The Sun. — London, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

I BENSON'S IV A TCHES. " i'erfection of inechanlsm."--Morning Post. Gold Silver Send 2 stalops for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, desCrip ave of every construction of wa tch now made, with their rim s. Watches seat to n.l l parts of the kingdom free by post, or to India and the Colonies icr sa. extra. 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, London, B.C. Established 1749. I._______ _ _ _-__ ___ _ I) Obi AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT ' I; GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOINS A. PYNE and Mr. W. 11 ARR. (SON, Sole Lessees.—THlS EVENING will be presented the opera . ot LURLINE ; characters by Messrs. 11. Wharton, H. Corn, G. Kelley, and W. Harrison ; Miss Letll2r, Miss Albertazzi, and Miss Louisa Pyne.—Conductor, Mr. Alfred M e llon. Commence at Eight. D o ors open at liall-Past Slfeven. In consequence of the numerous applications from the Patrons of the Royal En g lish Opera, on Monday, October 15, the per formances wi ll commence at half -past seven, doors opening at seven. This arrangement will continue up to Christmas. r ir HEATR F, -ROYA L, HAYMARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING the performances will commenct , with the new comedy, DOES HE LOVE ME ? Messrs. Howe Chippeniale, E. Villiers, and Buckstone ; Miss Amy Sedg wick, Miss Florence Ilaydon, and Mrs. Wilkins. Foll Owed by a new comedy, entitled ROMANCE AND REALITY. Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, Ropers, W. Farren, vnd John Brot.Tham ; Miss Florence Haydon; Mrs. Wilkins, and Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam. And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leelercqs. Commence at 7. THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM.I Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, MAGIC TOYS : Valentine, Miss Lydia .hompson. After which, a comedy by Dion Bourcic alt, Esq., entitled THE IRISH HEIRESS. Messrs. George Vi in II Neville (his 6th appearance in London), John Rouse, Villiers, T. Lyon, H. Butler, Miss Kate Saville, Miss 31. - Hatton,prin and M e iss Gnughenheim, the talented Comdienne iof thgle ci and). pal Theatres in America (her 6th appearance n En To conclude with the romantic drama of THE ABBE VAUDREUIL, in which the celebrated Dancers, the Misses Collinson, will make the r 6thappear in London. The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste.ap A D F:Lpiii, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. ri• Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster. Great Success of the new Dr . ama, by Dion RoureaultEsq., " The Colleen Bawn."—Miss Agnes Robertson every'even THIS EVENING. THE RIFLE CORPS. Messrs. W. Smith. D. Fisher, C. Selby, Miss Woolgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs. Billington. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Ronrcicault, D Fisher, Billing - ton, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Fisher. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes,'ll. . Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony , 4 5.; Front Circle Stalls, is. • Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6 d. ; Amphitheatre. Is ; Gallery, Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. Mr. David A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Thi s E ven hify, (first time) a new Spectacle, entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or. the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ; Allan-a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs; Robin Hood, Mr. John Pritchard. T o be followed by Scenes in the Arena b the Star Riders of the day, including Mdlle. de Berg and M y r. James Cooke. Doors open at half-Fast 8, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.- EVERY EVENING, A Grand Selection from the opera of NOR3LA. Norma ...................... Miss RUSSELL. Adagisa. . Madame MARIA, (Her first appearance in this country.) After which the ETHIOPIANS, consistin<rof Seventeen Per formers. organised expressly for this establishment, for the Performance of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with Negro Delineations, Anecdotes, &c. Prin cipal Negro Artistes, Messrs. Joe Brown, G. W. Pell, H. Drummond, and Charley Fox. Musical Director, Mr. F. JONGIIMANS. Balcony, is, Hall, 6d. THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, Oar. 13, NM THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 59—this day at noon. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—highest since noon yesterday. BAnomETER-29.58 ; a sudden fall. WlND—South .Westerly ; fresh, with rainy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tie DAY.—Morning, 12h. 16m.—Afternoon, 12h. 38m, To-moßßow.-Morning, 12h. 59m.—Afternoon, lh. 21m, L-44. 14,1 c a• • -' • . - THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, OCT. 13, 1880 The discussions in the Sardinian Chamber have ended admirably; and, happily, with unanimity. Two hundred and ninety to six, is a vote such as few constitutional Ministers have obtained on a division, taken, too, on a great question of public policy. We are heartily glad to announce it ; be cause the avowed policy must be substantially the right one ; and because the manner in which the practical resolution was put did, in truth, eaual honour to CAYOUR and to GARIBALDI. The latter will feel no difficulty in yielding, as every good soldier ought to do, to the unmistakeable judgment of the Representatives of Piedmont, of Tuscany, of Parma, of the Legations, and of Lombardy. It is no discredit to the soldier that civilians should de cline to adopt his political views ; especially when, in doing so, they show in the strongest way they can their appreciation both of his patriotism and his courage. In one act the Chambers accept the proposal of their political leader to annex to the Piedmontese Constitutional Monarchy all the States of Italy which may be prepared to vote for it ; and at the same time provide, as it were, an in scription for the monument which GARIBALDI has erected for himself in Italian history. The cora= mittee appointed to examine the Annexation Bill reported decidedly in its favour; they conclude their report, however, by declaring that the Cham ber will nut have entirely discharged its duty if it did not declare by an explicit vote its applause, its admiration, and its gratitude, as well as that of the nation, toward him to whom and to whose valour Italy owes the triumph of its liberty. The com mittee, therefore, terminates its labours by pro posing to you the following order of the day : " The Chamber of Deputies, at the same time that it highly applauds the signal bravery of the land and sea forces, and the generous patriotism of the volunteers, bears witness to the admiration and gratitude of GARIBALD I , who, the nation towards the heroic General by succouring with magnanimous ardour the populations of Sicily and Naples, has re stored to the Italians, in the name of VICTOR EM MANUEL, so great a part of Italy." But not only Was the resolution itself, and the vote, all that it ought to be. The speeches of Count CAVOUB., hi s fi nal one especially, the tele graphic summary of which we gave last evening, was all that could be wished. The difference of opinion was acknowledged, but in th e b est sp i r i t, and all that the Count desired was to be able to address GARIBALDI with the voice of his country, and not with his own merely, while he sh ou ld b e able to present him also with his country's tribute to the nobility of his spirit and the greatness of his deeds. We trust that all differences will now be healed. GARIBALDI is not the man to be outdone in generosity, or to give their common enemies oc casion to triumph on account of their divisions. 