The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

C W E ~.----....3-----------777 -7.7- f ISLE OF WI GH a. \/rloat OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Dtp A ~, COWES, AUGUST 21. -.TuRE OP Il Ett M AJE STY FOR OSTEND. The atron party to. g gale yesterday prevented the royal e ohn e °l g their purposed trip. This evening th t i . eili g n e g h h as been to a calm, and at six o'clock this IVidea, the Ale -l es t.Y; Prince Albert, the Prince of Al fred, e Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince and lifts etaharked on board the Victoria and Albert, In vay fu n ded by the Fairy, Black Eagle, &c., steamed 4 1, , ,I °3te n. They are expected back on S stur le an don Tues 1 are f or v r ,ay her AI sjesty and the Prince P e 1 ,,,, 4° l t and Scotland. Il ik i stt urr IC E A 0 4,.NNOYA NCES.--DISCONTINUANCE OF :40 11 le i S t i i t e !: rW e ‘ r V e l Gvie very 1):::;hAlAi annoyedl s °l',l; the i h 'lbi Sunda t ; day l a , t, t'..and bop E d to have them removed on Sun -41 4, d , l l' WEre disappointed. No letters left Cowes . Rl'e at , "Y eretii n A , g; and { hat was worse, to their L „ , murti..caLluti .'.. i. . inoriiii,g ; 4 15 g 110 .‘_.. %none hfc on Alonu f ly . . . iti _ v erii er ,, ~ "(lee of this many were seriowiy Inc, . 1 I, ot r ea e e i i i • ir [-the titerslete chi;, on Saturday , a .tidun Tuesday. light di: ill, n mss__________ ''t TI"S VISIT TO Th e ii 13E LGIUNI. lio 4an dAlh , , °Yel E quadro n , consisting of the Victoria d th ,1 . 1. 1 the Neck Eagle, the Fairy Royal tender, i t e vivid I. t i k at five , 44111 -packet, passed Dover this morn 'Vesther," c 'eck, and was saluted from the battery. est resp ond er Y fi.oe, slight breeze from the west. Our ing L eo er lt at Ostend announces the arrival of bi a'ht, Ita l el d and suite at 11 o'clock on Tuesday %far th e r 'l states that preparations were being made it u'el ' ee ee k Pt t l ° .° °f her Majesty, who was expected Th e p ri .. "18 Morning. ill t ih er , Ice de Joinville, the Princess Clementine, • e calr Ilea w en; passed through Ostend yesterday on R ai' to to I _________________.......................... anCl.--Times. 11 441 41 0 It NEW HOUSE. e re our con t't • )6; S nu t h• s i uencies look out for Stentors. a i aceh ln t' or 4 4 41 th e gel s e tor it. If they wish to have 100°4d, strongit must inous House of Parliament , It ''''Y °t ie. The new roof is up, and we 44 E1 • 4Ver that is ex ilo,, Y lik e at the lower Chamber iO 4 * -- -la tadse a ,,... T, liana . es coal barge turned . upsile I tilet Lod reB "'ely lighted, and fitted up with ca.rv q ~,8 , arid a Plecderit with paint. There she Is we aor, and k k tae eellectiy elson complete-over the heads kr til ltloo t l y r_.! %isdom, embodying, we suppose,. flo tpo e cl o h ao_eneetions of the great architect, as, itil the a ditt l . ° , his wondrous pinnacles, he gaz , cl 1,1111,e tae t 4 Isle' omeward bound," floating idly 1, 0 ° last e „ ° aworth or Brentford. d ‘ I le. -.Perini ~,e i. -.er a ' ih emit has been tried. A Ipst'sise, had salenlons Members, few nights of religious ten -0 th e gested the propriety of hanging fl igs litt... e4 B. t ' s sides or the House, as we see them in ‘h i lve d o Chapel in order to do we don't know t le ized aullabst if.they did themselves-but the idea It t ,l rerthw:,,_ original ideas generally are, and Mr. 1 10 0 e ll, Et at' "" east himself into a medixval frame li lt : the new c o n ed broad ribs of wood to run 4,, tla s , 7 roof and down the sides of the ka t he i eottilvaa,lll, vv.ere first, however, carved into . Oldi e ? 'nediraval form , and now look le , - " t 1 (41. " There is • • wetne ' nt tp ~. 8 ) 3; 04 ere a decided linpru 4 ti with ~ reall y can catch a sentence now grid klgeLienaaera „ 131 distinctnesq but Bully Bottom, r\tlatertt; could not make himself audible all over ,ta,vell'ositirialtatelis.trlic.ture. If the Miaister addresses k i i hi /id th e l y is friends won't know when to cheer 1'11%4'014a lo st n• Member for Buckingham will A r tie tak es ii.° l l the hard-headed men of cotton, 6li t " lae h a 's setun the Government benches. I,llares r v e this e edifice, starting into end h ,. ; n ai ,_ g t :ttl i t s tAlt itito"ii riot into grotesque zoology, and 1 1 tr tow, • 14 'lls and all sorts of fern nature, ~, / tit e ere„,!ing and of fioriture ornament, 4 Its 41, ' , IC% ,c . iNutiOlut 1 .' which millions have been e hltf d e e Y. and entirely an utter failure VtMIK ne kernel, illeraturn. The splendid shell ilts ri A. whole forest of florid i k l r : iitefsparrees into the air for the use and 014 ee rea ht ° s and swell w " with endant nest kr.thi h .: ll lib II . " racit• " and o r - s' . n Of , -Ne i b u , -; ior the pitatio I 4 4 111 the unhappy bipeds within, with ° use s tin, broiled or frozen by turns,.. or in 404 ,llrEed 41%1 4 / 410 4%t °lit for a cold promenade amid t , b `sai r e tt thera!rs ill the passages, can see but little gy 4 libl y h min that "glorious river front," or " the 'il 'li I'll 4 aqs°4te Co mmittee•rooms." It cost , , sra e re d pou nd vall e - . roof • -as to try the experiment of the Olatb rie s ah c i l l, is now proposed to knock away t‘p t 'lt „Z i ste thoeu-Leod the House, front and rear, to itl4 ill old he for°ll,,aPPy representatives. What a ":ed 0 aa r as h vs air. Poulett Scrape if it hal oc ty jr ? 400 humans'iworlhouse ! How he would have h I,qed that a ll o t t h.einga crowded together with \ , is )it St 01 . sit Ip-so-, V ii in a building so con Oe e * could not hear what his neighbour aht . r ota" 1 14 I llto '''' upo t; 1 4 f a Small s o w n endless staircase the other . p t e ll 'oat of the of stone, with lattice „,liti. ; 4 Aleth o ? same rigid marerial, and behold `' 4 4, 1 '. 11 , th e ,C.'st conventicle before us with the i4oet:se , iwtair, ana u the audience on parallel , 'e a r tipe- Il e i Y boy s , itL Da le r scoustic apparatus, at church, with hand to ear Ithqa, ~.R. away while Mr. Hawes i h t . L e er4 it s,t atv ia ti at a red box in an inaudible pe 4N'ttith grl fib,. ;were some little pews, intended Nt 4 t4 re e i a l b oo zr t i hous strangers ; in advance were 411 P k t i or f tl eY d a d 1 : e gangway, where Hon. Mem ittege ro roin brgrlig draughts of wind, whether l 'a Sl a ,Nbe ra :seio's laboratory we cannot say li„t e t , skoh of ( )1 the Government were wrapt in k,!sttilaged •their new roof; the Opposition til 41 :4a, 14 harthi , Vlr,jeOfb ..ellt9 .3-.ess badinage , or in the diges lylsso e zzia.',, e n.'l from the body of the House came tai4, front° th e with now and then " a strong the thee on. U nder -Secretary for the rt t•t t "e I' were e ncl of an emphatic sentence. A4llatpt th ° Pg hx. reporters grovelling away in an t a 'ita Eei , Ingeniously constructed so as to t hi. !he'll the the orator while Mr. Barry se -16111„' la th bue adva nt ' h a rse eh e h ew „ age of not hearing him. t ili l hl'ire 4 :, 4 ar e „ ' l ouse of Commons-the place ial ti Nog fat, the Made for the House, but for 141'bi‘4.1 elteqUre," ,e, World ! The chef deuvre of ,kt„llt, D Dns e; ,Fle fruit of so much toil, of such got "• W • .I.t N i r ' ,:13 41 ,„ e f e l t as really disheartening and ). 