The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

)OPAL SURREY THEATRE, ?; t :!; Losgoes, Messrs. Shepherd anti Creswick, THIS EVENINTC , will be performed the gravyl opera of LUCIA DI LANIMERMOCHI. Lucy E , cott, Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, Mr. Manvers, Mr. 11. Squires, awl Mr. A. Cook e, vv Fullo we Iby IL TROVATORE, Mr. H. Squires and Miss Mr. Cook, &c. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP ET IT FT EA.TRF. Lesseo and Manlgcr, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of Her "Llajesty and His Royal Highness Princl nut, Complete and unoxample.l Success of the Grand 0 iental Spectacle of EL HY •E Mr. Wm, Omke announces with great satisfaction another Triumph. The intcnse'y interest :lllX awl thrilling Eqnestrian axd Dramatic situations with which this styendid Ilippodrama abounds have been nightly received with incr•Med delight and enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, nut during the week, the entertainments -will commence with the Grand Elne=trian and Oriental See• tacle, in 2 Ac►s, entitled EL HYDER.; or, THE CHIEF OF THE GIIAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol loway, Introducing, Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Valued Horses. After which an nnapproaThabl.y brilliant series of Mr. ZFiliiam Cooke's inimitable SCENES' IN THE ARENA, sup ported by the popnlar and ta!ented Artistes of the establish. moat, ineludin; Madlb. MIMos. Commot.co at seven o'clock.. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper - Macs, as. ; Private Boxes, from 21 s., no charge for booking; Pit, ; is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Htlf-price at calf-past Eight. B oftleo open from Elerrea till Pour. Stage Mal.a r, M : . V. Vtri , st, Ecraeatriaa Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jur. ANTERI3I7 RY HALL, Weltminater-psa4. V) OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The conitnny of Vocalists are eng,wed for the performance of Ilse:ions from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Chornsos, (items, Dnets, &c., viz.: Miss E Peareo, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss E. Scott, %!i.s Brune, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and Madame Marietta ; Herr P. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far- Taut. S. 'o ;es. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Oorri, Senor 'An. tonio, E L. Hime, and Vir St. A;byn ; Master Corri-; Messrs. Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Ceoil Hicks; harmonium, Master ; Direetor, Herr P. Jonglim t/14 Clornmenco at Soren o'clock precisely. Si yen, &c.. until twelve o'eock THE FASTEST SHIP IN THE WORLD IN THE THAMES. The celebrated " Black Ball" clipper 41 IG H NIN G," . Belonging to Messrs. JAMES BAINES and Co., of Liverpool, and sister ship tot the " JAMES BAINES" and the " CHAMPION Of THE SEAS," recnly inspected and so highly eulogised by ber Majesty the Queen and Court at Portsmouth, is expected to arrive in the Thames, to embark Troops for India, on or about the 21st instant. While lying off Gravesend,, She " LioarN. aro" will be thrown open to public inspection lot a few days, and a charge of one admission will be 'nada, the receipts to be given to the wives and families of the soldiers who sail in her. The LIGHTNING" is 2,093 tons register, :4500 tons burthen, 243 feet long and 4dfeet wide. She is T FAS:JEST SHIP IN THE WORLD, having made the osage from Melbourne to Liverpool in 63 days, when her sided during the whole voyage (round Cape Horn), a distant of 15,000 miles as the crow flies, averaged 10 miles an . 124. On the 27th 'of February, 1855, she ran 19 mi es per Jour for 24 consecutive hours, and from the 28th June the 4th July, 1856, her hourly consecutive speed avr ,, ged 15 miles, MOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. i - Ar THIS EVENING will be performed Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. THEATRg ROYAL, H 4YMARKET. Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstono, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farren, Miss Reynolds, &e., will appear. After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of• BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. a. d. Press Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit.,, _ _ Lower Gallery 1 Oltiower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery ..... 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TTIIS EVENING, will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Panl'Bedford, and M , dame Celeste. After which, the now sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford. &c. To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN TIDE SEVEN DIALS." f t OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. leA , Mes3ra. F. Rob;nn and Emden. THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama 01 THE LIGHTHOUSE. After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray. To conclude with the o iginal Extravaganza, by R-,bel 1 B. Brongh, Fser., calla MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob. sin, Cooko, Danvers, &c ; Mims Swauborough, Thiriwall Bromley, arid Mrs. Meifont. Commence at half-pastlBeven. HIGFf WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn., 35 mio. aft. 1 -Even , 57 TrI:11 A r t. 1 To-Monitow—Mrrn., 18 min. aft. 2 Even., 38 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER- SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 19. TH7RMOMETER, IN TaM SHIDE. 72—highest since noon yeatetdar. 6i--lowest this morning and dazing th© night. 69 --this day at noon. BA.r.omETER, 30.18. WIMP, N. ; light, with fine weather. irr:f ( $5., =- A... , .t • - .9.• ) 4 - 11;41 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1867 Everything must sooner or latter be brought lo a conclusion. We may, therefore, anticipate that the wearisome and prctractel disco sins on the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill may trrminatc at the next sittir=g. It is said that Parliament is to be prorogued on Saturday nEx4. Sorely then some reasonable time must be con c , ded to the Upper House t 3 take into considera tion the numerous amendment., or quasi amend nler:ts introduced in the collateral branch of flit; Legislature, to agree or dissent therefrom, and, if necessary, to. hold a conference with a corn nit:ee from the Commons. It may be a fo3rious inconvenience to protract the Session be yond that time. But we hope and believe that the Government will not suffer itself to be de feated by the obstructive tactics resorted to, and that whatever time may be necessary to complete t! e measure will be devoted to that purpose, so that the much required measure may become the law of the land before Noble Lords and Right Ron. and Hon. Gentlemen are enabled to separate iri pursuit of health or amusement. One of the points debated with much energy on Mo nday was, how far the petitioner for relief Should be compelled to cbme into court with clean hands? whether, in fact, it should be per mitted to the respondent to avail herself of the tea quoque argument and to retort on her accuser. The difficulties incidental to any fixed and irreversible rule were clearly and dis tinctly pointed out, and the matter was finally left to the discretion of the New Tribunal. This is in strict accordance with the prieeipleofthe bill. The Court is intended to ex,,cute the func tions that heretofore devolved on P al u, lnent. It hai been constituted with peculiar care, „, as to warrant the extensive powers confided to i t , ch:.rge. The Lord Chancellor, the two Chi e f Justices, the Chief Baron, and a specially selected Judge will be the members, and surely there can be no adequate pretext for re fusing them the privilege of taking all the facts of the case into their consideration and deciding in accordance with justice an d equity. If they were t) be fettered by stringent inflexible regulations, persons of very inferior pretensions would be fully qualified to act within the narrow limits allowed by the Legislature. Indeed, we believe, that every case might be aalely