The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-22 00:00:00

TUMATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Xr. E. T. Smith. TflX EVENING LOVE. Followed by Burlesque of P Z XRE.O. To conclude with A BILLET DIVERT'S ;EMENT ROYAL TE11 4 .:CF9F 279 TFII ATT?Tr". trader the Ifssagemeat of CITARLZS KEAN. Tm 4 EIESTSG, MUSIC II kTU CIIARMS. After whien, PIZARRO. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; F Ivira, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A PRIN 'E FOR AN HOUR THEATRES ROYAL, IT4YIWARKET Under thA Management of Mr. Bne.kston. WIT' EVENT , Tn. THE INCONSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dormers. After which, A CURE FOR LOVE. To conzlivie with THE SPANISH SERJEANT. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Ch Arles Dillon, THIS EVENING, BE GP LIEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. After which, the New Burlesque, founded on the Winter's Tale, supported by Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Wool-ar), Miss it. Gordon, ".Mrs. R. 'Whlt‘., Miss M. Wilton, Miss Rosina Wright, Messrs. Toole. ealhaem, Barrett, and Rrcuth. Stalls. ss. ; Dress Circle. 4s. : Upper Tloxes, 35. ; Pit 25.; Gallery. is . Commence at 7. Half pricy to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THE k.TRE ADELPEII. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING. IRELAND AS IT IS. Irollowol by DOMESTIC EC(WOMY. To conclude with misri ASSURANCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP EIITH.7AT RE. Lessee and Maira.ter, Wr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Eighth Week ! Shakcpere's RICFIARD TII7 THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Iliu trations . " Saddle White surrey for the field to-morrow !" &c. Crowded audiences testify the effect of novelty arid the Influence of the favourable opinion of the press. After which, The SCENE 4 in the CIRCLE. To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO. Commence at Seven. lit x-oft1(•0 open fr ,m Eleven till Four. Stec Manager, Mr. W. weet. Emioqtr‘an Dir , ctor. \fr. Co ke. .A.T LONDON :'RIDGE, Tale 134T—Aforn. 15 Tin. aft. 7 —Eveniug 52 min, aft. 7 T(I-MoRROw---Morn. 42 min. aft. B—Evening 33 aft_ 9 TEIE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 22. THERMOMETER, IN TvITA SHADB. 59 -highest since noon yesterday. 56 —lowest this morning snd during the night. 62 —this day at noon. IASOMETZB, 29'48—a fall of nearly an inch since Satur day _ " I ' M 'MD, S.W.—Fresh and squally, with heavy showers. Th 0 equinoctial gales seem to be on now that Sunday was t, he 21st. STILA IPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time f' r Post, may al ways be had from half- past 5 till o'clock every evening. Subic 'Fibers in the Country will please to observe t ;bat the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest itewg. If any difficulty be experien3el in obtainin g that Edition, a communication to The Sum 01 1 fice will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. g),-----,--....,, . I ) , t'.°'.`yt ~..., ~,,,.. • 511,11, -,. LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1353, Nulla, vestigict retrorsum. Such was hitherto the maxim of the Anglo-Saxon race, and such bad it .been of all other nations until the hour of their decadence arrived. The first reactionary symptom may be regarded as the "writing on the wall," that warns of an impending downfall, which would be the more serious in proportion to the height they had previously attained. This great truth has always been recognised in this country. Catholic Emancipation, the Re form Act, the Abolition of the Corn Laws, were all accepted the moment the enactments had respectively obtained the sanction of Parliament, and the most virulent party man, although he might cherish his own convictions, made no public effort to disturb the existing arrangements. We still looked " onwards" as a nation, but never cast a solitary glance behind. We had hoped that our transatlantic cousins had participated in this spirit, and that, although the dark blot of slavery was for a time tolerated within certain carefully assigned limits, there would be no extension of the iniquitous system. It was not for a moment supposed possible tha' the " compromises" that had been entered in o would be disturbed by any movement the pro-slavery direction. The friends and advocates of "The Domestic Institution" have, however, thought proper to violate the solemn compact into which they had deliberately entered. Though the mischievous energy of the Missourian ruffians, and the wanton invasion of n friendly territory, with which they were connected by the strongest baud, , , they have, for the thee being, succeeded i❑ making Kansas a Slave State, and with it, if allowed to retain their inauspicious ac quisition, they will obtain the remainder of the as yet unoccupied territory up to the very coast of the Pacific Ocean. The balance of power in Congress will thus be completely overturned. The Planters will have it all their own way, and the stern strength of the Northerns will have to quill before the fiery energy and wicked determination of their South ern rivals. Twenty-five millions of free men will have to succumb to three hundred thousand mas ters of three millions of slaves ! The recent intelligence by the Niagara confirms. the sinister rumours that had previously prevailed respecting the Planters' triumph in Kansas. Seve ral' pitched battles had taken place, in which the Free-soilers had been routed, with con siderable loss to their opponents. The vic tors showed no moderation. To kill, burn, destroy, and confiscate, seemed their sole object ; and they treated their fellow-citizens, who by a pleasing legal fiction were supposed to enjoy the protection of the Federal Government, just as if they had been fugitive slaves beyond the social pale. The Federal troops have been called out, but so long as the PIERCE Cabinet, with their convenient and pliable JEFF. Davis remains in power, it will only be to sustain and assist the Missourians. There will be no interference in the hour of success; but the moment the tables are turned, and the Free-soilers gain au advan tage, then will the movement be made to support the cause which General PIERCE has lent all efforts to advance. But will the hardy Nortlierns Submit patiently to this untoward state of affairs ? Will they permit an insignificant minori:y long to triumph over their superiors in all that constitutes a re spectable party ? We do not, we cannot credit the degrading imputation. W e s h a ll not so grievously insult men of our own race, s p ea ki aq the same language, professing the sam e reli gion, and entertaining free aspirations similar to our own. They will _not become voluntary serfs—they will not recognise Southern ascen dancy. The time has arrived when they should demand a " repeal of the Federal Union." They can not only retain but advance their political rind national status. The North is the great power of the States. Left to themselves the Southerns would speedily sink into well-merited contempt. The coloured population would indeed he a despicable class, if, with a majority of ten to one, they would still endure the hardships and oppression which have hitherto immersed them in the "slough of despond." It is merely Northern strength that has caused them to despair. Let them only be well assured that they have nothing to fear from that quarter, and before another year has passed away the slaveowners will have bitter cause to deplore their temporary triumph in Kansas. The election of FREMONT to the Presidency may save the Union. Without it there must be a dissolution, and a crash that will serve to point many morals, and adorn tales through-. out all future ages. Spain has got another constitution. The na ture of it might be inferred from a knowledge of the parties to whose recommendation the Spanish people are said to owe its adoption. There