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tion of office, and even refused to ask for a vacant
assistant-barristershiP for a friend, which was generally
looked upon as within the patronage of the Attorney-
General for the time being. Every effort was made
to appease his justly excited feelings, and at length
he was prevailed upon to accept the vacant Barony of
the Exchequer, it being fully understood that the
earliest opportunity would be seized to repair the in-
jury that had been inflicted. When the Chief Barony
became vacant by the death of the Right Honourable
HENRY JOY, it was universally believed that Baron
RICHARDS would be compensated for the former
slight. He was, however, passed over a second time,
and Mr. WOLTE received the appointment. On the
death of Chief Baron WoLTE, scarcely a doubt re-
mained that Baron RICHARDS would be his successor,
but again was he doomed to disappointment, the
present Lord Chancellor having been gazetted to
the situation. Shortly afterwards Sir ROBERT
PEEL came into power, and Baron RICHARDS could
look for or expect no favour at his hands,
for he had ever been his steady and uncompromising
opponent. But on the return of the Whigs to office
it was supposed that he would receive tardy justice,
by being nominated either to the vacant seals, or at least
to the Chief Judgeship of the Court of which he had
long been one of the highest ornaments. His claims
and qualifications were, however, again disregarded,
and he was suffered to remain a Puitne Baron.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday and

yesterday.
The Legitimatists are becoming every day more
and more bold ; they are now endeavouring, and in
the endeavour they will succeed, to get rid of the only
three honest men in the Ministry, MM. DUFAURE,

PASSY, and DE TOCQUEVILLE.
The Assemblee Nationale, the organ of the DE
FALLOUX section of the parti-pretre , says—" The only
consideration which may have tended to delay the
dissolution of the Ministry was the reconstitution of
a new Cabinet. That question appears now to be
resolved. M. MOLE will accept the Foreign Office
with the Presidency of the Council, and perhaps
the Presidency of the Council without portfolio.
M. TRIERS, who at first thought of the Ministry
of Finances, will enter that of the Interior.
It is positively stated that he himself begged M.
MOLE to accept the Presidency. M. DE FALLOUX
will remain as Minister of Public Instruction. It is
said that the PRESIDENT of the Republic thought of
demanding the co-operation of M. DERRYLR in this
fusion, in this crusade in favour of order. Nothicg
appears to have been yet decided on with regard to
the other Ministries, but nevertheless some new men

have been thought of."
The Constitutionnel of Sunday, in allusion to the
above statement, says, "our contemporary is de-
ceived and misinformed; the news which he pub-
lishes is without feundation." All, however, that
can be gathered from this contradiction is that M.
TRIERS " bides his time," because he does not consi-

At length, we rejoice to say, some slight, although
inadequate compensation has been rendered. Baron
RICHARDS has received possibly the most important
situation that has ever been filled in Ireland. On
his administration will chiefly depend the regeneration
of his country. It will be seen whether English
capital can be attracted to Ireland—whether the
present embarrassed landowners can be replaced by,
a solvent and wealthy proprietary, capable of dis-
charging the duties incidental to their position, and
of fully developing the vast industrial re-
sources of the country. \\T3 believe that
all that can be hoped for will be fully realised under
the able superintendence of Baron RICIIAEDS and
his talented coadjutors. It must not be forgotten
that the appointment has been made but for a limited
period, and it is said that Baron RicnAnDs, so long
as be retains his seat on the Exchequer bench, is to
receive but half the emoluments of the situation.
We regret that the length to which the preceding
observations have extended prevents us from alluding
to the professional qualifications of Professor LONG-
FIELD or of Mr. HARGREAVES, as we hal intended.
They will, we doubt not, be found in every particular
fully competent to the arduous duties of the situa-
tion, and fitting assistants to Baron RICHARDS.

der the pear quite ripe.
111. DE TOCQUEVILLE gave a soiree to the
members of the Peace Congress on Saturday.
The election for the department of the Soane-et-
Loire has terminated in the return of M. JOLT, the
Republican candidate, who polled 28,433 votes, whilst
his reactionary opponent, M. DAIROT, only polled
25,697. In the department of the Cote d'Or, M.
LEMUT LER, the Ministerial 'candidate, has been

