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CRYSTAL PALACE. - INTERNATIONAL I STATISTICAL CONGRESS. Arrangements have been made for a DEJEUNER in the New Dining Room, in the South Wing, at 4 o'clock, on MONDAY next, July 23, to ' celebrate the fourth session of the International Statistical Congress. The Great Fountains will be played at half-past 5 o'clock. The price of ladies or gentlemen's tickets for the Dejeuner, including admission to the Palace and Park, will be 10s. 6d. each. These tickets may be obtained at King's , College, or at the Secretary's Office, Crystal Palace. Imme diately- after the display of the Fountains, the Athletic Sports of the Volunteer Rifle Corp& (commenced on the recent occa sion of the distribution of the prizes shot for at Wimbledon) will be concluded :-1, 300 yards race, for the prize of 5 guineas ; 2, picking up stones (50 stones 1 yard apart), 5 guineas ; 3, sweepstake race of 100 yards ; 4, ditto running broad jump ;5, ditto race of 300 yards. Note.—ln compliance with the wishes of the competitors, these sports will take place on the Cricket Ground. Open at 9. Admission to the Palace and Gronnds, ls. ; children, 6d. TH EA TR E-110 YAL, HAYMARN.ET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the Performances will oommense with THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Charles Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins. After whiich, the new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY, iu which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear. And THE BOARDING SCH OOL. Commence at 7. ' ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. For the Benefit of Mr. Phelps. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with NICHOLAS FLA3I. Mr. Phelps. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Mr. A. HARRIS begs to announce that he has entered into an arrangement with the Company of ZOUAV ES, origi nal founders of the Theatre at Inkerman, during the Crimean War, where, under the enemy's fire, they gained such renown, and have since performed in the principal theatres of France, Vienna, Madrid, Brussels, Constantinople, Milan, Turin, Berlin, Stockholm, Gibraltar, and Lisbon. The ZOUAVES will make their first appearance in Eng land on Monday, July 23, in a novel and varied entertainment. The baffles in which these Artists were engaged are Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, Malakoff, and Sebastopol. ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. Mr. B. Webster will make his first appearance (since his re- It turn from his provincial tour) in the course of the present month, at his Annual Benefit, particulars of which will be duly announced. 12th week of the favourite American Actress, Miss Julia Daly. THIS r;VENING. THE HARVEST HOME. Messrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, D. Fisher, Billineton, Stuart, Eburne, C. J. Smith. Powell, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss 11. Simms, Miss K. Kelly, and Miss Laidlaw. After which, THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. Paul Bedford and Miss Julia Daly. To conclude with OUR GAL. Miss Julia Daly, Messrs. Eburne, Ward, and Romer. 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, Es. ; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, 18.6 d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, Bd. Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. EVERY EVENING. Positively the last Night but Seven. TO-NIGHT, CHEZ TINE PETITE DAME. And LES DEMOISELLES DE ST. CYR. Delphine Fix. Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. Gallery, is. Private Boxes, from Two Guineas. Commence at 8. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. Madlle. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. FPM. BATTY. Every evening the entertainments commencing with the Spectacle of FAIR RosAmoND or the AMAZON CRUSADERS, with incomparable Scenes in , the Cirque, and a laughable Farce. On MONDAY next, July 30, the popular Spectacle 01 MAZEPPA will be produced. Doors open at halt-past 6, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily fromer till 4. Stage Manag 11 Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti. CONCERTS.- CANTERBURY HALL THIS EVENING. C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA. FAUST. First Time in this Country. Faust Mr. Henry Herbert. Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard. Siobel Mrs. Anderson. Marguerite ..... Miss Russell. Conductor Mr. Jonghmans. And selections from Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other Entertainments. Balcony, is, Hall. 6d. Combo Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall. The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro delineations, anecdotes, dm., in addition to the usual entertainments. The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening. THE WEATHER.—Surr OFFICE, JULY 21, Ig6o. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and. during the night. 63—this day at noon. Bknomnynn-29.77 ; falling. WlND—Southerly; rather fresh, with dull, cloudy weather, and rain in the morning. ak,TintEm O'CLocx—Wind S.W. ; fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 3h. 39m.—Afternoon, 4h. lm. To-mcautow.-Morning, 4h. 23m.—Afternoon, 4h. 45m, The last act of the Wakefield Election threatens to become something more than an Act, at least in its theatrical sense. It is as if the sham swords and pistols had suddenly been converted into deadly weapons, and that the parties, instead of being only playing at legal investigations, find they are incurring legal penalties. Our readers, doubtless, will remember the general character of the evidence furnished to the Commissioners—evi dence, however, which was procured by the pros pect of legal immunity, on the single condition of those who gave it " making a clean breast of it." both That, at least, was the understanding throughou the - whole country. By this means we obtained as clear and full an account as we could wish of the flowing forth of the streams of money from the fountains, its course through bankers of high stand ing into the hands of the principal actual agents, and finally of its passage in irrigating streams over the whole constituency. It was bribery pic tured by pre-Raphaelites. We need not recal the details ; they appear, in deed, in our reports. But it is important indeed to ponder over the rationale of the whole affair. The evi dence is obtained. It is in due course laid before the House of Commons. It is of the same general cha racter as that which has come from other commis sions ; and we all knew it would be so. But the commissioners have refused certificate of protection from legal consequences to many persons, among them to the two candidates themselves. The House of Commons, in its zeal for purity, instructs the Attorney-General to prosecute the uncertificated parties, if he should think that a verdict could be obtained against them. The Attorney-General obeys. Then the House becomes frightened at its own virtue, and a Liberal and a Conserva. tive candidate being both equally im. plicated, Honourable Members on sides of the house beg the hon. and learned gen tleman to give up the prosecution. Very willingly, he replies, if the House sees fit to pass a Tote autho rising me to do so. If not, lam its servant, and must obey its recorded orders. The House dares not stultify itself—dares not openly interpose itself as a screen between justice and the guilty. The prosecutions proceed, the evidence is clear, the Judge, lik e the Attorney-General, adheres closely to the duti es of his position, the jury to theirs, and the verdict of guilty—guilty of a crime, the penalty for whic h is fine and imprisonment—is recorded. Thus far all i s plain sailing, except that momentary shak ing of the sails in the House of the C ora reons, which, however, did not result in a tack, the house being obliged to wear before the strong breeze of public opinion. Yet that momentary hesitation in its course did show un doubtedly that something was wrong. And some thing is wrong. Regarding bribery, such as that of all the boroughs w hich hav e yet come before the royal inquisitors, as a disgraceful abuse and perver• sion of our electoral privileges—as a crime --it i s ye t felt, and in no country on earth more than in Eug. ~,,,&-4,,_,., q\'' , i:/, ‘ ,.. ';' (_-' -tF4SCI). .. :, . 