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COW (rao L w i GH T. 8, ISLE OF " - st OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ) . D 4 — p A , COWEs, A rGUST 21. TIIRE or DELI, MAJESTY FOR ?ttrhe strong gale OSI END. the ro3 el yesterday prevented . titlaYgetaing their purposed trip. Tilln evening the . N it) h as been to. a calm, an I at six P, ince of o'clnck this I,l,g'4olsjesty, Prince Albert, the . Prince o.re, ucess i.oya ‘1"le Pr i P l ,Princess Alice, and ac .d Albert, itd ltt,e embarked board the Victoria a ' aded b thenp • teea v f Y airy, Black Eagle, "r ot e c i „ back on Satur las, , , ' n • 'hey are expected Sc., steamed ! ; f , 411 on TueAay ii( r M jesty and the Prince e I , e °1• o n and Scotland. 41 '4.°l cE A DISCONTINUANE CF . b t . s or . NNoYANCES.- 0 r inhahrtgms kibi,i,tt4or Wtour DAr-xtAir.l. d the Sunda) rest rict s were very much annoyed by s un d lull' I% d h ito them removed on ft3r la `ti ,hut °Pe ' have f,, Co to 8444 Were disappointed. N o letters to their Peat ~1 Y„,e,'elling, arid what was worse, ; liorip `'Nlhation, none h.ft on Monday morning . neon- Yeiliet!etl aotice of this, many were seriously 1 , Lot r e , , The letters posted on Saturday eight did to Lindon till T d ues ay. DE R ..---...__............_._._—'.._____ "it 'MA irEsT x " s VISIT TO The I ln 1 13ELGIUM. Victoria the 14 Albri.ra Equadron, consisting of It. )y al tender, and the vr.,.the lilatk Eagle, the It'dirY )3 morn tor et 4,„414 steanipacket, passed Dover this battery. iVekther''elock, ani was saluted from the ~ _ torre et rY fine, slight bree z 3 from the west.. uur, 'Pen arrival 01 kin, T e nt at Ostend announces the ° "'Pold Tuesday b illit, ktid an suite at 11 o'clock on . male fc 't th e p Btates that preparations were being 11 i'eeePti°4 of her Majesty, who was expected Qcl atir this • " Th e pt. Is morning. Clementine, todh er i l .nes de Joinville, the Princess lliti t enidren, passed tough Ostend yesterday on It ', tot Ing sodimes. • let 1 11; - ,° 11 our ° lfit NEW HOUSE. t.. t t is s 4,„,, constituencies look out for Stentors. a i: lee in u tT l in g else for it. It' they wi'h to have " to:,'stist tot-4411140ns Rouse of Parliament, it mu st , 1 4; 1 ° 1 7 o r c , - „ n g ° t ie- The new roof is up, and Iv_ 1a,„ 41 9 lk t eat the lower Chamber is . ex .-wp 'e a 'Pt,. "--lind‘ ,natries coal barge turned . upsile . it t : t 4 o(I ri w°l:ll , eIY lighted, and fitted up with ca . ry p f Nan d fia,,Pieedent with paint. There she . /s a -7 , 14, til e eoli ee , ° , l % and kelson complete-over the heet. OZ ttio o d, Te wisdom, embodying, we . supp ose ,a, ttlen-r (etlectins of the great architect, , , le, r , - o ne o f L • ti t h .11 a da r k tits wondrous pinnacles, .he gad the tie] "homeward bound," floating idly it t ,.la kt ee..*() Isleworth or 13rentford. I,4'tevero'l).erinient has been tried. A few nights ililtti had ingeni°llB Members, of religious ten : B t t p otig t i l e sllggested the propriety of hanging h flags n 111,,te°r Ec e'. i ' d e of the House, as we see Them Ith-tiedwo ,ha.Pel, in order to do we don't know iiititxed on unt if t - hey did themselves-but the idea , forth .4 original ideas generally are, and Mr. r t litid w tth eaat h• u • .- • mediaeval frame I ti )ittid A , ''' rinse.. into a 11 the nagsaesigned broad ribs of wood to run c 4 r o ved and down the sides of the liee ' which NeriOtninv ~. !ere first, however, carved i nto tii jaidic;n .aediteval form, and now look inz lea' is, you " There is a decided improvement d „ totith ~,, II really can catch a sentence now an ki,44t tior7erabl no is tinctness, but Bully Bottom, Ola hrotti.)-"uid make himself audible all over pito4itginate tructure. If the Minister addresses 14 1 , 11 hcl t ee, his friends won't know when to cheer frd-,,e,lltkhiteeli,l!°n• Member for Buckingham will `leerue ta1t, 4 ,', 1311 the hard-headed men of cotton, s, We have -ma seat on the Government benche . s . . iiitiPirea, ru.this huge edifice, starting into end l ltli i" .6 oat i nnl .eg riot into grotesque zoology, a nd kt 4k itt, to into lions and all sorts of fere nalurce, ttp .l er:Zng walls of fioriture ornament, t t . ' l . alisiel°ll of which millions have o been qk i e h Autely and entirely an utter failure iitit lit:'lltdeesideratuna. the splendid floridshe litolcotfurf, iisernsel:n. A whole forest of the o u f se and e spo r 'to the air for ki lli Act °yrs and swallows, " with pendent nest f 1 cant !kliti:t2sdnoke an d swallows, and for the preciitation o within, vsi, isl , g 's a ' 'lt the unhappy bipeds "..h ioe t , Nan, broiled or frozni by turns, or In ol "° tur ted _ . ' 1 % 41 ,9 tson., ?ut for a cold promenade ht amid tlini: e ttth e l ' e ,rs in the passages, can see u litt le .e ail '417 i° l lo that she river front," or " M . t, t htt aadso Committee rooms." 111:liattt p oun ds _e ro d f . • to try kt hil eri ° -- lt is the experiment l o t f c t o he p, sta„, es e nd now proposed to knock away tlicitlodate th.e,./te,nd the house, front and rear, to At? Dalt - anuap What a 1 ' 'be f Py representativ . es.. N o 4 Iri4ll • 1141 14 a (-)r. Mr Poulett Serope if it had oc „Set,. . 1 1 40 0 , ' Wor khouse ! How he would have ni t , rlo b . .Uttia • 'tt e • •ei n beings crowded together with ' l l that eac h to :sit upon in a building so con li f e ir one "Illd ' ' what a! INt PR a not hear his neighbour itikfto es-4110nd an endless s'aircase the ot e her ere 154 u ngeon of stone, *as la the . • land behold her . 4 Di t y, . aline rign_ material, ~ with latdoe , tL In the ',_°(l2st convemicle before us with the . 'llia N114,.'1,411', and the audience on parallel ti lt eten),,-"EtritY boys at church, with hand to ear 1 foePt4detiodili°re acoustic apparatus, while Mr. Hawes e, 11 * 14 acoustic at a red box in an inaudible pe7 t , t} l t , Os an d ,'),%! us wer e some little pews, intended e 4 443 olustrious strangers; in advance we lia,. ‘ter,, ~ halos, 'L 1441 o ‘ . talsy dog gi e ' L gangway, where llon. Mem t th e t rroto, Dr draughts of wind, whether 2til t , tn e „ lir. Iteh's laboratory we cannot say Nellati '. ue ts a I}, N I on o f - -e Government were wrap i i le f /N ed . their new roof; the Opposition . Li -k rt doe tm,. In armless badinage or in the diges -1 i) f . b - ' llb )lind f ' the House came trjtetivoltzzie„ rom the body of oti e , 40, 0 6 t u v, ols e, with now and then "a strong ;6. 75, itL ) 4 th e ; e Hon. Under-Secretary f or the t ll ttil e ' !la ai e : e , ° ,_g end of an . emphatic sentence. N. los the reporters grovelling away tlit,Plth • g box • in an i 4 t etr Be . i ingeniously constructed 60 as - 41 oth eing the orator, while Mr. Barr se Wh NI • ' r n the 1 him.Leto l Is th e _ at vantage of not hearin ir,tn. ih l'eeel le . new House of Commons-t h e e place f' ktiktiere anti f ar e not made for the House, but for I. ll lp h a lAjt e ,°' the world ! The chef d oeuvre of kp'' ex t 'ure, the fruit of so much toil, of such sti t, lisn se , i t, 8. w • It was really disheartening and it e felt ti v t . arry an d an i mmediate necessity of seek k lch, kilili„) begging him to turn it into baths I .4 ts 6i l , l) t i d or ft-;Z:, or it.t; a smoking..rootn, or a, I ti tly ii Oh wit.hante•chamber for the library, an d Oti t ° lt, and that intent fell over the tail of a at k ,t 'e telehed 4(4 -led our indignant head against . NlPtlier he ;ic e (for its anatomical properties I'litiihY eheekedtaillic than natural), which so thuor i:NtedNieh diu?or ardour that we returned to Io is 11, 4 allmthat sev eral ty by the first available cab. tVI of th e 1 ',e,ra.l Ron. -Members N's ho were las t 01 4 late), ° `'ules of the House, have not been "4,4 tis 44„:and that their constituents will have Ty! or detinue against Mr. 11l t ta kl , 4, 1 144, '‘, -...,,..... Lziez.....,.....___ N 111 :q t iqt1 11 ,, 111 till,l Aken2E-0-LoGIckL ASSOCIATION : -: ititM I"(to hel, ra eeling of the British Archieological ;l4 e a k ao ~ h eld in Manchester and Lancaster) corn ttliNltta3; '3t 4 :41 " , e ,, 8t / e .: on Monday morning last, und ,, er s tl x ic . t hAt l titm a lArge IeYWOd, E,q , M.P., . F.R.SI .r the Ir kt 114 ) , ' tho gt„ attendance of members After visiting , ,Itlllid thegreral meeting was held on the mo:'1110o/ 1a of i ,, , , , a t o th e was also an evening sitting. Tuesday ‘ V li t4 t lit eti t firs t of a series of e xcursions for the pur k ktty": th e t t the anti . • q t of t he County Palatine of ti,: il toti . `1145,.-3. Ilealbers iliceeseding from Manchester to f„-oi. , aoa - l4 r, 1 10 kt p.ari, ..Mbblesdale, and thence to Ribchest i er e , SZV' to viaell/4-8al: where a meeting was 11 . l . d t.n i n n pr h e_ t t01, 44 :_, the i.00ltZlil; 0 „le e s!er , day . the As Furness Abbey. fli an e l opeme nt . .0, the par heeillf4l4llll;r*Last w t u k i 1 Cal'te and t f a most ' l, 1, 0 11 14 4 :atte r (cent. ee botch t arr ow ed, and . i. red from this to w n, . Do . to his guilty ' I t ed and , -. .1e man haviaz, prior l it il! t r) spp... ' laid hands on all 'the money he could ( 4 4 .,"; ' t r .hi ttlicic..,7litt4ttohLat .the woman left . her husband (a K l tif. !t4) arso f „,,,,l‘eipoA where she was planning '4041 Zetk" 14 tOtkils t th"', Paramour to the haven of rascality oti`ktaraii„:"-e latter (who is also a butcher, and has ()fit tilttNe7thialeo-fwhai3;) W. attending Wakefield cattle. 