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

IMPERIAL PAR LIAIIIEN T HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTERDAy.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were considered and agreed to :—Eastern Bengal Railway Company, Scinde Railway Company. Baroness Windsor's Estate Bill, and the Duke of Bridgewater's Estate Bill were read a third time and passed. ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Dir. HADFIELD asked the Secretary of State for the Houle Department whether the Government in tended to bring in a bill next session of Parliament to abolish imprisonment for debts contrac,ed without fraud Sir G. GREY said the subject was under considera tion, but he could make no promise. LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice that early next session be should move the abolition of the office of Lord- Lieutenant for Ireland, and the establishment in its stead of the office of Secretary of State for Ireland. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. Mr. ROEBUCK also gave notice that early next ses sion he should call the attention of the house to the relations existing between this country and the Iludson'o Bay Company. BISHOP HINDS, LATE BISHOP OF NORWICH. Mr. D. GRIFFITHS gave notice that on Friday next he should ask the first Lord of the Treasury whe ther, now that Bishop Bloomfield's pension had fallen in, he was disposed to grant a pension to Dr. Hinds, late Bishop of Norwich. SALE OF OBSCENE BOOK, &0., PREVENTION BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Sir E. PERRY, who had charge of the bill, in reply to observations from hon. members, said that he pro posed to adopt the suggestion of the committee that two justices should be entrusted with carrying out the provision of the bill, instead of one as provided by the bill. He would also adopt the suggestion that the act of sale should be sworn to in the information before a summons issued ; as well as an appeal to quarter sessions from the decision of the justices. On clause 1, Mr. AYRTON proposed an amendment to insert the words " for gain," to make the exhibition of offen sive paints, &c ,an ffence against the law. Mr. ROEBUCK supported the amendment, and in doing so read a letter he had received from Lord Brougham, in confirmation of his (Mr. Roebuck's) statement on a former occasion, that there might be found in the body of justices men who would be found to pervert the provision of an act. The letter referred to the petition of four poor men presented in 1841, to the Rouse of Lords, by Lord Lyndhurst, wherein it was stated that they had been fined Queen Elizabeth's shilling by certain justices for non-attendance at church. They were brought be fore the justices on a charge of poaching, but that charge failing, the justices interrogated them relative to their attendance at church, and asked if they attended the parish church on the previous Sunday. Receiving an answer in the negative they pursued their inquiries, and ascertained that the men had not attended church for the four previous Sundays, on which they fined them accordingly. Sir GEORGE GREY assented to the amendment. After some discussion the amendment was agreed to. The bill after some amendments passed through corn mitteee. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The committee on this bill was resumed for the pur pose of adding some new clauses. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL brought up a clause in lieu of clause 8, providing for the constitution of the court to be established under the bill. The clause was read a second time, discussion on it being postponed till the brin g ing up of the report. Clauses were also brought up for the establishment of local courts in accordance with the arrangement of last night, for the recovery of damages by the husband from the adulterer by the verdict of a jury in the new court without application first for a divorce or judicial separa tion, instead of by the present mode of action of crim. con., the money so obtained to be appropriated by the court to the children, if any, or for the support of the wife. On the second reading of the clause providing that where a minister of any church or chapel of the Church of England or Ireland, refused to marry divorced parties residing within the parish under this bill they should permit any other to do so, Mr. MALINS regretted that the conscientious scru ples of the clergy were not to be respected to the fullest extent relative to these re-mar riages. If a clergyman considered it wrong to marry the guilty parties to a divorced marriage, he would con sider it wrong that such a marriage should be solemnised by any one in his church. It was impossible to touch a clergyman in a more tender part than that of his church, as was shown by the jealous care with which one clergymen guarded the use of his pulpit by others with whom he differed on certain points, such, for instance, as High Church and Low Church ; and he suggested that such a power should not be given until they found by experience that the difficulty arose . . He thought that if they passed the bill without this clause no difficulty would be experienced by the guilty parties in getting married. Sir G. GREY said that this was a part of the com promise made yesterday by the Government when they exempted the clergy from the personal necessity of solemnising these marriages. He had always considered that the objection of the clergy was of a personal nature only, and it was to relieve them from that difficulty the clause was yesterday agreed to. After a discussion, in which Mr. Paull, Mr. B. Hope, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. Newdegate, and Mr. Ridley took parr, in the course of which it was urged that this clause should be accepted on the terms of the agreement yes terday on the Attorney-General's concession to the con sciencious scruples of the clergy, - Lord J. MANNERS denied that he was a party to any such agreement, and said that the concession of the Attorney-General was not founded on reason, or likely to conciliate the feelings of the great body of the clergy. This clause would be productive of division, strife, and discord amongst the clergy. After some remarks from Mr. PULLER and Sir D. I NORREYS, Sir W. HEATHCOTE said the course pursued by the Government on this point was most unfortunate, because it was likely to deprive of all grace what was intended by the concession of yesterday. So objection- , able was the concession of the Attorney-General that he and those who supported him (Sir W. Heatheote) voted against it, and in favour of the amendment of the gal lant member for Harwich. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he considered it part of the concession. When he mentioned it yester day no objection was made to it. Sir W. HEATHCOTE still persisted in saying that the concession was not accepted by the opposition. Mr. HENLEY opposed the clause. He believed that the conditions attached to the concession of yester day would be deprived of its grace, and would be ob jected to by the clergy. It would bring about scandal in small parishes more particularly, when an alien cler gyman was brought in to perform a ceremony in the parish church, to which their own clergyman objected. Mr, Newdegate, Mr. Stapleton, and Mr. D. Griffiths addressed the, committee amidst cries of "Divide." The committee divided. The numbers were— For the claire Against it Majority —4o Mr. NE WDEGATE moved, as a new clause, that the court which pronounced a sentence of divorce should be able to g - ant to either of the persons a license enabling the incumbent of any parish, not being the pariah in which the parties resided, to solemnise the marriage, Alter a short discussion the clause was withdrawn. The pr amble was agreed to, and the bill passe through committee. The Lords' amendments to several b 113 having been agreed to, the house adjourned at five o'ocluck. THE SHOOTING SEASON IN SCOTLAND. RENFREWSIIIRE.— The shooting season opened on Wednesday ; but although the reports as to the number of birds are favourable, they seem to be so wild and strong on the wing that experienced shots only have been able to make good bags. Renfro Ashire and East Argyll. shire have produced the best.; hooting. By the Greenocck trains on Friday afternoon upwards of 40 boxes of grouse were despatched to the south. From the Duchal and Ardgowan estates Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart sent about 30 boxes south. The Roseneath estate con- tributed the remaining ten.