The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

44 , 1 i 04fALz1led, bFo., 61,,th, poled THE POETICAL REMAINS of PETER JOHN ALLAN, Es.i., late of Fredericton, New Brunswi. k, vv , th a Shutt Riograp!neal N tire. Edited by the Rev. HENRY CIIRIST3IAS, M.A., F.R.S„ F.S.A., &c , &c., &c. London: Smith, Etter, and Co., Combat. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. rnder the Management of Dir. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 8, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDLNG. Sup. ported by Mr. and Mrs. NV. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron'S Tragedy of SARDANAPA.LIIS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSEIN. Characters Messrs. Harley. m ea d o ws, Addison, and Miss Vivash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL El)orletor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, }Warne Celeste. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 8, Will be performed GENE VIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parsee, Cullenford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Faul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAIL To conclude with WHAT ! NO CAB ? ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, Au°. 8, Will be p resented LUCIA. DI LAMMER3IOOE, Edgar, Mr. *.ixiz Reeves ; Lucy Ashton, Mrs. Sims Reeves. After which, PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. Ta conclude with THE WATERMAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 8, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, T. Mead, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SHYLOCK, or, THE MERCHANT OF " VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Jacob Earwig, Mr. P. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. The varied and attractive Entertainments at this Theatre continue their successful career—comprisine, the national spectacle of the Battle of Waterloo, the matchless Scenes of the Circle. and Sport ing Drama of The Chase (the 76th night). Mr. W. COOKE is de termined to present his patrons with every possible novelty, and begs to announce a splend!d Spectacle on a classical subject. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 8, And during the week, the Performances will commence with the MDR Snectacle of TUE' BATTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke' s incomparable Scenes In the ARENA, introducing Mr. Alfred Cooke (the Premier Horseman) in a grand Equestrian Act. Concluding every evening with (76th time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE TURF, with a real Fox Chase. Doors open at Half-past Six. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Engagement of that eminent English Vocalist, Miss POOLE. THIS EVENING, Arcusr 8, CHIJSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, Caparisoned Elephants, God frey's unrivalled Band, Vocal a: d Instrumental 'oricert, Two Favourite Songs by lvliss Poole, various amus i ng novelties, conclud ing with the magnificent spectacle of THE FEAST OF LAN TERNS, brilliant display of FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE FIRE SHIPS. Admission, Is. N.B. A grand Show of Poultry, Pigeons, and Rabbits will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 23 and two following days. LIGE WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Inas DAY -- Morning 0 min. after 4 I Evening 20 min.aft. 4 0- 31 0aRow—Mornin g 37 m i n. after 4 Evening 57 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'30. WIND, N.E.—Light breeze, and very fine weather. AUGUST 8. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 56—lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.30. WIND, N. by E.—Light breeze, and cloudy, with t wahine. iT C f I ‘. ll h .44 ) 1111 §llll 4 .P LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1853. The AUTOCRAT has accepted the propositions dispatched from Vienna, by the Four Powers, on the 24th ult., to St. Petersburgh. It is so stated at least by the organ of the British Government. According to that authority the Cabinet courier from the Russian capital has been anticipated by the electric telegraph. It appears,• in fact, that up to this moment no positive information has been received in reference to the ultimatissimum decided upon by the English, French, Austrian, and Prussian representatives—no intelligence even to the effect that it had reached its destination. Yet, in the absence of any such intimation, we are informed that matters are already brought to a satisfactory settlement. Western diplomacy, it would seem, has suddenly acquired the gift of pre science. Before it is possible to learn whether the proposal of the allies of Turkey has reached the hands of the Emperor NICHOLAS we are assured tha , his Imperial Majesty is willing at once to concede tc, its suggestions unconditionally. Everything is de clared to have arrived in this matter at the hap piest conclusion. Substantial evidence of the fact can be found nowhere - risible : but the oracle of Downing-street has spoken, and we are expected to listen to its utterance with all submissive cre dulity. Nay, the country is not only to accept its statement as gospel-truth, but—to do a vast deal more than that—to swallow its rather over confident, and, we fear, somewhat prernatur , congratulations. It remains, first of all, to be seen whether the CZAR has really accepted the proposition of the Four Powers thus cordially and—unconditionally! Sup posing he may really have done so, it will then be requisite to discover what are actually the terms of this mysterious ultimatissimum, ! There upon it must rest with the people of England them selves to decide whether or not they have reason to be felicitated in regard to the result of these negotiations. If it prove on inquiry that the proposal forwarded on the 24th ultimo from Vienna to St. Petersburgh has been in any par ticular modified—if the arrogant claims of the CZA.R have been in any respect acceded to—if no other advantage has been secured beyond the mere evacuation of the Principalities—if no re paration whatever has been extorted from Russia after all her duplicity and her insolence, after her Violati on of the Turkish frontiers, and her despotic interference with the rights of th e H os podar of Moldavia then, assuredly, it must be maintained that England, F rance, Austria and Prussia have no cause to indulge in ' self-gratulation. It there fore becomes necessary to plicit intelligence ferhwe await some more Cabinetex of St. Peters burgh before we count nth th security f upon the avoidance of war, m uc h leas before we rejoice over the attainment of a still supposititious t• means for arriving at w hi ch are, 1118 peace, the up to this very moment, at the best, so entirely problematical. Patience ; consequently, is s till a duty incumbent _ upon our population. Patie nce until the shall be ness of these diplomatic mystifi cat i ons dark dissipated—until the conditions of the Proposal made by the Four Powers shall have been di e _ covered—until its arrival at St. Petersburgh shall have been proved, together with the fact of its definitive acceptance by the Russian Govern ment. "It 'ud spoil an angel to be a Cabman," said JENNY TOP'S--ROBERT Tom's, her husband, being one of the fraternity. We have this assertion on the authority of DOUGLAS JERROLD (" Man Made of Money," chap. xxi.)