The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-17 00:00:00

Moorsom or of Peel? Need he remind them of the teats
they performed in the Sea of Azoff, or of the demolition
and destruction of Swea.borg and Bomarsund ? If the two
Russian fleets dared not come out to meet them—if they
preferred, the one to sink ingloriously beneath the
waters of the Euxino in the harbour of Sebastopol, nd the
other to skulk behind the impregnable batteries of Cron-
stadt—they displayed a vast amount of prudence and fore-
sight, for to a certainty, instead of sleeping in full fathoms
five, they would have slept iu fathoms fifty. (Laughter.)
In all parts of the world the motto of the navy was "Ready,
aye, Ready !" and whether they were employed in protect-
ing the peaceful pursuits of commerce, or in hunting down
the sea robber, their motto was ever the same, and they
were never found wanting. He could not forbear referring
to the services of the men who defended the heights of Ba-
laklava—the Royal Marines. They knew their services,
and ho should not trouble them by recounting them. They
were, in fact, members of both services, for they were
almost as much sailors as soldiers ; and that arm of the ser-
vice included some of the best men whom the Queen had at
her command. He gave them, " Sir Charles Wood, the
Royal Navy, and the Royal Marines." (Cheers.)
Mr. JOHNSON, a warrant officer, acknowledged the com-
pliment.
The CLUBMAN next !said,--My men, I am quite sure
you could not meet together on an occasion like this with=
out remembering that there were other armies beside your-
selves who fought side by side with you. Remember that
your gallant French comrades were always by your side ;
that the brave Turks did their duty valiantly whenever
they were nobly led and counselled by your countrymen ;
and that the Sardinians on the only occasion on which
they were tried behaved manfully. (Cheers.) I think it
is possible, judging by the progress of affairs in another
part of the world, that it may not be long before you may
have to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Sardinians—
(cheers)—and remember that, if ever you do so stand with
them, it will be to fight for liberty of speech and liberty of
thought, the essentials of human progress and civil,isation.
(Cheers.) After proposing '` Our brave Allies," which
was drunk with acclamation, the chairman proceeded to
say :—Have you ever heard of such a person as Florence
Nightingale ? (Great cheering.) Has she, and have the
ladies associated with her, smoothed the pillows of any of
you in the hospital at Scutari, by philanthropic acts and
consoling words ? (" Yes, yes.") Miss Nightingale con-
ceived a great work, and, regardless of all consequences,
she left her country and did it. She held fast to her indi-
viduality, and took no counsel of any one but herself.
(Cheers.) Every unselfish action brings with it its own
reward, not immediately to the individual, but always to
the community. In this instance the reward to Miss
Nightingale and her lady companions is that they did what
in their conscience they believed to be right, and followed
out their darings to a successful issue. To the community
the reward is that, apart from the grand example which
they have set, we shall see a great philanthropic institu-
tion spring into existence, which will have for its object
the raising a body of trained nurses to attend to the sick
and wounded of our army if over it is called on to drive
back again the 'ruthless invader of other men's lands, or
to fight in defence of the country. (Cheers.) The Chair-
man concluded by giving " Miss Nightingale and her lady
companions at Scutari."
A few other toasts followed, and the company separated
shortly after 3 o'clock. The troops and seamen were told
off to their respective quarters and ships about sunset.
Every man among them appeared delighted with the enter-
tainment, and it was followed by no excess of any kind.
On Mr. J. S. Tibbetts, with whom the,banquet originated,
the duty principally devolved of making all the necessary
rangements for carrying it into full effect. In his capa-
city of one of the honorary secretaries to the committee of
management, and to those gentlemen and himself, the suc-
cess of the undertaking is wholly attributable.
Mr. Higgs officiated as toastmaster. •i