4 i - ' c '.5..4 { ~.*, -7 . 2, , A . 1 - , . ! itt '','''',' • , i ~ __\___,,, , -- • ' , . 4 i- - • __,,,,-4 <.: THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1860. land, that even criminals should have fair treatment. And one of the most settled maxims of justice in the English mind, a maxim equally respected by the Judge on the bench and by every reputable pro- secut3r, is, that no man shall be compelled to give an answer likely to criminate himself. Even to these very trials the Solicitor-General came armed with QUEEN'S pardons, to enable the witnesses to give evidence safely, though with that protection the judge differed in opinion as to whether the wit ness was compelled to answer, " as it would be a calumny upon him, and his name would suffer." Foreign nations take a somewhat different view of the matter. But we Englishmen have no doubt on the point. It was just here, then, that the House of Com mons felt it had not entire conviction that it was fair to prosecute the criminals. Of their guilt there was no doubt, The wholesale and retai transactions were as patent to the public as the best kept accounts to Messrs. QUILTER and BALL, But how had these accounts been got at? By in- terrogating the criminals themselves, who one and all gave their evidence expecting, if they told the truth, to receive their indemnity. We cannot now recal the particulars of the behaviour of the subordinates But that of the two principals left on our minds the clear impres sion, that Mr. CHARLESWORTH did equivocate, till the evidence of others made equivocation useless, when he told the whole truth; Mr. Sergeant PIGOTT expressing a rather strong opinion on the character of his evidence. Mr. LEATHAM gave evidence of bribery quite as bad on his part, and of adroit management of his share in the transaction, through "My dear EDMOND" in London—to wit, Messrs. OVEREND, GURNEY, and Co.; but we do not remember that the commission complained in his case of either equivocation or suppression, and there did not seem to be any. Yet both he and Mr. CHARLES WORTH were refused their certificates ; a prevalent notion being, that Mr. LEATHAM lost his to preserve the appearance of impartiality. Be that as it may, the feeling in the House and in the country doubtless was, and is, that much as the criminals deserve the conviction, and its conse sequences, too, the conviction was gained by the violation of what we all believe to be fair play. The mischief of all this is obvious. Mr. LEATH IIAM, and perhaps his collegues in conviction also, will complain of martyrdom. We are made, they will say, victims of accepting the public faith. In reliance on that faith, we told you all our wickedness, and now you inflict on us not only the mortification of con fession, but the penalties of law. Other delin quents will, of course, be more chary of telling their story. As well go to prison for not answer ing as for oar answers being used against us. Some think such convictions will put down bribery; will they not rather put down commissions of in quiry ? Mr. LEATHAM in his dungeon, reflecting how his own evidence brought him there, we may almost imagine quoting BYRON'S description of the struck eagle, who— " Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart, Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel." We do not know that he would not even preface the quotation by another— " Oh, what a noble heart was here undone. When Brib'ry's self destroyed her noblest son." But leaving Mr. LEATHAM to find such resem blance as he may between himself and KIRKE WHITE, we think it clear that the process by com mission is a failure. These convictions prove it more clearly than ever. The complaint has always been that no consequences follow commissions. The towns, the corrupters, and the corrupted don't mind the more exposure. Well, at last we have convic tions, and every one feels that they are just. But the very fact that they are gained by unjust methods in the first process awakens sympathy for the con victed. So it must ever be with bribery. You may extort the evidence, but if you do, the country revolts frem your using it against the person. You may decline to coerce witnesses to speak, and then you can get noevidence. Our Act-makers may flounder on as they please ; they will do nothing and can do nothing, till they have conscience enough to accept the preventive they so dread. They must try the ballot. The Thames Embankment Committee has con ducted its inquiries steadily and laboriously to a close. From addressing itself to engineers—it turned its attention at last to wharfingers. Of the latter class of witnesses it called up eleven at a single sitting—subjecting these, one after another, to a searching examination. Among all classes affected by the proposed change this is precisely the very one that might naturally be expected to look upon this innovation with the very smallest amount of complacency. And any such expectation will be found fully borne out by the tone of the evidence elicited from the whole of these Thames wharfingers. The only one out of the whole num ber who gave anything like a generous support to the suggestion was Mr. KENNARD who—be it said to his honour—appeared rather to rejoice over the prospective good opening up to the public at large through the development of this long-meditated scheme of the Thames Embankments than to bewail over the possibility of consequent inconve niences affecting himself individually. Mr. KEN NARD'S evidence was to the effect that while he himself occupied business pre mises on the banks of the Thames— he could not help feeling, in the first instance, in regard to the proposed improvement, that "an embankment would give great facilities from the City to the West-end, and at the same time greatly relieve the crowded streets, so that it would be a public convenience." That—which was manifestly the second thought of the other witnesses—ap peared to be Mr. KENNARD'S first consideration. He maintained, before the Committee of Inquiry, in his character as a Thames wharfinger, that the projected embankment " would be a great public improvement, and would be the best way of giving facilities for traffic between both ends of the town." Estimating his character simply through ,he medium of the light thrown upon through his evidence before the Committee, we should certainly feel disposed to regard Mr. KENNARD as distinguishable, among the rest of the wharfingers subjected to examination, by the pos session of a more cheerful and sanguine tempera_ ment. While others looked askance, with jealousy and suspicion at the meditated scheme of the Thames Embankments, Mr. KENNARD, in reply to one of the queries addressed to him, observed that "he did not think it (the embankment) would injure his premises." Adding, that "all it would do would be to increase the expense of his business"—remarking immedi ately thereupon, "But it was the duty of every one to give up something to effect a great convenience." That is a frank and manly declaration, worthy of an Englishman. As additional evidence, however, of the witness's amiable disposition to make the be'st of everything, let it be also here taken into account that, while other wharfingers who were examined as witnesses before the committee grum bled loudly against the necessity that might pro ibably be thrust upon them of moving their THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1866. THE NAVY.—The fallowing resolutions were , agreed to in the House of Commons on Thursday :- 1. " That a sum, not exceeding £12,000, be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of retirement to officers of the navy, which will come in course of paymont during the year ending on the llst day of March, 1861." 