The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-31 00:00:00

R IGHT HON. LORD JOHN JAMES MANNERS, M.P.—Who Shot his Dog?—Diplomacy .uone—in FUN this week, One Penny. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAREWELL NIGHTS. CHEAP PRICES. FREE LIST ENTIRELY SUSPENDED. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), July 31, ITN BALLO IN MASCHERA. Volpini, Trebelll, Gassier, Gluglini. To-morrow (Saturday), 1, OBERON. Miens, Tre- Lemaire, Rose Ersini ; Bettinl, Santley, Gassier, Sims Reeves. POSITIVELY TETE LAST NIGHTS. Monday next, Aug. 3 (positively for the last time but iti en one this season). Gounod's celebrated Opera, FAUST. Ts, Trebelli, Gassier, Santley. Giulir,i. Tuesdiy next, Aug. 4, First Night of DON lOVANNI, Titiens, Louise Mical, Volpini, Gassier, Marches Bussi, C isabo Giuglini. Thursday next, Aug. 6 , OBERON. Titiens, Trebelli, Rose Ersini, Bettini, Santley, Gassier, and Sims Reeves. Saturday, Aug. 8, positively the Last IN fight of FAUST. Conductor, Sig. A6.UITI. Restrictions to Evening Dress not enforced. Commence at Eight o'clock on each evening. P r i ces : —Gallery, 2s ; Pit , 38 ; Boxes, 5s ; Dress Circle, 7s Orchestra Stills. 12s 6d; Private Boxes from Half-a-Guinea upwards ; Pit Tier Boxes, to hold four, Two Guineas. Bo s -office of the Theatre (under the superintendence of Mr. Nugent) ores daily from Ten till S.x. Tickets als) to be ob tained, on the evenings of the performance, at the special offi:es open at the entrance of the Pit and Grand Tiers. T HE H E DUKE'S MOTTO. HU NPR, Ell AND SIXTY-SEVENTH NIGHT, and Last Week but One of the present Season. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. Last Week but One of the present Season. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original Rketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, H Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic Drama. In Three Acts, and Pr3logue, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Fecal and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan , J. BrOUghalla, I. Widdil.ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond. Dawson Misses Carlotta Leclercq , Kate Terry , E. L a venue, and k:lsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. 11. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Losßee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining'. THIS EVENING, et Eight o'c lock, Shakespere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery ; ; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vining ; Fri ar Lawrence, Mr. TI. Marston Apothecary. sir. Delmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; ,Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN 'COM. ..._. _. - ---- IV TH E ATRE - R 0 Y AL, ADELPHI. N F., Sole Proprietor and Mana,rer. M:. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, E a n ew dram 'S a, eßAßGAlN , ntitled TE HA UNTED MAN ; OR, T GHOSTHin which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptaMon of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs..). L. Took, R. Phillips, Sefton, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Allred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Mcssrs. E Took. Pte . Bedtord, R. Phillips, bnrne, C. J. Smith, Homer ; the Sisrs Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kell Co y. mmence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. TO-NGHT WHILE T HERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs I W. IL Swanborough. Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Manders, and E. Bufton. Followed by (3th time) THE MOTTO, "FM ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, anti Jenny White. To conclude with LOVE IN LIVERY. Commence at 7. rillHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN." A Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENEE, can be bad Every Evening of I. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 31, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.25. Wind—East ; light, with fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Nis Div.—Morning, 2a. Ilm.—Afternoon, 2h. 43m, To-monnow.-Morning, 3h. Mo.—Afternoon, 3h. 30m fJ3 4 Zit SUM LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1863. ---~---- Should a war really arise out of these Polish 1 complications, it will be no partial war, we may be quite certain of that—likc the last one, let us siy, the battlefields of which were restricted first of all to the borderland where the Russian and Turkish Empires meet, and eventually even to the soil of the Crimean peninsula. Another European - war, a war originating, not like the last, in the cupidity of the CZAR, as to the manner in which the Sick Man might be expected after death " to cut up," as the phrase is,• but in the fact, each day becoming more recognisable, of the resurrection of the Polish nationality from .he grave in which its murdered remains have been now for the chief part of a century buried away ! An European war, the tocsin of which should prove to have been at length rung by that Russian-Polish Nationality, would not be a partied war, but a general war ; would not be a war of Parties, but a war of Principles. At inter vals, during the last few months, this probable war Principles, this threatening at least of a general war among the great nations of Europe, has appeared for a brief moment at a time—even in the esti mation of diplomatists —to be most immi nent. Even now the hez trd of it, is very far from having pas sed away altogether. A contest of this supreme importance and extraordi nary magnitude, is still within the limits of possi bility. Any day the signal for it may become visible to all Europe, as suddenly as the signal which was given for the war which broke out in Italy ! Meaning in the telegraphic announcement of the severe words of reproof addressed upon a memorable Jour de l An, by the French EMPEROR, to the Austrian Ambassador. And we are thus seriously' disposed to regard as at this moment within the limits of possibility, if not of probability, the announcement given as suddenly and startlingly of this general war in Eu rope, this war, not of parties, or of nations, but o f Princiai es for several reasons that may at once be very readily particularised. About the most apparent of these reasons being the fact that in reference to Poland itself the alternative of war or no war seems to depend now at any instant upon the choice decided upon purely by the whi m of one man in supreme power, acting upon the spur of tt-he moment, and under irritation. the goad of a great It will be remem bered by the readers of ai r. INGLAKE'S shamefully indiscreet, but here and there wonderfully eloquent, hi s torical romance about the last European war, th e war partially fought out between Russia and the Western Powers of E urope against that great Autocracy, that in one Of the most picturesque passages in one of the opening chapters of the work, the writer refers to the CZAR, seated in his Cabinet at St. Petersburg, as to an angry man who had but to ring a bell, t h e momentary dictate of his pa s sion , and within the throb of a few seconds upon the pendulum, to light up, through the agency of the eiectric fire, th e flame of war at opposite extremities of his vast do- The autocrat thus referred to, it is true, was the Czar NICHOLAS, and not the Czar ALEXANDER. But :hough the men were very dif both in capacity and in tempe r at u re , ferent, indeed , the :same . If