The Sun. — London, England, 1860-08-20 00:00:00

• THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. temp, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with HALLOWEEN. And THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After which, the new comedletta, HIS EXCELLENCY, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. To conclndc with THE CHRISTENING. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TECEATRE.--- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. I ITHIS EVENING, will be performed THE LADY OF THE LYONS. Mr. G. Melville, Miss Heath, &c. ' After which, CRUEL TO BE KIND. A. "Harris, Misses C. and R Leclercq. To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Commence at 7. ADELPHI., NEW THEATRE - ROYAL. .Sole rroprletor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby ; Miss Woolgar and MISS Laidlaw. To conclude with IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Miss Julia Daly, Messrs. C. Selby and C. J. Smith. Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is • Pit Stalls, 2a.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, ls ; Gallery, a Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wu. BATTY. Immense Success of "Mazeppa." A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on SATURDAY next, Aug 25, commencing at Two o'clock. 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 by the Star Riders of the day. Doors open at half-past 8, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERT S.- EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from MARTHA, And Selections from TROVATORE, MACBETH, And numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, Is, Hall. 6d. Comic 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, tc., in addition to the usual entertainments. The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 19, 1360. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.72. WIND—South-Westerly; rather fresh, with rain all the afternoon. AUGUST 20. THERILOICETEIt, IN THE BHADII. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.90. WlND—West-North -Westerly ; fresh, with fine sun. shiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. Om. Afternoon, 4h. 20m To-moßnow.-Morning, 4h. 40m.—Afternoon, sh. lm _ i -t V \-ti ~-"" "0:- `ti 7 e7i - 7 4 . {t. ) ~ , ,i . i‘, , 8 ....r. ‹...,'" , , r, • 31 0 WWII ....tot, ", ' ).: I.± ' iL ., '' i• - ''","____ - ,j` THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1880, Fifteen thousand pounds were begrudged on Saturday for the internal improvement of the National Gallery, while from one to two hundred thousand pounds sterling have been squandered on those absurd and unsightly "boilers" down in South Kensington. Now, viewing these two structures even architecturally, the preference must be at once accorded to that ridiculous stone cruet-stand in Trafalgar-square. Compared with the hodge-podge jumble of sheds, out-houses, Cockney imitations of Swiss cottages, rabbit-hutch tenements, Bromp ton boiler: a " upon end," horizontal, perpendicular, slantendicular, or otherwise linked together in every conceivable attitude and direction—compared with this (as we may term it) visible Charivari in wood and metal, known among a considerable number of Her MAJESTY'S lieges as the " Albert Folly," the ludicrous structure disfiguring the Finest Site in Europe, is really and truly quite a Vitrurian mas terpiece, or Palladian achievement. Yet upon those Brompton Boilers or that South Ken sington Museum we have been lavishly ex pending sums amounting already to the gross aggregate of £167,000 namely, upwards of £60,000 for the land, upwards of £50,000 for the collection, and upwards of £50,000 for the buildings themselves. The best part of two hundred thousand sterling freely given for " Albert's Folly"—and a little item of £15,000 doled out grudgingly for an obvious and unques tionable improvement of the interior of the National Gallery. T.he discussion which took place on Satur day in the Reuse of Commons when in Committee of Supply, prior to the division upon the latter vote, is in many ways worthy of particular examination. It serves to illustrate in a deplorably vivid manner the muddling system, or rather no-system, upon which we are in the habit of dealing with art questions, as a nation affecting to rank high in the scale of European civilisation. From that discus sion it will be seen that every one who took a part in it admitted frankly that no determination what ever has: yet been arri red at as to the distribution or concentration of our art-treasures, as to the future organisation of the British Museum and National Gallery, as to the ulterior condition of the site of Old Burlington House, in Piccadilly, or of the new Mt iseum at South Kensington. Nothing, in fact—it is generally acknowledged—has yet been decided - upon in regard to the whereabouts either of the Moue Academy or of the National Gallery. This, to o, after all the Committees of Inquiry that have sates upon this problematic subject—entering there ( with a view to its solution) into the most elaborat s and lengthened investigations. Fre quently and openly, moreover, though these butt ters have been examined, both in the Press and in the Parliament—it was yet insisted upon from both sid es of the House of Commons on Saturday, that no definitive resolution in regard to any one of them has yet been accepted. All is said to be held still—as the phrase is—in abeyance. We are supposed, as a nation, to remain yet to the last irre solute as to what we shall do with our art treasures, with our over-stocked museum-collections, and with our long coddled, and dandled, and petted Royal Academicians. The FACT being all the while that we have nevertheless upon these matters arrived now son ie time since at a tolerably clear understand ing, it not perfectly well understood, for ex :that the National Gallery is to be the Na tlalol.llery ? That it is only a question of time and conven ience when the Royal Academy is to remove thence elsewhere—from the present obstructive 16 location" r (where the members of it have been so long ssluatti ng ) at the north of Trafalgar-square, to the site at Present occupied by Burlington House in Piccadilly • Once get rid of the Royal Academy, and the space at our corn madu f or the nati ona l art-treasures in the present gallery as it now s ta nds_lS DOUBLED ! Direct': ' that is done, we may forth • with render the Nationial Gallery 112 its contents worthy of its design; ation. As it is at this moment THE national part of our art treasures has to be looked for, not in the ." National Gallery)" but in the Museu m at South Xensington ! The Sheepshanks collection— Verno n Collection—The Turner Collection are there down in thiut " slough of despond" near Brompton stowed away in those ridiculous Boilers —they are not where they ought to be peculiarly, namely, under the rooftree of our " National Gal lery !" The masterpieces of TURNER, of HOGARTII, of REYNOLDS, of CONSTABLE, of LESLIE, and of their many illustrious compatriots, ought assuredly on the face of it to find a permanent resting place upon the walls of England's " National Gallery," more particularly those " Whate'er LORRAINE light-touched, with softening hue, Or SAVAGE Ross, dashed, or learned PousslN drew !" The accomplishment of this reaccumulation, under one roof, of our now widely scattered and still more and more widely scattering art treasures —we may confidently assert once more to be (like our eventual disposal of the Royal Academy in regard to its whereabouts) merely a ques tion of time and convenience. Meanwhile, no rational observer—not even the most cheese paring economist—will, upon mature reflection, can, after a deliberate examination of the facts here re ferred to, seriously