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

ROYAL PRINCESS'S TFIEA.TB,E. THIS EVENING Will be performed. Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. • El RISTY'S MINSTREL S.JAMES'S T FIE A.TRE.—It is re=p ect full y announced that the renowned CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, whose success Ku. upwards of 3,000 c onsecutive nights in New York has b e without parallel, will give their celebrated ENTER TAiNMENT THIS EVENING, commencing at half-past 8. Bone' and stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal library, and the box office' a the theatre. THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENINq. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY. The greatest Contortionist in the world, Mr. W. Baker. The King of Clowns, Mr. Arthur Nelson. prieog—Pit and Promenade, ls ; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and ls. 6d.; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. L , :;ssee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, &e., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLXCK-EYED 1..1S IN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 U ppe r Boxes .. 3 0 Upper Boxes._ 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 L o wer Galler y 0 6 Upper Ga11ery...... O6 No half-price to Upper Gallery. THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DARVILLE, in which Mr. BenjaminWehster, Mr. w r iebt, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste gill perform. After which, he late Mr. Dowlas Jerrold's d,rama of THE RENT DAY. Messrs. B. We )ster, Wright, Trani Bedford, and Madame Celeste. It OYA L OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, Saturday, Aug. 8, will be performed the new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE, Mr. Rob- . bon, &c. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. Brongh, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob eon, Cooke, Danvers, drc. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, Ilugbes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. • Commence at half-past Seven. R °74eIPAR, Al S ogs U r ß s RShe p Y heraanl. THEATRE. crslciek. THIS EVENTING will be performed the grand opera of LUCIA DI LANINIERVIOOR. Lucy Escott, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Squires, Mr. Durand, Mr. A. C ooke, and Mr Manvers. After which, A GRAND CONCERT. To conclude with THE QUAKER. REA.T NATIONAL STANDARD TiIEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. John Douglas. THIS EVENING will he performed THE DUCHESS OF MALFI. The Duchess, Miss Glyn. Between the pieces Hr. J. G. Fo:de, the King of Comic Vocalists, will open his P reel of Fun, Followed by a BALLET. To conclude with LOVE ; or, 20-q Shoreditch. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP FIIT El EATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Positively the Lest Night of the Splendid Spectacle of MAZEPPA, which must be withdrawn for the production of a Grand Eque:trian and Oriental Spectacle, which will be produced on Monday, August 10. Tae greit Parisian Equestrienne, Madlle. Mililos, every night. • THIS EVENING, Saturday, August 8. will be performed Byron's grand spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE. Mtzeppa, Mr. James Holloway. After which, Mr.WiPiam Cooke's SCENES in the CIRCLE, introdneinz the trained Zebras, and the Wonder of the Day, Mad He. Muffles. Concluding with a Risible Farce. CommeLce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. B ollice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. gA.NTERBITRY H ALL, Westminster-road. J OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow in i of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of B3lections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, .&c., Miss E Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Walcott, Miss Brunell, MIB3 Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr St. Albyn, Herr F. Jrnghmans, R.. Grover, T. Far rant, S. 10105, J. 13 trker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An. tonio M. le Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Master Corri; Nfessrs, Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. eianoforte, He Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master ; Director, Herr F. Jonghrutns Commence at Seven o'clock precisely, Si - per. 3, eze— antil twelve o'clock AIGLI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tin PE!--lf.nrn. 33 min. aft. 3 — . Even., 50 min. aft 3 To •'' , ZoaP. , ;r• 'Torn ~ 9 rain. aft. 4—Even., 23 raln aft. 4 "WPATHER-SuN OFFICE, AUGUST 8. "I'llfeENOlirrallTi, IN TS& S3ADIt. 70 ---!iinliezt eina= noon yesterday. 60 this morning And during the night. .66 —thts d. 17 al. noon. . _ BAROMETER, 29.72. Wtsr, S.W. ; light, with dull cool weather. ..f ) , (T cJnfl - LONDON, SATURDAY*, AUGUST 8, 1857 Another Etstern difficulty is homing in the future—an ominous cloud is gathering on the p(litieal horiz )n. The flags of Russia, Prussia, France, and Sardinia have been lowered at Cons'an tinop'e. Dipl )natic relations are suspended with the Sublime Porte by th'se Powers, and that for a matter in which the Turkish Cabinet is sustained and supported by England and Austria. We regret that Sardinia should have joined the malcontents. We entertain a high respect for VICTOR EMMANUEL, and should always desire to have the only other free monarchy in Europe arrayed on our silo and struggling under the same standard. We suspect, however, that the course pursued by the Government of Turin is in fluenced rather by its very natural animosity to Austria than by the real merits of the case. It has sided with France rather than with Russia or Prussia. It might perhaps wish to support the Ottoman Government, but the oppor tunity of snubbing Austria affords a temptation too strong to be resisted, and the weight of . Sar dinia has consequently been cast into the op- posing scale. As to the conduct of Russia we cannot feel the slightest surprise ; we never expected anything at her hands. All her professions of moderation were, to use a familiar phrase, mere "bosh." The snake was scotched, not killed. Vie had the Power in our own hands, and foolishly relin quished it. We might have exacted valid secu rities, but were contented to bind her over in her own. recognis3.nces. The natural result Ins followed, perhap s a lit le sooner than might have tbeen anticipated, but, sooner or Eter, fresh complications were inevitable in conse quence of the lame an d impotent conclusion of the contest in which we uselessly sacrified 50,000 English live, and 100 ,000,000/. of English treasure. The cc-operation cf Prussia with our opponents indicates the true value of those dynastic anew, on which so much stress is laid by the ad vocates of thi rman i sr n. The ink is scarcely d ry in which the act, granting the Princess Roy a r e dowry is written, before we find the representa tive of Clicittot striving to diminish the prestige of Great Britain, and already acting with a degree of hauteur and insolence that might more fittingly be displayed towards a third-rate Power. We witnessed 81 much of Prussian duplicity and vacillation during the late war, that perhaps the most favourable syinptom that could be displayed, is her unequivocal demonstration against us in the first instance. But Fiancz's e3ndut is more perpkving. We la ad hoped that the ties of amity and mutual THE S U ' LONDON, SATUR DAY EVENING AuG:usr 8, t h 7„ good will had been cemented by the blood of the gallant soldiers who had perished side by side in the Crimea—that we should no longer hear of "Perfidious Albion," or of the unrelenting hatred to English institutions and the English people. We regret to say that our faith is greatly shaken by recent events. As long as we submit to be patronised