The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD IN THE THAMES. The celebrated " Black Ball" clipper "L I G 11 T N I N G," Belonging to Messrs. JAMES BAINES and Co., of Liverpool, and sister ship to the "JAMES BAINES" and the " C 02 VTR SEAS " recently inspected and so highly oulrigi'sed by her Majesty the Queen and Court at Portsmov.ih., is expected to arrive in the ThaMes, to embark Troops toi:. India, on or about the 21st instant. White - lying off Gravesend, the " LrourNnia" will be thrown open 'co public inspection for a few days, and a charge of one shilling admission will be made, the receipts to be given to the wives and. families of the soldiers who sail in her. The "LIGHTNING" is 2,093 tons register, 3,500 tons burthen, 243 feet long and 44 feet wide. She is THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD, Laving made the passage rr . om Melbourne to Liverpool in 63 days, when her speed during the whole voyage (round Cape Horn), a distance of 15,000 miles as the crow flies, averaged 10 miles an h our. On the 27th of February, 1855,' she ran 19 mi , es per hour for 24 consecutive hours, and from the 28th June to the 4th July, 1856, h3r hourly consecutive speed averaged 15 miles. OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. FrtHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. PHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Bnckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, dte., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. a. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Up per Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery .. 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste. After which, the new sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford. &c. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. k Lessees. Messrs. F. Robson and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of THE. LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, awl Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past ISeven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE, Elk; Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING will be performed tho grand opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucy Escott, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, Mr. Manvers, Mr. 11. Squires, and Mr. A. Cooke. Followed by IL TROVATORE. Mr. H. Squires and Miss Mr. Cook, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP HITFI EATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Fier Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand Oriental Spectacle of EL HY DER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intensely interest ing and thrilling Equestrian and Dramatic situations with which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly received with incr-aced delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spec tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GHAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway. Introd uc i ng M r . W. Cooke's magnificently Trained Horses. After which an unapproachably brilliant series of Mr. William Cooke's inimitablo SCENES IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish ment, including Macllle. Mililos. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is, ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at balf-past Eight, Box.oftice - open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. CAITTERBIT RY H ALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING. The follow ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of 'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Poets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, Miss Brunch, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. foie, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An tonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Master Corri ; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely, Sap. pers, dre., until twelve o'clock HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUTS DAY—Mon., 35 min. aft. 1 —Even , 57 trVn. aft. 1 To-Monitow— Morn., 13 min. aft. 2 Even., 38 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 72—highest since noon yesterday. 65--lowest this morning and daring the night. 69 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 20.18. Wtsr, N. ; light, with fine weather. .0 ff4 4 "..1 "M;--; far . - , `iv .~ i'~ M 1 4 ~ .1111„ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1857 Everything must sooner or latter be brought to a conclusion. We may, therefore, anticipate that the wearisome and protracted discussions on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill may terminate at the next sitting. It is said that Parliament is to be prorogued on SAturclay nfxt. Surely then some reasonable time must be eon-- ceded to the Upper House t) take into considera tion the numerous amendmentq, or luasi amend ments introduced in the collateral branch of the Legislature, to agree or dissent therefrom, and, if necessary, t) hold a conference with a com mittee from the O,YaIMODS. It may be a serious inconvenience to protract the Session be yond that time. But we hope and believe that the Government will not suffer itself to be de feated by the obstructive tactics resorted to, and that whatever time may be necessary to complete the measure will be devoted to that 'purpose, so that the much required measure may become the law of the land before Noble L3rds and Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen aro enabled to separate in pursuit of health or amusement. One of the points debated with much energy on Monday was, how far the petitioner for relief should be compelled to come into court with clean * hands? whether, in fact, it should be per mitted to the respondent to avail herself of the to quope argument and to retort on her accuser. The difficulties incidental to any fixed and irreversible rule were clearly and dis.. tinetly pointed out, and the matter was finally left, to the discretion of the New Tribunal. This is in strict accordance with the principle of the bill. The ar s - intended to execute the func tions that hp . rct o f ore devolved on P ai li amen t. I t hhartb !ea c.)nsti ,itea with peculiar care, so as to warrant the X tonsivo powers confided to its charge. The Lord Chan"nors the two Chief Justices!, the Chief Baron, and a specially selected Judge will be the members, and surely no adequate prete x t for re_ there can be privilege of taking all the fusing them the facts of the case into their consideration and deciding in accordance with justice and equity. If they were to be fettered by stringent inflexible regulations, persons of very inferior pretensions would be fully qualified to act within the narrow limits allowed by the Legislature. Indeed, we believe, that every case might be safely entrusted to their hands, and that a short enactment declaring that their judgment should be final and conclusive in all matters relating to the dissolution of marriage, on the petition of either husband or wife, would be the best and most convenient that could be passed, and that there would not be the slightest danger of any abuse of power, or act of indiscretion on their part. The next point contested with the most un- • Ail r E N, 1, b N, WEDNESDAY flinching determination wad whether the Li.. bunal should have the power of inflicting fine and imprisonment,or either, on the guilty arty. The Lords had determined that a pecuniary fine may be imposed in lieu of the costs and damages in the disgusting action of Crim. Col , which will happily be abolished. After a sharp struggle, this has been expunged from the bill, and there is now no punishment for the adulterer save the possibility of costs being given against him. This question may again come before Parliament at no very distant period. The grand struggle took place on the clause authorising the remarriage of the parties. Every inch of ground was fiercely contested ; but in vain. The