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

T " 8, 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 viat "Un Ballo in Maschera," &c., (by a full comp_?nY f principals, powerful band, and chorus). Solos by Miss Brya.ut en the Piano Forte, and by Mr. Russell on the Trombone. Old English Ballad, by Miss Green , Scotc h Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jong Messrs. Thes.C2soim. P. portion of the entertainment is supported by Foster (in his " Life Sketches"), Kam Collins, M ß s a g r r ve , and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. y Mall, sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, Bh. 27m.—Afternoon, 9h. 10m. To-mounow.-Morning, 9h. 54m.—Afternoon, 10h. 36m. THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 15, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 76 —highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BanoNETER-29.88; falling. WlND—South-Westerly—light ; with dull weather and slight sprinkling of rain. Very sultry. 4 )• -4,T,.„ • fi t 1 r ALI7 ' -; - .t• - 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 his encyclopedic genius among other 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 most 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 presenting themselves to our consideration ; and, in doing this, we light almost instinctively upon those most suggestive remarks of the ex-Chan cellor, applied to the actual position of our foreign relations, more particularly in respect to the leading Powers among the European part of Christendom. One by one—this man of large expo tience passes those prominent " powers that be " under review; one by one he descants upon the I most glaring peeu li ar i t i es o f the i r actua l situaton at this present juncture. Following, as Lord BRonilllAM' s comprehensive speech does, imme diately upon that royal rigmarole, concocted with a due regard to the eloquence, half of " rote," half of retiscence—for we all know that there is unquestionably an eloquence even in silence, in what the wit humorously designated " brilliant flashes of silence"—followi ng as Lord BROUGHAV'S speech does immediately upon that co-called Speech from the Throne delivered by her MAJESTY'S ConntililiOners upon the occasion of the prorogation of Parliltment — it is really delightf u l to read it. It is pos itively refreshing and invig o _ rating to meet with something more compre hensible, in its way, in reference to foreign powers generally, than those words that we have perused so ofren 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 powers generally, evidences of the most uninterrupted friendship! The bulk of the Royal Speech, in point o:f fact, is invariably composed of so many old lam Hier sentences that we might readily enough, n] aon each occasion of late years, have listened on/ly to the opening words of the ma jority of the littlepiragraphs of it, and have trusted to the accuracy Of OUT memory for the literal and verbal correctness with -which each in turn were brought to a conclusion. This from the exordium of the speech itself down t 'fa the old time-worn, time honoured close of it or pel oration, if we may apply ga magnificent a term of i thetoric to a winding up a ev erlastingly bald, and dull, and matter of fact we say, to the frayed and threadbare e oloß - of it, about the individual members of both Lords and Commoi having each of them duties o f another kind to di 3charge in their respec• ti ve counties ? majority of the Bali D uties, 1 )yCie way, that the lo with sedulously i to---at an. I deaeated lieges forth atten 0 ---at Lin honour bound—by flying off instanter at a , tangei 11: here to the heather of Scotland, there to the el . -anai 'old beauties cluster ing along the margine_oe_' the - Ramie, yonder to the snowy acclivities and p ictur esque chalets of the Tyrol or of Switzerland. Ii tternaediately between the flourish at the begini Vtr ig and the flourish at the termi na ti on o f the R oyal Speech, w h et h er ivered by acenraission at deliv ete d i n person or del the cl ose o f every session of Parliament , there comes s to the gentlera, AS a dei..4l certainty the the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1861: ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Govent-G arden s • MR. ➢IELLON'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 19, a MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. rA" EATIVt e, `" Y AIIs IIAYMAIt.KET. Lessee, Mr. J, 2, flookstene. EVENING, the performances will oonimeneA with a new Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Miss Fanny Wright, the Leelereqs, Mr. Webster, &a After which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND MY LADY ; or, It Might have been Worse. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Enckstone, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &e. Followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Miss M. 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 Adelphi drama, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B. Webtiter, J. L. Toole, Fisher, Billing ton, Eburne, Smith, Romer ; Miss Wooigar and Miss Kate Kelly. 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 since his return to England on THURSDAY, the 29th August. Admission--Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. N TERBURY 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 Son. The extraor dinary comic duet, " The Nerves," by Harvey and French, Mr. Marshall in "The Excursion to Brighton," "Selina Sly," and " In the Park." First apnearance of Miss HARRIET COVENEY on MONDAY Evening. Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, is. X F 0 R D, the House of Commons for their munificence in voting adequate funds for the public service; and equallyin 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 L or d B ROUGHAM. But — w ithin the limits of eac h success i ve 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 thelwarmest 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, "t 3 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 re establish a kingdom of Poland, witkits admirable Canstitution 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 sluff 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 cotaborateur, 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 rainises behalf f n his eloquent o wef t Poland, oml might h d and venerable voice in dignified supplication, a l most, impassioned adjuration, say, in the reigning CZAR, the namesake as well as the 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 course 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 threw hers in the American struggle for Indepen- 1 dence, 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 beforo they know how to use it. The declaration of Constitutional Rights, which is the weapon Hungary must now resort to, penned by M. BEAK, contrasts strongly with JEFFERSON'S Declaration of Independence—and in history will contrast strongly to the advantage of the former, he theory of the equality of all men, pompously put forth by a slaveholding 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 SCEDIERLING and RECHBERG 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 right■ 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 the 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. DEAR, 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— nothing is too bad for them. On the other hand, M. DEAK 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 positioa 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 acknowlege 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 likvs 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 respebtful 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 (lapse before the Emperor of AUS TRIA may be but too thankful to settle down as a German Archduke. ADELPRI TIIEATRE,—His Majesty the King of Sweden will visit the Adelphi Theatre this evening. THE COURT..—Tomorrow her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Princess Alice, will leave Osborne and proceed to Windsor. The Royal party 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 fullamora 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 Brocket Hall, the seat of Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston. 17 S ET N E L• lL - PARIS, AUG. 15. The Noniteur 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 211oniteur 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 Rovera 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." PESTII, 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 251, 25k; 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, 253. 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 45c. Railways quiet, but firm. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents... 97 85 Credit Foncier 1295 Do end month.... 97 95 Belgian 41 looa 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 471 !Roman Bank Shares 2900 —•1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 733 75 Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 735 , Home Debt 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 bath 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 ne cv 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 insignia 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-mt 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 cotton 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 Singbhoora 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 into 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- 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 Lon , ba.rd , 532 50 .. 533 75 OPENING OP THE BOULEVARD MALESITERBES. At the opening of th© 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 day, 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, n o t on ly by th row ing open the butchery busine ss , b u t a l so b y t h e creat i on o f a single market, which shall better guarantee the interest of the consumer; finally, it is everywhere multiplying churches, schools, and beneficent insti tutions. In or d er to work according to t h e same order of id e a s , I recommend you above everyt hi ng , in examinin g your budget, to reduce, as far as your finan ces s h all permit, the duties that we i g h on articles of primary necessity. By such means you Will acquire fr es h t i tles to my grat i tu d e; f or if th e capital of a gr ea t empire does itself honour by those monuments that r eca ll t h e g l ory o f arms , and attest the genius of th e arts and sc i ences, i t d oes itself honour no less by the institutions that testify an incessant solicitude for those that suffer, 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, It 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 has been maintained with tolerable steadiness, the average of theyear increas ing with each weekly escort return;. 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." WLIO CAUSED TEE TVAP ? 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 blaring" 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, Congress, banishing all feeling of passion 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 resolutio❑ 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 " co. erce," or " subjugate" any section or State.--. Lo ndon American. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wed nesday, Aug. 14.—Admissions on payment, 5,405; ditto by 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 'fanner 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 ments 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 thenf; 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 eonduet. 