The Sun. — London, England, 1837-08-24 00:00:00

LITERATURE. KINDNESS IN WOMEN. 3 Vols, Bentley, London, 1837. These volumes, which are the production of Mr. Haynes Bay.ly, consist of two tales ; the first of which, entitled " Kate Leslie," is by far the best. There are scenes of passion and of deep pathos in this story, for which —judging of the author by his " But terfly" b a ll a d s, and mere drawing-room ballads—we Were wholly unprepared. The character of the chief personage, George Hanson, a youth naturally of warm and friendly feelings, but perverted, and ren dered a heartless libertine, by the erroneous system of education pursued towards him by a vain, extravagant mother, is consistently maintained throughout, and in culcates a moral not the less serviceable, because it dies not happen to be wholly original. From the -vividness and distinctness with which this Roue is pourtrayed, especially in the earlier scenes of his career, where he is just about to launch into life with all the advantages that a handsome person, specious address, and good fortune can confer upon him, we suspect that Mr. Bayly had some living original in Isis eye- In the earlier portions of the tale we find him located at the Rectory of Mapleton, and attached, as a boy, t o t h e d aughter of the clergyman, Kate Les lie. This attachment continues uninterrupted up to the period when he has completed his eighteenth year, ' W hen it is broken in upon by his falling in love with the daughter of a provincial actor, whom he seduces, and, as a matter of course, deserts, leaving her fath er to die br o k en -h earted in a lunatic asylum. The whole of this episode—for it is nothing but an episode, and somewhat irrelevant too—is told with considerable s kill and spirit, and reminds us of some of the more impassioned scenes in that clever tale " Violet," w hi.ch vie reviewed in The Sun two or three months iLtl ee. On K a t e L es li e ' s b ecom i ng acqua i nted with t he Profligate conduct of her lover, she instantly s trives her utmost to discard him from her mind ; and being something better than a mere die-away drawing room belle, she succeeds, though, of course, not without many a desperate struggle with her feelings ; and at the "Mmencement of the second volume, we find her pre- Paring to bestow her hand on a high-minded, but el derly gentleman, by name Ibbotson, who had been for Th e year s h er f at h er ' s ch i ef assistant at his school. ' t he day for the ceremony is fixed ; the wedding- Mdresses are completed ; and the peaceful village of apleton is all on the qui vice ; when most unex pectedly, Kate's first love, George Hanson, makes his appearance; and, by dint of his respectful attentions, and explaining away, in the most sophistical manner, his conduct towards the actor's daughter, succeeds in obtaining the hand and heart of Miss Leslie, which, tinder such " untoward" circumstances, the generous Ibbotson will not think of claiming. The married W C ouple live some years happily together in South ales --for George is, to all intents and purposes, a reformed rake—when it is most unluckily discovered that he has another wife living, who finds him out, in the neighbourhood of Clifton, and by her haughty and insulting conduct, succeeds in driving Kate and her _Child f rom home. George is now in agonies ; his last _hope o f peace and domestic happiness is vanished, and e is f ast wearing on to his grave, a prey to th e keenest remorse, when his first wife dies ; and he, having once again reconciled himself to Kate, expires shortly after, a penitent, in her arms. Such is a slight and hurried sketch of the main incidents in this tale, which, though somewhat loosely con structed, is f u ll o f i nterest, and, in p art i cu l ar, deserves prais e for the skilf u l way i n which it s c h aracters are drawn. housekee per, and Old Mrs. P o dd, t h e an admirably humble companion of the L es li es , i s conceived sketch ; and so also is that of the a d shy, nervous, econ but n o bl e - m i nded Rector. The tale is broadly humorous throughout, but is heither better nor worse than the generality of such Performances. As a favourable specimen of the au thor's manner, we subjoin his description of the Rector of Mapleton : " Mr. Leslie was very tall, very thin, and very bald : he was of course dressed in black, and his habiliments on week days were none of the newest : his knee-breeches were loose, and tied with ribbon in long bows that hung down What was nominally the calf of his leg ; his black silk stock ings were of the very coarsest texture ; and his thick square toed shoes came up high on the instep. He had a habit— tot an uncommon one, we believe—of pushing up his spec tacles on his forehead when he wished to see people dis tinctly : when perusing his book, they were invariably on his nose ; but when he wished to interrogate a pupil, or in spect a visitor, he pushed them up, as if, instead of aiding, they impeded his sight ; and, clasping his two hands behind his back, he opened his light grey eyes very wide, and stared at the object before him. He was exceedingly nervous, and generdily silent ; the sound of his own voice seemed to s tartle 'film. When circumstances roused him so far as to make him undertake the formation of a sentence, his cou rage failed him before he got half through it, or a misgiving tame over him that he should not express himself clearly. To a stranger, his peculiarities were ludicrous ; but to the very few who knew him well, and remembered what he once had been, it was melancholy to observe the nervous want of reliance on his own powers, the absence of mind, band the utter incapability of feeling interested about per ns p resent and immediate occurrences. This arose from e prostration of a once sanguine mind, and a gloomy habit of brooding over past visions of happiness, all of which had !aded in disappointment. The best years of his life had n wasted in the sickness of the heart which is prover vially the result of " hope deferred ;" and when at length .t blameless and rational enjoyment of life, shared with the long -tried and dearly-loved companion of early choice, Zleemed within his grasp, he found hirn.elf a widower, alone t he world, possessed indeed of a moderate competence, I2ut deprived of her for whoss: sake h e h a d so l ong des i red and so e xu l te d when was obtained." THE RbyAL VICTORIA GATE. The following is an outline of the address to the Queen, " the openin g of the Royal Victoria Gate in Hyde Park, delivered by the Duke of Sussex, on Monday last : 4tlßust ft MADAM—May it pl ease your Majesty, your Majesty's , predecessor, our revered monarch King William 'V., wh ose blessed memory will ever be cherished so long 41a there exists a loyal subject and true Briton in this IP"PP tIn trY, , ever alive to the comfort, improvement, and hap sa of his people, had been graciously pleased in the atst k,... Year of his reign to command that a new gate should -',' oPened from Hyde Park into the Uxbridge-road, for tLie convenience of the population now settled and con- Fj e galiog on the north side of this great me s he w or k has been completed since his Majesty's tro dem po i li se . , * ben it was the will of Providence to place you, Madam, 1;11i"L tile thron e of these realms. The proud recollection °' we, who live in the very neighbourhood of these evarka, and in the vicinity of Kensingtonardens, do, and fe _cr shall, entertain of your Majesty having been born and 4ueated, and having constantly resided, in the Palace of St. 4 l a in g t °, ll , until you removed to the Queen's Palace in 010 , 4 tnea s-park upon assuming the reins of Goverment, j es ;" us anxious to perpetuate these events by your Ma 81:•:.'