are, however, more ample and reliable sources of information respecting it, including history. The last constitution is neither new nor untried. It is the constitution of 1845, approved by CHRIS TINA and. LOUIS PHILIPPE, and not without reason by the latter. Shrewd and ambitious, but in this instance besotted, the hoary intriguer recognised in it a means to a dynastic end, and a powerful means it proved, though not precisely to the end he proposed. If Mr. SMITH, who , eft the Tuileries rather in a hurry in 1848, were living he could tell with more precision than we can pretend to what either end was. One thing may here be said of it—it was calculated to clear the way for French intrigue, and to a certain extent it answered the purpose. A sufficient motive to win for it the approval of the Em peror NAPOLEON, whose ambition, though more o wed ng, is perhaps not less dynastic Louis PHILIPPE' S, and who, to all appearance, trusts to his star and m tnagement of " the ribbons" to escape the fate of Mr. SMITH. A constitution acceptable at once to him and his dowager ally, the royal wife of MuNoz and right royal plunderer of Spain, cannot in the very nature of things be good for Spain, or savour so much of anything as of despotism. Awhile back ve said the tendencies of the revolution by O'DONNELL were in this direction. The event so far verifies the prediction. " Call ye this backing of your friends ?" de inands FALSTAFF of his merry runaway com panions. " Call ye this a constitution ?" may as reasonably be demanded of Marshal O ' DONNELL, the reluctant but inevitable tool of the fat dowa her. A constitution which practically will deprive ~ he people of all representation, by paving the vay for the election merely of Court tools and sycophants to the Chamber of Deputies, while the Senate is appointed by the Crown, and the Cortes is denied the right of self-convocation. This, however, is not all. According to this precious charter—this instrument whereby the Court de crees itself absolute and the people mere taxpayers —the National Guard is abolished, citizens bearing arms for the protection of the State being declared incompatible with all good government. Quite in harmony with this, but going deeper, is the abolition of the ancient municipalities of Spain, and their replacement by Royal Commis sions. There is nothing like going as near to the fountain-head as possible, and . O'DONNELL, and NAPOLEON, and the fat Dow ager—an ever noto, rious trio—may be said, in this instance, to have been wise in their generation. A precious Con stitution this ! Certain supplementary statutes have, however, been deemed necessary to fit its working to the present time. Among these is a declaration of the liability of the Cortes to disso lution or adjournment according to the royal plea sure. The Senate is limited, at present, to one hundred and forty members, leaving abundant scope for the work of corruption among the mem bers of the Liberal party. In all towns of more than 40,000 inhabitants the mayoralties are to be nominated by Government exclusively, and in communes of less population " the influence of the Crown" is somehow or other to be secured. The Press, of course, does not escape notice, while good hope is held out for the clergy. Offences committed by public writers, &c., are to be brought " under the cognisance of a jury," save in grave political cases, when an O'DONNELL j ury would either be too slow or not to be relied on. The clergy have no such gracious dealing to be g.rate ful for. Unlike the Press, which is ostensibly promised fair play up to a cerrain extent, they are promised nothing ; but, judging by the effect the Charter of 1845, and renent indications of some significance, are likely to get a toler ably fair instalment of what they chiefly want—viz., the restoration of the Ch urc:i property confiscated for the service of the Quietness may, therefore, be expected from both, if from different and antagonistic: motives. Spain is enthralled ; ISABELLA. a des pot ; and the game is apparently in the hands of NAPOLEON and CHRISTINA, O'DONNELL won't last as he is. Already he is hard pressed, and unless he play a soaring game will before long pass from the scene to make way for Queen CHRISTINA. French influence, and worse than French morals, will then be in the ascendancy, and will continue so, in all probability, till LOUIS SMITH and Senora MUNOZ some fine morning turn their eyes towards Dover in search of the packet, or some more primitive mode of aquatic convey ance. NEMESIS is inexorable—to a NAPOLEON as to a LOUIS PHILIPPE, tO a CHRISTINA and ISA BELLA. as to an O'DONNELL. Tile consolation a belief of this-affords may not be great—still it is cheering. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 19. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess aelena, Princess Louise, and Prince Alfred, drove yes terday to Invercauld, and honoured Mrs. Farquharson with a visit. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort went out on the bill deer-stalking. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar left Balmoral yesterday. In the evening there was no addition to the dinner party. Sept. 20. Fier Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort drove veaterday to the woods of Balmoral, which were driven for deer. • All the Cabinet Ministers, wilh the exception of the Earl Granville, will assemble in town by the 20th of the e ',Mop; month. . _ Despatches were received at the Colonial -office on Sat-irday from the Governors of Victoria and Australia. The Duke of Beaufort arrived at Gopsall, on Saturday, join the Duchess, who has been staying with the En 1 a nd Countess Howe. The noble duke and duchess leave Gansall to-day fur Badminton. Tue Marquis of Bristol and Mr. and Lady Augusta Seymour have left St. James s•square for Ickworth Park, Suffolk. The Countess of Clarendon left The Grove, near \Vat ford, a few days since, for Taymouth Castle, Perthshire, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadal bane, where her ladyship expected to be joined by the Secretary of Slate for the Foreign Department, from Balmoral, at the close of last week. The Earl and Countess of Erroll and family have arrived at kilalns Castle, Aberdeenshire, for the autumns. LATEST SEWS. BERLIN, SUNDAY. Yesterday evening the nuptials of the Princess Louisa of Prussia with the Grand Duke of Baden were 'Aol emnised in the Royal Schloss with all the presor'iptive solemnities. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : .. " Premature intelligence of the withdrawal from Naples of the English and French Legations, and of the sending thither of a naval squadron, was telegraphed yesterday from Lond-on to Paris, and produced a fall in the funds of about a quarter per cent. The above sta'rement, however, although at present un iounded, may very probably prove a shadow of coming events, especially as regards the interruption of diplomatic intercourse with the Neapolitan Government, which it is thought will surely take place. It is difficult to predict the extent of the effect which this unfriendly demon stration will have on the public of Naples ; but if t'aings are carried further, and French and English ships of war appear in the bay, many think that an insurrection may be expected. The King appears to be taking every precaution in anticipation of rebellion against his Govern ment. The accounts that reach us from Naples are discordant as to the temper of the nation, but, after carefully weighing them and making allowance for partisan statements, one remains pretty well convinced that great discontent and a strong revolutionary spirit exist there. How, in deed., could it . be otherwise under so oppressive and tyrannical a system We shall see what effect the withdrawal of the Ambassadors has upon Vling Ferdinand. If none, England and France must necessarily, one would think, take a fur ther step, or their attitude will hardly be worthy of their