The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-30 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MASANIELLO. Characters by Messrs Far quharson, Herberte, H. Braham, w iWams, and Elliot Geier; Mdlle. Julie and Miss Lanza. To conclude with MIDAS. Prices of admission:--To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, ls.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; stalls, 45. • private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; font persons, one giiinea. Rox-offlce open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET., Under the management of Mr. BnCkstelle. THIS EVENING, • Will be performed THE BUSY BODY. Followed by COURT FA'V'OFIR. To be followed by OLYMPUS IN A MUDDLE ; or, Wrong "Wide in Wrong Places. To conclude with THE SPANISH DANCERS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CH AU= fix• THIS EVENING, WIR be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. lifter which, SING HENRY THE EIGHTEL Queen Watna rine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal wolsey, Mr. C. Iceats. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directreas. M.s.damo Collet*. THIS EVENING, Will be performed VICTORLNE. After which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE'? To conclude with FRATERNISATION: ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction. of : 1 Mr: Payne. THL% EVENING, Will be performed FOUNDED ON FACTS. Followed - by TUE GALICIAN FETE. After which. GANEM. To which will be added UNA NOCHE DE FIESTA EN SEVILIA-• • To conclu e d w ith MARRIED DA UGHTERS AND ,xouso yrusBANDS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Urtabated and triumphant attraction of Mazeppa.—Foutth and last w eek of Mr. George Wild and Miss Faany Williams. THIS EVENING, - Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, designated by the public press the Phenomenon of the Day. Mr. William Cook, has:trained his matchless stud , of horses expressly for this unrivalled and most popular spectacle. " After which, the Equestrian SCENES in the CIRCLE, arranged by Mr. William Cooke. • To conclude with Mr. Nelson Lee's Farce, A RAFFLE for an ELEPHANT, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's sagacious Elephant. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager. Mr: Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. w. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DAY—Morn. 39 win. aft. 3 i Evening Omin. aft. 4 To-Moßaow—Morn.2l,min.aft. 4 I Evening 42min. aft. 4 rdX WICATHER.—Byx Orticl, Aug. 30. TRERMOMETIAR, I 1 THE SRAM 72_ highist binca noon - yesterday. —towest this morning and during the night. 72 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3030. WIND, N.E.—Light breeze, and cloudy at times. • 4 r"lr. • • •-• • •.••, • .;•••• .• . `DAA'r • LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1855. The judicious and sensible proposition of Lord STANLEY is one that should receive the earnest support of every true Reformer. The legislation of the country can never be materially improved until the machinery by which it is produced Th ameliorated. The important modifications of the existing laws, the eradication of the abuses which h a ve sprung up cluing a succession of ages, can never be completely effected until suitable oppor tunities are supplied for the work. Men who will not, perhaps we /night say cannot, devote them- comparative idleness at one period, and then ex pected to hurry through their work with reckless haste at another. The business of legislation would be conducted with more becoming gravity, and there would be no excuse for the slovenly bungling that too frequently escapes observation until too late to be corrected. There can be no real reason why a measure introduced in May or June should not be finished in November or January, as well as one introduced in January being concluded in August. It is an absurd custom which has gradually sprung up, and which would be far more honoured in the breach than in the observance. We trust, then, that Lord 1 STILNLEVS laudable efforts to remedy this great social grievance may receive the success it merits. We cannot concur with his modest estimate that regards it as a matter " not of national import ance." It is, we believe, of far greater conse quence to the health and convenience of a vast number of persons, and to the efficient discharge of the public business, than many others of far greater pretensions, which have been energetically discussed, and for whose progress the most active exertions have been made. Let the people only form a true estimate of its value, and there can be no doubt of the speedy triumph of reason and sound common sense. • When is the report of the Commissioners in relation to the Hyde-park disturbances to make its appearance I' The case was surely clear enough to render the task easy to able and, conscientious men ; and though the Recorder of London, as a member of the Legislature, has repudiated any in tention to accept remuneration for his labours, lest he should be compelled to vacate his seat, the public are under no obligation to possess their scat in patience on that account, but have as much right to expect an early result as if no im pediment to his acceptance of remuneration existed. Upwards of t month has elapsed since the inquiry terminated, and, for any intimation to • . • .. the _contrary, the whole affair is buried in obli vion, and we may look for the report on the arrival of the Greek Kalends. This is not as it should be. The police, or rather a portion of them engaged on the occasion of the disturbances, are guilty of having overstepped the boundaries of duty, and made a savage on slaught on the people, or else they are labouring under the opprobrium of an unfounded charge. In either case, the majesty of justice and the well-being of society require to be promptly vin dicated. If a portion of the police simply did their duty, the remainder did not, they ought to be pointed out as early as possible for repri mand, as their more zealous comrades should be for praise, while the public may fairly press to be informed in what respect they erred, in order to avoid occasion of offence in future, or to take su , 2l 1 steps as their advisers may deem necessary. On other hand, if' the police, or a portion of them, really are guilty of an illegal onslaught on unoffending men, women, and children, the rights of the people ought to be vindicated and their wrongs redressed by the assertion of those rights and the pointing out of the perpetrators of these wrongs for punishment as speedily as possible. By the pursuit of a contrary course no good end can be secured, for it must be obvious to every reflect ing man that the effect of delay in an . affair of this sort can hardly fail to insure a miscarriage of justice. It is, too, when the facts are fresh in every one's memory that the „justice of a decision affect ing the public and public officers can be best vin dicated. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV.ENING, AUGUST 30 1855 . • soldiers of tried 'fidelity, and commanded by offi cers to be relied on. THE BOMBARDMENT OF SWEABORG. AUSTRIA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) VIENNA, Aug. 26.—The Austrian public is ex tremely impatient to learn the conditions of the Conzordat which has just been concluded with home, but its curiosity is not likely to be soon satisfied, as the Cardinals will meet in conclave and thoroughly examine the important document before it receives the ratification of the head of the Roman Catholic Church. According to a semi-official on dit, some of the demands made by the Church were peremptorily rejected by the Imperial Commission, and it is not difficult to suppose that such was the case if it be true that the Papal Chair proposed that the right of sanctuary, should be restored. After the Concordat had been signed the Cardinal Viale Prela, who is a very " smooth spoken" man, re turned thanks to the Emperor in the name of the successor of St. Peter, to which the Monarch re plied that he, "as Apostolic Majesty," had only done his duty. The subject it of tlxtreme interest and importance, but it is one of such greafdelicacy thlit it would be imprudent to indulge in many reflections on it. On the one hand the Imperial Government has, by the abolition of villenage and socoage, put an end to the petty tyranny of the nobles ; on the other it has, by the emancipation of the Church from the State, immensely increased the power and influence of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, and the people are inclined to fear that the clergy will " gall their withers" more than the nobles ever did. The Berlin correspondent of the Oest. Zeitung is of opinion