The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

Mgi9 7 I\'r! ~. CITY, Two o'CLocE noLiverpool ootton Market yesterday closed , 1111 Y, and with an improving tendency, at pre ","llls rates. The sales amounted to 15,000 bal e s , ;> O OO of whi c h were taken on speculation, and 1 , 000 "'export. The Railway Share Market closed without animation, and prices of all descriptions of et()ck were a shade lower. The public sales of colonial wool are drawing to l ea°B e) and, notwithstanding a considerable : I t ! has bee n di s posed of, the competition amo n g in.english and foreign buyers continues exceed ° gAi Y keen. Manufacturers both here and on the at u titinent mu s t have had very small s tocks on hand, 41erwisa the high prices, the dearne ss of mone y , end t he quiet state of trade, would no doubt have ranted th em to limit their purchases. The ad 141oe establi s hed at the commencement of the s eries I.la s not on l y b een ma intained, but during the last m ays a slight additional improvement has taken Pl This day a meeting of the Northern Counties u nion Company was held at the London Tavern. u r. Middleton took the chair, when a report was 'aid before the meeting, showing a balance in hand ! i f 9 )371/.145. 9d. , besides a sum of 7,875 1 . due from the Leeds Northern Company, against whom legal Proceedings were now being taken. h inl-roved condition of the weather seems to dissipated the fears produced at the close of 444 week by the storms which then prevailed, t e t a Peeially as the corn market is rather less buoyant 4 1 on Monday. Notwithstanding considerable d ama• ge may have been done in certain districts, it 18 believed that the result of the harvest will prove ex • ceedingly satisfactory. This is naturally a sub 3eet which ent ers i n t ) the consideration of all per bells interested in the progress of the money market, b ecause the greater the deficiency in the yield th e lore shall 'we have to depend upon foreign ; °ll etries for supplies, which must chiefly be paid ° ritt specie. Judging from the accounts received (real all parts of the world the crops are decidedly 1 11 °re satisfactory than for many years past, and as , 11 krnerica and perhaps on the Continent t here is 1 1 Ik elY to be a surplus over the amount required for T i sumption, the high prices ruling here will no 4 , ° , 11 4 attract large quantities, and so cause some ught reduction in Mark Lane. to, The official returns of the trade of France for the : 11t h of July are as satisfactory as could be e°eeted, considering the dearness of money and b dull state of most of the foreign markets. 111 : I ng that period the import duties amounted to 16 )„,‘ ,, ° 6 ,7901. against 16,490,497 f. in the same pe °' of 1 856. The reduction was apparent in coffee, ,0 colonial sugar, cotton and wool, oil, tallow, ir°; and raw silk; but there was an increased 44 PPIY of foreign sugar, linseed, indigo, dm. Th. e ar ticles t a bl es show an augmen t a ti on i n a lmost all of manufacture. The steamer Jura has arrived at Southampton wi 40 ,000/. in Australian gold, recently received S uez by the Simla. ~be steamer Simla left Suez with the English mailsuly .tz of the 16th July for Australia on the 26th The Market for English Securities continues h ea '''Y) and a further decline of 8 to 4 per cent. has 7 e urred. There is no business of importance in pro gress, an d th e mar k e t i s suffering as mll ° l l from the absence of dealing as anything ei,tl e• After the late excitement, however, it Is °°l 3' natural that a temporary pause should ensue. n 'ksols for transfer have been 91* I, and 91 * ; A line for account they are 918 4. The New 3 Der Cents. have been dealt in at 91 i ; and the rdueed, 91i Bank Stock is 214 to 215 ; and dia Bonds are marked 18 s. dis. ; Excheq uer Bills e w_ par. Foreign Stocks are still very inactive, and rather It eaker. T ur ki s h 6 per C en t s . have receded to 94a ii and the present price is 94i i. Spanish 3 per y enta. have been 40, Do. Deferred 25k, Sardinian Bgi 4 , k, IL, and Russi a n 5 per Cents. 1121. Mexican 'wick is 221. The foll ow i ng are t h e nom i na l pr i ces o f F ore i gn °°)l E 4 : -Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 61 ; Mexican 3 ` t eer Cent s , 221 A ; P eruv i an 4/ per Cents. 81 83 ; : 1 3 3 per Cent s ., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 2 45 1 ; Russian 5 per Cants., 112 114 ; ditto 4 1 r o ,oents., 97 99 ; Sp an i s h 3 per Cents., 40 4 01 ; . Certificates, 51 6f ; do. Passive, 51 6j. The last w ee k' s ra ilway receipts, ascertained up to t his day, are in round figures as under :- 1857. 1856. N at ° •,„0 Western £33, 6 53 £ 31 , 822 .•,+,,.rtla - Western 45','Oton kidi and SO4.slLtho-Eastern 32,747 31,615 24,234 24,942 q ''°Q man teat Northern Lancashirer and Yorkshire . 27,805 25,878 f.italtol and Exeter 7,468 7,405 k; 11 liter and Holyhead Last Lancashire L an _ . 1 , 4 'ashire and Carlisle 7,830 7,405 vonchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,827 10,030 "i rth S tafford Iz ur tl-Eastern - 6 3, 7 th London 2,550 2,305 S ci rd, Worcester, and Wolver.... 5,790 3,936 °nth wet, _ Devon - 1 1 _,,,t Hartlepool cr i a4 illrt and Ballymena 1,391 1,034 S w Pw and South-Westein ttish North-Eastern 6Grand Trunk of Canada 8,707 5,063 e i" Western of Canada 6.969 7,880 No rthern of France : Ve il' little business has been done in the Rail - Wad Share Market this morning, and the few bar reills reported have, in most instanc es, been at w er rates. Great Westerns have decline d 15s. t f... riiciiziti gh a tons 1.1. Lancashire and Yorkshire i 7 and and North-E astern A ork 4. The Foreign Coloni a l un d erta ki ngs h ave a l s o been flat. Paris and Lyons have receded ss. Norther n of France 58., awl East Indian about 10 s. Gran d Trunk of Canada advanced about 11., and Great "extern of Canada and Great Indian Peninsula Were steady. Mining shares are quiet. Wheal Trelawney ftre dealt in at 25, North Wheal Bassett at 28a, St. 3 ° lll lRel Roy at 1.21121, and Santiago de Juba 21. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are alialost at nominal rates. London and County have re ceded to 291. National Provident of England are at 78, and Oriental Bank at 364. Peninsular and Oriental Steam are steady at 681 69, and South Australian Land improved to 33. aITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (.Front the Official List:l Business done. Funk Stock Cent. Reduced t Anunitlas 3 per Cent. Console Annaities 9l 1 * sol 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities L )dg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 50 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lBh 1-16 India Stock Ia i:100 ';itto, under £lOOO C n.sols ircnm t Za duper ~ 18 ~ d 1 par 3 4 d 4.1.13.. t., IWO lp 8 .1111 . Vxcbequer Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent Duo, LSS9 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. aulth Bonds, 3 pe t Cent., 1825 Staxican 6 per Cent - Litt° Account 2211 B , usaian Bonds, 1822, il St., 5 per Cent ll'4, Budinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. . 