The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1861. .11EA T 111 .4 1,11,0 Y AL, IIAYMARKET. LLaize, mi.. 3. 3. Bautzti2ne. EVE.NING, the performances will commence with a uevt Ballet, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE. Kin Fanny Wright, the Leclercqs, Mr. Webster, &c. After which, a new Comedy, entitled MY LORD AND Y LADY ; or, It Might have been Worse. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Andrews, Mr• Buckstone, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wilkins, &c. Followed by OF AGE TO-MORROW. Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Commence at 7. 1%1 EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Reproduction of the great drama of "The Dead Heart." THIS EVENING, the great Adelpki drama, THE DEAD HE ART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Fisher, Billing ton, Eburne, Smith, Romer; Miss Woolgar and Miss Kate Reny. To conclude with (24th time) THE PRETTY HORSE BREA K F.R. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Miss K. Kelly, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Thorne, Miss Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley, Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. CANTERBURY HALL, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. Every Evening a Grand Selection from Verdi's New Opera, SIMON BUCCANEGRA. arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans (produced for the first time in this country). Also, Verdi's UN BALLO IN MASCHERA. Little 'Wood in his extraordinary lieffro Delineations - The wonderful comic duet, " The lignes," by Messrs. Harvey and French, and Mr. Marshall inikis celebrated Songs, " The Excursion to Brighton," "Selina Sly," "In the Park." SAM COWELL will appear early in September. Admission, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. The Hall has been beautifully re decorated and, with the SPACIOUS PROMENADES and PICTURE GALLERY, now toms one of the MOST ELEGANT PUBLIC BUILD INGS in the WORLD. T HE 0 X FOR 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," &c., (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus). Solos by Miss Bryant on the Piano Forte, and by Mr. Russell on the Trombone. Old English Ballad, by Miss Green, •-tcotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by Messrs. M. P. Foster (in his " Life Sketches"), Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall ' sixpence; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY.—Morning, sh. 42m.—Afternoon, 6h. sn 2 * To-moßuow.-Morning, 6h. 26m.—Afternoon. 6h. i:om. THE WEATHER.—Strx OPFICE,'AITGIIST 11, 1661. THERMOMETER, IN TIIS MAIM. 76 —highest since noon yesterday. 61—lowest this morning and during the night. 74—this day at noon. Banostrrzu- -30 . 07 . WIND—South -Westerly—rather fresh; with very fine weather. AUG SST 12. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 75 —highest since noon yesterday. 62—lowest this morn in g and during the night. 81—this day at noon. BAROMETER,-29,83. WlND—South-Westerly; fresh and squally, but very fine and hot—in fact, the hottest day yet. , 4 . - 111 ...f , ..." A , ~,,,.... •,,„, '' ,----...,------,-, 4. 4...,..- ...--f.,...- ..,....,...,- ~.,..., . 4 .........,.. --. ,-- _ ~.,-;•ipp,. -. :-.?... ~i, ,-- i , ' ', _ t'' , . f.„--- - i ,',,, -,- . •• ,•N. 0 1 , p 0 ,,_ , ~..1 y- - THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1861. Further disturbances at Warsaw. Another col lision between the military and the populace. These are again the intimations flashed to us by the telegraph. Rumours of this deadly character cannot recur so frequently with impunity to the " powers that be" in that part of Christendom. They cannot be regarded by any amongst us with indifference. It is impossible not to recognise in these reiterated disturbances in the ancient capital of Poland that there is assuredly "something rotten in the state of "—not Denmark, but Russia. These explosions, audible every now and then from that —until very recently—apparently extinct volcano, indicate plainly enough that underneath the iron surface there are rife and struggling to burst forth at the earliest opportunity the materials of another Polish insurrection, of another, a grander and a more ;lestructive Polish Revolution. We are not in any way surprised at this. It is only what we have al! along confidently anticipated. It is only what we have earnestly hoped for, what we are still earnestly praying for in regard to the land of SOBIESKI and KoOcuisKo. All ranks and classes of society at - Warsaw have dedicated themselves long since to the one great project of passive resistance. Whenever the strife breaks out intermittently between the population and the soldiery it is always noticeable that the latter are the aggresors. When the tocsin at length shall sound, as sound it will and must inevitably before long, the responsibility of the signal will devolve upon the aliens there in autho rity. Not—observe—upon the Poles themselves. They are, up to this moment, altogether guiltless in regard to the blood that has been already spilt. They will yet continue to be so to the end, if only the people there, in Russian Poland, as also in Austrian Poland and in Prussian Poland, but especially and peculiarly in that largest division of Poland which is crushed down to the dust under the heel of the Autocrat—if only we say the people of Russian Poland remain true to their antecedents. It is only very recently that they have received an affecting legacy of advice bequeathed to them in a solemn hour by the most illustrious and venerable of the exiled princes of their fatherland, the late Prince ADAM CZARTORYSKI. Through the clash of weapons, now audible at intervals in the streets of Warsaw, through the cries of anguish resounding from that fatal spot all over Christendom, the gentle and most impressive words addressed to his com patriots by Prince ADAM CZARTORYSKI will pene trate and sink deep into the hearts of the Warsaw population, Towards the close of the remarkable his toric document to which we are here referring, the aged patriot but now so very lately deceased_ writing as recently as the 14th of last month at his residence near Paris, at Montfertneil — said among other things—" In all parts of P o land there are men who are united to me by the precious ties of blood, of friendship, and of ancient and incessant relations. It is not permitted to me to name them ; and yet I should wish them to understand the pro found gratitude I feel for what they have done for me, or rather with me for the country." And fur ther on, said Prince ADAM in the same place—" I havo often raised my voice to call upon my coun trymen to recollect their urgent duties, to point out what was wanted, and the dangers to which the cause was exposed. Those wants and those duties are now generally comprehended, and the men who 'have acquired by so just a title the veneration of the nation will know how in all circumstances to maintain in their country an indispensable unity, and impress a common direction on their efforts," It is a little later on in this extraordinary document, however, it is in its closing paragraph— Penned, recollect, only just prior to the demise of that venerable and august nonogenarian, that Pri - "' A ADAM CZARTORYSKI penned, in fact, upon the 14th ultimo, from his . deathbed, words of signal sig nifica'nee—words fraught for every Pole (whether in exile or in his own oppressed and dismembered coun try) w orth , fraught for every Pole with—we may venture to eau it —a prophetic encouragement. Is it not the English poet THOMAS CAMPBELL, he who in his Pleasures of ilop penned that doleful line— li zasxo fell !" " And freedom shrieked W h en xes 3 of AS ti AMPBELL, - --Is it not the Engli sh poet Literary the President (remem.ber this! Association of the Friends of Poland —i s 1 not the poem two lines very man who wrote tl tat sad line in the D 7 o f HOPE—who wrote a Is° in another quite as famous hi the it way—lines admitting now of the most inspiriting application to the " Hopes" and Fortunes of Poland— The sunset of life has a mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before 1" At the " sunset of the life " of Prince ADAM CZAR TORYSKI—what was the shadow