The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

- -,•ter--- BENSON'S W—ATCHES.) "'Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold Silver 2to 50 guineas. Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, descrip tive of every construction of watch now made, with their prices. Watches sent to all parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies for ss. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London. E.C. Established 1749. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA , COVENT GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees.—THlS EVENING will be presented the opera of LURLINE •haracters by Messrs. H. Wharton, H. Corri, G. Kelley, and W. Harrison ; Miss Lefilzr, Miss Albertazzi, and Miss Louisa Pyne.—Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Eight. Doors open at Half-past Seven. In consequence of the numerous applications from the Patrons of the Royal English Opera, on Monday, October 15, the performances will commence at half-past seven, doors opening at seven. This arrangement will continue up to Christmas. T HEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baekstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with the lIGNV comedy, DOES HE LOVE NE ? Messrs. Howe Chippendale, E. Villiers, and Buckstone ; Miss Amy Sedg wick, Miss Florence Haydon, and Mrs. Wilkins. Followed by a new comedy, entitled ROMANCE AND REALITY. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, W. Farren, and John Brougham ; Miss rorence Haydon; Mrs. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. .And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclerogs. Commence at 7. THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM. I Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, MAGIC TOYS : Valentine, Miss Lydia -Thompson. After which, a comedy by Dion Bourcicalt, Esq., entitled THE IRISH HEIRESS. Messrs. George Vining :H. Neville (his 6th appearance In London), John Rouse, Villiers, T. Lyon, H. Butler, Miss Kate Saville, Miss M. Hatton, and Miss Goughenheim, the talented Comedienne, of the princi pal Theatres in America (her 6th appearance in England). To conclude with the romantic drama of THE A BBE VAUDREUIL, in which the celebrated Dancers, the Misses Cullinson, will make their 6th appearance in London. The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste. A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, Bole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Great Success of the new Drama, by Dion Bourcicault, Esq. "The Colleen B an ."—Mies Agnes Robertson every even: seek Ing• THIS EVENDTG, TILE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W. Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss Woolgar, Miss Bate Belly, and Mrs. Billington. Af ter w hi c h, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Bonrcicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes - bertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billing - ton, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with MUSIC HATFI CHARMS. Mr. David Fisher. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till b. No charge for booking. Private boxes, .62 25. ; Family limes, Li. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. •, Front Circle Stalls, Is. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 1s ; 6ci Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. STL Y'S ROYAL AMIiFIITHEATRE.- A E Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. This Evening . (first time) a new Spectacle, entitled ROBIN HOOD ;" or, the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood; Allan-a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Pritchard. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders of the day, including Mdlle. de Berg and Mr. James Cooke. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. C ANTERB UR Y HALL CONCERT S.- EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from the opera of NORMA. Norma ...................... Miss RUSSELL. Adalgisa .................... Madame MARIA, (Her first appearance in this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consisting of Seventeen Per formers, organised expressly for this establishment, for the Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic, and Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, &c. Prin cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGHMANS. Balcony, la, ....----.Hall„ 6d. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Ocr. 13, MO. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 59—this day at noon. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—highest since noon yesterday. Banomwrza-29.58 ; a sudden fall. Winn—South•Westerly ; fresh; with rainy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TSIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 16m.—Afternoon, 12h. 38m, To-moßnow.-Morning, 12h. 59m.—Afternoon, lh. 21m, The discussions in the Sardinian Chamber have ended admirably; and, happily, with unanimity. Two hundred and ninety to six, is a vote such as few constitutional Ministers have obtained on a division, taken, too, on a great question of public policy. We are heartily glad to announce it ; be cause the avowed policy must be substantially the right one ; and because the manner in which the practical resolution was put did, in truth, equal honour to CANOUR and to GARIBALDI. The latter will feel no difficulty in yielding, as every good soldier ought to do, to the unmistakeable judgment of the Representatives of Piedmont, of Tuscany, of Parma, of the Legations, and of Lombardy. It is no discredit to the soldier that civilians should de cline to adopt his political views ; especially when, in doing so, they show in the strongest way they can their appreciation both of his patriotism and his courage. In one act the Chambers accept the proposal of their political leader to annex to the Piedmontese Constitutional Monarchy all the States of Italy which may be prepared to vote for it ; and at the same time provide, as it were, an in scription for the monument which GARIBALDI has erected for himself in Italian history. The cora mi4ctee appointed to examine the Annexation Bill reported decidedly in its favour ; they conclude their report, however, by declaring that the Cham ber will not have entirely discharged its duty if it did. not declare by an explicit vote its applause, its admiration, and its gratitude, as well as that of the nation, toward him to whom and to whose valour Italy owes the triumph of its liberty. The com mittee, therefore, terminates its labours by pro poning to you the following order of the day : " The Chamber of Deputies, at the same time that it highly applauds the signal bravery of the l and and sea forces, and the generous patriotism of the volunteers, bears witness to the admiration and gratitude of the nation towards the heroic General GA ap luam , who, by suecouring with magnanimous ardour the populations of Sicily and Naples, has re stored to the Italians, in the name of VICTOR EM MANUEL, 8 0 great a part of Italy." But not only was the resolution itself, and the vote, all that it ought to be. The speeches of Count CAYouR, his final one especially, the tele graphic summary o f which we gave last evening, was all that could be wished. The difference of opinion was acknowledged, but in the b es t s pi r it, and. all that the Count desired was to be able to a dd ress GARIBALDI with the voice of his country, an d not with his own merely, W hil e he should be able to present him also with his country's tribute to the nobility of his spirit and the greatness of his deeds. We trust that all differences will now be healed. GARIBALDI