The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-04 00:00:00

have already cried " wolf." however, too frequently.
Nobody believes them. For bankrupts they have the
most unpitiable look of prosperity. Their burly
frame no one can conceive to be stricken as they
say—with paralysis. Their rubicund vsage and
plump, not to say robustuous, dimensions, by no
means corroborate their tale of weakness and ex-
haustion. They are not expiring as they fancy—
they are only (in one sense) social, and another
sense) very un-social bypocondriacs. Toey fancy
themselves dying of inanition, when they are more
likely to breathe their last from absolute plethora.
At least the one extreme is more reasonable than the
other—ani the country at large is pretty well tired
out by this time with the exaggerated complaints of
the agriculturists.

Another consideration demonstrates tolerably well
that the lamentations heard during the last week or fort-
night from the neighbourhood of Mark-lane
have been
somewhat precipitate—and that consideration is
simply that the crops are very far even now from
wholly cut and housed. Such being the case, it is
obviously impossible for the farmers to declare with
any degree of precision that their losses are
so and so—meaning enormous. Their tale is not
told well. They should have waited. They should
have Erst cut the grain, and then carried it, and then
carted it, and possibly then thrashed it, and even
winnowed it—before they ventured to tell the world
the precise extent of its deterioration. Howbeit,
their complaints have already been successful.
During the last month there has been a total advance
from the lowest point of fully from ss. to 6s. per
quarter. Although the weather since this rise has
considerably improved, a still further advance is
talked of, and we fear not without probability. For
August the imperial average of wheat was 41s. 2i.
per quarter. Heaven knows what it will be in
September

A journalist has a great deal of labour for which
his readers give him no credit. The heaps of letters
be has to read—the crowds of newspapers he must
wade through—the variety of subjects be must choose
between—the
quantities of authorities he must con-
sult,—these form an aggregate the reverse of pleasant,
as we can vouch for. Among them the most weary-
ing is that inflicted on us at the arrival of every
steamer from the United States, when we have to get
through files of soft journals (soft in contents as
well as texture), in the dreary hope, from columns
of personalities and verbiage, of picking a com-
mon-sense idea of the actual transactions of
which these journals profess to be the his-
torians. There are some honourable exceptions,
we admit. The news portion of the New York Cou-
rier and Enquirer is plain, clear, and matter of fact.
We may say the same of the New York Journal of
Commerce, of some of the Philadelphia newspapers,
and of the Boston Atlas. But, for the most part,
there is more sound than sense in the American news-
papers, and we only wonder that, in a country where
time seems to be such an object, that the inhabitants
bolt their dinner in five and their breakfast in three
minutes, some journalist has not conceived and car-
ried out the idea of digesting public intelligence into
a brief space—packing into a single column what
his contemporaries diffuse over many pages
of mammoth sizes. Perhaps, however, the pecuiiir
idiosyncracy of Brother Jonathan renders it neces-
sary, if not pleasant, to realizes, in the perusal of his
journals, the popular pursuit embodied in the well-
known saying of " seeking a needle in a bundle of

