The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-17 00:00:00

TRE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1/, 1858,

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OLD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
THE CASE OF BORROMEO.
This morning, Iforrennee, the Irish-Italian, who was yerf-
terday convicted of Wgamy, under very aggravated circum-
stances, and senterced to four years' penal servitude, was,
by direction of the Common Sergeant, placed in the dock.
He appeared to have lost all the assurance he exhibited yes-
terday, and wore the convict's uniform. The learned gen-
tleman told him that yesterday, he having been found guilty
of a very grave offence, he had passed upon him a lenient
sentence, when compared with the lamenta‘rle consequences
that he had occasioned. The sentence he had then passed
was kin years' penal servitude., and it was not his intention
now to niter it; but as he had prcvlotody been convicted at the
Middlesex Sessions and sentenced I 1.2 'now hs' imprison men t
for obtaining money from various newspaper proprietors
under false pretences, he had thought proper to inform him
that the imprisonment to which he was , entenced yesterday
would commence at the expiratr:m of the term he had to
undergo for the latter offence.
The convict immediately turned and left the dock in a
very indignant manner.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—A genleel-looking youth, named
Harris, pleaded guilty to emb zzling the slim of X 5 10s.
3d., the property of Messrs. F. W. Chaplin and Co.
The learned Judge said, as the prosecutor had• recNn-
mended him to mercy, and as it was his first offence, he
should only sentence him to four months' imprisonment.
STREET ROBBERY.—Ann iVilliams and Sophia Groom
were convicted of stealing a piece of printed calico from the
shop door of a linendraper named Whiffler.
Williams was sentenced to six and Groom to four months'
imprisonment with hard labour.

DONALD IVICOLL, E,sQ., M.P.

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RURAL FETE.
Thri borough of Frame, Somerse'shire, welcomed its re-
presentative in Parliamed, on Monday, with something like
a revival of old English hw,pitalily and pastime.
To congratulate Mr. Nicoll at the conclusion of his Par-
liamentary labours, advantage was taken of the annual
gathering of the Foresters, who assisted in a procession of
several thousand persons, which escorted the honourable
member from the railway station through the principal
streets. Within the borough a spacious marquee had been
erected for the entertainment cf the numerous gathering,
r whom an ox had been roasted whole. After several
rustic games and amusements had been participated in by
young and old, the vast assemblage dispersed, evidently
.pleased with the day's enjoyment.
Mere speechmaking was studious:y avoided, and even the
honourable member was not tempted, like some of his com-
peers, to record his impressions ari.ing front the recent visit
to Cherbourg, but frankly stated that he came to enjoy a
holiday with his constituents, for whom he intended to te-
serve political speeches, and an a.yomit of his stewardship,
• for some other and more suitable oce,.sion.
The honourable gentleman wee enthusiastically chest ed
during his progress through the town.

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NEW COURT.
(Befo:•c Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)
The Courtwasoccupied the whole of the morning in trying
mint prosecutions. The %N•;iole of the eases were of the or-
Jinary descrip,ion, none possessing sufficient interest to
justify a special report.

THE UNITED STATES.

really requires elucidation. It would be strange
it were decided that while 200 men with Colt's ),•
volvers in their pockets may pass in perfect libe
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, 100 men w
muskets must wait for permission from a distant •
of Government to make a journey occupying c
three or four hmirs
The affairs of the other transit--that of Nicara
—are still enveloped in obscurity. No morta
North America knows in whose hands the right
been placed. The international relations of •
country are also as doubtful as ever. Presid
Martinez of Nicaragua, and Mora of Costa Rica,
wain as firmly oppos‘zd as ever to the infamous C.
Yrissari treaty, but an agent, Gen. Jer,z, has b
despatclicd hither by the former to attempt a c
promise iu co-operation with Yrinsati. 1 have
confidence in the honesty of either. Martinez ag
in part to the treaty, but strikes out the at title
witting United States troops to the transit rot
The other republics are in a flourishing conditi
Honduras, usually the most obstinate and pighea'
of all the States, favours the proposal of uniting
the five in one republic. The municipalities of t!
State are collecting the antiquities of the country,
accordance with law, for the formation of a natio
museum. Valuable discoveries have been made
We ruins of Copan.
Coming northwards, we find the Mormons a
their invaders living peaceably within a few miles
each other in Salt Lake Valley. The concessio
made by the agents despatched to Utah by Preside
Buchanan have secured the comfort, and probab
the lives of the troops, but all the questions CT
mooted remain still to be disposed of. The discip'
of Brigham Young are no less fanatical than befL
in their belief, and an attempt by Judge Eckels
enforce the old Mexican laws (still binding, it is sa
on Utah) against polygamy, would undoubtedly
met with resistance. The Mormon females are St.
at Provo, situate about 40 miles from Salt La'.
City. At the same place are the two agents wl
have been treating with Brigham Young for t
complete removal of the Mormons to the Mosqui
coast, where that filibuster manqué, Col. Kinn(

NEW YORK, AUG. 4.

