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~....—..--"........-----1/41,.........."---- _ IEIPIMAJESTY'S TA EA. E. 11, I LAST FAREWELL NIGIITS at REDUCFD 1 ICES. PICCOLOMINI— ROSATI—LE CORSAIRS. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY, August 12), LA TRAVIATA.. Violetta, Mdlle. Piccoloraini. THURSDAY, Au gust 14, DON PASQUALE. Norina, Mdlle. Piccolomini. SATURDAY, August 16, LAST NIGHT. To conclude with. each evening, the new ;rani Ball et of LE CORSAIRS. Medora, Madame Rosati. Rednoed Prices :—Three Pair, 11. ls. Two Pair, 11. Us ~ Id. pit and One Pair, 2/. 12s. 6d. Grand Tier, 31. 3s. Pit , s s . Gallery Boxes, 15s. Gallery Stalls, ss. Gallery Side Si . alls, 3e. 6d. Gallery, 2s. 6d. No free list. Doors open at seven; the opera comme Inc e: { °A' half-pant. --.—..... THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARIEET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. After which THE SPANISH SERJEINT. Followed by lan LITTLE TREASURE. To con:ludo with THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL THEXTRE ADELPHI. rrOprietOt and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. Followed by IRISH ASSI7RASCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. To conclude with. OUR G}AL• ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CakaLss ICAAN. THIS EVEYIN-G. MUSIC II ATH CH ARMS. After whicn, Taz WINTETS T ALE. STh ‘ND TEEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. P.syne. TUB EVENING, • TPUT HOUSE IN HIWI STREET." Maori. Stuart, Cooke, Basil Potter, and Kinloch; Mrs. Woollidge, and Miss Isabel Adams. TEIE CROS4-BOW LETTER. In which Mr. Sidney and Miss Tlairlwall will appear. MAID OR WIFE. Mr. ♦an Buren, Mr. Kinloch, and Miss Lucy El,worthy. To conclude with INS AND OUTS. - Messrs. Sidney, nerbert, - Tioward ; Miss I. Adams, Miss Palmer Commence at halt-past 7. ROYAL OLYMPIC TILE ATI2E. Lessee and Manner. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING THC GREEN-EYED MONSTER. After which, M E D E A. To conclude with THE WELSH GIRL. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIIEATRE. Leases and Manaer, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, F.haltespere's RICHARD TIPI THIRD, compressed into 3 act.. Int►oduction of Mr. W. Cooke's stud of highly trained horses —Death of White Sarrey—Grand tableau of eight noble steeds lying dead In " the Battle of Bosworth Field," with other stupendous equestrian effects. After which. A smiles of novel and interesting AC r 3 Of HORSE VIANSTITP in the ARENA, with a variety of other pleasing and amusing entertain ments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. .west. Equestrian Director. Mr. .V. Cooke. jan. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis DAY—Morn. 57 min. aft. 9—Evening 38 min. aft. 10 Tn-Monsow—lforn.lB min. aft.ll—Evening 8 min. aft. 0 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 12. THERMOMETER, IN VIZ SHADE. 82—highest sines noon Tdsterday. 61 —lowest this morning and during the night. 77 —this day at noon. BAROVETTIR-30•01 WIND, S.W.—Light, with tine warm weather. -~'~' Cy ~ '~~~~'• ~~~~~.. • - 47.0.7,2 LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1858. Bitter indeed was the disappointment experi enced by the friends of free institutions and liberal principles throughout Europe at the lame and impotent conclusion of the late war with Russia. It was not the revolutionary party or the Rel Republicans who felt most deeply on the occasion. It was not even the political exiles who had been driven from their native lands, and were pining for the homes of which they had in the majority of instances been very impro perly deprived. It was the admirers of constitutional Government all over the world, those who were as much opposed to a na.nchy as to despotism. Those rational and mode rate men rejoiced at the golden opportunity afforded by the insanity of the AUTOCRAT. Ho had previously been the champion of autocracy— the powerful and unscrupulous opponent of con stitutional Government. It was his troops that crushed the brave Magyars, and sustained the power of Austria when it was tottering to its very foundation. Every petty potentate was encouraged to resist the just demands of his people, by the assurance that Russian bayonets would restore him to the position from which he might be driven by his indignant subjects. When, however, he provoked the coalition of the Western Powers—when time-serving Austria had secoded from his party, and the minor absolutists were ratting from his side, it was naturally anti cipated that something would be done for the op pressed and down-trodden nationalities, to restore the hijh-minded sufferers to their natural rights and privileges. Austria had no claim to any indulgence. She had deceived and betrayed those who foolishly trusted in her professions, and violated every pledge that she had previously given. It wanted but the utterance of the talismanic, words—Po land, Hungary, Lombardy, to have insured the triumph of freedom, and brought CZAR and KAISER to a sense of the precarious position in which they were placed. But these words were never- spoken. The spirits of Imperialism and Germanism combined to shelter the guilty parties. It was determined that the honour of Russia should be maintained intact, that the arch offender should suffer neither humiliation nor loss of power. Sardinia had nobly come forward in the cause of truth and justice, but VICTOR EMMANUEL wielded a consti tutional :sceptre, and though Imperial France availed herself of his generous assistance, she was by no means inclined to offer a suitable return. The peace, the precious peace that neutralised all the sacrifices of men and money to which Great Britain had cheerfully submitted, was cobbled up, and Absolutist Stock rose to a high premium, while the hopes of the true Liberals were all but annihilated. There can be but little doubt that a thorough understanding was arrived at between the Govern ments of Paris and St. Petersburg during the late conferences. There is a verisimilitude in the speech attributed to Count ORLOFF, on his return to Russia, that induces us to lend an easy cre dence thereto. " What a pity," said the veteran diplomatist, ," that your MAJESTY'S lamented father did not know the Emperor NAPOLEON. If he had he would never have gone to war with hi m !" Yes, the object of the EMPERORS are now too closely assimilated to permit the occurrence of any serious difficulty. " Hawks don't pick out haw k s ee n," and none of the Imperial triumvi rate will permit any great injury to b e inflicted on the others until they have by their united efforts crushed the Constitutions in every nation of Europe. When that has been accom plished they may strive for their own aggrandise ment at the expense of their former coadjutors. The Austrian. Larouils Will easily be got rid of, THE SUN; LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUG UST 12, 1856. the conviction that, while much has been disco- vered of a beneficial nature, more remains behind, and will do his best to promote the pursuit of the science to which these discoveries are owing, remembering, by way of caution, that a weak head never was, and never can be, that of a great chemist. LATEST NEWS. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL CHARTER. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPLI.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The screw steamer Royal Charter was off Holy. head at 8 a.m. this morning, with advices from Melbourne to the 25th May. tenant Marquis de Gallifer, members of the mis sion charged to represent the Emperor Napoleon at the coronation of the Emperor Alexander at Moscow. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. His Excellency Lord Cowley had an interview with M. Walewski to-day at the Foreign-office. He has probably made important communications to the French Government. No orders have b3en given on the part of the French Government for ships of war to join the English squadron in the Black Sea. It is not gene rally believed in Paris that any questions relative to the execution of the treaty of Paris on the part of Russia will lead to serious results. The Moniteur continues to promulgate the vari ous bills adopted by the Legislative Body in the course of the past session. M. Turgot, the French Ambassador at the Court of Spain, has obtained leave of absence from his post. BOURSE, Aug. 11.—The following were the latest quotations Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents £s —f. —o. 3 per Cents 7O 70 71 New Loan 70 80 Bank Shares 4,100 _7: Roman Credit Mobilier 1,632 . 50 Austrian Belgian Five.; Piedinontesc (5). 9O 50 Home Debt KAILWAYS-rOB CASH. fr. c. ft. 0. Orleans ... 1,420 Westorn 970 Northern .1,062 50 Strasburg Lyons _ 1,447 50 New Ditto Mediterranean,..... 1,840 Grand Central Lyons Genova Bl5 Teste Cotte LITERATURE. Our Cousin Veronica ; or, Scenes and Adventures over the Blue Ridge. By Mary Elizabeth Wormeley, author of " Amabel," &c. Bunce and Brother, New York. There is an attraction in this story from its sim plicity, that of itself would be greatly in its favour; but there is also a charm in its deep feeling that possesses a higher claim on the regard and interest of the reader. It does not treat entirely of Ame rica, a great part of the narrative is laid in Eng land, and thus it partakes in a great measure of the character of the two countries. All the chief personages were descended from old Virginia fami lies, who, in the different generations, had become scattered abroad on the earth. Veronica, the heroine, is a peculiar disposition, gentle in the extreme if she believed all true about her, but once her spirit was roused, stronger than could be imagined. The chief point of the story turns on her engagement with her cousin Max. It was an unwise thing to make such an arrangement with comparative children, as those were, at the time of its prorbsal. It is seldom that an idea which has its foundation so immediately in the expedi ency of the moment is carried out without much anxiety and trouble. The young and happy chil dren who stood by the deathbed of the faithful negro little thought of the dark shade that was being cast on their lives by their early engage ment. It was also a cruel thing for the uncle to frame . his will in such a manner that the most sa,cred obligations were mixed with pecuniary affairs. Yet as this is very often the case in testamentary documents, all must allow that great skill is shown in the description of this complicated story. Per haps the most interesting individual met with is cousin Tyrell, because for him one feels unbounded respect. „The others seemed wafted to and fro according as the fitful fancy of the hour or day pervaded them, but he remains firm throughout. Not that he had an easy life, for many difficulties beset his path, and troubles environed him, but he nerved himself to the task. " Blessed is he that overcometh " was his watchword and his guide. The influence of his superior mind, his right''prin ciple, was felt by every one who was in his sphere ; especially was it of service to one distracted and bewildered spirit, Mary Maudeville, the sister of Max, the hero of the story, and the narrator of the work. Before she left England to seek out Vero nica, who had returned to Virginia, Mary had been sad, and the succeeding incidents that befell them in America did not improve her position. It was then that Walter Tyrell was the hope of all ; the impetuous Max, the sorrowful Molly, the gentle Veronica, all turned to him. He had studied his own course ; he was ready to help those who had not energy to study theirs. He sympathised, but he roused, and encouraged no repining. "There is no remedy for unhappiness that I know t) of, but an interest in the happiness of other persons. Work was the boon God gave to our first father when He turned him out of Paradise, and the five thousand years that have passed since have given disappointment no better remedy." He practised his own precepts. when in their hour of trial she who had rejected him, and he who had supplanted her, stood before him helpless and bewildered. Then he roused himself, and went forward, to the sacrifice of his hopes, in a resolute manner. It is an exciting scene, that of the court-house, where pride and affection are struggling for the mastery in the heart of Veronica, and when self-respect is urging on Max to act in defiance of the interests of others. It was not fated that their relations should be ordinary. The engagement they formed in childhood was ratified in a very different scene. By torch light in a court beyond the seas, very different from the old fashioned marriage that the simple people of Castle ton had thought was to unite the heir and heiress of their domain. It is impossible, by a slight sketch, to convey an impression of the various per sons, scenes, and events that are to be found in the pages of this story. English readers will doubt less be pleased at the account given of the man ners and customs in Virginia. Coming from one who had just been describing the monotony of her life at home, the contrast is more striking. The interest that attaches itself to the records of those in far countries is not lessened by the thought that these, though dwellers beyond the broad. At lantic, speak the same language as ourselves. Macaulay has observed that " Literature has esta blished a tie, stronger than the tie of consanguinity, between us and the commonwealths of the valley of the Mississippi." doned, and the Neapolitans are to red their future 1 destiny on the chance of a mound of paving-stones resisting the fire of 24-pounders. This is what is called the philosophy of Republicanism ; these are the counsels - given in what passes :n the demo cratic world for noble and eloquent language. The 'language is indeed of the usual kind. There is the tumid eloquence and nisty imagery to which we have long been. accustomed. Italy has suffered, therefore she is " the Chnst among na tions ; she will burst the sepulchre and rise, thus preceding the final resurrection of nations." Pur• suing the comparison,, we are told she will bring redemption to the world. It is needless to say what follows after such a commencement. No plan of action is recommended, not a single word of practical advice is given to any Italian of any State, large or petty. Only from such intimations las the following can we learn what is the Italian policy of M. Mazzini :—" Return to us, Manin," says the patriot, " and the Italians will respond by deeds which shall be to the glorious deeds of '4B what the conflagration is to the sparks that foretell it." We should not discuss this violent tirade if it merely related to a quarrel between two foreign politicians. But few in this land of open debate and clear common sense can well appreciate the power of such harangues on the fiery Italian na ture, half-smothered as it is under the pressure of regal and priestly oppression'. To thousands of young men in Milan, Florence, and Rome, such writing as M. Mazzini's is eloquence, and his wild and hazy views are the teachings of deep political philosophy. We cannot afford to leave them unnoticed, to fancy they will meet the disre gard they deserve, and that in foreigners, as in us, they will excite only feelings of indignation or ridicule. Unhappily, the annals of more than one Italian State in these days bear witness how much misguided men have listened to M. Mazzini, both as au orator and a publicist. The Italians may certainly have learnt wisdom since, and we see in M. Mania the representative of a more thinking class, but the hasty and the over-sanguine may be still a majority. We therefore feel it necessary once more to warn all who have the cause of Eu ropean libertyat heart, that it has no worse enemy than the man who would associate it with all that .s sanguinary, violent, and anarchical.