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inhabitants of that city against giving credit to false rumours relating to the existence of plots against the Government, preparations for insurrection, menaces of pillage, cirx. It observes that such re ports are calculated to increase public distrust, to stop trade, and to give a fresh impulse to emigra tion, which is already too considerable. A letter from Rome, in the Parlamento of Turin mentions a rumour to the effect that Queen Chris tina is shortly to arrive there with a large suite. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MORNING. The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Forerunner, Commander Barnwell, has arrived. She left Bonny June 30th ; Lagos, July 2d ; Accra, 4th ; Cape Coast Castle, sth ; Sierra Leone, 14th ; Bathurst, 18th ; and Teneriffe, the 25th. Her Majesty's ship Crane and one of the ex ploring vessels were at Fernando Po on the 30th June. The latter was to leave Fernando Po on the 3d July, for the Niger. The Ferret, Britomart, and Plumper were at Sierra Leone on the 14th July. The African mail packet Bacchante was expected to leave Sierra Leone for England on the 20th ; and the Candace left the Gambia, for Sierra Leone, on the 16th. Commander Beacroft, R.N. her Majesty's Con sul at Fernando Po, died on the 19th of June. At the Cameroons trade was brisk. The merchant ships Elizabeth Bibby, Golden Age, Victoria, Sarah, Abeona, and R ap l ey, were at Old Calabar, trading. At Lagos all was quiet and trade brisk. A considerable emigration from Sierra Leone to the Brazils had taken place. Mr. Campbell, her Majesty's Consul, was en gaged at Badagry reinstating the displaced Chiefs, but the natives were refractory. At Accra trade was good. Sierra Leone was healthy, although the rains had set in. The Chiefs of the bordering territories had threatened a suspension of commercial intercourse, the intended imposition of duties being regarded as obnoxious. A brisk trade was springing up with Lagos, but vessels were scarce. The Forerunner had a cargo of palm oil, gold, gum, ivory, cochineal, pepper, beeswax, &c. THE CAPE MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA P IT.) PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Midnight.—The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's mail packet Mauritius, Captain Sceals, arrived this evening at eleven o'clock. She left Plymouth on the 15th Janulry, Cape of Good Hope sth March, and ar rived at Calcutta on the 9th April. Homeward dates—Calcutta, 14th May ; Madras, 20th ; Point de Galle, 27th ; Mauritius, 11th June ; Cape of Good Hope, 26th ; St. Helena, 26th ; Ascension, 9th July ; and St. Vincent, 20th. The Lieutenant-Governor was to open the Par liament on the 20th July. From the Tambookie country, up to the 13th of June, we learn that the war between that tribe and the Amagaleka still continued, but no news of a pitched battle had been received. Everything was tranquil in Guleke country. At Fort Elizabeth the wool trade had revived, but live stock had fallen considerably in price. The steamer Dee, Lieut. Smith, in Symond's Bay, J une 20, was expected to arrive in Table Bay, with the eastern province members, about, the 28th June, preparatory to, the opening of the Cape Parliament on the Ist July. The Frolic arrived at Symond's Bay on the 17th. In the Mauritius cholera and other disorders have been very fatal. The epidemic broke out on the 14th May, in -the civil prison of Port Louis. The deaths ave raged from 100 to 125 daily. Among the victims are Mr. Shelly, assistant auditor ; Mr. S. Childe bank, clerk ; and Mr. Lacoste, manager of the theatre. Among the troops only 14 had died. Some 5,000 or 6,000 persons left Port Louis imme diately. Labourers were paid 15s. per day for digging graves, and could not be readily obtained to carry coals for the mail packets. Document bills rule at to 1 per cent. prem. Freights—United Kingdom, 3/. ; Cape, 121. ; Australian Colonies, 2/. 15s. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. By the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, with the Peninsular mails, we have dates from Gibraltar to the 25th of July; Cadiz, 26; Lisbon, 29; Oporto and Vigo, 30. The Iberia brings 27 passengers, 1,3101. in specie, and the usual cargo of wine, oranges, lemons, &c. From Oporto we learn that the excitement had subsided, the Government having agreed to allow the importation of Indian corn at a low duty until December 31. The prospects of the approaching vintage at Lis bon are stated to be more favourable. Exchange was quoted on London at 54 for bills at 30 days' date, and 54k at 90 days. Inscriptions, 38. Exchange at Gibraltar was quoted at 51k for bills on London at 90 days; Paris, sf. 32c. ITHE CREW OE THE TIGER AT ODESSA.—An Austrian oOrnal says, under the head of Od essa , th a t an E ng li s h sailor, one f the prisoners of the Tiger, having endea voured to make his escape, was bayoneted and killed by a Russian sentinel. Another letter from Odessa says that our officers and sailors had expressed themselves Well satisfied with the treatment received. Indeed, one of the former bas made such good use of his time that he has won the heart of one of the richest maidens of Odessa,,,,. and is ab ou t t o carr y h er o ff as a pr i ze. RECRUITING FOR THE CZAR —A. letter from Kalischa, of the 24th ult , states that in the night of the 21st a levy Was made for the army in the ordinary way ; that is to aaY, all the villages were entered in the dead of the night and the men designated as capable of bearing arms were taken from their beds. F ALMOUTH, AUG. 2. —THE CHOLERA.—The Lima emi grant ship lost the cook by th e di sease on b oard. Yes terday the ecarpenter died. To-d a y h er sai l- ma k er i s 'very low, and one of her passengers was taken by the malady this morning. THE LORD AUCKLAND TRANSPORT. PLYMOUTH, Wednesday evening.—Only one additional case of sick isess, of a mild character, has occurred on board the Lord Auckland, and all the sick who are in charge of Assistant-Surgeon Dalby, R.N., are improving, An other court•martial was held to-day, and one of the ( Privates sentenced to receive 50 lashes. Sir Harry Smith withholds the infliction of the sentence upon con dition of the restoration of order. The soldiers have commenced holystoning the lower deck, and appeared quite subdued by the determination of the Major- General. A FORTUNATE MEETING.