hay." There may be great gratification, albeit we
know it not here, in searching for intelligence through
great columns and pages of small type_
the very waste-lands of printed matter—
and making much of the minute nondes-
cript, when found. We can fancy what an "Eureka"
exulting arises in the mind of an American, when,
after half a day's newspaper reading, he actually
finds an item of plain intelligence ! No doubt, all
the papers there, have such items—but they are so
cornered up between crowds of words and heaps of
personalities, that to find them is a matter of great
difficulty. The American newspaper best known
in England is the IVew York Herald, which has a
circulation as large as its character is small. It
professes to give, in its " Edition for Europe," a
full digest of the week's intelligence. Accordingly,
we have an immense number of taking heads,
displayed in all varieties of type such as
" The Senate Special Committee on Galphinism,"
—" More black mail transactions coming to light,"—
" Whig and Democratic wire-pulling ire the free-
soil camp,"—" Great turn-out of the party,"—" Spi-
ritualists Convention,"—" The Administrative and
the Peddling Politicians,"—" The Fourrierite Pha-
lanx,"—" The Fishery Troubles," and so on. Of all
these catch-titles none is intelligible except the last.
The opening one puts JOHNSON'S Dictionary at de-
fiance. What is GALPHANISM ? It must have some
meaning, or it would not be used. Why not print a
glossary, as has been suggested for Mr. CARLYLE'S
Anglo-Germanized publications ? We fairly give
up " Galphinism."
As a specimen of Yankee reporting, let us glance
at an account (in the New York Herald of August
14) of " The National Free Soil Convention at Pitts-
burg." It was held to select candidates for the offices
of President and Vice-President of the United States.
The reporter says it was an immense "mass_ meeting,"
as
consisting of two thousand persons—as many filled
about a third of Covent-garden Theatre, at one of the
League meetings of 1844. This is American immen-
sity I The reporter, determined to be smart, adds—
" There were white spirits, black spirits, blue spirits,
red spirits, and grey spirits, including a number of
ladies. There were representatives of all the isms
and schisms under the sun. FRED. DOUGLASS occu-
pied a prominent place in the meeting, beside LEWIS
TAPPIN of New York:=—Tnis is Mr. DOUGLASS, an
escaped slave, who lectured in England a few years
ago; Mr. TAPPIN is a well-known abolitionist. The
Convention was opened with prayer, and (the reporter
says) while this was going on, " a placard was borne
into the meeting with the following inscription :
' No compromise with Slaveholders or Dough Faces,'
—this incident produced great cheering."—
We re-
main ignorant whether they cheered for the hit at the
"Dough Faces" (who can they be ?) or at the inter-
ruption to the prayer, which may have been too
" lengthy" for the occasion.
Then followed the appointment of committees,
nin
tenths of the persons chosen having the American
qualification of two Christian naives,
ito.r rather
of one Christian Thus
there were JA name and one initial.
unz W. WOODMAN, JOSEPH
H. HOLLY, en,u.
a long host of other `cI:.OLLINS, DAVID Ml' Ell 0, SHODGRASF, JOHN H.
.JOSEPH M. PUSEY, and
patriots. This done,
some business followed,
"the members, before
leaving the hall, called on FRED DOUGLASS to address
them, but he begged to be
aasndhe had already
made a excused,
did' not think
long speech this afternoon, and
it advisable further to tax la;s organs of speech 'n c this
oeeaeion." The reader of, and believer in, 44 UNCLE
TOM'S CABIN," will find it difficult to realize the idea
of a black man being able to make a speech, or of (1,.
e
dining to do 50 when called on by " representa-
tivesth
of all the isms and schisms under the min.„
However FRED. DOUGLASS would not speak. Thus
closed the first day's proceedings.
The second day, Aug.
Was quite a field day.
“.1
Reports were read, rules framed, speeches made.
Among the latter was a !onsitu.dinous effusion from
a certain GERRETT SMITH, in which he spoke of the
United States as "a superlatively guilty nation"—
partly because it legalised slavery, and partly because
it was not yet "on the Jerry level." What this is
we do not know, but the listeners did, it v-ems, for
the reporter adds, " The cheering was loud and pro-
longed at the close of this speech, and it was evident
that Mr. SMITH and his sentiments were highly
popular with the majority of the audience. He has
a fine commanding person, and deep, sono-
rous
voice ; he wore a blue coat, with
b ress buttons—just the same as PEED.
DOUGLASS."—
To him responded JOSHUA It. GIDDINGS, who, says
the reporter, "removed to a great extent the impres-
si
en
the re ,made by the previcus speaker." Unfortunately
porter has not mentioned the colour cf his coat.
These two speeches occupied the day-sitting.
In the evening session, a resolution was moved by
31r. TAPP' •
M
" at, as American slavery is a sin to
GCD, and a Cr; -
me against man, it is in the highest
sense invalid, illegal, not law either •
divine or human -
a void and of no force before
rind is, therefore, utterly .l
GOD and man ;" but N% •
e are wholly unable to say,
from repeated perusal of the proceedings, whether

