The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-02 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1880. Yest© rday was an anniversary which will never be forgt Aten in the British dominions. Twenty seven ylars ago 800,000 of our fellow subjects, slaves till the dawn of the Ist of August, became at once mal 3ters of themselves. The Crown of Eng land shook off gladly what had long been an annoy ing and burthensome appendage, not an ornament ; and all England rejoiced that every portion of the British dominions, and not merely our own island home, lbecame sacred to liberty. Islands, where once sli tvery was the normal condition of the coloured man, became instinct with the genius of the i nother country, and the great Slave Re public :,00n found to its mortification that some black 13 aen, deemed " things" in its own territory, could nipt be reclaimed, when the accidents of the sea had thrown them on the Barbadoes. But Lhe work is not yet complete. Not only a g.twery dominate the whole republic where "all tilt is still n are bo r n and dual," but the slave trade rampant by the good help of that republic. Abju r i n el' it herself, she yet through a paltry jealousy r efuse 4 to co-operate , in the arrangements on the high seas necessary to give full efficiency to .3f our cruisers. While Spain has continued: to this day, nothwi l thstanding we gave her £400,,000 to put down the slave trade—Spain has continued it as vigorously as ever. Indeed, she remains now the only Power vrhich nurses instead of opposing the e v i l. The br avery and determination of our cruisers hav e not been alto gethcr in vain, however. It is something t o know that while during the five years terminating in 1840 not fewer than 135,000 slaves were im ported annually, the numbers have fallen to 35,000 at most ; though there is at the present moment a tendency to increase rather than otherwise. Under these circumstances, our Foreign Secre tary has addressed a long communication to Lord COWLEYJ virtually, of course, to the Emperor of the FRENCH ; and, as the EMPEROR is so very friendly just now, and has especially told us all of his love of hohesty, and his hatred of thieving, we may hope he will cordially co-operate with us in endeavouring to put down the most infernal dis honesty and robbery—that of robbing men of their liberty, robbing them indeed of themselves, and making them the property of kidnappers and re ceivers of stolen goods. His lordship reviews the whole state of the case, and shows not only what has been done and might yet be done to destroy this accursed traffic, but the great commercial ad vantages which have resulted from the destruction of the trade where it has been stopped, so that there is not even the poor excuse of advantage to commerce generally, to plead on behalf of this accursed traffic. The commerce with the West Coast of Africa, from the ports where the trade has been suppressed, actually amounts to £3,000,000 sterling per annum ! From the Bight of Benin, from which, twenty years ago, there werg, no exports but kidnapped negroes, the expor tation of palm oil last year was estimated at nearly 17,000 tons of the value of between £700,000 and £BOO,OOO ! Lagos was, till our operations destroyed the slave trade there, one of the worst of the slave marts—last year its exports in palm oil, ebony, and cotton, amounted to £220,000 ! Such reassur ing facts as these convict the slave trade, if it were possible of being worse than any epithets yet ap plied to it can describe. It is not only an infernal villany in itself, but it cheats the world of a really valuable and honourable commerce, and deprives the poor natives of the civilising blessings of honest industry and trade. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S views of the effects of suppressing the slave trade on the coast of Africa, and of the unspeakable blessing of commerce as a civiliser of the heathen and barbarous tribes have been fully borne out, it may be remem bered, by the observations and experience of Dr. LIVINGSTONE himself, both on the east and west coasts of that continent. Lord JOHN proposes to the French Government three measures as essential to the success of our policy. The first is a systematic plan of cruising on the coasts of Cuba by the vessels of Great Britain, Spain, and the United States ; the second is the introduction of a law of registration in Cuba, by means of which the employment of slaves im ported contrary to law might be detected by the Spanish authorities ; and the third and last is a plan of emigration from China, regulated by the agents of European nations in conjunction with the Chinese Government. For the first of these it is desirable to obtain the co-operation of the United States ; this this ought not now to be so very difficult. The PRESIDENT, if he be at all a man of honour, must be ready to join with England and France in giving effect to the language of his own message, to which Lord JOHN RUSSELL calls the attention of the French EMPEROR :-" It is truly lament able that Great Britain and the United States should be obliged to expend such a vast amount of blood and treasure for the suppression of the African slave trade, and this when the only portions of the civilised world where it is tolerated and en couraged are the Spanish Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico." If this indicates, as we may hope it does, that America is beginning to get weary of the expenditure into which she has been forced in the way of cruisers, and of maintaining the cap tured negroes in Liberia, some relaxation of her very silly jealousy may be looked for. The second proposal is, we fear, of doubtful trope. An efficient system of Registration was long ago arrasged by Spain, and she professed, of course, her intention to carry it out. Congratulations even, we believe, passed on the subject; but it has remained a dead letter ever since. It was doubt less so intended. Cuba still continues to be the grand mart and centre of the slave trade, and the natural and horrible result is, that the planters have not even the inducement of self-interest to take reasonable care of their slaves. They use them up, and replace them by the aid of the slaver. The last proposal is one which requires two con ditions for its fulfilment; the first that the slave trade be suppressed, and the planter compelled, if he want more labour, to look to free immigration. The next, that adequate securities be provided for the fair treatment of the coolies, not only in Cuba, but in obtaining them from China. The despatch we are referring to is the last paper of a series just laid before Parliament, which tells us officially what we had all heard before, that the crimping of coolies in China, by the natives themselves, set on by foreign traders, has been of a kind which almost beggars description. Steps have, however, been already taken to place things on a better footing; and it appears that the Chinese women even