The Sun. — London, England, 1857-07-21 00:00:00

flErt. M A JESTY'S THEATRE. FARE WELL PEP:i'ORMANCES AT REDUCED PRICES. THIS EVENING, TUESDAY, July 21, LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO. Marie, Piccolomini ; La Ma cheer►, Poma ; Sal,izio, Beletti ; 'I or m, Belart. Between the Cop , !.ras a 'divertissement, in which Madlle. M. Taglioni will a ppear, The Last Act of LA FAVORITA. Leonora, Spezia, ; Baillon ; Fernando, Ginglini. To conclude, with the new Ballet Divertiss ment of MARCO SPADA. Madame P.osati,lle. Katrine, M. M ssot, Signori Boretti, Cecchetti, and Ronzani. PRICES : Pit Tier Grand Tier, and o,le Pair. 22 12 6 Two Pair Half Circle. 1 1 0 Pit Stang Gallery Boxes 0 12 6 Gallery Stall; 0 3 6 Gallery Side Stalls 0 3 0 rit 0 3 6 Gallery No free lis t. -- Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. Doors open at 7, Jpera to commence at half past 7. R MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Farewell Performances at Reduced Prices. To accommodate the families of non-subscribers, and to open the opera to all who may desire to visit it befor the final departure of the Company, the close of the season will be followed by a short series of EX NIA PERFORMANCES, at reduced prices, in the course of which each f the favou rite Operas will he once represented with the same cast as during the subser;,ption, and Mozart's NOZZE DI FIGARO, and Rossini's CEI' , IERENTOLA will be presented for the first time this year. The Extra SeY ,son commenced Yesterday (MONDAY) the 20th inst., and will be continued every day in this and the following week 'The following arrangements have been already settled : TRIS EVENYING —LA FIGLI A. DEL REGGIMENTO. Lait ct of LA FAVORITA. WE DNESDAY, July 22— IL TROVATORE. TWURSDAY, July 23—LA CENERENTOLA. Last Scene of r I rtARTI•dI. FR MAY, July 24-LA TRAVIATA. SA TURDAY, July 25-IL DON GIOVANNI. Th 4 3 entertainments in the Ballet will combine the talents of Th tdame Rosati, Madlles. Katrine, Boschetti, and Marie Taglif ,ni. Prices as above. H.EA TR E-R 0Y A DRURY-LANE Legsee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENINI. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY, under the direction of Miss Ella. Price Fe- -Pit and Promenade, is ; Boxes, 2s. 6 , 1 25., and ls. 6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at hall-past 7. Commence at 8.. JACK THE IIANT KILLER, with novel effects. Miss ELLA in Two unapproachable Act 3. I t ° T Y ITI A EVENING INC w il lE S' S be p e! for m THEATRE . eci Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. T HEATRE ROYAL, Et YMARKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. TH:IS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Parrott, Miss Reynolds. &e., will appear. Arunr which, by general des:re, the late Douglas Jerrold's comedy of THE HOUSEKEEPER. To .conclude with a new Ballet, THE GLEANERS. Orchinitra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each, (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Drees Boxes 3 0 Uppe , r Boxes 3' 0 Upper 80xe5.... 2 0 Pit ... ~... . .......... ..... 2 0 Pit 1 0 Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T H EATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. After wl lich, a new drama, THE FAIRY CIR 'LE; or, Con O'Calr °lan's Dream. Mr. aid Mrs. B. Williams. Followee by a new farce, LATEST FROM NEW YORK. Mr. and 3[l s. Barney Williams. R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be revived WIVES AS THET WERE AND MAID AS THEY ARE Mr. Addison, Mr. Mr. F. Vinin, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swanborongh, &c. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert B. !trough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob son, Ck•oke, Danvers, die. ; Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall, Hugh es, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. PA) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd. and Creswielr. sixth appearance of the great English Tenor, Mr. Henry Squires. THI S EVENING, MONDAY, will be performed IL TROVATORE. Mr. H. Squires, Lucy Escott. and Miss Lanza. To conch a& with THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGI MENT. Mr. Manvers and Miss Dyer. NSTLEY 'S ROYAL AMPFIITITEATRE. L esse e and Ktnar, , er, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince A lhert. The ever popular Spectacle of MAZEPPA continues its triumphant career. The renowned Part:3iati Equestrienne, Macllle. Mililos, nightly hailed with entht'siastic approbation. THIS EVENING (TUESDAY,, the entertainments will commence with the superb spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. James Holloway. The entertainments concluding with a recherche pro gramm• of Mr. W. Cooke's SCENES in the ARENA., intro dnc'ng the talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes, and Madlle. Mililos, the great Parisian Equestrienne, in her daring SCENE D'EQUITATION. CommeLee at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from Zia., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. If tlf-price at balf-past Eight. 11,a-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. inn. G REAT NATIONAL STANDARD TIEATRE. Proprietor_ Mr John Dow,las. FOUR NIGHTS MORE OF THE WIZARD. THIS EVENING, Profes'or ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the Nor'], in his entirely New Magical Drama, A NIGHT IN WONDER-WORLD ; or, MAO. 3, Mirth, and Mystery. Extraordinary novelties every night, and three new tricks each night for the concluding week of wonders. AU - action incre•sing every night. Great success of Mr. G. Fo7de, who is the King of Comic Vocalists. CI A.NTERBU itY I-I Westminster-road.— ‘ OPEN EVERY EVENING..—The follow - niz company of Vocalists aro engaged for the porformance of selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses. Glees, Duets, die., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, tries Emmen, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr St. Kbyn, Herr F. Jonghmaus, R. Grover, T. Far rant, S. boor., J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An tonio M. .le Solla, and E. L. Himo ; Master Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil flicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmaus Oommence at Seven o'clock precisely. Sap pers, ke.. until twolve o'clock UIGI3 WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. DA'—Morn. 26 min. sft. I—Even., 2 min. sft. 2 TO•jfosßOW—Morn., 27 min. sft. 2 —Film. 51 m'n aft. 2 THE WEATHER—SuN Omar, JULY 21. THERMOMETER, IN THR SHADE. 80—highest ernes noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 76 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.17. WINP, W. to W.N. W., rather fresh, with heavy clouds. 41 , LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1857, The difference between sailing vessels and screw steamers for the expeditious conveyance of troops t o India was again discussed last evening in the House of Commons, and, we are bound to say, much to the discredit of the Admir+lty. We h ave , on previous omissions, pointed out the possessed by screw s t eamers superior advant a g es over heavy rolling sailing vessels, and our very argumen ts were repeA ‘ed last eveni ng b y several Admirals in Parliament, some of whom were well acquainted with Ind ian navigation. It must b e apparent, even to landsmen, that the assistance of steam to a mailing vessel must give her a great advantage when beset in a calm, just as a coach which runs ten miles an hour on a level road is brought to a stand-still at the foot of a precipi tous hill, and must have recourse to fresh horses to help it u p on its journey. Now, a vessel which can run before a fair wind, and gets sud denly becalmed, is just like the coach, and would find the help of an auxiliary steam screw of simi lar advantage as the coach found the additional horses. This is so obvious that one wonders how men, calling themselves