The Sun. — London, England, 1852-07-27 00:00:00

Bona totui of 20,862,100 florinsof cztraordinary cx ponsts for the year 1851; 414.662 florins beiug that w4s paid to Russia in 1850. Allowit. , g w i t the extratn.t;inary ex3 - 4.noitere of the year 1851. it will be st-en hat the offieml orzaw mahe-s out a redcetioh in the deticl( of ;hat year, compaaci with 1850, cquat to 18,180,734 ii.,rius. • liarnburgh Correspondent contains a letter, dated July 19, trout Brunswick, which says : " Since th e return of the Dims, a question, which has been slumbering for 30 years, has been again brought on the tapir--namely, to decide whether the legitimate descendants of the reigning DUKE are to succeed to the throne, or those of Duke CHARLES, who was declared incapable of reigning. A s hopes are entertained of seeing the reigning DUKE marry, it I befor e lon A. letter from Hanover of the 20th states that the Hanoverian i\linisters have sent in their resignation. Oa the 20th the Government of Electoral Hesse made a statement to the Second Chamber of the States of the financial situation of the country. The Alinigt e r o f F inance declared that between three and four ini ‘ li ons of thalers would be required to cover_ the expenses of the public debt in its augmented shape. The Pri nce o f PnussiA. has arrived at Carlsruhe. Accordin g to a letter from Munich, the Bavarian vernment has offered an indemnity of 1,400,000 florins to the railroad company of the Palatinate, on c ondition of the company undertaking to execute With rapidity the line of railway from Ludwigshafen to Wissenburg. It is on this point that it is proposed to extend the Strasburg line to the frontier. General CHANGARNIER has arrived at Gastein. HOLLAND. The ilandelsblad of Amsterdam, in order to Put an end to certain rumours, states that the -Dutch Government has accepted from the United States the mission of entering into negotiations with the Emperor of JAPAN for putting an end to the exclusion of all foreigners except the Dutch. ITALY. Mr. MOORE, the British Consul at Ancona, has been sharply called to account by Monsignor Anna, Papal governor of that city. Oa the 13th inst. an Austrian steamer arrived at Ancona from Trieste with a number of passengers on board, many of whom had come to attend the great fair of Sinigaglia, and M,. bAvrs, an Englishman, who came to visit a b rother of his, who is mentally afflicted and under charge of Mr. MOORE, after which he was to leave Rain by th e same steamer on the following day. Froth e the st eamer M r. D avis wrote to Mr. MooirE, informing him that having inadvertently omitted getting the Papal Consul's visa affixed to his pass- P er ,t at Triest e , h e f eare d t h at di ff i cu l t i es m i ght ensue l ln objections b e ma d e t o hi s l an di ng. precious to him) un r eceipt of Mr. D AVIS ' S l e tt er ( t i me b e i ng very eci fdirec,itor the consul started instantly for the of police's o ffi ce, which he unfortunately n o :" C losed. He then repaired to the steam agency i h ce, to see if h e cou l d arrange anyt hi ng t h ere for 1 4' Passenger, but found that office shut also. Mr. o: aaa n ext went on board the steamer, and saw his ff en d, wile was under no restriction whatever, v erb a l b w ritten. The cap t a i n recommen d e d hi m b y a ll means e leave the ship, so that Mr. DAVIS stepped into the e V With Mr. M OORE , who t o ok him t o th e health ''ne, and asked the officer there whether there was ZILY r estraint upo n M r . D AVIS ' S movemen t s , t o w hi c h hi ' s 3' replied th a t t h ey h a d noth i ng w h atever to d o w i t h t n• The consul, resolved to leave no stone unturned t 0 f eat his friend's brief stay in Ancona upon a regular (leti ng, then cond uc t e d hi m t o th e po lice-office once mor e, but finding it still closed he repaired to the Dele- Rati o v n, the palace of the papal governo r. Hi s re eenne was at di nner , an d th e consu l, unw illi ng t o a laturb him for what he considered so trivial a matter, I , l 2 n ged with his (the consul' s ) secre t ar y t o g i ve "ce of it to the police when the office opened at eight o'clock P.M. in in order to settle there the kind of t e h tt er . or guarantee that might be required to repair - v su ght error in the passport. e r e zt morning, to his utter astonishment, he re ee -ved from the governor the following arrogant e n nn unication, which sufficiently shows the animus °f the e cclesiastical, authorities and their constant tives and subjects : read iness to pick quarrels with British representa tives ~, , s who arrived sencrletr haw been reported to me that amongst the pas oycl a steamer, cumin yesterday on board the Austrian there was a British sew was forbidden to diseiraknaomed Jo hn G. Davis, who g from Trieste to Sinigaglia, Wanti ng , have been informed th a t the visa of the p o ntifical n consul. Notwithstanding account of his passport your self on board the said steam er, introduced him the pas senger back with you , and bringing . , you, sir, presented do not know how to ' the prati ac count for s uc h an infraction of u© regulatio into the city. .i. better than eying happened. You know any other PasellrsGon that it is an international right and custom with passenger from disenihaeki overnments to prohibit any c9nsular visa. appears to ma that ever If my me ng who has not the require d . time does not deceive me, it quested permission for thnne e d that you have hitherto r re- St.it.deota not provided with ise l re h b . arkation ofEng Eng li sh although conuary to the visas , ...ve grant e d it to y . therefore not k regulations. After all this, fro m on I :, nowing steam er Pa s s enge r qualify the step of taking oard the steamer a r egular passenger not farnished with conse quently Papers, and whose disembarkation was cense y prohibited ' "w de until my intentions were known, I B ___ v.tl demand from you an account of the occurrence, re '-'l' i g to myself, after your reply, to return to the ''erY s iettererious argument treated of in my present official m A In this di c t ator i al communication, Monsignor '''Aliet appears to have entirely overlooked the efforts iT a de by the British consul to accomplish the disem barkation of his friend, with the knowledge and con tent of the police authorities. Mr. Moors replied in civil terms, simply narrating the facts of the case, and then Waited to see whether the governor returned to the passenger or not. It is absurd t o ca ll th e l an di ng of `ue passenger a strange " infraction of the pratique re gulations," as he was not called to appear before 4 , 0 Y authority, nor were an y s t eps w h atever t a k en to s how him, or the consul, that he was prohibited f rom landing. His remaining on board at all, after the passengers and goods were landed, was always an act of tolerance on the part of the Austrian captain. Xeanwhile his reverence has become the laughing stock of the town by the circulation of his letter, and several of the foreign consuls who have perused it are highly disgusted at its tone. Mr. Stafford, M.P., the Secretary to the Ad • ralty, accompanied by his p r i vate secretary, Mr. II1" Grant, left the Admiralty on Saturday, TI U. and proceeded route to Malta, via' Marseilles, to personally ins pect that im en portant Admiralty establishment in the Mediterranean. Th e Hon. Secretary, we believe, comes home by way of Gibral tar, inspecting the Admiralty establishment ther e A l so.— A/O rning Herald. GREAT BOAT RACE.—The boat race between Thomas Coombes, of Vauxhall-bridge, and Philip Chandler, of Milbank. for 501. came off yesterday, and was most spi ritedly contested throughout. Thomas Coombes, the brother of the ex-champion, has been before the public for many Years, has earned considerable reputation as a sculler and Oarsman, and in the exercise of the prowess of the former Wan the beautiful boat given by Mr. Simpson, the pro prietor of Cremorne, last week. Chandler, the son of the veteran of that name, exhibited so much style and game durin g last summer as deservedly to gain many friends, some of whom backed him in the match of yesterday. The distance contested was from Putney to Mortlake, and Coombes, although a stale man compared with his opponent, Was the favourite, Chandler won the toss of station, and took the best place. The start was extremely even, but was succeeded by Coombes taking a slight lead, which he in creased foot by foot at intervals throughout, winning by about two clear lengths, notwithstanding Chandler's very manly endeavours to change the fortune of the day. MANCHESTER UNITY OF ODD FELLOWS. The Members of the St. Thomas's Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having for some time intended to present a testimonial to Brother Wm. Henry Grosch, secretary to the lodge, last evening was appointed for the " presentation sup per, ' which was given at Brother Booth's, the Whit e H orse Tavern, North-street, Fitzroy-square. There was a very full attendance of the " brethren." Brother Webb filled the handsome in the course of the evening presented a very ,silver snuff-box to the secretary, expressing, in a snort pithy speech, the esteem of the brethren for that gen tlernau, and their sense of his services to the lodge. The secretary replied with equal brevity; and the healths of the f chairm an, th e v i ce-chairman, Mr. Ewart, the worthy host, . i,, ' c r• Baoth, an d ot h ers, were d run k and ac k now l e d ge d . .iter Pa ss i ng t h e evening in the usual convivial manner, the b rethren s e p arate d at an early hour. 'ANOTHER ASCENT OF Met. COXWELL.—On Monday evening this increasingloular aeronaut made a second aerial voyage from the Grecian, City-road, where a large certainly of spectators witnessed the ascent, which was fane of the finest and best managed things of the sort whic h has taken placethis season. Mr. Hampton rose some time aft er from the ßosemary Branch, Islington and on and endeavoured to o u t v i e the "' far-fa me d cont i nental aeronaut as to height. The Sylph, nence, and afte r renaaiuin e ver, maintained the pre-emi oiie .hour and three-quarters in the air, descended safely at Stai nes. PRE-PAYMENT OF LETTERS. -IMPORTANT NOTICE. General Post-office, July.