are overcoming their aversion to emigration. The Chinese are naturally not only industrious, but ever ready to carry their industry wherever they can ; California and Australia are evidence enough of that ; and it needs but that they should have confidence in receiving fair treatment and pay, and they would probably be ready to solve all the difficulties of the labour question, in any of the countries between or near the tropics. A Palace of Justice—as we intimated yesterday —is now formally commended as at once feasible and desirable by the carefully prepared report of the Royal Commissioners. The Commission in question was appointed, it may be remembered, to select that particular site which might upon due consideration appear to them the best among all the various localities proposed for the New Courts of Law when eventually concentrated. And, as might have been safely predicted, the site chosen unani mously by the Royal Commissioners is the one suggested by the Attorney-General, Sir RICHARD BETIIELL, namely, the space—hitherto little better than a squalid rookery—lying betwixt Carey street and the Strand, exactly midway between the Temple and Lincoln's Inn, in the very heart's core of the purely legal district of the metropolis. The, selection of this site in particular is commendable, especially as a choice involving in it a variety of very remarkable advantages. Firstly, the spot fixed upon at the Attorney-General's suggestion by the Royal Commissioners is one of the very spots in all this vast capital most demanding improvement. It is, if the bull be allowable, a waste plot of ground, densely and villainously populated. It is all this, and a great deal more that is abominable and insa lubrious, while it is at the same time one of the most central parts of all London ! It is, in point of fact, about TILE " central part" of London ! Situated at an equal distance from the mercantile and maritime East and the fashionable and legisla tive West—the knot of union between the twin metropolitan cities of London and Westminster. Let this site be really swept clean of all its present encumbrances, and let there be a fitting Palace of I usties then erected—and how many interests will tb.ere nothave been together carefully consulted. The ----__ - - -~- .~.... THE UNITED KINGDOM ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED. 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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. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. R. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the Dertorraances will commence with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale. Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, the new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. To conch/de with SHOCKING EVENTS. Commence at 7. 0 YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- 1 T a i o Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING. will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. G. Melville. A. Harris, &c. After which, UNE FILLS TERRIBLE. Characters by the Zouaves. Followed by AN AMBUSCADE AT INICERMAN. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. i DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. -1- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE HARVEST HOME. Messrs. J L. Took, P. Bedford, D. Fisher, Biliinrton, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss H. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Miss Laidlaw. After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington. Eburne, Miss Julia Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Billington. Commence of 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.: Front Circle Stalls, Is. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Entire Change.—Powerful Attraction. This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments, introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World. To be followed by Scenes in the Arena. A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Aug. 4, commencing - at Two o'clock. Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stao-e Mauazer—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena--M. Felix Revolti. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.— THIS EVENING, C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA. FAUST. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Sfobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, ls , Hall. fld. Combo Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and 'Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, Sze., in addition to the usual entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER,.--SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 2, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.98. Wirm—Westerly; light, with dull weather, and slight rain in the morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 23m.—Afternoon, 2h. 42m. To-monßow.-Morning, 2h. 59m.—Afternoon, 3h. 15m, 1 , 141 , 9 4.)1 .1 .0? , • . 0 --- ,. - ,7, - , - ;., z <f„,.„'t.".. 1 7-4 , ihh t . ' - 5- :.r..,;.,.,74: .:J'i t ' ---1 ' 1 " . 4-W7A 1.;r1.-. 7,' l''b-Z"' .l ' -„. , --,--,-,3 i g it:*. ! • ii 0 it ---,-.- se vt,7l. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY' EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1860. interests of the legal profession:in the first place— hitherto in this matter seemingly altogether over looked. The fourteen Courts of Law heretofore scattered all over this huge capital being at length brought together under one noble roof-tree,7,from points as remote as Basinghall-street and Chan cery-lane, the Guildhall, Doctors' Commons, and Westminster—how much time now wasted in flitting to and fro between those widely separated regions will not thenceforth be permanently eco nomised ! The convenience of the lawyers and of the suitors will at last by this means appear then, however, only for the first time to have been thought of. As to the dignity of the Judges, that has yet by such means assuredly to be taken in any way into consideration. For hardly any where among all the civilised races of Europe are the supreme courts of law less worthy of the high purpose for which they are designed than in the capital of the British Empire. The Chancellor's Court in Lincoln's Inn, for example—the Vice- Chancellors' Courts hard by—the Rolls Court on the opposite of Chancery-lane—the Queen's Bench, the Common Pleas, and the Exchequer, clambered into through those little side doors leading out of the old hall at Westminster ! These are, each and all of them, the veriest makeshifts. They are old, inadequate edifices, patched and cobbled up to serve their purpose almost anyhow, as if they had been designed for some purely temporary emer gency. We have had enough of this wretched cheesepairing system of economy, so called— economy which is in reality no economy at all, but the sheerest, the most egregious and fatuous extra vagance. The