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THE tibetwof ..=)tanbarbt TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1855. THE TITHE REDEMPTION TRUST. WHATEVER of gratitude is due to Rome from the Anglican Church on account of the mission of ST. AUGUSTINE, certain it is that the debt has been pretty well_cancelled, and that, upon the whole, more of evil than of good has resulted to us from our former con nexion with, and subjection to, him who claims to be the successor to ST. PETER. At this moment we are suffering under two evils : the' want of additional Churches, and the scanty means afforded to their In cumbents by many existing ones. But how, it will be askdd, is Rome answerable for this P We say not that the blame is wholly attributable to her, but doubt less it is so in a very great degree ; while, if she had exerted the mighty power, which she formerly pos sessed, less for selfish ends, and more for the good of the Church . at large, there is little doubt but that she might have hindered altogether the proceedings to which we are about to allude. Our readers are, of course, aware that of benefices some are called Recto— ries, and others Vicarages. Whence and what is the difference between the two P Simply this : all were originally Rectories, but, from time to time, some of them were appropriated to Monasteries, whose mem bers thenceforward enjoyed the great tithes, and appointed a Priest to discharge the duties, who had for his maintenance the small tithes and certain other dues. This was bad enough, being a diversion of pro perty from those purposes to which its original donors had - solemnly dedicated it. And, as this system of appropriation flourished under the sanction of the Popes, so doubtless, if they had pleased, they might at least have greatly restrained, if not altogether put a stop - to it. For the evil which followed, as a conse- (pence of this system, we therefore hold them to be indirectly responsible. The monasteries had been, to a large extent, endowed by the robbery of the parish churches ; and, at length, their turn came to fall under the hand of the spoiler. They were suppressed by the EIGHTH HENRY, and their possessions lavished upon his creatures ; and hence it comes to pass at this day, that not only Abbey-lands, but the tithes belonging to particular parishes, are in the possession of laymen ; while the Incumbents of those parishes are, in many instances, doing the work for incomes which are utterly inadequate to their maintenance. Windy de magogues not unfrequently take the wealth of the Church for their text ; while sums of fabulous amount are stated as the incomes of her Bishops and Clergy. It will, however, surprise a good many people to learn that no less than four thousand parishes in England and Wales have their tithes either wholly or partially alienated from them, and that the gross amount—of which they have been thus sacrilegiously robbed— exceeds a million and a half annually. Could the Church recover this sum, there would be little difficulty in supplying all her wants, many and urgent though they be. We have been led to these remarks by a perusal of the Report, for 1855, of a society little known, but de serving extensive support. The title which it assumes is, " The Tithe Redemption Trust for the Church in England and Wales," and its objects are as follows : " 1. To give to owners of alienated Tithes an oppor tunity of restoring them to the spiritual purposes for which they were originally ordained, and to assist them in so doing. 2. To apply any Tithes thus restored towards relieving the spiritual destitution of the Parish or Chapelry whence they arise, by adding to the endow ment of such Parish Church or Chapel, or by the endow ment of new districts therein. 3. To apply to Parlia ment to facilitate the means of accomplishing these objects." And, that its funds are not likely to be ap plied to party purposes, will, we think, be evident, by a glance at the names of the trustees. The Trust has only been in existence five years, and is yet but little known : its income is consequently small, and its means of accomplishing its two first objects very limited. But we regard its third pro fessed object as of at least equal importance; and had it effected nothing more than the removal of one of the restrictions imposed by the law of mortmain, it would have clone much, and deserved well of the Church. HOwever necessary that law may have been at its first passing, there is no doubt that it has acted prejudi cially to the best interests of the Church in later times, by preventing such provision for the spiritual wants ot. the people as would otherwise have been made. Tithes, once belonging to the Church, but since alien ated and held by laymen, could not be given back again by will. This restriction no longer exists; for, through the efforts of the Chairman of the Trust, a clause was introduced into 13 and 14 Vic., c. 94, sec. 23, enabling their possessors to make posthumous restitution. We repeat, that if nothing else had been effected, this would be much ; and we would venture to express a hope, that the means put at the Trust's disposal will be largely augmented, as its objects, and what it has already accomplished, become more generally known and appreciated. It has already a branch association established in Liverpool, including the names of several, both clergy and laity, who are ever found foremost in every good work : but, assuredly, this great town ought to do more than it has yet done. In conclusion, we beg to call the attention of our readers to an advertisement connected with this subject, which appears in our co lumns to-day. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. POPULAR impatience has long formed a theme for the poli tical moralist. In few instances has the general weakness been more signally or more universally displayed than in re lation to the intelligence which day by day has been expected from the Crimea. Two long and anxious weeks have now elapsed since the people of these kingdoms were apprised of the success which had rewarded the sustained courage and active bravery of the Allied armies, in their arduous and pro tracted endeavours to reduce Sebastopol. A year or two ago, the "mere intimation of the ultimate and crowning results could not have been communicated in double the length of time; now all classes are clamorous and dissatisfied, because we have not as yet received ample details, not only of what has been done, but also in reference to what is expected to follow from the great event itself. True, portions of those eagerly coveted details have, from time to time, been communi cated, but these have not been sufficient to satiate the general curiosity, and, so far from satisfying, they have only tended to whet the public appetite for news. The more frank commu nications of General PELISSIER have been contrasted with the laconic announcements 'of General SIMPSON, greatly to the disadvantage of the latter as an efficient narrator of interest ing events. At length his official dispatch has been handed over to the .public, and that sapient body finds itself not greatly wiser than it was before. The most gratifying feature in the document referred to is its confirmation of the entire success of the operations directed against Sebastopol. From this despatch, or, more properly speaking, from the scraps of intelligence which it rather countenances than con firbls, enough can be gleaned to justify conjecture as to the probabitty of future operations, and to warrant the indulgence of those raptures of satisfaction with the tidings of the over throw of Sebastopol by which they were at' first' greeted. Observing men of all Parties concur in the opinion that, by the conquest, of that stronghold, a vital blow has been struck 'at Russian domination. The prestige of superiority in military matters, which the partisans and parasites of Russia so inces santly inculcated, has been dispelled. The carefully and stealthily accumulated preparations for aggressive warfare, which for more than a quarter of a century have been sedu lously pushed forward by Russia, have been torn from her grasp and shown to the world. Explanations of Russian po licy henceforward receive their truest elucidation in the spoils of Sebastopol. No amount of credulity will now be sufficient to induce the belief that such an enormous aggregation of military and naval stores could be deemed.part of a dgensive provision for Sebastopol. Four thousand pieces of cannon, together with the vast stores of the munitions of war, fallen into the hands of the captors, point unmistakeably to the fact that Sebastopol was the centre of Russian designs against the territory of the East. The reduction of Constantinople, though,without doubt, the main, was not the only object aimed at by the concentration of so vast an amount of military and naval