—an authority wise enough, and therefore credible enough in matters of this character. And certainly if any one class of the community has exerted its utmost ingenuity to spoil the angels amongst us in the shape ofCabmen, i: has b een th e sma l l b ut power f u l c l ass o f our po -1 representative. The Legislature has endea ,roured, fir:A of all, to effect thi s object by alio win , the ITeh us o f London ' a prolonged impunity for all kinds of insolent and extortionate behaviour. It is 110 W . urpassin . ; this fully by one yet m ore p re p os terous, ~bat of precipitate and buno - ling measures of im . rovemcnt. Take the fora llowing example, as given a the for m o f a laconicocoi com munication ur munication to one of moroing eontem ,ration : I) I ' , by way of illus the cab question, if " SIR, —The hasty legislation each extra he clause allowing a charge of oni for rproduce the assenger, for any distance, is carried tlee • cabs nornaly of four persons being able 'Ur w i ll i'or sixpence less than they would be obligede two t e o a bps?, and re; and five persons could hire thre ave sixpence for any distance under one mile. c 03a:silty go further ? It cannot benefit th e ea t , wner, as nobody will take one cab and pay the extra ore s when two cabs can be had and sixpence saved. Is THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 85 18 EA was referred to in the report of an inquest on an unfortunate young woman named MARY ANNE BAE,NARD and of her child, which appeared in our impression of Thursday, nor can we do more than barely allude to the per formances of the porter of the workhouse of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and of his wife—to an unfortunate person named PERIL? JACK SON, who applied for shelter. These matters may yet be investigated, and we shall ab stain from comment until it is ascertained whether the authorities intend to pass over these matters sub si/cittio, or to institute the inquiries and adopt the measures which the circumstances appear to demand. Sufficient, however, has ap peared to warrant a hope that an intimation may be conveyed to the officials throughout the differ ent Unions, that " flintiness of heart" is not the highest qualification for office, and that there is something of even greater importance than the saving of a few pence in the poor's-rates. A salutary lesson has been given, by which we trust that they may at length be warned before further deaths are occasioned through similar indifference to human suffering. burden of a costly annexation, or of a disgraceful termination, as in Afghan, of the territory we had conquered, are amongst the fruits of this irresponsibility so obstinately retained. MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 Ame rican were taken for export. The market was heavy without alteration in prices. The sales com prised 4,000 American, 250 Pernam and Maran ham at 6ed. to 7d., 70 Bahia at 6id. to 6id., 200 Egyptian at 61d. to Bd., and 500 Surat at 4d. to 4gd. per lb. Railway Shares continued dull at lower prices. The price of wheat is down 2s. per qr. this morning. New barley from Kent has been brought to market and sold at 395. The private letters received from the United States, and reaching to the 27th ultimo, are of an exceedingly favourable complexion. All classes were highly prosperous ; and although specie had been shipped rather freely to England, there was an abundant supply. The grain markets were duller, and the news from this side about deficient crops seemed scarcely to be relied on. The New York accounts show the excess of im ports over exports, during the week ending July 23, to be 3,260,446 dols., being larger than any previous week this year. The Californian accounts are very satisfactory. From the interior the news is encouraging as re gards mining operations. A statement respecting the population had been published, and from this it appears that during the six months ending the 27th of June, the number of passengers that arrived at San Francisco by sea was 23,741, during the same time 14,326 left, making the addition to the population 9,415. From the continent the intelligence received is satisfactory : the private advices from leading houses at Paris and Vienna mention that the pros pects of peace were more re-assuring. It is felt that when once any certainty exists upon this point, there will be a markedirestoration of public confidence, and an immense relief to all who have heavy engagements open. Tlie Honourable East India Company has again raised by id. per rupee its terms for bills on Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. Public securities have been particularly buoyant this morning, and the serious reaction which oc curred on Saturday has been entirely recovered, and the current prices have gone even higher. Consols have been quoted 974 to 98/ for transfer, and 97i to 98 for account. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have ranged from 100& to 101/, and the Three per Cents 98k to /. Bank Stock has been supported at 227/ to 228. Ex chequer Bills are 2s. dis. to ls. prem. India Stock is at 259. Foreign Securities have been all higher. Mexi can Bonds have realised 26 to 4-, and Grenada Deferred 81, and since 9. Russian are up to 117 and 118 for the 5 per Cents., and to 101 and 101 for the 4i per cents. Dutch 4 per Cents are at 97 to 98. Spanish Deferred Bonds have been quote 23/ to 4, and the Certificate is at 6. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : COMPANY. DATE. PLACE, &c. Belfast and County Down Aug. 18, Belfast. Birk., Lanc., & Ches. Junc Aug. 13, Birkenhead. Buckinghamshire Cork and Bandon Direct London and Portsm Aug. 26, London Tavern. Eastern Counties East Indian... Great Northern Gt. Sthrn. &Westrn.,lreland Aug. 27, Dublin. Great Western Lancashire and Carlisle Aug. 31, Lancaster. London and Blackwall Aug. 17, London Tavern. London and North-Western Aug. 12, Euston Station. London and South-Western Aug. 10, York-road. Loughar Mane., Sheffield, & Lincoln Aug. 31, Manchester. Maryport and Carlisle Middlesboro' and Redcar Aug. 10, Darlington. Midland Newry and Enniskillen Aug. 16, Guildhall-coffeeh. North Devon Northern and Eastern.. Aug. 18, Bishopsgate-stn. Royston and Hitchin Aug. 13, St. Helen's-place. Shrewsbury and Hereford South Yorkshire Aug. 26, Sheffield. Stockton and Darlington Thames Haven Aug. 31, London Tavern. Waterford and Limerick Aug. 30, Waterford. Wear Valley Wharfdale Aug. 19, Skipton. - - -- - The Railway Share Market is extremely active, and buying seems to have re-commenced in ear nest. This is, no doubt, partly due to the closing of " Bear" operations, but we "[lay expect the pub lic to invest also, if the political news continues good. Great Northern have advanced Ito 2, Caledonian, 1 to 1i ; Midland, 1, and the other English lines in proportion. Lyons have risen about 21., Strasburgh 11. to 1/. 10s., and Sambre and Meuse j to Gold Mine Shares have been a little firmer, but are not in much favour. The Land Companies are brisk. Australian Agricultural are up 1 to 2. Banks are dull, BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List.) Business done. Bulk Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..... 98$ 3 per Cent. Consols Amthities 97i 874 7,1 New 3i per Cent. Annuities IOOA 1001 18 India Stock Consols for Account 11th August 97- 8 Exchequer Bills, ld. £1000 £5OO 2d 1p Small 2d 1p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 43 per Cent.:i lO4 1 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 3s i i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not f un 6g P a .., _ Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2,1 per Cent. . . Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... ...... 9 7i 8 HALF.PAST TWO. Consols 97-4 8 Ditto August Account 97i 8 it consistent with reason or justice that, when the law allows two persons to pay but sixpence for any dis.ance under one mile, if two more are added to the party, iach, of the new comers will pay do , ,ble the fare of the t vo original passengers ? Surely the House of Lords will not pass such an absurdity, even if the Lower House should persevere in it, and be the laughing-stock of the kingdom.