sister capital of Dublin, with her comparatively noble four courts, sets us an example worthy of imitation and emulation. The time isgone, however, we rejoice to think and believe, when there can be supposed to remain any necessity to demonstrate a need that is now invariably recog nised. The appointment of a commission to select a site tor the New Courts of Law indicated of itself the fact that the simple necessity for the change had been acknowledged as proven. That Commission has sat, as we have seen, and has de cided—and the decision is in every way as com mendable, as it appears to have been unanimous, on the part of the CommiEsioners. It is now per fectly well understood that what is required is a concentration upon a given point of all the four teen Temples of Themis, hitherto scattered far and wide about London and Westminster. The ap propriate spot has in effect been clearly and definitively defined. It is even tolerably clear already which among the different Courts there to be raised as integral portions of that Grand Central Palace of Justice should have precedence in the order of building by rEason of the superior urgency of the necessity recognised for its completion ! A Registry, that is to say, for the Court of Probate and Divorce, at present most urgently demanding wider accommodation. Granted that the cost of erecting a Palace of Justice worthy of the metropolis of the British Empire will be by necessity something immense— even economists need not on that account shrink from the proposition as in any way alarming from its extravagance. Let it be remembered that no larger sum than £16,000 at the utmost, it has been calculated, would in all probability be required to complete the sum total estimated upon the widest computation—the bulk of the aggregate amount being intended to be withdrawn, as the public must be long since very well aware, from the Unclaimed Suitors' Fund, a very ALADDIN'S Lamp for the conjuring up of this long wished for Palace of Justice. Would that, like ALADDIN'S, it could be built in a single night ! ARRIVAL OF TIIE PRINCE OF WALES IN CANADA. GALWAY, AUG. 2. The steamer Golden Fleece, from New York on the 20th, and St. John's, Newfoundland, on the 26th ult., has arrived here. Her Majesty's ships Hero and Ariadne arrived at St. John's on the 23d ultimo, The Prince of Wales and suite landed on the 24th, amid great enthusiasm, received a deputation and addresses, and held a levee. On the 25th his Royal Highness attended a regatta and state ball. The Prince would leave on the 26th inst. Dur• ing his presence all business was suspended. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAIL. The following telegram has been received at Mr Reuter's office : The Simla is safe at Aden, with mainshaft broken. Her passengers and cargo have arrived at Suez by the Norma, Malta, and Madras. The Massilia was to leave Alexandria on the 28th, and the Pera and Vectis on the 29th July. The Dike and Duchess of Buccleuch have le: Belgrave-square for Scotland. The Marquis de Boisthierry and M. Barratt have left Fenton's Hotel for Paris. The Earl of Harrowby left the family mansion in Grosvenor-square on Tuesday for Sandon Hall, Stafford shire. The Count and Countess G. Henekel-Denners. marck have arrived at Fenton's Hotel from Germany. Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby will leave town in a few days for Drummond Castle, Perthshire. _ _ _ Lord Blantyre returned yesterday from Carlsbad. The noble lord has greatly benefited by his short visit to Germany, and will leave with Lady Blantyre and family next week for Scotland. Lord Dufferin, the newly-appointed British Com missioner to Syria, left town on Tuesday evening for Paris. After a short stay in that capital, his lordship proceeds by way of Marseilles for the East. - WHAT'S IN A NAME ?--The Lords have sent a bill to the house of Commons, intituled :—" An Act for naturalising Charles Maria Joseph Livy Anthony James Joachim Levingstone Bandini Giustiniani—Caroline Maria Elena Gioacchina Bandini Giustiniani—and Elena Maria Concetta Isabella Gioacchina Giuseppa Band ini Giustiniani, the infant children of Sigismund Nicholas Vonantius Gaie tano Francis Bandini Giustiniani, esquire—commonly called Viscount Kynnaird, Marquess Bandini in the Roman States, the only son and heir apparent of Maria Cecilia Agatha Anna Josepha Laurentia Donata Melchiora Bal thassara Gaspara Countess of Newburgh." We wonder by which one or all of these he hopes to be honoured here after ? ROYAL BANK OF LIVERPOOL—With regard to the affairs of the Royal Bank of Liverpool it appears that a circular was addressed yesterday afternoon by the direc tors to the depositors to the effect that the accounts of Mr. Chaffers had been found perfectly correct, and that the establishment is in a satisfactory condition. Irritation from physical infirmity, the recent death of a brother under pain ful circumstances, and the fast of some distrust of his management having been displayed at the annual meeting, which took place on Thursday last, seem to have been the proximate eau , es of Mr. Chaffers's derangement. After the first announcement yesterday there was a slight run on the bank, a report being in circulation that, among other losses recently sustained, was ono of £70,000 from a local firm in the leather trade. Ultimately it was stated that instead of £70,000, the utmost amount would be £lO,OOO or £12,000. At the same time it transpired that the available assets of the bank in cash and good bills are unquestionably large, and the tendency to distrust steadily subsided. It may be hoped that after there shall have been time for a more for mal and open investigation, and for the selection of a new manager of ability and repute, the bank will be found in a position to command permanent confidence. ETON AND WESTMINSTER BOAT RACE.—The fol lowing are the crews in training for this interesting event on Friday next : —Eton : 1. H. Garnett; 2. Lord Baring dm ;3. R. King-lake ;4.F. H. Wynne ;5.R.E. L. Burton; ( 6. W. B. Rhodes; 7. C. B. Lewis; R. W. B. Hum. frey, stroke; T. Ilopwood, coxswain. Westminster :1. W. Wynne ; 2. A. R. Tomlinson ; 3. A. C. Censlow ; 4. J. C. Hawkshaw; 5. E. M. Tomlinson ; 6. B. Thomas ; 7. W. S. Wright ;A. Forster, stroke; J. G. Yates, coxswain. The crews aro both composed of very fine young men, but the Etonians have the ad vantage in weight. The Westminsters, who have been some time training, and have reached great perfection, went over the course on Thursday evening at an improved pace against a mixed crew of Oxford and Cam bridge men, who could not get away from them, but shut up at the London Rowing Club boat-house, leaving the Westminsters to pursue their solitary course after a sharp spurt from Putney-bridge. The Messrs. Searle have char tered Citizen D and the Childe Harold and G. Campbell Citizen Bto accompany the race. The Eton crew is ex pected in London at the beginning of next week, and will remain at Putney till the race, Setting is slightly iu favour of the Westminsters. LATEST .NE Wb. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUG. 1. The preparatory sitting (on Monday) of the Am bassadors of the great Powers before the meeting of the Conference took place on account of an invi tation from the Turkish Ambassador. The representative of the Porte wished to explain beforehand that if the Sultan authorised him to adhere to the convention, under certain reservations, it was only in order not to be the cause of a conflict between France and England. The essential reserve which the Porte wished to make was that, before adopting the convention for regulating foreign intervention in Syria, mention should be made in it of the spontaneous desire of the Sultan to arrest the effusion of blood in Syria, and to accept the co• operation of his allies to that end. M. Thouvenel having adhered to this demand, the Conference, in its meeting on Monday, entirely changed the original plan of the convention already agreed to by the great Powers. The six articles have been carefully revised in such a manner as to remove all that might excite the susceptibilities of thelPorte, or that might even indirectly attack the sovereign independence of the Sultan. The convention having been so greatly modified, the representatives of the great Powers will refer to their respective Courts before definitively signing it. The Conference has, therefore, been adjourned sine die, in order that all the Ambassadors may be able, in the mean tfmt.' , , to receive full powers for the signature of the convention, which must necessarily precede the despatch of troops. VIENNA, AUG. 1. Official intelligence received from Constantinople states that in Bulgaria and in the neighbouring provinces massacres of the Christians have been organised, and that the Porte has therefore taken all necessary measures for arresting in the most efficacious manner these criminal attempts. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 25 (via Marseilles). The Marquis de Lavalette has notified to the Porte the resolution of France in reference to an expedition to Syria. It is said that the Sultan has requested the Vice roy of Egypt to send an auxiliary army of 10,000 men. MARSEILLES, AUG. 1. Advices have been received from Damascus to the 12th of July, confirming the report that • 6,000 houses belonging ID the Christians had been de- stroy ed. The Jewish quarter had been burnt. The Turkish houses in which the Christian wo men had found refuge had also been burnt. As the massacres lasted for 80 hours it was diffi cult to ascertain the number of victims. 2,000 Christians were still under Abd-el-Kader's protec tion. Several Consuls were at Abd-el-Kader's resi dence, who also gave refuge to several Englishmen. The new Governor of Damascus had arrived with 1,200 soldiers. It was not certain whether the disturbances could be considered as terminated. The Impartial de Smyrne, in confirming the above, expresses doubts, however, whether the Belgian Comul had been killed. Although peace had been signed by the tribes of the Lebanon several Christian sheiks refused to give their adherence to the treaty, as they consi dered it illusory. Some wretched and starving Christians had en deavoured to return to the mountains. Letters from Constantinople state that on the 13th of July anarchy still reigned at Damascus. The massacres had not been stopped. The semi-official Journal de Constantinople ad mits the number of victims at Damascus amounted to 2,000, and adds that on the 13th of July the massacres continued. The same journal gives a denial to the report that the Sultan had requested the Viceroy of Egypt to send a reinforcement of 10,000 soldiers. It had been resolved to increase the Turkish army in Syria to 26,000 men, and to pay all arrears due to the garrison of Constantinople. Great pre cautionary military measures had been taken. The bridges of Galata and Pera were raised every night. The Sisters of Charity had dismissed all their pupils. Several Christians had been insulted and beaten. The Marquis de Lavalette had had a conference with the Sultan, which lasted three hours. Disturbances had taken place among the schis matical Armenians. Several thousands of them had opposed the burial of Protestant Armenians in their cemetery. At the request of Sir Henry Bul wer, the military interfered, and killed or wounded 40 persons. The Moniteur announces in the following terms the arrangement of the differences, as already stated, between France and Peru : "It is well known that in consequence of inci dents which are to be regretted, our Consul-Gene ral at Peru was led to break off his relations with the Cabinet of Lima. M. Edmond de Lesseps, who was afterwards appointed to fill at that place the functions of Consul-General and Charge d'Affaires for France, was charged to enter on negotiations to obtain the satisfaction due to us, and information has just been received that the affair has been satis factorily terminated. M. de Lesseps, actively seconded in the lecomplishment of bis mission by Rear-Admiral Larrieu, the Commander of the French squadron in the Pacific, has, after explana tions entered into with the most perfect good faith by the Government of General Castilla, obtained a full and satisfactory solution of existing difficulties. The official relations of the Consul-General of France with the Cabinet of Lima have been thus renewed, and their re-establishment has been ef fected on conditions which allow of a confident expectation to be entertained in the duration of the friendly intercourse which the two countries had always kept up." _ The Opinion Nationale publishes the following strange piece of intelligence :—" An affirmation from a reliable source deserves to be taken into serious consideration. The Emperor Napoleon, with a view to establishing du rable order in Syria, is said to have conceived the project of investing Abd-el-Kader with a vice royalty analogous to that of Egypt, with its capital either at Damascus or Jerusalem. Having learned toleration under French tuition, the Emir would be the most likely person to hold the balance even between the Christians and the Mussulmans in Syria, and also between the Latin and Greek Catholics who dispute the possession of the Holy City. This combination would have the double advantage of neither shocking Mussulman preju dices, nor the still subsisting principle of the in tegrity of th e Ott oman E mp i re . But Ab-del- K ader is a French Arab with French notions. What would Great B r itain think and say on the matter ? In any case the French Government will find means to tranquillize the susceptibilities of our too mistrustful neighbours, for it feels the necessity of acting in accord with them on the Eastern question." SICILY. A telegraphi c d es p a t c h in the Italian journals confirms the fact of the surrender of the fort of - - . Milazzo, which took place at half-past nine in the evening of the 24th ult. The