—Greenock Tetegrapls. STIRLINGSHIRE.—The sport on the 12i1 was very good, but the birds were strong and wild, and not easily got at. Lord Abercromby killed 25 brace ; A. C. piers, of Culcreuch, bagged 27:3 brace with one barrel ; Mr. James Merrison, of Livilands, killed 11 brace ; and Mr. Ramsay, of Barnton, killed two brace. considerable number of boxes passed the sta tion here on Thursday for the south, but at the time v e the go to press no int e llige nce as t o the n at ur e o f j : urn, "P a o t rt • du : ring the day has reached u3.—Stirling Catearre aa most au ßp l einus n i um—The eventful 12th Aug. dawned fl ux of E nglish t., Y. In this country we have a larger in s. mu X , OrSuitnen this year than on any former occasion, fully occupied. \;l.)ethlat all the shooting quarters are b:rn that on the moors of this diQtrict the sport years, and that the gnat t t :„ I ae that aisu te l ) ai r t m i ce d er ably greater than many of zs.Eca,-.2s,llBrte!i.3:o—u-rTiehre)Thawanveylel ttlaviebrrdaysa come and gone, and we at: iuformation a f e ev el zrz by illi t t h tl e e on tie eel jest. Hardly coaches on Wednesday night, and there information except from shootings within a the town. These indicate a fair am 'tint of sport. e t i °l Dunbar bagged 25 brace to his own gun a t Rolm; Mr. S. Walker, Abererdar , shot 10 brace in the course . of the afternoon. Colonel Fraser and Mr. Ross S h ot 18, brace on the Cantray Moors, in the course of fou r hours. The Hon. 11. Fraser and Mr. Malty!), at Beau fort, 87a brace; Major Hirst, at Tullech Castle, N brace, besides hares and wild ducks; Lord Saltoun, 8 brace on a little moor near Ness Castle ; General Cracklow, 9i brace at Culduthel ; Mr. .Cherry, . twenty eight brace at Gask ; Mr. J. Bailie, !teen brace at Large, ezcThese are be tter ba g s than were anticipated, after decimation of last ear ; and they do not support the rumours that are flyirg about as to the absence of game in all directions. No on e expected that the birdsyvoulibe as numerous as formally, but there is thi s sati sfaction, that, so tar as a e have learned, the assuran ces are mostcol:Lotting as to he qualities of the birds. rHE SUN, LO N DON, Naval and Military Intelligence. The usual half-yearly change of quarters of the Brigade of Guards will take place on Ist Sept. as follows :—The Grenadier Guards, Ist battalion, from Wellington Barracks to St. George's Barracks; 2d battalion, from Dublin to Wellington Barracks ; 3d battalion, from Windsor to the Tower of Lon don ; the Coldstream Guards, Ist battalion, from Aldershott to Wellington Barracks ; 2d battalion, from Wellington Barracks to Dublin ; Scots Fusi lier Guards, Ist battalion, from St. George's Bar racks to Portsmouth ; 2d battalion, from the Tower of London to Windsor. By the last letters received from India we learn that Lieut.-Col. W. H. Tottenham, of the 12th Lancers, died at Bangalore on the 6th ult. from fever. The gallant Col. entered the 12th Lancers as cornet in Dec., 1833 ; he served with his regi ment in the Caffre war in 1851 and 1853, and for his services on that occasion he was, in May, 1853, promoted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Col., and in July following obtained the lieut.-coloneley of the regiment. On Saturday the 16th Lancers received a tele graphic message to hold themselves in readiness to proceed from Kilkenny, Waterford, Carlow, and Athy to Edinburgh, instead of York, as had been previously expected. The route, however, has not yet arrived. A general court-martial, of which Col. H. Jervis, commandant of the Provisional Battalion, was the president, assembled yesterday at Chatham Garri son, for the trial of Lieut.-Col. James Clarke, Ist West India. Regiment, on the following charges :- 1. For insubordinate conduct in having, at Tower-hil Barracks, Sierra Leone, on the 6th day of March, 1857, disobeyed the lawful commands of Lieut.-Col. Stephen J. Hill, 2d West India Regiment, commanding the troops at Sierra Leone and its dependencies, his superior officer, in refusing to embark on board her Majesty's ship Perseverance, 2, and pro ceed with a detachment of his corps to Bat hurst, Gambia, although detailed in general orders, and warned by the Brigade-Adjutant, Lieut. Jas. 'Watson, 3d West India Regiment. 2. For insubordinate con duct at Government-house, Sierra Leone, on the 6th of March, 1857, during an interview with Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Hill, 21 West India Regiment, commanding the troops at Sierra Leone and its dependencies, in having then and there stated " he would not embark on board her Majesty's steamer Perseverance, nor would he obey any orders given by Lieut,-Colonel S. J. Hill, as he questioned the right of the said Lieut.-Colonel to com mand the troops at Sierra Leone, he being exclusively the civil governor of the said colony of Sierra Leone," or words to that effect. 3. For insubordinate conduct, at the time and place mentioned in the second charge, in having disputed the command of Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Hill, 2.1 West India Regiment, commanding the troops at Sierra Leoneand its dependencies, his superior officer, in having refused to allow himself to be placed in ar rest; and, further, in having stated to Lieute Colonel S. Hill, that he did not recognise the right of the L'eut." Colonel t) place him in a• r ist, or exerci e any militai y authority or command over him, be being exclusively the civil governor of the colony of Sierra Leone," or words to that effect. 4. Fcr -insubordinate conduct in having, at the time and place mentioned in the second charge, when placed under arrest, and told that the next senior officer would be placed in command of the corps, stated to Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Hill " that the officer would not take or assume the command of the corps, forithat none of the officers of the Ist West India Regi ' went would receive or obey orders given by the said Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Hill." 5. For beginning a mutiny, in having when stationed at Tewer-hill Barracks on or about the 6th, 7th, or Bth of March, 1857, caused dis obedience and resistance to the lawful authority of the commanding officer by advising and directing Captain J. S. Macauley and Captain C. W. Pearson, Ist West India Regiment, not to obey the command of Lieut.- Colonel S. J. Hill. Major H. D. Ellis, of the Provisional Battalion, officiated as Judge Advocate. The charges having been read over, the prisoner pleaded "Not Guilty" to the whole. The principal witness in support of the prosecution examined yesterday, was Capt. J. D. Mends, 2d West India Regt., who deposed to being present at Government-house, Sierra Leone, on the 6th March last, when .Lieut.-Col. Hill di rected an officer to inform the prisoner that he was to proceed to the Gambia in charge of a detachment of his corps—there being no field officer at that sta tion in consequence of the absence of Col. L. S. O'Connor, C. B. On the order being given to the prisoner, he stated that he would not obey it, and at an interview with Col. Hill the same day he again i refused to obey the order, stating that he looke 1 upon Col. Hill exclusiuely in the light of a civil governor, in accordance with Earl Bathurst's letter in the " Queen's Regulations," and a note of a later date. The prisoner was then told he was placed under arrest, and that the command of his detach ment would be given to the senior officer, on which he informed Col. Hill that he would not be placed under arrest by him, and that the other officers would not obey any of his orders, as they would not recognise him. On the following day the pri soner, on discovering that Col. Hill had been ap pointed. to the command of the troops at Sierra Leone and its dependencies, wrote a letter to Col. Hill apologising for the course he had pursued, but remonstrating against his being sent to Gambia. The trial is likely to occupy several da . is. Another officer of the same corps is also awaiting his trial by court-martial. On Tuesday