.allowing the gate to be called by your Royal name. 1 11 ' .. l'id such be your Majesty's gracious will and pleasure, 4te furthe r to petition that you will confir m the act by te4l_ 9deseending to be the first to pass through ' The Vic inarla Gate,' and I will now proceed, as ranger of the Palk, Itl ktaly to unlock it —as the key has been in my possession tll'''sr since the proper authorities have delivered it into my i:4dl. t° c l Y, to prevent any person from trespassin g upon the , before your Majesty has honoured the place by driv- C thmugh it yourself." a 1 21 . e Chevalier i sse 0 .it Russian Char Att aires, w as former] g at St. Petersburthe foreig n d epartment g. y attached to He ke e p s up a small establishment, as it i s terY uncertain how long he will remain here. G eneral E vans, the Member for Westminster, re ained at Clonmel during th e e l ect i on, and Mr. Poulett ..homso, Preside n t of the Board of Trade, also arrived there on his tour through the South. , The Duke and Duchess of Bedford will be ex 6rernel the r • • gay at the Doune during the autumn. Among /119n!wants expected are the Duke and Duchess of Rich d and other branches of the Lennox family, Marquis Abereorn, Lord. Boringdon, M r. B alfour, Mr. and Mrs. S Elli c e, Earl pener, & e a The Earl and Countess of Rosslyn have left L0n ..,0n . for their seat in .Yorkshire, but owing to the recent de ttnaiisne of Lis father in Jar,kary last a party this season , ', the E a wt no E 1 'll t enter , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE AUA TICS GREENWI CH REGATTA.— Q There . a ter,' beautiful match at Greenwich yesterday, rot a *limy and other prizes, given by the Gentlemen oftiprifildg. the Steam Navigation Company. It was not like most stairs wagers, confined to the middling men, but those who had great pretensions as !cullers were en raged in it. In another and very important respect it differed from the ordinary plans of wagers, inasmuch as that there were plenty of good prizes—there were prizes enough to induce every man to do his duty. The first man received a wherry, worth 241. ; the second man 51. ; the third man 41. ; the fourth 31. ; the fifth 21. 10s. ; and the last man 1/. 15s. Such prizes are very rarely given in a rowing match where only six are concerned ; and it is not likely that they would have been so great had the ordinary men of such circles been the donors. The morning had given hopes of a fine termination to the day, but the assembled thousands, and those too of the most re spectable order, were necessitated, from the inclemency of the weather, to leave prior to the two last heats. The contest was with six pairs of sculls, in four heats, and the distance extended to the whole river front of the town. The following are the names and colours of the competitors :—Charles Webb, pink ; Richard Mee, green ; James Giles, red ; James Moore, dark blue; William Young, yellow; and Edward Gillet, sky blue. Yellow and sky blue started for tlie grand heat amidst the rain, which descended in torrents ; yellow had the lead, but was swamped by the wash of a steamer, and the other won easily TH AMES TUNNEL-IRRUPTION OF THE WATERS. The Thames Tunnel, which has attracted public atten tion for so long a time, and of the permanent completion of which high hopes had been entertained, on account of its hitherto successful though slow progress, has met with a serious check. The calamity can be briefly related. Dur ing the greater part of yesterday the water poured in with more than usual violence, which caused just alarm. Towards five o'clock the rush of water continued to increase to such a degree that the engineer, fearful of the consequences, with drew the men from the works. The subsequent event too unfortunately realised his apprehensions, for in less than ten minutes the Tunnel was completely filled. No blame what ever is attributed to the shield, which has stood firm ever since it has been placed, and has performed its part admi rably. By this accident the further progress of the works will be delayed. It is satisfactory to add that no lives were lost. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Knowing the very great interest which the public have always felt in the progress of the Thames Tunnel, I have taken upon myself to address you, in order that they may at once be in possession of an authentic statement of the circumstances which have occurred this afternoon at these works. At a little before twelve o'clock this morning the water was found to increase considerably, but in the, course of the afternoon the quantity had somewhat diminished, al though it still slowly gained upon the pumps, and as the tide rose it was found quite impossible to keep pace with the increased influx of water, when Mr. Page, the acting engineer, considered it necessary to send for Mr. Brunel, who was in town, attending at a meeting of the Board of Directors. At five o'clock, finding it was quite useless to proceed with attempts to check the steady increase of the water, which had then risen ten feet, the attention of the engineer and the workmen was therefore turned to securing all part s of the shi e ld, w hi c h operat i on was care f u ll y and d eliberately done. The curiosity of the men, who were anxious to watch the gradual rise of the water, rendered it very difficult for the engineer to withdraw them, even when it had become ex pedient to do so. By about half-past five the Tunnel was filled, every body having retired in good order. It is gratifying to add that no accident has occurred to any individual. Soundings were immediately taken by the engineers, and the displacement of ground having been ascertained to be of limited extent, steps were taken forthwith to stop the aperture from above, as on former occasions, in order to resume the pumping as soon as possible. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant. J. CIIARLIER, Clerk to the Company. Thames Tunnel Works, Rotherhithe, Wednesday Night, 9, P. M. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. On Friday a general half-yearly meeting of the Proprie tors of the London and Birmingham Railway, was held at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, for the purpose of re ceiving a report of the Directors as to the present state and future prospects of the Company. The attendance was fully as numerous as expected ; and among the proprietors present were—R. C. Glynn, Esq. (Chairman), J. F. Led sam, Esq. (Deputy Chairman), E. Cropper, Esq., G. Pre vost, Esq., Theodore Rathbone, Esq., P. St. L. Grenfell, Esq., H. Earle, Esq., R. Garnett, Esq., J. Sturge, Esq., J. B. Boothby, Esq., E. Wilson, Esq., Hornby, Esq., D. Hodgson, Esq., T. Tooke, Esq., J. Pickup, Esq., and many more of the most influential members of the Com pany. The Report was read by Captain Moorsom, one of the Secretaries ; from which it appears that in the course of a month the stationary engine for the incline of the ex tention line to Euston Grove will be in readiness for work, and an ample, supply of locomotive engines at command. Full effect, it was stated, will then be given to provincial ar rangements, which have been already entered into with the principal coach-proprietor s for bringing