The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-15 00:00:00

THE • MARLBORO UGH CLUB COMPAN Y (Limited'. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Club will be opened for the reception of its Members on MONDAY, the 32th day of August. S. 0. RATTENBURY, Hon. Secretary. Registered Office of the Company, 6, John-street, Bedford rcw, W.O ripLIE ROBERTSFORS IRON WORKS COMPANY. Limited. To be Incorporated under the "Companies Act, 1862," by wDicla the Liability of Shareholders is limited tothe amount of their Shares. Capital, £300,000, in 15,000 Shares of £2 O each. an d £2 on Allotment. De posit, 1 ., s. per Share on A pp lication, First Issue, 7,5 , 0 Shares. No call will exceed £2 Os. per Share, at intervals of not less than three months. No promotion money will be paid, and the prelim charges only. DIRECTORS. Charles Burn, Esq , C.E, Little Fife Rouse, Whitehall, Director of the Tavis ock Iron Works and Steel Ordnance Company, Lim ted. The Right Honourable Lord Garvagh , Army and Navy Club, 1-• all-mall. S.W. D. C. Griffith, Esq., F.R.G.S., Messrs. Griffith and Barton, Assayers to the Bank of Englaid, and the Ang,lo-Mexican y. Lou i s Guilletm.t , Esq, Messrs. Guillemot and Weylandt, Mi n t Company ankers, ..-tockho in. Edward Nixon, ELq„ Ormande-house. Bognor, Sussex, and 10, Victortt-road, usf., Director of the cieneral Financial and Estate Agency Corporation, Limited. J. Paton, Esq., Messrs. raton and Co., Merchants, Stock holm. J. 0. Tilsto n, Es q ., Bayswater, Director of the General Rolling Stock Cumpa, y, Limited. arles Weber, Esq, Messrs. G Ila.mmond and Co. , Swed eh Ch and Norwegian Consuls, Ra oasgate and Deal. With power to add to their number. BANRERS. The Consolidated Ban k, Limited, Fencharch-street .A.rDITORS. Messrs. Bennett and G ask m bard-stell, Accountantsreet, 31, Nicholas-lane, Lo. BROKERS. ssq., London and County-chambers, Lombard-street. Sannam, Esq.; Alanchester. SOLICITORS. liilessrs. R. and S. MuLeas, 7, Poultry: SECRETARY PRO TEN!. A. Robinson, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 7A., Lawrence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C. Francis Burnand, The Company is formed for the purchase of the extensive estates of Robertsf ors and Fredricksfor , comprising about 15 ~ 0 0 acres if freeh&d and vrovvn lands, with large forests and agricultural districts,as also timb er andiron works, ship buting yards, tire , and which at? situated in the county of West Botteu, in Sweden, five English miles from the harbour, belonging to the estate, called Sigea, in the Gulf of l'othnia; and al.° to extend the presen- manufacture of iron, intro duce 13essemer's steel process , to extend the yearly pro duce of rinmer for export, to build ships, and work the other resources of the estate. The estimated profits, as given in the detailed centprospectus the , amount to ab-mt £6i,000 per annum, or 4i per .on first issue of capital, £150,00 without calaulating ondeals, ny extension of the trade in b ar and hoop iron, timber, ship-buil,:ing, and produce of ca s t steel for tools, arc., for which there is a ready market. has been settled at £ 50,000 for the The purchase money whole of the property, mines, works, tire', have been care fully surveyed by an eminent engineer, Mr. Franz Hoff man ; and on his report his Majesty the King of Sweden has g ranted permission to form ajo nt-stock company, and con firmed the va'uation of the property at Ito. D. 1,00,000 Swedish, or £55,550 sterling. The an ides of assotiation, with plans of the estates and samples, may be inspeled at the Ofti es of the Company, where also all the details respecting the properties may be bad on application. Pr.,sectuses and forms of aplication ma be obtained of the banpkers, brokers, and at the Offices of they ompany. JOAYL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent-garden. Last Week but Two. For the Benefit of Mdlle. Adelina Patti. TINS EVENING (Friday), July 15, will be performed the opera of Faust e 3largherita, being for the benefit of Aldlle. Adelina Patti, and the last occasion on whi presentill per forth the part of Margherita during the season. FAUST E MARG.:MC..I3A. Mar. herita inl Adelint Patti, being positively her last appearance that character this season ; Siebe , Madame Didiee ; Marta, Mdlle. Anese ; Mefisto e e, M. Faure ; Valentino, Signor Gni ziani ; Wagner, ki gn or Tagliafice ;Con d Faust Signor Mario. ductor, , Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre ata Is, 10s. ed., 75., and ss. amphitheatre. 29. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-of:Bea under the portico of theal theaire, lltr which is open from ten to five , an d at the princip musicses' and librarians'. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining, THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'ltafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which. the new p:ay by John Oxenford, Esq 'M THE DIONASTERY OF SV. JCS]: Messrs. Vining, H. ars ton, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, . Seyton, thapman ; Mrs. H. Maiston, and Mdtle. btella Lola& NW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL— soIe Proortotor and Manausr. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. 'Joule, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Denman. Followed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, F. Bedford, n. itumerMiss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. AIVIES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Be-engagement of those ce ebrated and popular artistes, Mr. aryl Mrs. Charles Mathews. Productim of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burnant, Esq., entitled FAUST AiNID MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and M:s Charles Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; the incidental Ballet by Osear Byrne. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular names or Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul. Bedford, Mr. , F. Robinson. Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss .A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentwortn, Mrs. Stirling, ann Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, HA SHEEP 1 1 1 and WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke Mr. F. Robinson. At a quarter-past 8, a new Traveatie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE : Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W. Chambename, and Mrs. C. Mathews. At 10, LITTLE TO D DLEKIN S, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matutws, Mr. Ash ey. Miss Wentworth. OPERA and RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht Glasses, in every varie. y of size, form, and mounting, matchless for their great magnifying power and sharpness of definition. rriCe, from ,at CAL LAGIAAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., S corner of Conduit-street. dole agegraph for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo graphic len , es made by VPigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses mane expressly for India. warranted to withstand the gi eatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re cently made for H.R.H. the Prince cf Wales;, though of the largest size, weigh but a few ounce!. COUNTRY an 3 SE ASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of !Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASEIING , ILK DR,}I•3SES, suitatle for the country and seaside, and at the c.earing-out 'nice of only £1 lis. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r sen 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a far greater per-tentage. Messrs. JAY, tnerefore, invite their numerdus patrons to take adv ntage of the stock they have on hand, which they cm now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will natur,lly 13, more po,tly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. SHALL COMPANY'S LS. COALS. —The LI.LL: cox Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 239. per ton. I Do u ble 20s. per ton. Top 225. ~ 1 Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles ot their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent TTIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENZE, can "e had livery Evening of G. R. GLhNIE, Nzws I g o. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weatb.er—Sun Office, July 15, 1864. _ TTIERMODIETER. T/1113 day at Two o'clock Barometer -30.04. ; m9derate breeze and cloudy. EIG WATER AT LONDON. BRIDGE, THIS DAY.—.II "tln gl 10h. lOra.—Afternoon, 10h. 44m. r ° " 4l°l4lww * -11°Tui ttg , 11b. 190,—Afternoon, nu. 54m. •-• g tia.am LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1864. The accounts from New Zealand are certainly not encouraging. Not only is there no immediate pro spect of the conclusion of the war and the suspen sion of hcgtilities, but we have the mortifying in telligence of a decided repulse having befallen tlle British arms. It is, perhaps, lees surprising that this should occur in an irregular campaign like the present than in an encounter with ordinary troops, since it is very difficult for officers and men to f)l -low the tactics of the natives or to estimate correctly their resources or their prospects in any particular struggle. It is always a great mistake to under• value your enemy, and this, if not the case with General CAMERON himself, seems to be very much the eDror of those subordinate to him in authority, as well as of the men: The Maories have advan tages not ordinarily po6sessed by uncivilised nations• They come of a race which has naturally far more intelligence and energy than ordinary aborigines, and is susceptible of a high degree of culture. They possess, too, all the cunning and ingenuity peculiar to savage tribes, and especially that know ledge of the ground they fi g ht on which always gives such immense advantage in defensive warfare. The swamps and tangled forests afford them easy passage, while our men are forced to cut their way through the thickets or to struggle, as they best can, over a pathless morass. The Maories know every nook and corner of the country, and the guerilla warfare which they have thus been enabled to carry on has been both harrassing and disastrous to us. They are skilled in the use of firearms, though they do not abandon the traditional toma hawk of savage warfare. General CAMERON wisely determined to meet then on their own grounds when he organised the flying columns, of which we have not lately heard, but when it comes to open fighting the Maories never have a chance against their assailants. The diffi culty lies in besieging their "pahs" or entrench , meats, which they are in the habit of evacuating at the last moment, leaving our troops the barren vic tory of the empty pahs. It is not, however, safe to trust general rules, and the sad affair which has cost us many valuable lives, arose from the mistake of thinking that the natives had decamped when they were only concealing themselves, It used to be a common practice in Eastern warfare to make a feint of this sort, and many of the more notable reverses of medimval history are due to Northern or Western ignorance of such tactics. According to the old le gend the death of the celebrated DOUGLAS, BRUCE'S companion in arms, was due to his having indis creetly pursued the flying Moors, Scottish fashion, unaware that their seeming flight was only to lure him to destruction. The New Zealand Maories have tried a similar trick, with unfortunately too much success. From the most authentic accounts, it seems that General CAMERON'S forces besieged I an entrenchment at Tauranga, to which place the natives had fled in discomfiture after their recent repulse at Orakau. Tauranga is the chief abode of the Ngpulii, a powerful tribe on the eastern coast. Its position, which General CAMERON was anxious to take, was called the Gate Pab, and rested on the summit of a hill on a small peninsula. Great pre parations were made for the assault, some large Armstroags—one of them an 110 pounder—being got ashore. The description given of the place cer tainly does not accord with the commonly received notions of savage warfare. It consisted, we are told, of two pahs, 1,000 yards apart, connected by rifle-pits, and by an inner line of rail fence, masked by branches of trees. The bombardment was main taieed for nine hours, when a number of Maories were seen retreating, and some of our troops were despatched in pursuit of them through the swamp. Meanwhile it was resolved to storm the pah in front. Notwithstanding a heavy fire the troops carried the breach bravely, and entered the pah to find it almost deserted, only two or three wounded men being visible. Thrown off their guard, the English, it is said, dispersed and fell to plunder, though this is a somewhat singular story. No sooner were they scattered, however, than from every side a mur derous fire from unseen guns poured upon them. The men were panicstricken and fled, notwithstand ing the efforts of their officers, whose names in the lists of killed and wounded too well attest their resolute devotion to their duty. The 43d Regiment lost it is said as many effacers as in a pitched battle. A reinforcement arrived to no purpose but to add the name of its brave commander to the list of victims, and, to make matters worse, the party who pursued the flying Maories were also re. pulsed in an assault on another part of the pah Among the naval officers killed was Lieut. HILL, the survivor of the ill-fated ship Orpheus, who was wrecked on the Mannikan bar some time ago. Both services suffered severely, and the whole affair is as disheartening to our men as it is en couraging to the enemy. It has, of course, excited great sensation throughout the colonies, and is likely, it is feared, to lead to the prolongation of the war. It will not do, however, to be dis heartened by one repulse, however mortifying, and there cannot be two opinions as to the relative strength of the two forces when they meet fairly. Very great care should be used in all dealings with the Maories to avoid the deception which they are so skilful in practising. The men should go into a place like the Gate Pah with all their eyes and ears open, suspicious and watchful, not careless and at ease, thinking only of plunder. It could not have been actual cowardice which made the men retreat, since they had just triumphantly carried the breach under a heavy fire. It was the surprise and uncertainty of the ambush which spread tha panic ; but the men for such an office should be carefully se lected, since many will face an open enemy or storm a height who will shrink from a hidden foe. Tho experience gained in this painful business will probably be turned to good account in future, and it may suggest one or two improvements in our mode of warfare. It is satisfactory to find that a large body of natives have joined the British on the eastern coast, and have proved most valuable allies ; so that it is not, as has been said, exclusively a war of races. The second reading of the Guarantee of Loan Bill last evening promises material assistance to the colonists, which, it is to be hoped, they will turn to good account. The majority was so decisive that it is probable the Bill will pass without fur ther difficulty, and will, we trust, contribute to the speedy pacification of the country. In theatrical careers, as well as other vocations of life, we occasionally