that the speedy return of Count Arnim to Vienna must be considered a proof that attempts are again about to be made by the Prussian and Austrian Governments "to come to an understanding." The two Cabinets are not likely to come to an un-, derstanding on the Eaatern Question, but it is pro bable that their attention has been forcibly at tracted by what has recently occurred in several of the smaller German States in respect to the Bund, and that they consider it necessary to assume the initiative in a matter of such importance as is the reform of the German Confederation. The , Bund, as it is now constituted, is viewed with in tense dislike by the different German nations, and the example of the Wurtemberg Chambers will speedily be imitated elsewhere. The Bavarian Diet will be opened at the beginning of next month, and the newly-elected House, if it is as " good German" as its predecessor, will hardly fail to make common cause with its Swabian neighbour. Austria, for reasons of her own, upholds the Bund, but it enjoys neither consideration nor authority aniong the ether German States. Prussia laughs the so-called " Central Power" to scorn ; and, not long since, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, when his Bitterschaft (nobles) appealed to the Bund, strongly protested against its in any way inter fering in the internal affairs of his duchy. The events of the last two years have proved that the " Central Power" is little more than a political fiction ; and the sooner it is replaced by a reality, the better it will be for Germany. Marshal Count Radetsky, who will be fourscore years and ten next November, has been somewhat unwell., The report that no trains were to cross the Semmering, because a rock had slipped down on a part of the railway, has been contradicted, but repairs are continually required. The summer has on the whole been unusually , cold, but during the last two or three days the in habitants of Vienna have suffered greatly from the heat. The thermometer has been as high as 117.50 Fahrenheit in the sun, and 97.25 Fahrenheit in the shade. The weather is the more oppressive, as the nights are nearly as hot as the days. The Giornale di Boma of the 21st, contains the following paragraph in allusion to Lord Palmer ston's speech (August 10), in reply to Mr. Bow- yer's vindication of the Roman Government : " We believe we are not mistaken in saying that we have never read, in the Parliamentary history of a great nation, a series of more insulting and gratuitous declamations than those lately pro nounced by a Prime Minister against a Govern ment which is convinced it has never given any motive for so unjust an attack on his part. Never theless, we will 'not depart from our invariable sys tem, which consists iu not having recourse to re prisals. We merely_ limit ourselves to repelling these vain and unfounded accusations, leaving the shame to fall upon him who has uttered them." The Cai-riere ltalichio of Vienna announces that the Abbe' Valenziani; chief secretary to the Papal nuncio at Vienna, has set out for Rome with the Concordate just concluded with the Imperial Go 'vernment. He ,expected to return with the ratification of itabout the Middle of September. The Minister of Marine and Colonies has re ceived the following report from Rear-Admiral Penaud, Commander of the French division in the Baltic : BIRMINGHAII, Aug. 29.—Mr. Costa's oratorio of Eli was performed to-day for the first time in presence of an assembly that completely filled the Town-hall. Its reception was triumphant. Greater honours were pro bably never lavished upon a composer. No less than six pieces were redemanded by the President, with the evi dent concurrence of the audience, who on several occa sions took the initiative themselves, and, in contempt of established etiquette, began applauding before Lord Willoughby de Broke had time to ri-e from his seat. Before the performance began Mr. Costa was vocife rously applauded, and at the end of the first part the de monstrations were renewed. But the scene that took place when all was over beggars description. The audience, who had risen to the final chorus—" Blessed he the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to ever- lasting "—.remained standing, to Cheer -Mr. Costa 'at the conclusion. Such cheering has rarely greeted the ears of a zealous aspirant to fame, whose sweetest music is the applause of the multitude— such waving of hats and handkerchiefs in which the orchestra and chorus joined with wild enthu siasm—has seldom been witnessed in a concert-room . — such an ovation, as the term goes, in short, is almost without parallel. The biographies of the greatest mu sicians record nothing to compare with it. If Mr. Costa possesed the genius of Handel, he could hardly have succeeded in constructing a really eff(cive oratorio upon the materials furnished by the history of Eli, and thrown into the shape of a sacred drama by Mr. Bartholomew. The chief personage himself— Eii, the priest—offers no opportunity to the musician for variety of treatment. He is constantly praying, preaching, or admonishing ; and this has forced the composer to present him in a succession of slow recita tives and airs, which, long before the end, induce a feel ing of monotony not easy to dispel, since Eli has a very great deal to declaim and sing, and is almost constantly prominent. Hannah, the wife of Elkanah, is a cha racter more favourable to music ; and Mr. Costa has availed himself with great felicity of the contrast suggested by her first condition, as a woman child less and barren, and her afterwards j o yf u l st a t e , .vben God has blessed her with a son. The air in which her affliction is portrayed—" Turn Thee unto and have mercy upon me "—is devout and heautiful ; while that which reveals the abundance of her joy when, in the Temple of Shiloh, she pours out her Jatitude to the Lord for having given her Samuel—"l vill extol Thee, 0 Lord"—is extremely happy, and has, moreover, a touch of the Handel bravura about it both :n form and sentiment, by no means'unwelcome. The 1 4 THE WEATHER AND Tito 4110 all .- 'or • Ti e weather during the past week hav i n g bee , er,e fc t °O, could be wished, the grain has come fast "b - itl' a tt e ' and a large quantity of all descriptions has fi n e 0 9 carried in first-rate condition. Should the lo ge!„ 1 6 ple we now enjoy continue for a week or tvr? ,6, 0 "01 bulk of the harvest will have been secur ed. tips sigh of new wheat, in excellent condition, aill°, (l f n th e ti os La quarters, the produce of ten acres of lan° " - fort e s 0 bouth , md Sittingbourne, and weighing rae r ,,; B o 641 b. per bushel, was shown in Maidston e be ": 1 Toureday last. The potato disease is now , O A " aboost every field Wanted with that er c ,P,.lo* - / ree il ,, therefore, expected that the yield of 0 1010,44 r si - rts.avill be very small. Turnips, and 1 1 , 700/ crops, .in h t er r e ai i n ta , s th b e ee l n an a d b b u e n i d n a g n a c l e m o o f st ie p e ap o e r South,-Eastern Gazette. „A P r to Tile eather has been cold and unsettle-hoefiobich greater part of the past week. HeavY B :itid 6 B eo„t t " fallen ar,d there have been occasional bigb o " orf" . g oe", blew steadily fn. some day-, from the ont, but latterly from the more genial south-cce" bo t f a few field-, have already been cut down, 04, 1 broken weather a fair commencement W rnil sirer r , b°'; made with harvest in thr , , neighbourhoo d fi ne cr (4 : 8 1 4)1 to learn that the potatoes are not only o ",7 e S fe t t generally speaking, they are "all righ t , , ,yht, g i kere r , wa with a trifling exception, dry and b,;o lo ,,ht" tj i, get , ,er wore a more promising aspect. t he 0 0 1 4 cle' l er The weather for the last few days in pe 115 10 hood of Leeds has been by no means so Ap e rable at this season of the year, and th,e l o t o;;,ct i " ter , which prevailed up to the early part ° l ie d ei / t hee ° _ eB been succeeded by that of an uosett uen t oe be and during the week we have had *O O4 bo c olfij showers. Fortunately, however, the ,r B tbe efic accompanied by fine drying winds, a n i 90 b 0 crops h ,s c,nsequently not bate, :o f 1 1 , 3 7 y e ond be p e r n ot t r h a e cti cze th w e it r h ipe a nir c ,g lose do nW r eon, e cr ° ,4( e ur° o : o l : l9 tm ci : fr ;;;; ing harvest operations, we do not bear ou f b r e e fr_ o s al etti tl have suffered much, and a brief would release agriculturists and the P ot s 0 0 fe r i l l i anxiety, hut with a continuance o f the Pr arte e i t ri ff) state of the weather the harvest must oe ta hls late and to a period waen it le P r° cro ps fi eld be all but impossible to house the sc° er fir t h som- of the cold localities which t h ; war: o o, v : B 4 reaches the crops are yet green, but in c t i w ill °veil' ji a they are changing colour rapidly, on ~,hle, blot favourable weather, be ready for the °- ate l e d° there a field has been cut, but operationo, ifeptialteci means general. 