2. " That a sum, not exceeding £33,000, be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge of a grant to the officers, seamen, and marines employed in the late naval operations in China." Mr. Wilson, at the last dates, was suffering from sickness, and had been for a short time unable to attend the meetings of the Legislative Council at Calcutta. Sir James Outram had proceeded on a voyage for the recovery of his health. THE ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELE GRAPH COMPANY. - At a meeting of the board of directors of this company, held yesterday, it was resolved to recom mend to the proprietors, at the general meeting to be held at the London Tavern on the Ist of August next, to con firm a dividend of £3 10s. per cent. for the last half-year. INCREASE OF THE SPIRIT DUTlES.—Numerous meetings of the licensed victuallers have been held within the last few days, in different parts of the metropolis, at which the following resolution was agreed to by very large majorities :—" That on and after Monday next an advance of ld. per quartern be charged on all spirits." POPULATION OF AUSTRALIA.—The European population in the Australian colonies at the latest returns was 1,063,71a —namely, in Victoria, 504,519 ; New South Wales (including Queensland, formerly called Moreton Bay), g 42,062 ; South Australia, 118,21.5 ; Tasmania, 84,080 ; Western Australia, 14,837. The returns are made up to the end of 1858, extent Western Australia, which is completed to the end of 185'9. FAILURE OF ARISTOCRATIC DESCENT.—Of the twenty-five barons who were appointed o enforce the ob servance of Magna Charta, there is not now in the House of Peers a single male descendant.—Sir Bernard Burke' s Second Series of Vicissitudes of Families. The office of Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey is rendered vacant by the death of Major-General Mundy.— Army and Navy Gazette. It may, we believe, be considered as certain that two or three more assistants will be appointed to Colonel M'Murdo, in the inspection and organisation of the Volun teer Corps. None of the additional appointments, however, are yet actually decided on. Lieutenant-Colonel Ibbetson has been appointed to the vacancy caused by the resigna tion of Major Stewart.—Army and Navy Gazette. It has been long an object with the Lords of the Admiralty to see the list of active captains reduced below 350, so that some deserving commanders might receive at their hands the reward of zealous services. We can now remind their lordships that there are three vacancies on this particular list, as the death of Captain Eyres reduces the number to 347.—Army and Navy Gazette. We hear that at the last examination of candi dates for direct commissions at Chelsea, out of 143 candi dates, only about 60 were found to NM the requirements of the examiners. We cannot pretend to say . what the cause was; but the fact is one of many coming to our knowledge, which would make us anxious to see a search ing inquiry instituted as regards the whole question of mili tary examinations. —Army and Navy Gazette. By the death of Lieut.-General Lord Sandys, and the death of Major-General Mundy, reported in our last, the following army promotions will take place, viz., Major-General E. F. Morris, Colonel of the 97th Regi ment, to be Lieut.-General; Colonel Richard French, Un attached, and W. Parlby, Commanding the Cavalry Bri gade in Ireland, to be Major-Generals; Lieut.-Colonels Harvest, unattached, and Preston, 45th Regiment, to be Colonels; and Majors W. L. Stewart, 2d Depot Battalion, and A. Pigott, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant- Colonels in the Army.—Army and Navy Gazette. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF LOLA MONTES.—Late on Tuesday evening we were surprised to learn that the cele brated Madame Lola Montes, Counties of Landafelt, lay at the point of death, and was not expected to survive the night. On Saturday morning she arose in her usual health, but soon complained of giddiness, and, lying down, was at once deprived of speech and motion by a paralytic stroke. Sunday and Monday she was able to partially recognise those about her, but on Tuesday seemed to have lost all consciousness, and was pronounced by her medical atten dants as beyond hope of life. For some time past she has resided at No. 15, Clinton-place, and during her sickness has been faithfully cared for by several of her intimate friends.—Xew York Tribune, July 7. DEATH OF MR. GEORGE SOANE.—Amongst those who have lately gone from amongst us, and whose professional repute should not allow them to pass away without recognition, we have now to record the name of Mr. George Soane, who died at his residence, 38, Charlotte street, Portland-place, on Thursday, the 12th inst., at the age of sixty-nine. Mr. George Soane was the youngest son of Sir John Soane, the eminent arohitect, who died in 1837, and bequeathed his splendid house and museum in Lincoln's-inn-fields to the nation. An unhappy difference had existed for many years between father and son, which originated in the latter having criticised with unbecoming levity some of his father's performances. Whatever might have been the offence it is to be regretted that to all ap peals on behalf of his son Sir John remained inexorable, and the result was that, deprived of his inheritance, Mr. George Soane had through life to depend upon his pen for his income. During the last forty years he was an industrious contributor to periodical literature, to which he brought the advantages of a fine taste and ripe scholarship. To the stage he furnished many popular pieces. The interesting melo-drama, " The Inn keeper's Daughter," written for Miss Fanny Kelly, had a very successful career; "The Falls of Clyde," "Lillian the Show Girl," and other dramas of that class, obtained great popularity at Drury-lane, the Old English Opeala House, &c. ; and the was he author of the original version of * Der Freyschutz." He wrote the libretto of many operas that gained a great name in their day, and there are several novels that attest the freshness of his fancy, of which the one entitled " The Frolics of the Fairies," will be, perhaps, best remembered. His latest dramatic con tributions were the libretto of " The Night Dancers," and a musical piece for Madame Anna Thillon, Balled "The Young Guard," both produced at the Princess's Theatre. For the last few years of his life ho ceased to write for the stage, and with augmented means lived in comfortable retirement. A daughter of his, Miss Rosa Soane made a successful debut some few years since as a vocalist.—Era. The interests of Leeds are not to go unrepre sented before the Superior Council of Commerce now sit ting in Paris. At a meeting of the Leeds Chamber of Com merce, on Wednesday, the President announced that an influential deputation will be requested to proceed to Paris, and to give any information that may be required by the English Commissioners appointed to negotiate the treaty with the French Government.--Leeds Mercury. NEW STAGE MANAGER FOR SADLER'S WELLS, At the opening of the approachinc , season the important post of stage manager will be filled by Mr. IV. H. Josephs, formerly a member of the Sadler's Well's company. Mr. Josephs has been favourably known during several years for the efficient discharge of duties similar to those which he now assumes, at the Theatres Royal Edinburgh and Glasgow. Miss Fanny Josephs will be one of the new additions to the company.—Era. MEDALS AND PRIZE MONEY FOR INDIA.—The authorities at the Horse Guards having received great numbers of applications from men formerly of the Indian army for medals and prize money for the late campaign against the mutineers, it has been intimated by the India office that such medals (excepting in the case of the Ist Madras Fusiliers) will not be ready for distribution for some time to come. With regard to prize money 18 months i s g i ven a s the time likely to elapse before the distribution can be arranged• SEIZURE OF A LIVERPOOL STEAMER.