House would not consent to consign the guilty party to eternal and hopeless degradation, or to permit her seducer and betrayer to with hold the sole reparation in his power to offer to society as well as to his victim. We have already explained that such a provision would withdraw the main check on many profligate and licentious persons, who are deterred from crime by the notion that they are bound in honour to marry the partner of their guilt. If the parties were compelled to intermarry whenever they could do so, it would do far more to prevent the offence than any punishment in the shape of fine or imprisonment that could be inflicted. A would-be adulterer would pause before binding himself for life to the partner of his crime. We regret to say that the Government partially yielded to the clamour raised on behalf of the so called conscientious scruples of the clergy—that is to say, so far as they would be bound to marry the guilty party. We have already so fully ex pressed our opinions on this point that it is only necessary to say, that those who are in re ceipt of public money, who are paid by the nation for discharging certain functions, have no right to object to perform any ceremony au thorised by the law of the land. This has been manifestly a compromise to save time, and it will meet the general fats of such compromises, by being exceedingly unpalateable to all parties. We cannot see how the alleged supremacy of the Crown over the Churches of England and Ireland can be asserted in the face of such a provision. It is a novel position that beneficed clergymen . may, at their mere will and pleasure, set them selves in open hostility to the existing law of the land. Sir Jour; PAxINGTON has again and again striven to bring under the consideration of the new Parliament the question upon that great measure for the improvement of our population—a sound moral and religious education—the most efficient preventive and the best corrective of the particu lar class of vices, with the merely repressive mea sures against which the Legislature has recently been occupying the public time so largely, and in many respects so discreditably. When, the other night, he asked Lord PALMERSTON for a day for the consideration of the Education question, we we were sorry to see no expression of regret re ported from his Lordship at the possible post ponement of the paramount subject, and that he referred to the preoccupation of the public time with the discussion on the Divorce Bill, as if it were an amusement which he did not care to interrupt. Now this pre-occupation of the House as against the education question—a pre-occupation not properly with the substantive law of divorce, which surely needs large amendments, but as pressed by the Government, merely with the question of proce dure, is very discreditable, for to the extent to which our young and teeming population, rising into adult life, are ill educated, they disregard law, and the Legislature labours in vain. It would ' have been befitting the Prime Minister to have preferred the postponement of the comparatively little, for the sake of the immenselygreater ques tion, involving the whole field of morals and pri vate conduct waiting for consideration. On the chief educational questions there are large differences as to the facts ; first as to the existing amount of educational provisions. Mr. EDWARD BAINES, the leader of the voluntaries, alleges that existing provisions are sufficient, one answer to which is that upwards of 60 per cent. of those who are called upon to sign mar riage registers, can only affix their marks, that our penal commitments exceed 100,000 per annum, and that hordes of depredators and quacks, includ ing such fortune-tellers as are found flourishing at Leeds, live upon the illiterate. More over, there are widely extending opinions that the quality of a large proportion of the educa tion now given is entirely unsuitable and almost worthless. Most of that given at the dame schools is proved t ) be so. One set of objections to a large proportion of the instruction given in the higher schools is its abstract, and al so it s Monkish character, and the little knowledge it imparts of important " common things," to which Lord ASHBURTON has directed attention. Miss COUTTS BORDETT has been most worthily exerting herself to improve the education c)romonly given to females of the poorer classes ; to impart in struc',ion on household matters ; to exercise them, in arithmetic for example, on domestic budgets, and in showing how "both ends" of weekly earnings may be made to meet, and to give them a more practical training, calculated to make them better wives as well as better servants, than a large pro portion of them now prove to be. At the recent educational conference his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT stated forcibly the great difficulties interposed in the way of the voluntary education of the labouring climes, by the demands made on the time of young persons under the com mon modes of instruction requiring, for them, large sacrifices of the wages and service needed for the support of families. At that same conference, Mr. CHADWICK adduced instances of well-con ducted "half-time" schools, where the instruction given, in combination with industrial occupation, had bevea proved to be at least as efficient as the common full-time instruction given in the like schools without such combination. The CJll feronce agreed with him and adopted his resolu tion, recommending those examples of half-time teaching, for careful examination and report, as being fraught with new and important conclu sions bearing on the whole scheme of popular education. The same gentleman maintains that schoolmasters, and educationists in general, have not examined, and, indeed, are rarely in a posi tion to examine properly the comparative results of their various modes of instruction, traceable in the condition of their pupils in afterlife. He states also, with a view to renewed investigation, that or the pupils of some inferior school's fcr the Poor, not more than a thi r d were to b e found in courses of productive industry after leavi ng c numbers of them were to be and that large be o found iahonsesof correction as delinquents, or on the mendicity lat of th e p up il s b o oks, or on the pauper roll s—whi of schools of an inter mediate or of a bett er de scription, the greater proportion ar e t o b e found engaged in honest labour , and of the pu pils from the highest order of district schools, the W h ole are got into beneficial courses. It will be agreed that it is highly important that the latest experience of these various results obtained several years ago, should be examined and brought forward for the public information. In the discussions on the education question the Prussian system is frequently referred to dis paragingly by the antagonists of a public pro vision ; but to what authentic and recognised sources of information do those gentlemen refer ? and are they aware that Prussian and German educationists say they have made mistakes in not making the instruction sufficiently practical, and in other respects, which mistakes they would them selves correct ? It would be of advantage that their latest experience should be properly sought. ' In the United States of America large questions have been raised in respect to popular education, which ought to be examined for our own sakes. A proper commission of enquiry such as Sir JOHN PAIINGTON and Lord JOHN RUSSELL pro pose, which shall examine and report the latest evidence, on such points, would surely make im portant preparations for the discussions next session, and prevent the public time being fruit lessly consumed by renewed disputations on ques tions of fact which admit of previous settlement. We trust that it will prove to be untrue that the Government intend to resist enquiry, and that it will be made manifest that Lord PALMERSTON duly appreciates the solemn claims of the question for