object to the outlay of the £15,000 voted on Saturday by the House of Com: mons, when in Committee of Supply, for the im mediate increase of accommodation within the walls of the National Gallery even as it now stands. The subject of National Education, which was brought under discussion in the House of Com mons on Tuesday night, is one of great in terest as well as considerable importance. The training of our present youth must affect the future of the State, and the conflicting and contradictory opinions which able and con scientious men entertain on the subject in vests it with some perplexity. The religious aspects of the case are among the chief obstacles to the establishment of a national system. Members of every church or denomination too frequently seem to consider that it is better to have no education whatever than to be brought up in the tenets of a rival sect. But notwithstanding all obstacles the diffusion of knowledge is on the increase, as is proved by the following statistics, which we quote from Mr. LOWE'S speech on the question : " Daring the first year the number of schools inspected by inspectors was increased by 171 ; the number of children was in creased by 58,357 ; the number of pupil teachers by 1,200 ; certificated students by 990 ; students in training by 85; children upon whom capitation grants were paid, by 52,199: No less than 247 new school-houses were built, with 178 dwellings for teachers, and there were 230 other schools enlarged and accommodation created for 58,000 children. The number of children found by the inspectors to be in the course of educa tion in the schools during the present year was 880,131, being rather more than 58,000 more than the number last year, which was 821,744." Still, that there is yet ample room for improvement is shown by the statements made by Mr. HENLEY relative to the number of the poorer class who made their mark instead of signing their names in the marriage register. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON'S motion is deserving of the attention of all interested in this movement. The right hon. baronet, who has always been a sincere and consistent friend to the cause of national education, called the attention of the House to the amount of Government assistance afforded to ragged schools. The value of these schools to the class who are most in need of aid and instruction is incontestible. They supply a want long felt by the wellwishers of the people—a means of reaching the lowest and most destitute classes, and of giving them the best of all charity, by helping them to help themselves. To bring in from the courts and thoroughfares of the metropolis the band of ragged and idle little urchins, who have no better or more profitable employment than turning sum mersaults in the road, or tossing halfpence on the pavement, to teach them the means of earn ing an honest livelihood, and to inculcate the broad principles of honesty and morality and religion, is surely an undertaking eminently deserving of every encouragement on the part of those in authority. The Government would have to bear the expense of the prosecution and maintenance of many of these neglected children, were they left to the training of the streets and the evil influences around them. Why then should they hesitate to appropriate a large share of the educational grants for the far more satisfactory expenditure of prevention instead of punishment ? As Sir JOHN PAKINGTON truly observed, "The Government were unwilling to give the shilling to support ragged schools; but they were perfectly ready to advance the pound for the expense of prosecuting those who had been led into crime simply from having been driven out upon the highway without education and without friends." The minute of 1856 was very favourable to these schools, and it appears that the complaint made by their founders and promoters is that it has been repealed, and another of much less liberal character substituted. According to the minute of 1856 allowance was made for half the rent of the schools, a third of the cost of tools and raw mate rials, half the salaries of the master and assistant masters, and a capitation of 50s. for every scholar who attended regularly. This has been found too costly, owing, according to the member for Droitwich, to the expense of the item for the maintenance of scholars, and also to the fact of the grants having been extended to refuges and other places not properly coming under the denomination of ragged schools. The minute which replaced the one of 1856 only allowed half the rent of the pre mises and 5 shillings per annum for the scholars according to the average number. A short time since a memorandum was presented to the Govern ment, signed by more than 100 gentlemen, who have been among the foremost friends of the ragged school system. They stated that voluntary contri butions not being sufficient, these schools ought not to be excluded from the national grant. Among their claims to support they justly said that the Parliamentary grant being intended to assist voluntary effort, no schools in the kingdom had a stronger plea, for in none had there been a greater amount of voluntary effort exhibited. We cannot but think that Mr. LowE's arguments, in opposi tion to the amendment, were most unsound. He asserted that the amendment, if carried, would have the effect of dragging down education, and that if people found they could get more money by calling schools ragged, a rush would be made to Government for larger aid by that means. The answer is at once apparent, namely, that the respectable class of artizans and small tradespeople would object to sending their children to a ragged school. Mr. LowE forgot the sturdy independence and self-respect of the English character, no less a characteristic of the peasant than the peer, when he made that assertion. The same feeling that keeps many half-starving in wretched garrets rather than go into " the house," would prevent the class above them from sinking to their level. Again, those whe would be compelled to give their child ren some kind of education before they could ap prentice them or teach them a trade are less sub jects for Government interference. The youth of such classes will gain mental instruction and learn moral restraint whether the State give it them or no. It is the wandering tribe who recruit our jails and workhouses, our hulks and hospitals, who stand in need of all that public grants and private enterprise can do for them. Ragged schools, where no rules and regulations bar the entrance, no invi dious compuisons deter the ill-clothed and unshod, are the only means of reaching this class, of rescu ing the upspringing generation from what are, humanly speaking, the inevitable vice, crime, and wretchedness that await them, and of leaving to those who come after us a band of honest and industrious breadwinners instead of a standing army of thieves and vagabonds subsisting on the spoils of the respectable classes. It is with these views that we regret so deeply the failure of Sir J. PAKINGTON'S amend ment, and heartily hope that future consideration will induce the Government to rescind their unwise resolve, and not carry out the reverse of the old proverb by awarding little help to great and urgent need. LATESrI N E A 8 ‘- , . The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : GENOA, AUG. 18. News received from Naples states that Colonel Cosenz, with 4,000 volunteers, had quitted Taor mina, and taken the direction of the mainland. MARSEILLES, AUG. 18. Count and Countess Aquila have arrived at Marseilles on board a Brazilian corvette, escorted by a Neapolitan steamer. They will leave this evening for Paris and London. TRIESTE, AUG. 18. The motives for the assassination of