preparation as perhaps was never before equalled. From this fortress were also intended to be drawn the materials of war to be directed against Circassia and the Transcaucasian provinces. Here was likewise concentrated that fleet which, by such feats of arms as the massacre of Sinope, was meant to annihilate rivalry on the Black Sea; and, by exterminating an adverse navy, convert the Euxine into a Russian lake. If this conclusion be considered too sweeping, let him who de murs cast a glance at the results. The fleet assembled at Se bastopol, when the Allies invaded the Crimea, consisted of one hundred and eight vessels, five of which carried each a hun dred and twenty guns, the aggregate number of guns carried by this formidable navy being not less than two thousand two hundred. Not even the imaginative scribe who, in the co lumns of Le Nord, describes the Russian flight from Sebas topol as a master-stroke of strategy, can hope to demonstrate the necessity of such a flotilla in an inland sea as a merely defensive measure. As already remarked, the amount of cap tured warlike spoils has been immense, and the character of these spoils is hardly less significant than their extent. Five hundred thousand pounds weight of gunpowder have already been secured, together with a hundred thousand rounds of shot and shell, and more of both are yet expected to be met with. Not an ounce of grain or food of kny sort is men tioned as having fallen into the hands of the victors. This is too remarkable a fact to be passed over in silence. The retreat of the Russians was too precepitate to admit of their carrying with them in great quantity commissariat stores ; but, if they had not time to carry off food, they had still less time for destroying it. A flying enemy, which has not time to carry off its wounded, could not have had time to carry away stores of provision —a fugitive host, which had to decamp, leav ing behind it two hundred and twenty odd tons of gunpowder, was not likely to have time for the effectual destruction of its food. If no food was left, then the conjecture seems at least a feasible one, which attributes its absence to previous'exhaustion. This subject has attracted great attention in military circles. If the granaries of Sebastopol were exhausted, it is no wide stretch of fancy to suppose that the north forts and the encampments on the MacKenzie heights had no provi sions to supply them with ; and that even their more distant sources of supply were empty. Should this conjecture prove a true one, with what chance or hope of success can the Rus sian army attempt to hold its ground through the now rapidly-approaching winter ? Their position, in such a case, must be, indeed, a hopeless one. Within a few weeks, sup pose no hostile force were near them, their connexion with the grain -producing districts of Russia will be effectually cut off by the weather and the impassable state of the roads. The pro-Russian journals and advocates of all kinds, ostentatiously, although no doubt with great exaggeration, represent the Russian army of the Crimea as still 200,000 strong. How, it is asked, can such an army be supported in the southern por- tion of the Crimea during the next six months P Consideration of this important question favours the conjecture that no time will be lost by Prince GORTSCHA.KOFF in leading his army out of the Crimea; but this, if not effected speedily, will be impossible. Should the attempt to evacuate the Crimean peninsula be delayed till after the commencement of the winter, a retreat then undertaken would be as fatal as the disastrous retreat from Moscow was to the French, in 1812. Whatever policy is to guide the Russian councils in reference to its defensive operations must be undertaken without delay, and acted on with promptitude. Whatever this may be, the gain of the allies from the fall of Sebastopol begins to manifest itself on all hands; and it seems difficult to over-estimate the advantages accruing from it. The actual material trophies, although seldom equalled and never surpassed in war, are pro bably the least important portion of the benefit. It has broken the factitious prestige with which the Russians had contrived A invest their military pretensions, and which, even in the ruin of defeat, they seek to bolster up by ill-timed bravado. In addressing his army, the CZAR says. " The prolonged de fence of Sebastopol, a defenee almost unexampled in the annals of war, has fixed the attention not only of Russia but of entire Europe." Anything more bombastically absurd;or more his torically untrue than this it is not easy to conjecture. The defence of Sebastopol, though dogged, and obstinately pro tracted, is not by any means almost unexampled in the annals of war. In numerous instances we read of more protracted defences, in the annals of ancient war; but without falling back much beyond our own day, it will be found that the defence of Saragossa was more chivalrous and spirited ; and if the siege of Gibraltar be referred to, it will be apparent that Sebastopol, with all its boasted Russian glories, falls infinitely short of that extraordinary defence which was conducted against the combined forces of France and Spain for no less a period than four years, terminating with the utter defeat of the besieging fleets and armies—a result in which it signally differed from that of Sebastopol. Aproverb informs us,that whatever is asserted with sufficient pertinacity and boldness, secures implicit credence. The in vincibility of Russia is one of those drafts on public credulity which has obtained currency entirely from the boldness, with which the mendacious statement has been made. One fact, not the least remarkable, connected with the statement referred to, is the belief it has secured in quarters where superior in formation might reasonably have been expected. Thus ) not long ago, the gallant soldier and veteran warrior Sir GEORGE BROWN informed his wondering countrymen, at a public banquet given to him at Elgin, that " Russia is the most gigantic military power ever seen on earth." Such en opinion expressed by such a man is apt to produce effects the most mischievous. If analysed, the averment will be found to weigh but little. The population of Russia is estimated at 60,000,000, but these it should be remembered are spread over CP space equivalent to nearly one-seventh of the habitable globe: She has few roads, and is subject to all the rigours of an extreme climate ; her people are ignorant passive serfs ; her sea.board' is small and bad ; and her resources are scanty. These circum stances, if duly marshalled and applied, render her a formidable military power for resistance, but detract from her importance as an aggressive power. Hence it will be seen all through her history, that her acquisitions have been rather the result of politic cunning and patient greed than of bold! aggres sion. The vast stores which she has been able to accu mulate at one or two particular points (as at Sebastopol), offer no contradiction to the general truth of these remarks; and the fact that, with all her energies devoted to the task of protect ing these stores by every contrivance afforded by science and by art has not enabled Russia to render them available against an enemy, or even to preserve them for her own• use, is the strongest possible evidence that she is not a " gigantic military power." Wherever her troops have • encountered those of the Allies, a uniform fate—defeat—has awaited the Russian arms, whether acting on the defensive or as assail ants. In short, the great sham of military superiority has been cudgelled out of them. Dispirited ands. discouraged, after a dogged defence of the strongly fortified positions of Sebastopol, they precipitately decamped while a stern resis tance was still within their power, and are • no*, so far as present appearances warrant a conjecture, itt:the extreme of a, military dilemma. The spirits of our own brave fellows are-in high order, and:, notwithstanding the privations and labours to which they have been so long inured, they retain a taste for jocularity and a relish for fun which speak favourably of their mental. and physical condition. Their excellent spirits are referred to by the correspondents of most of the journals ; and one i , ,as an illustration, alludes to the dramatic performances, at the " Theatre ' Royal, Naval Brigade." From the bill ant. nouncing these, it is seen that the pieces performed, before a really " distinguished audience," were " Deaf as a Post," the `` Silent Woman," and, - appropriately enough, " Slasher and Crasher." The correspondent alluded to noting the -perfor mances- in the following terms.:- - -" And right well they played. True, the theatre was.. the amputating house of the Brigade, but no reflections as to its future and past use marred the sense of. present enjoyment. The scenes were furnished