th e the power remains identically fierce reso l ve has no Enwe beaninherited by the reigning Emperor of All the 'Russias, than has appa. and, in an earth l y rentin o f his imme the lawless ambitio n, diate progenitor, the sup reme point of view, the irrespo nsible authority o f that predecessor has passed intac t into the hands of ALEXANDER 11. The latter has th e same capacity for doing good or for inflicting evil upon millions of his fellow-creatures —meaning, here, not the sixty million Russians in Eur o p e, Asia, and America owning allegiance to his swan indirectly, the millions beyond his dominions, the subjects of contemporary sovereigns. True it ", 110 doubt, that the Emper or ALEXANDER 11. be- ininions. g en his reign with a show, at least, of benignity, strikingly in contrast with the characteristics of the genius and temperament of his father NICHOLAS. But—since the incident of the Emancipation of the Serfs—more than one dark and sinister changeh as come over the spirit of the dream of all Europe in regard to the Emperor ALEXANDER. Any more terrible series of episodes than those recently re counted in regard to the Polish insurrection, can not be found recorded anywhere in the annals of the reign of the late Czar NICHOLAS. And it is upon the passionate decision, at any moment to be arrived at, by the Autocrat now wielding thus relentlessly the bloody scourge of his despotism over Russian Poland, that the momentous alternative of Peace or IN ar,may be said, with perfect truth, to be abso lutely dependent—and not only absolutely, but tremblingly, at any instant of time. That—is about the most conspicuous reason for our regard ing war as now just possibly very imminent, and this a general war, a war throughout all Europe and about Principles. Other reasons there are around us, so to speak, in all directions, reasons for regarding a war o f this i character as just now and j ust possibly very mmi nent. A few only of which additional reasons it will be suffi c i en t here simply to en umerate, For most among them—that to France and to other na ti o ns besides France, the outbreak of war.would in some respects be so much of an opportunity. So many European questions appearing, moreover, to require for the settling of them that last and supreme arbitrement. Diplomacy if left en tirely to itself may still go on wrangling interminable with no result whatever in the way of any satisfactory settlement about Schleswig-Holstein, about Venetia, the Duchies, and other divisions of the great and complicated Italian Difficulty, about this very matter of Poland that is suggestive of the war now regarded as pos sibly so very imminent. The great Scandinavian family of nations has to work out its destinies— to all appearances through the medium of an amal gamation or combination, uniting Sweden and Norway permanently with Denmark, a blending together of the three kingdoms into one homogene ous power, that the shock of an European War might at once render practicable. The long latent, and still undecided, rivalry between Austria and Prussia for supremacy over the Germanic Confede ration, might, in the same way, be opportunely pre cipitated. France having already, in a manner, virtually accomplished the chief part of the difficulty connected with her war of con quest or of emancipation (which is it to be called ?) in Mexico, is prepared, however, for the contingencies of any contest that may become un avoidable nearer home, having perpetually within her the incentive to warlike exploits in the pos session of the Imperial dynasty born of the conquer ing genius of NAPOLEON. Numerous other reasons there are, but the foregoing are the most salient that need now be enumerated in evidence of what it would be certainly difficult not to recognize, namely, that there is in truth just now an imminent pos sibility of a General War in Europe. The recently published Report of the select com mittee appointed to inquire into the merits and expenses attendant upon our improved ordnance, will be read with considerable interest, not only by scientific and military men, bat by all who concern themselves in public matters. The question as to the best form of rifled guns has long been hotly argued by the partisans of Sir WILLIAM ARM sTRONG and Mr. WHITWORTH, besides the uphol ders of various other designs. The Armstrong gun as is well known, is the one almost entirely in use in the service of the Government, and, in fact, the committee, finding the expenditure into which they were desired to inquire related almost exclusively to Armstrong guns, have thought it desirable to give a short outline of the introduction of those guns into the service. The Armstrong gun was, it seems, first brought under the notice of the Government at the close of 1854, when the Duke of NEWCASTLE, then Secretary for War, gave Mr. ARMSTRONG an order for six of his guns for trial. The guns were of various sizes, and the reports of the inspectors were highly satisfactory. Of one of them—an 18-pounder—Lord PANMURE expressed himself most favourably. "I am clearly of opinion," said the noble lord, " that this is a most valuable contri bution to our army. For all purposes of projection and accuracy of flight of the projectiles the experiments are conclusive," In 1858, General PEEL, having had his attention called to the fact that We had to rifled ordnance for field service, appointed a special committee to advise him on the subject. This committee, after ex amining into the matter, came to the conclusion that it was not advisable to try experiments with any other guns than those of Messrs. WHITWORTH and ARMSTRONG. In thin we think they were mis taken ; and in fact the present report virtually re verses that decision by strongly advising that all future experiments shall be open to scientific men, and that the systems of able men who are now studying the subject s h a ll b e a dmitted to trial along with those of their more famous and favoured rivals. This is a step in the right direction. Free competition to all who are worthy to enter the lists, and a ready recognition of real merit, even if it exist beyond the bounds of official favour, should surely form the first principles of judgment in a ca se of national importance. The reason for the limitation proposed by the committee of 1858 was a regard for the expense; but this could be at best but a trifling saving, while the securing of the best system of ordnance would be a much more effica cious method of pract isin g econom y , seeing that frequent changes in such departments entail an At that time, says the report, ex t ra vagant outlay. Mr. WHITWORTH had not any guns of his own construction, nor did he propose any system. The system of Mr. ARMSTRONG was therefore the only complete one, and was finally selected for field guns, The present committee endorse this decision, which they consider as fully justified, seeing that at the present day they have no practical proof that any other method of constructing rifled ordnance has yet been suggested which can be compared with that of ARMSTRONG. Arrangements were accordingly entered into with ARMSTRONG. He was appointed Engineer of Rifled Ordnance and Superintendent of the Roy al Gun Factory — offices which h e res i gned i n the spring of this year, and during th at , With re season the agreement between the Go vernment and the Elswi e k Company terminated. regard to the application of the Armstrong 40-pounders Committee nrs and 110 -pounders to naval purposes, theo. Speak with somece 1854, an d gun Matters so have considerabl y changed sin a very different calibre would be required at the present day from what would have sufficed to bore t d h is e cu ol s d se w d o i o n d t e h n eßrt walls.evo, will probably and probabl y b e made the T all other matters s ubject of speedy experiment, an d we hope th e re commendation of the Committee , that such t r i a l shall not be restricted to one or two systems, but offer a fair test of national skill in the design and construction of ordnance, may be carried into effect. Much interesting information is contained in this Report, which is the result of a long and careful ex amination, and it is given in a fair and temperate t o ne, which it is to be hoped will satisfy all parties. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAN. EVENING, JULY 31, 1863. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The fact stated by Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, that, out of 3,000 of his guns, no one has burst explosively, is certainly testimony in his favour; but the Com• mittee frankly state that, while every witness has borne testimony to the superior range and accuracy of his guns, great doubts are felt whether they would not prove too delicate and liable to disorder to be extensively relied on in actual warfare. It is, certainly, not much use to provide armies with ordnance for experiments which will not serve for a campaign ; and this objection, if well-founded, is a very serious one. The details of the system the Report does not, of course, enter into, merely stating that the weight of scientific evidence is against any breech -loading system for the larger guns. The Armstrong shell is universally admitted to be the most successful, and in that Sir WILLIAM bears the undisputed palm. We hope this inquiry and Report will lead to practical consequences, and secure s reform and re-arrangement of our ordnance system on a scientific, impartial, and satisfactory basis. Enough has been already spent to secure to England the pre-eminence in all such matters—a superiority which her engineering skill and me chanical appliances ought surely to give her. (REUTEVS TELEGRAMS.) MEXICO. PARIS, JULY 31. The report of Marshal Forey, dated 14th June, giving an account of the operations of the French army in Mexico, up to that date, has been pub lished this morning. Marshal Forey states that he had sent a column to protect the mines at Real del Monte, which the enemy intended to plunder, and to destroy the en gines. The Marshal announces that he is occupied in forming a ProvisionalPovernment, which, fol lowing the intentions of the Emperor, will be com posed of men of moderate views, belonging to all parties. The news of General Marin having taken San Juan Baptista, and of Colonel Dupin having occu pied Huatuses, has been confirmed. _ The Constitutionnel of this morning publishes an article, signed by M. de Limayrac, dwelling ener getically upon the insufficiency of the Russian reply. The interview of the King of SWEDEN with ,he King of DENMARK will doubtless produce THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON, JULY 30. some effects. The particulars arc strictly private for the present, the Danish President of the The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Magdalena, which arrived here to-day from the Brazils, will leave for Southampton at 6 p.m., with 106 passengers, £15,07 4 in specie, 300 bales of tobacco, and 385 packages of sundries. BUENOS AYRES, JUNE 28. Cordova is in the hands of the insurgents. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Exchange, 665., no takers ; ounces, 463. Wet salted ox hides, 374 : ; dry American, 36 to 37 1 wool firm ; tallow 141 ; lumber, 32 ; flour nominal ; refined sugar, 16. Council being the only other person present After the interview of the Sovereigns the Presi dent had a conference of an hour and a half with the King of SWEDEN. This intelligence is of great importance, and the conference with the Minister seems, if possible, more significant thaH even the interview with the King on the part o the Kiug of SWEDEN. It seems, too, that his MAJESTY concurs with the Danish authorities in the views they entertain in the present discussion and it is earnestly to be hoped that he will lend them his aid and assistance in the difficult and dangerous position in which they are placed. When we recollect the force of the expressions that were used by Lord PALM ERSTON the other night in the House of Commons, the state of affairs for Denmark appears much more encouraging. The noble lord could not have spoken in stronger terms than those he employed on that occasion, and doubtless the effect of his words has already been very great. If the Kieg of SWEDEN will render his assistance, and employ his powers as a mediator between the two parties, or at least testify his intentions to be an ally, if circumstances should make necessary any immediate succour, the result cannot be otherwise than propitious. It is to be hoped the Germanic Confederation will take heed of these circumstances, and now withdraw their absurd pretensions, and alter a line of conduct which is based neither upon reason nor honour. If so, all Europe will have cause to rejoice at the happy issue of a long vexed question, and also at the removal of an irritating subject of dispute that must eventu ally have drawn many other nations into the con flict and entailed the most serious consequences. The Danes deserve great credit for the spirited way in which, for so many years, they have maintained their own rights, and not given way in the face of obstacles most difficult to overcome, and in spite of an opposition that many more powerful states would have thought it hopeless to compete with. It is an instance of the value of persever ance, and if they eventually gain their point, its success will be mainly due to their own native in dependence and daring evinced throughout. Meet ings between crowned heads are the fashion just now. We learn that the Emperor of AUSTRIA is The scarcity of gold continues. MONTE VIDEO, JUNE 30. Exchange, 511(?). Wet salted hides, 5.65 ; dry American, 4.50 to 5; dry German, 5.40. Wool, none at market. Tallow, 1.721. Political affairs unsettled. DENMARK FLENSBURG, JULY 31. The Schleswig Diet was c!osed yesterday, on account of the necessary number of deputies not having attended. In the evening the loyal inhabitants of this city, headed by a band of music, made a demonstration in honour of the Royal Commissioner and the loyal deputies, who were warmly cheered. SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 30 At the monthly auction for the sinking fund of the Passive Debt to-day the prices fixed by the Government were for the foreign portion 34.14; for the seriee of the home Passive 36.10; and for the second series, 24.10. The tenders sent in for the foreign passive ranged from 33.97 to 37.50 ; for the first series of the home portion from 36.25 to 36.65; and for the second series from 24.10 to 24,24. likely to pay a visit to the King of PRUSSIA at Gastein, in the early part of August. It is possible that this visit may be of service, for it is well known that the Emperor's views regarding Poland are of a very favourable character to the right cause, and his immense influence may be of essen tial service in the object of satisfactory adjustment, which is desired by all well-wishers, The