Prince Danilo originated in his opposition to the war party, which aims at the complete independence of Montenegro. Not being an M.P., much less a peer, Mr. TROT MAN has no means but that of a free press left him to reply to official misrepresentations. The Duke of SOMERSET would not, we are sure, intentionally misrepresent him ; yet the evidence seems plain that he has unintentionally done so. It was stated that some of the merchant ships provided with his anchors went on shore in the dreadful storm in the Black Sea on tie 14th of November, 1854. Mr. TROTMAN says, " Not a single casualty occurred to any of the numerous steam transports belonging to the Cunard, the Royal Mail, the Peninsular and Oriental Companies, &c., provided with TROTMAN'S anchors." And well might Mr. TROTMAN be proud of the following testimony : " I beg to quote the unsolicited testimony of Captain SCOTT, of the frigate-built ship Dunbar, 1,324 tons, ad dressed to his owner, and handed to me by the chairman of the General Shipowners' Society for publication. He states--' I have always found TROTMAN'S anchor (29 cwt. ex stock) to bite immediately it took the ground ; it never fouls, and holds on to the last. Our safety depended upon it the 14th November, and so satisfied was I of its holding power that the opposite cable was allowed to surge round the windlass with the lift of the ship.' At the same time, her MAJESTY'S steam-frigate Retribution, 1,641 tons, with his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE on board, had three navy anchors down, each weighing 52 cwt., and steamed head to wind with her powerful 800 horse-power engines to ease the strain, yet, in spite of steam and anchors, she dragged more than half a mile in the course of an hour, and, as a last resort, all her heavy gear was started over board, including guns, shot, shell, &c. Now these state ments can be verified, or as easily refuted, by reference to the log of her MAJESTY'S ship and the personal testimony of his Royal Highness." In reply to the observation " that no officer in the Royal Navy would trust her MAJESTY'S ships to these anchors," he says, " they have never been permitted to try them, except in one instance— the instance in which they trust to it the sacred person of her MAJESTY." Indeed, to secure the safety of royal personages seems to be its chief duty ; for Mr. TROTMAN tells us that the royal and imperial yachts of all the crowned heads of Europe, including those of the PoPE, the SULTAN, and the PACHA of EGYPT, are supplied with TROTMAN'S Anchor. Mr. TROTMAN'S answer to every charge appears complete, even to the petty higgling one about price, and the unfair ones about the Royal Charter, which, after all, a TROTMAN'S anchor of 5 tons 8 cwt. held without the harbour, and saved from total destruction. Mr. TROTMAN, however, Fears are entertained that serious consequences may result from the assassination of the prince. Great agitation already prevails in Montenegro, and fresh collisions between the Montenegrins and the Turks are expected. Eden. offered to have one of his anchors of 50 cwt. tester against one of the Admiralty's of 100 cwt. (the former costing but £9O, the latter £365), and to abide by the result ; and all without charge to the public. If the experiment be not made, the country will now think that on this question the Admiralty is not worthy of its confidence. It will be held that the safety of her MAJESTY'S ships is hazarded, or entrusted to costly but untrustworthy anchors by routine, officialism, and jobbery. AUGUST. FOR " THE SUN." (By Frederick Augustus Lewis.) A time of warmth and gladness—August thou U nder the reign of SoL did'st yield to man ! G od willed thee sunshine, August ! and yet now U nder deep gloom thy course but almost run ! S hall it then be that thus thou'lt pass away ? T urn yet awhile, and yield the summer's ray ! Hackney-road. SUBMARINE CABLES. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUS It 20, 1860, LITERATURE. From Way Time to Hopping. By the Author of " Our Farm of Four Acres." Chapman and Hall. This is a lively little tale, which has some claim to novelty, and which contains some useful lessons regarding life and manners, mixed with some in teresting sketches of society. The heroine, Anne Ellison, is a quiet and pleasing young lady, whose troubles at the house of her sister are most unde served, and the manner in which that lady treated her is most unwarrantable. Happily for her peace of mind, she is taken to a totally different region, and in the country house of her brother she finds respite and distraction. One of the best characters in the story is Mrs. Green. This brisk and ener getic old lady is a most attractive personage. She effects great results from her decisionand her kind liness. It was a blessed day for the unfortunate Laura Hope when she was taken under the protec tion of that good woman. The sad story of that hapless orphan arouses the indignation and awakens the pity of the reader, and it redounds to the honour of Gilbert Colville, the young squire, that he chose such a wife as Laura. Anne's re prieve from returning to the abode where she was little better than a slave is welcome tidings to those who have watched her patient endurance ; and finally, when she marries the excellent clergyman of the neighbourhood, this country visit seems to have been the turning point in her journey on the highway of life. Truly did old Mrs. Green quaintly observe—" Three months often make wonderful differences besides those in the weather. Groat changes may occur in many respects between hay time and hopping." Those who wish to be en livened and entertained by the perusal of a simple and yet attractive tale cannot do better than pos sess themselves of this sketch of country life. BENTLEY'S STANDARD NOVELS. Easton and its Inhabitants. By the Hon, Eleanor This is a charming little story that was well received on its first appearance, and whose repro duction cannot fail to prove very acceptable to novel readers. It is written in a sparkling style, and some of the characters are described in a forcible manner. The chief merit lies in the sketch of the inhabitants of the little town. A more piquant account can hardly be imagined than the one put before us in these pages. Foremost in importance among the ladies was Miss Bodkin. The various cliques and coteries looked up to her as their leader; " Miss Bodkin had obtained a proud pre-eminence in virtue of her father having about 60 years before represented the county, and having still the credit, with Miss Bodkin and her friends, of having been at that time a distinguished politi cian and a public man." The airs which this absurd woman gave herself are most amusing to behold, and she is one of the best efforts of the authoress. Lady Hyacinth is also a good portraiture of a lively girl almost spoiled by bad education and evil influence. The dreadful results that often ensue from the marriages de convenance, in order that parents may ensure rank and wealth for their children are most effectively shown, and the stratagems resorted to are ably exposed. The scene at the bank is most exciting, and presents a striking instance of the great dangers that follow idle rumours and unfounded reports. The weak and wicked set who to gratify their wounded vanity and jealous passions spread reports they knew were false, had much to answer for. The opportune assistance came in time to prevent ruin, but too late to save the life of one of the bankers. The anxiety and apprehension proved too much for Lucia's old grandfather, who died suddenly the night after the run on the bank. Lucia du Quesne is a delightful heroine, full of spirit and vivacity. Her first meeting with Lord Coleraine, when she mistook him for a farmer, is most entertaining, forming a romantic incident to commence the acquaintance. On the whole, this story is a very pleasing one, and contains a great deal of variety in its stirring scenes and spark ling sketches. In some passages we meet with phases of life described in a truthful and feeling manner, while the general style of the work is so attractive and agreeable, from its vivacity and brilliancy, that it can hardly fail to exert a fascinat ing influence over the reader, who is not likely to lay it down till the last page is perused. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—From the recent Parliamentary Reports on the failure of submarine cables, the prevalent opinion seems to be that there must be an end of all submarine attempts until some entirely new processes shall have been discovered. Permit me to remark that the cables that have been laid were constructed upon principles which answer very well across the Channel or such like short lengths, but which in long lengths become perfectly useless from the fact that india rubber and gutty percha are absorbents. _ It is not by incorporating tar or rosin with gutta percha, or in outer coverings of such like materials, that will assist in rendering the core perfectly insulated, but by applying to the insulating material a pressure of six or seven tons per inch at the time it is encased round the conduc tor, which consolidates the insulator, and thoroughly closes up all the pores, and to prevent absorption a coating of collodion (which is known to be as impervious as glass), is applied, without which no deep sea cable can be thoroughly insulated. It remains to be seen what effects the application of this system will have upon the future destinies of deep sea telegraphy, or will directors continue to allow shareholders and the country to be plundered by continuing the old sys tem, which is clearly proved to be useless.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Aug. 18, 1860. J. MACKINTOSH. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received at dinner on Saturday last, at their residence in Piccadilly, his Excellency the Austrian Minister, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister, the Duchess of Inverness and Miss Gore, the Earl and Countess de Grey and Ripon, the Earl of Shelburne, General Lord Clyde, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Harriet Ashley, Lady William Russell, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert, Colonel the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, the Hon. Frederick Byng, and Mr. A. Russell. Lady Palmerston, later in the evening, received a select circle of friends, in cluding his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl and Countess Spencer, Count Corti, the Lord Chancellor and the Hon. Misses Campbell, Lord Rodesdale and the Hon. Miss Mitford, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Baron Lionel de Rothschild and Miss de Rothschild, &c. Lord Stanley, M.P., left St. James's-square on Friday for Cheuening Park, Kent, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Stanhope. THE DIPLOMATIC BODY.—Mr. Sandford now unpaid attache to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, and temporarily attached at Frankfort, is appointed unpaid attache at Turin. Lord Edward St. Maur, now unpaid attache at Vienna, is appointed unpaid attache at Madrid. The British and North American Royal Mail steamship Africa sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for New York ; besides the usual mails and a large and vela hw ahso PßlNCE bsee evni siint to Norfolk I E Lincolnshire N wßad was N r eAn during n A t t ß hl y T e able cargo, the Africa to o k ou t 150 p assengers . prince, whose ee En las .o—t t i" f l e d' w hinis da T ) handsome parish church of Boston, one of the noblest ecclesiastical edifices in the country, particularly attracted the attention of the Prince, as did the venerable cathedral of Lincoln. The Prince who travels incog., seems very assiduous in collecting all the information he can on the peaceful topics, science and art, to which his mind has long been devoted. THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—The white bait dinner, at Greenwich, is generally fixed for the Satur day before the prorogation. It will be held on Wednesday this year, although the session is not therefore to be ter minated within the week. A great effort was made yester day to finish the voting of the estimates in the House of Commons by a morning sitting kept up till 6 o'clock p.m. The estimates were at last got through—the report on supply brought up—and the appropriating clause can now be proceeded with, and carried through during the week. The House of Commons will adjourn probably on Saturday for three or four days, to allow the Lords to assent to the formal stages of the remaining business, and to send the commission for proroguing Parliament for the Queen's sig nature, which will itself take three whole days. The cal culations, therefore, now are that the prorogation can take place on Wednesday, the 29th inst.—Observer. THE LATE SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—A bronze statue of the late Sir John Franklin is about to be erected at Spilsby, Lincolnshire. The statue will be placed on a granite pedestal. The Arctic hero was born at Spilsby, and hence the townspeople are anxious to pay a tribute of respect to his memory. THE GREAT B ASTERN. rary : The latest from New York states that a very large accession had been made to the number of visitors of the ship previous to the time of her starting on the excursion to Cape May. The incidents of that trip appear to have added another to the many un fortunate examples of mismanagement which have marked the career of this great undertaking. The New York papers are filled with the complaints of indignant excursionists, and one of them has a long series of headings to its report of the trip, in which occur, among other startling lines, " Sufferings of passengers," "The noble ship and her ignoble mana gers," " Great promises and small performances," and the accounts of the trip go on to tell of the most unseemly squabbles, of ladies dragged out of their berths by American gentlemen (?), of fights on board, struggles for water, scrambles for mattresses, hopeless attempts to obtain refreshments, intoxi cated stewards, bewildered nigger waiters, fabulous prices of food and drink, disgusting series of rough practical jokes ; and the account of one of the cor respondents winds up by saying, " All that men could do to make a noble ship odious, and a grand experiment contemptible, the directors of the Great Eastern have most successfully done ; while I can not now bethink me of a single means of annoying man, woman, or child, on a voyage of pleasure, which the same ingenious gentlemen left untr ied between the 30th of July and the Ist of August." It is to be hoped that these pictures have been some what overdrawn, though the general resemblance of all the sketches affords but too much reason to believe that they are in the main correct. It is stated that Captain Hall and Mr. Bold, the mana ger, both strongly protested against making the trip until more complete accommodation was pro vided for the 2,000 passengers who were expected. They were, however, but the servants of the com pany, and as such powerless, for two members of the board accompany the ship in the capacity of travelling directors. Captain Carnegie is an ex cellent authority on the management of a frigate, and Mr. Gooch possesses great knowledge and experience in the locomotive department of th e Great Western Railway ; but it would appear that both these gentlemen have thoroughly m i s t a k en their vocation in attempting to do the work of a Barnum. On the return of