statesmen, can have the bisrdihood or effrontery to contradict it. The Opt% balieye to be, that they hoe uo scce‘r tiE SUN, LONEON, TUESDAY IVENING JULY 2l, 1857. vessels or men at command, having hastily dis charged them on their return to port. It was much the same during the lite Russian War. Gunboats were very specially wanted at the commencement, and after two years' delay they were got ready only to be put out of Com mission. Reilly it looks like as if our Govern ment were not in earnest in doing their duty, or were only throwing dust in the eyes of the coun try by way of a make believe. Sir BALDWIN WALKER, the Surveyor of the Navy, deserves great and just credit for the manifest innovations, by way of experiment and improvement, in the construction of new ships ; but we think he might have converted many of the old ones, now lying, ultimately to rot, in our harbours, into good serviceable vessels, by the aid of auxiliary screws. These ships have good capacity—several of them could be rendered serviceable, to last for years, either as transports or for defence. In cases of any sudden emergency, such as the present, and we are likely to have many of them, these ships would be invaluable. But no !—this would be creating a precedent, and be utterly distasteful, if not destructive, to Red-tapists. On this prin ciple, or want of principle, men are never to, or must not get wiser, either for their own good or the benefit of their country. How long the peopl e , w h o pay so dearly for this system of jobation, will continue to look on and suffer remains to be seen. But to our thinking there has been far too much of it to be pleasant. It was stated in the course of debate that the average time taken by 98 sailing. vessels was 130 days to India, while seven auxiliary steam-ships went in 93 days, making a difference of thirty seven days—a precious difference at this eventful juncture Why, a saving of thirty-seven days might be the salvation of thousands of valuable lives if not the preservation of India. Even Sir CHARLES WOOD at last confessed that the first portion—the greater portion—of the troops were being sent out in sailing vessels, but that the tenders for the last 6,000 men were all for steamers. Now, this is really " too bad after all our bitter experience of the past, to be again, and so soon, left in the lurch by official neglect or indifference. And to make up for this continued mismanagement, he actually boasted that the country was never so well prepared for war. This reminds us of the reply of the Dutch Captain, when asked the time of day—" Why," said he, I have not got my watch now, but I know where it is." Where ? "At the bottom of the sea." And so the ships and men of the First Lord of the Admiralty are laid up and dispersed I—he must wait a long time before he can bring them to bear. Now, this boast only aggravates the burning sense of our disappoint ment. There must surely be something wrong somewhere to account for all this misdoing, and the sooner it is righted the better. After having trained up a body of the finest and bravest seamen in the world, we coldly cast them adrift, and, like the boy who opened the cage, wondered and wept that the bird had flown, never to return. We are left to repent. But we must refer our readers to the debate. We are heartily ashamed of our Rulers. The question respecting the sufficiency of the naval and military defences of the country, is assuredly one of the most important that can be ventilated in either House of Parliament. We cannot conceive in what manner an inquiry into the interesting subject can be considered as tanta mount to one of want of confidence in the Go vernment. We place great reliance on the vigour and energy of Lord PALMERSTON. So far as the foreign policy of the country is concerned, we be lieve him to be " the right man in the right place," and that opinion is shared by a large pro portion of the chosen representatives of the people, and a still more overwhelming majority of the community. But it is also known that he is not altogether his own master, and that he is beset by sinister influences, against which his hands should be strengthened, as they would be, by a decisive demonstration in the popular branch of the Legis,- lature. Besides, highly as we respect the Pre mier, we would not, even in his case, omit a single precaution in a matter wherein the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign Lady the QUEEN and her dominions "in all parts of the globe" are concerned. It would constitute an evil precedent which might become dangerous under differer.t circumstances. For the sake of the Government itself, but still more for that of the nation, we wish that the most ample and satisfac tory information should be obtained, and that suitable measures should be forthwith adopted for the Purpose of ensuring the efficiency of the na tional defences both by land and by water. There is certainly a priml facie case for a strin gent and searching investigation. The troops voted in the commencement of the session were then considered amply sufficient for the military re quirements of the nation ; but circumstances have srisen that have required the services of at least 20,000—perhaps we should be nearer the mark in saying 25,000—0 f those troops. It is thus obvious that either the establishment must have been far too great, or that it is now, or will shortly be, very deficient. It is a dilemma from the horns whereof there is no possible escape. The Minister who sanctioned the number must be tossed on one horn or the other. The troops actually en route for China have been stopped in transitu, in order to meet the greater exigency in Bengal. Surely, then, the deficiency for China should be amply supplied, while every possible exertion should be made to prevent the nation from being denuded of disciplined troops. There may not be any threatening cloud in the political atmosphere at this moment, and even if a difficulty should occur, we have no doubt that the zeal and unflinching resolution of the people would fill up the breach. But si ris pacem, pars bellum, and the truth and accuracy of the adage has been established beyond the possibility of dispute. It would be unwise and unsafe to trust too im plicitly to the goodwill of other nations, if we neglected the means which are within our own power. We believe that Euglaud could on an emergency more than double her troops, and that without resorting to a conscription or compulsory powers of enlistment, such as are in operation amongst all continental nations. But would it be right? Would it be judicious or proper to wait for the crisis, which might be occa sioned by the very want of preparation on our part? We think not ; and therefore we should like to see prompt and effactual means ' adopted to supply the void while there is yet time, and before the security of the empire could be affected by the deficiency. Lord PALMERSTON has himself 'virtually con fessed that lie is by no means s a ti s fied- with the state of affai rs . H e h as more than that " the amo un t was not qu i te I ne so large as they (the Government) would I have desired, had there been more ample means at their disposal." This reveals the entire n l y 3 _ tery. It is Sir G. C. LEWIS who protests against the additional empense. We must " cut our coat stoordiog to our olotlu" kagi bower: kilts d A of his surplus funds, and in the plenitude of financial pride, has insisted on paying off the indemnity for the Danish Sound dues, with out availing himself of the privilege of liqui dating it by instalments spread over 20 or 30 years. We protested at the time against the plan, as tending to oppress the existing taxpayers already exhausted by the burdens of a serious war. Already we discern the ill effects of the course ! The nation is to be denuded of its defences be cause the Exchequer has been denuded of its balances, to