The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-01 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 181i9,

1-4111.ES',s' THE .1711 E.

A new colnedietta was produced at this attrac-
tive nth) theatre on Saturday night, which has
been adapted from the French by Mr. Leices
ter Duc'sinzliam. The piece gives very
plain evidence of its Gallic origin, and
the plot is certainly neither remarkable for
probability nor elegance. It is called " Cupid's
Ladder," and shows us how a young
peasant, Reuben (Miss Lydia Thompson)
arrives at wealth and dignity by means
of a series of very impertinent love
makings. However the spirited acting of
Miss Thompson as the young adventurer
gave zest to the piece, and the absurdity
of some of the situations and incidents seemed to
afford much amusement to the audience. The
piece was very weh received, and may be con-
sidered an undoubted success. It was preceded
by Poole's comedy of "They're both to blame,'
in which Mr. Leigh Murray andMrs.FrankMatthews
acquitted themselves- very ably- in the arduous
parts of Mr. and Mrs. Dangleton. After the new
comedietta, the little piece of " Magic Toys," was
produced, in which -Miss Thompson's admirable
, dancing elicited warm applause. Her " Sailor's
Hornpipe" was full of spirit, and the " Shadow
Dance" was very effective. The house was well
attended, and the audience appeared highly'grati-
fied by the evening's entertainment.

VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.

—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frede-
rick William of Prussia, according to present arrangements,
will arrive at Windsor Castle, on a Visit to her Majesty and
the Prince Consort' on Friday or Saturday next. The infant
Prince Frederick William Victor Albert will not accompany
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his illustrious prerents, it being the law in Prussia that the
heir apparent shall not leave the country without the per-

mission of the Diet.
FESTIVITIES AT KNOWSLEY.— Tho Earl and
Countess of Derby. are dispensing their hospitality at
Knowsley Park, Lancashire, to a distinguished circle of
friends. The party assembled on Friday last, and includes
the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of
Wilton, the Earl of MalmeSbury, the Earl. of Eglinton, the
Earl and Countess of Hari wicke and Ladies Yorke, Viscount
Grey deWilton, Lord Ravensworth, Lord and Lady Chelms-
ford and Hon. Miss Thesiger, the Right Hon. Sir John
Pakington, Bart, M.P., and Lady Pakington the Right
Hon. Benjamin 'Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs. Disraeli, Sir
W. 11. Johire, 'M.P., and Misses Joliffe, Hon. Frederic
Lygon, ALP., and Mr. Seymour' Fitzgerald, M.P., exclu-
sive of the family circle. Major-General J. Peel was among
the guests of the noble earl awl countess, but immediately
on the receipt of the intelligence of the sudden death of
Lady Peel. widow of his illustrious brother, the gallant
general took his departure for the metropolis.
The Right }lon. B. Disraeli, M.P., arrived at
Manchester yesterday from Knowsley-hall, the seat of the
Earl of Derby, and is the guest of Sir James Watts, at
Abney-hall. The right hon. gentleman is to preside this
evening at a meeting, in the Free Trade Hall, of delegates
and friends of the Lancashire and Cheshire Institutional
Association (comprising 105 mechanics' and literary insti-
tuions), and to distribute the annual Lome.; awarded to
various members.
The contract for the new drop and fortifications
at the Dover Heights is taken by Messrs. Stiff and Richard.
son, who cdonnenced operations on Thursday morning ;
the cost of which, we, understand, will amount to between
£lO,OOO and £20,600. This portion of the work is to be
completed by the 31st of March.
The Dublin Etyma(' Mail states that the Lords
of the Admiralty have intimated to Captain M'Clintock th .t
her Majesty, in • consideration of the brilliant' success by
which his late expedition to the Arctic regions was at-
tended, has been pleased to order that from April, 1857, .to
Sept., 1859, during which time he was in command of the
yacht Fox, shall count to him as sea time. This favour
can only be granted by the sovereign, and is rarely exer-
cised:

THE GREAT EASTERN. The Liverpool Daily
Teat states that the Great Eastern sails to-day (Tuesday)
for Southampton ; that Mr. Scott Russell is to be entirely
dispensed with, and the whole direction committed to Mr.
Bold, of. Liverpool; and that £lO.OOO has been placed at
that gentleman's disposal to complete the ship as speedily
as possible. It is further stated that in the spring the
vessel will come to Liverpool.