1 i i llt ot ►N it, te re It_ .ateif and prtners. Ha vi ng m go , t as I and t h ,tli t t t l he 44_ th.,, ..?,,,t!e could, lie went to Li• Ctley ,Pe e Jantlet,',l.ll3' pair sailed in the Co e n r s p t l itution. OOlth: olit , ' pr i ed Aa r set off next day to . Liverpool , af; °fort 'lig the return I some portion of the - ba h , I:tato_ o he t lilei t i i l 4es 0 thirpaarrrtlived too late. e forbear pub W to the bus ;.r 11 4„ ° Pili: 4 1/ „ ° , are left eisn flrallii fa a x regard but we t he i l tlta:' b oth e - „' a ll the neighbors, England has got the Itti,4AticceNt "LIPIts.--.llalifax Guardian. must add 4 f rti ti k t . 4i , t 0 11,4k:1, Q, aiat tl e tt .." reta l 4 T e( rl i 11 SEA. -It is stated that . 4 % ,,a(1i:„c• p e c. wh ich La been six . acres o d f b ach aLd silted up at 4; 4 1' ,4,a1•1t mat s a re e _u_ 3 bFen deposited an t ti lt , t r. ~ I •tho 4 ._ .i!tertatned lest at some futu . r h e , t i i a rn id e ,!,t'lth star it ei so ‘u_ toe north of Yarmouth ma y b e hi klt ttect eta eaPpears that the Hood shoal u tre the t l 4ll,'"tod a of ti_ otirely disappeared. This shoal na! i l 'A•t r 'ote e 1 , atni i t rg the tide out between the Barter and .ve t 44.00 t.1 : 4 4 eaiB; removal now causes the tide to aili j:l)ttt'':;li:.,;;;ltior:earthVach, thus easing tk. the ..1„o ~ or the, r tuoutii, and affordingmen oft its sluicing greater tlf.,,9e4Ner , eat 80„, u?llses on the beach. Practical . c t he gltot 11 eoaet.",,,lmPertant changes are taking place til.!oervlNNl „lh.iBl indeed, is pretty evident from At atcled,....4utiyi:„;'t dls appep.ran ce of th e y, h,le cr p art qt!q•;t4„,...zy .p4t:ands anti shoals by which we “. Ntit,l4 kt>srted4tttoiviiisavvillage doctor o f . the name of SN, ~,64 1": ". .. - "Z yt _ r a tior , or _ , 1113 covered a specific for cholera, ess tNgi ttli bi l i 4 a 15 t w ,' eh he has been very succ f 1 ,o 4 ii t Qoop . I,!tutra,, ( 4` ?-8 eases, and creating as great a , lei - •4t* `nef ,;` , l4 a rd „ elixir d'amor." His Excellency le i ef'oLip, iilveyretlir.,..tyre,o'Perrall, accomp anied by the 61 ') ' 4l l' ll atal l .' wau e ' d 'nu the Inspector o p t' Charitable t 4 et ' Neri Ity, th ',Pon him entreating him* t,'4 4,,,,,9ra.,,t'R hi t „ 4 ,t be will .- = ,- k e ialti,„, - int; sm. to , bi‘e been s ICI y to the recipe, on the llet -I '4l . ' l "i i .'atior t b hav e been alighted on the ()coa ti l'lho ettl y t rlte t , t 3' lenu n ' 1 1,• ot, ) liii• 'on of - ade to time governor, he k e ,.. 41 1 ..0 p i ; •In g to not divulging his secret, though Ast , ett4V:tteiodia„ttend at and administer it in the ' ruegicl,;(l4al3 for a reasonable consid.9-a are for the tcooxent at a positive THE LITERATURE• YOUNG ITALY. • Bg Alexander Baidie Cochrane, M.P. A brilliant contribution to the Italian annals, serving se materials Sar the future Sismondi, has been made in this eloquent and pictureeque narrative by the Honourable Gentlemen the Member for Brid port. From the opening sentence to the conclusion we have perused the e work before us with an c x'ra ordinary sense of gratification. For while in several particulars our opinions are directly at variance with the political sentiments entertained by the author, our avarrreet sympathies are commanded in his favour by the spirit of gentleness and magnanimity pervading the entire performance. As a literary composition the book is one of no ordinary character, possessing merits in this respect which must inevitably tend to widen the popularity of Mr. Cochrane, and materially to raise his reputation. Several of the eideodes introduced into the narrative would re flect to open the ability cf even our most end nent living ronianeiet, Sir Bulwer Lytton, to whem the volume is very gracefully dedicated, "partly from the pardonable ambition to have the writer's name, however bri. fly, associated with his imperishable fame, partly because to his kind suggestions the work owes whatever slight merit it may possess." These are the modest expressions in which Mr. Cochrane inscribes his latest effusion to the author of "Rienzi," and ;he circumstance intimated towards the close of the dedication cannot but invest that effusion with an additional and adventitious attraction. Altogether apart, however, from any such incidental allurement, the pages of " Young Italy" abound with charms of (heir own such as are certain to arrest the attention of the intelligent, and to secure to the author from the more discriminating among his readers a very large amount of earnest and cordial admiration. We speak thus emphatically because in this volume we recog nise the evidences of those noble qualities which we would ever see acknowledged as the national character istics of all true Englishmen. We detect in its reproba tion ef atrocity, in its homage to misfortune, in its panegyrics on virtue, in its tender commemorations of beneficence, that largeness and soundness of heart which are the first essentials of a chivalrous tem perament. We perceive in the very extravagance with which some of its scornful passages, and some also of its generous eulogiums are articulated, the tokens of an impassioned nature, the testimonies of an impulsive and emotional disposition. In an age when most men are assuming an air of ennui or in difference, when among the many despicable affec tations of fashion the most conspicuous is that of being blase, our heart leaps up within us at any manifestation of earnestness such as is here dis played by Mr. Cochrane in his narrative of the Italian movement. We welcome his record of that revolution with the sincerest satisfaction, what though in some particulars we may differ from him in his predilections and prejudices ; and the warmth of our welcome is attributable to a respect for his energy in advocating principles as bold as they are evidently conscientious. " Young Italy" is a production which does infinite honour to the heart and brain of Mr. Cochrane, being no less genial from its liberality and enthusiasm, than from eclectic taste and ripened scholar ship. It pre sents to the imagination of the reader a rapid and animated panorama of the principal occurrences which transpired during the late convulsion of the Roman peninsula. Beginning with a brief, but suggestive chapter on Cannes, in the course of which the hospi tality of Lord Brougham is celebrated under the pseudonym of Lcelius, the narrative, by an agreeable transition from that existing locality to its dead asso ciations, commemorates the glory of the Ist of March, and so traverses the plains of France until its arrival in the streets of Paris. Having s ummoned up from the recollections of the past some of the many wondrous phantoms of greatness which rise in the memory at the mere mention of NapolCon le Grand, the author, on passing through the ante•chambers of the Elysee Bourbon to make his respects to the Prince President, cannot refrain from ejeculating, "Oh, that Ely? ee!—what a long history it m i g ht tell of broken fortunes, and worse than broken faith. As I stand in its magnificent reception roonuacrowded with the interesting memorials of the empire collected from all parts of Per's, the -old curiosity shop of past glories, gazing upon the nephew of that man whose name illustrated not France alone, but Europe, be cause he was the proudest type of human greatness — observing that nephew installed there in almost regal splendour, with his pale and earnest countenance, yet always anxious steps, my heart recals the past and trembles for the future." A reflection, this, still more appropriate at this present moment, when the imperial Prince is traversing the southern departments of the Republic, at once invested with the sbado y purple of Napoleon, and preceded by the fasces of Democracy. Passing across Piedmont, the narrator introduces us into the midst of Lombardy at the time when the heroic but uefortunate Charles Albert was beaten back by the forces of the great Marshal, and where on the fatal field of Novara he expiated his dream of Italian inde pendence. How disinterested our commendations of Mr. Cochrane's earnestness are in some particulars may be guessed when we observe that he labours under the delusion that the Lombards cherish an af fection fir the Austrian Government ! "At Novara," says Mr. Cochrane, " Charles Albert was a hero ; it was the last tflert t.ftxpiring greatness; he defended himself single -banded against repeated assaults of fresh troopers : three horses were shot under him—to use his own phrase, he sought to die ; it was the su pernatural struggle of a man against his destiny." Toe following anecdote of the fallen monarch cannot be perused without Emotion ; it recounts an incident hich occurred shortly after his abdication:— "He arrived at Alassis quite worn out with fatigue and anxiety, where he was driven to the principal hotel; it is one of those old picture quo palaces, with very dingy decorations and beating i n ever y article of furni ture an impress of fallen grandeur. The man and the scene were adapted to each other. After passing up the old time-worn, narrow staircase he entered a'great hall, from which the rooms branched in all directions, where the first object that struck him was his own portrait, hanging against the wail ; he was there rtpresented with all the paraphernalia o royalty; it was taken soon after his accession, when the people were enthusiastically attached to him, and the recollection of the past, added to tae misery of the present, made him burst into tears. A slight breakfast was prepared, and he sat down oppo site the picture, inanely gszing on it ; suddenly he t u rn e d round to the young girl who was wa i ti n g on him, and u,ktel her if she remembered the King when he passed by in 1835. ' No,' she answered, ' I was such a child, bat I am quite sure