The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-02 00:00:00

THE NAVY. Advices from Malta, which come down to the 28th of August, three days before which the squa dron under Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., consist ing of the screw steam line-of-battle-ships Marl borough (flag), Centurion, and Conqueror, were cruising off that island, having, after a few weeks' stay in port, filling up provisions and water, left again on the 18th, but with no possibility of going to any port within the Mediterranean so long as the absurd quarantine system is kept up. Her Majesty's steam frigate Vulture returned to Malta from Canea on the 10th, and after refitting with deck cabins, took her departure on the 21st for Alexandria, there to embark the Moorish Princes returning to Tangiers from their pilgri mage to Mecca, but had to put back in conse quence of some derangement of her machinery. Her damages having been made good, she started again the same evemng , conveying Major Coiling wood, of the 21st, and Captain Maycock, of the 14th, to superintend the transit of troops through Egypt on their way to India or China. Her Majesty's screw steam transport Urgent, in 94 , days from Portsmouth and five from Lisbon, ar rived at Malta on the 22d, bringing Col. Elrington and other officers, 525 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 4th battalion of the Rifle Brigade. On the same afternoon the Rifles landed, and marched to their quarters in Fort St. Elmo. Her Majesty's screw steam transport Persever ance arrived at Malta from Spithead on the 25th, bringing Capt. Morris and 139 non-commissioned officers and gunners of the Royal Artillery, and 123 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Rifle Brigade for Malta ; also 93 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 46th Regiment for Alexandria, en route for India. The steam frigate Voyageur de la Mer, from Boston and Gibraltar, a present from the Ameri cans to his Highness the Pasha of Egypt, and hav ing on board Col. Greene, Yenam Effendi, and Mr. Stone, arrived at Malta on the 24th, and left on the 25th for Alexandria. An Admiralty order has been received at Cha tham Dockyard, directing the shipwrights to be taken off the screw steam-frigate Amphion, 36, having made defects good, as that frigate is not to be proceeded with for the present. Her Majesty's screw steamship Edgar, 91, under construction at Woolwich, is ordered to be ready for being launched on the 23d of October. Ar rangements will then be made for laying down the Anson on the same slip. She is ordered to be pushed forward with despatch. Her Majesty's steam transport Dee, Master- Commander Pullen, from the western yards, ar rived and entered Woolwich basin yesterday even ing to reload with steam gear. The old 50-gun ship Conquestador, employed as a floating powder magazine below Woolwich Ar senal, is ordered to be removed, not being in a pro per condition for service. The Unicorn, also a powder magazine, moored in the same locality, has been examined, and found to have sprung a leak. Her stores have been removed, and the hulk is ordered to be docked at Woolwich for repairs. The Portuguese man-of-war corvette Sagres, with Admiral Sir George Sartorius on board, put into Spithead on Tuesday evening, at 9.30, from London, on her way to Lisbon. The line-of-battle ship Trafalgar, 120, in the fourth dock at Chatham, is having the whole of her hull stripped previously to being cut down to a 91-gun screw steamer. The barque Espacia, G. Potts, master, has ar rived at Chatham from Leghorn with a cargo of Italian oak for the dockyard. The following appointments have been made al the Admiralty :—Thomas R. Peckthorn, surgeon to the Cumberland ; W. F. Mac Clinton, additional surgeon, to the Wellesley ; and Thomas S. Hey. wood, paymaster, to the Hawke. THE ARMY. Several changes in the staff of the army have just taken place. Captain C. N. Sturt, Grenadier Guards, has succeeded Lieut.-Col. Coke, Scots, Fu silier Guards, as Aide-de-Camp to Lord Rokeby. Ma.ior Pearson, Grenadier Guards, late Brigade- Major at Malta, has become Brigade-Major at Plymouth, in the room of Major Ibbetfaon, transferred to the 2d brigade at Malta. Major Barnard, Grenadier Guards, late Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Cranford at Shorncliffe, has been appointed Brigade-Major to the Ist brigade at Shorncliffe. Major Stevens, late 88th Regiment, has been appointed Brigade-Major to the Ist bri ade at Malta, in succession to Captain Inglefield, Royal Artillery. Captain Hare, 90th Regiment, has been appointed Brigade-Major at Melbourne. Captain Currie, 2d battalion, 19th Regiment, has been appointed Brigade-Major to the Ist Brigade at the appointed Brevet-Major Hillier, sth Lancers, is acting as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General in Dublin, vice Major Nasmyth, transferred to the staff in Australia. Brevet-Major Tupper, 59th Regiment, has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to Sir Henry Ward, Governor of Ceylon. Captain' the Hon. H. Annesley, Scots Fusilier Guards, and Captain Wigram, Coldstream Guards, have been placed on the Staff of the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland, the former as Aide-de-Camp in succession to Capt. the Hon. C. Thesiger, 6th Dra goons, who has joined his regiment on its embar kation for India, the latter as Aide-de-Camp. • Additional Majors from the half-pay list have been appointed to several of the depot battalions. Major Thompson, late 10th Hussars, is attached in that capacity to the cavalry depot at Canterbury ; Major Inglis, late of the 18th Regiment, to the Ist depot battalion at Chatham ; Major Deshon, late of the 48th, to the 2d, and Major Rowlands, Volun teer Corps, late of the 41st, to the 3d battalion in the same garrison ; Major D. C. Greene, late of the 43d, to Canterbury ; Lieut.-Colonel Wright, late of the 91st, and Major Drewe, late of the 23d, to Walmer ; Major Brown Westhead, late of the 34th, and Major Warry, late of the 34th, to the Ist and 2d battalions at Colchester Major Elton, Volunteer Corps, late 55th, to Stirling ; Major Robertson, late of the 4th, to Abe r de e n ; an d Major Sykes, late of the 48th, to Buttevant. The Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards, under the command of Col. Lord F. Paulet, C. 8., has ar rived at the St. George's Barracks from the In fantry Barracks, Windsor. The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards, com manded by Col. John A. Lambert, remove from the Wellington Barracks this morning for the Portman street and St. John's-wood Barracks. The Secretary for War, Major-General Peel, will visit Portsmouti this day, and inspect the works, barracks, hospital, and other military establish ments. To-morrow, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, he will inspect the fortifications at present being constructed at Gosport. A general order was yesterday published at Woolwich, announcing that the paymastership of the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers, held by Messrs. Cox and Co., will cease on Ist October next ; consequently the arrangements for the monthly muster of the garrison at present carried out by the officers of the Military Store Depart ment will be performed from that date by the divi sional paymasters. New regulations are to be adopted, under which the regiment of Artillery_ will, for the purpose of payment, be divided into three divisions. The corps of Royal Engineers will form a fourth division. Each division will have a paymaster. Similar regulations are issued for the payment of the corps on foreign service. Major Mortimer Adye, Royal Artillery, having returned from leave of absence, has resumed the duties of Acting -Brigade-Majo r of the South-west District. The finding of the court-martial which sat at Portsmouth about three months ago to try Ensigns T. J. Dunne and J. J. Scott, of th e 47 t h Regiment, has just been promulgated. The first charge against Ensign Scott was for conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in having at Portsmouth, on or about the 30th May, when on the sick report and undergoing medical treatment, quitted his barracks without the leave or authority of the commanding officer or the surgeon of the 47th Regiment. The second charge was for having at Portsmouth, on or about half-past 10 o'clock p.m. on the 30th of May, in company with Ensign Dunne of the 47th Regiment, entered the quarters of En sign