The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, THE WIFE'S SECRET. Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To (=elude with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstone. THIS ETENING the performances will commence with THE CONTESTED ELECTION. With THE CRITIC. Mr. C. Mathews and Mrs. Fitzwil liam. And HALLOWE'EN. sour ? As he could not be member for Dover, would he like to be Lord DoVER, or Lord Somebody-or other ? The honourable member must excuse us for even imagining such a thing ; but when one of the most popular and amusing speakers in the House, one whom, as we have intimated, all sides liked to hear, became suddenly silent, and when his silence is coincident with his acceptance of office under a premier, notoriously not a Radical such as the member for Middlesex was—when we remember this we may fancy to ourselves the same spicy orator even preferring the otium cum dignitate of the Upper House to costly struggles for a seat in the Lower one. Be these speculations well or ill-founded, RALPH BERNAL OSBORNE re-enters the House of Commons to keep in the good graces of the honest electors of Liskeard, not in those of any Premier—of any one having power to ask him into the " Cabinet Par lour" or into the " Drawing-room of the Lords." He can now speak for the Ballot again as well as vote for it ; can praise Mr. COBDEN for declining place even under Lord PALMERSTON ; can dilate on the vast amount of our taxation ; can descant on the amazing financial ability of Mr. GLADSTONE, which no one will deny, and also on the necessity of his readjusting the unrighteous income tax, if he retain it; can picture Mr. DISRAELI as the really great, and really liberal Tory statesman, unfortu nately compelled, like some animals, to move ac cording to the impetus given by his " tail ;" can of course have a little by-play with his friend Sir JOHN PAKINGTON ; but can openly declare that " if he saw the present Government swerving from the true principle, he would have no hesitation in voting their condemnation; and that so far from being a thick and thin supporter of the Government, he would be a thick and thin supporter of principles." Let Mr. OSBORNE but adhere to his Liskeard programme and professions, let him but resume in the house the style of things which he resumed outside of it in Cornwall ; and then whether it be the reviviscence of old Radicalism, or his not being offered a seat in the " drawing-room" when there was no Cabinet place for him, or both, we shall all be heartily glad to see RALPH OSBORNE himself again. A compendious history of the rise, progress, and development of the Serpentine, together with, a preternaturally lengthy epistle from the pen of Mr. EDWIN CHADWICK, will serve surely, if not to ex haust the argument, at any rate, let us hope, so far help to convince Mr. FITZROY of the error of his own judgment as to cause that right hon. gentleman to hesitate before actually carrying out the extraor dinary scheme devised by Mr. HAWKSLEY, and backed up by the approval of Sir S. M. PETO and Mr. ROBERT STEPHENSON. Happily, it is not too late even now for a modification of the plans of the Chief Commissioner. A square inch of turf has not yet been turned in Hyde Park with a view to the laying out of the "blind" of the Cockney shrubbery. The foundations of the lodge-like cot tage are not yet dug out. The wheels and pistons of the two little stationary engines are not yet put together at the head of the Serpen tine. The particular three-fourths of an acre have not yet been selected for the odoriferous pur pose of a nasty, messing process of perpetual, or at any rate of periodical, filtration. It is unhappily too true that, in a moment of weakness, the House of Commons, while in committee of supply, voted £17,000, or at least £16,500, for the carrying out of Mr. HAWKSLEY'S absurd project for what the Chief Commissioner of Public Works disingenuously described at the time as a plan for the complete rapid, and permanent purification of the Serpen tine. What is worse, in regard to that unfortu nately precipitate vote, is the plain and obvious fact that, Parliament having been recently dis persed, there is no chance before us for the next five or six months of having that voted rescinded. Mr. FITZROY has got leave and licence from the House of Commons to do just whatever he likes with that £17,000, in the way of gravel-beds, and stucco vases, and ornamental specimens of Cockney cottage architecture. The Right Hon. the Commissioner may, if he pleases, play at Ducks and Drakes with every penny of that £17,000 upon the water of the Serpentine. But—for doing so—he will certainly be held re sponsible upon the reassembling of Parliament. Mr. HAWKSLEY, of course, sticks by his plan as something as nearly as possible perfect. That he does, we repeat, quite as a matter of course — just as he decided, quite dispassionately, in the preference of his own particular little device to any and every of the other devices sagaciously submitted to his scrutiny by her MAJESTY'S Government. It is undoubtedly true that Mr. HAWKSLEY, and, for that matter too, of course Mr. FITZROY also—for the plan of filtration is his also by adoption—has been fortunate enough to obtain for that plan the earnest advocacy of Sir MORTON PETO and Mr. ROBERT STEPHENSON. Great names unquestionably, the greatest names each in his own department—Pm among builders —STEPHENSON among the world's most renowned engineers. But the question before us is neither a question simply of building, nor yet is it, for that matter, a question of simple engineering. It is a point-blank question as to stench or no stench, as to drainage or no drainage, as to whether a dirty, stagnant pool is to be played with or cleansed tho roughly. Pre-eminent though the reputations (each in his own particular metier) of PETO and STEPHENSON—we hesitate not to assert with confidence that Sir JOSEPH PAXTON is yet more qualified than either to decide upon the fittest plan for the treatment of an ornamental sheet of water like the Serpentine ! And as to drainage questions, as to sanitary questions of that particular description—though we don't, in the estimate of his genius, quite go the length of Mr. THOMAS CARLYLE—there is no name second to that of Mr. EDWIN CHADWICK. Now, both Sir JOSEPH PAxTON and Mr. EDWIN CHADWICK are as absolutely and entirely against Mr. HAWKSLEY'S plan, as Sir MORTON PETO and Mr. ROBERT STE PHENSON (from simply following their own noses, we suppose) are infatuated in favour of it. But concurring with PETO and STEPHENSON in their engineering opinion, well there is just exactly —Nobody. Concurring with PAxTON and CHADWICK there is the whole of the lead ing portion of the Press, and the mass of the population. It is tolerably proverbial that there are few such stubborn things as facts. And the whole weight of the facts go against Mr. HAWKSLEY'S scheme of filtration. What facts, it may be asked ? Those furnished, we reply by the t t o h g e et H h o er m authenticat e d s t a ti s ti cs of the Registrar-General — N e v i s t ecroetht a e r r y s supplied inn t y i o t n h e w i s t t h a t s h t s S e of pentine. Wh at says Mr. CHADWICK ? "As far as I remember," he observes, " the mere money score for lives lost, and the vari ous expenses attendant on the existing defec tive conditions of the I p ace, could not be less on the average than between £l,OOO and £2,000 per annum, which, capitalised at 5 per cent., would oil that score alone, justify an outlay of from £30,000 to £40,000 for works of permanent prevention ; and it then appeared also that the works required for the saving of life were the best for the purifica tion of the water—inasmuch tie every cubic yard rTHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 11359. Commence at 7. .nW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI. ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. Messrs. Billington, Stuart, P. Bedford, C. Marshall' C. J. Smith, Garden ; Miss Marian Lacey, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Billing,ton. Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. C. Marshall, Paul Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Bo to x Office open from 10 to 5 — no charge f o r booking. No fees Servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough THIS EVENING, THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL, After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine. Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. Commence -at 7 o'clock: VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN TERBURY HALL CONCERTS. THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY, consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette, and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and NIGHT years. The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France and Belgium. They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi tion to the usual Entertainments. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AM:I'I3ST 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75—highest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 75—this day at noon. BAnomzTEit-30.21. WIND, West-North -Westerly ; light, with fine warm weather. HIGH WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 711. 54m.—Afternoon, Bh. 3.5 m To-Moßnow-Morning, 9h. 21m.—Afternoon, 10h. 8m THE SUN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1859. Whigs, Tories, Radicals—all of us welcome the Hon. RALPH BERNAL OSBORNE back again to the House of Commons, and all the more so, be cause he seems likely to re-eater it as a really independent man. We have not too many speakers, everybody knows, who can relieve the heavy tedium of a debate with a little of what quickens our cir culation again, and enables us to wade through the necessary columns of Sir G. C. LEWIS and Sir C. WooD. We all want a little of Mr. DRUM3IOND'S clever unaccountablenesses, and Mr OSBORNE'S sharp quips and retorts, to keep us from sinking under the oratorical sandbags which form the staple of so many a discussion, and Mr. DISRAELI will be quite as pleased to see a worthy antagonist as Lord PAL MERSTON an unsworn ally. Cornwall is at least doing well for the independent Liberal party ; she has given them two members without a contest is the course of a few days, and one of them in the place of a Tory. Mr. OSBORNE has at last acquired his liberty. He now knows what it is to sit for a borough the scales of which are held by voters under Admiralty influence. He knows the pleasures of slipping in easily by help of a Whig Board of Admiralty, and of being dropped out as easily by the good offices of a Tory Board. He will be a useful reformer after having experienced what it is to be the foot ball of two parties, kicked in by one and kicked out by the other. Let him be true to his expe rience, and his arguments for the Ballot, at least, will not want pungency ; only let him not be ashamed to confess the cause of his success as well as of his defeat. It was no doubt the remembrance of the means which gave him his seat for Dover which so fired his indigna tion in the celebrated CARNEGIE episode in the House of Commons, and which disposed Mr. DIS RAELI to express his sarcastic sympathy with the honourable member's excitement. Do we, however, guess rightly when we under stand Mr. OSBORNE'S satirical inuendo in respect to Lord PALMERSTON'S Whig Premiership ? Did the new member for Liskeard really fancy he had as good a title to be a Lord as Lords LLANOVER, LYVEDEN, and TAUNTON? What means this — rather long—but we give it at length as it is in Mr. OSBORNE rS best hustings style—this rather long paragraph 9 "It has been objected on another occasion by two or three gent lemen, I believe, that I am a thick and thin supporter of my Lord Pal merston. (Hear, hear.) I have no hesitation in saying that I entertain a great and sincere respect for Lord Palmerston ; but when it was imputed to me that I was a thick and thin supporter of that noble lord, I think that the imputer should have called to mind that, had Ibeen such a supporter of his I would scarcely have been in my present position. because that noble lord is notorious for never for getting his thick and thin supporters. (Hear, hear.) It is most probable that, had I been one of that sort of supporters of Lord Palmerston, I would not be on these hustings to-day, but should, in all probability, have gone to another place from which no commoner returns. (" Hear," and laughter.) I might have been sent to the drawing-room when not wanted in the Cabinet parlour. (Hear.) lam not a nominee of Lord Palmerston here, and never will be his thick and thin supporter in another place. (Cheers.) lam here reminded of a passage in an old play where a great philosopher is asked what becomes of all the old moons. " Gentlemen," the reply was, " they are cut up into little stars." (Laughter.) And it seems to me that there are certain members of the old Whig party who are in somewhat the same position as the old moons here alluded to, and who have been cat up into very c l e ittl stars. (Renewed laughter.) I have se rtaln rople. reduced to that condition , noble men now whom I speak in their individual cap ac ity with the highest respect. No man can equal the eoneiliat Smith, now Lord'', mg manner of Mr. Vernon E rn, or of Sir Benjamin Hall, now Baron Llanovlrve 10l_al1 a could nd intelligencesurpass uprightness, straightfo rwardne ss, now Lord Taunton, and when Mr. Labouchere, I speak of these noblemen I do so with the utmos t respect; bu t at the same anothertiria time I place dissent ee r certain me n, the principle of sending to because I am one of those who have 80 great a re spect for the H ouse of Lords that 1 wish th e i r num ber not to be i ncreased by lavish creations. he is no friend to the three estates of the realm, the o I d ject b Queen, Lords , and Commons, wh therefore o seeks th from one or the other, and these creations- Ido not wish to see the House of pipe for the surplusage of the Lords made a wast e the accusation of House of Commons, and so far for upporter of Lord Pal my being :9. thick-and -thin s been _ merston's, If Lord Palmerston had 2O ears ade these creations. younger lie would not have m them 10 years I do not thiok he would have mule ago; but ever. , now his " failings lean to friendship's side." (Hear.) What, we say, _means this ? Mr. OSBORNE lost his election, but 'lite might still have been made a Minister, and a ,good post offered to some pocket borough Whigliri . g to make room for him. Others, not easily accomm ()dated, were sent into the Draw ing -room. But tl'te clever sharpshooter of the Whigs was neither brought into the Cabinet, nor even into the Ministry, nor kicked upstairs ! Do his jokes on the tipper House mean what they seem to mean'? Does he ra 'ally laugh at it, or are the grapes , ,( ::„N. 4 -.••.,:.'.' ' --. r '. • x ~ c .l ~ .41.4),':4 4 .i • ;_____; ---- !:$-..- f-‘- --I—k6 - ' ' - -gil l ' '''''''' . , .. lig.,f, ' ''' :•'-• , , 7 „ oT•cl 41.44. ~ - --,,,j , 4413:1 0 4 ...,1 1, - <-• . 47 , - .97 . . ~'' -,*"...