that you are the King!' Ilow do you know that if you never raw him?' he asked. She pointed to the picture upon the wall—he pein.ed to his own sad, grief-worn face, and said, 'ls it so like." As our author very justly observes, this unfortunate Sovereign was " one of the few men who, without ex aggerated phrase, may be said to have died of a broken heart." Expiring at Oporto crownless, almost companiouless, and in exile, with all the vision s of his ambition dissipated, he left his country the re • collection cif his heroism and his misfortunes, re ceiving himself from the grateful Parliament of Turin the designation of The Magnanimous. Immediately after his description of the last victory achieved in Northern Italy by the veteran Radetzky, our author introduces one cf those episodical romances to which we have already alluded as imparting such a peculiar fascination to the work under review, and as evidencing a remarkable improvement in the powers of Mr. Cochrane as a novelist. " The Madonna of Genoa" is an exquisite version of the story connected with the last and the greatest production of Pelegrino Piola, the celebrated Madonna painted for the com pany of Genoese goldsmiths. After this, as if by way of startling contrast, comes a stern, and inexorable narrative of the events which marked the rise, development, reign and downfall of Republicanism in the Eternal City. This portion of the volumes, comprised within pages 53-129, affords a vivid notion of the Roman democracy, and is followed, as though by way of relief to the render, by another romantic story of a painter, entitled "The Two Artists," those two artists being none other than Francois Boucher amid Joseph Vernet. In analysing the character of his present Holiness Pope Pius IX. tt a author has evidently divested himself at the outset of all partialities and antipathies. To sum up in a few words his estimate both of Pius IX. and of Gregory XVI., we might say that he regards the former as the embodiment of Mediocrity striving to screen itself by Severity, and the latter as the very incarnation of Goodnese, marred by Weakness of character. Pius IX., he says, in one of his epigram matic sentences, "could deny a favour, with a happier gra ce than Gregory XVI. could grant one." IS two men are in a manner calotyped by that Single observation. The eve of the memorable outbreak of the 16th of November is described in befitting terms of solemnity. Count Rossi had that morning been assassitiated—on the following day the pontifical palace of the Quirinal was to be bombarded. Mr. Cochrane, in a tone of awe that is irresistibly pathetic, exlairns— ts What traveller who stood that night on the place in front of the mightiest monument ever reared by a Chrielian faith, or adorned by man's genius. listening to the fall of the waters as they . dash down the side's of those glorious fountains , a nd gazing on the statues of the le.ly and mighty men who had died for the cross, staaeLng forth ie the bright blue air as the guardians of the faith which their lives adorned; who could have be lieved that the person of the head of that church, the expounder of its tenets, that G ad's Vicegerent on earth, the old man at one time so loved by the people, and so eloquent in their cause, would in a few short hours be driven forth by that same people, from the ancient city, a proscribed txile from beneath the shadow of that church which St. Peter founded." One other passage in this chapter on the Roman Republic imperatively commands perusal, we mean the passage in which our author argues the contested question as to the number of bodies found by the French troops in the garden of the Convent of St. Calisto in Tranetevere. This argument, which may LONDON, THURSDA Y SUN', be found at pages 116-118, is one of s.rme.rnoment, and appears to us to be altogether irrefragable. Another section of the volume, I ended " The Mount Quirinal," is followed by a description of "The Feast of the Golden Rose," and this ?gain by an ir.quiry into the problem of the "Tempe ral and Spiritual Au'hority of the Pope," ie the course of which Mr. Cochrane says almost wittily, " the keys of S.. Peter have been hitherto guarded by the sword of St. Paul." .A beautiful tribute is paid by him, soon after, to the munificence of the ecclesiastical establishments of Catholicism, in a chapter on " Monte Casino." Howard, the philan thropist, might almost be expected to rise from his ashes with horror, at the description given, further on, of the prison of Naples. An interview which took place between the. writer and the King (whiell may be found at page 275), will he read with un igned satisfactien. The last portions of the work under consideration are partially composed of frag ments, already printed in the columns of our con temporary the Times, under the signature of th. person humorous:y designated by Mr. Cochrane. " that most able, el( quent, and universally esteemed gentleman, ' our own correspordent.'" The most remarkable portion of the w bele book, how ever, we have hitherto refrained from men tionieg, desirous as we were to close our comments upon ° Young Italy" with an earnest en comium upe nitas an 1 istorical composition. It is the chapter inscribed "'I he Murder of Rossi," and depicts in startling colours the whole of that ghastly tragedy. It affords a noble and touching proof of the eloquence and humanity of the author, and pre sents to the imagination a picture so terrible in its vividness that it cannot very speedily be obliterated om the recollection. ANNALS of the PENINSULAR CAMPAIGNS. By Thomas Hamilton. A .New bdition. Anything more than a cursory reference to the fact of this present republication would be a species of impertinence to the merit of the work itself and to the author's wide and brilliant reputation. What is par ticularly commendable in the present edition is the circumstance of its having been carefully revised and augmented by Frederick llardman, already well known as the author of "Peninsular Scenes and Sketches." In revising and augmenting a history so popular in its previous form, Mr. Hardman has acted, to our thinking, under alt considerations most judi ciously ; not introducing matter in any respect super fluous, or erasing passages of any importance or in terest whatever. The labour, in fac►, which he has had to accomplish as editor has been nothing less than the interpolation of illustrative anecdotes and mili tary particulars towards the latter portion of the narrative, the history as originally penned being more copious in both those particulars at its commence ment than towards its conclusion. Besides which it should be borne in mind that since the first appear ance of these "Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns," by Mr: Hamilton, now some twenty years bygone, a variety of works and documents have been penned or produced, to which its author was denied accest , by the premature character of his undertaking ; all which works and documents have been scrupulously consulted and collated by Mr. Hardman, with a view to perfect as far as possible the task of emendation. For example, he has had to consult the volumes of Colonel (now General Sir William) Napier, of Colo nel Toreno, of Mr. Alison, and, beyond all others, Colonel Gurw•ood's collection of the "Despatches" of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Aided by these remarkable documents, the editor of these annals bas been enabled to improve them very materially both in respect to the amount of their details and their indivi dual correctness. How far Mr. Hardman was quali fied to attempt the fulfilment of the duties devolving upon him in this double toil of revision and aug mentation, may he conjectured by those already acquainted with his literary productions, as well as from the fact of his having familiarised himself by personal scrutiny with nearly all the ground fought over by the British soldiers from the Ebro to Toulouse. This conjecture of his capa city to accomplish all required from him in his newly assumed office, will be resolved into a conviction with any one Rho may take the trouble to compare Hamilton's Annals of the Peninsula as they were *hen orignally printed, and as they are in their pre sent form of republication. MAPS ILLUSTR 4 TIVE qf the CAMPAIGNS in the PENINSULA. By Alexander Keith Johnston. An excellent series of maps from the hand of Mr. Johnston, numbering altogether twenty-four, has been issued in the shape of a companion volume to the military annals just referred to, as the joint produc tion ( f Messrs Hamilton and Hardman. Already fa miliar to us in the splendid atlas illustrating the later edition of Alison's " Europe," and consequently already very frequently eulogised in our columns as engravings worthy of the distinguished Scottish geographer, it is only necessary for us to enumerate the maps which have been selected as representing at a glance the various cities and localities connected with the Peninsular victories. After an admirable outline of Spain and Portugal, cony., in their several position?, the lines of Torres Vedras, the plan of Ciudad Rodrigo, a map of the Pyrenees, a sketch of the attack of the Freuch in trenched position on the Nivelle, the Sieges of Sarra gosse, Gerona, Tarragona, Baclaj, z,l3argos and SAn Sebastian, together with the battles of Medina De Ric-Seco, Vimeirs, Corunna, Talavera, °cam, Busaco, Barossa, Albuera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Ba yonne Orthcs, and Toulouse. In the limning of each of these famous spots Mr. Johnston has acquitted himself more than creditably—every road, elevaticn, or watercourse being marked with as scrupulous an exactitude, as the bodies of infantry, cavalry, and ar tillery involved in the different engagements. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, TUESDAY. The TVght Hon. Sir Francis Baring had the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle yesterday, and remained at o.,borne last evening, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The unfavourable state of the weather this fore noon prevented her Msjesty and Prince Albert from taking their accustomed early walk. The Royal children were likewise prevented from taking their pony and walking exercise in Osborne Park this morning. • - - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant Willi= Horton (1842) late of the Thetis, 36, has been appointed to study steam at Woolwich. Mr. Tinhorn, the newl3-sppointel store receiver at Woolwich Dockyards, has been promoted to be Major in the Royal Dockyard Brigade, vice Owec, deceased, and Mr. Moody; foreman of shipwright, has been promoted to be Captain in the brigade, vice Pinhorn. The Admiralty will not commence their annual tour of the dockyards and ports before next week. The complement of the Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warden, has been ordered to be increased 20 blue jackets, making the ship's company 270. This ship ought from her heavy armament to have a complement of at least 300. The complement of the Flamer steam-sloop, Com mander St. Leger at Portsmouth, is also ordered to be increased to 66 officers and men. All the ships at Portsmouth are gradually filling up their complements. The Retribution only wants about 50 blue jackets, and the Dauntless screw-frigate, CJp fain Halstead (which ship also ought to have at least 300 men to work her powerful batteries) requires 70 blue jackets. The Theis, 38, Captain Kuper, C.B ,at Devonporr, is only half-a-dezm short. Monarch, 85, to be the new guard ship of the ordi nary at Sheerness, is ordered to he re-coppered. Vengeance, 14, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., is ordered to be re-copperyd at Portsmouth. PLYMouTir, Auc. 20.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Salamander went down the Sound on Monday to have her comps'ss ei adjusted. She will be paid wages on Wedn( sday, and will sail with a mail fur Rio, whence she will proceed to the East Indies. Her Majesty's brig Liberty arrived on Sunday from Tem brok , . She came into harbour on Monday, and was taken into deck the same day to be coppercd. Wind—West, fine we ather. W ooL vacu, AUG. 21.—Rear-Admiral of the Blue Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., is appointed to the command of her Majesty's vessels in the Pac;fic, in the room of Rear-Admiral of the White Phipps Hornby, C. 8., whose three years of command on that stevian are now completed, having been app ointed on the 25 t h of August, 1847. The Jasper steam-vessel towed the Princess Royal store-ship to-day from her moorings, opposite the Royal arsenal, where she had been delivering old stores, to Deptford, to have her provisions and stores put on board at that port for further service. A number of horse-boxes were sent up the river to day from Woolwich to the Aberdeen -wharf for the con veyance of the horses that will be required at Balmoral, ROYAL ARTILLERY. Dt p u tt'-Adjutat.t-General's - office, Woolwich, August 17, 1850. GENERAL ORDER. His Lordship, the Master-Generd, has been pleased to approve of the following officers exchanging corn panics : Second Captain R. H. Crofton, of Major Ask with's company, sth battalion, with Second Captain P. P. G. Scot, of Captain Mackau's company, 11. h battalion. Sirs:-Lieutenant W. M. K'ng, of Captain Mitchell's company, toth battallion, with Lieutenant J. A. P. Adams, of Captain Turner's company, 6th battalion. H. D. Rosa, Deputy-Adjutant-General. DePuty-Adjutant-General'i-')ffice , Woolwich, August 19, 1850. GENERAL ORDER. 1. Second•Lieutcnant W. W. linen is transferred from Captain Hill's company, Bth battalion, to Captain Warburton's company, 6:h battalion. By order of the Master-General. 2. Sergeant David Hoge, 6th battalion, is appointed Acting Quartermaster-Sergeant to the field batteries. J. E. JONES, Co!onel, A!sistant-Adjutant-General• EVENING. JENNY LIND'S DEPARTURE FOR ANIERICA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNIRIDAY.LVVe doubt whether Jenny Lind, in the whole course cf her unparalleled career, ever met with a manif,station c f public feel ing so grand as that which accompanied her depar ture this morning for the 'United States. No sove- reign, however popular—no conqueror,how ever re nowned—no person in any sense the idol of the people—could have been attended wilt more signiti cant honours than those which have been accorded to this gifted artist—honours the more valuable because so purely and entirely spontaneous. The head of the police having officially intimated that if Aldlle. Lind took her departure from the hotel to the steam• boat at the hour that had been mentioned in the newspapers, he could not underttle to be answerable that there might not be some accident, in cons, quence of the pressure of the crowd, it became quisite at a late hour on Tuesday night to alter the previous arrangements, and to keep the new one ! ~ e oret. At a quart e r t o e i g h t i n t h e morn i ng , con •,iderably more than an hour before the time origi nally fixed upon, the modest brougham in which Jenny Lind has travvrst d this town was drawn up at the private dour of the Adelphi Hotel, and, without the tact of her departure being known to any but the few persons who were connected with the ar• argerrent, sbe was enabled to leave privately and without eclat. Mr. Benedict accompanied her in her carriage, and then followed a couple of hired vehicles, containing Al. Belletti (who goes with her to America), M. Vivier, and a few chosen friends, who were to accompany her on board. It was emus• ing to see the precautions taken to preserve the incog nito of the object of so much attraction. On arriving at the pier -head, the party were not able to proceed at once to the small steam-boat hired to carry them on board the Atlantic, some mistake having been made in the orders. Thus Mdlle. Lind was obliged to wait for a few minutes, during which time the' rumour of her presence spread, and she could not be protected, even by the police, from the vulgar gaze of a crowd of persons who surrounded her till she had scarcely breathing space, and whose rudeness found but a poor excuse in their natural curiosity. At length the tug boat was brought alongside, and Mdlle. Lind and her friends soon arrived under the lea of the mammoth steamer which was to bear her to the United States. The fair voyager seemed in excellent spirits. Mean while, the good people of Liverpool, who had been led to believe that she would not go on board until half past 9 or 10 at least, had been slowly but steadily assem bling in crowds, to catch a glimpse of her as she em barked. Some were waiting at the Adelphi, others at good points of view on the way, others on the piers and lining the shores of the Mersey, while many thousands (we do not exaggerate) crowded the innu merable steamers and other craft that were I) ing about in the river. But she, bad given them all " the slip," and was safe on the deck of the steamer, bid ding adieu to her friends, and striving by her own exuberance of high spirits to keep up those of her future compagnons de voyage. At about ten o'clock a gun from the Atlantic announced that the magnifi cent steam-ship was under weigh ; and then, as she steamed slowly past the town of Liverpool, bearing nearer the town than to the Cheshire side, one of the most splendid ovations ever offered to any public per son ensued. Salutes were fired from either aide of the river, which were returned from the bows of the Atlantic; the broad bosom of the Mersey was crowded with craft, all bearing their human freight. The shores were lined with people, and the shouts of these masses of congregated human beings were deafening. As the enormous steamer majestically made her way towards the mouth of the river, surrounded and followed to an immense distance by river steamers and small craft, through the lines of people who were massed on the shore, the wh o l e formed an aquatic triumphal procession for which we remember no parallel, except the grand scene in Portsmouth Harbour on the arrival of Louis Philippe on his visit to our Queen. As for Jenny Lind, who had long before taken affectionate leave of the friends who had accompanied her from the shore, she was to be seen standing by the side of the captain on the paddle-box, her petite but graceful form clearly dis cernible as she waved her handkerchief in answer to 'he enthusiastic cheers of the assembled thousands. Surely such a tribute was never yet paid to an artist in this country. A silver tea-kettle and two silver candlesticks were presented yesterday to Jenny Lind, on behalf of the Southern Hospital—ane wing of which is an archi tectural emanation from her charming vocal organ, gratuitously exercised. Mr. Benedict, besides the testimonial we have already mentioned, was also pre sented with a snuff-box' by the committee of the Phil harmonic Society. On Monday night, between the parts of " The Messiah," an address was presented, in the " green room," to Mdlle. Lind, vehich we subjoin : " To Mdlle. Jenny Lind,—The committee of the Li verpool Philharmonic Society cannot