is not the man to be outdone in generosity, or to give their common enemies oc casion to triumph on account of their divisions. We can hardly doubt, therefore, that he will, at the same time, retain his own opinion of what would have been the best policy, while he will heartily co-operate in any course which liberates so large a portion of Italy beyond the danger of re enslavement, and which certainly lays the founda tion for the liberation of the whole. Count CAVOUR adverts again to the rumoured cession of territory ; to V ene ti a; a nd to Rome, He again explicitly and formally denies the truth of the rumour. We can only hope that his denial will be sustained by the course of events. We cannot but remember that Louts NA POLEON was not the only one who, in regard to the business of Savoy, would be designated in this country by the epithet which consigns every man to infamy. We need not describe again the course adopted in regard to ' Savoy ; the misfortune is, that unless Europe for bids, it leaves the COUNT and the EMPEROR at liberty to barter Sardinia for the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome, or for the mere additions to his territories which VICTOR EMMANUEL is allowed to accept. What right, however, the EMPEROR has to grant licenses to the KING, more than England or any other European Power has, it is hard to say. We certainly wish that these denials did not rather strengthen suspicion in our minds, as they probably do in GARIBALDI'S. We trust, however, that there will be more Govern ments to consult in the business of Sardinia than in that of Nice and Savoy. Sardinia is not a land locked province or a small county ; but may be come a buttress to an ambitious naval power in the Mediterranean. The COUNT says that no one dare ask such a cession from a country with a population of 24,000,000 inhabitants ; and that, therefore, after annexation, it will be an impossibility. We shall In regard to Rome—it is confessed that the Eternal City is desirable as an Italian capital. But as regards the means to that end, we shall be able to say in what condition we should be in six months hence." Not quite clear in the telegram, are we to understand that negotiations are going on respecting it with the Power which holds the keys of Rome and the patrimony of St. PETER ? And is the surrender of Rome, as we have already suggested, to be the consideration for the surrender of Sardinia to Imperial slavery ? A revolution at Rome is, however, it seems, looked for, but it is to be " accomplished by the conviction that liberty is favourable to religion 1" That conviction we, of course, fully share ; but it is quite another thing that liberty should be favourable to priestcraft. It has not been generally thought so by priests; and it is not easy to conceive that the habit of political independence should not tend to foster that awful Protestant habit of independent thought on reli gious subjects also. Venetia, too, is to be emancipated—but by a change of European opinion. At present, Europe does not wish that Piedmont should make war on Austria. This opinion must be respected. So Aus tria is, for her satisfaction, told that there is a good casus belli against her, but that it will not be turned to account. Europe's opinion is, however, to be changed. How ? It will change when it sees a United Italy able to deliver Venetia, which will never willingly endure its bondage. " Austria has flattered them in vain." Such are the views with which the Parliament of Northern Italy authorises its Government to proceed to the work of annexa tion. Immediate union of all Italy disposed for union—no more cessions of territory—Rome the capital of Italy when she has become a convert to the doctrines of Religious Liberty—and Venetia joined to its sister territory when Europe under stands that a united Italy is too strong to tolerate the bondage of her sons. Our old friend, BONIFACE, of the Constitutiowsel, we observe, has stepped forward to lecture Sardinia for helping GARIBALDI in Naples ! He calls on Europe to join in the censure. Doubtless he will find monarchs ready enough to do it, but he himself , can scarcely be hardy enough to maintain that it were not better done than left undone. And it is not surely for France, the Republican subverter of the Roman Republic, to lecture another power on 1 irregularity. Perhaps it is merely done to keep up some pretext for demanding Sardinia as satisfaction. It would be amusing, were it not also most dinister, to note those ridiculous rumours now rife in Parisian circles as to the probable, or rather, as it is there confidently intimated, the certain break ing-up of the Palmerstonian Government ! "The wish" is so obviously "father to the thought that the exultation openly expressed on the other side of the Channel, at the mere notion of this Minis terial disruption in England, is calculated, we are certain, to render the arrantest Tories in these islands devoted and almost unconditional adherents of the present Cabinet. In the presence of the actual situation of affairs upon the Continent, there is not a politician in the United Kingdom who would not be disposed frankly to waive all party differences with a patriotic desire to disembarrass the councils and to strengthen the hands (if need be, upon any contingent emergency) of her MAJESTY'S Government. Particularly at a conjuncture when in France there become audible such very significant aspirations for the downfall of a Ministry that can only be odious to the " powers that be" yonder among our neighbours for a reason that, of all reasons in the world, should render it popular with all ranks, and classes, and sections, and parties, of Englishmen. That reason being, of course, no other than that the Government of Lord PALMERSTON and his colleagues is essentially, aad above all things, an English Government. Grievous though the shortcomings of the present Cabinet undoubtedly were during the last session— deplorably though the country was deceived and disappointed either through the want of discipline or the want of earnestness among the various mem bers of the Administration—lamentable though the numbers were of dropped measures, evaded re forms, postponed innovations, forgotten or broken pledges, modulated or abandoned principles, making up the wordy mass of the Parliamentary records of the lengthened sayings and the little doings of her MAJESTY'S Ministers everything inimical to the Cabinet of Lord PALMER STON would be utterly and instantaneously scattered to the winds and forgotten at the ap pearance of any European complication in which the members of the British Ministry should seem to have drawn upon themselves the of a Foreign—beyond all of the French—Government. It could only be thus by reason of her MAJESTY'S advisers having shown themselves completely and thoroughly to be Englishmen. Forgotten then would be the distinctions of Whig or Tory, of Liberal or Conservative, of Peelite or Canningite, of Derbyite or Palmerstonian. We should all of us cordially, and without the smallest reservation of enthusiasm—be (like the Ministers themselves in such an emergency)—solely and simply English- men. Are there not portents of such an emergency being at this moment imminent ? If not—whence are these exultant whisperings, these confidently muttered predictions in Paris about the speedy on-coming of the downfall of the PALMERSTON Government ? With the northern despots gather ing together at Warsaw—with the Italian problem daily, hourly approaching nearer and nearer to its definitive solution—with France hesitating midway between the two extremes, prepared at the whim of her inscrutable Lord and Master to throw her great