The exc;tement prevailing in California and in
British Oregon Oil the subject of the Fraser's River
gold deposits has not yet affected, in a perceptible
degree, our markets in the Eastern States. The in-
decision with respect to the productiveness of the
placers, coupled with the fact that the wants of the
emigrated population can be amply supplied for the
present from the stores accumulated at San Francisco,
has prevented any speculative shipments to the gold
region ; and no such mania has seized our population
here as appears to possess the Californian diggers,
or as actuated them on the discovery of the Cali-
fornian gold. The accounts received, indeed, are

till contradictory ; but there can be no aouht that
large quantities of gold exist, although the diffi-
culties in the way of obtaining it are enormous. Two
vessels are advertised to sail from New York for
Bellingham Bay, and the steamer Hermann, formerly
of the Bremen and Southampton line, is to be sent
round Cape Horn, in order to perform the service
between Nicaragua, California, and the gold-pro-
ducing district. Should the news hold good, and
gold continue to be found or be discovered in more
accessible localities than on the bar of a river subject
to perpetual overflow, we may look for a great
exodus hence in the spring of 1859.
The foreign trade at this port has been more active
in its importations than at any other period in the
last nine months. The total entries of foreign mer-
chandise were $4,916,434, against $6,245,843 in the
corresponding week of 1857. We exported $1,061,016,
or within $600,000 of the sum last year. Neverthe-
less, a heaviness and sleepiness continue to weigh upon
trade. Such an exhibit as that of last week is but
sporadic, and many of our merchants assume a
gloomy aspect as they discuss the prospects of the
fall trade. This will have fully begun by next
week, and already many southern and western
buyers are in town. I learn by inquiry in the silk
and fancy goods trade that some considerable business

is done in that department, and that a satisfactory, if
not average, demand has commenced. Clothiers in-
form me that their importations are comparatively
slight. The banks continue their complaints of
plethora, and specie still Fours in upon them, while

thinks he can "locate" them to his own advanta,
I consider it most probable, however, that th,
exodus will be into Sonora, and they will be enco
raged in this plan by the representatives of t'
United States' Government. Gen. Johnston
erecting a fort to the southwards of Salt Lake City
Much comment has been excited by the appoin
ment of the editor of the San Francisco Herald
the post of United States diplomatic agent in t
new Fraser's River gold diggings. Mr. Nugen
character is none of the brightest, it appears ; but
was necessary to send him somewhere, as his servic
at the last election were great. lam informed b)
Californian, intimately acquainted with Mr. Nugel
that he is very unpopular among the miners and t
population generally. yile../Velv York Times says
this militia-diplomat, as Mr. Dallas would call him :
"If it had been Presidpnt Buchanates design to create .
imbroglio at the New Caledonia gold diggings, his choice
Nugent, the late editor of tbe'San Francisco Heral
'might be pronounced not only unexceptionable, but si
gularly judicious. A man better calculated to stir up bro
could not be found, or one who would command, in a nu
sure more diminutive, the respect of the Californian mine,
But if, as we are bound to suppose, the appointment
made for pacific purposes, and by means of judick
advice to exercise a good influence over the rough spirits
the mines, so as to prevent the difficulties which may '
likely to arise between our citizens and the British employ
of the Hudson's Bay Company, then we can conceive
nothing more intensely absurd than the selection of ti
restless, quarrelsome, office-seeking Irishman. . • •
The case appears to be that Nugent came from Califon.
to Washington, determined to have an office of some sor
and one has been made fur him. He is at least compete
to take the salary, and no other qualification has been
quired by the Administration."
It is to be hoped, however, that Mr. Nugent w'
have no opportunity to exercise his mischief-makit
talent. He is probably sent only by way of Gover.
ment reporter ; and if endued with higher power
the excellent instructions issued by the Coloni
Department, and the good sense of the British officia'
will doubtless obviate all difficulty.
It is natural that the Pacific Railroad questic
should be actively debated at present, now that ti
construction of the line through British territory h:
become almost 11 positive certainty. Your Canadiz
correspondent will doubtless inform you of ti
earnest manner in which the subject has been talc(
up in that country, and it needs but a little judicioc
fostering from the British Government to contint
the magnificent highway of the Grand Trunk Rai!
way from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountai
and the Pacific. This prospect has again broug•
into notice the plan proposed by Governor Steven
but rejected by the late and present Governments, c
account of its practicability, to form a road throng
Minnesota and Oregon to the Californian coast, at
a stormy series of discussions will doubtlt-
ensue upon this question when the debate, pos.
poned by Congress until December 7, is brougi
up. This route will be violently opposed
tke Government and the South as it cannot I
made instrumental in bringing more slave State
into the Union. It will be, as it has always beet
supported by the Northern representatives. If n(
decided before 1860, this question will, undoubtedly,
supply one of the great issues of the presidentib
campaign.
The Kansas election took place on Monday, 2
inst., but we are as yet without intelligence.
The annual match between the cricketplayers
Canada and the United States was commenced at
Hoboken, opposite New York, on Monday. Four
of the eleven Canadians are native, and the remainder
Englishmen viz., Messrs. Fourdrenie, Pearless,
Head, Hardinge, and Sleath. A protest has been
made, in the name of some Canadian clubs, against
the selection of champions for Canada. Large dele-
gations of cricketers from different parts of the Union
were on the ground, but the weather, which was
exceedingly unpleasant, interfered with the game.
It was continued, however, with interruptions through
Monday and Tuesday, but the pouring rain of to-day
will doubtless put a stop to it. The United States
and women were
playlt
is jsubsetena creditable.
it
men
dying by the score of sunstroke, and a frightfully
hot summer was apprehended. On the contrary,
however, the last fortnight has been quite chilly,
and for the last few days exceedingly wet. In New
England fires are lighted, and overcoats worn. This
weather is very unpropitious to the crops .
The " Bowmanville coal " in Canada turns out to
be a hoax, and Sir Wm. Logan's science is trium-
phant. An imposition precisely similar took place
in the State of New York a few years ago. With
all deference to the geologists, I heartily regret that,
the affair has turned out n. A dissolution of
Parliament is, as we learn by telegraph, imminent in
Canada.

