The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-04 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1859.

THE SUN.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1859:

It is just as we expected. The Peace (?) of Vil-
lafranca will cost its authors more trouble than
they bargained for. Whatever were their motives
for that close interview the world at large will,
before long, be edified by its effects. France is now
in a desperate hurry to disarm, but the blind will
not do. We are so accustomed to surprises of late
that wonders have become mere matters of course.
It seems almost a pitty that a man so clever at
hoodwinking others should at last have contrived
to overreach himself. But this, the great magician
of the age, has accomplished in a masterly manner,
and will no doubt reap the fruits of his
Imperial labours before he sets out en the next
campaign, be it to the Adige or, more probably,
the Rhine. As for poor deceived Italy, she is now
in less trouble than her heroic and chivalric would-
be liberator, if he were allowed ; but the Im-
perial swayed the will of the Royal scape-
goat. VICTOR EMMANUEL is now asked (?)
to undo almost all that he had helped to
achieve. The world will marvel to learn that he
is required to reseat the tyrants of Tuscany and
Modena on their thrones! Let the following, from
the Correspondent of the Times, speak for itself:—
" You are already aware of the secret mission of
Count Reisset from the French Court to that of
Sardinia for the purpose just specified. The count
was received on the 30th at Turin by the Sardinian
Minister for Foreign Affairs, who, as I learn on fair
authority, very plainly declared that he could not
accede to the wishes of France thut the Sardinian Go-
vernment should employ their efforts to have the
dukes recalled,' with en thusiasm,' I presume, by their
late subjects. It was observed, with some reason,
that to satisfy the French Government in the first
instance, the Government had withdrawn the Pied-
montese Commissioners from the Duchies and the
Legations, bat that it would be preposterous
now to expect that, in addition to this, Piedmont
should use her influence conjointly with France,
contrary to the wishes of the populations and the
interests of Italy. After this interview Count
REISSET had an audience of the KING, who, it is
more than probable, held similar language to him.
You are aware that the Commissioners from the
Duchies have been received by the EMPEROR
at St. Cloud. Their reception coincided, in point
of time, with the departure of M. Reisset on his
Italian mission. We are told that at that audience
his Majesty declared that he was not the man,
he, the Elect of universal suffrage, who could go
against the wishes of the people."

The Commons are now rapidly getting through
the supplies in Committee. Yesterday they were
hard at work once more—distributing the most
various sums, upon the most diversified pretexts, for
subjects the most miscellaneous. The contrast pre-
sented by this variety is almost as whimsical, in-
deed, as that afforded through the memorable
conversation recorded by OLIVER GOLDSMITH in
relation to SUAKSPERE and the musical glasses.
And upon every imaginable plea the hon. gentle-
man the member for Lambeth displays the same
insatiable greed to economise upon every con-
ceivable opportunity. The apparently incongruous
vote, £1,823, for a constabulary force for the mili-
tary. camps at Aldershott and Shorneliffe, impelled
Mr. WILLIAMS yesterday, for example, to pro-
test against the absurdity, as it appeared
to him, of paying a police force to look
after the soldiers in an encampment. It had
to be explained to the hon. member that the con-
stables were employed not by any means in look-
ing after the soldiers, but simply in looking after
the followers, sutlers, and sight-seers, who are
always gathering around an encampment. Then,
but not till then, the vote was agreed to with the
kind permission of the hon, member for Lambeth.

As to the extraordinary diversity of the sums voted,
and of the objects to which those sums are devoted,
a glance down our Parliamentary report will show
that fantastically enough. The amounts and the
objects vary, for instance, from nearly £60,000—
to be precise, exactly £59,219—f0r the payment of
" certain charges," on the Treasury chest—to £703
to the office for the registration of designs ! Among
the supplies voted yesterday afternoon in close
proximity or rapid sequence, we find £40,000 for
the improvement of the Kaffirs and the better go-
vernment of Kaffraria—L3o,ooo for charges ii-
curred in consequence of the guarantee given to the
company organized for the laying down of the
submarine electric telegraph—nearly £B,OOO
(L 7,945) for the expedition to the River Zambesi
under the direction of Dr. LIVINGSTONE—L4,7OO
for the salaries of the inspectors of corn returns—
£ll,Bso for revising barristers in Great Britain—
£3,ooo for the inspectors of burial grounds—and
so on, " from grave to gay, from lively to severe."
From the compensation (?) of poor Mr. BARBER
by the doling out at last to him of £s,ooo—exactly
half the amount he is proved to have lost by reason
of his unjust and cruel condemnation !—to the good
round sum of £23,000 for the purchase of a site for
the extension of the Four Courts in Dublin.