THE TEMPLE GARDENS.--The show of chrysan-
themums,in the two Temple Gardens is now open to the
public (free) every day from nine till dUsk. ti utters are-
respectfully invited to an inspection of the extraordinary
collection of pompones, a dwarf variety pf this beautiful
Autumn flower, in the garden of the Middle Temple ; the
entrance to this garden is from the broad flight of steps in
front of the fountain within a few minutes' walk of the
larger garden, and near Essex-street.
- SUDDEN DEATIL-'7--Captain Pierce, master of the
Baron Osy steamer, trading between- London and Antwerp,
died suddenly at his residence, at Greenwich, on Saturday
last. He was in the net of dressing himself to come up to
London to clear his ship from the Customs; when he sud-
denly fell down and eNpired.
Ertious ACCIDENT.—Yest erday.aTternoon , while
the City Artillery Corps was marching down nolborn.hill,
one of the horses standing at the adjacent cab-stand, startled
by the music of the band', and the driver being absent from.
his head, rushed off at a headlong rate down the hill, coming
in contact with a cart containing a man and two boys, all of
whom were thrown by the shock and more or less severely
injured. The horse in the cart was killed.
SPORTING IN THE ISLAND OF AIIIIAN.—The Duke
of Hamilton left Arran on Thursday week, after a very suc-
cessful campaign on the moors—so much so that his Grace
intends to return about the end of November for black
game and woodcock shootiug...,The duke has resolved to
put down the rabbit nuisance. The following is the list of
the game killed in Arran by the duke and party from the
22d of August till the 20th of October hest:—Grouse, 916.
brace ; black game, 170 brace ; partridges, 102 brace;
pheasants, 21 brace ; hare ;, 129. Total' nuinber of head,
-- 2,521.C1w,g0te Herald.
DR. LIVINtISTONE AND THE MISSIONARY EXPE-
DITIONS.—Sinee the last mail, by which letters were re-
ceived from Dr.. Livingstene announcing the discovery of
Lake Shirwa (10 or 39 miles wide and 50 or 60 long), no
further intelligence has reached us from the Zambesi. A
letter from Kuruman, however, mentions that the venerable
missionary, Robert Moffatt, had left that station for Moscle-
kat se's country twelve days before, and news had been re-
ceived from him 'down to the 9th August from Sieklagoli,
which he arid his companion, Mr. Sykes, had reached, after
a journey dintinguished by the greatest privations in con •
sequence of the want of water. • They had pursued • the
track of the other taw parties who had preceded them, but
had not met with any natives who had seen them. There
were reports (recording to the Argus) that hostilities were
imminent between the Matabeles and the Bamangwatos,
and that Pretorius had advised Sechele not to allow. Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson and Dr. Palgrave to pass his territory,
as they had three cannons in their waggon for Moselekatze.
—Cape and Natal.Thrs.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY UPON A CLEIWY3IAN.—
A commission was opened yesterday morning at the Horns
Tavern, Kennington, before Mr. Barlow, Master in
Lunacy, and a special jary, to inquire into the state of
mind of the Bev. Stephen Lewis Woodcock, a clergyman
of the Established Church. Mr. Hundleston, Q.C., Mr.
Robinson, and M. l`.dorris appeared for the petitioner;
and Mr. Sergeant Shoe and Mr. C. Merewether on behalf
of the alleged lunatic. Mr. Woodcock was present during
the early part of the pmeedings, but his interruptions
wsre so frequent, and his whole conduct so extraordinary,
that it was deemed desirable to remove him, and he
was accordingly taken back to Bethlehem Hospital in.
a cab. It appeared from .the statement of the learned
counsel, and the evidence of the witnesses called, that Mr.
Wk,odcock obtained his degree at Oxford in 1823, and acted
as curate for some 25 years, when it became necessary to
place him in an asylum for lunatics at Clapton. He had be-
come entitled to an annuity of t 2.00 a year, which vi rbii vested
in trustees on his behalf. A commission of lunacy was
sued out in 1845, but the decision was in favour of the rev.
gentleman's sanity. Upon being released, he squat dered
his money, and went about in rags. He then went to Bucks,
and lived on the charity of friends, and from the year 1845
to 18.55 he hurl been confined in various gaols of this coun-
try, and'in the Queen's Prism for debt: On two several
occasions while in the Queen's Bench, he said the Irvingites
had such control over him, that lie had the power to stop
_the (linen in the street, and knock her on the brad. There
being nodhilbE of his insanity in-the minds of the officials,
he was'removed from the Queen's Bench prison to Bethle-
hem under an order of the Socretary ef. Slate. When at
liberty the unfortunate stun had beenin the habit of going
about in a very ragged and dirty state—carrying undressed'
fish, pieces of mouldy bread, and such like in his hat ; and
his conduct eenerally was such as to lead to the suppcsition
that he was of unsound mind, and the medical witnesses
called gave it as their opinion that this was the fact. The-
;nquiry lasted seven hours, and was adjeurned for the pro-
duction of farther evidence.
THE WEtTIIER IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—
During the past ten days the north of Scotland has been
visited by storms of snow, wind, and rain 'of such severity
as is bat rarely experienced at this pet iod of .the year. Up
to the 21st ult. the weather had been comparatively fins,
On the morning of that day, however, snow began to fall
very hea-rily, and by night it hay in many places six or
eight indite deep. - This was succeeded by a keen
frost and farther sneer, and the severity of the weather
may in some measure be calculated -from the fact
that two men its their prime, but who had occasion to be
travelling in-the night-time, perished in the storm—the one
in ,Baxiti,,hire, the ot her in Aberdeenshire. On Wednesday,
the 26th, the snow changed into a pelf _,et hurlicance of rain
and wind, and accompanied, we regret to say, with farther.
:03S of life. The full ,wing lamentable occurrence took place
on Wednesday evening, near Aberdeen :—Mr. Cooper, far-
leer, Strathern, Logie-Ophinstone, was returning from a
sale with a neighb•nring farmer, Mr. Booth: On their
way thin were jdined by Mr. Fawns, cattle dealer, Breath),
and three friends rode together in Mr. Cooper's gig. Bc-
ween the turnpike road and the farm of Strati ern they had
tol.rd. the Ury, which in its usual stale is theee a plea-
Lana ,streant, some seven or -eight yards in width. the
tremendous rain throughout the day, however, had SW 01:C
t; to a perfect torrent.- The hour lking about eight at
night, darkness !neve:Jed the state of the stream beike
eeen, end, -unfortunately, danger had not been sasp,nctel
befitra unteting it. The gig had not tylvitntN..il far in the
water, however, be -re Mr. Cooper, perceiving their posi-
got al:rine:l, and exclaimed that they would be all
iliolhnel. Mr. Fitwns, who at .this moment sat with Mr.
Booth on his knee, called cut. t) the Other two gentlemen to
ludd ou ly the gig, if possible. He hal seare4ly spoken
the gig was swept dawn the current and overturned.
Mr. Fawns., though encumbered with a waterproof over-
coat, by peat exertions managid to reach the further bank
of the Ti err by swimming, but the others had disapp,:ared at
once, and were never seen again alive. Their la) Heft were
found next morning a lung way down the river. The 11 tree
and gig had also been carried down a corn:iderable distance
by the current, and when seen the animal had shered the
same Lite as his toaster. The wind and rain were still Con-
' tinuing with great violence up to Sunday morning, when
ourparcel left. No vessels were attempting to leave the
harbour of Aberdeen. Hain to the depth of several inches
had fallen every day and night.

A ni 1 i I;st r
_LI 1 1,..1`1 114 Try L.,.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

TURIN, OCT. 31.

