The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-09 00:00:00

h R MAJEST Y'S T ATIt E. ! not the means t . s h ow i ng t o eac h o th er th e corn- LA T AVE AT A. Madtle. PICOOLOVINI'S BENEFIT Mdlle. PICCOLOMINI has the honour to announce to the Nobility, Subscribers to the Onera and the Publi that her Benefit will take place TO-NIORROW EVENING (Thursday), July 10, when, by general desire, will be presented Verdi's Opera, raon courtesies of life" ! This is a plain and un adorned but most clear and convincing statement, one that will be felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, nay, more,will serve to convince other nations of the fallacious estimates they had formed of British generosity and British justice. And why should they be deprived of their half pay when other officersholding lucrative sitivations received it? The Naval Lords clutched it with tena cious held. The Governor and Deputy-Governor re ceived it (and very properly). Many other in stances were also cited of parties holding good situations being permitted to receive their half pay in addition. Why then stop it from those who of all others had the best claim thereto ?—for it must be remembered that the nomination to Greenwich was bestowed at an advanced period of life, for severe wounds received, or for very gallant services rendered ! The matter would be incomprehensible, but it is unfortunately but too true. It would seem as if those in authority were desirous of balancing their accounts and compensating for some gigantic job by a paltry saving such as that referred to. WAMBA insinuated that the merry outlaws set off a thousand crowns taken from a fat abbot by a small donation to a mendicant friar. "My Lords," reverse the ope ration, and justify the useless outlay of a million by a few thousands abstracted from the pockets of those by whom they had been fairly earned, and who could badly spare the amount. LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, bidlle. Piccolomini; Alfredo. Signer Calzolari ; Barone Dauphol, Signor Vairo ; I ottore Grenvil, Signor Eaillou ; and Clermont Giorgio, Signor Beneventano. With other Entertainments, particulars of which will be duly announced. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, LE CORSAIRE. With new Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. Conrad, Signor Ronzani ; Seyd, M, Dauty ; YussulTe M. Veuatra. ; Birbanto, M. Va n d r i s ; S nlmea, Mdlle. Clara ; 'Gut nare, Mdlle. Rosa; Dilare, Mdlle. Lizereux; Medora, Madame Rosati. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. TdCATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVE'STNG will be produced ESMERALDA. FolloNnl by A GRAND CONCERT. To con loda with A BALLET r1172R ISSEMENr. I. 7llaLtlit.F. R?)YAL. 11.§,vMARKET. tinder the Ifanagement of Mr. Bnekotono. ?HT EVENTVG, TWELFTH 1.4 - 1 G aT. Aitcr which The Spanish Dancers. Followed by SIR I.II3GfIES AT HOVE. • To conclude with A DAUGHTEI: TO MARRY. 40 , Ar , pßrw-:c r%IFA'rI2E. 03UORD-STREET. Underthe 131%narrement of nr CHABLIS KZAN. Tllia EirtNTIN I 4, MUSIC HITH CHUMS. The old proverb, that "it's an ill wind which blows no one any good," is now receiving a happy fulfilment in the support given by the Sabbatari ans to the Saturday half-holiday. They are heartily co-operating, though from such different motives, with the old friends of the people in obtaining for them this boon ; and in one point, at least, they must have the credit of consistency, for rest from labour was indubitably enjoined on the seventh day of the week by the fourth com mandment, and it is to that commandment that they uniformly appeal, when desirous to enforce on those who differ from them abstinence from recreation, as well as from labour, on the first day. Fearful of losing the good-will of the many by their views of Sunday observance they are endeavouring to make up for it by doing their best to get them half Saturday. We accept their aid ; it in no way prejudices the main question, and from all that has been said and done we be lieve that masters will not lose, and that men will greatly gain by the proposed relaxation. Experience may now be fairly appealed to, and that under very varied circumstances. The mer chants of busy Manchester and the tradesmen of the Northern Metropolis have alike tried the Saturday half-holiday, and are satisfied with the result. With the former it has been a growing practice for many years, and is much more likely to become universal than to recede. At Edin burgh it originated a series of entertaining and useful lectures and entertainments for the eman cipated toilers and spinners. Messrs. PRICE'S Candle Company, Messrs. SPOTTISWOODE, the printers, and the well-known firm of TRUMAN, HANBITRY, BUXTON, and Co., have all tried and approved closing at earlier hours on Saturday. In the latter firm there was, it appears, a diviaion of opinion at first, which experience has entirely removed, and they now invite other business firms to inquire into its working with them. We do not remember, indeed, to have heard of an instance in which the result of the concession has not been the condensation of as much work, at least, into the shorter time, and the improve ment of the habits of the work - people. It was predicted that it would open the door to increased drunkenness and dissipation ; but such has not been the effect generally, though probably individual instances might be found of the abuse of this as of any other good. Nothing so drives men to artificial stimulants as ceaseless fag and toil. Nature will avenge herself ; and the rebound from monoton3us labour, continued to the last hour, is either the gin-shop, or hall the Sunday in bed. Let a man finish his work in time to take his wages home early, and for his wife to have the chance of showing him the wants of his family, and of getting change at the shop instead of the public-house, and the majority of men will feel the prior claims at home. If the half holiday gives to the utterly depraved few the opportunity of indulging their appetites sooner, it also gives to the more reasonable many the oppor tunity of spending the week's earnings with greater advantage. Should the practice of paying wages on Friday extend at the same time, the two would in all probability have a strong ten dency to induce a more considerate appropriation of weekly wages. After whien T 1E WINTETS TALE. ROY THE kTRIC ADELPHT. Proprf...tor and Manager. Mr. R. Webster. Directrest, Madame Celan.. TAB P.VreNING, THE GREEN BUSHES. After which, TFIE CUSTOII3 OF THE COUNTRY. Followed by TLIE IRISH LION, ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEATRE. Leasee and Mana;Ter. Mr. Alfre4 Wigan. T FITS, EliE NI `TG A FASCINATEIG INDIVIDUAL. After which. RETRIBUTION. ennelude with A CONJUG XL LESSON, ASTLErSI ROYAL AIIPHITFIEATRE. Lessee And Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. The Romantic Equestrian Rpectacle called THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the Mounted Rrizands of the Abruzzi with Mr. W. Cooke's stud of trained d oc il e h orses. , After which, The incomparable Eque;trian Display of EQUESTRI ‘N ART in the ARENA. The novel and miraculous performance of the German Brothers. To conclnae with THE FESTIVAL OF PEACE ; or, Honour to the Brave. Tiox-otiice ()nen frvn F'ev?ti till PV:r. Stave Manager, Mr. W West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. RIGq WATER, AT LONDON Trite DAT—Morn. 19 min. aft. 6 —Evening 40 min, aft. 6 Tn. XORROW—Morn. 0 min. aft. 7—Evening 22 min. aft. 7 THE WEATEIER.—SuN OFFICE, JULY 9. THERIIO)fETER, IN THE SHADE. 