The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-07 00:00:00

THE SKYLARK.

Woi ds by the Ettrick Shepherd. Music by John
Raymond. Joseph Williams, Cheapside.

It may be honestly asserted that this last compo-
sition is by far the best of Mr. Raymond's produc.
Lions. The simplicity and appropriateness of the
melody must strike all who hear it. The beautiful
lyric, one of James Hogg's finest outbursts of song,
has generally been rendered in a gay and joyous
style, but we think the present treatment, inclining
to the tender and pensive, better suited to the
words, and creating a greater impression. Mr.
Raymond evidently pays attention to his author,
and strives to give meaning to his music. We like
this song very much. It is within the compass of
most voices, and forms a charming and attractive
musical feature to enliven the gloom of a winter
evening. We hope to see more ballads of the same
kind from this talented young composer, and con-
gratulate him on the success which has attended
his efforts so far. He has the right spirit in him,
and will doubtless do better things yet.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND THE INTER-
NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In some recent articles on the preparations which
the Australian colonies are making for their duo represen-
tation at the Exhibition of 1862, you have touched upon
the principal products likely to be exhibited by Victoria,
New South Wales, and Tasmania, I beg to add that I have
received advice of the following articles, inter alit, as being
prepared for exhibition by the colony of Western Aus-
tralia :

Specimens of timber suitable for shipbuilding and other
marine purposes, and for railways, which resist the corrup-
tion of barnacles and the ravages of the white ant ; fancy
woods of various kinds ; sandal wood, so well, known in
the China markets; copper, lead, and other ores; wheat,
barley, and other grain; gums of various sorts; colonial
wine; olives and olive oil; preserved fruits; ornamental
feathers; and skins, suitable for articles of clothing.
I have ncr doubt but that this list will be added to by
succeeding mails; but I fear I have been rather remiss in
not furnishing you with the information.
I am, Sir, yours very faithfully,
ALEXANDER ANDREWS,
The Commissioner for Western Australia.
2, Church-court, Clement's-lane, City, Nov. 6.

THE WARRIOR AT QTJEENSTOWN.—DUBLIN,
Nov, 6.—This splendid vessel arrived on Tuesday night at
Queenstown. She gave great satisfaction on her trial trip.
She steamed, with sails set, fully 18 miles an hour, and was
perfectly steady, although the wind rose to a reefed topsail
breeze. The Revenge, with Admiral Smart on board, was
her companion, but the Warrior had frequently to go half
speed, so as not to lose sight of her consort. Lord C. Paget
and Mr. Drummond, of the Admiralty, were on board the
Warrior. The Warrior will proceed to sea again on
Saturday in search of bad weather, not having as yet
encountered severe enough weather to test her sailing
qualities.
THE PRTNCE OF WALES.--it is rumoured that
the Prince of Wales inteads to honour the Marquis of
Bristol with a visit shortly at his seat, Ickworth Park. In
that case hopes are entertained that his royal highness may
be induced also to visit the ancient town of Bury St.
Edmund's, and receive an address from the town council.
The prince shot a few days since over the West Colvile
Manor, near Newmarket, the property of General Hall, to
whom the Duke of Cambridge has also paid a shooting
visit. _ _ _

The Marquis and Marchioness Castellon have
arrived at the Blunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Warwick have arrived
at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on their way to the Con-
tinent.
Lord Leigh, Sir William Alexander, and Mrs.
Lane Fox have left Norman Court, the seat of Mr. Thomas
Baring, M.P., on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Pal-
merston at Broadlands.

Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby have left
town for Torquay for the autumn.

The Duchess of Wellington leaves Apsley House
to-day on a visit to her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle. Her
grace returns to town on Saturday.
The Duke of Devonshire is entertaining a succes-
sion of visitors at Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury came
to town on Saturday from Hatfield House, for the Lord
Mayor's banquet.

The Earl and Countess of Yarborough leave town
early next week for Brighton.
The Earl of Clanwilliam has arrived at his resi-
dence in Belgrave-square from Deal Castle.

The Earl and Countess Russell returned to Pem-
broke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday, From Broadlands,
the seat of Viscount Palmerston.