entrusted to their hands, and that a short enactment declaring that their judgment should be final and conclusive in all maters relating to the dissolution of marriage, on the petition o f either husband or wife, would be the best and most convenient that could be passed, and that there would not be the slightest danger of auy abuse of power, or act of indiscretion on their part. The it point contested with the most un- FHE SUN, LON DON, \VEDNESD V.!V ING, AUGUST l9, ~18-57 flinching determination was whether the Tri. bunal should have the power of inflictiog fine and imprisonment,or either, on the guilty arty. The Lords had determined that a pecuniary fine may be imposed in lieu of the costs and damages in the disgusting action of Crim. Co.! , which will happily be abolished. After a sharp struggle, this has been expunged from the bill, and there is now no punishment for the adulterer save the possibility of costs being given against him. This question may again come before Parliament at no very distant period. The grand struggle took place on the clause authorising the remarriage of the parties. Every inch of ground was fiercely contested ; but in vain. The House would not consent to consign the guilty party to eternal and hopeless degradation, or to permit her - seducer and betrayer to with hold the sole reparation in his power to offer to society as well as to his victim. We have already explained that such a provision would withdraw the main check on many profligate and licentious persons, who are deterred from crime by the notion that they are bound in honour to marry the partner of their guilt. If the parties were compelled to intermarry whenever they could do so, it would do far more to prevent the offence than any punishment in the shape of 'fine or imprisonment that could be inflicted. A would-be adulterer would pause before binding himself for life" to the partner'of his crime. We regret to say that the Government partially yielded to the clamour raised on behalf of the so called conscientious scrup'es of the clergy—that is to say, so far as they would be bound to marry the guilty party. We have already so fully ex pressed our opinions on this point that it is only necessary to say, that those who are in re ceipt of public Money, who are paid by the nation for discharging • certain functions, have 110 right to object to perform any ceremony au thorised by the law of the land. This has been manifestly a compromise to save time, and it will meet the general fats of such compromises, by being exceedingly unpalateaLle to all parties. W e cannot see how the alleged supremacy of the Crown over the Churches of England and Ireland can be' asserted in the face of such a provision. It is a novel position that beneficed clergy Men • may, at their mere will and pleasure, set them . selves in open hostility•to the existing law of the _ land. Sir JOHN PABINGTON hag again and again striven to bring under the consideration of the new Parliament the question upon that great measure for the improvement of our population—a sound moral and religious education—tha most efficient preventive and the best corrective of the rarticu lar cliss of vic2s, with the merely repressive mea sures against which the Legislature has recently been occupying the public time so ltrgely, and in many respects so discreditably. When, the other night, he asked L)rd PALMORSTON for a day for the c msideration of the Eduction question, we we were sorry to see no expression of regret re ported from his Lordship at the possible post ponement of the paramount subject, and that ho referred to the preoccupation of the public time with .the discussion on the Divorce Bill, as if it were an amusement which he did not care to interrupt. Now this pre-occupation of the House as against the education question—a pre-occupation not properly with the substantive law of divorce, which surely needs large amendments, but as pressed by the Government, merely with the question of proce dure, is very discreditable, for to the extent to which our young and teeming population, rising into adult life, are ill educated, they disregard law, and the Legislature ltbeurs in vain. It Would have been befitting the Prime Minister to have preferred the postponement of the comparatively little, for the sake of the immenatlygreater ques tion, involving the whole field of morals and pri vate conduct waiting for consideration. On the chef educational questions there are large differences as t 3 the facts ; first as to the existing amount of educational provisions. Mr. EDWARD BAINES, the leader of the voluntaries, alleges that existing provisions are sufficient, one answer to which is that upwards of 60 per cent. of those who are called upon to sign mar riage registers, can only affix their marks, that our penal commitments exceed 100,000 per annum, and that hordes cf depredators and quacks, includ ing such fortune-tellers as are found flourishing at Leeds, live upon the illiterate. More over, there are widely extending opinions that the quality of a large proportion of the educa tion now given is entirely unsuitable and almost worthless. - Most of that given at the dame schools is proved is be so. One set of objections to a large proportion of the instruction given in the higher schools is its abstract, and also its Monkish character, and the little knowledge it imparts of important " common things," to which Lord ASHBURTON has directed attention. Miss Courrs BURDETT has been most worthily exerting herself to improve the education cemmonly given to females of the poorer classes ; to impart in struction ou household matters ; to exercise them, in arithmetic for example, on domestic budgets, and in showinghow "both ends" of weekly earnings may be made to meet, and to give them a more practical training, calculated to make them better wives as well as better servants, than a large pro portion of them now prove to be. At the recent educational conference his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT stated forcibly the great difficulties interposed in the way of the voluntary education of the labouring classes, by the demands made on the time of young persons under the com mon modes of instruction requiring, for them, large sacrifices of the wages and service needed for the support of families. At that same conference, Mr. CHADWICK adduced instances of well-con ducted "half-time" schools, where the instruction given, in combination with industrial occupation, had been proved to be at least as efficient as the common full-time instruction given in the like schools without such Combinatiou. The Cmll - agreed with him and adopted his resolu tion, recommending these examples of half-time teaching, for careful examination and rep)rt, as bein g fraught with new and important conclu sions bearing on the whole scheme of popular education. The same gentleman maintains that schoolmasters, and ed uca ti on i s t s i n genera l, h ave not exami ne d , and, to examine properly are rarely i n a posi tionproperly the comparative results of their variou s m o d" of instruction, traceable in the condition of their pupils in afterlifeHe s t a tes also, with a v i ew to renewed inv estig . ation, that of the pupils of e so_loinferior schools fcr the poor, not more than a third were to be found in courses of productive industry after leaving school, and that large numbers of them were to be found in houses of correction as delinquents, or on the niendicity books, or on the pauper rolls—whilst of the pupils of schools of an intermediate or of a better de scription, the greater proportion ar e to be found engaged in honest labour, and of the pupils fr( m the highest order of district schools, the whole are got into beneficial courses. It will ba agreed that it is highly important that the latest experieuce of these yarious Jesuits obtained several years ago, should be examined and brOught . forward for the public information. In the discussions on the education question the Prussian system is frequently referred to dis paragingly by the antagonists of a public pro vision ; but to what