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SOYER'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in royal Bor., handsomely bound In cloth, price One Guinea, with 42 steel plate Engravings, r FFIE PANTROPHEON ; or, the History of I Food and its Preparation, from the earliest ages of the world. By A. SOYER. Containing a fall description or the Art and Origin of Agriculture amongst the Ancients, the various species of Cereals, grinding of Corn, various Mils, manipulation of Flour, Grains, Ilerbs for Seasoning, &c. ; Animal Food, poultry, Game, Fish, Milk, Butter, Cheese, and Eggs; Water, Wine, Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Cocoa ; Repasts, Feasts, Suppers amongst the Greeks and Romans; Antique and Modern Banquets Illustrated ; and above 500 Recipes of Ancient Cookery ; and an account of the Medicinal Qualities attributed to Ingredients used in the Preparation of Food and Beverages. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—I refer the learned to Baron Leibig, the temperate to Dr. Carpenter, invalids to the medical profession, and the robust to the best Clubs of London, for the merits of my Stock of ALLSOPP'S ALE. The " Thirsty Soul" and "Constant Reader" of the " Times" I can also satisfy with my IMPERIAL MEASURE Bottles. Quarts, Bs.; Pints, Ss. per dozen ; Kilderkins (lS gallons), 30s. aLRRINGTON PARKER, Beer-merchant, 54, Ppll-mall. goy,AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING, Srpx. 2, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. ♦iter which, SARDANAPALUS. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by CHESTERFIELD THINSKIN. Characters by Messrs. Harley, Meadows, Addison, and Miss Vivash. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2, Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen ford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which, will be presented SARDANAPALUS. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To conclude with WHAT! NO CAB ? ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2, Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren, J. Johnstone, 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 WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A.MPHITHEATRE, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. The Best Ventilated Theatre in London. NOTlCE.—Further 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 diring Fox Chase. Rank and Fash ion ni g htly crowd the Boxes, while the Pit and Galleries are filled to overflowing, giving to the 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 te effect, a Military Brass Band has been expressly engaged. Return of Miss EMILY COOKE from her Continental Engagements, which have been attended with the -nost brilliant success. Due Notice will be given of Miss KATE COOKE'S First Appearance in London. %sit NIGHT OF THE CHASE. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2, And during the week, will be presented (71st night) the renowned BATTLE 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 (98th time) THE CHASE ; or, LEFF. ON THE TURF—with real Fox Chase. Box-oMee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Weut. noyAr, SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TILES EVENING, SEPT. 2, Brilliant Routine of Entertainments—Panorama of CIIUSAN, Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elep'aants. EXHIBITION of ,he MARINE AQUARItiM, a Collection of Sea and Fresh Water Fait alive, in five I,rje Glass Tanks. The 21rollusca, Zoi and Crus!a,ea prtr.ired expressly by P. 11. Goise, Esq., the euthient Naturalist. Vocal Instrumental CONCERT. Two tavouriie Songs by 3fiss Poole, the p .polar English Vocalist. The whole conending• with the w Tableaux of THE FEAST OF' LANTrERN: ,, , tztll%tat i IP ;WORKS, and EXPLO SION of CHIN6SE JUNKS. Ailmiov), Is. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, TEM DAY —Morning 10 min. after 1 I Evening 31 min.aft. 1 To-Monnow —Morning 50 min:after 1 Evening 10 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—SubI OFFICE, SEPT. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 58—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.82. WIND, N.W. to N.E.—Light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather. %tt ~~e LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1853. M. ANTOMARCHI, if we remember rightly, or, at any rate, one among the historians of the Cap tivity at St. Helena, mentions the fact that, on the eve of NAPOLEON'S death, a Comet suddenly made its appearance. A similar circumstance is recorded by the Roman historian as having been observed the night before O,EsAR'S assassination. It does not necessarily follow that because we mention incidents like these that therefore we must inevitably be regarded as superstitious. Occurrences of this character need not per versely be passed by as altogether frivolous. It may be permitted to us, at least, to enumerate them whenever noticed, as coming within the cate gory of curious or eccentric phenomena. In this manner, perhaps, it may be deemed allowable, if we venture for a moment to direct public atten tion to a somewhat startling coincidence. On reference to Sir WILLIAM NAPIER'S histori cal narrative, descriptive of the conquest of Scinde, and of its subsequent administration by his illus trious brother, the victor over the Beloochees—it will be observed, that at the period of Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S first invasion of those territories, a large comet abruptly shone in the heavens. Afterwards, upon the same great Captain's advance upon the hill tribes of Bhoogtee, another comet was remarked in the sky like an oriflamme. Again, as thousands in this country have recently become aware, another large comet was first witnessed with the naked eye on Sunday evening the 28th ultimo—the night before the hero's dissolution. Whatever sig nificance there may be in this really singular cc incidence—whether or not the threefold circum stance is entitled to one moment's consideration— it is at least remarkable that the two former of these celestial appearances should have been long ago deliberately recorded b 7- the Annalist, and that the crowning one by which they have within the last few days been followed, should have been simultaneous with the death of the Conqueror of the chivalrous Ameers and their redoubtable P,eloockees. CHARLESHa Ap Happily, for the reputation of Sir it needed not the appearance of three comets ItElt' o is remind the world of the actual splendou r of his of his charaet career, or of the real greatness Both are by this time fully recognised. Hiser achievements, indeed, consti tute the noblest atte station. —achievements which possessions have added to the au European of his c o unt r y a province as large as Kingdom— achievements which have Ealureay ropean been engraved upon the adamantine tabletso d fhistory by the greatest of our military annalists--one less to iste—on - and luminous stylus bears a e whose iron the pen than to the sword ! It HA atin g be forgotten how remarkable are the records speedily ciated with that one memorable life, rec o o f r r d c s from the 10th of August, 1782, the clay JAMES NAPIER'S birth, and the 29th of August, 1853, the day of his dissolution. It will loner be cherished, we believe, even in the recollection o f an unadventurous age and of a commercial popu lation—the memory of the scenes traversed during those seventy-one years, from the moment when the child left his birthplace at Whitehall to the moment when the veteran expired at Oak lands, near Portsmouth. The glory of his life, of this we are satisfied, will not shine the less brightly because he appeared in the thront of historical events, when the maritime fa of, England was in a measure monopolised by NEL SON, and its military fame by WELLINGTON. The reputation of Sir CHARLES NAPIER need not pale even before the renown of those heroic contem poraries. His fortunes were none the less re markable because of the test of that, formidable Juxtaposition. And this because his oharacter was as original . as it was heroic—because his genius was because e dependent as it was comprehen sive —and splendour as shis achievements were in their they were who'll wonderful as in their singularity "out noptahralleled. It was some thing surely of that great battle of ivi e e common' 'the winning an l ee, on the 17th of February, 1843, when, with