Our columns and those of our Contemporaries are
at present almost filled with details of murders, arid
of the apprehension of murderers. Every new day-
seems to bring forth fresh horrors. This species of
news, these most heartrending and revolting parti-
culars, possess for a vast majority of readers a peculiar
fascination ; they are attractive and almost pleasing
to that morbid taste which delights in the horrible.
Little as we sympathise with such a feeling, much
indeed as we deplore its existence and deprecate its
encouragement, there is one of these calamitous cases
which we cannot but consider a fit subject for, general
perusal. We allude to the death of an unhappy wife
by the band of a yet more unhappy husband, the
prisoner WARD. It is customary to say nothing
in reference to such cases before a public
trial has made manifest the guilt or inno-
cence of the accused ; by this most excellent rule
we shall practically abide. We shall say not one
word relative to the extent of the wretched prisoner's
guilt. We content ourselves with recommending to
public attention the evidence given before the magis-
trate. It contains a moral lesson more efficacious
than a hundred homilies. We listen to an exordium
on the evil effects of passion, we read elaborate argu
ments on the value of self-command, we, perhaps,
admit the excellence of the one and of the other, and
then turn away and forget them both. Let us, how-
ever, contemplate this catastrophe. The lesson it
teaches is written in letters of blood ; few,
we should imagine, can peruse it unmoved, or, we
should hope, unbenefited. We have heard of murders
more appalling, and crimes more revolting in their
details, but we remember none, in the simplicity of its
horror, in the sad probability of all its circumstances,
more impressive and more effective than this. Fic-
tion seldom equals truth either in tenderness or pathos.
No five act tragedy ever exceeded in mournful or ap-
palling interest this tragedy, this life's history con-
densed into one scene. The husband returns home
at evening, the wife has been out to purchase his
supper ; they sit together by the fire-side. A discus-
sion takes place, angry words follow ; on both sides,
perhaps, there is wilful provocation, or a disposition
to be displeased. So far is not the picture daily realised
in many a home ? How many can lay their hands
on their hearts and exonerate themselves while they
cast a stone at these ? Comparisons are proverbially
" odious," and such a comparison, to all concerned,
will appear especially so,—the greater the truth the
greater the libel. Nevertheless one good
consequence should be derived from such ca-
lamitous scenes, the benefit of a warning
example. Let none, therefore, shrink from the appli-
cation of such an example as this. Angry words have
passed between the husband and wife; we know not
what provocatory language may have trembled upon
her tongue, so soon to be stilled for ever ; we know
not what indignant impulse may have stirred his
heart, so soon to be rendered the home of very diffe-
rent feelings—we only know the catastrophe. The
wretched man seizes the first implement in his way,
and inflicts a blow which is death. If in the eyes of
Him who readeth the heart a thought is as sinful as
the committed act, how many are morally as guilty
as this man ? We say this, not by way of extenuating
his offence, but merely as an evidence of how " in the
midst of life we are in death," and how insecure is
the happiness, and even the existence, of those who
give way to passion. "A soft answer turneth away
wrath," we all admit, although few condescend to
put their faith in practice. No housewife ever
treasured up a more valuable receipt than this ne-
glected proverb. Yet another scene of the tragedy
has transpired, one hardly less melancholy than the
preceding. The young child of the unhappy pair
comes forward, in a voice broken by sobs and choked
by tears, to recapitulate the sad details of her mother's
death and her father's guilt, and the father, as he
listens, covers his face and weeps aloud. Any com-
ment upon such a scene must seem tame and cold to
those who have already perused the detailed account ;
to those who have not we can only say, they need not
seek in the pages of a novel for the source of tears.
No heart, even 'the most callous, could contemplate
that young child's agony unmoved. This, then, is a
case which, terrible and tearful though it be, we
commend as a fit subject of consideration. The ca-
tastrophe is too appalling to be easily forgotten—the
warning too much required to be passed over without
notice.