authentic and recognised sources of information do those gentlemen refer ? and are they aware that Prussian and German educationists say they have made mistakes in not making the instruction sufficiently practical, and in other respects, which mistakes they would them selves correct ? It would be of advantage that their latest experience should be properly sought. In the United States of America large questions have been raised in respect to popular education, which ought to be examined for our own sakes. A proper commission of enquiry such as Sir JOHN PAKLNGTON and Lord JOHN' RUSSELL pro pose, which shall examine and report the latest evidence, on such points, would surely make im portant preparations for the discussions next session, and prevent the public time being fruit lessly consumed by renewed disputations on ques tions of fact which admit of previous settlement. We trust that it will prove to be untrue that the Government, intend to resist enquiry, and that it scill be made manifest that Lord PALMERSTON duly appreciates the solemn claims of the question for the best legislative preparations. We cannot perceive any tyrannical interference with private rights in the attempt now made to abate one of the greatest social nuisances that can be imagined, and to enforce some respect for the laws of decency and morality and for the health of the people. Many trades and callings are sub jected to police surveillance, the necessity pf the case being the sole excuse for the measure. Why, then, should the keepers of common lodgir g houses be exempted ? It is perfectly optional on their part whether they bring themselves within the provisions of the bill or not. They are not compelled to receive all corners, or to throw their houses open to every applicant. Should they desire to do so and make a profit from those com pelled to seek the protection of a roof, they should cheerfully submit to regulations essential to their own health and comfort, ,as well as to that of their guests. An Englishman's house way still- be his castle, although he may not be permitted to extract an unholy profit from the miseries of his fellow-creatures, or to crowd a number of persons of •opposite sexes into rooms totally inadequate to their accommodation—to bring them into contact with disease and crime, and produce the most demoralising results. The well authenticated reports of the fearful scenes enacted at these rookeries and back-slums, clearly indicate the necessity for further legislation. Every dwelling-hous_e, every room so contaminated, is a nuisance to the neighbourhood, an offence against every individual, who in seeking refuge from the inclemency of the weather, should not be exposed to far worse evils than those he is seeking t) avoid. But while Measures are adopted to improve the lodgings offered to the poorer classes, steps should also be taken in another direction. • What leads to this overcrowding,•to the placing human be ings in places not fit for animals of the lowest description ? It is the want of other and more suit alde accommodation. 'Grader the existing laws, uo person will be permitted to rest in the open air. The stern Police injunction to " move on" is heard whenever he or she may at tempt to rest their weary limbs. The Adelphi catacombs—the dry arches of Wa terloo - bridge, cannot find space for , every houseless wanderer. The Union Work houses are avowedly deficient in respect to sleep ing accommodation. The poor are driven with reproaches from their doors, and stern necessity compels them to seek shelter wherever it can he obtained for the prices they can afford to pay. If we enter on a crusade against the miserable apo logies for accommodation offered, we are bound to provide a fair and proper substitute. Evety metropolitan improvement le:isens the amount of accommodation within their reach. But nothing is given in its place. The parochial authorities are not compelled to provide the shelter of a roof, either for casual paupers or for those able and willing to pay a sma►l sum for shelter. There is nothing but the extension of the syE tem of model lodging-houses that can provide an adequate remedy. Even the very poorest in the community are no enamoured of filth and suffo cation. If they could obtain comparatively de cent accommodation at moderate rent, those wretched dens would speedily be deserted. The salutary c)mPetition would work an effectual cure. The two measures should proceed pari While we enforce regulations for the health and decency of lodgers of the class barely removed from the limits of pauperism, we should at the same time supply places of shelter for those who would otherwise have to seek in crime the means of obtaining admission even to prisons or police sta tions. Of course it is too late to hope for such au enactment during the present session, but while we should not on that account reject the bill now before the Souse, some pledge ought to be obtained from Government to introduce suit able pro Visions at the very commencement of the next session—so as to ensure reasonable accommo dation in every district at moderate prices for all who may be likely to require it. DEATH OF LADY LYTTHLTON.—We regret to learn that Lady Lyttelton died at an early hour yesterday morning, at Haglsy Hall, Woroesterehire. LEer ladyship had been suffering during the last month from an in ternal complaint, which towards the close of the past week assumed a more favourable aspect. A relapse took place on Monday morning, and from which her lady ship never rallies). She had the censolatiou to be sur rounded by all the members of her family at her dissolution. The deceased lady was second dau , hter of the late Sir Stephen Glynne, Bart., and sister to the present baronet and Mrs, W. E. Gladstone. She was married to Lori Lyttelton in 1839, and leaves issue twelve tons aad daughters. Madame Beal° appeared in " Lucrezia Borgia," at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, last Saturday evening. The Italian company, from the Lyceum (Royal Italian Opera), with Madame Ristori at their head, gave last evening, at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, the first of four performances. The play was " Macbeth." Accounts from - Vienna state that General Gustavus von Degenfeld, one of the most distinguished officers in the Austrian service, has blown out his brains from a disappointment in love. The deceased was fifty years old. !SYRIA..-1 Ginstantinople correspondence of August 8, in the Courrier de Paris, states that troubles have occurred at three leagues distance from Jerusalem, and r bat twenty-two persons have been killed, amongst whom are same women. Cunious RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—During the floods in Lancashire on Saturday night, the water collected on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway at Walsden to such a depth as to put out the fire of the engine, and the tr,iin was s opped fur upwards of five hours. YELLOW FEVER IN THE WEST INDIES. —Writing •3 the health of St. Thomas, a correspondent informs us that ye low fever had abated, but had destroyed upwards of six hundred sailors from the let of May to that date. What frightful mortality ! —Jamaica Morning Journal. THE MUTINY IN INDIA.—A gentleman, speaking of the various tortures inflicted on ladies and gentlemen by the mutineers and the low Muhummedans, says " they slit the skin round the throats of their victims, and pulled off mask, scalp and all. The Lord recom pense them !" AN OFFENDED 111IISICIAN.—Herr Ernst, when, at the resilence of an exalted personage, finding that no one er te a r s ni p;y w in e g re a s t e te n n t t hm io i n , to his performance, quietly put up his violin, left the room, an d th e nex t d a y, w h en " hi s declined to receive the money.— MußBojeicrawLWoArlitidlt.lCULTUßAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF IRELAND.