from ' The London,' the actors from the men of the Brigade. There was an agreeable ballet girl who had to go into the trenches to work a 68-pounder at three o'clock in the morning, and Rosa was impersonated by a prepossessing boatswain's mate. Songs there were in plenty, with a slight smack of the forecastle, and a refrain. of big guns booming down the ravine from the front; but they were all highly appreciated, and the dancing was pronounced to be worthy of her BIAJEsT)es, ere TERPSICHORE and 116. Luinvr retired from the concern. Nor were fashionable and illustrious personages wanted to grace the performance with their presence, and to relieve the mass of two thousand com moners who cheered, and laughed, and applauded so good humouredly. ' Your elegant contemporary's types need not have bluishedto print such names as the "Dukeof NewcasTLE, 4 who paid marked 'attention to "Deaf as a Post," and led the encore for a hornpipe of the first force; as "Lord ROREBY,'. whiiwas as assiduous as his grace, and of generals, brigadiers, lords, and honourables. The same sense of enjoyment was not marred by the long-range guns, which used now and then to send a lobbing shot near the theatre, and never did any harm ; and if the audience were amused so were the performers, who acted with surprising spirit and taste: " What," sayis the correspondent. "would old BENBOW or grim old CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL have thought of it all ?" Either, or both of them would, or should have speedily arrived at the conclusion that fellows who, under such circumstances, could so deport them selies, were men of the right stamp to seek • . ---- the bubble reputation, • Even in the cannon's mouth. While cursorily glancing the mind's eye over the past of the Crimea, the question forcibly obtrudes itself, what of the future ? Already the pro-Russian party, disregarding the bluster of the CZAR, who says that he will never make peace " after a disaster," have begun to take the matter so far out of his hands. The Frankfort Post Gazette is informed by a letter from a good source at Vienna that a fresh attempt is •to be made to re-establish peace. "A fresh treaty," says this organ of instruction, " is'spoken of as having been concluded between France and England on the one part, and Turkey on the other part. The object is to invest the Western Powers with the right of keeping garrisons in various parts of Turkey. The points specified are Varna, Adrianople, Con stantinople, and Gallipoli.. Varna and Sinope would be used as maritime stations by the Western Powers." The date of the foregoing proposition is the 14th of the present month, or four days after the evacuation of the town of Sebastopol by the Russians. Other rumours, from kindred quarters, repre sent the EMPEROR of the FRENCH as one whose "thoughts are turned on peace," the sole condition of which he is said to centre in reimbursement of the expenses incurred in prose cuting the war. In this, as in many other instances, without doubt, "the wish is father to the thought." The EMPEROR of the FRENCH knows well that if the Western Powers wish for a safe and honourable peace, they must carry on war with out relaxing, until a "material security " be obtained for Russian good faith in the conquest of Russian provinces. While Sebastopol, and with it the superiority of the Crimea, remains in the hands of the Allies, the power and predomi nance of Russia is destroyed, not merely in the Black Sea, but in all the countries which surround its margin, and by which alone she has obtained access to them. The allied fleets, now relieved from the blockade of Sebastopol, are in a condition to strike a terrible and decisive blow at Odessa, or at any other of the Russian seaports in the south-east of Europe, or the west of central Asia. The struggle which has placed the AllieS in this position has been a formidable one; and whatever may be the current of events, humanity, justice, and policy, demand that the Crimea should not be restored to Russia. The powerful lesson she has been taught in the loss of Sebastopol will not be lost upon her. If she regain possession of that stronghold, however that possession may be fettered by the paper restric tions of well-drawn treaties, ' all her course of existence concurs in showing that she will again convert it into a means of enabling her to make a swoop upon Constantinople, with this difference, that in the second instance she will not content herself with rendering its fortress impregnable by sea alone, but will so dispose its land defences as to convert Sebastopol into the Gibraltar of the Euxine. For any serious operation against Constantinople a fleet is indispensable to Russia. This, with Sebastopol in her possession, she will speedily re-acquire if the Crimea be retained, by the Allies establishing a mode rate land force with proper defences at Perekop, and a smal squadron of ships at Sebastopol, her capability as an aggres sive power in the East is annihilated. The experiences of the Crimean campaign have been in some respects anomalous when viewed in connexion with the ordinary routine of military* matters, not the least remark able of the anomalies being the introduction of civilians into the camp. The pioneers in this species of innovation were the able volunteer corps of correspondents for the London press, a body of men to whom the army and the nation are deeply indebted for the intrepidity and skill with which they combatted and conquered a foe as fell as that which lay behind the defences of Sebastopol. The next novelty was the intro duction of a corps of navvies, and the formation of a rail Way, not of the best construction as- some rumours say; bwt still a veritable railway to the camp. Next comes the organization of what is called the Army-Works Corps, entrusted, of all people' on earth, to Sir Joni's PAXTON. What partieular facilities for organising such a troupe was possessed by the lucky Chatsworth gardener is best known to those wild, dis - covering the multifarious bends of his genius, sought his alliance. That Sir Josurn understands " a thing or two no one doubts; and his peculiar talent far organization , has displayed itself in various ways, his latest known feat in that line of art having found record in the Field, a journal with which the crystalline knight was presumed to be on terms , of more than passing intimacy. The feat and the fact thus find representation in Sir JosxPn's Field :—" While the' greatest savans of the day are met for the advancement of science in the good city of Glasgow, another meeting (not per haps of such world-wide• importance) has been held n- the re cesses of the peak of Derbyshire for the special advancement of Sir JOSEPH PAACTON. The worthy knight has, we perceive, been dining nine hundred of his' supporters in Chatsworth Park.. A special train conveyed that number of independent voters from Coventry to Chatsworth, where the judicious hos pitality of their new-made.member awaited them. 'Tis true' that the excursionists paid.the expenses of the railway transit out of their own pockets r andtbat the tickets were made ta include- a , quarter's admission to the Mechanics' Institution cf. Coventry; but it is no less a fact that Sir JOSBPH was their host' so far as a very substantial dinner was concerned." Here was. organization truly. The wondering. inklewearers of CoVenry --- amid the "judicious hospit a lity o f their new-made member,'; introduced to a personal knowledge of the gloriesof Chatsworth, and, as a pledged teetotal Irishman drinks whisky " unknow: inst to himself," supplied also with a ticket to the Coventry Mechanics' Institute. Surely election management and inde. pendent organization could not more innocently or efficaci ously display themselves. Ther•hospitalities •of Edensor, deco . rated by the fascinating splenckurts of the Palace of the Peak ! Could any combination be finer or more seductive? Fortu nate electors of Coventry, to be represented by one having the talent and the means for such.