894 a i SD , niq k Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account lO • Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Con'. bitto Account 2sa 87 ,nisti 4)ommittoe Cart, of Coup. net fun 6 A T arkibb Bonds, 6 per cent .. — Ditto Account . . 94a Ditto Guaranteed, 1 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. 7HREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money • • ...... 9O& 1 Consols for account, September 9 THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.—The Official Gazette of the Two Sicilies states that the two streams of lava, which had been for some time slowly rolling down hip Mount Vesuvius, have stopped their course from want of aliment from their craters, but that a third crater has opened nigher up, which emits stone and ashes. A meeting of the East Indian Ir on Com p an y was to have been held yesterday, but there was no attendance of ahareholderi. The report issued is not invourable, °wino: to unlooked-for, but it is hoped, temporary casualties. `rue Italian company, from the Lyceum (Royal Italian Opera), with Madame Ristori at their head, gave last evening, at the Theatre Royal, M anc hester, the first of four pertormanoes. The play was " Macbeth." g. Bost. & Eastn. June. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct...... Blackburn 13lyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol Caledonian.... Chester. & Holyhead Cork and 8and0n...., Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. I Do. B 51 - I 5i 8i - 9 67 - 69 7i - 8i 88 90 78a 79 35 -- 36 •• --- •• 4 - • 5 45 Dublin&BelfastJuno. all Dun. P. dilber.June 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties.. 100 EasternUnion,A.s tk 100 Do., do. B. 8i Do. New 17i East Kent •••-•••• 100 East Lancashire all East Suffolk 4 Do. - 10 20 - - 11$ 31 - 34 48 - 51 17 - 18 5 1 ,6 - 97 ii i :: oi3 A lEd inbm•gh & Glasgow 0 all idinb. and Peebles... t. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 0 all Forthsandelydaunc. t. 100 Furness it. 100 Glasgow & S.Western .0 all Great N. of Scotland ;t. 100 Great Northern ...... ii = iii 101 -- 103 ' 8 -7. 9 97 -- 98 90 -- 92 121 -- , 123 103 -- 105 53 -53 i 63 -- 65 1. 100 Do.; A. Stock 't. 'lOO ,Do. , B. Stock 100 'Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) 100 IGreatWcstern. 100 !Do. Str.V.R. gua.St all 'lrish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle. 14F 0., Thirds 12 o. New Thirds _ 100 Laneash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport...... .all London & Bla.ckwall 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. Fifths all D0.,161.5ii.,M&8 0 5 Do. Eighths 100 Loudon & S.Wsatern all Lndndrry.&Coleraine! all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 H a nch.Slief.&Lincln.! 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland 100 ,Do. Birming. DerbT all Midland O. West. (Ir. ) all Do. i Shares ..... all Newcastle & Carlisle.. all Newpt.Aberg.dalrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 3:!!, Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ...... 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock . 100 N.Eastern --Berwick all Do. do. Extension 16/ !Do do. G. N.E. Purch. all Do. Leeds 100 I Do. York 100 North London 31.1 IN. & S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn 17 I North Staffordshire all I North Western all I N. & S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 !Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 ,Scot. N.E.Abrdn.St 100 IShropsliire Union 6 !Sitingbourne &Sheer. all !South Devon 100 ' ,South Eastern all 'Do. 4. pen . Shares 100 ISouth Wales all 18. Yorksh. River Dun 10 all Stainas,Wok.,&Wok. all !Stockton & 15 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16 I Stockton & Ilartlepl - 75 6 - 8P 6- 8 P 99 -99 i - 61 104 - 306 102 - 1021 ad 1 941 95.12 40 - :ii 831 -84 i 55A - 56 fii z 15 63 - 65 34 - 3,1. 1 45A - 46; 95 96 23/ 241 21 lea 45 46 73 79 95 97 4* - 3i 7 - 8 10 - 32 - 33 6 - 101 - 106 24 - 25 48 - 50 3 - 2 .i 16A -17 i 72 - 73 S 5 - 14i-1;54 9 -- 40 -- St. 100 Taff Vale St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R 20 all Vale of Neath 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 50 all Waterford&Limerick 20 all West Coinwall 10 all West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all Do. A 5 all Do. B 20 all West London 10 all Do. First Class 20 all Do. Second Class 10 all Wmbledon&Croydou 21i - 22 34 - 4 7 - 9 3 - 3 54- 5i BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 all Atlan. and St. Law. ... 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 4 d par 18 all Do 204 104 Buffalo 41; Lake Hnr. 4 00 100 Buff., Brut& Godch. fss .00 100 6 p.c.bds., l Au g. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 85 ,0 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 85 O 2s. Calcutta and S. East. O 25541 Central Oude (Lim.) O lOs Ceylon A shares ;0 1 Do. B. dc .74 all Demerara . l 0 2s. Eastern Bengal 4. 100 East Indian 30 15 Do. C Shares ...... O all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.; s 7 O all Do. do. do., '59, do. O all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. —. 20/ — ' 2o i M. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 50 52 )0 all Do. 6p. c. Behan._ 85 87 :0 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. 19§ 19/1 ?A) 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. p 104 all - Gt. Westin. of Canada 21 214 .104 104 Do. New DO 2 all Do. Bds., payable '57 p 99 101 DO all Do. do., 76, p. '6o._ 105 110 DO all Do. do., ' 73 , do . 00 all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 44 p.c A all Do. do., 5 per c. ;0 10 Do. 4 / p. c. Exten. N) 5 Do. 341 Ex., g. sp.c. :0 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 10 ss. Oude (Limited) tO 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per e ?.0 all Do ••• .... ••• li -111 100 101-, d -- par 106 108 18 19 19} 20 14 d Par d— pari :iii; FOR: rIGN. it e n n a e Belgianrztw r P al ie l . s a Ardennesut&Eor Rotterdaml.:i.sj Toulouse n s s a c . . Coal Mines and Ry. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons gr, Mediterran. Maria Ante is Do. New Namur at Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrnk.Pre Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reeife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frasmti.. Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 3 / 4 per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5) per c. Pref W. &N.W. of France ('Western of Austria... West. of Switzerland (Wiesbaden cent pref. IZeal.ant JOINT-S' ~~l,i. St. St. St. 25 10 all 20 18 5 an 20 16 6 an O 12 11 Kl# all 10 all 2s. . ) .0 18 ?,0 all 10 4 N all 20 all 20 6 5 all 20 all 20 all 33i all 10 all 20 all 20 all 16 all 10 all 20 all 20 all Po 2 5 all t 0 all L 0 all 20 all 'Bl all 10 all 20 all 20 6 20 all 6 all 6 all 20 all ••• ''''' - ai; 5 46 4al 21 27 ial _- 24}1 7 71 ", - i 4 - iai :: 27,' ..• ••• 7 n - 194 - 19 i 34 -.. 34. 35 --- 3 ° , 57 --- 59 a pM 16 - 18 1 71 - 7 7t - 264 - 26 4 - 5 9 - 274 - 284 • •• BANKS. all (Australasia __ 181,Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all Dri.Col Bk.