the passengers by their respective coaches upon the railway, as fast as it is in a state of readiness to receive them. It was added that the advance made towards the entire completion of all the works of the railway, and the near ap proach of the time at which the whole line will be opened to the public, appeared to the Directors to require from them the most exact information which it is now in their power to obtain, both as to the ultimate cost of the whole undertaking, and as to the periods at which each portion of it may be reasonably expected to be opened for business. They have, in consequence, required from the engineer fresh and carefully revised estimates of the cost of all the works in his department which are still unexecuted, and such a state ment of the'probable cost of those remaining works, of their entire sufficiency for the purposes of the traffic, of all de scriptions, to be anticipated on opening the whole line, and of the exact periods at which, in all human probability, each successive portion cannot now fail to he executed and completed, as he may be willing should go forth to the Proprietors, with the full sanction of his name and pro fessional character. The details, we believe, will be annexed to the report ; in the meantime the Directors state that they have an assurance from Mr. Stephen son, that not only will a few weeks see the completed line at the London extended from Boxmoor to Tring (a further advance of seven miles), but that in tl:e course of December next the Railway, in perfect working order for business, will extend sixteen miles further, to Den bigh Hall, at the crossing of the Holyhead road,•and at the Birmingham end as far as Rugby, making the whole length of Railway which will be entirely completed, and which the Directors, therefore, hoped to have opened to the public on the Ist of January next, 77 miles. The engineer states that the proprietors may calculate with perfect confidence on the entiro completion of the whole line, and of the works connected with it, in the course of the autumn of 1838. The Directors express their confident expectation, that the proprietors may calculate upon having the Railway completed, and in full operation within the present elpital of 4,500,0001., sanctioned by Parliament ; and that if there should unfortunately prove to be any further excess in the engineering department, or if the extent of the future traffic should render expedient any extension of the works at pre sent contemplated ? the additional capital cannot be required until a large revenue has rendered it easy of attainment, and placed the proprietors in a situation to judge of the propriety of such farther outlay. The capital of the'Company in shares now amounts to 3,12.5,0001., and that the sum which they are empowered to borrow on the security of their tolls to 1,375,000/., making the total of 4,500,0001. which they have powers to raise under their Acts. It is proposed that the new shares of 251 . each, which form a contegral part of the capital stock of the Company shall be entitled to the same rate of divi dend as the original shares of 100/. each, in proportion to the amount of calls actually paid, but without distinction as to the time of the payments of the calls which shall have been made respectively when a dividend is declared. There remains of the capital of 4,500,000/. a sum of 1,329,282/. 178. 3d. applicable to the farther expenditure of the Com pany, whilst the general estimate of the funds required to complete the railway is as follows : 1. Land a n d compensation 2. Works for th e roa d and stations, according 105,000 3. Engines and carr i ages of all desc riptions ... to the estim a t es o f t h e engineer 35 , ,747 4. General disbu rsements .................... . l, 204207,040501 £1,313, The report did not le a d t o muc h discussion, but appea 698 red .0 give general satisfaction, and the prnceqdings speedily , erminaed.—Manchester Paper. I BL-I?roN_ON-TRENT RACES.—TUR.IDdr. The Two-Years-Old Stakes of 25 soy:. each. Straight half mile. Mr. Lacey's ch. c. V a i n ~ • • , 1 1 Captain Ilunney's ch. c. Gilb ert Gurney ...... • - ••• • • 2 Captain Lamb's ch. c, Nintretl - - - 3 The Bretby Cttp, *fitlite 100 soya., the gift of the Earl of Chester field, Added to a Sweepstakes of 15 SOTS. each, 10 ft., and only 5, &e, Once round and a distance. Mr. Fowler's br. e. Heron 1 Mr. Mosty n ' s b r . c. T rapball 2 Mr. E. P ee l' s b r. c. Morison (bolted) 0 The Anglesey Plate of 50 soya. Heats, two miles and a distance. Lord Chesterfield's b. f, Vasuna Mr. E. P ee l' s c h, e , Old Glory 2 2 Mr. Peac oc k' s b. f . The Howdy 1111: SUN, LONDON, TgUitSDAY, ATIGUST 24, 1537 SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY. the district of Lugano, where he obtaiaed the rights of a Swiss citizen. Bernasconi brought with him several sons, who were borne at Campione, and as one of them reached this year the Conscription age, he was summoned by the Austrian authorities to come and draw lots with the other young men of his district. Having declined to present himself, he was considered and proclaimed a refractory con script. On the sth instant, as young Bernasconi was re turning from Maroggia to Bissone, he was assailed on the Swiss territory by three men, one of whom was armed with a gun. They threw him down, gagged him, dragged him by the feet to the bank of the lake, and having put him on board a boat brought him to Porto, a village of Lombardy, where they delivered him to the local authori ties. The unhappy father, on hearing of this act of piracy, repaired to Porto, but was unable to prevail on the autho rities to return to him his son, who was then confined in the (PROM ii tditIESkONDERT.) On Monday the Town-hall at HenllyLon-Thames was crowded, tb hear tbe ekarnination of Vincent Vaughan Esq., of Bell-hatch House, near that town, on a charge 1)1 conspiring with Baron De Behr, alias Charles De Behr, and others, to defraud Mr. Allen, of Oxford, of 3,000/. The Magistrates were Joseph Phillimore, LL.D., and Charles Lane, Esq, From the statement of Mr. Allen, it appeared he had advanced 2,500/. at various times on the furniture and effects at Bell-hatch ; that subsequently Mr. Vaughan, with his friend the Baron De Behr (for whose apprehension a warrant is out), went in a carriage and four to the Star Hotel, at Oxford, and ordered a sumptuous dinner, to which Mr. Allen and his friend Mr. Wright were invited, and par took of. Here the subject of a new Mining Company in the Brazils, called the Cachoeira Gold, Silver, and Copper Mining Company, offering unheard of advantages, was broached, of which a manuscript prospectus was produced ; Mr. Vaughan said he had great pleasure in offering in some measure to pay the debt of gratitude he owed to Mr. Allen for his advances of money to him, by giving him an oppor tunity of taking some of these shares, of which his friend the Baron had the disposal, and which from the demand were not in the market. A great deal more to this effect was held out, and at a subsequent interview at Mr. Vaughan's house, at Bell-hatch, Mr. Allen agreed to take shares to the amount of 3,0001., for which he released the 2,.500/. advanced on the effects at Bell-hatch, and paid 500/. in cash. Mr. Vaughan stated the Baron to be Am bassador from the Confederated States of the Rhine to the British Court, and the son of a Marquis in Switzerland of large property, who had himself embarked 60,000/. in the Cachoeira