position. The recall of the Ambassadors is here considered as beyond a doubt. An At taché d'Ambassade left this morning with de spatches for Naples, believed to contain orders to M. Brenier to demand his passports. There is talk of an ultimatum to be taken to Naples by a fleet, but this is a mere rumour. The question be comes very interesting and important, and natu rally begins to excite a good deal of attention. The Paris Correspondent of. the Morning Post (third edition) says : " The latest official despatches from Naples do not report any material change in the state of affairs. It was supposed that the King had communicated with the Austrian Govern ment, as M. Hubner, whilst declaring he had no political mission, offered to be the medium of communication between Naples and - Vienna. King Ferdinand, it is said, had been ad vised by his own Cabinet to refer his difficulties with England and France to the arbitration of the other great Powers. Should the King adopt such an idea, I think they will find that the Cabinets of England and France will refuse to treat. with any third Power. Naples was per fectly tranquil. There was considerable activity in the army, and orders had been given to pre. pare military stores ready for delivery." The Bisorgimento of Turin, of the 18th inst., publishes the following letter : "SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE 10,000 MUSKETS. " We have received from Ganoa an 11th list, con taining the names of 500 subscribers, accompanied by the following letter : "'Basle, Switzerland, September 1. " all the subscriptions, called national, which•have hitherto been opened in Pielmont, none is more entitled to that name than the one you have pro posed in your patriotic journal for the purchase of 10,000 muskets, to be given to the first Italian province which will rise in arms against the common enemy. Consequently, and it being my conviction that Italy ought to assert herself her independence, and that it is the duty of every Italian citizen, whether he inhabits the country or resides abroad, to assist his brethren, by every possible means, in arming tbemselve against the oppressors of his country, I request you, Mr. Editor, to inscribe my name on the list of that eminently national subscription for 150 f., the price of a Swiss carbine,•which I will shortly forward to the committee by a safe con veyance.—l remain, &0., " ALLEAINDI, General.'" Count de Cavour, President of the Council, subscribed 500 f. fo r th e purc h ase of t h e 100 guns of Alessandria. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The entire number of arrests made on account of the plot discovered against the life of the Em peror is 49. Some of them were made subse quently to the night of the 19th instant. A por tion of the prisoners were seized when assembled together, and others were taken at their own places of residence. Establishments are in process of formation at the French settlement of New Caledonia for the reception of political and other criminals. It is raid that the Prince de Ligne, the Belgian ambassador to the coronation of the Czar, has re fused the decoration of St. Alexander Newski, on account of the higher order of St. Andrew having been conferred on Prince Esterhazy and Count de Morny. The Monit3ur de I?Armee contradicts a statement that has appeared in other papers, to the effect that the great expedition against the Kabyles, planned - eo: the spring, was to take place immediately, in consequence of the recent aggression of those moun taineers. It is true that two divisions, those of Gen. Yusuf and Renault, have been put in motion, au will probably make some incursions into the enemy's country, and it is impossible to say exactly to what extent their reconr aissances may be car ried ; but the projected expedition will take place at the time originally appointed. Tie subjoined telegraphs have been received in Paris : " BERLIN, Sept. 19.—The changes in the Russian Administration have gone on continuously. Only two of th.i functionaries of the Czar Nicholas of the highest order now hold their posts. Adjutant-General Katenin, high i❑ the War Office, and an ultra of the old Russian party, has been appointed Governor-General of Orenburgh which is looked on as exile. The Czar has given Prince Adalbert of Prussia the Colonelcy of the Ist brigade of Horse Artillery. Our accounts from Copenhagen represent that France is earnestly negotiat ing for the session of a settlement in Iceland. Den mark is setting a high price on the concession, and has just sent out a steatn•frigate of 36 guns to put her establishments on the island in the best order." TURKEY. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY. The Tagus has arrived from Constantinople. We have news to the 11th. The Austrian Internuncio has presented to the Sultan the Order of St. Ste phen, in diamonds. Austria notifies officially that she will occupy the Principalities until the difficul ties of Turkey with Russia shall be completely ar ranged. Mehemet Pacha is to command the corps of observation stationed at Monastir to watch the Montenegrins. The attempted revolt of the Bal -I,l)ans has been repressed. Saleh Pacha has been acquitted, but severely admonished. The corporal hay been found guilty of the murder of the young girl, and condemned to death ; and the domestic intendant of the Pacha sentenced to the galleys. A rumour is current that the Cabinet of Vienna is thinking of augmenting its army of occupation in the Principalities by 20,000 men. ITALY. POLITICAL TRIALS IN NAPLES. NAPLES, SEPT. 15. This morning the political trial of Mignonna and company will be renewed. A hasty and unex pected bearing was given on Saturday the 6th, but only two witnesses were examined, just to com plete the case for the defence, before the Attorney- General proceeds to make his requisitceia. Though the session of the 6th, therefore, was simply formal, still some evidence was elicited of a most damn ing character, showing what a system of ab solutism is p ursue d h ere , an d how slight the regard paid to the much-boasted laws of the country One of the accused, Signor Mauro, had called in his defence Captain Acuti, comandaute of the Bagni of Procida in 1855. This witness deposed that in political affairs Mauro bad been quiet, and had not th e p o w e r to join any criminal association, because he had been separated from the others in consequence of his want of reli gion. Many questions were put to Acuti by others of the accused regarding their conduct, which were answered in a similar manner, when at length the president asked him if it were true that he bad ordered a great number of blows to be inflicted in one day on the penal convicts of Procida. This ques tion was suggested by an observation made by Mauro on one of the previous days of trial, to the effect that certain letters attributed to De Angelis could not have been sent out of the quence of the excessive tqe 13 -4gni, in conse. rity exercisbd by the comarv! an t e , w h o I n one day ordered thousands of blows to inflicted without sufficient reason. The warms Aciiti, with little prudence towards his employers, permitted it to transpire that, having several thins found the "Forzatti " without their irons, he reported the fact to the Director-General of the Bagni, with a proposition that instead of pro• ceeding againstthe prisoners in a regular way, which would. cost the state a large sum—a sum which they rOuld never repay by reason of their poverty—the more economical remedy of flogging them should be adopted. The witness further stated that the Directo r presented the report to his Majesty, and that his Majesty had deigned to order that fifty blows should be given on such occasions —that, in execu tion of sovereign orders, he had caused 50 blows to be inflicted on each of 56 Forrati whom he had found in one day without their irons (that is, 2,800 in all). The president, who saw clearly the damaging character of such evidence, wished to enter in his notes that the blows had been given by superior orders; the comandante, however, more stupid than honest, still persisted—" No, his Majesty gave me the order." Thus we see that every step which is taken in this iniquitous trial serves only to compromise more and more the cha racter and conduct of the Government of the two Sicilies. Monday Itivening.