The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-06 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THE CE ATRE. FARE WELL PERFORMANCES AT REDUCED PRICES. LAST FAREWELL NIGRT. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Aug. 6, LA 1 RAVI A.T.A. Violetta, MAcMe. Piccolomini ; Alfre do, Sig. Giuglini ; Germont Giorgio, Sig. Beneventa.no. The NATIONAL ANTHEM will follow the Opera. Between the Operas a Divertissement. Grand Pas de Deux Boschetti and M. Baratti. In the course of the evening a Divertissement from MARCO SPADA, in which Madlle. Ratline will appear. The Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgard() Giuglini. To conclude with a Divertiss-ment—Grand Pas de beta— lidle. Marie Taglioni and M. Charles. PRICES : Pit, Tier, Grand Tier, and One Pair.. £2 12 6 Twp Pair 1 11 6 ylalf Circle 1 1 0 Pit Stalls 0 12 6 Gallery Boxes 0 12 6 Gallery Stall.; 0 3 6 Gallery Side Stalls 0 3 0 Pit Gallery No free list,—Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. Doors open at 7, Opera to commence at half past 7. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—St. JAMES'S THEATRE.—It is respectfully announced that the renowned CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, whose success for upwards of 3,000 consecutive nights in New York has been without parallel, will give their celebrated ENTER TAINMENT THIS EVENING, commencing at half-past 8. Boxes and stalls at Mr. Mitchell's Royal library, and the box office of the theatre. T H EA T R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY. The greatest Contortionist in the world, Mr. W. Baker. The King of Clowns, Mr. Arthur Nelson. Prices—Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6d.. 25., and Is. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence at 8. I) Obi AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. ...lit) THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with the new and greatly stvcessful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Wiliam Farren, Miss Re'ynolds, dre., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLICK-EYED SUS 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 Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper 80xe5.... - 2 0 Pit Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Leß.iee—Mr. Ben. Webster. Tills EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DARVILLE, in which Mr. BenjamiuWebster, 'Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, bhe late Mr. Douglas Jerrold's drama of THE RENT DAY. Messrs. B. We )ster, Wright, Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE Le9see, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TIIIS EVENING, Thursday,' Aug, 6, will be performed the now drama, called DADDY HARDACRE, Mr. Rob son, &c. - - • To conclude with the o-ig,inal Extravaganza, by Ribert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO, Messrs. Rob. son, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. '1) OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING will be performed the graul opera of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Lucy Escott, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Squires, Mr. Durand, Mr. A. Cooke, and Mr Manvers. After which, TiiE WATERMAN. To conclude with THE QUAKER. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. John Douglas. THIS EVENING will be performed the romance of HERNE THE HUNTER. Between the pieces Mr. J. G. Fordo, the King of Comic - Vocalists, will open his P , reel of Fun. To conclude with OLIVER TWIST. 4ST LEY' S ROY AL AMP FLIT EA.T RE. Lesseo and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Ifir Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Positively the Last Two Nights of the Splendid Spectacle of MAZEPPA, which must be withdrawn for the production of a Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spectacle, which will be pro luccd on )loUlay, August 10. The gre , t Parisian .Equestrienne, liadlle, Mililos, every night. THIS EVENING, Thursday, August 6. and every even ing during the week, the entertainments will commence with Byron's grand spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. James Holloway. After which, Mr.Williarn Cooke's SCENES in the CIRCLE, introdneinz the trained Zebras, and the Wonder of the Day, Madlle. Mililos. Concluding with a Risible Farce. Commetce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ' • Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, 18. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Hilf-price at balf•past Eight. Bas•offico open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. IV. West. Eqnestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooko, jun. C ANTERBU 1 Y HALT,. OPEN N EVERY EVENING.—The follow in; company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, G ae 4, Ducts, 'Sze., viz. : Miss E Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Walcott, %fiss Brunch, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr St. Kbyn, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. io ice, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An tonio M. Jo Solla, and E. L. Him° ; Master Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Maekney. Viannforto, Mr Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master ; Director, Herr F. Jonglinnna Commence at Seven o'clock preAsely. Sn - pers, 4c., until twelve o'clock BIGEI SVATER, AT LONDON BRTDOR. Taws Day—Morn. 17 min. aft. 2—Even., 39 min. at 2 To , Iffs.aow---Morn., 53 min. aft. 2—Evan. 15 min aft. 3 TdE WEATHER—SUN Ornos, AUGUST 6. triItII3IOXIZTRIt, IN THII SHADE. 74 —highest 813103 noon yesterday. 66 —lowest this morning and during the night. 72 —this day at noon. BAROMNTER, 29.79. WiNP, S.-W. ; light, with fine weather. Heavy rain in the night and. this morning. We had a thunderstorm yesterday evening. 1 "') .t **.'744 , •, h 4 C7-rN: ;Vit3 LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1857 The rumours of the fall of Delhi may well be correct. They appear to come from rather diverse sources. The passengers who arrived by the Colombo had a strong opinion that the city had been Laken. It is now known that Gen. BARNARD is not the man to delay an hour longer than is abso lutely necessary in a matter on which everything depends. He has, it appears, abcut 4,000 Euro peans, and 1,000 natives under his command, and 3°B ' B busy on the 14th of June in constructing batteries at about five hundred yards from the wall of th e city, Though, according to a corre spondent i n a, Contemporary yesterday, he ought to have 15,000 „,,r 20,000 men, he may yet have chosen the tactics by which CLIVE and his suc cessors accomplished so m much in India, and relied on English courage again s t any odds on the side of Asiatics. It is to be remembered, however, that those Asiatics have been trained b y us. They have all that we have, except our energy and courage. Comparing places and dates, a letter p u bli shed first in the Liverpool Albion on Monday, writte n from the cantonments, a mile and half befor.