The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

jOURNAL of AUCTIONS and SALES, and PROPERTY REPORTER, every SATURDAY, ctains stall ll We Intelligence relating to Property, Heirs-at-Law, anond Next ICin Wanted—How to Value—The Successions Duties Act—The property Market—Stock and Share List—Houses &C. and PriEcsta 2d. tes W a nted —Sales by Auction—Auction Intelligence , e Stamped 3d. A copy sent to any person enclosing three postage Stamps to the Office, 29, Essex-street, Strand. --------- AUSTRALIAN DIRECT .STEAM NAVIGA TION COMPANY (via Panama). Incorporated by Royal (Carter. The Directors hereby announce their intention to pro c(Xid with the Allotment of Shams on the 31st August instant. (Signed) JO HN CAMPBELL, Chairman. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 30. will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, SARDANAPALIT3. Principal characters by Mr. A nd Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Am. 30, lii be presented LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucia, Miss Rebecca Isaaci ;.Edgardo, Mr. A. Braham ; Douglas Ashton, Mr. $. Corti. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 30, Will be performed GENEVIEVE. Characters by Messrs. Parselle, CaHanford, Woolgar, Leigh Murray, Hastings, A. Wigan, Paul Bedford, Keeley, 0. Smith, and C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar and Mrs. Keeley. After which, will be presented SANDANAPALI7S. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBLIAM. To conclude with WHAT! NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 30, Will be performed THE TI3fE3. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, J. Johnstone, William Farren, H. Marston, G. Cooke, and Shalders ; Mesdames Anderton, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Bartlett. With SLIYLOCK, or, TEE MERCHANT OF "VENICE PRE SERVED." Shylock. Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. The Best Ventilated Theatre in London. NoTiCZ.—Farther Post ponement of the New Classical Burlesque, in consequence of the hitherto unprecedented attractions of the memorable Battle of Waterloo, the admired Scenes in the Circle, and the never •tiring Fox Chase. Rank and Fashion nightly crowd the Boxes, while the Pit and Galleries are filled to overflowing, giving to th e Management a decided proof of the Public wish. No spectacle ever created so great a sensation as the revival of the Battle of Waterloo. To add to the effect, a Military Brass Band has been expressly engaged. Return of Miss EMILY COOKE from her Continental Engagements, wkich have been attended with the most brilliant success. Due Notice will bo given of Miss KATE COOKE'S First Appearance is London. 95r11 NIGHT OF THE CHASE. THIS EVENING, Auousr 30, And during the week, will be presented (68th night) the renowned "LITTLE OF WATERLOO. To be followed by an entire change in Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, introducing Miss Emily Cooke, the World's Wonder. Concluding with (95th time) TUE CHASE; or, LIFE ON THE 7177;F —with real Fox Chase. Box-office en from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West- ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, ACGCST 30, Brilliant Routine of Entertainments—Panorama of CHUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elephants. EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive, in five large Glass Tanks. The Mollusca, Zoophytes, and Crustacea procured expressly by P. H. Gosse, Esq., the eminent Naturalist. Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite songs by Miss Poole, the popular English Vocalist. The whole eoncludinz with the wonderflil Tableaux of THE FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLO SION of CHINESE JUNES. Admission, le. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 36 min. after 10 I Evening 16 min.aft. ll To-Meaaow —Morning 0 mi n . a ft er 0 I Evening 52 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, AuGusr 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 67—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 05—rising steadily. WIND, W.SW. to W.—Fine breeze, and sunshiny, ummer weather. p 18 c . • 'l , - kt i o rDt ~A.Pri*7" §allt LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1853. The masterly Report recently compiled by Colonel JEBB, and presented by command of her MAJESTY to both Houses of Parliament, is calculated, we conceive, to elucidate most of the difficulties, if it do not actually and entirely solve the problem, involved in the exceed ingly complicated question of penal discipline ap plicable to convicts under sentence of transporta tion. It would be difficult to exaggerate the merits of a document which goes farther than any other official statement yet published, towards pre paring the way for a comprehensive series of re forms in the whole framework of our criminal jurisprudence. Within little more than a hundred pages, are compressed an array of indisputable facts, important evidence, and invaluable statistics, all bearing directly upon the subject of so many anxieties to the Government, and affording the light of experience for the guidance of the judg ment of the Legislature. We have carefully scrutinised the materials now collected together by the Surveyor-General of Prisons, and we can not but acknowledge the existence of the merits apparent on almost every page of the Blue-book, the merits of indefatigable industry, of puncti lious exactitude, and of a really admirable lucidity of arrangement. A minute description is successively given by Colonel JEBB, of the discipline and ma nagement of the several convict prisons under Government. In this manner we are con ducted by him, step by step, as it were, through seven or eight of the principal among these establishments. We traverse the whole range of their respective systems, and examine cautiously into the result of their operation--at Millbank, at Pentonville, at Portland, at Dart moor, at Portsmouth, at Parkhurst, and at the Convict Hulk Establishment. Prior to ally in quiry into the existing scheme of convict disci pline, we are made acquainted by the Surveyor- General with the extent of the different prisons, and the amount of accommodation at the dis posal of the Government. An aggregate of 16,126 (exclusive of 200 females at Millbank, irrespective even of all the numerous prisoners in Van Diemen's Land) shows the extent of that acco Inn:lodation. Of these 16,126-2,850 are and Scotland : abro a d , 5,046 Ireland,in thoseBo3 7 d beingB,o 30 thusiu E n d g i l s a t n ri d_ bated-._.1,026 • the Invalid Depots, 625 (juve niles) at Parkllll ,720 in the Prisons and Hulks for Publie urst ' 3 prisons set asid e fo7 k tl s i ' and purpos e of separate con -5,659 in the eleven hnement. Thteesmatatuioaaes, abroad, of course, refer and -Western Australia. to Gibraltar, The Invalid Depots relate to Dartmoor and the Portland, Stirling Castle Hulk at Portsm sons and hulks for public work s o i n u c t i h. The pri- Portsmouth, the able-bodied department moor, and the Defence and Warrierntutpart- Woolwich. While Millbank, Pentonvill — lts at N • ori ll Wake field, Preston, Leeds, Leicester, at u p tou Bath, Reading; Bedford, and Perth- constant:, the localities selected for the eleven prison s f or separate confinement. Such are the establishments for male convicts, such is the manner of their distribution, such is the extent of the accommo dation, up to this time, at the disposal of her Majesty's Government. Having explained all these particulars, having show n that the total convict population, during the year 1852, amounted to 9,525 2,953 having been re ceived during those twelve months, and 6,57 2 being the number which remained in the convict prisons on the Ist of January at the period of that year's commencement —having explained, moreover, that '2,658 (out of the before men tioned aggregate of 9,525) having been disposed of during 1852, there consequently remained in the different convict prisons no less than 6,867 on the 31st of last December—Colonel JEBB enters minutely and dispassionately upon the examinati on of the complicated l q c question o f penal dis • - ine appli ca bl e t o conv i c t s under se n t ence of transpo tion. While endeavouring so to lance contrast statisti cs , that both evidence and the most effectualmanner to f may tend in mate solution of th e problem aueilitate the ulti nder considera tion, the Surveyor-General of Prison we will confess it, scarcely less to our contrives, contrives, r amazement • ciTnirltion to re ,.. • th a p.to . our a • ,P preserve his ow ri j ud , • i n , a, s+ato of equilibrium. colon e l j u - '° 13 us s • ' CiV4- ''- eiW 1 : I , " ' 146 no TerveNse and crotchetty'§xoVentalist. He is I sappily not infatuated w ith a b ind credence in the efficacy of some pet theory or in the virtue of some coddled