sword into either scale as may appear at the moment of decision best calculated to , suit her own selfish interests —with the Pear ripe upon either branch, and NAPOLEON'S hand, waver ing as to which branch shall be shaken under the circumstances—it does certainly appear to be the very period when we should all of us, in this coun try, be the least disposed t o th row a stumbling block in the way of the QUEEN'S Government. The confident predictions uttered in Paris, how ever, as to the certain and speedy downfal of the Cabinet of Lord PALMERSTON, by the mere force of the time at which they are uttered, expose their own intrinsic absurdity to the uttermost degree of derision. It is such a wholly ludicrous period to have select ) d for the prophecy of any col lective disaster to the . Cabinet. Parliament up—the members of the Lords and Commons in the midst of their vacation enjoyments—the Colonial Secretary on the other side of ti le Atlantic with the Heir to the Crown—the Foreig n Secretary far away in the opposite direction, in the west of Germany, in attendance upon the So VEREIGN—the majority of their colleagues scat tered over the country, only two or three (a them in town—not a single Question if the smallest importance pressing heavily upo n the Councils of the Ministers—it is nothing less than actually laugh able at such a mom ant of profound Ministerial calm and absolute h reedom from all " party" anxieties, to hear those little anti-English gobernouehes over ther e in Paris talking about the immediate and inevitable disruption of the PAL MERSTON Government. If anything were seeded to strengthen the gras s o of her MAJESTY'S present advisers upon the fasct of the Ministerial autho rity, it would be precisely these very predictions coming from exactly that very source ! Sir JOHN BOWItING 1 las been delivering at Exeter an excellent speech on the question—" Is the Ballot a Security for Honest Representation." It is re freshing to find an old and hearty Liberal like Sir JOHN retaining fully his integrity so long; and retaining it, too, after having been in the service of Governments whose leading men, unable to damage the cause of t he Ballot by their arguments, have attempted to d 4 iit by jokes or sneers. He could thus boldly state, his present views—the views of a consistent, and certainly highly intelligent political life—" Medits sting much," he said, " as he had been called on w: uch to meditate, on the vari ous political changes - I rhich had been suggested for the general improvem a nt of our institutions, he had come to the conclusios that there was none so im portant, none for wi Lich reasons so cogent and irresistible could be uri ;ed, none which could derive so much advantage fret n observation and experience as that of the Ballot— that instrument by which a man was protected in. the honest exercise of that political power which his country had confided to his keeping." Of con rse we shall heartily accord with his conclusion ; at we also agree equally with another and leading representation in his speech. He had remarked, that while he remained as staunch a Radical as Elver, in tt Le sense of being ready to cut up all abuses by the :roots, he must confess that there was, perhaps, no ne of the other articles of his Radical faith in regari 1 to which he could not feel the weight of oppones its' objections. In candour he must acknowledge the weight of the argument against Universal Sul3 Frage, that it was giving vast power to ignorance. In regard to Annual Parlia ments, it was true tb Lat they might too often re move men from their :,nests, just as they had learned their duties ; and ever. L comparatively small consti tuencies had somethiz ig to say on the claim of their peculiar class to direct representation. "But," added Sir JOHN, " with rei 3pect to the Ballot, ho never heard one argument that was not utterly worth less as against the pc , sition that if society entrusted a man with the disc :harge of a certain duty, all temptations should b e removed from him that would induce to betray that ; trust, and that all punish ment should be avert ed that menaced him if he dis charged that trust he mostly. Secret suffrage was the machinery by which society provided that honest votes should tbe deposited. It was nothing beyond that." Our readers we 11 know that this is pre cisely the view on which we have again and again insisted; and 4 an which the supporters of the Ballot ought to insist with all candidates who profess themselves to be refs irmers. We have always freely acknowledged that every leading part of the Re formers' creed is op en to some objections. That, like most other socia it ameliorations which can be proposed, extension of suffrage, equal distribution of seats, and short Parliaments, have attendant disadvantages, thouf, la the advantages largely pre dominate ; but, with Sir JOHN BOWRING, we deny that real arguments against the Ballot have any existence. If they had, we should be quite con tent to show aprepon derance of advantage for sec' et voting ; but we enti; rely deny the existence of any disadvantages. Wes :13 the whole community so sensitively virtuous titat no one could bring himself to influence another's -vote by appeals to his personal hopes or fears, we should still like to know what harm the secrecy of It to vote could do. But when the reverse is too nett triously the case—when the constitution and labou rs of election committees is the first serious work c If every new Parliament, and the concoction of bills to evade the Ballot, by pro fessions of preventing bribery and corruption, one of the great cares of Ipt 3th the great parties —we are at a loss to comprehend how a professed Liberal can open his lips again st the Ballot without a blush. Of course all this *ill be set down at once as dogmatism, or pure io ne-sidedness. So it may be. But uncharitable as it may seem, we must own that we b:3lieve that al n ost all who from a Liberal point of view attempt to argue7against the Ballot inwardly think as w a do. Tories are, frequently, more honest, and do not scruple to avow that they wish to retain the proorer over electors which open voting confers on the Is •ealthier classes ; the old Whig party, however—the PALMERSTON and RUSSELL Whigs—are driven to all kinds of subterfuges, be cause their hearts are, on this point, with the Tories, while their political necessities require them to hoist the Liberal flag. When we say that these men think as we do, we mean that they, in their inner judgments, agree with us on the certain effect of the Ballot. They think as we do, that it would be the charter of electoral independence. That, as, the rule, it would indispose candidates to bribe a: d d threaten, and would deliver electors from such temptations. We are very sure that secret uniting is opposed by these gentlomei for secret reasons ; and that what we have just stated is their grand secret reason. There is no need to publish it either in the house, or on the hustings. It might go hard with the man who had audacity enough for that ; but there is a perfect freemasonry on the subject amongst the whole class, " All right enough, but it won't suit us"—is the pass-word whispered along the benches of corruptors and intimidators who owe their seats not to their merits, but to their purse or 'to their power over tenants at will. The fatal objection hitherto to the Ballot is there fore the one which is never heard. Members and candidates, and Ministers of State laugh in their sleeves, and wink qvietly at each other, and across the table to their Tory friends, as they repeat the old cant phrases anei expressions—" un English"— " trusteeship for non-electors"—" the Ballot won't keep the vote secret"—" it will keep it too secret for the unrepresented to know it"—" Look at France"—" Look at America"—" Look anywhere but at Australia," and so forth. We do not won der that Mr. BERKELEY is tempted to serve up an annual dish of banter on the 'subject. What, how ever, we rather need is some one to tell these men of false pleas the plain truth about themselves; some one to bring out their real motives for opposition With such photographic truth, . * 4V• 1 c , 1, , T. z ' ~,, , ,4. --...