DINNER TO CRIMEAN OFFIOERS AT LEDEURY.—A.
grand ovation has taken place at Ledbury to lour Here-
fordshire officers just returned from the Crimea—viz„
Major Bright, 19th Regiment ; Captain Aynsley, R.N. ;
Captain Hopton, 211 Regiment ; Captain Chatfield,
49th Regiment ; Lieutenant Biddulph, R.. A.. ; Lieuten-
ant Hopton, 88th Regiment ; and Assistant-Surgeon
Swinhoe, 95th Regiment. The event was eefebrated by
an illumination and other marks of rejoicing. At the
dinner the chair was taken by Mr. Money Hyrle, eolo-
nel of the. Herefordshire Militia, who, alter the usual
loyal toasts, proposed the healths of the guests of the I
day, on which speeches were made by those gentlemen.
Major Bright particularly allude] to the services of the
lady nurses, and to the comfort i:hich the soldiers ox-
periecced in receiving. from home the succours which
their countrymen had sent out. Capt. Aynsley, R.N.,
8841 that,,not being able to induce the enemy to meet
t,htiged to ...nuo
their operations to aiding the army. .to tue 6ea of
they had nothing to do but to "burn and destroy," fur
as soon as they showed themselves the Cossacks ran away
and gave them no chance. Captain Money subsequently
proposed as a toast "the health of Miss Nightingale."
lie sa4l he was at Constantinople seine short time lusi ore
the fall of Sebastopol, and took great interest in the hos•
pitals of Schtari, where he was surprised at the wonderful
organisation, cleanliness, and masterly arrangements de-
picted in every department, which was astounding even
to one who was prepared for much. All this and much mare
he attributed in the first instance to Mr. Macdonald, the
Times correspondent, and subsequently to Miss Nightin•
gale, who, with her gentle companions, had staked
their lives and their health, and looked upon rendering
service to their country and succour and assistance to
the wounded as the greatest privilege allotted to woman.
In fact, doing good was part of Florence Nightingale's
nature, and it was stated that in her childhood the same
desire to give relief to the suffering was portrayed in her
character, while her favourite plaything was a model
hospital, in which the beds and their patients were laid,
with little waxen nurses over whom she presided.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Sept. 16.—The market has been with-
out material change, but has scarcely been so active as
on this day week. There is a demand for most markets,
except those of India and China, to a moderate amount,
and manufacturers are sufficiently supplied with orders
to enable them to support prices. For India and China
shirtings stocks are accumulating to some extent, and as
the demand is very sluggish sellers would have to make
a slight concession to effect sales of any moment. For
yarns the market has been quiet, but upinners are well
under omitract, and prices are quite firm. It is believed
there are a good many orders in the market, but that
they are kept back to see what change is likely to take
place. The demand for bundle yarn for Russia continues,
and prices are very firm. Much regret is expressed at
the suspension of Mr. John Shawcross, yarn agent, and
spinner and manufacturer. The liabilities are reported
at 22,0001.
Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report,—" There is very
little change in the market this week. India and China
shirtings are still neglected, and as stocks begin to accu-
mulate there is more anxiety to sell ; and, though we
make no change in our quotations, as the offers making
are too few to tot the market, there is a very decided
tendency in favour of buyers. For nearly all other kinds,
although there is not quite so active a demand as there
has been for the last few weeks, manufacturers are sufff
ciently well engaged to keep prices perfectly firm "
Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co. report,—"There
is no material change in our market to-day. It is in-
active ; but, excepting in India goods and yarns, which
continue slightly to droop in price, previous rates are
steadily maintained. The Russian demand supports the
prices with great firmness of the better descriptions of
bundle yarns."

LEEDS, SEPT. IG.
The woollen cloth markets to-day have been scarcely
so brisk as those of Saturday last ; but, considering the
quantity of new goods brought to market, a fair amount
of business has been done—fully as much as is usual on
a Tuesday. There is no change in prices, and the heavier
kinds of fabrics are in the chief demand. The stocks of
seasonable goods are, so far as the public halls are con-
cerned, nearly exhausted, and redly sale is met for most
new goods offered.
The woollen market at Huddersfield has been quieter
this morning, although several representatives of large
London and Glasgow houses have been present. The
demand is mostly for cheap union doeskins, with a slight
intermixture of better goods. Wool continues firm.