night the Lords of the Admiralty, at Portsmouth, patronised with their presence a ball given in the hall of the Seamen and Marines' Or phan Schools, in aid of the funds of that praise worthy charity, which was numerously attended. Yesterday morning the Board embarked from the Black E tgle in their barge, and went to inspect the Excellent gunnery ship, Capt. Hewlett, C. 8., where shot and shell firing and other services were exhi bited; thence their lordships went to the dockyard, ' where Sir C. Wood, the First Lord, held his levee, and received the following officers at the Royal Naval College : Captains—it. H. Hewlett, W. H. Jervis, W. J: Pul len, J. 0. Johnson, P. G. Haymes, T. H. Mason, G. Bowyear, R. Sharpe, R. Fogen, S. Hope, and R. Purvis. Colonels—W. Parke, Royal Marine Artillery, and A. Alexander, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonels —T. A. Campbell and G. Alex ander, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Commanders—J. 0. Bathurst, 3. E. Bingham, J. Bulley, C. Wise, Lord Edward Cecil, C. Siding, R. I Studdart, E. Hardinge, J. H. Furneaux, and Lye. Inspector of hospital and Fleets—Dr. Maechnie. Deputy Medical Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets— Dr. P. Leonard, of the Royal Navy Hospital, Hasler. C iptain, Royal Marine Light Infantry—W. Pengelley. Lieutenants—A. R. B. Carter, R. Poole, C. A. Lod der, G. IV. Strong, L. Barstow, T. 13. Lethbridge, G. Durbin, J. W. Webb, C. H. Young, W. H. Gould, H. Rogers, G. T. Key, G. Morrell, M. Lowther, G. Y. Paterson, H. T. Boyer, W. T. Ruxton, C. P. Palmer, H. J. Chellie, W. C. Grierson, NV. H. R. Lee, T. E. Smith, G. C. Nelson, T. Macnamara, J. Carnegie, and T. S. Hall. Staff-Surgeon—Dr. Irvine, Royal Marine Light In fantry. Master—J. W. Wheeler. Paymaster—J. Nott. Chymist—W. J. Hay. Chaplain—The Rev. E. S. Peelpte' Second Master—J. S. Watts. Whilst the Fiist Lord he'd his levee the other members of the Board transacted business in the Dockyard and at the Gun-wharf. At about 3 they went on board the Blenheim, 60, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelbam, and mustered the officers and men of the steam fleet in reserve, and were entertained by Capt. Pelham at luncheon on board. The First Lord having finished his levee rode out with Admiral Sir G. Seymour, the Commander-in-Chief, to make further inspections, we believe, at Fort Cumber land. Their Lordships yesterday ordered the new corvette Diadem, of 32 guns and 800-horse power, to be commissioned at Portsmouth by Capt. Moor som, 0.13. This is the most powerful corvette yet added to the British navy, of enormous tonnage and unprecedented power. Her armament will have no parallel in the fleet for a hull of her class. The Admiralty terminated their labours at Ports mouth last night by giving their annual official banquet at the Portland Hotel, Southsea, to all the representatives of the Government in the port and garrison, the civic chief, and the senior officers of the fleet, to the number of about 40. 700 tons, C ap t. S a dl er , Tee Hersilia clipper ship, one of the squadron of Ellis, So n , an d Pickling, of London, has arrived alongside o f P ortsmouth Dockyard-jetty, to fit for the reception of troops for India, who, we believe, will consist of officers and men of the 72d Highlanders. She is a beauti fully-built new ship, and this is her first employ ment since leaving the stocks. Her height between decks is upwards of 7 feet, and scuttles and venti lators abound everywhere fore and aft ; it would be impossible to air a ship better ; the officers' quar ters in the state cabin wi'l be cool and capacious. She will t mba , k her passengers in a few days. The steam transport Rhaclainauthus, Commander W. L. Browne, sailed from Plymouth on. Monday with stores for Portsmouth. The steam gunboat Skipjack was taken out of dock at Devunport on Saturday, and the screw steamship Nile, 90, was taken out of dock at Key ham on Monday. Orde ts h ave b een sent to Devonpott to prepare for receiving the United States' steam frigate Nia sharesi„C.dl_lt• kiudson, into the Keyham. basin, mouth for 1:0 ( ja cauput'.(l4,li,sie found necessary. Capt. Hudson and Ply at the rneetieg the Susque!tanna, have left Ply monc)ibtee held this day. o tz?a for the purpose of being present _uord i ll l legraph o,,napantyt:ie directors of the Atlantic Te of therknswaortars manufactured by One of the Messrs Mallet, and designed, under then ec'al directi on , / r h-shell, was yesterday l e a a r cr e : . ed on the Arsenal t t o a i n piece carry o r f r y o the d wharf, Woolwich. This exp tiallo42 is uiLpilfaxtured of -wrought iron • tiuct 6egwelits, for the facility 4 4 transpo 'n zt, fi i, ve dis til%) piece aLuoulating to the weigl A t of 444 tot r eu eni; : compartment weighing from 1 to 20 tons, and the bed alone composed of solid oak work, weighing 10 tons. Each alternatl division contains a pipe and socket, which, when fitted, will be overlaid with a grooved hoop or ring of considerable substance, and secured by singularly contrived fixed staples and keys, so as to fmm one solid whole, and said to be capable of sustaining an equal amount of resistance with any piece of ordnance liiherto invented. The result will shortly transpire, as the preparations for the proofs are completed, and it is expected they will take place in Woolwich Marsh in a few days. The second mortar of similar calibre, but of much heavier metal, from the same manufactory, is to be transmitted to Woolwich on Monday next. Her Majesty's ship Galatea, under construction in Woolwich Dockyard, is progressing rapidly. About 80 ship-weights are constantly employed on her. Her sternpost was yesterday affixed, weighing nearly 12 tons. The Board of Admiralty have given directions to push the work forward with dispatch. Lieut.-Col. Bingham, Royal Artillery, recently promoted to be Assistant Adjutant-General at Woolwich, vice Cul. Palliser, resigned, has been or dered to hold himself in readiness to proceed to Calcutta. The office of that department in Wool wich, of which Gen. Sir H. D. Ross is the principal officer, is to be removed on Monday to London. The military store-steamship Balaklava sailed yes terday from Woolwich laden with guns, ammuni tion, carriages, &c., for Portsmouth and Plymouth. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Captain Moorsom, to the Dialdero, commissioned ; the Rev. A. Le Brocq, chaplain to thePylades, vice the Rev. Mr. Stratton, resigned ; Jas. Moore, as sistant-paymaster to the Ganges ; C. A. Chanter, clerk to the Cumberland ; E. W. Goldron, clerk to the Southampton. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. beg t ) annex an official copy of the en gineer's report of the operations on board of the United States frigate Niagara up to the date of the accident to the Atlantic cable.—Yours, &c., GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary. 22, Old Broad-street, London, Aug. 19, 1857. REPORT. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. London, Aug. 18, 1857. Gentlemen,—l forwarded by the Leopard a brief statement of the circumstances attending the frac ture of the cable on the morning of the 11th inst., and I have now to lay before you the full particu lars connected with the expedition. After leaving Valentia on the evening of the 7th inst., the paying out of the cable from the Niagara progressed most satisfactorily until immediately before the midhap. At the junction between the shore end and the smaller cable, about eight miles from the starting point, it was necessary to stop to renew the splice. This was successfully effected, and the end of the heavier cable lowered by a hawser until it reached the bottom, two buoys being attiched at a short distance apart, to mark the place of union. By noon of the Bth we had payed out 40 miles of cable, including the heavy shore end, our exact position at that time being in lat. 51 deg. 59 min. 3G see. N., lon. 11 deg. 19 min. 15 sec. W. ; and the depth of water, according to the soundings taken by the Cyclops, whose course we nearly followed, 90 fathoms. Up to 4 p.m. on that day the egress of the cable had been sufficiently retarded by the power neces sary to keep the machinery in motion at a rate a little faster than the speed of the ship, but as the water deepened, it was necessary to place some