hypothesis. He examines, with exquisite impartiality, the merits and demerits of he different projects in vogue in regard to the ques tion of convict discipline, and over the operations of which he has now watched so long and atten tively, that he must be allowed, on all hands, to laave acquired the privileges of experience. It is not by any means surprising, therefore, to find that Colonel JEBB has investigated the difficulties of the problem under examination, with reference alike to the home and colonial interests involved in its elucidation, or that he has regarded it not :merely as a vast financial question, but as one also of great moral importance. In doing this, we have already observed that he preserves the equipoise of his judgment throughout. He never insists upon any scheme whatever as a sort of political panacea, but contents himself with recommending modifications in the system now for some time past in actual operation. His suggestions are fortunately ad dressed to a statesman eminently qualified to appreciate their value and practicability—that statesman being no other than the energetic and patriotic Home Secretary, Viscount PA.LMERSTON. The anxious expectation of our Irish brethren has at length been fulfilled. Yesterday they had the gratification of receiving their most gracious SOVEREIGN in the Capital of her ancient King dom in Ireland, and of testifying the faithful and devoted loyalty which they felt for the Crown and person of their well-beloved MONARCH. Queen VICTORIA is, indeed, worthy of any tribute of respect and affection that could be exhibited to wards her, and time has not in any degree abated the enthusiasm of the generous and warm-hearted people who have once more been enabled to tes tify their feelings in the presence of their Royal Mistress. The occasion was one of a peculiarly auspicious character. The QUEEN had long since announced her intention of honouring the Irish Exhibition of Industry with her presence—of personally inspecting the results of the liberality and public spirit of one of her most useful sub jects —a genuine Irishman, Mr. DARGAN—and of the indefatigable exertions, the tact, and judgmeat of another, also a true Milesian, Mr. C. P. RoNEY. It had been arranged that the visit was to have taken place at a much earlier period of the year, so that there might be no infringement on the time set apart for her sojourn in her Highland home, where the cares and toils of State can be partially laid aside, and the Royal Lady can, for a brief time, yield herself up to those domestic enjoyments to which she is so much attached, and for which she is so eminently qualified. An un expected obstacle, however, prevented the realisa tion of these projects. After the Corporation of Dublin had received notice that they might ex pect the arrival of their SOVEREIGN, just before the appointed time the Prince Consort was at tacked with measles. All the previous plans were, of course, deranged. Even if the QUEEN could have left her sick husband, the visit would have lost a great portion of its attractions. Prince ALBERT had acquired during the period of his naturalisation golden opinions from men of all classes—from the people of Ireland, no less than from the English and Scotch. And, although the reception of the QUEEN would not have been less enthusiastic, there would have been a blank perceptible that must have in some degree impaired the general gratification. Any doubt that might have been entertained was, however, speedily dispelled by the illness of the QUEEN, who was also attacked by the disease ; for a time it was feared that this would have altoge ther prevented the plan from being carried out, and that the Irish Exhibition would have closed without the presence of the Royal party. Those who thought so, however, knew little of the energy and absence of selfishness of Queen Vie-- TOP:IA. Much as she loved the quietude of Bal moral—greatly as she benefitted by the pure air of the Highlands, she would not inflict so deep a disappointment on her people of Ireland. The visit was therefore only postponed, not abandoned, and yesterday was fixed for her arrival in the Metropolis of the Sister Kingdom. It is unne cessary to say how generally this laudable anxiety to gratify her Lish subjects was appreciated— how greatly the feelings of affection were stimu hated, or how earnest were the preparations for bestowing the " Cead 7izille failthe," or the wel come guest. With her usual promptitude and activity, her MAJ EsTy arrived a little before the anticipated hour, and was near catching the worthy Corpora tion napping. The Lord Mayor had invited the several members of the Corporation to assemble at the Mansion-house at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, in order to form a procession to the rail way station, to receive and present a loyal address to the QUEEN. Her MAJESTY had, however, arrived before the time appointed for their assem bling. At 20 minutes after 8 o'clock the Royal squadron cast anchor in Kingstown harbour. Notice was given to the railway officials to be in readiness shortly after 9 o'clock, and the arrival at Westland-row Station consequently took place before 10 o'clock. The worthy Aldermen and Town Councillors, however, contrived to avoid the trap into which they had so nearly fallen, and took their part in the succeeding pageant to their own intense gratification and the great edification of the gaping multitude. Nothing could have been more cordial, more enthusiastic than the plaudits bestowed on the Royal party during their transit from the Vic toria and Albert to the Vice-regal Lodge. Sufficient to say, that it was a reception worthy of the QuEmsr, and of the People—of the QUEEN who merited, and the people who exhibited, so many sterling marks of devoted loyalty. There was but one circumstance to be regretted in all the proceedings connected with the trans action. One Journal had disgraced itself by an article, written in the most vitiated taste, but which, we are convinced, will not find a response from a single Irish heart. Tha. Nation thought fit, on Saturday last, to call upon the people " to shun the ovation, and progress, and procession." The answer was the congregation of thousands and tens of thousands, engaged in friendly rivalry, in manifesting their loyal zeal, their boundless attachment for the Royal Lady. The petulant and discontented spirit that con-. ceived the vile effusion was the solitary ex ception to the exultation of an entire people ; and we have no doubt that from the metropolitan and provincial press of Ireland there will be an unanimous repudiation of the sentiments put for ward in the article headed "The Slave's Holiday." We should indeed feel disappointed if the readers of the Nation do not protest against the views therein put forward, and which are only worthy of the gentlemen whom Mr. HA MMILL has, under Powers recently conferred, sent to unwelcome exer cis€' sues the treadmill. We can make every allow ance for the violence of political party views—of ev e r. ii—otPearl74e:iited, feelings of nationality—but there adieananuraetreiorrnieutfitteties d to eeming feature about the effu mitigate the universal con merited. in jAranitsynnhaatTevde.A.tenE mail contract 17-------------;----""d----ahlieiscStatidard says, the Ad , of lieutenants of th me — navy °utinue the employment the North Americane m ail THE Bonoucu OF pointed to inquire ,intole()l4 tices in the borough of Maldoentence It is a document of considerabler steam dmiralty agents in Thecon pckets. of fincissioners ap made their prac panied by the' 'evi4ence. T he c e o ngth, a t e n di l: report, " - Upon a revie;Ar of the whole evid e in e r : iss k ° ll ers B :r . come to the conclusion that corrupt forms have long preVailed at was for ie theq:arious practices i b „Y "s, we and that open and direct bribery was practiseir°.ugh, last election to a greater extent than at any which the pre ceded it. We also find that a large portion of the elec tors, consising chiefly of the p oorer cl ass of freenie n have, iu their votes, been influenced, not by the political or personal recommendations of the candidates, but by considerations of money or other benefit to themselves, and that such influences have been habitually employed to corrrupt them ; but we cannot forbear adding, as our opinion, that the blame of such corruption rests not so much with' them as with their superiors, by whom the 5 ' teinptation to it was held out." BRIBING AN EDITOR,—The Journal du Midi, of Montpellier, states that a person in that department has , I?e o qupath e d t o th e c hi e f e ditor of that journal a sum of , 11:):49c0e o t ofr r . i ; :t ;n a c t li o t r io in n his of h p i a s p p e u r. b . lie . hir.g . a ~b iographical, ...,. j ~.. .. . THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1853. CHELMSFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. Laseslles Monie Moses CHELMSFORD STAKES Garforth Miss Talbot Eight ran. SOUTH AMERICA. The Daedalus, Captain Wellesley, arrived yes terday afternoon at Plymouth, from the Pacific ; her dates are,—Valparaiso, June 3 ; Falkland Is lands, June 24 ; Rio, July 13. She brings home $1,400,000.. " While lying off the coast of Mexico her pay master, Feeley, while on shore, was assassinated, being found dead with a dirk or dagger wound in. his side. The Dcedal us is expected to leave for Portsmouth to-day, to discharge freight, and will then return to Plymouth to be paid off. THE HERO OF SCINDE. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier died on the 29th of August, at 5 o'clock a.m. He expired under the old colours of the 22d Regiment, for his son-in-law, Major M`Murdo, seized those glorious relics from the corner of his chamber, and fastened them to the head of his open bedstead before breathing ceased. That open bedstead is now his bier ; his head lies immediately beneath the fine picture of Meeanee, by Jones ; and the glorious colours of the 22d still wave over him. On each side of the corpse is an Indian spear hung with Belooch shields ; and near him are sabres, matchlocks, and other trophies taken in battle. At his feet is the Chief Ameer's white marble chair of state, over the back of which are arranged the General's military orders, his grand collar and cross of the Bath. On the seat lie his own sword of service and other accoutrements worn in fight. Facing the chair is the silver testimonial pre sented to him by the civil service of Scinde ; and at its foot are two swords of honour—one pre sented by the Earl of Ellenborough, the other by the officers of the 102 d Regiment, which he com manded in a littoral expedition against the Americans. Last, and most esteemed of all, is placed, close beside him, a sword of honour presented by the Belooch Sirdars, his desperate enemies in war ; but, after experiencing his government in peace, his fervent admirers and firm friends ; for, when his power was over, those generous men gave him the sword as a testimony that they regarded him as the pacificator and benefactor of their country. Therefore it lies beside him in death. Thus he rests amidst honours, not accorded by factious power, but won in war by a prompt genius and strong arm; in peace, by a wise head and gentle heart. COURT CIRCULAR. THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND. Her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, and attended by the Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Ma r y B u lt ee l, th e E ar l Granville, Colonel th e Hon. C. Phipps, and Colonel the Hon. C. Grey and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Equerries in Waiting, left Osborne at nine o'clock on Saturday morning, the 27th, in her Majesty's steam vessel Elfin, Master Commander Balliston, and arrived at Southampton at a few minutes past ten o'clock. Her Majesty and the royal party travelled thence by the South-Western Railway to Basingstoke, by the Great Western to Leamington, and by the North-Western Railway (by way of Tamworth, Stafford, Crewe, and Chester) to Holyhead. Loyal addresses were presented to her Majesty and to the Prince at Tamworth, and to her Majesty at Chester. Upon arriving at Holyhead, the royal party embarked on board the Victoria and Albert royal yacht, where the Marquis of Breadalbane was in waiting to receive her Majesty, and went to the outer harbour in readiness to put to sea for Dublin. Mr. James Caird had an interview with the Earl o Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing , street. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester. day, from the Governor-General of Canada and the Go. vernors of the other North American provinces. BOW STREET.-(THIS DAY). Row AT THE OLYMPIC THE Francis SZownian, a young man, was brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with violently assaulting a gentleman, of the name of Brown, under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence of the complainant, that last night, while in the pit of the Olympic Theatre, which was very full, he was nearly pushed down, and on complaining, the defendant said he was " no gentlemag," and, without more ado, knocked his hat off, and struck him a tremendous blow in the face, which blackened one of his eyes. The defendant also challenged him to fight. The defendant denied striking the complainant, who, he stated, grossly insulted a lady, and, moreover, knocked off his hat several times. He certainly did " push" the complainant. After evidence having been given, Mr. Jardine considered that the prisoner had acted in a most unjustifiable manner, and should fine him 3/., or in default of payment, order him to be kept to hard labour for two months. The fine having been paid, the defendant was libe rated. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. -(T.HIS DAY. UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A RESPECTABLE TRADESMAN.-Mr. John WUMouse, hatter, 11, New Bond-street, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen a purse, containing a pawnbroker's duplicate for a gold watch, the property of Josephine Suchres Mychells, a woman of the town, residing at 32, Great Portland-street. The prosecutrix stated, that shortly after nine o'clock on Friday night last, she met the defendant between Oxford-street and Portland-place ; he asked her where she was going. She replied she was going home, and he then asked her if he could see her home. She said, yes ; and he went with her, and staid about fifteen minutes. While he was there, she took her dress off, and laid it on a chair, in the sitting room, and then went into the bed-room, leaving defendant in the parlour. On her return defendant laid ss. on the mantlepiece, and said it was for a pair of gloves. As he was leaving, she wished him to wait till she dressed_ herself to go with him. He declined doing so, as he was in a hurry, and could not stop. He then left without her. The next morning about 10 o'clock she missed from the pocket of her dress her purse containing a duplicate for a gold watch pledged for 8/. She saw nothing more of the defendant till last night, when she met him in Re gent-street, and gave him in charge. She had ascer tained that the watch was taken out of pledge on Saturday morning. Inspector Parke, C division, said about a quarter to 10 o'clock last night the prosecutrix, accompanied by defendant, came to the station, when she made just the same statement as she had to-day, with the exception of that part, where she stated she took off her dress, that was an addition to what she told him. The defendant denied the charge in toto. I{e had never seen the woman till last night ' • his brother's housekeeper, who was in court, would prove that he was at home a little after nine one the night in question. Prosecutrix was positive defendant was the man. Ellen Newman, housekeeper to Mr. William Hill house No. 5, Maddox-street, said defendant was stay ing there at present. On Friday night last he came home directly after nine, and never went out after that. Mr. Hardwick said it appeared the highest degree probable, that the prosecutor had been mistaken in the person. It was not likely that a person in defendant's respectable position, and who bore the highest character amongst his neighbours, should descend so low as to commit the offence imputed to him. He should, there fore, dismiss the charge. FRANKFORT BANK.—Letters from Frankfort mention that the Senate have approved the statutes of the pro posed Frankfort bank, but with so many alterations that their promulgation is likely to be deferred for some time. DEMAND FOR SILVER.—The Hamburgh advices state that the amount of silver sent to London during the current week had been 35,0001., while considerable sums were also transmitted from Holland. Nevertheless, the demand in London is still very active. The rate of dis count at Hamburgh, which had recently receded from 5 per cent. to 3 per cent., and now again advanced to 4 per cent., and the quotation of exchange on England had consequently become more unfavourable. RATES OF EXCHANGE.—At Paris the rate of ex change has assumed rather a firmer appearance. Ac counts from Alexandria of the 18th instant. also state that a rise had occurred, which will be likely to check the exportation of bullion to that quarter. The St. Petersburg dates are to the 22d inst., when the quota tion of exchange on London was slightly less unfavour able, namely, 384 d. to 380. Ships are still extremely scarce, and the rates of tonnage continued beyond all precedent, 475. per ton being offered for tallow, and 87s. 6d. for hemp. RAILWAY IN PERU.