SUICIDE OF A SUEGEoll.—lnformation was yesterday
forwarded to Mr. Wakley, announcing that Mr. Samuel
Holmes, aged 30, of No. 83, Upper Seymour-street,
Somers Town, a surgeon dentist, had committed suicide
by taking oxalic acid. The unfortunate man, who has
lately been brought down by reverse of fortune, was
taken up the previous night for being disorderly, but
was bailed out, and was ordered at the time to be at the
Clerkenwell police•court. An hour after he committed

suicide.
A MILITARY BED.—The ex*King Louis of Bavaria,
who recently attained his seventieth year, was a few
days ago waited on at his chateau at Ludwigshahe, in,
the Palatinate, by a deputation from Strasburg, in which
place he was born, rho paid their respects to him on
the occasion. The King received them most kindly,
promised to visit their city, and related to them a curious
circumstance. At the time of his birth, in August,
1736, his father, who was then only Prince des Deux
i Punts, commanded the Alsace regiment in the service of
France, which was in the garrison of Strasburg ; and a
fe w days after the birth he was astonished to see that
all his grenadiers bad cutoff their beards and moustaches.
On inquiring why they had done so, one of the men
stepped forward and said they bad determined to beg his
acceptance of a velvet mattress for the newly born
prince, and that they had stuffed it with their beards
and moustaches I " I have the mattress still," cried
the King, " and will show it to you !" The mattres,
was produced, and the King added, " I do not think
Ithat there is i.n the world a bed which can be called more
strictly milit; id than that :"