the best legislative preparations. We cannot perceive any tyrannical interference with private rights in the attempt now made to abate one of the greatest social nuisances that can be imagined, and to enforce some respect for the laws of decency and morality and Tor the health of the people. Many trades and callings are sub jected to police surveillance, the necessity of the cane being the sole excuse for the measure. Why, then, should the keepers of common lodging houses be exempted ? It is perfectly optional on their part whether they bring themselves within the provisions of the bill or not. They are not compelled to receive all corners, or to throw their houses open ,to every applicant. Should they desire to do so and make a profit from those com pelled to seek the protection of a roof, they should cheerfully submit to regulations essential to their own health and comfort, as well as to that of their guests. An Englishman's house may still be his castle, although he may not be permitted to extract an unholy profit from the miseries of his fellow-creatures, or to crowd a number of persons of opposite sexes into rooMs totally inadequate to their accommodation --.to bring them into contact with disease and crime, aid produce the most demoralising results. The well authenticated reports of the fearful scenes enacted at these rookeries and back-slums, clearly indicate the necessity for further legislation. Every dwelling-house, every room so contaminated, is a nuisance to the neighbourhood, an offence against every individual, who in seeking refuge from the inclemency of the weather, should not be exposed to far worse evils than those he is seeking to avoid. But while measures are adopted to improve the lodgings offered to the poorer classes, steps should also be taken in another direction. What leads to this overcrowding, to the placing human be ings in places not fit for animals of the lowest description ? It is the want of other and more suitable accommodation. Under the existing laws, no person will be permitted to rest in the open air. The stern Police injunction to "move on" is heard whenever he or she may at tempt to rest their weary limbs. The Adelphi catacombs—the dry arches of Wa terloo - bridge, cannot find space for every houseless wanderer. The Union Work , houses are avowedly deficient in respect to sleep ing accommodation. The poor are driven with reproaches from their doors, and stern necessity compels them to seek shelter wherever it can be obtained for the prices they can afford to pay. If we enter on a crusade against the miserable apo logies for accommodation offered, we are bound to provide a fair and proper substitute. Every metropolitan improvement lessens the amount of accommodation within their reach. But nothing is given in its place. The parochial authorities are not compelled to provide the shelter of a roof, either for casual paupers or for those able and willing to pay a small sum for shelter. There is nothing but the extension of the sys tem of model lodging-houses that can provide an adequate remedy. Even the very poorest in the community are not enamoured of filth and suffo cation. If they could obtain comparatively de cent accommodation at moderate rent, those wretched dens would speedily be deserted. The salutary competition would work an effectual cure. The two measures should proceed pari passe. While we enforce regulations for the health and decency of lodgers of the class barely removed from the limits of pauperism, we should at the same t i me su pply places of shelter for those who would otherwise have to seek in crime the means of obtaining admission even to prisons or police sta tion=. Of course it is too late to hope for such a n enactment during the present session, but while we should not on that account reject the bill now before the House, some pledge ought to be obtained from Government to introduce suit able provisions at the very commencement of the next session—so as to ensure reasonable accommc dation in every district at moderate prices for all who may be likely to require it. DEATH OF LADY LYTTELTON.—We regret to learn that Lady Lyttelton died at an early hour yesterday morning, at Hagley Hall, Worcestershire. Her ladyship had been suffering during the last month from an in ternal complaint, which towards the close of the past week assumed a more favourable aspect. A relapse took place on Monday morning, and from which her lady ship never rallied. She had the consolation to be sur rounded by all the members of her family at her dissolution. The deceased lady was second daughter of the late Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., and sister to the present baronet and Mrs, W. E. Gladstone. She was married to Lord Lyttelton in 1839, and leaves issue twelve eons and daughters. Madame Bosio appeared in " Lucrezia Borgia," at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, last Saturday evening. The It ilian company, from the Lyceum (Royal Italian Opera), with Madame Ristori at their head, gave last evening, at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, the first of four pertormances. The play was " Macbeth." Accounts from Vienna state that General Gustavus von Degenfeld, one of the most distinguished officers in the Austrian service, has blown out his brains from a disappointment in love. The deceased was fifty years old. SYRIA.—A. Constantinople correspondence of August 8, in the Courrier de Paris, states that troubles have occurred at three leagues distance from Jerusalem, and hat twenty-two persons leave been killed, amongst whom are same women. . _ CURIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—During the floods in Lancashire on Saturday night, the water collected on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway at Waleden to such a depth as to put out the fire of the engine, and the train was sopped for upwards of five hours. YELLOW FEVER IN THE WEST INDlES.—Writing, oo the health of St. Thomas, a correspondent informs us that ye low fever had abated, but had destroyed upwards of :ix hundred sailors from the Ist of May to that date. What frightful mortality ! —Jantaica Morning Journal. THE MUTINY IN INDIA.--A gentleman, speaking of the various tortures inflicted on ladies and gentlemen by the mutineers and the low Muhummedans, says "they slit the skin round the throats of their victims, and polled off mask, scalp and all. The Lord recom pense them !" AN OFFENDED MUSICIAN.—Herr Ernst, when, at the residence of an exalted personage, finding tbat no one was paying attention to his performance, quietly put up his violin, left the room, and the next day, when " his terms" were sent him, declined to receive the money.— Musical World. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OP IRELAND.—The annual exhibition and meetings of this society commenced at Waterford on Monday. There are between six and seven hundred exhibitors, besides those who send machines and implements. The trial of Ploughs and other implements has excited much interest. The Lord Lieutenant, who will be the guest of the Mar•quia of Waterford, is expected to be present at the latter part of the proceedings. LATEST NE W:n, MARSEILLES, AUG. 18. Intelligence of the 13th from Tunis, states that there had been, in that city, a ferocious attack on the Jews. The Christans themselves had been threatened. Several persons were killed. The British Consulate was insulted. Military measures for repressing the outrage were taken very tardily. FRANCE. According to the Moniteur Count Rayneval is to be the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg. He is an experienced diplomatist, and likely to re present France with honour. M. Rayneval will no doubt be instrumental in creating a better under standing between Russia and eustria, as be is a great supporter of military despotism in Europe. The Duke de Grammont removes from the Court of Sardinia to that of Rome ; Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne leaves the