The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-11 00:00:00

FR MAJESTY'S THEATRE., LAST FAREWELL NIGHTS at REDUCED PRICES., PICCOLOMINI— ROSATI—LE CORSAIRE. TO MORROW EVENING (TUESDAY, August 12) LA TRAVIATA. Violetta, bldlle. Picculounlyi. THURSDAY, August 14, DON PASQUALE. Norma, Mdlle. Piccolontini. SATURDAY, August 16, LAST NIGHT. To conclude with, each evening, the new grand Ballet of LE CORSAIRS. Medora, Madame Rosati. Reduced Prices :—Three Pair, 1/. ls. Two Pair, 1/. lls. 6d. Int and One Pair, 21. 12s. 6d. Grand Tier, 3/. 3s. Pit, ss. Gallery Loxes, 15s. Gallery Stalls, ss. Gallery Side Stalls, 3s. 6d. Gallery, 2s. 6d, The free list suspended, the public press excepted. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucketona. THIS EvErn - sa, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. After which The Spanish Dancers. Followed by SHE LITTLE TREASURE. To eon:Jude with TEM POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. n0151'1140! and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, PAUL PRY. Followed by IRISH AMITE kNCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. To conclude with OUR GAL. 1101rAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, Under the Management of Mr. CUARLES ICUs. THIS EVENING, MUSIC 11,ITH CHARMS. After whim, THE WINTER'S TALE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. After which, MEDEA. To conclude with THE WELSH GIRL. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee an 4 Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Shakespere's RICHARD THE THIRD, compressed into 3 acts Tntroduction'of Mr. W. Cooke's stud of highly trained horses—Death of White Surrey—Grand tableau of eight noble steeds lying dead in " the Battle of Bosworth Field," with other stupendous equestrian effects. After which, ..e+• ... • A series of novel and interesting ACTS of HORREMANSIIIP in the ARENA, with a variety of other pleasing and amusing entertain ments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. IV. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. jun. in Australia. The illusion was well nigh extinct before—the gold mines at the antipodes put , an end to it. India, no longer the land of romance, is remembered simply as a fax distant region of large extent, populated by a great many millions of natives, having unruly neigh bours, whose inroads it is somehow the duty of Government to repel, and which duty they ars not slow to discharge. India, nothwithstanding, does not deserve to be forgotten or neglected. If the riches of fable :no longer invest her with a charm to attract— &he possesses what is better than imaginary riches, P3sources of countless value, and offers them to British enterprise for the reaping. If she dis gorges no longer yellow nabobs quick with gold, she offers to Englishmen the means whereby the foundations of the Empire may be placed on more secure foundations. The cotton we get from America, and of which hostilities with the United States would deprive us, to the ruin of our staple manufacture, her fields need but cultivation to supply. The tea that reaches us from China, and to the cultivation of which the troubles of that country may put a stop, she can grow in abundance for our wants, and of a quality to gratify our tastes. Rice, indigo, opium, spices—all these and other articles of commerce are indigenous, or as good as indigenous, to her soil. Iron, coal, and other mineral treasures are to be had within her boun daries for the working. Her population is im mense, and, what is more, industrious, well-dis posed, and intelligent. At present their wants ,are few, but being emulative and ready to acquire European tastes their wants are likely to increase —while beyond the population under British rule are to be found as many millions more, ready to swell with the products of far off lands the fruits of native industry. What India wants, and the interests of this country call for in the first instance, is a perfect railway system. Once establish this, and the fate of British sway in India will not again be found trembling in the balance as it did during the Sikh war. British rule will be consolidated and tran quillity insured in all the Borders of the colony. With security will come capital, and with its successful application more and more capital, until the plains of India are placed under cultivation, and the treasures of her mountains are laid bare to the eye. Contact with British energy and enterprise is sure to quicken native .ingenuity and industry, and in the improved con dition of the population will be offered another element of prosperity at home. With the culti vation of cotton in India we may look for a diminution of American arrogance, more em ployment for our shipping, and a feeling of greater independence being exhibited by our manufacturers. Such results as these being fairly predicable from the establishment of a perfect railway system, any unnecessary delay in the construction of the lines at present laid out becomes a matter of deep regret. Some degree of uncertainty prevails as to the actual state of things in India at the present moment, and we would fain hope if there has been any stoppage it has been of the most tem porary nature. With all the appliances that can be brought to bear on India, a long series of years must elapse before the network of railways required for the development of the resources of the country can be complete. Delay added to delay under such circumstances is greatly to be deprecated. he Second Examination for appointments ins t4ie East India Civil Service has duly taken place, in accordance with the system established by Lord ASHBURTON, Mr: MACAULAY, and Mr. LE PETRI; and the names of the successful candi dates, with numerical marks representing the comparative value of their respective answering, have been published throughout the length and breadth of the land. The result has been anxi ously looked for by all interested in our leading i educational establishments in all parts of the United Kingdom ; and the more anxiously be cause many apparently well-founded complaints were put forward respecting the line of examina tion adopted during the first year, which, it was directly asserted, did not give due weight to some of the most important branches. if the judgment arrived at were well founded there would be too much reason to apprehend that some of our old esta blished universities were not up to the level to which their sisters had risen. Last year the University of Dublin sent 14 candidates for examination, not one of whom was successful. Aberdeen sent up 5 candidates with a like result, while Cambridge, with 32 candidates, gained 6 appointments, and Oxford, with but 19 candi dates for the prizes, carried off 8. Our brethren of the Sister Isle made as their excuse the fact that only one examiner was a Dublin man, and that it was chiefly owing to the difference of style that their candidates failed, and they put forth also the plea that one trial was not to be consi dered conclusive, that Fortune was unpropitious, but that she would not always remain the same ; and so it has proved. For at the last examina tion, if we compare the number of candidates with the number successful, we find that Aber deen ranks highest, and Dublin the 3d, while Cambridge comes 4th, and Oxford sth. In the year 1855 the number of candidates from the different universities, colleges, and schools was 112, viz., from Oxford, 12 ; Cambridge, 32 ; London, 4 ; King's College, 3 ; other English schools, 12 ; Edinburgh 3 ; Aberdeen, 5 ; other Scotch colleges and schools, 7 ; Dublin, 14 ; Cork, 5 ; Galway, 2 ; abroad, 3 ; privately educated, 3. Of these the successful