=a combination; far luckier re presentative, to be so furnished with the opportanity of blend ing the appliances of patrician wealth and taste with the rough and ready hospitality of an artificer's tablet- Henceforth title common bribery of an election contest wilt be vulgar; and ere long the candidate who cannot offer his supporters a pro- menade and a banquet, amid ',the fountains and groves of a ducal park, must "pale his inaffectuaLfire," at allev - ents before the constituency of Coventry._ LIVE, POOL._ ACADMY SECOND/NOTICE.. ON-it leisurely visit to the-exhibition, attention is called to a picture, .No. 74 in the catalogue, .by a circumstance extra neous to itself, and without which, in all probability, it would escape any great amount of general observation. The cir cumstance referred to, it will be readily perceived,. is the good fortune which has attended it in being, selected as the Academy's-prize picture. The picture, or rather-the pictures, for there are two of them, although surrounded by one frame, is designated, " Life and Death of Buckingham," by Mr. Augustus L. Egg, A.R.A. . and with this meagre information and, the aid of two scenes theatrically contrasted, together with the peculiarity of the costume in the.first, the spectator is supposed to know that the artist's intention is to represent the style of life, and to , typify the miserable death of the pro gigate favourite of Charles Its The precise rule by which the awards its eoronal is not very easily comprehended by a reference to its past practice, and the.present award does-, not- go far in the way of clearing_ up whatever mystery. may have heretofore attached to it. Whatever the rule may be, however,, is of less consequence in the present instance than the fact that by its deliberate judgment it has accorded a premium to a. work of art peculiar in , its. construction, and thereby, so far as the Academy has the power to do so, conferring on, that the character of a praise-. worthy style of art. There is,not much of novelty in an artist, who intends to convey a moral, having recourse to a series of tableaux, in which he shall work out the successive scenes of his pictorial drama. IT..tgarth was, a master in his, line of delineative teaching ; but in. his.painted satires the.gradations of character and incident were close and rapidly successive. The spectator was impelled through the various. steps of the hero or heroine's progress in such a manner as •to leave. nothing; untold. Such is not the ease. in the dug representation before us. In the first, we are introduced to a scene of riotons profligacy, in which wine and wa ss ail an d questionable women form the leading features ; in the next a wretched bedstead, with miserable hangings, and the , few trifling accessories. introduced, betoken squalor and desertion ; while a minute investigationleads to the farther knowledge that on that deserted pallet is stretched, la the agonies. of death, the once gay and licentious Buckingham. The contrast is too sudden ; the mind is unable to comprehend so total a reverse, and the incidents, and consequently much of the teaching of the story, are lost. This, in an ethical point of view, is a serious drawback to the pictures as a painted moral. If their claims in this respect are to be with drawn, or greatly modified, their attributes as works of art will scarcely stand them in much stead. In the first scene, the principal figure, that of Buckingham himself, seems to be ornamented with a head entirely inanimate and immoveable, the eyes alone being capable of motion, while the features are rigid and inexpressive. In the second the ghastly bead is al most lost in the monotonous semi-tones of leaden gray by which it is surrounded; and the intended moral of the picture is but scurvily carried out by the faithful delineation of the velvet breeches in which the dying man is attired, and the ostenta tious display of the garter, which hangs over the bed. Th e treatment of both parts of the subject indicates a poverty of artistic resources, and a barrenness of invention incompatible with pretensions to the highest consideration of artistic excel knee, and such as might with justice lead to doubt as to their right to a place in the secondary rank of art. Faulty drawing, and heavy, opaque colouring are conspicuous features in the work which the Liverpool Academy, in the exercise of its wis dom, has thought right to honour. Whether, in doing so, it is conducing to the progress of legitimate art, or lending its in fluence in an opposite direction, may well admit of question. N 0.128. "The Precession of Cimabne's Madona," by F.Leigh ton, is a picture in many points remarkable and commendable, while it is also in several particulars objectionable, In com position it is severely simple, yet highly artistic in its group. ing. Cimabue, crowned with laurels, and leading his favourite pupil, Giotto, walks in front of his celebrated picture of the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Madona, which is borne by a group of handsome and elegantly attired young men. This, which forms the principal and central group of the picture, is preceded by a band of singers and musicians; and is followed by a train of celebrated men assembled to do honour to the genius of Cimibuie and his divine art. Among these are Arnolfo di Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafi, Nicola, Pisano, Buffalmacco, and Simone Memmi, , the illustrious author of the "Diving Comedia," Dante, occupy ing a conspicuous place in the corner. The drawing and paint ing of the respective figures are in general forcible, truthful, and pleasing ; the heads are expressive, and the draperies rich in texture and brilliant in colour, while the costume appears accurate, and it is generally suggestive of minute study and careful finish. The action represented is simple and subdued, and though rendered with fine artistic feeling and regulated with the nicest eye to a balanced composition of lines and colour, it does not suggest the idea of dignity, and though solemn, stately, and measured, it is deficient in earnestness, and lacks that ap pearance of life and animation which constitute the charm of historical representation. The spectator feels impressed with the conviction that he is looking on a picture. The artist and his art is everywhere presented to his eye, and forced upon his understanding. The subject and the mode in which it is treated appeals more to the critic than to the general public ; and the result of such an appeal is that of wonder and admi ration, but it stirs no chord of sympathy, awakens no emotion. It is beautiful in parts, and pleasing as a whole; but at the same time it is eminently suggestive of the poet's exclamation, How vain is learning, and how empty art, Save where't improves the mind or mends the heart. In Mr. Leighton's cleverly-executed picture we have good and skilfully-executed drawing, well-studied composition, admirable colouring and bold manipulation ; yet all of these fail to interest in any high degree, from the absence of that everyday sentiment which could induce the spectator to become more than a mere looker-on at such a pageant. No. 62. " The Rosicrucians," by W. Douglas, R.S.A., is a clever picture of a class in a great degree peculiar to the Scottish school. Some dozen years ago or more, one of the most gifted members of the Scottish Academy, the late amiable David Scott, painted an admirable though somewhat outré picture of an alchemyst, Paracelsus, in his study. This singu lar but powerful picture combined many of the higher attri bute's of genius, varied character and powerful expression, learned composition and brilliant colour, with quaint represen tations of eccentric vessels of different material, which gave to the artist a wonderful command of prismatic colour. This picture was admired by many and abused by some ; but on the whole it appears to have taken an immense hold on the mind of Scottish artists, for no exhibition has been opened in the Scottish metropolis since poor David Scott's Paracelsus, which has not been enriched by some representation of alehemycal operations. Some of these have been good, many indifferent,. and a large number of them very bad. The one before ur seems to occupy a portion of the debateable land between the good. and the indifferent. It is rich in its ample variety of colour and texture, is pleasing in general tone, and without reaching the dignity of "high art" will constitute an agreeable and interesting cabinet decoration. No. 166. " The Ten Virgins," by James Eckford Lauder, R.S.A., is a pleasing as well as an ambitious picture. It represents themoment of the parable, when, at the approach of the bridegroom, the five wise virgins having their lamps in order, are about to set out to meet and hail his coming, while the foolish virgins have th e i r l amps to trim, The story is fairly told, and the incidents are significantly set forth in this small but excellent picture ; which is liable to the objection, however, of being exceedingly like a reduced duplicate of the larger picture painted several years ago by the same artist, and purchased by the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, by the committee of which Asso ciation it was engraved and distributed among their sub scribers-. The picture now before us presents many of the excellences for which the pictures of Mr. James Lauder are remarkable. It is rich and pulpy in colour, pleasing . in general arrangement, and it possesses great power of light and shadow. - No. 