than two thou sand men (1,600 in the i aggregateess s epoys and Englishmen), Sir CHARLES army of 35,000 Beloochees I NAPIERAgain, roted an something to engage our "special lvo it w as wonder," his su b sequen tly making a campaign in sixte en days dining which, with 5 , 000 men, he de feated up wards of 25,000, marching 200 miles in a tropical sun, and capturing the two huge fortresses of Omer cote and Hyderabad? It was with this lightning speed, and with this resistless vigour that the Hero of Scinde conquered, within an almost in credibly short space of time, the whole of that vast province, taking captive six Sovereign Princes, and laying low the pride of the Lion of " Cabul the British," the terrible SHERE MAHO MED. If the narrative of Anglo-Saxon conquest ii Hindostan is illumined by the recollection of the glorious defence of Arcot, it is suffused with lustre also by the no less glorious march through the desert upon Emaum Ghur. If, in the catalogue of our Asiatic victories, Plassy is remembered with peculiar exultation, Meeanee likewise must be preserved among the proudest of our military recollections. Wonderful, moreover, as these deeds of prowess would have been if viewed under the most favourable circumstances, they may be regarded as little short of the mira culous, performed, as they were, under influences of the most adverse character. Listen to what has already in this matter been declared by the voice of history. It has been remarked by the annalist that, in the execution of these marvellous achievements, Sir CHARLES NAPIER " travelled on camels and on horseback at the head of troops more than "—writing,twoatldioudseacniddinmgileosn,, bew "between receiving, studying, u four and five thousand official despatches and re ports (many very elaborate), besides his private correspondence, which was extensive"—sustain ing all these fatigues without abatement " under severe attacks of illness, at the age of sixty-three, by a ma n covered with wounds, and in a c li ma te where . the mercury rise s t o 132 de grees artificially-cooled tents." Nay, nor i s that all—" they were sustained amidst almost every mortification, every virulence of abuse, every form of intrigue." It is the moral of this extraordinary man's history—the indomitable courage with which lie worked such miracles by the pen and by the sword, as a Conqueror and as an Administrator, in the council chamber and on the field of battle—in the midst of all this intrigue, abuse, and mortification. It is the moral of his history. SO—NELSON died a Viscount, when HowE and JERVIS had won their Earldoms ! So—NAPIER breathed his last at Oaklands, with a Collar of the Bath hanging over the AMEER'S white marble chair of state at the foot of his bedstead. " Had CORNEILLE lived in my reign," said NAPOLEON, " I would have created him a Prince." Had NAPIER battled for, instead of against, that most munificent and magnanimous of Sovereigns, the latter would have awarded something better than a cross or a ribbon to a Paladin so splendidly heroic and magnificently victorious ! his honourably acquired wealth on the result, and he has not been disappointed. He advanced the necessary funds, and made himself personally re sponsible for the entire outlay. His estimate of Ireland and the Irish was not erroneous. The pledge was faithfully redeemed. Not one shilling loss will fall upon WILLIAM DARGAN, and he caa look with unalloyed gratification at the work he has achieved, which, without his invaluable assistance, could not have been so completely or so triumphantly successful—which has attracted the Monarch of Ireland, the descendant and re presentative of a long line of Sovereigns, to her ancient kingdom, and induced her, as the highest reward she could confer, to pay a familiar and friendly visit to the dwelling of her most merito rious subject. It is but fair to the public to invite attention to the principle of MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE. We fully believe in it ourselves, and we think im partial consideration must satisfy the minds of insurers generally. That principle is to offer security against damage by fire at cost price. Every man is, of course, desirous to insure on the lowest safe terms. The only question, there fore, is, can a society which returns its entire legitimate profits to the insurers, be a safe one ? So far as five years' experience of most careful attention to their business goes, the British Em pire Mutual Fire Assurance Society has solved this problem. It can hardly now be questioned that it can be done. Very long experience has proved that, on properly calculated tables, half the amount of the premiums has covered the losses incurred by the companies. The five years' ex perience of the company just mentioned confirms this result ; and though the amount of its busi ness cannot, of course, equal yet that of the old ones, it is no less conclusive ; partly because, as is well known, the average losses of a company diminish with the extent of its business, provided the business be conducted with ordinary care ; but chiefly because so much responsibility lay on the ten highly respectable gentlemen who com menced this company at their own risk, that their observations have necessarily been of the most careful kind. Mr. WATSON stated at the meet ing that 50 per cent. would cover their losses, and that when their business, which is now rapidly increasing, was somewhat enlarged, 25 per cent. would pay the working expenses, which would leave 25 per cent. to be returned to the insurers. In order to meet the fears of any whom reasoning would not quite satisfy, a guar antee fund of 200,0001. has been established as an additional security, on a plan which does not interfere with the mutual principle. It is obvious, however, that by a small sacrifice from their profits (none of which they would receive from the common offices) the insurers can easily accu mulate in time a guarantee fund of their own ; one which they can always preserve in a ratio proportioned to the extent of their risks. And even in the almost impossible event of the whole of this fund and of the premiums of any particular year being swallowed up by the losses of that year, the insurers would still be gainers by the entire amount which had at any time been returned to them. We be lieve the rates of the Company are not at all higher than those of other respectable and safe companies ; but the peculiarity of this company is that, were they ever so high, the insurers would be no losers, the total difference coming back to them in the shape of profits. In mutual compa nies high rates are, therefore, no real injury— they enhance the security without trenching on the returned profits. We believe the British Empire is the first mutual fire office of a metro politan and national character, and having been conducted with such caution and success, it merits a recommendation of its claims to the general public. It is to be feared that the number of persons in the middle ranks of life not insuring their property against fire is very great. Every day warns them of the risk they incur, yet the ex pense deters them. The British Empire seeks to reduce that expense to a minimum, and but for the extravagant duty imposed by Government, it would be small indeed. Much to its credit, the company is making earnest endeavours with the Government to effect a reduction of this duty—an effort in which it ought to be strenuously backed by the public. The farmers succeeded for them selves, and there seems to be no reason why they should enjoy this legislative protection alone. The only excuse is, that the duty is in reality a pro perty tax. The answer is —Yes, and one of the most unequal of all—land, funds, and everything incombustible escape it. The proprietors of perishable property alone pay it. Worst of all, it is paid only by prudent proprietors. Others leave their friends or their creditors to bear, in too many cases, the consequences of their losses by fire. The feelings of affectionate respect and devoted loyalty exhibited in the cordial and enthusiastic reception of Queen VICTORIA by her Irish sub- jects have in no degree abated during the Royal sojourn in the metropolis of the sister kingdom. Each day adds to the intensity of feelings alike honourable to the SOVEREIGN and to her faithful people. The protracted sufferings of bygone years are forgotten in the joy of