—A gentleman residing in onr neighbourhood was on the platform at the Station the other day, accompanied by a friend from Lon don who had lately arrived on a few days' visit. The up-train stopped as they were standing conversing, and the attention of the Boston gentleman was quickly attracted by perceiving a young female, of prepossessing appearance, with whose parents he was acquainted, seated in a first-class carriage. He approached the window, and entered into con versation with her, somewhat surprised at the ex pensive mode of travelling which she had chosen, as her father is in humble though respectable circumstances. A few moments explained all. She had answered an advertisement which appeared in a Hull newspaper offer ing a comfortable home in a respectable family for a nur- Rery governess. The elderly lady, so richly dressed, who Was With her in the carriage, had come from London ex pressly to have a personal interview with her, and was 8 0 well satisfied with the result of the inquiries she had Made that the engagement had been concluded, and 71 %8 was then on her way to town with h er newly found friend. The gentleman, having tendered his con g'r'atulations to both ladies, turned from the carriage and Was immediately addressed by his London friend, " You are certainly very courageous in the country in acknow ledging your acquaintances." " How so ?" The " you ng lady is a stranger to me, though evidently an old friend Of yours," was the reply; "as for the other woman —" What of her ? I declare I don't know her ?" " You. don't I She is Mrs. —" naming an infamous pro curess) "of Gower-street !" There was not a moment to lose. The whistle was sounding and Mr. Waghorn had already given the signal for starting, but fortunately few moments were sufficient to explain to Miss -- the imminent danger which threatened her. She left the carriage, without any opposition on the part of her com panion, who spoke not a single word, and evidently feared the result of the discovery which she saw had -t aken place. The gratitude of the young lady and her friends may be well imagined. By a mere accident the former has been rescued from a life of misery, and we trust that the fact above narrated, a truth as strange as fiction, may act as a caution to all young females who are compelled to seek s,tuations by answering the adver tisements which appear in public prints .—Boston Guar dian. 1. CONVICT DISCHARGED AFTER T WENTY Y EARS ' 4XP RISONMENT.—On Tuursday last, George Risbey, Who was tried at the Lent Assizes, at Chehnsford, on the 9th of March, 1835, for the wilful murder of John Spooner, at West Bergholt, was di,charged from Spring field gaol, her Majesty's pardon having been received by Mr. Neale, the governor. Risbey was committed on the 7th of August, 1834, and at the following assizes was tried, and a' quitted on the ground, of insanity, but orde re d " to b e kept in strict custody ut , til his Majesty Pleasu re be known." Thus, after a lapse of 20 yeprs, few days only excepted, he has regained his liberty, His case and god conduct in pri,on having been represented to the Secretary of State, the authorities were induced So team:2l6nd his relesis,—Essac Herald. ~\ RADCLIFFE RACES. (YESTERDAY.) (BY ELECTRIC lELEORAPII.) MANCHESTER CUP. Four ran—won by a length. LATEST BETTING. 5 to 4 on Little Fawn. 6 .o 4 agst St. Andrew. MARKET RE 11 7 8-;TITIS .DA 7. HAY MARKETS. StfITHIPTELD. — Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4? 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 51 15s ; and straw, 1/ IGs to 21 Os per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. — cumBERLANI3:-=Meadow hay, 21 8s to 4/ Iss ; clover ditto, 315 s to 51 12s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 27 O s p er l oa d . Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. WHITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 83 to 41 159; clover ditto, 31 8s to 6' Os ; and straw, 11 14s to 2' 09 per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. New meadow hay realised 50s to 90s; and new clover, COs to 95s per load. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand ruled steady to-day, at the following quotations : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6il ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 2. —To-day's market was fairly sup- I plied with each kind of meat, which sold readily, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4-; 101 ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 4(1. to 4s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Aug. 2.—The trade ruled firm to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. The quotations are as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Blbs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each. 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 3.—Wind this day at Noon, N.E. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy, with rain. There was a heavy storm of rain, thunder, and lightning, at about three o'clock this morning. Cowis, Aug. 2.---Wind, W. Arrived—Marie, from Callao ; Amadore, Trinidad de Cuba ; Union (s), Havre, and left for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Faid Gehaad (Turkish war steamer), from Alexandria. Sailed —Magdalena, for the West Indies. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Medway, from Melbourne, with 42,000 ounces of gold. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 2.—Wind, N. Arrived—lnvoice, from the Persian Gulf and Mauritius ; Jeanette, Porto Rico ; Mauritius (s), Calcutta and Mauritius. Sailed— Panama, for Sydney, N.S.W ; Kent, Melbourne. FALMOUTH, Aug. 2. —Wind, N. W. Arrived—Maria Cecilia, from Havre, for Guadalonpe, assisted in with damage and two men killed, from co n t ac t w ith an Ame rican ship bound up the Channel, about 35 miles S.W. of the Lzard ; the latter lost jibboom and foreyard. OFF PORTLAND, Aug. 2.—Ernestine, from New York, for Bremen. CARDIFF, Aug. 2.—Wind, N.W. from Quebec. Sailed—Higginson, do. SWANSEA, Aug. 2.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Artistic from Valparaiso. Arrived—Sophia, SHIELDS, Aug. 2.—Wind, N. Sailed—Balkan, for Rio de Janeiro. ELSINORE, July 28.—The Eagle (s), from Memel to Hull, was in contact last night with a Swedish,brig, and lost bowsprit, but proceeded to-day. July 30. —An English steamer, with the transport No. 9 in tow, arrived from the North Sea last night, and pro ceeded for the Baltic with troops on board. The English screw .steamer, No. 107, and the transport No. 108 passed this morning to the southward, both with troops on board. (BY SUBMARINE. AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 11.27 a.m. Wind, E.; tide, quarter ebb ; weather, raining. Arrived, 2d—Agamemnon, from Quebec. . Arrived, 3d—Prima, from Guernsey ; Vibilia, Guern sey; Gefion, Bahia; Perseverance, Marseilles; Geo. Les lie, Matanzas; Theodosia, Demerara; Aberfoyle, Sierra, Leone ; Annadar, St. Stephen's ; Louisa, Oporto • Wes tertina, Alexandria ; J o h n W esley, Guernsey ; Christina Carpel, Buenos Ayres ; Forager, Guernsey ; Capido, Memel ; John Mowlem, Guernsey; Augusta, St. Andrew's; Caroline, Guernsey ; De Pique de Bairne, Maranham ; Kossuth, Matanzas; Henri e tt a , D anz i c ; Vorwarts, Gir genti ; Pearl, Quebec; Milton, Gothenburg; Concordia (s.), Rotterdam; Baron Osy (s.), Antwerp; Earl of Auck land (s.), Rotterdam ; Magnet, Amsterdam ; Columbine (s.), Rotterdam. Sailed, 3d—Calabar, for Port Phillip ; Ocean (s.), Havre; William Joliffe, Calais. DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Wind, E.N.E., mo d era t e , and rainy. Oceanus, from Cardiff for the Baltic, on the Goodwin Sands, full of water. Has mast cut away. Boats are saving the stores, etc. Crew are all landed at Deal. Passed—Robert Law, from London for Melbourne ; Persian, London for Leghorn ; Thibet, Sunderland for London. Sailed—Druid, for San Francisco, LETTERS OF NAVAL OFFICERS.