—By a special despatch from our foreign correspondent we are in formed that a Liverpool steamer, the Ellen Vannin, for merly on the Isle of Man route and four othe r s t eams hip s have been seized by the Neapolitan Government. The cause assigned for the seizure is that the Government, having learnt that Garibaldi had funds in the hands of Neapolitan agents, suspected that they were in treaty for the purchase of these vessels ; and, accordingly, orders were issued to seize and detain them at Naples. This circumstance has caused great excitement among the commercial community. —Liverpool _Daily Times. STATE OF TRADE: MANCHEST E R, July 20. We have no improvement in prices. There has been ra. ther more business since Tuesday for cloths, but it could only be effected by making a slight concession in prices. There has been rather more done to-day in light shirtings for Bombay and Calcutta. The quotations for long-cloths, T-cloths' and domestics are nominally unchanged, but sellers are obliged to give way a little to secure sales, which are mostly in moderate quantities only. Printing cloths are also dull, and prices drooping. No change in yarns, except that prices are again easier, including hard twists, which have hitherto been rather steadier than other spin nings. DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.—The screw steamer Great Britain, Capt. Gray, sailed from Liverpool yesterday for Melbourne. The noble ship, owing to her surprisingly quick run home last voyage, has again become a favourite, and, to employ a common phrase, she is more than full of passengers, for not only was every berth of every class engaged some time ago, but many temporary berths were fitted up ; and, notwithstanding this, a num ber of applicants for a passage in her were disappointed. She left her dock at noon on Thursday, and proceeded to sea at half-past nine yesterday morning. As usual, she appeared " by the head," but this appearance is occasioned by the absence of forecastle rails. She was rather deep, but otherwise in excellent trim. JULY BlLLs.—More than 30 bills have been brought into the House of Commons in this present month of July, and the tide is only now stopped by the resolution of the Lords fixing a day after which they will begin no new business unless it be of urgency. A m ong these measures have been the Larceny Law Amendment Bill, for abolish ing the whipping of males above 14 for simple larceny; the Metropolis Hackney Carriages Bill, prohibiting the use of cabs, &c., for the conveyance of persons in infectious disease or of the dead, and enabling unions to provide vehicles for the purpose ; the Theatres and Publiohouses Bill, for closing all publichouses and beershops in the metropolis between 1 and 4 a.m., and requiring a favourable certificate of the Lord Chamberlain, or of four justices, before a license is granted for the sale of spirits, &c., in a theatre ; the May nooth C , liege Bill, giving power to the Public "Works Commissioners to advance money on the security of the future payments from the Consolidated Fund ; the Anchors Bill, providing greater facilities for proving the strength of anchors used in merchant shipping, and compelling ships conveying passengers or troops to use anchors which have been subjected to proof; the Rifle Volunteer Corps Bill, giving facilities for obtaining practice ground; and the bill to continue the Irish Peace Preservation Act for two years. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE AT LITTLEHAMPTON. —Two hundred men of the 21st Depot Battalion are re ceiving rifle instruction at the fort here. Last Wednesday, after the practice with the long Enfield at 400 yards' range, the men were pointing their unloaded rifles and snapping caps at each other while the officers were engaged in com paring the register of the shots made with the target. One of the men, named Deckerell, when directed to unload had not done so, andito conceal this, when ordered, as usual, to ground arms, had removed the cap. Forgetting — so we learn on inq u i r y— w h a t he had done, he joined with his comrad s in pointing his rifle at one of the groups who lay around, and having placed a cap on he directed his piece at a comrade named Cotton, who, with two others, Dwyer and Green, was present at the time. The rifle, of course, went offimmediately, and the shot took effect on the right side of Cotton's nose, carrying away part of his jawbone and passing out at the right side of his neck. Dwyer had moved a little on seeing, the piece levelled, and thus he escaped, but the bullet, after passing through Cotton's neck, entered Green'a throat, passing out at his mouth, and taking with it several teeth and a portion of the jawbone. Green was not out of danger on Thursday evening last, and but slight hopes are entertained of the recovery of Cotton. 4 barg'en outside the embankments in the event (drea tied by them) of those embankments being actually constructed —Mr. KENNARD deelar E d for his part that " There would be no in conves ience in barges lying outside the embank ment," the river at his part of it being wider than elsewhere.. Besides which we find him adding, towards the close of his examination, that " He had driven piles into the river to keep the barges safe and firm, and the barges were kept there without any difficuiqy whatever." Another witness, very worthy of mote in his way, we would particularly direct attention to, in the person of Mr. HADLEY of Puddledoek, a gentleman who has reason to de-' mand for his evidence some respectful consideration. He has property th ere on the banks of the river Thames, property to a large amount that cannot but be affected, one way or the other prejudically or the reverse by these projected improve ments, now, we will not say merely indi cated, but we will go the length of saying actually in preparation. Ten years ago, it appears, the premises of Mr. HADLEY were erected at Pud dledock at the cost in round numbers of £30,000. The witness informed the Committee that these premises of his were flour mills, so large and in such a state of activity that a thousand sacks of flour are now upon the average being there daily manufactured. Before the close of his examination, in fact, he added to this information, that his busi ness was so rapidly and steadily on the increase that according to a reasonable estimate of its de velopment, he calculated upon grinding 800 quar ters of wheat daily in the course of two or three years more. " If," said this witness, "a dock was formed in front of his premises" (as it was intimated to him was really the intention), a dock " with facilities for the barges going in and out, it . would," he al lowed, "be a great advantage." Observing after this, however " If there were to be a dock of 150 feet in width in front of his premises, it would, as he had already remarked, be satisfac tory, but while this embankment was being made he wanted to know what was to be come of their trade !" Certainly a reason able enquiry enough under the circumstances. " He should be glad," added this witness, " to give his assent to any scheme which would give them greater facilities, but at present they had all the facilities they required." Making this very rea sonable proviso, moreover, that " any compensation to be given to the wharfingers for the obstruction of their business while the embankment was being made should be given after the work was done, for until that time they would be unable to properly estimate the loss which had been occasioned." We are satisfied that none 'of these material points will be overlooked by the Committee—the aim of whose report will certainly be so to ensure advantage, through these Thames Embankments, to the pub lic at large, as not to inflict injury upon indivi duals. tiV e trust our House of Commons will not, under any pretext, consent