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EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING MR. GORILLA. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington ; Miss Kate Kelly, Miss E. Thorne. After which (229th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. 1). Boucleault, 1). eisner, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer, [Toward, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with THE TURKISH BATH - . Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford. Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.— C. F. HANCOCK, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Queen, 33, Bruton-street, Bond-street, having been selected ththe C3mittee to ake the "BA : DGE " to be worn by e Member m s of the n ` " national Rifle Association," bects respectfully to inform them that it may be procured at his Establishment, and in on the GOLD) NAMEL grounds at WimLED,bledon, in SILVERThre pr ice 7s. 6d.,price e Guineas. THEATRE -Fs() YAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backsten. THIS EVENING. the nPrforraances will commence with %lit HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. After which THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, E. Villiers, Rogers, &c. ; Mrs. Wilkins, Mrs. C. Mathews, and Miss E. Weekes. _ Followed by TAKING BY STORM. Mr. C. Mathews. And THE GAL ICIAN FETE. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. 'Harris. THIS EVENING, the new comic drama, entitled A HOMESTEAD STORY, Messrs. Ryder Shore, and Miss M. Harris. To conclude with AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Miss Mary Provost ; Jaques, Mr. Phelps. CIAYTERBURY -HALL CONCERTS N.) AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. EVERY EVENING, Two Grand St,lectors from celebrated Onerss, including Verdi's new Opera. THE BAL MASQUE (first produced in England at this Establishment) , with a Chorus of Forty Voices, and upon a scale unequalled at any other Concerts. Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Greville, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Bernard ; popular Solos on the Cornet-a-piston, by Mr. Levy (the first performer of the day); the Brothers Conrad (in an entirely original entertainment on the double rope, not to be seen elsewhere); continued success of Mr. Wood and his talented little Son. -- - The Comic Department comprises the following favourites : —Mr. Marshall, Mr. Hollingsworth ; the NERVES, by Messrs. Harvey and French ; and Mrs. Lawrence. Musical Director, Mr. JONGTIMANS. O X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. This noble building being now completed, its architectural beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections (by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus) from "Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in Maschera." both operas •by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch Duets by the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental mu s i c of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by Mi ss Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves), W. H. Wieland , E . Marshall, and W. Randall. Admissio Hall, sixpenee ; B alcon y and Stalls, one s hilling. Private' Boxes, 10s. 6d. T H E HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAY.—Moining, 4h. s m. —Afternoon, 4h. 20m. T"-molumw.-Morning, 4h. 43m.—Afternoon, sh. Om. THE WEATHER...-SIIN OFFICM, JULT 11, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THB SHADB. 73—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BARomrrEv.-29.97 ; falling. WlND—South-Westerly; light and fine. r: 174, S_ a~ a~. =,~; :~,. > THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1861. THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1881. The East Indian Council—through the medium of the bill now passing through the Legislature—is to be abolished. Another Legislative Council is, therefore, of course, to be established in its place. Already this measure—having been originally in troduced in the House of Commons—has passed through the House of Commons almost without any modification. It has thence proceeded to the House of Lords, and on Tuesday evening it was there read a second time. Not, however, until after it had been made the theme of an animated discussion, in which the Earl DE GREY and RIPON, the Earl of ELLENBOROUGII, the Duke of ARGYLL, Lord LYVEDEN, the Earl of DERBY, and in the end also (in a very few words) the Earl of GRANVILLE took part. The subject matter thus brought under de bate was, without doubt, one of the most supreme importance. It affects, in point of fact, the rights and liberties of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred millions of our fel low-subjects Asiatics for the most part, whether Hindoos or Mahommedans, but still, how ever alien to us in religious belief or in social habitudes, in our double capacity as Europeans and as Christians, our fellow-subjects as we have said, and—our fellow-creatures. The necessity for the abolition of the old East Indian Council as it has hitherto existed for years and years past at Calcutta was matter of notoriety. Every one who could look upon it dispassionately, every one who stood without the magic circle of that Council, recognised quite plainly the urgency of the necessity for its abolition. It was worse than use less—it was at times, and not at unfrequent times, glaringly and painfully prejudicial in its in fluence upon the working of the complicated machinery of our Indian Administration It was the grand political skid at Calcutta ; but it Was worse than that, for the drag if employed exclusively as a drag at a moment of great emergency is not simply an advantage, but one the value of which at rare intervals is absolutely in calculable. The Old Indian Council at Cal cutta, too, often proved itself to be a dead weight, the application of the vie inertia inherent in which but too frequently resulted in a dead lock, and this moreover at crises the most inopportune. Now that John Company has given 'way to JOHN BULL, now that India is itself but another integral portion of the stupendous empire owning allegiance to the sceptre of VICTORIA—the need that had long ago been recognized, that great need there was of ridding Hindostan of the intolerable burd en of this vexatious and irritating little Parliament hitherto maintained under the name of the Legis lative Council at Calcutta, became not more clearly visible than ever—it become absolutely impe rative. Hence, the bill for its abolition introduced this session to the Imperial Legislature at Westminister by her MAJESTY'S Govern ment the Bill already passed glibly through the House of Commons—the Bill read a second time in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening. That old Council is therefore—we have at least the satisfaction of making sure of this—doomed. It may be already looked upon as a " gone coon." The only anxiety yet left us in regard to the measure insuring to us its immediate destruction being as to the origin and organisation, the character and the responsibility of the new Legislative Council that is to replace it. As the Bill stands at present the•outline of the proposed substitute can be regarded as, all things considered, anything but satisfactory. To " fill-up" judiciously and wisely the scanty and far from symmetrical " t he there (in that Bill of Sir CIIAPLES Wo ob) clumsily sketched•in by the seem ingly Prentice-hand of the Indian Secretary of State, w e ha ve 0,4 now, as it happens, to look to the legislative wisdom and the patriotic exertion of the House of Lord s ! The llouse of Commons having washed its hands of the