1 1ti kjitshi l `9, n od b" immediate necessity of seek tlii:. o t . tletlses, oregging him to turn it into baths iiMdta i , r elief' 4 it ito a smoking-room, or a % a .'%, 4 , 4 With 411,te•cl.lamber for the library,. and , f lle'str etei s i kl knee'illat intent fell over the tail of a ' t eeth e d t o , knocked our indignant head against !I. let h ligu e . 'ii Yth eaehi. (for its anatomical properties 1., 4 t il 'eked le th an a_ i aeh du o u r 4,..5, natural), which so tho- L'a sk th a , i,.,,,,_510tir that we returned to our ilteattt the seve'r-uoill,r,y the first available cab. It is I) ti t ° f lat ei e loLh ie 410 n. Members aho were last 4 'a 4 4 s Y I Ilad t B l, of the House, have not been ~ 'l,peetiO4 _. th at their constituents will have . fat ehi. ~?I' trover or detinue against Mr. (It. 11 ..,,,.,a.s.„_..hu ronic/e. o k ti l°4l th ßl Tls n ao, 4 ,ti eh , at e , , 4 a ----- e ii ------ ------__ A thVg ru g cla, a, -."-'tOLOGICAL risSoCIATIoN.- •ith:, p (lF lit ti 111,4 laeid e ." l ,_ng of the British Archaeological :iNY4 Of e:hetit,r 11:1alarichester and Lancaster) corn t,illkl; ',l,lars Re;,,,,MendaY morning last, under the 4 1, 1 4 3', , 1 e R : 1 444' col, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., F S.A. 4 e 'tot t t lq tOeral au " of Members After visiting the 1 4 ' l l i d t ere w n leeti ng w lv t o kit o l; t° t ee a s ate _ as held on the morning of 1V 4 11., t t l ' e tiil ß %'s.t of _u an evenin g sitting. Tuesday , hi _ yl, h, th e 5,.., se . rie s of excursions for the pur rt,iS, 'obi3, eolbepuLlquities of the County Palatine of 11 14 t 4 1 11, 4 1 4 at 4 Proceeding from Manchester to , to I ,os ikt!4!ter b,e,ssdale, and thence to Ribchester, 'I% 1 41). l elt th'slo li ii'itere a Rivetin g was held in the Lt) k 14 4 , o ten, rest d 1 1 011 4/ " 41 1113 o oray the Association pro *, h 1„, thle....ta.f. s p iel Castl e and Furness Abbey. ell'llt,l)44l4ltrittit,: 4"llrlvredlci an elopement of a most I ,,t h , heg 4 tid th rom this tow n , both the par titr.r,),,,,,0pp,,44 lai d t man having, pri4 to his guilty jni t ;4t 4' l wjtirs ! t hat t a k nds on all 'the money he could 1 "If t i , s) , 4 ei lti t Li " woman left her husband (a ' t tk e l \ llia t an d "/Paol here ip os tt of 4 t, til para,,,_ ere she was planning , 4 11 1,,! 1 1),1 1 41 11 3 .4 . 1at te „"f ,t_l o r to the haven of rascality ki t ,mo, 11 , 41 1 of ~ y ) . tv . wa ls also a butcher, and has ytl er tis Pa l ,, ge re hi) attending Wakefield cattle. hle t i4 th e es h e ald partners. Having g o t as '4,13', t ,lles orpattleagailty e ": 1; he Went to Liverpool, and . (1 1 1 th 4t ta : r Nes' tatrta4ealr sailed in the Constitution. kt',lt4iiik,„l:4tatlll'R t he raet off next day to Liverpool, t, l l , l llti, Nos , t ,L,oly arr_Vurn of some portion of the ti 4l !oo.1t1 1 , the p art i e v a too late. We forbear pub ;.4 1 m on ~ ar o 1., frOna a regard to the bus ,ll,lt I ca ite r ich °f all th "' in ilalifax ; but we must add tLiAtult, 40uplest aoighbours, England has got the % , it4si li tli , t i 4 4 sl, op ---Ifahf„ Guard". h'sqll, t o r e rea l T na S E 0 , Jl4 F e . wh• °yea a A---It is stated that i',41t1,,,:ts ~,klihmbeel3' Six acres of beach and il:i a s , :: It'she;eteeptetaie.llAd!osit(d and silted up a e t i i Villitt Er t ill s° ~the riart le !at some future tim Il'! l s il 't h t 4 sa "pe ar , ~_i el li artnoutti may be laid ,w t I,„ it, e etti Oti rth , plat the Hood shoal to the kr o 'e 0 e arl • i t th e .7. 'lsanpeared. This shoal has ‘4,'lc t 4 th O I to r t ido out to t or e ,ai ste eale,,el between the Barber and h ii i p. t 4 t t uor r hv aeh new Cause s the tide to arrive t ,li b ,,t 4 t 111 , 1 1 , p Y4.10,r ore Y arn % ° T I T easin g off its sluicing 4mi Iti k , f 0 '' , Bo 4u 8 ,,, 1, and affording greater u4,t p. !I t ._ sc4,,tatlee i uir :, ail the beach. Practical men iAk, `itlq:illocBtitt N ue TbiClirant change s are taking place !,1,../),,atl3inf,rlt dis, p ,! e ti_eed, is pretty evident from ,' ,ll 1 4 : , NA '9 1 , 4, ta nde Var,ance of the whole or part ' I, i t kl ret kr ? ti Ativ r '44 Shoal s by which we are 4 141 4 e 'l t e 1 111 ll;itit,' ie. 'Btrat.° ha 4 e !Mi.4,A 1,,, ,tly - , u o , ,Ye digs doctor of VIA name of otst 0) 1 43 5 ,°, Nrt,ie, raced a specific for cholera, vi 4 optu tr uit l .;. l has been Very successful, iih.,stio,llq ',tia,,,,,a ' , e l.' e ases and • t a m(I." i , 3tc,. -4 A t lai r 4,.., creating as great It: t ,, li t ,'ll tv ei„„ or e 01., ;Amor." His txcellency 6 a t 'lli,l'akeit wai t ," hod i i , "Tall, a ccompanied by the 4 t l i o otti tti at y., beat (1 o t , cio oo Inspector of Charitable hi 4 1 114 sp i , i !liN f he wiiil"-P, entreAting him. on the ii,Gioftt 1114„ by ha,..gl,ve publicity to the recipe ; 411,4 ey,,iteata oy hi q beep sligh t ed on the occ 1- 4 44 411 to priiiiihpl,c% at aa rr ' e _,°"!ade to th e ove nor, lie Nt, oth,r'tsit,teitl, a.tieria`"vnlging his Secret , though a letti t lui l f, 4 f t ,, Slid administer it in the ` ate f ' ar u! a reasonable considers the luotaeat at a positive Ou LITERATURE. Y OUSG ITALY. By Alexander Baillie Cochrane, _VP. A brilliant contribution to the Fallen annals, serving as materials for the future Sismondi, has been made in this eloquent and picturesque narrative by the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Brid port. From the opening sentence to the conclusion we have perused the work before us with an extra ordinary sense of gratification. For while in several particulars our opinions are directly at variance with the political sentiments entertained by the author, our warmest 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 episodes introduced into the narrative would re flect honeur upon the ability of even our most emi nent living reneancist, Sir Bulwer Litton, to where the volume is very gracefully dedicate d, "partly from the pardonable ambition to have the writer's name, however bri fly, associated with his in - Teri:liable fame, partly because to his hind suggestions the work or. es whatever slight merit it may posse ma." These are the modest expressions in which Mr. Cochrane ir:scribes his latest effusion to the author of "Rieezi," and the circumstance intimated towards the close of the dedication cannot but invest that effusion with an additional and adventitious attraction. Altcgether epee, however, from any such incidental allurement, the pages of "Young Italy" abound with charms of their 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 of atrocity, in its homage to misfortune, in its panegyrics on virtue, in its tender commemorati o ns 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 blasé, 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 hough 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 scholarship. 