'e can hardly doubt, therefore, that he will, at the same time, retain his own opinion of what would have been the best policy, while he will heartily co-operate in any course which liberates so large a portion of Italy beyond the danger of re enslavement, and which certainly lays the founda tion for the liberation of the whole. Count CAVOUR adverts again to, the rumoured cession of territory; to Venetia; and to Borne. He a gain explicitly a n d f orma ll y d en i es th e t ru th of the rumour. We can only hope that his denial will. be sustained by the course of events. We cannot but remember that Louis NAPOLEON was not the only one who, in regard to the business of Savoy, would be designated in this country by the epithe which consigns every ma, to infamy. We nevi, ~~ -.~ not describe again the course adopted in regard to Savoy; the misfortune is, that unless Europe for bids, it leaves the COUNT and the EMPEROR at liberty to barter Sardinia for the withdrawal of the French troops from Rome, or for the mere additions to his territories which VICTOR EMMANUEL is allowed to accept. What right, however, the EMPEROR has to grant licenses to the KING, more than England or any other European Power has, it is hard to say. We certainly wisli that these denials did not rather strengthen suspicion in our minds, as they probably do in GARIBALDI'S. We trust, however, that there will be more Govern ments to consult in the business of Sardinia than in that of Nice and Savoy. Sardinia is not a land locked province or a small county ; but may be come a buttress to an ambitious naval power in the Mediterranean. The COUNT says that no one dare ask such a cession from a country with a population of 24,000,000 inhabitants ; and that, therefore, after annexation, it will be an impossibility. We shall see. In regard to Rome—it is confessed that the Eternal City is desirable as an Italian capital. But as regards the means to that end, we shall be able to say in what condition we should be in six months hence." Not quite clear in the telegram, are we to understand that negotiations are going on respecting it with the Power which holds the keys of Rome and the patrimony of St. PETER ? And is the surrender of Rome, as we have Itlready suggested, to be the consideration for the surrender of Sardinia to Imperial slavery ? A revolution at Rome is, however, it seems, looked for, but it is to be " accomplished by the conviction that liberty is favourable to religion !" That conviction we, of course, fully share ; but it is quite another thing that liberty should be favourable to priestcraft. It has not been generally thought so by priests; and it is not easy to conceive that the habit of political independence should not tend to foster that awful Protestant habit of independent thought on reli- gious subjects also. Venetia, too, is to be emancipated—but by a change of European opinion. At present, Europe does not wish that Piedmont should make war on Austria. This opinion must be respected. So Aus tria is, for her satisfaction, told that there is a good casus belli against her, but that it will not be turned to account. Europe's opinion is, however, to be changed. How ? It will change when it sees a United Italy able to deliver Venetia, which will never willingly endure its bondage. " Austria has flattered them in vain." Such are the views with which the Parliament of Northern Italy authorises its Government to proceed to the work of annexa tion. Immediate union of all Italy disposed for union—no more cessions of territory—Rome the capital of Italy when she has become a convert to the doctrines of Religious Liberty—and Venetia joined to its sister territory when Europe under stands that a united Italy is too strong to tolerate the bondage of her sons. Our old friend, BONIFACE, of the Constitutionnel, we observe, has stepped forward to lecture Sardinia for helping GARIBALDI in Naples ! He calls on Europe to join in the censure. Doubtless he will find monarchs ready enough to do it, but he himself can scarcely be hardy enough to maintain that it were not better done than left undone. And it is not surely for France, the Republican subverter of the Roman Republic, to lecture another power on irregularity. Perhaps it is merely done to keep up some pretext for demanding Sardinia as satisfaction. It would be amusing, were it not also most sinister, to note those ridiculous rumours now rife in Parisian circles as to the probable, or rather, as it is there confidently intimated, the certain break ing-up of the Palmerstonian Government ! "The wish" is so obviously "father to the thought" that the exultation openly expressed on the other side of the Channel, at the mere notion of this Minis terial disruption in England, is calculated, we are certain, to render the arrantest Tories in these islands devoted and almostunconditional adherents of the present Cabinet. In the presence of the actual situation of affairs upon the Centinent, there is not a politician in the United Kingdom who would not be disposed frankly to waive all party differences with a patriotic desire to disembarrass the councils and to strengthen the hands (if need be, upon any contingent emergency) of her MAJESTY'S Government. Particularly at a conjuncture when in France there become audible such very significant aspirations for the downfall of a Ministry that can only be odious to the "powers that be" yonder among our neighbours for a reason that, of all reasons in the world, should render it popular with all ranks, and classes, and sections, and parties, of Englishmen. That reason being, of course, no other than that the Government of Lord PALMERSTON and his colleagues is essentially, and above all thing 3, an English Government. Grievous though the shortcomings of the present Cabinet undoubtedly were during the last session— deplorably though the country was deceived and disappointed either through the want of discipline or the want of earnestness among the various mem bers of the Administration—lamentable though the numbers were of dropped measures, evaded re forms, postponed innovations, forgotten or broken pledges, modulated or abandoned principles, making up the wordy mass of the Parliamentary records of the lengthened sayings and the little doings of her MAJESTY'S Ministers everything inimical to the Cabinet of Lord PALMER STON would be utterly and instantaneously scattered to the winds and forgotten at the ap pearance of any European complication in Which the members of the British Ministry should seem to have drawn upon themselves the of a Foreign—beyond all of the French—Government. It could only be thus by reason of her MAJESTY'S advisers having shown themselves completely and thoroughly to be Englishmen. Forgotten then would be the distinctions of Whig or Tory, of Liberal or Conservative, of Peelite or Canningite, of Derbyito or Palmerstonian. We should all of us cordially, and without the smallest reservation of enthusiasm—be (like the Ministers themselves in such an emergency)—solely and simply English- men. Are there not portents of such an emergency being at this moment imminent? If not—whence are these exultant whisperings, these confidently muttered predictions in Paris about the speedy on-coming of the downfall of the PALMERSTON Government? With the northern despots gather ing together at Warsaw—with the Italian problem daily, hourly approaching nearer and nearer to its definitive solution—with France hesitating midway between the two extremes, prepared