these gentlemen we shall, no doubt, have some satisf ac t or y ex pl ana ti on on the subject. The Great Eastern was to leave New . York on the 16th, and by next Sunday she will, no . doubt, have arrived at Milford Haven. On the trip to . Cape May the performance of the noble ship was in . every respect satisfactory, the speed ob tained. being 13 and 14 knots ; the machinery was in excellent order, and gave the most complete satisfaction . to those on board. It would have been gratifying%if the other departments had been equally as well conducted as that of the engineer's. It was generally reported y es t er d ay th a t th e l o ng-pending arbitration between Mr. Scott Russell and the corn pany had been brought to a close, the award being against the company, notwithstanding that the di rectors had expended, it is alleged, some £30,000 in order to complete the works left unfinished. The " gridiron" at Milford Haven, for the beach ing of the Great Eastern, is now nearly completed. It has been in course of construction for the last two months, giving employment at such times as the tide permitted to about 200 men both by day and night. It is formed on the northern shore of the haven, a few hundred yards from the terminus of the South Wales Railway, fronts the Royal Dockyard, and lies as nearly due east and west as possible. The beach, to the distance of 550 feet, has been excava ted and levelled to within a few feet o f l ow wa termark at spring tides, which at high water will give a depth of 25 to 27 feet. The beaching place itself is com posed of two " grids," 50 yards distant from each other. Each grid is 150 feet long, constructed of 40 strong transverse " baulks" (or beams) of 45, 35, 30, and 25 feet long by 13 inches square. They are laid down in four lots, ten of each length, with an interval between each beam of three feet. E ac h baulk of timber is firmly fixed in its place by three iron-shod piles, of from three to four feet long. The longest of these lots is laid nearest amidships, and the rest according to their length, thus tapering off to the stem and stern, so as in some degree to cor respond with the beam of that part of the ship that will be immediately above them. Two " dol phins" 30 feet in height, made of four baulks, each 13 inches square, firmly clamped and bolted together, strongly supported by back and diagonal struts, have been driven in at about 300 feet apart. These arc for the ship's side to lie against, as well as to act as guides in the actual operation of beaching. One of these dolphins will be just forward of the starboard sponson, and the other near her starboard quarter. These, together with the mooring tackle and other necessary gear (all of which- are provided) will keep the vessel in her position. It being intended that while beached the ship's head shall be to the westward she will have to be swung before she goes on the girdiron, which with a craft of her size will be a delicate ope • ration well worth seeing. The Great Eastern being 650 feet long it will thus follow that when in posi tion she will be supported for 550 feet of her length -viz., 300 on the two grids and 250 on the levelled beach, leaving only 50 feet of her bow and stern projecting beyond the timbers and excavations. The engineers of the South Wales Railway are also constructing a pier of loose stones (found on the beach and forming part of those excavated in pre paring the gridiron) to enable visitors to the big ship to have a ready mode of ingress and egress at all states of tins tide. The whole structure has been made at the expense of the South Wales Railway Company, and will cost upwards of £l,OOO. Capt. Ramsay, C.B. superintendent of the dockyard, has given all the facilities in his power to the proceed ings. GERMANY AND ITALY. The following letter appears in a contempo- Sir,—The violent anti-Gallicanism of a consider able section of English society and the English press has had this bad effect in Germany—it has persuaded the Germans that the Anglo-French alliance is so , completely broken that it cannot be re vived ; that England will now have to seek for a military connection with Central Europe, and that this connection must be paid for by a change of the English policy in Italy. This theory encourages the Germans to hope for the re establishment of Austrian supremacy in the Italian peninsula. And most certainly if England and France will quarrel, if they will separate more and more from each other, if by the separation France is thrown on Russia (now weak for external mili tary operations) for a connexion—for States can no more live alone and in isolation than men—and if England for the same reason is compelled to culti vate a German alliance, the danger and risk of Italian independence are immeasurably augmented. Look at what is occurring. It is, no doubt, true that at Toplitz the Prince Regent of Prussia did refuse to guarantee Venetia to Austria. Such a formal guarantee would even in a German sense have been a huge mistake. But both the Prince Regent of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria regard any attempt of Garibaldi on Naples as a great danger to Venetia, and, through Venetia, to Germany, and are preparing to resent it accordingly; and in this view those Princes will - be supported by such public opinion as there is in Germany, and by the false sentiment which is so largely substituted for public opinion. For example, it is some time since Herr Schleinitz announced that the Court of Berlin was disposed to give effective support to the King of Naples, if his dynasty on the mainland were placed in jeopardy; and now Count Rechberg has, it is said, plainly told the Piedmontese Government that a landing by Garibaldi will be followed by an open intervention in the kingdom of Naples, in defence of the royal authority: This intervention will, I reiterate, be applauded in Germany. But Austrian intervention will lead to French intervention, and a renewal of war in Italy between those two great States. In that event the popular feeling of Germany will be to afford Austria mili tary aid. A hundred .onsiderations held Germany back while the former struggle saturated the plains of Lombardy with blood; among them I will mention two. France and England were then on better terms than they are now, and Venetia was not attacked. But, amongst the Imperial reasons given to the French people for the peace of Villa franca was even then the fact that Venetia could not be attacked without rousing Germany. And the subsequent facility with which Garibaldi has driven the Neapolitan troops out of Sicily, the pro bability that the same success will attend any of his operations on the mainland, his avowed policy of annexing the whole of the Two Sicilies in Pied mont, and enabling Victor Emmanuel to become King of united Italy, now convince the Ger mans that the Bourbon dynasty dethroned in Naples, and both the Sicilies annexed to Pied mont, Venice and Venetia would next be quickly assailed by Victor Emmanuel in due form of war. Hence they approve of Austria regarding Naples as an advanced defence of Venetia, of its treating the acts of Garibaldi as those of the Court of Turin, and of holding that Court responsible for the con sequences. How, then, can the danger to Europe involved in this situation of affairs be avoided or averted ? Not by the English Government simply offering good advice to Victor Emmanuel and Count Cavour, for their role is fixed and immutable. To them " re turning were as tedious as going o'er." The inde pendence and freedom of Italy are inscribed on a standard under which they must stand or fall. When or wherever it is raised they have no alternative but to follow it. Were they to shrink from sup porting the cause of Italian independence, how