The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-10 00:00:00

rorism. It will be the repeal of the Fugitive Slave
Act, the confining of slavery within its present
limits, and the destruction of filibusterism, annexa-
tionising, and the secret carrying on of the slave
trade."

May Mr. EDGE prove a true prophet ! But he
calculates on the twenty-seven votes of Pensyl-
vania, a State of whose stability England knows
something pecuniarily and of whose morality and
love of, liberty the Union had proof enough in 1856,
in its Tote for the avowed friend of filibusterism and
man-selling—Mr. BUCHANAN. Low indeed fell
the Quaker State that year. We fear that the
symptoms of improvement in its municipal elections
are not sufficiently confirmed to be trustworthy in -
dications of her political and moral advance. What
we fear is, that by the defection a second time of
Pennsylvania the election of a President may be
thrown into the hands of Congress. In that case
it is not doubted that iniquity will again triumph ;
should the election go to Congress, the voting is
there by States, not by delegates. It requires that
but two of the States should prove faithless to
their own Constitution and Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and the result may be a mad pro-slavery
President. He would have a majority of seven-
teen to sixteen. From such a calamity one is
ready to pray that PROVIDENCE may save Chris-
tendom and civilisation.

His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz returned to town on Wednesday
afternoon from visiting Lady Marian Alford at Ashridge
Park, Herts.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and the
• Countess de Persigny have left Albert-gate House for Pen-
carrow, Cornwall, on a visit to Lady Molesworth.
His Excellency the Swedish Minister and the
Countess Platen have left town on a visit to Lady Moles-
worth, at her seat, Pencairow, Cornwall.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll received a
select party at dinner on Wednesday evening at their villa
at Campden-hill, Kensington.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady
Evelyn Stanhope left Grosvenor-square yesterday, for
Bretby Park, Derbyshire.
The Earl and Countess Amherst and the Ladies
Amherst leave town to-morrow for Montreal Park, the
family seat in Kent.
The Countess D'Espera and Mademoiselle
D'Espera have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn.
street, from Portugal.
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Stonor have
arrived in Hertford-street, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs.
Stonor purpose leaving town early next week, for Stonor
Park, Oxfordshire.
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., returned
to town yesterday from Scotland. The right hon. gentle-
man stayed at York on Wednesday, and remained the night
for the purpose of inspecting the barracks. Mrs. Herbert
has left town on a visit to her father, General A'Court, at
Amington Hall, near Warwick.
Mr. Scott, Deputy Chairman of the Brighton
Railway Company, Mr. T. W. Henderson, and Mr. Coning-
ham, M.P., directors, Mr. Slight, the secretary, Mr. Faith-
full, solicitor, Mr. Hood, engineer, and Mr. Hawkins, the
traffic manager of the company, had an interview with the
Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson and the Right Hon. W. Hutt
yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade.
A marriage has been arranged between Lady
Emma Stanley, only daughter of the Earl and Countess of
Derby, and Col. the Hon. W. P. M. Talbot, brother of the
Earl of Shrewsbury.
A canonry residentiary in Westminster Abbey
has become vacant by the death of the Rev. E. Reptcn,
M.A., who was appointed to it in 1838 by Lord Melbourne,
the then Prime Minister. The canonry is worth £l,OOO a
year, with a house, and is in the gift of the Crown. By
Canon Repton's death two other livings become vacant,
the vicarage of Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, worth
£470 a year, with :house, in the gift of the dean and canons
of Westminster; and the incumbency of St. Philip's
Church, Regent-street (diocese of London), worth £4OO a
year, in the gift of the Rev. J. E. Kempe, M.A., Rector of
St. James's, Westminster.
DEATH OF A PENINSULAR OFFICER...—We have
to record the death of Mr. Francis Green Bradshaw, a ma-
gistrate of the county of Norfolk, and formerly of the 52d
Foot, which occurred at his residence, Drayton House,
Norfolk, on the sth inst., at the advanced age of 75 years.
The deceased officer entered the army in January, 1805,
served with the sth Dragoon Guards in the Peninsula, in-
cluding the battles of Vittoria and Toulouse, for which he
had received the war medal, with two clasps.
A letter from Ceuta of the 21st states that the

central military hospital was totally consumed by fire on
20th, but fortunately without occasioning any loss of life.

The report of the directors of the Mid-Kent.
Railway Company recommends a half-yearly dividend at
the rate of 3 per cent. per annum.

The troops at Chusan are unprecedently healthy.
One per cent, is the average of sickness by latest news.
A report has been received from Macao that a
large French troopship, with 1,200 men on board, is on
shore there and on fire. The troops have been landed, but
the ship, it is expected, will be totally lost. In the absence
of further particulars it is conjectured that the vessel took
fire and was run on shore to save the troops and crew.
This is the third ship of the expedition the French have
lost withinthe last two months.

NIAGARA FALLS.—The Niagara Falls Gazette says
that a day or two ago a drayman threw his dog into the
rapids near Goat Island-bridge, and immediately afterwards
went to the foot of the ferry stairs, and found him but little
injured by the tremendous leap. The cruel experiment was
tried to convince some incredulous persons.—New York
Herald.

