The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-15 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Govent-Garden. MR. MELLON'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. Mr, Alfred Mellon has the honour to announce that his Promenade Concerts take place every Evening at 8 o'clock. Promenade, One Shilling. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. On MONDAY next, August W, a MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. THEATIVES-IWYAL, 3iAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. BaCkstone. Tills EVENING, the, performances will sominenoe with a new Ballet. BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny Wright, the Leclercqs, Mr. Webster, Atter which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND MY LADY ; or, It Might have been Worse. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Buckstone, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &a. Followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with THE CHRISTENING, Commence a - 7 NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI. - Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 105th Night of "The Dead Heart." THIS EVENING, the great Adelplal drama, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Fisher, Billing ton, Eburne, Smith, Romer; Miss Woolgar and Miss Kate Belly. To conclude with (27th time) THE PRETTY HORSE BREAKER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miss K. Kelly, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Thorne, Miss Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley, On Wednesday next, Aug. 21, the Annual Benefit of Mr. Wm. Smith, Acting Manager. " The Flowers of the Forest," "The Woman Hater," and "Perfection." Doors open at half past 6--Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.—SAM COWELL, the Prince of Comic Vocalists, will make his First Appearance his return to England THURSDAY, the 29th August. Admission--Hall, 6d. on ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Two Grand Selections from Operas, including UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jongh mans. Mr. Wood and his talented little S. The extraor dinary comic duet, " The Nerves," by Harvey and French, Mr. Marshall in " The Exc ursion to Brighton," "Selina Sly," and " In the Park." First appearance of Miss HARRIET COVENEY on MONDAY Evening. Admission —Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1861, THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. The architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting of this noble building, render it one of the sights of London. Open Every Evening. The pro gramme is varied, and includes Selections from "La Tra viats," "Un Ballo in Maschera," .tc., (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus). Solos by Mi ss Bryant en the Piano Forte, and by Mr. Russell on the Tro themb Old English Ballad, by Miss Green, icotch Duets by Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the hi g hest order. Conductor , Mr. F. Jonghmed ans. Thssrs. e Comic portion of the entertainment is support by Me M. Foster (in his " Life Sketches"), Sam Collins, Ha all. rvey, and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall shilling. Private Boxes, , and Vir. Rand Ham sixpenee ; Balcony and Stalls, one 1011. 6d. HIGH "WA.TER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau DAY. —Morning, Bh. 27m.—Afternoon, 9h. 10m, To-mositow.-Morning, 9h. 54m.—Afternoon, 10h. 36m, THE WEATHER. -SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 15, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THR SHADE. 76 —highest since noon yesterday.' 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAnommTsn-29.88 ; falling. IVlND—South•Westerly—light ; with dull weather and slight sprinkling of rain. Very sultry. 4. 41? I 1 .1 ( t trt • /),/ ~:uie~ THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1881. Elsewhere will be found—upon a scale of pro portionate magnitude—the last of Lord BROUGHAM'S great achievements. It is the latest oration uttered by the lips of this " old man eloquent." It is the most recent of the many abundant outpour ings of wisdom from the fully ripened and yet per fectly vigorous intellect of this more than octoge narian. The occasion of its delivery was in itself marked by circumstances of an unusual character. Delivered as it was in Dublin yesterday morning, it possesses the especial interest of being the first speech delivered by Lord BROUGHAM upon his first visit to Ireland. Remembering this, remembering Lord BROUGHAM'S great age and illustrious reputation, and remembering also the impulsive and impetuous nature of Celtic enthusiasm, it is no wonder in deed that the venerable ex-Chancellor should have been welcomed with an ardour worthy of being manifested by a body of Irishmen assembled together for the express purpose of greeting a great man like Lord BROUGHAM one combining in is encyclopmdic genius among ether lesser titles to fame, the designations (in their loftiest significance) of Orator, Statesman, Author, Jurisconsult, Legislator, and Philosopher. Ranging, as did Lord BROUGHAM'S inaugural address yesterday in opening the proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the National Asso ciation, over an astonishing variety of themes moat of them of the very first magnitude, and of the most startling diversity, it will be as well to restrict our observations to-day to one particular theme, selected advisedly from the numerous themes here prusenting themselves to our consideration ; and, in doing • this, we light almost instinctively upon those most suggestive remarks of the ex-Chan cellor, a pplied to the actual position of our foreign rel'ations, more particularly in respect to the leading Powers among the European part of Christendom. One by one—this man of large expe rience passes th ose prominent " powers that be " under review; one by one he descants upon the most glaring peeuliarities of their actual situation at this present juncture. Following, as Lord B ROI/GUAM s comprehensive speech does, imme diately upon that royal rigmarole, concocted with a due regard to the eloquence, half of "rote," half of retimence—for we all know that there is unquestionably an eloquence even in silence, in what the wit humorously designated " brilliant flashes of silence" —following as Lord BROUGHAM'S speech does immediately upon that co-called Speech from the Throne delivered by her MAJESTY'S Commissioners u p on the o ccasion of the prorogation of Parliament —it is really delightful to read it. It is positively refreshing and invigo rating to meet with something more compre hensible, in its way, in reference fo foreign powers generally, than those words that we have perused so often under such an immense variety of circumstances, that Her MAJESTY is gratified to announce to the Lords and Commons that she still continues to receive from foreign pavers generally, evidences of the most uninterrupted friendship! The bulk of the Royal Speech, in point of fact, is invariably composed of so many old familiar sentences that we might readily- enough, upon each occasion of late years, have ILitened only to the opening words of the ma jority o f the little paragraphs of it, and have trusted to the accuracy of our memory for the literal and verbal correctness with which each in turn were brouglct to a conclusion. This from the exordium of the speech itself down to the old time-worn, time honoured close of it or peroration, if we may apply BO magnificent a term of rhetoric to a winding