—'limes. 0 .nd fearful will be the ultimate struggle between the Russian CESAR and the Gallic ANTON Y. I The time may come when the latter will feel deeply the folly of not having consolidated the throne founded on the popular will by popular support, and when too late deplore the fatuity that permitted the AUTOCRAT to escape scatheiess 'from the toils by which he was environed, and gave him breathing time to carry out at leisure the traditional policy that aimed at reducing Europe under Cossack Government. The first onslaught on Constitutional Govern ment has been made in Spain. The complicity of the SOVEREIGN was unfortunately but too easily obtained. The treachery, duplicity, and ingra titude necessary to play out the game had irre sistible attractions to the weak and unprincipled woman, who, in her passioa for absolute power, be came unconscious that she washerself undermining the foundations of her throne, and destroying the title under which she wore the crown. The sym pathies of the Momiteur were loudly and unequi vocally expressed in favour of the movement, which it asserted was not a coup d'etat. The cloven foot was thus clearly displayed, and it became manifest that Sardinia and England, the only really constitutional Governments of any im portance in Europe, would in time receive similar treatment. England may, perhaps, be "the last to be devoured ;" but if she sees those who would array themselves by her side under the banner of freedom crushed one by one, the time will certainly arrive when she will have to fight single-handed and alone, for very existence, against the leagued and banded despots. We must not, then, yield a single point. We can only maintain peace by showing that we are prepared for war—preserve our own liberties, by vigilantly watching over those of our Continental brethren. We forfeited the great opportunity by yielding to unconstitutional influence at home —by acting under German rather than Anglican inspiration. We see clearly the mistake into which _ we were betrayed, but no decided effort has as yet been made to avoid the shoals, and rocks, and quicksands by which the vessel of the State is menaced on every side, and which require a care ful, experienced, and trustworthy pilot. It would be somewhat amusing to record the notions entertained by the great body of the po pulation in relation to chemistry. No longer suspected of intercourse with the Prince of Dark ness, nor credited with the possession of an impish familiar—dissociated also from ideas of demonstra tive black cats, sweltering toads, curling snakes, and the signs of the zodiac in burning brimstone, the successor of the alchemist, if his pursuit is not accounted a snare, finds it regarded by the unin formed as very much of a puzzle. Of late years, to be sure, the notion of utility in connection with chemistry has gained considerable ground, more especially from its successful application to the cultivation of the soil. The wonderful dis coveries previously made by its instrumentality— discoveries which may be said to have furnished the lever wherewith to upheave and vivify a torpid world, were regarded, we apprehend, rather as the result of accident than as in any de gree the fruit of laborious research. \Yonder, however, gave place to a modified and circum scribed faith when it was seen that the science of the chemist could supply the means whereby the most barren soil could be made to bring forth fruit, and ordinary yields of cereal and other produce could be more than doubled. Just as the most fragrant essences are eliminated from excremental matter, the artificial manure of chemistry may be said to have invested the professors of the science with an odour of respectability in this work-day world they were not known to possess before. The credit they have for being useful and capable members of society is, lowever, as we have intimated, decidedly limited, and having faith in the existence of laten powers in nature whereby may be removed moun tains, the chemist pursues his toil depressed by the knowledge of how little faith there is in his powers and in the promise of the pursuit to which his time and energies are devoted. The loss, how ever, is more the loss of the world than his own ; and if the former is not benefited by his researches as it might be, it has itself, in a large measure, to thank for it. Of all the doman of science the field of chemistry may fairly be said to be richest in those treasures which are calculated to benefit mankind, and improve the material condition of the world. It would not be an altogether vain belief that the great benefactor, humanly speak ing, of the rising generation will be the chemist. Dr. DAUBENY, in his inaugural address as Pre sident of the British Association, to which we the other day drew attention, throws some useful light on what may be expected from chemistry. To the discovery of artificial manures has suc ceeded, our readers would perceive, the discovery that manure may be dispensed with altogether in the cultivation of the soi'. That the innumerable particles of which the soil is composed have only to be exposed to atmospheric influences to be re-endowed with the elements of fertility. A discovery well calculated to dissipate all appre hension as to the failure of the supply of natural or artificial composts, and holding out to labour the prospect of better and more constant employment. A discovery, though it may seem to contradict, actually confirming the assertion of Mr. MECHI, that she soil of England is capable of yielding, under proper culture, an adequate supply of grain for the wants of the entire popu lation. From grain to animal food the transition is easy ; and in connection with the supply of this necessary but too much restricted article of diet the chemist presents us with cheering intelli gence. While so many of our poor are unable to purchase anything like the quantity of animal food they require, and what they do get is bad in quality or lapsed from wholesomeness into poison, tons of flesh are cast aside as worthless in South America and at the antipodes. Want here and waste there the chemist will not away with ; and in the concentrated juice of this hitherto wasted flesh-meat, obtained by boiling, he suggests the means whereby it may make acquaintance with grateful English stomachs, to the improvement of their digestion. From food we may naturally enough turn to cookery, and here we find the chemist beforehand with us as a public benefactor. One of the principal earths of which the globe is composed contains, he tells us, " a metal as light as glass, as ductile and malleable as copper, and as little liable to rust as silver," and presumably adapted, i n f act, to superse d e cheap—admirably coarser metals, and to restore a lost zest to the results or culinary operations to the advantage of the many. By this discovery, too, the advantages or disadvantages o f l oca li ty are likely to be equalised, and metallurgy thrown open as an employment to all. Nor do the discoveries noticed by the learned President end here. Among others are a dye eliminated from guano— positively from guano —bright as the Tyrian of old, and likely enough to supersede the use of cochineal, and—what will the Teetotaller say ? alcohol from the distillation of coal ! From small things the mind is accustomed to ascend by degrees to greater, and the reader, we