The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

CHANDLER'S PAIR-OARED RACE.

The races for a pair of silver oars, given by Mr. W.
H. Chandler, of the Ship, Millbank, also took place yes-
terday, and collected a vast assemblage of spectators.
The contest was in three heats, with nine pair of oars.
First Heat—R. Richards and Jones, yellow, 1; P.
Chandler and Graham, pink, 2; M. Perry and Smith,
red, 3; F. Stevens and T. Nash, green, 0; W. Crowley
and Faucit, orange, 0. They started from the Ship up
round a boat off Pimlico pier, down to the Houses of
Parliament, and back to the Ship. An excellent start,
and all together up to the Penitentiary, where yellow
went a little ahead, closely pressed by pink; yellow,
however, retained the lead, and won by four length•.
Second Beat—E. Gale and P. Miller, blue, 1; W.
Lane and R. Church, black, 0; F. Chandler and H.
Church, red and white, 0; F. Gale and Blyde, white, 0.
The three last were disqualified, owing to not coming
back when ordered by the umpire.
Final Heat—Richards and Jones, yellow, 1; P. Chand-
ler and Graham, pick, 2; M. Perry and Smith, red 0;
E. Gale and Miller, blue, 0. The winners took the lead
and kept it, and won easily.

THE RECENT POISONING AT BRISIrOL.--In con-
flexion with the recent melancholy occurrence at Bristol,
which has been recorded in our columns, whereby a poor
woman and child lost their lives from the incautious par-
taking of certain poisonous fungi, we may mention that in
the same city on Saturday a large basket of what were
stated to be mushrooms was publicly exposed for sale. From
some information, however, which reached the clerk of the
market, he caused the basket to be seized and conveyed to
the central station-house, when on examination it twined out
that there were not more than twelve genuine mushrooms in
the whole basket. The large majority consisted of that
species of vegetable fungus commonly called " chessaroons."
They are to be found in great abundance in Leigh-woods, and
more particularly in the vicinity of Portishead. Though not
so deadly as toadstools, and indeed making very good ketchup,
if cooked and eaten as mushrooms, they are of a very dele-
terious ch aracter, and the fortunate seizure of the basket in
I"estion has in all probability prevented our having to re-
cord another untimely catastrophe. For the information of
the unitiated we may state that, although in outward ap-
pearance they are not distinguishable from mushrooms, the
skin, on close examination, will be found to be much thinner,
and by breaking the root short off, and squeezing them, a
yellow juice is exuded, which is not the case with genuine
mushrooms.

GERMANIA : ITS COURTS, CAMPS, AND PEOPLE.
BY THE Basoms BLAZE DE Busty.— The authoress of
this extraordinary book has visited nearly all the capitals
of Europe on the morrow of the revolutionary movement
which convulsed them in lB4=-9. It is in the conversations
of the sovereigns and statesmen—the great military and '
political cha,acters themselves, who have been actors in this
vast drama, that she has acquired a great deal of the exclu-
sive information which in these volumes she gives to the
public. The history of the Ilungarian war, and of the
Austrian campaign in Piedmont, will find in "Germania" a
most valuable commentary. Jellachich, Windischgratz,
Schlik, Swartzenburg, in 'Vienna; Radetsky, in Verona;
Haynau, in Pesth ; all the great captains of the late wars,
.pass before you in the Baroness de Bury's book as living
figures. The work is remarkable for the exceeding variety
of the style and the charm of great and romantic events re-
corded; as well as for the very curious historical documents
which the author has been able to obtain.—Erening Paper.
THE " MISER'S SECRLT.”—The popularity of tbis
new historical novel is by no means surprising, for it com-
bines all the fascinations of romance with the integrity
yof
history. The reader is not only amused to the highest
de-
gree, but is, at the same time, rendered convepantwic h all
the remarkable personages who figured Englandtoturn from
reign of James I. It is really quite refreshing
the monotonous productions of the hector
inthe
day to the pages of a vigorous and original
edwriter, like the
authors of the
n
one who has so ably conceived and carried out the above work.
—Evening Paper.
The Bishop of Manchester has consecrated g new
gt Iltb#l23l War Maolipool.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 8.
Her Majesty drove out in the open carriage, ac-
compani( d by the Princess Royal.
His Royal HigLness Prince Albert went out shoot-
ing to-day.
The Prince of Wrales walked, attended by Mr.
Birch.
The Princess Alice and Prince Alfred were also out
walking during the day.

