The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-18 00:00:00

TILE ARMY.

The following circular letter has just been -for-
warded to the officers commanding the Royal Ar-
tillery, Royal Engineers, and depots of cavalry and
infantry, by order of the General Commanding-in-
Chief :

" An instructorship in military drawing at the
Cadet College, Sandhurst, having become vacant,
his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief has instructed me to desire that you, will in-
vite such of/floors under your command, as feel
themselves fitted for that appointment, to send' to
this department, through you, their applications,
in order that the same may be referred to the
Council of Military Education for consideration and
report, not later than the 31st of August. Each
application must be accompanied by specimens
of the candidate's drawing, and by a reconnais-
sance and report of a moderate extent of coun-
try. In forwarding an application you will be
pleased to state your opinion of the character of the
candidate, both personally and as an officer. The
salary attached to this instructorship is £3OO per
annum (inclusive of military pay), with quarters ;
or, in case quarters should not be provided, an al-
lowance in lieu thereof such as is accorded to a field
officer. The appointment will be probationary for
the first year.
" W. F. FORSTER, Deputy Adjutant-General."
Since the publication of the Royal warrant au-
thorizing the formation of a new branch of the
service, to be called the Army Hospital Corps,
and directing the present Medical Stisff Corps to
be disbanded, the volunteers from the depots and
regiments of the Line have been so numerous as to
lead to the expectation that by the Ist of September,
the day on which the corps is to be organized, the
whole number of non-commissioned officers and
men will have been obtained. The new corps is to
consist of exactly 1,000 non-commissioned officers
and men, or considerably more than double the
number of the Medical Staff Corps. Tho pay of the
men will not, however, bo so high as in the old
corps, the first class orderlies of which receive as
much as 2s. per day, exclusive of rations, a rate of
pay which has given rise to some dissatisfaction is
the other branches of the service. The non-com-
missioned officers, most of whom are in receipt of
pensions for service in other corps, also receive
a higher scale of pay than their brethren of the
Line. In the new Army Hosrital Corps the rate
of pay will be more assimilated, privates
o
re-
ceiving ls. per day clear. The number
Medical f men
attached to the head-quarters of the
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only Staff
about
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40
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yetis volunteeredabout
f 140,f0
outr of whicw
the
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corps, the remainder preferring
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of
dis-
charge,September.
whiche
abde- q granted
uarters to take their
*tal Corps will be at Chatham, but the names of
the officers appointed to the staff have not yet been
The willh
announced.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThOrie 8 Food for Cattle is now
beginning to seriously attract the attefitimi of the farmer,
breeder, and feeder of stock. ' Two years 'of unremitting
care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high
Freund as a benefactor to these interests ; and notwithstand-
ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled
against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted
value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest.
Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable
saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, _
to et t h .it
produces health and vigour in all animals subjectede itsan
influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkabled
early -development of fat. Mr. Thorley, erigl,nacati,neg, this
singularly efficacious food, aimed ate
to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive
beasts. In this
mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed
he happily succeeded ; and successprompted a very natural
so as to make it
desire to improve upon the invention,ap-
plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng-
lish farmer was slow to encourage its use,
fancyingand m
banife
poefistedseseaned
unwillingness to rely t pon its efficacy,
in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed
and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate thanby the employment
or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has
been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap
addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in
all cases a subtraction of one-third may be safely submitted
to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produce will be
realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time
usually consumed in developing fat - it, therefore, becomes
apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application
of Thorley' s Compounded Food. It is believed that the present
unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gene-
ral use, in preference to any other of the usual articles of
food i it is, however, much questioned whether wheat 3 a
nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainlY
it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's
Food, besides
the health
possessing the advantage of greatly invig°;traigs, is a tonic
and increasing the physical power of alledani
with their other
and gentle stimulant, and when mix
od consequence assists their digestidaouPbtedwerVet
great , since it isanti ahate rthesf
food is lost, conse-
quent contained in theire ordinary
pecatrtiOincuOlfartlhyebedingOeSfiriVeiael
organs upon
it wthme i
condition horses which have
in restoring to good working
amlsiVberedf?e
found
dcifectotibvee
constitution. In cows its effects are
naturally of a feeble
almost marvellous, nearly doubling the
been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or are
undoubted, indeed
yieldof both.its fattening qualities still
In pigs
of milk and butter, whilst. it at the same time enriches
the quality d• l ying in a few weeks its manifest
remarkable,displaying a
silluopereiiorerimtya
ado every other kind of compound or menu.
fact
food pted in the feeding of swine,. Such has
been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows,
Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle
on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principa.
prizes, whilst cards of commendatie,n have been awarded.
The patronage of Royalty, of 017 r principal nobility, the
clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prove A
great incitement to this gent'Leman to pursue his onward
course ; and he may confie ,mtly rely, in producing so
highly-favoured a compir and,
on a continuation of such
high and diAtinguisheci ' patronage.:

The Emperor NAPOLEON has given an instal-
ment of Justice to Political offenders? by an
Imperial decree dated yesterday. And another
decree, dated this day, removes some of the laws in
force against the Press. So far so good. The
wonder is that measures of this kind should have
been deferred so long. If the EMPEROR really
hopes to secure his dynasty, the only way is to
trust in the affections of the people. Au army
may be bought and sold; but the true affections
of a whole nation, when once purely won, gene.
rally outlive the idol of their primitive devotion.
Though the French are an exciteable people, they
are still loyal as well as chivalrous. They are
restive under restraint ; and not over appreciative
of the true respect due to liberty of opinion so much
as action. They may be more mercurial in their
personal habits than other people nearer home ;
but they cannot comprehend any sober for-
bearance in the expression of their opinions.
Hence their frequent violence in political discus-
sions. This was but too forcibly exemplified during
the days of the Republic. But the question arises,
was it wise to use such severe repression so as
virtually to extinguish the mind of France ? We
think not. There was no expression of public feel-
ing permitted, save what was agreeable to those in
power. Now in civil life we like to hear both
sides, for truth generally lies between the extremes
of opinion. But when the mind is pent up
under severe coercion, resentment works with
embittered anguish. The safety valve is closed up
and an explosion becomes a daily apprehension.
The experience of the world proves this ; but a
sudden assumption of power overrides all prudence,
apparently indifferent to consequences. Still there
may be exceptions ; and one cannot help making
due allowance for the very peculiar position of the
Emperor NAPOLEON, under all the circumstances
of his usurping the diadem, with a stealthy reso-
lution worthy of our own CROMWELL, but totally
devoid of his cautious hesitation in grasping the
covetted bauble.