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 summoned 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 Napoleon 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 ejaculating, "Oh, that Elysee!—what a long history it might tell of broken fortunes, and worse than broken faith. As I stand in its magnificent reception rooms,crowded with the interesting memorials of the empire collected from all parts of Paris, 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 shadowy 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 unfortunate 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 penderce. 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 a fection for the Austrian Government ! "At Novara," ' says Mr. Cochrane, " Charles Albert was a hero ; it was the last effort of expiring greatness; he defended himself single-handed 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." The following anecdote of the fallen monarch cannot be perused without emotion; it recounts an incident which occurred shortly after his abdication:— "He arrived at Alassis quite worn out wish fatigue and anxiety, where he was driven to the principal hotel; it is one of those old picturesque palaces, with very dingy decorations, and bearing in every article of furni ture an impress of fallen grandeur. The man and the scene were adapted to each other. After passing up the ld time-worn, narrow staircase he entered a great ball, from which the rooms branched in all directions, where the first object that struck him was his own portrait, hanging against the all ; he was there represented with all the paraphernalia of royalty; it was taken soon after his accession, when the people were enthusiastically attached to him, and the recollection of the past, added to tee misery of the present, made him burst into tears. A slight breakfast was prepared, and he sat down oppo site the picture, intently gazing on it ; suddenly he turned round to the young girl who was waiting on him, and asked her if she remembered the King when he passed by in 1835. No,' she answered, I was such a child, but I am quite sure that you are the King!' How do you know that if 3ou never saw him?' he asked. She pointed to the picture upon the wall—he pointed 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 companionless, and in exile, with all the visions of his ambition dissipated, he left his country the re collection of 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 of 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 gages 53-129, affords a vivid notion of the Roman democracy, and is followed, as though by way of relief to the reader, by another romantic story of a painter, entitled "The Two Artists," those two artists being none other than Francois Boucher and Joseph Vernet. In analysing the character of his present Holiness Pope Pius IX. ti e author has evidently divested himself at the outset of all partialities and antipathies. To sum Ili 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 Goodness, marred by Weakness of character. Pius IX., he says, in one of his epigram matic sentences, "could deny a favour with a happier grace than Gregory XVI. could grant one." The 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 bad that morning been assassinated—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, exlaims— " What traveller who stood that night on the p'aee in front of the mightiest monument ever reared by a Christian faith, or adorned by man's geniuQ, listening to ,he fall of the wuters as they dash duwn the sides of those glorious fountains, and gazing on the statues of the h ly and mighty men who had died for the cross, standing forth in the bright blue air as the guardians of the faith which their lives adorned; who could have be lit-ved that the person of the head of that church, the expi,under of its tenets, that God's Vicegerent on earth, the old na,in 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 F xile from beneath the shadow t f 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 q uestion as to the number of bodies found by the French troops in the garden of the Convent of Calisto in Transtevere. This argument, which may be found at pages 116-118, is one of some moment, And appears to us to be altogether irrefragable. Another section of the volume, Leaded " The Mount Quirinal," is followed by a description cf " The Feast of the Golden Rose," and this egain by an inquiry into the problem of the "Tempera] and Spiritual Authority of the Pope," it, the course of which Mr. Cochrane says. almost wittily, " the keys of St. 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 (which may be found at page 275), will be read with urn ft igned satisfaction. The last portions of the work under consideration are partially cornpcsed of frag ments, already printed in the columns of our con temporary the Timcs, under the signature of th. person humorously designated by Mr. Cochrane, `• that most aLle, eh quent, and universally esteemed gentleman, ` our own correspondent.'" The most remar kuble portion of the NS hole hook, Low ver, we have hitherto refrained from met.- , tionir:g, desirous as we were to close our comments upon " Young Italy" with an earnest en comium upon it as an historical composition. It is the chapter inscribed "The Murder of Rossi," and depicts in startlin g co l o u rs th e w h o l e o f t h a t bast] ) tragedy. It affords a noble and touching prod* of the eloquence and humanity of the author, and pre sents to the imagination a picture so terrible in i - s , vividness that it cannot very speedily be obliterated , from the recollection. • ANNALS of the PENINSULAR CAMPAIGNS. By Thomas Hamilton. A New Edition. 