loans and discounts are hut moderate, at rates of
only 3 per cent. The following is this week's
statement :

Week ending. Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits.
July 26, $118,940,482-35,515,243-7,346,946-107,101,061
Aug. 2, $119,850,456..35,712,107..7,408,365..106,436,030

Inc. this 1
$909,974 196,864 51,419 ..
week.
Decrease

A new bank has been started in Boston, with a
capital of $500,000, most of which was paid in on
the 2d inst. It will go into operation on the 15th.
We have later, but not quite trustworthy, news
from Mexico. The agents of private and national
filibusterism are constantly imposing false intelli-:
gence upon the country, and we therefore look with
more or less doubt upon every published statement.
It appears indubitable, however, that the unfortunate
puppet-president, Zuloaga, is rapidly passing off the
stage of government, to add his name to the ever-
lengthening list of Mexican administrative failures.
A very explicit statement, indeed, proceeding from

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Matamoros, Texas, asserts positively that—
" Zuloaga, the reactionary President, has abdicated, and

has kft the city of Mexico with an escort of 300 men, leav-
ing the Government in charge of D. Bernardo Cauto and
two bishops. All through the interior, wherever the Con-

stitutionalists show their faces, the despotic party are seized

with a sudden leaving."

Juarez, meanwhile, with his two backers, Vidaurri
and Garza, is at the gates of the capital. It will not
be matter of surprise if the next steamer brings in-

:elligence of his pacific entrance. I can scarcely
;hink, however, that Juarez will be permitted to as-

, .
sume the presidency which he claims. Everything
points to Vidaurri as the successor of Zuloaga, and I

am convinced that neither he nor Garza will sub-

mit to the rule, however nominal, of a man who has
shown neither courage, honesty, nor ability, in the
events of the last six months. It is possible that,

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on the flight of Zuloaga, some such Consejo
de Notables (Council of Notables) may be
assembled as that which was convened last
January on the fall of Comonfort, and the pre-
sidency be adjudged to the worthiest or the highest
bidding leader. I fancy that the Government at
Washington will look with some displeasure at the

downfall of Zuloaga, as it will block the game, so
long in preparation, of demanding redress for the
various offences he has committed. Mr. Whitehead,

the efficient agent of British creditors now in the
country, will doubtless use all his exertions with the
new regime to obtain some step towards the payment
of the Mexican bonds. The report that Spain is
preparing another expedition against Mexico is
scarcely credited here ; nevertheless it gives rise to
much comment on the possibilities it would involve
of a seizure of Cuba under the Mexican flag. A good
commander, however, could with ease secure the
island against any attack not conducted by regular
Govermental forces.
The affairs of Hayti continue to attract some at-
tention. That mischievous scoundrel, Santana, is
once more installed in the presidency of the Domini-
can republic, and a close watch must be kept upon
his proceedings. I do not doubt that the British
and French agents will exert themselves, as before,
to prevent the reckless cession of the Bay of Samana
(to be used as a coal depot!) to the United States;
but at the same time care ought to be taken that the
interests of Great Britain are not to be invaded by
the representatives of her ally. The important
position of Hayti, as regards the West Indies, renders
it of the utmost importance that it should not fall
into the hands of a Power that may one day be ac-
tively hostile. On the other side of the island the
Emperor Faustin has driven the American quasz-
guano-diggers from the island of Navassa, and has
put it in possession of the parties in Jamaica to
whom he had conceded the right of removing the