—GENERAL POST OFFICE, July, 1854.—The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having been pleased, to extend to officers in the Royal Navy, serving 'abroad, the privilege granted in 1850, to seamen employed on board her'Ma jesty'a ships on foreign stations, of pre-paying, by means of postage stamps, letters forwarded by them to the United Kingdom, all letters from naval officers which may hereafter leach this country in bags made up on board any of her Majesty's ships are to be delivered free, provided the postage to which such letters are liable for conveyance from the place where they may originate to the United Kingdom, be duly paid by post age stamps of the proper value being affixed to them. These instructions relate especially to postmasters at the outports, to which mails are brought from abroad by packet or by private ship. THE STEAM-SHIP FRANKLIN.—Latest particulars re specting the situation of the steam-ship Franklin, are dated up to 11 o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) morning, when the general belief of the most experienced seamen Fromwas t o d t a he Effect that t yb r eaekc ofTuesday ll e she steamer would lay moreo d be a easily, sil y total t l oss. s momentarilyof water settling in he her hold. er in N o h t e m i: feet to 10 i bed,t sta ti within g from the heavy buffeting buffeting which she had endured from the moment of the disaster up to the hour at which our last accounts were written, the machinery still held together, and was con sidered to be in good working order, although covered with water. Mr. Kane, the purser, with about 35 of the hands employed in various departments of the vessel, reached Brooklyn by the Long Island Railroad at a quarter-past 3 o clock yesterday afternoon. A number of the crew were left behind, owing to having been marched to a wrong station, and they suffered a good deal from want both of food and fresh water. As the Franklin is the first steamer which ever went aground on the Long Island shore, the scene at the mainland, on the bay, and even in the surf, was at once romantic and affective. Mrs. Commodore Hull, Mr. and Mrs. Mor- . ris, with some 6 or 8 more of the passengers, remained at Bishop's Hotel, Morriches, yesterday morning. It was then expected that the baggage and a portion of the cargo would reach New York this evening, or to-mor row (Friday) afternoon, at least. The baggage has been well cared for, and the Custom-house officials were dili gent in the execution of their duty.--New York Herald, July 20. COLLISION ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—Last night, a little after six o'clock, an accident happened on the Lanca shire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway near this town, by which a very large number of passengers were placed in an exceedingly perilous position, and several of them severely shaken and bruised. , About five minutes past six o'clock an excursion train, consist ing of twenty-two carriages belonging to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, with a number of passengers from Manchester and Staleybridge, left the Exchange station on its return to Manchester, and, on arriving at Sandhills-bridge, about a mile and a-half from Liver pool, the train was compelled to stop while a luggage train was being shunted from the main line on to a siding. While the excursion train was thus at a stand the East Lancashire Parliamentary train, from Liver pool to Preston and Blackburn, consisting of 14 car riages, which left the Exchange station five minutes after the Manchester train, came up at a brisk pace, and ran violently into the excursion train, knocking the passen gers from their seats, and severely bruising the heads, faces, and limbs of several. It was fortunate that the driver of the East Lancashire train, seeing the excursion train on the line, had time to put the break on and check the speed of his train, otherwise the collision would doubtless have been attended with a fearful loss of life. As it was, the injuries which the passengers re ceived were confined to bruises, but three persons were driven violently against the opposite side of the carriage in which they were sitting, and so shockingly cut on the forehead and about the bead and face, that they were unable to proceed on their journey, and were conveyed back to Liverpool. The trains, after having been delayed for about half an hour, proceeded on their ourney. THE CARDEN OUTRAGE. —Some fresh and curious revelations in connection with the Carden abduction case are made by the Clontuel correspondent of the Freeman's Journal, who writes as follows :—" It is a curious fact that, notwithstanding the energy and zeal with which the Crown prosecuted Mr. Carden, they failed to deve lope the entire of the arrangements which he had made for securing his intended victim. The trial having closed, the arrangements which he had made are now very freely spoken of by his friends and others to whom he confided Lis plans. Mr. Carden had for some time pre idously been concerting measures for effect:ng his object, and finally decided upon conveying Miss Arbuthnot to G a lway, where he had a steamer chartered 'for the ptir pose of taking her out to sea. Relays of horses were placed along the entire route from Rathronan to Galway. He intended, immediately on arriving at some pre arranged point off Galway Bay, to place his victim on board the steamer, which, in order to avoid exciting sus picion, was lying off the coast at some considerable dis tsnce from the harbour, and it was then his intention to have sailed direct for London. I understand that Mr. Carden has stated since his imprisonment to his confiden tial friends and advisers that the preparations for his atrocious crime cost him no less a sum th an 6 , 500/ . " Meanwhile the authorities have lost no time in putting the sentence passed on the culprit into practical effect. 011 Tuesday he was equipped in the gaol costume, and at once set to work at " bard labour." Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon and Miss D'Arcy Irvine have left Grafton -street for their seat, Brynkinalt, North \Vales, where they intend to receive a sucooseiou of compasy during the autumn. • 50 50 2 1.00 I 25 Syvagee Garnelad St. Andrew Little Fawn 20 20 50 20 ~ ~. r ~. ;q THE SUN, LONDON; THURSDAY IatENING, AUGUST 3, 1854. SHARE MARKETS. THE QUARTERLIES. (THIS DAY.) Leasing Compans. Closing Prioe this day. Businesl this day. The Quarterly Review. No. CLXXXIX, BRITISH RAILWAYS. It has frequently been our gratifying duty to commend, and seldom with more reason than of late years, the ability, sometimes the remarkable, always at least the respectable, ability with which the old Tory Quarterly sustains its high literary . reputation. Whatever is said by us in commenda tion of our contemporary in this respect will have possibly to some the superior advantage of being said simply en debito justitice—certainly not in any way from our being enamoured with, or infatuated by, the general principles with which the very name of the Quarterly has long since come to be popularly identified. However this may be, our praise is impartial praise—a praise rather extorted from our sense of justice than spontaneous by bloom ing from our prepossession. In this way we are fain at once to commend with all earnest ness the very excellent number now lying be fore us for cursory allusion to the contents— contents amounting by the way to no more than eight articles altogether, but almost each one of which is of a kind calculated to allure the reader to a perusal by the interest of the subject selected, and during perusal to win his admiration. Our opinion of the new number of the Quarterly, as a whole, is perhaps the more amiable, seeing that the political article for once is of a nature exactly in accordance with our own sentiments. The argu ment here referred to we have already men tioned in our leading columns in what we con ceived to be merited terms of panegyric, the argu ment relating to " Lord Lyndhurst's Speech on the War," a paper especially condemnatory of the shortcomings in regard to the present struggle with Russia, the notorious and mon strous shortcomings of the Aberdeenite portion of her Majesty's Government. Apart from the complacency inspired by the circumstance of this brilliant political chapter, being precisely accordant with our own oft-expressed opinions upon the Russian war and the Coalition Government, we cannot but think that the Quarterly affords us ample reason for words of encomium in reference to some at least of the nine remaining contribu tions. The paper descriptive, for example, of " The House of Commons" is as pleasantly and sparklingly written throughout as if it had been penned by the author of the "Faggot of French Sticks." Every Ingenuus previously unacquainted with the subject may from its pages alone become delightfully familiarised with the internal organisa tion of the English house of representatives, the lower chamber of the Imperial Parliament. Thus speaks the writer by the way of the oratorical powers of the Leader of the Opposition : "Of Mr. Disraeli's masterly, passionless, finished delivery we have already spoken. Like the warrior to whom Norna chants her witch-song, seldom `Lies he still, through sloth or fear, When point and edge are glittering near.' An ever-ready speaker, his premedit a t e d ora ti ons , th a t i s to say, these over which he has had some time—no matter how short—to ponder, are nevertheless infinitely better than those prompted by the exigency of the moment. He will sometimes from this cause reply better to the earlier part of an antagonist's argument than to its close ; and his own peroration is seldom so effective as what, in dra matic language, may be sailed the crisis of his speech. Unprepared, he has a tendency to verbiage, and to a repe tition of the same idea, without a sufficient variety of treatment : prepared, and not a blow misses ; not a plati tude irritates ; not, a sarcasm is impeded by a weakening phrase. The arrow, stripped of all plumage except that which aids and steadies its flight, strikes within a hair's breadth of the archer's aim ; whether it finds the joint of the har ness, or shivers on the shield, is occasionally matter of opinion ; but that it often wounds deeply would seem to be proved by the exceeding ferocity with which, out of the house, Mr. Disraeli is assailed." Thus of Mr. Disraeli's chief antagonist, the present Chancellor of the Exchequer : " Mr. Gladstone is the most polished speaker in the House of Commons. His verbal resources are as remark able as his management of them; and his manner is inva riably that of a gentleman. He is charged with 'subtlety' by coarser minds, but we fancy that the English intellect, which is not distinguished for its analytical power, treats the subject in a somewhat jumbling fashion. Mr. Glad stone inclines to the Tractarian party—Tractarians are no better than Jesuits—Jesuits are proverbially subtle—and, therefore, when Mr. Gladstone is defining, very elaborately, the difference between long annuities and deferred annui ties, he is talking Jesuitically. We believe that Mr. Gladstone would be a more popular orator if he would bo less explicit ; but, while.he exhausts the subject, he some times exhausts the listener. His refined and scholarly periods, the creation of the moment, but as elegantly balanced and as keenly pointed as if they had been written and studied, are always marvels of fluency, and often spe , mens of eloquence." Of another conspicuous man of the time, the Crichton of his age, the reviewer has previously ob served : " Sir Bulwer Lytton, who early won reputation by his speeches in Parliament, has distinguished himself since his recent return to the House in the Conservative ranks; and has more than once been appointed to the post of honour, and shown himself worthy of it. His trained intellect, great energy, and command of language, make him for midable, both in attack and in defence ; and we presume that as there are few other achievements be has not accom plished, that we shall one day see him holding the Castle Dangerous of office." A criticism on Dean Milman's new work pre sents to the reader, in the subsequent paper, a clever, and, just at this moment, a timely and valuable argument upon what is termed " Latin Christianity." From the brief, but thoughtful and suggestive, article on the "Drama," the article which comes immediately afterwards, we extract the following genial tribute to some of the " pick" among our many delightful, and some of them glo rious, actors of nowadays. The critic has been declaiming against those who depreciate the Pre sent, out of an infatuated preference for the Past. He observes : ." We have, however, said already that we distrust the alleged superiority of the actors of former