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The Galleries des Glaces offered a most dazzling coup
d'osil. At the tour angles four orchestras had been erected
consisting of 20(1 artists directed by Strauss and Dufresne.
Flowers and shrubs concealed the stands of the musicians,
and the harmony seemed to proceed from invisible instru-
ments through a bower of dahlias, roses, and other
flowers. Garlands hung suspended from the ceiling, and,
interlaced with each other, formed the most charming
decoration. Thousands of lustres and torches reflected iu
Ira threw streams of light upon the rich garments
_ guests, covered with gold and ornamented with
diamonds.
'ln approaching the windows a still more admirable
, presented itself to view. The great sheet of water
inclosed by a series of porches, in the Renaissance
standing out from the background of the park in
fire, and joined together by an emerald trellis-
-t the centre a portal two-thirds larger than the
A, like a tnuwphal arch, was surmounted with a
shield, with the arms of France and England. At
corners to the right and left were two other por-
with the initials of their Majesties. Under these
arches the water sprang up in jets and fell back
cascades. The two basins formed one vast sheet of
' upon which golden dolphins, mounted by Cupids,
.1. carrying circular torches and Venetian lights.
~'clock the doors of the state apartments were
open, and their Majesties, followed by the whole
entered the Gallery of Mirrors. The Queen of
' leant upon the arm of the Emperor, the Empress
of Prince Albert; the Princess Mathilde upon
of the Prince of Bavaria; the Princess Royal
arm of Prince Napoleon.
Majesties very soon proceeded to the balcony Te-
►r them, in the apartments of Louis XV., to wit-
fireworks on the sheet of water called the Esu des
the signal for which was given by Count Baccioc-
Chamberlain and Superintendent of the Court
Two hundred guns were fired while the rockets
were fizzing through the air, or burst in showers
. different colours ; and when the cloud of smoke
off, and the towers and battlements of Windsor
J appeared on the horizon, a loud burst of applause
proceeded from the spectators. At this moment two
orchestras, placed in the orangery, struck up " God save
Queen."
platform, covered with Gobelins tapestry, had been
front of the southern facade ; the guests reached
4 external staircases at either end, and it allowed
a behold at their ease the immense perspective
before them.
—.past ten the Emperor opened the ball with the
df England.
eleven the Court proceeded to supper in the theatre.
. Majesties' table was laid in the state box, which
commands a view of all the others, which were filled with
ladies. Orchestra and pit were turned into a festive hall.
sides flowers, light and brilliant toilettes—every-
air of satisfaction, joy, and delight impossible to
It was like a glance at fairjlaud.
_ow Majesties left Versailles amid the warmest de-
monstrations of enthusiasm. After their departure the ball
• up till morning, and during the whole of the
.iie road was thronged with brilliant equipages con-
veying back the guests to Paris
Pnnce Jerome arrived at two o'clock at the Palace
Cloud to present his homage to her Majesty.
STJNDAY.

royal party observed this day in the same
as the previous Sunday, by remaining quiet
almost secluded. In the moriuing Divine service
performed at St. Cloud by Dr. Hale. Late in
day the Queen, accompanied by the Emperor and
;e party in several carriages, drove out, in the
bourhood of St. Cloud, and in the evening
en famine with her imperial hosts.
MONDAY.