7, 1856,

Naval and Military intelligence.
The authorities at the Horse Guards have it in con-
templation to remove the depots of regiments on the
British establishment from the Provisional Battalion at
Chatham to various parts of the country, it being at
present intended to concentrate the depots of those
regiments serving at the Cape of Good Hope at Col-
chester, and those stationed in New South Wales and
the other Australian colonies at Ternplemore. Should
the proposed arrangement be carried into effect there
will be increased accommodation at Chatham for the offi-
cers and men belonging to the Indian establishment,
which would then be considerably increased. In addi-
tion to several other advantages there would be a con-
siderable saving effected in the amount proposed to be
expended in erecting a new range of buildings for offi-
cers' quarters at Chatham, and handing over the present
quarters of the officers at Chatham barracks to the pay-
ssrjeants and married soldiers belonging to the Provi-
sional Battalion, the officers' rooms being much too small
for married soldiers and their families.
The screw steam-ships Brunswick, 80, Capt. Hast-
ings R. Yelverton, and Sanspareil, 70, Capt. Astley C.
Key, are appointed to leave Plymouth this day for Cadiz.
The screw steam-sloop Waep, 13, left Plymouth on
Sunday with supernumeraries for South America.
The crew of the paddlewheel steam-sloop Salamander,
6, Commander T. Mecham, on her return from Liver-
pool to Plymouth, are to be paid wages, previous to her
sailing for the Cape of Good Hope.
The crew of the Amethyst, 26, bent sails on Mon-
day, when she was towed from Hamoaze into Plymouth
Sound, and took her powder on board.
The steam gun-boat Staunch, Lieut. and Commander
Leveson Wildman, is appointed to leave Plymouth for
the East Indies on Saturday. She will probably call at
Rio Janeiro and the Cape of Good Hope.
The Leander, 50, Capt. E. B. Rice (1856), has com-
menced stripping at Chatham, previously to being paid
off, after which she will be placed in ordinary. Her guns
and ammunition are ordered to be landed at the Guns
%hart Chatham, and her extra atorce returned to the
dockyard.
The Malacca, 17, screw steamer, with engines of 200-
horse power, Captain A. Farquhar (1354), having com-
pleted refitting fur sea, at Chatham, has received her
sailing orders, which are understood to be for the Medi-
terranean, proceeding in the first instance to Portsmouth,
for which post she steamed from Chatham on Monday.
The depot of the 40th Regiment, which is nearly 400
strong, will shortly be removed from Chatham barracks,
it being understood that they will be stationed at Temple-
more. The depot is under the command of Capt. M.
E. Smith and five subalterns. The head-quarters are in
New South Wales.
The Powerful, 84, screw, Capt. Massie, arrived at the
Big Nore about 11 a.m. yesterday. She will come in
to-morrow, when she will proceed to Folly Point,
Chatham, to pay off. She has been three years in
commission.
The Lorenzo, barque, of Leghorn, arrived here about
ten a.m. from Leghorn, with a general cargo of Italian
oak consigned to this dockyard. She bas anchored up
the harbour, but, being spring tides, it is expected she
will haul into the basin to discharge in a day or two.
The Leander, 50, Capt. Price, has arrived to be paid
off, without the bulkheads or other internal fittings being
disturbed. She is expected to be paid off about Saturday
next.
The Renown, 90, screw, building, is fast progressing
for launching.
The Hero, 90, screw. Great nimbers of workmen are
employed to complete her ready for launching.
The contractors, Messrs. Rigby, are making consider-
able progress in building a very spacious dock on the
site of the old second dock in this yard. The police
station-house has been taken down to give more room for
carrying on the works, and the old 28 gun ship Rattle
snake is appropriated for the accommodation of the
police force until a new station-house is built.
The Dido, 18 guns, Capt. William H. A. Morshead,
CB. arrived at the Nore yesterday front the Pacific
(last from Portsmouth), and anchored. After discharg-
ing her powder, shell, &c., she will go into harbour to
be paid off.
The Eurota', 12, screw mortar-ship, Captain William
Moorsom, C 8., wade her number at 2 45 p.m., yester-
day, and anchored in the upper part of the West Twin.
She will go into harbour this day's tide, to be paid off at
Sheerness.
The Vulcan, 6 guns, screw steam troop-ship, Com-
mander James H. Furneaux, was yesterday taken into
No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness to refit.
The Terror, 16 guns, floating battery at Sheerness, is
ordered to be put out of the fitting basin to-day's tide.
She is to be placed in ordinary at that port.
The iron paddle-wheel steamer Antelope was yester-
day morning undocked at Woolwich, and placed in the
basin, when the paddle-wheel steam-vessel Banshee and
screw steam gun-boat Roebuck were taken out of basin
and replaced the Antelope in No. 3 dock.
Commodore Shepherd, Superintendent of Woolwich
Dockyard, yesterday morning inspected the crew of her
Majesty's steamer Triton, from the Mediterranean and
.n being paid off. They were put through
‘,4ual course oi
exercises. The commodore expressed himself highly satis-
fied with the general arrangements and deportment of
the Triton's officers and crew, and the readiness and
efficiency with which they went through the exercises.
The transport Mary Ann arrived at Woolwich yester-
day morning from the East with wag,gous, carts, and
various other returned stores. The transport Heroes of
Alma, 681 tons burden, Captain Little, arrived at Wool-
wich yesterday morning with a cargo of returned medi-
cal and Quartermaeter's stores from the Crimea.
The transport Anarauthe, 370 tons burden, Captain
T. Young, has arrived at Woolwich with medical and
surgical stores, hospital bedding, &c., from the Crimea.
The freight-ship Conservative has sailed from Wool-
wich Arsenal with ammunition for the Cape.
The launch of the Diadem, 32 gun frigate, will take
place immediately from Pembroke dockyard. She is the
first finished cf the four powerful frigates now in course
of construction. The lunortalitii, 60, has been cut in
two, and the after part launched some distance down
the slip, in order that she may be lengthened and con-
verted from a sailing into a screw frigate. With this
additional length she will be enabled to carry 60 guns
of the heaviest calibre, and with the Melpomene, now
undergoing the same process, will prove a frigate of the
fi st class. The line-of-battle ship, late the Victoria, 116,
guns, will require cutting in two and lengthening. She
has been ready for launching these three years ; but,
owing to the faultiness of her lines, being too short for
her beam, she has not been sent afloat.
Sir Colin Campbell arrived at the Imperial Hotel in
Cork, accompanied by his aide-de-Camp, Cal. Sterling,
on Friday morning from Fermoy, where he had been
engaged in the inspection of the troops. On Saturday
he inspected the infantry in the Cork Barracks, and in
the evening paid a short visit to Admiral Chads, in
Queenstown, returning again to the Imperial, which he
left on Monday morning to proceed to Limerick. The
veteran General looked in excellent health and spirits.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Capt. W. Peel, C,8., to the Shannon,
commissioned ; Lieut. T. J. Young, to the Shannon ;
Lieut. 11. P. Hamilton, to the Perseverance ; Lieut. H.
E. Bacon, to the Inflexible ; Lieut. N. Salmon, to the
Shannon ; H. Salmaid, midshipman, to the Medusa ;
W. M. Latham, do., to the Cruiser ; J. G. Smith, assist-
ant-surgeon, to the Shannon; C. M. Normand, acting
assistant-surgeon, to the Devastation ; J. Fianagan, do.,
to the Shannon ; J. G. O'Connell, master's assistent, to
the Medusa ; F. Woods, assistant-clerk, to the Itnpreg-
-Able ; W. J. Nash, do., to the Raleigh.