days, and of the general decline of acting at the present moment. We be lieve, on the contrary, that with a better system of co operation a single English theatre would rival, in the re finement and effectiveness of its corps dramatiqne, any single Parisian house. We have seen no French comedians in the same line better than our incomparable pair of Keeleys. The St. James's theatre has hitherto imported no performer, with the single exception of Regnier, more variously accomplished or more consummate in skill than Mr. Alfred Wigan; and Mr. Charles Matthews, even in parts more exacting than the usual repertoire of the Ly ceum vaudeville, has few equals—we aro inclined to add no superior. It is rarely found that actors excel alike in the lighter humours and the more earnest passions. Gar rick and Henderson are perhaps almost solitary exceptions of equal and transcendent merit in Hamlet and Benedick, in Macbeth and Megrim, in Richard and Abel Drugger. John Kemble in comedy, in spite of Lamb's eulogy, was recorded in his day among `the miseries of human life,' and the elder Kean was absolutely intolerable in the few attempts he made in the service of Thalia. The present stage, however. affords an actor who combines passion with humour in a remarkable degree, and, in the midst of the ludicrous embarrassments of comedy, presents us with fer vent tragic pathos. No one can have witnessed the per formances of Mr. F. Robson at the Olympic theatre, with out being struck with the narrowness of the bounds bo tween sport and earnest. His farce has a pathetic depth, a grave earnestness, that touch, at one and the same mo ment, the sources of tears and laughter. He is partly Lis ton and partly Kean. With less than a cubit added to his stature, Mr. Robson would be the first Shakapearian actor of the day. It is unfortunate both for himself and the spectators that his physical qualifications are not in better accordance with his dramatic genius. He lacks presence only to mate Kean in Shylock and Overreach, or Macready in Virginius and Lear." 1 2 Aar, 3 4 This is very fine—very encouraging—very de served. A feather in the cap of many an old favourite—of the Keeleys, of Alfred Wigan, of Charles Mathews—and a whole bunch of plumes for F. Robson, of the Olympic ! A careful and learned criticism on " Classical Dictionaries" gives the merited meed of praise to the masterly compi lations edited by Dr. William Smith. Without militating in his remarks against the repute won by Lempriere, the reviewer writes thus of Dr. Smith's Classical Dictionaries : " We are not disposed in this, or any similar case, to risk our credit by an unqualified expression of opinion, that these volumes have so excludively occupied the ground as to leave no arena whatever to future competitors. Such pretensions to permanent popularity have probably been advanced in their day in favour of other works which have long since been laid on the shelf. But with the best wishes for the future progress of critical archaeology, we see little reason to apprehend a similar fate for Dr. Smith's volumes. In their present integrity, they are about as complete and critical a digest of the whole range of subjects which they treat, as could reasonably be expected from even the strong phalanx of able contributors which the learned and accomplished editor has united for his undertaking. Room, no doubt, has been left for change or improvem ent ; but the basis of the compilation appears sufficiently broad r and firm to admit of its easily incorporating the results of future researches in the subsequent editions which will in the progress of years be required." The essay descriptive of " The Electric Tele graph" might almost have been written by Sir Francis Head, so full and complete is it in its in formation. It traces this most wonderful of all discoveries up from its earliest glimmering of a commencement—from the discovery of the " bat tery " in 1800 by Volta, to that of the deflection of the magnetic needle in 1819 by Oersted, on to that of the multiplication of the deflecting powers of the needle (by means of the coiled wire) by Schweigger, on again to that of the liquid's power of magnetising steel or iron, detected (also in 1819) by Arago—down to the completion of the whole series of marvels, somewhere about the years 1837 an d 1838, by the alm os t simul taneous inventions of telegraphs worked by elec tricity in New York by Morse, in Munich by Stein hod, but, above all, in London by our own illus trious Professor Wheatstone. Let the reader con over the following paragraph, quoted from the new number of the Quarterly, descriptive of the first evening's working of the electric telegraph (between Euston Station and Camden ToWn) by Wheat stone : "Late in the evening of the 25th of that month, in a dingy little room near the booking-offi ce a t E us t ou-square, by the light of a flaring dip-candle, which only illuminated the surrounding darkness, sat the inventor, with a beating pulse and a heart full of hope. In an equally small room St the Cattideg•tewia station, where the wires torminated, sat Mr. Cooke, his co-patentee, and among others two wit nesses well known to fame, Mr. Charles Fox and Mr. Ste phenson. These gentlemen listened to the first word spelt by that trembling tongue of steel which will only cease to discourse with the extinction of man himself. Mr. Cooke in his turn touched the keys and returned the answer. Never did I feel such a tumultuous sensation before,' said the Professor, 'as when all alone in the still room I heard the needles click, and as I spelled the words I felt all the magnitude of the invention, now proved to be prac tical beyond cavil or dispute.' The telegraph thencefor ward, as far as its mechanism was concerned, went on without a check, and the modifications of this instrument which is still in use have been made for the purpose of rendering it more economical in its construction and work ing, two wires at present being employed, and in some cases only one." " A short time after this he insulated four miles of wire in the vaults of King's College, on which he performed most of his subsequent experiments.