Courts of Tuscany and Parma, and replaces the Duke de Grammont. The Marquis de Ferriere-le-Vayer, Minister at War temburg, removes to Tuscany and Parma, and is succeeded by the Count de Reculot, now Minister at the Courts of Hanover and Brunswick. _ _ The latest news from Constantinople (Aug. 13) is that the Ambassadors of France, Russia, Prussia, and Piedmont, expected to resume their diplomatic rela tions with the Porte immediately. From this we may conclude that the advisers of the Sultan have agreed to the new elections for Moldavia. Accord ing to despatches received in Paris it is feared that the Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople has employed his time lately in creating hostility between the diplomatic agents of France and Eng land throughout the East. The grave assertions in these despatches must be known to the public sooner or later. Another Ministerial modification is expected. The Momiteur publishes a decree making a num ber of mutations, nominations, and promotions in the French diplomatic body. The Patric contains the following reflections on the satisfactory termination of the Constanti nople difficulty : " The adhesion of England to the views of France in the East appears destined to produce the results we had anticipated. Austria, who is too skilful to remain isolated, resigns herself to to the revocation of the Moldavian elections, while Turkey, too equitable to struggle against allies who had preserved her integrity, is disposed to accept the denouement imperiously claimed by the good faith of treaties and by political morality. According to the latest and most authentic in telligence, France, England, Russia, Austria, and Sardinia are on the point of requesting the Sultan to annul the elections in Moldavia, and the Sultan himself will undoubtedly be led to defer to the unanimous desire of Europe. This first point, which may now be considered solved, leaves unsettled the fundamental question—that of the organisation of the principalities. But it results from the declarations of Lord Palmerston, confirmed by Lord Clarendon, that this question cannot in itself give rise to any difficulty. In fact, the congress of Paris will have to pronounce itself after the elections shall have taken place under the eyes of the commissioners of the six powers. We had anticipated this from the commencement. Everything has therefore been regulated in the spirit of the treaty. The attitude of France, so well represented at Constan tinople by M. ThOuvenel, has had all the results that could have been expected ; it has dissipated all exclusive pretensions which could not agree with the general interest of Europe, and has strengthened more than ever the sincerity of our alliances and the blessings of peace." The Debats contains the following : " The opposition manifested by Lord Palmer ston to the canal of Suez does not proceed from conviction, from a political idea in the real sense I of the word, but from an antiquated and puerile . prejudice - which dates from 1808. We should consider it an insult to M. Ferdinand de Lesseps were we to defend him against dishonourable in . sinuations, which can neither affect his reputation nor character. To the meaningless sentences of the Premier we might oppose the language of so excel lent an authority as Mr. Gladstone. The question of the Isthmns of Suez is now well understood, appreciated, and judged, in every point of view ; the commercial world, which is mainly interested in its fortunes, the political world, and the world of science have come to the same conclusion on the subject. It may be said that the public opinion of Europe, and even of England, has pronounced itself definitively between Lord Palmerston and the Suez canal. Public opinion will maintain its verdict, and attain the triumph of its idea." PARIS, Tuesday evening.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. ff. c. End of Month. ti per Cents 3 per Cents 67 5 67 15 Bank Shares 2,800 Credit Foncier — Credit Mobilier 970 Roman Do. Account 967 50 Austrian Belgian 4i Piedra ontese (5) B9A— Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. tr. c. fr o. Orleans ............... 1,451/ Western - Northern ............ 875 . Strasburg - Lyons and hied...... 90a New Ditto - Now Ditt0............ 892:3, Grand Central - Geneva ............... 682 - Sardinian 496 I - Midi MONTENEGRO. Gazette of the 30thult. says :—" A pickedhe A co (ia r r pr of 1,800 men is now b e i ng formed by Prince Danilo in Montenegro. Each of the men composing it is to take an oath of fid e lity on the i tomb of Peter 1., who s venerated as a saint in be doubled during active servi ce . The These men receive a fixed pay, the country. b e commanded by the b ro th er o f th e corps p W r i i l n ic e i Il o Vv r iiiill by some officer of his selection." 110 P INTELLIGENCE. —About Canterbury the improve , meat in the hops during the last week has been all that could possibly be expected, considering the blighted state many of the grounds were in. The produce per acre, which did not at one time look more than two cwt. bids fair to yield on an average three cwt. The hops will be much in two crops, so that the early ones will be dead ripe before many, which have just appeared, will be fit to pick. The forward ones in many grounds are disposed to m ould, and are inf es t e d w ith muc h flea—a very mischievous insect to the hop at this time of the srsason ; so that . the crop has s ome thi ng y e t t ) g 0 through. There re no doubt that picking till be full week earlier than last year ; in fact th ere ar e po r tio n s o, some of the ground in this neighbourhood which will be ready in another week or ten days. In the neigbourhood of Maidstone the late rains have much improved the hope, which stood greatly in want'of moisture. Many grounds that had been previously ila jursd by blight have now partially recovered, and will grow a fear hops where there was scarcely a pie spect of any. Should we have fine weather from this time the crop will be larger than was anticipated a few weeks ago, but should there be a continuance of the wet, mould is likely to occur on the strong grounds, and thus to deteriorate the quality. The general reports state that many of the hop plantations . have been much improved by the late heavy rams, which have given increased vigour to the plant, but where the ravages of blight and vermin were more serious the plants present no sign of recovery. Not a few of the gardens will yield more than 4 cwt. and 5 cwt. per acre. Picking will be early. From Sussex the accounts generally are very favourable as to a crop, in nearly every parish the reports state either a slight or a decided improvement.—South-Eastern Gazette. THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—A correspondent of a con temporary says :—Having felt considerable anxiety for the success of the Atlantic Telegragh experiment, I was sorry to hear of its having, for the present, failed. I find that the directors meet on Wednesday to decide " whether attempts shall be renewed in October, or de ferred until next summer." As this experiment may be regarded as a national one, may I be permitted respect fully to offer through your journal the following considera tions —viz , Is not the cable too weak to sustain its own weight to a depth of 4,000 yards,. especially when it has to bear a great strain upori it by currents, &a. ? Was it not unwise to increase the strain to 3,0001 b., and would it not have been prefer. able to increase the speed of the ship ? Would not a greatly increased velocity of the ship have diminished the horizontal ang le at which the cable left the ship ; also, the dip angle in paying , out conse quently the strain caused by t he shi p api , and tching ? Would not a high speed in paying out be preferable to a low one, by keeping up the greates t possible distance from the 4 , settled down" portion of the cable and the ship ? Admitting the first propositi on, would it not be dan gerous to the safety of the cable to stop at all ? Would it not be best, under the circumstance s , and while the chips are in readiness, to try again this season, and to adopt the plan first fix . d upon—viz., for each ship to take half the cable to the middle of the Atlantic, join the two halves, and each ship to sail home with the greatest attainable speed, with about 2,0001 b. strain, and stop for nothing? DUNDEE.