—The annual exhibition and meet'ngs of this so ciety co mmenced at Waterford on Moni:ay. There are between six and seven hundred exhibitors,. besides those who send machines a n d implements. The trial of ploughs and other implements has excited much inters: t. Toe Lord Lieutenant, who will be the guest of the Mar. quis of Waterford, is expected to be present at the latter part pf the proceeEliDge. LATEST .NEW Wb. MARSEILLES, AUG. 18. Intelligence of the 13th from Tunis, states that there bad been, in that city, a ferocious attack on the Jews. The Christans themselves had been threatened. Several persons were killed. The British Consulate was insulted. Military measures for repressing the outrage were taken very tardily. FRANCE. According to the Moniteur Count Rayneval is to be the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg. He is an experienced diplomatist, and likely to re present France with honour. M. Rayneval will no doubt be instrumental in creating a better under standing between Russia and Austria, as he is a great supporter of military despotism in Europe. The Duke de Grammont removes from the Court of 'Sardinia to that of Rome ; Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne leaves the Courts of Tuscany and Parma, and replaces the Duke de Grammont. The Marquis de Ferriere-le-Vayer, Minister at Wur tenaburg, removes to Tuscany and Parma,- and is succeeded by the Count de Reculot, now linistcr at the Courts of Hanover and Brunswick. The latest news from Constantinople (Aug. 13) is that the Ambassadors of France, Russia, Prussia, and Piedmont, expected to resume their diplomatic rela tions with the Porte immediately. From this we may conclude:that the advisers of the Sultan have agreed to the new elections for Moldavia. Accord ing to despatches received in Paris it is feared that the Austrian Internuticio at Constantinople has employed his time lately in creating hostility , between the diplomatic agents of France and Eng land throughout the East. The grave assertions in these despatches must be known to the public sooner or later. Another Ministerial modification is expected. The Moniteur pub'ishes a decree making a num ber of mutations, nominations, and promotions in the French diplomatic body. The Patrie contains the following reflections on the satisfactory termination of the Constanti nople difficulty . " The adhesion of. England to •the views of 'France in the East appears destined to produce the results we had anticipated. Austria, who is too skilful to remain isolated, resigns herself to to the revocation of the Moldavian elections, while Turkey, too equitable to struggle against allies who had preserved her integrity, is disposed to accept the denouement imperiously claimed by the good faith of treaties and by political morality. According to the latest and most authentic in telligence, Francs, England, Russia, AuStria, and Sardinia are on the point of requesting the Sultan to annul the elections in Moldavia, and the Sultan himself will undoubtedly be led to defer to the unanimous desire of Europe. This first point, which may now b 3 considered solved, leaa - es unsettled the fundamental question—that'of the organisation of the principalities. But itresults from the declarations of Lord Palmerston, confirmed by Lord Clarendon, that this question cannot in itself give rise to any difficulty. In fact, the congress of Paris will have to pronounce itself- after the elections shall have taken place mid. , r the eyes of the commissioner, of the six powers. We had anticipated this from the commencement. Everything has therefore been regulated in the spirit of the treaty. The attitude of France, so well represented at Constan tinople by M. Thouvenel, has bad all the results that could have been expected ; it has dissipated all exclu,dva pretensions which could not agree with the general interest of Europe, and has strengthened more than ever the sincerity of our alliances and the blessings of peace." The Debats coetaies the following : " The opposition manifested by Lord Palmer ston to the canal of Suez clies not proceed from convic ion, from a pol tical idea in the real sense of the word, but from an antiquated and puerile prejudice which dates fro* 1808. We should consider it an insult to M. Ferdinand de Lesseps were we to defend him against dishonourable in sinuations, which can neither affect his reputation nor character. To the meaningless sentences of the Premier we might oppose the language of so excel lent an authority as Mr. Gladstone. The questou of the Iszlimes of Suez is now well understood, appreciate 1, awl judged, in every point of view ; the c amulet cial world, -which i% mainlyinteref:ted in its fortunes, the political World, awl the Wollclof science have come to the same conclusion on the subject. It may be sa'd that the public opinion of Europe, and oven of England, has pronouncei itself definitively betty: en Lord Palmerston and the Suez can tl. Publiq opinion will maintain its verdict, and attain the triumph of its idea." PARIS, Tuesday evening.—The following were the last quotaions : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. --- li per Cents 3 per Cents 67 5 67 15 Bank Shares 9 ,800 endit goncier — Credit Mobilior 970 Roman Do. Account 967 50 Austrian - 89, Belgian 41 Piedmoutese (5) B94— Home Debt THE INDIAN MUTINIES. THE RUMOURED MASSACRE OF FUGI TIVES FROM FUTTEHGHUR. We have received the letter respecting this frightful story. We can only hope that the writer's doubts may be well-founded : " In a leader of your issue of the 14:h inst. this rumour is alluded to as a fact. Thus recognised, and relating to the murder of 130 of our country men, the rumour must cause intense anxiety to very many families on this side. "Allow me, therefore, to show that there are strong reasons for believing that the report, if not purely a fabrication, will prove to be a gross exag geration of atrocities on a smaller scale, for which the Rajah of Bithoor may have to answer. " In a letter which I have received from Calcutta, dated July 4, and of which I subjoin an extract, the writer states his positive cUsbelief of the ru moured massacre, and only admits the bare possi bility of such an event. There is every reason to accept as correct his information, that up t i the 20th or 21st of June everything remained quiet at Futtehghur. Now, if this be true, the report must be false. Futtehghur is 90 miles above Cawnpore, and tho latter place is 115 miles above Allahabad, where the rumour was first heard of on the 23d of June. Those who know anything of the rate at which the native river craft move will allow at least two or three days from Futtehghur to Cawnpore, even if the boats proceed singly, and nearly double that time for a fleet of 50 boats keeping together, which is implied in the rumour. If the boats pro ceeded separately, some out of so many must have escaped. If they went in a fleet, which is almost impossible, they could not have been at Cawnpore even on the 23d of June, the date of the rumour at Allahabad ; while two days at, least must beaal low ed for intelligence reaching the latter place from Cawnpore, especially when there was no pdstal com munication. " There are other circumstances which throw discredit on the report. The revolted Sepoys at Futtehghur committed no violence, but only de serted their service, and marched for Delhi. This renders it wholly improbable that the Europeans there should all have been seized with a causeless panic, which, according to the Friend of India, oc casioned their flight. Up to the 4th of July the authorities at Calcutta had no information of the alleged slaughter at Cawnpore. So late as the Ist of July General Havelock reported from Allahabad, " Etawah and Futtehghur safe in our hands ;" and, had such a frightful crime been perpetrated at Cawnpore a week previou-ly, he must have known of it. Then, may it not be held that my corre spondent's information, obtained through the best native channels up to the 4th July in Calcutta, is entitled to a preference over the accounts which the Englishman and other Calcutta papers had received nearly a week before ? In these accounts there is one particular so inaccurate as to affect the credibi lity of the whole story. It is stated that the fugi tives were attacked at Bithoor (Bhitoor in the re