—Ga from the Ist August Kingdom, all letters or packets fo anli within the United -illgdom, posted at any branch r oL a o c ff i es 10 Londr,n, or within the limits Of th se nd on district post, zs or receiving -office must either be pre-paid by stamp s or no o e lam unpaid. Money onger be permitted pre.payment for inland letters will at these offices. Letters or packets, for places within the IT • lilted Kingdom, posted at the window s of the chief office, up to five St- M artin's-le -Grand, may be pre paid by m o „ y nreo-rid by 1.31 , after which hour they must be either p stamps or be sent unpaid. These regulations do- e?etend to letters for places abroad, which may still be prepaid b mon ey or stamps, at the option of the sender. y TO RY M .G. arireEns.—The young Tory Member, Ai r . into a Liddell, for South Northumberland, has already got sacs exultingly With exceeding ill taste he made his appear -o_,-,,.exuiti:iglY befor e a crowcrof Sir George Grey's friends a u l h y, assembled in front of the Star Inn, Alnwick. -, cap wasay, thrown up • itout at all _in the mob, and accidentally fell on, attacked a Mr. hurting,Rosa, who Ur. Liddell; whereupon he savagely his outrage excited 7 1 1 .1 1 0 was nearest to him, with a stick. Saved from its indignation e crowd, and Mr. L: proecterdici k ddall was only of the Hon. Captai r and vengeance by the interference i 3 said, to take legal Grey. Mr. Ross intends, it u nprovoked assault on hicmee—ngs against Mr. Liddell for the , On dit that Si r C. M the titl e o f L ord T redegar org an i. ,--Q amk ,_ an tO be ...yri, made a Peer, by PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. . TIMES.—Tne true C1 ,, 11113 of public risen to public honour are extremely C.:fee:tilt to certify. Even in re spect to the -eac charactere the last: there is Hardly yet were the &lenges of popular pk Th tip an afire , roent o: ) rapid, in the French reeolueen, sentiment that the Convention was forces*, for mere decency's sake, to decree that no citizen should be re warded with national acknowledgments till ten years after his decease. The canonizetion of a Popish saint has been defered, we believe, by Papal ordinances, for a still longer period of historical probation; and it needs very little argument to show the propriety of the rule. Yet, though barely two years have elapsed since the death of Sir Robert Peel, we find hie memory already honoured by the spontaneous tributes of a whole people, and so uniform, indeed, has been the consent of admira tion, that the inauguration of the Tamworth statue, which we reported on Ssturday, suggested no expression but that of general satisfaction. It was too late to descant on Sir R. Peel's public character. The eulogy bad been already pronounced by the veice of the nation, and symbolised try the visible prosperity of the country. There still, however, remains a question for history to solve—how far has this gratitude been truly merited? When the legislation of 1846 is reviewed by writers who will look upon Free-traders and Protectionists as mere ab stract symbols of an ancient feud, what will be the judgment upon the statesman who, by his own private resolution, changed the social and financial aspect of a mighty king dom? It is hazardous to anticipate such a verdict, but speculations are free, and we may venture on the expe riment. As to the essential wisdom of Sir Robert's policy there can be no longer any doubt. What he did it has proved impossible for his most inveterate antago nists to undo. They have not been lacking either dispo. sition or opportunities. A strong Parliamentary party was formed and maintained upon the single principle of reversing, modifying, or compensating the acts of 1846. In the usual course of constitutional occurrences they have come into power, and according to the ordinary measure of such power they ought now to be competent to realize their views. But never was the contrast between party mechanism and public opinion more conspicuously displayed. While protection was marshalling its comba tants in Parliament, Free Trade was doing its work out of doors; and, before Mr. Disraeli could put the question in " constitutional" form, it had been definitely settled by the experience and acclamations of the people. Protectionists were fain to go to the hustings with the preliminary confession that protection was impos• sible, and with solemn avowals that they entertained no intentions of reverting to an exploded policy. Neither can it be said that these feelings were partial, for, al though everybody might not have been satisfied, the " contents" did clearly form so large a numerical majo rity of the people as to compel the recognition of states men. This, indeed, was the true point of Protectionist weakness. Considering how powerful a party Mr. Disraeli succeeded in maintaining, and how nearly he could balance his adversaries in a Parliamentary divi sion, it was nothing less than the known convictions of the unrepresented masses which could have restrained his decision. There is no possibility of denying that the legislation of 1846 has prodigiously improved the finances of the kingdom, has been followed by a gene ral prosperity without example, and has hitherto so ap proved itself to the public mind as to be beyond roach of reversal. To the argument that this prosperity and satisfaction will soon have an end we can, of course, make no reply, for prophecies are necessarily unassailable ; but we do not see how the most stubborn Protectionist can deny that the people, up to this moment, are so thoroughly satisfied with free trade as to render even Parliamentary strength completely powerless before public opinion. The legislation, therefore, of Sir Robert Peel was essentially good—so good, indeed, that it would be difficulty to find any single act of any legislator so wonderfully justified by its results. But, considering Sir Robert's circum stances and obligations, was his private resolution equally justifiable? The party of which he was the head had been formed, it cannot be concealed, on the general principle of protecting those laws and ordi nances which he boldly overthrew. Was he warranted in thus " betraying" it? That the first duty of a Minister is to his country and the second only to his party, is what not even the most bigoted partisan would venture to deny, and, if free trade is the blessing which it appears to be, it becomes a direct conclusion that any statesman would have been justified in securing such ad vantages to the country at any expense to his Parlia mentary followers. Parties, even in their most exalted sense, can be nothing but mere instruments of Govern ment, and, if the ends of Government are to be sacrificed to its instruments, it is hard to see what is gained by any Government at all. Sir Robert Peel sagaciously descried the practical necessity of the time. He concluded that the corn-laws must be repealed, and that his conclusion was eminently just confienss spite,ions rather of thanene has been now proved, not only b y t h e experience of millions, but by the involuntary mien. He repealed them, therefore, by the aid of his own party; but what becomes of a party's boasted claims if it can do nothing more than impede the exercise of superior wisdom? Is there any man in the kingdom who, after the budgets of the last six years—Mr. Disraeli's included —will say that Sir Robert Peel ought to have withheld these blessings from the country out of respect to party understandings? We might safely leave the question in this form, but we con ceive the occasion suggests a rather broader generalize lion. In plain terms, we are much of opinion that all measures of large popular benefit—all measures which consult the advantages of the many at the expense of the few—must necessarily be carried by some breach of Parliamentary punctilio. It has been said that everything should be done for the peeple, but nothing by them, and there is some truth, as all history teaches us, in the as sumption that the masses are not always the best judges oven of their own immediate interests. This maxim of political science, therefore, would seem to warrant the confinement of representative institutions within narrower limits than pure theory would sug gest, bat it can only be carried out with practical success when the administrators of Government recollect their unseen obligations, and give due thought to the interests which are unrepresented by votes. It is cer tain that the House of Lcrds did not approve the Re form Bill, and almost as notorious, perhaps, th a t Si r Robert Peel's House of Commons did not really desire the repeal of the corn-laws. In each case a measure of real justice and incidental necessity was carried by the impulse of Ministerial power after Ministers had been impressed by the popular will. Of this impression the few and responsible members of a Government are naturally more susceptible than the numerous and irre sponsible members of a Parliamentary Legislature, and they act accordingly. They are in advance of their party, and they discern duties to which their followers are blind. In the common course of events the machine may work smoothly, but at conjunctures of periodical recurrence even " great parties" must submit to bo told that a still greater party demands the preferential atten tion of their leaders. Tho safety of our constitution lies in these its self-contradictions. Parliament represents the people not by arithmetical computation of votes, but because, yielding to impulses from above or without, it records occasional conclusions against its own views and wishes. For one of the greatest of these state opera. tions the country has to thank Sir Robert Peel; for others it may possibly have to thank the bitterest critic of Sir Robert Peel's measure. THE PROTECTIONIST PARLIAMENT. HERALD.