—The Attorney-General has suspended the conclusion of his speech until to morrow, saying that it will be necessary to re-examine Captain Acuti, who has given evi dence contrary to fact, and utterly false. The 50 stripes to each political prisoner were ordered, not by the King, says the Attorney-General, but by the Minister in the name of the King. If this is intended to be a defence of his Majesty, it is at the expense of his authority, which is supposed to ba exercised by the Ministers without the royal permission. Take all the incidents of this extraor dinary trial, and what do they say of the system which is fostered by Austria and permitted by England and France ? SPAIN. MADRID, Sept. 21.—There has been a dreadful collision on the Aranjuez Railway. Five persons were killed. The Gazette of the 21st contains a decree accept ing the resignation of Cantero, and naming Sala verria, -Minister of Finance, the actual director of that department. A letter from Genoa, of the sth instant, says that the defenders of Venice and Rome residing there had subscribed a sum sufficient to purchase one of the hundred guns for Alessandria, on which these words were to be inscribed, " Offered to Piedmont by the Defenders of Venice and Rome." Prussia has given a written consent to the re demption of the Sound Dues, and it is thought a special Conference will assemble at Copenhagen in November, to settle the question. The Zollverein Conference has been removed from Eisenach to Weimar, and will probably last out the year. It is understood that General Serrano, the Spa nish Miiister to France, has received authority to deliver passports to Spain to Marshal Narvaez, if he desires to return thither. AMERICA LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 21. By the arrival of the mail steamship Niagara we have received advices from Boston to the 10th inst. and New York by telegraph, "via Halifax, to the 11th inst. She has brought $497,923 specie on freight. On the 13th inst. the Niagara passed the Royal Mail steamer Cambria, hence from Boston, and the screw steamer Khersonese, hence for Portland, United States. The United States' mail steamship l i Ericsson, hence, arrived at New York on the 4th inst., and the screw steamship Canadian, hence, at Quebec on the 9th. The election in Maine on the Bth of September had resulted in the triumph of the Republicans by a large majority ' • the returns were not all in, but it was supposed, that the majority would reach 10,000 or 15,000. The friends of Colonel Fremont were greatly elated by their success. The news from Kansas is important : the Prc slavery forces have succeeded in turning the tables on their Free-State opponents, and much blood haS been spilt and property destroyed, if the reports that have reached us are reliable; At Ossawatornie on the 30th ult. the belligerents, to the nuniber of 800 on each, side, fought for an hour, when the Free-State men were routed, with a loss of 20 killed and wounded. Mr. Brown, the leader of the defeated party, and his son are reported among the killed., _ On the 2d inst. the Pro-slavery men attacked the Free-sailers in Leavenworfh, drove every one of them out of the town at the point of the bayonet, and destroyed or confiscated their property ; it is also stated that parties of Missourians had posseE sion of the lowa road, thus cutting off the retreat of the Free State men. Col. Geary, the newly appointed governor, was at St. Louis on the 4th inst. en route for the scene of the disturbance. The force of regular troops b e i ng i na d equa t e t o the exigencies of the case, the governor ordered to enrol and organise the militia of the territory. One division under General Richardson is already in the field. Requisitions had also been made upon the governors of Kentucky and Illinois for two regi ments of infantry, to be placed under the enrol ment of General Smith, to aid in suppressing in surrectionay combinations against the constituted governor of Kansas. The following instructions have been issued by the General Government for the purpose of sup pressing the Free-State forces and re-establishing the territorial Government "Department of State, Washington, Sept. 2. " Sir,—Reliable information having reached the Pre sident that armed and organised bodies of men, avow edly in rebellion against the territorial Government, have concentrated in such numbers as to require additional military force for their dispersion, you will have the militia of the territory completely enrolled and orga nised, to the end that they may on short notice be brought into the service of the United States upon re quisition of the commander of the military department in which Kansas is embraced. You will furnish by companies, or regiments, or brigades, or divisions, such number and composition of troops as from time to time you may find, on his report to you, to be necessary for the suppression of all combinations to resist the laws of the United States too powerful to be suppressed by the civil authority, and for the maintenance of public order and civil government in the territory.—l am, sir, &c., " W. L. MARCY. " To his Excellency John W. Geary, Governor of the Territory of Kansas, Lecompton." " War Department, Washington, Sept, 3, 1856. "Sir,—Your despatch of the 22d Aug. and its enclo sures sufficiently exhibit the inadequacy of the force un der your command to perform the duties which have been devolved upon you in the present unhappy condition of Kansas by the orders and instructions heretofore com municated. To meet this exigency the President has directed the Governor of the territory to complete the enrolment and organisation of the militia, as you will find fully set forth in the en c l ose d copy of a letter ad dressed to him by 'the Secrethry of State; and the Presi dent has directed me to say to you that you are authc rised from time to time to make requisitions upon the Gc vernor for such militia force as you, may require to enable you promptly and sur-Oeisfully , to execute your orders and suppress insurrection against the Goverunaeat of the territory of Kansas and . , under the circumstances hereto fore set forth in your instructions to give the requisite aid to the officers of the civil Government who may be ob s,ructed in the due execution of the law. Should you not be able to derive from the militia of Kansas the adequate force for these purposes, such additional number of mili tia as may be necess ar y w i ll b e d rawn f rom th e St a t es o f Illinois and Kentucky, as s h own i n t h e requ i s iti on , copy of which is here enclosed. "The views contained in your instructions to the officers commanding the troops, under date of Aug. 19th, are fully approved, and accord so 'entirely with the exe cutive as to leave but little to add in relation to the course which it is desired you should pursue. " The position of the insurgents as shown by your letter and its enclosures is that of open rebellion against the laws and constitutional authorities, with such ma nifestations of a purpose to spread devastation over the land as no longer justifies further hesitation or indul gence. For you as to every soldier whose habitual feeling is to protect the citizens of his own country, and only to use his arms against a public enemy, it cannot be otherwise than deeply painful to be brought into conflict with any portion of his fellow-countrymen ; but patriotism and humanity alike require that rebellion should ho promptly crushed ; the perpetration of the crimes which now disturb the peace and security or the good