Mining Company. In the course of a conver sation between the Baron and Mr. Wright, it transpired that the latter gentleman had personally visited the Brazilian mines, and knew the country well ; whereupon the Baron remarked he was the very person they were seeking for as a manager, with 'a salary of 2,000/. per annum. M-, Wright finding from his discourse he was quite astray in description as to the part of the Brazils where the Cachoeira Mine was situated, began to suspect all was not right, and acquainted his friend Mr. Allen, who then considered about the advantages of this mine (where they said 800 men had been working for two years, the quicksilver extracted pay ing expenses, and so valuable as to require a regiment of soldiers to constantly guard it), and on making further enquiries fully satisfied himself he had been completely duped. The magnificent statements of the Baron De Behr as to his having 60,000/. at the Bank of England, an equal sum at Messrs. Wright's bank in Covent-garden osi his own account (which proved to be only a balance of a ten thousandth part of that sum), as well as 100,000/. on account of the Company, of which the bankers knew not even the name, and other stories of wealth, were found equally fallacious ; and to crown the whole, at the Alien office he found the Baron's real character fully established. A most atrocious attempt was made to get rid of Mr. Wright, the principal witness in the case, by the Baron De Behr, who engaged him (directly the matter was settled) to convey despatches to Paris, which it has been since as certained were documents connected with a treasonable con spiracy against Louis Philippe, and which were evidently fabricated, to cause his detention and imprisonment in France, and prevent his appearance as a witness. These documents are, or will shortly be, placed in the hands of the Secretary of State. After an investigation of nearly seven hours, the Magis trates decided on committing Mr. Vaughan to the County Gaol at Oxford, to answer the charge ; and Mr. Vaughan not being able to procure bail for the amount required (himself 3,000/. and two others in 1,500/. each), was con veyed to that place in the course of the evening. The trial is ultimately expected to come off in the Court o Queen's Bench. town prison. The Swiss journals are filled with accounts of the rava ges occasioned, in various districts of the Canton of Berne, by a succession of thunder storms on the 10th, 11th, 12th, and the 13th inst. The executive Council had immediately directed the administration of the interior and public works to adopt such measures as circumstances should require for relieving the unfortunate sufferers, and sent professional men to the ravaged districts. The case for the plaintiff was most ably conducted by Mr. Wickens, of Oxford, and Sackville-street, London. Too much praise cannot be given to Stephens, the Henley policeman, through whose exertions Mr. Vaughan was apprehended at Green's Hotel, Leicester-square. The Baron has not yet been apprehended, but as he is a well-known character there is little doubt of his capture. UPPER CANADA. On the 11th of July the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir F. B. Head, prorogued the Assembly of the Upper Province for an indefinite term. On the previous day the House and Council had passed the Bill allowing a suspension of specie payments, of which the following are the particular heads : " Clause 1. That any chartered bank judging it necessary to suspend, and making a disclosure of its affairs, the Go vernor in Council shall, if proper and advisable, by an or der, to be published in the Upper Canada Gazette, autho rise them to continue their business, without a forfeiture of their charter. " Clause 2. Governor and Council may call for any i n . Formation under oath. " Clause 3. So long as the suspension may continue, any creditors refusing to receive their notes, and prosecuting for their recovery, the court may stay the proceedings with out cost., proi ided it appear to the court that such action ii brought not for ascertaining the amount due, or unv v iii. in.mess of defendants to pay. " Clause 4. No action shall be brought against any ba n k so suspending, to compel payment of its notes, and if any action shall be brought the court may stay the proceedings as in the foregoing clause. " Clause 5. No bank to have in circulation a. rreate r amout than its paid-np )ck. " Clause 6. No bank to sell gold or silver, except to p ay Lac onal parts of a dollar, and its one-dollar notes an d the amount of its one-dollar notes never to be less than five per cent. of its circulation. " Clause 7. No actions to be brought against the banks, except in the Queen's Bench or district court. " Clause 8. False swearin; to be deemed perjury. " Clause 9. Banks to make monthly returns, or oftener, if required, under oath. " C ause 10. Act to continue in force till the end of the next session of the Legislature. " C cruse 11. The Legislature may alter, repeal, or amend this Act at any time." Only one of the banks bad decided upon conforming with the terms of the above-mentioned Bill, and that was the Commercial Bank of Kingston. The following 'a the speech of the Lieutenant-Governor n closing the Assembly : " Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Councl, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " I thank you for the zeal and assiduity with which you have deliberated on the important subject for which you were esdecially convened ; amd I am gratified at the prospect of the 1-gislative relief you have afforded to the agricultural and mercantile interests of the province._ The banking institutions of Upper Canada arc now re lieved 'rorn all fear of forfeiture or penalty, in case, by ex tending accommodation to the public, they should find it necessary to discontinue for a time the redemption of their notes in specie, " I am making arrangements for the issue of the money appropriated during the last Session for the improvement of 1111 roads, and I have pleasure in informing you that I shall be enabled to cause the payment of a considerable portion of it w:thout delay. " The alteration allowed to be made in the terms of the debentures authorized to be issued by the construction of Macadamized roads will, it is expected, facilitate the nego tiation of the loan ; and the outlay of these moneys during e)e present moment of embarrassment, will, I trust, afford timely relief. " In the exercise of the powers which you have con ferred upon me, no exertions shall be wanting on my part to give the measures you have agreed on their most beneficial effects ; and I trust that the Banks and the people, by mu tually supporting each other, will assist the Government in meeting the unexampled difficulties at the present crisis with steadiness and resolution." SWITZERLAND. The tediousness with which the present Diet is proceed ing has bee n ma d e by th e N arra t eur, an d ot h er S wiss jour nals, a pret ex t f or d eman di ng a new f e d era l re f orm . They contend that this state of things, already so deplorable, must become worse every day, and accordingly suggest the expe diency of establishing a new Assembly, with powers diffe rent from those of the existing legislative body. The Nar rateur recommends a Swiss Grand Council, composed of a number of deputies, proportioned to the population of the districts they should represent. The 22 cantonal soya reignties would exercise their