King of PRUSSIA has now been some time in retirement. He will have had leisure to reflect upon the conse quences of the changes and innovations that his Ministers have effected in the Constitution of the State. Perhaps an important personage now com muning with him may inform him of the deleteri ous effects that his tyrannical course has had on the country, in the opinion of lookers-on in neighbouring countries. It is with Poland, however, more than with Prussia, that the Em peror of AUSTRIA can be of essential service. Affairs have been much worse in that country since the Prussians so strenuously supported the Russians, and if the King could be led to see the importance of terminating such a deplorable state of things speedily, it might be of great benefit to the cause of peace. At present it would seem as if King WILLIAM was urging on the Government of St. Petersburg to use their utmost vigour in restor ing order, and then to maintain discipline with strong measures, assuring them of his faithful ad herence end continued assistance. The French papers assert that now Lords PALMERSTON and RUSSELL have agreed to support energetically the common action of the three Powers, and have for warded communications to that effect to Paris and Vienna. If that is the case it is not likely that the Austrian EMPEROR will now draw back, especially when it is recollected how detided a stand was taken by his Government a short time since, and the reception of the Russian despatch. Altogether, then, there is a chance of good resulting from this meeting, and it is high time that some indirect in fluence be exerted, as it is evident that the prospect of open assistance is very doubtful. It is dreadful to contemplate this state of things going on much longer in Poland, and unless some one takes an especial interest in the welfare of this unhappy land, and also possesses power to be of service as mediator, no prospect of better days seems likely to dawn. Naval and Military Intelligence. --- THE NAVY. Yesterday the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty paid an official visit to Chatham for the pur pose of making their annual inspection of the dockyard and other naval establishments at that port. The members of the Board present com prised his Grace the Duke of Somerset, K.G., First Lord; Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral C. Eden, C. 8., Capt. the Hon. 3. I. Drummond, C. 8., and Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., Junior Lords ; Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., M,P., First Secretary ; Rear- Admiral R. S. Robinson, Controller of the navy; Col. G. T. Greene, director of Admiralty engineer ing works.; Mr. E. J. Reed, chief constructor of the navy ; Capt. R. Hall, private secretary to the Duke of Somerset, and other officials. The members of the Board arrived at the dockyard shortly before noon, and alighting at the official residence of the Capt.-Superintendent were received by Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, Sir R. Mayne, Mr. Superintendent Mel ialieu, Mr. Lang, master-shipbuilder : Mr. Moore and Mr. Hutchens, assistant-master shipwrights; Mr. Churchward, store receiver; Mr. Uhatworthy, accountant ; Mr. Rivers, clerk of works, and the other heads of departments. The members of the Board repaired in the first instance to the office of the Captain Superintendent, and were occupied for about half an hour in the transaction of official busi ness, after which they commenced the tour of the yard for the purpose of inspecting the various ves sels under construction and repair. The large iron frigate Achilles, 6,000 tons, 1,250 horse power, was the first vessel visited. Confi dent hopes are now entertained that she will be afloat some time before the close of the present year. Although her first armour-plate was only fixed in its place on the sth of Febru ary last, no fewer than 238 plates had been bolted to her broadsides up a:le yesterday afternoon, leav ing only about 100 more to be affixed to render the whole exterior surface, down to sft. below her water line, as nearly as possible invulnerable. When it is remembered that the whole of the iron work on board the Achilles has, for the last 12 months, been performed exclusively by the dockyard shipwrights, who previously possessed no knowledge whatever of iron shipbuilding, the progress made in the con struction of the iron vessel is without a parallel at any of the Royal dockyards. Their lordships ascended the upper deck of the frigate, over which they were conducted by Mr. Lang and his subordi nates, and they afterwards went below to the main deck, where a short time we spent in inspecting the progress made in the work. Leaving the shipbuild ing department of the establishment the members of the Board visited the ropery, in which nearly the whole work of preparing the largest descrip tion of cables used in the navy is performed by steam machinery, It will be necessary, however, to erect other machinery to keep pace with the require , merits of the increasing demands of the establish ment, which will involve an outlay of ',bout £lO,OOO. After deciding on the additional machinery to be provided, the members of the Board resumed their inspection of the naval portion of the dockyard, and visited the Anchor-wharf, on which it is intended to erect steam machinery for loading and unloading the various vessels at the dockyard, thus doing away with the great demand for manual labour for that purpose. After inspecting No. 1 slip, which is at present unoccupied, their lordships proceeded to the second building shed, where the 17-gun screw frigate Reindeer is in the frame, but on which not a single hand has been employed for several years. They next visited the factory, in which the iron slabs as well as the whole of the iron required in the construction of the Achilles is prepared. Shortly before their arrival the fine iron screw frigate Tamar, 2,800 tons, 500 horse power, steamed into the harbour from Millwall, where she has been constructed for the Admiralty by a private firm. This vessel will be placed in the first dock which becomes vacant for the purpose of being surveyed, previous to her being taken over from her builders. Their lordships partook of luncheon at the official residence of Captain Superintendent Fanshawe, and afterwards proceeded to inspect the various wooden vessels lying on the several slips, including the line-of-battle ship Bulwark, 91, the Belvidere, 51. the lienai, 22, and the Myrmidon, 4, on neither of which is a single hand employed. The last slip inspected was that on which the blocks for the new iron clad frigate the Lord 'Warden, the first of the squadron of that class of vessel to be constructed on Mr. Reed's plan, will be built. Their lordships gave directions for some addi tional machinery to be erected on this slip to facilitate the building operation, and, after inspect ing the stock of timber, left the dockyard. They were then conducted over the block of buildings recently erected by Messrs. Foord and Sons, Ro chester, adjoining the dockyard, for the married officers and men of the Metropolitan police doing duty at Chatham. At 3 o'clock their lordships arrived at the Royal Marine Barracks, and were received by Major-General A. B. Stransham, In spector-General ; Colonel T. Lemon, C. 8., Com mandant, and the entire staff of the division. The battalion, which now numbers nearly 2,000 officers and men, was drawn up on