people of the territory of Kansas should be effectu ally checked. You will therefore energetically employ a ll the means within your reach to restore the supremacy of the law, always endeavouring to carry out your pre sent purpose to prevent the unnecessary effusion of blood. " In making your requisition for militia force you will be governed by the exercising organisation of the army and the laws made and provided in such cases. When cow ponies, regiments, brigades, or divisions are pre sented to be mustered into the service of the United States, you will cause them before they are received to be minutely inspeetel by an officer of your command appointed for the p urpose. " Very resp ec tf u ll y, your obedient servant, "JEFFERSO N D AVIS , S e cretary of War. "Major-General P ers i fer F. Smith, C omman di ng Department of the West." "War Department, Washington, Sept. 3. "Sir, To suppress insurrectionary combinations against the constituted Government of the territory of Kansas, and to enforce the due execution of the law against armed resistance, I am instructed by the Presi• , • dolt tit thh Ifniteci ; f,) y,f-Ite this is requisition upon you for two regiments of foot td b !Ili ; nished to Major-General P. F. Smith, of the Unites Stites army, commanding the military department of the west, whenever the exigencies of the public service shall induce him to call upon you for the said troops, to be employed for the purposes above indi ca t e d within the limits of said territory, each regiment to consist of 1 colonel, 1 lieut.-colonel, 1 major, 1 adjutant (the last named to be taken from the lieutenants of the regiments) 1 serjlant-major, and 10 companies, each company to consist of 1 captain, 1 first-lieutenant, 1 second lieutenant. 4 serjeants, 4 corporals, 2 musicians, and 74 privates. General Smith will be instructed, whenever he may call upon you for these troops, to detain an officer from his command to inspect and muster them into the service of the United States at such points as may be designated by your Excellency. "Very respectfully, your obediFnt servant, "JEFFERSON DAVIS, Secretary of War. "His Excellency the Governor of Kentucky and Illinois." Mr. 0. Smith, of New York, has been appointed Minister from Walker's Government to the United States.. _ The Government at Washington were de termined not to recognise him. He was proposing a loan in New York of $2,000,000, secured by a mortgage of the public lands of Nicaragua to trus taos. Costa Rica is arming against Walker. Presi - dent Mora has issued an address to the citizens of the Central American Republics, urging them to forget past differences and unite against Walker. The General Government of the United States have decided to interfere to suppress the San Francisco Vigilance Committee. The instructions have not yet been made public. The dates from Nassau, New Providence, are to the 25th of Aug. At the last session of the General Court at Nassau, J. Sin'Ons and Robert Stevens, masters respectively of the wrecking schooners Anne Sophia and Sarah, were convicted and sentenced to 18 months' impri sonment with hard labour for some unlawful deal ings in the case of the wreck of the American brig -, Capt. Wall, bound from St. Jago for Trieste, with a cargo of copper and logwood, which was saved perfectly dry, and for cutting away the brig's tiller, thereby preventing Capt. Ramsay, of the schooner President, from bringing the vessel to Nassau. The reports of the condition of the public health at New York represent an encouraging state of af fairs. At the various points where the yellow fever prevails the disease continues to decline. Rumours calculated to create alarm having been circulated with reference to the appearance of the fever in the 15th ward, Dr. Rock Well, the President's physician, carefully examined into the facts. He reported that no case of sickness or death has occurred from yel low fever in this city, except those arising from having visited vessels al quarantine or infected placrs out of the city. The Bermudian, of Aug. 20, says the screw line of-battle ship Nile, Capt. Mundy, has arrived from Halifax. The G-gun sloops of war Gorgon and Gey ser, each to be accompanied by two gun-boats, are to leave England for this station. Accounts from the West represent a partial fail ure of the Indian corn crop. The New York Bank returns for the week show a loss of over $2,225,000 deposits. SOUND, BRITONS, SOUND! [Written by Charles Sheard ; the music composed by Henry Russell, and published exclusively in the "Musical Bouquet."] Sound, Britons, sound ! the rights of Man around, Raise high your voices for freedom far and near ; Old England still is strong To battle with the wrong— Raise high your voices for th cause of freedom dear; B 3 men still, to work with heart and will— Work till your voice shall have set the captive free, Till Nature's men of worth Win their birthright on the earth— Till the dungeon, cell, and rack no more shall be ! H. Weep, men, weep ! in death our brothers sleep; From Italy's fair land we hear a piercing cry, Where the brave receive a brand, Or are banish'd from their land, Or in a dungeon thrust to starve and die ! • Down, thou, down ! nor heed the Despot's frown — Down with these deeds of blood, done in religion's name ; Where the heart is wrung by fears, And eyes are dimm'd with tears, In the land of beauty, liberty, and fame. 111. Speak, men, speak, protect the wrong'd and weak, Still are there noble hearts to end the work began, Who spurn oppression's cause, And who seorn the despots' laws, Who will battle for the cause of right and man - And soon the day will come, when each man shall love his home, No matter where his home or country be, When might shall not be right, And nations cease to fight, Except to make down-trodden nations free. Iv. Shout, Britons, shout ! till all the world throughout, Your (sheeting voice shall hear o'er ev'ry land and sea ; Our duty is to fight For the cause of truth and right, And to set the Slave and tortur'd brother free ; Our cause is right and good, and we'll freely shed our blood Till the despot shall for ever bide his face; Shall follow in his track, And freedom dwell with all the human race. Lord and Lady Hatherton have arrived at Teddesley Park, Staffordshire, from Menzies Castle, Perthshire, Where they had been visiting his Highness Dhuleep Singh. Lady Peel arrived in town a few days since, from a Continental tour. Her lady4hip has since gone to Cap tain "William Peel's seat in Bedfordshire. Lord and Lady Headley and family have arrived in Brighton fOr the season. Lnrd and Lady Olivia Ossul-ton after having received a succession of visitors at ChiHingham Castle, near Wooler, Northumberland, have gone to Scotland to make a series of visits. Lord Stanley of A lderley, at the close of his visit to Lord Panmure, left to visit the Earl and Countess of Airlie, at Cortachy Castle. Forfarshire. The section of - the Victor Emannuel Railway be tween Aix-les-Bacns and St. Jean do Maurienne, in Savoy, will be opened for traffic in October. The Brazilian government have discontinued charging the passport fee to English emigrants to Brazil. Upwards of 5,000 excursionists have travelled on the South-Western Railway during the last fortnight. The'Royal Wilts Militia arrived home from Gibraltar . last week. They were . welcomed at Salisbury by the ringing of church bells and the hoisting of flags. The village of Mapledurham Oxon, was last week honoured by a short visit trom the Archbishop of Can. terbury, who was staying at the beautiful vicarage house of that parish. Mapleiurham was the living which he resigned in 1529, to become Bishop of Chester. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —A. matri• monial alliance is understood to be arranged between the lion. Captain Frederick Fitzclarence, son of the late Earl of Munster, and his cousin, the Hon. Miss Sydney, eldest daughter of the late Lord De Lisle and Dudley. The venerable Countess of Lauderdale died on Tues- day last, at her son's seat in the north. The deceased bad attained the great ago of 94 years. Her ladyship was the relict of James, eighth Earl of Lauderdale, by whom she had surviving issue the present Ear;, the Hon. Sir Anthony Maitland, Lady Eleanor Balfour, and Lady Mary Stanley. Numerous _families of rank are placed in mourning by the event: As Sir Edward Blaaeft,,Bart., was riding a few days ago in the vicinity of Matfen, his seat in this county, his horse etumbled and fell .with him, rolling over the unfor tunate gentleman. Sir Edward's left leg and arm were broken, and he was otherwise much bruised. He was immediately conveyed home, where he still remains extremely ill.—Newcastle essenger. STRAND ROADWAY TO THE WATERLOO STATION.---A highly respc-Aable company is being formed to carry out the desirable improvement§ in the road to the South Westvn's Metropolitan Terminus alluded to by Mr. Chaplin in his speech at the last South Western ineeting.—lrc..apath. It is Temarkable that all the four principal secretaries of State are at this moment is Scotland, where the Sovereign, and cousequefitly the seat of Government, is located. Sir George Grey is, in attendance on the Queen at Balmoral. The Earl of Clarendon is at Taymouth, on a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane. Llrd Panmure is at'Brechin, his own residence. Mr. Labouchere is at Dunrobin, on ,a visit to the Duke 'of Sutherland. THE ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.—There is a ru mour in the City that Alderman Salomons is likely to be re-appointed Lord Mayor of - London at the election which will take place next Monday. ' The two senior aldermen below the chair are Mr. Finnis and Sir B. W. Carden, and these in the ordinary course would be returned by the livery to the Court of Aldermen, who would elect one of them (generally the senior) as Lord Mayor for the next year. The licensed victuallers, who possess great influence in the City, are opposed to Sir. R. W. Carden, in consequence of the course he took with regard to the Sunday Beer Bill, and generally to the interests of the publicans, and are said to be resolved in defeating his nomination at the ap proaching election, and with that view will return Al derman Salomons and Alderman Finnic to'the Cdurt of Alder Men, who in that case would no doubt re-elect Alderman Salomons. In the event of Alderman Salo mons not being returned by the livery, and Sir W. Carden passed over, the two Aldermen returned to the court will be Mr. Finnis and Mr. D. W. Wire, in which case Mr. Ald erman Fi nnis will undoubtedly be selected as the next chief magistrate for the city of London. THE NEW BISHOP OF LONDON.—The Rev. Dr. Tait, who has accepted the Bishopric of London is thus spoken of by the Carlisle Patriot, in which city he has for the last few years officiated as dean :—"Dr. Tait will make .an effective Bishop of London, if his duties are not found to exceed his bodily powers. In other respects he will doubtless be acceptable in the metropolis to both clergy and laity. An elegant scholar, refined in manners, chari table to the full extent of his means, however ample ; above all, d eep l y i mpressed with the duties of the pas toral office and the requirements of his Christian pro fesAon, he will, we are quite sure, prove himself second to none in the high position to which it is his good for tune to be elevated. In Carlisle, as dean, he has un questionably done much good, both in the church and to the cause of education. Ail ranks will miss him, but the poor especially will lose in him and Airs. Tait at once the most considerate and benevolent of friends." SPORTING NOT. THE E DMUS AT DONCASTER. Although the principal Handidar event and the Great St. Leger were carried off by outsiders, yet the doings at Doncaster were unprofitable enough to a large ma jority of book makers. They who had opposed Ellington when Fazzoletto was in the full flush of popularity were compelled at the last moment to get out at what linen drapers call an alarming sacrifice; but they who had sufficient pluck to stand their money out against the favourite were well rewarded for their temerity. It Is said that Ellington's party are not after all heavy losers by the result ofj the race; but this assertion I can scarcely believe to be founded on fact. That the with drawal of Fly-by-Night and Fazzoletto brought them a good deal of money is unquestionable, and the price to which Eglinton was ultimately advanced doabtless enabled them to obtain profitable hedging. It is also stated that one of the staunchest supporters of the horse backed Warlock at long odds. To account for the inglorious exhibition of the favourite is impossible. If he figured in his correct form at Doncaster; what an extraordinary fluke must have been his Derby victory ! Although, in the anticipatory re marks which were published in The Szz on Monday last, I wotrld "have none of him," yet I did not rate his racing ability so low as would he now warranted, if his running at Doncaster afforded any crite rion of it. In fact, I do not believe' in Ellington's performances at Doncaster, and I am disin clined to regard them as a trustworthy indication of Ellington's racing power. The horse seemed to me to be nervous, and, despite what has been urged to the con trary, deficient in preparation. The surprise prepared by John Scott, it is said, was scarcely anticipated by his warmest admirers, and the most sanguine believers in the art and tact of "The Wizard of the North." Even the owner of Warlock, who only backed the horse for 2001., had so little con fidence in the ultimate profit of his investment that he gladly allowed whatever friends applied to him to "stand in." Even! Flatman, the jockey, when he got to the distance, and- found the horse s" going easy " with Into, and that, in fact, his. getting home first was a certainty, is said to have been most agreeably astonished. His surprise, however, did not interfere with his judgment, for he waited with the most consummate patience, and brought his horse to the front with' wonderful coolness and steadiness. His quiet simile, 'on pulling up, however, showed how deep was his gratification at adding a second St. Leger to his list of wins. Artillery proved that, after all, he has some stuff 'about him, and that his party were in a measure justified in backing him for the Derby. He proved at any rate second best in the St. Leger ; for had he not lost start, and kept so far out of his ground, he ought to have beaten Bonnie Scotland at least. The horse, however, requires delicate handling, and perhaps Basham , best consulted his temper by the style in which he rode him. Bonnie Scotland is a fine handsome colt, but with the queerest forelegs, which will always render him difficult to train. Victoria, of whom great expectations were once entertained, and who, on the withdrawal of Fazzoleto, was believed likely to turn out the trusted representative of the Whitewall stable, disappointed her backers. All things corsidered, the St. Leger of 1856 will perhaps long be remembered as the most extraordinary race on reoord. No very large winners are yet reported, but I shall doubtless hear of several " favourites of fortune" this afternoon at the Corner, when the final squaring of accounts will take place. The handicaps, which seemed on paper badly con structed, and which were much found fault with to the umbrage of one of the stewards, really produced close and interesting races, and therefore in a measure silenced the adverse criticism which they produced. The success of old Typee for the Great Yorkshire Handicap was hailed with considerable gratification, and the fact of her being the top weight will doubtless give additional encouragement to handicappers to abolish the low scale of imposts which has of late years become much abused, and which has unquestionably exercised a pernicious influence