At length we find ourselves landed in a higher
region, in a purer atmosphere, among all the grace-
ful charms and amenities of the fine arts. A vote of
£2,000 is asked for with a view to the extension
and improvement of the National Portrait Gallery.
Now the strugglebegins in earnest. Mr. SPOONER
—despairing probably of ever having his effigy
enshrined in the collection—objects point blank to
the vote altogether. He deems the pictures already
bought as worthless. He regards the £2,000 as
only the old, insidious small end of the wedge,
that will gradually spread wider and wider as it
is driven home—until one of these fine ses-
sions, in Committee of Supply, the House will
be called upon to vote not £2,000 but £30,000 for a
building large enough to contain the thea expanded
collection. At that prospect we must acknowledge
ourselves, that we for one are not by any means
alarmed. Nor do we think for an instant that the
House of Commons—a house diametrically the
reverse of niggardly—would in such a contingency
hesitate very long about voting that hypothetical
£30,000. Mr. AYRTON heartily supported Mr.
SPOONER'S amendment, however, that the £2,000
vote for the National Portrait Gallery, at this
period of its inauguration, should be quietly
passed over altogether—alleging as a sort
of a reason or excuse, that "it was
all very well for the noble lord at the head of the
Government and his colleagues to support the vote,
because they might expect to be placed in the gal-
lery themselves." Disclaiming, good humouredly,
any such selfish motives of vanity as those actuating
him in his view, in regard to this vote of £2,000 for
the National Portrait Gallery, Lord PALMERSTON, we
rejoice to remark, spoke of the partially developed
project of that collection in terms of the strongest
eulogium. Yet the vote was only agreed to
yesterday after a division—the result of
that division giving a clear majority of
106 in a house of 176, 35 voting for, and 141
against the amendment.
Another division later on yesterday was
taken upon another vote of £2,ooo—this time
the £2,000 being required for the purchase
of HAYTER'S historic picture of " The Moving
of the Address in the First Reform Par-
liament." This division resulted, it will be observed,
in the unusual circumstance of exactly the same
numbers voting for and against the amendment.
This amendment (like its predecessor), moved by Mr.
SPOONER—the very WILLIAMS of Art—led in the
first instance to an animated discussion, which was
closed by an exact division of the committee, then
numbering 164. For the vote, eighty-one ;
Against the it, eighty-one. An announce-
ment received by the house with loud laughter,
which was renewed when Mr. MASSEY, as Chair-
man of the Committee, gave his own casting vote
for the motion. And so " the Ayes had it ;" and
HAYTER'S " First Reform Parliament" became the
prcperty of the nation, and, being so, will hence-
forth aid in the decoration of the new legislative
palace at Westminster. Upon the subsequent
vote of £9,988 for a new entrance to the National
Gallery—a vote eventually carried, upon a division
by a majority of 43,in a committee of 189-73 voting
against and 116 for it—there was a somewhat
lengthy, and, all things considered, NOe conceive a
very satisfactory discussion, condemnatory in the
strongest terms of those hideous, absurd, and costly
fire-proof make•shift buildings down at Kensington-
gore—commonly known as the Boilers (though we
should be disposed rather to christen them
Albert's Folly) down in South Kensington.
There were, at any rate, two most acceptable
assurances extorted, by this debate in Com-
mittee, from the lips of the First Lord of the
Treasury. The noble viscount announcing that there
is no intention whatever to transfer any portion of
the collection at the National Gallery to Kensing-
ton—and, beyond this, assuring the House of Com-
mons that " the recommendations of the committee
would be carefully attended to, subject to the ex-
pense attendant upon the enlargement." That ex-
pense will not be in any way—we may rest per-
fectly well assured upon this point—that expense
will not in any way be grudged by the national
representatives.

There is not an honest Liberal in the land, we
believe, but will regard with pain and indignation
the brutal outrage perpetrated, on Monday, at
Wakefield, upon the person of the Right Hon.
STUART WORTLEY, now the Conservative candi-
date for the representation of that constituency.
Unless the outrage itself be expiated in some man-
ner it will go far to confirm and enhance for that
constituency its already unenviable reputa-
tion. It was only last week adjudged
to have been guilty of the grossest
venality in the exercise of its electoral rights at
the last general election when the Quaker
banker, Mr. W. H. LEATHAM, the brother-in-law
of Mr. BRIGHT, the distinguished member for
Birmingham, was placed at the head of the poll
in return for the most flagrant squandering of
bribes by his agents, and of course—of course
—we are all perfectly satisfied of that—with-
out his knowledge ! So infuriated are these
high-Principled patriots at Wakefield at the
unseating of that open-handed Friend LEATHAM,
the Banker—that they must needs mob Mr.
WORTLEY directly he makes his appearance
among them as the candidate brought forward (to
conthetestn the saetai
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st he
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tor-General is yelled at and hooted through the
streetspure and ofhi
glhV..makinefideeldd
Libbeyralsa n ohbe
hoefr u e.
A formidable lump of lead, carefully pointed at one
end, and evidently prepared for the occasion, is hurled
at the right hon. gentleman, in the midst of the
scrimmage, by the hand of some ruffianly assailant.
The missile strikes the new candidate upon the
forehead—his face is covered with blood—he is
and, for the moment, almost insensible.
Apparently
to
represent Wakefield you must have
Y r
filled with gold and your forehead
f? brass
stunned,
take your choice, there, be-
tween the alternati,'e—of scattering largess about
oyour
You
"taking it out" in brickbats.
you abundantly, or—

THE

•SUMMARY OF ELECTION PETITIONS,

18.59 (SEES. 2).

The following are referred to select committees :

Beverley—William Duesbury Thornton Duesbury and
Charles Reynard, Edward Auchmuty Glover, John Nutchey
and others, Charles Robinson Empson and Richard South-
wick. _ _ _

Huddersfield—Thomas Pearson Crossland and Thomas
Haigh.
Kingston-upon-Hull—James Beeton and Robert Scott.
North Leicestershire—Rev. William Astley Cave Browne
Cave.
Limerick City—James Spaight.
Preston—James Carr and others, John Hawkins and
others.
Select committees have reported on the following :

Ashburton—Brooking Soady and Thomas Pinsent ;
member seated.
Aylesbury—Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Went-
worth, George De Fraine and William Hobley, Thomas
Frederick Charles Vernon Wentworth, Samuel George
Smith, the younger, Richard Henry Simons and others;
Mr. T. T. Bernard and Mr. S. G. Smith seated.
Bury—James Parks and Thomas Horrocks ; member
seated.
Cheltenham—JohnKnatchbull and John Henry Morgan;
member seated.
Dartmouth—Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. ' • void election.
Gloucester—Thomas Ey cott and James Haines ; void
election.
Maidstone—William Russell and Joseph Popjoy Sawer ;
members seated.
Norwich—John Wright and others; void election.
Wakefield—Samuel Richard Green and John Tuting
Sweeting ; void election.
Select committees not as yet appointed for the following :
WeymoLuth and Melcombe Regis—Joseph Slade and
others, Robert James Roy Campbell, Colonel William
Lockyer Freestun.
Carlisle—John Park Arthur and John Graham.
Barnstaple—Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bart., Sir
William Augustus Fraser, Bart.
Roscommon—Denis O'Connor and Patrick Graham.