The Piethnontese Gazette of to-day publishes the
new provincial communal act. The object of this
act is to create a system of centralisation in the
political machinery of the Government, and to de-
centralise in matters of administration. In all
parts of the State the communal franchise will be
increased. The new kingdom will be di tided into

17 provinces. A governor will be placed at the
head of each p'fovince, with a Government council.
The governor will represent the executive power.
The same official journal publishes another de-
cree, regulating the terms upon which the new
loan is to be effected—namely, by authorising the
sale of four millions of Rente, by public subscrip:
tion, to bear interest from the Ist of January, 1860.
The issue prices will shortly be fixed.
The National Bank will resume cash payments,
on presentation of its bank notes, on the Ist of
November.

MARSEILLES, OCT. 31.

Advices have been received from Naples to the
27th ult. General Filanghieri has resumed again
the direction of the Ministry of War. The full
strength of the army of the Abruzzi has been made,
up, and has been provisioned. The said army re-
tains its character of .a corps of observation.

Letters from Sicily state that disturb;.nces still
continue there, but they are ,of of little importance.
Secret agents maintain the agitation. A general
feeling of uneasiness, pervades the public mind,
caused by various kinds of apprehensions.

ORAN, OCT. 25.

Beni Suassca having. received strong reinforce-
ments; commenced hostilities on the 17th ult., by a
well-sustained musketry fire, but he did not dare to
approach our frontier,

PARIS, OCT. 31.

Letters from Madrid state that Marshal O'Don•
nell will take his departure from Madrid to-mor

row.

Offensive operations against Morocco will com-
mence on the 7th or Bth November.
General Zabala -will take the command-in-014,f
of the army until the arrival of the Count de
LUCCna.

.11ADRID, OCT. 29.
Generals Olano, Teron, and Quesada leave this
evening for Algesiras.

BERNE, OCT. 31.
Count K the first Austrian Plenipoten-
tiary, has an ived here to-day.
It is stated that 'the Congress will soon com-
mence its labours. .

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY, 12.15 P.M.

The Bourse continues quiet, but the opening
prieeS of the funds show a material improvement•
Rentes, 69f. use.

3.30 r.m.

A further rise has taken place, and Rentes close
at GOf. 75c., or 1 per cent. above Saturday's price.
Railway shares have also risen several francs.

AUSTRIA_

VIENNA, OCT. 29.

•The Vienna Presse thus confirms the information
relative to the formation of a committee for ex-
amining into the 'state of the finances,:
" -It is affirmed that an Enquete Commission'
(Committee of Inquiry) will be formed of a certain
number of freely-elected representatives of.the com-
mercial and industrial world of Vienna, and of
two members. or the Supreme Court of Justice
'Cour de Cassation). It will be the duty of
this Committee to examine minutely into the
state
,of the finances in general, and to suggest
means for removing the existing. evils. As
there is, at present no corporate body in. existence
,vhielt could exercise an effective control over
the annual Budget, each separate article in it will
be examined by the Council of ;the Empire, which
Will be reinforced by a certain number of finance
notables, before it is submitted to the Emperor for
his sanction. Both of these arrangements will
shortly be officially communicated to the public,
;Ind at the same time an unreserved statement made
of the reasons which induced the Minister of
Finance to emit obligations for 111,000,000f1. in
excess of the fixed maximum of the National Loan.
By these means this last-mentioned affair will be
brought to a conclusion (zum Abschluss gebracht),
and Baron Bruck will remain in office."
The Committee of Inquiry may perhaps satisfy
the public for a time, but the Council of the Em-
pire is in such disrepute that its control over the
budget will be considered equivalent to none at all.
Baron Bruck's explanatory statement must ne-
cessarily be a failure, as it is impossible to find
any valid excuse .for such a gross breach of good
faith-as that of which he has been guilty. The Dutch,
the great holders of Austrian stock, have hitherto
given but few orders to sell, but the Frankfort and
Prussian capitalists have recentlysold National Loan
and Metalliques to a very large amount. National,
which bears 5 per cent. nominally payable in silver,
was at 75 yesterday, and its coupons were quoted
at 18 per cent. premium. Baron Bruck- avers
that the finances of Austria will be in order
within five years if Austria is not involved in
a war, but no one is inclined to attach any;*-
portance to his assertion. The yearly deficit is a
cancer which is .preying on the vitals of the
land, and the State must become banks apt if
the annual expenditure is not at once greatly
reduced. All the measures • hitherto taken for
restoring order to the finances have been mere
palliatives, and the Committee of Inquiry is likely
to find that things..,are even worse than they are
supposed to be. Attempts have recently been made
to get rid of that part of the loan—some 40,000f1.
—which was not taken in England last year, but
the German capitalists are disinclined to have any
thing to do with the Austrian Finance Depart-
ment.

It is not probable that an offensive and defensive
treaty of alliance waS concluded between Russia and
Prussia at Braslau, but it is certain that a perfect
understanding has been established between the
Emperor Alexander and the Prince Regent of
Prussia. Their object is to maintain the peace of
Europe, or rather to avoid getting involved in a
quarrel with any of the other great Powers. 'l3oth
Russia and Prussia will advocate the cause of the
lawful Sovereigns of the Italian Duchies, but they
will protest against any active intervention in their
behalf. Lord John Russell's speech at Aberdeen
produced a bad impression both at St. Petersburg
and Berlin, as neither the Emperor Alexander nor
the. Prince Regent is a great admirer of the
doctrine that th 3 people have a right to dOposo
a
their rulers and elect new ones. The Tuscan
deputation to Prussia only h d a private audience
of M. von Schlcinitz, who did not receive it quite
so cordially as haS been represented. When one of
the speakers observed that the Grand Duke Fcrdi•
nand Wa'i not a legitimte ruler, inasmuch as he was
not of a Tusem family, the Prussian statesman
quietly reminded him that the reigning Prussitm
family had its origin in the Princiimlity of Hain a-
zolh.rn.

PIIUSSI A .

A letter from Berlin, dated the 27th of October,

;:n3's

The chief topic of discussion in political circles
and in the press continues to be the recent meeting
at Breslav and its political consequences. I am
enabled to state that all the great political ques-
tions of the day were discussed by the two august
personages and by their Ministers, and that an

agreement has beta come to between. the two
Powers on principles and facts, and henceforth
the two Cabinets will follow an identical, if not a
collective line of policy, on all the great questions
of the day.