13,ans are looking we h a ve g e r opt 7 e hear any complaints of potatoes, thel to y b a t le healthy appearance. The hay harveet,do n ot,' ti d as over, though there are a few odd fie r oc' 8 e a. PP 0 4 3 Leeds Intelligeneer. b oy, . B ele GREENOCK.— A very high westerly,; - s A tur , 0 14,0 0 " at times to a gale, prevailed during a" bee p sl 4 '. 60 00 till yesterday forenoon. This wind ho p laeei o ts , o tO by heavy showers of rain, and in s` i° e „ o trig 43 08 0; corn have been seriously prostrated lr ° op ing! o psr cr q Saturday there was a good deal of re n the "tbe b r e e d:fferent quarters of the county, an d , 1 8 - laortt,'" - potato lifting was proceeding Wi til t ' or' being, of course, for an immediate British Daily Mail. ri °ljj 610 been be , fe . During the week the reapers have t bo or oer • generally throughout the county, th , T t 'heir ife olon ce a tis storms may have temporarily stollr e d o ver d e r et- bo f Sunday night a heavy storm passe ,. tatonoverti , and on Thursday night there wog 13° 4,00 14 considerable violence. We have, ~"egter 13J e a any damage has resulted.— r / COl irtj 110° cote HOP INTEL.-- ...• or.. reP • eti co' owly or f The South-Eastern Gazette tb°ll. g punt s tri hey °oo every of the Kentish hop-Sr 1 0 se° tive h , tinue o g receive the most favourah tatiot ,s , oo s, v it ., " dition and prospects of the Pig li ,„ t he -° { a ir, never known to look better. Ev e ' o d b - 8 at ]t, s'; told, are fast coming into hop , t ° r y ; standing the immense quantity 0 ". bo a "r r , disp° as the other kinds. Of mould We ee tne° c ote 1/,ace' w ho re eOP . Or cept from a few speculators, der to de P t tit i possible, to create an alarm, i n s n u r r ;r b e o gen reit cl b g : l) ? :: l : ' by suggesting inferior qualitY . agied 6a ov er ! indicate a crop hitherto ong ur P. y , and repot quality. From Sussex and Alton, and neighbouring district:l;oo ao co p t h e pond entirely with those give n sonli d olorC e , ° o crg state that a prospect of a Fro - bly• cod 0 , large t a" us factory beyond all prece4en.,• foo ur% o l in 1 , 0 0 0 Worcester Herald reports equ all y °v et t this year will be somewhat ; De the 13rg t e 3 s 5,° °° ests to maturity, but it is likely t fs :stirr B ,ted 0 1 / 5 . - The duty for that at , es f th e ; , d 8 pror° eels _A number of enthusiastic ar . ce oe co t 4th ' 3 " A e sT O- `'; B ple i ieo in G Sc r , a r n tl d an x il at a ii n na a l rc A h r e c r h y or m y T se h p e tot,r ev ol • 1, 0 0 1 is to be held at Glasgow on , oiLi o,S. ro as ho ri e h , been tb_e : I d l e rn t e o th th e: u po tb :: r o o : THE NEW STREET PORT .L of the General Post Office , __ c : if i D gt . l2 ° been 13 1 3 0 te e ; that LETT ERS. have from n co time Dse to u e t n i m e e e re r st ive t ° oo of de very of letters put into the re irie have te rn ce ikr i pillars, the most active enclu that e crOl le ave r 7e this subject ; and it would;paorsao the genoertr c clhey adopted of robbing these, . u eting C° f, E0 1 : ° 11 3 11 iCl i houses, by a set of pers on.,_ _ ea ,' bt , , 118 one of , their party, whilst b Y , 11 thin gre e g dePd matter beir , placed on a sma letters or ot oche oc s, scends to the box wh,r the the wor t 0 obi It o then drawn adhesive matter is easily ith s v ney a l e ttere. the fob to doubt, is to secure the mon e y to 48 saleolo/0 understood, has been su ~.otr. to o effectua he' .131. ou authorities, which will bather 15 •ea. ° tempts for the future ; but W ws 8 quickly to the top t irawn ; pirofoop is not yet known, although it ]tire consideration. -ot• lersonage of Samuel is, perhaps, the most successfully developed of all. The tranquil piety of the heaven-de- voted child is well expressed from the first, and there is aot a more chaste and expressive melody in the oratorio than Samuel's morning prayer in the temp'e, " Lord, Tom my bed I rise." The evening prayer, though grace ul, is in a tone less purely devotional ; but the whole (tharacter of Samuel is marked by a serious purport, and a power of sustaining which is a gift of itself. \lr. Costa has given Eli to a bass (Herr Formes), dannah to a soprano (Madame Castellan), and Samuel to a contralto (Madame Viardot Garcia). For a tenor ie has been compelled to go over from the Israelites to the Philistines, from the nrouth of whose chief, a mighty ',nail of Gath (Mr. Sims Reeves), we have one of the most vi g orous battle songs, with chorus, ever written— viz., "Philistines, hark ! the trumpet sounding !" in which the infidel warrior urges on his compatriots to march against the Hebrews. There are two other enor parts—Elkanah, the hu , band of Hannah and father of Samuel, and a very small one in the person of messenger of the Israelites (Herr Reichardt), who timings. the news to Shiloh of their defeat by the Philis tines. There is also a second bass in the Man of God (Mr. Weiss), who reproaches the Levites for their iniqui ties, and discloses the awful denunciation of the Lord against the holm of Eli. Into the merits of the various .ecitatives, airs, and concerted pieces distril uted among .iliese personages we cannot enter now ; suffice it, they exhibit many decided beauties, are all essentially vt,cal, and for the most part more or less expressive of the -ituation in which they occur. On the other hand, they present a mixture of styles, which is still more vident in the choruses, and constitutes, indeed, one -4 lie principal defects of the oratorio In the choruses, vhile examples of spirit, brilliancy, and even dra matic power are frequent, there is a singular inequality. Some are evident 'y wr t-en with extreme care ; others -eein to have been finished too hastily. Several spe• •imens of fugue are to be found among them, the ;test of which occurs in the second part of the invoca tion of the Israelites, when they march against their snemies—on the words, "So persecute them with Thy -empest." This is the most interesting of all, Ned the {test conducted, the florid accompaniments of stringed nstruments reminding the hearer of Mendelssohn, while he theme is in the manner of Handel. None of the agues of Mr. Costa are what is called elaborate. They .lo not display any great exercise of contrapuntal inge uity, nor are they remarkable for those cunning de vices of augmentation, inversion, and so forth, of which the fugues of Bach, Handel, and Mendelssohn are so truitful, and by means of which these gifted musicians delighted to exhibit their learning. But Mr. Costa's aigues have one great distinguishing quality—they are fear, and therefore effective. Besides this they are 11l based on simple and well-defined themes. As -xamples of this clearness, and the strength that is derived from it, we may point to the "Hosanna" ,n the last chorus of Part 1, and to the " Halle lujah, Amen," which brings the oratorio to a close. What may be termed—to employ a common epithet "the descriptive" music in Eli is clever and spirited, but certainly too theatrical for a sacred ,ratorio. We would instance the scene of the " Un aodly Revel"—where Hophni and Phineas (the sons of Eli) are rioting with the women in the precincts of the 'temple—the style of which exceeds all bounds of license, ioth in the character of the themes and the colouring ;mparted to them by the orchestral accompaniments. Even the war-song of the Philistine chief is in a great measure open to the same objection ; but the natural desire of following Handers example, in making a forced contrast between the music allotted to pagans and' that appertaining to the chosen people, is a plausible excuse, and calculated to arrest criticism. For the present, how. aver, we must forbear from further remark. Mr. Costa has made a bold effort—the boldest, indeed, that could be ventured on by a musician, since the sacred o ra t or i o im peratively demands an elevation of style, a variety of resources, and a profundity of science, to say nothing of invention and imagination, which only the very greatest masters have possessed. If, then, his first oratorio cannot be pronounced a model in that high branch of musical composition to which it belongs, he must be satisfied (like others before him) to accept the prmises which; are his just due. His ambition was laudable; and he has exhibited a degree of talent in Eli which en titles him to the high respect of musicians and lovers of m usic, if it is not likely to bring him immortality. The execution may be descrßed in a word—perfect. tion. The orchestra and chorus laboured with a zeal and unanimity that could only be traced to one source —viz., the regard and esteem they entertain for the con• doctor. The principal singers—LMadame Viardot Gar •ia (Samuel), Madame Castellan (Hannah), Mr. Sims Reeves (the Philistine Chief and Elkanah), Mr. Weiss (the Man of God), Herr Reichart (the Israelitish Mes senger), and Herr Formes (Eli)—were admirable with nit exception. Of their performances, however, we hall have mo re l o say to-morrow. The numbers pre ent in the hall to-day were 1,608, and the receipts ttilounted to 1,197/. 