The Earl of Gifford, who has been seriously in-
disposed for some time past, is now much improved in
health.

A marriage is arranged to take place between
Viscount Hinchingbroke, eldest son of the Earl of Sand-
wich, and Lady Constance Villiers, eldest daughter of the
Earl and Countess of Clarendon.

Sir Thomas and Lady Skipwith have returned to
town from the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone.

Mr. and Mrs, A. Bulkeley have left Norman
Court, Hampshire, tho seat of Mr. T. Baring M.P., for
Coloshill, Berks, the seat of tho Earl of Radnor.

Advices from Riga announce the suspension of
the old-established house of W. L. Scheluchin and Son,
The liabilities are moderate, and a good dividend is antici-
pated. The firm transacted banking business.
SALE OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE RENTERS'
SMARES.—Yesterday Mr. Robins offered for sale, at the
auction mart, two renters' shares in the Theatre Royal,
Drury-lane, as also five £lOO joint-stock or proprietors'
shares in the same theatre. The first lots put up were the
renters' shares, each of which entitled the possessor to a
free admission. The auctioneer stated that each share had
to run a period of 35 years, and that the income from each
Was from £3 lOs to £4 per annum. Tho annual income has
been known to have, been above £lO, and he was in hopes
that that amount would be realised next year. Twenty
guineas was the offer for the first share, and it was knocked
down for 45 guineas. The second share produced 44 guineas,
The five £lOO joint-stock shares, which afforded a nomina-
tion to the general committee, as also a personal life ad-
mission, went for 25 guineas.
BULL'S RUN.—THE REAL EXFLANATION.—The
"New York Dispatch sa3 s :—" One of our exchanges has
discovered the cause of the retreat of our army at Bull's
Run. It says—' When the battle was at s hottest point,
and nearly won on our side, there came word that there
were two vacancit s in the New York Custom-house. Hence
the stampede of the leading officers. The men followed.' "

IMPRISONMENT UNDER TEE NEW BANKRUPTCY
ACT.—On Monday next the Registrars of the Court of
Bankruptcy, who have been appointed for the purpose,
will attend at the Queen's Prison, Whitecross-street Prison,
and Horsemonger-lane Gaol, to investigate the case of pri-
soners returned by the gaolers. There are upwards of 300
prisoners in the London prisons, and those places are ex-
pected to be much thinned before the next monthly return
is made. In the event of a prisoner refusing to submit to
the proceedings, his case is to be reported to the Court, and
a warrant made for his commitment to the House:of 'Cor-
rection for a month, with or without hard labour, Notwith-
standing his refusal to submit his case can be dealt with by
the Court of Bankruptcy. The Lord Chancellor:has made
an order !appointing Mr. W. W. Alridge attorney in all
prison cases applying in forma pauperis, and in other cases
in which prisoners are refractory to the proceedings.
THE LATE GALE.—The General Steam Naviga-
tion Company's steamship Clarence, Capt. Wilson, arrived
at Granton from London at midnight, having encountered
very severe weather. On Saturday, about five p.m., saw a
brig on the Middle Sand in the Swin, with signals of dis-
tress flying, and the crew in the rigging waving for help.
With much difficulty the steamer approached, on which the
crew, eight men, took to their boat, but it remaining at-
tached to the vessel by a rope, it was only by great exertion
that Captain Wilson was enabled to save them. The men
stated that the vessel was the Virago, of Hartlepool, coal-
laden; that in attempting to come to an anchor one of her
cables broke, when she drove on the sand ; that five
steamers had passed them without making any attempt to
help them, and as it was getting dark when the Clarence
appeared they had almost given up hope. The master re-
mained in the vessel ; the men state that he positively
refused to avail himself of the means of rescue.—Scotsman.
THE QUEEN'S WESTMINSTER RIFLE VOLUN-
TEERS.—The 11th (Covent Garden) Company met on
Wormwood Scrubs on Tuesday last, to compete for prizes
consisting of several handsome cups, rifles, &c., of different
degrees of value, which were won in the following order:—
First prize to Private Leeble; second to Private Seymour;
third to Sergeant Smith ; the fourth, fifth, sixth, and
seventh, to Privates Milward, Mr, Clymout, Corporal Law,
and Moore. The weather could not possibly have been
more unfavourable for shooting, the wand and rain being
at times blinding and occasionally blowing a hurricane,
sending caps, capes, and all loose gear flying in all direc-
tions. At one period of the day it was thought advisable
to postpone the match until a more propitious one, but,
after a brief parley, the company, nothing daunted by the
weather, resolved to proceed and bring the contest to a
conclusion. The scoring, though far from being high,
was very creditable, considering the adverse state of the
weather, To make amends, however, for the wretchedness
of the day, the whole of the company, after the shooting,
sat down to an excellent dinner, provided by Mr. Birch, of
the Pavilion, close at hand; Major and Adjutant Mayne,
who had kindly consented to act as referee during the
shooting, occupying the chair. The evening passed in a
most agreeable way, and in a measure atoned for the un-
successful efforts of the losing competitors.
THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY AND LONDON
GAS.—The Paddington Railway Station is now being sup-
plied with gas from works which have been put into opera-
tion during the last two years at Wormwood Scrubs, Ken-
sal-green, built on some waste land at the side of the line.
The land was given by the railway company on condition
that the Paddington station and hotel should be supplied
with gas at the rate of 2s. 10d. per 1,000 cubic feet. Mr.
Gooch, locomotive superintendent, has now charge of these
gas-works, and he inspected the other day Walcott's patent
gas retort bed, just finished there, with which he was so
satisfied that he ordered another large bed of the same
retorts to be erected there at once ; the first patent setting
having been built on the space which previously only con-
tained the power to 'generate one-third the gas which can
now be made.