allow Mdlle. Jenny [And to Lite her (they trust) temporary departure item a country whore her talents have excited so enthusiastic a sensation, and the kindness f her heart has left so deep an impression. without assuring htr of thi it beet wiet 04 fur her health and prosperity during her sojourn in a distant land. " Disappointed as they were that circumstances de prived them of her powerful assistance at ;he oreuing of their Hall, they feel much gratified that it has at length ncen graced by her presence ; and they cannot but think that it will be an agreeable reminiscence to Heine. Lied, while floating on the Atlantic, to tcflect that her last notes in Europe vierated in a Hall :Omitted to bo as yet unequalled in its beauty and in its general arrangements, and that her last exertions have been in behalf of a society unique in its composition and disin terested in its objects —a society c imposed sole ly of lovers of music, who have incur re d muc h pecuniary sa entice, and considerable futu re respons ibility, without the least idea cf profit, but with t h e so l e d e sign of pro moting their favourite science, and cultivating the highest class of musical composition. The committee, with their best thanks to Mdlle. Lind for her kindness on the present occasion, beg to assure her that they feel the warmest interest in her progress in America, which they are Certain will be as triumphant as it has been in every country she has as yet visited, and they take their leave of her with the hope that, as they have had the pain of witnessing her departure, so she will give them the pleasure of being the first to welcome her return to England—a country where she is so highly horn um! and esteemed. (Signed) " JOUN HAYWARD TURNER, Chairman. JOHN B. BRANCRER. Vice-Chairman. WILLIAM SUDLow, Hen. Sec. " Liverpool, August 19, 1850." This address, it will be seen, would have been in better taste if there had been less glorification by the committee of themselves, their society, and their Hall. It was beautifully written in the usual style, and be sides having emblazoned upon it the arms of Liver pool, it bore also upon it those of Sweden. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. y the arrival of the Swordfish, Captain Green, from Pernambuco, we have received advices to the 24th of July-14 days later than those last received. Sugar—Business has been on a very small scale and receipts trifling, owing to the season being wet and wretched roads. Our nearly nominal quotations are 1 milrei 800 reis to 2 rnilreis 400 reis for inferior to middling quality white, which, at 2711. exchange, is equal to 16 , . 34. to 21s. 2d. per cwt ; muscovado sugar 12s. sd. to 13s. 4d. per cwt. Exchange—The scarcity o f money and favourable advices fur cotton have cau se d an advance i n our rate instead of a dec:ine, which usually takes plsce at this dull season of the year. During the week a large business has been done at 27d. to 27+J ; but to-day small sums have been passed at 27id. for ready cash. Cotton—Our receipts this Week have been 343 bags, snaking 1,420 since the Ist inst. -In conse quence of high prices, and the advance in our ex change, this staple has b:en less in demand, and re gular first quality is now offered at 6 dolls. 900 ex commission and freight. Hides and rum continue as before, and we have no important transactions to report.- Freights—The English ship Bonita has engaged a cargo of Cotton in Maceio, at 11. the Hu g h, i n t h e I.—all fur Liverpool. They w same port, at 9-161. ; and the Fatima, in Par a ib a , a t ilt take a b ou t 50 0 bags. NARROW E,CAPE FROM DROWNING OF M R . CHARLES BARRY BALDwix, M.P.—The above gentleman on Tuesday proceeded by the Gem steamer, for the purpos e of passing a few days with a fri end at Purfleet, from which place a boat was hailed to take him off in the middle of the river, when, stepping into the boat, he lost his balance and fell backwards, and the tide being very strong he was car ried down a greet distance, and was obliged to swim nearly half a mile before he could reach the boat, as the boatman most incautiously threw out one of his oars to assist him, and thereby rendered himself incapable of directing the boat; but fortunately Mr. Barry Baldwin, being a good swimmer. by great good luck came up to the boat in a most exhausted state, and was providentially saved. He was taken to the boatman's house, where he was provided with a change of clothes, tied afterwards joined bis fiends. .The means fur his recovery were successfully used, and he has felt little or no ill effects from the untoward accident. GRAVESEND, THURSDAY MORNING.—THE MAGIS TRATES A.ND Title Poem. A grand ball and concert was ad vertised to be given on the Terrace-pier on Friday evening, the whole of the proceeds of which were to be placed in the handy; of the magistrates, to be by . them distributed among the poor people who have lost their property by the late fire. A committee of gentlemen had been formed, end numerous subscriptions made among the visitora to the town, in order to enlarge the sum expected to be realised, but owing to the interferenceof some of the religious magistrates, a placard was circulated this morning announcing that the proposed ball one of t h e g entlemen goin g th e l engt h o f would not take place, in co nse q uence of the g reat o pp ositi o n of the magistrates, openly asserting, at a meeting held at the Town-ball, " that money obtained from such a source could not possibly benefit the poor." We trust that as the magistrates of Gravesend are 'actuated by such pu re and charitable feelin g s, the y will practice what they preach, and take care th e poor people are not losers by their Christian proceedings.— r, - • ma a Corre spondent. The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury have pre sented the Rev. T. W. Goldhawk, 151 A., curate of St. Man lebone Church, London, to the vicaraie of Sh e l w i c k , rendered ' v acant by the c ation of thin OT. S. J. Lyon. 'AUG 11ST 22, 1850. - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK RACES.—TUESDAY NIGHT. The arrivals this evening were chiefly from the south, ar d were so late, owing to nearly all the trains, including the " special," (in coast queece of the breaking down of an engine) being considerably behind time, that scared., any business was transacted at the subscription-rooms in the :Teare. The only treessctions were on the Ebur, for which Collingwcod was backed freely at 9 to 2 and 5 to I, at.d Echo for small sums at . 6 and 7 to 1; 7 to 2 was offered e u the field,'9 to 1 agat Mark Tapley. and 12 to 1 agst any other. It was generally uuderstuod that Cant zuu wculd not start. WEDNESDAY. The Duhdas Stakes of 15 sm. each, 10 ft, with 50 added, for three rs old, Tat; four, 8-t 31b; five, 84 91b; six and aged, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31e. One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, aged, Bst 12ib (Eatmae) Lord Liiland's Raduiphus, aged, 8 . t 9lb (J.,Marson) 2 Betting-6 to lon Collingeood. Won by a length. Ran in 2 min. 29 tees. The Yoikehire Oaks of 15 sew. each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each; winners extra; the second to receive 40 soya., and the third to save her stake; the winner to pay 10 goys. towards Expenves. One mile arid a quarter. (49 Subs.) Mr. Shelley': Britouia, Bst 71b (F. Butler) I Mr. Wadlow's Harriett, Bst 71b ... (V% hitehouse) 2 Sir J. ll&Nley's mr, Bst 71b (Ternplernan) 3 Mr. Humphries's Sis to Swallow, 84 71b (Fla•man) 4 Mr. G. o.boine's Achyranthea, Set 71b (G. Abdale) 5 Mr. Pedley tin Lady Speedy, Bst 7ib (Duflo) 0 Bettieg-5 to 2 each agat Tiff and Harriett, and 4 t each agst Achyrauthes and Britonia. Won by a length; Tiff a bad third. Lady Speedy did not pass the ,hair.. Rail in 2 min. 24 secs. Preduce Stakes of 100 soya, each, fur three yrs old; colts, fivt 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. One mile. Mr. Meiklum'e The Italian, Bst 71b (Templeman) 1 Mr. Jaques's Dauphin, 84 7ib (Flatware) 2 Betting-4 and stol on Italian. Won in a canter by three lengths. Run in 1 min. 54 secs. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three yrs old, 7st 9;b; four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 41b; six, 94 71b; and aged, 9st 91b. Two wiles. Lord S.anley's Uriel, 4 yrs (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Dawsbn's Priestess, 4 yrs (Lye) 2 Mr. Pedley's Prior uf Lanercost, 3 yrs (Duff)) 3 Captain Haworth's Baroness, 4 yrs (Holmes) 4 Mr. Bacon'. Cockermouth, 5 yrs (Wakeield) 0 Mr. Hesseltine's Andalusian, 4 yrs (Longstaff) 0 Mr. Bolt's Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs .(Flatware) 0 Mr. Robson's The Sweep, 3 yrs ...(Wsketield, jun.) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agat Priestess, and 2to 1 eget Ude). Won easily by two lengths; Prior of Lanerceet a bad third. Run in 3 min. 37 ems. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 goer. each, 30 ft, for two yrs old, est 71b each.' One mile. (3 Subs.) Mr. Wentworth's Axed] (J. Marson) 1 Mr. Oliver's Dancing Jack (Flatware) 2 Betting-4 to 1 on Axel, who won in a canter by six lengths. Run in 1 win. 55 secs. The Prince of %Vales' Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, 831 21b; winners 21b extra. T.Y.C, (28 Subs.) Mr. Harrison's Tricketress (F. Butler) 1 %Ir. H. Hill's Holihorpe (A. Day) 2 ' Mr. G. Bat toe's Madame Wharton (J. Marsoe) 3 Mr. Allen's Nicotiana (G. Arran) 0 Lord Glasgow's cby Retriever or Emilius (Holmes) 0 Mr. Ewbauk's England's Glory (Wcatringham) 0 Mr. J. Wilson's Queen Bee (Marlow) 0 Betting—Even on England's Glory, 4 to 1 agst Trick stress, and 5 to 1 agst Queen Bee. Won by a length; two lengths between second and third. Run in 1 min. 4 secs. The Ebor St. Leger of 25 - sous. each, and 100 added. Two miles. (17 Subs.) Lord Enfield's William the Conqueror . 