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, and thus defraud the innocent. Richard was to bo 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 custom of Dr. Garston to keep 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 knorning found Richard still in the land 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 th e 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, she talks to her guests, who, like herself, 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, sl e 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 advantages in her 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 governess's duties. This 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. The rich man would b reached wealth through the pressure e se seen nf tohave oor, the poor, and the saintly folks, like Lady 1 anner and her daughters, would be seen not t o fulfi l one vital part of the religion they profess to hon our , b ut profane. A Family Hi s t ory " which they in reality ov phases,ent fu l characters, and as in being as is theref 're to be rec ommended as containing many striking, life in s v a and representing bee written throughout a vigo rous sty l e. ri u : The Autobiography of a Joint -Stock, Co2npany. Edited by Edward P. Rowsell. Ward and Locke. • Thi s is an amusing little tale of the life of an imaginary joint-stock company, and cleverly written. The company i tsel f i s supposed to be the au thor, being a bub ble which existed four years and took four more to be wound up in Chancery. Cer tain extraneous matter is introduced to enliven Ulu whole and form connecting links. The originator is a poor, broken down, unprincipled scamp, aid the history of the swindle is detailed minute' throughout. The object of this little work is evidently to expose the many impossible sche m es for the carrying on of which joint-stock compal:110 are, from time to time, formed. Its object is go.od on, and if it does not do justice to the legal pr ofes s i generally for honesty, there are those we fea r to be found for whom the author's remarks arc too lenient. TILE NEWSPAPER GENERALS. After a defeat, from which it will take wee l T, perhaps months, to recover, some of the New Wes journjournalists have discovered that their genius does alists have discovered that their gefllU the not lie in the path to Richmond. having be en of means of sacrificing hundreds, if not thousands lives, and adding millions to the public debt, thebYe have, at length, come to tha conclusion it can 2. said of generals, as of poets, that they are naelo4 non fit. It is not every man who has the brains to e 011 : 1 trol the columns of a daily, w h o h as npaessari l Y he similar mission to perform with reference t° ! columns of an army. The editor in-chief of the New York Tribune has, at last, made this diseoveqr; and, like a true man, has made the confession ov e r his his own signature. In a letter to that journal,aity4 acknowledging that the Tribune has been, in gr7 f , measure, instrumental in producing the nlis ehl a t, Mr. Greeley makes the following announce me which, as far the Tribune is conc er ned, augurs We for the future : " Henceforth, I bar all criticism in these color; on army movements, past or future, unless so le „ is should undertake to prove that G ener al Patters7, - 0 a wise and brave commander. H e se ems to ' 3 to none to speak his praises : so if th ere is anythinghis be said in his behalf, I will make an exception 11 ' a favour. Other than this the subject is closed that sealed. Correspondents and reporters may facts, but must forbear comments. I km" t, there is truth that yet needs to b e u tt ere d o n this su b j ec a but the paper has done its full share—all that it ought , 81' 11 perhaps more than it can aff or d t o d o — an d hencef ort stands back for others. Only I beg it to be understoor, once for all—that if less than half the Union armies direetha' at hand are hurled against all the rebel forces that CO 111 „ n d - ( 1 concentrated—more than double their number —on g r° ' — th specially chosen and strongly fortified by the traitors, Tribune does not approve and should not be held re 9 Prt sible for such madness. Say what you will of the past/ -11 remember this for the future, though we keep silence. to " Henceforth, it shall be the Tribune's sole vocation., rouse and animate the American people for the terrible oraetly which has befallen them. The Great Republic ercilva li „d, needs the utmost exertions of ev er y l o y a l heart and O si 'd b We have tried to serve her by exposinc, b re akers it'll in and around her. Henceforth, b e it ours to strengthatoc, all possible ways, the hands of those whose uneuto duty it is to pilot through them. If more good is b 0 to be done, let us not repine th a t some t ru th Inn s , g " " withheld for a calmer moment, and f or l ess t ro ubled ei' t Well done Mr. Greeley, say we—that is w i 4 , 4 4 we call honest and manly, and we comille",: ft le editor of the New York Ti mes , w h o h as been less guilty of bringing shame and confusion nif sr the flag of his country, t o come ou t w ith a siull declaration. vral Let all of the Northern press learn a lessoti,;•-no the taciturnity of their Southern compeers. Fern the very beginning of the troubles the Seilt."`j a journals have left the control of the rebel ar l33 ,,Y af e the hands of its chosen leaders, and they 4 , - e it exercised a wise discretion in keeping from, l" to prints all details that could afford inforrnatitrlc to the Federal authorities, while the New ` - ial journals, particularly, have turned their reportorna corps into squads of spies, who have hung r °4 , 0 0 steamers and even given he address marked the private stores of the F e d era l officers. -r -4/ 09 movement of troops has been recorded. se a " special spies" at W as hi ng t on h ave n osed se t smelt out every preparati on w hi c h th e G o verrit a th e authorities were making, and have frustrated c o l. plans of General Scott m ore th an once . WhenassaS Taylor brought a flag o f t ruce f rom M 51 1" - to o Junction, he asked, on his arrival at Arlil r ic Heights, for the privilege of reading the New ld papers, feeling sure , undoubtedly, that he Wcu there find valuable information. Let those paper s ga th er w i s d om f rom past 01 5 rience, and learn di scre ti on f rom t h e i r enemies,tle, the mistake of the 21st July will not be a gain be be peated during the wa r , even th oug h it shou ld continued during the Next decad e .