Great Yarmouth—Joseph Bayly and Robert Pilgrim.
Newry—Robert Dempster and Thomas Cardwell.
King's County—D. flume and F. Cassidy.
Chatham—George Wilstead and George Pattison.
Dover—Sir William Russell, Bart.
Carlow—Henry Cary and Thomas Harris Carroll, Henry
Cary and Thomas Harris Carroll.
Dundalk—Patrick Dowdall and Matthew Moore Graham.
Clare—Nicholas Butler and John BarrymoreMacnamara.
Lyme Regis—John George Sarsfield Macnamara Moore
and George Nathaniel Shore.
Peterborough—William Vergette and others, Thomas
Scoley and Henry Freeman.
Athlone—Robert Preston Bayley, James William Fair,
Lawrence Kelly and Thomas Gill.
Norwich—Joseph Fletcher and others, John Godwin
Johnson and Roger Kerrison, Philip Back and Gardiner
Christopher Stevens.

ELECTION PETITIONS WITHDRAWN.
Athlone—Lawrence Kelly and Thomas Gill.
Berwick-upon-Tweed—Thomas Bogue and others.
Bodmin—William Butten and John Barnicot.
Bridgewater—Henry Clement Heard and Reuben Bond.
Frome—Donald Nicoll.
West Kent—Charles Wykeham Martin and James What-
man.
Kidderminster—John Ayres and others.
Kingston-upon-Hull—William Jones and Richard Mit-
chell.
Merionethshire—Owen Richards and Hugh Richard
Pugh.
Pontefract—Hugh Culling Eardley Childers.
Sandwich—John Ralph and Henry Langley.
New Windsor—William Henry Banks and Henry
Thompson.
Great Yarmouth—John Clowes and Henry Danby
Palmer.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar entertained a select circle at din-
ner last evening, at their residence in Portland-place.

The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, who are
now at Heron Court, near Christchurch, leave early in the
ensuing week for Achnacarry, the noble earl's shooting
quarters in the north of Scotland.

The Earl and Countess of Camperdown arrived
last week at Camperdowu, N. 8., where they have since
received a circle of friends for the Angus Agricultural As-
sociation, held at Dundee.
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED ELECTION. Since we
published last Tuesday, the result of our own inquiries at
Berwick, a report of a visit of inquiry, by Mr. R. B. Reed,
made to the Northern Union, of which he was honorary
secretary, has been forwarded to us. Its leading facts
harmonise entirely with those which we gave, and, as they
are the result of a perfectly independent investigation, there
can be little doubt that both of us are right. Mr. Reed
enters into details, however, and cites names in a way
which we understood would not be agreeable to many par-
ties, and from which we therefore refrained. We are not
sorry, however, that they should be thus made public.
COWES ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA.—
The match for the Queen's Cup is likely to be a very inte-
resting one this year. The Brunette is a new vessel, and
all consider her a fleet one. The Marina has proved herself
a fast one. Both were built by Rattry. Then comes one
of Joseph White's 15-yr-old ones, an awkward customer,
as he built all his yachts to sail. Then the Cymba and the
Lady Bird, all first-class clippers. All that is wanted
there is every opportunity of having—a good breeze—and
very close work may be expected.
DUBLIN PORTOBELLO GARDENS.—The enter-
tainments at this favourite scene of amusement have as-
sumed an agreeably diversified character. The gardens last
evening were numerously and fashionably attended. The
leading attraction being the celebrated Joe Brown, the
American Champion Dancer, who is accompanied by Mr.
W. B. Donaldson, a first class banjoist. Both those artistes,
so clever and distinguished in their way, were severally
greeted with vehement applause.—Freeman's Journal,
August 3.
The operations in the shares of the Lombr.rdo-
Venetian Railway Company on the Paris Bourse yesterday
appear to have been most extensive; 10,000 shares were
taken by a single dealer.
THE SIBSEY MURDER.—Since the extreme sen-
tence of the law was passed upon Carey and Picket, the
Sibsey murderers, they have listened attentively to the
teachings of the prison chaplain, and apparently they are
filled with remorse for the crime they have committed.
Their sentence will be carried into effect on Friday next.
REPRESENTATION OF DEVONPORT.—AdmiraI Sir
Michael Seymour has come forward as a candidate for the
representation of Devonport, on the occasion of the vacancy
caused by Sir T. E. Perry having accepted a seat at the
India Board. The gallant admiral announces himself as a
supporter of the present Government, and declares himself
to be an advanced Liberal and in favour of the ballot. It
is not probable there will be any other candidate.
THE 12TH OF AUGUST.—A correspondent of the
Inverness Courier says :—I have made several inquiries in
different places about the moors this season, and I have it
from shepherds and others who traverse our hills, that the
birds are numerous. Scarcely could the young poults have
broken shell under more favourable weather than this year.
On the Kilmuir Hills and the Cuidrach Moors there is a
considerable improvement on former years. The coveys are
from six to ten birds, and in some instances twelve birds.
The Stenscholl moors, I hear, will also give the sportsman
this year a pretty fair chance. The shooting is well pre-
served, and no injudicious burning of heather has taken
place.
A MAN AND HIS WIFE DROWNED IN THE RIVER
TRENT.—On Sunday night a small vessel, bound for Lincoln
from Hull, was proceeding with the tide, which was un-
usually strong, up the river Trent, and when opposite
Gainsborough ran foul of Chapel Staithe tier. She imme-
diately tipped over, and went down. There were on board
at the time the captain (Kinnersley), his wife and child, a
friend of the captain's, named Beech, with his wife and
three children, and a man who assists in the management
of the vessel. The captain, his wife, and the whole of the
children were saved; but Beech and his wife who were in
the cabin, were drowned. It appears that the accident was
caused by five vessels lying alongside each other, four on
the left and one on the right hand side of the river, sufficient
room not being left for the passage of a vessel in such a
tide.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A ROPERT.---On Monday,
a young woman, named Sarah Ann Burlinson, was engaged
at Messrs. Douglass and Co.'s patent ropery, Sunderland,
when her right hand became entangled amongst the ma •
chinery, and, before the engine could be stopped, her hand
was nearly torn off, and her arm severely lacerated. She
was immediately conveyed to the infirmary, where she lies
in a precarious state.
A series of experiments is about to be conducted
bp Captain Galton on the part of the Board of Trade, Mr.
R. Stephenson, M.P., and Profesor Wheatstone, to deter-
mine the best description of cable for the proposed line of
telegraph from Falmouth to. Gibraltar. The experiments
are to be carried on with the aid of the Atlantic Telegraph.
Company, and will comprise an investigation into the com-
parative value of gutta-percha and india-rubber, the best
modes of insulation, and other questions connected with
the manufacture of deep submarine lines.
JUST CAUGHT.—A little Russian steamer, the
Viburg, was passing through the canal on Monday evening,
but remained over night in the basin, and was put through
the sea-lock at an early hour next morning. The captain,
Andrew Pitcairn, instead of sleeping on board, put up for
the night at the Muirton Hotel. As things look at present,
it would seem that he had popped into the room adjoining
his o wn, and took a fancy to a nice woollen shirt and a hair-
brush there, belonging to Captain Finch, who sometimes
puts up at the Muirtown Hotel. At least, these articles
were missed from the room by Mr. Robertson early next
morning, and, having informed the police, there was just
time to catch Captain Pitcairn before he had fairly cleared
out of the canal. The shirt was found on his person, and
the brush in his dressing-case.—lnverness Courier.
ATTACK ON MR. J. S. WORTLEY.—On Monday
evening, says the _Manchester Guardian, after addressing
a meeting of the Conservatives at Wakefield, Mr. Wortley
had occasion to leave the Strafford Arms to go to the Elec-
tric Telegraph-office. He was guarded by the chief con-
stable, Inspector Frost, and several other officers, and when
returning again to the hotel, some cowardly ruffian threw a
heavy piece of lead—which had evidently been prepared for
the purpose—at the right hon. gentleman, striking him a
blow on the temple, and inflicting a severe wound, the
blood from which streamed down his thee. He was con-
veyed into the inn, and a surgeon sent for, who dressed the
wound. Mr. Wortley remained in a stunned condition fer
about an hour, but recovered sufficiently to enable him to
leave Wakefield by the 10 p.m. train. The piece of lead
with which the blow was inflicted was found close to the
spot where Mr. Wortley was struck. It is sharpened at one
end and blunt at the other.

