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ONT BLANC'. - LAST WEEK. -M. t ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, HOLLAND, UP the RHINE, and PARIS, is OPEN EVERY EVENING this erect' at s o'clock. S•sl's (which can be taken from a plan at the box office, every day between eleven and four, without any extra charge), 3s. area, 2e. ; gallery, 1.. The last Morning Representations will take place on Tuesday, Thurs 'ay, and t aturday, the 26th, 23th, and 30th of August, at Three o'clock. MONT:BLANC will Close for the season on Saturday evening, Aug. 30th.—Egyptian Hail, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LA URENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—The above elegan Rooms RE-')FE 31 for the winter season o t MONDAY, Sept. Ist. The Propri tor begs to inform the publ c the th s f shionable pace of resort ha 3 been redecorated under the sole direction of Mr. Bull, of Great Queen-street, b ncoln's•inn-fle'ds. The doors open at half past eight, commence at nine. Admission One Shilling. -ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.-JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. —Continuation of the Magnificent Decorations for the Guards' Dinner in the Colossal Music Hall.—ln consequence of the universal arprobation bestowed on the preparations for the Guards' Dinner, they will remain during the week —Last Week of the Zouaves. Immense success of the Zouave Quadrille, in which are introduced the Zouave Clarions of the Ist and 2d Regiments of the Imperial Guard, whose percession from the French authorities posi tively expires on Sept. s.—Colossal Pictures of Constantinople and the Alps—Turkish Kiosk and Illuminated Terrace—Enormous Glacier and Fairy Caverns—Brilliant Pyrotechnic Display and Emblematical Tableau. Admission Is. Seats in the Music % Hall and Firework Bal cony (including admission to Gardens), 2s. 6d., may be secured at tie Gardens, and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. A Grand Military Fate will take place in a few days. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.-JI7LLIEN'S C NCERTS. The MOZART CO VIMESIORATION.—A GRAND SELECTION of the works of this illustrious composer will be given early in September, to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of his Birth. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. —Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the htnnan frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SRarorr, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. EARN, at 4 p.m. precisely, Admission, One Shilling. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The celebrated HUNGA RIAN RAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDY, will perform every Evening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment The following company of talented Vocalists are permanently engaged for the performance of Selections from all the Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. :—Mts. Caulfield, Miss Brunei, Miss Sommers, and M iss Pearse ; Sam Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr. F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. Meiling, Barker, Russell Grover. and P. Corrie ; Masters E. Con nell, Austin, and Bennett, and Mr. T. hackney. Pianoforte, Mr. J. Harrovray, B.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. G ENERAL SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING COMP ANY. -- The shareholders are hereby informed that the rallot upon the resolution, " That this Company be dissolved," will be open TO MORRO W (Tuesday, the 26th of August instant), and following days, until further notice, from 12 to 4 o'clock, at the Offices of the Company, 27, Cannon-street. By order. J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. 25th August, 1856. BANK OF LONDON. Threadneedle•strect, City ; Charing-cross Branch, 450, Wes' Strand. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Rate of INTEREST allowed on mcney placed ON DEPOSIT, at three days' notice of with• drawal, is one per cent. per annum under the Bank of England rate of discount, rising and falling therewith. 22d August, 1856. By order. MATT RE W MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. 1/FETIROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERA.L LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. _ TRUSTEES. itt. fin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., MP. I Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Nealo, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its bran ches. N.B. The bonus declared r t the last divhiotr of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. SALE OF PRO VISIONP, &c., AT DEPTFORD. Admiralty, Somerset-place, 251 h August, 1856. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TFIURADAY, the 11th of September next, at 11 o'clock in the Forenoon, the Captain Super intendent will put up to sale in her Mejesty's Victualling Yard at Deptford several Lots of Army, Navy, and Transport stores, con sisting of salt meat, coffee, biscuit, rice, casks, staves, clothing, bed ding, & • , &c.,.&c., all lying in the sail Yard. Persons wishing lo view the Lots mug apply to the Superintendent for notes of admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. SOH WEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER WATER.—Having leased the Holy Well Spring at Malvern, renowned for its purity, J. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZER WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufac turing SODA, MAGNESIA, an PO I'A.S4 WATERS and LEMON ADE, at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. Every Bottle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet. street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be disLinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is tinaranteeci to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. G REY HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL COLOUR with ease, safety. and certainty, by the PATENT GALVANIC COMBS and BRUSHE , which are ale an unfailing remedy for nervou s h ea d ac h e and all neuralgic affections. Illus trated pamphlets," Why'Hair becomes Grey, and its Remedy "gratis, or by post f or f our stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic affections are perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Hushes, the most shfe, , imple, and efficient galvanic instruments extant patro nised by the faculty. Offices : —F. M. HERRING. 32, Basin-Awl. street. Agents :—Child, South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and Moore ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street ; Godfrey and Coake, Conduit street; Ilendrie, 12, TieNborne-street ; Twinberrow, 2, Edwards street, Portman-square ; Saunders, 315 a, Winter, '205, and Kennedy, 166, Oxford-street ; Ross, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; Rimtnell, Ger rard-street, Soho; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, I, Moles worth-street. Dubin. Sold by all ehem Etta and perfumers 0: repute. TAE NATIONAL SAVINGS-BANK ASSO- a CI A TION (Limited). 50, King William-street, City, Lon don. Incorporated, pursuant to " The Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1856." Present Capital £l O ,OOO, in 10,000 paid-up Shares of each; to be increased to £lOO,OOO. PATRONS AND HONORARY REFEREES. Thirty Gentlemen of the highest monetary and social states con • nected with the City of Lendoa. TRUSTEES. lienry Hail Dare, Esq , 90, Ebury-street Frederic Doulton, Esq., Lambeth, and Manor-house, Dulwich com mon. John wii iam Williamson, Esq , 9, Serle-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, DIRECTORS. J. W. Williamson, Esq., 8, Serle-street, Lincoln's-inn- fields, Chair man. J. Bennett. Esq., 180, High-street, Boro', and Creswell-park, Black. heath. Samuel S. Benson, Esq., F.S.A., 47, Cornhill, and Priory-lodge, Lee, Blackheath. Josiah Brown, Esq., 34, Gracechurch-street, and Lower Edmonton, Henry Hall Dare, Esq.. 90, Ebury-street. Frederic Doulton, Esq., Lambeth, and Manor-house, Dulwich-com mon. Rev. J. B. Hawkins, B. 1., 50, King William-street, City (Resident). Edward James Oliver, Esq , Newington causeway. Thomas Riddell, Esq.. 40, Gibson-square, Islington. Matthew F. Wagstaffe, Esq., 10, Walcot-place West, Kennington road. .Alarie A. Watts, Esq., 12. Bridge-road. St. John's-w Frederick John Wilson, Esq., 32, Cadogan-place. AUDITORS. C. L. Lawson, Esq.. F.1.A., 14, Waterloo-place, Pall Mall. William F. Pater, Esq., Mount-pleasant, Barnsbury. PRYSICIAN.—II. G. Noyes, Esq., M.D., 31, Finsbury-circa. SURGEON. —Bustin Shillitoe, Esq , 34, Finsbury-circus. SURVEYORS. Messrs. Ilaslam and Bucklaod, 89, Cannon-street West. William Rogers, Esq., 13a, Cannon-row, Westminst, r. SoLiciToits Messrs. Brady and Son, 1, Stcplc-inn. BANKERS.—The London Joint-Stock Bank This Association has been formed to consolidate and improve the Savings -Bank system; to offer better interest than has laberto been allowed ; fdeilities for undmited deposit ; means of convenient Withdrawal, and perfect security to the Depo , itor. The unpopularity of the present system, its acknowledged inse curity to Depo , itors, expense of management, and low rate of in terest, are universally acknowledged: while in strong contrast are Presented the advantages of the new system of the National Savings- Association. The proof of the necessity which exists for this Association will be found in the fact that there are no less than 483 places, with More than 3,000 inhabitants each, that have not a Savings-Bank; So partial in operation is the present system. The Directors propose to supply this deficiency by the gradual estab ishment of branches ; also to keep at the Head Office a dupli. cate of every account in the country; to strike the balance at the Head Office every June and December, from the weekly returns of the branches of the Association ; and to exhibit the numbers of each Pass-bock, with the balance due, as ascertained by such returns, every June and December in each Branch Bank. After July, 1867 they will cause returns of the Association, duly certified by the Audi tors, to be made in January and July, and a copy to be sent to every Shareholder. The Directors expect that the National Savings-Bank Associa tion will be a'de to pay its shareholders a large dividend on all Gish paid up on slams. Application for Shares may now be ad'ress.ed to the Directors of the National Savings-Bank Association (limited), 50, King William. Street, City, London. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares in the above undertaking—which, or any less number you may allot to The, I will accept. Herewith I forward ss. per share, and agree to Pay 15s. per share within one Routh after allotment. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Name in full ..... . Address in full .... • Business or Profession .. •• • . Date of Application. ...... ..• • • • • ..day of ...... ...• 185 Reference • • ...• .• • ..... •• •• •• . • •••• • • - - - - CITY OF LONDON SAVINGS-BANK , Branch No. 1 of the National Savings-Bank Association (Li mited). Incorporated 50, King William-street, City, London. ON AND AFTER TEE IST SEPTEMBER, 1856, the City of London Savings -Bank will be open Daily from 10 to 4 o'clock ; also on Tues days and Saturdays from 6 to 3 o'clock in the Evening. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF ICINE. Patent Ofilce Seal of Great Britai MED n. Dip lome d'Ecole de Pharmacia Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket sold In tin eases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. T RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, S P ERMATORRIREA and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood ; and whatever may be the cause for DI SQUALIFICATIONS for MAR kIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. IL, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated forms Gluts, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder. Non -retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR No. 111., Is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of di-orders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, tothe inevitable destruc tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot restore. Price 11s., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves I Is., and in 5/. cases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 12s. To be had wh dscale and retail in Loudon, ofJoluzson, 65, Ccrnhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; It. 11. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market -street, Manchester; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 51, Lord-street, Liverpcol ; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Win' all, bookseller, Wit 4-itreet, Binninghaga. (N c. 20,026) PUBLICATIONS. , Now ready, at al. the libraries, in 3 vols., HORATIO HOWARD BRENTON. By Captain Sir EDWARD BELCHER, R.N., C. 8., &c. " There are plenty of materials in this book to attract and interest many classes of readers. The lovers ofromance especially will prize the excitement and mystery of the story, and the a counts of the voyaccs and ad . ensures of the hero will be interesting to those enga.;ed in similar pursuits, being told in true nautical style."— Sun. llurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Dlarlborough-street. THE_ GOSPEL FOR ALL THE WORLD. Now ready, in one vol , decoy 12mo cloth, 35., THE GOSPEL of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Blended into one Narrative, in the exact order of Time, and in the words of the Four Evangelists, according to the authorised version. By the author of " Hebrew Poetry of the Middle Ages," &c., &c., in Dr. Kitto's "Journal of Sacred Literature." London; Houlston and Stoneman. Just published, in 1 vol. fop. Bvo., price 10s. 6d. cloth, L 0 NE L Y HOURS: POEMS. By Mrs. PHILLTPSON (late Caroline Giffard Lethbridge). A Few and Enlarged Edition. " This interesting volume is Illustrated with a portrait of the fair authoress, whose' Lonely Hours' have given to us some of the 'most choice poetical effusions' that have issued from the press for "a long period Generally speaking, the poems breathe a mild and gentle tone, and, like the 'sweet, undying strains' that came from the' magic lyre' of the lamented Felicia Hemans, they touch forcibly the heart and the afftrztions, and leave on the mind of the reader a pleasing and gratified sensation."—Wexford Independent. John Moxon, 28, Maddox-street, Regent-street. Now ready, in one volume imperial Bvo., cloth elegant, price 215., Illustrated with upwards of 1,000 figures, engraved on 137 steel plates. A BOOK FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS. CALISTHENICS ; or, the " Elements of Bodily Culture. By HENRY DE LAME. This course of instruction differs from the systems hitherto adopted most materially, as it is purely elementary and primary to Gymnas tics, Drilling, Dancing, Fencing, Gait, and all bodily exercises. Loudon Darton and Co., Holborn-hill, and all Booksellers. The/third Edition. .Tut Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. Sc!., 0 N TRUE d FaLsE SPERIVIATORRII(EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Neal Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from 'he German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he inferms as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi :al reader. We trust this may not bo the last, if he shall detect any 3tber equally flagrant evil which it may be in his pawor to car rect."—Londoft Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' Medical Fri grids,' aro mercilessly exposed ; and if this boot ,Onid find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from the com ,fiaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would tie saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of oss importance, though it is that which the quacks most pr'zl--- nuch m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the 3mptrical sy,tem of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and phydological basis. It is, therefore, likelyito do much good."—Medical Circular. London: 11. Battier% 219, Regent-street. SELF -SWIMMER.—This apparatus, of which several demonstrations made on the Serpentine have been entirely conclusive, according to tho opinion of the most predominant journals, Is Fold in London at P. L INIAR'S Wholesale Depot, 2, Red Lion-square, Holborn; 48, Regent-stree t (Lamp Warehouse), first floor; J. S. Saunders, Perfumer, 325, Oxford-street NO MORE CONTAGION ! !—A sure preser vative against tin Contagion. One box, containing 6 small bottles, with instructions for use—one hottle for eac't lotion. Dr. GIiIE•sDON, Member of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris, (X-Surgeon of the Military Hospital of Valde Grace, Stugeon-General of the Lte French Embassy to the Court of England, and Secretary-General of the National Vaccination Society of France, Nti. 5, Nassau-street, Middlesex Hospita'. ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TOURISTS' TICKETS, ISSUED UNTIL THE 15TH OCTOBER. NORTH WALES. Tickets, available for THREE WEEK:, enabling the holder to , top at Rhyl, Conway, Bangor, Caernarvon, and Holyhead, either going or returning, :ore issued at the following fares by the through trains. The First-class Tickets aro available by any train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class carriages attached. London to Holyhead and back.. .• Ist Class. 2d Class. Oxford £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 Peterborough ] to ditto and tack...• 210 0 1 15 0 Birmingham to ditto and back...... 2 0 0 ...• 110 0 Wolverhampton to ditto and back... • 115 0 .... 1 7 0 ro THE LIKES OF WESTJTORELA.ND A.NE. CIIMBERLIND Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, to the above Lakes, are issued at the followirn; Fires by the through Trains. The First class Tickets are available by any train, amt the Second by such trains as have second-class carriages attached Ist Cla.ss. London to Windermere and b ac k £3 10 0 2d Class. .... £2 10 0 Oxford Peterborough Ito ditto and ba c k 21 5 0 .... 2 0 0 Birmingham to ditto and back .. • 2 5 0 .. Wolverhampton 1 15 0 1 12 0 To THE FAVOURITE LANCASHIRE WATERING PLACES, LYTIII3I, BLA.CKPOOL, FLEETWOOD, Ott souTirronr. Tickets, available for TIME` WEEKS, are Issued by the ordinary trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by any train and the Second by such as have second-class carria;es attached From Ist Class. 2d Class. London ...... ••.. • £3 0 0 .. • • £2 5 0 Oxford 2 5 0 .... 115 0 Peterborough • Birmingham 1 15 0 .... 1 8 0 wolverhamoton 1 • • From Fleetwood Royal Mail Steamer sails every event/1g (Sunday excepted) for Beßas', and Weekly Excursion Tickets are issued at the Steam Packet Office for Belfast, Armagh, the Giant's Causeway, and back. EXCURSIONS TO THE SEA SIDE. Tickets, available for TWENTY-EIGHT DAY , , are Issued by the ordinary trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by dy train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class car riages attached, to Harrowgate, Scarboroup, Whitby, Filey, or BARB() WO ATE and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 435. 'eeond Cliss, 325. 6d. SCARBOROUGH and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. 