and led by the nose—as long as we weakly consent to play second fiddle, and to accept with bated breath and deep humility the orders of the EMPEROR, so long shall we be graciously suffered to go on, but should differences arise, we must be prepared to " eat humble pie," or submit to the consequences. We fear that matters cannot proceed much longer in the same manner, and that sooner or later we shall have to struggle, not for our superiority, for that we do not seek, but for that full and perfect equality which no true-hearted Englishman will surrenderf should it cost the shedding of the last drop of his blood, and the expenditure of his last shilling. There is a Congress now sitting at Osborne House in which important decisions may be arrived at. It would be absurd to suppose that the visit of LOUIS NAPOLEON was one of mere ceremony, or that attempts are not being made to induce England to yield on points in which her Ministers have hitherto stood firm. The main point at present is, probably, that relating to the union of the Danubian Principalities, which France, in conjunction with its new friends, Russia and Prussia, seems resolved to accomplish at any cost, per fas ant nefas. This is the first step towards the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire—the creation of an opponent devoted to Russia, and prepared to do all its dirty work at the very threshold. It was to preserve these provinces to Turkey—to avert that Muscovite in fluence, that we entered into the war, and our sacrifices would, indeed, be made in vain, if we should now tamely yield to the pen what the sword could not subdue. The people of Moldavia have, so far as the lite elections can be received in evidence, testified an invincible repugnance to the Union. But their wishes are to be set at nought, and everything carried with a high hand. It was not sufficient that the SULTAN changed his Government to please the overbearing representa tives of France and her coadjutors—that the new Cabinet offered to institute a strict in quiry into all matters connected with the Elections. No, because there was not immediate submission, because these elections were not instantly annulled, the flags were hauled down, and the peace and tranquillity of Europe I seriously endangered. The annoyance and inso lence of such conduct sufficiently proves that the parties are influenced by no considerations of equity or justice—that their chief anxiety is to injure the Porte and humiliate Great Britain and Austria. Will Lours NAPOLEON induce the Osborne Conference to connive at such a course ? We hope not ;we believe not. We have still confidence in Lord PALMERSTON and Lord CLAR ENDON ; and until we are convinced to the con trary, on the most unquestionable evidence, can not believe that they will strike their colours in a watter where the honour and interests of England are so deeply concerned. There are other matters that may also be touched on. The coercion of the Press—the dismissal of political refugees. These will, doubtless, form topics of conversation, and we confess that it is not without considerable anxiety that we await the results of the pending Conferences, which time alone can fully and completely develope. A few days will now bring fresh intelligence from India. We shall know whether Delhi has really fallen—w l iether the sanguinary miscreants who have murdered and insulted our countrymen and countrywomen hive expiated their inhuman atrocities, or whether the mutiny has spread fur ther and assumed even more formidable dimen sions. We shall then know whether the people have joined the military ruffians, and whether we have again to reconquer India, or merely to disband and punish a number of insurgent sepeys, and those by whom their discontent has been excited or fomented, and who can be convicted on unequivocal evidence of complicity in the vile conspiracy. Hitherto the people, with few and rare excep tions, have remained true to their allegiance, and we- hope and believe that they will still be found faithful. Much will depend on the manner in which the mutineers are dealt with, and the stringency of the examples that may be made. As yet, it has been • merely the military element that has occasioned the disturbance, and those others Rho have joined have been merely the miscreants who would not permit any oppor tunity for plunder or murder to pass away with out taking full advantage of the chances. The question then naturally arises, what can have oc casioned or led to Viis deplorable feeling on the part of men who have " partaken of our salt" —who have been petted to the utmost extent, have had all their prejudices respected, and their interests carefully attended to ? The man who can lift the veil and dispel the mists in which the matter is involved will render valua ble service to the nation. And there are many who are prepared to give the benefit of their Indian experiences. Amongst these the Hon. Member for Weymotith a , suines a prominent position. He has already published a very able and well-timed pamphlet* on the causes of, and remedies for, the mutiny. Mr. CAMPBELL seems to have studied the Indian character with assiduity and effect, and to have possessed him self of a large fund of available information, pe culiarly valuable at the present crisis. And we earnestly hope that the Government may avail itself of the well-considered sugges- . tions which he tenders for their acceptance. Mr. CAMPBELL has, in an appendix, given a remarkably clear and graphic historical sketch of the Bengal army. He has pointed out the various mutinies that have broken our, and even of the discontents that have existed among the Sepoy troops. From the data thus supplied he has arrived at the conclusions which he has sub mitted to the Premier. Every one of these con clusions—eleven in number—seem to be fully warranted by the premises, and to lead naturally tawards the proposed remedies by which, having suppressed the revolt, we may obtain security for the future. One of th 9 chief causes of the insubordination has been the deficiency of European officer; and the consequent influence attained by the native Commissioned officers—" Men who have invari ably risen from the ranks, grown old and imbecile, and either become the tools of tli \ soldiers, with whom they formerly associated on equal tunas, or the listless spectators of al, that passes around them." Their conduct seems t) have been of the dilapidatOodnedisaeraipolinngesot ' f :II the of upgriamuanryfanctaruys.e,s, The Sepoy has also found that every manifestation of ' discontent has led to extra pay and allowances. 7 ses vis a c n o d u Tt t s p ili c -- e e r di st e o s n .i , * "The I n dian Mutiny : Its Ca Weymouth. A. Lotter to the Right Hon. Lori • K.G. and G.C.8., First Lord of the Treasury By R. J. R. Campbell, Esq., M. P. for don : Charles Evans, Unita Servke Gazette office, 6, W e il lington-street South, Strand. His religious prejudices could always be assuaged by a few rupees, hiS _wounded conscience healed by the application, of a silver plaister. Any pretext that afbrded a favourable oppor tunity for extortion was anxiously sought after, and wolked to the utmost. The more yielding were his employers, the more avaracious he became, until at last he severed , every tie, and rushed into open rebellion. We commend Mr. CAMPBELL'S brochure to the attention of our readers. It will be found well worthy of attzsntive perusal. and may, when the first impediments have been overcome, provide a clue towards an extraction from the labyrinth in which we are at present involved. The clergy are making a vigorous effort for liberty of conscience—a rather new thing this in English history. All of a sudden they have found out that for time out of mind they have sinned by law ; several times in each