" It is not likely that this agreement has been
put to paper in the shape of a convention, ner is
it a coalition against any other Power—not even
against Austria, but it is a guarantee for peace, the
conciliation of conflicting interests, and the most
sat i,factory solution possible of the questions of the
day.

The absence of Austria at the Breslau interview
is a fact the importance of which cannot be over-
looked. The policy which has been sanctioned at
Breslau is not a policy hostile to Austria, but it raises
a barrier against the aspirations of the Vienna
Cabinet, which it will not attempt to overthrow. It
is a last warning to the Court of Vienna to cease
its fluctuations and hesitations, to avoid the risk of
being completely isolated, by assimilating her views
with those which animate the majority of the
Europem Powers. The internal eondition.of the
Austrian empire is too intimately connected with
her political relations to allow the Court of Vienna
to hesitate much longer in declaring the course she
intends to follow.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

The Liverpool and New York Screw Steamship
Company's screw steamer, City of Manchester,
Captain Kennedy, arrived in the Mersey yesterday
afternoon from New York. As she left that port
on the 15th, her general news has been antici-
pated ; but she brings 355,815 dols. and £550 in
specie on freight, and 142 passengers, of whom
about 30 were landed at Queenstown.

On the 21st, at 5 p.m., in lat. 49 N., long. 47 W.,
the City of Nlanchester passed the Royal Mail
steamship Persia, bound west ; on the 26th, at 5
p,m., in lat. 52: N., long., 25 W., signalled the
Royal Mail steamer America, bound west.

WEST IN DIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY.

The La Plata, Captain Weller, arrived to-night,
with the West India mails, 96 passengers, and
neatly 2,000,000 dols. in specie. She has had 15
deaths from yellow fever on the voyage, and several
more persons are dangerously ill.

The news from the islands is devoid of import-
ance. The following is a summary of the intelli-
gence from the Pacific States :
. Cuni.—Dates from Valparaiso are to 15th
September. The papers contain very little news
of interest. The alarm caused by the attempts to
disturb the peace, as recorded in our last advices,
had subsided, and no further revolutionary move-
ment had taken place; the country is quiet. The
persons implicate) in the late cnzeutcs were ar-
rested, and the Mercurio tells us that they are now
at liberty.
Preparations are being made for the national
festivities of September, during which all Chili

makes holiday for a week.
The expedition against the Araucanian Indians
is being prepared ; it is to consist of 2,000 men ;
its object-is to chastise the Indians for their late
depredltions, and to take possession of the territory
they occupy in the new province formed in the
South, the boundary of which is the river Imperial.
The reports of the Indian aggressions are said to
have been much exaggerated.
On the Bth the continuation of the Santiago and
Valparaiso Railroad was inaugurated at Quillotta,
with the usual ceremonies.

At Talcahuano news had been received that the
Indians had retired into the interior, much alarmedp
at the proposed Government expedition. A cor-
respondent, however, writing from Nacimiento,
says that San Carlos, S tnta Barbara, and Angeles
were threatened with fire by the Indians. The
island of Vcrgara, has been completely deserted by
the population. Ten thousand persons had left, and
the Indians were in entire possession.
The accounts from the m'uing districts of Copiapo
are most favourable. The mines at Tres Puntas are
yielding well, and at Chanareillo the amount of
ore extracted has much increased.
PEnu.•-•lire have files of the Comercio to the 2811
September. They contain but very little news, and,
as usual, 'no notice of the political state of the
country, or of its relation with Ecuador or Bolivia.
On the 211th, the forces, said to be for Ecuador, but
supposed to be intended to operate against Bolivia,
commenced to embark at Callao. The transport
fleet consists of nitre vessels, and the army numbers
4,060, not including officers or staff. A number of
pieces of artillery have been embarked.
Sir Edward Cullen, known from his connexion
with the Darien Ship Canal scheme, has applied to
,the Government, through the Peruvian Minister in
Bogota, for permission' to introduce 25,000 Irish
immigrants into Peru, each person over 16 years of
age to receive a certain portion of land in some part
of the republic, 4,000 feet above the level of the sea.
The Minister, under date of August 27, accepts the
proposition, and authorises the Peruvian Minister
in London to make the necessary contracts for the
passage out of the immigrants.
The bronze statue of Bolivar, intended to be
placed in some public locality in Lima, had arrived
from England in the barque Vicar of Bray.
A writer in the Comercio, of Lima, says that the
price of living has doubled in Peru since 1850.
Dates from- Cerro do Pasco to Sept. 19th state
the price of plata pens to be 11 dols. 4c. per mare.
Quickilver, 130 dols. per 1001bs.
President Castilla has organised a typographical
corps to accompany the army, consisting of one ad-
ministrador, at 100 dols. a month ; one foreman
compositor, at 100 dols.; two compositors, 85 dols. ;
one pressman. 85 dols.; and One assistant ditto,
50 dols.
ECUADOR.—The latest papers we have received
from Guayaquil are to Sept. 29, and from Quito to
Sept. 5.
The Comercio, of Lima, Sept. ,20th, says that
President Robles arrived from Quito at Guayaquil,
and had au interview with General Franco, in
which he agreed to leave the country and go to
Punta Espanola, receiving 8,000 dols. for his ex-
panses. Inste id, however, of going to the place
named, he disembarked at Malacha, with the
intention of going into the interior. On the
departure of Robles from Guayaquil, General
Franco was declared " Sefe Supremo" of the nation.
Senor Garcia Moreno changed from the Callao to
the Ucayali, in which vessel he went to Paita, and
there secretly went on board a schooner, which im-
mediately weighed anchor. It is said that the
schooner_had 400 muskets with munitions on board,
and that Moreno purposed landing on the coast of
Esmeraldas.
On the 24th the Peninsular Steam Navigation
Company's steamer Lima, from the South Coast,
arrived at Callao, with General Robles, boand on
his way to Valparaiso. The Coinercio of the 24th
says that when Robles heard in Quito of the ar-
mistice he left immediately for Guayaquil; but hav-
ing heard on the road of the terms upon which it
was concluded, he considered it dishonourable to
accept them, and resigned the supreme command to
Senor Carlon, the Vice-President. In the mean-

time the Provisional Government was recognised
in Quito. The election was regularly made, Gcn.
Franco obtaining 161 votes and the Governor cf
Quito 100. In the provinces the votes were pretty
equally divided bet wren the two parties.
Thu army at Cuenca had pronounced for General

FeAnco, and G2ncral thbiAa remained at Guaya-
criil, according to seine on terms with General

Franco, and according to others about to leave for

Elropi. It was said that Franco was disposed to
a:range matters with Peru, but that he *would re-
if Guayaquil Was iaraded by Pcluvim forces.