the moment. The only thought in the Irish heart is how best to testify the love with which it is overflowing, to '. exhibit the zeal and fidelity by which it is ani mated. Every thought and sentiment is, for the time being, merged in the overwhelming im pulse. " GOD save the QUEEN" is the watch word that resounds throughout the length and breadth of the land, given with every variety of tone and expression, but in every instance with equal truth and sincerity. It is impossible for the sober and rather phlegmatic Englishman, accustomed to the constant residence of her MAJESTY in the capital of the United Kingdom, to conceive the fervour of enthusiasm, the wild burst of exultation that makes the blood career more rapidly through the hearts of our impulsive brethren, and stimulates them to the most extra vagant demonstrations of boundless attachment. Their QUEEN is once more amongst them, not as a mere portion of a State pageant, intended to dazzle the eyes but not to win the love of the multitude, but mingling in familiar intercourse with her subjects, proving that, as a wife and mother, she is as deserving of approbation as in her capacity as the constitu tional Monarch of a free nation, showing that she could appreciate the intelligence and ability dis played in the brilliant and dazzling Exhibition, which she examined with such careful and dis criminating attention. Yes, the " plain bonnet," which the discontented solitary scribe sneered at in such atrociously bad taste, is the great attrac tion of the day. The costly jewelled diadem would not have been welcomed with one-tenth of the rapture, for diamonds are in the shade, and hearts are decidedly trumps in Ireland, —not merely in its capital, but on every hill and in every valley—in the mansions of the mighty, and the hovels of the humble. There is no necessity for salaried troops to attend her progress or to guard her person. She wants no stipendiaries to protect her from in sult and injury. She is surrounded by thousands and tens of thousands of faithful men, any one of whom would freely lay down his life in her cause to save her from danger or hurt. It is to be regretted that the character of novelty is so greatly to be attached to a Royal visit that the occasion should be so very unusual as to produce this extra ordinary excitement. We must, however, re member that, although this is the seventeenth year of her MAJESTY'S reign, it is but the second time she has set her foot on Irish ground —that four years had elapsed since her last laud ing, and that before that twenty-nine years had passed away since GEORGE the FOURTH had, for the first time since the accession of the House of BRUNSWICK, showed that the existence of Ireland was recognised as an integral portion of the Bri tish dominions, or that which now constitutes no unimportant portion of "the United Kingdom" was regarded in any other light than as a mere province—a useful appanage of the British Crown. We trust and believe that this grievance—for it has been a real, substantial grievance—will be completely removed ; that not a single year will elapse without our gracious QUEEN receiving in Ireland the ardent expression of Ireland's true allegiance to her dynasty. Sure we are that a week could not be more profitably, and we may venture to add more agreeably, applied. If anything could have increased the rapturous enthusiasm of the people, it would have been the well-merited honour accorded to the man who has been as emphatically as accurately designated " Ireland's most worthy son." By qualities which can be appreciated on this as well as on the western side of St. George's Channel, WH,Lual nigh ability v;iu and DAJiGAN had won his way from the very humblest rank to his present proud position. LY unceasing industry, unblemished integrity, ,j v ti e d .a i l c t i h o u, s and prudent caution, he had achieved had low, been celebrate Iris NuBo d he daring enterprise, combined with E. ~ liberality applied to the noblest purposes. and d l ii ia i r l i i t s ab n l a e tiv b e en c e o v u o i l l e t n ry ce . Not a single qualm toits its Pound had been un f a i r ly or unhand somely acquired, nor couldofownepro.ssesslitonwcaasusneoat momentary Iwrung from the sweat unremunerated toil. Tice humblest workm an in Nv DAR e G f A t N h 's e employer's ,s prosperity. pay iit'all.t-ai participated afforded his eforded practical t proof v a rd s falsehood of the atrocious calumny, that Irishmeno i could not exhibit steady and uninterr up t ed dili gence in their labours , or act faithfully t those by whom they were fairly treated, that they would not be willing to give the " fair d ay ' s labour," in return for the fair day's wages, 1, acquiring honourable wealthlforrknan himself,e and he walis workmen, enhancing the comforts of e lacned. been And when so de veloping the resources of his ti when the glorious project that hasnative sin ' 0-loriously realised was first sp oken of, it was the noble enthusiasm, the extraordinary enterprise of IV' Lmim DA RGAN that removed the impediments that obstructed the way and might o ther wise have proved insuperable. He had " faith" in his countrymen—he knew that they would not be fou n d wan ti ng i n the moment of trial, and he I fearl ess l y h azar d e d a cons id era ble portion of. The company has already been quite successful in one application to the Treasury. By a clause in the Joint-Stock Companies Act, a shilling was demanded for the registration of the name of each holder of a policy. The demand bore with spe cial hardship on insurers for small sums—a class which the company particularly wished to encour age. The company's solicitor, finding the Solicitor-General inexorable, Mr. Low, one of the Directors, appealed to the Secretary of the Trea sury, who took much interest in the case, and obtained for them, and for all similar societies, a reduction from ls. per name to ls. per sheet. Moreover, the Committee of the House of Com mons on Assurance Companies, has recommended the exemption of mutual companies from regis tration altogether. Should the company only be as successful in obtaining the abolition, or even reduction of the assurance duty, it will deserve the gratitude of the whole community. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has left London on a visiting tour in the Highlands, intending, we belive, to visit the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, at Hamilton Palace. Ircoct sho M e ba neo E rtfß. thees It contains session shipping n S g H P ti l P ol 6a NG c 80m m .— sections, ene amend i vt various r n opw e u : s v ir tahtlawsoaactoperation rpo eiall N satsthe E i die w l g .1a Ast to ot c h : femo o ce N interpretation clause of the terms used. Under this act the lighthouse tolls payable and the ballast rates, &c., are in future to form " The Mercantile Marine Fund," which account is to be kept by her Majesty's Pay master-General. The accounts are to be approved of by the Board of Trade. For the purpose of erecting and repairing lighthouses, &c. The Treasury may make advances, and the Board of Trade is empowere d to borrow money. Her Majesty may, by an Orde r in Council, fix the tolls to be taken for new lighthouses. Unclaimed wages, and effects of deceased seamen, may he paid into the Exchequer. A gross sum is to be paid to the Seamen's Hospital in lieu of an annual payment. In order to prevent the undue assump tion of the British flag and national character, it is provided by the 33d section that when it is assumed the ship may be seized and adjudicated upon, and if the si milation is proved the vessel is to be condemned. There are clauses as to volunteers into the navy, and relating to the payment of their wages. Facilities are given to obtain seamen in the Australian colonies. The subject of salvage is defined in several provisions, and other matters are set forth to amend the law in relation to the merchant service. BREAKING A CONTRACT.