'ft. " Portrait~ of a Lady," by W. Huggins, is a very' favourable specimen of titisartist's capabilities-. It is life-like,. :and unaffected in style. Rich and pulpy in colour, and soft as well as delicate in handling. It bears, in these respects; as , well as in the warmth and solidity of its tone; a favourable resemblancr to the portraits executed by Wilkie,-in what were' called his . later or Spanish s tyl e . No. 79. " Portrait of a- Lady," by W. Bexall,A,R.A:, is a' picture of a different class frotn , that last named. It is - lower in tone, yet sweet and pleasing in effect. The head is - grace- ful, and is paintod with much delicacy and beauty. No. 75. "Portrait of Hugh Pierce, Esq.," and No. &O, "Por trait of Joseph Habback, Esq.," both by J. Robertson, are admi rable specimens of the artist's bold and vigorous style. They are both well drawn, and painted with' ease and freedom. There is a general air of ease - and•nature in , these two pictures; the heals are firmly and well- painted;. and in both there` is a combination of richness without' oatOntation, and of vigour and- boldness without' vulgarity, if we eicept the somewhat questionable disposal of Mr. Pierce's . right hand. Nc4.157. "Cattle on the Banks of aoßiver," by F. R. Lee, R.A.,and T. S. Cooper, A.R.A. The combination of ta=ent and- skill. bestowed on this picture bee.. resulted in a happy display of natural effect. As - a bright summer sunny land scape the subject is charming in the highest degree. The earth, the air, the water, and the trees, are b a th e d in balmy sunshine-;, and the cattle are drawn and , painted in sweet harmony with the pleasingscene. 1 No. 106"..."L0ch Ranza, ble of Arran—Morning mist clear-1 ing away,"'hy J: W. Oakes, is a 'very favourable specimen of Mr. Oakes' talents as a lartdscape painter.. The sterile yet picturesquvbeanty of the scene depicted is reproduced with praiseworthy.fidelity, and the atmospheric et . 'ets so peculiar to the scenery of the rugged yet lovely Isle- of Arran have moved the artist. with telling inSpiration, , which he has cleverly transferred to his can7o.s. tirr.E.RPOot.COUltr OFIBANXIMPTCY, OsVednestlity, before Mr. Commissioner Perry, there was an' adjourned certificate meetincs , in the case of J.. P.'Hall. The bankrupt was , lately a merchant and •-shipowner in Liver pool; he was also interested in some chemical works -at St. Helens.- The chief ground of opposition urgeil against the bankrupt was, that he had continued trading long.-after he must have known that he was insolvent. After an argument which lasted upwardeof three hours and a-half, the case was adjourned for judgment tilt Thursday, when Mr.. Commis sioner Perry said, the - allowance of the - certificate tad been opposed by. Mr. Townsend, the solicitor of the trade, assignees, upon several grounds. First, that thd bankrupt continued to trade when he must have knoww:that he was-insolvent. Secondly, that he made large- purchases of goods, which he is -alleged and, has admitted to. -have obtained. advances upon, nearly to the , extent of thein , Talue shortly , after the receipt of the invcices, in the months of. November, Decem ber January, and.: February, £B9X 'of which goods were obtained in February, in which last' month he, an. the 17th, gave notice to his weditors -of his hailing stopped , payment. Thirdly, that he had. made 'payments.-,to Mrs., Righam. to the extent of £l,lBo' and upwards, sueh.payments being in the nature of fraudulent - preferences. Fourth, that on the 17th of February, the day of notice of" his having stopped , pay ment,. he made a mortgage of a ship, the Lord; -Riversdale, to.a, creditor for an, antecedent debt; : and .a further. objection was .founded upounsaks made in February last. treditors from, whom no money was receivectifor the goods,. transactions which were also urged as assuming: the character of illegal pre ferences. He was of opinion that the first objection had been established, and that the bankrupt had failed in Ida duty to wards his creditors in this respect- As to the second objection, the obtaining advances -to such ast extent as has,,been shown - appal goods not paid. for, was one.of, the grounds of the deci sions in experite•Manaco, (3, De Gex M'lsTaghten and Gor don's Reports, "602;) It was urged that:he hactonly pursued what he alleges,to be a common practice in, Liverpool- It ap pears to me, however, that unlssathe,court is-to adept a code of commercial morality for Liverpool different from that which, is acted upon elsewhere, it must visit; with its severe censure• the pledging of goods unpaid for to the extent of nearly their value when it takes place on the part of a trader in a state of t ins insolvency, inar ency s , whqeu tthpeorerobiyiasleear,s bills a vesthes lh vendors e o ofulxlea means goods of p to look ov-: meat. With regard to the third objection, which relates to the payments to Mrs. Bighaxo, it appears. by the bankrupt's 'examination of: the 7th of Augnet that repeated promises of payment had , been made by him, and, theeefore, it must be taken that application hadheen made by that lady for tha debt due to her, One such application is in,terras stated to, have been made by Mrs. Bigham about the 2ndor 3rd of February. As to the.fourth objection, the mortgage, of the Lord Riversdale must, for the present purpose at least, be taken to have been made ill pursuance of a. previous promise, and so thus. far under- that amount of, - pressure which would avail to sustain the transaction. The other objection urged was not strongly pressed against the bankrupt. I. Wok that the delivery of the freight-note for the-sugar of lead tothe amount of £374175. 9d. to, Messrs. Fitzsimmons, Applebee, and Co., creditors of the, bankrupt, on the I,3th of February last, without any previous contract note which could have been enforced against either Marty, was a reprehensible act on the part of the bankrupt ;, but with that observation . I shall dismiss that part of the case. Upon the case, then, as it rests-upon the first and second heads of objection to the certificate, and considering the large amount of liabilities, the court feels itself bound to order that the allowance of the certificate be suspended for , two years, and that the protection be withheld for six months. With, respect to the class, of certificate, as there is no doubt some- of the losses have been unavoidable, and as it appears that, with the exception, of an , entry in a fictitious name, which must always call for some observation, but which entry does not appear to have been made with any fraudulent intention, the books of the bankrupt appear to have been well kept. The certificate to be granted will be of the second class. Subsequently an appeal was lodged against the judgment. The appeal will be heard by the Lords Justices in Lonclon,.ancl pending the appeal the commissioner has granted protection to the bankrupt. On Wednesday, before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, J. C. Gresty, who lately carried on business as a tobacconist in Liverpool, passed his adjourned last examination unopposed, and the 18th of October was fixed for the certificate meeting. RR J: G. CLAUS.—Wednesday was fixed for the certificate meeting in the case of this bankrupt, who lately carried on, business as a shipowner and merchant in Liverpool. The as signees opposed the allowance of the certificate on the follow ing grounds :—First, wilfully bad bookkeeping for fraudulent purposes ; second, dealing extensively in accommodation bills ; third, fraudulent preferences ; fourth, prevarication in his exa mination in reference to the true state of his affairs ; and for conduct coming under the 124th section of the Bankruptcy Act, in having his letters directed to other persons in order not to afford the assignees the necessary information as to the state of his property; fabricating debts which never had any existence for the purpose of fraud; mutiltating, altering, and falsifying his books of accounts, and concealing property; and obtaining money in one instance by means of bills and a bill of lading for goods not then shipped, and afterwards be having improperly in preventing them from being shipped. In reply to his solicitor, the bankrupt stated that there would be a surplus over and above his liabilities of £8,434 14s. 2d., besides a balance due on several debts that might be recovers]. He (bankrupt) attributed his difficulties to the failure of a house in Italy indebted to the amount of £6,000 or £7,000. The hearing was adjourned until Friday, when Mr. Evans was occupied, on behalf of the bankrupt, in replying to the charges made against Mr. Claus. He proved that the bills, which had been termed accommodation bills, were bond fide transactions, and that a misunderstanding had arisen in consequence of a misapprehension of the term "accommodation bills," as ap plied by the bankrupt. The case was then further adjourned to the 9th of October, when judgment will be given. In the matter of W. and E. Latham, the last examination passed on Friday, without opposition, and the certificate