NAVAL CA DWI'S. —By a recent regulation made
by the Board of Admiralty, no parson, after the let of
April .next will
,be nominated to a naval cadetship who
shall be under 12 or above 11 years of ago at the time of
his first examination. The oxaminatien days are fixed for
the first Wednesdays in the months of March, June, Sep-
tember, and December.
EMI EZZ LE3I EN T OF £230.-.---At the Leeds sessions
on Friday William Greaves Chadwick, lately an outdoor
collector in the employ of the North-Eastern Railway, was
found guilty of embezzling n3O, the moneys of the emu-
, pony, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.

Bentley Priory.

LITERATURE.

By Mrs. Hastings Pz,i'ker. Three

TOls. litir;+., ad n lII2e-igett

This is a most amusing work, whieh eon hardly
fail to meet with the approval of those who desire
really domestic story. There havo been so many
strange theories and extraordinary statements in-
troduced of late into the pages of novels that it is
rather a relief to peruse a tale like the present.
The authoress' has exhibited great skill in her
delineation of character and her descriptions of
events. Emily Morton is a charming maiden, pos-
sessed of many admirable qualities, although her
position militated considerably against her improve-
ment mentally or• morally, and diminished the
exercise of her naturally good intentions. She was
one of the fortunate few who escaped any very
serious consequences as the ultimate result of her
unfortunate entanglements. Blanche Thornham
is of a very different character, but her innate
qualities were also excellent, though she distin-
guished her conduct .generally by frivolity and dis-
play. It is in the portraiture of Mandeville, how-
ever, that the greatest success' is achieved by the
authoress. He is very ably depicted. as a heartless
man who trifles with the feelings of others to suit

his views and attain,. his own ends of amusement.
It is true that he was, after his own fashion,
attached to Emily but, if he had been aetult d. by
real affection, he would not have shown such atten-
tion to Blanche on every occasion. It would be
well if more of the infatuated ladies who are
attracted by the fascinations of such men as Mande-
ville had the sense, like Blanche and Emily, to
conquer their own, weaknesses, and turn their
thoughts to others'more worthy of admiration, and
more calculated to prove faithful in the vicissitudes
of life. Mrs. Thornham and Mrs. Morton are

likely sketches of worldly moth( rs, each toiling
and striving in her different way, for the further-
ance of her own peculiar designs as to the advance-

went of her daughter in the \s'vorld by a prosperous
marriage. The sad events that occurred towards
the close of the Mortons' visit to Italy are vA-37
ingenionsly detailed, and the happiness of Emily
Morton's life seemed again about to be shipwrecked
by an unforesemealamity, and One which appeared
to be perfectly irtemedinble. Altogether " Bentley
Priory" may cotisidered an acquisition to novel
readers, from its brillant descriptions, sparkling
style, and interesting story. It is also, although
an entertaining book, not without a purpose, and
some of the follieS-ef fashionable life, whose conse-
quences are Most: serious, are here vividly fore-
shadowed. The authoress may therefore be con-
gratulated on her present attempt ; for, without any
I pretensions to rank among the first order of novels,
.her production is distinguished for its skill and
intelligence.