were-8 from Oxford, 6 from Cambridge, 2 from London, 1 from King's College, 1 from Elia burgh, 1 from Cork, and 1. from Galway. In the present year there were but 56 candidates, as follows :—From Oxford, 10 ; from Cambridge, 14 ; from London, 3 ; from King's College, 6 ; from other English schools, 4; from Edinburgh, 1 ; from Aberdeen, 2 ; from Dublin, 8 ; from Cork, 3; from Belfast 2 ; from Carlow, 1 ; l i privately educated, 2. The successful candidates belonged, 4 to Oxford, 6 to Cambridge, 2 to London, 1 to Cheltenham, 2 to Aberdeen, 4 to Dublin, and Ito Cork—a very different result, indeed, from that of last year. Oxford stands almost the same in proportion to her number of candidates as she did last year ; while Cam bridge, with less than half the number of candi dates, gains as many prizes as she did last year. London University again ranks very high; last year four candidates gained two places (one of th e m being first of all) ; this year her three candidates gained two places, and they stand respectively second and third. The English schools have each year sent up a successful candidate. Edinburgh sent up last year three candidates, one of whom was successful ; this year her solitary representative has failed. Aberdeen's two candidates were both successful this year, while last year she did not succeed at all with five. The other Scotch col leges and schools appear to have been dissatisfied with their treatment last year, for they sent UP no candidates on the present occasion. Dublin, with fewer candidates, sends up as many sucotto- RIGFI WITER. AT -LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Dit—lforn. 40 rain. aft. S —Evening 16 min. aft. 9 To-bionalow—Nforn.s7 min. aft. 9—Evening 33 min. aft.lo THE WEATHER—SUN Orricr,, AuGusT 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73 igh ost since noon yesterday. 82 —Lowest this morning and during the night. 76—this day at noon. BARDSfIETCR-20•96—rising. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine sultry weather. AUGUST 11. 80 highest since noon yesterday. FM—lowest this morning and during the night. 80 —this day at noon. EAROXETER-29 . 93. WIND, W.S.W.- Light and fine. i e, ab) s tlt, 1 1 g •- %) C%:-Fi : .-.. -,*, -,--ei-, , -,---,t , .--isil lt .,,, , (.... ,,, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1856. It is stated that Russia has already discovered ' the mistake into which she had been betrayed in supposing that she could so speedily disregard the terms of the Treaty into which she had so recently entered. The promptitude with which the Bri tish squadron under Rear-Admiral HOUSTON STEWART returned to the Black Sea, when the Muscovite doubts as to the carrying out of the Treaty became known, had no doubt much moral weight with the Government of St. Petersburg. To that we may ascribe their speedy alteration of sentiment, and their readiness to deliver up the Isle of Serpents and restore Kars to their rightful owners. The painful impressions created by their mani fest duplicity respecting these places, and the dik• mantling of Rene and Ismail, and even of Kars, at times when they were the property of the SULTAN, cannot easily be removed. Thsy intimate too strongly the spirit by which the AUTOCRAT is still actuated, and his anxiety to persevere in the traditional policy of his House. He solemnly promised, on attaining the throne, that he would follow the course of Lis predecessors ; and he seems more desirous of redeeming that pledge than those which he has given to other nations. The approaching corona tion to be carried out in the stronghold of the old - Muscovite party probably increases that desire at the present moment. But that can be no excuse to those with whotn he is playing fast and loose, and whose feelings of distrust must be greatly en hanced by the hesitation and bad grace with which he discharges the solemn covenants into which he bad entered. Never was there a more absurd claim put for ward than that to Serpents Island. It is true that it was not expressly mentioned in the Treaty, but it came entirely within its spirit. The great object was to insure the free navigation of the Danube. To guarantee that great desideratum, Russia consented to abandon a portion of the ter ritory she had previously plundered from Turkey. Her pride and vanity wree appeased by the speci ous term—rectification of frontier. But it was to all intents and purposes a surrender of territory, for the purpose of preventing her from control ling the navigation of that important river. This solemn and deliberate act she has at tempted to neutralise, by taking forcible posses sion of an island commanding the Salina mouths of the river, and indeed both the other branches. There ca►n be no doubt or difficulty respecting the purpose with which she has made this aggression. As territory, the disputed ground would be abso lutely worthless. It would, in fact, be a dam nosa hereditas not worth a moiety of the expense of retaining possession. But it completely cog. manded the debouchure of the river, and in the hands of Russia could still divert the whole of the traffic to Odessa, the object which the AUTO CRAT had, and perhaps still has, so strongly at heart. The experiment was also possibly tried for the purpose of testing the disposition of the other contracting parties, and seeing how far they would submit to any infraction of the Treaty. That point has now been sot at rest ; and we trust that Russia, who has now accurately mea sured the length of her tether, will be contented to wait for a more favourable opportunity before she again ventures to display her true colours, or to exhibit so flagrant a disregard of public opinion amongst the other nations of the world. The immense importance to the country of a dile development of the resources of our Indiam Empire cannot well be too frequently insisted on. The g l a mour which daz z l e d t h e eyes and led astray the imagination of our forefathers has been dispersed, and in its place is to be found scepticism, or rather, indifference. The public believe no longer that India is a granary of pre cious stones in settings of barbaric gold, where boundless wealth awaits the enterprise of the unscrupulous adventurer. All that ever was dreamed of India has been surpassed by the pro vosts held out by the discovery and working of THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY ,EVE,ni-, ful as Oxford ; and Curk again succeeds in being represented. It is a matter of regret that the number of candidates has decreased to one-half this year, but this is to be attributed to the very severe examination to which the candidates were sub jected in 1855 ; and we must hope that when the examination papers are published this year they will induce more aspirants to present themselves. We have not seen as yet these papers; but, judging from the marks at the two examinations, either the test has been less severe, or a much better body of men have presented themselves. The former is the more likely hypothesis. This year the marks of the last successful candidate amount to 1,736, a figure which but three men attained to in 1855. The first marks this year are higher by 600 than the first marks last year, and the same difference exists between the marks of the last successful candidates. The average mark of the successful candidates was this year 2,112, while last year it was but 1,437. Large competition is what we want in order to get good men, and we hope to see more candidates present themselves for the future. No young man, who may spend a year or two in reading for this ex amination, should consider his time thrown away, even if he be unsuccessful, for it was one of the principles