gratify the hobby of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The safety and honour of the empire must be imperilled, in order that he may play the part of " ready money Jack," and astonish the weak minds of the continental financiers. This may be called " a valuable financial demonstration," as a similar act of cul pable folly was styled at the commencement of the Russian war. We, however, regard it in a very different and less flattering point of view. Under any circumstances, the bands of the Government should be strengthened. A. short ace, authorising them to call out a portion of the militia en permanence, or until the end of the next session of Parliament, would provide for the domestic defences of the country in a satisfactory manner, and that salutary precaution should not be delayed for a single hour. Is England always to be fettered in trammels of red tape ? Must routine maintain its baleful preeminence whenever matters of vital import ance to the welfare and stability of the Anglo- Indian Empire are ventilated ? It would seem that) ouch was the case, from the neglect and apathy exhibited in reference to one of the most important projects that has been brought under public consideration for many years. Every man o; ordinary capacity and ordinary information must feel the vast results that would arise from the construction of the Euphrates Valley Railway. The mere fact that it would shorten the distance to India by at least 1,000 miles, and the time to about 14 days, or about half of that now occu pied, should ensure its immediate construction at almost any expense. But there are other cir cumstances of scarcely less weight and magnitude in its favour. It would be " the means of con solidating the power of the SULTAN in his Asiatic dominions," prevent " the dangerous isolation of Persia," and reduce the chances of a Muscovite invasion of India to a minimum. What expendi ture of men and money has England recently in curred for these objects, and how gladly would it again contribute largely for similar purposes ! Millions of pounds sterling would be nothing in the scale, provided they were only required in the regular way, and in strict accordance with the dictates of red-tapism. But, unfortunately, such is not the case, and therefore the most trivial Government aid is with held from an undertaking which it would be well worth its while to complete, even without the prospect of a pecuniary return. Such under takings, say the red tapist sages, should be left to private enterprise. There should be no Govern ment interference except in the shape of creating impediments. The removal of difficulties is by no means in its line, and is totally opposed to the most approved and best established precedents. " TAPER'S" hair would stand on end at the mere suggestion, while " TADPOLE" would sacrifice bis " Brutus," and literally " fling his wig in the fire" at the notion. The thing would be perfectly inadmissible ; and could not be en tertained for a single moment. Now, it is well to understand the real state of the case that has excited such intense horror among petty officials. The undertaking offers a very handsome return on the amount required, but unfortunately capitalists are a timid They will not invest their money, save on something approximating to a certainty. The assurance of Sir JOHN APNEILL, that in his opinion, the first portion of the work, that connecting the Mediterranean with the Euphrate-, and which is estimated to cost 1,400,0001. would return 8 per Cent, on the out lay is not sufficient. They require something even more decisive, a positive guarantee of a cer race, tain per centage. Even this has not been withheld, The SULTAN, recognising the extraordinary advantages that would arise from the completion of the line, has offered a guarantee of 6 per cent., and also to com mence, simultaneously with the railway, the con struction of a harbour at the mouth of the Orontes, at the proposed terminus of the railway. But this, too, is inadequate, for are not Turkish un guaranteed 6 per Cent, Bonds quoted at 95 ? and there must be something to supply the defi ciency, in order to induce private speculators to come firward. In a different state of the Money Market the matter would be very diffe rent. But the extravagant price of money occasioned by our monetary legislation has arrested this as well as other useful schemes. It is then required to prevent the project from falling to the ground that the Government should give an additional or counter guarantee of 5 per cent. for 25 years, or 41 per cent. for 50 years, on the capital of 1,400,000/. for the first section, and this could only come into operation in the event of two contingencies, viz., " the railway not paying a moderate dividend, and the Turkish Government failing to fulfil its part of the con tract." The risk would thus be almost infinitesimal, while the advantages would be great and certain, and far more than equivalent to what could be demanded if we had to pay the fall amount of our responsibility. Even that responsibility would doubtless be shared in by the East India Company, so that a trifling portion of what is occasionally sacrificed on jobs of the worst description would more than secure the inestimable benefits arising from the establishment of the line. It could scarcely constitute a dangerous prece dent, for we cannot conceive any case in which the results would be so decisive. we trust, then, that the Government may for once disregard the red-tapiits, and do that which the interests of the nation so imperatively require. We are quite certain that they will receive the cordial sanction and co-operation of Parliament for the pro ceeding. It is reported at Brussels that her Majesty Queen Vic toria, after visiting the Emperor and Empress of the French early in September, will proceed to Brussels, where her Majesty will remain for a few days on a visit to King Leopold. TLe Palmyra has arrived from Shanhae, with 688.30001b5. of tea and 168 bales of silk on freight. PREPARATIONS FOR MARRIAGE.—An old maid re cently died who left. property to the value of nearly eight thousand pounds. She was all her lifetime getting ready to be married, and had stored up 182 sheets, 63 coverlets, 50 blankets, 27 beds, with 1,1201 b. of feathers, 54 piilows, 53 handkerchiefs, and numerous other articles. A shock of earthquake was felt at Venice on the 11th. The motion was undulatory, in a direction from east to west. The sky was cloudy at the time, and there was no wind. The shock was also felt at Treviso and Rovigo. REPRESENTATION OF GALWAY.—Mr. P. Blake, Q.C., has waived his pretensions to the borough of alway, and has, it is said, resigned in favour of Sir Thomas Redington. REPRESENTATION OF MAYO.—The Nation announces that Mr. Tristram Kennedy, the rejected of Louth at the last election, goes down to Mayo under the direct auspices of the archiepiscopal returning officer for the county, and that, his Protestantism notwitlisteudiDgp " 74 11 1 A supported b 7 tb! privets im a Dod7. _ _ TILE QUEEN OF THU NErIIERLANDS. Yesterday forenoon the Queen of the Netherlands, attended by the chief members of her suite, visited Westminster Abbey, and, after going over the chapels and other interesting portions of the sacred building, left for St. George's H , )spital, of which charitable insti tution her Majesty made a thorough inspection, attended by the principal medical officers of the establishment. On leaving the hospital, the Queen and the members of the Royal suite visited Stafford House, in order to go over the picture gallery of the ducal mansion. Her Majesty was received, in the absence of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, by the Marchioness of Stafford. The Queen then returned to Claridge's Hotel to luncheon. Ib the course of the afternoon her Majesty paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Wellington at Apsley Howe, and availed herself of the opportunity to visit the Waterloo Gallery and chief apartments of the man• sion. From Apsley House the Queen and party were driven to the House of Lords, where her Majesty remained until nearly six o'clock. Shortly before eight o'clock her Majesty proceeded to St. James's Palice to dine with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, and subsequently honoured Vis countess Palmerston by her presence at a " dance" at Cambridge House. A number of the aristocracy called t) pay their re spects to the Queen yesterday at Claridge's Hotel. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge called in the course of the afternoon. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort will visit Salisbury on Wednesday next, on the occasion of the Royal Agricultural Show. We are informed that the officers of the 97th have arranged that their regiment shall visit the Crystal Palace to-day. The regiment is on its way to India, and will, in fact, take its farewell of England at Sydenham. MARRIAGE IN HIGE LIFE.—The marriage of Lady tAary Catherine Yorke, second daughter of the Earl and Life Guards), nephew of the Earl Craven, was solem nised yesterday at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. The Sun, Daily 'News, and Express were seized yes terday at the Paris Post-office. It is stated that the principal part of the 186,0001. brought from New York by the Persia and Ericcson on Saturday is on French account. Telegraphic adeices from Spain yesterday announce an extraordinary decline from the recent high prices of wheat. _ . _ _ _ Liverpool letters state the suspension of Messrs, H. Schwabe and Co., with liabilities for about 60,0001. A composition is said to be offered of 6s. Bd. in the pound The Palmyra has arrived from Shanghai, with 688,300 pounds of tea and 168 bales of silk. The Pera is stated to have 1,159 bales of silk. In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been but little change. The num ber of vessels reported inward was 171, being 11 less than in the previous week. These included 56 with car goes of corn, 11 with cargoes of sugar, and one cargo of tea and silk. The number of ships cleared outward was 137, including 14 in ballast, showing a decrease of 16. THE LATE CASE OF STABBING IN THE QUEEN'S PRISON.—Mr. Gower, implicated with Salvi, has been admitted to bail. The amount fixed by the magistrate was two sureties in 5,0001. each, and Mr. Gower in 10,000/. At the Guildhall Police-court, yesterday, Walter Jones was fully committed for trial on a charge of robbing the office of Mr. Wood of bills of exchange to the amount of 3,0001. Loss OF THE CANADIAN SCREW STEAMER.—It is re ported that the owners intend to abandon the Canadian screw steamer ; but it is affirmed that her after-com partment can be pumped out, when the cost of raisin her would be comparatively little. A DEMI MAJOR'S PRINCELY PIIPIL.—Drum Major William L,omes, 2d battalion Coldstream Guards, who has for some time past attended at Buckingham Palace for the purpose of teaching the young Prince Arthur the. art of military drum beating, received from her Majesty on Wednesday last a special mark of her approbation for his attention to the Royal prince. The Queen herself presented him with a handsome gold watch, engraved with an inscription ; also a portrait of his young pupil, who is never so happy as when he is performing some military movement.— lgnited Service Gazette. SUICIDE BY POISON.—The inquest upon Mr. James Sebastian Yeates, stockbroker, who died at his residence in the Crescent, Albany-road, on Thursday morning, was resumed yesterday by Mr. W. Carter, the coroner, and the evidence of his daughter, Miss Phoebe Yeates, his son, Mr. Richard Yeates, and a female servant, was taken, leaving no doubt that he had died from the effects of prussic acid administered by himself, The jury found a verdict of suicide under temporary insanity. We are informed that the breaks occurring on the Lombardo-Venetian Railway Company's line between Milan and Venice have been completed, and that the traffic between those two cities will be uninterrupted, dating from the let of August. Thursday next has been appointed special settling day for the shares of the Mediterranean Extension Telegraph Company, which are to be quoted in the official lists. PROTRACTED LITIGATION.—After 17 years' litigation the important case of certain English bondholders, re presented by Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, and Co., against the North American Trust and Banking Com pany, has been decided in the New York Court of Ap peals in favour of the English claimants. The BUM involved is more than 300,000/. THE RoYAL YACHT.—The Queen of these realms has, as she should have, the fastest and finest steam yacht in the world. The Victoria and Albert was built at Pem broke Dockyard, from designs furnished by the Surveyor of the Navy. Her length between perpendiculars is 300 •feet, and from taffrail to figure head 337 feet ; her ex treme breadth is 40 feet 3 inches ; her burden in tons 2,343. She has engines of 600 nominal horse-power, and is propelled by paddle-wheels. When tried at the mea sured mile in Stokes' Bay, with a draught of water of 14 feet aft and 13 feet 10 inches forward, her engines worked up to an indicated horse-power of 2,980, making 15.4 revolutions per minute ; and the yacht attained the auparalleled speed of 191 miles per hour. Her character for unequalled speed was well sustained on a recent trip from the Isle of Wight to Cherbourg, when she accotai: pliehed the journey of 84 m iles in 4 1 hours, having started from the spit buoy at 17 minutes past 3 a.m., and entered the harbour of Che r bourg before 8 a.m., thus making nearly 18 miles per hour. She is built upon th e diagonal principle, and is, therefore, both lighter and stronger than either an ordinary wooden or iron-built .hip.—Mcchanies' Magazine. GLASGOW FAIR. --Glasg ow, July 18.—To-clay no fewer than 44 steamers started from the Broomielaee bridge for the coast, each c ont a i n i ng on an average 500 persons, exclusive of the pl e asure seekers who left by other steamers to Ireland, Camphelton, &c. ; and about 28.000 persons left the city by the various railways. Pig-iron—The pig-iron market continues dull and ina nimate, prices having rather a downward tendency. A few lots have changed hands during the week at 735. to 735. 31. per ton each. To - day the market is nominal, the quotations for mixed numbers warrants being 733. per ton cash, while shipping iron, mixed numbers, was offered at 71s. 6d. per ton cash. To-morrow being a holiday there will be no meeting of metal brokers on 'Change. THE LAND TRANSPORT CORPS —The reports of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Land Transport Corps has been handed in and published. The ceramittee declare that the discharge of the corps imme diately on its return frem the Crimea was not in viola ' tion of the terms of its enlistment ; but they think, on the other hand, the mode of discharging the men was, with few exceptions, not in accordance with the usual rules and regulations of the service. The committee regret that the service regulations were not more 4rictly observed. The committee revert to the impolicy, to say nothing worse, of alienating the goodwill of our ar tisans, whose services may be again needed for the sup port and furtherance of the most important intere-ts of the country, by any act of injustice or any display of an ungenerous spirit towards them ; and they recommend that the unsettled claims of the Land Transport Corps should be carefully and justly examined by the depart ment which employed them, and that all those justly made should in all cases be frankly acknowledged and generously discharged. The committee call attention to the want of unity and combination which characterised the relation of the Secretary for War with the Com mander-in-Chief with reference to the formation of the Land Transport Corps. AN ELECTIONEERING INCIDENT OF 1571.