Sporting Intelligence,

DONCASTER RACES. -TITS], NT.

The Fitzwilliam Handicap Stakes of 5 sous each, with
50 added. The second to save his stake. One mile.

20 subs.
Mr. Ridley's Preston, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Dates) 1
Mr. Gill's Bourgeois, 6 yrs, Bst 0 Idcroft) 2
Lord Zetland's Skirmisher, 2 yrs, 6st.. (Witbington) 3
The following also ran :—Mary, The Rajah, Berezina,
Corin, Uzella, Duet, Coal Black Rose, Martinet, Gorts-
chakoff, and Lady Malcolm.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Martinet, 6to 1 agst Bourgeois,
7 to 1 agst Gortschakoff, 8 to 1 each agst Skirmisher and
Lady Malcolm, 10 to 1 each agst Preston, Duet, and
Corm. _ _ _

Won by three-quarters of a length ; a head bet weal
the second and third ; Martinet was an indifferent fourth;
Berezina was fifth, Duet sixth, and Uzella next.
On setting-to Skirmisher "savaged" Bourgeois, and
once laid hold of Aldcroft's arm. Neither horse nor
rider was hurt.
The Glasgow Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-old
colts ; Bst 71b each. Red house in. J
subs.
Lord Milton's Ignoramus, Bst 71b ( Marwon) 1
Lord Glasgow's Physais colt, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 2
Capt. Christie's Amati, B,t 71b (Wells) 3
Betting-6 and 7tol on Ignoramus, who led from
start to finish, and won by 10 lengths. Amati was
pulled up and walked in.
The Champagne Stakes of 50 sovs each, 12 ft, for 2.yr-
olds • colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b. The second to
save 'his stake. Red-hone: in. 29 subs.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Tasmania, Sst 51b......(1i01me5) 1
Mr. E. Parr's Lambourne, Sst 71b ............ (Kendall) 2
Sir C. Monck's Vanity, Bst 51b.. ............. (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—lmperieuse, Goldfinch, King
of the Forest, South-Western, and Anton.
Betting-6 to son Goldfiuch, 9to 2 agst Lambourne,
to 1 agst Imperieuse, 8 to 1 agst King of the Forest.
Goldfinch led to the half distance, where Tasmania,
who had been lying fourth and fifth, came ont, and at
last won by a neck ; a head between the second and
third ; a neck between the third and fourth. Goldfinch
was beaten about three-quarters of a length from Im-
perieuss. The other three were tailed off.
The Great Yor..shire Handicap, of 25 sons each, 15 ft,
and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added. The
second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Certain
penalties. St. Leger Course. 82 subs, 56 of whom
Pay 5 sovs each.
Lord Chesterfield's Typee, 6 yrs, Bst 121b...(Flatinan) 2
1
Mr. Lewis's Pantomime, 6 yr 4, 6st 8112 ...(Snowden)
Mr. J. Osburne's Yorkshire Grey, 4 yrs, 7st 31b
(Bearpark) 3