pre' , burne, will be led by the instances before Wm to THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, AUG. 11. The steamer Australia arrived to-day at half past eleven o'clock a.m., in 108 hours from Alex andria, having left Alexandria on the 6th inst. The India mail was to leave Alexandria on the same day with intelligence from Calcutta to the 3d of July, Bombay to the 10th of July, Hong Kong, via Calcutta, to the 14th of June, and Singapore to the 24th of June. Forty inches of rain had already fallen at Bombay. There was much cholera in and about Agra. Bombay exchange was 2s. 10., and the money market easy. Freights have declined. Trade is quiet. At Calcutta exchange was 23. lid., withou extensive operations. The produce market was dull. The accounts of the indigo crop are bad, and the yield was estimated at 130,000 maunds. Freights at Calcutta were very low. American ships accept 8 doll. per ton to the United States. The mother of the ex-King of Oude was to proceed to England by the Indus, from Alexan dria, on the 6th inst. MADRID, AUG. 9. General Serrano is to defer his departure for Paris until further orders. Tranquillity is per- feet. The Gazette publishes an official arrangement relative to free trade in corn, flour, fruit, and other merchandise in the interior of the kingdom, and attaches severe penalties to any one who shall offend against this regulation. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition), in a letter dated yesterday, says : The accounts from Naples exhibit a state of things in that capital which would hardly leave us much room for surprise if any day's telegraph brought us news of a revolutionary movement. Discontent grows bolder and has spread to the army, and the vigilance of the police no longer prevents, in the open streets, conversations and criticisms hostile to the Government. Although the steps taken by the Western Powers have as yet produced no result in the quarter to which they were directed, although the remonstrances of France and England have been unheeded, and those of Austria (if really made and not counterbalanced by a private understanding) h ave not yet had time to bear fruit, the fact of English and French expostulations, and of the attention and sympathy which their condition excites in Europs, is . _ well known to the Neapolitans, and doubtless con tributes to rouse them to the assertion and defence of their rights as men, and to resistance of the tyranny under which they suffer. There are clan destine presses at Naples, where information inte resting to the popular cause is printed, and whence also issue proclamations, which are widely circu lated, and which inculcate calm, order, respect of property, and do their utmost to let it be seen that it is not anarchy, but justice and humanity oppressed beyond endurance, that array them selves against the Government. We are told by a correspondence from Italy that many military men are heard to speak disrespectfully of the Go vernment, and that the native troops are indignant at seeing all the forts in the hands of the Swiss. The feeling hero among persons well informed and well able to apprecia!e the situation is, that we shall quickly hear of an outbreak. TURKEY• CONSTANTINOPLE,JuIy 31.—1 t is but three months and a few days since the exchange of the I ratifications of the treaty, and not only the Crimea but Turkey likewise is eva.cuate, by the whole British army. Her Majesty's ship Resolute takes on board the last detachment of the infantry depot of Scutari three months before the time allotted by the convention. Of all the thousands who formed the British force in the East there will be only 15 men remaining to-morrow with Gene ral Storks, as orderlies, ke. Forty-five battalions of British Infantry, 13 regiments of cavalry, 20 batteries of field and horse artillery, the largest siege train the world ever saw, aug mented by no small number of Russian guns, 15,000 men (Sardinian troops) with all their ma teriel, and six regiments of the Foreign Legion, have been taken away, part to England, part to different points in the Mediterranean ; while 20,000 of '..he Turkish Contingent were brought down from Kertch to Constantiriople. Besides this, mountains of stores and provisions have been removed within the same period of time, and either sold or transported to England. With the departure of the troops all the estab lishments made necessary by their presence have likewise been gradually broken up. First among these are the hospitals. The General Hospital and that at Killulee have been shut for some time, and hoth buildings given over to the Turks, The Naval Hospital at Therapia was closed last week, and the Imperial kiosk which contained it cleared out ; about the same time the last batch of sick, 124, were embarked from the Barrack Hospital at Scutari. In speaking of our hospitals it is impossible not to connect with them the name of Miss Nightingale, who, without exaggeration, may be called their tutelar angel, to whose mediation it was chiefly due that the two rival branches of the medical profes sion, the military and civil surgeons, which were thrown together in our hospitals under such criti cal circumstances, were brought to work harmoni ously together, and to whose initiative was chiefly due the attempt to raise the moral character of the British soldier. AUSTRIA. - 7 Another letter of the 7th inst., from Vienna, says :—" The Emperor has left for Ischl in order to be present at a chamois hunt ; he will then go with the same object in view to Gratz, in Bohemia, where the Archduke John possesses a large estate." A letter from Vienna of the 7th, in the Post- Ampt Gazette, says :—" A Danish diplomatist, Count Sponect, has just arrived here, charged, it is said, to give explanations to our government on the affair of Holstein-Lauenbourg, already the sub ject of notes from the Austrian goverment, and to which Denmark has hitherto only replied by a simple acknowledgment of their reception. Count Sponect is charged to enter on negotiations on the affair in concert with the Danish ambassador at this Court, and to bring the matter to some settle ment." PRUSSIA. The King of Prussia has accorded the following decorations to functionaries connected with the French foreign-office : the order of the red eagle of the 2d class with star to M. Benedetti, director of the political section ; the red eagle of the 2d class to MM. Feuillet de Conches and de Billing ; the rod eagle of the 4th class to MM. Armand and Merault, attaches. A Berlin letter of the Bth announces the arrival in that city of Generals Frossart, Dumont, and Lebceuf, Lieutenant-Colonel Count Reilie, Major piequegial, Captain Prince BAuffremout and SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 7th. The Gazette publishes an article calculated to tranquilise the alarm which is felt with respect to the deficient harvest. The substance of the article is, that as the harvest has been excellent in Russia, North America, and France, and as such large quantities of wheat have been imported into Eng land, " the first market of the world," as to cause a diminution in price, Spain may be certain that sufficient quantities of corn will be conveyed to her ports to render a famine impossible ; and the article declares that the Government has spared no exertions and no sacrifices to attain that result. The Gazette publishes the royal decrees which accept the resignations of M. Olozaga and M. Gon zales as ambassadors at Paris and London, and they say that these gentlemen shall " receive the emoluments to which their services have entitled them." M. Mathe, who has been very active in establishing electriz telegraphs, has been nominated director-general of telegraphs. The Gazette con tains several nominations of