further restraint than by applying pressure to the friction drums in connexion with the paying-out sheaves, and this was gradually and cautiously in et eased from time to time, as the speed of the cable compared with that of the vessel and the depth of the soundings, showed to be requisite. By midnight 85 miles had been safely laid, the depth of water being then a little more than 200 fathoms. At eight in themorning of the 9th we had finished the deck coil in the afterpart of the ship, baying payed out • 120 miles ; the change to the coil be tween decks for ward was safely made. By noon we had laid out 136 miles of cable, the Niagara having reached lat. 22 deg. 11 min. 40 sec. N., long. 13 deg. 10 min. 20 sec. W., and the depth of the water having increased to 410 fathoms. In the evening the speed of the vessel was raised to five knots an hour ; I had previously kept down the rate at from three to four knots for the small cable, and two for the heavy end next the glom, wishing to get the men and machinery well at work prior to attaining the speed which I had anticipated making. By midnight 189 miles bad been laid; . . At four o'clock in the morning of the 10th the depth of water began to increase rapidly from 550 fathoms to 1, i5O in a distance of e ght miles. Up to this time 7 cwt. strain sufficed to keep the rate of the cable near enough to that of the ship, but as the water deepened the proportionate speed of the cable advanced, and it was necessary to augment the pressure by degrees, until, in the depth of 1,700 fathoms the indicator showed a strain of 15 e wt., while the cable and ship were running five-and-a-half and five knots respectively. At noon on the 10th we had paid out 255 miles of cable, the vessel having made 214 miles from shore, being then in lat. 52 deg. 27 min. 50 sec. N., long. 16 deg. 00 min. 11 sec. W. At this time we experienced au increasing swell, followed later in the day by a strong breeze. From this period, having reached 2,000 fathoms' water, it was necessary to increase the strain to a ton, by which the rate of the cable was maintained in due proportion to that of the ship. At six in the evening some difficulty arose through the cable getting out of the sheaves of the paying out machine, owing to the tar and pitch hardening in the groves, and a splice of large dimensions pass ing over them. This was rectified by fixing addi tional guards, and softening the tar with oil. It was necessary to bring up the ship, holding the cable by stoppers until it was againproperly disposed around the pulleys. Some importance is due to this eve nt, as showing that it is possible to lay to in deep water without continuing to pay out the cable — a point upon which doubts have been expressed. Shortly after this the speed of the cable gained considerably upon that of the ship, awl up to nine o'clock, while the rate of the latter was abeut 3 knots by the log, the cable was running out from 5} to 51 knots per hour ; the strain was then raised to 25 cwt., but the wind and sea increasin g , and a current at the same time carrying the cable at an angle from the direct line of the ships course, it was not suffi cient to check the cable, which was at midnight making 2i knots above the speed of the ship, and s ometimes imperilling the safe uncoiling in the hold. The retarding force was thereforce increased at 2 o'clock to an amount equivalent to 30 cwt.; and then again, in consequence of the speed continuing to be more than it would have been prudent to permit, to 35 cwt. 13y this the rate of the cable was brought to a little short of 5 knots, at which it cout:nued steadi ly until 3.45, when it parted, tin length payed out at that time being 335 miles. I had up to this time attended personally to the regulation of the breaks, but findirftg that all was going on well, and that it being necessary that I should ba tempora rily away from the machine to ascertain the rate of the ship, and to see how the cable was coming out of the hold, and also to visit the electricians, the machine was for the moment left in charge of a mechanic who had Leen engaged from the first in its' - construction and fitting, an d was acqua i nte d with its operation. I was proceeding to the fore part of the ship when I heard the machine stop. I immediately called out to ease the brake and reverse the engine of the ship, but when I reached the spot the cable was broken. On examining the machine, which was other wise in perfect order, I found that the breaks had not been released, and to this or to the hand-wheel of the brake being turned the wrong way, m bo attributed the stoppige, and the consequent frac ture of the cable ; when the rate of the wheels grew slower as the ship dropped her stern in the swell the brake should have been eased ; this had been done regularly before whenever an unusually sudden decent of the ship temporarily withdrew the pressure from the cable in the se 4, bit owing to our entering the deep wat-r the previous mor ning, and having all bawls ready for any emer gency that might occur there, the chief part of my staff had been compelled to give in at night through sheer exhaustion, and hence been short-handed. I was obliged for the time to leave the machine, without, as it proves, sufficient intellig(nce to control it. I perceive that on the next occasion it will be needful, from the wearing and anxious nature of the work, to have three separate relays of staff, and to employ for attention to the breaks a high degree of mechanical skill. The or:gin of the. accident was no doubt the amount of retarding strain put upon the cable, but had the machinery been properly manipulated at the time, it could not possibly have taken place. It has been suggested as a cause of the failure that the machinery is too massive ant, ponderous ; my experience of its action teaches me otherwise ; for three days in shallow and deep water, as well as in, rapid transition from one to the other nothing could be more perfect than its working, and since it performed its duty so smoothly and efficiently in the etnalle; depths where the wei4ht of the cable THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1857 had less ability to overcome its friction awl resist ance, it can scarcely be said to be too heavy for deep water, where it was necessary for the increased weight of cable to restrain its rapid motion, by ap plying to it a considerable degree of additional friction ; its action was most complete, and all parts worked well together. I see how it can be improved by a modification in the form of sheaves, by an ad dition to the arrangement for adjusting the brakes, and some ether slight alterations ; but with proper management. without any change whatever, I am confident that the whole length of cable might have been safely laid by it, and it must be remembered, as a test of the work which it has done, that unfor tunate as this termination to the expedition is, the longest length of cable ever laid has been paid out by it, and that in the deepest water yet passed over. After the accident had occurred soundings were taken by Lieutenant Dayman, and bhe depth found to be 2,003 fathoms. It will be remembered that some import tnce was attach.id to the cables in the Niagara and Agametn non being manufactured In opposite lays. I thought this a favourable opportunity to show practically the difference was not of consequence in affecting the junction in mid-ocean ; we therefore made a splice between the two vessels, and several miles were then paid out without difficulty. I requested the commanders of the vessels to pro ceed to Plymouth, as the th.cks there afford better facilities than any port for landing the cable, should it be necessary to do so. The whole of the cable on board has been care fully tested and inspected, and found to be in as perfect condition as when it left the works at Green wich and Birkenhead. southward, was a natural and providential opera tion. The African slave trade, which gave value • and vitality to those discoveries, was als ) of nat ur:il origin and growth. No man, no set of men, no nation preconceived, predetermined, cr planned any of the mighty changes in the common relations and subsistence of the word consequent on the dis coveries of which we 'nave spoken. All has been natural, all providential. But