- 'Delhi, and dated the 14th of June, tells us that " We must take Delhi before many days are over, 'and then there will be a turn in the state 01 Whirs." Another letter from Aboo, two or three hundred miles south west of Delhi, and nearer, therefore, to Bombay, dated the 19th June, in forms us that " a breach had been made in th , wall of Delhi, and that the rebels are panic stricken." According to the letter of the 14th therefore, it was expect e d t h e town would be taken in a f©w days, while that of the 19th ~(t hough we cannot be_eure of _the Atate of the coin- rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1 7 munications between Delhi and Aboo) informs us that the wall was breached, and the mutineers lexpecting the attick. The reference to the muti- I neers would make it appear as if natives had con veyed the intelligence to Aboo. Again, we have a letter from Benares, also dated the 19th of June, which the writer, a highly respectable missionary, had opened to state that intelligence had just reached Benares from Indore (which is about 600 miles from Benares and 300 from Bombay) that the " rebels had been defeated and the city re-captured." The news had come "by telegraph." This looks as if the communications were pretty well open between Benares and Bombay, and as far west as Rajpoo tana. It is well known how quickly Asiatics, like the ancient Gauls, can carry intelligence through vast districts in an incredibly short time ; hence the Indian Bazaar reports of the capture of Delhi, connected with that by the letters, renders it far from improbable. The fearful atrocities perpetrated by the Indian mutineers, not onlyon their officers, but on helpless women and innocent children, demand the most complete and speedy retribution. The blood of our brethren, so wantonly and cruelly shed, cries from the earth for justice on their murderers. In some few cases feelings of gratitude were displayed towards those who had exhibited kindness to the Hindoos, but this was but the exception to the gene ral rule. The sanguinary miscreants ordinarily acted with the most fiendish and heart-rending barbarity towards their unfortunate victims. We can scarcely allude to the deplorable and revolting details. Suffice it to say, that, to ladies particu larly, speedy death would have been accounted mercy. They were treated in the most horrible manner in the presence of husbands, parents, and children, who were prevented from aiding them in the slightest degree; they witnessed those nearest and dearest to them murdered in cold blood, and only were suffered to live until every possiLle ignominy had been heaped upon them. Their intense sufferings were made the sport of the malevolent and licentious scoundrels into whose hands they had fallen. We believe that a parallel cannot be found to scenes such as those already narrated, and it is more than probable that we have not as yet heard the worst. Many victims have fallen,' whose dreadful fates will never be detailed, save by the confession of the cowardly assassins who caused their deaths. Under sueh circumstances there can be no tem porising or compromise with the insurgents. Tueir guilt is of too deep a dye, too infamous to listen to any suggestions of mercy. Of course, as in all such cases, there are gradations in crime, and we shall be only happy to listen t any mitigating circumstances in favour of those who have lent aid or assistance to English fugitives. But we fear that the number of those who can truly put forward such a plea is very limited. A vast , majority have stained them selves with the highest possible degree of guilt. For these miscreants there can be no sympathy, however terrible may be the punishment they have so richly merited. Those who have wit nessed the sufferings of their countrymen and countrywomen will inflict exemplary vengeance on their infamous assassins. What renders the matter worse, is that the mutineers had long been treated with the greatest possible indulgence. Their scruples were respected. They were petted, and their condition made the envy of the surrounding population. And yet these were the very men to massacre their officers, and, far worse t'Aan all, to maisaera thei r wives and children, and indeed every English woman or chill who fell into their hands I They set aside every consideration of humanity, and, if a host of demons had been let loose on earth, they could scarcely have exceeded the atro cities perpetrated by these ruffian Sepoys. The rumours respecting the alleged fall of Delhi have assumed a greater degree of consistence, and there is some reason to hope that its capture had been effected. The statement was that more than 7,000 of the rebel Sepoys had fallen, while the. English loss was also very considerable. But even if the accuracy of the report had been verified beyond the possibility of doubt, that would not justify the slightest relaxation of exertion on o . ar part. Our victory must be complete and decisive —the retribution terrible—or we shall have all the work to do over again. After exemplary punishment it will then be our duty to trace out the causes of the outbreak. We believe that it will be found in a great degree to have been formented by Russian intrigues. The Per sian war was also kindled in the like manner. All the arrows have probably been drawn from the same quiver ! The Sepoys were influenced and taught to believe the destinies of the Anglo-In dian Empire rested in their hands. Some of the iniseratele puppets were likewise induced to sup pose that they could reclaim the thrones forfeited by their own misconduct. It is, however, satis factory to know that the vast majority of the chiefs and peoples remained faithful. It has been a military outbreak, in which the King of DELHI, the ex-King of OUDE, and possibly the Rajah of MOORESHABAD have participated. Their conduct will be strictly investigated, and if their complicity be clearly established, nothing shall save them from the stringent penalties they have so richly deserved. Sir THOMAS MARYON WILSON is now once more before Parliament, endeavouring to accom plish his private objects by means of a public act. He has certainly exhibited indefatigable zeal and energy—a degree of perseverance worthy of a better cause. But, for all that, we cannot consent to surrender Hampstead Heath to the hands of builders and bricklayers, or give up the benefits provided for the metropolitan community by the will under which he himself derived his title to the estate. Sir THOMAS made repeated applications for a private bid, but was foiled on every occasion. A.nd why ? Simply because the learned judges, who took a merely legal view of the subject, in variably reported against him. Their judgment was not founded on matters of public policy or expediency, but of absolute right. They con sider( d the wishes of the testator, which were, that so long as lie had the power to create a bind ing entail the Heath should not be built on. So far as lay in his power he dedicated it to the public use, and the benefit of the bequest should not be lightly surrendered. An ordinary person would have yielded to these repeated defeati. But Sir THOMAS WW, to use the language of the fancy, "a very glutton in receiving punishment." Be did not know when he was beaten, and returned to the charge again but with triaNinegwvabri u.nd agai n . i l a ls tio w ns e . re brought forward, T judges were soug h t in every shape,he a o n pn d i i i t on of the judges note anti' the faintest pos-'13 . 1 . :a tty of ;vas removed that the billgeneral 59 accomplish his object, which was practi ,any a public enactment for the private relief of Jir THOMAS MARYON WILSON. Th a t a ct gave power to the Court of Chancery , o grant leasing and selling powers to teuant3 for where provioudy au appeal to the LegiLlA,Arzi was indispensable. We do not say anything against the provisions of that bill, which, under ordinary circumstances, was a very proper one. But virtually it was framed to suit Sir T. M. Wasores purposes, and to enable him to accom plish in one shape what had been deliberately re jected in another. It could not be tolerated that a single Vice-Chancellor, sitting with closed doors, should overrule the deliberate opinion of Parliament, acting on the advice of all the Judges of the superior Courts of Common Law. A clause was accordingly introduced, providing that the power should not exist in any case where there had been a previous appeal to Parliament rejected on its merits. This was struck out in the Lords, but fortunately the Commons were firm, and it was re-inserted before the bill received the Royal assent. This was but list year, but already the indefa tigable Sir Tuomes has a new public bill to re peal that well-considered provision, and for this