meet ing was fixed for the 18th of October. LIVERPOOL CELEBRATION OF THE CRIMEAN VICTORIES. Ox Thursday last the " good old town" of Liverpool appeared decked out in all its gayest hues, and was musical till " echo rang again," in honour of the victories which have crowned the allied arms in the. Crimea. The news of the fall of Sebastopol, although received with a joy which diffused itself rapidly through all classes of the inhabitants, and which penetrated into every nook and cranny of this gigantic town, had, never theless, received no public and official recognition, and the ac knowledgment of the victory was consequently felt to be imperfect. A generally-understood rather than directly-ex pressed opinion to this effect being widely spread, his worship the Mayor embraced the opportunity of requesting his fellow-townsmen to join with him in a public demon stration of rejoicing in commemoration of the great vic tories we have won in the Crimea ; fixing on Thursday last, the anniversary of the battle of the Alma, the first of those victories, as the day. The request of the Mayor was followed by such a cordiality of aid on the'part of the inhabi tants as proved at once the intensity of feeling by which the public was pervaded. The various committees of the Council lent their Trilling and efficient assistance, and through their means the leading features of the day's rejoicing were speedily arranged ; but to the zeal and energy of the inhabitants them selves the entire success of the display was mainly attributable. Each locality vied with its neighbour in giving expression to the feeling of triumph which animated all. At early morn the royal standard was run up in front of the Town Hall ; flags were displayed on the various Church towers and public edifices ; and the bells rang merry peals throughout the day. St. George's Hall was thrown open to the public, and at noon a series of performances was given by Mr. Best upon the mag nificent organ. The Hall was densely crowded, and as the strains of the national anthem, of " Partant pour la Syrie," and of " See the Conquering hero," pealed through the noble edifice, the admiring audience expressed their sympathy and delight by loud and enthusiastic shouts of joyous aclammation• The organ performances were repeated in the evening to if possible a still greater crowd, which abated no jot of enthusi asm as compared with that which had been evinced earlier in the day, In the evening the Mayor gave an "Alma Banquet " in the Town Hall, which was attended by most of the military and naval officers resident in Liverpool and its vicinity. Ae• was to be expected in a community so eminently mari time as that of Liverpool, the general demonstration assumed an aspect in unison with the forms of joyful demonstration usually adopted by the gallant sons of Neptune. All the principal streets were literally radiant with the gay hues of flags, banners,.and streamers, which fluttered joyfully in. the breeze. Festoons- of brilliant flags spanned Lord-street, Castle street, (north and south,) Church-street, Dale-street s Water street, Hanover-street, James'-street, Park-lane, and indeed• all the streets and thoroughfares of the town, even back courts' and alleys displaying tasteful exhibitions of decorative bunt ing. Many of these'displays indicated rich fancy and good• taste, the prevailing devices bekig modifications of the Union. Jack, together with , the national. emblems of the Allied , Powers, interming,led.here and there with the symbolic flags- of different trading companies, the whole forming a combi— nation of dazzling brilliancy and varying forms. The vast outstretching line of docks.and its myriad hosts of shipping, formed a delightfully varied picture, which, in the radiance of its aspect, mocked the rainbow's varying hue. The dense forest of tall an& stately masts literally streamed and fluttered with emblematic - figures of rejoicing peculiar to nearly every nation on the face of the earth. Added to these were also 'the countless array of signal-flags which streamed and &Tinted on the summer gale; rendering, the-scene as joyful as it was-many-hued. Military and other bands perambulated the - town through out thelay, performing martial and other appropriate airs. The streets, particularly during the afternoon, were crowded by dense • masses of people—pleased-spectators ef'the general jubilee. Royal salutes were firedlrom various private batteries in honour of the occasion, and atone o'clock a salvoof twenty one guns was fired from the North Fort. As nightfclosed in, bonfires were kindled in different localities within the town, and also on, the outskirts. From most of these points- there were also brilliant displays of fireworks ; and, in short, from morning •tanight —and late in the - night too—the° Spirit of rejoicing and-merriment prevailed throughout the town.. saSIC ,AND. TRH" DRAMA. F ITALIAN ()PHILA.% AT THE THEA.TEE-ROYAL.-OEr 1 of last week. relative to the thin attendance at these admira bly. got up operas,-have called for a letter from Mr. Copeland! the manager and:lessee of the Theat•e.Royal, in which , he, in. wtemperate 'and rikery getitlemanly raznuer, .explains the reri: sans which actuated , him in fixing the rates of admission at the high priCes referred to. He does-more than this,. He enters upon a defence- of his conduct, relative to those prices,- amain doing late lorgets, or appears to forget, that no one. oared the -slightest impeachment of: ds- conduct, or even quastioned the motives of it. We found;:the question in this. pcekinn. With every attraction whichought to have induced'. an attendanCe; .the' - house was meagrely attended night aftOr night, . The parties- who did attend were obviously pleased-i with the treat provided far them ; bit still the audience did. not increase in number.- A knowledge-of these facts, backed. by numerous observations. as to the 'rates of admissEen ; and». coupled withsthe fact. that air, opera company of; similar professional , standing to that which was perf orm ing- here • was giving a series of operas in Dublin, at charges -for admission: greatly lower than those demanded here,- induced us- to throw out a hint that some =di'. ficatian ief the Lirerpoot tariff might , : have a tendency to. fill the Mime. hrthis ease, the matter for.cansideration was, obribusly whettern house filled at lower charges would not tellibtAter upon the treasury than one comparatively empty at high. rates: If three-hal-Aired people lad been admitted to the, it, (its complement as.asstuned by Mr. Copeland,) at four all& liege- that *Mkt:have-produced £6O, whteeas about one Inn dreci,.(thonuini‘er-which seemed to attand.,). at seven shi'l'ingti eaoh. would produce only £35. We clo not, and never did pee- , tench to dictate to-Mr. Copeland what charges he ought to , make for admission to the performances at his theatres. We contented ourselves-with the less invidious. task of suggesting_ that lower rates. might, and in all probability would, produce larger audiences ) and that in a sufficient degree to more than counterbalance the-less upon the presumed difference of price. IBM it would have done more than thick, i it had been peodue tiVe of larger audiences. It would have- afforded a high grafi- Snation to a greathe number of the public, and so have tended as disseminate a. taste for the highest class of musicrk per fiarmances.. The eoraparisoh we sought to draw was rather between ,the full and the half-empty Mach in Williamson sqnare,.thanbetween that and any other theatre, metrecolitan or provincial : As we, in common with the other members of the Liverpool press, bore willing testimony to the efficiency with which the operas were placed upon the stage, Nir: Cope stating that he had been actuated ,solely by a desire fer. s ` their efficient representation." land might,:without risk, have spared himself the trouble of AT. TRH - ROYAL AMPRITHELLULE: the perfor mances d ur i ng the past week have consisted a great degree o f a represen tation of the drama of " Janet Prid e ," th e startling, interest of whichhas been as before mainly su p porte d b y the , able actingotMadame Celeste ani:3l.r. B. Webster, wit efforts have been cordially and cleverly aided by the talent and judgment of Messrs. B. Baker• and Villiers. Daring the present week, Miss Vandenhoff leads the business at this establishment, supported LOU talent of the resident com pany.. To-morrow evening Miss Vandenhoff;' appears in Robsoies new play of " Love and Loyalty." On„Wednesday, the 3rd proximo; a grand.miscellaneous concert is to be given at the house by the leading members of the company which gave- the last series of Italian operas in the Theatre Royal, including Madame Grisi-and Madame Gassier,-;„ together with Signors Mario, Susini,Uassier, and Li Calsi. The programme already issued is a very attractive one, and-, such an oppor tunity of hearing those charming artistes, will not in all probability again occur. Sir W. Molesworth, has appointed Mr.. Julian Panneekte his Private Secretary at the Colonial-office. Dn. BARTII, thesAirican traveller, has. arrived in London, and dined on Monday with Viscount saimerston. _ . IT is said that after the allied fleet left Sweaborg, at Hel - singfors even the Greek priests returned thanks before the altars intheir, churches to the commanders of the allied forces for their forbearance in not attacking private property. THE CETIEBAATED ATROLE GAM:KERING came off at Blair Castle on Wednesday last with the greatest possible eclat. The weather was highly favourable for the performance of the games.. The Athole guardsmen: numbered about 180 stalwart Highlanders, and there were- about 5,000 persons present.. Among them was his Highness Maharajah Dhuleep Singh. FATAL COLLISIONS.