—l am;sir, your constant reader, Now, the absurdity of this clause is, of course, at the first hasty glance quite apparent. Two cabs hired by four people for sixpence less than those four people would be compelled to pay if they only took one cab for their accommodation ! Never was there attempted by the House of Commons any more blundering arrangement ! The Cab question is to be considered once more in the Lower House this evening. Let this silly clause in the newly-planned enactment be revised, there fore, in time, or the public will be suffering another grievance in the matter, if possi ble yet more irritating than any they have yet experienced. Instead of each additional pas senger beyond the first two comers being charged at the rate of another sixpence a mile, it were only fair play to make them pay each at the rate (per mile) of threepence. So that the cab-drivers might demand for one person "sixpence" a mile —for two persons " sixpence"—for three "nine pence"—for four a " In this manner simple justice would be done to all parties con cerned, while the clause referred to would at once be simplified. The spirit of " Beadledom" i s aga i n rampant. The mantle of the illustrious BUMBLE appears to have descended with unimpaired virtue, not only his more immediate successors, but on all per sons holding "parochar' offices, on the gate porters of the various Bastiles, and even on the superintendents of the public baths and wash houses. Nay, more, the modern officials seem to have followed the example of their great predeces sor, and to have secured the assistance of conge nial help-mates, of legitimate rivals to Mrs. CORNE; to stimulate their drooping energies, and encou rage them to the stern and unflinching discharge of the duties of their respective situations. It might be supposed that an insolent brutality, a reckless indifference to the sufferings of the miser able creatures whose exigencies require instant -.snd suitable relief, was the chief, if not the only, qualification looked for in candidates for employ ment under the several unions in the Metropolis and throughout the country; and, if so, we must congratulate the guardians on the efficient ser vices which they have been so fortunate as to secure. It has recently been our painful duty to direct public attention to the case of an unfortunate young woman, who, through the inhumanity of some parties connected with either the " Wallsall Union," or the " Brewood Bastile "—as it was appropriately termed by one of the witnesses— was driven to attempted suicide and consummated murder. The decided refusal to retain her child until she got a little stronger, and the stern order to " take the baby out, and work for it herself," having led to the commission of the fearful crime for which she would have forfeited her life on the scaffold but for the exercise in her favour of the Royal Prerogative by our gracious Sovereign, whose exalted station has not lessened her sym pathy for misfortune, even when clouded and tarnished by guilt. Since her condemnation another conviction for murder has taken place ; a murder directly occasioned by a similar act of in humanity, committed by some of the officials of the Truro Union, and with even less excuse than in the case of SARAH BAKER—a murder by a girl only seventeen years of age, of a child deserted by its parent, and cast upon the wretched young creature who now lies in Bodmin gaol awaiting the execution of the dreadful sentence of the law. The case of JANE CHENOWETH is, indeed, one of extreme hardship. Left a helpless orphan, without a natural protector or guardian, she had been consigned to the tender mercies of the Poor law guardians and their subordinates. While re maining in the Truro workhouse she became ac quainted with a woman named ELIZABETH BEARD, who was there delivered of an illegitimate child. When the child was some four or five weeks old its mother was discharged in a state of almost total destitution, with her helpless offspring to provide for it, as well as for herself, as she best might. The madness of despair, which might have tempted to a double murder, was, however, tempered by a strong feeling of maternal affection. She could not support her child, but she resolved to give it a chance for life, and in place of murdering she only deserted the poor infant. She had given it to the unfortunate JANE CHENOWETH, whom she :net in a lodging-house at Truro, requesting her to take care of it while "she went to procure iome food." The really destitute are always willing to render such offices for each other. They have little within their power, but that little they do cheerfully. JANE CHENOWETH took the child Ind kept it until the prolonged absence of the mother and the late hour of the evening con ,inced her that she had been imposed upon, that - he child had been abandoned, and that she was -esponsible for its protection. Under such pain rill circumstances, she acted at first with much irudence and discretion. She went to the near tst police-office, and applied to the inspector on duty for advice. He directed her to take it to the Union. She did so, but the door was shut in her face, and she was informed that " the child would not be admitted without an order." She made her weary way back to the station-house again, to consult the inspector. By him she was Erected to the overseer, and at length obtained the necessary order—the golden branch necessary to charm the official Cerberus. She again went to the workhouse, but nine o'clock had arrived, the time having been consumed in her various pilgrimages backward and forward to police-sta tion—workhouse—police-station again —overseer's residence—station-house once more, and thence to the workhouse. The balmy slumbers of the vigi lant porter could not be disturbed by an intruding pauper at such an hour. She was suffered to knock and knock at the gate, but in vain ; no answer could be elicited from the drowsy official, and she had to win her way again to the station house, where the compassionate bearing and cour teous demeanour of the inspector encouraged her to hope for at least a civil answer, if not some relief. Eler confidence was well founded. Inspector NASH, whose conduct on the occasion is deserving of great commendation, gave her a shilling, pro bably from his private resources, telling her to get a bed for the night. She went, but returned no more. It did not appear where or how she spent the night, but it was probably in the open air, without any protection or shel ter from the weather. She was next seen with the child about twelve o'clock the following day. She Was kneeling down drinking at a stream of runn ing water. The child was crying, and she was jerking it up an d down, as the witness who describ e d thU hin this particulars had " s een h er mo th er hushi ng her place little brothers and sisters." It w as at found, it s head the body was s u bs equen tl y feet close to theand body i n th e wa t er , an d it s melancholy transactn road. i It is p oss ible th a t th e uoceurr e d in the manner detailed by the unfortunate rogated by an inquisitive landlady d crimin a l w h en i n t er - , COOT, at the New Inn, n she lady, a cer t a i n M rs. said, 1 " The child and when I mud. and , was very cross, and I w as very tired , came there I dabbed it d own 7, e i d ;he water and went away, and left it!" The f a ti, and anxiety she had encountered had driven b her almost to a state of phrenzy, and in the paroxysm she committed the act, not, perhaps, intending that the death of the child should follow. She has been held legally liable for the act, and will pro bably expiate her offence by perpetual banish ment—we cannot conceive the possibility of her life being taken. But on whom does the moral responsibility rest ? Is it not on those who thought they were performing an excellent jest i n drivin g her from the workhouse door until she should ob tain an order, and then pretending sleep when she came armed with the Sesame—the signal that should have flung open the workhouse portals to the afflicted sufferer and the helpless child. We shall not now expatiate on the conduct of Mr. P the OOTE, Superintendent of the Marylebone Baths and Wash-homes, and of his wife, which ~~, [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] Either Sir CHARLES WOOD and the House of Commons have carried a most unrighteous Bill for India, or Mr. CARDWELL and his Amalgama tion Committee suggest a most unrighteous enact ment for Railway Companies. The general ability of the Committee's report is confessed, it is worthy to rank with the very able one made to the American Congress which it quotes with approba tion ; but there is one resolution which stands pre-eminent for good or evil amongst the practical ones,—we mean the 9th. . It enacts— " That every Board of Directors should be required to register with the railway department, some one person, to whom should be delegated the chief authority over all the external discipline of the company and its servants ; also for every part of the line, some person should be registered as resident engineer; and for every portion of the locomotive stock some person as locomotive engineer." Now we are not about at present to discuss these resolutions as to their practicability ; but one thing seems to be universally acknow ledged, that the principle of the one just recited