VICTORIA-BRIDGE, MONTREAL.—It is stated on
the best authority that the Victoria-bridge is so far ad,-
vanced that it may safely be counted upon as being certain
to be open for traffic by the Ist of November next. Fears
were at one time expressed, we observe, that the progress of
the works might be impeded by the high water in the St.
Lawrence, and that the opening of the bridge would be de-
layed till next year. The recent progress of the work, how-
ever, bas been such as to banish all fears of this kind, and,
humanly speaking, it may b^ regarded as certain that the
bridge will be in a position to be opened by the Ist Novem-
ber next. The works on the two extreme sections of the
Grand Trunk road are advancing with great rapidity. The
western section, including the extension from Port Sarnia
to Detroit, as well as the section beiow St. Thomas, will be
in a position to be opened for traffic by the Ist September.
the floating bridge acresl the river at Sarnia will also be
completed by that date. Daus, with the exception of the
Victoria-bridge, the whole road will be thoroughly com-
pleted in less than two months,—Canadian Netts,

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :
TURIN, AUG. 3.

To-day the funeral rites of the French and Sar-
dinian soldiers who have fallen for the cause of
Italian independence were celebrated. The French
army continues its passage through Turin for
Paris, and is everywhere received with acclama-
tions.
Count Arese has left Turin for Paris.

BOLOGNA, AUG. 2.

The Sardinian commissioners have remitted
their authority to the Minister, President of the
Government, Colonel Cipriani, who has convoked
the National Assembly. The Marquis d'Azeglio
has issued a proclamation announcing his recall,
and recommending the people to remain tranquil,
and promising, in the name of King Victor Em-
manuel, to employ every means possible to obtain
the concurrence of the European Governments
for accomplishing their just and reasonable wishes.
Perfect order prevails.

MARSEILLES, AUG. 3.

Bodies of French troops are continually arriving
in our port from Italy. Marshal Canrobert is ex-
pected here shortly. The Ambassador of Persia has
just disembarked.

Advices received from Constantinople state that
the Sultan, in his journey through the provinces,
will proceed as far as Chio.

Letters received announce that the Czar is about
to undertake a journey to Odessa, where, according
to the Presse & Orient, his Majesty will be joined
by the Prince Couza.

PARIS, AUG. 3.

The Moniteur de la Flotte announces that orders
have been given at the different oceanic ports to
proceed immediately with the disarmament of all
vessels, armed or in course of arming.
These orders are already being executed, and
vessels which were in the roads (en rack) have put
back to the different ports.

The disarmament has also commenced at Toulon.
Orders have been given to disband all marines
having served five years.

