The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-18 00:00:00

THE DU HLNDRED Ati and Last Week bat Two ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.- Under the Sole Management of Mr. PECHTER. ILast Week but Two of the present Season. 'PHIS EVENING, to commence with an orizinal ciketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, Widdioomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. Alter whioh, at a Quarter-past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3lovue, entitled THE DIME'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, purported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G Jordan, J. Brougham, Ix - . N.; iddi ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson ; fiVsses Carlotta Leclercq. Kate Terry, N. Cayenne, and Els worthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole AM.(' and Manager, Mr. G. Vining THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere'. Play of RO EO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vining; Friar Lawrence, Mr. H. Marston ; Apothecary. 11r. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL -ole Proprietor and manager. SI:. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRI-H TIGER. After which, at Eight u'cloek, a new drama, entitled THE AUNTED MAN; t)R, T E GHOST'S itARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pe; per's adaptat!on of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole. R. Phi lips, Sefton C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, ent fled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. stirs. Toole. P. Bedford, R Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. ' longeer found to wo r k sa ti s f ac t or il y . G reat part of Felp F ri K E S SEVE N N I TH O T NI T O . NIGHT, the town, too, is b e l ow th e l eve l o f hi gh water, and th Tir t Season. this is especially the case near the river on the southern side, where the sewers are forced to run below underground cellars, which themselves are beneath highwater mark. The consequence natu rally is, that these sewers can only discharge their contents into the river at low water, being tide locked for eighteen hours out of the twenty-four, and apt in times of heavy and long -continued rain to overflow and flood the basements of the surround ing houses. It is long since these evils and annoy ances were observed and discussed, but the vast outlay required prevented any steps being taken towards remedying matters until 1856, when the drainage of the metropolis and the purification of the river were entrusted to the Metropolitan Board of Works. The difficulties in the way of the un dertaking have been great, but they have been surmounted by patience and skill. The varying quantities of sewage, the rainfall in heavy storms, end the lowness of some of the districts, have been among the principal obstacles. have very sensibly acted on the pri n ciple rrhep o ro f jectors' thus bringing one of the g carry ing off as much sewage as porsesaibtlenabtyurgal farces ravitattotno, their aid instead of trusting to pumping. An ins portant point in their scheme is the reduction of pumping to its minimum, while the storm waters, as they call the excess of the rainfall, are provided for by " the conversion of the existing mainsewers into storm over flows," which shall carry the surplus waters into the Thames when the intercepting sewers are full. On each side of the river there are three main tunnels which divide London into three departments, and intercept all existing sewers flowing into the Thames, carrying their contents to Barking -creek on the north side, and Closeness-point in the Erith marshes on the south. These three tunnels are called respectively the High, the Low, and the Middle Level. The first of these runs from Hampstead to Bow, and is about 8 miles long, gradually increasing in its cir cumference from 4 feet 6 inches to 12 feet 6 inches. It drains an area of no less than 14 equere mike, being laid at a depth of from 20 to 26 feet. The middle level is still lower, being more than 30 feet underground. It extends from Kensal-green to Bow, and is nearly finished. The low level reaches from Cremorne to Abbey-mills, near Stratford, its waters being raised at Bow by engines to the level of the others ,thence to descend by their own gravity to the great outfall at Barking. One part of the low level will pass through the Thames Embank ment, and this the last item in the northern system of drainage, is expected to be completed in two years and a half. In the southern districts the arrangements are similar, and are proposed to be fully completed by this time next year. The Con tents of the high level sewer was on Saturday turned on for the first time direct into the river. The visitors proceeded in the first place to Crossness Point and examined the extensive and elaborate works there in progress, of which a re servoir covering an area of six acres, and capable of containing twenty millions of gallons, is but a part. The floor of this immense receptacle is of Portland stone, and its roof, not yet completed, is to be formed of brick arches resting upon rows of brick piers. Twice in the day it will be emptied into the liver in order to prevent any accumulation of sediment, a large tunnel on the land side will be opened, as soon as the reservoir is emptied whose waters rushing through will wash it out. The main culvert delivering the sewage info the river from the reservoir is of great size, and built with brick sides, and the roof supported by iron girder,. As evidence of the vast expense and labour entailed by these works, we may remind the reader that a reservoir of even greater extent is required on the Northern side, where it has to cover ten acres and contain forty millions of gallons. The works on the Northern side of the river are however less for midable, owing to thedlffereuce of the level and the consequent power to discharge the sewers by gravitation instead of by pumping. The visitors were equally surprised and gratified at the pro gress already made, as well as by the vast size and comprehensive character of the works. They were regaled with a eubterrauean luncheon beneath the vaults of the great reservoir and in this singular spot, speeches were made, healths pro posed, congratulations exchanged, and all the forms of a regular banquet gone through. Mr. THWAITES, the chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, presided, as was due, at this underground festival, and we may suppose looked round on the result of the labours of his Board with feelings of unmixed gratification. Lord STANLEY, who was among the visitors, in a brief address distinguished by his usual good sense, con gratulated the Board on the fulfilment of this great undertaking, and remarked that although the works were strictly of a utilitarian character, the magnitude of the design, and the perfection of the execution, deserved the epithet of magnificent London, added the noble lord, had long been said to be th e worst drained city in Europe, but it would s oon stand at the head of all cities in that respect. Mr. THWAITES, in acknow ledging the compliment paid him in drinking his health, remarked that the cost of the work would be found to have exceeded the estimate by £900,000 owing to bricks having risen in price, and to the bricklayers having struck for higher wages. The public, are not likely to b egrudge the übi if they however, see