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

ROYAL OPERA, IYRURY..I.-ANE. . , Lame% Mr. E. T. Srdltb.• . , THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed MA , zANIELLO. Characters by Messrs Far qnhars n, erberte, H. Brahain, fi Hams, and Elliot Caler ; Mdlle. Julie ani is, Lanza To conclude with MIDAS. Prices or admission:--To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; stills, 4s. • private boxes to sdmlt two pers ons , 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office Open from 10 to 6 daily. . • THBATEE ROYAL HAY3LARKET. • Under 'the management' of Mr. Buell:stone. fi P glbalerforited THE BUST BODY. - Pollowecl-by COURT FAVOUR. - To be followed by OLYMPUS IN A MUDDLE; or, Wrong People In Wrong Places. To ecipelude with THE SPANISH DANCERS. [tyYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Minagement of Mr. Caussam KZAP - • =IS EVENING, , 4 Perfofined - HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING.: *Ear ALNIG HENRY THE EIGHTH. Wilson Ea t "' xle..Mr4 - 4 0.-Kean.; Cardinal Woisey, hfr. C. Kean. - TR 111A;PRIC ROYAL -- A - DELPHI. Proprietor, Xi. B. Webstet.Difeatregi. MsAtm= Celeste. - THIS EVENING. Will be performed VICTORINE. .After which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? To eon:lade with FRATERNISATION: ROYAL STRAND TIMATRE. • Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be ,performed FOUNDED ON FACTS. Followed by TILE GALICIAN FETE. After which. GIONEM• To which will be added UNA NOCHE DE FIESTA EN SEVILIA. T o conclude with MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOU G inn ISA DS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Unabated and triumphant attraction *of 3 fazeppe.—Fourth and last week of Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams. THIS EVENING, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, designated by the public press the itenomenen of the Day. Mr. William Cooke has'trainel 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 arr. Nelson Lee's Farce, A RAFFLE for an ELEett,txr, bitroducimi Mr. W. Cooke's sagacious Elephant. W , st 'l:a-Witco open Isom age r, Eleven till Four. stage Man mr. . . keting Ntanazer. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director W , hlr. W, Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY —Morn. 39 min. aft. 3 I Evening 0 min. aft. 4 To- Moßßow—Morn.2lmin.aft. 4 f Evening 42min. aft. 4 ;;. Orrias,• Aug. 30. THEHNOMETER. IS THE SHADE. 72 -h'g'nest since noon yesterday. s:i -:owest this morning and during the night. 2 -this day, at noon. aAROMETZE, 30'30. WIND. N.E.—Light breeze, and clowly at times. 7' "rz: ' --5 s LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1856. The judicious and sensible proposition of Lord STAIsLEY 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 is ameliorated. The important modifications of the existing laws, the eradication of the abuses which have sprung up during a succession of ages, can never bp completely effected until suitable oppor tunities are supplied for the work. Men who will not, perhaps we might say cannot, devote them 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 arid 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 btclitialry business of the session is taken into consideration. The machinery of legialation has rnsf.a,- and mu 011 V by depiled to p,parL y (1i. p ,41.0 or some topic of ,peculiar. urgency. : Even Feb ruary and March are wasted in varied and fruit les3 OiSCU*OII, and it, is not until after Easter that the work really , progresses and the legislator - show; hirriself 'to le' 'in earnest ruis would,, however, s-be entirely changed if Notember 'rind the first half of peoeilAber were converted into the real business.. periods: More especially if they were made theseason for finally decidirif itild carrying in' topracticaloperation, if ap proved, the measures brought forward by indepen dent members, which are now lost from the-mere want of- opportunity for discussion. At present, huwever cleci6ive 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, 80 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 Legisla ture 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 importan principle established from receiving a fair or coin plate trial. ID all the-other occupations of life we find the winter the real season of work. The law terms conclude early in Jane, Michaelmas 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 , Tnne. These•are, indeed, the natural periods for parties engaged in occupations that render a so- Pura •in town inclispensible. 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-days exercises its natural, iutluence over members whin wound be vigilant at season s of less oppressive heat, when there were no extraordiva,7 causes conduc ing to•somnolency. It is not with any desire to detract from the " r ePutation of th e es ti m able you ng nobleman by whom the preposition bag been put forward, that we claim fur ourselves the credit of having long since repeatedly urged on public attention the propriety and exp e di ency of a w i n t er session, which, if properly disposed of, would lead to early prorogation, and continuous legislation, c arrying on each meas ure until it had been finally disposed of on its merits. By these m eans, b ot h Douses would find ample occupation during the wl. ol ° sek•ion. The Lords would not be kept v fa iti n in THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY gYENING. AUGUST 80 lA5b ~\ \. `~ soldiers of tried fidelity, and commanded by offi cers to be relied tn. AUSTRIA. ( From the Times' Correspondent.) VIENNA, Aug. 26.