Lord John Russell has arrived at Oa Doune,
Leynwily, from a visit to the Right Hon. Fox Maule
At bis seat, Birnam Lodge, Perthshire.

LINES
SUGGESTED BY "THE WORKING MAN'S MONU
NENT TO PEEL"
BY A. WORKING MAN.
The strongest pillar of the State,
In whom the people placed their trust,
Is laid for ever in the dust
By the mysterious hand of Fate!
When that exalted form was crusb'd,
As flashed the news from place to place,
A shadow hung en every face,
And every lesser theme was bush'd.
We thought of all that he had done,
We hoped for what be still might do;
For spite of evil tongues we knew
That he was Britain's trustiest son.
Then, through the land from shore to shore,
(The patriot's dearest, truest test,)
'Twas found the hearts that loved him best
Throbb'd in the booms of the poor.
For he our little ones bad fed;
Place, friends, and power had cast aside,
That Labour might be satisfied
With Labour's birthright—daily bread.
Waiting on tiptoe did we stand,
Our faces gloom'd by gathering fears,
'Till the dread tidings filled with tears
And lamentations all the land.
That Peel was gone,—the wise, the good,—
Gone in a dark sad troublous hour!
When in his band the helm of power
Might deepen still our gratitude.
For round our bark the breakers roar,
And none like him our course can guide ;
For he the coming storm descried,
And knew the windings of the shore.
Gone,—gone fur ever! But his name
Shall long to British hearts be dear;
Our statesmen by his chart shall steer,
His virtues rouse the patriot's flame.
But while his monuments arise,
And we assemble round his tomb
To laud his worth and mourn his doom,
Another's voice for justice cries.
For, while the senator was mute,
A nation's energies were stirred,
Their souls were for the fight prepared
By music from a poet's lute.
Our Elliott's light, a heavenly ray,
The foulest darkness bursting through,
Showed toilless toilers were to hew,
For coming conquerors, a way.
He was "the poet of the poor,"
A proud, unbending, truthful bard;
Who, living, won a high reward,
The poor man's love, nor wished for more.
But shall the statesman stand alone,
The pride of this and future days,
And he who first his voice did raise
Obscurely rot—his tomb unknown?
Shall we forget the pioneer,
The bold, unflinching, honest man,
Who, single-handed; led the van
Till he had tilled his foes with fear?
No, Albion! such a lasting shame
Must not again the realm disgrace;
Thy poets are a glorious race,
Though oft denied their rightful fame.
Men fall who wield barbaric steel,

And costly statues guard their dust;
But thou furgetest to raise a bust
To bards whose office 'cis to heal
The stricken hearts that in the strife
Of life's great battle meet a wound,
Their Maker's praises to resound,
And fill our souls with breath of life.
Elliott and Peel the future's praise
Shall share, but shall our children say,
" The bard unhonoured passed away,
And not hand a stone did raise?"
Thou, Sheffield, from thy sleep awake
Is Elliott's glory all forgot?
Arise! bestir thyself, if not
For his, fer thy " dear honour's" sake !

CASINO DR VENISE, HOLBORN.—This salon de
danse, so popular last year, has again opened its doors for
another campaign. The decorations are light and very
beautifully arranged, an exceedingly novel feature being in-
troduced, that of suspending to the walls intermediately
mirrors and valuable paintings of the old masters. The effect,
especially in the galleries, is very fine. The band, under the
able direction of Mr. W. Packer, and which gave such
universal satisfaction last season, has`been again engaged, and
certainly their performances last night fully established the
statement made in the hills, that it was one of the best
selected bands in the metropolis. Several new pieces of
music were played and were loudly encored. Notwithstand-
ing that there could not have been less than from ten to twelve
hundred persons present, not the slightest thing happened to
arrest for a moment the harmony of the evening, fur which,
perhaps, thanks may be given to Messrs. Gouriet and Taylor,
the very efficient niailres de cerenzonie.