this import ant un d ertaking amount, l s tr a ti , t o e a n g d e kandre y to the benefit of the public health. Ventil a ti on and a t l of satisfactorily ca rried out. It will accomplish the double purpose of impr oving both C the a p ur ifying the river, and, in d now that we are in a fair way to secure th e most drainage are the two gr eat secrets of health i n towns, an costly and difficult of these nece ssaries we ma y hope that a larger supply of the common yet priceless blessing of pure air will soon be brought into our dwellings. Employ ment o f C h ild ren i s we ll wor thy The report of the C omm issioners co t n h o y erin consi deration. S ome t i me s i nce t h e G o vernment ap pointed a roy a l comm i ss i on to i nqu i re i nto the em onfg the ploym en t of children and young persons in trades and manufactures not regulated by law. The Com missioners have taken note of children engaged in potteries, lucifer match manufactures, lace and hosiery manufacturers, and chimney sweep ing. They have reported the result of their varied experience, and they recommend the adop tion of various alterations and i mprovements. They advise that in potteries, the premises should be im proved by a better plan of ventilation, and also that overtime in works shall be discontinued ; also that a medical inspector watch over these regulations for the period of two years, and that afterwards the duty be carried on by the inspectors of factories. The next recommendation would be of incalculable bene fit, but its adoption would be more difficult to carry out. They suggest the gradual introduction of the half-time system, so that the children may have more opportunities afforded them for recreation and education, and that on attaining the age of thirteen, each child be presented with a certificate of the " amount of education received." The mom deleterious occupation on the list is that of the lucifer manufacture. This trade furnishes employment for 1,613 childzen. It is well known that immense numbers of lucifer matches are sold yearly at a very small price, but their coat to health and comfort is very differently computed by those who take note of their effects. The Commissioners remark on the prevalence of a particular class of disease, called "jaw disease,' which has arisen since the working of this manu facture. They advise in this case also the attendance of a sanitary inspector, to effect what is possible towards the maintenance of the health of those en gaged in this very unwholsome trade. The employ. meat of boys as chimney - sweepers is the subject o f particular notice. Although some time back an Act was passed prohibiting this evil custom, the Act is often allowed to fall into disuetude, and the nefa rious system continues. In order to obviate the prevalence of this practice the Commissioners have suggested an excellent scheme, "that for the future no master-sweeper shall be allowed to employ it his business, in any cap ac i ty whatever, any one under the age of sixteen"; and, further, that no person shall be allowed to carry on the trade of a chimney sweeper until he has received a licence from a magistrate, renewable under certain circum etances. It is earnestly to be hoped that this advice will be especially attended to, as there can he no valid reason adduced against it, and by the adoption of this simple plan great suffering will be prevented, and the miseries of a persecuted class will be put a stop to. There is hardly any style of -mploymeat more cruel than this, and it is incum hent on our legislature to make it impossible at once by the ingenious device alluded to. Particular ac's of prohibition are all very well in their way, hut it once they are evaded or considered a dead letter they are worse than if never caLed into exist ence, because those who might plan an improve ment are deterred from so doing under the idea that the evil exists no longer, while all the while in a stealthy manner it is working out its designsand swelling the ranks of its victims. The Commis sioners ate now directed to inquire into the condi tion of the dressmakers and millinere' apprentices, and to ascertain what steps may be taken to im prove their condition. They could not be employed in a better work, and the result of their investiga tion is sure to conduce to the welfare of the class in whose service they are engaged. There are sure to be many obstacles in the way, and many well disposed persons are certain to declare that it will be impossible to render their condition any better by interference. There is this consolation, however, for those who earnestly desi derata some striking change to be introduced at once, that no opposition can be greater than that which was in force against the factory improve ments, nor can any denunciations as to the imprac •icability of all interference, and the idurieus effects of arbitrary rules, exceed the wrath and con sternation of those who militated against the Ten Hours' Bill. Many years have passed away since then ; the excitement has long since ceased and been forgotten in many quarters, hut the effects of the good deed then accomplished are still extant among us. Suit will be when a like reform has been once Instituted in those establishments where helpless young females toil from early morn till latest evt et pursuits that are enervating to the mind and in jurious to the bodily frame, that exhaust vitality, destroy the health, and often sow the seeds of death itself. Once let prejudice and self interest be cas , iside, and there can exist no cause why inspection should not take place in these departments of labour as easily as in others where it has been tried suc cessfully for years. It is certain that to limit the number of hours to a reasonable standard is the only real and effectual mode of treating this subject. I employers are compelled to keep within dui limits the tasks they set to their apprentices, an Important end will have been attained. If the Mate of the establishments wi h regard to ventila tion and other matters of a sanitary kind be also attended to, a vast boon will be conferred on hun• dreds of the community. If it be too late as regards many hapless toilers to rectify the evils produced by the pernicious old system, still it will be gratifying to think that a new regime has been introduced, and that all new corners will start under favourable auspices, and not run the risk of an untimely death, and the fearful certainty of a wretched life, with broken health and impaired energy, till they fall into a state that may be considered as more painful than death itself. In the second report the commissioners are sure to speak out strongly as to the deleterious practices now is vogue, and most likely they will suggest many improvements. One thing is certain, that no one in any rank can now lay claim to ignorance on this subject. Through the length and breadth of the land the voice of wailing and lamentation has been heard concern ing these distressed workwomen. Their cry has reached alike the palace and the cottage, and to all the varying grades and several classes which exist between, may their appeal be addressed. A more universal claim on general sympathy, or one more invested with personal attri bates cannot be brought forward. It certainly brings into immediate contact the most diverse classes of society, from the lowest, whose children born the heirs of toil, may any day be engaged it such precarious