at the whim of her inscrutable Lord and Master to throw her great sword into either scale as may appear at the moment of decision best calculated to suit her own selfish interests —with the Pear ripe upon either branch, and NAPOLEON'S hand, waver , ing as to which branch shall be shaken under the circumstances—it does certainly appear to be the very period when we should all of us, in this coun try, be the least disposed to throw a stumbling block in the way of the QUEEN'S Government. The confident predictions uttered in Paris, how ever, as to the certain and speedy downfal of the Cabinet of Lord PALMERSTON, by the mere force of THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EvirENING, OCTOBER 13, 1860. the tine at which they are uttered, expose their own intrinsic absurdity to the uttermost degree of derision. It is such a wholly ludicrous period to have selected for the prophecy of any col lective disaster to the Cabinet. Parliament up—the members of the Lords and Commons in the midst of their vacation enjoyments—the Colonial Secretary on the other side of the Atlantic with the Heir to the Crown—the Foreign Secretary far away in the opposite direction, in the west of Germany, in attendance upon the SOVEREIGN—the majority of their colleagues scattered over the country, only two or three of them in town—not a single Question of the smallest importance pressing heavily upon the Councils of the Ministers—it is nothing less than actually laugh able at such a moment of profound Ministerial calm and absolute freedom from all " party" anxieties, to hear those little anti-English gobemouches over there in Paris talking about the immediate and inevitable disruption of the PAL MERSTON Government. If anything were needed to strengthen the grasp of her MAJESTY'S present advisers upon the fasces of the Ministerial autho rity, it would be precisely these very predictions coming from exactly that very source ! Sir JOHN Bow RING has been delivering at Exeter an excellent speech on the question—"ls the Ballot a Security for Honest Representation." It is re freshing to find an old and hearty Liberal like Sir JOHN retaining fully his integrity so long; and retaining it, too, after having been in the service of Governments whose leading men, unable to damage the cause of the Ballot by their arguments, have attempted to do it by jokes or sneers. He could thus boldly state his present views—the views of a consistent, and certainly highly intelligent political life—" Meditating much," he said, "as he had b$ ealled on much to meditate, on the yeti-, ous political changes which had been suggested for the general improvement of our institutions, he had come to the conclusion that there was none so im portant, none for which reasons so cogent and irresistible could be urged, none which could derive so much advantage from observation and experience as that of the Ballot—that instrument by which a man was protected in the honest exercise of that political power which his country had confided to his keeping." Of course we shall heartily accord with his conclusion ; but we also agree equally with another and leading representation in his speech. He had remarked, that while he remained as staunch a Radical as ever, in the sense of being ready to cut up all abuses by the roots, he must confess that t IZ It was, perhaps, none of the other articles of his R 1 faith in regard to which he could not feel the weight of opponents' objections. In candour he must acknowledge the weight of the argument against Universal Suffrage, that it was giving vast power to ignorance. In regard to Annual Parlia ments, it was true that they might too often re move men from their posts, just as they had learned their duties ; and even comparatively small consti tuencies had something to say on the claim of their peculiar class to direct representation. "But," added Sir JOHN, " with respect to the Ballot, he never heard one argument that was not utterly worth less as against the position that if society entrusted a man with .the discharge of a certain duty, all temptations should be removed from him that would induce to betray that trust, and that all punish ment should be averted that menaced him if he dis charged that trust honestly. Secret suffrage was the machinery by which society provided that honest votes should be deposited. It was nothing beyond that." Our readers well know that this is pre cisely the view on which we have again and again insisted; and on which the supporters of the Ballot ought to insist with all candidates who profess themselves to be reformers. We have always freely acknowledged that every leading part of the Re• formers' creed is open to some objections. That, like most other social ameliorations which can be proposed, extension of suffrage, equal distribution of seats, and short Parliaments, have attendant disadvantages, though the advantages largely pre dominate ; but, with Sir JOHN BOWRING, we deny that real arguments against the Ballot have any existence. If they had, we should be quite con tent to show a preponderance of advantage for sect et voting ; but we entirely deny the existence of any disadvantages. Were the whole community so sensitively virtuous that no one could bring himself to influence another's vote by appeals to his personal hopes or fears, we should still like to know what harm the secrecy of the vote could do. But when the reverse is too notoriously the case—when the constitution and labours of election committees is the first serious work of every new Parliament, and the concoction of bills to evade the Ballot, by pro fessions of preventing bribery and corruption, one of the great cares of both the great parties—we are at a loss to comprehend how a professed Liberal can open his lips against the Ballot without a blush. Of course all this will be set down at once as dogmatism, or pure one-sidedness. So it may be. But uncharitable as it may seem, we must own that we believe that almost all who from a Liberal point of view attempt to argue against the Ballot inwardly think as we do. Tories are, frequently, more honest, and do not scruple to avow that they wish to retain the power over electors which open voting confers on the wealthier classes; the old Whig party, however—the PALMERSTON and RUSSELL Whigs—are driven to all kinds of subterfuges, be cause their hearts are, on this point, with the Tories, while their political necessities require them to hoist the Liberal flag. When we say that these men think as we do, we mean that they, in their inner judgments, agree with us on the certain effect of the Ballot. They think as we do, that it would be the charter of electoral independence. That, as the rule, it would indispose candidates to bribe and threaten, and would deliver electors from such temptations. We are very sure that secret voting is opposed by these gentlemen for secret reasons ; and that what we have just stated is their grand secret reason. There is no need to publish it either in the house, or on the hustings. It might go hard with the man who had audacity enough for that ; but there is a perfect freemasonry on the subject amongst the whole class. " All right enough, but it won't suit us"—is the pass-word whispered along the benches of corruptors and intimidators who owe their seats not to their merits, but to their purse or to their power over tenants at will. The fatal objection hitherto to the Ballot is there fore the one which is never heard. Members and candidates, and Ministers of State laugh in their sleeves, and wink quietly at each other, and across the table to their Tory friends, as they repeat the old cant phrases and