MANELAUGHTER IN IV ESIMINSTER.—Yesterday, Mr.
Bedford, the coroner, for the city of Westminster, held an
inquest, in the board. room of St. George's Hospital, to in-
quire into the c rcumstanccs connected with the death of Mr.
George Fox, for many years a highly respectable tradesman
in Westminster, who it was alleged bad been beaten to death
in Pimlico. by three persons, named Robert Hayes, George
Stevens, and Harriet Stevens, who were remanded by Mr.
Burrell, the magistrate, in order that the coroner might hold
the present inquiry. The circumstances •f the case have
already been stated in this paper. The principal witness
examined was Matilda Collard, who said :—On Tuesday
last, at five o'clock, George Stevens, one of the accused per-
sons, was bowling a hoop with his little boy. The deceased
was coming by at the time, and the hoop struck his leg. He
laid hold of the hoop, and smiled. Stevens turned round
to him and said," You if you don't drop that hoop, I'll
knock you down." Fox replied, "If you do that, I can do
the same." They immediately commenced fighting. Mrs.
Stevens ran out of the house, and laid hold of Fox by the
shoulder, and commenced knocking his head against the
wall. Hayes and several other persons came up, and began
to strike the deceased ; they were all striking him at the same
time. They got him down, and threw him across the shafts
of a cart. Robert Hayes threw him over the shafts of the
cart, and struck him several times. Mrs. Stevens, when the
deceased was down, jumped upon him. As soon as lie got
up he was knocked down again by one or the other. Robert
Hayes threw hint on his head, and fell upon him. The de-
ceased did not get up again until he was lifted up. Robert
Hayes struck the last blow • it hit the deceased under the
ear; he fell immediately. I know of no reason for the
parties assaulting the deceased. Mrs. Stevens held him down
by the hair of his head. After some further witnesses had
been examined the Coroner summed up, and the jury returned
a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoners, and they
were committed to Newgate.
EXTENSIVE FORGERY.— We understand that in-
formation has been received by the authorities here of an
extensive forgery committed on the firm of Abraham Crocker
and Co., tea and sugar merchants, London, by Mr. Callum,
commission merchant; Paisley-road, Glasgow. The accused
party has disappeared. lie was last seen in London on the
17th of August, And, as far as can be conjectured, it is not
unlikely that he has gone across the Atlantic by the steamer
which left Liverpool about that time. It is supposed that he
has not less with hint than 1,000/., forgeries of bills of ex-
change in the name of the firm, on two of their customers,
to the amount of 8751. having already been discovered, be-
sides other sums in which he was behind with the firm.—
North British Midi.

Tps BRITISH Musaum.—The reading rooms of
the British Museum were opened yesterday morning, when
the readers were gratified with the exhibition of a " supple-
mentary" catalogue in 150 volumes. Two copies are placed
in the room for the use of the.public, whose convenience has
also been consulted by a new arrangement of lights, desks,
seats, and volumes for reference; indeed, the works now
standing close to the band of every reader form a splendid
library in themselves, collected for gentlemen of moderate at-
tainments in general literature.