'ecorel Class, 355. WHITBY and Back, for e3ch Passenger—First Class, 513. ; Se• cond Class, 355. FILEY and Back, for each Passenrer—First Class, 51s. ; Second Cllss, 355. IctIDE,IN - GTONT and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 515.; Second Class, 355. These Tickets are not transferable, n)r will they be available for the Return Journey unless they have been endorsed at the Booking- office of the Station on the day of returning. Pass3ngers to all the above places, cx 3ept Harrowg tte, are at liberty to break the journey by remaining one night at York, either going or returning. 'RBI' TOURIST TICKETS, AvaEable for ONE MONTH, will be issued at the following prices : let Class. 2d Class. From London ...• ••• • .. „ Oxford .... ••••• • • . • „ Birmingham, Leamington, and Coventry-- • • ........ 5 0 .... 4 5 0 And from the other principal stations at proportionate fares. These tickets (which in no case are transferable) will - be available or One Month from the date of issue. They will enable the Holders to proceed to Chester, thence to Bangor, Holyhead, and Dublin, from Dublin to Cork, situate on the p , cturesque River Lee, and within ten mites of the celebrated Barbour, Dockyard, and Naval •tation of Queenstown (Cove) ; from Cork back to Mallow, and thence by the Killarney Junction Railway to the far-famed LAKES. OF KILLARNEY. The Tourist can remain as Ion; as convenient to himself at Chester, Bangor (for the inspection of the Britannia Tubular Bridge), Holy. head, Dublin, Cork, and Killarney ; the only condition being, that his eturn to the Station at which he tcok his ticket must be not later Orin One Month from the date of his departure therefrom. Supplemental Tickets for CONNEMARA, GLENGARIFFE, the GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, and other places of interer, are issued at Reduced Fares to Visitors holding' " Irish Tourist Tickets." General Manager's Office, Euston Station, June, 1856. THROWING A STONE AT THE GOVERNOR OF A GAOL.-- On the 16th inst. a man named Thomas Smith, an artil leryman, sentenced to nine months' hard labour for a burglary at Sheerness, was brought before Mr. J. B one , the governor of Maidstone Gaol, for a breach of priscn discipline. After investigating the matter, Mr. Bone ordered the man to undergo some punishment, when he suddenly threw a large pointed atone, which he h a d secreted about him, a t th e governor. Mr. Bone at the moment bent down his hea , i, and the stone passed the back of his neck, and dashed to pieces a portion of a piece of furniture attached to the wall of the rcorn. From this it was evident that had not the stone missed its mark, most serious crnsequences must have en sued. Smith was taken before a magistrate at the gaol, who ordered him to receive " three dozen." The punishment was afterwards administered. At Smith's trial his serjeaat major said ho was one of the most un• tameable and violent men he had ever known.---Ilaid stone Journal. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFlCES.—Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P., her Majesty's Chief C omm i ss i oner o f W oo d s and Forests, attended at the office, in Whitehall, for the purpose of meet ng several eminent architects invited for the purpose of offering opinions on the proposed new buildings to be erected for Government offices at Westminster. The right hon. baronet, addressing the gentlemen, said her Ma jesty's Government had determined to erect two new pub lic offices on the vacant site near Downing-street, and also to lay out the new route to these offices from the Palace at Westminster. One of the offices proposed to be erected was for the use of the Secretary of State for War, and the other for th e S ecre t ary o f • S tate f or Foreign . A ffairs. Th e G overnment proposed that these buildings should be erected between Charles-street and Downing street, and that the kite between Whitehall on the north, Great George -street and New Palace-yard on the south, the river Thames on the east, and St. James's-prk on the west should be laid out as artistically as possible, at the sam e ti me g i v i ng as much amount of public conveni ence as wa s necessary w i th a view of making a direct communication between the offices and the Houses of Parliament. It was the intention of the Government, after having heard the opinions of the gentlemen he was then addressing, to i nv it e arc hi tects of all countr i es to prepare designs and to compete for the erection of the buildings. .Several gentl emen th en o ff ere d var i ous sug gestions, which the right hon. baronet promised should be carefully considered, i n or d er t h at the works might be proceeded with ; and the interview terminated. The inhabitants of the Haymarket and Coventry-street are threatened with a visitation w hi c h i s l oo k e d upon b y them as one which will remove f rom t h at v i c i n i ty i ts last claim to respectability. It is proposed to build in this thoroughfare—which, after the theatres, is scarcely wide enough for the traffic of furious cabdrivers and half sobered aristocratic coachmen —one of those off ens i ve and u ns i g htl y erec tions, which, if placed under police regulations and proper surveillance in some more appro locality, would remove the serious complaints which are raised against them. The peculiarity of the vicinity, and the fact that the inhabitants of the Haymar ket nearly all sleep upon their own premises, and have not the luxury of country mansions, is urged as an addi tional reason that such a place should not be obtruded, as it were, immediately beneath the observation of their families, • _ -- 1 ..x.....4.. 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Cane, one . of the 'Poor-law In spectors, opened au inquiry at the workhous e , in Mary lebone, into a charge made -a ga i ns t Mr. Ryan, the master of that establishment, and Charles Brown and Matthew Green, two of the porters, of having assaulted ' and beaten with a cane and whip three yoUng women, named Mary Ann Sullivan, Elizabeth Edmonds, an d Sophia How ar d, pauper inmates there. The investiga tion was made in the boardroom, in the presence of the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, the rector of the parish, and a considerable number of the guardians, by whom inquiry had been previously made into the truth of the allegation. The parties accused were also in attendance, and so far they have not denied the charge, but plead a justifioation or extenuation in the great provocation they received in th ) recusant and contumelious conduct and the grossly abusive and indecent language of the women on whom the violence was inflicted. Some of the lan guage, as imputed by Green to the witnesses under ex amination, but denied by them, was at one time so utterly shocking as to induce an appeal from the rector to the inspect )1. to save the ears of the audience from pollution. Mary Arm Sullivan, the first witness called, said she was 19 years of age, and had been in the workhouse about three months. She was employed in the wash house and laundry, and classed with the girls sleeping in Mrs. Dawson's ward. About three weeks ago, on a Tuesday, about 1 o'clock in the day, she was employed in the workhouse yard - cleaning round a box. The mas ter asked her to remove the box, and she said she could not without assistance. The master replied, "You won't I suppose," and went away. Shortly afterwards, on the same day she was standing at the door of the chapel, when the master came and took her and another girl named Reynolds over to the men's side, and locked them up in separate refractory cells. This was about 1 o'clock. At 8 o'clock in the evening he came and took Reynolds out, and put witness into the cell she had occupied. About half-past 10 the same evening the master returned alone, and opening her cell asked her gruffly to cormeout instantly. She replied all she wanted was a jug of water, as she was famish ing. He said, "You won't come out, then ?" She re plied, "No, as I have stopped here all this time without • anything to eat, I may as well stay all night." Be then turned his head round and whistled, when Green and Brown, the two porters, came, and Brown put his band in her hair, saying at the same time, '. Come out !" and dragged her along a yard, until he came to a dark cor ner, when be began beating her with a cane in the pre. r.,,u?to of he ma 'te r an d Green. She caught h o ld o f ells .e 14 -Pse . e t. vrt." Aib'esswn %Vas beatin t e hetuand refused to give it up, when the master, who had a whip in his hand, also began to bent her. He likewise called for Green's assistance, and he too, beat her most shamefully. She was on the ground above a quarter of an hour, and Brown held her down by the hair of her, head. Green then left to go to another girl, and witness was alone with the master and Brown. They took her to a: watch box, and Brown again beat her cruelly. She cried for mercy, and asked him to leave go of her hair ; but the more she cried the more he pulled her hair. The master then ordered Brown to take her to her bedroom, and as she was going there Brown beat her again, and the next morning she went before the magistrate in the cnnpany of,a policeman, the magistrate having sent for her and two of the other girls in the house. The master struck her with a whip, but she could not say how many times. He struck her across the back and arms, and once across the face, where he brought blood, and it was very sore. She ought to have said that before that Green and Brown kicked herseverely when she was on the ground, and there was a large bruise on her shoulder, and several other less ones over the back. She had all her clothes on during the time. No blows were given her below the waist. The master never interfered to prevent either Green or Brown from striking her, nor did Green or Brown interfere when the master struck her. The skin was broken on her hack where she had been struck, and the place bled. Emma Burchell, another inmate, wiped the blood off her back with her (wituess's),apron, and there was