It may be that NAPOLEON now sees the error of
his rule, and may hope to concentrate his power by-
relaxing its pressure. The strained cord snaps
when least expected, because safety is presumed
from continued endurance. If France will ap-
preciate the present instalment of justice to her un-
doubted rights all may be better for the future. It

will certainly be safer for the EMPEROR, for he is
placed in the predicament of the ambitious boy who
has climbed to the topmost point of the tree of
danger that he is afi•aid to descend.
NAPOLEON has, however, summoned courage to
retrace his steps, and Nye hope the change may be
mutually beneficial. It were idle in the present
temper of mind to hope long for its entire suppres-
sion. Limbs may be chained, but thought will be
free, and fearlessly assert its dominion, biding the
coming dawn of liberty with an assurance of
heartfelt inspiration which neither time nor cir-
cumstance can control.

RICHARD COIDEN knows well what sort of stuff
theiHouse of Commons is made of, and he tells us
plainly that Parliament is not in earnest to put
down corruption. He has Seen its
conduct now for
nearly twenty years, and he is prepared to say
nothing better of the House of Which
even his
opponents confess him to be one of the
eornaments,
than that that house does not sincerely ndeavour
to repress bribery and intimidation at elections_
does not in fact care for the electoral purity of the

members who compose it.
1
Let the reader peruse his description of the means
now used—ostensibly—for that purpose. Election
Committees—what are they ? Tribunals so in-
famously costly, that no petition against a corrupt
return can be prosecuted but at the hazard of costs
to which those of Chancery are trifles. "I venture
to say"—says Mr. COBDEN—" that a man who pre-
sents an election, petition to the House of
Commons, goes before a tribunal, the expense of
which makes the law or equity, which is admi-
nistered at the Court , of Chancery, dirt cheap to it."
Well, indeed, may he si.ll. so, when no man who
presents a petition can tell whether it may not cost
him £5,000 if he persists h.' prosecuting it. The
tribunal, therefore, before -wttk:ch corrupt elections

are brought, may well be characterised as the most
inacesssible and the most costly in the civilized

world.

But is there no remedy ? Admitting, for a mo-
ment, for the sake of argument, that the aversion
of the Whigs and Tories to the Ballot rests on
honest grounds—have they done what they could
to make bribery infamous, and to compel its renun-
ciation by all decent men ? The fact stares us, on
the contrary, in the face, that the guiltiest of all
the parties, the middleman between the candidate
and the poor elector, gets off with impunity. Why,
as Mr. COBDEN asks, should not the man guilty of
bribery be prosecuted criminally by the Attorney-
General ? Doubtless it would do more to put down
bribery than anything else. Why, then, is it not
done ? Chiefly, perhaps, because " a lawyer's in

the case." As elections are now managed, no class
profits by them more than the legal gentlemen in
country towns. Every candidate is obliged to
resort to them ; they know election law, they know
where to apply the screw, they know how to dis-
tribute money judiciously—and if the " distribution
of money" were made a penal offence, if it led to
the gaol and the treadmill, the country-town elec-
toral agent would lose half his power, and half his
electoral profits.
Mr. COBDEN does not appear quite to have made
up his mind as to the best kind of tribunal for try-
ing cases of corrupt elections ; and there are ob-
;lions difficulties in every plan which has been
proposed. There is, however, we think, no diffi-
culty in pronouncing that certain proposals, if
adopted, would almost entirely put a stop to bribery.
We should commence with the members themselves,
and we would require a declaration, that to the
best of their knowledge and belief, they had not
spent, and should not be called on to spend, any
money beyond the necessary and legal expenses of
the election, a declaration to be made under the
legal penalties for perjury. Secondly, we

would make it the interest of the bribed elector to
betray the person who bribed him, by rewarding
him, as an informer, with a larger sum than
had been paid him as a bribe. The actual
bribery might then be conducted perhaps by men
of straw ; but first we could give the informer hold
upon all persons who could have a presumably guilty
knowledge, and next we would make it the interest
of the subbordinate briber to betray his more " re•
spectable " and responsible principal, by punish-
inng the subordinate with imprisonment and
hard labour if he could not pay the in-
former his reward, and by granting him im-
munity if he successfully disclosed his employer.
We would thus make it hazardous, as well as dis-
graceful in its penal results, to bribe; and we be-
lieve that what was thus solemnly declared an ig-
nominious crime would soon be rarely practised.
Make it the interest of any bribed man to turn in-

former, make the penalties of bribery those to
which other parties guilty of fraud are liable, and
place the member in danger of the penalties for
perjury, and we should hear but little more of
bribery. ,