just when the world has accommodated itself to this new state of things —just when its subsistence and existence had become dependent on it--a narrow- sighted, intermeddling, sickly " rose water' philan thropy steps in to disturb the scene, and to mar the work of time, of nature, and of Pro vidence. The infidels of France and the fanatics of England have by West Indian emancipation rendered famine the normal cJudit'on of a large portion of Christendom, and made savages and pagans of the liberated negroes. It required cen turies of continuous and laborious industry and en terprise to reduce the tropical regions of America to the uses of civilised man, but these sentimental charlatans have destroyed this great work in less than an agm. The momentous c.msequences likely 1 to ensue from the rebellion in India can only be justly appreciated when viewed in c,umection with the def:cient supply of slave products which now " perplexes nations " Should England, as we be lieve she will, succeed in suppressing the outbreak, she will have no spare capital, or energy, or indus try, while the war lasts, with which to increase her supplies of cotton and sugar, and to ward off that famine with which she is imminently threatened from a deficit of those articles. Even after the re bellion is suppressed, she will have her hands fall in keeping up a force sufficient to prevent its recur r nice, and will have li tle time, capital, or labour to devote to the purpose of raising increased quan tities of sugar and cot on. Years will probably elapse ere industry in India will return to its wonted channels ; so that instead of an increased production of these articles, she has reason to ap prehend a diminished one. One important point pre3se3 for your considera tion at an early period ; a large portion of the cable already laid may be recovered at a comparatively small expense. I append an eitimato of the co-t, and shad be glad to receive your authority to pro ceed with this work. I do not perceive, in our present position, any reason for discouragement ; but I have, on the contrary, a greater confidence than ever in the undertaking. It has been proved beyond a doubt that no obstacle exias to prevent our ultimate suc cesa ; and I sea clearly how every difficulty which bas presented itself in this voyage can be effectively dealt with in the next. The cable has been laid at the expected rate in the great depth ; its electrical working through the entire length has been most satisfactorily accomplished, while the portion laid actually improved in efficiency by being submerged, from the low temperature of the water and the close compression of the texture of the gutta percha. The structure of the cable has answered every expectation that I have formed of it ; and if it were now necessary to construct another line, I should not recommend any alteration from the present cable, which in its working has confirmed my be lief that it is expressly adapted to our requirements. Its weight in the water is so adjusted to the depth, that the strain is within a m❑ageable scope, while the effect of undercurrents upon its surface proves how 'dangerous it would be to attempt to lay a much lighter rope, which would, by the greater time occupied in sinking, expose an increased sur face to their power. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Yours very faithfully, (Sig ned) CHARLES T. BRIGHT. (Prom the New York. rferoll.) There is one point of view in which the Indian mutiny has not yet been consid-red by our people. Admitting that the English have pursued an un principled course of Fillibusterism in the acqui sition of territory, and a very oppressive and tyrannical policy in their method of retaining it, it cannot nevertheless be denied that they have con ferred some benefits on India by their rule. Of late years especially honest and well-meant efforts have been made to introduce European civilisation into the country ; works of irrigation have been undertaken on a large scale ; railroads and tele graphs have been established ; roads for the con veyance of produce horn the interior to the sea board have been projected and even commenced ; an administration of justice—faulty and corrupt, no doubt, but yet far superior to the native courts —has been solidly planted ; large and beneficial improvements have been made. in the Hindoo laws concerning land tenures, marriages, and wills. Under ordinary circumstances the effect of these and the other similar improvements which are going on would in 50 years make of India a far greater country than she has ever been. If, how ever, the present insurrection is to succeed, and the English are to be driven out, these works of civili sation cease, all internal improvements are stopped, and India relapses first into anarchy, next into a desolate barbarism. Again, the possession of India and the invincibility of the British army cannot be sacrificed by England without an awful loss of prestige and credit. She could not raise her head again in Europe if she suffered the Hindo)s to drive her out, nor could she assume the attitude of an equal in dealing with this country if she were smarting from so hum'liating and irreparable a de feat. Indeed, we hava . no hesitation in saying that in general terms the power and prosperity of Eng land depend upon the prosperity and maintenance .. of the Indian empire. If the latter be lost, England will, like Portugal, sink to the rate of a fourth-rate Power, and will cease to fill any place in the world's eye. The question for the practical American mind is therefore how would this country be affected by a relapse of India into barbarism. And how by a decline of England from a first to a fourth rate Power The answer to both queries is the same : The United States would in both cases be affected injuriously. Time need not be spent in argument to show that we should be losers by the relapse of Hindostan into barbarism. Our trade with East India is not large, though it is largo enough for its withdrawal to be felt. But every year, as our capacity to produce and the capacity of the Hin duos to consume increases, it would swell and be. come more important. Moreover, as a leading nation of the world, we are to a certain ext partners of every other race, and sharers in their prosperity and their reverses. Tbe relapse of Him dostan into barbarism would affect us as injuriously as, for instance, a. commercial convulsion in Eng- I land, and with more permanent results. But the A very full meeting of the directors of the At lantic Telegraph Company was held at their offices this day (Wednesday). The fullest investigation into the events which have led to the present pause in the undertaking, into the sufficiency of the appliances for paying out the cablP, and into theaddrtional arrangements and precautions which the valuab'e knowledge and ex perience gained by the late attempt will dictate in respect to future operations, has been committed to the charge of sub-committees appointed for the pur pose to report to the general board. The directors will sit in permanence till their future plans have bean fully discussed and deter mined on. The appeal of the directors to the commanders of the several ships composing the Atlantic Tele graph squadron to come forward and aid the un dertaking at this juncture with their advice and experience has been cordially responded to, and the following officers have arrived in town, and will be in consultat'on with the directors to-morrow : Captain Wainwright, H.M.S. Leopard ; Captain Sands, U.S. frigate Niagara ; Master-Commander Noddall, H.M.S. Agamemnon ; and Lieutenant- Commander Dayman, H.M.S. Cyclops. • Sufficient information has already been obtained .to show clearly that the present check to the pro gress of the work, however mortifying, has been purely the result of an accident, and is in no way due to any obstacle in the form of the cable, nor of any nautical difficulty, nor of any experience that will in the future affect in the slightest degree the entire success of the enterprise. The only sudden declivity of any serious magnitude (from 140 fathoms to 1,700 fathoms) had been safely over come ; theEbeautiful flexibility of the cable having rendered it capable of adapting itstlf without strain I to circumstances which would probably have been