was the day fixed for her Majesty's departure
'aril. The Queen and suite left St. Cloud
a o'clock, in the imperial carriages. Previous to
ting, the whole of the functionaries of the chateau,
,iinistrative and military, were received by her
Majesty. The inhabitants of St. Cloud and the
municipal body cheered her as she passed under the
triumphal arch that was erected for her arrival.
weather was magnificent, as it had been, with
exceptions, during the whole visit. The royal
reached the Tuileries at eleven o'clock,
where the Empress awaited the Queen. The
Mir'sters and the members of the diplomatic corps
already assembled there to meet her Majesty.
the last presentations were over and the last
*rewell spoken the cortege resumed its march. The
*umbers who thronged the line through which her
'Majesty passed, the same as that by which she
watered, were considerable. The decorations were
• much the same, the words, " Long Life to the
" being substituted for that of " Welcome "
shields and escutcheons. The cortege issued
Boulevard close to the Madeleine, in the
of acclamations from the crowd, the flourish of
fru mpets , the drums beating to arms, and bursts of
military music ; the eagles in front of each regiment
lowered, and then an immense cry of admiration
from the multitude.
, twelve o'clock a discharge of cannon announced
approach of the illustrious party to the Stras-
w Railway-station. Here the preparations for
reception of the royal visitors were much the
as on the occasion of their arrival nine days
At each sidaof the saloon into which the en•
to the station had been 000vortod were placed

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rows of seats, filled for the most part with elegantly-

dressed ladies.
The illustrious party having alighted at the station,
some gentle leave-takings took place; and then, at
abcut a quarter past twelve o'clock the farewell guns
were fired, and the train slowly moved off on its jour-

ney to Boulogne.
The transit to the place of departure was safely and
rapidly accomplished, the royal cortege reaching
Boulogne a few minutes after five o'clock. The
Queen was accompanied on this journey by the
Emperor of the French, Prince Napoleon, Marshal
Baraguay d'Hilliers, the Comte de Montebello,
Colonel Fleury, and several other distinguished indi-
viduals. They were received at the railway-station
by Baron James Rothschild and the other directors
of the railway company, by M. Achille Adam, the
Mayor, the Sous-Prefet, and other municipal officers.
Immediately upon the arrival of the royal party a
salute of 101 guns was fired from the cannon on the
heights, which was answered by the fleet in the
roads.
The royal and imperial party proceeded imme•
diately to the hotel, preceded by troops of lancers,
dragoons, carabineers, and some of the Cent Gardes.
The route was lined by troops on both sides.
In about ten minutes atter arriving at the hotel,
the Queen again appeared at the door, and, entering
the carriage in waiting, proceeded immediately to
the sands, and reviewed the troops that had assembled
there. There were about 50,000, being the contribu-
tions of the four camps—namely, Honvault, Amble.
tense, Equihen, and Wimereux. The review did not
last more than twenty minutes. The Emperor and
Prince Albert were on horseback throughout.
At the termination of the review several new
rockets were tried, one of which, it was said, travelled
two leagues before it burst.
At eight o'clock the royal party sat down to dinner
at the Hotel du Pavillon Imperiale. Covers were
laid for fifty. A few hours afterwards, at a quarter-
past eleven, the Queen finally left the shores of
France
Her Majesty, handed by the Emperor, embarked
on board the royal yacht, amid the roaring of cannon
and the most enthusiastic cheers from tens of thou-
sands assembled to witness her departure. The
Emperor then saluted her Majesty and the Princess
Royal on both cheeks, in the French fashion, and
cordially shook hands with his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales. Roman
candles and rockets were let off in thousands, the
cheers of the multitude once more rent the air, his
Imperial Majesty returned to the quay, and the
Victoria and Albert steamed slowly out of the har
bour with her royal freight.
The Emperor went with his late guests some way
to sea, the French steamer Arid following to convey
him to shore again. When the royal yacht got out-
side the pier all the fleet illuminated and manned
yards, each man holding a blue light, whilst on shore
a brilliant bouquet of fireworks was let of near the
South Pier. The heights also for a considerable dis-
tance were lined with soldiers, each bearing a torch.
The Queen took the Emperor round the yacht and
through the state apartments. Soon after midnight
the Emperor took leave of the Queen, and was con-
veyed on board the Arid in the state barge of the
Victoria and Albert, when a most brilliant display of
rockets and blue-lights were let off from the royal
yacht. Soon after the Emperor moved off in the
Oriel, the crew giving three cheers with " Vive la
Reine !" which was responded to by the whole of the
officers and crew of the royal yacht, the Ariel was
soon out of sight, and the Victoria and Albert on her
way for the shores of England.
At seven the yacht passed the Owers, and at forty-
five minutes past eight moored off Osborne. Her
Majesty and royal party landed at ten, and returned
to her marine residence at Osborne.
Previously to her Majesty's departure from St.
Cloud an official letter was transmitted to the Prefet
of the Seine expressing her appreciation of the re-
ception she had received in the city of Paris. The
following is Lord Clarendon's letter :
St. Cloud, Aug. 24, 1855.
Monsieur le Prefet—The Queen orders me to express to
you and the municipal corps her sincere thanks for the
fete given to her yesterday. The magnificence of the
arrangements, the splendour of the edifice, and the cour•
tesy of the numerous guests, have made an indelible im-
pression on the mind of the Queen, and they will always be
present to her memory as one of the most agreeable inci-
dents of her visit to Paris.
In replying to the address which the Queen received
with so much satisfaction from the municipal corps, her
Majesty has assured you, Monsieur le Prefet, that she
could never forget the reception given to her by the inha-
bitants of Paris. She also desires to renew here the
assurance of her deep gratitude for the very kind feelings
she has everywhere met with during her passage when
visiting with her illustrious ally and friend the numerous
edifices in which are collected in such profusion memo•
rials attesting the success of the French nation in arts,
sciences, and war.
Bat the satisfaction and gratitude of the Queen are yet
enhanced by the conviction that her own subjects take
part la the benevolent nnanffeetMlone of which she has