witness some events that break the monotony of ordinary existence, and serve to awaken interest and impart excitement to the occasion. Such a scene was that which took place upon Mr. CHARLES KEAN and Mrs KEAN'S " farewell night" in Melbourne. It was a very brilliant affair, and the warm reception they met with must have proved very gratifying to them. Perhaps never in the course of his prosperous career has Mr. KEAN been better able to recognise how much he is appreciated, and altogether the cir cumstances of his visit to Australia must long live in his recollection as a bright era in his life. The brief address which he made at the conclusion of the performances was exactly suitable to the occa sion, and must from the peculiar circumstances of the case have awakened emotions of a nature somewhat different to;the sensations ordinarily experienced at similar displays at home. As the great actor took leave of his audience he' and they must have felt convinced that it was his last appearance on their stage, the uncertainty of which so militates against the effect of our adieus and farewells at home. It is always agreeable to witness a kindly feeling Spring up between the actor and his audience ; it is right that one who contributes so greatly to the amusement and so often encourages the taste, find improves the refinement of his hearers, should re ceive some acknowledgment for his services beyond the mere mercantile part of the transaction. There was an attracting interest in the circumstances surrounding the farewell of Mr. KEAN, and his hearers must have derived gratification from his assurance that when far away from that scene in distant years, should life bs spared, they who met with that kind welcome that night would remem ber with pleasure and gratitude their visit to Aus- TilfereSUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, JULY 15, 1864 tralia. There was also something out of the corn mon order of farewells in the nature of the spot in which this leave-taking took place. "We shall recall," said Mr. KEAN, " with peculiar gratifica tion the fact of having given utterance to the lan guage of SHAKSPERE sixteen thousand miles from home in a populous city, built upon a spot which thirty years ago was a lonely wilderness." Nothing could attest with greater force as to the spread of culture and the march of mind than the fact of the plays of SIIAKSPERE being appreciated in that new world where the Anglo-Saxon race has taken root. It seems as if the prediction of MACAULAY had already been realised when he said that the litera ture of England would be read with delight by the " unborn millions who will cover with cities and gardens the Caffrarian and Australian deserts." It is satisfactory in every point of view to contemplate this scene in Australia. It is pleasant to think that though earth's extension intervenes between us and the inhabitants of that continent, the same tastes may pervade our lives, and the works of our immortal bard may there, as here, be recog . nised and appreciated. " Whether we shall agitating , - - meet again I know not, therefore an everlas ing farewell take," were most appropriate words in which to conclude, and Mr KEAN showed his usual discernment and discrimination in select ing them. It is a very commendable practice for our great actors to pay visits to our distant colonies, and thus form a connecting link, as it were, with home and abroad. Mr and Mrs KEAN have always been favourites in this country, and their many friends and numerous admirers will rejoice that they have met -viith so cordial a welcome and so flattering a testimonial to their abilities in Aus tralia. If Mr KEAN intends in reality to retire now, and rest cn his laurels, he could not have made a more fitting conclusion ; and if he still proposes to continue for a time his histrionic labours this visit to a distant sphere, where the triumphs of the English tongue are witnessed, will be an episode in his career which will long live in his memory end hold a conspicuous place in the chronicles of his career hereafter. It must be considered that this is an appropriate year for Mr KEAN to have been in Australia, and that it is a further proof and a more extended exemplification of the universality of the genius of our great writer, that while the people of this country were endeavouring to do honour to the birthday of that " dear son of memory and great heir of fame," the inhabitants of a distant spot also concurred in offering their tribute of applause and approval. He lives not for one age, but for all time ; and it is the chief merit of his unrivalled produc tions that they are now as applicable to the events of life and the characters of men as when they were first penned. It is a great boon to our colonists that they should hear the works of the great writer interpreted by so great a master of his art as Mr CHARLES KEAN. A strong feeling is prevalent at this moment that, with all our apparent sympathy for the Southern Confederacy, we permit the Northern army to be recruited from among our own people, on our own soil, with impunity. We open our eyes and look with suspicion on British built iron clads, which, says rumour, are for JEFF. Davis's Government; but our vision is dimmed, and our hearing not over sensitive, when British born subjects are inveigled, by a species of false pre• tence, to enter the ranks of ABE LINCOLN'S army. Has England become lost to all sense of honour ? Will she forget that from her honour has sprung her greatness ? She should not then permit the breath of suspicion to tarnish the mirror which reflects it. Besides, if she were guided by no other policy than mere selfishness, she would keep the bone and sinew of her country at home. There are " breakers ahead," and with all our desire for peace, we know not from day to day how soon we may have to prepare for war. We are of those to whom " coming events cast their shadows before," and no long time will elapse probably before the British army will ba called upon again to uphold the honour of their country. And it iis well here to consider how far the defects in the organisation of our army might prejudice its in crease so far as recruiting would be concerned. We think the position of the private soldier has less in it now to induce enlistment than when England was less wealthy and less great as a nation. The two things to be looked to as a means of drawing the working-classes into the army by voluntary enlistment, are promotion and pension. The oppor tunities for promotion from the ranks we know to be very limited, and as the British army is constituted it would be very unwise, of course, to adopt the French system. Men naturally, then, look to what they would be likely to receive, either as present pay or as pension, when, from wnunde or length of service, they may be thrown back again upon the world. 