• 'e.' , ' ' ."":ivit 1 . e I,Pr', ,, ,ZELSte.r.,, f - ;,,,4i) ,,, : . ,Dno IT • , 1. , ~.. . , 1 ,„ . _ ~. of material thrown into these pools diminished the quantity of water constantly required to freshen the lake, or, in other words, propor tionately increased the sanitary power of the limited supply of fresh water available for the purpose." Mr. CHADWICK has already remarked upon this head alone, in his argumentative commu nication, published in extenso in another part of our impression of this evening, " Though the Serpen tine is to be considered * as a promenade for the higher classes during the middle of the day, I sub mit that, for the early morning and the evening in the summer time, it is to be regarded as a great and most important public swimming bath, chiefly for boys, and in winter time as a great public skating place. In this point of view alone, as a matter of ' common humanity, I personally urged, 10 years ago, as a Metropolitan Sanitary Commissioner, that the pools of water in St. James's-park ' as well as in the Serpentine should be -filled up to a height that would prevent the continued sacrifice of life." Mr. FITZROY should look well to it betimes. It is not even now, we repeat, too late to set aside this preposterous scheme of filtration. Let the Chief Commissioner remem ber that not only may he have to account for the sinking of that £17,000 in these filter beds of Mr. HAWKSLEY, but that he may be held alone, in a great measure, responsible for the continued sacri fice of human life, summer and winter, in the fatal as well as filthy waters of the Serpentine. DWELLINGS FOR THE LABOU_RINO , CLASSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In your report in The Sun of the 16th, of the Hertford Meeting, under the above heading, it is stated that the "Model Cottages," erected on the plans of this society, are situated at Tunbridge wells. I beg to say they are situated close to the railway station at Tonbridge-town, and if you will kindly insert this correction, it will save much in convenience to gentlemen who may wish to inspect them.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, H. MARTIN, Agent. THE GREAT EASTERN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—lt is not consistent with my usual habits to ask permission to bring my name before the public, or to claim any merit for endeavouring, in common with thousands of my conntrymen, to discharge quietly and faithfully . such duties as circumstances or position may have imposed upon them. I think, however, that the Great Eastern steamship has acquired something of a public character from the memorial which I have read this day in your columns, signed by certain members of the House of Commons, and addressed to the Directors of the Great Ship Company. I would beg leave to point out that this is the name of the new company, which has finished and fitted out the ship, whereas the company, which built and launched her, was called " The Eastern Steam Navigation Company." I think I should fail in my duty to my late col leagues in the direction of the Eastern Steam Navi gation Company, and to the general and most generous body of shareholders with whom I had to deal, if I were to omit, by your kind indulgence, to claim for them some share of that which is de scribed in the memorial as " a debt due by the country to those gentlemen who have so ably and zealously extended the principle of steam naviga tion," &c. During years of pecuniary sacrifice and loss, of ridicule, of disaster by fire, of disaster by failure of contractors, of discouragements, tedious to relate and almost heartbreaking to experience, we suc ceeded in building and launching this ship, and in handing her over to the present company, princi pally composed of our own shareholders. Of the present company's board of directors I desire to speak with great respect, nor should I think of questioning their merit in the energetic completion of our work. I may perhaps, however, be per mitted to state that I always declared that nothing short of a visitation of Providence should induce me to desist from building and launching this ship, but that I considered that the finishing and fitting out for sea was a work of detail certain to be done by some one, and which required the daily attend ance of directors remunerated for their services (which the directors of the old company were not), and that it would not be consistent with my views to accept a salaried office or to give the time re quired to a matter of traffic management. To the support of my friend Mr. Campbell I feel that no small portion of the vitality of the old com pany.was justly due, and ho has received my sup port in aspiring to the office which he holds and has fairly earned ; but I am sure that I, as chair man, and the directors of the old company, may claim from him an equal meed of justice for past exertions. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servt., HENRY THOMAS HOPE, Late Chairman of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. . Castle Blayney, Ireland, Aug. 20. LATEST NEWS. THE BOMBAY MAIL. We have been favoured with the following tele gram from the Red Sea and India Telegraph Com pany, received from Alexandria, via Trieste : " ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 17. " The Bombay steamer of the sth arrived at Aden on the 14th. The European discharge question still engages attention. " The British ship Nathalie was wrecked off Bombay on the 23d ult. The mate and two sea men were drowned. " The Bombay money-market continues easy. " Piece goods and other imports were in steady demand. j„." No change in freights. " Bombay harbour was crowded. " Exchange on London, six months', 2s. Old. " Freights to London, 15s. to 17s. 6d. " The American ship Isaac Boardman, from Liverpool, arrived at Aden on the 13th inst." The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, AUGUST 23. The ]foniteur, in announcing the various nomi nations of the chief military commands, states that the augmentation of these commands is in order to form a more equal division of the military forces of the empire. BERNE, AUGUST 22. The embarkation at Naples of the fourth regi ment of Swiss troops has been effected in the best possible order, they having previously received the whole pay due to them. 1,669 privates and 14 officers will be received at Marseilles by the Swiss Consul. Yesterday the French and Sardinian Plenipoten tiaries held a conference. The King of Naples has acted in a perfectly loyal manner towards the Swiss troops that have been disbanded; they receive a retiring pension according to a decree of the late King. The rumour that the Grand Duke of Tuscany had left Paris is unfounded. He will remain here for some time yet. To-day he is the guest of Count Walewski at dinner. Despatches from Naples state that 1,600 Swiss troops had embarked at Naples, and 1,300 at Palermo, all for Marseilles. The Neapolitan Government was only to retain ,000 Swiss in its service. Naples and Palermo were quiet. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor, on arriving at St. Sauveur, 500 miles from the French capital, found an electric telegraph ready for immediate service ; so that his Majesty can transmit orders to any part of the empire and correspond with foreign Cabinets as promptly as when at the Tuileries. The Imperial decree relative to the appointment given to the Marshals of France makes but little change in what had existed before the war in Italy. Marshals Magnan, Canrobert, de Castellane, and Baraguay d'Hilliers retain their former commands in Paris, Nancy, and Tours. Marshal de MacMahon is invested with the command of the new arron dissement of Lille, and. Marshal Niel replaces Marshal Bosquet at Toulouse. PARIS BoLuts.E, Aug. 22.—The market opened heavy, but slightly improved as the day advanced. Threes, after having been done at 68f. 85e , de clined to 68f. 60c., and are now at 68f. 80c. ; Mo bilier varied from 810 f. to 820 f. ; Austrian, 552 f. 50c. to 555 f. ; Lombard, 550 f. to 552 f. 50c.; Or leans, 1,355 f. to 1,360 f.; Lyons, 866 f. 25c. to 867 f. 50c. The following were the last quotations : 11 per Cents. .... 