1 Mr. Dawson's Mark Tapley Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim Won by a head. Match, 501 • Half a mile. Lord Cardrosa's Scarborough walked over The Kuavesmire Stakes of 20 sous. each, h f:, &c. Two miles. (5 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam'a Raby walked over BETTING ON THE EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agat Collingwood 5 to 1 apt Centel) 5 to 1 apt Elcho 8 to 1 agat Champion 9 to I agst Mark Tapley 14 to 1 agst Clothworker LATEST BETTING AT YORK. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EBOR BANDICAP. 4 to 1 agat Collingwood 9 to 2 agst Mark Tapley 5 to 1 agst Elcho 6 t 1 agst Cantab 8 to 1 agat Champion GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.—TUESDAY. The Vauxhall Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added, one mile, were won cleverly in three beats, by Mr. Ste phenson's Dromedary colt, 3 yrs (Thoroughgood), beat. in g Mr. Daley's Cayenne, 4 yrs; Mr. Gurney's Bull finch, 3 yrs; aod Mr. Stovin's Whitstone, 5 yrs. The Norlolk and Saffolk Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. One mile and a half. (13 Subs.) Lord John Scott's Defaulter, 5 yrs, 7st 833 (walked over) Th. Tradesmen's Two yrs old Stakes of 10 son, each, and 50 added. Colts, Bst 71b; and fillies Bst 4b. About three-quarters of a mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Stevens's Britannica • (Crickmere) 1 Lord Stredbrok.-'s f by Alpheus Mr. Iligains'd Theseus Mr. R. W , stley's The Lioness Mr. Dalsmere . s Curl Mr. Wilson's b c by Buzzard, out of•Phringari Won easily by tour lengths. Theseus a good third. The Borough Members' Plate of 501. lietw. One lure and a half. Mr. Stephenson's Goodwood (Thoroughgood) 4 1 1 Mr. Harvey's Dover, 5 yrs Mr. Clarke , s May Day, 4 yrs 2 3 dr Mr. Dorrien's Verderer, 3 yrs Mr. Able's Anchor of Mope, 5 yrs 5 dr %Von in a canter. The winner claimed for 50!. The Theatre S akei of 3 son. each, and 20 added, once round, four subscribers, were won easily by Present, beating Paul Jones and Daddy Longlegs. SHIP CANAL BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS. Convention between her Majesty and the United Sates of Am•rica, relative to the Establishment of a Communication by Ship Canal between the At. 'antic and Pacific Oceans. Signed at Washington, Ai ril 19, 1850. Ratifications exchanged at Wash ington, July 4, 1850. H r Britannic Majesty and the United States of America being desirous of consolidating the relations of amity which so happily subsist between them, by setting forth and fixing in a convention their views and intentions with reference to any means of com munication by ship canal, which may be constructed betty( en the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the way of the River St. Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes c f Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific Ocean. Her Britannic Majesty has coaferred full powers on the Right lion. Sir Henry Lyme) Bulwer, a member of her Majesty's Must Honourable Privy Council, Knight Commander of the Most Ilonourable Order of the Bath, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty to tl,e United States ; and the President of the United States, on J. M. Casyton, Secretary of State of the United States, for the aforesaid purpose ; and the said plenipOtentiaries having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in proper form, have agreed to the following articles : Art. 1. The Gavernments of Great Britain sad the United States hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifica tions commanding the same, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonise, or assume, or exer cise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords, or may afford, or any alliance, which either has, or may have, to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast, or any part of Central America, or of assum ing or exercising dominion over the same. Nor will Great Britain or the United States tbke advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connexion, or in fluence that either may possess with any state or Government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the subjects or citizens of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to com merce or navigation thPeough the said canal, which shall not be offered, on the same terms, to the sub jects or citizens of the other. Art. 2. Vessels of Great Britain or the United States traversing the said canal. shall, in case of war between the contracting parties, be exempted from blockade, detention, or capture by either of the belli gerents ; and this provision shall extend to such a distance from the two ends of the said canal as may hereafter be found expedient to establish. Art. 3. In order to secure the construction of the said canal, the contracting parties engage that if any , such canal shall be undertaken upon fair and equit able terms by any parties having the authority of the Local Government or Governments through whose territory the same may pass, then the persons em ployed in making the said canal, and their property used or to be used far that object, shall be protected, from the commencement of the said canal to its com pletion, by the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, from unjust detention, confiscation, seizure, or any violence whatsoever. Art. 4. The contracting parties will use whatever influence they respectively exercise with any state, states, or governments possessing, or claiming to pos sess, any jurisdiction or right over the territory which the said canal shall traverse, or which shall be near the waters applicable thereto in order to induce such states or governments to facilitate the construction of the said canal by every means in their power; and, furthermore, Great Britain and the United States agree to use their good offices, wherever or however it may be most expedient, in order to procure the es tablishment of two free ports, one at each end of the said canal. Art. 5. The contracting parties further engage that when the said canal shall have been completed they will protect it from interruption, seizure, or un just confiscation, and that they will guarantee the neutrality thereof, so that the said canal may for ever be open and free, and the capital invested therein se cure. Nevertheless, the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, in according their pro tection to the construction of the said canal, and guaranteeing its neutrality and security when com pleted, always understand that this protection and guarantee are granted conditionally, and may be withdrawn by both Governments, or either "..lativern men', if both Governments or either Government should deem that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regula tioes concerning the trsffie thereupon, as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention ; either by making unfair discriminations in favour of the commeree of one cf the contracting parties over the commerce of the other, or by oppo,ing oppressive ex actions or unreasonable tolls upon passengers, vessels, goods, wares, merchandise, or other article,. Nei ther party, however, shall wivhdraw the aforesaid pro tection and guaranty e without first giving six months' notice to the other. Art. 6. The contracting parties in this convention engage to invite every state with which both or either have friendly intercourse, to enter into stipu lations with them similar to those which they have entered into with each other, to the end that all other ' states may share in the honour and advantage of having contributed to a work .of such general inte rest and importance as the canal herein contemplated; and the contracting parties likewise agree that each shall enter into treaty stipulations with such of the Central American states as they may deem advisable, for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the great design of this convention—namely, that of con structing and maintaining the said canal as a ship communication between the two oceans fur the bene fit of mankind, on equal terms to all, and of protect ing the same ; and they also agree that the good offices of tither shall be employed when requested by the other, in aiding and assisting the negotiation of such treaty stipulations ; and should any differences arise as to right or property over the territory through which the said canal shall pass, between the states or governments of Central America, and such differences should in any way impede or obstruct the execution of the said canal, the Governments of Great Britain and the United States will use their good offices to settle such differences in the manner best suited to promote the interests of the said canal, and to strengthen the bonds of friendship and alliance which exist between the contracting parties. Art. 7. It being desirable that no time should be unnecessarily lost in commencing and constructing the said canal, the Governments of Great Britain and the United States determine to give their support and encouragement to such persons or company as may first offer to commence the same, with the necessary capital, the consent of the local authorities, and on such principles as accord with the