11' ill it be sufficient to keep them from begging their bread, should failing strength pre• vent them from working ? We unhesitatingly say, No. How can it when the pension for length of of service is only eightpence per day ? England has not acted wisely or well towards the private soldier. The case of the poor old man, ROFF, for whom an appeal was lately made in the public papers, is a disgrace to Eng land, and not likely to be forgotten whenever a call for the army is required. We are not alone in this. opinion ; we are borne out in our views by the author of a pamphlet called " The Court-Martial," which, in the form of a satirical drama, deals very ably with the subject, although we do not admire its entire principles. JOHN BULL is a prisoner, and brought to trial " for conduct unbecoming the cha racter of a gentleman (he being the personification of the mind and will of the British people and their sole representative)." Among the witnesses is JOHN HORSMAN, a pensioner, who is examined as to the long service pension. When asked—" Had you served longer than twenty-one years, would you have received a higher pension ?" He replies,— " Any man who liked to serve longer, and was able, got a halfpenny a day for every year; but few men were able. T eientereone years' soldiering is living three years for two. Marchings, camps, bivouacs, and Indian climate bring on rheumatic pains; the joints get stiff; the pack gets heavier ; younger men pass you in the double; and there is a gradual failing (yet unseen to others) in the physical powers, that really few men are fit for active soldiering. Besides, has the 1 1 soldier, after twenty-one years' absence, no home that his heart yearns for ?" Another pensioner, THOMAS ATKINS, is asked," What are your service, corps, and pension ?" " I served twenty-one years in the Rifles, and have eightpence a day." JOHN HAWK, a recruiting sergeant, is asked, " As a re■ cruiting sergeant, do you consider that the present low rate of pension affects the recruiting ?'' " Yes ; most injuriously. Formerly a comfortably-to-do pensioner was the best of advertisements, whereas now the young fellows point at the pensioners, and gibingly sap, ' And be turned off like him when we are old:" The writer of the pamphlet, whoever he may be, is evidently a man who has hat opportu nities of knowing the feelings of the private soldier. The arguments do not come from the pen of a novice. Would it not be well, then, for our Govern ment to consider how far the present system of pay and pensions will affect the future? Whether, with prospect of protection in old age, those men who are being beguiled by Yankee boast to join the Federal ranks would not remain at home and be ready to shoulder a musket and wield a sword in defence of " Old England," should their services be required? The subject is, at the very least, worth, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LRETITER'S TELEGRAMS.] DENMARK, SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES BY THE DANE S, DANZIG, JULY 14. The harbourmaster has forwarded the following report to the Chief of the Merchants' Guild : " Three Danish ships of war, under a flag of truce arrived off the harbour yesterday evening. I went out to meet them, and received a despatch addressed to the military commander of Danzig. " According to the statements of the officer bear ing the flag of truce the despatch referred to, an nounced the suspension of hostilities on the part of the Danes. "Two Danish steamers came in sight this morn ing. They are coming from th© eastward and making for the bay of Hela lighthouse." ITALY. TURIN, JULY 15, The bill authorising the sale of the State rail ways to the house of Messrs. Rothschild will not come on for discussion this Feision. The rumours of an expedition being undertaken by Garibaldi are unfounded. SPAIN• MADRID, JULY 14. The Epoca of to•day scys :—The precautionary measures taken by the Government on the 6th inst. against an insurrectionary movement in Madrid was not useless. The conspirators were ready to take posseasion of the telegraph lines, and announce to the provinces that a revolution had broken out in Madrid, after which they would have awaited the effect of this intelligence. THE BOMBAY lIAIL. ALEXANDRIA, JULY 14. The Ripon and Delta with the above mail left Alexandria at 10 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 20:h, and the latter at Southampton about the 27th inst. OUTWARD MAIL OF 27rn JUN-4TH JULY. The Jeddo with the above mall left SUEZ for. Bombay on the 13th inst. ••,10 .......• SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 15. The North German Lloyd steamer 'Lusa from Now York passed the Needles at 9.10 a.m. to-day, BUENOS AYRES, MAY 27. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Exchange, 501; Ounces, 28.80; wet salted hides, 381; dry American, 37/ 39i ; tallow, 14i ; lumber, 36 to 40; flour, 71 8; refiutd sugar, 221, Imports duller, but unchanged in price. LITERATURE. The Bar Sinister. A Tale. By Charles Allston Collins. 2 vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. A delightful humorist, and one, moreover, whose verymanner has about it an exhilarating animation— Mr. Charles Allston Collins, whenever he comes to us book in hand, is invariably welcome for his own sake ; and. not alone for the sake of those others, the mere thought of whom, nevertheless, with ourselve:,, at least,en'aances the attraction of his own nevie, sur rounding it, so to speak, upon each of hi es titre-pages with a very halo of pleasant associations. Associa tions with some among our most treasured memo ries, both in the world of art and in the world of literature ! And, what makes them dearer to us yet —memories of what is essentially English Art and intensely and expressly English Literature. It is not, however, simply—it is not, however, by this time even mainly—because of these varied and charming associations connected with his very name, that Mr. Charles Collins is always sure now-a-days of a cordial welcome, when he proffers a new work to our consideration. It is as, that arch-wag of keenest observation, " The Y;ye Witness"—it is as that eccentric gentlenaan who once upon a time made a certain memorable "Cruise Upon Wheels," that he can no - 5 ' always claim our regard and command our ettSention whenever he lists ! And not simply, as it might have been at the outset—as the younger son of a great national painter, as the younger brother of e distinguished novelist, or last, and far from least, es the son-in.law of incomparably the greatest Humourist in the whole range of our Eng tish Literature. For himself alone, for his own sake that is, apart from all these delightful associa tions he could not fail to be welcome, as he is welcome—and that, moreover, himself as Artist, as Novelist, as Humourist. Here in this veiy book naw submitted by him to our consideration, indeed, is ample testimony of his possessing, in his own right, certain rare good gifts in each of those capa cities. " The Bar Sinister" is a tale, ha- ~ Aniy, without any s'nister termination. In :pits or the evil omen hinted by its title, it r. eds completely to the reader's satisfaction. Speaking dramati cally—the Time, in it, es about half a year in duration—the Scene is French for the most part —while the Ch 9 ;eacters, at least the chief among them, are English. The hero and heroine of the tale mad be said, at any rate, to stand forth to view, in t'ne picture here presented to us, may be said to stand forth conspicuously to our view upon a French background ! The hero a major in the English army, the heroine a young lady, ' , Ore in her whole manner, no less than in her whole appearance, is entirely and essentially English ! The latter, it is, who has frightfully re7 se i e d here, upon her otherwise stainless escutcheon —The Bar Sinister ! Madeleine 'es her name, the. name of this Mademoiselle d' ,!mar, who is first in. ti educed to u (as the re . , dde , of the tale), as indeed she is first of all th een introduced to Major Trelane (as the hero of. ',t)—one rainy, sombre day, upon one of the by AA gravel walks of that stately, old, de serte, garden surrounding the ancient Palace of s . f ersatlies. The plot of the story is admirably well contrived. The interest of it concentrates (ell through it) upon the loves and lives and fortunes of Henry Trelane and Madeleine d'Elmer. How those loves and lives and fortunes of the two are affected favourably or unfavourably, by the other characters of the story, be it the tale-teller's own especial