expressions—" un English"— " trusteeship for ncn-electors"—" the Ballot won't keep the vote secret"—" it will keep it too secret for the unrepresented to know it"—" Look at France"—" Look at America"—" Look any where but at Australia," and so forth. We do not won der that Mr. BERKELEY is tempted to serve up an annual dish of banter on the subject. What, how ever, we rather need is some one to tell these men of false pleas the plain truth about themselves ; some one to bring out their real motives for opposition with such photographic truth, and such unsparing publicity, as to make the House resound with Oh ! oh's ! and to convince the country that will, not argu ment, was the soul of the opposition. We want a CATO, not a pupil of Momus, to set the House right with the country. An advocate of the Ballot who is willing to submit himself to the secret, and therefore unbiassed suffrages by his own constitu ency, may fairly challenge the electoral honesty and integrity of every other member who refuses to do the same. He may fairly ask each—Are you afraid that the electors would not return you if they voted secretly ? If he replies " No," then let him not oppose." If he says " Yes," then the re joinder is, " You are here by bribery or by intimi dation—by some undue influence." This process ought to settle the question. TEE KNOWSLEY MARRIAG-E. —4.-- -- The following is a list of the principal presents offered to the bride : The Earl of Derby presented a magnificent tiara of dia monds, and a bracelet composed of diamonds and emeralds. The Countess of Derby—a necklace, brooch, and brace let, each composed of diamonds, pearls, and rubies. Lord Stanley—a dressing case with gold fittings. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge—lnditm carf, brocaded with silver. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar — a gold clock. Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge—a splendid pair of white china stands. The Countess of Sefton—a locket. The Duke of Buccleuch—a large brooch, composed of amethysts, pearls, and diamonds. • The Duchess of Buccleuch—a handsome ruby ring. 'lie Earl of Dalkeith—a case of gold spoons, &c. The Marquis of Exeter—a diamond cross. The Earl of Hardwicke—a pearl and gold necklace. The Earl of Chesterfield—a handsome workbox, com posed of old china, set in gold and coral fittings. Lord Skelmersdale—a gold bracelet with turquoise. Tho Marchioness of Clanricarde—a beautiful set of ornaments. The Marchioness of Aylesbury—a silver basket. The Countess of Jersey—a gold bracelet, set with dia monds and turquoises. The Earl of Winchester—a large silver and ebony clock Lady Cremorne—gold and coral earrings. The Lady Constance Grosvenor—gold and coral brooch and earrings. The Marquis of Salisbury—a handsome silver tea kettle. The Marchioness of Salisbury—a ring set with diamonds and rubies. Lady Cecilia Molyneux—a music book. The Hon. Miss Mary Wilbraham (aunt of the bride)—a ring set with opals. The Hon. F. Stanley—a writing book and inkstand, with blue and gold enamel fittings. The Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham—a diamond locket. Colonel 'Wilbraham—a large casket set in oak and gold, for Indian shawls. Miss Stanley—writing materials, set in silver and oak. Miss de Rothschild (daughter of the Baroness de Roths child)—two figures in gold. It is said that the gardeners on the estate and also the upper servants at the hall requested permission and were allowed to offer presents to the noble bride. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are re ceiving a select circle at Drumlanrig Castle, their seat in Dumfriesshire. The Duchess (Dowager) of Cleveland is, we are happy to learn, improving in health, although slowly. The Marquis of Lothian has arrived at his seat in Scotland. The marchioness is staying at Ingestre Hall, Stafford shire. The Earl of Sefton arrived in town a few days back from his shooting quarters in Scotland. Tho Count and Countess Valentine de Seilhac and family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Italy. - M. and Madame Eduardo Costello, accompanied by M. Manuel Martinez and M. Jose Fernandez, have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel from Spain. HAYMAKING IN THE SEASON.—On Monday last, Oct. 8, haymaking was proceeding in the midst of a shower of snow at Spital, near Barnardcastle. THE MISSING GIRL AT WARWICK,—On Monday afternoon George Gates, who had stated that Mr. Norman, of Birmingham, had sent his (Gates's) daughter to a Ca tholic Servants' Home at Handsworth, without the per mission of her parents, went to the home alluded to. Upon applying for the girl to be given up, and upon stating that he was a Protestant, the request was immediately complied with. She had previously stated in writing that she was extremely happy, and did not wish to leave. bier father, however, notwithstanding her repeated desires to the con trary, insisted upon her leaving. The girl is now at-War wick. THE EUSTON- SQUARE STATION.—The Euston Station of tie London and North-Western Railway is now in process of being entirely renovated. The interior of the extensive hall, board room, and extensive range of offices is to be repainted and embellished, and sliding and turn tables on a new principle have been constructed on the platform contiguous to the station. The terminus will be rendered more easy of access to the public in 1861 by the removal-of several houses in Drummond-street and Seymour-street, the property having been purchased, and the tenants duly served with notices by the company with that view. Loss OF THE NEMESIS.—Mr. Raffles, the stipen diary magistrate, assisted by Captain Harris, of the Board of Trade, opened at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, on Wed nesday, an inquiry into the loss of the steamship Nemises, which was reported in our paper a few days ago. A mass of evidence was adduced, minutes of which were carefully made by Mr. Raffles and Captain Harris, and it was inti mated that a report would be made to the board, the cap tain's certificate being also forwarded to that body. THE ABORTIVE AGITATION AGAINST ORE- MonNE.—There never was a more ludicrous termination to any agitation than that which ended the agitation got up by the body calling itself the Chelsea Vestry. These parochial solons have now so covered themselves with ridicule that we should say, if they are not lost to all feel ing, they will for some time to come retire into their native obscurity, and not seek further notoriety in their sphere of action. The character of the opposition to Mr. Simpson is now made clear, and we should say it has received its final extinguisher. Either the Chelsea Vestry had a good cause or they had a bad one. If they had a good cause they ignomi niously neglected their duty by shrinking from its prosecu tion. If they had a bad cause they are equally culpable in having ever taken it up. But the whole secret of the matter is what we stated a fortnight or three weeks ago. It arose out of private pique and personal malice, and the opposi tion was originated by some obscure and malicious persons, who, having failed in certain designs upon Mr. Simpson, took that means of being revenged. A reference to the re port of tke proeeedings before the Licensing Magistrates, which we publish in another column, will show that the Chelsea Vestry ignominiously ran away from their charge, and left Mr. Simpson unopposed.—Era. THE ICHTHYON.