Tam ROAR or THE Liox.---One of the most
striking things connected with the lion is his voice, which is
extremely grand and peculiarly striking. It consists at
times of a low, deep moaning, repeated five or six times, end-
ing in faintly audible sighs; at other times he startles the
forest with loud, deep-toned, solemn roars repeated five or
six times in quick succession, each increasing in loudness to
the third or fourth, when his voice dies away
low, muffled sounds, very much resembling distantin fi vt
he uonr dsei rx.
At times, and not untrequently, a troop may be heard roar-
minegreinrecgonuclaerrlty, one assuming
up sumintgbethireplaeratds, and two, three, or four
catch. Like our Scottish stags at thel reutptienrgsonsesassionng,inthgeya
roar loudest in cold, frosty nights; but on no occasions are
their voices to be heard in such perfection, or so intensely
powerful, as when two or three strange troops of lions ap-
afountainto
of each troop
drink at the
sounds
stiame.
bold
op h
cr ua er
s,
eery member
fiance at the opposite parties; and wh Wroahrenoftdhei-s
together, and each seems to .en one roars all roar
vie with his comrades in the in-
tensity and power of his •
these nocturnal forest "lee'
The power and grandeur of
pleasing to the concertshunter's
s is inconceivably striking and
ear.i The effect, I may remark, is
greatly enhanced when
the depths of the forest, at theaeredreandaripouenrsormto bied
nsiitgubrdunin.
accompanied by any attendant, and ensconced within twenty
yards of the fountain which the surrounding troops of lions
are approaching.— The Von Hunter in Africa.
IiONUMENT TO WILSON, THE VOCALIST.—A com-
mittee, we are glad w perceive, has been appointed to re-
ceive subscriptions for the erection of a monument, at
Quebec, over the remains of John Wilson, the unequalled
Scottish vocalist, who departed this life in that city last
summer. No amount over the sum of two dollars will be
received by the committee, so that all the friends of the
lamented deceased may join his friends in Canada, who have
made the initial movement in this praiseworthy and honour-
able object.— Knickerboder (American paper).
A Islkw STAR.—M. Quillen y Calomarde has just
discovered a new telescopic star between the polar star and
Cynosure, near to the rise of the tail of the Little Bear—a
star at least that certainly did not exist in October last. M.
Calcmarde endeavoured to determine if this star could be
the same as that observed by Arzachel de Toledo in 1109,
and which disappeared three years after it was first seen.
He foucd, however, that this could not be, for the old star
was placed in the body of the Little Bear, and the new one
is much nearer the polar star, and farther from Cynosure.
According to the observations of M. Calomarde, the new
star should have an increasing brilliancy, and it is likely
that in less than a month this star, which is now visible only
through a telescope, may be seen with the naked eye.—Lite-
ray Gazette.

BRUTAL TREATMENT OF AN
INSANE P AUPER.
Yesterday an inquest, adjourned from Thursday
last, was taken by Mr. H. M. Wakley, deputy..
coroner, at the Elephant and Castle, Camden-town,
on the body of Louisa Grey, aged 42, an insane
pauper in St.iPancras Workhouse, whose death was
alleged to have resulted from the ill-treatment she
had undergone whilst an inmate in the above work-
house.

The evidence of a daughter of the deceased went
to prove that her mother had bean in the workhouse
near twelve months, and that in March last she was
placed in the insane ward by the surgeon, on the
ground that she was not right in her intellects. De-
ceased made frequent complaints of ill-usage from the
nurse of the ward, and a patient named Ann Bryan.
On one occasion, on visiting ber mother, she said she
was a murdered woman, and that Bryan had brutally
struck her over the body and legs with a large stick ;
she was covered with bruises all over; deceased also
said she had been repeatedly kicked by two of the
male pauper assistants who came to remove her
from one ward to another. On one occasion sbe
took deceased some food, when the nurse threw
it, and other things belonging to ber mother, on
the sanded floor. The nurse appeared to be under
the it.fluenc, of liquor, and it was remarked by
persons visiting the ward that she was constantly
drunk. Deceased was not right in her mind, but
after the ill-usage she received from the nurse' and
Bryan she became very much worse.
Mr. J. Erichson, surgeon to University College
Hospital, said he had made an examination of the
body of deceased. There were bruises on the
shoulder, back, and legs, together with some large
bed-sores on the posteriors and back. On opening
the head, he found the brain much thickened, an ap-
pearance usually found in insane persons. The other
organs of the body were generally healthy. In his
opinion the deceased died from exhaustion, from the
bed-sores, and disease of the brain. The marks of
violence on the body had nothing to do with her
death.
Mr. C. Robinson, surgeon to St. Pancras Work-
house, said he had attended the deceased since March
last, when he bad her placed in the insane ward,
which is occupied by refractory, idiotic, and epileptic
patients. Whilst an inmate of the ward, a quarrel
took place between the deceased and a person named
Bryan, when the latter seized a stick, and struck
deceased repeatedly over the legs. On the occur -
I rence coming to his knowledge he instantly removed
deceased to another ward, and had Bryan placed
under restraint. Deceased was afterwards brought
back to No. 1, the insane ward, which contained 26
patients, with three nurses. The nurse of which de-
ceased had complained is named Marlow, and he must
say that she is not a very eligib;e person to fill the
situation, as sbe is given to drink. He had frequently
written to the board of guardians on the inefficient
manner in which the duties of nurses in the infirmary,
were performed, and the propriety of having paid ser-
vants. Marlow was discharged from her situation in a
day or two afterwards, on account of her conduct. He
saw deceased daily, and was aware she had some bed-
sores, but he could not prevent them, not having a
water-bed in the workhouse, which he had frequently
asked for, and the subject was now under the consi-
deration of the board of guardians.
The CORONER observed that there was something
wrong in the management of St. Pancras Workhouse ;
it was quite evident, as incompetent nurses were em-
ployed i and from what had lately come under his no-
tice he thought it high time that a system of paid
nurses was introduced.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned the
following verdict :—" That the deceased died from ex-
haustion, and the jury cannot separate without ex-
pressing their opinion that the deceased has not been
properly treated while in the insane ward ; that she
has been violently assaulted by the nurse, and also
by one of the insane patients ; and the jury recom-
mend the guardians to furnish more efficient nurses,
and a separate ward for the refractory patients, and
also that water-beds should be provided for patients
having bed-sores."

