The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-01 00:00:00

•I:,N GLISII OPERA, COY F NT-GNIIDI:`T. Under the mAna , ement of 31153 L. l'yneand 3 , 1 r. W. Harrison THIS RVESISCI, D ItiORN If. Mess 7F,. H Cord, St. Alb:dt, and W. Harrison. lltilsses wail, and His.; Fioilisa ryne. • CGnductor, Alfred Mellon. DfITERTEiSEIIMNT. 3/dlles. Lclulno, 1 1 4.:(1:1: - .1e, Pier ron, and 410n.5. Vandri3. Commence it S o'clock. D t 0 1Y A L T LIB A T t -IWYAL, HAY MAItKET. Les*ce, Mr. J. B. Bu&stone. TTIT4ThiIVENINfI the performances will commence with THE ROAD 'lO RUIN. Mr. C. Matlicw - .;. And PRY. 21r. and Ms. C. 'Mathews. Corrnense at 7. • R OtAL PRINCESS'S Lessee, air. A. Harris. TIII , II I :VENUSG, th periormancoi will commence with LOV S TELEGItAr IT. After which, PUSS ; or,Meterripyb, And LOVE AND VOItTUN To csnclutle with THE TWO POT.TS TIIEA' riis L. Keeley. NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AIiELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster. EVENING, to commence with GOOD FOR NoTtirNo. - Messrs. .T. L. Toole, Billington, Eburne, More land, Pdwell, and Miss Woolgar. After.which --(by &sire), ONE TOUCIT OF NATURE. Messrs. -B: IWebster, Bil ington, Moreland, Miss IL Simms. Folitiirod by LOVE AND ITUNGEIt. Mr. David Fisher, Mr. raid Bedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw.. • Doors open at h Ilf-past sir—Commence st sever. Box () nce own irom 10 to F. No charge for securing Seats, nor for,billa of performance. All fees to servants of this establishincht are strictly prohibited. Acting Manarrer—M'r. Wm. Smith. 4 TT) QYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, .Npig-strect, St. James's. Lessee. Mr. T. R. Chatter ton. The nearest Theltre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers ail hours of the night. THIS.EVENING, Poole's comedy, THEY'RE ROTH TO BLAME. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Carle ; Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine llickson. After which, the new Comedietta, entiad CUPID'S LAIPER. - Reuben, Miss Lydia Thompson. Followed by .MA.GIC TOtS, support .d by Miss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St, Casse, and a numerous Corps de , To thiclude with the New and Ori , !in.a.l Burlesque, by L. BucklughAin, Esq., of VIROINILIS ; or the Trials of a Fond Papfl., Reduced Prices—Gallery, lid ; Pit. Is. The Box-Office open from 44 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform ance commences at 7. ROYAL - STRAND THEATRE. Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanhorcuzh THIS EVENLNG, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGOS. • Alter Which THE GIIEAT RUSSIAN BEAR,; or, An other. Retwat from Moscow. Follnktc by TUE VEILY LATEST EDITION OF THE LADY OF LYONS. _ _ _ And CAUGHT BY THE EAr.s. Comractule at 7 o'clock. •, A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Westminster-road. Sole Lessee lir. William Cooke. Most legitimate and perfect snccesg of the New Historicll Dr irna, by Torn Taylor, Esq., entitled GAR I BALDI, anti illustrating the principal (vents in the life of that celebrated General,ltalian supported by R. Phillips, Bclmore, Ennis, Raymond, Mica Kate Carson, alilel by a powerful Dra maticUompany, fatal stud of beautiful trained horses, appro priato and pictim sque scr.ery, with great hippodramatic eirTts. Futlitultstic reception of tiw renowned Delavanti Fautily—Gymnasts.par excellence--Aith Little Menotti, the most wonderful Javonile Eqaestrian ever known, who are re ceived each -night with deafening plaudits—John Henry Cagle. the unrivalled Parisian Magnet —Artistes of astound ing-ability front the Continental Cirques Mis 3 Emily, the most elegant . rider of the day—Full troupe of Gymnastic Pro fesgtirs, facetious Clowns, and rierrots—Magniticent Menae llorsea and clever Dwarf Ponies -Concluding each night with Tug-MAN WITH TILE - CARPET BA( Stage Manager, Mr. R. PhillijA CANTEBUR . HALL CONCERTS.— . — R EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera ;;) SIACBET II (now first made public in England at these Con. certs). - - - . And a Grand Se'ection from Mcyerbeer's new opera of Comic Vocalists -3feAsrs. acor-e Tro Non (the Irish Come than and 3limiz), IV. I'. Critchileld, and E. W. Mackncy. " Several Interesting . Pictures-arc acl , lecl to the Fine Arts Celery. -The suite of Mills have ben re-decorated and bewailled, and couBt it nte one of the most unique and brilliant SightB of the metropolis. WEATTIETI.—SuN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 1. TIIERMOMMTER, IN THE SIIADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowcst this morning and during the night. 53.—this day at noon. 14uomETEn-2S 82—A fall of_half an inch since yesterday. Wistn, South-Westerly ; fresh and fine -Two O'CLOCK.—We have had sonic showers since noon, and the wind has greatly increased—into a strong gale. In the Parks it has been blowing a hurricane, and three trees have been blown down in Kensington-gardens this HUM WATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Mornirr, sh. 31m.—Afternoln, sh. 53m T ale-Mom - to w -Moraing, Gh. 18m.—Afternoon, Ga. 4C;n _ . . :., .4 --=6., , ,,1„ 4 ' .. • "" Srt' ...it, ef--,,,, . ._, ,),, ~.: ; - 4 -) VA ..$' ii- r ,t47 - i i . .r .. Y - ;tM • ‘ - se , "-''''.' i% 6 L-. :''''' . 4f r i ,-. ' - -1- - =d 1- - _t-.Tr`it_ ~..._:;''..-• : ft ,- 1"4 -- -.-• , - 1- ,-- ', ' "..-; t, - . - ! - 7 - =--: ,, - - '-' , :t"...,-=', -, . .i,:' .ff.,, - -' L - 7!'4 : 1-- ~' ..,":41 ..•__ At.S a ._,Z 4, 7+ -...- •1.- ; --‘---. W. ',711 -- ---4....?, -,;,„s AS , --4 , -.1-..".1--;,.... --... .- 47 ,,:r , . ' ' i - - --. • _., - ..:.‘ - :7-A , ; - '• :'' ' ' . Tfl E SUN. TuEs:).ly, NOVEMBER 1, 13(9 p. The seizure of SinJaan - is an inFraetion of in terpational law. It is, beyond this, a violation of the rules of honour. It is a fligrant act of robbery and violence—an act justifiable upon no plea whatso ever. E :en the more ratiJnal among the Americans .. themselves are beginning to recognise themonstrous injustice and insolence of the whole proceeding. General H.III.7 4 .TEY'S own officers are among the number of those who reprehend the outrage, upon the perpetration of which he adventured (appa rently without instructions or authorisation of any kind from Washington) in the name and on behalf - of the United States' Government. - Yet San Juan is still held forcibly in possession of the American soldiers, to the number of seven hundred. The island, which is admirably situated about mid-channel between Vancouver and the mainland of the North American continent, is won fully well adapted for the purposes of a permanent "and powerful cluster of fortifications. It is not only admirably situated, but it is lofty, and in many r.?spects clpable of being transformed into the, Gibraltar of the Pa&fic. Let us but yield quietly possession of San Juan to the Americans, And allow them to fortify it scientific:illy, and we • may , just as well, with a good grace, make the . United States forthwith a pre.qnt of our grand new uolony of British Columbia. It :,imply absurd to dream for an instant of any British Minis :try tolerating the perpetration, with im punity, of outrages so monstrous in themselves, • .and so directly calculated to lower the prestige Of Fn g land, and to degrade her in the estima- ton of the wGrld. Our s , nbmission to the seizure of a little'island like that of San Juan, t.n island in regard to which we have all along -made direct • • *Claims of sovereignty, welild b^ wirs2 in on 3 re- speet even than the loss of a pitched battle. A diA- comfiture upon the bittle-field might simply be the . lawsuit of bad generalship. Tic craven toleration of a buccaneering crime like the scizare of San Juan, would, on the contrary, however, imply before the •vhole world an abasement of the national character. ' It Would he as pernicious, almost we had said as fatal, to our influence among the pow?rs of the earth, as • . in Mr.l3ultailfs estimation when the Royal Guard's unresenting view of the insults offered to the f a ir Queen MARIE ANTOINETTE implicd the ex . tinetion among theca of the loftier impuhies , , been heretofor e of chivalry. Time has farbe . '.. as History can penetrate into the past deeds of this great Anglo-Saxon race, vhcn the e sword of the nation would leap from its scabb " “tcL •nvanably at the first loot of ou,ragnairccting the honour of the Crown: lut it " is impossible to suppose, seri