respective rights by accepting or rejecting its decrees in a delay of two ot three months. " This organization," says the Karratcur, " would be pre ferable to a Senate of 22 members, because the cantons would be much more independent in their grand councils than the deputies, who are exposed to be influenced in so many different ways." The Catholics of Glaris had not yet complied with the injunctions of the Government of the canton to retain their authorities, agreeably to the new Constitution. The tre ble Landreth, convoked on the 13th, refused to enter into any compromise with them, declaring that if the districts of Naefels and Urnen DCSEUS should have not completed their elections by the 13th, coercive measures would be resorted to against them by the State Committee. Two of the members had been proposed, th e one, to reduce immedi ately, by force, those rebellious districts, and the other to call out some troops to carry into execution the decree of the Council. The Lombardo-Venetian authorit'es had been guilty of a violation of the Helvetic territory. Gervais Bernasconi, native of Campione, a village situate on the lake of Lugano, in the Lombardo-Venetian territory, liLving left that place 16 years ago with his family, went to settle at Bissone, in ITALY. PALERMO, AUG. s.—The sanitary state of our unhappy city is daily improving, and but very few new cases of cho lera now occur ; and it is to be observed, that for the most part such persons are attacked as were absent when the disorder was at its height, and had ventured to return. This is ascribed to the change of air ; and this circumstance will probably deter the other absentees from approaching the city, so that it may be long before everything returns to its old course. Nobody thinks of business ; and as an individual recovering from a severe sickness requires time and repose to regain his strength, the great body of the population equally needs rest, and many months will pass before the return to health will be complete. Every one in the narrow circle is in mourning, for where one person out of six dies, there is no family which has not to deplore the loss of at least one of its members. Otherwise, thank God, we live in tranquillity and security under the protec tion of the laws. MESSINA, AUG. 4.—Four Neapolitan steam-boats ap peared before our roads yesterday, with the ex pected Swiss regiments on board. The landing, how ever, did not take place here, but on the opposite coast of Calabria, near Riggio. General Del Caretto sent an in vitation to our Intendant to go to the opposite coast and have a conference with him, which he did, in company with several other official persons. At the same time Deputies came from Catania and Syracuse, to his Majesty's Lieute nant, whence it appears that the treasonable attempts were not approved by the higher classes. It is said that the Swiss will be quartered in our citadel, there to perform a sort of quarantine, after which it is probable that part of them at least will go to the Southern provinces. The dread of the disorder is still very great, and prevents all commerce. ROME, AUG. 10.—I have delayed writing till to-day ex pecting to be able to say positively whether we have the cholera or not ; but we are still in the same uncertainty— the Government publishes nothing on the subject, and the Romans still hopc. , that the disorder exists only in the imagi nation of the physicians. The doubtful cases, though not nu merous, occur however hourly, and as the patients are con veyed to the hospitals, with which all communication is pre vented, nothing further is known. We see, ho never, that by that system the people accustom themselves to th e th o u g ht o f the di sor d er b e i ng rea l ly here, so that if it should spread, we may hope that the public tranquillity will not be dis turbed. The Government continues to take all precautions, and has fitted up hospitals in each of the fourteen quarters. It is said that a new loan is negotiating to meet all those extraordinary expenses, and that the house of Torloina has already advanced large sums. It is hoped that when the cholera really breaks out here, the expensive cordon on the frontier of Naples will be done away with, and the com merce with that kingdom, which is so necessary to us, be free again. We learn that the Marquis Crora di Vergagui, Ambas sador of the King of Sardinia, will not return to his pos here, :but go in the same capacity to Naples. Coun Broglie de Mornbello, hitherto Charge d'Affaires at Flo. rence, is spoken of as his successor. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. --" 2,—The tranquillity of the Constantinopolitans has again been disturbed by rumours of conspiracies which have never existed. The Turks have again been accused of the wicked intent to set fire to Pera, in order to rid themselves of the Franks. I need scarcely add that all these reports are entirely without foundation, and have arisen from the following circumstance :—The Seraskier Pacha having lately established mounted patroles in Constantinople, and finding how far superior they vi ere to the old police, had ordered them to be extended to Galata and Pera ; and the terror-striking appearance of the mounted troopers immediately gave rise to a report that a conspiracy had been discovered, which, gaining credit as it passed from mouth to mouth, and with such strong evidence to bear it out, soon assumed the form of a very feasible story. Though the greatest tranquillity prevails, however, in the capital, much cannot be said for all parts of the country ; the island of Mytelene having been the scene of tumults of rather a serious nature, owing to the attempt the Turks are making to press the young Greeks for the service of the navy. Owing to the great difficulty experienced in recruiting the Turkish regiments from the immense decrease of popu lation, the Sultan has determined that the fleet shall be entirely manned by Greeks. In pursuance of this resolution an order has been issued that from among the young men of the Greek families of Mytelene two should be taken from every three, and one from every two. As soon, however, as the att em pt was made to carry the order into execution, the young Greeks left their homes and fled to the mountains, from whence they have made their escape to Greece, and in the endea• your to prevent this considerable tumults have arisen, in which blood is said to have been shed. The Greek pa triarch has since been sent for by the Porte and questioned on the subject ; his answer, however, was dignified and firm ; he stated, that as his advice or opinion had never been asked, and that he had not even been informed of his Highness's intentions of making levies among the Greeks, ho could not possibly in any way be responsible for the ill success that had ensued from the Government pursuing their own measures. Some changes have this week taken place among the Paellas, but whether they be such as are likely to lead to any beneficial results is rather difficult to determine. Na mouk Pacha, who since his return from Tripoli has occu pied his old post at the Arsenal, is now appointed to the government of Aidin till the return of Ferick Amet who will then supersede him. His loss as head of the Arsenal has already been severely felt, as it, is but badly supplied by Moussa Suffetti Effendi, who succeeds him. Zia Pacha, late General of Brigade, is appointed to the Pachalic of Varna, the late Pacha having been