--,, 0,- - - - •- -. e - • 4 I- • r • ' ' 4 ' . , ' •11:11 , I • 3, e4lll - '. t". -.., ' _ •'. l' L' _ • - .-,..., THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 13, 1860. THE : I SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVE:NING, OCTOBER 13, 1860. and such unsparing publicity, as to make the House resound with Oh ! oh's ! and to convince the country that will, not argu ment, was the soul of the opposition. We want a CATO, not a pupil of MoMus, to set the. House right with the country. An advocate of the) Ballot who is willing to submit himself to the secret, and therefore unbiassed suffrages by his own constitu ency, may fairly challenge the electoral honesty and integrity of every other member who refuses to do the same. He may fairly ask each—Are you afraid that the electors would not return you if they voted secretly ? If he replies FS No," then let him not oppose." If he says " Yes," then the re joinder is, " You are here by bribery or by intimi dation—by some undue influence." This process ought to settle the question. ;,~~ . ~~~ THE KNOWSLEY MARRIAGE. The following is a list of the principal prosents offered to the bride : The Earl of Derby presented a magnificent tiara of dia monds, and a bracelet composed of diamonds and emeralds. The Countess of Derby—a necklace, brooch, and brace let, each composed of diamonds, pearls, and rubies. Lord Stanley—a dressing case with gold !fittings. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Car abridge—lndian carf, brocaded with silver. His Serene Higbness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar — a gold clock. Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge—a splendid pair of white china stands. The Countess of Sefton—a locket. The Duke of Buccleuch—a large brooch, composed of amethysts, pearls, and diamonds. The Duchess of Buccleuch—a handsome ruby ring. The Earl of Dalkeith—a case of gold spoons, &c. The Marquis of Exeter—a diamond cross. The Earl of Hardwicke—a pearl and gold necklace. The Earl of Chesterfield—a handsome workbox, com posed of old china, set in gold and coral fittings. Lord Skelmersdale—a gold bracelet with turquoise. The Marchioness of Clanricarde —a beautiful set of ornaments. The Marchioness of Aylesbury—a silver basket. The Countess of Jersey—a gold bracelet, set with dia monds and turquoises. The Earl of Winchester—a large silver and ebony clock Lady Cremorne—gold and coral earrings. The Lady Constance Grosvenor—gold and coral brooch and earrings. The Marquis of Salisbury—a handsome silver tea kettle. The Marchioness of Salisbury—a ring sot with diamonds and rubies. Lady Cecilia Molyneux—a music book. The Hon. Miss Mary Wilbraham (aunt of the bride)—a ring set with opals. The Hon. F. Stanley—a writing book and inkstand, with blue and gold enamel fittings. • The Hon. Mrs. Bcaotle Wilbraham—a diamond locket. Colonel Wilbraham—a large casket set in oak and gold, for Indian shawls. Miss Stanley—writing materials, set in silver and oak. Miss de Rothschild (daughter of the Baroness do Roths child)—two figures in gold. It is sail( that the gardeners on the estate and also the upper servants at the 'hall requested permission and were allowed to offer presents to the notle bride. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are re ceiving a select circle at Drumlanrig Castle, their seat in D amfriesshire. The Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland is, we are happy to learn, improving in health, although slowly. The Marquis of Lothian has arrived at his seat in Scotland. The marchioness is staying at Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. The Earl of Sefton arrived in town a few days back from his shooting quarters in Scotland. The Count and Countess Valentine de Seilhae and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Italy. M. and Madame Eduardo Costello, accompanied by M. Manuel Martinez and M. Jose Fernandez, have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Spain. HAYMAKING IN THE ►SEASON.—On Monday last, Oct. 8, haymaking was proceeding in the midst of a shower of snow at Spital, near Barnardcastle. THE MISSING GIRL AT WARWICK,—On Monday afternoon George Gates, who had stated that Mr. Normfm, of Birmingham, had sent his (Gates's) daughter to a Ca tholic Servants' Home at Handsworth, without the per mission of her parents, went to the home alluded to. Upon applying for the girl to be given up, and upon stating that he was a Protestant, the request was immediately complied with. She had previously stated in writing that she was extremely happy, and did not wish to leave. Mer father, however, notwithstanding her repeated desires to the con trary, insisted upon her leaving. The girl is now at War wick. THE EUSTON-SQUARE STATION.—The Euston Station of the London and North-Western Railway is now in process of being entirely renovated. The interior of the extensive hall, board room, and extensive range of offices is to be repainted and embellished, and sliding and turn tables on a new principle have been constructed on the platform contiguous to the station. The terminus will be rendered more easy of access to the public in 1861 by the removal of several houses in Drummond-street and Seymour-•street, the property having been purchased, and the tenants duly served with notices by the company with that view. LOSS OF THE NEMESIS.—Mr. Raffles, the stipen diary magistrate, assisted by Captain Harris, of the Board of Trade, opened at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, on Wed nesday, an inquiry into the loss of the steamship Nemises, which was reported in our paper a few days ago. A mass of evidence was adduced, minutes of which were carefully made by Mr. Raffles and Captain Harris, and it was inti mated that a report would be made to the board, the cap tain's certificate being also forwarded to that body. THE ABORTIVE AGITATION AGAINST CRE XORNE.—There never was a more ludicrous termination to any agitation than that which ended the agitation got up by the body calling itself the Chelsea Vestry. These parochial scions have now so covered themselves with ridicule that we should say, if they are not lost to all feel ing, they will for some time to come retire into their native obscurity, and not seek further notoriety in their sphere of action. The character of the opposition to Mr. Simpson is now made clear, and we should say it has received its final extinguisher. Either the Chelsea Vestry had a good cause or they had a bad one. If theyhad agoodcause they ignomi niously neglected their duty by shrinking from its presecu tion. If they had a bad cause they are equally culpable in having ever taken it up. But the whole secret of the matter is what we stated a fortnight or three weeks ago. It arose out of private pique and per sona l ma li ce , and the opposi tion was originated by some obscure and malicious persons, who, having failed in certain designs upon Mr. Simpson, took that means of being revenged. A reference to the re port of the proceedings before the Licensing Magistrates, which we publish in another column, will show that the Chelsea Vestry ignominiously ran away from their charge, and left Mr. Simpson unopposed.