up so everlastingly bald, and dull, and matter of fact own, we say, to the frayed aud threadbare clo se of it, about the individual members .a another sand Commons having each of them of ratbo Lords tive eo l unties: r kind to discharge in their respec .Duties, by the way, that the majority o f the said loyal and devoted lieges forth with sedulously taaand to —as in honour bound—by flying off instant er at a tangent here to the heather of Scotland, there to the manifold beauties cluster ing along the margin. of the Rhine, yonder to the snowy acclivities and pict u resq ue chalks of the Tyrol or of Switzerland. I ntermediately between the flourish at the be g in Dill g and th e fl ourish at the termination of the Royal s peech, whethe r delivered in, person or deli'vered by commission at the clos e o f every session of Parliament, there comes as a deed c ertainty the thamks to the gentiemeicot the House of Commons for their munificence in voting adequate funds for the public service; and equally in its way as a dead certainty (no matter what the state of matters may be, or may threaten to become, abroad) that old, old passage already alluded to about the condition of our foreign relations, and the interminable duration of our international friendships. Having just had those well-remembered phrases dinned yet once more into our ears, and entertaining as we do a diametrically opposite opinion ourselves as to the actual state just now of some of our foreign relations, and as to the probable future of many other parts of the complex web, woven ever and ever more or less intricately according to the skill or blundering of the wily hands of the world's Diplomatists, we come with a zest, scarcely to be exaggerated in the description of its most pleasurable intensity, to some such words of bold and outspoken wisdom as fell yesterday (in regard to our foreign relations) from the lips of Lord BROUGHAM. Russia and Poland—Austria and Hungary—ltaly whether in its relation to Pied mont or to Naples, to Rome or to Venetia —Belgium and Holland—Turkey and her newly enthroned Sultan-Caliph, the reforming and economical ABDUL A ziz—these and other themes of kindred impor tance were successively passed in review under the lens of that clear and searching judgment, were brought under scrutiny, each in succession under the vivid light of that keen and resplendent intel lect. A sentence, or but very little more than a sentence, was sufficient, for each of them, in its rapid consideration by Lord BROUGHAM. But—within the limits of each successive sentence — what a world of animated truth was there not often comprized ! It was like the subjection to our scru tiny of one drop of water after another when thrown upon the luminous disc of the oxy-hydrogen micro : , scope. Referring to certain recent and assuredly most remarkable passages in the History of Russia, Lord BROUGHAM spoke, as we might have felt per fectly sure he could not but have spoken upon the very earliest opportunity , about the great event of Serf Emancipation. It is but inevitable that one of the glorious authors in this countryof the imperishable achievement inscribed upon our annals as the Act of Negro Emancipation, should look back to this recent Emancipation of Serfs through outthe dominions of the Russian autocrat, his heart burning within him the while with exultation. True, the emancipation of the serfs in Russia is a work even now but half accomplished. Yet asiord BROUGHAM reminds us, "It must be confessed that, even if we lament some error in the mode of proceeding, the EMPEROR is entitled to the l warmest sympathy in his great work, and to the highest ad miration for the wisdom and the virtue of his conduct. If," added Lord BROUGHAM very significantly, "to such a Sovereign his own people may well be grate ful, let us hope that his Polish dominions are destined to owe him equal thanks. It would be an act of magnani mity 'beyond all Greek, all Roman fame,' were he to reestablish a kingdom of Poland, withlits admirable Constitution of 1793, under a prince of his own house !" Surely those words open up a magnifi cent path of ambition before the young EMPEROR of all the Russias. Falling, as they do, from a man of such European repute as Lord BROUGHAM, we may reasonably hope that they will come sooner or later to the knowledge of the CZAR. And, if come they do to his knowledge certain, are we that penetrate they must and will to his heart of hearts. GOD grant that the thought thus expressed by those eloquent and venerable lips may prove the germ of a 'loftier and sublimer ambition than has yet manifested itself in the nature of the Emperor ALEXANDER 11. And Lord BROUGHAM, it should be remembered, speaks with authority upon this subject in refer ence to the hopes and aspirations of Poland in re gard to the duties before GOD: and man, in respect to Poland, devolving upon the Russian Autocracy. Does he not ? Why, he himself has reminded us of the scope and duration of his authority as a Champion of the rights and a Pleader for the liberties of Poland when he says, "The interest which, in common with all the friends national independence, I take in the fortunes of the Poles is not of yesterday, Forty-eight years ago, in common with my esteemed and now lamented friend the chief of the Polish patriots and counsellors, Prince CZARTORYSKI, the man who made far greater sacrifices to his principles than any who ever lived,—in common with him, and urged with him, I addressed, through the press (being then out of Parliament) to my fellow coun trymen, and to the allied Sovereigns, " The Appeal of Poland," which cannot be said to have had no effect, though far less than was desired, for it brought the subject of her wrongs so much into discussiton, especially in England, that it occupied in no small degree the attention of the Powers at the Congress of Vienna." So that it is now actually close upon one full-half century since there was raised thus, upon a memorable occasion, in the cause of Poland the Voice of Lord BROUGHAM, then already world• famous as Mr. HENRY BROUGHAM of the outer bar of England, the wearer of a stuff gown (never as it happened by the way of a silk gown) and not yet of the robes of a Baron of the realm or of a Lord High Chancellor ! The grave has scarcely yet quite closed over the remains of his aged colaborateur, Prince ADAM CZARTORYSKI. And [upon the margin, as it were, of the recently-closed grave of that Polish Prince and Patriot, who, besides being Prince and Patriot of Poland, was the per sonal friend also of the Emperor ALEXANDER I.