HOW TO LOAD A COACH.
You start from the Marine Hotel, Ventnor; with
the coach apparently full of passengers ; however,
two or three stragglers are taken up before you get
to the end of High street, where two blooming lasses,
all smiles and furbelows, are waiting with bundles
and trunks, to be conveyed to Ryde. After a great
deal of pushing and squeezing, all are properly
stowed, and off you go ; but scarcely have you con-
gratulated yourself, before another lady, with a few
boxes, is seen standing opposite a cottage in the
sweet little village of Bonchurch. Our coachman is
a gallant fellow, and of course pulls up—looks well
about him, and manages to make room where seem-
ingly before all was crowded. Now you are fairly
I off, and everyone who has eyes is admiring the beau-
ties of the scenery that this part of the island affords,
and all are in rapture until after the arrival at Shank-
ling, where coachey's cramming powers are again
brought into requisition. At Hale's Hotel two young
men are taken up and mounted on the luggage. A
little beyond i 3 Dash's, where there are two ladies and a
little boy, the latter sitting on a very large trunk,
waiting the arrival of the coach. " Really, ladies,'
says the coachman, " I have no room :—how many
want to go ?" Us two and the little bov with the great
trunk," responds one of the ladies. "-I think I can
manage to snake room for one, and only one," says
the coachman. But there is no knowing what an Isle
of Wight coachman will not attempt and what he will
not accomplih, for he manages to put away some-
where the two ladies, the little boy, and the big
trunk. You start off once more—a crowd of passen-
gers and a mountain of luggage. On, on you rattle
until you get to Brading, where another lady, with
some more luggage, is waiting to be conveyed to
Ryde. "No room, ma'am." " Deary me, what shall
I do—why my husband and brother have arrived from
London, and are waiting for me at the Pier Hotel.
Oh, dear—oh, dear." This appeal is made in so pa-
thetic a tone that it moves the coachman's heart, and
he immediately gets down and scans the coach all
round ; but his ingenuity in the art of stowage is no
longer available—there is not an atom of room ; so he
again mounts the box. " Well," says he "it seems
a pity to disappoint that lady although she does weigh
fifteen or sixteen stone. Don't you think," speaking
to the three passengers with him on the box seat,
" don't you think we could manage to place her on
the foot board here?" This is no sooner-proposed
than done, and the fat lady is accommodated. And
so the coach is loaded.—Hampshire Advertiser.