ou.sly, for as inF-tant, tha t the seizure of —an „uan eau. be. a‘cept,ld as aui cccot;:pli even by Lord PALM ER S TON'S Govern' - inent. It is true that the fonner CaL:net, Presided ever by the Noble exan t, allowed I% • fa:e. two poor zAt eninecrs to languish fir month s in the Engli Neapolitan (111 - Ig - cc-Ts, to Izlngu.,3l - 1 there no loug that madness and an attempt at suicide (happily not success'itnl) were among the consequences. But we recoil from accepting that lamentable incident so far as a -rvecedent, that we should be disposed to regard in any way as a probability the submission of Lord P ILMERSTON'S GOVernment to the insolent seizure of San Juan by the American sohlier . fir prestige has been to o p ainfully a eprociateii already elsewhere to admit of- our tolerating the calm accomplishment of this flagrant robbery by the United. States troops—no matter whether those troops acted with or without the authorisation of the Government at Washington. We have already to carry retribution to the Chinese fur their criminal and dastardly re pulse of our gunboats under the fortifications of Taku. A deplorable reminder of which, as yet uneNpiated act of treachery, has but this day come to us in the long catalogue of our gallant tars wounded upon the shallow cmrent or the mud banks of the Peiho by that infamous ambuscade. And now it remains to us to look well to it — that the bloodless, but criminal and insulting outrage, perpetrated by the troops of General HARNEY shall be obliterated from remembrance by the only course of proceeding that can possibly obliterate it—namely, by our insisting, as a sine qua non, that—first of all the island of San Juan shall be evacuated by the 700 American soldiers now illegally there; secondly, that the squatter population shall be utterly di,spersed ; thirdly, that the fortifications run up there since the recent date of the robbery shall be razed to the ground: and then, finally, when all this has been accomplished, that the rival claims to sovereignty of this long-disputed island, or rather group of islands, shall be settled quietly by arbitration be tween a new set of Commissioner:. Every one appears to be more or less alive to the portents —evidencing in a hundred different direc tions the imminence of some great emergency. Who has not called of late upon the patriotism of England to Beware ? The signal has been sounded north, south, east, and west, thrmighout the length and breadth of these populous and thriving islands. The tocsin of preparation has been rung hither and thither in the columns of the Press, and within the walls of Parliament. The most venerable, the most wise, the most eloquent and the most prudent of our statesmen have appealed in impassioned accents and with irresistible logic to the civism and loyalty of the population. The aged ex-Chancellor LYNDUUEST has again and again in sisted upon the necessity of our taking warlike precautions as a rational race of freemen who have sacred rights as well as incalculable wealth to preserve. His learned and illustrious compeer, like himself more than an octagenarian, has pointed the same moral and adorned the same tale by his moving and powerful apologue of the Tempter with the Laurel, and the Apple of Discord preparing to foment a deadly strife between France and England. This morning.another veteran man of genius has urged upon the nation the imperative need of preparing for the worst possibility. Sir W. NiiPTER has written pertinently upon the subject of our rifle volunteers, and upon the more than advisability of their being drilled in the defence of houses, canals, and bridges, in the event of their haying ultimately to encounter as sharpshooters the forces of some vast invading army. Mean while, thanks to the "doing," instead of merely " talking," of the DERBY Administration—thanks to the clear common sense and resolute determina tion of Lord DERBY'S First Lord of the Admiralty —we have now what we should certainly not have had but for that, a Channel fleet and an adequate fleet in the Mediterranean. So much for the steps already taken- towards the comprehensive recon struction of our old' immemorial " wooden walls " walls for the most part nowa days not wooden, being chiefly composed of iron, impelled by steam instead of sails, a...lting principally through the screw propeller instead of the old fashioned paddlewheel. And while we have thus had our external defences already seriously cared fir, we have not been inactive in regard to the reorganisation of our militia corps, cur yeomanry cavalry, our land batteries, and our multiplying and still multiplying bodies of skilled and drilled riflemen. There has been a, great deal of talk no doubt about our defensive armaments and the reason for them. But besides the mere talk and writing, there has been a good deal of well-directed action likewise. -Of this the records cf the Board of Admiralty afford a striking illustration, together with those also of the Horse Guards and of the Ordnance Department. Certainly, if Forewarned, as the proverb says, is Forearmed — England is by this time armed to the teeth, armed cap--pie, sword on thigh, gun cocked, bayonet bristling. For during now considerably more than a year and a day we have heard little else than the ring of the note of preparation. And bearing in mind what it is we have to dcf ncl, there can be assuredly but small marvel at this—particularly when the warlike strength and efficiency of our nearest neighbour is borne in recollection. A couple of hours' steaming has permanently bridged over the narrow span of the -waters of the Channel. Vessels of war, thanks to the steam engine and the screw propeller, are altogether independent of wind and tide. France never hadsuch a naval armament as that which now lies ready for action in her sea ports and dockyards. This already formidable maritime force she is still increasing and increasing for no vis'ble purpose whatever unless it be for the subjugation, if possible, at any rate, the attempted subjugation, of some other great naval power. Together with which threaten ing reserve force, has she not an army second to none in the whole world--an army, moreover, just now covered thick with freshly-culled laurels. and flushed with a series of recent victories ? Supreme at the head of that vast and heroic army, with all his marshals around him, ready for any ex ploit he may deem advisable, the most inscru table and daring intellect of our age, a man who has for twelve years past shown his astuteness and capacity as a ruler of thirty-six millions, a man who has more recently and within the briefcompass of one rapid and masterly campaign attested his genius as a military Commander-in-Chief ! With all these warning words and deeds glaring upon our recognition wherever we look, we cannot surely—surely we cannot here in England sink back again very easily into our old apathy or indifference ? Heaven defend us from doing so! GOD defend us from a relapse so suicidal and dis astrous ! Saying which from our hearts's core, are we not heartened to new efforts by the thought that GOD helps those who help them- beivcs ! The Prince Nicolas and the Princess Eugenie cf Lenchtonlierg, accompanied Ly the Countess Tolstoy and Colonel ltelfoinder, have arrived at Claridge's,llut,2l. The Duke of Newcastle left town on Saturday cycling for his seat, Cluml er Park, Notts. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes terday for Cambri4:e. 'l'l,c Right Ihin. 'l'. 'Milner Gibson has left town fur 1:i Irtiuse, lion. AV. E. Dunemat)c, 111. P., and Mr,. Dulicov,„be have I,:ft Farrance's Hotel, 13:13ravla, fur LeaseA, Ledale, Yta-1:,11iro. The 1):n of Woreer4tcr nod Mrs. Pcel have ❑rived- at. rarrar.e:id llutQl, frcna A7aresley 11,,itse; naar Stourpurt.. Mr. Henry B. B tring, M.P., and Mrs. Baring have raurnett to Fai - iaace's Hotel, Belgravia, yisiting in the north. . - Mons. do Sabouroff, Attacl:6 to the Russian Legation, has arrived at Wallace's Hotel. DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN CIIHAPSIDE.—On Satur day morning a pnblie drinking fountain was unveiled in I-Sew -churchyard, Cheapside. The fountain, which is ele gant and elaborate, and of solid granite, is the gift of Messrs. Moore, Greucock, and Co., the eminent lace mer chants of the City. Iu addition to the fountain dog troughs are provided. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 181i9, 1 - 4111.ES',s' THE .1711 E. A new colnedietta was produced at this attrac tive nth) theatre on Saturday night, which has been adapted from the French by Mr. Leices ter Duc'sinzliam. The piece gives very plain evidence of its Gallic origin, and the plot is certainly neither remarkable for probability nor elegance. It is called " Cupid's Ladder," and shows us how a young peasant, Reuben (Miss Lydia Thompson) arrives at wealth and dignity by means of a series of very impertinent love makings. However the spirited acting of Miss Thompson as the young adventurer gave zest to the piece, and the absurdity of some of the situations and incidents seemed to afford much amusement to the audience. The piece was very weh received, and may be con sidered an undoubted success. It was preceded by Poole's comedy of "They're both to blame,' in which Mr. Leigh Murray andMrs.FrankMatthews acquitted themselves - very ably - in the arduous parts of Mr. and Mrs. Dangleton. After the new comedietta, the little piece of " Magic Toys," was produced, in which - Miss Thompson's admirable , dancing elicited warm applause. Her " Sailor's Hornpipe" was full of spirit, and the " Shadow Dance" was very effective. The house was well attended, and the audience appeared highly'grati fied by the evening's entertainment. VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA. —Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frede rick William of Prussia, according to present arrangements, will arrive at Windsor Castle, on a Visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort' on Friday or Saturday next. The infant Prince Frederick William Victor Albert will not accompany _ . his illustrious prerents, it being the law in Prussia that the heir apparent shall not leave the country without the per- mission of the Diet. FESTIVITIES AT KNOWSLEY.— Tho Earl and Countess of Derby . are dispensing their hospitality at Knowsley Park, Lancashire, to a distinguished circle of friends. The party assembled on Friday last, and includes the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of MalmeSbury, the Earl . of Eglinton, the Earl and Countess of Hari wicke and Ladies Yorke, Viscount Grey deWilton, Lord Ravensworth, Lord and Lady Chelms ford and Hon. Miss Thesiger, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart, M.P., and Lady Pakington the Right Hon. Benjamin 'Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli, Sir W. 11. Johire, 'M.P., and Misses Joliffe, Hon. Frederic Lygon, ALP., and Mr. Seymour' Fitzgerald, M.P., exclu sive of the family circle. Major-General J. Peel was among the guests of the noble earl awl countess, but immediately on the receipt of the intelligence of the sudden death of Lady Peel. widow of his illustrious brother, the gallant general took his departure for the metropolis. The Right }lon. B. Disraeli, M.P., arrived at Manchester yesterday from Knowsley-hall, the seat of the Earl of Derby, and is the g uest of Sir James Watts, at Abney-hall. The right hon. gentleman is to preside this evening at a meeting, in the Free Trade Hall, of delegates and friends of the Lancashire and Cheshire Institutional Association (comprising 105 mechanics' and literary insti tuions), and to distribute the annual Lome.; awarded to various members. The contract for the new drop and fortifications at the Dover Heights is taken by Messrs. Stiff and Richard. son, who cdonnenced operations on Thursday morning ; the cost of which, we, understand, will amount to between £lO,OOO and £20,600. This portion of the work is to be completed by the 31st of March. The Dublin Etyma(' Mail states that the Lords of the Admiralty have intimated to Captain M'Clintock th .t her Majesty, in • consideration of the brilliant' success by which his late expedition to the Arctic regions was at tended, has been pleased to order that from April, 1857, .to Sept., 1859, during which time he was in command of the yacht Fox, shall count to him as sea time. This favour can only be granted by the sovereign, and is rarely exer cised: THE GREAT EASTERN. The Liverpool Daily Teat states that the Great Eastern sails to-day (Tuesday) for Southampton ; that Mr. Scott Russell is to be entirely dispensed with, and the whole direction committed to Mr. Bold, of. Liverpool; and that £lO.OOO has been placed at that gentleman's disposal to complete the ship as speedily as possible. It is further stated that in the spring the vessel will come to Liverpool. THE TEMPLE GARDENS.--The show of chrysan themums,in the two Temple Gardens is now open to the public (free) every day from nine till dUsk. ti utters are respectfully invited to an inspection of the extraordinary collection of pompones, a dwarf variety pf this beautiful Autumn flower, in the garden of the Middle Temple ; the entrance to this garden is from the broad flight of steps in front of the fountain within a few minutes' walk of the larger garden, and near Essex-street. - SUDDEN DEATIL-'7--Captain Pierce, master of the Baron Osy steamer, trading between- London and Antwerp, died suddenly at his residence, at Greenwich, on Saturday last. He was in the net of dressing himself to come up to London to clear his ship from the Customs; when he sud denly fell down and eNpired. Ertious ACCIDENT.—Yest erday.aTternoon , while the City Artillery Corps was marching down nolborn.hill, one of the horses standing at the adjacent cab-stand, startled by the music of the band ' , and the driver being absent from . his head, rushed off at a headlong rate down the hill, coming in contact with a cart containing a man and two boys, all of whom were thrown by the shock and more or less severely injured. The horse in the cart was killed. SPORTING IN THE ISLAND OF AIIIIAN.—The Duke of Hamilton left Arran on Thursday week, after a very suc cessful campaign on the moors—so much so that his Grace intends to return about the end of November for black game and woodcock shootiug...,The duke has resolved to put down the rabbit nuisance. The following is the list of the game killed in Arran by the duke and party from the 22d of August till the 20th of October hest:—Grouse, 916. brace ; black game, 170 brace ; partridges, 102 brace; pheasants, 21 brace ; hare ;, 129. Total' nuinber of head, -- 2,521.C1w , g0te Herald. DR. LIVINtISTONE AND THE MISSIONARY EXPE DITIONS.—Sinee the last mail, by which letters were re ceived from Dr.. Livingstene announcing the discovery of Lake Shirwa (10 or 39 miles wide and 50 or 60 long), no further intelligence has reached us from the Zambesi. A letter from Kuruman, however, mentions that the venerable missionary, Robert Moffatt, had left that station for Moscle kat se's country twelve days before, and news had been re ceived from him 'down to the 9th August from Sieklagoli, which he arid his companion, Mr. Sykes, had reached, after a journey dintinguished by the greatest privations in con • sequence of the want of water. • They had pursued • the track of the other taw parties who had preceded them, but had not met with any natives who had seen them. There were reports (recording to the Argus) that hostilities were imminent between the Matabeles and the Bamangwatos, and that Pretorius had advised Sechele not to allow. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and Dr. Palgrave to pass his territory, as they had three cannons in their waggon for Moselekatze. —Cape and Natal.Thrs. COMMISSION OF LUNACY UPON A CLEIWY3IAN.