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition) says,—" I fear that the presence of a
large French force in the Italian Peninsula may
strengthen the doubts of too critical persons
touching the genuineness of universal suffrage
generally. As it would appear that none but
those who can read and write will be allowed to
vote, strictly speaking the suffrage on the present
occasion can hardly be termed universal,' unless,
as is very doubtful, every Italian peasant is in a
position to claim the benefit of clergy.' But
the Austrian Government will probably have occa-
sion, now at least, to acknowledge the benefit of
universal suffrage, as well as the Dukes of Tuscany
and Modena. And to all appearance ' liberated
Italy' will enjoy the advantage of an occupation
by a French force, far more numerous than the
Roman army has been at any period for the last
10 years. Thus Italy may boast with reason that
at last she is free ' from the Alps to the Adriatic.' "

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The Patrie of this evening says :
" It is asserted. that the ships of the division
Fourrichon, the armament of which has just been
completed at Brest, are to be placed on a pied de
commission. It is further reported that the same
order applies to four frigates, and to the vessels of
the squadron commanded by Admiral Bouet-
Villaumez.

The squadron of the Adriatic has entered the
port of Toulon." . . _

The Duke de Grammont, Ambassador of France
at Rome, has arrived here.
The Envoy of Persia disembarked this morning
at Marseilles. He comes to Paris as Minister
Plenipotentiary, to continue the work of Feruck
Khan, and will reside alternately at London and
Paris.

The Municipality of Paris has granted to M. de
Lamartine and his family the enjoyment for life of
a house and a piece of ground in the Bois de Bou-
logne. The gift required the sanction of the Coun-
cil of State. It will hardly be believed that this
testimony of gratitude and admiration—of grati-
tude to the man who, whatever may have been his
errors, at one time certainly saved Paris and all
France from the horrors of anarchy, and of admi-
ration for the poet who has shed lustre on his
country—that this testimony has encountered op-
position in that body. It can hardly be believed
that the President of the Council could be opposed
to the grant. If it be true, it will be said that
M. Baroche thinks that M. de Lamartine had trop
derance la justice du peuple. M. Baroche, in his
declaration of Republican faith, addressed to the
electors after the Revolution of February, grounded
his claims to their support on his having " antici.
pated the justice of the people" in overthrowing
Louis Philippe, and anticipators of this sort do not
like those who shoot beyond them. 'How different
are the fruits M. Baroche and M. de Lamartine
have gathered from the Revolution !
PARIS BOURSE, Aug. 3.—The market opened
with an improvement on yesterday's rates, but
large sales were immediately poured upon the mar-
ket, and prices again gave way. Threes, after hav-
ing been done at 69f. 75c., receded to 69f. 30e., but
afterwards rallied to 69f. 50c. ; Mobilier varied
from 845 f. to 830 f. ; Austrian, 570 f. to 565 f.;
Lombardo-Venetian, 567 f. 50e. to 565 f. ; Orleans,
1,367 f. 50c. to 1,362 f. 50c. ; Northern, 935 f. to 930 f.;
Lyons, 877 f. 50c. to 873 f. 75c. ; Eastern, 652 f. Mc.
to 650 f.; Southern, 520 f. to 515 f. The market was
rather dull towards the close, when the following
were the quotations

4 per Cents. .... 96 50
Do. end month .. 96 90

Credit Foncier 652 50
Belgian 4t —
Piedmontese (5)
Roman B6

3 per Cents 69 25
Do. end month.... 69 45
Bank Shares. . 2850

Credit Mobilier .. 828 7b
Do. Account ..... 833 75

Austrian
_
Spanish Threes
Home Debt — _

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 930 .. 931 25

New ditto. B2O .. 818 75
Lyons and Mediterranean 872 50 .. BTh
Gcneva 532 50 .. 540
Southern - .. 515
Western 555 .. 555
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Exchange on Loudon, at sight, paper, 25f. 'Tic. ; money,
25f sc. ; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 94c.

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUT.HAMPTON, TIIURSDAY MORNING.
The Arago steamship, Captain Lines, bringing
New York mails of the 23d ult., passed Hurst at
9.40 a.m.
The Weser, from New York, July 23d, also
passed Hurst at 11.15 a.m.

[BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.]
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING.
The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's steamer Vigo arrived at Queenstown at
1 o'clock this morning, having 565,731 dols.
She left on the 23d of July in company with the
Arago and Weser.
Her news is the same as telegraphed via Quebec.

THE OvERLAND MAILS.—The following telegram
has been ree3ived by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company :—" Marseilles, Aug.pan], with the mails from Australia, the Mauritius,
3.—The Ne-
Mauritius, and
Bombay, arrived at 7 this evening. The mail leaves for
London at 10 p.m,"

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, JUNE 18.

The Northam arrived at Kangaroo Island on
Sunday the 6th, and at Melbourne on
.the 7th of
June.

The Columbian, having broken down, did not
leave Adelaide till the Ist of June.
The Benares sails this morning. The gold ships
which have sailed since the last mail are—on the
19th, the Avon, with 45,888 ounces; on the 26th,
the Southampton, with 29,554 ounces ; on the 27th,
the Prince of the Seas, with 26,321 ounces; on
June 8, the Eagle, with 31,635 ounces ; on the
10th, the Beechworth, with 19,998 ounces.

Exchange at 11-2 premium. Insurance, 11-2
premium ; Bank discount, 7 per cent. ; money on
mortage, 10 per cent. ; Securities were tending to
advance. Bank of Victoria, £3B ; Colonial Bank'
£6 ss.

The Chinese are organising a passive resistance
to the £4 residence-tax.
The Bank of Victoria is about to establish a
branch in London, and sends the manager home
for the purpose. The railway traffic on Govern-
ment lines, on an average of six weeks, gives pas-
sengers £12,243 per week, or £1,325 per week.

ALEXANDRIA, JULY 26.
Admiral Mundy's squadron has anchored out-
side the harbour.

THE BRAZILIAN MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING.

