rough uncultivated people, the marvellous manufactories, and the flue views to be seen from the hills and cliffs —give a variety and animation to the work that prevent it from becoming tedious, though its arse is limited. It is, however, scarcely equal to Mr. White's former works, and we look on its increased size with some suspicion. It would be a matter for regret should he suffer his fresh and lively records to sink into mere , bookmaking, and pleasant and entertaining as ihe volume before us is, it might have borne a little condensation. The descriptions of his visits to the manufactories and the marve's of shoddy-making are curious and interesting. The Cutrinitiated will be surprised in tracing the history of files. Having heard a German workman speak with enthusiasm of Eng lish files, the author was full of curiosity to see their manufacture, and he was not disappointed. The elaborate processes which the iron passes through, left him no longer wondering at the ex tended reputation of the files of Sheffield. The reader who takes up this volume for an hour's pleasant reading will rind something more than entertain ment, for scraps of information are mingled with it, and the faithful pictures of life and man ners may be new and impressive to those who know little of the resources and peculiarities of their own country. We trust this is not the last excursion Mr. Whita will make for his own relaxation and the satisfaction of his readers. KEW GARDENS.—One of the most beautiful and pitp turesque objects in this rich and far-famed oallenion of everything rare in the vegetable world is the Norfolk Island pine araucaria exceka ; its branches and foliage bear a most striking and remarkable resemblance to an inferior ostrich feather, with this diffe rence, that they do not droop at the ends or points. The value of an ostrich feather consists in the rich ness of the tips or ends, a court plume of five feathers of this description being worth nine guineas. This very singular and graceful pine is the noblest specimen of its kind in Europe, and we are indebted to Captain Cook and Sir J. Banks for its introduction to this country. It stands in a large tub containing 17 tons weight of its parent soil on the grand,] promenade near the Orangery, Its grace and beauty making it the principal ornament of the Arboretum. THE ACCIDENT AT CHILHA3I.—On Sunday morning last, the Rev. S. Langston, Perpetual Curate of South borough, in the course of his sermon, alluded to the late disastrous accident oe the South-Eastern railway at Chil ham, and particularly to the lamentable case of the Rev. Mr. Wood, aWeeleyau miuister, w Lose death had resulted from injuries sustained in that accident, and who has left a wife and large family to deplore his loss ; and the rev. gentleman thought this was a most suitable case for peconary assistance. In the evening Mr. Lang ston infernatd his congregation that upon leaving the church in the morning a sovereign was given him for this object, that upon erregirg• the c.inwou person, a, a ,trauger to hire, had given him two sovereigns mole, and in the course of the afternoon he had received aeother one. Wrat he asked for was that he :nig ',Jaye one more severe,go, so as to send the poor widow a Si. note. Tae consequence of this second appeul vras the the rev. gentlernan was enabled to make 12p loss a sum than 151. se, which on the fol lowing day he placed in the hands of a Wesleyan minis ter of Tunbridge Wells, accompanied with a letter of Christian condolence, the latter undertaking to forward the eon of money toithe widow.---South Eastern gazette. TIM SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENT G, 22, I ene Mai Ceiv Yea] 4 fa• imp : 0011 t In bUgi auct Per Bra, Per i Itusi Cent 3 )Ut4 1014 Ti to a ha N tio l 1141 13 4 Th r 5,,, Nei