the ground parade. After the division had defiled past their lordships proceeded over the barracks, and afterwards made a lengthened inspection of the additional barrack buildings, now nearly completed. As soon as ready for occupation, they will afford accommodation for about 800 more men than can be crowded into the present barracks, in addition to which there will be commodious quarters erected for the field officers and subalterns, and a parade-ground double the size of the existing one provided. At 4 o'clock their lordships visited Melville Naval Hospital, over which they were conducted by Deputy -Inspector Ki nnear, M.D., and the medical staff of the establishment. The Lords of the Ad miralty afterwards returned to the dockyards to visit the works at the eastern end of the establish ment, on St. Mary's Island , fo r the enlar g ement and extension of the dockyard. They efterwaads went on board the Enchantress, Admiralty yacht in the harbour, where they dined, and on board which they slept last night, in readiness to resume their inspection this morning. The Channel fleet, under the command of Ad miral Dacres, which left bunderland on Tuesday morning, arrived in Leith roads on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Edgar, 71, led the van in coming up the Firth, and was followed by the Emerald, Liverpool, Defence, Black Prince, War rior, Royal Oak, and Resista nce . The anchora ge selected is a mile to the west of lochkeith, and about three miles from Leith harbour. The fleet will remain for about a week in Leith roads, The Channel fleet is expected to visit the Mersey before completing its present cruise. Its appearance there is not anticipated before the middle or end of next month. T he Wye, iron screw storeship, 700 tons, 100 horse-power, Master Commanding Valentine G. Roberts, which has recently received extensive repairs, and been fitted with new boilers built by Messrs Denney Brothers, at the hands of the ope- ratives of Sheerness Dockyard, was taken out for trial at the measured mile off Maplin Sands on Wednesday. The vessel was in charge of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Cumberland, guardship of the Sheerness steam reserve, and the engines were under the superintendence of Mr. W. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. G. Blaxiand, chief engineer of Sheerness dockyard. The average speed attained was 9.591 revolutions, maximum 71, knots, v.: cuum 27in. ; mean 70 . 16 per minute; pressure of steam, 151 b. draught of water—for ward, loft. 4in., aft, 12ft. Gin. The vessel is fitted with Griffith's sere w, pitch 16ft,, diameter, 12ft. Gin.; and the indicated horse-power of her engines is 540. The trial was considered very successful, and the vessel will shortly leave this harbour for the west coast of Africa as a store ship. THE NEW JUDGE. Rumours are, of course, already busy enough as to who may be selected to fill the post left vacant so suddenly by the death of the lamented Sir Cress well Cresswell. Sir Robert Phillimore, the Queen's Advocate, is spoken of as the one likely to be intrusted with the responsibility. But there is a talk also of an intention to remove Baron Wilde to the Court of Probate and Divorce. Supposing which latter removal to be actually carried into effect, the very opportunity to which the whole profession has bean looking for• ward quite as pleasurably as cotfidently, would grise, the opportunity afforded to her most gracious Majesty of rewarding the long and brilliant career of Sergeant See at the bar of England, by the elevation of that learned and gifted advocate tothe Bench. -'---- - THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA,—Thi s crowning event of the yachting world is fixed to come off next week. The annual dinner of the members of ;ho squadron will take place at the Castle, West Cowes, on Tuesday next. On Wednesday her Majesty's Cup, of the value of 100 guineas, will be sailed for by the schooner yachts and yawls belonging to the squadron, and in the evening the usual annual display of fireworks will take place. On Tuesday the Royal Yacht Squadron will give a prize of 100 guineas, to be sailed for by cutte rs of not less id 7 than 30 tons belonging to any Royal yacht club. The annual ball will take place in the evening. On Fr ida y his oRoyalr_ Highnesses the Prince of Wales's cup will b e sailed o br l started from off the R. Y. S. Castle to the Steer bridge-buoy, 7age.butters of the Royal Yacht Squadron. The v essels a! thence northward round the Calshot ligh t vessel, to vessel off Egypt House, to the starting vesse l , off Cowes; twi ce round, TEM ARMY. A flying column, consisting of the 6th Dragoon Guards, a battery Royal Horse Artillery, a detach gineers and Military Tr a i n , th e ment of Royal En Ist battalion 3d Regiment (the Buffs) the Ist bat talion 24th Regiment, the 2d batalion 60th Rifles, and a detachment of the Commissariat Staff Corps, FRANCE• L' Union observes almost in a t one of anguish PAtas, Friday , Jul y 31 . to day, -'Assuredly it is a singularly p ainful situation, in the presence of permanent a nxieties of opinion, to have the power of replying only with silence to the questions pressing upon us now so urgently ! More particularly when the situation has reference to an alternative no less momentous than that of peace or war." Continuing in the same strain, the writer adds frankly, "For ourselves we have no pretension to repeat the echoes of the Diplo matic Olympus . . . No, Alas! we known nothing ! We know nothing, that is as to the positive disposition of the three Courts; and the Royal Speech at the closing of the English Parlia ment does not tend in any way to enlighten us in other hand, appears disposed our ignorance." of what is b e hind the scenes, but almost to go i n g on notL n a n F ly ra t ) o zc a e ff , on eot the usual an intimate knowledge e predict very confidently something like an amicable settlement. .'Opinion Nationale contents itself with refer ring, in a tone of satisfaction, to the continuance still of the perfect identity visible in the Polish policy respectively France, England, and Austria. Le Siecle remar ks, for its part, rather enigmati cally, for the phrase might mean just anything or nothing, "we are now traversing that phase of conjectures which invariably preceeds great move ments and decisive events." c ossi Le Pays, on th e contrary, deems it advisable in i t e o regard to the s ituation of France (and conse quently, of course , of all Europe), so far as its re marks can at all t end to do so—to dissi p ate ill-con sideredandto s n o a l l i m eitu a d s noeminrh a reference to that the " impatience of all. THE BOURSE, July 30 . — The market continues firm, but without much animation. Threes, for the Account, are now unvaried at 67f. 10c " . Railway Shares well maintained at previous quotations. The market closed as follows ;-- -50 Austrian It per Cents. ...... 96 80 It a li an L oan 7l 50 Do. end month...• Do. end month — 3 per Cents ...... 67 15 New ditto Do. end month.. •• 6 _ 6 95 Do, end month.... -- 110')47 - Russian .. 33 55 Bank Shares ...... 70 Spanish Threes 52 75 C D r o e . d e i t nd M i o n b o i n li t e h r .... . . . . C r edit Fancier ..... 12 home Debt RAILIPAYB. Cash. Account. Orleans lOO2 50 .. 998 7 5 Northern 985 .. 985 New ditto Ly o ns and Nedituranean 1015 .. 1013 75 Ge n eva.. 4BB 75 .. 487 50 Southern .............. 670 .. 66.5 Western Eastern • ... Sardinian 407 50 .. 