97 50 I Credit Foncier 660 Do. end month .. 97 50 I Belgian 4t 9B 75 3 per Cent 5....... 68 75 Piedmonteso (5) Do. end month.... 68 85 Roman — Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian Credit Mobilier .. 820 Spanish Threes Do. Account THE PEA MAILS. The screw steamship Sultan (belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company), Captain Neil Cook, bringing the above-named mails, in charge of Mr. Cavell, master, R.N., Admiralty agent, ar rived at Southampton at 2.30 a.m. yesterday. She left Lisbon at 9 a.m. on the 17th inst., Oporto at 7.10 a.m. and Vigo at 5.15 p.m. on the 18th. From Lisbon to Oporto she had light northerly winds and fine weather ; thence to Vigo variable and fine ; and the remainder of the voyage fine weather and moderate easterly winds. This steamer brought 25 first-class, 3 second, and 14 deck passengers ; on freight, £4,342 15s. ld., 2 boxes of precious stones, 539 chests of lemons, 21 boxes of grapes, 47 boxes of tomatoes, 32 boxes of apples, 108 packages of elephants' tusks, 56 bales of mat baskets, 187 cases of eggs, 2 bags of corn, and 7 packages of general merchandise. On the 19th inst., at 10.15 a.m., in lat. 44 12 N., long. 8 59 W., the Sultan passed the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Colombo, steering to the south west, all well; 21st, at 5 a.m., in lat. 49 6 N.,long. 4 30 W., the company's steamer Ceylon, steering to the west-south-west, fore and aft sail set; and at 8 a.m., same day, the American ship Richard Wat son, beating up Channel. The Sultan left Lisbon on the 17th inst. Upon her last voyago out from Southampton, Mr. Sala manca was one of the passengers. It is said that he took with him £27,000, and that he found other resources at Lisbon to enable him to complete the deposit of £40,000 for the provi sional railway contract he had made with the Portu guese Government, and £20,000 deposit required by those who desired to bid for the line from Vendas Novas to Evora and Beja, the Government maximum subvention being declared when the bids are taken on the 19th of September next. The maximum subvention upon the Salamanca contract, also put up for public competition, is £4,500 per kilometre from Lisbon to the frontier near Elvas, and £5,400 from Lisbon to Oporto. The Portu• guese seemed lost in admiration at these Spanish proposals, and their disconfidence increased rather than diminished by the promptitude with which such large deposits of hard cash were made a month before they are required by the terms of the Government advertisements. Lisbon exchanges by this packet are quoted, at three months,—London, 52 '4 to ; Paris, 512 ; Amsterdam, 411 ; Hamburg, 461 ; Genoa, 515. Threce per Cent. Stock, registered, 471 48 ; ditto Coupons, 461 461 ; ditto Deferred, 33 331 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 61 to 7 per cent. premium ; Bank of Oporto shares, 25 to 26 per cent. premium. EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION AT BRISTOL. At the Bristol police-court yesterday Mark Bu a master tradesman, and owner of considerable house property in the city, and Henry Baily, a grocer, carrying on business in Newfoundland street, were charged before the sitting magistrates, W. Herapath, Robert Guy Barrow, and 0. C. Lane, Esquires, with having capitally assaulted Mrs. Ann Cottle, the wife of a respectable butcher, residing at Hill's-place, Newfoundland-street. Mr. Ayre appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Edlin (of the Western Circuit) and Mr. Sherrard appeared for Baily ; and Mr. Pigeon defended Butt. The case excited an unwonted amount of interest, and the court and its approaches were densely crowded. The inquiry occupied nearly five hours, but the ex traordinary facts elicited may be briefly stated. The complainant, Mrs. Cottle, has a younger sister named Perry, whose husband keeps the Newmarket Tavern, in the Horsefair, Bristol, and on Monday evening, the Bth inst., the complainant spent the evening at her sister's house. Just as they had done supper a pony carriage, belonging to the prisoner Baily, drove up to the doer, and he and the other prisoner Butt got out, entered the tavern and called for something to drink. It happens that Butt is Mr. Cottle's landlord, and Mr. Baily, a near neighbour and an acquaintance of her husband, and they both spoke to her and handed her a glass of beer, which she drank. They chatted a little time, and then they said they were going to drive straight home, and she had better get into the carriage and ride with them. She at first declined, but they advised her to do so, and as her sister also urged her to ride she consented. Instead of going straight home, as they had promised, they turded up Bury-street. She told them they were not going right, to which one of them replied, " We are going to drive you a short distance for a little air." They drove her to the Black Horse Inn, where they induced her to take a glass of brandy and water, and they subse quently drove to the Bridge Inn, where they gave her something more to drink. After that she had remembered no more excepting that she had an in distinct recollection of being at the Black Horse Inn, West-street, and seeing a niece of hers there, until she found herself the next morning on her own bed, with the exception of her shoes and bon net, in the clothes she had worn on Monday. Her habiliments IA ere soiled and disordered, and she was very ill, and had been ill ever since. Other evidence disclosed the fact that after leaving the Black Horse the accused drove her to a stable yard belonging to the prisoner Baily, where, she being in a state of helplessness and unconsciousness, and inca ;able of resistance, they successively committed the offence charged against them. The crime was established ' by the evidence of a policeman, and after an ad dress from Mr. Edlin, both prisoners were fully committed to take their trial upon the capital charge at the next Gloucester assizes. Mr. Edlin • and Mr. Pigeon applied to have them admitted to bail. The magistrates said they would receive the • application as a notice, and would give it their best consideration. The prisoners, who appeared greatly surprised at the decision, werethen removed - in custody, the prisoner Baily loudly protesting his - innocence. grubbed, the division fences made, the land pre pared for cultivation, and the holdings arranged and let, and within nine months afterwards the first crop harvested and the first rent paid. For promp titude of execution and quality of work this con version of Whichwood Forest has hitherto been un equalled in this country; and whether it is re garded as an undertaking of interest or a lesson of instruction it is equally worthy of inspection by the landowner or the professional surveyor. It was considered by some members of the club the rent was somewhat high, but Mr. Clutton refuted that opinion by the fact of the property being free from tithe rent charge, as well as almost exempt from poor rates, being by the Act declared a new parish, called the parish of Whichwood ; and the roads and building being newly and most substan tially made, very little reparation can be required within the period of thirty-one years. The novel, skilful, and economical system adopted by some of the tenants in obtaining their first crop, especially that of Mr. Belcher, has great merit, and is worthy of imitation. The well known kindness which characterises the Crown surveyor will secure the necessary information to any gentleman who may desire to inspect this truly national work.