184 8,1 (including donations.) CRICKET.-61178SEX V. YORKSHIRE.—This match was resumed on Tuesday, and at the close of the day the score stood thus—Sussex, let innings ' 292 ; Yorkshire, I,st . r Ad kb; wickets davni, ~ l :il? .. sr • - .* : selves to intellectual labour in the confined and • suffocating atmosphere of a close committee room, when everything is inviting them to the enjoy ment of pure air and rural _recreation, will gladly toil in the winter season, when " the frost and snow, and long nights and short gloomy days, na turally suggest sedentary and. 'social habits." Under the existing system the working period does not commence until it ought to be nearly • concluded. The November or December session, -whenever held, is merely for some peculiar ob-- ject, to which it is limited. None of the regular and ordinary business of the session is taken int( consideration. The machinery of legislation haa , rusted, and can only be applied to a party disput, or some topic of peculiar urgency. Even Feb ruary and March are wasted in varied and fruit less discussions, and it is not until after Eastei that the work really progresses and the Legislator shows himself to be in earnest. This would, however, be entirely changed if November and the first half of December were converted into the real business periods. Mon especially if they were made the season for finally deciding and carrying into practical operation, if ap proved, the measures brought forward by indepen dent members, which are now lost from the men want of opportunity for discussion. At present, however decisive the majority and urgent the ne cessity for a new enactment, no popular represen tative unconnected with Ministers can hope t( find time or opportunity for pressing it forward. His chief hope is to force it on the Government of the day, so that they . may take it up, and that thus it may have a chance of passing. We say a " chance," for even Ministers themselves are fre quently compelled to surrender their own most cherished measures, as witness the annual " mas sacre of the innocents," or to -consent to their mutilation, so that, in order to avert the wrath of a " tyrant minority," they become of so diluted a character as to be of little practical utility. Every person must be aware of so many instances of this description that it.is quite unnecessary to cite examples. One will therefore suffice, and it will be enough to refer to the regrets of Ministers while inducing the popular branch of the Legisi a . turn to assent to the "deteriorations," miscalled amendments, of the Upper House to the Limited Liability -Bill, which were totally opposed to its spirit, and calculated to prevent the important principle established from receiving a fair or corn - plete trial , In all the other occupations of life we find the winter the real season_of work. The law terms conclude early .in June, Mithaelmas commences the 2d of November and ends about the 25th or 26th, and the Christmas vacation ,commences in like manner about the period' 'indicated by the Noble Lord for the winter recess—viz., the 15th December..: Work is resumed the 11th of January, and, after the Easter holidays; again commences on 15th April_and terminates about the middle of Jnne. These are, indeed, the natural periods for parties engaged in occupations that render a so journ in town indispensible. The beauty and freshness of the country—the long warm days ; offer irresistible attractions to those with the means of enjoyment at their disposal, and. the result is that jobs are slipped through, and slovenly enactments carried, that are positively disgraceful to the collective wisdom. The drowsy and suffocating atmosphere of the dog-dap; exercises it4;natural influence over members wilt, wou ld b e vigilant at s eaa ,- ,os of less oppressiielheat, when there were no extraordinary causes conduc ing to somnolency. It is not with an y desire to detract from the . reputation of- the estim able Young nobleman by whom the proposition has been put forward, that we claim for ourselves the credit of having long since repeatedly urged on public attention the propriety and expediency of a winter session, which, if properly disposed of, Would lead to early . prorogation, and continuous legislation, carryin g on each measure until it had been finally disposed' of on its merits. By these means, both 1 - 1011-gel . vrould find ample occupation during the whol.) 1ie5 ,4 013 . The Lords rould not be - kept waiting o.l'l lado ~~~~t i While on this subject, we cannot ,refrain from calling attention. to the present results of what may be called the experiment now being tiied in Kensington-gardens. It is hardly necessary to say that we have no sympathy with those who, ID the redundant charity of their nature, hold Forth as their gospel the assertion that the masses, as a whole, are' governed by brute in stincts, and have no taste for the good and beau tiful. Excellent judges, doubtless, in their own case, •we might pass the assertion unques tioned if it only related to themselves, and leave them undisturbed to churn the butter of appearances for their own worldly use ; but this not being the case, we have pleasure in giving the slander refutation on every eligible opportunity. And what, we ask, has been the effect of offering good music to the million in the Royal Gardens at Kensington on Sunday after noon ? Have the umbrageous shades, beautiful 'vistas, glorious foliage, and life-inspiring air of these gardens been desecrated by the orgies of a rabble rout, offensive to the eye of taste, and, ' alien to civilisation ? Nothing of the sort ; no thin., has been witnessed there which the learned and conscientious divine should take ex ception to, or the enlightened and patriotic states man contemplate otherwise than with pride and satisfaction. Instead of disorder and unhallowed revelry there was to be seen 60,000 individuals of every class, in respectable attire, now gazing on the handiwork of a bountiful PROVIDENCE with an air of tranquil delight, or drinking in, with kindling eye and eager hush, sounds that could only fail of .being interpreted into praise if croaking bad tunes in bad time to an asthmatic organ or a rheumatic contrabass° be a necessary element. Such has been, and will continue to be so long as the weather permits, the effect Of offering the means of healthy recrea ti on to the toiling and city-pent masses of the metro polis ; and we sincerely trust the experiment may be continued on a , larger scale, and more nume rous, if not varied, inducements be offered to sober out-door recreation on their only holiday to a population that, as it whOfe, has proved itself so worthy of the boons conferred upon it. The remit will be the: Vest ' answer 'to cavillers, and will, prove not only that .sueh recreation is con. , dUcive to health,, but aLso that health is' conducive to a sturdy. morality. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Coun tess Bernstorff have left London for the baths of Ems, in Germany. During his Excellency's absence, Count Brandenburg is charged with the affairs of the Legation. The Earl and Countess Granville left town, yesterday mon ing, for Paris. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington was married, yesterday, at Ole wer Church, to Miss Katherine Cocks, daughter of the late Mr. Henry Cocks. The Earl and Countess of Chichester, and Lord Pel ham, have been paying a visit to Mr, and Lady Susan Smith, at Watton House, Ware. • - • I , Mr. and Lady Isabella Whitbread are at present making a tour in the south of France. BOMBARDENT OF SwEABORG.—It will be recollected that the Pickle, gun-boat, had the honour of firing the fiat shell into Sweaborg. Lieutenant G. H. Wriford, of the Royal Marine Artillery—honourably mentioned in the idispatchea for the well-directed fire of the Pickle's mortar, of which that officer had charge—is the son of our late town mar, Captain Samuel Wriford, MM. — P, /Rite raPt M ail. ~_,, 131PIIIMT ROBBERY.