on which Mr. MACAULAY'S minute was founded, that, in conducting these examinations, care should be taken not to examine a candidate in anything which, in the event of his being re jected, he might regret the study of. This year a change was introduced into the examination, one which we consider to have been very impor tant. Last year the whole examination was con ducted on paper, this year one whole week was spent in examining the candidates viva voce. So that in the present method of examination a better test is afforded of a man's moral qualities, his courage, self-possession and readiness, points all-important for the duties which await the suc cessful candidate in India. It is gratifying to know that every young man may, by his own exertions, obtain a position co veted by the most aristocratic parents for their sons, and which insures not merely independence, but, with good conduct, future rank, wealth, and distinction, together with the opportunity of re tiring at a comparatively early age, when a bar rister in this country might he considered a rising young man, to the enjoyment of the otium cum dignitate coveted by all, but which few indeed are so fortunate as to attain by their own unassisted efforts. - - _ COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUGUST 9. Colonel Foster, commanding Royal Engineers south western district, had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. AUGUST 10. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere arrived at Osborne on a visit yesterday, and will embark in the royal yacht as Secretary of State in attendance during her Majesty's cruise. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Prin cess Royal. and Princess Alice, attended divine service at IVhippingLam church this morning. The Rev. J. Prothero officiated. THE QUEEN'S CRUISE TO THE CHAN• NEL ISLANDS. PORTS qourff, SIIND AY EVENING. The Royal steam squadron, under the command in chief of Captain the Hon. J. Denman, consisting of the Victoria and Albert and Faisy (carrying the Court), the Salamander, Commander Meehan ; the Osprby, Com mander Blomfield ; the Sparrowhawk, Commander Cresswell ; the Wanderer, Commander Luce ; the Alac rity, Commander Majendie ; the Cormorant, Commander Bowden ; the Black Eagle, Master-Commander Petley ; and the Vivid, Master• Commander Williams, all mus tered off Odborne last evening. A 5 this evening the squadron had steam np, and were moored in order, ready for starting as soon as the Queen should embark. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose have left Belgrave• square within the last few days for their seat in Scotland. The Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., bas left London on a short continental tour. Lady Ballard and daughter have arrived at llllock's Ro3_al Hotel, Bowness, Windermere. The Lord Bishop of Carlisle arrived at Ullock's Royal Hotel, Bo wness, on Friday last. The Earl and Countess of Bradford have arrived at his lordship's scat, St. Catherine's, near Bownesp, Win dermere. The Duke of Devonshire has left Devonshire House for Chatsworth, Derbyshire, where his Grace will receive a select circle previous to going to Bolton Abbey, his seat in Yorkshire, for grouse-shooting. Major-General Doveton, General Sir John Doveton, K.C.8., and Lady Doveton, are now on a visit to the LakeP, having arrived at Ullock's Royal Hotel, Bow ness, Windermere. A letter from Hanover announces that M. de Fonton, Russian minister in that city, had returned to his post. According to a letter from Galatz, Prince Ghika, ex bospodar of Moldavia, intends to retire to Switzerland, where he has purchased an estate. M. HoMnguer has left Paris for Belgium to treat on behalf of the house of Rothschild for the purchase of the Belgian lines of railway. _ _ _ Letters from Vienna mention that Sir Morton Peto has been engaged to construct the Empress Elizabeth (Western of Austria) Railway. A Frenchman, lately arrived from Sebastopol, reports that the Russians have raised four of the sunken vessels —two steamers, a large corvette, and a frigate —and have set to repairing them. The Austrian Government has ratified the arrange. ments for the junction of the Lombard and Piedmontese Railways, as fixed by the delegates of each country at Milan. Miss Nightingale has left Constantinople for England. She took her departure privately on board a French wail boat. The Austrian Government has determined to keep a certain number of troops in the Principalities until the settlement of a form of government is deoided upon. A letter from St. Petersburg states that the Grand Duke Nicholas had left for Moscow, to inspect the troops returning from the Crimea. An imperial ukase has made the military tribunals competent to try females who may be charged with robbing precious metals in the mines of Siberia. PROPOSED CHECK UPON CUSTOMS FRAUDS.—The Customs authorities at Liverpool have suggested that the merchants of that port shall issue a detailed list of the duties paid by each firm in the town, for the pur pose of providing a check to the numerous frauds which have been lately practised by mercantile clerks. It is believed that a number of firms who object to their af fairs being thus open to scrutiny will organise an oppo sition to the proposed plan. ARMY AND NAVY CLUE.—The grand staircase of the Army and Navy Club is about to be enriched by the erection of a memorial window, in commemoration of officers who have fallen in different engagements. The window, which will be in the Venetian-Italian style, will be composed of brilliant cut glass. On the window will be medallions exhibiting the names and dates of the battles, and the arms of the club. The architraves will be of Sienna marble, with panels of black marble, on which will be inscribed, in letters of gold, the names of the officers commemorated. EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL CO3l - Aug. B.—Contracts have been en tered into with Messrs. Thompson and Co., Mr. Scott, and Messrs. Hill and Co. (of the Clyde), for the con struction of three largo steamers for this company. Two, to run between Southampton and Alexandria, are to be about 2,000 tons, with engines of 600-horse power; and the third, to run between Suea and Melbourne, will he 1;800 tons, and the engines of 650. horse power. It has been proposed to call them the Sydney, Mel bourne, and Australian, which has given rise to an ill founded rumour that the new company are about to purchase the steamers of the old company. LORD TALBOT DE MALAHIDE.—We understand that her Majesty has signified her intention of conferring the honour of the British peerage on Lord Talbot de Mala hide, and that the title of Tyrconnell has been selected by his lordship as that by which he will hold his seat in the House of Peers.. It may be remembered that an English coronet was bestowed by Lord Mel bourne's Government upon the undie of the present peer, who was created Lord Furnival in 1839, but the latter title became extinct on his decease without male issue in 1849. The name of Lord Talbot de Malahide is well known in the literary world as the President of the Archaeological Sodiety of Great Britain and Ireland. He has chosen the title of Tyrconnell in virtue of his rela tion as heir general to Richard Talbot, created by James 11. Earl, and afterwards Duke of Tyrconnell, who died in the service of that Monarch while holding the post of Chief Governor of Ireland, and whose only sister mar ried Richard Talbot, Auditor-General of Ireland before the Revolution, from whom the present peer is fourth in direct descent. Since the Revolution of 1688 the earldom of Tyrconnell was conferred on the Carpenter in 1761, but became er loot in the person of the fourth earl in January, 1853 LATEST EWS. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the fol- [owing : The Emperor arrived at Paris on Saturday at half-past six in the evening. His Majesty was received at the Strasburg station by their Excel lencies the Ministers, the Prefect of the Seine and his Secretary-General, the Prefect of Police, and the directors of the railway. His Majesty entered an open carriage, accom panied by his Aide-de-Camp General Espinaise, the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, and the Mar quis Lagrange, and proceeded to the Tuileries, where the Empress was awaiting his arrival. Their Majesties then left together for St. Cloud. His Majesty was enthusiastically cheered by ,he population on the Boulevards and at the rail- way station. His Majesty is in the enjoyment of perfect health. General Fleury, first Equerry, and General de Bevillo, aide-de-camp of the Emperor, returned with his Majesty from Plorabieres. The Moniteur also publishes the following : His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs has received the following despatch from the French Ambassador at Constantinople : " THERAPIA, AUG. 9. " The Russian commander of the city of Kars has announced to the governor of Erzeronm that he is ready to hand over the place to the Ottoman authorities. " .knapa is occupied by the Russians. " The inhabitants have fled to the mountains." Official despatches from Naples do not make any reference to the asserted determination of King Ferdinand to change his domestic policy. The inhabitants and the Legations were sending in petitions to the Roman Government to get rid of the Austrians. If their request was not listened to, they declared that no taxes would be paid. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " The despatch from Therapia contained in to day's (Sunday's) Moniteur, stating that the Rus sian commandant of Kars bad announced to the governor of Erzeroum his readiness to give over the place, confirms, as far as it goes, the predic tion lately ventured by part of the Paris press, that no importance was to be attached to the hesitations and pretensions of Russia with respect to the execution of the Treaty of Paris, that they would not be persisted in, and that all slight differences would be arranged. But, although we cannot suppose that M. de Thouvenel would have telegraphed in such positive terms unless quite sure of the fact, there yet are persons incredu lous as to the frankness and sincerity of Russia, who still doubt that the treaty will be fully carried out, and who :think they detect a deep &sign in the conduct of that Power, which they suspect to have made peace less from the pressure of necessity than to put an end to the alliance between England and France. They argue that Russia, believing it to be neither the interest nor the inclination of France again to take the field against her, would not be sorry to engage in a single-handed contest with England, against whom she is said to cherish a very bitter feeling. Independently of the financial con siderations which some suppose to exist, there cer tainly are motives for thinking that the French Go vernment would not willingly again draw the sword against Russia. The mot attributed to Prince Orloff, on his return i from the Paris Conferences, is well known—" What a pity," he is reported to have said to the Emperor Alexander, " that your Majesty's lamented father did not know the Emperor Napo leon ; he would never have gone to war with him•" Now that better acquaintance has been made, it is thought a very improbable contingency, at least for some time to come, that the Gallic and Muscovite eagles should again stand opposed to each other. But those who attribute to Russia a desire for a fresh quarrel with England, and an intention to seek it by not complying with all the terms of the treaty of Paris, lose sight, I think, of the treaty of the 15th of April, and also underrate the losses and embarrassments which (whatever other motives and views may have concurred) were certainly the main inducement to the Emperor Alexander to accept the terms proposed. There can be no doubt as to the unpopularity of the war in the greater part of Russia, as to the immense privations it imposed, and the heavy burden it was upon the proprietors of the soil. The want of railroads and the great extent of country rendered a march much more fatal than a battle. Wo have had the most positive evidence from Southern Rus sia of the pitiable state in which the troops pro ceeding to the Crimea appeared in the towns through which they passed, of the numbers they left upon the road, of the inadequate transport for sick and exhausted stragglers, of the diminution of their strength by one-half and even two-thirds before they got to Perekop. Ido not think we need seek covert motives for the readiness of Russia to make peace any more than we should be justified in doubting that, if a disposition be shown to evade the terms upon which it was concluded, France will be found as prompt and determined as Eng land and Austria in insisting upon their being fully carried out, and as ready as she ever has shown her self, since first we together entered upon the great contest now at an end, to act with us in the spirit of frank and cordial co-operation." FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY. The Empress yesterday received at the Chateau of St. Cloud Marshal Duke Pelissier, who was pre sented to her Majesty by the Minister of War. The Emperor arrived at Luneville yesterday afternoon at a quarter past five, and received from the people a must enthusiastic welcome. The Em peror proceeded to the chateau, and in a short time afterwards mounted on horseback and rode to the Champ-de-Mars, where the division of ca •alry was bivouacked. This day (Saturday) his Majesty is to pass in review these troops, as well as other regiments of cavalry from the adjacent towns; and after partaking of a grand breakfast, offered by the inhabitants of Luneville, will take his de parture for Nancy. His Majesty has signified his intention of remaining in this last-named town only a few minutes, just to receive the authorities at the railway station, and will arrive in Paris at about eight in the evening. The health of his Ma jesty is excellent. "The Emperor," says the Messager de Bayonne, "is to be present at the inauguration of the section of the railway from Bordeaux to Toulouse, and from thence will proceed to Biarritz with the Em press and the Prince Imperial. This c.remony is to take place between the 15th and the 20th of this month." M. Faidherbe, chef de bataillon in the engineers, and governor of Senegal, has arrived in Paris, and has been received by the Minister of Marine at a private audience. M. Olozaga, Spanish ambassador at Paris, arrived two days ago at Bayonne from Eaux Bonnes. After stopping there about an hour, he left for Guethary, a small place in the arrondissement of Bayonne, where his family have been for some days awaiting his arrival. The Con stitutlonnel says :—" General Falcon, who commanded the insurgents at Saragossa, but who left that city b e f ore the entry of General Dulce, and took refuge in France, proceeded first to Pau ' • but it is stated th a t T ours has been now assigned him as his place of residence." We read in the Moniteur de la Flotte :—" The great powers of Europe appear to be endeavouring at the present time to enter into close relations with the different countries of the extreme East. We learn that Rear-Admiral Savozjko has just been charged by the Russian Government with a pri vate mission to the Court of Polrin. His admission into the capital of the celestial Empire is certain, and results from one of the clauses of the late treaty of Kiatka, signed between the Russians and the Chinese. According to the term et that eon. AUGITST 11, 1856 vention the Admiral is only to take with him one Aide-de-Camp and an interpreter, and tobe accom panied by a civil Mandarin, who is to watch over and direct his journey. At the date of the last accounts he was at Tchingio, a small town in the province of PeAchi-li, the place of rendezvous appointed for him ; and thence he will start for the capital, which is distant about 500 kilometres (about 300 miles). The mission of Admiral Savozjko is interesting to the whole of Europe. Since 1811, the period of the embassy of Lord Amherst to the Emperor Kia- King, which did not, lead to any serious result, no European has entered Pekin in any official quality." BOURSE, Aug. 9.