— A commission was opened yesterday morning at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, before Mr. Barlow, Master in Lunacy, and a special jary, to inquire into the state of mind of the Bev. Stephen Lewis Woodcock, a clergyman of the Established Church. Mr. Hundleston, Q.C., Mr. Robinson, and M. l`.dorris appeared for the petitioner; and Mr. Sergeant Shoe and Mr. C. Merewether on behalf of the alleged lunatic. Mr. Woodcock was present during the early part of the pmeedings, but his interruptions wsre so frequent, and his whole conduct so extraordinary, that it was deemed desirable to remove him, and he was accordingly taken back to Bethlehem Hospital in . a cab. It appeared from .the statement of the learned counsel, and the evidence of the witnesses called, that Mr. Wk,odcock obtained his degree at Oxford in 1823, and acted as curate for some 25 years, when it became necessary to place him in an asylum for lunatics at Clapton. He had be come entitled to an annuity of t 2.00 a year, which vi rbii vested in trustees on his behalf. A commission of lunacy was sued out in 1845, but the decision was in favour of the rev. gentleman's sanity. Upon being released, he squat dered his money, and went about in rags. He then went to Bucks, and lived on the charity of friends, and from the year 1845 to 18.55 he hurl been confined in various gaols of this coun try, and'in the Queen's Prism for debt: On two several occasions while in the Queen's Bench, he said the Irvingites had such control over him, that lie had the power to stop _the (linen in the street, and knock her on the brad. There being nodhilbE of his insanity in-the minds of the officials, he was'removed from the Queen's Bench prison to Bethle hem under an order of the Socretary ef . Slate. When at liberty the unfortunate stun had beenin the habit of going about in a very ragged and dirty s t a t e —carr y in g undressed' fish, pieces of mouldy bread, and such like in his hat ; and his conduct eenerally was such as to lead to the suppcsition that he was of unsound mind, and the medical witnesses called gave it as their opinion that this was the fact. The ;nquiry lasted seven hours, and was adjeurned for the pro duction of farther evidence. THE WEtTIIER IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.— During the past ten days the north of Scotland has been visited by storms of snow, wind, and rain 'of such severity as is bat rarely experienced at this pet iod of .the year. Up to the 21st ult. the weather had been comparatively fins, On the morning of that day, however, snow began to fall very hea-rily, and by night it hay in many places six or eight indite deep. - This was succeeded by a keen frost and farther sneer, and the severity of the weather may in some measure be calculated - from the fact that two men its their prime, but who had occasion to be travelling in-the night-time, perished in the storm—the one in ,Baxiti,,hire, the ot her in Aberdeenshi re. On Wednesday, the 26th, the snow changed into a pelf _,et hurlicance of rain and wind, and accompanied, we regret to say, with farther . :03S of life. The full ,wing lamentable occurrence took place on Wednesday evening, near Aberdeen :—Mr. Cooper, far leer, Strathern, Logie-Ophinstone, was returning from a sale with a neighb•nring farmer, Mr. Booth: On their way thin were jdined by Mr. Fawns, cattle dealer, Breath), and three friends rode together in Mr. Cooper's gig. Bc ween the turnpike road and the farm of Strati ern they had tol.rd. the Ury, which in its usual stale is theee a plea- Lana ,streant, some seven or - eight yards in width. the tremendous rain throughout the day, however, had SW 01:C t; to a perfect torrent. - The hour lking about eight at night, darkness !neve:Jed the state of the stream beike eeen, end, - unfortunately, danger had not been sasp,nctel befitra unteting it. The gig had not tylvitntN..il far in the water, however, be -re Mr. Cooper, perceiving their posi got al:rine:l, and exclaimed that they would be all iliolhnel. Mr. Fitwns, who at .this moment sat with Mr. Booth on his knee, called cut. t) the Other two gentlemen to ludd ou ly the gig, if possible. He hal seare4ly spoken the gig was swept dawn the current and overturned. Mr. Fawns., though encumbered with a waterpro o f over coat, by peat exertions managid to reach the further bank of the Ti err by swimming, but the others had disapp , :ared at once, and were never seen again alive. Their la) Heft were found next morning a lung way down the river. The 11 tree and gig had also been carried down a corn:iderable distance by the current, and when seen the animal had shered the same Lite as his toaster. The wind and rain were still Con ' tinuing with great violence up to Sunday morning, when ourparcel left. No vessels were attempting to leave the harbour of Aberdeen. Hain to the depth of several inches had fallen every day and night. A ni 1 i I;st r _LI 1 1,.. 1 `1 114 T ry L.,. The following telegrams have been received at Mr. Reuter's office : TURIN, OCT. 31. The Piethnontese Gazette of to-day publishes the new provincial communal act. The object of this act is to create a system of centralisation in the political machinery of the Government, and to de centralise in matters of administration. In all parts of the State the communal franchise will be increased. The new kingdom will be di tided into 17 provinces. A governor will be placed at the head of each p'fovince, with a Government council. The governor will represent the executive power. The same official journal publishes another de cree, regulating the terms upon which the new loan is to be effected—namely, by authorising the sale of four millions of Rente, by public subscrip: tion, to bear interest from the Ist of January, 1860. The issue prices will shortly be fixed. The National Bank will resume cash payments, on presentation of its bank notes, on the Ist of November. MARSEILLES, OCT. 31. Advices have been received from Naples to the 27th ult. General Filanghieri has resumed again the direction of the Ministry of War. The full strength of the army of the Abruzzi has been made, up, and has been provisioned. The said army re tains its character of .a corps of observation. Letters from Sicily state that disturb;.nces still continue there, but they are , of of little importance. Secret agents maintain the agitation. A general feeling of uneasiness, pervades the public mind, caused by various kinds of apprehensions. ORAN, OCT. 25. Beni Suassca having. received strong reinforce ments; commenced hostilities on the 17th ult., by a well-sustained musketry fire, but he did not dare to approach our frontier, PARIS, OCT. 31. Letters from Madrid state that Marshal O'Don• nell will take his departure from Madrid to-mor row. Offensive operations against Morocco will com mence on the 7th or Bth November. General Zabala -will take the command-in-014 , f of the army until the arrival of the Count de LUCCna. .11ADRID, OCT. 29. Generals Olano, Teron, and Quesada leave this evening for Algesiras. BERNE, OCT. 31. Count K the first Austrian Plenipoten tiary, has an ived here to-day. It is stated that 'the Congress will soon com mence its labours. . FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, 12.15 P.M. The Bourse continues quiet, but the opening prieeS of the funds show a material improvement• Rentes, 69f. use. 3.30 r.m. A further rise has taken place, and Rentes close at GOf. 75c., or 1 per cent. above Saturday's price. Railway shares have also risen several francs. AUSTRIA_ VIENNA, OCT. 29. •The Vienna Presse thus confirms the information relative to the formation of a committee for ex amining into the 'state of the finances,: " -It is affirmed that an Enquete Commission' (Committee of Inquiry) will be formed of a certain number of freely-elected representatives of . the com mercial and industrial world of Vienna, and of two members. or the Supreme Court of Justice 'Cour de Cassation). It will be the duty of this Committee to examine minutely into the state ,of the finances in general, and to suggest means for removing the existing. evils. As there is, at present no corporate body in. existence ,vhielt could exercise an effective control over the annual Budget, each separate article in it will be examined by the Council of ;the Empire, which Will be reinforced by a certain number of finance notables, before it is submitted to the Emperor for his sanction. Both of these arrangements will shortly be officially communicated to the public, ;Ind at the same time an unreserved statement made of the reasons which induced the Minister of Finance to emit obligations for 111,000,000f1. in excess of the fixed maximum of the National Loan. By these means this last-mentioned affair will be brought to a conclusion (zum Abschluss gebracht), and Baron Bruck will remain in office." The Committee of Inquiry may perhaps satisfy the public for a time, but the Council of the Em pire is in such disrepute that its control over the budget will be considered equivalent to none at all. Baron Bruck's explanatory statement must ne cessarily be a failure, as it is impossible to find any valid excuse .for such a gross breach of good faith - as that of which he has been guilty. The Dutch, the great holders of Austrian stock, have hitherto given but few orders to sell, but the Frankfort and Prussian capitalists have recentlysold National Loan and Metalliques to a very large amount. National, which bears 5 per