this was agreed to or not. So clear and intelligible
is American reporting ! Trio adoption or rejection
of the resolution, however, is of no importance in a
country whose Declaration of Independence com-
mences by affirming that " all men are equal," and
whose Legislature passes laws legalizing the kid-
napping of fugitive slaves !
One JOSEPH P. HALL was nominated for Pres.-
dent, and GEORGE W. JULLIEN for Vice-President.
Subsequently a " mass-meeting" was held, to ratify
the election. There one Judge BISSETT, of Ohio,
complained bitterly of a landlord, named SOWERBY,
at Alliance, who had declined to sit down to table
with " FRED. DOUGLASS," though that individual is
"only half black"—and, of course, only semi-odorous.
Then a Mr. ADDISON, of Ohio, exhibited a banner
from the platform, handed about prospectuses of a
new paper, to be called The Harpoon, and " con-
eluded by
singing a free-soil song he had com-
posed (! !). The audience, however, seemed to have
a greater relish for their dinner than for the vocal
sweets of Mr. ADDISON, and the mass-meeting
then adjourned, at one o'clock, till two o'clock.
The celebrated Mrs. SWISSHELM was present
during the forenoon. The greatest interest,
and the most intense excitement, prevailed
throughout the proceedings." It must have
been a pleasant sight to see Mr. ADDISON with his
banner and Harpoon, on the platform at a " mass-
meeting," with the CELEBRATED Mrs. SWISSHELM
listening to the free-soil song "of his own com-
posing," which moved off the audience to dinner.
But—who is Mrs. SWISSUELM, and for what is she
" celebrated ?" Is she "one of the most remarkable
women in the country ?"
After dinner, there was a renewal of "the mass-
meeting ;" the reporter tells the world that "a great
many ladies of all colours made their appearance, the
blacks sitting among the whites, and presenting such
beautiful contrasts as does ivory and ebony." This is
American wit, not ours! At last "FRED. DOUGLASS
made his appearance, upon which there were loud
calls for him, while others called on the speaker to go
on. A contention arose as to whether the black man
or white man should have precedence. It was at
length decided in favour of the black man, and several
voices called upon him to speak from the middle of the
room, that all might hear. Several voices cried out
ho would make himself heard, and he proceeded to
the platform with the air and swagger of a man who
said to himself—' I'll make you all hear, and feel me
too.' He wore white trowsers and a blue coat with
brass buttons—indicative of the bronze in his
face." The delicate poignancy of this reporter'a
satire (so devoid of personality, too)
is exquisite.
DOUGLASS made his speech, by far the best delivered
at the Convention, and was " chosen as one of the rr-
manent secretaries in the nominating convention, a s
a finale. "At the mass-meeting in Masonic Hall in
the evening, a large number of ladies attended, as it
was expected FRED. DOUGLASS would entertain them
with his refined wit. He was introduced to several of
them personally, and some were the prettiest girls in
the city. They appeared to be in eestacies, but he
would not make a speech for them."
Here is one sample of American reporting—one
specimen of the " needle in the bundle of straw"
system of which the English readers of
American papers may complain. In an " Edition for
Europe," instead of eight small-print columns of low
personalities, unmitigated vulgarity, and rho-
domontade speeches by illustrious nobodies, it
would have been sufficient to have mentioned the feet
that at a convention at Pittsburgh, HALL and JUL-
LIEN had been nominated for the offices of President
and Vice-President of the United States, adding the
reasons, from their public career and private character,
why they were so selected. Nothing of this--nothing
but a long-winded report, of no interest on this side
the Atlantic. So with everything else—words,
words, words—little meaning, and no clearness and
conciseness of statement. And this is the reason why
an English journalist really dreads the almost profit-
less labour of wading for news through American
papers.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Moniteur announces that the ad interim ad-
ministration c 1 the departments of the Interior and of
Finance, held by M. MAGNE and M. ABBATUCCT, in
the absence of M. DE PERSIGNY and M. BINEAU, is
at an end.

The Illoniteur publishes a long table of regulations
(in 45 articles) for the superintendence of sugar
manufac tories, of the Government functionaries, and
for the collection of the sugar duties, in accordance
with the enact nents of the decree of March 27, 1852.
By decrees of the PRESIDENT a credit of 550,000 f.
is opened to the Minister of the Interior for the ex-
penses of thefite of the 15th August, and a credit of
40,000 f. for tiao expenses of the colours of the national
guard.
The Minister of the Interior, M. DE PERSIGNY, re-
turned to Paris from London on Thursday. M. Br-
NEAtr, the Mir ister.of Finances, has also returned.
The Pays contains an article pointing out the
strange contradiction between the language now used
by the Times :on French affairs, to that which appeared
in that journeA on the Ist of December, 1851, on the
very eve of thte4coup dieted. It says-
6, We yester day said that the English press, part of
which now rep roach the President with so much violence
and passion for the revolution of December, was the first,
on the very evi i of the coup d'eteit which delivered France
from the red ig;oectre, to advise him to renew the 18th
Brumaire. W e find, in fact, in the Times of the tat of
December, 185 1, which reached Paris on the very day
when the prcc lamation of Louis Napoleon had just been
posted on tho •walls, a complete and explicit approbation
and absolution of this same act of patriotism and salva-
tion which aciv so warmly excites the anger and hatred
of the English
,journal."