—The distribution of the shares in the Arica and Tacna Railway, a Peruvian line of 40 miles, estimated to cost 500,0001., and which is to be constructed under a concession for 99 years, with a gua rantee for the first 25 years of a minimum dividend of 51 per cent., is now being made. The prospectus of the company was issued in April last, but the allotment was postponed, in order to procure a decree from the Peruvian Government for the payment of the guarantee. At first this guarantee was not understood to be based on any security whatever beyond the mere faith of the Peruvian Government • but it is now stated that the de cree which has been obtained gives a lien on the surplus proceeds of the guano sales in London. INDIAN COMMERCIAL NEWS.—The commercial ac- counts from India are satisfactory as regards the pros pects of business at Bombay, while at Calcutta, although there had been some considerable transactions, the im port-markets remained without improvement. At the Chinese ports the interruption of trade is more com plete than ever, and the increased value of money, in consequence of the hoarding which is going on, leaves little prospect of a n y i mme di a t e cessa ti on of the drain of specie from this side. The Singapore advices are to the 16th of July. The import-market had been inactive, and would continue so until the next month, when the native traders would begin to arrive. STATE OF TRADE.—The accounts from the manufac- turing towns, notwithstanding the state of the London money-market, show no change in the activity of busi ness and the steady amount of employment throughout the United Kingdom. At Manchester the extent of transactions has been satisfactory, although the increased production from the cessation of strikes causes some ten dency to a reaction in prices. At Birmingham the iron trade remains firm, and in most other departments of in dustry also there is an amount of employment which can only be met by the operatives working overtime. The ma nufacture of iron houses for Australia and California is still carried on upon a large scale, and the general ship ment of implements to Australia are maintained to a degree sufficient to cause anxiety as to whether the re quirements of the existing population can by any possibility exceed the supplies already sent. The re sults of the eight weeks' strike among the carpet weavers at Kidderminster, just terminated, are stated to have been disastrous to the men, apart from the fact of stimulating the introduction of new machinery, which, although it may injure them for the moment, is certain, as has lately been shown at Not tingham, to create better occupation hereafter. The Nottingham reports state the lace business to be exceedingly good, while, as regards hosiery, al though it is the dull season, the prospects are in every respect encouraging. In the woollen districts the pressure of unexecuted orders is such as to prevent the ordinary markets from being sufficiently furnished, and quotations continue unusually steady. From the Irish linen-markets it is again stated that the supply of goods is in most cases greatly inadequate to the demand, even at the high rates to which prices have advanced, and that there is a strong tendency to a further rise. Here, also, the scarcity of labour has led the principal firms to the resolution of introducing new machinery, and several factories are about to be erected for weaving linen by steam power. GREAT INDIAN RAILWAY.—The Great Indian Penin sular Railway Company have received an intimation from the India-house that they will be allowed to make an addition to their capital of 1,500,000/. Their pre sent capital is 500,000/., which has been found sufficient to construct the experimental line of 35 miles from Bombay to Callian, and on which 5 per cent. interest is guaranteed. Of the fresh sums to be created, 500,0001. is for a continuation of the experimental line to Shaw poor, a further distance of 18 miles, the guaranteed in terest in this case being also 5 per cent. The remaining 1,000,0001. is to enjoy a guarantee of 41 per cent., and to be employed for the commencement of two main lines —one to proceed south-east to Poonah, and the other north-east to Khandeish ; it being understood that while the newly projected Central India Railway Company are to survey a route for junction with the Bengal Rail way at Agra, by way of Baroda, the Great Indian Penin sular Company are to perform a similar service for a junction at Allahabad or Mirzapore. The next meeting of the company will be held in October, when the new shares will be issued to the existing proprietors at the rate of one Si. share guaranteed 5 per cent., and one 101. share guaranteed 4,1, per cent. for every share at present held. _ LABUAN COALS.—A new branch of business has been commenced between Singapore and Australia, a cargo of Labuan coals having been shipped from Singapore by the Sophia Moffatt, for Melbourne. From the Island of Labuan the last intelligence was that the Superin tendent of the Eastern Archipelago Company had ex amined one of the company's coal seams on the main land of Borneo, and had found it of good quality, 30 feet thick, and, as is considered, virtually inexhaustible. WANTON OUTRAGES IN CLEREENWELL.—The most in tense excitement has been created in the extensive parish of Clerkenwell and its vicinity, in consequence of a large amount of window glass having been wantonly destroyed within this fortnight ; the outrages are not confined to any particular locality, but extend far and wide. It is supposed that the missiles are propelled from an air gun, cross-bow, or some other powerful engine, as in many instances the glass has been merely perforated, not hav ing any cracks or stars, which would be the case if not impelled with great violence. It is conjectured that the missiles used are composed of India rubber, or other elastic materials, in consequence of small balls of such substance having been found. NEW ACT FOR THE REGULATION OF PARISH VESTRIES. —lt is enacted by an act just issued, that from and after its passing on the 20th inst., no person shall be required, in order to be entitled to vote or to be present at any vestry meeting, held under the 58th and 59th Geo. 111., to have paid any rate to the relief of the poor o f the parish in which such meeting shall be held, which shall have been made or become due within three calendar months immediately preceding such vestry meeting. Be fore the passing of the act, persons could be required to pay the rates demanded to attend vestry meetings, LATEST FOREIGN NEWS FRANCE. On Saturday the price of flour per sack of 157 kilogrammes rose at the Halle to 90f. from 72f., the price which ruled on the 17th. The Minister of War and the Prefect of Police left Paris yesterday for Dieppe. Although there was no political news, the Ex change was violently agitated. The effect produced by the sort of qualified ac ceptance of the Vienna note by the Porte has been extremely unpleasant, so much so that it was thought necessary to post on the Bourse yesterday the following notice :—" The English steamer, which arrived yesterday at Marseilles, was an nounced by a telegraphic despatch from the French Ambassador at Constantinople, dated the 20th. That steamer brings despatches containing the de velopment of the intelligence already known of the acceptance by the Porte, excepting the unimportant modifications, of the note which has emanated from the Conference of Vienna." The notice says very little indeed ; it announces what was already known, and so far as the modifi cations of the Porte are concerned, until such time as we ascertain the opinion of the Emperor of Rus sia on that point, nothing can be said, nothing can be done ; and it would be premature and incorrect to affirm that the question is yet terminated. The manufacturers are gradually recovering from the effects of the dead season, but so far as regards the retail trade the complaint is general of the de cline of business since the conclusion of the Impe rial fetes of the 14th and 15th. Whether just or not, the falling off in the receipts is attributed to the increase which has taken place not only in house rent, but in all the necessaries of life, so that per sons of small income are forced to confine their purchases to articles of strict necessity. The dealers in articles of luxury are particularly affected by this state of things ; and they are obliged to reduce their profits to the smallest possible figure in order to effect sales. The great manufacturers of silk and woollen goods are likewise complaining. The Parisians are beginning to feel some uneasi ness at the high price of flour. The speculators who kept aloof from the corn market for several months purchased an enormous quantity within the last few days, with the hope of selling it at a later period and at a considerable profit. They have succeeded in forcing up the price of the best marks to 90 francs the sack of 157 kilogrammes ; this price is considered