—" A married couple," says the Gazette des Teibunaux, " after living together on bad terms for some time, resolved, a few days ago, to sepa rate. They sold off all their furniture, but, finding that the sum it realised was not very important, they proposed to commit suicide, and, yesterday, they went at an early hour to the Canal St. Martin to execute the design. The husband leaped in first, but after a while, being a capital swimmer, he raised his head above water, and perceived his wife standing quietly on the bank watching him. He began abusing her, and said that, according to their con ventions, she ought to drown herself. Instead, however, of complying, she accused him of intending to let her drown whilst he saved himself by swimming. He called on her to plunge in at once without any more talk ; but she refused. Thereupon he got out of the water, and gave her a tremendous thrashing. Some persons, who came up, went to seek for the guard, and the loving pair were arrested. On being questioned they made the facts known." RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN FRANCE.—The Courrier de la Dr6me states that an accident having lately occurred on the works of the Avignon railway, near Valence, by which, frOm a fall of earth, one man was killed and four o th ers were badly wounded, one of whom expired afterwards. The English contractost cr the part of the line in question has been arrested and is to take his trial before the Correctional police fo no having taken sufficient precautions. OCEAN PENNY PO STAGE.—EIihII BORTH, who has been for some time residing- at the Hague, has communi cated to the Minister of F ore i gn Aff a i rs his plan for establishing a uniform rate of postage between England and the East and West Indies of one penny sterling per letter. This plan has been well received by the govern ment, which has promised to favour its realisation. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1853, HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. Her Majesty, with Prince Albert and the young Princes, went to the Exhibition as early as nine o'clock, on Wednesday morning, and remained there more than three hours. In the same manner as during her numerous visits to the display in Hyde-park, not the slightest ceremony or show at tended either her arrival, her stay, or her depar ture. Indeed, so nearly did she follow her former course of quiet inspection that Mr. Belshaw's old familiar face was the first which presented itself to receive her, before the committee, in hot haste, appeared upon the scene. The Queen seemed a good deal amused at this surprise. When it was over the Royal party proceeded along the Central hall, examining closely the objects which it con tains, and receiving explanations from those of the exhibitors who were present. The specimens of Irish lacework, the poplins and tabbinets, the ele gant " Shakspere " dessert service, exhibited by Kerr, of Worcester, and which is manufactured from materials principally Irish, the wonderful collection of geological maps and sectional draw ings shown by Dr. Griffith, and which he ex plained personally, seemed to attract the special notice of the Royal party during their stay in the Central-hall. From it they crossed through the Indian compartment, to examine an exceedingly interesting collection of models, illustrating the inland and coast fisheries of Ireland, and the mode in which the Board of Works had been providing for the arterial drainage of the country. A glass vase containing salmon fry, produced artificially, was also noticed. The time for the admission of the public was now approaching, and her Majesty withdrew into the picture gallery, where she re mained for more than an hour quietly enjoying the works of art there collected. Sir John Benson was presented to her Majesty and the Prince during their stay in the gallery, and both expressed their high admiration of the building. The manner in which the gallery is lighted his Royal Highness pronounced " perfect," and there seems to be but one opinion on this point. The illustrious visitors left by the same way as they had entered, attended to the last by the members of the committee, and loudly cheered by the crowds that had by that time collected in the building. In the afternoon a grand review in " the 15 acres" brought out to Phoenix-park nearly all Dub lin. The troops assembled consisted of the 17th, 21st, 46th, 63d, 90th, and 91st Regiments of the Line, the Ist and 2d Dragoon Guards, the 11th Hussars, the 16th Lancers, and Horse and Foot Artillery. LINCOLN RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA PH.) QUEEN'S PLATE, Young England . Six ran. COWES, ISLE OF JVIGIIT, Sept. 1. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. There was a field battery of the Royal Artillery, with six guns, in all about 6,000 men. The whole were under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, Major-General Cochrane being general of division, Colonel the Earl of Car digan commandant of the cavalry and horse artil lery, Colonel Garrett, K.H. (46th), commanding the right brigade, consisting of the 17th, 63d, and. 46th Regiments, and Lieutenant-Colonel Macpher son commanding the left brigade, formed of the 21st, 90th, and 91st Regiments. His Royal High ness Prince Albert did not command, but received the salute on the part of her Majesty from the troops, when marching past. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children arrived at half-past four, escorted by four troops of the Queen's Bays ; the Prince being mounted, and wearing the uniform of Field Marshal. On the royal carriage taking its stand at the flag-staff, the entire line gave a royal salute, with colours lowered, the bands simultaneously performing the National Anthem. The force was quite sufficient to have made a very fine display in so favourable a spot for military evolutions, and with her Majesty present. Unfor tunately it begain to rain just as the review was about to commence, and though the Queen stood it out in an open carriage, everything like enjoyment of the spectacle was at an end. The authorities, civil and military, had made the most complete arrangements for the occasion. During the evolutions the rain began to come down so fast that the Lord-Lieutenant recom mended the tops of the carriages should be closed down, which was done accordingly ; but five minutes had scarcely elapsed when—although the rain had not in the slightest degree abated—they were again opened, and her Majesty stood up, wearing a plain dark brown hood. Her appear ance in this simple covering was very interesting and attracted much attention. Before the skir mishing began, Prince Albert, followed by his equerries, rode into the field towards the troops, and during the entire review he was either engaged in passing amongst the various regiments or riding with Sir Eward Blakeney. The rain continuing to come down heavily, the Queen directed one of the outriders to carry to the Prince his over-coat, but the messenger soon returned with the coat, his Royal Highness, doubtless, declining to wear it while the troops and officers •on the field had no other covering than their uniforms. When the re view had terminated, he rode alongside her Ma jesty's carriage to the Viceregal Lodge in torrents of rain, wearing merely his uniform. On leaving the ground at half-past 6 o'clock, the Royal party received a parting salute of 21 guns from the field batteries of the Royal Artillery, her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert having ex pressed themselves highly gratified at the splendid appearance and high state of discipline presented by the whole of the troops reviewed. The Royal party left the ground ; and as her Majesty and the Prince passed through the avenue of the park towards the Viceregal Lodge they were loudly and vehemently cheered by the crowds, who, in spite of a wetting rain, were determined to see them after the review. It was surprising to observe with what exemplary patience the most delicate of the fair sex endured the dense rain that fell from the time the review commenced, and continued until a late hour in the evening, and the vast con course that passed from the review ground into town was the object of great observation. gs present on the ground AdmiralweArem:----ontthe an Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, Com mander of the Victoria and Albert ; Lord Gough, Lord Naas, M.P., Lord Monck, M.P., Colonel Taylor, M.P., Lord Talbot d e M a l a hid e , Si r Ed ward 11'Donnell, Hon. Captain Lindsay, Colonel Jackson, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur, &c. It was understood that her Majesty and Prince Albert would pay another private visit yesterday morning, at nine o'clock. It was stated to be the intention of her Majesty and her royal Consort to proceed on a visit to Powerscourt, this day, should