vocations ; to the highest, wisest lives of ease render them an especial cause of that employment for others which in this branch pro duces such direful effects. The consideration of this subject should not, therefore, be regarded as one solely in the charge of the Commissioners. There are many others who should make the task thtir own during the leisure hours that the approachin g autumn will afford them. if next season is to wit ness no amelioration in the cruel system now in vogue, it wilt be a disgrace and a scandal to the reputation of all concerned in the immediate traffic, and a reproach to those more remotely connected that ve o i e n v e h r iys belt,E a i s n hd iatrcwhoeuridcaserermiedastwifeslvome empeenr'-s with the a ff a i r . I n the days of old it was considered ng sons wished the ladies of thi • s generation to emulate the renown in a different I sty e, so that when they proceed to some gay place of can reflect that each sumptuous robe has cost a life. If the jaded harms and ghastly visages of these victims could appear at some gorgeous ban quet, they would rival the effect of the skeletons a t the Egyptian feasts of antiquity. There are some things too inimical to the tastes and repug nant to the feelings of humanity to be tolerated, and this overworking of children and young per sons is one that comes essentially into the category. It is high time that a new era be introduced, and that, in the over-baste to make rich among th e grasping sp irits of this time, they do not dest roy what no wealth can rep lace, and yet what sho u ld b e counted as among the choice st riches in the stor es of the well provided State. When the Psalmist invoked the chiefest blessing on the pe ople, he not only de sired that their garners should be plenteous, afford ing all manner o f s t ore , but that their sons should grow up as th e y oung p l an ts, and their daughters should be as the polished corners of the Temple. those who sap the strength and waste the health of the rising generation are inflicting injuries on the community that no prosperity will counterbalance, and robbing their country of its mainstay and sup port, by undernsinieg- its- vital source of welfare. Truly tae the poet •1 lustrated this sad state of things in these lines " 11l fares the land, to hast e • ning ills a prey, Where wealth sconzehlet,g. nal men decay." ,~:~ Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. TO- VIGHT WHILE THERE' i LIFE THE RE'S HOPE. Messrs W. H. Swanborough. Parselle, Vullaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Mandere, and E. Bufton. Followed by (4th time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier, Clifton ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria Simpson, Wallace, ann Jenny White. To conclude with LOVE IN LIVERY. Commence at 7. T" THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, cgtn be had Every Evening of G. R. GL ENIE. NEWS AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-Park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 20, 1.863.7. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-29.80. Wind—S. -Westerly ; moderate, with fine but cloudy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, rHIS DAY.—Morning, 4h. 44m.—Afternoon, 4b. To-ttonn.ow.-Morning, sh. 16m.—Afternoon, sh. 30m. • 4. - 4 . o ts . tar, ajjgii LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1863. Unaccustomed to victory, the surrender of Vicks burg has fairly turned the heads of President LIN COLN and his Cabinet. The speeches made by the President and Mr. SEWARD on the occasion of the " serenade" by which the victory was celebrated, " even the friendly reports could not invest with dignity," while General HALLEcKclaimed for him self a considerable share of the triumph because he had been the means of retaining General GRANT in command. But when the serenading and the self congratulations have subsided, what is the actual amount of the advantage obtained by the elated Federals. Vicksburg has been surrendered, and the garrison are prisoners, it is true; but the re. treating army of General LEE, reinforced by new detachments, is concentrating its strength for fresh action. The battle of Gettysburg, which took place upon the 3d instant, was followed by the retreat of General LEE'S division ; the results of the battle were, however, almost equally disas trous to both armies. The loss sustained by the Confederates in killed, wounded, and prisoners is estimated at about 20,000 men, and that of the Federals is said to amount to the same number. The Federals have the advantage of maintaining possession of the battleground, but General LEE, retaining his artillery, and preserving his army in good order, has during his retreat been reinforced by the whole of General BRAGG'S army, and by a portion of that of General BEAUREGARD. The last accounts left the Confederate army on the banks of the Potomac. This river, swollen by recent rains, is now six feet above the fording level. It is therefore doubtful whether General LEE will attempt to pass it. Instead of retreating into Virginia, it seems probable that he will turn upon his pursuers and give them battle. " The old Antietam battle-ground" may probably be the scene of the new engagement. The next despatches will be looked for with interest. We shall be in no way surprised to find that President LINCOLN has been eomewhat premature in his serenades, and that General HALLECK and Mr. SEWARD have congra tulated themselves without reason. Meanwhile, it appears that the Conscription Act is to be enforced immediately throughout the whole North, the first call being for 300,000 men. " The drawing has already commenced ;" where will the end be ? " The Americans will soon settle their own differences, it only foreigners will keep their hands off , " ex claims Mr. SEWARD. Time will s h o w. The 40,000 m en disabled by the indecis i ve action of Gettysburg afford a melancholy commentary on the effects of Civil War. Ars the 300,000 men now being raised to follow the same sad inglorious fate? Until how long shall this disastrous state of things endure ? I Lord CAMPBELL Proposes to bring the American question under the consideration of the House of Lords this evening. His motion will, withow doubt, only obtain a similar result to that brought about by the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK. We must fold our hands and look on While the work of slaughter proceeds. In the meanwhile the general sympathy and interest so strongly manifested throughout the country will not be without their e ff e ct in the ultimate but tardy Pacification. A large number of members of both Houses, on Saturday, paid a visit of inspection to what is cer tainly an important and remarkable work. Though a system of drainage can scarcely be called a work of art and architectural beauty, it claim s the first rank in undertakings of a utilitarian character, and the present works bear high testimony to the ex tent and the resources of English engineering skill. The vast scope of the plan, and the vigour and com prehensiveness with which it has been carried out, are very remarkable, and the importance of securing efficient drainage, in a sanitary point of view, as well as the large sums demanded by the scheme, elevate it into the position of a national undertal:- leg. The condition of the metropolitan sewage has long been highly unsatisfactory, and the state of Old Father Thames has been a standing disgrace to the City, as well as a continual source of annoyance to residents in his vicinity, or passengers over his dark and dirty waters. The rapid and extraor dinary development of the metropolis has naturally altered the aspect of affairs since London was in chided within the square mile surrounded by the City walls. In those days, as Mr. BAZALGETTE observed in his explanatory address to the visitors, no inconvenience was felt from the sewage when discharged into the Thames and diluted by its tidal waters. But, in our time, when on every side, streets and squares stretch far away into the country, when the centres of the busy hive remind us in their nomenclature that the days are not long past when they Were " fields" and rural highways, the old system is no ~~r THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1863. GREAT CONGRESS AT MALINES. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) In less than a month from this day there will be assembled together, at Maline., an immense Congress, composed of distinguished personages from all the great countries of Christendom. The precise date fixed for this vast assem blage is the 18th day of August. It is a distinctly inaugu ral meeting —a meeting inaugurative of a movement calcu lated to exercise an extraordinary influence over the future interests of morality, of enlightenment, of education, of b- nevolence, throughout all the various States of the Euro pean Continent. The title of the Congress is simply, L'Assemble Generale des Catholiques en Belgique. It is designed to hold its meetings henceforth annually—now in one city, no win another. The Baron Gerlache has been selected ac the President of this Great Congress tor his the year of its inauguration. And it is significant of the importano attached to the whole scheme of the pre ceedings that the State dignitary thus chosen as President for the very first year of the Congress should be no less ele vated in position than the chief judge of the Cour de Cat• satioe, a legal lumin.ry exactly correepondi, g in his posi tion In Belgium to that oceupied amongst us here in Eug land by the Lord High Chancellor. In order to realise at once, as vividly as possible to English minds, the motive of the design kept in view by the originators of this project, Presented to notice for the first time, by the gathering together of this remarkable Congress at Malines, we may describe it as based upon a scheme in a great manner analogous to that marking out from year to year the proceedings of the British Association. Only with this difference—that the Belgian Congress now about to be convened for the first time on the 18th of August, at Manners, and to be held thenceforth annually at whatever place may in each successive year be selected for the next rendezvous—is what we have thus hinted—and something more. It is more than the mere expansien of the original ie ea of the projectors of the British Association, into an European Association I It is as if the Social Science Congress and the British Asso ciation were amalgamated, and, after being amalgamated were applied not to the affairs or to the future of one na tion, but of all national In other words, as if those com bined projects after having been thus intimately combined were transformed from a simply patriotic purpose into one of a cosmopolitan character. Yet even then we have hardly said all—in illustration of the scope or of the significance of the Congress about to meet at Malines. For, while that assembly is designed to further the interests of art, of science, and of literature—it holds still nearer and dearer to its desires the hope of beneficially influencing the higher, and far more sacred in terests of morality and religion Its design relates not merely to the furtherance, if it bo possible, of the general development of the benign scheme of modern civilisation, but with that, and beyond that, the furtherance also, in so far as may be, in any wey possible to it, of the ineffable inte rests of that which is far above civilisation, and in no imagin able way antagonistic to it, Christianity ! To summarise, as rapidly as possible, in a very few words, the merest outline of the Congress about to be inaugurated at Matinee, it will be sufficient if we add, here, this evening, but a sentence or two additional. The General Assembly will, it appears, be subdivided Into Five Sections--the Ist relating to Re .igious Works; the 2d, to Works of Charity; the 3d, to Instruction, and especially Christian Education ; the 4th to Christian art, the sth and last being of a very miscellaneous character, having reference at once to reli _ions liberty, to publications, to internati deal correspon dence, and so forth. The labours of the C .ngress are to be . Trended annually over a period at the least of ebou four d tye--ebout four days, that is to say, upon the average . Each year these proceedings are to be nattered in by the solemn celebration of Divine service. At halt-past Woe o'clock, for example, on the morning of the 18th proximo the membees of the Congress assembled together for the first time at Matinee Irene all parts of Europe are to meet at the place of rendezvous, thence to proceed in a body to the metropolitan church of St. Rombaut, where mass is to be pontifically celebrated at 10 a.m. by his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Matinee, the Primate ei Belgium. Afterwards the members of the Con. gress will repair to the place where 'they are to hold their sittings. They will then listen to the inaugural address of the Baron Gerlache, already mentioned, as the Lord Chancellor of Belgium in his official capai•ity as , Chief Judge of the Cour de Cessation, the learned Baron having been selected as President of the Committee of Organiza tion. The Congress, or Assembly, will then be formally constituted. The members of the Central Bureau will be nomirated, and Presiden s of the various sections ap• pointed. According to the regulations already chalked out, the sittings of the Sections are to take place in the morn- ings—those of the General Assembly of the members in the afternoon —those of the more public assemblages connected with the Congress taking place in the evenings. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. MADLLE. LUCCA. Madlle. Pauline Lucca, whose recent success in he German capitals has filled their journals with so much enthusiasm, and attracted so much Doricr in the musical world, made her debut at the above house on Siturday, in the heroine of the "Hugue. nots," and achieved a success which was quite com mensurate with the fatale that had preceded her. Possessed of a lovely face and person, a rich and powerful voice, and considerable dramatic feeling as well as the most thorough musical accomplish ment, there can be na question that she comes before us with larger claims to popularity than any of our recent debutantes. Whether she is qualified, however, to sustain the highest Walk of tragic opera, which Grisi so long adorned, and which Madlle. Titiens so nobly illustrates, is still a ques don to be settled. Judging by h e r s h are i n the great test of Vdiehilhe—the u nr i val l ed duet with that Raoul—weshe belief was tak re a d apte d to the characters in which grace and tenderness were more demanded than ideal . grand e u r or positive passion. We see her more distinctly in the Sonnambula and he Lucia than in the Lucrrz.a, the Norma, or the Fidelto. V! e