—Sufolk Express. THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS. At the last sitting but one of the Academy o Sciences, M. d'Archiac read a report on a paper presented in April last by M. Gaudry, relating to the geology of the island of Cyrus, the author and M. Damour having, in 1853, been entrusted by the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, as well as by the Museum of Natural History, with a scien tific to that country. M. Gaudry's essay is divided into three parts—the first treats of the physical nature of the soil and its mountains ; the second of the minerals which it contains ; and the third is a detailed catalogue of the specimens col lected during his tour. The island of Cyprus has two chains of mountains— the Cerines to the north, and the Olympic range to the south ; between these lies the plain of Nikosia. The Cerines, which end in a narrow tongue of land called the Karpas, are 26 leagues in length, and from two to three in breadth ; their highest point, Mount St. Hilarion, is 1,018 metres above the level of the sea. The Olym pic range, intersected by transversal valleys, has greater altitudes Mount Machera rises 1,444 metres above the level of the sea, Mount Adelphe 1,639, and Mount Troodos 2,007. The oldest sedi mentary rocks in the island consist of black, gray, or while limestone, sometimes superficially red, emitting a bituminous smell when struck with the hammer. It contains no organic remains and forms the axis of the Cerines for a space of 24 leagues, its breadth being one league. It is flanked on each side by tertiary rocks consisting of sandstone of various kinds. The white marl which follows gives one half of the island that peculiar feature which distinguishes the coasts of Syria and Asia Minor. This marl gradually merges into pure chalk. It contains but few fossils chiefly the Astrcea Guet tardi, the Chenopas pes-graculi, and the Toxobris sus crescenticus. There are also beds of silex, and powerful gypsum strata, met with in the eastern part of the island, chiefly at Camares and Neta, and in the western at Drimou. The igneous rocks cover about a quarter of the surface of the island, and constitute the Olympic chain. Most of them are ophitic and serpentine rocks, the latter rich in nickel, and comprising also eupholite. Among the ophitic rocks, ophitone is the most frequent, which often degenerates into aphanite. Iron, as a hydrate and sulphate, as also sulphutets and carbonates of copper, peroxide of manganese, &c., are frequently met with. Iu speaking of the minerals the island contains, M. Gaudry chiefly mentions hyaline quartz, jasper, agate, opal, various zeolites, and emeralds. The catalogue comprises 1,696 specimens of rocks now arranged in the museum of the Gar den of Plants, and 72 sections of the soil of Cyprus with explanations. The report recommends that M. Gaudry should be enabled to continue his inves tigations. THE GREAT SHIP.—The preparations for the almost immediate starting of the Great Eastern are proceed ing with very satisfactory rapidity; and in the meantime the interest of the public in the undertaking increases almost hourly. The office in King William-street is daily crowded with applicants, some for tickets to view, but the great majority for passages for the experimental trip, which will positively take place about the middle of next month. Already a very large number of berths have been engaged. The bar silver b -ought by the last West India steamer has been disposed of at 610., showing an advance of id. per oz. The Mexican dollars have also been sold at 600., or id. above the rate realised after the last packet, although id. lower than that obtained for the quantity from the United States early last week, The Brussels Independance reports that General Changarnier does not intend to avail himself of the amnesty. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.—During the last few days engineer officers have made surveys in Waterford harbour, preparatory to the erecting of a battery at Creden Head, and batteries near the inlets of Broomhill and Ar thurstown.—Clonmel Chronicle. The amount of Australian gold known to be at sea on board five ships is £560,000, of which £313,000 is due. The Avon, with £208,000, has been out 93 days ; the Prince of the Seas, with £105,000, 86 days; the Star of Peace, with £40,000, 79 days ; the Eagle, with £126,000, 74 days; and the Deechworth, with £BO,OOO, 72 days. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern . 921 25 .. 923 75 New ditto BlO .. 810 Lyons and Mediterranean 865 .. 868 75 Geneva 530 .. 535 Southern Western 557 50 .. 560 Eastern 650 .. 650 Sardinian 4lO .. Austrian Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money, 25f 10c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f. 95c. The following is the most striking passage of an article in the Patrie upon the necessity of a European congress : Sardinia and Austria, then, are incompatible at Zurich. Their plenipotentiaries already decline direct communication with each other ; they only communicate through the medium of the French representative. So, before an agreement could have been come to, they won't even listen any longer to each other. This is a situation that greatly impedes a mutual understanding. " France, it is true, does all she can to allay this antagonism. She arbitrates with an authority equal to her wisdom. She brings to the negotia tions a spirit of business that undoubtedly would succeed were it not confronted by the obstinate resistance of Austria. " Great, however, as is the conciliatory dispos] tion of France, she nevertheless cannot go to such a length as to yield to Austria what she cannot abandon, and what she has the right to consider as the fruit of her victories. " France wishes Italy to be independent; Aus tria does not wish it. " France wishes the confederation to be Italian ; Austria wishes it to be Austrian. " France wishes the Pope to consolidate his power by prudent reforms ; Austria wishes the Pope to remain subject to influences antipathetic to the French mind. " France desires that the Dukes of Tuscany and Modena may be able loyally to become reconciled with their people; Austria desires to impose then by force. " France wants the fortresses of the quadrangle to be occupied by a federal army; Austria wants these fortresses to be occupied as barracks by her army, that this may remain as a permanent menace against the independence of Italy. " Notwithstanding her spirit of generous and wise conciliation, we greatly fear that France her self will be unable to carry out her arbitration , between Austria and Piedmont. " Recourse must be had, then, to another juris diction. Europe alone is competent to judge and solve such great difficulties, such serious interests. " For all these reasons, tho Italian question, in short, as it appears to us, can only be settled by a European congres. The sword of France has cut through the treaties that consecrated the domain of Austria in the States of the Peninsula. It is to the authority of Europe that it appertains to complete the work." The King of Sardinia has directed that 12,000 f. out of his privy purse shall be distributed to the poor families of Milan, especially those who have had one of their number wounded or killed during the war. his Majesty has likewise caused 500 fr. to be handed over to Mme. Bacchetta. the mother of a lieutenant in the Ist Regiment of Grenadiers of Sardinia, who was killed at Solferino. A Vienna letter states that out of the generals of the army of Italy whose conduct had not given satisfaction to the Government, only one, General Count Zodwitz, has been brought to a court-mar tial, lie has been tried at Padua and