superior employes in the Ministry of the Interior to places which they formerly filled; most of these gentlemen are of moderate opinions. The Nacion says :—" It ap pears that the Emperor of the French has written a letter to the Queen in the same spirit as the famous article in the Moniteur on Spanish affairs." Brigadier Smith, who played a part in the insur rection at Saragossa, has arrived in Madrid to de fend himself, but had been exiled to the Canaries. The other officers who took part in the insurrection were, says the Parlament°, to be put on half-pay. At Valencia, all the political prisoners arrested in the recent events had been set at liberty, except the democratic deputy, M. Orense, who was to be exiled to Castro Urdiales. The Glamor Publico says that the terms of a treaty with Portugal respecting the navigation of rivers had been settled. The sales of national and ecclesiastical property, according to the last re turn, amonuted to 584,459,520rea15, which were 359,528,783 more than the upset price. The Go vernment had ordered that 7 steamers and 107 smaller vessels should be employed on the coasts and in the Belearic Isles to prevent smuggling. A letter says :—" There is a rumour with, it appears, some foundation of sending General Narvaez as Ambassador to the coronation of the Emperor Alexander. The Government is actively engaged in making new nomina tions of governors of provinces, and in so doing it displays a conciliatory spirit. Everybody form conjectures as to the line of policy it proposes to follow, but some clays will probably pass away before public curiosity be satisfied. The statement that all the national guards of the kingdom are to be dissolved is not confirmed. Some papers state that M. P. de Escosura, late Minister of the Interior, has left for Portugal, but there is reason to believe that be is still at Madrid. Incendiary fires take place from time to time in Castile. The cholera has broken out at Valdemorlelo, near the Eicurial. At Madrid it also exists, but we have not more than twenty cases a day." A letter from Paris in the Iniependance Edge says :—" The names of the two vessels of light tonnage which are charged by Russia to cruise in the Black Sea are the Kunk and the Wolga, under the command of Captain Tcheringoff, who has hoisted his pennant on the last-named vessel. They will proceed to their destination in the middle of the present month." A letter from Copenhagen of the ith says : "Prince Oscar of Sweden visited this capital two days ago from the country residence of the King, and examined the arsenals, dockyards, and slips. Yesterday the Prince dined with the Queen Dowager, and then returned to the royal country residence. Ho leaves to-day for Stveden, and the King will accompany him as far as Cronenbourg." M. De Scheele, Danish minister for the Duchy of Holstein, who is just on the point of appearing be:ore his judges, has addressed an official repri mand to the burgomaster of Ilzehoe, who sits in the Diet, and who, according to the ministerial rescript, has been guilty of the high impropriety of not coming in person to pay his respects to the minister when he passed through that place. The council of the Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus of Piedmont has subscribed the sum of 2,000 f. for the ordnance intended for the fortifica tion of Alessandria. HER MAJESTY'S CRUISE TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. DARTMOUTH, AUG. 11. The Royal squadron put into this harbour at 1 p.m. The Victoria and Albert, the Fairy, the Irene, and the Vivid left Portland Roads at 9 a.m. The Black Eagle and Salamander, with several despatch gun-boats, are in sight. The squadron remained the night. On board the Victoria and Albert are her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Arthur, Princesses R.lena and Lluisa, Colonel Phipp3, Captain Du Plat, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and Sir James C ark. Wind, S.W. ; cloudy. A telegraphic message has been received at the Council office stating that Earl Granville and all his suite have arrived safe at St. Petersburg. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon returned to town yesterday from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston at Brocket Hall, Herts. The Earl of Powis has consented to preside at the an nual meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Society, which will take place at Welshpool on Saturday next, the 16th inst. The Tuscan Government has prohibited the Cltarivari of Paris within its territory. The Hamburg Correspondent says :—"Count Nesse], rode, chancello: of the Russian empire, is at present in this town." • GOOD NEWS TOR THE LOVERS OF MUSIC.—Mr. Lum ley is about to open her Majesty's Theatre for the winter season with English opera and ballet, as it is believed, at playhouse prices. CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION. —Mr. T. Y. M`Chris tie, the revising barrister, has appointed Monday, the 22d of September, on which to commence his revision of the liSts of voters for members to serve in Parliament for the City of London. CENTRAL ITALIAN BAILWAY.—The Central Italian Railway company have just deposited five millions of francs at Modena as a guarantee for the execution of the line, in accordance with the contract signed at Vienna on 17th March last. Wooravicu, Aug. 11.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commanding in-Chief, has accepted an invitation to dine with the officers of the Royal Artillery on Wednesday evening next, the 13th instant, when numerous other officers are invited to attend. FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE. —Yesterday morning a woman named Sarah Luckett, generally known by the name of Williams, of 32, Beaumont-square, Stepney, died from the effects of injuries she received by flinging herself from the back window of the house in which she dwelt into the yard below. Mr. David Buchanan, lately editor of the Caledonian Mercury, and now in connect►on with an influential paper in the West of Scotland, has just been presented with a splendid service of plate and several valuable works of literature, by his brethren of the press in Edin burgh. Belgium is to be represented at the coronation of the Emperor Alexander by the Prince de Ligne, President of the Senate, accompanied by Baron de Winck des Deux Orp, secretary of embassy. The Prince is to embark on the 12th at Lubeck for St. Petersburg. Turkey is also to have an ambassador at the ceremony. THE TELEGRAPH PROM SARDINIA TO ALGIERS.—The following telegraphic despatch has been communicated by the Mediterranean Telegraph Company :—" Saturday.—The cable is broken, owing to an accident. We are endeavouring to find it, and to persevere in the immersion. (Signed) CRAIG, English Consul at Cag liari.