ever desperate, they would be disgraced before Italy. It is useless at Turin to cry Peace, peace, where there is no peace. Italy for the Italians —ltaly for Piedmont, is their policy. And in that policy they are pursued by a destiny sterner and more inexorable than the Fate in the Greek tra gedy. When, for example, the Neapolitan Govern ment sent a mission to the Court of Turin to pro pose an alliance between the two States, what reply was Count Cavour obliged to give it ? Why, this, that either the alliance should be post poned until the Neapolitan Parliament had met and pronounced an opinion on the existing state of things—in other words, until the Neapolitans had an opportunity of dethroning the Bourbons—or that it should be concluded immediately on the Neapolitan Government dismissing all their foreign troops, admitting into Naples and the fortresses on the continent 24,000 Piedmontese troops, and send ing as many Neapolitan troops to Piedmont—in other words, that Piedmont should at once be made master of Naples. From the point of view of Italian independence, the Court of Turin was per haps quite right in proposing this alternative. But the fact that it did so, and was compelled by its position and its duty to Italy to do so, ought to convince England that it is not at Turin the catastrophe of a new Italian war can be averted. At the request of the English Cabinet, Victor Emmanuel did lately address a letter of amicable remonstrance to Garibaldi against landing in Naples. Garibaldi replied in the terms which Victor Emmanuel must have expected when he complied with English wishes. Let us, then, have done with remonstrances at Turin. No one knows better than Lord John Russell that they are utter waste of time. Is our Government then to sit quietly by and see war approaching as if it were an inevitable natural calamity ? Certainly not. Nothing, Lord John has assured Parliament, could be franker or more conciliatory than Louis Napoleon's desire and suc cessful efforts to come to an understanding with the English Government on the Syrian question. Why not try and extend this frankness and cordiality to the Neapolitan question ? Naples is exactly that part of Italy on the treatment of which, in Ferdinand's lifetime, the two Cabinets did agree and act concurrently and harmoniously. There is not the smallest evidence of the Emperor seek ing to revive Muratist pretensions at Naples. He has publicly declared himself anxious to again act with England in the south of Italy, and that, after the policy of the British Govern ment had been over and over again proclaimed. And now the pretensions of Austria to intervene in the affairs of Naples against the people and in favour of a King they hate, and the inclination of Prussia to support Austria in those pretensions—involving as they do all the risks of a general war—render the agreement of the two Western Governments on this question the readiest mode of preventing any such conflagration. If Austria does interfere it will be because the two Governments cannot agree, and Austrian interference will lead to French intervention. What the world, out of Germany, wants, is no interference at all. If Austria will precipi tate another w ar with Piedmont because of Naples, Austria will become such a nuisance as the rest of Europe ought to abate. But Austria won't interfere if France and England inhibit interuention. Neither Austria nor Germany has the smallest right to con demn the people of Naples to live perpetually under a vile government, out of fright that, Naples free, Venetia will next become free. And it is the duty of England and France to separate the cause of Neapolitan liberty from any depend ence on Venetian slavery. Before such an agreement the Germans will think twice before they promise any support to Austria. But the danger is imminent, and time presses. Frankfort, Aug. 16. A TRAVELLER. SAVINGS BANKS.—At the close of the savings banks financial year in November, 1858, the amount due to depositors from all these banks in the United Kingdom was £36,221,153. They had in the hands of the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt sums amounting to £36,026,088. The difference, £195,065, had not been invested in Government securities. In Great Britain no trustee or manager is liable for any loss unless it occurs by his own default; in Ireland he is liable, and over the to the full extent, unless by a declaration filed with the Commissioners he limits his liability to £lOO, a course ge nerally adopted. To the credit of four towns---Fareham, aan y „d ev ea er ch , F o is f e. th T es h e e Tunbridge, Carshalton, and Merthyr Tydvil—trustees managers there hava voluntarily made themselves liable to a certain extent for any deficiency that m , returns from some English savings banks are curious. On e money statesth to at th it e i t s re th as e ur d e u r t e y v o e f ry the actuary to hand motiva, signatures and officers gives security, and the manager see no any further security ;" another, that the managers do not a fourth, that the manage any of the transactions of the bank, but attend as witnesses of the proceedings ; a third, that " their and, from are mere matter of form, and they ne,ver read over what banktlieyabo benevolent correct , ' the position in society of . the trustees and managers, they consider" that any security to be given by sign wa s establishedor ascertainf r i o f from it y theta would be altogether superfluous and annecessarY , •', d the a fifth, that they are not liable " beyon moral s ecurity which their ja a*.- ~. affords, and which hitherto has been found =Ow to to protect the depositors against Icvs. , , _,, sufficient actuary was a damper, N paid fa his sading that the last _ _ . .4eYdeficiency. THE REVOLUTIONARY MOYE,7IENT Dl CALABRIA. A letter front Naples, dated August 11, says : The revoiutioriar . }, ruovt,milut in the province, as I led you to anticipate, has actually commenced. The Government received depatches from Calabria yesterday which speak of armed bands collecting in several districts. The royal civil and military authorities demand reinforcements from all quarters, Some 8,000 followers of Garibaldi have landed near Reggio with two field batteries. Garibaldi himself was at Villa S. Giovanni. This news is, however, recorded in the official journal in a somewhat modified form thus :—" Monteleone (Calabria), Aug. 9. The people have made themselves masters of a small fort which is near Villa S. Giovanni. Off Reggio a small fleet of boats is seen crowded with men. These boats arc guarded by four . steamers." The official journal further informs us that on the Bth and 9th the electric wires between Reggio and Bagnara were cut. We further learn that masses of men were seen on the plains of Marti niti and Canitello ; and, finally, we are told that the royal troops, after a sharp engagement, succeeded in routing the invaders. This is much like the account we got of events which took place when Garibaldi first landed in Sicily. You will receive, doubtless, more correct details from your ,special correspondent than I can give from the conflicting reports which reach Naples. The military commander of Puglia has asked for more troops, as a rising is expected in that direction. No doubt all this organisation is in anticipation of the army which Garibaldi has collected expressly to invade the continental dominions, for we hear that diplo matic representations have entirely failed to pre vent him carrying out his plans. Here, as usual, all is confusion and anxiety. M. Brenier, the French Minister, has recommended the King to put him self at the head of his army, and go and meet Gari baldi • but whether the young tyrant has pluck enough to do so is a question. The advice is good ; for unless