—This model steamboat has during the last week been plying on the Serpentine. It merits attention as having been designed and built by Capt. Beadon, of the Royal Navy, to whom the service is in debted for several useful inventions, and who for many years has devoted himself to the construction of the best form of screw propeller and its practical application in naval architecture. The experimental model we refer to is con structed upon the principle of the double canoe, and ap pears to be admirably adapted for testing the merits of the peculiar form of screw and mode of propulsion adopted by the inventor. This twin-boat is in fact raised out of the water and supported upon two pontoons of a cylindrical form of two feet in diameter and 18 feet long. These pontoons or tubes are each fitted with a solid conical spiral screw at the stem, driven by a direct centre shaft worked in the usual manner. The propellers are made to act together, or in opposite directions, in such a way that the vessel is driven by one or both, and may be turned in a sweep of little more than her own length. These propellers bore into the water under the prow of the vessel, causing little disturbance, and they appear to act equally well whether immersed or partially uncovered. In the passage from Bristol it is stated that this model, of only three tons burden, roughly built, and very imperfectly fitted with machinery, towed two barges laden with 90 tons of stone in shallow water at the rate of three miles an hour, with 201 b. steam pressure in the boilers, and when accidentally run upon a gravelly shoal she was able, with the aid of the pro pellers only, to clear her own way into deep water. The Ichthyon was designed ra' her for the navigation of canals, but the principle of construction appears to secure steadiness and stability, as well as other advantages necessary to gun boats and larger vessels of war. THE CARDINAL.—The light being suspended overhead and casting spasmodic shadows, it is a positive Rembrandt figure that walks by me so swiftly, as though it were trampling roughshod over obstacles. The ivory face shining out yellowly, the eyes, the famous eyes like coals, at the bottom of their caverns, the mouth compressed and almost insolent. He is dark, all dark to-night; a Cara vaggio figure rubbed in with chalk and charcoal. Black robed, save as to the neat little scarlet buttons and scarlet stockings peeping out. I think with wonder of the soft, gentle, white -robed ascetic, seen but yesterday amid floating clouds of incense, and crucifixes, and lighted tapers, attended with dreamy notions of a day not far distant when I shall sing, " Sancte Antonelli, ors pro nobis " and, presto ! he walks by, roughly tramping on imaginary re bellious necks, and with a scornful face—still not approach ing to that " bouehe de brigand" of yours, M. Edmond : to -night it is Il Cardinale Segr 3 tari o, H.E. the Cardinal Secretary of State I yesterday we were but a poor holy man and simple deacon. As I go out again into the night and see tha suspicious errandless figures hovering about the flame•coloured couch, who have the look indefinable of dis guised police, and the lounging gendarmes hanging about, striving to appear purposeless too, and then look up to the brightly illuminated window w here there are grand-ducal shadows flitting past, and where " He" is sitting next her highness, rippling off most sweet and silvery French, I think what a wretched sinking h ear t must shrink and wither away beneath those cardinal's robes ! What sort or a grisly private skeleton has he to come home to and find siting in those Vatican chambers ? or who indeed may travel abroad with him on state occasions and triumphs, standing by his ear on the wheel of the flame-coloured coach, to m hisper, not " Remember that thou art but man!" but this "Remember thou art the most hated man in Rome! Remember that this hate is savage, furious, that e lv a il m d, be b r le o a f r t - h ey e re e ti e a l x 2 v s i L and to be soled with blood only : at the first sign of revolu tion,culottes will make straight for ; ndows, frantic women rending thee limb from limb, men bearing thy /lead aPOA a pole I" That is something to think on at the dead hours o f the I , uigiat.—Diapo's " 411 the Year .Rouncf." '4' -.0.74. LA TEST _TS EAV b. The following telegrams have been received at „Mr. Reuter's office : MADRID, OcT. 12. The camp at Ardoz will be raised on the 16th inst. The Ministerial press energetically attack the policy of Sardinia. Their Majesties will leave Saragossa to-morrow. NAPLES, Oa. 11. There was a cannonade under the walls of Capua on the 9th inst., and the Garibaldians gained fresh positions. Hostilities were afterwards suspended for 24 hours, in order to bury the dead. The can nonade recommenced on both sides on tbe morning of the 10th. The state of affairs at Naples has improved, and the public funds have risen. King Victor Emmanuel has arrived at Grotta more, where his head-quarters are established. MARSEILLES, OCT. 12. The packet-boat from Constantinople on the 3d inst. has arrived here. Her voyage had been re tarded by a hurricane. The Grand Vizier was expected to return shortly ,o the divan, but he persisted in taking his depar ;ire again for Europe on a financial mission. The Governor of Saida had arrested the Dutch dragoman. Two Dutch frigates having threatened ,o bombard the town, the dragoman was released. PARIS, OCT. 12 (Evening). It is semi-officially announced that the French and English plenipotentiaries will to-day sign a convention containing a new series of articles in serted in the French customs tariff. Refined sugar will be taxed 40fr. per 100 kilos. The import duty on machines, tools, and instru. ments will be reduced to 9f, per 100 kilos. The duties on earthenware will be a maximum duty of 20 per cent., which, in four years, will be reduced to 5 per cent. Ordinary pottery will be subject to a reduced duty, and porcelain to a duty of 10 per cent. NAPLES, OCT. 11. The official journal publishes a decree ordering the vote by universal suffrage to be taken on the 21st inst. on the following question—" Do you wish Italy to be indivisibly united, with Victor Emmanuel as constitutional King, and his legiti mate descendants ?" The cannonade at Capua continues. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 12.—The English funds having arrived with an improvement has added to the firm ness of this market, and prices have obtained a further advance. Threes, for the Account, which opened at 68f 95c, are now at 69f 5c ; Mobilier, 706 f 250: Orleans, 1,375 f; Northern, 975 f; Mediterra nean, 921 f 250 ; Austrian and Lombard, 488 f 75c. :The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 95 50 Credit Fonder 895 Do end month.... Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month — Roman Bank Shares 2830 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 710 -- Spanish Threes 4B 50 Do. Account 707 50 ; Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1371 25 .. 1372 50 Northern New ditto — .. • Lyons and Mediterranean 920 .. 913 75 Geneva Southern 505 .. 