wiqinglY reserve, however, toe further nearing any conclusion on this poi n t. Madlle. Lucca enjoyed on this occasion the usual admirable sustainment of an opera which has so , ong presented at this theatre an instance of a COED pleieness in all external, as great as in all musical details, and was honoured by the most marked re cognitions of her powers, both in the manner she ,saa twice call« d for at the conclusion of the great .suet, and also at the close of the performance. The house was very full. ERRONEOUS CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—The subscription in favcur of thf, woman Doize has now been fairly applied. A cott4ge, of the va.ue of 2,000 f., has been purchased, and an annuiq of 336 f been assigned her. It may be resnembered that she was unjustly condemted for murder, and remained for more than a year in prison, when the error was discovered by the confession of the teal murderer. DESTRUCTIVE MACHINES —A newly invented machine MI destroying ships has just been successfully tried at Helaingfors. The inventor is Lieutenant oi,louel Ramsdorf. They are made of glass, aid contain each about eight pounds of powder. An old ship with which the ex periment was made was completely blown to pieces. The Russian Government has now given an order for a large number of these machines, REPRESENTATION OF CLARE.-Sir Coleman O'Loughlin, Q.C., has addressed the electors of the county of Clare, as a candidate for the seat rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Calcott. Sir Coleman is much respected by all parties, and, as a Roman Catholic connected with the county, it is supposed he will be acceptable to the majority of the electors. There is no other candidate yet in the field. A wine merchant named Lacouebic, residing at Nontron (Dordogne), has just been condemned to a month's imprisonment and 100 f. fine for having voted twice during the late elections. It appears that his name was entered on the lists at Nontron as a resident, and at Pansal (Haute- Vienne) as a landowner, and he voted in both places. ALGIERS.—A subterranean chamber, apparently constructed as a place of sepulchre, has just been dis covered at Algiers in digging the foundations of the new collage. Some handsome glass and earthenware vases were found inside. Access to the excavation was obtained by a trap fastened with a bronze lock, a ring of the same metal serving to raise it. Ws are requested to state that, in consequence of the aoadent to Sir Cresswell Cresswell, no more causes w ill be tried in the Court of Probate or in the Court for Divorce and Matrira vial Causes until the commencement of Michaelmas Term. EXT(iRTION AND INTIMIDATIONIN LAW —A p , tition to bolt] H,,ut•es ot P •/ liawent is In course ot signature in the City, the object of wnich is to pray the Legislature to adopt measures to put an end to the practice of ortortiOA 41 the Auperior law course, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) THE POLISH INSURRECTION. THE POLISH PRISONERS IN ROUMANIA. BUCHAREST, JULY 19, By order of Prince Couza the Poles captured ib the recent engagement with the Rouman troops are to be treated as military prisoners, and receive rations as if with a regiment. Milcowitz, the commander of the Poles ; has been relaxed upon parole. BERLIN, JULY 20. The Breslauer Zeitung, of tie 19 h, publishes intelligence trom Warsaw to the 16 h inat., stating that the insurgent leader Wiederzbieki hhsdefeated 800 Russians near Lubartow, and that Cortz,peeki gained a victory over 600 near Subota. MEXICO. The following is the text of the despatch from General Forey, received by the French Minister 01 War : "MEXICO, JUNE 10. " I have just entered the city of Mexico at the head of the army. With a heart still agitated by the event, I address this despatch, in haste, to your Excellency to inform you that the whole popula tion of this city received the army with an enthu siasm that bordered on delirium. The soldiers of France were literally crushed under the showers of garlands and bAuets. Only the entrance of the , st nay into Paris on the 14th of Jul, 1859, when returning from Italy, can give an idea of the scene. I have been present, with all theofficers of the staff, at a 7e Detail, in the magnificent cathedral of this capital, that was thronged by an immense crowd. Tne army, then, in admirable condition, di fi ed be fore me, with cries of ' Vave l'Empereur !" Vive amperatrice " " After the review I received an address from the authorities at the Palace of the Government. This population strongly desires order, justice, and true liberty. In my replies to their representatives I have promised them these in the name of the Em peror. " By the earliest opportunity I shall have thz3 honour of giving you fuller details of this reception —unequalled in history—which has ali the import mice of a political event, and of which the celebrity will be enormous. FOREY." SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 20. The Peninsular and ()dental Company's steam ship Ripon, sailing hence to-day, takes out for the &tat the following specie :—Dollars, £128,760 ; har silver, £40,300 ; gold coin, £1,467 ; sovereign-, £lO,OOO ; gold thread, £555; and jewellery, £6,051- Ti e Dinish frigate Dagmar, Commander Siedelin, Born Si. Thomas, bound to Copenhagen, Las pnt in were for coals. FRANCE. THE BOURSE, July 18.—Under the influence of the prevalent uncertainty as to the nature of Prins, Gortschakoff's reply, the market has been heavy to day, and prices have generally declined. Threes, tor the Account, have been offered at 68f. 50c. Mo biller have declined to 1,163 75c. Riilwiy Shares have also slightly decliffect. The market closed as follows : ~,- per Cents. . . 97 25 Italian Loan 7l 95 l/a ead month.... Do. end month — 1 per Cent s - .. 72 40 Do. end mo n th . . 68 45 Do. end month.... credit NI obili er 1 158 75 Russian 1)n. end moot h 1 1 56 25 Austrian Bank Shar es 342 0 Spanish Threes— .. Credit 1 meter 1315 Home Debt ...... 51 IL WAYt.. Cash. Account. Jrieai2a 1022 50 .. 1020 Northern, .... New ditto -- -- • • Lyons and Medit,zranean 1025 .. 1025 G.neva.. 482 50 .. 480 F , outhern ..... 65.5 .. 661 25 Western .. Itastern ..., Sardinian 4lB 75 ~ 416 25 Azstrian ...... t .orr. h,, rd North of Spain Saragossa . . Ditto to Barcelona .... 362 50 .. 362 50 THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,--Mr. Fortescue, in reply to Mr.Wyld, stated that Canada had not complained, but Canada had no time to speak out, as the barter of the greater portion of British America from one private corn- parry to another was not known here till a month ago, and Canada had no idea that the British Go vernment would give a renewal of the lease—mono ply and exclusive privileges, after Chief Justice Draper's being deputed by that colony, in 1858, to the Colonial-office to watch the proceedings befort the committee of the House of Commons, and state that the public feeling and opinion there was against be renewal of the lease, end in favour of withdraw ing .1l the districts between Canada and the Rocky Mountains from the incubus of the company, and opening the colonies under the Crown and not under a private company. It Mr. Fortebcue was ignorant of this Mr. Merry. vale might have instructed him before he made a r.