G. P. Pigott, of the Wexford Regiment of Mi litia, in Clarence Barracks, in his absence, upset his furniture and utensils, and otherwise disarranged his room, and caused the bedding to take fire ; and also for having at Portsmouth, about 12 o'clock p•• m on the same date as above stated, b een drunk and' disorderly in the George Hotel, and there and then otherwise misconducting himself. The find ing of the Court was that the prisoner w as gu il ty of the first charge ; that in regard to the second he *as guilty of the first instance, with the exception of the words " and caused the bedding stocth conductake fire. It acquitted him of the charge that "such was unbecoming the character of anoffic in er st and ane e a , gentleman." With respect to the second the finding was that Ensign Scott was guilty, with the exception of the words " and disorderly, of which it acquits him. The sentence of the Court, therefore, was, that the prisoner be severely reprimanded, and placed at the bottom of his regimental rank his name to appear immediately below Ensign George Boyd. In the case of Ensign Dunne, the first charge preferred against that officer was for conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline in three seve ral instances—viz., 1, in having, on or about the 11th of May, 1858, at Portsmouth, failed to attend at the issue of daily pay to the soldiers of the com pany to which he belongs, although he had been previously - ordered to "do so by Capt. Thos. Palmer, his superior officer ; 2, in having sent an order to Colour-Sergeant M‘Donald, of Capt. Palmer's Com pany, to issue the pay of the soldiers of the said company in his (Ensign Dunne's) absence, and to send over to him, at his quarters, the books for sig nature ; and, 3, in having, when under arrest on the above-mentioned charge, broken his arrest and quitted Cambridge Barracks. The second charge against Ensign Dunne was, 1, for having given to Mrs. E. Nightingale, mess woman to the officers' mess of his regiment, in payment of his mess bill, a draught or order drawn by him on Messrs. Cox and Co., the regimental agents, for the sum of £25, which draught, on being presented to Messrs. Cox and Co. for payment, was returned by them dis honoured, he not then having any funds in their hands, or having reasonable grounds for presuming that such draught would be honoured; 2, for having given to Lance-corporal Nightingale, of the 47th Regt., a draught or bill drawn by him on Messrs. Cox and Co. for the sum of £6, to be cashed, for which he received the sum of from Corporal Nightingale, which draught was also dishonoured ; and 3, for having in company with Ensign Scott entered the quarters of Ensign G. P. Pigott, of the Wexford Regiment of Militia, in Clarence Bar racks, and in his absence upset his furniture and utensils, and otherwise disarranged his room, and caused his bed to take fire. The Court found the prisoner guilty of the first, second, and third in stances in the first charge, but acquitted him of the three instances in the second charge, and he was accordingly sentenced to be cashiered. THE MILITIA. The Chatsworth Rifles (2d Derby Militia) will assemble at Chesterfield on the sth of October for 21 days' training, under the command of Lieute nant-Colonel F. Cavendish. WHISKY DRINKING IN SCOTLAND. (From the Scottish Press, Aug. 31.) Mr. Duncan M'Laren has succeeded—so he tells the public—in blowing all our whisky drinking statistics to the winds—the surprise being that a task so easy of accomplishment should have re quired such an expenditure of time and effort. The truth is, that never was so lame and impotent an attempt made, or one so characteristic of Mr. M'Laren's genius. It is an old trick of the hunting field to draw a herring across the scent, but we have rarely seen it so clumsily performed as in the present instance. That painful elaboration of figures, which have really to do with the question, down to those twelfths of a penny which meet one at every turn, will only blind persons who cannot judge for themselves, or who are so steeped in pre judice that they never get beyond one side of a question. It is gratifying to turn away to the tone and manner of the press—the London press espe cially—who, taking their cue from the Times, manifestly feel that on questions involving conside rations of social importance the less of personal animus that is imported into the discussion the better. Before we advert to any of the statements, from whatever quarter, before us, it is necessary, to avoid confusion and misrepresentation, that we repeat in a sentence or two what we did affirm—taking sta tistics published under the authority of Parliament for the basis of our calculations. We stated-1. That, in the two years 1857 and 1858, the people of Scotland consumed 146,687 gallons of whisky, on which duty was paid, more than in the two years 1851 and 1852. 2. That we selected these years because the two periods formed a natural con trast, being free from the speculations which the known determination of Government to equalise the duty in England and Scotland imparted interme diately to the trade. 3. That the price of the article having risen, in consequence of the duty having risen from 3s. Bd. to Bs. per gallon, the consumpt being not less but greater, our expendi ture on whisky, instead of diminishing in propor tion as the price rose, had entirely disregarded and inverted this ordinary law of political economy. 4. That, as the Parliamentary returns showed that we consumed in Scotland, in 1851-52, 13,928,539 gallons, representing at the average selling price of 6s. 6d. £4,494,274.—and, in 1857-58, 13,975,226 gallons, representing at the average selling price of 12s. 2d. £7,802,842, we were expending £3,308,568 more in 1857 and 1858 than in 1851 and 1852. 5. That, if we added to the aggregate a million gallons each year of water, mixed by the retailers with the whisky, to enable them to approach nearer the old gill standard than the increased price of the article warranted, but which, when mixed with whisky, was sold and paid for as whisky, and paid for on the same scale as if the distiller and the Queen had had their clues out of it—we obtained an increase, not certainly to the duty paid or tile price paid by the retailer, but to the sum disbursed by the purchaser, of £588,333 per annum ; and, 6, that as the diminution of the licences to retailers had not diminished drinking, either the gain of those who remained had increased or drinking had been driven into unlicensed and disreputable or domestic quarters. Most of these statements, resting upon data open to the community, have not been: denied, have scarcely been challenged, and what part of them has been assailed has been so either upon mere assertion, unsupported by a single testimony, or upon misapprehension or insufficient information. Mr. M‘Liiren does not venture to deny that we have drunk more whisky in 1857 and 1858 than in 1851 and 1852, or that it cost the sum we say dur ing the one and the other sets of these years. He occupies himself with an elaborate examination of the rates of duty paid—a most interesting topic, doubtless, had the controversy related to the taxa tion of whisky, or the effects which a high or low duty has on drinking, or smuggling on the public exchequer ; but perplexing, without any counter vailing advantage, to the subject under discussion s And. even his own statistics, as adopted by " A Spirit Dealer," whose letter appears in our columns, and who knows the trade as well as any man in Scotland, leave our figures behind when fairly wrought out to their issue. For example, the duty on whisky for the two years ending the Ist of April, 1857, as given in Mr. M'Laren's letter, amounts to £5,719,765 Add the price of whisky at 3s. on the number of gallons in the Parliamen tary return 2,096,283 Add 25 per cent. for retailers' profits . £9,770,060 By our calculation we brought out .. . . 