also blood on her chemise. Next morning she showed the house surgeon her back. Before this happened she had not been at all well, though she was still at work. • Mr. Ryan, the master, and Green, the porter, declined to ask the witness any questions, and she withdrew. Brown, from his own fault, was not present during her examination. Elizabeth Edmonds, another inmate in the workhouse, aged 19, depose] to having been beaten by Brown some five weeks ago, about 9 o'clock one Tuesday evening, in the women's yard. The enactor came and ordered her and the rest of the girls to go to bed, but they did not go when first asked to do-so. She had some bread and a tin in her hand, and she asked him to wait until she took them into the ward. She and another girl, Bur chell, got up and were going to the ward, when the mas ter ran after them and whistled, and Green and Brown came directly. She had heard great screaming, and ran to see what was the matter. Green bad hold of a little g irl named E ng li s h b e hi n d a door, and was shaking her. e had a cane in his • hand, which he held up, but did not strike her. Brown then saw witness, and caught hold of her, saying, "Now, you —. I have caught you, and I'll let you have it." He took hold of her by the jacket., and, after a struggle, threw her down and beat her several thrice with a aerie across the back. She had all her clothes en when Brown struck her. Ho struck her as low sea her wait, but not lower. Her skin was not broken, but it WA9 waled in several places, one of va h . ch on her shoulders she could see herself. Shesho wed her back next morning to the house surgeon, who said ho would speak to the master about it.. Tho master was in the yard cutside the deer when Erown struck her, but she could not say ho was pm-sent. Green was inside) 'he door all the time, but said or did nothing to prevent Brown heating her. By the Masttr—Emma Burchell washed her (wit nese'e back with vinegar before the surgeon saw it. She did so because it was painful, and the had to go to her work rest morning. By Br own--Sh e did no t say t o th e master on the night in question she would see him before she would go to bed. She was not ono of the girls who some time ago was refused admission into the chapel by Mr. Moody, the chaplain, for disgraceful behaviour. Sho never went near the chair I (A. laugh.) She bad been three times in prison, twice for ml earduet in this house, and once for an assault on the inWron, about 18 months LIZ°. She dsnied having struck him (Brown) on the night in pies tior, alleging that she never had the chance, as lie bad her down, and was thrashi ng h er w i t h t h e cane. Sophiallowsrd, also an inmate of the workhouse, aged 18, spoke to Mr. Ilyan, her master, throwing her down and shaking her on the same night, and afterwards givirg Green or Brown (-he could not say which) a shill isg to ftch a ea•Je, with which Green, at a later period of the evening, on leer refusing to leave the refractOry cell, where she had been a short time confined, "slashed" her several times across the face and back, Mrs. Parker, the assistant matron, holding her round the neck while he did so. SIM admitted giving Mr. Ryan a kick 'on that occasion, hut not before he threw her down. In cross-examination by Green, she emphatically denied using certain opprobrious and grossly indecent language which he imputed to her, on his going to the cell and ask ing her to come out and give him no further trouble. Charlotte Garrod, a female searcher at the Blaryle bone police-office, deposed that at the request of the ma gistrate there she examined the persons of the three women, Sullivan, Edrrionds, and Howard. Howard was marked very much about the back and fade as from a cane, but the skin was not broken. Sullivan was cut across the loins, and had also marks upon her chin, which she said were caused by blows. There was no blood upon her clothes, but the marks were very red. E lmonds had also b een b eaten across t h e s h ou ld ers and down the back is much flee same way. There was ja serious bruise on the shoulders of one of the girls, but she did not know which of them it was. Edmonde ap peared to have been beaten more than the other twd. Some of the marks must have been caused by heavy blows. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• CHARTIST MEETING ON IIEYHEAD GREEIV, TODMORDEN. p r o e n s g e r n a t t i u n l g a t a i n n On Sunday aft ernoon a large meeting was held on Heyhead-green shave Todmorden, for the purpose of congratulati n g g ad M d r res . About 150 yards from g ad hl d r r . e s j a oh t n o hiErmos.t on his arrival home, and the road whi c h s ki r t s th e common , a c a r t was placed for the speakers, an d th e num b er o f peop l e w h o ass embled around it was var i ous l y es ti ma t e d a t f rom 15,000 to 25,000, Mr. J. ALDERSON was called to the chair, and opened the meeting by giving out a hymn, commencing " Great God, is this the patriot's doom !" He then made a few remarks, in which he deplored the absence of Fears us O'Connor and other persons, who had formerly taken a part in their movements—men who bad been honest, and bad stuck to their prinhiples in the face of persecution. They had, however, the pleasure of having their tried friend, Mr. John Frost, amongst them. (Hear.) Mr. Selownoet,'of Halifax, moved an address to Mr. Frost. He announced that their meeting that day was to inaugurate a fresh organisation for the attainment of the people's charter, and if the people resolutely deter mined to be tree to themselves and their cause they would effect the object in less than twelve months. Au address to John Frost, Esq., was then read, an d it s adoption moved by the speaker. Mr. Snowdon having formally presented to Mr. Frost the address as one adopt ed by 25,000 of the people of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Mr. JOHN FROST, on rising, was received with loud applause: He commenced by observing that he ac cepted with much pleasure the address which had that day been presented to him by the good men of Lanca shire and Yorkshire. He thanked them for their kind congratulations on his return to his native land, and for the kind wish that had been expressed for that cause for which he had suffered, He believed that he should yet see the success of that cause—(bear) —and they might rest assured that his life should be devoted to the accomplishment of a radical reform in the - rib - frit° ThFaadresa state's.: that'he was partially acquainted with the state of public feeling in England in 1848, but that it was not the fears nor hosti lity of the middle classes that destroyed our movement at that time, but, as in 1839, the unseemly differences and angry squabbles of those who should have been una nimous and devoted to the people they prof mid to lead which broke us up and retarded the triumph of oar cause. When he was applied to in 1832 to become a member of the convention of that period, he pointed out to those who asked him the consequences that would fellow with regard to the local power he then possessed. His appre hensions were realised, and he was struck off the com mission of the peace. But as it was urged that be might be of service to his country, he consented, from a sense of duty, to risk his position, and accordingly took his seat is the convention. Great, however, was his disap pointment ; for instead of meeting with men having their great cause in view, he found men anxious to destroy particular influences amongst themselves, and the majo rity was inefficient for good. After somelurther allusions to the policy of Chartists at the above period, Mr. Frost proceeded to describe the state of the penal colonies where be bad been. He stated that they were in a most wretched and abominable state in regard to morality. He narrated one case in particular, in reference to two youths who had been sent fram Manchester, showing that a systematic effort was made by the elder crimina's to corrupt the younger ones, and declared that he would rather have sons of his own banged at one s than that they should be sent to Van D:emen's Land. He described scenes that had come under his own observation—cases in which he secreted himself, by orders, to detect such proceedings, which revealed the filthiest and lowest state of moral feeling that any one could imagine. Mr. HOOSTAN, of Manchester, expressed his gratifica tion in seeing so large a meetinr. He urged upon the people the necessity of joining associations to promote their object, and recommended that in towns and vil lages, where there are none at present, associations should be formed. He moved—" That this meeting is of opinion that the principles for which Mr. Frost has suffered— viz., the People's Charter—ars the only principles cal culated to redeem the people, politically and socially, and that it pledges itself constantly to agitate the claims of the same, until it be adopted as the law of the land." Mr. ERNE'ST JONES seconded the resolution, and said they should not only honour principles, but the men who made their advocacy popular by their consistency of con duct. He then advocated the propriety of drafting off people on the church lands and common lands for the purpose of diminishing the competition in the labour market, and exp e sed art op . nion that agriculture was sacrificed to manufacturing interest; a wise policy would presume a wise medium. He believed there were lands sufficient, without the slightest confiscation, to effect this object. He did not approve of small farms, but rather co operative farms. By lessening the labour in towns wages would be raised, and the effects of foreign , c , mpetition would be curotEr')al tnce I by cheai,ened provision =. He considered that a d'ssolution of Parliament was not very distant, and if he should b 3 returned as a member , as he did not doubt he should, as w e ll as hi s f r i en d Mr. Frost, he we-11'd pledge himself, by their CJ operation, to effect their object. A vote of thanks was then moved to the chairman, and carried. The address to Mr. Frost, printed in gold on green paper, was exhibited to the meeting. The proceadinzs closed by maiiinv a collection, which am mated to 7/. 