SATURDAY,

been the object. She sees in them the ratification given
by France to the alliance now existing, not merely between
the two Sovereigns, but between the peoples of the two
countries. She is convinced that the two nations, who
have learned mutually to appreciate each other in a war
undertaken for a cause both just and equitable, and who
are now no longer rivals, save for attaining the object they
desire in common, will always remain united by the bonds
of interests henceforth become inseparable. Thisunion
has been the ardent wish formed in the heart of the Queen,
and her visit to the magnificent capital of France has in-
spired her Majesty with a profound personal interest in the
welfare of this great nation.
1 profit by this opportunity to offer to you, Monsieur le
Pretet, the assurance of my must distinguished consi-
deration.

CLARENDON.

In another letter, written by Colonel Phipps, keeper
of the Privy Purse, her Majesty transmits to the
Minister of the Interior 25,000 francs, (1,0001.),
which are placed at his disposal for dis►ribution
among the poor of Paris. The Minister immediately
charged the bureaus de bieufaisance of Paris to
cause the distribution of the sum in conformity with
the intentions of her Majesty.
The Queen has authorised the municipal authori•
ties of Paris to give her name to the new line of
communication opened between the Place de l'Hotel
de ViUe and the Place du Chatslet.

Her Majesty and the Royal Family will remain at
the isle of Wight until Wednesday next, the sth
lest, when they will come to Buckingham Palace.
On the following morning at eight o'clock, the
Queen and Prince Consort, with the Royal children
and suite, will take their departure for Balmoral,
travelling by special train on the Great Northern line
from King's-cross. The Court will sleep at. Edin•
burgh one night, and on the following morning pro-
ceed by rail to Banchory, where carriages will be in
readiness to convey them to Balmoral. The return
of the Court to Windsor will be between the 9th and
12th of October next. . .

The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, it is expected,
will attend on her Majesty on her journey to Scotland,
and, shortly before the Queen's return, will proceed
to his seat in Northumberland, to pass a few weeks,
and will then come to town for the autumn.

The Empress Eugenie took but little part in the
public festivities celebrated last week in Paris. For
this care of her Majesty's health, says the Morning
Post, there is every reason to believe that there is a
most satisfactory cause ; and, indeed, it is known that
Queen Victoria was most anxious and pressing in her
kind advices to the Empress, to observe every pre-
caution on which so important a future may depend.
We expect confidently that, at no distant date, the
official Moniteur, according to the etiquette of Fiance,
will announce to the nation the pregnancy of the
Empress.
Among the diplomatic presentations to her Majesty
in Paris was one of the envoys of his Imperial
Majesty the Emperor Soulouque. The gentleman in
question is as black as ebony.
The King of Wurtemburg is travelling in Switzer-
land, under the name of Count de 'Peck. He
intends going by Zurich, Lucerne, and Berne, to
Interlaken.