deposed by the Sultan when there in May last. Hafous Pacha has been recalled from his government of Bagdad, but for what purpose is not yet known. The post of head of the art►llery department, which was for merly bed by Tahir Pacha, who now retires altogether to private life, has been given to Colonel Hadji Ali Bey, under the immediate orders of the Seraskier himself, who now has the superintendence of the ordnance added to his former duties. Letters have been received here from Syria up to very late dates, which fully confirm the opinion I expressed in my last letters, with regard to the views of Mehemet Ali. They state that he has now commenced building a line of fortresses on the frontier of Karamania, the completion of which he is urging with all possible dispatch, and he is raising troops in every direction. Nothing is said of the expected return of Ibrahim Pacha ; it is probable that be cannot leave Egypt till the return of Mehemet Ali from Candia. The cholera had broken out both at Damascus and Aleppo, andlos making great ravages ; and the plague was raging violently at Tarsus and the neighbourhood. We have no news whatever from the Circassian coast this week. The Princess of Moldavia, who had been here for a short time on a visit to her father, Vogorethe, Prince of Samos, left again with her suite by the Danube steamer on Friday last, after having visited the mosques and all that is inte resting and curious in Constantinople. Her Highness must, I fear, have suffered much from the effects of the dreadful hurricane and thunder-storm which visited this capital on Saturday, coming from the Black Sea. The French Government steamer, which ought to have arrived here on the 25th inst., and was to have brought Admiral Roussin, the French Ambassador at the Porte, has not yet made her appearance, and serious apprehensions are entertained for her safety. One account states that she was at Syra, having lost a wheel, and is waiting for the next steamer to take her in tow ; and another account says that an accident has happened to her between Marseilles and Malta. Since these famous steamers have been estab lished only two have yet arrived punctual to their time ; and the rest have all met with accidents of more or less im portance. A commercial express arrived here in eight days from Vienna on Saturday last, bringing much more favourable accounts of the state of commerce in that capital ; it, how ever, shows no sign of improvement here—the failures which have taken place this week amount to upwards of 12,000,000 piastres. Exchange to-day on London is 113. The plague, I am happy to say, is still rather decreasing tha❑ otherwise, and no accident on this side has been spoken of since the violent thunder-storm of Saturday, which produced a great change in the atmosphere. COWES. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23.—The following four schooners started for the Cup this morning at eleven, with a fresh breeze at W. The match between the Menai and the Dolphin created great interest, but the superior size of the Dolphin defeated the skill of that old and experienced sailor Captain William Hollis. They came in as follows : Names. Tons. h. m. s. Commanders. Dolphin Met ai 175 ... 4 46 50 ... E. N. Harvey, Esq. Crusader Rostellan We by mistake stated Mr. Ratrry to be the builder of the Amulet; it was Mr. Joseph White, of this port. RESULT OF THE ELECTIONS (From the Hull Observer.) The returns to Parliament are now complete, and we publish the list of Members—classified according to their presumed opinions—as it appears in the Morning Chronicle. It is not to be expected that a list of this description can be made out with perfect accuracy, but, having examined it carefully, we think it may be considered very close to the mark. The Chronicle estimates the majority of Members " on whom Ministers may count with certainty," at thirty nine. There are, besides, nine Members who, not being of the thorough-bred Tory class, are set apart as " doubtful." They will, probably, swim with the stream. At the last general election, we selected the returns from the Spectator, a journal which has attained a high character for diligence and judgment in furnishing political statistics. Of late, it has given way so strikingly to antipathy to Lord Melbourne's Goveinment, that we are unable to rely upon its statements with our former confidence. According to the Spectator, the Liberal majority elected to Peel's Par liament was 356 to 302—and the Liberal majority elected to Melbourne's Parliament 337 to 321. If this calculation be correct, the Ministerial majority amounts to no more than sixteen. But a close inspection of the Spectator's lists has con vinced us of their inaccuracy both as regards the late and the approaching Parliament. We find, for instance, Mr. Goring, M.P. for Shoreham, set down as a Liberal in 1835 and Tory in 1837 ; for what reason is not shown. Mr. Goring voted for Lord John Russell's motion on the Temporalities of the Irish Church. Mr. Long, of North Wilts, who gave a similar vote, is marked Liberal for 1835 and Tory for 1837. Sir Charles Lemon is noted as a Liberal in 1835 and as a Tory in 1837 ; there having been no change in his votes or opinions. Lord Charles Churchill, ex-member for Woodstock, is registered as a Liberal dis placed by a Tory, although he voted for Peel's Speaker and Address, and against Lord John Russell's motion on the Irish Church. Mr. Dottin, M.P. for Southampton, is classed as a Tory in 1837 and as a Liberal in 1835---- he having been an out-and-out Tory from first to last. The Spectator omits to notice as changes favourable to the Ministry, the return of Mr. W. 0. Stanley for Anglesea, in place of Sir R. Bulkeley, who was opposed to the Irish Church question—the return of General Johnson for Oldham, in place of Cobbett, or rather his Tory successor ; and the substitution of Lord Fitzallan for Lord D. C. Stuart, who voted against the Church-rates: Bill. In the Spectator's list of Liberals for 1835 are the names of seve ral persons who were unseated on petition ; among others, Mr. Villiers for Canterbury, and Sir J. De Beauvoir for Windsor. These names ought to have been removed and Tories substituted. In almost every case where there is a doubt, our Radical contemporary gives the benefit of it to the Tories. This really seems to be carrying " impar tiality" to an extreme. The Spectator observes that " in looking closely at the table of the Liberal loss, it will be found that of the sixty six Members put out of the House by Tories, not more than ten can be called Radicals, namely— Fellowes Elphinstone Gaskell Bowring Hutt Trelawney Beauclerk Thompson Roebuck E wart And to put against this Radical loss of ten, we have gained— Busfield Easthope Standish S. Jervis Raikes Currie Davies F. H. Berkeley Johnson Ellice, junior Protheroe Earle F. Aglionby Captain Ellice Palmer Ashton Yates Duckworth Style Seventeen—all pledged to the Ballot and the extension of the Suffrage. This proves that the loss has been suffered by mere Whigs, not by Radicals." According to this table, Radicalism has gained and mere Whiggism lost by the elections ; yet the Spectator, which rejoices in its Radical orthodoxy and never misses an op portunity for assailing the Whigs, waxes desponding and refuses to be comforted in the present prospect of affairs. Would it have been a happier consummation had the Ra dical strength been diminished and the Ministerial force in creased