—CRINOLINE AND WHALE FISHING.—Last year the price of whalebone ranged from 290 to 3151. per ton. This year our union Whale Fishing Company has sold one of its cargoes to arrive at 4201. The Tay Whale Fishing Company has sold the cargo of the Jumna at 4401. ; and we believe that now 5001. per ton is the price asked for the two remaining vessels. We doubt not, says the Dundee Courier, that the shareholders of our whaling companies all agree i n their admiration of crinoline—enabling them , as it does, to draw money alike from the vasty deep of the Arctic Sea and from the pocket of Paterfamilias. The immediate cause of the present rise in price is understood to be a French discovery by which whalebone can be reduced to a species of fibre, in which shape its usefulness is greatly increased, EVENIN(4, THE RUMOURED MASSACRE 01' ATMs TIVES FROM FUTTEHGHUR. We have received the following letter respecting this frightful story. We can ony hope that the writer's doubts may be well-founded : " In a leader of your issue of the 14th inst. this rumour is alluded to as a fact. Thus recognised, and relating to the murder of 130 of our craintry men, the rumour must cause intense anxiety to very many families on this side. "Allow me, therefore, to show that there are strong reasons for Icelieving that the report, if not purely a fabrication, will prove to be a gross exag geration of atrocities on a smaller scale, for which the Rajah of Bithoor may have to answer. " In a letter which I have received from Calcutta, dated July 4, and of which I subjoin an extract, the writer states his positive disbelief of the ru moured massacre, and only admits the bare possi bility of such an event. There is every reason to accept as correct his information, that up t) the 20th or 21st of June everything remained quiet at Futtehghur. Now. if this be true, the report must be false. Futtehghur is 90 miles above Cawnpore, and the latter place is 115 miles above Allahabad, where the rumour was first heard of on the 23d of June. Those who know anything of the rate at which the native river craft move will allow at least two or three days from Futtehghur to Cawnpore, even if the boats proceed singly, and nearly double that time for a fleet of 50 boats keeping together, which is implied in the rumour. If the boats pro ceeded separately, some out of so many must have escaped. If they went in a fleet, which is almost impossible, they could not have been at Cawnpore even on the 23d of June, the date of the rumour at Allahabad ; while two days at least must be al lowed for intelligence reaching the latter place from Cawnpore, especially when there was no postal com munication. " There are other circumstances which throw discredit on the report. The revolted Sepoys at Futtetaghur committed no violence, but only de serted their service, and marched for Delhi. This renders it wholly improbable that the Europeans there should all have been seized with a causeless panic, which, according to the Friend of India, on casioned their flight. Up to the 4th of July the authorities at Calcutta had no information of the alleged slaughter at Cawnpore. So late as the Ist of July General Havelock reported from Allahabad, " Etawah and Futtehghur safe in our hands ;" and, had such a frightful crime been perpetrated at Cawnpore a week previously, he must have known of it. Then, may it not be held that my corre spondent's information, obtained through the best native channels up to the 4th July in Calcutta, is entitled to a preference over the accounts which the Englishman and other Calcutta papers had received nearly a week before ? In these accounts there is one particular so inaccurate as to affect the credibi lity of the whole story. It is stated that the fugi tives were attacked at Bithoor (Bhitoor in the re port), landed and dragged to the Parade-ground at Cawnpore, &c. Now, Bithoor is 12 miles above Cawnpore. " The version given in the Phmtike of the 30th of June seems to indicate the origin of all these fright fill rumours. We are told that a Ghomastab, writing from Allahabad, stated that he had left Cawnpore on the 18th of June, and reported that the Mahratta chief of Bithoer and other rebels had put to death nearly 200 Europeans, including above 100 fugitives from, as he says, Nynee Tal.' Now, it is quite probable that the Gbomastah's re port may be so far true that the Bithoor Chief may have put to death some unfortunate Europeans who may have fallen within his power. This would be foundation enough for the tale of horror which, ac cording to the Bombay Times, was first bruited at Allahabad on the 23d of June, which would be about the probable time of arrival there of the Ghomastah, who left Cawnpore on the 18th. "Putting all the circumstances together. it ap pears to me that those (of whom I one) who have friends in Futtehghur may hopefully look for ward to the receipt by next mail of an authoritative contradiction to the alarming rumours in question." " CALCUTTA, July 4. "You will see in the newspapers that go by this mail an account of the massacre at Cawnpore of 120 Europeans who had fled from Futtehghur by boats for Allahabad. We do not believe the reports of this affair, because, in the first place, there was nothing like that number of Europeans in the place, even including half-castes under that head ; also, because Government has had no account of the transaction ; and further, because we learn from the agents here of the Furrucabad shroffs, of whom we make almost daily inquiries, that up to the 20th or 21st ult. (there is the uncertainty of a day, aris ing from the native method of noting dates), every thing at Futtehghur had remained quiet. Now, these native bankers contrive to get their letters conveyed when Government itself fails to do so ; therefore, we feel inclined to place a good deal of confidence in the accounts communicated by these bazaar men. At the same time there is no denying the possibility of the truth of the re ported massacre of the Futtehghur people. I only hope that in the end it may prove not to be true, and that by next mail we may be able to announce that the communication between that station and Allahabad has been restored, and that we have heard from Mr. himself as to his own safety." We have received the following letter on this subject from Mr. H. F. Gibbous, of Brick-court, Temple : It may perhaps be interesting to some of your readers to know somewhat of Nana Sahib, the wretch who is reported to have committed the wholesale murders at Bhitoor. He is not, I eelieve, as represented, the adopted son of the ex-Peishwa Bajee Rao, nor does he pretend to be so, Dhoondo Punt being the adopted son of that prince. He is the eldest son of the ex-Peishwa's Soubandar, Ram chunder Punt, and is, as natives go, tolerably well educated. During his father's lifetime he was on ill terms with the Commissioner, Colonel Manson, and was charged by him with forgery, but the offence was not proved. He afterwards applied, through his father the Soubandar, for the post of commander of cavalry in the Gwalior service, but it was refused him. On his father's death he claimed to succeed to the bulk of the paternal wealth under a will which had been made out in Mahral ta and English, but the authorities considered it a forgery, and his younger brothers claiming equal shares, as under an intestacy, the courts held him entitled to only one-third, instead of Ethe whole. His disaffected spirit must have been well known, and his having been left in possession of artillery and such like means of offence is one of those problems which the Government of India