cast forward like an index finger pointing hopefully to the im mediate Future lying before the million sons of Poland ? What ? It is this :--" With a pro found sentiment of humility and tenderness," says Prince ADAM, " I thank GOD for having permitted me to live in a period in which the future of my nation commences to become clear after an age of uncertainty. I have, during my long existence, acquired the conviction that every time that the hand of GOD is laid heavily upon us it is not done to destroy us, but to render us better. Let us hope, then, in His mercy ; let us hope in the intercession of our Celestial Queen ; and that in all our actions we may have in view rather an eternal triumph than that which seems to promise us a temporary success." And the document closes with this solemn prayer to Heaven :—" Let Thy will be done, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY !" And it is signed simply—" A. CZARTORYSKI." Let that document, thus terminating, be but read by every Pole, whether in exile or in any part of Poland, let it be but read by every Pole by the light of the events now occurring at Warsaw, in that ancient capital of the dismembered kingdom— and it is impossible for even the least sanguine patriot to note those words and those occurrences without feeling his heart burn within his breast with the confidence thus solemnly expressed by the dying lips of Prince ADAM CZARTORYSKI. One of our Tory contemporaries heads a long re port of three columns or more with the title " Im portant Charge to the Clergy." We have no idea that more than a very few, indeed, of our readers would think it important enough to read were we to occupy our columns with it ; perhaps most of them will, however, like to know something about it, when we inform them that the Charge was de livered by no less important an ecclesiastical per sonage than the prosecutor of the Rev. ROWLAND WILLIAMS, one of the Seven Essayist, and one who happens to be a vicar in his Lordship's Diocese. The Bishop of SALISBURY has, therefore, undertaken to vindicate the orthodoxy of his diocese by exhi biting upwards of 20 articles against him in the Archbishop's Court. The " Clerk" who needs this "correction" was present, as in duty bound, to hear the Charge ; and we observe advertisements in some of the papers for subscriptions to aid the humble vicar in his defence against Episcopal might, on the ground that it will be, in fact, a defence of Reli gious Liberty. The Bishop, of course, would charac terize it as a defence of irreligious license. The trial, however, is to come on next term, and we shall, there fore, follow the example of episcopal reticence, in regard to everything directly relating to it. The Bishop reminded his auditors that he had just completed his Episcopal apprenticeship,—he having been made a bishop, reluctantly, of course, liko all his brethren, in 1854; yet, as with every wise man, his sense of re sponsibility only increased with the flight of years, and he had looked forward with more anxiety o this visitation than to either of the two preced. ing ones. He paid a well-deserved tribute to the Christian memory of Lord HERBERT, and then turned to Diocesan matters. It seems he had issued letters of inquiry into the religious statistics of his diocese ; nearly all of his clergy had filled them up satisfactorily, but one recusant had absolutely re fused to make the returns, and a few had furnished them with deficient courtesy. He warned such dis obedient sons, that the Chancellor's opinion was that the law would enforce compliance, but he did not mean to resort to law. He next adverted to education, first that of the clergy, next that of the laity, in the schools open to his inspection. For the clergy a wealthy but anonymous friend of the faith had enabled him to commence a theological school at Wells, and thereby to supplement the deficien cies of the teaching at Universities, where subscrip tion to articles of religion is duly enforced, but not the study of them subscribe first and study afterwards being the University theory. A very proper one, since a venerated adage saith that "learners must be believers ;" besides, PORSON tells us that it would have taken him fifty years' reading to verify the articles he must sign to take orders. Poor man, he lost his fellowship, not for heterodoxy, but because he had got into bis head the unclerical crotchet, that a Christian and a man of honour ought not to sign, not only what he dis believed, but what he had not understood, or seen to be true! The bishop's young theologians, being already believers, will doubtless make rapid pro gress in the SALISBURY interpretation of the articles. Of the school-inspection of the young lay men and laywomen, we are told little more than that it has been " a success." That excellent lay Churchman, Mr. HENRY HoinE, received the highest commendation for his endeavours to interest the laity in Church mat ters. " There could be no doubt (his lordship said) that from one cause or another an interest in the work of the Church was not felt by the laity." Mr. HENRY HOARE proposes to give the laity something to do. The absolutism of the parish clergy in religious matters must not be interfered with, so Mr. HOARE proposes " the appointment of lay consultces to confer with the run deaconal chap ters on matters affecting the welfare of the Church." Many of his clergy had tried the plan, he tells us, on the farmers and other inhabitants of the parish. Our readers is may ers remember that this same Mr. r very prominent among those who seek to interest the laity in their church, not by calling forth their voluntary contributions to its support, but by the well-known compulsory tax denomi nated a rate ; a kind of contribution • so remark ably effective in g en erating personal interest in other matters, such as highways,lightinga little'ndclean ing streets, and relief of the p oo r , We have doubt that Mr. HOARE'S success in prolonging itingh histhe he same k Church-rate conflict hatsnotalittlind of e to brother laymen feelingin terest in i, Church work," as they do in other " work" for which they pay rates. The Right Rev. Father proceeded to instruct and charge his clergy next on the six instances in which they had been successful in preserving the Church of England unchanged, or the laws affecting it un changed, notwithstanding the efforts of Lord EBURY, Sir JOHN TRELAWNY, Sir MORTON PETO, Ml'. NIONCIETON MILNES, Mr. DILLWYN, and Lord SIIAFTESBURY. On one subject we could wish his lordship to have shown a little better taste—de scanting in a perfectly ascetic and Popish style on the marriage law question, and asserting what had been refuted a hundred times, he descended to lan guage which, whether he knows it or not, is felt by us humble lay-folk to indicate obscene conceptions in the minds of those who use it. It is better for priests to avoid such words as we prefer not to quote. He may be sure that the vast majority of petitioners on the subject, the Cabinet Ministers, the Members of Parliament, the thousands o f edu cated and refined British females, never hear clerics adopting such revolting expressions, without an impression that they cannot proceed from a very pure mind. In fact, the numerous and sad instances of clerical lapses from purity, at home, and the still greater number where priestly celibacy is the law of the Church, occur immediately to their minds. It is but too well known that asceticism and mental impurity, if nothing worse, are very " near of kin." Let the hint suffice now. As to the consistency of the present marriage law with religious toleration, it is ludicrous to assert it. The Church of England is the only sect of reli gionists in England which desires to maintain it, and that at the expense of forbidding all other sects under heavy disabilities to act on their own religious views. If Churchmen like it to be law for them selves, so be it ; but to the other half of the nation it appears to be nothing but sheer ecclesiastical tyranny. It appears so to us also. In all this latter part of his speech indeed the Bishop, although his whole charge is oleaginous with the usual episcopal blandness, appears in that character which we always lament, because it dis