—Marie, Aug. 10." SERPENTS ISLAND. The Coitstitiitionnel of yesterday thus excuses the recent demonstrations of Russia at Kars and on the Serpents Island : " The treaty of the 30th March is at this moment 'being executed with that spirit of moderation and loyalty which was to have bden expected from the powers that signed it. France and England had engaged to evacuate the Ottoman territory within a period of six months. This period is far from having elapsed, and yet the evacuation is complete. On the other hand, the restitution of Kars to the Turks was to have taken place concurrently with the evacuation of Turkey by the allies. But the rapidity with which England and France have accomplished their engagements has taken Russia by surprise ; and that power, not anticipating so prompt an evacuation, had not provided General Mouravieff with the orders which he awaited before giving up Kars to the Ottoman authorities. No other reason than this has influenced the delay of Russia, and the latter has never dreamt of eluding that important clause of the treaty to which she sincerely adhered. Moreover, the sensation pro duced by this circumstance must cease along with the conjectures to which it had given rise, since Russia has acquainted the governor of Erzeroum that she is prepared to hand over Kars into his hands. The demonstration which appears to have been made by Admiral Stewart in the Black Sea will soon be unnecessary. The affair of the Ser pents Isle cannot warrant such a demonstration ; it does not offer the slightest gravity, and belongs to the jurisdiction of diplom'acy. The Serpents Island is nothing but a sterile rock without an chorage or roads ; in itself its possession is there fore of no importance, only there exists on its surface a lighthouse which is equally useful to vessels entering or leaving the Danube, and to the Russian vessels bound for Odessa. Now that the navigation of the Danube is placed under the protection of the European Powers, and that 'the Black Sea is neutralised, the only question is to see that this lighthouse is properly kept up, and measures will be taken to carry out the essential point. The latter once settled, it re mains of little consequence which of the two Powers enters into possession of the Serpents Island. The affair of Bolgrad, though more complicated, is not more serious. There would exist at this day no difficulty in tracing the new frontiers of Bessarabia in conformity with the treaty of the 30th March, had the maps laid by Russia before the Congress not been incorrect. Ac cording to these maps, drawn up by that power, the new frontier might have departed from the Black Sea at a kilometre to the east of the lake Bouma Sala, have rejoined perpendicularly the Akerman-road, and have followed it to Trajan's valley ; then it would have followed the river Yal puck as far as the heights of Sara Sika, and have terminated at Katamori on the Pruth. This line would have given Bolgrad to Russia. The inten tion of the Congress of Paris has been, moreover, •to allow the capital of the Bulgarian colonies to remain in the hands of that power, and that the district of Yalpuck should be entirely incorporated in Moldavia. But these intentions had been formed from the examination of Russian maps which are now found to be inexact. The new frontiers pro jected for Bessarabia encounter topographical ob stacles which had not been foreseen. An arrange ment becomes, therefore, necessary, and Russia ought to lend herself to it with the more readiness, from the fact of her being alone responsible for the inexactitudes which have given rise to this diffi culty." DINNER TO THE GUARDS. (Front the Gossip.) • There is to be a Banquet to the Guards. The public may be surprised to see two announcements, emanating from distinct committees, and differing in their plans, so far as those plans are announced. The facts are these June last, before the re turn of the Guards, and long before the Surrey Gardens were open, a committee of gentlemen de termined to propose a public banquet to the Guards, and they wrote to the proper authorities to obtain official sanction. The reply received was this " The military authorities, though they looked upon the offer as highly praiseworthy and complimentary, could not approve of dinners being given to soldiers." Subsequently, public feeling throughout the country, and the appointment of the Duke of Cambridge as Commander-in:Chief, led the military authorities to relax the resolution, and to state that they would not throw any impedi ment in the way of the banquet, if public feeling manifested a desire that it should be given. The Committee, therefore, resumed their intention, and proceeded to augment their numbers, and raise a fund. In the meantime, the proprietors of the Surrey Gardens, thinking that it would be a profit able affair to draw the banquet to their grounds, or ganised a second committee, through Mr. Sams, the music-seller, Of St. James's-street, and in a manner most unprincipled and unprecedented, issued ad vertisements announcing their own plans, and d• is-. regarding altogether the previous exertions of the committee from whom the design originally ema nated. It is a pity that a national tribute to a brave army should be disgraced by selfish acts of this kind. The Ashburnham Park Committee have laid these facts before his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, and Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford, and from the fact that the Secretary of the Ash burnham Committee has been requested to attend upon his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge this day, and that letters have been received from the Earl of Strafford and others, of a nature highly favourable to the original Committee, the matter must soon assume a definite arrangement, consist ent with the propriety and fairness which should mark the management of such an event. In the meantime, we would have intending subscribers to the Banquet-fund to withhold their subscriptions until official sanction has decided which of the two Committees are to carry out the undertakin g . We may state that his Worshi p ful the Lord Mayor, and the other members of the Surrey Garden Com mittee, were not aware of these facts, which, how ever, 'will now be laid before them. His G race the Duke of Wellington has strongly expressed his disapprobation of the course pursued by Mr. Sams and the Surrey Garden speculators. A FIGIIT FOB A BRIDE.—The Cork Constitution states that a Miss 11.-, of Clonbrook, Queen's County, was to be married on a certai n day to a Mr. H. Another lover of the lady endeavoured to prevent it by c )liecting a party of friends, who assisted him inllocking the gate approaching to the lady's house. They also placed large stones in front to obstruct the passage of the jaunting car, and, after completing their task, they lay in ambu6l3 awaiting the arrival of Miss H- and her friends. Having arrived, and finding the approach barred against them, some of the party left the car to remove the obstacles presented to them, when the lady was pounced upon by the party of her former lover, and then a struggle ensued, the bridegroom's party endea vouring to retain her and the other to carry her off. Toe conflict terminated. in victory for W------, t h e former lover, who succeed e d i n placing the lady on a car and in effectino , his escape with his prize, neither of whom was heard of up to Wednesday last. The intended bride groom had his,countenanee much damaged. The matter has come before the magistrates. _ _ IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY; MORNING. THE GREAT ANNUAL CATTLE SHOW._ _ The Royal Agricultural Society's annual cattle show takes place this week at Athlone, and, from the central position of that town, the exhibition, in point of numbers at least, is expected to be the most imposing that has been held since the asso ciation first started into existence. Lord Carlisle leaves Dublin to-morrow to attend the show. His Excellency during his visit will be the guest of Lord Castlemaine, at Moydrum Castle. TUB POTATO. - - The accounts from all parts of the country speak hopefully of the potato crop, and no allusion what 7 ever is made to the appearance of the fatal blight of 1845. The Freeman's Journal states, on un doubted authority, that for a considerable quantity planted in the neighbourhood of Dublin the enor mous price of 1001. per acre has been realised. AFFAIRS OF ITALY. There can be little doubt that the result of the late war has been matter of deep disappointment to the continental Liberals. The unhappy bands of refugees who are dispersed through the cities of Belgium, England, and America expected much from the coalition against the great