The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-04 00:00:00

TiEORGE HOBSON respectfully invites the NJ! attention of Gentlemen to his new Autumnal Coatings, Trowserings, and Waistcoatings. The new Shooting Suits, .22 188. to £3 .3s. The superfine West of England Woaded Black Cloths for Beaufort and Frock Coats, a 153. to £3 3 s. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, LOMBARD-STREET. ALF RED MELLON'S TS. PROMENADE CONCER THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Band of nearly 100 Performers. Mdlle. PAREPA Every Evening-. Commence at Eight. Promenade, One Shilling. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. 1111EATRE.ROYAL, HAYMARKET' Lessee. Mr. J. S. Backstone. THIS EVENING the Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny Wright, the Leclercqs, Mr. Webster, , te- After which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT. SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. E.:Villiers, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. Followed by PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence a' 7 NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.— Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. The Annual Benefit of Mr. J. W. Anson. TIM EVENING, MASKS AND FACES. Supported by Mr. Benj. Webster, D. Fisher, J. L. Toole, P. Bedf or d , Bil lington, Miss Woo gar, Miss 11. Simms, &c. After which, TILE 'WRECK ASHORE. P. Bedford, W. Smith, Miss Woolgar, &c. E MIDNIGHT THE SPECTRE. Followed by Messrs. J. L. Toole and Paul Bedford. D o ors open at half past 6 —Commence at 7. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'clock, the new and suc cessful comedy, WOMAN ; or, Love against the World. Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, j. Robins, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray„ and Miss Lydia Thomson. Preceded by, each evening, the new and original farce entitled THE FETCHES; or, The Onconvanience of Single Life. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer; Mary O'Brady, Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5. CANTERBURY H ALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Selectiois from the followingOPexLT:N6R MA, TRO VATORE, TRAVIATA, MARTHA, UN BALLO IN MASCHE RA. The Comic department comprises the Prince of Comic Vocalists, Mr. SAM COWELL, who will appear at Nine and a quarter to Eleven o'clock—Mr. Marshall— Messrs. Harvey and French, "The Nerves "—Mr. Wood and his talented Son - and Miss Harriet Coveney. Musical Diroctor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. H E O X F O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. Every Evening Grand Selections from Verdi's " Macbeth and from his new opera, " Simon Boccanegra" (now produced for the first time in England), by Miss Russell and Madame Enderssohn (her first appearance) ; Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Morley, and H. Herbert, with powerful band and full chorus. Other vocal and instrumental music and varied attractive entertainments of the highest order. The Comic portion by Messrs. M. P. Foster (in his " Life Sketches"), Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, sixpenee Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Musical Director and Con ductor, Mr. F. Jon,ghmans. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, Orn.—Afternoon, Ih. 40m. T o-m OUR o w.-Morning, lh. Bm.—Afternoon, 2h. 20m. THE WEATHER.-Surf OIPPICIS, SEPTEMBER 4, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE EIHA.DB. 70—highest sinco noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER-30.0. WlND—Westerly—rather fresh; with cooler weather. c• • t I ,1 4 1(5, • • AN• G am : • : • 1 . • • *""' :<._1601 THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1861. Mr. HAMER STANSFELD is again inviting public attention to a national bank of issue. He does not propose any scheme of avowed or covert incontro vertibility ; on the contrary, he proposes to make the convertibility more perfect than it now is, by rendering it impossible that the reserve of gold should even fall below one-third ; while the nation would realise a million a-year by its notes, or thirty millions as an immediate sum. It is better, how ever, to give his plan entire in his own words— A PLAN FOR A NATIONAL BANK OF ISSUE, BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF FREE TRADE IN SOUND MONEY. Taking care of the Quality of the Currency, but leaving the Quantity to take care of itself; by means of which National sank, the convertibility of the Bank Note into Gold will be made more secure than under the present System; and the evils attendant upon Drains of Gold prevented, by providing such an extra Reserve of Gold as will correct an adverse Rate of Exchange without diminishing our Domestic Currency, and producing the consequent ruinous depreciation in prices, and Monetary Panics. 1. To establish a National Bank of Issue where all, with the exception, of the Government, can have as many legal tender notes, payable in gold on demand, as they may want ; upon d,opositing one-third of the amount required in gold, and the remaining two-thirds in Government secu rities. • Such notes to be of the value of £5 and upwards in England, and £1 and upwards in Scotland and Ireland. 2. The notes to be returnable by the parties obtaining them when no longer wanted, and the deposits received back in exchange; tie depositors having credit meanwhile for the dividends on Vick stock. The Government securi ties to be taken at the market price of the day, and to be returned on cancellation of the notes, at the price at which they - were taken. 3. Commissioners for the management of the National Bank to be appointed by the Queen in council, and to be made as independent as possible of the executive Govern• went. 4., The National Bank Commissioners to charge at the rate, of 3 per cent. per annum for the use of the notes. . The National Bank Con imissioners to issue One Pound not es in exchange for a deposit of one-third of the amount in ;Told and two-thirds in Government securities, to serve as mubstitates for sovereigns in the retail trade during a drai]). of gold, whenever and so long, as the market rate of discs unt for first rate bills, not having racre than 95 days to run, shall in their judgment exceed 5 per cent. 6.. The Commissioners to charge at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum for the use of such notes. 7- The profits of the issue of this National Currency to be for the benefit of the State. 8- That the Act of 1844, renting to England ; and the Act of 1845, relating to Scotland and Ireland, be abrogated. We commend Mr. STANSFELD'S tract (A plan for a National Bank of issue—Simpkin and 'Mar shall) to those of readers who are interested in what is of all others a national question. It is so indeed from its very beginning ; since the privilege of coining legal tender money which we have im prudently handed over to the Bank of Falgland and man y other Banks also, has always been held in ever y civilized community to be a function of the nation's government. We have granted the SULTAN, and even the self-styled:Ri ng t o f riNGAR Y, protec tion of this right—yet we fail to keep It in Go vernment hands at home. Mr. STANSFELD'S tract shows very fairly the advantages, he thinks, which attach to his plan. Mr, STANFELD'S plan is, it should be remem bered, not new in its essential features. The right of the State toaNational Bank and the profit, as well as the security, of the national credit has been long acrtnowledged. And in regard to hisparticular sch ewe he observes :--" To those who may be disposed to ridicule this plan of a National Bank