—The ALbtricai public is ex tremely impatient to learn the conditions of the Concordat which has just been concluded with Rome, 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 is of extreme interest and importance, but it is one of such great delicacy that 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 tile 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 derstandine. on the Eastern Question, but it is pro bable that their attention has been forcibly at traded 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 Suabian neighbour. Austria, for reasons of her own, upholds the Bund, but it enjoys neither consideration nor authority among the cther German States. Prussia laughs the so-called " Central Power" to scorn ; and, not long since, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, when his .hitterschaft (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 un well. 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 Rona 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 j motive for so unjust an attack on his part. Never theless, we will not depart from our invariable sys tem, which coipists in 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 Corriere ltaliand of Vienna announces that the Abbe Valenziani, chief secretary to the Papal nuncio at Vienna, has set out for Rome with the Concordat° just concluded with the Imperial Go vernment. He .is expected to return with the ratification of it about the , middle of September. The King of the Belgians and Count de. Flandre left Brussels yesterday morning, for the camp of Beverloo. M. Dedecker, 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. 304—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; light breeze, and cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Wind George Canning, for Cartha..oena. PooLR, Aug. 29.—Wind - W.—Arrived—Albion, from Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Vind N.W.—Sailed—Frowning Beauty. for Auckland Isles; H.M.S. Alarm, Pacific; Maria, Malaga ; Ranger, Corunna. FALmouni, Aug. 29.—Wind variable.—Arrived--Ton gataboo, from Moulmein ; T. J. Rogers, Havana ; Poly nesia, Alexandria. BRIITOL, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Flirt, from Smyrna. l i WuatErd, Aug. 29.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrived—St. George, from Quebec. , Qu E ENSTOWN, Aug. 2 8. —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Ulidia, from Havana; A. B. Vandolinda, St. John's, N. 8.; Eduard, Galatz ; Salonica, Liverpool, for Alexan andria, to stop a leak. CASTLETOWN, Aug. 23.---Wind randa, for the Clyde and Rio Janeiro; Roue°, •St. Jobn's. Smnrios, Aug. D.—Wind W.—Arrived —Balmoral, from Alexandria. Sailed—Mary Bell, for Mauritius ; Elizabeth, Skykes, and Edwahl, for Constantinople. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 29.—Wind W.—Sailed—Mangos tein, for Calcutta; Rover's Bride, Alexandria. ELSINORE, Aug. 26.—A barque is on shore on Anholt Reef. MANILLA, July s.—The British barque Ceylon, hence for Sydney, N.S.W., foundered in the Straits of Min dora, 18th May, having encountered heavy weather ; mate and two men saved. (FEB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, S Arrived —Thebes, from Alexandria; Otter, Havre ; Torquato Tasso, Venice ; Minho, Lisbon. Off—Devon, and Windsor Castle. Sailed—Acme, for Quebec. The Royal Charter was safely launched this morning's ide, and is expected in the Mersey this evening. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 28. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Midis, from Havannah; A. B. Vanolinda, St. John's; Seraph, Sall; Edward, Galatz. Sailed--Pilot and Ann, for Antwerp. LATEST N EWS. BERLIN, Aua. 29. The Allied fleets have retired from immediately before Cronstadt, and have taken up another posi- tion. 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 Mco 1 ief." 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 Candia 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 had completely recovered from the indisposition under which he had been labouring. BOURSE, AUG. 20.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4} per Cents 95 —91 f. 75c. 3 per Cents Ciedit Mobilier 1290 Roman Credit Fancier 535 Austrian Belgian Fives — -- Spanish Threes — Piedmontese — Horne Debt 3o_ RAILWA YS —7OH CASH. ft. c. Orleans 1220 Ronen Western B2B 75 Strasburg Cette 742 50 Havre . 7OO Mediterranean Northern Lyons .. . 1225 Austrian Com...—. 