CAPTURE OF A WHALE IN 111US-
SELBURGII BAY.
On Tuesday afternoon the inhabitants of Mussel..
burgh and adjoining bathing quarters and fishing
villages, had their curiosity awakened by the capture
of a whale of very considerable dimensions on the
sandbank. About four o'clock a black object was
observed by several persons from the sea beach, and
about a mile from land. The discoverers obtained a
boat and went out to the capture. Several shots were
fired at it, which took effect, and gave it a quietus,
though it still showed considerable tenacity of life,
and, after seeming dead, now and then renewed its
vitality. The enterprising captors, in order that their
prize should not escape them by the returning tide,
as it showed some unwillingness to give up life,
caged it, as it were, by the stake nets, and took other
measures to secure it. At an early hour yesterday
morning strenuous efforts were made to bring the
animal ashore, and after yoking three horses to the
tremendous load, it was found impracticable to do so
without cutting the carcase in pieces. They succeeded,
however, in removing it several yards, so as to make
it approachable at half-tide, and they then proceeded
to cut, or rather saw off, the tail, which they
speedily brought as a trophy to the shore. The tail
was ten feet from each tip of the fork, and those who
were content to survey the carcase from dry ground
were enabled to conjecture its size by examining its
tail on the principle ex pede Herculem. The inde-
fatigable amateur whalefisbers then sawed off another
huge slice from near the tail, and proceeded to dissect
the rest of the carcase. Before doing so it was mea-
sured, and found 51f feet in length, and about 21 feet
in girth. It was a young fish, and of slender propor-
tions—its height when on its belly not exceeding four
feet. The tongue was taken out, and was generally
likened to a feather bed by the spectators, the furrows
of the skin giving it an appearance like dirty tick.
The blubber was almost as white as pork, and almost
every one took a small piece either of the skin or the
flesh. It is conjectured that the capture will realise
about two tons of oil, besides the value of the whale-
bone, &c. The whale was left last night still about
, half-tide—all efforts to draw it out having proved
unsuccessful, although various expedients have beep
resorted to. It is determined, we believe, to cut the
fish in pieces, and thus bring it ashore.—Caledonian
Mercury.

THE CONVICT HANNAH CUETIS.—A letter has been
received from an official in the Home-office by the sheriff of
Gloucester, intimating that the sentence of death passed on
the woman Hannah Curtis, who it will be remembered was
found guilty at the last Gloucestershire assizes of the murder
of her husband, Thomas Harris, by administering arsenic to
him, has been commuted to transportation for life. It will be
remembered that the alleged object of the prisoner was to get
rid of her husband, in order to marry a man named Curtis,
who led her to the altar within a month after Harris's death.
It is now said that she was never married to Harris, and
therefore could have married Curtis during Harris's life. No
official intimation of the commutation has been received by
the sheriff of the county, in whose custody the prisoner is.
She entirely denies her guilt.

A newspaper is now printed in China, called the
Pekin Monitor, it is in the Chinese language, and is the first
paper ever published in the celestial empire.

A HEAVY BBE-HITE.—A top swarm of this season,
belonging to Mr. Adam Gray, Little Pitinnan, Daviot, wa
smoked I.st week, and weighed 961bs. It was swarmed on
the 25th or 26th of June, and threw off n swarn frOill itself
Me eight Vi tep deli Aftm.

PORTUGAL.
- Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the
3 d inst.
A Court mourning had lxen ordered for Louis
Philippe.
Commodore Martin's squadron was still in the
Tagus.