THE HIGHLANDS.—We understand that the beau-
tiful Highland estate of Aigas, which belonged to the late
Chisholm, will speedily be in the market.—lnverness
Courier.

FAMILIES OF SOLDIERS SERVING IN INDIA.—
Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners chartered, yes-
terday afternoon, the 9th inst., two ships—viz., the Aliquis,
of 1,125 tons, and the Bride, of 565 tons, to convey the
wives and families of soldiers serving in India from Ply-
mouth and Southampton to Madras and Bombay respec-
tively, at £l6 3s. 6d. and£l7 195.5 d. per statute adult, to be
ready for the reception of their passengers on the 10th of
September. The owner is required to provide for each 100
passengers three passenger stewards, to be subject to the
orders of the surgeon-superintendent of the ship.
THE LIVERPOOL TANNERS.—A Meeting of the
creditors of Messrs. Barton and Son, tanners and leather
factors, was held yesterday in the chambers of Messrs.
Harwood, Banner and Son, accountants, North John-
street. The meeting was numerously attended. The
amount of liabilities was stated at £184,000, and the assets
at £71,000. An offer was made by Messrs. Barton and
Son of Bs. in the pound; and after some discussion, the
creditors present agreed to accept this offer. The proceed-
ings of the meeting occupied nearly two hours.

SUICIDE BY A POLlCEMAN—Yesterday morning
self-destruction was committed by T. Johnstone, a City
police-constable of the sth division. The unfortunate man
was excitable and low-spirited. On one of his brother
constables calling him at half-past five o'clock to dress for
the purpose of going on duty, the deceased answered,
" Yes, it is all right," and shortly after went down stairs.
On one of the inmates going into the yard he was horrified
at discovering him suspended by a rope from a nail in the
yard. Medical assistance was sent for and promptly at-
tended, but life was quite extinct. No cause is assigned for
the act.

ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—As the Liverpool mail train, due at the Euston-
square Station at 11 a.m., was emerging from the Kilburn
Tunnel yesterday, a pointsm an, named William Edgell, in-
cautiously attempted to cross over the line, and was pro-
pelled by the buffer of the engine a considerable distance,
falling with great violence on the metals, but providentially
free from the wheels of the passing train. He was conveyed
to the University College Hospital, where it was ascer-
tained that in addition to severe contusions which he had
received, the spine was serioxely injured.

SLIGO ELECTION.—The correspondent of the
Freeman's Journal, writing from Sligo, communicates the
fact that Mr. Tenison has retired from the contest. He
states in his retiring address that in coming forward to con-
test the seat with Mr. Maedonogh, the Conservative candi-
date, he expected to have had the support of the whole
Liberal party. In the present position of the registry when
a liberal vote cannot safely be spared, the appearance of
Mr. Somers at the nomination and his expressed determina-
tion to go to the poll left Mr. Tenison no alternative but to
retire. The following circular had subsequently been
issued :—Tuesday Evening.—As Mr. Tenison is obliged, by
the interference of Mr. Somers, to resign his candidature for
the representation of the borough, I request that no liberal
elector will vote to-morrow for Mr. Somers, on whom must
devolve the odium and respolisibility of the unsuccessful
issue of the present contest. It is my earnest desire that
there be no oppisition whatever made to the return of the
Conservative candidate; and that there be no further mani-
festation made against the Conservative candidate. L.
GILLoOLY." The following is the close of the poll as re-
ceived in Dublin by Telegraph :—Macdonogh, 160 ; Reilly,
5 ; and Somers, 1.

BIRDS AND FISH FOR AUSTRALIA.—Mr. Lan dells
brought fro India a very interesting collection of birds
and curiosities of natural history for our public institutions.
Among these there are 34 Indian partridges (the sole sur-
vivors of some 300 shipped), 18 Persian doves, 2 marabouts,
1 pelican of the wilderness, 2 chackas, 20 love-birds, 20
Cochin birds, a hunting dog from the north of India, &c.
Mr. Landells endeavoured to bring over, for the Botanical
Gardens, two rose trees of the celebrated cashmere variety,
but they died on the voyage. A further consignment of
English birds, sent by Mr. Wilson, arrived by the Norfolk
—viz., 3 lark, 9 thrushes, and 37 blackbirds, which were
placed in a warmer apartment of the Botanical Gardens
than the aviary, as they arrrived in poor and weak condi-
tion. Originally 73 larks were embarked, and the mortality
among them therefore was very great. One thrush and
three blackbirds were lost on the voyage. By the same ship
five English hares were brought to the colony (10 having
been embarked) for Mr. W. Lyall, of Yallock. They are in
good condition. We also learn that two Indian deer were
landed at Perth, in Western Australia, from Singapore, a
few weeks ago. We very much regret to state that the expe-
riment of introducing salmon ova to the Australasian rivers
has failed. The ship S. Curling arrived in the bay on
Saturday, after a protracted passage of 104 days from Liver-
pool to the Heads, when it was found that the whole of the
ova had died by the way—the first before the ship left the
Mersey, the last in lat. 26 deg. S. and long. 27 deg. 18 min.
W. ; and it is a source of the greatest vexation that the
want of proper water and a sufficient supply of ice has been
primarily the cause of the failure of this expensive but most
promising and patriotic experiment.—. Melbourne Argus.