8,919,508 In excess of our calculation Mr. M'Laren rebukes us for not including foreign and colonial spirits, and actually gives the Forbes Mackenzie Act credit, " by closing the public houses during the whole day on Sun days, and at 11 o'clock at night during the other days of the week," for the diminished consumption of these, and claims their comparatively slight dimi nution as a "set-off" against so much of the whisky consumed. We really refuse to complicate the ques tion by any such ridiculous suggestion. If brandy, rum, and gin have diminished in quantity they have increased in price, so this is a set-off in another direction ; but there are not half-a-dozen men in Scotland who believe that the consumpt of a single gallon of whisky is contingent upon the price of articles that have never been a people's drink. Pur suing his minimising process, and proceeding to re mark upon malt liquors, which do form a large con sumpt, especially ale, Mr. M'Laren says : "In so far as the duty on the malt consumed in Scotland for these beverages is concerned, effect has been given to the diminution of the malt-duty tables already quoted; but I have no materials en abling me to estimate the decrease in the quantity of malt liquors really consumed, nor the cost of the manufactured article, irrespective of duty ; nor have I any materials for ascertaining the quantity of pale ale and London porter brought from England to be consumed in Scotland. It is, however, quite certain that a very large decrease in the quantity of malt liquor consumed in Scotland has taken place during the last four years, as compared with the consumption of the four earlier years, and therefore a large sum ought to be deducted from the above £1,565,991 on that account, although I shall not venture to estimate the amount ; and this correction would manifestly still further disturb the assump tions of the Scottish Press , that the in crease d cos t for whisky had been £6,428,646 during the last four years." We shall show the recklessness and total ignorance of his facts with which Mr. M‘Laren deals where he has a theory to support. In order to get at the exact statistics of this " very large decrease," which is so sensibly t o " di s t ur b" our fi gures , we yester day obtained the Excise returns of the Edinburgh brewers and found, as we expected, that whereas in dearthe 1851, when ' our whisky statistics com menced, the malt used on which duty was paid amounted to 63,194 quarters, it amounted in 1857 to 70,073 quarters, and will amount on the Ist o f year 1858 October ne x t, w h en least 80,000 quart ers , andcloses, to at this although ba r l e y was ss. cheaper in 1851 th an i t is now.l be also importing, as M r . NL, pale ale anti Lon n S seemso that if we to sug gest, an increased quantity of P don porter," we make him a present of the "large sum" which " ought to be deducted," although with singular diffidence he has " not ventured to esti mate the amount. We shall not follow h im in his anal ysis of "the water hypothesis." We only regret that, when the price of nun, he engaged in making inquiries "of a gentleman in the trade ,'l on the subject of did not tilink of inquiring whether our statement THE-SETN, LONDON was correct. Had he done so, he would have found it was entirely beyond dispute ; and if he will do so yet, we will accept the reply, which he may elicit from any re - spect'able retailer in the trade, as a settlement of the water controversy. . _ The Economist has some admirable discussional remarks on this subject ; and, in replying to him, our observations in one direction will dispel the strange and incredible delusion into which a re spectable firm of distillers in the south of Scotland have fallen in the communication to us 'given else where. In fact, the statistics of the Economist, rightly read, entirely upset their theory. The Economist says, as say our correspondents, there are no data, since the equalisation of duty, to distinguish between whisky consumed in Scotland and England. This is -a mistake, into which we observe Mr. Caird, M.P., among others, has fallen, in a letter he has addressed to the Times, which, by the way, bears a most suspicious resemblance to letter from the same quarter in our own columns. It was in the belief of this that Parliament refused in the first instance to make a return of the discri minating kind we have now got. But it was dis covered that in the Excise-office there were mate rials for the purpose. Each retailer is compelled under a severe penaltyto enter on the counterfoil of his certificate-book—exactly resembling a bank check-book—the name of the person to whom and place to which every gallon of whisky is sent ; and in the same way every distiller or person who pays duty and takes whiskey out of bond is compelled to have entered in the permit, of which a counter foil is also kept, the person to whom and place to which the whisky is sent—so that if it is sent to a London house it is included as whisky entered for consumption in England, and if a Scotch house it is included as whisky entered for consumption in Scotland. That there might be no mistake, we ascertained the fact yesterday from the collector of Excise at Edinburgh. This will also clear up a discrepancy between the Economist and us. The Economist enters in "the net revenue collected," all the duty paid in Scotland, al though the whisky may afterwards be sent to England, or even to France, as much of it is to be turned into inferior brandy ; whereas we confined ourselve to what was collected on the article entered for home use. We cannot help remarking, before we close thes6 remarks, how entirely the figures, given in the Economist, of the quantity of home-made spirits, on which duty has been paid for consumption in the United Kingdom, tally with the gradual pro gressive increase in Scotland since 1854, the year of the Forbes Mackenzie Act :- 1855 22,270,000 gallons. 1856 23,620,000 „ 1857 24,804,000 „ If we were to object to anything said by so im partial a writer as our brother of the Economist, it would be for asserting that we have raised these " exclusively in reference to" the Forbes Macken zie Act. We have not said so, and we did not so intend. We agree very much with our contem porary in his views of that legislation, and in no respect more than when he says " that there are many and important elements besides the effect of this much-contested Act." It is a most mischievous thing, in our judgment, to bring down great social problems to be measured and manipulated by some piece of handicraft, substituting a mechanical slide for moral exercitation, and dealing with mind as men would with mattet. We have had no wish in these discussions to hold up our country to the re probation of other notions. Our wish has been, by exposing our infirmity and shame, to awaken the people to a just sense of their condition, and to stimulate them to those measures of social refor mation which alone can cope with so great an evil. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the thanks of the Court were voted unanimously to Sir Frederic Currie, Bart., chairman, and to Mr. William Joseph East wick, deputy-chairman, for their great application and attention to the affairs of the East India Com pany during the period they have filled those offices. At the same Court of Directors the following re solution was also passed unanimously, namely : " That upon this, the last occasion of their meet ing, the Court desire to record their deep and grateful sense of the valuable assistance which they have uniformly derived from the eminent talent and devoted zeal manifested by the members of the home establishment in their various depart ments. The character of that establishment is too well known and too highly recognised to require from the Court any further expressions of commen dation ; and they cannot doubt that, in the transfer about to take place, the great reputation of the home service will be maintained under the same fostering system of encouragemont which it has been the object of the Court to pursue, and which has produced a result signally beneficial to the public service." IMPROVEMENT IN THE TRADE OF LIVERPOOL. —The Liverpool Customs Bill of Entry of this day (Thursday) shows that the receipts of the month of August of the present year exceeds the month in 1857 by £28,50. If we take the revenue for the months of :July and August of this year, and compare them with the same months of last year, there is an increase on the two months only of £71,276 is. 4d. TIIE INSURRECTION IN CANDIA.