port), landed and dragged to the Parade-ground at Cawnpore, &o. Now, BithoOr is 12 miles above Cawnpore. " The version given in the - Phoenix of the 30th of June seems to indicate the origin of all these flight ful rumours. We are told that a Ghomastah, writing from Allahabad, stated that he had left *Cawnpore on the 18th of June, and reported that `the Mahratta chief of Bithoor and other rebels had put to death nearly 200 Europeans, including al'ove 100 fugitives from, as he says, Nym e Tal.' Now, it is quite probable that the homastah's re port may be so far true that the Bithoor Chief may have put to death some unfortunate Europeans who may have fallen within his power. This would be foundation enough for tl , e tale of horror which, ac cording to the Bombay Times, was first bruited at Allahabad on the 23d ofJune, which would be abiut the probable time of arrival there of the G homes tab, who left Cawnpore on the IBth. "Putting ail the circumstances together. it ap pears to me that those (of whom I am - one) who have friends in Futtehghur may hopefully look for ward to the receipt by . next mail of an authoritative contradiction to the alarming rumours in qta estio'n." " CALCUTTA, July 4. "You will see in the newspapers that go by this mail an account of the massacre at Cawnpore of 120 Europeans who ba'd fled from Futtehghur by boa's for Allahabad. We do not believe the reports of this affair, because, in the first place, there was nothing like that number of Europeans in the place, even including half-castes under tint head ; ale t, because Government has had no account of the transaction ; and further, because we learn from ' ' the agents here of the Furrucabad shroff , , of whom we make al post daily inqu'rie4, that up to the 20th or 21st ult. (there is the uncertainty of a day, aris ing from the native method of noting dates), every thing at Futtebghur had remained quiet. Now, these native bankers contrive to get their letters conveyed when Government itslf fai's to do so ; therefore, we feel inclined to place a goo" deal of confidence in the accounts communicated by these bazaar men. At the same time there is no denying the possibility of the truth of the re ported massacre of the Futtehghur people. I only hope that in the end it may prove not to be true, and that by next mail we may be able to announce that the communication between that station and Allahabad has been restored, and that we have heard from Mr. .---laimself as to his own eafety." We have received the following letter on this subject from Mr. H. F. Gibbons, of Brick-court, Temple:— It may perhaps be interesting to some of your readers to know somewhat of Nana Sahib, the wretch who is reported, to have committed the wholesale murders at Bhitoor. He is not, I helieve, as represented, the adopted son of the ex-Peishwa Bajee Rao, nor does he pretend to be so, Dho Aldo Punt being the adopted eon of that prince. He is the eldest son of the ex-Peishwa's Soubandar, Ram chunder Punt, and is, as natives go, tolerably well educated. During his father's lifetime he was on ill terms with the Commissioner, Col mel Manson, and was charged by him with forgery, but the offence was not proved. He afterwards applied, through his father the Soubandar, for the post of commander oLcaafalry in the Gwalior service, butit was refused him. On his, father's death he claimed to succeed to the bulk of the paternal wealth tinder a will which bad been made out in Mahrarta and English, but the authorities considered it a forgery, and his younger brothers &aiming equal shares, as under an intestacy, the courts held him entitled to only one-third, instead of Ethe whole. His disaffected spirit must have been well known, andlis having been left in possession of artil'ery and such like means of offence is one of those called sw tbiolcetxtphleain.Gvernment of India ought to upon THE MUTINY AT MHOW. FORT, July fi. What many of us have long fear e d has happened —viz., a mutiny in our regiment, and in that of the cavalry stationed with us. Nearly every regiment of Sepoys in the army had mutinied ; and after hearing of the fall of Delhi, and from our isolated position, we expected that we might escape, but it was not to be our fate ; it began as follows : On the morning of the Ist we heard guns in the direction of 'More, and about 11 o'clock two guns passed through the centre of our cantonments, and down the Bombay road. An hour after they had passed an express CllllO in from Indere ' telling us the Residency had been attacked by the Muisulman poputation of the city, and the native troops had refused to fire on them ; that Colonel Durand and all the Europeans that had escaped the massacre were retreating on the Simirole road, and that we were to stop the guns at all hazards, as they were going to command a pass on the Bombay road, through which Woodburn's column had to march. When the order was given for two companies of ours to turn out and a de tachment of cavalry I noticed our men were very long turning out, and on the march would not step out, although every moment was of consequence. The cavalry were before us and came up with the guns. Captain Brookes ordered a charge, but they hesitated, and at last want on, he leading, and killing one man who attempted to draw his sword. The guns were taken by him, but he could not disarm them until we came up, Wo took the arms from the gunners, yoked the bullocks to the guns, and came back to cantonments. I noticed how sulky the men were, and when I went to the lines to lodge their ammunition they .told me they had an order to keep 40 rounds in their pouch, but I would not let them, and there was a good deal of grumbling, but they all pretended they were faith , tul to us, and onty wanted their arms in case they were attacked from ludore. However, in riding away from the lines I saw the men collected in groups talking, and some with muskets in their hands; this made me more suspicious, and I aviat and reported it to the Colonel ; he, poet- •man, thanked me, but evidently did not doubt the good faith of the regiment. • • • • . Bo "' - over, thank God, my representations, coupled with the assistance of the, officer commanding the Artillery, made him give orders fur the occupation of the place we are now in ; but, to givse cur men confidence in us, we had guards detached to our bungalows, and had orders to sleep in our lines. Our dinner was taken down to our serjeant major's house, close to the lines, and there we sat down. During dinner we saw a. light on the r,:of of our mess-house. I went up, and it was put out by the cook. Not one of the Sepoys of the guards was there. That made me nervous, but I went back to the lines, and we all sat in &group, talking. After a little while they came and tuld. - us there' was light in another roof. I went up and beat calt the fire with my cap, and wad assisted by a Sepoy on guard from my own house. After ex tinguishing it I went back an sat down. Some officer proposed we should then go to our beds at the bells of arms of each of our companies, and were going, when some one said, " The report is the regiment will rise at 10 to-night." It then wanted 10 minutes, and our major said, " Oh, very well ; let's wait and see." By Jove, the words were hardly 'uttered when we heard shots iu the cavalry lines, and we all sprung up, some one cry ing out we were attacked in rear by the Bheels. We all ran towards our companies, but as I got to mine I was received by two shots, one in rear and one in front ; an officer was behind me, and I sang out, "The men are firing on us, there is no hope —run." I then saw the adjutant galloping towards our quarter guard ; he was received by a volley. He, poor man, saw it was hopeless, andtold Dysart to run. It was a bright, beautiful moonlight night - , and we were in our white uniforms, so they could see us for a long distance I ran and received a volley from our grenadier company, but the bullets went all round me. After a little I was dead beat, and could not move, but, seeing a Syco running away with an officer's horse, I seized it, and mounted, but, not liking to