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF A BURGLAR FROM
MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL—This morning the authorities
of the above institution were greatly surprised by the
discovery that a patient, named Frederick I'eate, who
had been injured while escaping from the police on being
alarmed when breaking into the house of Mr. Rabies,
furrier, Regent-circus, had effected his escape. The
prisoner was brought to the hospital yesterday (Sunday)
morning week, on which occasion his companion in
crime, Henry Edgar Blackwell, was killed by falling
from the roof of Mr. Rabies' house. Since his admission
to the hospital the prisoner had been in the Clayt
Ward, on the ground floor, and attended by Mr. Clap.
ham, surgeon, who found the injury be had sustained
was dislocation of the right ankle. He was under the
surveillance of the police, three of whom belonging to
the C division detective were in constant attend-
ance on him, in turns of eight hours each.
About four o'clock this morning, Elliott, the night porter,
was informed by the constable who had been left
in charge of the prisoner on the previous night that
he had fallen asleep and found, on waking, the prisoner
missing. Every search was immediately made for him,
but in vain, and on the other inmates of the ward being
interrogated they all declared they had rot witnessed
his departure. The prisoner, whose clothes were all
kept from him but his trowsers, there is no doubt,
assisted
blysome confederates, made his escape over the
back gardenwall into Charles-street-mews. A young
mas g
lime, and without a coat, was about 12
o'clock seen to enter a public-house in Wells-street,
where, after drinking
r a pint of porter, he limped out and
was
e Every driven
exertion t o
off in
ha
teaahc, n the which
retreatattha of fmthoine;rnits drewon cr
huars.
E
hitherto been unsuccessful.

THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT HOREURY.—On
Monday last warrants were granted by the magistrates
at Waliefidd, for the apprehension of Mr. and Mi,s
Craven for concealing the birth of a child sit liorbury,
the particulars of which appeared in cur columns last
week. Mr. Eight"), of Brighouse, attended to watch the
proceedings on the part of the aecusvd.—Leeds Intelli-
gencer,

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1849

will not cause it to abandon its policy with respect to
Germany ; and it is evident from the language of the
semi-official journal that the Cabinet has not the least
intention of turning the Austria-Russian victory to
account against the liberties and unity of this country.
In the Chamber the Minister of the Interior an-
nounced that the siege of Breslau will be shortly
raised."

CIRCASSIA

Russia has withdrawn from Circassia her army of
70,000 men, in order to strengthen the army of Hun-
gary, and Ccunt Woaotszow, the military and civil
governor, has left for St. Petersburgh. Previous to
quitting Tiflis he issued a paper to the warriors of
Abascia, couched in very friendly terms. He says—
" We have been fighting fur the last 20 years toge-
ther. An infinity of blood has been spilt to no pur-
pose, as neither your interests are thereby advanced
nor our own. Let us, then, nake a permanent peace, or
if that is not possible, at least suspend hostilities
until such a peace 'can be brought about under
guarantees to mutual satisfaction. If you can engage
solemnly to remain in quiet, I, on my part, will un-
dertake to withdraw our troops from the country, in
order to cause all reasons for animosity and hostility
to cease." The Circassians have agreed to this. They
are now openly exulting over this victory of diplo-
macy on their part; and add, that once the Russian
Czar withdraws his 70,000 men, they know how they
are to manage to regain lost ground.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were
estimated at 8.000 bales, and consisted of about 5,000
American, at 4id. to 7d., 900 Pernam and Maranham,
at 51d. to 6d.; 300 Egyptian, at 6d. to aid.; 1,000 Surat,
4d. to qI.; and 50 Sea Island, at lid. to is. Id. per lb.
There were taken 1,500 on speculation, and 500 for
export. The market closed steadily.—Railway Shares
were dull, and generally at lower rates.
The letters and papers received by the Cambria this
morning are of dates a week later than the communi-
cations received by the Europe. They do not,
however, contain much matter of interest either
commercial or political. It appears that the cholera
had much diminished, and that the "fall" trade was Ex-
pected to turn out brisker than was previously antici-
pated. The money market at New York was easy, and
the prospects of trade were of a satisfactory nature.
The cotton crop is still considered to be
in a precarious condition, bring much affected
by the unfavourable character of the season. We, how-
ever, do not place much faith in there) reports, which
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. are always rife about this season at New Orleans and
In consequence of the earnest representations of. Mobile. It is probable that the yield will not
Colonel HODGES and of the Superior President VON be so large as it was last }mar, but that
was
fain eixetrriaoonrdinit\ilrydocurbop,h and cannot be taken
BoNus, the immediate exchange of prisoners has
taken place. They have also effected the installation
awsilal finadrcr amplet gr.ound in the' t
present Liverpoolre ar report speculatorsfrorn the
of the Government of Schleswig and the basis of the south to run up the price of cotton wool—ap process
statu quo, and the conditions expressly stipulated by which tallies exactly with the hopes and expectations of
Art. X. of the Convention of the Armistice, have the American grower.
been recognized as incontestable. It is probable that Brealstuffs were dearer, in consequence of the. unfit-
the Government will be immediately installed, inns- vourable state of the crops.
much as all the opposing obstacles have been removed. More business was doing in Stock, and prices firmer,
The question relative to the temporary fllg which with an upward tendency. Exchange on London,
is to be carried by the Schleswig-Holstein vessels, 1091 to i.
is reserved to the settlement of the Government NO later intelligence from Mexico.
after it shall have been installed, and this cannot be Sir John Ilurvey, Liemenent-Governer of Nova
Scotia, had issued a proclamation, recommending that
done till the ports of Schleswig-Holstein are all open
and the navigation is again free, which is not the case the29thinstant be set art as)E!, ?üblic (L.:3r tor fasting
f and humiliation,. to supplicate.. 1 :yule Providence to pro-
at present, except from neutral vessels, including the .t that province from a visitation of the cholera.
Germans. The writer in Aris's Birmingham Gazette, upon the
- __