pro • vince and privilege to relate—not ours. S efficient for our purpose will be, if mention is here duly made of the principal among these other motley personages. Happiest and best amongst them all, as delineations of eccentric specimens of humanity, are, indubitably co our thinking, Mr. Charles Collins's limning of good old Dr. LeLeelf, the Versailles Physician, and of his whimsical factotum Monsieur Morlot—their relationship to one another, as master and man, being somewhat akin to that noticeable between two otherwise very different characters, indeed, queer old Jackeymo and the immortal Riccabocca! Madame d'Elmar, an invalid widow, the aunt of Madeleine, and their faithful attendant, as bonne or ladies'-maid, Victorine—make up •the little household in which the heroine is, of course, the cantral figure. Opposed to their interests, and to the interests also of Major Trelane, are — Madame d'Elmar's brother, Captain d'Elmar that is, and his fortune-hunting associate, Lieutenant 'Tronchet. The haunting, shadowy, spectral Escaped Convict is here again, in this new story — as inevitably as in Victor Hugo's " Les Miseiables" or in Charles Dickens's " Great Expectations." Here, however, in this minor tale by the younger novelist, the for cat from the bagne is more, as we may say, merely hinted at, than actually seen, He it is, however, who is at the heart of the plot! He it is who gives rise to the title of the tale—as the brander upon Made'. tine's escutcheon of The Bar Sinister ! With out attempting to supply any one with the questionable advantage of a mere broken bit of the clue guiding the reader through all the intricate windings of the labyrinth of the plot, we here prefer rather,by a few illustrative extracts, to afford our reader, with a view to his becoming thereby afterwards the reader of " The Bar Sinister," speci mens of Mr. Charles Collins's " quality" as the writer of this tale, but more particularly with specie merle of his quality in his capacity as a humorist. Here, then, as our very first quotation to this end, ake the following delioious morsel of fun, descrip ye of— moNsastrit MORLOT AS AN EQUESTRIAN. That good gentleman by no means found himself at ' home on the back of a horse. It has been already men tioned that the animal selected for Monsieur Morlot's use had been chosen on account of its quietness, but it soon appeared that this prepossessing quality was to some ex tent counteracted, as good qualities too often are, by a de fect of some importance to an unskilful rider ; Mouton (which in consideration of his lamb-like qualities was this animal's name) was what is called a rough-goer. He was also a very broad animal ; and these two characteristics combined proved somewhat discomposing. to his rider. Now when a rough-goer and a bad horseman get toge ther two results almost invariably follow—the eques trian's hat gets shaken down over his ears, and his unmentionables get worked up over his knees. Mon• sieur Morlot was no exception to this rule, and when Trelane looked back after getting clear of the town to see how his faithful follower was getting on, he was seized with such a fit of laughter that he was of lilted to pull his own horse up abruptly, lest ho should absolutely roll off his back. Monsieur Morlot had no idea of relieving himselt and his beast by rising in his stirrups, but was riding after the legitimate cavalry fashion, only with an infinitely looser seat, so that at every step taken by the docile Mouton his body was subjected to a shock that threatened to shake the very teeth out of his head. The effect of this violent bumping upon the unfortunate man's costume was precisely what might have been expected. His face was nearly in visible, for not only was his hat brought down so completely over his eyes that it was a matter of grave question whether it was possible for him to see, but the collar of his coat and neckcloth had got worked up in so extraordinary a manner that they almost rubbed against the brim of his hat. It must be mentioned besides, that the cuffs of Monsieur INlorlot's coat had suddenly become so long that his hands were entirely concealed in the sleeves; while his trousers on the other hand had wriggled themselves up to so remark able an extent that his legs, whioh were so emaciated that there hardly seemed room for the bones, and which were encased in blue worsted stockings, were visible from the knee down to the blucher boots, which jingled loosely in a pair of stirrups which might have been arranged expressly for the use of Edward Longsbanks of royal memory. Afterwards, we are told how—so soon as he could in any way recover his gravity sufficiently to do so— Trelano proceeded to give his companion a few hints on horsemanship, nnd, above all, to initiate him in the noble art of rising in his stirrups. Monsieur Mor lot took to this new invention, as he called it, with surprising alacrity; indeed, ho experienced such relief from it, and found that it so materially alleviated the sufferings which ho had previously endured, that the only difficulty now was to keep him down, so that what with the rough movements of Mouton and .Monsieur Morlot's terror of coming in contact with the saddle, he would some times, for a considerable time, be found standing u p in his stirrups altogether, and riding , a t a very slow trot, in the attitude in which our jockeys g enerally appear as they pass the grand stand at Epsom. Here, again, somewhat after the fashion of Leigh Hunt, is the evidence of cur Eye-witness's f' eye to t he ridiculous" in scanning the contrast presented to view by-- TIIE LONDON 'BUS A.vD THE PANS 0)INIBVS. Let the reader, we will suppose for the first time, get into a London omnibus, and suffer his eye to travel down the range of faeei on each side cf this exhila rating carriage. What an anxious set I what an overwhelming sense of responsibility is upon them! what apprehmems about their future or resv;te about their past are preying upon their minds I I Now let us turn from this double row of suicidal counten ances to the faces which brighten up the Paris - - - venic i o. How eager, how observant, how ready fo . the enjoyment of any incidental fun, and—in this so different from the Britannic humorist, who, :Lion he is amused, is always ashamed of it—how ready to show that they areenjoying the joke. Mr. °:. - arles Collins evidently keeps his eye well pon the alert wherever he goes. Instance, this, his droll, serio-comic recognition of the vexation some time caused to us in the streets, by any chance foot passenger going at pretty much the same pace, in pretty much the same direction as one's sell:— You begin to question this stranger's right to walking your way. What can he have to do in that neighbourhood ? What business has ho to adogt your pace ? (it never occurs to you that he might consider y( u were adopting his). 