carry away an animal that belonged to another man who might be in danger, I waited under the shade of an empty guardhouse to see for him, but I heard footsteps, and, looking round the corner, I saw the men of our hospital guard within 50 yards of me. I thought then I was done for, but put the horse to a gallop, and heard a shot ping by me quite close. I then made . for the fort, and found the gateway all con fusion. Our poor colonel was there on horseback, and, infatuated to the last, would not.believe the men had mutinied, and called on the adjutant to follow him to the lines. That was the last we saw of the poor fellows. We instantly disarmed the na tive guard in the fort, and turned them out, mounted sentries at the bastions ourselves, and pre pared for the worst. It was a fearful night, some of our officers were on picket duty by themselves, miles out on the Indore-road, and we feared their death was certain ; in fact, the escapes were wonderful. One officer, who had hid in the bazaar all night, came into the fort at daybreak, telling us the colonel and adjutant of our regiment had been killed in our lines, and that Major Herris was lying dead in the road, shot by his own troopers. The only one we could not account for was .Dr. Thornton, of the cavalry. Hearing the bodies were lying there, we resolved to bring them in, and went out with two guns and some officers mounted to protect them. The scene of .pillage and confusion. was horrible ; our messhotiee was burnt to the ground ; my own house also. I have lost everything except my sword and pistols, which I had on at the time of this outbreak Having recovered the bodies, and not knowing how many men were De ir us, we returned to the fort and had the melancholy task of burying them ; throughout all this I cannot express the admiration I feel at the way tha ladies have behaved—eheerful, and assisting in every way in their power ; poor things, without servants or quarters, huddled together, they have had to' d_i everything for themselves, and employ all their time in sewing bags for eovvder for the guns, well knowing the awful fate that awaits them if the place is taken ; there has not been a sign of fear, they bring us tea or any little thing they can, and would •ven like to keep watch on the bastions if we would let them. . . Yesterday Holkar'e Vakeel cams over and. disclaimed all participation in the mutiny. We shall see if he is sine -re, for they offered to send all the treasure that was not carried off over. here, but I have my doubts. We have no money, and the people round, seeing the, state of affairs, won't let us have any - Vain without paying for it. We hear Wooiburn's column will be here on the 15th. God speed it ! There is no water in the fort ; we are dependent for it from a well close by, and if we are invested I don't know what we shalrdo. It all depends on Holker, f r our mutineers -have marched to that rail) ing place of the faithful, Delhi, to assist there. I don't know whether you will ever get this letter, for the road is lined with people to in tercept the daks. Yoifthould see'the state we are me king up eaniAt-r, ladies sewing powder bags, people bringing plunder recovered, artillery mounting guns, and I don't know what all ; all of us dirty and tired' ith night watching ; we mount sentry duty to take the weight of it off the artillery men ; we snatch sleep and food as we can ; we have made a few foraging parties, and I succeeded in driving back our mess sheepe 4 to the number of 15€), and recovered a lot of mess stores ; but all our silver and furniture has been stolen and burnt. Tnis is not a regular fort—merely a sort of store place for spare guns, &e. But we are putting it in as defensible a state as we can, and I think we I shall stagger a few before they cap are it. Martial law is proclaimed, and a gallows in course of erec ton ott side the fort gates. Mercy is a word we have scratched out; in fact, mercy to them is death to us. 111 E. CILADSIONE AND Mb'. EDWIN JAMES, Q.C. The following "corraspondence has bean Fa' lished :-- ‘ l Brookes'e Club, Saturday Evening, Aug. 15. ' "Sir,—My attention has been - drawn to the repo;t of a speech delivered by you in the House of Commons on Friday evening, in which 'you refer to observatiors made by me, as counsel for the plaintiff,ln an action for crinikal conversation tried at the assizes for the county of Surrey. " My speech is inaccurately reported. "I neither intended to institute, nor did I institute, any parallel between the witness nolo whom evidence I was commenting and yourself; still less was it my in tention to represent your coriduot as derogatory and unbecoming. "The proceedings taken by the Duke of Newcastle to obtain a divorce from his wife have become a matter Publici J uris'—a subject of forensic history—and I do not consider that I transgressed the fair limits of the advocate in referring to them. "The sentiment which I intended to convey to the jury was, that a man of the highest position and the most unsullied honour might, from feelings of friendship and from the most.siticere motives, lend his assistance to another in prdcuring the evidence essential to obtain a separation from a wife who had dishoLoured him, and who, he believed, was no longer worthy to bear his name. "Since my return to town I have read the testimony given by you in support of the Bill in the House of Lords, and which I think jtistifies the statement which I made in the couranof my address to the jury. "I venture to suggest that it is due to y .urself. and to me that you should read this letter in your place in the House of Commons, and I beg the favour of your informing me whether you will comply with this request. Should you accede, the necessity for any other mode of publication will be obviated. " I have the honour - to be, Sir, "Your obedient servant, " EDWIN JAMES. "To the Right Hon. W. R Gladstone, Esq., M.P., &c." " 11, Carlton-house-terrace, Aug. 17. "Sir,—l have had the honour to receive this evening your letter of the 15t ,, , and I regret that I cannot con iply with the request which it contaios: " Whether the rules of the House of Commons would permit me to read that letter to the house, I have . not inquired ; for, even if they should do so, I could not ask the house to listen to a document the most material part of which I could read coly to question and cur tradict. "So far as I am concerned, the matter will rest upon my evidence before the House of Lords, and my state ment in my place. "Of course I cannot have the smallest objectio n to the publicati ,n of your letter, and you are quite , at liberty to add this note I now Write, or not, as 3rou think fit. "I have the honour to be, Sir, "Your most obedient servant, " W. E. GLADSTONI " Edwin-James, Ecq., Q C., &c." STATE OF TRADE. mINCHESTER, AUG. 18 • We have had a considerably larger business bet h in cloth and yarn. In cloth there has been more doing 3 in nearly all descriptions, including longcloths and T-cl* 'the. A rather better demand has also been experienced in fabrics suited to China. The advises from India b ave been variously interpreted, but the general tenon* of private commercial letters has been discouraging. Tb era has, notwithstanding, been a large business in India fabr ies, some large purchases having been made on speculati and, stocks of India goods having been cleared • off, manufacturers are holding for higher prices. In ya rns shippers to India have been operating to so me extent, but the chief business has been for Germai ty. The accounts to hand of the prospects of trade in Germany are - very encouraging, and the se lee have been rather large, with an advance of fully Id. j per lb. In some cases sellers have realized fd. per lb. higl ier than the rates of last week. The home tract& in yarns is also reported as rather brisk, at an advance of id. per lb. Messrs. John Slam and Co. report of the cloth- market , " The last accounts to hand from India,though on 1.