The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-23 00:00:00

, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1864.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

Mr Commissioner Fane was the Commissioner of the day
and sat in Chambere, and disposed of a few applications of
no public interest:

11Ir Registrar Hazlitt was the registrar of the day, and
the only point of interest was an adjudication in bankruptcy
against Mr Paul Bedford, the well-known comedian.
The petition was presented by the bankrupt,who surrendered
and obtained protection. The next meeting is appointed
for the 13th September, at 11. No accdunts have yet been
filed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROITGH-STREET.

A WIFE DANGEROUtLY ASSAULTED BY HER IlUS•
BAND.—John Bain, of 39. Rathbonc place, plasterer, was
charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his
wife Harriet Bain.

On the former being placed in the dock, the following
certificate was handed to Mr Tyrwhitt

" Middlesex Hospital,
"I hereby certify that llerriet Bain was brought to this
hospital last evening, having received severe injuries, and
she is unable to attend the curt.

6' Signed—Wm. Cargewin, House Surgeon."
Thomas Pattison, an intelligent boy, son of the prisoner
and the injured woman, said—My father and my mother
quarrelled yesterday at home, and about nine o'clock last
night my father struck and kicked my mother, and she was
taken to the Middlesex Hospitzl, and is now very ill.
Mr Tyrwhitt—Was your father sober?
sorry I tot in such a position. Was
very sorry
my mother was a little elevated.
noPTt rhyiesooubnroeymr=l am
otHheOrwsavosetr;ipsy that She could not stand against
the drawers ?
The boy—She was.

Prisoner—She was so tipsy ant she broke all the plates
came back about nine o'clock, when
e toy tea she went out with
siaihnnedotadhbiesurhseesisd,b.mmalenasinatnetanddemof gost tting
rascal, y
manner.
Mr Tyrwhitt—l shall reman( you till to-morrow.
Robert Pitt, 71 E—l believe the woman is in danger;
—she was kicked in the abdomen,

Mr Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded till to..
morrow,lo
o d and
y thein
case
it woman's
state
be e be reported to me at two
can
to examine ber
cto-day may
in the presence of the prisoner.
The prisoner was then remanded.

ANOTHER VIOLENT Asseurt.—Alfred Maidruent, a
baker, was charged with violent), assaulting a man named
Domenic Murty, living at Peter street, St. James's.
The complainant (who had received a frightful wound on
his head, presented a ghastly sight, the blood oczing through
the bandages in which his head was enveloped) said he was
in the Crown Tavern Court yesterday, when the prisoner
came in with two females and behaved in a very unruly
manner, pulling one of the young women about, He placed
himself between the prisoner and the
young woman to stop
the prisoner's conduct, when the prisoner knocked him
down and kicked him on the side, and on getting up he
found his head was frightfully cut. He could not swear
the prisoner hurt his head, altLough he had felt it kicked
while he was lying on the grcand. There was, however,
no other man present at the time he was knocked down.
Prisoner denied assaulting the complainant.

Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, and the complainant,
who seemed in a very weak state, was sent back to the
Charing-cross Hospital in a cal.

THANES.

AN IMPUDENT ROBBERS{ ON THE PIER HEAD.—Thos.
Clark, a lighterman, was brouOtt before Mr Paget chargei
with stealing a coil of rope the property of the London
Dock Company.
•

Yesterday afternoon a gateceeper named James Roberts
saw the prisoner with a coil o rope on his shoulder walking
away from the pier-head. ICe took the prisoner into cus-
tody. The rope weighed 12P., and was worth ss. It had
been used as a check in navigating bargee through the lock
between the river and the dock basin.

The prisoner, in defence, said that he took up the rope off
the pier head to give his partner a turn in a barge going
through the lock, _

The witness Roberts said the prisoner had left the pier-
head and was proceeding along Wapping High-street
towards the Tower when to stopped him.
Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial.