But, as Mr. COBDEN observes, all the other plans
which could be adopted should be only subsidiary

to the Ballot. Mr. eOBDEN lays great stress upon

this simple instrumentality, on account of the order
and quiet which it produces at elections ; he thinks
it, as a mere mode of taking the votes, the best that
can be devised. But, as he justly asks, must it not
prevent, to a certainty, all that bribery so common
at elections when the numbers are pretty equal,
which is consequent on the state of the poll as it
draws nearer and nearer to four o'clock? This
at least would no longer be practicable, when
no one knew how the votes for each
were accumulating in the box. But more than
this. Mr. COBDEN had not had time to make many
political enquiries in America, but he was told in
writing there, by one of their most influential and
respectable men, well known in this country too,
Mr. RANDALL, that having been for 50 years con-
nected with party politics in Philidelphia, a largely
manufacturing city of 600,000 inhabitants, " he
never knew a vote bought or sold" ! So much for
the difficulty interposed by the Ballot between the
briber and the bribed. Such laws as we
have adverted to above, might still be enacted,
they would be a collateral security, but the
great security of all is that which deprives
the briber of a receipt for his money.
No man would readily part with it to those whose
vote he could do nothing to secure. We are aware
of the pretence that head-money would be still
given for a return, and after the election. The
answer is, let the law, as we said, make it the in-
terest of the receiver of head-money to betray his
seducer ; but, above all, get rid of the little
constituencies where head-money is practicable,
either by enlarging them or by abolish-
ing them. If we cannot agree with Mr.
COBDEN in his views respecting our national
defences, we believe he would prove a practical
and safe man in regard to our national representa-
tion.

The controversy still rages about that unfortu-
nate plan of Mr. THOMAS HAWKSLEY, by which
(at a cost to the State of £17,000, just by way of
of beginning) that ingenious gentleman proposes to
filter, daily, 2,000,000 gallons of dirty water
taken from the Serpentine, and (when thus cleansed)
thereupon carefully poured back again into the old
dirty bed of that same stagnant pool of abomina-
tion ! Messrs. EASTON, AMES, and SONS still write
—and what is more worthy of note, still write
directly to the point—arguing the matter not by
any means as mere theorists, but from an
abundance of stubborn facts accumulated by
them from their own past, practical, and
eminently satisfactory experience. Sir S.M. PETO
writes, too, in his turn, as we took occasion to re-
mark at some length yesterday. Mr. HAWKSLEY
still argues on obstinately to the last, in spite of
common sense, of public feeling, of statistics, of the
very laws of hydraulics being dead against him.
Mr. LILWALL has his little word also to add
to the general hubbub of discussion whenever
he can find an opportunity of getting it in edge-
ways. " TYBURNIAN" likewise—one of the earliest
and most logical of the disputants comes down ever
and anon pitilessly with his solid, substantial,
knuckle-duster reasons upon Mr. HAWKSLEY and
his one or two supporters—supporters we believe
up to this moment numbering no more than three
altogether, namely, the Chief Commissioner, Mr.
FITZROY, the petulant Sir S. M. PETO, and the
now absent Jr. STEPHENSON. Elsewhere

in our impression of this evening we
give the latest of these knuckle-dusters
of " Tyburnian." From this it will be seen
how effectually he tackles the false reasoning of
the member for Finsbury. To sum up the absurdity
of which false reasoning, in one sentence, it is only
necessary to say that—If Sir S. M. PETO is to be
believed, then the well in Duck Island is proof
positive that water does not rise to its own level—
the surface of the water in that well befitg five
feet below the surface of the lake in St. James's-
That ornamental sheet of water has been
and—according
from the
awceclolr indi
according
utcok Ihsel a b
solute tspoulpilf i e the d
statement,
know-
ledge of Messrs. EASTON, AMOS, and SONS. That
well in Duck Island is supplied from the orna

mental sheet of water—accordiag to the state-
ment, nay (it is intimated to us), according
to the absolute knowledge of the member
for Finsbury. We know ourselves, all London
knows for a fact that the former state-
ment is correct. Let the other statement—the
counter statement put forward by Sir S. M. PETO—
be only once made good, and we arrive at two most
remarkable results as tie necessary consequence of
the demonstration ! First, as we have said, philo-
sophy will awaken at length to the suprising truth
that water does not rise to its own level! And
secondly, we shall at length have discovered—per-
petual motion ! Results so astonishing that it will
be incumbent upon the member for Finsbury to
learn whether he has not some claim to a certain
reward of £30,000 sterling from her MAJESTY S
Exchequer. And in the next place at as early as
possible he will have to bring out an entirely new

treatise upon hydraulics. To speak seriously, how-
ever, upon this point—namely, as to the member for
Finsbury's extraordinary assertion (in spite of the
water in the well being five feet below the level of
the water in the lake), namely, that the water
from the lake percolates through the concrete into
the well, and has to be thence pumped back
again—we find that Messrs. EASTON, Amos, and
SONS replying now simply in these words—
"As he (Sir S. M. PETo) seems determined
to adhere to his opinion on this point, we
will inform him that after a fortnight's cessation
in pumping, the lake has remained full; the diffe-
rence of level between the surface of water in it and
the well being still five feet." They add—" This we
state as a fact, but if any doubt should exist, let
the pumps be stopped and watch the result."