to pander further to French trickery. The fraud now intended to be perpetrated on us may be explained in a few words. Amongst other foreign countries, France, the country with which we have now to do, prohibits the export of rags, thereby cheapening the raw material to her own manufacturers of paper, and enhancing the cost of it to ours. The countervailing duty which has, for this reason, been levied on foreign paper is one penny, in addition to the lid. per lb. which our own paper pays. Hitherto this has been thought satisfactory; and we are not aware that any foreign country has complained of it, or that it has been looked upon as a protective duty. Now our readers will remember well, when the treaty was under consideration in the House, that objection was taken to the repeal of the extra penny duty, unless France consented to remove the pro hibition of the export of rags. Our Government communicated with that of the French, and it was announced that the French Government would so modify their law as to make everything satisfactory to all parties. The announcement was received with cheers by the house, and all went smoothly on. Now, however, we are told at the eleventh hour that the French will listen only to their own manu facturers, and not repeal the prohibition ; that they will not place theirs and ours on a level in regard to the raw material, Our Foreign Secretary, how ever, tells us we must abide by the treaty. We do not believe the treaty touches the paper question ; but if it did our answer would be the treaty, in this respect, was obtained under false pretences, and we repudiate it. We should say even mere, that if the French are not content, nine-tenths of the coun try would very gladly throw the whole treaty in their teeth, and bid them make their own fiscal regulations and we would make ours. Mr. HORSMAN is very clever, is one of the most able speakers we have in the house, is a high-minded and honourable gentleman, as well as one of the most conspicuous among our public-spirited and right hon. representatives. But what, in the name of fortune, has become of his discretion ? In ite regard we might call out, as O'CONNELL did from the hustings at the famous Clare Election, when eager to confront his missing antagonist, the Right Hon. VESEY FITZGERALD, the President of the Board of Trade— " Lost or mislaid, Stolen or strayed—' the discretion of the right hon. the member for Stroud, formerly M.P. for Cockermouth. Where is it ? Whither has it flown ? Has it melted into thin air—or has it been all along non-existent ? Any more painful evidence of the entire lack of anything bearing about it the merest shadowy semblance of discretion, was perhaps never notic able within the walls of Parliament than that afforded by Mr. HORSMAN in his unmannerly attack upon Sir CHARLES WooD, during the ab sence of the latter from his place in the House of Commons. The incident is one so gross that it almost amounts to an outrage upon the amenities of civilised society. It is certainly an indecorum that has been seldom, if ever, witnessed before within the walls of the popular branch of the Le gislature. It is consequently no marvel that it elicited from the Prime Minister last evening such sharp and stinging words of reprehension. We greatly regret that a man in every way so able and so well qualified, with a due admixture of pru dence to assume such:a high a place in the Legisla ture, should thus wantonly and grievously mar his already advanced and rising reputation. The in discretion—(to speak of the offence complained of by the very mildest phrase that could be applied to it) —the indiscretion manifested in the present instance by Mr. HORSMAN is all the more remark able as evidenced by him, seeing that the right hon. member for Stroud has proved himself hitherto to be incomparably one of the most gentlemanly, as well as one of the most eloquent, speakers in the House of Commons. Not in this instance, how ever! On the contrary, the attack directed by him against the absent Secretary of State for India is so little characteristic of Mr. HoESMAN, in any way save at least its impetuosity, that we are satis fied that the friends and admirers of the right hon. gentleman (and he has many) would gladly erase it from the tablet of their remembrance. LATE ri NE WSe The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, JULY 21. The Moniteur announces that the Emperor re ceived Signor La Greca, and that the session of the Corps Legislatif was closed, yesterday. The llloniteur also says " Letters from Beyrout contain details respect ing the horrible massacre at Dar-el-Kamor, and pointing out the odious conduct of the Turkish authorities and the Governor of Beyrout." The Constitutionnel publishes an article, signed by M. Grandguillot, of which the following is a summary : " Europe will, like France, answer by the most energetic adhesion to the noble initiative of the EMperor. Nobody will be astonished to learn that French troops will very soon be embarked, in order to carry assistance to the Christians in the East, and thus to support a cause which is common to all the interests of Europe. " The peaceful and lawful existence of the Chris tians in the East has been guaranteed by the Powers who signed the treaties of 1856. The initiative which we are taking is, therefore, but the faithful execution of our engagements. "The Sultan well understood this when he ad dressed his letter to the Emperor. Unhappily, it is to be feared that Turkey is incapable of arresting the massacre of the Christians, and it is impossible to allow the hazards of an uncertain repression. The defection of the Turkish troops is also possible. The destinies of the inhabitants are placed under the double safeguard of the treaties and of the honour of France. It is evidently in concert with the Powers and with the Sultan that France is about to act in Syria. " The Eastern question has for a long while been considered as one of those which may most disturb the world. The best means for preventing grave complications is to resolve by a decisive and sincere course of action from the beginning those difficul ties which the want of energy and frankness might perhaps render irremediable." NAPLES, JULY 19. The officers of the Royal Guard did not take part in the conflict on the 15th inst. between the soldiers and the people. Some of the former shouted " Long live Maria Theresa." The Minister of the Interior has officially re ceived 44 emigrants, who arrived at Naples on the 16th inst. Some of the officers of the Marine have taken the oath to the Constitution on condition of not being ordered to fight against Italians. General Clary has asked for reinforcements. Several officers of the navy, artillery, and of the engineer corps, have tendered their resignation. PESTH, JULY 20. On the occasion of a torch-light procession for the Superintendant Szakacs, which had been ar ranged, notwithstanding the prohibition of police, a crowd assemblei. It was dispersed by the inter ference of the military. Several arrests were made, but no persons were wounded. Tranquillity was restored before midnight. FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 20. BOURSE, July 20.—Stock has been rather freely offered to-day, and Threes, for the account, which opened at 68f 60c., are now at 68f 30c ; Mobilier has fallen from 687 f 50c to 675 f; Orleans, 1,355 f ; Lyons, 877 f 50c ; Austrian, 507 f 50c. The follow ing are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents . 97 40 Credit Fancier - Do end month.... 97 45; Belgian 4t — 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 20 Roman Bank Shares 2830 I Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 675 Spanish Threes 471 Do. Account 672 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS. -Cash. Account. Orleans 1353 75 .. 1355 Northern New ditto 873 75 .. 865 Lyons and Mediterranean 880 .. 885 Geneva 367 50 .. 368 75 Southern 5OO .. 