-ply tending to mislead the house. The Government should not hurry so urjust at d unconstitutional a measure through the house, but let it lie over till nest session, that the Opinion of Canada, the Red River districts, and the people at home may be taken. The inhabitants of the Red River said they would apply for annexation to the States it not freed tro , i the sway of the company, and made a Crown colony or joined to Canada. The Government have swept away the motiopol3 of the East India Company, why then permit this, the only one in the empire, to stain the statute book any longer I' Sir Edmund Head, so long Governor-General of Canada, ought to know the sentiments of Canada well, and how opposed they are to the monopo►y. Lord Taunton, who was chairman of the commit. tee of the House of Commons on the Hudson's Bay question, spoke lately in the Lords on the subject. To make such a grant to any private company Is illegal and unconstitutional. It is to be hoped that some member will move ii the House that the barter or transfer of one-thin of a continent will not be ratified this session; but that time be given for public opinion in Canada, thr colonies, the Red River, and this country to be heard. W. g. Mr. A. Sullivan's opera is all but complete. The subject is said to be a legend well known to all versed in folk-lore. L. E. L.—A writer in the Queen thus describes the apps arance of Miss Landon : — Dark-brown hair, soft, beautiful, and arranged with taste and care; a slight and graceful figure, small feet, small hands, small ears—a beautiful thi ng i n a woman —features not "icily ' regular," as Tennyson has it, nor " faultlessly null ;" plently of faults in them if you took them to pieces, but as a whole, harmonious, pleasing, nay, charming. Charming, because of the power of expression in the mouth and eyes, She had no . large f ore h ead, full of intellectubl bumps, on which triumphant phr eno l ogy could sit astride; she had no "roll ing black eyes," or fiery orbs of Juno. Her Crow was broad and full, her eyes soft and gentle. She did no , despise a little ornament in her attire, but still dressed simply and well. A jolly girl, fond of fun, fond of laugh. ing, and by no means the lonely, morbid being her verses pictured her. A c l ever girl, b esides t h e mere facility of ver se - writing—well-read in French and Italian. accom plished in most things, as I have said, .xcept the art of mastering a pianofortelms and that of forming ladylike pot-hooks and hangers. She -41118 a Rs/Ay talke r, and a pleasi ng l et ter - wr i ter. . H er c hi e f t, et one period of her literary life, at least, was that of indulging too largely iri the tempting luxury of simile. Similes are like anchovy paste, to be used sparingly; but Misi Landon show3red them over her papa, tied utAerod QUO /Nog thin! wiallte• fiCAM I C4I, tintrit .via,tet\t- • 4 l edal embr HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, July 18, His Royal Highness Prince Arthur arrived al Osborne on Thursday, attended by Msjor Elphin. stone, and left again yesterday on a tour. The Hon. Beatrice Byng has left Osborne. JULY 19 The Queen, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise, attended Div'ne service at Osborne this morning. The Rev. G. Prothero officiated. Tae ladies and gentlemen in waiting were also present. The D 'wager Countess of Mounr-Edgcumbe has arrived as lady in waiting. The Prince and Princess of Wales. On 6dturday the Prioc awl Princess ut Wales rode in a pony phaeton to Clifden. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Lieut.-General Knaflys, Captain Grey, and the Marchioness of Carmarthen. The royal parr re. urned to Windsor by water, and landed in the Rime Park, close by Albert-bridge, where carriages were in waiting to convey them to Frog more. Yesterday (Sunday) morning, their Royal High nesses attended divine service at the parish church, St. John. The lessons for the day and prayers wet.. read by the Rev. Henry John Edison, vicar of Windsor; and an admirable and impressive sermon from the 24th chapter of Deuteronomy, Bth arid 9th verses—. Take heed in the plague of leprosy," &c., was preached by the Rev. T. Rooke. This morning, at ten o'clock, their Royal Hign. nes, , es the Prince and Princess of Wales will rake their departure from Flogrnore, and proceed to o , borne on a visit to her M j,sty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and Princess Nary honoured Lord and Lady Rokeby by their presence at dinner, on Saturday evening, at Mon•• tagu House, Portman- square. His Royal Highnebs the Duke of Cambridge re ceived the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess NI ary and a select circle at dinner, last evening, at Gloucester House. Prince Mestchrrski has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Brussels. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland in tend to leave Brighton to-morrow for Syon House, Isle worth, where the noble duke and duchess intend to stay a few weeks, and then go to Ainwick Castle for the autumn. The Duke and Duchess di Mario have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Paris. The Duchess de Sotoniayor and family have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Madrid. The Marchioness (Frances Anne) of Londonderry left Hlderness House, Park.lane, on Friday, for Wynyard Park, Durham, an 3, after a short visit to Seaham Hall, will go to Garron Tower, her ladyship's seat in the north of Ireland. The Earl and Countess Grey left town on Friday for the season. They have gone to Howick Hall, Northum berland. The E erl Vane left town on Thursday to meet his yacht at Southampton, and then cruise to the westward. The countess left the same day for her seat in Wales. The Countess of Porrariington has left town on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at Blen heim. The noble earl is visiting the German Spas. Count Fr., 9 is Coueienhove bus arrived at the Clarendon Hotel horn the Continent. The friends of the Earl of Dunmore will bt pleased to hear that his lordship's leg is not broken, as re ported, He only received a blow from a croquet ball. 0 Saturday night Viscountess Palmerston had an assembly at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, when most , 1 the leading fashionables in town were present. Lord and Lioy Belhaven left town at the close of the past week for Wishaw House, their seat in Lanark shire. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF LORD CLYDE.---We regret to hear That Field-Marshal Lora C:yde lies alArm ingly ill at the residence of General Eyre, Chatham, and that his medical attendants give no hope whatever of his recovery. His lordship has bean suffering fromindisposition for some time past, but it was only during the pant week that his illness assumed that character as to occasion any alarm among hia friends. In answer to inquiries yesterday evening, it was stated that his lordship was becoming gra. dually weaker, although still in possession of all his facul , ies. DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL FARRER.—Tt e above gallant and di,tihguished gallant ufficer died at his residence in Park-pl , ce, R. gent's-park, on Thursday last at the advanced age of 85 years Psis: Emperor Napo..eou will go into mourning tot a fortnight on account of the death of the Duke of Hamilton THE PROROGATION OFPARLIAMENT.