—The following were the latest quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 95 25 —f. —e. 3 per Cents 7O 55 70 75 New Loan 7O 70 Bank Shares 4,100 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,630 Austrian Belgian Fives 99l— Spanish Throes Piedmontese(s) . 9O 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-PCB CAZEI. fr. C. fr. c. Orleans ......... ...... 1,420 Western n7s Northern ... 1,050 Strasburg ••• 942 50 Lyons ,., , New Ditto Mediterranean 1,837 50 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Bl7 50 Teste Cette BlO Austrian Com. ..... . 896 25 AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 4th, in the Bourse Gazette, says—" A conference, which lasted several hours, took place yesterday between the Ambassa dor of Naples, Prince Petrulla, and Count Buol, previously to which the latter had conversed at length with Baron de Bourqueney. Count Buol again pointed out to the Ambassador of the Two Sicilies the grave nature of existing circumstances; and assured him that, in the event of the repre sentations of the Western Powers not being heark ened to the latter would assuredly break off diplo matic relations with the Cabinet of Naples, and reserve to themselves future measures. Count Buol added that Austria, having exhausted all means of persuasion, would only oppose a pas sive attitude to the ulterior steps of the Western Powers. He recalled the attention of Prince Petrulla once more to the danger to which the conduct of the Neapolitan Government exposed not only the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, but all ' Italy, a danger to which Austria could not remain indifferent. Prince Petrulla appeared penetrated with the truth of these observations, and promised to do all ho could to modify the present position ; and he hinted that the Neapolitan cabinet had be gun to hesitate in its policy, and that he hoped be fore long to transmit certain concessions which would respond to the principal demands of the Western Powers. Immediately after this inter view, despatches were sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from the Neapolitan Embas3y to Naples." Another letter from Vienna says :—" The great German Powers are firmly resolved to carry the question of the domains of Holstein Lauenberg be fore the Germanic Diet in spite of the objections of Denmark ; the powers which signed the protocol of London do not share the opinion of Denmark that it falls within the jurisdiction of the five great European Powers. France is said to have made a satisfactory declaration to that effect. It is certain that a second note has been sent from Vienna to Copenhagen, and that the reply to it, which arrived last week, is not considered more satisfactory than the first one ; it is, so to speak, only an acknow ledgment of the receipt of the Austrian note, and an announcement that Denmark is about to dis cuss the question fully in a note to be presented to the five great Powers." PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of the 6th, announces the arrival in that city, from Frankfort, of M. do Bis mark Schonhausen, Prussian plenipotentiary to the Germanic Diet, which has adjourned for the vacation. lie immediately had an audience of the King, and was about to leave for his seat in Pome rania. M. Thiers from Dresden, and Sir Charles Napier from St. Petersburg, have arrived at Berlin. A St. Petersburg letter, of the 30th ult. says An Imperial decree published yesterday enacts that M. de Boutenieff shall go to Constantinople, not as Am bassador, but on a special mission, and that be shall retain his functions as member of the Council of the Empire." We learn from the Turin journals of the Gth that a subscription has been started in Piedmont to de fray the cost of 100 pieces of ordnance for the new fortifications of Alessandria. The Opiniene ex presses itself ou the subject as follows : " This subscription is a manifestation against the slavery of Italy ; it is a means of revealing how univer sally the independence of Italy is prayed for." The Piedmontese Gazette, which is the official jour nal, says : "The country seizes with anxiety every opportunity of showing its devotedness to those principles of inde psndenpe and dignity which influence the palicy of the King's government." The Piedmontese Gazette states from Friburg, in Switzerland, that Mgr. Masilley has issued a cir cular to his clergy, announcing that his return to the diocese is definitively adjourned, it having been impossible to come to an agreement relative to the provisional convention which was to regulate the intercourse between the State and the Church. SPAIN. General Dulce, on arriving before Saragossa, ad dressed the following proclamation to the inhabi tants : " Arragonese,—Being called upon by her Ma jesty's Government to re-establish tranquillity and the empire of the law in this district, I come to you with the Queen's orders, and with an army to exe cute them. Approaching your capital as Ido in an attitude justified by the state of resistance of the city, it is my duty to refute the insidious con struction which the enemies of public order, with a view to misdirect your patriotic sentiments, have put upon the constitutional exercise of the pre rogatives of the crown. You have been falsely told that the Government intended to put down liberty when it was only firm to repress anarchy and to secure all individual rights and interests. This energy you will find in me until the principle of authority shall be respected, and the empire of law re-established. " You know me, Arragonese. You know under what flag I have always fought. In the name of her Majesty, and of her government, I come to offer peace to your heroic and immortal city. I warn those who may be so deluded as to persist in the path of rebellion that my attack will know no other limit than the end of the resistance. I frankly admit the honourable claims which the dignity of your character, as shown ou many occa sions, has to the consideration of the country ; and my greatest pleasure will be to enter your city with words of peace and concord. But I am resolved, above all things, not to allow the pretensions of a few ambitious persons to overbear the representa tive of her Majesty's Government. In the capital of the monarchy power has shown itself tolerant. Its generous conduct has thrown a - veil of oblivion over th• scenes of blood' and mourning occasioned by the struggle. This should bo for you au eloquent exainple. For my own part, I shall ac complish my mission with that energy which my responsibility to her Majesty's Government requires. _ " Your Captain-General, " DOMINGO DULCE." AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Niagara, from Boston and Halifax, has ar rived, with advices from New York to the 29th, and by telegraph from the latter port to the 31st