is thoroughly sound. That principle is responsi bility. It is desired that if accidents occur by carelessness or mismanagement, those who have charge of the legal inquiry may know whose guilt or innocence is to be inquired into ; who ought to be brought to trial when there is suspi cion of misconduct ; and who ought to bear the penalty if misconduct be proved. It is desired that one official shall not have power to shuffle his delinquencies off to a second, and he to a third, and all to the want of due concert between them, and so forth, till the public and juries are left standing aghast at some palpable and avoidable error, for which, how ever, no one is responsible. Such is the object of the resolution, and we have not yet heard that it is objected to by Railway Boards. If carried, the result must be that a class of first rate superintendents will be created ; since not only would Boards refuse to entrust such a charge to any ordinary man, but hardly any one without competent knowledge, dares expose himself to the hazard of being found guilty of mismanagement in his department, after a " dreadful railway acci deq." Now, all this is held to be excellent policy in regard to the safety and welfare of the one or two hundred Englishmen who suffer yearly more or less by railway accidents. A most in telligent and competent Committee of the House of Commons says the very best thing we can think of, the only thing we can formally propose is the re sponsibility of some individual in each department where causes of accident arise. The Committee thinks that details may be nearly all confided safely to the hands of the persons who will have to bear all the consequences of their failure, and who is equally sure to find his services abundantly de manded and remunerated if he be specially suc cessful. There can be no doubt of the thorough soundnesq of the principle. The American Com mittee appealed to it. Mr. CA.RDWELL'S Com mittee does the same ; nay, every merchant, banker, or manufacturer, every intelligent person, in short, who has more to do than his own eyes can watch over, is constantly acting on this principle. Why, then, have the House of Commons so completely thrown it overboard in regard to India? Why, if good as the maximum of protection for a few hundreds of railway travellers, is it worth less for the protection of 150 millions of our Indian fellow-subjects ? Mr. CARDWELL'S 9th Resolution is the model on which it might be un dertaken to legislate, with universal approbation, for India ; but it is on that account the severest condemnation of Sir CHAS. WooD's perpetuation of mystery and irresponsibility in Indian affairs. So long as that country remains a dependency of England, and so long as it is incapable of enjoy ing Representative Assemblies of its own, the one thing needed is the clear responsibilty of its chief officials to the British Houses of Parliament. Only suppose that, as for the three chief depart ments of railway working, so for the principal departments of Indian management, some one individual were to be held respon sible ; were open to the interrogatories of Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. PHILLIMORE, and Mr. BLACKETT, were liable to have a Parliamentary Committee sitting upon their conduct, and to have a Blue Book and report published for Indian Reformers and newspaper editors to wade into with no par ticular prepossessions in favour of officials ; as suredly, in that case, questions of internal improve ments and external wars, of the administration of justice and the collection of revenue, of education also, and employment of natives, would soon all of them put on a very different face. Their pre sent one would not be long presentable to the pub lic. There would be some one to blush, some one, if things went too far, or wrongs remained too long unredressed, to bear a heavier penalty than blushing. Grievous it is to think that, for the present, this cannot be done. "It is too late in the session." Not too late to fix Sir CHARLES Woop's salary at 5,000/. a-year, but much too late to fix him with responsi bility. He will still fight from behind the shield of the Honourable Member for Honiton, and the Honourable Member will shelter himself behind the Double Government and the Crown nominees. The Board of Directors and the Board of Control, Sir CHARLES WOOD and Sir JAMES HOGG, will con tinue their open and secret correspondence and conferences. No one will be bound to answer for anything; officials will enjoy their salaries, and directors their patronage ; but India will be mulcted with wasted millions, and harassed with every species of mal-administration, while Presi dents, Secretaries, and Chairmen of Directors will be enabled to say, " It is no doing, or no fault, of mine." Hardly has this undeserving bill escaped from the Commons, when the clouds begin to thicken. Indian natives, convened in public meeting by the Sheriff, condemn the precipitancy of our legis lation. They reiterate, and thereby authorise, all the complaints of the Indian Reformers thus far ; and they show happily that India begins to be aware that its demands, duly, temperately, and manfully expressed, will be welcomed by a large and effective party in the House of Commons. Our Cabinet may be assured that it will not find it easy long to work their bill in quiet. When India is fully aware that peaceful discussion is a mighty power with our Legislature, there will likely enough be plenty of it. Then follows Mr. COBDEN'S vigorous pamphlet on the Burmese War, e a l l i r e e i a ti a n y g from their own Blue Books the irre futable facts wlich convict the authors of the , w ar ra of as gross abuse of their veiled and irresponsible p bt o hu n ery sib ainn le n: a bx i iii th iNi._ rity, as the entire press has out thecolvusicteed the chief conductors of the war, of deplorable ine; Lpacity. It was easy to count on Mr. COBDEN'S motion respect he has disinter rea l' on of Pegu ; but no count out nanthe placeddisgraceful in d a y lfactsdaylight t which r Sir tn c h a oe n r e a pv n l ea y ni n p l tf a ha u ee s t i: e t) i toh t g i au e te s n o wc f ee CHARLES WOOD-no, e the Burmese war t o 0- a MAcAuLAY---alter Double Goverrnx tent and divided authority. That two hundred th.ousand. pounds a month, even tually to came on British shoulders, and the COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, left Buckingham Palace, at 20 minutes to 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, for the Camp at Chobham. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Gainsborough, Miss Hildyard, Colonel the Hon. Chas. Grey, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Wylde, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, Lieut.-Colonel Bid dulph, and Mr. Gibbs. The royal party proceeded in four of the Queen's carriages to the Nine Elnas-station of the South Western Railway, where a special train was in readiness to convey her Majesty to Staines. Four royal carriages were in readiness at Staines, and conveyed the royal party to the Camp. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty on Saturday morning at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty arid Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by the Hon. Matilda Paget, the Hon. Mary Seymour, the Marquis of Or mond, Colonel Bouverie, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, and Mr. Gibbs, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the evening at Buckingham Palace, on Friday, and per formed the following compositions : Overture, " Les Chaperons Blanes" Romance, " Choeur et Complets" Marche due Boeuf A pis, " L'Enfant Pro- Auber. digue" Divertissement, " Le Prophets" Meyerbeer. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the Domestic Household, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Private Chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Rev. Henry G. Liddell officiated. The Duchess of Rent, attended by Lady Augusta, Bruce, left town on Saturday, for her residence, Frog more. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. John Wood, chair man of the Board of Inland Revenue, had also an inter view with the right hon. gentleman. A Cabinet Council was held at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat two hours and a half. THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN FAMILY. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, accompanied by her eldest daughter, the Princess Marie, and att,ended by a numerous suite, arrived in town, at six o'clock on Saturday evening, from Tor quay. Her Imperial Highness drove direct from the Paddington railway station to the hotel where her im perial sister, the Grand Duchess Olga, is sojourning, and, after a long interview, proceeded to Chesham House, the residence of the Russian Legation, where her Imperial Highness will again take up her abode during her sejour in London. The Crown Prince and Princess of Wurtemberg paid a visit to the Grand Duchess Marie, at the residence of the legation, on Saturday evening. Yesterday morning, their Imperial Highnesses at tended Divine service at the chapel of the Russian legation in Welbeek-street. The Rev. Mr. Papanoff officiated. After luncheon, the Grand Duchess Marie and the Grand Duchess Olga, the former accompanied by her daughter the Princess Marie, and the latter by her con sort the Crown Prince of Wurtemberg, and attended by the members of their suite, left town by the Great Western Miilway for Slough, where two of the Queen's carriages were in waiting to convey their Imperial High nesses to Windsor. The illustrious party first proceeded to the castle, and after viewing the interior of this regal edifice, and inspecting St. George's Chapel, drove through the Great Park to Virginia Water. Lord Charles Fitzroy was in attendance upon their Imperial Highnesses. The Grand Duchesses returned to town at six o'clock. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—It is expected that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle will be the Secretary in attendance upon the Queen during the Royal visit to Ireland, and that his "reliever," to use Sir Thomas Picton's term, will, on arrival in Scotland, be Viscount Palmerston. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. The Mini sters present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Vis count Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Moles worth. The Council sat two hours and a half. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.—It is currently reported in political circles that Sir James Weir Hogg, Bart., M.P., will be the chief Government officer in the East India, direction, under the provisions of the new bill. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—The Queen will not prorogue Parliament in person. The prorogation will take place by commission from the 18th to the 20th inst. The last of the supplies for the year will be voted to morrow (this day), immediately after which the appro priation clause will be introduced. This is usually the last act of the session, and takes about ten days to go through its various stages, and receives the royal assent on the day of the prorogation.- -Observer. THE CITIZEN STEAM-BOAT COMPANY'S FETE.-011 .S at Saturday d g a a y v the e th e directors a o o f n the oal entertainment Citizen Steam t o o a Com pany t the omen and boys in their employment, to the number of about 300, in the company's dry dock at Battersea. The iron steam fleet, 13 in number, started in procession from London-bridge, the first boat having a band of music on board, and also Vie chairman, directors, secretary, and. other principal officials of the company. On reaching the Cremorne Gardens, a salute was fired. and it was answered by another discharge of cannon from the works of the company. The servants sat down to an excellent dinner in the presence of a vast number of ladies and spent with great hilarity. conclude the festivities A thisbad ball, y w. gentlemen, i t h and refreshments, day TERMINATION OF THE DOCK LABOURERS' STRIKE.— This morning, in consequence of arrangements made with the Commissioners of Police by the London and St. Katharine's Dock Companies, a strong force of the A, H, and K divisions of police, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Steed and Inspector Miller of the H division, were posted at the entrance to the respec tive docks, for the purpose of protecting the new hands who were engaged, and preserving the public peace. At the hour of commencing work a large number of la bourers who had been previously engaged presented themselves and entered the docks without molestation, with the exception of a few groans from some isolated knots of strike hands who were assembled outside. So numerous was the supply of labourers at the London Docks that in the course of the morning a communica tion was made by the Superintendent to the St. Katha rine's Dock Company that they could be supplied with 200 men if they were required. Although both com panies have set more men to work than were actu ally required, there being nearly 1,200 employed at the London, and between 700 and 800 at St. Katharine's Docks, there are now several hundreds willing to go to work at 2s. 6d. per day. At the East and West India Docks the strike has not been general, not a single ticket or preference man having joined the movement, and a very great number of men were wait ing at the entrances this morning for employment, the turn-outs having proceeded with a band and flags to hold a meeting in Bonner's-fields Fears were entertained by shipowners and master riggers that the riggers and lumpers would have joined in the movement, but it ap pears that this class of men are perfectly satisfied with their present rate of wages. Owing to the excellent ar rangements of the police not the slightest disturbance has taken place. SERIOUS FIRES.—THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE FLOODS. —Yesterday (Sunday), between the hours of one and two a.m., information was received that a fire of a for midable character was raging in Cold Arbour-lane, Chislehurst, Kent, about twelve miles from town. The moment the news arrived, Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the D district of the London brigade, started to the scene with an engine and a powerful body of firemen, and upon arriving there found that the disaster had ori ginated in an extensive rick of new hay, containing nearly 80 loads. The engine was at once set to work from a pond of water on the estate ; but in spite of the most strenuous exertions of the firemen, they were unable for the space of three or four hours to get the flames sub dued, and not until one-third of the rick was destroyed. Fortunately Mr. R. Higgs, who is the sufferer, was in sured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office. The previous morning, about the same hour, an express reached the London fire stations that a conflagration had occurred in the premises belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, cow-keeper, in Pratt's-lane, Lower Homerton, nearly facing the union workhouse. Mr. Fogo, the liqad officer of the A section of brigade, at once started with his engines and firemen, and on gaining the spot found a large rick of hay, the . produce of several acres, wrapped in flames, and the cow-houses burning most furiously. The engine, without loss of time, set to work from a pond, and some thousand gallons of water were scattered over the fire, but very little impression could be made upon it until the lapse of two or three hours, and not until considerable damage had been done, one-third, at least, of the hay being consumed, the back of the cow-houses much burned, and part .f the roof de stroyed. Mrs. Stevens was likewise insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office. The origin of both fires has been traced to the late fall of heavy rains, which completely inundated the country, and laid under water some thou sand acre of farming produce. The fine weather hav ingms o et s t in i , n t s h ta e nte farm s e s r t s a , ok i n ed or sufficiently dry, and t h e ra y s of the produce has become su t d h e o r m to t s o a o v e soon,th e r a c r n o d p sb, o h in f o a r v o e the sun having set upon the same have caused the hay lowed. It is the general opinion of those best ab l e t o to over-heat itself, and spontanem,s ignition has fol judge, that during the present month many similar casualties will occur from the same cause. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. B.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.E. light breeze, and fine. DEAL, Aug. 7.