he, yesterday, succeeded in obtaining a second reading by a majority of 18. We trust that the popular representatives will not so far stultify themselves as to permit its passing. The season is clearly too far advanced for such a proceeding. We should gladly see a final arrange ment entered into by which "one of the lungs of London" should be permanently retained. It is said that negotiations are going on with the Me tropolitan Board of Works for that purpose ; but should the present bill be carried these negotia tions will be brought to a summary conclusion, and everyhope of satisfactory arrangement knocked on the head. In fact, it was distinctly and une quivocally avowed, on the part of Sir THOMAS, that the bill was brought in because there was no public body ready to purchase the property. He wishes to be enabled to put on the screw, and will most assuredly 'do so should the present act unfortu nately pass. We hope better things, however, of the present Parliament, and although 77 persons were yesterday found willing to vote for the second reading, we believe that it will be defeated by an overwhelming majority, when its true intent and meaning are thoroughly understood and ap preciated. LATEST NEWS. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. (BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) KILLARNEY, THURSDAY, 11.15 A.M. Last night the shore end of the Atlantic Cable was handed to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant on the mainland, near Valentia, and laid in a sa tisfactory manner. VIENNA, THURSDAY. The Ga.-xtte de Vienne, in its evening edition, states that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is recalled to London en conge. Direct intelligence from Con stantinople has been received to the effect that, under present circumstances, Lord de Redcliffe will not quit his post at the Porte. Cleveland and Pittsburg, 1; La- Crosse and Mil waukie fell off per cent. from the highest point of the last board ; Galena and Chicago, Sterling Exchange closed firm at 9i to 91 per cent. prem. PHILADELPHIA, JULY 24. Stocks heavy. Pennsylvania State, 51-, 85 ; Reading Railroad, 30 ; Long Island Railroad, 12; Morris Canal, 521 ; Pennsylvania Railroads, 46k. NEW ORLEANS, JULY 24. Cotton sales to-day, 100 bales. Prices have advan ced lc., middling qualities improving the most ; we quote middling at 143 to 14k. The sales of the week add up 15,000 bales, and the receipts 800 ; stock 15,500 bales. The receipts at this port up to the present time, as compared with those of last year, fall short 248,000 bales. The receipts at all the southern ports up to this da►e less than those of last year, are 574,500 bales. Flour dull. Rio coffee, sales of prime at llic. Sales of week I,Bod bags. Stock 102,300 bags. Sterling exchange 91 per cent. premium. Other articles generally un changed. CHARLESTOWN, JULY 23. Cotton sales of the week 2,700 bales, the mar ket closing at ic. to lc. advance. We quote good middling at 14g. BUFFALO, JULY 24. Flour dull. Sales 700 barrels, at 6 dols. 37c. for extra Illinois ; 6 dols. 50c. to 6 dole. 75c. for extra Ohio ; and 7 dole. 25c. to 7 dols. 50c. for double extraditto and lowa. Wheat quiet and dull. Corn closes firm. Sales, 40,000 bushels at 75c. to 75Ac. Oats quiet. Whiskey—sales, 250 brls. at 30c. OSWEGO, JULY 21. Flour in good demand, chiefly for the lower grades. for Montreal, Quebec, and Portland markets. The interior and west rn demand moderate. Sales, 3,700 barrels, at 6 dole. to 6 dols. 25 cents. for common State, and 6 dols. 50 cents. for extra ditto. Wheat easier. Sales, 1,400 bushels, at 1 dol. 34 cents. to 1 dol. 341 cents. for Chicago spring, and 1 dol. 44 cents. for Milwaukie club. Corn firm. Sales, 4,200 bushels, at 78 cents. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PORTSMOUTH, NVEDNESDAY. The Charity steam transport, No. 1, Captain Charles H. Sivell, arrived at Spithe.td thii day at noon from the above colony, which she left on the 17th of June. There is no news of interest in the papers brought by the Charity. Two severe storms had occurred in Table Bay, which did much damage to the ship ping, but no lives were !est. The following is abridged from the summary of the Cape Argus of June 13 : " Parliament has now been sitting 69 days, and a great many of the members, especially of the Eastern Province, have left. Up to this time there has been but one measure carried that can be considered of any great importance, and that is the Immigration B;11. The Harbour of Refuge Bill is not yet carried through the Council. The bill introduced by his Excellency pro posed that 200,0001. should be voted for immigration, to be spent during a period of five years, but a majority of the House of Assembly refused to vote so large a- sum, ' but were unanimous in voting 50,000/ , to be spent in two years, and if the ordinary revenue is insufficient to meet this, then, and not else, money for the purpose is to be raised upon debentures, bearing interest at 6 per cent. Agents are to be employed from this colony, and in England, to cal ry out the provisions of the act. "The Harbour of Refuge 811 was next in importance to the subject of immigration. The vessels that uow lie wrecked upon our beaches—the damaged cargoes and risk of human life, mill show whether or not we stand in need of a harbour of refuge in Table Bay. The com prehensive plan prepared by Captain James Vetch, R.E., F.R.S., Engineer to the Admiralty in Englund, and approved by the Admiralty, deservedly,' as set forth in the bill, met with universal approval in this colony.' The Assembly has resolved to accept the offer of her Majesty's Government, and to pay off the cost of the breakwater in sums of 25,000/. a-year ; but the Le gislative Council have not yet finished with the bill. We are ❑ow looking anxiously for ward to the commence ment of the work. When it is completed the Cape will occupy a ♦ery different position. " The subject of railways has been much discussed out of doors, and the people of tae Western Province and the press of the Western Province are both unanimously in favour of commencing a railway. The press of the Eastern Province declares that the people at the end of the colony are also in favour of having a railway in the Eastern Province, but the representatives of the Eastern Province tell a different tale, as may be seen from the evidence taken by the select committee of the House of Assembly. " Education is not likely to be advanced much by the Colonial Parliament for some time to come, although so much was promised by those who agitated in favotir ofthe Constituti m. Session aftar session passes over, yet nothing is done. The Colonial Secretary brought in shill grounded on resolutions passed by the Parliament last ses sion ; but bitter sectarianism stifled it. The bill was grounded upon the principle of grants in aid, but it was suspected of being a concoction of the Bishop of Cape Town, which was of course sufficient to provoke the op position of everybody not of the bishop's way of thinking. "The House of AsE. , embly and the Legislative Council are upon the best of terms. They play at cross-purposes to a considerable extent. What is done by one house i undone in the other. Their lordships are likely to stand in the way of the Governor's frontier policy. The Governor wishes to destroy the power of tho Caffre chiefs, and is availing himself of the present half-starvt d state of the Caffres to induce them to come and work in the colony. A bill was brought to the Assembly by his Excellency and passed by which Caffres who came into the colony might be hired under contract for three years. The Council struck out all the substantial portion of the bill, and sent it back mutilated to the Assembly ; the Assemb!y have sent back again a conciliatory or rather a suppiicant message to their lordships, begging them not to persist in their so-called amendments. What