707 50 fr• c RUSSIA. The Invalide Busse publishes a long report from General do 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 command s , p ar ti cu l ar l y Count Os-n-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, levee en =ease had come to Simpheropol, from the government, of Kursk. The next. dar,was one l 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. T tn I.deed . the p ar t o f th e 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 hail, my gallant countrymen ! I welcome you, in the name pf 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 11 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 a§ Russians ought to do ; that you will 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 sullier!. In the meanwhile, brothers in arms, let us cry . Hurrah for our orthodox Emperor, for mother Russi a (‘ nas chei m atu sc hki R oss ii '), 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 c onversa ti on . 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. Th 9 Stockholm Aftonblad thus commences an article on the fall of Sweaborg, 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 Bsltic have opened on the northern Sebastopol, and the echo of their music bas 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 achievenient, without deriv ing more direct results from it, without attempt ing to take possession of the works, of which the power of resistance, if not wholly destroyed, must necessarily have been much weakened ? The questionis impossibe to an swer , as not hi ng h as occurr e d 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 w i nter 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 gi an t. I t i s at l east certa i n that they will contribute to strengthen and vivify the sympathy for the cause of justice and civilisa tion among the people of the North." I SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the 24th have come to band, but contain little of interest. The Espana asserts that 50 bales of merc h andise are daily smuggled from Oleron acros s th e frontier at a modrate 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 are 100 horse and 300 foot at the Escurial, all old buBLIN, Aug. 28. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Sarah Berkett, from Porto Rico. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.20 a.m. Wind, N.W. ; tile, low water; weather fine. Arrived, August 29—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.E., light. Passed—Behairs, for Portsmouth ; Amelia, Malaga ; Alfieri, Genoa ; Borneo, Cardiff; General de Caen, Havre —all from Lnndon; Betty Black, barque, from North ward, for Westward. Auchored—Napareino, from Trinidad, for London. THE NRW NEWSPAPER ACT.—The Glasgow Daily Gazette, a penny journal recently started, published its last number on Saturday.—North British Daily Mail. Prince Albert has deigned to accept the title of Hono rary Member of the Cercle Imperial, which was offered to him by General Count d'Ornano, in the name of the members of the Cercle. NEWSPAPER MORTALITY.— The Kilmarnock Chronicle issued its last number on Thursday. Some few weeks ago this,paper, whose short and feverish course has ter minated, underwent a transformation from a 4id. heb domadal to a lid. thrice a week. Like many others of the too cheap papers, though ably edited, it has been borne to the tomb of all the Capulets. SERGEANT BRODIE DISCHARGED FROSE 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 these columns, proceeded, according to his route, to Chatham, to undergo the usual inspec tion previous to being discharged from her Majesty's service ; while Adjutant Webster, who prompted the duel and ordered 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 consummation, 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 Gazette. 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„ PembrokeAliire. The animals a ere in separate meadows with the river between them. After sundry mutual bellowings and hoarse challenges to the combat, one of them swam across to his antagonist, and the fight com menced. Several men tried to separate them, but in vain. At last one of the bulls was driven into the river the other followed, and the fight was continued in the I water until one of the combatants was killed. THE :BOMBARDAIE.NT OF SWEABORG. The Minister of Marine and Colonies has re ceived the follo*rng report from Rear-Admiral Penaud, Commander of the French division in the Baltic : "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, comtleander 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-vesseis. These vessels, five in number, the Tocsin, the Fournaise, the Trombe, the Torche, and the Bombe, armed each with two 124 inch mortars, and commanded by Lieu tenants de Vaisseau de Leotard de Ricard, Cuisinier- Delisle, Souzy, Cottin, and Buret, anchored in the centre of the fine 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 converge. Eight English mortar-vessels, each carrying a 13-inch mortar, occupied the left; eight others the right. Haw sers 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 Tourruente, the Trumpete, the Dra gonne, and the Fulminante, commanded by Lieutenants de Vaisseu Mer, Tresse, Jonuart, Maudet, Barry, and Harel, anchored outside the mortar-vessels on a parallel line. The frigate the Isis, Commander Cleret-Langa vant, andfthe corvette the Galath6e ' Commander Ma nce !, were taken to th e eas t of Skog-kar 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 Capts. de Vaisseau Laurencin of the Austerlitz, Taffart ue 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 during all the night. On being disembarked the men wet 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 epaulement of 20 metres long by 3.t 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 he 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 ceminanded by the young and zealous lieutenant de Vais-eau 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-vessels, 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 Est-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 1" 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 and 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 dia. 