Divers opinions prevailed relative to the mole of i Staffordshire iron trade, states to-day that—
administration of the government of Schleswig • but I " The proceedings of the past fortnight have been in.
it is stated with certainty that the Executive and the tercepted by a rather formidable strike, or turn-out,
Finance are to he entirely distinct. among the colliers iu the neighbourhood of West Brom-
KIELI Aug. 23.—We are authorised to state that with and Dudley, in consequence of which operations
the blockade of the Holstein Baltic harbours, in-
have been entirely suspended at some of the iron works,
eluding that of Kiel, will be raised on Saturday, the
and partially so at others, and several blast furnaces
25th islet. ?, have been put out of work. On these accounts
very little business has been transacted, and as
The Government Commissioner of the Duchy of neither purchasers nor sellers aro eager, under
Schlewig will he installed at Flensburg on the same the present unsettled appearances, both pig and bar iron
day. may be stated as stationary at the last quotations. The
Persons who arrived at Altona on the evening of prospect of an approaching restoration of the German
the 23d assert that the exchange of the prisoners has and ether European markets, together with the absolute
taken place on the Doppler heights. They were re- ; reduction of make now taking place in South
ceived by an immense concourse of people, who : Staffordshire, afford some grounds to look for
formed a procession with garlands ; and they were I improvement, but the advices from America represent
regaled with an hospitable entertainment. figures there as continuing still very low, and
I the markets inactive. It will be in the recollection of
cur readers, that from the desponding character of
commercial affairs, and the low prices resorted to
elsewhere, it was deemed requisite, at the last meet-
ing of the trade, to reduce Staffordshire bars to 6/.
per ton, and also to enforce a proportionate abatement
of wages among ell classes of workmen employed in the
manutacture of iron, or connected with production.
At the ensuing quarterly meeting even this price was
abandoned, and sales were made much lower than the
proposed retrenchment in wages and other expenses
would justify. Uneer these circumstances, the
men fairly and readily submitted to the cur-
tailment of their earnings, and acknowledged with
candour the necessity on their part of assisting to
meet so unusual a depression. Unfortunately for the
welfare of the trade, either from interest, z-al, or
caprice, different representations were put forth in
some of the public prints, impugning the cor-
rectness of this position, and asserting that
nothing like depression existed in the trade. One
gentleman stated that ho had purchased 10,000 tons of
pigs for immediate consumption, awl had made large
sales of iron, though it unintentionally escaped that
they were effected at five shillings at least
below the rates agreed upon as above. From
time to time these representations have been
repeated, mentioning orders as abundant, activity pre-
vailing in every department, and even that circulars had
been issued from leading firms declaratory of 103. ad-
vance. Last week again we were assured that ' this
improvement had been fully borne out,' and that
'an advance' (a second one, we presume) is not
improbable. The colliers and miners, who aro
nc.t (like furnace-men, puddlers, and other workmen
immediately engaged in mills and forges) sufficiently
intimate with the real facts of the case to form their own
judgment, hearing such statements read in the various
Public-houses, would have cause to consider that, with such
returning prosperity and higher prices, they ought not to
be longer called upon to continue their work at un-
usually low wages; and to this source the present dis-
satisfaction may udoubtedly be trace.l. The responsi-
bility of the ill feeling between the colliers and their
employers, and the poverty and wretchedness thus
inflicted upon the families of the former, in a great degree
attaches to these incautious representations. How long the
present collision may continue, whether it will spread
and infect the other mine districts, and those colliers who
have not yet joined, or whether the dissatisfied will by
degrees resume their work, is yet matter of speculation.
A meeting of coal-masters was held on Wed-
nesday last at Oldbury, and resulted in a
determination on the part of a largo majority
of those prosent, not to yield to the demands of the
men. Notices have, however, been given by most of the
colliers who have hitherto continued at work, and also
by the miners, for an advance of their wagers, and un-
less it is conceded to them, it is probable they will, at
their expiration, join those already out. Hitherto
it is a matter of congratulation, that no
violence has been resorted to, and we trust
that sufficient good feeling yet remains to induce a quiet
return to their work, with full confidence that their
masters will take the earliest opportunity that offers for
giving them batter wages. At present they may be as-
sured that such representations as we have alluded to are
only a delusion, while the cheapness of provisions, with
the probability that they will be still lower after the
abundant harvest is secured, and the severe losses lately
entailed upon those masters who have continued to em-
ploy their works in the manufacture of iron, point out
the propriety of such a course."
There has been no change in the position of Public
Securities since Saturday. Consols being still quoted for
the Account 94, and for Money 924 and S. The Three
per Cents. Reduced have been done at 92i-' 93, and the
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 93i to 94. Bank Steck
1991. Exchequer-bills 425. to 455., and India Bonds 735.
to 765. premium.
In Foreign Securities the changes have been imma-
terial, but there is scarcely so much buoyancy
in the market, which is chiefly owing
to the small amount of business transacted
in the Foreign Bonds. Mexicans are quoted 27-g-
Brazilian, old, 861; ditto, small, 85; Buenos Ayres, 501
to 511; Equador, 3i; Peruvian, 531;, ditto, Deferred,
141 to 141; Belgian Two-and- a-Half per Cent.,s 484;
Dutch Two. and-a-Helf per Cents., 531-,; and the Four
per Cent. Certificates, 834.
The market for mining shares has been rather dull
within the last few days, but prices have continued
about the same. Very promising accounts have been
received by the United Niverican Company.
The market for Railway Shares has not recovered
from the depression which took place towards the end
of last week.