ought to called upon to explain." a THE MUTINY AT MHOW. FORT, July 6. What many of us have long feared has happened —viz., a mutiny in our regiment, and in that of the cavalry stationed with us. Nearly every regiment of Sepoys in the army had mutinied ; and after hearing of the fall of Delhi, and from our isolated position, we expected that we might escape, but it was not to be our fate ; it began as follows : On the morning of the Ist we heard guns in the direction of Indore, and about 11 o'clock two guns passed through the centre of our cantonments, and down the Bombay road. An hour after they had passed an express came in from Indore, telling us the Residency had been attacked by the Mussutman poputation of the city, and the native troops had refused to fire on them ; that Colonel Durand and all the Europeans that had escaped the massacre were retreating on the Simirole road, and that we were to stop the guns at all hazards, as they were going to command a pass on the Bombay road, through which Woodburn's column had to march. When the order was given for two companies of ours to turn out and a de tachment of cavalry I noticed our men were very long turning out, and on the march would not step out, although every moment was of consequence. The cavalry were before us and came up with the guns. Captain Brookes ordered a charge, but they hesitated, and at last went on, he leading, and killing one man who attempted to draw his sword. The guns were taken by him, but he could not disarm them until we came up. We took the arms from the gunners, yoked the bullocks to the guns, and came back to cantonments. I noticed how sulky the men were, and when I went to the lines to lodge their ammunition they told me they had an order to keep 40 rounds in their pouch, but I would not let them, and there was a good deal of grumbling, but they all pretended they were faith ful to us, and onty wanted their arms in CM') they were attacked from Indore. However, in riding away from the lines I saw the men collected in groups talking, and some with muskets in their hands; this made me more suspicious, and I went and reported it to the Colonel ; he, poor man, thanked me, but evidently did not doubt the good faith of the regiment. . • • • • ho w eve r, thank God, my representations, coupled with the assistance of the officer commanding the Artillery, made him give orders for the occupation of the place we are now in ; but, to give cur men confidence in us, we had guards detached to our bungalows, and had orders to sleep in our lines. Our dinner was taken down to our serjoant major's house, close to the lines, and there we sat down. During dinner we saw a light on the rcof of our mess-house. I went up, and it was put out by the cook. Not one of the Sepoys of the guards was there. That made me nervous, but I went back to the lines, and we all sat in a group, talking. After a little while they came and told us there was a light in another roof. I went up and beat out the fire with nay cap, and was assisted by a 'AUGUST 10 I 11457 THE INDIAN MUTINIES. Sepoy on guard from own house. l_tfter ex tinguishing it I went back and sat down. SL'ilne officer proposed we should then go to our beds at the bells of arms of each of our companies, and. I were going, when some one said, " The report is the regiment will rise at 10 to-night." It then wanted 10 minutes, and our major said, " Oh, very well ; let's wait and see." By Jove, the words were hardly uttered when we heard shots in the cavalry lines, and we all sprung up, some one cry ing out we were attacked in rear by the Bheels. We all ran towards our companies, but as I got to mine I was received by two shots, one in rear and one in front ; an officer was behind me, and I sang out, "The men ara firing on us, there is no hope —run." I then saw the adjutant galloping towards our quarter guard ; he was received by a volley. He, poor man, saw it was hopeless, and told Dysart to run. It was a bright, beautiful moonlight night, and we were in our white uniforms, so they could see us for a long distance. I ran and received a volley from our grenadier company, but the bullets went all round me. After a little [ was dead beat, and could not move, but, seeing a Syce running away with au officer's horse, I seized it, and mounted, but, not liking to carry away an animal that belonged to another man who might be in danger, I waited under the shade of an empty guardhouse to see for him, but I heard footsteps, and, looking round the corner, I saw the men of our hospital guard within 50 yards of me. I thought then I was done for, but put the horse to a gallop, and heard a shot ping by me quite close. I then made for the fort, and found the gateway all con fusion. Our poor colonel was there on horseback, and, infatuated to the last, would not believe the men had mutinied, and called on the adjutant to follow him to the lines. That was the last we saw of the poor fellows. We instantly disarmed the na tive guard in the fort, and turned them out, mounted sentries at the bastions ourselves, and pre pared for the worst. It was a fearful night, some of our officers were on picket duty by themselves, miles out on the Indore-road, and we feared their death was certain ; in fact, the escapes were wonderful. One officer, who had hid in the bazaar all night, came into the fort at daybreak, telling us the colonel and adjutant of our regiment had been killed in our lines, and that Major Harris was lying dead in the road, shot by his own troopers. The only one we could not account for was Dr. Thornton, of the cavalry. Hearing the bodies were lying there, we resolved to bring them in, and went out with two guns and some officers mounted to protect them. The scene of pillage and confusion was horrible ; our messhouse was burnt to the ground ; my own house also. I have lost everything except my sword and pistols, which I had on at the time of this outbreak Having recovered the bodies, and not knowing how many men were noir us, we returned to the fort and had the melancholy task of burying them ; throughout all this I cannot express the admiration I feel at the way the ladies have behaved—cheerful, and assisting in every way in their power ; poor things, without servants or quarters, huddled together, they have had to do everything for themselves, and employ all their time in sewing bags for powder for the guns, well knowing the awful fate that awaits them if the place is taken ; there has not been a sign of fear, they bring us tea or any little thing they can, and would eTen like to keep watch on the bastions if we would let them. . . Yesterday Holkar's Vakeel came over and disclaimed all participation in the mutiny. We shall see if he is sincere, for they offered to send all the treasure that was not carried off over here, but I have my doubts. We have no money, and the people round, seeing the state of affairs, won't let us have any thing without paying for it. We hear Woodburn's column will be here on the 15th. God speed it ! There is no water in the fort ; we are dependent for it from a well close by, and if we are invested I don't know what we shall do. It all depends on Holker, for our mutineers have marched to that rallying place of the faithful, Delhi, to assist there. I don't know whether you will ever get this letter, for the road is lined with people to in tercept the daks. You should see the state we are in,—men making up canister, ladies sewing powder bags, people bringing plunder recovered, artillery mounting guns, and I don't know what all ; all of us dirty and tired with night watching ; we mount sentry duty to take the weight of it off the artillery men ; we snatch sleep and food as we can ; we have made a few foraging parties, and I succeeded .in driving back our mess sheep, to the number of 150, and recovered a lot of mess stores • but all our silver and furniture has been stolen and burnt. Ttiis is not a regular fort—merely a sort of store place for spare guns, &c. But we are putting it in as