spirit and intention of this convention ; and if any persons or company should already have, with any state through which the proposed ship canal may pass, a contract. for the construction of such a canal as that specified in this convention, to the stipulations of which contract neither of the contracting parties in this convention have any just cause to object, and the said persons or company shall, moreover, have made preparations and expended time, money, and trouble, on the faith of such contract, it is hereby agreed that such persons or company shall have a priority of claim over every other person, persons, or company, to the protection of the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, and be allowed a year, from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, for concluding their arrangements, and presenting evi dence of sufficient capital subscribed to accom plish the contemplated undertaking ; it being understood that if, at the expiration of the aforesaid period, such persons or company be not able .to commence and carry out the proposed enterprise, then the Governments of Great Britain and the United Stites shall be free to afford their protection to any other persona or company that shall be prepared to commence and proceed with the construction of the canal in question. Art. 8. The Governments of Great Britain and the United States having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular ob• ject, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection by treaty stipulations to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America ; and especially to the inter-oceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now proposed to be established by the way of Tehuantepec or Panama. In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always under stool by Great Britain and the United States that the parti, a constructing or owning the same shall impose no o;her charges or condi'ions of traffic thereupon than the afaresaid Governments shall approve of as just and cquitab!e; and that the same canals or nil ways, being open to the subjects and citizens of Great Britain and the United States on equal term*, shalt also be open on like terms to the subjects and citizens of every other state which is willing to grant thereto , such protection as Great Britain and the United States engage to afford. Art. 9. The ratification of this convention shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from this day, or sooner if possible. In faith whereof we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this convention, and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done at Washington, the 19th day of April, anno Domini 18.50. (Signed) HENRI' LITTON BULTER (L.S.) ( ham a ChArrox THE LADY OF MANY HUSBANDS. An English lady, who has resided in Preis for many years, and was for some time the leading !Aar of fashion amongst us, had shared in the folly and misfortune of many cf our fair countrywomen, and loved and wedded a Frenchman of great accomplish.. ments, noble birth, and—no fortune. Some little time after the marriage, however, the lady discerned —what everybody else had known long before—that while she had bestowed upon Count A— the whole of her fortune, be could give in return only the half of his affections, the other half being mortgaged to the lively and fascinating D-- of the Varietes. The fair lady insisted upon a separation, which, upon being well paid, the husband consented to with ala cr►ty. Soon after this event blueing.. D-- of the Varietes, re fleeting that virtue and reputation *T too precious to be abandoned for nothing, renounced the society of the Count for that of a rich berAter, Who could offer better compensation fur the loss of the world's esteem, and Monsieur ci'A—, in despair, t6t sail fur the Brrzi!s Shortly after his departure Ma. , dame d'A-- received the sad news of the less of the vessel in which he had embarked, and in which " every soul on board had perished." The lady is handsome, (ley( r, and ambitious, and (after the usual time fur retirement and " mourning") was not long in securing the attentions of Lord whose im mense fortune and roving fancy have rendered him the mark for the combined attacks of every European mother and daughter for the last seven years. Tha day was fixed for the marriage, the trousseau was most magnificent, the wedding jewels superb as those of a royal princess, everything, in short, served to announce the generosity cf the bridegroom, and to give fresh proofs of his enormous riches ; when, lo t on the very morning which was to have beheld the consummation of all his hopes, comes a letter from Paraguay (not Peru, unfortunately) signed by the undrowned Count A—, wherein he threatens the lady with the law, and di dares that his eye is upon her, and will be while he lives, wherever be may be. The poor Countess fainted at the news. Lord W--- toil the railway, and is running about free and un fettered still. Three years have elapsed since this adventure, when, last spring, news, fully confirmed this time, officially reported too by the consul of some unheard- of town on the coast of Mexico, once more arrived of the demise of this tough, everlasting, inde structible husband. Thereupon the Countess sets forth again in the matrimonial chase with' redoubled vigour, and brings down another young Englishman of 24 years of age, of good family and immense ex pectations. Some latent mistrust, however; on the part of the lady, the fruit of ber past experience no dotibt, induced her to keep the marriage secret until it was fairly accomplished. It took place at the Ens bassy two months ago, and with the return of fortune, station, and happiness , the quondam - Countess now becomes plain Mrs. had resumed her old dominion over the English world, and gave promise of much goodly entertainment for her countrymen during the coming winter. A large hotel in the Champs Elytees had already been hired ; great balls and concerts were already spoken of, when, jut as we had made sure of much feasting and rejoicing at Mr. W--'s expense, a dreadful report reaches us and fi.ls us with dismay. Last Saturday morn ing, at eleven o'clock, a stranger, weary and toil worn, with muddy boots and broken hat—buttoned up to the throat, as though evidently having nothing to hide—entered the brilliant apartment where the newly-married couple were enjoying their golden honeymoon. No one was up to re ceive him, but he cared not, for breakfast was spread upon the table, and he began to devout every delicacy which was there to be found, without choice or scruple. lie had scarcely finished, when Mr.W—, attired in his morning gown and slippers, entered the room, and bad no time to be astonished at the appearance of the free and easy stranger, be cause he was immediately durnbfoundered by the ques tion of " Who are you ?" put to him by that cool personage in the most natural manner possible. The explanation which enqufd must have been the most comical thing imaginable. " The Undying One," undrowned and unhung, had returned again to' chins his dear wife. In vain Mr. attempted to show fight ; he was treated throughout as a poor, untaught stripling, with whom a man of Count A—'s experi ence and reputation would scorn to measure his sword. He was advised by the injured husband, "as a friend," to vacate the premises immediately, and told that upon such condition alone would a pub lic esclandre been avoided. On reflection, Mr. thought it most prudent to adopt this course, and has returned to his father, whose joy is unbounded at the catastrophe; while poor Madame d'A—remains a close prisoner at the hotel.—Atlag. SHOCKIN G ATTEMPT at MURDER. On Saturday morning last a murderous assault was committed by a wife upon her husband, in the usually peace ful town of Gate-house-upon Fleet, which has natu rally produced a good deal of excitement in the locality. As the ca'e is in the hluds of the proper authorities we . retrain from ewering into details of the occurrence, but may mention the following for the information of 11. e public. About ten mouhs ago a medical man named Mason commenced practice in Gatehouse. ffa had'sonie years before practised in Dumfries, and afterwards te sidsd for three years on the eastern shores or the terraces°, in the capacity, we believe, of a medical mis sionary. During that period he converted, or suppoord he hed converted, a Jewess, about 30 years of age, rho resided in Constantinople. lie brought her to this coun try. and she was baptised in the Free Church of Max welltown, as having embraced the tenets of the Christian • faith. Dr. Mason immediately afterwards martial her, and came to reside at Gatehouse, along with a son and daughter by a former nivrringe. About seven o'clock on Saturday morning last, when Dr. Mason was dressing, his wife suddenly jumped out of bed and attacked him in the most furious manner with some sharp instrument— a razor, probably, or surgical instru ment—with which she it.flicted several severe wounds. Ile wee& aded in rushing from the room, and ran into another, where he fell down exhausted from the loss of blood. An alarm was immediately given, and aid afforded to the wounded man. On entering the room where the assault t. ad been committed Mrs. Mason was found sitting quietly in an apartment filled with smoke proceeding from the bed, which she had set on fire. The flames were with acme difficulty suppressed, and her person secured. It was found that the unfortunate man had received three wounds, each of a severe and serious