unreasonable, and as the late decree permitting the importation of wheat and flour into France at a nominal duty has already produced an effect in the arrival at Marseilles of large quantities of grain from southern Russia, it is hoped that foreign competition will defeat the manoeuvres of speculators to raise flour to a famine price in Paris. The Impartial, of Boulogne-sur-Mer states that the Emperor and the Empress are shortly to em bark at Dieppe in a State steamer and coast round to the former port. It adds that the commandant of the artillery at Boulogne has received orders from Gen. Canrobert to make arrangements to re ceive their Majesties with a salute of 101 guns, and to be prepared to do so by the 4th of Sep tember. A mass, in music, was celebrated at Constan tinople, in the chapel of St. Louis, dependent on the French embassy, on the occasion of the Fete Napoleon. The officers of four French vessels of war now at Constantinople were present. A dinner of 30 covers, to which were invited some of the ministers of the Porte, was to take place at the embassy, and a ball was to be given in the evening. There was a considerable fall in the price of public securities at the Bourse yesterday, without any political news current, or any reasonable cause assigned for the species of panic which appeared to have seized the speculators. The Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 75c., and fell to 79f. 25c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 104 f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,257 f. 50c. ; Rouen, I,oBof. ; Havre, 517 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 890 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 890 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 962 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 957 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 815 f. ; Wes tern of France, 745 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 635 f. ; Great Central, 557 f. 50c. ; Lyons to Geneva, 560 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 872 f. 50c. THE CHOBHAM CAMP. The following is au extract from a letter from the Adjutant-General of the Forces to Commissary- General Sir R. Routh, K. 0.8. : Horse Geards, Aug. 22, 1853. The camp at Chobham having broken up, and the troops dispersed to their various quarters, the General Commanding-in-Chief has imposed on me the agreeable duty of conveying to you the expression of his entire satisfaction at the admirable manner in which the Com missariat arrangements have been conducted and carried out during the whole period of the encampment, and with the quality and regularity of the supplies ; request ing that you will have the goodness to inform Mr. Deputy Commissary-General Adams and the other gen tlemen of the Department acting under your direction how fully sensible his Lordship is of the advantages the troops have derived from the activity, zeal, and intelli gence displayed by them in the performance of their important duties. GENERAL POST OFFICE, AUG. 1853.—The packet established last year, by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, to maintain a monthly communication be tween Savannah, the Bahamas and Jamaica, having been withdrawn, closed mails can no longer be for warded via Savannah, to the Bahamas, and to Jamaica. THE ROYAL FAMILY IN EDINBURGH.--We understand that three of the Royal children who are not to accom pany her Majesty and Prince Albert to Dublin—con sisting, it is probable, of the Princess Royal, the Prin cess Alice, and the Princess Helena—are expected to arrive in Edinburgh on Tuesday afternoon from London. Apartments have been prepared for them in Holyrood Palace ; and, after a day's repose, the illustrious party are to resume their journey to Balmoral on Thursday morning. Her Majesty and Prince Albert will arrive in Edinburgh, according to the present arrangements, on Monday week, by the Caledonian Railway, from Dub lin. After resting one night at Ifolyrood they will take their departure for Balmoral the next day.—Edinburgh Courant. THE EARL OF ABERDEEN.—The portrait of the Earl of Aberdeen has just been placed in the Town-hall. The frame, which is of elegant material and workmanship, bears the following inscription :—" The Right Hon. George Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., &c. &c. &c., Lord-Lieu tent of Aberdeenshire, a tribute of respect conferred by public subscription, 1851." The portrait forms a splen did addition to the ornaments of the Town-hall. We understand that the noble earl, who is patron of the Mechanics' Institution here, has intimated his intention to contribute the sum required beyond the subscriptions of the Town Council (101.) and Mechanics' Institution (5/.)—amounting to fully the sum of these together— for the purchase of casts, &c., for the School of Prac tical Art, under the auspices of the Government, and connected, in so far, with the Mechanics Institution in this city.—Aberdeen Herald. THE BRICKLAYERS' STRlKE.—Yesterday the firms of Locke and Neasham and the Messrs. Holland settled their dispute with the bricklayers, by consenting to in crease the wages 6d. per day. In the course of the day the bricklayers in Myers' employ struck, and refused to work unless an advance of 6d. per day was guaranteed them. THE CARPENTERS' STRIKE. —Yesterday the men in the employ of the firm of Messrs. Myers had their demand for an advance of 6d. a day conceded them, and they accordingly returned to their work. The whole of the master builders are gradually complying with the de mands of the carpenters. DINNER TO GENERAL SIR JOSEPH THACKWELL, G. C. B. —We have the pleasure of announcing that Lord Fitz hardinge and Lord Ellenborough have both signified their intention of being present on this occasion. —Glou cester Journal. NEW CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.—Dr. Cartwright, of New Orleans, asserts, from personal experience, that a few hours spent in a sugar manufactory, inhaling the saccharine fumes, is a certain cure for consumption. ELECTRIC GAS.—The experiment of lighting London by electric gas, obtained by the decomposition of water, and applicable also to heating, and as a motive power, at half the expense of ordinary gas, with equal illumi nating power, non-explosive, inodorous, and free from smoke, is about to be tried on an extensive scale, and in the event of its succeeding, it is said that all the pipes and lamps in London may be used with it. REPRESENTATION OF LISBURN.—The Northern Whig confidently calculates upon the return of a Liberal can didate for Lisburn, to fill the vacancy created by the demise of the late member, Mr. R. J. Smyth. PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN FOR THE DUBLIN CORPO RATION.—Her Majesty has graciously complied with the wishes of the Lord. Mayor and corporation of Dublin to sit for her portrait. Mr. Catterson Smith is engaged for this important work, and Mr. Cranfield is to have the honour of publishing an engraving from it. MASTER CUTLER'S FEAST.—Amongst those who have accepted the invitations to the cutlers' feast, which will be celebrated on Thursday next, are Lord Wham cliffe, Lord Ecliward Howard, the Lord Mayor of Lon don, the Right. Hon. the Lord Mayor of York, Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Pete, M.P., the Hon. F. Stuart Wortley, the Mayors of Leeds, Ripon, and Wakefield. SALE AT DA YLESFORD.—The sale of the furniture and effects of the r nansion at Daylesford, the seat of the late Warren Hastings, was concluded yesterday, by Mr. Lye, of the farm of Farebrother and Clark, the estate and manor having been previously disposed of to Mr. Grisewood, of the Stock Exchange, for 30,250/. The sale was nuraprously attended, and the furniture and other articles sold brought very pod prices, although the furniture -was old and considerably worn. There were several tables, couches, 4c:, solid ivory, and that occasion various articles. pf oriental manufaCture sold. The sale of the furniture • occupied six days, and produced 4,0001. Warrensuoaf s7toinyears, The property h.as been sold by order of the executors and expended 4108' under the will of the late Mr. Hastings. At the com mencementw aern aot eurdn. o a : lisyp e t h tr : letm la ln s ia t scentury family,th Daylesford and it was uponestate purebasE4 by a London merchant. After it was re-purchased by the late who built the house at Daylesford, ,0 0 0 io i s n wa forming papg aari ennpt passes from lake tf the oe a m n r de thetue m n ibfsaemfl from i io s l yin h almost all the pia, v ing th e unions. In some DECREASE not now required in tvi of decreas e of OP P.AE PERISH IN IRELAND.