—We are always pleased to have a little amicable discussi on w ith o ur o pp onen t s , on our mutua l and Opposingstatementpaper.The prospects; and hence we readily reply to the poi n t s made by our Whig friend in his last night's hoebjaeausetimuneawaes, in havtheetaort article to to to which his he replies, to be admitting certain thins which we un questionably did not admit. W g said, more than once or twice, that we were allowing • talkers to state th e ease is:mtgetihe Liberal writers and even as so stated w e did not see r own way ; an d t h at how they could reach a satisfactory result. The reply of our Whig friend is as follows: -- i'lt is worth remarking, that the Ministerial osio mani festo,which we have above made premises, t to the sake of argument, it accepts ourour r conclusions. Conceding the fact of notify, it denies that Minis ters need t h erefore turn out. mi. For, it says, if Lord John Russell were s ent for, the first question he must be asked by her Majesty would be, how he proposed to govern now, with a majority of twenty or thirty, when he could not govern last Feb ruary with a hundred? " We take note that the Ministerial organ puts such questions, as a significant indication of Ministerial pre sentiments. But, in the name of Cocker, if the Libe rals cannot resume power with a majority at their back, how can the Derby-Disraelites retain it with a minority?" We " concede" no such fact, but we say, suppose that the strength of p ar ti es shall prove to be as you state it, i. e., tnat the Government has only 300 or 303 votes in the House of Commons —what follows? Lord John Russell could not help resigning, when Mr. Disraeli had but 260 supporters; will ho now be able to resume oilico, and to rfoertmainero2ffi6coe?, whTeonthissth power opponent has 300 in lieu of his hwriat e hse r s e w jo it id a er is, " If the Liberals cannot resume can the Derbyites retain it with ma i. jority at their back, how minority?" Facts are Now, The Liberals have a ma here hidden ander Derby —we doubtjrlty have a our majority for difficulty was for one vote—a j vt o ho r its i e t : y — , S s a o y , against t t h h La e to y rtd a h a fact greatly— but let it be assumed. Our next this? To is, what one step can " the Liberals" take beyoncr and dismiss a Ministry is one thing ; eels? To outvote except you can set up a new t it is !mgatory, its room. Now, , how is this Ministry in res end ?ton And Your " Liberal majority" is made up to be done ? `, classes besides the pure Whigs and Radicals . of several few Peelites conciliate d? Is thei r place in t A h e re ee th e e t Whig Ministry allotted? Have Lord plm Lord John Russell ma de u p their differenc e above all, have the min ions of M Hale, C ullen, Wi s eman afire d to support a Ru ss ell Administration? In the latest Irish election p roceedin g s we mee t with su il? h language as the following. At the Tipperary eern i ne. tion a priest, called— " The Very Rev. Dr. Burke, said, Ireland was al ways treated in the Fame manner, whether the Government Places were held by Whigs or Tories, by the renegade t Russell or scorpion Stanley.—(Deep a nd p rolon ged groaning.) But one Government a fter another have e felt the effect of the manner in which Ireland was treated —one u. feel that Government after another h a ve been made o Ireland could not be so treated with impu ally:,—e(Lowi che ers .) Yes, and one Government utter be y'''. r shall still be made to feel that Ireland cannot unjust! s h e is .3 1 treated wits impunity; but that so lung as nutty e r Eirlly treated she shall still be the great eiffi- Russell h as % nd.—(lmmente cheering.) The renegade ing ) Russell, outrage to the feelings, ~hall be inE ,.. l e :: n made to feel tbii; scorpion Stanley . t i ed it in his turn.--(Vocif,.rous cheer the letter by which he offered sought to eztin gu i t ti r e . and after the Bill by which he the religion of the Catholic ;pillions TUr .1.41' Sii A. FVN I N' (3- 7 .1 U . I, Y 9 7. 1852. N, LONO 0 N, _ ____ .., __ ___ _ _______ MISEPR,ESENTATION S REGARD iN(i MES. .4.‘IER,ISM CORIZ,RULED. of the Irish people, and of their fellow-Catholics in Eng land end Scotland, was dis:ceedeel.—(iicar, hear. and re newed cheering-) Scorpion Stanley chat.: owe his down fell to a similar came." There will probe lily he forty or fi fey men returned from Ireland by priests of this sere These forty or fifty agents of U•Hele and Cullen will agree in a vote against Lord Derby. But what will their votes be, when a Ries- 'tell Ministry asks their aid? Thele immediate demand will b?, " Repeal the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill;"—a de mand which Lord John Russell cannot even pretend to comply with. Taking, then, these three elements of discord into view, —1 , the Peelitee to be treated with; 2, the Palmerston party, however smell, to be conciliated; and, 3, the Lucasses, DntTys, Bredys, and igacGuires to be bought over,—may we not well say, thet to bring this " Liberal majority " into the form of an Administration will prove a task even ex ceeding the temerity of a Russell ? But, it is asked, " If the majority cannot carry on tie Government, how is the minority to do it?" We egaia repeat, that we do not admit the fact that Lord Derey Rill be in a mie nority. But, should it even tu rn out that he has but 305 votes in the new House of Commons, we meet the question by this plain answer. IL will carry on the Government, as a public duty, because be will be at the head of the strongest party iu the House. Let the House of Commons consist of -305 Conservatives, 15 Peelites, 180 Whigs, 85 Radicals, 45 I. ish Brigade, 25 Neutrals, it may, and probably will, bo soon found that no other party but the Conservatives can carry on the Govern ment. And in this state of things it may become a plain duty, obvious to all, and denied by none, that Lord Derby and his Cabinet should, amidst whatever difficul ties, abide by the helm and steer the vessel through what all will admit to be a very intricate and dangerous channel. DAILY NEWS.—Australia has decidedly risen in the emigration market since the discovery of its gold fields. Looking back on the emigration records of former years, it is clear that all the exertions of enthu siastic coloniser: to turn upon Australian shores a mo dicum of the stream of emigration flowing perennially from this country to America had been a comparative failure. Australia was distant—to emigrate thither appeared a step that could not be retracted—in short, the sum total of emigration to the southern colonies bore a smell proportion to the sum total of emigration to the United States and the Canadas. But the tales of " the diggings" have set all the world agog; and there is now such a squeezing and jostling to get off to that El Dorado that the emigrants' discusersete begin before they quit their native shores.. Now we have eito wish whatever to damp this spirit of enterprise. In Australia there is more elbow room than in this our crowded old country; men can get on there with less of capital, with less of toil and heart-sickening hope-delay; we said so before the gold-fields were discovered, and we say so still. But we would fain whisper in the ears of san guine adventurers that their prospects of attaining with comparative ease in that remote region to independence and affluence are not materially increased by the discovery of gold deposits there; and that they had better not make, as poor Dick Whittington did, the gold too prominent and exclusive an object of their calculations for the future. Gold is doubtless a very pretty commodity. And in a country where there is abundance of other elements of wealth to be bad in exchange for it, pockets full of gold are not to be de spised. But they who sot their hearts on gold, and gold alone, if placed in a position to acquire and store up as much of it as their hearts can desire, are extremely liable to realise the fable of Midas—to starve among their stores of gold, and to deserve the ass's ears which sprouted out on the head of that sapient monarch whom the gods cursed by granting his prayer, that everything he touched might be turned to that precious metal. The mania will in time cure itself, but at present the dis covery of the gold-fields has set the wits of all Aus tralia a woolgathering—in a much less profitable sense than they were before it was made. Some few years back the Australians were rich in herds and flocks, with unlimited range of pasture whereon new stock masters might rear as many sheep and cattle as they pleased. Wool, tallow, hides, and so forth, were produced in abundance to export in exchange for the necessaries, comforts, and luxuries which the Deana . lac tures of the mother country produce. Food was cheap and amply supplied ; wages were high ; t h e small capitalist found easily a profitable investment; the penniless labourer soon earned enough to convert him into a small capitalist; the last relics of the state of society produced by convict transportation were disappearing; Australia was as comfortabl e a har bour of refuge as the poor man could desire. But since the gold fever has broken out, the ploughman has left his plough in the furrow, the herdsman has left his master's cattle and sheep untended, the clerk has fled from his ledger with entries half-made, till settled in dustry is paralysed and disturbed, men of all classes are scraping for gold with pickaxe and shovel, exposing themselves to unwonted privations, now accumulating sudden wealth, now toiling laboriously for nothing. Nomadic hordes of gamblers are setting all their pros pects in life upon a chance in the gold regions. The confluence of the worst members of society, the rude, grasping habits acquired even by those of better dispo sitions, and the absence of a sufficient police, are ren dering the Australian El Dorado anything but a safe or comfortable residence for respectable members of society. We repeat that we insist upon these facts not to deter intending ornigrants from proceeding to Australia. This social disarrangement can only be temporary, and they who are forewarned of it may turn it to profitable ac count. Owing to the seductions of the mining districts, the demand for labourers and clerks has become greater than ever in the more settled districts of Australia, and the remuneration for steady industry has proportionately augmented. We would have emigrants keep this in view, and arrange their plans rather with a view to fill up the vacuum left by the gold hunters, than to stake every thing upon the chance of their being able to pick up sudden wealth in " the diggings." Fortunes rapidly made are as apt to be rapidly spent. Extraordinary luck is the lot in this world only of the few. The wealth that is acquired more slowly by steady industry is more lasting, for the habits contracted in acquiring it enable men to retain and use it more wisely. There is a story we have somewhere read of a party of adventurers who were lured from Spain to the New World, when the tales of Cortes and