Northern monarchy. The minor despots were falling from the side of their leader, the Holy Alliance 'was breaking up—what, then, might not the freedom loving peoples of Europe hope? Poles could not believe that the world was again to settle clown with the Russians still at Warsaw. They looked seriously upon every move of the allies, as it had reference to strategic operations in their own coun try, and blamed the Crimean campaign because it would be difficult to march from Sebastopol to the Vistula. The German Liberals have been also deeply mortified at the tame conclusion of the great drama, at the tragic scenes which are now to end with the joyous spectacle of a coronation. But from these disappointments we should have thought that Italy might naturally be free. Those who think most on this question are the most firmly convinced that the gains of Italy have been most important. True, Rome is still full of foreign bayonets, the Legations are still the prey of Austrian oppression, the best and wisest of the Neapolitans groan in dungeons, and mankind are still liable to cry with bitterness " How long ?" Yet, in the position which the Constitutional Government of Piedmont has taken moderate men are inclined to see the beginning of a new period. Even those who generally despair of continental constitutions are now disposed to give Victor Emmanuel, his Ministers, and his Legislative Assemblies a chance. He has not only promised, but performed. Libe ralism is established in opposition to a priesthood at home, au inveterate enemy on the frontier, and the recognised chief of the despotic Sovereigns with his barbarous armies in the North. The English people, often hasty and ill-judging, yet not likely to be long deceived, have for two years seen in Sardinia the only centre from which Italian liberty can be extended ; and this feeling leads them to take a practical interest in the events of the Peniu , sula at the present day. Much the same thing may be said of the French. If, then, the sym pathy and assistance of those two nations are worth having, they will be best insured by an adoption of what may be called the Piedmontese programme. For the present, therefore, it seems but prudent for Italian patriots to refrain from enunciating the extreme opinions which found favour three years. M. Manin has made himself the spokesman of a moderate Italian party, and for this offence he incurs the severest anger of the prince of demo meats, Mazzini. This last gentleman's third letter appeared in our columns of yesterday. He will adhere rigidly to Republican principles, one of the Most deeply fixed of.which is, that a liberal Mon arch is more subtle and dangerous than the avowed despot. Mania had written of Victor' Emmanuel as a King destined to unite Italy. This is a hope which may possibly not be realised, yet it is surely , a natural and. by no means a blameable expecta tion. But M. Mazzini can pardon no one for hop ing a good act of a legitimate Sovereign. His letter is entitled " The Case of Italy Stated ;" and he proceeds, amid much angry vituperation of his an tagonist, to give his reasons for rejecting Victor Emmanuel, thestruggles of the Piedmontese people, and the deeds of the Piedmoutese armies. The moderate refugee hopes that a time may come when even the King of Naples may bo led by the force of events to practise a liberal policy. If the Sove reign and his people can be brought to a good un derstanding, the primary rights of Neapolitans es tablished, and subjects, ou the other hand, taught that due moderation and submission to law are required even from a free people, he has much hope of Naples. Now we, who know that good govern ment is more like a plant which grows than a work of art to be extemporised from the brain of the theo rist, will be very much of the opinion of M. Manin. But this will not do for M. Mazzini. It will be diffi cult, and will take time. We might observe that all great and .lasting works are the fruit of time and la bour. But the democratic leader wishes for a shorter course. Whether it would not be better to raise "barricades at once and rid themselves of their hated Government is a question that the people of Naples must themselves decide." So does M. Maz zini counsel the inhabitants of a great Italian State. We take this, the first paragraph in his letter, as a sample of the rest. After seventy years of un successful insurrection in Europe, after failure upon failure under his own eyes in half the capitals of Europe, after the orgies of insurgent democracy have been followed again and again by years of despotic insolence and leaden oppression, this patriot would have the Neapolitan Liberals, with King, troops, priesthood, and lazzaroni against them, not to mention Austrian legions in th e back ground, to stake all on the chance of a stree t fi g ht. All that the cause of freedom has gained by the genius of lib era l statesmen, the success of a civi lised allianc e , th e glory of a constitutional Rabat army, and by the folly and the crimes of au tocratic rulers and their patellites s is at once to be abau" THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY IN CORK. The Cork papers of Saturday give a few items of information with respect to the off i cial visit of the Lords of the Admiralty to that port. The Consti tution says:— " At an early hour of the day (Thursday) their Lord ships were waited upon by Rear-Admiral Sir H. Chads, Commanding-in-Chief on the Irish station, and Admiral Dundas, in command of the Duke of Wellington, when the party proceeded to Haulbowline Island and inspected the entire of the stores, where they remained some hours, the governor, the storekeeper, and other officers being in attendance. Their Lordships minutely examined every portion of the building, with the result of which they ex pressed themselves much pLased. Sir C. Wood evinced much interest in the condition of the harbour. Station. ing himself on the highest point in Haulbowline Island, he inspected every part of the harbour, noting down the various positions with the aid of a map of the locality. Their Lordships having concluded the inspection of Haul bowline proceeded on a cruise round the harbour, in the course of which they examined Carlisle and Camden forts, returning on board the Osborne in the evening, where they dined at seven o'clock. Yesterday morning their Lordships, together with the entire fleet in Queens town, with the 'exception of her Majesty's ship Hogue, the Meander, the Forth, left on board the Osborne for Bantry Bay, where they will remain, it is understood, three days. Her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, and remainder of the fleet, will, it is believed, return to Queens town• early next week, when they will be reinforced by other vessels in a few days. The Osborne returns to Haulhowline early next week to coal, and the❑ proceeds to Dublin, whither, it is stated, the Lords of the Admi- - ratty intend to proceed by rail. The fleet, which is ex pected to be assembled in the harbour next week, will, in point of the number and magnitude of the vessels, ex ceed anything seen in Queenstown for many years." ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT. The following is the total amount of sales in the . Encumbered Estates Court up to the Ist inst., as prepared by Mr. Ormsby, of the Statistics-office: Court auctions £12,168,485 Provincial auctions Private contract Total _ £18,099,350 A petition was last week presented by Mr. V. Scully for sale of property of the annual value of 1,004(., with incumbrances amounting to 22,0001. JAMES SIDLEII . A local paper (the (nomad Chronicle) says : "On Wednesday last Mr. J. Thornton, auctioneer, received instructions from the official manager, in re the affairs of the Tipperary Bank, to proceed to Clonacody and take charge until further orders of all the furniture belonging to Mr. James Sadleir that still remains there. Yesterday Mr. Thornton had the furniture conveyed to his auction mart and stored, and it is expected that it will be brought to the hammer within a few days, and the proceeds appropriated to the benefit of the estate. The crops at Clonacody consist of merely about 13 acres of oats, 1i acre.; of potatoes, and 1i of turnips, which, we understand will be disposed of by public auction." THE THUNDER-STORM IN THE NORTH. The Northern Whig gives the following addi tional particulars of the destructive effects of the thunder-storm which passed over the province of Ulster on Thursday last : " The m , rning of Thursday was delightful, the sun shining out with great brilliancy and warmth, until, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the thermometer ranged from 125 deg, to 90 deg. in the shade. Shcrtly before 12, however, while the sky was perfectly clear, a few low p sale of thunder were heard towards the south-wept, where, in the course of a quarter of an hour, clouds were seen to gather slowly on the edge of the horizon. In a short time the volleys followed each other in rapid suc cession and with a louder report, accompanied with flashes of lightning, up to 2 o'clock, when very large drops of'rain began to descend. From this time until nearly 5 o'clock the storm became more intense, the rain fell in torrents, and the thunder and lightning con tinued almost without intermission, baying extended over a period of five huurs, We regret to say that the accounts which have reached us from different localities, show that this storm has resulted in serious lose both of Ve and property. One man at Dromore, and two chit dren at the Falls, are reported as having been killed by the lightning. At Duninurry two men, named Barnett and Green, in the employment of Mr. Hunter, were struck by it. Barnett was seriously injured, one side being completely paralysed, but it is hoped that both may recover. On Collin Mountain, a bullock, the pro perty of Mr. Henry Graham, of Falls, and two horses were killed. The lightning entered the house of Mr. A. Aickin, at Malone, passing dbwn the chimney into the parlour, and breaking a quantity of delf and glass, which was upon a table; one of Mr. Aickin's servant men, who was at the byre door in the rear of the house, was injured by it. Two pikes of hay on the farm of Mr. W. Coates, Falls, were burnt; and a similar casualty occurred on the farm of Mr. J. Ireland, also in Falls district. In Lisburn the storm wassevere, and the hotel there was struck by the el, cric fluid. At Derriaghy, about two miles from the last named place, Mr. S. Duf field's son was leading a horse, which was so startled by the thunder that he became almost unmanage able ; the lad, however, held on by him, and, in his efforts to restrain the animal, was severely crushed against a wall. In the vicinity of Lurgan and Ban bridge there was a violent hailstorm ; and at Newforge, where two men were killed by lightning preciseiy ten years ago, the hail fell to the depth of several inches. At Ardmillan the rain was very heavy, and the hail of extraordinary size. The wires of the magnetic tele graph, along the line to Ballymena, have been so much damaged that the communication with that town has since been interrupted, and a similar interruption has occurred in the telegraphic chain between Belfast and Liverpool, During the continuance of the thunder and lightning on Thursday the electrical agency in the at mosphere so influenced the wires that it was found im possible to transmit meseages to Dublin and other places. The storm seems to have passed, for the most part, in a south-west direction. Dundonald, Holywood, Bangor, and other places, escaped it altogether. In the neigh bourhood of Moneyrea the thunder raged for more than an hour on Thursday evening, after which the weather became calm. About 4 o'clock yesterday morning the storm again broke out in that district with great fury. The electric current struck the Presbyterian meet'ng e house, which it damaged to some extent. The wal s are uninjured, but a few slates have been forced from the roof, four seats are a little displaced, and all the walls a-e more or less shattered. The foregoing particulars aro all that have yet come to hand of this storm, which, for duration and violence, has not been equalled in this part of the country for many years." AMERICAN WASHING MACHINE. An exceedingly ingenious and useful domestic imple, ment is now being exhibited daily on the premises of Hr. B. Moore, an American, 133, High Holbert), by which an entirely new, easy, and efficient mode of wash ing all kinds of garments and fabrics is substituted for the tedious and laborious process by hand in use from time immemorial. The essential characteristic of the invention consists in the employment of floating balls in the operation of washing. Some 209 or 300 of these bells, each of which is about the size of a Seville orange, and made of elm wood, are put into a wooden trough, two or three feet long by 15 inches deep, containing water or soapsuds, in which they all float. A fulcrum is placed at the back of the trough, having a cross beam attached to it resembling a common pump-handle. On one side of the fulcrum an apparatus like a small win dow-sash, to which the clothes to be washed are fastened, is suspended from the cross-beam immediately over t'le mouth of the trough, and at the extreme end of the beam, on the opposite side of the tulcrum, is a box into which weight may be put until it slightly weighs the sash up in the air. This done, the person performing the operation moves the beam•hancl!ts up and down as if she were pumping water, the effect of which is to immerse the sash laden with clothes among the bale and suds, al d move it about among them. The balls produce a gentle friction upon the linen, which, without in the slightest degree injuring its fabric, or breaking or tearing off buttons, effectually removes every trace of dirt in an incredibly few minutes, and the operation is complete. The labour required is so slight that a child from 12 to 14 years of age may perform it with ease. In seine of the machines of larger size and greater cost the requisite motion, produced by turning a wheel, is even done at less trouble. The action made on the linen is equiva. hint to the ordinary threefold process of pounding, rub bing, and squeezing, and as it can never exceed the re sistance offered by the floating balls, it is thereby k e pt within bounds, which are perfectly safe for the most de licate fabrics, the wear and tear being, indeed, less than in ordinary washing by hand. The machine was vented two or three years ago by one Christopher Hollingsworth, a farmer in Indiana, whose patent rights, so far as they relate to the whole continent of Europe, have been purchased by Mr. Moore and his partners. They exhibited the implement at the Paris Exhibition, where it attracted considerable interest, and numbers were sold, tie Duchess of Sutherland, who b oug ht no fewer than four, being among the purchasers. Several of the Parisian laundresses also adopted it, and others of them, who were not able to pay for it at once, did so by instalments rather than remain with• out ir. The consumption of soap and fuel is much less Shan in washing by hand ; and the fingers of the ope rater are never wet during the process, except to the extent necessary in putting the clothes into the sash, and taking them out an d wr i ng i ng th e m when washed. In the saving of labour; time, and material, its advan tages can scarcely be exaggerated, while the price ie not such as to preclule it coming into general use, tic to ril