on horse racing. The Portland Plate, too, for which' thirty horses started, also furnished a credit- able specimen of amateur handicapping. The two•yr•old races introduced us again to Goldfinch, who figured in a style incompatible with his Ascot per formance ; Tasmania, a fine mare, who is likely to be again peen to advantage; Lambourne, who seems too small ever to do great things ; Blink Bonny and Ignoramus, who fully sustained their reputation ; Gemnia di Vergy, who appears to have hid quite enough knocking about ; and Tournament, who is likely to be a prominent favourite for the Derby throughout the winter. The racing on Friday showed two "oughts." First that Melissa ought to have won the Oaks, because she out up Mincepie without an effort; and secondly, that she ought to have won the Cup, because the "Vicar" did not mako sufficient use of her. Still no person regretted the magnificent Doncaster trophy's going to so ripe and true a sportsman as Lord Zetland, who will allow it to ornament his side board, and not either return it to the silversmiths for "a consideration," or dispose of it to clerks of courses to be contested at other meetings. Ellington's running on Friday was not better than his running on Wednesday. The Nursery Stakes produced a most interesting race, the favourite, Gitana, who had been highly tried with Tournament, lost only through the badness of her start. Many minor meetings are appointed to take place during the current week, but they are not likely to attract much attention. Mr. S. Merry will make an " experiment " at Beccles to-morrow and Wednes day. He is using every exertion to improve the chaiacter of the sport in that locality, and has received strong assurances of encouragement and patronage from the noblemen and gentlemen of the district. The programme comprises six closed stakes, and several other " events," for which the nominations have yet to be made. Of the eight weighted for the Beccles and Suffolk Handicap, Redemption seems to be the most trustworthy. Either Adatnas or Barbarity ought to win the Benacre Stakes. With a start I shall stand Pope Joan and Bobby B for the Sotterly Park Plate. Adamas and Sorceress appear to be favourably weighted for the Henham Nursery Plate. Rialto or Nois.ette may carry off the Suffolk Cup. Nearly all the horses entered for the Corporation Plate have other engagements at". this meeting; it would therefore be absurd at present to endeavour to foretel the winner of that event. The Leicester meeting will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, and is likely to be well attended by metropolitan turfites. Under the management of Mr. T. Marshall, jun„ the business will be conducted with business-like regularity, and every arrangement which can tend to promote the success of the gathering will be adopted. The County Cup seems likely to go to either An. nouncement or Adam, Goldhill having broken down very badly at Warwick, and having been scratched for all his engagements this year. The Two-yr-old Stakes I assign to Gemma di Vergy, in whose default, however, Madame Clicquot 'will win. The most attractive names amongst the nominations for the Leicestershire Handicap are Fisherman, Pantomime, and Prince of Orange;. and I :shall not be surprised to see them pass the post is the order in which I. have set down their names. The Belvoir Stakes seems likely to be placed to the Cropper's score. Could I calculate upon a start, I should give my preference to Pantomime and the Cropper for the bandicaip of lOsovs. each, Welter weights. New Brighton or Olythpus may win the Scurry Plate. • The Walsall Races do not require notice. The Man chester Meeting, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, I shall reserve for discussion on Thursday. A FRESH MAN. September 22. Tenders will be received at the War Department, Pall Mall, on or before the 25th inst., from parties willing to purchase the following military stores :-21,085 ket', 2,060 rifles, 2,500 pistols, 1,261 carbines, and 35,306 musket barrels. DEATH IN ST. SAVIOUR'S WORKHOUSE. — An inmate of St. Saviour's Workhouse, named Charles Taylor Molsom, aged 42, died on Sunday week, and an inquest was held last Saturday. It appeared that he was ad mitted on the 4th inst., and was placed in the proba tionary ward at first, and set, like the others, to break stones, until, being ill, at the recommendation of the medical officer, he was removed, and properly cared for. The cause of his death seemed to be a serious effusion 00 the brain, but it did not result from overwor k ; and th e jury returned a verdict of "Natu ral de ath , ' expre.ssing their opinion that there was no want of care or dis cretion on the part of the taskmaster. THE PATENT BALL WASHING MACHlNE.—Whatever doubt may exist between the relative powers of inventive genus in this country and in America, and if the cast ing vote were lefttotfl the the Englishwo men, Yank ee l an d would most assur edl y obtain majority. The many admirable advantages possessed by the newly introduced washing machine and patronised at ail the Royal palaces has assuredly won over to the other side of the Atlantic the sympathies of every housekeeper. Mr. Moore, the present proprietor of the patent, is very properly showing its capabilities in a practical way, at No. 133, High of your Holborn, where the most delicate, as we ll as t h e coarsest c l o thes maybe seen converted i n a f ew minutes into pure o and clean fabrics , without a fract ure even to the most ye m is sn removed of ir r i for ever. Buttons have a perfect immunity gauzytable t tempera, gossamer p rs , one portions sourceof it. r annoyance And from being crushed or displaced, a n d all • is done by a number of floating balls made to perform all the varied movements of a washerwoman's hands. LITERATURE. Health and Beauty.. By Madame Roxey A. Caplin, Darton, and Co. The author of. this interesting and useful t vv clmre has acquired such a celebrity in the art or profession—for to the latter dignity corse'tmaking is elevated in her hands—to which she has ievoted her talents and energies as to render any intzodo.°- tory notice on our part unnecessary. Suffice it to say the question of "corsets or no corsets" is dealt with in these pages in an able, and, as mol't people will think, a satisfactory manner ; the gene ral principles of dressing in conformity with the conditions of health being also clearly laid down for females of every age. Madame Caplin, of: course, is at issue with that section of the medical profession which sets its face against the use of the corset altogether, and her efforts are directed to . show that it is the abuse, and not the use, of corsets that is to be deprecated. The laar has so far the best of the argument in that she shows that, if unnecessary for females in tv. normal condition, the corset is necessary to an ex cessively large proportion of the sex, who, in con stitution or figure, have fallen into an abnormal state, which more than warrants the use of this appliance if constructed with scientific regard to the constitutional, accidental, or incidental neces sities of the individual. That Madame Caplin posses:Ns the requisite knowledge to adapt the cor set scieniifically to the wearer, and unde rstan the principles to be observed in clothing, few, i f any, who peruse these pages will be inclined tO doubt. The book may therefore be commended to. the notice of the female world, and more particu larly that part of it to which is entrusted the re sponsibilities of maternity, the requirements of the sex in regard to clothing being set forth from the cradle to old age, The Duration, of Human Life and its three Eras. By Joel Pinney, Esq. Longman and Co. The desire—so generally entertained —to live' to a good old age would seem ,to promise au e eager perusal by the many of a treatise lik the present. A fair consideration of th e con duet of mankind in relation to the ac know " ledged means of securing such longevity, as shown in the indulgence .of depraved appetit es ' the neglect of sanitary appliances and the indiffcr epee manifested to the acquirement of sanitary knowledge—leads, however, to a different conc.ltl sion, and, unfortunately, all the author can res.