10 i.-21funch,ester Guardian. TREMENDOUS CONFLAGRATION AT LIMEHOUSE. A fire of considerable magnitude, and attended with a serious destruction of property, broke ou*. last night about eight o'clock (and et midnight was far from being entire'y extinguished) in a clump of bu 1 Hugs ad joining what is termed the Kidney Stairs, or ferry, eituate near Dowson's ship dock ; at Limehouse. The fire was supposed to have originated from the spontaneous combustion of some oi!) , cloth on the pre ini,es belonging to Mr. Gilbert, a sailcloth manufacturer, &c., whose property was adjoined on either side by the Plough Tavern, belonging to Mr. Kimmaples, the iron works in the tenure of Mr. Kelsey, and several others. Owing to the highly combustible nature of the stock in trade the flernee spread with the rapidity of lightning, seizing upon the whole of the contents of the pretniFes, when the conflagration assumed an appearance which can only be de-cribed as grand in the extreme, fir out of every window and through the roof did the flames rush forth, illuminating every lofty object for many miles distant. This, as may be suppo , H, drew together many thousand spectators from -most parts of the metropolis ; and it is necessary to state that had it not been for the services rendered by Mr. Howie, the superintendent, and Inspectors Hulmei and Smith, with a powerful body of constables, a fearful l•Iss of life must have taken place. The thoroughfares beieg extremely narrow, men, women, and children took up their positions on the different drawbiiigev, and had it not been for the timely aid of the police, who lifted children over the heads of the pcpulace, they must have been trodden on and killed. Every ship near the water's edge at this point was speedily filled with persons] of both sexes, and, ono in Messrs. Dowson's dock canted so fearfully that it was apprehended it would capsize its living freight into the river. Fortunately, the occupants were persuaded to leave, and thereby a fearful sacrifice of human life was obviated. The tremendouslight in theatmosphere caused a general turn-out of the engines to take place, and forth with Mt. Superintendent Braid wood and Mr. Pogo, his officer next in c)rnmand, with a vast number of firemen and the en gines from Schoolhouse• lace, Wellclose-square, Jeffrey square, Watling-street, and Farringdon•street, arrived at the scene of coeflagration, being followed by Mr. Con norton with the West of England engine and firemen. Numerous other engines, both private and also belong ing to the London Establishment, from the more distant depots, attended as quickly as possible, including the steam-float from Rotherhithe. By that period the fire bad seized upon two or three other establishments, and there appeared every proba bility of every house on both sides of the street becoming involved in the general wreck. The firemen, however, laboured in a most indefatigable manner, and ran no little zisks, owing t 3 the continued falling of walls and floors, but in spite of their exertions the fearful element laid hold of the Plough Tavern and some other premises. The buildings extending nearly to the water's edge, it was deemed prudent to remove the shipping and small craft away, which was done as soon as the tide ran up. At the time this account was written (12 o'clock at night) the flames were far from being extinguished, but we are happy to say that all further extension of mischief appeared over. Emma Burchell and Mary Ann Lynch, two young women, inmates of the house, corroborated much of the evidence of Sullivan, Edmonds, and Howard. On cross examination they admitted having been in prison, Lynch once and I3urchell several times, for breaches of disci pline in the house. The inquiry was at this point adjourned. THE BRITISH - ARCHIEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. BRIDGEWATER, AUG. 25. The 13th annual meeting of the members and friends of this learned society commenced to-day. Four days will be devoted to the examination and exposition of the vari ous antiquities which abound in this locality, and the company will then proceed to Bath and there fix their headquarters for two days. Various papers on antiqua rian and historical subjects will be read and discussed durirg the week. The Town-hall has been placed at the service of the association during their stay at Bridgewater, and every facility has been afforded by the local authorities to ad vance the objects of the society. The town is of course unusually busy, the attendance of ladies and gentlemen from various parts being ex tremely numerous ; many indeed arrived at the Clarence Hotel, the headquarters in Bridgewater, as early as Saturday morning. A preliminary meeting was held this afternoon at half past 1 o'clock, in the Council Chamber of the Town hall, where the members and visitors entered their names and temporary places of abode. The company included some of the most distinguished members of the ssciety, and the principal gentry and ladies of the county. At three o'clock a general meeting took place in the hall, where Mr. T. J. PETTIGREW, F.R.S., vice-president and trea surer to the association, opened the business of the con gress with a few introductory observations ; and then pro ceeded to give a sketch of the antiquities of Somerset shire. The total loss, at a moderate calculation, must amount to many thousand pounds, but whether the sufferers were insured or not it was impossible to tell, owing to the great excitement which prevailed, and the vast crowds of persons who lined every approach to the spot, thereby preventing any one seeing the sufferers. It was stated that several persons had fallen into the river and bad been drowned, but from the inquiries made by the reporter ha ascertained that some five or six had been pushed into the dock, but that they were all rescued, and there seems no reason to apprehend that any one has been lost in consequence of the dis astrous event. Mr. Baddeley, the inspector of the Royal Society for the Protection of Lie from Fire, was also early in attend ance, and rendered great assistance, more especially to the WeEt of England firemen. The premises of Mr. Pritchard have escaped, it is un derstood, with trifling damage. Most of the sufferers were insured. -- From the Town•hall the members and friends visited'. various objects of interest in Bridgewater.. Among the most prominent are the church, a large and handsome edifice, the tower and spire of which measure 174 feet in height ; Admiral Blake's house,*the old house on the quay, and the castle wa t er gate —any interesting obser vations with respect to which will be noticed. The company dined together at the Royal Clarence at half-past six o'clock. There wid be a meeting at . half past eight this evening for the reading and discussion of papers, and the exhibition of antiquities, whoa a very full attendance is expected. A Glasgow paper reports that a patent has been granted for a discovery, whereby stone, after undergoing a certain process, may be converted into paper. The patentee is Mr, Edward Greenlees, a marble cutter in Glasgow. THE LATE FLOUR SEIZURE AT WAKEFIELD.—QUEER V. JACKSON.—The sabitary inspector of Wakefield has been served with a copy cf an Exchequer writ of sum mons, at the instance of Messrs. John Jackson and Sons, defendants in the late case of flour adulteration, for what they conceive to be the unlawful and improper seizure then made. The damages, as stated in the pre liminary notice of action, are laid at 2,0001. St e p s w i ll, we understand, at once be taken to defend the action, should it by pnweeded withe—Leca# Affroury _ THE SUM TRADE.—Two large blue books (A. and B), issued on Saturday, contain a voluminous correspond ence with the British Commissioners at Sierra Leon e , Havannah, the Cape, and Loanda, with reports from the British Vice-Admiralty Courts and from naval officers relating to the slay() trade. The dateB extend from April, 1805, to Mara, IM, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, ,AUGUST 26, 1856. DIP. O.ILICY AND THE ITALIAN Q 0 ESTION.