59 —highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 64 —this day at noon. R a g onsrot-29 . 84-lising rapidly. WIND, N.W.—Fresb, with cloudy weather and sun shine. A. fine day for the Guards' review. k{,- P. ,..4--e-_,: v--- - --- 74:44 '.•- ''- ki___, •--"r It was, however, among the young men em ployed in shops and warehouses that the demand for shorter hours first began. There can be no question that to them it would be a great and an easy boon. Early closing of shops could be no loss ultimately to the shopkeepers. The gene• rality of persons will spend their incomes, and all would spend just as much in shops if they were open but ten hours as if they were open twelve or fourteen. Competition has engendered the evil and sustains it, and nothing can put it down but a public opinion as strong as an Act of Par liament. If the young men do but persevere, it will, before long, ba felt to be as selfish and dis honourable to keep open a shop too late as to keep it open on a Sunday ; it will brand the doer of it as indifferent to the comfort of his servants, and as desirous meanly to get an advantage of his neighbours. The utility of the practice to the public is more than doubtful ; it merely fosters late instead of encouraging early habits. Persons who now put off their shopping till a late hour would soon find it marvellously easy to do in the afternoon what they have put off till evening ; and few indeed of the shopkeepers could not do at least half as much business again in the same time • The prezent practice is, in truth, a wanton waste of the time and health of young men ; and we gladly, therefore, contribute our mite of en- couragement to the movement for Early Closing of shops, and, in all occupations which admit of it, to the Saturday half•holiday. We trust that the meetings and deputations this week will be of great service to the object. It is by this conti nued calling of public attention to the subject that the advocates of the movement must hope to succeed. I Thanks t o M r . MORRIS MOORE, .e have now had another revelation of the Mysteries of the National Gallery. Eureka —it is found—the' I secret history of that big daub, the 2,,1000/. PAULO VERONESE, as Punch called it, "The Adoration of the Magi, and of nobody else !" It appears to have been one of ten pictures belonging to the church of San Silvestro, in Venice —ten pictures originally (that is to say, only a year or two back), in very bad condition, "en tres ynauvais etar —ten pictures the Curate of the Church en deavoured during twenty years in vaii i to sell to some goose or another of a connoisserudr—terz pic tures which at length in 1855 (obsery e, only last year !) he did actually part with (to his hearek , Joy, no doubt, and infinite consolatitin) for the sum of 10,000 francs, a sum paid to him for . LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1856 Sir VELLRLES WOOD bitterly complains of the present extravagance of the guardians of the public purse. Ho asserts that the House and the Government have now reversed positions. That the former ai one time " exercised very con siderable influence in checking the disposition of the Governments to unnecessary expenditure, but now the Government were obliged to check mo tions made in the House from time to time in favour of the claims of particular classes of offi cers or other public servants." The First Lord of the Admiralty has stated the case with un usual accuracy, but the effect will not be exactly that which he inte'aded to produce. He has clearly ex;lained tlae principles by which the economists are act uated. They protest against unnecessary expenditure—against jobs of every kind and descrip don. They will not consent to squander a million sterling to gratify the caprice of any individr,al, however exalted, but they will do everything, that justice and liberality requires to reward the services of meritorious public ser vants, am?, to allow distinguished veterans to pass the'ir declining years in the enjoy ment o f that otium cum dignitate which they have so well deserved from their country. On the other hand, the Government and the red tapistsi are " penny wise and pound foolish"—they " strain at gnats but swallow camels," even of the most capacious dimensions. There is nothing too. large for their profuse and reckless extrava ga.nce, or too small for their cheese-pairing and paltry meanness. If any matter comes well re commended—that is to say, if backed by strong influence, whether Parliamentary or secret and unconstitutional—it will receive their support ; if, however, it has only fair play and th© good-will of the unaristocratic million is its favour, then, it has but a Slight chance of meeting their appY:obation. Can it be believed that the very same A !minis tration that were willing to expend a million sterling on the cabbage gardens at Kensington for the purpose of interring the national collection of pictures where they would be rendered perfectly useless to the great body of their legitimate owters, should scruple at allowing half-pay, well and nobly earned, to eighteen veterans, whose aggregate services reached to a thousand long years, or an average of more than fifty-five years each—that they could resist the animated and convincing appeal of the honourable and gallant Member for Bath on behalf of those aged and dis tinguished officers. But they did so, and unfor tunately succeeded by a majority of 7, through the apathy and indifference of the House, which narrowly escaped the disgrace of being counted out during such a motion, and in which there 'Were the division but 69 members —scarcely more than a tenth of the number entitled to vote. ilay, more, they added insult to injury by per mitting Sir CHARLES Wool), as their mouthpiece, to scoff and sneer at services which, as the Morn ing Herald trnly remarks, "he has not sufficient claaracter to appreciate !" It was indeed a heart rending statement of Captain SCOBELL—one that should have elicited in place of scorn and re unqualifi e d s y m p a thy proach. These eighteen heroes, whve average service was fifty-five years, " had among them 42 wounds, includi ng l osses medals and c l as of legs, arms, awl eyes, and bad recei ve d 30 ps. The average period dining which they enjoyed the scanty advantages of Greenwich was but nine years. In some cases men had died so poor that their widows had not bee n able to administer to their wills, or subscrip tions had to be raised for the payment of debts 'Allah they had contracted, in order to furnish their humble dwellings. They were all men with fa llglies, having children to educate, and they had la E- S U LI 0N D WEDNESD A - Y EN.I f*? el, JULY 9; 1856. those tea,Rictures by a certain M. T OFFOLI. Rernelber now—for we want to be very particu lar in regard to dates, and names, and numerals —this PAULO VERONESE, recently added to the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom for an amount very little short of 2,0001., was sold only last year (1855), with nine other daubs by the Curate of the Venetian Church of San Silvestro to a M. TOFFOLI for the sum of 10,000 francs—giving an average to each of the ten pictures of just about 401. in round numbers. And for this paint ing, appraised at about 401. value in 1855, England is made to pay over close upon 2,0001. in 1856—t0 be explicit, the picture cost ing the nation exactly 1,977/., minus 2/. 2s. 2d. travelling expenses —or, precisely, 1,979/. 