its ruin had it been more rigidly cork - mated. The combined influences of the low tanap.3rature of the water and the compression of the pores or the insulating medium had practically shown that the i s ma terially impro ve d by b e . ng sunk i n action of a telegraphic cable, so far from bring im paired, deep water. The only difficulty worth of conside ration which remained was to demonstrate the practicability of making the splice in mid-ocean. This was put to experimental test by the engineer, in a Leavy the return e a home of the s hi ps . Th e t wo ends, subsequent t o th e acc id en t , an d before on board the Agamemnon and Niagara were joined together, and the splice let down to the bottom, into soundings of 2,000 fathoms, during a heavy sea. decline and fall of England would be a far more serious matter. ,Besides being our best customer and our clese - st commercial ally, England stands in a position that is peculiarly interesting to us, as the head and home of liberty in Europe. England is the only country ita Europe where speech, thought, the press, and action are free ; the only home fur patriots exiled by despotisms. Were England de stroyed there would be no refuge on that side of the water for such men as Victor Hugo, Kossuth, and Mazzini ; no dam or breakwater against the ferocious tyranny of the royal l iouses acid oligarchies. There would not be a foot of soil in Europe where an honest man could safely speak his mind on poli tical matters. From the Frozen Sea to the Mediter ranom, Europe—freed from England—would be sealed to despots; and in theirexultation at beingre leased from their tsrrible antagonists—the great' free press and the bold free mind of England— there is no saying to what lengths these despots might proceed. The fall of England might quench European liberty for a whole century. To an event which might possibly lead to such an end this country could not by any possibility remain indifferent. It is claimed by our statesmen awl our poets that our mission in this world is to disse minate and plant the roots of pure liberty ; a part of that mission is evidently the maintaining awl succouring of liberty wherever it is planted. For fear, therefore, on the one hand, that a success f u l mutiny of the lindoos should replunge Hiudostan into barbarism, and lest, on the other, Indian dis ast,rs should precipitate the fall of the only coun try whose face is not set against liberty, the only country besides our own whose existence is a pl for human dignity and capacity for self-govern ment, the temper and feeling of this country would, if properly handled, take a s'ron g turn in favour of England in the Indian matter. Vor need such sympathy be barren. Were proper means taken to place the contest in India in a true light before the people of the United States, it is highly probable that active aid could be obtained here for the Indian Government. The United States con tain far more men who are ready to serve as troops in actual warfare th to Great Britain ; and as we have no treaties with the nations or peoples with whom the English are fighting in India none of our laws would be broken by enlisting them. To gain their good will it would, of course, be neces sary to satisfy this community that, in return for our sympathy abroad, the English were willing to cede to us the entire control of the affairs of this continent .and its dependencies ; and this would not be an easy thing either for so un.,end ing a politician as Palmerston to achieve, or for so incredulous a people as ours to credit. But were it accomplished there might doubtless he awakened a strong feeling here in favour of the British in India ; and very likely, with proper measures and a suitable outlay, 50,000 men could be enlisted in a few weeks. The exper iment was perfectly successful, and all other c i r cumstances which hav e b een b roug ht out by the recent expedition have made more and more cheering and certain the prospect s o f com pl e t e success on the next occasion. AMERICAN VIEWS OF THE CRISIS IN (Prom the Washington Union) We do not believe that the rebellion in India will eventuate in successful revolution. Asiatic nations have, with few exceptions, been easily conquered by Europeans, however great the dis parity in numbers. Indeed, from th e d a y s o f Xerxes, large Asia - be armies have been as inefficient as small ones. The 1 50,000,000 of p o p u l a ti on i n India can be retained in subjection by such an army as England can readily command. The Sepoys alone are to be apprehended, and they, however well disciplined as common soldiers, will have no officers qualified to carry on a long and regular warfare against the English forces. England never was so powerful as she now is, and never so Well prepared to carry on war in a distant theatre. Her immense steam navy, aided by rapid communications by mail and the telegraph, makes it less diffi cu lt f or h er t o con d uct a war now in India than to have carried on one in America 40 years ago. Yet, with all these advan tages, the struggle may be protracted ; and even when the rebellion is suppr esse d consequences w ill probably ensue seriously affecting the weal of Chris tendom. Instead of exerting herself, as she has just proposed, to increase the supply of sug tr and cotton, which have become a l arm i ng ly d e fi c i en t, the fact stares us in the face that this deficiency must increase, and the suffering consequent on it be aggravated. - But England is not alone con cerned in this matter. All Christendom, excep t the slaveholders of America, will suffer alike. Since Columbus and Vasco de Gama openedup the south to European conquest, enterprise, settlement, and trade, many new and artificial wants have been created. Almost a third - of the necessaries of modern life were unknown or unused by our an cestors a few centuries since. Sugar, cotton, coffee, tea, rice, tobacco, molasses, and many other slave and tropical proddct4, have not only come into general me, but have become, even with the poor, necessaries of life. It is true, they might beds pensed with if other articles of food and clothing could be produced at home to supply their pace ; but that is impossible. Southern colonies and trade with the South have furnished Europe for three centuries past largely increa-ed supplies of food and clothing. This has stimulated the increase of popu lation. We have no accurate census extending so far back ; but we may safely assert that the popu lttion of the larger portion of Europe has trebled since the days of Columbus and De Gama. This population has been pinched by frequently recurring famine for more than half a century, despite of its supplies of food from the south. Emancipation in South America and the West In d;es has been annually diminishing these supplies, while a conti n uing increase of pop ulation has all the while been begetting greater demands. Eno.- land and France have for years past been engage in spasmodic but vain efforts to retrieve the error of West India emancipation. They push their con quests south, and resort to c oolies, apprentices, an I African immigrants to supply the place of and sugar to ward off famine and prevent revolution. None of their experiments have suc ceeded or promise to m ore gloomy than th e succeed. The future loOk e past. And now this cloud • of East Indian rebellion passes athwart the face of that future to give it still a darker and a more sombre hu e. Mau has inter fered with nature, usurped the part pf Providen ce , arrogated the functions of D ivinity, and he is just reaping the bitter consequences. The spread of discovery of w i l quest, ) of settlement and trade WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. —The select committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the state of Westminster-bridge and the course to be taken in rela tion to the suspended works have reported to the !ruse. The committee learn that the precautions taken for securing the old bridge have been completed, and they recommend that the new one be proceeded with in con formity with the alterations in the mode of construction as set forth in Mr. Page's letter to the First Commis sioner, dated the 231 July last. The committee, for reasons assigned, aro of opinion that it would not be expedient to increase the height of the bridge. The witnesses examined were Mr. Stephenson, M.P., Mr. J. Simpson, and Mr. T. Page. 