Surely nothing can be fairer than this at a point

in the discussion which, the above firm observes most
truthful, is really "assuming this position—viz.,
that of a person endeavouring to persuade the
public that a basin with a hole in the bottom will
remain full without a further supply." It would
be advisable, in truth, that Mr. HAWKSLEY and
his friends should in this instance—" leave well
alone !" It is the merest farce to find the sticklers
for this preposterous crotchet of filtration—turning
from the attempted defence of their own pet scheme
(up to this moment a mere theoretical outline of
an exreriment)—turning, we say, from the
attempted defence of what is in itself indefen-
sible, to fall foul, forsooth ! of that simple, admir-
able, rational, and perfectly effectual plan carried
out in St. James's-park two or three years ago with
such eminent success by Lord LL ANOVER (then Sir
BENJAMIN HALL), one of the ablest Commissioners
of Public Works England has ever had. Lord
LLANOVER viewed the matter in the light of com-

mon sense. He saw a dirty basin brimmed full of
dirty water ; and instead of getting filter beds
to clear the water (and to do nothing at all to the
basin !) instead of building a lodge-like cottage,
and stowing away two or three stationary engines
in it, and planting shrubs and erecting vases, and
getting together all that kind of rubbish and
trumpery—like a rational man he emptied
the dirty water out entirely ; he then
washed and scraped the dirty basin clean,
and having lined it with a glaze of concrete
filled it up again with clean, fresh pure water, free
from all kinds of impurities. What Lord LLAN-
OVER did so admirably in the instance of the
Ornamental Water in St. James's-park, we want
to be done again by Mr. FITZROY in the in-
stance of the Serpentine.

THE FRENCH A3INES.7I:

LATEST NEWS.

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

PARIS, AUG. 18.
The Noniteur of this morning publishes the

following :

"All warnings which have been given to the
newspapers in France and the Colonies are to be
considered as non-issued.
" The Minister of the Interior, in concert with
his colleagues, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs
and Algiers and the Colonies, have ordered the
necessary measures to be taken to ensure the im-
mediate execution of the full and entire amnesty
granted by the Emperor.
" Their Imperial Majesties left yesterday for St.
Sauveur, where they will sojourn till the sth of
September, when they proceed to Biarritz.

" 922 soldiers, sentenced for various offences,
have been either pardoned or the term of their
imprisonment has been commuted."

FLORENCE, AUG. 16.

The proposition of Signor Ginori, concerning the
incompatibility of the dynasty of Lorraine to go-
vern in Tuscany, has been agreed to unanimously
with 168 votes, amidst the vociferous plaudits of the
public.

The deputies Prince Strozzi, Marquis Manzi,
Counts Della Gherardesea, Franchesi, Piccolomini,
Borgbose, and M. Adami, have proposed the follow-
ing resolution, which met with unanimous support,
namely :
" That the Assembly declares it to be the firm
will of Tuscany to form a strong part of the King-
dom of Italy under the constitutional sceptre of
King Victor Emmanuel."

TURIN, AUG. 17.

The King arrived here this evening, and was
welcomed with great cheers by a large crowd
which was assembled at the railway station. The
National Guard and the Piedmontese troops were
drawn up in line along the passage of his Majesty.
General Ulloa has sent in his resignation, which
has been accepted. It is rumoured that General
Fanti has accepted the post of commander-in-chief
of the army of Central Italy.
A collision has taken place on the line to Genoa,
whereby six persons have been killed.

MODENA, AUG. 16.

• After a solemn service had been performed at the
cathedral, at which all the bodies of the state were
present, Signor Farini opened the National As-
sembly iii the grande salle of the Palace amidst en-
thusiastic plaudits. After having spoken a few
eloquent words on the history of Modena during
the present century, on that of the Sardinian
government, that of the different provinces, and on
the last dictatorship, he deposited the powers given
him as Dictator in the hands of the Deputies. He
urged them to express freely, and with that calm-
ness which is the result of good rights, their wishes
for the definite settlement of the constitution of the
country, and in addressing himself to Europe, he
said : " We are ready to give to the civilised world
all the guarantees of order and peace, conditionally
that liberty is assured to us, and that Italy shall
belong to the Italians." Tho Assembly voted also
an address of thanks to Napoleon 111. At the close
of the Assembly the Modenese troops fired a salute
from the ramparts of the town.

PARIS, AUG. 17.

The young Grand Duke of Tuscany arrived
yesterday at Paris. He has been received by the
Emperor, who invited him to remain for some time
at Paris in order to await what events may trans•
pire. The Emperor gave him a very kind and
gracious reception.

BERNE, AUG. 17.

It is asserted that the Austrian plenipotentiaries
decline to confer direct with the Piedmontese pleni-
potentiary, who protests against Lombardy being
charged with any portion of the Austrian debt.

MARSEILLES, AUG. 17.
Adviccs have been received from Constantinople
to the 10th.

The Sultan has returned, and on Thursday gave
M. do Thouvenel a most gracious reception. Baron
de Prokesch-Osten hastened to pay his respects to
M. de Thouvenel. The official journal states that
amicable relations had been re-established between
these two ambassadors. The same journal also
states that Sir Henry Bulwer gave an explanation
respecting the British squadron having been at
Alexandria, namely, that it was there in honour
of the contemplated visit of the Sultan.

Disturbances have taken place in Candia, and
some gendarmes have been strangled and put to

death.

The Czar has presented the Sultan with the de-
coration of the order of St. Andrew, in diamonds,
valued at 1,000,000 piastres, in acknowledgment of
the reception recently given to the Grand Duke
Constantine.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 17.—The market continues
depressed. Threes, have been done at 69f., and
are now at 69f. 80c. ; Mobilier varied from 882 f.
50c. to 815 f.; Austrian, 556 f. 25c. to 552 f. 50c. ;
Lombard, 555 f. to 552 f. 50c.; Orleans, 1,360 f. to
1,352 f. 50c.; Lyons, 865 f. to 860 f. The following
were the last quotations:—

4k per Cents. .... 97 50 I Credit Fonder 660
Do. end month .. Belgian 4i —
3 per Cents. 67 70 Piedmonteso (5)
Do. end month.... 68 80 Roman B6
Bank Shares — Austrian
...____ B3

Cr4dit Mobilier .. 815 Spanish Threes —
Do. Account 816 25 Home Debt 4l 75

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern
New ditto 80.5 .. 807 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 862 50 .. 862 50
Geneva
Southern
560 .... 555062 2550
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 11c. ; money)
25f 9c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 96c.; money, 24f. 94c.