— upon the margin of that scarcely closed grave of Prince ADAM CZARTORYSKI, SO to speak, there it is that Lord BROUGHAM raises again his eloquent and venerable voice in behalf of Poland, in dignified supplication, almost, we might sa y, in impassioned adjuration, w ell to as the the reigning CZAR , the namesake as successor of the friend of Prince ADAM, the present Emperor of all the Russias, ALEXANDER 11. Had Lord BROUGHAM uttered no other syllables than those in reference to tho foreign politics of Europe, they would have been sufficient—those burning words, words destined to kindle, we will yet believe, a brighter Hope for Poland, a nobler ambition for ALEXANDER. Now that the huge American Republic is threatening to break its back, straining on the waves of a revolution, the different coulee of Hun gary may well invite special attention. Hungary tried revolution in 1848, and had a right to try it ; but the arms of Russia, in Hungary, were thrown into the opposite scale to that into which France i threw hers in the American struggle for lndepen- ' deuce, and turned the scale in favour of the old despotism, just as French aid, and the grossest Ministerial and military incompetence, turned it in favour of revolutionary independence in Ame rica. With all we have heard, however, of the necessity of colonies quitting the mother country as they become adult, it may well be questioned whether a revolutionary separation is not a real loss. America might have been a far nobler com munity of citizens had circumstances compelled her to fight, as Hungarians are now doing, through sound constitutional lawyers rather than through generals. A strong love of law and right might have then characterised a nation remarkable, now, for its impatience of law and strong government, and for the brag, bullying, and swagger of lads who have acquired the position of men before they know how to use it. The declaration of Constitutional Rights, which is the weapon Hungary must now resort to, penned by M. PEAK, contrasts strongly with..., JEFFERSON'S Declaration of Independence—and in history will contrast strongly to the advantage of the former. The theory of the equality of all men, pompously put forth by u slavehelding people, and the long fierce attack on the " tyrant" King, are exchanged for the calm, yet very firm, language of conscious right, pleading with a Monarch addressed as still to be honoured, though in the wrong. We hope many of our readers perused the whole of this long document. To the lovers of constitutional freedom nothing can be more soul-stirring. It was the work of long, careful, and secret preparation ; every para graph was read to the house under the fear of the military interruption ; and the necessary formali ties rapidly completed, under the too well founded apprehension that if SCHMERLING and RECIIBERG knew what was doing, German bayonets would have cleared the House. That danger was averted by speed. Interference was useless then. A document as important to Hungary as an army was committed to " the immortal custody of the Press." The cause of Hungary is vindicated for the present—vindicated for all ages. And the Hapsburg of the day has now the option of repentance, or of eternal in famy. This noble paper leaves him no alterna tive. With the respect due to a hereditary Sovereign, but the dignity befitting a nation's representatives, the address defines the position of the KING, and of those who, on the conditions he inherits, are willing to be his subjects. He had governed twelve years absolutely, and there fore illegally ; he had appeared to relax his ab solutism ; but it was appearance only. He had not returned to legality, but merely devised a scheme of his own for Hungary, to accept which would be the death of their liberties. He as sumed to confer a constitution ; what he did confer withheld the most important of Hungarian rights and constitutional guarantees. But even had these been granted, to accept them as a boon from the monarch would be to sacrifice their national right, and to place themselves at the mercy of any monarch who might see fit to withdraw all. He might have added in the words of our DENMAN —that the offers were " a mockery, a delusion and a snare ;" but if he were aware of that judicial sentence he refrained from using it. Repeatedly he shows of each proposal and demand of the Rescript that it could only be made on the simple ground of might, not of legality. What was offered was shown to be offered in a way fatal to constitutional liberty ; what was withheld to be withheld in defiance of the clearest hereditary ob ligations. The demonstration is complete that everything denied to the Hungarians is a denial of she solemn treaty on which alone rests the EMPE ROR'S claimto the throne of Hungary. He appeals to the Pragmatic Sanction—to the Pragmatic Sanction, says M. DEAK, we will go. And its decision, beyond doubt, is that FRANCIS JOSEPH can be King of Hungary only by fulfilling the de mands which he and his German STRAFFORDS refuse. They richly deserve STRAFFORD'S end. Selfish conspirators against the rights of a whole nation— nothingl is too bad for them. On the other hand, M. DEAR says, the Diet asks no concessions. It asks only that the Sovereign should do his duty as they are willing to do theirs. They will not surrender the trust handed down to them by past generations. They are responsible to their posterity. A nation may suffer many sufferings and injuries inflicted from without, but time and occasion may enable it to recover from them. Rarely can it regain what it has volun tarily surrendered. Hungary may suffer, and is prepared to suffer, but is not prepared to yield. It will never give up its right to tax itself, to vote its own military levies and recruits, and to be defended by its own army. It has never been backward to lavish its blood and treasure in defence of the So vereign's other dominions when attacked, but it will not place itself in the position to see its armies and money wasted for purely German objects. Let Germany look to herself, as she is well able. Hungary will never send deputies to a Council of the Empire, (Reichsrath) nor seknowlege what is done, as legal, should deputies be procured from her by illegal means. She will not allow the EMPEROR to pick and choose among the laws framed by former Diets, and sanctioned by former Emperors. The joint authority which made the laws alone can unmake them. She will never repeal any law till the deputies from the annexed parts are summoned, and the Diet thus "integrated," for they were parties to the enactment and must be to the repeal. Such are some of the more prominent points and sentiments of this long address, every line of which is instinct with the spirit of law and liberty. Its sum is— though nothing is more respectful than the tone of it—do your worst ; law, right, and history, make us a free people; we may be long and lawlessly oppressed, but we will never bow our own heads to despotism. The Address is now before the EMPEROR. It is useless to expect anything from him and his Mini sters. The former has indeed everything to gain, by frank and unreserved submission, as King of HUNGARY, to the treaties which give him the Throne, on condition of fulfilling their terms and abiding by all the laws sanctioned by his ancestors. On those terms the Emperor of AUSTRIA need fear nothing from Russia on the one side,nor France on the other. But those terms would be as bitter a humiliation to his German advisers, as they would be honourable and advantageous to him. Hence they are blinding the feeble-minded monarch to his ruin ; and, unless he has the courage to cast himself on Hungarian advisers in Hungarian matters, many years may not Elapse before the Emperor of AUS TRIA may be but too thankful to settle down as a German Archduke. ADELPHI THEATRE.—His Majesty the King of Sweden will visit th e Ad e l p hi Th ea t re thi s even i ng . THE COM:LT.—To-m orrow h er M a j esty an d th e Prince C b o o n rn so e r a t, n a d ce p o r m oc p e a e n d ie to d I b v y ind th s e or. Pri T n h c e ess it A oy li a c l e p , will leave s arty will dine and sleep at Frogmore Lodge on that evening. On the following day, after luncheon, her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the Princess Alice, will return to the Isle of Wight. The Duke of Wellington has left Apsley House for Ireland. The Duchess of Wellington remains in Lon don. The Right Hon. William Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, have left town for Walmer Castle. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left Hawar den Castle for Penmaenmaur, Conway. Viscountess Jocelyn and family are passing the season at Tullamore Park, county Down, Ireland. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from Osborne. His lordship will leave town to-day or to-morrow, accompanied by her ladyship, for Walmer Castle. The Earl Russell arrived in London yesterday from a visit to the Queen at Osborne. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury left town a few days since for Bracket Hall, the seat of Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. IL A ri' E 'T N W PARIS, AUG. 15. The Moniteur of this morning announces that, on account of the National Fete, the Emperor has either remitted or commuted the punishments of 1,236 prisoners, of different categories, who had been condemned for civil crimes. The itoniteur also publishes a numerous list of appointments to the Legion of Honour, and an nounces the arrival and warm reception of the Emperor at Chalons. CRACOW, AUG. 15. An important popular demonstration took place at Lublin (Russian-Poland) on the 12th inst. The Military Commander, by the energy, how ever, suppressed the conflict without any more serious consequences than that a certain number of persons were wounded. PARIS, AUG. 14. Prince Metternich has had an audience of the Emperor, in order to take leave: The Emperor afterwards set out for Chalons. General Fanti has arrived in Paris. He will shortly proceed to Chalons. TURIN, AUG. 14. It is reported that General Della Royera will enter the Cabinet as Minister for War. MILAN, AUG. 14. The Perseveranza of to-day has the following news from Rome : " Cardinal Andrea, President of the Congrega tion of the Index, has tendered his resignation, on account of having declared Mgr. Liverani's work to be heretical without the concurrence of the Congre gation." PESTH, AuG. 14. The following telegram has been received here from Vienna : "The Cabinet Council demands that the Hun garian Diet should be dissolved, and that an im perial manifesto should be addressed to the dif ferent peoples of the Austrian empire. " The Hungarian Ministers violently opposed the latter proposition." VIENNA, AUG. 14. To-day the Emperor received the address of the Hungarian Diet, to which he replied by a short speech couched in general terms. The Emperor's resolution may be expected on Saturday next. The dissolution of the Diet appears quite certain. THE BRAZIL MAILS. LISBON, AUG. 14. The Messageries Imperiales steamship Navarre, with the above mails, arrived here at noon to-day. At Rio, on the 25th July, exchange on London was quoted 25/, 251; on Paris, 377, 385. Coffee, good first, 5,600 to 5,800 milreis per ar roba. The shipments of coffee since the last mail amounted to 84,620 bags, of which 39,100 were for the Channel. Stock of coffee, 110,000 bags. Freight, 50s. BAHIA, JULY 29. Exchange on London, 251. Sugar, 2,600 to 2,800 milreis per arroba. PERNAMBUCO, JULY 31. The Royal Mail steamer Magdalena, from South ampton on the 9th of July, arrived here on the 29th of July. FRANCE. BOURSE, August 14.—Sales for realisation have checked the upward movement of yesterday, and again brought back prices to what they were on the day before—Threes, for the Account, being now at 68f 45a. Railways quiet, but firm. The following are the last quotations :- 41 per per Cents ... 97 85 Credit Foncier 1295 Do end month.... 97 95 Belgian 4i lOOl 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 471, Roman Bank Shares 2900 —• Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 7 3 3 75 ! Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 735 —; Home Debt .. 47k INDIA. By the arrival of the overland mail we receive advices from Calcutta to July 8 ; Madras, July 14. The creation of the order of knighthood has been announced in a royal notification, of which the fol lowing is the preamble : Whereas, taking into our royal consideration that it hath been the custom for princes to distinguish merit, virtue, and loyalty by public marks of honour, in order that eminent services may be acknowledged, and to create in others a laudable emulation, and we, being desirous of affording to the princes, chiefs, and people of our Indian Empire a public and signal testimony of our regard by the institution of an order of knighthood, whereby our resolution to take upon ourself the government of our territories in India may be commemorated, and by which we may, at the same time, be enabled to reward conspicuous merit and loyalty : Know ye, that we, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have instituted, erected, constituted, and created, and by these presents do institute, erect, consti tute and create, an Order of Knighthood, to be known by, and have for ever hereafter the name, style, and designa tion of " The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India." The Order is to consist of the Sovereign, the Viceroy as Grand Master, and 25 Knights, with " any princes of the blood royal, being descendants of his late Majesty George the First," as extra knights, and any foreign princes as honorary knights. The seal of the new order is to have en graved on it—Azure, a star of five points ; Argent, impaled with the Royal arms, with this circumscrip tion, " The Seal of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India." The Grand Master is empowered to confer the title, degree, and honour of Knight Bachelor on such persons as the sovereign shall nominate, and to invest such with the insigaia of the order. A secretary and registrar are attached to the order, and statutes will be immediately pub lished defining the duties of all the office-bearers, and the qualifications requisite for knights. It is said that a majority of the 25 knights will always be natives, and the honours will be so conferred on Europeans that at least a third of the English knights will always be present in India, to give dignity and eclat to the Order. The sittings of the Calcutta commission for arranging the details of the amalgamation of the armies, suspended for a time on acco•xnt of the statements by Sir Charles Wood in the House of Commons, have now finally closed. The members have drawn up a report on the formation of the staff corps, which is now before Lord Canning, and a series of answers to 150 questions started by the Amalgamation order of April 10, which will autho ritatively set all doubts at rest. Meanwhile, the new staff corps has been formed. But the majority of Indian officers of twenty years' standing hang back till the decision as to the amount of pension bonus to be offered for their retirement is made known. As to our prospects of a supply of cotton from India, the _Friend of India has the following:— The Imperial Government has not been idle in collecting from subordinate officials information regarding the pro vinces of India best suited for the cultivation of cotton. In Bengal the result is far from satisfactory. The Board of Revenue report that in the five divisions of Rajshahye, Nuddea, Chittagong, Arracan, and Burdwan no cotton worth mentioning is grown even for local consumption. In Bhaugulpore, Dacca, Assam, Chote, Nagapore, and Cut tack some cotton is grown in the plains for local use, and from the last two a small quantity is exported to other parts. The Lieutenant-Governor thinks that a rise of price would draw from the populated plains and table land an almost unlimited supply of short staple cotton, but none can be expected fur export at or about present prices. Palamow in