407 50 Austrian LOW hard North of Spain Saragossa .. 685 .. 672 50 Ditto to Barcelona .... 350 .. 357 50 BEWICK'S BlRDS.—There is no man who has set forth natural history so captivatingly as Bewick ; and that, not because of the dry bones of a text, but through the art which Horace says brings objects before the faithful eyes—the pictorial art. And in a double way. His birds themselves are admirable, perfect in shape and attitude, glossy of feather, and placed characteristically on bough, rock, or marsh-encircled island; but, besides, they are served up with a garnish of vignettes, or tailpieces, which sometimes admirably illustrate bird .life and bird-habits ; at others, relieve the monotony of the subject by a dash into the highest realms of humour. It is more particularly in this last aspect of a genial artist that we would now chiefly regard Thomas Bewick . . . . We value our Bewick be cause nowhere else do we find within the compass of two volumes such a full and quaint pictorial exhibition of a lively fancy, of a half-mournful satiric vein, of an acquain tance with nature; such vivid proofs that the artist has been on many a lonely moor, has leant his ear in many a solitary place, has watched the wild, the farmhouse, the snow-storm, the wimpling brook, and the ocean, at hours when no eye but his was watching ; has caught animal motion and passion in the act of moving and feeling, and has struck such a rapid diapson of human life from infancy to age, that to call him poet were not to exaggerate his achievements.—Dickens's "All the Year Round." A WONDERFUL ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT. —The lovely movement of the adagio, commencing with the words " Notte d'amor, tutta splendor," in Gounod's "Faust," is led up to, says an able musical critic in the Saturday Review, by about a dozen.bars in which the com poser has displayed his especial skill in the use of the harp, in combination with flutes, hautboys, bassoons, horns, and the strings ; the strings and the wind at last falling away, so to say, into an ascending and a descending scale, in a key far removed from that of the opening phrase, absolutely re quiring a distinctly marked crescendo, and yet terminating I in a prolonged chord. so soft and equably sustained, not . withstanding the sudden entrance of trumpets, trombones, and drums, as to allow the harp arpeggios, which have been I continued unbroken, to be heard clear throughout the whole volume of sound, whoie under the command of Major-Gen. Bus- C. 8., will march from Aldershott on Saturday the Ist prox. for Wooircer Forest - , halting there on Sunday and Monday, returning to Beacon-hill on Tuesday, halting there on Wednesday, marching en Thursday to Sandhurst, halting on Friday, and re turning to camp on Saturday, the Bth inst. The 12th Lancers, after a stay of nearly two years at the camp at Aldershott, are under orders to be held in readiness to move on the Gth prox. us fol lows :—lleadquarters and 6 troops to Hounslow ; 1 troop to Harnpton•coUrt; and 1 troop to Kensing- Ti:c 18th Hussars, now as the I`;;rt:i. Camp, Aldershott, are un:i.er orders to move s;s follows: — Headquarters and 3 troops to Norwich, 3 troops to Ipswich, and 2 troops to Nnthampton, to proceed early in September. , - rill kr. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 30. The Queen and Princess of Wales drove out yesterday. Earl Russell arrived at Osborne and had an audience of her Majesty. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. Two appeals from the Admiralty Court in the case of the Carrier Dove were heard. Judg ment was given in the first by Lord Justice Knight Bruce, and in the second by Lord Chelmsford. Both were dismissed with costs. The Lords present were Lord Chelmsford, Lord Kingsdown, and Lord Jus tice Knight Bruce. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial•osice from the Governors of the West India Islands. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Canada and to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. The Emperor of Russia and the Six Points. -OP- Oa the 23d of June a despatch from St. Peters burg informed the Grand Duke Constantine of the propositions of the Western Powers, and the Grand Duke acquainted the Marquis Wielopolski with the same. The latter on the next day addressed the following letter to the Emperor • " Palace of the Castle, Juno 13. " Sire,—His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Con stantine has been good enough to communicate to me the purport of the propositiona of the Powers, and asked my opinion on the subject, expressing also a wish that I should give the same to your Imperial Majesty. " I repeat, then, to your Imperial Majesty that which I have already had the honour to say to his imperial High ness the Grand Duke. It is, that I am pleased that the overtures of the Powers manifest a spirit so amicable and moderate, and that, as Ministers of your Imperial Majesty, I cannot but give them my assent. " I am, Sire, with respect, the very loyal subject of your Imperial Majesty, " ALEXANDER, MARQUIS WIELOPOLSKI." On the 27th a telegram from St. Petersburg made it known that the Council of the Emperor was not of this opinion, and that the reply :greed upon would not be without demanding certain modifications. The following day the Marquis wrote again to the Emperor iu the following terms : " Warsaw, June 28. "Sire,—Events succeed one smother too rapidly to render it possible to prevent anything, or even to foresee any thing. At all events, your Imperial Majesty will render me the justice that up to the present time my predictions have been verified to the latter. "It is painful to me to recur to a subject which I had imagined already exhausted,—• to intentions which appeared to be unanimously entertained. However, your Imperial Majesty will allow me to obst-rve that if my actions are com pared with the propositions which I have had the honour to submit to your Majesty, I shall be held free from all re proach. I will add but one word. The propositions of the Cabinets are so wise and so moderate, the honour of the Empire has bees so scrupulously preserved in all circum stances which have occurred, they would produce a change and relative claim so advantageous, that I cannot imagine anything more practical, or that would more conduce to the true interests of the Empire, than the unqualified accept ance of them, without discussion and without alteration. " Should the contrary be the case, I should experience the grief of finding myself comp3lled to withdraw myself entirely from a line of policy which I cannot but consider hurtiu and fraught with danger, and I shall abandon all hope:that my presence will be beneficial to the welfare of my country, or to the service of your Imperial Majesty. "I am, Size, with respect, your Imperial Majesty's loyal subject, "ALEXANDER, MARQUIS WIELOPOLSKI PRINCE Louis of HESSE has bought the arsenal at Mayence to convert it into a palaca. Theview from it over the Rhine is most beautiful. FATAL OCCURRENCE IN DUCKETT'S CANAL, VICTORIA• PARK.—TWO LIVES LOST.