& Ln. Co all British N. American 8 C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 50 I City 25 \ Colonial ...... . . 20 Conir nerc ial of all Eng.Scot.drAus.Cht. all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. all Ditto New ........•"' 1 20 London and County 50 Lud.&E.Bnkng.Corp 10 London joint Stock.. 20 Lond.andWestmin st. 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 Do: New ............... 22. National Bank all New South Wales... all Oriental Bank Corp. 15 Ottoman Bank . ?,5 Provinc al of Ireland all Do. New 1 ItAus.B.&G.lm.Co all South Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Union of Loudon \ ... .. 50 Unity Mutual. .50 Westrußk. of L und l2 .-; lid 87 - 89 24 - 47 - 45 li •idl (4 66 - 19 174 - 18 i 46 4 35i -36 i - ..• - ••• 33 - 3 4 51i - 52 6 - 7 S N 5 ONDON, HURS ON :IRIC_I N. \\ lydee all Col. Stour Vy. 100 B.Lin. g. 6 p.(• all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 Was. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 Do. New all Glstr.&Dn.Pr all Hull & Selby all Do. 1 Shares all Do. 1 Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon. Til., &S. 71 Do. Bark. Sh. all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock 100 Mdld. Bradfd. 51 Newmarket 13uryE.G.5pc. all N. &Est. 5 p.c. all Do. 6 per ct all Do.Fixedsp c all Prest. & Wyre all Do. Shrs. A 100 Roystn.& Hit. all Shrews.& Her all S. Staffordsh iv= ii IR = 1.65 12 12. 22i —23 i 98 100 id p 21 2i 91 92 - P 54 56 12 9 - • - 1 : 3 . 1 8 - 84 Si - 9. all 1 WearVaLg6pel 25 all Do St. 100 ,Wilts&Sorarst •••• ••• 31 - 32 86 - 88 SHA.RES. ... - ••• 89 - 91 oi 1 - 97 - il = 4 111 - 115 'll2 - 116 121 -- i 12i ••• ••• 70 - 72 ii - li'6 105 - 107 100 - 102 60 - 62 10} - INi 5i -- 6i 91 -- 93 82 - 84 83 -- 85 98 -- 100 9i -- 10 16i -171 i -- 104 68 -- 72 181 -15 i 14 -14 A 135 - 139 113 - 115 153 - 155 i - 1 64 - 66 1 1:16 -- 132 97 -- 99 87 -- 89 ii -= u. iCii --- liii - 96 - - 4 id 22 221 12 - 114 .02 - 105 ~ ... ... is I 16 221 - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 26 27 la 2ip ••• •• 21 --2 i N ('N 7IT Fic,.,l!y_ c:,LntA_ to : get an ex r Ission of sympathy and funds, Prot;iibly the Fer,eseds of the day were 47: to 51. on the *hole., A ti GUST natlV Spollen's lecture was delivered twice yesterday, morning and evening, according to ilia advertise ments, in a third-class Dublin theatre. It was can vassed pretty freely by the groups who crowded to read the placards, which appeared on the walls, whether the personal narrative would include any confession of guilt or any observations upon the mode in which the murder was committed. It was also suggested that Spollen ought to apply to the Crown SoHeapr for the instruments with which the crime was perpetrated, and for the towel found in Mr. Little's room, in order to make the shameless exhibition as complete as possible. Before 1 o'clock a number of persons assembled near the theatre in the hope of seeing the lecturer arrive, but he had already taken his place in the interior. Very few, it is pleasing to record, felt disposed to visit him there. Those who did go turned into a dingy hall, and went up a steep flight of stairs to a lobby, where, from a hole, they were desired gruffly to "pay." Within the cashier's box sat Jas. Spollen, jun., with the same offensive, repulsive expression which was ob served when at the police-office he unwittingly con firmed so much of the evidence of his sister and younger brother. Having paid ls. at this point, another flight of unpleasant stairs conducted the visitor to a sort of dirty, ill-lighted loft, almost without seats, and totally without ceiling. At one end of this wretched place were a small stage, some three feet above the floor, and a miserable attempt at a proscenium. There was no curtain, and the back scene, some four feet from where the footlights would have been, represented an impossible inte rior, gaudily painted in all tlie colours of the rain bow. Upon the stage were a ricketty table and a deal chair. Up to 1 o'clock Spollen did not appear, but might be heard behind the scenes walking stea dily to and fro. To the honour of the city be it said that scarcely 20 persons visited this miserable loft during the morning, and these were mainly com posed of the representatives of the press, of mem bers of the police force, and of two or three others who came to protest against the audacity of the man who had solicited their attendance. Shortly after the appointed time Spollen came upon the stage, holding in his hand a slip of paper. He looked furtively round for a moment, and turned a newspaper which lay upon the table over and over. In expression and bearing he was altogether unchanged since the day of his arrest, and he wore . the great-coat which he had on at the police-offio.. After a moment, he said :—" You all know the position in which I am placed. I have gone through a dreadful ordeal, it is true. Situated as 1 am, without means, you may say without character — that word character,' I think, will draw from you a degree of sympathy that any poor man may be entitled to—l need not enter into much details con nected with my present? circumstances; but my object in coming before you is for the simple pur pose of obtaining the means of leaving the country. In Dublin it would be difficult enough to obtain employment. lam burdened with a portion of my family, a young man, who is excluded now by the mother. She is determined not to do anything for him. That, you will admit, will be a great weight upon me. Of course I will not be capable of sus taining that burden without 1 obtain those means necessary for my exit from this country. I have not entered into this without very good advice, even from the mechanical portion of society, know ing that the public would cheerfully respond to give a man the means of leaving the country. I have otherwise, and in a private way, made application for a fund, but I have been totally unable to obtain it, to the degree that I require. lam not confin ing any gentleman who may think proper to the amount of admission. Any gentleman who feels anxious to volunteer further aid may do so." Having for some time proceeded in this strain, he was interrupted by a Mr. Fitzpatrick, who said he thought the citizens ought to show a good example to Ireland, for this mao, if allowed to make his speech there, and obtain money, would go to every town in the country. Spollen—That I deny. Mr. Fitzpatrick—At all events the citizens of Dublin should denounce such a thing. The place was so thin because the public ware disgusted. They would not come in to listen to this man, and he protested against him. If tbty encouraged this it would be holding out a bounty to others to--. He came there, although he had business which should have been done elsewhere. It was mon strous to allow that man to come forward, but it showed what ho was. Branded as he was, how could he dare to come before the world ? [Mr. Fitzpatrick here used some observations which, however just, were too strong for publication.] " You have," continued the indignant gentleman, addressing Spollen, who stood like marble unmoved upon the stage, " you have plenty of money, and you are able to go wherever you