Chota, Nagpore, Sumbulpore and Ungool in Cuttack, and the hill country of Chittagong, known of old as the Cotton Mehals, are the most promising places. But at pre sent cetton sells in Calcutta at as high a price as it fetches in Liverpool, or sd. per lb. The only practical result of the Bengal inquiry is a promise to construct cart roads from Chattra to Chumpasum in Palamow, and from Singbhoom to the railway. The conclusion is the old story—there will be no cotton till higher prices are offered. But if good roads saved a penny a pound in the price, would not the produce be abundant ? Roads, roads, roads should be the cry of Lancashire, and capital to help in making them should be liberally poured out. Government acts wisely in resolving not to interfere with private enterprise, but has shown equal wisdom in departing from that principle in the case of the savage Kookees who inhabit the hilly districts on the frontier of Chittagong. These Kookees have been notorious of late for their murderous raids intn our territories ; and from the difficulty we have in entering their country they have escaped with almost impunity. The Lieut,-Governor has accordingly been asked to consult the local officials on the subject of establishing factories in the Chittagong district for buying, cleaning, and screwing cotton. The political object is as important as the com mercial. The most hopeful element in the prospect of the supply of cotton to England is the progress of the railways and of branches and roads to feed them. Of the latter little can at present be said, but a most important bill has been intro duced into the legislature by Mr. Seton-Karr, the member for Bengal, " to provide for the construction by companies and by private persons of branch railways, iron tram-roads, common roads or canals, as feeders to public railways." RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1412 50 .. 1413 75 Northern .. New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 1022 50 .. 1023 75 Geneva 350 .. 351 25 Southern 626 25 .. 627 50 Western Eastern Sardinian 365 .. 365 Austrian Lombard 532 50 .. 533 75 OPENING OF THE BOULEVARD MALESHERBES. At the opening of the Boulevard Malesherbes at Paris, on Tuesday, the Emperor, in reply to an address read by the Prefect of the Seine, spoke as follows : "Gentlemen,—The inauguration of a new way of communication has nothing extraordinary about it at this clay, and I should not have made a public ceremony of it if I had not wished to testify my sympathy with the municipal council, which with a constant zeal occupies itself with the interests of the town, my satisfaction' with the Prefect of the Seine, for his indefatigable perseverance in pursuit of a great object, and, lastly, my approbation of all those whose concurrence has so well assisted his efforts. The embellishments of the capital, when once they are finished, excite general admiration, but during their execution they always raise criti cisms and complaints. It is because it is impossible in such enterprises not to injure for a moment cer tain interests ; the duty of the administration, nevertheless, is to conciliate these without swerving from the path to be followed. This path you are acquainted with : to give activity to labour, new life to the industry and commerce of Paris by disen gaging them from the shackles that hindered their growth ; to protect the less favoured classes ; to combat the increasing dearness of the most necessary commodities. Towards attaining the first of these results the Government has made a great step, and you will learn with pleasure that since the treaty of commerce with England the exportation of Parisian articles has almost doubled. As to the administration of the town, by carrying back the octroi wall to the fortifications, by connecting the extremities with the centre by wide routes, it tends to equalise with this vast circle the price of everything; it gives vitality, light, and value to some disinherited quar ters, occupation to a crowd of employments, and movement to commerce. On the other side, I con gratulate the town on the measures taken or adopted to ameliorate the lot of the most numerous class. Thus it is engaged in bringing to Paris water, which shall cost less ; it takes the tax off rents under 250 francs ; it has organised the baking business, so that in case of famine bread shall not exceed a certain rate; it is trying to lessen the price of meat, not only by throwing open the butchery business, but also by the creation of a single market, which shall better guarantee the interest of the consumer; finally, it is everywhere multiplying churches, schools, and beneficent insti tutions. In order to work according to the same order of ideas, I recommen d you a b ove everything, in examining your budget, to reduce, as far as your financ es s h a l l permit, the dut i es th a t weigh on articles of primary necessity. By such means you will acquire fresh titles to my gratitude; for if the capital of a great empire does itself honour by those monuments that recall the glory of arms, and attest the genius of the arts and sciences, it does itself honour no le ss by the institutions that testify an incessant solicit u d e f or t h ose th a t su ffer, and an enlightened zeal for the general interests of this immense agglomeration, the veritable heart of France, which beats with one pulse for her glory and prosperity." AUSTRALIA. The Australian papers, by this mail, bring very little news of interest. We take the following from the Melbourne Argus of the 25th of June : " A dull mail month has succeeded an anxious one. In our last summary we had occasion to speak of the feeling of uneasiness existing in trading and commercial circles, and in this we have to notice one or two failures in houses connected with the up country trade, and a general depression of business. The banks on Saturday raised the rate of exchange to per cent. for 60 days' sight, a proceeding which had been looked for daily after the despatch of the last mail, and which was expected to be accompanied by a fall in the rate of discount. This latter change has not yet been announced. The yield of the gold-fields hvs been maintained with tolerable steadiness, the average of the year increas ing with each weekly escort returo. During the last 13 weeks (three months), 454,9100 z. have been received by escort, and some 60,0000 z. by private hand, bringing the total to about 514,9100 z. During the corresponding period of 1860 the total receipts were estimated at 528,0000 z., or at the rate of I,ooooz. weekly in excess of those of this year. The shipments during tl e same period have been about equal to those of last year. When the re turns for the six months' are made up, it is expected that those of the current year will exceed those of the first half of 1860, as they will include the large parcels under engagement in the Swiftsure, the Water Nymph, and the Royal Mail steamship Jeddo." WILIO CAUSED THE WAR f The answer to this question is so obvious that we should not again ask it, were it not some of our English contemporaries, as well as numerous pri vate individuals, still seem to labour under the de lusion that the North has made war upon the South; that it has inaugurated a needless civil strife; that its object is to " coerce," to " subjugate," the people of the Cotton States. No doubt there are many in England who honestly believe that such is the fact ; we take it for granted that it is so, inasmuch as there are many who continue to make the as sertion. If this be the case let