'What right has he to wear that particular kind of coat ? His legs ara aggravating, the back view of his hair insupportable, his hat a positive insult. _ . if our author wants to place a reketion More one of his characters, in Puris, some fine forenoon, how appetizing is his description, as follows, of— A breakfast at the Cattl du Cardinal I What a room to breakfast in to begin with, what wealth of glass and marble, and white and gold. How pleasant to untold your snowy napkin as Sou seat yourself at the little round table, and take up the unimposing newspaper which savours so much more of pleasure than business, to turn at once to the theatrical bill of fare for the evening : What butter, too; what rolls, what oysters, what cutlets, what half• bottles of white wine, what coffee Young France may well (as it does) crowd into this place ; though where the money comes from with which it feasts itself so sumptuously twice in the 24 hours is a mystery to him who writes these pages, and one which he has often reflected upon with reverent wonder as he chips his mr, e k egg at the frugal London breakfast table. Here, however, quite as vigilar . ' ls, as in the Parisian cafd as any where el indoors or out of doors the Eye Witnes. ' .. seeps his weatherseye open —still with an The irri t ..,y part eto the ridiculous! Voici! — ...Die old solitary at the next table to this pleasant is hard to please, and not agreeable to dine next ; for oesides trying all the "breads" in the basket before he finds one to his taste, fingering and pinching them mercilessly in the process, his ideas as the different u,es of napkins and pockct-hankerchiefs appear to be in a somewhat con fused and undefined condition. He objects, too, to every dish, and has many of them changed to suit his palate and his absent teeth. Finally, he taxes the bill, and has the landlord sent for, and, underpaying the waiter, leaves that functionary (who will not stand much nonsense in France), cursing him by his gods from between his set teeth. It is possible that that particular waiter's temper has been already a little tried 147 an English traveller who has upset the order of nature by beginning his dinner with a " bit of fish," taking no soup, which alone is an unpardonable outrage ; and who, finding a bifteck, aux 130711111e8 not enough for dinner, and being of those persons who like to dine off one thing, has ordered another " to follow." Whoever can, while reading these fragmentary quotations, yet preserve an aspect of grim serious. ness, need turn elsewhere for amusement than to the pages of " The Bar Sinister." Tolerably certain of this—by the way--while be does so, that he is un blessed with any sense whatever of the humorous. Pocket Edition of Butler's Iludibras. Voluwette. Pp. 410. William Tegg. As charming a httle edition of a great classic masterpiece as we ever remember to have seen has just now come to us, in the shape of this reliant, in a single pocket vo,ume, of the whole of that world of wit, Samuel Butler's Hudibras. Know. ing the work itself, as a matter of course, intimately, we have but to scan it here, purely and simply as a reprint. And, it is while viewing it exclusively as such, as a reprint, that we can speak of it, es we do, thus, upon the instar.t, in terms expressive of the highest and completest satisfaction. It is just precisely what a pocket edition of Hudibras ought to be—strongly, simply, prettily bound ; gut-edged ; beauti fully printed in clear type, on excellent piper ; having just a sufficiency, and no more, of terse, apt footnotes; ten pages in length of a memoir of Butler; a capital likeness of him as a frontispiece ; and—sprinkled timugh the book among the letter press—those famous old woodcut embellishments that, if we remember rightly, were first employed as illustrations to " lluclibras" at the Chiswick Press by Charles Wittingham. By placing within reach of the public generally this new issue of Butler's masterpiece, Mr. Teg has done a good service to all those English readers who are in any way capable of appreciating one of the wittiest books in our language. One DEATH OF " MANHATTAN."—The well-known New York correspondent of the Herald and Standard, whose letters have been read for nearly three years with unflagging interest, died suddenly on June 25, while President Lincoln was deliberating whether he should be imprisoned in Fort Lafayette or banished to the Confederate States. It is not improbable that the excite. ment caused by his arrest, and anxiety for.the fate of his wife and only child, a daughter whom he tenderly loved, may have produced that fatal catastrophe. Joseph A. Scovilie, known here as "Manhattan," and in America by the nom de plume of " Walter Barrett, Clerk," was born in Connecticut in 1811, and bred to commercial pursuits in one of the largest shipping houses in New York. At the close of his apprenticeship ho formed a partnership w ith another young New Englander, under the title of Scoville and Britton, and embarked adventurously in foreign commerce. Their ship had made but few voyages when a commercial crisis, such as America had been periodically subjected to, caused the failure of the young firm, and Mr Scoville resorted to literature and politics. He was con• nected with several papers as publisner or contributor, and though wanting in education, his extensive acquaintance with men, travel, retentive memory, and impulsiveness of character, made him an interesting writer. Though dealing largely in broad humour, persiflage, and exaggeration, he was at times profound, eloquent, and even political in feeling and expression. Mr Scoville was a State Rights Democrat; for some years the amanuensis or private secretary of the greatest American statesman of his day, John C. Calhoun, of South Carol na. There could be no batter testimony to the real worth of his character than the fact that ho was tru-eed and loved by suca a man. He wrote some of Mr Calhoun's latest works at his dictation and was with him until his death. He aftet wards married a relative of the deceased statesman. \V ith such a political education and associations he could not be otherwise than a friend of the South. He had no expression strong enough for the contempt he felt for the Republican party and its proper chief, Abraham Lincoln, and the corrupt crew gorged upon the spoils of war and the plunder of the Northern people. If he professed to be a tied in man, he did not hesitate to say that he preferred Jefferson Davis to Abraham Lincoln as the President of the Union. If in his letters he reflected the hopes of the North, and the feelings around him, it was never difficult to read his own feelings—and reckless as he has sometimes seemed in his statements, his letters have been on the whole more truthful than Federal dispatches. Some allowance must be made for his position. He could not say what he wished, nor serve openly the cause he had at heart, but he managed while he lived, in spite of Federal tyranny, and with Fort Lafayette in sight, to do that cause good service. Mr, Scoville was generous to a fault. No man ever asked his aid in vain if he had power to help him. He had known misfortune and poverty, and sympathised with the dis tressed. His good qualities had made him many friends For two years before his death he held the honourable ap. pointment of reader to the Common Council of New York; and it was a matter of considerable doubt whether President Lincoln, even at the instance of General Dix, and after a full examination of the treasonable correspondence of "Manhattan," would have cared to put that body to thd trouble of selecting a new reader. We have no disposition to ignore the litera r y faults of the letters of " Manhattan" eannecirtgheeticaulathboourros have f‘‘ila been brought but it is proper, when his to a sudden close by the hand of death, that we should give him credit for his merits and demerits. — The Index. HONOURS TO ENGLISH SURGERY.