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IMPORTANT CAUTION' against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel lor Sir William Page W.o9d granted an Injunction on the dflth March, 1.851, against*lfred Hooper Novill, c9 t r imitating Du Dam's Revalenta Axabica. Food!" IRELAND. I asked to give the promised narrative he said that he had none to give ; that.the advertisement had lent. I drawn up,for him by a young man connected wits► DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. the place, and that he knew nothing of giving a SPOLLEN'S " PERSONAL NARRATIVE." narrative. He only wanted to get an expression Spollen's lecture was delivered twice yesterday, of sympathy and funds. Probably the proceeds of morning and evening, according to his advertise- ; the day were from 41. to 51. on the whole. ments, in a third-class Dublin theatre. It was can vassed pretty freely by the groups who crowded to read the placards, which appearei 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 Sp:Alen ought, to apply t 3 the Crown Solicitor 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 uumb:r of persons assembled near the theatre in the hope of seeing the lecturer arrive, but he had already taken hs 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- )ffice he unwittingly con firm-id 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 withiut 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. Ther , was no curtain, and -he back scene, some four feet from where the footlights would have been, represented an impossible inte rior, gaudily painted in all the colours of the rain bow. Upon the stage were a ricke:ty table and a deal chair. Up to 1 o'clock Spoilers did not appe butt might be heard behind the scenes walkinl st a dily to and fro. To the honour of the city be it said that scarcely 20 persons visited this miserable loft drying 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. LECTURE BY LOLA MONTES The celebrated Lola Mentes has been lecturing in Canada on Female Beauty. According to the Canadian papers. - the lady proceeded to ask where beauty lay ? " Where," she said, "shall we look for this source of power? Often, perhaps, in a mere dimple, sometimes in the soft shadow of a drooping eyelid, or again beneath the tresses of a little fantastic curl. Alas !" and she spoke it most impressively, " Ales I am ashamed t o thi n k w h a t sma ll thi ngs w ill o ft en move thel strongest and bravest of men ! Many times in . my life, in the company of kings and nobles, have 1 been forced with sadness to reflect on the words of the sublime Milton, in which he speaks of woman as— ` Fair, no doubt, and worthy well Thy cherishing, thy honour, and thy love, Not the subjection.'" Lola considered the English, Irish, and Scotch women to be the handsomest. Speaking of beauty, she give the palm to the well known Duchess of Sutherland, who moved a natural queen, and was the paragon among the beautiful aristocracy of England. Lady Bles4ngton was a mer vellous beauty ; kings and nobles were at her f ,et. In Italy they called her La Diva—the goddess. She was en chanting, with a neck that sat on her shoulders like the most charming Greek models. She had a wonderfully beau- tiful hand, and an eye, that when it smiled, captivated all hearts. She was a far more intellectual style of beauty than even the Duchess of Sutherland. The present Duchess of Wellingt, n (when Lola saw her Marchioness of Doti, o) was an admirably beautiful woman, with little intellect or animation. She was a fine piece ut sculpture—and as 011 as a piece of sculpture. The most famous beautiful family in England was the great Sheridan family. There were two so es, both, said Lola, known to herself, who were considered the handsoniest men of their day. There were three daughters—the Hon. Mrs. Norton, well know U on this side of the Atlantic through her poetry and her mis fortunes : Lady Blackwood and Lady Seymour, the latter of whom was the Queen of Beauty at the famous Eglinton tournament. These three were called the three graces of England. Speaking of French beauties, Lola first praised the Marquise de la, Grange, and afterwards the Empress Eugenie. When Lola last saw Eugenie, she (Eugenie) was certainly one of the most vivacious, witty, and sprightly women of Paris. All the portraits he this country greatly exaggerated her size, for Eugenie was really a small woman. Before her marriage with the Emperor, and when she was the belle of Madrid, she evinced a high ad miration for Louis Gottschalk, the pianist, who, by the way, had carried off unwittingly half a million of hearts from the United States. Eugenie cawed him to he received into the most aristocratic families of Madrid. Lola then passed on to sketch the various characteristics ,of the beauties of the various countries, and took occasion to hit Lord Brougham. The Constantinopolitan ladies, with whom corpulency was beauty, would, she said, have elicited from that polished gallant the exclamation, " what quan tity." Lola decried all cosmetics. She recommended three things—temperance, exercise, and cleanliness, as pre servatives of beauty. The bath, she said, which was uni versal everywhere but in Britain and America, was the best wash that could be desired, although, indeed, it was men tioned that tincture of benzoin, precipitated by water, was used by the beauties of Charles ll.'s reign, and really brought blood to the surface. Bran might be advantage ously used in connection with the bath. A well-cultivated mind was that which gave not only eloquence to the tongue, but lustre to the eye, vermillion to the cheek, and lighted up the whole person as though the whole body thought. Lola moralised much and well, and when in this vein drew 'orth the heartiest applause. Shortly after the appointed time Spollen came upon the stage, holding in his hand a slip of paper. .He looked furtivelyround 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-office. 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 min 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 pos 3 of obtaining the means of leaving the country. In Dublin it would bo diffieult 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 t) show a good example to Ireland, for this man, 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 were disgusted. They would not come in to listen to this man, and he protested against him. It they 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. Ic was mon strous to allow that man to come forward, but it showed what he 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 Spollen, jun.. rushed into the room, and attempted to put Mr. Fitzpatrick out. Mr. Fitzpatrick, after some further observations to the same eff ct, was about to leave, when Spol len, who remained calm and cool during this stormy episode, said, "Will you answer one question ?" Mr. Fitzpatrick—Not a word, and 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 ? 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 down, and I hope no one will give you any money. Mr. Fitzpatrick having retired, Spollen said that his ebullition of temper was in no way Christian or feeling, but he laid his case be fore the public. They would admit it was a hard case. What was he to do ? If he was not encum bered with a portion of his family he would retire to the poorhouse and eke out existence in it. He would imagine it would be the object of any humane gentleman to assist him in leaving the country, and not show the feeling that Mr. Fitzpatrick had. He then proceeded to request tjae 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 dreadful thing that that sacred bondage of matrimony should be de stroyed by a wife. He had no more to say, except that his object was to appeal to their synipathies. A Gentleman—How do you explain that your w;fe knew where the money was ? Spollen—lt would be hard to know what the police could not find out. Another Visitor—You did not say you were in nocent yet ? Spollen—Oh ! 'always held forth my innocence. Visitor—You did not even do that in the dock. Another Visitor—Who put the money where it was found ? Did you know anything of it ? Spollen—Nothing whatever. Visitor—Have you a suspicion of anyone ? 