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 frirate and two English ships of the line against the Back-Holmen forte, and to the left by three frigates of the same nation against Drumsio island. At about half-past eleven a second explosion, much more considerable than the first one, took place in the Isle Vargon, and was followed by a very violent 'nonfts g eaeaer, wnicn 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 Sweabore, for from that moment the enemy responded less vigorously to our fire. Several batteries even completely ceased to fire ; then Langorn and Back- Holmen 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 th em some cap tains of guns and gunners who volunteered from the dif ferent vessels. All the men of this class presented 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 of 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 other' were added to the battery. Some of the mortar-vessel, 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 eight English boats approached Sweaborg, and threw congreve rockets into it. "The proceedings of the 9th had given brilliant re sults ; those of the 10th were not less so. At daybreak we perceived that the Russian three-decker was no longer in the place she had occupied in the Gustafs-Vard Pass. Several projectiles had reached her on the pre vious evening, and the enemy had taken advantage of the darkness to place hsr out of the reach of our shot. " As soon as the Russians perceived that our mortar vessels had taken up their former mooring -line, they began to fire with a sort of fury from the fort of Gustafs- Vard, from Back Holmen, and from the vessel anchored near Langorn. They directed their fire particularly against Abraham's Isle, where th e F renc h fl ag fl oa t e d . Splinters of shells, a n d fragme n t s of stone covered this rock. and yet we had not a single man wounded. The artillery of the flotilla recommenced the fire with _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 e end 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 Holmen, 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 expcsed for some time to a well sustained fire on the part of the enemy. She was also withdrawn from her too advanced position by the Tempete, which had just rendered the Caine service to the Tocsin. " I had remarked that the fire of the gun-boats with solid shot was not so efficacious as could have been wished, and their supply of shells of 19 centimetres having b een ex h auste d , t h ey went alongs id e t h e line-of battle s hip s t o c h ange t h e h a l f of the i r 50-pounder cannons for 22 centi me t res mor tars. This operation was effected e ery 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 establishments quite in the western i Part of - the place. The flames spre a d w ith f r i g h t f ul raridity ; they rose higher than the dome of the church, and at times the smoke was so dense that Swea borg Has entirely hidden from our view. The enemy roust have suffered enormous losses. Four of the six large mortars in the Abraham battery having become aefit fir further use, - et consequettee 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 Dundas sent an officer to tell me that as we had attained the object of our attack, be 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 landed on the Island of Abraham for the estab lishment 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 chief, so 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 Ternpete 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 np, 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 immediately put out by the hose of the fire-engine being directed to the spot, and no further mischief ensued. "1 cannot conclude, Monsieur l'Areiral, 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 roust say to your Excel lency that wherever I went during the bombardment, on board the gun-boats, the mortar-vessels, or at the Abraham battery, I found the men full of ardour and 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 will call the attention of his Majesty to their conduct. I am, &c., "PErrama." BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. BIRMINGHAM, 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 redetnanded 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 be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to ever lasting "—remained standing, to cheer Mr. Costa at the conclusion. Such cheering bas 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 possessed the genius of Handel, he could hardly