The Pays here gives the article in question, but
of which we 73 ow only give the concluding paragraph,
to point out the argument of the Pays. It runs
thus :

No natic ►zn can be consigned to anarchy by some
contrivance of absurdity, which it is beyond the power of
men to alter; and if the law itself affords no remedy in
such a predic2.znent, the course of events will be arrested
by some viol() a t suspension of the law—that is, by a re-
volution. If Iticch a measure -be dictated by en impera-
tive necessity it would claim a bill of indemnity from the
suffrages of th:( nation.'

" On that day (continuos the Pays) the Times was en-
dowed with tts.e gilt of divination; it was a prophet. How
can it now Wine after the fact which it approved be-
forehand? I;a hatred and jealousy against France sud-
denly enlighte n ed on the future results of the revolution
of December, t rr the greatness and the pro.perity of,our
country, can ohne explain the strange change in its lan-
guage."
General DE ST. ARNAUD, the Minister of War, has
published a note, declaring that for the future, in all
agreements me de with contractors for matters which
concern the wit department, a clause is to be inserted,
declaring that: no works are to be executed on Sundays
and holidays.

The ConBtitutionnel gives the following account of
the working o f the electric telegraph :
" The aervic e of the electric telegraph has been for
some time cola ieletely organised and at work throughout
the whole lino from Paris to Strasburg. This new line
is connected a:: Kehl to that of the Grand Duchy of
Baden, which in its turn joins the general network of
German liners at Burschel, so- that now the telegraphic
dispatches, not only from the north of France, but from a
part of Belgium n and all England, for the centre and south
of Germany, as well as for Italy, need no longer pass
by the Aust rn-German lines but by Strasburg, which
is the most direct and the shortest route. Although
in tome mem ure distance is not to be much taken
into account :as far as regards electricity, yet there is
every advent .a ge in order to obtain celerity in transmis-
sions in following the Strasburg line. This may be
readily undsi -stood. From Brussels to Vienna via
Prussia there aro 18 principal stations where dispatches
are stopped. From Brussels to Vienna, by Paris and
Strasburg, *lime are only eight stations; and besides,
from the mutt
l nos are
of the wires established with us,
the French i
es are less encumbered than the German
.
ones
and fo rcibl t
y, ,lush' therefore, belongs to us naturally
efforts to
pre
iervticeimany, however, is using all her
Association has The Austro-German Telegraphic
increased the price on the Baden
territory ICI. dispatches
Kehl
Which come from France,
and which goby
..1-he hl and Bruchsale beyond
the Grand Dachy. .
biut'ncrease is 3f. 45c. for
20 words only.
It is hoped
doubtless erroneously,
to induce, 11.ry the attraction of the economy of a few
francs, parties who are sending dispatches to take the
German in preference to the French line. The
advantage of a little lower tariff on the other
.
side of the Rhine cannot compensate for the ad-
celerity on
vantage of more our stk. An instance of
this has recently occurred. On Aug. 3, the Lloyd's
of
Trieste stmt one telegraphic dispatch relative to the
Indian mail to London, via Strasburg, and another., tia
Germany, Verviers, and Brussels. the former arrived
at its destination on the evening of tho 3d, who, the
latter did not reach until the following evening, being
a
delay of 24 hours by the German line. I: is true that
the dispatch by Germany cost from five to air francs less
than that by way of France. The competition which
Germany seeks to make for the transit of the electric
telegraph dispatches will not be more successful than
that with regard to the India mail. Strasburg and Mar-
seilles will remain from the advantages inherent to their
positions the two points of passage, the former for tele-
graphic dispatches, and the other for the transmission of
the mails. If, as it has been announced, a convention is

in contemplation between France, Belgium, rad Ger-
mthy ior working the electric telegraph, it will give an
opportunity for settling about the charges, by means of
which the Austro•Gerrnan Telegrwphic Association
seeks to prevent persons using the French lines for their
di,;patches."