session the law has required them to marry divorced persons, should these persons present themselves for marriage. They could not help themselves, and they gave no indication that they wished to help themselves. The thing they could help doing, taking the fees, they did as readily as in other cases. They mar ried, if they did not give in marriage, all the violaters of the great principle of the indissolu bility of marriage who might demand to be united by them in the bonds of holy matrimony. Never, that we ever heard of, did any clergyman, while appealing to others to declare any "just cause or impediment" with which they were acquainted, himself proclaim that divorce was a just cause or impediment in the case before him, He made the matrimony as holy as priest could make it, and . declared the parties joined together by God, and not to be put asunder by man. All at once, however, they have gained new ight. It is proposed to simplify the process of law, not to alter its powers. It is proposed, also, to make it more easily accessible to all who live under it, and to abolish entirely the parts of the process most offensive to decency and most inju rious to public morals. A considerable number, some thousands, of the clergy, have on this occa sion discovered that marriage is absolutely indis soluble, and that therefore it is sinful for a clergyman to re-marry persons whom a court of law has separated. Why this change? They used, in the years of their innocence, to re-marry the separated mau and woman, "and were not ashamed." " Who told them that they were naked r The answer is not far to seek. Rome was tha serpent. She told them that matrimony was a sacrament, whatever that word of ecclesias tical conjuration meant ; and as Papal magic has been at an advancing premium of late years at Oxford, the clergy have tried to believe that the words they read at the altar create some myste- rious tie, or lay the united parties under some spell, which no State enchanter, nor even an ec clesiastical one, can ever break. The married parties may violate any matrimonial pledge, one or both of them—the physical, the religious, the sentimental relations of matrimony may all be annihilated—the whole thing, body, soul, and spirit, may be gone, hopelessly gone ; but no one may pronounce it gone. It remains by a. kind of matrimonial transubstantiation. To the senses no holy matrimony, but rather an unholy contrast, is there ; but He of Oxford, and his dapper, or demure Puseyites, tell us that the mystic thing is certainly there, for the priest once put it there. We may not, indeed, perceive it—nay, we per- ceive the reverse—but faith must tell us that a miracle exists ; that an unholy adulterer or adul teress, or a pair equally guilty, are living in a mystic and holy bonds So, too, thinks that emi men t financier, Peelite, theologian, casuist, sophist, and we know not what besides, Mr. GLADSTONE. These gentlemen, aczordingly, now demand liberty of conscience for their newly discovered creed. They want liberty not to marry those whom the law of the land allows to marry. All fair and right if they were not the servants of the State ; but under what pretext they first " eat the salt" of the State, and then mutiny when called on to fulfil the duties it requires, we can not conceive. These Clerical Sepoys, like the Brahmin Sepoys of India, have in truth been also petted till they do not know what they want. Like the latter they have been long secretly dis affected to the Supremacy of the Civil Power, and now the Bill before Parliament is like the greased cartridges to their ill-suppressed discontent. The pretext, however, is not so good fir the Clerical as for the Brahmin mutineers ; since the firmer are merely required to keep up their old drill, while thelttter had, presumably at least, to incur a new pollution. To us the case seems very clear. No servant of the State should have any option as to fulfilling the duties which the State at . aches to his office. The principle is so vicious hat no honest servant could wish it. A clergy man is not permitted to refuse the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist to any man not legally debarred from it, however bad his life may be ; nor to de cline to read the Burial Service over the grave of the worst parishioner he may have had ; why should he be allowed an option to marry or not persons who may legally intermarry ? We sea Mr. GILPIN, ' the Friend," in his cre ditable zeal for liberty of conscience, will support an amendment giving liberty to Puseyite State clergymen to refuse doing the work of the State. But is he consistent or wise ? The practice of his sect is to dispense entirely with State pay, indeed, almost to dispense with a clergy. It would, there fore, be the height of oppression to require a Quaker minister, in that capacity, to do anything for the State. The Puseyites can follow the Friends in declining State emoluments, if they please. They can have; like the Catholics, a hierarchy and priesthood independent of the State, and may then properly refuse a religious service in connection with marriage if they like. The alternative is simple—State emo liments and State Services, or voluntary support and voluntary service. To us it appears inexcus ably ignoble and sordid to want liberty without being willing to pay its price. Dissenters, Catho lics, and Free Churchmen set them an example at which they ought to blush. Adverting to Dissenters, we would remind these matrimonial mutineers that there are suck things as Church-rates. That Dissenters have always complained of them as unjust, and that that they have often alleged, too, that it went against their consciences to pay Clem. Any fair-minded man ,viii own that there is something in the latter plea. A man who seriously makes a conscience of his particular creed, who thinks it at least worth while to pay considerably, in order to maintain worship in accordance with it—such a man may be excused, surely, in feeling it rather galling to his conscience to pay a shilling towards the creed and worship he repudiates, and, perhaps, deems superstitious. He may be an enthusiast, a fanatic, or what you will, but that does not excuse ourgrieving his conscience. He can hardly be more superstitious than these matrimonial mystics or matrimonial transubstantionists. Yet what was the answer of every one of these mutineers against State law. when Dissenters have talked of conaci entious objections to paying Church-r a tes ? One and all they have always exelaimed not only that the law must take its course, but that they could not understand a conscientious objection to obeying the law of the land ! We hope that Dissenters will not forget the Paseyite plea of conscience againat law. They may well thank the Bishop of OXFORD and his followers for teaching them that word. For ourselves we must think the Dissenters have the best of it. We can more easily conceive of conscientious objections to a payment for propagating what we hold to be error ; than to marrying persons whom the laws of society allow to marry; and to whom marriage is at least a preservative from temptation. Lord PALMERSTON and the Commons ought not, in any case, to give in to the clerical mutineers. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commander in -Chief, attended by Colonel Tyr whitt, embarked from the ducks this after noon, at half-past five o'clock, on board the Royal yacht Elfin, Captain Crispin, for Osborne, on a visit to her Majesty, and to meet the E•nperor and Empress of the Frola. Viscou❑t Palmerston embarked at the same time, and returns on Monday ❑ext, in company with his Royal Highness. Vi-count Palmerston left town yesterday afternoon, for Osborne, on a visit to the Queen. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE —The marriage of Lady Susan Harriet Innes Ker, eldest daughter of the Duke of Roxburghe, and Mr. James Grant Suttie, eldest son of Sir George Grant Suttie, of Preston Grange, was so lemnised on Wednesday last, at St. Andrew's Epi-copal Chapel, Kelso, N.B. The Rev. Wm. Kell, B.D , Rector of Corsenside, assisted by the Rev. F. M. Rob herds, M.A., the incumbent, performed the religious ceremony, in the presence of a numerous circle of the relatives of both families. REPRESBNTATION OF BIRMINGHAM.—BIRMINGHAM, Friday Night.—Mr. Bright has declared in favour of a suppression of the Indian.revolt, and his success by his friends is deemed certain. MISS LECLERCQ'S BENEFlT.—Thisfavourite actress of the Princess's Theatre takes her benefit on Tuesday next, and will doubtless receive on the occasion the cordial support of her admirers and friends. _ GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The directors of this company have determined to recommend to the pro priet as the declaration of a dividend for the half-year ending the 30;h June, 1857, at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, carrying forward a balance for the current half-year of about 10,006/ AUSTRALIAN MAILS —There is no word yet of the screw steamer great Britain, belonging to Gibbs, Bright, and Co., from Melbourne, with the mails and a large amount of gold. She was to leave Melbourne on the 20th of May. and she is now in her 80th day, but is expected in the Ilersey every tide. AMERICA.— tiOUTHAMPTON, FRIDsY.—The Europe ao ant American Company's steern ship Queen of tre South, Captain Seal, arrived off Cowes this morninz, from New York, with 200 paersengers and a full cargo of sugar, &e. The aivices are anticipated. She left Cowes for the Victoria Docks, London, to discharge her cargo. From thence she will proceed to Bremen. THE NEWFOUNDLAND STEAMERS.—The steam ship Khersonese which was to have left Liverpool to-day for Newfoundland, has been chartered by Government for the conveyance of troops to India. The mails in tended for the Khersonese are consequently detained. We understand that the owners of the vessel intend placing the steam ship Crimean on the Newfoundland line in place of the Khersonese, and it is expected that she will take her departure some time - next week. NOTTINGHAM WEEKLY TRADE REPORT, August 6. Very few buyers have visited the lace warehouses during the past week. The present time is what is termed " between sea , onv;" and the quietness characteristic of the period continues to prevail. A leaden dullness reigns throughout the hosiery m anufacture, au-passing, per haps, anything of the kind for a long time past. Not % ithstanding there is " nothinz to du," the prices of raw material maintain th.ir lofty range. LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT.—In the South wark County Court yesterday, in an action to recover possession of a house in Nelson-place, Old Kent-road, his Honour said, if a tenant entered in the middle of a quarter, and paid rent for a fractional period, from the end of which quarter he paid half pearly, his tenancy commenced from the quartet-day to which he bad paid up, and:not from the quay ter-day prior to the time when he entered: DESTROYING CHURCH-DOOR REGISTRIES.—Yesterday morning, in conseqaence of the partial deAtruction of the lists entitling persons to he placed on the registry, notices have been issued to the police for the attendance of constables next Sunday and following ones to prevent a repe ition of such disgraceful conduct. In one instance alone, that of S. John's, Waterloo-road, Lambeth, nearly one-eighth of the list has been cut away. A reward is offered fir the detection of the guilty party. THE PERTHSHIRE MOORS.—The Perthshire Constitu tional says :—The accounts relative to the grouse upon the l'eithshire hills are somewhat conffcting. According to several of our correspondents, from disease and over shooting last year, good sport by the 12th is not to be expected. Others report, however, that upon the rooors in the western district. of the county, the birds are nurner , a , iltrong on the wing, and no de kd ones are seen. They state that upon the whole the sh3oting will be at least equal to the season of 1856. THE CONVICT BACON.—The Lincolnshire Chronicle is requested to state that nothing official has as yet tran spired as to the carrying out of the sentence passed on Bacon at the late assizes, nor is it likely that any order respecting him will be made until the meeting of the judges, when, as is usual when sentence of death is re corded against any prisoner, his case will be duly con sidered by their lordsteps. We are informed that Bacon is at present engaged in writing to the Secretary of State respecting the result of his trial. PURCHASE OF CSIMEAN MEDALS.—At Woolwich Police-court, yesterday, James Freeman , a pntboy at the Cuach and Home Tavern, Woc lwicb, was fined 51 and Cl. 7e. 6d., the latter penalty being treble the value Leavy ethe penalty of six silver Crimea n medals, which the prisoner bad purchased from priv at es of the Royal Marines. Mr. Traill, the sitting maietrate, ob serve d t h at h e was for a'l such offences. In de termined d f prisoner was committed for three months. MELANCHOL Y SUICIDE.—On S a t ur d ay l as t a sergean t of the llth Hussars oemmitted suicide by cutting first aul tto inflict pa yin g a ills le a his throat, and of erwards the arteries of his arms, in his room, at the barracks at Hounslow. It appears that he had lost some money, about 80/ , through the defalcation of a person whom he had trusted in the Crimea, and that toe loss preyed upon his mind. He had been upwards 20 years in the service, and was much respected in the regiinent. An inquest was held on the body by the coroner for the county, when a verdict of " Temporary insanity" was returned. FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT. — Yesterday an inquest was held on view of the body of Daniel Clarke, aged 56, a drayman. The deceased was proceeding up the Cole ,'onian-road, HollowAY, and was sitting on the near shaft of the dray, when an obstruction by several vehicles took place in the road, by a coal waggon, which was unload leg on the near side of the road. The dray in pa-:sing came so close to it, that his leg and thigh was crushed. The unfortunate man was conveyed to the University College Hospital, where he expired shortly afterwards. Verdict, Accidental Des.h. The deceased has left a widow and family, and the firm have humanely subscribed a sum for their benefit. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The ordinary meeting of the M.-tropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Gui , dhall—Mr. J. Th graites in the chair. The boa r d sa t w ith c l ose d d oors till half-past three o'clock in investigating certain parti culars in the return of fees made to this board by one of the district surveyors of the metropolis, but which was , . of no interest w latever. Several n oti ces o f motion twoe instruct given, st ruc t h a rr. li ong which was one b y C o l one l K enne dy, azaigette, the engineer, to furnish the board with an alternative plan, estimate, and report upon that portion of the general report to which he refers under the head of the '! Thames Embankment " . __ , in l g Bs t 6 he reTphoertsreosft the of au the 2 c 2 o i ns M id a e y , perintending architect and engineer, but they were all of a routine character, and unworthy of a report, and the board adjenined soon after five o'clock. THE MORAL SENSE.