ROBBERY BY A WORKIAN. Walter NV illiam Holditch,
a candle maker, was broaght before Mr. Paget, charged
with stealing one candle and four pieces of candle valua sd,
the property of Messrs. Owen and Minton, candle manu-
facturers in the Isle of Dcgs, Poplar.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Thomas Mill, night
foreman, that in consequence of information he searched the
prisoner's jacket, which was hanging up in the factory, and
found in the pock:As a whole candle and four pieces of
candles. Ho left the jacket undisturbed, and when the pri-
soner was leaving the factory he said to him, "I wish to
search you before you go out, I believe you have got some
property about you that don' t,belong to you." The pi isoner
said " I have got a few' its of candle." They were taken
from him, and the prisoner was given into custody, The
.prieoner, who pleaded vtry hard to be forgiven, had been in
the employ of Owen and Minton for three weeks.
The prisoner said he vas guilty.
The fore.nan said the firm he tepresented had been re-
peatedly plundered, and he was instructed to press the
charge.

Mr Paget said that property of this description must be
protected. Tho prisoner had obtained good employment,
and began to plunder. He sentenced him to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadom hay, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; clover,
£4 Os to £6 lOs; and skim, £1 7s to £1 12s per load.
Trade firm. _ _

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CURIBERLAND.—Meagov hay, lOs to £6 Os ; clove?,
Trade steady.
w, £1 7s to 12s per load.
£4 Os to £6 108 ; and straw,

WHITECIIATEL —Meadcw hay, £3 10s to £6 Os; clover,
.Z 4 Os to £6 Os ; and stra', £1 63 to £1 12s per load.
A steady demand.

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COIONIA.L.
TEA—Business has beensther dull, and the few dealings
entered into have been at shout former prices.
suoAu—The market his been more animated, and an
advance of is to 2s per cwt may be quoted on West India.
In the refined market quotktions also tend upwards.
Cantialidt colonial descriptions has been
steady, anEd—T
t(1Z8 have fully sustained former
prices.
IlicE—A. moderate busin3ss has been transacted, with-
out, however, any material (lump to note in values.
WOOL—The public sales tf colonial have proceeded with
FEsuhpeerdieomr ci
considerable animation, and )ricer generally are well main-
tained.
TALLow—The market has remained rather dull, without,
however, any change to re3ord with respect to value.
P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted us 9d, and last three months'
delivery 43s 9d per cwt,

TEMPLE GARDENS,

The immense works in progress for the construction of
the Thames Embankment have for the present spoilt the
appearance of the garden of the Inner Temple, and Mr
Broome is compelled to bido his time to make such dis-
plays of flowers as the civic public are accustomed to in
this admirably kept and interesting place. Still this veteran
London gardener perseveres as steadily as ever in his voca-
tion, and is looking forward hopefully to the time when, by
the completion of the embankment, there will be added to
the garden a large tract of land gained from the mud of the
Thames by the science of engineering.

In the flower beds next the main walk Mr Broome
manages to secure four succeseivo crops of flowers, and to
do this he is compelled to keep his stock of bedding porn-
pones in pots to the last moment, and then turn them out
into the places where they are to flower. The crysentliet
mums look well, considering the roasting weather to which
they have been so long su'ejected, and which. tells more
against vegetation in London because of the constant de-
posit of soot on the leaves, to remove which occasional
showers are needed ; artificial watering, however cartfally
and vigorously performed, being far less efflictive for clean-
ing the foliage than rain. That Mr Broome should have

been enabled to exhibit, at a recent meeting of the Central
Horticultural S,ciety, 24 trusses of roses grown in this gar-
den speaks volumes, both for the management and the
capabilities of a garden situated in the very heart oi the city
of London. It is well known that there are some fine trees

in the garden, and it is commonly balievA that the foul
coal smoke to which they are exposed is slowly but surely
killing them. The simple truth of the matter is that they
are suffering but little from smoke, and yet some of them
are in a bad state, and appear as if they would never re-
cover. Mr Broome explains their condition to be the re-
sult of cold currents of air. Neat the river frontage is a