by a clear majority of a hundred aristocratic Whigs? What, then, would have become of the Ballot, Short Parliaments, and Household Suffrage—questions which may not be immediately carried, but which will assuredly be more powerfully and earnestly supported in the coming Parliament than they were in the last, and which are indebted for the rapid progress they have recently made in no slight degree to the elec tioneering reverses sustained by backward Reformers ? Why, the Spectator itself is already speculating upon a list of nearly two hundred independent votes fa vourable to th• Ballot in the new Parliament. This does not indicate that "organic changes" are quite so alien to the hopes and wishes of public me❑ as the Spectator, is its melancholy mood, would have us believe. Let our Con temporary be ruled by us, and, eschewing weak tea and moping melancholy, take to field sporti and an occasional modicum of sack. By yielding to political hypochondria, it runs the hazard of being assigned a position among the " Doubtfuls." To our apprehension of affairs the new Par liament is a more premising assembly than its predecessor. The " Doubtfuls," who in 1835 amounted to 51, are now reduced to 9or 10. This fact, alone, proves the superiority of the returns of 1837 as tests of principle. Even if nume rically weaker, the majority in the new House of Commons will be more effective than the majority in the old, in consequence of its superior compactness, arising out of a general agreement in opinion. Unless Minis ters are dishonest or incompetent, or both, they will study to increase this compactness by adopting a course of policy which the great body of Liberals may fairly regard as a reasonable centre of union, for consoli dating their own power and breaking that of the common enemy. Lord Durham has wisely remarked that Re formers may, with honour, enter into a compromise with each other, but never with the foe. It is the duty of Mi nisters—nor need it be a difficult one—to rally round them the whole of the Liberal representatives, an,l if they cannot always go as far as many of them may desire, they can, at all events, avoid the disgrace of walking in the ways of To ryism, or being contaminated with its temporary alliance. Let their motions, however slow, be always in the right di rection—let there be no official quibbling, no evasion of principle, but let every measure bear the stamp of consis tency and plain dealing, and we do not fear the result, even with a Parliament so nicely balanced as that just chosen. Air. Butler arrived at Liverpool un Sunday, in the St. Andrew. His lady (late Miss Fanny Kemble) was awaiting his arrival at the Waterloo. SURREY THEATRE.—During the performance on Tuesday night, of the first act of The Law of the Land, the gas lights gradually became dimmer and dimmer, which excited no particular surprise at the moment in the minds of the auditory, crowded almost to suffocation, the per formers still proceeding with their respective parts, as if the gloom were necessary to the due representation of the piece. At length the lights went completely out, and the house was enveloped in complete darkn ess . M r. D av i dge (judging from his voice, for his person was quite unseeo) immediately addressed the audience, and begged their qui( t indulgence for a few minutes, until the accident that had occurred (which he had no doubt would prove but tempo rary) should be repaired. This was readily granted—the performances were suspended—and the curtain dropped ; a few candles being placed on the stage, to relieve the dismal appearance of the scene. Conjectures, both numerous and varied, were soon in circulation as to the cause of this very , unexpected interruption, not one of which was probably true ; however, they served to pass away the time. In the course of a quarter of an hour the gas was relighted, and assumed its usual brightness ; the performances were then resumed, to the great delight of the immense numbers col lected t oge th er , an d everyt hi ng wen t o ff s atisfactorily dur ing the remainder of the evening. Yesterday an inquiry was instituted before Mr. Stirling, Coroner, and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of Alysius Last, aged 26, a classical teacher, who destroyed himself by taking a large quantity of laudanum. It appeared from the evidence that on Sunday evening last deceased quitted the house of his father (a gentlem an re siding in Portland-town) with theintention of going a short distance into the country, and that on the following morn ing he was discovered by Mr. Fiulayson, of Newnliam street, Edgware-road, lying on a tomb -stone in Paddington Church-yard. Information was immediately conveyed to the police at the Hermitage -street station-house, when a constable who was dispatched to the spot found the body, although to all appearance lifeless, still warm, and, by di rection of the inspect o r, h e conveye d i t to the workhouse. Mr. Girdwood, the parish surgeon, promptly attended, and, having ascertained that in the pockets of the deceased were two phials which had contained laudanum, applied the sto mach-pump, but without success. It further appeared that the deceased, from what cause is not known, had lat terly been in a very depressed st4te of mind.—Verdict, " Temporary insanity." t ~ . i~ SPIRIT Ot.ritE PUBLIC JOURNALS. When we lately quoted part of a speech of the noted Mr. Bignold, attributing the success of :the Tories in East Norfolk to the skill with which the re gistration had been attended to, we were aware of the exact degree of reliance to be placed on Alr.Bignoli's statements. The advice, however, which we gave to Reformers generally to attend with equal assiduity to the registration, was not the less useful because the statements which led us to make it were apocryphal. But we have a letter before us, from Norwich, dated August 22, with some curious illustrative documents, which we shall lay before our readers on a future day, that satisfies us that the Tories did not gain East Nor folk by means of registration. Since the elections: in 1835 the Reformers in East Norfolk have registered 700 persons to 400 of the Tories, and as Mr.Windliam was beaten only by 90 in 1835, the Reformers were justified in being sanguine at the late election. Mr. Bignoid knows well how the elections of both Norwich and East Norfolk were carried ; but we reserve for a future day the details of Mr. Big nold's own share in bringing about such a re sult. In the meantime we shall advert generally to the causes of the success of the Tories throughout both Norfolk and Suffolk. The eleaions were bought with money, aided by the vilest and most profligate use of all sorts of intimidation and coercion. By way of illustrating the intimidation, we take th,7 following case, detailed in a placard printed at Bungay, to which the name of Charles Childs, son and partner of John Childs, of Bungay, is attached. Mr. Bedingfeld, the Magistrate who appears as an actor on this scene, is brother-in-law to Lord Henniker, the Tory Member for East Suffolk, and he is here distinctly charged with a peculiar refinement in vindictiveness—the punishing a son who h a d se t u p i n b us i ness as a sm i th and foundryman, and who had, fiom motives of pru dence, resolved to take no part in politics, because his aged father refused to violate his pledge previously given to the Reform candidates. Mr. Bedingfeld de clared a Reformer should not again register his