the weather be fa vourable. In that event the royal party, it is un derstood, will leave the Viceregal Lodge, en route for Powerscourt, at about two o'clock. It has also been arranged that her Majesty and Prince Albert will honour the Earl and Countess of Howth with a visit at Howth Castle, this _day (Friday). The following had the honour of receiving invi tations from their Excellencies to meet her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert at dinner on Wednesday night at the Viceregal Lodge : —Earl Granville, the Duchess of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl and Countess of Mayo, the Earl and Countess of Clonmel, the Earl of Listowel, Viscount and Viscountess Massereene and Ferrard, Viscount and Viscountess Monek, Viscountess Forbes, Lord and Lady Clarina, Lord and Lady Talbot de Malahide, Chief Justice and Mrs. Monahan, the Attorney- General, Hon. Miss Bolted, Hon. Colonel Grey, Hon. Colonel Gordon, Sir James Clark, and Major Henry Ponsonby, Aide-de-Camp in Waiting. Late in the evening their Excellencies gave a concert, at which 250 of the nobility and gentry were present. By electric telegraph we learn that the Queen, Prince Albert, and the young Princes did not visit the Exhibition yesterday until the afternoon. They remained about two hours. A heavy rain prevailed all day. ARRIVALS, —Aug. 28. Bianca, schooner, Earl of Mount Charles, from Poole ; Miranda, cutter, John Gray, Esq., Cherbourg; Julia, do., Win. Peareth, Esq., Portland ; Sultana, do., Marquis of Conyngham, do. ; lone, schooner, Sir H. Oglander, Bart., do. 29. Kath leen, cutter, Viscount Bangor, Portland ; Pandora, do., Capt. Smith Barry, Western Porte ; Coquette, schooner, Lord Godolphin, do. 30. Camilla, schooner, J. E. W. Rolls, Esq., Torquay ; Raven, cutter, "Nm. Morgan, Esq., Portsmouth. 31. Osprey, cutter, Lieut.-Col. Huey, Torquay ; Alarm, schooner, Jas. Weld, Esq., Western Ports. Sept. 1. Petrel, cutter, Earl of Ilchester, westward. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.—By command of the Queen, an extra week's holidays have been granted to the scho lars of St. Peter's College, Westminster, in honour of the birth of H.R . H. the Prince Leopold. The school will consequently meet on the evening of Wednesday, October 5. THE MALDON BRIBERY COMMISSION.—The commis sioners report that open and direct bribery prevailed at the last and previous elections for this borough : that a large portion of the electors, consisting chiefly of the poorer class of freemen, are influenced, not by the poli tical or personal recommendation of the candidate, but by the money habitually employed to corrupt them, and that the blame of this does not so much rest with them as with their superiors who tempt them. MURDER IN GOODILIN'S-FlELDS.—Yesterday after noon Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, resumed at the Lon don Hospital the adjourned inquiry respecting the death of Caroline Mobbs the unfortunate young woman who was brutally murdered by her husband, Nathaniel Mobbs, at No. 7, Enoch-court, Goodman's-fields, Minories, on the 24th ult. The inquiry was adjourned from Friday last, in order to afford time to see whether there was any probability of Mobbs recovering from the effects of the injuries which he had inflicted on his own throat. It appeared yesterday that he was progressing favourably, but he was not out of danger, and there was no chance of his being able to be removed for at least a fortnight or three weeks. After the examination of two or three more witnesses who added little to what is already known respecting the melancholy affair, Mr. H. Debenham, the house surge on of the hospital, de scribed the injuries the deceased had received. There was a deep incised wound in the , throat six or seven inches long. There were ten smaller cuts under the lilt, on the chin, and on the neck. The thumbs and fingers on both hands were cut as if in self defence. There were two black eyes, of some days standing. The injuries were the cause of death. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder against Nathaniel Mobbs." SAILINGS. —Aug. 30. The American cutter Silvie, Louis St. Depau, Esq., for St. Petersburgh. 31. Xarifa, schooner, Commodore the Earl of Wilton, for Dublin. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.— Capricorn, lone, Sultana, Turquoise, Intrepid, Seagull, Aurora, Miranda, Arrow, Gondola, Gloriana, Mosquito, Co quette, Titania, Swordfish, Pandora, Osprey, Gossamer, Gem, Bianca, Kathleen, Raven, Alarm, Petrel, Ca milla. LATEST FOREIGN ICE S FRANCE. Two days ago four Arab chiefs, whose costume had made them the object of general notice at Dieppe, were presented to the Emperor. In their speech to his Majesty, they said they had made the journey from Algiers to Paris, and from thence to Dieppe, in order to see and express to him their sentiments of devotedness and respect. The Em peror replied to them in the most gracious manner, and on their leaving presented each with a valu able watch, bearing the imperial eagle and his Ma jesty's initials. Prince Jerome, on his return from Dieppe, made known to the deputy-mayor that the Emperor is well disposed towards Havre, and that he shares ideas expressed by Prince Jerome on the necessity of having forts in the roadsted. He added that his Majesty's intention is to hasten the destruction of the existing fortifications as much as possible. The Minister of Foreign Affairs left Paris on Wednesday for Dieppe by the one o'clock express train. In the same carriage with him were Lord Cowley and an English general officer. M. Ron her, vice-president of the Council of State, went by the same train. The Ottoman ambassador and several attaches of his embassy have also left for Dieppe. The price of bread is not to be raised during the first fortnight of September. It appears from the monthly list of the prices of the hectolitre of wheat in the various markets of France, as published by the Moniteur, that the highest price is 32f. 82c. at Hennebon, and the lowest 30f. 25c. at Strasburg. Mention has already been made in The Sun of the opinions of the Emperor, with reference to a relaxation of the restrictions on commerce. It is now believed that advantage will be taken of pre sent circumstances, not to proclaim free trade at once, but at all events to make another step in advance, and . to enlarge the limits of the present system. _ The price of Public Securities again declined at the Bourse yesterday, not from any political consid erations, but on account, it is said, of the pecuniary sacrifice the Government has made to keep the price of the 4-pound loaf in Paris at 80 centimes, which otherwise must have been to 90 centimes, in conse quence of the rise in the price of flour. The Three per Cents. opened at 79f. 40c., and fell to 79f., at which they closed for the end of the month ; Or leans Railway Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1,085 f. ; Havre, 517 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 800 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 360 f. ; Paris and Lyons to the Mediterranean, 817 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 555 f. ; Shares, of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 861 f. 25c. r. received with the greatest distinction at B el g rade. Two sentinels have been posted at the door of 14 5 hotel, and Prince Alexander paid him a state visit with great pomp and ceremony. The Council of the University of Cracow has pre: posed that the lectures shall henceforth be delivered in the German, instead of in the Polish lang uage ' , This proposal has been accepted by the Schools of Law and Philosophy, while the School of Medicine declared itself incompetent to decide on the (Ines" tion. a nd The abolition of the state of siege in Vienn a - Prague, and of the drum-heads in the Lombardo; Venetian kingdom, is considered a sure indication that the Emperor will very soon order milder m a sures to be employed in Hungary and Transylvatu ; The betrothal of Majesty will give the Vienn es an opportunity for a display of feeling, and it So be expected that on his return to the cap ital the b vereign. will be received with genu i ne enthusia st :: Those who are able to form a corr ect opinion the subject are well aware that in future the re l f tary must be content to go hand in hand with the civil power. It has at length been resolved to constr uct a raila way from Botzen to Verona, within three years 3 , 11 1 ,, g a half. The object of Austria probably is to et '''„f better of Sardinia, which lith held out pros recta accomplishing the journey from Alexandria to ca l• don, via Genoa and Turin, in 178 hours. It is . culated here that the same journey may be 'per formed by way of Brindisi, Naples, Rome/ 13e F o r zona, Constance, and Ostend, in 141 hours. 