2s. 2d. altogether ! Certainly between the two sales this huge sprawling PAULO VERONESE was cobbled up by M. TAGLIAPIETRA, Restaurateur de l'Acade mie des Beaux Arts de Venise, for a fee of 100 NAPOLEONS ! But is it in reason, we ask, that a supposed PAULO VERONESE in very bad condition " en tres mauvais etat" in 1855, and then valued at some 401. only should be made worth anything at all like 1,977/. in 1856 by the magic brush of even M. TAcuIAPIETRA? Is it ? a-hem !—well, really we leave the answer to that extraordinary Jadge of Art, Sir CHARLES , Loci EASTLAKE, and to the wonderfully-gifted German travelling agent of " Herr OTTO MUNDLER, Expert de la Gallerie Nationale d'Angleterre r Ob serving to them with the chuckle of Sir FRANCIS GRIPE in the Comedy " Settle it between you ! Settle it between you !" Settle it ? Well, bluntly and honestly, we are more than half-inclined to think that the two wiseacres who snapped up a 401. daub for the small sum of very nearly 2,0001. sterling, have received at last for themselves what is idiomatically called " a settler," from Mr. MORRIS MOORE, of 27, Soho-square. Un fortunately the nation has had to " settle" for itself, to the tune of 1,979/. 2s. and 2d., according to the acknowledgment--no, not exactly according to the acknowledgment, but absolutely according to the veritable " brag," of that very extravagant economist, -Mr. JADIES Winsoiv, of the Economist, Member for Westbury', and Secre tary to the Treasury. We suppose, however, this is the sort of bonus the nation must expect to be called upon to pay, every now and then, in return for the privilege of having a German cognoscenti (highly salaried) pottering about the Continent in search of damaged canvas fur the walls of the National Gallery. THE EN2RY OF THE GUARDS INTO Guards Were drawn up and assisted the police to , keep the line, and as the Guards passed they pre sented arms. That was all the recognition the troops received from what might be termed the authorities, for with the exception of the Admi ralty, where a solitary flag was hoisted, no symbol' of gratitude for past services, or of _joy at the re turn of these brave fellows, was exhibited at the Government offices. They were not even saluted ; with a round from the park guns. At Charing-cross the concourse of persons was immense, and all the elevated places were crowded to excess. At the statue of Charles 11., the steps of the Nelson Column, the National Gallery, and those of St. Martin's-in-the-fields, the people were densely packed and cheered enthusiastically; at Bewley's, at the corner turning into Cockspur-street, a large flag was suspended from the roof of the house with the words "In peace forget not the heroes who won it," and at Wells and Lambe's, a flag, " The pride of the people." All along Cickspur-street, Pall-mall, the same enthusiastic cheers greeted the troops, and the Club-houses, Opera-house, and other houses, were, crowded with elegantly-dressed ladies, who evinced' their joy and gratitude at the return of these brave troops, by the waving of handkerchiefs, scarfs, &c., &c. ' LONDON—(This Day.) -T The brigade of Coldstream, Grenadier, and Vusi lier Guards made their public entry into London this morning, on their return from the Crimea, to resume garrison duty. The weather in the early part of the morning was unpropitious ; the sky was overcast—black and portentous clouds flitted across the horizon, alternated with transient rays of sunshine and a slight mist, but notwithstanding this disadvantage crowds collected early to mark the enthusiasm of.a people anxious to express their gratitude to the men who have not only nobly sustained the reputa tion of the British arms, but have added additional lustre to our military fame by their indomitable courage and bravery in those ever to be re membered struggles in the Crimea, and for their patient endurance and suffering, under unparalleled circumstances of official blunder ing, and the reception the troops met with was all that could be expected, and must have beilf highly gratifying to them. On the route from the Nine Elms Station, along the Wandsworth-road, over Vauxhall- bridge, through Crescent-road, New-road, Millbank-row, Millbank-street, Abingdon-street, Old Palace-yard, Margaret-street, Parliament-street, Whitehall, Charing-cross, Cockspur-street, Pall-Mall, through Marlborough-house Yard, along the Park in front of Buckingham Palace, up Constitution-hill, into Hyde-park, dense crowds of persons had congre gated on the footpaths on eac h s id e o f th e s t ree t s , and at the intersecti ng s t ree t s th e concourse ex ceeded all calculation. The windows of all the houses were occupied, and the parapets were lined with people. Flags fluttered in the breeze, and many houses were decorated with evergreens and other demonstrations of joy. The Brigade, which consists of 3,200 men, were conveyed from Farnborough Station by the Lon don and South-Western Railway, to Nine Elms Station, by four special trains, in companies of 30 officers and 810 men, arriving about 8.45, 8.55, 9.20, and 9.30 a.m. respectively. The conveyance of the troops was superintended by Mr. Goodson, the superintendent of the line, and Mr. Scott, traffic manager, and the arrangements made by them were excellent, and the greatest punctuality was observed in all their movements. The troops were received at the station at Nine Elms by Mr. Crombie, the secretary; Mr. Younge, station super ' intendent, and Mr. Beattie, the locomotive super intendent, who were most assiduous in their attention to the officers and men as the respec tive trains arrived, and they were greatly assisted in their labours by Mr. Inspector Bent, of the A division, and his men, who were on duty at the station and in the station yard. The officers, on their arrival, partook, in the new goods shed, of a breakfast, provided by Mr. Heritage, of the Royal Albert Hotel, adjoining the station gate, which gave great satisfaction. During the interval between the arrival of the troops and their forming into column, the men took up their stations in the various portions of the yard, and it was amusing to hear their exptes sions of delight at their return once again to their native land, and to hear them recount their remi niscences of " flood and field." This noble regiment left England in February, 1854, and was at the battles of Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and the tak ing of Sebastopol, the sanguinary conflicts of which hare told heavilyon their original numbsrs, but have added further glory and renown to their martial fame. Of the number which left England, but 260 return,, and their stalwart frames and swarthy countenances present 'a striking contrast to those who hive replaced their gallant comrades, who now lie peacefully near the scenes of their glory, many of them victims of official blundering. About a quarter to eleven o'clock a change took place in the weather. That which was black and lowering became bright and cheerful ; the sun shone out with greater vigour, its rays playing fan tastically around the accoutrements of the men, the polished bayonets, and the orders and decora tions of the officers, the whole presenting a bril liant and enlivening scene, and this delightful change in the weather continued throughout the day. At Marlborough-house Gate, Earl Cardigan with bis aides-de-camp, joined the Guards and rode with them into the park, and on being recognised was Ibudly cheered, as was General Beatson, who joined the troops in the park, and was dressed in gay and glittering regimentals as Commander of the Bashi- Bazouks. The same enthusiastic reception awaited the Guards on their entering the parks, where