* Thus in the silence of that gloomy vault as early as 1836, the lightning that was to flash with intelligence round the world—the ner vous system so shortly destined to spread itself through two hemispheres, string together continents and islands; and carry human thought under the wide -spreading seas, was slowly being trained to the service of man by one of the most distinguished of the many philosophers who have contributed to the development of this branch of science. The following note from the previous page of the Quarterly is also particularly deserving of quo tation : "It may interest our readers to reproduce the first pub lished notice we can find of Professor Wheatstone's Experi ments relating to the Electric Telegraph, and which appeared anterior to his connection with Mr. Cooke • During the mouth of June last year (1836), in a course of lectures de livered at King's College, London, Professor Wheatstone re peated his experiments on the velocity of electricity which were published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1834, but with an insulated circuit of copper wire, the length of which was now increased to nearly four miles ; the thickness of the wire was 1-16th of an inch. When machine-electri city was employed, an electrometer placed on any point of the circuit diverged, and, wherever the continuity of the cir cuit was broken, bright sparks were visible. With a voltaic battery, or with a magneto-electric machine, water was decom posed, the needle of a galvanometer was deflected, itc., in the middle of the circuit. But, which has a more direct reference to the subject of our esteemed correspondent's communication from Munich, Professor Wheatstone gave a sketch of the means by which he proposes to convert his apparatus into an electrical telegraph, which, by the aid of a few finger stops, will instantaneously and distinctly convey communications between the most distant points. These experiments are, we understand, still in progress, and the apparatus, as it is at present constructed, is capable of conveying thirty simple signals, which, combined in various manners, will be fully sufficient for the purposes of telegraphic communiriation.' " From the Magazine of Popular Science (Parker, - Strand) for March 1, 1837. , The whole article merits a very close examina tion. A paper on " Christianity in Milanesia and New Zealand" is followed by an elegant historic treatise on the very enthralling theme of " Queen Elizabeth and her Favourites." Dr. Lingard, the great historian of England, has called them " Her Paramours." The Quarterly Reviewer contents himself with speaking of them as " Her Favourites." Conspicuous among them, of course, are—Thomas Seymour, brother of the Lord Protector Robert Dudley, - Earl of Leicester— Walter Raleigh, the great poet, anna list, courtier, and navigator—Christopher Hatton, the dancing chancellor—and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex—cum muftis aliis, though not cum cceteris paribus ! The style of the article, though good in the mt. ' , I, and sometimes eloquent in its senten tiously balanced sentences, is occasionally flawed with slips of syntax, and even of etymology. At page 238 we have it said of Essex, " He is one of those persons who just miss of being truly great." Previously, at page 223, we find the writer remark ing of the noble house of Courtenay— " A branch of the house of Capet was content to merge its royalty in their name and inheritance; they have filled the throne of Constantine, and intermingled their blood with that of Plantagenet ; and their Decline and Fall has been recorded by the same hand and in the same volumes as that of the Roman Empire itself." A sentence without grammatical symmetry, and certainly by no means euphonious. These, how ever, are minor faults. And from what we have here already said and quoted, it will have been rendered obvious that the new number of the Quarterly is one in all respects worthy of the repu tation of our distinguished contemporary. iPaid.l RAILWAU. St. 100 Aberdeen.. 20 82 Asnbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct 50 all Belfast & Ballymena 13i all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey........ 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh, Cheshire Junct 272 all Do. 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The subject of " War Cap tives" also furnishes an interesting article, which is likely at present to att rac t attention. There is, generally, something superior to the average in the style of this serial.—Sharpe's London Magazine has two very pretty engravings —one of a scene in Albania of a shepherd " leaninc, his boyish form along the rock," as it i s describe% in the accom panying stanzas from "Chuldu 11.1.1.1." Thu ‘A. - .112. represents Constantinople. " Harry Coverdale's Courtship," by the agreeable writer of " Frank Fairlegh, ' continues with undiminished vigour. The " Studies of Great Authors" contains a criticism on Arinsto. A lively summary of a news paper, by Alfred Cole, is amusing and satirical. Of course there are two or three papers on Turkey and Russia, but there are also some subjects of more novel interest.—Newton's London Journal continues to form a "Repertory of Arts, Sciences, and Manufactures, with Descriptions of New Patent Inventions." For those engaged or interested in scientific pursuits this must form a. valuable work of reference.—The Journal of Progress is a periodi cal recently commenced with very meritorious ob jects. It professes to be a record of moral, social, industrial, and political economy and statistics, dame schools, juvenile reformatories, public wor ship, and Sunday places of recreation. On the last subject some very sensible remarks are made, truly objecting to the inconsistency of those rigid moral ists who, because they can have fresh air and recreation every day, do not prize them as they should. It is never by arbitrary denial or coercion that the lower classes will be taught to prize the Sabbath. A somewhat ungenerous attack upon the objects and purposes of " Hard Times" we are sorry to see, as the rest of the jour nal appears to be written with sense and impar tiality. An opening no doubt exists for the publi cation, which we trust may prosper.— Home Thoughts has been considerably enlarged, and is now threepence. This is a decided improvement, as before it was so very similar to the long-esta blished and excellent little work, The Family Friend. One of the most striking additions to this miscellany is the description of character by handwriting. All who desire to ascertain their own unknown qualities have therefore now only to write to the cheirologist of Home Thoughts, who will answer them from a single word ! A story with the attractive title of "The Lost Heir" is progressing in this serial.—Our Friend is another of those cheap publications which are calculated to counteract the evil effects of pernicious literature. We would advise the editors of these little works to be careful that they make them sufficiently interesting to attract those who have been accustomed to more exciting works. It is not of course to be wished that they should lower their tone or their sentiments, but in their strict avoidance of this they are likely to fall into the opposite error, and make them good but dull.