wish; but you had the audacity to go the other day to the other rail road to ask for employment, that you might take the opportunity" — Mr. Spollen—That I deny. Here James Spoil( n, jun.. rushed into the room, and attempted to put Mr. Fitzpatrick out. Mr. Fitzpatrick, after some further observations to the same effect, was about to leave, when Spol len, who remained calm and cool during this stormy episode, said, " Will you answer one q uestion 1" Mr. Fitzpatrick — Not a word, a nd I hope no citizen will hear you. - Spollen—Have the kindness to hear me. Now, even suppose I was the most guilty man in exist ence, would you run me into a hole to starve 3 Suppose I did commit the murder, would you starve me Mr. Fitzpatrick—Upon my word, I would run you into a hole, where you would be away from the public and the power of doing mischief. If you are employed again you will— , Spollen—That. is not a Christian feeling, at all events. Mr. Fitzpatrick—l will wait upon the Lord Mayor to say whether you cannot be put d own, and Spollen said that his ebullitio I hope no one will give you any money. Mr. Fitzpatrick having retired, was in no way Christian or feeling, but he laid h is case be fore the public. They would admit it w as a hard case. What was he to do? If he wps not encum . bored with a portion of his family he would retire to the poorhouse and eke out ex'stence in it. He would imagine it would be the object of any humane n of temper gentleman to assist him in leaving the country, and not show the feeling that Mr. Fitzpatrick bad. He then proceeded to request the press to put his case favourably to the public, and continued to say that his present step could not add to the notoriety he got during his trial. Even though he had been the guilty man, it was an awful and dr eadful thing that L a that sacred bondage of matrimony should be de stroyed by a wife. He had no mor e to say, except that his object was to appeal to theirsy pathies. A Gentleman—How do you oplain that your wife knew where the money was 7 Spollen—lt would be hard to k n ow what the police could not find out. Another Visitor—You did not say you were in nocent yet ? Spollen—Oh I always held forth my innocence. Visitor—You did not even do that in the dock. Another Visitor—Who put the m one y whore it was found 7 Did you know anything of it Spollen—Nothing whatever. Visitor—Have you a suspicion of any one Spollen—No suspicion whatever. There may be domestic faults that it would not he very right for me to enter into and explain. -- Perhaps it is better that I should hold them in silence. My position is a very severe one. Visitor—lt does not appear to annoy you much. Your conduct surpasses in audacity all'l ever heard of. I paid ls. to come in ; you ask a further sub scription ; if there is a subscription got up to buy you a rope I will give another shilling. Spollen (submisaive l y) —Of cou r se, there must be enough to leave dissenting e c n o t n i n n t g r A Gentleman You got eight sovereigns, and country. of I want barely why did you not go 7 Spollen—What would you have me to do with my son Visitor—He is as well able to work as you are. You would get out to America, at all events, for 3/. each. Spollen—Will my son get work in this count ?ry Would you want me to land in New York without a shilling in my pocket ? Take a view in every way, I would be worse off. Another Visitor—You are the coolest fellow I ever met. Spollen—Would you have me hang about the • country, amongst society 7 A little thing 3vill serve me. I have no more to say. Spollen then retired behind' the scenes and the audience withdrew. e l r A a s ttended than in the that could be construed in- In the evening, fr om six until ten, Sp ollen con might be expected, was manifested. On the tai nsomewhat morning receive xtarngoet v rh i an i t ug o pa r orntivPeatsoblthe great m a j or ity of those t c o ol a tr f a e ry eli , n t g h a e m sY whoput questions to the ranuldno was tbuttoregard as the deposi apaid whom their they shillingseo tory of a secret, probably, never to be more fully revealed. He evaded ever y attem p t to en t ra p him into a confession, and his observations had as little the character of a narrative as those reported above. He stated that be had had more than one offer to exhibit himself, but in substance and fact he thought he could make more of it himself, and he refused to give any information aste who the man was to whom he had referred in his speech after the trial. Whoa _ I LITERATURE. 18 5 7 Lit of for ss.on 'and . The age, as lie justly remarks, is admirable ground for a p et—it, events are of lasting intere-t, Ip.Ci i n art and history. Toe author is not altoge her Un w® thy of his subject though his selection of stanza and of scene some times provokes comparison with j Byron's address to the " Niobe of Nations." He complains that he has been much disappointed in the execution of his idea, and that there are some weak lines he could not dispose of. He is certainly free from the literary vanity which refuses to see its own error, but the weak lines are less objection able than the halting measure which the "needless Alexandrine" occasionally betrays him into. This is a fault which a little care would avoid, and an other of the same class is a too frequent repetition of words or epithets. This may be occasionally effective, but carried too far has quite the contrary result. The following lines exemplify this—. " Such painting as from inspiration falls, When cunning hands with cunning arts defy The death a happy thought was doomed to die. These coloured poems on the canvas rest As summer clouds on summer ocean lie, Making frish pictures in the mind that's blest With pow'r to feel so much, and then dream out the rest.'' We meet with fine thoughts clothed in vigorous language. The following lines express the idea of an artist never attaining his ideal— " The statue leaves divinity behind ; The painter never paints his golden day— Or gives rare form that in conception lay ; The Poet's thoughts ask for intenser speech ; Music's live dreams on dead harps seem to play ; Nor can the architect do more than preach : Art shows how we can climb, yet climbing never reach." That the author is not one of those ambitious poets who have more metaphors than ideas, is sufficiently proved by the prose part of the work, for we meet several original and striking sentiments in the pre face and notes. The author has a considerable share of poetic talent, and a little more care in his style, and possibly a little less ambition in his sub 7 ject, will enable him on some future occasion to produce a poem of a high order. Sinai, the Iledja; and Soudan. By James Hamil ton, author of " Wanderings in North Africa." Bentley. This volume contains the record of a tour made some time ago in the neighbourhood of the Red Sea and across the Ethiopian desert by an intelli gent and observant traveller. He tells us it is so long since he parted with these notes that he has but a confused recollection of them, but as he is sure they represented the true state of things at the time they were written, he hopes they are not unlike the truth