sociates the Church from the mind and thought of the age. There is not one of the six reforms which he exults to enumerate as checked, which is not in accordance with the improving religious charity of the day. If the whole list of them could be effected next session, nothing can be more certain than that the result would be most injurious to Dissent, and equally beneficial to the Church. Bishops must not take their opinions from each other, and from their clergy; not even from a few pet laymen, like Mr. HoARE, and the clergyman's churchwardens. The laity move on, though bishops and clergy stand still. The stiffness of the latter is the strength of the Liberation Society. It is the immovables who furnish targets for the men of progress. We are perfectly sure that the Bishop of SALISBURY'S charge is regarded as a very valuable contribution by Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY and Dr. FOSTER. BATTLE OF MANASSAS JUNCTION (BULL'S RUN), -c. A valued correspondent has favoured us with the following extract from a letter received from a merchant of high standing in the city of New York, under date of 29th July : " There is a much better feeling in the country since the truth is known about the Battle of Bull's Run. The official account states two things enough to demoralise any army. Ist. That the commander of the left division, Colonel Miles, was drunk during the battle; and:2d. That just as the soldiers were entering the enemy's batteries, they were fired upon by some regiments belonging to their own side, when supposing themselves surrounded, they turned and fled. "An enormous army is now getting on foot all over the country. . . . Yesterday Congress passed a law laying a direct tax on everybody's watch, carriage, wines, salaries, incomes, &c., of 5 per cent, Ido not know how the country will take this." His Excellency the Italian Minister left town on Saturday for Spa, Belgium. . . Madame Musurus and family aro passing the season at St. Leonard's-on-Sea. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left Folkestone on Saturday, by the South-Eastern Railway Company's steam-boat, for Boulogne, en route to Paris. The Marchioness of Breadalbane has been con fined to her residence in Park-lano for some days past by severe indisposition. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor and family left their residence at Princes-gate, on Saturday, for Calveley Hall, Cheshire. The Earl of Dudley left town on Saturday for Scotland. The Countess Dowager of Carnwath has left her residence in Gloucester-place for Canterbury. Frances Countess of Albemarle and Colonel the Hon. P. Cust left town on Saturday, on a visit to Lady Marian Alford, at Ashridge Park, Rear Berkhamstead. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave town to-day, to take up their residence at Walmer Castle. Lord and Lady Gardner have left town for Scot land. Lord and Lady Ebury left Folkestone on Satur day for Boulogne, en route to the Continent. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left London on Saturday for Hawarden Castle, Chester. THE FORESTERS.—The proceedings of the annual High Court of the Foresters terminated on Saturday last, at Deacon's-ball, Islington. About 300 delegates attended from various varts of the United Kingdom, and the sitttngs of the court extended over several days, under the presi- dency of Mr. Foster, of the London United District. Va rious new regulations were discussed and adopted, and the most satisfactory reports were received as to the progress of the society, which now contains more than 200,000 mem bars. The newly elected executive council were installed, and will commence their labours next week, at Shrewsbury. THE CATTLE TRADE.—DONCASTER, AUG. 10.-- We can only report a market of moderate character to-day, both as regards quality and quantity. Beasts were not at all in demand, and but few transactions came under notice. Milch cows ranged from £l4 to £22; steers and heifers from £7 10s. to £lO 10s. Fat stock would be sold at about Bs. per stone. In sheep the inquiry was small; hors at from 375. to 445. perhead. There was a fair supply of all descrip tions of pigs, but little business was transacted at the rates of last market. Norwich, Aug. 16.—The attendance from the country was comparatively small to-day, in consequence of the general prevalence of harvest work, and only a very partial clearance was effected among the store beasts, which were in fair supply. Prices tended downwards in consequence. Fat beasts, Bs. to Bs. 6d. per 141 b. The show of sheep was large. The trade was depressed from the causes just noticed, and prices gave way ls. per head. Fat sheep, Bs. 6d. to Os. per 141 b. THE OUTRAM TESTIMONIAL.—A sum of nearly £4,000 has been subscribed towards a testimonial in recog nition of the great public services and eminent character of Sir James Outram. The accounts are to be closed forth with, and the form of memorial finally decided upon. The establishment of the Foreign-office has been engaged for some days past in removing to their now tem porary quarters in Whitehall Gardens. The removal is expected to be completed by the end of this month. The old Foreign-office in Downing-street will be pulled down to clear the ground for the erection of the now offices which have been wanted so long.—Observer. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROwING.—GALLANT RESCUE.—About half-past six o'clock on Friday morning, while the Forth Swimming Club were engaged in their usual exercises, an alarm was given by a lad swimming some 200 yards east from the Chain Pier, that a companion was in danger. The strong reflection of sun-light from the surface of the water prevented either of the lads from being seen. But a small boat moored to the pier was got ready with great speed, though it was necessary to send to the shore for oars. Dreading delay, however, Mr. Nairn, the president of the club, leaped in, and swam in the direc tion of the cries. He was quickly followed by Mr. David Turner, who took with him a life buoy. They found the lad nearly exhausted at a distance of between 250 and 300 yards from the pier. Mr. Nairn neared him first, cheering him as he proceeded. He seized him under the arms from behind, and told him that a boat was coming up, and that all he had to do was to lie quietly in his arms till it reached thorn. Mr. Turner shortly after came up with the buoy. The current was setting in strong against their return, and a chopping wave dashed ever and anon in their faces. In these circumstances it would have been difficult, and perhaps impossible, to reach the pier with the exhausted and almost insensible swimmer. They therefore contented themselves with sustaining him till the arrival of the boat. He was hoisted in, and had to be supported till they reached the pier. The boat was too small to receive the rescuers, but they gallantly made head against the current, and arrived at the steps as soon as the boat. On being landed the lad seemed to revive, but was almost immediately seized with cramps in the limbs and faintings, which rendered it necessary to carry him in an insensible state to the Trinity Baths, where the kind and prompt attentions of Dr. M'Bain able were t soo walk successful toEd t i h n a b t u i rgh nthe su c p ou po rs r e te o d f an hour a hourfrithenedl.ad The incident should be a warning to swimmers of little strength and experience. —Scotsman. The coroner's inquest has unravelled the myste rt THE MYSTERIOUS DI SCOVERY AT C 3t rohYattending the discovery of a human body at Croydon under 1 stances mentioned a few da y s since. T he evidence ci actutmhe -1 inquest went clearly to establish the fact that the deceased was killed by lightning whilst taking shelter under a high tree, immediately under which he was discovered. This tree, upon examination, proved to have been also struck by lightning, the bark being stripped off in a line from the top downwards to about such a distance from the earth as the man's head would have reached to. The electric fluid must have entered the poor fellow through the head, no doubt killing him instantaneously, the body falling over into the ditch. This supposition satisfactorily accounts for the blackened appearance of the body, the position in which it was discovered, and the rents in the clothes. His cap was found close by the spot. The man's name was Nelson, and his age 35. He was, as originally supposed, a "navvy, and a steady, respectable man, having a mire and one child. The amount of Peter's ponce raised in the arch diocese of Munich ,in the course of the present year is 28,336 florins. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has conferred the honour of knighthood on Mr. Edward Coey, mayor of Belfast. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Montponsier honoured the establishment of Mr. Harry Emanuel, of Brook-street and Hanover-square, with a lengthened visit on Saturday. Earl Russell honoured Mr. Walter Fry, Mr. E. J. Chance, and Mr. Samuel Matt, a deputation from the City Orthopaedic Hospital, Hatton-garden, with an inter view at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, this morning, and was pleased to signify his willingness to preside at the annual festival of that charity in the month of November next at the Albion. The Archduke Maximilian, Lord High Admiral of Austria, purposes visiting Southampton this week to in spect the docks and commercial facilities of that port. This visit has reference to the contemplated lino of steam-packet communication about to be established by the Austrian Go vernment between England and Trieste. A meeting of the Southampton Town Council took place on Saturday for the purpose of making arrangements for the suitable reception and entertainment of the distinguished visitor. The Official Gazette of Turin publishes another list of subscriptions towards the cost of a monument to Count Cavour, front which it appears that the total sum subscribed up to this time is 64,861 f. SIR J. RAMSDEN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.—The executive of the Holbeck Parliamentary Reform Associa tion have adopted the following resolution :—" That this committee, after carefully reviewing the parliamentary career of Sir John W. Ramsden, Bart., M.P., during the last two years, is of opinion by his treatment of the Ballot, the Repeal of the Paper Duty, and the bills introduced into parliament by Lord John Russell, M.P., for the amend ment of the parliamentary franchise, he has proved himself unworthy of the confidence of the county voters of this Riding. BOOK-POST TO AND FROM FRANCE.—Before the prorogation there was laid before Parliament a convention which has been entered into with France, extending the privilege of the book-post between the two countries to patterns of no intrinsic value, photographs, commercial and legal documents, printed or engraved or lithographed works bearing corrections or manual notes, and "all other papers in manuscript," but there mast be nothing in the nature of a letter or which could serve as such, and prepayment is to be essential. The day for carrying the convention into ex ecution was left to the respective Post-offices. CONNECTION OF THE TRIANGULATION OP GREAT BRITAIN WITH FRANCE AND BELGlUM.—Lieutenant the Hon. Delaporte French, with a party of one corporal and six sappers of the Royal Engineers, crossed to Boulogne on Thursday, for the purpose of connecting the triangu lation of Great Britain with that of France and Belgium, in co-operation with a commission appointed by the Minister of War of France. The ultimate result to be obtained is the substitution of one meridional line for the three lines of Greenwich, Paris, and St. Petersburg, that are at present in use in different countries, and thus to harmonise the maps of all countries. The party took over camp equipage for six men, consisting of observatories, marquees, &c,, packed in two ambulance waggons ; and they are expected to be absent from England about eight months. The connection of the French and Russian sys tems will be carried out by the officers of those countries. BLONDlN.—Blondiu made an ascent on Saturday from the Zoological Gardens at Liverpool, in the presence of upwards of 20,000 persons. He has returned to town for his 17th ascent this afternoon at the Crystal Palace, when, in addition to his feats on the long rope over the fountains, ho will repeat his extraordinary muscular per formances on the slack rope suspended in mid air. Be will also again give his amusing exhibition of wheeling Punch along the rope in his barrow, the automaton figure, during his progress, making his obeisances to th 9 thousands as sembled below on tho slopes and terraces. This will be Blondin's last ascent at the palace for some time, as he departs to-morrow to fulfil engagements in Ireland, after which he visits Scotland. DEER-STALKING.—That admirable shot, Mr. Edward Ross, has been eminently successful at deer-stalk ing in the North. On the 24th ult. he shot a very fat stag at Glendibisdale—the antlers royal on both tops, and the venison having two inches of fat on the rump. On the 25th ho shot a roebuck; on the 29th, in company with Col. Baker from Ceylon, he had four stags ; on the 30th one stag; on the 31st four stags ; and en the Ist of August two stags—one weighing 15 stone and the .other 20 stone. In the woods of Beaufort Lord Lovat and Sir Piers Mostyn shot a stag each ; and at Corryvullie Captain Mackenzie, younger, of Ord, shot two stags. At Coulan forest, on the sth inst., Mr. J. 0. Holmes killed two fine stags, one of 17 stone clean, carrying a head of 10 tines ; span of . antlers, 34in. ; length, 30in. ; girth, Gin. The other stag carried large antlers of 11 tines. The head of the first of these fine animals has been forwarded to Mr. Snowie for preservation. Inverness Courier. DARING BURGLARY AT SOUTHPORT.—EarIy on Friday morning the dwelling house of Mrs. Prince, Bath street, Southport, was entered by burglars. About four o'clock, Mrs. Prince was aroused by a noise in her bed room, when she observed a man leaving the room. She raised an alarm, and then heard a rush out of the house. She at once discovered that her parse, containing about £2, bad been taken from off her dressing table; two silver sugar-tongs, and a small silver spoon had been stolen from one of the parlours, and a small sum of money from a child's missionary box. Two pairs of men's boots were discovered in the back yard, having been left behind by the burglars. Constables were at once despatched in search of the thieves, and about two hours after the robbery, two'men, who gave the names of Robert Threlfall and Chas. Noble, were apprehended. Threlfall at once admitted that he had robbed the house. The prisoners have been committed for trial. SUPPOSED LOSS OF ANOTHER HULL STEAMER.— It is feared that the splendid screw steamer Z. C. Pear son, belonging to Major Pearson (ex-mayor of Hull), has been lost. The vessel left Riga, for Hull, on the 28th of last month, and although she should have passed Elsinore three days afterwards, nothing whatever has since been heard of her. There were twenty-seven hands on board, all of whom it is feared have perished. She was a vessel of about seven hundred tons burthen, and was built at Sunderland about 12 months ago, for the Australian trade. Since October no less than eight Hull steamers have been wrecked in the Baltic trade :—ln October the Artie, be longing to Messrs. Wilson and Sons, with a valuable cargo and eleven hands, together with Mr. Earle, the engineer, was lost; in November, the Emmeline, belonging to Major Pearson, was wrecked, on her passage from Riga, and in the same month the Edward Hawkins, trading between Hull and Cronstadt, went down; during the present year, Messrs. Wilson and Sons have lost three fine Baltic, steamers, the Kingston and the Bothnia, with all hands, numbering about 40, and lately the Baltic, for the loss of which the Board of Trade has cancelled the captain's cer tificate. About the time Bothnia and the Kingston wore wrecked, the Wesley, also belonging to Major Pearson, was lost with all hands, and now there can be little doubt that the Z. C. Pearson has shared the fate of many of her prede cessors. Altogether, there cannot have been less than 100 lives lost in Hull steamers during the past 12 months. EXECUTION OF HILTON, AT CAMBRIDGE.