501 25 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard SICILY. The Opinione Nationale publishes the following instructions from the Government of Sicily to its envoys to foreign Powers—among whom are, as is known, Prince de San Giuseppe for London, and Prince de San Catalda for Paris : " Sicily, in throwing off the yoke of the Bourbonian military occupation from which she suffered for eleven years, returns to the full sovereignty of herself, which she obtained by the revolution of 1848, when, after having pro claimed the deposition of the Bourbon dynasty, she called a new Prince to the throne, when her commissioners were received by the Governments of France, England, and Sar dinia, and when her flag was saluted by the two most powerful navies ii the Mediterranean. " The violence of arms brought back the Bourbon Go vernment, which in law was illegitimate, aid condemned by the country, and which de facto was only a monstrous tyranny, a veritable anachronism in the midst of existing civilisation. To such an extent was this so, that it became proverbial in Europe. " The right and power of regulating her own destinies, which violence alone took from her, our country now justly resumes. "In January, 1848, Sicily by her own generous impulse, entered the Italian movement commenced two years before in Rome, Tuscany, and Piedmont, and from which the Austrian and despotic policy of Ferdinand 11. had till then excluded her, _ _ " At that epoch in Italy, ideas did not go beyond a sys tem of local reforms and ameliorations for the different Italian States, and the project of a league or confederation of those States independently and freely constituted. "The Sicilian revolution then based itself on the follow ing principles :-1. Restoration of the Constitution of 1812, which the Bourbons had sworn to, but had violated, whereby they had legally forfeited the throne. 2. Sicilian independence, and separation of the island from the crown of Naples. 3. The wish solemnly expressed to form part of the Italian league or confederation, or an independent State under her own Ring. " Since that period events and opinions have made great progress in Italy. The nation, in aspiring to resume her place and importance in Europe, stopped at first at the idea of a confederation of States, as the sole means which could at that moment lead to her object as an intermediary phase which would prepare her to obtain in a distant future com plete unity. At present she entertains the hope of arriving much more quickly at this supreme object of her wishes. " Besides, the project of a conferation or an alliance which twelve years ago pleased and satisfied the public sentiment, is now a material and moral impossibility, owing to the decisive rupture which tha courts of Rome and Naples came with the national cause and idea, after the disappearance of the petty States forming the centre of the Italian Peninsula. " It is clear that Italy, desiring a free and independent existence among Modern nations, has henceforth only one means of salvation ; grouping her different States around the glorious monarchy of Savoy, which personifies her na tional life, force, and dignity. Apart from that she would only find a renewal of the domination of Austria, the bar barism of blind and cruel Governments, the discord and weakness of small populations abandoned to their internal discords, and to the schemes and influence of foreign coun tries. " The same feeling that impelled Lombardy to hail with joy the triumph of the allied armies, which threw it into the arms of Victor Emmanuel, which induced Tuscany, the Legations, and the Duchies spontaneously to vote their union under the sceptre of that magnanimous prince—the same feeling which now glows in every heart of a great nation from the Alps to the promontory of Llylmoum (now Cape Boeo) is that which animates Sicily. Now she is her own mistress, Sicily desires, as she always did, to remain Italian, and that is why, rejecting all thought of an indivi dual political separation, which would be in discord with the new era and modern requirements, she is determined to form part of that glorious national monarchy of which civilised Europe now hails the rise as a new basis of order, equilibrium, repose, and prngress for the world. Sicily, replaced by violence under the yoke of the Neapoli tan Government, could only be in the future (as in the past) a permanent danger for the peace of ItslY and Europe. And if, previously, the barrier which morally separated the island from the Bourbons of Naples was unsvxmountable, how can a reconciliation be deemed possible, after the late events, after the horrors of the exist ing War, when the Neapolitan Government has just left the cou'ritry deluged with blood, sacked, and halt destroyed ? Sicily, standing alone, would be in flagrant contradic tion with he movement of agglomeration and assimilation now in operation throughout the rest of Italy. She would be too weak, unaided, to resist the attack of any great State, and would be exposed to fall a prey to foreign in vaders. Besides, the choice of a king to govern Sicily alone would be a source of infinite difficul ties and complications, owing to the inveterate hatred of the people for the Neapolitan dynasty, and to the jealousy and mistrust which the choice of a prince of any other house would occasion among the great Powers of Europe. Concord now prevails in Sicily, as in 1848 ; it reigns in every commune, among all classes of the people, without exception er difference. " The fraternal and very natural aid which the Conti nental provinces, under tie orders of General Garibaldi, and in the name of the common country, lent to the insur rection in the _island, , has only assured the triumph of the great principle of unity, in the name of which all Sicily rose in arms and rushed to combat. The volun teers who came from the Continent to shed their blood in the island were astonished to find the feeling in favour of national unity so strong and ardent. It is probable that an assembly of representatives will soon meet at Palermo to give legal expression to the will of Sicily ; also that the people will be convoked in their comitia to vote by universal suffrage, as was done in Tus cany and Emilia. In neither case can there be the least doubt of the result. " With these instructions you will receive the numbers of the Official Journal containing the acts of the dictature of General Garibaldi from his first landing in the island. If needful, you will state the extreme necessities which ac company a bloody revolution in a country subjected for years to a brutal and corrupting tyranny, in a country where the old institutions have terminated in one sudden crash; and in presence of these necessities you will show the urgency of prompt and energetic remedies. It is un necessary to recommend you to keep our Government accu rately informed of the dispositions you may encounter with respect to the Italian cause both in official spheres and in public opinion," NAPLES. • The instructions which M. Manna and M. Win speare, the Neapolitan envoys at Turin, have re ceived from King Francis 11., are said to consist in the three following points :-1, to set forth the programme of the concessions which the King pledges himself to make, while reserving his, at least nominal, sovereignty over Sicily; 2, to sound the disposition of the Sardinian Cabinet ; and, 3, to lay down the bases of an alliance with Pied mont. On his side, the Marquis de La Greca, who has just arrived in Paris, is said to be charged with a similar mission to the French and English Governments. " The following," says a Naples letter of the 15th in the Nord, "is the text of a despatch lately ad dressed by General Clary, the Commandant at Messina, to the Ministers of War and Marine at Naples : " The Veloce, concealed behind the Lipari Islands, runs out to capture any Neapolitan vessel she sees. Send im mediately, before she can be joined by any other private vessel, the Fulminante, the Ercole, and the Fieramosca, as well as the Parthenope and the Regina, which can be taken in tow by the others, that she may be captured. I should have sent out the Archimede but she is disabled. We are all devoured by rage; the state of affairs becomes serious. Our communications are interrupted. Answer, and give instructions. The following is the despatch sent ii reply : " ' General Severino to General Clary. " ' The steam frigates will leave to capture her. French steamers will convey ammunition. Propose whatever you think best.' " The same letter adds : " Yesterday evening all the Neapolitan 'vessels were to start in order to recapture the Veloce, but when the cap. tain of the Fulminante gave the order to weigh anchor, the crew refused. The King, on being informed of this fact, sent for the captains, in order to ascertain from them the disposition of their crews. All of them, with the ex ception of four, declared that they would not leave, and those four went on board. On reaching their vesels they found their crews in open mutiny, and met with a forma refusal to weigh anchor. General Claryis right ; the situa- 1 tion of affairs becomes most serious." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, JULY 19. The sitting of the Chamber of Deputies was yes terday extremely animated. The address to the King, which is to be presented to his Majesty at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of his accession, was read to the Chamber; and th e final vote, abolishing the octrois, or town does, was taken. I must limit my self to-day to sending you the subjoined translation of the address, which was received with enthusiasm, and repeatedly interrupted by the applause of the audience. At half-past two M. Orts, President of the Cham ber, ascended the tribune, and read as follows : " Sire,—This day commences the 20th year of your reign. Receive the congratulations of the Chamber of Re presentatives. Once more it comes to express to you the national sympathies upon which, since a quarter of a cen tury, your throne gloriously rests. " That long road happily traversed, our independence rendered fruitful and daily blessed, our manly liberties ele vating the soul by the sentiment of right and animating with an active vigour the whole social body, the gradual development of a prosperity previously unknown—all this generous toil accomplished with a mutual confidence, with the same loyalty, the same persistance, the same devo • lion to the general good—all this is what has for so many years united Belgium and her King. To destroy the tie it would be necessary to tear from our annals the life of a whole generation. Where is there to be found in the in terior history of a people, 30 years whose memory is more uneffaceable and on which liberty, peace, and civilisation have more abundantly shed their benefits, or during which a more legitimate success has rewarded nobler labours ? " There are old nations which still are seeking the politi cal regimen that may satisfy the new necessities of society, without weakening the basis on which social eider at all periods reposes. This problem of our times Belgium re solved by herself, from the morrow of that day on which, after centuries of subjection, it was granted to her freely to mark out her own path. By her first effort she founded institutions so happily suited to her character, so fully sufficing for all necessities and all wishes, that already it seems as though they were consecrated by the lapse of centuries, so general is the respect that environs them, so easy has their practice become, so immoveable do their foundations appear. And thus it is that when, some years since, the political tempest disturbed men's minds and raised the popular whirlwind around us, it was Belgium that gave to Europe the example of calm and stability ; it was the young Belgian monarchy that rendered to its seniors the services of checking the conflagration by the spectacle of a free and happy people rallying around their King. What Crown passed through those great trials with more honour than the Crown of Belgium ? What people thenceforward could believe Belgium less capable than itself of ruling its own lot—less worthy to bear its own name ? " Sire, after having risen and taken root amidst the dif ficulties of the past, ought the natural edifice to dread the storms of the future ? Who shall hereafter think of shak ing your popular throne on its well-tried foundations ? Who shall conceive such a design, unless it be men light of mind and without a mission, of depriving a people which, without injuring any other, has known how to conquer so honourable a place among the most worthy of its name and of its very existence ? " There are political crimes which enlightened nations have not to fear. In the centre of the civilisation of Europe as she now is, Governments do not trample under foot all that the human conscience respects. In our days the blood of nations is not squandered to shield a throne which mil lions of men unanimously surround with their veneration and their gratitude. Attempts are not made to assassinate a nationality full of life and strong in its good right, in universal esteem, and in the solemn engagements of all Europe. If one day, Sire, it were possible that all the rights and duties which exist between Governments as between nations could be disregarded ; if your crown, our liberties, our holy independence and our native land, were menaced, Belgium, at the summons of the King, would know how to defend her national treasury as a free and virtuous people defends all that it holds most sacred. She has had long enough experience of foreign domina tion; long enough were her rights, her dignity, her riches, her rank, sacrificed to other interests than her own. Her head will never again bend beneath a yoke she detests and has for ever broken. ' In the hour of per il her c ourage will not remain isolated. The faith of treat ies, the interest and independence of Europe, are not vain words. A cause to which no honest men of any country ca n remain indiffo rent, will never be in danger of perishing or of lacking de fenders. " Continue, Sire, to preside with confidence over our des tinies. Faithful and devo ted, Belgium will remain worthy of herself and of her King. For several minutes after the conclusion of the address the most vehement applau se resounded in the Chamber , b y which it was enthusiastically and unanimously adopted. THE RIOTS AT LU RGAN.—DIIBLIN, Friday biorning.—The magistrates at Lurgan have committed all the prisoners identified for trial, refusing bail for those who used arras at the rise, AMERICA. QUEENSTO WN, JULY 21.. The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Capt. Leitch, from Boston on the 11th, and Halifax on the 13th of July, arrived here at 4.30 a.m. to-day. She brings 160 passengers and 175,000 doll. in specie. She landed all mails, and proceeded at 5 a.m. for Liverpool. All well. The Arabian arrived at Boston on July 12. The Etna, Fulton, and Palestine had also arrived out. The steamer John Stephens left Aspinwall on the 30th ult. with 1,400,000 doll. in gold for New York. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JULY 10, 1860. New York Centrals, 84; Erie, 20±±; ditto first mortgage bonds, 101; Illinois bonds, 90 ; do. Railroad 651. Money easier. Foreign exchange firm on London 109} to 110. Stocks active. Cotton limited, prices nominal. Flour heavy and drooping. Corn has declined. Sugar and Coffee in fair demand. Other articles restricted. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 10. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 101. Exchange on Loudon, 90 to 10 premium. THE ENCROACHMENTS IN KENSING TON GARDENS. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Padding ton, Notting-hill, Bayswater, &c., was held last evening at the Vestry Hall, Paddington-green, to resist the encroachment on the quiet and safety of Kensington-gardens, as contemplated by the formation of an equestrian ride as an ex tension to that of Rotten-row. Mr. Churchwarden Whitter was called to the chair. Tb e platform was crowded with a very numerous avBemblage of gentlemen of local influence, and the hall was com pletely thronged. _ _ The CIIAIRMAN briefly introduced the subject, and then Mr. DILLON, who commenced by saying it VMS not a political question they had met to discuss. That afternoon a meeting had been appointed to wait upon Mr. Cowper, whose memory or manners forsook him, for he never appeared, but he could manage to meet four lords on the same subject the previous night. The park was not the people's property, but granted by the favour of the Queen. (Cries of " No, no.") He hoped the Lords would not make it a "Lord's" question, or the people would be bound, in their own justification, to make it their question. Much had been said about the pedestrians having had their comfort attended to, and that the equestrians were entitled to the same consideration ; but what he asked was that they should not have the same place and reduce the op portunity for exercise of their wives and families. (Hear.) He thought there were many places a little distance from London, such as Blackheath, Barnet, or other places ; but as the reply was that such places were too far off, he feared they only sought this new ride for display. (Loud cheers.) They (the people) cared as much for the health and exercise of their families, and could not spare the beautiful garden they had. He respected the aristocracy, but he admonished them to respect the feelings, safety, and privileges of the people. He then moved, " That without notice to, or consultation with, the parties interested, a ride has been formed connect ing Rotten-row with the most retired and bes.uti ful part of Kensington Gardens, cutting the gardens into two parts, and rendering access from one part to the other inconvenient and unsafe. That these gardens, by the gracious permission of the Sove reign, have been hitherto open to pedestrians only, affording a great and safe means of enjoyment to all classes, without reference to rank or- fortune." Colonel DICKSON seconded, and had no doubt the meeting then present would have the effect of set fling the question. Mr. BENSON and Mr. NICHOLAY supported, amid much cheering, and the resolution was carried, with one dissentient. Dr. THORNE advocated the extension instead of the contraction of healthful grounds. The poor in valid who could not afford to leave London had no other place but the gardens f or hi s walk. He hoped the aristocracy would leave the rights of the people alone, and their privileges would be respected. He moved, " That the ride now made appears intended to afford further means of recreation to those classes of society whose means of enjoyment are ahead,' comparatively without limit, particularly as to horse exercise which they can enjoy in the parks and on all the roads and places in the neigh bourhood of the metropolis, and that it is an in terference, as unwise as it is ungracious, with the comfort and the safety of the people at large, maul of whom have settled in the neighbourhood •in the expectation ofbeing allowed for themselves and their families, and for the young, the sick, and the mote studious of all classes the quiet and safe enjoyment of these gardens, and this meeting hereby e%- presses its unqualified condemnation of the forms" tion of sueh ride." Mr. L. SEWELL seconded. Mr. MARTELLI moved, and Mr. HAGGARD Se- conded, the formation of a committee to take steP° to petition the Queen, or adopt other means to further the object, and the business terminated in the usual way. Yesterday evening a public meeting was held. at the Vestry, Kensington, to protest against the for mation of the horse road in Kensington-gardens• Mr. J. White, M.P. for Brighton, presiders, a nd the room was crowded. Letters were read from the following memLers of Parliament :—Lord Fermoy, Mr. James, Baron Rothschild, Sir M. Peto, Sir J. Shelley, Lori. field, and Mr. Hanbury. The CHAIRMAN, in a short speech, stated the business which they were met to consider. Mr. SERLE, after a speech strongly condemnatori of the proposed alteration, which he denounced as an abominable innovation on the rights of the people, moved the following resolution : 'l7rhat the parks and gardens open to the public in the metro polis, are not only indispensable to health and corn' fort of its inhabitants, but constitute its ornaments ; and that the integrity and rural beauty of these delightful places of public resort, appreciated n. 4 they are by the poor as well as the rich, ought to be preserved inviolate." Captain SHUTTLEWORTH seconded the resold' , tion, which was supported by Mr. Nicholay, and carried, with only five dissentients. Mr. ARCHBUTT moved—" That the intersection of Kensington-gardens by a broad dusty hor se pool , is repugnant to the feelings of all classes in this parish and neighbourhood, and is specially object' tionable as not only fraught with danger, but as de' priving females, children, and invalids, who resort in large numbers to the gardens for health and re' creation, of the quiet, comfort, and security they have hitherto enjoyed." Mr. Churchwarden GREENWAY seconded til e motion. Mr. TURNER having in vain endeavoured to or pose the resolution, it was passed unanimously. Mr. FREEMAN moved—" Th a t th e obnoxicel measures, by which a small class is to be favoured at the expense of the great body of the inhabitants , has been adopted withous notice, and without there fore affording to the public the opportunity of re' monstrating against it, and that consequently there is no security that either here or elsewhere other ' changes of an equally objectionable character may not at any time be anticipated." The resolution was seconded, and, like the others, adopted with great enthusiasm. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. Kensington Gardens met yesterday, at one o'clock' A few gentlemen resident on the north side of at the Office of Parks, Palaces, and Gardens' Whitehall by app oi ntment * of th e Hon. Air• M.P., with Mr. F. Cowper, W. R usse ll , M.P., for the purpose of expressing to the First Commissione r their opinion and that of many of their neighbour s of the recently opened ride for equestrians through Kensington Gardens. After having waited fo r nearly one hour and the hon. gentleman not hal' mg arrived, nor any communication having bee° re ceived to account fo r hi s not k eep i ng the a ppoint' ment, the gentlemen separated. Among th os e pre' sent were—F. -i Ar. v , • Russell, Esq., M.P„ H. Burslet?' Whitmore, E sq It . L . J ones, Esq., A. P i ge on, ~ Esq., J. A. Nich o l ay, Esq., F. H. Haggard, Esq.'''' Esq., Joh n Dillon, Esq., Dr. Thorns, J. S. Pearsel Esq., Cohan, Esq. Mr. Edwin James having been i n f ormed of the intention of a portion of 111, co nstituency to wait on Mr. Cowper, also forme d one of the number present. - - EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.— SAD EFFECTS ()° PRIGUT.—On Saturday last Mrs. Edwards, of Millbrookt had taken her seat in a waterman's boat at Mutton Cove? Devonport, to cross liamoaze to her residence, when a your g lad, in endeavouring to step from the slip on the gulaW B l, missed his footing and fell into the water. Mrs. Edwar ci f who was seven months advanced in pregnancy, was grea t / 0 terrified at the accident. The boy was rescued with 6 ° 1 % difficulty, but the shock she sustained was so great, thi:o on the boat arriving at Millbrook it was found necesearY carry her to her residence. The poor woman was talo_. with the pangs of premature labour and gave birth to th?'7l children. Two of the infants have since died. The still survives but is very weakly, and the mother hag tit e.. tained a severe shock of the nervous system, from Novo. must be a long time before she will have com pletelY r uit covered. Her gracious Majesty the Queen is in the I ? t 'i l of making a present to mothers of three children at a b lr , a i and this is an occasion well entitled to call forth the NJ bounty.—.Plymotah Amnia.