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 Hardman, 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 all 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 fact, which be 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 access 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 Gurwood's collection of the "Despatches" of his Grace the Duke of Wellington. Aided by these remarkable documents, the editor of these annals has 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 be 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 frini 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 who may take the trouble to compare Hamilton's Annals of the Peninsula as they were When orignally printed, and as they are in their pre sent form of republication. MAPS ILLUSTRATIVE of 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 of 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 Is Lich have been selected as representing at a glance the various cities and localities connected with the Peninsular victories. Atter an admirable outline of Spain and Portugal, cfm-, in their several positions, the lines of Torres Vedras, the plan of Ciudad Rodrigo, a map of the ryrenees, a sketch of the attack of the French in treLched position on the Nivelle, the Sifges of Sarra gosss, Gerona, Tarragona, Bade . ), z, Burgos and San Sebastian, together with the battles of Medina De Rio-Seco, Vimeira, Corunna, Talavera, Oc:.n Busaco, Barossa, Albuera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Bd. yonne, Orthes, and Toulouse. In the limning of each of these famous spots Mr. Johnston has acquitted himself more than creditably—every road, elevation, 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 Right llon. Sir Francis Baring had the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle yesterday, and remained at Osborne last evening, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The unfavourable state of the weather this fore noon prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert from taking their accustomed early walk. The Royal children were l►kewise prevented from taking their pony and walking exercise in Osborne Park this morning. THE SUN, LONDON, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant William Horton (1842) late of the Thetis, 36, has been appointed to study steam at Woolwich. Mr. Pinhorn, the newly-appointed store receiver at Woolwich Dockyard, has been promoted to be Major in the Royal Dockyard Brigade, vice Owen, deceased, and Mr. Moody, foreman of shipwrightF, 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, i■ 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, Cep tain Halstead (which ship also ought to have at least 300 men to work her powerful batteries) requires 70 blue jackets. The Thetis, 38, Captain Kuper, C. 8., at Devonport, is only half-adozen abort. Monarch, 85, to be the new guard ship of the ordi nary at Sheerness, is ordered to be re-coppered. Vengeance, 14, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart., is ordered to be re-coppered at Portsmouth. PLYMOUTH, Auc. 20.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel Salamander went down the Sound on Monday to have her compasses adjusted. She will be paid wages on Wednesday, and will sail with a mail for Rio, whence she will proceed to the East Indies. Her Majesty's brig Liberty arrived on Sunday from Pembroke. She came into harbour on Monday, and was taken into deck the same day to be coppered. Wind—West, fine weather. WOOLWICH, AUG. 21.—Rear-Admiral of the Blue Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., is appointed to the command of her Majesty's vessels in the Pacific, in the room of Rear-Admiral of the White Phipps Hornby, whose three years of command on that station are now completed, having been appointed on the 25th o f August, 1847. ahe 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 n quired at Balmoral. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Dkputy-AdjutuLt-Gencrars-office, _ Woolwich, August 17, 1850. GENERAL ORDER. His Lordship, the Alaster-Gen(ral, has been pleased to approve of the following officers exchanging com panies : Second Captain R. H. Crofton, of Major Ask with's company, .sth battalion, with Second Captain I'. F. G. Scot, of Captain Maclean's company, llth battalion. utenant W. M. King, of Captain MitcLell's company, loth bsttallion, with Liru•caant J. A. P. Adams, of Captain Turner's company, 6th battalion. 8. 1). Ross, Diputy-Adjutant-Guncial. De puty - Adjtvant-Generare--Bec. Woolwich, August 19, 1850. GENERAL ORDER. 1. &end-Lieutenant W. W. Hagen is transferred from Captai❑ Hill's company, Bth butalion, to Captain Warburton 's company, 6:h battalion. By order of the Master-General. 2. Sergeant David Hoge, 6Lh battalion, is appointed Acting Quartermaster-Sergeant to the field batteries. J. E. JONES, Colonel, Assistant-Adjutant-General. THURSDAY EVENING, JENNY LIND'S DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, IVEDIsikSDAY.—We dollbt whether Jenny Lind, in the whole course of her unparal!eled career, ever met with a manifestation of public feel ing so grand as that which accompanied her depar ture this morning for the United States. No sove reign, p b"evererpsoopn in any sense the idol of the popular —no conqueror, however re nowned—nopeople—could h ave b een attended with more signifi cant honours th an t h ose 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 Mdlle. Lind took hsr departure from the hotel to the steam- boat at the hour that had been mentioned in the newspapers, he could not undertake to be answerable that there might not be some accident, in cons( quence of the p ressure of the crowd, i t b ecame rt quislte at a lat e h our on Tuesday night to a l ter 'he pl. ( v i rus arrangements, and to keep the new ones -e eret. A t a quarter to eight in the morning, con -iderahly more t h an an hour hefire the time origi nal!y fixed upon, the modest brougham in which 'Limy Lind ha s t raverse d this town was drawn up at be private d oor o f t h e Adelphi Hotel, e.nd, without the fact of h er d eparture being known to any Lut the few persons who w ere connecte d w i t h t h e ar rangement-, she wa s ena bl ed to leave private l y an d without Mat. Mr. Benedict accompanied her in her carriage, and then followed a couple of hired vehicles, containing M. Belletti (also goes with her to America), M. Vivier, and a few chosen friends, who were to