—Yesterday information was re ceived that Mrs. Granville, of Elliot Vale Brook, near Hastings, whilst in the refreshment-room of the Pavi lion Hotel, Folkestone, bad been plundered of her purse, containing a 500 f. note, a 100 f. note, and 151. in gold, besides silver. The room was instantly closed, but the thief could not be found. INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—At the annual meeting of theuSomerset Arches()logical Association, which extended ove i three days, it was stated that the remains of a rhi noceros andl other extinct animals had lately been dies.; covered in the neighbourhood of Taunton, in connection With the trees .of a forest in which they lived. Theis trees were of existing species, viz., oak, alder, hazel, &c.,. thus showing that the climate of the country, when it walk ilahehitedimthe rhinoceros, bear, tiger, e l e ph an t ; yate, ttc , , wee Dutch the same as it is COW.' • Li.yr j faCia S t lee Onanietytoldioi.v.l t actics cif; lo - • •': = ..• "Nargen, 20th August, 1855. " Monsieur le Ministre—On the 7th, the day on which all the vessels of the division joined my flag at the anchorage before Sweaborg, at half-past nine o'clock in the morning, I proceeded towards Abraham Island, situated 2,200 metres from the Russian forts, to seek therein the site best adapted for the establishment of a battery of mortars. I was accompanied in this recon naissance by Captains Sapia and Mourette, of the ar tillery of the marine, and by Lieutenant de Vaisseau Verneuil, commander of the steam advice the Aigle, which I had sent some days before to sound in the en virons of Sweaborg, and to survey the anchorages. " The site on which the battery was to be erected having been chosen, we commenced at half-past eleven the construction of the epaulement destined to protect it, by means of bags filled with sand, which I had taken at Nargen, and which were brought up in the boats of the vessels of the division. This undertaking was exe cuted without difficulty. At half-past two the next morning, at daybreak, the little island was eva cuated. The enemy no doubt did not perceive what we had done, for they did not fire a single gun. The Bth was also employed in preparations ; our mortar-vessels, towed by the gun-boats, were placed in a line with the English mortar-vessels. These vessels, five in number, the Tocsin, the Fournaise, the Trombe, the Torche, and the B anbe, armed each with two 12. 1 , inch mortars, and commanded by Lieu tenants de Vaisseau de L4otard de Ricard, Cnisinier- Delisle, Souzy, Cottin, and Buret, anchored in the centre of the line which extended from the Isle Rouskar to that of Gohara, at 4,000 metres from the centre of )the fortress of Sweaborg, where all their fire was to convetge. Eight English mortar-vessels, each carrying a 13-inch mortar, occupied the left; eight others the right. Haw- Berg were paid out in order to enable the vessels to ap proach 600 metres towards the enemy's batteries at the moment of the action. The gun-boats, the Aigrette, the Avalanche, the Tourmente, the Trumpete, the Dra gonne, and the Fulminante, commanded by Lieutenants de Vaisseu Mer, Tresse, Jonuart, Maudet, Barry, arid Karel, anchored outside the mortar-vessels on a parallel line. The frigate the Isis, Commander Cleret-Langa van t, and!theeirvette the Galatlaee Commander Marcel, were taken to the east of Skogskar Isles, in order to place them near the flotilla, which they were to supply with ammunition. Measures were taken on board the Isis for forming an ambulance, and the Abbe Piel, chap• lain of the Austerlitz, went on board her. The steam ad vice boat the Aigle and some English frigates were an chored at a short distance, ready to render assistance, either in case of fire or the springing of leaks to the vessels which were to combat. Orders were besides. given to the boats of our vessels to assemble the next morning near the Aigle with the same object, and Capte. de Vaisseau Laurencin of the Austerlitz, Taffart do Saint Germain of the . Duquesne, and La Gallic-Keriz•met of the Turville, were charged to direct this service by turns and to supply my place if necessary. "As soon as the obscurity of the evening enabled us to hide our movements from the enemy, the boats of the division, which had been ordered in advance, left the ships at the same time and in good order to convey to Abraham isle strong parties of sailors, bags of earth, and artillery materiel. They continued these transports (luring all the night. On being disembarked the men set to work with ardour under the direction of Capt. Sepia, commanding the battery, and on the 9th, before three o'clock in the morning, after less than five hour's labour, I found on arriving on the island that an erraulement of 20 metres long by 3! 1 wide at the base, and 2 high, protected a battery of three 10-inch mortars loaded and ready to be fired. A large store of gunpowder was placed in a rent in the granite, and so covered as to be protected against shells. In short, the battery which I had so long projected was established, and we had taken an advance and fixed post, at a distance at which mortar vessels could not be placed without being too much ex posed. In order the better to superintend the ensemble of the operations, and to be in a situation to act more promptly, according to eventualities, I, on the morn ing of the 9th, hoisted my flag on the steam advice boat the Pelican, which is commanded by the young and zealous lieutenant de Vaisseau Baron'Duperre, who pro mises to walk in the steps of the admiral his father. All these preparations were accomplished without the Russians making any attempt to disquiet us. "At twenty minutes past seven, everything being ready for the attack, the signal was given. The fire commenced on all the line, and at the same moment twenty-nine shells, English or French, fell into the place. The Russian forts, which had been so far silent, immediately replied. The combat was general. At 9 o'clock the gunboats approached the mortar-vesseis, and placed themselves in the spaces left between them. A thick smoke had already risen in different places to the east of the church situated on the Isle Eat-Svarto, and all at once, at 25 minutes past ten, we heard a very loud explosion in a powder magazine. It was greeted by the cry three times repeated of " Vive l'Empereur !" in all our vessels, and by loud hurrahs from the English. Most of the batteries which defended Sweaborg fired all their pieces. The French and English gun-boats fired shells arid ball ; their great number, and in particular the rapidity with which they changed their positions of attack, were calculated to disquiet the enemy, and to di,- tract their attention from the mortar-vessels on which they might have concentrated their fire. At the beginning of the action two diversions were made at the extremities of the line ; at the right by an English frigate and two English ships of the line against the Back-Holmen forts, and to the left by three frigates of the same nation against Drumsio island. At about hall-past eleven a s-cond explosion, much more considerable than the first one, took place in the Isle Vargon, arid was followed by a very violent 'conflagration. which soon spread in dif ferent directions. The fire made rapid progress in a space forming a sort of ravine, and our attention was strongly attracted in that direction, when at half-past twelve a third explosion enveloped all the fortress in thick smoke. During some seconds we heard succes sive detonations, similar to the roll of thunder. The last explosion, in particular, must have caused enor mous losses in materiel and men. It was the most ter rible of all we witnessed. It must have caused great disorder in Sweaberes, for from that moment the enemy responded less vigorously to our fire. Several batteries even completely ceased to fire ; then Langorn and Back- Hohnen forts alone continued to disquiet our vessels. Fires increased in different places in the magazines situated to the right of the church at the two sides of the ravine. The fire of the mortar vessels was exceed ingly well sustained during the greater part of the day. The Trombe, Capt. Suezi, succeeded in attaining an ave rage of 24 times an hour. Towards the evening the fire slackened a little ; the flames continuing the work of de struction, it was enough for us to keep up the disorder and dismay which prevailed in the place. At about 6 o'clock the gun-boats ceased to fire. A little later they took in tow the mortar-vessels, which had exhausted their am munition, and conducted them near the frigate the Isis, where they received new supplies. Captain de frigate Cleret, acquitted himself of this service, and of several operations which I gave him to direct, with the zeal and capacity which I have long known him to possess. " Electrified by the impulsion given them by Captains Sapia and Mourette, the artillerymen