—The King of the Belgians, having now passed 13 months in ease and comfort, has been pleased to confer upon Mr. Henry Thompson, of London, to whom he owes his cure, and whom he has rewarded by the munificent fee of 4 4,000, the fur ther distinction of nominating him Officer of the Order of Leopold, and Surgeon-Extraordinary to his Majesty. Tlre is a just and well earned honour. The King is in excellent health, can take all sorts of exercise freely, all symptoms of malady have disappeared. The case, as is well known, was one of great difficulty and responsibility, and it was also known thr ughout Europe that M. Civialo, of Paris, and the distinguished G amen surgeon Langenbeek had each been specially summoned previously, and, after patient endeavours, had been Ip.ffied in their labours, and had failed to effect a cure. Thus, when the skill of Mr Henry Thompson succeeded in relievhsg the King from his suffer ing, and removing his immediate cause, the honours which he won were relleeted in some degree upon the English school of surgery which he represented, and Mr Thompson will assuredly receive cordial and general congratulation upon the marks of esteem which King Leopold now bestows neon him.—The Lancet. THE NeWelaF.NDOite I.3E.EVOI,ENT AND PROVI DENT INSTITUTION.—Mr Alderman Lusk has engaged to take the chair at the annual festival of this institution, to be held at the Freemasons' Tavern on the 10th hest, FRANCE. The Union, which now and then obtains through private sources some very valuable information, has the following :—" The interviews and deliberations between the three Northern Sovereigns at Kissen gen and at Carlsbad are coming to an end, We receive from the former place a letter informing us that the Emperor Alesantler has given up his journey to the Hague and to Kenna, and that he will return to his dominions by way of Berlin. The Empress of Russia was to havo left Kissengen yes terday for Schwalbach; she is to be accompanied by the Grand Duke Constantine, who will after wards escort the Empress to Odessa, where the Czar is to meet her." The Empress of Austria is also about leaving Kissengen. During the whole time of her stay there the Russians, as if obeying an order from headquarters, showed themselves full of admiration for the beauty of the Empress of Austria. Prince Gortschakoff especially made himself conspicuous by his enthusiastic demonstrations. Some impor tant person having said one day to the Russian Minister, " You would like better perhaps to treat with the Empress of Austria than with Count 'tech berg ?" " No," replied the Prince, " for I would obtain nothing from the Empress, and I could not refuse her anything." Prince G ortschakoff and M. de B is mark have been the principal agents of the deliberations which have taken place at .Kissingen and Carlsbad; and, ac cording to our letters, there appears to have been constantly between them the most perfect under standing upon all questions, which would sufficiently indicate the intimate alliance existing between Russia and Prussia. Austria and Count de Rechberg acted in a somewhat more reserved manner, but the foreign diplomatists returned from Kissengen and Carlsbad, gave the assurance that if formal and written engagements had not been entered into by the three Northern sovereigns, t h e y had come to an understanding upon the course to take, in case of any of the events which the pi ecarious state of Europe gives us cause to anticipate may even yet burst forth. BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, July 14. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous accounts ) : J UL Y It. JLY 7. Die. t. c. t, C. Capital of the Bank 93 5,024,708 182,500,000 --- 182,500,000 -. Profits in add i tion toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9 1357) 5,030,665 48 Reserve in tho Bank and he branches Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 -- 4,00 0,003 Notes in circulation 702,819, 2 7 5 "-- 77 2 , 309 , 4 75 Bank notes to order and re ceipts payable at sight 5,376,104 41 6,337,915 56 Treasury sea. cur, creditor 68,430,429 93 57,850,061 81 Current accounts—Paris 131,889,202 73 47,246,730 21 Do. branch-banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests 3 ,583,314 67 28,688 , 631 80 Re-discounts of the last six months 2,588, 735 17 2,688,735 17 Sundries ..3, , 1,258,418,650 63 1,262,856,023 10 Cn. Cash in hand and branch -266,890,9°1 30 276,522,726 93 banks Commercial bills overdue Commercial bills discounted 3 54,978,822 86 355,095,489 not yet due 8 621 306,202,026 Do. branch-banks... , 313,1 0 , Advances on deposits of 473,534 44 21 833 ' 697 55 21,058,100 bullion . . 3,4 14,80 0 --3,320,100 Do. branch-banks .... Advances on French public 16, 966,9 " securities .. Do. branch-banks Ad vancom on railway shares 29,439,700 and debentures Do. branch-banks 19,088 ,500 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds ' Do.branch-banks Advances to the State 60,000,0 00 60 , 00 0,000 (Conven. June 10, 1857) Govt. Stock Reserve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Lace June 9, 1857) ..... 100,000,000 1 00,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Landed property, branches Expenses of management 113,418 26 95,883 14 Sundries 2,504,902 17 2,766,499 56 15,574,200 9,819,450 29,961,300 19,784,500 362,000 - 383 700 -- 364 800 386,000 1,258,418,650 63 1,262,856,023 10 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, Governor of the Dank, AD t YVITRY, gt, IiER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 14. The Queen, Princess Louise, and Prince Leopold, attended by the Countess of Clledon and Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, drove out in a carriage and four. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince of Wales attended by Lord Alfred Hervey and Captain Grey, went to Windsor yes terday afternoon, where his Royal Highte - ,3 pre• sided et the annual meeting of the Prince Consort's A , , , so....tiation, and distributed the prizes given by thy Associat ion. Toe Princess of 'Miles took a carriage drive. Their Royal Highnesses went to Ter Majesty's Theatre in the evening, In attendance were the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and Captain Grey. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Their Royal High nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the performances at Her Majesty's Theatre with their'pre sence yesterday (Thursday) evening. The suite in attend ance upon their royal highnesses comprised the Marchioness of Abercorn, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, and Captain Grey. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland had the honour ot accom praying their royal highnesses. Among the distinguished visitors honouring the theatre with their attendance on this occasion were—the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland, the Countess of Hardwicke and the Ladies Yorke, the Viscount Duulo, the Viscount and Viscountess Gort, the Hon. Maurice Portman, the Hon. 0 way Toler, the Hon. Elliot Yorke, Lady Jane Repton, Lady Barnard, Lady Lawley, i Captain Bateson, Lord Gadsfort, Mr Charles Bret t, Mr 1 Lattey, &c. . .... - _. _ . _ - • Their Royal Highnesses the Prince ardPrinces o of Wales will honour the Duke and Duchess of Baccleuch with their company at dinner to-morrow even ing at their villa residence at Richmond, at 6 o'clock. select party has been invited to meet their Royal High nesses in the evening at 8 o'clock to a small and early dance. _ THE EX-QUEEN MARIE AMELIE,—This venerd able lady and suite will leave Claremont to-clay for Tunbridge-wells, where they will pass the season. --1 11° ex-Queen and party will proceed to Waterloo Station by the South-Western railway, thence to London-bridge ter. minus, en route for her destination. The usual residence occupied by her ex-Majesty, Chancellor House, Mount Ephraim, has boon prepared for ber reception. The Vuko and Duchess of Montpensier also take their departure for Tunbridge wells to-day. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn re' ceived at dinner last evening at chesterfield House tb o Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Countess Cowper and Lady Florence Cowper, the Earl and Countess of Dalkeitlio the Earl Granville, the Earl of Listowel, Viscouut ton, Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord Dunkellin, Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison and Miss Chaplin, Colonel Tower, Dr. Quin, Mr Oswald and Miss Oswald, Sze. The Countess of Sefton, the Earl of Sefton, and Lady Cecilia Molyneux will leave Grosvenor-place to- raw row for their seat, Croateth Palk, Lancashire. The Earl and Countess Cawdor and the Ladie S Campbell will leave town to-day on a tour in Germany- Viscaunt and Viscountess Holmeadale have left town for their seats near Sevenoaks. Lotd Itavensworth and family have left town Of Ravensworth Castle, Gateshead. Lord and Lady Wharncliffe have left Curzon" street for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Abercromby will leave town oi l Wednesday next lor their seat in Scotland. Lady Emily Foley ha lett town for Stoke Edit h Park, Herefordshire. Tne Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland's partie° at Chiswick have commenced for the season. The duclie e : will shortly remove to Cliveden-park, near Maidentlee' Bucks. NEVER SAY DlE!—The Ministry spared no effor t to bring up their men. Baron Rothschild, t he member for the City of London, had been absent iron the house for two years, owing to illness, but came down r n t il l Monday before the division ; however, his streng th felled' him, and he left immediately. With a great effort they brought him down on the night of the division, and c arried him in behind the Speaker's chair. But the most melan" choly instance of pres-urn was in the case of Lord Rober t Clinton, a brother of the Duke of Newcastle. Ile vr e° brought on a stretcher to the cloisters, and carried upstairs to the Treasury-office—when the division bell first rang 11 was brought to the door of the house, but the whips found : they did not want him—he was then too weak to go but: to the Treasury-office, and was laid down in the 1 01317 , under the care of Mr. Agar- Ellis. At last the final dis 3. sion came, and Lord Robert Clinton was carried in. w 11,,a " was, however, too weak to stand up or pass through z, wicket, so they laid him down on his mattress beside til clerks, and allowed him to put his hand on the wicket se ° form to denote his presence. In this way the sick Mein ber gave his vote. There were 9 members of the CopOri vative side ill, but no ouch attempt was m ade at the OA° life, to catch a party victory.—London Lettor in the •ilf aiv Chester Courier. E XTRAORD INARY ESCAPE.--" An Eyewitnees 0f writes to a contemporary have to record one t the most extraordinary escapes from dea th I ever heard 1 ri 1 4 read of, and which but for the promptitude , e ner g y ' coolness of one individual must have ended fatally for f°" - e human lives. To-day the canal boat Lincolnshire, belong iP 4 to tne trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, Capt. Thoo s : Whit e h o use, which was proceeding on her vo y a g e it e : " g Wolverhampton to Bilston, laden with 228 sacks of greah when opposite Mr Major's chemical works, 1110n0 0 ; green,Wolverhampton, and while going round a very ela ßr i y' curve in the canal, was caps:zed, being pulled cailllPl ete ? bottom upwards, in consequence of the horse attec".ho thereto having passed on the wrong side of the toleg t , i t i , posts, being brought back by the than, (heaping from and running suddenly to the stretch of the line. The ch7,:t tam's wife ann three children, the eldest ot whom Je e " e . six year 3 were at this time in the cabin of th 11 : f which was completely submerged in about five or six fe e ":s water, and to all appearance their escape from death sl a ,, impossible; but it fortunately happens that Mr Metie r - a cl ploys a boa, builder, who being at w ork near at head, e" seeing what had - c curred, immediately ran (lied jamPed:er :he b atom ot the boat, at the same time senCiug sa ° ; e man for his axe. In the meantime the boat sti6.,ntly t ate :be her position, showing about 15 inches of the s ide 0 1 bottom of the cabin. Monk (the boarbuilder) tt e n P la ; his ear close to the exposed side, and, listening for LiS ce° , 3 - e t marked the place where the poor creatures were, and ° L c ) comm enced to cut through her timbers (three inch °i:i; and in about the space of 10 minutes made an o p en through which a tiny hand immediately grasped th e planks; and, as the hole increased in size, so tb° ' - o c t q tr e agerly were both mother's and children's hands th rtlet thus rendering the task of the deliverer more di Moul t i i b oi at length the hole was made sufficiently large t Pe r4l3- t l° the bringing out of the youngest c gild, an i letnt' t mouths, and in about 2d minutes from the tie oe the re' dent occurred the whole of the imperilled tam ily w er- o ect leased, and taken on board one of Mr Major's boat° 00 cared for. I can assure you , Si r, it would take • en abler 'di than mine to describe the affecting incidents , ) f teas ape sl f rom beginning to end, but I ce rtainl y am of opinion so are all who witnesse d the catastrophe) teat if the 133 7 0 1 . of the Humane Socie t y is ever g iven for p row sptitudes o. ne ss, and energy in the hour of danger, it c,e i : to the efforts of the man Joseph Monk - , who d isplaYe6,:tlllo qu alities in the highest degree. I have t o add th "; efforts were seconded most efficiently by tb e cooper Q* Major's establishment, Christotiher Hostel ~ h ' i g l4 e SALMON BREEDING IN AUSTRAL' bourne correspondent of the Times w rites ta co / great salmon-hatching experiment is proceeding, 0 0 prosperously. The bulk of the late c ue rsignmeut cadia per the Norfolk, are forwarded to Ta mania. O re - 0 0 5 , ponds, according to the newest piEcicr unit lig lloo po i been there prepared for the precious c &lar g e, and, egg`` advices, many young salmon had b ut at from the /rest and many thousands more we re ex p eeted. The 0t ova, also, were doing equally well. Braall as I reo t ; own portion of this enterprise , it is not t he lesser- iee, ing. It is conducted by c ur Acclimatisation Soc o e an ice-making factory at North M elboi tru e is Lhe Scene operations. A sort of inclined plane o f pan s, bsl i t oo ol with gravel, is so placed as to allow a continuous °*Dieti' of water from melting ice to ripple OW r eac h pan , in 81 ,0 0 spread upon the gravel,lie the ova. T . h e. ,, ova aro eV ° , size of small peas, and are c a pale 7 or ten of them have died es .ch day , but abcut ten dad among the births appeared the fir sit salmon in AustrelltPoper. aise colour. 6°111 : 0 55 0 A Argus had a leader upon. the illustrious young ° How he looked, how he seruggled and wriggled-e e lt - 1 9 0 1 0 ' 1 so long as a finger-nail,, 'with the adherent torn ci.oe9 hanging about hile—a ad how he went to sleep 413 -or ho could plunge iate) the gr avel, were all faith °,„ Y A ° scribed. Day by day bulletin s issued, announcing /0 110 w..s getting on, until one ire :verent and scepticoo, ire ventured to doubt wh e ther h was a salmon 9 ! O r r piously insinuating that ti proprietor of the had slipped a tadpole' into , one ot the pan s t° '° ges,;a 1P " President of the Acclimatise' ;ion Society, and aoscrl)3 time would yet snow the fir st Australian Ealw°ll,tr°, tour legs. Since this scand sinus asserti n, boviec" Dfr 60 P„ 150 or 160 other metamor' i hee from eggsto 11.- .. t " t ol , ::ken place ; all ara heat odic; strong' , d a pl 2 ' ll • nature of the creature), ar ,,, gradually . absorbing t"' t oja dent ova which once cteataieed them. Ti le to ea t ' it i salmon parr does after b a breaks from his ,prison is amour Mr behalf had to Mr A al Marth Brixtc circus .....,.. PC Case, 1 Mr on th proof Mr A] well 11 gang Keith Rose, coral film clas inq II( a n nig oth to I pal ClO BtO