HEALTH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, AuG. 15.
Yesterday the following bulletin respecting the health
of the King was issued :

" His Majesty did not enjoy any sound sleep till near
morning, but this was not caused by the appearance of any
new ill symptoms. Towards morning he fell into a sound
sleep, which lasted for some hours. On awakening ho ap-
pared to be rather more sensitive than on yesterday. No
gnat decline is observable in his bodily powers.
"Dr. GRIMM.
" Dr. BOGER.

" Sans Souci, August 14, 9 a.m."
In the evening a bulletin was issued, stating that there
had been no change in the condition of his Majesty during
the day, and this morning the following. appeared :
" After sleeping for some hours the King evinced the
same sensibility as yesterday. There is no fresh pressure
of blood towards the brain, and there is a slight decline ob-
servable in the paralysing pressure on that organ, but there
is no increase of strength perceptible.

"Dr. GRIMM.
"Dr. BOGER.

" Sans Scuci, August 15, 9 a.m."

SERVICES IN GREENWICII-PARK.—By permission
of the ranger, Lord Aberdeen, special services will be con-
ducted by various ministers in Greenwich-park on Tuesday
and Friday afternoons.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

FALMOUTH, AUG. 17.

The Imperatriz steamer, Sharp commander, ar-
rived this morning from Aden, where she has been
engaged in laying down the electric cable in the
Red Sea, bound for Liverpool, and put in here to
replenish her fuel.
She left Aden on the 11th of June ; Mauritius,
25th ; Simon's Bay, 10th of July ; St. Vincent's,
30th of July; and from Madeira on the Bth of
August.

The Imperatriz left in Simon's Bay, Cape of
Good Hope, the ship Ostrich. of London, with loss
of rudder, and would be ready for sea in a few
days ; also the barque Spirit of the Age, Belling,
master, with loss of rudder.

Her Majesty's ship Perseverance was under
orders to proceed fr3m Simon's Bay to Algoa Bay
to bring up part of the 59th Regiment.
The Governor and his lady were expected to
leave for England in the Perseverance on her
return.

The foundation-stone of the patent slip at
Simon's-bay would be laid by the Governor on the
14th of July.
Things were quiet at the Cape, and provisions
extremely dear, owing to the want of means of
transport from the interior, and the great scarcity
of labourers.

The Imperatriz spoke 87th July, in 11 40 north,
21 20 west, the ship Roxburgh Castle, for Mel-
bourne; and 15th August, in 43 25 N., 9 25 W.,
the French brig Giaour, from Liverpool, for Mar-
seilles.

We have received files of papers from the Cape
to the 9th July.
The Cape Parliament was prorogued on the Bth
July, when the Governor made the following
speech :-
4, Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council,
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly :
" I am glad to find myself at length enabled to release
you from the duties of this protracted session, and, in so
doing, to be able to congratulate you upon the unusual degree
of tranquillity which prevails throughout the whole of the
frontier districts, as well as in the dependencies of the
Crown and foreign States, whether European or native,
which lie beyond the colony.
"The excitement which recently existed among some
of the tribes within and around the frontier, which was,
however, never more than partial, appears now to have en-
tirely subsided ; and I continue to receive satisfactory ac-
counts of the disposition of the native tribes in general, and
of the desire which they are more and more exhibiting to
adopt many of the habits of settled life, to acquire property,
and to obtain a secure title, giving them an individual right
in the lands which they occupy.

"You will be also glad to hear that in British Caffraria
entire tranquillity prevails, that law and good order are
strictly, and now, without difficulty, enforced in that coun-
try, that the prospects of the European settlers there ap-
pear to be good, and that the native and European popula-
tions are gradually settling down into a state of society in
which they can be mutually advantageous to each other.
" The opinion expressed by the House of Assembly, with
regard to the propriety of allowing the port of East London
to assume its obviously natural relation in regard to the
territory of Caferaria; will much strengthen the hands of
Government, in consolidating and confirming the state of
things now in progress in that country, and which appears
to augur so well for the future prosperity and contentment
of its mixed and hitherto antagonistic populations.
I thank you for the wise and liberal provision you have
made for the continuance of general immigration during the
year 1860.
"My own views, as you are aware, led me to desire
that a larger sum should-be devoted to this purpose, which
I believe to be one of paramount importance to the ad-
vancement and future security and welfare of the colony.
But I cheerfully admit that the large sum you have voted
for this object may be productive of a great amount of good
in these respects, and every effort shall be made to render
your liberality as advantageous to the country as you desire
it should be.

" The very considerable means which you have supplied
for the execution of the public works, either now in pro-
gress, or which are to be immediately entered on, will, I
have no doubt, produce a great effect in developing the re-
sources of the colony. In like manner it may reasonably be
expected that the funds provided for the erection of hos-
pitals, public buildings, and gaols, will be productive of ad-
vantages to the entire population, the full benefits of
which it is difficult to overrate; and I confidently antici-
pate that your foresight and prudence in making these
provisions for the future morality, prosperity, and welfare
of the people of this country, will be hereafter regarded
with thankfulness and gratitude.
" I trust that the Act which has been passed during the
present session, to provide for the adjustmeni of disputed
land boundaries, may have the effect of preventing much
of that ill-will and litigation which has hitherto sprung
from so fertile a source of dispute ; and that it may tend to
materially promote the agricultural interests of the colony,
by removing many of the obstacles which have hitherto
interfered with the subdivisions of land.
"The increased means which have been provided for
carrying on the trigonometrical survey of the colony will
also be productive of much advantage to proprietors of the
soil, and to the country generally. I have felt much
anxiety to see this trigonometrical survey undertaken, and
placed upon a* efficient footing. Hitherto it has, from the
want of such a survey, been impossible to construct an even
tolerable accurate map of the country. I think that the
importance of the subject has been hardly sufficiently un-
derstood, and that is not until the full benefits, which will
result from your having sanctioned this work, develope
themselves, that the value of what you have done for the
colony, in this respect, will be fully appreciated.
" I was glad to see among the private bills you sent up
to me some very useful measures. One of these I have but
little doubt will tend greatly to promote the commerce and
trade of the country, and to attract shipping to these
shores.

" Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,
" I thank you for the attention you have paid to the
various recommendations I have made to you upon the sub-
jecl of the supplies which were deemed necessary for the
conduct of the public service. You may rely that all such
supplies as have, by the liberality of the Parliament, been
placed at the disposal of the Government, shall be expended
with the strictest regard to economy.
" Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Legislative Council,
" Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,
" I feel great gratification in being able to inform you
that the President of the Transvaal Republic has transmit-
ted to me a very satisfactory assurance that no apprehen-
sions need be entertained of the inhabitants of that State
making any attack on the Kuruman mission stations.
"An address has been sent up to me by one branch of
the Legislature, requesting that plans and estimates may
be prepared for the erection of a Parliament-house ; and I
am aware that the other branch of the Legislature also
concurs in the propriety of such a building being erected.
Recognising fully, as I do, the justice and propriety of the
views of which have originated this wish on your parts,
and foreseeing numerous advantages which may spring
from both Houses of the Colonial Parliament meeting under
one roof, and being brought into much closer and more
frequent communications with one another than
iis at pre-
sent possible, I will take care that no time is lost n the pre -
paration of the plans and estimates for the proposed build
ing, so that they may be laid before the Colonial Parliament
at its meeting.
"As it has been judged preferable that the works for
the proposed harbour of refuge should not bo entered on
until the plans on which it is to be constructed have been
laid before you, measures have been taken for securing the
preparation; of these plans and the accompanying estimates
without delay, and for having all matters placed in such a
state of readiness that the works can be at once commenced
when their execution has received your sanction.
" I trust (and in expressing these feelings I- know I
shall secure your entire sympathy and concurrence) that the
present threatening stato of affairs in Europe may exercise
no evil influence upon the interests of South Africa, and
that, by God's blessing, our own country may long be en-
abled to abstain from engaging in the European war which
has so recently burst forth. But should Great Britain un-
happily be compelled to take an active part in the existing
contest, it is gratifying to know that in no part of her Ma-
jesty's possessions are her subjects animated by a more de-
voted loyalty, or by a more earnest desiro by every means
in their power, toprotect her Majesty'shonour and interests
than we are.

" I now, in her Majesty's name, prorogue this Parlia •
ment of her Majesty's settlement of the Cape of Good Hope,
to Wednesday, the 10th day of August next, and it is here-
by prorogued accordingly."

QUEEN'S PRINTERS' PATENT.—The select com-
mittee appointed to inquire into the nature and extent of
the Queen's Printers' patent, so far as relates to ,the right
of printing the Holy Scriptures for England and Wales, was
publisheeyesterday. The committee state that they had
proceeded to take some evidence on the subject referred to
them, but in consequence of the late period of the session
they were precluded from completing the inquiry. They
therefore recommend the re-appointment of the committee
in the next session of Parliament.
TIIE RECENT MURDER NEAR LEEDS.—The ad-
journed inquest on tho body of Richard Broughton, the
man who was barbarously murdered in a field near Round-
hay,i
a village near Leeds, n the afternoon of Saturday, the
6th inst., was held yesterday before Mr. Jewison, the coro-
ner for the district.
.Mr. W. Hey, surgeon, who had made
a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased,
stated that the injuries which the ufortunate man had re-
ceived were thecause of his death, and tho jury returned a
verdict of "IVilful murder against some person or persons
unknown." The perpetrators of the crime have hitherto
eluded detection, and there does not appear much proba-
bility of their capturo.

LITERATURE.

Female Influence. By Lady Charlotte Maria
Pepys. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett.

This is a very agreeable novel ; it possesses many
sources of amusement and edification, and, although
it is not of a first-rate order of merit, it certainly
can lay claim to attention on the score of exhibit-
ing skill in detail of events and shrewdness in de-
scription of character. The real heroine, Oriole, has
not at all an estimable nature ; she is singularly
brilliant, distinguished alike by her personal
charms and her mental attributes, but she is
vain and selfish, and she ended by forming no last-
ing friendship. Some of the other ladies who ap-
pear on the scene are very gracefully described to
us. Gertrude and Adela are the best. The latter
is a charming sketch of a disinterested disposition.
She is very gifted, but far from making a parade
of her talents like her friend Oriole Montaigne,
she kept in the shade, and it was to the surprise of
many of her most intimate friends when she was
acknowledged as the successful candidate for a prize
poem. There is something refreshing in the por-
traitures of such as Adela—they impart a grace to
the pages of fiction, and adorn the record of domes-
tic scenes and the sketches of social life with a
more enduring lustre than is reflected by the mere-
tricious splendour of a style like Miss Mon-
taigne's. There are many persons introduced
into this work, and this, among other peculiarities,
goes far to prove that it is a first attempt on the
part of the authoress. If such is the case there is
ample evidence of merit in many passages of these
volumes to argue better things for the future, when
experience will have toned down some of the ex-
aggerations that appear in the style, and have con-
centrated in a greater degree the plan of the story,
which in this instance is somewhat disjointed. The
links in the chain are dropped for too long a period
when sketching the progress of events in the
family of the Tract's. Hertford is a very good
representation. It is very well described how at
first he was greatly struck with Oriole, with her
rare beauty, and her great talents, but as time and
opportunity developed her character more fully, he
was disenchanted, and gradually recognised the
less shining but far superior qualities of Adela.
Mrs. Tracy is a gentle and gracimis being. She
does not appear very prominently on the scene
after the first part of the story ; but her resignation
in her long and painful illness, and her faith in her
last hours, are touchingly and yet forcibly dwelt
upon. Gertrude, her cousin, is a pleasing young
girl. She is very enthusiastic and inexperienced
when we first meet with her, but she improves
during her wanderings, and is far more sensible
when we take leave of her. " Female Influence"
contains some lively sketches of society ; and alto-
gether may be considered as a fiction of an average
standard.