Pizarro made it as attractive to Castilians as California and Australia are now to the Anglo-Norman race. As soon as they landed all set off to the gold regions with the exception of one, who, un moved by the scorn and gibes of his fellows, sought out a piece of fertile ground near the coast, and set to work to till it, as ho might have done on the plains of his farm Their of Estremadura. The gold seekers penetrated int o the interior, and, after a prolonged absence, re turned with rich store of gold, but worn and ensa. sad privationsc o i l a d te fi d re w nd ith refusedtoimpart o f t he produce hungry, except in return for their gold, and the prices he fixed upon his corn, flesh and wine were exorbitant ; but they were starving, no other dealer in these commodi ties was nigh, and their pockets were soon emptied. w e pass over details. The prudent tiller of the soil expl a i ned to his angry friends that his sole object had been to se cure them from perishing with all their wealth, and teach them practically the true see and value of gold. They then shared their acquisitions in brotherly fashion, and returned all of them wealthy men to their native Spain. The moral of this story is one that our n em ,. rous Australian emigrants would do well to lay to heart. MORE TELE GRA Pll S. A very brief period will elapse before Belfast is placed in direct communication Vt ith the three capitals of these kingdoms, as well as with the capitals of the conti nent. Measures to this effect are at pr esent in progress, and will not, we are satisfied, meet with impediment or procrastination. The scheme of telegraph actually agreed to by the new company takes in Dover, London, Birmingham, Wolverhampt on Manchester, B o lt on , Wi g an, Liverpool, Prest on , Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Greenock, i n Great Brit a i n ; an d Donsghedee, Belfast, Dub lin, Galway, Lim er i c k, Tipp era ry, Waterford, C or k , extend from and the i nterme di ate towns in Irelan d . Li nes of eightres in dtahiely latter city beotwLeenNidLoin and verpool, W gen, Bolton, and Manchester ; a six-wire line is to a Dover ; i" from Liverpool to Carlisle ef the line, which i s s ubterranean, consistsfour wires, and from Portpatrick to Donaghadee the company have al ready made the prelimin ar y sub merging a series of six. insuateadrrangements for wires, b prepared and made by the same eminent engineers Dover and Calais cable was fabricated. T y he whom the two-wire line between Dublin and G a l wa y h as already give moat ample satisfaction to the direct ors of thatlinu the railway; and the tame may be said of all the otherof lines which the company have constructed in E ng l and and Scotland. We may state that the scheme above projected the company intend shall be carried opt most fully, and, we will ao.d, in a vary short time hence As a proof of this assertion, it may be added t h at ' the wires for the Irish inland lives are at present at the Ulster Railway terminus ; that the w i res for the County Down lino are also at the County Down wn Railway Company's terminus ; and that the cables for immersion across the Channel are at G ates. head, at the Messrs. Nowall's works, undergoing t h e spiral laying of the iron wire which is to enc ase them. Inside the external iron wire casing is a coating of gutta percha, in which the wires were enclosed by Mr. Statham, of the Gutta y ereha Company, some time since. The process at the Messrs. Newell's must be nearly, if not already 00m. pleted ; and, on that being done, and the wires tested, i t only remains to carry the rope to the harbour, and 1 33 , it across. That this finnl operation v:ll be attended with no discomfiture that skill and ability can avert, is sufficiently guaranteed by the success atteedieg on the great achieve. ment of the Dover and Calais Submarine Telegraphs... an enduring monument of their ability in coping with an d overcoming obstacles which, to other eyes, seem We ll nigh impossibl e . ThA the company are entitled to every respect and cocfidt,nce we can assure our readers. We have the authority of Mr. M‘Neile, of the Northern Bank, for stating that the p ro p rie tors are gentlem en of the highest standing in the commercial circles of E ng l an d. Wh at t hey engage to do ther e 1s no doubt but they will perform; and, under these circumstances, we promise ourselves the pleasure of shortly the nangratuleti ag cur friends on the co m p le tion of important undert a king that is to place us in in. stantaneousra co tnunleatton with the principal seats of commerce in world. —IV oz •thern Whig. A .5 some j workup2n _____ __ _______-- big at 13,!lliol Coll ege for the new buildings, a ug or urn, of potter ' a clay, w&, d ug up It, had a handle, and is sup posed to belong to the it" feW days :ince were excavat reignof the First or Second . kdward, It was found amon i . Tema—Valor:l gf ro s Th. n () , fr - ic - . .ones, but none Were Inside the TO THE EDIT WI! OF THE SILT. SIR.— As itundieel nieseterist e br;, net eleie , nd Le _D heard in the me di c jetirnalS, eed see struck on e mouth with tile editorisleehoe whoenver they attempt ,o vindicate their honour and undeienandings by m ak . 11 11 known to the medieel professien aed the public the that here convieccd them, a n d th e i r reasons f or the faint tbatis in them, it is only through the free unprofeisio . rca e l -3 that medical men, who have practically studied _ pre. •ee • , subject of mesmerism, can hope to obtain that hearing which is not refused to the worst of criminals before conviction. Having obtained for myself, from the d a ily press cf India, th e " fair field and no favour," which wit 01 , A asked, when th e attempt was man e t o put fec down inso by professional journalism, I ca unot f or a woment sup pose that Eriglkh lay e di tors aro lose lovers of justice nod fair pl a y t h an their Indian brethren, and will " I: gladly eivo publicity to the folloeinee vindication of a greatly-traduced an d d eeply -injured gentlemen, Dr. Elliotson. • I beg to b e perm i tted to explain for the information of geeerul readers, that the Cheys referred to is the lot' lowin correspondence were two young girls, sisters, formagrly mesmeric patients of Dr. Elliotson, and who, fourteen years ago, were said to hays been found out and exposed as impostors by Mr. Wahley, editor of the Lancet. It would hardly be worth any one's while to duturo Mr. Wakl e y' s self-complacency, or atterep-, to lessen his r e p utat i on for smartness among the doctors, were it not for th e extraordinary logical edifice they have reared upon thi s very narrowfoundation, which will, in fact, be s h own to be no foundation at all. The conclusion coma t o b y the doctors generally from this great case," i s — t h at the Ohcys having been proved to be impostors, and Dr. Elliotson deluded, if not a " particeps crirninis;" ergo, all so-called mesmerised persons and mesmerigers, for the last sixty years, are in the same pre dicament—either rogues all I rogues all! . or a cross between heaves and fools. In the judgment passed upon Ines mensal by the medical profession, the human understand ing appears to have, been actually inverted by pride, passion, and prejudice ; and charity, probability, and t h e laws of .evidence, have been all equally lost sight of. I should think that most reasonable men, both in and out of the procession, would feel disposed to suspend jrtheir er d m eats at lea if readin g th e f o l low i ng l Dr. Elliotson, if they do not go the length of preferring the testimony o f a man of his intellect and experience to that of a.hasty, pre sumptuous person, dis qualified bY nature for the delicate philosophic investi• gallon he has recklessly thrust himself into, and which he affects to decidelike a dictator. Is it too much to expect a f ter this, that the most de• wit! f followers of Mr. Wukley, 03 a mesmeric authority, l reat be eke te " accent a compromise, arid-- permit the gey Case, accent bo reekuned a drawn btrtle, and that we may, for th e f uture, be allowen to prosecute onr secrets after truth w i t h out being interrupted by the th at everlas fting wish °keys ? I would . only hi nt, in conclusion, iee to study optics, it is not usual to select a blind instructor, and that when we desire to become ac quainted with foreign countries, their maneers, and pro ductions, we do not apply for information to persons who have never been out of the sound of Bow Bells in their lives. And yet, in th e case of mesmerism, men who know nothing of the subject either from reading or experi ment, and who refuse to see the thing even, are consi dered mesmeric authorities, in preference to those who have read, thought, observed, and acted for themselves with a sincere desire to know the truth, whatever it may be.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, Perth. -JAMES ESDAILE, LLD Ili ydear _y dear Dr. Elliotson,—l beg to direct your attention a) a circumstance that has lately occurred bore, in the hope that you will enable me to contradict authorita tively what I believe to b 3 'calumnies regarding your former patients, the Okeys. In conversation the other day with one of the medical officers of the Perth Infirmary, he confidently asserted that Mr. Wakley had not only detected the imposture of the Okeys, but that they had confessed it themselves. I said, in reply, that I knew many of the stories told about them were lies; such as, that you even hod con fessed having been imposed upon, and that one of the Uheys had made a dying confession of her imposture In proot of my correctness, I sent the Doctor the Z;ist of a very recent date, in which you cited the case of the Okeys as beautiful and genuine examples of mesmeric sensibility, and spoke of both the sisters as being alive and well. In return, I begged to be favoured with a sight of the confession of imposture, which the gentleman said he had seen, and would show me. Ile has looked over the Lancet (his only authority) without being able to find it; and, in consequence, I have offered to obtain the truth from you direct, for his satisfaction. As this story is very current, and popular among the grossly misled doc tors, I hope you will condescend to give it its quietus, as I have no doubt you can do.