The Moniteur publishes the following :

The number of letters addressed to her Majesty the
Queen of England during her sojourn at St Cloud was so
great that it has been impossible to reply immediately to
them all; but they will be answered hereafter.
His Excellency Count Persigny, invited to come to
St. Cloud during the Queen's visit, by a direct and
personal despatch from H.I.M. the Emperor, left
town on Thursday week, and is expected back at
Albert-gate in the course of a few days.
Prince Albert completed his 36th year on Sunday.
The Park and Tower guns were fired on the occasion ;
in the course of the afternoon a rumour prevailed
that important news had arrived from the seat of
war, but died away as the cause of the firing became
known.

THE BOARD Os' TRADE RETURNS for the month
ending the 31st of July were issued on Tuesday.
Compared with the corresponding month of last year,
they show a falling off in the declared value of our
exportations of 1,280,2601. At that period, how-
ever, the shipments to Australia and New York
were at their height, and the total was consequently
unusually large, exhibiting an increase of 377,1051.
even over the prosperous month of July, 1853. Up
to this time last year a large increase was exhibited
in the returns of almost every month, but the re-
action commenced immediately afterwards ; and it
will probably be found that the totals for the remain-
ing months of 1855 will present more favorable
i
com-
parative results. On this occasion the reduction n
cotton manufactures has been on a scale fully to ac-
count for the recent heaviness in the Manchester
market. Woollen manufactures, metals, haberdashery,
and hardware are the other principal items on the
unfavorable side. For the seven months since
January 1, the decrease this year, as compared with
the corresponding period of 11364, is Close upon fez
and a half millions'

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SEPT. 1,1855.

Volitual anb General.

MR. JANES RUST, of Alconbury, has addressed the
electors of Huntingdon as a candidate to supply the
vacancy caused by Lord Mandeville's accession to the
dukedom of Manchester. He professes himself a
Conservative, but ready to aid in rendering our insti-
tutions more perfect. He is in favour of a vigorous
prosecution of the war, and says :—" However little
general confidence I feel in the present Ministers, I
should always support them in the vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war until the objects for which it has been
undertaken can be obtained, and the blessings of
peace restored to us on safe and honourable terms."
Mr. C. H. BRACEBRIDGE AND MRS. BRACEBRIDGE
have returned to this country from Scutari Hospital,
where for some months they have been actively en-
gaged in assisting Miss Nightingale.
BY an act of the late session, the Chancellor and
Council of the Duchy of Lancaster obtain extended
powers of selling or purchasing land on bebalt of the
Crown in right of the duchy.
THE FIRST Son of the Silloth Railway was to be
out by Sir James Graham at Drumburgh, yesterday,
the 31st of August.
MR. J. D. FITZGERALD, M.P., has offered 1001.
towards establishing a public library in Ennis, under
the new act for promoting free public libraries and
museums in Ireland.

THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY,
previous to leaving Wynyard-park for her seat in
Ireland, laid the foundation-stone of a new church at
New Seaham, in affectionate remembrance of the
late gallant marquis. The marchioness has also
announced her intention to give a bounty of 21., in
addition to the sum offered by the Government, to
every person upon her estates who may join the
North Durham Militia regiment.

A PARLIAMENTARY RETURN of all correspondence
in 1854 between the Governor and Deputy-Governor
of the Bank of England and Mr. Gladstone, as to
providing means for the payment of the dividends on
the public stocks, has just been issued. The corre-
spondence is very lengthy and very important, as it
introduces anew system into the management of the
dividend payments, and one which bas not met with
the approbation of the Bank of England. It appears,
however, that whatever may be the merits or de-
nerits of the system introduced by ➢lr. Gladstone,
his successor has intimated his intention of carrying
it out.