Erin-go -Bragh ; or, Irish L?fe Pictures. By W
11. Maxwell, author of " Stories of Waterloo.'
2 vols.
is with Bentley.
It some disappointment that the ad
mirers of Mr. Maxwell's sparkling and stirring pages
will peruse volumes which, are cerlainlv scarcely
worthy of the author of " Stories of Waterloo."
They refer enti:ely to- Irish life, and it•would have
been anticipated that few could do more justice to
the fun and frolic, the wit and pathos of the in-
habitants of the Emerald Isle. We regret to find
throughout a great part of the first volume, more
especially, a tameness of incident, and a vulgarity of
style, whose coarseness is seldom redeemed by the
national wit. There are some scenes and sketches
of a higher character, acid some readers may find
sufficient entertainment to .make them overlook
deficiencies and drawbacks, but the general tenour
of the work is scarcely what might have been anti-
cipated from Mr. -Maxwell's reputation, and Dr.
Maginn's introductory culogium. The stories and•
sketches which compose these volumes originally
appeared in the pages of a popular periodical, and
are consequently not introduced • to the public
for the first time. It may be presumed that
their reception . was sufficiently favourable to
authorise their re-appearance in a connected form.
Of the general style of M txwell's writings, and of
his own personal career, the brilliant pen of Dr.
Maginn gives the following sketch :
"He is of soldier-romance-mongers the first. Mind, we
are not going to disparage Gleig of the Subaltern,' Hamil-
ton of Cyril Thornton,' or any of the other gentlemen who
have turned the sword not into a ploughshare, but into as
hard-working an instrument—a pen ; but among rollicking
describers or fights, campaigns, sieges, carousinaar, riotings,
love-makings, and all other matters connectedb with the
pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war, he decidedly
bears off the bell. He does not venture at long set stories,
decked out and arrayed into all the full three-volumed dig-
nity of a novel—no, he flings off his tales as if the's. were
so many tumblers of punch, hot and strong, pleasant and
heart-cheering, hastily mixed, and as hastily disposed of.
It needs no, partibular power of critical discernnient to dis-
cover that Maxwell's acquaintance with the scenes which
he dzscribes:is anything but theoretical. Iu •fact, though
now a maa.of peace, he was once a man. of war—a jolly
grenadier in the Eighty-eighth, standing e•.;e:e feet two,
and coming in slice at the close of the ..:,nailar cam-
paigns, and taking his share at the ban of Waterloo.
But when the melancholy days of dirt•
came, an-
a
fun had departed out of the world,
When thearmy was gone, and the n.•.,
And the-slider paid of, and the of •H, • •
When half-pay to the captain pe• '•• • - •' • And the the Duke was no more than a
AS a brother Connaught Ranger sings, ti,, it pting
Walter Raleigh's motto, Tam Marti V , a•ario, find-
ing that Mars Was gone, he applied. hiss:cll.
:,o of
eloquence and persuasion, turned.his Inititary ,•: • iuto a
surplice, gave up the charges of the Duke of a',
•
for those of the Archbishop of Tiiaui, a,bandel:
cles of War for the Articles of the Church, as
to leave the service altogether, took to the s.,el•vice of the
Liturgy. :He then became Prebendary of Dalha—still
see among the canons—in Tuam. 'That he waged war
upon the devil and all his angels, most theolagically, we
doubt not ; but here we are recording Lim only a 5 an author
upon more mundane subjects. 'flee war (we need not say,
what war, for this generation, and ninny more, with pass
over before another war will turn up to put down that
which ended at Waterloo, from its post of being the war
par excellence) and Ireland are his own.
"Maxwell, in his sketches of the gentlemen class of
Ireland in their hours of relaxation, and in their own wild,
he and his pople before
h
untameable, and somewhat ferocious jollity, or violence,
beiui for ng
e
go odda37—dish(oprtriet,e t
home—not only with
n
his own Wild Sportsman of the West, but with all that
lan7 a i obnl
horsewhip-handling, trigger-pulling, lady-Isilling, claret-
drinking., . steeple-chasing, hot-headed, . puzzle-pated.
tumultuous. race of gentlemen, arho, issuing from, 'Ould
Thrinity,' led a noisy reckless life, fearing nothing• but a
dun or a sheriff's officer, eternally in debt or drink, or duel-
ling, or all three together; usually highly bred and well
travelled, almost always generous, though seldom just, un-
questionably brave (at least it would not have been parti-
cularly safe to question it), taking no wrong, and giving
very little right ; governed by tho most curious, and the
most curiously extended, code of honour ever devised, and
covering a Multitude of sins by everlasting good-humour
and—a pistol. Thee, noble specimens of mankind are,
alas I fast passing away before the baleful effects of civili-
sation, rail-roads, steam-boats, and the schoolmaster
abroad—as much, we suppose, to the distaste of Maxwell,
as of the late Sir Jonah Barrington. As it is fit, then, that
sonic record of them should remain, none can supply it
better than the soldier-scholar, gentleman of blood, and
Irishman of birth."
Among the most noticeable sketches in the volumes
is that entitled, " John Campbell, the homicide,"
which exemplifies the old adage of " honcur among
thieves," and gives an insight into the curious-cus-
toms of the country sonic fifty years ago. The
narrator was the magistrate of a wild and lawless
district, where a homicidal outlaw was the hero of
the locality. The new representative of the terrors
of the law used every exertion to discover the
hiding-place of the criminal ; but, as he was shel-
tered and. abetted by the country people, detection
was difficult. The magistrate threatened the gal-
lows, and was in return politely informed that
the sooner he ordered his coffin the.better. While
affairs" were in this pleasant position, the magia.
trate wall returning home from a shooting_exeur-
sion and found his passage blocked by a swollen
streaM:---•- • ,
• At that moment of despondency, a human figure rose
slowly over. a hillock which had hitherto masked his ap-
proach. Hp was a tall, athletic fellow, wrapped in a cota-
more (a frieze great-coat), and, as is the prevailing custom
of the peasantry in that country, provided with a trusty
sapling.
He made me a rude obeisance—said that he bad observed
me try vainly fora passage; and intimated, what I knew
well, that one hundred yards lower down, all chance Of
effecting a transit would be hopeless. Night was closing
fast, and every mommat precious.
"Mark ye that bend in the stream?" he said.-
"I main"
" That was the place where the herdsman's body floated
in—him who was di owred there some fifteen years ago.
Date you venture a long leap? or would you rallies toil for
six long miles over swamps and black-liefss -
" Hit or miss, we'll try the jump," said I, "and, if we
fail, 'tis but a swim fur it."
" Stoutly spoken, come on. There is the only spat," ho
pointed out a bending in the river, and le I [he way.
When we reached it, I measured it with icy eye.
" Is that too much for you, sir ?"
" Upon my word! my friend, it will tax me hal d."
" It is your only chance," he ad•l.
1.
" Barring a slip, I think I call ne
•e
" If you can," and lie emplia:,is ass 11r. w ,
eclat myself, "I'll ca'l you the brat jularer 3:, Is.
"We must s: the gun a• r >se be..• , , , t nil
prepared to throw it to the (
" What 1" said the stranger, " risk ininry to Such a t• cc
as this and he took it trona me, examinc.(l the less ra:B,
ii i_d tl.e action of ties IOC1:S, 51151 then [Apressed It;: a hairs:-
6m. "It i^ in truth, a pl,:eo of lv,:i•knialls!ii.p.
Trust to me—Well go in er over together: 'I hen jump
your best."
As if a bailiff were in chase---"
"A mad bull behind, er Camnbell the murdernr—you
have heerd often of that seouudi,!: yeller ehbow," said
he, and he nailed as he finished the
"faith: my friend, I have nu fance, ee duction
to either mad bulls or murderers. I le. ; I • a choice
between the devil and the deep se:l_; I :;,t; of the
alternatives that you propound, I woua i A.-fa set-to „ilk
the quadruped."
"It would be a toss-up," 'returned the stranger.
here goes—in or over 1"
He retired sonic thirty paces, seemed to collet`. Ids ener-
gies, made his rush and spring, and landed full three feet
inside the river batik.
I had never met before a better jumper than myself and
stimulated by a suceossru I example, I serev, da: my courage