now. The political aspect of affairs may, he remarks, have changed since they were penned, but this will probably be only a fresh source of interest to the reader in comparing the present with the past, and enabling him to trace the causes of recent events in the occurrences of that tinse. The early spring of 1854 found Mr. Hamilton ensconced in Cairo, where he had passed the winter. The opening season and the proposed departure of a friend for India induced him to leave it. This friend invited him to accompany him to Suez, and having secured another com panion for the journey, he agreed. Wishing to avoid passing twice over the same ground, they arranged to proceed from Suez to Gebel Tor by sea, and to return thence to Cairo by Cosseir and the Nile. This return route forms the subject of the narrative, and the description of places and tribes is told in a pleasant manner, enlivened by several discursive sketches and observations. The traveller saw a good deal of the Arab tribes in hi: wanderings, and was particularly struck with their simplicity and native nobility. He considers them the roost perfect of the present Eastern races. In Arabia Proper the Arab has, he tells us, successfully resisted the contamination of Turkish dominion. He groans under the op pression but does not despair. "He believes in yesterday and to-morrow, and this consoles him for to-day. He has seen the Egyptian Pha raoh and the Persian King, the Roman Emperor and Abyssinian Naja,:h swoop down down upon his lands like birds of prey, but he has seen them swept off like a cloud of locusts into the desert, leaving no trace but partial desolation easily repaired behind them. Such, be is confident, will be the near end of the Turks." The desert, he ob serves, is the stronghold of their liberty. In another place he gives an interesting record of the life of Mahomet and the progress of his creed, but while disclaiming the intolerance he satirizes, we must consider he has allowed him more than his share of praise. It must be remembered, while rendering him admiration for the idolatries he sub verted and turned from in disgust, that ha was born in the day of a happier revelation, and that he turned from the truths of Christianity to elevate himself. The author remarks that the spiritual destiny of Islam in all countries of the known world is a rapid and inevitable decay. Neverthe less, among the idolaters of Central Africa it is making progress. It is, he remarks, peculiarly adapted to the rudest races of men, but can never be the religion of a civilised nation ; " the growth of ignorance, it perishes at the approach of science." Speaking of the Koran, lie says— " When it is considered that the Koran provides for all the relations of life, that in its minuteness it pre scribes the machinery and details of the c )mmercial and civil, as well as of the religious and criminal law,—that it limits the cycle of the arts,—that it contains for the devout Mussulman the only elements of all the sciences which he may lawfully cultivate ; we may wonder, not at its tendency to confine the intellectual development of its followers, but much more that during a short period some of the arts and sciences should have fiourishediamong them. The explanation of this fleeting phenomenon seems to lie in the preponderance at the court of the Caliphs of the Persian element. The Bar !Decides and many others of the leading men under the Abbassides were of Persian origin. Bagdad, the seat of the empire, was on the borders of Persia and naturally affected by its vicinity. And it was from Bagdad that that intellectual movement went forth, a movement bitterly condemned by many orthodox contemporaries, which endowed the Caliphate with a scientific 'iterative, —Greek not native in its origin, but superior to any thing that contemporary learning could produce. But even during this exceptional period Islam was great in only one of the fine arts, architecture, and was reduced to seek to supply the want of sculpture and painting by calligraphy. The productions of this period were ad mirable, but it was of ehort duration, for it was contrary to the genius of Islam." On his road to Jidda the travellers met a ship crowded with dervishes, who were proceeding to Constantinople to offer their assistance to the Sul tan. The concluding portion of the following ex tract is very striking at the present time, when we remember it was written three years ago : "The enthusiasm for the cause of Islam is at this moment extreme in the cities of the Hedjaz ; and more than one of the pious settlers round the Howe of God has sad all that he possessed to buy arms for the equip ment of volunteers in the Holy War. France, as well as England, in the interest of their Mussulman subjects. if for no other crime, are entitled to call Russia to a severe reckoning in her unprovoked attack upon Turkey, for this revival of a fanaticism so opp used te the pro• gress of civilisation. However the struggle may ter minate, its effects can only be injurious as regards the disposition of the Asiatic moslenain towards their Chris tian masters : if, as is more than probable, justice and the rights of nations be avenged by the intervention of England and France in the contest, the result will be ascribed only to the ever-victorious arms of the Sultan ; should he succumb, it is a Christian power which has inflicted the blow, favoured by the treachery of false allies. England will not have aided him, because she is powerless against the Muscovite, whose name and whose designs are too well known on the northern frontiers of Hindostan, and the blow which strikes Constantinople will be felt at Calcutta." The journey through the desert was rather a for midable undertaking, and, unfortunately, the sup ply of water was not quite sufficient. Those in tending to pass through a desert would do well to profit by Mr. Hamilton's experience. The party unwisely objected to taking extra camels, which was, he says, "a small and a bad economy." The camel cannot carry so much in the desert, where it only drinks once in four days, as where it finds water every day; also the loss from dripping and evaporation should be allowed for, and the water should be secured in barrels, from which there is no loss or depredation. One barrel should be allowed for each person, three camels would then suffice for six persons, while the party of Mr. Hamilton were badly off with five. Though injudicious to drink much in the day, Mr. Hamilton says it should be from choice not necessity, as the fear of wanting water aggravates thirst ahnost as much as the reality. Death from thirst is very rapid in the desetr from the dryness of the air. A few days before the passage of the party, a merchant of Assuan impru dently quitted his caravan, and missing his way, was found the next day dead from thirst in sight of the Nile ! Such catastrophes aro not surprising iu an atmosphere described as follows : " To give an idea of the heat it is not enough to say that the thermometer was at 110 deg. every day from 12 to 4. This is only to say that it was four or five degrees higher than we have had it every day for