us examine the tes timony of one of the truest and most faithful friends of the South—a gentleman who was born and reared in a Slave State. In the House of Representatives, July 22, Mr. Crittenden of Kentucky introduced resolutions de claring " first, that the present war has been forced upon us by the Disunionists of the Southern States, now in rebellion against the Government of the United States. Second, that in this national emer gency, C on gress, banishing all f ee li ng o f pass i on and resentment, will recollect only their duty to their country ; that the war is not waged for con quest or subjugation, or for interfering with the rights or established institutions of the States, but to maintain and defend the supremacy of the Con stitution, with their rights and equality, under it unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects shall be accomplished, the war ought to cease." The first resolution was passed, 121 to 2 ; the second 117 to 2. It will be remembered that there are representa tives in the House from five slave-holding States, and that a portion of them, as well as two members from the Free States, always vote for the " Seces sionists," when they can find any show of reason for so doing, and that Mr. Crittenden himself has always been a stern advocate of the slave interest. Evidence such as this on a question either of fact or opinion should be accepted as entirely conclusive, and should prevent all further charges againt the United States' Government of attempting to gg co erce," or " subjugate" any section or State.--Lon don American. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wed nesday, Aug. 14,—Admissions on payment, 5,405; ditto, Joy season tickets, 874; total visitors, 6,279. LITERATURE. A Family History. By the author of " The Queen's Pardon." 3 Vols, Hurst and Blackett. This is a very complicated story that brings vari ous characters before us, and exhibits considerable knowledge of human life. The narrator is one who leads a singularly desolate and dreary existence. She was early consigned to the care of some aunts, and the younger of these ladies, Miss Joan, was about as disagreeable a woman as could well exist. She contrived to render the position of her niece as wretched as possible, and was always mak ing her an object of ridicule by her dress, and taunting her as being a burden on others. When Elizabeth Neville was grown up she could endure such tyranny no longer, and set out to fight her own way in life as a governess. The families she entered were as different as could be ima gined, and all are very ably sketched. Lady Tanner was the second one ; here she remained three years. The style of the family was stiff in the extreme, and they were all as cold as possible. Tne inconsistency of their conduct con sisted in their professing to be so religious. They would assemble periodically in the grand draw ing-room, send for the two governesses and the younger branches, then, as if a great spiritual benefit was to be conferred upon them, read from some pious work, and make remarks upon it. Their lives contradicted what their lips professed, and hence their ostentatious pa rade of piety made no lasting impression and worked no results. Miss Neville was delighted to quit this frigid abode for one more genial. The household of Mr. Trevor, however, was not a happy one. From the first day she entered, Miss Neville felt there was some dark secret, some skeleton of fearful import concealed in the galleries of its memory. Mrs. Trevor was young and pretty, there was nothing peculiar about her but her manner. This was strange in the extreme, she seemed not so much shy, as averse to seeing anyone, or being brought in any way prominently forward, At times it was painful to witness her hesitation, and flurried demeanour. What drew more atten tion to her reserve, and of course increased her agitation, was the way in which her husband acted. He always insisted on her doing the very thing she most disliked, and in the most overbearing and impetuous manner, he would ex claim against her folly and absurdity, certainly no one could lay the sin of timidity to his charge, for he was one of those self-satisfied individuals who think all they do right, and regard their own attain • meats with the most comfortable self-complacency. The longer Miss Neville resided in the house the more convinced she was that something lurked in the shade that unseen and unnoticed by the casual observer yet sufficed to cloud the sunshine of their brilliant prospects, and obscure the brightness of their prosperous lives, all the good gifts that were showered down on their path were as curses to them`; like the apples on the shore of the Dead Sea, they turned to ashes as they tasted them. It was not till some years had passed that Miss Neville learned that sin was the cause of this sad state of things. It was not sin repented of, for they had tried every means that art could devise and deceit suggest to blind the eyes of their fellow creatures. But their own hearts condemned them, and this witness would not be silent. Mrs. Trevor was constantly haunted by remembrances of the past. Mr. Trevor, who was more callous, was equally wretched from seeing how she went on drawing attention to her self by her most extraordinary actions. Thus they went on, carrying with them in their tor turing feelings the worm that dieth not, the fire that is not quenched. The fact of Harry and Ellen's attachment adds to the entanglement, and increases tenfold the guilt of the parent's conduct. Knowing their own dark secret, they should have watched their daughter, and either given her a decided warning, or kept her away from the com pany of Harry. After the tragedy was over the innocent children who had suffered for the sins of others were laid to rest in the quiet of the grave, the only calm their vexed and troubled spirits could have known. The guilty parents wandered forth like Cain with murder on their consciences if not on their characters, and never returned to the scene of their long abode, Trevor Court Rectory. Sir Hardolph, the elder brother of Mr. Trevor was a good-natured well-meaning man, but he was also most reprehensible in lending him self to such deceit, especially when the motive was to screen guilt, s and thus defraud the innocent. Richard was to be deprived of his inheritance to suit the sinister designs of his relatives. One of the most exciting passages in the story is when he is ill of the typhus fever, and Miss Neville contrives to save his life by the use of stimulants. It was the ~,i cifnm ar re- Garstnn to beep the patients low, but Miss Neville noticed the successful result of a contrary treatment while at Lady Tan ner's, in whose vicinity the fever often raged. What urged her on the more in her venture was that she saw delight and exultation most plainly impressed on the face of Mr. Trevor when he heard that Richard could not recover. Natural indigna tion roused her spirit at this inhuman conduct, and she resolved to try and disappoint the wicked man. She eluded the nurse by persuading her to lie down in her own room, and through the long hours of the night she persevered. When the morning found Richard still in the laud of the living, his father, who had piously resigned himself to his departure for the world of spirits, was petrified with amaze. It was a just retribution that this injured youth was the only one of the family to survive to inherit his rightful dignities, and thus the dark wishes of these hardened sinners were entirely dashed to the