large structure called Paper-building, and on the side of
this structure next the river is a row of limes. These limes
are in perfect health, quite green where they have the
shelter of the building; bat those at each end, which are
exposed to the draughts which come across the garden by
the side of the building, are very severely killed back, and
greatly disfigured with dead ssood. At some distance from
these buildings the line which the destructive current takes
can be marked out by the appearance of other trees, and in
one case a young plane is very much cut up, though a simi-
lar plane elm by, which enjoys some amount of shelter, is
as fresh and vigorous as any tree of the same size to be
found anywhere in the country. Any observer curious in
such matters is advised to observe the row of limes skirting
the eastern side of the garden, and which terminates near
the river bank. These trees regularly decrease in size as
they approach the river, though they aro all of the same
ago, and, as regards soil and the care bestowed upon them,
enjoy equal advantages. No doubt these are also subject
to draughts, which sweep along the course of the river, and
turn round into the garden as soon as they reach the open-
ing, and spend their energies on the trees they first meet,
and are successively softened in passing from tree to tree,
until at last those furthest removed from the river are the
least affected. If it be asked, Why should cold currents of ,
air produce such marked effects, when in open country dis-
tricts, where the mean temperature is much lower than at
the Temple, trees escape altogether, even in very trying
seasons ? It can only be said that it is easier to frame
an hypothesis than to explain a fact which is obvious to all.
But probably trees so situated do not Hi en their wood so
perfectly as trees of the same kind in the country, and so
are less capable of withstanding the effects of cold winds in
spring. It may be, too, that they begin to grow earlier in
the year, owing to the abundance of ammonia in the atmos-
phere, and, during the prevalence of westerly winds, the
higher temperature to which they are subjected; whereas,
is the country, trees are very often "kept back" till they
can grow in earnest without risk of injury.
The superiority of plane, .Platanus acerifolia, as a town
tree, is strikingly exemplified here. There are several beau
tiful examples, with noble heads, and a fresh, abundant
leafage; in fact, with the exception of one or two which
suffer from draughts, they are at the present time the hand-
somest trees in the garden, and delight the eye with their
fine forms and lively verdure. Another of the trees that
thrives here is the Wych elm. It is not remarkable for
beauty in a small state, but contributes by its dark hue to
make an agreeable contrast with limes and planes. The
Wych elm has not been at all affected by the causes which
have injured other trees; all the specimens are healthy and
vigorous, and have this season made shoots a foot in length.
In the small garden of the Middle Temple all the pom-
pones have long been planted out, and look very promising.
The border appropriated to the large-flowering kinds also,
promiees well, the plants being neatly trained, and mo-t of
them are four or five feet high. To compensate for the
general dulness of chrysanthemums at this time of year,
Mr Dale grows numerous annuals in the borders ; and in
the beds on the turf, common blue larkspurs are used in
abundance. These peep up above the foliage of the porn-
pones, and make a very pleasing effect,—Gardeners' Ircekly
Magazine,

The harvest.
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DERBYSIIIRE.—During the past week the weather
has been very hot, and the corn has ripened rapidly.
A good deal of rain fell on Sunday morning, and all
descriptions of vegetation have been greatly bene-
fited. Labourers are scarce, and additional hands
are wanted to advance the progress of the harvest.
A large breadth of wheat has been cut, and on the
best soils the crops are exceedingly good in quality
and quantity, but those on gravelly lands are irre-
gular. The ears are full in most cases, and the yield
will prove a good one. The same remarks apply to
barley. The crops are healthy and good. Oats
vary much, and the crops are scarcely expected to
be an average. The pea crop is good in every
respect, but beans are very light, owing to the long
drought. Turnips will turn out very bad, as also
will mangel-wurtzel.
LEICESTERSHIRE.—We have had suitable harvest
weather since last week, and a great deal of corn
has been secured in splendid condition. In the
neighbourhood of Hinckley farmers are very busy,
and a large breadth of barley and oats has been
safely housed. The wheat crops are falling fast to
the scythe and the sickle. The scarcity of Irish
reapers and the dryness of the season, cause
farmers to adopt the plan of mowing their wheat
crops instead of cutting them with the sickle.
This system has been carried out generally, but
opinions vary as to its utility. Around Burbage
large breadth of grain has been cleared with the
patent reaping-machine, and, in some instances,
farmers have finished and had their harvest supper.
Owing to the long drought the pastures are burnt
up, and many agriculturists are obliged to fodder
their cattle and take them long distances in order
to obtain a supply of water. In the Loughborough
district the wheat crops are very good, and the
grain is of excellent quality on the loamy soils. On
the light soils the crops are inferior both in quan-
tity and quality. Very little fault can be found
With the barley crops, and the yield will be about
an average. OILS in some places are indifferent,
but the crops on the whole are good. Turnips will
be very scarce.

THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND.
—.Reports from the North of Scotland speak of
singularly changeable weather as having prevailed
there during the last fortnight. For a day or two
at a time the cold would be intense, several falls
of snow having in fact taken place in various parts
of Aberdeen and other counties. These wintry
manifestations would be succeeded by a few days
of intensely hot weather. During the last few days,
however, the weather appears more settled, and
the crops as a whole are looking well. Scotland,
like most other parts of the island, has suffered
severely from the drought, but wheat, oats, barley,
turnips, and potatoes are said to be generally in a'
satisfactory condition. Harvesting operations have
commenced in various quarters, and will be general
in another week or two.
THE CROPS IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIRS..--The
wheat crop, which has now been almost all har-
vested, though not a large one, is better than was
expected. The quality is generally good. In come
parts barley is stall green, and would even now be
considerably benefited by raia. Most of the
accounts agree in representing the yield to be below
the average ; in most cases about 4 qrs. to 41 qrs.
per acre. The quality of the grain differs much in
the various localities. Of beans, peas, and root
crops, with the exception of potatoes, the accounts
are very bad, showing almost a total failure, from
the combined effects of drought, blight, and grub.
worm. The prospects of sheep-keep during the
winter are certainly anything but cheering. It' a
1 thorough rain were to set in, the root crops might
recover to a small extent, but not sufficiently to
make even a middling crop. The effects of wet
weather upon the grass crops, however, cannot be
over•estittated. The warmth of the soil, caused by
the long continuance of heat, 'would force the
plants, and soon chango the appearance of the
burnt-up lands. The quality of the potatoes is
good, though the bulbs are small for want of
moisture. It is worthy of note that fiai, of which
ao much has been said lately, is the only crop of
which we have an entirely satisfactory report.—
Salisbury and Innchester Journal.

Opening of the Northern of Spain I lailway,

MADRID, Mgt St 18.

The Correspondencia de Espana contlins, the fol-
lowing account of the inauguration of th e Northern
of Spain Railway by the King of Spain :
The official inauguration of the Northern Railway
was as brilliant an act as the importa ttol of the
event demanded.
It is not easy to adequately describe the great
event celebrated on the 15th instant with ostenta-
tious splendour by two nations between whom the
bonds of unity are daily strengthening Bat with-
out indulging in reflections which neither time
nor the scope of our periodical poimits, we shell
proceed to condense as mucla as possible in the siiqht
.ketch we propose to give. ,
A special train, composed of ten first-class cu•
riages and two vans, left Madrid on Sunday with
about 300 of the persona invited to the inauguration,
among whom were persons of all the most dis
guitthed social classes of the court. The journey was

made without any other contretemps than some
slight showers of rain, which, her;ever, far from
causing annoyance,servEd to lay the dust on the road.

At a little past 11 p.m. supper was setved in the
Valladolid station; after which the train proceeded
on its way without further detentions than were
necessary, ariving at its destination at about 10 a.m.
The passengers were much impressed by the gigan-
tic works at the head of the line and the beauty of
the surrounding country.
The brilliant royal train had stopped at Vittoria,
where, as at all other places, especially upon that
bank of the Ebro, the King met with an enthusiastic
reception. The invited guests now occupied them-
selves in changing their dusty travelling costume
for the more elegant dress coat and white cravat.
At helf-past 11 the train arrived from Paris, and
at 12.15 the royal train, drawn by the locomotive
Simancas and Adanero. The King was accompanied
by his suite and the Ministers of the Interior and
Public Works, the Bishop of Vittoria, and, among
other persons, by a great part of the board of direc-
tors of the railway, including M. Isaac Pereire, who
had gone to Vittoria to receive his Majesty.
Among other eminent personages the Infant Don
Enrique the Marquises of Duero and Habana, the
Count of Ezpeleta, and many more difficult to enu.
merate, were expected at San Sebastian,

The royal train was driven by the Engineers
Senores Callejo and Ramirez, and Mr Mau, the
traffic manager.
Salvos of artillery from the castle announced the
arrival of the royal suite, and the cheers of the
immense multitude, mingling with the strains of
music, rent the air with their echoes.