—1 t appears from the journals of the 10th May, says the " Parlia mentary History," that one Thomas Long, gent., was returned for the borough of Westbury in the county of Wilts, who, being found to be a very simple man and not fit to serve in that place, was questioned how he came to be elected. The poor wan immediately con fessed to the house that he gave to Anthony Garland, mayor of the said town of Westbury, and one Watts of the same, 4/. for his place in parliament. Upon which an order was made that the said Garland and Watts should repay unto the said Thomas Loog the 41. they had of him. Also that a fine of 201. be assessed for the Queen's use on the said corporation and inhabitants of Westbury, for their scandalous attempt.—Quarterly Renew, new number. LOST IN THE WOODS.—An 01l gentleman in his 61st year, from tie eastward, started from Nellisville to go to his son-in-law's, about three miles distant. The old gentleman got into the woods, became bewildered, and for nine days wandered about with nothing but cran berries to eat, and water, of which he drank often. After he had been gone two or three days, and it was known that he was lost, the population turned out and searched for him in every direction, but could not find the least trace of his track, and it was expected that some hunter would one day find his bones. It had rained for several days. He had got into the windfalls, where it was difficult for any man to get out. The second Sunday from the time he left the man made his appearance on the East Fork of the Black River, about 16 miles from where he started. He first entered a deserted logger's camp, where had been left some flour and meat, but such was the old man's honesty he would not touch it. He finally :came to the house of Mr. James Yates, by whom he was kindly cared for, H e appeared quite vigorous even then, except that his feet and legs were badly swollen. He is expected to recover. The above singular occurrence is mentioned in th o Black Afar (Wisconsin) Rcinscr..ll 7 co Ark ovn., LATEST NEWs.. Accounts from the Naples of the 16th announce that the insurgents who were made prisoners in the late affair, will not be tried by the Military Court, but by the Royal Court of Salerno. This more lenient measure has, it is said, been decided on, because a part of the prisoners of PODZa were led into the movement by threat?, and were com pelled to fight. Several who refused to march were shot by order of Pisacane. The second leader in the revolt, Baron Nicotera, an ex-functionary, who took pact in the insurrection of 1848, and was then banished, is among the wounded prisoners. Manifestoes, hostile to the Neapolitan government, continued to be circulated." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has sent a cir cular to all French consuls giving them instructions as to the manner in which they are to act with re spect to the new Russian tariff. A Paris corres pond en t of th e Independance of Brus sels writes :—" The sending out of some French and English vessels of war to Tunis is spoken of. France has severaltimesmade similar nia,uffestations against the regency, and for a less serious cause than the pre sent oue ; under Louis Philippe, two such mani festations were made. The concessions of Si-Mo hammed to the fanaticism of his subjects are all the more inconceivable that his envoy extraordinary, General Ker-Eddin, was in Paris some months ago, and was the bearer of presents to the Imperial family. The Akbar of Algiers demands in the in terest of public security that the Hatti-huin.aioun of Constantinople shall be applied to Tunis. But this guarantee is not equal in d ance opinion to a frank execution of the treaty of in 1830 by Admiral de Rosamel, the stipulations of which provide for all the points connected with good. n6rg - rah—„,..hrte-vi Aria religious toleration " BOURSE, July 20.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 67 60 67 70 Bank Shares 2,900 Credit Foncier — Credit Mobilier 1,000 Roman Do. Account 1,000 Austrian Belgian 44 Fiedmoutese (5) 9ll— Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr c. Orleans 1,460 Western Northern Lyons — New Ditto lediterranean — Grand Central Geneva Midi SARDINIA. The legislative session of the Piedmontese Cham bers was closed on the 16th. On this subject the Piedmontese Gazette of the 17th says : " The legislative session, opened en the 27th of January, and closed yesterday, leaves an agreeable and lasting impression on account of theimportance of the questions treated, the utility of the measures adopted, and the interest of the discussions. This session affords a brilliant proof of the progress made by our country in a short space of time in the prac tice of representative institutions. The laws for the fortifications of Alessaudria, the transfer of the naval arsenal to La Spezia, and the new law on military conscription, have provided for the organisation of the national forces and d' fences. The law which abolishes the usury laws is a new step in economical science. The laws on public instruction, on ground rents, on the reform of prisons, and many others, have consecrated im portant improvements in public administration. We will conclude with mentioning the law f.n. the Li4urian railroad, extending from the frontier line of the Var to that of Modena, and the law for the perforation of Mount Cenis, a colossal project, which, as an English paper has happily expressed it, is worthy of ancient Rome and modern Eng land." SPAIN. In the Spanish Senate and Chamber of Deputies on the 16th, the royal decree closing the session was read, and the members of both immediately dis parsed with cries of " Long live the Queen." In the Chamber of Deputies, the President of the Council, before reading the decree, said that the Queen felt regret at not being able to close the session in persen, but that her Majesty was grate ful for the patriotism and high qualities which ' the Chamber had manifested. The Gazette announces that the " bands of Ywidals," which had appeared in the provinces of Jaen and Seville, having been dissolved, and " no mem ber of these bands" being now to be found in the latter province, or in the Sierra Morena, or the Serrania de Ronda, the troops and Civil Guard, who were sent in pursuit of them, had re ceived orders to return to their respecrive quarters. The Gazette then enumerates the various executions whi , h had taken place, and adds :—"Judi&al pro ceedings against the persons made prisoners, are being carried on with the greatest activity, and the terrible, but salutary, vigour of the law will fall on the guilty !" Some of the persons arrested at Madrid bad been set at liberty. It was thought that the Cortes would not meet before the middle of October. In the sou'hern provinces the heat was extraordinarily great, and, in consequence a far greater number of people thau usual had flocked to the seaports. Accounts from Melilla of the Ist say that the Mors had again commenced acts of hostility against the Spanish garrison, firing on soldiers, throwing stones, uttering insulting threats and gestures, etc. ; they also declared that tho ug h the Emperor of orocco wished for peace, they wanted war. PORTUGAL. The steamer Minho has ar, ived at Liverpool, with Lisbon dates of the 14;11 inst. The only foreign vessel of war in the Tagus was the French steamer La Bourdonnaye, on her way to the West Indies. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tamar arrived at Lisbon on the morning of the 13th, landed mails, and proceeded on to Rio de Janeiro on the afternoon or the same day. The stock market was dull and prices were look ing down, but with no decided alteration. They were quoted as follows ;—Three p:r Cent. Regis tered, 47 to 471 ; Coupons, 461 to 4 ; Deferred, 284 to 29 Rink of Portugal Shares, 8 to 9 per cent, premium. The exchange on London was still looking up and some transactions had been effected at 544 for three months' date. _ The Cortes were closed on the 11th inst., by His Majesty Pedro V. Af er complying with the usual formalities, his Majesty read his speech, in which he thanked the members for their zeal and attention, as also for putting at the disposal of the Government the means for carrying out measures of public utility, and specified as the most important, and as exercising the most direct influence in devt loping public prosperity, th• project for uniting Oporto with Lisbon by means of railway communication. He lamented that shortness of time preventt d their adopting any plan of public instruction, thanked them fur the, liberal allowance granted to his future Queen, and concluded by expressing his satisfaction at the amicable relations which existed with the Allied Powers, the state of internal peace of the country, and the prospect of a better harvest for the present year. A letter from Bucharest of the 10th in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin says :—" We have had a foretaste of the election for the Divans in the mu nicipal elections, which has ju,t terminated to the advantage of the Government party or the mode rate Liberals. Prince Demetrius Ghika and M. Papa obtained the majority of votes for.the presi dency of the municipality, but as the form: r pre ferred keeping his post of prefect of police, M. Papa was nominated president. Both parties put forth all their strength in the strnggle." A Vienna letter in the Augsburg Gazette says : "A resolution of the Di e t o f t h e E mp i re o f th e 7th Sept., 1848, decid e d t h a t terr i torial property should be relieved, on pay men t o f an i ndemn i ty, f rom a ll land-charges of f eu d a l or i g i n w i th wh i ch i t was l oa d e d. This resolution was confirmed by an Imperial de cree of the 25 t h S ept., 1850, and a comm i ss i on was appointed to s e ttl e a ll t h e po i nts of deta il s pecified in the decrees. Thi s comm i ssion has just couple ed its labours. Th e i n d emnity is to b e pa id i n mort gage bonds, w hi c h h ave b een i ssue d to th e e xtent of 560 milli ons o f fl or i ns, o f wh i ch 2 0 7 millions are for the empi re property, so ca ll e d , an d 353 for Hungary, T ransy l van i a, C roa ti a, an d G a llicia." t Stockholm journals state that the health of the King of Sweden has so greatly improved that it was believed that his Majesty would renounce going to Soroe for sea bathing. THE DESIGNS FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. —We have been requested to correct a misprint of the name of the gentleman who gained the first prize in the recent competition for the plans for the new government offices. The successful candidate was M. A. Crepinet, of Grande Rue de Vaugirard. Parie, architect, sad in lipeotot of tie work! it the koom PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. DEPUTATION TO LORD PALMERSTON. (THIS DAY.) This afternoon Lord Palmerston received at his residence, Cambridge House, Piccadilly, the deputation of Liberal members appointed at a recent meet ing of that body held at the King's Arms, Palace-yard, to take into consideration the rejec tion by the House of Lords of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, introduced into the House of Commons by his lord ship, and approved of by a large majority of that house. Notwithstanding there was a day sitting of the House of Commons', and subjects of importance were on the paper, the attendance was very numerous. At the appointed hour for the assembling of the de putation at Cambridge House our reporter attended, as is u,ual on these occasions, and applied for admission, but it was met by the door-keeper with a stern refusal, curtly adding, that he dLd so by order of Lord Pal merston. In this instance the public has not lost anything by the exclusion of reporters, because we shall be enabled in our late edition to give a report of the adjourned meeting, to be held this afternoon, at the King's Arms, Palace-yard, when the chairman will report Lord Pal merston's answer to the meeting. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) THE METROPOLITAN BREAD COMPANY-LIMITED. To-day was appointed for the examination of some of the directors of this company, which is being wound up under the Now Limited Liability Act. Mr. Ogilvie, one of the directors, was called and exa mined at some length, but the only point of interest arose on the witness's solvency. Mr. Lawrence objected, and contended that the Court had no power, under the act, to inquire into the private circumstances of persons called upon to give evidence, and said that in a case in the matter of the Royal British Bank, on one of the shareholders being called upon to snow cause why he did not pay the 507. nail made by the directors, Mr: Commissioner Holroyd held that be could not inquire into the circumstances of the party. His Honour said that was entirely a different case. Here the party was summoned to give evidence as to the trade, dealing, estate, and effects of the company, and one ingredient was to ascertain whether the directors were responsible parties and men of substance, or whe ther they were men of straw ; but as the question put was whether the witness had not been insolvent seven years ago, he should decide on that point that the ques tion need not be answered. The solicitor said he did not impute insolvency at the present time to the witness, and his examination termi nated. His Honour said the question was one of great im portance, and required much discussion, but the point did not arise here. On one point he was quite clear, that they had no right to go back for seven years and inquire into the dealing of a man's whole life. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) THAMES. PLUNDER OF GOODS FROM A BARGE.—Henry Brooks, aged 22, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing 18 plates, 16-glasses, 9 cups and 9 saucers, and 4 jugs, value 12s. It appeared that the prisoner was the mate of a barge called the Ceres, belonging to the Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation and Great Western Railway Corn pany, in which were goods consigned to the ship La Llogue, outward bound, in the West India Dock. The prisoner wa, seen by the ship-keeper of the La Hogue under the tarpaulin of a barge called the Richard, made fast to the ship. The noise of hammering first attracted the attention of the ship keeper, who sax , the prisoner break open two casks, one containing g ass and the other crockery, on board the Richard, and take away a quantity of articles from each which he took on board the Ceres. Information was given to a dock constable, named Cordran, who found the goods above-named on board the Ceres. The prisoner, on being charged with the theft, said he bought the glass and crockery of men who had stalls in the street. The merchant who shipped the goods, the lighterman who put them on board the barge Richard to be trans ferred to the La Hogue, and other witnesses clearly proved the identity of the goods and the loss from the casks. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, advised his client to plead guilty, and then called James Cooke, the captain of a canal barge, who said be had known the prisoner many years, and he always bore a good character. Mr. Yardley said the witnesses called for the defence would bear the sentence he was about to pass, which he he hoped would be known to every bargeman in the kingdom. He was sorry to say that his experience told him that goods in transit, either by canal, river, or rail way, were plundered to a fearful extent, But for the vigilance and good conduct of the ship-keep,r, Thomas Joyce, the goods would have been shipped and sent to sea without it being known that the casks had been plundered, and pr,:bably the crew of the ♦essel would have been blArned for that of which they were quite in nocent. He could not allow the character given of the prisoner to affect the punishment ho was about to inflict in the slightest degree. Goods forwarded by canal or railway, or in the course of transit to be shipped, were too often plundered, and he should inflict the most severe punishment in his power to award. He sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. IVIA3KET NEWB.