—The English Cyclopcedia has reached the conclusion of the second volume of natural his- toryand geography. The two last partsare published at the same time for the convenience of subscribers. —fiand/ey Cross continues with unabated sport ing interest.—Le Follet has now four plates instead of liree—an additional attraction to its fair readers. The Penny Post is a useful little miscellany, chiefly suited for the young.—The Railway Miscellany is a light and lively melange of sketches and criti cisms, romance and farce. A comparison between our chief writers is one of the most interesting features. They are selected two by two---uleber in dividual criticism being generally more just than the comparison.—The popular edition of Macaulay,s inimitable Essays has reached the sixth n and next month, for the price of seven sbillin,, these magnificent displays of knowledge an q uence may be obtained complete ! and aosl e Putnam's Monthly.—We hav e h ere the pleasant variety many fa tsruab.niseacttlsanf(t)ilc. entertainment. It nt O uresennetsfeuas rirtell is especially to be n o t iced, and that is the great superiority of the poetical contributions to those usually found in the pages of ou r ser i a l s. Certainly, if Ameri ca cannot boast of rivallin g our great poets, she eclips es us i n the second-rate ones most especially si nce t h e modern mania of 2 mys ticism has seized our writers, and our readers will admire what they cannot understand. In Ame r i ca , as yet, there i s some connection in ihe sentences and some cle arness i n the ideas ; how long it may' be before th e mental fog extends acrossdie Atlan tic none can tell. The somewhat puzzling question of " Is Man One or Many ?" is the title of the first article, which contains an analysis of the races of mankind, founded on a recent work entitled "Types of M an ki n d . " An account of some Spa nish peculiarities, in which, of course, a bull-fight is included, is called " Cosas de Espana," and is entertaining rather from the liveliness of style than any great novelty. " Herr Regenbogen's Concert" is a sketch evidently written by one who appreciates music. A story, with the pathetic title of " Hard Up," succeeds in interesting the reader in the for tunes and misfo r t unes o f a young theatrical author,. who, sad to s a y, i s l e ft at t h e conclusion-Faj,in, worse off than at the begin n i ng . - Th er e are nur:i) attractive articles, the most interesting pfthe,m be ing ‘fNatural Dipl oma ti s t s ." It is shown how stran ge ly s ome c h arac t ers appear t o be en dowed with this po wer i which developer through all difficulties —while others, it whose posi tion or ancestry w ou ld seem to entailon them, prove remarkably deficient. As a specimen of the I contrasts so frequently occurring Mari a Louise and Josephine are cited. The following extract is from some verses on " THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT. " How strange it seems ! These Hebrews in their graves, Close by the street of this fair sea-port town ; Silent beside the never -silent waves, At rest in all this moving up and down ! • The trees are white with dust, that o'er their sleep Wave their broad curtains in the south-wind's breath, While underneath such leafy tents they keep The long, mysterious Exodus of Death. " And these sepulcural stones, so old an d b rown, r th b r u o ri w a n l- r ace o wn . And broken by Moses at the mountain' s b ase. Are That like pave tb e w t a i b th l e v o e f l " Closed are the portals of their Synagogu e , t i ll ag e L s t a h w e , i No Psalms of David now the silence break, No Rabbi reads the ancient Decalogne . In the grarid dialect the" Prophets spake. "They liVed i n narrow streets * and lanes obscure, Ghetto or Jud ens t mss , i n m i r k an d m i re ; Taught in the school of patience to endure The life of anguish and the, death of fire. ' All their lives long, .with the :unleavened bread And bitter herbs of exile and its fears, The wasting famine of the heart they fed, And slaked its thirst with - marah of their tears. " Pride and humliation'hand in hand Walked with them through the • world, where'er they went ; Trampl e d and beaten were ihcky as the sand, And yet unshaken as the,continent. "For in the back -ground, figures vague and vast, Of patriarchs and of prophets rose sublime, And all the great traditions of the Past They saw reflected in the coming time. "And thus for ever with reverted look, The mystic volume of the world they read, Spelling it backward like a Hebrew book, Till Life became a Legend of the Dead." MASSACRE OF THE CREW OF THE HARRINT -CONFESSION OF THE PIRATE CHIEF. letter dated Athens, July 22, supplies the following copy of the confession made by the chief of the gang of pirates who not long since murdered the crew of the Harriet in the Levant. His examination took place on board the French -steam-corvette Chaptal. The pirate deposed : " In the course of the month of March last I left Cots. stantinople for Syra, in the Galaxid, Captain Epami. nondas. Having arrived at Syra, the Sub-Commissary of Police, Angerinos, ae well as another Samiot, cow l . Belled me to go to Athens. The next day, Strati, the h C a o d m n m o is ra say o r ne o y f . a P n o a li_ th ce, at se w n h t for me. atl wantedltold was thoimsetrhvitet2! a seaman on board some merchant vessel. He sail that there was just then no work for sailors, but that it I would retinal in a-few-days he would put me up to some thing good. He would send me, he said, to Chalcie, where I should see Colonel Giorgiades, who had written. to me to come to an understanding with the police com missary, Strati. This letter is at Chalcis with my other effects. " One day when I was at Strati's house he showed inn a letter which he had received from Stamati. The first page of the letter was addressed to me. Stamati directed me to conform to Strati's instructions in all points, and that some day I should be great and my children after me. Strati forbade me to reveal aught that he had said to me, and then advised me to join the war in Thessaly and to go to Chalcis. He recommended me to go by the coast of Cape Douro, and to seize and sink all the French and English ships I could find, as those nations were opposed to the enterprises of the Greeks. Strati hired a goelette, with a crew of five men, in which I embarked with 28 others, of whom 25 were Samiots. The ca pt a i n o f t hi s vessel' came from Stylida, in the Gulf of Zeitonni. Strati gave me 20 drachmas, but none of the men who embarked with me received pay : they only had provisions for two days. I was ap. pointed chief of the expedition, and I alone knew its object, which I did not reveal to my companions until we had fairly left Syra, which we left three hours after sunset in the evening. The next day we arrived at about four or five miles from Gabrios, on the coast of Andros. "At that place we were becalmed until midnight. About