—TroIy, the moral sense as to the nature of property, and the rights, may be, as it has been found, wanting in the higher , or the middle, as in the "lower classes." One man will rob a hen-roost, another will adulterate his goods, and train up his children in the virtue of getting only rich, by any means ; a third makes away with securities entrusted to him, or swindles under the cloak of a company ; a fourth steal s openly the property of your brain. Where is the dis tinction,—except that made by the obliquity of vision which serves each of the appropriators when he chooses ? There can be no real nicety of difference between that which is punishable as felony, and the appropriation of intellectual property,—none in the can=cience, except where that by custom has been blunted. If it must be left to the conscieece of an individual to settle in many cases, where appropriation cannot rightly be made.— the moral obligation to right is surely as strong on him as if all society were witnesses. The "vice and crime amongst the poor" are punished with a relentless hard. —llle Builder. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNIIENT Ig VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. —Oa the eve of a new Reform Bill some de spatches r-ceived by the C loan office on the subject of th e es e e ee e e m „t of a R e presentative Assembly in Vancouver's Island will be feed with interest. Mr. Labouchere in February, 1856, ordered that such an assembly should be convoked without loss of time, and in dun() following the Council of the Island, presided over by the Geverner, unanimously agreed that the owner• ship of 200/. of freehold property or immovable estate should constitute the qualification of a member of the Assembly ) that absentee proprietors should be permitted to vote by peon ) and that the qualification of voters should be the ownership of 20 acres of freehold land, or upwards. The settlements were to be divided into four electoral districts. The House of Assembly was opened on the 12th of August last, and the affair passed off very quietly. A Mr. Helmaker was el cted " Speaker, ' and several " election petitions" were forth with presented, one or two of them, as in England, being evidently of a very " frivolous and vexatThe ioue" characAs,ter, merely got up for party purposepurposes.House of sembly consists of seven members only, andof these three were petitioned against, leaving the Speaker and three members at liberty to act. Ono of the members pet . tioned against was unseated by a eem eeittee for want of a legal qualification. A report is given the business (principally financial) hitherto transacted by the As embly. LATEST NEW%s • TRIAL OF THE FRENCH CON SPIRATORS. The trial of the three Italian conspirators, Tibaldi, Bartolotti, and Grili, was resumed yesterday morn ing at IO o'clock, before the Court of As size of Paris. The court was more crowded yesterday than the day before. Tibaldi was more pale and restless, and addressed several questions to the gendarme at his side. Grilli, who entered next, appeared much dejected. Bartolotti appeared to be perfectly at his ease, and gazed earnestly at the strangers in the galleries. The President having taken his seat, the Attorney-General rose t 3 speak to evidence ; his speech was in a great measure a recapitulation of the bill of indictment. "Thank God," said the Attorney- General in conclusion, " the part those conspira tors had to fill is concluded. Our duty is accom plished. It is for you, gentlemen of the jury, to perform yours with the independence and firm ness which belong to honourable and free men.' M. Desmarets then pleaded for Tibaldi, and en deavoured to convince the jury that there was no evidence to convict his client but the unsupported declaration of his fellow-prisoners. M. Floquet, second counsel for Tibaldi, submitted to the Court that it should be proposed to the jury that, even supposing the facts charged in the indictment against Tibaldi to be proved, as his fellow-con spirators did not consent to execute the crime, he must be acquitted. M. Lacan spoke in defence of Grilli. He demanded the acquittal of his client on the ground that he had never intended to assassinate the Emperor. He had never even seen his Majesty, nor had he gone out armed. M. Lecanu followed for Bartolotti, and pursued the same line of argument. The Att ,rney-General shortly replied, and the President having read his notes, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with extenuating circumstances in favour of Bartolotti and Grilli. The Procureur-General demanded the application of Article 89 of the Penal Code to the three accused, modified by Article 460 as regarded the two latter. The alurt, after deliberating in the Council- chamber, sentenced Tiballi to transportation for life, and Bartolotti and Grilli to fifteen years im prisonment. A. private letter from Vienna of the 4th mentions that the visit of the Emperor Napoleon to Osborne seems to pro Ince a certain degree of dissatisfaction at the Imperial Court. It is regarded as an indica tion that not only has the Anglo-French alliance undergone no sensible diminution, whatever differ ences may have arisen on points which are now settled, but that it is intimate as ever, and, if any thing, will be drawn still closer. It is anticipated' that concessions on other questions which still divide the two Cabinets will be mutually made, and that the English Government, in proof of its desire to remain ou the same friendly terms with her powerful ally, may not refuse to withdraw her opposition to the union of the Danubian Principali ties, and which, all things considered, is one of se condary interest to her. The Absolute Sovereigns of Europe, we are told, regard with distrust and jea lousy this alliance ; it is useless for Austria to try to cultivate the good graces of England, and the party that always showed its hostility to the policy of the Western Powers now suggests the necessity of a re conciliation with Russia, who after all, is Austria's natural ally. The question of the Principalities is considered as - a, good opportunity for that purpose. Russia is believed to desire the union under the sovereignty of a native Prince, for the simple reason that a native Prince would be easily attached to her interests, and that before long the provinces would be really governed as they have been so long, under Russian influence. In the event of a union, which Austria has always considered hurtful to herself, she would try to neutralise the danger by the nomination of a German Prince, which might be accepted as a pis aller by Russia. Both Powers, however, are hostile to ..the no mination of a French Prince of the Imperial family, and France, in pushing forth the union, they think is actuated by no other motive. The nomination would fall on Prince Napoleon, who is known for his more than favourable disposition towards England, and for . his dislike to everything Russian, as proved in the most unmistakeable man ner during the visit of the Grand Duke Constantine to France, and his little partiality to German Princes or German politics. It would appear that the Archduke, during his sojourn in England, endeavoured to ascertain whether a visit from his Imperial brother, the Em peror of Austria, would be viewed with pleasure by the English Court or the English people. That visit would be considered to show to Europe the good understanding that existed between Austria and England, and would be the precursor of a still closer friendship. It would seem that the Arch duke's advances were not received' so warmly as he anticipated in the quarter to which they were addressed. The Paris Correspondent of the Times (second edition) in referring to the telegraphic despatch from Vienna, announcing that the French ambas sador" at , Constantinople had pulled down his flag in consequence of his demands not being granted says :—"I am assured th a t th e F renc h by the Porte, Government gives a positive contradiction to this statement, and has, moreover, desired that the Paris papers should not repeat it on the ground of its inaccuracy." CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 6. The Porte having refused to annul the late elec tions in Moldavia, the Ministers of France, Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia live broken off their diplo matic relations with that power. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. After the departure of the Emperor and Empress from Havre, the mayor published the following address to the population :--- " Dear fellow-townsmen—Their Majesties were highly satisfied with the reception which you have given them ; the Emperor told us so, awl gave us the assurance that he is actively occupied with the great questions which interest the future prosperity of our port. In le wing us . , his Majesty announced his intention of again passing through Havre in a few days. I thank all the population for their zealous co-operation in this fete, and particularly the various corps whoze presence so much contri buted to give a special character to the fete ; also, the members of the Horticultural Society, who improvised the charming decoration of the town hall which, howeyer, their Majesties were pre vented by fatigue from visiting. I also thank the central commissary, the commissaries of police, and their agents, through whose arrangements the most perfect ',order prevailed, in spite of an immense crowd." During the absence of the Emperor, Prince Jerome will preside at the siAings of the council of ministers. A private telegraphic despatch from London states that a " conference " is to be held this even ing at Osborne, at which Lord Palmerston, Lord ,Garendon, M. do Persigny, and M. Walewski will assist. Tile King of Wurtemburg, the Bayonne journals announce, has arrived at Biarritz. . _ _ BOURSE, Aug. T D —The following were the las quotations Cub. fr. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 66 90 67 15 Bank Shares 2,800 Credit Foncier ...... Credit Mobilior 957 50 Roman Do. Account 957 50 Austrian Belgian 4t Fiedmontese (5) B9 -- Horne Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASS. tr. C. Ir C. 72 i Orleans 1,445 Western ............... — Northern t — Lyons and Med 9261— New Ditto 4 — New Ditto 905 Grand Central Geneva Midi thrown open the, Danube to the worla, not only for the benefit of Austrian comme , ce, but also for the commerce of the world. The Danube, which is the chief artery of Central Europe, was not only thrown open by the treaty f Paris, but it was, in our opinion, in• ended by nature to I e a free river. The German newspapers will not admit this ; they can understand a certain amount of freedom but not a universal or European freedom. They would only throw open the river to the countries it washes. We would fain regard this as an opi nion of isolated pol ticians ; but when we reflect on the nature of Germ In journals, we must not allow the said opinion to pass without a prote,t. in the presence of the very clear wording of the treaty of Paris, which says, 'the flags of all nati us will he placed on an equal footing,' it. is difficult to understand how the German journals can suppose that the nations of Europe gave themselves the trouble to throw open the mouths of the Danube under any other understanding than that they were all to profit by it. There is something cynical and odious inlhe pretensions of the German journals. At a moment when nations are co-mingling, by means of steam and rail, the efforts of old poli tical ideas are directe 1 to oppose the progress cf civilisation and the general tendency of na tions. Moreover, Germany would gain more from the free navigation of the Danube than f , om the monopoly of Austria. It is not at the time when bridges over the Rhine are about to uni.e the railroads of France and Germany, that the latter country should adopt an exclusive policy. Austria is alone interested in the closing of the Danube. She has excited all the present diffi culties in the hope of maintaining her monopoly. But her plans for the enslavement of the great com mercial artery of Western Europe, will be exposed and overthrown, in the same manner that her in trigues in the Principalities have been baffled." THE DANUBE. ---- The Siege of yesterday contains tho followin - g reflections on tho opposition, said to be manifested by Austria and the other German States bathed by the Danube, to the free navigation of that river " We had thought that the treaty of Paris had SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 3d have arrived. Rumours of changes in the ministry were again current, but they are declaied by the minis terial organs to be quite unfounded. M. Cortina had terminated the pemphlet for the defence of Queen Christine, which he was .some time ago c' urge 1 to draw up, and the belief is that it will be published. Wheat had again under gone a/ , heavy decline in the market of Madrid. The departure of M. Lafragua, thp Meiican Puvoy, was considered a proof that his nego tiations _= had produced DO result. The go vernment had r. ceived information that some inhabitants of Cuba had formed the project of assisting the filihuateis in a coup-de-main, but from the good spirit of the populition it regarded any such movement as without the &ightest chance of success. The Countess de Montijo, mother of the Empress, had given a grand fete to the aristocracy of the capital, and the Caprice of Alfred de Musset was performed at it by the Duchess de Alba, her Majesty's sister, and other personages of distinction. The duchess and her husband were about to leave for Paris. Prince Wladimir, first aid-de-camp to the Emperor of Russia, had arrived in Madrid. Accounts from Vienna state that the permanent commission of the states bordering on the Danube will resume its sittings very shortly, as thA commis sioners of Bavaria and Wurtemburg have received their instructions. "We learn from good authority," says a letter from Vienna in the Cologne Gazette, " that the Empress is again in an interesting situation, and that that circumstance is the only reason why she will• not accompany .the. Emperor in his visit to Hungary." M. Magne, Minister of Finance, is charged with the ad interim direction of the department of Com merce and Public Works, during the absence of M. Rouher. M. Thouvenel, the French Ambassador at Con stantinople, who had obtain leave of absence 10 return to France on family business, will not quit his post until after the new elections in Moldavia. TEE EMPEROR OF TIIE FRENCH AT OSBORN E. (FROM THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY. Iu sple of the greedy anxiety which is mani fested on all sides to ascertain the least clue to the movements of the Court and their Imperial guests, nothing is allowed to transpire. The secret is kept, like the secret of Freemasonry, because there is really nothing to tell, for, as we stated yesterday, tie visit is m. st strictly private, and, with the exception of short trips in Vie royal yacht, neither the Emperor nor Empress is likely to quit, the island at all. The wea•her, unfortu nately, has turned we', cold, and unfavourabl , , so that the natural indueetnen - si to remain qui.