is to become of it remains to be seen. There is little doing in the commercial world ; freights there are none to be had." THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. - On Thursday morning at daybreak the Agamem non came to mooring in Queenstown Harbour at a distance of about a third of a mile from the United States' frigate Niagara. Before noon one end of each cable was carried to the opposite ship, and so joined up as to form a - continuous length of 2,500 miles, both ends of which were on board the Agamemnon. One end was then connected with the apparatus for trans nitting the electric current, and on a sensitive galvanometer being attached to the other end the whole clb'e was t steel from end to end, and found to bo perfect. As these operations had worn far int ) the night, the arrangements for attaching tho ree'arling in struments to indicate signa's were left to be corn plet - d in the morning. The atnount of electric power developed at the further end, and exhibited by Mr. Whitehouse's magneto-electrometer, amounted to an attractive force of 25 grains. As three grains are a sufficient force to record inteli gible signals upon the receiving apparatus it will he perceived that a considerable surplus of electric power remains, a convincing proof, if any were needed, at once of the perfect integrity of the cable and no less of the careful adaptation of scientific means to the desired object. On resuming the operations on Friday morning it was found that all communication was cut off, and after under-running the poi tions of cable laid out between the two ships it was aicertainei that one had been completely severed by entanglement with the mooring chains during the time the Aga memnon was swinging with the tide, and that the other portion was so injured from the same cause as to be unfit for use. During Friday the officers of the company were engaged in relasing the broken wires and re-con necting the conductors. On re-establishing communication bet wean ship and ship the transmission of electric telegraph mes sages through the entire length of 2,500 miles was immediately commenced, and proceed satisfactorily during the who'e of Saturday. In carrying this out each terminal station or end of the cable was separa'ely connected with the e +rth, as is usual in lines laid out in actual length, and the electrician noted that a considerable interval of time elapsed during the passage of the current, the amount of retardation being equal to nearly a second and thr,re-quarters upon each electrical wave or signal. Yet, notwithstanding this, it was found that three signals could be practically and intelli gibly transmitted in two seconds. This confirms the accuracy of the previous experiments made upon shorter circuits of wire, by which it had been demon strated that several waves of electric force can co exist in a long unbroken length of completely in sulated conducting wire, and yet reach their termi nal destination with sufficient intervals between them to record intelligibly the indications they are intended to convey. The battery employed by Mr. Whitehouse con sists of a voltaic series of 40 cells, the plates of which are formed alternately of zinc and platinised silver, each about nine inches square. The exciting fluid or medium is simply diluted sulphuric acid, the troughs containing which are swung upon a gimballed frame, to prevent the fluid from being washed over the connexions b3tween cell and cell by the motion of the ship. The force developed by this battery in its direct action is so great that a piece of iron three inches long and three-eighths of an inch in diameter can be entirely consumed in a few minutes by the heat developed on retaining the two poles of the battery simultaneously in contact with it. The battery current thus generated is, however, only the primary agent in the act of telegraphing through the cable, and is solely used as a means of inducing, through the aid of electro-magnetiC elec tricity, a current of the suitable character for being transmitted through such long distances. The elec tro-magnetic electricity actually employed is ob tainedfrom large induction coils, which are con structed in the following manner :—Around a hol low cylinder of soft iron nearly five feet long is wound with great regularity a length of several thousand yards of thin copper wire, insulated with silk wrapped by means of machinery round every portion of the metal, and much less in diameter than the conductor constituting the centre of the cable, to the end of which it is joined up, and of which it forms a continuous part when required for use. Each layer of this insulated wire is covered with thin waxed paper previously to the application of the succeeding layer, and the whole, when com pleted, is surrounded with sheet gutta percha ap plied so as to fit it equally on all sides. Over the intervening gutta perch a is then wound a shorter length of copper wire many times larger in diameter than the previous length of thin wire, but insulated in the same manner. The extremity of tHs latter wire is brought into connexion with the battery by means of a key used by the operator for the transmission of signals in such a manner that not only can the circuit be made and broken at pleasure, but that in signalling a dis tant station by the simple process of raising and de pressing the handle of this key the operator never sends two currents successively from the same pole of the battery, but transmits alternately negative and positive electricity. The following phenomena are developed in the apparatus thus described when set in motion. The currents generated in the voltaic series pass simply through the thick wire between pole and pole of 'the batt pry, and in their passage temporarily convert the hollow cylinder of iron into a powerful electra-magnet, the position of the poles of which may be reversed with each alteration in the direction of the current through the thick wire. The electro-magnet thus formed reacts upon the great length of thin wire wound round the cylinder, inducing in it a current of electro-magnetic electri city possessed of an energy adequate to the length of cable it is required to pass through. It will be sewn that the nature of this secondary current may be varied at will by the employment of batteries differing in character (as may be found most suited to the occasion), attached to the thicker or primary wire of the coil ; and that further, as the current which passes into the cable is originally generated in a wire of only one-seventh the area of the main conductor, no ill effect can occur to the conductor, which might result if the battery itself were in direct connexion with it. Provision having been male in this manner for the through transmission of the electric curr-nt, the adaptation of an instrument suitable to the in dication or recording of signals is simply a matter of mechanical ingenuity, and any of the sensitive indicating or recording instruments now in use may be employed for the purpose. The form of instrument at present used for de veloping signals by the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany is a modification of ths well known marking instrument invented by Professor Morse. Mr. Brooking, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Crosbie, Mr. Logie, Mr. Brett, directors, accompanied by Mr. Saward, the secretary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company; Mr. E. Bright, the secretary of the Bri tish and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company ; Dr. Palmer, of the United States frigate Niagara, and other gentlemen interested in the success of the undertaking, reached Killarney on Saturday night en route for Valentia. • His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, who intends to be present at the starting of the ex pedition from Valentia, arrived at the Railway Hotel, Killarney, this day (Monday), and, after partaking of an entertainment given to his lordship and the representatives of 'the Atlantic Telegraph Company by the directors of the Great Southern and We3tern Railway, proceeded immediately on his job rney He will remain the guest of the Knight of Kerry during th 6 opeiation of attaching the shore end of the cable to the Irish coast. Mr. Job, ,lately an in fluential member of the Council of Nowfoundland (in the absence of the Attorney-General of that province, 'who is unavoidably prevent .