The Avon steamer, Captain Revett, has arrived
with mails from Buenos Ayres of June 27; Monte
Video, 30th ; Rio de Janeiro, July 10 ; Bahia, 14th
Pernambuco, 16th ; St. Vincent, 24th ; and Lis-
bon, 31st.

She has 144 passengers, £32,564 in specie, dia-
monds and jewellery value £1,050, and a general
cargo.

The mail steamer Mersey left Rio for the River
Plate on the 9th of July, and the Tasmanian left
St. Vincent for Rio on the 20th.

The Avon exchanged signals with the Ocean
Spray, from London, for New Zealand, June
23d, in lat. 13.45 N., long. 26.15 W. ; American
ship Benares, July 22d, lat, 11.47 N., long. 26.43
W. ; State of Maine, July 22d, lat. 12.40, long.
26.29; and mail steamer Tagus, July 31st, to the
north of Cape Rocca.
Her Majesty's ship Buzzard and Oberon were at
Buenos Ayres; Leopold and Madagascar at Rio.
The Spy left Rio, for River Plate, July 6th; Har-
rier, for England, on the 7th ; and Alarm, for
England, on the Bth.
The Avon communicated with her Majesty's ship
Siren on the 22d, bound for Rio.
Active preparations were in progress for the pro-
secution of the war declared against Buenos Ayres
by Urquiza, and the Buenos Ayrean army would
rrobably be the first to assume the offensive.
Rosario was said to be the point to be attacked.
Exchange at Buenos Ayres, 64 to 65.6, and 66,
the medium sum being the rrevailing rate.

General Flores, ex-President of the Oriental Re•
public, had fled from Urquiza, and arrived at
Buenos Ayres, with several Montevidean officers
and soldiers.

The coffee market at Rio was active during June,
but had become flat, the sales from the Ist to the
Bth of July not exceeding 18,000 bags ; stock,
60,000 bags. Prices of sugar :—Superior washed
and pulped, 6,700 to 7,200 ; superior, 5,900 to
6,900 ; first good, 5,600 to 5,700 ; first ordinary,
5,300 to 5,400; second, 4,200 to 5,100.

Nothing doing in hides.
Sugars realised—white, 3,800 to 5,400 ; brown,
3,200 to 3,500.

Exchange closed flat, at 241 dols. to 25 dols.
Freights-255. to 30s. for England, and 255. to
355. for the Channel.

On the Bth July a Ministerial measure to compel
all the banks to pay their notes in gold, at the
option of the holder, at the expiration of three
years, passed a first reading in the Lower Chamber.
At Pernambuco business was dull, supplies of
produce small, intercourse with the interior being
impeded by heavy rains. Brown sugars, worth
from 2,150 to 2,650. Whites were scarce. Freights
flat.

CIRCULAR-VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY
AND RIFLE CORPS.

We have been favoured with the following cir-
cular, issued by Mr. Sidney Herbert, addressed to
the Lord-Lieutenants of counties in England,
Wales, and Scotland, on the 2d inst., relative to
Volunteer Artillery and Rifle Corps :
WAR OFFICE, AUGUST 2, 1859.
In order to prevent any misapprehension which might
possibly arise with regard to the construction of Article
XIV. in the Memorandum on Volunteer Corps enclosed in
my letter of the 13th of July, addressed to the Lords
Lieutenants of Counties in Great Britain, I have the honour
to lay before you the following explanatory statement :-
1. The Artillery and Rifle forces are distinct from one
another ; and the Artillery force, as a whole, ranks before
the Rifle force.
2. The relative precedence of a county, therefore, in one
of the two forces, does not affect its precedence in the
other.
3. In each force, the relative precedence of a county •
is
determined by the date on which the Secretary of State
receives a letter from the lord lieutenant of that county,
formally offering the service of a corps (whether battalion,
company, subdivision, or section) for her Majesty accept.
ance.
4. In accordance with this rule, the following order of
precedence is assigned to the counties in which corps have
been actually formed.

ARTILLERY.
1. Middlesex.
RIFLES.
1. Devonshire. 5. Pembrokeshire.
2. Middlesex. 6. Derbyshire.
3. Lancashire. 7. Oxfordshire.
4. surrey. • 8. Cheshire.
5. 80. ides these, I have received formal offers of the ser-
vice of corps for her Majesty's acceptance, from the Lords-
Lieutenant of the under-mentioned counties. The offers
have been made in the order given below; and the coun-
ties, therefore, will rank according to the numbers prefixed
to their names :

ARTILLERY.
2. Northumberland. 4. Devonshire.
3. Hampshire.

9. Wiltshire. RIFLES.
17. Norfolk.
10. Sussex. 18. Staffordshire.
11. Edinburgh (City). 19. Berkshire.
12. Essex,
20. Gloucestershire.
13. Northumberland. 21. Brecknockshire.
14. Renfrewshire. 22. Suffolk.
15. Northamptonshire. 23. Stirlingshire.
16. Dorsetshire.
I have the honour to be, your obedient servant,
SIDNEY HERBERT.
Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of the County
of -, &c. &c.
--.

MARVELLOUS RESCUE OF A BATHER.

