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would appear that Arty of the insurgents had been
triumphant._ not to be wondered at. The Swiss
_spe-ateabr,calculating, phlegmatic people, who may be
described as the Scotch of the Continent. They are
blessed or cursed with all that reflective and methodic,
though often- left-handed wisdona with which " the
thrifty genius of the Tweed, fortifies his children ;"
they are accustomed to the use of arms frog their
earliest youth, and trained while yet young to the mili-•
tia. They pass a certain portion of each year in camps
and exercises, and being a bold, brave, and .energetic
people, are not in anywise inferior to the best European
troops. It is therefore not wonderful that a body of such
men, bound together by a common interest, and excited
by a common enthusiasm, should in the first instance,
have succeeded against the temporising Government of
Geneva. The Government of Geneva has been
called a wise Government ; but we call it a Pcelish
Government. It is neither one thing nor the other. -
To-day it appears inclined towards progress—to-mor-
row towards retrogression. But whether moving, or__
stationary, or retrogressive, it &ways cloaks its
motives in the purest, most specious, and most promising,..
terms. Flattering and holding out lures to both parties,'
it is trusted by neither and hated by hoth, and this is
' just now proved by the open outbreak which it has had
to encounter. We fear, .however, that the democratic
remodelling of the Swiss constitutions has not added to -
their happiness or to their liberty, as it certainly has not-
in anywise enhanced their material prosperity. There
appears a readiness to t esort to force and to the idtinut
ratio, inconsistent alike with order, law, or liberty. This
overflowing of the demccratic spirit—this overletring
influence of armed, lawless, and inflammable bodies, is
one of the worst and most dangerous features of Swiss
democracy, and it must be put down either fiy• t!le
Federal Government or by a stronger arm, in the interest
alike of the liberty and peace, nut alone of Switzerland,
but of Europe.
ADVERTISER—The accounts from Ireland am as
gloomy as ever.. If, indeed, there be any difference in
their tenour, it, is that the darkest aspects in which the
state of that country has been presented to us, are hourly
acquiring a deeper hue. The condition of matters is
represented by the latest arrivals as being of the most
appalling kind which the imagination could pictare to
itself. The alarm felt for the safety of life and property
is great and Universal. All confidence is destroyed.
Society is in a state of disorganisation. The tranquil--
lity of the country is not worth an hour's purchase. We
have given credit to the Executive, so far as it has gone,
for a desire to tct up to the tremendous crisis which
has overtaken Ireland. But, as we said yesterday, it
has not gone far enough. Loans of money for the '
drainage and subsoiling of land are very excellent in
their way ; but a mere improvement of the produc-
tive :powers of the' land is not all that is re-
quired
in an emergency like this. In many parts
of Ireland, especially in the northern section of the
country, the land has already been brought into a state
of high cultivation: and, consequently, in such cases,
grants of money will not be nee led for drainage or sub -
soiling. What the Government ought to have done
would have been to specify the various leading works
which they considered as coining within the meaning of
the Labour-rate Act, 'according 'to the more liberal con- •
struction to be put upon its provisions since the publi- -
cation of his Excellency's letter. Every one inquires,
but no one can answer the question, whether the execu-
tion of railways will come legitimat.:ly within the mean-
ing of the phrase " useful and reproductive works." As .
to whether or not they ought to come within its meaning, •
there are not two opinions on the part of the public._
The voice of England and Scotland, as well art of Ireland,
is in favour of the application of
.the public money to
the construction of Irish railways. Unhappily, how-
ever, owing to the vagueness of the phraseology em-
ployed in the Lord-Lieutenant's letter, some persons
entertain doubts as to whether railways are included
under the general head of public works of a repro-
ductive character. That railways ought to be classed in
this category, nobody, •we repeat, for a moment doubts.
The only apprehension is, that those to whom the expo-
sition of the phrase will be confided, may possibly cot ,
give it this liberal and enlightened interpretation. Now,
by should a moment's uncertainty be suffered to exist
on the subject ? A word from the Castle would remove
all doubts, and prevent any future 'misconception. We
believe that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, when caus-
ing the letter to be penned, fully intended that money
should be advanced by the Government to Irish railway
companies, whenever a due presentment should be made,
with that view, by any of the baronies. How great the
pity, if our assumption be correct, that the fact should
not be publicly known. If it were, the best results
would follow. Railway companies would commence
operations immediately, and the myriads now out of em-
ployment, would be actively and permanently engaged .
on new railways in lesi then a fortnight.

RAMSGATE, OCT. 12.—Lieutenant Waghorn left
this haboue this morning at five minutes past 10 o'clock,
in the South-Eastern and Continental Steaw Company's
packet the Princess Maud, for Ostend, on his way to
Trieste, for the purpose of making arrangements for the
conveyance of the next overland despatches from India.
DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, about
seven o'clock, the following determined suicide was
committed by a decently dressed man, opposite the
Penitentiary, Millbank. He was observed walking about
Millbank for some time, apparently absorbed in thought,
when he suddenly mounted the wall which runs along
the bank of the river, and jumped off into the water.