of Issue ao th e scheme of a C urrency -Monger, it will be well to remind them that it is substantially the system of currency introduced into India by the Right onourable JAMES WILSON, and is founded on the 'Plan for a Secure and Economical Currency,' re commended by him in his valuabl e work on Currency, Capital, and " On the principle of-giving a very distinguished pc Irsonage his due, w e ought to notice, if but briefly, what the Minister of Austria says for the Hunga rian. policy on which his name is branded. For one thing we like him—M. VON SCUMERLING did not decline the full responsibility of what he advised. spoke indeed, in a - way no English Minister less so ; I and the EMPEROR are Germans. Hun gary is a splendid country, worth all our countries put together. The Russians trampled her under our feet when we had been ignominiously expelled for the very thing we are now attempting; we have kept our foot on her neck ever since; but now we have determined that we will allow Hun gary and all the other countries to move their heads freely, if she and they will but let us keep them flat on their backs." M. VON SCHMERLING has the audacity to tell the Hungarians, in the most irritating style, that he has got them down, and will keep them down ; for, in reply to the argument that the Government ought to restore to Hungary her legal Diet and then make terms with it, he only says—"We have possession and mean to keep it." His words are,—" Gentlemen, the Deputy SMOLKA says that, in order to come to an understanding with Hungary, we must concede without reserve to that country the position in which it stood in 1848— must complete the Hungarian Diet, and wait to see what portion of its constitutional prerogatives that Diet will voluntarily sacrifice to the central consti tution. .1 however confess, gentlemen, that I should hesitate greatly to employ that plan. I say that the man who is in possession of his house is happy, and that no one has even been advised to give up possession so long as he could maintain it. I affirm ;hat a general would be blamed by all soldiers if he were to abandon an excellent position with the prospect of being obliged to retake it the next day at perhaps the cost of 10,000 dead; he would do better to remsin in the position, and to incur the risk of being attacked and expelled. Such is the point of view which the Austrian Government adopts, and must adopt ; and the Government will not abandon it voluntarily to obtain perhaps part - - of its prerogatives as a concess i on an d a gift of the Hungarian Diet. Most assuredly all Englishmen, Messrs. ROE BUCK and LEVER, it may be, excepted, will hold that the man who can talk of refusing as a conces- sion and a gift that which he has taken from another by violence—is not the man who can be supposed to have repented of the error of his past ways. This sentence alone, notwithstanding abun- dant professions of goodwill to the Hungarians, stamps VON SCIIMERLING at once with the charac ter of a despots' slave, who has not learned the first elements of free government. Hungarians know what political liberty is too well to be coaxed or ,hreatened out of it thus. Eight thousand inhabitants of the locality have recently petitioned that the Street Tramway may not be torn up by the 4th of October, in the Bayswater Road. It is no trumpery petition, remember, that can in a few days, upon such a subject, be signed by eight thousand respectable people ! Nevertheless the petition itself, and the deputation of gentlemen who presented it a few days since to the authorities at Whitehall, each have in turn, or both of them have together —the deputation and the petition—been cavalierly set aside, as worthy of no consideratio4 whatever, by those high and mighty authorities, the Me tropolitan Roads Commissioners ! Now, this is surely not as it should be. The Commissioners, who have acted thus cavalierly, curtly, and peremptorily, have certainly not behaved in this matter as became them in their capacity as Commissioners. Eight thousand of the respectable inhabitants of Bays water, Notting Hill, and Ken s i ng t on are no t assuredly to be swept out of view thus pertly and peremptorily as though they were no better than the famous Three Tailors of Tooley-street, calling thamaselves the people of England. The animus of the proceeding we are here referring to, as having so very recently taken place in one of the admi nistrative offices of Whitehall, may, unfortunately —(we cannot but feel this upon the instant)—may, unfortunately, be only too well guessed at. Nay, it can hardly be said to be matter merely of con jecture. It is rather an affair of absolute notoriety. That the hon. baroret the mem ber for Westminster is one of the Commissioners, and that he has sympathising friends among his colleagues the other Commissioners, everybody pretty well knows. There is such a thing as vir tuous indignation, and there is such another thing as pleasant retaliation. Here was an opportunity ready to hand ! One, too, so tempting of its kind as hardly to be resisted. People were dividcd from the first about these street railways some thinking them a great convenience to the general public others an intolerable nuisance. The more irri tated and exasperated members of the latter class of critics in the matter of tramways in the QUEEN'S highroad had been actually known to apply for the aid of the police magistrates, in order, if pos sible to put down this innovation that they, at would do, of having so convinced the SOVEREIGN, that the Rescript was, in this sense, the SOVEREIGN'S act also; but he manfully avowed that he stood firmly by the scheme of reducing Hungary to a province of the Austrian Empire. His defence of the policy is, we cannot say in genious, because such as it is it would occur to any m an in the same position. His grand point is that Hungary has not the same ground for claiming its historical independence as it has had for the last 300 years. During that time the other Austrian dominions were governed despotically; Hungary having a Constitution naturally objected to being merged in a despotism. Now, all parts of the Empire are by the Grace of FRANCIS JOSEPH, blessed with Constitutions, and Hungary ought, therefore, thankfully to unite in an Imperial Con stitution with all the rest. Another topic of defence on which he dwelt largely, though with what rele vance it is not easy to see, were the benefits conferred on Hungary by twelve years' despotic government. An odd prelude this to commendation of bestowing on her a new constitution in common with the rest of the Empire. He endeavoured to show that Hungary had gained greatly in material things, by being deprived of political rights. We believe the facts of the argument to be fictions, and that even had it been for these twelve years a Republic under a President, freedom would have made it a country ten times richer than it now is. But be this so or not—what has a decent care of an enslaved Hun gary on the part of its master to do, first, with the right to enslave her; and, next, with the proposal to modify this wrong by offering her semi-slavery with a band of other half emancipated slaves ? It shows how little VON SCHMERLING is pene• trated, as he boasts he is, with constitutional prin ciples, that he should use such arguments as these. His grand argument is that of the purest despotism. A despot is always, in his own view, a father who knows what is good for his children, knows when to take things from them, and what to give them in return, and if the children do not like it—why, he knows better than they, he has the strength, and he will make them feel it. This is the precise