On Friday morning a young. lady. who had gone
over to pay a visit of a few days to the family of
Mrs. Hugh Miller,at
Victoria Cottage, Burnt-
island, was enjoying a bathe, in a calm and beau-
tiful sea, the tide being full in, and coming up to
the distance
yards behind the house; a
little girl the ofy a few
youngest daughter of the family, was
likewise in the water; and Mrs. Miller stood by
the open bow window,
taking pleasure in the ap-
parent enjoyment of
Miss
youngii , apparently in the people in the water.
It struck her that
highest delight,.was going rather too far ; she heard
her call to the little girl to come out and join her,
the latter prudently declined, saying that she
fbeultt he tide too strong. Suddenly the cries of glee
and frolic changed to one of distress. Mrs. Miller
thought she saw her visitor begin to struggle,
and 'running in terror to her eldest boy,
who was providentially sitting writing at a table,
called out, " William, she's drowning—fly !" at
the same time pointing to the door. The lad,
looking round, and instantly discerning the state of
the case, sprang from the window, a distance of
about 12 or 14 feet, threw off his coat and plunged
into the water. Mrs. Miller had the terror of
seeing her little girl, who had just refused to go
any further out, making desperate plunges forward
in order to try and save her companion, and only
arrested her by calling out her name, entreating
her to hold back, when fortunately a maid-servant,
who had been standing on the beach, go so far in
as to throw her arms round the child, and hold her
tight. In the meantime, the young lady's cries
became fainter and fainter, as she was borne farther
out ; the frightful sound of the water gurgling in
her throat had almost ceased, and only a small
part of her head remained above water. Mr. Wm.
'Miller, however, by the mercy of God, succeeded
in reaching her, and, grasping her by the hand,
swam with her to the shore, where she was soon
recovered, although she had been insensible in the
water for some minutes. The youth, a lad of 16,
and not nearly so tall nor fully grown as. the girl
he rescued, was none the worse for his exertions.—
_Edinburgh Witness.

LITERATURE.

The Fool of Quality ; or, the _History of Henry,
Earl of Moreland. By Henry Brooke. Two
Vols. Smith and Elder.

Those readers who are pleased at the prospect of
looking back at the literature of a bygone day will
be delighted to dwell on these volumes before us.
They are written in a peculiar style, and are of
course often strange and even ludicrous to the
judgment of the present day ; but they are striking
and original in many parts, and many may be
charmed with their quaint notions and antiquated
tone. A great attraction consists ia this being a
new edition, revised by the Rev. Charles Kingsley,
who has entered upon his task with zeal and assi-
duity. Evidently a great admirer of Brooke, he
has regarded his task as a token of love, and those
who have before read this work will find that he
has greatly improved it in this new form, without
altering it in any material way, or changing the
general idea it sought to convey. The chief aim
and object of the hero of this story was to go about
doing good, to succour the distressed, to console
the afflicted, and to right the oppressed as far as
lay in his power. To these praiseworthy endea-
vours he devoted the best years of his life, and
nearly all his wealth. The stories of the chief
characters he met with are every here and there
inserted, after the fashion of old romances. These
become tedious occasionally, and the reader is apt
to be confused at the endless variety of the
dramatis personce. Putting aside these ob-
jections, there is great interest in the story, as a
whole, and it will be found to afford an agree-
able variety from the tales of the present day.
The biographical preface, by Mr. Kingsley, is of
great interest, and seems to bring the author
vividly before us, so emphatic is its tone, and so
eloquent its delineation. It is always satisfactory
to read what one gifted man says of another, and
Mr. Kingsley's reputation is too firmly established
by the eminently successful works he has produced,
not to ensure attention being paid to his criticisms,
and weight attached to his judgment. It is rather
strange that this work was not written till Brooke
had completed his sixtieth year ; it is here de-
scribed as his best, his most characteristic, and
possibly the most precious in his eyes. Mr.
Kingsley is not one-sided; notwithstanding his
enthusiasm for the work, and it is the impartiality
of a criticism which stamps its merits and reveals its
genuine nature. He observe that over much
striving for pathos is the defect of the book. This
is undoubtedly true, and will strike all readers,
but the general purport is of a lofty and exalted
kind ; the ideal characters, if impossible to realise,
are so from their purity and unselfishness, and,
therefore, if we smile at the follies which detract
from the force of the arguments, we must render
justice to the intrinsic merit of the plan ingeni-
ously sketched and energetically carried out. It
is not to be questioned that many will feel indebted
to Mr. Kingsley for thus bringing before their
notice a work so distinguished in its day, and for
reproducing before them the gifted author in so
brilliant a sketch and so interesting a memoir. In
undertaking a task so consonant with his tastes,
and so congenial to his spirit, he has conferred a
benefit on the community of novel readers.

Personal Narrative of a Voyage to Japan, Karns-
chatka, Siberia, Thrtary, 4-c., in H.M.S. Bar-
racouta. By J. M. Tronson, R.N. Smith and

Elder..