—This culprit was executed on Saturday morning at 12 o'clock, at the county gaol at Cambridge. The gloomy apparatus was fixed on Friday, and every necessary arrangement made for carrying out the last dread sentence of the law. Hilton, it will be remembered, murdered his wife at Parson Drove, a village near Wisbech, by cutting her throat with a knife; a few slight words of an unpleasant character re lative to money matters passed ; she retired to her sleep ing room threatening to leave him, and ho shortly fol lowed and committed the act for which ho on Saturday paid the penalty. He never attempted to deny the fact, or to vindicate or offer the slightest excuse for his conduct. On the contrary, he expressed penitence and a desire to die. As day by day passed, ho observed, "My time is getting short now. I don't care how soon it comes, I want to join my wife " Calcraft, the executioner, arrived on Friday evening. Hilton rose on Saturday morning a little before his usual time, and expressed an immediate wish to see the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Ventris. They prayed together, and the prisoner uttered "Amen" with great fervency. He frequently exclaimed, "My poor wife, my poor wife, I shall soon be with her." He partook of some slight refreshments, furnished by Mr. Gibson, the governor, and continued praying and reading till the dread hour arrived. Ho offered no resistance to the executioner, and walked to the gallows unassisted. When he reached the summit of the scaffold he took one hurried glance at the thousands assembled round the hill, and then hung down his hoad, as if deeply affected. The cap was shortly placed over his face, and as the clergyman was saying, "In the midst of life we are in death," the bolt was withdrawn, and the hapless man ceased to exist in a very brief period. LONDON WELLS.—A pump now covers St. Clement's Well. Fitstephon, in his description of London in the reign of Henry 11., informs us "that round the city again, and towards the north, ariso certain excellent springs at a small distance, whose waters are sweet, salubrious and clear, and whose runnels murmur in er the shining stones. Among these, Holywell, Clerkenwell, and St. Clement's Well, may be esteemed the principal, as being the most frequented, both by the scholars from the school (WestminEter), and the youth from the City, when in a summer's evening they aro disposed to take an airing." The last-named well was also much resorted to on account of its being supposed of peculiar efficacy in the cure of cu taneous diseases, and other disorders. At the end of Old street•road is a famous spring dedicated to St. Agnes, and, from the transparency and salubrity of its waters, denomi nated St. Agnes la Clair. It has claims to antiquity, for it appears that in the reign of Henry VII. it was thus named —" Fons voc' Dame Agnes a Clore." It belonged to Charles Stuart. This spring is 18 feet deep, and is said to bo of great efficacy i n a ll rheumatic and nervous cases, headache, &c. The spri ng was divided into two baths. In a six acre field facing the great wall of Ald,gate-house-gardens, but an the other side of the high road to Bow, is a fine spring of excellent water, dedicated as early as the year 1160 to St. 'Winifrid. The water was conveyed to the houses from it by copper pipes underground to the villages, monasteries, and other religious foundations in the neigh bourhood,—BuWer. LAT E T NEWS. TURIN, AUG. 10. The Onicial Gazette of to-day publishes a de spatch addressed by Baron Ricasoli to the repre sentatives of Italy abroad. This despatch reviews the history of the recent Parliamentary session, and mentions the absence of those deputies representing opinions favourable to the former Government. It concludes by saying :—" Italy has constituted herself, notwith standing that a portion of Italian territory is in the hands of others. Europe, beholding us armed and strong, will become persuaded of our right to the entire possession of our territory, and will appre ciate our sincerity in offering liberty and indepen dence to tho Church." PESTH, AUG. 10. In to•.day's sitting of the Upper House the draft address proposed by M. Deak was read and put to the vote. On the motion of Count Szaparys, it was unani mously adopted by acclamation, without any amendment. THORN, AUG. 11. On Thursday evening last a conflict took place at Warsaw between the people and the military, in consequence of the latter having interfered to pre vent an illumination of the city. One person was killed, and several were arrested. On Friday Warsaw continued in a very Gis turbell state. A great concourse of people assem bled in the Methstrasse, notwithstanding the re quest made to them to disperse. The military marched up, but were afterwards withdrawn. Great agitation prevails. THORN, AUG. 11, EVENING. Since yesterday troops and artillery have been placed in all the public gardens and squares of Warsaw. It is said that the Emperor's acceptance of M Wielopolski's resignation arrived at Warsaw lasi night. CRACOW, Auck. 11. A great fete, to take place in Warsaw, has been arranged by the party of agitation for Monday next. The circulars which have been distributed enjoin the public celebration in the churches, during the usual religious service of "the highly important anniversary of the former union of Poland with Lithuania." MADRID, AUG. 9. The jury has acquitted the journal La Discusion, prosecuted for having published a Democratic political programme, demanding the establishment of a single Chamber and the independence of the Church. PARIS, AuG. 11. The Patrie of this evening publishes the follow ing despatch from Constantinople, dated the Bth inst. :—ln view of the state of things in theiHerze govina, Servia, and the Principalities, the Porte has decided to send all the available troops of the army into Roumelia." The Pays of this evening has the following news : —" A new Pretender disputes the throne of Abys sinia with the Emperor Theodore." The Presse of this evening asserts that at the end of July great agitation prevailed in Damascus and in some other towns of Syria. The Ulemas, says the Presse, endeavoured to excite the people to rise against the Maronites, but the agitation ceased when the arrest of the Ulemas was ordered by Daoud Effendi. The Patric of this evening says :—"The report that General Goyon is about to leave Rome is without foundation. " The King of Sweden will embark on Monday next at Cherbourg. " On Tuesday next the Boulevard de Malesherbes will be inaugurated by the Emperor, who will pro ceed to the camp of Chalons on the following day." INDIA, CHINA, & AUSTRALIA. MALTA, AUG. 10. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steamer, with the mails from India, China ; and Australia, arrived here to-day. MELBOURNE, JUNE 25. The intelligence from New Zealand is most gloomy. Sediiion is spreading among the natives. The Governor has issued a proclamation demand ing obedience. Heale's Ministry has been defeated, and has appealed to the country. The shipments of gold since last mail amount to 89,645 ounces. SHANGHAI, JUNE 19. The relations of England with China and Japan are satisfactory. CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail steamship Asia arrived off the harbour at 8.45 p.m. yesterday. She brings 59 passengers, of whom she landed 10, together with 126 mail bags, and proceeded at 9 p.m. All well. NEW YORK, JULY 30. Apprehensions of a Confederate attack on Wash ington aro still entertained. The Fedorais have evacuated Hampton, near Fort Munroe. The Marshal and Police Commissioners of Bal timore have been removed as prisoners to Fort Munroe. The Military Commissioner of Fort Lafayette has refused to obey the writ of habeas corpus to produce the British subjects held as political prisoners. Prince Napoleon and suite arrived at New York on the 27th July. No demonstration has taken place, as the Prince preserves a strict incognito. He resides on board the yacht in the harbour, and visits the city during the day. Advices from St. Thomas state that Antigua had been totally destroyed by an earthquake, with the loss of 2,000 lives. The Borussia has arrived out. The Africa was intercepted off Cape Race on the 28th July, by the Associated Press Yacht. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, JULY 30, EVENING. Cotton firm, and advancing. Middling Upland is quoted 16c. to 161 c. Wheat—Nothing doing. In corn there is a good expert demand. Flour quiet. Provisions are slightly firmer. Exchange quiet. Bankers' Bills on London, 1071 to Money abundant. Stocks dull. New York Cen tral, 751 ; Erie, 24 ; Illinois Central, 62i. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S GENEROSITY.—A good anecdote is told of Prince Alfred. " The Doctor," a famous jockey, who had the contract to furnish 30 horses for the suite of the Prince of Wales throughout the tour at eight dollars each per day, drove Prince Alfred to the Falls of Montmorenci. " The Doctor" remarked to Alfred, " I drove the Prince of Wales here." "Did you ?" said the Prince. "Yes, and his Royal Highness gave me this gold watch." " You are a lucky fellow," replied Prince Alfred ; " that is more than ho ever did for me." " The Doctor ,, subaided,—.dmerfcan Paper. LITERATURE. The Okavango River. A narrative of Travel, Exploration, and Adventure. By Charles John Andersson, author of " Lake Ngatni." With numerous illustrations. Hurst and Blackett. Some few years ago, before the . wastes of Cen tral and Western Africa were the great fields of discovery and adventure, which they have now become, the attention of the public was attracted by a gorgeous volume, enriched with plates, and rife with tales of adventure and narratives of dis covery, recounting Mr. Andersson's experince of that inhospitable country. He was thus one of the first of that band of adventurous spirits of whom Dr. Livingstone and M. Du Chaillu aro the most remarkable, who have undertaken these hazardous expeditions, and have added largely to our geographical, ethnological, and zoological lore, besides opening up new roads for civilization and commerce. The dangers they encountered, the loss of health and property they suffered, the anxiety and perplexity to which they were often the victims, have unfortunately counterbalanced in many instances the gratification the travellers derived from their labours, and added to the debt due from the public. In Mr. Andersson's instance this is especially the case, as he underwent the severest hardships, which seriously affected his health, incurred great pecuniary loss, and was, after all, compelled to abandon his expedition just at its culminating point. All explorers, and, in deed, all readers of spirit and intelligence, will sympathise with his feelings when forced to turn back just as he had the extraordinary fortune to discover a large river hitherto totally unknown to Europeans. Feelings of humanity and prudence made him abandon the attempt to pursue his inves tigatiens further, and he by no means repents of his decision, although he deeply deplores its neces sity. It appears to us, however, that Mr. Anders son does not sufficiently estimate the distinction he has acquired by this important discovery. It was during his return from an exploring expedition that he first came upon the river. THE OKAVANGO RIVER. After this little delay we again preceded, but had not gone far before I perceived on the far-away horizon a dis tinct dark blue line. "Ah, ah 1" I exclaimed to myself, "in the valley of which that line evidently forms the bor der, there is surely something more than a mere periodical water course." A few minutes afterwards, catching a glimpse of an immense sheet of water in the distance, my an ticipation was realised to its utmost. A cry of joy and satis faction escaped me at this glorious sight. Twenty minutes more brought us to the banks of a truly noble river, at this point at least 200 yards wide. This was then, in all pro bability, the Mukuru Mukovanja of the Ovamba, which these people had given us to understand flowed westward. Taking it for granted that their statement in this respect was correct, I had stood some time by the water before I became aware of my mistake. "By heavens" I suddenly exclaimed, " the water flows towards the heart of the con tinent, ilistead of emptying itself into the Atlantic 1" For a moment I felt amazed at the discovery. "East," I con tinued to soliloquise, "why, what stream can this then be, in this latitude and longitude ? Tioughe ? No ; that channel alone is much too insignificant to form the outlet for such a mighty flow of water. Well, then, it must be one of the chief branches of that magnificent river, the Chobe." This was my first impression, which was to some extent corroborated by the natives, who described this river, called by the Ovaquangari " Okavango," as forking off in two directions in the neighbourhood of Libebe, one branch forming the said Tioughe, the other finding its way to the Chobe. But on more mature consideration, I strongly question the correctness both of my own impression and of the account of the natives. It is true Dr. Livingstone, in one of his early maps, lays down a river as coming from Libebe's towards Sekeletu's town ; and I myself, when at Lake 'Ngami, heard of a water communication existing betwean these two places. But as the Tioughe is known to send out a branch towards Chobe considerably below Libel* i.e., south of it, called Dzo, it is just possible that this is the stream alluded to by the natives. Furthermore the country, for a great dis tance about Libebe, is known to abound in immense marshes ; it is probable, therefore, that the Okavango, though of large dimensions, is more or less swallowed up in these extensive swamps, leaving merely sufficient water for the formation of the Tioughe and its inunda tions. Unquestionably Dr. Livingstone, if ho succeeds in revisiting Sekeletu's town, will be able to settle this question. _ Here is Mr. Andersson's account of, the causes which induced him to return from this interesting expedition : DUTY AND AMBITION. With one or two exceptions, all my native servants were at this time prostrated by the fever, Pereira and Morta alone being still unaffected by it ; and as I had at an early period taken the precaution of administering to those men quinine and brandy, antidotes, I believed, against the dis ease, I had some faint hopes that they might escape the infection, and thus afford me at least some help in ca rr yi ng out my Plans. But in this hope I was disappointed ; for after about a month's stay on the river both these men were suddenly confined to their beds. To add to my dismay, the other patients, instead of improving, were rapidly ge tti ng worse, in short, sinking into their graves. Had I then, under these circumstances, persisted on prosecuting my long cherished project, I should certainly have been much to blame ; for I had the sad experience and melancholy fate of former explorers, who had obstinately, in a similar situation, persevered in darling schemes, become hopeless, ever before me, ever forcibly present to my mind. What then was to no To linger where we were seemed n.rtain death ; and my vision. of future success I m i g ht still entertain were too remote to justir, in imperilling so fearfully the lives of my fellow •creatures. A precipitate retreat appeared therefore quite imperative. It cost, never theless, a severe struggle between duty and ambitlo.. I could resolve upon it. I obeyed at last the monitions of conscience, and bade with a sigh farewell to the pursuit of fame and glory for ever. That this act of self-renuncia tion was not determined on without acute pangs, it would be useless to deny. After such toils, such hardships, such sacrifices, and with the prospect of a final crowning success just dawning upon me, it may well be imagined that I turned my back on the land of promise with drooping spirits and a heavy heart. Thus ended my short but memorable visit to the Oka vango river. I sincerely trust that future explorers of these parts may meet with better success. An excursion up this stream towards its source would undoubtedly prove very interesting, for it is, I believe, perfectly unknown to Euro peans ; I doubt oven whether the native Portuguese are aware of its very existence ; they are certainly quite insen sible to its importance in a commercial point of view. Navigable it must be throughout a great (if not the greater) portion of its course, even to vessels of some pretension. Numerous tribes, more or less intelligent, more or less