Central Venetian Committee has addressed to Count Cavour the following protest against the illegal sequestrations made by Austria on the pro perty of Venetian emigrants : "Excellency—We are charged by many dis tinguished and honourable emigrants, our fellow citizens, to present to you a memorial destined to throw light on the singular conditions under which the said citizens are placed by an edict order ing them to return to their country within the delay of four months, under pain of commina tory penalties mentioned in the Sovereign Patente of the 24th March, 1838. Venetians who in cross ing the frontier commit a fault towards Austria, must expect to be, without any form of trial, and in virtue of the arbitrary decision of the political authorities, condemned to imprisonment, banish ment, and to forced enrolment in the disciplinary companies. In order to leave no doubt as to the fate reserved to those who are threatened by the decisions of Toggenburg (Lieutenant of Venice), there must be called to mind the too numerous examples of arrests, banishments, and forced enrol ments ; the exorbitant powers given to the political authorities by the sovereign resolutions of Sept. 11, 1859, and Feb. 3, 1860 ; the secret circulars of the authorities giving orders for the arrest of emi grants, and in which some of the undersigned are mentioned by name : the refusal given to other emigrants to extend their passports or to give legal permission to emigrate —a refusal based on their having been seriously compromised in political facts; and lastly, the flagrant violation of the amnesty which, by the treaty of Villafranca, was pro mised to all Venetians compromised since the Ist January, 1859, In pointing out these exorbitant facts we have no intention of invoking the good offices of the Piedmontese Government to bring Austria to better feelings. We only request your Excellency to make them known to civilised Europe in order that, by connecting them with those which your Excellency had already pointed out in your circulars of the 20th and 24th February, 1860, addressed to the representatives of his Ma jesty at the Courts of the great Powers, public opinion may form an impartial judgment of the manner in which Austria treats a generous people, because, faithful to their past conduct in 1848, they retain the lively wish to unite themselves to the Italian family under the sceptre of King Vic tor Emmanuel." NAPLES. The Prefect of Police at Naples, M. Farina, has endeavoured to check the multiplicity of infamous publications in that city. His ordinance on the subject describes them as "wretched productions, without ideas, and without anything like style— I will not say Italian, but human"—and it proceeds to say : " To tolerate any longer such a strange abuse of the liberty of the press, conceded by the Constitu tion, without applying measures to preserve the country from such shame, would be a wrong for which the Government would have to answer be fore the public opinion of Europe. This language will seem bitter to the poor anonymous scribblers, who would do better to go to school to learn gram mar than to weary the press by so many vile pro ductions of a monstrous imagination ; but all good citizens, and they form the immense majority of the nation, will applaud." The prefect concludes by ordering that printing offices in which anonymous writings may be pub lished, shall be shut up ; and that, besides any of fence they may contain, shall be subjected to pro secution. The Italia, a Neapolitan journal, publishes the following letter from Malta, dated 12th July, an nouncing the assassination of Campagna, the ex commissary of police, so notorious for his hatred of the liberals, and the severity with which he fufilled his functions :—" The ex-commissary Campagna, who arrived here yesterday, was assassinated during the night after his landing. He went to the Washington Hotel, which he left after supper to take a walk in the public gardens, at that hour almost deserted. He had taken the precaution to disguise himself with a long beard. Three men wrapped up in long cloaks and well armed were seen to follow him. Campagna never returned to the hotel, and next morning his body was found in the garden, stabbed in seven places. Poniards were left in his breast, bearing the inscription, ' Naples, 1860.'—GIUSEPPE SCOPPA." The journal contain ing this letter was eagerly bought at Naples, but the exactitude of the intelligence must be doubted, as the last Malta papers announced his departure from the island for Corfu on the evening of the 11th. We doubt, besides, that there is.any Washington Hotel in the island. A Naples letter says :—" The princes of the royal family at Naples did not attend the performance of the San Carlo Theatre for the benefit of the exiles, but the King sent B,ooof. lam informed, on cer tain authority, that the King had intended to be present, but he was prevented by an order emanat ing from the Central Cemmittee, to the effect that the public were all to quit the house the moment his Majesty entered." FRANCE. The Moniteur confirms the telegraphic despatch announcing that a convention had been signed between Garibaldi and General Clary at Messina. BOURSE, Aug. I.—There has been but little business doing. Threes, for the account, are now at 68f 35c ; Mobilier, 687 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,368 f 75c; Lyons, 887 f 75c ; Austrian, 506 f 25c. The market showed a slight improvement at the close, when the following were the quotations :- 41 per per Cents 97 75 Credit Fonder 880 Do. end month --1 Belgian 4 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 45 Roman Bank Shares 2820 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 687 50 Spanish Threes 47i Do. Account 690 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1370 .. 1371 25 Northern New ditto 877 50 .. Lyons and Mediterranean 888 75 .. 888 75 Geneva 367 50 .. 367 50 Southern 5Ol 25 .. 503 75 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The United States' mail steamer Fulton, Captain Wotton, with the mails from New York of the 21st ult., has arrived off Cowes, with 115 passengers for Havre, and five for Southampton. The Fulton brings 666,593 dols., of which 516,593 dols. are for England, and 150,000 dols. for France. On the 26th, in lat. 47.45, long. 49.4, she spoke the Royal mail steamer City of Washington. The overland mail from San Francisco had ar rived at Van Buren (Ark.) Further news from Oregon confirms the election news received by the previous mail. The mining news from British Columbia is some what more encouraging. The war between the different tribes on Vancou ver's Island still continued. The steamer Pennsylvania, of the Philadelphia and Richmond Line, was totally destroyed by fire in James River, near James-town. The flames cut off access to the boats, and spread with such rapidity that the passengers and crew had barely time to escape from the burning wreck, upon hastily con structed rafts. With the exception of three chil dren they were all picked up and landed at Norfolk. Accounts from Ruatan state that General Walker left that place on the 27th, it was sup posed for Central America. Business was dull . at Havannah, except the sugar-market, which was tolerably active. There had been a large number of arrivals, yet freights were active. The weather at New Orleans continued un usually hot, without any fever having occurred. Senator Douglas visited Charlestown on the 19th, and addressed 3,000 persons. His reception was cordial and enthusiastic. During the day he visited Springfield, (Mass.), and was received by a crowd of 5,000 persons with great enthusiasm. On the evening of the same day he reached Albany, and was welcomed in a most enthusiastic manner. The proceedings incident to the occasion did not terminate until after midnight. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 20, 6 P.M. The stock market was active today, and the volume of transactions large, but prices were gene rally lower. A large proportion of the operators for the rise have been selling out, and are now anxiously looking for a decline in prices in order to re-enter the market as buyers. Money is pretty abundant on call at 5 to 5-1. THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood's Magazine. This number is not quite so brilliant as usual, although there is a great variety in the contents. The most interesting article is that on " Lord Macaulay and Dundee." It is written in a spirited style, and while it seeks to defend the character of the Scottish hero it renders ample justice to the merits of Macaulay. It is stated that " the con queror of Blenheim, the founder of Pennsylvania, the hero of Killiecrankie, and the victim of Glen coe, stand now no farther from us than he whom whom we have so lately lost. The narrow line over which we may be as suddenly summoned is all that separates us. Silent Shadows, they demand equal justice. But we enter upon our present task with mournful feelings, and we trust that we shall keep carefully in view that, in writing of the dead, it is the duty no less of the critic than of the his torian to keep ever in mind that he is dealing with those who cannot reply." This feeling has been kept in mind throughout all the subsequent inves tigations on the subject, and on comparing notes with the various accounts here met with, where the dates are given in testimony of their accuracy, it will be seen that the advantage is decidedly on the side of the writer of this article. It is well known that the gifted historian, eminent essayist, and transcendent orator, whose departure has left a blank in our ranks of national worthies, was not im partial, and hence there is nothing inappropriate or ill-timed in this paper. In the Queensberry Papers they have found the original despatch which Clever house sent to the Duke of Queensberry, then High Treasurer, which gives an account of the execution of John Brown, a circumstance concerning which some gross inaccuracies have been circulated, which Lord Macaulay has taken for truth along with other writers. In the concluding passage of this well written article, which is worthy of attentive perusal, there is the following brilliant eulogium on the great Dundee :—" In days notorious for profli gacy, there was no stain on his domestic morality; in an age infamous for the almost uni versal treachery of its public men, his fidelity was pure and inviolate ; his worst enemies have never denied him the possession of the most undaunted courage and military genius of the highest order. He was generous, brave, gentle, a cavalier, sans peur et sans reproche, and as long as the summer sun shall pour his evening rays through the dancing birch trees and thick copsewood down to those dark pools where the clear brown waters of the Garry whirl, in deep eddies, round the footstool of Ben Vraekie, so long will every noble heart swell at the recollection of him whose spirit fled with his fading beam, as he set on the last victory of " lan dhu nan Cath," of him who died the death which the God of Battles reserves for His best and most fa voured sons, alike on sea and mountain—on the blue wave of Trafalgar and the purple heather of Killiecrankie." " Norman Sinclair" is continued, and we meet with some very smart sketches of cha racter in its pages. The remark made by Mr. Osborne is very correct, that nine out of ten of the clever young men who come to London, all want to be provided for out of the public purse. They ask for permanent appointments, whereas the wise man went on to say the public service is the worst remunerated, the most harras sing, and the least likely to lead to distinction. There is some remarks on the " Transition State of our Indian Empire," in which rather a desponding view of affairs is taken. It is stated the scheme has "our best wishes, our heartiest prayers. We do not predict a failure, but the experiment is so novel, and so important, the interests at stake are so great that it will be impossible, for some years to come, not to regard with feelings of anxiety the transi tion-state of our Indian Empire." " Doraine quo Vadis " is the name of some verses which are written in an effective manner, and in a tone of solemnity befitting the occasion. " The Great Earthquake of Lisbon" furnishes the subject of some very interesting accounts of that awful occurrence. " The pursuit of Tantia Topee" affords matter for study ; the paper in question treats of thp purcuit. nftp r Tantia Topee, subse quent to the capture of Gwalior, which form the sequel to Sir Hugh Rose's campaign. In alluding to the final capture of Tantia Topee, it is said, "It is more agreeable to get rid of such wretches by British steel than by British gold, but if another Maun Singh can be found to deliver Rao Sahib and Feroze Shah to justice we shall not shed tears over their fate." The question of the day is considered in the first article, " National Defences and Volunteers," which offers various plans for consideration and makes several suggestions that may be of service. The following passage concludes the article in a spirited and appropriate manner : "An invasion of England would certainly be a desperate undertaking. To attempt it the Emperor must be at peace with all Europe, or he could not collect a sufficient army. He must utterly demolish our Channel fleet, or never hope to return to France. If both these points are in his favour he may land, but before he can carry off the Duke of Wellington's statue to grace the Invalides, he must prove that Englishmen cannot fight on their native soil as they fought at Badajos, Vittoria, and Waterloo." Fraser's Magazine. It is with pleasure that we see the title of the first paper in Fraser begin with the word " Con cerning," which belongs of right to the pleasant and thoughtful essayist A. K. H. B. His pre sent paper is " Concerning Summer Days,"— things with which at present we seem to have little to 'do. But