—Yuurs, very truly, Perth, Ist July, 1852. JAMES ESDAILE. My dear Dr. Esdaile,—lt is altogether untrue that the Okeys confessed to anybody that they had prac tised imposition—it is altogether untrue that I ever con fessed that they bad imposed upon me—it is altogether untrue that any of the phenomena which they presented were impostures. They did not exhibit a single pheno menon that has not occurred again and again in other patients without number. Endless experiments of the most beautiful and satis ' factory kind were shown to Wakley; and at the time I defied him, and, repeatedly since, I heve deflA him, to disprove their conclusiveness. Lie pretended to have re pented a few —very few of them —without my results; but he gave me no proof, for they were pretended to have been done in my absence. I had made ali my ex periments repeiaedly, and with the greatest care; and after his tales had been published, I repeated th© pre caution,expnd e . - riments for many months with all possible care a and invariably found all my observations veri fied. The whole affair with him was one calculation. He told me that he was inundated with and that letters from doctors who took in the Lancet; of pecuniary nineteen out of twenty were against mesmerism. N iue teen purchasers of Lancets Pa y more money than one; Nine and nineteen, therefore, this unhappy man L , • Y, Please. The two Okeys are now married respectsel and mothers. tried to The falsehoods told of the sisters are now so stale, that I wonder any person should make himself ridiculous by repeating them. Falsehoods are fabricated without any reserve of mesmerism and mesmerists. Many I havea asserted in publi c s p eec h es and in writing, thatwas compelled to resign my professorship at Unieereity Col lege; w h ereas I vacated it in c ontempt and dis"st in the middl e o f t h e session, and thre w t h e w h o le body' council, senat e , professors, and students, into utter Ells: may and confusion. It was asserted that I was cot lieu with confusion, and had gone off to the continent; l ieu this falsehood I traced to Mr. Liston. of Mesmerism is all true, ruy dear Doctor; it is one the grandest truths in nature that man has yet observed—grand in physiology and highest importance in both the medical and surgical PsYchology, and of the very treatment of disease. The gross iguoranco of the ca „ e ; dical profession in regard to it is digracefel to them. men of science, as men of art, and as men profeesing Christrianity. They all must yield, and that s peedily; and the next generation will hear with sorrow and shame the unworthiness of the present. I July 3, rema ni, my dear D octor, yours sincerely, 1852. JOHN ELLIOTSON. iE - , SI,RIOUS RAIL WA' CoLLISI ON. 001:ni a l Yee.terday morning the inhabitants of LivarP the vicinity were greatly alarmed by a reV rt t our fatal railway collision had occurred between sn ; an sion train from Hull to Liverpool, and a luggage Company. belonging to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Core h P e 1 1 . Tlae arrival of the superintendent of police wit h d t for ginee r and fireman of the lugg age tra i n i n custody, a time served to add to the excitement, eXaggerated reports of the disaster were i 1 " 1 . 13 , asr apread throughout the town; but the followina r ho _ Masa u ticulara, gathere d the by our reporter from the 0 — an and thdisitely longing line, may be relied upon as au' h a e g n senge r At half-past nine yesterday morning train which left Manchester two hours prev ai nc • as hi r e stopping. at the Bootle-lane station of the li_a Livareo ol , and Yorkshire Railway, about tRo miles from israi was and while the tickets were being collected an 4 : 5 ra pid t" passenger was raised that another train was approaching, rate, on tho same rails. A panic seized t he h i ?„ out 01 a a j 3seng ere '. who jumped from their seats, and w ere rusl proved the earriag,ee, when the approaching train, whichnjsenger to be a l uggage train from Colne, ran several pers ons from th e carr i ages altogether, an train with tremendous violenc e , throwilT causing i i nto the cutP" all who in numerable b ru i ses and contusions amon g remained. in 0 the luggage- It appears that there wore two eng-- e , s „, b e hind; the trzn--one at the head, and the 041.'',r o f the trout " danger signals" were all up, and the dr l engine says that he eadeavourad to atop the f or t h e engine "' I Would have succeeded, had it not been for in time, at the tail. Information was immediately forwarded to the office ace every avail of the company in Titliebarn-strect, able assistance was promptly dispatched , stinge rs , injuries were w t i, and the pas sengers who bad suArined the severest t h e others taken conveyed to the Northern Hospital, an to their own homes. t er I'ency, of the Superintendent Clough and Inspector Liverpool police, ; f both eegines, to make ii;quiries, Cough to the spo t and the result was that the drivers were takon into Robert Whi t ehead and John Jackson,. cave, where they custody Manalield, the and conveyed to the sesiiousl r. underwent au examination before o f gross neglect of stipendiary while the danger duty la., magistrate, on the charge i i ia -.- "adig into a standing train t watioa, Mr. Mans -gues were up. After a long inves.ta c _ „ p ato have arisen field decided that the acei(le" appeared company, and from the defective 'regulations of understanding that discharged the prisoners, with an d they were to come up " ,,. . ; 11 it wante ' acme females ' - i b"‘ I injured were , morning to take Ei ong the most seriously . who had started from Manchester in t w ho o m i t left yesterday a farewell leave of their relatives, in an Australian emigrant ship. Z ..... Ki d ra7. -in RAILW AY DIVIDEVP3.—LoudOu and North mil estern....4 t i, as supposed, and mustore than 51> now said that this company will not pay Tito take per cent. in the place of 6, then 45,000/. out of the reserve. Great Northern in EilC skilful in dividends say that this company will not pay ore tha n Per cent. 3 s• 9d. per share, which will be at the rate of ( 1 / 42 Per annum. Blackwall—The dividend of this 2° . 9d is dealt in um. ~,i, 9 on the Stock Exchange at 2s. 6d. t o shillings bas been bid for the f ~.. d• Caledonian -- Two ' 6d. to Bs. is about what this co dividend. • Dover--7s. p a y. Great W?stem -Various ru to 3 r e „ ° ,? l9l °Y is eNpeeted to • -. 8 4:3 current as to the dividend this company w il t Pay 4 to 4 , MAD is talked of by some. —l.lerap2th. her tiro - "18 CHAR TO N. —This charming artiste make, '" a PPearance this eyeaing at her Majesty's Theatre. W/7/IT MA NY PEOPLE DO, BUT NO BODYSoroe one hrtrac3iul. thathat3l,7: OWN S,,Tra t Ti:, 3 O6:O BY ELIZA COCK, is a C:: 12e E 0 wBehrotiivoTild confisec7?lstsdlL'toitt:aevseinhoe; gexrahniudiLthex might nave air . :7 , i o r t:n y ee e rv t aiodi f . o s u en,o n e: d ., th w o if h su o ,:o l ,n would , Gs c:ene,(:,sas vault! cite guilty of it." Very true, doubtless, and you have encon can dour end self-hum! i 3 e a' ti o rience, OS Ove•Nt3"y eorec.eriei l s n , al S stil e at : ei : g l 2 in C: o r te:a i,, lit , n m ite r d a e l e i p m e i ;nn such evear that r k al n vsr n ece o s os w a orh i ri d ,ng t ) h:a%ell.?ldi organization equal t r cti t: yr im b o t o 30,1 fe t b h r n : d l i v l t l h ei g t : te a ls: tep icy Barnum, the Great Ameri e.ruptions? ~, .3 you a venerable uncle, who, after powai fut • 5n00ze, ,na......i ". tv here, le his elysian dreams hisctGWoshnebrnibteclhnitel instantly I silw e rteamße t nas : l s etmYt : :', t s :i t I'l l e i Y 1 who sits o in her arre•chair, " between the friend vanities 0 f the olfactory department? eh' ischin teho, wearied with bills and lights,' g a il y t e s , .' y affordingoun elderly l satin stock, bartering;, allows at : i r ni a :t)i l wl shc i s. i to yo r u e 3 enrlo ut wa e d algal have. u i in very deer Ito,: old to insinuete to the-feu‘ervejr;bies in their will own to waking ino ()strange P hi s : ' ,a, sup pray i"el l have you his notes of "slse r p ou i„ : ara 6 a o r i t ri lsd, by his own semibreve psychological fact, And semibreve you ever enoring. Is it that menu the plain, unvara-ish have been perpetratin g ? find d . f misdemeanour, that they not inveriably the imputed guilt? It is a resolute and indignant denial of that not one of us ever ee are so acutely aware of w hich is ever assumed u n d er the fashion of face We must admit that beauty is no o sonanific act and deed? open mouth and dropping chin formt in the ascend an t w h en features, frequently display, our most o stens ibl e they do jiutice to RoWland'a oir incis ors , w h et h er dentifrice, or n o t. Fasci nation is out of the question w hit a cl,a. t h e ridiculous inanity o f cou we . are observed un ntenance that attends poppyel n • ice inebriation; an d all the lovesand owned by Venus an d Adonis areutterly graces the visionary oc cu p ation of 'driving annihilated by g pigs to market." g u ppy are those who are so constituted. that they can sleep with closed lips and silent nostrils , who can pre serve the curved line of. Grecian chiselling, and keep the Roman nose under due subjection. w From an unmea sured number of anathemas they escape ro . m nervous dwellers in contiguous apartments: hat impertinent jests they are spared: what degrading personalities they are free from. NaYi we even doubt e.. r h ther Homer, who was given to "nod," ever claimed the same degree of veneration and esteem from those who caught him in the fact as he gain ed from those w ho only - recognised his " song , " una ccom p anied b y the shadowoagfnised "snore." Unquestionably there is something very his dignified in the state . of snoring, and personal conc ull: would be reduced considerably in many, if we could i: ) e i c t i ourselves in it. It was but the other day that we heard a fast young gentleman, of four years date, say to his paternal director, who had just started into life under the alarum of his own strong trumpet-note—"l.3, Pa! h o ow dr and as e adfully ugly y ou look when y o u make that f 4 p a " prided himself on his " arti s ti c " nise;" style of face--and this filial speech was uttered before three ladies—it is net to be wondered at that the delin quent was ordered upstairs immediately. We ourselves within the last week trade a most well-intentioned re mark to a respected friend, touching the loudness of his after di nner snoring; when, amiable as ho generally is, . he jumped at once iato a testy, snappish mood, and not only flatly denied haying indulged in a forty-pig-porter of snoring jest t h e n, but asserted with mendacious per tinacity that he had "never snored in his life." Iler ciful powers!