AT the late annual meeting of the Somerset
Archaeological Association it was stated that the
remains of a rhinoceros and other extinct animals
bad lately been discovered in the neighbourhood of
Taunton, in connection with the trees of a forest in
which they lived. These trees were of existing
species—viz., oak, alder, hazel, &c., thus showing
that the climate of the country, when it was inhabited
by the rhinoceros, bear, tiger, elephant, hyena, &c.,
was much the same as it is now.
THEEg NEW MEDALS have just been struck at the
Paris Mint. On one is placed the portrait of the
Emperor, with the following inscription on the oppo-
site side :—" Victoire de Tractir par les Armees
unies de France, d'Angleterre, et de Piemont, 18
Aofit, 1855." The second is in honour of the Queen
of England's visit, and gives on one bide the portraits
of the Emperor and the Empress, with the legend,
" Napoleon 111., Emperor; Eugenie, Imperatrice ;"
ttpd op the reverse, portraits of the Queen and of
Prince Albert, with the inscription, "La Reine
d'Angleterre et le Prince Albert visii,ent la France,
'tout, 1855."

THE VACANCY FOR TOTNEqS, occasioned by Lord
Seymour becoming Duke of Somerset, will probably
be filled by John Laurie, Esq., late M.P. for Barn-
staple, who has been invited by the majority of the
electors of the borough.

THIC CRYSTAL PALACE was visited on Tuesday by
the Ancient Foresters, who came, to the number of
many thousands, from various parts of the country
for that purpose. In the course of the afternoon
the archers assembled on a shady spot beyond the
north wing of the building, and targets having been
erected, some members of the body displayed their
skill with bow and arrow. The day passed off
pleasantly, and all its enjoyments were fully appre-
ciated by the vast numbers in attendance.
TUE officers and men of the 25th Regiment have
made an offer of a fine elephant to the Zoological-
gardens, Edinburgh, and the directors have decided
on accepting the gift.
THE money so generously subscribed towards the
defence of the ex-lieutenant Perry has just been paid
over to his account in Australia, through Messrs.
C. R. and W. M'Gregor, the army agents. Captain
Perry having failed to procure for his son a commis-
sion in the Turkish Legion, Lieutenant Perry is,
therefore, determined to proceed to Australia. The
total sum collected was 2,6321. Rs. Oct., of which the
expenses on account of court martial, advertising,
Atc., were 4721. 10s.; cash and interest previously
paid to Lieutenant Perry,l49l. Os.; leaving a balance
of 2,0101. 3s. 3d,

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Qi;orrtspnnttnte.

SLAVE LABOUR.
TO THE EDITOR OF " THE PRESS."

Sir,—Having just now been reading Mr. Murray's
book, "The Lands of the Slave and the Free," I
copy the following from its pages, showing the pro-
fits of slave labour as compared with our English
free labour :

Let us now fix our attention on the actual facts of the
case, which all parties admit. First, we have a slave po-
pulation of 3,200,000. I think if I estimate their market-
able value at 804. per head, I shall be considerably below
the truth. This gives us in human flesh 2450,000,0001.
Secondly, let us take the product of their labour. The slave
States raise annually—
Rico 215,000,0001155. or nearly 96,000 tons.
Tobacco
Cotton 1,000,000,000 „ „ 445,952 „
Sugar
Molasses
Indian Corn 360,000,000 bushels, „ 45,000,000 q. = 5,‘,40,4,00tn.
Estimating these at a lower value than they have ever yet
fallen to, you have represented 80,000,0001. sterling of an-
nual produce from the niuszle and sinew of the slave.
With reference to the foregoing, I have seen the
average price of the slaves in 1854 estimated at 750
dollars, or 1501., and healthy young people to sell as
high as 1,500 dollars, or 3001. Now, if we take the
average of 1501., instead of Mr. Murray's 801., it gives
us in human flesh 480,000,0001., something like half
the amount of our National Debt.