* A LETTER FROM L. C. FA RINI TO MR. W. GLADSTONE. [We (Daily News) this day present our readers with the first in.talment of a translation of this important pamphlet, which has already been more than once al luded to in our columns.] Illustrious Signer,—When a few years back you pub lished to Europe the dishonesty and ferocity of the Neapo litan Government, and I wrote to yen publicly that the condition of -the Roman States, so miserably governed by priests, would become worse day by day, there were few men in office who were willing to support statements ad verse to governments which appeared anxious to restore the altars and the thrones weakened by civil storms. Fora cer tain time there prevailed a courteous, I may even say a religious, mode of vituperating free constitutions and ele vating the exercise of absolute will, in consequence of which not only every lover of liberty, but even every high spirited man, who dared to think and say that even popes and kings are subject to the moral law, became objects of calumny. Owing to this, our miserable governments, without any feeling of prudence, or any pricking, of shame, rushed hurriedly along the slippery road which they had chosen, thinking to gain the benediction of the Lord be cause they had already received the blessing of the Jesuits, and to obtain the suffrage of civilised nations because their diplomatists looked on silently and idly. Hence it was that many of the Italian populations became persuaded that it was in vain to hope that any good could come from patient counsels, from the influence of public opinion, or from the efforts of diplomacy. The consequence of this showed itself in anger ill repressed, in inconsiderate vio lence, and in cruel acts of revenge. But within the last few months the inclinations of the men who manage the political relations of the 'West ap pear changed ; for they have spoken publicly in terms of reprehension of the wretched governments of the Penin sula, and have expressed their discontent in the latest form at the Congress of Paris, acknowledging that the Italians have, at least as well as the Turks, the right to be Christianly governed. This new state of things had the effect of calming down the tempestuous passions of souls which had almost given themselves up to despair ; for even the slightest hope of a little justice works wonders of civil prudence in populations worn down with the bitter affliction of long and heavy ioj notice. The present, then, appeared a good opportunity for publishing the truth on Italian affairs, and, better still, for coming to such an arrangement with respect to-them which should be less repugnant to proper notions of civil government —which should contribute to the satisfaction of the populations and the security of Europe. But it was only a transient opportunity, for the governments taken to task at the Council of Paris set themselves to work eagerly to alter and corrupt the truth with indefatigable industry, and it became manifest that those who had confided in the hope of obtaining some satis faction by the good offices of the Western Powers, would again betake themselves to desperate courses, as soon as they found themselves disappointed in the hopes they had conceived. And I have too much reason to fear, sir, that the opportunity is gone by, inasmuch as on one side I see the miserable governments becoming frantic in evil words and actions; and, OD the other hand, it appears to me that Western diplomacy has entered into the lists without any distinct plan of operation, and without any resolute inten tion to adopt promptly all the provisions necessary to at tain a premeditated end. I know very well how great and how numerous are the dangers and difficulties of the Italian question, and I can easily enter into the views of those worthy men, not natives of Italy, who thought it imprudent to drag Italy into the field at the moment when Europe had with im mense efforts put to rest, if not settled, the Oriental ques tion. But after the solemn declarations made by the Go vernments of France and England, I very much deceive myself if these very men who thought the declarations ill judged would not consider that the interests of these two great nations imperatively demanded that every effort should be made to prevent these representations becoming of no effect. I know, too, what are the forms that diplomacy is ac customed to employ in conducting its transactions, but it seems to me far more advisable to respect from the very commencement the established forms than to show your self perplexed—l may almost say repentant—after having violated these forms with unusual clamour. Let us look, sir, into the protocols of the Congress of Paris. It is re corded that Count Walewski said that the States of the Pope were in an abnormal condition, inasmuch as the Go vernment could only be sustained by the employment of foreign troops—giving it to be understood that Fiance and Austria would withdraw their troops as soon as they could when all danger of distuibince had ceased. The Earl of Clarendon said that the system of administration of the Roman States might cccasion dangers which it was the duty of the Congress to avert, if it did not wish to labour in the cause of revolution. Moro was said, which it is not necessary to repeat word for word. Both these statesmen passed a severe judgment on the Ronian government, con sidering a change was necessary both for the quiet of the populations and the security of Europe. No member of the Congress denied the evils, the dangers, the necessity of a remedy. Not one took the part of the govern ment of the priests. The Austrian ambassadors spoke, but they did not think of becoming' the advocates of the Court of Rome, inasmuch as they had nothing else at heart but to insinuate excuses for the overbearing conduct of Austria. They performed their task, certainly, but not without a notorious violation of truth, stating falsely that the state of siege no longer existed in Ancona, whereas it existed then, and exists to the present day. After the Protocols we have to consider the memorials and the protests of Sardinia, and the discussion in your parliament and ours. These certainly did not moderate either the decisions of the Parisian Congress, or the effects which they had produced on public opinion. Thus, when your Prime Minister had declared in full Parliament that Rome had never been so well governed as in the time of the provisional government, the minds of all men were in a state of suspense, expecting some important change; for these words appeared to indicate the adoption of a resolu tion of introducing into the Roman States a better and more solid government. It was not possible to suppose that they were flung out as food for flame in the midst of populations which ha , b no need of exciting arguments to stimulate them to sedition. If now we examine what has been said'and written on the affairs of Naples, - we shall have proof that both govern ments and people have had reason for assuming, with even greater expectation, an attitude either of fear or hope. The fact is that, although the occupation of the Roman States furnished the members of the Congress with a good reason for enlarging on the causes which perpetuate it, and the effects which it produces, they had no motive, founded either on treaties or on custom, for treating of the affairs of Naples. Nevertheless, Count Walewski went so far as to say that the Neapolitan Government had taken the wrong road ; that it would be proper to warn it, on this account, that means must bo found to induce certain Go vernments to lay aside a system which goes in direct oppo sition to the end which they propose to themselves, be cause instead of striking the enemies of order, it weakens the Governments themselves, and obtains partisans for the cause of the demagogues. The Earl of Clarendon added, that being willing to imitate the moderation of the French plenipotentiary ho would be silent as to facts which had obtained every where a sad notoriety. After wards, as though in spite of moderation, ho affirmed that the Neapolitan Government had not only given to Europe the right, but imposed upon it the duty, of speak ing loftily and severely on this subject. It was a duty, therefore, to issue a warning that those utterances would not remain fruitless. When these expressions were read every one imagined that the plenipotentiaries of France and Eogland, foresee ing that their remonstrances would give cause of displea sure to the Governments thus admonished, by weakening their authority, would have already deliberated on the measures necessary to give effect to these utterances which were not meant to be fruitless. It could not, in fact, be supposed that those illustrious men, enemies of the princi ples of the demagogues, and most wary guardians of the newly concluded peace, could imagine that they could, with out public danger, nay, without common shame, allo'.v a Government which was in their opinion on the wrong road, a preparer of insurrectionary movements, a supporter of the principles of the demagogues —to remain without cor rection. Nor, indeed, could ib be supposed that they could hope to tranquillise the people by a simple exhi bition of benevolent intention, or to contract friend ship with, or bend to their own wishes, the Neapo litan court by dint of giving it a bad reputa tion, and by the vain sound of harsh reprehensions. Now, when four months have passed without any visible effect having followed such large and unusual declarations —nay, when we see that the despondency of the governed is increased, and the language of the censors moderated— those hopes which were excited take the appearance of a cruel mockery, and the obstinacy of the accused looks like a public insult to the importance of the occasion. Nor does it avail to say, sir, that we should put up patiently with the slow practice and ceremonious forms of diplomacy, for the winds of many are already, or will shortly become, contemptuously disposed, since it is evident that the West ern Powers are wandering on a path which c an never load to the desired goal. • In fact, whilst the English ministers arc publicly pro claiming their great anxiety for the welfare of Italy, they give, by way of earnest as it were, of its certainty, that the " La Diplomazia e la quistione Italians, Lettera di Luigi Carlo Farini al Signor Guglielmo Gladstone. Torino. 180." Austrian government also has mado itself the voucher for it in common with them or through them. Now you know, sir, that the oppressed are naturally suspicious, and ready to form rash bonclisions; hence it will not.astonish you to learn that many persons'are going about all Italy exclaim ing—" We have been deceived ; the old tricks, the old shufflings; the Western Powers, too, are making them selves the accomplices of Austria ; you see the fruit of so many fine promises, Free England recommends our coun try, forsooth, to your Austrian commiseration ; most puissant France, a Napoleon, is begging in a manner at Vienna for permission to do poor Italy a little good. You heard that English,Minister mutter to Piedmont—' Woe to thee if thou disturbest the quiet dreams we wish to sleep out under the laurels thou bast helped us to gather in the East ; woe to thee if thou disturbest those of Aus tria, to whom we are bound to fuel most grateful, since she has not done us all the harm she could. 