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Louisa, St. Vincent. Arrived from the River, and sailed—Julia, for Adelaide, S.A. ; Ferozepere, Port Philip • John Scott, Demerara ; Calypso, Jamaica ; Florence, Halifax, N.S. ; ' Vittoriosa, Trieste • Anne Maria, M a l aga ; A qu il a , Bilb oa ; Positano, Constantinople. Aug. 8 (9.25 a.m.)—Wind, N.E. ; very fine. Passed — Queen, from London, for Melbourne ; Claudine, London, for Melbourne ; Courante, London, for Cardiff; Sautane, London, for Odessa ; Sydney (s.s.), London, for Adelaide ; William and Jane, London, for Melbourne ; Emily, Africa, for London. Sailed—Abel Tasman, and Orion, both for Sydney ; Arrow, for Lisbon. WEYMOUTH, Aug. 6.—Wind, N. Arrived—Ariel, Dublin. POOLE, Aug. 6.—Wind, W. to N.W. Arrived—Martha Helene, Christiana. DARTMOUTH, Aug. 7.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Free dom, Middlesborough. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 7.—Wind, N.N.W. to N. Arrived —H.M.'s s. Blenheim, Queenstown ; European (s), Lime rick ; H.M.'s s. Queen, Plymouth. Sailed—H.M.'s st. Magicienne ; Caroline, Quebec ; %Vaterwitch, Denis ; Janetta, London. Off Port—Urania, St. Croix, for Copen hagen. FALMOUTH, Aug. 7.—Wind, E. Arrived—Camilia (s), London, and left for Dublin; Weekinsent, Ibrail ; Camo gline, Taganrog. Off Port—Americanos, Hartlepool, for Swansea ; Venus, Bahia, and sailed for Hamburgh. Sailed—Franklin, Antwerp; Ferdinando, Rotterdam ; Exaltanza, London ; Maria Mathilda, Dublin ; Bertha, Dundalk ; Clothilda, Antwerp ; Gem, Harlingen ; Isabel, Hamburgh ; Maria, Dunkirk ; Constance, London ; Con quest, New Ross ; Nayarlen, Galway. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 7.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Mester, Krusoe (and not from Curacoa, as previously reported) ; Salvador, Memel, for Melbourne ; Ajax (s), London, for Queenstown ; William Penn (s), do., for Dublin ; Devon shire (s), Dublin ; Patriot, Fremen ; Secret, Rotterdam. Sailed—Vimeira (s), Australia ; Isis, Newfoundland ; Alaba, Antwerp. BRISTOL, Aug. 6.—Wind, N. Arrived—Lorenzo, Bey dianski ; Index, Norway. Sailed—Maria Emilie, Rio Janeiro ; Peamore, Genoa ; Camslan, Alicant. BRIDPORT, Aug. s. —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Panope, Ibrail. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 7.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed— Bella Donna, Quebec ; Primula, Bombay. PETERHEAD, Aug. s.—Arrived—Kate Scott, Greenland, with 70 tons of oil ; Queen, do., with 120 tons. ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE NIGER.— We understand that it is in contemplation to fit out another Admiralty expedition to explore the source of the Niger, with the view of promoting civilisation in Africa and opening up new sources of commerce. It is held that the present is a fitting opportunity for another expedition to the Niger, inasmuch as the mo r t a lit y on the coast of Africa has f late very much decreased. DEPARTURE OF THE SYDNEY STEAMER FOR AUSTRALIA. —On Saturday the Royal Australian Mail Steam-packet Company's screw steam-ship Sydney took her departure from the East India Docks, and proceeded down the river, on her way to Australia. From some awkward matter or other, in wending her course through the Galleons Reach, above Woolwich, she caught the ground. Fortunately, however, the tide was flowing, and she came off unhurt, it is said. She brought up at Graves end to receive the mails, and at daybreak yesterday morninc , sailed direct for her destination (Sydney and Adelaide), without calling in at any port down Channel. She had a number of passengers, and a full cargo of goods. A LEGAL JOKE.—" Well, George," asked a friend of a young lawyer, who had been " admitted" about a year, " bow do you like your new profession I" The reply was accompanied by a brief sigh to suit the occa sion—" My profession is much better than my practice." LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. The announcement that the Emperor of Russia had accepted the note forwarded to him from Vienna produced an immense effect on the specu lators assembled on the Boulevards, and the Three per Cents., which closed on Saturday at 77f. 20c. for the end of the month, rose to 79f. 20c. A curious report is at present current in Paris. It is whispered that preparations are being privately made for the coronation of the Emperor and Em press at Notre Dame on the 15th inst. The report appears so absurd that it is extraordinary it should obtain credence. Another report and one more probable is, that a number of pardons will be granted by the mperor to political prisoners at the approaching festival. It is said that a celebrated physician, who has lately made an inspection of the priSons in France, has been summoned to St. Cloud, where he had a long audience of the Emperor. His Majesty ques tioned him as to the opinions and sentiments of the prisoners, not excepting Barbes and Blanqui, and requested the doctor to give him the names of 25 prisoners most deserving of his clemency. The rage for decorations and crosses is still gain ing ground in Paris. The Minister of the Interior alone is said to have received applications from no less than 3,000 postulants for the Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Archbishop of Paris has addressed the follow ing circular to the parish priests of his diocese : " Paris, Aug, 3, 1853. "Monsieur le Cur&,—We have received the following letter from his Excellency the Minister of Public Instruction. " Paris, July 29, 1853. " Monseigneur,—France will celebrate the Empe ror's festival for the second time on the 15th August next. I pray you to call the recollection of the clergy of your diocese to this national anniversary. Ido not doubt but that the Church will eagerly take advantage of the great religious solemnity, which likewise returns that day, to invoke the protection of the Holy Patroness of France in favour of the Prince who has restored that elevated rank to our country which it ought to occupy in the world. The Prefect will concert measures with you, Monseigneur, to regulate the proceedings relative to the religious solemnity. Please on your part to transmit instructions to the parish priests in sufficient time that a complete understanding may be immediately established between the various authorities. The cere mony will consist, as last year, in a Te Deum of thanks giving, chanted at the conclusion of divine service. " Accept, Monseigneur, the new assurance of my high and respectful consideration. " 'H. FORTOUL, Minister of Public Instruc tion and religious Worship.' " You will, therefore, take care, Monsieur le Curd, that a Te Deum of thanksgiving be chanted the day of the As sumption at the conclusion of the solemn mass. You will recommend to the clergy and to the faithful of your parish particularly, to invoke on that day, which is become a national festival, the protection of the powerful Pa troness of France and of our diocese in favour of the Prince, who re-established order and peace in our fine country, and whose preservation is so necessary for its happiness and glory. May she ever be his shield, and incessantly cause him to feel the effects of her tute lary protection ! You will concert measures according to custom with the civil and military authorities. The present letter will be read on Sunday next at the prone of the parish. " Receive, Monsieur le Curd, the new assurance of my very affectionate devotedness. " MARIE DOMINIQUE AUGUSTE, " Archbishop of Paris." TURKEY AND RUSSIA. The two following telegraphic dispatches have been received from Vienna : " VIENNA, AUG. 6. " Russia accepts the project of mediation pre sented collectively by Austria, France, England, and Prussia." " Accounts have been received here, to-day, from St. Petersburg to the 3d. ' Russia accepts the propositions of the Powers, on condition that the Porte shall adhere to them without any modi fication.' " General Castelbajac had previously been in structed to forward at once by the telegraph the answer of the Emperor of Russia. It cannot be denied that the fact mentioned in it is an impor tant step towards the pacific settlement of the question which has so long kept the world in suspense. But it would be imprudent to rush all at once from