something of the sort animates the half dead loyalty of the army, the King will lose his throne without mich fighting. Despatches are pouring in daily to the Court from all q u a r t ers o f Europe. Francis 11. has worked very hard to obtain external aid, but the Emperor Napoleon, we learn, is still firm in preventing foreign interven tion in Italy. The character of the young Sove reign is such that few Governments would dare to keep him on his throne by force—so at least we hope here in Naples. Some persons about the King urge him to give up the constitution, get rid of his Ministry, and repudiate all liberalism as a political failure. He would like to take their ad vice. But to do this he must be sure of the army before he makes his coup d'etat, and the King is not quite sure of the fidelity of his troops. The Calabrese are deserting by wholesale. Many officers have retired. The whole army is infected with treason (there can be no doubt of this), and I don't think the navy is at all more devoted to the royal causethan the land forces. Gen. Marra was arrested and brought from Reggio to Naples because he reported disaffection of the troops under his command. There are many symptoms of Gari baldism—or rather, I should say, a growing con viction amongst all classes of Neapolitans that the Unita ltaliana can only be accomplished by Victor Emmanuel adding Naples to his dominions. His Highness the Count of Syracuse has declared his intention to make friends with the King of Piedmont, and a Sardinian vessel of war is placed at his disposal. Lots of valuables belonging to the other uncles of the King have been pit on board an Austrian vessel, whilst Gaeta is made the last station of Francis ll.'s expected flight. His Royal Highness the Count of Aquila told a friend of mine that all his roba was out of harm's way.' All parties are in a most strange position. The King blames his constitution Ministry for non-success, and almost suspects them of treason. His Majesty forgets he alone is responsible for the indifference with which the people regard his forced concessions. The Neapolitan Ministry is doubtless honest and sin cere, but no human beings can ever make Francis acceptable to his people. He is by nature more cruel than his father Ferdinand; he has less edu cation, and if possible more puplicity. He must go, or reign with foreign bayonets—titers is no middle path open to him. From what I hear from people about the Court the King will shortly address the army and Na tional Guard, suspend the constitution, and mea sure his strength with Garibaldi. Such is the posi tion we are in just now. THE MURDER AT STEPNEY. The death of Mrs. Mary Emley, at No. 9, Grove road, Mile-end, Stepney, is still involved in mystery, and at a late hour on Friday evening large crowds of persons collected in front of the premises, when Sergeant Tanner, of the chi e f de tective-office, Great Scotland-yard, and Sergeant Copping, of Arbour-square, Stepney, attended by order of their superior officers to make a thorough search of every part of the dwelling, which was decently furnished, but in a dusty and neglected condition. The officers made a diligent search of the several rooms, and it would appear that the de ceased was killed in the top front room, used as a lumber-room or attic, whe re s h e had kept a large quantity of paper-hangings. She had left her bed room on the first floor, and was attacked by some one who was well acquainted with her habits. She, was dressed in her usual day clothing. The police, on making a more minute search of the lumber-room, found traces of blood upon the wall and partition of this apartment, where the body was lying against the inner side of the door, with her head touching the woodwork. She was on her left side, and the wound, which was ex tensive, had been inflicted with a hammer or some other 'hard blunt instrument. The deceased had been struck from behind, and the back part of her head was completely battered in upon the brain, proving beyond a doubt that the unfortunate de ceased had fallen immediately after the fatal injury had been inflicted. It was rumoured yesterday eveningthat the police had found some trace of the deceased's watch, which was missed by her relatives. It is described as a goldrect but eate the r ofso p m ole eicvaalutep.resTehnet remain sno doubtqujet on the fa the matter. A relative of the deceased, who is a poor man, has come forward and claims to be heir at law to the whole of deceased's property, and since the death of the deceased woman upwards of 50 persons have claimed e a d h r o e u l t at ii ir oo ship. The deceased had recently worth of paper hangings to decorate her house property. She employed small jobbing painters, carpenters, to do her repairs, and made out her own estimates for the contract work. FRANCE. BOURSE, Aug. 18.—The market has been rather more animated, and the prices of yesterday well maaintained. Threes, for the account, are now at 68f 10c ; Mobilier, 680 f ; Orleans, 1,365 f ; Medi terranean, BS3f 75c ; Austrian, 486 f 25c. The fol. lowing are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 97 95 Credit Fonder 880 Do end month.... 97 90 Belgian 42 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 95 Roman Bank Shares 2832 50 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 682 50 1 Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 676 25 Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1366 50 .. 1365 Northern New ditto 872 50 .. 870 Lyons and Mediterranean 885 .. 883 75 Geneva 365 365 Southern 5OO .. 498 75 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 628 75 AMERICA. GALWAY, MONDAY. The Atlantic Royal Mail Company's steamship Connaught, Captain Leitch, from Boston on the 7th August, has arrived with her port piston injured. She was detained off Newfoundland 36 hours by a dense fog, and could not communicate with the shore. The Canadian had not arrived. The Arago, Kangaroo, and Australasian had arrived out. The reception of the Prince of Wales at Fre derickstown on the 4th inst. was most enthusiastic. On the 6th inst. his Royal Highness received an address from the Government of New Brunswick, and inaugurated the new park. He attended the ball at the Government House. Mexican advice state that a Spanish frigate had arrived at Vera Ciuz with despatches from the Spa nish Minister. Miramon was at Lagos. An attack on the capi• tal was expected. The Bishop of Guacjalira had been seized. San Francisco dates are to the 25th ult. Business continued depressed. Disturbances. vere reported on the north coast of Mexico. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. 