traders and acquainted with the art of agriculture, possess permanent habitations along its banks. The unhealthiness of the climate may, it is true, be considered as prohibitive of any frequent or constant intercourse with this country. I strongly suspect, however, that this objection would only apply to a certain season, i.e., to the time when, the annual flow of the river ceasing, exhalations from the surrounding swamps and marshes poison the atmosphere. In the months of June, July, and August one might, I firmly believe, visit the Okavango with comparative safety. It is only, I think, in the spring, when I was unfortunately in its neighbour hood, that the malaria from the Lagoons is so fatal. We trust that better health and more favourable circumstances will await Mr. Andersson's next visit sufferings in dismal howls half stifled in the utterance. Some of the mon were nearly as much affected. Most fortunately, after such fearful risks—the whole party, both man and beast, escaped with life, and this was one of several occasions on which Mr. Anderson's humanity overcame his eager desire to press forward. In the earlier part of his journey the obstacles offered by the roads were serious. A ROUGH ROAD. After a few days' stay on the Omaruru river, we took our departure again for the north. The rains had now ceased to annoy us, or a t l eas t f e ll on l y i n suc h li m it e d q uantities as not to impede ou r p rogress . B u t thi s was on ly changing one evil for another, for harassing thorn jungles at present beset us on every side. Hitherto we had, by choping aw a Y an occasional bush or two, managed to get through corn' fortably enough, but now the country had become densely wooded and continued to be so for a very considerable dis tance. Indeed, for upwards of one hundred miles we bad literally to cut our way step by step ; it was not mete bushes either that we had to clear away, but trees also, varying from a fow inches to as much as two feet in diameter. Pick and crowbar (for fortunately I had taken the precaution to bo pretty well provided with road making implements) were besides frequently put into requisition—in s horty it was chop, pick, and heave the livelong day, from sunrise to sunset. It was most severe and harassing work. Th e waggon sail, which was made of the best ship's canvas, was torn to shreds—a good criterion of the terrible uncouth^ ness of the country. For fear of being without a roof alto gether, we were obliged to patch up, as we went along; the ragged sail with the skins of the slaughtered sheep and goats. On a similar occasion the traveller mace made an ela borate calculation. He says," I had the curiosity to i count the number of bush es ( an d t rees ) cut down n order to open out a path to a certain distance. 11 , 1 , this calculation I invariably f oun d i n 300 yar d s ,l7v bushes felled ; that is, about 1,000 bushes a I reckoned besides four stalks to each bush, a very low computation, which gave 4,000 distinct branches , every stalk or branch (varying from the size of a finger to that of a man's leg), usually requiring from three to four strokes of the axe ; thus one ase must actually have descended 12,000 times in the course of a single mile. Conceive the incredible amount of labour the passage of one such mile sup poses: indeed, we are just now proceeding some thing short of a snail's pace." We have, however, about 200 miles of this sort of country to traverse before we reach our journey's end, so that in round numbers there must be 2,400,000 strokes'of one axe, or 1,200,000 to each of two axes (the number usu ally employed), delivered, and no less than 200,000 bushes and trees cut down before we can get over this space. And this work was successfully per formed." The hunting adventures of course occupy a large portion of the volume. Here is an en counter with a rhinoceros. A FORMIDABLE ENEMY. 1 had taken a step or two forward, and was in some mea sure hidden from the animal by a small tree, when suet denly I observed my attendants wheel about and retreat precipitately. Not seeing the cause of their sudden flight (though of course suspecting it) I stood my ground, when all at once I caught sight of the brute protruding his ugly head within a few paces of my person. As he was coming right at me, I deemed it, under the circumstances, impru dent to fire, and quickly took to my heels. He followed at his best pace, which was really very rapid, considering Ws crippled condition. In my hurried flight my wide-a-wake blew off my head, and fell right in the path of the pursuing beast, who pulled up abruptly at the sight of it. Swift as thought I turned on my heels and fired, but fairly, I be lieve, missed, for the monster at once dashed forward again, snortly violently. After running for a short distance ha again halted, but kept looking about him in a very restless manner. I then crept cautiously up to within about 100 yards of him, and just as for a moment he exposed his broadside full towards me, I fired. He dropped dead to the shot. The hunter's attendant was, however, killed by this animal. We found this poor fellow, as I have said, lying under 5 , bush with his head close upon the ground. Had he through out kept his position—and probably he did so—it seems impossible that the rhinoceros should havo seen or smelt him, especially as the wind was in the man's favour. It 15 my belief, therefore, that the beast was accidentally pass ing the spot, and findin g hi s v i c ti m i n hi s path had acci dentally, as it were, destroyed him. The animal, from the moment I fired at him the first time until his death from the second shot, had never stopped running. The accu racy with which he had hit upon the unfortunate man was consequently the more remarkable. If the man had wil fully placed himself before him, and said, "N ow try to do your best to hit me here in the head," he could not have succeeded better. There was one poor consolation " 11 . Kozengo's untimely end, viz., he had died instantaneously. Ho had not had time even to u tt er a cry; and the agony of death was over the instant it was felt. Lions and lion hunts are of frequent recurrence, and numerous tales are told displaying the ferocity of some of these creatures. Leopards, giraffes, and other animals were also objects of pursuit, and the sportsman will be keenly interested in these exploits. Other dangers existed in the treachery and/enmity of the natives. We have not space to quote the exciting account of his dealings with these savages, or of the little fortified camp which was surrounded by incendiary fires. Mr. Andersson does not excel in style ; his work is the plain recital of a traveller's adventures, which occasional attempts at fine writing do not improve. The narrative is, however, happily inde pendent of any extraneous advantage, from the vivid interest attaching to thr.i story and the value of the information given. The last few chapters take a survey of the chief points of interest along from.hwest PACIO 4 6 : v the accounts of other voyagers. There are some particulars also of the island of Ichaboe, famous for its guano. We must not omit to men tion the large and handsome plates which add greatly to the attractions of the volume. Tales of travel and adventure possess peculiar fascinations, and as the wastes of Central Africa have recently engaged so much attention, we cannot doubt that Mr. Andersson's interesting narrative will soon be in the hands of a very large class of readers. THE INDIAN FAMINE -RELIEF FUND. On Saturday evening, by the mail which left for Calcutta, an additional sum of £l,OOO was forwarded from the Mansion House to the relief committee in that city towards the further relief of the sufferers from famine in Upper India. This makes the total sum forwarded to India by the central committee in London £107,500, exclusive of the largo contributions, amounting to neariy £50,000 in the aggregate, which have been sent direct from Liverpool, Dublin, Manchester, - Edinburgh, and Glasgow: Since the subject was last noticed in this journal additional sums, amounting in the whole. to £2,138 175., have been received at the Mansion-house, including £412 odd, a balance from Oldham; £834 from British Guiana; £236 odd from Paris (through Galignani) ; £23 from Geneva ; £23 from Malaga; and £448 from Rio de Janeiro. The Lord Mayor has received a letter from Mr. Edmonstone, the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces, dated from Nanee- Tal, on the 17th of June, acknowledging the receipt by him, from the committee of the Mansion House, of the further sums of £15,000, £lO,OOO, £lO,OOO, and £5,000. The Lieutenant- Governor expresses his grateful sense of the gene rous sympathy which the people of Engl an d have manifested in the distress that has pro; ailed in parts of those provinces, and of the nolke liberality with which they have come forward to . aid in its relief. He ventures to indulge the hope tkat those on w h o se be half this liberality has been exercised will appreciate the efforts that have beer, made to help them in their hour of need, and will show forth their gratitude in a willing obedience and a true fidelity to the Government which it has pleased God to place over them. The measures of relief, he adds, which were described in a former communication, are, still in oper a ti on , b ut on a somewhat more extended scale. Additional relief-houses have been estab lished in the interior of some districts ; local works have been opened out in others; and, as they are amply supplied with funds, it has been resolved that a portion of them shall be devoted to the re placement of farm -stock and cattle, and to the gra tuitous distribution of seed-grain to those who were unable to provide themselves with either. To all appearance the rains of the season had set is. On the 3d of June the rain, which had fallen heavily during the; preceding week, cleared off, and there was a break of dry cloudless weather until the 14th, when it recommenced. Since that time there had been heavy falls daily, unaccompanied by thunder or light n i ng , or o ther indication s of their being but temporary. So far as Mr. Edmonstone's experience and judgment guide him he was dis posed to think that if those falls had extended pretty' generally to the plains, they might be regarded as the commencement of the usual rainy season, and tilt; immediate resumption of agricultural operations all over the country might be expected. If the rain should have been general the effect would be shortly seen in the diminished numbers attending the poorhouses, and in the withdrawal of manY from the public relief works. The Lieut.-Governo r further states that the Calcutta Relief Committ ee had lately remitt e d to him £lO,OOO, the distribu; tion of whi c h h ad been entrusted to the Central Relief Committee at Agra, to whose well-directe d exertions the G overnment and the people o f the distressed districts are much indebted. --- to the Okavango. In the meantime he has the glory of its first acquaintance. The reader can best judge of the perils and hardships the little party encountered from a few extracts from this interesting volume. On one occasion they were suffering fearfully from want of water, and quite uncertain where to obtain the next supply. A SEA OF FIRE. We had proceeded but a comparatively short distance, and were just escaping out of a thorn thicket, when we were suddenly startled by a grand but to us appalling sight. Turning to Mortar, I exclaimed, ifGood God, our return is cut off 1" I had seen many wood and grass fires, but nothing to equal this. Immediately in front of us lay stretched out like a sea a vast pasture prairie, doted with occasional trees, bounded in the distance by groves of huge giraffe thorns—all in a blaze I Through the very midst of this lay our path. By delaying a few hours the danger would have been considerably diminished, if not altogether over, but delay in our case seemed almost more dangerous than going forward ; and so on we pushed, trusting to some favourable accident to bring us through the perils we had to face. As we advanced we heard distinctly the sput tering and hissing of the inflamed grasses and brushwood, the cracking of the trees as they reluctantly yielded their massive forms to the unrelenting and all-devouring element the screams of startled birds and other commingling sounds of terror and devastation. There was a great angle in our road, running parallel, as it were, to the raging fire, but afterwards turning abruptly into a burning savannah. By the time we had reached this point the conflagration, still in its glory on our right, was fast receding on our left, thus opening a passage, into which we darted without hesitation, although the ground was still smouldering and reeking, and in some places quite alive with flickering sparks from the recent besom of hot flames which had swept over it. Tired as our cattle were, this heated state of the ground made the poor brutes stop out pretty smartly. At times ' we ran great risk of being crushed by the falling timbers. Once a huge trunk, in flames from top to bottom, fell athwart our path, sending up millions of sparks, and scattering innumerable splinters of lighted wood all around us, whilst the numerous nests of the social cross beaks— Texto erythrorhynchus—in the ignited trees looked like so many lamps suspended in designs at once natural, plea,ing, and splendid. It was altogether a glorious illumination, worthy of Nature's palace with its innumerable windows and stately vaulted canopy. But the danger associated with the grand spectacle was too great and too imminent for us thoroughly to appreciate its magnifi cence. Indeed, we were really thankful when once our backs were turned on the awful scene. At break of day we halted for a few minutes to breathe and to change oxen, then continued to journey on. I des • patched all the loose cattle ahead, giving the men orders to return with a fresh team as soon as they had drunk, fed, and rested a little. We arrived at the vley a little before mid night on the 24th of May, but on attempting to kraal the trek-oxen, notwithstanding their fatigue, the thirsty brutes leapt ovpr the stout and tall thorn-fences as if they had been so many rushes, and with a wild roar set off _at full speed for Okaoa fountain, which they reached the following day, having been more than 150 hours wi thout a single drop of water I Before reaching the water the men in charge of the loose . The cattle, unherded t THE PIT ACCIDENT AT GLASGOW.—As we have tom will be cattle had become so ex h aus t e d w ith b long an t d incessant i already mentioned, the pit mouth was closed on Thursday marching, suffering all the time from tuning ht, that afternoon, and will remain so till to-day, when the pit hot much difficulty • found their way to the fountain one by one they had sunk withoutdn. hilt his, and k ' Mr. brought the dying again inspected. Tho Government inspector but the wretched horse missed t. kept wandering Williams, visited the place on Thursday afternoon, ~s about until he dropped from sheer exhaustion. ion. Some Ovat- of course he can do nothing by way of inspection till access jimba fortunately found t he good-naturedlybrute, very to their chief, he • k and fodder, by which beast some drink I had no idea that a horse was capable of means he gradually terday. Four of the colliers are still in a very precarious found condition. Hopes are entertained that three of them will recovered, Tho animal when found had been seven days without water.recover, but the fourth is not expected to survive. The enduring fatigue and thirst to the extent experienced by this o b fe the forgotten. oata st 0 attention and efforts of Dr. Weir, of Larkhall, will not soon hack of mine. The poor dogs were by this time in a fearful state.fferers• What was once a clear perspicuous ee now appeared The catastrophe and o a z d ie m r, in o i f st ll o l r a e u d ld r s e l l e i y ef , visited tothe the su scene Lark' like a mere lustrous speck under a shaggy brow. Blood Rev. Messrs. Sherar, Findlay, and Crichton, of . _ flowed at times from their nostrils ;and ' - • hall, have also visited them daily, and attended both t" it was with difil- f it 10 7 • i culty they dragged along their worn and emaciated car- their spiritual and temporal necessities.—Aort , t 4- ' 1.— cams , Sometimes they tried to give vent to their great Arag, hb o , V et , kai Izei t on Cho , Di Alig k Di Spat 1.); tlot