defensible a state as we can, and I think we shall stagger a few before they capture it. Martial law is proclaimed, and a gallows in course of erec tion outside the fort gates. Mercy is a word we have scratched out ; in fact, mercy to them is death to us. MR. GLADSIOLVE A ND ME. EDWIN JAMES, Q.C. The following correspondence has been pub lished : " Brookes's Club, Saturday Evening, Aug. 15. "Sir, —My attention has been drawn to the report of a speech delivered by you in the House of Commons on Friday evening, in which you refer to observations made by me, as counsel for the plaintiff, in an action for criminal conversation tried at the assizes for the county of Surrey. " My speech is inaccurately reported. "I neither intended to institute, nor did I institute, any parallel between the witness upon whose evidence I was commenting and yourself; still less was it my in tention to represent your conduct as derogatory and un becoming. " The proceedings taken by the Duke of Newcastle to obtain a divorce from his wife have become a matter Publici Juris'—a subject of forensic history—and I de not consider that I transgressed the fair limits of the advocate in referring to them. " The sentiment which I intended to convey to the jury was, that a man of the highest position and the most unsullied honour might, from feelisigs of friendship and from the most sincere motives, lend his assistance to another in procuring the evidence essential to obtain a separation from a wife who had dishonoured him, and who, he believed, was no longer worthy to bear his name. " Since my return to town I have read the testimony given by you in support of the Bill in the House of Lords, and which I think justifies the statement which I made in the course of my address to the jury. "I venture to suggest that it is due to yourself and to me that you should read this letter in your place in the House of Commons, and I beg the favour of your informing me whether you will comply with this request. Should you accede, the necessity for any other mode of publication will be obviated. " I have the honour to be, Sir, "Your obedient servant, " EDWIN JAMES. "To the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Esq., M.P., &c." • " 11, Carlton-house -terrace, Aug. 17. "Sir,—l have had the honour to receive thii evening your letter of the 15th, and I regret that I cannot comply with the request which it contains. " Whether the rules of the House of Commons would permit me to read that letter to the house, I have not inquired ; for, even if they should do so, I could not ask the house to listen to a document the most material part of which I could read only to question and con tradict. • " So far as I am concerned, the matter will rest upon my evidence before the House of Lords, and my state n3ont in my place. "Of course I cannot have the smallest objection to the publicati ,n of your letter, and you are quite at liberty to add this note I now write, or not, as you think fit. "I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient servant, " W. E. GLADSTONE. " Edwiu James, Esq., Q C., &c." STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, AUG. 18 Wo have had a considerably larger business both in cloth and yarn. In cloth there has been more doing in nearly all descriptions, including longcloths and T-cloths. A rather better demand has also been experienced in fabrics suited to China. The advices from India have been variously interpreted, but the general tenour of private commercial letters has been discouraging. There has, notwithstanding, been a large business in India fabrics, some large purchases having been made on speculation and, stocks of India goods having been cleared off , manufacturers are holding for higher prices. In yarns shippers to India have been operating to some extent, but the chief business has been for Germany. The accounts to hand of the prospects of trade in Germany are very ehcouraging, and the sales have been rather large, with an advance of fully id. per lb. In some cases sellers have realized id. per lb. than the rates of last week. The home trade in yarns is also reported as rather brisk, at an advance of ld. per Messrs. John Slagg and Cu. report of the clo th • mar on tthe "The last accounts to hand from - India thouh_airs higher whole considered favourable so fa o r as pit gft l a of business h are concerned, have not yet led to any blares t se of the cotton from that quarter; but, owing to the as market, even manufacturers of India goodsp a re firmer as to price and less disposed to sell. c o ther markets, both home and foreign, there is sti ll a demand, and prices C a for nearly all kinds of goo ds are greePaort,— Mr. G. Fraser, Son, and o. rates, and in many in stances higher prices have been p a id " The market for ya rns is morrto-day at ext reme ctive than previously. G ood s also are very firm in prices, or looking upwar ds, but without any activity in the de India fabrics rt:naa• quite neglected, but are with i utrn change in prig.' LEEDS, AUG. 18. Tho cloth-halls have been attended by the usual buyers thi s Mornivg, who have made fair purch ases o f w i n t er is P r i ce s are very firm, and the gen era l t one o f th e market —oon is w ithout altera HUDDERSFIELD, AUG. 18. The demand for woollen goods has been moderately active this morning, and a good bulk has changed hands. Fancy trouserings are in request, blacks meet with a ready sale, and there is a good business doing iu medium goods generally. The demand for the lower qualities is only slack. Wools realise high prices, and the market is firm. LITERATURE. The Young Bride. A Novel. By Mrs. Briscoe. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. By the exercise of ingenuity, the reader is pre sented with an almost original plot, which, as the story proceeds, developed b into a most interesting record of struggles vely . encountered and suffer ings nobly borne by a meek and gentio spirit, who seems at first sight only fitted for an existence equable and tranquil. Mary Bulstrode had cause exclaim— " Then, happy, low lie down— Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." for the cares of her high position early weighed ber down, and the burden they ultimately im posed upon her quenched the brightness of her hopes, and dimmed the vista of her career at its outset. At a time when others of her - age are awakening from the dreamy ignorance of childhood only to find new charms in the increased know ledge of life's pleasures, and new ecstasy in their own perfected appreciation of them, when above them the sunshine and around them the flowers seem to whisper that theirs, too, i s the season of spring, and to bid them "In their gay youth, the youth of May, - rejoice," M ar y was over whOlteed with a secret sorrow. Her gr a ndf a th er was a et:' ern and ruthless old man, who k new ne ith er co mpun, l " tion nor considerston when his wishes were paea-. mount. He sacrificed to the Moloch of his ambi tion his fair grandchild with as blind a zesl and as fanatic a rage as ever disgraced the banks of the Ganges, or darkened the li g ht o f a t ro pi ca l noon day. He contrived by some balse arts to effect a marriage between the cousins, the heirs to his vast estates, Mary a n d Harold, the pre text for his unseemly haste being, that ae as his nephew was proceeding to India for a long stay, the weight of years migh', not permit hial to survive till his return, then to consummate th• ardently desired union. Sir Aldrich Bulstrode did not gain by his victory, he was taught his faults by the sharpest of lifes lessons, the failure of the ful filment of his hopes. His whole subsequent terra of existence, prolonged far beyond all expectation, was replete with retribution. It is remarked in " Ceningsby," that " the altars of Nemesis are be neath ev, , ry outraged roof," and Bulstrode Hall was truly haunted by the ghosts of an avenging spirit. From the day of the fatal contract dreary desolation, or dreadful dismay was visible. The first