—when we have heard him scores of times through a nine-inch p a rty wall, and wished him in any neighbourhood but our own. We mi g ht h ave accuse d him of breaking the whole of the Ten Commandments, and he would have stood the arraignment with magna nimity, but he could cot boar the imputation of " snor ing." Wo have a young lady acquaintance who actu ally quarrelled with u 3 through our ingenuous veracity on the same subject. Let us. however, plead guilty to having made the " soft impeachment" in rho presence of her "intended," —an e legant youth, who patronized no thing more earthly than chicken, burgundy, and white kid gloves,—but then we had been goaded into it by the sleepless nights she bad inflicted on us, despit e a ll our entreating ejaculations of " Pray, Emma, don't snore so;" and sundry forcible expostuletiocs in the shape of pushing and shaking. We have heard since that the match has been broken off, and we earnestly trust that our unfortunate exposition had nothing to do with the rupture. Somehow, wo have always enter " tained a most unre lenting antipathy to the soun d of snoring," and wage war with every modulation of it—from the full and brazen trumpet-peal to the incipient asthmatic me ta mining. There is something so totally unmusical, so essentially unromantic in the thing. We can put up with " the loud laugh that speaks the vacant mind," and heroically endure a baby labouring under a pin care lessly applied, but we ecknowledge that snoring tries us severely. We can tolerate a squint, and even admire some people's one-sided views; we can forgive an un symmetrical mouth, and frequently get up a positive affection for a snub n.;se; but the handsomest man of our acquaintance has ruined himself for ever in our esteem, by perwitting us to see him when snoring. Oh, that utter idiotic stupidity! that total extinction of life's beacon-light wbich marked his countenance! Never shall we forget it!--and with Punch in his hand, too. Only fancy a man being otherwise than " wide-a-wake" over Punch! Surely we ought to he ashamed of having such an acquaintance, you will say! Well, perhaps we are,—at least, we can say this much, that on seeing him twenty yoels off on Ludgate-hill the other day, the remembrance of his snoring feature arose bolore us with spectre-likepower; we suddenly s . devoted our mind. andto the• an body first shop wydow, and were absorbed for comae minutes in ''' ' the interest of we do not recollect what, bat we have a faint private belief thrt wo - were staring at " Real H " Genuine Pigtail," and highly-colouredavannahs " ' snuff-box es , which Mrs, Elli s would not permit the most venerabl e " woman of England" to take pinch out of. There is n o question that a by all snorin gresp ec t au l y -minded is spi r it ua lly t a b ooe d people; and if you wish par ticularly to wound the feelings or pride of any refined individuals, just impugn their poetical physique by the insinuation that they " snore." should doubt the validity If our kind readers re marks, let the m iustito or point of the se desultory among their inti mate uta casual inqui r y on th e su bject con fession of sno r i ng from friends: and if t h ey e li c i t t h e con or she must be of a ruure than one i n fif t y—a n d he most lax m en t a l an d moral consti tution—why, w e b eg pardon for our flipp an t injustice. indulgence of ou r innocent Be just st ruc k us — t h at b y t h e may be tempted to betrayg°9 quill, some weary nose may be legally i n di c t e d as "" c own weakness, and we this we would religiously avaoci cd essory before th e fact;" assure our read ers t h at we would, for we c on fid ent i a lly our nonssnse " snece,..d at" than much rat h er h ave time.—Eliza C oo h' s Journal. " snor e d over " at an MAJOR BERESFORD and the MORNING CURONICLE. Major Beresford, at a dinner given at Braintree yes terday to Sir John Tyrrell and himself, made the follow ing assertion: " The M wiling Chronicle is continually attacking me, though I have the pleasure occasionally of sitting on the same sofa in the same club with the editor of that paper. Such is the state of society, wilsre we are subjected to the intrusion of those who make use of ull our intimate associations, who come to the same club as ourselves, and who write letters and leading articles impugning our conduct and blackening our characters at the very same table at which we ourselves are engaged in our honest avocations." The only observation which we think it necessary to maize on this statement is, that there is not one word of truth in it from beginning to end. Neither the editor of thi s j ournal, nor any person who is in any way respon s ibl e f or w h at appears i n i ts columns, is a member of any club whatever; and no one of the writers of the articles to which we suppose Major Beresford to allude is a member of any club where aoy portion of the secret election business of the Protec tionist party can possibly be conducted. We treat with contempt the base insinuation conveyed by Major Beres ford's words, that any gentleman connected with this journal is capable of betraying social confidence; and such charges are rarely made except by men who are too familiar with the idea of the detestable practices which they so lightly impute. Let ns add that, if there is no more truth in his denial of having any connexion with bribery at Derby than there is in the assertions which ho has hazarded respecting ourselves, we will ven ture to assure him that his chances of impunity before a Committee of the House of Commons are not quite so ciear as he would lead the Essex electors to believe.— Chronicle. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Admiral Superintendent 11. Pie tee - int, 0.6., with le:r. Riee, Mr. Crodoch, Com raaneic r Worse old, and the foremen afloat commenced their annuel survey of the ships in ordinary on Satur day. The Admiral mustered the officers of the ordi nary this (Xonday) morning, and will conclude the sur vey of the ships this evening. 2 . 10 Simoom iron troop steam-ship, Captain Ring come, wee docked on Saturday, and although it is now eight months since she was payed over with Mr. Hay's composiion, she was perfectly free from weeds and grass, having merely a little green slime, which washed off with a scoop as the rater left her, showing the cora- pusztiou firm and hard, and perfectly free from rust, ex cept were tile chain cable had rubbed off the composi ton about the bows, and where the stages had rubbed along the light water-hue. Many naval officers went under her bottom, and were astonished at the good state it wee in. The Sprightly steamer, Master-Commander Allen, went down to Hurst Castle this morning with several engineer officers. Thu Re:ribution steam-frigat e , Spitlseral this morning. The having coaled, went to gri , azebt expedition has ben used in coaling all the royal squadruli. The Vie w-ill go to ( M onte to-mor toeia and Albert and Fairy row morning; and it is reported that the Court will probably proceed on a water excursion on Wednesday next, visiting Sheerness, the Channel Islands, and Os tend. The Fire Queen steamer was tried on Saturday and made a speed of 13 knots 5 fele. along the measured mile in Stokes-bay. DEvONPORT, JULY 25.—Spartan, 26, Captain Sir W. Haste, vas mustered, inspected, and exercised by Sir J. A. Ommenney, the commander-in-chief; yesterday, when the gallant Admiral paid some very high compliments to the officers. Considering that only a month has passed since the ship was commissioned, it is astonishing to what order and efficiency she has attained. She will be paid advance to-morrow by Commodore Seymour, and it is reported that she will sail on Tuesday or Wednes day next. 611EERNESS, MONDAY.—IIer Majesty's steam-tug vessel African, Second-Master Gill, left port yesterday, at 2 rim • Her Majesty's ship Meander, Commodore Talbot, fitting at Chatham for service at the Cape of Good Hope, is progressing rapidly in her equipment. A party of riggers from the dockyard are employed on her. She does not get able seamen as quickly as was expected. Several of the young shipwrights of the yard have en tered en board as part Of the carpenter's crew. Her Maesty's ship Wellesley, 72, is undergoing thorough • a iepeir, and will bo under the hands of the ar tificers at Chatham for several months. Aa ge t of an emigrant society has been inspecting her , Majesty s ship Dartmouth, and some other old feigete.s at Chatham, with the view o f purchasing them for the p urposes of emigration, if ,found suitable for such service. The Alrioan Screw-packet Company have also sent a competent person to examine these v esse l s as to their aptitud e f or bein fitted—with a scr ew - propeller. Orderedboappointedplaced underhe immediate di rect i on of Sir B. Walk er , Surveyor of the Navy, end to inspect the stowage, armamentbaandtala Warden is also t o h ave general fittings is of all ships getting ready for se a . the supervi s i on o f the vessels c ontracting for the con voyanco of Mails. The second series of experiments on anchors, which commenced on Friday, and were continued during Sa turday, are suspended f or a few days , of the presence of those gentlemen repreeseenneteirentheee shipowners of Great Britai n b e i ng required in Logndo during the early part of the pr esent week. The trials will be resumed on Friday next, at nine AK g and pro bably not be concluded until the Monday following. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Barracouta, during her cruise in the Channel with the royal squadron, has proved herself to possess greater speed than the Samp son, Odin, Magicienne, and Retribution. The following are the particulars of the trip from Cowes to Dart mouth, and from Plymouth to the Needier, which will be read with interest by our nautical friends:— Shortly after the embarkation of her Majesty, off Osborne, at 9 30 A.M. Of the 19th inst., the steamers in attendance on the royal yachts were ordered by signal to rendezvous at Dartmouth, and to make the best of their way to that port. They forthwith proceeded at full speed in the following order:— Vivid. Elfin. Victoria and Albert. Fairy. Black Eagle. Odin. Magicienne. Sampson. Barracouta. Retribution. The Barracouta very soon passed the Retribution. In about 20 minutes afterwards she was ahead of the Odin, in another 20 minutes she was in advance of theSampeon, and in hall an hour mor e s h e passe d t h e M ag i e i enne . The Sampson was no w ev id ent l y regaining her lost ground, and in 10 minutes was abreast of the Barracouta, retainieg her position for about 20 minutes, when she gradually dropped astern. On the Barract.ura i s arrival at Dartmouth the Sampson was 1:i miles astern, Magi - - demi() 4 miles, Odin about 6 mks, and Retribution nearly 7 miles. On the arrival of the Royal yacht, &e., tbey proceeded to Torbay, where they remained for the night, and . left the following morning for Plymouth SJuad. With the exception of the Retribution, the Cerracouta has less horse-power in proportion to her tonnage than any of the other steamers alluded to, v;z., the Magicienne, Sampson, and Odin, as the following statement will show : Magicieene, 1,255 tons, 400 horse-power; proportion of tone to one-horse power, 3.14. Sampson, 1,297 tons, 467 horse-power; proportion of tons to one horse power, 2 SO, Barraceuta, 1,048 tons, 300 horse-power; proportion of tons to one-horse power, 3.49. Retribution, 1,641 tons, 400 horse-power; proportion of tons to one-horse power, 4.10. Odin, 1,310 tons, 560 horse-power; proportion of tons to one-horse power, 2.34. Early on the morning of the 22d inst. the squadron assembled outside the Sound, about a cable's length from each other, Magicienne b e i n g ahead, Barracouta and Sampson close together, Odin one ship's length, and Retribution two ships' lengths astern from this position. At 6.20 A.m., the signal being made to proceed for the Isle of Wight with all dispatch, they started at full speed, with a light breeze on the quarter, and under all plain sail. The speed of the Barracouta was now 114 knots, and at 6,40 s he passed the Magicienne. The Sampson, while the breeze lasted, was gradually coming up with the Barraeouta, but as it failed she dropped astern. At noon it fell calm, and the steamers furled n under eleven all sail. The Barracouta's speed now rs son th ree an d knots, and s h e was i n a d vance of the De a half miles, of Magicienne five Odin six and half miles, an d o f R etri bution nine miles,. °^. and half miles. Shortly after one o'clock the latter ship astern of the B arracou t a a s to bo out of sight, and at was so far three P.M. the smoke of the Odin was barely distin guishable. The distance from the point of start ing outside Ply mou th So u nd to the Needles is 108 miles, to Yarmouth, I s l e o f Wight, 112 miles. The Barracouta arrived off Yar m o u th 55 minutes b e fore the Sampson, 1 hour and 10 minutes before the Odin, 1 hour and 13 minutes before the Magicienne, and 2 hours end 35 mi uutes before the Retribution. Hero the Barracouta stopped to. allow the other steamers 10 take up position in two lines, for the Royal yachts to pass through; the Retribution, however, was too far astern to join them. The time occupied by the Barracouta in making the pas sage to the Needles was 9 hours, show 2 showing average of 12 miles an h our . Sh e h a d a tide running f , knots in 2 her favour for 7 h ours , an d aga inst her for hours. Making allowances for this, her actual speed through the water was at the rate of 11 miles an hour, this en gines working well the whole time. The Sampson un questionably sails better than the Barracouta, and, had the;wind not fallen light, would have been ahead of her. APPOINTURNTS. WOOLWICH, JULY 26.—Commander Henry E. Win grove (1846), to study steam at the factory at Woolwich docks ard. inAlth'etcrGeorge Coast Guard, J . Gibbonst,, the im 18 , 4 u 6 n3 ) : at receiving present serving shipat Jamaica. Assistant-Surgeons—Joseph A. Radcliffe Harvey, M.D. (1845), at present serving in the Terrible steam rigatv, on the mediterraneae station, to Malta Hos -116, at Devonport, to the Terrible, vice Harvey. pital; Samuel Denny, M.D. (1850) , i ost Allennder he , r eLighteningWoolwich h vessel , o on Friday attending on the' Lords of the Admiralty a •alter during their official visit last week to Sheerness and Chatham. ~..•••••••••• 1;h:et:IQ:eon, S Tkr* _DRURY-LANE •.• t This theatre o p ene d last evening under the P__ • • and management of Mr. Sheridan Smith, and 04 . ,e 1 heat et the weather, and th e th ea t r i cal d epre • nerally existing at this period of the year in l • was ricii,ely crowded. leani!et was the play seize - -- the op. nieg, the chief character being ^ , M \` " the Great Am er i can T ragedian, " Mr. Buchanan. His performance may be dismissed with a very few remarks. Altogether destitute of the scholarly refinement, the polish, power, and ease of Charles Kean, and of the grace, and elegance of elocution which distinguished Emil Devrient—hard, coarse, drawling, lugubrious, Mr. Buchanan, evinced extraordinary efforts to make every line tell, superadding, moreover, sundry dreary inspirations which gave the finish ing touch to one of the most depressing personation WO ever had the woe of witnessing. Except in the advice to the players, the celebrated soliloquy, and the graveyard scene with Laertes, which were very fairly • done,.hts redundancy o f gest i cu l at i on, painful groan ings, ced grating vocal gymnastics, which, in the first t wo ace', occasionally preduced the impression of his being gtlied with Lwo or three sepai ate organs of speech, made ~u r blood run cold. With all this the applause wLs frequent and furious• lie was recalled at the end of the s:cond act, and on the final fall of the curtain, when he briefly, and indeed gracefully, thanked th e aedienee for his reception. The only display of anteeouiste was after the play scene, when loud sounds of an unpleasiog character proceeded from the front Mt roes, but were drowned in t h e overwhelmn lug shouts of friendly voices. There are other roles of a less lofty nature, in which we dare say Mr. Buchanan would make a very respectable figure, for he evidently possesses earnestness and a knowledge of the mechanical part of the profession. It is hardly fair to form a de cided opinion from a first performance, and that of such a part as the Danish Prince; but we, counsel the American actor to study to attain repose and modula tion, and he may in time do well. To Mrs. Ternan as the Queen, Mr. Stuart as the Ghost. and Mr. Belton as Lac,rtes, praise is to be accorded for their judicious and intelligent performances. Mr. Tilbury was a very respectable Polonius, and the speech of the first actor was better delivered by Mr. Knight than we ever heard it, except lately at the St. James's Theatre. The laurels of the evening are decidedly due to Miss Huddart as Ophelis, with her clear rich voice, and purity of expression. Atter the tragedy the National Anthem was sung, one of the stanzas being given by Miss Rose Braham, and an amusing farce followed by Mr. J. R. O'Neil, en titled Mrs. Johnson, in which Mr. F. Vining and Mr. Suter excited mach laughter. There was some disapprobation at its close from a knot of sibilators, who appeared to be infected by two or three persons in the boxes, who for their own amusement or some worthy and sufficient reason, but unfathomable to us, gave now and then a sharp hiss. Hamlet and - the farce are announced for repetiti.vn this evening. SURKE THEATI{E. The new opera, The Devil's in It, the libretto by Mr. Bunn and the music by Mr. Balls, drew, as it might be expected, a tremendous house last evening. The libretto is based upon the popular farce of The Devil to Pay, and consists principally of broad comedy, developed through the egeney of magic. The Countess of Wallenberg (Miss Poole) indulges in a temper, the flights of which are beyond all endurance; and it is, therefore, deemed necessary by " the powers that be " to give her a salu tary lesson by reducing her violence to reason. The chief of these powers is a wondrous magician (Mr. Borrani), who mekes a humble basket -maker (Mr. Corti), and his wife (Aliso Romer), resident near the chateau of the Count (nr.Travers), the instruments of his purpose. He transform s the Lady W a ll en b erg into Lefty, the basket maker's wife, utter thew iiiTnoorfunee and Letts , by similar infl uenc e o Count. resp ect iveparti es becomes g me in s h Y/ oTthil y :r the there from are replete with humour, andsaceffrioerd oppor tunity to tho librettist, composer, and a p ar e ini r s f pi o ni r eg mer,to testify their undoubted ability. The moral of the piece i s th lt atio of b ion of arrogance high life, and th e s h e humiliat xen ecomin conduel in i El eg ug Mr. Belle's music is characterised i f t r end by a marked sprightliness c umbler walk s . and nl b fl manner, which suits th e subject admirably nn" to of current of songs, duos, an d concerted . pThe flows on without any very remark a bl e features :Zsr of melodic or harmonic treat ment ; but the abounding animal spirits and the brightly-coloured viva city of the general effect are all that could be desired. Hero and there the ear catches a reminiscence, a me lodic phrase, which seems familiar, but :it is soon ab sorbed into the emphatic and well-thythmed strains which make up the great proportion of the opera, while the attention never tires of the variety and ingenuity of the orchestral treatment. Much of the scoring, indeed, affords very favourable specimens of Mr. Balfe'a manner; and it is but fair to say that in every such instance fall justice was rendered to the composer by a most efficient orchestra. The overture, which is brusque and lively, was encored. Indeed, the same fate attended almost every morceau, so that the opera may fairly be said to have been twice performed. The elaborate concerted piece in which the Count veoeives the huntsmen and the Countess abuses them, is full of dramatic scoring, and was very steadily given, the chorus backing up the principals with a precision and aplomb not to be al ways fulind in establishments of more importance. An air Li. the Count was also encored, and the Conn tess's scolding masic was so characteristic as to pro duce a genuine effect. Letty's opening song—a sprightly and melodious air, snug with breadth and vi gour of style —was loudly encored. The duo which succeeds with her husband, the tipsy