SeveraHabourers, who were at work near the place,
instantly ran to the spot, but the man had completed his
object, for there was nothing to be seen but the old hat
which he had worn, and which was ft)ating with the
stream

WEYRILL GREAT STOCK FAIR.-Yesterday this
great cattle fair was resumed, and notwithstanding the
large sales of sheep and stock effected on Saturday, the
sheep pens were equally well filled, and many fresh
droves of cattle were brought in, which was met with a
groat demand, and many large buyers i% lin had stood out
now yielded to the owners' prices. Pri;ce young owes
(Southdoil ns) went off at 38s. a head, and some Fens of
choice-bred lots fetched 425. a head. Ewe lambs of the
best descrip'ion made from 30s. to 335. a head. Good
wethers were eagerly sought after.. Two-year old sheep
made 335. to 395., and three .year old wethers, well bred,
were bought for folding off at 355. to 445. a head, and
good fat wether sheep maintained prices varying from
48s. to 545. a head. In bullocks a brisk sale was ob-
tained fur the best steers and young store bullocks, and
well framed beasts for the fattening sheds sold at 12 to
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16 guineas. Cows for dairying sold at 14 to 16 guineas.
This fair is much celebrated for its usual large sales of
cheeses. New cheese made 565. per cwt.; old cheese
555. to 60s. per cwt.; and the choicest quality of prime
old cheeses were caught up at 655., 70.5., and 75i. per
cwt., and many waggon loads were consigned to London.
The hop fair will commence this day.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—RUGBY, MONDAY, OCT:
12.—Another instance of the utility of the electric tele-
graph in detecting crime was afforded on Saturday last
at Rugby: The following telegraphic dispatch was re-
ceived at the Rugby station from Derby, at eight o'clock
on Saturday morning :—" Thomas Trotter, itom Derby,
states that he has been robbed by a man that slept in the
same room with him at Derby last night of a silver
watch (described), and 3/. 19s. in gold and silver."
(llere follows a description of the party suspected, but
as he, as well as the property missing, is in the hands of
the police, it is unnecessary to give-it.): The 'dispatch
goes on- to state that " the person who committed the
theft is supposed to have gone towards London." In
consequence of this communication, Inspector Faulkner,
in the employ Of the London and North-Western Rail-
way Company, examined the persons of the:passengers
who arrived by the next train (11 A.m.) from Derby,
when, from the description forwarded, he took the.pri-
soner into custody on suspicion of having committed the
robbery, and upon searching him he found a watch, an•
swering the description, and also a sum of money, ex-
actly tallying with the amount stolen, minus the railway
fare from Derby. Upon asking the prisoner his name,
he said it was Wm. Gilbert •, but upon being taken be-
fore Mr. J. W. B. Leigh, Mr. U. S. Gibb, Mr. C. M.
Caldecott, and Captain Leake, he gave the came of
Eltinton, and said that he came from Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. lle had for some time been employed on the Mid-
land Railway as a stoker. Rernauthd to allow time for
the attendance of the prosecutor. Mr. Trott, r appeared
about five o'clock in the afternoon, and identified the
watch, &c , upon which the prisoner was transferred to the
custody of one of the inspectors of the Midland Railway
police, the robbery having been committed at Derby.
THE SOUTH DEVON RAlLWAY.—Considerable ex-
citement ha% been experienced by many persons in thii
town and the neighbourhood in respect to the effect of
the recent heavy gales and high tides upon the works of
the South Devon Railway in the neighbourhood of
Teignmouth. The coincidenCe of a strong S.E. wind
with a high tide would, it was feared, Very materially
damage the portion of the line between Teignmouth and
Dawlish ; nor have these fears been altogether ground-.
less, for the effect of the gale and the high tide on Sun-
day-night and Monday was to damage, considerably, a
portion of the sea wall between Dawlish and Teign-
mouth, near what is called the Parson Tunnel. - This
portion was what is termed dry wall, and not solid
masonry. The water _covered the line, and the trains
were consequently obliged to feel their way very slowly,
the third class- passengers being thoroughly drenched
with the sea-water. On Tuesday the wind lulled and
slightly changed, and the damages were found (consist-
in.. of washing the ballasting from under the rails, &c.)to'be such as to make it necessary that the trains should
stop at Dawlish, instead of running en, to Teignmouth.
On Wednesday evening the traffic between Teignmouth
and Dawlish was resumed. There was a meeting of the
directors on Tuesday, when they niale a general survey
of the line from Starcross to Teignmouth. -The sea
wall, in solid masonry, which was snore exposed than
the portion damaged, was not the least affected by the
gale.—..Plynouth Time&
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY LORD 11.08 SE 8 TELESCOPE.
ARMAGH, .00T. 10,—An act, influenced by the wildes»
fanaticism, has just been committed in this neighbour-
hood, of which the following are the' psrticulars:-On
Friday evening three.respectahly dressed individuafs ap-
plied for permission to view the moon through Lord
Rosse's telescope. ,On its„heing granted, they ascended
the platform, and at the moment when the instrument
was depressed' on a 16e1 with the horizon, one of them
advanced to the extreme end and cast a stone,' whith he'
must have concealed fur the purpose, at the speculutr.
It happily did not take effect, and in the effort he (ell and
fractured his right leg. They were immediately arrest-
ed, and are now undergoing ah examination befOre the
Mayor, Mr. W. Payton, assisted by Mr. W. W. Algoe
and Mr. James Hardin. The latter gentleman, who has
been here fOr some time observing the different phases
of the moon, has shows his usual ability in eliciting
from the prisoners their motives for the attempt. They
state themselves to be from Cheltenham ; and the one
who threw the stone expresses . his regret at not having
destroyed the telescope, as he considers it " a blaiphemy
for man to scrutinize too closely the works of the
Creator," and affirms that " the right hand of the Lord
will yet be employed- to dash in pluck's the enemy." The
examination is still going on,