Mr. Murray also calculates the value of the pro-
duce of the 3,200,000 slaves at 80,000,000/. annually,
for the above mentioned articles, to which we may
add for sundry others produced and manufactured
by these slaves, but not enumerated, at least forty
per cent., and in consideration that he has, to use
his own words, "put their value lower than they have
ever yet fallen to; and whick would make the annual
American income from the slaves' muscle and sinew
112,000,0001., or, according to Porter, who puts it at
3(K),000,0001., more than one-third of all the agricul-
tural produce of Great Britain, employing some
18,000,000 of free labourers in its production.
Assuming 1,200,000 of the total number of slaves
to be employed in the various manufactures and
handicrafts, as waiters in hotels and domestic ser-
vants, women kept for breeding, and who do little or
no work, children under seven years of age, and the
aged, decrepid, and diseased, there will remain for
employment in agriculture 2,000,000 of able hands.
Now, I know, from practical experience in the West
Indies, that an able slave hand could be made to cul-
tivate with ease, and manufacture its produce, two
acres of land annually; in cases, three and four
acres have been stated by various parties as the task
in America, where agricultural horse implements can
be more easily used. These two acres will produce,
on a moderate average, two tons of sugar and ono
ton of molasses, which, at the low price of 201. per
ton for the sugar, and 101. per ton for the molasses,
gives you 50/. as the product of an able band, or
100,000,0001. of income from the whole. But, as
Americans know well enough what is most profitable
to cultivate on the different soils, and supposing each
able hand to cultivate and produce one ton only of
cotton in the year, and that it sold on the average of
(id. per pound, it gives 50/. per slave, or 112,000,000/.
of income. Of tobacco, Indian corn, and rice, we
may fairly assume that the value of the production
per head for each able slave is pretty much the same.
Therefore, I conceive I am below my estimate in
112,000,0001.—bearing in mind, also, that of the
1,200,000 employed in manufactures and handicrafts,
Sm., many bring large revenues to their owners; and
the breeding-women, who produce the most valuable
product of' all, the slave, of which the State of Vir-
ginia alone exported 100,000 between 1840 and 1850,
which, at the low value of five hundred dollars each,
gives us 10,000,0001. in human flesh.
But to continue, it is evident that if 3,200,000 slaves
can produce an income of 112,000,00 W., the labour of
18,000,000 of freemen ought to produce nearly six
time as much, if these productions are of anything
like relative value ; and our beef, mutton, pork,
butter, and cheese will bring on the average as much
per pound as the slaves' cotton, tobacco, sugar, and
mola,-ses, and our cereals are quite as valuable as the
slaves' rice, and Indian corn; therefore, our income
ought to be nearly 672,000,0001., instead of the
300,000,0001., as was stated by Porter to be, prior to
the advent of free trade ; and if you allow the slaves'
produce to be worth only 80,000,000/., our agricultural
produce ought, proportionably with the number of
labourers, to be worth some 480,000,0001., even then
leaving us in the rear to the tune of 180,000,0001.
Here, then, I conceive, is a subject well worth the
serious national consideration of those who aided in
perpetuating slavery, doubling the price of ',he slave
and of slave lands, by admitting slave produce into
our markets on the same terms as that of the free
labourer, for it is evident that the free labourers of
the United Kingdom cannot compete successfully
with the slave labourers of America; and if ever the
free man is to be encouraged, and slavery and ite