Basket-maker, is flowing and effective, and finished happily in the climax of the polka, which formed 'one of the themes of the overture. The act closes with the transformation scene, managed to an effective chorus. In the second tha dispute between th e B as k e t- ma k er an d hi s w i fe carried on in speaking—partially i n very fluent net, ue a trtaially nd facile musical phrases. We have then, after a n encored song from the Magician, a scene for Letty, who hes waked up and found herself a Countess. The music , is pretty and piqaante, and was given by Miss Romer so as to bring down a hearty demand for its re petition. A sweet little duo between the mock Countess. and her maid (Miss H. Coveney) is one of the gems of the opera. It was also twice sung. The Count has next a ballad of the regular Balfe and Bunn model, and con. mi n i n g very graceful phrases; and the introduced sing. ing lesson ends in a brilliant bravura song, to which Miss Romer did full justice. The opera, as we have said, was excellently and steadily gives on all hands. Great pains bad evidently been taken in its preparation. Everybody was perfect and at home in both business and mus i c . There has been new and pretty scenery painted, the dresses are Hungarian, and the effect of the whole, both as addressed to eye and ear, is decidedly sparkling and enjoyable. After the first act, and at the fall of the curtain, Messrs. Balfe and Bunn, with the principal artistes, appeared in deference to a call of the most unanimous, not to say deafening, description, and the success of The Devil's in It was established. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCLXXII. THE FIELDS FOR TO-MORROW'S RACES AT GOODWOOD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln Notes No. 269 and 270, commencing in the Goodwood Meeting, I gave Midas as a starter for the 300 Sovs. Stakes; being amiss he will stop at home. I likewi se stated that the Nassau Stakes would bew by F:irt; she, it appears, will not put in an appearance.S n ex Glengarry, also, is o n t h e m i ss i ng li s t f o r the Suarez Stakes. The fields for to-morrow's races, subject with respect to the G oo d wood Stakes to some slight a lt e ration v, will be as follow : The Dr aw i ng R oom Stakes—}lllus. (A. Thy). Stockwell \ Sackbut (Butler), Red Stockwell or Ilex (Norman), Hind (doubtful), O to nut's fur the As it is not eixpzeted that Stockwell will tart for this stake, I mint c u winner, Ilex being second, Si!:.libes......t finishing Lady Harriet, Red 300 S,vs. Stakes for .h . l As I have placed them so I Hind, Hirsuta, Toga filly. expect they will 1 ,5 " th - i ts —Stockwell, Claverhouse, ' Stakes for uo , 300 Sovs. ._, doubtful. STOCKWELL,Ofeourse,will Houl akin and Geloon i by walking over • one however, or win, not improbbaeb y doubtfuls, may go; over; whether they ' '-sP two, of t little, as they have no chance of de featingp_rt it matters . . do or no blue and white stripe. : h .° s - t St a kes —HAABINGER walks over. 10° '''''-' - a d Stakes—Chief Justice, Backbiter, Goodwood Musician, Haricot, Follow-me- The Montagne, Coeli crow, d Bushranger, Cornelius, Waterfall, A Don F e ro, Laue , missive, " omhergage, the Brahmin, Terma gan t , H uge, w Surprise, a nd ono of Mr. Greville's, not i mprobabl y ScAreer v' One or two may be add e d t o t hi s list in the s i tu P° 0(" f ntsford, Champion, H ou l a ki n, and Sackbut, b u t they are very doubtful. I fi n d no reason to alter DIY t 'r e vious selection of MONTAGUE, HAR ICOT and Mr s„,AN, considering Termagant and Scarecrow the best of the three years uld. Had the last named been meant, which it seems is doubtful, I should have given him a place at least, but as little or no money of the right sort has been placed upon his chance as yet, I must consider his running very dubious. &s the Case stands for tho absolute winner I shall look to MONTAGUE or MUSICIAN, the first tiami.d for choice; and I t expec to see HARICOT and TERMAGANT Well up. Very little betting this morning at either of the:entree pots of b...tiness—Cnichester and London, the principal portion of the betting world being en route. Prices are ruling much as before in Town.—l am, &o. July 27. THE SPIRIT OF THE TUBE'. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. No betting. GOODWOOD RACES. In addition to the list of horses publ i s h e d yesterday, the followi ng l e f t town b y the one o'clock train on Mon day afternoon :—Vivandiere, Agis, G u y . Mannering, Dividend, c b y V en i son out o f P ass ion, Musician, Sitting. bourne, Prestige, Pelion, Koh-i-noor, Nutbook (and not Midas). It is rumoured in the Derbyite clubs that Major W. Beresford, M.P., is about to resign the office of secre tary a t War for that of Paymaster -General under the present Government. O F TIVERTON.--It is curr e ntly R EPRE SENTATION reported that Ur. neatlicoaj, whose increasing infirmities render him less capa ble of dischargin g the arduous duties of Parliamentary life than in former years, is about to retire from the representation of Tiverton, in favour of Lord Ebringtom t h e late representative for Plymouth.—.m" th Times. Henry .Russell intends b sk , orLiy appearing before the public in his new entertainment, " The Far West." A MOTO deservedly popular composer ne ver a p peare d ; his success, we h a ve no doubt, will he com plete. ~~ 1 „ - --_1 -/ COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty,OHOß NE SB, - iATURDAY. his Royal ighness Prince Albert, their Royal Hi g h nesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, attended by the Countess of G 3 i": bGerreoyn,gha,ndthe Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Colonel church at morning.WChioplp.inFitiamiLySeserrdoallyr,went pumice The Rev. Mr. Protheroo performed the com munion The prayers wtre read by the Rev. Mr. Shedden. service, and preached the sermom. The Earl and Countess of Derby left Tie i t to the yesterday morning for Goodwood, on 0 Duke and Duchess of Richmond. ~ .._ l2l ,i ca , and to the parish Sir John Mr. William Smith, had an interv iew n ._,. fice. Pakington yesterday at the Col? ° T o ' , " secretary of State Mr. Edward Thompson, Mr. Girod, °twists:. The Right Hon. Spencer Wail) nanied by Col. Jebb t aCCOOr fort o Homo Departmcn , I left town last evening for Leonard's and Mr. Earnest Pereiva'b ouv i c t Establishment and W. Williams had an in- Mr. Breakwater. Wilson and Are _ s..ngtort yesterday at the Co- Portland, to inspect t h h desoon with Sir Banister bad also an interview with lonial•offioe. r. M garonet• the Right Hon• re sent 0_ to the Governor of the Cape Dispatches were 11 terview from the CQlcnial-office. of Good Hope yesterday received yesterday from the Gover- Dispatches we Canada, and also from • ral of nor-Gone of the lonian Islands. Commissioner r John r al MELANCHOLY Di:ATM—On Saturday Mr. G. S. Brent empanelled, at the Sussex Arms, Sussex-place, Cam den-town, a highly respectable jury, to inquire into the death of Mr. Henry Locke, aged 48, late proprietor of that establishment. Marga re t Lyons, the cook, stated that on Thursday morning, perceiving has master look rather unwell as he was going to the cellar, she asked permission to accom pany- him, when he replied there was no necessity, as he would not be long there. About ten minutes afterwards de ceased's daughter went to the cellar to bring her father to breakfast. Witness directly afterwards heard Miss Locke scream, and exclaim, "My father is down !" whereupon witness hurried to the cellar, and found her master lyin g on his side near one of the puncheons. Mr. James Woolley, surgeon, was called into attend deceased, whom he attempted to bleed, but the vital spark had fled before his (Mr. Wool ley'e) arrival, so that all efforts to restore animation were unavailing. In his opinion the carbonic acid gas generated in the caused death cellar, . ac Verd ict ting up —" Naturalon deceased'sdeath." nat ally delicate s t ate, ur the Pass engers M. KOSSUTH IN ENGLAND. -- Among by the British and North American ma i l steam-ship Africa, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, were th e ex- G overnor of Hungary and his lady. Before taking a passage on board the Africa, M. Kossuth had signified his intention of sailing in the Washington, which was advertised to leave New York three days after the steamer. Instead of doing so, however, he secured berths in the Afric a f or himself and Madame Kossuth, under the name of A. Smith and lady. He threw off his incognito before the pas sage had been completed. No thing of interest connected with the Magyar occurred during the voyage. On landing he looked considerably careworn. He was accompanied by C ount C olonel Blethers and Colonel Ihaz, who also secured p assages in assumed names , h airt e ef: taken, in all probability, i n order that they migh.t,_ have nine quiet embarkation. Th e party left Liverpool by the o'clock train the same morning.— Liveipool Albi on. e idea VALUE OF LAND IN WINCHESTER.— oferbitYlll Win may be formed of the rapid progress and P 66 P enfranchisement price of a TiE FRENCH FLEET.—A letter from Toulon, , cheater from the fact that the enfranchaiiiap a dapted tor building the 20th , say, :--.." The experimental squadron, corn used of piece of land in the suburbs of the city, the owners of the th e Sy Ts of the line—the Ville de Paris, Valm p o private houses on, has just been fixed a by d per acre; the tenant Jane, Bayard, and Henri IV., and commanded by' .Jupiter, fee simple at seven hundred polio years, a La s y Admiral for twenty-one usse, put cut to sealast evening. • holding, too, a lease of this property nnjgpireil. Land for agri.The weather was so warm that it was necessary to tow the vessels out of the large portion of which term is city is equally high, as towed the Goulet. About eight o'clock the Mogador cultural purposes contiguous to and 91 for arable laud being out the last vessels, the Ville de Paris - steamer tow ' much as 71. per acre for me adow idvertiser. and Jupiter. It is said [ that the squadron is bound for Corsi ca ," at this time paid.—HamPhir e '''' SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending July 24, 1852 ... Ditto, July 26, 1851 X 17,569 11 3 20,014 6 6 Decrease in 1852 ... London Terminus, July 26, 1852. ... £2,414 15 3 IC I srday I page of M. ing ag en at a nd or the eg loa ice ei 0.: . ' oil 00 ate'