a state of alarm into one of complete security. The acceptance of the pro positions transmitted in the name of the four Powers—as those only can be meant—is indeed a fact of importance, but it is not all ; there re mains the equally important one of the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities. To all reasonable men the withdrawal of the Russian army behind the Pruth ought to be the necessary consequence of the satisfaction given to the Czar ; but the fact is, Russian policy has been throughout all this affair, from . its very commencement, so character ised by duplicity, that when there are such motives to doubt her faith—when her acts have so belied her promises—until Russia actually withdraws her troops to the very last man, one can scarcely believe her. It is believed in some quarters, that it is in pur suance of a previous agreement between Austria and Russia, that the mediation of the former has been offered to, and accepted by, the latter ; that that agreement was come to when the Emperor of Russia saw clearly that he had been deceived with reference to England and France, between whose Governments he believed that no agreement could possibly exist on any question ; and that it had been arranged that this door should be left open by which to retreat without dishonour. It is thought improbable that a demand for a money indemnity will be made by Russia : at least those who well know the character of the Emperor Nicholas when such matters are in question do not believe it. It is also stated that the Emperor has been so much harassed by this question, that he would willingly get rid of it ; but one of the strongest reasons may be found in the united atti tude of the four great Powers, and against which it would be madness to contend. On a review of the whole affair, there is no serious obstacle to a pacific solution except in an insurrection at Con stantinople. Letters from Jerusalem of the 16th ult. announce that the country is tranquil, notwithstanding the intrigues of the Russian agents, who had endea voured to spread alarming reports as to the safety of the Greek population. The Turkish Government continued a moderate course, and was well sup ported by the French Consul, who used his best exertions to maintain peace between the various religious sects. Letters from the Black Sea of the 18th state that the Russian flotilla in the Danube consists of 150 gunboats and 50 lighter boats, well armed. It commands the entire river. The news that proposals for a treaty of peace have been sent to St. Petersburg has been hailed with joy throughout Moldavia. The commerce of the Principalities has suffered much since the Russian invasion. While diplomatic notes, ultimatums, and such like thin g s are being exchanged, the Greek popu lation of Bulgaria, Roumelia, Albania, Macedonia, and Thessaly is being got into " proper order" by Russian agents. A writer from Czernovitz is of opinion that the want of arms is a serious evil, " but axes, scythes, &c., will do very well to begin with." There is bad news from the Turkish army assembled in the neighbourhood of Trebizond. and Batoum. There is a sad want of provisions, and many of the men are suffering severely from dysen tery. This complaint is supposed to arise from the Pontine honey, which is mentioned by Xenophon in his Anabasis, although, if my memory serve me, the military historian tells us that it af fected the brain of his men. The Constanti nople correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette writes, that almost the whole of the Turkish fleet is in the Black Sea, and the Egyptian fleet still absent. The condition of the latter is represented as deplorable. Hassan Pasha, the admiral, hoisted his flag on board the ship of the line No. 8, but when the usual salute was fired the vessel became so leaky that she was got into dock as speedily as possible. This being the best ship of the line, Hassan Pasha has considered it advisable to trans fer himself and flag to a frigate. The excitement at Alexandria is very great, and every evening the schoolboys and their teachers promenade the streets of the Turkish quarter of the city, shouting " Vic tory to the Sultan, and death to the unbelievers." ITALY. A letter from Pavia, in Lombardy, of the 29th ult., mentions a curious fa . ct . which . occurred in that 't the paid ex visit by town. The police authorities, in consequence of expectation of information received r T ec o e w iv n e - d ha.l b l y , w tl i i t e h m making some great .discovery.. The Commissary Galimberti not finding anything criminal caused his followers to perforate the walls, but without success. M. Charles Folperli, the Mayor of Pavia, despatched a detailed account of the proceedings of the police authorities to the G overnor o f Mil an , an d demands satisfaction for the violence com mitted at the Town-hall. SWITZERLAND. The last advices from Switzerland are not of a nature to induce us to suppose that a speedy ar rangement with Austria is likely; although the Na tional Council has left the matter in the hands of the Federal Council as Executive Power. Both • parties are evidfintly 6Ee3 hOW the k • Pr ental question will end. This Government has taken great offence at the conduct, of Mess rs ' Marsh,offley, and Ingraham in the Smyrna affair , and has already applied to the Government of the United States for satisfaction. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 2d inst. General Lersundi, the President of the Council, assisted at the Te Deurn chanted at La Granja on the preceding day on the occasion of the announce ment of her Majesty's pregnancy. He subsequently convoked the Cabinet Council/ at which the question relative to the railway al cessions was decided. M. Moyano, who differed in opinion with his colleagues, tendered his resignation, which was ac cepted, and he was replaced by M. Collantes. The excessive heat of the weather at Madrid had paralysed commercial affairs. The Three per Cents. were done at 44 346 cash; Deferred, 23i. SPORTING NOTES. WINNERS FOR WOLVERHAMPTON. The counter attractions at Reading and elsew here will, doubtless, militate considerably against the slrec e l of the Wolverhampton Meeting. Still, the s upply ! 9 e sport, although not remarkably abundant, is likely to ID! sufficient to relieve the proceedings from t e diousnee e ; Before my communication meet the reader's eye, the first day's racing will be decided. I shall, therefor e, without further prefatory remarks, proceed to discuss the items " set up" for Tuesday and Wednesday. That the fields will be, in the majority of instances, numerically _insignifica n t i s unques ti ona bl e ; still, th e various encounters will not be utterly devoid of inter est. Seventeen hor ses h ave acce pt e d f or the Patshull nan d ' cap, but the starter will not, perhaps, muster even a moiety of that number. Both Gladiole and Whalebone appear to be most leniently handicapped, and with a start, I shall expect one of them to achieve the victory' Wild Huntsman has incurred a penalty of 51bs. O r d the Chillington Stakes, and his party may deem it se ll % policy not to jeopardise th e p os it ion w hi c h h e a t preeef occupies in the Derby betting by the possibility of a c' e : feat. Notwithstanding, h owever , hi s a ddi t i ona l imPe" I shall, if he enter the lists, be induced to lace 5 0 1 confidence in his chance. Strutaway is the nex p t entitled to consideration. I am doubtful as to the "fitness" of both Lady Boli n and Trifle. I am, therefore, reluctantly compelled to seek my champions for the Cleveland Cup in two very moderate animals—Little Davie and Cleveland—Osb al ' deston and Lough Bawn are my selections for the Free Handicap. Two events only on Wednesday's list require consider* tion—The Foal Stakes and the Holyoake Handicap' Whalebone will, perhaps, carry off the former, an d the latter may be somewhat hotly contested by Bla ck Doctor and Massaroni. My next " letter of advice" will be dispatched from the scene of action—Wolverhampton. A FRESH MAN. TESTIMONIAL TO MRS. CHISHOLM. We make it almost an invariable rule not to op en these columns for the purpose of forwarding any privat e scheme of benevolence, or calling attention to the meni t. or demerits of those on whose behalf the sympathy, tb° gratitude, or the liberality of the public is soliciteui but the exception proves the rule, and the case Mrs. Chisholm stands out in such bold relief, a t ° presents so many singul ar an d distinguishing eaa• racteristics, that we feel in giving it prominence W. ° are only accommodating our p rac ti ce t o w hat 11 just and fitting. It will have been seen, fr° l l our advertising columns, that M r s. Chi s h o l m is abou t to return to Australia, and that it is in contemplation ° hold a meeting at the London Tavern t o - morro w for th e purpose of raising subscriptions for this excellent la n t; Her merits stand in no need of prais e f rom u s. 