-tly at Osborne are materially augmented. We have already informed our readers that it was just pro bable that the Emperor would run out in the royal yacht to Spithead and inspect the James Baines, with all her troops on board, before that vessel started for India. This prollablty receives con firmation from the fact of Sir James Scar- lett having received instructions to telegraph this afternoon to the Emperor at Osborne when the James Baines ani Chatitpon the Seas, with the troops on board, were . at, Spithead and ready for sailing. Should the weather, therefore, become more favourable acid the Imperial visit take place at all, it will either be this evening or early to-mor row (Saturday) morning. As it is generally anti cipated that her Majesty will take a trip in the royal yacht to witness the start of the yachts fer the Queen's Cup this afternoon, the inspection may take place this evening, in order that the ships may sail at daybreak, but the weather now seems much against a visit. One of our contemporaries, which professes to give an account of the incidents' connected with-the arrival of the Emperor and Empress, states that— "As the Prince Consort approached the Imperial yacht, the Emperor, in his anxiety to greet his Royal Elighness, ascended the paddle•box, and on stepping down hastily to meet the Prince, the Emperor missed his footing• and fell violently on the deck. His ➢Majesty was much shaken, and grazed his face slightly, but, in stantly recovering himself, warmly embraced the Prince Consort." There is not the least foundation for this state ment, and our fashionable contemporary, we fear, has fallen a victim to sOme heartless joker. No matter what the anxiety Of bis'lmperial Majesty to welcome Prince Albert, he would have found a difficulty in manifesting it by " ascending the paddle-box" of the Refine Hortense, aince that ves sel happens to be a screw. When the Prince Con sort came alongside the Emperor waited at the gangway and shcok bands with him most cordially, while little Prince Alfred was embraced and affec tionately kissed by the Empress. A few moments were occupied in presenting the various m e mbers of his Majesty's suite to the Prince Consort, dur ing which (probably owing to the fatigue of the voyage) none of the illustrious pers-mages indulged in " grazing their faces" or " violent falls on the deck." The same authority, among numerous other misstatements, adds that "a guard of honour, com posed of 5D picked men of the Coldstream Guards, every man's breast glistening with Crimean medals, received the Emperor arid Empress on landing at the pier-bead.",, The reception at the pier-head was of such a strictly private nature that even the guard of honour was dispensed with, and none but her Majesty, the Royal Princesses, Countess Per -Bigny, and the lady in 'waiting were on- the pier. These statements would be unworthy of notice bat that they may naturally create doubts as to the ao curacy of our reporter, whose account of the very few incidents connected with the reception of their Imperial Majesties, as coming from the only repre sentative of the press who had an opportunity of witnessing them, can be implicitly depended on. FRIDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress, with her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and other members of the Royal family, embarked on board the R. , yal yacht at 6 o'clock, to proceed to Cowes, to witness the return of the yachts from the Regatta, and the ter mination of the race for the Cup. The Royal party returned shortly before 8 o'clock to Osborne. The weather was cold and squally, with heavy rain, and the sea at Spithead ran too high to permit a visit to the Liverpool clippers. Should the wind go down there is no doubt now that the vessels will be inspected before sailing to•morrow. THE HARVEST IN FRANCE. The Gazette de Lyon publishes a letter from a landed proprietor of the neighbourhood of that city giving some interesting details relative to the pre sent harvest. It says :—" As my corn has now been thrashed, I am able to say something about this year's produce. My crop, which consists prin cipally of wheat, gives me an augmentation over 1856 of 75 per cent. The intelligence which I re receive from different quarters leaves no doubt in my mind that, in many places, the yield is double what it was last year; but in order to be free from ail exaggeration, I will estimate the harvest of 1857, as only Si) per cent. above that of 1856. According to political economists, France needs every year for the bread of all her inhabitants 110 millions of hectolitres of corn of all kinds, or about 3 hectolitres per head. In the year 1856 there was a deficiency of 7 millions of hectolitre;, which was made up by the introduction of foreign corn. France consequently produced 104 millions of hee -1 telitres of breadstuff's, and by the aid of private en terpr:se, and of railway cornmun'cation, what for merly would have amounted almost to a famine was no'hing more than a very marked scarcity. In order to be more safe in my calculations, I. will esteem only at 100 millions the yield cf 1856; and as th it of 1857 gives 50 per cent. of augmentation, its produce will be 150 millions of bee olitte;, or 40 millions more than France requires, that excess will without doubt find its way to Switzerland and. England, and part will be used up for distilla tion. But 40 millions of hectolitres is a very con siderable surplus and will leave a large margin to prepare for any future deficiency. The wheat of 1857 is much finer and heavier than that of the preceding year ; and my own gives to the hec tolitre 700 grammes (wear 411)4.) more than in 1856. But that a idlion multiplied by 150 mil lions furnishes a quantity which, when considered closely, is really immense. And I look on the in crease which I mention as below the average, for this reason, that my land being of the first quality yields comparatively lass this year than second and third rate farms, where the yield is uncommonly fine ; so much so, indeed, that the arg-do-ailicions land of the Bresse has produe d as flue corn this year as the argelo-calcareoas distrietsbn the tanks of the Saone. Taking ail these circumstances into consideration, I do not fear to announce that the harvest will turn out even better than was at first hoped for. POOR-RATES AND PAUPERISM.—A. comparison be tween the years 1857 and 1856 of the member of paupers relieved in England and Wales in each week exhibits a decrease in favour of this year in every instance, vary ing from 2.4 to 3.1 per cent The decrease is equally applicable ko in and out-door relief. THE NEW WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.—The committee upon this matter, after hearing the evidence of Mr. Stephenson, M.P., and Mr. Page, the Government engineer, agreed to report as fellows :--" Having been informed by the First Commissioner of Works that, after considering the report of the judges appointed to report on the designs for the new public offices on the bock plan, and taking into account the great ex penselhat would be incurred if the site of Wesi minster bridge was changed, it is not his intention to recommend that the site of the bridge be altered. The committee proceeded to consider the present site of the existing bridge, and the alterations proposed to be made in the new bridge to meet the objections which have been taken to the mode of construction es originally pro pi sed.