—(Tina Day.) HAY MARKETS. ZMITRFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 31 3s to 4110 s Od; new do., it Os to 4/ 4s ; old clover, it lOs to 51 ss; new do., 3/. 10s to 41. 15s; and straw, 1/ 85 to 11 13s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 31 8s to 41 12s; new do., 31 Os to 41 4s; old clover, 3110 s to 51 ss; new do., 3/ lOs to 41 16s; and straw , 11 8 s to 11 14 s per load. A low trade. WHITECEIAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 103 Od ' • new do., 31 Os to 4/ 44; old clover , 3 / lOs to 5 / 5 s ; new do., 3/ lOs to 41 16s; and straw, 1/ 8s to 11 14s per load. Trade firm. HOPS. Our attention has been called to certain discrepancies which have lately appeared in reference to the state of the hop trade. It is but natural that every one should endea vour to make the largest amount of profit out of any corn modiv he may have to dispose of; but, when we find statements abroad b wring the stamp of untruth, every journalist sho ii be careful how he adopts opinions which reflect great discredit upon certain parties. For our parts we are not inclined to give currency to statements which we know to be false ; and, though holders of hops may trust in a short crop and in higher prices, we decline to meet their views otherwise than on fair pounds. The state of the market at this moment is this: —There is every prospect of a good supply of new hops— the quantity of last growth on hand is still very extensive —and prices are likely to rule low. Why, then, we ask, should we assist to produce excitement in the market, when in fact no grounds exist for assuming that we shall have hops at 101. per cwt. ? Much more might be written on this subject, but we refrain from enlarging upon it ip,r the present. • COLONIAL TEA..—The market bas been extremely firm, and the demand for common Congou is brisk, at is 2d per lb. Holders do not press sales. SUGAR.--The demand for home consumption is by no means active, but for exportationthere has been a moderato enquiry, at about former rates. In the Refined Market business is very dull, and to effect lower prices must be submitted to. . . COFFEE. —There is very little brviness doing, and prices, although . steady at present, are expected to rate rather easier. RlCE—Only small 'quantities have been offered, previous values, in most instances, having been barely supported. Rum—The market is very inactive, and prices generally rule rather easier. SALTPETRE—The market is very firm, and full rates are readily obtained for all qualities. TALLOW—More activity has been displayed the last two or three days, and prices have improved. P.Y.C., on all positions is now quoted 58s 6d per csvt. JLoss or TWO LIVES AT A FIRE. --We regret to state that yesterday two of the sufferers by the late fire in Charles-street, Hatton-garden, expired in St. Bartholo mew's Hospital. It appears that the premise,- in which the fire commenced were in the occupation of Mrs. M. A. James, a stationer and tobacconist, and at the time of the outbreak a great many persons were in the upper part of the house, who unon being alarmed succeeded (with the exception of a young female named Caroline Payne, who had gone simply to get a pair of scissors) in getting clear out of the house, but the smoke arising from the basement was so dense that the unfortunate female was unable to descend the stairs, when a man named Timothy Tooking, with the most praiseworthy motives, ran and fetched the Royal Society's escape be fore the men came on duty, and, raising the machine, endeavoured to get the poor girl out. In so trying he slipped on one side of the escape, and both fell to the ground, a distance of over fifty feet. They were at once taken to the hospital, where everything that humanity or surgical skill could devise was done for them, but they ex,ired yesterday morning from the effects of the inju ries received. An inquest was held upon the two bodies this day, when a verdict of accidental death was returned in each case. "The corn crops," says the Courrier de Madrid, "axe rulst luxuriant in every part of Spain, and of ex traordinary richness in the provinces of Estf , atnadura. Andalusia, Murcia, Aragon, and o.d Castilk One of the wooden bridges on the railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow was a few days back acci dentally burnt down. This disaster has caused great inconvenience in the communications between the two places. Accounts from Vienna state that a line of packets from Trieste to American ports is about to be est&• bliehed by the Auctriasi Lloyd, 1 STATISTICS OF AURO_PE. A St. Peterburgh correspondent mentions the recent publication-in the great noithern capital of a remarkable work upon politcal economy and na tional statistics, which has occac•ioued much sensa tion in the literary and psilitical world. It is en titled "Le Manuel de Stat , sque." Its author is M. Roslayskii Petrovskii, of Kharkov, who says he intends it especially " for the use of the Russian youth." The following very curious calculations are made by him " The extent of Russia is 31 times greater than that of Austria, 39 times greater than that of France, Great Britain, and Prussia taken together, each of which taken separately forms scarcely one !4eventeenth of the coloss4l Russian empire. The cultivated lands with us form 20 per cent. of the whole superficies, whilst they are but 16 per cent. in Austria, 12 per cent, in Ecgland, 81 per cent in Prussia, and 7 per cent. in France. The propor tion, however, is in an inverse ratio in respect to territorial wealth. There is in Russia for every inhabitant 6.4 deciatines of pr , ductive land ; in Austria and Prussia, 1.4 ; in France, 1.25 ; and in England, 0.75 only. Under a hydrographie aspect Great Britain and Prussia possess per .quare mile more than of a verst of fresh water communication ; France, ; Austria, 2.3 ; Russia in Europe, 1.5; a n d P o l an d, 1.1-10. Thus it appears that Poland is the richest country in water communication, and Russia the poorest, not withstanding the great ext<nt of her rivers. 'The first canals in Russia were formed under the rule of Peter the Great. In France the canal du Midi was established under Louis XIV. Er* land had not commenced to form her canals until 1758 ; but since then she has outstripped all the other Powers, for she possesses to-day nearly 4,000 versts of canal. France has 3,960 ; Russia, 1,138 ; and Prussia only '364. That difference be comes still more evi lent if we compare the ex tent of those canals with the relative superficies of each of those States. Great Britain possesses per square mile more than 4-5 h of a verst of canals ; Fiance, 2-sth ; Prussia and Austria, 1-14th ; Russia, in Europe, 1-80. In this respect Great Britain is nearly twice richer than France, 11 times richer than Prussia and Austria, and 64 times richer than Russia. It is true, however, 414.4, in mood of thocco oounl rieca, the navigable waters and rivers compensate to a great extent for their relative inferiority. " Great Britain possessed, at the end of 1855, 15,054 versts of railway in operation ; France 5,000 versts ; Prussia 2,758 ; and Austria 2,1.77. In proportion to stir erficias Great Britain had 4i times more than France and Prussia, and 11 times more than Austria. "Under the head of population, it is to be noticed that mortality is greater in Russia than amongst any other of the peoples .of Europe. Ac cording to the statistical calculations