ground. Miss Neville con cludes her tale after the recital of these stirring events at the Rectory. In the course of it there are some amusing individuals introduced in the sketches of village society. These enliven the pages, and form an agreeable variety to the sombre hue that envelopes the atmosphere of the Trevors. Doctor and Mrs. Garston, with their eternal squabbles, are most ludicrous. The Millwoods are also characters. The accounts of the dinners of state that were periodically given are very entertaining, the mixture of domesticity and grandeur is most edifying to contemplate. The hostess, in green turban and rich silks, is seated one moment in state, receiving company, and the next rushes into the kitchen to dish up the ducks. Then resuming her place in the parlour with a flaming visage and an affected unconcern of man ner 2 she talks to her guests, who, lik e h erse lf , pretend not to have noticed her exit, or re-entrance, which latter is suspiciously associated with the announcement of dinner. In contradistinction to the worldly Tanners we find the sisters Anne and Melusina Beauchamp. These are real ladies, ever intent on kind acts and animated with true Christian feelings; they seek to serve those who are in need. Also they have consideration for the feelings of those in the position of Miss Neville, and treat her as a lady ; one who by her indepen dence and strenuous efforts to gain her living is more worthy of respect than the idle loungers of fashion and the haughty bearers of titles—that is all they possess to make them remarkable. Geor gina Stanley, Miss Neville's first pupil, turns out a fine character. She married the brother of the Misses Beauchamp, and in that elevated position was enabled to befriend her favourite gover ness. She obtained the situation at Trevor Rectory for her, which was a most lucrative one, and where she was always treated as a visitor. Partly from her own merits, and partly to suit their plans, ate was regarded as one of the family in every sense, and accompanied Mrs. Trevor in all her visits, even sometimes taking her place in the schools and arrangements of the house. Ellen, the daughter, was a delight ful young girl, and deserving of better parents. Miss Neville married Dr. Foster after she left the rectory, and relinquished her career of governess for ever. She had done what good she could in that arduous vocation, and if in some things she had unusual advantage s i n h er connexion with the Trevors, on the other hand she was called upon to exercise tact and judgment that do not often \ come within the sphere of governes s ' s d u ti es . Thi s ' work presents some eventful scenes of life, and ( although it contains much that is painful in some of its incidents, it has passages of such exciting inte rest, that it is sure to arrest the attention of its readers. Altogether the book may be regarded as a successful endeavour to illustrate its purpose, and the author will doubtless be gratified at the recep tion it meets with. The records of the family whose history is here disclosed are indeed dark ; but if the archives of the annals of the most prosperous households were brought to light many would be startled at the sad disclosures. Then the wonder ing readers might see those highest in the world's esteem sunk lowest in the scales of justice. T'ne rich man would be seen to have reached wealth through the pressure of the poor, and the saintly folks, like Lady Tanner and her daughters, would be seen not to fulfil one vital part of the religion they profess to honour, but which they in reality profane. " A Family History" is theref )re to be recommended as containing many striking seems and eventful characters, as representing life in various phases, and as being written throughout in a vigorous style, Edward P. Ro wse ll . Ward and The Autobiography of a foint.St oc k c ompany. Edited by Locke. This is an amusing little tale of the life of an imaginary joint-stock company, and i s c l everly written. T he company itself is apposed to be the author, being abubble which exi four years and took four more to be wound up in Chancery. Cer tain extraneous matter is introduced to enliven the whole and form connecting links. The originator is a poor, broken down, unprincipled scamp, and the history of the swindle is detailed minutely throughout. The object of this little work is evidently to expose the many impossible schemes for the carrying on of which joint-stock companies are, from time to time, formed. Its object is good, and if it does not do justice to the legal profession generally for honesty, there are those we fear to be found for whom the author's remarks are too lenient. TILE NEWSPAPER G_ENERALS. After a defeat, from which it - will take weeks, perhaps months, to recover, some of the New York journalists have discovered that their genius does not lie in the path to Richmond. Having been the. means of sacrificing hundreds, if not thousands of lives, and adding millions to the public debt, they have, at length, come to the conclusion it cannot bo said of generals, as of poets, that they are nacitur non fit. It is not every man who has the brains to con trol the columns of a daily, who has necessarily a similar mission to perform with reference to the columns of an army. The editor in-chief of the New York Tribune has, at last, made this discovery ; and, like a true man, has made the confession over his own signature. In a letter to that journal, after acknowledging that the Tribune has been, in gr eat measure, instrumental in producin g th e mischie' , t Mr. Greeley makes the following announcement , which, as far the Tribune is conc erne d, au gurs well for the future : "Henceforth, I bar all criticism in these column s on army movements, past or future, unless somebody_ should undertake to prove th a t G enera l P a tt er son 15 a wise and brave commander. He seems to ha ir !, none to speak his praises so if there is a nything tv be said in his behalf, I will make an exception in 111 1 favour. Other than this, th e su bj ec t i s c l ose d ell. sealed. Correspondents and re p or t ers may state,.' facts, but must forbear commen t s . I k now t"' there is truth that yet needs to be uttered on this subject e i but the paper has done its f u ll s h are — a ll t h at i t oug ht, ee perhaps more than it c an a ff or d t o d o—and hence fortil stands back for others. Only I beg it to be understood -- once for all—that if less than half the Union armies directly' at hand are hurled against all the rebel forces that could Da, concentrated—more than double thei r num b er—on grow n' specially chosen and strongly fortified by the traitors, the Tribune does not approve and should not be held respon sible for such madness. Say what you will of the past, but remember this for the future, though we keep silence. " Henceforth, it shall be the Tribune's sole vocation i () , rouse and animate the American peopl e f or th e t err ibl e or deal which has befallen them. The Great Republic eminently needs the utmost exertions of every loyal heart and haecl ; • We have tried to serve her by ex p os i ng b rea k ers a -head and around her. Henceforth, b e it ours t o strengthen, "` all possible ways, the hands of thos e w h ose unenv iablt duty it is to pilot her through them. If more good is thus to be done, let us not repine that some truth must l withheld for a calmer moment, and for less troubled ears,. Well done Mr. Greeley, say we —that is sir Aa we call honest and manly, and we comments the editor of the New York Times, who has