eitl, 'Eh i. F B.RITTS'iI FUNDS
sank Stock 19914
3 per Cent. Reduced Ar.ris ...... 93 92%
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92% %
Sew 31,4 per Cent. Anus. .. .• 93% 94
Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8 11-16
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Ditto under 1,0001.. ....... ....... 73 76 p
Consols for Account... 92%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d.
1,000/. June 45 42 p 42 p
Small. June 43 p 42 p
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES,
Brazilian Bonds
86
Ditto, Small ... 85 85
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 5014 5114 5114
Equador Bonds
Biuxiciui, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Coupons
Ditto, Account . 2734% 27%
Ditto,: Small — 28
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents — _
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Active... 521,E 52 4
Ditto, Deferred 1414,1/2 14%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent —
,Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian 2% per Cent ...... 48%
._
Belgian, 4% per Cent
. . _

tThE O'OCLCA. CLING
PRICES.
199%
9274
92 yd

Dutch i%.pir Cent., 12 Guild.... 533/4 531%
Ditto, 4 per Cent Certificates 83% 83%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberde.ta 5O
Do. Precerence
Ambe.,, Nott., Boston,
and Easiztli Junction 6 ...-.., 1/6 ••• 3
Ayrshire and GtOloway.. 71/4
Belfast & County Down2s 000 =MD
Berks & Hants Extens.
(GLWest. Per, 5 oer ct.) 6
Birmingham and Ox-
fc rd J unct., calls duly
paid, or with a guaran. 20 -
Do,n ithout guarantee 20 , ...
Binning, Wolverhloii,
- and Dudley, calls duly
pd, or with guarantee 10 .....
Do. without guarantee 10 ......
Birrninp;.,Wol.verh'pton,
and Stour Va11ey...... 13/, 145...
Birkenhead. Lancashire,
anti Cheshire Juno-- 20
Boston, StaniAl & Firm. 71. 4s —
Bristol vid Exeter 9O ... ..
Ditto, Thirds ..-
13uckingharatiliire
Cieedonian .... .. 50
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/

104 Pref... 10 —
Di t to,Cly Liesdale June 50
Cnester and Holyhead... 50
Ditto, Preference l5 ......
Clarence
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
Do. 26 Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Do. Government Loar,
4 per Cant.
Direct London & Ports-
mouth
Dublin and Bel,"ast June. 40 ......
Dundalk & Enniskillen 221/.'2
East Anglian, 25/., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25