argument of the German Minister. We Germans, EMPEROR and Ministers—we know what is best ; we have determined that Hungary shall no longer have its independent constitution, and there fore it is to be so. Really, the Minister had better have spoken out and said the truth—it would have been this—" Gentle men, the majority of you are Germans, more or THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 4, 1861 least, regarded as a public nuisance. Now was the very time for setting the whole question at rest, at once and without any further mistake about it at all. Accidents happened too just about the time—not certainly on the tramway in the Bayswater-road, but (it was of course all the same thing in the end, to those who had made up their minds against the under taking) quite on the other side of London, over youder in the neighbourhood of Kennington. Some unfortunate boys tumbled themselves down there under the wheels, and—as a matter of course—got crushed very badly. Not on the Bayswater-road again wo must remark, but right in an opposite di rection over at Kennington. Could anything be more opportune in its way ? It was quite a case in point. True, the Bayswater-road line had acted admirably well from its very commencement until True, it had only been complained against at all by one or two well know curmudgeons who are fond of a chance of complaining about anything. True, in fine, that when there was a prospect before the inhabitants in the locality of seeing the tramway pulled up and carried off altogether, no less than 8,000 of them at once put their names down to a petition plead ing for its continuance. All this was nothing to the purpose—the Commissioners had already made up their minds that the thing was to be done away with. And when the opportunity came at length, when the time arrived for their decision, they acted accordingly. Like Mr. PECKSNIFF himself, when gratifying his own feelings of spleen against Mr. Tom PINCFI at the time of his dismissal, the Commissioners had a "duty to Society" that it was incumbent upon them to discharge. And they have in consequence, with the most high-minded air in the world summarily discharged it ! They have decreed—they have issued their solemen ukase —they have published their imperial hatt—the street tramway in the Bayswater-road (no matter what the eight thousand inhabitants of Bayswater who signed the petition for its continuance may think about it) is to come up and to be:carted away by the fourth day of this next month of October. As Mr. WILLETT, senior, of the Maypole, would say, "no sooner and no later —not before and not arterwards." On the 4th of October. Each of the Metropolitan Commissioners who spoke upon this mighty matter in dispute between them and the Public—to put the disproportion of members arrayed in opposition to each other in the most moderate way imaginable, we will say between a little group of half-a-dozen (the Commissioners) and a comprehensive gather ing of 8,000 (the petitioners at Bayswater) —each of these wonderfully autocratic Commissioners whoh as spoken in the matter has said it— the thing is done—the question is settled defini tively. But seriously —isit ? Well, point blank, then, we distinctly assert that it is not settled thus, so very conclusively. There is a higher power even than the Metropolitan Road Commis sioners, and this higher power, this supreme admi nistrative power may yet, if it please, act even now at the eleventh hour, for the convenience of the public generally. The Commissioners have de clared peremptorily that the street railway in the Bayswater-road shall be removed by the 4th prox. Yes. We admit that. But—there is the Secretary of State, who, by a stroke of his pen, can set this now. decision of the Commissioners at naught. And we dow now wish very earnestly to put it to Sir GEORGE GREY whether the present is not precisely one of those exceptional cases calling for the Home Secretary's prompt and energetic interference ! If the right honourable baronet requires any good and valid reason to be afforded him why he should interfere in this way—here is that good and valid reason already visible in the form of the urgent petition signed by eight thou- sand of the respectable inhabitants of Bayswater, There is no time for interposition otherwise than through the power lying at all periods in this way in the hands and at the discretion of the Home Secretary. We heartily trust that SIR GEORGE GREY will act as befits himself and his high office in this little vexatious emergency. If it be only to afford time for further investigation into the whole question as to the advantages or the dis advantages accruing to the public at large from the construction of these street railways, it would become Sir GEORGE, as the administrative guardian of the public interests in matters of this hind, to inter• pose between the Commissioners and the gratifica• tion of their Peeksniffian sense of the responsibility devolving upon them, for some mysterious Duty to Society. A Duty to Society now required to be attended to (according to their view of it), by the 4th of October, and not a day later than the fourth of October. No harm at any rate can possibly result to any one if Sir GEORGE GREY, in consideration of the pecu liar circumstances of this case, interferes so far as to say, in his capacity as Secretary 01 State for the Home Department—No : the tramway shall not be dragged up thus precipitately on the 4th of October—further time, at least, shall be afforded for consideration and inquiry into the working of this new system of public street conveyance—and then (not on the 4th of October, but later) if the Street Railways are proved to be more of a Public Nui sance than of a Public Convenience, then, but not till then, this tramway in the Bayswater. road shall be destroyed. The Commissioners have just had their innings. Now is the time for Sir GEORGE GREY'S. And we are very much mis- taken indeed, in our estimate of the Right Hon, Baronet and his hitherto conspicuous love of fair play, if he do not act in this matter as we now very confidently think that he will. CANTERBURY HALL. The favourite buffo singer, Mr. Sam Cowell, has made his re-appearance at the Canterbury Hall, after a two years' absence in America. As might be supposed, in the case of one possessing such complete mastery over the mirthful sympathies of his audiences, his reception, after so prolonged an interval, was of a very enthusiastic character. Indeed, the plaudits and waving of hats were kept up so long that the object of the ovation was obliged to begin clapping his hands himself to check the exuberant demons‘rations of his friends. When the applause had suf f iciently subsided Mr. Cowell further revived old associations, in an olla podidra sort of song, in which he feelingly referred to his " old friends at home," and at the same time introduced some clever snatches of American song. This was followed by one of those little character sketches in which he is un rivalled. Mr. Cowell found his audience very exacting, the famous "Lord Lovell" being amongst the many songs he had to sing. He at once resumes his position as the king of burlesque in the concert hall. Miss Russell sings in the operatic selections with increasing brilliancy, and these vocal performances are still further relieved by some graphic portraitur es by Miss Harriet Coveney. We have so re • cently eulogised this newly-decorated hall that we need not do more than state that it enhances nightly the interest of the general entertainments. NEW ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE.—A new en trance to the Temple from the bottom of Essex-street, Strand, has been completed. It opens opposite the new Library-chambers, and is built of Portland stone, in the same style of architecture; the old wall facing the west front of the library is being paved with Portland stone, and a wall of the same material, extending from the porter's lodge of the new entrance to the river, has been built. This means of ingress and egress to persons having business in the library, or Garden-court, will be very convenient. Captain Walker, late of the Galway line, has been appointed to the command of the Great Eastern. It is computed that 12,000 persons visited the Botanic Gardens, Dublin, on Sunday, between the hours of two and seven. They went through the greenhouses in regular order, and everything passed off with pro priety. LA : N s. TURIN, SEPT. 4, The Opinione of to-day publishes a despatch from Naples, announcing that the concession for the railway, from Tronto to Foggia and from Salerno to Eboli, has been granted to a company, which, according to the conditions of the contract, will immediately commence the works. PESTH, Szpr.4, The Committees of eight Comitats, as well as the Municipality of Pesth, have been dissolved by order of the Government. AGRAM, SEPT. 4 In yesterday's sitting of the Croatian Diet a proposition was made by one of the members that the Diet should enter on the minutes the expression of its regret on account of the dissolution of the Hungarian Diet. MONTPELLIER, SEPT. 4 At the banquet given by the Prefect of the De partment of the Herault, on the occasion of the meeting of the Conseil General M. Michel Chevalier delivered a speech, of which the following is a summary : M. Chevalier said :—" France is honoured and respected abroad. She is only feared by the enemies of progress and the adversaries of civilization. France is considered in the world as the principal representative and the principa 1 champion of social and political progress. She in spires admiration and sympathy in the peoples who hope for a happier destiny, and receives marks of the hatred and distrust of the men who still enter tain the passions of another age." M. Chevalier also said—" I regret that speeches recently delivered oblige me to range on the side of the latter some Ministers of a great nation—our nearest ally, and renowned for its love of liberty ande progress, towards which the Emperor has made advances, honourable to both parties, and which merited a better welcome and a more sym pathetic response." ROME, SEPT. 3 Yesterday fifty Piedmontese soldiers attacked Epitaffio, on the Neapolitan frontier, but wore re pulsed by the Papal gendarmes. A company of French troops has occupied Epitaffio. An encounter has taken place between some Papal gendarmes and Piedmontese troops, on the road between Orvieto and Balsena. The Piedmontese troops suffered no loss. TURIN, SEPT. 3 The Minister of Finance has authorised Messrs. Rothschild, of Paris, to receive the instalment of the second-tenth of the Italian loan, on presentation of the certificates. MILAN, SEPT. 3 The Perseveranza of to-day says : " Baron Ricasoli will retain the portfolio for Foreign Affairs until the solution of the Roman question." The Gazette di Torino of today publishes a despatch from Perugia, stating that the French were actively watching the frontiers, and that several encounters had taken place between the French troops and the brigands, who wished to penetrate into Italian territory. VIENNA. SEPT. 3. The draught address to the Emperor was passed to-day in the Lower House of the Reichsrath. The Polish members abstained from voting. PESTH, SEPT. 3, The Comitat of Miskolcz has passed a resolution concurring in the protest of the Comitat of Pesth, against the dissolution of the Hungarian Diet. It is expected that similar resolutions will also be passed by the other Comitats of Hungary. rico, MADAME LINE-GOLDSCHMIDT. (From the Liverpool Albion.) The public of Liverpool will not have forgotten the im pression created by Madame Goldschmidt's appearance at the Philharmonic concerts now two or three years since, and we are particularly gratified in being able to announce that the amiable and gifted lady will again appear under the same auspices some time in October next. Dating the past London season Mr. and Madame Goldschmidt gave a grand morning concert at Earl Dudley's mansion, in Park-lane, in behalf of the Female Artistes' Society, at which the won derful abilities of Madame Goldschmidt appeared to be as great as ever. We believe we may announce that a per formance of Mendelssohn's Oratorio of Elijah is now pre paring in London, in behalf of a local charity, at which Madame Goldscbmidt has generously offered her services, and will sing Mendelssohn's grandest composition, the in terpretation of which has been considered by many as Ma dame Goldschmidt's finest achievement. We hear that the Philharmonic Society of this town have arranged for a per formance of llaydn's Creation, in which Madame Gold schmidt is to sing the soprano part, and our own great tenor Sims Reeves will sing the tenor part for the first time with the great artiste. Signor Belletti is to complete the ensemble by singing the bass, a combination that has not hitherto been witnessed. The oratorio is to be succeeded the follow ing evening by a Miscellaneous Concert, at which, in addi tion to the transcendant attraction of Madame Goldschmidt, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Signor Belletti as vocalists, the emi nent violinist, Herr Joachim or Signor Piatti, and Mr. Otto Goldschmidt will combine their distinguished talents. It must give general satisfaction to learn that Mr. and Madame Goldschmidt, with their family of three young children— two boys and a girl—have become quite domiciled in this country, indeed, that Mr. Goldschmidt has become a natu ralised subject of England, and it is very pleasing to find them quitting their retirement at Wimbledon, if only for a season, and resuming a position from which it has been so much regretted they should seem disposed to retire. Few public characters have diffused more real intellectual enjoy ment by her professional abilities, or dispensed greater happiness and benefits byher unostentatious generosity, than Madame Otto Goldschmidt, nee Jenny Lind. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) The " Swedish Nightingale" has made arrangements for an autumnal professional tour, during which we understand she will visit Irelend and other parts of the kingdom. Her visit to Liverpool, as has already been announced, is fixed for the 28th and 29th of next month. Having retired with a largo competency, some curiosity will naturally arise in the public mind as to the tempting offers which have been made to induce the charming songstress again to emerge from private life. On the occasion of her last visit to Liverpool Madame Goldschmidt was engaged by the Committee of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, who gave her £l,OOO for her services on two evenings. Some time ago, when rumours were abroad of the intended visit to Ireland of "The Nightingale," communications were opened direct by the ame Society with Mr. and Mrs. Goldschmidt, but the offer of £l,OOO for the services for two evenings was declined. The Committee advanced the offer to 1,000 guineas, but that also was declined. A long correspondence subse quently took place, and at length a satisfactory arrange ment was made. The report here was that the committee of the Liverpool Philharmonic Society had given £1,200 for the two concerts, but that report was not correct. So far as we can learn, no specific sum has been named. A "sharing arrangement" has been made. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Goldschmidt, the services of Mr. Sims Reeves, Signor Belletti, and other artistes will be secured, but " the party" as a whole will be supplied by Mr. Mitchell or the persons for ,whom he acts, and ho or they will take a very large proportion of the receipts. It is expected that there will be at least 3,000 persons present each evening. The charges for admission are 205., 155., and lOs 6d. Taking the average at 155., and supposing the hall to be full each evening, the gross receipts would be £4,500. At the very lowest estimate, Madame Lind will receive two-thirds of the receipts, or £3,000. Out of this, of course, she will have to pay the other artistes, and 11,500 would be left for the committee to pay all the enormous incidental ex penses attending such concerts. Two GREAT FIRES THIS DAY).—About 1 o'clock this morning the cooperage of Mr. Woodley, Oak-lane, Limehouse, was discovered to be on fire, and although one of the floating engines and numerous land engines were soon at work, the fire continued till it destroyed the whole of the premises, together with those of Mr. Seaton, also a cooper, adjoining. Both gentlemen are insured. Another fire of an extensive character broke out about 5 o'clock in the premises of Messrs. Batten and Co., tea dealers, Lower Thames-street. The engines were soon on the spot, but the fire was not subdued until the premises were entirely destroyed, and the adjoining buildings much damaged by water. ACCIDENT ON THE ROCKS AT HASTINGS.--On the evening of Tuesday last, a gentleman named Heinke, a visitor of St. Leonard's, had the misfortune to fracture the bone of his arm by falling on the above rocks, which are situate opposite the east end of Marine Parade. It appears t that he was going off to the wrecked schooner Louise, which was lying near the shore, and was in company with the divers employed in securing- the vessel, when otcpping upon a rock covered with a green slippery weed he fell and sustained the injuries in question. He was immediately taken to the surgery of Mr. F. Ticehurst, aad the fractured bone having been set by that gentleman he proceeded to his home in a fly, We believe that he is now progressing favourably. isitors and others who are in the habit of seeking amusement on the rocks by the sea-side will do well t o be careful, as a hasty flight across the same is not alto gether unattended with danger.—Su sex Advertiser. A YACHT SUNK BY A STEAMER OFF RYDE.--On Monday night a serious collision took place off Ryde Pier, the result of which was that the Amazon, Smith, Esq., owner, a crack and well-known cutter-yacht, was sunk at her moorings. As far as we have been enabled to ascertain the facts of the unfortunate affair are as follows :—On the night in question the Prince Consort, Captain Beazley, a splendid new boat belonging to the Portsmouth and Hyde Packet Company, left Portsmouth Pier at 8.10 p.m., and proceeded to Hyde, first touching at Southsea. It is stated that the captain never once left the bridge, as the night was very dark. When off the Ryde Pier, where the Amazon was lying moored, the Prince Consort ran directly into the yacht, which immediately commenced to founder. On board the Amazon was the owner, his lady, another lady, and two children. At the moment the yacht was struck the children were being put to bed. Luckily the yacht did not sink entirely for eight or ten minutes, during which time the ladies, children, and crew were enabled to take to the boats and escape. They had no sooner left the beauti ful yacht than she sank in many feet of water. The Amazon was fitted up with elegance and splendour, and the damage done is very great. The yacht when struck lay anchored at her moorings, being furnished with a signal light which was hanging halfway up the mast, and which ought, it is said, to have been her security. A diver has been down to the yacht, but she still remains where she sank. REPAIR OF THE SINGAPORE AND BATAVIA CABLE. The Dutch screw steamer Draak started with 61 miles of new deep sea cable on board, intended to repair the cable in the Straits of Banka. The examination of the cable was commenced with that part between 176 to 179 miles from Batavia, lying to the south of Lucipara, and which was laid in a W.N.W. direction, it being proposed to t plice on the new 61 mile cable, and to lay it further to the N.W. in a depth of two fathoms. On taking up this 3t miles of cable it was found that where it lay the bottom consisted of blue and soft mud, like that on the east coast of Sumatra, and that the cable in this mud was not encrusted with shells, but remained clean and undamaged and as good as new. After this examination the Break returned to Batavia in order to repair the ruptures in the cable near that place. From the mouth of Muarabara, where the shore end of the cable is situated, to a distance of 40 miles from Batavia, W.S.W. of Pulo Katok, the number of breaks were not less than 20, the repairs of which occupied a long time. It is noticeable that all these breaks woro found in the deep sea cable, while the whole line from the south of the Agnita islands to the south of Middleburg and Amsterdam, where the shore end cable lie, was not damaged in a single place. Of the deep sea cable, which was under-run for a length of 40 les, it was found in some places that the iron wire cover ng had wholly disappeared, while in others it had become very thin. It is reported that the line will be again in working order —London and China Telegraph. SLAVERY AND SECESSION.—Some people say that slavery has had nothing to do with originating the present difficulties, but that it is the desire of the South to be free from the protective tariffs of the North which has caused it to rebel against the Union; whilst others say that neither slavery nor free trade have any hand in the matter, butthat the whole affair is the work of a band of exasperated politi cians, who have decided to deluge their country with blood rather than submit to the constitutional defeat which they experienced in November last, when Abraham Lincoln was placed at the head of the poll and declared President of the United States. There is, doubtless, some truth in these notions, but their advocates ignore the fact that slavery is at the bottom of both. We have the word of Southerners themselves that it is the fear of Northern interference with slavery alone which has been the cause of the present hostile attitude of the cotton States. Two years ago it was foreseen that an anti-slavery President would reign at Washington, and nessrs. Davis and Stephens (now President and Vice •President respectively of the Southern Confederacy) declared that in case, events should turn out as anticipated, the Union would be dissolved, simply because under a Republican Executive the "property" of the South would no longer be secure. In. March, 1860, the first num ber of " The Plantation, a Southern Quarterly Review," made its first appearance in Georgia, and in the prospectus of the work we were told that, unless a change took place in the opinions of the world outside the free States concern ing the true status and relations of negro slavery, t h e Union would be dissolved, "and dissolved in blo o d ;" and the edi tor, in his " salutatory," remarks that, "unless there is a speedy and great revolution in public opinion in the North ern States upon the subject of slavery, war -,bloody between the North and the .59 1 1th is inevitablo." Slavery, and slavery alone, then, is the cause of the revolt of the Southern. States.