difficulty by its precipitate eomplaisancy in sending the Bill as originally drawn up with all its manifold offences on its head unmitigated, almost untouched, to the Upper House of Parliament ! England can hardly rest satisfied in this matter, with witnessing the eff ectual com pletion of the present determination, as some face tiouely phrase it, to abolish SirBARNES PEACOCIt--to sweep out of existence, as -- the bill clearly undertakes to do, the old obnoxious Council at Calcutta. We all want to see a proper substitute ready upon the instant to be erected there is its place, directly Calcutta knows the old bugbear no more. That substitute, the Bill as it now stands, can hardly be said to provide for the future wel fare of Hindustan, of a dominion peopled by from 160,000,000 to 200,000,000 Hindoos and Maho metans, with a sprinkling of the dominant race of the übiquitous Englishman. It is not yet of course by any means too late to have the bill amended through the wise and patriotic interposi tion of the House of Lords, before the measure shall have been definitively transformed into an Act of Parliament. There was surely something worthy at least of consideration in these remarks of Lord ELLENROROUGH on Tuesday evening : when the noble earl observed that he was " desirous of seeing the Governor-General in his Council sur rounded by some of the leading rajahs, the Nazim, and some of the greater zemindars—the representa tives, in fact, of the higher classes of the country." The noble lord adding, " This would be in accord ance with the wishes of the native princes, and that it was only by consulting their feelings, and it might be their prejudices, that it was possible to retain power in India." Instead of attempting to do any thing of all which the bill now before Parliament proposes to surround the Viceroy of England with a Council, the constitution of which cannot but be calculated to outrage all those native wishes, native feelings, and native prejudices. Happily it is not yet too late : and the House of Lords may so contrive to modify this IEII before it leaves Committee that it may care rathe r l ess f or th e conven i ence o f th e Viceroy and rather more for the feelings and opinions of the Indian subjects of the Crown. What vitality there is in a bold lie. Although again and again contradicted, the assertion was reiterated last night that those who desire the abolition of Church-rates want to deprive Church men of the power of rating themselves. In varied forms of expression this monstrous fiction was rehearsed by different members. What a pure invention it is the slightest consi deration shows—for Dissenters cannot prevent Churchmen from rating themselves. Let Church rates as they now stand be utterly abolished—and then what, we ask, is to prevent the Churchmen of any parish from agreeing to a rate on themselves ? They may say—yes, but we want compul sory powers to enforce it when made. We reply, you can have them if you please, even when the legal rate is abolished. It is perfectly compe tent to a thousand Churchmen in any parish to render themselves legally liable for what is now paid for by a church-rate, so that the proportion of each person, if refused, could be afterwards re covered in the very court selected last night by Mr. HUBBARD—the county court. A simple con tract of agreement might place all the signatories to it in this position for as long as they pleased. What Abolitionists object to is that the onus of objecting should be thrown on the objectors. Why should the whole parish be assumed to be liable for the worship, they say, of one of its sects. You call it, .by an old unreal fic tion, the .National Church, and assimilate its claims to the national highways ; but along the latter we may walk, ride, or drive in what vehicle we please. These churches you confine to the use of the Epis copal sect and its worshippers, which are but half the people. If you allowed the churches, as they are in some of our own colonies, to be used in turn by all sects in the pariah, if we might select our mode of worship in them as freely as we do our vehicles for the highways, then you might as fairly ask to make a parish vote for their mainte nance. Who ever heard of refusal to pay a sur veyor's rate ? If, however, only four-wheeled car riages were permitted to be used on them, depend on it the gig -drivers would soon get up an agitation that would not be easily put down. There are two fatal evils of the exempting system —one that it assumes a high a priori right to tax the whole community for one creed, which the other creeds cannot concede. There is nothing in the combined fraud and violence by which the HENRYS and CIIARLESES established the Church, which can morally justify such a pretension. With the service for CHARLES the Martyr of blessed memory, all such pretensions should have passed away for ever. The physical force by which ecclesiastical matters were settled then, is repu diated by all now—Church Rates are but a relic of all this, and they ought to vanish before the light of juster views and sentiments. The other vice of exemption is that in many towns it will, for no earthly reason, create an infinitude of trouble. Take towns like Manchester and Birmingham where rates have been abolished for years—the minority only is in favour of a rate ; yet that insignificant minority would be able to lay a rate under many of these exemption bills, and the huge majority must all be at the trouble of sending in notice of claiming exemption, if they are to escape the rate! The just and always urged objections of " ticketing Dissenters," merely to give the Church the prestige of rating the whole land, is, of course, one never to be got over. Churchmen feel it as well as Dissenters. If compromise is to be accepted, we have seen no one which abolitionists can accept but that of simply abolishing the power to compel payment of Church-rates, leaving the present ar rangements for making and levying one as they are. The plan is one which has proved very suc cessful where it has been tried already, and no doub e t h i u t rh. would e collect a larger sum than ever for the Thoroughly as BULL under the pwerese s e y u m tie p e ath te ise w w hi i e t h h M he r h . a T s subjected, we übßeNen yet must say, now the trial is over, that we accept the verdict as a right one. We have again carefully perused all the documents, and we must acknowledge that lookingat them, and including the deputation to Lord PALMERSTON among the persecutions, we cannot think the case was one for an action at law. We always thought Mr. TURNBULL wrong in resigning. We appre ciate fully his highly honourable motives for doing so, but reasons equally honourable, and far more cogent, we think, required that he should re main at his post. If the Duke of WELLINGTON had resigned when his plans were misunderstood and his character attacked during the Peninsular War, he would have failed in his duty to a great cause, and have made the ignorant and prejudiced the arbiters of his course. This is what Mr. TURN BULL has done. He was in the position to main tain the honour and integrity of literary men. It was his to dare their traducers to the proof. He had to defend them from the calumnious imputa tion that they were capable of literary dishonesty when responsible to the public, as their master, for strict and impartial accuracy. Nothing should have " driven him to resign," though it might have been more painful to retain than to desert his post. Had we been in Lord ALMERSTON'S position we should, as at present advised, have re instated him ; but, in justice to his lordship, we must own that it was a totally different thing not to