„ The committee learn that the precautions taken for securing the old bridge have been complete ; they recommend that the new bridge be proceeded with in conformity with the alterations in the mode of construction as set forth in Mr. Page's let ter addressed to the Chief Commissioner, July 23, 1857. The committee have also carefully considered the important question of the headway of the bridge, and in connexion therewith the subject of the gradient of the roadway as nom proposed, and the gradient which would be consequent upon raising tie bridge. The committee find that, accorling to the plan n proposed, the roadway on the Surrey side would be 1 in 45, and if the bridge was raised from 20 to 22 feet the gradient would be 1 in 27 ; that on the Mid.lk sx side the gradient, as at present designed, would be 1 in 57, and, if raised, 1 in 45. The committee we therefore of (Tinian that it would not be expedient t ' increase the height of the bridge." EAST INDIA (AREA, POPULATION, &e.). —Yesterday morning a return, from the stati , tical office of the East India House, of the area and population of each divi-ion of each presidency of India, comprising the area and estimated population of native states, was published. It appears there is in the British states, under the g overn mart of the Governot-General of India in c tined, a population of 23,255,972 within an area of 246,050' square miles ; under the lieutenant governor of Bengal, 46,852327, within an area of 221,969 miles ; under the lieutenant governor of the norta-aestern provinces, 33,655,123, within an area of 107 759 miles ; under the Madras goeernment, 22,437,227, within an area of 132.090 miles ; and under the Bambey government, 11,790,042, within an arra of 131,544 miles —making a total population in the British states of 131,990,901 with an area of 837,412 miles. In the native states there is in the presidency of Bengal, a population of 3 8 702,206, within an area of 515,533 miles ; in the presidency of Madre's, 5,213,671, in an area of 51,802 miles ; and in the presidency of Bombay, 4,460,370, in an area of 6 0 , 575 miles ; making a total amou, t of population in those states in the three pre4i dencies of 48,376,247 within an area of 627,910 w ithin an area of 188 m il es ; ant i a miles. In the fore ien states there is a French popula tion of 313,262 in an area o f 1 , 066 tion of Portuguese 203,p miles ; making a total population in those states of 517,149 in an area of 1,254 miles. The grand total popu lation in all the states is 180,834,297 within an area of 1,466,576 square miles. A STORM AT SPA. For some time past the weather here has been extremely hot. Yesterday (Aug. 4) the air was more than usually sultry, thermometer 90 deg. Fahrenheit in the shape. About 10 o'clock a.m. a cloud of smoke was seen rising in a southerly direction, and it was imme diately presumed that a house was on fire in the hamlet of Creppe, situate on a rising ground about a mile from the town. The town fire-engine was instantly despatched, hut upon its arrival it was found to be perfectly useless, in consequence of the long drought, the place was almost absolutely deprived. of •water. By one o'clock 28 farm-houses and cottages, with hay ricks, &c., had fallen a prey to the flames. The church was entirely destroyed. • About 7 in the evening I drove out with a few friends to the heights, near th- old race-course, on the road to Sart, to get a little of the fresh air of the hills. Halting for a few minutes, we were ad miring the distant scenery through a most tran sparent atmosphere, and a few thin columns of smoke still emerging from the ruins of the evoted hamlet, when, looking westwards, we observed corning over from the direction of La Reid a dense black cl ond, which came on spreading over Designit Winanplanisdie, Marteau, Crippe, Spa, and the place where we had pulled up ; it was a whirlwind of impilpable dust and noxious exhalation ; this passel over in the direction of Sart, having lasted in its course about a quarter of an hour. The atmosphere again becaine bright, but the air re mained still sultry. This morning the intense heat continued, the sun shining brightly until about 4 o'clock, when suddenly the same black-looking cloud came over Spa from the same direction, and in a few minutes there fell, amid a roar of thunder like the booming of artillery, accomnauied by uninterrupted sharp platoon tiring, such a shower of hailstones as no one present in this place remembers ever to have seen. The shower lasted about ten minutes ; the first hailstones that fell were of the size of grape shot, then like marbles, mixed with myriads of others of all shapes and size 3, many of them of the weight of several ounces, the • greater num ber being spherical, nodulated, of a quartz-like aspect, and measuring uniformly an inch and a half is diameter. The windows were riddled, as from discharge of grapeshot ; slated and tiled roofs were perforated aif traversed by shells. Fortunately, the crowds of visitors who are usually in the after noon riding, driving, or sauntering about the neigh' bourhood, were just quietly seated at their table d'hote. At the Hotel de l'Orange the hail burst through the windows and' broke a considerable quantity of glass upon the table, indenting by their violence the silvernish covers; at the Hotel de Flan" dre, a friend of mine standing in his bedroom, upon a travelling trunk, to reach out of the windovr ' and close the persiennes, was struck by a large hailstone on the head* and knocked over. Our,. lovely walks, such as the Promenade de Sep t Heures, the Place Royale, and the Avenue du Marteau are ankle-deep in twigs and brandies. A the English Club, the skylights over the billiard; room were broken in, and the cloth of the billiard table cut up earapletely. It would be impossible in a letter of this sort to describe all the ravagee committed by this truly memorable storm. We are, many of us, busy in getting up subscription e , for the victims of the disa•ter at Crippe, most ( ; 41 whom are uninsured.—Correspondent of the TirO• THE CASE OF MRS. Hon.—Mr. and Mrs. Hope , after numerous legal proceedings relative to their divoro ° and to the possession of their children, before the cour ts both of England and France, came in March, 1855, t° an arrangement that their youngest child, John ffenrif t should remain with Mrs. Hope, and that the others, riv iv il l ege of seeing in number, should go to their father, Mrs. Hope regal" and correspontliv% tion for divorce which she had ra 0 ,. 8 „: -I'B. Hope besides consented V aii:ii3.iigatEhntoiighohluerter:;(7,l2lafaiPludtPhdriee'uenpna.d, rtciek not only not to Appose but promote the demand r divorce made by him against t h a t country: On Wednesday Mr. Hope applied to tb- Civil Tribunal at Paris to order that thip child in q nes!i° l3 s hould be given up to hi m , and he based his demand ell a the ground that the Court of Chancery in E . g lae , had decided that all th e c hild ren s h ou ld be pl a ced 5 " A " g : his care, and that a s th e arrangeo‘ent of Marcb,- 1° "i; wa, nA legal he was no t b o und by it. Mrs. Hopes i ten yearn o f age, reply, insist e d th at the interests of the child, who is on f required that he should be left nu de her care ; and she represented that a , her husband O t an Englkiimaii, and as she by her marriage to him 0 1 0 e consid e r e d English also, a French tribunal h ad juri,dictio n over them in such a matter. She also reP` o seated that if the arrangement of Marcb, 1855, cco9 p binding in law, there was nothing to prevent the trib4 til a from declaring that it was equitable, and that it E_nobt be acted on. Lastly, she urged that as Mr. Hope 01%700 fit to live apart from her, and refuse to fu l fi l the oea of husband towards her, though no separation bet7ar, them had been pronounced in France, he was no / _ vi er ranted in insisting on exercising alone paternal t ovi r all their children. The tribunal decided ,basics so°while the parties are Euglish, as Mr. Hope refu sed to rec his wife into his house, though not leg s lY re from her, and besides the interests of t he ( tbe quired that he t,h old remain with big inothe.; 1 gr. tribUnal) had no jurisdiction in the mat ter, and to' Hope's application must 'be dismisa;.d %WI (Alto. M The I firmly, I without eitima`e Market ar. Attotit on 'elm, Messrs, and nil t not very 30 ,000/. Tll B Week en( 43 Was a uuportai e3tuequl took p a ever, ha thit a Australi The rt;e . there is Wards 0 Which w the pays Ment is reaso❑ t text we , they pre Active Bain o Rest . Public Gover Notes 71.‘e o the por day a , t , Go few eai; have be 111 all u 13° tic f9r Inon market The N e 94 2. Count i Stock Fore tion, Turkis] the 4 / Cent. Grenac The Stocks 22 ; Cents. 45 ; per Ce ditto ditto ] The inactii except the s❑ dined Th eo , and I La.nca WestE Midla The Other Seven Other Bur Bl n k 3 zw, 3 p e NOW Cols