—Ellision's Slavery a n d s e cession in Arne- FRANCE. Under the head of " Latest Intelligence," La Patrie publishes the following : "Lieutenant-Colonel Coffyn, of the Engineers, placed by the Minister of War at the disposal of the Minister of Marine, has been appointed to the command of the Engineer Corps in Cochin-China. " Advices from Brest state that the frigate Junon, Captain Didelot, is ordered to proceed forthwith to the Coast of Africa. She is to replace the Danae, actually at Gabon." BOURSE, Sept. 3.—The market has been well maintained at about the closing rates of yesterday, but the amount of business transacted has not been large. Threes, for the Account, are now 69f 40c. Railways quiet, but firm. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents... 98 55, Credit Foncier 1225 Do end month.... 98 60 ; Belgian 41 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 10 1 Roman Bank Shares 2920 ; Austrian - Credit Mobilier.... 765 —' Spanish Threes 49 25 Do. Account 770 Home Debt .. — RAILWAYS. .. 1427 50 .. 986 25 Cash. Ac coun t. N O o r l r e t a h n e s r ;1 . . . . . : .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 1425 98 5 _ New ditto ......... .. ____ Lyons and Mediterranean 1027 50 .. 1025 Geneva ................ 345 .. 347 50 Southern. ........ western Eastern .... Sardinian. Austrian Lombard , ............. 538 7 5 .. 540 ITALY. The Turin Gazette states that a few days ago a patrol which was in search of refractaires (young men attempting to evade the conscription) w as fired upon at Villanova, near Ravenna, by the popu lace, excited by the parish priest. One soldier was killed and two seriously wounded. Two companies of the Line, and part of the National Guard of Ra. venna were immediately sent to the spot, and nu merous arrests were made, including that of the priest who, it is expected, will be severely punished. ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. The " Female Blondin," as the lady is popularly termed, crossed the Thames again on Monday in front of the Cremorne Gardens, where many thiu .sands of people were assembled to witness the ad venture. The river was crowded by a multitude of boats filled with vast numbers of people of both sexes, but fortunately no accident of any kind oc curred to mar the amusements of the evening. The lady commenced her passage on the rope across the river shortly after six o'clock, and in getting into her carriage to proceed to the place of her destina tion, the crowd assembled round the gardens took the horses from the carriage, and drew it in triumph to the spot. The passage across the river was made with great ease and skill, and she arrived at the opposite shore amid the cheers of the multitude. The evening was beautifully fine, and after the feat was performed the usual crowds gathered into these beautiful gardens to amuse themselves for the remainder of the evening. Amon; the remark a bl e en t er t a i nmen t s recen tl y produced, is the " Cremorne Musical Union," in which the gifted family of Dr. Greenhead are the only actors. There are five daughters and three sons, and it is really a matter of the deepest interest not only to see this family so closely united for the common all,weclhfatrhoeyofhave ug b b u ro tto ht w m it u e m tio e rnn e t s oo d ss f ' ! hi vised by th emselves. " Ripe Strawberries " nseicssalt entertainhe perfec was agem in itself. On 'Monday next a grand balloon race will take place between balloons called the "Prince of Wales," Normandy," and " Garibaldi," piloted by the veteran Chambers, by Ly thgoe, and young Adams, the son of a former Cremorne aeronaut, for a prize of considerable value, to be given to him who de scends in safety and returns first to the gardens. The novelty of this spectacle i,s expected to draw immense crowds to witness it. THE COVENTRY POISONING CASE. _ The adjourned inquest was resumed on Mon day, at the Gloucester Arms, before Mr. Poole, the coroner. A number of additional witnesses were called, some of whom spoke to acts of great familiarity between the husband of the deceased woman and the girl Statham. Dr. Wrightson said—l have concluded my exa mination of the stomach and viscera of the deceased. Tha blood obtained from the heart of the deceased contained arsenic. I also examined the liver and the transverse colon. I found each of them to contain arsenic; it had evidently per meated the entire substance. I could find no trace of arsenic upon the coats of the stomach or elsewhere ; it was evident it had been entirely absorbed during life; in all probability two or three days had elapsed between the first taking of the arsenic and the death of the deceased. It, must have been taken at least 24 hours before. I should say several doses of arsenic were admi nistered to the deceased. I have examined the stomach, part of the liver, a kidney and spleen of the child of the prisoner Beamish, which I received from Dr. Goate in a bottle. I sub mitted the parts to separate analysis, and I found small portions of arsenic in each—a much smaller portion than in the case of the woman. In the absence of any other cause, and the poison being found in the stomach and diffused through the viscera in the way it was, I can have no moral doubt the child died from taking arsenic. The stomach of the child was not so inflamed as in the case of the woman. That would show that death had taken place sooner after the adminis tration of the poison. The result of my exami nation proves not only the administration of arsenic, but that arsenic has been given in two different forms to the deceased woman, namely, in the form of a sulphate and also in the form of metal itself. This shows the impossibility of the poison being any other than arsenic. There was, however, very great difficulty in arriving at this result, and it requires the exercise of the greatest care to obtain it in cases where only a minute quantity of the poison existo in a mass of flesh and blood. The slightest overheating, or one of fifty causes in the performance of the analysis, may have prevented my obtaining it in this instance. The inquiry was further adjourned. CONVICTION UNDER THE BLEACHING AND DYEIVORK6 ACT. At the City Police-court, yesterday, Mr. Robt. Howarth, fustian finisher, of Gaythorn, was summoned for a breach of the regulations of the Bleaching and Dyeworks Act, passed at the close of the last session. Mr. R. B. B. Cobbett, who appeared in support of the complaint, said the information had been laid by Mr. R. W. Coles, the sub-inspector of factories for this district. He believed there would be no dispute as to the fact of the case—namely, that the defendant had employed a boy, named John Davis, under 13 years of age, without having a school certificate. Mr. Cobbett read those sec tions of the act which he held applied to the case in ques tion, and particularly dwelt upon the seventh or interpre tation clause, which provided that the words "bleaching or dyeworks" should be held to mean any building or pre mises where females, young persons, or children were employed, in one or more of which buildings or premises any process was carried on connected with the occupation of bleaching, dyeing, or finishing any yarns, cotton, cloth, silk, &c., by steam or other power. The morning of this section, he said, was rendered still clearer by the 11th section, which showed, undoubtedly, that it was the inten tion of the Legislature that finishing works should be included in the operations of the act, because the words " finishing works" were mentioned as a separate and dis tinct trade. 