The Bourse was remarkably firm, with an improve-
ment in the price of all public securities. The, Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 105 f. 50c., and closed
at 105 F. 70e. for the end of the month; the Three per
Cents, closed at 77f. 15c.; Orleans Railway Shares,
1,447 f. 500.; Rouen, 875 f.; Havre, 372 f. 500.; Great
Northern, 665 f; Avignon, 490 F.; Pile, 310 E; Paris and
Strasburg, 677 f. 50e.; Paris and Lyons, 786 F. 25c.; Lyons
and Avignon, c rAn
--..; St. Dialer to Gray, 545 f.
BUSINESS DoNE IN FOREIGN MAIL HA AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 3.
Charleroi and Erquelines, 14%—Dijon and Besancon, 234
—Dutch Rhenist, 7%—Great Indian Peninsula, 65/B—Grand
Junction of France, sw—Luxembourg, 6778—Madras, 21/8 p.
—Northern of France, 26%—Paris and Lyons, 21—Paris
and Strasbourg, 26,x,

SPAIN.
We have received the Madrid journals of the
29th ult.
The Gazette publishes royal decrees opening
credits for the expense of clothing and arming the
levy of 10,000 men decreed in March last, and for
the preliminary expenses of surveys, &c., for rail
roads.

The Espana has a long article on the hostility dis-
played by a portion of the English press against
LOUIS NAPOLEON. The Espana considers the at-
tacks at once improper and atsurd, as they can
serve no purpose if the mass of the French people
be satisfied.

GERMAN Y.
By an autograph letter the Emperor of AUSTRIA
has commanded the expeditious construction of
railroads and the establishment of communication by
water in Hungary. For this purpose the soldiers of
the Imperial army are working on the railroads.
In conformity with the Imperial command that all
the political processes relative to the Hungarian in-
surrection should he promptly terminated, and that
no new process of this kind shall be commenced,
the N'e'ar Tribunal in Hungary are hastening to
close the pending processes. The greater number
of the accused have been sentenced to death, but
these sentences have been greatly modified in favour
of the accused. Among the persons condemned lately
two might be mentioned—the one is Baron NICOLAS
DE V.AY, an ancient dignitary of the kingdom, high
functionary, and commander of the order of St.
Stephen. This person had contributed more than
any one else to the insurrection in Transylvania, and
to the expulsiOn of the legitimate authorities. The
other, who had previously greatly distinguished him-
self by his talents and his position, and was Minister
of Finance in the Government of KOSSUTH, M.
FRANCOIS DE DUtCHEK, a native of Bohemia, who
occupied a high post at Buds, attached himself
firmly to the revolutionary cause, and managed the
finances of the insurrectionary Government with
the most remarkable skill and firmne,s. After the
catastrophe at Villegos, M. DE DUSCHEK returned
and delivered up the sum of 1,500,000f1., or some-
what less, in gold and silver, as representing the con-
solidated funds of the bills issued by KOSSUTH.
The sentence of death has been commuted in the
case of Baron DE VAY to four years, and that of
M. DE DUSCHEK to six years' imprisonment in a for-
tress.

A letter from Hamburgb, dated August 31, says—
" During the last week we have had almost daily
larger or small_er conflagrations in our city. The first
was a short time since in the Hohenluft, near the
Damintlaor, were seven or eight small houses were
burnt. A few days ego the mill on the Wandsbeck
road was reduced to ashes ; yesterday, towards even-
ing, a cotton manufactory at Uppendorf was in flames,
and to-day, at noon, an extensive fire destroyed a
cotton magazine and several adjoining buildings in
the old part of Deichstrasse, which escaped the great
fire of 1842."