accompany her on board. It was amus 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 mistak e 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 lying about in the river. But she had given them all "the -dip," 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 eompagnons 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 side 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 whole formed an aquatic triumphal procession for which we remember no parallel, except the grand scene in Portsmouth Harbour on the arrival of Louis Philippe ~n 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 —one 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 'ented 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, which we subjoin : " To Mdlle. Jenny Lind,--The committee of the Li• verpool Philharmonic Society cannot allow Mdlle. Jenny Lind to take her (they trust) temporary departure fr.. m A country where her talents have excited so enthusiastic a sensation, and the kindness f her heart has 1. fc bo d-ep an impression, without assuring her of their best wist.es for her health and prosperity during her sojourn in a distant land. " Disappoinied as they were that circumstances de prived them of her powerful assistance at the opening of their Hall, they feel much gratified that it has at length been glace(' by her presence ; and they cannot but thiuk that it will be an agreeable reminiscence to tldlle. LiEd, while floating on the Atlantic, to reflect that her last notes in Europe vibrated in a Hall a :witted to be 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 composed solely of lovers of music, Rho have incurred much pecuniary sa crifice, and considerable future responsibility, without the least idea of profit, but with the sole design of pro melting 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 hare 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 how ured and esteemed. (Signed) " JOHN HATwARD TURNER, Chairman. JOHN B. BRANCHIER, VlCe•ChairUlatl. " c. Sub Low, li on . Se 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, the Swordfish, Captain Green, from Pernambuc o , we hate 2.: t h the o arri val f of received advices A U G . t 0 21 the 13 July-14 days later than those last recei ve d . Sugar—Business ha s b een on a very small scale and receipts trifling, owi ng to the season being wet and wretched roads. Our nearly nominal quotations are 1 milrei 800 rein to 2 milreis 400 rein for inferior to middling quality white, which, at 2711 exchange, is equal to 161. 3d. to 21s. 2d. per cwt ; muscovado sugar 12s. sd. to 13s. 4d. per cwt. Exchange—The scarcity of money and favourable advices for cotton have caused an advance in our rate instead of a decline, which usually takes place at this dull season of the year. During the week a large business has been done at 27d. to 27id. ; but to-day small sums have been passed at 27 id. for ready cash. Cotton—Our receipts this week have been 343 bags, making 1,420 since the Ist inst. In conse quence of high prices, and the advance in our ex change, this staple has been less in demand, and re gular first quality is now offered at 6 dolls. 900 ex commission and freight. Hides and ruin continue as before, and we have no important transactions to report. _ Freights—Th e E ng li s h s hip Bonita has engaged a cargo of Cotton in Maceio, at II.; the Hugh, in the same port, at 9-161; and the Fatima, in Paraiba, at for Liverpool. They will take about 500 bags. M.P.--The ab ove gEntlernan . H N A L R E R S OW BARRY E CBAAPLFINR,OM DROWNING OF M R on Tuesday proceeded by the Gem steamer, for the purpose of passing slew days with a friend at P . urfleet, from w hi c h place a boat wa s h a il e d t o t a k e him off in the middle of the river, when, stepping int o the boat, he lost his balance and fell backwards, and the tide being very strong he was car. ried down a great 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 hi mse lf i nca pable of directing the boat; but fortunately Mr. Barry Baldwin, being a good swim mer . by great good luck came up t o 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, al d afterward s j o i ne d his f-iends. '1 'ho means for his recovery were successfully used, and he has felt little or no ill effects from the untoward accident. GRAVESEND, THURSDAY MORNING.--THE MAGIS i n d o rder ball TRATES AND THE Pooa. - 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 hands of the magistrates, to he by them distributed among the poor people who have lost their property by the late fire. A committee of gentlemen had been formed, and num e rous subscriptions made among the visitor s . to the town, 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 propose would not take place, in consequence of th e . great opposition of the magistrates, one of the gentlemen going the length of openly asstrting, at a meeting held at the Town-hall,. money obtained from such a source could . not possibly benefit the poor." We trust that as the ni.agistrates.of Gravesend Pr they w ill are actuated by such pure and charitable feelings, practice what they preach, and take care the poor people are not losers by their Christian proceedings.—From a Corre spondent. The Dean. and Chapter of Canterbury have pre sented the Rev. T. W. Goldhawk, M A., curate of St. Mary. lebone Church, London, to the vicarage of Shelwick, Kent , rendered vacant by the cession of the Rev. S. J. Lyon, AUG UST 22, 1850. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK RACES.—TVESDAY Yli . :llT. The arriv4ls this e v en i ng were c h ie fl y irons the south, and were so late, owing to nearly all the trains, including the " special," (in consequence of the breaking down of an engine) being considerably behind time, that scarcely any buaiuess was transacted at the subscription-rooms in the sqoare. The only transactions were on the Ebor, for which Collingwood was backed freely at 9 to 2 and 5 to 1, and Echo for small sums at 6 and 7 to 1 ; 7 to 2 was offered on the field, 9 to 1 egst Mark Tapley. and 12 to 1 agst any other. It was generally understood that Canszou would not start. WEDNESDAY. • The Dundas Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 If, with 50 added, for three yrs old, 7st; four, S•t 31b; five, Bst 91b; six and aged, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 31h, One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. Ro:t's Colliogwcod, aged, Bst 121 b (Flattnan) 1 Lord Leiland's Radulphus, ~ g ed, 8 t 91b (J. Alarson) 2 Betting -6 to lon Coiling% ood. Won