condemned. WHICHFO_RD FOREST. We have been favoured with the follbwing in. teresting account of the disafforestation of Which wood Forest, in the county of Oxford. At the commencement of this work the forest comprised an area of 3,778 a. 2r. 31p., and was subject to the rights of the Crown, the hereditary ranger, and the com moners, the ranger being Lord Churchill, of Corn bury-park, Charlbury. The Act for disafforesta tion was passed in 1853, and the Commis sioners appointed to carry it into effect wen Mr. Serjeant Channell (now one of the Barons of the Exchequer), Mr. Francis Offiey Martin, and Mr. Nathan Wetherell, who appointed as their valuer Mr. Thomas Smith Woolley, of South Collingham, Notts, and as their surveyor Mr. William Bryan Wood, of Chippenham, Wilts, Mr. John Clutton acting as surveyor to estimate the rights of the Crown. The survey shows that there were 19 coppices, containing 1,804 a. lr. 27p., open forest, much covered with timber and brush wood, 1,766 a. 3r. 12 p., the l od g es, with their enclo sures, 195 a. 3r. 33p., and a few encroachments, lla. lr. 39p. ; total, 3,778 a. 2r. 31p. The timber upon the forest was valued by Mr. Clutton at nearly £34,000, all realised , ex ce p t a small quantity left for ornament. The award of the commissioners was expected on the 13th of June, 1857, by which the Crown acquired an allotment of 2,543 a. lr. 15p. which was subsequently increased by purchase and otherwise to 2,937 a. Or. Op., of which about 1,970 acres were unreclaimed forest land. The clearing of this land commenced in October, 1856, and was completed in January, 1858, having been in pro gress about one year and four months, at a cost of £5,815. The outlay fo r reclamation and conversion was as under :—Clearing, £5,815 ; fencing, £1,135; water supply, £350 ; new farm houses and build ings, £ll,OOO ; management, £7OO ; contingencies, £l,OOO ; total, £20,000, including maintenance of roads and sundry small items of expenditure, making the cost, in respect of the 1,970 acres con verted to arable cultivation little more than £lO an acre. The new roads, about 10 miles in length, were made and fenced by the Disafforesting Com missioners at a cost of £6,985, which sum was provided out of a hind raised by the sale of por tions of the forest lands. The entire estate is conveniently arranged in seven farms, which were let by tender, on leases for 31 years from Oct. 10, 1857, at an average rent of about 28s. per acre for the land, and an additional sum of £6 per cent. on the cost of new houses and homesteads, which are built of the oolitic stone of the district. The mem bers of the Land Surveyors' Cltb, which com prises gentlemen from every part of England, in spected this great work on the 13th of July last, upon the invitation of the Crown Surveyor, who accompanied them, and were much pleased with their visit. The general scheme of conversion had been well matured in the office of her Majesty's Land Revenue, which is presided over i)v the lion. Charles Gore, and the execution of the work reflects the highest credit on the energy, talent and judgment of the Crown Surveyor. From the general comprehensive arran g ement down to the minutest detail, eve r y p ar t has been maturely considered and admirably executed, and in every particular with as mu c h regar d to economy as consists with durability. The build ings are conveniently arranged and constructed without any other ornament than they derive from excellent proportions, and the site judiciously selected in referen ce b o th to th s e areoc cupation of the land and the beauty of the pro siiects ; but the extraordinary part of the scheme has been the marvellous rapidity of its execu tion. In the incredibly short space of sixteen months n early 2,000 acres of wood were effectively converted into farming land; thetimber cleared, the roots and, underwood ktocked and SALE OF GAS BILL. The following brief particulars respecting this bill, which received the Royal assent on the last day of the session, will be likely to be serviceable to all gas consumers : After the passing of this act the only legal standard or unit of measure for the sale of gas by meter shall be the cubic foot, containing 62.321 lbs. avoir dupois weight of distilled or rain water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches, ex cept as relates to contracts made before the passing of this act, by which a difference of unit of measure is adopted, which contracts are not to be renewed. The models of measures are to be made and veri- fled under the direction of the Treasury, are after wards to be deposited in the office of the Comp troller-General of the Exchequer at Westminster, and copies of the same are to be sent to the Lord Mayor of London, and the chief magistrates of Edinburgh and Dublin, and to the chief magistrates of such other cities and boroughs in such other places, and persons in her Majesty's dominions as the Lord High Treasurer of her Ma jesty's Treasury may from time to time direct. The number and sizes of the said models to be de cided within nine months from the passing of this act in England by order of general or quarter ses sions, excepting in the cases of boroughs, where the order shall be made by the town council, and in Ireland by the town council or town commissioners of every borough or town (such town council or commissioners not being manufacturers or sellers of gas), and in Scotland by meetings of justices. The same authorities are to have the appointment of inspectors of meters, who are to be paid out of the county rate, and in boroughs out of any funds applicable for lighting purposes, and if no such fund, then out of the borough fund (in the city of London out of the consolidated rate), similar ar rangements are made in the case of Ireland and Scotland. Inspectors are required to furnish secu rity, are subject to a fine not exceeding £5 for each breach of duty, and are prohibited from repairing, making, and selling meters of gas, and must hold no appointment of any kind in any gas company. Jus tices of the peace and the town council in boroughs to determine and appoint on what days, at what hours, and at what places the inspectors shall attend with their measuring apparatus within their re spective jurisdictions. A trifling fee to be charged for testing, &c. each meter ; for meters of a small size it will be dd. ; such fees to be paid over to the treasurer of the county, or to such other person as shall be duly authorised by those by whom he may have been appointed. No meter shall be stamped which shall be found to register, or be capable, by the increase or decrease of water, or by any other contrivance, practically prevented in good meters, to register quantities varying from the tine stan dard measure of gas more than 2 per cent. in favour of the seller, and 3 per cent. in favour of the con sumer. The only exception to which is permitted, is where the two contracting parties enter into a written agreement to adopt a different kind of meter. At the request and expense of any buyer or seller of gas, it shall be lawful for any inspector authorised in writing under the hand of any justice of the peace of England or Ireland or of any sheriff justice or magistrate in Scotland at all seasonable times to enter any building, yard, or other place where any meter, whether stamped or unstamped, is fixed, and to examine and test, and, if necessary, to remove the same. Before this can be done, how ever, it is necessary that the other party to the contract should have previously received 24 hours' notice in writing of such intention. In case of a dis puted decision of an inspector the point to be re ferred to two inspectors of adjoining districts. Per sons