have succeeded in constructing a really effective 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— Eli, 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 joyful state, when God has blessed her with a son. The air in which her affliction is portrayed—" Turn Thee unto me, and have mercy upon me "—is devout and beautiful ; while that which reveals the abundance of her joy when, in the Temple of Shiloh, she pours out her gratitude to the Lord for having given her Samuel—"l will extol Thee, 0 Lord "—is extremely happy, and has, moreover, a touch of the Handel bravura about it both in form and sentiment, by no means unwelcome. The personage of Samuel is, perhaps, the most successfully ueveiopeu Lir .11. The tranquil piety of the heaven-de• voted child is well expressed from the first, ana toe,. not a more chaste and expressive melody in the oratorio than Samuel's morning prayer in the temple, " Lord, from my bed I rise." The evening prayer, though grace ful, is in a tone less purely devotional ; but the whole character of Samuel is marked by a serious purport, and a power of sustaining which is a gift of itself. Mr. Costa has given Eli to a bass (Herr Formes), Hannah to a soprano (Madame Castellan), and Samuel to a contralto (Madame Viardot Garcia). For a tenor he has been compelled to go over from the Israelites to the Philistines, from the mouth of whose chief, a mighty .nan of Gath (Mr. Sims Reeves), we have one of the most vigorous 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 tenor parts—Elkanah, the husband of Hannah and father of Samuel, and a very small one in the person of messenger of the Israelites (Herr Reichardt), who brings the news to Shiloh of their defeat by the Philis tines. There is aiso 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 house of Eli. Into the merits of the various recitatives, airs, and concerted pieces distributed among these personages we cannot enter now ; suffice it, they exhibit many decided beauties, are all essentially vecal, 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 evident in the choruses, and constitutes, indeed, one of the principal defects of the oratorio, In the choruses, while examples of spirit, brilliancy, and even dra natic power are frequent, there is a singular inequality. Some are evident'y wr . ten with extreme care ; others ~eein to have been finished too hastily. Several spe eimens of fugue are to be found among them, the lest of which occurs in the second part of the invoca tion of the Israelites, when they march against their enemies—on the words, "So persecute them with Thy tempest." This is the most interesting of all, and the hest conduct€d, the florid accompaniments of stringed instruments reminding the hearer of Mendelssohn, while 'he theme is in the manner of Handel. None of the usues of Mr. Costa are what is called elaborate. They In not display any great exercise of contrapuntal inge uitv, nor are they remarkable for those cunning de• vices of augmentation, inversion, and so forth, o f w hi c h the fugues of Bach, Handel, an d Mendelssohn are so fruitful, and by means of which these gifted musicians delighted to exhibit their learning. But Mr. Costa's ''agues have one great distinguishing quality —they are clear, and therefore effective. Besides this they are all based on simple and well-defined themes. As examples of this clearness, and the strength that is derived from it, we may point to the "Hosanna" in 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 mithet "the descriptive" music in Eli is clever end spirited, but certainly too theatrical for a sacred ratorio. We would instance the scene of the " Un godly 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, both in the character of the themes and the colouring imparted 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 Handel's 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 -ver, 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 oratorio 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 praises wliichj are his just due. His ambition was laudable; and be has exhibited a degree of talent in Eli which en titles him to the high respect of musicians and lovers of music, if it is not likely to bring him immortality. The execution may be described in a word—perfec 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• ductor. The principal singers —Madame Viardot Gar cia (Samuel), Madame Castellan (Hannah), Mr. Sims Reeves (the Philistine Chief and Elkanah), Mr. Weiss (the Man of God), Herr Reichert (the Israelitish Mes- senger), and Herr Formes (Eli)—were admirable with out exception. Of their performances, h oweve r, we ;ball have more t o say to - morrow. The numbers pre sent in the hall to-day were 1,608, and the receipts amounted to 1,197/. 18s. 8d (including donations.) CRICKET.--SIISSEX v. YORKSHIRE.