--Ere. THE ICHTHYON.—This model steamboat has during the last week been plying on the Serpentine. It merits attention as having been designed and built by Capt. Beadon, of the Royal Navy, to whom the service is in debted for several useful inventions, and who for many years has devoted himself to the construction of the best form of screw propeller and its practical application in naval architecture. The experimental model we refer to is con structed upon the principle of the double canoe, and ap pears to be admirably adapted for testing the merits of the peculiar form of screw and mode of propulsion adopted by the inventor. This twin-boat is in fact raised out of the water and supported upon two pontoons of a cylindrical form of • two feet in diameter and 18 feet long. These pontoons or tubes are each fitted with a solid conical spiral screw at the stem, driven by a direct centre- shaft worked in the usual manner. The propellers are made to act together., or in opposite directions, in such a way that the vessel i s driven by one or both, and may be turned in a sweep rif little more than her own length. These propellers bore into the water under the prow of the vessel, causing lit lie disturbance, and they appear to act equally well 'whether imnarsed or partially uncovered. In the passage from Bristol it is stated that this model, of only three tons burden, roughly built, and very imperfectly fitted with machinery, towed two barges laden with 90 tons of stone in shallow water at the rate of three miles an hour, with 201 b. steam pressure in the boilers, and when accidentally run upon a gravelly shoal she was able, with the aid of the pro pellers only, to clear her own way into deep water. The Ichthyon was designed rather for the navigation of canals, but tie principle of construction appears to secure steadiness and stability, as well as other advantages necessary to gun boats and larger vessels of war. THE CARDINAL—The light being suspended overhead and casting spasmodic shadows, it is a positive Rembrandt figure that walks by me so swiftly, as though it were trampling roughshod over obstacles. The ivory face shining out yellowly, the eyes, the famous eyes like coals, at the bottom of their caverns, the mouth compressed and almost insolent. He is dark, all dark to-night; a Cara vaggio figure rubbed in with chalk and charcoal. Black robed, save as to the neat little scarlet buttons and scarlet stockings peeping out. I think with wonder of the soft, gentle, white robed ascetic, seen but yesterday amid floating clouds of incense, and crucifixes, and lighted tapers, attended with dreamy notions of a day not far distant when I shall sing, " Sancte Antonelli, ora pro nobis I " and, presto I he walks by, roughly tramping on imaginary re bellious necks, and with a scornful face—still not approach ing to that " bouche de brigand" of yours, M. Edmond : to -night it is Il Cardinale Segretario, H.E. the Cardinal Secretary of State 1 yesterday we were but a poor holy man and simple deacon. As I go out again into the night and see the suspicious orrandless figures hovering about the flame-coloured couch, who have the look indefinable of dis guised police, and the lounging gendarmes hanging about, striving to appear purposeless too, and then look up to the brightly illuminated window where there a re grand-ducal shadows flitting past, and where " He" is sitting next her highness, rippling off most sweet and silvery French, I think what a wretched sinking heart must shrink and wither away beneath those cardinal's robe s ! What sort •F a grisly private skeleton has he to come home to and find sitting in those Vatican chambers ? or wh o indeed may travel abroad with him on state occasions and triumphs, standing by his, ear on the wheel of the flame-coloured coach, to whisper, not "Remember that thou art but man!" but this "Remember thou art the most hated man in Rome! Remember that this hate is savage, furious, and to be sated with blood only; at the first sign of revolu tion, wild, blear-eyed sans culottes will make straight for that chamber of the three windows, frantic women rending thee limb from limb, men bearing thy head. upon a pole I" That is something to think on at the dead hours of the night.—Dickens's , 6 AU the Year Round." AgaS rt' IC, .t. kD. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : MADRID, OCT. 12. The camp at Ardoz will be raised on the 16th inst. The Ministerial press energetically attack the policy of Sardinia. Their Majesties will leave Saragossa to-morrow. NAPLES, OCT. 11. There was a cannonade under the walls of Capua on the 9th inst., and the Garibaldians gained fresh positions. Hostilities were afterwards suspended for 24 hours, in order to bury the dead. The can nonade recommenced on both sides on the morning of the 10th. The state of affairs at Naples has improved, and the public funds have risen. King Victor Emmanuel has arrived at Grotta more, where his head-quarters are established. MARSEILLES, OCT. 12. The packet-boat from Constantinople on the 3d inst. has arrived here. Her voyage had been re tarded by a hurricane. The Grand Vizier was expected to return shortly to the divan, but he persisted in taking his depar ture again for Europe on a financial mission. The Governor of Saida had arrested the Dutch dragoman. Two Dutch frigates having threatened to bombard the town, the dragoman was released. PARIS, OCT. 12 (Evening). It is semi-officially announced that the French and English plenipotentiaries will to-day sign a convention containing a new series of articles in serted in the French customs tariff. Refined sugar will be taxed 40fr. per 100 kilos. The•import duty on machines, tools, and instru• ments will be reduced to 9f, per 100 kilos. The duties on earthenware will be a maximum duty of 20 per cent., which, in four years, will be reduced to 5 per cent. Ordinary pottery will be subject to a reduced duty, and porcelain to a duty of 10 percent. NAPLES, OCT. 11. The official journal publishes a decree ordering the vote by universal suffrage to be taken on the 21st inst. on the following question—" Do you wish Italy to be indivisibly united, with Victor Emmanuel as constitutional King, and his legiti mate descendants ?" The cannonade at Capua continues. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 12.—The English funds having arrived with an improvement has added to the firm ness of this market, and prices have obtained a further advance. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 68f 95c, are now at 69f 5c ; Mobilier, 706 f 25c; Orleans, 1,375 f; Northern, 975 f; Mediterra nean, 921 f 25c ; Austrian and Lombard, 488 f 75c. The following are the last quotations : ft per per Cents ... 95 50 Credit Fancier 895 Do end month.... I Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month ——l Roman Bank Shares 2830 Austrian Credit Mabilier.... 710 Spanish Threes 4B 50 Do. Account 707 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1371 25 .. 1372 50 Northern New ditto — .. • Lyons and Mediterranean 920 .. 918 75 Geneva 355 .. 357 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 486 25 .. 