—WC have ad vices from Canea to the 17th Aug-uz,t, announcing the re kindling of the flame which, as might have been foreseen, was only momentarily smouldering to pacify the Greek and French Consuls, who seem to have had an important part in the outbreak. The Cretans, it is clear, did not rise to get rid of an objectionable governor, but to obtain solid concessions and guarantees for their future maintenance, not without a hope also of shaking off entirely the Ottoman yoke. A monster meeting was to take place on the 18th at Apocorona, in the village of Vrises, having for its object the demanding from the Government of the Sultan an elec tive Council, with powers to deal with all questions new falling under the jurisdiction of the Mollah Effendi, and likewise the appointment by the people of a Christian to represent them at Constantinople, in regard to all com plaints they may prefer to the Sultan. The armed bands already assembled at Apocorona number 4,000, whom Sami Pasha is endeavouring by mild and persuasive means to keep quiet, without much prospect of success. The British Consul,:Mr. Ongley, had not yet returned from Constanti nople, but he is said to have most fully cleared himself of the charges brought against him of being leagued with Vely Pasha. OPENING OF A NEW TOWN-HALL AT NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE.--The magnificent new music -hall, which com pletes the entire suite of the New Town-hall buildings built by the Corporation in St. Nicholas-square, was opened yesterday afternoon. It was a general holiday in the town, and the hall, a most noble building, has been quite crowded by the inhabitants of the town and the gentry of the dis trict. The Sacred Harmonic and Choral Society, conducted by Mr. Webbe, haveperformed Mendelssohn's "Elijah." In the evening there was to be a miscellaneous concert, and to day the same society will perform the "Messiah." The New Town-hall, which has Just been opened, forms a very striking object in 'the centre of the town. Besides the large and spacious music -hall, it contains a large corn ex change, the council chamber of the corporation, the offices and board-room of the River Tyne Commissioners, a hotel, and a considerable number of shops and other places of business. A WELL MIXED RACE.—There is now in Ro chester, New York, a man aged 106 years, whose ancestry, together with his own progeny, will exhibit one of the strangest mixtures of races ever heard of. His name is John Shenandoah O'Brien and he was born in B os t on , 1752. His father wa s an Irishman, and his mother an Indian, of the Oneida tribe. When 12 years old he was sent to France, and there educated as a physician. He returned to America and served in the revolutionary war ; afterwards he went back to France, and there married the daughter of the Emperor of Morocco, by whom he had eight children ; with her he lived in the United States for some time. He then married an American woman, de scended from the Teutonic line, and after her death mar ried a negress, who was 50 years younger than himself, and by whom he had four children. In his children are united the blood of the Celts, the Teutons, the African, and the North American Indian.— United States Paper. THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.—The Panther arrived at Malta from Alexandria with the home ward Bombay mail on the 14th, and left for Marseilles early on the morning of the 15th. The Ripon arrived on. the 20th from Southampton and Gibraltar with the out ward mails, and left on the same afternoon for Alexandria, having on board Major Crawford and 219 non-commis sioned officers and gunners of the Royal Artillery, en route for India. 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The steamer was so crowded with gold-hunters, specu lators, merchants, tradesmen, and adventurers of all sorts, that exercise even on the quarter-deck could only be coaxed by the general forbearance and goodhumour of the crowd. The voyage from San Francisco to Vancouver's Island, which' in a steamer is made all the way within sight of the coast, is one of the most agree able when the voyager is favoured with fine weather. I know none other so picturesque out of the Mediterranean. The navigation is so simple that a schoolboy could sail a steamer ; for a series of 18 headlands, which jut out into the ocean all along the coasts of California, Oregon, and Wash ington Territory, serve as landmarks to direct the mariner in his course. The northern portion of the coast of California and the whole length of the coasts of Oregon and Washington are thickly wooded. In fact, this vast stretch of country is one continuous pine forest. From the shore, where the trees dip into the sea, back to the verge of the distant horizon, over hills, down valleys, across ravines, and on and around the sides and tops of mountains, it is one great waving panorama of forest scenery. Timber enough to supply the wants of the world for ages, one would think. Yet the broken character of the country re lieves the scene from monotony, and it fully realizes the idea of the grand and the beautiful combined. Having for several years entertained a conviction of the vast importance to England of the possession of Vancouver's Island, both politically and commer cially, and of the absence of any other point on the coast which can ever rival it north of San Francisco, I watched with much interest the different bays and jnchorages as we passed them. There is not a safe harbour, not a spot adapted for a commercial port, between. San Francisco and the island. Humboldt Bay is capacious, and vessels can lie with tolerable safety when once in, but it is inaccessible in heavy weather, and is difficult of exit. There are several harbours along the coast which are good enough in summer, during the prevalence of the north-west winds ; but in winter the south east winds blow up the coast, arid make them all unsafe and difficult of access. We have now rounded Cape Flattery, and are in the Straits of Fuca, running up between two shores of .great beauty. On the left is the long-looked for Island of Vancouver, an irregular aggregation of hills,' showing a sharp angular outline as they become visible in the early dawn, ' . covered with the eternal pines, saving only occasional sunny patches of open greensward, very • pretty an &pic turesque, but the hills not lofty enough to be very striking. The entire island, properly speaking, is a forest. On the right we have a long massive chain of lofty mountains covered with snow, called the Olympian range —very grand, quite Alpine in aspect. The tops of these mountains are seldom free from snow. The height is unknown, perhaps 15,000 feet. We ran up through this scenery early in the morn ing, biting cold, for about 40 miles, to Esquimalt Harbour—the harbour which confers upon Van couver's Island its pre-eminence. The harbour of Esquimalt is a circular bay, or rather a basin, hollowed by nature out of the solid rock. We slid in through the narrow entrance between two low, rocky promontories, and found ourselves suddenly transported from the open sea and its heavy roll and swell into a Highland lake, placid as the face of a mirror, in the recesses of a pine forest. The transition was startling. From , the peculiar shape of the bay and the deep indenta tions its various coves make into the shore, one sees but a small portion of the harbour at 'a glance from the point we brought up at. We therefore thought it ridiculously small after our expectations had been so highly wrought in San Francisco. The whole scenery is of the Highland character. The rocky shores, the pine trees running down to the edge of the lake, their dark foliage trembling over the glittering surface which reflected them, the surrounding hills, and the death-like silence. I was both delighted and disappointed —delighted with the richness of the scenery, but disappointed at the smallness of the harbour. Can this little loch, imprisoned within natural ramparts of rocks, buried in the solitude of a forest, be the place which I hoped would become so famous ; the great destiny of which has been prognosticated. by statesmen an d publicists, and the possession of which is bit terly envied us by neighbouring nations ;—this the place where England is to centre a naval force hitherto unknown in the Pacific, whence her ' - fleets are to issue for the protection of her increas ing interests in the Western world,;—this the sea port of the Singapore of the Pacific ; the modern Tyre, into which the riches of tht East are to flow and be distributed to the Western nations ; the ter minus of railway communication which is'to con nect the Atlantic with the Pacific ? Our steamer swings, and I obtain a new view which reveals another and larger portion of the Bay of Esquimalt, in which ride at anchor her Majesty's frigate Satellite and the Plumper surveying vessels. A survey of the bay satisfies one that it is a capa cious harbour, capable of containing a