the last three months. The dry heat was such that it was impossible to write two words consecutively without re dipping the pen into the ink-bottle; my india-rubber barb and sponge-bags, though protected from the action of the sun, were rendered useless ; but what will give a better idea of the temperature as judged not by the ther mometer, but by sensation is, that when at night the thermometer fell to 84 deg. the body felt the change so intensely, that a Scotch plaid was a welcome covering on camel-back, and in the tent a woollen blanket or quilt was absolutely necessary ; in the hot hours of the day, water cooled down to 75 deg. chilled the teeth as if iced." Two maps trace the traveller's route, and point out the spots described to the reader. It is not often that the traveller enters so thoroughly into the national life and character; as he himself observes, it requires a peculiar temperament to appreciate the oharni which some minds find in the East. "It possesses a fatal charm, which deprives him who has once tasted it of his zest for the more com fortable but infinitely less poetical life of Europe." This spell has been fully experienced by Mr. Hamil ton, and he contrives to invest a route, which does not include any of the great objects of general in , terest, with attraction and incident. Victoria and the Australian Gold Mines in 1857. By William Westgarth, Esq. Smith, Elder and Co. Though the author of this work professes to re present colonial life as it appears at present, his volume furnishes a complete outline of the rise and progress of the colony of Victoria. He tells us that this is the third time that he gives an account of it, baying on two previous occasions employed the leisure of a return voyage in recollections of the land he had quitted. Having to cross the line once more he resumes his accustomed task, but finds as his subject expands his time diminishes. On the first voyage, one hundred and forty days were occupied, while by mere sail propulsion the homeward passage has recently been performed in sixty-three days. His opening chapters are de voted to a retrospect of aboriginal Victoria, and a comparison with its present condition. Geologists may not be acquainted with the following curious facts " Science is slowly reading the physical history of the past in the strata of Australian geology. Here aro the analogies of other countries, the corresponding systems of rocks and strata, showing that Australia was identi fied with the great cycles of the earth's developments, although she still preserved her local distinctions. There are Australian granites, and basalts, and coal formations. The eras of huge mammalian quad rupeds of various kinds in the other continents are marked by corresponding eras in ancient Australia ; but all these animals bear, in this remote era, the Aus tralian stamp by which they are now distinguished. All the quadrupeds of the Australia of to-day, it we except the doubtful chilli of the dingo or native dog to be con sidere 1 aboriginal, bear the marsupial character ; and this great modern distinction of Australian mammals is still traced in the records of the past. Cotemporary with the mastodons and dinotheria of other countries, Australia had her race of these pachydermata ; not, in deed, rivalling the first in dimensions, but bearing some what of a proportion to her snsalsr modern races that the mastodon did to the elephant an 1 other animals that represent the largest forms now existing. Kangaroos six teen feet high sported over the ancient sod, and unwieldy creatures that combined the features of the elephant, the wombat, and the kangaroo, were basking, probaldy, in the same bright sunshine that now enlivens Au-- tralian scenery. All these animals carried with them, either in the perfect or imperfect development, the Aus tralian feature of the marsupium. This peculiarity, which forms a link between the perfectly viviparous and the oviparous or egs-bearing animals, marks the lowest order of mammiferious races ; and it is not unin teresting to observe that the some strange c suntry which I these creatures, stamped by this relative inferiority, have so long and so uninterruptedly occupied, is found in the co•possession of the most degraded and irreclaimable specimens of the human race." The natural productions of Australia he regards as very inferior. The fish can bear no compari,on t ) those found in European waters and the native fruit is very indifferent beside of those expo.ted, and now naturalised in the country. We shall judge the adaptation of the natural productions more justly, he remarks, by the satisfaction they afford to the aborigines, " who appear to have long revelled alike on the fruits, the fish, and the flesh, with festive interludes of snakes, toads, and a va• riety of small reptiles " It is curious to reed the difficulties and hardships of the first overland jour ney between New South Wales and Port Philip in the present altered state of things. " Where Hume and his party struggled in a strange laud to cross the streams of the Murray and the Ovens, there is now the corporate town of Beechwortb, in whose vicinities twenty thousand busy hands gather the mineral wealth of the new land. The steamboat already moves at their once solitary crossing-place on the waters of the Murray ; and the charts of the country shows that railways are already marked out, in pre liminary surveys, for the future traffic. And yet but 33 years have elapsed since these travellers launched forth into the unknown wastes of the South and West. To complete the satisfaction of the picture, both of the en • terprising explorers who headed the expedition are still alive, to enjoy, by a comparison they are well qualified to make, the spectacle of progress around them." The writer does not confine himself to the agricul tural districts. He takes a survey of Victoria co lonised, and his remarks and suggestions ore public and social matters are well deserving of same de gree of attention. The rapid influx of Chinese has presented a difficulty to the colonial Government that they do not exactly know how to meat. Titey endeavoured to check the stream of immigrants assure years ago by putting a sort of tax on them on their arrival, ostensibly for the benefit of the Chi nese themselves. This has since been altered, but their number is still very large, Mr. Westgerth reckoning them as one-thirteenth of the inhabitants. He does not appear quite satisfied with their num bers himself. He asks— " Are these masses of Chinamen to be privileged like other colonists, or are they to remain amongst us an inferior race—inferior alike in their collecti se consti tution and in their political negations ? Either alter native has a dark aspect. Somewhat of an American difficulty looms upon our future ; for although a China man has more intelligence than a Negro, his people are perhaps more obstinately anti-European. Like an in digestible mass in the system of the colony, they will turn up to-morrow, and an age hence, just as they appear,to-day. " The distinguishing feature of a free and enlightened society is the condition of its operative