cent. nominally payable in silver, was at 75 yesterday, and its coupons were quoted at 18 per cent. premium. Baron Bruck - avers that the finances of Austria will be in order within five years if Austria is not involved in a war, but no one is inclined to attach any;*- portance to his assertion. The yearly deficit is a cancer which is .preying on the vitals of the land, and the State must become banks apt if the annual expenditure is not at once greatly reduced. All the measures • hitherto taken for restoring order to the finances have been mere palliatives, and the Committee of Inquiry is likely to find that things..,are even worse than they are supposed to be. Attempts have recently been made to get rid of that part of the loan—some 40,000f1. —which was not taken in England last year, but the German capitalists are disinclined to have any thing to do with the Austrian Finance Depart ment. It is not probable that an offensive and defensive treaty of alliance waS concluded between Russia and Prussia at Braslau, but it is certain that a perfect understanding has been established between the Emperor Alexander and the Prince Regent of Prussia. Their object is to maintain the peace of Europe, or rather to avoid getting involved in a quarrel with any of the other great Powers. 'l3oth Russia and Prussia will advocate the cause of the lawful Sovereigns of the Italian Duchies, but they will protest against any active intervention in their behalf. Lord John Russell's speech at Aberdeen produced a bad impression both at St. Petersburg and Berlin, as neither the Emperor Alexander nor the . Prince Regent is a great admirer of the doctrine that th 3 people have a right to dOposo a their rulers and elect new ones. The Tuscan deputation to Prussia only h d a private audience of M. von Schlcinitz, who did not receive it quite so cordially as haS been represented. When one of the speakers observed that the Grand Duke Fcrdi• nand Wa'i not a legitimte ruler, inasmuch as he was not of a Tusem family, the Prussian statesman quietly reminded him that the reigning Prussitm family had its origin in the Princi i mlity of Hain a zolh.rn. PIIUSSI A . A letter from Berlin, dated the 27th of October, ;:n3's The chief topic of discussion in political circles and in the press continues to be the recent meeting at Breslav and its political consequences. I am enabled to state that all the great political ques tions of the day were discussed by the two august personages and by their Ministers, and that an agreement has beta come to between. the two Powers on principles and facts, and henceforth the two Cabinets will follow an identical, if not a collective line of policy, on all the great questions of the day. " It is not likely that this agreement has been put to paper in the shape of a convention, ner is it a coalition against any other Power—not even against Austria, but it is a guarantee for peace, the conciliation of conflicting interests, and the most sat i,factory solution possible of the questions of the day. The absence of Austria at the Breslau interview is a fact the importance of which cannot be over looked. The policy which has been sanctioned at Breslau is not a policy hostile to Austria, but it raises a barrier against the aspirations of the Vienna Cabinet, which it will not attempt to overthrow. It is a last warning to the Court of Vienna to cease its fluctuations and hesitations, to avoid the risk of being completely isolated, by assimilating her views with those which animate the majority of the Europem Powers. The internal eondition.of the Austrian empire is too intimately connected with her political relations to allow the Court of Vienna to hesitate much longer in declaring the course she intends to follow. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Liverpool and New York Screw Steamship Company's screw steamer, City of Manchester, Captain Kennedy, arrived in the Mersey yesterday afternoon from New York. As she left that port on the 15th, her general news has been antici pated ; but she brings 355,815 dols. and £550 in specie on freight, and 142 passengers, of whom about 30 were landed at Queenstown. On the 21st, at 5 p.m., in lat. 49 N., long. 47 W., the City of Nlanchester passed the Royal Mail steamship Persia, bound west ; on the 26th, at 5 p,m., in lat. 52: N., long., 25 W., signalled the Royal Mail steamer America, bound west. WEST IN DIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. The La Plata, Captain Weller, arrived to-night, with the West India mails, 96 passengers, and neatly 2,000,000 dols. in specie. She has had 15 deaths from yellow fever on the voyage, and several more persons are dangerously ill. The news from the islands is devoid of import ance. The following is a summary of the intelli gence from the Pacific States : . Cuni.—Dates from Valparaiso are to 15th September. The papers contain very little news of interest. The alarm caused by the attempts to disturb the peace, as recorded in our last advices, had subsided, and no further revolutionary move ment had taken place; the country is quiet. The persons implicate) in the late cnzeutcs were ar rested, and the Mercurio tells us that they are now at liberty. Preparations are being made for the national festivities of September, during which all Chili makes holiday for a week. The expedition against the Araucanian Indians is being prepared ; it is to consist of 2,000 men ; its object-is to chastise the Indians for their late depredltions, and to take possession of the territory they occupy in the new province formed in the South, the boundary of which is the river Imperial. The reports of the Indian aggressions are said to have been much exaggerated. On the Bth the continuation of the Santiago and Valparaiso Railroad was inaugurated at Quillotta, with the usual ceremonies. At Talcahuano news had been received that the Indians had retired into the interior, much alarmed p at the proposed Government expedition. A cor respondent, however, writing from Nacimiento, says that San Carlos, S tnta Barbara, and Angeles were threatened with fire by the Indians. The island of Vcrgara, has been completely deserted by the population. Ten thousand persons had left, and the Indians were in entire possession. The accounts from the m'uing districts of Copiapo are most favourable. The mines at Tres Puntas are yielding well, and at Chanareillo the amount of ore extracted has much increased. PEnu.•-•lire have files of the Comercio to the 2811 September. They contain but very little news, and, as usual, 'no notice of the political state of the country, or of its relation with Ecuador or Bolivia. On the 211th, the forces, said to be for Ecuador, but supposed to be intended to operate against Bolivia, commenced to embark at Callao. The transport fleet consists of nitre vessels, and the army numbers 4,060, not including officers or staff. A number of pieces of artillery have been embarked. Sir Edward Cullen, known from his connexion with the Darien Ship Canal scheme, has applied to ,the Government, through the Peruvian Minister in Bogota, for permission' to introduce 25,000 Irish immigrants into Peru, each person over 16 years of age to receive a certain portion of land in some part of the republic, 4,000 feet above the level of the sea. The Minister, under date of August 27, accepts the proposition, and authorises the Peruvian Minister in London to make the necessary contracts for the passage out of the immigrants. The bronze statue of Bolivar, intended to be placed in some public locality in Lima, had arrived from England in the barque Vicar of Bray. A writer in the Comercio, of Lima, says that the price of living has doubled in Peru since 1850. Dates from - Cerro do Pasco to Sept. 19th state the price of plata pens to be 11 dols. 4c. per mare. Quickilver, 130 dols. per 1001bs. President Castilla has organised a typographical corps to accompany the army, consisting of one ad ministrador, at 100 dols. a month ; one foreman compositor, at 100 dols.; two compositors, 85 dols. ; one pressman. 85 dols.; and One assistant ditto, 50 dols. ECUADOR.