ITALY•
The Opinione of Turin, of the 3d inst., contains an
article, signed by M. Bianchi Glom', who contends
that Piedmont cannot and should not accept the me-
diation of France in her difference with the Court of
Rome, because the Government of the French Re-
public has thrown itself into the arms of the priests,
and caresses the Pope, Austria, and Russia. The
uneral service celebrated in the church of St. Philip
for the repose of the aoul of M. Santa Rosa was at-
tended by an immense crowd, and most of the
foreign refugees residing at Turin. Princess Mont-
leard, mother of the late King Charles Albert, had
arrived at the Royal Castle of Moncalieri, with her
son, Prince Montleard.
The Piedmontese Gazette of the 4th inst. contains
the following :
" The Arntonia of the 23, after copying the article of
the oilic.ial joarnal contradicting a statement male by
- the Courier de Lyon, rela'ive to the mission of General
J)ella N.Ltrinora to that city, quot-s an extract from the
Bulletin de Paris. in which it is assorted that the Gem -
ral, in a conversation with General d'llautpoul, gave the
latter to understand that the Piedmontese Government
was disposed to subscribe to certain concessions, in order
to maintain a friendly understanding between the Courts
of Turin and Rime. Once for all we declare that there
is no truth. in the account of that conference and con-
verAation."
The Risorgimento announces that the King had
spontaneously placed at the disposal of the family of
the late Minister. Santa Rosa, the Royal villa, called
the Vine of the Queen.
A letter from Alexandria, of the 27th ult., states
that 10 of the 40 Lazarist missionaries, lately expelled
from Parma by the reigning Duke, had pissed
through the city on their return to their respective
convents at Turin, Genoa, and Casal. The:motive of
their expulsion was unknown ; some, however, attri-
buted the measure to the liberalism of those friars.
The Croce di Savoia, of the 4th instant, states, on
the authority of a correspondent entitled to credit,
that a Customs League had been concluded between
Austria and the duchies of Modena and Parma. An
Austrian agent who lately visited Modena, where he
observed the strictest incos.., is believed to have defi-
nitively concluded the treaty, which was forwarded
to Vienna on the 29th ult. Tuscany does not at
present form part of the league, but negotiations to
that effect were said to be pending.
The Constitutional of Florence of the 31st ult. an-
nounces the return to that capital of the Grand Duke
And his family.

MARSHAL HAYNAU.
The Daily News thus recalls some few of the more
memorable acts of Marshal Haynau :—" It is well
known that hundreds of executions took place in Hun-
gary with which the Court of Vienna had nothing to
do, and of which at one time it much disapproved of
the extreme severity, as it afterwards disapproved of
the lenity shown. The Court of Vienna had nothing
to do with the public floggings administered to
ladies—acts committed under the command of
Marshal Haynau, and never disapproved by him.
The horrible circumstances of Count Bathyany's
execution—the forcing him, though half dead, and
with his throat severed, to the pain of an ignominious
death—this was Marshal Haynau's own deliberate act,
the act of a fiend, a monster in human shape. Mar-
shal llaynau did not do the thousands of his most in-
famous and bloodthirsty acts in Hungary from any
order or from aoy motive save that of his own diaboli-
cal and vindictive nature. And even if he did commit
them from order, that is no excuse. No man is bound
to commit cruel and unjustifiable acts because his
sovereign bids him. The greater part of the Hunga-
rian generals who were strung up like dogs in Arad by
the order of Hay nau, surrendered in the belief of pardon,
a belief that the Russians encouraged, nay themselves
shared, fur many of these unfortunate victims were
admitted to the hospitality of Prince Paskewich's
table. Even from the Russians they experienced
courtesy and humanity ; it was only when they fell
into the hands of the fiend Haynau, that they were
delivered wholesale, not to the military executioner,
but to the Austrian hangman. It is hypocrisy, and
the most mendacious hypocrisy, for writers to
come forward and pretend that Haynau only
obeyed orders in such things. Had he not judg-
ment, responsibility, and conscience ? lie was
no Croat or Calmut. He was a German born
and bred, the native of a civilized and Christian land.
He must have learned what was due from man to
man, or at least from man to woman, ere he exposed
the backs of delicate females to the scourge. That he
was ordered to do this is untrue, and it is base to
say that any order should warrant a general, or a
man, in executing, or suffering to he executed, such
an order. If such a man as this, the most sanguinary
and signal rufli th It history can point out
for many ye,rs, had visited this country
and brought back merely the friendly notes of men of
high station, bicked by the sycophantic praise of pc,
lice organs, we must say that it would have been a
disgrace to England. Frain this the country has
been saved by the bre,a ers' workmen of Bani:side,
who wreaked the vengeance of the world and of hu-
manity in that w.;y which is peculiarly English—that
iv, going to the extreme of insult without effecting
bodily harm."
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LANDING OF CoNVICTS IN THE