511 25 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard FRENCH POLICY IN ITALY. The following is a full translation of the article in the Constitutionnel, of which a summary ap peared in The of yesterday : " The invasion of the Neapolitan territory by the Pied montese army is now an accomplished fact. Let us examine with the most scrupulous impartiality the character and bearing of this event. " The sovereignty of States is the fundamental guaran tee of the independence of peoples. That sovereignty exer cises itself in various ways. It may reside in a dynasty which transmits it, or in a nation which dele gates it. As long as it acts within itself—within the circle in which it is circumscribed by inter national law, it belongs to itself ; it acts in per fect self-liberty, and under its own entire responsibility before the opinion of the world from which one day the conscience of history will be cleared. " The principle cf the independence of regularly consti tuted autonomies admits very well the political transfor mations of a people, the changes of a dynasty which are accomplished by its will, and the internal revolutions to which it is urged by its passions or interests. They are se many manifestations of its sovereignty, which other States could not contest without compromising their own. The policy of non-intervention, which our epoch has held up as the result of the progress of international right, is only the consecration of those reciprocal guarantees. " The application of those principles and those rules to the facts which we wish to consider is a natural deduction. If it suits the Neapolitans and Sicilians to make revolutions at home, that concerns themselves alone; but no foreign State, no more Piedmont than Austria, has the right to meddle in their internal affairs, or to impose any conditions whatever of a political existence by an armed intervention. " There is a difference between the invasion of Gal ibaldi and that of the Piedmontese army which might strike every one. Garibaldi was only a partisan. Before embarking for Sicily he had resigned his sword of command ; he obeyed what he considered his personal mission, and his acts were only binding upon himself. If, it is true, that among the volunteers enrolled in his enterprise there were strangers, he came, nevertheless, in the name of Italy, as an Italian, to create and direct internal revolution in the States of the King of Naples. It was not with his bands that he could conquer a people of 10 millions of men—he could only communicate his own passion to it, and drag it along with him by the prestige attached to his name in a supreme struggle againat a Government struck by unpopu larity. "The Piedmontese invasion bears quite another charac ter. It constitutes the direct interference of a regular State in an independent State. It is, consequently, an attempt struck against the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies by the King of Sardinia ; and, as if everything should be strange and abnormal in this situation, the Pied montese invasion took place without a declaration of war, while the representative of the King of Naples was still at Turin. But the conduct of Piedmont is not only in opposit tion to international law, it is, moreover, in contradiction to all the principles which it has itself invoked, and which it now disowns. In fact, when the Roman Government ap peared inclined to appeal to Neapolitan intervention to pro tect it against the menaces of a revolution, the Cabinet of Turin did not hesitate to declare that it should consider the entrance of the army of the King of Naples into the States of the Church as a violation of its neutrality. "Only recently it challenged the right of the Pope to form a public force from foreign elements, and it is because the Sovereign Pontiff refused to submit to a summons call. ing him to dissolve that force that his States have been invaded. By what strange inconsistency does Piedmont, which maintained in so threatening a manner the principle of neutrality against Governments that sought to protect themselves, violate it now with this audacity against those same Governments to upset them ? " There is more still; when Count Cavour sought to justify in his memorandum the invasion of the States of the Church he distinctly declared that Piedmont wished to prevent a revolutionary outbreak there, and that serious step on her part was a sort of military coup-d'etat directed principally against the influence of Garibaldi. " Is Piedmont, then, now, by intervening in the Neapoli tan States, going to combat Garibaldi ? Evidently not ; she is going to aid him. It is not at Naples, but at Gaeta, the efforts of the Piedmontese army will be tried. "Thus, in whatever point of view we take it, it is impos sible not to deplore the cot duct of Piedmont. The invasion of the States of the Church and that of the Neapolitan States throw a responsibility upon her which it is in vain to attenuate—it characterises itself. It is not for us to exaggerate it or to lessen it. We have simply to state it. "Piedmont is responsible to Europe for the initiative she has just taken. Europe constitutes a jurisdiction which finds itself naturally concerned by such great per turbations as those of which Italy is now the theatre. We think that it appertains to her, and to her alone, to redress the disregarded right, and to remind Governments who dis regard the law of the respect whic h is due to it, and which is obligatory on every State , a s it is founded on justice, civilization, and the interests of peoples," ..1... IVAZZINI'S EXPULSION EROIII i THE #SIIIITLYG DISASTERS 1X THE BALTIC, _YAP/ZS. The following is the answer of M. Manini to the very courteous letter of banishment sent by him to the new Pro-Dictator of Naples : " I think I possess a generous mind, and it is for that reason that I reply by a refusal to your letter of the 3d, which I only read to-day in the Opinione Nazionale. If I only yielded to my first impulse and to fatigue of mind, I should leave a land which I encumber, and withdraw to one where liberty of opinion is left to every one, where good faith is not doubted, and where he who has Laboured and suffered for the country does not link it his duty to say to the brother who has done the same, Begone.' You give no other rea son for your proposition, except it be the affirma tion that, without wishing it, I cause division. I will give you the reason of my refusal. " I do so because I do not feel myself guilty, nor cause danger for the country, nor conceive projects which may be disastrous to it, and I should appear to avow such to be the case by yielding; because, as an Italian in an Italian land which has recovered liberty, I think I ought to represent and support in my person the right of every Italian to live in his own country when he does not attack its laws, and the duty of not yielding to an unmerited ostracism ; be cause, after having contributed to teach as much as was in my power the people of Italy to make great sacrifices, it appears to me that it is time to raise them to a consciousness of human dignity too often violated, and to the maxim forgotten by those who style themselves preachers of concord and moderation ; because no one founds his own liberty witlaout respecting that of others ; because it would appear to me that, by voluntarily exiling myself, I should be guilty of insult to my country, which cannot, without dishonouring itself in the eyes of Europe, render itself guilty of tyranny; to the King who cannot fear an indivi dual without admitting himself to be weak, and not secure of the affection of his subjects, and to the men of your party who cannot be excited at the presence of a man declared by them to be alone and abandoned, without contradicting themselves; be cause the desire comes, not as you think from the country which labours and combats under the flag of Garibaldi, but from the Turin Ministry, towards whom I have no debt, and whom I think fatal to the unity of the country; it comes from intriguers with out conscience, without honour, and without na tional morality; without creed except for the exist ing power whatever it may , be, and whom I conse quently despise; it comes from the vulgar mass of credulous men, who swear without examination by the word of the Almighty, and whom I consequently pity Lastly, because on arriving I received a decla ration from the Dictator