—Last even ing, about seven o'clock, a melancholy accident, resulting in the loss of two fine youths, took place in Sir George Duckett's Canal, Victoria-park, near the Old French -bridge . It appears that, as usual in the summer months, there were a large number of lads bathing in the canal, and two unfor tunate youths, named John Davis, aged 14, and Edward Gray, aged 15, living in the vicinity of Old Gravel -lane. Wapping, had been amusing themselves with corks, learn ing to swim. It seems that the number of boys increasing they had abandoned the corks, and one of the deceased lads ventured too far from the bank, and the bottom of that part of the canal being steep, the poor fellow, after a few faint cries for help, disappeared under the water. The other un fortunate lad, who could swim a little, seeing what had happened to his companion, bounded in after him and made an effort to save'him, but unhappily the drowning lad clung so fast to his would-be preserver that the latter was power less, and before assistance could be rendered them they both perished. The police of the K divisioa were soon in attend ance, and the drags being used the bodies were recovered, bat life was quite extinct. The painful scene was witnessed by a number of persons who were passing to and from the park. The bodies were removed to Bow dead-house, and are in charge of Mr. Philpot, the coroner's officer. It is stated that the police have no power to prevent the bathing in the canal, which is a most dangerous place, and every summer is the scene of a sad loss of life. DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN ENGLAND.—There are just 519,971 houses in England and Wales as sessed to the house duty over £2O a-year, of which 375,448 are not above £5O a-year, 101,948 between that and £lOO a year, and the remainder, 42,695, above £lOO a•year. This gives us a fair notion of the number of the opulent familit s and of the rell-to.do middle class families. Of the former there must bo somewhere about £50,000 in England and Wales—for their income in houses of XlOO a year and up wards must vary from £1,600 a year upwards ; of the latter with incomes varying, say trom £5OO to £l,OOO a year, there must be just double the number of families—about 100,000 The lower middle class (in wealth), with incomes between £2OO a year and £5OO, numbe, again much more than double both the others. —Spectator. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL is at length likely to I have its embellishment completed according to the original design of Sir Christopher Wren. The proposal, according to the .Reader, consists primarily in filling eleven windows at the ends of the choir, nave, and transepts with painted glass of the highest quality, uniform in style, de sign, and execution, in filling the sprandrels of the dome, vaults, and other suitable compartments, and ultimately the dome itself, with paintings in mosaic; and generally in gilding and incrusting with coloured marbles such parts of the architecture as require it to complete the decorative framework. It is also intended to finish the great organ in the south transept, and to complete the stall work of the choir, and other works which have been left incomplete. The funeral service for Madlle. Emma Livry took place at 10 on Wednesday morning at the church of Notre Dame de Lorette. Long before that hour the church Was filled with persons provided with tickets and hundreds remained outside to sec the cortege pass. The entire corps of the Opera were waiting at the church to receive the remains, together with M. Perrin, Director of the Opera-house, Prince Poniatowski, and several distin guished literary characters. On leaving the church the corners of the pall were held by fou r young persons dressed in white, followed by the pupils of the Conservatoire du Musique. The cortege preceded to the churchyard of Mont martre, where an oration was delivered over the grave•by M. Petipa, ballet master of the Opera. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—About one o'clock on Wednesday a fire, which threatened fatal results to several persons, happened in the premises belonging to Mr. E. Colterett, French wine importer, No, 157, Bermondsey street. The diE cowry was made by a police cons able, who, noticing smoke pouring out o f the lower part of the b uilding with some difficulty succeeded in arousing the inmates, who escaped just in time to avoi4 being burnt to death. The premises were nearly burnt out, and the roof partially de stroyed. The building was insured in the Sun Fire-office. About half-past 4 a.m., a fire commenced in the premises of Mr. W. West, a laundry proprietor, situate at No. 8, Queen's-road, Chels ea. The laundr y and w ash - house we re nearly consumed, and the back part of the dwelling severely damaged. The contents were insured in the Globe office LAW INT This Day. ROLLS COURT. DROUN V. KENICEDY.-JUDGMENT. His Honour this morning gave judgment in this eelc brated case, which has so frequently been before the pub lic. In the present case the point, was to test the validity of a certain deed which Mrs. Swynfen had executed in favour of Mr. Kennedy, her advocate in the famous care of Swynfen v. Swynfen. The facts of the case being so generally known it is needless to repeat them; and in de livering judgment his Honour said he could not but come to the opinion that Mr. Kennedy had obtained such riz= influence over Mrs. Swynfen (Mrs. Broun then) that ren dered her incapable of resisting anything that Mr. Kennedy might urge. Ho could only liken the influence to that which a i . .ther might possess over his child, or a hushoui',, over his wife, but, then, the party having that power, was not entitled to exercise it for his own personal benefit. As the case stood before him, it appeared that on its becoming known to Mr, Kennedy that Mrs. Swynfen was about to be married he wrote to the lady, and she, in reply, said she knew that he (Kennedy) was t , have the £20,000, but then he would have to wait some time, to which he urged that, he ought to have some security beyond a verbal acknow— ledgment. Mrs. Swynfen intimated that she had made her will, and. that the Swynfen articles had, subject to some legacies, been made over to Kennedy, but this it appeared was not satisfactory to him, and he accordingly sugeested the property might be made over to him by a deed of gifri. This deLd was accordingly drawn out by Mr. Kennedy, and left with Mrs. Swynfen for perual, and after the instru ment had been in her possession some time, it was signed by her, but then arose the question, was she not morally so , much in his power as to be unable to resist his demands. Every letter written about this period showed how great that influence was, and he was of opinion that as the father was precluded from exercising that influence over his child which he might 'possess, so others possessing, in fact, a similar power, were entirely precluded from exercising it for their own benefit. His Honour then referred to the judgment which had been given in the Court of Common Pleas when the matter was before that court, and said there was not one point in the long and and able judgment which decided the non-liability for £20,000 with which be did not agree; and certainly if it could not be supported on the ground of contract it could not be by moral obligation. He had listened with surprise to the statements of the learned gentleman when he was commenting upon the lady for whom he had acted—when he was talking about holding her up as a mark of scorn and derision, and he felt pained to say that he could not permit himself to express his opinion upon such conduct, because it was evident it was dictated by the most vehement animosity. In whatever way Mr. Kennedy acted when he first took the case in hand, whether generosity or friendship, there was no obligation on the part of his client to reward in any other than the ordinary way. Mr, Kennedy might have been in duced to take up the case for the honour of distinction, and he felt he would have arrived at that distinction had it not been for the ill-advised course he had lately been pursuing, After some further observations his Honour said he was or opinion that the deed could not be supported. Ho then ordered it to be delivered up to be cancelled, and directed Mr. Kennedy to pay the costs of the present cause. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Boforo Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE FLOOD, This bankrupt was described as of J;i:ustin-friars and Lloyds, broker, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr, C. E. Lewis said that the case was likely to occupy two or three hours, and under all the circumstances he did not think the bankrupt would be prejudiced by an adjourn ment. Mr. Sargood, for the assignees, assented, and the case was adjourned till the 14th of October next. The debts are stated at A 137. To creditors holding . security, £1,000; assets, £1,846. MARKETS---This Day. MARK-LANE. A limited supply of English wheat was on sale at Mark ane to-day. The demand, however, for all qualities was in a sluggish state, and the transactions were mostly re stricted to the best samples on offer, at last Monday's quo tations. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. The demand for all descriptions ruled far from active, yet no quotable change took place in the currency. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at previous quotations. The supply of barley was very moderate. The demand, however, ruled inactive at late rates. Malt changed hands to a fair average extent at late quo- tations. The supply of oats on the stands was tolerably largP 7 and all descriptions sold heavily at about stationary prices. Beans and peas were &ill, but without material change in value from Monday last., Both English and foreign 'flour mOved off slowly at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. I English...—. 7to -- ! 2370 I 20 I 720 Irish.— ..... -- — —37 o Foreign.-- 5,120 2,260 1 , 25,3?,0 1 130 sks 2,20 brls NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat is moderate for the time of year, and the trade rules heavy at our quotations. Per Slb, by the carcase. s d s d 1 sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 ' Middling mutton 3 10 4 2 :Middling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Frime large do. 3 10 4 0 Vaal .. 3 10 4 4 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ .. 4 2 4 Ii Large pork .... 3 4 3 10 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 , BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantations being more favour able, the business doing in our market is less extensive. Good and fine parcels are in fair request, however, at full quotations ; and inferior parcels support Monday's cur rency. The supply of foreign hops on offer is large for the time of year. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been very quiet, and quotations have remained without change of importance. SUGAR.—OnIy limited dealings have been effected in West India; good grocery descriptions, however, have maintained previous prices, while other qualities have slightly declined. In the refined market there is no altera tion to report. Common lumps are quoted 45s 9d per cwt. COFFEE—Business has been rather dell, and the small quantity offered at public sale has realised about former prices. RicE—The market has remained very ina2tivo, and there is no material alteration to notice in values. TALLOW—The operations have been exceedingly limited both for present and forward delivery, and quotations tend downwards. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 43s 6d, and last 3 months, 45s Gd per cwt. THE NEGRO IN NEW YORK.—TIIO negroes of this city are certainly in a very unfortunate condition-- that is, those who are left behind. Hundreds have gone to Brooklyn, and many more to New Jersey, while all trains and steamboats leading to the interior have been almost overrun with the flying blacks. A perfect reign of terror e • ists in the quarters of these helpless people. The Fourth ward has been the scene, probably, of more destruction of negro residences than any other. There are or were a nrum ber of coloured men's boarding-houses in Roosevelt-str eet, and these were nearly all destroyed, Two of them wet e kept by a black. In a few moments everything of value was destroyed, and the buildings fired. They soon burnt to the ground. A German kept a store next door, but as it was frequented by coloured people it met the same fate, much to the anguish of its Teuton owner. The crowd distributed the contents, as victors do the spoils. In Roosevelt-street, near by, was a negro barbar shop, and the crowd, now swelled to several thousands, scattered its contents about the street, and then applied. the torch. It was not long before the shaving saloon had disappeared. The Liverpool Lodging. house in Roosevelt-street, a place well-known to the pol.ce, who have but a poor opinion of its character, w as attacked and burned. This establishment was the resort of all kinds and colours. Dancing, singing, drinking, &c , wea e the chief items of the programme. A negro was caught in Olive-street. An inturiated crowd began to beat him. He struck out in self-defence, and getting clear away. The throng followed hie.' to the pier foot of Oliver-street, and succeeded in getting him upon it, He was driven to the end of the pier and forced into the East River. It is sap posed that he was drowned, as his injuries must have dis abled him so that he could not swim. No one made an effort to save him. An old negro woman, nearly 70 years of age, was attacked in the Sixth ward and badly beaten. She was taken to the City Hospital, and will probably sur vive. In the Fifth Precinct, where a large number of ne groes live, many of them have been severely beaten. One of them, a sick man, was brought to the station last night, the crowd having turned htm out of bed and severely mal treated him. A few days since there were several hundred negroes in this precinct, but the streets, at least, now show no evidence of their existence. This is also the case in the Eighth Precinct. The Twenty eighth Precinct, in Green wich-street, has also been the scene of much disorder. It was in this district that the negro was hung on Monday night. A black man, named John Williams, was pursued by the crowd and knocked down upon the side-walk. While in an insensible condition he was beaten so severely that he cannot possibly survive. He now lies at the City Hospital. The crowd threatened to burn a sugar-house in this pre cinct and several foundries, giving as a reason that negroes were employed there. The blacks, however, were all dis charged to allay the excitement. Taken altogether, Mon day and Tuesday were severe days for the blacks. It ends for some time at least their residence in this city. They must seek peace elsewhere, for in the present excited state of public there is no ease for th em i n N ew Y or k. It is estimatedfeel in g that upwards of 150 negroes h ave b een kill e d or badly injured.--New fork Paper, T HE C A SE OF COL. CRA2..iLEY.—Mr. Coninghem, M.P., writes to a contemporary, stating, that Capt. Smales , has received. a " free pardon" from the Queen, dating from thi 2ist inst. at di m