7 It is not I, sir, who say these things. It is therefoze grievous to me to hear them, yet more so to repeat them ; but even I can dcl no less than attest how the conduct hitherto observed, and how the last declarations of your Ministers have given but too deep reason for complaints of this nature, stirring up men's tempers, and,pernicious to the good fame as well as. the influence of the Western Powers. And in truth, when a man believes, or pretends to believe, that the Court of Vienna wishes to join in good faith those of London and Paris for securing the well being of the Italian peoples and the independence of the Italian states (permit me to say) he denies the well-known truth, he offends the public conscience. The first, the greatest, I venture to assert, the sole mis fortune for Italy is the Austrian preponderance. You are horri fled, sir, at the brutalities of the Neapolitan govern ment ; but if Austria did not preponderate in Italy, that despotism, which : . - t have called the denial of God, would not be possible at Ni c ole:es.— For the Arstslenial of Clod is this tyranny on the part of a foreigner, who does not owe his empire to treaties but to violence, to the fear with which he inspires princes, to the tortures with which he afflicts the peoples, to the discord he sows amongst all. You feel contempt for that weak clerecratic govern ment, that contends against the civil genius of the age for reasons of self-existence, and with troops of ruf fians strives for the prerogatives of sovereignty. But this clerical misgovernment would not be possible were Austria not there, who at one moment whets the appetites and passions of the peoples, at another moment those of the clergy, that she may profit by the faults and errors of them both. Be assured, sir, that there is no injury, loss, humiliation, or torment that Italy does not attribute it to Austria first—to Austria alone. Regard the way in which we live. \Vhere is there in the countries possessed or oc cupied by the Austrians, where is the Italian who, having any reputation to lose, can venture to consort or to be on terms of intimacy with them? By whet honest family, in what jocund company, can they be received on a footing of confidence and honour ? Where is the female that can look upon them with the eye of love without being lost, without sinking yet lower than the most abandoned wo man in the opinion of her fellow -citizens ? In this public usage, sir, may be learned the history of Austrian domina tion, and the reason for that immortal hate, which is so much the better, that it is not learned in the chronicle of conspiracies, plots, and seditious. And already we see what construction the Western Powers have put ou the acts done in alliance with Austria. The King of Naples continues, indeed, to teach the way how to make false prosecutions with perjured witnesses; by which he intends showing to the word that he is the mas ter who can torture his subjects, that France and England cannot disturb the delight he feels in so acting. He even lets us see that he has the power even of giving the basti nado to priests and monks, without depriving himself of the religious satisfaction derived from the embraces and benedictions of the Holy Father. The Court of Rome in its turn has taken care to let us know that the clergy, in stead of being prompt to renounce those temporal privileges that give rise to such murmurings, are thinking of getting bask again for themselves those few desirable employments yet left in the hands of a few laymen. Then Austria has made it clear how she is iuclined to respect the independence of the states, running ziet as she does with her soldiers in Parma, and increasing her bands in all the confines she has usurped. I will not speak of the arrests that are being constantly made all over Italy, nor of the wrongs and vexations thence arising, for these are now and henceforth customary things, and I should say of small account, since it appears that Italians must accustom themselves to torture. Hence it is that every one imagines Naples and Rome would not have se plied in that fashion to the good offices of the Western Powers if they had not had the full conviction of Austria's being with them, whatever fair professions she may make of being on the side of France and England. Nor can it ho said that this is a rash and false judgment, seeing that all the European Powers, through fresh evidence, have good grounds enough for suspecting the faith of Austria. Franca and England have both had sad experience of Prussia has learned what trust it can place in the words of the Chancery of Vienna. Russia has learned this lesson better than all. Now is it likely that the good faith of Austria will be displayed in Italy, where every liberal counsel, every agroetnent between free states, every now advance towards concord, would inflict injury and damage on its own state policy? This would not only be a miracle of honesty, but would be, in the case of Austria, a miracle of folly. However, I •.lo not believe the government divine enough to work miracles, nor simple enough to work foolish ones. I say foolish, having regard to the disposi tion of Austria, its genius, its system, nay, to its destiny. On the other hand, no one can imagine the nature of the reproaches that Austria might with justice and good faith level against those princes who, according to Count Walowski, arc going on a wrong road. Would it allude in warning terms to the constitutions they have abo lished? Why, Austria itself has given to some the com mand, to all the ex ample in this direction. Will it reproach the King of Naples with his prisoners from whom ho has extracted confessions by torture ? Why, Austria is a master in infamy of this kind, practising it in Bologna and Ferrara, from which places proofs of the atrocities may be obtained. The Austrian slave-drivers are accustomed to give five blows with the stick on the mere accusation of crime ; then they examine the prisoner, and if he remains firm they repeat the live blows, and so on, until he is either incapacitated from making any con fession, or else makes one of those confessions which they dare to give out to the public as explicit and spontaneous. Thus has Austria given lessons in Italy how to conduct state trials. I could quote the names of not a few of the victims, if I were not prevented by the fear of being the occasion of subjecting these unhappy wretches to more punishment from the stick, for having given intelligence of the sufferinces they have endured. Perhaps Austria will admonish Cardinal Autonelli for having ordered that the punishment of the dungeon should be increased by that of compulsory fasting ; but the edict of Cardinal Antonolli, which in the second and third articles establishes these punishments in the case of thieves and pickpockets, bears date the 30th of July, 1855, while the sentences in which Austria condemns to the stick and compulsory fasting not only thieves, but even those guilty or suspected of treason, bear the date of 1850, .1851, and 1852, as may be seen in the public journals. Or will Austria reproach the Court of Rome for not being able to guarantee public security ? Why, the robbers are more audacious, and crimes are more frequent and more atrocious in the Austrian dominions than in the city and in the lands occupied by the French and the Papal soldiery. Or perhaps Austria will censure the Papal Government for the disturbed state of its finances and its heavy taxes. But what finances can be more disturbed than those of Austria, or what population is more harassed than that of Venetian-Lombardy with taxes, extra taxes, subsidies, and forced loans? Add to this that the Austrian troops having cost the Papal Go vernment, or rather its poor subjects, about thirty million francs, while the French occupation has cost nothing, it is evident how these troops, which are nevertheless insuffi cient to maintain public tranquillity, are amongst the prin cipal causes of the increase of the public burdens and the impoverished state of the public treasury. It is not my intention, sir, in adverting to these things to offer an excuse for the bad governments of Italy, of which civilised Europe complains, as an injury and insult to itself ; my intention is to put in a clear light the evi dence that the Western Powers cannot expect that Austria will be sincere in good counsels, honest practice, and in humane deliberation ; but that, on the contrary, they will never succeed in doing any good to Italy unless in opposi tion to and in despite of the Court of Vi enna. Nor will I attempt to conceal that many even fear that the diplomatists of the west are not only afraid of direct ing their attention to Austria, but that they do not dare to look steadily into the extensive evils of the states and the profound vices of the governments, and that they con template superficial and deceptive remedies rather than such as aro substantial and efficacious. Any one who thinks of Naples will always have present to his memory three kings in succession who forfeited their oaths. This fact alone places a great if not an insuperable difficulty in the way of the establishment of a stable Bour bon government. It is reported that diplomacy is at work to obtain the liberation of Carlo Poerio and other brave men. For this it ought certainly to be praised. Every honest Christian ought to feel it as a consolation that the time has arrived when the suffering of the oppressed ex cite compassion, and the cruelties of the oppressors con tempt, in