487 50 FRENCH' POLICY IN ITALY. The following is a full translation of the article in the Constitutionnel, of which a summary ap peared in The •fun of yesterday : " The invasion of the Neapolitan territory by the Pied montese army is now an accomplished fact. Let us examine with the most scrupulous impartiality the character and bearing of this event. " The sovereignty of States is the fundamentarguaran • tee of the independence of peoples. That sovereignty exer cises itself in various ways. It nay reside in a dynasty which transmits it, or in a nation which dele gates it. As long as it acts within itself—within the circle in which it is circumscribed by inter - national law, it belongs to itself ; it acts in per fect self-liberty, and under its own entire responsibility before the opinion of the world from which one day the conscience of history will be cleared. " The principle of the independence of regularly consti tuted autonomies admits very well the political transfor mations of a people, the changes of a dynasty which are accomplished by its will, and the internal revolutions to which it is urged by its passions or interests. They are se many manifestations of its sovereignty, which other States could not contest without compromising their own. The policy of non-intervention, which our epoch has held up as the result of the progress of international right, is only the consecration of those reciprocal guarantees. " The application of those principles and those rules to the facts which we wish to consider is a natural deduction. If it suits the Neapolitans and Sicilians to make revolutions at home, that concerns themselves alone; but no foreign State, no more Piedmont than Austria, has the right to meddle in their internal affairs, or to impose any conditions whatever of a political existence by an armed intervention. " There is a difference between the invasion of Garibaldi and that of the Piedmontese army which might strike every one. Garibaldi was only a partisan. Before embarking for Sicily he had resigned his sword of command ; ho obeyed what he considered his personal mission, and his acts were only binding upon himself. If, it is true, that among the volunteers enrolled in his enterprise there were strangers, he came, nevertheless, in the name of Italy, as an Italian, to create and direct internal revolution in the States of the King of Naples. It was not with his bands that he could conquer a people of 10 millions of men—he could only communicate his own passion to it, and drag it along with him by the prestige attached to his name in a supreme struggle againat a Government struck by unpopu larity. "The Piedmontese iuvasion bears quite another charac ter. It constitutes the direct interference of a regular State in an independent State. It is, consequently, an attempt struck against the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies by the King of Sardinia; and, as if everything should be strange and abnormal in this situation, the Pied montese invasion took place without a declaration of war, while the representative of the King of Naples was still at Turin. But the conduct of Piedmont is not only in opposi tion to international law, it is, moreover, in contradiction to all the principles which it has itself invoked, and which it now disowns. In fact, when the Roman Government ap peared inclined to appeal to Neapolitan intervention to pro tect it against the menaces of a revolution, the Cabinet of Turin did not hesitate to declare that it should consider the entrance of the army of the King of Naples into the States of the Church as a violation of its neutrality. " Only recently it challenged the right of the Pope to form a public force from foreign elements, and it is because the Sovereign Pontiff refused to submit to a summons call. ing him to dissolve that force that his States have been invaded. By what strange inconsistency does Piedmont, which maintained in so threatening a manner the principle of neutrality against Governments that sought to protect themselves, violate it now with this audacity against those same Governments to upset them? " There is more still ; when Count Cavour sought to justify in his memorandum the invasion of the States of the Church he distinctly declared that Piedmont wished to prevent a revolutionary outbreak there, and that serious step on her part was a sort of military coup-d'etat directed principally against the influence of Garibaldi. " Is Piedmont, then, now, by intervening in the Neapoli tan States, going to combat Garibaldi? Evidently not; she is going to aid him. It is not at Naples, but at Gaeta, the efforts of the Piedmontese army will be tried. " Thus, in whatever point of view we take it, it is impos sible not to deplore the conduct of Piedmont. The invasion of the States of the Church and that of the Neapolitan States throw a responsibility upon her which it is in vain to attenuate—it characterises itself, It is not for us to exaggerate it or to lessen it. We have simply to state it. "Piedmont is responsible to Europe for the initiative she has just taken. Europe constitutes a jurisdiction which finds itself naturally concerned by such great per turbations as those of which Italy is now the theatre. We think that it appertains to her, and to her alone, to redress the disregarded right, and to remind Governments who dis regard the law of the respect which is due to it, and which is obligatory on every State, as it is founded on justice, civilization, and the interests of peoples." MAZZINI'S EXPULSION FROM NAPLES. The following is the answer of M. Mazzini to the very courteous letter of banishment sent by him to the new Pro-Dictator of Naples : " I think I possess a generous mind, and it is for that reason that I reply by a refusal to your letter of the 3d, which I only read to-day in the Opiqone Nazionale. If I only yielded to my first impulse and to fatigue of mind, I should leave a land which I encumber, and withdraw to one where liberty of opinion is left to every one, where good faith is not doubted, and where he who has laboured and suffered for the country does not think it his duty to say to the brother who has done the same, Begone.' You give no other rea son for your proposition, except it be the affirma tion that, without wishing it, I cause division. I will give you the reason of my refusal. " I do so because I do not feel myself guilty, nor cause danger for the country, nor conceive projects which may be disastrous to it, and I should appear to avow such to be the case by yielding ; because, as an Italian in an Italian land which has recovered liberty, I think I ought to represent and support in my person the right of every Italian to live in his own country when he does not attack its laws, and the duty of not yielding to an unmerited ostracism ; be cause, after having contributed to teach as much as was in my power the people of Italy to make great sacrifices, it appears to me that it is time to raise them to a consciousness of human dignity too often violated, and to the maxim forgotten by those who style themselves preachers of concord and moderation ; because no one founds his own liberty without respecting that of others ; because it would appear to me that, by voluntarily exiling myself, I should be guilty of insult to my country, which cannot, without dishonouring itself in the eyes of Europe, render itself guilty of tyranny ; to the King who cannot fear an indivi dual without admitting himself to be weak, and not secure of the affection of his subjects, and to the men of your party who cannot be excited at the presence of a man declared by them to be alone and abandoned, without contradicting themselves ; be cause the desire comes, not as you think from the country which labours and combats under the flag of Garibaldi, but from the Turin Ministry, towards whom I have no debt, and whom I think fatal to the unity of the country; it comes from intriguers with out conscience, without honour, and without na tional morality ; without creed except for the exist ing power whatever it may be, and whom I conse quently despise; it comes from the vulgar mass of credulous men, who swear without examination by the word of the Almighty, and whom I