ultimo. She brings 371,332 dols. in specie. The screw steam-ship India, hence, arrived at Quebec on the 27th, and the Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia at Halifax on the 28th ult. The iUnited States mail steam-ship Ericsson, hence, arrived at New York oa. the 28th ult. The steam-ship City of Baltimore and the steam ship Alps, from Havre, had arrived at New York on the 29th ult. The French steam-ship Barcelona left New York for Havre on the 29th ult., with 107 pasaengers and 552,000 in specie on freight. In the Senate the bill amending the diplomatic and consular system had been passed, and a reso lution calling on the President to communicate whatever information he might have respecting affairs in California with reference to the operations of the San Francisco - Vigilance Committee, and whether application had been made by the Governor of that state for aid in enforcing the laws adopted. In the House o f R epresen t a ti ves M r . Sh a rman 's amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill was adopted, and the bill as amended passed. Mr. Burlinghatne had been bound over to keep the peace in the district of Columbia. He had ap peared in the House of Representatives. Nothing new had transpired with regard to the difficulties with Colonel Brookes. _ _ The jury in the caseeflll7.fferbert, tried for the murder of Keating on Friday, rendered a ver dict of acquittal. The Irish population in Wash ington were exceedingly indignant. A serious accident had occurred on board the steamer Empire State, on her trip from Fall River to New York. When off Point Judith her steam pipes or flues exploded, killing seven and wound ing 15 of the passengers. The dates from Havannah, vice Charleston, are to the 25th ult l 1)91itiolly there is 1;19 laVil of importauces. Sugars were slightly lower, but holders wore generally firm. The' crop would prove about one-fifth short. In the Now York money-market stocks firmer, but inactive. Exchange unchanged. Cotton dull. Flour better. Pork lower. Beet heavy. Freights to Liverpool lower. (LATEST BY TELEGRAPH, VIA. HALIFAX.) NEW YORK, JULY 21, EVENING. The steamer Washington arrived here yesterday. The tone of our market to-day is firm. Sterling exchange dull at 91 to 10. Cotton unchanged, and market dull. Quotations of flour are advanced 12c. to 18c. ; wheat advanced 5c., and corn 2c. since the Niagara sailed. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 30, EVENING.. Sales of cotton to-day ; 1,600 bales middling Orleans quoted 101 cents. SOUTH AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP AVON. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. By the arrival of the Avon, Captai:n. Revolt, of the Royal Mail Company, we are in possession of advices from the following places, with their re spective dates affixed :—Buenos Ayres, July 2 ; Monte Video, 5 ; Rio de Janeiro, 15 ; Bahia, 19 ; Pernambuco, 21; St. Vincent, 28; Teneriffe, Aug. 1 ; Madeira, 3 ; Lisbon, 6. The usual mails from the above places were in charge of Lieut. Bridges, Admiralty agent. The Avon brings 125 passengers, specie to the at fount of 6,0001., diamonds, precious stones, and pearls to the value of 56,8001., and on freight 15 serous of ipecacuhana, 230 barrels of tapioca, 94 serons of cochineal, and 85 parcels of samples. She reports the following wrecks :—On the Bth of March, in the Straits of Magellan, the EngliAh ship Western Bride, bound from Chincha Islands to Cork, no lives lost. On the Bth of May, in the Straits of Magellan, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's screw steamer Panama. The Avon brings home part of the crews of the above vessels. Her Majesty's ships at Rio were the Madagas car, Indefatigable, Riflemen, Syren, Express, Sharpshooter, and the Pearl (corvette). There is no political news of any interest from the Brazils since the arrival of the last mail. Cho lera has disappeared in all the ports, and there are only a few cases of yellow fever of a mild nature among the shipping. With respect to the sugar crop the canes are looking well and healthy, but great fears are entertained that there will be a want of labour to secure the crops at Bahia and I Pernambuco. _ _ _ . From the Cape de Verds Islands there is no news of importance. At Madeira business was at a stand, in conse quence of the prevalence of cholera, which disease was supposed to have been taken to the island by some troops from Lisbon, on the 3d of July. Since that date there has been 1,500 deaths. At Funchal the deaths from this disease are about 90 per diem. The cultivation of the sugar cane and cochineal was progressing favourably, and the vines were generally reported to be healthy. At Lisbon .the cholera was still prevalent, deaths averaging from 80 to 100 per diem. THE RIVER PLATE. We have advices from the River Plate :—Bnenos Ayres, July 2 ; Monte Video, July 5. At Buenos Ayres, the general reports of trade are satisfactory. Prices in most articles of com merce remain as before. Ounces have shown a decided upward tendency, which may be accounted for in part by the announced deficit and the pro posed creation of public funds to meet the exi gency ; and in part by the sinister rumours that have been going the round as to the state of affairs on the southern frontier.' Among other things, it has been said, on the alleged authority of letters from Mendoza, that a formidable reinforcement of Araucanian Indians have crossed the Andes. Of Spanish wines, Brazilian and North American rum, sugar, and other staple articles, prices remain firm, with rather an upward tendency, although the stocks on hand are somewhat considerable. On the contrary, rice, tobacco, and yerba show a ten dency to decline, which is a proof that the market is fully stocked. General Escalada has accepted the command in chief of the army on the southern frontier ; and, as was anticipated, Colonel Jose Diaz has been ap pointed chief of the staff. In order to recruit the army of the line the Minister of War has submitted a draft of law establishing a military conscription ; a measure perfect, perhaps, in theory, but of ques tionable expediency. At the same time it is ne cessary that something decisive should be done, and that without delay. Even supposing peace made with the Indians, it will always require a respectable and efficient force on the frontier ; but there is more faith in the silver hook, that is, in a high bounty, good pay, and good treatment, than in the accidental decisions of the ballot. From Monte Video we learn that the internal tranquillity appears to get consolidated, and as a conclusive proof that business has revived the custom-house revenue has more than doubled under the present administration. Rumours have been circulated through the Rio press that a French flotilla is about to ascend the Parana and the Paraguay, to demand redress for alleged offences against the late colony of Nueva Burdeos. There are great calls for labour, and flattering invitations to emigrants. In Brazil and the Ar gentine Republic alone there are room and re sources for a hundred million emigrants. COMMERCIAL. We give the following commercial abstract . from the best-authenticated source : BUENOS ATRES.—Exchange, 645. 6d. to 658.; freights scarce ; salted hides, 40s. ; tallow, 475. 61 ; dry hides, 70s. bales, 30s. o 355. A good business has been done in the dry goods market during the last month. RIO DE JANElRO.—Exchange '274 and 27i ; freights flat, at 508. to 555. Channel, and for New York, 100 c. to 80c. Coffee flat; sales since the last steamer 99,520 bags. Nominal prices of coffee from 3 dol. 600 to 5 dol. for old, and 4 dol. 750 to 4 dol. 900 for New York. BAHlA.