—The rapid s is a great demand for ha In and other articles e workhouses. Although there there have been a uct i on rvestto labourers, at good wages, E va n s g t la n ud umb a e n r d s of se t o h eand. Y are still proceeding to g pewantr saying of the crop:. obtain ertlPloYluellt tip the RUSSIA AND TURKEY. By electric telegraph we learn that a British steamer arrived at Marseilles on Sunday. She carried dispatches containing further details of the news of the acceptance by the Porte of the Vienna note, with a few unimportnt modifications. • The Journal de Franefort, under date of Vienna, 25th, says :—" The last courier from Bucharest has confirmed the news that the differerence be tween Russia and Turkey had been smoothed down in its most essential points. The Austrian consul-general had received an account that the Russians would evacuate Moldavia and Wallachia by the 2d September. This result is mainly at tributed to the mediation of the Austrian cabinet." The Porte has sent Chekeb Effendi into Servia as commissioner extraordinary. A Constantinople letter of the 15th states that the Egyptian- fleet, which arrived there the pre ceding day, consists of eleven ships, having col lectively 610 guns. It is under the command of Hassan Rachi. Before the fleet sailed all the Coptic Christians who were in the troops to be em barked were dismissed. The Journal de Constantinople, the semi-official organ of the Turkish Government, says " that an honourable peace is likely to be concluded." The Cronstadt Satellite of the 20th states : " To-day we have no news from Bucharest, but our last letters leave no doubt whatever that the Russian troops will take up their winter quarters in the Danubian Principalities." Notwithstanding the prospeots of peace, the ex pedition of troops to Vienna still continues. The second division of the Egyptian fleet has also re ceived orders to come to Constantinople. The Russian Consul-General, M. de Fock, has been recalled from Egypt. SPAIN. A royal decree in the Madrid Gazetto of the 24th enacts that in order to carry on actively the coining of decimal money, the Mint of Jubia shall be re established, and all the copper coin belonging to the government in Catalonia shall be conveyed to it to be recoined. The decree further enacts that coins of a half-real and a demi-decime shall cease to be coined, and that instead of them coins of the same weight of the value of cuartillo, or twenty five hundredths of a real shall be struck off. A letter says that the Minister of the Interior is thawing up a project for reducing the number of provinces in the kingdom from 49 to 20, which will be a great saving. The same letter says that the attacks of a certain portion of the English press on the institutions and leading personages of Spain had begun to excite attention in the political cir cles : and that it was considered impossible to pass them under silence. It characterises some of them as " gross calumnies," and as " malevolent and absurd." The heat had begun to diminish. The Three per Cents. were done at 44 ; the New Three per Cents. at 23 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 10 1 l ; and that of the Second, at 51. PRUSSIA. A Berlin letter of the 26th, in the Elberfiekl Gazette, states that the Ministerial crisis is at an end, and that the Cabinet will not undergo any modification. SWITZERLAND. The Ticinese Gazette publishes a telegraphic dis patch from Berne, dated the 23d, stating that the Federal Council has again demanded at Vienna that the blockade of Ticino shall be raised. A letter from Alexandria 17th says •• " EGYP3 t . he dangerous spirit of fanaticism, t excited by the 171Ae mas, may b p e ep n al ot a ic t e ie d n, am ari on ci gs iinn the fsemt soldiers and and i t s s e s s u fifteenhl l I l av a e l 1 days.beenthceorme m h i a t v te e d b during the ; een almost ac' daily dis turbances, and the • police have not appeared dis- -------- oe o to posed repress them severely. The Egyptian t otal abet ut V' soldiery especially is ENCAMPMENT TOF —EETOTALLERS.—The to _ ~o ne 0 Ao discipline and t emperance people in Manchester v " v t:et s ()II '- e & of the have become relaxed by the negligence have a field day. They have pitched their yieigS,,, officers. The director of the police of Cairo, 10r r e •0 r on the contrary, has by his prudent measures sue- ground usually occupied Old T by the military css io Ac i Trafford and they marched there in Torn ° emp tie r seeded in preventinn• any commotion in that place, terday with music and banners, intending and 0,10 and publicorder is ''' considered secure." their time with d ' ' cricket, " ancing, music, ,to bO l games. The public are charued for a dmiso ° ec ted t po JAPAN• in the festivities. A heavy shower of rain gr the tr°° The Press of Vienna of the 25th says :—" It has on taking possession of the tents, and, lik_e . __ . ier been said that Russia wanted to extend her influ- at Chobbam, it is likely they will get a soalcsi7,-(171 LANCASHIRE SEWING -MACHINE COM PA , he cooP o o. ence in the East of Asia ; but it appears that she the superintendence of Mr. C. T. Judkins., b the c di ll wishes to act not only on the continent, but also • a,chule s ) s in the islands. The Trieste Gazette contains the are biiit i i iow rapidly supplying stitching rn ijor y, e to es of which are really very extraoru ~,,llosioa,i3g following intelligence relative to this matter : be ' judged by the following necessarily hriel,.`; gitoli!. t • ' The arrival of a Russian squadron at Hong Kong, its powers :—The machine is well adapted for ari d lr' 4 . composed of the Pallas, 52 gun frigate, and the every part of any garment, except the butte es ;gee u Dwina and Wostock steamers, of 10 and 4 guns, to ton-holes, whether the work be light or heavi , tii , beg s ' take in provisions, had produced a great sensation. fine ; also for gaiters, boots, shoes, corsets, se' e n stru c c i v s c° A s The squadron was bound for Japan to act with the saileloths, tents, &c. &c. It is so simple in i „ child, 0 Americans, and to show the Emperor of Japan tion and action that it may be worked hY rei ., eV' b ed that foreign powers can obtain by force what is will sew a circle, curve, or turn a square co vv u e ,_ e inc_ o not given spontaneously. It is known that corn- as well as a straight line. It is only t...._1;10,0h11. raercial relations exist between the Russian pos- square, and is driven by the hand or foot. t . 1 -f ild s e . ofti; will produce as much work as any tweti y w ir, 0 10 0 1 7 f sessions in America and the northern ports of and from its uniform regularity the work, that de0010; Japan. Admiral Budiabir is on board the Pallas. more than tB. r. reP ee. ot' Amongst the officers on board is Baron de Kr d u e- is worth at least 50 per cent. hand labour.offices, 2, .-s w r ties The company's _... s ~,s ner, aide-de-Damp to the Grand Duke C ~ 0 11101). Cheanside, are dailyattended. by numerou t tine.' " I traded by the noveWbf the invention. _ - TILE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. Yesterday morning at a quarter past 3 o'clock, the Royal squadron left Holyhead, and arrived in Kingstown harbour at 20 minutes past 8. The weather during the voyage across the Channel was as fine as could be wished, and when the sun rose the spectacle presented was an exceedingly imposing one. Behind, and becoming fainter and fainter on the eye, lay the dim outline of the Anglesea coast, and in front could be distinguished in the clear cool light the misty forms of the Wicklow mountains. Over the sea, still heaving slightly beneath the influence of the recent south-westerly gales, the Royal yacht and her attendant fleet of steamers bravely held their way. It reminded one somewhat of the re cent Spithead review to see them, in a long line and without a stitch of canvas set, steadily pushing forward against a smart westerly breeze. Some sent forth no smoke, while others puffed out sable volumes of it from their sooty chimneys into the fresh morning air. Some rolled heavily in the swell of the Channel, while others held their way lightly over it. As the passage length. ened before them the fastest vessels began to show un mistakeable evidence of their superior speed. The Royal yacht led the way, and close behind her came the Banshee, the Terrible, and the graceful skimming little Fairy. The rest of the squadron fell considerably behind. On the port side of the foremost ships, and in close attendanc e , s t eame d t h e Angl i a, one of the Chester and Holyhead Company's boats, commanded by Captain Warren, R.N., with Captain Hurst, the naval superin tendent of the company, and Mr. Binger, its manager, on board. As the Royal route lay across the track over which the company in right of its enterprise claims a species of dominion, this mark of attention was appro priately paid ; and the Anglia justified her selection for the duty by a speed which enabled her to sail round and round the squadron—the Victoria and Albert, of course, alone excepted. As the fleet appeared off Kingston Harbour, a royal salute from the batteries and from the formidable portholes of La Hogue thundered forth the news of its approach, and the harbour, crowded with gaily-decorated yachts, presented a highly animated appearance. Her Majesty's early arrival seemed to take the inhabitants somewhat by surprise ; but, as she was not to land till 10 o'clock, there would be ample time given them to assemble in full strength, and to give her a hearty Irish welcome. Already their warm cheers waxed louder, and from all parts people were seen hurrying to the pier, where a guard of honour was drawn up, and the royal yacht close alongside, ready to land her precious freight. All Sunday the Royal squadron lay quietly at anchor in the new harbour at Holyhead, to the unfinished but stupendous works of which its presence gave an un wonted gaiety and interest. In such a position, with the Skerries in sight on the one hand, the South Stack lighthouse on the other, the Royal party could scarcely fail to have their attention strongly directed to the mag nificent works which are being carried out under the direction of Mr. Rendel for the formation of Holyhead Harbour. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, went to the end of the North Breakwater yesterday morning, examining minutely the very simple yet bold and effective manner in which it is extended, foot by foot, into the sea ; and in the afternoon the Queen drove in the Hon. W. 0. Stanley's carriage to the quarries whence the immense mass of materials required in constructing it is obtained. This national undertaking was commenced in 1849, and is in tended to secure a total area of 300 acres for the purpose of a harbour, two-thirds of that space having a minimum depth of seven fathoms at low water. Accommodation will thus be provided for about 400 vessels of all classes, including 70 men-of-war as large as the Duke of Wel lington. The north or great breakwater will be 5,000 feet long and 170 feet wide, and of this immense work 4,000 feet have already been completed to low-water mark-3,500 feet of it being from 14 to 15 feet above high water. The depth at low water thus filled up is from 45 to 48 feet, and some idea may be formed of the magnitude of this mole from the fact that the stonework which surmounts it is about 80 feet above the foundation. The smaller, or eastern breakwater, which protects the harbour on the landward side, will be 2,100 feet long, and 1,000 feet of it have already been formed, in a depth of 30 feet at low water, and to a width of 100 feet. The contract under which the harbour is being constructed contemplates an expendi ture of about 800,0001., and the outlay so far is under 400,0001. This sum, however, includes the purchase of the surrounding land—a prudent precaution, not hitherto adopted by the Government in the execution of similar undertakings. This great work will provide a secure harbour, within which the mightiest fleets may take refuge, and where the great transatlantic steamers will, two years hence, at the nearest point on their homeward voyage, find a convenient place of debarcation fir their passen gers and mails. To the Irish traffic also this harbour will afford peculiar facilities, and the Irish people anticipating a visit from their Queen, may well be asked to consider, at such a moment, how complete an illustration these works supply of the true paths to prosperity and power. Before they could be undertaken it was neces sary to span the Menai Strait with a railway bridge which is the wonder of the world. That feat was ac complished, not by Government, but by a public com pany, which now anxiously, y e t con fid en tly, l oo k s for ward to the ti▪ me when the increasing commerce of the world may afford them some return for their enterprise for the immense outlay o f cap i ta l w hi c h i t enta i le d . There is a soci▪ al and moral interest connected with An glesea which those who abuse England for her policy to Ireland would do well to ponder over. To diminish as far as possible the distance between the two countri e s, we have made a little miserable island the theatre of the greatest engineering achievements that the world has ever witnessed. Well, therefore, might the Royal family pause on their way across St. George's Channel and take a leisurely survey of the new harbour at Holy head. They all appeared much struck with the quarries, the young Prince of Wales, especially, who bore a stone away to remind him of his visit. The Queen returned to the yacht in one of the railway trucks, a rough conveyance for Sovereignty certainly, but one which enabled her more thoroughly to comprehend how the works are carried on. Mr. Rendel was in attendance. During the afternoon the royal tourists also visited the South Stack lighthouse, Prince Albert and the Prince of Wales deocending to the rock on which it stands, and spending some time in its ex amination and in the survey of the fine coast scenery which it commands. Holyhead, small as it is, did not fail during the Queen's stay there in the due manifesta tion of its loyalty. It had its triumphal arches, flags, fireworks, and bonfires, after the fashion of larger places, and under the superintendence of Mr. Evans, of New London-house, a stirring inhabitant, these made a very respectable show. ARRIVAL IN DUBLIN. By electric telegraph we learn that at half-past 10, yesterday morning, her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, landed at Kingstown, The Lord•Lieutenatt, the Primate, the Duke of Leinster, and several o th er di s ti ngu i s h e d persons were in attendance. Her Majesty's reception by the immense multitude was most enthusiastic, fully equalling, if it did not excel, the warmth with which she was greeted on her first visit. The Queen was visibly delighted ; and just before en tering the station she turned round, stood a few minutes, and graciously acknowledged the acclamations of her people. They then entered the Royal carriage, and were rapidly driven to Dublin, where they arrived at a quarter before 11. Here the same enthusiastic welcome awaited the Queen. The streets through which the procession passed were densely crowded. Every window was filled with elegantly-dressed ladies, and all were bent on mani festing in every conceivable manner their loyalty. On arriving at Carlisle-bridge the procession quickened its pace, and in a short time her Majesty alighted at the Vice-regal Lodge in Phcenix-park. Her Majesty and Prince Albert drove out on Monday afternoon in the southern suburbs in the direction of Mount Anvil, the beautiful residence of Mr. Dargan, and it is stated that her Majesty honoured that gentle man with a visit. The illuminations in the evening were general and most brilliant. ARRIVAL OF THE EARL OF ELLESMERE.—The Earl of Ellesmere and suite landed from the Leander, under a salute of 13 guns, at Plymouth yesterday evening, and proceeded by train for London. LORD PALMERsToN.—As Lord Palmerston is to ac company her Majesty this year on her visit to Balmoral, it is in contemplation to present his lordship with the freedom of Perth, on the return of the Royal party from the north, provided his lordship expresses a willingness to accept of the proffered honour. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived on a visit to the Earl of Minto, her ladyship's father, at Mao House, near Hawick, from Roseneath, Dumbarton, on Friday evening. The noble leader of the House of Commons and lady return to Roseneath at the close o the week. EXTENSIVEtubsof cont r aband spirits EARh neighbourhood of Sidbury, have of them in a waggon , . % ?31 , o e H e f i ll. s — eiz E ed igh i t n y-fi th v e e and the remainder in a barn in the occupati on of Mr. Godfrey, by the Coast Guard. The vessels an d their contents are secured in the Queen ' s warehouse a t Exeter. The waggon is also forfeited. N TO M. H. OW HER BIRTI (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) Van, for by that quaint name I know thee best, ting Wilt thou accept these few poor words of Like gree • Poor, p oor indeed, and vet a bosom-guest thee can need no f or mal speech at meeting. I cannot mark this day with costly gift, I do not offer what is rich or rare; I've little wealth—and some may say ev less thrift — But I've a heart, and that thourt er share. Our friendship did not rise in headlong speed, But We s grewd to like weave ssun hiovene out of misty morn ; eem'L's m antle without heed, And yet how well the home-made garb has worn. Year after year, dark nights and summer days` In fireside chairs and grassy nooks we've spent; I was a fitful dreamer, but my ways Wore pleasant to thee, and thou wert content. I knew not what a gem had strung itself Upon my thread of life, till life see med breaking, I knew not that Truth's pearl had hung itself Upon my breast, until that breast was aching. And then thy deep and holy well of love Opened before me