—The Norwegian steamship Norge, with. seventy of her passengers and crew, was lost by a colli sion with the steamer Bergen, on the night of the 11th, about one mile and a-half from Christina, near Oxhoe Lighthouse. The weather was at the time hazy, and the Bergen struck the Norge with such force as to cut her nearly in two amid ships, and she foundered in deep water immediately. About thirty passengers and crew saved themselves by scrambling on board the other steamer. Another collision was reported on Saturday, between the steamer Mongibello and the barque Santa Annuniata, near Hyeres Islands. The latter sunk instantly. The crew were saved, but two passengers who were asleep in the cabin perished. THE "SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS." The Maidstone Journal publishesthe scheme, approved by the Court of Chan cery, for the regulation and management of Watt's Charity at Rochester. The provisions relating to the poor travellers are as follow :--" The trustees, as heretofore, to provide every night suitable and convenient lodgings for six poor travellers. To appoint a master and matron at a salary not to exceed £25 per 'annum each. The house shall be open every evening for the reception of six poor travellers, or wayfaring men, not being common rogues or vagabonds. Appli ca ti on for admis sion shall be made to the master before the hour of six o'clock in the evening; and, in selecting the persons to be admitted, care shall be taken that, unless under special circumstances, the same person be not admitted for more than one night, and in no case for more than two consecutive nights. Every poor traveller admitted to the house shall have a lodging for the night in a room by himself. A supper to be provided in the common room every evening at 7 o'clock for the poor tra vellers' each of whom shall depart from the house by ten o'clock in the morning, and shall on his departure receive from the master the sum of 4d." The first meeting of the new trustees was held on Monday last, when it was agreed, travellersoa n m e o p n o g u o n t a h i s e o r ft e t bhri consisten a g d s , , a t r i h od a f thhsai half p aa e r to : pp jent o b df e epf p o r br o et v ei l i re d de e d arceh f u o . n r d t f e b p ea:4 [SEPTEMBER 25, 1855. IRELASD. ____.-- w ------ ach o g, has received a letter intimating that he wall e vers , „ t e t t tion for imaginary offences, and because he was a_ un t!,' . la being performed during the time of service on S l';',;,jak • dan s"' stated that " this Protestant clergyman ila land et o THE Very Rev. Viscount Montmorres , P b ea s l o o t f a t eo, l in his dealings with all classes of people. boa t five S a ba and bit b w it as h p im lay i i n ng th i e n AT Philipstown, on Thursday, a fine boy, a apothecary, who did not deem the wound ofaal,,ce7;olK but on Sunday night the family were alarmed h) Jr.,,,„ 5 ad' screaming, which subsided until Monday, when P"' to _ and he died in great agony from hydrophobia. p 0 enters THE EXODUS.—The returns last week for the P_T ea eat to show a reduction in the number of emigrantra'ears.'„' ethheeeks.treTeth, The child's compared with the corresponding period in la of , :r a t r oo do k a !ra i 3 O 9th to the 15th of Sep. the gross total was but te!g e lti , 279 took passages for America, and three only 1 3 0 a, r ,,, a te,,, The Know-nothings notwithstanding, the gre,t c a r ...4) lo " •s)' Evening Mail. ost fa ° d a 's sm fa a th il THE HARVEST.—The weather continues n_ ina a l" for the harvest work, and the markets are bea,' l ,ef on r e je s , the emigrants had taken passages 'to Near lot . "' r supported with new grain. The Limerick (wo o the 11 1 '1,,* "We hear very little now of the disea s f ha t el e t asil crop. In the fields where it was dreaded e tli .' ceased nearly a month since, the tubers bare gr 3 in size and in quality." i 1 sfor3 alo! THE MURDER OF M R . R OB INSON. -- '. re ae aneet'jet' nouuces that the whole of the circumstances,,,,, o f airi a i al the murder, so far back as the 17th Juue, 13 1 ) .. i a t eee".'" Robinson, will shortly be brought to light. ,_ it a l e aa ea l be sought for in America, and the result lias o L f ll ie nill r a! last week, of James (the illegitimate nePh esv e e toget b e e ara l man) and a farmer named Michael whitty , ~ , t 0 , tb Patrick Byrne, long since in custody, wi ll be I) a a'f; for a conspiracy at the spring assizes. atioes• - "eat t a ENGLISH SPECULATORS ON WEIF° 39 , 2 , § ille miti l:; mercial gentleman mentioned to us a fe e ' u „„` -j e arri l Tar travelled with a corresponde n t o f a large CO - c ota Tot ale Liverpool, whose business was to scour O ? throl d, cars, which he stopped at every potato dietn too fie 4r. y county, and sometimes at every alternat e „Iscer di a fli aast s : 3 f n o g I i s r t the fe comingt he house p ro h gw e ri he minutely examined, and made his reP, ° ,, r ' t Or e , he - ster'l L' stalk and the bulb of the " noble" esere e sei o " o are";: i a r particularsp the ii e prices E s lysed by him. Inquiries were pressed ai-Itistla- Dula fit farmers as to the extent of the " blight: , ass'; ~,,ia received information which will enable te a e aa selica'faloir a ; 1 THE CAMP AT THE CURRIGH OF KII'D A :. A I4. 6 1 : 41 '4 0 to pi d s teP f, t bo man's Journals—" Messrs. Courtney an 0 ale e n is s t s er c o . o f — n t nec h rfr a. e t x ed e f a e ra rld k: ; ....11:h ri el t : or ri i i 'd ii contract to supply quarters for ten battalioas3 f o r o ttot itil I men each is all but completed. The - aga r at e . l lo, as ' s 5°,1 I talions are already in the hands of the ni'";,, iri,trpoe'',.4 and the one that remains will be handed °''`'"„f 1 ,, , • ," ale a a. The original contract of the Messrs. Relive , " PP J tie , la 0 , complete, and the additional contracts taige" a aolie ofev a t in a most forward state. The churches for sc e ese a l' l 'e l testant worship are progressing rapidly, a ll ";1'. btCa that they will be perfected within a forte,' 5 1.0P s 6 which is now demanded in large supplies , w„ ale s ','"' l';". the vicinity. The several canteens belonghal a j; 10P" well' 6 Walsh, M'Donald, and Cleary are admire" rale ' col'', provision depots have been lately placed 0 13 ,e e , r be e lre p o culated to ensure the peace and security oy a ili.eli a a They have all to close at seven o'clock, wh ic "a e erat' a i soldiers to be at their quarters at an earl,' it, rthe• canteens we must speak from what we have 56.6 them fi t re that a soldier requires is to be had at all of 5.(. 0 , , nary prices." at' ._..a 19 %0 1d i MUTINY ON BOARD A LIVE3P O OL Sl"' it oer. ce , I f serious character has taken place on board 33 , fOr fi ee iti A .,' the Wandering Jew, from L' I for Ala Yaw last 0 ir averpoe„ ,ea t y which was towed into Queenstown, on Sunual„;aat, ae o a , i , the screw-steamer Falcon, of Cork: 01 1 S af ab i; . 3 lll o)l " - s een a the vessel being then about twenty miles cu a of t he aO t 'te" chief mate, -Mr. Samuel Wright, sent on o a tch , ase,' ' 0 l John Samuel Jones, forward to the larboard 1, 04 , de , I t tltemen to come aft and remove an et o P t Ya the ° a t eo 4 le fusedaandpersieted in he f 1 tbeug" s cal‘ . ' let ' ar re usa , „ t for fo re , dl repeated several. times. The mate then we", a f the bis , t he hollinf one of the men, and pulled hirn -00 L - drew o ver when John Woods- came out of the foreeastf O f f li 45 . from.out-of the aheath, and stabbed the, ''''' t ,"i - s che' a l avl ' - t g shoulder; 'inflicting a dangerous wound il'a:i - ed th e "fo ci re r ist then struck at the second mate, but he ilcv - _,„ o f th ,e, ro te , ' to f at this-time several of the crew rushed o, pot ..' „Job°, to with their knives unsheathed, and with t'''' d in s °to b e ' t AO , nod . to gestures. The ship was at once put ab°` l al ' 10 3 ,„aea 3° ,015/ after, the Falcon was, seen, and the car*, - t ' te o l - a fter‘ w it• come alongside. The- Wandering J w was otii' af Ses s i ni and brought - into Cork harbour in e a fe w the T e \ - : tiC - a r %' An invesnigation was held on Monday, 3 ° - s e oga; t a tla,e -°c court, Queenstown, The mutineers : were, i: ,- e it 'aw itl( ar the bridewell under an escort of olice, an Pa 't)sita t ala , a • Their names-are John. Woods, Open HeYive ° `" , , , in , ''', .1 0 1 William Wessel; -Antonießrown, John Sheare';t4eoloso,ll geto, John Pitteny, Antonio Gomus, otherwise, jess° f ,ee° j Souza, Nicholas - Mitchell.. Peter Myer, Pul l 4 tbe w e, Rudolph Teydeb After hearing the evidence ' t the aaeP e mate, and of a medical , man, who deposed t ll3 , tDe,SP. inflicted on the first: mate- was a dangerous 0 13 :, P i decided on detaining.the prisoner Woods, and tao i da , Souza, who was -theonly other man distinctly if ier ot itej having drawn a -knife, until the opinion of the / TY} authorities caubeahad upon the law of the case .