The following also ran t —Lady Tatton, Prince of
Orange, Mr, Sykes, Hungerford, Saraband, Alembic,
Stork, Vandal, Bolton, Marchioness, Preston, Gaudy,
colt by Orlando—Clarissa.
Betting-4 to 1 each aget Prince of Orange and Pan-
tomime, 12 to 1 each agst Lady Tatton, Typee, and
Vandal, 14 to 1 agst Gaudy, 16 to 1 agst Saraband, 20
to 1 each aget Alembic, Clarissa colt, and Stork.
Pantomime led to about the distance, where he was
joined by Lady Tatton. Half-way up Typee came out,
and won easily by a neck ; a head between the second
and third ; half a length between the third and fourth ;
and a bead between the fourth and fifth.
The Filly Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft ; for two-yr-olds
fillies, Bst 71b each ; Red House in. (13 subs.)
Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny (l'Anson) 1
Mr. Wentworth's Beatrice
Captain Christie's Equity (Wells) 3
Won in a canter by eight lengths.
The Revival Plate of 100 says, in specie, for all ages,
&c. Red House in.
Mr. Dawson's Sneeze, 2 yrs, 6st Sib (Bullock) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, 3 yrs, 9st 81b (Wells) 2
Mr. C. Peck's Bashi-Bazouk, 2 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Black Tommy, Codrington,
Strathaven, King of Argos.
Sneeze won by neck, a head separating Fisherman
and Bashi Bazouk.
Tue Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; two
year olds, 7st ; three, 9st ; four, 9st 131 b ; five, lOst
31b ; six and aged, ;
10st slb mares and geldings
allowed 3lb ; the winner to be sold for 100 boys ; if
for 75 sovs, allowed 3lb ; 50, Sib ; 40, 141 b ; T.Y.C.
Mr. Nichol's, Rickledon, 2 yrs (40/.)...(Withington) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's, Walhalla, 2 yrs, (401.)...(Challoner) 2
Captain Christie'e, The Abbot., 2 yrs, (401.) (Pritchard) 3
The following also ran :—Rotterdam, Young Napo-
leon, and sister to Nancy. Won by three lengths.
The Doncaster Date (handicap) of 70 soya ; for three
year olds and upwards ; the winner of any handicap
after the publication of the weights to carry slb extra.
One mile.
1
Notre Dame
Won cleverly.

/,_ DIEWSTAIrwR
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kY 111ORNT /
G. .
'QUILT. /
-....-ware some well-timed remarks in the Free-
man's Journal respecting the great changes in
Chancery procedure which have taken plece within
the last few years, and the further reforms which
are likely to be the result of the labours of the
select committee which sat during the late Parlia-
mentary session. All these changes are regarded
as vast improvements upon the old system as it
flourished in the time of the Eldons, the Man-
nerses, and their successors, up to a comparatively
recent period. In addition to the report on the
Chancery bills, the committee reported on the
Encumbered Estates Court, and no serious fault
is found with their recommendations, save upon
one rather material point, namely, the tribunal to
be substituted for the present Commission, which
though not exactly defined, may be readily con-
jectured :