This volume records the writer's impressions of
the Japanese empire, and of various parts of the
coast of China, which he visited three or four years
ago in her Majesty's steam sloop Barracouta,
which was employed upon several interesting expe•
ditions in those localities. The Japanese empire
has lately been much written of and discussed,
owing to the recent political transactions with the
Governments of that singular nation, and of its
Celestial neighbour. The wild inhabitants of
Siberia and Tartary have also been more frequently
introduced into the narratives of travellers. Those
who perused Mr. Atkinson's volume will remember
the interesting account which he gave of his
sojourn among the wild Kirghis of the Steppes.
Kamschatka and the island of Seglialien are
less known, and when a traveller is able to
recount what he saw and learned during his
visits to all these various localities, his work caii
hardly fail to attract the curious. He observes in
his brief preface that the coasts which he visited
are now becoming more interesting to us since the
opening of China and Japan to British commerce,
whiie the possession by Russia of the river Amoor
renders a better acquaintance with the coasts of
Siberia and Tartary very needful to our maritime
interests. The other officers of the vessel supplied
him with numerous charts and sketches, which
enhance the value and attractiveness of the work.
In writing of Japan, Mr. Tronson gives the follow-
ing account of Marco Polo's description :
The earliest account of Japan known to western nations
was derived from the published travels of Marco Polo, the
Venetian traveller, who became attached to the service of
Kublai Khan in 1273. In his published travels he gives a
brief account of an expedition sent against the Japanese in
1279, by the Khan of Tartary. It sailed from Ningpo or
Amoy. Authorities differ very much as to date of its
arrivial; Karpfer, from Japanese records, makes the year
8
aThheea
vey gale,xpedit on
v
1283
successful: having en-
countered las u
which scatteredn the junks,
-.
many
put back, and many were wrecked ra
n on the island of Fi d
anay;-
30,000 Tartars were thrown desolate ate on the island, without
any hope of escape, havinoe•no food, and anticipating no-
thing
the
j alpe
as
ns thanher
soonfrom
starvation, or from the arms of
at
the
thee pe galep
le f ceased,rom
th and
mainlandth s sea
became smooth and calm,f
Zipanga came over with a large force in numerous boats,
in order to make prisoners of these shipwrecked Tartars,
and having landed, proceeded in a straggling manner.
The Tartars, on their part, acted with prudent circum-
spection, and being concealed from view by some high
land in the centre of the island, whilst the enemy were
hurrying in pursuit of them by one road, made a circuit
of the island. by another, which brought them to the
place where the fleet was at anchor." The rest of the
story is soon told. Having taken possession of the
boats, they sailed for the city, which I think must have
been Nagasaki, and not having removed the Japanese
banners, they had no difficulty of gaining an easy access to
the city, which they seized and fortified. The Japanese
king having heard of the occurrence, ordered a strict
bloCkade, which was maintained for six months, when the
Tartars capitulated on the condition of their lives being
spared. How they afterwards fared, Polo does not men-
tion : he places the date of these affairs in 1264; which is
different from that of any other author. There are doubts
as to the name of the Tartar invader : he is called Meek°
by the Japanese; according to Polo, there were two, Ab-
bacatan and Vonsancin. P. Amiot says that the expedition
left the Corea for Kin-tchi (Kiusiu) ; he gives the general
a different name, and agrees with the Japanese authorities,
who believe that all the Tartars were drowned, with the
exception of a few taken prisoners. The i-land on whose
shores the expedition was wrecked has been doubted, but I
believe it to be Firando, formerly Ping-how, and now
changed on the new charts to Hirada, for what purpose I
know not : it were better that the old' name remained, as
the history of Firando is of some interest to Portuguese,
Dutch, and English. According to Raper, the north-west
part of the island is in 33 deg. 39 min. N. lat., and 129 deg.
36 min. E. long.

- -
In a subsequent part of his narrative he tells us of
the earliest visitor to the peninsula of Kamsehatka—
The earliest visitor to this distant land was a Russian
merchant, who was driven on shore near the river Kanats-
chatka in 1648 ; the crew of his vessel were cut off by the
Koriaks, a warlike tribe. In 1697, Atlasoff, a Cossack
officer rom the fort of Yakutsk, sailed to Anadirsk ; in
1699 he penetrated to the river Kamtschatka levied tri-
bute from the natives, and built Verchnei Ostrog. He re-
turned to Yakutsk in 1700, but having pillaged a ship on.
Tungousita river, laden with Chinese merchandise, was im-
prisoned for a time ; he, however, soon regained his former
position in the estimation of the authorities, and was ap-
pointed commander of Verchnei ; but he became cruel and
tyrannical, and in 1706 the Cossacks, driven to desperation,
revolted, seized his goods and expelled him. Three com-
manders were killed in succession after the removal of
Atlasoff; but peace became established, till 1731, when
there was a general revolt of natives throughout the Pen-
insula. Few of the Russians escaped the spears of the
Koriaks and Karritschatdales, and for a long time the
country was in a disturbed state. The forts were strength-
ened, larger forces sent from Yakutsk, and the town of Bol-
sheretsk was garrisoned. The mode of Government was
mild, and the Russian Government did everything to con-
ciliate the 'goodwill of the natives • the yasak or tribute was
not at all heavy, being paid in skins, ranging from the sea
otter, the most expensive, to the common ermine, the least
valuable.
The small-pox committed sad ravages amongst the people
in 1767: twenty thousand, including Koriaks, Kamtschat-
dales, and Kurile islanders, were swept off. It spread from
house to house, and made desolate many a homestead. The
disease had been conveyed from Ohkotsk to Bolsheretsk by
a soldier. When Captain Clarke visited Avatska, he found
that the population of Paratounca was reduced by this
destructive disease from 360 to 36 : eight ostrogs (villages)
were desolate.

Count Benyowski, a Polish exile, rendered himself noto-
rious by his conduct at Bolsheretsk, in 1771. He stirred
up many of the exiles to revolt, organised a clever conspi-
racy, and shed blood without compunction : he managed to
take possession of the fortress, and after a fierce contest, in
which the amiable governor Nilon lost his life, escaped
with his followers to Canton. Few men ever exhibited a
more vindictive spirit against the Russians, or were guiltier
of baser ingratitude towards the governor and his family,
than this Polish noble.

The following passage displays the remarkable per-
severance of the Russians in studying languages.
The officers here spoken of were prisoners :
Our amusements on the islet were very limited Lmostly
quoits, jumping, fishing, and swimming. The Russian
officers enjoyed them Selves as much as the circumstances of
their position would permit : their zeal in the acquisition of
language is without parallel, and I might say without
trouble. Mr. Pouschkin informed me that the Russian lan•-
guage is so difficult to acquire, that every other appears
quite simple in comparison with it. When they came on
hoard at Ayan, I was much struck with the zeal of ono of
the junior officers (Mr. Apollo OurOnsoff) in the pursuit of
knowledge under difficulties; he had not been on board an
hour before he produced a small card with the auxiliary
verbs in Russian and English printed upon it, and asked
me to assist him in the pronunciation of the words; a re-
quest to which I gladly acceded.
Without any exciting adventures, or extraordinary
ability to recommend it, the work deserves perusal
as a clear and simple record of places and .peeple,
whose peculiarities are not familiar to the Eng-

lish reader. We commend it to the notice of those
who wish to improve their knowledge of those
remote localities, as it offers them a good deal of
information without any elaboration or pretence.

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