The Cruise of the Pearl ; with an Account of the
Operations of the Naval Brigade in India. By

the Rev. E. A. Williams, R.N. Bentley.
This is a pleasantly-written volume, which gives
some account of the exploits of those whose ser-
vices well deserve commemoration. A book on the
achievements of the Naval Brigade in India is a
fitting accompaniment to the many volumes which
have been published recounting the adventures of
the rival service ; and since we believe this is the
first work that has done so, it possesses some de-
gree of novelty, even though the subject has been
worn by the pens of many writers. The Pearl, to
which the reverend author was attached as chap-
lain, is a screw steamship, which it was intended
should join the fleet assembling for the third expe-
dition to the Baltic. The Russian war being how-
ever concluded unexpectedly, the Pearl was ordered
to sail for the South American and Pacific station.
She accordingly proceeded across the Atlantic, and
after about six weeks' voyage anchored in the
splendid harbour of Rio de Janeiro. This harbour
is supposed to have no rival except that of Sydney.
After passing some time in South America, the
Pearl started across the Pacific for China, pausing
at the Sandwich Islands on her way. In June,
1857, she arrived at Hong Kong, having been one
of the ships selected to take part in the Chinese
war. She was not, however, destined to dis-
tinguish herself in that locality, for she was only a
month in China, and during that time her men
were only once in action against the enemy, when
they were sent on a boat expedition to destroy
some Chinese pirates. The intelligence of the out-
break in India induced Lord Eigin to despatch the
troops which were intended for the Chinese expe-
dition to the scene of danger, and H.M.S. Shannon
and Pearl immediately sailed for Calcutta, Lord
Elgin being on board the Shannon. The exploits
of the gallant officers and crew of that vessel under
her heruic commander, the late lamented Captain
William Peel, are familiar to all. It remained for
Mr. Williams to give some account of the labours
and achievements of the less celebrated Pearl.
Their scene of action was laid in the Upper Pro-
vinces of India ; and the author observes in his
preface—" It is not that more credit can be claimed
for this small force than for any other equal num-
ber of Britons under similar circumstances; but it
is considerations arising from the difficulties that
were overcome, the isolated position that was occu-
pied, totally unsupported by Europeans, for many
months ; the holding of an advanced post exposed
to constant attacks, and removed from the rest of
' the army so far that its services and dangers have
been little known, that afford an additional excuse
for describing the part taken by the Royal Navy,
and which may fill up a hitherto vacant niche in
Indian history." He gives a fair and succinct ac-
count of the operations of the Naval Brigade, who
were especially fortunate in the success of their
manceuvres. The men displayed the greatest
readiness and agility in adapting themselves to
their new position, for which Mr. Williams thinks
them deserving of much credit—
" The men of the naval brigade were always on excellent
terms with their companions in arms—they seldom were
long in camp with any corps without leaving themas
friends. Sometimes when a swell trooper commenced pok-
ing
fun at Jack, he was always ready with his answer,
givinga
sa
good
little a
badinageecsof wash u m
interchangedou r ashe e
beut Occa-
sionally Jack's
costume
been
quite or seat on horseback, which may not have
quite military, not being bestocked to the thrseat, so
trimly buttomed up to the chin. They were told tahsLirtilnghat
chaff, when they could fire a broadside, or. furl
galeie pe
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his ind,
horses a s
ewellne h a .0
shore.'
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It
shna handled dl
difficultd s guns and
tod galfind
a Briton inspired by bravery and ready to mount a horse
and join in a charge on the enemy's ranks ; but it
is not
every day that men are found who canmana manage a ship in a
tornado, can rig or unrig her if required, can furl her sails
in a storm, and weather the most boisterous tempest ; and
stepping off the plank to terra firma, can harness their
horses and mount them ; can lay down the boarding-pike
and take up the rifle; can make a gun-carriage, a limber
and harness, and then come off victorious in upwards of
twenty engagements."
Mr. Williams describes an interview with Jung
Bahadoor, the Nepaulese chief, who was arrayed
in a costume of pure white, with a magnificent
tiara. His descriptions of Madeira, Rio Janeiro,
Honolulu, &c., give a variety to the work which is
not possessed by many of its class. The following
amusing anecdote relates to one of the superstitious
of the Sandwich Islands, where the natives believe
they possess
; andvery the poweroften ofth the fear
of their m
ingeachoethneertyo
doing so produces the dreaded effect :
" They do not believe themselves- endowed with the
power of praying a white man to death. They have had
a practical example of their impotency in this matter. It
was once tried on John Young, who had been a boatswain
in the American sblp Eleanor. He was detained on the
island in consequence of the taboo having been laid on the
canoes, which were not allowed to leave the shore. The
ship put to sea without him, and on finding himself a resi-
dent on the island, he married a native lady of a noble
family, and was himself created a chief. Having had a
quarrel with one of the natives, he resolved to pray him to
death. So he built a hut on the top of a hill, and periodi-
cally went up to his lofty retreat to pray John Young to
death. His friends told him that his end would soon come,
for his enemy.was praying him to death. The brawny tar
had been travelling too long over the world, and had
weathered too many storms, to be alarmed by such a tale ;
so he collected several of his friends and sallied up the hill.
They soon built a .hut alongside that of the man who was
praying for his death, and both he and his friends united
in one voice a counter- supplication, which so terrified the
unfortunate native that he went home discomfited. lie
felt that it was all over with him, and that he had been
outprayed; becoming melancholy, he subsequently
.died.
After this failure the natives became thorougly convinced
that it was quite impossible to pray a white man to death."
All who are interested in the achievements of
our brave sailors will find pleasure in perusing these
records of their prowess under most disadvantageous
circumstances.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. -- A very melan-
choly case of choking took place at Nairn, on Thursday
night last, Mr. David Reid, contractor there, had a daugh-
ter married on that night, and the company had just left,
when, some beef being served, he commenced to cut and
eat it, and, before any one observed, he had fallen down
dead. The usual restoratives were applied without avail.
On a post mortem examination being made, a piece of beef
was found in his throat, which there is no doubt was the
cause of death.—Scotsman.
A SWINDLING SCHEME IN NEV. YORK.--A
swindling scheme has been discovered in New York, but
not until a numerous band of the family of the' gull" had
been handsomely bled. It was based on a pretended loan of
14,000,000 florins for the Grand Duchy of Baden, connected
with a lottery, which was to have its drawing, August 31.
The swindlers, who called themselves Constantine, Fell
nor, and Co., professed to be the agents for L. 0. Roth-
childs and Co., of Frankfort-on-the-Maine,give it a
wh which
metallic
was enough like that of Roth(s)childs' to
twang, not to speak of the ad ress. The swindle went on
successfully for some time, and %vas only blown up by the
magnitude of the operations to Which it gave rise—the num..
ber of letters the false firm received attracting attention at
the post-office. Most of these letters came from the south
and the west, quarters of the union that appear to have far
more than their proper share of the gullible element of our
ontdh the ec tots
will answer
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documents of the same character.