The station was very handsomely decorated. On
the right, coming from Madrid, were several amphi-
theatres of seats elegantly disposed, occupied by
the principal inhabitants of San Sebastian and the
province, and many persons from Madrid. The seats
in the centre were destined for the royal party,
Immediately opposite them was erected an elegant
chapel, a species of temple covered with glazed
cotton, decorated with golden fringe, in whish stood
a rich altar adorned with flowers. Here were as-
sembled the Bishop of Vittoria and the assistant
clergy, and here the ritual was intoned, accompa.
nied by an organ and a tine choir of voices.
Tne King participated from his tribune in this
act after having retired for a short time to a pavi-
lion covered in silk and elegantly furnished, which
had been prepared for him. The religious ceremony
finished, the company passed to the immense dining
saloon, which accommodaeed more than 650 persons.
The table at the upper end of the hall, to which the
other tables stood at right angles, was occupied by
the King, Don Enrique, the high functionaries of
Spai❑ and France, and the authorities. The King
addressed some words to the assembly. The Mar-
quis of Duero and Senator Aldamar also spoke.
At half-past 2 the king quitted his seat, at 3
o'clock continued his journey amid prolonged and
enthusiastic cheating—the vivas of the French
guests being by no means the faintest. A depen.
dent of the company approached the royal train,
and gave a hearty " Viva El Rey" on behalf of his
fellow servants.

The Ministers accompanied the King as far as
Hendaya, and then returned for the night.

At 5 o'clock the other guests departed, some to
Madrid, others to Paris. During the repast regattas
were hold oa the river. In the evening there were
illuminations and fireworks. The town wore an air
of general festivity, and the greatest enthusiasm
prevailed.

Dreadful Beene on the North-East Coast.

Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the greatest ex-
citement was caused at Tynemouth by a fearful case of
drowning, which occurred on the Long Sands, and which
was witnessed by many hundreds of persons. The wind
was from the eastward, and there was about five feet sea
on, with a nasty back sweep ; and at the hour mentioned a
strong current was setting from the shore southwards. Mr.
Robert Falconer, grocer, St. John's-lane, Newcastle, and
Bulman's Village, was spending the day with his wife and
family at his mother's, who is lodging in Percy-street,
Tynemouth, and shortly before four o'clock he and his
wife and mother, and, it is said, three of his children,
wont down upon the Long Sands, Mr. Falconer
then left his wife and family setting on the sea banks,
telling them that he would go to the machines and have
a bathe. He engaged a machine belonging to Hind-
marsh, but before the lad put the horse to it to draw it into
the water Mr Falconer asked Hindmarsh if it was safe to
take a dive into the sea. The machine proprietor replied
" By no means," and he cautioned him above all things
not to venture too far out, as there was a strong off-set. The
machine was drawn into the water, and Mr Falconer strip-
ped and went into the sea; and being a swimmer he ven-
tured, unfortunately, where the waves were breaking
heavily. There were three other men in the water at the
same time, and they seeing him going out commenced to
follow him. The machine men, seeing the danger they were
all in, shouted lustily to them to come in, and a gentleman
upon horseback rode into the water up to the horse's girths
and called to them also. Thoy all came in but poor Mr
Falconer. The men knowing the imminent peril
he was in got out the boats and lifebuoys ; but before
they could render any assistance to him a heavy sea struck
him, and he was seen to hold up his hands. A second large
sea immediately followed, and seemed to drive him heels
over head, and those in the boat saw him no more. The
people on the banks, however, saw him struggling, as they
imagined, a few minutes longer, and then disappear alto-
gether. This awful spectacle was witnessed by hundreds
of people, inelirding the poor gentleman's wife and family.
A scene of the wildest excitement followed. His wife,
mother, and children hastened down to the shore, and when
the machine was brought out of the water the mother iden-
tified the clothes left. in it as her son's. The poor wife felt
on the sand as one dead, and she had to be removed to her
mother's lodgings working in convulsions ; and she isreported
to be extremely ill. From the high sea, nothing could be
done to rescue the body, which has been washed out to sea.
Many comments were made on the sands yesterday evening
as to what had been done and what had not been done to
save Mr. Falconer's life. We made a careful inquiry into
the matter, and we are convinced that Hindmarsh, Nixon,
and the other men did all they could consistently with their
own safety to save the unfortunate gentleman. But the fact
is a boat is of little use upon the coast in. such a sea as that
cf yesterday, as the time spent in "dodging" the seas, lest
the boat should broach to and drown them, prevents the
watermen from getting near to where the man is drowning
in the water until all is over. What is needed is this, that
the authorities should absolutely prohibit bathing on these
sands while the sea is ep strong, and the danger to bathers,
especially swimmers, is so great as it was yesterday.—. New
castle Chronicle.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A MANCHESTER GENTLE-
MAN AT LLANDUDNO.—f'I melancholy and fatal ac-
cident happened on Friday to a young gentleman named
Leisler, who with his parents and other members of his
family, was en a visit to Llaniudco, North Wales. The
young gentleman was about 22 years age, and was the only
son of Mr John Leisler, of Park- road, Vic
me
and
a member of the firm of Du Fay and Co., merchants, 32,
Booth-street. On Friday young Mr Leisler went out in
a boat on Llandudno Bay, in company with a gentle-
man named Hook, one of the sons of the Dean of
Chiccster. Mr. Leisler had his gun with him, and at
the request of a friend shot at a gull which was
hovering near the ()ape's Head. The bird was struck by
the shot, and fell upon the face of the rock at a considerable
height from the shore. Mr Leisler landed, scaled the rock,
and secured the bird, which lie threw down to his friend.
In descending he caught hold of a tuft of grass which was
growing from the rock. The hold was insecure and tre ach •
erous ; the grass gave way, and the unfortunate young man
fell from a terrible height to the ground. lie gasped, and
died directly in the arms of his friend. The sad affair has
cast a deep gloom over the whole neighbouthood, and is
much deplored by the large circle of Manchester friends
with whom the deceased and his family were connected,—