of this country that I was free in the land of the free. The greatest sacrifice I ever made was when, interrupting the apostolate of my faith for the sake of unity and concord, 1 declared that I accepted monarchy, not out of respect for ministers or monarchs, but for the satisfaction of a blinded majority of the Italian people ; that I was ready to co-operate with the monarchy, provided it founded the unity of the na tion, and that if I ever were to take up my old flag again, I would honestly avow it, and publicly too, to my old friends and enemies. I therefore cannot spontaneously make another sacrifice. If honest men, as you say, believe in my word, it is their duty to convince my adversaries that the path of intole rance which they pursue is the only- now existing foment of anarchy. If they do not believe a man who has been struggling for the liberty of the na tion for these thirty years, who has taught his accusers to stammer out the name of unity, and who never told a falsehood to any living being, let it be so. The ingratitude of men is not a reason why I should voluntarily bow before their injustice, and sanction it. " Naples, Oct. 6,1860." " JOSEPH MAZZINI. BAAK OF FRANCE. The following is the account of the Bank o: France for month ending Thursday, Oct. 11: DEBTOR.. r C. Capital of the Bank 91,250,000 0 Ditto, New Profits in addition to Capi _ - tal (Art. 8, Law of Juno 9. 18571 1,510,527 65 Reserve of the Bank 12 98U /50 14 New Reserve Reserve immobiliere 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 748,11 6 2375 0 Bank-notes to order .. 7,559,847 15 Receipts payable at sight 11,772,837 0 Treasury account current creditor Sundry accounts current 179,875,792 15 Ditto with branch banks 33,394,183 0 Dividends payable. 984,183 75 Commission on deposits 3,038,365 60 Re-discounted the last six months Discount, interest, &c. Sundries Total 1,329,353,607 74 CREDITOR• Cash in hand Cash in the branch banks. 342,751,991 0 Commercial bills overdue. 3,087,227 72 Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due Do. in the branch banks Advanced on deposit of bullion. Do. by the branch banks 2,333,500 0 Do. on Frenchpublic secu rities Do. by the branch banks 15,573,200 0 Do. on railway securitit , s 48,494,200 0 Do. by the branch banks 31,542,650 0 D o.on Credit Foncier Scrip 624,200 0 Do. on branch banks Scrip 480,250 0 Do. to the State on agree ment of June 30, 1848 35,000,000 0 Govern. stock reserved 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable IL:AO and furn. of Bank Landed property of branch 6,196,741 0 banks Expenses of management. 488,516 72 Sundries Rentes Immobilis6es (law of 9 June, 18 5 7) Total WILLS AND BEQUESTS. Lady Smythe: The will of Lady Smythe was proved in London on the sth inst. Her ladyship was the widow of Sir Edward Joseph Smythe, Bart., and the daughter of Sir Edward Bellew, Bart. Lady Smythe had executed her will on the 16th of December, 1856, and a codicil in the July following, and died on the 17th of August last, at the age of 70. Probate was granted to her brother, Richard Montesquieu Bellew, Esq., M.P. for the county of Louth, one of the executors. Her eldest son, Sir Charles Frederick Smythe, Bart., succeeded to the title and estates of his father, the late baronet, and to whom she leaves some family relics. To the rust of her children she leaves her property to be divided equally amongst them, with the exception of a legacy to her brother, Lord Bellew, and his children, and to one or two others of the family. Her daughter Catherine is resi duary legatee, and was also appointed executrix, but is not acting in that capacity. The will of Donna Maria de Bettencourt Satapaio, widow, a Portuguese lady, has just been proved in London. She was residing in the Island of Terceira, where she died in November last, and was pos sessed of property in Englan d, which was adminis tered to by her son -in-law, George Phillip Dart, Esq., the sole acting executor. The will is language,n the Portuguese with an English translati on. She has disposed of her property according to the laws and usage of Portugal, bequeathin g to her —ri deceased daughterslYse her daught er and the childrenlegitimate o f herhe : r twos —two thirds thereof, dividing the remaining portion amongst her near relatives, and leaving le, o.i cies to her ser vants. The will of Thomas Addison, M.D., of Berkeley square, late co nsultin g p h y si cian to Guy's Hospital, was admitted to probate on the 4th of this month, an d the personalty sworn under £30,000 by one of the executors—namely, John Addison, Esq., of Banks House, Cumberland, th power being reserved to Alfredo testator's brother ; Chelsea, Brooke Barnes, Esq., surveon, of King's-road, cuter. To his relict he has b also an exe equeathed his free hold estate and residence at Brighton, the furniture, and has left together with her an annuity of £350 and his shares in the Insurance Company ;and lndemnity Mutual Marine to her son and daughter he has left an annui f £lOO ; these annuities to be free of legacy duty. Ye made to him from The presentation of plate t various h parties, both public and private, he leaves is said brother, to be held by him as heirlooms o • his said brother, John rn the family. He appoints Addison, Esq., residuary le gatee of his estates,. real and personal. The will bears date September 2B, 1855, and a codicil in 1858. He diehis residence, 15, 'Wellington villas, Brighton, at on the 29th of June last. —lllus. tr ated London News. NORTH SHIELDS, FRIDAY NIGHT. Intelligence of more fearful losses amongst Tyne ships has come to hand. The Phido, Captain Edward Wilson, of North Shields, was wrecked in the Baltic. The captain, mate, and five of the crew perished ; two seamen only survived. The ship was struck by a heavy sea, Which carried away those who have perished, the men saved being at the time in the cabin at tea. The cabin filled, and the two men came on deck, when, to their dismay, they observed that their companions had been washed overboard. The captain and mate were seen battling with the waves, and were spoken to, but the men on deck were unable to render them any assistance. The survivors were on the wreck three days, when they were taken off by a vessel and. landed at Copenhagen. The vessel has not since been beard of. Down to this evening we have accounts of fifty North Country seamen lost, and more vessels are missing. A collier brig was observed to founder sixty miles off Heligoland. The crew were lost. It is now stated that the steamer which, accord- ing to the account published in our impression of yesterday, went down, near Thiaed, with about 100 persons, was the Arctic, of Hull, whose loss we have already reported. Of those on board the Arctic, not more than eight, it is asserted, perished. That number includes two ladies and a baby. ST. GEORGE'S IN THE EAST. A meeting of the vestry of St. George's-in-the- East was held on Thursday evening, Mr. Clark presiding, to receive the reply of the Bishop of London to the following resolution agreed to at their last meeting, and forwarded to his lordship : That this vestry regrets the following innova tions are still retained in the services at the parish church, namely—surpliced choristers, chanting in stead of reading the prayers of the day, preaching in a surplice, popish hymnals, communion table elevated on steps, super-altar and embroidered altar-cloth, candlesticks with candles and credence table, all of which this vestry is of opinion is distasteful to the parishioners at large, and deters many from returning to their parish church or of connecting tLemselves with its services; and this vestry is further of