masses, whose vigour of body and originality of mind are ever rising into the superior grades to maintain the onward pro gress. This social aspect, which so well characterises our good Old England, the Northern States of America, and, more than any other, a thoroughly British colony, is materially altered by the large infusion of the Chinese. We cannot exactly predict what aspect time will give to the question ; but, whatever form it may here after take, I regard our Chinese visitation as threat ening our moral and intellectual greatness, and the darkest spot that has yet came upon the colonial horizon." • His view of the future of the colony is sanguine and satisfactory. He sees and admits the draw backs and disadvantages that may retard its pro gress, but its onward tendency he does not ques tion, and the free and broad principles of equity and toleration that aro general in such a mixed nationality are in every way encouraging. He speaks at some length on the colonies as a field for emigration, and laments, as E 0 many haVoitde tin:. the large number of emigrants vrho arheo q c u an turn fitted for the place. The numbers well educa te d pg men no particular vocation, the you to anything," the respectable married"vcoules with fail out of place. but with no profession, seem e ' ll i nd y Leonilda: A Roman Romance of the Sixteenth A good book-keeper Century. By Felix Meldred. Mitchell. accurate accountant; are an experrenc, tradesman, an never long without enter disappointed. Thie is a romance in verse, in the Spenserian stanza ing the stream of progress, and the same may he —a somewhat ambitious attempt it must be acl said of the female emigrants, but those with no e class of eialigraut., it is generally witted, although the author must be allowed ere• definite employment are dit for more success than usually attends such As octantonstt a larg efforts. He gives us in the preface a curious ac- imp that this fact should be more generally count of his beginning to write verses, and his at- known. With rospect to the mines, the anther is tempts as a poet seem to have resulled from his struck with the poverty of the mechanical azDV failures as a painta. Being in Italy, the land of ances for procuring the gold. P ower ide ma inspiration, owl having vainly endeavoured to ehinery, he says, is evidently the w it here. the Vic• clothe his ideas in colours, he tho u g ht he would try Nothing struck him so much in a view if of human painting iu words, though withou t an y intention of torian gold-fields as the great expenFiug e of iron, presenting a long poem to the world. He was strength and the small results. Irthis ag nerved, he tell us, by the continual failures of it is indeed surprising tlapa ....,-..r6clrines of a more others. "There is nothing under heaven which the powerful character ha-- been exported, especially world treats with so much silent contempt as indif- for the quartzrtriaeg. He giVea us a picture of ferent verse. Bad pictures are bring up and looke I the Victori am , cc . :ggings," having been one of the Royal Co Sion to enquire into the condition of at, and sometimes a dmired ; bad sculpture is good ' for a garden ; but indifferent poetry, what is that the g'i'n- elds, which recommended a complete goodsilly v f e o r r s e ? s ~, The H w e o world elle their administration. He had thus, of courage with time, and the reader has no cause tr /charges at the gold-fields is amusing, and i. must p d pwea il r l s f , o h rg o i w y e e v r e n r a , n t y o l l \ ) , e a a v lr e n t e a s k s e e n s and even crimes in a man before it will forgive his ~Nse a full opportunity for a thorough acquaint ' regret his venture. He has Olean for his \ Slee with them. The account he gives of the hotel eerie; t certainly have been a matter of congratulation to E E. LT . &E.° Ca.Northn lE. Count.. Caldonian. Do Gt.Westn Y.& N.M Do Do S. Eastern. Peto & Co 1 Do Li. &N. W & Midld E.Connt.. Do Do ... Do L. tkh. 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I 20, isit was the supply of IC s were latter ac lo king out anxiously for a geiseral _fa '1 of rain, wwhich,orui OLIOin t h h u e wi o,tcircumstance th uspuruyn Thereckon e portion of his A.ustraii'in rr , cords is devotcd to the politics, finances, and le)islat-ion, and afford some interesting parliculars of the establislunewt of the new constitution. The eagerness with -which the colonists avail themselves of it is a striking pr , of of its judicious introduction. Speaking of the demo cratic tendency in Victoria, the author says it would be a mistake to suppose it is only moonily developed, though the sudden accession of popular strength from the masses brought by the gold dis covery has rendered it more conspicuous, .and en enabled the colony to surmount with more than usual colonial rapidity the restraints of the impe rial legislation. "This exemplifies the usual fate of our colonies in time past ; which, by custom and prejudice of the parent state, have been held in bonds till they could be held no longer. "There is an evil in this repressive imperial system which needlessly pr.longs unsuitable political insti tutions among the colonists. If the b a d effect do not co me prominently before home eyes, we may attrib u t e that circumstance to the forbearance of our colonial countrymen. They rarely now think of exhibiting die• satisfaction in any other than constitutional forms ; while, on the other hand, the remote imperial govern ment has been proverbially apt to disregard so gentle an aspect of colonial discontent. To illustrate how needless, or rather how hurtful, has been this system of checking colonial development, I may remark that every concession to colonial freedom, and every withdrawal of imperial interference with local colonial affairs, has been attended by increased attachment to the parent state—by a resumption, in short, of those natural ties that had been only weakened by the curbs and precau tions of imperial policy. A. severance party, tbat was ever lifting its head in Victoria, was never effectually extinguished until the recent concession of complete self-government." - - The great check on the violent democratic party will be the liberty allowed in local matters to the colonists, and they gave an emphatic proof of their good-will towards the home government with re spect to the emigration money—a fund destined by their parliament to be set aside for the encourage ment of emigration from the mother country, and amounting in 1854, to upwards of 865,0001. This surplus was, owing to some financial difficulties, employed for other,purpose, add this was censured by the representatives. '• The Council condemned the procedure of the Execu- tive in laying bands on the accumulation of the emi gration money, whose tempting accessibility, it is to be feared, had furnished the chief stimulus to Use extrava gance that swallowed it. A motion was passed ordering the repayment of the whole sum, and that in future the appropriated moiety be remitted to the Emigration Commissioners, in accordance with the provision by act of Parliament. "The carrying out of this self-denying ordinance