—The latest papers we have received from Guayaquil are to Sept. 29, and from Quito to Sept. 5. The Comercio, of Lima, Sept. ,20th, says that President Robles arrived from Quito at Guayaquil, and had au interview with General Franco, in which he agreed to leave the country and go to Punta Espanola, receiving 8,000 dols. for his ex panses. Inste id, however, of going to the place named, he disembarked at Malacha, with the intention of going into the interior. On the departure of Robles from Guayaquil, General Franco was declared " Sefe Supremo" of the nation. Senor Garcia Moreno changed from the Callao to the Ucayali, in which vessel he went to Paita, and there secretly went on board a schooner, which im mediately weighed anchor. It is said that the schooner_had 400 muskets with munitions on board, and that Moreno purposed landing on the coast of Esmeraldas. On the 24th the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company's steamer Lima, from the South Coast, arrived at Callao, with General Robles, boand on his way to Valparaiso. The Coinercio of the 24th says that when Robles heard in Quito of the ar mistice he left immediately for Guayaquil ; but hav ing heard on the road of the terms upon which it was concluded, he considered it dishonourable to accept them, and resigned the supreme command to Senor Carlon, the Vice-President. In the mean- time the Provisional Government was recognised in Quito. The election was regularly made, Gcn. Franco obtaining 161 votes and the Governor cf Quito 100. In the provinces the votes were pretty equally divided bet wren the two parties. Thu army at Cuenca had pronounced for General FeAnco, and G2ncral thbiAa remained at Guaya criil, according to seine on terms with General Franco, and according to others about to leave for Elropi. It was said that Franco was disposed to a:range matters with Peru, but that he *would re if Guayaquil Was iaraded by Pcluvim forces. NAVAL CA DWI'S. —By a recent regulation made by the Board of Admiralty, no parson, after the let of April .next will ,be nominated to a naval cadetship who shall be under 12 or above 11 years of ago at the time of his first examination. The oxaminatien days are fixed for the first Wednesdays in the months of March, June, Sep tember, and December. EMI EZZ LE3I EN T OF £230.- . ---At the Leeds sessions on Friday William Greaves Chadwick, lately an outdoor collector in the employ of the North-Eastern Railway, was found guilty of embezzling n3O, the moneys of the emu , pony, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. Bentley Priory. LITERATURE. By Mrs. Hastings Pz,i'ker. Three TOls. litir;+., ad n lII2e-igett This is a most amusing work, whieh eon hardly fail to meet with the approval of those who desire really domestic story. There havo been so many strange theories and extraordinary statements in troduced of late into the pages of novels that it is rather a relief to peruse a tale like the present. The authoress' has exhibited great skill in her delineation of character and her descriptions of events. Emily Morton is a charming maiden, pos sessed of many admirable qualities, although her position militated considerably against her improve ment mentally or• morally, and diminished the exercise of her naturally good intentions. She was one of the fortunate few who escaped any very serious consequences as the ultimate result of her unfortunate entanglements. Blanche Thornham is of a very different character, but her innate qualities were also excellent, though she distin guished her conduct .generally by frivolity and dis play. It is in the portraiture of Mandeville, how ever, that the greatest success' is achieved by the authoress. He is very ably depicted. as a heartless man who trifles with the feelings of others to suit his views and attain,. his own ends of amusement. It is true that he was, after his own fashion, attached to Emily but, if he had been aetult d. by real affection, he would not have shown such atten tion to Blanche on every occasion. It would be well if more of the infatuated ladies who are attracted by the fascinations of such men as Mande ville had the sense, like Blanche and Emily, to conquer their own , weaknesses, and turn their thoughts to others'more worthy of admiration, and more calculated to prove faithful in the vicissitudes of life. Mrs. Thornham and Mrs. Morton are likely sketches of worldly moth( rs, each toiling and striving in her different way, for the further ance of her own peculiar designs as to the advance- went of her daughter in the \ s 'vorld by a prosperous marriage. The sad events that occurred towards the close of the Mortons' visit to Italy are vA-37 ingenionsly detailed, and the happiness of Emily Morton's life seemed again about to be shipwrecked by an unforesemealamity, and One which appeared to be perfectly irtemedinble. Altogether " Bentley Priory" may cotisidered an acquisition to novel readers, from its brillant descriptions, sparkling style, and interesting story. It is also, although an entertaining book, not without a purpose, and some of the follieS-ef fashionable life, whose conse quences are Most: serious, are here vividly fore shadowed. The authoress may therefore be con gratulated on her present attempt ; for, without any I pretensions to rank among the first order of novels, .her production is distinguished for its skill and intelligence. Erin-go -Bragh ; or, Irish L?fe Pictures. By W 11. Maxwell, author of " Stories of Waterloo.' 2 vols. is with Bentley. It some disappointment that the ad mirers of Mr. Maxwell's sparkling and stirring pages will peruse volumes which, are cerlainlv scarcely worthy of the author of " Stories of Waterloo." They refer enti:ely to- Irish life, and it•would have been anticipated that few could do more justice to the fun and frolic, the wit and pathos of the in habitants of the Emerald Isle. We regret to find throughout a great part of the first volume, more especially, a tameness of incident, and a vulgarity of style, whose coarseness is seldom redeemed by the national wit. There are some scenes and sketches of a higher character, acid some readers may find sufficient entertainment to .make them overlook deficiencies and drawbacks, but the general tenour of the work is scarcely what might have been anti cipated from Mr. - Maxwell's reputation, and Dr. Maginn's introductory culogium. The stories and• sketches which compose these volumes originally appeared in the pages of a popular periodical, and are consequently not introduced • to the public for the first time. It may be presumed that their reception . was sufficiently favourable to authorise their re-appearance in a connected form. Of the general style of M txwell's writings, and of his own personal career, the brilliant pen of Dr. Maginn gives the following sketch : "He is of soldier-romance-mongers the first. Mind, we are not going to disparage Gleig of the Subaltern,' Hamil ton of Cyril Thornton,' or any of the other gentlemen who have turned the sword not into a ploughshare, but into as hard-working an instrument—a pen ; but among rollicking describers or fights, campaigns, sieges, carousinaar, riotings, love-makings, and all other matters connectedb with the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war, he decidedly bears off the bell. He does not venture at long set stories, decked out and arrayed into all the full three-volumed dig nity of a novel —no, he flings off his tales as if the's . were so many tumblers of punch, hot and strong, pleasant and heart-cheering, hastily mixed, and as hastily disposed of. It needs no, partibular power of critical discernnient to dis cover that Maxwell's acquaintance with the scenes which he dzscribes:is anything but theoretical. Iu •fact, though now a maa.of peace, he was once a man. of war—a jolly grenadier in the Eighty-eighth, standing e•.;e:e feet two, and coming in slice at the close of the ..:,nailar cam paigns, and taking his share at the ban of Waterloo. But when the melancholy days of dirt• came, an a fun had departed out of the world, When thearmy was gone, a n d the n.•., And the-slider paid of, and the of •H, • • When half-pay to th e cap t a i n pe• '•• • - •' • And the the Duke was no more than a AS a brother Connaught Ranger sings, ti,, it pting Walter Raleigh's motto, Tam Marti V , a•ario, find ing that Mars Was gone, he applied. hiss:cll . :,o of eloquence and persuasi on , turned.his Inititary ,•: • i uto a surplice, gave up the charges of the Duke of a' , • for those of the Archbishop of Tiiaui, a,bandel: cles of War for the Articles of the Church, as to leave the service altogether, took to the s.,el•vice of the Liturgy. :He then became Prebendary of Dalha—still see among the canons—in Tuam. 