by a length. Run in 2 mm. 29 sees. The Yolkshire Oaks ef 15 see , . each, IS ft, with 100 added, for three yrs old fillies, 84 7lb each; airl..ers extra; the second to lectite 10 sovs., and the third to save her stake; the winner to pay 10 sc,vr. tt.waids xpenses. One mile and a quarter. (49 Subs.)' Mr. Shelley', &trouts, B.t 71b (P Butler) 1 Mr. Wadlow's Harriotr, Bst 7ib ON bite house) 2 Sir J. Hawley's 'I ill', Bst 71b (Templernun) 3 Mr. Ilumphries's Sis to Swallow, Bst 71b (Fla wan) 4 Mr. G. Osborne's Achy n.rithes, Bet 71b (G. Abdulc) Mr. Pedley na Lady Spud), Bst 711) (Duilo) Betting-5 to 2 each agst Tiff and lisreiotr, and 4 t 1 tmea agst Achyranthes and Britonia. Won by a length; Tiff a bad third. Lady Speedy did not pass the ,:hair. Run in 2 min. •24 secs. Yrs.duce Stakes of 100 Hove. each, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. One mile. Mr. Meiklam's The Italian, B,t 71b (Temeleman) 1 Mr. Jaques's Dauphin, Bst 7ib (llatman) 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, 94 41b; six, got 71b; and aged, 9st 91b. Two miles. Lord S;anley's Uriel, 4 yrs (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Dawson's Priestess, 4 yrs (Lye) 2 Mr. Pedley's Prior of Lanercoat, 3 yrs "(Dar) 3 Captain ilaworth's Baroness, 4 yrs (Holmes) 4 Mr. Bacon's Cockermouth, 5 yrs ( W akelicld) 0 Mr. Hesseltine's Andalusian, 4 yrs (Longstaff) 0 Mr. Rolt'a Eagle's Plume, 5 yrs (Flatmate) 0 Mr. Robson's The Sweep, 3 yrs ...(Wakefield, jun.) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Priestess, and 2to 1 egst Uriel. Won easily by two lengths; Prior of Lanercost a bad third. Run in 3 min. 37 secs. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sm. each, 30 ft, for two yrs old, Bst 71b each. One mile. (3 SUbs.) Mr. Wentworth's Az sth (J. Mailer)) I Mr. Oliver's Dancing Jack (Flatman) 2 .Betting-4 to lon Azetb, w h o won in a canter by six lengths. Run in I min. 55 secs. The Prince of Wales' Stakes of 10 sovs, each, and 50 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 7ib; and fillies; Bst 21b; winners 21b extra. T.Y.C. (28 Subs.) Mr. Harrison's Trick s t ress (F. Butler) 1 Mr. H. Hill's Holthorpe (A. Day) 2 Mr. G. Barton's Madam e Wh ar t on (J. Marsou) 3 Mr. Allen's Nicotiana Lord Glasgow's cby Retriever or Emilius (Holmes) 0 Mr. Ewbank's England's Glory (Wintrirgham) 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 Qureu Bee. Won by a length; two lengths between second and third. Run in 1 min. 4 secs. The Ebor St. Leger of 25 sovs. 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, 50L Half a mile. Lord Cardross's Scarborough walked over The Kuavesnaire Stakes of .20 sovs. each, h ff, &c. Two miles. (5 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Ruby walked over BETTING ON THE EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Cullingwood 5 to 1 agst Cantab 5 to 1 agst Elcho 8 to 1 agst Champion 9 to 1 agst Mark Tapley 14 to 1 apt Clothworker LATEST BETTING AT YORK. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EBOR HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Collingwood 9 to 2 agst Mark Tapley 5 to 1 agst Elcho 6 to 1 agst Cantab 8 to 1 agst Champion GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.—TUESDAY. The Vauxhall Stakes of 5 says, each, and 25 added, one mile, were won cleverly in three heats, by Mr. Ste phenson's Dromedary colt, 3 yrs (Thoroughgood), beat. mg Mr. Daley's Cayenne, 4 yrs; Mr. Gurney's Bull finch, 3 yrs; and Mr. Storin's Whitstone, 5 yrs. The Norfolk and Suffolk Stakes of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added. Oue mile and a half. - (13 Subs.) Lord John Scott's IX faulter; 5 yrs, 7st B.b (walked over: The Tradesmen's Two yrs old Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 50 added. Colts, Bst 7113; and fillies Bst 4:13. About three-quarters of a mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Stevens's 13ritannica Lord Stradbruke's fby Alpheus " 2 Mr. liigrins's Theseus Mr. R. Westley's The Lioness Mr. Defame re s Curl Mr. Wilson's b c by Buzzard, out of Phringari . Won easily by tour longthi. 'Theseus a good third. The Borough Members' hate of 501. Ilcay. One nri'e and a ha'f. 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. Derrieres Verderer, 3 yrs Mr. Able's Anchor of Hope, 5 yrs 5 dr Won in a canter. The winner claimed for 50/. The Theatre S akes of 3 says. each, and 20 added once round, four subscribers, were won easily by Present, beating Paul Jones and Daddy Longlegs. GRAND SWIMMING FETE. Last evening a grand swimming fete 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, amongst 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 %fro had gained gold prizes. 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. After this race, which was an excellent one, a fine gold pin was swam for, open to those oho had never won a prize. 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 been disposed of, Messrs. Pewters and Roberson entered the water to ex hibit their separate powers as fast swimmers. The rate they travelled at was truly astounding, Pewters of course keeping the lead, though not at any great distance. P ewters then dived in fully dressed, and succeeded, before retiring from the water, in bringing himself to a state cf nudity. This performance is looked upon as the most difficult in the art of swimming. Evans Evans, an amateur, then entered the water, and succeeded in greatly delighting the company by a series, of extraordinary swimming feats. Mr. Howson, without exception th e fi nest f ancy swimmer in the world, and Master Smith, thee went through some 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 inerease the evening's amusements by his diving feats, and, aftet a finely-contested sweepstakes, the entertainments were terminated. In conclusion, we must state that every accommodation was afforded to the spectators by the spirited proprietor of this magnificent bath. T L UE ,ATF SUICIDE IN KENSINGTON GABDENS.— Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. H. M. Wakley, at the King and Queen Tavern, Paddington-green, on the body of the gentleman, name unknown, who shot himself with a pistol, in If.enaington-gardens on Monday last. It appeared from the eviaence of James Dunn, one of the gardeners, that a few minut es b e f ore 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. 7a. 