-d from at tending), was also present, and will await the com mencement of the great work. The British and - Irish Magnetic Telegraph Com pany are progressing very rapidly with the erection of an overground line of telegraph along the high way between Killarney and Valentia for the pur pose of connecting the existing telegraph system with the Atlantic cable at the latter place, by means of which, under an arrangement entred into be tween the magnetic and electric companies, the whole of the lines in the three kingdoms, 10,000 miles in extent, will be available for the rapid transmission of intelligence between Europe and the American continent. • The line is already completed beyond Killorglip, where the Magnetic Company have established a temporary station. The entire through communication to Valentia is expected to be completed by the middle of next week, when intelligence as to the progress made in the paying out of the cable will be daily received and sent forward by Mr. Saward, the secretary of the company, who will remain there with the stiff of manipulators until the completion of the under taking. VALENTIA, WEDNESDAY. The Niagara, Capt. Hudson ; the Susquehanna, Capt. Sands ; the Agamemnon, Commander Nod dall ; the Leopard, Capt. Wainwright; the Cyclops, Capt. Dayman ; and the Advice, Capt. Raymond, have arrived at Valentia, all well. The Arctic, Capt. Bel rirnan, and the Victory, Capt. Sluyteer, »re at Trinity Bay, where they will wait the expe dition, and will then assist in landing the Newfound land end of the cable. Everything is in complete readiness for effecting the landing of the Irish end ; a favourable spot has been selected on the shore of Valentia Bay, about three miles from Caltireiveen, and the operations will be commenced immediately the weather will permit. The Lord Lieutenant is at Valentia to inaugurate by his presence the under taking. A grand banquet was given yesterday to his 'Excellency and the directors of the company by the Knight of Kerry. The most complete confi dence prevails as to the undertaking. IRELAND. DUBLIN, AUG. 5. THE MURDER OF MR. LITTLE. The commission was opened yesterday before the two Chief Justices, and—what happens in Dublin only en special occasions—the court was crowded the moment the doors were opened and long before the judges took their seats upon the bench. Two hours previously James Spollen was conveyed in a co vered car from Richmond Bridewell to the pi ison in Green:street, under an escort of for mounted policeman. Lord Chief Justice Lefroy charged the grand jury, and in the cour-e of a clear and - able address thus directed their attenti in to the lolls about to be sent up to them in the Broadstone murder case : " From what I have seen of the informations (said his lordship), which it was my duty to look into, IL have to tell you that this case is one in which you will be called on to find a bill not upon the (Erect testimony of any body who has seen the transaction, which is charged to be a wilful murder, but by a chain of circumstantial evi dence—a chain oefacts—which will be presented to you as establishing by presumptive evidence the guilt of the prisoner. That sort of evidence, gentlemen, is not only proper, and legal, and allowable, but in some respects perhaps it may be considered as a firmer basis upon which to come to a conclusion than 'simply the direct evidence of a witness who has witnessed the fact. A wit ness may be deceived, or may err,or may desire to deceive, but a long train pr chain of circumstances or facts, ie-tab , fished by thee f testimony of a number of witnesses, all tending to furnish the same conclusion and to lead to the same ultimate inferences, must not only from the number of witnesses whose ctedit . is committed, but also from the:wider range and nature of the examina tion, give a greater opportunity of a full and ample in vestigatien of the case; and of any defence that may arise in the face of the proceeding. You are placed under great difficulty, for, although this is a case of the nature I have mentioned, you will not have the benefit of hear log the statement of counsel upon the circumstances by which the case is to be made out ; you will not haveithe means from the informations—for they are not to go up to you—of knowing what are the particulars of the case, or the order in vvhichyou should examine into these parti culars, and therefore it has occurred to me to make afew observations merely to the extent of suggesting to you the order in which it appears to me convenient for you to enter upon and pursue the investigation of this case. The first and most earnest observation I should make to you is, that you will divest your minds of everything that you may have heard or read respecting this charge. No evidence will be tendered to you which will not be legal and proper for you to receive, and if through inadver tence or any other cause evidence may have crept into the case from any former stage of it upon which any question could be raised, that evidence will not be ten dered to you. The course which, as it strikes me, is proper for you to pursue is to begin by ascertaining, in the first instance, the condition of the case, en as to as certain whether the death of the deceased party was caused by violence, and the nature of the violence as tending to indicate by the assistance of competent judges on that point the nature of the weapons by which the violence was inflicted ; for in the progress of the case it may be of the utmost importance that yoo should be apprised beforehaiid that probable evidence of the nature of the weapon by which the crime was committed, if tending more or less to bring the prisoner into connection with these weapons,;is one of the circumstances or matters of tact in the chain of circumstances most material for your consideration. Having ascertained the cause of the death of the deceased, and the manner of it, and the important matter of identification that I have alluded to, you will then, I think, properly proceed to a-icertain the persons who last saw the decevsed alive. They will, of course, be produced before you. They will give you an opportunity of fixing' a point of time most material. And then, gereleuntm, I think the next important Font to which your attention should be directed is the ways of access to the room where the deceased was found„ and the ways of escape from that room. That it is reasonable to expect may be a very important con sideration in the progress of the case. It wilt become very important with respect to the prisoner. 