large fleet — hundreds of vessels when its capacity is made avail a. ble by engineering—the building of wharves,throw mg out of jetties, scarping the rocky shores,. &c. And it has the natural advantages of a good bot tom for anchorage, is almost landlocked, and by a little building at the entrance can be made com pletely'so ; deep water, five, six, seven, and eight fathoms, easy of access. Victoria-bay, over which vessels pass in entering, being itself a safe anchorage, and of great capacity. The harbour is admirably adapted for fortifications, which could be built at its entrance in such a manner as to make it impreg nable. Guns could be so placed on the promonotories and on an island just outside, in Victoria-bav, as to completely command the entrance, and under the fire of which no vessel could live ; and, what is of infinite importance, there is a portion of the harbour which could not be shelled, and which is well adapted for the building of a dockyard. The ground on two sides of the harbour is eligible for a city, and— what is a curious feature in the landscape, and may become yet of great commercial importance— an arm of the sea, called the Victoria Arm, runs up into the country from Victoria several miles to within 600 yards of Esquimalt harbour. This is navigable for small vessels ; and should Victoria continue to be the capital of the colony and the commercial city, nothing is easier than to carry mer chandise in a variety of craft .from the harbour to the city by the Victoria Arm (which would be an inland navigation) free from the swell of the open sea between the two places. A short cut or canal would join this arm to the harbour. I am indebted to Captain Prevost, of the Satel lite, and to Captain Richards, of the Plumper, for much information regarding the harbour, which I dare not trespass upon your space with in extenso. Captain Richards pointed out to me the position in which the Leviathan should lie if she comes out. She will have no difficulty in entering, and there is as good a berth inside for her as she can find anywhere. To return to the period of arrival in Esquimalt harbour. Our first impression of solitude was soon dissipated. Shoals of canoes filled with Indians, several sail-boats manned by fishermen from San Francisco, and - about six or,seven shore-boats, surrounded the steamer, all ready to take us and our goods and c h a tt e l s on s h ore . The Indians in terested me much. I saw at once that they were far superio r i n th e sca l e o f h uman ity to the Cali fornian aborigines. They are industrious. One girl attracted notice from her strange equip ment. Her hair was parted with much precision on the very top of the head, and hung down over her ears and on her shoulders with some grace. Along the division form e d by the parting of the hair of thi s y oung g i r l' s h ea d was drawn a line of bright red paint, which extended down the fore head. A no th er re d li ne crosse d from both sides of the head, a n d p asse d . a l ong the eyebrows, till it met over the nose. This painting looked well. Her hand s were sma ll an d pretty., and she paddled with much grace. She would allow the canoe to get under the bows of the steamer, and near the wheels, as if on purpose, an d then dexterously ex tricate it with an easy movement of the paddle, which was really beautiful to see. She wore a brass a rm l et on a well-turned arm, but no other ornament. Sh e was ev id en tly a lady in her way— the bell e o f the tr ib e, per h aps . Her mother was in the c anoe w i t h h er, an d s h e did all the touting for citaton witho u t a wor d b e ing spoken. Other grls now appear, and a few have the red paint lines on hlre, in so far as eager looks can be called soli iithe head and across th e f ore head, but none of them equal in grace and tidiness my first attraction. The fops among the lads also affect paint on the face, drawin g l a t era l li nes on th e c h e eks, which give them a zebra sort of look. They all appeared to me harmless ; many industrious ; but many others fast b ecom i ng corrupte d b y th e i n flux of emigrants and the abundance of money,—the men getting drunk on the sale of their strawberries, fish, &c., and the girls getting fast corrupted b y the coarse and idle ruffians hanging round Victoria. I had an interview with a chief—a great chief of the Cowitchen tribe—the Catholic Bishop of Victoria being the interpreter. The Indian feared that the influx of strangers would bring spirits into his dominions and corrupt his people. The bishop has great influence over the Indians of the island, and speaks their language fluently. This chief was a lad about 25 years of age, of middle height, square build, a big flat, head, a stupid inexpressive face, a dull inconstant eye, which I could not get him; to fix upon me at all. A bad fea ture was that eye, denoting insinoerity and treach ery. His appearance was altogether very mean ; no native dignity, no presence, such as some high born Indians possess. He was dressed in a red flannel shirt, and had some sort of apology for a pair of trousers. This completed his attire. No shoes and no covering for the head. His feet were large and flat, but his hands small and well formed. He emitted such an odour in the hot noon-day sun as made me very thankful when the interview was over. The number of Indians on the island is consider able—as many as 18,000. Most of them live by fishing, but some tribes follow the chase. Victoria is distant from Esquimalt, by land, about three miles ; round by sea double the distance. The intervening ground is an irregular promontory, having the waters of the Straits of Fuca on the south, the Bay of Victoria on the east, and the Victoria arm encircling it on the north. The s o il is good, and produces fair crops of the ordinary cereals, oats, barley, and wheat ; and good grass, turnips, and potatoes. I came the first time to Victoria round by water. The rowing of our boat was much impeded by kelp. The shore is irregular ; somewhat bold and rocky— two more facts which confirmed the resemblance of the scenery to that of the western coast of Scotland. As we are rowing up the bay, all impatience to catch a sight of the future capital of another English colony, of which our heads are full, we meet four stout hairy miners paddling a canoe—an ugly cradle of a thing built impromptu by some Yankee carpenter, or perhaps by the miners themselves — but how inferior in shape and construction to the native vessel ! " Hurrah, for the Frazer !" yelled the-miners as they passed, with a will that made the mountains echo. " Poor fellows !" remarked the captain of the steamer, " you little know the voyage of 70 miles you have before you cross the Gulf of Georgia ; if a storm arises you will have a sneezer." The love of gold and of adventure will make men dare anything. A thousand such canoes similarly freighted with provisions have been paddled out of Victoria—perhaps a great many more, for it is calculated that there were a thousand of them on the river last week, all built within the last two months at Victoria. Some are supposed to have been lost on the passage. -I bring you at last to Victoria. It stands nobly on a fine eminence, a beautiful plateau, on the rocky shore of the bay of the same name. There is no finer site for a city in the world. The plateau drains itself on every side by the natural depressions which intersect it, and there is space enough to build a Paris on. _ The prominent object in making the approach by water is the Hudson's Bay Company's fort, built on a rocky bluff, in the foreground of the picture. Properly speaking, this is not a fort. A high wooden enclosure of palisades has wooden bastions at two diagonal corners, where several guns are mounted in two galleries. One of the bastions enfilades the front and south side of the square, and the other defends the back and north side. In the enclosure are the buildings for the transaction of the com pany's business, and for the residence of some of its officers. A certain degree of military regime is maintained. The gates are closed at night, and perfect order and a complete division of labour exist throughout the establishment. The arrange ments are simple enough, and the men who conduct them quiet and unassuming to a degree. The fort possesses an interest of its own indepen dently of the natural beauty of its position. Those plain, whitewashed wooden walls acquired an im portance.in my eyes when I reflected that this was the place