reinstate a man who had thrown up his post, and to turn the man out of it. Mr. TURNBULL placed Lord PALMERSTON in the position that he must now affront a large and powerful body to remedy the wrong a man had hastily done himself. It might have been noble in Lord PALMERSTON to So it ; but it could hardly be required of him as a politician. Had it rested with the Premier as simply the genial large-minded proprietor of Broadlands, he would, we are persuaded, have restored Mr. TURNBULL. But the question is, was this a case for civil damages ? and the more we examine it we think it was not. Mr. BIRD and those whom he repre sented acted, we believe, honestly under a panic of bigotry. There is not in all the charges, which we think so narrow-minded and unworthy, a trace of personal malice. There is the odium theologtcunz, of course, in abundance, but there is no appearance of malicious libelling. Bigotry, as it so commonly does, attributed the possibility and probability of unworthy moral conduct to the creed it hated. It was Romanism, not Mr. TURNBULL, which was sincerely regarded as quite capable of literary bad faith. Whatever libel there was, was really directed against the opinions rather than against the man. The appeal was to his published books, and to his avowed opinions. These it was con tended showed him to be a man with a strong bias ; and a bias to Romanism, the persecutors held, in accordance with a very current notion, might lead to any amount of falsification, even to perjury, " for the glory of GOD and for the good of the Church." But all this was simply matter of opinion ; and up to the time of the trial had been before the only bar at which opinions should be judged. The opi nions of Mr. BIRD and his comrades had been con demned by every man whom Mr. TURNBULL cared about. The damage of less of employment in a post in which, he tells us, his expenses equalled his re ceipts, was a damage caused directly by his own act, for Lord PALMERSTON would not have displaced him. And more than this, he was attacked only at a servant of the public, and on public grounds. On every account, therefore, we are sorry Mr. TURN BULL condescended to take such a cause into such a court. He obtained, indeed, the highest testi mony for his ability in his special department, and for his general character, even from opponents, but that is a poor compensation for dragging such a case before the wrong tribunal. But while we thus write, let us not for a moment be supposed to sympathise with at all, much less to justify, the Protestant Alliance. We blush for such Protestantism. The Alliance itself cannot be more hostile, as a matter of opinion, than we are, to all that distinguishes Popery from other forms of Christianity. It is wholly alien from all our habits of thought—not more so, however, than persecu tion of Popery. The Alliance will reply that theirs was not persecution. No, it was not in the style of Queens MARY and ELIZABETH, who to our minds were pretty much alike on this point. Mr. TURN BULL could not conveniently be hanged, or oven lynched. But the habit of mind which sees immo ralities and crimes unfitting for equal citizenship in the peculiarities of another creed, is just the one which has made all the martyrdoms in the world. Happily for us all, special beliefs have little connection with morality. Least of all can the code of morals deduceable from them be decided by hostile polemics—and still less can per sonal moralty be ascertained by the creed to which a man is born. What we regret is that educated English clergymen and gentlemen should join the vulgar multitude in acting on the other supposition. Be the cause what it may, every man takes his practical code of moralty and honour from the country in which he lives, and the circle in which be moves. And to believe and act on the other supposition is the very essence of bigotry and per secution. In what is vulgarly viewed as Popery the Protestant Alliance are as Popish as Papists. LLOYD'S AMERICAN RAILROAD WEEKLY. We advise such of our readers as have not yet seen this remarkable American Weekly to obtain at least the number for the 15th of last month as a specimen. That number commences a gazetteer de scription of all the remarkable places, towns, states, rivers, &c., which have any relation to the present unhappy war there. But the distinguishing feature of this " weekly" is its map. It is not one of such sketches as newspapers are frequently obliged to be content with, but one whole side of a sheet which opens more than three feet by four, is oocupied by a large brightly coloured map of all the United States, so far as raiways extend,—that is from the lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Pennsylvania on the Atlantic to Missouri, west of the Mississippi. It is on the easily measured scale of 30 miles to the inch. It contains all the railroads, with time tables corrected up to every week. The stations are marked on the map. The information seems to be very full and complete, and the map is on such a bold scale that any emigrant or traveller to America will find with perfect ease the route to any plaee he desires to reach in this vast territory. During the war it will be, we presume, the cheapest and by far the most intelligible guide to the opera tions on both sides, so far as they depend on that new and supremely important element in military movements—the railways. We cordially recom mend it to the notice of our readers. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, Sir George Grey, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, and the Right Hon. E. Cardwell. STORM'S BREECH-LOADING RIFLE.—Among the many improvements made in firearms of the present day, one of the simplest breech-loaders we have met with is the invention of an American. It is at present under the con sideration of the authorities. We have examined an Enfield rite which has been altered from a muzzle-loader to Mr. Storm's breech .loading patent. The result of experiments made at Wimbledon with this and the muzzle-loader at 150 yards are as follows :—Muzzle-loader, 20 shots, 23 points; time, 13 minutes 47 seconds. Breech-loader, 20 shots, 28 points • time 4 minutes 51 seconds. These results speak for themselves. IST MIDDLESEX ENGINEER VOLUNTEERS.— PRESENTATION.—On Friday, the sth inst., the 6th Com pany (Wandsworth) of the above corps assembled at their drill-ground, for the purpose of presenting a valuable tes timonial to their Sergeant-major, Welham Garwood. Re presentatives of other companies attended to do honour to a man who seems be universally respected throughout the corps. After the members had gone through a few evolu tions they formed three sides of a square, and Capt. Peirce, slight acknowledgment advanci ng t o th e cen t re , sa id—" Gentlemen of the 6th which is to Company, —A very plea s ing duty devolves on me this evening, present of t to s Sergeant-major r dr , ill Gar wood a- ructor, and though he has already been presented with one subscribed forby the general body of the corps at head quarters, (the beautif u l sword he now wears by his side) ' I am sure he will equally appreciate the feelings of our single company in so unanimously joining together to give h i m a mark of their respect and admiration. I considered from the first that we ought to congratulate ourselves on being so fortuna te as to g et such a m an to teach us sol diering, and I am happy to find that my expectations have been more than realised by the progress we have made in the very short time we have been under his tuition, and I feel that as every man of my company is actuated boy a desire to become thoroughly acquainted with all there is to learn, it