"The Court of Cbancery is indirectly suggested, but
whether the House of Commons will adopt that tribunal
is not quite certain. In that body there is a strong feel-
ing in favour of the Encumbered Estates Court, and the
lawyers will find some difficulty in persuading it to break
up a tribunal which has done more good and committed
fewer mistakes than any other judicial body ever con-
stituted in any country. It may be advisable to take
away from the Commissioners the right of final appeal
in certain cases and vest it in an independent tribunal ;
but' to dissolve them altogether, and to institute a new
process of disposing of land, ascertaining claims, and
distributing the fend, is most dangerous. When an
institution works well on the whole, it is wiser to im-
prove than abolish it because a few thousands a year
might be saved. This is the plea or pretence for dip
solution, but we have no doubt whatever that for every
pound alleged to be saved by the change 100 will be
lost to the public. No possible reform in the Court of
Chancery can render it as cheap, simple, and expediti-
ous a medium of transferring property as the Encum-
bered Estates Court. The public regard the contem-
plated change with jealousy and suspicion, and if the
House of Commons fairly reflects public feeling it will
be slow to accept an untried substitute and consult the
wishes of lawyers rather than the good of the communi'y
We have already alluded to the value of raforms in the
Court of Chancery and the extension of business that
followed them. It would be well not to embarrass and
choke it with an accumulation ef new bus;ness for which
its procedure is unsuited. '1 here can be no real economy
in the change. A cirninissioner's salary may be saved,
and a clerk here and there cut off ; but expenses will
assuredly be multiplied and deductions made from the
proceeds of sales which inheritors and creditors little
dream of. Let well enough alone' is a sound maxim.

Apropos of the tribunal about to be abolished,
one of the Galway papers (the Western Star) chro-
nicles the following as one instance out of many
changes which have marked the progress of what
has been called the Irish social revolution :
" The operations of the Encumbered Estates Court in
Ireland have, for the most part, been highly beneficial to
the country. It has frequently been our province to
notice the changes of ownership occasioned by the sales
in Henrietta-street, and to trace the effects of these trans-
actions on the immediate occupiers of the land. It is not
for us to draw a comparison between the conduct of one
landlord and that of another. We wish merely on the
present occasion to notice the mode in which an English
gentleman of position and capital has attempted to solve
the great problem how to improve Ireland and the Irish.
Mr. James C. Harter, of Broughton-hall, Lancashire,
purchased in 1852 an estate of some 1,500 acres, lying
for about three miles along the verge of the Shannon,
and contiguous to the bridge of Banagher. The estate
of Esker was at this time in a deplorable condition.
Like other properties in the county of Galway, it had
been under the management of the courts, and little or
no indulgence could be extended to the tenantry, who
were for the most part living in poverty and ignorance.
Mr. Harter paid for the estate a sum of 8,0001., and
he has since expended in improvements about 4,000/..
more. On taking possession Mr. Harter directed that
no one should be evicted, thofiglf the property was cut
up into small tenements, seyttral tietanhed
.40 irregular
holdings belonging to ono tenant. The farms were all
remodelled, and encouragement, in tbe shape of sub-
stantial aid, given to every tenant to improve his resi-
dence and offices. Parties who saw this property 20
years ago would scarcely recognise it now, so great a
change has been effected in four short years. The
swamps and morasses have been converted into excel-
lent land, and the °allows are so much improved as to
be worth treble their former value. One field, formerly
let for 251. a year, now brings 701. The tenantry are
exceedingly comfortable, and hav,e themselves become
imbued with the spirit of improvement."
THE LATE ACCIDENT.

Captain Hamilton, of the 2d Battalion of the
Grenadier Guards, now stationed in Dublin, who
was severely injured on the 28th of last month, by
a fall from a horse, is progressing rapidly towards
perfect recovery under the care of the regimental
surgeon, Mr. Wardrop,

THE ISLE 04' SERPENTS.