'That he waged war upon the devil and all his angels, most theolagically, we doubt not ; but here we are recording Lim only a 5 an author upon more mundane subjects. 'flee war (we need not say, what war, for this generation, and ninny more, with pass over before another war will turn up to put down that which ended at Waterloo, from its post of being the war par excellence) and Ireland are his own. "Maxwell, in his sketches of the gentlemen class of Ireland in their hours of relaxation, and in their own wild, he and his p o pl e b e f ore h un t amea ble, and somewhat ferocious jollity, or violence, bei ui for ng e g o o d d a3 7 — d is h ( o p r t r i e t , e t home—not o n ly w ith n his own Wild Sportsman of the West, but with all that l an7 a i o b n l h orsew hip-handling, trigger-pulling, lady-Isilling, claret drinking., . steeple-chasing, hot-headed, . puzzle-pated. tumultuous. race of gentlemen, arho, issuing from , 'Ould Thrinity,' led a noisy reckless life, fearing nothing• but a dun or a sheriff's officer, eternally in debt or dri n k, or duel ling, or all three together; usually highly bred and well travelled, almost always generous, though seldom just, un questionably brave (at least it would not have been parti cularly safe to question it), taking no wrong, and giving very little right ; governed by th o mos t curious, and the most curiously extended, c o d e o f h onou r ever devised, and covering a Multitude of sins by everlasting good-humour and—a pistol. Thee, noble specimens of mankind are, alas I fast passing away before the baleful effects of civili sation, rail-roads, steam-boats, and the schoolmaster abroad—as much, we suppose, to the distaste of Maxwell, as of the late Sir Jonah Barrington. As it is fit, then, that sonic record of them should remain, none can supply it better than the soldier-scholar, gentleman of blood, and Irishman of birth." Among the most noticeable sketches in the volumes is that entitled, " John Campbell, the homicide," which exemplifies the old adage of " honcur among thieves," and gives an insight into the curious-cus toms of the country sonic fifty years ago. The narrator was the magistrate of a wild and lawless district, where a homicidal outlaw was the hero of the locality. The new representative of the terrors of the law used every exertion to discover the hiding-place of the criminal ; but, as he was shel tered and. abetted by the country people, detection was difficult. The magistrate threatened the gal lows, and was in return politely informed that the sooner he ordered his coffin the.better. While affairs" were in this pleasant position, the magia. trate wall returning home from a shooting_exeur sion and found his passage blocked by a swollen streaM:---•- • , • At that moment of despondency, a human figure rose slowly over. a hillock which had hitherto masked his ap proach. Hp was a tall, athletic fellow, wrapped in a cota more (a frieze great-coat), and, as is the prevailing custom of the peasantry in that country, provided with a trusty sapling. He made me a rude obeisance—said that he bad observed me try vainly fora passage; and intimated, what I knew well, that one hundred yards lower down, all chance Of effecting a transit would be hopeless. Night was closing fast, and every mommat precious. "Mark ye that bend in the stream?" he said. - "I main" " That was the place where the herdsman's body floated in—him who was di owred there some fifteen years ago. Date you venture a long leap? or would you rallies toil for six long miles over swamps and black-liefss - " Hit or miss, we'll try the jump," said I, "and, if we fail, 'tis but a swim fur it." " Stoutly spoken, come on. There is the only spat," ho pointed out a bending in the river, and le I [he way. When we reached it, I measured it with icy eye. " Is that too much for you, sir ?" " Upon my word! my friend, it will tax me hal d." " It is your only chance," he ad•l. 1. " Barring a slip, I think I call ne • e " If you can," and lie emplia:,is ass 11r. w , eclat myself, "I'll ca'l you the brat jularer 3:, Is. "We must s: the gun a• r >se be..• , , , t nil prepared to throw it to the ( " What 1" said the stranger, " risk ininry to Such a t• cc as this and he took it trona me, examinc.(l the less ra:B, ii i_d tl.e action of ties IOC1:S, 51151 then [Apressed It;: a hairs:- 6m. "It i^ in truth, a pl,:eo of lv,:i•knialls!ii . p. Trust to me—Well go in er over together: 'I hen jump your best." As if a bailiff were in chase---" "A mad bull behind, er Camnbell the murdernr—you have heerd often of that seouudi,!: yeller ehbow," said he, and he nailed as he finished the "faith: my friend, I have nu fance, ee duction to either mad bulls or murderers. I le. ; I • a choice between the devil and the deep se:l_; I :;,t; of the alternatives that you propound, I woua i A.- f a set-to „ilk the quadruped." "It would be a toss-up," 'returned the stranger. here goes—in or over 1" He retired sonic thirty paces, seemed to collet`. Ids ener gies, made his rush and spring, and landed full three feet inside the river batik. I had never met before a better jumper than myself and stimulated by a suceossru I example, I serev, da: my courage "so, to the stichillg. point, made the'essay, and landed in sport' jag sf . yie. 4. . i Well done I Come, sir, we'll drink 'luck' afte r that • I was half persuaded you would have jumped short, a nd , I should have been olAi el to fish vou from t h e s hepherd's. corner there. Lifter that spring, I'll back us two against any pair in Ilallycory." .t I took the flask he offered, drank to him, a coMplillian he returned pelitelv, and on we jogged at a pace that provea US both th'ba gcod mountain non. In half a n hour we topped a rising ground that commanded an unbroken VieW of the country for miles around. " In that direction lies your route, mine lies in tills" ) and he p - ,inted north and south. 4 , what I are we- - to part company ?" sa id I; cc wit! i you reface good quarters and warm welcome ? In faith " s Try a:, ~ e that.' ' my friend, I owe you the double debt." Ile shock his head. • 44 Come, c• - )me—the warmest corner in the lodge is y ours, and none dc: iye it better." Ile smiled. " Shall I speak one short sentence, and will you reheat the invitation ;" I proved some person of whom the wo rld spoke lightly—a deerter—or the—" " Devil, to fill the blank tip," I added. "The best cheer that my poor ycsidence affOITIS shall still be yours." " There is your gun—and now will you repeat your in vitatiou l'' Yes." ." One who held you at.deflancenow trusts you with 1)(411 it'e and liberty ; and I know you have too much nianliV, o take him at advantam—John Campbell is beside YOlgiho I started back a pace or two, and never WaS 0 110 0: If. King's poor esquires more desperately bothered than myse, " I am at your disposal," said the outlaw, with per'icct oolness; "am I a freeman or a risoner?" "If you never be the latter 'til p l I arrest you—but cora° &rig, let us r;u3h homewards. Call yourself by 1 nY, nt n if —priest, parson, or any craft you ‘ p l ease — non e will pour secret." deter " I will only trespass on you for this night. ' ruination is already taken. You were the only man feared ' —you pressed me hard—l know the risk I run. If wear y °- neck was sure of halter, mine is the ono. But I am; 0 of a ruffianly existence. Will you but promise me ° "" to week's freedom, and ere the eighth clay passes, I'll swea r return, and ask you to lodge me in the gaol ?" ." Upon my life, the compact will be a strange- _one'' agreed !" " Shall I carry the gun ?" I handed it to him, and on we jogged in. perfect amity' "Know ye any of my people at the' . " Whether I do or not, none of them will elal lu c o n. acquaintance. The new police have a faithful deseriPt'.ll,, of me, for I furnished it myself," and laughed hea r "By heaven I I always fancied that you and I should be e°l 'l friends at last. Many a good supper and sound were owe ; you. Little did you imagine that when Y ffu n .,,. - wed pickin g a brandcred grouse in the parlour, I Nos eu b - ned with grilled mutton in the servants'• hall; I, th reate the death, and you, the gallows; and, strange but true, same ink traced both writings more than once ust " W y y hat a false gang Millanous establishment m be !" - _ . . " - No ; they are true to you, ono and all. They know right well that I would not harm you—an T 10 : 0 - r hair upon your head—could I have bought the ulna . don by it." 4.. TnO rW - The strage visifor departed.. early the ne-xv - a h e • ing, but t before the.eXpiration of the time sta te * reappeared, : , o nee • "Yon see, sir," he said laughingly, " that havl% ' found my way to the lodge, I am not likely to WV' it " I should be sorry if you did, Campbell ; and let to add, that you are more welcome than may an hen ,_ e ster would be." (irate - He gave me a melancholy smile, and thanked mei n the' folly ; even when he laWthed, there was somethin,hol sound that was .depressing to the spirits. In the 1 , bear lands, there is a prevailing fancy that "doomed nwif .end indications in their features which foretell their fat e ' o d, even when assuming, if he did not, feel it, a mirthful t o he Campbell's countenance exhibited an expression n?t,• described ; but in effect it was absolutely heart-sink`i.itaie, , ." Well, sir, you have given the words of welconle,. to will you extend them to two others ? 