'lt may appear to you (I am merely putting the case hypotheti cally, for you will take the evidence of the witnesses as it appears to yourselves) necessary to ascertain whether these were not means by which other persons—stran gers—may have approacscd to or may have escaped from that room, so as not to fix your attention on any one, and to say that you will exclude from your consideration the possibility of other ways of approach or escape. You will next direct your atten tion to the property that may be brought before you as having been found in or taken from the room at the time of the murder. The identification of the body will be one of the facts requiring your careful consideration, as will also be the circumstance under which it was found in a particular place, and everything relating to the con dition in which it was so found, as tending to bring it more or less in connexion with the prisoner. You will confine t'le witnesses to the matters of fact. You will not receive from them inferences or auspicious ; it will be ter yourselves to draw the inferences from the facts that will be proved before you. There will also be pro duced to you weapons alleged to have been used in the commission of the crime, and you will attentively con sider as material any evidence that may tend to bring them more or less in connexion with the prisoner. When you have ascertained, by satisfactory evidence, these various circumstances upon which you will found your inferences, it will be for you to say whether these circumstances, all taken together, do fur nish enough of proof. in your minds satisfactorily to repel the presumption of innocence to which every pri soner is entitled. The law presumes every man to be innocent, and you must do all in this seise until the presumption is satisfactorily removed by a chain of evi deuce repelling that presumption of innccence. But, if upon a consideration of all the facts and circumstances, your judgments and consciences are led to the convic tion of the guilt of the accused, you are not only allowed by law, but you are bound by your oaths, to find true bills. "At five minutes to 4 o'clock the city grand jury came into court, and the foreman announced that they had found a true bill against James Spollen for the murder of Mr. Little. _ . " Spolien was immediately afterwards placed in the dock for the purpose of being formally arraigned. In stead of the working man's attire which he wore when undergoing the preliminary examination before the magistrat-, he was dresred in a blue frock coat i dark vest and trousers, and altogether presented a very neat and clean appearance. He advanced rapidly to the bar of the dock, looked steadily t wards the bench for a short time, and then glanced somewhat hurriedly round that section of the court which was in front of him, but did not, during the short time he remained in court, betray any symptoms of uneasiness. • " The Clerk of the Crown then formally indicted him for having on the 3d of November, 1856, at the Broad stone, wilfully murdered George Samuel Little, and asked him if be were guilty or not ? " The prisoner, in a low but perfectly audible voice, replied Not G.iilty.' " Cleak of the Crown.- 7 A re you ready for your trial ? " Prisoner.—Yes, Sir." After some discussion, it was arranged that the trial should commence at the sitting of the Court on Friday: " Mr. Curran.—l have now to apply to your lordships that the sheriff may be allowed to give us a copy of the panel. I understand there isa very large panel summoned. We have information that certain gentlemen expressed such opinions on the case as would be a ground for challenging them, and the object of the application is to facilitate the selection of a jury. " Mr. Corballis said there could be no objection to allowing any one aoting for the prisoner to inspect the panel in the sheriff's office, but that it was an unusual application to ask to have a copy furnished. " The Chief Justice remarked that he did not see the difference between allowing a party to go into the office to get a copy for hini,elf and furnishing it to him. "It was then directed by the Court that the parties representing the prisoner should have liberty to inspect the panel and take a copy of it. "The Right Hon. the Attorney-General entered the Court-house in undress while the grand juries were being sworn, and occupied a seat on the register's bench dur ing the charge of the Lord Chief Justice. The prisoner was then removed." EXTRAORDINARY DOUBLE CABE OF BIGAMY.—At the Wakefiel 1 petty sessions, on Yleuday, a man named Pease, a cottage and farm labourer at Horbury, near Wakefield, was charged with having neglected to pro vide for his wife, sheaherafty becoming chargeable to the township of.Horbury. Mr. Barrat, who appeared for the defendant, put the wife, Sarah Pease, under a sever, crone-examination, from which it appeared that 14 years ago she left her husband and went to America, taking with her a considerable sum of money, wearing apparel, and other articles—in fact, She had stripped the man. Subsequently, the husband heating she was dead, mar ried again ; but soon afterwards he beard that she bad written letters to friends in England, in one of which (produced) she sail she was married to a man in New Yorknamed R-te, and s i gn ed herself Sarah Rae." Nothi io ng more was heard of her till a few days ago, whet she presented herself at Pease'a house in Horbury, and prat, rred her claim as his lawful wife. Both Pease and his sccond,wife objected to recognise her claim, and ate subsequently threw Lerielf on the parish. During the evidence a:e denied the authentici!y of the letter pro duced ; but acknowledged, after great hesitation and a barefaced attempt to evade the questions of the attor ney, that she had lived with Rae in New York, and bad had a chill by him, but denied having been married to him. The magistrate doubted the truth of her latter assertion, but said that, even supposing it was true, the law said that if it were proved that the wife bad com mitted adultery, the husband was not liable to mai n taiu her. According - to her own aeknowled• meet, she bad been living with the man Rae, and, as cording to her letter, she bad been married to him The case must therefore be dismissed. At the conclusiot of the hearing there was a " scene" outside the court house between the friends of the two wives, those of tie first expressing their determination to have Pease appre heeded on a charge of bigamy. An intimation to that effect having been given to the magistrates' clerk, h e said if a warrant were app4ed for be would advise the magistrates to refuse it. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTER,N RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held this afternoon at the company's offices, Waterloo Station, Waterloo-road—Mr. Chaplin in the chair. The report and accounts already published were taken as read. There was a very thin attendance—less than wo ever recollect to have seen at the meetings of this company. The CHAIRMAN said that the dividends for the hat five years had shown progress, and it was to be regretted there had been a change this year in that respect ; but it Arose from exceptional causes. The amount re ceived in 1856 for the conveyance of troops, and also the public to witness the naval review, was 36,500/ , and that put against the apparent deficiency of the traffic this half•year would give a balance in favour of the com pany of 21,0001. in reference to the year 1855. In July, 1856, 8,2761. was received alone for the convey. ance of troops, which would also account for the • decrease in the traffic shown this half-year. He yet hved they would be able redeem the pa , t, and show a satisfactory result for the current year. The report stated that the company had pa• Fed through its Parliamentary struggle unscathed, and he assured the meeting that they were free from aggression both on the east and west. The hon. gentleman then entered into the details connected with the Parliamentary pro• ceedings In reference to this and the competing com panies, and in conclusion congratulated the meeting on the satisfactory state of the traffic and the engineer's re• port relative to the state of the line and the rolling stock. He moved the reception and adoption of the report. Mr. TILOBALD seconded the motion. Mr. HERAPATEE refer►ed to the arrangements made with the London and Brighton Company. It appeared to him that though the two companies appeared to be on friendly terms, they, in fact, looked upon each other like dog and cat, from each considering the other had in vaded their territories. He urged the necessity of friendly relations between the two companies. - Mr. TITS, 1V1.P., addr-ssed the meeting in favour of the arrangement with the Brighton Railway Company, With regard to the Wimbledon 'and Croydon lines. -He expressed his confidence in the working of the line, and had no doubt the dividend would again rise. He was a large shareholder, and had no intention of disposing of any of hls stock. Mr. HERATATII said that he had been informed that this company intended to go to Brighton. He expressed a hope that such was not the case. The CHAIRMAN said such was not the case. Mr. HERAPATEI said he should be sorry to see this company go to Brighton, or the Brighton. Company go to Southampton. The report was then unanimously agreed to. The resolution declaring the dividend at 'the rate of 4/. 