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 THE LATE RECORDER OF LOND ON-- On Tuesday m orn i ng , at half•past eight o'clock, the remains of the Right lion. Coarles Ewan Law, late Recorder of the city of London, were removed from his late residence, 72, Eaton-place, Eaton-square, Pimlico, to the ch urc h of St. John, Southwi c k- crescent, Hyde-park, where they, were in terred in a vault under the altar, where one of his daughters lies buried. The funeral procession was unostentatious, 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 liornsey, 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 bea u tif u ll y l aid out, and the whole is well cal culated to p romote t h e comfort of the recipients of the bounty of the society. CHICHESTER.—The harvest is rapidly progressing in thie , neighbourhood, and what has been housed is in excel lent conaition. The crops are, however, said to be deficient in the yield, and not so great as generally expected.— Brigliton_Guardian. SHIP CANAL BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS. Convention between her Majesty and the United States of America, relative to the Establishment of a Communication by. Ship Canal between the At lantic and Pacific Oceans. Signed at Washington, April 19, 1850. Ratifications exchanged at Wash ington, July 4, 1850. Her 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 eanal, which may be constructed between 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 Mej-sty has cm farred full posers on the Right Hee. Sir Henry Lytton Buiwer, a member ot her Majevy's Most Hoeuarable Privy Kni g ht Cull:weeder of the Must ilonourabl, Order of the Bath, and Envoy Extraordinary arni Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty to the United Sates ; and the President of the United Sates, on J. M. Cita) tin, Secretary of State if the United States, for the aforesaid purpose ; and the said plenipotentiaries having exchanged their full ',maces, which were found to be in proper forte, have agreed to the fallowing articles : Art. 1. The Governments of Great Britain arid 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 sate or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonising 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 take 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 through the said canal, which ?hall 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 for 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 protectit 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 riovern men', if both Governments or either Government should deem that the persons or company undertaking or managing the same adopt or establish such regula times concerning the traffic thereupon, as are contrary to the spirit and intention of this convention ; either by nailing unfair discriminations in favour of the commerce of one of the contracting parties over the commerce of the other, or by opposing oppressive ex actions or unreasonable tolls upon passengers, ves'els, goods, wares, merchandise, or ether articles. Nei ther party, however, shall withdraw the aforesaid pro tection and guarantee without first giving six months' notice to the other. Art. G. 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 laid canal as a ship communication between the two oceans for 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 either shall be employed when requested by the other, in siding 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 c onsen t o f t h e 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 fur 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 conventi on have any just c a u se t o 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 protecti on of the Governments f Great Britain and the United States, and be allowed a year, from• the date of the exchange of the ratifications • of this arrangements,cnnvention,for concluding their irrangeents, 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 States shall be free to afford their protection to any other pers ons or company that shall be prepared to commence and proceed with the construction of the canal in question. Art. 8. The Governmenti of Great Britain and the United States having n t o - accomplish desired, in en t er i ng into this convention, a particular ob• jest, but also -6 establish a g enera l pr i nc i p l e, t h ey 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 stood by Great Britain and the United States that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid Governments shall approve of as just and equitable; and that the same canals or rail ways, being open to the subjects and citizens of Great Britain and the United States on equal terms, shall 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 h ave h ereunto affixed our seals. Done at Washington, the 19th day of April, anno Domini 1850. (Signed) HENRY LYTTON BIILWER (L.S.) ,Of --- • THE LADY OF MANY HUSBANDS. An English lady, who has resided in Paris for many years, and was '`or some time the leading star of fashion amongst us, had shared in the fully and misfortune of many ef 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 discovered —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 othea- half being mortgaged to the lively andfascinating D-- of the : Varietes. The fair lady insisted upon a separation, which, upon bein g we ll pa i d, the husband consented to With- ala crity. Soon after this event Msdile. D-- of the Varietes, reflecting that virtue and reputation are - too precious to be abandoned for nothing, renounced the society of the Count for that of a rich banker, who could off: r better compensation fur the loss of the world's esteem, nod Alonsieur ti'4l--, in desp..ir. set sad for the B r . z i s St.ortly after hi s delis' tare Ma dame cf A-- received the is.A4i nevi 6 of the Lis of the vessel in vs Lich be had , mbaeked, and id %if Lb " every soul on board bad perished." The lady is hands,me, dry, r, and ambitious, and (uf:er the usual time for retirement and "mourning") was not long iu securing the attentions of 1.4(.1d 11 mense lortune a n d rov i ng f ancy have rendere'd him the mark for the combined rata, ks of every Europ e a n mother and daughter for the lust seven years. The day was fixed fur the marriage, the trousseau was most magnificent, the wede'ing jewels superb as those of a royal princess, everything, in short, served to announce the generosity ( f the bridegroom, and to give fresh proofs of his enormous riches ; when, lo! 