the Horse Guards (Blue) re-continued the line as had been accorded them throughout the previous part of the route. As tley entered the park through Marlborough gate, the clock struck twelve, and on looking through the vista commanding a sight of the bal cony at Buckingham Palace, a magnificent sight presented itself. In the balcony., we afterwards found, awaiting the arrival of the troops, her MAjesty, who looked remarkably well, and was dressed in a white dress, lace shawl, and blue bon net ; his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ; her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, who was dressed in a pink dress, with white shawl and green bonnet; several other of the Royal children, the Duchess of Kent, King Leopold, the Compte de Flandres, with several of his Majesty's suite, Lady Sutherland, &c., &c. The windows in front of the Palace were crowded with royal and distinguished visitors, and the para pet was lined with the officials of the Palace. The troops having passed along the centre Mall from Marlborough house, accompanied with several wounded soldiers in plain clothes, entered the side gate nearest Pimlico, and passed in front of the Palace, and were received by her Majesty, the members of the Royal family, and distinguished visitors, in the most gratifying and affectionate manner. MUTINY IN THE TIPPERARY MILITIA (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP.H.) DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. An alarming mutiny broke out among the North Tipperary Militia, now stationed at Nenagh, on Monday, and had not been quelled up to post hour last night. The men peremptorily refused to give up their clothing and arms previous to disembodi ment, and then attacked their officers and com mitted several other outrages. Major-General Chatterton has despatched a large body of troops from Limerick to quell the mutiny. Her Majesty, as the troops advanced up the Mall, and passed under the balcony, appeared much affected, and repeatedly bowed and waved her handkerchief to them in the most familiar and condes'cending manner possible, and the brave fellows were so elated at the signal mark of favour and affection they had received at the hands of their Queen that they took off their bearskin-caps, waved•them in the air, and cheered lustily. The troops, as they passed before her Majesty, emerged by the gate nearest Constitution-hill, pro ceeded up the hill across into Hyde-park, amidst the cheers of countless thousands who were assem bled in the vast space in close proximity to this part of the route. A few minutes before eleven o'clock the order was given for the men to fall in. This was speedily complied with, the band playing the National Anthem, followed by the pathetic' strains of " Home, sweet Home," -- words calculated to rekindle with electric rapidity, under ordinary circumstances, man's earliest and dearcst associations ; but who can enter into the feelings, of men returned from a perilous and arduous catn-' paign as these notes strike upon the ear, and the hope of again meeting father, mother, brother; sister, wife, little ones, and all that man holds dear, rise uppermost in his bosom. That the strains produced perceptible emotions of this kind in the breasts of these brave men was not to be doubted, but discipline, which has the effect of steeling and hardening to a certain extent the finer feelings of man's nature, stepped in, and the order to form in line banished for a time the thoughts -- that had thus momentarily engaged their attention. All being in readiness, Lieut.-Gan. Crawford, Brigadier-General, accompanied by Capt. Sturt, his aide-de-cam p, Col. Foley, who brought the brigade home, Lord Rokeby, Col. Sarkey, Capt. Hon. A. Eggerton, Major Hon. W. Coke, Capt. Hon. W.Wellesley, Major F. Baring, Col. Lewis, and Cul. O'Brien took up their respective positions in front of the troops, and the Ensigns in their proper place at the head of their regiment with their colours with which they left England, all riddled with shot and in tatters, but with sufficient left to recall their daring deeds at Talavera, Barossa, &c., the word of command to move forward was given. The station gates were then thrown open, and the column, each regiment preceded by its band playing some popular piece of music, moved into the Wandsworth-road in " fours," amidst the en thusiastic cheers of the assembled thousands. As they proceeded along 'Wandsworth -road, over Vauxhall-bridge, and through Millbank-row and Millbank-street, the cheers were caught up by the eager and expectant • crowd, and again and again renewed and repeated. At the various points along these roads flags streamed from the houses, on many of which were inscrib ed " Welcome home, brave Guards," and the like. On Vauxhall-bridge an incident occurred which, though slight in itself, was no doubt grati fying to the humble individual noticed, and was wermlT “pptanded by the respectably-dressed persons who had congregated on the bridge. A young man, who had lost his arm, and was dressed in plain clothes, with the Crimean medal and three bars on his breast, attracted the atten tion of the veteran Lord Rokeby as ho rode along. His lordship stopped, asked the man where lie lost his arm, and was informed at Inkermann, his lord ship all the time shaking him heartily by the hand. The troops, iu passing through Abingdon-street, Old Palace-yard, Margaret-street, Parliament street, and Pall-mall, were again enthusiastically cheered ; and as th ey passe d i n front of the Houses of Parliament, which were crowded with peers and ladies, as was the Treasury, the Chapel. RoyA the Horse Guards, and the Admiralty, were re ceived with waving of handkerchiefs by the ladies, the loud huzzas of the populace, and the melodious tones of the bells of St. Margaret's Church ; and at the corner of Parliament-street bouquets of flowers were thrown by ladies on the balconies amongst the troops. During the progress of the troops the police .had behaved exceedingly indulgent to the people, many of whom, from their being collected in such great numbers, were unable to resist the pressure from behind, and had to walk along the road by the troops, but on arriving at the corner of Parlia ment-street, where Great George-street and Bridge street intersects, the crowd had become so great that they inconvenienced the Guards as they marched along. By a vigorous resistance under the Superintendence of Captain Harris, the new Police Commissioner, who acted with great consideration and caution, the crowd were kept back, and the troops proceeded on their route without further in convenience. At the commencement of Whitehall the Horse HYDE PARK. At an early hour this morning many thousands had assembled to welcome home our Crimean heroes, and at the time appointed for the arrival of-the different battalions there was a larger at tendance than had ever witnessed any former review. The appearance of the assembled multitude from the centre of the review ground was exceedingly picturesque, and the glittering accoutrements of the cavalry by which it was kept added greatly to . the effect. I For a considerable period previous to the arrival of the Crimean brigade of Guards, the three bat talions of Guards quartered in London and. the battalion from Windsor awaited the arrival of their companions in arms. Th e Coldstreams were stationed on the left, the Grenadiers in the centre, the Fusikiers on the right, and the colonels of the three regiments of Guards headed their respeetive corps. At half,past twelve th e b r i g ade of F oo t ma