'I" - benefits she has conferred on England and Austra' lia are too real,§too recent, and too notorious, tc :. require detailed exposition here. Sh e comme nced he r career in Australia by offering herself as a media' tor between the emigrant and employer—resisting; on the one hand, the attempts t o i mpose on th e ignorance and simplicity of th e s t ranger ; an d, on t he other, checking the exorbitant expectations, reassul the fears, and stimulating the ente r p r i se o f families to f much disposed to linger about gr ea t t owns , i ns tead pressing into the interior, the proper field of their exec" tions. She has conducted herself whole armies of ea li c i grants into the solitudes of that new continent, a n d endured, in the course of these exertions, fatigues a% inconveniences which might have s h a k en a le' steadfast will, and wearied out a less active benevf : lence. In England, she has beon the means of teac h ' ing the labouring classes the sec re t o f their nW f strength, and directing to the permanent amelioration their condition that immense latent power of co mbine; tion which they have hitherto been too much dispos e( ' to waste in strikes, which only destroy the capital which they must live, or in political agitation, Whi p must recoil on the heads of i t s own authors BY an a. peal to the spirit of i n d epen d ence which prompts r ' rn lies to send out an active member to pioneer their Way in a new world, an d to that natural affection, so strong among the poor, which urges the severed family to reunite, she ha s done much to bridge over the vast ocean which separates England from Astralia , and to precipitate those events which are rapidif raising up another England there. Nothing relating to the comfort and c h aracter of the emigrant has escap e( ' her vigilant eye and active hand. She has taught Of shipowners to regard the carriage of emigrants as some" thing more than the ferrying over of a human narg (); she has suggested, arranged, and organised. Provisions) stores, berths, the requisite amount of air and sPa B . 6 ) , have all been th e su bj ec t s o f h er attent i on, an d a ll voZ. benefit to th e em i grant. B ut, though exhibiting i n strength of her ch arac t er an d t h e fi rmness o f h er will 11° small affinity to the sterner sex, Mrs. Chisholra equal claims to the respect and gratitude of the P ll.- 4 and high-minded ladies o f E ng l an d . St range as it may sound, it was reserved for her to enforce on board eV grant-ships the most ordinary rules of decency and P r f; priety. It was M rs. C h i sholm who broke down tP.' demoralising and disgusting system by which all sal and 'all ages were huddl e d i nto the same ca bi n , compelled to sleep, dress, and undress in the presen ce , of each other. There ne ver was a more v i g il an t or e, cient protector of female vi r t ue , an d thousands of WIPP?, wives and mothers in Australi a owe it t o h er th a t re f f are living in peace, honour, an d competence , instead , vice, infamy, and poverty. These services have bee n rendered to society without the command of won t without aristocratic connexion, without an y o f the mesas by which great results are produced, except a strop.: will, a clear head, and a stout h ear t. Th ese are va lual° in themselves, but even more so as the foundation of: system on whi c h a ll f u t ure em i grat i on must b e e ° ° , ducted. All honou r , th en , t o M rs. Chi s h o l m, and ell„t cess to those who see k t o g i ve h er some ackn owledgrae" of her services I—Times. LAUNCH OF THE JASON.—The launch on Saturd i ff took place at Orchard-yard, the premises of M e ssrs. r J. Mare and Co., builders of the Jason. Eminent 0 1341 ' builders, they have added to their fame by the co nsttli tion of this beautiful vessel, th e secon d o f a contem plate d fleet of iron steam-ships intended to be launched by theL . Her length between perpendiculars, in other vi o _, A . l ' .4 from stem to stern," is 281 feet ; breadth for tone 43 feet ; length of keel fo r ditt o , 254 f ee t ; d ept h o f h°V, 31 feet 6 inches : tonnage, 2,530 ; an d engines, by horse power, manufactu re d on th e screw pr i nc iple, ~.7 Messrs. James Watt and Co., Soho, near Birmingh a .g Lady Gambier, elegantly d resse d, crac k e d t h e c h r isten ~i i , bottle on "the fi gure h ea d," an d cr i e d , "G o &L i ' s , Jason !" The Jason is intended for the Australian t7,ti and seems from her fitti ngs , b ui ld, an d apparen t c al*Th o for sailing, calculated to do honour to the General Selo Steam-ship Company. Little more than four Ine n to have elapsechince she was commenced, and accordine er the report of Mr. Thomas Waterman, jun., who l o t intended the arrangements, she will, withi n a very time, be ready for sea. bee n THE AZTECS.—The public taste has l a tterly moving strongly in favour of ethnological exhibitlebo. but nothing in the shape of singular specimens e f ,,,ble rnanity has hitherto appeared among us at all coniPei" ro r to these prodigies of littleness. They - are truly " yet vol and a mystery "—unlike all else of human kir" 610. the very reverse of aught repulsive or disagre el ;db• Who and what are they—" Max," and Lola, W2e4o - twenty-one pounds ? Are they "the Asial l .„ fey tery" (by the way, the resemblance of the male 1 . - t iblf ture to friend Punch's portraits of Disraeli is irresisideo extraordinary) ; or must we not put faith in the h4. ° o 4‘• things of Iximaya,, despite the sceptic voice frorn,,,„ and shire of him who rode the conquered cayman ? reveals more, we take Velasquez against Watertoaphoo credit the romance of reality. The gentle pign l , je i fi f o rie' n ow removed from H anover-square to the Royal Ater nette Theatre, where they can be exhibited to g re floo lt advantage, and where thousands will continue to as inspectors of the most striking wonder of the ag e t he THE NEW SUCCESSION DUTY ACT.—On Saturdi,Y_ act for granting to her Majesty duties on successor arts property, and for altering certain provisions of tib i rso el charging duties on legacies and shares of P e do r estates, which received the Royal assent on Thurssobe, was printed. There are 55 clauses in the act, and c i u tiee dule of tables and rules for determining the new the the and the value of annuities. The duties are under care and management of the Commissioners of tn% i n to Revenue, and the act is to be taken to have er: t ac es' operation on the 19th of May last. The term t i up de d r sion " is to denote the successor to any prop er the operation of the act. The following duties arey . s or to her Majesty, and are to be considered e 2 ;e soe or duties :—Where the successor shall be the lin a' t the rater lineal ancestor of the predecessor, a duty ...ucces so r of 1/. per cent. upon such value. Where tn„.! bro the shall be a brother or sister or a descendant or ai. pe r or sister of the predecessor, a duty at the rate ° Lii be cent. upon such value. Where the successora descend, brother or sister of the father or mother, or ~t be d of e e a e s b s r e o r t , h a e r d o u r ty a sister tth o e f the rate offather 5. poerrmeoetnhte.r u o siss o terf eb value. Where the successor shall be a brother Asn t o o th f e t b h r e e t lr e a, r n rfastihsetrer of gthr a e n g d r m a o n t d h f e a l e o r r oe a d gra : .nn d e ni rc - a t er t... of the predecessor, a duty at the rate r f _r, I be pre' any such value ; and where the successor to to th e any other degree of collateral consangu. e _ decessor than it described, or shall b _!"' ceu t. tie; s b t l i o c o h d t v o al h u i e m . , a T d h u er ty e a i t s tahne interpretationat terms used in the act. eofgperchiuse of VP