where was concentrated the moral power, the tact, energy, and firmness of purpose by which a few well-instructed Englishmen and Scotchmen rule 80,000 savages,and turn their labours to pro fitable account. hile tribes of these savages are at war with America almost continually, and at this moment, when a fierce and bloody contest is actually going on between them and the Federal forces, whom they have lately beaten, the meanest of the Company's servants has a safe passport and a hearty welcome wherever he goes—not a hair of his head will the Indians touch. As to the prospects of Vancouver's Island as a colony I would say that if it shall turn out that there is an extensive and rich goldfield on the mainland in British territory, as there is every reason to believe, the island will become a profit able field for all trades, industries, and labour. The population will soon increase from Canada, whence an immigration of many thousands is already spoken of, from Australia, South America, the Atlantic States, and, no doubt, from Europe also. If this happens, the tradesman and the la bourer will find employment, and the farmer will find a ready market, at good prices, for his pro duce. Should the gold suddenly disappear, the island will have benefited by the impulse just given to immigration, for, no doubt, many who came to mine will remain to cultivate the soil and to engage in other pursuits. If this be the termination of the present fever, then to the farmer who is satisfied with a competency—full garners and good larder, who loves retirement, is not ambitious of wealth, is fond of a mild, agreeable, and healthy climate, and a most lovely country to live in, the island offers every attraction. Its resources are plenty of timber, towards the northern p or ti on p ro d uc i ng spars f unequalled quality, which are becoming of great value in England, and will, soon be demanded in France, now that the forests of Norway and of Maine are becoming exhausted ; limestone in abundance, which burns into good lime for building and for agricultural purposes ; coal in plenty, now worked at Nanaimo, on the northern side of the island, by the Hudson's Bay Company ; the quality is quite good, judging from the specimens I saw burning ; it answers well for steam purposes, and would have found a ready sale in San Francisco were it not subject to a heavy duty (of 30 per cent., I think) under the American tariff; iron, copper, gold, and potter's clay. I have no doubt .that a goldfield will be discovered on the island as it gets opened up to enterprising explorers. A friend of mine brought down some sand from the sea-beach, near Victoria and assayed it the other day. It pro duced gold in minute quantity, and I have heard of gold washings on the island. The copper is un developed. The potter's clay has been tested in England, and found to be very good. The charac ter of the soil is favourable to agriculture. I visited seven farms within short distances of Victoria. The crops were oats, barley, wheat, peas, potatoes, turnips, garden herbs and vegetables, fruits, and flowers ; no clover, the natural grass supplying sufficient food for the cattle and sheep. The crops were all healthy, but not heavy. The wheat was not thick on the ground, nor had it a large head. It was such a crop as would be an average only in a rich, well-cultivated district of England or Scot land ; far lighter than you would see in the rich counties of England and in the Carse of Gowrie. I was informed that the ground was very badly prepared by Indian labour—merely scratched over the surface. Flowers of the ordinary sorts do well, but delicate plants don't thrive, owing to the cold ness of the nights. Sheep thrive admirably. During my stay the climate was charming ; the weather perfection, warm during the day, but free of glare, and not oppressive ; cool in the even ings, with generally a gentle sea breeze. The long days—the protracted daylight eking out the day to 2 o'clock at night—the lingering sunset, and the ample " gloaming," all so different from what I had been accustomed to in more southern latitudes, again reminded me of Scotland in the summer season. The scenery of the inland country around Vic toria is a mixture of English and Scotch. Where the pine (they are all " Douglas" pines) prevails you have the good soil broken into patches by the croppings of rock, producing ferns, rye grass, and some thistles, very few. This is the Scottish side of the picture. Then you come to the oak region ; and here you have clumps, open glades, rows, single trees of umbrageous form, presenting an exact copy of English park scenery. There is no running water, unfortunately, but the meadows and little prairies that lie ensconced within the woods show no signs of suffering from lack of water. The nights bring heavy dews, and there are occasional rains, which keep th em fresh and green. I am told that in September rains fall which renew the face of nature so suddenly, that it assumes the garb of spring, the flowers even coming out. The winter is a little cold, but never severe. I have heard it complained of as being rather wet and muggy. Frost and snow fall, but do not endure long. The climate is usually represented as resembling that of England. In some respects the parallel may hold good ; but there is no question that Vancouver has more steady fine weather, is far less changeable, and is on the whole milder. Two marked diffe rences I remarked,--the heat was never swelter ing, as is sometimes the case in England, and the wind never stings, as it too often does in the mother country. The climate is unquestionably superior in Vancouver. What I ought to have begun by stating I may mention now, that Vancouver's Island lies between 48 deg. 17 min. north, and from 123 deg. 10 min. to 128 deg. 30 min. west, which 'position would entitle it to a mild climate, as all the countries on the Pacific are more temperate than those parallels in the northern hemisphere. The style of living in Victoria is rather unique. I slept on a trestle, rolled up in rough blankets in a small room, where two others also filept—a place you would not think too good for your dog. I washed my face al fresca—that is, in an open meadow--and brushed my boots in a tiny room, which served for kitchen laundry, refectory, and sitting-room for my landlady and her husband. My visitors said, I was housed luxuriously by comparison with their ' accommodations. Ame ricans sleeps three and four, or more, in a bed. To have a bed to one's self was thought quite aristo cratic, " exclusive" they called it. But the feeding is the most disgusting part of the campaign. I went into a place to have coffee one morning early, for I rose betimes, in compliance with the ancient maxim—that " the early bird catches the worm ;" my spirits fell when I saw three Frenchmen drinking out of one cup. I asked timidly, if I could have a cup to myself, and I got one, but no saucer. Such coffee ! what a strong flavour of burnt beans or pease. I abandoned this nasty house in disgust, and next morning pa tronized a tent kept by a lady. The wind was high, the tent open at both ends, and the cooking done in the open air, over a sort of oven improvised in the bushes. The table—rough, un planed deal boards—was so covered with dust and sand that I could have written my order for breakfast upon it with my stick. The elates were turned upside-down, to keep their insides clean. All this did not look propiti ous ; but a hungry man must eat. I grasped a loaf of bread and stroled the sand off it with the sleeve of my shooting jacket, which, luckily, was a rough spun garment, and answered admirably. I broke off a hunk, and, having turned my back to the wind placed the bread and the beefsteak in my bosom, as I may say—that is, I leaned over them and the plate they were on, to keep off the dust—and, doubling my body so as to bring my face down on the plate at each mouthful grabbed, made a clean and an excellent meal. You used to be eloquent once upon the adulteration of food. Do you remember what the wretches adulterated butter with ? Twenty thousand persons are supposed to have left California and 10,000 to have gone from Ore gon and Washington territory, all for Frazer River, The majority passed through Victoria. There are some 15,000 at least in the mines. The rest are, the most of them ' dispersed between Victoria and places across the Straits in American territory, and perhaps 1,000 disappointed miners have returned to California. One