land. The men on the land are considered by the Tories as iothing. The land gives the vote—register his land ! `lit the placard speaks for itself:— " TO JOHN LONGUEVILLE BEDINGFELD, ESQ. " Sir—l adopt this public mode of addressing you, and shall detail facts with which you are well acquainted, be cause the public are deeply interested in the exposure of such facts. " You are the deputy squire of the parish of Ditching ham, administering the estate in the absence of your fa ther, and a justice of the peace —one of those functiona ries whose unpaid services are dearly bought, and afford a precious specimen of 4 penny wisdont: " James Leggate is a man verging on fourscore years of age, and residing in this town, where—for more than half a century—he has sustained the good repute of honest industry. He now rents of you twelve acres of land lying in Ditchingham, for which you charge him forty pounds per annum. " Having ascertained last year that he was entitled to claim a vote, and favourably inclined to the cause of Re form, I obtained his consent to place his name upon the re gister for East Norfolk. At the same time I received his assurance that at the first election his vote would be given to reforming candidates, and the assurance was repeated when the recent contest was announced. " A few days subsequently I called again, and found you had been with him, and that, although he told you he stood pledged with me, you stated you must have his vote ;' and had left such an impression as caused the old man to remark he did not much care about holding on the land.' Knowing that his infirmity was considerable, I sent a mes senger, on the morning of election, to assist him to join the ether electors, and found that Earl, the constable, had been to him with a message from the Tory agent that a convey ance was ready to carry him to the poll. Hereupon I sent for his son, Robert Leggate, told him what was going on, and sent him down. He had already seen the constable, and remarking that, his father's great age and weak health being considered, it was a shame to work upon him so, added, that although he had not before interfered about the vote, he would not suffer his father to be driven in his old days to forfeit his word, which they all knew had been pledged. The vote was accordingly given for Windham and Gurney. " I must here remark that tks son has lately established himself in the town as a smith and foundryman ; and I mentioned to him, some time ago, his father's promise. He then stated that, as he was situated, be had resolved on taking no part whatever in politics, and requested me not to ask him to interfere with his father's vote. I was too well acquainted with Tory practices not to acknowledge his dis cretion ; and he did not interfere until his father's respecta bility was endangered, and he was tempted to violate the word which it has always been the old man's pride to declare was as good as any other man's bond. " Last evening you called at the son's workshops, and in terms marked by the elegance which characterizes your habits, ordered the son immediately to send in to you his bill for work, declared I should not again register your land, ar.d expressed your resolution of turning out the old man from his occupation. " This afternoon the young man carried in his bill to you, with all your property in his possession, finished and unfi nished as you had directed. You then thought fit to declare that his father's promise was first given to yourself ; you re peated your assurance that I, whom you were pleased to designate as rascal of a fellow,' should not again register your land, examined the articles returned, and discharged the bill. As to the first allegation, I can demonstrate its untruth by reference to facts and dates ; and, even without this, the established characters of James Leggate and John Bedingfeld would, in any case, satisfy the public on which side either truth or falsehood lay. Your abuse of myself is perfectly harmless ; it inflicts no disgrace, and has not weight enough even to confer an honour. " The intimidation of voters, by a petty aristocracy, is the rule of this and of other agricultural districts ; but the cowardice on both sides—that which employs and that which endures it—is usually so creeping as to elude ex posure. It is rare to find so little shame, or so much indis cretion, as will do these things ostentatiously ; and good service is done to the cause of political improvement when opportunity is afforded of dragging into light the common practices of your class. 'l'hc minds of men are turning to the Ballot as a pro tection for the dependent %otcr from the visitations of his unprincipled .superiors, and, in these districts, from the ar ray of every public functionary—the clergy, the magistrate, his clerk, and his constables, down to the lowest of all, the Poor-rate collector, who are ostentatiously employed in opposition to the Queen's Governnent. The advocates of the Ballot have abundant reason of gratitude to you, for the aid you give their cause. It is their fault, ifsuch proofs are not widely circulated ; and I beg to assure you, that on this score I shall subject myself' to no reproach. " Sir, yours obediently, " CHARLES CIIILDS. '' Bungay, August 18, 1837." The causes of the success of the Tories in Norfolk n ;td Suffolk may be briefly summed up :-Ist, The expenditure of money in bribing the venal and needy. Then theic arc nearly 1,400 parsons of the Esta blished Church in these two counties ; and on examin ing the lists of voters it will be found that the parsons, clerks, and churchwardens who voted for the Tories exceed in number the majorities by which their elections were carried. In 1818, when Mr. Edmond Wode licu,:e first came in for Norfolk. more than 550 par sons voted for him, and his majority was less by about a score than the number of parson voters. Most of the unpaid magistrates, their clerks, the constables, and every understrapper In office, were banded against the Government. Under such circumstances a county contest becomes a nitre farce. The Tories consider the .vote of the tenant to behng to the land for which he registers. It is true the 'Whigs own in most of the counties much land ; but in a struggle of this sort the patty least fettered by delicacy or princi ple has the advantage. A Liberal may wish his te nail's to rote for the candidate of his choice, but the parson tells the tenant, do not be afraid of your land lord ; he is a Liberal, and his principles will not al low him to punish you. But the Liberal tenant knows that the Tory landlord is rest„ained by no prin ciple, and only laughs at those who question his eon duct. 'lhe natural territorial influence of the Hd formers is, therefore, greatly diminished by the influ ence of the Clergy, with few exceptions rancorous op ponents of the Government, who possess powerful tnans of intimidation and great local knowledge. Once or twice in a century, during periods of extraor. Binary excitement, men may act without regard to con sequences ; but in ordinary times the first consideration with vote's in agricultural districts must always be not to offend those who have the power of ruining them ; and the more tyrannical the landlord, the more abject will be the obedience of the thrall to his wishes.— r.ling Chronicle. It is admitted that in the new Parliament the Mi n:s-etial majority will not be such as to enable the Whigs to conduct the business of the country in con-