VERDI'S "MACBETH" AT THE CAN-

TERBU.RY HALL.

(From the Entr'acte.)
Startling as our heading may appear, it is nevertheless
a fact, that Verdi's opera of " Macbeth," so long the subject
of criticism in the Parisian musical world, has been Pr°-
duced for the first time in this country at the establishraent
of Mr. C. Morton, in the Westminster-road—namely, the
Canterbury Hall. We do not wish, however, in any waY
to mislead the public ; the music simply is performed, tiler.?
is :no mise en scene, but the opera is gone through as a
would be in any other concert room, and very admirably
it is done.
Before commencin any remark upon the music, we
must comment on the g libretto, which, like all other foreignlibrettos, is peculiar for the very close manner in
the author has copied every idea from the text of Shake,
pere, and at the same time made some of the primest min
takes that it is possible to be guilty of. For instance,. 1n
the first act, " Lady Macbeth," who, by the bye, has, .1°
long duet, wound her husband up to the "killing'
and, indeed, as the text informs us, has been almost' choire
witness to the murder, is made to join in the final n!
to this act, calling for vengeance on the murderers head,
and requesting the Divine aid to discover who the assassin.
is. We forget any such passage in Shakspere, 8° siri
suppose it may be looked upon as the ideal creation of t e
poet's brain. In the operatic last act, the libretto includes,
very briefly, the whole of the fifth and part of the fowl?
acts of the tragedy. Thus we have a chorus of Scottisn
pitch,
exiles," and an air for Macduff, which includes that cele-
brated speech—
" Front to front bring thou this fiend of Scotland," 84°'(21
„
and which is certainly closely copied from the Bard
Avon. The sleeping scene is then given, whilst the battle
scenes are pressed down into twenty lines of song, occult!.
aria, and chorus. The first and last acts have alone heel'
produced at this Hall, and we certainly plead ignorance
as to how many Verdi has written ; be this as it watt,
however, there is much to praise in the musie, and when. In
shall be produced on the operatic stage, we think it w
d
become quite as favourite an opera as the " Trovatore,jl.,.
certainly immeasurably superior to the " Vespres
Hennes," the choruses being finer, and the songs, `ghat
there are, far more telling. The chief featuresamongst the
solos are a grand scena for Lady Macbeth (which in realitY
answers to the reading of the letter, and after the solilocitaul.
in the first act of the tragedy) and a very beautiful reca
tive and song for Macbeth, in the last act, which We tli
will be likely to rival, if it does not excel, its near lielg
bour from II Trovatore " " Balen."' The choruse" s
are, of course, by Verdi, and that is quite sufficient of
to ill
timate that they are intricate, noisy, and not too tut' -
melody ; but this is one of the peculiarities of this °ill
poser.
The production of this opera at the Canterbury
a decided feather in the car of the proprietor of the era
e
lishment, Mr. C. Morton. Hitherto these stages hatls
been made the vehicle for mere clap-trap songs and due
dances, duo performers, and ebony minstrels. Mr. 31°r%
has raised the character of his Hall and the concerts will°
are nightly given are such as to give great satisfaction to
even a musician. der
The opera itself, which has been so well got out nui-oei
the superintendence of Mr. F. Jongmans, the re 1.18%.,
director, is really admirably performed. ' The solos are Be-
director,
cuted in an artistic manner, and Miss Russell, who PIO
senses a florid, well-cultivated, and clear voice, sing ° the
scena above alluded to in a style which might arouse
envy of many of our acknowledged West-end concert-rol:
performers. Macbeth, too (we forget the .gentionts
private name), exhibits the thorough musician in all 11° ad
to sing, and particularly in the air, " Obedience, love, "-
honour."
Should Mr. Morton continue presenting 'such noyeliikt
as this at the Canterbury Hall, it is likely, not only.t°,,.ta„,,i
the lead, as it does now, but to entirely separate itself''""
the other concert-rooms of the metropolis. We cordial)/
recommend this new production to the attention a °ur
readers in particular, and the public in general.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1859.