31r. R. W. Coles, sub-inspector of factories, was called, and stated that he visited the defendant's premises on two occasions, and there found the lad Davis employed in the finishing of fustian. The boy was under thirteen years of age, and had not the requisite certificate. In reply to Mr. Leresche, who appeared for the defence, the witness said the defendant received the cloth from the manu facturers, and it was his business to make it ready for the market. There was no bleaching or dyeing whatever carried on upon the premises. The cloth was in the grey when it was received, and it was still in the grey when sent away. Mr. Leresche, for the defence, submitted that these works did not come within the meaning of the statute. His Wor ship would find that in the title and also in the preamble of the bill the words " bleaching" and " dyeing" only were used, and, in point of fact, the ward " finishing" did not occur anywhere until the seventh section, when it was found in collocation with bleaching and dyeing. His argument was this, that the term " finishing" was not used in the statute at all as descriptive of a separate and distinct trade ; but was used only as a description of anything which might be done in cidental to bleaching and dyeing, and in connection therewith—that, in fact, it was only one of a apples of general words used to explain the sense of words gone before, and not to extend Vieir meaning to something unconnected with dyeing or bleaching. In illustration, Mr. Leresche referred to the Factories Regulation Act, 1844, and to the Printworks Act, Bth and 9th Victoria, in both of which acts a number of words were employed as generally descriptive of the various operations carried on in the manufactures specified, the term, " finishing" being used in this sense. He need not say how much light these acts throw upon the construction of the act now about to be interpreted for the first time. Mr. Cobbett replied at some length, reiterating the points he had alluded to in his opening address. He referred especially to the 11th section specifying dyeing, bleaching, and finishing works, and remarked that had it not been intended that the act should apply to finishing works there was no need to have mentioned them at all. Mr. Ellison inquired if Mr. Leresche had anything further to say as to the 11th section.—Mr. Leresche observed that it was certainly singular that the word should have been used there, but he thought, taking into consideration the whole bearing of the statute, the Magistrates would not attach too much weight to the one casual expression. If his Worship would look at another section he would find that finishing was spoken as of the occupation of dyeing. There were operations such as pre paring, beetling, &c., which were called finishing, and were carried on in the same works as the dyeing and the bleach ing. Therefore, the 11th section might be explained in this way, but he took his stand upon the 7th section. Mr. Ellison said the 11th section certainly seemed to him to be fatal to Mr. Leresche's argument. Even if it were not so, taking the 7th section of the act, he could not help thinking that the three words "bleaching, dyeing, finish ing" were intended to refer to separate and distinct pro cesses. If the word finishing had been intended to refer to an incidental process of the dyeing trade, he should have expected to have -found other incidental processes men tioned at the same time, because they found that in the Factory Acts and other acts the Legislature mentioned almost all incidental processes. " Finishing" was certainly one of them, but in this instance they had finishing alone, and placed in such a position with regard to the other terms, that it seemed to him to be quite clear that it was not in tended to refer to an incidental or separate process. There must be a conviction in the lowest penalty. Mr. Leresche said the decision was of great importance, and he therefore asked that a case might be granted for the superior courts. Mr. Ellison complied with the request, and the required recognisances were entered into at once. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English whest to this morning's market were very moderate, and the trade, both for red and white samples, ruled firm, at Monday's advance in the quotations of 2s to 3s per quarter. Importers of foreign wheat were very firm, and all de scriptions were held at extreme rates. The show of samples was not extensive. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at full cur rencies. Wo were scantily supplied with barley, and the trade ruled firm, at fully previous rates. The inquiry for fine malt was steady, at full quotations, but inferior kinds were a slow sale. The oat trade was firm, and prices were well supported. Both beans and peas moved off slowly at late rates. New Mazagan beans, 365; pigeon, 40s; white peas, 40s per quarter. Most kinds of flour changed hands to a moderate extent, at extreme quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 1, t5O 80) 810 310 1 590 Irish.. ..... ....• 3,880 310 , —1 13,620 s ac k 2,720 brls. WHITECHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale, and the trade rules steady, as follows :-- Beef from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s Gd ; lamb t , Is Od to 5s Od ; veal, ; , s 4 d to 4s 4d ; and p or k , 4s ou 5s Od per Blbs. by the carcase. BOROUGII HOP. Our market continues very inactive, at drooping cur cwt ie. New hop: are selling at f rom £lO to £l2 12s per Duty, -C/t5O 00,0. HONESTY WELL REWARDED, --Last week a cler gyman on a vi4it at Maidstone gave a testament to a poor man who had come into the neighbourhood for the hop pelting, and after %he man had gone away, on opening the book he found it to contain four 4'5 notes, left in it by mis t4e. He hastened to restore them to the owner, who was so pleased with this act of honesty that ho completely fitted out the man and his family with shoes and clothes to the iluptua a several muds. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—rThis Day.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) NOVEL ➢LODE FOR RAISING TIIE W IND -- CURIOUS DISCLO SURES ABOUT PUBLIC• HOUSES-RAPHAEL V. BILLING.. TON. , This was an action to recover £5O for cigars sold and delivered to defendant, plaintiff being a cigar importer and manufacturer, of Leman-street, Whitechapel, and defendant described as of the Napier Tavern, High Holborn. Mr. Buchanan, for plaintiff, said the value of the goods was £57 10s., but £7 10s. was abandoned. Phillip Raphael, plaintiff's brother, said he delivered the cigars to defendant for cash. Defendant wanted credit, and, this being refused, declined to return the cigars unless he had 2s. 6d. per lb. profit. This was agreed to, but de fendant backed out, and kept the cigars. Cross-examined—I did not get two bills of exchange for them. He said he had, and refused to give back the cigars unless he had his bills and 2s. 6d. per lb. profit ; but as I have had no bills, it was nonsense. Henry Raphael said he was the plaintiff, and sold the cigars through the last witness for cash. 'Would not have given defendant credit. Tendered defendant £8 odd for the cigars, but defendant wanted some bills which I had not. Defendant's ledger was handed to the Court, and much merriment was created by an entry, "Thomas Billington, I prophesy you'll be a bankrupt." Mr. Todd, for defendant, said he should prove that bills were given. Defendant said he had been bothered to buy the cigar;, and gave Phillip Raphael two bills, one for £7105., and one for MO. When plaintiff demanded his cigars, witness insisted upon having 2s. 6d. per pound and his bills.. (Laughter.) A guarantee was offered that bills would not be presented, but I wished to consult my accountant, who is my legal adviser. (Laughter.) Cross-examined —There has been a sale upon the pre mises, but the cigars are not included. They are now in my possession. There was a distress for rent, but I was only put in the house by an attorney who guaranteed it. (Laughter.) By the Judge—l did not consider it prudent to tell the lawyer about these cigars. I am now a servant at the Napier Tavern. The name of Wood is up. Wood is my accountant. (Laughter.) I forget where the cigars now are. (Laughter.) I have pledged them for £l5 at Mr. Tings, 194, Tottenham-court-road. Jane Bevis said she saw Philip Raphael sign the bills, and take them away with him. His Honour at once found for the plaintiff, and ordered the debt to be paid forthwith, adding, " You know where the cigars are Mr. Buchanan." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day 4 MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BREAKING OPEN CONTRIBUTION BOXES AT Tztu BAVARIAN CHAPEL.—Eleanor Flynn, a well-dressed female, was charged with breaking open contribution b oxes and stealing money at the Bavarian Chapel, Warwick' street, the moneys being those of Dr. Edward Hearn., fte i others. and passed on, Joseph Collins, of 24, Golden-square, said he was cl erk had been broken_ of the Bavarian Chapel, dedicated to the Assumption Warwick-street. He had seen the prisoner at the chapsoieor On the previous evening she came to his house, from w g.;,, there was an entrance to the chapel. She said she wonted to see Dr. Cruikshank, one of the chaplains, He heard her talking to a gentleman, and shortly after j was called up and told to watch her. He did so, an d saw. her come out of the chapel, and on going i n f ound the contribution boxes screwed to the wall open, and a small sum of money, which he had tran s f erre. from two boxes broken open on Friday, gone, and found 4. large pair of tailor's shears on a shelf in the chapel. s ome _ time after he went after the prisoner an d custody. g a ve her int o _ _ . . _ and a it ; but after wards, rd la t a fi well rst she saCi, 115 d she knew, said he took nothing her in Warwick-stre,gt, taking her into the chapel, she said, t , I own to was, on of it; I broke the boxes open." At the station son s mo _ 4 __ was found on her, and she said that w as " hat shoh Z taken. Collins, recalled, said there had been two new boxes put up, and the moneys were those of the R ev . Mr. Bodley and ot A large pair of shears were produced by the ofacer. Mr. Beadon, having cautioned the prisoner, as k ed whether she wished to plead, and she said she had done it through want. Mr. Beadon said it was a remarkabl e f act that two other boxes had been broken open so near the time. Had she broken into the church it would have been a serious offence. Prisoner said she had left the streets, and could not starve. Mr. Beadon said there was no necessity for that, and committed her for throe months, with hard labour. THAMES. TOBACCO SMUGOLING.—WiIIiam Adams, desertbed as Selfe, tradesman char, of High stree Poplar, was br oug h t before r. charged with smuggling M 2lbs. 14oz. of foreign manu factured tobacco. A Custom-house officer saw the prisoner leaving the steamship Britannia, from Cadiz, yesterday afternoon, and found some tobacco under his clothes, next to his skin. Mr. Selfe—To give it a flavour, I suppose. I notice that smugglers fasten tobacco and cigars round their bodies. The witness—l also searched him in the station-house, and found cigars in a belt round his body. There is 31bs. all but 20z., and the value and duty is about £1 lls. Mr. Selfe—The prisoner appears to roe to be a regular contraband trader, and I fine him £4, and in default of pay ment three weeks' imprisonment. The prisoner will lose his tobacco and cigars. WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY.—Margaret M'Carthy, a very large Irish woman, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with being drunk, disorderly, assaulting Honors Scannell, her countrywoman, and wilfully and maliciously breaking two looking -glasses, 14 pictures, and two jugs, value £4 10s. It appeared that the parties were residents of that very noisy, disorderly, and pugnacious locality, Glasshouse street, Rosemary-lane, which has been in a more turbulent state than ever since the authorities have changed the name of it to Royal Mint-street, from its contiguity to the Mint. Mrs. M'Carthy went to Mrs. Scannell's house to ask her what she had been saying about her and asked her if she could say " Black was the white of her eye." Mrs. Scan nell answered with some of the choice epithets of Glass house -street and Royal Mint-street, which the prisoner resented by giving Mrs. Scannell a black eye, and then proceeding to destroy everything within reach, and attempt ing to break Mrs. Scannell's head. Mr. Selfe—What did she break, Mrs. Scannell ? Witness—Four burning mountains, yer honner's wort. chip. Mr. Selfe—What else ? Witness—The Death of Nelson. Mr. Selfe—Go on—what other pictures ? Witness—" The Red and White Rose," "The Shannon and Chesapeake," " Bantry Bay," " Wellington," " Lord Clyde," " Jack Sheppart." Mr. Selfe—What a falling off is there. That will do. What do you say to this, Mrs. M'Carthy. The prisoner —It was Gibraltar broke the things. Mr. Selfe--Who is Gibraltar ? The prisoner —A Spanish man she lives with ? Mrs. Scannell—Gibraltar does live with me, but he did not touch a single thing in the place. Mr. Selfe—You were tipsy, Mrs. M'Carthy ? Tho prisoner—Well, I had the dhrop taken. Mr. Selfe—You main a pailful, Mrs. M'Carthy. You must pay 40s. or go to prison for three weeks. IRIS DAY'S ShIP.PINGr. LONDON, Sept. 4.—Wind this day at noon —North- Westerly ; light breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 3.—Wind NAlTived—MarY B. Rich, from London f or P ortland, U.S. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 3.—Wind for Montreal. S .W.—Sailed- - Union, den, for New Yo SHIELDs, Sept.rk. 3,—Wind S. W.—Sailed—George Mars- TEIGNMOUTH, Sept. W,S.W.—Arrived— COWES, Sept. 3.— Wind S.W.—A rr i ve d—C aroline, from Panda, from L a b ra d or. Rangoon; Wilhelm Tersraeden, from Rio Janeiro. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 3 .—Wind S.W.— Dundas, for Q ue b ec. Sailed—Mary SUNDERLAND, Sept. 2.---Wind N.W.—A rr i ve d_john William, from Aliraroichi. CARDIFF Sept. 3.—Wind W. — Sailed —Clara L. ri ll e : for St. Paul ' de Loando; Lusitana, for Monte Video ; merlane, for New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday morning, The New York steamship, which leaves for New York to-day, takes £1,061 specie from England, and 54,825 dole. from Bremen. Arrived—Pandora, Alarm, and Ohio, from Cardiff; Rose, Clara, Typhena, Tiber, Moslem, Dream, Black-eyed Susan, and Mary Eleanor, all from Nev.port ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Dublin, and left for London. MAGNETIC t A T: a : a , (BY SUBMARINE AND GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 3--JitreY, _ , R F A a P n li nv ) from Dunkirk; Intrepido, from Lagos; Eliza Jane, from Tan roo• ; Archimedes, from Taganrog. ; Gutteridge, from from St. Lucia ; Dun kirk; Jane Selkirk, from Alexandria; Courtier, from Sines ; Lady Mansell, Simon, from Leghorn ; Batavier, from Rotterdam ; Leo, steamer from Rotterdam. s esaami Trieste;l eer d iSftoe t or p bt C .. 4 ai — vn a ll r ' Li h eo o s 1. Hutton Campbell , for eh Calcutta ayt ' cx steamer, am e r , Gladiator, for Lowe, for the C ape and 'Bombay. DEAL, Wedn es d ay M orn i ng . p a ssed—Glencoe, from S hanghae ; Montrose, from Jersey; Donna Anna, from Nelson N of the Lake, from Al ew Zealand; Lady goa Bay—all' for London ; Hutton Chaytor, for Trieste; Statesman, for Madras—both from London. Anchored—Salacia, for Adelaide; Trenton, for Quebec—. Loboth, from ;don. I