of the first measures taken was to license the miners ; British and foreign were treated alike. The tax is 21s. sterling, commuted to 5 dols. a month. The licence is not transferable. Mining is not allowed where it would destroy roads, impede access to houses, &c. The proper observance of the Sabbath is enjoined. Claims are allotted in sizes varying with the nature of the ground, arranged so that each miner shall have sufficient space to work in, and to prevent monopoly. These rules have been modified for the better accommodation of the miner, and his labours are facilitated by the change. The Governor was on a second trip up the river when I left Victoria on the 12th inst., carrying out administrative measures in person. In Victoria a commissioner of police and men under him have been appointed, and the peace and good order of the place are really perfectly pre served ; the crowds of all nations assembled in a state of squatation, to use a new paraphrase, behav ing very peaceably. I have walked several times through the encampment of tents, filled with weary sleepers, at late hours-11 at night to 1 o'clock, in the morning—without molestation, the only sound heard being that of such sleepers as " drive their pigs to market" o' nights. Trade is licensed on a scale graduated according to the character of the business, wholesale and re tail. The only heavy licence is upon the sale of liquors, which is 600 dols. a-year, and none too high, particularly as its proceeds are to go to the support of schools, of which one is established al ready. Victoria is a free port, and I hope, for the general good, it will so continue. The rule is liberty to all, but no violation of law and ()icier. All such are promptly punished with severity. My tale of the Frazer River Mines is soon told. The water is too high to permit more than a very few miners to work on the river. The mass of them lie idle on its banks, waiting for the water to fall. Those who have money to pay for provi sions can have enough on the spot, for which they have to thank the humane and liberal policy of the Hudson's Bay Company. Those who have no money must starve. The alternative is as clear as the sun at noon day. They can neither buy food nor leave the place. They cannot spread themselves over the country, for the following reasons—The banks of the river, high up where the miners are congregated, are steep and lofty perpendicular walls of rock which cannot be scaled. The other portions of its banks are covered with impenetrable forests, without a track or a trail, which they dare not penetrate for fear of the Indians. There is a trail above Fort Hope known to the Hudson's Bay Company's people, which leads up to Thomson's River and adjacent country, and which are supposed to be very rich in gold, but there are no means of transport available as yet. Some miners have gone up, and their story is this :—A man has to carry his provisions in his blankets, on his back, up a laborious ascent in hot weather. He cannot terry over .501 b. in weight besides his traps, and tools,,and firearms. He takes several days to perform the journey. At its termination one-third part or more of his stock of provisions has been used on the tramp. He digs and digs successfully, but, as he is in a wilderness where his supplies cannot be renewed, after a few days' work he must hurry down before his little stock of eatables is exhausted ; or if he remains until he shall have eaten it all he dies of hunger. There is no relief for him. So he comes back with some; but not much, gold. Several are said to have perished of hunger in this upper region, but I could only trace this horrid fate to two men. Unfortunately for themselves, the California miners would not listen to advice to defer their departure till the usual season of low water in the river, but rushed up unreflectingly, and reached the place long be fore they could work. The result is misfortune and disaster to most, and disappointment to nearly all. On the other hand, I have the most satisfactory testimony to the fact, that wherever a miner can work on the Frazer or on the Thomson Rivers, or elsewhere, gold is obtained in abundance. The river - (the Frazer) will fall - in - §eptember low enough to admit of washing in its bed, and miners can work in it till March, as I was informed by old residents. My object in going north was to ascertain if a gold field really exists, and its extent if there does. I have not succeeded in my object. I could not travel in the interior alone, and I could not obtain an escort. I tried hard, but the thing was simply impossible. I did not go to Frazer's River. As there is no mining, or only a very little, there was nothing to see which would repay me for the voyage. The statement I gave of the state of matters on the river is, however, correct. I may add that I have the distinct authority of Governor Douglas and of one of the chief factors who has long resided in the interior for statin° publicly that for several years back they have had evidences of the existence of gold being found in many places extending over hundreds of miles of the country to which the notice of the world is now attracted, and that both these gentlemen believe the auriferous country to be rich and extensive. The total export of gold in the past three weeks was 1,779,127 dollars by the steamer and by sail ing vessels. The number of persons who left . for the north is greater than I supposed ; 22;753 went by sea ; considerable numbers went by land. Money is abundant, and seeking investment, but none offering. HEARING.-SPEC RACE, AND HEARING.-SPEC TACLES.--POWERFUL TELESCOPES.-OPERA, and B. Solomons, opticians, [ADVERTISEMENT.]--IGHTAN PERSPECTIVE GLASSES.--. 39 , Albermarle-Street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her e li st y y . 's Royal Letters Pat en t improvements in the m os t cz a d j for valuable and extraordinary Cknamowp, the eacedis and Perspective TGellaesasceoraio a half p inches, with an extra e y e - p i ece, will These Telescopes coissess such extraordinary p ower t h at some, three an with the same telescope can be se en a person ' s show distinctly Jupiter's moon, Saturn's ring s , an d t h e double stars ; countenance three and a half miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasin g p owers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A. valuable, newly-invent e d, very small, powerful Waistcoat-po c k e t Gl ass, w alnut, by which a person can b e seen and known the size of a one and a half mile distant. They answer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are in valuable for shooting, deerstalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Per - spective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. —lnvaluable persevering Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes preserved and strengthened,a nd very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation--can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they pan read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by . stating their age. Deafness. —New Discovery. —The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, suiTassing anything of the kind that has been, or probably can be, pro duced. Being of the- same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies i the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, W. IILIJ L4l\T~. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, CARDINAL WISEMAN IN THE SOUTH. A letter from Parsonstown, dated Tuesday night: and published in Saunders's Newsletter, gives the following not very flattering account of the recep tion of the Cardinal in the King's County. The sketch is plainly the production of no friendly hand, but that the visit was a failure as regards any public display, is fully confirmed by a letter in _ another Ltublm paper : . " The first intimation that this town was about to be honoured with a visit from Dr. Wiseman was given yesterday morning by a Roman Catholic clergyman from an adjoining parish, who was the bearer of a despatch for Father Egan, the parish priest of this town, containing the announcement. On the receipt of the news his reverence was on the alert, and messages were sent to all the adjoin ing parishes to colleet a goodly array of the clergy, and to command a large attendance of the peasantry to welcome him. The promised visit did not create any excitement whatsoever. From the fact of the majority of the town-council being Protestant, no' effort was made to induce that body in their public capacity to pay their respects to the cardinal. Any attempt of the kind would have proved unsuccess ful. However, in order to keep up appearances, in the afternoon there was a small gathering of priests and shopkeepers in a parlour at one of the hotels. Certainly not more than 20 individuals were pre sent. Father Egan took the chair, when an address, which had been previously prepared by one of his curates, was adopted for presentation this day. The morning was beautifully fine, but the event' of the day seemed to be treated with the utmost indifference by all ranks and classes, who appeared determined to follow their usual avocations. The streets presented their every-day appearance, and the visit of any itinerant showman would have created as great a crowd and an equal amount of interest. 