The want of a comprehensive system of internal
conveyance in India having been long experienced, as well
as facilities for communicating through one responsible
medium between this country and internal stations in the
East, the Oriental Inland Steam Company now announces
arrangements having been made by it by which this desi-
deratum will henceforth be supplied. Parcels and mer-
chandise are now, it is stated, booked by this company in
London for transmission to most points of India, whether
on the coast or in the interior; the company undertaking
to forward such goods by railway, by steam-boat, or other-
wise, as shippers may desire, to their several destinations,
and taking proper custody of them up to the point of
delivery.
THE OUTRAGE ON MISS JOLLY.—Several sin-
gular statements have obtained circulation in connection
with this case. It is said that Mrs. Connor, the owner of
the cab which Curran drove on the night of the outrage,
received several missives before and during the trial threaten-
ing her with all manner of calamities, and the heaviest ven-
geance of his friends, if she gave evidence against Curran.
Luckily the shameful intimidation did not effect the pur-
pose it was intended to accomplish. It also asserted,
on excellent authority, that facts have been discovered
since the trial that leave no doubt of Curran's guilt.
On the contrary, they arouse fresh regrets that he
should have escaped—through the error of Judge O'Brien—
the full penalty prescribed by the law, which is seven years'
imprisonment. Another statement, and not the least im-
portant one that has found its way into print, is that since
the conviction of Curran it has been ascertained that his
assault on Miss Jolly was not the first offence of a similar
character of which he was guilty. It appears that some six
years ago he was tried at an assizes held for the county of
Kildare, at Naas, for the forcible abduction of a young
woman, with whom disappeared a sum of about £6O. He
was found guilty, and sentenced to two years' imprison-
ment, which he underwent.
THE YELVERTON CASE AGAIN.—The Irish Times
states that this case will, in a few days, be again brought
prominently before the public. The exceptions taken
to the charge of Chief Justice Monahan will be
argued before the full Court of Common Pleas next
week. Mr. Whiteside and Mr. Sergeant Sullivan will ap-
pear for Mrs. Yelverton, while the same counsel as before
will, we understand, represent Major Yelverton. Although
the arguments will be chiefly of a legal nature, they will
no doubt excite considerable public interest. As regards
the Scotch case, the Times learns that there is no proba-
bility of a decision being given in it for at least a year or
more. The evidence taken last week by Major Yelverton's
commission at Manchester was of such a conflicting nature
that Mrs. Yelverton's advisers have decided on what in
Scotch legal phraseology is termed "leading a counter
proof." This will occupy considerable time, and will pre-
vent any decision being given by the High Court of Session
for a long time.
THE CASE OF MR. MILLER.—The case of this
person, who has been imprisoned 47 years for a debt which
it is doubtful if he ever owed, and who still remains in cus-
tody in the Queen's Bench, has probably reached our readers
through the remarks which have been made by the press.
Thanks to an agency which could scarcely have been better
employed, a subscription is now making, which it is hoped
will place in a position above penury this poor man, who
has now reached his 77th year, and who, without some such
assistance, would by the operation of the new Bankruptcy
Act be thrown penniless on the world. Sir W. Fraser has
consented to act as treasurer for any subscriptions for his
benefit, which may be paid to his account at Messrs. Far-
quhar and Co., bankers, St. James's-street.