- 110 whole considered favourable so fa r as political affairs , r.re co ncerned, have not yet led to any increase of bu o sin ,enss from that quarter; but, owing to the aspect of the tt` fi krmet e c s r , a t : ) to l market, even manufacturers of India goods are price and less disposed to sell. ' For other 119_ ces home and foreign, there is still a good der-rou'llaA.reanne'illri for nearly all kinds of goods are gradually hard • Mr. G. Fs aser SOD, aud Co. report,— rates, and in many instance s higher prices y firm in'pric " The market 'for yarns is more active to-hdaavyeabt been pi n it e t prises, . 0 than previously. goods also are looking upwards, but without any India fabrics remain q uite neglected, but y ale withyat ain the de dr o T t e ivit change in prlo '." - RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. ..........___ _ _ tr. C. fr c. Orleans 1,151i Western gortharn Lyons Wind Med 905 New Ditto ...... ..... 695 New Ditto B94— Grand Central Geneva Midi MONTENEGRO. The Agram Gazette of the 31th ult. says A picked corps of 1,800 men is now being formed by Prince Danito in Montenegro. 'Each of the men composing it is to take an oath of fidelity on the tomb of Peter 1., who is venerated as a saint in the country. These men will receive a fixed pay, which will be doubled during active service.. The corps will be commanded by the brother of the prince or by some officer of his selection." HOP INTELLIGENCE —About Canterbury the improve. inent in the hope during the last week has been ad that could poseilly be expected, considering the blighted state many of the grounds were in. The produce per acre, which did not at one time look more than two cwt. bids fair to yield on an average three cwt. The hope wi;l be much in two crops, so that the early on es w ill b e dead ripe before many, which have just appeared, will he fit to pick. The forward once in many grounds aro disposed to mould, and are infested with much flea—a very mischievous insect to the hcp at this time of the season ; so that the crop has something yet to go through. Tuere is no doubt that picking e ill be full a week earlier than lest year ; in fact there are portions of some of the ground in this n•ighbourhoDd which will be ready in acother week or ten days. In the neigbourhood of Maidstone the late rains have much improved the hops, which stood greatly in want of moisture. Many grounds that had been previously in jured by blight have now partially recovered, and will grow a fats hops where there was scarcely a prrspect of any. Should we have fine weather from this time the crop will be larger than was anticipal;ed a few weeks ago, but should there he a continuance of the wet, mould is likely to occur on the strong grounds, and thus to deteriorate the quality. The g eneral reports state that many of the hop plantations have been much improved , by the late heavy rains, which have given increased vigour to the plant, but where the ravages of blight and vermin were more serious the plants present no sign of recovery. Not a few of the gardens will yield more than 4 cwt. and 5 cwt. per acre. Picking will be early. From Sussex the accounts generally are very favourable as to a crop, in nearly every parish the reports state either a slight or a decided improvement.—Sough - Easter a °mite. THE ATLANTIC CABLE.—A correspondent of a con temporary says: —Having felt considerable anxiety for the success of the Atlantic Telegragh experiment, I was sorry to hear of its having, for the present, failed. I find that the directors meet on Wednesday to decide " whether attempts shall be renewed in October, or de ferred until next summer." As this experiment may be regarded as a national one, may I be permitted respect fully to offer through your journal the following considera tions—viz , Is not the cable too weak to sustain its own weight to a depth of 4,000 yards, especially when it has to bear a great strain upon it by currents, ece. ? Was it not unwise to increase the strain to 3 , 0001 b., and would it not have been Pref'r" able to increase the speed of the ship I Would not a greatly increased velocity of the ship have diminished the horizontal angle at which the cable left the ship ; also, the dip angle in paying out, and conse quently the strain caused by the ship's pitching ? Would not a high speed in plying out be preferable to a low one, by keeping up the greatest possible distance from the " settled down" portion of the cable and the ship ? Admitting the first proposition, would it not be dan gerous to the safety cf the cable to stop at all I Would it not be best, under the circumstances, and while the ships are in readiness, to try again this season, and to adopt the plan first fixed upon—viz., for each ship to take half the cable to the middle of the Atlantic, join the two halves, and each ship to sail home with the greatest attainable speed, with about 2,0001 b. strain, and stop for nothing? DIINDEE.—CRINOLINE AND WHALE FISHING.—Last year the price of whalebone ranged from 290 to 315/. per ton. This year our union Whale Fishing C imPanY has sold one of its cargoes to arrive at 4201. The Tay Whale Fishing Company has sold the cargo of the Jarmo at 4401. ; and we believe that n0w.500/. per ton i 3 the price asked for the two reinainingeNsseei, We doubt not, says the Dundee Courier, that the shareholders of our whaling companies ail agree in their admiration of crinoline—enabling them, as it does, to draw money alike from the vasty deep of th© Arctic Sea and from the pocket of Paterfamilias.- .Thee immedieto cause of the present rise in p r i ce is un d ers t oo d to b e a F renc h discovery by which w h a l e b one can b e re d uced to a species of fibre s in w hi c h s h ape i ts usefulness is reatly inure/med. g LITERATURE. The Young Bride. A Novel. By Mrs. Briscoe. 3 vols. Hurst and Brackett. By the exercise of ingenuity, the reader is pre sented with an almost original plot, which, as the story proceeds, is developed intpa most interesting record of struggles bravely encountered and suffer ings nobly borne by a meek and gentle spirit, who seems at first sight only fitted for an existence equable and tranquil. Mary Bulitrode had cause exclaim— " Then, happy, low Fe down— Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." for the cares of her high position early weighed her down, and the burden they ultimately im posed upon her quenched the brightness of her hopes, and dimmed the vista of her career at its outset. At a time when others of her ago are awakening from the dreamy ienorance of childhood only to find new charms in the increased know ledge of life's pleasures, and now ecstasy in their ' own perfected appreciation of them, when above them the sunshine and around them the flowers seem to whisper that theirs, too, is the season of spinet, and to bid them "In their gay youth, the youth 6f May, rejoice," Mary . was overwhelmed with a secret sorrow. Her grandfather was a stern. • and ruthless. old man, who knew neither compunc tion nor consideration when his wishes were para mount. He sacrificed to the Me loch of his ambi t' on his fair grandchild with as blind a zeal and as fanatic a rage as ever disgraced the banks of the Ganges, or darkened the light o f a t rop i ca l noon day. He contrived by some balse arts to effect a marriage between the cousins, the heirs to his vast estates, Mary and Harold, the pre text for his unseemly. haste being, that as as his nephew was proceeding to India for a hing stay, the weight of. years might not permit him to survive till his return, then to consummate the ardently desired union. Sir Aldrich Bulstrode did not gain by his victory, he was taught his faults by the sharpest of lifes lessons, the failure of the ful filment of his hopes. His whole subsequent term of existence, prolonged far beiond all expectation, was' replete with retribution. It is remarked in " Cuningsby," that "the altars of Nemesis are be neath every outraged roof," and Bulstrode Hall was truly haunted by the ghosts of an avenging spirit. From the day of the fatal contract dreary desolation, or dreadful dismay was visible. The first penalty paid by the old man was his having to re'inquish his beloved Mary's presence, for her nerves were so shattered that she