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horrors discouraged, no more certain mode of dis-
couragement and gradual abolition could be adopted
than by levying a differential duty on its produce,
when brought to any land inhabited by the free, and
unpolluted with slavery.—yours, sir, most obediently,
August 13. AN TI- SLALVE BY.
PS.—The 360,000,000 bushels of Indian own all
equal to 45,000,000 quarters, or upwards of 0,640,000
tons, putting it at 60Ibs. to the bushel, and would be
worth, at 10s. per quarter, 22,500,0001. ; and if you
allow each of the slaves 31bs. per day—lndian corn
being the staple of their food—there would remain
for sale, or export, upwards of 7,900,00 i tons, to
purchase other food, such as salt fish, and pork, and
clothing for these slaves, who thus produce annually,
among, all their other products, upwards of three
tons of Indian corn each upon the average, and
which feeds and clothes them. Does not this show
that the Yankee's know the reason why the slave,
who can be coerced, is so valuable ?
Mr. Ingersoll, at the agricultural meeting at
Gloucester, in July, 1853, stated that the total pro-
duce of maze or Indian core in the United States
was 000,000,000 bushels, which, at only Ms. per
quarter, would be worth 37,000,0001., and the price
here is from 30s. to 40s. per quarter.

TORTURE IN INDIA.
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS."
Sir,—l have been reading the report of the com-
missioners appointed to inquire into the practice of
torture in the Presidency of Madras. Nothing can
be more disgraceful or damaging to the Honourable
Court of Directors than the state of things as shown
in the appendix. Such a disclosure must go far to
have all dominion over people taken from the Court
of Directors ; few, after reading the appendices, but
will agree that the rulers of India are partieipes eri-
minis. With rare exceptions, the poor ryots could
get no redress from their European rulers—their
petitions were referred back to the parties who were
their aggressors ; sometimes the collectors got angry
and tore their petitions in pieces; or more frequently,
if the ryot did travel to the head quarters of the col-
lector, after being kept there for days and weeks, he
was told to go home, or when he related how lie had
been ill treated, the answer was that if he had paid
the money such would not have been necessary. The
whole state of things disclosed is frightful; and now
that we know such things to exist, how can we have
confidence in what we do not know ? Lord Harris M
an honourable man, and has behaved honourably;
and I think thanks are due to the commissioners for
the rapid manner in which they have produced this
remcrkable and extensive report. Never was such a
thing done in India. It' left to the Court of Direc-
tors it would have been years before the report was
produced, but now at Madras, through the straight-
forward conduct of Lord Harris, any one may buy it
for ten ahillings.—l ain, sir, your obedient servant,
NEmo.
Aug. 20, 1855.

THE MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT
GLASGOW this year will be one of the most interesting
which has ever been held. His Royal Highness
Prince Albert has been obliged to decline the invi-
tation of the committee, but several members of
the Imperial Family of France will, it is said, attend
the meeting, including the Prince of Canino and
two of his daughters, and possibly Prince Louis
Lucien Bonaparte. The list of foreign visitors is
likely still to receive large accessions, from the cif•
cumstance that the meeting of the Association of
German Natural Philosophers, which was to have
taken place at Vienna in September, is postponed till
next year on account of the cholera. The Duke of
Hamilton will take an active interest in the
ceedings, and as the Duke of Cambridge wil
enjoying the hospitalities of Hamilton Palace
this period, he will accompany his grace to Glasgow.
The Duke of Hamilton will receive the distinguished
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upwards a ton,
pedestal of polished
I plinth also of polished
granite, resting upon a sub-plinth of grey stone. The
whole is placed upon an octangular platform, from
which the railings and lamps spring. The total -.
simple
inscription, from the platform to the top of the statue will -
be about twenty feet. The pedestal bears the simple •
inscription, " reel," in bronze. The statue will be
placed with the face looking down New. street. - •
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excursionists when they present themselves at Arran
on Thursday, the 20th. The great dinner will take
place in the City Hall, under the presidency of the
Duke of Argyll.
Tas formal ceremony of inaugurating the statue
of the late Sir Robert Peel took place in 13irrningh am,
on Monday morning, in the presence of a vast con-
course of spectators, headed by the mayor and the
Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke, the chairman of the
committee. The statue, which is by Mr. Peter Hol-
lins, and Cast by Messrs. Elkington and Mason—the
first colossal work of the kind ever produced in one
piece in Birmingham—is in bronze, and stands eight
feet and a half high. It weighs upwards of a ton,
and is placed upon a square pedestal of polished
Peterhead granite. There is a plinth also of polished