penalty paid by the old man was his having t ° relinquish his beloved Mary's presence, for her nerves were so shattered that she had to travel and he was too infirm to accompany her. With a great deal of power has the authoress traced the gradual dawning of the bitter truth on Mary's unfolding intelligence and maturing mind. S Trow quickened her faculties, and while deepening her sense of the outrage, roused her senses to the danger and strung her nerves to the conflict. Sir Aldrich had mis- taken his position. In the frame of the maiden who seemed so plastic in his hands, there was vital a nature to which fear was un known and which wrong made resistless, there was glowing a spirit worthy of the daughter of a race of heroes, which had come down to her througha long line of chivalric ancestors, andburned with all the fire of their noble name. Mary Bul strode was the true descendant of warrior chiefs and belted knights, and had she been left in her lonely' bower she would have adorned her home with an the domestic graces and f em i n i ne re fi nemen t s 0 , any fair dame of anci en t memor y ; b u t a l one and unprotected, hers was not the sphere for passive virtues to shine iu, but for the exercise of the watchword arise. It is singularly interesting to trace the further fortunes of this gifted heroine, her night wanderings, her day ambushes, her signal escapes, and her hairbreadth risks. Success even' tually crowned her efforts, but she lived in constant dread. The brightest years of her life, in the love' liness of its spring and the youth of its beauty, she was fated to wander in exile, to rest in rude and' uncultivated families, in order to escape the terror that awaited her at home. Her adventures were different in the Irish and Scotch retreats she found: but they were alike unsuited to her. It is pleasing to notice how she gra d ua ll y ma d e h er wa y with every one by her sweet manners and winning grace' It is not surprising that such unwonted attraction o as the heiress of Bulstrode possessed should have excited the astonishment of all with whom she came in contact, and that thus gradually the news should transpire to her wary foes, who followed on her track as the wild Indian keeps the trail ofhis enemy through mighty forests. In nothing did the upright character of the maiden more declare itself than in her conduct in regard to Colonel Hardy, who had become attached to her, as Miss Dalton, 0 , friendless governess, as he sup.)osed. It was nevi for Mary to find any one devoted to her entlrelf without reference to her rank and degree, but she knew her duty and her doom. The charms of friendship, the magic of love, were not for her, who might never rest in a home on earth, but keep wandering as the desert tribes, whose onl land of promise was far away bey on d the rolling Jordan of lif's stormy tides. As mi g ht b e i mag i ne d, Hardy did not see the possibility of meeting his bard fate, with calmness, but her e xam pl e fi na lly i n fluenced him, and he was her protector from a distance, 04 far as was practicable to a being so assailed. S ° deep is the sympathy awak ene d f or h er sufferings. . and so strong the indign a tio n th a t i s exc it e d agatn" their authors, that it is a feeling of relief that en' sues when Harold is taken away. The jarring sexy" sation experienced by d ea th a pp ear i ng , as the agen t to work out a desired end, is not apparent here, for it was not by her own fikult or even folly that Mari Bulstrode had been unfortunate, and the 11 13 P happy man was a torment to himself, as well as an infliction to others. Too late he found out that there were other qualities in his bride than the ad' vantages of position he had hoped for, but she had been so much roused by his conduct as _ ll , man, to her as a c hild, th a t s h e co uld na" look on him in the light of anything but an enema, , The trials of the fitful youth of " Mrs. Bulstrode, as she was mockingly styled, are related with fl vigorous, yet a mournful eloquence. If we triumpb at-the project never being brought to a terming' tion, we lament that its beginning was the " dire' ful spring of unnumbered woes." Yet, to show Of deepest feelings, suffering must be witnessed, and to make manifest the hidden springs of human 11 0 siu must appear, and deeds of darkness see th e light of day. With it 3 peculiar design and power: ful execution, its vivid sketches and striking 01 13 , ratters, its scenes of so startling an import, and . 0 ! so g d l e o e r p io a u t s i interest, creation n o d f , above th e noble ob all, awithud pure, tsher heroine so novel has a chance of obtaining some renown. iv presents, in a remarkable manner, to the gaze, page of life's history not often unfolded, the misery of the only victims allowed at the altars of . e civilised age, maidens given in marriage to sel t conventional forms, or family purposes. It is tint! that such nameless martyrs should be vindicated) and a debt is due to the authoress who has so ably described the sac r ifi ce. Th e young b r ide appear! with a smile that struggles with a tear, crowneu, with the snowy bl ossoms o f t h e orange fl o wer, bob for a marriage thus recorded, the only suitable wreath, should be entwined of the cypress and the ivy. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN ESCA.3IIANGE. A portion of the supply of English wheat on sale to-dal waci left over from Monday, but the fresh arrivals well very moderate. There was no inclination on the part of millers to operate • nevertheless, Monday's improvement value was supported. Nearly 13,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh to hand. Fine qualities were tolerably firm at full quota' tions ; but middling and inferior parcels ruled dull. There was a good demand for barley, at very full pricso' The malt trade was inactive, on former terms. Oats were dull, at Monday's currency. The supply of foreign was large. Beans, peas, and flour were steady. ARRIVALS TUTS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I Oats. 1,830 70 1,810 20 200 I 50,430 500 brio 120 slco Flour. 690 English Irish Foreign 112,920 3,810 BOROUGH HOP. New hops have sold at from 101. to 121. Us. per evit: The plantation accounts are rather more favourable, an the duty is called 135,000/. Old hops are dull. WHITECHAPEL. Our market is steady, and prices well supported. , B e ef, from 3s Od t o 4 s 6d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 0.1 1 1 l a mb, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; pork. 3s Gd to 4s Gd per 81bs, by the carcase. SALE OPACOPPERMINE.—Yesterday the South Devon Great Consols Copper Mine was sold by auction, at Garraway's. The lot included the whole of the ma' chinery, and was purchased by the River Tamar Copper Smelting Company for 5001. The working of the mine has not been stopped, and it is determined to prosecute the adventure vigorously. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris je about 5 per mille premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per 11. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17g. 100 per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4.1.0ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. )31 advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per 1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price 10 therefora at about the same price in Hamburg 0 , in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bil!s at 60 days' sight is 109, 3 - per cent. hich, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slight l .9 in favour of England ; and, after retaking allowance fo charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre sent rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation 0 gold from the trnited States. Su Volo] Chin 1 Th verse chase fully COlllll of En year 1856, ounce dud]) quanl the burin went an al easier table( been count 3 per 91f 98k, 1 7 I A, Mar scrip estin by t] Rail Enloe T 1 ihe c Vor and Ver Citi Stea 32i 181 3 p f 3 p, NeS 14 Ild 1