"so,

to the stichillg. point, made the'essay, and landed in sport'

jag sf.yie. 4. .
i Well done I Come, sir, we'll drink 'luck' after that •
I was half persuaded you would have jumped short, and
,I
should have been olAi el to fish vou from the shepherd's.
corner there. Lifter that spring, I'll back us two against
any pair in Ilallycory."
.t
I took the flask he offered, drank to him, a coMplillian
he returned pelitelv, and on we jogged at a pace that provea
US both th'ba gcod mountain non. In half an hour we
topped a rising ground that commanded an unbroken VieW
of the country for miles around.
" In that direction lies your route, mine lies in tills"
)
and he p-,inted north and south.
4, what I are we-- to part company ?" said I; cc wit!
i
you reface good quarters and warm welcome ? In faith
" s
Trya:, ~ e
that.'
'
my friend, I owe you the double debt."
Ile shock his head.
• 44 Come, c•-)me—the warmest corner in the lodge is yours,
and none dc: iye it better."
Ile smiled. " Shall I speak one short sentence, and will
you reheat the invitation;"
I proved some person of
whom the world
spoke lightly—a deerter—or the—"
" Devil, to fill the blank tip," I added. "The best cheer
that my poor ycsidence affOITIS shall still be yours."
" There is your gun—and now will you repeat your in-
vitatiou l''

Yes."
." One who held you at.deflancenow trusts you with 1)(411
it'e and liberty ; and I know you have too much nianliV,
o take him at advantam—John Campbell is beside YOlgiho
I started back a pace or two, and never WaS 0110 0: If.
King's poor esquires more desperately bothered than myse,
" I am at your disposal," said the outlaw, with per'icct
oolness; "am I a freeman or a risoner?"
"If you never be the latter 'tilpl I arrest you—but cora°
&rig, let us r;u3h homewards. Call yourself by 1 nY, ntnif
—priest, parson, or any craft you ‘please—none will
pour secret."
deter-
" I will only trespass on you for this night. '
ruination is already taken. You were the only man feared
'
—you pressed me hard—l know the risk I run. If
weary°-
neck was sure of halter, mine is the ono. But I am; 0
of a ruffianly existence. Will you but promise me °""to
week's freedom, and ere the eighth clay passes, I'll swear
return, and ask you to lodge me in the gaol ?"
." Upon my life, the compact will be a strange- _one''
agreed !"
" Shall I carry the gun ?"
I handed it to him, and on we jogged in. perfect amity'
"Know ye any of my people at the' .
" Whether I do or not, none of them will elallucon.
acquaintance. The new police have a faithful deseriPt'.ll,,
of me, for I furnished it myself," and laughed hear
"By heaven I I always fancied that you and I should bee°l'l
friends at last. Many a good supper and sound were
owe ;you. Little did you imagine that when Yffun.,,.-wed
picking a brandcred grouse in the parlour, I Nos eub-ned
with grilled mutton in the servants'• hall; I, threatethe
death, and you, the gallows; and, strange but true,
same ink traced both writings more than once ust
" W y y hat a false gang Millanous establishment m

be !" - _ . .
"-No ; they are true to you, ono and all. They
know right well that I would not harm you—an T10:0- r
hair upon your head—could I have bought the ulna
.
don by it."
4.. TnO
rW -
The strage visifor departed.. early the ne-xv -a he •
ing, buttbefore the.eXpiration of the time state *
reappeared, : , onee •
"Yon see, sir," he said laughingly, " that havl% '
found my way to the lodge, I am not likely to WV' it
" I should be sorry if you did, Campbell ; and let to add,
that you are more welcome than may an hen
,_ ester
would be." (irate-
He gave me a melancholy smile, and thanked mein the'
folly ; even when he laWthed, there was somethin,hol-
sound that was .depressing to the spirits. In the 1, bear
lands, there is a prevailing fancy that "doomed nwif .end
indications in their features which foretell their fate' od,
even when assuming, if he did not, feel it, a mirthful to he
Campbell's countenance exhibited an expression n?t,•
described ; but in effect it was absolutely heart-sink`i.itaie, ,
." Well, sir, you have given the words of welconle,. to
will you extend them to two others ? 1 have not welcome
alone." bell norm;
• The announcement startled- me. Was Came. 111 do• •
to take advantage of a trifling service, and colonise Ill'grit.•
neeile with criminals ? He saw that I was not nme
titled at his communication. your
" I fear, sir, that I have trespassed too heavily 01 'half
kindness. It may be easily remedied, however; for. fl K°°
a Mile farther, I haVe a kinsman who will afford n;',
want—humble fare and the shelter. of the roof-tree. oat.
"To be candid with you," I responded, sini,l_illg'ilon°l
though always happy to have your company ‘u;,,,en,. 'irelt
I am in nowisp ambitious of
taxiextendng LatintnveilY t°
ncscitur c sochs. Toli. need not your Pt,- rsellt
construe what I mean—one gentleman who, like.):;"4 can
has adopted the system of free-tradins, is as nincl:;-? -A-1!,
• they,tolerate.
as silianicaspNevaerredh, Nayshiot,mreagyuyiaorucrlecrokinspoafniac isriehola
—gentlemen who have discharged themselves
skull without tn •
army without pay or pension—cracked a
of .
poweY of its bzing repaired, or—or—" t ,uilt•ir, •
'. On all these points I can lead f h 'll°' . por tem e.
replied the fugitive. • t to tll,l
" Well, if they have neither given emplorlen- aria"
coroner, or called stand to true man, what devil's
drove them in your good company to BallycroY?" e tiles°
"I think I might offer my security against anY o'. re top
imputed charges. But satisfy yourself; sir, for if we atter,
lUOVO on, the sooner we reach our night-quarters the be
and he called to the new comers to`appear.. eon'.
Criminals indeed they were not—for a woman of nn.„tito
mom beauty, with a child in her arms, the net n3l'
stood before us. WO
from. ttoe
The outlaw's cold and daring mood instantlY ded
ucee.eted;
ethhernii.ge.cekcliessAbedaereipiiigauhdis dfeesaptourii.elnhg a
,eixjpursetsnsiooNnv
eslhibi
and, with a heavy sigh, he thus continued—
foi"mle'dlt (alinedN,Vtiodtenmdeaisfacgaistti—vericiayrie-eesr,olluitiisokaaisfeirofra'coilloiralY: -
Here," and he pressed his companion with an ardel'oves,
pulse to his bosom. "Here, all that John Carapbeh xist-
all that would branded a inducement like an exist'
oiv.-,3 siich 'asallaareeclteroccii.-imßilltatifortehehsiem,,,sealnfdiluostrthasitel
llicistle-L-yehseitc'o' heaven, i
"as I trust for mercv, sinnejd Ohl
am I the thrust that sped me—the ball that reach °a of
heart—would.,be welcomed dearly as the first confessotot
a womaa'a love. Hap what will to roe, will you Pr°
them ?" that
" I am no brap;gart, but I would scorn to acknowlediecon-
a,h:i\i‘i'o:ll:arritil)yaiiil:villileLl:S:ere mingled in a nllYsi3 hopo,
torma.tien, which, I am proud to say and would faii°fe as tb
found aTS(.. touched the weak point ofinie:
1 the anti' - lt
man mhen:d' bear , . in future, carry
1 house] 11)110 ,11,.,', bad
if—but, on my soul. , / too
flaw' u.,,,.at was
too smiling infant in my arms'—kissed a tear awaY heaven,
attested myself for life their protector I before that
stealing down his mother's cheel--and• FaithfullY
vow has been observed.
The i .
oatlaw was very soon after shot by tW° former
a:3seciates, and. the magistrate faithfully befrienillsor
his widow and orphan. It will be seen that ~,,
strange ' pictures of life and character migte7-
gthered from these pages, and they arcs nod
spersed with smart and humorous satin q thcol
speeches, though we could scarcely commenol.lt_ who
to • a fastidiou3 or critical reader, or to ~ Dot
demands from humor some of the polish, 1-1-
the sparkle, of wit. •
___