ITALY.
The prosecution of GUERRAZZI for treason in taking
part in the late revolutionary proceedings commenced
on the 26th ult., before the Royal Court at Florence.
GUERRAZZI protested against the competency of the
Court, and demanded to be tried by the Senate. The
discussion on the point had not terminated on that
day. GUERRAZZI pleaded his own cause with great
spirit and eloquence.
The substance of the indictment against GUERRAZZI
is, that the latter, while a Minister and a deputy,
played an important part in the meeting of the chiefs
of the clubs and other agitators, which was held at
the Palazzo Vecchio on the night of the 7th of Fe-
rnery, 1849 (just preceding the day on which the
revolution broke out). That his nomination was
agreed to there, which he accepted without hesita-
tion or reserve, consenting to form a provisional
government With MAZZINI and MONTANELLI, which
was to replace the legitimate government ; and that at
the said meeting the acts of violence were concerted, 1
which were executed on the following day. That he
(GUERRAZZI) made certain declarations in the Senate,
which were openly hostile to the GRAND DUKE;
ordered armed expeditions to drive the latter from
Tuscany, and commanded one in person to oppose the
attempt of General LANGIER to restore the legitimate
government. That he decreed laws for the same
purpose, attempted to oppose the restoration of the
12th of April at Florence, abolished the Council-
General and Senate, and replaced them by one single
assembly. That he changed the electoral law and
fundamental principle of election, and attempted as
far as possible to destroy the independence of Tus-
cany. Against ROMANELLI, the indictment sets
forth that Ile was a Minister of the Provisional
Government, and in that capacity aided in suppressing
the name and authority of LEOPOLD 11. in all public
framing the laws of the 22d of February
andA Acts,
23ds,
and
of March,
march, which he afterwards executed by
going in
person to Arezzo, at the head of a column of
troops, to suppress a movement which had broken out
there ; that on this occasion he neglected no act by
which he might show his hostility to monarchy and
his
enthusiasm for the Republic. JOSEPH Dean in
the same indictmenf., is described as Secretary of
Popular Club at Florence, and accused of having,
before and after the Bth of February, carried on
criminal correspondence with emissaries from other
clubs, in order to excite a republican feeling;
been one of the most violent agitators • taken a
prominent part in the troubles which 'broke out
at Siena against the GRAND DUKE, and been a
member of the military commission named for the
province of Arezzo. CAPEARI, late sergeant of gre-
nadiere,is accused of
having excited the people to
provisional
name the government. PANTANELLI,
aged 23, is accused of having acted as Secretary to
the Popular Club of Siena,
taken a prominent part in
the troubles there, co-operated in the overthrow of
the Grand Ducal arms, excited the soldiers to break
their oath, and several times declaimed against the
GRAND DU"' VALTANCOLIDA MONTAZIO, late
director of the paper called the Popolano, is accused of
having, by means of the press, provoked rebellion,
the overthrow of the Constitutional Monarchy, ree
commended the sovereignty of the people, and the
establishment of the Republic. PETRACCI is accused
of having commanded the expedition to Elba in order
to expel the GRAND DUBE from that island, and of
having attempted, at 13oscolungo, to opposse the
restoration which had already been effected.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL:
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 3.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steam-
ship Madrid,
Captain Weeks, arrived this day at six
o'clock P.M., and landed mails from the following
places, is charge of Lieutenant Purver, Admiralty
agent.
During the homeward voyage of the Madrid she
had fine weather throughout.
Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, Aug. 24;
Cadiz, 25th; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto, 3 ksoth; Vigo, 31st.
She brought 38 passengers.
The freight of the Madrid consists of 5 Packages of
specie, 13 casks of wine, 1-8 boxes of almonds, 2 live
eagles, 234 boxes of lemons, 974 boxes of grapes,
yellow berries, 920 boxes of raisins, and 19 Packages
sundries.
Stations of her Majesty's Ships :—At Gibraltar—
Her Majesty's ship Antelope. Lisbon, Aug.egent., Rodney, .16 28—
.9rrived the Prince Arethusa,
Leander, and steamer Retribution ; the latter sailed
again at seven P.M. Lying in the T
- a gu s ---T h e
screw-steamer Archer. Aug. 31—Sailed the pe-
ninsular and Oriental ship Iberia for Oporto, sce., at

SiX A.M.
Stations of veFsels of war of foreign States ;
Gibraltar, Aug. 25—French war- steamer SeBoStriS.
Cadiz—Spanish war-steamer Isabella Seconds. In
the Tagus—The usual Portuguese squadron.
Her Royal Highness the lnfanta of Portugal and
her son, from Lisbon, i
came n the Madrid ; from
Gibraltar, Sir James
Cochrane and his family.

MR. FLEXMORE'S BENEFIT. This celebrated
clown and comic dancer takes his benefit at the Olympic
Theatre on Tuesday evening next, the 7th inst. The enter.
tainments announced are the new comedy of The Master
Passion. The Waterman, with the ballet of Menorella, and
selections from the famous pantomime of Old Father Time.
This attractive programme, and Flexmore's established cele-
brity must ensure a full and fashionable attendance at this
elegant theatre on Tuesday.
ELECTRO- TELEGRAPHIC PROGRESS.—We have al-
ready alluded to the effect likely to be produced by the elec.
tric telegraph, an effect far beyond what may appear at first
sight probable. The whole civilised world will be in imme-
diate communication before long, and the East India
Comp,:ny have already determined on an immense step
towards effecting it. They have arranged for the connexion
by means of the electric telegraph of the greater part of
India, awl have actually givers orders, as we understand,
which will require for their execution no less than 3,500 tons
of gilvanized iron wire ! Truly an enormous work involving
great results. We are beginning to move. What a future
" looms in the distance."-13uillet%