—Thiq match was resumed on Tuesday, and at the close of the day the score stood thus—Sussex, let innings, 292 ; Yorkshire, Ist innings, 103 ; 2d inning, six wickets down, 43. When is the report of the Commissioners in relation to the Hyde-park disturbances to make its appearancel The case was surely clear enough to render the task easy to able and conscientious men ; and though tho Recorder of London, as a member of the Legiilature, 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 souls in patience on that account, bub have as much right to expect an early result as if no im pediment to his acceptance of remuneration existed. Upwards of a 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 such steps as their advisers may deem necessary. On the other hand, if the police, or a portion of them, really are guilty of an illegal onslaught on unoffending men, women, and child re n, th e 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 eta decision affect ing the public and public officers , can be best vin dicated. While on this subject, we ,cannot refrain from eilling attention to the ,present results of what may be called the experiment now being Wed in Kensii;gtar-gardims. It is hardly necessary to say that we have no sympathy with those who, in tb A r.J.....1.....6 ch.....1a . , ..r ottetr nature, nout forth as their gospel the assertion that the masses, as a whole, are governed by brute in stinct; and. have no taste for the good and beau tiful. Excellent judges, doubtless, in their own case, we might pass the assertion unques lioned 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, beautifu vistas, glorious foliage, and life-inspiring air o 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 thing 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. _lnstead 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 Tail of being interpreted into praise if croaking bad tunes in bad time to an asthmatic organ or a rheumatic contrabasso 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 recreation 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 a whole, has proved itself so worthy of the boons conferred upon it. The result will be the best answer to caviller; and will prove not only that such recreation is con ducive to health, but also that health is conducive to a sturdy morality. Hi.l 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 men ing, for Paris. The Earl of Stamford and Warrington was married, yesteiday, at Clewer 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 Smii,b, at Watton House, Ware. Mr. and Lady Isabella Whitbread are at present making a tour in the south of France. DOMEARDENT OF SWEABORG.—It will be recollected that the Pickle, gun-boat, bad the honour of firing t he gest shell into Sweaborg. Lieutenant G. B. Wriford, of the Royal Marine Artillery-=honourably mentioned in the dispatches for the well-directed fire of the Pickle's mortar, of which that officer bad charge—is the son of our late townsman, Captain Samuel Wriford, R.M. Plymenth Mail. IMPUDENT - RoBBEBY.--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 DISOOVERY.---At the annual meeting of the Somerset Archwological Association, which extended over three days, it was stated that the remains of a rhi noceros and other extinct animals had lately been dis covered i n th e neighbourhood of Taunton, in connection with the trees of a f ores t i n w hi c h they lived. These trees were of existing species, viz., oak, alder, hazel, &c., thus 1c that the climate , of the country, when e rhinecerop, bear, tiger, el e phant, h it y w en a a s , i & nh c a g bi w t 4 d as t 2ih much th e s ame as ft is now. 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 -.Tannery, as well as one introduced in January b e i n g 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 observat.ce. We trust, then, that Lord STANLEY'S 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- T'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. THE CHILD MURDER AT BRISTOL. lurder °f The jury empannelad to inquire into the nr- t he Melinda Payne re-assembled yesteri a , morning 5' Row tiham Tavern, before Mr. J. B. Grindon, cororlfho Si. ce the latt meetii g of the jury a minute sea c , e of been made by the police of the g round on each so of the footpath where the body was found, the resuavg which has been the discovery of a stone jar answ,.eter in tlescription to the one which the child took wit u _i t t on her errand, of a piece of black riband stained "00 red marks, and of some white woollen twist, alaPa re ,, t li part of the fringe of a shawl. The a number of stones, on one of which were disco l'' ma, , ks of blood. id,' Sarah Payne, mother of the deceased c hild, 0 , er The jar which my daughter took with her to fetchbeut.`oo from Cook's Folly was exactly like the one 13051 we r to me, but it had no mark upon it by which I eau 13.0:00 it. On the day of the murder I sent Melinda to f etc h Folly about 6 o'clock in the evening. I told her to i a quart of beer, and gave her 6d, to pay f °r it %010 4 to 8 ° 0 husband was nursing the baby from 6 o'clock on the night of the murder. He took off his shoes ". i t while 1 yinii,et he came home, and took the baby from me about my work. Melinda bad on a linen ga rden b b c roe s when she went away, with no riband on it, Lh e o jar Was coyeredo _j frock, - and a coarse white pinafore ; she was i° t uwose' of carrying some doll's ornaments in her bosom, don t times, but whether she had any on this evening t .,%, l os know. The riband found by who ,' 1. ,./ i besd here