15s. for the year was also unanimously agreed to. The arrangements proposed with the London, Bright - m, and South Coast, and Wimbledon and Croy don Railway Companies, respecting the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway, and also agreements with the Salis bury and Yeovil and Salisbury Market-house and Rail way C )mpanies, were submitted to the consideration of the meeting and agreed to. Oa the motion of Mr. MORTIMER (director), seconded by Mr. HERAPATH, it was resolved that the fire insurance of the company should be increased from 1,2001. to 24,0001. A vote of tbanks to the chairman and directors ter minated the proceedings. NEW SOUTH WESTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held this afternoon, at the Watertio Railway-station, Waterloo road ; Mr. Lacey in the chair. The report and accounts were then read by the Secretary, and agreed to. The guaranteed dividend of 5 per cent, per annum was declared, and the meeting► separated. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress left Paris this morn ing for Havre and Usborne. Their Majesties arrived at Havre before five o'clock. The Countess de Morny, says the _Nord of Brus sell, is at present in an interesting situation. The sums paid into the Paris savings bank last week amounted to 533,358 fr. from 6,921 deposi tors, of whom 1,471 were new, and the reimburse ments to 447,565 fr. At six o'clock yesterday morning the thermome ter of M. Chevalier stood at 21 5-10ths Centigrade (70 2-3ds. Fahrenheit) ; at noon at 33 5-10ths C. (92 1-3 d F.); and at two at 35 4-10ths C. (95 F.) The widow of Roustan, the well-known Mame luke of the Emperor Napoleon 1., has just expired at Versailles, at a very advanced age. BOURSE, Aug. s.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. it. c. End of Month: 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 66 85 67 15 Bank Shares 2,803 Credit Foncier 550 Credit Mobilier 962 50 Roman Do. Account 961 25 Austrian Belgian 44 Piedmontese (5) 9O -- Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. tr. c. tr C. Orleans 1,450 Western Northern - Lyons . 925 -- New Ditto editerranean — Grand Central 6 — Geneva - Midi SWITZERLAND. The National Council of Switzerland has just voted by a majority of one—the casting vote of the President—the guarantee of the Constitution of Fribourg, subject to the conditions already adopted by the Council of the States. The Swiss Minister at the Court of the Tuileries before his departure informed his Government that the Imperial committee for the execution of the will of Napoleon I. has established three categorie s of foreiqn soldiers having claims under it, viz.: 1, the legionaries of the empire ; 2, those who have undergone amputation ; 3, those who can prove their having had dangerous wound; including those who are 80 years of age. The first-class comprises 29 Swiss ; the 2d, six, and the 3d, twenty. Their respective shares are to be paid by the French Le gation at Berne. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States' Steamer Arago, Captain Lines, arrived oil Cowe3 this morning. She has brought New York advices to the 25th ult. The Arago brought 122 passengers, 4,200 bushels of wheat, and 985,000 dollars in specie, of which 224,000 dollars are for England. The steamship Asia, from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the 24th. All is quiet at Kansas. News from the Great Salt Lake City to the 2nd ult. The Indians were friendly, and the territory quiet. _ _ _ The sales of cotton at New York on the 24th were confined to about 400 to 500 bales, at full prices. The market closed firm. Flour was without change of moment in prices, while there was a fair local and eostern demand, with moderate sales. Sales of wheat were confined to Chicago spring, at 1 dol. 40c., and Milwaukie was reported at 1 dol. 50c. to 1 dol. 52c. New southern wheat continued to arrive, and new North Carolina red sold at 1 dol. 85c., and white ditto at 1 dol: 90c. New Tenessee red at 1 dol. 85c., and white ditto at 1 dol. 95c. Corn was firmer, with sales of Western mixed, at 87c. to 811 c. ; and Southern yellow at 92c. Pork was steady, but less active, with sales of mess, in lots, at 24 dols. to 24 dols. 25c. The sales of sugars embraced about 700 to 800 hogsheads, rates ranging 810. to 104. c. Coffee was firm, with sales of Rio at l.lc. to 111-c., and 10:4c. for export, and Marcaibo at 124 c. to il2le. There has :seen a movement in rice, and the sales within a few days comprised nearly all in market. The sales reached about 3,000 casks, mostly on private terms, with half to one.third taken for export ; they in cluded 300 tierces, at 44c. to 5/c. Fair to prima lots were afterwards sold at 5,1 c. to sc. Freights were inactive, and rates unchanged. Among the engagements were 4,000 bushels of wheat, in ships' bags, for Liverpool, at 3d., and oil-cake to London at 12s. 61 In the money market stocks generally were lower. At the first board there was a good deal of activity, but sellers were out in greater numbers and put forth contracts more freely. Pennsylvania Coal declined 1 per cent. ; New York Cen tral, 1-6th ; Erie, ; Michigan, Southern, 4; ditto, Preferred, 2 ; Galena and Chicago, 1 ; Cleve land, Columbus, and Cincinnati, ; Chicago and Rock Island, A ; Milwaukie and Mississippi, ; La Crosse and Milwaukie, 11. The decline was universal. Nothing on the list improved. At the second board there was quite a spirited upward movement on a very small business. New Yoik Central advanced 2 per cent. ; Reading, 1/ ; Mi chigaal. Southern, 2 ; Cleveland and Toledo, - . 4 to ; DEATH OF BISHOP BLOAITIELD. We regret to have to announce the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Blomfield, the ex• Bishop of London, which took place at Fulham, at 10 minutes after 5 last night A few days since he was seized with an epileptic attack of so serious a character that his relatives and friends despaired of his recovery. His lordship was surrounded by his relatives and intimate friends at the time of his dissolution. Dr. Blomfield was Bishop of London from 1821 to 1856, having been translated from Chester, of which he was bishop four years. His lordship continued to hold the deanery of the Chapels Royal up the time of his death, the appointment, by the expressed wish of her Majesty, having been retained by DriThomfield when he retired from the supervision of the metropolitan see. The bishop was born in 1786. PARLIAMENT ARY DI VISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Aua. 5. LEASES AND SALE 3 OF SETTLED ESTATES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. _ _ Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question (4th August), " That the bill be now read a second time." Question again propose d :—D ebate resumed :—Amendme nt proposed, to leave out the w ord " no v," at the end of the Question n n tpouta,""tThheawt theords " upon this day th roe mou th s. " word ' now' stand part of the Question." The house divided : Ayes, 77 ; Noes, 59, AYES-77. Adams, W. Graham, Sir J Palmer, Robed Antrobus, E. Gray, Captain Peel, Gen. Baring, Sir F. Hamilton, Lord C. Perry, Sir E. Bernard, W. nay, Lord J. Pevensey, viscount Beach, W. Holland, E. Ramsden, Sir J. Beecroft, G.l Hodwood, John Ramsay, Sir A. Biggs, J. Ilornb ••, W. Ridley, G. Bonham-Carter,J. llotham, Lord Smith, Sir F. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Ingham , R. Spooner, R. Buchanan, W. Ingrain, H. Steuart, Andrew Buller, Sir J. Kelly, Sir F. Sturt, C. Butler, C. Kershaw, J. Tancred, H. Cardwell, E. La , lett, W. Trefusis, C. Clifford, C. C. Leslie, C. P. '1 relawny, Sir J. Collins, P. Levinge, Sir R. Vamdttart. W. Colville, C. R. Lewis, Sir G. C. Waddington, 11. Coningirtna, W. Lopes, Sir. It. Western, S. Davey, IL Luce, T. Whitmore, 11. Dodson, J. Lygon, Hon. F. Wickham, 11. W. Dunbar, Sir W. Macartney, G. Williams, Sir W Ellis, Hon. L. Manners, Lord J. Willoughby, Sir 11. Evans, T. W. Marsh, M. Wilson, J Fitzroy, Hon. H. Massey, W. Wynn, John Arthur • Foster, W. Miner, s. Is - Fortescue, C. Napier, J. French, Col. Norreys, Sir D. Gard, It. North, Col. J. TELLERS. Whiteside, J. Malths, R. NOES-59. Anderson, Sir J. Ilayter, W. Pugh, D. Barrow, W. Henley, J. Puller, C. Brady, J. Hope, A. Roebuck, J. Brlsci,e, John llorstall, T. B. Scott, Capt, Duller, J. W. Hutt, W. Sheridan, H. Butt. I. dervoise, Sir J. Smith, A. Byng, G. King, E. Stapleton, J. Caird, James Kirk, W. Sullivan, Michael Cheetham, John Knatchbull-Hugessan Thompson, Gen. Clay, James Lindsay, W. Thornely, T. Cobbett, J. M. Maguire, J. Ti te, W. De Vere, S. Melgund, Viscount Tram» m, C. Dunlop, A. Morris, 1). Turner, J. A. Evans, Sir De Lacy Mulgrave, Earl Westhead, J. Foley, U. B O'Brien, P. White, J. Grenfell, C. l'aget, Lord A. Williams, W. Griffith, C. Pcehell, Sir 0. Wise, J. Ow uey, J. Philipps, It. Hackblock, W. raking ton, J. Hadfield, O. Platt, James Harris, J. . Powell, F TELLEII9. Buxton, Sir E.N. Grosvenor, Ld. E. SLIOCKING OCCURRENCE AT GLASGOW. —Y esterday (Monday) morning, before six o'clock, two police officers in the Northern District were accosted by a woman, who told them that she had murdered her child, and bade them come to her house and she would sh iyv it to them. The woman, whose name is Ellen Primrose or Westcott, and who is the wife of Richard Westcott, a seaman, presently at sea, led the way to her house in Dobbie's loan, on entering which they found her statement to be too tru^. An infant, three weeks old, Jane Westcott, was discovered with its throat cut, and the razor with which the frightful gash had been kflicted was found lying under the bed, with marks of blood on the blade. Dr. anigan was sent for, and was in immediate attend ance ; but his services were of little avail, as the wind- pipe was cut quits through, and the child died shortly after. The mother was taken to the Northern Police ,fee, and from thence to the County-buildings, where she was examined before Mr. Sheriff Smith ; and, not baying been considered in a sane state, she was Com mitted, in the meantime, under the Lunacy Statute, to the Asylum at Gartnavel.—Olasgozo Daily Mail. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK-IN RE CAMERON. APPLICATION FOR DISCNARGE.-Mr. Bagley said that be appeared on behalf of Mr. Hugh Inues Cameron to apply for his discharge out of custody. He stated that the petition was filed on the 23d June. The bankrupt surrendered on the 25th, and assignees were chosen on the 16th July, and the bankrupt received protection up to the 30th of this month. He was, however, at that time, in custody in default of bail, which be had been required to put in to answer certain criminal proceedings instituted against him by her Majesty's Attorney-General. He had now obtained bail, but was still held in custody on an attachment at the suit of Mr. Harding, the official manager of the Royal British Bank —the attachment however was not lodged until after the bankrupt had obtained his protection, and he was there fore entitled to his immediate discharge. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said that the applica tion was unnecessary, but having been made he did no see bow it could be refused, but there was no doubt he would have been released. His Honour asked for the copy of causes, showing at whose suit the bankrupt was detained. Mr. Bagley said the officer had not brought them with him. His Honour said he wou:d make the order when they were put before him. The order will be drawn up in the course of the day. Iti E BROWN. An application was also made for the discharge of Mr. Humphrey Brown from custody. His Honour declined hearing the case till the meeting for the choice of assignees, which is appointed for Fri• day ncxc•. MARKET N E WS.--(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended; Aug. 6, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperia'. Quarter. !WHEAT I scl BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 50s 8d 38s 28s 7d 39s 5d 46s 5d 41s ld THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES, WSEAT I BARLEY OATS , I RYE I BEANS plus 62s 5d 38s ld 27s 8d 41s 6d 45s 8d 43s 5d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 64,567; barley, 783; oats, 3,326; rye, 28; beans 3,103 ; peas, 450 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATN AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally ruled inactive, at our quotations :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 2s 10.1 to 4s 61; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s ld ; Pork, 3s 61 to 4s 61 per 81bs, to sink the offal. • SOUTHALL, Aug. s.—To-day's market was fairly sup plied with each kind of stock, and the trade generally ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s 6,1; Mutton, 35 4d to 4s 101; Lamb, 4s 81 to 5s 101; Veal, 4e Od to 456 d; Pork, 4s Od to 4s 6:1 per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROHFORD, A ug. s.—We hal a fair demand for stock, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s 61 ; Mutton, 38 41 to 5s Od; Lamb, 5s 01 to 6s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 61 : Pcrk, 3s 81 to 4s 6d per 81bs ; Suckling Cams, 22s to 28s each; HAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 21 103 to 4/ Os; new do., k/ 15s to 4/ Os; old clover, Os to 51 103; new do., 4/ Os to 4/ 153; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ lYa per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 2/ 15a to 4/ 4s ; new do., 3/ Os to 4/ Os; old clover, 4/ Os to 5/ ss; new do., 3/ Os to 41 15s; and straw, 11 7s to 1112 s per load. A. fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 03 ; new do., 31 03 to 3/ 154 • old clover, 4/ Os to 51 lOs ; new to., 31 lOs to 4/ 15s; and straw, 1/ 03 to 11 lOs per load. Trade firm. - DIFFICULTIES IN TURKEY. The change of Ministry has not yet led to any solution of the diplomatic disputes existing. aG Constantinople. The new Cabinet has 'offered to summon to Constantinople the liaimacanS of Wal lachia and Moldavia, to hear from their own lips their accounts of the recent voting in the Principall des. This proposal was declined on Tuesday last by M. Thouveuel, who haughtily termed it " un refus cidrisoire" of his demand. Unless the whole of the recent proceedings are annulled, he threatens with the Russian Ambassador, to leave Constanti nople ; and he is countenanced in this, we regret to say, by the representatives of Prussia and Sat" The Ambassador of England, and the Austrian Internuncio take totally opposite views, and 'deplore this rough treAment of the Porte, which is calcUlated in its effect to injure the best in i;erests and to compromise the stability, of th? Ottoman Empire ; wh.lst in its overbearing an d rude hostility, it out-Menschikoffs Menschikoff.' horning Post. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, August s.—Great flatness as again come over this market, and buyers will not a c ' xcept at a further reduction cf is and is 61 per cwt . / even at this reduction extreme caution is manifested, and the :ales for the week do not exceed 200 hhds. Ru 13113 are quiet. 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