will probably become the crack com p an y of one of the finest of the metropolitan corps, for I believe the Ist Middlesex Engine ers roust eventually rank with the oldest and best. It is needless for me to make a long speech on this occasion, and I will conclude by ex pressing a desire that we may continuo to work together as we have done under the same able guidance. Sergeant, -Major Garwood thanked the company in a short speech expressive of his determination to leave nothing undone to merit a Continu ance of their good opinion ; and after cheers for Captain Peirce, Sergeant-Major Garwood, and the represented cora -1 • pames, the affair terminated with a march to Putney. r 5, Ni l •NI PARIS, SULY 11. The Moniteur of to-day contains a decree, nomi nating the Marquis de Lavalette Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. VIENNA, JULY 10. The following is the textual reply given by the Emperor to the presidents of the two houses of the Hungarian Diet on the presentation of the address " I have observed with satisfaction the dutiful readiness with which the Estates and the represen tatives of Hungary have met the desire I lately expressed. "Entertaining the hope that the Estates and the representatiyes of the country will receive in the same spirit the reply which I am about to give to the address of the Diet solely in the interest of the country and for the general good of my people, I will give this, my reply, as soon as possible." MADRID, JULY 10 (Evening). A Ministerial circular has been addressed to the Governors of the Provinces, recommending severe measures for the maintenance of public order. THE HOMEWARD BOMBAY AND MAURI TIUS MAILS. The Delta, with the 'above mails, passed Guia, Lisbon, at 8 a.m., yesterday, 10th inst., and may be expected at Southampton on Saturday evening. THE OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Ce 3 lon, from Southampton, on the 4th inst., reached Gibraltar yesterday morning, having expe rienced rough weather. She was to continue her voyage to Alexandria at noon. LITERATURE. Under the Spell, By the Author of " Grand mother's Money," " Wildflower," Sze. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a very exciting story, that is most event ful, and that cannot fail to attract the interest of all who peruse it. It is not often that we meet with so striking a tale as the s one that is here chronicled. The characters are remarkably well sketched, and in particular may be mentioned Mr. Lanceford, This man is an exact impersonation of those who sacrifice every one and every thing to the gratification of their own selfish desires, and after all reap the bitter results of mortification. The story opens at a critical juncture when Mr. Lanceford's second wife meets him at a lawyer's to arrange about a separation. The parting is effected, and she returns to live with her brother, while he departs to the solitude of his splendid mansion. He has three sons, who are very distinct in their dispositions. Willie, the youngest, the only child of the second marriage, is the hero of these pages. Nathan and Edmund are the others. Each was most strange and self willed. The incidents are very numerous that are told of their earlier years, and we trace the selfishness and love of pleasure in Edmund that had ruined his father from his youth upwards. In Nathan there was great ability, he was the genius of the family; but he was of a strange disposition, and never ingratiated himself with any one. Willie the hero was a very superior character ; he was early trained in the school of self-command, and the many differences that existed in his family only nerved him to fresh exertion, and induced him to make more effort to ameliorate the lot of those around him. It was through his agency and in strumentality that there was any reinstatement of affairs in the distracted household of the " Limes." Ho was always the same, kind and thoughtful for others, and he gained his reward in the blessings he conferred on many. The description of Ed mund's first love affair is very strikingly told, and some of its passages are ludicrous, while others are of a grave import. The scene in the church is most life-like, and displays the skill of representation that makes things appear before us as if they actually occurred. Mr. Lanceford was a very peculiar man, he was just the sort to irritate excit able youths with his coldness and indifference. He behaved in a cruel manner to Edmund, and the subsequent evil courses to which the youth resorted, were entirely the fault of his father. The episode of Gurnett and Prudence is a melancholy one, but amid the sadness, there is much to interest in their fixed idea of rectitude. It was mournful to think that their dream could not be realised of taking refuge in some retired place, and trying to forget their late troubles. The effort was vain and at the very time when they expected to enjoy a temporary calm, they encountered the being who had brought the great misery of their, lives upon them. Mr. Gurnett's sister had left her home and infant daughter, and since then Abel Gurnett had adopted the orphan Prudence. By a strange chance Pru dence met with this lady, and Mr. Gurnett insisted on seeing her. To his horror he discovered that the man for whom she had left her home was his em ployer, Mr. Lanceford of the Limes. He never recovered the shock, although he lived for many years afterwards. By that strange infatuation which often possesses people Mr. Lanceford thought he was atoning for the evil he had occasioned to the family by employing the services of Mr. Gurn ett for his sons. Thwarted by his father in his first choice, Edmund had grown restlqs, and when the neighbours com mented on his attentions to Kitty Dornton, the pretty daughter of the coachman at the lodge; he in a fit of anger, and to show his spite against his father, proposed to her. Some time elapsed before he fulfilled the intention, but he did at last, and the proud master of the Limes had the satisfaction of knowing that his eldest son had married his coachman's daughter. Nathan, the second son, in his way also subverted his father's plans by taking to the stage. He had early manifested a talent in that direction, and began by private performances. The great success which he gained in these affairs soon led him on further. Willie, the youngest, was the only one who at all carried out his father's views. Here, however, there seemed a spell, and through an accident in a shooting excursion Willie was the cause of his father's death. At the last hour, when his shuiiiiing schemes could no longer avail him, the proud man acknowledged that he saw a retribution in the blow coming from the son of her whom he had so cruelly wronged. Certainly this erring man was a power ful warning to those who are addicted to the same evil ways, for throughout his whole life he found all vanity and vexation of spirit, and his death was wretched. The ghosts of long-past crimes seem to hover round him, his wasted existence was haunt ine his mind, while he was cut off in the midst of his oareer, in the prime of life. I ears naeir he luta de clared to Mr. Gurnett that he had settled what should be the future of his sons. " The lives of my children are mapped out, Mr. Gurnett, I have al ready told you so." "If the map drawn by the Great Hand had been unrolled at that moment, as he stood there in his chamber, the true tortuous map of those children's lives in the time to come, when his will should be strong, but his hands should be powerless, he might have knelt and prayed at that instant,—he who never prayed I—that such a blow to all his hopes and pride, and fatherly affection would be mercifully spared him." The last part of the story is principally concerning Edmund. He had soon regretted his foolish marriage with an ig norant girl, not suited for him in taste and education. She was too good for him in her loving heart and trusting nature, and the very sufferings she underwent tended to elevate her. Had it not been for the strenuous efforts of Willie and Nathan grievous would have been the result of the new fancy of that selfish and hasty individual, Edmund Lanceford. Un fortunately, he discovered that a great actress was the lady who had been in her girlhood the object of his early love. The might of that first real attachment yet lingered in his mind : it had been trampled on, but not crushed. He had felt indig nant at the hurried departure of mother and daughter through the instigation of his father; but when he met again the theme of his early dreams matured into beauty that morn than fulfilled her early promise of loveliness, and gifted with tran scendant talent, it proved too much for one of his wavering principles and excitable disposition. Miss Mernott was of a far superior nature to her devoted adherent, but the dangers thickened round her path, and had not circumstances occurred which roused her to a sense of her position, she might have been entangled in the snares that were so speciously concealed. The passage which relates the events at Marwich is most exciting in its inte rest ; and in its skill of delineation and power of blending varying scenes in a connecting link, it at tains a result not often witnessed in novels of this class. We see before us one of the most eventful phases that can possibly occur in the existence of human beings ; there are at work all the passions that excite and influence mankind. The conclu sion of the story is more happy than could have been hoped for, from the many clouds that have overhung its course. So interesting a narrative it is rare to find ; and the vividness with which it is brought before us, the eloquence which pervades the descriptions throughout, all impart a vitality to its pages that renders this work a peculiarly attractive one. It can be taken up in the confi dent expectation that it contains abundant sources of entertainment, while it displays a striking representation of life, and brings prominently before us some characters quite out of the common. "Under the Spell" is the best of the author's pro ductions, and evinces more skill in construction and energy in description than the earlier efforts. It is to be expected that it will thus gain a larger share of attention, and attract the admiration of those who were pleased with its predecessors. They will find in these volumes all that can conduce to a brilliant novel, and those who appreciate superior talents will rejoice to meet with this interesting sketch. It is certain to take a high place among novels of its order, as well for its style as its sub jects, for the striking scenes that occur in its nar rative as much as for the vigorous manner in which they are described. The life-like delineation of the characters who figure prominently in its stirring pages, also contributes to add an additional attrac• tion to this excellent work. A Saunter through the West End. By Leigh FRANCE AND PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated the Bth inst., says : " The French Commisioner, M. de Clercq, will return in a few days to Paris to ask for new in structions, rendered necessary by the attitude assumed by Bavaria in the question of the treaty of commerce. Bavaria, namely, maintains that Prussia is not authorised to conclude treaties in the name of the Zollverein, and insists that a general Con ference of the States of the Zollverein should first be held to grant the necessary permission to Prussia. What Prussia will say to this has not transpired, but Prussia is quite at liberty to conclude a treaty with France on her own account, allowing only those Governments of the Zollverein to participate in it who adhere to it unconditionally. It is not improbable that this question may eventually lead to a reform of the Zollverein as it now exists." " The King of Prussia has left Berlin for Baden- Baden, from which latter place he proceeds to Ostend." BOURSE, July 10.—The market is firm but with out any animation, the principal business doing being in sales for cash by parties desirous of taking part in the subscription for the Trentenary Trea sury Bonds. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f 80c. Railways quiet, hut firm. The following were the last quotations : ft per per Cents 97 35! Credit Foncier llO5 Do end month.... 97 35 Belgian 4f lOO 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 85 Roman Bank Shares 285.5 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 666 25 , Spanish Threes 4B Do. Account 670 Home Debt .. 461 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1378 75 .. 1380 Northern New ditto BB5 Lyons and Mediterranean 975 .. 977 50 Geneva 383 75 .. 383 75 Southern 570 571 25 Western .. Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard . 492 00 .. 100 70 POLAND. WARSAW, JULY 1. After long and many promises, both here and abroad, of the Imperial condescension and favourable disposition towards the Poles by the successor of one who hated and persecuted us without mercy, instead of an anticipated state of siege, we have received the Czar's ukase, purporting to be the answer to the address presented to him in February last, and professing to justify before Europe the widely spread impression of the progressive liberality of Alexander 11. Never was the disappointment greater ; but, on the other hand, it must be confessed, that we have never deluded ourselves in this matter, and well knew what to expect from the Czar. The so-called reforms granted to the kingdom of Poland do not in the least allay the excitement of this powerful political movement, which, if it does not show itself in a violent form, embraces all the classes of the nation, and awaits a favourable opportunity for an outburst. If these recent reforms possessed, in reality, any thing useful in themselves, there would still come the question as to their ever being carried into effect. In no country does there exist a wider breach between law and its execution than in Russia. The Emperor Nicholas, after the insur rection of 1830-31, had, in the face of the treaty of Vienna, abolished the constitution, and substituted in its place an organic statute for Poland, which, as you know, has never been put in force. The formation of the Council of State now promulgated, being only a pale copy of this statute, is destined to the same end. On reflection, it will be seen" that these re forms are purely administrative—whereaas we ask for the political ones; that they do not furnish any means to the nation for conveying its wishes and wants to the Emperor, but they leave us in the same sad position as before, so that we can only make ourselves heard through the torrents of our blood. The municipal councils are to be elective, but their actions and attributions are so closely circum scribed, that they entirely depend on the good will of the Imperial Commissary appointed to watch on the proceedings of each by the recent ukase. However small and insignificant these institu tions, we shall accept them were it only to show to Europe our devotion to public order, and our aver sion to any violence or underhand conspiracy. Some will, no doubt, accept their appointments of members of the Council of State, particularly as honorary members, that they may seize this new opportunity of serving the country to the best of their power, without in any way changing their opinions or their natural feelings. But this sacri fice at the altar of the country must not be under• stood as a declaration that we are satisfied with the present state of things, or that the Polish nation has given up its great object for tho accomplish ment of which it relies no less on its own integrity than on the rights g uaranteed to it solemnly by the great Powers of Europe. DISPERSION OF TILE BABRAMAM FLOCK.—Mr. Jonas Webb's celebrated flock of Southdown sheep was yesterday disposed of by auction, and France, Ame rica, Germany, and Russia competed with John Bull for their future ownership. Many of the best of the flock will in a few months find their way to New York, Buenos Ayres, Melbourne, and New Zealand, as well as to most European countries. In all 958 sheep were sold ; 99 2-yr-old and aged rams fetched £3,052 75., 110 , shoarling rams realised £2,710 Is , 199 shearling ewes made£2,ll3 195., 10.5 2-yr-old ewes were sold for £Bl3 155., and 45.5 older ewes realised £2,142. Among the purchasers were the Dukes of Richmond, Bedford, Newcastle, and Devonshire, the Mai quis of Bristol, the Earl of Winchilsea (who was present), the Earls of Sandwich, Falmouth, Yarborough, and Radnor, and Lords 13ray'orooke, Sondes, Walsingham, Faversham, &C. The prices reached were in some cases al together unparalleled. SJvcral of the rams fetched upwards of 100 guineas each ; one was purchased by Mr. Hudson, a o b f ny acasa Sir mt T. on A g c et r nh e fo ne , ar dr yearling th f 17eunprecedented guineas,e swa sa sum or opre n3loof of 260 g guineas vnee,as purchased guineas; piece. i e e a c s e. ; be ehe disposedwhole of f n tho e x...t ß y a e b a r r a , ham. stock above the age of lambs giveswsa.was thus dtuuadty ht e i a o r w r i emain on hand, to w i eri Mr, Jonas Webb will finally osed of for the sum of £10,922, averaging £ll breeding which connection rrlelaln w bs i t: f S t o h u e t has made his name so widely and so honourably known. Hunt. - Hurst and Blackett. The name which this volume bears upon its title page is an honoured one in English literature, and secures a cordial welcome :from the public. The contents do not of course appear for the first time, although they will probably be new to many, as it is many years since they appeared in a periodical to which their author lent the aid of bis ever fresh and pleasant contributions. All who have explored " The Town" in such good company, and wandered with him about " The Old Court Suburb," will not need to be reminded of the rich store of local asso ciations of incident, comment, or reflection, which Luiqh Hunt brought to the task of studying Lon don streets ; or how he raises them from mere high ways and by eways of traffic, to galleries in which are stored the varied recollections of the past, and how if ho does not exactly find " sermons in stones," he certainly discovers anecdote, humour, and entertainment in bricks and mortar. His "saunter" begins at Hyde park Corner, apd proceeds from thence along one of _the pleasantest streets in London, Piccadilly , somewhat changed since the days when trees an d country road filled up the gap between old Devonshire House_ and Piccadilly Hall ?. which gave its name to the road, whidh stood 011 the site of the present street. This curious cognomen was derived, our author tell us, from the word pickadils or peceadillas, peaked ruffs for the neck, worn in the time of Eliza beth and James, and the hall in question was so styled either from the sale of those articles, or from its having been built by a tradesman enriched by their means. So our able cicerone conducts us eastward, telling us many pleasant talcs as we go concerning the great houses and their present and former inmates. In passing Burlington house, he tells us a laughable incident fresh in his own recollection, though it took place fifty years before the time he wrote. When the author formed one of the St. James's volunteers who assembled at the time " when Buonaparte was coming to devour us all, but thought better of his breakfast," the regiment, a thousand strong, used to muster in the court yard of Burlington house. They possessed a Major who was also au undertaker in Piccadilly, and very fat, with a joyful, youthful countenance, and conse quently "our pretensions," says the writer, "were altogether of the biggest, liveliest, and at the same time most mortal description." A Colonel was however wanted, and great was the rejoicing when Lord Amherst, nephew of the conqueror of Mon treal, was appointed. The corps assembled in state to receive him. " The time arrives; the gates are thrown open ; a glimpse is caught of a gallant figure on a charger, the band strikes up ; the regiment presents arms ; enters the noble colonel, and in the act of answering our salutation, is pitched right over his horse's head in the most beautiful of summersets." As no harm whatever resulted from the inoppor tune display of agility it is not surprising that the solemn assembly found it difficult to restrain their hilarity. To the remembrance of this laughable incident, the author attributes Lord Amherst's refusal to perform the ko-tou, when in the capacity of ambassador to China, he declined to knock his head on the Imperial floor. Further on we come to the Egyptian Hall, the absurdity of whose archi tecture constitutes, says Leigh Hunt, a good ad vertisement. "There is no missing its great lumpish face as you go along. It giVes a blow to the mind like a heavy practical joke." We pass Dover-street, with its associations of Evelyn and Arbuthnot; Albemarle-street, where once stood the palatial residence of Hyde, Earl of Clarendon ; Sackville-street, full of pleasant recol lections of Mrs. Inchbald, on to Regent-street and the Quadrant, the Haymarket, its theatres and its surrounding byeways, St. James's-street and Square, Pall-mall and its clubs, ending with Suffolk-street and the statue of George the Third. That is to say the regular peregrinations end here, although there is another chapter or two on more personal matters. The attack on the American book sellers is penned con amore by one who was well aware of the large profits they had de rived from the sale of his works. "An English man of letters" says Leigh Hunt in a fit of humor ous indignation, " certainly passes the doors of American booksellers in London with very singular feelings. He knows they will snatch hold of his book the moment it is published, sell thousands of copies of it on the other side of the Atlantic, with out giving him the benefit of a stiver, and pnillaps have the pleasure of seeing him go by their London windows in the rain, while they are flourishing in a big house over his head. We suppose it is all right, and proper, and consistent, and free-born, and independent, and respectable, and slaveholding, and lovely, and going-a-head. It is certainly going another man's head though, with a considerable quantity of their own face beneath it. Yet, after all " how they can do it," as the man said when he saw the New Zealand young gentlemen eating their benefactor, is to us inconceivable." The civil perse cution of which the author was at one time the victim is also the subject of a few pages, sufficient to recall the claim which the name of Leigh Hunt has to be held in honoured estimation by the friends of our social liberties. We have no doubt that the work before us will receive a cordial reception both from the regard due to the memory of the delight ful writer whose graphic and genial pen will furnish us with no more pleasant volumes, and from the easy and entertaining style with which it will attract and fascinate the reader. The Medical Student. By Albert Smith. Cheap Edition. Routledge. The public are too well acquainted with the amusing style of Albert Smith for it to require any , commendation from us. This little ♦olume is illus trated on the outside with an inviting bottle of physic, and contains many amusing stories of the young aspirants to medical honours, together with serio-comic advice, half in earnest, half in jest, to young men going in for their examination at Apothecaries' Hall. He advises them not to take too much stout before going in, with the idea that it will give them pluck ; after the first half hour it only muddles the brain. Likewise that it is advis able to have the hair cut, and to take some pills the day previous ; the one improves the appearance, the other clears the faculties. The author's expe rience as a medical student, of course, renders these sketches the more acceptable, from the knowledge that they are genuine ; and the reader will often doubt whether many of the episodes, which he describes as relating to others, may not, in reality, be but an autobiography of early days. The Isle_ of Man. By the_ Rev. T. G. Cumming, M.A., F.G.S. Edward Stanford. This out of the way figment of the British isles still retains some features of olden times. As yet no railways mar the romance of its scenery ; but steam boats convey visitors to its shores at a very cheap rate. Mr. Cumming's intention has been not only to furnish a guide book to the most remarkable sights, &c., that the tourist may desire to see, but also to give every information which may be of service to the intending resident, together with an interest ing history of the island from an early period, going back to the days of the Old Norse Sea Kings, and their occupation of the island. The arrangement of the book is simple and satisfactory. The first chapter fur nishes the would-be tourist with the various means and cost of reaching the island from the different ports of Great Britain. Then follows a description of the island, its situation, extent, population, lan guage, and climate, the cost of living, hotel charges, and various other incidental expenses. The prices of most things are far cheaper there than in England, for the country is not burdened with the heavy taxes which we pay, nor yet the same restrictive duties. Thus the Manx people pay no income tax, property or house tax, and there are no toll gates. The zoology of the isle is described, the Manx cat taking, of course, a prominent place : TIIE MANX CAT. "The Zoology of the Isle of Man hardly, if at all, differs from that of the surrounding countries. The animal which most attracts the attention of visitors is the Manx cat, the Stubbin or Rumpy, a tailless variety of the common cat, Felis Cetus. Tradition asserts that the species was intro duced at the time of the destruction of the Spanish Armada. According to Train, the Manx rumpy resembles somewhat in appearance the cats said by Sir Stamford Relies to be peculiar to the Malayan Archipelago. They are best seen in a wild siate,when the caudal vertebrm are entirely want. ing, but by admixture with the common cat they are found with tails of all lengths. Tailless poultry are also common on the isle, but not peculiar to it, as they occur throughout the Hebrides." The superstitions which are still believed in by the primitive inhabitants are all considered, and some foolish examples of the extent to which people will go when under such influence are furnished. The volume is illustrated with a well defined and clearly printed map of the island, with the distances of certain points from various English and Irish ports. The East Coast of England, from the T hames to the Tweed. By E. C. Walcott, M.A. Edward Stanford. The guide-books of olden times hate had their day. In the present go-ahead age a meagre direc tion as to route, and the situation of hotels, is not enough for the insatiable thirst for knowledge and information which affects the present race of mor tals. Mr. Walcott entered upon a rather lengthy task when he commenced writing a history of the east coast of England with all its old associations ; (for this coast bore the brunt of the Saxon and Danish invasions, together) with a directory of the seaboard counties extending between the Thames and the Tweed. He has, however, suc ceeded in a very satisfactory manner ; he has divided his work into three divisions, to each of which a map is appended. The first comprises the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk ; the second those of York and Lincoln, anC, the last Durham and Northumberland. The different routes avail able for the traveller to any town or place from any particular locality are carefully arranged, the dis tances from London and the cost of transmission are also provided, and to those who are desirous 9f visiting any part of the eastern coast of Great Bri tain, Mr. Walcott's book will be of great service. Ourselves, Our Food, and Our Physic. By B . Ridge, M.D., F.R.C.S., &c., author of "H ea lth and Disease ; their Laws , &c. Chapman and Hall. The study of the laws of natsurae, iknnowisa obedience ,e to of which it is alike our du t y and our i nterest to live has lately been recog nised as a subject , general importance; and a some of the chief can . es of disease and of and th e principles of physiology becomes more generally diffused we may hope for beneficial results. The work before us is written in a plain and s i m pl e style, and is arranged with simplicity and clear ness. It is the work of a profes s i ona l wr it er o f practical experience, who h a style of all unnecessary has striven to divest hi s c ality. Many of h mysticism or teehni eccentric, and not to be 0 be altogether theories a re Ter v —fQr instance - / he Ptronsly ra.: liusteil - - -- .—ijects to the application of hot poultices to an inflamed part. In the hands of a reader of sense and judgment, who will exercise his own discretion and not accept every dogma without reflection, the book will pro bably be of value, conveying much information concerning the structure of our bodies and the nature of diseases, than the general reader is net likely to possess. AMERICA AND CANADA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Jura, Capt. Langland, with the Canadian mails of the 29th and advices from New York to the previous day, has arrived. The New York Tribune publishes the following special despatch from Washington, dated the 26th, in reference to the alleged peace propositions : " The Secretary of State authorises denial of our statement that peace propositions have been sub mitted. We expected that of course. Diplomacy has the same prerogative as grand larceny, and can plead not guilty to the indictment. Let the Min; nistration recall James E. Harvey from Lisbon, and break up the camps on the other side of the rrref, for an advance to Richmond, and th e coun t r y will believe him and discredit us. Oth erw i se th e y 10 11 take his disclaimer for just what it is worth, and no more." From Washington, under date of the 27th, We have the following rumours -- " Several prominent public men have lately" directed the attention of the President and members of the Cabinet to the fact that the feeble manner is which the Southern rebellion had thus far been treated will necessarily weaken the cause of the Union in the eyes of European Governments, and the probability of the recognition of the new Dahomey. To all of these remonstrances the reply was uniformly vouchsafed, that the Govern ment had such assurances from Europe as rendered the emergency referred to improbable under all circumstances. " All thezeports and speculations about a dispo sition in Washington, on the part of the President, or Cabinet, or General Scott, or anybody else, to favour compromise or delay, have no foundation in truth. That the President's Message, at the open ing of the extra Session of Congress, will recom mend any compromise having for its object the reconciliation of those now in arms against the Federal Government, no one at all acquainted with the views of the Administration believes. On the contrary, it will be doubtless found that the course already initiated will be firmly maintained in con sonance with the inaugural address ; and on this, as on all other subjects, the Administration is one, undivided, and indivisible. "Information has been received here, of a relia ble character, exposing a cunningly devised plot of the rebels to possess themselves of the California steamers running to Panama. Their plan is to place upon these steamers as they leave port a number of their men, in the capacity of steerage passengers, who shall, after getting to sea, rise and overpower the crew, and seize the steamers. By such maucea vres they hope to possess themselves of the treasure transported upon these vessels, to replenish their empty treasury, and also to supply themselves with powerful first-class steamers, to be used hereafter as privateers to prey upon our commerce. This desiga may have been ere this executed. " A conference of military leaders was held yes: terday, and it is now thought the programme will be changed, and a forward movement soon take place. " Secretary Chase will doubtless recommend moderate revision of the Morrill Tariff Bill. " The tone of the foreign despatches to our Go vernment is most favourable. " It is ascertained, on reliable authority, that it is the fixed determination of the Government to fully sustain and protect, in their constitutional rights, all those citizens of Tennessee who, in deco: lion to the Union, are now struggling to wrest their State Government from the hands of usurpers, and to defend all the loyal States against parts thereof claiming to have seceded, and afford them every' protection against domestic violence, insurrections invasion, and rebellion. The Government will fur nish loyal citizens of such States with means neces sary for their protection and preservation, if believe& to be unable to defend themselves against their 0 - vaders and aggressors, and will speedily come to their aid with men and arms in sustaining the con stituted authorities of the United States. The Post office Department, in consideration of the loyalty of the citizens of East Tennessee, have made arrange ments for furnishing them with increased postal facilities. The mails hereafter will be sent thither via Cincinnati, instead of Louisville. . . . The lead ing members of Congress have resolved that there shall be no general legislation at the extra session, confining business exclusively to war. . . The first official account of the Government recognising the new Provisional Government, at Wheeling, fig a State Government of Virginia, occurred to-day in having regular official intercourse with Governor Pierpont, communicating to him his appointment in Virginia for the 38th Congress." Lerd Lyons officially visited the President on the 26th, and delivered her Majesty's letter announcing the demise of the Duchess of Kent. The aggregate number of troops at Washington and mustering in the district was estimated 0 56,000 men, including 1,500 regulars and 6 0 marines. A Southern paper states, on the alleged authority of the Southern Commissioners, that a sum of two millions had been offered as an advance on the cotton crop by English capitalists. It is stated in Nevi Orleans letters that two steamers were being fitted out to act against the Federal cruiser Brooklyn. From Baltimore we have the following intelli gence respecting the proceedings at Richmond : , " A copy of the Richmond Examiner of the 25th inst. has been received here. Among the news therein is a Confederate ordinance approved on the 21st inst. It makes the following appropriations for the year ending Feb. 18, 1862, in addition to those heretofore made :—For the pay of 100 regi amretniltlesroyf, i n c f a a v n a t l r r y y , , 2 a 9 n ,1 d 32 v , 0 0 1 0 t 0 i g d e o u l r s 5 f o s r o, e 0 g legion doll f ; transportation, nearly 5,500,000 dols ; Ordnance De partment, including the purchase of machinery and manufactures, nearly 4,500,000 dols. ; Medical De' partment, 329,000 dols. The Examiner published all the war intelligence of our side contained in the New York papers of the 21st, and Baltimore papers of the 22d inst. Alex. H. Stephens addressed a meeting at Warrentown, Georgia, on Monday last , The meeting subscribed 2,500 bales of cotton for the war, and promised to increase it to 4,000. The Virginia Convention on the 24th discussed the sub ject of raising a land coastguard in the exposed counties not yet invaded. Art ordinance organising a guerilla volunteer force in trans-Alleghany Vir ginia was specially referred. This legalises all criminal outrages by the guerillas, even to death, without jury or clergy, upon all opponents. Another authorising the removal of the banks of the State was passed. Another, relieving the banks from specie payment, was passed. The subject of reliu" diating the State bonds held in the loyal States was debated and laid over for future consideration- Another, annulling the honours heretefore granted General Scott, was laid over. The Examiner pub lishes the new rebel tariff. All luxuries are charged 25 per cent., while useful and necessary articles range from 25 to 5 per cent. Among the exempts are bullion, coin, seeds, fertilisers, models of inven tions, household and perso n al effects not merchan dise, breadstuffs, provisions, powder and materials for its manufacture, firearms, &C." Charleston advices state that Governor Pickens had forbidden any further forces to leave that dis trict in anticipation of an invasion of the Federal troops. The British ship Amelia, from Liverpool for Ss eeates, camp ovens, equipage, a nd Sa vannah, had arrived2Fa3tdedNoeffreawl York in charge of a from roo nn Union, Charleston.vessel Her which cargo Cargo ttehhr valued at 50,000 doles, vessel machinery. pconsistsriz e captured ere o w f her i at 12,000 dots. It was supposed that arms were co ncealed in the cr a t es. The barque Virginia Ann, arrived at N ew York, had reported th at on the 10th ult., in lat. 47, long. 84, boarded th e British ship Bramley More, from Mobile for Li verpool, and received from he r a negra man, belon g i n g North who was permitted to leave Mobile. She also steamerreported a s t s h a a ch ttuhseeyttws,ewrehbicoh had the the Federal the day previous taken 25 prizes, one the English ship Forfarshire, from Mobile. The Virginia Ana was chased all day and night by a supposed pri vateer, apparently formerly a pilot-boat. The schooner Forest King, from Rio Janeiro for NeW Orleans, with a cargo of coffee, was captured in attempting to run the blockade at the mouth o f the Mississippi. Quebec. A destructive fire had taken place in St. Louis, FAIL OF A GLASS BOTTLE MANUFACTORY A'r LEEDS.—On Monday morning, about 10 o'clock, the 0 3 ' 4 bottle establishment occupied by Messrs. Hunslet, suddenlY collapsed and fell to pieces. The building wes about forty feet in length, and in one room, and, as it fortunately 119P pened, only four persons were about the establishment at the time, 411 of whom escaped without injury. The only life lost was that of a dog, which was buried in the ruins• Li is supposed that the heat generated in the manufacture had burnt away the foundations of the shed, and hence tlio accident. to t him ratl Nor We an d Gre Rec Gra Ind cent decl Pall Banl 3 pel 3 pei New Xndi, Di Co lndi Excl Bra: Em Spa] Tar