UNITED STATES,
(From the New York Herald.)
It appears that 300 convicts in all have received
their pardon in Bermuda, and, as only ten have ar-
rived, the remainder may be daily expected. It is
stated that they have the option of going to the West
Indies or the United States; but of course they will
prefer coming Ivre.
On the 18th inst. the barque Leontine, Captain
Thormann, from Hamburgh, arrived at quarantine
with 115 passengers, and was reported to the Mayor
on the 19th. Before her arrival the Mayor had intelli-
gence that four of the passengers were convicts from
Mecklenburgh for burglary, and were sent out to
this country by the Government, who winked at the
ingenious device of sending them first from the pri-
son to the workhouse, and thence on board the Leon -
tine. Their names are Toadhim Kohler, Johann
Woding, Carl Hahl, and Hermann Meyer. His
Honour caused them to be arrested a soon as the
barque arrived, and on being brought before the Mayor
they were interrogated, and admitted the fact. The
captain was also brought before the Nlayor, and, on his
engaging to take the convicts back, his Honour thclined
to proceed against him. They have been there-
fore placed on board. It seems that a correspondence
has taken place between the authorities at Hamburgh
and the Meeklenburgh Government in refence to
these convicts, and that strong measures have been
taken by the former to prevent a repetition of the
trick. A communication was also received at Was'n-
ington from Hamburgh, notifying the United States
Government of these facts.
In the case of the Bermuda convicts, the captain
has also undertaken to convey them Mack, and the
offer, we understand, will be accepted. From the
781st page of the third edition of the "Revised Sta-
tutes of the State of New York," we find that the
maximum penalty is a fine of 300 dolls. for each offence.
with imprisonment not exceeding one year, but thatthe
fine end imprisonment may be remitted on the mas-
ters of vessels taking back the convicts. This law,
however, only applies to this state, and it would seem
desirable to have a general law of Congress to pre
vent such rascals landing anywhere on our shores.
It will be recollected that the inhabitants of the
Cape of Good Hope rose in arms against the landing
of a cargo of convicts conveyed from Bermuda in the
same vessel which brought Mitchell, and the result
was that she had to put to sea immediately and con-
vey them to Australia. And shall we receive the
prohibited reprobates of British society, who are too
bad even for a British colony to permit to land ?
Nearly two years ago a freight of informers was
smuggled hero from Ireland, which created consider-
able exci:ement. It is to be hoped that no more con-
victs or informers from the old country will be per-
mitted to land on our soil, or, if landed, that they will
be forthwith dispatched to the country from which
they came.

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
TELEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
The Council of this University have given notice
that the theological department will open on Friday,
the 4th of October.
Tne'following persons will be admitted students of
this department :
I. All students of King's Call' ge, London, who,
baying passed three years in the department of gene-
ral literature and science shall thereupn have re-
ceived the diploma of an associate, in consideration of
good conduct and industry. This term of three years
is reduced to two years in the case of those who have
spent two years preceding their entrance into the col-
lege, either at King's College School, or at une of the
scho)ls in union.
2. All graduates of the universities of Oxford,
Cambridge, and Durham.
3. All persons of the age of twenty-one, who,
having been examined ami reported as eligiWe by the
Principal, shall obtain the recommendation of a
bishop. The necessary qualifications are the four
„, Gospels in Greek ; a knowledge of the historical
ilt1;:11 s-;l3iptfir in English; an acquaintance with Bishop
_ -Nichols Exposition cf the Churcn Catechism (50,....;
,....; ciety for romoting Christian Knowledge) ; a gram-
! :matioat owledge of some one Greek and some one
f..--c•-:,'pa,.6. 0, sical book, which may be selected by the
d 44-11 .elfitalself; and the power of translating from
- 00glisft:41iito Latin. An acquaintance with th 6 ele-
41,0tetits *Alebrew is also desirable. The ei.inaination
,i'llitii:-,WO days. The choice of books to be brought
41. ?......

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