11 o'clock was fixed for the. arrival of the Cardinal ; but at that. hour there was nothing whatsoever visible to lead any person to suppose that the presence of so distinguished a personage as a really alive' cardinal was momentarily ex pected. At 12 o'clock the pupils of the national schools in the town and its vicinity were let loose ; and Father Egan, accompanied by one of his curates, proceeded in a hackney carriage to the town of Cloghan to await the arrival of this prince of the church.'. Their reverences returned about half-past 2 •o'clock and announced that there was no appearance of Dr. Wiseman, which caused the idlers in the streets and also a large congregation which had assembled in the chapel to disperse. However, shortly after three o'clock the Cardinal arrived in the carriage of Mr. Ennis, M.P., at whose residence, Ballinahown, county of Westmeath, he had been on a visit. His entry was of the Most humiliating description. No triumphal arches spanned the streets, no flowers strewed his path, and his advent was not welcomed by the smiles of lovely women.' None of the Ca tholic gentry of the county were present ; but in deed. there are very few of that class resident within its borders. The Cardinal slowly traversed the streets, his only escourt being about 200 ragged urchins, who whistled and yelled. The people did not prostrate themselves before him. Not a head was uncovered along the route, and altogether his reception presented a sad contrast to the elaborate descriptions which have been given of the cheers and devotedness of the thousands who attended him at Ballinasloe and elsewhere, as has been so vividly portrayed. The Cardinal having alighted at the residence of Father Egan, where he remained for some time, from thence he proceeded on foot — but not in official costume—to the chapel, where, after the performance of some religious ceremonies, he, accompanied by a large crowd, went in a car riage to the Earl of Rosse's park, where he was re ceived with the ordinary courtesy and polite atten tion with which all visitors are there received ; and having inspected the monster telescope, observa tories, workshops, &c., he left town about 5 o'clock for Ballinahown." THE HARVEST. A Dublin journal gives a glowing account of the prospects of the harvest and of the prosperous state of the country generally. Wheat is one of the best crops ever seen in Ireland. The yield is heavy, the quality good, and it has been garnered in excellent condition. All doubts about the potato are at an end, and never was the crop more productive. The green crops, too, which now form so important a feature in our improved agriculture, will yield a heavy return this year ; turnips, mangolds, are of such superior bulk and quality that even the farmers themselves are satisfied, and have nothing to grumble at but the fact that abundant crops bring low prices. Still, however, the prices of agricultural produce are highly remunerative ; and, besides, where there is plenty there is employment, industry, contentment, comfort, diminished pau perism, diminished crime, diminished taxation, hghter burdens, and more enjoyment for all classes. COUNTRY MARKETS. HULL-AUG. 31 At the market to-day a small supply of both old and new wheat ;* purchases were made at the opening of busi ness,at last week's rates, but towards the close an advance of Is. per qr. was established. Foreign held too stiffly to admit of any transactions of moment. Barley in request, at improved prices. Beans and peas creep up in value, especially the former, from actual scarcity. Oats meet a steady sale, at late currencies. Winter tares make fancy prices, growers talk.of 100 s. per qr. NEWCASTLE-Au G. 31. At this morning's market there was a fair show of wheat, both old and new, which moved off briskly at the full rates of Saturday, with some advance on fine parcels of old. Flour in good consumptive demand, at fully former rates. In spring corn no quotable alteration. ROCHDALE—Aua. 30. At this morning's market there was very little doing in grain, and prices remained without change. BELFAST—Au G. 30. At to-day's market there was but little animation in the grain trade, and prices were unaltered. DUBLIN-AuG. 31. The weather is still most favourable for haivest opera tions. There was a fair supply for the season of new grain, and the currencies of last Friday were but partially sup ported. Indian corn almost unsaleable, and quotations are nominal. CORK—Aua. 31. Not much doing here to-day, but former prices were well supported. The following are the current quotations: —White wheat, 225. ; red, 21s. ; oats, 12s. 10d. COAL MARKET--SEPT. 1. Grey's West Hartley, 15s. ; Holywell, 14s. ; Lambert's West Hartley, 15s. 9d. ; Tanfield. Moor Butes, 13s. 6d. ; Walbottle Hartley, 14s. ; Wylam, 14s. ; Walker Primrose, 12s. 6d. Walls End-Acorn Close, 16s. 9d.; Charlaw, 15s. 6d. ; Eden, 15s. 9d.; Gosforth, 15s. 3d. ; Riddell, 15s. 3d. Eden ra Main, 168. ; Braddyll's Hetton, 16s. 6d. • F mwell , gate, 15s. 6d.; Haswell, 17s. 9d.; Hetton, 17s. 9d.; Cassol4 165.; Lambton, 178.; Shincliffe, 15s. 6d.; Heugh Hall, 1 55 ' 9d.; Hunwick, 14s. 6d. ; South Kelloe, 16s. 3d. Nixon's Merthyr, 21s. ; Nixon's Duffiyn, 215.-Ships tt market, 55 ; sold, 42. [ ‘ ADVERTISEMENT.]-11olloway's Ointment and PAC I, Villiam Cole, of 12, Wood-street, Cheapside, declare that I have use d Holloway's Ointment and for about a month f or mos t v i o l en t pains in the che st and stomach. These pains were supposed by the medical men Liverpool to indicate consumption. I was told that nothing could be done for me, and that my case was hope less. At last -I was obliged to quit the police force at Liverpool and come to London. I was admitted into St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Even there I obtained no relief whatever, and was ultimately persuaded by a friend to try Holloway's medicines. These effected a perfect cure in four weeks.—London, 31st July, 1858. Such testimony as this needs no comment. BIRTHS, ARNOLD.—On the 30th ult., at 55, Stockwell-park-roadt North Brixton, Mrs. Joseph G. Arnold, of a son. BAILLIE.—On the 28th ult., at Bruntsfield House, Edin burgh, the wife of George Baillie, jun., Esq., of Meller stain, of a son. BLOMFIEtD.—On the 30th ult., at 19, Grove-terrace, Peckham, the wife of Dr. Blomfield, F.R.C.S., of a daughter. HARRISON.—On the 31st ult.; at 115, Warwiek-streett Eceleston-square, Mrs. E. Harrison, of a son. MARRIAGES. SHARP—BISHOP.—:On the Ist inst., at St. George's, Han over-square, the Rev. B. Oswald Sharp, of Sheffield, to Adelaide Eliza, third daughter of Charles Bishop, Esq., of Highwood-hill, Hendon. ._. . YOUNG--LATTEY.-- - On the 31st ult., at the parish church, Daventry, Lake Young,.Esq., of Kettering, Northamp tonshire, to Sarah Frances, only daughter of Abraham Hely Hutchinson Lattey, Esq., of Daventry, in the same county. DEATHS. BERRIDGE.—On the 31st ult., at his residence, Brunswick place, Windsor, William Berridge, Esq., one of the ma gistrates of the borough, aged 73. HIGMAN.—On the 19th ult., at Douglas, Isle of Man, Vice- Admiral Henry Higman, aged 77. HOPEWELL.—On the 30th ult., at Wood-street Cottage, Barnett, Mary, wife of John Hopewell, Esq., aged 78. POWELL.—On the 31st ult., Marianne, wife of Mr. Thos. Page Powell, of 7, Rodney-buildings, New Kent-road, aged 32. STEELE.—On the 31st ult., at 36, Chester-square, Isabella/ wife of Colonel Steele, Coldstream Guards, aged 25. WATSON.—On the 30thult., at Bath, John Win. Watson, Esq., M.D., F.R.S.E., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, aged 66. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, September 2, 1858. \ , 1 • i7lll