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. Visit .r—lt does not appear to annoy you much. Your conduct surpasses in audacity all I 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 (submissively)—Of course, there must be dissenting parties. I want barely enough to leave the country. A Gentleman—You got eight sovereigns, and why did you not go ? 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 country ? Would you want I 1 1 e to land in New York without a shilling iu my pocket ? Take a view in every way, I would be worse off. Another Visitor—You ara the coolest fellow I ever met. Spollen—Would you have me hang about the country, amongst society ? A little thing will serve me. - I have no more to say. Spollen then retired behind the scenes and the audience withdrew. In the evening, from six until ten , g con tinued to receive visitors. As b B re li xepnecte d, morning ; but nothing that a somewhat larger number oti m l d i attendedbhet than onhys terouf i e n tati t o h se e c manifested. On the g i t t questions to the in to a feeling of sympathy a int rd 'i a ° s ri t ' who contrary , paid their the shillings ol t yt h a V ! bs ' a u i to r g reat man whom they could deposi tory of a secret, probably, never to be more fully e d ever a empt to entra phim revealed. lie evaded into a confession, a nd his o servations had as little the character of a nabrardathivaedams above.tohreostehraenpoornteedofferto ex hibit himself, He stated that be but in substance an d f act he thoug h t he could ma ke more of it him self, and he I eftped to give any information asto who the man was to whom he had referred in his speech after the trial. When Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET. , AUG. 18. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 6s Od to 104 Od per kemple of 16 stones trop ' • wheat do., 6s Od to 8s 01 ; barley do., 5s 61 to 60 6d. Hay from is LI to is 4d; new do., 91 to I,ld. EDINBURGh MEAL—AUG. 18. There were in the market today 10 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 44s 4d anti s. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Aua. 17. There were in the market to-dap 1 bags of oatmeal, 0•a barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. I Second. Thifa, imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od ,—s ° , Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s 01 —s 'O l l Pot-barley, new, per ditto --s Od a Od —s e" DUBLIN, Aut. 18. We have scarcely any alteration to report for old grain. The supply of new was small, Wheat was sold at 3.13 to 355. Bera and oats moved off at about last day's prices. Rapeseed was 18 to is 6d cheaper. Indian corn met a slog sale at a reduction of about is per qr. White wheat, 35s Od to 37s 6d ; red ditto, 31s Od to 35 Od; ditto new, —s; barley, malting, 16s 6d to 25s 6d ; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 15s 6d to 18s; ditto , new , 16 6,1 to 17s 0,1 • oatmeal, 14s lid to 17s; bere, new, 16s to 11 Od ; rapese , d, 29s Od to 31s 6d per brl ; bakers' flour, 194 Od to 24s Oct per cwt ; Indian corn, 38s 61 to 39s Od pei 480 14. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton at ET.—AuG. 19. the close of the market s d. ranfield Moor l5 C Morpeth West Hartley 16 9 Hastiugs Hartley.. 17 3 North Percy Hartley l5 6 Walker Primrose .... 13 9 West Hartley Grcy's 17 0 Wylam West Wylam 15 0 WaUsend, Eta. s do Braddyll l7 „ 9 Hutton l9 0 R,ussell's Hutton 17 9 south Hutton 1$ 0 g ite wart's 19 Mummer l7 0 rees l9 0 Coundon Tees l6 9 Whitworth l6 0 Heugh Hall 1.7 0 it, 55 ; sold, 38. Walisend, Riddell l6 0 Ships at market LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions in this market have been dull, and prices of all descriptions of stook are slightly reduced. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 99 i" . 3 4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Li n c o l n , 40A—Midl an d, 8 1 —Great Western, s—Grand Trunk of 1.2.1 1 -•''' ~g —London and N, rth-Weste r n s , 1028—C a l e d on ian, 38 , —Eastern Counties, 11.8.9. so.—Luxembourg Const., 7 ,0 South Eastern, 21i I—NorthEastern, Berwick, Y or k . 01 pital stock, 39/I—Groat Western of Canada, 21: ffANCITESTBR, AUG. 19. STOCK EXOIIANGE.—The market was moderately active to-day, and prices were rather lower. Sheffields, 40 i"" Grand Trunk of Canada, 126 g —Great Western of CS' nada, 21—London and North Westerns, 1021—Leeda, 9d; —Midands, 84A —Dovers, 21i I— Blackburn, 7A—East Lancashire, 96a—Esatern Counties, 116—Caledonians, 38 1 i—North British (Guaranteed 5/. shares), 102. LEEDS, AUG. 19. Smolt EXCHANGE.—The market rather active, and prices have been firmer. Midlands, 84$ s—NorthEasterot Berwick, 244 i—Ditto, York, 39$—Lancashire and York' shire, 993—Leeds, 22a. BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market has been inactive to' day, and the quotations about the same as yesterday Local stocks generally firm. Great Westerns, at 53 i 4i — London and North Western, 1021 i—Ambergate, 5i —Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 70 72. SIGNS OF ,THE END OF THE SESSION.—That the session is approaching its termination is evident froni the appearance of the annual " Supply Bill," t o apply , sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the surplus 0 ; Ways and Means to the service of the year 1857-58, and to appropriate the suppli es granted in this session (ni Committee of Supply). This b:11 was sent up to the Lords on Monday. The session of 1857 commenced en the 3d of February, and was interrupted for some weeks by the dissolution of Parliament, which took place en the 22d March. 'Oa the 7th of May the new Parlia ment assembled at Westminster, so that, allowing foy, the interregnum of about six weekg ' the actual "session of the two houses will h ave l as t e d the best part of ei% months. It often endures as many as seven. Cunious "SEA-WAIF."--A correspondent at Mortrose says that a few days ago the crew of a fishing boat picked up at sea a scrap ,of paper, firmly corked in a bottle, having the fallowing written in penoii :—" On board ye brig Ellen, of Whitby, 7 Novr., 1749, long' 3.40, lat. 56. Blowing a hurricane ; lying to, with close reefed maintopsail. Ship vk ate:logged, cargo wood, from Quebec. No water on board ; provisions all gone ; eat the dog yesterday ; thr e e men l e ft a li ve . L or d 'have , mercy on our souls. Amen. Thomas Jackson, chief mate."—Edinburg Courant. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 16th inst., at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, the Lady Mary Hood. On the 18th inst., at 3, Sussex-square, Hyde-park, the wifo of Robert Hanbury, Esq. M.P. OF A DAUGHTER On the 17th inst., at West Wratting-park, Cambridge shire, Lady Watson. On the 18th inst., at Twickenham, the wif e o f j. }l. Robinson, Esq. MARRIED. On the 18th inst., at Streatham Church, Surrey, Charles Horace Stanley, Esq., of Maddox-street, Hanover-square, to Ellen Frances, daughter of the late Ch ar l es B arry , E sq ., of Jerinyn-street , St. James's. On the 18th inst., at St. James's Church, Granville R. H. Somerset, banister-at-law, eldest son of the late Right Hon. Lord Granville Somerset, to Emma, second daughter of Sir George Dashwood, Bart., of Kirtlington-park, Ox fordshire. On the 18th inst., a D Ca l si E n D o, Herne-hill, Wm. Stone, Esq. On the 18th inst., at Donnington-grove, near Newbury, Henry W. J. D as h woo d , B reve t M a j or i n the Royal Ar tillery, aged 28. On the 17th inst., at Hagloy, Lady Lyttleton, aged 41. On the 17th inst., at Chipping-hill, Witham, Essex, Si; E. Walford, Esq., aged 74. At 3, Maryland-terrace, Leytonstone-road, Stratford, Essex, Miss Caroline Martha Tijou, aged 60. On the 18th inst„ at Florence-terrace, New-cross, Jane, relict of James Grant, Esq., of 71, Cheapsiile, and Sister's Cottage, Stoke Newington, aged 83. On the 16th inst , at Clarendon-square, Win. Quinlan , Esq., of Tipperary, Ireland, aged 66. On the 18th inst., at Harrow-road, Mr. Charles Davies, formerly of Wells, Somersetshire, aged 62. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Priutor, at Tle4 Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Zavny, in the count , ' of Middlesex, Thursday, August 20, 1857. CI -It I 'Or FO. 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