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day.

YORK RACES—Tms DAT'.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)
ZETLAND STAKES.

.llarigold
Dubiety
2
Little Stag
Four ran.
BURGT.7.NDY STAKES.

Clarior ............................................
BPlover ............................................ 2
lue Mantle ....................................
CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP.

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Blindisi
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Bandarilla ........................................ 3

Nino ran

SPORTINGINTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLs%......./TAST EVENING.
GREAT ELOR
3to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken and offered)
4to 1 agst Welcome (take 9 to 2)
4 to 1 agst Raglan (rake 9 to 2)
sto 1 agst llighflyer's dam colt (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered)
Very small attendance, and scarcely any betting.

CITY B ETTIN G --N-TESTEEDAy.
EBOII HANDICAP.
3 to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken)
4to 1 agst Welcome (taken)
9 to 2 agst Raglan (taken)
7 to 1 agst Hignflyer colt (taken)
16 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken)
16 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken)
20 to 1 egg The Clown (offered)
20 to 1 agst Caller Oa (offered)
20 to 1 agst Alabama (offered)

A Perilous Position.

The Buffalo Courier of the 9th instant says :
"It has been known that Farini, the funambulist,
who several years ego was Blondin's rival on the
tight rope at Niagara Falls, was making prepara•
tions to ford the rapids above the American Fall on
a pair of iron stilts constructed for the purpose. The
exhibition was to have come off on the 15th. Early
yesterday morning, we learn, the foolhardy man went
out to rehearse the dangerous feat. He succeeded
in getting more than half across, at a point between
the Falls and the Gteat Island bridge, when one
of his stilts broke or gave way, and he was instantly
in the rapids. Fortunately the place of his accident
was directly above Robinson's island, a small piece
of wooded land which lies to the right of Lunn

island and very near the brink of the American fall.
He succeeded in struggling to the shore of this is-
land, and dragged himself from the water. He had
apparently sustained a painful injury in one of his
limbs. The poor man was soon discovered sitting
very composedly on a log at the edge of the island.
A large and not vary sympathising crowd collected
on the Goat Island bridge and elsewhere, but up
to yesterday afternoon not any effort had been
made to rescue the unfortunate man. In fact,
our informant tells us that in a few hours
public curiosity seemed to have sated it-
self, and scarcely any excitement was visible.
Farini's frightful perch is about 800 or 1,000 feet
below the bridge before spoken of, and undoubtedly
a rope could be fluted to hint, and thereby
cable perhaps be swung, by which, if the ma❑ is not
too much exhausted or injured, he might be able to
effect an escape. It is feared, however, that before
anything is done he will be incapable, from lack of
food and nervous excitement, to help himself. At
present he can be distinctly descried, cool enough
apparently, but making not the slightest effort to
attract attention or signal for relief. He is in his