three hours before daybreak, just as a breeze was rising, our men saw an English schooner. I was asleep at the time, but they called me. I ordered my eight and twenty men to follow me towards the schooner, and we boarded her. We had previously hailed the ship, and found that it was English, and that the crew also were natives. When we got on board, we made all the men go do pan into the captain's cabin, and then we demanded all the money on board. The English produced three pounds sterling, two watches, a telescope, two oom passes, and a barrel containing a small quantity of rum. We then ordered all the crew on deck, and there we m assacre d t h em with our knives, and cast their bodies-into-the-sea;---- I gave no order to kill those men, nor did I kill one myself. We had meant to sink the schooner, but we abandoned this in tention, fearing to be perceived by other vessels. After the massacre we went to Chalcis, where I landed with my 28 companions, and we paid a visit to our com patriot Colonel Stamati Giorgiades, but did not find him immp. The next day we went to Bourgi, where we found Stamati, his son, and another person. The same day we went back to Chalcis with Stamati in a barque which belonged to him. We stayed a month with Sta mati,- to whom we told our adventures, and he approved our conduct. Of the 21 men who followed me 18 left Chalcis to go to Stilida. Stamati advised me to become a pirate, and to go to the Anatolian coast, there to wait till a fitting opportunity presented itself for attacking Samos. We left Chalcis in a perame, touched at Tsoura, Tynos, and Myconi, and th ence went to Samos. Re penting o f my conduct, I made my submission to the governor of the island, and reported to him all the cir cumstances attending the massacre of the crew of the English schooner. ANOTHER POACHING, AFFRAY iv .DERBYSHIRE. w l aemae are e t a calledla l e po a upon h p i o n n g atoffanirairliraNteoarthpoaching No sooner have we fi n i s h ed recording the closing act Derby shireofth the late encounter in South Derbyshire, and which, though happily not attended with fatal consequences, was of a most serious nature. It appears that on Sunday evening, about six o'clock, a party of f our poachers left Derby, armed, for thelock, ur pose of taking game in the preserves at Bretby Hall, p the seat and training -quarters of Lord Chesterfield, which is situate about nine miles from Derby, and three from Burton. There is no doubt that the poachers had a traitor amongst them, for Lord Chesterfield's keeper, James Dawson, received information that they would pay a visit on Saturday evening, and prepared accord ingly. About two o'clock on Monday morning Dawson and the other keepers saw four men coming towards them in what is called " The Philosopher's Plantation." On seeing the keepers, one of the poachers said, "Heigh up, lads, here they are ; go into them," and set two dogs at the keepers; the dogs flew at the keepers, and a vol ley of stones were thrown at them by the poachers. The poachers then closed in up on th em , an d a determined struggle ensued. Two of the keepers, .George Astle and Samuel Baldwin, received ver y severe injuries. Even tually, after a hard conflict, three of the poachers were secured, the fourth making his escape. On them was found nets and bags containing four-and-a-half couple of rabbits. After the affray two bludgeons, one marked with blood, were picked up on the spot, both belonging to the poachers. At eight o'clock on Monday the prisoners were conveyed to Burton-on-Trent police-sta tion, and on Tuesday morning, at eleven o'clock, they were brought up for examination at Burton -on-Trent, and were all committed for trial. The prisoners gave their names as William Wright, William Wall, and Joseph Dakin. • f: Business done this day. 63i 4 4 per cent. 64 11 i 5 St. St. St. St. 20 St. 10 25 10 LOM dig St. 75 4 , 1 5i 5 20 , 25 xin 1 1 44 i 4i I 50 1 20 35 1 10 1 1 1i pm - •.• _ - 1 _ - 4 7 - 9 8 - 9 4 lt 2i 26 —2B d 45 - ii 11- . i -12 i 50 - 55 1 - 3p 34 -1/ i 7 i 9 -10 6 -- N - • •••••• 1 16 17 3 o o og , 932 4 5 1 -- 3 3t a .•• -- . i - g. (I •~ -- ~. ;I( BANKS. 84 -:----gl. •... . i .. i d ...d1 ..... ••• 3 24 d 20i -- 21 10i 11 4i TRADE AND NAVIGATION RETURNS. _ The official returns of the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for the month and ten months ending July 5, have been issued. The comparison of imports for the month is as under :--7 Oxen 1853. ........................... no. 3,145 Sheepheat ........................... no. 15,061 W........................ qrs. 331,193 Barley Barley qrs. 55,74! Oats ....... 1854. 2,840 10,770 356,963 43 Flour qrs. 47,&u. ~704 126,008 C C; l o a C i lx.oeae. ........................cwt. ***▪ ******• ********************************* ..1 1 b b S S . 1 ) . 1 , O '''S .41 4 96 4, 9 68 4 6 3 8 1 Currants': ********************************* ...... cwt. 153,188 26 2 0 : 3 73 21 6 403,153 158,188 Guano ............ . ........... tons 12,644 OtH,oielt:,napptoaelins ......................cwt. 64,70 t .................................. c c w w t t. .. 6 56 4 : 6 1 7 8 1 3 28,993 31,292 Silk:, raw 8Rrua1und;........................ppT000ff lbs. 202,077 gallons gaons 4 2 8: 7: 4 3 6 8 3 6 166,51 1 Geneva proof gallons 22,217 Tobacco lbs. 1,39.5,835 Win e gallons. 867,672 ...... 1,11. 4 , 567 Cotton w oo l cwt. 1,002,072 The declared value of some of the principal compared with th a t f or t h e same articles d uring the cor responding month o f l as t year, was as f o llows : 1853. 1854 ' Beer and Ale £110,368 R 129,722 Coals and ca l m 169,546 ... .. 207,6t8 2,051,588 Cotton manufactures 462,768 Cotton yarn ' Earthenware 89,485 2 3 7 2 1 1 ,7 6 3 95 7 305,752 Hardwareila be rdash a e haberdashery and cut l e m ry i 11 i ............ .. .. a r,,,, , _ . 3 , I " ) •• •• • 10,96 T Linen manufactures ...... 61 30T Linen yarn Ma,chinety 124,475 ...... 166,590 Metals 1,087,459 ..... 1,440,2,081 ...... 12708 Silk m anufactures 12,794 ..... 13,593 Silk thrown 30,224 .....• 91,130 Wool 909,845 ...... 952,047 Woollen 126,217 ...... 113,527 Woollen yarn total declared value of the exports, exclusive of Th e " unenumerated "articles, amounted to 7,707,6411., the • t 6,772,733/. at the same time last year. The en- ' against enumerate articles d make the total for the month to the manufactures sth ult., 8,747,313/. CO/INWALL RAILWAY.—The works of this railway be tween Five-field-tane, Plymouth, and Saltash are pro gressing satisfact or il y. Many navvies have constant employment in cutting an d forinin,g the line..;. The irozi cylinder, in the middle of the River Tamar, at Sallash ferry, is sun k to a considerable depth.—Plymouik Mail. THE NEW ACT ON GAMBLING HOUSEs.— The new act fOr the suppression oP igarubliug haulm ,eatue IMO operation oft Tuesday last.