0 some unknown reason Prince Daniel of Monteilegr has relinquished his matrimonial project. It has not passed unobserved that th e French Government has affected not to notice the Aus tr° ' Belgian Family allance. The Customs' tariff of 1851 has u ndergon e a s thorough revision, agreeably to the condit ions the Austro-Prussian treaty of February last. It ! to be found in the new tariff, w hich will come operation on the Ist January, 1854, that the tO. trian duties are no t ver y different from then of the Zollv ere i n , an d th a t a gre at step has ' cles taken towards th e realisation of Baron Bru nk's I It of a great Austro-German C us t o ms-Union',,. oo cannot be doubted th a t f or a time the An s " - o r manufacturers will suffer severely, but if P,. 1 1.. r i 0 n energy is displayed they soon will be in a p ost successfully to compete with their neighbours' PRUSSIA. an The King returned to Charlottenburt Friday evening, and in the afternoon of at—urdste proceeded to Silesia. hie Prince Frederic Wilhelm has accomPan i ine pt Majesty on this trip to inaug u rate the wen n to Blucher, and has since returned to Berlin . eri The cholera has appeared at Berlin in a: . s ; virulent form, though in a very few . since the beginning of the month up till fifty-two cases, of which thirty-seven were fa me The police have been very careful for 5° 9 ,11 time past in excluding from the m arkets coo unripe fruit, particularly plums ; and ti er ' . on Hinckeldy has arranged that every policelnab-ancl duty shall be provided with a warm woollen o a round the waist, to be worn next the sk.i n ' or xr also a supply of stomachic cordial fresh ever/ 131 os. ing. It has bee/ resolved to build a cholera pital. I "h gin g Of the course of next month both the - " te d Prussia and the Emper or o f A us t r i a are aP e c ' t he in the capital of Bav ar i a , i n conseq uence recent engagement of the Princess ElizabetiWke the . Emperor. The father of the bride-elect , ": g of Maximilian, is a rich man, and the 3/1 0011 ,i, - ,a . poets, painters, and hommes de lettres. - 4- nbe pieces of his, of which he has composed bc' t ',4 music and the libretto, are put on the stage %des epiS , pear, for the most representing scenes and is of life in the Bavarian highlands. The T ke tlie also . a passionate sportsman, and is idolized O r Highland Riflemen, whose chief he is. THE CANADAS. [We have much pleasure in inserting the following from an old friend and most enterprising man.—ED. SUN.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I have now been here nearly six weeks, and dur ing the entire time I may say I have been continually in motion, both in Canada and the United States ; and as, in all my journeys, I have made it my business to converse with a large number of persons of all sizes and conditions, I think I have acquired a considerable amount of knowledge of the resources of this continent. The more I see of it the more I am surprised and gratified. It is indeed a wonderful continent. The eastern portion of the United States is undoubtedly in advance of the Canadas in point of pro gress, but the natural resources of the latter are un doubtedly the greater. The complete system of rail ways that we have now in progress will totally revolu tionise the British portion of the continent in a - very few years, and open out resources that are only waiting for the construction of the railways to be developed. The two great elements of Canada's prosperity are timber and corn ; the latter is immense, but the former is inex haustible. In one region alone, that of the Ottawa River, there are at present 80,000 square miles, almost all of which is covered with the finest pine and other timbers ; and it is calculated that if only one pine tree per acre be cut down each year from these forests, there is enough to yi e ld d ou bl e th e quan tit y now taken out annually for 500 years to come. But a large quantity of this land will be rapidly cleared of its timber, and then brought into cultivation for wheat, Indian corn, potatoes, &c. The land already cleared in the district is most productive, and I have seen large farms there as orderly and as beautifully kept as anything I have ever witnessed in the old country.' Such things as beggars and poor-houses are utterly unknown in this country, and from the moment an emi grant and his family land they have employment at what in Ireland at least would be considered gigantic wages. 2s. 6d. a day is the lowest that a labourer gets ; and when lie has been a short time in the country, and that he has got some animal food into him, those wages be come ss. a day. If the whole of Ireland were to come here there would be employment for every one of them, for the emigrant's labour is capital that enriches not only the man himself and his employer, but also the country, inasmuch as a labouring man can live right well (with meat in abun dance two or three times a day) for less than one half his earnings. The Canadian population are truly Bri tish in their feelings, and whatever might have been the wish of some of them to " annex" themselves to the United States a few years ago, that delusion has com pletely vanished. This change is caused not only by the advance that has taken place, but is also rapidly progressing in the material interests of the province, but also because the people enjoy a most complete form of constitutional government. It in every respect re sembles our own. The Governor-General (Lord Elgin at present, admirably suited for his office) is in the light of the Queen, and he must form his Ministry from the party forming the majority in the House of representatives. 'Whereas the Legislative Assembly resembles the House of Peers to the extent that its members (the number of whom is undefined) are elected for life. The chief complaint of the Canadians against Great Britain is not a great one after all It is simply that England knows nothing about them. I tell them this is a complaint that will soon be remedied ; for that as ElOOll as it is known that Canada is really deserving of being pushed, and that investment here will repay, we shall be sure to have abundance of English capital. It is a curious and, at the same time, significant fact, that numbers of United States citizens are emi grating into Canada, as affording a finer field than their own country for making money. This is espe cially the case in the timber regions that I have just alluded to. They make capital settlers in a new country, for the example of their energy and go-aheadism spreads throughout the entire district in which they settle. They also become right good subjects of Queen Victoris. By the bye, the popularity of the " Little Queen" (as she is almost universally called by Americans) is extraor dinary. They (the United States people) are universally loud in her praise for her qualities, both as a mother, as a woman, and as a Queen. But perhaps the fact that she has not received Mrs. Beecher Stowe at Court has in some degree contributed to produce this effect. I have conversed with many people belonging both to the slavery and to the non-slavery states. The former would naturally be pleased, but even the latter say (and some of the people in the abolition states are much more bitter against slavery than English persons) that it is bad taste on the part of English ladies to interfere with the internal and domestic arrangements of a foreign state ; but, say they, the Queen has refused to take a part on one side or the other, and in that way she shows not only her good sense but her good feeling. To revert for a moment to that part of this long and rambling letter relative to the Ottowa River district, I should mention to you that there is not the slightest exaggeration in stating that there are at least 50,000 sites for water-mills, with any amount of power—for the whole country is one continuous ascent, and the rivers are constantly hemmed in by gigantic rocks and islands, so as to form innumerable water-falls, varying in height from 2to 25 feet Every one of these will come into operation, as the railways are constructed that will enable the produce of the districts to be removed. You will see by the enclosed paragraph, which I shall feel greatly obliged if you will insert in The Sun, that we have no desire to have gold discoveries here. In fact they would annihilate all the prospects of prosperity now in store for the Canadas.