nature—one on the throat and jaw, which nar row ly missed the carotid artery; one upon the back of the head; and klrightful gash on the arm above the wrist. lie bas lost a great quantity of blood, and is in a very dangerous state. An express was immediately dis patched to the authorities at Kirkcudbright, with infor mation of the eccurret.ce, and on their proceeding to Gatehouse, the usual examination of the circumstances was made, after which the ac cused party was sent to Kirkcudbright gaol. We learn that the assault appears from various circum stances to have been premeditated, a formidable weapon buying been found, apparently prepared for some mur derous purpose; and a large stone was discovered in the bed on which the unhappy pair had slept during the previous night. An attempt was also made, we under. stand, upon the life of Dr. Mason's son, a young lad, of er hi. f •ther had been wounded, which happily was unsuccessful, the boy escaping uninjured. There are various reports in circulation end surmises made as to the motives which could have urged the commission of this dreadful deed of violence, partly founded upon statements made by the woman when in custody, and also as to vs state of her mind, especially within the last few weeks; but into these matters it would at pre ' sent be premature to enter. Dr. Mason resides in a house near the foot of the principal street of the town, which he has occupied since Whit:n[3day. He is attended ' by the other medical men of the place, and is quite sen sible, though excessively week from loss of blood. On ' Sunday morning his case was considered to be more fa vourable.—Dumfries Courier, Aug. 20. MOTET MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 81 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce fur standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.36; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.30, it follows that gold is 024 per a,nt, dearer in Paris than in London. By advicea from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433; per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standarn gold, gives an exchange of 13.91; and the ex change at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 81, it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent. dearer in Ham burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of Eng land, and after making allowance for difference of interest and charges of transport, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of gold from she United States. MAN DROWNED AT GRANTON.—On Tuesday morning the body of a man who bad been recently drowned was found on the sea beach at Granton. The body was subsequently identified to be that of Mr. Robert Crosthwaite, traveller to Mr. Joseph Usher (late Mr. John Airey), manufacturer of back-lead pencils, Keswick, Cumberland. It was ascertained that the deceased bad left the Wardie Hotel at Granton about half-past ten o'clock on the previous evening to proceed by railway to Edinburgh. Being too late for the train, it is conjectured that in returning to Granton, ha had become confused, and, wandering upon the pier, had fallen over, and was drowned. lie did business in Edinburgh in the course of Monday forenoon, and left his goods and other property in the coffee-house where he lodged in Shak spare-square, prior to going down to Granton.—Scorsn.an. SOUTLI-EASTFRN RAlLwAT.—Notice of an inten tion to file an injunction apinst this company h a s been lodged to prevent them from o p enin g their now completed s line from Ashford to Hasti n g i, on the ground that m t b e e n line, tary as constructed, does not a g ree with the null sections by as much as from 13 to 30 feet in the levels in some places, w s •h:le the deviation allowed s hould nowh ere ex ceed 5 feet. TRH EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE. — Pauperism is i ehave ;a t s li tt e r hung ry r a: n e t h fed, the naked clad, and—th e Th s Chateau of Maisons Laffitte, which has just been sold by the executors of M. Laffitte, for the small sum of 165,600 f., was built in 1634, and in 1775 became the pro perty of the Count d'Artois, subsequently Charles X., who expended on it a large sum in embellishments and de corations. _ _ _ AMERICAN SHOES.—A vessel arrived from New York has brought the large number of 112 cases of 51191H4 at Anaricau waulifacture, NJ portim 9f hot ors% GRAND SWIMMINU FETE. Last evening a grand swimming fire was given at the Holborn Baths, for the benefit of Mr. George Pewters, champion of England, and Mr. Roberson, the next best swimmer in the world. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, the baths were numerously attended by a highly respectable company, a nongst whom we observed several noblemen and gentlemen well known to be great patrons of the manly art of swimming. Upon the occasion a massive silver Leander medal was contested for—the match being open to all the world, excepting those who bad gained gold pr'zPs. The entries for the same were fifteen, compris ing some of the best swimmers of the day. After a sharp contest the prize was awarded to David Young, who had been throughout the favourite, and backed at 2tol to come in a winner. Aft - r this race, which was an excellent one, a fine gold pin was swam for, open to those who had never won a prizs. The struggle for this was fine, and we must say that never did we witness a better contested match. The winner was Mr. Davenport, who certainly swam in first rate style, and came in by a powerful effort in a gallant manner. After the matches had Leen disposed of, Messrs. Pewters and Roberson entered the water to ex hibit their separate powers as fast swimmers. The rive they travelled at was truly astounding, Pewters of course keeping the lead, though not at any great distance. Pewters then dived in fully dressed, and succeeded, before retiring from the water, in bringing himself to a state cf nudity. This ferformance is looked upon as the most difficult in the art of swimming. Evans Evans, an amateur, then entered the water, and succeeded in great:y delighting the company by a series of extraordinary swimming feats. Mr. Howson, without exception the finest fancy swimmer in the world, and Master Smith, then went through tome of their performances, and certainly, we must confess, never in our lives did we see anything which could approach the extraordinary floating powers of Mr. Howson. Mr. Styles also tended to increase the evening's amusements by his diving feats, and, atter a finely-contested sweeps' akts, the entertainments were terminated. In conclusion, we must state that every accommodation was afforded to the spectators by the spirited proprietor of this megnificent bath. THE LATE SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.— Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. H. M. Wakley, at the King and Queen Tavern, Paddington-green, on the body of the getitletnan, name unknown, who shot himself with a pistol, in Kensington-gardens on Monday last. It appeared trom the eviaence of James Dunn, one of the gardeners, that a few minutes before 3 o'clock on Monday last, he heard the report of a pistol, as he was at work near the walk running from Bayswater, and on looking round he saw the deceased lying on the grass within 150 yards of him. He turned the body round, and perceived a wound in the breast from which blood was flowing. Mr. Hills, a surgeon, who was called upon to afford his services, found the gentleman to be quite dead, the ball from the pistol having passed through his heart and come out at his back. On searching the clothes of the deceased, a gold Geneva watch and chain were found, and an embroidered green and red silk bag, Containing 51. 7s. 4d., was taken from the pocket of his trousers. In the coat-pocket a slip of leather was discovered in a hollow part of which were three slips of parchment, about 18 inches long, covered with Hebrew characters. A small quantity of gunpowder, a bullet, and some percussion caps were in the waistcoat pocket. The jury returned a verdict that '• The deceased destroyed himself by discharging a loaded pistol through his heart, but no evidence had been given as to the state of his mind at the time." FUNERAL OF TILE LATE RECORDER OF LONDON.--., On Tuesday morning, at half-past eight o'clock, the remains of the Right lion. Ct..erles Ewan Law, late Recorder o f th e city of London, were removed from his late residence, 72, Eaton-place, Eaton-square, Pimlico, to the church of St. John, Southwick-crescent, Hyde-park, where they were in terred in a vault undsr the altar, where one of his daughters lies buried. The funeral procession was u nos t en t at i ous, con sisting of a hearse drawn by four horses and three mourning coaches. The funeral was strictly private. OPENING OF THE FISHMONGERS' AND POULTERERS' ASYLUM.—Yesterday the above asylum, which has been in the course of erection for these last two years, was opened for the reception of inmates. The building, situate at Wood Green, near Hornsey, is in the Elizabethan style of archi tecture; the material, red brick with Bath stone dressings, and it is fitted up with every requisite. The surrounding grounds are beautifully laid out, an d the whole is well cal culated to promote the comfort of the recipients of the bounty of the society. CHICUESTER.—The harvest is rapidly progressing in this neighbourhood, and what has been housed is in excel lent ctnoition. The crops are, however, said to be deficient in the yield, and not so great as generally expected.— Brighten. Guardian.