—Exchange firm here, 27i, the Brazil banks having come in as drawers, more bills were left in the market than cash offered. Sugars in demand for the southern native markets, and 2 dole. 700 for Picked browns, and 3 dole. 200 for whites were freely given, Freights, small vessels wanted—best freights 508., London ; 558., Bremen ; 575. 61, Channel. PERNAMBIICO.—Exchange, 27 to 27i. Cotton, 6 dole. to 6 dols. 400 per arroba. Sugars, 2 dols. 600 and 3 dols. 700. Freights are so dull that vessels are glad to take any rate, in order to obtain a cargo. Import goods business had been brisker, and stocks were somewhat reduced, with a want of staple goods. The Right Rev. Montague Villiers, the newly-ap pointed Bishop of Carlisle, consecrated the church at Birthwaite on Friday, and the new cemetery and burial ground, Bowness, Windermere, the same day. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.--A frightful and fatal accident occurred on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, near Taun ton, to a man named Meades, a packer on the line, on Thursday last. An excursion train from London was pass ing at the same time as the up•express, from Exeter. De ceased's attention appeared to be attracted by the down excursion train, and not hearing the up express coming behind him, he was knocked down byl that train and literally cut to pieces. His remains were shortly after c )1- lected, and an inquest subsequently held on them, and a verdict of accidental d eath return ed. Deceased had been upwards of seven years in the company's service. THE SWORD PRESENTATION TO( THE EARL OF CARDI *AL—The committee of gentlemen appointed by the subscribers to the magnificent stvord-to be presented to the Earl of Cardigan, have been sitting in the council chamber of the Leeds Court-house during the weak, to make arrangements for giving a banquet to the noble earl in the Music-hall, Leeds, on the occasion of the formal presentation (on behalf of his Yorkshire tenantry) of the magnificent sword commemorative of his gallant conduct at Balaklava. E. Denison, Esq., M.P., will preside at the bauquet, which is expected to take place on the 30th inst.—Leeds Mercury. EXECUTION OF NEYAN.—William Nevan, who was con• victed of the murder of Benjamin Robinson, a serjeant in the Marines, at Saltasb, at the recent Bodmin A ss i zes , a ppeared to be fully aware of the awful position in which he was placed, and to be conscious of his ap. preaching f a te, He was a Roman Catholic, and since his c.)ndemnation be had been daily visited by the Rev. Mr. Shortland, a priest of that church. His demeanour was that of a meek and Sorrowing penitent. He refered caeca , sionally - to his past life,"and had openly confessed the act of which he was found guilty. The other day h e hadifillifirVievi with his wife and four children, and the scene is described as most affecting. He was executed this morning in front of Bodmin Gaol. SUDDEN DEATH OF SIB JOHN MILLEY DOYLE. We regret to ennounce the unexpected death / of this gentleman, one o f the Military Knights of Windsor, which took plats this (Saturday) morning. The deceased retired to his bed last night at his usual hour, and in his ordinary state of health. It must, however, be stated that he had, for the past few weeks, severely suffered from gout as well as from a tightness on the chest, resulting from what - the profession term " angina pectoris." It appears that the servant in attendance upon Sir John visited his bed room at about three o'clock this morning, when her master did not complain of feeling worse. On again en= tering the room, soon after seven o'clock, she found him insensible—in fact, quite dead.— Windsor Express . DEATH BY DROWNING AT DOVER.—On Wednesday, the 6th inst., Mr. J. Whitmore Winslow, a fine young man, aged 21, of Trinity Colle g e, D u b l i n, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Octavius Winslow, of Leamington, and nephew of Dr. F. Winslow, lost hi s lif e while bathing in the sea at Dover. It appeared that he went out in a machine and undressed, and went into the water, but nothing more was seen of hi m . W hen the machine was pulled up it was only then discovered that be had not returned. Several hours afterwards the body was found on the beach, but life was quit e ex ti nc t. He was a y o uth eminent for his Piety, and had given early promise of great distinction. -Au inquest was held on the body on the 7th instant, and the verdict was--" Accidentally drowned while bath' " " DEATH OF MADAME VESTRIS. Purposing, as we do, in this off season, to give critical and biographical notices of the more emi • sent members of the theatrical profession, we have scarcely commenced our task ere death has erased from the list which we had jotted down the name of one of the most celebrated women of the day. Mrs. Charles Mathews, well known all over Europe as Madame Vestris, expired on Friday night, at 12 o'clock, at her residence, Grove Lodge, Fulham, after suffering for many months "under au excruci ating and incurable disease. Renowned during her youth for her beauty and esprit, and during the latter years of her life for her admirable taste and knowledge of everything appertaining to dramatic effect, few women have had their names brought so prominently before the world ; indeed, as it is the practice of would•be wits to father their dull jokes and pointless inanities upon Sheridan or Curran in order that they may pass muster, so was it the habit of the flaneurs and diners out of twenty years ago to attribute the most romantic anecdotes of boundless extravagance or bizarre behaviour to Madame Vestris. In creating for her this unen viable notoriety jealousy had no small share. It is well known that in the eyes of the mean-spirited there is nothing so criminal as success, and we re gret to say that in the theatrical profession the truth of this axiom is too frequently elucidated. Madame Vestris had not• only a talent for dramatic repre sentation—that is to say, for acting a character— but she possessed that much rarer qualification, the power of harmonising dramatic effect with the realities of every-day life. During her management, and under her artistic eye, were for the first time produced comedies of modern life in which the dress and behaviour of the characters and adjuncts and. accessories of the scene were such as the audience were rarely accustomed to see. Had a " super" to come on and deliver a message, he was drilled to do it simply and naturally, and not to announce it in the blood-and-thunder voice which these persons usually conceive to be inseparable from acting ; while the speechless noblemen and guests at an evening party were, by her, rescued from the wild state of apparel in which they had hitherto in dulged, and clothed in ordinary evening costume. Among ill-informed people, who, by the way, are always the most garru - lous, it has been fora length of time the custom to speak of Madame Testris as of an almost fabulous age ; and to marvel that she had so long retained strength and spirit enough to appear upon the stage. It is almost needless to say that this assertion, like most others of the same kind, was unfounded. The daughter of a well-known engraver, named Bartolozzi, she was born in the year 1797, and from the .first gave evidence of extraordinary abilities as a musician and a linguist. At the age of sixteen she was mar ried to M. Armand Vestris, the principal dancer at and ballet-master of the then King's Theatre, in the Haymarket, at whose solicitation she entered upon the dramatic profession, appearing first as Proserpina in the opera of " Il Ratto di Proser pina," at the theatre to which her husband was attached. Having, however, scarcely made the sensation which