the author in his quiet Scottish parsonage has been enjoying pleasanter weather than the citizens of the metropolis • or else he has been drawing actively on his recollections of more genial times, for his descriptions of golden midsummer days are applicable to the most attractive aspects of our climate. He passes in review the various places and positions in which summer days are spent with comfort or the reverse. Among the former he classes a rural garden, green fields and country lanes, a fine yacht at sea, even driving a locomotive engine. Among the unpleasant localities he thinks of Westminster hall, a crowded wharf, with draymen and drays and red-faced men wheeling heavy casks into a ship ; of labourers pulling down an old house, and other wretched positions. But though he professes to write " concerning summer days," he brings in, after his wont, a wide range of subjects, ranging from grave to gay, and if never reaching the severe, indulging in a little pleasant satire, as when he suggests the formation of a " mutual exaltation society," the members of whom are to be bound at every opportunity to cry one another up. The author volunteers his services As secretary, provided that the members will under take to make frequent favourable - mention of his recent work. Being an author whose writings are independent of all such paltry devices, he can afford the jest, but that there is such an associa tion without recognised existence or regular membership, few who are familiar with the current literature of the day can be disposed :to deny. Leaving this pleasant paper we come to an article on the Ireland forgeries, which examines carefully , the evidence on that curious case of literary im posture. Dr. Mayo contributes an essay " On the relations of the public to the science and prac tice of medicine," containing the substance of a lecture delivered by him at the Royal Institution. It gives evidence of considerable thought and careful consideration of the topic, and strongly re commends a wider diffusion of a knowledge of the leading principles of physiology and hygiene among the public. " Gryll Grange" proceeds in its usual rambling style, depending rather on the brilliancy and erudition of its style than the inte rest of the story, for the indecision of Falconer renders the reader impatient. A pleasant pa per on the " Novels of thn day, their writers andh readers," contains a good deal of sensible, though sharp criticism. It commences by deprecatieng_ah s wide range of subjects, which are in , , t c hes d y discussed in the pages of fiction. g rappleT oosays he with the novels of the present dmapdetent writer humorously, " requires languages, a know ledge of the French and German o and , natural ”. and social chemistry, , extensive acquaintance with the classics , the science,studyn of geology and ethics, political of and a general smattering medi cine, geology, botany, again, Legal lore is often needfult,haenamaanmagmeirnimernitty with the Morte d'Arthur and of an aquarium has lately become almost indispensable." considered,. he says indi cativeltusedoflie on a sofa and read novels, that but we know better than now. It is well if sitting Lempriere' and the " Lie on the up to your read ing-desk, to _ 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' within reach, i s o of g a . ,_ d i o n sk de , indeed'. It you can fathom the depths of your author." There is plenty of good A dyne in these pages for our noyelists if they would take it, though the critic is somewhat sweeping in his condemnations and assertions. A criticism on the recent volume of " Essays and Reviews " is written withtare and thought. It opens with an appropriate quotation from Joseph Mede, the cele brated divine, who said, " I cannot believe that truth can be prejudiced by the discovery of truth, but I fear that the maintenance thereof by petty fallacy or falsehood may not end with a blessing." Some of those well meaning persons who would dis courage the prosecution of scientific studies from their supposed discrepancy with the scriptural nar rative, would do well to bear this aphorism of the old Puritan in mind. The story of " Wheat and Tares," is brought to a melancholy conclusion, though, perhaps, a lifelike one, for the least deserv ing parties fare the best, the genuine earnest spirits being parted by death and misunderstanding. The " Chronicle of Current History" is continued in a fair and moderate spirit. There is, unfortunately, a wid• range of perplexing and disastrous topics to engage the politician's attention. With regard to the financial part of the session, it is justly observed. that " It is seldom that a minister loses so much in. reputation within a single session as Mr. Gladstone has lost since the night when the delivery of the speech on the Budget relieved the nation from the anxiety with which it had been watching the pro gress of his influenza." There are also papers on. the National Defences and Pope's Notes on Tickell's Homer. Colburn's New Monthly Magazine. The New .Monthly is somewhat prosy in this number. A lengthened article on the Volunteers opens it and discusses the subject in its various aspects, making some useful suggestions for increas ing the efficiency of the force. A French work on Mount Olympus and its classic associations forms the subject of the following paper, which will at tract the lovers of ancient historical lore. The in teresting story of" East Lynne" is proceeded with, but we fear that troubles are darkening over Mr. Carlyle's household. Miss Corny makes herself as disagreeable as usual, and Lady Isabel's weakness of character seems to threaten impending disaster. Sir Nathaniel takes for the subject of his notes on note-worthies, Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. Of his restless ambition, military talent, and -wayward wandering career, he finds much to say. Much, too, to quote, especially regarding the famous story of Cineas' advice to the warlike monach, which, like most good advice, appears to have produced very little effect. The point at which the conqueror was to surrender himself to feasting and pleasure never came; his projects and his voyages, his alliances and his campaigns, were but, as Rousseau has it, " so many steps towards the fatal tile" which, flung by ae old woman's hand, was to terminate the career of one of the first generals of antiquity. Mrs. Bushby's colonial story, " The Belles of the Island," is continned with spirit, and affords some striking pictures of West Indian life. W. C. Kent contributes a poem entitled " Shaldazzar in Dreamland," which gives a vivid picture of his reveries, as he partakes of all the luxury of a gor geous Eastern revel, recalling the hard steps by which the young student had climbed to his mar ♦ellous fortune. A criticism on Lord Macaulay as a translator, is worthy of perusal. It is remarked that in his translation, as in his criticism, he " seized upon the subject before him as its master," rather