1 have not welcome alone." bell norm; • The announcement startled - me. Was Came. 111 do• • to take advantage of a trifling service, and colonise Ill'grit.• neeile with criminals ? H e sa w that I was not nme titled at his communication. your " I fear, sir, that I h ave t res p asse d too heavily 01 ' ha lf kindness. It may be easily reme di e d, however; for. f l K°° a Mile farther, I haVe a kin sman w h o will afford n;', want—humble fare and the shelter. of the roof -tree. oat. "To be candid with you," I responded, sin i , l _ illg ' i lon° l though always happy to have your company ‘ u ; ,,, en ,. 'irelt I am in nowisp ambitious of taxiextendng Latin t nv e ilY t ° ncscitur c sochs. Toli. need not your Pt, - rs ellt construe what I mean—one gentleman who, like. ) :;"4 can has adopted the system of free-tradins, is as nin c l:; - ? -A- 1 !, • they,tolerate. as si l ia n ic a sp N e v a e r r e d h , Nayshiot,mreagyuyiaorucrlecrokinspoafniac isriehola —gentlemen who have discharged themsel ves skull without tn • army without pay or pension —cracked a of . poweY of its bzing repaired, or—or—" t , u ilt•ir, • '. On all these points I can lead f h ' ll° ' . por tem e. replied the fugitive. • t to t ll ,l " Well, if they have neither given emplorl en- aria" coroner, or called stand to true man, what devil's drove them in your good company to BallycroY? " e ti l es° "I think I might offer my security against anY o ' . re to p imputed charges. But satisfy yourself; sir, for if we a tter, lUOVO on, the sooner we reach our night-quarters the b e and he called to the new comers to`appear.. eon' . Criminals indeed th e y were not—for a woman of nn.„ ti to mom beauty, with a child in her arms, the net n 3l ' stood before us. WO from. ttoe The outlaw's cold and daring mood instantlY d e d ucee.e te d; ethhernii.ge.cekcliessAbedaereipiiigauhdis d f e e s a p t o u r i i .e ln h g a ,eixjpursetsnsiooNnv eslhibi and, with a heavy sigh, he thus continued— foi"mle'dlt (a li nedN,Vt i o d ten m d e a is fa c g a i s t t i — ve ri c i a y r i e - e es r, ol l u i t i i s o k a a is fe ir o fr a 'co i ll oi ra lY : - Here," and he pressed his companion with an ardel'oves, pulse to his bosom. "Here, all that John Carapbeh xist all that would branded a inducement like an exist' oiv.-,3 siich 'as all a areeclteroc c i i . - im ß il lt a t i fort e he h s i e m ,,, se a l n f d i l u o s tr t h a s i t el l li c is tl e -L- ye h s ei t c' o ' heaven, i "as I trust f o r mercv, si nne jd Ohl a m I the thrust that sped me—th e b a ll that reach ° a of h ea rt—would.,be welcomed dearly as the first confessotot a womaa'a love. Hap w h at w ill to roe , will you Pr° them ?" tha t " I am no brap;gart, but I would scorn to acknowlediecon a,h:i\i‘i'o:ll:arritil)yaiiil:villileLl:S:ere mingled in a nllY si3 hopo , torma . tien, which, I am proud to say and would fai i ° fe a s tb found aTS(.. touched the weak point of in i e : 1 the anti' - lt man mhen:d' bear , . in future, carry 1 house] 11)110 , 11 ,.,', bad if—but, on my soul. , / too fla w' u.,,,. at was too smiling infant in my arms'—kissed a tear awaY heaven , attested myself for life their protector I before t hat stealing down his mother's cheel--and• FaithfullY vow has been observed. The i . oatlaw was very soon after shot by tW° former a:3seciates, and. the magistrate faithfully befrienillsor his widow and orphan. It will be seen that ~,, strange ' pictures of life and character migte7- gthered from these pages, and they ar c s n od spersed with smart and humorous satin q t hcol speeches, though we could scarcely commenol.lt_ who to • a fastidiou 3 or critical reader, or to ~ D ot demands from humor some of the polish, 1-1- the sparkle, of wit. • ___ MUPDER A7' TirI,TIVES.I3 IVEDNESBURY, MONDAY F.S ISNG‘ ct From ten o'clock. this morning . till half-Pa- ins this afternoon, ptes, Mr. Bagnall and Mr. Sesson a l th e t have been engaged in re-investigat°4o,,. circumstances attending the murder of Jane " e the b yhcr husband, Benjamin Owen, the keeper COe'or Cottage Spring bcerliouse in this town, whose_htet nrittal by the coroner on the charge Of mau slang has ' already been recorded in our columns. 0,„.(1.• Colonel Hogg, the chief constable of 11 court. shire, was upon the bench, and Major 31 ` - " - ,,Tt. the l deputy chief constable, was also in the e°* - 0 0. , It was understood that thel chief constable, hot,. ceiving this to be no ordinary case of mans lau ,, g I 'o o and knowing the difference of opinion in the re-00. of the jury, as to the extent of the crime, the ceived it to be hEs duty to get a decision fr°" t be magistrates as to whether the man should 0.0 committed for the more serious offence et /11 t hat murder. In ordinary cases, notwithstanding the the prisoner had been originally taken befor e ia be magistrates, the police and the bench w °ll ,• an d satisfied with the committal of the eorone.:ant; allow the accused to go to gaol upon that wa ri t hat but here not only was the coroner of oPin ien ., o of wilful murder had been committed, but als° `' s 'aiet the jurymen would consent to no ot her 'O r than flat of wilful murder. Mr. Bayley said n e appeared on behalf of the C l upon instructions received frqin the police auth° l.l :ase 'There was,. lie said, no wish to press tWe it - s ire unduly against the prisoner; but it was the desire of those having charge of the prosecution that this case should be - fully investigated, as offen e s e o s i l o r to nl; class were becoming alarmingly frequent. tug had the state of things in this respect bee for the that there seemed an imperative neces sit y 0 0 law being impartially and r i g idly carried out. bio. authorities for wm he ho appeared agree'l wit h t he self in the accuracy of the law as laid down t kvioret coroner. It was Scarcely possible to conccivtelliltscoarsio, sti.ockang murder than the partic ulars of unfolded. Under these circumsta nces the a u h their ties ec : nceivcd that they would not be d o i,'?g,, t he duty if they did not bring the prisoner heel' t sa y bench. In connection with the case he glib %jot thrit sours of the jury, after givin ,, their dee i j )e nch had shaken hands with the accused. Th e c aul would not, in itting the prisoner for N o -. g 0 1 1 11 , 11Tder, preitiai . :c comm the e ase, as it would hav e g ilea li )r e a iuvy, and idtimately have the 1 by a judge CA the land. The solicit or f or th e d e f en ce only desired that the evidence given at the inquest might be give 3 , l : ra to •1 was ( 1000 , and the magistrates deou.e commit the pri>:oner for Wilful nturdcr. DrATTI - or ULM PAN,—lirc legret 1;:itlt; o•ur• ot Mr. J.lman, Clarenceux vaclC L,,Pan ',11%4 Ye,,m.rn. Usher of thfl at t i o; d and was for a tin 7 l n -Richmrs co ond P`. o „ ,o. `r,terw''''" oy, and subsequently received gir-tia:. tion Clarenceux on, we believe, the death of . tS •.! fleceyeel gentleman. was a Fellow of the Sec'e, Anti‘luarles end membr.r of I , e , NTral other learned bodies. A MoNsuitous BoA.—The reitalty Ga 7 e . , 1 , / , e ,d ove fe (.11te ti :—A momter boa versocontrictor %Os lu,-; vi no week by the overs f convicts at P sl _ o o Telo' Knathar. HD attention `OO of a and on , oing t i , ° l o so nhe found it the of thewsuakc. fe‘Li in ir,,o! the ehangkoil 01 the convicts served to doSPe's'it rephle, and on unveiling him he was found to bo 28 feet st length and 32 inches in girth. This is ono of tho it at specimens we have heard of in Pcuang. " , 1.Y.7..7, un tao aitr3(lc.(l. I.)y OD: