The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-11 00:00:00

THE TATES I' EDITION of "THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by Iik;NRY 13UOOKS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, W. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAY.—Morning, 7h. 12m.—Aftarnoon, 7n. 40m. ro-xowtow.-Morning, Bh. 10m,—Afternoon, WI. 45m. K. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERI'S ' EVERY EVENING, at Eight. — ROYA L ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN MOZART NIGHT, THIS EVENING, on which occasion the first part of the Concert will consist of a Selection from the works of Mozart. The second part will be Miscellaneous. The following Artistes will appear Th is Evening :—Mdlle. Carlotta Patti, Mdlle. Marie Krebs ; Mr. Levy, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. R. Pra ten, Mr. WH.HiI, M. Barret, Mr. Young, Mr. J. Winterbottom, and Ali Ben Sou-alle. BAND OF ONE HUNDBED PERFORMERS. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphithea' re, One To-morrow (Friday), First Appearance of Mr. Alfred Mel len's GLEE UNION. On Saturday next, Aug. 13th, First Volunteer Night. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'ltafferly, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE aTRI.ET3 OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Bay, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forre-ter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma. Barnett, and Miss F..nuy Gwynne. NEW THE ATRE-R0 `lrk L, ADELPHI.- Salo Proortutor and Menne - or. Mi.. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FO ES T. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billingto n, Stuart, SMrs. teph Bil n- n ,Koin,r; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly. and '3nglon. After which, at 10, THE ACTOR'S RETREAT. Messrs. r J. L. Toole, P. Bediord, rhild, 3, and Miss Woolg o conclude with a new Farce called MY WIFE'S MAID. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Phillips, and Mr,. Alfred Commence at 7. THEATRE. uader the ROYAL ST. JAMES'STHEATRE. Management of DST'. B. Whl3STEit. Last Two Nights of the present Season. Crowded with rank and fashion. Production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burn!in. , Esq., entitled FAITS ASI) MARIiIJERITE, in which Mr. and 31,8 Charles Alatnews will appea r. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Dall B oll and Sons ; the incidental .13.4.1 et by Oscar Byrne. Re-engagement of those ce7ebrated. Charles and popular artistes, Mr. an Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. ntui Bedford,rd, Mr. k'. aiobinson, Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Miss H e rbert, Mrs. Frank M a tth e ws, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Dlrs. — EVERY EVENING, at 7 o'clock. A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. 3liss Herbert, and Mr. F. lioNnson. At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE : Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague. sir. W. IL Eburne, Mr. W. Chathberlame, and Mrs. C. Mathews. At 10, USED UP. Mr. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Frnnk Matthews, and Miss Patti Joseph - - To conclude with IJNDEI THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, and Miss Cottrell. On Friday, 12th August, Benefit, and last right of the pre sent engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews, a new and original comedy, in 3 acts, by Arthur Sket hley, Esq., en titled HOW WILL THEY GET OUT OF IT, in which Mr. and Mrs. C. .uATHE WS will appear. MOSES AND SON 1.4• respectfully call attention to their large and well assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOT/MTG. The newest faorics are combined with the latest and most fashionable designs, and the best workmanship. E. MOSES and SON give particular attention to this important branch of their business, and they can with confidence affirm that the prices Are such as must satisfy the most economical. 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Deep Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Malden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Lzent. T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, zsu be had Every Evening; of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Aug. 11, 1864. - - THERMOM ETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.28. WIND —N.W. ; fresh breeze, and fine. ~~~ ~ f . 4 57 W :• Sun. LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1864. ---- A Lord PALMERSTON has indeed Do rest ; he scarcely gives up the onerous duties that devolve upon him during the aession before he undertakes all sorts of new engagements, and enters upon tasks that in volve great fatigue both physically and mentally. No one can accuse him of being an idle Minister, for he is ever ready to fulfil any of the duties that by common consent and courtesy devolve upon a Minister, and these, too, he performs in a genial manner that doubles the favour. He also enters upon them with a spirit and bonhommie that im parts a zest to the affair ; this expedition to Brad ford has not been an exception to the general rule in this respect, for universal satisfaction appears to have prevailed throughout the whole course of the proceedings. In fact, Lord PAL3IERSTON seemed, to be in his right element, as the chief Minister of sate rendering a tribute of respect, and doing honou r to the foundation of an Exchange. It was a good idea of the Corporation of Bradford and the Chamber of Commerce to endeavour to make the occasion memorable by in v:ting so distinguished a personage to pre• s'de at their ceremonies. The simpacity of the proceedings were more in keeping with the nature o f c l e afnir than had they been more compact or ex rr avJt, and it app ears that good sense and good tas t e alike prevailed in the various arrange ments. The address presented to Lord PALMER STON at the site of the Exchange was a very affec tioor.te one, and fully explained the requirements of the case. The spread of trade and the increase of population in Bradford has been great, and it i s an encouraging proof of the flourishing state of the country when we hear such statements as those put forth in the communication to Lord PALMER. STOP on the site of the new building. The require ments of the present are quite out of keeping with the supplies which in pant days were stlfficient, and certainly there was sufficient reason for the erection of a new / Exchange. In 1828, the period when the old , Ezenange was opened, there were not more then two or three firms trading as stuff merchants in the borough, now there are one hundred and fifty-seven. The population of the borough about that time was forty-three thousand five hundred and twenty-seven, in 1861 it was computed at upwards of one hundred and six thousand. These are interesting facts to greatly as to th e s kill an d dwell upon, and speak industry which have spread the efforts of trade and commerce, and turned unnoticed villages into flourishing manufacturing towns, the centres of industry and the theatres of traffic. It was men toned that the trade of the borough of Bradford was never better than at present; "the vast capital that is employed connects it with the prosperity of the farmer at home and the distant colonist, with every sheepfold, however remote, and every shepherd in every clime; its ambition is to trace its trophies in every household, to wrap them round the inmates of its houses." Lord PALMERSTON, in his appropriate answer, emphatically declared that they had that day laid the foundation of a temple of peace. There seems no cause to doubt that the hopes expressed by the noble founder will be disappointed, and all must join with him in trusting that the ceremony thus inaugurating the erection of the edifice may be the " harbinger of future greatness and increas ing prosperity to that industrious and increasing town," The great event was over when the foun dation stone was laid, but other interesting affairs took place, giving opportunities for the expression of opinion and the interchange of good feeling and kindly sentiment. Both at the banquet and the presentation of addresses at the Great Hall, unani mity prevailed, and the general feeling seemed to be one of gratification at the course of the day's proceedings. There was no opposition to the address, which expressed the pleasure afforded by this visit of the Premier, and trusted that ha might long live in the enjoyment of intellectual and bodily vigour, to take a part in the councils of the nation. This was as it should be, for an occasion like this is not the time for any discordant sentiments to be uttered, but still in mixed assemblies it is difficult at all times to obtain the due decorum in such matters, and to inculcate the propriety of reticence of opinion, therefore it may be regarded as an additional suc cess to this Bradford ceremonial that so unanimous a tone prevailed, and perfect concord reigned para mount during the prolongation of the proceedings, Lord PAL3IERSTON made a happy allusion to the advantages that Englishmen derived from their Constitution. He said that in other countries those who have the charge of affairs were prevented from rneet2ng their fellow•countrymen as he had done that day. This was a good thought, because it greatly explains the vast superiority of this country in all matters of enterprise, for no undertakings can be brought to perfection if the promoters and origi nators are fettered and trammelled by the arbitrary regulations of the Government, and the undue in terference of authorities. It is the want of free ex pression which checks progress and stays prosperity in many lands that might else be flourishing. All enlightened Statesmen, and men who take a right estimate of their position and its duties and respon sibilities, will concur in the expression of Lord PALMERSTON when he said, "It is a great and heartfelt satisfaction to be able to meet as I have done to-day the people of England, to see their faces, and show one's own." The noble lord truly celled Bradford a type of the English character, as it had exhibited perseverance, industry, enterprise, judgment, and courage in pursuing that which had been undertaken. Altogether it way be considered that this ceremonial has been a very successful one, And the carrying out of the attempt has reflected honour alike on the visitor and the entertainers, besides being a trophy of the great things wrought by industry and enterprise. The address of King CHRISTIAN to the R;gsdag can hardly be read without feelings of regret and mortification in this country. It presents us with the mournful spectacle ofet loyal and determined people struggling vainly, not for aggression, not for conquest, but simply for the preservation of their old national possession.. According to a form of our law a tenure of any property for more than two hundred years bars any objection to the right of possession ; but the Danes have held the Duchies for double that time. It is a mere platitude to say that if all States were compelled to resume their status at the middle of the fifteenth century, one at least of Prussia's persecutors would have very certain cause to regret it. Yet this brave and resolute people, staunch in their loyalty, their patriotism, and their self-devotion, have been, from sheer force of opposing numbers and superior sup plies of the equipments of war, compelled to sur render to the aggressors the full sum of their outrageous demands. The conduct of the German Powers, more especially of Prussia, presents another view of the question, which is no less irritating and unsatisfactory. While it is impossible for English men not to feel a painful degree of humiliation in reflecting that this country, with all the appliances which wealth, freedom, and ingenuity can place at her disposal, with a formidable army and navy for active service, and a voice which should carry weight in the councils of Europe, has been powerless to prevent such dire misfortunes from befalling her weaker ally. In fact, she has not only been power lees to prevent them, she has been actually instru mental in bringing them upon her, and Denmark robbed, despoiled, and oppressed, her rights de• treaded, her dominions curtailed, her defenders slaughtered, her peaceable inhabitants ruthlessly plundered and maltreated, and her resources crippled, presents to the world an im pressive example of the benefits to be de rived from following England's advice and rely ing upon Eaglish promises. If any Eoglishm: x were present in the saloon of the Folke:tning, at noonday on the 6th of August, some such reflections must have arisen in his mind. It was a mournful occasion ; and when the SING, the Crown Prince, and Ministers en,ered, it was diffi cu l t to i mag i ne the authorities, of any European nation, still pos sessing tae rank and semblance of a State, assem bling under more melancholy auspices. According to the Danish constitution, the members of a newly elected Rigsdag (or Legislative Assembly for the kingdom alone), must be convoked within two months of the general election. It was therefore supposed that the meeting last week was a mere matter of form, but unexpected interest and im portance was imparted to it by the presence of the KING and by his brief address. After reminding them that the newly opened session would be im mediately closed, King CHRISTIAN briefly told his people that, notwithstanding the courage and en durance shown on every occasion by th e nava l and military defenders of Denmark, and, indeed, manifested by the whole nation, who have cheerfully responded to every call for sacrifice, the fate of war would neverthe. less compel him to submit to the heaviest and most grievous concessions. "For," said the Danish Monarch, in words that breathe a deep reproach to all free and powerful nations, " as all Europe leaves us without assistance, we have seen ourselves forced to yield to numbers." Sc,, then, the law of might is henceforth to be the rule which governs Europe. Farewell to the hopes of Venetia, of Hungary, of Poland —farewell to all resistance to tyranny and aggression if backed by superior THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEIVING, AUGUST 11, 1864. strength. The lesson thus taught to the unscrupu lous and the powerful is one that Europe will yet have to mourn over through long years of conten tion and disaster. Such seeds do not bear fruit at once. The life of nations is unlike the life of indi viduals, but as surely as such political crimes are committed and are tolerated, if not sanctioned, the hour of retribution comes. But what matter, cry oar materialists, so long as trade and commerce fburish, so long as our wares are in demand and our manufactories thriving, what matter about such empty words as nationality and freedom. We are not going to war for an idea. So the Danish king dom is dismembered under overwhelming odds, and the English world goes quietly on its accustomed way, taking for its motto, "Apres moi le deluge." HOLMAN HUNT'S PICTURES, " The After Glow" and "London Bridge." These two wonderful pictures, by one of the most gifted of living artists—the "London Bridge," picture,lsimply remarkable to our mind as a curio sity, " The After Glow in Egypt," a marvel of the beautiful as well as of the ex.iraordinary—are still on view at the New Gallery, 16, Hanover-street, Regent-street, and are yet likely to remain there upon view for two or three months longer. The genuine London scene, commemorative of the Night of the Macriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, is, in its way, a pictorial pheno menon. It excites one's astonishment, but fails altogether—at any rate, we may speak thus for ourselves—it Lila altogether to afford one any sense of real pleasure. Not so the grander, nobler work from the hand of the same rare colourist. " The After Glow in Egypt" takes rank immediately after "The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple," as among Mr. Holman Hunt's masterpieces. Of itself it is an instant and triumphant attestation of the genius of the Painter, not only as a great master• among colourists, but intensely and essentially as an Artist—as a Poet. The picture itself is like the realisation visibly of a dream of Poetry. It was in obedi ecce to the true thought and feeling of a poet that Mr Holman Hunt selected the subjeet of this picture, the season of it, the hour of it, one might almost say the vary moment of it. For, is it not during the evanescent " After Glow'' of an Egyptian sunset— that after glow that divides by a luminous haze of 10 minutes' duration the light of day from the dark ness of night—is it not during those fast fleeting moments that he has here in this wonderful picture revealed to view, the Egyptian maiden standing on the banks of the river Nile, bearing upon her head a golden sheaf of ripe corn and scarlet poppies, raising aloft in her right hand the green glazed ghooleh or water-bottle, while the Barbary pigeons cluster about her feet pecking the grain, one of the more adventurous of them selecting the unshaked corn from the sheaf itself, close to which the bird is flattering all but audibly, half clinging with its talons, half hovering upon the wing ? Those who have not yet seen this marvellous painting should on no account omit doing so before the time arrives for its removal from the Gallery. The visitor will be yet further rewarded for his attendance there by seeing in the apartment containing the " London Bridge" commemorative picture of Mr. Hunt, the very masterly and pathetic painting by Mr R. B. Martineau of " The Last Day in the Old Home," a picture that tells its tale as distinctly and as im pressively, and as completely in its way, as any one of our great Hogarth's masterpieces. WHALLEY THE WISE, (From Punch.) Mr G. H. Whalley has lot no time in giving an account of his ParliamentarT Stewardship to the intelligent electors of Peterborough, who do themselves so much honour, and so thoroughly vindicate their title to the franchise, by re turning tb st determine.] enemy of Popery. We regret we can fin , ff.. room only for a portion of his admirable address to his constituents, Mr Whalley, after a sketch of the past session, and refer ences to his introduction of a protest against the Church of Rome on the Third Reading of every Railway Bill and other domestic measures, proceeded : "I shall continue this course. I am asked what Popery has to do with railways ? I answer, Everything, I know that nearly every stationmaster is a Jesuit in disguise, and some e. d y when there is a Roman Catholic rebellion, and tr o ope are wanted, the lines will be blocked, and protrAOly collisions will be arranged for the destruction of the Queen's soldiers. The Jesuits are everywb.ere. Do you know why the Nelson Column ie not complete ? Be cause Popery obstructs homage to the victor of Roman Catholic fleets, tend Sir Edwin Landseer has been converted. (Cheers % ) Do you know that the Lord Chan cellor of Englaltd, in utter defiance of the law that the keeper of the Queen's conscience shall have no Popish leanings, has favoured the interests of Mrs Yelverton? Why? Because that lady is a Catholic. (Sensation.) Do you know that the Queen of Spain has ordered a statue to Columbus ? Why ? Because the Emperor of the French has founded a new Catholic empire in America, and that in ten years Federals and Confederates will lie at the feet of the Pope. Gentlemen, I have often felt the pangs of conscience at representing a borough called atter St. Peter, and I do wish you would change the name of your town. (Cheers,) Are you aware that in the heart of London, in front of the most magnificent railway terminus we have, is rising a beautiful and costly copy of an Eleanor's Cross, the superstitious monument erected by a Popish king ? Do you know that the conductor of the music at our noblest opera house (visited I am sorry to say by the Heir to the Throne) is M. Costa, a Catholic, and that he has got a dispensation for leading the Hugue nots and the National Anthem ? Have you heard that Earl Russell, the pretended enemy of Popery, is going to bring in a bill for restoring to his relative's property its old Popish name of Convent Garden ? You knew, gentle men, that the London General Omnibus Company was a foreign speculation, but do you know that all the conduc tors are Jesuit priests, that they charge halt fares to pas sengers who cross themselves, and misdirect to Catholic chapels those who inquire their way to Protestant places of worship. (Shame.) Yes, gentlemen, and can you hear with patience that a Catholic I'l-act Society has obtained Does n t i:zi 'a leave from Mr Panizzi, of the British Mu seum, to insert a tract in every volume of the library Speechibrary?D leasst l‘ week e Pe name remind you of England or of Italy ? Wee there a word, gentlem e n, in th e Queen's re mind us that the Sovereign is a Protestant? Not ono, But the Queen was made to go out of her way t o ex p ress satisfaction that she is on good tunnel Vitb the Emperor o f Chi na , W ho cares f or tht Emperor , of China in himself ? But what tian religionists h ave h a d f or 'do- call e d Chris 12,undreds of years the greatest sway in th e Chinese • rated when Protestan— .e.more—who have b een tole have been excluded ? Why, the Jesuits. (Cheer matter of I- ) ... Again, do you note that it i s ma de ; ...oast that the French and English are d raw i t g '" eioser alliance, Catholic with Protestant? (Cheers.) Ay, you cheer, but that is not all. Who is our friend's friend? Who, at this moment of the increased amity is about to visit theTuileries. The King of Spain. Does that anti-Protestant bigot come_fer nothing ? Will. Lord Cowley see him ? We live in awful and perilous times, gentle men. I know for a fact that there were hundreds of Catholics among the Riflemen at Wimbledon, and that if one of them had been the beet marksman of the meeting, Lady Elcho would have unhesitatingiy presented him with the Queen's Prize. (Sensation.) Yes, and how soon would that silver vase have become the ornament of a Popish mass-house? It was providential that it fell to Mr Wyatt, who is a Protestant, but no thanks to the authorities. Why have passports just been so universally abolished on the Continent ? In order to entrap English men and Englishwomen into Catholic countries in order to promote proselytism ? Why has the cross on St. Paul's just been ostentation 31yand splendidly regilt ? Look at that. And why is a magnificent bridge being constructed, at vast expense, at Blackfriare—and observe that Popish -name, gentlemen. Because Blackfriars-bridge will open a tempt ing and delightful toad from mid •Lmdon to Cardinal Wiseman's Popish cathedral, St. George's. Lastly, gen tlemen, though I could give you a hundred similarly alarm ing demonstrations, hear this. You have heard of Mr Banting. Hie system is artfully promulgated all over the country. It is pretended that he merely desires to reduce the over-corpulent. Bah I He is a Jesuit priest, and his object is to introduce and make popular the Popish practice of regular fasting. Yes, gentlemen, I repeat that we live in perilous times, and the Triple Crown will soon domi nate the Three Kingdoms." _ _ Mr Whdley sat down amidst loud cheers and passionate cries of " No Popery 1" SUDDEN DEATH DURING A HONETMOON.—A terribly sudden death occurred on Sunday fortnight to Mrs. Arthy, wife of Captain Arthy, whose maiden name was Miss Winstanley, and who had been married at Beverley only on the previous Tuesday week. They re paired to Scarborough to spend a portion of the honeymoon, and were residing at one of the hotels. On Sunday morn ing Captain Arthy awoke about his usual hour and found his wife a corpse by his side. A coroner's inquest was held the same evening, and a verdict of " Death from natural causes" was returned. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, AUG. 11. The Inman steamship Edinburgh, from New York on the 30th ult., arrived here at 3.40 a.m. to-day. She brfngs 76 passengers and 163,178 dole. in specie. She landed six passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 3.45 a.m. Her news has been fully anticipated. SWITZERLAND AND AUSTRIA. BERNE, AuG. 11. The Federal Council has a second time requested from the Austrian Government the extradition of General Langiewicz. The International Conference for the care of the wounded in battle has held three sittings at Geneva since Monday. SPAIN. MADRID, AUG. 11. The Diario Espanol announces that the Libertad and Iberia have been prosecuted for publishing seditious writings, and have been brought before the military tribunals. FRANCE. PARIS, AUG. 11 (Morning). Frankowski, an agent of the Polish National Government, was tried yesterday at the Court of Assize for the Soine. He was charged with having altered the numbers of some bonds of the Credit Foncier of Poland, stolen during the insurrection. The court sentenced him to i,wo years' imprison ment—that being the lightest punishment that could be inflicted. BOURSE, August 10.—The market shows but little or no change hither in quotations or in the the am'unt of business doing. Threes, for the Ac count, are now at 66f. 45c., and Mobilier at 1,007 f. 50e. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market closed as follows Italian Loan 6B 20 Do. end month 6B 25 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... 66 Russian - Austrian Spanish Threes 49 50 Home Debt Deferrel - RA IL WAYS. 4t per Cents. C4 60 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 45 Credit Mobilier 1906 25 Do. end month 1007 50 Bank Shares Credit koncier 1220 Roman Cash. Account. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 920 922 50 New ditto Southern .. Western eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona 640 - .. 641 25 515 - 490 - 491 25 350 - .. 348 75 426 25 .. 427 50 533 75 .. 538 75 440 - .. 440 - 603 75 .. 505 - ;5 - KilllKETS—This Divy., MARK-;JANE. IMPERIAL WEEE.T., - f AVERAGES. Wheat, 44s ld ; barley, 28s 3d ; or,:a, 22s 10-d; rye, 333 ed ; b eans , 39 s 2d; and peas, 35s 7 4 . THE ` 9 , - AX WEEKS' AVERAGES, •-••• Wheat, 42s 8d ; barley. as 7d; oats, 21s 9d; ry9, 31s 4d; beans, 37s 6d; PeP.e, 34s 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 97,201; barley, 1,371; crArs,tl,s.sB ; rye, 48; beans, 4,735; peas, 341 quarters, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on sale hero to-day was moderately extensive ; nevertheless, all breeds changed hands steadily, at quite Monday's currency. The general top figure was 4s 10d per 81bs. We were fairly supplied with sheep, in which a fair average business was transacted, at full prices. The best Downs sold at 5s 4d per Blbs. Lambs moved off steadily at extreme rates, viz., from os 81 to 63 81 per Bibs. The supply was moderate. We have to report an improved sale for calves, at 21 per 81bs more money. The top figure was 5s per 81bs. Pigs and milch cows were dull, but not cheaper, Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 5. d. e. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, etc. 4 8 4 10 Urse. ez, inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 Lambs.... Suckling calves, 16s to 20s 20s to 25s each. s. d. s. d Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 5 0 Pme. S'tiadown d 0.5 2 5 4 Largo crse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 ISmall porkers 42 4 6 Is 8d to 6s Bd. ; and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL surrLY. Beasts ... Cows l5O Sheep and lambs.... 9,210 Calves , MO Figs 260 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves PiES 811.21.0 3 000000000 ... MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATE AND LEADENRALL.—The se markets are fairly supplied with meat, and the demand rules inactive, as fol lows:—Beef, from 3a Cd to 4a 4d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10(l ; lamb, 5a 4d to 6s 4cl; veal, 3a 8d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. SouniALL, August 10.—The supplies of stock on offer to-day were seasonably large, and the trade ruled inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 04 to 4s 10d ; mutton, 35 8d to 5s 4d ; lame, 5s 8d to 6s 6d; veal, 46 Od to 43 8d; and pork, 33 8d to 4s 6d per 81be, to sit,k the offal. RostroßD, August 10.—Prim® beasts and sheep sold steadily at full prices. Otherwise, the demand ruled inac tive, and the quotations had a drooping tendency. Bed, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 48 6d per 8lbs; suckling calves, 165 to 20s • quarter-old store pigs, 208 to 255; and unl o h cows , £ll Os to £l3 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITRFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 10e to £5 5e ; new do., £3 Nto £1 10e ; clover, to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 be to £1 12i per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.---Old meadow tay, £3 15s to £5 5s ; new do., £3 to £4 lOs ; clover, £ 4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £ 1 68 to £1 12 s per toad. fair demand. - - WHITECHAPEL —Oll meadow hay, £3 10e. to £5 ss; new do, £3 to $1 lOs ; clover, Li to 416 Os; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 12s per load. Supply limited. .1•1110 ...... ••••• COAL MARKET. Prins of Coal per Ton at a. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley . .17 9 Eden Main ..17 6 North Pelton Gas 14 0 Walker Primrose 13 3 Pensher Primrose 17 6 the olose of the market. P. e. Walls End. traswell .......... l9 0 Hartlepool lB 9 East Hartlepool 18 9 South Hartlepool 17 9 4 elloe.. . . ... .. l7 9 South Keno() 18 0 lleugh Hall 18 0 Russel's Hatton 17 6 Wharncliffe - Ships at market, 71; sold, 57. 'Walla End. Harton 16 9 Braddyll'a Hetton l7 9 Byron ..17 0 THE 3D CITY OF LONLON RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS.---A correspondent requests us to contradict a state ment which appeared in our impression of yesterday, that this regiment was commanded at Harwich, on the 6th inst., by Captain Brett, The battalion was under the command of Major Richards. A WARNING TO " UNCLE ABE."—In the vici nity of Washington, after the Confederate raid, the follow ing brief note was found tacked to a tree :—" Near Wash ington, July 12.—Now, Uncle Abe, you had better be quiet the balance of your administration. We only came near your town this time just to show you what we could do:; but, if you g o i n your ma d ca reer, we will come aga i n soon, and then y ou b ad b etter s t an d from under.--Yours respectfully, TUEWORST REBEL YOU EVER SANT.-58th Virginia Infant ry, " MRS. YELV ERTON AND HER LITERA RY EMPLOY MENT.—The f o ll ow i ng letter is addressed by the Hon. Mrs Yelverton to the editor of the Aberdeen Free Press :—'6 Sir, —A most erroneous statement, copied I be lieve from your journal, is now going the round of the press, and as it is c a l cu l ated to do me some i n j ury, I hope you will kindly allow me t o correc t i t th roug h y our me d ium. T h e facts are simply these—One of my junior counsel having in bis possession a short manuscript story of mine called Yarns from a Yacht,' sold it for the sum of ten pounds. The publisher changed the title to Tales of the Squares,' thought what a yacht had to do with the squares I am at a loss to explain. My counsel subsequently informed me that the purchaser would be glad to make an arrangement with me to write similar tales for a publication he was bringing out, and the remuneration was to be £3OO a year. I agreed to this, being wishful to maintain myself in inde pendence by my pen or brush. I think it will be easily understood that during six yoars' litigation for the main tenance of my honourable status, all my own means, and whatever could be afforded by my relatives and friends, have been expended. Ip4; to the present tnne I have had no leisure to begin writing these stories, and consequently have not received any remuneration. I really regret your account is not correct, as the want of fortune appears to have been my greatest sin, and in the present unsettled state of the marriage law fortune might yet win her way where love had been despised, and a husband yet claim a wife's earnings, as we have before seen in a memorable and aristocratic case. -- Yours truly, THERESA YEL- T.BRTON.'', St, Stephen's Crypt. It is some years now since the late Sir Charles Barry began the restoration of this beautiful crypt, the only relic that remains to us of the once un equalled St. Stephen's Chapel, unless Westminster. hall and the cloisters on the east side are to be considered parts of the famous Palace, What the crypt was 600 years ago, now that it has been per fectly restored to the splendour of its original decoration, we can judge for ourselves ; but the glories of the chapel which once rose above it can only he guessed at from comparison with the crypt, or dimly admired through the traditions of anti quaries. Long before the fire which finally destroyed it, the gradual, but necessary, process of accommo dating its interior to the wants of the ll uuse of Commons, had totally changed th ' al once superbly decorated edifice. Mr. Ih.,rgusson, in his "Hand book of Architecf says of Sc. Stephen's :—" As might be ex ,acted a priori, the gem of Eoglish art was the chapel in the Royal Palace at Westminster. 01 1 this was lavished all that the metropolis could then produce most exquisite in the arts of design, and this not in architecture only, but the best works of sculpture and the highest class of painting were pat in requisition for its adornments. The dimensions were not large, being only 90ft. by 33ft. internally, and its root Was of wood, but so elaborate were its decorations that it must have cost more than many edifices three or four times its size. There can be no doubt that it was designed to sur pass everything of the sort in England,"and being erected wholly within the reigns of the three first Edwards, it embraced the very best period of English art, answering to the Sainte Chapelle at Paris, which belongs to the great architec tural age of St. Louis." But, as we have said, very little of this grandeur beyond its traditions remained till 1834, when, after having been partly burnt about a dozen times, the old building finally succumbed to the great confla gration known as " the burning of the Houses of Parliament," In traditions of other kind, however, St. Stephen's, as the arena in which were fought out the great battles for England's Constitution was not inferior in historic interest to any building fire has yet destroyed. A building in which the Confes sor died, which was not new when the first Norman councils were held in England, and whioh witnessed and survived every reformation but the reformation of Parliament, must have possessed such historic associations as would leave it without an equal in this respect in Europe. But, endless as are the traditions about St. Stephen's Chapel, about the crypt beneath, with which we have now to do, there is almost none. Some of the early Edwards gave banquets in it, which must, one would think, have been genial feasts, for there is a legend that ono of their Queens indulged to such intemperate extent at a banquet there as to enable her to ebeifls off this mortal coil much earlier than she or her friends anticipated. .4fcer this period it was merily, a crypt—a dull sort of ecclesiastical lember-room, about which there are no recot6 save the doubtful rumours which assign it as a place of meeting for Cromwell, Pym, ballet! Hollee, and others of the Liberal party 7'aen the debates which preceded the C ' lnir- enwealth were drawing to a violent close. atom this time forth it seems to have been a lumber room, which was left alone in its dusty silence till used to prepare the coronation banquet of one of the early Georges—a mode of turning it to account which seems to have suggested the idea which after wards was carried out by many successive Speakers of giving their Parliamentary banquets in it. After the fire which destroyed St. Stephen's Chapel above it, but did not much injure the crypt, the gas meters used to be kept in it, and in the New Palace the site of St. Stephen's above the crypt was used in order to obtain an entrance to the present structure through Westminster-hall. All who have visited the Ne w Palace will, we are sure, have a vivid re collection of St Stephen's-hall, leading from West minsterehall to the great octagon central hall, and containing the marble effigies of Pitt, Somers, Hampden, Fox, Eldon, Clarendon, and others of our greatest and most renowned orators and states men. This hall is exactly over the crypt, which was spared by the fire, and which has now been completely restored under the care of the present architect to the New Palace—Mr E. M. Barry. The late Sir Charles Barry, while, in common with ell other architects, he lamented the destruc tion of St Stephen's Chapel, always held as his most cherished idea the restoration of the crypt, and its re-dedication to religious uses as the pri vate chapel of the New Palace at Westminster, whose inmates are some hundreds, now that the Speaker, Black Rod, Sergeant-at-Arms, librarian, and other officials possess regular family residences within the building, and which, we believe, being necessarily extra-parochial, give no legal claim for vats in the neighbouring churches. It is some years since this restoration was commenced, and it has fallen to the lot of Sir Charles Barry's son to carry out his father's views by completely restoring and decorating the crypt, and nothing now remains to be added except the fittings to reader it a chapel worthy of the moat important Gothic edifice of modern times. In the progress of this restoration the workmen came upon the embalmed body of an ecclesiastic, without any coffin, and buried under one of the window seats. The body lay with its feet towards the east—an unusual position for an ecclesiastic. It was wrapped in several folds of waxed cloth, sewn with twine. Its right hand was on the breast, and on the left arm lay the pastoral staff, a crook of oak, beautifully carved, while on the feet were sandals, with leathern soles sharply pointed. The face was perfect in its preservation, with the hair still on the chin and upper lip. This was supposed to be the body of William Lyndwood, Bishop of St David's, the only person, it is bee. Bayed, who was buried in the crypt—at all events, the only one found during the course of the repairs, which were most extensive. As it appears row, the crypt is restored to all the pristine splendour of its early erection. Every tone of its rich gold and colour decorations have been, wherever they could be traced, most diligently reproduced, and the result is a chapel which, in its general richness of effect, will bear comparison with any in Europe, with the Sainte Chapelle, with the Chapter house of Salisbury Cathedral itself. The date of the erection of St. Stephen's Chapel and crypt is supposed to be from about A.D. 1290 to A,D. 1345, and, though the upper chapel was roofed with wood, the crypt always possessed a groyned ceiling of atone, with massive ribs and bosses, which have been carefully reinstated and restored. The bosses are in most cases original, as their fragments have been collected and put together again with great care. Some of the largest bosses are really medallion groups of historical sculpture, and contain representations of the martyrdoms of St. Stephen, St. John, St. Catherine, St. Lawrence, and also a representation of St. George and the Dragon. Some of these bosses are most quaint, ea pecially the chief one, which represents the martyr dom of St. Stephen, who is clad in gorgeous robes, and being stoned by Hebrews dressed in the curious costume and long pointed shoes of the time of Chaucer, who, by the way, was himself clerk of the works during the erection of part of the crypt and chapel. Another boss, which represents the mar tyrdom of St. Catherine, is equally grotesque in its manner of telling the tale of suffering. Weird and monstrous, too, are the Gothic dragons which peer from the roof and vary these bosses, and give such appearance of originality to the whole ceiling. The crypt is of nearly the same dimensions as the original chapel above it—namely 90ft. long by 28ft. wide, and 20fr. high. It contains five elaborate groins, all richly decorated in gold and colours. Attached to each of the aide walls are groups of clustered columns which support the groins. Each cluster contains five columns, which, with their capitals and bases, are all of Purbeck marble polished. The side and end walls, as well as the private entrance from the Palace, are all painted and ornamented in a manner to correspond with,the decoration of the groins, and as from the situation of the crypt there is necessarily a deficiency of light, Mr Barry has thought it necessary to make a liberal use of gold grounds, as a field on which the various decorations have beau executed. The floor is paved with Minton's tilts, with an admixture of marble, the designs increasing in richness and ela boration towards tile east end. Tile windows are ail filled with stained glass by Hardman, and are il lustrative of the life and death of St. Stephen, who is depicted in the discharge of his various diaconal duties, and meeting in the end a martyr's death. The east end probably contained windows origin ally, as the chapel above undoubtedly did ; but, as the Palace now adjoins the east end of the crypt, no windows can now be obtained there. The panel ling is therefore occupied with full length figures on gold grounds representing St. Peter and St. Stephen, St. Oswald, St. Ethelreda, St. Edmund, St. Edward the Confessor, St. Margaret of Scot land, and St. Edward the Martyr. It is to be, hoped that no time may be lost in fit. tin: -up the crypt and making use of it as th e private chapel of the New Palace at Westminster. No permanent seats are contemplated, but the chapel is proposed to be furnished with chairs to accommodate 250 or 300 persons.—Times. The itoj al Horticultural Society. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., ins addressed the fol lowing letter to the Assistant-Secretary :- 7, Pall-mall East, London, July 20. Sir,—Having been requested to give my opinion as to the nature and character of exhibitions which the Royal Horticultural Society should encourage far the true ad vancement of horticulture and its accompanying sciences, I have draughted out this letter, in orJer to form a founda tion or data on which this matter can be discussed, and I trust with a good result. I. No doubt the result of the society's exhibitions has in many respects been very advantageons to the cause of hor ticulture, particularly the earlier ones. They have en couraged great improvements in the culture and manage ment of plants, particularly such plants as can be pro duced in flowerat what may be called the London fashionable season ; but they have by no means been productive of unmixed good. They have brought into existence an un natural and artificial condition of things, which is not only objected to in the interests of gardeners themselves, but is also opposed to the interests of the public, by causing what may be termed a spasmodic Elba and exertion, which at other Reasons of the year le unemployed and to a great de gree unproductive. I may illustrate this by stating that a good many years ago (and the same state of things now exists to a certain erent) I called to see a first-class London garden—forgetting that it was one of the exhibition days-- and I found only about six or eight plants in the garden, and others haying all been trained—like a horse for racing and had been taken to the show to win the stakes. In the same season, some time after thia, I called again, and found the plants having been their round of racing, all flowerless, and beginning to be placed under training for the next season for the same purpose; and this training was effected by keeping some plants back and forcing others, so that they might all flower together, and such plants as would not bear this treatment were not cultivated. 2. Everyone, of course, says he has a right to do what he likes with his own plants, which I do not deny; and if a gentleman does not mind being 10 months in the year without flowers in order to make a great display, I have no fault to find with him ; all.l contend for is, that should not be the main aim and scope of the exhibitors of the Horti cultural Society. In one respect the exhibitions of the pre sent day have produced a good result by giving prizes for corections of beautiful foliage plants, as the culture of these plants (which look beautiful all the year round) is thus stimulated, and they are a great improvement in the garden. But in other respects those great show cultivators grow very few plants which do not flower at the show season, and therefore leave the flowers which might be cultivated with great effect for other seasons of the year without much attention. 4. The true object of horticulture should be, in my opinion, to increase the enjoyment derivable from it, and to diffuse it as widely as possible ; to enable the owners of gar dens to get the greatest amount of pleasure and satisfaction from their possessions, and to enable the general public to procure the greatest number of fruit flowers and vegetables in the greatest quantity, of the best kinds, and at the cheapest prices, 5. In order to carry out this, there should be something like a continuous exhibition, so that a gardener would have no interest in forcing his plants unnaturally into flower; but if he had a beau iful specimen at any time, he would know he could exhibit it where it would be seen and appre ciated and its merits rewarded. When the Horticultural Society was in its palmy days, ono of its great sources of benefit and attraction was the fortnightlyshows at their great room in R-gent-street. It was then the practice for any gentleman in the country, if he had a new plant or a new fruit, to send to one of these exhibitions at any time in the year, and the nurseryman brought every new plant there from their respective establishments. Dr Lindley explained the nature and properties of everything as it appeareu in each exhibition with his lucid and agreeable manner, in which on this subject he has no rival, and these meetings were in tensely fashionable, and often densely crowded. 6. When the Horticultural gardens at Chiswick were the leading gardens in the country for new plants many gardens were supplied thence, and so they were never without great interest. They could not trust altogether to country gen tlemen and nurserymen for plants fur exhibition, and when the entries were deficient the shows were made up of beau tiful plants from the Horticultural Gardens. Though then a Certificate of Merit from the Society meant something and was prized at a high rate, it insured the sale of any plant which received it, and often practically represented a prize of some hundreds of pounds sterling —as many nursery • men had orders before the exhibition closed for very large amounts. It therefore appears to me that these fortnightly exhibitions should be renewed at once, and every attraction given to theta. And considering the increase of commercial transactions relating to horticulture, the facility of carrying anything from a distance, and the great influx of visitors into London in the season for a temporary sojourn, for the spring and summer months, it would be well to try a weekly exhibition without the descriptions, which, in point of fact, would almost amount to a con,inual show. And they should be held in a place suitable for plants, where many nurserymen would not mind allowing then to remain all the time they were in full flower. One or two of the great shows might be still held in the gardens, where the fashion ables could attend to show themselves and look at each other; which they do on these occasions quite as much as at the flowers. 7. It would be too much in a letter of this sort to go into details as to how many branches of horticulture have re mained stagnant for many years-past ; though it would not be irrelevant, it would occupy more space and time than I can now afford to give to it. But there is one subject that has pressed upon me so long, and I am so convinced of its damaging effects upon the commercial part of the supply of the finer fruits in the public market, that I cannot help re verting to it in this letter, and that is—the growth of fruits for sale by private establishments, in competition with the market gardeners. Many gentlemen keep gat dens, partly for their own use, and partly for the sale of the pro duce, which they sell to cover part of the gardening ex penses ; and this is done to a very large extent and bp some of the highest private garden establishments in the country. The result is that fruit, with all the facilities of cheap glass and cheap coal all over the country (compared with 40 years ago), is absolutely dearer than it was 40 years since; while the produce of real market gardens is perhaps 50 per cent. cheaper and 100 per cent. better, the forced fruits in which the private establishments compete have made very little progress in goodness. If you went to Covent-garden market between 30 and 40 years ago and looked at the fruit, you would find the grapes were grown by Mr Andrews, the great market gardener at Vauxhall, Mr William Wilmot, of Isleworth, or some other good market gardener of the day, whereas, if you go there now, the same kind of fruit is from some private garden ; and supposing a large quantity of fruit is wanted for a big party, none of the great fruiterers will undertake to supply you until they have written or telegraphed to some private establishments to know what they can get. 8. The first question that naturally strikes you is— How is the public worse off for this change ? I can answer this, I think, to everybody's conviction in a few words. A private establiehment will very often sell is the early season llb of grapes or a dozen peaches, regardless of cost, at a price which it would ruin a market gardener to attempt. This price will content a private gentleman who does not know the cost of growing them, but competition at these prices would ruin any market gardener, who is nearly de terred from growing them at all ; and therefore the regu lation of the supply of the market is left in the hands of these limited private establishments. If the market gar deners were not met there they would try to excel each other in the cheapness and goodness of the fruit, as they do in all other things, and in a short time the market would have a regular supply at half the present cost of spring fruit, which is not attempted now on a scale large enough to compete with the great number of private establishments who send the best of their things, and pocket their losses, and the public have in consequence a very limited supply. I dare say it answers the purpose of the fruiterers very well, but it is very detrimental to the public. 9. And now, sir, before I close my letter allow me to say a word or two about what is done in the sale way by the Royal Horticultural Society. It is quite legitimate and right to propagate and distribute any new plants (which it has brought into the country) to Fello vs, but I object in tole to buying new plants, cultivating them, and ballot ing far them ; this is (allow me to say) an infringement of the legitimate business of the nurserymen, who can do it much better and cheaper than the society can.—l am, Eze-r JOSEPH PAXTON, THE MAIL BOBDERY.—Cash, the engine driver, was tried at the Chester assizes, on Tuesday, for the rob bery of a mail bag from Chelford station, near Macclesfield. The prisoner was sentenced to ten years' pen , ll servitude. ----- INCOME WITHOUT RlSK.—Agents wanted for Arthur Granger's (New Patent) La , Jies' and Gents' Paper Co lars and Cuffs in every variety at 1!. 6d., 25. fici., 3s. 6d., and is.6d. per gross ; Patent S tidy Envelopes Is., is. 3d., and :s. Cd. per gross ; tramples and terms 3 stamps.—Cheap Stationery, Printing, and Toy Warehouse, 306, 1110 II01t:orn, Advt, lv-„,„„,„ ormito HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 10. The Queen and Princess Louis of Hesse drove out yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel Da-Plat was in attendance. Viscountess Jocelyn has succeeded the Dowager Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe as Lady in Waiting. -... Departure of the Prince and Princess o f Wales for Scotl9.nd. Yesterday evening their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accom panied by their infant son, Prince Albert Victor, left Lyndonon their way to Abergeldie, where, as it is under stood, they will remain for about six weeks. Their royal highnesses, who were attended by Hon. Mrs. Coke, Lieutenant-General Snollye, an d Major Teesdale, travelled by the 8.40 limited express mail," on the Landon and North-West ern Railway. Tw c royal saloon carriages, a first•eis sg ,' and a luggage van were attached to the train , and behind were three large Post-office carriages " d some heavy vans. A considerable number of persons collected oat side the station and within the entrance Yar d ' while the platform itself was by no means flute" nanted. On the arrival of the prince and princess at a few minutes after the appointed time they were received by Mr Moon, chairman of the c°°3 " pang, and some of the principal officers, by Wb °ll/ they were conducted to the saloon in which t he y were to travel. The handsome carriage is d ivided into two compartments, in the first of which rode the prince and princess, and in the second the, young prince and two nurses. A door allows e r communication between the two divisions. The spectators outside and inside the station ch eere d the prince and princess most heartily en their arrival, and redoubled their acclamations when Prince Albert Victor was seen in his nurse's a rras : The hurrahing was, indeed, so loud that the r ° Y, infant's slumbers were evidently disturbed. 11118 Prince of Wales conversed for a few moment s witl Mr. Moon while the preparations were being corm pleted ; but in a very brief space after the roya l travellers had entered their carriage the sign al ' B4 s given, and the train sped on its way. The prince and princess intended to Proceed direct to Stirling on their way to the Trossaebisl after visiting which their royal highnesses continue their journey to Abergeldie. will It is expected that the prince and princess visit Gordon Castle and other places during th eir stay in the North. The Prince and Princess of "Wales will visit Dee mark at the conclusion of their stay in Seet inn , The visit would have been made at an earlier pal e ' but for the recent hostnies. Prince - William of Prussia, the eldest son of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prusei e, wh° has been on a visit to her Majesty at o d boree fo some time, will return to Berlin in a (OW daYs. r rowe Major von Schweinitz, adjutant to the C Prince, has been deputed to accompany Ilrinc6 William home. a bout The Earl and Countess of Tankerville a re to leave ChiHingham Castle, Northumberland, for the North. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, who nave been visiting the Earl and Countess of Tanker villa at Cuillingham Castle, go to th 3 noble earl's shooting box in the Highlands to-morrow. The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland, who has been on a visit to her Royal Highness the Crows Princess of Prussia (the Princess Royal of Eng land) at Potsdam, has left for Geneva, and will remain several weeks in Switzerland. His Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio left the Italian Legation yesterday, for Belgium, on his way to Aix-la-Chapelle. The Duke of Newcastle left Carlton-house terrace yesterday for Clumber Park, Notts, accom panied by Lord Edward Pelham Clinton. The duke's health is somewhat improved, but great care will be required before he regains his lost strength. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea have left the St. George's Hotel. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON 111., whose health is said to be very much improved by his recent sojourn at Vichy, returned to St. Cloud on Sunday evening, wher e 118 was received with great, joy, and the loudest aoclataa ions. ROSSINI'S FETE DAY !—Signor Mercadant e h ag written an ode for out• door performance by 400 voices of a commemoration festival in honour of Rossini, to be held at Pesaro on Aug. 21, Rossini's jour de nom. MB, J. R. FLA/XJ.IE, ROUGE CROIX l'unsnivADll'y has recently given to the world, "A Corner of licit; or, Some Account of the Parish of Ash-next-Sindwicb, is Historical Sites and Existing Antiquities." T , mll.' •Go • THE PURCHASE OF ASTON PARR:, 13 ` --- HAM.—We have much pleasure in learning t hi s long" complet Ide delayed purchase is nearly on the point of understand that the contract was signed 'a ud e : e ci a lan h g av e o yesterday. The corporation's and the c3n 3 P 3n Y an d 's - I t o nly been attached to their respective docunteu t29 a ttar to remains for the conveyance to be settled for the „ cs .. be entirely completed and the property to become t" e that session of the Cown.—Birnzingham Gazette. THE " NEW ALABAMA:'—The new ship for i . carain Semmes, building on the Continent, anu el which will probably be ready towards the close August, is reported as over 4,000 tons, and will bProtected t he solid steel plates 2fin thick. She is to be called she e w Alabama, and be armed with Armstrong one; is built for a ram, will be furnished with engf:les,a°,. great power, and will possess the means of throwing Oa' ing water on her opponents. It is intended for ,ruite• have the very 1 arge complement of 1,100 me Witha"" Per are offered a bounty of £lO each on joining, month wages, and prize money equal to that of her C OP. ; is mender, Captain Semmes ; in other words, the prize to be divided pro rata by all cn board.' Isiost of the officers and crew of the sunken ship will join the 1-evl. Alabama. It is intended that she will commence oPe rti° „ r ni near Boston, United States. Federal ships of war watching her progress, and will dispute her first t"- go to sea.—Tohn THE SATURDAY REVIEW SPEAKING " 1311‘ f ITS MIND" TO SIR CHARLES WOOD i °3l3- sible to say that he is by any means either an admirable or a pleasing specimen of the British statesman. perhaps laer to more entirely unoriginal mind never occupied itself wit the business of Government. For more than 30 years he ' has been an inevitable member of every Whig dministrae Lion, but his warmest friends would scarcely venture to assert that he has ever displayed powers beyond those of painstaking and industrious clerk. He has been Chancelloi Board of Con of the Exchequer, and President of the ti° , ; i ! aa r i a! and First Lord of the Admiralty, a nd Secretary o f State n_ India; but it cannot be said that in an y capacity he h above the level of the dreariest com mon p lace. It is certi that he has never uttered a word i n p ublic which raeno;6 will take the smallest interest in remembering; and We a ' not awhre that he ever originated a measure which history;will care to associate with his name. He is best kno wo his contemporaries by a style of oratory which perplo%e.. and exasperates even the triend/y listener, and which la singularly fitted to make the better ;Tann appear the svor se : If he has over deviate d into vivacity, it has been at 0;1 expense of conventional proprieties which a wiser man won is have studiously respected. The most lively passage of public career tha t we recollect was hpiecesis fam with une difyi ol; ous controverei ulled to with Mr Laing , when bep frankness the facts and figures of the Indian Fi n ance 1 ‘ .13 : nieter, and rudely discredited the policy of 'an able an meritorious colleague, who, whether mistaken or not 1 . the particular questions at issue, was at least entitled iv courteous treatment. Of his temper and deporttaent th e t r : i s , unfortunate l y , no t h i ng to be s aid but what ft would ell 0 mo re agreeable to leave unsaid. Sir Charles "Wood II: nev er enjoyed the reputation of being a p lease, et m wor k with, or under. Art has done noth in g to ttorre tu et ", co nceal the acerbity of a harsh and ill . conditioned are and charity herstlf,has no resource but to assume' f ila candidiw hollys t e deny h are valuable in unconscious ima tphue o b f pl i p ocs e s c se u esr li svi a ao r nn i peculiarities sfilsooofernmaenagnounnieibe:3B:tvin_ri offensive to others. On the whole, though it would bo at the best, as a type of laborious, not to saY mediocrity; an and the country would learn with eaore the Ho .80 complacency that he had made hi s last speech in th of Commons and served his last t erm as a Cabinet Dliai and 2 a We have had a very long spel l of Charles Wood, Opole, list of new peerages which shall include the he heaviest of heavy Whigs is cure to be goner always provided that prornotiou to the lions! tot , und e rstood to mean retirement from official life. with perhaps the ono exception of the presen ea ,„ the tarY, there is no living public man (not air Ler the category Upper House) whose final withdrawal trom OPof ," PEsible Ministers would be more univereally o Yo'fl-.orda 10 t Ilona Secre-