been little less guilty of bringing shame and confusifin 111 31 ° 1 the flag of his country, t o come out w i th a similar declaration: Let all of the Northern press learn a lesson from the taciturnity of their Southern compeers. From the very beginning of the troubles the Souther n journals have left the control of the rebel arm! i ll the hands of its chosen leaders, and they ha ve exercised a wise discretion in keeping f ro m their prints all details that could afford information t v ° " to the Federal authoriti es , w hil e the New Y ° " journals, particularly, have turned their reportorial corps into, squads of spies, who have h ung roan steamers and even give n the address marked upon , the private stores of th e F e d era l officers. Every movement of troops h as b een recorded. ,„,J " special spies" at Washington have nosed and smelt out every prepa ra ti on w hi c h the Government, authorities were making, and have frustrated the plans of General Scott more than once. When Col. Taylor brought a flag of truce from Manassa° Junction, he asked, on his arrival at Arline° Heights, for the privilege of reading the New Yorg papers, feeling sure, undoubtedly, that he wow. there find valuable information. Let those papers gather wisdom from past exPe; rience, and learn di scre ti on f rom the i r enemies, an the mistake of the 21st July will not be again re' peated during the war, even though it should b° continued during the Next decade.—London, Ana" rican. THE MURDER AT FROME. FROZE, WEDNESDAY. - The inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Uriah Greenland was resumed this morning before Mr. Fry, the coroner. The evidence of Elizabeth Greenland, widow of deeea,,,ed, wus tuken, and she made statements of $ highly important nature. She said—l know the prisoner well. He quarrelled with my deceased hus band three times since our marriage,_ which took two years and t wo mon th s ago. The first time was about the prisoner having attempted in my house to take indecent liberties with me. He pressed me against the wall, put his knee against me, attempted to expose me, and said when I resisted it was ne harm, as I was his niece. I was afraid to tell nil, husband at the time, but I told him afterwards. 1 , feared they would fi g ht, an d t h at my husband wou ld get the worst of it, as I heard that the prisoner would pull his knife out in company. I told the prisons!' at the time he assaulted me that if he did not stop ' l . would scream and call the police. The second time they quarrelled was about work, and the third time the prisoner struck the deceased at his own door , and used insulting language towards me. I belief ° the prisoner had a spleen against the deceased, be' cause my husband had a warrant against him. VT lived about 20 yards from the prisoner. When 111 / husband left to go re a pi ng I b egged of him ne t 10 ,( work with Byard, as if h e did t h e Lord would surely take his strength f rom hi m, b ecause my husband 'le said that if ever h e wor k e d w i t h Byard again -a hoped his arm would drop from him. My liusbe i ,t t told me when they quarre ll e d th e second time t,e the prisoner dr ew a k n if e an d told him " 02B",. thee feel this." My h us b an d said to the prisctlea " Throw your knif e over i nto the field, and I'll fig" you manfully." B yar d refused to do that. The knife handl e was then produced, and the witness said,--4 have not seen this in the prisone r " bend, but I h ave seen that to another knife Whih% has been fou n d i n th e pr i soner ' s house. On b morning after the third quarrel the husband we lt for Police-constable Mill t , 0 ard, and he c am e down see Byard, who h a d a b ayonet i n his hand, and vffie' thrusting it into the wall. The prisoner was 1 : toxicated at the time. Mill war d sa i d, ‘‘ What to o ; you about to do P" Th e pr i soner sa i d, " I sha ll injure you." Mill war d sa id , "N or !any one e e while lam here." Millward saw him safe 1 10: and the prisoner's wife locked the door. After N' ward left the pri soner came out again. I heard him say he wo u ld b e -- if h e would not go , find him—meaning, as I believed, my husband.,l3o followed the prisoner, an d met my husband in 1,4 street. They then s h oo k h ands. I believe tha t husband was angry with the prisoner for atternr os ing to take liberties with me; that the prisoner ad angry with my h us b an d f or k nowing that he done so. After a repetition o f evidence already -I, e fore the reader, James Bailey, labourer, Buckland, was ea r ip and said the p r i soner came i nto his house very ea'va on Sunday mo rn i ng , an d sa i d that the decease d l ot he had had a f ew words, and that Uriah run agar ea his scythe a n d was d ead. The prisoner was b" very much grieved. Mr. Menem, surgeo n , gave ev id ence as t o egad' r io ning the knife-handle, stating that a micyose examination of a portion of the dust taken Off t „ o t iron should er s h owe d b lood discs, but r,e was prepared to swear it was human blood. The knife-handle was identified by one Willis Pierce as that of a knife he had soh', to the p r isoe4 o a fortnight b e f ore f or 9d . ; an d P o lic e -C on stau bt Cooke proved finding it in the hedge about e!g_ e x yards from th e s pot w h ere the fatal occur re nce iu place, and on the same side. deceased and the prisoner in May - last. They O J- ab er g John Clark then said.—l was working with ,t a quarrel, and some days after I heard the pris n d say in the presence of the deceased, " I have a 133 0 .1 c, t to o that --- and kill myself; then to shall hand in hand." The witness further said e r On one occasion the prisoner ask e d me an d an° b . man to stay behind and murd er Mill war d , the P°li c man, but we would have nothing to do with it ' o na The Coroner then s umme d up the evidence' after a brief deliberation the jury returned a- ve and, diet of "Wilful Murder" against Byard Green' Scotch hEAT SHOAL OF DoG FISH. The YOrthero Ensign appeared :—." Perhaps in no former season lilve theca greater quantities of dog fish along the wh °le coast, from Dunbar to Stornoway, th a n in the P re' sent. Here the ravages of this destructive fish hav e be t e s ri considerabl e , an d fi s h ermen are l ou d i n their conaPla ill some of them h av i ng l an d e d as man y as from 10 to 20 W the I. '_ which is conside r ed a grea t t a ke on this coast. . A. 1 1 31 fishermen unite in saying that but for the enormous 611°fi 0 dogs the quantity of herrings brought ashore would 123. been doubled. It seems, however, that the fishermen 00 - the Caithness coast really know little comparatively %vb . 120 catch of dogs means. At Peterhead and Fraserburgh t shoal appears to have become overwhelming, and the cr itui ,:t titles lodged are almost astounding. A correspendeutlitio Fraserburgh says :—" You Caithness people are corePlllll, lag of lots of dog fish, but we greatly doubt if you k1if : ., , , 3 what the phrase means. What do you say to a shot of 1 0 score, or upwards of 3,000 dogs ? That was lande a ° O. , Thursday from the boat Anna Mary, of Cairnburgh , A le , * ander May, skipper, who sold his take at sad. per, ec° realising £.575, Bd, for one morning's catch of dogs l' '' ThE Rail vi declar The Marke Prove r of . the 901 Th e qi i ngs a 901 220 ; karch s s. to Bus and p r 6 Per improi Sardin Squad cent. h amnral "ME their c 'with i 4 ,600 Aublic coesoli The to this In th tone wa li mited E astern 411(11an( The y ited t etia 1:od a to 111 Pro v( 1, J oint " 11 in '4B taki Ban Ban ann, fltao San duet, left ;, only Ravi Pool,