with unceasing s pring ; Thou wert among the few who stand to prove That Friendship is not all a shadowy thing. What thou hast met and done, and borne for me, None but myself and God will ever know ; My rill of Song can never bring to thee. The ocean-current of my bosom's flow. Thou art to me as dew is to the flower, That has been crushed by some untoward tread; For like that dew thou hast a secr et p ower To help me raise again my stricken head. Oh, thou bast been so quiet and so tender, So calmly earnest, and so firmly kind, That every tie which human heart can r ender, Links mine with thine to sanctify and bind. Thou art most dearly loved, and yet when nigh ru e ' No watcher can detect upon my brow A ray to tell my spirit-star is by me, Nor hear my words pour forth with warmer Pr' For those who cling 'mid lengthened pain and vreeP il* Seem to partake of nature half divine ; And thou art held by me in sacred keeping, As something fitting for an altar shrine. ",The world is yet before us ;" let it try e By all its charms to blot thy cherished nam ; I o A n n ly d a t s h k en th s a p t eak tho o u f m m a e y as st m se y e m e die, faith mayEctlaizira.s..oooB. REVOLUTION IN CRIN.A. (Prom the Times.) the grestel t The Chinese revolution is, in all respects, e C e de sr' revolution the world has yet seen. In mere as it comprises a poulation equal to that of 01 112 _, fes terse all America put together. It unites the elliej • toff (If of all the great changes that stand out in the the world. As a destruction of temples, and to o a total change of religion, it recalls to us the e h il eul he of the Christian church, and those later times w' Ao northern nations embraced Christianity ill Inas, the great the extermination of a p eo pl e , it compares wit" tiisios, conflicts of races, the i r r u ptions, fusions , el P aut henti c and returns that occupy the earliest ages ° f dec line history, and resumed their prominence on the an d as and fall of Rome. As a total change of systel% g day opening of China to fo re i gners , it so far d oes 1 This the usually slow work of modern civilisetissu'oe not • mighty change has come so f as t on us that we moose yet realised its consequences. So great is th e an d the of China, and so small the sympathy between itkg rest of the world, that the Emperor of China fa : , es * figure of speech with his alleged brother the in°°,hing is being who knows nothing, and of who m n w % bac° known in this our o wn sphere, and with wile? ) , ; : t hreci s no imaginable co ncern . I n a momen t that wall" t our down, that gulf is filled up, and that veil is re n d that der. China has hitherto been the very typ e ef „ddee is unchangeable, fo rma l, s l av i s h ; a ll of .°,„" s at 3 , not only yields, but a b so l u t e l y f a lls to r e ` te re e' foreign impulse. But the most marvellous frsigeia' this revolution remains. Th e means are utterly °t he h° 6 cant. The chief agent appears to be a persoil wo o received some instructi on f rom a missionary,*ethe rnis conduct or apparent motives were such that wed to sionary refused to baptize him. In fact, be ssee nth be a mere charlatan. On comparing his it the failure of another pretender nearer home' kell tainl occurs to us that Mr. Provis has ini -I ,„ n ee of sphere,and that if he had made a dash for the tu t .„ - 0 China he might have succeeded. The huge ballvw so old collapsed at the prick of a needle. There saying that every thing has a handle, if we °l3 „l 3 ist e e ; where to find it. For ages it h as b ee n the COu' A r i , the civilised world that Chi na h a d no hs 111 ";: l itil could not get at it, or into it, or do anythingftkelessl The result shows that there was a way, n eve. , OP er3 ;, for somebody has found it. He has pronounced k, Sesame," and the everlasting hinges begin to cre:Pcierlt huge gates begin to turn, the deep recesses ef we itte s empire are opened to light, we enter, and Chi ns part of the world. °jog to Why, in a couple of years we shall all be goal °f t China. The last mail left H ong Kong on th e Ao isg July, and arrived h ere on th e 27th o f August , til ls in 48 days ; a n d th ere i s ever y pros p e ct of lope, being much shortened. People are tired ef o pen now that it is r a il roa d e d, h an db ooke d , and “ii,aoCov; up," as the phra s e i s , t o it s very b ackbone• °. stl a has been burnt ; Pet ers b urg i s a c i ty of arse, i°l palaces ; Co ns t an ti nop l e, we have been lately •81311947 city of wooden b oxes ; A t h ens is a bad fierf G t ; thn 4 l, Germany has been so o ft en scoured out . years' wars and it s seven years ' wars that its oP"pris nothing to show ; B er li n i s a poor im i ta tion of e t P et . Munich is in pi eces , fresh painted, and ne t Ja eve' , together ; Paris everybody has seen over si , o rher e. again ; and these a re th e b est — t h e res t are ny e tbie6 ,„. But there is something new in China- 4° , 131 00' genuine and undi scovere d . I t i s un d o ubtedlf f yest s ancient, curious, a n d or i g i na l. S o i n a couPle ° we i n we shall all be runni ng t o th e Chi ne se Cen s i l i o reir Leadenhall-street or Bucklersbury to get onr eY e T office passport rised by a gentleman with sln e Pi" high-cheeked bones, and yellow skin, but without o,ho and dressed like everybody else in the city. T he e ee ol °f don't wish to be the pioneers of the grand stand aft; British tourists may wait another twelvemonth, ,kieii, Murray will have by that time a "Handbook of4'-'outbere or perhaps Northern China with Japan, slid ' n of i t . China with the Indian Archipelago. A eolln s- a it. domitable John Bulls, with their carpet bagel, ne tie s that unmistakeable costume which donotes tn e " r iver * all over the world, will force its way up all the ti o th,° over all the mountains, and along all the esn i , / ; is h ' ladl es. great wall of China is surmounted by Eng," i e r - fi tele maids and English parasols. What splendid i• - t t he ef; shall have at Pekin, and what incessant joke s ° f or l es ,ll ploded peculia r iti es o f C e l es ti a l cookery. s " a - every lad of twenty w ill h ave " d on e ' e etulc i X have his budget of stories of Chinese collr iere ip iters ° 0 0 sionaires, cabs and cus t om -h ouses . lirhnt 'tie ° impose' and by we have complai n i ng o f h o t e l c h arge s and travellers, for John Chin aman i s a bit of a r e gr ; f e l o t l like the majority of Christians that it is Nvell e ;ii ks r he is not one of th em . I n t en y ea rs time we,, o ,„ ss ia, ° much more of Chi na th an we n ow know of shall know within fifty years. of eur; Then what a country for railways, c anals, g'' stw ee l l: nies, water companies, and all sorts of i nve t of The Chinese pay most admirably. The efibr the Pr charging the opium ransom has contributed t0....04; sent revolution by the exhaustion of the ttl'adoji): The people have always been resdY . r e W o e whatever improvements the jealousy of th el o 0u,.• rulers permitted them to import ; and it aPPet r ; c l/ 61- ,,i L u po ep authority of Jesuit and other writers two u e j ago, that aversion to change is not an origni mer e ie . 00 of the Chinese character. We shall have ste‘s h owe of out end on the great rivers before long, , i o otle., S re d engineers and with Chinese engines. lu e ass internal travelling in China is such, that we ar e ._ in to _ by those who have managed to penetrate into 0 11 ' . . berer' that there are continuous streams of travellers oeuat ed on foot, and on litters, from Canton to the g o r crOCI io some fifteen hundred miles ;—in many Part! 8 re oul ° o f as to impede one another, and even in tee ner out ore passes so numerous' as to leave n o trace' ibeee 0 1 sight of others before and behind. Among] 00 long lines of merchandise. What a c'se" o f traffic ! Our children may see China T h a is o isl a network of railways as England itse l f. mere speculation on the possible cool'. w ad'. change, for it is evident that the successful _ a n d are as disposed to invoke the aid of progr e es ° o oo; lization as defensive auxiliaries against " w oe cl jt bigotry of the Mantchoos as the latter :were 'ins. . 00 is posedfelt thatto re the l y o most o t shte effectual fixe dness wayo of their t e o i r s i o ns i t t l li t ,l i ettei x og ele b s :4 l cb a of the Tartars, and prevent them ever un g t7l ° 113 ;0 1 again in China, is to revolutionise the B triet 1 :311' as possible, and as far as consistent with be , s he code. That our new relations with China e v,v... ion o,„1 out trouble we do not imagine, for the r religion ideetp conquerors is one which we cannot clelin nitir iou' i 3 O , s e with our own ; but, at all events, a very .1 4 0 „pa unna tural state of things is removed,' ~ 7 "5 wa lls qv population is no longer imprisoned withu l to r ed l it shores, and we shall now no longe r be 0 r threshold of the empire.