consequently pity. Lastly, because on arriving I received a decla ration from the Dictator of this country that I was free in the land of the free. The greatest sacrifice I ever made was when, interrupting the apostolate of my faith for the sake of unity and concord, 1 declared that I accepted monarchy, not out of respect for ministers or monarchs, but for the satisfaction of a blinded majority of the Italian people • that I was ready to co-operate with the monarchy, provided it founded the unity of the na tion, and that if I ever were to take up my old flag again, I would honestly avow it, and publicly too, to my old friends and t enemies. I therefore cannot spontaneously make another sacrifice. If honest men, as you say, believe in my word, it is their duty to convince my adversaries that the path of intole rance which they pursue is the only' now existing foment of anarchy. If they do not believe a man who has been struggling for the liberty of the na tion for these thirty years, who has taught his accusers to stammer out the name of unity, and who never told a falsehood to any living being, let it be so. The ingratitude of men is not a reason why I should voluntarily bow before their injustice, and sanction it. " Naples, Oct. 6,1860." " JOSEPH MAZZINI. BANK OF FRAIVCE. The following is the account of the Bank of France for month ending Thursday, Oct. 11 : DEBTOR.. F C. Capital of the Bank 91,250,000 0 Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capi tal (Art. 8, Law of June 9, 1857) 1,510,527 65 Reserve of the Bank New Reserve Reserve immobiliere Notes in circulation.— 748,416,375 0 Bank-notes to order 7,558,847 15 Receipts payable at sight 11,772,837 0 Treasury account current creditor Sundry accounts current 179,875,792 15 Ditto with branch banks 33,394,183 0 Dividends payable. 984,183 75 Commission on deposits 3,038,365 60 Re-discounted the last six months Discount, interest, &c. 7,156,527 17 Sundries Total 1,329,353,607 74 CREDITOR. Cash in hand Cash in the branch banks. 342,751,991 0 Commercial bills overdue. 3,087,227 72 Commercial bills dis- counted, not yet due 237,998,603 86 Do. in the branch banks 281,974,095 0 Advanced on deposit of bullion. Do. by the branch banks 2,333,500 0 Do. on Fronchpublic seen- rities Do. by the branch banks 15,573,200 0 Do. on railway securities 48,494,200 0 Do. by the branch banks 31,542,650 0 Do.on Credit Foncier Scrip 624,200 0 Do. on branch banks Scrip 480,250 0 Do. to the State on ac,ree ment of June 30, 1848 35,000,000 0 Govern. stock reserved 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Hotel and furn. of Bank Landed property of branch banks 6,196,741 0 Expenses of management 488,516 72 Sundries Fentes Immobilisees (law of 9 Juno, 1857) Total WILLS AND BEQ UESTS. Lady Smythe : The will of Lady Smythe was proved in London on the sth inst. Her ladyship was the widow of Sir Edward Joseph Smythe, Bart., and the daughter of Sir Edward Bellew, B4rt. Lady Smythe had executed her will on the 16th of December, 1856, and a codicil in the July following, and died on the 17th of August last, at the age of 70. Probate was granted to her brother, Richard Montesquieu Bellew, Esq., M.P. for the county of Louth, one of the executors. Her eldest son, Sir Charles Frederick Smythe, Bart., succeeded to the title and estates of his father, the late baronet, and to whom she leaves some family relics. To the rest of her children she leaves her property to • be divided equally amongst them, with the exception of a legacy to her brother, Lord Bellew, and his children, and to one or two others of the family. Her daughter Catherine is resi duary legatee, and was also appointed executrix, but is not acting in that capacity. The will of Donna Maria de Bettencourt Sanapaio, widow, a Portuguese lady, has just been proved in London. She was residing in the Island of Terceira, where she died in November last, and was pos sessed of property in England, which_wa.sl.adminis tered to by her son-in - law , Georg he Phi! 1p -Dart, T Esq., the sole acting executo r. will is in th e ' Portuguese language, w ith an English translati on. She has disposed of her property according to the laws and usage of Portugal, bequeathing to her legitimate heirs —namely, her daughter and the children of her two deceased daughters--two thirds thereof, dividing the remaining portion amongst her near relatives, and leaving legacies to her ser- Tante. The are, Addison, M.D., of B er k e l ey- q u physician to Guy's Hospital, was admitted to probate on the 4 th of this month, Berkeley square, willl te ofconsultin g Thoma s and the personalty sworn under £30,000 by one of the executors —namely, John Addison, Esq., of Banks House, Cumberland, the testator's brother ; power being reserved to Alfred Brooke Barnes, E s q., surgeon, of King's-road, Chelsea, also an exe cutor. To his relict he has bequeathed his free hold estate and residence at Brighton, together with the furniture, and has left her an annnity of £350 and his shares in the Indemnity Mutual Marine Insurance Company ; and to her son and daughter he has left an annuity of XlOO ; these annuities to be free of legacy duty. The presentation of plate made to him from various parties, both public and private, he leaves to his said brother, to be held by him as heirlooms in the family. He appoints his said brother, John Addison, Esq., residuary le gatee of his estates, real and personal. The will beers date September 28, 1855. and a codicil in 1858. He died at his residence, 15, Wellington villas, Brighton ' on the 29th of June last. —/ -110 - 5 " trate(' ,London News. THE SHIPPING DISASTERS lIT THE BALTIC. NORTH SHIELDS, FRIDAY NIGHT. Intelligence of more fearful losses amongst Tyne ships has come to hand. The Phido, Captain Edward Wilson, of North Shields, was wrecked in the Baltic. The captain, mate, and five of the crew perished ; two seamen only survived. The ship was struck by a heavy sea, which carried away those who have perished, the men saved being at the time in the cabin at tea. The cabin filled, and the two men came on deck, when, to their dismay, they observed that their companions had been washed overboard. The captain and mate were seen battling with the waves, and were spoken to, but the men on deck were unable to render them any assistance. The survivors were on the wreck three days, when they were taken off by a vessel and landed at Copenhagen. The vessel has not since been heard of. Down to this evening we have accounts of fifty North Country seamen lost, and more vessels are missing. A collier brig was observed to founder sixty miles off Heligoland. The crew were lost. It is now stated that the steamer which, accord. ing to the account published in our impression of yesterday, went down, near Thisted, with about 100 persons, was the Arctic, of Hull, whose loss we have already reported. Of those on board the Arctic, not more than eight, it is asserted, perished. That number includes two ladies and a baby. 57. 