tights and bareheaded, and is seen frequently to rub
and press his wounded limb. A more frightful pre-
dicament than that ho is in could not easily be con-
ceived. We understand that some persons suppose
Farini to be playing a practical joko, or to be prac-
tising an advertising dodge. It is scarcely possible
that this can be the case, or that any such felicitous
results can come from such a desperate-looking state
of things. From the latest reports it appears that
Farini was still a prisoner on Robinson's Island,
about 2001 t. above the American Falls, and where
the rapids have a tremendous velocity. His part-
ner bad succeeded in effecting a line of refreshment
communication with the forlorn stilt-walker, who
had been in his uncomfortable position over 40 hours.
What steps are being taken to rescue him, if any,
were not known. A large crowd was expected
down from Buffalo and Rochester to see the sad
spectacle. The condition of this poor fellow was
really heartrending. He was within speaking dis-
tance of the shore, but the throngs who had assem-
bled to witness his critical situation were powerless
to help him."

TRIALS OF NEW LlFEBOATS.—Yesterday some
harbour trials were made in the Regent's Canal
Dock with two new lifeboats belonging to the National
Lifeboat Institution, and built by the Messrs. Forrest, of
Limehouse, under the superintendence of the society. The
self-righting and other properties of the boats were found
in every way satisfactory. One of the boats, which is 36
feet long, is to be stationed at Porthdinllaen, on the Car-
narvonshire coast. She is a splendid boat, and is well cal-
culated for the important service she will have to perform
on that dangerous point of the coast, where last winter
several distressing shipwrecks took place. The cost of this
boat has been given to the institution by Lady Cotton
Sheppard. The other lifeboat is 32 feet long. She is to be
stationed at Cardigan, and is in every way suitable for
such a station. The cost of this lifeboat and of three
others has bean collected by R. Whitworth, Esq , of Man-
chester, amongst his friends and fellow-townsmen. She is
called the "John Stuart," after a gentleman of that city,
who, thoroughly appreciating Mr Whitworth's benevolent
exertions, promised to give him a specified sum towards the
cost of each lifeboat he would succeed in collecting. Thus
stimulated, Mr Whitworth has persevered, and raised about
£l,OOO in donations, and about £2OO and £3OO in anntril
subscriptions. The institution has now 137 lifeboats under
its management, and invites the co-operation of experienced
and influential persons on the coast to increase that number,
in order to station a lifeboat on every point where it can be
shown that shipwrecks occur, and where a sufficient number
of boatmen or fishermen are residing to work such boats on
occasions of emergency.
SMALL WHITE ELEPHANTS.-1n Ceylon, as
everybody knows, people are politely ruined by the
gift of large white elephants, which are sent by envious
persons to be stabled in their mansions, with a view to their
speedily eating the owners out of house and home. A
petie the room, just in order to
g
gratuitous ottoman once cost me—well, I don't care to say
exactly how much, in reear
bring the floor into something like agreement, The gift of
a new piano to a wife from her father, I reckon,
must cost the unhappy husband, upon the average, £5O.
I know a case in which it was not got over under £l7O,
for the whole drawing room suite had to be changed.
Whenever I behold that gorgeous instrument, it always
d t
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elevates
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which it
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hint
ofany u
genero-
sity among our own circle; the mention of an intended gift
arouses in me genuine fear, for I am not certain whether
may not yet be made insolvent by theta polite attentions.
Scarcely ever does there come a gift which has not sometbing
of :this white elepbantish character about it. Nobody
ever makes you a present of a pair of blankets, or offers a
plate-rack for the kitchen, in token of their esteem, or gives
you a water butt, or a five pound note. The presents all
come in far other shapes—ft mrishint; devouring trunks and
tossing glittering horns of ivory. Dly wife has had several
dozens of scent bottles presented to her, and to keep them
anything like properly replenished would about exhaust all
my spending money. Why couldn't somebody give her a
brand-new toilet-service when I Lappened on that accident
with the tall ewer ? No; there came instead a handsome
set of flower vases, which have since cost on an average
half-a-crown a-week to keep them fittingly supplied with
blooms of diverse colours.---Chembere's
fa I n consequence of Garibaldi's resignation of the
office of Grand Master of the Italian Freemasons, all the
lodges of his jurisdiction have been eonvolicyl for the nth
September, t.) elect hie successor. It is sail that their
choice will most probably tall on M. llorandi.