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 dtclares that his eye is upon her, and wiil be while he lives, wherever he may be. The poor Countess fainted at the news. Lord %V-- teak 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 her past experience no doubt, induced her to keep the marriage secret until it was fairly accomplished. It took place at the Em bassy two months ago, and with the return of fortune, station, and happiness, the quondam Countess now becomes plain Mrs. W--, 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 Elysees had already been hired ; great balls and concerts were already spoken of, when, just as we had made sure of much feasting and rejoicing at Mr. W---'s expense, a dreadful report reaches us and Us 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 devour every delicacy which was there to be found, without choice or scruple. He had scarcely finished, when Mr.W—, attired in his morning gown and slippers, entered the room, and had no time to be astoniihed at the appearance of the free and easy stranger, be cause he was immediately dumbfoundered by the ques tion of " Who are you ?" put to him by that cool personage in the most natural manner possible. The explanation which ensued must have been the most comical thing imaginable. " The Undying One," undrowned and unhung, had returned again to claim his dear wife. In vain Mr. W--- 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 rtflection, Mr. W— 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 botel.—Atlas. SHOCKIN G .ATTEMPT at MURDER. On Saturday morning last a murderous assault.wrs committed by a wife upon her husband, in the usually peaceful town of Gate- house•upon Fleet, which has natu rally produced u good deal of excitement in the locality. As the ewe is in the hands of the proper authorities we reft ain from entering into details of the occurrence, but may mention the following for the information of the public. About ten months ago a medical man named Mason commenced practice in Gatehouse. if& hal some years before practised in Dutnfriev, and afterwards te s:cled for three years on tho eastern shores of the di tetraneso, in the capacity, we believe, of a medical mis sionary. During that period he convected, or supposed he had converted, a Jewess, about 30 years of age, who resided in Constantinople. Ile brought her to this coun try. and she was baptised in the Free Church of Max well:own, as having embraced the tenets of the Christian faith. Dr. Mason immediately afterwards married her, and came to reside at Gatehouse, along with a son and daughter by a former marriage. 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 inflicted several severe wounds. He succeeded 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 had been committed Mrs. Mason was found sitting quietly in an apartment filled with smoke proceeding from the bed, which she had sot on fire. The flames were with some 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 rowly missed the carotid artery; one upon the back of the head; and a;frightful gash on thearm above the wrist. He has lust a great quantity of blood, and is in a very dangerous state. Au express was immediately . dis. patched to the authorities at Kirkcudbright, with infor mation of the occurrences and on their proceeding to Gatehouse, the usual examination of the circumstances was made, atter which the ac cused party was scut to Kirkcudbright gaol. We learn that the assault appears from various circum stances to have been premeditated, a formidable weapon having been found, apparently prepared for some mur derous purpose; and a large stone was discovered in the bed on which the unhappy pair bad slept during the previous night. An attempt was also made, we under stand, upon the life of Dr. Mason's son, a young lad, after hi. f Aber had been wounded, which happily was unsuccessful, the boy escaping uninjured. Time are various reports in circulation and surmises made as to the motives which could have urged the commission of this dreadful cked of violence, partly founded upon statements made by the woman when ru custody, and also as to the 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 be has occupied since Whitsunday. He is attended by the other medical men of the place, and is quite sen sible, though excessively weak from loss of blood. On Sunday morning his case was considered to be more fa vourable.—Dumfries Courier, Aug. 20. MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8i per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for, 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 0.24 per cent. dearer m Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433/ per mark, which, at the English Mint pike of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standara gold, gives an exchange of 13.9#; and the ex change at lianiburgh on London at short being 13.81, it follows that gold is 0.12 , per cent. dearer in Haim burgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on Loudon for bills at GO 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 the United States. MAR DROWNED AT GRANTON,--011 Tuesdsy 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. Jcseph Usher (late Mr. John Airey), manufacturer of black-lead pencils, Keswick, Cumberland. It was ascertained that the deceased had left the Wardle 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 Grunion, he had become confused, and, wandering upon the pier, bad fallen over, and was drowned. He did business in Edinburgh in the course of Monday forenoon, and left his goods and other property in the cotlee-house where he lodged in Shak spere-square, prior to going down to Granton.— Scotsman. SOUTLI-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Notice of an inten tion to tile an injunction against this company has been lodged to prevent them from opening their now completed line from Ashford to Ilastinge,•on the ground that the line, as constructed, does not agree with the Parliamentary sections by as much as from 13 to 30 feet in the levels in some places, while the deviation allowed should nowhere ex ceed 5 feet. THR EFFECTS OF FREE TRADB. -- PilUperiSßl is diminishing; the hungry are fed, the naked clad, and—the Whigs have Surplus.—Punch. The Chiteau of Maisons Laffitte, which has just o been 6 sold 50p o o b 4 executors w t eo h ia e tus:nbatuili,tirnet olsi 6s ,u o sm f 4s M ,u nsi.i t edl a uirn f fine embellishments ss f bc o n r he the aecr:ln: se s s e m xat sm all sumwp d rho 0 expendedl)epro perty o f t O 6 i de corations. AMERICAN SHOES.—A vessel arrived from New York has brought the large number of 112 cases of show, a American manufacture. as a nnrtinn of ht, r•ti*rr„