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(From the Constitutionnel.)
The treaty of Paris, it is true, gave to the Otto-
man Porte the islands of the Danube, but the Isle
of Serpents does not form a part of them, and its
situation on the coast of Bessarabia, which is a pro-
vince of the Russian empire, appears to make it in
the opinion of the Russians a part of the Imperial
td.nait ling_ however that this islet
stands outside the limits oT nessah.tna,
the rectification of the frontier which is about to
be made by the international commission, will, it
is said, consent to abide by the decision of the
Powers who signed the treaty of Paris as to re-
taining or giving it up. Such, at least, is the lan-
guage attributed• to the Russian Government.
We do not guarantee its strict exactitude, but it
appears to us to be plausible and to merit
examination. Frankly speaking, we do not
see in all this any of the threatening proceed-
ings which certain foreign journals have discovered.
In general, Ru'ssia appears to have executed in
perfect good faith all the provisions of the treaty
which she has accepted. Site has renounced the
possession of a fleet in the Black Sea ; has sub-
, mitted to her formidable arsenal of Sebastopol being
transformed into a commercial port ; has aban-
doned her fortified positions on the Danube, and
has relinquished all exclusive control over the na-
vigation of any part of that river. And yet, when
she has consented to all these sacrifices, a cry of
alarm israised because she has placed her foot on the
Isle of Serpents! Certainly this is a fine compensa-
tion, and a strong starting point for projects of do-
mination at Constantinople, which could not be
realised when she possessed twenty line-of-battle
ships and a fortress impregnable except to such au
army as entered Sebastopol ! The occupation of
the Isle of Serpents does not appear to us to be of
such importance. It signifies rather that the Rus-
sians are not disposed to yield anything more than
what may be absolutely exacted from them, and
that they will not abandon, without at least mak-
ing au effort of discussion, a portion of territory
the cession of which they think is not categorically
prescribed by the treaty. It is a custom to say that
an unsuccessful pleader has 24 hours to curse his
judges. Is it therefore astonishing that the Rus-
sians show some hesitation in making a cession
which, in their opinion, they may not be positively
obliged to make ? No one is ever eager to put an
interpretation ou a treaty which is unfavourable to
himself.
It is attributed to the Russians as a crime, the
endeavour to extenuate in the eyes of the neigh-
bouring population the consequences of the taking
of Sebastopol. It would really be extraordinary
if they had done otherwise, particularly with a
people who were recently accused of having Te
Deums sung after defeats. Should it not, on the
contrary, be found quite natural that the Russian
authorities should endeavour to conceal the amount
of concessions which the fate of arms has compelled
them to make ? What duty obliges them to dimi-
nish their prestige ? Should we gain much by it,
and did we moreover make it one of the conditions
of peace ? Justice should bo rendered to every
one, and more particularly to those who have been
conquered in au honourable contest. The Russians
certainly have some right to pride themselves on
having so long resisted the ardour of such troops
as the besieging army was composed of. • Let us
therefore allow the Russians to put the best face
they can on the affair in the eyes of the people
who have hitherto regarded them as invincible ;
let them, as they have a right to do pride them-
selves on the bravery they have displayed ; let
them dispute, if they think proper, over the rem-
nants of the domination which they exercised in
the Black Sea before the war ; but do not lot us
swell beyond measure the importance of such inci-
dents. United with our allies, we have no reason
to fear that Russia will eN or realise the famous
testament of Peter the Great. Constantinople and
the States of the Sultan will remain intact.
No alarm is felt in Turkey at the actti.compl?ined
of. The enlightened men of that country well
know that the discussion abort the Isle of Serpents
has nothing silions in it, and they feel.entire con-
fidence in France and her allies. All the noise
that has been made about the affair cannot, in our
opinion, be better described than by applying to it
the title of one of Shakspere's plays, " Much ado
about Nothing."

A latter from Vienna; in the Cologne Gazette, sap :
" Prince Peter Karageorgewitch, son of the Prince of
Servia, arrived here on the 9th from liarlesbad, and loft ~
on the 11th for Belgrade, whither his father, who it now
at the baths of Brestowatz, is also about to proceed.
Too return of the prince will be followed by a change of
ministry. M. Aztka Nenadovitz, the present Minister
of Finance, is to be named President of the Council. The
Senate, which is composed of 20 members, is new en-
gaged in the examination of "a bill which will introduce a
laud tax into Servia, and which will probably be pub.
lfished by the new Minis'iy. The present revenues o
i
Servia only arise from a direct personal tax of five t hat
lers and from the customs duties, and are insufficient le r
the expenses."
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