aggrieved may appeal to quarter sessions. After the expiration of twelve months from the passing of this act no gas meter shall be fixed for use but what has been duly tested and stamped out side in legible letters or figures by an inspector of meters under the provisions of this act, and every purchaser and seller of gas may at any time after the expiration of the said twelve months require any unstamped meter, by which his which his gas is measured to be examined, tested, and if found correct stamped, or he may at his own expense sub stitute a stamped meter in place of any such un stamped meter. The above are the leading features of the act. It is a matter of notoriety that owing to the ab sence of any legal control or supervision in the matter there have been constant wranglings between the gas consumer and the gas companies throughout the kingdom on the subject of measurement, many of the former complaining that they have been charged largely in excess of the quantity actually used, while not a few of the companies on their part have not unfrequently charged their customers with tam pering with their respective meters. Seeing, there fore, that the design of this act is to prevent, so far as such matters are preventable, the re currence of these inaccuracies and disputes ; and seeing, also, that the sum paid for gas in this country is said to amount to five millions sterling annually, it is evident that this act is one of vast • practical importance to all who have to do with this commodity, whether as buyers or sellers. -e THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 23.—Wind this day at noon, North- Westerly ; light, with fine summer weather. SHIELDS, Aug. 22.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Merrimac, for Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Wash ington, from Porsgrund. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind W. to S.S.W.—Off port—Spady, from London for Bombay. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 21.—Wind N.W—Arrived—Wash ington, from Quebec. CLYDE, Aug. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived—Mariner, from Trinidad ; Lignan, from Grenada. Sailed—Cheviot, for Otago, New Zealand. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 22.—Wind S.W.—Sailed— Freedsburg, for Quebec. STARCRWSS, Aug. 21.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Galatea, for Quebec. DUNDEE, Aug. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived—Balour, and James Bales, from Quebec ; Traveller, from Dalhousie for Perth. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ma thilda, from Havanna. Sailed—Margaret Ann, for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind calm. Arrived,—Ellida, from Christiana ; Marie, from Memel ; Triton, from Quebec ; Courier, from Jersey ; Le Coq, and La Petrie, from Cherbourg. Sailed.—Maria Theresa, for the Baltic ; Havre steamer, for Havre; L'Etoile, for Carenton; Despatch, and Ata lanta, steamers, for Jersey ; Jessie, Danube, and Hero, for Newport. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.S.E. Sailed, Aug. 22.—Norwood, for Melbourne ; St. Law rence, Quebec ; Reform, for Labrador ; Norval, for Halifax ; Maloran and Saline, for Antwerp ; Guerrieaix, for Havanna ; Remidge, for Rotterdam ; Sagittaire, for Marseilles ; Hero, for Seville; Naiad, for Gibraltar; Amelio, for Bordeaux; M. Metcalf, for Bucks Port; City of Perth, for Elsinore; Florida, for Savannah; Agenoria, for Ant werp. _ _ Sailed, Aug. 23.—Felix, for St. Thomas. Arrived, Aug. 23.—City of Edinburgh, from Calcutta ; Locomotive, from Archangel. (By SITRIVIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPIL) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind W. ; tide, 11 hours' ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, Aug. 22.—Wild Rose, from Quebec. Arrived, Aug. 23.—Countess Cawdor and Helena, from Riga • Silvas, from Brussels ; Mail, from Crons t adt ; James F. Patten, from Now Orleans. Sailed, August 22.—Agamemnon, for Calcutta. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—General Stricker, from Havanna, for London ; Politena, from London, for Bordeaux. Sailed.—H.M.S. Scylla, for westward. Report of ship Ellwood Walter, from Bombay, May 25, lat. 28 21 S., long 39 56 E., signalled American barque Roger Stewart, bound westward ; June 1, lat 32 25 S., long. 30 11 E., signalled British ship.. Covenanters, from Bombay, for Liverpo ol ; Jul y 11, lat. 35 22 S., long. 20 58 long. 1930 E., spoke British E., signalled American ship Mataban, from Calcutta, for bo for London same day, b L ar n q d u o: E ; lat. and long., h b signalled Britis argue Sunderland, bound sni Juno era 1 1 d 3 a , , lat. to3m4 53 S., m " westward Juno 14, lat. 35 7 S., long. 14 34 E., signalled British ship Black Douglas, from the Kooria Mooria Islands ; same day, let. and long., spoke British ship Sea Queen, from Bombay for London, out 75 days ; June 22, in lat. 28 39 S., long. 11 22 E., signalled French barque Malabar, from Calcutta, for Bordeaux; June 2/, in lat. 58 S., long. 10 40, signalled British bayquo Elizabeth Martin, from Singapore, for the'wSgtward ; July 5, in lat, 1Q N., long. 536 W., signalled French barque Prince frog Bor doaux, for Necca, 'ER. !NE. BU VICT, ELL.E. The case of the wretched woman, Elled Rutter, who recently murdered her husband at Dursley, is now occupying considerable public attention, and many and various are the reports in circulation concerning her. That there should be a difference of opinion about the enormity of her offence, or about the prospects of her reprieve, we do not won der ; but that the state of her feelings, and her con duct within the prison walls should be so variously represented, is at once a matter of surprise and re gret. We happen to know that those officialof the county gaol who are brought immediately into contact with the prisoner decline most peremptorily to give any minute information concer nin g c , her at all, but they deny the prevalent and current report that she shows any violence of dispositi on, or dar ing and stubborn impenitence. We cannot but ad mire the reserve displayed by the prison officers, nor can we hide our conviction that it is their duty to behave as they do ; but notwithstanding the ab re- surd reports from without, and the very proper serve within the gaol, we have been enabled from other quarters to obtain some truthful particulars concerning the prisoner and her prospects. Ellen Rutter is said to be a natural child. From her infancy she has laboured under disadvantages. She never knew the fond affection of loving parents —schooling, indeed, she has had, for a g" mother's care provided that ; but while her head.,. has been attended to, her heart has been untouchea She never felt the blessed effects of a home edu cation. What wonder then, that at about fourteen years of age she fell a victim to a foul sed ucer. ell believe it to have been so. Her history is well known in Dursley, and nobody denies the facts which we record. For some time it is said that Rutter lived with the author of her mi ser y , an d afterwards became a resident, for ;ilea a year and a half, at the Gloucester Penitentiary. It was uP en , her leaving this institution that she fell in with her late husband. She cohabited with him for a long time before marriage, and ultimately becaevnn his wife, because it seemed to be the light est that she, in her unhappy circumstances, could choose. Her husband—a profligate before or riage—became a confirmed drunkard afterwar ds ' and Ellen Rutter was continually subject to violence and ill-usage or the most cruel description. That this, together with her miserable antecedel —her most unfavourable bringing up—she n„„ gradually rob her of all delicate feeling, all sel- 2 of virtue, all ordinary affection, who can wonder • We do not, for a moment, enter into the question —Ought she to be hanged, or ought she not? wet e simply give an outline of her history, hoping thad a lesson may be gleaned not only by poor wretch beings tempted, as she was, to desperation , but hY mean, selfish seducers, who are not confined to one class, and low, drunken husbands, who are gen e : rally to be found among the ranks and in the 13°' tion of the departed. It is stated that various petitions arebeing drawn up in favour of the prisoner, sonic praP n ,..