MUPDER A7' TirI,TIVES.I3

IVEDNESBURY, MONDAY F.S ISNG‘
ct
From ten o'clock. this morning. till half-Pa-
ins
this afternoon,
ptes, Mr. Bagnall and Mr. Sesson al the
t
have been engaged in re-investigat°4o,,.
circumstances attending the murder of Jane " e the
b yhcr husband, Benjamin Owen, the keeper
COe'or
Cottage Spring bcerliouse in this town, whose_htet
nrittal by the coroner on the charge Of mauslang
has '
already been recorded in our columns. 0,„.(1.•
Colonel Hogg, the chief constable of
11
court.
shire, was upon the bench, and Major 31`-"-,,Tt.
thel deputy chief constable, was also in the e°*-00.,
It was understood that thel chief constable, hot,.
ceiving this to be no ordinary case of manslau,,g I'oo
and knowing the difference of opinion in the re-00.
of the jury, as to the extent of the crime, the
ceived it to be hEs duty to get a decision fr°" t be
magistrates as to whether the man should 0.0
committed for the more serious offence et /11that
murder. In ordinary cases, notwithstanding the
the prisoner had been originally taken beforeia be
magistrates, the police and the bench w°ll,• and
satisfied with the committal of the eorone.:ant;
allow the accused to go to gaol upon that warithat
but here not only was the coroner of oPinien.,o of
wilful murder had been committed, but als° `'s'aiet
the jurymen would consent to no other 'Or
than flat of wilful murder.
Mr. Bayley said n e appeared on behalf of the Cl
upon instructions received frqin the police auth°l.l:ase
'There was,. lie said, no wish to press tWeit-sire
unduly against the prisoner; but it was the desire
of those having charge of the prosecution that
this
case should be-fully investigated, as offeneseosilortonl;
class were becoming alarmingly frequent.
tug had the state of things in this respect bee
for the
that there seemed an imperative necessity 0
0
law
being impartially and rigidly carried out. bio.
authorities for wm he
ho appeared agree'l with the
self in the accuracy of the law as laid down
t kvioret
coroner. It was Scarcely possible to conccivtelliltscoarsio,
sti.ockang murder than the particulars of
unfolded. Under these circumstances the auh
their
ties ec:nceivcd that they would not be doi,'?g,, the
duty if they did not bring the prisoner heel't say
bench. In connection with the case he glib %jot
thrit sours of the jury, after givin,, their deeij)ench
had shaken hands with the accused. The
caul
would not, in itting the prisoner for No-. g 0
1111,11Tder, preitiai.:ccomm
the ease, as it would have gilea
li)re a iuvy, and idtimately have the 1
by a judge CA the land.
The solicitor for the defence only desired that the
evidence given at the inquest might be give3,l:ra to
•1 was (1000, and the magistrates deou.e
commit the pri>:oner for Wilful nturdcr.

DrATTI- or ULM
PAN,—lirc legret
1;:itlt;
o•ur• ot Mr. J.lman, Clarenceux vaclC
L,,Pan ',11%4 Ye,,m.rn. Usher of thfl at
tio;
d
and was for a tin7l n -Richmrs co
ond P`.o„
,o.
`r,terw''''" oy, and subsequently received gir-tia:.
tion Clarenceux on, we believe, the death of .
tS
•.! fleceyeel gentleman. was a Fellow of the Sec'e,
Anti‘luarles end membr.r of I,e,NTral other learned bodies.
A MoNsuitous BoA.—The reitalty Ga7e.,1,/,e,d ove
fe (.11te
ti :—A momter boa
versocontrictor %Os lu,-; vino
week by the overs f convicts at Psl_oo
Telo' Knathar. HD attention `OO
of a and on ,oing ti,°loso
nhe found it the of thewsuakc. fe‘Li-
in
ir,,o! the ehangkoil 01 the convicts served to doSPe's'it
rephle, and on unveiling him he was found to bo 28 feet st
length and 32 inches in girth. This is ono of tho itat
specimens we have heard of in Pcuang.

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