1 . GEORGE'S IN TUE EAST. A meeting of the vestry of St. George's-in-the- East was held on Thursday evening, Mr. Clark presiding, to receive the reply of the Bishop of London to the following resolution agreed to at their last meeting, and forwarded to his lordship : —" That this vestry regrets the following innova tions are still retained in the services at the parish church, namely—surpliced choristers, chanting in stead of reading the prayers of the day, preaching in a surplice, popish hymnals, communion table elevated on steps, super-altar and embroidered altar-cloth, candlesticks with candles and credence table, all of which this vestry is of opinion is distasteful to the parishioners at large, and deters many from returning to their parish church or of connecting themselves with its services; and this vestry is further of opinion that a return to the old form of worship, as it was when the Rev. Bryan King became rector, and as it is now performed at the other three churches in the parish, viz., Christ Church, St. Mary's, and St. Matthew's, is the only way to obtain the confidence of the parish." Mr. W. L. HOWELL, the vestry clerk, read the reply of the bishop, as follows : " Patterdale-hall, Oct. 1, 1860. " Sir,—l yesterday (Sunday) received from you the copy of a resolution adopted at the meeting of the vestry of St. George's-in-the-East, held on the 27th ult. " I regret to find that the parishioners, as repre sented by the clergy, still consider that certain matters which they have enumerated have the effect of deterring many from returning to the parish church, or of connecting themselves with its ser vices.' I was in hopes that arrangements lately made, and especially the appointment of the Rev. Septimus Hansard as curate, a clergyman of great experience and conciliatory disposition, who has no sympathy with extreme parties in the Churoh, and whom I have known intimately and respected for the last eighteen years, would have been ac• cepted by the parish as a proof of Mr. King's desire to make every reasonable concession, when he could do so without appearing to yield to the cla mour of the mob. " I have been pained to hear from time to time that certain petty and wicked attempts to inter rupt the services of the church have still been continued by a small section. Mr. Hansard, I know, confidently looked to the respectable parishioners to save himself from such annoyances and the parish from the disgrace of their attempted revival and continuance. I presume it is with the view of ex pressing some difficulty which the vestry has felt in responding to Mr. Hansard's natural expectation of the active assistance of all his respectable parish ioners that the resolution has been adopted which you have forwarded to me. " With regard to the particular matters enume rated in the resolution, the parish, I doubt not, understands the delicacy of Mr. Hansard's position. I shall be glad on my return to the diocese, at the end of the present month, to meet a deputation of the vestry, and enter with them into a careful con sideration of the matters they have brought before me. But, meanwhile, it is the duty of the vestry to use every means in their power to prevent the parish from being again disgraced. It must not be forgotten that much has been done to meet the reasonable wishes of the parishioners, and it will, I hope, be seen that as a preliminary to any satisfactory result following from our pro posed meeting, and the consideration of the topics you have brought before me, I have a right to call upon the vestry and the great body of the respectable inhabitants, by their private in fluence and by their presence in church, to do operate with the authorities in putting a stop to any annoyances attempted to be continued or re newed by a small, ill-disposed minority, who show themselves incapable of appreciating Mr. Han sard's conciliatory conduct, and bent on desecrating the house of God. " Hoping by the last week of this month to find the parish, through the exertions of those whose wishes you have conveyed to me, in such a state that I can with satisfaction meet the parishioners in the presence of the curate in charge and the churchwardens, and enter fully into all the remain ing difficulties.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, " A. C. LONDON. " W. L. Howell, Esq." The letter was unanimously ordered to be en tered on the vestry minutes, and after a discussion it was resolved to adopt his lordship's suggestion for a conference, but to defer the nomination of the deputation till the next ordinary meeting of the vestry. THE GREAT EASTERN.—Th is ship is now left under the charge of Mr. Davies, the officer of the decks, who has made a wonderful revolution in the appearance of the ship, and that too with but about half-a-dozen men, as she is now very nearly repainted. Captain John Vine Hall, Mr. Bold, managing director, and Mr. M'Lennan, the chief en gineer, have been paid off. It is contemplated, we believe, at the close of the present month, to shut up the ship alto gether, and pay off all hands. This would be but bad eco nomy, as, to say nothing of the damage to the machinery from having n o one to attend to it, the dampness of the climate at Milford Haven will effectually rot all the splendid hangings of the saloon unless fires be fron t tim e t o ti me burnt in them. The su m required for the new decks and alterations in the bearings of the screw shaft will cost about £lO,OOO in themselves, besides the cost of the heating appa ratus. The ship will remain in her present position for some months, as after Sunday next the spring tides will not again be sufficiently high until Christmas to float her. She is now placed in a perfectly sheltered position from the only wind that could blow her off the gridiron even if she was afloat. HANSON'S PATENT POTATO DlGGER.—Yester ge belongingnt s for the t o day a trial of Hanson' s patent potato digger took place at Mr. J. Gilbody S m ith' s farm, at Fox Hill, Barton, under the supervision o f M essrs. Richmond and Chandler, Salford, who are a manufacturers.and, although T e in v inventor is an Irishman, Belfast; imple ment has been completed and exhibited for two or three years past its introduction among the farmers of this neigh bourhood has been only very recently accomplished. Mr. Smith, of Barton, who is somewhat of a successful speculator in agricultural machinery, recently purchased one of these machines, and allowed Messrs. Richmond and Chandler to have a public trial of it, yesterday, in one of his potato fields. The field was on the Moss, and the soil, conse quently, was light. This was one advantage for the machine, but it was more than counterbalanced by the dis advantage of an excessive quantity of chickweed. Never.. theless, the work was performed in an excellent manner, and to the satisfaction of nearly all the spectators, who in cluded a large number of the neighbouring yeomen, some of whom were so pleased with the machine, that they gave orders on the spot to Mr. Peters, Messrs. Richmond and Chandler's agent, to supply them with a similar on e . M ore than one gentleman wanted t he identical machine which was being tried, but Mr. Smith would not part with it. The principle of the machine is that of the screw pro peller ; the screw being a number of revolving blunt forks, and the shaft being turned by the motion of the wheels. The implement is so constructed that the wheels run over the ridges which it is intended to dig. Two small wheels, like those of a plough, are placed in front; two larger ones, nearly the size of cart wheels, are situated about the centre of the machine, and bear the whole weight, besides giving motion to the forks. The forks revolve at right angles to the wheels, and are immediately preceded by a fiat coulter or sheer which penetrates to the bottom of the ridge and lifts up the soil and potatoes together. As the two horses draw the implement along, the shear leaves the soil and potatoes behind, when they are immediately caught up by the forks and thrown off or scattered on the surface of the ground to the right. It remains only to pick up the potatoes and carry them away, for which duty a large number of persons is required to keep pace with the industrious digger. There is perhaps room in one or two parts of the machine for slight improvements which experience will doubtless suggest to the manufacturers I 1 ,