° for her respite on the grounds recommended by toe jury ; some because of the want of evidence at the trial, and the possibility of her statement being correct, of her husband having provoked her to the murder, and having violently struck h: r n first before it took place. With regard the first plea, m e are strongly of opin' that Government will not notice it fori „ a f moment. Concerning the second grouna,_ ", e appeal, we cannot help thinking that tu e ' d is something in it. The prisoner and her husb a t s quarrelled every night before; they were sin., quarrelling when he was drunk, and he was,T; tin wally striking her. Why should this one nig ; when he was more irritated than usual, be made exception ? Why, because other good people ha l l gone to bed and could not see the quarrel, she Ellen Rutter, contrary to all probabilities , be e t" victed of murder, instead of what we sincerely me; lieve to have been aggravated manslaughteri d T t h m o n s k e e N n y n h e o s k s, n k o n w ow an w yt e h ll in th g a o t f a th m e a v n a m rio a u y s b ef e fe d e e t o s p a ne . rate at one moment, and yet asleep a very feW ra it - ; ments after, and they should remember that had prisoner herself had been drinking—she had about four glassea of beer and had no dinner, ant under such circumstances, was likely to lose o nice discrimination, and to act (if, as we 00°1 her, in a violent passion) very much as she did °- There was no premeditation, there was great tlrill vocation—ought the verdict to have been capful murder, or simply manslaughter ? With regard to the conduct of the prisoner sill her conviction, we have only to say that it elo; dently has not been violent, desperate, or way offensive, for that negative assertion has been made by parties whom we can trust ; and °no.et contrary we hear that those persons who are bo-r ting up a Dursley petition, have actually seen ' and report that she is most meek and quiet, valuing the instruction given to her, and expressing r self as deeply penitent for the offence w hich so' has committed. A petition praying that her sentence mai. be commuted to imprisonment for life is now lying for signature at the Working-Alan's Institute. Gloucester ,Tournal. 7IGIZT-BORE FEAT AT NIAGARA• Niagara Falls was a swarming hive again yester" day (August 3), filled and overflowing with an nn: mense throng of people, collected to witness fourth repetition of Monsieur Blondi n ' s d ar ing f t _e tt " of crossing the chasm upon a ca bl e s t re t c hed e e : tween the cliffs. The crowd ga th ere d was alnico" if not quite, equal to that assembled upon anY mer occasion ; and the gathering was warrante' for the sight .. which was witnessed surpassed all the . previous . exhibitions of the same character. F r° ,, ra , this city we should judge that the attendance r; greater than at a n y ti me b e f ore • an d f ro m 10°.11e- ; ter and h a e n d line,i t other couldplaces notin htahvee been vicinity, much,on both e if anY Riess, All the seats and stand places within view ! iloil o g f the bank,. in the pleasure grounds upon this si de n , the river, were crowded, and the enclosure upon the Canada side was better filled than upon 9 ', 11 1 4 other occasion. Monsieur Blondin rode int ° m ". a r pleasure ground on this side about half-Pa st r , - a o'clock, and started upon his arid journey very . few moments of delay in preparation. . ed thet quickly, 1p an s s s e e t h : ea ti rd e o C coe a ne n ldy a e d d i ant paused a s horae trippingfwe w a s a p c a c c o e r a moles. pill' of sionally to correct his balance and obtain urn rest. All of his feats he reserved for his r b e : re journey. . Arrived at the Canadian bank , I v o freshed . himself a little, and took a rest of P er ro pe 15 min . utes, when he again stepped upon the:, and tripped down the airy plane towards land of the free and the home of the brave. ds o about half-way to the centre he stopped and down, then stretched himself at full length an the . rope, then performed a number of da ring tics, and finally stood upon his head, rerrn il ftich that reversed position for a length of tiple. v' n , hie seemed a minute at least, swinging and kwk ni b un ar feet in the most reckless though ludicrous na a be that can be conceived. Resuming his ludicrous proceeded but a little way when he again. halted of and repeated his performance, with the add Sud den a backward somersault, and one or tw ° ° pore' swings around the rope, w hich caused a g" 9 ,0 flutter among the hearts of the speeta t°r f s ' the brought little screams from many,. e ded t° ladies. Starting forward again, he Pree;i, es" the open space in the centre, between bank , treme guy ropes that branch off to either stay. where the cable spans the gulf with°ll. and or accompaniment. Here he paused ag ain he laying his pole upon one of the guY r° P„ ss 'thi e swung himself under the cable and ran aers'okel, central space of single cord in the style asef, nv g 1 0 4 hanging beneath, and swinging himse l , l 4, bae A his hands and feet, with great rapidity. u °- 1,', 3 ha t` again in the same gymnastic manner, wh en he be returned to the point where his pole recta! , turil gan a series of performances which outdid 111 0 f the ling and startling effect upon the nerve s s o l ing spectators all that he had done before. ct i u, clea r the rope with his hands, he swung his 134) ';', than from it, and hung for a lengthy period ef n one 10 seconds, suspended by the arms, and 1 1 over the fearful depth of the chasm. Tee- he it as 1 " peate . dly turned such a suspended somers.a%aa peculiar to boys, throwing his feet over his noinul and . be . tween his arms, and hanging with t rr ile hen der-..joints in a most unnatural position. ati l straightened his body into a horizontal Pe siti° o ; a t " suspended by th e arms , th rown backward ength, scribed—an exertion requirino. immense s t , r oal tre; and calculated to exhaust ther'nervous s3: s , e if 1), mendously. After this he suspended in gi c idovi ll ; the legs, and by one single leg, hanging heal3l° l . ,l wards—whirled around th rope, tu. rlle and , 1-- somersaults, stood upon his head again" - s fest ; fact, performed nearly all the most reekles ary attempted . by tight-rope performers und er fi r p ci g in t. ll6 circumstances. Twice again before reac' an tic bank theSe the bts bank he halted and repeated some seeming determined to fatigue 11 11, point of endurance and thorouAly satay,L.i. A tators with his exhibition of (faring and s.-, 1 per 'the for they were satisfied, beyond question. ob. formance was wonderful, and exciting. en an d alet o the most greedy seeker after sensation. s; by far the greatest given by M. Blondin.--41 Express himself to,e 0,1 .g° li. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DA4.---;00 day, Aug. 22.—Admissions on payment, 7, 366 ; by tickets, 486 ; total visitors, 7,852. nAD•fP ati ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S I The number of pents relieved at this hospital, arena du rioo week ending Aug. 20 , 1859 , is 2 , 573, of-which 8 cases. 73 we re " THE CONDE.