giving the expression of his own intellect and feeling, than an exact interpretation of the work he dealt with. " Domestic Hero Worship " is the title of a paper which contains some truth, though it is too diffuse and lengthy. The " Diary of the Dreamer of Gloucester " chronicles in this part the memorable charge of Balaklava. An essay on " Our Social Progression," examines our claim to be considered as moving onward, in various aspects, and finally arrives at a conclusion which readers due honour to the march of mind in the last few eenturies. The Cornhill Magazine. Our friends of " Framley Parsonage" re-appear in the first pages of this number—Fanny and Lucy Roberts, on their benevolent mission to the gloomy poverty of the Hagglestock parson's family, meeting considerable difficulties from the unbending stiff ness of Mr. Crawley. Then we have the overthrow' of the Ministry, and the sudden loss of poor Harold Smith's newly-acquired dignities. In the third chapter, Mrs. Harold Smith acts as ambassador between her impoverished bro ther and the wealthy but keen-sighted Miss Dunstable, whose shrewd perceptions have baffled so many adventurous fortune-hunters since our first acquaintance with her in the pages of " Doctor Thorne." " Unto the last," is the singular title of a singular paper, or rather series of papers, for it is marked No. 1, and has a secondary title, " The roots of Honour." Its object seems to be to show that the humblest and most practical sphere of life has its duties no less than the more distin guished and ambitious career of the statesman or the philosionher The relati ons b e t ween master anti' urkman are also entered into, and several ques tions of practical economy discussed in connection with them. The second part of " Physiological Riddles" answers the questi on o f " Wh y we grow ," by a popular explanation of the system of waste and replenishment which is continually going on in oar mortal frames. A variety of examples are given to facilitate comprehension on the part of the unscientific reader. As a sense of the importance of an acquaintance with the chief laws of physio logy is now very general, we trust the able author of these papers will make them as clear and popular as is consistent with the expo sition of scientific principles. The second of the essays on " The Four Georges" needs little criti cism, being, of course, adapted from the wellknown lectures given by the brilliant editor of the Coro hill. His opinion- of the personal merits of our Hanoverian monarchs is pretty generally known and sympathised with ; but he finds conso lation in the following consideration :—" It was lucky for us that our first Georges were not more highminded men ; especially fortu nate that they loved Hanover so much as to leave England to have her own way. Our chief troubles began when we got a king who gloried in the name of Briton, and, being born in the country, proposed to rule it." In another place, however, his indig nation breaks out. " I say lam scared as I loop round at this society—at this king, at these cour tiers, at these politicians, at these bishops, at this flaunting vice and levity. Where ahouts in this Court is the honest man P Where is the pure person one may like? The air stifles one with its sickly perfumes." He terminates with a few severe sentences on Bishop Porteus' contemptible flattery of the deceased mo narch, which are well deserved. " How I quitted Naples " gives a vivid narrative of a flight from Naples in the eventful year 1848, especially appro priate at the present epoch, when Garibaldi's ex ploits have turned our attention so forcibly in the direction of that lovely but unfortunate country. We are somewhat sorry to see an elaborate article on Spirit Rappi ng, which seems strongly to uphold the reality of the asserted marvels. The paper on William Hogarth chronicles an epoch of " Hard Work," and approaches the time of the painter's decline of life. A delightful essay on " Holi days" tells us some home truths, which it would be well to heed a little more in this over - working, over - driven age. The writer tell us that, even when our holiday projects prove failures, we should not consider that we have gained nothing. "For, in truth, abstinence from work, liberation from the ordinary environ ment of daily life, familiarity with new sights and sounds, and the admission of n ew t ra i ns o f thought, all confer upon us the benefits of a holiday , though the immediate enjoyment may b e scan t. 'We may not be conscious of the gain but it is none the less certain. It finds us out years afterwards, and for every day of relaxation gives us another week or month of w ork. I h ave seen the strongest frames suddenly Shattered—the brightest intellects suddenly dimmed. A n d why ? We know that God ' rested' a ft er w H i i t s b w ea o t rk it s and issaid shall human weakne ss d are to d o to be a great and noble thing ' To scorn delights and liv e laborious days.' B r u e t at t e h s e t line, despite its paternity, i s a lt oget h er the g braggart and impostor that I know. If we daysce we must not sco r n delights." Much more in th e same strain is there which we space have not to quote, only com mending the thoughtl ess exactors of continuous li w gb o t u s l . d , live laboriou s effort from themselves or from others to ponder on the brief anecdote of the writer's overworked and suddenly failing horse. The editor wields his staff once more in " Roundabout Pa pers ," an d amply avenges the sneers and slights of the New York critic„ --- A marriage is arranged to take place beivreen the Hon. Mark Rolle, second son of Lord Clinton, and Lady Gertrude Douglass, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Morton. VISIT OF PRINCE ALFRED TO THE CAPE. Neither the Forte, with Sir George Grey, nor the Euryalus, with Prince Alfred, had arrived when the Celt left. The preparations for the visit of the latter have been made on 11 most extensive scale, and the greatest en th us i asm preva il s , for the honour of ie royal visit is all the more heartily felt from the fact that it was totally unexpected. Consi derable alterations and improvements were being made is the interior of the Government-house. A suite of apart ments fronting Stalplein and Grave-street have been spe cially furnished and decorated for his royal highness. These embrace a reception room, private sitting room, bedchamber, and bedrooms for one of his fellow midshipmen and for his tutor. The whole of the rooms are furnished in an appro priately elegant manner by Messrs. Sti °lint, of Cape Town: assisted by Mr. Savage. A new s t a te waggon, intende d for the use of the Prince, has been built by Mr. Rogers/ and will be splendidly em bl azone d w ith th e roya l arm s an d ciphers in laurel wreaths, the whole executed in gold and colours. On the evening of the arrival of the Prince Capa Towu will be illAmineftecl.—cape and Nectal .11700. 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