d e it s appearing, and the officers galloped forward to meet them. Upon the battalions successively gaining the open space they formed into quartercolumns, facing those already drawn up, and then, on the com mand being given, marched directly into the diffe rent spaces between the three brigades, thus form ing - - i six solid squares at 25 paces interval, under the -command of Major-General Crawford. - At the moment the Crimean Brigade commenced marching, their comrades presented arms, and then a tremendous cheer rose which was returned by myriads of spectators. The brigade having reached the position above described orders were given to stand at ease, and in this manner her Majesty's arrival was waited for. At 25 minutes to two a movement was perceptir ble towards the furthermost end of the open space, and shortly afterwards her Majesty and the royal suite drove up to the standard. The royal party occupied six carriages. In the first was her Ma jesty and hi r illustrious visitors ; the second, the Prince of Wales and his attendants ; the third, the Pr.ncess Royal and her attendants ; the fourth, the re maining members of the Royal family; the fifth and sixth, contained fiord Panmure and the members of the Royal Household. The recep tion of her 'Majesty was most enthusiastic. The cheering bavi fig at length subsided, the inspection of the brigaile commenced. A squadrot i of cavalry preceded the royal cortege, and then at a slow pace her Majesty and suite, at tended by a brilliant assemblage of officers,proceeded down the line, the whole of the Guards presenting arms. The set;ne at this precise moment was one of surpassing grandeur, while the cheering and applause vvitlz which the brilliant Anon° wae sur veyed was of I the most rapturous and enthusiastic character. The royal cr ►rriages having proceeded the whole length of the }ire, returned to the saluting point, and the brigade then passed by the Royal party in slow and qui-ck time, the bands of the dif- ferent regimen is playing " See the conquering hero comes." Afte 'r this movement had been performed the whole of f, :le regiments halted as if to afford her Majesty another opportunity of surveying those who hl id so well discharged their duty._ She then left i ,he ground amidst tremendous cheer- ing, and the E ;rigade marched off to their respective barracks. MR. Binur r; - "M.P.—This gentleman, who had been staying for io me days past, at the Union Hotel here, as well as at.Ar derton S Hotel, Nairn, set out on Tnurs ,day.las, for 'Sutherlandshire. We are glad to hear that Mr. .13:,ight , u z considerably improved in health. —lnver ness 'Actvertist r, The reportw frr,m the manufacturing towns for the past week :give evidence of the • effect of the good pros pen a of the ha rvest in imparting steadiness to al, branches of trade. At Manchester there has been a fair detnai3d, acc, impanied in some instances by an ad vance in &ides. The Birmingham accounts describe no alteration in the iron-market, but state that quotations are well maintain ed. A reduction of 5 per cent. has seen made in: c..)1 Ter manufactures, owing to the recent fall inithat metal. At Nottingham a good business has been transact , M- both in hosiery and lace. In the ~:woollen districts there has been a slight improvement, and the Irish line 11-Markets are quiet. The Cologne U 'azette is responsible for the following story When. Palmer was condemned, the Sardinnan ambassador.teleg: r3phed to Turin, Palmer, condemned to death, will be hanged at Rugeley.' The official at Turin .wrote for Palm,' (abridged for 'Palmer') 'Pa'- merstrin,' and sen titas an offic al despatch to the Mini ster Cavour. Th, j latter, having smiled on reading it, left it open on his desk, and in a few minutes the repur, went like wildfire through Turin that the English had hanged . theirTlim - e 111 Water." LATEST NE WS. MARSEILLES, JULY 8. Despatches from Constantinople state that the Grand Vizier, Aali Paella, had arrived there on the 28th of June. A decree of the Porte orders the immediate levying of a tax of 15,000,000 francs. There was to be, on the sth of July, a great solemnity at Constantinople in honour of i►he allied generals. Marshal Pelissier and General Codrington were to be presented with magnificent sabres and the cross of Medjidie in diamonds. Marshal Pelissier was to leave the Crimea on the 3d of July. There would then only remain there 3,000 French, 1,800 English, and 100 Sar dinians. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. M. For toul, Minister of Pablic Instruction and Worship, has died suddenly at Elms. TUESDAY EVENING. Some weeks ago the Municipal Council of Nantes offered a residence for the Imperial Prince in that town, and the old palace of the Dukes of Brittany was spoken of as selected for the purpose. The Emperor has not thought fit to accept the offer, as will be seen from the following letter addressed to the Mayor of Nantes by the Minister of the Interior : " Monsieur,L—The Emperor has been duly informed of the deliberation by which, on your prop,sition, the municipal council of Nantes request his Majesty to be graciously pleased to accept the offer of a residence for the Prince Imperial. The Emperor was highly gratified by the feeling which prompted that delibera tion, and has charged me to express all his gratitude to yourself, Monsieur, and the councillors of your good and loyal city. But the realisation of this idea would bt attended with considerable expense to the town ; and his Majesty desires that such an outlay should not be incurred, especially since the terrible disasters caused by the overflowing of the Loire. His Majesty cordially thanks the town of Nantes for this mark of attachment to the heir of his dynasty, and begs you will make known to your fellow citizens how highly he appreciates this new proof of their affection and devotedness.— Accept, &c., " BILLAULT." BOURSE, July - B.—Little or no business doing, and Mantes and Shares are much the same as yes terday. Threes are at 71f. 80c. RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa of the 23d, in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" A definitive decision bas at length been received here from St. Petersburg, respecting the colonisation of the Greek volunteers in the Crimea. These will receive the land aban doned by the Tartars, exempt from taxes during 50 years. The - state will advance for the same period, to each father of a family a sum of 200 silver roubles. The children of these families will be educated at the expense of the state. The Greek volunteers wauld not have hoped for more favourable terms. . The number of persons at tracted to the Crimea by curiosity or by a desire of visiting the graves of their relatives having be come-very considerable, and as many of these visitors were consequently subject to great pri vations, the government has determined on de livering passports only to persons who can prove that business affairs call them to that country." A letter from Kalish (Poland) of the Ist, in the Austrian. Gazette, says :—"A decree of the Em peror, published yesterday, has produced a most joyful sensation here ; is t is to the effect that in future persons of all el,a sses, leaving the country from motives of health, will obtain the necessary authorisation gratis, in place of having to pay 50 roubles as formerly." The Governor of Poland, Prince Gortschakoff, has sent a circular to all the local authorities declaring that they 01211 allow all persons who have fled abroad to esocape military service to return home . without punishment ; also that they shall recommend such persons to occupy themselves in agricultural or manufacturing la bour. It is stated that several refugees, tak ing advantage of the promises of the circular, have returned to their homes, but that they are those who have passed the age of military ser vice ; as to the others, it is stated that they fear to return lest they shoutid be included in the next levy. • The Nord of- Brussels publishes a letter from Vienna in favour of more intimate relations be tween Austria and Russia, but that journal itself seems to have little syLapathy for the Austrian journals. , The Austrian, Correspondence had stated that the articles against Austria in the Nord were effaced by the Russian censors;, and to that asser tion the Nord replies as follows : " The Austrian journals make , much ado about a statement :which they repeat over and over again, to the effect that the Russian censors have suppressed one of our articles, written in reply to the insults of the Austrian press; We are not aware whether the sup pression really took place, but, in any case, the fact causes na but little embarrassment. If the Russian censors have suppressed-an article, rather severe perhaps, that we wrote in answe r to the impertinent attacks of the Austrian journals, what else dues that prove than the extreme moderation ,of the Ru.sian Government, and our own perfect independence ? The Austrian journals exult in what they call they disavowal inflicted on us ; can it be that they imagine this Cabinet of St. Petersburg to be of their, opinion, and that it is grateful to them for the insults and malicious insinuations which they launch against Russia, and for the self-glorification in which they incessantly indulge ? Really, the whole matter is I quite pitiful 1" HAMBURG. The Independence Beige has the following from Hamburg, dated the 4th :-- The police of this city hav e just effected an ar rest which has created some sensation. A Pole, M. Joseph Olsceski, an emigrant of old date from his own country, where his property is seques trated, arrived here a few weeks ago from London. Upon the strength of au information received from some secret agents in London, our police made a sudden irruption into M. Oliceski's rooms, where they discovered, it is said, some boxes filled with addresses and proclamations printed in E ng l an d, and drawn up by a revolutionary comm i ttee that has established in that country the basis of its ope rations. These printed sheets were to be distributed by thousands over the kingdom of Poland. `the plot had its ramifications at Berlin. It is announced that the police of that capital have just made there several political arrests among the Polish refugees. M. C4oldheim, lieutenant of police, at Berlin, ac companied by two agents, came yesterday and demanded the surrender of M. Olsceski, who will be conveyed to Berlin, and from there escorted to the Polish frontiers, where he will be handed over to the military authorities of Russia. ITALY. _ - The following address is from the Neapolitansto Count Cavour. It is important as showing the increased influence which Piedmont has gained by recent events, and the greater approximation which is being effected between the Italian na tionalities _ THE NEAPOLITANS TO THE COUNT CAVOUR. "The Parliament and the Army of Piedmont have made manifest to the world that civil prudence and mili tary valour are the patrimony of Italians, a patrimony which falls not beneath the scythe of time nor with the vicissitudes of history. This wisdom and this courage, no longer suffering delay, you have known how to en gage in the great affairs of nations and iii the struggle of giants in the Crimea. These deeds now bear upon them the impress of the Italian arm, and your name iiever will be blotted from the pages of human great ness. Those who once regarded your counsels as rash ness now applaud you with astonishment. They have been enabled to perceive that privileged minus pierce - deeply into passing events ; that happy results are almost always the effect of wise preparations, and that therefore the intellect of man makes even fortune obey it. The Piedmontese soldier cartied with him the heart .and the welt-wishes of the Neapolitan people. His triumphs and his glory were a ray of living light; which penetrated into the innermost soul of ti e Neapolitan soldier. We have seen him tremble with indignation at the unhonoured ease to which he is con demned. Praise be to your name ! Those were the testimonials which you brought forward for Ita!y ; you afterwards undertook to prepare for it amid the nations a third glorious life, to create fur it a Ivor robust existence—a .more woudetful civilisation ; au now we, and those athe other Italian proviucee, thougi impeded in body, have begun to live, it may he Said, i n this third Italian cradle, Piedmont. This is the new int personation of Italy which you with infinite dignity anu firmness have represented in the presence of Potentates, and for which we are loved and hated. In this way have you asserted the right of us all to live as Italians i , i our great and coveted country. Eternal glory be to your name ! The sentiments of Neapolitans for such benefits do not find terms sufficiently strong to give them expression: You, most distinguished Citizen, while sus taiAiing,iind defending your couiltry, would have a feeling of repugnance that it should proffer to you, by our lip 4, though we are your most oppressed fellow-citizens, wor.id of gratitude; but our hearts are so deeply move( ,hat silence would oppress us still more. Accept, rhea, at least, one act of our deep affection and of cu protound admiration If we Neapolitans now live i. Piedmont, you live also in our hearts, and our chili dren `shall ever, repeat your name with love and • veneration. Your name, ai it is, is a terror to those ILR.H.F.M.P.A. AT IT AGAIN ! Let the reader imagine Punch, in the costume of a Policeman on duty, gently tapping an illustrious personage as he hurries out of the National Gallery with a misappropriated picture under either arm, on the shoulder, and exclaiming—" Only moving the pictures to Kensington Gore ! Suppose you leave 'em where they are, eh ?" and he will conceive at once what a treat is in store for, or being enjoyed by, the purchasers of this week's number of our contemporary ! Police esprit and the Puncheon idiosyncracy were surely never presented in more harmonious and striking conjunction than in the countenance of the zealous well-trained officer, nor detected larceny more legibly graved than on the counte nance of the exalted " conveyancer." At your it again and again, most patriotic of policemen, until you have "nabbed" the entire gang of "national" depredators. CALNE ELECTION.—Sir W. F. Williams of Kara was this day elected member for Caine without opposition. A credit hank has been formed in Milan, with a capi tal of 120,00011., for the assistance of the silk trade.. The King of Naples, who is now on a visit to the Popo at Porto ,t'Auzio, is said to have taken counsel with his Holiness, and that the result is, both these po tentates have agreed on resisting what they call the aggre•sive policy of the Western Powers. The King of Sardinia has conferred the Grand Cross of St. Maurice and Lazarus on Mehemed Ali Pasha, Prince of Egypt ; and M. Mu4urus, Charge d'Affaires of the Porte at Turin, has been named Commander of the second cla-s of the same order. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.