had to travel and he was too infirm to accompany her. With a great deal of power has the authoress traced the gradual dawning of the bit: er iruth on Mary's unfolding intelligence and maturing mind. Sorrow quickened her faculties, and while deepening her sense of the outrage, roused her senses to the danger and strung her nerves to the conflict. Sir Aldrich had mis taken his position. In the frame of the maiden who seemed so plastic in his hands, there was vital a nature. to which fear was un known and which wrong made resistless, there was glowing a spirit worthy of the daughter of a race of het leis, which had come down to her througha long line.of chivalricancestors, andburned with all the fire of their noble name. Mary Bul strode was the true descendant of warrior chiefs and belted knights, and had she been left in her lonely bower she would have adorned her home with all the domestic graces and feminine refinements of any fair dame of ancient memory ; but alone and unprotected, hers was not the sphere for passive virtues to shine in, but for the exercise of the watchword arise. t is 'singularly int eres' ing to trace the further fortunes of th . s gifted heroine, her night wanderings, her day ambushes, her signal escapes, and her hairbreadth risks. Success even tually crowned her efforts, but she lived in constant dread. Thy brightest years of her life, in the love liness of its spring and the youth of its beauty, she .was fated - to wander in exile, to rest in rude and uncultivated families, in order to escape the terror that awaited her at horse. Her adventures were different in the Irish and Scotch retreats she found, but they were alike unsuited to her. It is pleasing to notice how she gradually made her way with every one beeher sweet manners and winning grace. It is not surprising that such unwonted attractions as the heiress of Bulstrode ptersessed should have excited the astonishment of all with whom she came in contact, and that thus gradually the news should transpire to her wary foes, who followed on her track as the- wild Indian keeps the trail of his enemy through mighty fetes's. In nothing did the upright character of the maiden more declare itself than in Ler conduct in regard to Colonel Hardy, who had become attached to her, as Miss Dalton, a friendless governess, as he sup eosed. It was new for Mary to find any one devoted to her entrap without reference to her rank and degree, but she knew her duty and her doom. The, charms of friendship, the magic of love, were not for her, who might never rest in a home on earth, but keep wandering as the desert tribe., whose only land of promise was far away beyond the rolling Jordan of iirs stormy tiles. As might be imagined, Hardy did not see the possibility of meeting his hard fate with c ilmness, but her example finally influenced him, and he was her protector from a distance, as far as was practicable to a being so assailed. So deep is the sympathy awaken A for her sufferings, and so strong the indignation that is excited against their authors, that it is a feeling of relief that en sues when Hat old is taken away. The jarring sen sation experienced by death appearing, as the agent to work out a deired end, is not apparent here, - for it was not by her Own fiult or even folly that Mary Bulstrode been unfortunate,' and the un happy man was a t oment to himself, as well as an infliction to others. Too late he found out that there were other qualities in his bride than the ad vantages of position he had hoped for, but she had been so much roused by his conduct as a man, to her, as a child, that she could not look on him in the light of anything but an enemy. The trills of the fitful youth of "Mrs. Bulstrode," as she was mockingly styled, are related with a vigorous, yet a mournful eloquence.*lf we triumph. at the project never being brought to a termina tion, we lament that its beginning was the " dire ful spring of unnumbered woes." Yet, to show the deepest feelings, suffering must be witnessed, and. to make manifest the hidden springs of human life sin must appear and deeds of darkness see , the. light of day. With its peculiar design and power ful execution ; its vivid sketches and striking cha racters, its scenes of so startling au import, and of so deep au interest, and, above all, with its heroine► so glorious a creatiorrof the noble and pure, this. novel has a chance' of obtaining some renown. It presents, in a remarkable manner, to the gaze, a,, page of life's history not often unfolded, the misery of the only victims allowed at the altars of a. civilised age, maidens given in marriage to suit conventional forms, or family purposes. It is time that such nameless martyrs should be vindicated; and a debt is due to the authoress who has so ably described the sacrifice. The young bride appears with a smile that struggles with' a tear, crowned with the snowy blossoms of the orange flower, but for a marriage thus recorded, the only suitable wreath, should be entwined of the cypress and the ivy. n- MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN ExkiliANGE. A portion of the supply of English wheat on sale to-day was left over from Monday, but the fresh arrivals were very moderate. There was no inclination on the part of millers to operate ; nevertheless, Monday's improvement in value was supported. Nearly 13,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh to hand. Fine qualities were t3lerably firm at full quota tions ; but middling and inferior parcels ruled dull. There was a gocd demand for barley, at very full prices. The malt trade was inactive, on former terms. Oats were dull, at Monday's currency. The supply of foreign was large. Beans, peas, and flour were steady. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Malt. 1,830 I 70 I 1,810 Oats. Flour. 630 English , Irish, 200 -- 50,430 500 brim 120 aka Foreign 12,920 3,810 BOROUGH HOP. New hops have sold at from 101. to 12/. 12s. per cwt. The plantation accounts ara rather more favourable, and the duty is called 135,000/. Old hops are dull. WELITECHAPEI. Our rrniket is steady, and prices well supported. Beef, from 3s ed to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 8c1:- lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 6d ; veal, 3 6 6d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. p l p o e t r M SALE 01' A COPPER MINE. —Yesterday the South Devon Great Con Consols The Copper o suction,the ma chinery, a t Garraway's. irlel je wasundedt sold by the whole f and was purchased by the River Tamar Copper Smelting Company for 500/. The working of the mine has not been stopped, and it is determined to prosecute the adventure vigorously. PRICE or GOLD.—The quotation of gnU at Paris is about 5 per mille premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per 1/ sterling. On comparing these rates with the Boglish Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100 per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4.loths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By - advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 423) per LEEDS, AUG. 18. mark,andthe short exchange London is 13 4 per 1/. on . The cloth-halls have been attended by the usual buyers sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is fair purchases of wint e morning, who have mader therefore at about the same price in Hamburg a this rice the general t and s are v.ry arm,in London. The course of exchange at New York on goods. P market is without alteration. . London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 2 per cent. HIIDDERSFIELD, AUG.which, when compared with the Mint par between the The demand for woollen goods has been moderateiy two countyiiis, shows that the cxebange is slightly active this morning, and a good bulk has changed hands.. _ O _ _ _,. t England ;and, after k . ' i favour o Fancy trduserings are iu reqnest, blicki meet with a ready , _ sale, and thereis a good business doing in medium goody charges trifling of trap-port and difference f 'interest, ' o the pre generally. 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