— London Au fl rican. THE MURDER AT FROME. FROME, W ED NEBDO' he The inquiry into the circumstances attending t. death of Uriah Greenland was resumed this morall i c before Mr. Fry, the coroner. of The evidence of Elizabeth Greenland, widow deceased, was taken, and she made statements of highly important nature. Sh e s a id—l know th e prisoner well. He quarrelled with my deceased hoc band three times since our marr i age, which e place two years and two months ago. The first tiloo was about the prisone r h av i ng a tt empte d i n my h°osBto take indecent lib er ti es w i t h me. H e pres sed e l against the wall, put his knee against me, attemP t so to expose me, and said when I resisted it wssc harm, as I was his niec e . I was a f ra id to tell w/ husband at the time, but I told him a ft er wards. t o feared they w ou ld fi g ht, an d th at my h us band vO il io get the worst of it, as I heard that the prisoner Wa . , e r pull his knife out in company. I told the pris° o ',j at the time he assaulted me that if lie did not s t 4e would scream and call the police. The second ; iO O they quarrelled was about work, and the third l or , the prisoner struck the deceased at his owbe t i e ve and used insulting language towards me. I be' the prisoner had a spleen against the deceaseuVe cause my husband had a warrant against biro. 0 0 lived ab Ait 20 yards from the prisoner. Wh ell o t to husband left to go rea pi ng I b egge d o f Mr" 13 n e tt work with Byard, as if he did the Lord would 11. 0 4 take his strength from him, because my husband Do said that if ever he worked with Byard ag ti fb il oa hoped his arm would drop from him. MY b i t tbot told me when they quarrelled the second t 1 , 111 „`, 0 0 the prisoner drew a knife an d t o ld hi m " fight thee feel this." My h us b an d sa i d to the Pr„l,soA " Throw your knif e over i nto t h e fi e ld , an d 1. ." you manfully." Byard refused to do that. a 03 0 The knife handle was then produced, an lierl witness said,—l have not seen this in the Pti t hioh hand, but I h ave seen th a t t o anot h er k n ife , t he has been f oun d i n th e pr i soner ' s h ouse . `,"" /T es morning after the third quar re l th e h u sband for Police-constable Millward, and he came d ll c i see Byard, who had a b a y one t i n hi s h an d, a ll thrusting it into the wall. The prisoner 'O t ar e toxicated at the time. Millward said, " W 11 :110°! you about to do P" Th e p r i soner sa id, " I s"; injure you." Millward said, "Nor any 7 3 1 , - 0 01 6 ,' while lam here." Millward saw him sale , 14 0 '; and the prisoner's wife locked the door. A"- r e- hea t ,l ward left the prisoner came out again. 0 and him say he would be -- if he would not g il - d. find him—meaning, as I believed, my lins ba7 n tb, followed the prisoner, and met my husband a 3 ,7 street. They then shook hands. I believe tP teo pt" husband was angry with the prisoner for al' if a s ing to take liberties with me; that the prisorleo had angry with my husband for knowing th at 13 done so. After a repetition of evidence already the reader, James Bailey, l a b ourer , B uc kl an d, Was C ",, a rli, and said the pri soner came i nto hi s h o use verY c i on Sunday mornin g , an d sa id th a t the decea se atot he had had a few wor d s , and that Uriah ran eg-ttlea his scythe a n d was d ea d. Th e pr i so ner vv . ° very much Mbleahllganarie,atel' the knife handle, stating that grieved, surgeon, gave evidence as t° o pi c Dinga microsffc t he . examination of a portion of the dust taken ° fla t iron shoulder showed blood discs, but fie was prepared to swear it was human blood. The knife-handl e was id en tified by on e ti er Pierce as that of a k n if e h e had sold to the Pris e t o a fortnight before for 9d. ; and Police-Conat,alit Cooke proved fi n di ng it in the hedge about eZoy, yards from the spot where the fatal occurr ence place, and on the same side. h Ol e John Clark then said. — l was working wit- m a deceased and the prisone r in M ay last. Thq et a quarrel, and some days after I beard the Prl s . ;ipa say in the presence of the deceased, " I have a go o -- and kill myself ; we shall tn, to hand in hand." The witness further Oiler t that the d On one occasion the prisoner asked me and an c/ li c e' m an to stay behind and murder Millward, the po" man, but we would have nothing to do with it 'ad The Coroner th en summed up - the eviden ce ' ;et' after a brief delib erat i on t h e jury return ed a 1, diet of "Wilf u l M ur d er " against Byard Greenis , 1 prf; GREAT SHOAL OF DOG FISII.—The .Ilroro - 4 1 Ensign. says :—" Perhaps in no former season laqvo e appeared greater quantities of dog fish along the vo-`",, Scotch coast, from Dunbar to Stornoway-, than in the h e t l if sent. here the ravages of this destructive fis h have been considerable, and fishermen are loud in the ir complail3 some of them having landed as many as from l 0 to 20 se°r,f ; which is considered a great take on t hi s coast. .A.ll t v o fishermen unite in saying that but for the enormous she , 0 dogs the quantity of herrings brought ashore would 1350; bean doubled. It seems, however, that the fishermen t the Caithness coast really know little comparatively Mahe catch of dogs means. At Peterhead and Fraserburgh t shoal appears to have become overwhelming, and the .1 clit 111, ou deli o , 10 1) titles lodged are almost astounding. A corresp Fraserburgh says :—" You Caithness pe o p le are conlPl33fi ing of lots of dog fish , but we greatly d oubt if you. 1,,;,), what the phrase means. What do you say to a shot of 0 score, or upwards of 3 , 000 dogs? Tha t was lanclea °, Thursday from the boat Anna Mary, of Cairnburghy ander May, skipper, who sold his take at Si d, per $ " cv" realising £5 7s, Bd, for one morning's catch of dogs l' N, Gi to lin ; 1 3 [ N E 41 Io N otl Wa