deposit.
The vessels decided on for the expedition mains
Paraguay are the steamers Waterwitch, 800 tons,
2 guns ; Fulton, 5 guns ; and Harriet Lane, revenue
cutter, 2 guns ; with the three old sailing brigs
13ainbridge, Perry, and Dolphin, mounting respec-
tively 6,6, and 4 guns. In case any hostile measures
are taken, which is very improbable, President Lopez
can oppose a serviceable fleet of Thames-built screw
steamers, adapted to river navigation, to this rickety
squadron. He has a well-disciplined force of some
12,000 men, and there are several French engineers
and military men in his employ. No bloodshed will,
however, take place. Indeed the expedition is too
ridiculously inadequate to allow the expectation of
such an event. The -vessels are sent merely as an
excuse for the despatch of the commissioner who
accompanies them, and whose duty it is to bully as
much apology from Lopez as possible for having
been insulted and cheated by au individual who
happened to be entitled United States Consul.
The New Grenada difficulty is still pending. The
Legislature steadily refuses to ratify the treaty by
which Gen. Ilerran virtually gave up the isthmus
to American control, and granted a large indem-
nity to the parties who suffered by the massacre
of April, 1856. They have, however, it would
seem, agreed to pay the damages, but have struck
out the clause by which the cession of an island
in the Bay of Panama was secured. I think it
likely that the treaty as amended thus may be ac-
cepted by the United States Government, although
the possession of the island opposite Panama was the
only inducement that led to its proposal in the first
place. A question has arisen whether the United
States or the British Government have the right to
transport troops over the territory of a friendly
Power, as in the case of the transit route of Panama,
without first obtaining permission from the Govern-
ment. A detachment of troops was recently sent
across the Isthmus to California, and whatever force
the British Government may contemplate sending to
New Caledonia (if any) will doubtless pass the same
way. The railway has so completely altered the
circumstances of the right of passage, that the point

THE BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The pro-
gramme of this great musical celebration has been pub-
lished within the last few days, and is well calculated
to sustain the character which has been justly ac-
corded to the Birminghatn festivals fur more than
half a century. In the composition both of the
choral and instrumental body there are all Cm
elements of completeness, whilst the scheme itself is
even more than usually attractive. In the choral burly
there are upwards of three hundred performers, the en ire
orchestra comprising nearly five hundred. The first morn-
ing of the festival (Tuesday, August 31) is devoted to the
performance of Mendelssohn's orator io, " Elijah," composed
expressly fur the 13irrningharn Festival, and performed for
the first time under his direction in 1816. On the Wednes-
day morning, Mr. Costa's oratorio, " lai ;" on Thursday the
" Messiah ;" and on Friday, the concluding morning of the
festival, Mr. 11. Leslie'soratorio, "Judith," will be pErfortut d
for the first time, with Mendelssohn's cantata " Lauda Zion"
and Beethoven's service in C. The evening performances
will consist, as usual, of selections of miscellaneous
music, all of it of the very highest character, with one
or two exceptions which we have not before observed
at these festivals. For instance, ou the Tuesday eveninri,
the first part is a miscellaneous concert ; the seco,4nt.,
Handel's cantata " Acis and Galatea," as arranr,:diveid!
additional accompaniments by Mr. Costa.
nesday evening will be given MEndelssolin
eserenata,
the Sons of Art," and on Thursday evenl a
,sOnattitata " To
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Mr. Costa, entitled " The Dream," cohr
riage of the Princess Royal. The priniciat vocalists
vi include
the names of Clara Novell°,
Dolby. With! thee
Garcia, Madlle. Victoire Balfe, anodrsN'"
Tanaherlick, Ronconi,
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Mr. Sims Reeves,
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and Belletti, Mr. Weiss,iii‘el .
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and painstaking in matters of detail which has on former
occasions done so much t() contribute to the popularity
of this festival. The ballot for places fur the Tues-
day and Wednesday's performances takes place on Friday
the ‘7th of August for those of Thursday and Friday on
Saturday, the ?Bth ; and strangers have the pledge of the
committee that they will select in every case the best places
which the chances of the ballot permit. We observe that
there are arrangements made for special trains on the
London and North-Western, Great Western, North Staf-
fordshire, Midland, Oxford, Worces,er, and 'Wolverhamp-
ton, Stour Valley, and South Staffordshire railways. la
every instance the trains arrive in time for the morning and
leave Birmingham after the conclusion of the evening per-
formances. Up to the present time the applications front
parties at a distance wishing to attend the festival have
been very numerous.