made in the first h Alf of the 19th century, there died in Russia no less than one out of every 30 of the inhabitants; and, according to the latest documents, one for every 28, and even for every 26, of the inhabitants —a terrible proportion, far beyond the state of mortality in Great Britain, France, or even Austria, where mortality is said to be very great. Besides th tt, the average duration of life in Russia is much shorter than in the other nations of Europe. Out of 1,000 deaths there died in Russia only 116 old persons, whilst, out of (he same number there died in Austria 170, 193 in Prussia, 214 in France, and 270 i❑ Great Britain. " The Russian mortality, too, amongst children is very high. Out of the total number of deceased -;, amongst the Russians who professed the Greek re. ligion, there died very nearly 1,000,000 of children under 15 years of age. Thus it appears that neatly 1-45th of the entire population of Russia die prema turely. After that tact, who can deny,' says the author, that the i_moraned which surrounds the cradle of the p-asant's child is wu h wore dan gerous and di-srructive to the country than all her possible enemies ? " The ter ility of the soil of the great European nations is represented by the following numbers : One grain produces in G. eat Britain, oil an average, 9 or 10, in France a little more than 6, in Austria 5, in Prussia 4-7, in Russia 3-5. Under this re port it appears that England raises proportionally three and a half times more products from her soil than Russia, notwithstanding the extreme richness of the land in many of our governments. We can only attribute this deficiency to the bad system of cultivation that is generally adopted in Russia., ":.•'+ --- " Under the head of " Public Elucation,'?:iviir. - .' count in Prussia 1 pupil out of every 6 to 7 inha bitants, in Great Britain 1 out of every 9, in France 1 out of every 11, in Austria 1 out of every 14, and in Russia 1 out of every 132 ; and if we in clude those who receive a domestic education, 1 out of every 70 ! In France and Prussia there is published, proportionately, a new work for every 7,000 inhabitants ; in Austria, 1 for every 14,000 ; in Great Britain, 1 for every 21,000 ; in Russia (not including Poland and Finland), 1 for every' 58,000; and including Poland and Finland, 1 for every 46,000. On the other hand, the numbers under the head of " Moral Statistics," if they can be called such, are all to the advantage of Russia. We count in Russia 1 criminal for every 1,380 inhabitants, whilst in Austria the proportion is 1 to 652 inhabitants ; in France, 1 to 585 ; in Prussia, 1 to 449 ; and in England, 1 to 375 inhabitants It is true that the enormous extent of Russia is fa vourable to the flight of criminals, and increases the possibility of their escaping from the vigilance : ; '.7? of the police ; nevertheless, under this head, the advantage indisputably remains oa the side of Russia. "There is in Prussia 1 church to every 1,060 in habi ta s, in Russia Ito 1,360, in Great Britain 1 to 1,414, in Austria Ito 1,820. We count in Russia 1 ecclesiastic to every 370 inhabitants, in Austria 1 to 450, in France 1 to 460, in Prussia 1 to 1,228, in Great Britain Ito 1,250 inhabitants. The dif ference is enormous as between Catholic and Pro testant countries. Industry and comanerce present the following numbers :—The industrial produc tions of Great Britain are valued at 172 francs per head ; in France, at 110 francs; in Prussia, 104 francs ; in Austria, 68 francs ; and in Russia, at 34 francs. The amount of the commercial move-* ment is 128 francs for every inhabitant of Great Britain, 52 francs for Fr once, 28 francs for Prussia, 17 francs for Austria, and 12 francs for every in habitant of Russia." The author in conclusion says :—" We have not failed to observe in this ske cti, -to our great satisfact oii, that on tie one side nature has richly endowed our country wi h her g,f s, and on the other side th-it it has conferred up in the inhibit anti of Russia a happy physical organisation, and qualities which proudie to this country a long and vigorous exists-nce. The defec s which we have remarked with us ought nei'h.-r to as (mirth nor to sadden us. They are explained by the natural progress of events, for we must not forget that the civilisation of Westi-rn Europe is the fruit of long and painful efforts of human intelligence, often accompanied with fatal outbursts of pasdons, whilst Russia has not taken any active part in European civilisation until from the period of Peter the Great." Switzerland has just lost one of her best patriots, aid a most intelligent public man. M. Franscini, chief federal councillor, died on the 19th, raiher suddenly. Leominster and Kington Railway is to be opened for public traffic on the 28th inst. Fuur trains will run daily each way. COMMENGEMENT OF THE EIARVEST IN SIISSEX..-- Wheat-cutting is commencing much earlier this year than usual, The crops look extraordinary this year, and we have no: had so heavy a crop of grain since the year 1847. Wheat, oats, barley, peas, and beans will, no doubt yield abundantly ; and the show for root crops is splendid. We supp * ose that wheat reaping in the Weald will be general by Lindfield fair, which is at least a fort night earlier than usual. The harvest in France is also very forward ; a loaf made from wheat grown this year has been produced in Paris.—Sussex Express. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH,—The last coil of the cable which is to unite the Old and New World, will, it is expected, be on board the Agamemnon on Wednes day. The event whl be celebrated by an entertain ment at Erith to the workmen of the various factories. The Agamemnon will arrive in Cork on Monday. More than ten thousand persons visited the ship on Senday. CRICKET.—NORTH V SOUTH.—This match was com menc-d at Lord's yesterday, and when the stumps were drawn the game stood thus:—South, Ist innings, 165; North, 84 (five wickets standing). BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. —The Master in Chan cery (Elumphry) charged with the winding-up of the London and Manchester Direct Independent Railway Company (Remington's line), will, on the 22d inst., adjudicate on the claims of the scripholders to the divi dtnd of 65. 31. per share. Such is the disgusting stale of our law, that this company has been not less than 13 years under the winding -up process, although there was plenty of money, and all that had to be done was to pay the debts and restore the surplus to the share holders. NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL.—Yesterday' the eighth annual distribution of prizes to the pupils of the above , chool took place by permission of the autho rities of the parish, in the Vestry-hall, King'S-road, Camden -town. The Bishop of London presided, and was supported by a large body of the clergy and laity of the district, including the Rev. T. Dale, vicar of St. Pancras ; G. Att en b o r o u g h, E s q., c h urc h w arden ; J. Payne, E , q., Major Cobbe, R. F. Brettingham, Esq., A. Bed, E q., dr,c. EAST AND WEST MALLING.—Our hop bine still looks promisingly ; some grounds not .o well off 1 0 others, but judging float pr's, nt appearances WO shalt do as welt as our neighbours. THE SIITTONS. —Many grouisds in the parishes are very foul, and appear as if they were gOille into a rapid blight : others look morelavourablo , _ Who het weather ie their WOW, 1 4.o int St 4 V l atralasia 140 4 ( 1 0 n, Lc 44k realise ,The 4air dMils( erna 24 nc 9 9i etie l to 100. lib alTlfig : t'nk Stock oer ent* H alPor Cent. Per C !? 2i p er sulit % 14 0 nn c i t 1 1,0 14'st er ay ' 4 0100.0 4500 on " ( i 'to, B 1850 Ai CI S OP li 5 It t° 185 rei lm 2 bit a Newto Defel flo I) itt o .A : o0 n :( Dit to Grua • t'it to AccO, C nll,4o i s C0115014b1 Ltov Eln( : 7:rs: ' 111 „ ce Ethvi fr Bilboa. 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