—The minis terial fish dinar-r is fixed for Saturday next, at the Trafalgar, Greenwich. The last vote in supply was only taken on Friday night. The Appropriation Act will be in troduced to-morr ,w (Monday), and it is still expected that Parliament will be prorogued on Tuesday, the 28th instant. —Observer. Dr. Wylde has been appointed to replace Pro fessor Taylor, as Gresham Professor of Music. How Warburton set the fashion of disusing copes. It happened in my time, sir," said the verger of the cathedral. " Did you ever hear of Dr. War. burton, sir ? A very hot man he was, sir; we never could please him in putting on his robe. The stiff high collar used to rufff his full-bottomed wig; till, one day, he threw the robe off. in a great passion, and said he would never wear it again ; and he never did ; and the other gentlemen soon left off theirs too."— Watson's Life of Dr. Warburton. COLOUR NOT SHAPE !—A copy, vouched for as one of the original fitt3, of Wecig wood's reproduc tion of the Portland Vase, was sold at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Wood's one day last week for 27 guineas Another copy, in no respect superior, having been sold in the same rooms a few years ago for netvly 200 guineas. On the same day, and in the same sale, a tete-a-tete service of Sevres china of the famous Rose du Berri ground, beautiful only in that colour, and otherwise quite worthless as a work of art, sold for about 300 guineas. THE STATUE OF STONEWALL JACKSON to be pre sensed, from England, to the State of Mr. Foley, it appears, has undertaken to make the work for £l,OOO, and the work is propo,ed to be seven feet in height, on a pedestal of gi anite, designed by Mr. Foley. to bear the name of the General and dedication from Englund on one side ; on the other. General Lee's oraer ot the day mallow.° ing the death of Jackson. RAPIDITY WITH WHICH THE MANUFACTURE OF COTTON GOODS INCREASED DURING THE LAST CENTURY.—On the accession of George the Third, in 17 0. the value of cotton fabrics annually menutactured in Eng land was estimated at about. £2oo,ooo—whereas the worth of the cotton goods prouuc,O by English looms, in 1860, exceeded £52,000,000. In , 772, British calicoes were made to the number of 50,000 pieces—in 1816, the number had grown to 100,600. Su late as the year 1750, the cotton manufacture employed only 20,000 British workers, a num ber raised no higher than 80,000 in the first year of the present century. With the introduction of steam as the motive power applied to the spindles, began the rapid growth of production and trade. In 1853 Great Britain found work for 10,000 steam lonms--end last year she had in operation 399,992 steam looms, driven with a power of 274,000 horses, and employing 451,600 wot kpeople in 2,887 factories, that contained 30,387,457 spindles. RIDICULOUS CONFUSION IN THE, dOUSE OF COMMONS.—The hon, and learned member lot Westminster (Sir De Lacy Evans), who h s fought many brilliant battles in Spain, and who invaded the Crimea without loss of life or limb, mea-ured his full length on the floor of the House of Commons, the other evening, in a 'very distressing and undignified manner, The hon. and gallant gentleman was passing in front of the Treasury Bench, when his spurs got entangled, some way or other, in the long legs of the Right Hon. F. Peel, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the result was that he lost his balance and sprawled over the feet of the whole abinet I Lord Palmerston most fortunately m.naged to get his legs out of the way in time, ana escaped disaster, but Mr. Milner Gibson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer were sadly spurred, although they good•naturectly picked up the mem ber for Westminster and set him upright. Mr. Frederick Peel rubbed his shins, as well he might—an operation which occasioned no small amount of amusement to the occupants of the Treasury Bench opposite. For the future, it is clear that Sir De Lacy must either abandon the use o spurs in the House of Commons, or Mr. Frederick Peel must keep his legs out of the way. The former, we need scarcely say, is far more easy of accomplishment than the latter,--Court Journal. AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE THTS WEEK.— There are three American steamers, crtruing mails, due at Liverpool this week, viz., City of Baltimore, North American, and China, The City of Baltimore, which was to leave New York on dr) 11th July, may be ex pected to reach Queenstown in the course of to-morrow (Tuesday); the North American, with dates from Qlebac to the 11th inst., may be looked for at Greencastle on fuesday night; and the Cunard boat China, with dates from New York to the 15th inst., may be expected tc reach ueenatown on Friday night or Saturday mornin g '1 next. As it is quite possible, h wever, that the ei, ) , of beitimore may call off Cape Race, we shall, should the wires be working to that point, have a clear week's later ROWS then by the Cunard boat Wieder , Fearful Encounter in a Railway Carriage. icket collector entered the carriage he aaw the wouuthd me❑ covered with blood holding the pri soner. The sides, seats, windows, floors, and every place in the carriage were covered with blood and finger-marks. Prisoner wes at once conveyed to the station s where he made a statement to the eff-ct that he believed the two gentlemen who were with him to be thieves, who intended to rob him. He saw them talking to one another, and making motions towards him, and he thought he could not do better than defend himself, if only for his dear little ones at home. Mr. M'Lean's hand is fright fully cut, and he is also seriously injured in other parts of the body. Mr. Worland has been dangerously wounded, as stated in the medical cer- &ate which appears in the Marylebone Po lice reports. The prisoner has since been taken before Mr. Lowr.des, one of the magistrates at Bletchley, and remanded on the deposition of Mr. Maclean until Thursday next. He volunteered no statement in reply to the charge, and was then taken to the county gaol. On searching the prisoner's carpet bag a prize medal was found awarded to hint by the Society of Arts, besides various books and papers, and he states that be came up from Dun dalk to be examined as a schoolmaster at the forth coming election at Burlington House. The police authorities are in communication with those at Dundalk by telegraph and post to ascertain the .ruth of the prisoner's statements and antecedents. He is supposed to be insane. Yesterday Mr. Wor land was do far convalescent as to be able to pro ceed to his residence at Victoria dock road. It may be mentioned that the train, being an express train, floes not stop at the intermediate stations bet weep B etchle3 Junction and Camden, a distance of up w irds of 40 miles, and there being no means of communication between the passengers and guards, information of the occurrence could only be made known on the arrival of the train at Camden station. SENSATION PRICES OF PICTURES. A letter 'rum Henry Graves, publisher to the Queen, ap pears in the last number of the Athenounz —"6, Pall mall, July 14, 1863.