—Their Royal Highnesses will arrive in Landon' to-morrow, on a visit to her ;INN Katy, They will embark at (Mend this even ing at 7 o'clook, and, landing at Dover, will pass the night at Birmingham's Royal Ship Hotel, where a suite of State apartments have been engaged for their recep tion. His Excellency the Prussian Minister will leave town this afternoon to receive the Prince and Princess.— A letter from a correspondent at Dover says :—" The Prince and Princess of Prussia are expected to arrive at Dover to-day. Apartments have been prepared at the Sbip Hotel, where their Royal Highnesses will stay during the night, and will leave Dover by a special tram on Thursday morning." On Saturday last Sir Charles Napier entertained at dinner, at his residence in Albemarle street, the follow ing noblemen and gentlemen ;—Lord Panniure, Lord Dundonald, Lord Paulet ' his Excellency the P or t uguese Minister, Sir J. D u k e , M.P., Sir G. Sartorius, Mr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Jackson, M.P., Mr. Matins, M.P., Rear-Admiral Best, Admiral Wood, Captain Gor don, Mr. Ley, clerk of the House of Commons, and Mr. James Grant. Lord Palmerston was also to have been of the pirty, but circumstances connected with his lord ship's official duties occurred at the last moment, which rendered his absence unavailable. The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotter dam produce markets state that the demand was but that prices continued to be well supported. In coffee the transactions were principally for local con sumption. Sugar, raw and refined, was still favourably influenced by purchases, and rates were quoted at a fur ther slight advance. The holders of rice refusing to sub mit to a further reduction, prices were nominal. The letters from Rouen report greater animation in the mar ket for manufactures, but rates had not exhibited mate rial improvement. Accounts from Western Australia of the 21st of April are very favourable with ragard to the general progress of the colony. An abundant harvest bad caused a con siderable fall in wheat and flour, and the season appeared in every respect to be unusually productive. The farm big interests were never in a more healthy state, and the trade of the place altogether was satisfactory although some duluess hart been occasioned by the course of the Flo►ne Government, who were reducing the convict es. tablklitueot a* much as possible. Rumour° he.t.l Just been revived of the discovery of gold. Two specimens had been brought in—one from within 12 miles of Perth, the other fram a locality about 40 miles from that place. In the neighbourhood of Champion Bay a very promising copper mine is said to have been discovered and opened. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly . 2.loths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.44 ; standard gold, at the English Mint price, is therefore rather more than 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Ham. burg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 per cent., which, as com pared with the -Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of Eng land ; and, after making allowance for charges of trans port and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE ALLEGED MURDER IN ST. GlLEs's.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley concluded the adjourned inquiry at the Hand and Crown, New Oxford-street, touching the death of Mr. Samuel Stocker, civil engineer , aged 35, who, as already reported, was alleg e d t o have been way laid by robbers and murdered near St. Giles's Church. The additional evidence • did not afford any positive proof upon the matter, and the jury, therefore, acting upon a recommendation of the coroner, returned an open verdict to the effect "That the deceased died from certain injuries to the head caused by a man to the jurors unknown." CAITTIONTO PAWSBROBERS.—At tne Brixton Borough Police Court yesterday (Tuesday), Lewis Lyons, pawn broker, New-road, was charged at the instance of Col. Lowe, with having knowingly received a Crimean medal from John Baker, a private in the 4th Light Dragoons. The bench imposed a penalty of three times the supposed amount of the medal, in all 245., and also fined the de fondant ls. and costs for the offence. The Mayor added that if any other case was brought before the beach, the party would be fined in the full penalty of 204 who oppress ;to those who envy u , our tndepen• clence, our liberty, our morality —s o it is hope to the oppressed, comfort to the weak, and a support to the bold. And this name, which sounds not les3 revered in the palaces and in the wrttings of free and enlightened nations—this name, we trw;t, wiU be also, and that ere long, the herald of the well•assured independence and union of Italy." TUSCANY. "A Change of Ministry a7Ppears probable in Tuscany," says a letter from Florence in the Univers. " The Grand Duke, thwarted in his de .sires respecting the concordat by his chief Minister, M. Baldasseroni, sometimes seemed inclined to dismiss him. Two of the Ministers, MM. Laval and Bologna, are partisans of the Leopoldino laws, and would retire with M. Baldasseroni. Two other Ministers, MM. Buonarotti and Landucci would form the new Cabinet, being in f avour of thei con cordat ; but the most influential members of the diplomatic corps have expressed the opinion o f the Governments which they represent to be iu favour of retaining the code of Leopold I." THE BRAZILS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. By the Royal Mail steam-ship Tay, Captain Brydges, with the Brazilian and River Plate mails, we_ have dates from Buenos Ayres, May 28th; Monte Video, 31st ; Rio de Janeiro, June 14th; Bahia, 17th ; Pernambuco, 19th ; St. Vincent's, 27th ; Teneriffe, July Ist ; Madeira, 2d ; Lisbon, sth. The Tay brings 132 passengers, about 50,0001. in specie, and the usual cargo. Tee news from Buenos Ayres is uninteresting. The arrival of Mr. Christie at Monte Video, on his way to that province, had caused some sensation, as it was, expected that it would tend to assist Urquiza. _ Both sides of the River Plate were perfectly' tranquil, and in Monte Video the Oribe-Flores in' fluence was still predominant. There was a scarcity' of suitable British manufactured goods. The Sala deros were killing very little, and everything ev cent tallow maintained its price. Freights for England, 425. 6d. to 455. Exchanges 655. to 655. 6d At Rio coffee had declined ; quo tations for good Channel cargoes were 41s. sd. W 435. f. o. b. The dry goods market during the month had considerably improved, and large sales were being made. The news by the Tay of fresh arrivals coming, however, caused 'a depression. Her Majesty's ship Express bad lost her First Lieutenant and 32 hands from yellow fever. Freights, 55 to 60 ; exchange, 274 to 27g. At Bahia, a steady business was doing in dry' goods. Stocks were moderate. Ie produce little was doing, owing to the scarcity o f supp lies' Cotton, sugar, and tobacco had advanced. EV change 274 to 27g. At Pernambuco there bad been a limited arrival of dry goods, with an improved demand. Sugar had advanced 50 to 100 reis, but entries were small, owing to heavy rain s . Exchange 271 cash' The inhabitants of Cape de Verde Islands ear tinued to suffer much from famine and sickness , and numbers had arrived at St. Vincent's for the purpose of obtaining food and employment. At Lisbon cholera cases continued to appear', The Finance Committe e h a d repor t e d i n favour 19' the bill for the loan of 330,0001. for public work* and the Government had brought in another bill W be allowed to lend out of it about 100,000/. to ail/ Santarem Railway. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY , The screw-steamer City of Baltimore, with au" vices from Philadelphia to the 26th ult. , is off tb° port. She brings about $60,000 specie on freight and 100 cabin passengers, among whom is Mr. Mathevil the late Consul at Philadelphia. From Athens, under date of July 2, it is stated that the Minerva newspaper b a d b een se i ze d fc''' , the publication of a second forgery of a G o vern: meat circular. The Government has requested the Chambers to grant a pension of 500/. a year to Count Mavrocordato. SUGGESTIONS FOR PREVENTION OF CVO BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday.—At the Birmingham quartet sessions yesterday, Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., the recorde r, observed, in the course of an address to the grand jori' that the difficulties which stand in the way of convicting the practised receiver of stolen goods who keeps a she for taking in this kind of goods have turned the attentiell of many persons to consider whether a trade of this kind ought to be permitted to he an open trade, and w hetbec it should not bo controll e d an d regu l ated by licence. there were licences for such shops they should only "" granted on some condition. No person should receiv e a licence unless he could show that be was a respectab le person, by bringing the signatures in his favour of , given number of persons—hone 4holders of known hones t ! and integrity. Again, it has been proposed that eve/ house should be .so constructed. as not to be out of the observation of the police, and that the occupiers of the e/ should he requised to keep a hook containing an o c. , count of the artiieles purchased by them, an d the WO' of those persons who buy them. All this his 'bee ° done in the town of Liverpool. lam informed •(e°,. e , tinued the recorder) by hi s wors hi p the mayor, w°A" sits by my side, dinsthe local bill, w hi c h was prepared to be submitted to Pa r li ament t hi s session, contain ed a provision for this object, copied from the local eel io operation at Li ver p oo l . I regret to find that the bi ll was not prosecuted, as to the cause of which I may ro" be correctly inf ort utei, as it is no part o f my d uty to ob' tain - an accurate knowledge of such questions; but I' say that that particudar clause, of the i nser ti on o f w hie k l I am cognisa n t, f ront a d ra f t o f t h e bill having been OP: me, was likely to have be en excee d ing l y useful to the town of Birmingham, and I regret that the measure 'N A P' not laid upon the table, of the House Of,Corninons ; an d I trust that on a future occasi on it may h ave,a , I s ette.; late. There is only one further .observation which have to make, and it is this, that I see no ameliorati l one important particular, and that i s , if our treatment of criminals had been well adapted to reform them,fi sh quid not have bad such a list as comes before us to day.. There are ninev•five prisoners for trial ;a° with regard to more than one haif of the number Od are rersons who have previous convicti ons recor ded aga i ns‘ s them, and who consequently have not been de' terred by the fear of encountering punishment from re' peating cbeir offences, or reformed by the discipline h which the v were subjected. Now, gentlemen, the main reason why the latter object is not att a i ne d is this; tbg' they are not under the control of the prison authoritie l for a sufficient length of time. How can you e xpect person, old or - young, to undergo any decided change 0 ' character durisig a fortnight, a month, two months, three months ?--and until public opinion, instead 01, complaining of rsorshness when prison ers are comm itted for long periods, its led to perceive that it is a kindnel le even to .the oJentlers, to place them under.circuto c i stances by which their character may be reformed, an d that it is a false ni )tion of kuidsiess to desire that tbel should be speedily liberated- I tan afraid that until tb l • conviction forces iti. self upon the public mind, the • duet° of grand jurors will year by year become more (mercy t I believe that commitments for short periods are a OP of education in crime. A prisoner discovers that / 03 ; prisonment can be better borne than be :imagined, an d finding, when he comet out of prison, that the difficultie s of maintaining himself by honest means we greatly in: creased, having lost bit , dread of the gaol, and what ': worse than all, having lost his friend s i n the lowes t classes of society, and acqu.Sred them amongst those wb ° looked favourably upon him 'l.l proportion as -be bewa l l,. more unprinciple 4 , sinks lowers into the dep.ths of in': quity. Sentences must be passed in riccoe•dasice vvit°, public opinion, and it is often impractic a bl e to rotor , tss such as would be very humane and sanct.;o.ned hi • Is,v, because the principle on which they eie amid be bas ed is not generally recognised, and its partial' . o Pe r f Lion would engender the feeling th a t o ff ences we re I eisheii, not according to th e i r magn it u d e, but t t he distinc,ion with which they were ,committed. year, th.c.l public are becoming mote 'and more sensi fir e on this :object, and punishments are becoming ligh and light, Ir. lam now an old roan, and have been e gazed in ti , e duties of my profession nearly forty years', and when r contrast the state of punishments, as I firs* knew them, with what they now are, the change is enor moue. In to any respects the change has been for the better, but I think that we are now running into a dangerous extreme of an oppeSite kind, and that if the system of light punishmentsis to be persevered in, we had better have no punishments at all. They neither i deter nor reform, whereas they have the bad effect of bringing poor creatures into contact with those who are ',Norse than themselves, and teaching them to pursue life of crime. • MARZET NEWS.-4This Day. CORN EfEETANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on sale is to-day's market. For most kinds we had a steady demand, and a good clearance was effected at fully Monday's prices. Foreign wheat, the 6upply of which was short, sold slowly, yet the quotations were well Nupported. In floating ear goes for the continent only a limited business was doing. Barley and malt were dull, yet prices were maintained: We had a fair demand for oats, at extreme sates. Beans, puts, and flour as on Monday. .. igniVAl: o THIS Waal.. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oats. raiguah 1.210 20 780 570 1 rich .... 3,100 oreign 1 1,030 I 150 I ..... 6,230 ;lour. 1,070 BOROUGH HOP. We have a moderate demand for 311011 L kinds of hops. In prices no change has taken place. WHITECHAPEL. The trade ruled steady, as follows : -I :—Beef from 3s 6d to Is 6d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 0.1; lamb, 4s 6d to 5a 6cl; vest, 33 10d to 5s 0,1; pork, 3s 6KI to 4s 8d per 81ba., by the carcase. Count Apraxin, Govalior-Geoerai of Siberia, bag arrived in Paris. His object is said to be to take advice on the hest and readiest mode of working the gold mines discovered in that part of the Russian empire. ....._~.. _._._._. -.uFi BRIT Plank 1 4 InIL 3 per Pi Aea 3 New. 2 Lon g i Ditt Ditt IE Grona( bitt Perm DUI bitt 8 ird Bp Ditt Litt T iT*i t Ditt Ditt Ditt Belgia iYiti Dutch Hitt Peruvi 1 , 01 light I the able row the Spec awls all Viea the Con port: Ditt , Are !adeli bei ng Chain ' Ofr Bei Ar dere, W; Ar co. vri wrus, Sii Bout, Wi Pa Alert d•er, City Mari. Pietc Th with durit Ja i At Sinop Pa Lond west, barge 'treat.