—Yours truly, Montreal, 25th July, 1853. C. P. R. MR. PIISEY.—Mr. Pusey, the celebrated agriculturist, and President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, is at present sojourning in Edinburgh, and is about to make several short agricultural tours in the neighbourhood. RIBBONISM.—It is reported that a special commission will be issued ere the close of the present month for the counties of Monaghan, Louth, and Antrim, for the t r i a l of the gangs of Ribbon conspirators that are now in custody. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PUBLIC) SERTICES.—On Thurs day evening last, the inhabitants of the " Ward of Coleman-street" assembled together to present to Mr. S. Read, of London Wall, who, with his wife, her mother, and his eleven children, will sail in a day or two for Adelaide, Australia, mementoes of the respect and regard he has won amongst his neighbours and friends by a faithful and highly efficient performance of the duties of an overseer, an auditor, and likewise as one of the guar dians of the parish at the City of London Poor-law Union Board, of which he has been for some years one of the vice-chairmen. The tokens comprised a purse of 100 guineas unanimously voted in vestry, also of another purse containing 272 guineas, raised by voluntary con tributions amongst the parishioners and his friends, together with three splendidly-bound Bibles from one of the inhabitants. The several offerings were accom panied by a vote of thanks, handsomely written, framed, and glazed, expressive of the great gratitude felt towards Mr. Read, for his efficient public services, accompanied by the best wish es o f t h e parishionersfor the future welfare of himself and family in the far distant land of their destination. On Tuesday last a similar presenta tion to the extent of 50 guineas was made to Mrs. Read, by the chairman and other members of the board of guardians of the city of London Union. ANOTHER POSTAL ANOMALY.—A remarkable illustra tion of the injustice arising from the present rate of foreign postage has just occurred. We find in the Times of August 20 that the mail just brought by the screw steam-ship Harbinger, from Australia, was the largest ever landed at Southampton. It consists of 250 boxes and bags of letters and newspapers. As there is no con tract existing between the Government and the General Screw Steam-ship Company for conveying letters be tween this country and Australia, the Harbinger's mails all come under the designation of ship-letter bags, and the letters are charged to the public at the rate of Bd. per half ounce, instead of ls., which would be the case if conveyed by postal contract. Of this Bd. 4he Post office appropriates 6d. to itself f or merely distributing the letters throughout the kingdom (an operation per formed for id. in the case of inland letters), and pays 2d. each to the ship. Thus the General tost.office charges three times as much for merely delivering the letters to the public as is appropriated to the vessel for bringing the mails by steam from the Antipodes ! Now, suppose the case of some poor peasant, in a neighbouring Hampshire village, receiving one of these letters from his son, just landed at Melbourne ; the Post-office would mulct him of 6d. for conveying the letter fourteen miles, whilst the proprietors of the Harbinger had conveyed it 14,000 miles for 2d, If each one of the 450,000 letters contained in this great mail could be followed to its re spective destination, the amount of hardship inflicted upon the friends of poor emigrants would be found to be so great that it would present an irresistible plea for an ocean penny postage. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Pays of yesterday, after expressing an opinion that the modifications by the 'Porte of the note drawn up by the conference of Vienna will not be an obstacle to the final arrangement of the late dispute, and that the evacuation of the prin cipalities will take place as a matter of course, adds :—" The Turco-Russian question is settled ; but there remains a very important question, which, thank God, is not one of peace or war, and which must not be confounded with the affair which has just been concluded. The question is that of the future fate of Turkey. The Ottoman Empire must not be again exposed to the dangers from which it has just escaped ; its situation and its rights must be established in such a manner that as regards it treaties and the law of nations cannot be violated. We believe that the Divan itself is seriously engaged in considering this fun damental question, and that it has called the attention of the European Powers to this point, particularly as far as regards the inviolability of the Moldo-Wallachian provinces. It ap pears to us difficult that the great Powers, after having aranged the most urgent affair by removing all possibility of war for the present between Tur key and Russia, and by reconciling a dispute full of peril for the peace of the world, should not think of preventing the renewal of these alarming crises. The action of diplomacy will doubtless be directed to this important subject. Now that the chances of a sanguinary struggle have disappeared, the really important work is about to commence in the interest of the Ottoman empire, the fate of which is so intimately connected with the peace of Europe. But this work will be accomplished be tween the Cabinets by pacific discussions and diplo matic notes, without reviving the late dispute, which was independent of this great point, and which, in the opinion of every serious mind, is now definitively solved." The New Prussian Gazette has the following from Vienna of the 26th ult. :—" We learn from a source worthy of faith that the evacuation of the Danubian principalities of the Russian troops is a matter decided on by the Cabinet of St. Peters burgh, supposing that the Porte accepts the condi tions stipulated in the project drawn up at Vienna. Baron de Meyendorff has several times made this declaration to our Cabinet." A letter from Vienna, of the 28th ult., in a Frankfort journal, says :—" Letters from Bucha rest state that the anniversary of the birth-day of the Emperor of Austria was celebrated there with great éclat. ATe Deum was chanted in the Ca tholic church, Prince Gortschakoff and his staff being present, as well as all the Wallachian minis ters and great boyards. The Cassel Gazette has the following from Berlin, 29th ult. :—" The question of the refugees forms at this moment a part of the diplomatic negotia tions which are going on at Constantinople. In this affair, Austria and Prussia act in concert with the Russian Cabinet, which has on many occasions expressed its desire that advantage should be taken of the solution of the Eastern question to regulate the political relations of the powers as regards the revolutionary elements which are at work in Eu rope. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has observed great reserve in this affair, from which an idea may be formed of the position that the British Cabinet will assume in it." Letters from the Black Sea of the 18th August announce that the ships which form the fourth di vision of the Russian fleet had returned to Sebasto pol, with the exception of four vessels of smaller size cruising on the coast of the Caucasus. The Black Sea had for several days been covered with a thick fog, which seriously impeded the navigation. Accounts from Belgrade of the 17th ult. state that the reigning Prince, after having visited the principal towns in Servia, in which he had been well received, returned to his residence at Semen dria. Several political refugees suspected of having attempted to create disturbances, had quitted the country, to proceed to America. A commercial house in Munich received notice by telegraph from Paris, on the 20th inst., that Baron James Rothschild had left there for Alex andria to negotiate with the Porte concerning a loan. BELGIUM. The Bing of the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of lirabant, and the other members of the Royal family, arrived at Ostend on Tuesday. Their re ception was enthusiastic in the highest degree. / There were processions of trades and societies as At Brussels, and great display was made by the authorities. The Liege journals of Wednesday state that public tranquillity in that place has not again been disturbed. There was at one time, however, serious symptoms of riot, which had been got up by the exciting language of agitators, under pre text of the high price of corn. A mob broke into the manufactory of arms, after having disarmed the sentinel, and carried off eight muskets, which were all that could be found at that time. They were about to penetrate further, when the gen darmerie arrived, dispersed he rioters, and took some of them into custody. The Independance of Brussels states that on Tuesday night printed papers, exciting to revolt, on the same pretext as at Liege, were scattered about the streets of Ghent; but the people who picked them up carried them immediately to the police. SPAIN. The Madrid G aze tt e , o f th e 29th A ugus t, con tains a royal decree interdicti ng th e en t r y an d cir culation of the Times throughout the whole extent of the Spanish territory. The Three per Cents. were done at 44E ; the New Thre e p er C en t s ., a t 2n ; the Debt of the First Class, at lOg ; and that of the Second, at 51. SWITZERLAND. A letter from Berne of the 29th ult. says :—" The ultra-radical meeting of Lugano, which proposed to its& to overturn the Government of Ticino, has completely failed in its object. The meeting was not a numerous one, not more than fifty red radi cals being present. The proposition to summon the government to withdraw met with but few partisans, and led to such " % tumult that menaces were uttered on both s ides. A telegraphich despatch from Coire (Orisons), of the 29th ult., in a Berne journal, states that " Clemente, Cassola, and Grillenzoni, who were ac cused of having tak e n part in the Milan plot, have been acquitted by the jury." AUSTRIA. The Empress of Austria arrived at Mania, a villa of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, on the 22d ult. from Massa. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess left the baths of Lucca expressly to meet her Majesty there. On the 23d, her Majesty left for Modena. . The Russian diplomatist, M. de Fonton, has been ITALY • ;„ tly ) A letter from Rome of the 25th ult., mi t io , Univers, says :—" The plot organised by th e , et of zinians for Assumption-day i s s till the °N e attention on the part of the Roman auth°" ,. " , We and /some further arrests have taken place. fiel it have have heard it remarked, and we eagerlY, r %o- it for the honour of England that the Englisu pass" ports with which several of the refugees wer ° be en vided were forged ones, and that this fact ha s It fully proved by the Consul of that nation.oo however still remains to be ascertained hov r l io to twenty to thirty persons could enter togeth e , r t beo the port of Genoa, particula r ly persons el t he character, without exciting the suspicions of Piedmontese police. Something of the conter„e the proclamation and the manifestoes has p - D ts, pired. Call to mind the style of the doctin l- w ith which continental Europe has received, L ion' affright from time to ti me f rom t h e revofii:fe ary committees at London, and you witr ri gs. an idea of the style of these infamous wr'"„ — rl The following sentiment may be found e „ e ilo line : Italians !it has been said that you ha, 'OO arms. This is a falsehood. There is no r iu ge without a poignard. That is your weapon. -r ps " of it without fear into the breasts of the enemi es the people, of your oppressors.' " c on The Giornale di Roma , of the 24th ult., 6° $O . a long Papal decree in Latin, suppressing til e ; 00 tine College, and reservi ng th e a pplication a" funds for further consideration. 1 , The Eco dell'Esperienza o f N a ples of ult. states that the King of Naples is establisror commercial port in the Island of Ischia. " munication has been cut fro m a l a ke to th,e in to so that the former h as b een t rans f o rmed '— secure basin for abipping. THE MEDITERRANEAN• (BY ELECTRIC TELEGBAPiId 6.) SOUTHAMPTON (This MOR 5 . 00 0 The Peninsular and O r ie n t a l Steam N 31 2 5 j 10 Company's ship Ripon, Captain Moresby . , u a r d th e arrived here, bringing the heavy porti° 9 l; East India, China, and Mediterranean vi al thaa' The steamer Tagus left Gibraltar for $ 911 ,a ton at midnight on the 25th ult., t o tone"' - diz, Lisbon, &c., for the mails. g fr° lll The screw steamer Livo rno , seven dat,. Liverpool, bound to G enoa , an d the Eil lai i;o 10 days and three-quarters from SouthaniPt °l3 ,2'so. to Alexandria, arrived a t Gib ra lt a r on th e ,: a po° l ', li The Orontes, six day s an d a h a lf from "," arrived on the 26th • and the Astrolog i e. eibr''' from Smyrna, bound to Liverpool, reach ed tar on the 27th ult. tea at o At Gibraltar exchange on London s e x 0 0 ' 51.11 to Spanish pillared dollars, 5 i P- premium. A y) COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.—M9IS ''' co(ußne builder,fo r a M n d r Th T . t Commissioner o-daEyAw Ea sya p p F a n e . ) This bankrupt was described . as . of , his ° examination,Br Thei Brighton, toane, rovvirg.ple,t t i 3 s d e e c b u ts red t , o bu th t e there p amount e o y en o r a : o r . ey . ; a 36 fundp , p a 9 Y n i o O e o n d l t a re . d v a fa n o iia shoa l : 7 ,i il s 1. t'o l dividend. + Pd of His Honour remarked that the bankrull%is eel' fi k e e a p t t e aonnyulcda cash - book, 3 r b o e o x k wr p , ei e opal will not eh° ll 7; mi rdn o edo ß n wt e E of the third class. This bankrupt had carried on business as a w a . r n ted 0 , man in Ironmonger-lane, and to-day was aPP °l s - d un' e t his last examination, which had been adjourn, ,nkruili peculiar circumstances. It appeared that the ray, sc was by accident behind time on a previons rt, PI / o , although the case was postponed by the coil _,pg O t' rupt did not arrive in time, and left without ri'le protection or another day to be appointed, an' ,Q fie re shortly after under an execution. f l ow , e bankrupt was now examined, but the of no general interest. '-"----- Wed . SOMNAMBULISM. --Between 12 and 1 o'clock 1 4 0 5 3 , ir nesday morning, as police-constable Hinds, S , be °,‘ on duty in Upper Albany-street, Regent's-Par'' bris. served a woman in her night dress, walking, t i i re . 4 along the pavement. He spoke to her se vera l _ 0 0 , but, receiving no answer, felt convinced that spiel;id 0; a state of somnambulism. He immediately l a id bold 0 cill b her, and, wrapping her up in his greatcoat, c 11 : 00 0 01/ ,' in which he conveyed her to the .Albany-stree s torel l , l , where, after the lapse of an hour, she became rei gee r ~-0 / 1 consciousness. She was then asked by the c,' .. n . ,l. duty as to her name and address, and occuPi!.tl%f 1 0 reply she said she was a domestic in the serve!, Oa t ; Haines, chemist, Albany-street. It aPPe 3re _`.. r oas te. having been in the habit of engaging a cab for her out ( in the morning, she had, while her "senses wer e iceY, 0 gone in her sleep upon the same errand. '-r`l bes o l e the street door, which was discovered to have open, was at the station found in her hand. _ n ate t/i SINGULAR DISCOVERY.—The Corriere liere,.% i perr enoa quotes a letter from Naples of the I°'“ s i t ele: toning the discovery at Pompeii of three hu rth v a viltj ( l) tons, evidently belonging to one family, toe ere f o u% that of a dog. The postures in which they w n , f rea / 0 lead to the presumption that they were e gve7.0.10 flight at the time of the eruption, but were (L as ter° . by the lava, the dog refusing to leave his r"__, . on e They had heakdellitaogoss,ofetgilollddiaenpidaysiilo7 coin w an it d h e t r b i .74en til t° ,' elat r 49 ' was that of a young girl, probably the daug th e fugitives. ! 4.. me for Of MR, ROWLAND ELLIOTT .—We beg to Ina that e wee information of the members and Mends of o _ e f co rrn , Tract epood io g Society, eeeret t a h r a y t , theby that acceptance ge ot 1 of ero the e lda l e_ rul o est i b c o e d et ,t e few days since, has not necessitated the relits:f_holt P of the duties of editor of the Society's trac w has so long and ably sustained. 44.e tir vetl itbli I psi to g dot 0 1 Ar,