might have afforded a rare trial to the colony's fidelity to engagements. Towards the end of the same year, however, came the proclamation of the New Constitu tion, which transferred all colonial affairs and revenues to the control of the local legislature, and we have heard no more of the emigration fund balance. But the case, so far as it goes, forms a pleasant illustration of those views of colonial policy that I have alreedy touched upon ; for we here find that it was the imperial administration in the colony that contravened the im perial interests, and that these interests were taken up and defended, not as might be naturally supposed by the imperial party in opposition to the people, but by the popular opposition itself, in some of its last con tendings with the expiring imperial system in Victoria." The author having been a member of the Victoria Legislature, is well qualified to give his opinion on these local political questions, and his penetration and observation enable him to estimate clearly the position of the colony, and to trace its probable progress. This work is charac terisEd by an air of quiet, good sense, with which prejudice or personal feeling do - s not appear to mingle. A resident for many years and a participator in the legislation of the colony, be is yet an Englishman by feeling, as well as by birth, and can look on the tumul tuous progress of a new state with the expe rience of an old one. He gives us some chapters on Ceylon, Aden, and Egypt, which places he vi sited on his return home, and he has prefixed to his substantial volume some useful maps of the colony. A July Holiday in Saxony, Bohemia, and Silesia. By 'Walter White, author of "A Londoner's Walk to the Land's End," &c. Chapman and Among the numerous works of travel that issue from the press, Mr. White's are always remarkable for their good sense, quick observation, and plea sant style. As the readers of his former works are aware, ho does not adopt the express mode of tra velling for which English tourists are pr overbial ; lie prefers to wander about the quiet bye-ways of a ceuntry, to mix freely with its inhabitants, and see something of their domestic system, as well as to form a personal acquaintance with its chief natural features. This mode of travelling makes more de mands on the traveller's energy than on his purse ; and those who are accustomed to a more indolent and extravagant method will learn with surprise that after a month's wandering over the three countries, the author reckoned up the sum of his journeys and outlays, and discovered that ho had walked three hundred and fifty miles, and ex pended, up to Hamburg, fourteen pounds. Those who are accustomed to travelling charges nearer home will not be astonished that the passage to London, with &cetera's, amounted to three pounds more. The author is well acquainted with German history, and knows the special points of interest, historical or legendary, of all the spots he Tisited ; he therefore adds much to the interest of his narra tive by recalling them to the reader's memory. aiS little sketches of the country people themselves give a favourable impression of the national cha racter. The vexatious passport system is sure to be felt by a wandering traveller, who does not make a long stay in any place ; but nowhere did our au thor find its numerous annoyances more oppressive ' than in Bohemia. The inhabitaets are not allowed to go more than twelve miles from home without a pa sport, which is frequently refused. Passports for France and England were peremptorily - re fused to Hungarians of every degree during 1835, and in 1856, when the rigour was a little re laxed, leave was only granted for' three months. Should any one be known to have visited Kossuth, whatever his professed opinions, he would be im prisoned on his return. An amusing mistake oc• curred at an inn where the traveller was passing a night. It is the custom for the landlord to examine the passport, and enter the guest's name in a book kept for the purpose, as the inspector frequently comes in the night to examine it. On examining his passport the host and his son were hopelessly bewildered, and invoked the aid of a soldier who knew a little English. This sage puzzled out the first line, and informed them that the traveller was " Vilhelm Fredrich Clarendon, Baron," and as such, in spite of his remonstrances, he was entered iu the book, and treated with the greatest deference by the household, who believed him to be travel ling incognito in the German fashion. Another amusing mistake respecting an English minister was nearer home. It appears that great excite: ment prevailed in Germany respecting the of the poisoner Palmer. Even in little towns the au thor saw the Prozess for sal e, and eager discti- When- his sious in public places were common. lied in a execution took p lace the news was d te j egl ;l P ie clerk, brief despatch, "Palmer is . h t a a n kee, e thought it was by some extraordinary w masisthe amazement of the Palmerston, and w o a s f ccount of Carlsbad, n g b a l y l o t n h s e . us some curious information re the author gives • n gs. Those who quantity g o e f lui w il a go ee t r . poured out every day have not visited q smp u ee i r e c st t onigl Germansththe p r whenit,, great t al l w i n e a his ma y n spot a German chemist, calculates alone is estimated at two million _,„,, j an. Spru that in this quantity ten thousand tons of glauber salt and fifteen thousand tons of carbonate at,hileb del of soda are thrown up in a year. The reader will d • erive much entertainment from this record of the experiences of a wanderer, who combines a love of the pic turesque with a sense of the humorous, and has certainly the happy art of adapting himself to the people and places around him. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVERITOL, WEDNESDAY. —The Ut,ited States mail steamship Atlantis, Captain Oliver Eldridge, sailed from the Mersey this forenoon for Nog York, with the United States mails, a full complement of passengers, and a large cargo s( mer chandise on freight. THE BRAZILS.—SOUTLIAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.—In. telligenoe reached here to-day by electric tel graph to the effect that the European and American Company's o L n o b E e . r — re vv tu e rn a . re glad Paßners' carg"nd a few days' later advices from the Brazils left Lisbon screw steam-ship Hyde.speg, last evening at five o'clock for Southampton. She may be expected here on Saturday next. The Hydaspes with has been chartered by government for the conveyance ATLANTICinim immediately to learn that active steps are being taken to establish a o f I t v r troops L t y o India weekly line of steam vessels betwen Liverpoo land Q ue bec, ,tor which a grant of 50,000/. e was voted by the Canadian Legislature during the late cession . The pro prietors of the Montreal Ocean line, whose vessels are rapidly becoming most popular, have 'contracted with Messrs. Denny, of Dumbarton, fcr four new steamers of first-class power and accommodation. —Canadian ATMs rt. id ,d, 4 50 100 100 20 50 20 7N, 7,, 201 51 1 85 21i ilO7 N A ni i