the minds of the rulers of civilised nations. But the tardy liberation of a few innocent as it could not suffice to satisfyjustice, so likewise it could not servo to restore the authority of government. It would be but justice that they should take the place of Poerio who were the authors of his disgrace; and besides, no man can make a merit of clemency that stands himself in need of it from others. They talk a great deal about Poerio and other respectable victims, but not a word about those thousands of unhappy creatures who do not happen to possess illustrious names. Now when it is known to all that the government' of Naples buys wit nesses, corrupts the magistrates, and tortures the innocent, who can take upon himself the responsibility of mak ing a distinction between those that are condemned ? What will be the criterion whereby he may separate the guilty from the innocent in that state, from which the shade even of justice flies scared away, seeing the pages of the Gospel contaminated perpetually by the polluted touch of wretches who swear that which is false as a matter of business ? It is but too true, sir, that those monstrous Neapolitan trials have not only filled the galleys with honourable men, they have also filled the halls and cabinet of the Government with an infamy greater than that which dwells in the galleys, and made notorious the corruption with which the whole body of the state is defiled from the head to the limbs ; they have utterly stripped it of all moral authority. Let us even suppose all the political prisoners to be set free, and all the exiled to be recalled to their country ; still, no one would be able to believe him self safe at Naples either in his liberty, or fortune; or honour, during the existence of a Government that for eight years has be©n conspiring against the liberty, for tune, and honour of every man to whom it bore ! They who think that things in Naples might be put in order by restoring Ferdinand's constitution of 1848, do not sufficiently reflect that the first foundation for peaceable and regular existence in a constitutional state is mutual confidence between the ruling power and the people. For when on either side there exists a continual suspicion of fraud, deceit, and violence, those disputes and changes of temper that are natural in free cities, passing over from slight to turbid and seditious passions, insensibly geneiate anarchy, which soon paves the way for fresh tyranny. I am saying somothipgbhat will appear, and what perhaps really is, very extravagant on my part, but when it oc curs to me that King Ferdinand should think proper 'to swear to the constitution, 'I try to avert the omen, as if it were a curse to the poor Neapolitans. How quickly is my mind filled with images of that suspicious people, and that unbridled mob ! Then I see from afar the lurid figures of the fazzas, the Campagnas, and other chosen robbers, who again fall upon the infirm state, with thousands of drunken lazzaroni with lying tes timonies. I wish that those to whom such imaginations seem too melancholy would make a s€lection in their own minds of those men who, in the state under the rising constitution should be ministers, or councillors, or criminal judges. The same persons perhaps would be invested with office who were in power in those years of perdition. And what security shall we have with these? Or will the King choose his miuisters and magistrates from the number of those who are imprisoned, or exiled, or admonished ? But what will be the feelings of the people threatened with such a danger ? I fear that in this case Europe would see a new Neapolitan emigration, I mean an emigration of the men persecuted by the very overtures of King Ferdinand. Less dangerous were the persecutions of Campagna. Some one might be saved from them. From the constitutional ministers of King Ferdinand no one would be safe. It is, however, a great subject for consideration that cer tain sudden leaps from the dungeon to the supreme situa tions in the magistracy are not very well calculated to give a dignified impression of authority, or to enliven that moral sense of which the Neapolitan people have so great a want, spoiled as they have been by so many bad examples of descents from high to low. The people who judge in the gros, seeing in the same kingdom the sudden ruin and the sudden fortune of the same men, will say that the rolling wheel of fortune has carried upwards those who were fitted for drudgery only, or else that if they really were worthy of the honours of the state, those who till now held the rudder are sent to the oar. Now this judgment, which, overcoming all constitutional conventionalities, will become prevalent, will be the occasion of incurable evils in the body politic. It is therefore befitting that diplomacy should take into consideration that if it is difficult to convert King Ferdinand to the cause of temperate government, it will be more difficult to make people believe in the sincerity of his conversion. Nor does one wish to forget what old and new reasons Sicily has for distrusting the promises of a Bourbon and the guarantees of others, or of what importance it is to establish u ith justice and equity the affairs of the island, if it be desired to give durability to those of Naples. Before we trace out, therefore, the forms of the Neapo lit-Ai Government, it is essential to make such provisions as may induce tho people to believe in its honesty ; for the very reputation of this quality gives to Governments a force most conducive to the repose and tranquillity of the State. Moreover, it ought to be especially an object with the Western Powers to have a system of national policy inaugurated at Naples. The Bourbon monarchy has always remained isolated, I may say, from Italy, and this estrange ment has been and is the principal cause of the Austrian preponderance teat now causes so much anxiety to the Western Powers, seeing that it not only affects and dis turbs the Italian, but equally threatens 1 4 .0 a serious extent the European equilibrium. Now, it is clear to the Ita lians that the preponderance of Austria would be impos sible were the king toms placed at the two extremes of the Peninsula resolutely and firmly to maintain the guardian ship of their own together with the independence of the minor States, hitherto guaranteed iu vain by treaties. The two Italian armies would suffice in ovary conjuncture to keep Italy in peace and order, and likewise Austria in check within the line of her duty; nor would the Western Powers be constrained, when war rages in Europe, to gar rison the weak States in Italy, but on the contrary they would be able to receive powerful assistance from Italian armies. Hence it is that really the whole of the Italian question, with respect to the European balance of power, or to the interests of France and England, consists in this, that the two greater Italian monarchies, strong in the re putation of honesty, with the consent of the people, by their civil institutions, may carry into effect a system of national policy. It is for France and Eng:and to weigh well and make choice of the means, as also of the changes to be introduced for attaining this end; nor is it fos me to give advice, or to seek French and English examples in the histories of the Bourbons and the Stuarts, (To be continued.) IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 2.1 A❑g., 1856, when added together, give the following as the avera4e weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. : Average circulation of the Irish banks £G,132,055 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 4,005,48.1 Average circulation during past month ...210,137,":39 On compßring the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks are below their fixed issue £222,439 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue—, 918,275 Total above the fired issue.. £693,83G The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks £2,144,130 Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks... 1,6.9,8:)4 Total of gold and silver held £3,843,934 The above statements complete the returns of the cir culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month ending the 2d of Aug. These returns, combined with the average circulation of the Bank of England for the same period, will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month . Aug. 2, July 56 5, Increase. Decrease. 1856. 18. -- X £ £ £ Bank of England ..• • 20,656,446 19,504,553 1,151,893 Private Banks Joint-stock Banks --. Total In England Scotland 4,005,484 4,133,110 127,626 Ireland .. • • -- -- , United Kingdom .. • • 37,518,454 36,592,755 925,699 Showing an increase of 1,100,4241. in the circu lation of notes in England, and an increase of 925,6991. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the sth of July ; and, as compared with the month ending the 4th of Aug., 1855, the above returns show a decrease of 171,8171. in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 253,0841. in the circulation of the United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 2d of Aug. was 12,582,6901., b e i ng a decrease of 157,6741. as compared with the previous month ; two a decrease of 4,264,8531. when compared with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch ard Irish banks during the month ending the 2 , 1 of Aug. was 3,843,9341., being a decrease of 177,6591. as compared with the previous return, and an increase of 260,3501. when compared with the corresponding period last year. A letter from Stutgardt says :—" A uovcl branch of industry for this place is now in operation here—namely, the fabrication of corsets, which occupies L3OO persons. The manufactory supplies annually 300,000 corsetF valued at Lulu 500,090 to 690,000 119rino.: ~. ;; ~.. r; es ey d,