- sonably look for is a careful perusal and a candid judgment from the intelligent few. This, though'. some of his propositions and deductions be of doubtful acceptability, to use no stronger term, be undoubtedly deserves and it is hoped will secure. The importance of the subject with which he deals he evidently appreciates, and to his philosophioa,.' examination and extensive research, if we d owe much that is new of a positive nature, We all o pc" at least indebted for a forcible representation 01 the probable causes and material agen ts that have Shortened the lives of the human race, and of 4 1 _1 barriers that prevent a return to the longevity of the early patriarchs. A consideration of the dr' cumstances distinguishing the era when the terl of life reached three score years and ten l ea ds the author, apparently, to the conclusion that these barriers are insuperable, but it is still open to us obedience to natural laws to raise the average of human life to the patriarchal level of oodern times. A noticeable feature of the work is a .chapter fur; nishing examples and illustrations of sensual aulav'e voluptuous living from the earliest ages, eine° t Deluge to the present time. Orr's Circle of the Sciences. Houlston and Stoneman. Two instalments of this ably conducted, encl popular series lie before us. One by James ImraY: M.A., Civil Engineer, &c., may be deicribed LeL; lucid exposition of " Practical Mechanics," cluding mechanical drawing, strength of materials, and sources of mechanical power. The other, " Chemistry of Food and Diet," including .CO stituents of the human body, digestive and secretive organs, and the physiological principles of diet is translation of Lehre Der Nahrungs Mittel, Fur Das Volk, by Professor Moleschaff, of Zurich by Edward Bronner, M.D. To which is appended A Chapter on Food Adulterations," by John Scoffern, M.B. So far as we can judge both works deserve the office of handbook on the ,subject on which they treat. The latter—what we are about to say, must not be taken invidiously—gives pro" mise of the greater success, being lucidly written like the former, and approximating closely to scientific accuracy in matters in which all ago directly concerned. A chapter on adulterations it quite apropos at the present time, and that before us is characterised by sufficient research, know. ledge of the subject, and good sense, to add con- • siderably to the value of the volume. The Communion of Labour. By Mrs. Jameson. Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts. In the " Sisters of Charity," a lecture published last year, Mrs. Jameson set forth and urged the claims of her sex to a more equal share of the work to be done, and a more perfect communion of interests in the work done, enforcing her argu ment by the plea of necessity—the practical recog nition of such claims being imperatively demanded in the present state of society. The present work, meant, we are told, to be supplementary to the above, is an'illustration and an expansion through facts and examples of the principles there briefly set forth, and was, in part, delivered as a lecture is June last. It is an earnest book, in which mot °, the arguments are strongly fortified by facts, en' not a few just thoughts find the happiest exPres' sion—a book to read and ponder over with discri mination and candour. Some of its revelations ' are startling and deplorable •, for instance, those relating to hired nurses in workhouses and hospitals , including the wives of soldiers chosen in the latter capacity, to minister to the wounded and suffering in the East. In a word, a strong case is made out for the social reform the author seeks. The Northmen in Cumberland and Westmoreland. By Robert Ferguson. An attempt, on the part of the author, to preElellt in the form of a popular lecture such of the leading facts in Mr. Worsae's " Danes and Norwegians 111 England," as relates to Cumberland, led, We 1 1: told, to the prod uc ti on o f th e presen t wo rk, wheel'' we do not hesit a t e t o sa y, w ill b e f oun d extremely interesting to the ar c h aeo l og i s t an d etymologis The object of the author is to estimate the extent of the Scandinavian immigration which took Oar into a particular part of the kingdom, to investi gate its c h arac t er , an d t o inquire into the probable circumstances under which it occurred. In this attempt he was led to form the theory of an /rura l " gration, more particularly Norwegian, proceeding,. from the western pa r t o f th e i s l an d, th e grounds of which are adduced, though the theory is not dog matically insisted on. The traces left by the North' men, unlike those l e ft i n thi s coun t ry by the ~.,,__ mans, which are almost exclusively material, the reader will find are embedded in the dialect, man ners, and customs of Cu m b er l an d. I ngenu ity an d freedom from dogmatism are not the least notice able characteristics of a work which no intelligen t Englishman will take up and lay down entirely unread. American Slavery. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Robert. f A w h r i e e p h r i a n p t o o r f t on a wasrti article on issued '‘ iin Unclethe Tom's 26th n C u a m b b n e c of the Edinburgh Review, and of Mr. Sumner, the American senator's celebrated speech, with a notice of the event which followed that speech. The appearance of this volume is quite opportune, and those who have not read the terrible but righteous philippic of the above right-minded and outspoken senator will do well to avail themselves of it, in order not only to be informed of the cause of the above attack on him, but along with it what American slavery is, and how it is regarded and spoken of by the nobles of Nature in the United States. A perusal of the notice of the events fol lowing on that speech may also be recommended, as showing the lengths to which the slave party will go and the attitude assumed by the opponents of slavery, startled from their apathy by a brutal and cowardly assault on one of their number, which is without a parallel in Parliamentary his tory, and deserving of universal reprobation. Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities. Executed and published by Maull and Poly blank, 55, Gracechurch-street. The July issue of this admirable series presents us with a life-lik e p or t ra it, accompan i e d b y a bio graphical notice, of Robert Stephenson, the worthy son of the celebrated George Stephenson, and the engineer of the marvellous tubular bridges over the Conway at the Castle and the Menai at Bri tannia Rock. The August number introduces to us a veritable likeness of not the least of our poli tical celebrities—J. A. Roebuck, M.P., who, if he does not carry off the palm for superior wisdom and political strategy, enjoys the reputation of being second to none of living statesmen in integrity and inflexibility of purpose. To the portrait will be found appended a biographical notice by Herbert Fry, to whom this department is confided by the publishers, and who continues to present in brief, and at the same time intelligibly, able facts in connection with the originals of the various portraits. the most notice- Frid inch 1,001 at 7d 60. at 4i open marl flatn A< repo] indic vino subn oblig want place accol of ra Bilks are 11 the si Ad in col to thi in till ral ri bouri able I at tbt expec for th is so . h Accot crop from Th( the ad gara, left, b goner than 1 The holder day, 1 Posi'd tb rou h►;d, •Th , cc n ry it regi Sir, ehmtd th e tt th e b exami tranaf 105, direct iu reg rumot about to hai have 1 the tr: 1,268 larly c have z Ai progri Which board Mil Rail va ing, 1 goo( a pe , New Cone ?al nue] Mex Porl Tnr: SEPTEMBER 22 t 856