was expected, she did not re main in London, but accompanied her husband to Paris, where she played for some time in drama and tragedy in the French lan guage, of which she was a perfect mistress. On her return to England in 1819, she accepted an engagement with Mr. Elliston, at Drury lane, and Mozart's opera of "Don Giovanni" being at that time at the height of its popularity, she shortly afterwards established her fame in a bur lesque of that masterpiece called " Giovanni in London," in which she as the hero, and Harley as Leporello, created an extraordinary sensation. From this time her success was complete, and she reigned the spoilt favourite of the London public both at Drury-lane and Covent-garden, playing what is technically termed " first light comedy," such as Lydia Languish in " The Rivals," Letitia Hardy in " The Bell's Stratagem," Miss Hard castle in " She Stoops to Conquer," &c. Charac ters of more serious interest she never attempted. In the year 1829 she became lessee of the Olympic Theatre, which she transformed into the most ele gant " temple of the drama" in London. Assisted by an admirable company, and having at her com mand the freshest and smartest dramatic authors then on town, her theatre soon became the most popular in the metropolis. There were first pro duced those brilliant extravaganzas and revues of Messrs. Planche and Charles Dance upon which their, fame is built. On the 7th December, 1835, Mr. Charles Mathews, who had been brought up as an architect, made his first appearance on the stage at the Olympic in a farce called the " Old and Young Stager," in which he was admir ably supported by Liston, at that time the prop of the establishment. In the year 1838 Madame Vestris, whose husband had died, in 1825, married Mr. Charles Mathews, and leaving the Olympic under the management of Mr. Planche, they immediately started for America. With our Transatlantic neighbours, however,- the favourites of the Olympic were a failure, and they returned to England in 1839, in the September of which year they entered upon the lesseeship of Covent Garden. Under their management were produced some of the chefs d'auvres of modern dramatic authorship, among which may be mentioned "Lon don Assurance," " Time Works Wonders," " Old Heads and Young Hearts," and some excellent pantomimes, " The Castle of Otranto," the "Great Bed of Ware," &c., and some of Mr. Planche's best burlesques. Among the company were Messrs. Fatten, Strickland, C. Mathews, Harley,,Keeley, Anderson, Bartley, &c., and Mesdames Yestris, Nisbett, Orger, Hunaby, &c. The speculation, however, did not answer, and the lessees gave up management at the end of their third season, in April, 1842. After this they accepted a short tem porary engagement at Drury-lane with Mr. Mac ready, and a mere lengthened one with Mr Web ster, at the Haymarket. In 1846 Mr. and Mrs. Mathews joined Mr. Maddox's company at the Princess's, and in the autumn of 1847 they opened the English Opera House, in Welling ton-street, under the name of the Lyceum. Here the old Olympic Revels were renew ed, several of the former actors and authors attached to the management flocking to the newly-raised standard. Madame Vestris played two or three important parts, such as the Wonderful Woman and the Pride of the Market, and made a great hit in more pathetic characters, as, for instance, in Mr. Slingsby Law rance's " Chain of Events," and in the translation of Madame de Girardin's play, "La Joie fait Peur,'i under the name of 'fSunshine through the Clouds.' p But her strength now began to fail her, and she principally confined herself to the direction of the stage, in which she showed that taste and talent for which we have before described her as being so remarkable. For the occasion of her husband's benefit, on Wednesday, July 26, 1854, she made her last appearance, in " Sunshine through the Clouds," and since that she has been confined always to the house, and principally to her room. She is now no more ; but her name will long be recollected in English theatrical society as that of one of the cleverest and most far-seeing women of her time. Of her faults there will be too many to speak ; be it our task to chronicle her talent, her liberality, and her perseverance in her profession. —Morning Paper. ANOTHER ASCENT OF MONT BLANO.—A letter front Chamotinix -of the Ist, in the Savoy Gazette, says " The great event of the day here is an ascent of Mont Blanc, commenced yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, by a Mr. Forman, an Englishman, and his daughter. They arrived safely at the Grands-Mulets at three in the afternoon, and by the light of lanterns left this morning at two to ascend the giant of the Alps. At ten o'clock the small party arrived on the crest of the highest moun tain in Europe, and after a halt of an hour left on their return, and reached this place at seven in the evening. This ascent will be talked of as one of the wonders of the valley, both on account bf the little time employed (15 hours to ascend and 7 to descend), and of the intreipdity shown by Miss Forman, of whom the guides speak in raptures. This young lady is the fourth female who has performed this feat. The progress of the tourists was eagerly watched during the whole day, and every win dow that commanded a view of the path was bristling with telescopes, like muskets from a loophole. The ar rival at Chaumonix was a perfect triumph ; all the inha bitants and the resident foreigners went out to meet them, and the whole re-entered the place, headed by the band of the guides in full costume, and amidst a salute of cannon and the hearty shouts of the people. A sere nade and a display of fireworks finished the fete." FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—A. melancholy occur rence took place on Friday at the Neachell Colliery, Bull Pleck, a short distance from Wiilenhall. At ix o'clock in the morning 7 men, including H. Hodgkiss, the "butty," and two lads, descended a stonepit belong ing to Messrs. Sparrow. Five of the men and the two boys proceeded at onbe into the workings, and two of the men, France and Hayward, remained at the bottom. France soon perceived the presence of foul air, and called to Hodgkiss, the " butty," to withdraw the other men and the boys from the headway. The men at the bottom gave the alarm by shouting to the person on the bank. Hodgkiss soon after reached the bottom, dragging the boys, one by each hand. The whole party, with the ex ception of the "butty,''thenb er ecalnmweinedseansaikbilpe: and d n the e meantime the men on the bank insensible menand boys were placed in it to be taken up] When the skip was about 8 or 9 yards from the ground one of the insensible men, Wm. Burns, fell from it. On reaching the bank the others* were taken out, and the usual means to restore animation were applied, we are happy to state with perfect Success. The skip was again lowered for the purpose of finding Burns, but 20 minutes elapsed,.in consequence of the stifling gas, ere the men could reach the bottom. The body of the unfortunate man was found dead, with a fearful wound on the left side of the head. He bad been ailing for some time past, and the gas probably had a greater effect upon him, than the other PA e n --13frolfrtglmi journal. Dit Dit PRI( Sfexic th fa( th Co wh by tl beim have Can Jc are 1 port I am 3 par 8 per New Long Dit India India Dit Coui4( Dil Russi Bard i T irk laDit Dii P.trir ....... r V] Her 29th ern p( to bE Eck( Y, who Brill been Were Pala A: The late form Coif, Chie FJ store your of t light was after soles butt fell i Sout lad o stree the 1 of e( seizi wate effor wou win dese Sooi, —T, the the Mes Jew Tral lE 311 Tots