of the Abraham battery fired incessantly all day, and did great injury to the enemy. Fearing that they could not continue such an active service, I caused to be sent to them some can tains of guns and gunners who volunteered from the dif ferent All the men of this class presenter! themselves, manifesting the strongest desire to go under the fire, and it was necessary to decide by lot who should be favoured. Our sailors soon acquired the art al manoeuvring mortars. They displayed on this occasion the practical intelligence and the gaiety which render them always useful in operations the most unconnected with their profession. One of the mortars burst in the afternoon ; it was changed in the night, and three others were added to the battery. Some of the mortar-vessels resumed their post at about 11 o'clock in the evening, and sent, from time to time, shells into the plan- , where the conflagration did not cease a single instant. Three principal edifices which communicated with each other were devoured by the flames. In the course of the night English boats approached Sweaborg, and threw congreve rockets into it. ss The proceedings of the 9th had given brilliant re sults ; those of the 10th were not less so. At daybreal , we perceived that the Russian three-decker was no longer in the place she had oceupied in the Gustafs-Vard Pa=s. Several projectiles had reached her on the pre vious evening, and the enemy had taken advantage of the darkness to place her out of the reach of our shot. " As soon as the Russians perceived that our mortar vessels bad taken up their former mooring -line, they began to fire with a sort of fury from the fort of Gustafs- Yard, from Back-Holmen, and from the vessel anchored near Langorn. Tney directed their fire particularly against Abraham's Isle , where the French flag floated. Splinters of shells, and fragments of stone covered this rock, and yet we had not a single man wounded. "-The artillery of the flotilla recommenced the firetwith no less vigour. The mortar-vessel, the Tocsin, after 'having terminated her supply of ammunition, resumed her post of combat ; but she was anchored a little too much to the east, and was consequently within reach of the guns of the batteries of Back-Holmen. All these batteries directed their fire on this mortar-vessel ; but the balls either fell at a short distance from her, or entered her rigging without touching her. The position of this vessel having become dangerous I gave orders to the gun-boat Tempest to tow her off. This opera tion was promptly effected, and gave me the opportunity of seeing the calm and energy of Captains de Leotard and Maudet. The Fournaise, Capt. Delisle, anchored nearly in the same direction, was also seriously engaged under the fire of the battery of Back-Holtnen, which did not spare her. Captain de fregate, Baron Roussin, my chief of the staff, a very distinguished officer, and who possesses all my confidence, seeing the danger that mortar-vessel was in, jumped into a boat, and towed her farther from the ports. On the other hand, the Torche, Captain Cottin, which had been taken to the western extremity of the line to bombard Langorn, and the ship moored between that isle and West Svarto, was also exposed for some time to a well sustained fire on the part of the enemy. She was also withdrawn fro m her too advanced position by the Tempete, which had just rendered the same service to the Tocsin. " I had remarked that the fire of the gubcytes been solid shot was not so efficacious as could c entimetres wished, and their supply of shells having been exhau-ted, they went al:ofntglsYdre stoh.epleiunee-doefr brittle ships to change the half o This operation cannons for 22 centimetres mortar . was effected very rapidly, and the gun-boats soon re. turned to take part in the action. "About noon a fresh fire broke out in a large building to the left of the church, and the flames soon spread to other considerable eatahlishulonts quite in the' est., -prs LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, AUG. 29. The Allied fleets have retired from immediately before Cronstadt, and have taken up another posi- KIEL, AUG. 28. Five English gun-boats have arrived here, from Sweaborg, on their way home. A Russian despatch, received from Berlin, 28th, says It has been decided that the Russian fleet in the Black Sea shall be considerably in creased. With that view, ships of the line of 131 guns are to be commenced this winter at ;sTico ladef." MADRID, AUG. 28. The subscriptions to the voluntary loan exceed 651 millions of reals. The interest of the debt is shortly to be paid. It is in contemplation again to extend the time allowed for subscribing to the voluntary loan. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The English steamer the Sandia and the French steamer the Alma left Marseilles on the 27th for the East, having in tow respectively the Mary Anne and the Eva transports, with stores on board. The Candia carried out 20 officers and 600 men of the 84th, 160 men of the Ist engineers, and 180 of the 21st of the line. The Alma had on board up wards of 1,100 men. The Indus packet also left the same day, having on board General of Brigade Bosquet and nearly 600 men. The screw line-of battle ship Prince Jerome left Toulon on the 27th with troops and military stores for the Crimea. The last letters from the Crimea state that Gene ral Simpson hd.d completely recovered from the indisposition under which he had been labouring. BOURSE, AUG. 29.—CLOSING PRICES. ' • Cash. - - E. ' End of Month. • 4i per Cents 95 —91 f. 750. 3 per Cents 66 65 66 60 Credit Mobilier 1290 Roman Credit Foncier 535 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes _Z . Piedmontese — Home Debt 3oi RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. I. c. Orleans 1220 Rouen .... fr. c Western B2B 75 Strasburg (Jetts Mediterranean 1330 Cherburg Northern Lyons,. 1225 Austrian Com.. RUSSIA. The Invalide Busse publishes a long report from General de Berg of the bombardment of Sweaborg. . General de Berg states the loss of the Russians during the bombardment to have been 44 men killed, 2 superior officers, 8 subaltern officers, and 110 men, wounded. In addition to this 11 men were killed on board the man-of-war Russle, and 1 subaltern and 88 men wounded ; and 1 sailor wounded on board the Ezechiel. A letter from Odessa of the 18th, in the Ost Deutch Post, of Vienna, says :—" The cholera has not entirely .disappeared, but has, in, a great mea sure, lost its epidemic character. All the roads from the interior of Russia to the Isthmus of Perekop are filled with troops and militia proceed ing to Sebastopol. The corps of grenadiers have been encamped for some weeks between the Alma and the Belbeck. A council of war was held on the 13th at the head-quarters of General Gorts chakoff, on the heights of Inkerman, at which were present, in addition to the general-in-chief, all the generals having commands, particularly Count Osten-Sacken, Chruleff, Kotzebue, Liprandi, and Wassillchikoff. It is said that a new plan of operations was decided on at this council, which is very shortly to be carried into operation." Since the 14th fresh troops have marched to Nikolaieff. Those that had. been sent to Ismail have received counter-orders, and their • new route to the Crimea. On the Bth of August, 17 drushines of the ieve'e en. masse had come to Simpheropol from the government of Kursk. The nAmt day was one of rest. On the 10th they proceeded to the north camp amid the ringing of the church bells and the concourse of several thousand military spectators. The rejoicing was great indeed on the part of the valiant garrison of Sebastopol when they greeted their countrymen coming to their aid. A religious ceremony took place in the camp, and Prince , Gortschakoff welcomed them in the following words : All bail, my gallant countrymen ! I welcome you, in the name of the whole army. At the first call of our late illustrious monarch you left wife and child, house and property, and hastened to join us, who have been combating an impious enemy during I.] months on the extreme limits of our great fatherland. The resolution you have already displayed is a sufficient guarantee that yon will in this sanguinary struggle behave as Russians ought to do ; that you wi►l bring honour and glory on your native country and our beloved Emperor, and be a terror to our impious enemies. Brethren, your arrival has rendered my task more easy, and the sacrifice you have made for your country is a guarantee that we shall succeed in driving our haughty enemy into the waters. You will soon see that insolent enemy face to face. Then, my friends, you must boldly face his wild impetuosity, and see that the reputation and glory of Russia are not sullied. In the meanwhile, brothers in arms, let us cry " Hurrah for our orthodox Emperor, for mother Russia (c nas chei matuschki Rossii '), and for those generous sons who have immortalised her name." DENMARK. An event, to which it would, perhaps, be pre mature to attach any political importance, is at present a subject of conversation. The King of Denmark is about to leave Copenhagen on a visit to the King of Sweden. It is a private visit only, his Majesty travelling under the name of Count Danner ; the Countess Danner will accompany his Majesty, as well as M. Liebenberg,. the Secre tary of his Cabinet, but no member of the Ministry is of the Royal party. The Stockholm Aftonblad thus commences an article on the fall of Sweaborg i of which the intel ligence had just reached the Swedish capital : " At length the ' cannon. have spoken ;' while we were expecting some great operation in the Black Sea the mortars of the allied fleet in the Baltic have opened on the northern Sebastopol, and the echo of their music has gladdened the Swedish heart, which no family compact' has con nected or ever shall connect with Muscovite force or Muscovite cunning." The articles goes at some length, having been written before any details were known into a specu lation as to the manner in which the attack was made, and concludes as follows : " The quantity of stores and provisions in the place must have been very great, as Sweaborg, even in time of peace, had a garrison of 8,000 or 10,000 men, and was the chief military depot for the whole of South Finland. If the arsenal and stores have been destroyed and the powder magazines blown up, the material damage must be immense, and a long time must elapse before the Russian colossus will be able to supply the loss. Will the allied fleet be content with this achievement; without deriv ing more direct results from it, without attempt ' in , to take possession of the works, of which the power of resistance, if not wholly destroyed, must necessarily havOeen much weakened Thequestion is impossibe to answer, as nothing has occurred' to indicate the intention of the commanders. An occupation does not appear probable, as the fleet has no land troops for the purpose. But it is pos sible the event may bring about some change in the plan of operations in the Baltic. In the meantime we heartily congratulate the allies—we could almost say cur allies—on the unexpected event, the first of the year, and we hope now, with some degree of confidence, that it will not be the last before the winter closes in. It would not surprise us if the flames of Sweaborg should help to melt the icy bond of the neutrality that now protects the flank of the Russian giant. It is at least certain that they will contribute to strengthen and vivify the sympathy for the cause of justice and civilisa tion among the people of the North." SPAIN. Th e Madrid papers of - the 24th have come to hand, but contain little of i n t erest. The Espana asserts that 50 bales of merchandise are daily smuggled from Oleron across the frontier at a' moderate cost, Without meeting with any obstacle on the road, and justly observes that, if matters are allowed to continue on that footing, the cus- , toms' revenues will soon disappear from the budget. The same paper states that the subscriptions to the voluntary loan amounted at Barcelona, by the last accounts, to 10,000,000 reals. A private letter from Madrid, of the 25th says :—There has been a mischievous rumour spread of a fresh outbreak at the Escurial. But there is no fear of that ; there op 100 horse and 300 foot at the Elotiri4l, all old ~~. , t .. , The King of the Belgians and Count de Flandre left Brussels yesterday morning, for the camp of Beverloo. M. ecker, the Belgian Minister of the Inte rior, and M. Mercier', Minister of Finance, have returned. to Brussels, from their visit to Paris. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 30.=-Wind thin day : at noon, N.E. ; light breeze, andoloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Wind W.S. W.—Sailed— George Canning, for Carthagena. POOLE, Aug. 29 —Wind W.—Arrived—Albion, from Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 29.—'Wind N.W.—Sailed—Frowning Beauty. for Auckland Isles ; H.M.S. Alarm, Pacific ; Maria, Malaga ; ranger, Corunna. FALMOUTH, Aug. 29.--Wind variable.—Arrived—Ton gataboo, from Moulmein ; T. J. Rogers, Havana ; Poly nesia, Alexandria. BRISTOL, Aug. 29. — Wind S.W.—Arrived -- Flirt, from Smyrna. PWLLHELI, Aut. 29.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrived—St. George, from Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Ulidia, from Havana; A. B. Vandolinda, St. John's, N. 8.; Eduard, Gdatz ; Salonica, Liverpool, for Alexan swirls, to stop a hak. CASTLETOWN, Aug. 23.—Wind B.E.—Sailed—Mi randa, for the rAyde and Rio Janeiro; Rocroo, St. John's. smotos, Aug. 29. - -Wind W.—Arrived—Balmoral, from Alexandria. Sailed—Mary Bell, for Mauritius ; Elizabeth, Skykei, and Edward, for Constantinople. SUNDERLAND, tug. 29.—Wind W.—Sailed—Mangos tein, for Calcutta; Rover's Bride,- Alexandria. ELSINORE, Aug 26.—A barque is on shore on Anholt Reef. MANILLA, JUlY5.—The British barque Ceylon, hence for Sydney, N.S.V., foundered in the Straits of Min dora, 18th May, hiving encountered heavy weather ; mate and two men save(. (PEI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, S. Arrived —Thebes, from Alexandria; Otter, Havre; Torquato Tasso, Nenice'; Minho, Lisbon. Off—Devon, ant Windsor Castle. Saiied—Aeme, for Quebec. The Royal Chaster was safely launched this morning's tide, and is expected in the Mersey this evening. QIIEENSTOWN, Aug. 28. Wind, S.W. Arrived—taidi 4 , from Havannah ; A. B. Vanolinda, St. John'i ; Serat, Saffi ; Edward, Galatz. Sailed—Pilot azd Ann, for Antwerp. DUBLIN, :Aug. 28. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Sarahßerkett, from Porto Rico. Olt SUBMAAINX AND BRITISH TELEGRAPR.) GRAVIthEND, Thursday, 10.20 a.m. Wind, N.W. ; We, low water ; weather fine. •• Arriied, Angust29—Asia, from Quebec ; Ram, Gefle ; Protector, Jamaica; Prima, Guernsey ; London, Jamaica. August 30—Carl, from Leer ; Naiad, Haparanda. DEAL, Thursday, 9.49 a.m. Wind N.N.Z., light. , Passed—BeHairs,' for Portsmouth ; Malaga ; Alfieri, Genoa ; Borneo, Cardiff ; General de Caen, Havre —all from Loudon; Betty Black, barque, from North wavd, for Westward. Anchored—Napareino, 4rom Trioidad, for London. THE NEW NEWSPAPER AcT.—The Glasgow Daily Ga:ette, a penny journal recently started, published its last .number on Saturday.-s—North British... Daily Mail.' Prince Albert has deigned to accept the title of Hono rary Member of the Cercie Imperial, which was offered to him by General Count d'Ornano, in the name of the tnerubers of the Cercle. NEWSPAPER MORTALITY.— The Kilmarnock Chreeticie issued its last ntmber on Thursday. Some few weeks ago this paper, whose short and feverish course has ter minated, underwent a transformation from a 4,!d. heb domadal to a 1 1. thrice a week. Like many others of the too cheap papers, though ably edited, it has been borne to the tonb of all the Capulets. SERGEANT BZODIE DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE. —On Monday, Sergeant Brodie, of the First Royal Dragoons, whose conduct in preventing the duel in con nection with the "practical joking " has repeatedly been referred to in tlese columns, proceeded, according t o his route, to Clatham, to undergo the usual inspec tion previous tc being discharged from her Majesty's service ; while &djutaut Webster, who prompted the duel and ordeted his men to " Knock the sergeant down with the butt-end of their carbines " if he re sisted being taken to the guard-room for preventing its consummaticn, has been promoted to a captaincy in the Turkish Contingent, the sergeant is to be re , warded with his discharge from the service ! This may be Horse Guards law, but it is not English justice.— South-Eastern Gt.:die. BULL FIGHT.—The Cambrian describes a terrific con flict which took place last week between two bulls on the banks of the Cleddan, near the village of Barnsley, Pembrokeshire. The a nimals were in separate meadows with the river between them. After sundry mutual bellowings and hoarse. challenges to the combat, one of them 'cram across to his antagonist, and the fight com menced. Several men tried to separate them, but in vain- At last one of tbe bulls was driv en i n t o th e river ; the other followed, and the fight was continued in the water 0120 of the ocembattutts WEB killed. 2vj i u; p a rt, of the place. The flames spread with frightful ' rapidity; they rose higher than the dome of the church, and at times the smoke was so dense that Swea borg was entirely hidden from our view. The enemy must have suffered enormous losses. Four of the six large mortars in the Abraham battery having become unfit for further use, in consequence of their having been so heavily loaded in order to reach the distant part of Sweaborg, two large howitzers were landed from the line-of-battle-ships, and placed in position in the bat tery. On the following day firing was commenced from them, and their shells went beyond Langorn ; the Rus sian line-of-battle ships anchored near that islands. " The extensive conflagration which was destroying Sweaborg during the night of the 10th was increased by a breeze of wind which sprung up and tended to extend the fire. At four o'clock in the morning of the 11th, Rear-Admiral Dunclas sent an officer to tell me that as we had attained the object of our attack, he proposed to put an end to the bombardment. As this suggestion coincided with my opinion, I made the signal to cease firing. I, however, gave orders to each vessel to remain in its position, and to recommence firing if a single shot should be fired from the Rnssian batteries. "Thus terminated the bombardment of Sweaborg, which lasted 45 hours. The French vessels and the Abraham battery threw on the citadel or into the arsenal 4.150 projectiles, of which 2.823 were shells. During the nights of the 11th and 12th, all the materiel which had been landect i on the Island a of Abiaham for the estih hshment of the battery was re-embarked on board our vessels. In the course of these operations, the move ments of the English vessels and our own were nearly the same ; it might have been said that they had both been commanded by the same ch;ef, - Efo admirable was . the ensemble. The success of the one, was enthusiastically applauded by the other. "As I have already had the honour to inform your Excellency, notwithstanding the great number of pro jectiles which fell round our vessels, we have no loss to regret. It appeared as if Providence watched over us, and it was evidently shown in the two following facts: —A ball struck the carriage of a gun on board the Tempete gun-boat, and the splinter which flew from, it knocked down Lieut. Lefort. It was thought that he was killed, but when some men hastened to pick him up, he ro.e by himseif without appearing to suffer from the blow he had received. On board the gun-boat Aigrette, a redhot shot passing through the deck, fell into the powder magazine between a copper case and the partition, to which it set fire, but it was iroinediatey put out by the hose of the fire engine being directed to the spot, and no further mischief ensued. " I cannot conclude, Monsieur l'Amiral, without re peating to you that I have to speak in the warmest terms of the eager co-operation afforded to me by all, officers, sailors, and soldiers. I must say to you, Excel lency that wherever I went during the bombardment, on board the gun-boats, the mortar-vessels, or at tl o Abraham battery, I found the men full of ard ana devotedness, and expressing by cries of enthusiasm the happiness they felt at having an opportunity of striking a blow at the enemy. I hope that your Excellency w,ll call the attention of his Majesty to their conduct. I am, &c, "PENAIID." BIRMINGBAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. IDE CHILD MURDER AT BRISTOL. e. r of The jury empanneled to inquire into the r aurde 0 Melinda Payne re-assembled yester d a y morning ai : 4 Rownham Tavern, before Mr. J. B. Grindon, on Since the last meeting of the jury a minute searbDirf been made by th e p o lice of the ground o n each side a t the footpath where the body was found, the r esult. 0 which has been the discovery of a stone jar ar lsweri l in description to the one which the child took with b . e b red marks, and of some white woollen twist, aPP 3- e iti part of the fringe of a shawl. The jar was COVE " e a a number of stones Ton one of which were digc °lll. ma-ks of blood. Sarah Payne, mother of the deceased child, saicV: t The jar which my daughter took with her to fetchefr'e ram Cook's Folly wag exactly like the one now b to t . eie, but it had no mark upon it by which I can g wear e's It. On the day of the murder I sent Melinda to C 0 0 ,4 Folly about 6 o'clock in the evening. I told her to fetch a hn qu h art of beer, and gave her 6d. to pay for ,i t ', o l o elc - and was nursing the baby from 6 o'clocleto °° a bet on the night of the murder. He took off his shoes e o he came home, and took the baby from me while 1 ' l o t about my work. Melinda had on a linen garden °,O when she went away, with no riband on it, a bureeit frock, and a coarse white pinafore • she was i n the° e" of carrying some doll's ornaments ' in her bosom i t c ° l :l times, but whether she had any on this even in g 1 0,1 know. The riband found by police-constab,loL:Fsrribget here shown to the witness, who continued— -"' • e l ter loeks to me very like one of the strings with n b ic e yes child sometimes tied up her hair, but lam not et, about it, A piece of blue riband, with a gilt or b ut was here produced by Mr. Inspector Attwood, b ti b ye witness_did not recognise it as belon ing to her d gu e g eiea She added, the child had a handkerchief full of this g iro of things at home, which had been given to her t° , her her doll, and was seldom without some of them '•:,a he bosom. h When her little brother came home he ,l i t ben It was met his sister. I then sent him to search i c l di(' wa t s el s eight o'clock. My husband weyte go.evas He not r h e n t m nr e,,saistg , t i b t : r. l om hi e tn tim w e hi a o f h ter 7 when the boy went otut. bo o i t n i time e t h ; e h he boy's absence. noteen Woutheonr the e t b o oy n big w `.l - Wit h . search for her, as begged lthoug n h l t y sh h e u m sb ig an h out his sister I the rocks. He immediately put on his shoes, so d lit 0 p uponegulley, and the two biggest children °tote My husband said they Lad better 11 , 1 1 j0 IV A and another. h‘,use meet l at the top 'of the down. I r emairiL e e A ° : husband h t s er v e e tagr ig iel:v e rc e eilt4 It was not dark at the time. My lio"clodl the boy . and girl all returned together * about 10 .+ ° m• 10 11 I went out with my husband soon after 10 • 10 11 walked up the lower gully with a lantern ;a In) g ee tbe r 0 . and my husband, who had d another, climbed uP,_ to hii , We met again on the down. About 12 orlo o. 1 1 0, band returned home with me. We bad In3ither, d e norsee l n anything to excite our suspicions 111”_nebed. for th: f , l i I time. was in and out all night look ng passed the spot where the body w as afterwluicliseeig„,% on my return. I continued going in and ° tl fledir for the child till four o'clock, at which hour our ' bo a got up and went out with my husband. 31 1„ hu l s ocl,, had rot gone to bed that night. Soon after ‘ii se e 0'; heard that the body of my child had been fuu n Thbe f n o e n v n e d r s i n e e t n h e such z a l g le ), n e i knife h e a r s i t n h o e n o r n h e o up:: d o u r e t e il d itt o f All fbfirroocd,o:hidna,CgrillnoieffstaotLndhoretavokiennriiiihfnoeogil,wet the e b b o of our neighbours. 0 ee .ri t" boy of as ehixeclehiewexcle t;c:rt)deeTirtj; e a ll b s o , u o t n m itdhwewayd day yn the e e g t i r h d l e e t 4° discovered. d tO t e e he Thomas Alfred King, donkey-driver, depos e- , o f , n , as out with a donkey carriage on the efeTPuP:, tio turday week, and saw a little girl answering t le a i P f n of deceased coming from Cook's Folly', lf ,e — t ° ,P e rs ° ittle before 7 "clock. About 9he went to t : e pesd Black Rock Gully, with some other boys , ne . tle '''.' their denkeys, and their saw Payne w i t h hie I ober f a o n u d n, g l ir t l he se n a h rc ii h d in a g nd fo h r r t o h o e ,h c t hil h d e . r Payne honie said th'icb la g ill thewmitsioiamne, Skinner, an he w e ' ll , t he ne confirmed the evidence of the mother of the u— e tetg' 0 money, quarryman, who lndoed,teelisior'lr'li:ol the evening g an o d f being at from the b t t ill/e e got i lig 4 o'clock on the Sunday searching for the child, morning, n a in n g d also and t jaoio the for some time, and had ne li ve e r h s a ee d n i e v i e t d he w r it°ll tily ilit.re'o f th eil ( the child. Cook's .Mary Folly, A ee r e? o 'C e e c e t e e (I r a ' lift ' 1 j a ° 1 11 : 9 ; °° ` : €" "C n r r e14::11 :" : io s : if : I sixpennypo t f ion of Saturdayt beer,he deceased kan.stetdl little hebefore coming on t l7y g o her oatosi oy l i ne o kci u , e : 0 tn' thetee ea se' l e. : : a b T o u h t e 5 i n m q i n n i u ry t e s w . i.e dal ries as then adjourned till Vi'euej te ttl tb itt Iti c4 kadtt th ee °% Cc it a 1,11 el Il l'it 1 tiara Chic] 'OO4 !, 1 •_1 e : 1 'tkt. '4 tht t , b d%!,,, 3 4'Pil s~ ►i • '