-1 observed in your last week's journal a letter from Mr. J. E. Gambart regarding toy purchase of ' The Railway Station' picture, by W. P. Frill, R.A., that I only pain Mr. Flat,u £13,000 for it. I beg to inform you the statement is untrue." f o this mbiguous note f.t Mr. Graves our contemporary appends the following obs-rva tions :—" It would have be-n more satisfactory to the pub= he, who have an anery sense of being raj stifled about th,-se sensation prices, had Mr, Graves said in what particular and to what extent Mr. Gambart's statement was untrue. Does Mr. Graves mean to say that he has given more thar.: £13,000 for the picture of the The Railway Station ?' If so, Mr. Gambart is certainly very much in the wrong. Mr. Gambart asserts that for about £13,000' Mr. Graves has purchased—not only the original picture, but also a sub scription list of £16,000, the copyright in the work, the plate in its progressive state, the use of a replica and other things. All this is a very ciffennt affair from a mere pur chase of the picture, whether for £13,000 or £20,000. It ie a series of purchases, included under a common term and paid for in a general sum. To the assertion of this sale, Mr. Graves must allow us to remind him that his reply is no real denial. Mr. Gambart said about' £13.000. Mr. Graves does not deny that the price was ' about' £13,000, but only that it was not exactly £13,000. Is this a q uibble about the pound of flesh ? It there is no mystification en the matter, it will be easy for Mr. Graves to say to." WANTED, ANOTHER UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.. —The scheme proposed by Mr. Baylis of a great trunk line from Stratford to Oxford-street or Hyle park-corner, would remove from the City streets a great part o f t hat h eavy omn ib us and goo d s tra ffi c , which now encumbers the Poultry, Cher pride, Litigate-hill, and Fleet street. There is equal need for another line, or an ., extension of the Metropolitan, to th e r e a r of the Bank, anti thence again to Fenchurch-street, to establish communica tions between the north and west of London and the lines that srealreadyen rappor t with the Metropolitan and the east ern suburk s and valleyot tneThames. Until some such exten sions of railway communications are made, we must expect an increase, not a decrease, of traffic in the streets, and s'eing that to street improvement there must he a limit, we • must hope for increased space by railways blow the surface, for therein do we best see the promise of an effec tual remedy for the evil which threatens to grow too great for us. If we consider the wretched means of communica tion with the ity at prevent possessed by the Metropo litan Railway, which carries 30,000 passengers a day, the importance of extension will be seen to be in no way secondary to any consideration of public convenience, and if the extension had to be made out of public moneYst we believe that in ihe end public interests would be pro moted commensurately w th the outlay —Gay _Preis. MARINE WAR RISKS.—The dangers attending the operations of our mercantile marine in low latitnd.eF, row the increased numbers and activity of Confederate privateers, have beck me so great that underwriters, both here and in New York, have largely advanced their pre miums for war risks. Not only the actu.l losses, but the liabilities of our marine insurance companies, on tt,e score of vessels rob steed on giving bonds, are constantly accumu lating and, in default of any adequate protection afforded by Government, underwrite' s, as a measure of selt-preserva tion, are obliged to write war policies at a rate which ope rates almost as a prohibition on foreign commerce. Rates flue , nate with almost every ir.sh receipt of marine advises, though with a general upward tendency at an avetage of 3 to 4 p r cent. to North European ports, 6 up the Mediter ranean, the same to New Orleans and the West Indies, and $ to 10 for vessels bound to any point south of the Equator — which is considered the dangerous point in Atlantic naviga tion. Incasesofspecialrisk,hypothecated upon a combination of perilous circumstances as regards the exposed position of certain vessels at any particular time, much hi 2osnstoid3e3rapteironcentot. aLrraitvee,inwthelileihggetnhheceer ratesyfdome- a re charged, and New Yorit underw r i ters h ave quite a Burn oyagmesetuotiNonosrthlsApteirancteic ; nt or a t a s. th N e o ra d t i e st c in ha e r t g io e n d r h ite u u n n d d er er e c b l e in r e ot . to su v c , there San Francisco for voyages is now made in favour of American bottoms engaged in the British carrying trade, as the neutral ownership of cargoes is found to be no guarantee of safety. The bonds given by sea captains for the release of captured vessels are supposed to hold good as against both owners and underwriters; but the question of ultimate liability under these bonds is one which dspends upon circumstances connected with the final issue of the war. 'the sales of bonded ships in foreign ports are made with a special reference to this liability.—Boston Commercial Bulletin. SINGULAR LISCOVERY.—A few days since the workmen at the carriage department of the It Yu' Arsenal were employed in sawing up a large elm tree, when a bird's nest, apparently that et a sparrow, with three eggs, was Ritmd in a cavity of the timber, but having no ou tlet to the surf ace . F rom its position it is considered that the nest must have remained in the tree for a number of years. The nest, with the wood surrounding it, was placed in a glass cti.e for preseivation at tha museum of the establish- tnent. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN CORK.—Tne extensive premises of Hagerty Brothers, tanners, Blarney-lane, Cork, were, - on Saturday lea, completely destroyed by On Friday last a murderous assault was made in s: railway carriage on the London and North-Western tine by Mr. Michael Lyons, National School teacher, of Bampark, Ballymascallan, near Dundalk, upon two fellow passengers. The assailant had taken a return excursion ticket for a month from Ireland to London. As the 9.15 express train was about to start fronaLiverpool toLondon he, Mr. Peter M'Lean, and Mr. James Worland, Plaistow, Essex, entered a second-class carriage, in which there was previ ously an elderly lady. After the train bad started the prisoner, who had a large carpet bag, placed himself close by the window. He was heard to say something incoherently, but almost in a menacing sort of way. Mr. Worland and Mr. M.'Lean, who were conversing, looked towards him, as did also the lady, who was seated near the window on the opposite side of the carriage. The prisoner, how ever, sat down quietly, and continued so until after the train had passed the B etchley station. Then tie suddenly jumped up from his seat, and, with a large open clasp knife in his hand, rushed at Mr. Worland, and stabbed him in the forehead, causing a most frightful wound. He w.s in the act of shikit g another b ow, when Mr. M Lean knocked rim la,ck on to the seat. This had the effect of in furiating him the more. He started to his feet, and was about to strike another blow at Mr. Wor land, when Mr. M•Letan seized him by the throat, and clutched the knife in his right hand. A fear ful struggle ensued, and the prisoner drew the weapon through his antagonist's band, cutting some of the fingers to the bone. Mr. Worland, who all this time had not been idle, although shockingly wounded, and weak from loss of blood, managed to get behind the prisoner and throw him down. The lady in the compartment, after screaming for assis tance for some time, fainted away. The struggle must have been a desperate one, for the prisoner, who was shouting ioudly, endeavoured to rise and snake the two gentlemen off, at the same time striking and stabbing both of them, Fortunately the 071 lamp in the carrige was alight,and this enabled Mr. Worland and Mr. M'Lean to wrest the knife out of the prisoner's hand, and to keep him down tilt they arrived at Camden-town. station. When the