„4,a prisoners, who appeared to be mostly foreigners , . unacquainted with the English language, were lo ae an ......................- ft all ol THE ri_ aaa,o3l' fet urOVERNMENT PROVISION CON , --4. ,,,I a P:Pt,M;Sille Jam ArArtx.... v ...0....c. of ilao c r ty of ,: e fit t7 0 90 ° od on han d in the various stores the Govery,„ - at r t . be - if this year is unusually limited—the delir el " - a ora,„,ls °: ),te,_;;;e l are not to exceed Ipoo tierces and 1,00 0 ~"" V' re ls I , 3,000 tierces and 3,000 barrels of por"'„ t lha t ' .„,t directs the supplies ao be made up in tierces - era the air with iron, instead .of Wood as heretofore n3 aela , the s' or THE CHOLER. AT .BADEN.—The spa el. &W ill % olli e ' favourite resort of the inhabitants- of Vienna , it a soca t ool ale weer months, haabeen visited by the• cholera 'c'e fled ir dinary violence that nearly all its.visiters ha % ,!d la place, which almost resembles- a, deserted t°vr- 'fia'C''' victims who have fallea is an Austrian offieeasa K arl` ' i tation for skill and - .bravery, bearing the ''' Oa Czechowini. a at av a ie s, SHOCKING OCCUtERENCE.r—AAVV days a° ' 4ii fis ,re ~,, whilst a father asd son,. named Thornton , a g f th e a a or Hannah Thornton,..the wife and mother end'o c „ .- il l Dal interfered to prevent ,their coming to blows, 3 telle"aty during the disagreement. The- woman 10 „ 0 011. f oe a te' mediately afterwards, and died th e s ame afte r r il aies4 Or been subject to paralytic attack s , A coroner's mused " i fr :1 held, and a verdict of." Died f rom para lysis ea theaao anent" was returned.— WiikeSetiad'.Flieraid- f log te - , Da 110, to EXTENSIVE S3ZZIIEB OF ILLICOITISPIS 1. 7::,01 rt " . %11 , few days an enormous, seizure of smuggled br a •0 they place at the port of,Tei.mmoutliu Upwards oy se ciir, 05,.. discovered by the. -coastguard,. and. were safely ere' ere 1 parties who brought them into the port, and se et eee ol a ol i the place where they were dimovered, have ~a° t Peea a at , ' An extensive seizure of illicit tobacco line a '' Drel le #7 44 , ' Salcombe, and in this case two men were 31) ,,i n ieev pj l e have been sentenced to a Icalgaterra of irimPr ls°- 'ne e ro.; ? ? a „.1 30 alie.. , A HUSBAND. ,FOR THE PRINCESS- RCWAr or al, „r ti djel rick William a Prussia is a. guest at glai tn- 'O a ' tia`)%,' Royal Family at England is-in vill jam ? ' k'tsii"''' egg' tall 55 veood Royal, now almost fifteen years-of age, 'sae th ai t and is " quite the woman ;'' and a species of aii.,,,, ,ek is given to the popular presumption that P,',l, o o;jel`dli a ` William comas .to court a bride. The supPot,',. - is e„,ifv . ,_ more premature than incorrect.. Queen Vic a 5 l a er, to te' unusual degree of freedom for a British Princ e " fee' e c ; reigning Sovereign before she became a a r ide,i i , O n o fp. able to secure her own consent in accordance ailso ''t, ,s sal of her affections. Etiquette has stifled more 'alle't I'l l , r dote to prove the genuine cha t te" O P 'o' lie roc er-of the at 3 ,n a lo , t , i the tale, , a. least until some future day, tvh . ,, e ,', 1 01 3 ital 3l :t record the earliest- evidences- of that hap , P9_l4 e a - 4P, - ; ha' rendered the Queen and her husband a nl u ", - pae'r a a'rr a ' encouragement of the lieges. Of course a Pria', - , rev e p P A !" not expect the same immunities with a Qu ee ' - a s . 0 e ye r afr, Queen Victoria is a woman of sa much senst pet s ,l s - feeling,, that no one would expe c t a f or ce to u ' r ieraiee l ',it; daughter, and we dee not im ag i ne th a t the - " a y r, a aer . ; will beeorne Queen, of Prussia expectant by a r y c li V; regal campulsion. If there is truth in the sttie be live, most probable thattlae young people are to al '''fia' li bfl `; acquaintance, and. that the• Prince will be left done 'aoc ap e A piO' claims. And sootiato say, such aprize is sel d , ,tt-tx be eii , ,„v-,,r i unless it be fairly: won. Even Princes have o v er a ar•isit, discover that truth, aadestiey makes them dis a e ° ,t, bo tt eli a e " it ' which are essentiatto our mortal nature. a „ i r t iskPor a ef e a "/ Princess Royal may take it, what will the P'' trwOr a rp Now does it relish, the prospect of an alliance tf," ; ai l er ' 4 Prussia ? The • words give cool comfort enougtiac'ea'tloll'al:f Politically, the- alliance, although not reee„ ottfat a ae le i r great promise, is free from positive or kno'" Ivg Wof y a Prusse et Prusse s" even King Frederi c 4" of , r ifiee o ci supposed to.bequite so Russian as he 1 0 °. ' .J Vete advice - which,controls his actions; but it 'a' ?Ks 0 ; 1 4 1 „ 00 41/ stood of his. brother Frederick William, „, Itale '' . 4 Prussia,, that thoug ha commander of Ruas?'" a t e It; ee l 'we proprietor of an Austrian regiment of ill_ l , to ; ", l 'iee";lo4 s De national than Russia, and decidedly opPos er- o,„a v e ,, L i . t ° ol trimming, course of his government. Ther c ,,a,a"„i ifr e eta a 'asi authentic manifesto of sentiments on his Pltio' f orr ° ,„" oor, ii shall be correct if we do not suppose his P.', 4 - tV, ";,,t ~., ,a i ug' ; strongly pronounced. Nevertheless, the r e - e t l e aa " •al s,s d t' eridenca that he has been if not in disgra''aeei c a ' e e ' ts c 1 ' a5,,,,r. 4 coolness on account of his nan-Russiaa te: e etiTeg,'ataa probable that the constant report of lass it ; l ist v-eot some ground in his conversation. The 1 31- '„, . ba: be re ais 0 haps been more sinned against than siao a l,;ea' a v r esS i !, tot:; a man of feeble body and of feeble will; and of 4 . - " a beceie f si' every sign of his breaking-up. The Pr ly „ e - ars t he Fat V more than fifty-eight years of e • lie aPr - to •ed ft age , eu gh c eiv 0 ably vigorous health, and is likely lib re year s to 4 William V. The prince who has just ''''. fou r : the r t e a moral, his eldest son, is not quite twenati:d lie s pe 0 1 3 he is reputed to be an intelligent youth', p re ssia de stil t eci of being Frederick William the Sixth °' in the pa of tri" it net seem to be anything frightful, the° , b e Qo e '",, a y n at l , Princess Royal of England condemned t° be jimassoteli under such circumstances, gIA is of th e oa a i)) ,tehalil, political objection apparent on a ce a unt eP tar a l 'oe -c+ Gotha. On the other hand, could we e „ oni g o 1 bec ti . oli c4 tage by the match ? Queens consort sel e a ßa ssial iet 11'0i Frederick William of Prussia was aier treate d t a o t he 4 ,L tio s oe astute Czar called him " Fritz," a n d i OW diSr a) ee il ibea P • at . h . the family, the result must be ascro the Pi lli A l t ariOwer , i 4 cunning of Nicholas, and partly t not _ o re a I- Wig i t ! i f ea 4 William. Victor Emmanuel is l_l pake ~,, tlis , ,A his Queen is a daughter of the Grf i re l a ted ; !....jolit i yelT, fact, almost all these royal families are loco, wy os il' e p oiet t . l ol were to judge by ties of blood and _,,l ia ily,.' Nes i t i$ P ia to find the Court of Europe one haPP 3 e fora*, bet ath e e e ()ries" , a ao a the bear-garden that it is. Th a and SP ' no" th•ao bra the a 0 self with Belgium, Naples, Brasil, ~,,e Boe- - cer tat C 0 the less exiled ; nor has the eld u ep or ree ° ria et ta t ast a endless ties of blood, been able oleosefs i d e a to ; but I . 4 4 of France. It was the first NaP_ e i alliaecet ~i iipe 7l s is/ upon his head by the link of a rya the P resei! ts g eile e 44 0' miscalculation ; and the power of poleon, for all the doubts which 'suns jisheta'' aso,, c 4, not appear in the slightest degree fami„v ii iities 0 0' 4 , his alliance with a noble but not • royal% m oats or Is'still iv liu ot ed pie a these alliances constitute embarrass' allied, a w ho a eox d al ing to the character of the P e T e n statesi neii iaects• • Oat cording to the tact and will of t olitical 0 a_,,, areacip, 1"Q use collateral circumstances for p„ aaa as tin' prii',, o rt , ''''' Wsp' . eo ll ' so e revolution, we must a cceet_t o u_ , a , ta or he . the Princess Royal is to be mam a ' . _4; it f r and a Fr° w '' she must have a Prince Spectator, i 4 i; , '-,--