PAPAL. BRIGANDS.—An atrocious deed, which is
generally attributed to personal vengeance, was committed
a few days ago between Terracina, the last town in the
Pope's dominions on the road to Naples, and Fondi, the
first town in those of Victor Emmanuel. The diligence
from Naples was approaching the frontier, when it was
stopped by a band of armed men, with handkerchiefs
over their faces by way of masks. They requested
the conductor to indicate them three passengers
whom they named, threatening to murder all in case
of refusal. The three persons were an ex-employe on
the Papal telegraph line, dismissed from the office by
the Pope's Government, and subsequently employed
in the same capacity by the director of telegraphs at
Naples, and sent to a post near the frontier ; a priest named
Bianchi, lately escaped from the ergastolo, or ecclesiastical
prison in the Pope's dominions ; and a rich landed pro-
prietor—all natives 'of Terracina. The brigands, if such
they were, detained these three captives, and sent word to
Terracina by the other passengers in the diligence that they
would be liberated on receipt of 1,000 (some say 1,500)
scudi, rather more than £2OO. No time was lost by the
relatives of those unfortunate folks in procuring the required
sum ; but on the arrival of the messengers at the ap-
pointed spot they found the heads of the three victims ex-
alted on three poles by the wayside ! This tragedy is looked
upon as a piece of local vindictive party spirit, as the agents
employed were so well acquainted with the names of their
victims.

BIRTHPLACE OF THE LATE SIR JAMES GRAHAM.
—Some of our contemporaries state that the late Sir James
Graham was born at Netherby. This is an error of which
few aro aware. The right hon. baronet was born at
Naworth Castle. During certain repairs or alterations at
Netherby, Sir James, the first baronet, and his lady occu-
pied for a considerable time a portion of the border strong-
hold of Belted Will, and it was during this temporary
residence that the interesting event to which we refer oc••
curred. In June, 1848, when Naworth had been restored
after the fire that took place four years previously, and the
first rent .day dinner was held in the spacious hall, amongst
the county gentlemen the last Sir James Graham was pre
sent. In the course of a speech, which embraced a variety
of topics, the right hon. baronet said Naworth was dear to
him, for he was born within the very walls in which they
were now entertained.—Carlisle Journal.

A SHAM VOTER PUNISHED.—At the Liverpool
municipal election on Friday, a sailor tendered a vote in the
name of Andrew Kidd, of Denison-street, who is now in
California. Suspicion being excited, inquiries were
made, which resulted in the discovery that the pseudo
vnter was a sailor out of work, named Swan. Under the
9th section of 22 Victoria, cap. 59, the prisoner was found
guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
GREAT FALL OF BLACKS.—Five Othellos are
stabbing themselves regularly just now, and there will
soon be a sixth, Mr. Charles Kean having ordered the
largest pot of blacking Messrs. Day and Martin supply,
and having announced that he is "Gabbing dest."—Anch.

LATE N

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 7.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Sa,xonia, which sailed for New York this morning,
took £10,200 in specie faom England, and 113,000 f.
from Havre, and a large cargo of general mer-
chandise.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Alhambra, sailing at 2 p.m. to-day for Lisbon, will
take £33,000 in specie.