6. Stocks active and better. Cotton steady—sales today, 1,500 tales. Middling upland, 10,-tc. to 101 c. Flour firm, at an advance of sc. GARIBALIn TO THE WOMEN OF SICILY. According to a letter in the Presse, the want of self-reliance an Sicily has occasioned persevering energy of the men of a!ioned Garibaldi some disappoint ment, and has led him to appeal to the women in the following Proclamation : Liberty I the TO TILE SICILIAN 'WOMEN. has been gained taut precious gift of Providence to peoples, of the Sicilians, 'd the generous aid of their brethren of flr Sicily, thanks to the m an ly reso l u ti on keep, as all pal the continent. Lberty, difficult to gain, is more difficult to y for ages has experienced to her cost. recur Sicil to foreign y is suer , a country that th ere i s no nee d i n h er case t o hstories to find examples of all kinds of civic virtues, and the women there have at all times dis played a courage Which has astonished the world. From the women of Syracuse, who cut off their tresses to make ropes of them in tle old Roman days, to those of Messina, encouragedvnan their k .eir relatives to attack a bombarding host, :weds of this sex in this island. The Irt whohee Vespers, re erasr7evaliant also, a n event unparalleled in the history of na tions, saw the fai r i s l an d ers fi g h t i ng b y t h e s id e of the combatants for natonal independence. ~,. I myself ki r recab the occasion with emotion), in denounc t of Palermo to this generous people the humiliatingingf ro n I the p P r alac e te Nona of their tyrant, heard a groaning wcinen who crowded the balconies, deep repented al oug h t u b y the t urn c' all army pale, and that groaning was the tdheeastipnhoientrsteofnrfecel it it true ; a single citadel only remains in tyranny. e (nem_ y ; but 11 years ago Sicilian valour achieved the same result ; and yet that free land, through not having chosen to make a last effort, fell back into slavery, was trodden once more under mercenary feet, and brought to a worse con di t i on t h an b e f ore the glorious revo lution. Dear and -. gracious women of Sicily, hear the voice of the man who fa iterely loves your beautiful country, to w hich he is bound b y the affection o f hi s w h o l e life. He as ks of you nothin g for h i mself, not hi ng f or o thers ; but for th e common fatherland he asks your power f u l ass istance. Call to arms the inh a bit an t s o f thi s i s land, and shame th o se who cling t o their mother's or sweetheart's apron strings. La Cairoli, of Pavia, a rich, noble, and beloved matron, had four sons. O ne died a t Varese on the body of an have at Palermo, sc arre d with the wounds h e received at Austrian h and whom he had killed ; tho eldest, B ene d e tto, you Calatafimiw his skull was split open i n th ose b att l es ; an d the fourth Palermo ;• the third, Enrico, lives, though has been sent to join the same army by that incomparable mother. Women, give us your sons, your lovers I Few — the struggle will be long and doubtful, and full of danger for all 1 Many —w e s hall conquer without battles : and you will see realised the hopes of twenty generations of Italians ; and I shall restore to you your dear ones bronzed by the battle-field, c row ned with th e aureo le of - victory, and blessed even by those enslaved and suffering peoples who have sent forth their sons to win back for you your country. Messina, Augu s t 3. G. GARIBALDI. 111. R. COBDEN AND THE FRENCH TREATY. is an extract from a private lette r, dated August 13, addressed by Mr. Cobden to a The following friend in this country, and we have received per mission to publish it : still no reason to doubt that matte rs will to a satisfactory result here. U p to the present m ome nt I h ave ex p er i enc ed nothing but candour a n d s t ra i g htf orwar d ness i n m y dealings libe have e sght with the French Govern m ent, whil e all the misre presentation, h side , falsehood, and difficulties whic h I : encounter have come from the E Channel. Nothing disgusts English h p r a e v s e e o n hf t at at i edh t o me more than the cowardice and want of honest princi ples own politicians. 4 Anything for a momentary cry which may give a triumph ove r a political opponent' seems to be the motto to our party men. You will see that in less than a couple of years all our politicians will be eager enough to claim the merit of having always been friendly to the French t rea t y . Th e paragrap h you enclosed , giving a conversation of mine, is one of those .ras cally acts of eavesdropping for which American newspaper writers are so notorious. There is a good deal of the paragraph which agree s with w hat I have thought ; but whether I expressed it in private conversation is more than I could swear to, as no one expects to be made responsible for private gossip. Ther e ought to be the punishment of the pillory or the s t oc k s rev i ve d foi those who publish in newspaper s the unguarded remarks which fall from a man i n private conversation, when he fre quently. speak merely to provoke a rep l y and keep people. from going to sleep inter change ' ove r too serious an of views. No ; I did not help the Emperor to prepa re his pamp hlet about the English and French armies and navies. Take my word for it, however, that the , e is a vast deal of s y stematic lying in England about the French armaments. You remember that charming old lady, Madame Wolley's landlady, whom we visited, who remarked, ' Pauvre John Bull; quand on veut enlever son argent, on lui fait peur de nousy I am quite ashamed of the child-like simplicity with which Englishmen allow themselves to be imposed upon respecting anything French. You will see a great and sudden re action in the public mind soon. Com mon sense, aided by the publication of the new 'French tariff, will put an end to the panic." `__ DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. • During the whole of yesterday (Sunday) the greatest consternation prevailed throughout the parish of Shadwell and the hamlet of Ratcliff, owing to the raging of a fire which lasted upwards of 12 hours, and during that period property valued at many thousand pounds sterling was reduced to ashes. With the exception of a fire that occurred on Friday night in the West Kent-wharf, on the Surrey side of London-bridge, this is the la r gest conflagration that has occurred in the metropohtau district during the present year. In Phoenix-place, Ratcliff-cross, stands —or, more correctly speaking, sto o d on Saturday night—a large range of manufacturing premises, termed the Ratcliff-cross Wharf, situate in Narrow-street, but extending into Phoenix-place, which was formerly known as Ratcliff-hi g h way. Th e premises were i n the occupation of M essrs . P ar ki nson an d Salmon, whoiesale biscuit bak ers t o th e army an d navy, and were termed the Ph oen i x Mill s. Th e property in question stretched in o ne di rec ti on a bout 150 f ee t, and in another n ear l y 100 f ee t, and comp r i se d steam boilers engines, and other descriptions of valuable machinery, while the stock of fl our an d other articles used in the manufacture of biscuits was immense. At the end of the mills stood two houses, which communicated with the principal portion of the factory, three stories high, and used as stores. In these houses a vast amount of stoc k ready for shipping off or for delivery in town was deposited. In fact, every floor, it is stated, was filled with goods ready for shipment for the expe dition to China. The next premises on the eastern side belonged to Messrs. H. Kempton and Co., leather merchants and curriers. They formed two houses numbered 3 and 4, and the workshops and drying-houses covered a great space of ground. The adjoining house wa s f or t unate l y unoccup i e d, but it belonged to the firm of Parkinson and Co., the owners of the mills. About an hour after the fire broke out the ini" mense roof of the mills fell in, the weight of which Caused the fl oor b e l ow a l so to fall, and then the fire rose higher. Even so late as six o'clock last evening (Sunday) the firemen, were obliged to pump over the fire, it being far from entirely extinguished, although 19 hours elapsed from the first discovery. All danger, however, of any further extension of mischief was over. An official inquiry into the cause of this disas trous fire, it is understood, will be instituted before Mr. John Humph re y , th e coroner. At 7 o'clock fast 'evening the fire which broke out on Frid,ay night in the premises known as the West Yent-wharf, on the south side of London b,:idge, belonging to Messrs. Hartley and Sons, was not entirely extinguished, and it is doubtful whether it will be before the middle of this day (Monday). ghrowirra 141 o r The 1 durin g general Roods h rooderai rilents. tioued liudde l tioed. tre nae i 3 Shire I Walsal for go , tremell ever, ensue. 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