opinion that a return to the old form of worship, as it was when the Rev. Bryan King became rector, and as it is now performed at the other three churches in the parish, viz., Christ Chinch, St. Mary's, and St. Matthew's, is the only way to obtain the confidence of the parish." Mr. W. L. HOWELL, the vestry clerk, read the reply of the bishop, as follows : " Patterdale-hall, Oct. 1, 1860. " Sir,—l yesterday (Sunday) received from you the copy of a resolution adopted at the meeting of the vestry of St. George's•in-the-East, held on the 27th ult. " I regret to find that the parishioners, as repre sented by the clergy, still consider that certain matters which they have enumerated have the effect of ' deterring many from returning to the parish church, or of connecting themselves with its ser vices.' I was in hopes that arrangements lately made, and especially the appointment of the Rev. Septimus Hansard as curate, a clergyman of great experience; and conciliatory disposition, who has no sympathy with extreme parties in the Church, and whom I have known intimately and respected for the last eighteen years, would have been ac• cepted by the parish as a proof of Mr. King's desire to make every reasonable concession, when he could do so without appearing to yield to the cla mour of the mob. " I have been pained to hear from time tolime that certain petty and wicked attempts to inter-. rupt the services of the church have still been continued by a small section. Mr. Hansard, I know, confidently looked to the respectable parishioners to save himself from such annoyances and the parish from the disgrace of their attempted revival and continuance. I presume it is with the view of ex pressing some difficulty which the vestry has felt in responding to Mr. Hansard's natural expectation of the active assistance of all hii respectable parish ioners that the resolution has been adopted which you have forwarded to me. " With regard to the particular matters enume rated in the resolution, the parish, I doubt not, understands the delicacy of Mr. Hansard's position. I shall be glad on my return to the diocese, at the end of the present month, to meet a deputation of the vestry, and enter with them into a careful con ci,leration of the matters they have brought before me. But, meanwhile, it is the duty of the vestry to use every means in their power to prevent the parish from being again disgraced. It must not be forgotten that much has been done to meet the reasonable wishes of the parishioners, and it will, I hope, be seen that as a preliminary to any satisfactory result following from our pro posed meeting, and the consideration of the topics you have brought before me, I have a right to call upon the vestry and the great body . of the respectable inhabitants, by their private in fluence and by their presence in church, to co operate with the authorities in putting a stop to any annoyances attempted to be continued or re newed by a small, ill-disposed minority, who show themselves incapable of appreciating Mr. Han sard's conciliatory conduct, and bent on desecrating the house of God. " Hoping by the last week of this month to find the. parish, through the exertions of those whose wishes you have conveyed to me, in such a state that I can with satisfaction meet the parishioners in the presence of the curate in charge and the churchwardens, and enter fully into all the remain ing difficulties.—l have the honour to be,_ . sir, your obedient humble servant, " A. C. LONDON. " W. L. Howell, Esq." The letter was unanimously ordered to be en tered on the vestry minutes, and after a discussion it was resolved to adopt his lordship's suggestion for a conference, but to defer the nomination of the deputation till the next ordinary meeting of the vestry. THE GREAT EASTERN.—This ship is now left under the charge of Mr. Davies, the officer of the decks, who has made a wonderful revolution in the app e e n a n ra a nc , e th o we f e t c h th e eiel s if h ev ip e and that too w ith b u t about half-a-dozen men, as she is now very nearly repainted. Captain Jo h n Vine Hall, Mr. Bold, managing director, andMisr.i,L n contemplated, en gineer, have been paid off. It at the close of the present m onth, to shut up the ship alto gether, and pay off all hands. This would be but bad eco nomy, as, to say no thing of the damage t o th e mac hi nery from having no one to attend to it, the dampness of the climate at Milford Haven will effectually rot all the splendid hangings of the saloon unless fires be from time to time burnt in theta. The sum required for the new decks and alterations in the bearings of the screw shaft will cost about £lO,OOO in themselves, besides the cost of the heating appa sraomtues. months, The on etcheodsu s , i h l nda i s p ab al pof \ t V wee i rr l fh l es ecremainSunday ytehln i te n ee xr gridironetherdt hp eo p ss r i p : i s ro e i nenni even nt p oi md o i fe s i sts t hwh i oeeinloiNnvnf was oo t aga in be sufficiently sys r ficiently high until Christmas to float her. She afloat.i nown dt b p a l at HANSON'S PATENT POTATO DlGGER.—Yester day a trial of Hanson's patent potato digger took place at Mr. J. Gilbody Smith's farm, at Fox Hill, Barton, under the supervision of Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, Salford, who are agents for the manufacturers. The inventor is an Irishman, belonging to Belfast; and, although the imple ment has been completed and exhibited for two or three years past its introduction among the farmers of this neigh bourhood has been only very recently accomplished. Mr. Smith, of Barton, who is somewhat of a successful speculator in agricultural machinery, recently purchased one of these machines, and allowed Messrs. Richmond and Chandler to have a public trial of it, yesterday, in one of his potato fields. The field was on the Moss, and the soil, conse quently, was light. This was one advantage for the machine, but it was more than counterbalanced by the dis advantage of an excessive quantity of chickweed. Never theless, the work was performed in an excellent manner, and to the satisfaction of nearly all the spectators, who in cluded a large number of the neighbouring yeomen some of whom were so pleased with the machine, that they gave orders on the spot to Mr. Peters, Messrs. Richmond and Chandler's agent, to supply them with a similar one . Af ore than one gentleman w anted the identical machine which was being tried, but Mr. Smith would not part with it. The principle of the machine is that of the screw pro peller ; the screw being a number of revolving blunt forks, and the shaft being turned by the motion of the wheels. The implement is so constructed that the wheels run over the ridges which it is intended to dig. Two small wheels, like those of a plough, are placed in front ; two larger ones, nearly the size of cart wheels, are situated about the centre of the machine, and bear the whole weight, besides giving motion to the forks. The forks revolve at right angles to the wheels, and are immediately preceded by a flat coulter or sheer which penetrates to the bottom of the ridge and lifts up the soil and potatoes together. As the two horses draw the implement along, the shear leaves the soil and potatoes behind, when they are immediately caught up by the forks and thrown off or scattered on the surface of the ground to the right. It remains only to pick up the potatoes and carry them away, for which duty a large number of persons is requited to keep pace with the industrious digger. There is perhaps room in one or two parts of the machine for slight improvements which experience will doubtless suggest to the manufacturers r l