shown to the witness, who continued —Th' 9 :l l Is! looks to me very like one of the strings a ot et child sometimes tied up her hair, but I ar° with wh' c we about it. A piece of blue riband, with a gilt or but was here produced by Mr. Inspector Attwoody bil ff bar , witness did not recognise it as belonging to her (l a c 'kive! She added, the_ child had a handkerchief full o f this trio of things at hom e , w hi c h h a d b een given to her tA I . O bet her doll, and wa s s e ld om w ith out some of th ern li'd he bosom. When her little brother came borne be i t; hen had met his sister. I then sent bim to search,. f o r he t ' d id , It was some time after 7 when the boy went ° tl " bot' not tell him which way to go. He retnrned a t hat t t eight o'clock. My husband was at hofile,. / ‘ D ,, dot' time ; he had not been out or put on his si'°; - f itb• ing the boy's absence. When the boy returne° t O l out his sister I begged my husband to g n ,, 05 ,, eye, search for her, as I thought she might have faile d et' the rocks. He immediately put on his shoes, I° ,o iff up one gulley, and the two biggest children vi „ - erst e ' a a n n d other. My husband said they bad better s e d ri o tbe meet at the top of the down. I remaia b e n d Sol house. It was not dark at the time. My lags-a ' l °cl; i the boy and girl all returned toether about 10 , ° c k, • I went out with my husband soon after 10 64 ., i 'c ' t)c bsa,, d ' walked up the lower gully with a lantern iii "••' roc o and my husband, who bad another, climbed oP the lD bt . ,''' We met again on the down. About 12 o 'clock ihes o t i l e to t band returned home with me. We had ll ei nor seen anything to excite our suspicions 11 P to chi l(l. for tbe f 01 time. I was in and out all night look'ng• 01 ,5 0 r n i cl i oe b et i I passed the spot where the body was afterwar,cl;oolo foonrmthye child till f l ou c r o o n , t e i l t o ni c e k d , •g in and ° 11 `,.. odil got up and went out with husband.roy ag o t i r in n l V e h i c p h h h ha ea d rd oo t t h g at on t e he to bo b d e y d o th f a rn t y n c ig h l i i l t d . ha S d n b o e n en aft fo e u r i3 7 i; the _l l o E` ti f d : ( never seen such a knife as the o roduceo ‘ f AS/ found in the Zigsag), either i n dist 0 house or finding Charles o f the Covering, knife, of our neighbours. th a e b b oy la P d w e ofasfa tri, blood, in a drain-hole about which W P at der )1 midway in the pa if order from Clifton to Hotwells, on the day the rn . int to P ro ci vn i ' r i Thomas Alfred King, donkey-driver, depog e ; d o , ' discovered. til t ; tt w iuo a rn s d a o o y u f t de w c i et week,ah s e a adn d d oi s i a k we comingy a . c li p. r irtot r mi i e a geeo girlo oi ns s Ftwhoeeir answering ;e,gv wit e t n b uierh:fis jarsele little before 7 o'clock. About 9be went to t'" t etw" to P ie bd . Black Rock Gully, with some other bole, their donkeys, and their saw Payne with big Ti t f o, o ' 1 and girl searching for the child. Payne said tl icl i ll° the l m %ril s i o ia n n ie , money. found the child and brought her home he s ccl. a at rl d ° , quarryman, wito lodge a l' , e. .. * to confirmed the evidence of the mother of the dec e , - i ted' t the her husband being at home from the tino „ 8- ell i ° d . 4 o'clock e e l o v c e k n i o n n g thejf the Sunday morning, murder, and that al a s n o d .o e h d e i t - :;11; 11 s fo e r arching for the child. He had withj the llitre. some time, and had never seen eit her ~,,, of the child. Mary Ann 0(C 0 rectiole. O'Connor, wife or John t . .. t Cook's Folly, reco ected a little girl er . Pg " be ti''' e ansW 1, r ,4 .p . , scription of the deceased • ' coming to her house lu e e V of sixpenny beer, a little before 7 ' l ck 0 n the place oo o , , the r ing of Saturday week. She only stayed at about 5 minutes. A o ea St. of then , ' • The inquiry was then adjourned till NV edues THE WEATHER AND THE Oa sue. n- T - e weather during the past week having be e- feet' A ° could be wished, the grain has come fast penclitA:er and a large quantity of all descriptions has o rest, h " carried in first-rate condition. Should then fie longer' we now enjoy continue for a week or tw te- A 4l bulk of the harve s t w ill h ave b een secur ed• of new wheat, in excellent condition, arnounti°,,o,reiato quarters, the produce of ten acres of land in c t " o - 03 63 00 bourhood of Sittingbourne, and weighing 1 ,,„ r- 1.0 641 b. per bushel, was shown in Maidstone Thursday last. The potato disease is now to ": s d almost every field planted with that crcp ' therefore, exp ec t e d th at t h e yield of the m uo gr't sorts will be v er y sma ll . T urn i ps, and a ll tr t boa" crops, want rai n , th e l an d b e i ng a l most parc h" Cl' ttl°' hitherto ther e h as b een a b un d ance of fee d for tb s South-Eastern Ga ze tt e . ri ng 9 The weather ha s be en co ld an d unse ttled du - 11 0 i ver r. akn . .r+ the bast week. h ea vy A ' fallen, and there have been occ astoo ..l --;" - ,111•Pr o j blew steadily for some days from the cold o°"it go but latterly from th e more genial south-wes t. f o t few fields have already been cut down, and but ye be ,l • broken weather a fai r commencemen t w ould ha re a l We bets made with harvest in this neighbourhood. op, A „/ to learn that the potato es are not on ly a fine - i r e oter", t - ,j, generally speaking, th e y are " a ll r i g ht." ', a d 0 , / "J, waQ, with a trifling except ion , d ry an d brig,h t Y vf ,ffell' r , get•ier wore a more promising aspect.- 0 /a B9° igb h° i The weather for the l as t f ew d ays in the Il e 01 M r hood of Leed s h as b een b y no means so fine i- s vest e l rable at this season of the year, and the fin: cce el‘ t ' er , which prevailed up t o th e ear l y par t of Ils'ehsrbe'der been succeeded by that of an unsettled t hou ft and during the week we have had freclue l '"ve b ee s showers. Fortunately, ho Never, the rains ` e tts l ,l accompanied by fine drying winds, and the off s ‘ f° r e. crops 11,s consequently nut been so injuriouoo3%Fphe a, have been the case with a close dame gt ,afet sir o Beyond protracting the ripening of the corn 0 08 crc b r er ing harvest operations, we do not hear that e oe ot o ll have suffered much, and a brief space Of 00 0 03 would release agriculturists and the pub — t ios et 'o' anxiety, but with a continuance of the presentireo state of the weather the harvest must he dr , it cl je late and to a period when it is probable dry to be all but impossible to house the crO g n so" 00 some of the cold localities which the e : l r rner . ,„ F ial reaches the crops are yet green, but in the v7 ' ec oo , 1 00 they are changing colour rapidly, and Will Tyre o o favourable weather, be ready for the sickle.° ye t bi pe t there a field has been cut, but operations ar si r e Roy 0 means general. Beans are looking well. o eeer! r ted hear any complai n t s o f p ota t oes, they W e b ', ver c y healthy appearance. The hay harvest tu°Y t yet le as over, though there are a few odd fields an ,;pg Leeds Intelligeneer. ~prog tiQ GREENOCK.—A very high westerly Wind , i fp ° pie°, at times to a gale, prevailed during all SAO ce l' e el iat ot till yesterday forenoon. This wind has beell * ev e 6el 0 0 by heavy showers of rain, and in some P il e ffert s ' e a 1 0 corn have been seriously prostrated from its do log S r Saturday ther e was a goo d d ea l o f re aping j i ver er oP d fferent quarters of the county, and in die teefletti, potato liftin g was proceeding with alac rity 'iet.- -- being, of course, for an immediate 03 " e rig fl e) British Daily Mail. silt Z During the week the reapers have been bu c v o p tbe generally throughout the county, though, - 100 0 % e ter; storms may have temporarily stopped OW Gleu e v r o Sunday night a heavy storm passed overder °Weest'l and on Thursday night there was a Wl° w ev er, ho 41. considerable violence. W e h av e not, - 100 that any damage has resulted.—Gloucester HOP INTELLIGENOI3.' 0 Vr° ° •••-•• ~00• The South-Eastern, Gazette thus reel' lets we e .. v o e u r e y part of the Kentish ho d ti ttion to a receive the most favourable neverknnodwnprospects better. Even e Eplvaenntatthi e o n oo s• iga l;s l3 , o i/ t, w e 1 5 ; told, standing are fast coming into h and bid fa ir ' rel i6 ib c pn e y_od i s ) i t scstaub fr tgle o eg, e t as o t a i n c cg r f r e e o a pi t n e f a eh n ri k im in w rn ds e . s u p se o latruop, eernecibtie:psoPricee: eitoachrif q ear u rlm a ouo n ,ar t ulis i ini:ttdyysouw.wrordhfpeeoabrehi tsneoea,dreetpvoreercyi 0: ti et cute atpo le et , ;:ce ifjoi i t sed ill cl t ..rebA cai quality. From Sussex and Surrey, d the '"" er e orr Alton a ' , rld nelghbour. the ing icts, d tbe P' 4 tig' pond entirely with those given above ;au is E- . h o state thatan r epor t° o ter ° factory IV orce ° ' eta beyondaprosp a e l c l t of a large andFsound r ° P .er t precedent. From IVoreester he ra ld reports e qually favourehlY• • 11 11 04 this year will be somewhat later than ustialln veri' I,ooo' t eu ' to maturity, but it i s likely to be the largess ~,0/., The duty for th a t di s trict is estimated at 3,u _ ~..tabli °/1 in A_ number of enthusiastic archers propoee to "" e f the ~ Grand National Archery lifee." The first Li , _ is to be held at Glasgow on Ole 4th of Septembefio of _ THE NEW STREET POST PILLAES.--Bas 10 40 LETTERS.--In consequence of the nUMerotIS 01006E0 that have from time to time been made to the anth ° - deli° of the General Post Office, relative to the th e et very of letters put into the receiVing-bOOO Of d e ea pillars, the most active enquiries have been 103 te at this subject ; and it would appear that a systern h11f4.,,,ivg. adopted of robbing these, as also the general r ece. ria houses, by a one of their set , cert, cc've--fe persons acting in con adhesi matter being p placedart3''' o w n h i l a , s smallt b t e h a i n n 5 : e f *g ' h 7: yr . 1. : 1 ' i o c d i 1 , A ci n e e ; scends en to th e box v.hrr.) the letters are depool i to the a tn dho drawn quickly to the top, the letter object,attaclT' po 'ive matter is easily withdrawn ; the i it is doubt, is to secure the money letters. A Postl3"lsrlbtrice understood, has been submitted to the su ch At. authorities, which will effectually frustrate all ~ Vdoptel.. tempts for the future ; but whether it has bee , . 03 Js. is not yet known, although it has been some On° consideration. IT ,{ ~~~ ~~ ~~~~